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The Ugliest Degree of Pretension (Riya)
By: Sayyid Ahmad al-Fahri
Imām al-Khomeini, may Allāh prolong his shade, has said, "Be informed that the most serious degree of pretension and the most detrimental, according to the principles of beliefs and theological branches of knowledge, and the one the darkness to the heart of which is the most intense of all other types of showing off is this: If the pretender does not believe in what he shows off, he is still among the hypocrites whom Allāh forewarned of being kept in hell forever. His is perdition and eternal loss, and his torment is the most severe.
And if he believes in that matter, but he does so seeking a status and distinction in the hearts of people, although he is not a hypocrite, such a conduct requires the light of conviction to abandon his heart so it would be replaced by the darkness of disbelief. This is so because this person, although he was initially committing hidden shirk, demonstrated to people the divine branches of knowledge and the true beliefs that have to be purely for seeking the pleasure of Allāh, their owner is the true Holy One, the most Glorious, but he let someone else be a partner in them: He let Satan have a hand in dealing with them.
Such an action comes from the heart[1] seeking to please someone else other than Allāh. He (ع) says in a sacred tradition recorded in Al-Kāfi, "Every type of pretension is kufr (apostasy)." But both this dark inner-self and bad trend drag one to have a heart dedicated to anyone except Allāh. The darkness of this vice becomes a means to gradually get one out of this life having no sound conviction (imān). The erroneous conviction becomes an image without a meaning, a body without a soul, a peal with a pith, and it does not qualify it to be accepted by the most Exalted One as referred to in a sacred tradition in Al-Kāfi where Ali ibn Sālim is quoted as having said that he heard Abū Abdullāh (ع) saying that the Almighty said, "I am the best partner; whoever brings another partner besides Me in an action, I shall not accept it. I accept what is purely done for My sake."
It is well known that if the inner actions are not purely for the sake of pleasing Allāh, the Almighty does not accept them; He does not look at them; rather, He refers them to the other partner, the one/ones for whom the action was done in order to show off to him/them. Thus, the inner actions will be dedicated to that person, and they get the pretender out of the limit of shirk into mere apostasy (kufr).
Actually, it can be said that this person, too, is among the group of hypocrites. Just as shirk was hidden, so was his hypocrisy. The poor pretender fooled himself into thinking that he is a believer, but he started as a mushrik and ended up as a hypocrite, and he has to taste the torment tasted by the hypocrites. Woe unto one who is dragged into hypocrisy!
Explaning how Conviction is not Knowledge
Then Imām al-Khomeini, may Allāh prolong his shade, explained that conviction is not synonymous with knowledge. He said, "Be informed that conviction is not the same as knowledge about Allāh, knowledge about His Unity, about the rest of His fixed attributes of perfection and great negative ones, knowledge about the angels, the books, the messengers and the Last Day, for perhaps one may be knowledgeable about all these matters without being a believer. Satan, too, knows about these levels of knowledge as much as I know, and as much as you know, yet he is kāfir.
He also believes in the principle and knows that Allāh is the Creator because he says, "You created me of fire and created him of dust." And he knows about the Hereafter, too, because he says, "Grant me a respite till the Day that they are brought back to life." Yet, despite all these qualities, he is kāfir according to the clear Qur'ānic verse that says, "… and he was among the unbelievers." The secret in this is that conviction is an act of the heart. If it is not brought into being, there is no presence for conviction.
If anyone gets to know something according to the dictates of the rational evidence, or according to the judgment necessitated by the creed, the heart has to surrender to such knowledge, so the action comes from the heart as a manifestation of such surrendering and submission, a sort of acceptance, so he may be a believer. One's perfection is feeling comfortable [with such surrendering] as referred to by this sacred verse: "'Then do you not believe?' He said, 'Yes, I do! But so that my own understanding may be satisfied'" (Qur'ān, 2:260).
When the light of conviction in the heart is strong, it is followed by feeling comfortable with it. All of this is different from knowledge. Our minds can realize something through evidence, but our hearts did not surrender to it. Thus, knowledge becomes useless. For example, if you realize through your mind that a dead person cannot harm anyone, even if all the dead in the world get together, they collectively have neither sense nor motion in as much as a mosquito, and that all the physical and spiritual forces have already departed.
But since this meaning does not transcend the limit of knowledge, and since it is not acceptable by the heart, and the heart did not surrender to reason, you cannot spend one night with a dead person in a dark night, and you will be afraid of his corpse. But if the heart surrenders to reason and accepts such a judgment from reason, you will have no problem sleeping in the company of a dead person. Also, if you do that, and you repeat spending the night with a dead person, the heart will then surrender to reason and will not be afraid of the dead.
It will then be known that surrendering is the line of the heart, and it is different from knowing, which is the line of reason. It is then that man can prove, through rational evidence, the presence of the Maker, the Exalted One, that He is One and Only, that there is an afterlife, in addition to other true beliefs. But conviction is not a description of these beliefs, nor is one who believes in them is counted among the believers; rather, he is in the company of the unbelievers, the hypocrites or the polytheists.
The point is that this day, a covering has been placed on the eye of his heart, and he does not have the angelic vision and the kingly eye, so he does not realize this meaning. But if the innermost is revealed, the truly divine power comes up, nature is rendered into ruin, and the truth stands tall, it is then that you feel you were not a believer in Allāh. The said judgment for reason was not related to conviction[2]. So, Dear One, unless you write down the blessed statement saying "There is no god except Allāh" with the pen of reason on the tablet of the pure heart, you are not a [truly] believer in the Unity of Allāh Almighty.
If this good divine word enters one's heart, the heart's submission will be directly to Allāh Almighty. The one who has such a heart does not then see any other human being as bearing any impact on the domain of the Truthful One, nor does he expect any favor or distinction from anyone else. He will not then seek a station and fame among people. The heart will not be pretentious or deceptive. When you see pretension in the heart, be informed that your heart has not submitted to reason, nor has the light of conviction shone in it. You will see someone else other than Allāh Almighty as the influential god; you will then be in the company of the polytheists, or hypocrites, or apostates."
Having explained the levels and basic origin of pretension, the Imām, may his shade endure, states a terse admonishment in which he brings to memory the awful outcome of pretension. In it, there is a reminding for one who has a heart, or who does listen and stands as a witness.
The master of divine sciences, Imām Khomeini, may his shade be prolonged, says the following: "O pretender who has submitted the true beliefs and divine branches of knowledge to the enemy of Allāh, namely Satan, thus giving the matters that are exclusively related to Allāh, Praise to Him, to someone else. You have taken out the celestial lights that used to shine in the soul and the heart and were the capital of salvation, eternal happiness, the fountainhead of the divine communion, the seeds for the company of the Loved One in the desolate darkness.
You have permitted yourself to suffer eternal perdition, the capital of the distance from the holy place of the Loved One. You have shunned the meeting with the Almighty, the Truth…. So, be prepared for darkness beyond which there is no light at all, for hardship beyond which there is no ease, for ailments that have no cure, for death that has no life and for a fire that springs out of the depth of the heart and the domain of the soul, burning the domain of the body in a way which neither my heart nor yours can ever imagine, as Allāh Almighty has already informed us in His Revealed Book and which He described in this sacred verse: "(It is) the Fire of (the Wrath of) Allāh kindled (to a blaze) which mounts (right) to the hearts" (Qur'ān, 104:7-8).
The Fire of Allāh overwhelms the hearts and burns them. No fire can burn a heart other than Allāh's Fire. So, if someone's Unity instinct, which is instilled by Allāh, departs from someone and is replaced by polytheism and apostasy, he will have none to intercede on his behalf with the Almighty, and he will be lodged into torment forever. And what a torment it is! It is a torment that originates from the Almighty's subduing and divine wrath.
O dear one! Do not expose yourself to the wrath of the Almighty on account of a false whim and a limited popularity among His weak servants. Such whim has neither any impact nor fruit save regrets and sighs. When your ties are cut off from this world, which is like a shop and a place for gain, and when your deeds come to an end, regrets and sighs will not avail you, and you will not be able to return and retract.
Degrees of Pretension's Objectives
Some scholars of the hereafter have said that pretension, with regard to one's goals behind pretending, for surely the pretender has goals, is of three degrees:
The First Degree
It is the most intense and the most serious: One's goal is to commit a transgression against the will of Allāh and to reach what is prohibitive, such as he makes a show of his acts of adoration, or feigns piety and godliness through many supererogatory acts of adoration. He avoids anything that may bring about people's doubt in his regard. His goal is so that people may recognize his trustworthiness, hence positions in the judicial system, or religious trusts, or wills, or whatever belongs to orphans. He will then take them and keep to himself whatever he can.
Or he may be trusted with items, so he takes them and denies having done so, thus reaching his corrupt goals in committing transgressions. One may appear in the attire of the righteous, articulating pieces of wisdom, admonishment, and reminding. Yet his goal is to look good in the eyes of a beautiful woman. Some people may attend meetings of knowledge and remembrance of the Almighty, or even of the Qur'ān, pretending they wish to listen to knowledge and to the Qur'ān while their goal is to look at women, and these pretenders are hated the most by Allāh Almighty because they made obedience to their Lord a ladder to reaching their transgression, using it as a tool, a shop, a merchandise in their sinning.
Close to these, though less in degree, is one who commits a crime of which he is accused, yet he insists on it and wants to keep the charge away from himself, so he feigns piety in order to deny the charge, such as one who denied a trust with him of which people charged him, so he offers charity with the money in order that it will be said he gives away from his money to the poor, so how can it be possible that he seizes the funds belonging to others?
The likes of such folks are many among the Muslims. Individuals may gather funds that belong to the Muslims by the millions through usury or other illegitimate transactions. One may see that instead of returning people's money to them, he offers charity with some of his money, or builds a mosque or a hospital, so that people may see that he is one who builds mosques or hospitals; therefore, how can it be possible that he stretches his hands to people's money and possessions?
Or one may be charged with having committed a sin with a woman, and Allāh, the most Exalted One, removed the covering from him and exposed him among the people. Instead of resorting to a covering from Allāh, Praise to Him, regretting and pleading to Allāh, Who sways the hearts, to change people's attitude about him, he seeks a means through pretension, trying to cover his sin with pretension.
The Second Degree
It is when his goal is to obtain a permissible worldly gain such as wealth or marriage to a beautiful or distinguished woman, etc., so he feigns grief and keeps himself busy with admonishing and reminding others so that funds may be spent on him. He will then sell more of his merchandise if he is a merchant, a businessman, or among money making folks. Or if he wishes to marry a distinguished woman, such as the daughter of a righteous scholar, he pretends to her father to be a man of knowledge and adoration so that he may marry him to his daughter.
This sort of pretension is prohibitive because it seeks through the means of obedience to Allāh the wares of this lowly life, but it is of a lesser degree than the first. What is sought through this pretension is by itself permissible but it is contemptible, and its reality is shirk; the absolute authority is the privilege of the True One, the Almighty, when it comes to dealing with His servants.
The pretender does not seek fortune, wealth, or marriage, but he shows off his adoration for fear people may look at him as if he lacks something; therefore, he is not considered to be among the elite and the ascetics, and he is regarded to be among the commoners, such as one who walks to the congregational prayer services, to mosques, in a hurry, and when people see him, he adjusts his walk and abandons haste although it, at that time, was legitimate. But he abandons it so he may not be labeled as one of those who love distraction or negligence and not one of the men of eminence.
Also, if he is the first to burst laughing or demonstrates merriment, so he is afraid he will be looked down upon with eyes of contempt, he follows it by seeking Allāh's forgiveness and pretends to be sad on its account and says, "How unmindful a human being is! But Allāh knows that if such an individual is left to himself, he would not consider doing so as being too much; rather, he fears he will be looked down upon with contempt and not with respect. He is like one who sees a group of worshippers offering supererogatory prayers, or making tahajjud, or fasting each Thursday and Monday, as is transmitted about the imām of the nation who ordered the youths (of Hizbollah) to fast both these days, so the man goes along with them for fear he will be described as lazy and thus is not attributed to the party of Allāh.
If he is left alone, he does no such things. And he is like one who endures the thirst on the Day of Arafa, or in days during which fast is highly recommended, so he does not drink water for fear people may get to know that he is not fasting. So, if they think that he is, he abstains from eating as well. Or he may be invited to partake of food, so he abstains in order that he will be perceived as observing the fast. He may openly state that he is fasting or says he has an excuse. Such a pretender combines two contemptible acts: He is seen by others as fasting, then he is seen as a sincere one and not as a pretender.
He is cautious lest he should mention his act of adoration to people for fear he will be seen as a pretender. He, hence, wants to give the impression that he is continuing his act of adoration. If he is obligated to drink, he rushes to remind himself that he has an excuse, either explicitly or implicitly, such as seeking an excuse because of an ailment that causes him to have an acute need to drink water and stops him from fasting.
Or he may say, "Today, I visited so-and-so who pressured me to eat, so I ate." He may not then say that in connection with his drinking water so that he will not be regarded as seeking an excuse as a pretender, but he perseveres then mentions his excuse casually in his narrative of an incident such as his saying, "So-and-so loves his brethren. He so much loves them to partake of his food. Today, he insisted that I should do that, and I had no choice except to cool his heart." Or he may say, "My mother is weak-hearted, compassionate in my regard. She thinks if I fast one day, I will fall sick, so she does not let me fast."
Such is the doing of the ills of pretension. It does not jump to articulation except due to the deeply rooted pretension in one's innermost. Similar to this is something which I have seen more than once. Someone says, "I spent the night over the house of so-and-so. During the sahar [pre-dawn] time, I wanted to rise for the tahajjud. But I was concerned the owner of the house might think I was a pretender, so I did not stand for the prayers." Or he may say, "I did not worship during a particular time for fear I would be regarded as a pretender."
This poor person sees himself, when he does not pray or worship his Lord, as being sincere to Allāh Almighty, fleeing from pretension whereas in fact he has already fallen into it; both his nafs and Satan have taken control of him. In other words, man in such situations has two states: The first is his fear when he prays in someone's house or in the company of a crowd of people that his prayers may be pretension, yet he knows himself best and his weakness, and that he cannot safeguard his sincerity in public as he used to do in private; in this case, the prayer is abandoned so one may not fall into pretension.
The second is that he is concerned about people considering him as being a pretender, although he feels comfortable that he is not praying pretentiously but purely for seeking nearness to Allāh. In this case, if he abandons a ritual, he will prove that he is a pretender who does not like people to think anything about him except being sincere.
Abandoning the worship in the first case was for the sake of Allāh and in the second for the sake of the nafs and its desires, for the nafs loves its reputation to be good among the people. Such is love for life and eminence. If one who is sincere to Allāh sees in himself a desire to perform a commendable fast, for example, let him do so; he must not pay attention to what others say about or think of him. And if he does not find in himself such a desire, he must not fast, and he must not pay attention to what is said about him. Rely on Allāh and forget about them all.
A sincere worshipper does not care about how people look at him or think of him. If he has no desire to fast, and Allāh knows about it, he must not want others to believe something different from what Allāh knows about him, thus confusing them. And if he wishes to fast for the sake of seeking nearness to Allāh, he should contend himself with Allāh's knowledge, associating none with Him.


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Questa voce raccoglie un approfondimento sui risultati degli incontri per l'accesso alla fase finale della Coppa delle nazioni africane 2017, che si è giocata in Gabon dal 15 gennaio al 7 febbraio 2017.

Partecipanti
La competizione vede partecipare 52 nazionali: Somalia ed Eritrea hanno rinunciato a partecipare. Il Gibuti rientra dopo l'assenza nella precedente edizione. Inoltre, rientra anche il Marocco, che era stato escluso dalla Coppa delle nazioni africane 2015 in quanto si era rifiutato di ospitare la competizione, temendo la diffusione sul proprio territorio della pandemia di ebola.

Sorteggio
Il sorteggio del turno preliminare si è tenuto l'8 aprile 2015 a Il Cairo (Egitto).

Per il sorteggio si è tenuto conto del ranking CAF, basato sulle prestazioni delle squadre nelle ultime tre Coppe delle Nazioni Africane e nel Coppa del Mondo FIFA 2014.
Di seguito la lista delle 52 partecipanti alle qualificazioni e l'urna a cui sono state assegnate:

Formato
Le 52 nazionali sono suddivise per sorteggio in 13 gironi da 4 squadre ciascuno. Il Gabon viene inserito in uno dei gironi, senza che i suoi risultati contro le altre tre squadre incidano sulla classifica finale del girone in cui è inserito. Le 13 squadre vincitrici
ciascun girone più le due migliori seconde (esclusa quella del gruppo I che conta solo tre squadre più il Gabon) si qualificano alla fase finale. Nella determinazione delle due migliori seconde non rientrano il girone I né quei gironi in cui una o più squadre si ritirano.

In ciascun girone ogni squadra affronta le altre 3 due volte. Sono assegnati 3 punti per la vittoria, 1 punto per il pareggio e 0 per la sconfitta. La classifica viene stilata secondo i seguenti criteri:
 maggior numero di punti conquistati;
 punti conquistati negli scontri diretti;
 differenza reti negli scontri diretti;
 reti realizzate negli scontri diretti;
 reti realizzate in trasferta negli scontri diretti;
 se, dopo aver applicato i criteri precedenti a più squadre, due squadre sono ancora appaiate, si riapplicano prima i criteri precedenti alle sole due squadre e poi i successivi;
 miglior differenza reti totale;
 maggior numero di reti realizzate in totale;
 reti realizzate in trasferta in totale;
 sorteggio.

Gironi
Le qualificazioni sono iniziate il 12 giugno 2015 e si sono concluse il 4 settembre 2016.

Girone A

Girone B

Girone C

Girone D

Girone E

Girone F

Girone G

Ciad ritirato dalla manifestazione il 27 marzo 2016 per problemi economici. Le partite già disputate vengono annullate.

Girone H

Girone I

 Il  è stato sorteggiato in questo girone ma disputa solo incontri amichevoli, essendo il Paese che ospiterà la manifestazione.

Girone J

Girone K

Girone L

Girone M

Raffronto tra le seconde classificate
Le due migliori seconde classificate hanno ottenuto la qualificazione diretta alla fase finale del torneo. Non si è tenuto conto del gruppo G, per via del ritiro del Ciad e del gruppo I, che, con la presenza del Gabon in quanto paese ospitante, annoverava solo tre squadre.

Statistiche

Classifica marcatori
7 reti
 Hillal Soudani

6 reti
 Getaneh Kebede

5 reti

 Stéphane Sessègnon
 Fiston Abdul Razak

 Férébory Doré
 William Jebor

4 reti

 Islam Slimani

 Mohamed Salah

 Youssef El-Arabi

3 reti

 Gelson
 Moussa Limane
 Cédric Bakambu
 Jordan Ayew
 Muhammad Za'abia

 Abdoulay Diaby
 Bessam
 Ernest Sugira
 Sadio Mané
 Thamsanqa Gabuza

 Yassine Chikhaoui
 Winston Kalengo
 Khama Billiat
 Knowledge Musona

2 reti

 Sofiane Feghouli
 Faouzi Ghoulam
 Saphir Taïder
 Riyad Mahrez
 Frédéric Gounongbe
 Joel Mogorosi
 Vincent Aboubakar
 Djaniny
 Vianney Mabidé
 Jordan Massengo
 Prince Oniangué
 Jonathan Bolingi
 Jordan Botaka
 Joël Kimwaki
 Paul-José M'Poku
 Firmin Ndombe Mubele
 Emilio Nsue

 Saladin Said
 Christian Atsu
 Asamoah Gyan
 Idrissa Sylla
 Zezinho
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Body found in woodland near I'm a Celebrity Gwrych Castle
Police attended the scene over the weekend
Kelly WilliamsChief reporter/Content editor
Lottie Gibbons
An aerial drone view of Gwyrch Castle (Image: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
A body has been found in woodland near Gwrych Castle, where I'm A Celebrity ... Get Me Out Of Here! is being filmed.
The discovery of a man, who is believed to have been riding a mountain bike, was made on Saturday morning (November 28).
Police attended the scene off Abergele Road near Lady Emily's Tower just after 10am.
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They confirmed there are no suspicious circumstances surrounding the man's death, reports North Wales Live.
The discovery was not made at the castle where I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here is being filmed, nor in the grounds of the estate, despite local rumours, but around 1.3km away to the west edge of the woods behind the castle towards Rhyd y Foel.
North Wales Police added the matter has now been handed to the North Wales coroner.
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Details about the man's identity have not yet been released.
It is understood police carried out door-to-door enquiries after the man's car was found parked in the area.
A North Wales Police spokesman said: "We were notified at 10.57am on Saturday, November 28, by the Welsh Ambulance Service, the body of a man, who we understand had been on a mountain bike in woods off the Abergele Road was discovered.
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"He was pronounced dead at the scene.
"There are no suspicious circumstances and the coroner has been informed."
A Welsh Ambulance Service spokesperson said: "We were called on Saturday, November 28 at approximately 10.49am to reports of an incident in a woodland area of Abergele.
"We responded with two emergency ambulances."
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package com.telefonica.euro_iaas.sdc.manager.async;

import java.util.List;

import com.telefonica.fiware.commons.dao.EntityNotFoundException;
import com.telefonica.euro_iaas.sdc.exception.NotUniqueResultException;
import com.telefonica.euro_iaas.sdc.model.Attribute;
import com.telefonica.euro_iaas.sdc.model.ProductInstance;
import com.telefonica.euro_iaas.sdc.model.ProductRelease;
import com.telefonica.euro_iaas.sdc.model.Task;
import com.telefonica.euro_iaas.sdc.model.dto.VM;
import com.telefonica.euro_iaas.sdc.model.searchcriteria.ProductInstanceSearchCriteria;

/**
 * Defines the interface to work with async requests.
 *
 * @author Sergio Arroyo
 */
public interface ProductInstanceAsyncManager {

    /**
     * Install a list of products in a given vm.
     *
     * @param vm
     *            the vm where instance will be running in
     * @param vdc
     *            the vdc where the instance will be installed
     * @param product
     *            the product to install
     * @param attributes
     *            the configuration
     * @param task
     *            the task which contains the information about the async execution
     * @param callback
     *            if not empty, contains the url where the result of the execution will be sent
     */
    void install(VM vm, String vdc, ProductRelease product, List<Attribute> attributes,String token,  Task task, String callback);

    /**
     * Configure an installed product
     *
     * @param productInstance
     *            the installed product to configure
     * @param configuration
     *            the configuration parameters.
     * @param task
     *            the task which contains the information about the async execution
     * @param callback
     *            if not empty, contains the url where the result of the
     */
    void configure(ProductInstance productInstance, List<Attribute> configuration,String token,  Task task, String callback);

    /**
     * Upgrade a ProductInstance
     *
     * @param productInstance
     *            the installed product to upgrade
     * @param productRelease
     *            the productRelease to upgrade to.
     * @param task
     *            the task which contains the information about the async execution
     * @param callback
     *            if not empty, contains the url where the result of the execution will be sent
     */
    void upgrade(ProductInstance productInstance, ProductRelease productRelease,String token,  Task task, String callback);

    /**
     * Uninstall a previously installed product.
     *
     * @param productInstance
     *            the candidate to uninstall
     * @param task
     *            the task which contains the information about the async execution
     * @param callback
     *            if not empty, contains the url where the result of the execution will be sent
     */
    void uninstall(ProductInstance productInstance, String token, Task task, String callback);

    /**
     * Find the ProductInstance using the given id.
     *
     * @param vdc
     *            the vdc
     * @param id
     *            the productInstance identifier
     * @return the productInstance
     * @throws EntityNotFoundException
     *             if the product instance does not exists
     */
    ProductInstance load(String vdc, Long id) throws EntityNotFoundException;

    ProductInstance load(String vdc, String name) throws EntityNotFoundException;

    /**
     * Find the ProductInstance that match with the given criteria.
     *
     * @param criteria
     *            the search criteria
     * @return the productInstance
     * @throws EntityNotFoundException
     *             if the product instance does not exists
     * @throws NotUniqueResultException
     *             if there are more than a product that match with the given criteria
     */
    ProductInstance loadByCriteria(ProductInstanceSearchCriteria criteria) throws EntityNotFoundException,
            NotUniqueResultException;

    /**
     * Find the product instances that match with the given criteria.
     *
     * @param criteria
     *            the search criteria
     * @return the list of elements that match with the criteria.
     */
    List<ProductInstance> findByCriteria(ProductInstanceSearchCriteria criteria);

}

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NEWS: Sean Hannity shamed by Baltimore protester: "You're not concerned about the welfare of black people!"
Joanna Rothkopf | April 26, 2015
Fox News host Sean Hannity placates his elderly, close-minded viewers by letting them live vicariously through him as he scolds a black protester. On Monday evening, Hannity interviewed Adam J. Jackson, CEO of Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle and a nonviolent protester in Baltimore.
"Is this the type of protest you want to be a part of?" Hannity asked.
"First and foremost, I'm not going to talk about the violence that people are talking about," Jackson replied. "This is a response to the violence of the Baltimore City Police Department. People talking about fires burning in Baltimore, there's been fires burning of mass incarceration, racist policing practices, so this is an outgrowth of that."
Jackson is referring to the protests that have plagued Baltimore for the past few days in response to the unexplained death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray while he was in police custody.
"Isn't this a minority-run city in terms of its politics?" Hannity responded. "You said racism but this is a majority minority police department and you're calling the black officers in Baltimore racist?"
"We're not talking about individual people who are racist," Jackson said. "I'm talking about the elite class and politicians in Baltimore. More people like Martin O'Malley who have legally arrested 757,000 black people–"
"Martin O'Malley is out of office– he's not in office anymore."
"The genealogy of this very problem in Baltimore starts with people like him, the mayor, these laws and public policy," Jackson responded.
When Hannity pressed him on the violence occurring in Baltimore, Jackson said: "We shouldn't be moralizing people's frustration and pain. What we should be moralizing is the systemic violence that has been put on people in Baltimore."
Hannity then yelled over his guest until the host decided to end the interview early.
Watch the clip below:
Source: Salon
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Photo Festivals Asia Watch List.
An evolving list of recommended photo festivals and events in the East, South and Southeast Asia Festival Circuit. We will be updating this list as we go. We welcome suggestions and recommendations to the list in the comments below.
New additions to the list include: Jimei X Arles: East West Encounters International Photo Festival, Photo Kathmandu, Chennai Photo Biennale and Suwon International Photo Festival.
http://angkor-photo.com – Siem Reap, Cambodia. Southeast Asia's longest-running festival. 11 Editions held annually between November and December.
facebook.com/BandungPhotoShowcase – First edition held in Bandung, Indonesia on 7th–17th March 2015.
http://chennaiphotobiennale.com – First Edition held 26th February – 13th March 2016. Organised by the Goethe-Institut Chennai and Travelling Lens.
www.cmphotofest.com – Inaugural Edition held 20–28th February 2015 in Chiang Mai, Thailand. With a focus on student and emerging talent, CMPF is organised by the Photographic Art Department of Media and Design, Faculty of Fine Arts, Chiang Mai University.
www.chobimela.org – Biannual Photography Festival held in Dhaka, Bangladesh. 9th Edition with 'Transitions' theme scheduled for 3rd February 2017. One of Asia's most respected and longest-running festivals founded by Shahidul Alam.
www.delhiphotofestival.com – Delhi, India. Held biannually between October and November. 3rd Edition was held 30th October – 8th November 2015. Produced by the Nazar Foundation.
www.festivalfotosurabaya.com – 2nd Edition will be held in May 2015 in Surabaya, Indonesia. Organised by Matanesia Community and Kopi Jahe Photo Community.
focusfestivalmumbai.com – Annual photography festival held in Mumbai, India.
http://www.goaphoto.in – New annual photography festival in Panaji, India. Inaugural edition held in February–March 2015.
http://www.guizhou.co.uk/– Liupanshui, Guizhou, China. 7 Editions held annually in August. Produced by China News Service.
www.hkphotofest.org – Hong Kong. 3 Editions held biannually between August and November. Produced by the Hong Kong Photographic Culture Association.
http://jimeiarles.org – First Edition held in Xiamen, China on 15th November – 16th December 2015. Jointly organised by Three Shadows Photography Art Centre and Les Rencontres d'Arles Photography Festival.
www.kyotographie.jp – Kyoto, Japan. 3rd Edition scheduled for 18th April to 10th May 2015.
http://www.lipfart.com – Lianzhou City, China. 9 Editions held annually between November and December. Produced by Guang Dong Government and Guangdong Museum of Art.
http://book.ofpix.com – Lishui, China. 5 Editions held biannually in November. Produced by China Photographers Association and Lishui local government.
http://rokkophotofestival.com – Kobe, Japan. 1 Edition, held annually between August and September. Organised by RAIEC – Mt.ROKKO Art Initiative for Education & Communication.
www.obscurafestival.com – Penang, Malaysia. 3 Editions held annually in June. Produced in conjunction with the George Town Festival.
www.photobangkokfestival.com – Organised by Piyatat Hemmat and advised by Manit Sriwanichpoom in Bangkok, Thailand. First Edition held 29th July – 4th October 2015.
www.photojournfestival.com – Documentary festival by PhotoJourn Association in Bangkok, Thailand. 2nd Edition scheduled for 25-27th March 2016.
http://www.photoktm.com – Organized by photo.circle. Second Edition scheduled for 21st October – 3rd November 2016.
www.pip919.com – Pingyao, China. 14 Editions held annually in September. Established in 2001 and considered China's longest-running and largest international photo festival.
www.institutfrancais-cambodge.com/ppp – Phnom Penh, Cambodia. 7 Editions held annually between November and December, usually following the Angkor Photo Festival. Produced by the Institut français of Cambodia.
www.photoshanghai.org – 1st Edition Photography Fair held in September 2014 in Shanghai, China. Organised by World Photography Organisation (WPO).
http://pondyart.org – Pondicherry, India. Produced by Pondy ART.
http://sensorium14.tumblr.com – Two editions held December 2014 and 2015 at Sunaparanta, Goa Centre for the Arts.
www.seoulphotofestival.com – Seoul, South Korea. 4 Editions held annually between November and December. Organised by the Seoul Metropolitan City.
www.sipf.sg – Biannual Photography Festival held in Singapore. 5th Edition scheduled for 6th October – 13th November 2016.
http://suwon.photo – Held in Suwon, South Korea. Third edition scheduled for December 2016.
http://www.tokyophoto.org – Tokyo, Japan. 6 Editions held annually between September and October. Fair Style.
www.tac-art.com – Taipei, Taiwan. 2 Edition held annually in September. Fair Style. Organised by the Taiwan Art Connection.
http://www.arttree.tw/tpf.htm – Taipei, Taiwan. 2 Editions held annually between November to December.
www.photoint.net/zhuanti/xishuangbanna – Jinghung City, China. 3 Editions held between January and February. Produced by Publicity Department of CPC of Xishuangbanna Prefecture and Yunnan Photographers Association.
www.yangonphoto.com – Yangon, Myanmar. 7th Edition held 13th–21st February 2015. Produced by Institut français de Birmanie.
Picture via Photo Kathmandu 2015.
Picture via Delhi Photo Festival 2015.
Wang Xi at Pingyao Festival.
Chobi Mela Photography Festival 2015.
Pingyao International Photography Festival, China.
Photograph via Chennai Photo Biennale.
Angkor Photo Festival 2014. Photo courtesy of the festival.
Singapore International Photography Festival 2014. Photo courtesy of the festival.
Pablo Bartholomew at Xishuangbanna Foto Festival.


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Our 2016 Tria Reserve, California Mourvèdre/Syrah was well reviewed, too. "A great combination of sweet and savory fruit and smoky, creamy oak makes this a delight to drink," judges said. "Roasted, fruity aromas and flavors of milk chocolate, smoked nuts, and toasty berry cake," made this wine one with an "intriguing" finish, they said.
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Our 2017 Three Hearts, Rosé, Pays d'Oc IGP, France delighted our wine lovers. This was our special collaboration with wine author, speaker and expert Leslie Sbrocco. Three Hearts earned Silver as "a satiny, crisp, fruity" Rosé with a "seamless, breezy cucumber finish." You may be surprised to know that Rosé is not just a summer wine. Experts know that this pink drink pairs perfectly with turkey for your holiday dinner!
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2016 Marula, Western Cape Pinotage, South Africa is a lesser known varietal to some, but one that is well worth getting to know. Its Silver rating only underscores that fact! Judges described Marula as a fruity wine with "aromas of blackberry cobbler and chocolate petit fours with raspberry filling." Need we say more?
Another premium red and one of our favorites, 2016 Luxx, Sculpterra Vineyard Merlot, Paso Robles, features flavors like "smoked dates, vanilla and black pepper." Judges recommended this medium-to-full-bodied Merlot for your weeknight steak dinner.
Other 2018 Silver winners include: *2016 State Room, Western Cape Cabernet Sauvignon, South Africa; *2017 Smirk, Western Cape Moscatel, South Africa; 2016 Hoot, California White Blend; 2016 Calamity Sue, Arroyo Seco Riesling, California; and *2016 Caballeria de Luna, Penedès White Blend, Spain.
Each month, Tastings—a review service by the Beverage Testing Institute (BTI)—offers a wine review/competition based on a specific wine category for U.S. wines, such as U.S. Chardonnay or U.S. Pinot Noir and Pinot Gris Aromatic Whites, as well as World categories defined by country, from France to New Zealand and every growing region in between. When those categories match up with one of our current varietals, we jump at the chance to submit our wines for review and competition. BTI has been reviewing wines for more than 35 years and providing objective ratings and reviews that serve as a useful benchmark for consumers of wine, beer and spirits. We're proud to consistently earn high ratings for our wines. Host a tasting to try these wines for yourself!


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Stand-upcomedy is een humoristische theatervorm. Vergeleken met het moderne Nederlandse cabaret is het theatrale element bij stand-upcomedy beperkt. Waar in een cabaretvoorstelling vaak sprake is van omlijnde nummers, acteerwerk en muzikale onderdelen, is stand-upcomedy enkel een humoristische monoloog, met vaak een los en persoonlijk karakter.

Vorm
Stand-upcomedy is een vorm van comedy waarin één persoon met behulp van een microfoon een reeks kortere of langere grappig bedoelde anekdotes vertelt. Ook losse grappen (zogenaamde oneliners) zijn vaak onderdeel van een stand-upcomedy-set. Waar cabaret vrijwel altijd in het theater wordt bedreven, is bij stand-upcomedy vaak het café de achtergrond, met meestal niet veel meer dan een spotlight en een microfoon met standaard. Bij een stand-upcomedy-optreden is er vaak sprake van een line-up: drie tot vier comedians die om beurt kort optreden, aangekondigd door een MC (Master of Ceremony).

Een belangrijk verschil is de verhouding tot het publiek. Bij cabaret is publieksinteractie of -interventie meestal geen onderdeel, waar bij stand-upcomedy het contact met het publiek veel belangrijker is. Bij stand-upcomedy gaat het om de lach, waar er bij cabaret ruimte is voor veel meer, zoals verhalen, muziek en zelfs dans. Dit maakt de dynamiek van stand-up wezenlijk anders dan van cabaret.

Nederland
Een succesvolle Nederlandse stand-up comedian was de Joodse moppentapper Max Tailleur.
Op 7 november 1952 begon Tailleur het cabaret De Doofpot in een voormalig café aan het Rembrandtplein in Amsterdam, waar hij tot 1966 met veel succes zijn moppen tapte.

Het stand-upcomedygezelschap Comedytrain stond aan het begin van de Nederlandse stand-upcomedy traditie. Sinds 1990 treden zij op door Nederland en later ook in hun eigen café Toomler.

In 1994 opende het Comedy Café zijn deuren. Dit was het eerste café waar elke week vast een stand-upcomedyshow gegeven werd. Hun comedians toeren sinds 1994 ook door heel Nederland via impresariaat Stand-Up.

In 1994 ontstond het stand-upgezelschap Comedy Explosion.

Vlaanderen
Geert Hoste is de stamvader van de stand-upcomedy in Vlaanderen. Hij introduceerde het genre in 1987 en opende voor dit genre de deuren van de theaters en culturele centra. Hoste trekt al sinds 1991 door Vlaanderen met zijn politieke conferences, maar wordt door de meeste stand-upcomedians meer als een cabaretier beschouwd, omdat hij alleen in de grotere theaters optreedt.

In Vlaanderen begonnen de eerste stand-upcomedians eind jaren 90 op te treden in verschillende cafés in onder andere Antwerpen, Stasegem, Gent en Brugge.

Grondleggers van de Vlaamse stand-upcomedy waren The Lunatic Comedy Club (gesticht door Stef Vanpoucke die later 123 Comedy Club oprichtte), café Buster aan de Kaasrui in Antwerpen, Comedy café 'De Trukendoos' in Stasegem (gesticht door de mentalist Gili). Later kwamen ook comedycafé 'The Joker' in Antwerpen, 'Roadkill Comedy' in Leuven, 'King Comedy' in Grimbergen en 'Lebowski's' in Berchem.

Omdat Vlaanderen niet dezelfde klassieke cabarettraditie heeft als Nederland, is stand-upcomedy er snel de dominante humoristische kunstvorm geworden. Tevens is de onderverdeling tussen stand-up en cabaret in Vlaanderen veel vager dan in Nederland, en wordt doorgaans de overkoepelende term Comedy in plaats van Cabaret gebruikt.

Wedstrijden
Omdat stand-upcomedy een kunstvorm op zich is, ontstonden er in Nederland en Vlaanderen humorwedstrijden die enkel toegankelijk waren voor stand-upcomedians:

 MySpace Comedy Award (tot en met 2007 bekend onder de naam Culture Comedy Award) (2003-): De winnaar in 2003 was Lambert-Jan Koops. In 2004 won Chris van der Ende. In 2005 won Patrick Meijer. 2006 kende de eerste Belgische winnaar; Bart Cannaerts.
 Stand-up Concours van het AKF (2003-): De winnaar van de editie 2003 was Harry Glotzbach. In 2004 won Emile Gronert. In 2005 won Bram van der Velde. Peter Pannekoek was de juryprijswinnaar van 2006, Omar Ahaddhaf won de publieksprijs.
 Knock Out Comedy, het stand-upcomedy kampioenschap van De Gulle Lach. Winnaars: Emile Gronert (2003); Bram van der Velde (2004); Donald Olie (2005); Bert Gabriëls (2006) en Merijn Scholten (2007).
 123 Comedy Award (2004-): De winnaar van de eerste editie in 2004 was Bert Gabriëls. In 2006 won Joost Van Hyfte.
 Comedy Casino Cup (2006-): De winnaar van de eerste editie van deze televisiewedstrijd was Xander De Rycke, Philippe Geubels werd toen tweede. De tweede editie van de Comedy Casino Cup werd begin 2009 gewonnen door David Galle.
 Humo's Comedy Cup (1998-): Deze wedstrijd wordt ingericht door het weekblad Humo. Vincent Voeten is de recentste winnaar (2021).
Let's Make Comedy (2020-): Wordt georganiseerd door de vereniging Gelderse Podia i.s.m het Comedyburo (samenwerking tussen Said El Hassnaoui en Roel Coppelmans). Het festival speelt zich jaarlijks af in februari/maart op de Gelderse Podia. De finale vindt plaats in het Posttheater te Arnhem, het cabaretpodium van het Oosten.

Zie ook
Komedie
Sitcom
Commedia dell'arte
Klucht
Cabaret (kleinkunst)

Improvisatietheater
Podiumkunsten


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Home » History of ham
Source: CICT (Infocharcuteries - French-language website containing information about preserved meat products)
Nobody remembers that the Suidae family, to which pigs belong, appeared on Earth at the start of the tertiary period, around fifty million years before the modern era. So let's celebrate this family !
It is thanks to this group of animals that the domesticated pig (descendant of the wild boar) continues to feed us. Pig or boar meat was eaten by the Gauls before the French came on the scene.
Our ancestors the Gauls
Did you know? Ham was invented by our ancestors, the Gauls. It became wildly popular and spread beyond France. They were so skilled in salting, smoking and oiling ham to preserve it that Germanic, Roman, Iberian and other peoples borrowed the recipe and then adapted it to their conditions at home.
Through the centuries...
Ham, the noblest part of the pig, has always played an important role in food. The Gauls used to give the best parts to their warriors, and the Romans placed it on their Emperors' tables.
Very popular among Roman Emperors, ham is even mentioned in the Treatise on Agriculture written by Cato the Elder in the third century B.C., the oldest known prose work in Latin.
Three hundred years later, during the more peaceful times of Roman occupation, skills were swapped between Roman meat preservers and Gallic livestock farmers.
In the Middle Ages, ham consumption spread throughout Europe as a symbol of abundance and sign of opulence. It was the basis of a country diet relying heavily on food that would keep for a long time.
It can be seen in frescoes and stained-glass windows in a number of churches, such as Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, the basilica of Saint Denis and the baptistery in Parma.
There were more frequent references to ham in published texts. For example, there is a recipe for cooked ham in a fourteenth-century treatise on home economics.
Four centuries later, in 1793, the "Tableau du Maximum", an official document setting the maximum prices of foodstuffs published at Corbeil, states that cooked hams are sold in the area around Paris.
Jules Goueffé described Paris ham in 1869.
He described it as an "ordinary ham" which was salted, boiled in water, deboned, placed in a terrine dish "with the rind at the bottom" and chilled under a press. He advises serving it with jelly or on a cloth garnished with branches of parsley.
This product was described in various ways at that time. Some authors thought that Paris ham should be served without jelly, rolled and covered in a thick coat of fat and rind, while others recommended a perfect cylinder, deboned and with its rind.
It is true that at that time the term "Paris ham" was generally used to describe a cooked ham for everyday use.


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No Death Penalty For Las Vegas Cop Charged With Murder
Arthur Sewall Jr.
Prosecutors will not seek capital punishment for a former Las Vegas police officer charged in a woman's 1997 shooting death.
Chief Deputy District Attorney Giancarlo Pesci said Tuesday that the death penalty review committee at the Clark County district attorney's office did not approve pursuit of the most severe punishment for 51-year-old Arthur Sewall Jr.
Earlier this year, investigators said they discovered DNA evidence that linked Sewall to the May 1997 slaying of 20-year-old Nadia Iverson.
Sewall faces one count of murder with a deadly weapon. A Clark County grand jury did not sign a true bill for a sexual assault charge, which Sewall had previously faced. In January, Sewall told police that he paid Iverson money for sex and that she was shot during their sexual encounter, according to an arrest warrant.
Iverson's body was found at a construction site near Washington Avenue and Martin Luther King Boulevard with a gunshot wound to the head, Las Vegas police said.
Her rape kit was not sent for testing until March 2016. Hers was among the nearly 6,500 untested kits that had accumulated in Southern Nevada from 1985 through 2014.
Sewall resigned from the force and was sentenced in 1999 to five years of probation after pleading guilty to two counts of oppression under color of law.
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i heard a statistic at church last week that blew my mind.
our friends had just got home from adopting their little girl, lili-kate, from china and said that if 7% of christians worldwide would adopt 1 orphan, there would be no more orphans.
what? 7%? that is not a very big number.
so i got home and i dug, dug, dug.
christianity today states that there are 2 billion professed christians worldwide.
cry of the orphan states that there are 130 million orphans worldwide.
so that means that the statistic bobbi made was incorrect. it is not 7%... it's 6.5%! six and a half percent. seriously.
so then i dug deeper.
christianity today also stated that there were 159 million professed christians in the usa.
cry of the orphan stated that there are 500,000 children in the foster care system in the usa.
that means if .3% of professed christians in the united states would take in 1 foster child, they would all have a home. not 1%. not even a half of a percent. but point three percent.
120,000 of those foster kids are waiting for someone to adopt them.
want to hear that percentage?
oh, and did i mention that all of these percentages would significantly drop if we were willing to adopt siblings?
in james chapter 1 we are urged, as the body of christ, to take care of orphans and widows. it's our job. someone has got to do it.
we, as followers of christ, need to rise up. we need to take responsibility for what God has called us to do.
i am well aware of the facts- all of these numbers are not exact. that not everyone is called to adopt. that adoption can be expensive and a lengthy process. that being a foster parent is hard. i know this, trust me. i have friends who have gone down several of these roads. i have worked with foster kids and the foster system at royal family kids camp. i know these things.
but lets just get real here- how many christians have even contemplated adoption?
"you are called to adopt."
"you have the spirit of adoption on your life."
"you will help take care of my children."
and in God's time, we will. that is why this struck a chord with me... it's what my heart beats for.
as soon as the Lord gives us the go-ahead with our finances & home, we will jump in with both feet into whatever outlet He wants us to- either foster care or adoption.
and if you are not called to adopt or do foster care (which not all of us are), there are many ways you can help. this site helps christian families adopt, both with legal resourses & information on how to get financial help. they take up donations to help fund adoptions for families who may not otherwise be able to afford it. this camp that i spoke of above gives foster children a week of camp- free of charge- so they can experience love, fun, & christ. not only can you make donations to this organization, but you can find one near you to get involved in as a counselor or other helper.
what it boils down to is it's time that we are made aware of these facts. we need to be God's hands, heart, love, & family to those who need it most.
Amen! We are going to be part of the 7%! Thank you Jesus. And thanks for splashin' around with me today.
Stop in and sign up to play a game I'm hosting next week, there's a nice prize for the winner!
Thought I'd answer your question here (where am I called to go). I have had several visions of ministering in foreign countries to dark skinned people who didn't speak English. I have also received words of knowledge from several prayer ministries about a call God has placed on my life to serve Him.
God hasn't revealed the place yet, but He's using me right here in our city for now. My heart's desire is to have a ministry like Heidi Baker's. Do you know her? She cares for the orphans in Africa. I saw her at a conference once, and I ran up to her for her blessing. I can't wait to see what God's going to do!
We're going to be part of the 7 someday!
p.s. You have a beautiful blog and I will be back!


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Carmel Davies
Nursing, Midwifery and Indigenous Health
Emailcdavies@csu.edu.au
Currently Involved in research at Charles Sturt University.
Fingerprint Dive into the research topics where Carmel Davies is active. These topic labels come from the works of this person. Together they form a unique fingerprint.
Parturition Medicine & Life Sciences
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Scott, B., Shannon, K. & Davies, C., 2017, Healthy Ageing and Aged Care. Bernoth, M. & Winkler, D. (eds.). Australia: Oxford University Press, p. 315-337 23 p.
Research output: Book chapter/Published conference paper › Chapter in textbook/reference book
Providing comfort during labour and birth
Dietsch, J. & Davies, C., 2015, Pillitteri's Child and Family health Nursing in Australia and New Zealand. Haley, C. (ed.). 2nd ed. Sydney, Australia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, p. 226-233 8 p. 16
The nursing role in reproductive and sexual health
Dietsch, J. & Davies, C., 2015, Pillitteri's Child and Family health Nursing in Australia and New Zealand. Haley, C. (ed.). 2nd ed. / 5 ed. Sydney, Australia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, p. 59-69 11 p.
Woman-centred care during labour and birth
Dietsch, J. & Davies, C., 2015, Pillitteri's Child and Family health Nursing in Australia and New Zealand. Haley, C. (ed.). 2nd ed. / 15 ed. Sydney, Australia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, p. 201-225 25 p.
Living longer, living well
Anderson, J., Davies, C. & Fitzgerald, G., 2014, Rural nursing: The Australian context. Francis, K., Chapman, Y. & Davies, C. (eds.). Port Melbourne, VIC: Cambridge University Press, p. 126-139 14 p.
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I'm usually a big fan of whatever rolls off the Microsoft production line. Not so with the first generation of Xbox 360s from a few years ago – these have to be one of the most flawed pieces of technology in history. After getting my early Xbox 360 fixed no less than 3 times I was frustratingly still getting the red ring of death.
I then implemented a permenant fix of my own – I took it outside and smashed it with a mattock – very satisfying after many years of frustrations.
PS. Yes I did buy a new one on sale for $198.
Nice bricks by the way!


This year is a big year for the ASEAN economies. The ASEAN Integration is set to be fully realized by the end of 2015.
The Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) is composed of ten countries in South East Asia. The association was formed in August 1967 during a meeting in Bangkok, among the five heads of state from Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. These countries became the founding members of the ASEAN after the leaders signed the ASEAN (Bangkok) Declaration. The leaders agreed to help each other in strengthening the economic and social stability of the region. Later on, between the years 1984 and 1999, five more countries joined the founding members: Brunei Darussalam, Vietnam, Lao PDR, Myanmar, and Cambodia.
During the 30th founding anniversary of the ASEAN in 2007, the member countries agreed to a unified region and called it ASEAN Vision 2020. The vision aims to unify ASEAN countries similar to the European Union by establishing a single market and single currency. In 2013, however, during the 12th ASEAN Summit in Cebu, Philippines, the member countries decided to make it happen five years earlier, thus it became ASEAN Integration 2015.
These pillars are not independent from each other rather a co-dependence would exist to ensure a much better Southeast Asian region. While all these pillars are important to every member country, the AEC is the one pillar that is given more attention these days because it is the one that will affect all populations most.
ASEAN Political-Security Community (APSC) is for a peaceful, democratic, and harmonious environment. All member countries recognize that ASEAN countries are linked to one another thus there is a need to safeguard the security of each country. While disputes cannot be helped, there have been no wars and deeper struggles. Member countries all agree that everything can be resolved through peaceful negotiations.
ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) is for an equitable economic development and highly-competitive union. The integration hopes to transform the region into a single market that is geared towards global economy.
ASEAN Socio-cultural Community (ASCC) is for a socially responsible and people oriented-region. This is meant to improve people's lives by investing heavily on education, training, job generation, and social protection.
More than anything, the ASEAN Integration is expected to affect the economics of every member country. It is expected to boost investments, create jobs, and increase incomes. It is geared towards a healthy competition between countries, and to not pull others down. How is this going to happen?
Unit costs are lowered when there is access to cheaper raw materials.
Technology sharing and transfer would also lower costs and prices of commodities.
Higher productivity, because there is access to hire more people, means more income.
The major downside for business entrepreneurs, the experts say, is that there could be supply chain disruptions but that is not totally an issue where member countries vow to help each other and that benefits outweigh the disadvantages.
The Philippines seems to be not yet fully ready for the integration for many reasons such as low-skilled population and a banking system that is not yet at par with the rest of the member countries. The country may however be able to cope through small and medium enterprises (SMEs) if the Philippine government would provide enough support to them.


We have created a puzzle that takes on a spherical shape of an astronomical model compound of a planet and its surrounding ring. The planet positioned tightly inside the ring looks as if it cannot be taken out, and all you can do with it is rotate it on its axis. Or is this really the case?
The theme of the puzzle is "heaven" and was created by Oskar of the Netherlands.