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Q: How I can transform a jQuery function in one AngularJS directive? I have to validate a form with a directive, for to AngularJS can to be able to enable or disable the submit form button.
I have a function in jQuery, but I need that AngularJS watches this behavior.
This function compares inputs to prevent duplicate information in each one.
<form id="myform">

        <input name="currency1" class="required" unique="currency"/>

        <input name="currency2" class="required" unique="currency"/>

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This is the function
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     return matches.length == 0;
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     jQuery.validator.classRuleSettings.unique = {
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     $("#myform").validate();

     $("#validate").onBlur(function() {
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and CSS
label.error { color: red }

Can anyone help me?

A: You can have an object array to hold all of the values, and deep watch that.
In controller:
$scope.currencies =
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$scope.$watch('currencies', function(){
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    $scope.currencies.forEach(function(currency){
        if(!(found.indexOf(currency.value)+1))
            found.push(currency.value);
        else $scope.duplicates = true;
    });
},true); //The 'true' last parameter is the signal to deep watch.

Each input in your table is bound with ng-model to an object in $scope.currencies so that the deep watch will see any changes immediately. You can generate the list of inputs using the ng-repeat directive:

    <input type="text" ng-model="currency.value"></input>

Then for the submit button, have <input type="submit" ng-disabled="duplicates"></input>
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The CERT will provide cybersecurity services to Togo's public administration, citizens, companies and private organizations. The SOC will protect national critical infrastructure. A private-public partnership, such as CDA, is at the heart of Togo's vision for cybersecurity. It is also in line with the first pillar of its National Development Plan which aims to set up a logistics hub and develop a first-class business center in Africa.
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CDA should be operationally ready from January 2020 and the total investment in the project will amount to EUR 14 000 000 (14 million).
A secured and trusted cyber space is a prerequisite to make businesses secure, support local innovation and attract investors. The President of the Republic, his excellency Mr. Faure Gnassingbe, is committed to creating the ideal conditions to place Togo at the forefront of the digital revolution in Africa, said Cina Lawson, the Minister of Posts, Digital Economy and Technology Innovations.
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,"Carole Boyce Davies has rendered a unique service in restoring to proper recognition the life and achievements of the Trinidad-born political activist and feminist Claudia Jones. From the turbulent struggles of Harlem, U.S.A. in the 1930s and 1940s to London in the 1950s and 1960s, Claudia Jones became a symbol of resistance and the standard by which others would measure their own integrity of commitment. Left of Karl Marx is the biography of an era of the most intense ideological combat—where reputations were assassinated and careers erased by a single rumor of incorrect political affiliation. Here is the story of a singular triumph whose legacy has nourished the lives of another generation."
—George Lamming, author of In the Castle of My Skin and The Pleasures of Exile
"Carole Boyce Davies has vividly brought to life the work and struggles of Claudia Jones in the U.S.A. and Great Britain in her new book, Left of Karl Marx. Boyce Davies possesses that unique combination of being both a scholarly researcher and a writer capable of clear and persuasive language. The reader is presented with a remarkably readable and informative study of a woman who was equally adept in her writing and public speaking on feminism, and as a social pioneer, a political analyst, and an avowed adversary of racism. This book removes Claudia Jones from the shadow of the great bust of Marx to the front row of the black activists and thinkers of the twentieth century, and that is where she belongs."
—Donald Hinds, author of Journey to an Illusion: The West Indian in Britain
"This book fills a lacuna in the historical understanding of black left radicalism and socialist-oriented feminism in the United States and the Caribbean. In this era of twenty-first-century corporate globalization, it reunites us with a transnational radical and anti-capitalist past through the examination of the extraordinary life, work, and political philosophy of Claudia Jones. This work reminds us that the U.S. and British radical traditions had diverse memberships, which included black, communist, and feminist women of whom Trinidad-born Claudia Jones was a remarkable example. Carole Boyce Davies has given us a well-researched, detailed analysis of this communist, feminist, intellectual, activist, and artistic woman of Caribbean origin. This is a long-awaited treasure for which many will be eternally grateful." —Rhoda E. Reddock, author of Interrogating Caribbean Masculinities
"At the 33rd Annual Caribbean Studies Association conference held in San Andres, Columbia last year, I told Carole Boyce Davies that Claudia Jones is to left of Marx, depending on where you stand in relation to the latter. Her quick-witted reply to me was "true, so you have to stand with Marx". In her book Left of Karl Marx: The Political Life of Black Communist Claudia Jones, Davies moved beyond the physical location of Jones' burial site, to argue that the latter is both located in death, as she was ideologically in life, to the left of Karl Marx. Admittedly, this is a clever book title, but to address some lacunae in the work of Marx does not necessarily place one to his left. To suggest a position to the left of Marx is to assert a more radical, more extreme position, perhaps even a dogmatic stance. Davies is not at her most persuasive in this claim, particularly, when she is at pains throughout the book to note Claudia Jones' commitment to Marxism-Leninism.
Davies clearly indicates that the book is not a work of biography but a study of one of the most important black radical thinkers of the time. It was good to see that Davies acknowledged her initial encounter with Claudia Jones' contribution to a chance audience with Buzz Johnson, who at the time was advocating that more work needed be done on this Trinidadian-born woman. Over the years, Johnson's initial effort (see, I Think of My Mother) to rescue from obscurity, the political work and contribution of Jones has been essentially vilified as intellectually underdeveloped.
Claudia Jones in the opinion of Carol Boyce-Davies, was a 'sister outsider' in the sense in which Audre Lorde used that term. "The fact is that she is not well know in the Caribbean, just as she is also not remembered in the United States " (p. 25). Though this may be true, the same can be said about such people as Oliver C. Cox, Richard B. Moore, W. A. Domingo or Hubert Harrison, none of whom features prominently on any of the undergraduate syllabi of courses at the University of the West Indies. "One of the purposes of this book is to challenge the status quo in which Claudia Jones escapes a certain belonging in Caribbean feminist history and the larger Caribbean intellectual and political genealogy as well" (p. 25).
According to the FBI's files, Jones was "a member of the National Committee, of CP USA; Secretary of the Women's Commission, CP USA, and Negro affairs editor of the "Daily Worker." She is one of the most prominent of the younger leading Negro Communists (cited in Davies, p. 197). Claudia Jones was no doubt a very important theoretician for the Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA), but to argue that "if the party made Jones, she also made it, at this time" (p. 31), is to stretch her contribution just a bit beyond reason.
In addition to her work within the CPUSA, Jones was also a journalist of long standing not only in the United States but also later in the United Kingdom where she settled after being deported from the former. Some have credited Jones with having established a radical, black, journalism tradition in the United Kingdom.
Given Jones' activism, her linking of women's rights and anti-imperialism, her opposition to Jim Crow segregation, and her explicit communist connections, it was no surprise that she would merit the attention of a the US government in the heydays of the McCarthy witch hunts. Claudia Jones was first arrested in 1948 and threatened with deportation. She was convicted in 1953 under the Smith and McCarran-Walter Act, and sentenced to one year and a day and fined $200. She was imprisoned at Alderson, West Virginia. By the time she had been released, deportation was already ordered. She was forced to leave the only country she had know as home since she was nine years old. Jones was sent to London, where the according to Davies, the British authorities felt that it might have been better to control her and her political ideas, than in her native Trinidad.
Unlike her US experience, Jones received an unenthusiastic reception from the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB). Given her difficulties with the party, she turned her attention to addressing the problems of immigration and racism facing the African, Asian and Caribbean communities. She is generally credited with establishing the Notting Hill carnival, in response to "the riots and intimidation of Caribbean people in Notting Hill and Nottingham and in particular to the murder of Kelso Cochrane*" (p. 178). Jones believed: "A people's art is the genesis of their own freedom" (cited in Davies, p. 125). She did not separate the political from the aesthetic. Deportation from the U.S. therefore did not dampen Jones' political activism; it simply broadened the scope of her work, reconfiguring it according to the specific cultural peculiarities of England.
Carole Boyce makes an important contribution to the history of Caribbean, communist, feminist women, such as Hermie Huiswoud and Grace Campbell, who have tended to figure only at the margins of their male counterparts' political profiles. The work is much more compelling in the chapters where Davies discusses Claudia Jones' deportation, carnival and Diaspora activism, and in her work in the interest of peace. Claudia Jones died in 1964 of heart failure in London. There are areas of Claudia Jones' life still in need of exploration however. For example, Paul Robeson's telephone call at Jones' funeral was no ordinary intervention, for some, it was one of the highlights of the entire service. The confusion surrounding the funeral arrangements and who were asked to speak on her behalf is an interesting story in its own right. The attempt to bury her quickly by the CPGB is another story of intrigue. However the clash between the CPGB's atheistic orientation to such matters and the desire to have an appropriate religiously oriented service, complete with church hymns selected by the Caribbean community of which she had been a significant part, and who related to her in quite different political terms, all need to be aired fully in a future biography of Claudia Jones. Left of Karl Marx is essential reading for students of the broader Caribbean community.
Linden Lewis
Department of Sociology & Anthropology, Bucknell University, Pennsylvania
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10 Largest Warships in the World
October 18, 2015 by Amber Gilbert
Wars are never pretty but they are a reality. As such, many countries are continuously upgrading their battleships to ensure the security of their nation. Below is a list of the 10 largest warships that sit on the world's vast seas. Check out which superpower has the biggest, largest, and most number of battleships that are ready to defend the nation's seafronts.
10. Clemenceau Class
Displacement: 32,800
Operator: Originally with the French Navy then transferred to the Brazilian Navy
The Clemenceau Class aircraft carrier was designed after World War II. It has served the French Navy from 1961 to 2000. Two warships of this kind were built, but one was already scrapped. The other one is currently in service with the Brazilian Navy of Sao Paulo. The ship was commissioned in November 22, 1961.
9. Essex Class
Operator: United States Navy
This aircraft carrier is just one of the many warships of the US Navy. Originally, the plan was to build 32 ships of this kind for use during the World War II. However, six units were cancelled so only 24 vessels were constructed. The ships were commissioned from 1941 to 1991. Of the 24, only four warships of were left and duly preserved.
8. Iowa Class
The Iowa Class is composed of a fleet of fast battleships that were used as a carrier by the US Navy during the World War II. All of those warships deployed were preserved. The ships were estimated to cost around USD $100 million a piece. They were commissioned from 1943 until 1992, albeit sporadically.
7. Kiev Class
Operator: Originally with the Russian Navy then sold to the Indian Navy
Also known as Krechyet and Project 1143, this warship is a fixed-wing aircraft carrier built by the Soviet Union in the 70s. There were four units of this ship built, although two were already scrapped. The two remaining were sold to China and India. The warship that is in possession of the Indian Navy is still in active service.
6. Queen Elizabeth Class
Operator: British Royal Navy
This Royal Navy aircraft carrier is still under construction. The proposal was to build two similar warships; one will be named HMS Queen Elizabeth and the other HMS Prince of Wales. The Queen Elizabeth Class is scheduled to be commissioned in 2017 and will operate officially in 2020.
5. Admiral Kuznetsov Class
Operator: Russian Navy and Chinese Navy
There are two units of this aircraft carrier and they were originally built for the Soviet Navy. When the Soviet Union broke up, the possession of the completed warship was transferred to the Russian Navy. The other unit remained unfinished though, and the Ukraine government decided to sell the hull to China. It was now commissioned as the Liaoning. These relatively new ships were built in 1982 and were commissioned from 1990 up to the present.
4. Midway Class
Length: 1,003 feet
This is yet another aircraft carrier of the US Navy. There are three warships of its type, but two were already scrapped and the remaining one was preserved. The ships were in service from 1945 up to 1992. The last time they were used was during the Operation Desert Storm in 1991.
3. Nimitz Class
Displacement: 102,000
The Nimitz Class are nuclear-powered super carriers used by the US Navy. There are 10 carriers of this type, each has the capacity of over 100,000 tons. These ships are the largest warships built to date, although the plan was to replace them with the much newer and updated Gerald R. Ford Class aircraft carriers.
2. Gerald R. Ford Class
This is the newest fleet of the US Navy, waiting to be commissioned in 2016. These warships were built as an upgrade to the Nimitz Class carriers. They were designed to include the latest war technologies like the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System, for starters. One ship is being built currently, but the plan is to construct 10 of them. The ships will be installed with two A1B nuclear reactors.
1. USS Enterprise
The USS Enterprise is the longest, biggest, and toughest warship of date. However, the US Navy is in the process of decommissioning it in favor of the soon-to-be built Gerald R. Ford Class warship. Constructed from 1958 to 1961, the USS enterprise has served the US Navy quite loyally from 1962 to 2012. Its estimated cost of construction is at USD $451.3 million. This ship has seen several wars and has been the flagship warship of the US to date.
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Platten: Four-figure crowds a must for promotion
CHAIRMAN Tony Platten has indicated that Blyth Spartans would only consider promotion to the Conference Premier if four-figure crowds were the norm at Croft Park.
Blyth, whose New Year's Day home game against Workington was the subject of a 9am pitch inspection today, are currently in the bottom half of the Conference North.
Should manager Mick Tait, given a two-year contract in the summer, pilot Blyth to promotion, the club would be reluctant to step up unless crowds were averaging over 1,000.
Platten said: "If we weren't getting four-figure crowds on a regular basis we would give serious consideration to whether we would take promotion or not.
"The costs in the Blue Square Premier are considerable and without decent home crowds it would be difficult to finance such a move.
"The way football is structured it is not sustainable, and the way forward would be to amalgamate League Two and the Conference Premier and split them into north and south divisions.
"We are ambitious but more clubs are likely to go to the wall and very few will have cash in the bank like we have which enables us to get through cash flow problems that a flurry of postponements create."
"We don't squander money at Blyth Spartans and are significantly in the black, while the manager is working on an enhanced budget."
Blyth have paid four-figure fees for striker Paul Brayson and central defender Richard Pell, who will make his seasonal debut against Workington if tomorrow's game goes ahead.
"Bringing Pell back to the club is a bonus," added Platten. "And with Robbie Dale back after surgery and Chris McCabe also fit hopefully we'll kick on in the New Year. We don't want a fifth consecutive game postponed as there should be a big crowd tomorrow and we need to get a game under our belt before next week's FA Trophy game against Guiseley."
Midfielder Michael Tait will miss the Trophy game if the Reds game falls victim to the weather, while Workington are without suspended leading scorer Gareth Arnison tomorrow afternoon.
There is a possibility that should tomorrow's game be cancelled Blyth could take on Workington in Cumbria on Saturday or Sunday – the Boxing Day clash between the two sides having been frozen off.
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If you're new to this video-making malarkey you might not be down with all the lingo yet… like what the heck is a Gaffer* and what does one do? Actually you'll never really need to know that unless you're making feature films, but there are some terms commonly used by large-scale crews and one-man bands alike so we thought we'd explain some.
A storyboard is a visual representation of the Director's vision for every shot in her video. It helps her (and other crew members, if there are any) visualise and plan locations, camera angles, framing, composition, action and people.
A storyboard is usually laid out as a grid of rectangular boxes, in which an artist will sketch an interpretation of what's in the Director's head. You don't, however, need an A-Level in art or hire an artist to create one. It can be written instead.
The purpose of the storyboard is not to look nice, but to be a resource that helps you plan, shoot and edit a great video.
At MYOVDO we have created a set of Storyboards to help you create your own videos. They are templates, if you like, for different types of videos that give you ideas about what to say and how to structure your videos. They are completely versatile, which means they can be used by anyone no matter what type of business or organisation you work for.
Each Storyboard is split into 5 steps and each step has a suggested timing – designed to result in a video of around a minute. In each step we provide a suggestion of what you might want to write in your script.
There are 3 columns: one for SCRIPT, one for FOOTAGE and one left blank for if you did want to add your own sketches.
In the SCRIPT column, you write your script. This could be verbatim or bullet-pointed, depending on how you prefer to deliver it once you start filming. This is what the viewer will hear.
In the FOOTAGE column, write what the viewer will see. It makes for a more engaging video if the viewer is not always watching someone speaking, but rather what they are speaking about.
In the following video you'll see me talking about how to make a cup of tea. Boring.
In this video you'll hear me talking about how to make a cup of tea, but see me actually making the cup of tea. Slightly more interesting.
It's a silly example, but you get the idea. So in the FOOTAGE column, think about what additional shots you could film (or still images you have) that will bring the video to life.
The Storyboards are designed to help you make short videos, so remember to keep your script as brief as possible.
These storyboards, along with others, are also available to purchase individually from our website, here.
As a set of 5, they are loosely designed to take your viewers on a journey from awareness of your brand to becoming a customer, giving them a bit more information at each step of the journey.
In our workshops, learners make one of these videos from start to finish: the Personal Introduction. It's a short video all about you.
We are giving away a Personal Introduction Storyboard for FREE! To claim your storyboard, simple send us an email by clicking here with the subject: SEND ME MY FREE STORYBOARD PLEASE!
*Gaffer: the head electrician in a TV or film production crew.


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Q: Jenkins Groovy - accessing map elements I am trying to create docker-compose yaml file with Groovy:

def depTemplate = [
                                version: "3.9",
                                services:[
                                    "${serviceName}":[
                                        hostname: "some-hostname",
                                        environment: [],
                                        ports: [],
                                        volumes: [],
                                        restart: ''
                                ]
                            ]
            ]

I am trying to add some values to volumes:
depTemplate.services."${serviceName}".volumes.add("some volume")
but it fails with error Cannot get property 'volumes' on null object
Otherwise, if i declare template in following way:

def depTemplate = [
                                version: "3.9",
                                services:[
                                    application:[
                                        hostname: "some-hostname",
                                        environment: [],
                                        ports: [],
                                        volumes: [],
                                        restart: ''
                                ]
                            ]
            ]

and then trying to add new volume:  depTemplate.services.application.volumes.add("some volume") - it works perfectly.
Also when i am trying to get value from template by index:
print depTemplate.services[0] - it returns null, but when i am trying to get element by name: print depTemplate.services['application'] - it returns valid value:
{hostname=some-hostname, environment="some-environment-variables", ports="some-ports, volumes="some-volumes"  restart=}
So the question is how can i access map element by using variables and how can i access map elements by id?

A: def depTemplate = [
   version: "3.9",
   services:[
      (serviceName):[
         hostname: "some-hostname",
         environment: [],
         ports: [],
         volumes: [],
         restart: ''
      ]
   ]
]
depTemplate.service[serviceName].volume.add("asdf")

A: So i found my mistake - i missed another square brackets after services:
def depTemplate = [
   version: "3.9",
   services:[
      [(serviceName):[
         hostname: "some-hostname",
         environment: [],
         ports: [],
         volumes: [],
         restart: ''
      ]]
   ]
]
depTemplate.service[0].volume.add("asdf")

So now i am able to access elements by index.


All clothes and accessories modeled will be on sale that evening, including new, designer clothes at serious discount! Please come along and help support our local St Vincent de Paul shop.
Renowned biologist and environmental consultant, Éanna Ní Lamhna, will present a humorous and insightful picture of gardening possibilities in our local area including an insight into pollination matters. Following Éanna's presentation, there will be a special performance of Saint-Saens' "Carnival of the Animals" by St. Joseph's acclaimed resident organist, Peter McBride.
Talk on local history by Colette Jordan, chats with Riverdance creator Moya Doherty and portrait painter James Hanley hosted by Matt Cooper, and finally - RUGS, Ireland's best ukulele band! There may be a few surprises during the evening too.
Also at nearby Rathfarnham Castle from 6pm there will be free guided tours of the castle which dates from 1583.


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AGC Mid-Am Player of the Year 2021: Stewart Hagestad
Posted on December 27, 2021 by Karen M. Hawkins
– USGA Photo
After a year that has clearly established him as the best mid-amateur of this generation, Stewart Hagestad is the AmateurGolf.com Mid-Amateur Player of the Year for the third time.
The AmateurGolf.com Mid-Amateur Player of the Year is awarded on the basis of a points system earned through performances in major amateur events throughout the year. This year, Hagestad returned to the top of the mid-amateur golf world, winning his second US Mid-Amateur Championship and representing a Walker Cup winning team from the US for the third time.
Hagestad won his first AGC Player of the Year award in 2017, the year after winning his first US Mid-Amateur, as he became the first mid-am to win low amateur honors at the Masters and took helped the US team win the Walker Cup at the Country Club in Los Angeles.
AmateurGolf.com Mid-Am
Players of the year
2021 Stewart hagestad
2020 Stephane Behr
2018 Matt Parziale
His second AGC POY award came in 2019, as he made history by becoming the first amateur in 34 years to play three straight US Open championships, and helped the United States retain the Walker Cup. at Royal Liverpool in England.
Heading into the 2021 Walker Cup, Hagestad has competed in a few major amateur events, playing well and finishing T11 at the Jones Cup in Sea Island, Ga., And T5 at the Terra Cotta Invitational in Naples, Fla.
At the Walker Cup, the United States claimed victory after Hagestad won their singles match against England's Ben Jones. At the age of 30, he was the only mid-amateur to play on either team.
It's official! ??
The WINNING point of the 48th #WalkerCup Correspondence belongs to @s_hagestad and the USA team 🇺🇸! pic.twitter.com/P90R16FgmY
– The Walker Cup (@WalkerCup) May 9, 2021
The following month, back where he first tasted Walker Cup success, Hagestad claimed a 9-stroke victory at the George C. Thomas Invitational at the Los Angeles Country Club.
Later in the summer, in a tournament known as amateur golf's most grueling week, Hagestad finished T19 in the Western Amateur, finishing a few shots away from Sweet 16 match play.
In September, he had his deepest run yet in the Crump Cup in Pine Valley, reaching the final match before losing to Michael Muehr, who won his fourth title.
But the match play in Pine Valley prepared him well for the US Mid-Amateur at Sankaty Head Golf Club in Siasconset, Mass. Although he comfortably qualified for match play and started strong with two decisive wins, Hagestad had to go 23 holes in the third round, ousing 2020 AGC Player of the Year Stephen Behr (Atlanta, Ga. ). In the end, Hagestad has won his last three games, including a 2 & 1 final victory over Mark Costanza (Morristown, NJ) to give him a second US Mid-Amateur title.
Everything is finished! @s_hagestad is once again the #USMidAm champion!
The first and only hole he won all morning was the one that closed the match and earned him the 🏆
Endnotes: https://t.co/7qHjyXE3Zr pic.twitter.com/KmIKRGjk3n
– USGA (@USGA) October 1, 2021
With the win, Hagestad returned to the top of the mid-amateur golf world and will give him round trips to the Masters (his second appearance) and the US Open (his fourth) in 2022.
Despite his success, Hagestad still has no plans to turn pro and has said he will reassess where he stands with his game of golf and what he wants his life to look like in the future.
In an exclusive interview with AmateurGolf.com in October, Hagestad said he hadn't given much thought to the future, but added this:
Mid-Amateur final ranking, 2021
"At this point in my amateur career, most of my goals are with USGA Championships, Major Championships, National Team events and anything I can do to help grow and give back to the amateur game that has given me so much. incredible experiences. "
Looks like he's not going anywhere anytime soon.
Canada's Garrett Rank, who finished second in the 2021 Mid-Amateur points race, finished second in the Porter Cup and Dogwood Invitational, as well as a 16-game finish in the United States Mid-Amateur. . Lupton Invitational champion Joseph Deraney was third, followed by George Burns of Scotland and Jack Brooks of England.
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Assange claims he is going to be thrown out of the Embassy
by Nick Farrell on10 April 2019
Ironically after leaking documents about his hosts
Julian Assange's organisation Wikileaks is claiming that he is about to be thrown out into the street by the Ecuadorian embassy.
WikiLeaks tweeted on Thursday night: "A high-level source within the Ecuadorian state has told WikiLeaks that Julian Assange will be expelled within 'hours to days' using the INA papers offshore scandal as a pretext and that it already has an agreement with the UK for his arrest.
The fugitive programmer has been in the embassy since 2012 after seeking asylum there as Swedish police wanted to question him over allegations of sexual assault and rape.
Swedish prosecutors dropped the arrest warrant and rape investigation in May 2017, but British police said Assange would still be arrested if he tries to leave the embassy due to the small fact that he skipped bail.
A British warrant that was issued after he failed to surrender for his extradition.
Assange says that is all a plot to get him extradited to the US, although at the time he skipped bail there was no evidence that had happened at all. The US government seemed to think it was cheaper to have him locked up and being a permanent embarrassment for the Ecuadorian government, which it also did not like.
The left wing Ecuador defended Assange until he started showing support for right wing interests and using his organisation to push Russian spy supplied material. Ecuador has dismissed the announcement by Wikileaks as fake news.
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Kafir Kalash – a people of the lost civilization
Obscured by high mountains and across the treacherous muddy tracks, there live a people up in the north of Pakistan, who do not even know who they are or from where they came to live a life of isolation – yet maintain and protect their beliefs, their ideology and way of living. Their ancestry is enveloped in mystery and has always remained a subject of controversy. A legend says that five soldiers of the legions of Alexander of Macedonia settled in Chitral and are the progenitors of the Kafir-Kalash.
Between the town of Drosh and Chitral city, a track turn to the left from village of Ayun on Kunar river to the Kalash Valley, where these strange yet attractive people live in three villages of Rukmu, Mumret and Biriu (called Rambur, Bumburet and Birir in local Kalashi language). The present population of the Kafir Kalash is approximately 3,000. However, after living in obscurity for long, their children are now studying in local schools, but do not move out to seek other avenues of livelihood and continue to cling to their age old traditions and customs.
The villages are situated on the southern face of the hillside about 50-100 meters above the river. This protects them from invaders and the floods in summer, and at the same time helps to get sunshine during the winter. The snow that lies on the bottom of the ravine and in the shade do not melt until spring. In summer to avoid the sun, some people live in a second house built on the opposite side of the river. The Kalash Valleys have extensive forests of Holly-Oak and Himalayan cedar. Walnut, Apricot, Apple, Pear and Mulberry trees abound near the villages.
While Kalash men wear ordinary shalwar kameez (the loose long shirt and trousers) as do most of the Pakistanis, the Kalash women wear five large braids of and the 'Cheo', a black woolen homespun dress, red-beaded necklaces by the dozen, and an exceptional head piece (shaped differently in each valley) covered in cowry shells, beads and trinkets that flow down their back. For their black robes, the Kalash are sometimes referred to as the "Wearers of the Black Robes". Kalash means black in their language.
Herein under is a pictorial representation of Kalash people, their fetivals and music.
Cheelim Jusht Festival 2010 – Kalash by Iqbal Khatri (Bumburet Valley of Kalash, Chitral, Pakistan)
Spring is welcomed to the valleys with girls singing and dancing on the roofs for the Kirik Pushik, the festival of the first flower blooming. In spring women are allowed to enter the restricted upper valleys, with the Siu Wajik rite, in which a girl crushes three walnuts as an offering on the boundary bridge. Joshi, the main spring festival, is held in May. All the houses and the temple of the goddess Jeshtak are decorated with walnut branches and flowers, and milk is distributed to all the villagers.
Colours of Kalash Valley by Iqbal Khatri
Kalashi Girl by Max Loxton
Kalash Girls in Rumbur, Chitral, Pakistan – June 2006 by SaffyH – Minsmere
A Kalash Cherub, Hindukush, Kalash valleys by imranthetrekker
Kalasha. (people with black robe). by Nadeem Khawar
How is my Baby now ? by Iqbal Khatri
Uncle of the deceased guy by imranthetrekker
Traditional Hip Hop by ?§m?
Kalash sisters – Pakistan by hongkiu
Kalash Girls, Chitral (Pakistan) by Amir Mukhtar Mughal
Three Kalash girls by jitenshaman
Very Old Women in Kalash by Gulraiz Ghori
Kalash Spring festival in Hindukush by imranthetrekker
dark green eyes Pakistan kalash girl by Blue_agava
Kalash by Jonny Cash Money
The music of Kalash, Hindukush, Chitral
This footage is shot while a Kalash woman was playing flute and it is so sweet, when one looks at the ambience around her and the music.
Read more about Kafir Kalash and their customs and traditions at: Kalash Valley where fairies dance and sing (Pakistanpaedia)
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Scaling Everest without oxygen
When I wrote a post about two Pakistanis' desire to scale the Mt Everest or the Mt Chomolungma as the Chinese call it, I was rather skeptical. And then when as days went by and there was no news, I thought my fears to be right. But that was not to be so. On 11th May, the dream of one of the two Pakistanis came true when he finally stood at the top of the world.
Hassan Sidhpara had his dream of reaching at the top of the world. What makes his climb special and unique is that he did it without oxygen – something that requires extreme guts and very high standard of physical fitness as oxygen is so thin at Mt Everest that is is extremely difficult to breathe. He became the second Pakistani to have achieved this honour, Nazir Sabir being the first who scaled Everest on 17th May 2000.
The expedition was sponsored by the Alpine Club of Pakistan and had the patronage of the president of Pakistan. The team comprising of three climbers left for Nepal in the last week of March earlier this year and established their base camp III at 7,200 metres overlooked by the gigantic Everest.
The other two members of the team, Mohammad Sadiq and Ghulam Muhammad Faisal could not materialize their dream of scaling Everest. But a determined Hassan from Baltistan province of Pakistan continued despite all odds against him and finally scaled the highest peak of the world at stood at 8,848 metre. Standing by the Pakistani national flag he hoisted atop the peak, Hassan Sidhpara had created a world record for not using oxygen for his climb to the top of the world.
Hassan conquers Mount Everest with no oxygen kit
Conquering Everest – dream of two Pakistani brothers
Originally posted at JahoJalal
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Lahore – the showcase of Mogul Architecture
I love Lahore not because I was born in Lahore, but for many other reasons as well. I love Lahore for the warmth of hospitality of its people, its richness in diverse architecture, culture and traditions. A city which has been seat of governments of the Moguls, Siks and the British. Located on the famous Grand Trunk Road, a city once skirted by the River Ravi and bordering India on the other end, stands and thrives majestically every second, minute, hour and day of the one's life.
Talking of architecture, the city is rightly called the showcase of Mogul architecture as one finds remains of Mogul architecture wherever one tours in Lahore. The Badshahi Mosque, the Shahi Qilla (Lahore Fort), the Shalimar Gardens, the Mosque of Wazir Khan and Chouburji (building with four towers) are some of the major marvels of Mogul architecture. But beside these are countless number of small buildings that add to the galore and grandeur of the city of Lahore.
One has to be there in Lahore to enjoy and feel the richness of heritage that Lahore possesses since countless centuries.
View some glimpses of the Mogul architecture at JahoJalal. The details of these can be read in the Landmarks section of my website Pakistanpaedia.
Filed under Life and People, Travel Tagged with Architecture, Culture, Lahore, Mogul, Showcase, Tourism, Travel
Rehabilitation of the Flood Victims or….
When the floods hit Pakistan last year, everyone hoped that the government would cash on the window of the opportunity opened for it and go all out to rehabilitate those millions who lost their entire possessions when their mud houses crumbled and were swept away by those deadly muddy waves of flood water. The destruction started from the north, and continued down south over the next one month till it finally met the deep blue waters of the Arabian Sea.
As the water travelled down country, people watched helplessly as their possessions, their dreams and their aspirations were being swept away until lost forever. Young girls sobbed silently as their dowries so painstakingly prepared by their mothers were washed away along with their dreams of getting married one day. Little children lost their small fortunes, a few toys or the new shoes their parents bought them after years of savings.
All was gone forever and those "rich" people were forced into tent villages to live on as the government had other plans to make space for the "poor" who often have to go to the capital to attend the sessions of the National Assembly and the Senate. The Capital Development Authority had the land allocated for the brand new lodges for these "poor" representatives of the people, frequently "displaced" to attend the sessions while the PM inaugurates a Rs. 2,908 million project for the poor IDPs in Islamabad a few days back. The project entails construction of some 104 family suites, besides some 500 servant quarters on an area measuring 1.4 acres of land.
As per a rough estimate a simple house can be constructed for around Rs. 1 million and the funds allocated for the lodges could thus provide a shelter to some 290 people living helplessly at the mercy of the rigours of the weather and nature. But none of the people's representatives have raised a voice about this since it concerns their welfare, not the welfare of the people they represent, a portion of which is rotting in the tents under open sky.
Strange are the ways the people of Pakistan are ruled. Had the same thing happened in a military dictator's rule, politicians would have made an issue out of it. But now in a true democratic rule, everyone seems to be looking the other way, completely ignoring the promises they made when asking for the votes. Who should now the people of Pakistan turn to for help?
Filed under Calamities and Disasters, Life and People, National, Point to Ponder, Uncategorized Tagged with Flood Victims, Lodges, Rehabilitation
Peace return to Malam Jabba – the Ski Resort
Malam Jabba – the biggest ski resort in Pakistan has seen its good days and bad days. Good days when it was a thriving ski resort for the skiing enthusiasts of Pakistan and even attracted enthusiast from abroad. Located in the Karakoram mountain range and some 40 km from the town of Saidu Sharif in the Swat Valley, the resort was established due to joint efforts of the governments of Pakistan and Austria. Besides ski slope of about 800m with the highest point of the slope 2804m (9200 ft) above sea level, the Malam Jabba Ski Resort was equipped with modern facilities including roller/ice-skating rinks, chair lifts, skiing platforms, telephones and snow clearing equipment. The Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation had a beautiful hotel constructed at the foot of the ski slopes.
The bad news came when the ski resort was badly damaged during 2008 when militants took control of the area. After Pakistan Army's successful operation, and control over the area, the resort is under repair and renovation and is thus closed for the tourists for now.
And the good news again is that the resort has been restored and a 5-days peaceful skiing gala is being organized by the PaRRSA (the Provincial Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Settlement Authority) of the Khyber Pakhtunkwa province from 26-30 January 2011. It may be mentioned here that after cleansing the area from militancy by the Pakistan army, an "Aman Mela (Peace Fair)" was held in Swat in July last year, which attracted over 40,00 thousand tourists beside a huge participation by the locals.
Besides being a tourist and skiing resort, Malam Jabba also assumes significance from the fact that there are to Buddhists stupas and six monasteries that are located close by the resort. These monasteries dating back to some 2,000 years are also an added tourist attraction for the skiers and spectators.
Related Reading: Skiing in Pakistan (Hobby Shobby)
Originally posted at The Fire Within
Filed under Hobbies and Interests, Life and People, Sports, Travel Tagged with Malam Jabba, Ski Resort, Skiing, Swat, Tourism, Travel
Top 10 Women that made headlines in Pakistan – 2010
The year brought good news when two female members of our SAARC games squad (left top and below) won gold medals in athletics and Karate. Naseem Hameed became the fastest women of South East Asia when she won the 100 metres women title. The 22 years old clocked 11.81 seconds, 0.12 seconds ahead of Sri Lanka's Pramila Priyadarshani, and became the first female athlete to win the race in Pakistan's sports history. Sara won gold for her superb performance in Karate.
Later in the Asian Games, the Pakistani women cricket team won gold for Pakistan and made headlines as this was their first ever victory at such a prestigious sports venue.
Hadiqa Kiani is a famous pop singer of Pakistan, who besides singing takes active part in caring for the poor, socially children. For her love and care for the poor, she along with the famous Pakistan tennis player Aisam ul Haq, was appointed as UN Ambassador of Goodwill.
Angelina Jolie needs no introduction for her superb acting in many Hollywood motion pictures. But Miss Jolie won the hearts of countless poor Pakistani, especially the women and children when she visited the flood affected areas of Pakistan earlier this year. Miss Jolie, dressed in makeup-less attire was seen wading through muddy flood waters and reaching out to the poor and console them and offering her whole hearted support as UN Ambassador of Goodwill.
Asma Jahangir is is a leading Pakistani lawyer, advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, and an human rights activist, who works both in Pakistan and internationally to prevent the persecution of religious minorities, women, and exploitation of children. She has also recently become the first female President Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan.
Sana Mehmud is the captain of the women football team of Pakistan. Like the women cricket, she has high hopes to bring glory to women of Pakistan by competing and winning international football events. The star Indian tennis player Sania Mirza hit headlines both in Pakistan and India when she married Shoaib Malik, a Pakistan cricketer, earlier this year.
Dr Afia Siddiqui is a victim of pride and prejudice. Indicted as a suspected terrorist, she was convicted by a US court to 86 years in prison despite the fact that the case against did not have solid evidence and witnesses. The whole Pakistan nations want their daughter back as everyone is of the opinion that a case has falsely been framed against her with lot of loose ends and ambiguous claims.
The last photo in the right column is that of the anguished eyes of the veiled women of Pakistan who make headlines everyday when they are subjected to injustice in a male dominated society.
We do hope to have more females making headlines in year 2011 in the fields of science, technology, and other disciplines besides sports.
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25th December – birthday of the Christ and the Quaid
The last week of December is a week of celebrations – when the entire Christian World is engrossed in celebrating the birth of Prophet Isa (May peace be upon him) or the Christ. Yes I am talking of Christmas – falling on 25th December, the birthday of a prophet. Unlike the Christian world, for whom there is no prophet to revere after the Christ, we the Muslims have same respect as we have for any prophet that came to this world before Prophet Muhammad (May peace be upon him). For us, the birthday of a prophet is as respectful as it is for his followers.
So Happy Christmas to all Christians around the globe. And I wish everyone peace, love, prosperity and all the happiness in life. When I went to market today, I saw lot of rush on shops selling Christmas trees……
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Chitramas – the Kalash Winter Festival
Although Christmas has some resemblance with the word Chitramas, but the latter is celebrated in a very remote area of the world in the Chitral Valley of Pakistan. Chitramas or Chaumos is the winter festival of the Kafir Kalash people living in three valleys of Bumburate, Birir and Rumbur in the Chitral. The festival is presently being celebrated by these indigenous people of unknown origin, which will terminate on 22 December. Chitramas festival is considered the most important festivals of Kalash people from their spiritual point of view.
The Chitramas festivities are held to mark the end of the previous year's harvest and fieldwork. Thereafter, the month of Chawmos Mastruk of the New Year dawns. The festival thus is a sort of saying goodbye to the previous year and welcoming the new year. The festivities include dancing, lively music and sacrificing goats. The Kalash slaughter their goats, mostly one goat per adult man or woman, on the concluding day of the festival. The festival also gains importance for the reason that the Kalash believe that god Balimain visits its subjects during the festival. Besides the many festivities, food sacrifices are offered at the clans' Jeshtak shrines, dedicated to the ancestors.
However, some men and women volunteer to seclude themselves from the others and remain confined in a cattle house for the duration of the weeklong festival. This tradition of seclusion is called Autik, which simply means "to get secluded." These people eat the meat of the slaughtered goats, drink and pass time in merrymaking. While these people are celebrating in seclusion, care is taken that no outsiders sees them, lest they get polluted.
The Kalash children go up to the mountain, where they divide into boys and girls, and respectively make a big bonfire. After singing songs for some time the fire will be extinguished and then the two groups will compete with each other for the size of the smoke that rises up in the air. Then they all go down the mountain and return to the village singing " songs of Sarazari" carrying branches cut down from the mountain top. The elders will be waiting chanting songs in the village.
The festivities don't get mar by the heavy snowfall at this time of the year in the Chitral valley. However, in case the sun shines, it adds colours and joy to the Kalash people. If you happen to be visiting Pakistan next year, do plan to visit Chitral and join the Kalash people in their festival of Chitramas – which at least by its name won't let you feel missing the Christmas celebrations.
Related Reading: The Kalash Valley – where fairies dance and sing (Pakistanpaedia)
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11 years old boy predicts his own death
Coincidences are very rare and one would not know of their innocence turning true and tragic one day. Here in this case, it was only two days before that a young promising boy of 11 years wrote about a car accident that he actually met two days after. Perhaps his essay on car accident would have gone unnoticed had what he written not come true.
Here is how it happened. An 11 year old boy Asfandyar of Rawalpindi Pakistan wrote an essay on car accident in his school and "fabricated" a scene in which he was hit by car and taken to the hospital in an ambulance wailing sirens. This was just another essay school children write to dramatize and make it sound different. Perhaps this essay was different as it was to become reality two days later.
On Sunday the 5th of December, young Asfandyar along with his father went to Bahria Town Rawalpindi to witness a drag car race organized by the housing scheme owners. Two cars were participating driven by youngsters. Since this kind of event had not taken place earlier of cars speeding in excess of 200 kmph, no worthwhile security and safety arrangements were put in place by the organizers. The spectators merely stood on both sides of the roads to witness the exciting event.
The race started and as one of the drivers was changing over to the hyper speed, he lost control of the car and his car skidded off the road and ripped through many spectators standing there. It killed five people, including the young Asfandyar and his father. The boy died in the car accident as he had predicted two days earlier.
The scars left by his death would take a long time to heal, but his coincidental death leaves others speechless and baffled. But strange are the ways of Nature. Sometimes it gives forewarnings of an impending trauma or disaster, which only innocents like children can read and understand.
Watch video of the accident and excerpt from Asfandyar's essay
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Pakistan is Asian Hockey Champion
Pakistan beat Malaysia 2-0 in the Asian Games Hockey finals to bag yet another gold medal for Pakistan. In fact this gold has been awaited for the last 20 years when Pakistan won the gold in 1994 Asiad in Beijing. This time too China brings good luck to Pakistan.
Today Pakistan also won gold in squash team event by beating Malaysia. So in a day Pakistan beat Malaysia twice and both times filled their bags with gold. Pakistani girls also won gold in the women cricket earlier in the ongoing Asian Games. Pakistan got lucky as McKenna did in the final scene of the epic movie McKenna's Gold.
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Subway Replaced at the Pioneer Café
Where Subway once was, the Tres Habaneros Mexican eatery just had its grand opening at the beginning of the semester. Source: Joya Pavia
Joya Pavia, Features Editor
Students and faculty who have enjoyed eating at the Pioneer Café returned from break to a surprise.
Subway was replaced with Tres Habaneros, a made-to-order Mexican restaurant owned and operated by Utica College's dining services provider Sodexo USA. The new eatery opened to students on Jan. 15 and offers a selection of tacos, burritos, quesadillas, empanadas, rice bowls, enchiladas and nachos.
While students may be disappointed, according to General Manager of Food Services Damian Boehlert, it was time for a change. Utica College is trying to use the location as a trendy food spot at the college.
"We reviewed our student surveys," Boehlert said. "Students suggested Taco Bell and Mexican food, so Tres Habaneros fit the description."
Based on student feedback, some on campus are embracing the change.
Senior Kevin Valenti can be found at Chipotle at least twice a week. He has not tried Tres Habaneros but is looking forward to exploring their menu.
"Anything is better than Subway," Valenti said. "It's a lot more convenient now that there is a restaurant like Chipotle on campus, so I can grab something to eat without having to drive across town."
When asked what he was going to order Valenti said, "a buffalo chicken burrito with diced onions, chipotle salsa, cheddar jack cheese and lettuce with a side of cilantro lime rice."
Junior Kelly Floyd, a commuter, does not typically eat on campus but decided to try the new restaurant.
"I ordered two empanadas, and I tried a piece of my friend's buffalo chicken quesadilla," Floyd said. "The quesadilla had the perfect amount of spice and heat, which I really enjoyed."
Floyd said she is definitely looking forward to ordering the buffalo chicken quesadilla when she goes back.
"This was my first experience eating at an on-campus restaurant," Floyd said. "I'm going to make more of an effort to eat on campus because I really enjoyed what this new restaurant had to offer."
Senior Becky Vennero decided to try Tres Habaneros and was pleasantly surprised with the options.
"Like Moe's or Chipotle, you have the choice of picking a burrito, rice bowl, quesadilla and more, then you chose what type of filling you want," she said. "I generally try to eat healthy, so I like the fact there are rice bowls. They also had many items to choose from for 'add-ons' such as jalapeños, cheese and veggies, as well as 'extras,' which were more like that you'd order along with your meal."
Senior Brenna Lyons enjoyed Subway, but sees Tres Habaneros as a nice change for UC.
"If students really want Subway they can always go right across the street and get it," Lyons said.
While the college is embracing the change, Boehlert said he understands it is difficult for some students — but the price point is there.
"The average check is going to go down for students, and it is a fulfilling meal," Boehlert explained. "It's $5.99 for a burrito at Tres Habaneros, whereas Subway you were paying close to $8."
Floyd ordered two cheese empanadas and found the price, which came to about $5, to be reasonable.
While Tres Habaneros is new to UC, Sodexo has introduced the restaurant to other campuses.
"It's a great concept," Boehlert said. "It's done very well in all locations and all of the bigger schools that Sodexo is involved with are implementing it, too."
For those looking to give feedback on dining options, UC's food and service committee, made up of as many as 40 students who give advice and opinions on dining, holds open meetings to all students on the last Wednesday of every month at 1 p.m. in DuRoss Dining Room.


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Most of us will experience hip pain, and many of us will require medical care for pain that won't go away. Most hip pain occurs for treatable reasons, and your doctor can help determine the cause and possible treatments.
Occasionally, hip replacement is necessary; those procedures have become more common and highly successful. Most hip pain, however, is the result of factors that do not require a hip replacement. In those cases, a range of treatments may help, including physical therapy, injections, or medication. For others, a procedure now available from Commonwealth Orthopaedic Centers can bring relief – Hip Arthroscopy.
Arthroscopy is a procedure in which a camera (called an "arthroscope") is inserted into the joint through a small incision, providing vision of the joint to the surgeon while instruments are inserted through other small incisions. This allows the surgeon to perform repairs to the joint without fully opening the joint up in a traditional open surgery. The smaller incision and reduced disruption to the body normally allows a much quicker recovery from the surgery.
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The hip is a ball-and-socket joint. The large bone of the upper leg, the femur, has a ball at the top of it that fits into a socket in the pelvis. The socket is called the acetabulum. A smooth and slippery film called cartilage lines both the socket and the ball, allowing the hip joint to move smoothly. The joint is then surrounded by ligaments and tissue that hold the joint together.
When Arthroscopy Can Help
Bone spurs – Sometimes painful bone spurs form around the socket or the ball. This is sometimes called FAI (femoroacetabular impingement). Through hip arthroscopy, the surgeon can shave off the bone spurs, allowing the hip to move more freely and with reduced pain.
Labral tears – The cartilage lining the inside of the socket is sometimes called the labrum, and it sometimes tears. Labral tears can be repaired during hip arthroscopy using sutures or by removing a small portion of the labrum.
Inflamed tissue – Some tissue around the hip joint may become inflamed, causing the joint to become irritated. The inflamed portion of the tissue can be shaved away during arthroscopy, no longer irritating the joint and reducing your pain.
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Giro d'Italia Stage 21: Ivan Basso takes it home
Nothing upsets the script for final Italian Giro victory
by nick_rearden
He may have only finished 15th in this 15km final time trail stage of the 2010 Giro d'Italia but it was enough to seal the overall victory for Ivan Basso of the Liquigas team.
It was the end of the most entertaining edition of the Giro d'Italia for years with the weather conditions and sheer tortuousness of the course, especially in the last week, all adding up to a gripping race.
The final time trail in Verona with possibly the most spectacular finish ever in the centre of the Roman amphitheatre was taken by Swede Gustav Larsson (Saxo Bank) in 20:19 just two seconds ahead of Marco Pinotti (HTC-Columbia) and 17 before Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana). The former as Italian National Time Trial Champion determined to make a good show in front of a home crowd and the latter still fighting doggedly as he had done on every single stage from beginning to end.
But if we have to look for stellar performances apart from the obvious overall winner, we would be spoilt for choice. David Arroyo of Caisse d'Epargne wore the maglia rosa for five days and then defended until the last, still in second place and a new hero to many. Cadel Evans (BMC), as persistant but at least a bit more cheerful than Vino came in 4th on the stage, 5th overall and top on points.
Best of all, young Australian Richie Porte also had his moment in the pink jersey, valiantly defended to finish 7th admittedly with superb support from his Saxo Bank team and looking like a big prospect for the future; he had the consolation of winning Best Young Rider.
And there was even a high spot for Team GB where Bradley Wiggins won the first time trial stage and even though his hope of a win in the finale faded to 7th place, no doubt his Sky team will feel satisfied that some useful preparation for the Tour de France in five weeks has been achieved, which was their stated objective. Training rides don't get any better than this.
Giro d'Italia Stage 21 Top 20 result
1  Gustav Larsson      (SWE) Saxo Bank         20:19
2  Marco Pinotti       (ITA) HTC-Columbia      20:21 at 0:02
3  Alexandre Vinokourov(KAZ) Astana            20:36 at 0:17
4  Cadel Evans         (AUS) BMC               20:41 at 0:22
5  Vincenzo Nibali     (ITA) Liquigas-Doimo    20:42 at 0:23
6  Ignatas Konovalovas (LTU) Cervélo TestTeam  20:42 at 0:23
7  Bradley Wiggins     (GBR) Sky               20:48 at 0:29
8  Cameron Meyer       (AUS) Garmin-Transitions20:51 at 0:32
9  Michele Scarponi    (ITA) Androni Giocattoli20:54 at 0:35
10  Tom Stamsnijder     (NED) Rabobank          20:56 at 0:37
11  Richie Porte        (AUS) Saxo Bank         20:58 at 0:39
12  Vasil Kiryienka     (BLR) Caisse D'Epargne  20:58 at 0:39
13  Evgeni Petrov       (RUS) Katusha           20:58 at 0:39
14  Jos Van Emden       (NED) Rabobank          21:00 at 0:41
15  Ivan Basso          (ITA) Liquigas-Doimo    21:01 at 0:42
16  Gregory Henderson   (NZL) Sky               21:04 at 0:45
17  Matthias Russ       (GER) Milram            21:04 at 0:45
18  Mauricio Cano       (COL) Rabobank          21:07 at 0:48
19  Matthias Brandle    (AUT) Footon–Servetto   21:13 at 0:54
20  Vladimir Karpets    (RUS) Katusha           21:13 at 0:54
Giro d'Italia 2010 Top 20 final overall
1  Ivan Basso          (ITA) Liquigas-Doimo         87:44:01
2  David Arroyo        (ESP) Caisse D'Epargne           1:51
3  Vincenzo Nibali     (ITA) Liquigas-Doimo             2:37
4  Michele Scarponi    (ITA) Androni Gicattoli          2:50
5  Cadel Evans         (AUS) BMC                        3:27
6  Alexandre Vinokourov(KAZ) Astana                     7:06
7  Richie Porte        (AUS) Saxo Bank                  7:22
8  Carlos Sastre       (ESP) Cervélo TestTeam           9:39
9  Marco Pinotti       (ITA) HTC-Columbia              14:20
10  Robert Kiserlovski  (CRO) Liquigas-Doimo            14:51
11  Damiano Cunego      (ITA) Lampre-Farnese Vini       17:10
12  Bauke Mollema       (NED) Rabobank                  19:41
13  John Gadret         (FRA) Ag2r                      23:03
14  Vladimir Karpets    (RUS) Katusha                   25:21
15  Mauricio Cano       (COL) Rabobank                  32:29
16  Linus Gerdemann     (GER) Milram                    34:49
17  David Cioni         (ITA) Sky                       36:44
18  Steven Kruijswijk   (NED) Rabobank                  37:27
19  Alexander Efimkin   (RUS) Ag2r                      39:43
20  Hubert Dupont       (FRA) Ag2r                      45:17
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One reason I don't want to change my 20 yo car...
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Car crashes into people ...
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It's now getting to that stage. The present set up for reporting driving offences is rathe convoluted.
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The first FGM case will open this week when Dr Dharmasena and Mr Mohamed appear before Westminster Magistrates court, which will herald the first time the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 is tested in action. There is nothing like active defence in criminal litigation to expose flaws in a criminal statute. But, without even waiting for results, critics and campaigners want to broaden the scope of criminality caught by the Act.
This is a short Act, and starts with a good definition of the mutilation covered. It makes it a crime to carry out such mutilation. That covers mutilation taking place in this country, no matter who does it.
There is an exemption for medical staff involved in childbirth or with a "surgical operation on a girl which is necessary for her physical or mental health". But the exemption is limited: in deciding whether an operation is necessary you ignore whether the person operated on, or anyone else "believes that the operation is required as a matter of custom or ritual". Cosmetic surgery can be therefore lawful. Is it a double standard to allow cosmetic surgery but forbid mutilation? Surely not, for there is a real benefit from some cosmetic surgery (whether on the face or elsewhere). There is no benefit for mutilation.
The Act aims to protect "United Kingdom nationals or permanent United Kingdom residents". It makes it a crime to mutilate them abroad, it makes it a crime to help or arrange a mutilation of them abroad. Should the protection be still wider – for temporary residents, or persons whose applications are pending? It will remain a crime to carry out the mutilations in this country. It is for Parliament to decide whether to use up scarce police and prosecution resources on what foreigners do to foreigners overseas.
Should it be made a crime for teachers or doctors to fail to report mutilations? Both are required to report child abuse and doctors have to report gunshot wounds and some knife wounds. But those are professional obligations and failure to report is not automatically criminal? Why not just add a professional obligation to report rather than make criminals of decent people who have their own standards.
The major prosecution difficulty will remain getting children to give evidence against family members knowing that prison sentences may well result. Now that there are finally some prosecutions under way, is it not better to grapple with that problem and see what the existing law can achieve, rather than tinker and try to expand it [and delay putting the law into practice].


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