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SOULFLY Announce The Summoning North American Tour 2020
November 24, 2019 Editor
Soulfly - Photo by Charlene Tupper
Announce The Summoning North American Tour 2020 With Toxic Holocaust And X-Method!
Metal icons SOULFLY are proud to announce they are heading out on the road in February on "The Summoning" North American 2020 tour! Kicking off on February 1st at the Marquee Theater in Tempe Arizona the tour will make stops in Portland, Toronto, and New Orleans before ending on March 12th at the Warehouse Live in Houston Texas. Joining the band as direct support are TOXIC HOLOCAUST and X-METHOD and will also feature MADZILLA, SKINFLINT and SYSTEMHOUSE 33 on select dates.
Vocalist/guitarist Max Cavalera comments, "The Ritual Continues! We are Summoning our Tribe to Rage across North America!!".
Ritual was produced, recorded and mixed by Josh Wilbur (KILLER BE KILLED, LAMB OF GOD, GOJIRA). Cover artwork was painted by artist Eliran Kantor (TESTAMENT, ICED EARTH, SODOM). Additional booklet art was handled by Marcelo Vasco (SLAYER, HATEBREED, KREATOR), who also handled the package design. Watch the lyric video for the song "Under Rapture", which also features guest vocals from Ross Dolan (IMMOLATION), here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEg1WcFzOOU
WATCH: "Under Rapture", Lyric Video (Feat. Ross Dolan (IMMOLATION))
Tickets for the tour go on sale today at 10am local time at www.soulfly.com/shows.
Confirmed dates for The Summoning North American 2020 Tour are:
2/01/2020 Marquee Theater – Tempe, AZ *
2/03/2020 The Marquis Theater – Denver, CO
2/04/2020 Black Sheep – Colorado Springs, CO
2/05/2020 Mesa Theater – Grand Junction, CO
2/06/2020 Backstage Bar & Billiards – Las Vegas, NV
2/07/2020 Alex's Bar – Long Beach, CA
2/08/2020 Phoenix Theater – Petaluma, CA
2/10/2020 El Corazon – Seattle, WA
2/11/2020 Hawthorne Theatre – Portland, OR
2/12/2020 Rickshaw Theatre – Vancouver, BC
2/14/2020 The Starlite Room – Edmonton, AB
2/15/2020 The Gateway – Calgary, AB
2/16/2020 The Exchange – Regina, SK
2/17/2020 The Park Theatre – Winnipeg, MN
2/19/2020 The Cabooze – Minneapolis, MN
2/20/2020 The Forge – Joliet, IL
2/21/2020 Route 20 – Racine, WI
2/22/2020 The Apollo Theatre – Belvidere, IL
2/23/2020 The Citadel Music Hall – Indianapolis, IN
2/24/2020 Crafthouse – Pittsburgh, PA
2/25/2020 Rec Room – Buffalo, NY
2/26/2020 Lee's Palace – Toronto, ON
2/27/2020 Poor Richards – Chicopee, MA
2/28/2020 Brighton Music Hall – Boston, MA
2/29/2020 Saint Vitus – Brooklyn, NY
3/01/2020 Stanhope House – Stanhope, NJ
3/03/2020 Cafe 611 – Fred, MD
3/04/2020 The Pour House Music Hall – Raleigh, NC
3/05/2020 Capone's – Johnson City, TN
3/06/2020 Masquerade Hell – Atlanta, GA
3/07/2020 Sound Bar – Orlando, FL
3/08/2020 Culture Room – Ft. Lauderdale, FL
3/10/2020 Tipitina's – New Orleans, LA
3/11/2020 Gas Monkey Bar & Grill – Dallas, TX
3/12/2020 Warehouse Live – Houston, TX
* No TOXIC HOLOCAUST
More on Ritual:
"Evil Empowered" track video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HB7gYzoVUQw
"Ritual" 360º track video https://youtu.be/z2LHZs7xx-w
"Dead Behind The Eyes" visualizer https://youtu.be/v3uSTOQlDXc
Trailer #1 (album artwork) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPDH-CPWmzo
Trailer #2 (working w/ Josh Wilbur) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W_fTgBx2iY
Trailer #3 (album title) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y81QdZPqpeY
Trail #4 (return of tribal elements) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgJGksz66ZA
Trailer #5 (working with the Navajo tribe) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5cNXiAvmbk
Trailer #6 (choosing what music goes to what project) https://youtu.be/HdqwH3tIA-o
Trailer #7 (working with guest vocalists) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n9a0xVkfjI
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Q: Cocoa style: using polymorphism in collections I have a data model that includes a big list (array) of heterogeneous items. There are only 2-3 different kinds of item, each kind inheriting from a base class. Using classic examples, let's say the base class is Vehicle, and the subclasses are Car, Train, and Plane.
I have a larger owning model/controller that wants to operate on this ordered list of Vehicles, and while some of the operations are shared (and are in the base class and overridden in subclasses), many of the operations are specific to only one of the kinds of items.
So I end up with a lot of code that looks like this:
for (Vehicle * vehicle in vehicles) {
    if (![vehicle isKindOfClass:[Car class]]) {
         continue;
    }
    Car * car = (Car *)vehicle;

    // Do stuff only with "car".
}

So I've got lots of -isKindOfClass: everywhere and lots of casting the base class to the subclass. This all works, of course, but there seems like enough "code smell" to make me think there might be a more elegant way of either writing this code, or designing my object model.
Thoughts? Thanks.

A: I guess the usual polymorphic pattern would be to push the body of the loop out into the classes in question, so your loop turns into
for (Vehicle * vehicle in vehicles) {
    [vehicle doSubclassSpecificThing];
}

The question then is how to share the common part of the loop body. It's possible you could break it into a series of chunks:
for (Vehicle * vehicle in vehicles) {
    /* common code */
    [vehicle doThingy];
    /* further common code */
    [vehicle doOtherThingy];
}

Or you could have -doSubclassSpecificThing be required to call [super doSubclassSpecificThing] first, and put the common part in the base class if it all comes first.
Basically, it sounds like your loop body has a number of things going on in it. If you extract each one to a method you can choose which pieces to share or override, and your loop body becomes a very high level description of what to do instead of the details.

A: If you want to access behaviour that's specific to the subclasses and hasn't been defined by their common superclass, you can't escape from doing some sort of checking. Polymorphism is usually related to behaviour defined in a superclass (or interface) that can be overridden by subclasses, and the system knows which behaviour is appropriate according to the actual object type.
That said, in your example that particular loop is interested in a subset of the elements of the array that belong to one of the subclasses, namely Car. In that case, you can use [-NSArray indexesOfObjectsPassingTest:] to create an index set containing only the indexes of Car objects. Having done that, you can iterate the index set knowing that it points to elements in the original array whose class is Car. For instance:
NSIndexSet *cars = [vehicles indexesOfObjectsPassingTest:^(id obj, NSUInteger idx,   BOOL *stop) {
    return (BOOL)([obj isKindOfClass:[Car class]]);
}];

[cars enumerateIndexesUsingBlock:^(NSUInteger idx, BOOL *stop) {
    Car *car = [vehicles objectAtIndex:idx];
    // Do stuff that's specific to cars
}];

A: I would eliminate the casts and isolate the the isKindOfClass checks with a set of methods that filter the collection to have only the elements of the desired type.
Header:
@interface VehicleManager : NSObject {
    @private
    NSArray *vehicles;
}

@property (readonly) NSArray *vehicles;
@property (readonly) NSArray *cars;
@property (readonly) NSArray *planes;
@property (readonly) NSArray *trains;
@end

Implementation File:
@implementation VehicleManager
@synthesize vehicles;

static NSArray *MyFilterArrayByClass(NSArray *array, Class class) {
    NSMutableArray *result = [NSMutableArray array];
    for (id object in array) {
        if ([object isKindOfClass:class]) {
            [result addObject:object];
        }
    }
    return result;
}

- (NSArray *)cars {
    return MyFilterArrayByClass([self vehicles], [Car self]);
}

- (NSArray *)planes {
    return MyFilterArrayByClass([self vehicles], [Plane self]);
}

- (NSArray *)trains {
    return MyFilterArrayByClass([self vehicles], [Train self]);
}

- (BOOL)areAllCarsParked {
    BOOL allParked = YES;
    for (Car *car in [self cars]) {
        allParked = allParked && [car isParked];
    }
    return allParked;
}

@end

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AMENDMENT IN HUDOOD LAWS, The Protection of Women's Rights Bill, An Appraisal, By Justice (R) Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani
Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani 0 Comments June 14, 2020 Rights and Society
FOREWORD: With the passage of the Protection of Women's Rights Bill by the Parliament on 15 November, 2006, the ongoing debate in Pakistan on Hudood Laws has entered a new phase. The official circles insist that the Bill is in conformity with the Qur'ān and the Sunnah and that the amendments made in the Hudood Laws would facilitate in providing justice to the oppressed womenfolk of Pakistan. The Government was supported in passage of the Bill by the Pakistan People's Party MNAs from amongst the Opposition members, while Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal has been of the view that the Bill was in clear violation of the injunctions of the Holy Qur'ān and the Sunnah and as such they opposed it tooth and nail. What exactly is the true position? It may not be very easy even for the educated, what to say of the common man to fully grasp the legal nuances of such a legislation. Unfortunately, however, much dust has recently been raised on the Hudood Laws by a certain segment of our society in pursuance of its political agenda and with a well-conceived objective of complicating the entire issue. This has polluted the atmosphere and made objective evaluation even more difficult. Yet the challenge has to be faced.
Before the passage of the Bill, its text remained under review for nearly two months, first with the Select Committee of the National Assembly and then with the Ulama Committee formed by the leader of the ruling party and the leader of the opposition. During this entire process of debate, scrutiny and review, more than one draft was prepared and discussed. Hon'ble Justice (R) Maulana Muhammad Taqi Usmani was also a member of this Ulama Committee. He is thus an insider, who is well aware of the entire proceedings not only of the Committee, but also of the various drafts which were prepared and thoroughly examined by it.
The Institute of Policy Studies has earlier published the text of a lecture by Maulana Muhammad Taqi Usmani on "Hudood Qawaaneen: Maujooda Bahs Aur Aaindah Laaihai-i-Amal" (Hudood Laws: Current Debate and the Future Course of Action). We feel privileged to bring out the present tract as a follow-up of the earlier one. It is based on an indepth review specially written for us by the learned Justice (R) Maulana Muhammad Taqi Usmani, in which he has discussed in a simple yet scientific and legal manner the Bill that the National Assembly passed on 15 November 2006. The Urdu Version of the write-up has since been released and published by the national press.
We are grateful to Maulana Taqi Usmani for the great service he has done in the supreme national interest by timely contributing to the national debate through this highly useful article. We hope and pray, it would help in clearing up many a cobwebs and enabling all seekers of truth to understand the whole issue in its true perspective. Prof. Khurshid Ahmad
The National Assembly of Pakistan has recently passed the Protection of Women's Rights Bill, amending the Hudood Laws. Only those qualified in legal nuances can rightly review the legal implications of the Bill. Well calculated attempts are, however, being made to let the public believe that the Bill is intended to redress the injustices, which the Hudood Ordinance had allegedly caused to the womenfolk of Pakistan and now they would have all their rights restored. It is also being claimed that the Bill contained nothing repugnant to the Qur'ān and the Sunnah.
Let us sincerely and rationally examine the main points of the Bill and see how far reaffirm the assertions of its authors and protagonists can hold the ground. An analytical review of the text brings to fore its following two substantive aspects:
Zina Bil-Jabr
(i) The first important aspect is that the Bill has totally abolished the ultimate punishment that the Qur'ān and the Sunnah have decreed for Rape (Zina bil- Jabr) and for which the Qur'ān uses the term 'Hadd'. According to the Bill, nobody accused of Zina bil-Jabr can be awarded the Shariah punishment, but his case would be handled under the penal laws (Ta'azeer) only.
(ii) Secondly, the crime mentioned in the Hudood Ordinance as permissible under 'Ta'zeer', has now been classified as 'Fornication' and its punishment reduced and it has been made difficult to prove.
Now, let us examine carefully each one of these two substantive aspects of the Bill in question.
Quranic Injunctions
To totally do away with Hadd, the Shariah punishment of Zina bil- Jabr, is a clear violation of the injunctions of the Qur'ān and Sunnah. It is being claimed that the Hadd prescribed by the Qur'ān and Sunnah is applicable only when the man and woman have committed Zina (Fornication or Adultry) by mutual consent, but there is no Hadd punishment for the crime committed without Prophetic Traditions the woman's consent. Let us see how far this assertion is correct? In Āyah 2 of Surah: 24, Al-Nūr, the Book of God says:
الزانيۃ والزانی فاجلدوا کل واحد منهما مائۃ جلدة
(Those who fornicate — whether female or male — flog each one of them with a hundred lashes).
The word 'Zina' used in this Āyah is absolute in its meaning and includes both 'Zina bil-Jabr', or Rape, as well as Zina bil-Ridha', or Fornication by mutual consent. In fact, the common sense demands that if the Qur'ānic punishment of Hadd is applicable in case of Fornication, it must also be awarded rather in a more severe manner, in case of Rape, which is a much more heinous crime.
The above Āyah also mentions the female who fornicates, but later on in the same Surah those women, who have forcibly been molested/raped have been exempted from the enforcement of Hadd. The Holy Qur'ān says:
ولا تکر هوا فتيا تکم علی البغاء ان اردن تحصنا لتبتغو ا عرض الحيوة الدنيا و من يکرههن فان الله من بعد اکرٰههن غفور رحيم۔
(And do not force your maids to prostitution for the sake of the benefits of worldly life when they desire chastity. And if anyone compels them to prostitution Allah is the Most Pardoning, the Most Merciful) (Surah 24: Al-Nur, 33).
The above Āyah makes it absolutely clear that a woman who is a victim of forcible sexual act, or Rape, would not be punished, but the male, guilty of the crime, would face Hadd, or the punishment of one hundred lashes, as mentioned in Āyah 2 of Surah Al-Nūr above.
Prophetic Traditions
(ii) The punishment of one hundred lashes has been prescribed for unmarried persons. As for married individuals found guilty of adultery, they are to face the punishment of 'Rajm', or stoning to death. This has been decreed by the Sunnah of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) and reaffirmed by the consensus of the Muslim Jurists through the ages. The Holy Prophet (PBUH) had enforced this punishment both for those who committed adultery by mutual consent, as well as in case of the married man found guilty of forcibly dishonouring a married woman. The following Hadith (Tradition of the Holy Prophet may be cited in this context:
It has been narrated by Wā'il bin Hujr that during the life time of Sayyidna Rasūl Allah a woman set out of her home to perform regular Prayer. A person forcibly got hold of her in the way and committed adultery. As she raised hue and cry, the man fled away. Later on, however, he admitted of his crime. On this the Holy Prophet (PBUH) enforced Hadd of Rajm on him, while the woman was awarded no punishment.
(Jāmi'e Imām Tirmizi, Kitāb Al-Hudood, Chapter 22, Hadith # 1453 & 1454).
(iii) "A slave committed Rape with a slave woman. The Second Caliph Hadhrat Umar punished him with Hadd but spared the woman who was wronged without her consent". (Sahīh Al-Bukharī, Kitāb Al-Ikrāh, Chapter 6).
From the foregoing it is established without any doubt that in the light of the injunctions of the Holy Qur'an and Sunnah and the decrees of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) and his Rightly Guided Caliphs (Khulafā Al-Rāshidūn), the Hadd of Zina is effective as much in case of Zina bil-Jabr as it is in case of Zina bil-Ridhā. It is, therefore, hardly justified to claim that the punishment of Zina, prescribed by Shariah is applicable only in case of Fornication with mutual consent and not in case of Rape.
Abolition of Hadd and its Implications
Now, the question arises why so much pain has been taken to do away with the Hadd for Rape? The basic reason for this is the highly misleading propaganda against the Hudood Ordinance which a particular section of our society has indulged in since the promulgation of the Ordinance. According to this propaganda, a woman against whom the crime of Rape has been committed is allegedly required under the Hudood Ordinance to produce four witnesses in the Court to prove her charge against the perpetrator of the crime and in case of her failure she is herself to be held guilty and would be put behind the bar. An absolutely false and mischievous propaganda like that has been made tirelessly and with all impurity against the Ordinance, which has led even those occupying positions of responsibility to succumb to this brazen lie. Even the President in his address to the nation mentioned this as the sole justification for the so-called 'Protection of Women's Rights Bill.
When something, howsoever rubbish and false, is repeated vociferously through the media and becomes the talk of the town, even a person of learning and intellectual integrity trying to dispel the wrong notion and present the real truth is not often heeded. With all sincerity I would like to invite the attention of those keen to dispassionately look into the matter to please ignore for a while the propaganda let loose by our national media and ponder a little over my submissions which follow.
The factual position is that in my capacity first as the Judge of the Federal Shariah Court and then as a Member of the Supreme Court's Shariah Appellate Bench, a position held for long seventeen years, I have been dealing with the cases and appeals lodged under the Hudood Ordinance. For such a long period of time I came across not a single case in which a woman victim of Zina bil-Jabr might have been convicted because of her failure to produce four witnesses in support of her complaint. That was simply not possible under the Hudood Ordinance, because the condition of four witnesses, or the admission of the guilt by the accused himself, has been provided for those found guilty of Zina bil-Jabr liable for Hadd punishment. No such condition is, however, there for Zina bil-Jabr punishable by Ta'zeer under Section 10 (3) of the same Ordinance. To prove the guilt even a single witness, plus medical examination and the report of the chemical examiner, would suffice under this Section to bring the male culprit to book and that is how most of those accused for Rape were always punished under Section 10(3). The victim (woman) was not punished at all.
One wonders about the audacity of those spreading the lie that the female victims of Rape were punished under the Hudood Ordinance because of their failure to produce four witnesses! Would they please let us know under which Section of the Ordinance those victims were punished?
They couldn't have even been punished under the 'Qazf Law', because its Section 3 (2) clearly states that a person approaching the law authorities with the complaint of Zina bil Jabr can not be punished under the 'Qazf Law' simply because he or she has failed to produce four witnesses in support of his/her petition. No court of law can be expected to be so irrational as to convict a petitioner on that account. Alternately, she can be convicted for the offence of Zina bil-Ridha, not due to her failure to produce four witnesses, but only because the court is convinced after examining the case and the available witnesses that she is guilty of falsely accusing someone of dishonouring her forcibly, while the crime has actually been committed by her consent. It is absolutely in keeping with the norms of justice and fairplay to punish a woman found guilty of falsely implicating a man for forcibly dishonouring her when it is established by the careful examination of the case that she was involved in Zina with her full consent. It has, however, been very rare even in such cases to punish the woman. In almost 99% of such cases, the court, though not fully convinced about the veracity of her claim about the use of force, has set her free giving her the benefit of doubt because of the lack of sufficient evidence justifying her conviction.
An impartial survey of the cases registered and decided under the Hudood Ordinance during the last 27 years would confirm that all the Hon'ble Judges, who presided over such cases, including myself, had generally awarded punishment to the male partners in spite of the dubious nature of the female characters involved. Women have always been given benefit of doubt.
The propaganda against the Hudood Ordinance was launched by a powerful lobby of the country from the day it was passed. It was repeatedly claimed that the Ordinance violated the women's rights and denied them justice. Impressed by such propaganda, Charles Kennedy, a US Scholar, visited Pakistan to ascertain the truth and meticulously examined all the cases decided under the Ordinance during the first five years of its enforcement. As a result of his painstaking labour he produced a well-researched Report. It was based on the data of his survey of the Hudood cases decided till then. Charles Kennedy in his Report noted:
" Women fearing conviction under section 10(2) frequently bring charges of rape under 10(3) against their alleged partners. The FSC, finding no circumstantial evidence to support the latter charge, convict the male accused under Section 10(2). …. the woman is exonerated of any wrong doing due to reasonable 'doubt rule'." (Charles Kennedy, "Islamization of Laws and Economy: Case Studies on Pakistan", P. 74).
The above findings of an impartial non-Muslim Scholar, who can't obviously be expected to have any soft corner for the Hudood Laws, relate to those women who were evidently guilty of wrong-doing with their consent, but under the pressure of their family members lodged the cases of Rape against their male partners. The Federal Shariah Court did not ask them to produce four witnesses, but demanded them to furnish circumstantial evidence in support of their claim. They failed even to do that and convince the FSC of their being victims of force. In spite of this, they were allowed to go scot-free, while their male partners were convicted.
This goes to prove that the much-maligned Hudood Ordinance had no provision whatsoever seeking the female victims of Rape to produce four witnesses in support of their case, or else face conviction.
Some exceptions may have been there, where the Police might have colluded with influential male culprits and tried to circumvent the law before the case could reach the court and registered a case of Zina bil-Ridha against the woman approaching it to lodge FIR for Zina bil-Jabr. But such police highhandedness has nothing to do with any flaw in the Hudood Ordinance itself. Our Police Department is known to commit such violations of the law in respect of almost all crimes and subvert the hapless victims' attempts to seek justice. We know that innocent victims are often put behind the bar on the false charges of keeping Heroin in their possession and similar other charges. Does this mean that we must abolish the law banning drug trade, or similar other offences because of the corruption or misdemeanors of a few Police Officials?
The Federal Shariah Court through its judgments had, nevertheless, tried its bit against such Police high-handedness. But to foreclose the chances of all such risks a law can be enacted to prevent the arrest of the female petitioner of Zina bil-Jabr under the Hudood Ordinance till the announcement of the final verdict. The law should also provide for exemplary punishment to anybody found guilty of apprehending the hapless petitioner. There can, however, be no justification whatsoever to abolish under any pretext the Hadd prescribed by the Qur'ān and Sunnah for Zina bil-Jabr.
Amendments Repugnant to the Injunctions of the Quran and Sunnah
As such it is established without any doubt that the way the Shariah Hadd for Zina bil-Jabr has been done away with in the so called Protection of Women's Rights Bill is in total violation of the injunctions of the Qur'ān and the Sunnah. Moreover, this has no relevance with the redressal of the wrongs being committed against women.
Amendments Regarding Fornication and Their Implications
Another significant aspect of the Bill in question relates to Sections included in it under the subhead 'Fornication'. Section 5 of Hudood Ordinance made the fulfillment of the Shariah condition of four witnesses compulsory to award the Hadd punishment for Zina bil-Ridha. In case, however, this precondition was not fulfilled but the offence was otherwise proved, the culprit was to be punished under Ta'zeer. The Bill in question, while retaining the Shariah punishment for Zina under Section 5 of the Ordinance, for which the condition of four witnesses was made compulsory, declares through its Section 8 the offence non-cognizable. It obligates the defendant to directly lodge her/his complaint in the court. As the offence has been made non-cognizable, no FIR can be lodged with the Police and that is how the crime of Zina bil-Ridha has safely been removed from the application of Hadd. Similarly, the Ta'zeer punishment provided for Zina in the Hudood Ordinance (in case of the absence of four witnesses) has been diluted by the following amendments:
(i) The Hudood Ordinance provided for imprisonment upto ten years for the offence of Zina punishable under Ta'zeer. The current Bill has reduced that period to five years, which though not contrary to the Qur'ān and Sunnah, is tantamount to giving further relief to the perpetrators of the offence.
(ii) Under the Hudood Ordinance, Zina was a cognizable offence. Under the Bill in question it has been made non-cognizable and hence the complainant of this heinous crime, have been denied the right to lodge FIR with the Police. They have further been burdened to produce two eye-witnesses while registering their complaint direct in the Court. The court has been authorized to record their statement under Oath and if convinced that sufficient grounds existed justifying further action, can summon the culprits. But the culprit has been spared to provide any surety to ensure his presence in the court other than his personal undertaking. In the event no basis is available to proceed with the case further, the court can dismiss it then and there. That is how the culprit has been provided the maximum facilities possible to avoid punishment. The offence of Zina (Fornication) has thus been made too difficult to prove and mild enough for the offender to feel secure, or rather encouraged.
Those with even the rudimentary knowledge of the Qur'ān and the Sunnah are well aware that under the Islamic Law Zina and debauchery are crimes against the society and the state and not just against an individual. This means that these constitute cognizable offences. However, because of the lack of trust over the Police in our social set up, it is understandable that the innocent couples should have also been guaranteed full protection against any unwarranted Police harassment. The Federal Shariah Court, in a number of its judgments has actually made significant recommendations to effectively check such occurrences. Zina had remained a cognizable offence during the last 27 years and due to the effective action by the FSC the rate of harassment by the Police had decreased many fold. In order to totally eliminate the chances of public harassment by the Police, the Bill in question could have further provided that Zina should not only be a cognizable offence, but also should be investigated by a senior Police Officer of the status of SP and no arrest should be made without the court's order. Such a provision could have served to totally eliminate the risk of Police harassment while ensuring better prospects of justice to the victims. Unfortunately, however, instead of further strengthening the victims' hands against the offenders and the high-handedness of the Police, the crime has been made non-cognizable and the criminal awarded ample opportunities to go scot-free.
Secondly, it is a cruel joke to impose on the petitioner the responsibility of producing four eye-witnesses in case of Hadd and two in case of Ta'zeer. This new provision of the Bill is contrary to the norms of justice and sets a new precedence in the history of our Criminal Law. Pakistan's entire system of evidence provides that in the absence of the eye-witnesses judgments are to be based on the basis of circumstantial evidence. That is why medical examination and the chemical examiner's report in such important cases form an integral part of our Witness System. According to Shariah, punishment under Ta'zeer can be imparted on the basis of even a single reliable witness, plus the circumstantial evidence. It is, however, intriguing why the complainant has further been penalized to compulsorily produce two witnesses while lodging his or her complaint. Isn't it tantamount to providing further protection to the culprit?
Similarly, it is like tying the hands of the court by giving the culprit the facility of providing his personal undertaking and no other surety for ensuring his availability in the court. The situation differs from case to case and that is why Section (496) of Pakistan's Criminal Procedure Code authorizes the court either to bail out the culprit on personal undertaking if the circumstances so demand, or to ask him also to furnish guarantees from others. The court has been given this option even in minor offences. It is, however, surprising to see that it has been denied the same option in case of a much more heinous crime like Fornication (Zina).
As for the provision allowing the court to dismiss the case in the absence of sufficient ground, Section (203) of the Criminal Procedure Code already authorizes our courts in this respect. The same provision has, however, been inserted in the Bill for reasons best known to its authors.
(iii) Under the Hudood Ordinance, a person proved guilty of Fornication, in the absence of the necessary preconditions justifying the award of the ultimate punishment of Hadd, could be punished under Ta'zeer according to Section 10(3) of the Ordinance. According to the Bill in question, however, an addition has been made in Section (203) of the Criminal Procedure Code and its Clause (6) now provides that such an offender, though proved guilty of Fornication, could not be punished under Ta'zeer.
The hard preconditions laid down by the Qur'ān and Sunnah for awarding Hadd punishment of Fornication, if not fulfilled, do not evidently allow the culprit to be spared even though strong circumstantial evidence may exist proving him guilty. The Shariah Law authorizes the court to award him punishment according to the severity of his crime. Doesn't this mean that the Bill in question by absolving the culprit of all legal actions and preventing the court to proceed against him has strengthened the hands of the criminals, provided protection to crime and tried to promote promiscuousness and anti-women offences in the society?
Similarly section 12A of the bill provides that no case where an allegation of rape is made shall at any stage be converted into a complaint of fornication u/s 496B of the Pakistan Penal Code.
Before the passage of the Hudood Ordinance, those accused of Zina bil-Jabr often tried to escape punishment by pleading that they did commit Fornication but with the consent of their female partners. If the court also suspected the claim to be true, it used to set them free. The Hudood Ordinance had offered the much-needed respite to the women suffering the worst humiliation of Rape, and the man guilty of the crime was left with no room to claim that the heinous act was done with the consent of woman, as Zina, even if committed by mutual consent, remained a cognizable offence.
Even if the accused pleaded that he had committed zina with the consent of the woman the court was authorized to punish him of zina liable to Taazir u/s 10(2) of the Hudood Ordinance 1979 because of his admission that he had committed the offence with the consent of the woman, while the woman would not be punished under the same section because her consent was not proved merely on the admission of the accused.
The amendment proposed in the recent bill has reversed the situation and restored the earlier position. Now if the culprit of rape declares with all impunity before the court that he had committed fornication but with the consent of the woman and creates some doubt in using force against the female he may well escape any punishment because section 12A of the bill prevents the court from being converted the charge against him from rape to fornication. The bill is though ambiguous about whether or not a fresh complaint of fornication may be lodged against him but even if it is legally possible to lodge a complaint of fornication against the culprit, it is practically impossible for the woman to pursue such a complaint because it will be an admission on her part to be a consenting party which is in reality against the fact. Similarly no one else can lodge such a complaint against the culprit because the bill requires him or her to produce two eyewitnesses at the time of lodging the complaint, while in the situation mentioned above there is only an admission of the accused and not the eye-witnesses that may prove his offence. Consequently, the man accused of doing her wrong will be spared to face a criminal case against him in a court of law.
One may ask the authors and the champions of the Protection of Women's Rights Bill the simple question: Whether Fornication is a crime or not? And if it is a crime, why have they inserted these strange provisions in support of the crime and offenders?
Other Amendments in Hudood Ordinance
The Bill in question has brought about some more amendments in the Hudood Ordinance as briefly noted below:
(i) According to an injunction of the Holy Prophet (PBUH), nobody is authorized to commute, or reduce the punishment of a person sentenced of Hadd by a court of law. The Hudood Ordinance under Section 2, Clause (5), had, therefore, provided that the powers given to the Provincial Government in Chapter 19 of the Criminal Procedure Code to change or reduce a punishment was not applicable in case of Hadd. The Bill in question ventures to make yet another significant and serious amendment by abolishing Section 2(5) of the Ordinance, which simply means that the government of the day has been empowered to commute or reduce the Hadd punishment awarded to any culprit by a court of law.
The above amendment is a clear violation of the following injunction of the Holy Qur'ān:
و ما کان لمؤمن ولا مؤمنۃ اذا قضیٰ ا لله و رسولہ امراً ان يکون لهم الخيرة من امرهم و من يعص الله و رسو لہ فقد ضل ضلٰلاً مبينا۔
(It does not behove a believer, male or female, that when Allah and His Messenger have decided an affair they should exercise their choice. And whoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger has strayed to manifest error.). (S.33: Al-Ahzāb, 36).
This should remind us of the famous incident when the Holy Prophet (PBUH) had reprimanded one of the closest and dearest of his Companions Hadhrat Usama bin Zaid for pleading mercy in case of a woman convicted under Hadd. The Holy Prophet had then declared:"Allah be the Witness! Even if Fātimah bint Muhammad is proved guilty of committing theft, I would implement the Hadd punishment by chopping her hand from the wrist." (Sahīh Al-Bukhārī, Kitāb Al-Hudūd, Chapter 12, Hadith # 6788).
That is why there is a consensus of the Muslim Ummah that no government, or authority has the power to commute or reduce a sentence passed by the court of law under Hadd.
The above provision of the so-called Protection of Women's Rights Bill is also, therefore, repugnant to the injunctions of the Qur'ān and the Sunnah.
(ii) Under Section 3 of the Hudood Ordinance, the provisions of the Ordinance were made supreme and binding and were to supercede any other law if found contrary to the Hudood Laws. This provision was in fact a reiteration of the supremacy of the injunctions of the Qur'ān and the Sunnah. The Bill in question has done away with this Section also.
The above provision of the Hudood Ordinance served to remove many legal complications and went specially in favour of the hapless women often dragged by their male tormentors in false cases to the court of law.
To cite an example, under the Family Laws Ordinance it is required that no divorce would be effective until its notice is given to the Chairman of the Union Council concerned. According to the Shariah, a woman divorced by her husband is free to enter into another marriage contract after completing the period of her Iddat. But in terms of the above provision of the Family Laws she was legally bound to live as the wife of the husband who had divorced her and was not permitted to marry another person without authentication of her divorce by the Union Council. There were cases when a woman after completing the period of her Iddat entered into marriage contract with another person Her former husband played twofold mischief against her. On the one hand, he did not send a notice to the Chairman Union Council as was due under the Family Law, and on the other hand he filed a complaint against the divorcee that she had married another person before the divorce could be effective, and therefore she has committed adultery. When such cases were brought to appeal before the Shariah Courts, the Appellate Bench came to her rescue by invoking Section 3 of the Hudood Ordinance, which gives it overriding effect. It was held that the Ordinance being based on the injunctions of Islam, the word "marriage" must be construed according to Shariah, and since the marriage of the woman is valid according to Shariah she could not be convicted regardless of the Family Laws.
Following the deletion of this Section and specially by removing the definition of Nikāh as provided in the Ordinance, the Bill in question has again dragged the women, whose rights it claims to protect, back to the same predicament of pre-Hudood Laws.
We had raised this issue in the Ulama Committee as well and it was finally agreed there to insert the following Clause in the Bill:
"In the interpretation and application of this Ordinance the injunctions of Islam as laid down in the Holy Quran and the Sunnah shall have effect, not withstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force."
The above Clause is, however, missing from the revised Bill passed by the National Assembly.
(iii) Section 14 of Qazaf Ordinance explains the method of Li'ān as given in the Holy Qur'ān. Li'ān is a legal provision to annul marriage contract between the husband and wife. According to this law, if the husband accuses his wife of Zina and then fails to produce four witnesses, the wife would ask him to solemnly declare under oath, that his charge was correct and if he was a liar and was falsely implicating his wife in a heinous offence, God's curse (La'nah) may fall upon him. To prove herself innocent, the wife on the other side would also have to declare under oath that her husband has been telling lie and if she was actually guilty as claimed by him, she may be accursed by God. Following this proceeding of Li'ān, the court would annul their marriage. It was provided in the Qazaf Ordinance that in case the husband refuses to take part in the proceedings of Li'ān, he would be held in custody so long as he does not agree to cooperate. The Bill in question omits this provision also, which simply means to give the husband the license to morally and emotionally torture his wife and allow her no avenue either to prove herself innocent or get her marriage contract annulled.
The Qazf Ordinance further provides that in case of the woman admitting her guilt during the Li'ān proceedings, she would be awarded the punishment of Zina. The current Bill has removed this portion of the Qazf Ordinance as well, which means that even if a woman makes a voluntary confession, she may not be punished, while it is she who demanded the procedure of Li'ān.
(iv) It was stated in Section 20 of Zina Ordinance that if the court is satisfied on the strength of the witnesses that the accused has committed an offence which was liable for punishment under any law other than the provisions of the Hudood Ordinance, the court could convict the accused if the crime fell under its jurisdiction. The above Clause was meant to simplify the legal proceedings. The Bill in question has also taken away this power from the court.
The Bill in question has removed from the Hudood Ordinance all criminal offences punishable under Ta'zeer and shifted it to PPC and the crime of Zina bil- Ridha liable to Hadd alone has been left within the purview of the Ordinance. As a result of this amendment, if a man found guilty of Zina is proved to have committed Rape, or in case the offence of Fornication is not proved but it is established that he had abducted the woman, the court can now convict him neither for Rape nor for abduction and it would be compelled to set him free knowing fully well that he was guilty of abducting the woman and dishonoring her. Consequently, the culprit will either be let off totally, or a fresh complaint under PPC will have to be lodged against him which will make the complainant face the torture of commencing a fresh trial from the beginning.
Law making is a very sensitive process requiring a cool and dispassionate mind-set. The law-maker has to keep before himself all aspects of the matter, free from his personal biases and in an air of impartiality. But when the law-making is done under duress in an atmosphere vitiated by hostile propaganda and negative slogans, the result is obviously the same as evident in the present Bill. The courts are then compelled to get involved in a long and tortuous process of legal hairsplitting and consequently the cases continue being transferred from one court to the other much to the detriment of the aggrieved person, who is denied an easy access to justice.
To conclude, we may sum up below the major failings of the Protection of Women's Rights Bill, leaving aside the minor ones discussed in detail earlier:
(i) Under the Bill in question, the Hadd punishment of 'Zina bil-Jabr' has been completely abolished, which is in total violation of the injunctions of the Qur'ān and the Sunnah.
(ii) By removing Clause (5) of Section 2 of the Ordinance, which did not allow any government authority to reduce or commute the Hadd punishment once awarded by a court of law, the Bill violates the injunctions of the Qur'ān and the Sunnah.
(iii) By making Zina bil-Ridha and Fornication non-cognizable offence and offering the criminals various safeguards they have been virtually rendered un-punishable.
(iv) To compel the courts against awarding punishments to a culprit found guilty of other crimes as well is tantamount to encouraging the criminal and complicating the legal process.
(v) By amending the Qazf Ordinance and allowing the husband to refuse to participate in the Li'ān proceedings the women's rights have been grossly violated which is totally against the clear injunctions of the Holy Qur'ān.
(vi) Amendment in the Qazf Ordinance resulting in exemption from punishment of Hadd for the woman in case of confession of Zina is also a categorical violation of the clear injunctions of the Qur'ān and the Sunnah.
In the light of these facts, I would earnestly request in the end all the members of Parliament and specially those wielding authority to kindly look into these and try to amend the said Bill in order to bring it in conformity with the injunctions of the Holy Qur'ān and the Sunnah and also to help the nation come out of the agony of confusion in which it has been cast.
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Home 360 College student accuses former Virginia governor L. Douglas Wilder of sexual harassment
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College student accuses former Virginia governor L. Douglas Wilder of sexual harassment
The Washington Post · Jenna Portnoy
A student who worked with L. Douglas Wilder at the Virginia Commonwealth University school named for the former governor reported to the university and police that Wilder sexually harassed her by kissing her without consent.
The woman, Sydney Black, 22, said Wilder, 88, also suggested she could live at his house and offered to take her on foreign trips and pay for her law school in 2017, while she still worked as an office assistant at the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs.
VCU officials cited privacy concerns and declined to answer a series of detailed questions.
"VCU seeks to protect the privacy of students and employees, in accordance with state and federal law," university spokesman Mike Porter said in a statement. "Likewise, VCU does not disclose information about university investigations including whether or not an investigation is underway."
But VCU sent Black a letter formally notifying her that the school's Title IX office intended to investigate.
The four-page letter, dated Jan. 28 and titled "Notice of Investigation," lays out Black's allegations, which match her interviews with The Washington Post, and includes a case number.
The allegations against Wilder come at a fraught time in Virginia. The governor and attorney general have admitted to wearing blackface in the 1980s, and the lieutenant governor is facing accusations from two women of sexual assault in 2000 and 2004.
Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax has said the encounters were consensual and called on law enforcement to investigate.
Wilder is a historic figure in Virginia and nationwide. Named for abolitionist Frederick Douglass and poet Paul Laurence Dunbar, he grew up amid segregation in Richmond, the onetime capital of the Confederacy. The grandson of slaves rose to become the first elected African American governor of any state.
Three decades later, he is revered as an elder statesman who speaks his mind without regard to party.
Black, who is African-American, said she grappled with filing a report that could tarnish his legacy and bring negative attention to herself.
"I had to choose being a woman over being black," she said.
Wilder has called for Gov. Ralph Northam to resign over the blackface. He has not commented publicly about the accusations of sexual assault against Fairfax.
Wilder did not respond to repeated requests for comment over several weeks, including numerous messages left on his cellphone and with his assistant. He also did not answer emails or respond to notes at his two homes and his VCU office. The Post also sent certified letters with detailed questions to his home and office.
Black said in interviews that on her 20th birthday on Feb. 16, 2017, Wilder took her to dinner to celebrate, gave her alcohol and invited her back to his Richmond condo, where he kissed her. She was a student at VCU at the time, working at the Wilder school as an hourly employee.
Three months after that encounter, Wilder told Black that funding for her hourly position had lapsed, Black said. She withdrew from college in the fall of 2018 and re-enrolled this semester.
"I was deceived," she said. "I thought he was a different sort of person."
Black reported the alleged incident to the university in December 2018. The university directed Black to speak with Richmond Police Detective Eric Livengood. The university would not say why officials directed Black to Livengood.
The detective confirmed he spoke to Black but did not answer questions. "A report was filed," Livengood said. "I am lead investigator for it. The report and anything included in it, I won't be able to disclose."
A redacted two-page police incident report dated Jan. 3 says a 20-year-old woman reported that an assault had occurred Feb. 16, 2017, in a residence in the same block where Wilder owns a condo. The box for "victim's name" and the detective's identification number are redacted. Black said she does not have a copy of the incident report.
Two days after Black contacted VCU in December 2018, Emily Caputo, civil rights investigations manager at VCU, sent a letter marked "sensitive and private" that said VCU's Title IX office determined that the conduct Black reported "could possibly" meet the definitions of sexual assault or sex- or gender-based discrimination outlined in VCU policies.
In an email last month, the deputy Title IX coordinator for students at VCU, Tammi Slovinsky, told Black that an "external attorney-investigator with specialized training and experience" had been assigned to her case.
Black told family members of the alleged incident in the days immediately after. Black's mother, Margo Stokes of Roanoke, and her grandmother, Pauline Carver of Wytheville, said Black called them independently and told them Wilder gave her alcohol and tried to kiss her.
"He just took a lot from Sydney when he did this because she really admired him, and so did I," Carver said.
Black said she became depressed as she agonized for almost two years over whether to report Wilder, who is paid $150,000 annually as a distinguished professor at the school.
Black said she worried about the influence someone with Wilder's power and connections could have over her education and feared he already had caused her to lose her job. The pain of seeing him on campus contributed to her decision to temporarily withdraw from classes, she said.
Black was raised primarily in Roanoke and lived in Conyers, Georgia, for a time before returning to her home state for college. She is the oldest of six children.
She began working as an office assistant at the Wilder school through the work-study program in November 2015 and was hired as an hourly employee in the summer of 2016, she said.
As she got to know Wilder, Black said, she was excited that a leader whom she admired was taking an interest in her education.
When he invited her to dinner at the Boathouse, a riverfront restaurant in Richmond, to celebrate her birthday she assumed they would discuss her career goals.
During the dinner, she said, he ordered her meal and vodka martinis – what he was drinking – even though she told him she was not legally allowed to drink. He told her he could help her get accepted at the Howard University School of Law, where he is a board member.
Black said she was shocked but didn't dismiss his offers. "I was also thinking this man has the key to my future," she said.
She said that when she asked him what he wanted in return, he was vague and said, "As long as you stick with me, you should be fine."
"Honestly, I didn't know how to feel," she said later. "It was kind of surreal at that point."
Black said Wilder drove her to his nearby condo to see a view of the James River and his African-American art collection.
Black said she was drunk and that she noticed his behavior changed after he drank but that it didn't occur to her to stop him from driving her to the condo.
Inside, he poured them both glasses of champagne and they sat on a small couch in front of a large window, she said.
As they talked, she said, "he reached over and put his hand on my right leg, and I just kind of looked at him, and as soon as I looked at him, he kissed me on my mouth. I immediately jerked away."
She said she questioned Wilder right away: "Why would you do something like that? I don't know why you felt comfortable doing that."
According to Black, he said, "You're right, I shouldn't have." Black said she responded, "Right, so take me home."
He drove her back to her car at the restaurant. "From that point forward, I was scared of him," she said.
But, she said, he later acknowledged he had hurt her and invited her to brunch in March 2017 to apologize. When she arrived at the address he gave her in Charles City County, about an hour from Richmond, she soon realized it was his home.
He gave her champagne and showed her a room in the house where he said she could live, rent free, she said. No one at VCU would have to know, he told her, according to Black.
He also offered to help her get into and pay for Howard's law school and to take her on trips to Paris and Atlanta, she said.
"I was kind of freaked out about it," she said. Black said she declined Wilder's offers and told him she was looking for a mentorship, not a personal relationship.
She said she pointed out their age difference and questioned him about what he was seeking. According to Black, he said he didn't want to marry her but sought her companionship.
"At some point during the conversation, I realized it was never going to be the mentorship I wanted," she said. "He wanted something more than that."
They had little contact until May 2017, at a lunch for Wilder school employees at Edo's Squid, an Italian restaurant near VCU. There, Wilder told Black there no longer was funding for her position, she said.
As time passed, she said, she had trouble coping with how Wilder treated her and had trouble paying for school. She withdrew from classes in the fall of 2018.
"It was just something that was on my mind every single day," she said. "I would relive those moments, go back to that night. I was depressed."
Black filed a complaint with VCU on Dec. 11, 2018, almost two years after their dinner.
"I have been hesitant to report this incident because I was afraid of the power this individual possessed over my career and education," she said in an email to the university. Up to that point, she added, she hadn't felt "psychologically ready" to file a police report "because I know that I am dealing with a very powerful individual."
Caputo, the VCU civil rights investigations manager, contacted her and, Black said, she explained what happened by phone the next day.
On Dec. 13, Caputo sent her a letter saying the conduct she reported "could possibly constitute Non-Consensual Sexual Contact and Sex- or Gender-Based Discrimination" based on the school's policy.
Caputo also connected her with Livengood, the police detective, and Slovinsky, the Title IX coordinator, who helped her re-enroll in classes.
On Feb. 19, Slovinsky sent Black an email with the name of an investigator assigned to the case. Black said the investigator interviewed her on campus on March 13.
In the meantime, Black said, she can't stand to see Wilder's autobiography, "Son of Virginia," which he gave her at his condo.
He signed it, "To Sydney, With best hopes for the best you can be . . . and you will be."
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Amenta Abioto
Portland singer/songwriter Amenta Abioto has yet to release a debut full-length, and she only has a couple of loosies available on streaming services. But that's okay, because the best way to consume Abioto's music is live, where the artist weaves her soulful voice through a looping machine, creating her tracks right in front of you. This allows her songs—like the chill-inducing call-to-action "Revolution" and the come-hither anthem "I Would Like"—to sound a little different each time.
Dan Dan
Dan Dan is Eric Burch and Sarah McKenna playing synths, along with vocalist and bassist Misty Mary and drummer Parker Hall. The four-piece makes dance-y, electro-futurist rock, and their debut album 77 is loaded with Krautrock influences, space vibes, and psychedelia. "Freestyle Memories" is a definite highlight, blending an emotional riff with robotic vocal effects and live drums.
Reva DeVito
Portland-based pop/R&B singer Reva DeVito has been making waves for a while now. In 2014 she linked up with electronic/hip-hop/dance producer KAYTRANADA for "Friday Night," and then again in 2016 for "The Move." In 2017, she put out This Time, a collaborative, ocean-themed album with producer B. Bravo that blends soul influences with a nostalgic '90s pop sound. Now she's working on her next solo album and playing new material around town.
Brown Calculus
Space-jazz duo Brown Calculus comprises vocalist Vaughn Kimmons (Brown Alice) and producer/keyboardist Andre Burgos (Brown Calvin), who also play together in Tribe Mars. (Earlier this year, Kimmons was invited to become a voting member of the Recording Academy, AKA the Grammys.) The duo's known for their soothing sound, a sort of interplanetary post-soul that pairs Alice's mesmerizing vocals and spoken-word verses with Calvin's prowess on the keys. Stand-out tracks from their debut EP Live at the Map Room include "Self Care" and "Good Job."
Tribe Mars
This soul/hip-hop fusion band—whose sizeable lineup includes an MC, three vocalists, drummer, keyboardist, guitarist, bassist, and a saxophonist—is one of the town's greatest treasures. The group came into their own with the addition of vocalist Vaughn Kimmons and Andre Burgos on keys. Their impressive self-titled debut from 2018 plays around at the intersection of psychedelic soul, hip-hop, and jazz. Songs like the subdued "Sun Raisin," or the funkified "Best Fishes" are just two highlights from this band's beautifully complex catalog.
Plastic Cactus
Plastic Cactus' desert-inspired psych-surf has a super-cool, easygoing vibe, and the band's sunset performance at PDX Pop Now! was an audio/visual treat. Led by the exquisite harmonies of Brooke Metropulos and Michaela Gradstein (both guitar/vocals), the quartet's dreamy, guitar-driven surf and desert rock sounds like a movie soundtrack waiting to happen. Check out their most recent project Moth Eyes, the follow-up to 2017's Pricks.
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Indie rock/dream pop trio Cry Babe is one of Portland's coolest new bands. Their 2019 debut EP Be Cool is a radical selection of crashing drums, punky guitars, and lead singer Anaïs Genevieve's hearty, pitch-perfect vocals. A Mercury favorite is "Soft Honk," which claps back at a street harasser ("You're not my friend/you're just some creepy guy") with a catchy melody and some of the most relatable lyrics of all time.
Orquestra Pacifico Tropical
Led by drummer Papi Fimbres (Portland's busiest musician), Orquestra Pacifico Tropical (OPT) includes members of Máscaras, Dreckig, Bitch'n, And And And, Eagle Sun King, Point Juncture WA, Modernstate, Jippedo, and Quiet Countries. Last year the 11-piece band released El Tren to positive reception. Having become famous (at least locally) for their lively performances that get everybody on their feet, OPT is now one of the hottest tickets in town.
Mic Capes
North Portland-bred rapper Mic Capes is one of the hip-hop scene's most beloved and celebrated acts. In addition to being charismatic and commanding onstage, Capes' content is raw, and the MC just keeps the quality output coming. Capes followed up his debut LP Concrete Dreams with a Sheesh EP in 2017, and then recently dropped his Cold Blooded project. A Mic Capes starter pack for noobs: "Five Finger Discount," "Black Pearls," "Well Known," and "Menace."
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Jenni Moore is a former music editor and hip-hop columnist and current freelancer at the The Portland Mercury. She also writes about comedy, cannabis, movies, TV, and her hatred of taxidermy.
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Fed fans are in a veritable lather over their man's play in recent months. Though the Swiss master is on the down side of 30, he's playing great ball right now. Yes, Rafael Nadal tagged him in Melbourne and yes, he was unexpectedly pegged by Big Johnny Isner in Davis Cup. OK, he's also 33-2 since last year's US Open. So, is this a real Roger renaissance or has he taken advantage of the other top players absences (physical or otherwise) from the tour? We can't answer that for real today, but the traditionally slow hardcourts and rejuvenated fields of Indian Wells should help us get there.
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For the first time since Justine Henin, it looks as if the WTA Tour (note I didn't say Grand Slams) are going to have a legitimate female champion. Petra Kvitova emerged from the lawns of Wimbledon with the Venus Dish and backed it up with a Tour Championships victory. Then suddenly, Victoria Azarenka emerged. The longtime pro finally put it all together, the mental piece being last, to win her first major in Melbourne. Will one of these players emerge from Indian Wells even more clearly ahead of the others? My opinion: Azarenka whose game is less mercurial than Kvitova's will shine here, while the Czech fares better on the faster courts of Miami.
3. Wherefore Art Thou, Rafael?
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4. Will Nole have a Second Moment In Time?
Oh, fine, belabored Whitney reference, but whatever. Novak Djokovic's 2011 season was one for the ages. He came within a finger wagging Federer of a likely Grand Slam (Djokovic had bested Rafa twice on clay coming into Paris, mind you), but ultimately came away without tennis' ultimate prize. With three majors and ten titles in the bag in 2011, he started off 2012 auspiciously, winning the Australian Open, but since then he shrugged off Davis Cup duty and suffered a dispiriting loss to World No. 4 Andy Murray in Dubai. It's rare that a player back up a three major year with anything approaching those figures the next year. If you follow my assertion that the Australian Open is more a continuation of the prior season than the start of a new one (look at recent results before you disagree), you have to question what mark Djokovic will make on the 2012 season. Indian Wells is a big tournament, how will his defense fare?
5. Can A North American Break Through?
2011 was a breakthrough year for Canadian Milos Raonic, but his meteoric rise stalled. Yes, there was the hip injury at Wimbledon, but it was really a third round loss to American Ryan Harrison that took the steam out of the engine. So far the Big Canuck's 2012 looks a lot like his 2011. Title in San Jose, final in Memphis. Can he break ties with last year and play a strong Indian Wells, or has too much early season tennis dulled his edge (and perhaps fitness) again? Can the aforementioned Harrison continue his strong start to the year? He seems firmly entrenched Top 100 player, but he's defending fourth round points in the desert. He needs a big result (at least compared to his No. 72 ranking) just to stay even this week. Christina McHale is the lone seeded American woman (No. 32), but her first seed would be Petra Kvitova in the third round. That would be a massive, but not unfathomable, upset.
To the desert we turn.
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