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Residents of the Kalininsky district of Donetsk were advised by local authorities not to go outside and not open windows because of the ammonia leak. According to the Telegram channel of the Headquarters of the Territorial Defense of the DPR, the leak occurred after the shelling of the brewery.
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Enoch Powell as a Parliamentarian
A new collection of essays and reminisces, called Enoch at 100, has been published to mark Enoch Powell's centenary. In this piece, Frank Field recalls his affection and admiration for his fellow parliamentarian.
When I joined the House in 1979, Enoch Powell was firmly established as one of the greatest political figures in the Commons. Whilst admired he was also feared and herein lay the strength of his parliamentary presence and its weakness.
As a schoolboy I was already aware of Enoch and there were three aspects of his political life that had already impressed themselves on my mind by the time I entered the House. There was first, his protest against the shenanigans that had led to Alec Douglas-Home being installed in No. 10 in place of R. A. Butler. Secondly, there was the undoubted quality of his intellect and his harnessing of this extraordinary set of abilities in the making of a most radical minister. Lastly, there was the issue which will forever be linked to Enoch, that 'Rivers of Blood' speech. How did my impressions change once I had the opportunity to witness Enoch close up within a parliamentary system to which he devoted practically all of his working life?
First, then, his stand against the way the 'magic circle' (as Iain Macleod dubbed it) had moved to put Douglas-Home into No. 10 in preference to Butler. Why did this action so impress me? And why did my admiration for this action by Enoch so long ago grow once I became a Member of Parliament? Only after coming to the Commons did I become fully aware of Enoch's courage in refusing to serve under Douglas-Home, an act whereby he effectively removed himself from office. True, the courage required to stand apart in this instance was less than it would have been had Enoch stood alone against Macmillan's successful plot, but there was courage nevertheless in his willingness to confront the ruling political gang on his side of the House.
The outside world has some appreciation of what it means to resign in protest at the treatment of a friend or colleague. Voters can relate such an action to their own life. But a resignation in the Commons adds a further dimension to such a drama. The House has its very public side where our activities are presented for good or ill to the public. But what the public are less aware of is how the Commons has its own political culture where MPs are rated by their peers. Most Members share the honourable instinct of wishing to climb the greasy pole of political advancement. Not to make this ascent, either by not wishing to do so, or by failure before reaching senior office, separates out Members in what our House culture deems, at best, to be members of the second eleven. Enoch's behaviour suggests that this conventional criterion for success meant little to him.
As I came to know him, I found his eccentric attitude on this score increasingly attractive. It was impossible not to conclude that, while Enoch fought his corner as ably as any, the struggle, for him, was about achieving long-term objectives, not simply a mastery of the flotsam and jetsam of current events. Enoch, at the beginning of the Falklands War, questioned the strength of Margaret Thatcher's character. The Prime Minister derived obvious pleasure from being referred to as 'the Iron Lady'. How well, Enoch asked, would the Iron Lady live up to the soubriquet she so obviously relished now that the battle was joined? This challenge, we are told, rattled Downing Street. And yet once the noise of battle had subsided, Enoch wittily complimented her on her conduct. Similarly, in setting the course for enacting fundamental change in British politics, Enoch's own principles were, to paraphrase Thatcher, not for turning.
A second side of Enoch that impressed was his sheer intellectual ability and how this played into politics. Even in the sixth form I was aware of this extraordinary MP who had become a professor of Greek at the age of twenty-five. That his chair was in Sydney rather than Oxford or Cambridge somehow added for me a greater sense of achievement. (I still had much to learn about English snobbery.)
But the high intellect that was so obviously on display early in his life, and which served Enoch exceptionally well in the military intelligence post he occupied with such obvious distinction during the war, was a double-edged weapon in the Commons. By the time I reached the Commons, anyone who sought recognition in the chamber feared Enoch. It was not a fear based simply on how Enoch would marshal his argument. Nor did that fear stem only from his ability to make an opponent's argument appear at best lacking in logic, and at worst just plain idiotic. That was of course part of the fear factor. But this fear operated in an even more fundamental way. Even those who sought to be his allies could not always be sure upon which side Enoch would dispose his affections. This fault was not wholly Enoch's. Anyone who cared to look at his career would see the line of his thinking and how his disparate speeches and activities combined to explain the whole man. Even so, it must be conceded that Enoch was in part responsible. For here was the downside to his fierce intelligence.
When the good fairy stood at the foot of his cot in those far-off days in 1912, many gifts were bestowed on the young son of Albert and Ellen Powell. But that same good fairy was either struck by a spasm of absentmindedness, or had departed, before she could balance the baby's extraordinary intellectual intelligence with the social skills and clubbiness that would have made his character overwhelmingly attractive for a party leadership role. His lack of emotional intelligence and, given his character, his inability to be other than his own man, ensured that the number of Indians wishing to follow their chief was limited, perhaps too limited, for someone who might otherwise expect to lead his party. Worse still, that intelligence often drove him into dangerous territories where the fatality rate among his friends was particularly high.
There was, however, another, much more positive side to Enoch's intelligence, and it was how he utilised those gifts in government. My early impression, no doubt acquired from the near unanimity of political commentators, was the perceived inability of intellectuals to make much immediate impact on current policies. That conventional observation was utterly confounded by the impact of Enoch's thinking on policies. Enoch was Minister of Health from 1960 until he resigned over what he regarded as Macmillan's 'sheer devilry' in fixing the Tory leadership for Douglas-Home. Enoch's time at Health paralleled my undergraduate years. Even then I was startled that it was he who began the first NHS building programme.
Here was the man, who happily presented himself as wrestling with angels, also having the ability to get stuck in and wrestle money from the Treasury, not just for the odd hospital rebuild, but also in getting the Treasury to sign up to a ten-year building programme. No dandified intellectual here: this was a shrewd and effective politician.
Equally important for me, as an MP, was the growing understanding of how a political intellectual could not only initiate a new debate, but also set the contours within which that debate would be conducted. Here Enoch used his position as minister to set in motion the debate on community care that has still to run its course. His starting point was the treatment of the 'criminally ill' as well as the much larger population housed in what are euphemistically called 'long-stay hospitals'. Enoch was determined to seize, if not the advantage, at least the issue of how the community cared for its citizens with mental illness. He asserted that the criminally insane should never be released, but argued that there were new ways of caring for people with ment
al illness and that taxpayers had to face up to the fact that this more humane approach was one that would cost more, not less, money.
Yet Enoch's stewardship of the Ministry of Health was not without its paradoxes, which continued to fascinate me, largely because so few politicians or commentators made much of it after the 'Rivers of Blood' speech. It was Enoch, after all, who, as Health Minister, had not only sanctioned, but actively supported the NHS strategy of recruiting large numbers of immigrant workers. This brings me, inevitably, to that speech, a speech that changed the trajectory of Enoch's life just as much as it set a course by which so much of British politics would flow.
Enoch came to this issue with a track record of which any MP would be proud. The speech he gave on the Royal Titles Bill in 1953 drew heavily on the changes that the Attlee government made in its 1948 British Nationality Act. Enoch regarded this 1953 speech as the finest he ever gave. I happen to disagree. It was, for me, his contribution against the actions of the British government over the Kenyan Hola Camp scandal that stands out for me as the pinnacle of his oratory. In that latter speech, Enoch insisted that there could not be a standard of conduct that the English maintained as right in this country, while believing a lower one could be appropriate for our conduct elsewhere. This was particularly true, he believed, in Africa, where 'our own high standards in the acceptance of responsibilities' was paramount.
How then to explain that 'Rivers of Blood' speech? I must confess, I still cannot think through clearly what Enoch thought his goal was. I had been, at the age of sixteen, a Young Conservative.
During one of the campaigns against apartheid, I organised with a fellow sixth-former, a Young Socialist, our own campaign in Chiswick to boycott South African goods. The word 'campaign' is, I suppose, a grandiose term for what we actually did. We printed leaflets and handed them to shoppers at the local Co-op. For this crime, committed just before Macmillan's great 'Winds of Change' speech in Africa, and with it the resulting realignment of views of many Tory activists to the evils of apartheid, I was shoehorned out of the local association. Nothing so crude, you understand, as an expulsion, but an exclusion just as effective. So I came to the 'Rivers of Blood' speech from a hostile perspective. What was Enoch up to? By citing those Roman texts he knew so well, and in particular the reference to the river Tiber foaming with blood, he must have appreciated its likely impact. If the imagery was applied with the due care Enoch always prided himself on in his use of language, we can only conclude he was describing the fate which he believed awaited his country.
What results did Enoch want from this speech? If it was to awaken the country's political elite to the dangers of sustained largescale immigration and to debate the consequences, then it must rank as Enoch's greatest failure. At a stroke he made the subject of immigration a no-go area for elected politicians. I only felt safe in trespassing onto this territory once the mass of immigration from eastern European countries reached our shores, when the issue was no longer one of colour.
Why was it then that I never raised 'Rivers of Blood' with Enoch? The simple truth is that I dared not confront Enoch on this issue as I felt that it was not only his biggest, but almost the only major political error he committed. The outcome of that speech is the stuff of which great Greek tragedies are made. Enoch's talents had destined him for a commanding position in British politics. The 'Rivers of Blood' speech gave him a commanding position among voters, as Enoch was expressing their fears. But his political gang, who were, under Heath, only too pleased to strip him of any leadership potential, closed ranks against him. If I am right, this great mistake over the speech must have caused Enoch huge and profound regret and I never wanted to stray uninvited into this national and personal tragedy.
It has been recalled elsewhere how important the House of Commons' lavatories are in the pursuance of politics. It was one such chance encounter that offered Enoch the opportunity to tell Harold Wilson of his intended 1974 general election speech in which he would inform his audience of his intention to vote Labour. It was Wilson's commitment to renegotiate the terms of our EEC membership that prompted Enoch to plan this extraordinary step. The press reported that 1,500 were in that Birmingham hall to hear Enoch make his announcement while a further 7,000 were turned away.
My encounter, and probably the basis of our friendship, took place, not in the 'Aye' Lobby gents', as did his meeting with Wilson, but in another off the Library Corridor. Enoch had been giving a series of lectures at Zion College, then an outstanding library established for the use of London clergy. The lectures were being picketed by groups who billed themselves as radical Christians. I apologised to Enoch for missing the lectures, whereupon he enquired if I would be interested in reading them.
'Of course I would,' I replied.
'They will be on the board within the hour,' was his terse response.
The board in the MPs' Lobby is a place where internal post is given. Well within the hour Enoch delivered on his word and the text of the lectures was accompanied by a beautifully handwritten note expressing interest in my response. I remember that night well. The Commons was involved in one of its intolerable all-night sittings. To me, as a new Member, the events gave me some idea, if not of hell, then of a form of purgatory not that far removed from the torment of the eternal fires. Enoch, of course, saw these parliamentary manoeuvres as a crucial part of the Commons' attempts to control the executive. The long hours of the night and the early morning offered me the opportunity to read those lectures. They excited me, and I longed to discuss them with their author. But when I went to look for him, he was most unusually not occupying his traditional seat in the Library, nor did I catch him at any of the early morning votes, although the record showed that he'd voted. It was the following day, I believe, that our paths again crossed. He enquired of my reading. 'You're opening yourself up for a heresy trial,' I replied, for this beautifully written text argued either that Jesus was stoned to death or that the key New Testament figure was John the Baptist. I cannot now remember which. Enoch laughed. 'Could you arrange such a heresy trial, for that would ensure my safe return in South Down?' I failed, I regret to say, to translate our laughter into action and there was no such favourable event.
One other reminiscence tells much about Enoch's reserve and the strength of the common decencies that ran through his veins. My mother and I were walking into Westminster Abbey one Sunday morning. Coming towards the west door, but from a different angle, were Enoch and Pam, his wife. They were a little ahead and Enoch passed through into the abbey without any acknowledgement, let alone breaking those ever-so-stiff face muscles into just a hint of a smile.
I was more than a little miffed. As we were going out it proved more difficult for Enoch to avoid me. 'Why are you ignoring us?' I enquired. Enoch's eyes fell on me. 'I had no wish to embarrass you by presuming our acquaintance in front of a person to whom I had not been introduced.'
Laughter from my mother and myself greeted this extraordinary statement. 'Enoch!' exclaimed Pam. And with that we entered a taxi and sped towards their home in South Eaton Place. There was much merriment and some drink, wit
h me becoming, as my mother commentated later, a little squiffy.
On our way home, in another taxi, my mother commented what a wonderful morning she had had. 'Meeting Enoch and Pam?' I asked. 'No, you silly boy,' she replied firmly. 'It was going to the abbey for the Holy Mysteries, and then to encounter the mystery of Enoch and his so lovable Pam,' she said in a stunning summary of our morning adventure. Both mysteries endure.
This essay was taken from Enoch at 100 ed. by Greville Howard, published by Biteback at £25. To order a copy call 0207 091 1260 or visit www.bitebackpublishing.com
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New York Giants At Washington Redskins: For Giants It's Win ... and Scoreboard Watch
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The New York Giants know the score this weekend. To get to the NFC playoffs they have to go to Washington, defeat the Redskins and then hope the Chicago Bears defeat the Green Bay Packers. If those two things do not happen, the Giants go home without a playoff berth for the second straight season.
"We have one thought in mind and that is to play the kind of game that we can all be proud of, to win our 10th game, to go 3-3 in the division and to at least get rid of the taste from the other night and give ourselves something to be proud of here as we finish the regular season and then whatever happens happens," said Giants coach Tom Coughlin.
That, in a nutshell is the situation the Giants have put themselves in after a pair of devastating losses the past two weeks. First, with a chance to grab control of the NFC East the Giants blew a 21-point lead in the final eight minutes against the Philadelphia Eagles. Then, Sunday, with a chance to secure a playoff berth and eliminate Green Bay, the Giants were blown out by the Packers, 45-17.
The 9-6 Giants on Wednesday sounded like a wounded team trying to salvage it pride more than trying to get into the playoffs. That is probably a good idea, since the Giants have lost control of their playoff destiny with their implosions the past two weeks.
"No one put us in this position but us. We can't fault anyone but ourselves. We had it in the grasp of our hands, and we didn't take advantage of the opportunities," said safety Antrel Rolle. "Now, we have to leave it in the hands of something else. It's something in this league that you never, ever want to do. You don't ever want something else to try and control your destiny, you always want to have that control yourself."
Coughlin is not trying to make the Giants forget the sting of Sunday's loss to Green Bay. Rather, he is trying to use it -- and to remind his team what this season was supposed to be about for the Giants in the first place.
"I didn't try to put it in the rearview mirror. I talked more about different spots during the season where we discussed the fact that our offseason was pointed in a particular direction and we wanted to re-establish ourselves, our pride, our honor, which we didn't do last weekend, so therefore we have one game in order to do that," Coughlin said.
So, here is a question. If the Giants are able to win on Sunday, finishing with a record of 10-6, can they feel good about themselves even if they are shut out of the playoffs?
"I think so," said defensive tackle Barry Cofield. "It's hard to have 10 wins in this league. We play in a tough division, so if we can get to .500 in the division and get a tenth win, I think that does matter. You play to win always, no matter what the circumstances are, so that's what you do as a pro and especially with the way we've played the last couple of games, we definitely have to do something to try to erase those memories."
To fans who think a Super Bowl title is the only acceptable outcome of any season that might not be a good answer. If the Giants and Packers both win 10 games, though, the Packers will get in based on one of those 10 wins -- the one over the Giants. And in the NFC West a seven-win team could win that division and make the playoffs.
"I haven't even had one thought on that," said Coughlin. "Maybe in a couple of weeks I might have something to say about that, but right now the way our game is, we're all by division and you win the division, you're in and that's what we live by."
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Dowry deaths are deaths of married women who are murdered or driven to suicide over disputes about dowry. Dowry deaths are found predominantly in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Iran.

India reports the highest total number of dowry deaths with 8,391 such deaths reported in 2010, meaning there are 1.4 deaths per 100,000 women. Female dowry deaths account for 40 to 50 percent of all female homicides recorded annually in India, representing a stable trend over the period 1999 to 2016. Adjusted for population, Pakistan, with 2,000 reported such deaths per year, has the highest rate of dowry death at 2.45 per 100,000 women.

India
Dowry deaths relate to a bride's suicide or killing committed by her husband and his family soon after the marriage because of their dissatisfaction with the dowry.  It is typically the culmination of a series of prior domestic abuses by the husband's family. Most dowry deaths occur when the young woman, unable to bear the harassment and torture, commits suicide. Most of these suicides are by hanging, poisoning or by fire. Sometimes the woman is killed by being set on fire by her husband or inlaws; this is known as "bride burning", and is sometimes disguised as suicide or accident. Death by burning of Indian women has been more frequently attributed to dowry conflicts. In dowry deaths, the groom's family is the perpetrator of murder or suicide.

India has by far the highest number of dowry-related deaths in the world according to Indian National Crime Record Bureau. In 2012, 8,233 dowry death cases were reported across India. This means a bride was burned every 90 minutes, or dowry issues cause 1.4 deaths per year per 100,000 women in India.

According to a 1996 report by Indian police, every year it receives over 2,500 reports of bride-burning. The Indian National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) reports that there were 8,331 dowry death cases registered in India in 2011. Incidents of dowry deaths during the year 2008 (8,172) have increased by 14.4 per cent over the 1998 level (7,146), while India's population grew at 17.6% over the 10-year period. The accuracy of these figures have received a great deal of scrutiny from critics who believe dowry deaths are consistently under-reported.

Dowry deaths in India are not limited to any specific religion.

Prohibition
The Dowry Prohibition Act of 1961 prohibits the request, payment or acceptance of a dowry, "as consideration for the marriage", where "dowry" is defined as a gift demanded or given as a precondition for a marriage. Gifts given without a precondition are not considered dowry, and are legal. Asking or giving of dowry can be punished by an imprisonment of up to six months, or a fine of up to . It replaced several pieces of anti-dowry legislation that had been enacted by various Indian states. Murder and suicide under compulsion are addressed by India's criminal penal code.

Indian women's rights activists campaigned for more than 40 years for laws to contain dowry deaths, such as the Dowry Prohibition Act 1961 and the more stringent Section 498a of Indian Penal Code (enacted in 1983). Under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005 (PWDVA), a woman can put a stop to the dowry harassment by approaching a domestic violence protection officer. After conducting field research, Shalu Nigam questioned the effectiveness of these laws, writing, "courts frequently ended up offering them compulsory counseling, which entails undesired results and narrow options," and noting "Laws could neither address the immediate needs of victims nor could offer practical remedies in terms of medical aid, short-stay homes, creche facilities, psychological support, shelter homes or economic or material assistance to the women which they need the most."

Although Indian laws against dowries have been in effect for decades, they have been largely criticised as being ineffective. The practice of dowry deaths and murders continues to take place unchecked in many parts of India and this has further added to the concerns of enforcement.

Pakistan
In Pakistan, the giving and expectation of a dowry (called Jahez) is part of the culture, with over 95% of marriages in every region of Pakistan involving transfer of a dowry from the bride's family to a groom's family.

Dowry deaths have been rising in Pakistan for decades.  Dowry-related violence and deaths have been widespread since Pakistan became an independent nation. At over 2,000 dowry-related deaths per year, and annual rates exceeding 2.45 deaths per 100,000 women from dowry-related violence, Pakistan has the highest reported number of dowry death rates per 100,000 women in the world.

There is some controversy on the dowry death rates in Pakistan. Some publications suggest Pakistan officials do not record dowry deaths, and that the death rates are culturally under-reported and may be significantly higher. For example, Nasrullah reports total average annual stove burn rates of 33 per 100,000 women in Pakistan, of which 49% were intentional, or an average annual rate of about 16 per 100,000 women.

Pakistan's Dowry and Marriage Gifts (Restriction) Bill, 2008, restricts dowry to PKR 30,000 (~US$300) while the total value of bridal gifts is limited to PKR 50,000. The law made demands for a dowry by the groom's family illegal, as well as public display of dowry before or during the wedding. However, this and similar anti-dowry laws of 1967, 1976 and 1998, as well as Family Court Act of 1964 have proven to be unenforceable. Activists such as SACHET, Pakistan claim the police refuse to register and prosecute allegations of dowry-related domestic violence and fatal injuries.

Various military and democratically elected civil governments in Pakistan have tried to outlaw traditional display of dowry and expensive parties (walima). One such attempt was the Act of 1997, Ordinance (XV) of 1998 and Ordinance (III) of 1999. These were challenged in the Supreme Court of Pakistan. The petitioner cited a number of hadiths under religious Sharia laws to demonstrate that Islam encouraged walima and related customary practices. The petitioner claimed that the Pakistan government's effort to enact these laws are against the injunctions of Islam. The Supreme Court ruled these laws and ordinances unconstitutional.

Bangladesh

In Bangladesh, dowry is called joutuk (Bengali: যৌতুক), and a significant cause of deaths as well. Between 0.6 and 2.8 brides per year per 100,000 women are reported to die because of dowry-related violence in recent years. The methods of death include suicides, fire and other forms of domestic violence. In 2013, Bangladesh reported 4,470 women were victims of dowry-related violence over a 10-month period, or dowry violence victimized about 7.2 brides per year per 100,000 women in Bangladesh.

Iran
Dowry is an ancient custom of Persia, and locally called jahâz (sometimes spelled jahiziyeh). Dowry-related violence and deaths in Iran are reported in Iranian newspapers, some of which appear in English media. Kiani et al., in a 2014 study, report dowry deaths in Iran. Iranian director Maryam Zahirimehr's 2018 film "Endless?" addresses trauma related to a dowry death in Iran.

International efforts at eradication
Reports of incidents of dowry deaths have attracted public interest and sparked a global activist movement seeking to end the practice. Of this activist community, the United Nations (UN) has played a pivotal role in combating violence against women, including dowry deaths.

United Nations
The United Nations has been an advocate for women's rights since its inception in 1945, explicitly stating so in its Charter's Preamble, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (adopted in 1948), the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (adopted in 1966), the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (also adopted in 1966) (these three documents are known collectively as the International Bill of Rights) and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) (2012).

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), though predominately focused on improving the quality of education available to children globally, has also taken a proactive stance against dowry death. On March 9 (International Women's Day), 2009, at a press conference in Washington D.C., UNICEF's Executive Director, Ann M. Veneman, publicly condemned dowry deaths and the legislative systems which allow the culprits to go unpunished. In 2009, UNICEF launched its first Strategic Priority Action Plan for Gender Equality, which was followed by a second Action Plan in 2010. The aim of these plans has been to make gender equality a higher priority within all international UNICEF programs and functions.

Private organizations
Amnesty International, in an effort to educate the public, has cited dowry deaths as a major contributor to global violence against women. Also, in their annual human rights evaluations, Amnesty International criticizes India for the occurrences of dowry deaths as well as the impunity provided to its perpetrators.

Human Rights Watch has also criticized the Indian government for its inability to make any progress towards eliminating dowry deaths and its lackluster performance for bringing its perpetrators to justice in 2011. In 2004, the Global Fund for Women launched its "Now or Never" funding project. This campaign hopes to raise funds domestically and consequently finance the efforts of feminist organizations across the globe – including Indian women's rights activists.  the Now or Never fund has raised and distributed about $7 million.

A relatively smaller organization, V-Day, has dedicated itself to ending violence against women. By arranging events such as plays, art shows, and workshops in communities and college campuses across the United States, V-Day raises funds and educates the public on topics of gender-based violence including dowry death. Full-length plays on dowry deaths include 'The Bride Who Would Not Burn'

See also
 Bride burning
 Domestic violence in India
 Dowry system in India
 Kerala snakebite murder

References

Further reading
 Dowry Murder: The Imperial Origins of a Cultural Crime, by Veena Talwar Oldenburg. Published by Oxford University Press, 2002.
 Dowry and Protection to Married Women, by Paras Diwan, Peeyushi Diwan. Published by Deep & Deep Publications, 1987.
 Crime in Marriages, a Broad Spectrum, by Poornima Advani. Published by Gopushi Publishers, 1994.
 Encyclopaedia of violence against women and dowry death in India, by Kalpana Roy. Published by Anmol Publications PVT. LTD., 1999. .
 Dowry Death in India, by Geetanjali Mukherjee. Published by Indian Publishers Distributors, 1999. .
 Dowry Death, by Kamakshya Prasad, Jawaid Ahmad Khan, Hari Nath Upadhyaya. Published by Modern Law Publications, 2000. .
 Women in South Asia: Dowry Death and Human Rights Violations, by Pramod Kumar Mishra. Published by Authorspress, 2000. .
 Dowry murder: the imperial origins of a cultural crime, by Veena Talwar Oldenburg. Published by Oxford University Press US, 2002. .
 Death by Fire: Sati, Dowry, Death, and Female Infanticide in Modern India, by Mala Sen. Published by Rutgers University Press, 2002. .

External links
 Article by women's activist Madhu Kishwar
 Indian National Crime Bureau Data on Dowry Deaths
 Indian newspaper articles on Dowry Deaths
 – National Commission for Women, (NCW) India
 Death of two women due to dowry demands
 Leaders of community call for an end to lavish wedding celebrations
 Dowry Disgrace and Suicides
 Most dowry victims in State of Punjab(India) are poisoned

Domestic violence
Femicide
Violence against women in India
Women's rights in India
Marriage in India
Causes of death

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Q: Choosing a data type as a parameter? Is there a way to specify a data type (specifically: int, text, byte, char) as a parameter?
For example: (this doesn't work)
public void myclass(System.Object ChoosenType)
{
    switch (ChoosenType)
        case System.Text:
        case System.Byte:
        case System.Int32:
        case Sustem.Char:
}

A: You can, by using the Type class. However, you can't use a switch statement since you can't switch on Type objects.

CS0151 A switch expression or case label must be a bool, char, string, integral, enum, or corresponding nullable type

You also need to change your comparison method, as the "type name" of a type is not a Type object. You have to use typeof:
public void someMethod(Type theType)
{
    if (theType == typeof(Int32))
    {
    }
    else if (theType == typeof(Char))
    {
    }
    ...
}

Also note that System.Text is not a type, but a namespace. System.String on the other hand is a type.

A: Also worth noting that in addition to using the Type class, you could replace the System.Int32 with it's alias, int.  This works because int is really just a "nickname" for the fully qualified System.Int32 class.
ex-
public void myClass(Type x)
{
    if (x == typeof(int))
    {
        Console.WriteLine("int");
    }
    else if (x == typeof(bool))
    {
        Console.WriteLine("bool");
    }
    else if (x == typeof(string))
    {
        Console.WriteLine("string");
    }
    //additional Type tests can go here
    else Console.WriteLine("Invalid type");
}

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The Works of President Edwards ...
long reign of that king, almost wholly extirpated the Protestant religion out of that kingdom, where had been before a multitude of famous Protestant churches all over the kingdom. Thus it was given to the beast to make war with the saints, and to overcome them. There was also a terrible persecution in England in Queen Mary's time, wherein great numbers in all parts of the kingdom were burnt alive. And after this, though the Protestant religion has been for the most part established by law in England, yet there have been very severe persecutions by the high church men, who symbolize in many things with the Papists. Such a persecution was that which occasioned our forefathers to flee from their native country, and to come and settle in this land, which was then an hideous howling wilderness. And these persecutions were continued with little intermission till King William came to the throne. Scotland has also been the scene, for many years together, of cruelties and blood by the hands of high churchmen, such as came very little short of the Popish persecution in Queen Mary's days, and in many things much exceeded it, which continued till they were delivered by King William. Ireland also has been as it were overwhelmed with Protestant blood. In the days of King Charles I. of England, above 200,000 Protestants were cruelly murdered in that kingdom in a few days; the Papists by a secret agreement, rising all over the kingdom at an appointed time, intending to kill every Protestant in the kingdom at once. Besides these there have been very cruel persecutions in Italy, and Spain, and other places, which I shall not stand to relate. Thus did the devil and his great minister Antichrist, rage with such violence and cruelty against the church of Christ : And thus did the whore of Babylon make herself drunk with the blood of the saints and martyrs of Jesus! And thus by these persecutions, the Protestant church has been much diminished . Yet with all have they not been able to prevail; but still the Protestant church is upheld, and Christ fulfils his prom
ise, "That the gates of hell shall not prevail against his church." (5) The last kind of opposition that Satan has made to the . Reformation is by corrupt opinions. Satan has opposed the light of the gospel which shone forth in the Reformation with many corrupt opinions, which he has brought in and propagated in the world. And here in the first place, the first opposition of this kind was by raising up the sect of the Anabaptists, which began about four or five years after the Reformation itself began..... This sect, as it first appeared in Germany, were vastly more extravagant than the present Anabaptists are in England. They held a great many exceeding corrupt opinions. One tenet of theirs was, That there ought to be no civil authority, and so that it was lawful to rebel against civil authority. And on this principle, they refused to submit to magistrates, or any human laws; and gathered together in vast armies, to defend themselves against their civil rulers, and put all Germany into an uproar, and so kept it for some time. The next opposition of this kind to the Reformation was that which was made by enthusiasts. Those are called enthusiasts who falsely pretend to be inspired by the Holy Ghost as the prophets were. These began in Germany, about ten years after Luther began the Reformation ; and there arose various sects of them who were exceeding wild and extravagant. The followers of these are the Quakers in England, and other parts of the British dominions. The next to these were the Socinians, who had their beginning chiefly in Poland, by the teaching of two men; the name of the one was Lelius Socinus, of the other Faustus Socinus. They held that Christ was a mere man, and denied Christ's satisfaction, and most of the fundamental doctrines of the Christian religion. Their heresy has since been greatly propagated among Protestants in Poland, Germany, Holland, England, and other paces. - After these arose the Arminians. These first appeared in Holland about 130 years ago. They take their name from a Dutchman, whose name was Jacobus Van Harmin, which, turned into Latin is called Jacobus Arminius ; and from his Iname the whole sect are called Arminians. This Jacobus Arminius was first a minister at Amsterdam, and then a professor of divinity in the University of Leyden. He had many followers in Holland. There was upon this a synod of all the Reformed churches called together, who met at Dort, in Holland. The synod of Dort condemned them ; but yet they spread and prevailed. They began to prevail in England in the reign of Charles I, especially in the church of England. The church of England divines before that, were almost universally Calvinists; but since that, Arminianism has gradually more and more prevailed, till they are become almost universally Arminians. And not only so, but Arminianism has greatly prevailed among the Dissenters, and has spread greatly in New England, as well as Old. Since this, Arianism has been received. As I told you before, Arianism, a little after Constantine's time, almost swallowed up the Christian world, like a flood out of the mouth of the serpent which threatened to swallow up the woman..... And of late years this heresy has been revived in England, and greatly prevails there, both in the church of England, and among Dissenters. These hold that Christ is but a mere creature; though they grant that he is the greatest of all creatures. Again, another thing which has of late exceedingly prevailed among Protestants, and especially in England, is Deism. The Deists wholly cast off the Christian religion, and are professed infidels. They are not like the Heretics, Arians, Socinians, and others, who own the scriptures to be the word of God, and hold the Christian religion to be the true religion, but only deny these and these fundamental doctrines of the Christian religion : They deny the whole Christian religion. Indeed they own the being of God; but deny that Christ was the son of God, and say he was a mere cheat ; and so they say all the prophets and apostles were : And they deny the whole scripture. They deny that any of it is the word of God. They deny any revealed religion, or any word of God at all; and say that God has given mankind no Vol. II. 2 P ~
other light to walk by but their own reason. These sentiments and opinions our nation, which is the principal nation of the Reformation, is very much overrun with, and they prevail more and more.
Thus much concerning the opposition that Satan has made against the Reformation.
3. I proceed now to show what success the gospel has more lately had, or what success it has had in these later times of the Reformed church. This success may be reduced to these three heads : 1. Reformation in doctrine and worship in countries called Christian : 2. Propagation of the gospel among the Heathen : 3. Revival of religion in the power and practice of it.
(1) As to the first, viz. Reformation in doctrine, the most considerable success of the gospel that has been of late of this kind has been in the empire of Muscovy, which is a country of vast extent. The people of this country, so many of them as call themselves Christians, professed to be of the Greek church ; but were barbarously ignorant, and very superstitious till of late years. Their late Emperor Peter the Great, who reigned till within these twenty years, set himself to reform the people of his dominions, and took great pains to bring them out of their darkness and to have them instructed in religion. And to that end, he set up schools of learning, and ordered the Bible to be printed in the language of the country, and made a law that every family should keep the holy scriptures in their houses, and that every person should be able to read the same, and that no persons should be allowed to marry till they were able to read the scriptures. He also reformed the churches of his country of many of their superstitions, whereby the religion professed and practised in Muscovy, is much nearer to that of the Protestants than formerly it used to be. This emperor gave great encouragement to the exercise of the Protestant religion in his dominions. And since that, Muscovy has become a land of light, in comparison of what it was before. Wonderful alterations have been brought about in the face of religion for the better within these fifty years past.
(2) As to the second kind of success which the gospel has lately had, viz. its propagation among the Heathen, I would take notice of three things.
[1] The propagation there has been of the gospel among the Heathen here in America. This American continent on which we live, which is a very great part of the world, and, together with its neighboring seas adjoining, takes up one side of the globe, was wholly unknown to all Christian nations till these later times. It was not known that there was any such part of the world, though it was very full of people ; and therefore here the devil had the people that inhabited this part of the world as it were secure to himself, out of the reach of the light of the gospel, and so out of the way of molestation in his dominion over them. And here the many nations of Indians worshipped him as God from age to age, while the gospel was confined to the opposite side of the globe. It is a thing, which, if I remember right, I have somewhere lit of, as probably supposed, from some remaining accounts of things, that the occasion of the first peopling America was this, that the devil, being alarmed and surprized by the wonderful success of the gospel which there was the first three hundred years after Christ, and by the downfal of the Heathen empire in the time of Constantine ; and seeing the gospel spread so fast, and fearing that his Heathenish kingdom would be wholly overthrown through the world, led away a people from the other continent into America, that they might be quite out of the reach of the gospel, that here he might quietly possess them, and reign over them as their god. It is what many writers give an account of, that some of the nations of Indians, when the Europeans first came into America, had a tradition among them, that their god first led them into this continent, and went before them, in an ark.
Whether this was so or not, yet it is certain that the devil did here quietly enjoy his dominion over the poor nations of Indians for many ages. But in later times God has sent the gospel into these parts of the world, and now the Christian church is set up here in New England, and in other parts of America, where before had been nothing but the grossest


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require 'puppet/application'
require 'puppet/run'
require 'puppet/daemon'
require 'puppet/util/pidlock'

class Puppet::Application::Agent < Puppet::Application

  run_mode :agent

  def app_defaults
    super.merge({
      :catalog_terminus => :rest,
      :catalog_cache_terminus => :json,
      :node_terminus => :rest,
      :facts_terminus => :facter,
    })
  end

  def preinit
    # Do an initial trap, so that cancels don't get a stack trace.
    Signal.trap(:INT) do
      $stderr.puts "Cancelling startup"
      exit(0)
    end

    {
      :waitforcert => nil,
      :detailed_exitcodes => false,
      :verbose => false,
      :debug => false,
      :setdest => false,
      :enable => false,
      :disable => false,
      :client => true,
      :fqdn => nil,
      :serve => [],
      :digest => 'SHA256',
      :graph => true,
      :fingerprint => false,
    }.each do |opt,val|
      options[opt] = val
    end

    @argv = ARGV.dup
  end

  option("--disable [MESSAGE]") do |message|
    options[:disable] = true
    options[:disable_message] = message
  end

  option("--enable")
  option("--debug","-d")
  option("--fqdn FQDN","-f")
  option("--test","-t")
  option("--verbose","-v")

  option("--fingerprint")
  option("--digest DIGEST")

  option("--no-client") do |arg|
    options[:client] = false
  end

  option("--detailed-exitcodes") do |arg|
    options[:detailed_exitcodes] = true
  end

  option("--logdest DEST", "-l DEST") do |arg|
    handle_logdest_arg(arg)
  end

  option("--waitforcert WAITFORCERT", "-w") do |arg|
    options[:waitforcert] = arg.to_i
  end

  def help
    <<-'HELP'

puppet-agent(8) -- The puppet agent daemon
========

SYNOPSIS
--------
Retrieves the client configuration from the puppet master and applies it to
the local host.

This service may be run as a daemon, run periodically using cron (or something
similar), or run interactively for testing purposes.

USAGE
-----
puppet agent [--certname <NAME>] [-D|--daemonize|--no-daemonize]
  [-d|--debug] [--detailed-exitcodes] [--digest <DIGEST>] [--disable [MESSAGE]] [--enable]
  [--fingerprint] [-h|--help] [-l|--logdest syslog|eventlog|<FILE>|console]
  [--masterport <PORT>] [--no-client] [--noop] [-o|--onetime] [-t|--test]
  [-v|--verbose] [-V|--version] [-w|--waitforcert <SECONDS>]

DESCRIPTION
-----------
This is the main puppet client. Its job is to retrieve the local
machine's configuration from a remote server and apply it. In order to
successfully communicate with the remote server, the client must have a
certificate signed by a certificate authority that the server trusts;
the recommended method for this, at the moment, is to run a certificate
authority as part of the puppet server (which is the default). The
client will connect and request a signed certificate, and will continue
connecting until it receives one.

Once the client has a signed certificate, it will retrieve its
configuration and apply it.

USAGE NOTES
-----------
'puppet agent' does its best to find a compromise between interactive
use and daemon use. Run with no arguments and no configuration, it will
go into the background, attempt to get a signed certificate, and retrieve
and apply its configuration every 30 minutes.

Some flags are meant specifically for interactive use -- in particular,
'test', 'tags' or 'fingerprint' are useful. 'test' enables verbose
logging, causes the daemon to stay in the foreground, exits if the
server's configuration is invalid (this happens if, for instance, you've
left a syntax error on the server), and exits after running the
configuration once (rather than hanging around as a long-running
process).

'tags' allows you to specify what portions of a configuration you want
to apply. Puppet elements are tagged with all of the class or definition
names that contain them, and you can use the 'tags' flag to specify one
of these names, causing only configuration elements contained within
that class or definition to be applied. This is very useful when you are
testing new configurations -- for instance, if you are just starting to
manage 'ntpd', you would put all of the new elements into an 'ntpd'
class, and call puppet with '--tags ntpd', which would only apply that
small portion of the configuration during your testing, rather than
applying the whole thing.

'fingerprint' is a one-time flag. In this mode 'puppet agent' will run
once and display on the console (and in the log) the current certificate
(or certificate request) fingerprint. Providing the '--digest' option
allows to use a different digest algorithm to generate the fingerprint.
The main use is to verify that before signing a certificate request on
the master, the certificate request the master received is the same as
the one the client sent (to prevent against man-in-the-middle attacks
when signing certificates).

OPTIONS
-------

Note that any Puppet setting that's valid in the configuration file is also a
valid long argument. For example, 'server' is a valid setting, so you can
specify '--server <servername>' as an argument. Boolean settings translate into
'--setting' and '--no-setting' pairs.

See the configuration file documentation at
http://docs.puppetlabs.com/references/stable/configuration.html for the
full list of acceptable settings. A commented list of all settings can also be
generated by running puppet agent with '--genconfig'.

* --certname:
  Set the certname (unique ID) of the client. The master reads this
  unique identifying string, which is usually set to the node's
  fully-qualified domain name, to determine which configurations the
  node will receive. Use this option to debug setup problems or
  implement unusual node identification schemes.
  (This is a Puppet setting, and can go in puppet.conf.)

* --daemonize:
  Send the process into the background. This is the default.
  (This is a Puppet setting, and can go in puppet.conf. Note the special 'no-'
  prefix for boolean settings on the command line.)

* --no-daemonize:
  Do not send the process into the background.
  (This is a Puppet setting, and can go in puppet.conf. Note the special 'no-'
  prefix for boolean settings on the command line.)

* --debug:
  Enable full debugging.

* --detailed-exitcodes:
  Provide transaction information via exit codes. If this is enabled, an exit
  code of '2' means there were changes, an exit code of '4' means there were
  failures during the transaction, and an exit code of '6' means there were both
  changes and failures.

* --digest:
  Change the certificate fingerprinting digest algorithm. The default is
  SHA256. Valid values depends on the version of OpenSSL installed, but
  will likely contain MD5, MD2, SHA1 and SHA256.

* --disable:
  Disable working on the local system. This puts a lock file in place,
  causing 'puppet agent' not to work on the system until the lock file
  is removed. This is useful if you are testing a configuration and do
  not want the central configuration to override the local state until
  everything is tested and committed.

  Disable can also take an optional message that will be reported by the
  'puppet agent' at the next disabled run.

  'puppet agent' uses the same lock file while it is running, so no more
  than one 'puppet agent' process is working at a time.

  'puppet agent' exits after executing this.

* --enable:
  Enable working on the local system. This removes any lock file,
  causing 'puppet agent' to start managing the local system again
  (although it will continue to use its normal scheduling, so it might
  not start for another half hour).

  'puppet agent' exits after executing this.

* --fingerprint:
  Display the current certificate or certificate signing request
  fingerprint and then exit. Use the '--digest' option to change the
  digest algorithm used.

* --help:
  Print this help message

* --logdest:
  Where to send log messages. Choose between 'syslog' (the POSIX syslog
  service), 'eventlog' (the Windows Event Log), 'console', or the path to a log
  file. If debugging or verbosity is enabled, this defaults to 'console'.
  Otherwise, it defaults to 'syslog' on POSIX systems and 'eventlog' on Windows.

* --masterport:
  The port on which to contact the puppet master.
  (This is a Puppet setting, and can go in puppet.conf.)

* --no-client:
  Do not create a config client. This will cause the daemon to start
  but not check configuration unless it is triggered with `puppet
  kick`. This only makes sense when puppet agent is being run with
  listen = true in puppet.conf or was started with the `--listen` option.

* --noop:
  Use 'noop' mode where the daemon runs in a no-op or dry-run mode. This
  is useful for seeing what changes Puppet will make without actually
  executing the changes.
  (This is a Puppet setting, and can go in puppet.conf. Note the special 'no-'
  prefix for boolean settings on the command line.)

* --onetime:
  Run the configuration once. Runs a single (normally daemonized) Puppet
  run. Useful for interactively running puppet agent when used in
  conjunction with the --no-daemonize option.
  (This is a Puppet setting, and can go in puppet.conf. Note the special 'no-'
  prefix for boolean settings on the command line.)

* --test:
  Enable the most common options used for testing. These are 'onetime',
  'verbose', 'ignorecache', 'no-daemonize', 'no-usecacheonfailure',
  'detailed-exitcodes', 'no-splay', and 'show_diff'.

* --verbose:
  Turn on verbose reporting.

* --version:
  Print the puppet version number and exit.

* --waitforcert:
  This option only matters for daemons that do not yet have certificates
  and it is enabled by default, with a value of 120 (seconds). This
  causes 'puppet agent' to connect to the server every 2 minutes and ask
  it to sign a certificate request. This is useful for the initial setup
  of a puppet client. You can turn off waiting for certificates by
  specifying a time of 0.
  (This is a Puppet setting, and can go in puppet.conf. Note the special 'no-'
  prefix for boolean settings on the command line.)

EXAMPLE
-------
    $ puppet agent --server puppet.domain.com

DIAGNOSTICS
-----------

Puppet agent accepts the following signals:

* SIGHUP:
  Restart the puppet agent daemon.
* SIGINT and SIGTERM:
  Shut down the puppet agent daemon.
* SIGUSR1:
  Immediately retrieve and apply configurations from the puppet master.
* SIGUSR2:
  Close file descriptors for log files and reopen them. Used with logrotate.

AUTHOR
------
Luke Kanies

COPYRIGHT
---------
Copyright (c) 2011 Puppet Labs, LLC Licensed under the Apache 2.0 License

    HELP
  end

  def run_command
    if options[:fingerprint]
      fingerprint
    else
      # It'd be nice to daemonize later, but we have to daemonize before
      # waiting for certificates so that we don't block
      daemon = daemonize_process_when(Puppet[:daemonize])

      wait_for_certificates

      if Puppet[:onetime]
        onetime(daemon)
      else
        main(daemon)
      end
    end
  end

  def fingerprint
    host = Puppet::SSL::Host.new
    unless cert = host.certificate || host.certificate_request
      $stderr.puts "Fingerprint asked but no certificate nor certificate request have yet been issued"
      exit(1)
      return
    end
    unless digest = cert.digest(options[:digest].to_s)
      raise ArgumentError, "Could not get fingerprint for digest '#{options[:digest]}'"
    end
    puts digest.to_s
  end

  def onetime(daemon)
    if Puppet[:listen]
      Puppet.notice "Ignoring --listen on onetime run"
    end

    unless options[:client]
      Puppet.err "onetime is specified but there is no client"
      exit(43)
      return
    end

    daemon.set_signal_traps

    begin
      exitstatus = daemon.agent.run
    rescue => detail
      Puppet.log_exception(detail)
    end

    daemon.stop(:exit => false)

    if not exitstatus
      exit(1)
    elsif options[:detailed_exitcodes] then
      exit(exitstatus)
    else
      exit(0)
    end
  end

  def main(daemon)
    if Puppet[:listen]
      setup_listen(daemon)
    end
    Puppet.notice "Starting Puppet client version #{Puppet.version}"

    daemon.start
  end

  # Enable all of the most common test options.
  def setup_test
    Puppet.settings.handlearg("--ignorecache")
    Puppet.settings.handlearg("--no-usecacheonfailure")
    Puppet.settings.handlearg("--no-splay")
    Puppet.settings.handlearg("--show_diff")
    Puppet.settings.handlearg("--no-daemonize")
    options[:verbose] = true
    Puppet[:onetime] = true
    options[:detailed_exitcodes] = true
  end

  def setup
    setup_test if options[:test]

    setup_logs

    exit(Puppet.settings.print_configs ? 0 : 1) if Puppet.settings.print_configs?

    if options[:fqdn]
      Puppet[:certname] = options[:fqdn]
    end

    Puppet.settings.use :main, :agent, :ssl

    # Always ignoreimport for agent. It really shouldn't even try to import,
    # but this is just a temporary band-aid.
    Puppet[:ignoreimport] = true

    Puppet::Transaction::Report.indirection.terminus_class = :rest
    # we want the last report to be persisted locally
    Puppet::Transaction::Report.indirection.cache_class = :yaml

    if Puppet[:catalog_cache_terminus]
      Puppet::Resource::Catalog.indirection.cache_class = Puppet[:catalog_cache_terminus]
    end

    if options[:fingerprint]
      # in fingerprint mode we just need
      # access to the local files and we don't need a ca
      Puppet::SSL::Host.ca_location = :none
    else
      Puppet::SSL::Host.ca_location = :remote
      setup_agent
    end
  end

  private

  def enable_disable_client(agent)
    if options[:enable]
      agent.enable
    elsif options[:disable]
      agent.disable(options[:disable_message] || 'reason not specified')
    end
    exit(0)
  end

  def setup_listen(daemon)
    Puppet.warning "Puppet --listen / kick is deprecated. See http://links.puppetlabs.com/puppet-kick-deprecation"
    unless Puppet::FileSystem.exist?(Puppet[:rest_authconfig])
      Puppet.err "Will not start without authorization file #{Puppet[:rest_authconfig]}"
      exit(14)
    end

    require 'puppet/network/server'
    # No REST handlers yet.
    server = Puppet::Network::Server.new(Puppet[:bindaddress], Puppet[:puppetport])

    daemon.server = server
  end

  def setup_agent
    # We need to make the client either way, we just don't start it
    # if --no-client is set.
    require 'puppet/agent'
    require 'puppet/configurer'
    agent = Puppet::Agent.new(Puppet::Configurer, (not(Puppet[:onetime])))

    enable_disable_client(agent) if options[:enable] or options[:disable]

    @agent = agent if options[:client]
  end

  def daemonize_process_when(should_daemonize)
    daemon = Puppet::Daemon.new(Puppet::Util::Pidlock.new(Puppet[:pidfile]))
    daemon.argv = @argv
    daemon.agent = @agent

    daemon.daemonize if should_daemonize

    daemon
  end

  def wait_for_certificates
    host = Puppet::SSL::Host.new
    waitforcert = options[:waitforcert] || (Puppet[:onetime] ? 0 : Puppet[:waitforcert])
    host.wait_for_cert(waitforcert)
  end
end

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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Evening Observer
by Chuck Korbar
Silver Creek's Howard Ehmke Surprise World Series Starter
And Winner Back In 1929 For A's
The site was Chicago, the year 1929 and the event the World Series that produced one of the most exciting pages from 100 years of EVENING OBSERVER sports history.
The background behind the first game of the World Series which saw the Philadelphia Athletics stop the Chicago Cubs in five games is pieced together from reference material from the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown and the memory of Mrs. Eugenie Ehmke of Silver Creek.
The hero was her brother-in-law, Howard Ehmke, who had already won the 167 games he was to win in major league baseball. He was in this one for one last hurrah.
"He and Connie Mack (legendary A's owner/manager) would eat breakfast together," recalls Mrs. Ehmke who still resides next door to the home Howard Ehmke lived in, in Silver Creek.
"Connie Mack had a lot of respect for Howard," she said.
Howard Ehmke, born and raised in Silver Creek with a lifelong yearning to play big league baseball, had indeed had a banner career. It started in 1915 and included 20 victories with the Boston Red Sox in 1923 including a no-hitter against those same A's that year.
That's where Mr. Mack's respect began.
But in 1929, 35-year-old Howard Ehmke - creator of the side-armed delivery "hesitation" pitch - had seen 15 major league seasons with four different teams.
That year he had pitched just 55 innings and it was no surprise to anyone when Howard Ehmke didn't accompany the American champions on their final Western swing.
But that was the plan. That's what Connie Mack and Howard Ehmke had discussed at one of their regular breakfast meetings.
'You're pitching the first game, but don't tell anybody. I don't want it known," said Connie Mack to Howard Ehmke, according to a story that appeared much later in the New York Times.
Howard Ehmke was then assigned one of the most unusual missions in all of baseball history—to follow the Chicago Cubs around in those final days of the season learning as much as he could about each batter—and to keep his arm in shape.
Connie Mack surprised all of baseball on Oct. 8, 1929 at Chicago's Wrigley Field when he name Ehmke the surprise starter of the first game of the World Series.
And Howard Ehmke, receiving one last fanfare, gave it his all. Ehmke struck out 13 Chicago Cubs that day – a World Series record that lasted for 24 years until Carl Erskine of the Brooklyn Dodgers broke it in 1953.
He struck out baseball Hall of Famers Roger Hornsby and Kiki Cuyler twice each and Gabby Hartnett, who was a pinch-hitter, the only one time he faced him. The A's won, 3-1.
"He was crazy about baseball as a youngster, "Mrs. Ehmke recalls, about the man who stayed in Philadelphia, with his wife Marguerite until his death in 1959.
"His father had a sawmill and a big lot and he'd get his playmates to help with his chores and get his work done so they could all play baseball."
Howard Ehmke pitched one more season, but never won another game. His lifetime major league record was 167-166, a career with ups and downs.
But nothing like the peak he had reached that autumn day in Chicago when Connie Mack's "sleuth" turned pitcher once again and made major league baseball history.


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Twin & Multi Centres
America's West Coast
Top 10 shopping locations in Los Angeles
From vintage chic to haute couture, LA's stylish retail hubs are guaranteed to delight brand-lovers and savvy bargain-hunters. We discover the top 10 places to shop in the star-studded city of Los Angeles.
Montana Avenue
Why: This charming tree-lined Santa Monica retail neighbourhood located 21km from the heart of Downtown LA is spread over ten blocks between 17th and 7th Streets. Bordering Santa Monica and Brentwood, this stretch is one of the Westside's most chichi shopping hubs and home to 150 sumptuous one-off shops and boutiques selling apparel, jewellery, make-up, footwear, home furnishings, gifts and more.
What can I buy: The speciality shops outnumber the chain stores in this all-encompassing enclave and there are many unique shops to make the trek here worthwhile. Highlights include the aesthetically-gorgeous Shabby Chic for home decor (1013 Montana Ave), the dazzling Moondance Jewellery Gala (1530 Montana Ave) and Every Picture Tells A Story (1311 Montana Ave) - a super cool gallery-cum-store that sells a huge range of kids' books. For vintage glamour pieces and Oscar-worthy cocktail dresses, don't miss Aura Boutique on 1528 Montana Avenue.
Why: The Holy Grail of shopping is located on the west side of the Los Angeles metropolitan area between Wilshire and Santa Monica Boulevards. This world-famous street spans three city blocks and provides couture-crazed fashion darlings with over 100 upscale apparel stores and luxurious one-off boutiques. For those on a budget, window shopping is the safest option.
What can I buy: Drain your wallet at Prada, Armani, Lanvin, Gucci, Christian Dior, Chanel, Ralph Lauren and Valentino. The best of the rest includes Juicy Couture, Versace, Tiffany & Co., Cartier and Roberto Cavalli. Located at 420 North Rodeo Drive, Bijan dresses the likes of President Barack Obama, Tom Cruise, Vladimir Putin and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Celebrated as 'the most expensive shop in the world', this 'strictly by appointment only' store has graced 'The Drive' since 1976; customers spend an average of $100,000 on a typical visit.
Beverly Centre
Why: Located at 8500 Beverly Boulevard, this sprawling eighty-storey LA landmark is found between La Cienega and San Vicente Boulevards on the cusp of Beverly Hills and West Hollywood. Frugal shoppers can mingle with 90210's elite whilst maxxing out their credit cards on luxury brands and mid-priced wardrobe staples.
What can I buy: There are around 160 speciality boutiques to drool over; sift through the racks at high-end gems such as Gucci, D&G, Louis Vuitton, Fendi, Jimmy Choo and Burberry and stock up on sports car paraphernalia at The Ferrari Store. The two anchor department stores - Bloomingdale's and Macy's - are definite crowd-pleasers whilst fast-fashion retailers H&M, Victoria's Secret and Forever 21 are more affordable choices. Men's urban streetwear brand Tradition launched here a few months ago and legendary American label Halston Heritage will be debuting one of its first freestanding stores at the centre later this year.
Citadel Outlets
Why: Located just ten minutes south of Downtown LA, this huge shopping complex resembles an Assyrian palace with its fairy-tale turrets and landscaped courtyard flanked by palm trees. Located off Interstate 5 at Atlantic Boulevard North, there are around 115 outlet stores to tempt shoppers with a passion for cheap-but-chic clobber. Expect savings of up to 70 per cent on many items.
What can I buy: For the less designer-driven, purse-friendly faves include mainstays such as Adidas, Levi's, Sony and Nike. Shop at Gap, Old Navy, Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein and rummage the rails for cut-price high-fashion at American Apparel, DKNY and Not Your Daughter's Jeans. Most appealing are Michael Kors, Fossil, COACH for must-have bags and accessories, and Converse, Crocs, Nine West and Sketchers for footwear. Refuel at Ruby's Diner, a lively 1940s-style diner open for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Original Farmers Market
Why: Located on the northeast corner of East Third Street and Fairfax Avenue, this LA institution has been enthralling gourmands since it opened in 1934. Expect a knockout assortment of food stands from local traders and around 100 stalls and shops selling fresh-from-the-farm delights, wholesome food products, delectable sweet treats, crafts and beauty supplies.
What can I buy: This fascinating market packs a punch with LA locals, workers from the adjacent CBS Television City complex and food fanatics. Dining options are diverse; from sandwiches, sushi, oysters and doughnuts to fresh fruit, vegetables, cheese and fine meat cuts. There are also plenty of eclectic stores selling weird and wonderful memorabilia, clothing and quirky home furnishings. Literary lovers should head to Taschen, a high-end bookseller stocking a huge selection of titles on films, pop culture, art, fashion, photography and architecture. Opening times are Monday to Friday 9am to 9pm, Saturday 9am to 8pm and Sunday 10am to 7pm.
LA Fashion District
Why: LA's Downtown Fashion District spans 100 blocks and boasts over 1,000 stores. Famed for its wholesale showroom buildings, most apparel, accessories, shoes and textiles is sold for up to 70 per cent off standard retail prices. Many retailers only accept cash and haggling is both expected and entertained. Thrifty types who don't mind fake designer labels (and knock-off goods) should head to Santee Alley; this vibrant 'back alley' on Olympic Boulevard is a cut-price paradise with a bazaar-type vibe.
What can I buy: Bargain-buyer bliss starts at the European Corridor on Pico Boulevard, home to chic stores selling discounted evening dresses. Whilst some showrooms are strictly 'wholesale only', others open their doors to walk-in customers. Head to the Menswear District on Los Angeles Street between 7th and 9th for discounted suits and ties and take time to visit the historic Los Angeles Flower Market - a charming indoor space selling fresh flowers, potted plants and floral supplies. If you happen to be here on the last Friday of the month, head to The California Market Centre, Cooper Design Space, Gerry Building and The New Mart between 9am and 3pm; this is when the showrooms sell their end-of-season samples to the public at unbelievably low prices.
Westfield Century City
Why: Opened in the Seventies, this open-air single-level mall located at 10250 Santa Monica Boulevard was acquired by the Westfield Group in 2002. It has since enjoyed a multi-million pound renovation to include nearly 200 stores and a flagship state-of-the-art 15-screen multiplex cinema with stadium seating. Parking is free for the first three hours in the underground car park which has high-tech bays that change colour when a spot becomes available.
What can I buy: High-end labels Swarovski Crystal, J.Crew, Kate Spade and True Religion are mixed with more affordable national chains such as Macy's, Bloomingdale's, Thomas Pink and Hollister. Head to Abercrombie Kids and Gap for childrenswear and buy straight-off-the-runway style at Karen Millen and Zara. Standout stores include CUSP, the new boutique by Neiman Marcus featuring of-the-moment apparel, shoes, handbags and accessories, and Alex & Louis – a one-off store selling fashionable men's dress shirts, ties and belts.
Why: Located next to the Farmers Market in LA's Fairfax this 575,000-square-foot Disney-esque open-air complex is packed with pedestrian boulevards lined with Art Deco-inspired facades. Highlights include a 14-screen cinema and a cute vintage tram that ferries lazy shoppers along the walkway between shops. There are 50 retailers based here selling fashion, beauty products, books and more.
What can I buy: Mixed in with usual high-street suspects such as Abercrombie & Fitch, Gap, Nike, Zara and Anthropologie are US favourites Pottery Barn Kids, Barnes and Noble, Barneys New York CO-OP and Kiehl's. Must-see stores include the cutesy American Girl Place , famous gourmet cupcake bakery Sprinkles and fashion-savvy department store Nordstrom which houses concessions by Jimmy Choo and Stella McCartney. Topshop opened its first West Coast flagship at the Grove on Valentine's Day, filling a huge 25,000-square-foot retail space with must-have fashion.
Melrose Avenue
Why: The hip factor is high on this eclectic shopping strip located between Fairfax and La Brea Avenue. Melrose is a shopping spectacle and a must for glamorous high-end fashion, eccentric vintage, grunge clothing and designer homeware. North of Melrose Avenue's intersection with La Cienega is Melrose Place, made famous by the Nineties TV show.
What can I buy: Drop by at Marc Jacobs, the neighbourhood's beacon of chic at 8400 Melrose Place and head to Fred Segal (8100 Melrose Ave) for quirky and ultra-hip deluxe gear. Also explore Decades (8214 1/2 Melrose Ave) – a renowned vintage and designer consignment shop filled with party dresses, show-stopping gowns and couture castoffs. Stock up on gifts and shoes from lesser-known designers at pastel-painted boutique TenOverSix and spot celebrities at DASH boutique, a 2,000-square-foot space at 8420 Melrose Avenue owned by the Kardashian sisters. For more cutting-edge fashion and Seventies-style garments, visit Wasteland on 7248 Melrose Avenue.
Why: A Mecca for shopping-obsessed Hollywood stars and the hounding paparazzi, Robertson Boulevard is almost as exclusive as Rodeo Drive - but with a funkier and edgier vibe. This fashion-forward street boasts an inspiring selection of on-trend clothing stores, jewellery boutiques and iconic celebrity-laden eateries including The Ivy and Newsroom Cafe.
What can I buy: Watch the pages of celebrity magazines come to life as you (possibly) share changing-room space with a Hollywood star at Lisa Kline, Diavolina, Intermix, All Saints and 7 for All Mankind. Robertson's grand dame is undoubtedly Kitson at 115 S. Robertson Blvd - the store is nearly as famous as its A-list customers for its skinny jeans, oversized sunglasses, accessories and shoes. Kitson Men (146 N Robertson Blvd) offers a great selection of tees and sweatshirts whilst Kitson Kids (116 N. Robertson Blvd) is essential for A-list offspring - Victoria Beckham, Jennifer Lopez and Britney Spears are all fans.
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Quality testing of drive modules (front-mounted rear-axle with drive shafts) of passenger vehicles and light commercial vehicles.
Suitable for measurement and correction of the unbalance, improvement of the NVH characteristics through vibro-acoustic evaluation of the assembly structure as well as diagnosis of the noise properties of components (differential, drive shaft, bearing).
Application in production, integrated into the assembly line.
Single-station machine with fully automatic test sequence, loading and unloading by a pallet system.
Consisting essentially of vibration isolated machine frame for testing as if installed, measurement and control cabinet with test-stand PC and drive, positioning device for adaptation to the work-piece type on hand, protective enclosure.
Lift the pallet, clamp, couple the drive and synchronizer, attach the sensors for unbalance measurement, lower the pallet, close the safety devices.
Fully automatic test sequence: Check the length of the drive shaft (with type mix), run up and regulate the load, measure the required torque and differential ratio, measure the initial unbalance, structure-borne sound and the possible test weight and correction positions, brake, index, add the test weight, and carry out a further measuring run, brake, index, remove the test weight, calculate the co- efficient and initial unbalance. Compare with tolerances (for coefficient and unbalance).
When out of tolerance: Index for unbalance correction, open the operating doors, manually add the unbalance correction according to the display, close the doors and perform a check run.
When in tolerance: Mark, travel to home position, open loading doors, move the pallet out.
Special system adaptation to the requirements of objective noise testing, such as structural isolation of the test equipment as well as high-repeatability, test part coordinated sensor coupling of the test part support.


She stole my heart with her beautiful smile. Her eagerness to learn and explore life brings excitement to me. She is a jewel and a diamond and a treasure to me.
Stephen is always excited and ready to go. His motivation and interest in learning is encouraging. It brings me joy when I see the smile on his face when we spend time together. He's taught me to be patient and enjoy the moment.
Through our amazing journey of friendship Mr. Frazier has taught me the ability to grow and change as I've watched him stretch himself beyond all comfort levels. He brings us joy and we are proud to have him as a part of our family.
I thought I was adopting him, but instead he was adopting me. He's a brave soul through all of the challenges in his life. He's taught me about walking in faith and to continue to look to God.
Cornorris shows me the possibility and potential of all students when they put forth the efforts. He fills my heart with joy whenever I see him; he is a spark of light to me.


Now this is just plain cruel. Teachers presumably have some kind of training on how to handle kids with additional needs, so you'd think that someone who'd been teaching for two years would know that a student with Asperger's Syndrome would sometimes need some delicate behavior management. Not Amanda Terrell, of Parkersburg High. She created a special "bad kid fort" out of a cardboard box and made the student sit in there when he misbehaved. She was suspended on charges of bullying, but later reinstated, much to the horror of the student's mother, who had contacted the Department of Health and Child Protective Services about the incident. The school board defended its decision, saying that Terrell was a "good quality teacher" who deserves another chance. They might think that, but you wouldn't leave your special-needs kids with her, would you?
Teaching is a stressful occupation and many teachers probably wind down with a glass of wine at the end of the school day. But drinking while you're in charge of the kids probably isn't advisable. Pity no-one explained that to Maria L. Caya, who supervised a field trip to a bowling alley while intoxicated. The teacher from Washington Elementary School, Janesville had a blood alcohol level of 0.27 and became so ill that her husband had to come and collect her from the trip. As she was one of several chaperons on the trip, it seems that the children were never in any real danger from her drunkenness, but it certainly doesn't seem like the best idea. Luckily, she had the summer to sober up.
There's a lot of contradictions in this next story. He was a qualified teacher, but working as the school bus driver. He was a passionate environmentalist…again, working as a bus driver (that most environmentally-friendly of jobs?) But one fact is clear – Ryan Pleune decided to take matters into his own hands and take students to see a protest instead of just driving them back to school like he was meant to. The students were from Salt Lake City, Utah and they had been on a field trip, driven by Pleune. But on the way back, he made an unscheduled stop at the courthouse so that he could show his students the glory of environmentalists protesting outside the trial of Tim DeChristopher, who was being tried for making fake bids at federal auctions. He thought the school would be "quietly happy" with his actions but they weren't….and he was promptly fired. He defends himself in a guest post on PeacefulUprising.org and continues to fight his cause.
1. Unnamed Teacher, Washington D.C.
This last teacher has also been fired but their name has never been released. Which is a shame, cause there's a certain style about this one. The teacher's crime was to give out math puzzles to his third-graders which were a little unusual. One started "John, Jack and Jim lit up their pipes after dinner and began blowing smoke rings". Another asked students to calculate how much blood a hungry vampire was consuming. Then there was the classic conundrum of John, who "swallowed 585 marbles and died" before his grieving father divided the remaining marbles among his friends. The resources were from Homeschooling-Paradise.com (pictured above) and sadly, some parents failed to see the joke and labelled the problems "morbid" and "violent". The take-home message to all aspiring teachers? Never try to make math fun….


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Leftovers: Ubuntu
Community Council election [2015]
[A]ll Ubuntu members are electing a new Community Council in the next two weeks. I started setting up the election in CIVS and will invite all eligible voters to it in a bit, so you all should receive an email about it.
Let's End the Community Council Entrenchment
2842789Let's bring some change to the Community Council. A few of those running for Community Council have been on the council for years and not given up their seat to allow new ideas and fresh leadership to come to the council.
Intel Corporation and Qualcomm Inc Meet a Wild-Card Challenger in Drones
DJI Innovations, the world's largest consumer drone maker, recently introduced the Manifold, an embedded computer for drones that runs on Ubuntu Linux. The Manifold uses Nvidia's (NASDAQ:NVDA) Tegra K1 quad-core processor, which has 192 GPU cores, for real-time mapping, data analysis, and image recognition. The Manifold costs $499 and is compatible with the $3,299 Matrice 100 drone. This isn't the first time Nvidia has used a Tegra K1 to guide a drone -- at CES 2015 it did a similar demo with a drone from DJI's rival Parrot.
Ubuntu Make 15.11.1 Has Been Released


"PCIT-Japan" was established as the Japanese academic society for PCIT studies and clinical uses in April 2011 by former participants of PCIT training workshops in Japan. The PCIT program is now clinically available in the outpatient clinic of the Institute of Women's Health (IWH), Tokyo Women's Medical University (TWMU), Counseling center of Musashino University and several public child-care centers in and around Tokyo.
Toshiko Kamo and her 2 colleagues participated in a PCIT training workshop in Trauma Treatment Training Center (TTTC) in Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, USA in 2005, per recommendation from Professor Frank Putnam. The PCIT 5-day training workshop by Erica Pearl and Erna Olafson from TTTC was held twice in 2008 and 2009 at TWMU. So far 32 Japanese professionals received PCIT training; the professional backgrounds of participants have been psychiatrist, certified clinical psychologist and para-psychologist. In May 2010 Toshiko Kamo and Tami Yanagita completed a 5-day training workshop in Gainesville, Florida with Professor Sheila Eyberg and her team. On the opportunity of the Biennial International PCIT Convention in 2011, 4 Japanese PCITers could brush up their skills in the pre-convention workshop.
Toshiko Kamo and Fumie Ito attended the 9th National PCIT conference in Michigan in 2009, where they presented a poster regarding the experience of PCIT for Japanese families. They also participated in the international dinner meeting at the 9th National PCIT conference. A PCIT symposium was held at the 9th congress of Japanese society of traumatic stress studies where Yi-Chuen Chen from Taiwan presented a paper as a PCITer in Asian countries. Four therapists from PCIT-Japan participated to the International PCIT Convention 2011 in Gainesville, and Toshiko Kamo presented "Effectiveness of PCIT for Japanese mother and child victimized by intimate partner violence" during the international symposium. The members of PCIT-Japan, all former participants of PCIT training, are invited to participate in a mailing list to share experiences concerning PCIT in Japan. Monthly study meeting are being held at TWMU for all former participants to continue PCIT training. On January 2012 the first academic conference of PCIT-Japan was held in Tokyo in cooperation with Child Adult Relationship Enhancement (CARE)-Japan (represented by Prof. Yuka Fukumaru, Shiraume Gakuen University).
The PCIT-A manual being used in TTTC has already been translated into Japanese. Currently a PCIT treatment study is being conducted at TWMU to confirm the efficacy of PCIT for children and parents in Japan. The research group is also working on a translation of the PCIT original manual by Professor Sheila Eyberg and materials including DIPCS-III and ECBI, and normatization of the ECBI. A randomized controlled study is now in preparation.
Kamo et al: Parent-Child Interaction Therapy and Child-Adult Relationship Enhancement (in Japanese). Paper Presentation in the 8th congress of Japanese society of traumatic stress studies, 2009.
Kamo et al: Clinical experience of Parent Child Interaction Therapy in Tokyo Women's Medical University (in Japanese). Paper presentation in the 9th congress of Japanese society of traumatic stress studies, 2010.
Kamo et al: Parent-Child Interaction Therapy and reconstruction of childcare in mother and child victimized by domestic violence (in Japanese). Psychiatria et Neurologia Japonica, 2010.
Kamo et al.: The evaluation of efficacy of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy for Japanese mother and child dyad victimized by intimate partner violence in comparison with the treatment as usual, Paper presentation in the Biennial PCIT International Convention 2011.
Kamo et al.: Japanese version of Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory: Translation and validation, Poster presentation in the Biennial PCIT International Convention 2011.


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Jam Master Jay's Business Partner Says DJ's Family Could Help Find Killer
'If it takes forever ... I'm here in NYC to straighten it out,' Randy Allen says, responding to family's allegations that he has been silent.
Randy Allen, Jason "Jam Master Jay" Mizell's former business partner and best friend, says he still wants the same thing the legendary DJ's family wants — closure. He wants to find out who killed Mizell and why.
"A lot of different people [are] saying different things about Jay that aren't true and misleading this whole investigation about who killed Jay," he recently told MTV News. "I need to straighten it out. Since everybody comes at me, I'm [perceived as] the bad guy. But in all reality, I am far from being a bad guy."
Allen — who was in Mizell's 24/7 Studio in Queens, New York, when he was murdered on October 30, 2002 — said he was disappointed in a recent New York Daily News article in which the Mizell family pointed the finger at him. They didn't implicate Allen as the killer but condemned his silence.
"As far as I'm concerned, everybody that was there and hasn't said anything had something to do with it," Mizell's brother, Marvin Thompson, fumed in the article, regarding witnesses not cooperating with the police.
"It's five years already and none of his so-called friends that were in the studio have come forth yet," Thompson added. "Come on, you were in the studio and didn't see nothing. It just doesn't make no sense."
Allen says he has been trying to figure out who killed Mizell for the past five years and still insists he did not witness the murder. Allen does have his own speculation about who the murderer is — someone who was very close to Mizell and his family.
"Every day when I go to sleep, I can hear Jay say, 'Randy, go get Nita, go get Marvin, go get Bo and go get my mom,' " he said, describing the dreams he has where the MC tells him to talk to various members of the Mizell family. " 'You'll go get with them, and you'll find out who shot me.'
"That part of it — [people seeing me as] being a bad guy — I'll deal with it, but to slant the whole investigation, I can't do that anymore," he added. "I'm done with it. That's where I am with it. And if there's anything about the street code, about people saying, 'Keep it real to the streets,' and, 'Snitching is bad,' and this and that, I want everybody to know that don't reflect with me. 'Cause it's not about snitching with Jay. It's about being real and letting people know exactly what [happened] with Jay. And it's not a street code involved with it. It's not a drug-dealer thing. You scared of this person. It's none of that with me. If it takes forever with me, I'm here in NYC to straighten it out. And I've been here for five years on it."
In 2002 one of the lead detectives on the case, Bernard Porter Jr. of the 103rd Precinct in Queens, said leads and information from the local community would be key in cracking the case. As the years went on, Porter complained that not many had come forth. He has since retired. The case is now in the reins of another detective, who was unavailable for comment.
One of the few concrete facts surrounding the murder was that two gunmen entered the studio to kill Mizell. In April, the Boston Herald reported that an unnamed witness fingered Ronald "Tinard" Washington as an accessory to the murder, an allegation that Washington denied. More recently, Allen has said his sister, Lydia High, told him of a tattoo on the neck of one of the killers.
Allen and High were in the studio the night of Mizell's murder, along with the DJ's friend Tony Rincon, who was shot in the leg during the attack. Allen maintains that he was in the studio booth when he heard the gunshots. When he came out, the killers were gone.
For full coverage of the Jam Master Jay case, see the Jam Master Jay Reports.
Jam Master Jay


This item's Cooldown Reduction bonus does not stack with itself or items it builds into.
Applies Searing in a 200 radius area around the target for 3 seconds.
On use, applies Power of the Grimoire to yourself for 6 seconds.