La Villetta "U Pertuso" è un elegante dimora dell'Ottocento in tipico stile eoliano.
Riportata al fascino originale da un accurato restauro, è circondata da un curato giardino mediterraneo con piante di agrumi e un gazebo con una meravigliosa vista sul mare.
Dal terrazzo si gode una splendida vista sul mare e su qualche isolotto che affiora dal mare.
due bagni completi di tutti i sanitari con doccia e finestra.
Consigliata per gruppi di amici e famiglie, la Villetta "U Pertusu" è una delle più belle dimore dell'Isola.
Villetta "U Pertuso" is an elegant 19th century house in typical Aeolian style.
Carefully restored is surrounded by a well-kept Mediterranean garden with citrus plants and a gazebo with beautiful sea views.
From the terrace you can enjoy a wonderful view of the sea and some islets that rise from the sea.
Two bathrooms with shower and window.
All rooms also have access to the large terrace.
Recommended for groups of friends and families, the Villetta "U Pertusu" is one of the most beautiful houses on the island.
It is located about 1 km from the village of Panarea, where there are all services (pharmacy, shops, post office, small supermarket ...).
Within walking distance of the house, on the port, there are restaurants, bars and boat rentals.
The sand beach of "Zimmari" is about 800 mt.
To facilitate travel, we recommend the typical Panarea taxis, small silent electric vehicles, transferring island guests to various locations.


Ferdie Hartzenberg was born in Middelburg on 17 March 1972.
Ferdie Hartzenberg obtained a BA Technologiae Fine Art (Honours) at the Technikon Pretoria in 1997 with Sculpture, Art Theory and Art History as major subjects and ceramics as a sub Major for three years.
Ferdie Hartzenberg spent 2 years traveling Europe and since his return in 1999 he has work full time as a sculptor working mainly in steel.
1996 - Ferdie Hartzenberg worked as part of a team on a life size policeman for the South African Police Services.
1998 - ABSA bank invites Ferdie Hartzenberg to submit a proposal for a large scale public sculpture for a new building.
April to December 1999 - Worked as a stonemason for the British Museum, London.


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Matjaž Zgonc (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Being a relatively new speech community, speakers of Slovenian did not receive a proper usage guide until 2012 when Pravipis, a 128-page booklet by author, translator and proof-reader Aleksandra Kocmut came into existence. It was published in two editions, the second one appearing in 2013. Although it is conceived and organized like many another usage guide – "Following ten years of reading, for the final few years I have been collecting mistakes which appear frequently in all types of texts and media," the author writes, and "[Pravipis] is here for all those who come very frequently across orthographic, grammatical, and linguistic questions but lack the time to peruse the resources […]" (Kocmut 2012, 7) – Pravipis will be of interest to all those interested in usage guides as a genre not just because of its unique position as the only usage guide in a speech community, but also because, coming from a milieu entirely different from those of Germanic and Romance usage guides, it has an (uncannily?) specific prescriptive effect on its readership.
Front cover of Pravipis with author's name and publisher visible, © Založba Modrijan, 2013
This is because Pravipis explicitly relinquishes the claim to any intrinsic normativity. It was intended to be a supplementary guide, a more easily accessible rule book inserted into a speech community already saturated with official (that is to say, academic) prescriptivism. The fact is that speakers of Slovenian have open and constant access to the official dictionary and rules of orthography, as well as know this because it is a part of the school curriculum in primary and secondary education. However, because these rules are notoriously difficult to understand, Kocmut wrote Pravipis (whose title is a pun on pravopis 'orthographic rules') in order to help those having difficulty understanding official resources. Pravipis is organized into twenty headings and a further 48 subheadings covering, according to the author, some of the most common mistakes Slovenian native speakers make in writing. Interestingly, official resources not only cover all of them, but they are also invoked both through some terminology used in Pravipis and in the bibliography. Thus, although it is based on the author's intuition and is clearly uninfluenced by (descriptive) linguistic methodology, Pravipis is nevertheless primarily a rearticulation of institutional resources, making it stand out among usage guides in some respects.
What is more, Pravipis has a Facebook page through which the author communicates with her followers. Passages from the usage guide are rarely invoked there – rather, the page tends to post actual Slovenian texts and express Kocmut's disdain of them. The page then invites its followers to point out the mistakes and correct them (such as in this recent example), and debates sometimes emerge in the comments. With this, Pravipis has become a multimedia interactive usage guide, even if the media in which it appears are mostly separate from each other.
Kocmut, Aleksandra. 2013 [2012]. Pravipis: zbirka pogostih pravopisnih kavljev z nekaj napotki za brskanje po e-slovarjih. Ljubljana: Modrijan.

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Nationalism and martyrdom of soldiers are as much an election issue as the death of farmers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on April 15, rejecting allegations that he was using the defence forces in his campaign speeches for winning the polls.
In an interview to national broadcaster Doordarshan, Modi said the country is suffering because of terrorism for the last 40 years and there is no reason for people not being told about this.
"If we don't tell them what our views are on this, then what is the logic in that? ...Can any country move ahead without the feeling of nationalism," he said.
"In a country where thousands of its soldiers have been martyred, shouldn't that be an election issue? If farmers die, then it is an election issue, but when soldiers die then it is not an election issue? How can that be?" the prime minister added.
Last week, Modi asked first-time voters to dedicate their votes to those who carried out the air strike in Pakistan's Balakot. He also also urged to dedicate their first votes to the security personnel killed in the Pulwama terror attack.
The comments created political furore with opposition parties accusing the prime minister of using the defence forces for winning the polls.
The poll panel took notice and the remarks are currently under examination. The poll authorities in Maharashtra's Latur, where he made the speech, have told the Election Commission that prima facie the comments are violative of its orders, asking parties against using the armed forces in their campaigns.
Modi in his interview also took a swipe at Congress president Rahul Gandhi, alleging that he was raking up the Rafale issue to wash the sins of his father.
"He has made the Rafale issue to wash the sins of his father. For the past six months, he has been making it an issue without any proof," he said.
Modi further said that in the past five years his government has addressed the basic requirements of the people that should have been fulfilled within the first ten to twenty years of Independence.
He said that his comments against the Gandhi family was against dynastic politics and his opposition was issue-based and not personal.
Commenting on the Congress's 'NYAY' or minimum income promise, Modi said with the announcement of the scheme, the Congress has accepted that they have done "great injustice" to the people for the past 60 years.
Talking about BJP's chances in the ongoing elections, Modi said there is an "unprecedented wave of support" for his party.


Nine games into the season, the Bruins find themselves leading the division over Ottawa and Montreal by 5 points with a 5-2-1-1 record. To say that the team has exceeded expectation is an understatement; this team was projected to battle for one of the bottom playoff spots in the East while the Hoover Rankings had them finishing 22nd overall.
The team has managed to topple some of last year's top teams, including Washington in the season opener, Anaheim, the Islanders, Arizona and Nashville. The Predators and Hurricanes, who the Bruins lost to in overtime, both made the conference finals in 2017.
After coming out of the gate with a 3-0-1 record, the team suffered two lopsided defeats, first to the mighty Colorado Avalanche 6-2. "We scored early, that team just has so much talent," Gallant said. The Dallas Stars handed Boston their 2nd regulation loss in as many games, shutting out the Bruins 3-0. Dallas has bolstered their team significantly after trading for Malkin, signing Talbot as well as inking Mitch Marner.
The Bruins have otherwise kept the games low scoring. As a team, they have scored just 2.44 goals per game, while allowing 2.33, ranking them 7th in the league. Gallant emphasized a defense-first approach that has translated well early in the season. Corey Crawford has led the troops with a 4-2-1 record with a 2.20 GAA and a .915 save percentage. Antti Niemi, who has played in parts of 4 games, has even better numbers. He's allowed just two goals per game while saving over 93% of shots faced.
The team's leading scorer is Zach Parise, with 8 points in 9 games. Just below him are a trio of players with 6 points apiece, that being Steen, Connolly and Schenn. Although he has yet to find the back of the net, Josh Anderson has tallied 5 assists and leads the team with a plus seven rating. The team will look for their offense to produce a touch more, and they'll look to their UFA signing Trevor Lewis to help. He has only two points on the year, both are goals. Jeff Petry has equally struggled, putting up only two apples so far with only 7 shots on goal.
Boston's schedule lightens quite a bit next week, playing in Ottawa against their division rivals before returning home to face New Jersey. The week after will see the team battle in 4 games, all in consecutive nights. Expect to see Niemi draw into the starter role in at least one of those games.


Here's one I was asked for. I'm not too sure of the second part so I looked it up. I hope I didn't mess it up too. The tune itself should be nice enough and strong enough to survive the slight mangling I gave it.


"One thing that Thai society lacks is the ability to access funding resources. When I recognized that opportunity usually belongs to people who have better financial status, I personally aimed to create more financial equality, and I have been pursuing it with a platform named PeerPower. The platform allows loan borrowers to receive a reasonable interest, and in the meantime investors receive handsome returns. It is the balance that supports business at all levels to be able to survive" stated by Vorapon Ponvanit (Jim), Founder and CEO of PeerPower Co., Ltd.
Jim Vorapon Ponvanit has been serving financial markets for over 17 years, also in the role of investor. He expressed a good reason for bringing peer-to-peer lending practices to Thailand as the effectiveness in financial markets in the United States where many SMEs loan applications were usually rejected by commercial banks, resulting in business's troublesome lack of liquidity. In 2013, Vorapon had an opportunity to experience the peer-to-peer lending model from an American investor. He then decided to undergo further in-depth study under the belief that peer-to-peer lending is valuable and can create positive impacts for both investors who would like to gain continuous revenue and borrowers who need access to funding for their business survival.
Since online peer-to-peer lending is an unfamiliar issue for the Thai financial industry it still lacks of awareness and understanding. From that limitation, PeerPower, under the supervision of Vorapon, targets to continuously to create market awareness, to share knowledge especially about transparency in examination, and to emphasize why PeerPower is recognized as a trusted platform. His willingness has led Vorapon to continuously research SME's market situation and he found out that there is high demand from SMEs whose revenue is under 150 million baht to access funding resources, due to being segmented as sub-standard debt by Bank of Thailand (BOT)'s policy.
According to the SMEs report by the Bank of Thailand, 38.4 percent of total loan volume was recently projected to SMEs by commercial banks in Thailand, higher than that given to large enterprises and consumer loans. The SMEs loan has soared up to 4,253 billion baht. As a result, the domestic non-performing loan (NPLs) in SMEs increased to 165 billion baht in 2015 from 138 million in 2014, and the growth of NPLs rate in SMEs went up from 3.1 percent to 3.5 percent. Hence, the situation led the banks to experienceloss of revenue, and SMEs became an increased risk for banks.
With the development of the new IFIS9 (Integrated Financial Information System) in 2019 regulators plan to announce with higher interest rate loans, caused by this higher degree of risk from SMEs. That provides less options for SMEs seeking funding resources.
The differentiation of PeerPower is to allow for the possibility of peer-to-peer lending to grow, especially among limitations SMEs are facing. The PeerPower platform is aimed to create new opportunity for both investors and borrowers. The system of peer-to-peer lending is possible and practical as its consideration is not based on only financial business performance, but also previous spending behavior, credit payment and personal credit. In addition, technology is used to support and check transparency between both parties.
"Only identifying business pain points and developing products or services to address market demand may not be sufficient. Being a fintech, its industry is unique, and must involve regulatory compliance, macroeconomics, and policy, thus you need to take time to learn and understand these factors. New startups should understand compliance issues and the mechanism of macro and micro economics, and be able to balance all related elements; business, policy, regulation, and technology in order to develop solutions and serve markets. Stated by Vorapon Ponvanit.


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Kajsa Vickhoff Lie, née le , est une skieuse alpine norvégienne. Grand espoir du ski alpin norvégien, elle prend part aux Jeux olympiques de la jeunesse d'hiver de 2016. Elle réalise en 2018 le doublé descente-super G lors des Championnats du monde juniors 2018 à Davos. Elle remporte sa première victoire en Coupe du monde à l'arrivée de la descente de Kvitfjell le 4 mars 2023.

Biographie
Sa carrière débute en 2014. Elle accède à la Coupe du monde en  à Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

Elle prend part aux Championnats du monde 2019, où elle est notamment septième du combiné.
Elle obtient son premier top dix de Coupe du monde en  à Cortina d'Ampezzo ().

Le 28 février 2021, lors du Super G de Val di Fassa, elle chute et se blesse grièvement, souffrant notamment d'une fracture à la jambe gauche.

Kajsa Vickhoff Lie vit une saison blanche (2021-2022) avant de retrouver son meilleur niveau au cours de l'hiver 2022-2023, avec un premier podium le 21 janvier en se classant deuxième de la la descente de Cortina d'Ampezzo, une première médaille aux championnats du monde (le bronze à l'arrivée du Super-G des Mondiaux 2023 de Courchevel-Méribel) et le 4 mars devant son public sur l'Olympiabakken de Kvitfjell sa première victoire en descente, et en Coupe du monde.

Palmarès

Championnats du monde

Coupe du monde
Meilleur classement général :  en 2021.
 3 podiums dont 1 victoire

Classements

Championnats du monde junior

Jeux olympiques de la jeunesse d'hiver

Coupe d'Europe
1 victoire.

Championnats de Norvège
 Championne de la descente en 2019.
 Championne du combiné en 2019.

Notes et références

Liens externes

Skieuse alpine norvégienne
Naissance en juin 1998
Championne du monde junior de ski alpin

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Today's Market / PhunCoin Crypto: 12 Things for PHUN Stock Investors to Know About Phunware's New Token
PhunCoin Crypto: 12 Things for PHUN Stock Investors to Know About Phunware's New Token
The crypto covers user data for brands
November 19, 2021 By William White, InvestorPlace Writer Nov 19, 2021, 11:59 am EST November 19, 2021
Phunware (NASDAQ:PHUN) is getting into the crypto game with the launch of PhunCoin (CCC:PHCN-USD).
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Let's take a look at what investors need to know about this below!
Phunware describes it as a "security token that is empowering consumers to take control of and be compensated for their data."
The company says users can monetize the tokens by sharing their data with brands.
This allows users to earn Phuncoin by providing answers to questions in a survey.
Phunware claims traders will want to hold the token as it pays out a crypto dividend.
The company says that the PhunCoin crypto is available to "accredited investors via Reg D."
Another way to get the token includes "utilizing Phunware's Data SDK to build audiences."
According to Phunware, the token will provide brands with direct, real-time data from consumers.
That's due to proximity marketing that lets brands know when and where users like to spend their time.
Phunware notes this isn't a new concept but is expected to see growth in the coming years.
As such, it's looking to get into the game with a crypto token that it believes can reach mainstream users.
A press release from Phunware today notes that the token is valued at $0.008.
It also mentions that the company will hold 72% of the maximum available supply.
PHUN stock is up 4.5% as of Friday morning.
Investors on the lookout for more crypto news will want to stick around!
InvestorPlace has the latest crypto news traders need to know about for Friday. A few examples include the latest coverage on Solana (CCC:SOL-USD), Bitcoin (CCC:BTC-USD), and Floki Inu (CCC:FLOKI-USD). You can find all of that at the following links!
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This week I picked up a project that got put down last month, to install ESXi on one of my psuedo-servers. This particular machine runs an ASUS Z9PE-D8 WS motherboard with an Intel Xeon processor. Normally, installing ESXi shouldn't be that hard, unless your hardware isn't on the HCL, in which case it can be quite fickle. That's why this was the third time I've run headlong at a brickwall.


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When she was just a little girl, Dawn Mac used to be intrigued by how her father's voice would float out across space and be heard in faraway lands.
He was a ham operator.
"It fascinated me that he'd get on the airwaves and talk to people across the world," she said about her dad, who she called her "inspiration."
At just eight or nine years old, she'd "play DJ." She loved music and when combined with the idea of having her voice heard across large distances, it was clear where her adult passions would lay.
"It was something that was in my blood from the very beginning," Mac said.
As president and founder of Bluegrass Planet Radio, it's no surprise that watching her dad talk into a microphone set her on the career path that's led to a successful 24/7 internet radio station that people across the globe listen to.
Mac's first radio show wasn't fancy. Heck, it wasn't even commercial; it was just a hobby she did for fun. She decided to host an internet radio show back in 2006 on one of the earlier versions of web-based radio, BlogTalk Radio. She decided to focus on music and interviews with indie artists who didn't have access to traditional radio formats. From there, her passion continued to grow.
"At one time, I was running five different podcasts for five different genres," she said. "As it started to get some traction and recognition, I had folks say, 'why don't you start a radio station?'"
What they meant was something more than she'd been doing. They didn't mean podcast-style radio broadcasts. They didn't mean individual shows. They were suggesting she start a full-fledged 24/7 station. She'd been doing the bluegrass podcast since 2011, and thought the genre was perfect for expanding.
"I thought, maybe this is the time," she reminisced. "You can never have enough stations promoting all the great bluegrass music."
Today, Bluegrass Planet Radio is heard around the clock and is easily accessed via a free mobile app available from iTunes and Google Play Store. Not only does Mac play music by a broad range of today's bluegrass acts, but she also has affiliate programming that spans a wide range of interests. The station is truly comprehensive, and some might even say "eclectic."
For instance, listeners can tune in for the shows they'd expect, such as the Bluegrass Gospel Hour or Steve Martin's Unreal Bluegrass. But there's also a little variety that reaches into other genres. For instance, Mac airs a program called "It's Folk," which she describes as "folk, yet it's got an edge to it."
"People look at the roster and say, 'wow, you've got a little of everything,'" Mac said. "It's not all just Flatt and Scruggs any more…I wanted to create a station that was going to do more than what people would expect."
Mac said her personal taste isn't traditionalist.
"I'm more progressive, new grass, contemporary," she explained.
Although her own tastes might slightly affect the choices in affiliate broadcasts, she said she still tries to focus Bluegrass Planet Radio programming on meeting the needs of the listeners themselves. It's not so much about her own taste as it is about making a great station that others will enjoy.
"I try to give equal billing to all the bluegrass labels," she explained. "As a broadcaster, we get in advance what albums are coming out, what singles are gonna be released."
"Just about everything that comes out new goes on the station," she said.
Bluegrass Planet Radio has a broad listenership, and they come from places where most people would never suspect. Mac said she pulls in fans from all sorts of places.
"There are tons and tons of international listeners that obviously dig bluegrass music in all its forms," Mac said. She added that some of her highest listener peaks result from fans tuning in from very far away. She sees activity from Japan, Germany, France, the UK, and many more countries where one would be surprised to find people interested in bluegrass, Americana, and the other folk genres Mac features.
As a prominent bluegrass internet radio broadcaster, what advice does Mac have for record labels who want to have their music heard? What's the number one thing record labels should do to get radio programmers — DJs and others who are the music gatekeepers — on their side?
"The best thing labels can do is sign artists that are marketable," she said. As a close number two, she said labels need to promote. And when they think they've promoted enough, they need to promote some more.
"They really have to believe in the product they're producing," she said.
If a record label truly believes in its artist, it seems that's a surefire way to get Mac interested as well. As she in part walks in her father's footsteps, she's glad to help the great performers of bluegrass get their music heard.
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Permit Review & Approval Process
All permits, including applications for allowed "Yes" uses such as residential building permits, are subject to a planner-conducted land use analysis that includes review for consistency with UDC development standards, environmentally sensitive areas, and stormwater provisions.
Process by Permit Type
Pre-application conferences with DCD staff are required for all Type II and III permit applications and for certain Type I permits (see the Pre-Application Conference request form) to orient applicants with the provisions, procedures and criteria for permit approval required by the UDC.
After a pre-application conference (if required), and an application and the applicable fees are submitted, DCD has 28 days to determine if the application is substantially complete. If it is not complete, the applicant has 90 days to provide all the missing information.
Once the application is complete, DCD issues a notice of application (if required) and, following a minimum 14-day public comment period, issues a determination pursuant to the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA). If a determination of non-significance is issued (DNS), in most cases, public notice of the determination and of the application will be posted on the property, mailed to the adjacent property owners, and published in the newspaper. If a determination of significance (DS) is issued, the applicant would begin preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). Appeals of SEPA threshold determinations (except for a DS) on most project permits may be made to the Jefferson County Hearing Examiner. An optional DNS process will be utilized in most cases which allows for early notification of the "likely" SEPA threshold determination to be included with the notice of application.
Generally, DCD has 120 days or less to issue a permit decision once the application has been determined to be complete. However, this does not include time required for preparation of an EIS, if required, or any period during which the applicant has been requested to provide additional information or if substantial project revisions have been made to the application.
Type I Permit
After the public comment period for applications that involve SEPA review or the agency comment period for proposals that are within the jurisdiction of other agencies, the Administrator determines whether the project is consistent with the criteria for approval and may approve, approve with conditions, or deny the application. The Administrator's action on the permit (except for administrative code interpretations) may only be appealed to Superior Court.
Type II Permit
After the public comment period, the Administrator reviews the proposal and determines whether the project is consistent with the criteria for approval in the UDC and may approve, approve with conditions, or deny the application. For "C(d)" uses, the Administrator will review the potential impacts of the proposal and, upon determining the application to be complete, make a determination as to whether a public hearing should be required on the application. The Administrator's final decision on the permit may be appealed to the Jefferson County Hearing Examiner by filing a written appeal and appropriate fee within 14 days of the decision.
Hearing Procedures (Ordinance Number 01-0203-03)
Type III Permit
After the public comment period, DCD staff will schedule a public hearing before the Jefferson County Hearing Examiner and prepare a staff report prior to the hearing. The staff report will analyze whether the proposed project is consistent with the Jefferson County Comprehensive Plan and the provisions of the UDC. At the public hearing, the Hearing Examiner will review the staff report, the applicant's presentation, and all public comment and testimony. Within 10 days after the close of the hearing, the Hearing Examiner will determine whether the proposal is consistent with the applicable criteria for approval in the UDC and may approve, approve with conditions, or deny the application. The Hearing Examiner's final decision on the permit may be appealed by a party of record within 14 days to a Jefferson County Appellate Hearing Examiner by filing a written appeal and appropriate fee.
Type IV Permit
The Board of County Commissioners will determine whether the requirements granted under preliminary plat approval have been satisfied in granting final plat approval. The Board's action on the permit may only be appealed to Superior Court.
Type V Permit
With certain limitations, Comprehensive Plan amendments may only be made once a calendar year and must conform to the "docketing" schedule established in Section 9 of the UDC. Amendments to the UDC itself (if consistent with the Comprehensive Plan) may occur more frequently. In all cases, a staff report from DCD will be prepared to analyze the proposed amendments for consistency with the Comprehensive Plan and the Washington state Growth Management Act. Staff will schedule a public hearing before the Jefferson County Planning Commission. Upon the close of the hearing, the Planning Commission will make a recommendation on the proposed amendments to the Board of County Commissioners. The Board will make the final decision on the proposed amendments. Appeals of the Board's decision on Comprehensive Plan or UDC amendments may be made to the Western Washington Growth Management Hearings Board (WWGMHB).
For more information on Type V Permits or legislative actions, visit the Long-Range Planning page.
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How Could Gun Control Lower Gun Violence?
Filed under: Administration,Amendment II,American People Voice Opinion,Appeasement,Assault Weapons,Binding Resolution,Children Murdered,Civilization,Crime,Disarm People,European Pressure,Executive Order,Federal Government,Federalist Papers,Firearms,Government,Gun Ban,Gun Control,Gun Violence,Guns,History,Idividual Protection,Internal Pressures,International Politics,Law Enforcement,Leftist Pressures,Mainstream Media,Maniacal Fear,Media,Myth,Political Identity,Politicized Findings,Politics,Proliferation,Regulations,School Shooting,Shooting,Shooting Victims,United States,United States Constitution — qwertster @ 2:16 AM
Tags: Chicago, Firearms, Gun Control, Guns, Illegal Gub Use, Legal Gun Ownership, Limit Power of Government, New Laws Useless Against Criminals, Only Obstrect Legal Ownership, Prevent Government Overreach, Record Level of Shooting Deaths, Self Defense
This has been a basic question where conservatives and liberals, Republicans and Democrats, gun owners and advocates against gun control advocates have wrestled and neither side has ever found the magic, pardon our word usage, silver bullet to end the violence resulting from criminal firearm usage. Every time there is a dramatic milestone reached as was recently in Chicago where they reached five-hundredth homicide of the year or a dramatic firearms related death toll resulting from firearms usage such as the Orlando club shooting or the string of homicides in San Bernardino for the anti-gun forces to rush to blame the guns even if the real culprit was terrorism as in Orlando and San Bernardino. There is the demand for long waiting periods, deeper background checks, limits on firearm purchases per person per year or any of a number from a plethora of inventive laws which would presumably end criminal purchases of firearms at gun shows, gun stores, private sales or other legal forms of firearms purchases. This begs a simple question, how many criminals are purchasing their firearms legally. Yes, there have been some tragic cases where a person legally purchased the firearms they use all too often in violent mass shootings such as too many school shootings or mass public shootings such as in movie theaters or nightclubs or as vengeance workplace violence or even terrorism. These tragic cases often are the first criminal act of the shooters and they went through all of the existing checks and even if further checks and wait periods were enacted they would have had little if any effect beyond waiting periods causing them to plan longer and delay their shooting sprees but not preventing them. Still, over ninety percent of shootings are committed by people with criminal records who already would be unable to walk into a gun show or gun store and purchase a firearm legally and most of the firearms used in these crimes are often stolen weapons which were bought illegally from nonstandard sources which operate beyond the law. The idea that making legal firearm purchases more time consuming, burdensome and legally tangled with more and more layers of paperwork and legal hurdles does nothing to prevent criminal firearm purchases and the politicians know this and the crime data records prove this. So why if these facts are well known and understood do the politicians continue to call for restrictions on firearm purchases and even have many calling now for the repeal of the Second Amendment and the complete ban of legal firearm ownership despite all evidence pointing to this leading to increased firearm use by criminal elements as they then are assured they will be the only people armed in any criminal incident.
There are at least two easily understandable reasons for the politicians calling for more restrictive laws. The most obvious is their receiving funds for making such demands coming from the anti-gun lobbies who will love such legislation and will spend liberally supporting political campaigns for those supportive candidates. Another reason is the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) who also favor more firearm laws as each law, regulation and licensing required by law increases the numbers of government employees required to process and handle the additional forms, research, background checks, license issuing or renewal and any other directives and requirements such legislation demands. These are two of the most active groups a candidate can get behind them in order to finance their campaign. The other reason which looms over the gun debate even more than campaign finances is the general lack of real information and education of the public, especially in most major metropolitan jurisdictions. This is largely due to the complete lack of intimate knowledge, education, training or even the slightest use of a firearm by the majority of the voting public. With a smaller and smaller percentage of the population having served in the military, especially suburban residents, and even less training in firearms in such organization as the Boy Scouts and other youth groups and there no longer having any firearms training in summer camps, the public is generally unfamiliar with firearms and many even developing a symptom bordering on maniacal fear of firearms to the point of hyperventilating at the sight of a gun other than on the belt of a uniformed police officer. Additionally, the use of firearms in entertainment venues such as movies displaying firearms in ways which are wildly inaccurate such as handguns or rifles firing well over one-hundred rounds without ceasing fire for reloading even firing six-shot revolvers twenty or thirty times before changing to another weapon or reloading, has fueled misconceptions of the lethality and practical use of firearms which if applied to swords would have the sword being capable of killing merely by removing it from its scabbard. Another misconception furthered by the entertainment industry is the range at which weapons, particularly handguns, are lethal. With shots being taken with a 9mm or a 45cal semi-automatic handgun at well over a quarter mile, 440 yards or four and a half football fields (pitch) which is a highly dubious range even for a really good marksman, but that is the short end of impossible shots as many a movie aficionado can attest. I have actually seen neighbors shrink away when friends and I would return from the outdoor public range and transport normal handguns and a few hunting rifles from the trunk of the vehicle into the house for cleaning and once had an extremely paranoid neighbor call the police claiming that terrorists were meeting in my place with dozens of guns and other weapons. The police were not all that amused but as two of my friends had Federal Firearms Licenses and one had a Class III Weapons Permit and worked at a gun store, they were forced to allow us to retain our weapons. The neighbor was frantic that we were not taken away in chains and the arsenal confiscated. Ah, reliving the good old days of my misspent youth.
Dianna Rigg as Emma Peel in The Avengers
The truth is that should the anti-gun and anti-weapons fanatics get their way, we will be eating steaks with butter knives if the vegans allow us to continue to eat slabs of cows. This claim is made as there have been calls in the United Kingdom, or at least in London and other cities of the Isles to make knives beyond six inches illegal which would make a number of carving knives and my bread knife illegal and some steak knives I have seen such as the ones at a restaurant in the United States and likely elsewhere called Outback. By our figuring, if these fanatics against weapons of all venues got their way, we would no longer have forks and instead be using sporks with our butter knives. The people who wish to make life so guarded that even the roads are made soft enough that falling will not scrape an elbow or a knee really have lost all sense of excitement and see danger not as a challenge to be overcome but a peril which must be eradicated so even the most inept cannot harm themselves no matter how recklessly they address life's challenges. Where if they desire to round every corner in their homes and pad every piece of furniture while only using safe utensils such as butter knives and sporks and eat only the most bland fruits and vegetables rushing to the doctor's office at the first sneeze or cough, let them live such lives but do not force your phobias on the remainder of us who wish to live lives dangerously using real forks and steak knives just to eat an apple because we love the thrill of the hunt. Truth be told, the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution was argued in the Federalist Papers as being the last line of defense against and to prevent Government Overreach and assure the Constitutional limits on Government power was in the hands of the people.
Safe Knife and Spork of the Future
These people who claim that the gun is evil are carrying paranoia to an extreme beyond reason. I am willing to bet any of these people that a fully loaded handgun of any caliber could be placed on my kitchen table and sit there in the open for a full year and nobody I know would pick it up or fear it and it is highly unlikely, to the point of absurdness, that it would ever injure, let alone murder, anybody during that year or any number of additional years. I am willing to bet that they could not produce one person who robbed a convenience store who was claiming the firearm walked up to them, grabbed them by the hand and dragged them to the convenience store forcing them to rob it. Yet these same people would claim it was the gun if that same person had shot the clerk and simply wounded him requiring three stitches and a band aid. The tired old phrase that it is the person who commits the crime and not the firearm is true but there are those who insist on believing otherwise. They will claim that had the criminal not had the gun they would not have committed the crime. Somehow we believe it is more likely that the criminal would easily be able to buy a gun from, wait for it, another criminal if they were without a gun and believed one was needed to commit their crime. They would not go to Joe's Gun Emporium or the county fair gun pavilion or any other legal means, they would go to a well-known criminal world individual and purchase a gun and for a few dollars more a gun without any serial number as it had been removed. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, the criminal world will sell you guns made to order for the right price. It probably comes as a shock to the gun control supporters that there exist individuals who actually sell guns illegally and if they desire making it more difficult for criminal elements to use firearms, then the people they need to prevent from selling guns are the criminal elements and not the local gun store. Are there those gun store people who might sell guns under the table? Probably, but they are a rare minority and eventually they will be caught which every gun owner will be glad and hopes such a person is put away for a very long time. Gun owners are responsible citizens and are just as abhorred at criminal gun use as the next person, even the anti-gun lobbyist. Nothing would make gun owners happier than for every gun to be legally owned and never used for a criminal purpose and for not another person to die from gun violence. As far as gun accidental deaths, when you can figure out how to end the fifty-thousand plus vehicle deaths each year on the American highways and streets, then we can worry about the few hundred accidental gun deaths. It is nice to keep things in perspective and every gun death is a tragedy as is every premature death. But please let us remain sane and address the more serious causes of accidental deaths such as swimming pools and bathtubs, honestly folks.
Philippine President Duterte Against the World
Filed under: Act of War,Administration,Al Nusra Front,Boko Haram,China,Civilization,Crime,Director of the CIA,Drug Lords,Executive Order,Government,Gun Violence,Human Rights,Israel,Japan,John Kerry,Law Enforcement,Libya,Nigeria,Philippines,Politics,President,President Rodrigo Duterte,Protect Citizenry,Shooting,Sudan,Syria,Threat of War,United Nations,United Nations Presures,United States,United States State Department,War,World Pressures — qwertster @ 2:24 AM
Tags: 000 Drug Suspects, 600, Criminals, Drug Lords, Drug Trafficers Killed, Enforced Law, Human Rights, Israel, Philippines, Police, President, Quit United Nations, Rodrigo Duterte, State Department, Surrender to Authorities, United Nations, United States
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte took office on June 30, 2016, elected partially on his promise to bring an end to the drug trade which was destroying his nation and the people's nation. He has gone directly to work on this promise but now is facing threats from the United Nations as well as the United States State Department. Just yesterday we were giving the United States Department of State credit and now we face the great let down as they join the United Nations Human Rights experts all of whom are denigrating the efforts of President Duterte in freeing his people from the ravages of the illegal drug trade. His efforts to clean the Philippines of this scourge has run into a difficulty which the United Nations Human Rights experts and United States Department of State as they protest the deaths of five-hundred drug suspects have who have been killed in gun battles with police. If this number shocks you, then we might ask a simple question. What part of the statement distresses one? Is it the fact that gun battles have broken out between suspected drug criminals? Is it that these suspected drug traffickers were killed extra-judicially without being found guilty by a trial in a court of law? Was it the number of drug suspects killed is so high at five-hundred? Was it something we may have missed in our quick summary? Perhaps we should slow down in the rush to judgement and place this number into perspective of the accomplishments Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte in his eight weeks in office first and then discuss these introduction statements in context.
Yes, five-hundred were killed in gun battles in eight weeks, a total of nine suspected drug criminals each day. We agree that such is a bit shocking but what is even more shocking are the success numbers of efforts thus far which place all in sharp contrast. Thus far over four-thousand-four-hundred drug suspects have been arrested and are awaiting trial. That is a large number of arrests and that is not even the slightest bit of the success. Between those arrested and those who chose to resist arrest and died in violent gun battles approach five-thousand drug suspects out of action, that is nothing compared to this final statistic. There have been an astonishing almost six-hundred-thousand drug suspects and related operatives who have turned themselves over to authorities simply surrendering. This astounding and likely unexpected success has resulted in overcrowding in Philippine jails which were never expected to hold such numbers. We believe that Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will find some alternative by which these suspects will be housed at military bases or other emergency facilities and many will likely be processed, then charged, followed by some very reasonable bails being set and the least offenders freed on their own recognizance and told they will be notified of their court date which they will be expected to present themselves or face additional and likely more serious charges of disobeying the courts. Meanwhile, after taking in the scope of the problem, is there any doubt that those who decided their odds were better in a shoot-out than a trial were actually the most guilty and the highest ranking drug lords and their security forces, the central core of what was obviously an enormous problem in the Philippines which President Duterte has delivered on a dangerous and difficult promise and done so spectacularly.
The one important and further ramification of the United Nations and United States State Department charges of human rights abuses and extra-judicial executions prompting threats to charge President Duterte with crimes against humanity and potentially genocidal practices are as ridiculous and they are familiar to us here. President Duterte had gone after and looking like having cleaned-up some dangerous and hard-core criminal enterprises which likely were costing the Philippine population numerous lives and making for a society where lawlessness was posing a threat and difficulty for those desiring to live in peace and security. Such a drug problem had to result in challenges to the authority of the government and pose serious threats to the Philippine citizens, especially those trying to be law abiding. Further, such a criminal enterprise must have been a huge drain on the economy and further made life difficult for the average law abiding citizens with lives threatened by such lawlessness in a similar manner as faced in Israel from terrorism and President Duterte and his government was threatened with the exact same threats as Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and the Israeli governance is threatened with as Israel fights terrorism. Even spookier was that the charges emanated from the United Nations human rights experts and the United States Department of State, the identical entities which make Israelis fighting terrorism appear to be a criminal enterprise against innocent terrorists just as the Philippine fight was criminalized as they brought innocent drug lords to justice.
The difference was the reaction from the Philippine President when compared to the passive and almost acquiescing apologetic Israeli reactions. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte took on his detractors from the United States and United Nations head-on and bluntly called them out. He challenged the United States on their fatal and very public shootings of black men in the recent past challenging to know how what he was doing was any different than these shootings by the police in the cities of the United States. He also brought up the viral picture of the five-year-old Syrian boy, Omran Daqneesh, which has gone viral online (see montage below). He stressed the lack of any progress and the lack of evidence that the people of Syria were being relieved of the heavy toll from the civil conflicts encompassing every corner and area of Syria where numerous disparate groups are warring each against the others with there being at least four distinct groups, Russia, Bashar Assad, Hezballah, Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps, Sunni Fighters, Islamic State and the Kurdish Militias for starters plus who knows who else. The big threat was that perhaps the Philippines would be better served separating from the United Nations as their efforts in Syria, Darfur, Libya and formerly in Rwanda, Central African Republic and the myriad of other trouble spots past and present which the United Nations had proved less than effective and in many cases where United Nations troops caused more problems than they relieved including running food for sex scandals in numerous places and their inability to enforce any order and being basically nonfunctional. President Duterte challenged the United Nations threatening to set up a group of nations initially with suggesting China and African nations to form a new international body. Perhaps Israel should assist with the formation of an actual international group of like-minded nations as a replacement for the United Nations though simply making agreements with select nations on a one-by-one nature and forge alliances more directly.
Five Year Old Syrian Omran Daqneesh
sitting in Ambulance in Aleppo Syria
After Being Pulled from Beneath Rubble of
Collapsed Building from Bombing Attack
Those who have followed or had direct experience with the United Nations and/or the United States State Department realize how much these sanctimonious organizations have rules of their own and definitions which they adjust to fit their preferred targets. Both organizations would rather target democratic states as their accommodations are often of a higher level of comfort and these targets are far more sensitive and less likely to shoot first and ask questions rarely. These organizations would prefer Israel to Gaza, Syria or most other areas in the Middle East. They would prefer to inspect Egypt from Alexandria or Cairo than the Sinai Peninsula or anywhere in Libya or the Sudan. Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the Gulf States are preferable to Yemen and almost anywhere is preferable to northern Nigeria where Boko Haram works their horrors. Europe is preferable to anywhere in the Third World.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte
Their field inspections are more tailored to five star hotels than actual trouble spots. Their hypocrisy is only out done by their padded expense accounts' and even that is a close race. They both avoid making accusation about police states such as China, Turkey, Myanmar or Turkey outside the main cities and even those are losing their luster. With the fine beaches and five star resorts in the Philippines and Israel, it is no wonder these two organizations have redundant subgroups all but assigned to giving first class air fare, placing these inspection bodies with reservations along the Tel Aviv beaches or the gorgeous resorts all along the northern Philippine Islands and Manilla. It is difficult to take almost anything either the United Nations or United States State Department accuse certain nation of being guilty of when these adjudications are more attuned to vacation season than actual criminal activities. What a world we reside in and we owe President Duterte a tip of our hats for making such needful accusations against the two grandest fraudulent hypocritical organizations on the planet.
Final Palestinian Israel War Declared at United Nations
Filed under: Administration,Al-Aksa Martyrs Brigade,Anti-Israel,Anti-Semitism,Anti-Zionist,Appease Islamic Interests,Arab Appeasement,Arab Authority,Arab World,Coverup,General Assembly,Gun Violence,Islam,Israel,Itamar,Mahmoud Abbas,Middle East,Murder Israelis,Oslo Accords,Palestinian,Politicized Findings,Politics,Rock Throwing,Shooting Victims,United Nations,United Nations Presures,Zionism,Zionist — qwertster @ 2:22 AM
Tags: Abbas Declared Peace Process Dead, Abbas Declared War Upon Israel, Abbas Mudered Oslo Accords, Arab Palestinian Occupation of Judea and Samaria Must End, Arabs, Arabs Return to Declared War with Israel, Arabs Withdrawn From Oslo Agreement, Chairman Palestinian Authority, children tramatized, Eitam and Naama Henkin, four of their children, in the car when the ambush was sprung, Israel, Jews, Mahmoud Abbas, Potentially Deadly Projectiles Replaced with Bullets, Prime Minister Netanyahu, Rocks and Firecombs, shooting began killing both parents, Speech Covered Largely Iran, Spoke Too Much on Abbas, United Nations, Wasted Time Adressing Peace Process
Yesterday Arab Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas gave a screed at the United Nations General Assembly opening ceremonies, which have been going on all week, filled with invectives and pure bile and hot hatreds against Israel, civility and the general decency which differentiates the human race from the base beasts of the wilds. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu gave his response today and fortunately spent little precious time addressing Abbas and his inflammatory speech simply stating that Israel was prepared to meet and negotiate with no precondition for the formation of an Arab state which would be demilitarized living beside Israel immediately and hoped that Abbas would take this opportunity. The video and the transcript for Prime Minister Netanyahu's United Nations speech can be viewed on our special page. Much of the rest of the Prime Minister's speech entailed the problems which will hatch as a result of the ill negotiated Iranian nuclear deal and impressed that Israel would take whatever steps deemed necessary to protect the Israeli population of Six Million Jews as well as its one-million-seven-hundred-thousand Arabs and the remainder of just over one-third a million other peoples. Where the Prime Minister spent but a small section of the ending of his speech to address the situation with the Arab Palestinians and the refusal since the signing of the Oslo Accords that is the refusal of Mahmoud Abbas, and Yasser Arafat before him, to reach any peace deal as doing so would require them to rule. This would bring to an end the gravy train of funds siphoned off from every Euro, Pound and Dollar received into their foreign accounts. Even this was a waste of time and needless as any recognition given Abbas and his grandstanding only further serves his aggressions against all of Israel. So, what has been the main development between the speeches by Abbas and Netanyahu?
Prime Minister Netanyahu delivered, as usual, an excellent speech but accomplished little by doing so. The forty-five seconds of silence may have been the most effective use of his time. Mahmoud Abbas may have delivered the most important address of which the initial effects may have already been felt. The Arab Palestinian Chairman delivered, to find the essence of his speech and deliver it in as short a set of terms as possible and as succinctly as possible, he delivered a declaration of war. There is no other way to interpret what Abbas's speech was about. With the PA disbanded, as it was a construct of the Oslo Accords, we are left with Fatah which is synonymous with the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) which was originally founded in 1964, a full three years before there existed any "occupied territories" and the charter read as their mission to complete the tasks necessary to erase Israel and replace Israel with another Arab and Muslim State. This PLO terror instrument never altered their aims of eradicating the Jewish State but had tabled any mention of such while under the guise of the PA, thus the PLO went dark. Still there were those who supported the far more belligerent struggles who eventually either joined Hamas, Islamic Jihad, al-Qaeda or even Islamic State and if remaining attached to Mahmoud Abbas, though he would regularly claim otherwise, he still listed himself as their commander. There was the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades which would every so often claim responsibility for a terror attack but found their survival more easily maintained if they just kept quiet about their operations. Well, perhaps the sole advantage is that now the leadership can declare their ownership of violent events and potentially take credit for their dastardly deal. Abbas and the rest of Hamas, Islamic Jihad, al-Qaeda, Islamic State and al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades can proudly exclaim and praise their "brave warriors" when they assault unarmed Jews with lethal projectiles such as bricks, boulders and anything else, even bullets. The bullets were scarcely used as the projectile of preference as they immediately conveyed the concept that any such attack was attempted murder. Rocks the size of basketballs hurled into a windshield from a pickup truck with five or six youths riding in the bed each with such a rock as well as some softball or croquette size rocks as secondary ammunition and these projectiles were fired from a truck speeding in the opposite direction often at speeds over one-hundred KPH. Below are a collection of rocks that were hurled and a rare few had articles with actual pictures of these projectiles, though usually they simply report that rocks struck a vehicle. Such reports were always a bit strange and would leave one scratching their head and wondering to oneself how in all that is holy did rocks just leap out of nowhere to strike Israeli licensed vehicles.
What Israel, her people and especially her rulers must realize, internalize, and refuse to rationalize and instead proceed to actualize is this new information and new situation between Israel and the PLO is an actual declaration of war upon Israel. The very first item is no Zionist should ever mutter the Arab Palestinian Authority or PA as that institution was murdered by Abbas at the United Nations. The next step is to form a near immediate change in policy where any Israeli citizen, which includes the Arabs residing in East Jerusalem, throwing rocks or setting off pyrotechnics should be immediately arrested while any Arab noncitizen committing a similar act should be given a ticket on an El Al aircraft and flown to either the nation they chose or the closest such nation willing to accept them until their flight on an additional ticket boards to complete their transport to wherever they desire outside all of Israel permanently. The only other option is to build extremely large detention centers and in one section hold those who as Israeli citizens assaulted others in a nationalist terror manner under current definitions to keep them imprisoned for the duration of the conflict and the rest of complex built to hold those who are not Israeli citizens who will simply commit an act of war and been captured and must now serve their term until the war is finished and a permanent peace has been established. Abbas declared war and the leader of the nation which was named in the Abbas's declaration of war, Israel, offered to sit and work out a peace agreement which could also lead to making peace with and having all Arab States agree to end their incitement as well. That is not going to happen anytime soon.
Israel is at war with the Iranians who have made it evidently clear that one of the first endeavors for their nuclear weapons within the next decade will be to eradicate Israel wiping it from the face of the Earth. Israel is at war with the Islamic State though that front will likely not become an active front for a number of years. Israel is at war with Bashir al-Assad and Hezballah along with any others including the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps, in particular their al-Quds force which is dedicated to conquering Jerusalem, in Syria fighting for al-Assad or even a fair number of the other factions. Then there are others with whom Israel is still technically in a state of war such as Lebanon, Syria and other Middle Eastern nations from all the way back to the initial war to destroy Israel and slaughter every last Jew they could find from May 15th of 1948 where the war broke out before the ink could have dried on the speech read by David ben Gurion declaring Israel to be born with borders being between the Sinai Peninsula and the Negev Desert including Gaza as within Israel, the Lebanese northern border pretty much exactly as it is with a few small and minor areas to be debated and a border with Syria which gave Israel within her rights but the fence they erected was done inside Syrian borders and lastly Jordan with whom the original border was the Jordan River. These should be the borders Israel demands as a sovereign nation amongst the fellowship of nations. But the immediate war is the one which is taking place within our border. It would not surprise me that if allowed the latitude to control and area of the now defunct authority that Mahmoud Abbas may attempt to parlay his membership and recognition in a number of United Nations committees and call for Iran to come and assist in defending the Temple Mount and al-Aqsa Mosque. The danger of such an eventuality must produce actions of purpose and heightened reality and the brotherhood prevented entrance into any of these fronts.
The first fatalities of this newly redeclared war, the war was initiated originally by Mohammad when he altered complete verses and declared Mecca, not Jerusalem as he first indicated, to be the holiest of cities followed by Medina where Mohammad realized his victory over the older established religion of Judaism. There are many stories and explanations as to the reasons for the enmity which existed between the Jews of Medina and Mohammad and the Muslims. The problems reached their climax with the beheading of nearly one thousand Jews from the Banu Qurayzah tribe. This supposed trial and finding of guilt leading to the execution of every single adult aged male and the sale of the women and children into slavery was but the first step. The most famous victory of Muslim forces against the Jews at the very beginning of Islam took place at the battle at Khaybar where the remainders of the Jews of Medina were slaughtered and their wealth, women and children were sold into slavery. This has led to the modern day Islamic tradition, the chant "Khaybar Khaybar, ya yahud, Jaish Muhammad, sa yahud," translated means, "Jews, remember Khaybar, the army of Muhammad is returning," and is used as a battle cry when attacking Jews or Israelis. That has been the chant on many a university campus and other anti-Israel, anti-Zionist and anti-Semitic gathering often protesting the lack of a lasting peace having been negotiated between Israel and the Arabs claiming to be from a mythical construct which has never existed called Palestine. This war has now returned full bore and charging into another attempted bloodletting of Israel be Islamic forces from near and far coming again as was the case in 1948-9, and again in 1967 for the Six Day War, and to a lesser extent in 1973 for the Yom Kippur War. The problem is that with modern weapons on both sides, and once Iran turns nuclear forcing a similar development in Egypt, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and who knows who else, the potentials for destruction on an unimagined scale is staring back at us from some future date when humanity becomes a forgotten trait and barbarism rules the day and the carnage will be immeasurable.
In the meantime the initiation of war had been announced and the first casualties have paid with their lives in the latest ambush of Jews by Arabs from the Fatah Party of Mahmoud Abbas, the purported angel of peace. This final war over the claims that the Jews have no rights or place being in Israel, and more so Jerusalem and never ever had any claim or Temples on the Temple Mount is imminent. This war began with the riots instigated by the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem Amin al-Husseini in the 1920s and on through the declaration of the State of Israel where he then led the local Muslim militias in the war of annihilation brought by over a half dozen Arab armies against the nascent state of Israel with genocidal aims to destroy the Jewish state in its crib. This latest and hopefully last war began in the year 2000 when Yasser Arafat declared what has rightfully become known as the Oslo War as it was as a direct result of the ill-fated desire for a civil peace where the Jews and Arabs could prosper together was the initiation of the efforts by some Pollyannish efforts to renew the moribund peace process which brought back the arch-terrorist Yasser Arafat as well as his trusted and close number two, Mahmoud Abbas. The Oslo Accords were entered into by Arafat and Abbas in order to regain a foothold that would lead to their long hoped but never quite attainable victory over the Jews and a second Holocaust would ensue, that was and still is the dream from one side of the "peace process." This last wave of assaults has largely targeted Jerusalem and the Temple Mount as Abbas is fully aware that if he can chase the Jews from the Temple Mount, from all the Jewish holy sites in Judea and Samaria, and chase the Jews from all of the Old City of Jerusalem he will have decapitated the Jewish people and cut us from what is to us our lifeline which we have longed for for almost two-thousand years and has been the greatest joy, our strength, and our redemption. The initial threats were words which led to screaming mobs bumping and jostling IDF guards on duty hoping to capture some film or picture which could be interpreted as a frown on the face of a soldier and blow that up into an international incident. Then came the stones, then larger stones, then fireworks, then more even larger stones, then simply more stones at the ambush sites, then boulders followed by firebombs and it had to get here eventually but now it has become bullets, deadly bullets.
Pictured above are the parents so brutally murdered as explained in the caption above which reads, "Eitam and Naama Henkin and four of their children were in the car when the ambush was sprung and the shooting began. The children were unhurt in the gunfire but both parents were brutally and cold bloodedly murdered for the crime of being Jews. This was the first volley of the coming war which Mahmoud Abbas declared this past week when he told the world that any semblance of peace was over. This was the first volley as Mahmoud Abbas has thrown the Oslo Accords aside torn, tattered and burning into ashes, and Abbas has turned the clock back to 1964 and the PLO's original Charter which called for the slaughter of the Jews in Israel, another Holocaust, another Shoah the murder of six-million Jews again to start another world at war, once again into the breach except this will be the final war which we have dread would come." This is probably the farthest thing they could ever imagine, the being the initial victims of humanity at its most inhumane of levels and plotting for much, much more in the coming days, weeks, months and possibly the rest of the time mankind will have as an advanced species, which begs the question of how we can call ourselves advanced when we cannot even share a small square kilometer of space in what most agree is a holy city of peace, or that is what she has been named, Yerushalayim, Zion the city of peace. ירושלים, ציון עיר השלום
Taking full credit for this gruesome slaughter in a hail of gunfire was senior Fatah official Azzam al-Ahmed who told Hamas's Al-Quds TV, "the attack is a natural response to the crimes of the settlers and every action has a reaction." These crimes of the settlers are nothing more than the fact that they live between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea. This is the crime for which all the violence since the nineteenth century starting as early if not even further back with the 1834 looting of Safed (ביזת צפת בשנת תקצ"ד) where Jewish homes were looted and burned, synagogues were similarly looted and burned including the burning and other desecrations of the Torah scrolls and raping of the Jewish women and the murder of many of the Jews who remained in Safed as this continued for over a month. Furthermore, al-Aloul was noted by Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) as having written on his Facebook page, "The Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian National Liberation Movement Fatah, accepted responsibility for the Itamar operation carried out against settlers, leading to their deaths." The Itamar operation carried out against settlers, translates to the cold blooded murder by the forces of evil this time reaching out to grasp and harm the most innocent as that way the terror is of the greatest shock value and terrorists aim for shock value as well as unarmed and unsuspecting people and seldom soldiers on duty but their war is against the innocent. We will hear from the pro-Arab Palestinian, anti-Israel, anti-Zionist, anti-Semitic protesters on some university campus or at some erudite cultural poetry reading where a Fatah representative will be present to read their poem, Ode to being Odious which tells of their great victory of the brave Arab Fatah freedom fighters, they must never be called terrorists as that might hurt their feelings and harm their self-esteem, and telling the tale will win him admiration and acclaim as the latest poetic genius.
Sometimes the anger at the senseless slaughter of innocent people and the news coming as it did leading into the Sabbath and one must now challenge themselves to rid their mind of disturbances thinking of the poor young children and the oldest two all of which will miss the love and care only a parent can provide. Others can do the exact same things, say the exact same words, be the same in every way except they are not the child's parent and the child will know that difference which is why this has taken away innocence and replaced it with the hard and cruel reality of the fruits of hatreds. Bat-Sheva Sadan wrote the following in Hebrew but translated here about the challenges and the affects and effects of the loss of both their parents on their younger siblings. The deep emotion makes this a definitive read and I would beg that you take in the depth of feelings put into what would be mere words but this combination spoke to us here. The one item I might have to say is that when they feared the youngest might not remember the parents at all, not any number of things but they included smell. That may not be correct and will be proven likely at some point when the youngest is a little older and gets solemn for no apparent reason as they are walking in a mall, to synagogue or strolling along the beach boardwalk and when asked what is wrong their answer will be, 'Nothing, really, just the last lady's perfume reminded me of mom' and it will come out of the blue and all will enjoy their own little memory that day all because small is the strongest and longest lasting of impressions especially between a mother and child.
The deaths of Eitam and Naama Henkin may be the deaths which history will remember as the initial shot fired which started the final conflict. They may be the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie who were murdered which set things into motion resulting in World War I. This just may be another possible echo from history. These echoes always seem to be worrisome as they are usually repeating things we would prefer not to repeat. We must pray this Sabbath and every Sabbath as these are dangerous times where simple events can take on gargantuan meaning, and this double murder is of great enough magnitude that it receiving more is beyond the cusp and all that is safe and sane.


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Western lands takeover: Former BLM chief, state lawmaker clash
Debate stems from state and federal tension over control of millions of acres in the West.
John Banks holds up a banner during a rally in support of Cliven Bundy near Bunkerville Nev. Monday, April 7, 2014, 2014. The Bure Embattled Bunkerville rancher Cliven Bundy, left, and his son Dave Bundy talk to a reporter on the corner of North Las Vegas Boule People help erect a pole to hang a banner during a rally in support of Cliven Bundy near Bunkerville Nev. Monday, April 7, 2014, 2 Cliven Bundy, right, and Clance Cox, left, stand at the Bundy ranch near Bunkerville Nev. Saturday, April 5, 2014. The Bureau of L John Locher | The Associated Press The Bureau of Land Management calls cattle belonging to Cliven Bundy, below, "trespass ca
John Banks holds up a banner during a rally in support of Cliven Bundy near Bunkerville Nev. Monday, April 7, 2014, 2014. The Bureau of Land Management has begun to round up what they call "trespass cattle" that rancher Cliven Bundy has been grazing in the Gold Butte area 80 miles northeast of Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Review-Journal, John Locher) Embattled Bunkerville rancher Cliven Bundy, left, and his son Dave Bundy talk to a reporter on the corner of North Las Vegas Boulevard and East Stewart Avenue in downtown Las Vegas Monday, April 7, 2014. The 37-year-old Dave Bundy was taken into custody by federal agents on Sunday afternoon along state Route 170 near Mesquite. He was released Monday after being issued citations for failing to disperse and resisting arrest. The Bureau of Land Management has begun to round up what they call "trespass cattle" that rancher Cliven Bundy has been grazing in the Gold Butte area 80 miles northeast of Las Vegas.(AP Photo/Las Vegas Review-Journal, K.M. Cannon) People help erect a pole to hang a banner during a rally in support of Cliven Bundy near Bunkerville Nev. Monday, April 7, 2014, 2014. The Bureau of Land Management has begun to round up what they call "trespass cattle" that rancher Cliven Bundy has been grazing in the Gold Butte area 80 miles northeast of Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Review-Journal, John Locher) Cliven Bundy, right, and Clance Cox, left, stand at the Bundy ranch near Bunkerville Nev. Saturday, April 5, 2014. The Bureau of Land Management has begun to round up what they call "trespass cattle" that rancher Cliven Bundy has been grazing in the Gold Butte area 80 miles northeast of Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Review-Journal, John Locher) John Locher | The Associated Press The Bureau of Land Management calls cattle belonging to Cliven Bundy, below, "trespass cattle" that rancher Cliven Bundy has been grazing in the Gold Butte area 80 miles northeast of Las Vegas.
By Matt Canham The Salt Lake Tribune
· April 24, 2014 11:45 am
A conservative state lawmaker and a liberal former director of the Bureau of Land Management argued the merits of a debate that's sweeping the West — whether states should take control of federal lands and would they manage them better.
Their exchange, which included a few pointed barbs, during Wednesday's Trib Talk may just be round one.
Former BLM Director Pat Shea challenged state Rep. Ken Ivory, R-West Jordan, to a formal debate at the University of Utah's Hinckley Institute of Politics, and the lawmaker said he would accept such a challenge.
Wednesday's conversation identified the deep philosophical disagreement that would underpin any such debate. Ivory argues the federal government used to own much of the land in states like Florida, Illinois and Nebraska and has since turned it over to private owners or the state. He believes it's time for Western states to demand equal treatment in this matter and if Congress won't comply, it may be time to launch a major court case. He said the land would be better managed and the profits from mining would help fund the state's education system.
Shea was dismissive of such an idea.
"I don't think states are capable of the complexity of managing these lands," he said, accusing Ivory of inflaming local officials to challenge federal land managers when the chances of the state's gaining control of these lands are remote at best.
The standoff in Nevada between BLM officials and rancher Cliven Bundy served as a backdrop to this philosophical discussion.
Bundy has refused to pay federal grazing fees for more than two decades and now owes more than $1 million. In reaction, the BLM tried to confiscate some of his cattle, which resulted in a tense standoff between federal agents and militia members before the BLM backed down.
Shea called it a dangerous situation and made a plea for more "civil discussions." Ivory declined to say whether he supported Bundy or not, instead arguing if Nevada controlled those lands instead of the BLM, then the dispute never would have risen to such a level.
Morgan Lyon Cotti, with the Hinckley Institute, linked the latest flash point in the always-tense relationship between Western states and the federal government to a rise in tea-party conservatives, saying that elected officials are largely responding to the Republican delegates who helped them win office.
Polls conducted by Dan Jones and Associates for the Utah Foundation in 2012 found that GOP delegates, often more conservative than the state as a whole, ranked states' rights as their top issue and allowing more mining and grazing on federal land as their fourth most important issue. Neither issue was among the top priorities of general voters, who focused more on the economy and education.
mcanham@sltrib.com
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Chinese New Year Traditions to Celebrate at Home
Do you celebrate Chinese New Year at home? Here are some common traditions Filipinos celebrate during this Chinese holiday.
The Chinese New Year is here. This is a time of Tikoy boxes surplus at the grocery stalls. It is the season of red lanterns with Chinese characters hanging at the ceiling of mall entrances.
This holiday is not only celebrated throughout China but also in Chinese communities worldwide. That includes the Philippines where there is a large Filipino-Chinese community.
Also known as the Lunar New Year or Spring Festival, this holiday welcomes a new Chinese lunar calendar. In the regular Philippine calendar, New Year falls on February 1st this 2022.
Welcoming the new Chinese Lunar Year. Party photo from freepik.
As we welcome the Year of the Tiger, we also follow traditions to bring in good luck. In Chinese culture, the tiger symbolizes strength, exorcising evils, and braveness.
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How do Filipinos usually celebrate the Chinese New Year?
For most of us, we usually tease our Tsinoy friends for Ampaos. We also look forward to getting a short break on a special non-working day. In that sense, the Chinese New Year is quite similar to the Filipino New Year's Eve. Not to mention that there is a lot of food. And lastly, there is also the party for extended families to come and celebrate together at home.
What are the common traditions Filipinos observe during Chinese New Year?
The traditions may vary slightly depending on the region. However, they usually include family gatherings, fireworks, lanterns, Ampaos, and plenty of food. But for most, it is not just a one-day celebration.
For most of China, The Chinese New Year is a 15-day event that starts on the first day of the first lunar month (which usually falls between late January and early February). Here are some unique traditions during Chinese New Year:
Family reunions among Chinese families
Chinese families prepare for reunion dinner on the eve of the first day of Chinese New Year, as it is believed that the family who shares a meal together will remain prosperous in years to come. Families prepare special dishes for the reunion dinner. These dishes should have at least eight ingredients in them and can be served either hot or cold.
The number eight symbolizes prosperity and nine means longevity. People, especially those who are going to visit their parents or relatives, will dress in their new outfits during the Spring Festival.
For Chinese people, it is common even for the extended family to come home during Chinese New Year Eve. Photo by Angela Roma from Pexels.
Grandparents, aunts, and uncles of the family usually give out red-colored envelopes containing money, commonly known as ampao, to the kids to bring them good luck and prosperity in the coming year.
You might be surprised to learn that families discourage sleeping in on Chinese New Year's Eve. So Chinese New Year's Eve is a good time to stay up late. People believe that this will help your parents and other elderly family members live longer. The later you go to sleep, the longer your parents and grandparents and other people in your family will live, too.
Firecrackers and lion or dragon dance to ward off negative energy
Similar to the New Year's Eve tradition, people go outside and set off firecrackers to celebrate the coming year. The loud sounds from the firecrackers are said to scare away evil spirits and welcome good ones. Firecrackers also symbolize good fortune and happiness.
Firecrackers to celebrate the new lunar calendar. Photo by Alex Liew from Getty Images Signature .
Large buildings such as hotels, malls, and offices also hold dragon and lion dances that will roam around inside their vicinity. The dance, accompanied by a loud drum beating performance, brings in good luck and prosperity to those who witness it because it symbolizes a battle between good (the lion) and evil spirits (the dancers).
You can also spot dragon dances during Chinese New Year celebrations because the Chinese believe they are the enemy of the lion.
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Serving the favorite Chinese delicacy
As mentioned above, the typical Chinese New Year here would not be complete if you haven't spotted boxes of Tikoys on supermarket stalls. Tikoy, or Nian Gao, is a sticky rice dessert from glutinous rice. This delicacy is the star of any Chinese New Year table celebrations in the Philippines.
Chinese New Year's Eve dinner with traditional food. Photo by Richard Ernest Yap from Getty Images.
Tikoy brings in good fortune and prosperity to those who consume it. Nian Gao is a homonym for taller or higher year. As a result of consuming this, you will have a better year the following year. So eating this signifies you'll have a better year next year. They also make the best gifts to give for this celebration.
Giving and receiving red envelopes
Who doesn't love receiving Ampaos? Traditionally, only children will receive red envelopes from their elders.The red envelope contains lucky money to wish them to grow up safely in the New Year. People fill the Ampao with cash, but there's more to it than just that. In fact, the Chinese give importance to the envelope itself.
It is called Hongbao in Mandarin and Lai See in Cantonese. Both of these translates to "red packets." The color red is extremely important to the Chinese. It is a symbol of power, strength, joy, and good fortune. Giving someone a red envelope means you're wishing for their safety and well-being throughout the year.
Red envelope with Chinese zodiac sign or Chinese new year animal. Family photo from pressfoto.
Just like any other tradition, the giving of Ampaos has its own do's and don'ts. Always use both hands when receiving the envelope and do not open it in front of the person who gave it to you. Additionally, give only crisp or fresh money inside the envelope. This is because a crumpled one is thought to bring bad luck. Do not place coins inside as well.
Avoid money with a four in it like 40 or 400. This number is often associated with death in Chinese culture. The amount of money should be an even number to bring the receiver more luck. Nonetheless, it is important to thank the person who gave it to you.
Families gather for the Chinese new year, a national holiday. Family photo from pressfoto.
Whether Chinese-related or not, many Filipinos celebrate this special Chinese occasion to invite luck and good fortune for the rest of the year. The whole family gathers together to celebrate the beginning of a new year and a new phase of life.
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Kiong Hee Huat Tsai!
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EIDYN is delighted to announce that Joshua Habgood-Coote (St. Andrews and Stirling) is the winner of the Scottish Outreach and Impact in Philosophy prize for 2016. The prize of £500 was generously funded by EIDYN and the Scottish Graduate School for Arts and Humanities (SGSAH).
Earlier in the year proposals were invited from all SGSAH philosophy students for entry into the competition. These proposals were for projects designed by graduate students to engage the wider community with themes relating to their research.
Joshua's project was announced the winner among two runner-ups at the Outreach and Impact in Philosophy workshop held this past Nov. 30th in Edinburgh. Joshua, Olan Harringon (Glasgow), and Blaine Kenneally (Edinburgh) all presented their projects to audiences in attendance at the event.


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Doctoral training in the Informational and Structural Biology Doctoral Network (ISB) focuses on molecular systems within the biosciences. The primary objective has been to train researchers in the study of complex biological phenomena by integrating molecular structural and biophysical data, using computational research methods in bioinformatics and systems biology, and laboratory bioscience investigations made at the molecular and cellular levels. Members also bring expertise in molecular evolution, computational chemistry, medicinal chemistry and pharmaceutical sciences.
ISB is a national network that seeks to train researchers for a doctoral degree. The network has been in operation since 1998. ISB builds on our multiple strengths: an established, working national network; broad expertise; excellent guidance and instructions for students and supervisors; effective and efficient administration; cross-disciplinary training, and cooperation that extends beyond the doctoral programme itself and into long-term research and co-ordinated national and local infrastructures supporting multidisciplinary research.
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Philip Selway Shares Video for New Song 'Picking Up Pieces'
Philip Selway. Credit: Phil Sharp
Philip Selway has shared a video for 'Picking Up Pieces', the latest single from the Radiohead drummer's upcoming album Strange Dance. The track arrives alongside an accompanying video, which marks the second in a series of collaborations with director William Williamson, following 'Check for Signs of Life'. Check it out below.
"'Picking Up Pieces' is a song about the masking that we do when we're young adults," Selway explained in a statement. "It's a time of life when your sense of identity can feel shaky, you can feel anxious about making the grade, and life can feel that it's spinning out of control, but you try to hide this from everyone."
Of the visual, Williamson said: "We all viewed this film as a continuation of the last, with the choreography having echoes of our characters worlds whilst simultaneously unfolding new elements and emotions."
Strange Dance is due for release on February 24 via Bella Union.


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All Hope Industrial Universal Mount Monitors are fully enclosed and feature a standard cable exit interface to allow the cables to exit the display enclosure while maintaining an IP/NEMA-rated seal.
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Our compression cable exit plates are available in two different types depending on the final enclosure environmental rating required by the customer: NEMA 2 (IP22) or NEMA 4/4X (IP65/66). While these cover plates appear similar once fit to a Universal Mount Display, they are fairly different in design and application.
When a full, wash-down-rated option is needed, our NEMA 4/4X (IP65/66) compression glands provide a simple but effective means of sealing the necessary video, power, and USB cables as they exit the display.
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Developed machines in local market have been undergoing adaptation trials at different locations in order to ascertain their suitability and performance on different soil conditions, field size and moisture conditions. The ATDCs mainly carry out technology transfer activities and organize demonstrations, field trials and exhibitions showing the major benefits of available agricultural machinery.
The overall objective of Outreach and partnership Program in Agricultural Mechanization Institute (AMRI) – KALRO Katumani is to jointly facilitate the process of generation, testing, dissemination and evaluation of appropriate technologies using the multi-disciplinary farming systems approach. The strategy adopted in the implementation of the joint programs, seeks to link and capacity build stakeholders to drive the process of technology development, dissemination and evaluation. In line with the vision 2030 Agricultural sector flagship projects and the sectors strategy the section has endeavored to develop stakeholders' technical capacity using the system approach to analyze Agricultural Product Value Chains for viability and developing Research and Extension agenda for the various Agro Ecological Zones (AEZ's). The Approach focuses on the understanding that farming is a system composed of a set of interdependent components interacting in complex ways but working together to achieve the overall objectives of the whole system and operates in an environment (Biophysical, Social and political) that determines it's efficiency. It is with this understanding that the Farming System should be a multidisciplinary approach that seeks to generate and diffuse appropriate technologies for specific groups of persons with their participation, focusing on identified priority problems and opportunities of the production system under consideration is adopted.
Promoting the visibility of KALRO and its role, mandate, products, and services in the center mandate area.
Liaising with various extension units in the public and private sector.
Promoting the upscaling and out scaling of KALRO technologies, products and services in the center and mandate area.
Promoting the establishment of strategic partnerships along research and development continuum in the center mandate region.
Ensuring that the partnership entered to by the scientist with other parties are beneficial to the institute.
Working in close liaison with all sections within the center to enhance communication, poster partnership and promote the institute's public image in the center mandate area.
Identifying, coordinating and strengthening capacity for disseminating of KALRO products and services, client feedback and capture and integration into KALRO research process.
Its key focus is to promote the visibility of AMRI- KALRO-Katumani, its products, and services in the center mandate area in promoting KALRO technologies. It will also focus on promoting the establishment of strategic partnerships along research and development continuum. This will ensure that the partnership entered to by the scientists and other parties are beneficial to the institute as well as working in close liaison with all sections within the center to enhance communication, poster partnership and promote the institute's public image in the center mandate area.


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