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Diff btw. gas operated and recoil operated pistols
tsans777
Anyone...I've found info on various sites but not on the same site.
Is there a somewhat easy explanation or a site I can go to to find out?
And is blowback the same as recoil??
Big thanx
Dodgie
I wonder if guns are like guitars.
swampgator
Since nobody has taken a shot at it, here goes:
Gas Operated: some of the gas from the burning powder is bled off and used to operate the system. Not seen very often in handguns, but gas op pistols do exist.
Recoil Operated: the barrel and slide travel together a short distance (powered by the gun's recoil) before the weapons unlocks. Seen in most Brownings as well as other designs.
Blowback: The barrel is usually fixed and the action is operated by the energy of the casing pushing back against the slide (the equal and opposite reaction thing).
Hope this helped.
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ajp3jeh
IIRC, "gas operated pistols" are different than their rifle brethren. With rifles and shotguns, the gas is tapped and this pressure is used to cycle the action via a piston (AK) or directly (M-16). The "gas operated" pistols I'm familiar with Desert Eagle, H&K P9S, H&K P7, use the gas as part of the locking system.
Full power cartridges such as 9, 40, or 45, require a locked breech to protect the shooter from the pressures of the cartridge. It is necessary to allow the pressure in the chamber to drop before cycling the action. When the barrel travels backward on a Browning action, the system is actually "unlocking."
Some lesser calibers, like 380, don't require a locked breech and are more accurately defined at "blowback." Sub machine guns in real calibers are blowback as well because the bolt is so much heavier than the equivalent pistol.
"Gas operated" pistols use the gas pressure to delay the cycling of the slide until pressures drop to an acceptable level. This means that the barrel is fixed and the pistol capable of remarkable accuracy, at least the HK's.
The only drawback, at least with the P7, is that the area that traps the gas heats quickly with extended firing, meaning one has to let the gun cool occassionaly. This isn't typically an issue except in classes that fire large numbers of rounds.
There are a few exceptions to this. The one I immediately think of is the "arm gun" that was developed for pilots. It was basically a handgun, used 223 ammo, M-16 magazines, and a true gas system.
[This message has been edited by ajp3jeh (edited 11-11-2001).]
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Thanks a lot for the information. I was looking at the specs on the Desert Eagle and P7 when I read that they were "gas operated".
I'm obviously a novice, but there's something a little bit more comforting about knowing the mechanical operation of the guns/rifles I own. I think it's a good idea to know how they all work even if it's just to a tiny degree.
...Or should I just worry about whether or not the gun goes 'bang' when I pull the trigger?..
Definitely try to understand things as fully as possible. That is part of the fun. BTW the Desert Eagle is really fun, I love mine. On the hefty side, but hey, it isn't for sissies!
Jim Watson
Come on, ajp, let's give the man the straight poop. True, the H&K P7 operates by what is best called gas retarded blowback. There is nothing holding the slide forward but its own inertia, the recoil spring, and gas in a cylinder under the barrel which is pressurized immediately after the bullet leaves the chamber.
However, the Desert Eagle is gas *operated* more like an M1 Carbine than any other gun I can think of. The slide is locked shut by a rotating bolt. When the bullet passes the gas port near the muzzle, gas pressure forces a piston to the rear, which kicks the slide back. The bolt rotates to unlock and the action opens. See http://zvis.com/dep/depmantmpl.shtml?../images/guns/depman/depman04.jpg
The H&K P9S has NO gas handling parts. It has the same roller lock system as the H&K rifles. Whether that is recoil operation or delayed blowback or a third system altogether is still sometimes debated. It is not gas operation except that it is gas pressure in the chamber that gets things moving, the same as with conventional recoil or blowback guns.
[This message has been edited by Jim Watson (edited 11-12-2001).]
TiroFijo
Jim speaks truth
Other "gas retarded blowback" pistols are the Heritage Stealth, the south african Vektor CP1, an obscure Norinco model (don't remember the name), and (the first one?) the Steyr GB.
I think other gas operated pistols were the Wildey and the AutoMag.
To continue this nickpicking, there are also some successful blowback guns in 9x19, like the Astra 600 and the HK VP70, contrary to what most people think the recoil spring is not too strong or the slide too heavy.
Tiro,
Thanks for the added obscure gas ops.
The Wildey has a ring piston similar to Husqvarna prototypes Jeff Cooper described in 1975.
The Automag, however, is recoil operated.
And the Colt Gold Cup .38 Special is blowback.
Damn, learn something new every day....
There are gas retarded conversions for the 1911 also.
http://www.ncggasgun.com/index.htm
Yeah, I have read about those. Even the magazine articles admitted the NCG was ammo and magazine sensitive. My FLG is fascinated by them, but I have already screwed up one gun with the Jarvis Kam-Lock linkless recoil system and am not willing to gunea-pig another gimmick. Unless it would fit the mill cut made for the Jarvis contraption. Hmmmm.
Jim Watson Nov 13, 2001


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import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Set;

import javax.persistence.CascadeType;
import javax.persistence.Column;
import javax.persistence.Entity;
import javax.persistence.FetchType;
import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue;
import javax.persistence.GenerationType;
import javax.persistence.Id;
import javax.persistence.Inheritance;
import javax.persistence.InheritanceType;
import javax.persistence.OneToMany;
import javax.persistence.Table;

import org.hibernate.annotations.Index;

import ca.uhn.fhir.model.primitive.IdDt;
import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.server.Constants;
import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.server.exceptions.UnprocessableEntityException;

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@Entity
@Table(name = "HFJ_RESOURCE", uniqueConstraints = {})
@Inheritance(strategy = InheritanceType.JOINED)
@org.hibernate.annotations.Table(appliesTo = "HFJ_RESOURCE",
	indexes = {
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	private boolean myHasLinks;

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	@OneToMany(mappedBy = "myTargetResource", cascade = {}, fetch = FetchType.LAZY, orphanRemoval = false)
	private Collection<ResourceLink> myIncomingResourceLinks;

	@Column(name = "SP_INDEX_STATUS", nullable = true)
	private Long myIndexStatus;

	@Column(name = "RES_LANGUAGE", length = MAX_LANGUAGE_LENGTH, nullable = true)
	private String myLanguage;

	@OneToMany(mappedBy = "myResource", cascade = {}, fetch = FetchType.LAZY, orphanRemoval = false)
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	@OneToMany(mappedBy = "myResource", cascade = {}, fetch = FetchType.LAZY, orphanRemoval = false)
	private Collection<ResourceIndexedSearchParamDate> myParamsDate;

	@Column(name = "SP_DATE_PRESENT")
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	@OneToMany(mappedBy = "myResource", cascade = {}, fetch = FetchType.LAZY, orphanRemoval = false)
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	@OneToMany(mappedBy = "myResource", cascade = {}, fetch = FetchType.LAZY, orphanRemoval = false)
	private Collection<ResourceIndexedSearchParamUri> myParamsUri;

	@Column(name = "SP_URI_PRESENT")
	private boolean myParamsUriPopulated;

	@Column(name = "RES_PROFILE", length = MAX_PROFILE_LENGTH, nullable = true)
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	private Collection<ResourceLink> myResourceLinks;

	@Column(name = "RES_TYPE", length = RESTYPE_LEN)
	private String myResourceType;

	@OneToMany(mappedBy = "myResource", cascade = CascadeType.ALL, fetch = FetchType.LAZY, orphanRemoval = true)
	private Set<ResourceTag> myTags;

	@Column(name = "RES_VER")
	private long myVersion;

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	public ResourceTag addTag(TagDefinition theTag) {
		ResourceTag tag = new ResourceTag(this, theTag);
		getTags().add(tag);
		return tag;
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	@Override
	public Long getId() {
		return myId;
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	public IdDt getIdDt() {
		Object id = getForcedId() == null ? myId : getForcedId().getForcedId();
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	}

	public String getLanguage() {
		return myLanguage;
	}

	public Collection<ResourceIndexedSearchParamCoords> getParamsCoords() {
		if (myParamsCoords == null) {
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		return myParamsCoords;
	}

	public Collection<ResourceIndexedSearchParamDate> getParamsDate() {
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			myParamsDate = new ArrayList<ResourceIndexedSearchParamDate>();
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	}

	public Collection<ResourceIndexedSearchParamNumber> getParamsNumber() {
		if (myParamsNumber == null) {
			myParamsNumber = new ArrayList<ResourceIndexedSearchParamNumber>();
		}
		return myParamsNumber;
	}

	public Collection<ResourceIndexedSearchParamQuantity> getParamsQuantity() {
		if (myParamsQuantity == null) {
			myParamsQuantity = new ArrayList<ResourceIndexedSearchParamQuantity>();
		}
		return myParamsQuantity;
	}

	public Collection<ResourceIndexedSearchParamString> getParamsString() {
		if (myParamsString == null) {
			myParamsString = new ArrayList<ResourceIndexedSearchParamString>();
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	}

	public Collection<ResourceIndexedSearchParamToken> getParamsToken() {
		if (myParamsToken == null) {
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			myParamsUri = new ArrayList<ResourceIndexedSearchParamUri>();
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	}

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	public Collection<ResourceLink> getResourceLinks() {
		if (myResourceLinks == null) {
			myResourceLinks = new ArrayList<ResourceLink>();
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	public String getResourceType() {
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	}

	@Override
	public Collection<ResourceTag> getTags() {
		if (myTags == null) {
			myTags = new HashSet<ResourceTag>();
		}
		return myTags;
	}

	@Override
	public long getVersion() {
		return myVersion;
	}

	public boolean hasTag(System theSystem, String theTerm) {
		for (ResourceTag next : getTags()) {
			if (next.getTag().getSystem().equals(theSystem) && next.getTag().getCode().equals(theTerm)) {
				return true;
			}
		}
		return false;
	}

	public boolean isHasLinks() {
		return myHasLinks;
	}

	public boolean isParamsCoordsPopulated() {
		return myParamsCoordsPopulated;
	}

	public boolean isParamsDatePopulated() {
		return myParamsDatePopulated;
	}

	public boolean isParamsNumberPopulated() {
		return myParamsNumberPopulated;
	}

	public boolean isParamsQuantityPopulated() {
		return myParamsQuantityPopulated;
	}

	public boolean isParamsStringPopulated() {
		return myParamsStringPopulated;
	}

	public boolean isParamsTokenPopulated() {
		return myParamsTokenPopulated;
	}

	public boolean isParamsUriPopulated() {
		return myParamsUriPopulated;
	}

	public void setHasLinks(boolean theHasLinks) {
		myHasLinks = theHasLinks;
	}

	public void setId(Long theId) {
		myId = theId;
	}

	public void setIndexStatus(Long theIndexStatus) {
		myIndexStatus = theIndexStatus;
	}

	public void setLanguage(String theLanguage) {
		if (defaultString(theLanguage).length() > MAX_LANGUAGE_LENGTH) {
			throw new UnprocessableEntityException("Language exceeds maximum length of " + MAX_LANGUAGE_LENGTH + " chars: " + theLanguage);
		}
		myLanguage = theLanguage;
	}

	public void setParamsCoords(Collection<ResourceIndexedSearchParamCoords> theParamsCoords) {
		if (!isParamsTokenPopulated() && theParamsCoords.isEmpty()) {
			return;
		}
		getParamsCoords().clear();
		getParamsCoords().addAll(theParamsCoords);
	}

	public void setParamsCoordsPopulated(boolean theParamsCoordsPopulated) {
		myParamsCoordsPopulated = theParamsCoordsPopulated;
	}

	public void setParamsDate(Collection<ResourceIndexedSearchParamDate> theParamsDate) {
		if (!isParamsDatePopulated() && theParamsDate.isEmpty()) {
			return;
		}
		getParamsDate().clear();
		getParamsDate().addAll(theParamsDate);
	}

	public void setParamsDatePopulated(boolean theParamsDatePopulated) {
		myParamsDatePopulated = theParamsDatePopulated;
	}

	public void setParamsNumber(List<ResourceIndexedSearchParamNumber> theNumberParams) {
		if (!isParamsNumberPopulated() && theNumberParams.isEmpty()) {
			return;
		}
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		getParamsNumber().addAll(theNumberParams);
	}

	public void setParamsNumberPopulated(boolean theParamsNumberPopulated) {
		myParamsNumberPopulated = theParamsNumberPopulated;
	}

	public void setParamsQuantity(Collection<ResourceIndexedSearchParamQuantity> theQuantityParams) {
		if (!isParamsQuantityPopulated() && theQuantityParams.isEmpty()) {
			return;
		}
		getParamsQuantity().clear();
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	}

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	public void setParamsString(Collection<ResourceIndexedSearchParamString> theParamsString) {
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	public void setParamsToken(Collection<ResourceIndexedSearchParamToken> theParamsToken) {
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	public void setParamsTokenPopulated(boolean theParamsTokenPopulated) {
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	public void setParamsUri(Collection<ResourceIndexedSearchParamUri> theParamsUri) {
		if (!isParamsTokenPopulated() && theParamsUri.isEmpty()) {
			return;
		}
		getParamsUri().clear();
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	}

	public void setParamsUriPopulated(boolean theParamsUriPopulated) {
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	public void setProfile(String theProfile) {
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Help: Projecting from digital tablet?
I teach Pre-Algebra and Algebra I and just joined PT. Recently purchased (out of my own pocket, I work in a technology-challenged school) a Wacom Bamboo Capture digital tablet with the idea of running it through my Macbook Pro and a projector to project work on the board.
Is anyone here doing something similar and can recommend Mac-compatible software? The tablet came with drawing software, and though I can sort of do most of what I want with this software, I assume there must be more application-specific software that will be easier/better to use.
Any ideas, thoughts, comments will be greatly appreciated.


It was a good year - one that has surely changed the course of my life.
I graduated medical school and became a doctor. Traveled through Europe where I met so many interesting people/ate so many good foods/saw so many incredible pieces of art, architecture, and cultures. Fell in love with so many things outside of medicine, in a good way. Met so many new friends as I started this new journey all on my own, barely knowing a soul. Started the 5 year journey in training to become a surgeon. This year has changed me in many big and small ways, growth on growth.
It has been 6 months into this new chapter of my life, and I'll admit - I thought I would feel like a completely different person, but I don't. It's more about the culmination of little things of every day, the habits and decisions, that make you who you are.
This season has taught me the importance of mindfulness and slowing down. There will always be more to do, more to think about, things will always get better once A, B, or C have been completed. When your schedule is crazy, taking time to relax or have fun has to be scheduled - rightfully so - but even then, the pressure is always there. In medicine, the need to think ahead is even more prevalent, a sense of heaviness that we hold with ambition. The importance is not that it is done, but who you are when you get there.
Remember that developing your genuine self (whether that be through friends, hobbies, enjoyments, exploring) is just as important as working toward your career goals.
With all of the ups and despite all of the downs, all I've ever wanted to be is who I am becoming.
So here's to more poetry written on the side of the road, historical landmarks, making memories for history, new and old friends, farmers markets, train stations, zoo lights, being outdoors, climbing mountains, dancing under the stars, rooftops, small moments, traveling the world, & finding things that set our souls on fire.
Peace out, 2017. Hello 2018.


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Alabama offensive coordinator reportedly interviewing for NFL job
Updated: Jan. 07, 2022, 11:24 a.m. |
Published: Jan. 07, 2022, 11:20 a.m.
CFP Prediction Show: Alabama vs Georgia
Mike Rodak | mrodak@al.com
Alabama offensive coordinator Bill O'Brien is expected to interview next week for the Jacksonville Jaguars' head-coaching vacancy, the Florida Times-Union and NFL Network reported Friday.
O'Brien, who signed a two-year contract with Alabama last offseason, will complete his first season in Monday's national championship game against Georgia.
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The Jaguars fired coach Urban Meyer last month after a 2-11 start to his first season. The Jaguars have already interviewed Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive coordinator Todd Bowles, former Detroit Lions coach Jim Caldwell and former Philadelphia Eagles coach Doug Pederson, according to reports.
Green Bay Packers offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett, Dallas Cowboys offensive coordinator Kellen Moore, Tampa Bay Buccaneers offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich and Indianapolis Colts defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus are other candidates on the Jaguars' radar.
O'Brien coached the NFL's Houston Texans from 2014 until his firing early in the 2020 season, winning the AFC South four times and finishing with a 52-48 record.
O'Brien was asked this week how he has approached job opportunities in college or the NFL in recent weeks.
"It's one of those things that happens all the time," he said. "It's part of the career, part of what you sign up for. My focus has always been on the task at hand and that's just the way I operate.
"I just think that this is a great opportunity for this program. And we've put so much work into this. And really if you're here, if you're able to follow us around for a week, your focus is completely on Georgia and your team and what you have to do to try to help do your part to help your team win. So that's what the focus is."
Mike Rodak is an Alabama beat reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @mikerodak.


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Mariah Carey Is Happier Than Ever at 46: Here's Why Her Charmed Midlife Is the Opposite of a Crisis
By James Patrick Herman 1:00 PM PDT, March 28, 2016
A writer who has spent time at home and abroad with Mimi, who turned 46 on Sunday, digs back into their most intimate conversations -- and says the star is finally
ready for her charmed life to begin.
Imagine, if you will, the burden of being bombshell Mariah Carey in the bedroom.
"I'd only been with one person in my life," Carey, a newly single woman after the end of her five-year marriage to former longtime head of Sony Music Entertainment Tommy Mottola, told me back in 1999.
Following that divorce, she said, "I was being linked to all these men, and I was feeling totally insecure about embarking on any new relationships, because I felt maybe I wasn't good enough. I felt that I didn't have enough experience. And I still have that sort of thing. I get close to people, I'm friends with people, I'll stay with people, but I'm very guarded in terms of whom I let into my … personal space."
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"It all stems from deep-rooted stuff that I saw growing up," Carey said, presumably referring to her older sister's teenage pregnancy and reported struggles with drug addiction and prostitution, "and I don't talk about it because it's not my place."
"It's definitely this self-protective thing that I have," the GRAMMY winner shared. "I'm not, like, rip-roaring, wild, living it up" -- she clapped her hands for emphasis -- "with a million guys, because that's not me. And it's not safe. I guess I'm sort of a contradiction in terms, because I do feel it's OK to be sexy and free, but there's a difference between sexy and…promiscuous." She also admitted at the time: "I don't know what the hell a date is."
But that was then and this is now, when Carey is looking forward to her third wedding ceremony following her European romp, The Sweet Sweet Fantasy Tour, which, despite canceling its Brussels date, is currently in progress. As a longtime magazine writer and editor for InStyle, Glamour and Elle, I have interviewed Carey multiple times over the years. Few people outside of her inner circle have seen how, in person, once she lets her guard down, Carey is simultaneously over-the-top hilarious and disarmingly down-to-earth.
In a 2008 interview with ET, she acknowledged it was sometimes hard to find that balance. "I guess sometimes I'm like, 'I don't care what people say.' And then sometimes I'm like, 'I hate that picture, I hate that moment and why did that have to be?'"
Happy Birthday, Mariah Carey! Watch the 46-Year-Old's Most Divalicious Moments
"It is what it is, so you have to let things go," she said, adding: "Life is a red carpet."
When I recently ran into Carey at Elton John's annual Oscar party in February, I was surprised -- and heartened -- by something that I have never seen before: Carey being herself in public. Guests caught a rare glimpse of the person behind the persona as she navigated the room without burly security guards in tow to clear her path. She was a beaming vision in black, table-hopping and exchanging air-kisses with the likes of Tommy Hilfiger.
At age 46, she seems happier than ever. Despite a new manager who reportedly has ruffled the feathers of her entourage, Carey's midlife appears to be the opposite of a crisis. (The singer has a long history of heavy-handed people trying to control her career, including, of course, her first husband, and according to Billboard, has had five different teams since 2013.)
Antonio "L.A." Reid, the longtime record executive and current chairman and CEO of Epic Records -- who is often credited with revitalizing Carey's career with 2005's The Emancipation of Mimi -- even remarked on her radiance.
"She looks really happy," Reid told ET in January, following the news of Carey's engagement to James Packer. "We've all been through a lot, but she's had to do it all in the public's eye. I think that she's at that point in her life that she really deserves just to be treated like a lady and the glamorous star that she really is."
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And the perfect star vehicle for Carey's larger-than-life personality -- along with the perfect man -- may have materialized in the form of Mariah's World, a forthcoming reality show on E! that will follow her from her Las Vegas residency onto the road for her international tour. It has the potential to serve as an ideal showcase for the working mom behind the diva trappings.
As for Carey's new billionaire dream man, Packer possesses three qualities that make him the perfect fit: 1) He's rich; 2) He's a discreet businessman who -- unlike ex-husband Nick Cannon -- seems unlikely to reveal intimate details of their personal life to the media; and 3) He worships the ground that she walks on. (Full disclosure: So do I.)
One thing's for sure: When the best-selling female artist of the Nielsen SoundScan era met the fourth-richest person in Australia, it was a match made in tabloid heaven. But Packer refuses to be filmed by Carey's omnipresent camera crew -- in other words, he has zero interest in trying to steal his future wife's spotlight. Like Carey, he also has children from a previous marriage. And this will be Packer's third time at the altar, as well as Carey's.
I wasn't always a fan -- of Carey's music, her reputation or her look, which she revealed "was instituted by the powers that be: the young girl with the curly hair at the microphone, belting out a love song. My image was supposed to be a non-image," Carey explained. "That's why I was in a field wearing a flannel shirt with cutoffs and sneakers -- girls could relate to that. And yes, that was a part of my life, but ever since I've been 12 years old, it was just in me to want to be someone who could change their look and be glamorous."
I will never forget Carey's first words to me, which instantly altered that idea: "You look exotic. Where are you from?" she asked when I introduced myself at her cover shoot for the women's fashion magazine, Mirabella, inMarrakesh, Morocco. Taken aback, I mumbled something about living in New York City's West Village -- on Gay Street. "Mmm-hmm!" Carey said, looking me up and down before turning to walk away. "Of course you do, darling."
Until that moment, I thought Carey and her ridiculously lavish lifestyle – most famously documented in a home visit by MTV Cribs -- were unintentionally hilarious. What I failed to realize is that she is not only in on the joke, but she's also quick-witted enough to supply the punchline herself. How to explain the origin of Carey's campy personality? "I loved watching Mommie Dearest as a kid," she told me in 2006. "I associated it with glamour." (Not surprisingly, I didn't spot any wire hangers in the climate-controlled closet of her penthouse pad in downtown Manhattan.)
The subject of Carey's image came up again and again during the course of our trip to Morocco in 1999. At one point over dinner, and more than one glass of wine, she confessed: "I don't even know what my image is now."
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I explained that in the late-'90s, the public perception of her was a demanding diva who lives in her limo, parties the night away with everyone from Sean Combs to, yes, Donald Trump, and says things like: "When I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the world, I can't help but cry. I mean I'd love to be skinny like that, but not with all those flies and death and stuff."
This fictitious quote had been reported by respected publications all over the globe as well as online. "It's the price of fame in the age of the Internet," Carey told me with a shrug. "What am I gonna do? Get in a tizzy about it? Whatever."
It turns out that Carey is more of an apologizer than a complainer. As in: "I'm sorry I kept you waiting," and, "I'm sorry we don't have more time to talk." She also apologized for the crazy Neverland-like party scene that resembled a Moroccan carnival -- camels, snake charmers, belly dancers, fire-eaters, acrobatic children, everyone dressed in freaky costumes -- in which we found ourselves one evening. "Please don't let people think I ride camels every day," she begged me, surveying the surreal setting. "This is all too Michael Jackson."
Need more proof of her sense of humor? When I first asked her about Jennifer Lopez -- at the time, Carey's record label was about to drop the actress turned singer's debut album, which was widely viewed as a revenge release by Mottola, then Sony's chairman and CEO -- Carey deadpanned: "She's a dancer, isn't she?"
After I pointed out that Lopez is, in fact, the actress who starred in the critically acclaimed biopic, Selena, Carey turned serious. "She lip-synched Selena's vocals, you know. I don't think that, as a singer, we're in the same category as artists." Of course, I included that dig in my story, which did not make Carey happy.
When we reunited at an intimate dinner party to celebrate her cover, I was scolded for using those quotes about Lopez -- ecause it gave her then-rival attention by association in the tabloids. Carey would have preferred to ignore the problem in hopes that she would just go away, far away. (Much to our surprise, J.Lo went on to make eight albums, for which I now take full responsibility -- forgive me, Mariah.)
EXCLUSIVE: Mariah Carey Jokes About Being a 'Diva' on Set of Her New Movie, 'A Christmas Melody'
Like Lopez, Carey always wanted to make movies, but her attempts at an acting career never took off, mainly because her 2001 film, Glitter, bombed and became an instant camp classic. (She eventually redeemed herself with a shockingly unglamorous supporting role in the Oscar-nominated Precious.) In 1999, the singer told me: "The problem that superstars who want to make movies have is transcending your image. And my problem is that I wasn't allowed to transcend my image, even as a singer." In fact, Carey confided to me that she felt hopelessly depressed while married to Mottola, who, according to Vanity Fair, kept her locked up like a canary in a cage. Or rather a majestic 50-acre estate outside New York City, but a cage nonetheless.
"Unfortunately, this was a time when all I was allowed to do was sit there and pick out sconces," Carey later recalled when I interviewed her at home for a 2006 InStyle cover story. On that particular night, Carey was running more than an hour late for a flight to L.A. -- Hollywood mogul Jeffrey Katzenberg had sent his private jet to fly her to his Oscar party, at which she had agreed to perform. "Remember, Mariah, it's not your plane," her former manager anxiously reminded her. "Oh, right," she replied. "I forgot." Unlike a movie script, you can't make this stuff up, which is why a typical day in the life of Carey should provide amazing material for a reality show -- and the kind of comical scenarios that The Real Housewives franchise could only dream of capturing.
I remember Carey telling me why she wanted to purchase Marilyn Monroe's chipped, white baby grand piano, one of her most prized possessions, which set Carey back $662,500 at a 1999 Christie's auction of Hollywood memorabilia. "I could have gotten the 'Happy Birthday, Mr. President' dress or whatever, but that would have represented Marilyn's stardom," she said, "whereas the piano belonged to her mother and was a piece of her childhood."
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Even more valuable possessions -- at least to Carey, if not Christie's -- include dozens of family photos inherited from her late father, who died of cancer in 2002, and her grandmother's pink hand mirror, which has a yellow butterfly painted on it. "My father was going to give me the mirror as a birthday gift but then he passed away," Carey said. "He had saved all kinds of things for me, and I never knew it. I never knew he cared about me like that. This is the stuff that really matters."
Carey told me that she had her luxurious apartment designed to look "art deco-y and Old Hollywood-ish, the kind of place I dreamed about having when I was little." After her parents divorced, when she was three years old, Carey and her siblings grew up living with their mother in 13 successive houses on Long Island, which left her feeling "like the rug was literally being pulled out from under me."
"I remember saying to myself, 'I want to have a good life and feel secure,'" Carey said. "I had to have faith. That's how I got over every obstacle along the way -- by visualizing and believing in something better."
And now, with her beloved children -- twins Monroe and Moroccan -- and soon-to-be third husband, Carey seems poised to truly have everything that she ever wanted.
The third time's (hopefully) a charm, as they say, and the second half of Carey's life has been nothing if not charmed.


Back To School By Faith!
We are sooo excited to go back to school! Well, sort of... We are glad that the children will continue their educational journey but the expenses can be daunting for parents and guardians. However as people of faith we are assured that our Father will provide all of our needs according to His riches in … Continue reading Back To School By Faith!


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From Pune to Chennai: These are India's best manufacturing hubs
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By CNBC-TV18 | May 20, 2020, 02:00 PM IST (Published)
The union government's Make in India initiative received a huge push when Prime Minister Narendra Modi implored the country to become self-reliant with his Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic and the consequent lockdown that has brought the nation's economy to a grinding halt. The new initiative will likely give Indian industry a fillip with companies either starting operations or reinforcing ongoing projects in the major industrial hubs within the country. Real estate firm JLL has listed the following nine Indian locations as attractive manufacturing destinations.
Mumbai accounts for 5 percent of India's GDP, 70 percent of its capital transactions and 20 percent of the warehousing activity in the country, making it a natural fit for a manufacturing hub. Aurangabad has five SEZs, and has developed industrial clusters for automotive, pharmaceuticals, aluminium and renewable energy. It is fast emerging as the second auto and engineering hub in Maharashtra after Pune.
Pune attracts about 20 percent of the entire industrial investment in the country. It is an established automobile, durable goods manufacturing and an IT hub with several Indian and foreign industry majors working in the city. It is the third largest contributor to India's IT exports and a prominent engineering and R&D hub, with more than 3,200 active startups.
NH48 is the main highway connecting Delhi NCR with Mumbai. Several industrial clusters (Gurugram, Manesar, Bhiwadi, Bawal, Neemrana and Ghiloth) have developed along the highway (especially in the vicinity of NCR) that connects the Northern hinterland to Jawaharlal Nehru Port, Navi Mumbai. Haryana contributes nearly half of the passenger cars manufactured in India.
Noida-Greater Noida-Yamuna Expressway has witnessed immense interest from IT/ITeS and electronics hardware manufacturing firms. Noida-Greater Noida is likely to turn tables over the next decade on the strength of its excellent connectivity — two National Highways (NH-24, NH-58), Eastern Peripheral Expressway and expansion of Noida Metro. The region will be India's electronics manufacturing hub and home to largest foreign direct investments cases. It accounts for 40 percent of India's mobile manufacturing.
Bengaluru, often referred to as the Silicon Valley of India, is also an established headquarters to some of the largest public sector heavy engineering industries. Over the last few decades, the city has emerged as a leader in a plethora of sectors, backed by a robust IT, R&D and startup ecosystem. About 70 percent of India's chip designers work in Bengaluru and it accounts for nearly a third of the Indian startups.
Chennai is the largest industrial and commercial centre of South India. From Madras to Chennai, this city has historically embraced diversified industries. The city is a hub for the manufacturing of automobiles and auto components, engineering, textiles and garments, leather products, software and IT-enabled services. The Tamil Nadu capital accounts for a third of India's auto parts production and 16 percent of its electronics hardware production.
Hyderabad has emerged as the second Silicon Valley of India and is often referred to as Cyberabad. The region is a significant contributor to the IT, pharma, biotech, medical devices, aerospace, defence and ESDM sectors. Hyderabad accounts for a third of the global vaccine production and 16 percent of India's software exports. Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft, Uber, Google (ongoing) and Qualcomm (ongoing) have their largest campus outside of the US in Hyderabad.
Ahmedabad has been an industrial base for sectors such as chemicals, textiles, pharmaceuticals and agro & food processing industries. Sanand – Mandal – Becharaji industrial belt is fast emerging as a major automotive manufacturing cluster, driven by investments by Japanese companies. Ahmedabad accounts for a tenth of India's pharmaceuticals market.
Vadodara is Gujarat's third largest city with an urban population of 1.8 million. The city is also an educational hub and has a vibrant manufacturing landscape spanning across sectors like power transmission and machine tools, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, biotechnology, engineering, auto and defence. About 35 percent of India's power transmission & distribution equipment manufacturers are located in Vadodara.


LONDON: European stock markets largely steadied at the start of trading on Monday, though London edged ahead with all eyes on more Brexit uncertainty.
London's benchmark FTSE 100 index climbed 0.3 percent to 7,247.97 points compared with the close on Friday.
In the eurozone, Frankfurt's DAX 30 index open flat at 11,685.54 points and the Paris CAC 40 was unchanged at 5,403.54.
British leader Theresa May's government has warned that it may not hold a planned Brexit vote this week unless it feels it can secure a win that avoids a lengthy delay to pulling out of the EU, reports AFP.


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the resulting structural features may be said to be unjust because they unfairly constrain some people's options and threaten them with deprivation, where as they benefit others.
Individual actions play a role, of course, since structural injustice is maintained through the behavior and actions of individuals, but the focus of moral concern is the structures that perpetuate it.
The structural injustice framework has been used to discuss domestic political questions. But can it also be used to consider global social and political challenges?
The guiding question of this conference is: Can the concept of structural injustice be fruitfully applied to global problems?
For example, can the harms of climate change, forced displacement, gender inequality, economic inequality, etc., be understood as forms of structural injustice?
Furthermore, can this framework help us to understand how we should ascribe responsibility for these global challenges?
A particular focus of this conference will be minority rights.
refugees, climate refugees, members of the LGBTQ community, etc.? How have global minorities attempted to resist and transform the conditions of structural injustice that impact them?
Should global minorities (and their allies) aim to transform domestic or global institutional structures (or both)? How can global minorities (and their allies) collaborate to resist and transform structural injustice?
Papers relating to any aspect of the theme of global structural injustice and minority rights will be considered.
and the Globalizing Minority Rights Project project The conference is supported by a grant from the Norwegian Research Council.


'RHOA' Reunion Juicy Spoiler: Marlo Hampton's Shocking Extortion Plot For Nene Leakes Allegedly Exposed By Kenya Moore!
The season ten reunion for "Real Housewives of Atlanta" filmed on Thursday, March 15. Since then multiple spoilers have leaked and the Bravo series is headed towards another historical show that's sure to bring in the ratings! If you thought that the Phaedra Parks revelation couldn't be topped — just wait until you hear what happened during filming this time.
Kenya Moore and Marlo Hampton have always been on the outs. The two strong-willed and razor-tongued women allegedly face off this year on the confessional couches.
Sources say that Hampton attacked the "RHOA" star's marriage by calling it fake.
Kenya, in turn, reportedly spilled the tea on Marlo's extortion plot against her frenemy, Nene Leakes.
This entire season Marlo and Nene have been as thick as thieves. But merely years ago the two were at each other's throats.
B. Scott reports that Kenya tells Andy Cohen that Marlo invited over Nene's ex-love interest, a man named John Kolaj who she dated briefly while she was broken up with Gregg Leakes, gave him a massage, and took screenshots of Kolaj's conversation with Nene. She then threatened to show Gregg!
The shocking allegations may be true because if you've been following the show, you'd know that Porsha Williams said that she knows about something "low down and dirty" that Marlo did to Nene. Her comments were prompted by the fight she had with Hampton when she brought up Porsha's drama with Kandi Burruss.
Whatever may or may not have happened between Hampton and Leakes doesn't matter now because they've got each other's backs completely.
Other spoilers indicate that Marlo assisted Nene in attacking Kim Zolciak.
Insiders believe that the drama that Nene's friend is causing is all a part of a plot to get a peach thus becoming a main cast member of the show.
What do you think about this new information? Do you think Marlo would stoop that low to extort her best friend while they were arguing?
'Will & Grace' Officially Renewed For A Third Season - Read The Details!


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Nothing left of consequence
At this time 27 years ago, OJ Simpson was acquitted in Los Angeles Superior Court of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. The jury deliberated for less than four hours. The government's case was doomed primarily by a single government witness, Mark Furhman.
Simpson's group of defense lawyers, which would come to be known as the "dream team," included F. Lee Bailey (shown in photo). Bailey conducted the cross-examination of Furhman, a detective with the LAPD. It was Furhman who discovered a right-handed blood-covered glove at Simpson's residence that matched a bloody glove found at the scene of the double-homicide. The blood from both gloves was identical, and DNA evidence from the left glove revealed a mix of Simpson's blood and that of the two victims.
The theory of the defense was that Mark Fuhrman was a racist and had planted the glove at Simpson's residence in order to frame Simpson, or at least, to pump up the case against him. The actions and testimony of Furhman were more than enough to implant reasonable doubt in the minds of the jury members.
How to kill employee NDAs with this one simple mistake
Consider the following all-too-common scenario: employee leaks valuable company information to a competitor and is fired. Company then sues the employee for breach of an employment NDA, which applies to "all proprietary information" that the employee received. The confidentiality obligation is evergreen--an all-too common feature of employee NDAs.
Outcome? In a state where employer-mandated non-compete covenants are enforceable if reasonable, a US court has struck down this exact NDA as an unreasonable restraint of trade.
The 'no recourse against others' clause: because piercing the corporate veil isn't that big a deal
In the early 20th century, the limited liability afforded by the corporate form was in its nascency. Lawyers consequently resorted to contract language to shield shareholders from liability for the corporation's debts, using the so-called "no recourse against others" clause.
Today, most lawyers take corporate liability protection for granted, and probably assume that such a clause is unnecessary. Yet, trust in the supposed impenetrability of the corporate veil could be misplaced.


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Stunning Revelations in WELCOME TO THEWHEDONVERSE From BOOM! Studioson Free Comic Book Day
Discover Hidden Origins and Shocking Reunions in Two All New Stories From The Hit Franchises On May 4, 2019
LOS ANGELES, CA (May 3, 2019) – BOOM! Studios today revealed the final cover and first look at the WELCOME TO THE WHEDONVERSE FCBD SPECIAL, an all-new comic book arriving exclusively in comic shops worldwide on Free Comic Book Day (May 4th, 2019), with brand new stories featuring three of the greatest creations from visionary Joss Whedon (writer/director Marvel's The Avengers).
This FREE comic, released in partnership with 20th Century Fox Consumer Products, is the perfect jumping-on point for the "Whedonverse" with all new stories from the worlds of BOOM! Studios' hit series Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Firefly.
First, dive into the secret origins of Boss Moon, the brand new character who made her first appearance in Greg Pak and Dan McDaid's Firefly #2. This special origin story reveals how the relentless Unificator was recruited by the Alliance to hunt down Captain Malcolm Reynolds and Zoë Alleyne Washburne, written by Firefly series writer Greg Pak (Ronin Island, Mech Cadet Yu) and illustrated by Ethan Young (Ronin Island).
Created by Whedon and set 500 years in the future in the wake of a universal civil war, Firefly centers on the crew of Serenity, a small transport spaceship that doesn't have a planet to call home. Mal Reynolds, a defeated soldier who opposed the unification of the planets by the totalitarian Alliance, will undertake any job — legal or not — to stay afloat and keep his crew fed. Thrust together by necessity but staying together out of loyalty, these disparate men and women are seeking adventure and the good life, but face constant challenges on the new frontier, such as avoiding capture by the Alliance, and evading the dangers you find on the fringes of the universe.
In the second exclusive story, it's the beginning of Buffy vs. Angel as the Slayer makes a surprise visit to Anya's magical emporium in search of an extremely rare and dangerous item that might be the solution to fixing an impossible problem. But she's got competition, and fans will have to pick up this special issue to find out what happens when the Slayer, vampires, and the magic of cursed souls all converge on the same place in this hit reimagining of the cult television sensations. Writer Jordie Bellaire (Redlands), with artists Dan Mora (Klaus, Once & Future) and Serg Acuña (WWE), continues the bold reimagining of the groundbreaking mythology that changed pop culture forever.
Buffy The Vampire Slayer premiered on the WB Network on March 10th, 1997. The Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated series, which ran for seven seasons from 1997-2003, stars Sarah Michelle Gellar as "Buffy Summers." Chosen to battle vampires, demons and other forces of darkness, Buffy is aided by a Watcher who guides and teaches her as she surrounds herself with a circle of friends called the "Scooby Gang."
WELCOME TO THE WHEDONVERSE FCBD SPECIAL, featuring a cover by Greg Smallwood (Moon Knight), is the latest release from BOOM! Studios' eponymous imprint, home to a world-class group of licensed comic book series and ambitious original series, including Lev Grossman's The Magicians, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Planet of the Apes, Abbott, Mech Cadet Yu, Grass Kings, and Klaus.
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While this isn't completely Central Florida-centric in nature, it does relate to two very special Central Floridians. I also told a friend of mine who is friends with said Central Floridians I'd help promote the cause, so here we go….
If you happen to be in the NYC area next week, on Thursday, March 11th, please consider attending this party for Cents of Relief. I would love to go but…obviously, I live in Orlando. Tickets to the event are very affordable and are donated for the cause. Event details are included in the flier below.
If you're not going to be in the New York City area later this month but would like to learn more about Cents of Relief, including how you can donate and get involved, please visit their website. And give a big shout-out to Anup and Rina for bringing awareness to this important topic.
Good wishes to Cents of Relief with their event!
Great write up, Ashley! Thanks for getting the word out! Partying in NYC just won't be the same without you, buddy.
You're welcome…and of course it won't be the same without me! It never is – especially in NYC!
You are beyond welcome, Rina! Thanks to you & Anup for doing something so great. We would love to be part of an event should you bring it to Central Florida.


I didn't know about Fidgi-Pens! Thank you!!! I want three (because I lose pens like there's a prize.) I'll wait to find out where I can get them so I can get a pre-tested pink one. Heh. You're so awesome!!!
Not cheap – I got a deal for buying early on Kickstarter – https://fidgi-pen.myshopify.com/collections/all-products – looks like their may be knock-offs on Amazon.
Kickstarter is where I got my Fidget Cubes, too. I'm going to get one and keep it on a necklace so I don't lose it. (At least not on the first day.) (Knockoffs confuse me because I don't understand how it's legal, so nope.) Thank you!!!
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Fidgi pen_love the spinner but tempted by velvet touch + cannot [on principle] buy pink.


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Chattanooga Gunman Researched Islamic Martyrdom
By Michael S. Schmidt and Jodi Rudoren
Counterterrorism investigators have uncovered evidence the gunman who killed five service members last week in Chattanooga, Tenn., searched the Internet in the days leading up to the attack for Islamic materials about whether martyrdom would lead to forgiveness for his sins, like drunkenness and financial debt, according to law enforcement officials.
The searches are one part of a nuanced portrait of the 24-year-old gunman, Mohammod Abdulazeez that investigators have patched together based on examinations of his electronic and online communications and interviews with his family and friends. The F.B.I., which is leading the investigation, has become increasingly convinced that Mr. Abdulazeez, who died in a shootout with police, turned to radical ideology as he struggled with severe mental health and financial issues, the officials said.
Investigators believe that one of the crucial factors in his radicalization may have been an uncle who lives in Jordan. The uncle, who is an American citizen and hosted Mr. Abdulazeez during a trip lasting several months to Jordan last year, has been detained there since Friday and interrogated by Jordanian intelligence officers. F.B.I. agents have been dispatched to Jordan to question him while other investigators in the United States are seeking to interview his associates.
Although counterterrorism officials have been warning of attacks from Americans radicalized online by the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, investigators increasingly believe that Mr. Abdulazeez does not fit that model. The authorities have found no evidence that he was given orders to attack by any group overseas or was in touch with ISIS.
"In the ISIS model it's all about social media and them interacting with people in the United States and quickly trying to get them to launch attacks," said one of the officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he did not want to jeopardize his access to sensitive information. "This case appears to be much more like the old model, where he was interested in radical Islam and sought to learn more about it online by looking at videos and readings.
"It's slower moving," the official added. "It's less social media and more seeking out things online and getting radicalized."
Since the Sept 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, those types of plotters became known in the Justice Department as self-radicalized and self-directed. Writings obtained by the F.B.I. showed that Mr. Abdulazeez wrote about suicide and martyrdom as long ago as 2013. The bureau has also found evidence that he viewed videos of Anwar al-Awlaki, the radical American-born cleric who was killed in Yemen by an American drone strike in 2011, the officials said.
Mr. Abdulazeez stayed at the home of his uncle, his mother's brother, in East Amman, Jordan, for several months last summer, said the uncle's lawyer, Abed al-Kader Ahmad al-Khateeb. Mr. Abdulazeez went to Jordan to work with the uncle, As'ad Ibrahim As'ad Haj Ali, at his mobile-phone company, the lawyer said. The uncle, the lawyer continued, was not involved with Islamic extremists known as Salafis.
"I want to tell you, Mohammed is not religious, and is not belonging to any group," Mr. Khateeb said in an interview in his Amman office Tuesday night. "I specialize in salafi movements, and this guy has no record with the Salafis, not him or his uncle."
The lawyer said Jordanian intelligence officials contacted the uncle Thursday, shortly after the deadly attack at a Naval Reserve centre, and asked him to come to their headquarters. He was released that day, called back the next morning, was released again and then was arrested later Friday at his home, Mr. Khateeb said. He added that Jordanian officers had "confiscated all the mobiles and all the laptops."
Mr. Khateeb said he had not yet been able to speak with Mr. Ali, and had been told that he will not be able to until Sunday. Mr. Ali's father — the gunman's grandfather — went to the security office where his son was being detained on Friday and was told to come back on Tuesday, the lawyer said. But when he did, he was still barred from seeing him.
"They told me that the investigation and interrogation is high security, very secret, and no one is allowed," the lawyer said. "They forbade me to visit, although it's my legal right as a lawyer. My information is it's an American investigation here. But if he was in America, they wouldn't have arrested him."
Mr. Khateeb said he had spoken to Mr. Abdulazeez's grandfather and one of his maternal aunts here, but had scant information about the young man's background or how he passed his time in Jordan. He was unaware, for example, that Mr. Abdulazeez had received a diagnosis of mental illness when he was a teenager, as a family spokesman in Tennessee has said.
"They told me he used to go to the market and to the malls," Mr. Khateeb said. "What they told me is he's very affectionate and kind-hearted. He didn't have a bad temper. They're still in a state of disbelief. They can't believe he could kill."
He said that Mr. Ali, the uncle, is in his 40s with young children and that there were no men around Mr. Abdulazeez's age in the home where he stayed. He said Mr. Ali used to teach at a local university — he did not know which one or what subject — but now only worked with mobile phones. Both the gunman and his uncle attended mosque on Fridays, not daily, and the aunt wears an Islamic head scarf, Mr. Khateeb said — common practice in Jordan, a largely conservative, religious country.
Mr. Khateeb, whose small sixth-floor office is in a modest building near a courthouse, said he was the head of the Freedom Party, a human-rights faction of the Islamic Action Fund, the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood. But he said that he was not a member of the brotherhood, and that his faction fights to protect Islamists, leftists and Christians alike.
"I am the lawyer of all the political detainees," he explained, adding that he visits people like Mr. Ali at the intelligence headquarters weekly.
A family representative in Tennessee, who spoke on the condition that he not be named, said Mr. Abdulazeez went to Jordan last year because "folks in his family wanted to get him out of being around bad influences in Chattanooga," including drugs. The uncle and grandfather "were going to give him some work to do and watch him and see if they could get him back on the right track."
Though the visit has been widely reported to have lasted seven months, the family representative and the lawyer said it was more like four or five; the representative said one family member had told him that the "uncle was exhausted for supervising him." Both men said it was uneventful.
"He would sit at home and watch TV," the family representative said. "I think sometimes he was so desperate to get outside of the house, he would go jogging to find an excuse to get out of the house for 30 minutes."
In suburban Atlanta on Tuesday night, mourners filled Sprayberry High School's football stadium for a memorial service honoring one of the five dead service members, Lance Cpl. Squire K. Wells. Before he joined the Marine Corps last year, Lance Corporal Wells participated in the school's Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps program.
"Skip was our hero while he was at Sprayberry, but now we share him with our country and with the world," said Andy Esserwein, a band teacher who taught Lance Corporal Wells for four years. "Skip is our hero."
Michael S. Schmidt reported from Washington, and Jodi Rudoren from Amman, Jordan. Ranya Kadri contributed reporting from Amman; Timothy Williams from Chattanooga, Tenn.; and Alan Blinder from Atlanta. Jack Begg contributed research.
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/22/us/chattanooga-gunman-mohammod-abdulazeez.html
URL: http://www.newageislam.com/radical-islamism-and-jihad/michael-s-schmidt-and-jodi-rudoren/chattanooga-gunman-researched-islamic-martyrdom/d/103980
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