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Apache Karaf Server Enabler Guide
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Introduction
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A Silver Fabric Enabler allows an external application or application platform, such as a
J2EE application server to run in a TIBCO Silver Fabric software environment. The Apache Karaf
Server Enabler for Silver Fabric provides integration between Silver Fabric and Apache Karaf.
The Enabler automatically provisions, orchestrates, controls and manages a Glassfish environment.

Supported Platforms
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* Silver Fabric 5.6.x or above
* Windows, Linux

Installation
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The Apache Karaf Server Enabler consists of an Enabler Runtime Grid Library and a Distribution Grid
Library. The Enabler Runtime contains information specific to a Silver Fabric version that is
used to integrate the Enabler, and the Distribution contains the application server or program
used for the Enabler. Installation of the Apache Karaf Server Enabler involves copying these Grid
Libraries to the SF_HOME/webapps/livecluster/deploy/resources/gridlib directory on the Silver Fabric Broker.

Additionally, the Apache Karaf Enabler requires the Silver Fabric Engine use Java 1.7.

Runtime Grid Library
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The Enabler Runtime Grid Library is created by building the maven project. The build depends on the SilverFabricSDK jar file that is distributed with TIBCO Silver Fabric.
The SilverFabricSDK.jar file needs to be referenced in the maven pom.xml or it can be placed in the project root directory.

```bash
mvn package
```
The version of the distribution is defaulted to 3.0.1  However, it can be optionally overridden:
```bash
mvn package -Ddistribution.version=3.0.1
```

Distribution Grid Library
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The Distribution Grid Library is created by performing the following steps:

* Download the apache-karaf-3.0.1.tar.gz or apache-karaf-3.0.1.zip from http://karaf.apache.org/index/community/download.html
* Build the maven project with the location of the archive, operating system target and optionally the version.  Operating system is typically 'all', 'win32,win64' or 'linux,linux64'.
Note: For Karaf, you can use 'all' for either apache-karaf-3.0.1.tar.gz or apache-karaf-3.0.1.zip since it is currently 100% Java for both Windows and Linux distributions.

```bash
mvn package -Ddistribution.location=/home/you/Downloads/apache-karaf-3.0.1.tar.gz -Ddistribution.version=3.0.1 -Ddistribution.os=all
```

Overview
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This enabler is based on the standalone Apache Karaf 3.0.x and provides end user with some basic OOTB(out-of-the-box) features and functionality.
It is meant to be a basic, bare minimal enabler that end user can further enhance and customize with Karaf features specific to their needs.

OOTB, this enabler provides some useful features to help end user kickstart their use of Apache Karaf:

* **Provisioning of instances of Karaf**
    * Only "root" instances are supported
	* Root instances listen on different ports for SSH, JMX, HTTP(s) so that they don't collide

* **Container management** - via SSH remotely,JMX remotely, WebConsole
    * manage Apache Karaf features
    * manage OSGi bundles
    * manage the instances
    * manage the confgurations
    * manage the log service

* **Http(s) and WebContainer support via PAX Web** - Jetty-based

* **A set of default starter SSL keystore and truststore for Https** - via self-signed certificates

* **Karaf nodes clustering** - via Apache Cellar
    * Currently not working fully due to Apache Cellar bundle issues but the different nodes are being picked up by the cluster
	* Runtime context variables not fully abstracted for clustering yet.

Known issues with Apache Karaf 3.0.1
-------------------------------------
* **JMX-HTTP Bridge** - http://www.jolokia.org/
   * The bridge is not working with latest jolokia-osgi 1.2.1 due to the new Role-Based Access Control(RBAC) to the JMX MBeans and operations in Karaf 3.0.x
   * See a workaround at site http://modio.io/tag/osgi/

* **Clustering with Apache Cellar 2.3.x**
   * Apache Cellar bundle is not resolving correctly
   * Apache Cellar is waiting for a release version that is compatible with Apache Karaf 3.0.x; contact Apache Cellar for the status

Limitations
-----------
There are some important Karaf features that are beyond the scope of this enabler. We briefly outlined here how end user may go about enabling and uses these
advanced Karaf features by customizing this enabler further to suit their needs:

* **Failover**
    * With clustering support, failover is probably redundant...
	* If needed, user can create 2 independent but identical Silver Fabric Karaf components A and B and configure a NTFS file lock or a JDBC driver lock via *${KARAF_ETC}/system.properties*
	See Karaf documentation on how to do this.

* **JDBC,LDAP and OGSI-based authentication**
    * Apache Karaf provides a default realm named *karaf*.
     This realm has two login modules: *org.apache.karaf.jaas.modules.properties.PropertiesLoginModule*,*org.apache.karaf.jaas.modules.publickey.PublickeyLoginModule*

    * PropertiesLoginModule* uses the *"etc/users.properties"* file as backend for users, groups, roles and password.
       This login module authenticates the users and returns the users' roles.
    * PublickeyLoginModule* is especially used by the SSHd. It uses the *"etc/keys.properties"* file. This file contains
       the users and a public key associated to each user.
	* Note: In the OOTB enabler, both the properties login module and the public key login module are enabled.
	  When JAAS authenticates a user, it tries first of all to authenticate the user with the properties login module. If that fails, it then tries to authenticate the user with the public key login module.
	  If that module also fails, an error is raised.

	* If needed,user can create a *JAAS Login Module.xml* in the form of *Blueprint* configuration file as stated in http://karaf.apache.org/manual/latest/developers-guide/security-framework.html.
	  using same realm name as "karaf" for simplicity in the *jaas:config* element.
	  Then add it to the *$KARAF_HOME}/deploy* directory as a Silver Fabric grid library *content files* so that module can be automatically activated when the Enabler is provisioned.
	  Use Silver Fabric runtime context variables to configure ports, passwords, server, user, role, etc in the JAAS Login module xml file.
	* Important: If you have several realms defined using same name, you need to redefining one choosen realm with a rank attribute value greater than 0 as the one that you want to use, so that it overrides the standard karaf realm which has the rank 0 or others lower than it.

*  **Deployment**
    * Apache Karaf polls a deployment file from the deploy folder, specified by *${KARAF_DEPLOY_DIR}* and then "delegates" the file handling to a deployer to interprets what to "deploy".
    * By default, Apache Karaf provides a set of deployers:
      * Blueprint deployer is able to handle Blueprint XML files.
	  * Spring deployer is able to handle Spring XML files.
	  * Features deployer is able to handle Apache Karaf features XML files
	  * KAR deployer is able to handle KAR files
	  * Wrap deployer is able to handle non-OSGi jar files and turns it as OSGi bundles "on the fly".
      * WAR deployer is able to handle WAR files.
	* In the Silver Fabric terminology, a Silver Fabric component is installed into the Silver Fabric Enabler runtime(container) after it is has been started. So this "component" can be:
	  * An WAR,jar, Blueprint file, Feature xml file, etc

    * To "install" a Silver Fabric component(aka "artifacts") into Apache Karaf Enabler runtime when after it started, user have 2 options:
	  *  Add a component scripting file  and implement a method in script(jython,Rhino script, or jRuby)
	  ```bash
	     doInstall(ActivationInfo info)
	  ```

	  *  Extend the class *org.fabrician.enabler.KarafContainer* and override the method in Java:
	  ```java
	     protected void doInstall(ActivationInfo info) throws Exception
	  ```

      * In both cases, user must call *super.doInstall()* first in the implementation code
	  * User may use a SSH or JMX library to issue SSH commands or invoking JMX MXBeans or just direct file copy to the *${KARAF_DEPLOY_DIR}* to achieve the desired results.
	  * User may optionally use the capture funtionality in Silver Fabric to capture back the any configuration that they "like" to the original grid library.

Statistics
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By default, the JMX monitoring service is enabled for Apache Karaf Server, but monitoring is based on  a Role-Based Access Control(RBAC) to the JMX MBeans and operations.
By default, the Karaf "admin" role has access to all beans and operations.

Tracked Statistics:

* **Karaf JVM Used Memory** - Used heap memory(MB).
* **Karaf JVM Committed Memory** - Comitted heap memory(MB).
* **Karaf JVM Thread Count** - Average thread counts.

* Note: End user can add additional tracked statistics by adding one or more Silver Fabric component statistic scripting files.

Runtime Context Variables
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###Karaf-related launch parameters:###

* **KARAF_TITLE** - Window console title
    * Default value: Silver Fabric Karaf
    * Type: Environment

* **KARAF_HOME** - Karaf install directory
    * Default value: ${container.getWorkDir()}/apache-karaf
    * Type: Environment

* **KARAF_BASE** - Directory containing the configuration and OSGi data specific to the root Karaf instance
    * Default value: ${KARAF_HOME}
    * Type: Environment

* **KARAF_DATA** - Karaf server data directory, where the Osgi bundles are resolved and cached
    * Default value: ${KARAF_HOME}/data
    * Type: Environment

* **KARAF_ETC** - Karaf server directory, where the various configuration files are located
    * Default value: ${KARAF_HOME}/etc
    * Type: Environment

###JDK and JVM-related runtimes-related:###

* **JDK_NAME** -  The name of the required JDK
    * Default value: j2sdk
    * Type: String

* **JDK_VERSION** - The version of the required JDK
    * Default value: 1.7
    * Type: String

* **JAVA_HOME** -  The Java home directory
    * Default value: ${GRIDLIB_JAVA_HOME}
    * Type: Environment

* **JAVA_MIN_MEM** - Minimum JVM startup memory to use
    * Default value: 128M
    * Type: Environment

* **JAVA_MAX_MEM** -  Maximum JVM startup memory to use
	* Default value: 1024M
	* Type: Environment

* **JAVA_PERM_MEM** - JVM permgen memmory to use
    * Default value: 128M
    * Type: Environment

* **JAVA_MAX_PERM_MEM** -  Maximum JVM permgen memory to use
    * Default value: 256M
    * Type: Environment

* **KARAF_DEBUG** -  Enabled/disabled JVM debug by setting it to 'true' or ''(false)
    * Default value:
    * Type: Environment

* **KARAF_DEBUG_PORT** -  JVM debug port for Karaf instance
    * Default value: 5005
    * Type: Environment

* **JAVA_DEBUG_OPTS** -  Custom JVM debug options to use when launching JVM
    * Default value: -Xdebug -Xnoagent -Djava.compiler=NONE -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=n,address=${KARAF_DEBUG_PORT}
    * Type: Environment

* **JAVA_OPTS** - Custom JVM options to use when launching JVM, including debug mode
    * Default value:  -server -Xms${JAVA_MIN_MEM} -Xmx${JAVA_MAX_MEM} -Dderby.system.home=${KARAF_DATA}/derby -Dderby.storage.fileSyncTransactionLog=true -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote  -XX:+UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions -XX:+UnsyncloadClass
    * Type: Environment

###Karaf configuration customization :###
* Impacts : *${KARAF_ETC}/custom.properties*, this overrides any values in  *${KARAF_ETC}/config.properties*

* **KARAF_FRAMEWORK** -  The OSGI framework to use for Karaf instance, 'felix' or 'equinox'
    * Default value: felix
    * Type: String

* **KARAF_FRAMEWORK_START_LEVEL** -  The OSGI framework start-level to reach when considered active
    * Default value: 100
    * Type: String

* **KARAF_FEATURE_START_LEVEL** -  OSGI bundle start-level for deployed features
    * Default value: 80
    * Type: String

* **KARAF_SYSTEM_START_LEVEL** -  OSGI bundles with start-level less than this value is considered system bundles
    * Default value: 50
    * Type: String

* **KARAF_OBR_REPOSITORIES** -  Space-separated list of OBR URL for bundle repository xmls
    * Default value:
    * Type: String

* **KARAF_CONFIG_FILES_SAVE_ENABLED** -  Specify to flush back in the configuration file any changes performed directly on the configuration service via JMX, SSH, etc
    * Default value: true
    * Type: String

* **KARAF_CONFIG_FILES_DIR** -  Directory where Apache Karaf is looking for configuration files
    * Default value: ${KARAF_ETC}
    * Type: String

* **KARAF_CONFIG_FILES_FILTER** -  File name pattern used to load configuration files
    * Default value=.*\\.cfg
    * Type: String

* **KARAF_CONFIG_FILES_POLL_INTERVAL** - Polling(loading) interval(in millisecs) for configuration files
    * Default value: 1000
    * Type: String

* **KARAF_CONFIG_FILES_POLL_NO_DELAY** -  Delay in polling(loading) configuration files when configuration service starts
    * Default value: true
    * Type: String

* **KARAF_CONFIG_FILES_SERVICE_LOG_LEVEL** -  Log message verbosity level of the configuration polling(loading) service
    * Default value: 3
    * Type: String

###Karaf system, OSGI data/cache handling :###
* Impacts : *${KARAF_ETC}/system.properties*

* **KARAF_NAME** -  Name of Karaf root instance
    * Default value: root
    * Type: String

* **KARAF_CLEAN_All** -  Deletes the entire ${KARAF_DATA} directory at every start
    * Default value: false
    * Type: Environment

* **KARAF_CLEAN_CACHE** -  Deletes the ${KARAF_DATA}/cache directory at every start
    * Default value: false
    * Type: String

* **KARAF_ADMIN_ROLE** -  System-wide role name associated with an administrative user
    * Default value: admin
    * Type: String

###Karaf logging settings :###
* Impacts: *${KARAF_ETC}/org.ops4j.pax.logging.cfg*

* **KARAF_LOG_LEVEL** -  The log4J logging level to use : 'INFO','ERROR','WARN' or 'DEBUG'
    * Default value: INFO
    * Type: String

* **KARAF_LOG_FILE** -  The Karaf log file location
    * Default value: ${KARAF_BASE}/log/karaf.log
    * Type: String

* **KARAF_MAX_LOG_SIZE** -  The maximum rolling log file size
    * Default value: 50MB
    * Type: String

* **KARAF_MAX_BACKUP_SIZE** -  The maximum number of logs backup
    * Default value: 100
    * Type: String

###Admin user :###
* Impacts: *${KARAF_ETC}/user.properties*

* **KARAF_ADMIN_USER** - Karaf Admin user name
    * Default value: karaf
    * Type: String

* **KARAF_ADMIN_PWD** -  Karaf Admin user password
    * Default value: karaf
    * Type: String

###JAAS module settings :###
* Impacts: *${KARAF_ETC}/org.apache.karaf.jaas.cfg*

* **KARAF_PWD_ENCRYPTION_ENABLED** - When enabled(true), the password are encrypted at the first time an user logs in. If set to false, the password exists as plaintext perpetually
    * Default value: true
    * Type: String

* **KARAF_PWD_ENCRYPTION_ALGORITHM** -  Set the encryption message digest algorithm to use in Karaf JAAS login module: 'MD2','MD5','SHA-1','SHA-256','SHA-384' or 'SHA-512'
    * Default value: MD5
    * Type: String

* **KARAF_PWD_ENCRYPTION_ENCODING** -  Set the encryption encoding to use: 'hexadecimal' or 'base64'
    * Default value: hexadecimal
    * Type: String

* **KARAF_PWD_ENCRYPTION_NAME** -  The encryption name to use
    * Default value: basic
    * Type: String

* **KARAF_PWD_ENCRYPTION_PREFIX** -  Prefix to prepend to the encrypted password
    * Default value: {CRYPT}
    * Type: String

* **KARAF_PWD_ENCRYPTION_SUFFIX** -  Suffix to append to the encrypted password
    * Default value: {CRYPT}
    * Type: String

###Karaf access via SSHd :###
* Impacts: *${KARAF_ETC}/org.apache.karaf.shell.cfg*

* **KARAF_SSH_PORT** -  SSH port of Karaf SSHd server
    * Default value: 8101
    * Type: String

* **KARAF_SSH_IDLE_TIMEOUT** -  Inactivity timeout(milliseconds) before a SSH session is logout
    * Default value: 1800000
    * Type: String

* **KARAF_SSH_REALM** -  Defines which JAAS domain to use for SSH password authentication
    * Default value: karaf
    * Type: String

* **KARAF_SSH_KEY_FILE** -  This file stores the public and private key pair of the Karaf instance's SSHd server
    * Default value: ${KARAF_ETC}/host.key
    * Type: String

* **KARAF_SSH_KEY_ALGORITHM** -  Host key algorithm used by the SSHd server. The possible values are 'DSA' or 'RSA'
    * Default value: DSA
    * Type: String

* **KARAF_SSH_KEY_SIZE** - Self defined key size in '1024', '2048', '3072', or '4096'-bits
    * Default value: 1024
    * Type: String

###SSH public key credentials :###
* Impacts: *{KARAF_ETC}/keys.properties*

* **KARAF_ADMIN_SSH_PUBLIC_KEY** - SSH public key credentials for ${KARAF_ADMIN_USER}.This is the public key part of an SSH key pair (typically found in a user's home directory in ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub in a UNIX system)
    * Default value: 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
    * Type: String

###Karaf access via JMX :###
* Impacts: *${KARAF_ETC}/org.apache.karaf.management.cfg*

* **KARAF_JMX_RMI_SERVER_PORT** - The port number of the Karaf JMX RMI server
    * Default value: 44444
    * Type: String

* **KARAF_JMX_RMI_REGISTRY_PORT** -  The port number of the Karaf JMX RMI registry
    * Default value: 1099
    * Type: String

* **KARAF_JMX_REALM** - Name of the JAAS domain used for JMX authentication
    * Default value: karaf
    * Type: String

###Maven repository support to download remote Osgi bundles :###
* Impacts: *${KARAF_ETC}/org.ops4j.pax.url.mvn.cfg*

* **KARAF_MVN_REMOTE_REPOSITORIES** - Comma-separated list of maven repositories scanned when resolving an artifact
    * Default value: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2@id=central,http://repository.springsource.com/maven/bundles/release@id=spring.ebr.release,http://repository.springsource.com/maven/bundles/external@id=spring.ebr.external,file:${karaf.home}/${karaf.default.repository}@id=system.repository,file:${karaf.data}/kar@id=kar.repository@multi
    * Type: String

###Karaf bootup features :###
* Impacts: *${KARAF_ETC}/org.apache.karaf.features.cfg*

* **KARAF_FEATURES_REPOSITORIES** -  Coma separated list of features repositories (features XML) URLs
    * Default value: mvn:org.apache.karaf.features/standard/3.0.1/xml/features,mvn:org.apache.karaf.features/enterprise/3.0.1/xml/features,mvn:org.ops4j.pax.web/pax-web-features/3.1.0/xml/features,mvn:org.apache.karaf.features/spring/3.0.1/xml/features
    * Type: String

* **KARAF_BOOTUP_FEATURES** -  Comma-separated list of features to install and start at bootup
    * Default value: config,standard,region,package,kar,ssh,management,obr,war,webconsole
    * Type: String

###Karaf OBR features resolver settings :###
* Impacts:  *${KARAF_ETC/org.apache.karaf.features.obr.cfg}*

* **OBR_RESOLVE_OPTIONAL_IMPORTS** - Specify if features OBR resolver has to resolve optional imports
    * Default value: false
    * Type: String

* **OBR_START_RESOLVED** -  Specify if resolved bundles should be started by default
    * Default value: true
    * Type: String

* **OBR_RESOLVED_START_LEVEL** -  Specify the start level for resolved bundles
    * Default value: 80
    * Type: String

###Karaf "hot" deploying settings :###
* Impacts: *${KARAF_ETC}/org.apache.felix.fileinstall-deploy.cfg*

* **KARAF_DEPLOY_DIR** - Location of the deploy directory where Karaf polls for new hot deploy files
    * Default value: ${KARAF_BASE}/deploy
    * Type: String

* **KARAF_DEPLOY_TMPDIR** - Location of a temporary directory where the Karaf deployers store their files
    * Default value: ${KARAF_DATA}/generated-bundles
    * Type: String

* **KARAF_DEPLOY_POLL_INTERVAL** -  Polling interval(millisecs) for new hot deploys files
    * Default value: 1000
    * Type: String

* **KARAF_DEPLOY_START_LEVEL** -  Deployed bundles start level; if set to 0, the default framework bundle start level ${KARAF_FEATURE_START_LEVEL} will be used instead
    * Default value: 80
    * Type: String

* **KARAF_DEPLOY_ACTIVE_LEVEL** -  Skipping scanning for deployed files unless the active framework start level ${KARAF_FRAMEWORK_START_LEVEL}is greater than this value
    * Default value: 80
    * Type: String

###HTTP,HTTPs feature :###
* Impacts: *${KARAF_ETC}/jetty.xml,org.ops4j.pax.web.cfg*

* **HTTP_PORT** - HTTP Port for web console and WARs
    * Default value: 9181
    * Type: String

* **HTTPS_PORT** -  HTTPS Port for web console and WARs
    * Default value: 9443
    * Type: String

* **KARAF_KEYSTORE_FILE** -  Key store file path
    * Default value: ${KARAF_HOME}/ssl/karaf.keystore
    * Type: String

* **KARAF_KEYSTORE_PWD** -  Password for Karaf server key store(plain or OBF password)
    * Default value: changeit
    * Type: String

* **KARAF_TRUSTSTORE_FILE** -  Trust store file path for validating incoming SSL clients
    * Default value: ${KARAF_HOME}/ssl/karaf.truststore
    * Type: String

* **KARAF_TRUSTSTORE_PWD** -  Password for the Karaf server trust store(plain or OBF password)
    * Default value: changeit
    * Type: String

* **KARAF_CLIENT_AUTH_NEEDED** -  Whether client authentication is required for incoming connections to Karaf in the SSL/TLS Connector
    * Default value: false
    * Type: Environment

###Apache Cellar clustering feature :###
* Impacts: TBD

* **CELLAR_GROUP_MEMBERSHIP** -  Comma-separated list of groups that Karaf a node should belongs to
    * Default value: default
    * Type: String

###Others :###

* **BIND_ON_ALL_LOCAL_ADDRESSES** -  Specify if all network interfaces should be bounded for the SSHd, JMX server, HTTP(s) connectors
    * Default value: true
    * Type: String

* **LISTEN_ADDRESS_NET_MASK** -A comma delimited list of net masks in CIDR notation.  The first IP address found that matches one of the net masks is used as the listen address.  Note that BIND_ON_ALL_LOCAL_ADDRESSES overrides this setting.
    * Default value:
    * Type: Environment

* **DELETE_RUNTIME_DIR_ON_SHUTDOWN** -  Whether to delete the Karaf runtime directory on shutdown. Note: Set to false if you need to review if any configuration is done correctly with runtime context variables.
    * Default value: true
    * Type: Environment

* **CAPTURE_INCLUDES** -  Directories with settings/configuration files to capture
    * Default value: .
    * Type: String

* **CAPTURE_EXCLUDES** -  Directories to excludes from capture
    * Default value: .*/instances/.*,.*/tmp/.*,.*/log/.*,.*/work/.*,.*/data/.*
    * Type: String

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Ratko Mladic ke se predade?
mako Ne veruvam da se pojavit vo Hag. Kurshum i....kraj.
Pa se poklopuvaat informaciite. Na ovie od Post-ot od tamu ke im se. Gi stegaat izgleda, ima informacii se povekje i povekje deka KOstunica i Mladic pregovaraat... nema da me iznenadi ako se isporaca, posto mi stoi deka Srpskata politika ne im e nakloneta, a i da se krijat cel zivot malku tesko. Ako go procitavte tekstot, eden kup se predadeni, i izgleda ili ke se predade sam i ke go isporacaat oni so drzaven helihopter ili ke mu vletaat ko na Slobo shto mu vletaa. A i onaa od Hag go saka pred 11 Juli, na 10 godisnina od Srebrenica... aj ke vidime shto ke se sluci.
AaaAa Ef i za drugar mu Karadzic 'hiding in Montenegro' By Nick Hawton BBC News, Sarajevo The former Bosnian Serb leader and war crimes suspect, Radovan Karadzic, is hiding in Montenegro, international security agencies have told the BBC. Peacekeeping troops in neighbouring Bosnia cannot take action as their jurisdiction does not cover Montenegro, which is part of Serbia and Montenegro. Mr Karadzic has been on the run for the past eight years. He has been indicted for genocide by the UN war crimes tribunal in the Hague for his part in the Bosnian war. Speaking on condition of anonymity, sources close to the investigation have told BBC Radio Four's File on Four programme that Mr Karadzic is believed to be in a remote part of north-west Montenegro. They say they have reliable intelligence that he is living not far from the town of Niksic, where he grew up. It is the first time such definitive information on his location has emerged. The area is mountainous and sparsely populated and has a tradition of hardline Serb nationalism. Separate security sources have told the BBC that Mr Karadzic is no longer living in Bosnia. Increased pressure Mr Karadzic led the Bosnian Serbs during the three-and-a-half year Bosnian war in the early 1990s. The UN War Crimes Tribunal has indicted him for genocide for, among other alleged crimes, the massacre of nearly 8,000 Muslims near the town of Srebrenica in July 1995. Mr Karadzic's former military commander, Ratko Mladic, is also on the run. There has been increasing pressure on the local authorities in Bosnia and Serbia and Montenegro to track down the two fugitives in time for the 10th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre next week.


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During IPL, women's T20 event with maximum 3 teams.
New Delhi: From one exhibition match last year, the women's participation in the IPL is set to become a three-team affair spread over seven to 10 days with the Committee of Administrators (CoA) mulling an expansion this year.
However, the full fledged women's IPL is still a long shot as, according to an official, the BCCI is finding it extremely difficult to get good investors/team bidders.
Last year, the BCCI organised one exhibition match with two teams -- IPL Trailblazers and IPL Supernovas led by Mithali Raj and Harmanpreet Kaur respectively.
This year, the parent body, currently run by the Supreme Court-appointed two-member CoA, wants to scale it up a bit in order to set the ball rolling for a women's IPL in a few years' time.
"Yes, the women's T20 matches will be held this year also. It will be a week to 10 days affair during the men's IPL. Once the BCCI gets clearance from the election commission and Home Ministry on dates, the itinerary will be fixed," a senior board functionary told PTI on conditions of anonymity.
However, the official said it would be difficult to have more than three teams considering the "quality" of India's bench strength in women's cricket.
"At the max, we can have three teams with Harmanpreet, Smriti and may be Mithali (for this year) leading the sides. They play against each other once and the top two play a tournament decider. It could be a seven-day affair," the official said.
"BCCI would decide the teams as there aren't any proper bidders who are interested in buying women's teams. Yes, we might rope in a few good sponsors," he said.
"So at the moment, the BCCI will have to pay the players, including the match fees of foreign players, along with a decent prize money," he added.
Even if it's a three team affair with 14 players a side, the BCCI will need at least 30 Indian women who could measure up for a top flight league cricket.
"Kindly check when most of the senior team girls have made their debuts and how many new performers we have got save Jemimah Rodrigues. Recently an India A team lost by 300 plus runs against Australia which tells you the story about our second string," the official said.
There is a school of thought that women's matches should be held at second-tier centres to get good crowds but during the IPL, to have another set of crew managing a women's event may turn out to be a massive logistical task.
So it will either be a 4 match before the men's game or a 7 pm match a day before the men's game at one of the IPL venues.


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Jagdish Temple in Udaipur Famous for its Beautiful Carvings
Jagdish Temple is a famous 16th century Hindu temple at Udaipur, Rajasthan, India.
Jagdish Temple, Udaipur.
Built by Maharana Jagat Singh, the erstwhile rules of Udaipur. This temple is constructed in Indo-Aryan style of architecture (a combination of Maha Maru and Maru-Gurjara architecture). The temple stands on a tall terrace. The construction of the temple was completed in 1651. At the main gate, there are two huge stone elephants. 32 marble steps takes you to the main shrine.
The temple has a double-storey Hall (Mandapa in local language, Hindi). This hall has another storey tucked within the bell-roof. There is a double-story sanctum in the temple. The 79 feet high spire is decorated with sculptures of elephants, horsemen, dancers and musicians. The spire has two or more non-functional stories.
Lord Jagannath (Lord Vishnu) is the main deity at Jagdish Temple. The main deity of Lord Jagannath is carved from a single black stone. The temple was originally called 'temple of Jagannath Rai'. The temple is famous for its beautiful carvings.
How Do I Go to Jagdish Temple?
Jagdish Temple and the Udaipur city Palace are situated inside the City Palace Complex. Many roads converge near the Udaipur city palace complex.
Udaipur is well connected by road, rail and air transport to other parts of the country. UDZ is the station code for Udaipur railway station. Maharana Pratap International Airport at Udaipur is at 22 kilometers from the heart of Udaipur city.
Is There Any Good Udaipur Hotels Near Jagdish Temple?
Udaipur is famous for its Luxury hotels, comparable to the very best in any part of the world. Taj Lake Palace Hotel (one of the most romantic hotels in the world), The Oberoi Udaivilas and Leela Palace Udaipur, etc. are some of the leading Udaipur hotels. There are many Five star hotels and budget hotels in Udaipur, catering to the needs of the tourists to this historic town.
What are the Timings of Jagdish Temple?
Jagdish Temple opens at 4.15 a.m. and is open till 1.00 p.m. The temple again opens at 5.15 p.m and closes at 8.00 p.m. on all days.
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Piplantri- A Village that Plants 111 trees for Every Girl Child Born
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Vinay Vilas Mahal or City Palace and State Museum at Alwar
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It Could Be Worse: Former Mayor Arrested Three Times for DUI in Four Weeks
Maybe the third time is the charm for former Taft Mayor Cliff Thompson. Certainly his first two arrests for DUI didn't sink in, but after his third in four weeks, perhaps he'll ask his doctor to adjust his medications – the excuse he used for the hit-and-run, DUI arrest on November 11th. He said that he didn't remember crashing his truck into a bank.
Three weeks later, a citizen reported a suspected drunk driver after witnessing a truck swerving. Police stopped the vehicle, took Thompson to the local hospital for blood tests, and then arrested him for DUI.
Now, Thompson was stopped a third time for driving erratically. The police booked him into jail, but refused to comment what had impaired Thompson.
Perhaps it was his brain.
From KERO News:
For the third time in four weeks, former Taft mayor Cliff Thompson has been arrested on driving under the influence charges.
Taft police said Thompson was arrested for a third time on Sunday at 1 a.m.
His first arrest was on Nov. 11 when he was responsible for hitting a building and then leaving the scene, police said.
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Visiting the McLarty Treasure Museum in Vero Beach, Florida – Part 3
by Tracy Zdelar | Oct 14, 2018 | Florida, Homeschooling | 0 comments
One of the top highlights of our trip to Hutchinson Island, Florida was being so near an area where a treasure carrying fleet of Spanish ships (about 11) sunk due to a hurricane. To my knowledge, only about half of them have been found. People have found treasure wash up on the beach and you can treasure hunt out in the ocean through a company who conducts such outings.
And, it just so happens that last year I bought my first metal detector – sort of a beginner's kind. It's certainly not a high end, pricey one with lots of bells and whistles. I really didn't have time to do much metal detecting on our trip since it was a family vacation. All ll I found with it was some chewed up aluminum (?) can pieces.
The McLarty Treasure Museum features the history of this very spot where sunken ship survivors set up camp.
Site of the Survivors' and Salvagers' Camp The 1715 Fleet:
"Late in July, 1715 a hurricane destroyed a fleet of eleven or possibly twelve homeward bound merchant ships carrying cargoes of gold and silver coinage another valuable items from the American colonies to Spain. About 1500 men, women, and children who survived the disaster and reached the shore made their camp along the barrier island near the place where the fleet's flagship had sunk.
Governor General Corcoles sent a relief party composed chiefly of Indian auxiliaries from St. Augustine to provide subsistence for the survivors. These auxiliaries also gave protection and aid to the salvagers who used the campsite while working to recover the valuable cargo from the sunken vessels. Archaeological work at the site revealed that the salvagers seem to have erected some temporary structures for users storehouses for the recovered gold and silver.
While the salvage operation was in process, Henry Jennings, an English pirate, sailed tot he site, drove off the guards and seized a large quantity of the recovered coins which he carried away to Port Royal, Jamaica. But the great majority of the treasure was safely regained and moved to Havana by the Spanish salvagers."
The plaque above says this about that wood plank pictured: "This piece of wood is from one of the ships of the 1715 fleet. There are four holes, one in each corner in which wooden pegs were inserted called tree nail fastening. One peg still remains in the upper right hand corner. Notice the "teredo clams" holes throughout the wood. Teredo clams are a major problem for all wooden ships because once the teredo clam enters the wood it will live its whole life drilling holes."
Coins from the 1715 Fleet. The image didn't come out so well with editing. Here's what that informational piece says:
"An exquisite cluster of silver coins. Coins such as these were occasionally found in clumps, some as large as the fabric bag within which they had been shipped. Most were separated after recovery for individual cleaning and eventual sale. A few, however, were left in their "as found" configuration and only partially cleaned on exposed surfaces. As such, a rare artifact of delicate beauty has been preserved for future generations. Coins donated to the C.S.O. by Colonel Dan Thompson, an original member of the Real Eight Corporation."
I will add that I found out not all of the valuable relics (such as some of the coins in a different display) were the authentic ones. Some are replicas. The museum was robbed or at least there was an attempted robbery some time ago.
This is just a sample of what is available to see inside the McLarty Treasure Museum in Vero Beach, Florida which is not too far from the Mel Fisher Museum. You are not allowed to keep treasures found on the beach at this location I was told. I believe this is a protected state park. They do keep a binder with pictures and stories of people who find do find treasures from different beach parts where you are allowed to keep what washes up onshore. This IS the treasure coast, after all.
The Ais Indians in Florida – McLarty Treasure Museum Florida History.
The paragraph on the image says:
"The Ais Indians were found in the area colored red extending from Cape Canaveral south to the St. Lucie River and approximately 20-30 miles inland."
If you have time grab your metal detector and some good sand sifting equipment and do some treasure hunting. You just find something hundreds of years old and awesome!
Visit the McLarty Treasure Museum Facebook Page for more information on this small interesting state museum. Admission was $2 per person when we visited.
See the other posts in this series…..
Part 1 – Our Long Drive to SE Florida thanks to Hurricane Florence
Part 2 – Our Condo and the many Thirty-one bags we took to Florida
Part 3 – Visiting the McLarty Treasure Museum in Vero Beach, FL
Part 4 – Our ASTC membership got us in free: South Florida Science Center & Aquarium
Part 5 –


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Lost in all the Super Bowl 50 hoopla were the Class of 2016 inductees into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Many of the inductions were well deserved. Brett Favre and Orlando Pace were well-deserved first-ballot Hall of Famers. Kevin Green should have been inducted long ago. Tony Dungy was a shoo-in from the coaching ranks. Eddie DeBartolo, Jr was one of the greatest owners in NFL history. And it's a shame that it took THIS DAMN LONG for Kenny Stabler to be inducted, even sadder that he wasn't around to witness it.
However, I have a problem with Terrell Owens not getting the nod – and even a bigger problem with Marvin Harrison getting the nod BEFORE Owens.
Look, I'm not knocking Harrison's accomplishments here. It's not like he didn't ball out. After all, he and Peyton Manning formed arguably the deadliest QB-receiver combo during their days in Indianapolis.
While Harrison definitely had the game to be a Hall of Famer, Owens was considered more of an icon than Harrison. His nickname "T.O." became a big-time brand, more than Harrison could even dream of.
Currently, the only player in NFL history to score a TD against all 32 NFL teams.
The most impressive thing about Owen's numbers was that he performed at a high level for MORE THAN ONE QUARTERBACK. He balled out in San Francisco with QBs Steve Young and Jeff Garcia. He did it in Philadelphia with Donovan McNabb. He did it in Dallas with Tony Romo (and for a little while with Drew Bledsoe). He put up numbers on bad teams in Buffalo and Cincinnati.
And here is one more kicker. Owens set franchise records in San Francisco, Philadelphia, Dallas, and Buffalo.
Again, congrats to Harrison on making the Hall. He and Manning will be able to chop it up as fellow Hall of Famers a few more years from now.
But he is no T.O.


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Gay Rights' Movement Legacy Hijacked By Lesbians. May GLBTQ Live On!
During the years of the (now-dead) Gay Rights' Movement, Gay men/Queer boys led the Movement and did most of the work. That's why during the Gay Rights' Movement we were called "Gays and Lesbians" (GL) in that order because Gay guys/Queer boys were the majority group followed by Lesbians. But in today's Orwellian world where up = down and left = right and peace = war, one would not know that Gay men and Queer boys led the Gay Rights' Movement because lesbians now get the credit as being the majority group because they get first-billing in the "LGBT" initialism/acronym. Well, rewriting history does not change the facts. Lesbians are riding on the coattails of Gay guys/Queer boys and have hijacked the legacy of the Gay Rights' Movement.
Hola. This is the second part of my previous article (What's With The "LGBT?").
I met with my GLBTQ amigos/amigas recently. We talked extensively about this topic which is a complaint we all share. We noticed that what used to be known as the Gay and Lesbian Chorus of San Francisco felt the need to conform and change their name to the Lesbian/Gay Chorus of San Francisco. Note that the word "Lesbian" is now first with their name change. When is this stuff going to stop? Can't anyone be original and/or of independent thought anymore in conformist, heteronormative and Tech Zombie San Francisco? I guess that's considered passé in these "black and gray" conformist times. I and others have written many times that we are heading backwards to the conformist and chauvinistic/sexist 1950s, if not before. The Gay and Lesbian Chorus changed their name in order to conform to the heteronormative "LGBT" mentality. But not being conformists, my friends and I will continue calling them the Gay and Lesbian Chorus of San Francisco. Because at this rate, history will be rewritten that it was Lesbians and not Gay men/Queer boys who were the dominant/majority group and who "changed the world" in some positive ways for Gay people and GLBTQs as a whole.
Online, history has already been sanitised and re-written to cater to the heternormative "LGBT" conformist. While writing this article I was on site that gave a timeline of the US Gay Rights' Movement and this is what I read:
1979: About 75,000 people participated in the National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights in the District of Columbia in October. It was the largest political gathering in support of LGBT rights to date.
Well, in 1979 it was called "the National March on Washington for Gay and Lesbian Rights" (not Lesbian and Gay Rights) because Gay men were the majority group. But note that "Lesbian" is first in the new sanitised, conformist way they wrote it as well as the more recent and conformist acronym "LGBT."
One of my regular commenters in my previous article (link above) said that having the "L" first implies that lesbians were the dominant group. Yes it does. I agree with that. And that's my point. I'm glad he recognised that. I just assumed there were more Gay guys/Queer boys than lesbians from a personal observation over the decades. Just as Gay guys/Queer boys were the majority group during the Gay Rights' Movement years and that's why we were referred to as "gays and lesbians," and not "lesbians and gays." The word Gays was listed first to indicate the majority and most activist group, followed by lesbians.
The proliferation of gay bars in major US cities also suggested that there were far more Gay guys/Queer boys than lesbians. In the District of Columbia where I lived, we had a lot more gay bars in the District than lesbian bars. I didn't know of any lesbian bars in DC. I assume we had some, but I don't recall hearing of any. The same was true for San Francisco. There were some lesbian bars in San Francisco — in the Old Proudly-Radical and Alternative City which is long gone — but there were far more gay bars because there were far more gay guys/Queer boys than lesbians here during the Gay Mecca years. Today, to my knowledge, there are no lesbian bars in San Francisco. The last remaining lesbian bar, The Lexington, closed awhile back, but there are still some gay bars around, mostly in The Castro. Here in 2016, some gay bars in other parts of San Francisco are having trouble staying open, in part due to the ugly greed of the Real Estate Industrial Complex and their Corrupt LiarsTM and corrupt developer friends.
Also, my research shows that there are more gay guys than lesbians. So again, why is the "L" first in the acronym?
"More specifically, 1.8 percent of men self-identify as gay and 0.4 percent as bisexual, and 1.5 percent of women self-identify as lesbian and 0.9 percent as bisexual." [Source: The Washington Post]
ONS survey: More gay men in UK than gay women "A total of 1.5% of men said they were gay while 0.7% of women defined themselves as gay or lesbian." [Source: BBC News]
You might be wondering why it is so important to the heteronormative conformists to have the "L" first? From my research that I did before I wrote my first article about this sometime back, it was done to show that the gay community supports women's rights. (roll eyes). Loco. But having the "L" first is chauvinistic/sexist because it sends the outdated Victorian-era and anti-feminist message that "Ladies must go first." Ugh. Did no one think of that when some idiot came up with this? Were they drinking at the time when they dreamed up this nonsense? We GLBTQs support Trans rights too so why isn't the "T" first? Or are they saying that women's rights are more important than Trans rights? Do you see how ludicrous this "LGBT" acronym is? It should be a damn given that we GLBTQs support women's rights so there was no need to change the order and put the "L" first. But some group of people — we suspect it was one of those conformist, heteronormative, busy-bodied, self-appointed omnipotent-authority national GLBTQ corporatist Dembot organisations with their bloated executive salaries here in the US — dreamed this up for their conformist 1950s-mindset to cater to the heteronormative world where, "ladies must go first." (And they would use the word "ladies" instead of "women.") And unfortunately, the conformist sheeple mindlessly adopted this "LGBT" shit worldwide. Every corporatist site I happen to go on today I see the cookie-cutter "LGBT" and nothing else. Do most GLBTQs even know why the acronym was changed? I don't think so, from talking with people about it. I asked my rad Queer neighbour if he knew. He said he thought the letters were changed to give Lesbians priority because in our sexually fucked-up society lesbians are seen as more acceptable to the general public than Queers/gay men. For heteronormative corporate television programming, lesbians are far more acceptable to the public than gay men. For example, the public can deal with seeing two women kissing. But they gasp, put their hand over their wide-open mouth and cover their eyes like a little child is taught to do when they see two guys kissing. Such pathetic fucked-up bigoted people! Related: US public: Gay legal rights = good, gays kissing = bad.
Mi amiga asked: "What did lesbians do that caused major accomplishments in the (now-dead) Gay Rights' Movements? I can't think of any. It was and still is — but for how long? — called the Gay Rights' Movement. It was not called the Lesbian Rights' Movement (which the "L" first implies) with Gay guys/Queer boys tagging along behind. Gay guys/Queer boys were the leaders of the movement for decades. Gay guys/Queer boys were in the majority." Mi amigo responded to her sarcastically by saying, "Mi amor/my love, you forget that lesbians rode on motorcycles once a year at parades (the Dykes on Bikes group), if you can count that." Mi amiga responded to him: "Oh but of course, how could I forget that major "accomplishment" and contribution from lesbians?" LOL. She continued: "We should give lesbians credit for helping to put the pink triangle on Twin Peaks every Pride weekend. They do help with that."
Today, that's why some of us say that the Gay Rights' Movement has essentially been hijacked by lesbians. Everywhere I look except in an occasional comment from someone on a website, the masses are mindlessly using the heteronormative conformist "LGBT" because that's what they've now been programmed to use and it's been cemented in their minds. And this is not about to change. But again, as a whole, lesbians were not the dominant/prominent or major activist group of the Gay Rights' Movement. Gay men/Queer boys were with the beginning of the movement with The Mattachine Society, the first national gay rights organisation, started by Harry Hay and considered by many to be the founder of the Gay Rights' Movement. The first lesbian-rights organisation in the US was the Daughters of Bilitis started in 1955. Then came the Stonewall Inn riots which consisted mostly of gay men of Greenwich Village. Then came Harvey Milk's legacy in San Francisco, and ACT UP! It was mainly Gay men/Queer boys who fought the HIV/AIDS health crisis, fought for HIV meds, and the history continues.
Even though I've hammered my points repeatedly in this article (for the thick people who might happen to stop by), someone will come along and only half-read this and troll me with: "How can you say that lesbians made no contributions to the Gay Rights' Movement?" I didn't say that lesbians made no contributions to the former Gay Rights' Movement. Re-read what I've written, por favor. After all, we did admit that lesbians rode their "hogs" for the annual parade and they helped put up the pink triangle on Twin Peaks. But overall, lesbians were not the majority group. Period. And they don't deserve priority or top-billing in the acronym.
From an objective perspective, our group of GLBTQs (which included lesbians) came to the unanimous conclusion that lesbians have indeed hijacked the now-dead Gay Rights' Movement legacy because placing the "L" first falsely and erroneously sends the message/implies that lesbians did most of the work and led the Gay and Lesbian Movement responsible for some progress having been made over the decades for GLBTQs. "Gays and Lesbians" (GL) was the language used from the beginning of the Movement and then the other letters were added. These days, many people like to exclude the more proudly-radical Queers. The conservative heteronormative conformists leave off the Q entirely, as in "LGBT." I won't have it! The gay museum in San Francisco on 18th Street near Castro uses "GLBT" with the word "Queer" in large font on their sidewalk sign. May GLBTQ live on! Chau.—el barrio rosa
UPDATE (2018): The official acronym is now: LGBTQQICAPF2K+
I found this interesting:
San Francisco Bay Area Ranks Highest in LGBT GLBTQ Percentage but at the very small percentage rate of 6.2%. That's all that's left? And 6.2% is for the entire Bay Area, not just San Francisco, the former Gay Mecca. But what's the real percentage when you include the thousands and thousands of gay closet-cases? I'm talking about all the gay closet cases married to females and pretending to be "straight" due to their gay shame as well as the gay guys who are going back in the closet and marrying females which I've written about, as well as others.
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13 comments on "Gay Rights' Movement Legacy Hijacked By Lesbians. May GLBTQ Live On!"
D8 September 16, 2016 at 1:50 am
Regarding your on-going theme mocking the conservative GLBTQ crowd that likes to say "gay is now mainstream" and "gays can live anywhere," have them check out this headline from Port Orange Florida:
"Patriotic-Themed Restaurant Asks Gay Couple to Stop Being Affectionate"
"'I'm not going to certify sin': Social Security worker refuses to watch LGBT [sic] training video"
FedUp! September 9, 2016 at 2:26 pm
Not surprising that they're going back in history and changing it to reflect the "LGBT(TM)" brand when, as the article points out, that was not the way it was in that day. I think it's reprehensible they're doing that. They can't even leave recorded history alone. That's when you have to start questioning everything – what's real and what's not. People will come along in the future and not know the difference and think that back in the 1970s that "lesbian and gay" was used. It was NOT, I was there too. This new branding is fairly recent in a historical sense.
mago September 8, 2016 at 2:29 pm
didn't know all that history. embarrassed to say i've been using 'lgbt' but that doesn't seem appropriate now.
glbtq mago
Ed in the Castro September 7, 2016 at 3:49 pm
Fascinating subject. I was sitting here trying to think of some monumentally famous lesbian that I've heard of from the gay rights movement days. I drew a blank other than Alice B Toklas. I only know her name because of the conservative SF Democratic club that wears her name and who has endorsed Scott Penis whom pink barrio and I can't stand. I looked up Toklas to learn about her.
I'm amazed that a club named itself after Toklas because I couldn't find much that she did to get a gay club to name itself after her. It seems she's "famous" because she was partners with Gertrude B Stein, a writer. She's also famous for her pot brownies. That should be enough to name a club after her. Ha. Ha. After reading about Alice I was asking myself why the local club didn't name itself after Stein instead?
The two well-known local SF lesbians (Phyllis Lyon and Dell Martin – Dell died) did more locally to be recognized for than Alice.
Stein wrote "THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ALICE B. TOKLAS" but since I can't find much that Toklas did of major importance, the autobiography must not be very big. Stein as a writer is compared with Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Picasso, Matisse, Ezra Pound and T.S.Eliot. I read that her autobiography is really about her through the eyes of Toklas. Stein wrote about meeting fascinating artists and writers in Paris, her attempts to be published and all the compliments people paid her. People who read the autobiography say her writing style wasn't that good for lack of punctuation and endlessly long run-on sentences where people can't tell a statement from a question. Some people described it as "absolutely boring" and "name-dropping galore." Others call it, "astonishingly self-serving and narcissistic account of Gertrude Stein." " It seemed to me that the book is a vehicle for Stein to talk about herself in the third person. She was not at all shy about talking about her talent as a writer and her ease with making friends."
THey name a local club after a woman who is Stein's partner and, she baked some good cannabis brownies. They smoked some pot. Yeah, so did many gay guys.
Alice B Toklas died in poverty. Does the local Alice club know that? Scott Penis, whom they have endorsed depises people in poverty and the homeless, he campaigned on sit-lie. The Alice club is a pro-big business club and not one that wants anything to do with poverty or people in poverty. Like many others, it seems they've lost their way, just like the new SF.
I'm the L in GLBTQ (Castro resident) September 7, 2016 at 2:11 am
You've touched on a taboo subject, which you often do! (lol). You often write about things that nobody else would. But somebody's got to do it. I don't think anyone has ever written about this to this degree. Very much agree w/ the article and can only add that from the start of this "LGBT", it seemed to me it was the real beginning of the commercialization of the gay community. A community to be exploited for commercial and corp. greed, and "LGBT" being used as the marketing brand. I think that's why it's become so ubiquitous and standardized.
If it's used at all (NOT!), they should write it LGBTQ(TM).
E in Sunnyvale September 7, 2016 at 10:40 am
Well said – the "LGBT(TM)" brand, and these are the very same types who are fighting tooth and nail to drop the 'T' like they did with the 'Q'. Well, that and the TERF (Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminists) who have largely been leading the assault on trans people.
I'm the G in GLBTQ (New York City resident) September 7, 2016 at 11:33 am
The GLBTQ community in itself helped to bring this on by going after corporate money to fund pride parades and the like. I don't know exactly who changed GLBTQ to LGBT and trying to leave off certain letters.
Wes in Arlington - GLBTQ September 6, 2016 at 5:06 am
I know you majored in music but I take it you also majored in critical thinking. Excellent article.
Former San Franciscan September 5, 2016 at 7:19 am
"we suspect it was one of those conformist, heteronormative, busy-bodied, self-appointed authority national GLBTQ corporatist organisations with their bloated executive salaries here in the US"
LOL. That is so true. Like the ones that threw Trans folks under the bus. Good to see you taking them on.
GLBTQ it is.
castro local September 5, 2016 at 6:53 am
i read that harley davidson, the preferred lesbian motorcycle, is laying off 14,000 people and is in serious financial difficulty. have the lesbians stopped riding harley's? now they won't have anything to ride on.
David in Breuckelen September 5, 2016 at 6:03 am
My partner and I have wondered about this so it's interesting you bring it up. The internet is plastered with "LGBT." Immediately afterwards some people write "lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender." That "lesbian, gay" part doesn't seem right to us because we leearned it gay and lesbian. Like you say it seems backwards. We think of it like an ingredients' list on a food product. Whatever is listed first is the main ingredient so when lesbian is listed first lesbian is the main ingredient followed by gays, but that's not the way it was during the days of the gay rights movement. Whoever changed this to "LGBT" was partly insane. Thanks.
D8 September 5, 2016 at 4:22 am
This needed to be said. Hijacked is a good way of putting it. I knew gay men were the majority force in the gay and lesbian movement. I thought everybody knew that. Look at video footage of those years to see that.
Read an article earlier about "Megan Rapinoe kneels as 'nod to Kaepernick.'" Good for her, and she's a lesbian. The article I read said "Since coming out in 2012, Rapinoe has been a devoted advocate for LGBT rights and has worked with the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network and other organizations."
There's the "LGBT" you say you see everywhere. Yep, me too. Then it says she's worked with the "Gay, Lesbian…." At least the Education Network got it right with the Gay, Lesbian part. Too bad they didn't match that with GLBTQ in the same sentence. Guess they got their orders to use "LGBT."
Agree with your neighbor regarding the corp. media. Saw a lesbian scene awhile back on Telemundo. Still waiting to see a similar scene with two guys.
Fin. The End.


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If you are a motorbike enthusiast, you cannot afford to miss out on the Lincolnshire Bike Week 2018. Supported by Motorcycle Action Group, British Motorcycle Federation, and Coastal Events CIC, Lincolnshire will be on the officially on the motorbike map this year. Taking place from 18th July 2018 to 25th July 2018, you are going to have a ball of time at this incredible motorbiking event of the year.
It will be starting off with the Mablethorpe Bike Night and ending with Sutton on Sea Bike Night. You don't have to worry about accommodation as you can set camp in Trusthorpe, the main site for the bike week. At all the venues, there will be entertainment throughout the day to ensure that you have fun. Travelling during the bike week will be convenient, thanks to a courtesy bus that will take you to all the locations. Lincolnshire Bike Week 2018 will have sand racing, stunt shows, track days, ride outs, and circus shows.
Let's take a look at what the organisers have in store for all those who attend the bike week!
For this year's Beach Hut Festival, there will be more than 50 stands, market stalls and beach huts. All the stalls and stands will have high-quality crafts and gifts. The March of the Pirates and Mermaids is back by popular demand for this year.
Live/Wife, a six-man, one-of-a-kind, tribute band for the legendary AC/DC will be the headliners for the Lincolnshire Bike Week 2018. For more than two hours, Live/Wire will have you jumping with excitement as they use Marshalls' and cannons to light up their show.
One of the best circus shows in Britain, Russells International Circus, will showcase their skills and talent in this event. Be ready to witness mind-blowing stunts that will keep you on the edge of your seat till the end of the show.
Sutton on Sea Bike Night will be the last event taking place in the Lincolnshire Bike Week 2018. The organisers have live bands to entertain the crowd throughout the day. There will be a massive burning bike by the beach, as you listen and enjoy the ambient music. Brightworks Fireworks will be lighting up the event with their incredible pyrotechnical and fireworks display.
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WHAT IS TRUTH: Does 1 Thessalonians 1:9-10 Describe Conversion or Some Post Conversion Sanctification Experience?
Thank you for the article. As far as I can remember, I've always thought that waiting for the Son from heaven is the "faith" side of conversion and the "turn" is the repentance side in 1 Thessalonians 1:9–10. I cannot recall ever thinking that it was the description of a post-conversion experience.
Last evening in prayer meeting, a brother was praying for his children. Something in his prayer seemed slightly different than what we usually hear. He prayed that the Lord would so work in their hearts that they would really know their own hearts' conditions and really be looking for the return of the Lord. He was praying for their salvation (he thinks one young boy might be already saved, but the others he's quite sure are not yet). I noted what he said. Then I later read your blog post and recalled how he prayed. I don't think it was intentional on his part to have this allusion to "wait for the Son from heaven" in his prayer, but I think he was praying in the Holy Spirit (under the Spirit's leading). It was inherent in his prayer that "waiting for the Son from heaven" is equal to being saved.
I do not claim to have the entire LS-FG issue sorted out, but I think the FG side has some insurmountable contradictions of the sacred text, and the LS side has some problems with terminology (imprecise wording) that can even lead its proponents into contradiction of Scripture. Not always is the "turning" clearly defined by LS advocates as internal; therefore some folks (maybe even some unsaved proponents of LS) think the "turning" means a work or external action (reformation), while, in fact, the turning is the cause of such lifestyle changes. Spurgeon said it well (as you quoted): "by an act and deed of the mind and will". But if one takes his other words, "actually and in very deed to turn," out of context, it does look as if it's a work.
I also am not convinced Brother Cloud created a straw man, and I'm quite sure that if he did, it was not intentional. There do seem to be pleny of LS advocates that are so imprecise (and sometimes very errant on other things, too), that I'd be publicly reproach Bro. Cloud based on his presentation.
Thank you for very thought-provoking and heart-searching posts.
Amen from me too. Of course, what else would you expect from your lackey? Ha!!
I'm fine with the faith/repentance division. It's not explicit, but if you think about it, a person turns from something to something, and he turns because there is something he's waiting for.
Thanks Dave Doran. Love rejoices in the truth.
Thanks Bobby Mitchell. The lackey comment was low, but you were well on the path you are on before we ever met. You are totally independent. I have zero lackeys. I don't inspire lackey-ness. And you are the exact opposite of someone who would be a lackey -- it was just someone who would say something as nasty as he could, who himself is very insecure.
I have been very slow to criticize David Cloud, but when I do, I'm criticizing what he wrote, not him per se. On personal basis, I wonder if he would give me the same benefit of the doubt.
I think Diakonos stated, very well, where I am personally on all of this.
I worry about the FG position being too flippant in it's execution (like a Hyles soul winning presentation). I worry about the LS position being too easily rerouted to works or reformation. (I would wish for better terminology - Grace is Free, Jesus is Lord; & none of us would want to argue against either).
Believing in Jesus is believing in the Second Coming.
Their rejection of the second coming was their rejection of Jesus.
I don't thin we look for a "balance" in doctrine. LS isn't saying it isn't free. Those are just names. I actually think FG has a problem, because they teach a kind of works salvation, because after your "accept Jesus as Savior" then you've got to work to get this kind of completed salvation experience.
We want to teach what the Bible says, which Lou is not doing. He's forcing 1 Thessalonians 1:9-10 on this. That should be obvious to anyone who cares about it.
Regarding amillennialism, amillennialists believe in the second coming. I'm not here to defend amillennialism, but you are looking for a point there from I don't know what. Let me put it back on you. Do you believe that someone can be saved and not believe in the second coming of Jesus?
astonishing: "There is no other passage in Scripture that conditions the reception of eternal life on believing in Christ's Second Coming .
Baptist exegesis of 1 Thess 1:9-10!
If I wrote his article, I would be ashamed, and I would take the article down.
By the way, saying that one could believe in Christ without believing in his second coming also obliterates the idea of what Christ or Messiah means. The Messiah has to come to set up his kingdom over the earth – if he never comes back, he is not the Messiah.


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A HOMELESS charity in Bradford has received a Christmas gift of £8,500 after fundraising sleep out.
The event took place on November 10, but donations have continued to pour in to the fundraising page and an additional £2,500 has now been collected.
The charity Inn Churches said the money will go towards providing shelter, clothing, food and support for people struggling with homelessness.
Inn Churches set up an event four years ago called Suits On The Street which takes place at the arches near Forster Square train station.
The event was set up to encourage people to sleep out for a night in the Bradford streets and raise awareness for homelessness.
Project manager at Inn Churches, Juli Thompson, said: "We've set up the event initially to stop the homeless dying on the streets.
Many people attended the event, including children as young as 10 years old, accompanied by parents.
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The Association of Hospitality in Portugal estimated a "near occupation of 100%" in the establishments of Lisbon next week, due to the accomplishment of the technology summit Web Summit.
"It is expected that hotels in the city of Lisbon could close with an occupation very close to 100% that week and the price will naturally adjust," says the Association of Hoteliers of Portugal (AHP) in a written response sent to the agency Lusa about the third edition of the Web Summit in the Portuguese capital, which runs from November 05 to 08. According to this entity, in the two previous editions, "there is to record that the participants stayed in the hotels of the city, but also throughout the region of Lisbon."
An AHP survey carried out last year reveals that during the event in 2017, "the hotel occupancy rate in the city of Lisbon stood at 92% and the average price at 141 euros, while in the Lisbon region the occupancy rate was 88% and the average price of 128 euros. " Noting that this edition expects more than 70,000 participants from 170 countries, the AHP says that this "will naturally have an impact on tourism and hotels", stressing that "the impact of having the Web Summit in Portugal far exceeds the sphere of hospitality ".
"The positioning of Lisbon and Portugal in the capture of events of this nature, which trace trends and open the way for the future, has a huge impact on communication and brings to our country notoriety, as well as thousands of companies and investors," he said.
For its part, and also questioned by Lusa, the Association of Hospitality, Catering and Similar of Portugal (AHRESP) predicts that participants in the Web Summit spend more than 61 million euros in the four days of the international conference on technology. This amount is the result of an average daily expenditure of 220 euros per participant, of which 120 euros in accommodation and 50 euros in "catering and animation".
Still according to AHRESP, the number of guests is expected to increase 12.4% this year, with the fastest growth among foreign guests (+ 18%). The overnight stays are expected to rise 13.5% year-on-year, with the foreign market contributing an increase of 17.3%.
Meanwhile, through its official social networking Twitter account, Web Summit chief executive Paddy Cosgrave has estimated tickets for the event will wear out tonight. Also through that platform, the official said that "Web Summit broadband this year will be 50GB per second, with" tens of kilometers of fiber optic cables and almost 1,000 access points. "A few days of the technology summit Web Summit, the organization reported hoping that this is "the biggest and the best" edition ever.
The technological, innovation and entrepreneurship summit Web Summit was born in 2010 in Ireland and moved to Lisbon in 2016, remaining in the Portuguese capital until 2028.


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Home > Business > Tata Steel may 'pause' sale as UK biz minister meets Mistry
Tata Steel may 'pause' sale as UK biz minister meets Mistry
BY PTI8 July 2016 10:33 PM GMT
PTI8 July 2016 10:33 PM GMT
Tata Steel may "pause" its plans to sell off most of troubled UK units, including the mammoth Port Talbot steelworks in Wales, as Britain's business minister is set to hold talks with the senior management of the Indian steel giant in Mumbai to achieve a long-term solution. The company is holding its monthly board meeting on Friday in which executives are expected to announce a 'pause', according to BBC.
The steel major is expected to proceed with the sale of its speciality steel making business, which employs 2,000 employees in the sites of Hartlepool, Rotherham and Stocksbridge and possibly shelve plans for the rest of its steelworks as a result of rising steel prices and uncertainty following Britain's vote to leave the European Union, it said.
UK business minister Sajid Javid is to fly out to Mumbai for talks with Tata chairman Cyrus Mistry ahead of the board meeting. "This is part of our ongoing dialogue with Tata to maintain momentum and achieve a long-term solution for UK steelmaking," the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills said in a statement on Thursday.
Meanwhile, 'ITV News' claimed that only one bidder has been left with any serious chance of buying Tata Steel UK and that is Indian-origin businessman Sanjeev Gupta s Liberty House. The news channel claims he has an "unassailable lead" over the other contenders, including a management buyout team, Excalibur Steel UK.
A Tata Steel spokesperson said: "There has been no official comment on the subject so far". Earlier this week, giving evidence to MPs on a House of Commons joint select committee session on the steel industry, UK minister for small business Anna Soubry said she remains confident that Tata Steel will find a buyer for its UK business, despite economic volatility triggered by the Brexit vote.
She also seemed to indicate that prospects of nationalising the steelworks had not been entirely dismissed."When we faced the crisis with Tata you can be assured we looked at all options and one of those was whether or not, my phrase, to 'buy it for a quid'. When you make political determination that you're going to keep at least one of the blast furnaces [at Tata's Port Talbot steelworks] open, you look at all options," she said.
"Being a member of the European Union has never precluded us from nationalising the steel industry. It is a complete myth. People think we couldn't nationalise it because of state aid rules. That is not true. You can't prop it up financially but that is not the same as taking ownership, nationalising it," she added.
Tata Steel employs around 15,000 workers in the UK across plants in Port Talbot, Rotherham, Corby, Shotton and Teesside. The company had decided to exit its UK business earlier this year after suffering losses of up to 1 million pounds a day, largely due to Chinese steel exports forcing down prices in the steel market.
One of the biggest obstacles to a sale has been the legacy of the British Steel Pension fund, which Tata inherited when it bought the business in 2007. It has 130,000 members and a deficit of 700 million pounds.


Twenty eight hours prior, my morning began with a sunrise hot yoga class. Feeling rather accomplished by 8am, i went to my corporate job as a manager of a high-functioning team. After work, i drove the hour-long stretch from the south bay to the SOMA district for a celebration i co-organized for my part-time job. i received a promotion at this party, and accepted it in gold heels that hurt my feet and with a smile that was supported more by the two Moscow Mules drank prior. i was living the dream on paper, earning a six-figure salary, collecting stock options, saving for retirement, exploring the urban scene, and getting promoted.
Though beneath the surface, there was a gaping presence inside of me; i found illusory purpose in busyness, distracting myself with all that i was doing as a promising woman in her early 20s. Weekends were often spent hazily giving my body away to appealing bachelors who expressed superficial interest in me while relying on cannabis joints and juicy cocktails to provide me with joy- however fleeting and delusional.
So there i was, a swollen face from the airbag that had just hit me, shocked before the sight of blinding headlights on cement and thinking, "is this a dream? Pleeease let it be a dream..." The loud cars behind passed me by, my body ridden with pain thrust me back into the realization that this was not a dream. Lifting my leg in throbbing agony: a heavy, disconnected foot with orange toenails, dementedly hanging like dead weight.
The blinding sterility of the hospital emergency room at 2am was cutting- cutting of the green chiffon dress i had just celebrated some success in; torn straight up the middle. Cutting open my underwear without remorse, cold scissors sliding over me, leaving me vulnerable and without voice. i was exposed on a cold, hard table overlooked by shadows of examining strangers. One kind ER nurse took some time to tell me, "everything will be okay," and i held on to his words for my dear life. After hours of tests, drugs, and incomplete memories, i discovered my fractured left hip, broken right ankle and need for emergency surgery.
The call to my parents at 6am that morning was the hardest one i've ever had to make. i woke them up at 6am to tell them that i had been in the hospital for the last four hours, was in horrible shape, and needed emergency surgery which they needed to be present for. Dad also had to track down the '95 emerald green Civic that they gifted me as a first car; impounded somewhere unknown and unrecognizable to us all.
In the months following, i was in a wheelchair, non-weight bearing on both legs, and unable to independently bathe, go to the toilet, or prepare food myself; forced to slow down, reflect, and tune in with an ailing body and spirit. In doing so, i began to see more of the support, love, and presence of my family who rallied to take care of me, my friends and colleagues who offered their patience, visits and bouquets of flowers that adorned our living room like a florist's shop.
This is when i first began to meditate and to pay attention to and study my thoughts and emotions and what it was producing in my life. i began learning how to find wisdom and peace in empty space, to not fill it with busyness or incessant chatter, and to listen. i saw my legs and arms atrophy and thin out with flesh hanging. i began to find small joys in the mundane: the luxurious feeling of cleanliness after taking a "bath" in the kitchen sink with a wet towel and my mother's assistance, the fresh breeze on my cheeks when i was taken out for a walk, the thoughtfulness and hospitality of my younger brother who prepared fresh fruit bowls for my friends and i when they visited.
At the same time, i was facing the repercussions of my actions. When the officer presented a breathalyzer to me that night in the emergency room, i blew a .08 BAC, the cusp of a D.U.I. Not only had i consumed a couple drinks at the party- which I wrongly assumed would wear off by the time i began the drive home- but i had been awake that day for 19 hours. Lessons in my D.U.I. class later confirmed that, "moderate sleep deprivation produces impairments in cognitive and motor performance equivalent to alcohol intoxication." i spent over $12,000 in legal and fine fees, countless hours in counseling and courses.
i healed to accept the ramifications of falling asleep- literally and metaphorically, i began to recognize and question our culture's propensity for compulsive doing over being filled my critical mind, and noticed the values that i had internalized which were not true to my heart. The messages of Eckhart Tolle, Carl Jung and Thich Nhat Hanh came into my life; as well as the notions of mindfulness and self-realization. The identities i had carried like designer purses were suddenly made irrelevant; the superficial relationships i lent my body to felt wasteful; and my loneliness was alchemized into gratitude as i sat with my self through this transformation. And over six challenging months in a wheelchair and out into physical therapy, i witnessed my body heal itself.
i've grown to realize how disembodied i was before crashing my life away as it was. Busy living on autopilot, leaving little time to check in with myself, I was acting like i was in the passenger seat of my own life. If i had paid a bit more attention to my body, i would have likely realized that i was tired, in need of rest and nourishing ways to express my feelings. i wouldn't have made the decision to go to yoga at 5am the same day as a work celebration that was expected to go into the night; or i would have found a safe friend to stay with in the city. i wasn't listening to the wisdom my body was giving me and i wasn't listening to anyone else, my mother included, who expressed love and concern. Little did i realize that i was in the driver's seat, literally and metaphorically, holding the power to destruct my life in the blink of an eye.
Seven years later, i think back to this time of trauma and healing often. Since gaining my capacities and independence to walk, run, bathe, and feed myself again, i've also studied my body with psychological training, intuitive movement, and somatic therapy. i've become deeply attuned to my physical and psychic senses. Whenever i fall back into old patterns of giving myself away to external factors in hopes of being filled, i remember this time of my crash. The pain and fear on the faces of my parents and brother when they arrived at the hospital to see me for the first time after the crash is especially seared in my mind. i remember too that this precious body is telling me something with every step taken, and that it's up to me to listen and take care of it with attentiveness and devotion.
This experience has catapulted me into the work that i do today- using my expertise in my own life to be a kind, challenging and compassionate mirror and collaborative gardener for the well-being of others in the expansion of self-awareness; to plant the seeds of trustworthy spaciousness, to bring in knowledge through education and reflection, and to ask questions for deep introspection and self-realization.
My given namesake, Chetna, means "awareness" or "consciousness" in Sanskrit. i use my name and my life as a guiding light and reminder of my purpose: to unfold + expand awareness of the wisdom within us so that we may each be more embodied, attuned and compassionate citizens of the world.


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This episode reveals the extraordinary range of techniques predators use to catch their prey – from a leopard using all its powers of stealth to stalk impala in broad daylight to wild dogs, whose tactic is to wear down their prey over long distances; from Nile crocodiles, perhaps the planet's most patient predators, to killer whales who use teamwork and intelligence to take on humpback whales. But even with these finely tuned strategies, the outcome is far from certain. Most predators fail most of the time.
This episode looks at the challenges of hunting in the Arctic, the most seasonal place on Earth. To a predator, seasonal change is a problem. It means that all the parameters of the hunt – the conditions, the strategies, the prey – change too. The only option for the Arctic's top predators, the wolf, the Arctic fox and the polar bear, is to continually adapt to their changing world, exploiting the good times and enduring the bad.
This episode follows tigers, harpy eagles, chimpanzees, army ants and other predators as they rise to the challenge of hunting within the forest – a dense, confusing, three-dimensional world, one in which even finding prey is a maddening task. The prize for succeeding at nature's great game of hide-and-seek is one worth winning. Forests cover one third of the land surface, and concealed within are over half of the species on Earth.
This episode follows blue whales, sharks, sea lions, frigatebirds, dolphins and albatrosses to reveal the strategies they use to hunt for prey in the big blue. The open ocean is an immense wilderness that covers more than half the surface of our planet, yet for the most part it's a watery desert, largely devoid of life. Predators face an endless search to find and catch food, yet these great tracks of ocean are home to some of the most remarkable hunters on the planet.
Half of all land is desert or grassland. In these, the most exposed habitats on our planet, predators like cheetahs, bald eagles and lions can usually see their prey. But it works both ways: the prey can see them too. With nothing but open vistas the element of surprise is hard-won, and predators must make their own opportunities. Nowhere to Hide explores the strategies of predator and prey in the open arena.
The coast is the dynamic border between land and sea. Powered by the tides and thrashed by waves, this is a world of continuous change. Opportunities never last long here, so hunters are always in a race against time. The coast is the only place on the planet where predators from air, land and sea come together. Dolphins that leave the safety of the sea to fish, walking octopuses, ingenious monkeys, fishing wolves and the greatest gathering of feeding humpback whales come to the coast to hunt. For all, timing is everything.
This final episode of the series visits the frontline of the conflict with the world's top predators, meeting the scientists fighting to save them. Crossing five continents and combining landmark natural history footage with real-life human drama, it checks the pulse of the earth's iconic animals, including lions, tigers, polar bears and blue whales. With three-quarters of the planet's carnivores now in decline, can people find ways to live with predators before they disappear forever?


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This guide details a list of the best offline iPhone games. Fun games you can play on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch without an internet connection. Whether you're on a daily subway commute or a vacation in the woods somewhere that's untouched by man, these games don't need WiFi at all. If you don't have an internet connection or cell service you can still play these exciting games.
These days almost every mobile game needs some sort of data connection to work. That's how Pokémon GO spawns new monsters. You need the internet to battle in PUBG, and it's what loads your Clash of Clans village. And while most need WiFi or data, there are other addicting games that work just fine offline.
Most smartphone owners have a cellular data plan and get 4G LTE in most places. However, that's not always the case. These games are great for iPad users or that old iPhone without a data plan you gave to the kids.
And while some iPad variants come with a SIM card or 4G LTE, that's usually an extra $10 or $20 a month. Not everyone can afford the extra charge. So, stay entertained for hours on end with these offline iPhone games. These games are perfect for kids too, so you don't have to worry about them going over their data plan or yours.
While you don't need a data plan, you may need more power. Here are two of our favorite portable chargers, aka big batteries you can keep in a bag, and our favorite car charger that can keep these devices charged in the car.
Before we begin, it's important to mention that some of the games on our list need internet access at least once. Basically, you use the internet to install the game and let it download a few more files or connect to Game Center. Do this once, and you're all set. Just open the game after it installs to make sure it doesn't need anything further. So, connect to the internet at home first, or in your hotel and you're all set.
You can play fun games like Fallout: Shelter or Grand Theft Auto without the internet. Or enjoy Kraino, Minecraft, Altos Adventure and more. This is in addition to popular titles like Solitaire, Plants vs Zombies, Bejeweled, all of the Angry Birds games, and Subway Surfers.
However, our list also details some great games you've probably never heard of or didn't know worked offline. Including Cut the Rope, Badlands, Dead Trigger 2, Jetpack Joyride, Pac-Man 256, Crashlands, or Ridiculous Fishing. In total, we found 20 games you'll absolutely enjoy. We've added titles from any and all genres to ensure we have a little something for everyone.
Information about each game and links to download them are in our slideshow below. Keep in mind that these are in no particular order or genre. Simply pick what sounds interesting to you and give it a try today or on your next vacation. We'll continuously update this list throughout the year with all the best offline iPhone games.
The first game on our list goes without saying, as it's incredibly popular still to this day. Minecraft is everywhere, still. The game is enjoyed by millions of people daily across all different platforms.
The mobile version, called "Pocket Edition" is what my daughter plays almost every time we leave the house. It works great without an internet connection, and you can still save your progress and entire world locally on your iPhone or iPad.
Just remember you won't be able to join any multiplayer games to build with your friends. Well, unless you're all on a local network on the same flight or car ride. This game needs no introduction. Download it, create a world and do whatever you can imagine. The possibilities are endless.
Tried this game for a while. Extremely addictive, well-designed, but you quickly get to levels that you need to pay to pass.


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THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER COMMENCES FILMING IN SYDNEY
A moving Welcome to Country ceremony from the Gamay dancers of the Aboriginal Gadigal and Bidiagal clans and a performance and karakia by Maori dancers from Te Aranganui, signalled the commencement of filming of Thor: Love and Thunder in Sydney, Australia, this month.
Director Taika Waititi and Chris Hemsworth attended the ceremony at Fox Studios Australia and shared their pictures on Instagram.
Thor: Love and Thunder is the fourth Thor movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and will star a blockbuster cast including Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tessa Thompson, Chris Pratt, Matt Damon and Christian Bale.
Director Taika Waititi and actor Chris Hemsworth with Gamay dancers of the Gadigal and Bidiagal clans and a performance and karakia by Maori dancers from Te Aranganui.
The production received financial support from the Australian Federal Government through the Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts, the Hon. Paul Fletcher and from Screen NSW's Made in NSW Fund.
The production is operating under strict COVID-19 safety protocols to ensure the health and safety of cast, crew and wider community.
Ausfilm Members: Contrarian Group provided specialist tax and incentives advice and facilitation and Industrial Light & Magic is providing virtual production and real-time visual effects services, utilising ILM StageCraft and operated by a team based out of the company's Sydney studio.
20TH CENTURY STUDIOS' KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES REIGNS IN SYDNEY
MADE IN AUSTRALIA: MARVEL STUDIOS' SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS IN CINEMAS NOW!
BEHIND THE SCENES: ILM's ENVIRONMENT/GENERALIST SUPERVISOR


Roll each tofu piece in cornstarch to coat.
Heat oil in a pan and fry the tofu pieces until golden brown.Set aside.
Remove excess oil in the same pan except for 1 tbsp and fry garlic until brown.
Add oyster sauce and sugar, give it a little stir.
Sprinkle with chopped green onions before serving.


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Banana Republic Classic: Masculine and subtle, it is a true classic. Worn it for years.
banana republic CLASSIC is one of the best fragrances i've ever worn. i'm a female and wear it always and i own more than 100+ perfumes and this one is one of the ones that gets the most compliments. i'll walk into a room and everyone stops me and ask what i'm wearing. i recommend it highly giving it 10 stars if it were possible.