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This blog is for Carlo Parlanti FREEDOM
Carlo Parlanti's story
mails from Carlo
On Friday I wrapped up my few things (the essentials to write and the Holy Bible) and tomorrow I should be leaving for Avenal. On Friday I wrote something for Italy, first through Enrica. Today I'm trying with Val, but I know that they won't be sent until tomorrow. I feel a bit better, since I received your mail and the one from V. But my heart is full of pain and hate L I'm so tired. […] May be it is the fear of cancer but I feel I'm going to collapse. I need something to be done. [..] Please my love, I need something to be done, because I can't resist anymore (here Carlo uses a crying emoticon)
The only thing I can say now, is that the sentence has been postponed again because of the motion of the attorney and that in order to keep my mouth shut they have decided to pospone my transfer as well. Being here I can't talk to you by telephone. Moreover, as I wrapped everything up on Friday, this is the last letter I can write to you at a determinable future. L I'm trying to have the envelopes back, but as usual they laugh at me. […] If I can't even write, I could go insane or I could kill myself.
Please, help me, I'm imploring you. And you,my loce, don't forget that I love you and that I'm thinking of you even if I can't write.
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A gift for Katia
This is a portrait of Katia, made by Richard Arciniega B82619. It's a gift from Carlo to Katia for her Birthday…. We can read the Voice of Avenal State prison's inmates HERE
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Carlo's going to die ….
We receieved a letter from Val, the Katia Anedda's american friend. She visited Carlo a few days ago, so she wrote these terrible words…
We don't understand the silence of media, of Human Rights associations and the silence of OUR politicians. Carlo's going to die. YOU are killing him!
"I got to see Carlo this afternoon and he was literately crying because he really doesn't know what's happening with things. Please don't tell Katia but Carlo looked so bad today the only way I can describe the way he looked is to compare him to a Holocaust victim."
And this is a letter for Katia.
"Ciao Katia,
Please forgive me for not getting this you yesterday…..!! I was able to visit Carlo but he looked very bad……! He has lost a lot of weight and he doesn't have all his voice, very hard to hear him. I told him that I send him information Friday but he is begging for more. First he said that he want you to complain to the prison system about his bad treatment. He said that he didn't care anymore because it can't get any worse. He wants to hear about the investigation, he wants to know if Franco did what he said he was going to do. He wants to know about the press conference and about FBI investigation. He thinks he is going to be in Wasco for another couple of weeks but I have to work all weekend so I don't know if I'm going to have enough time to go see him, I'm going to try very hard. He is worried that they won't do another CT scan in the five weeks like they said. Also I asked him about the Hepatitis C but all he knows is that they gave him vaccine for hepatitis A & B but were supposed to get another injection in 2 -3 weeks but didn't. If you have anything more than what I just sent him please can you give it to me so I can mail to Carlo. Valentina sent me some information for Carlo that I will put in the mail today.
Tags: Carlo Parlanti, Injustice, justice, prison
We can't say "Happy birthday,Carlo!"
Tomorrow, the 1 st November will be Carlo's Birthday.
We would like to ear our voices singing "Happy bithday" to Carlo with Katia and Carlo, happy and FREE. We would like to sit all together around a table to eat the Carlo's birthday cake.
We would like to see Carlo opening our gifts.These things we like to do TOMORROW will be impossible to do, because Carlo is not here with Katia, with his family, with his friends. Carlo is still inmate in Wasco Prison, in U.S.A., for a crime he didn't committ. He's innocent. He was unfairy convicted, so THIS IS A CRIME.We can't say now "Happy birthday, Carlo". We can't give him any gift.
NOW WE WANT ONLY JUSTICE FOR CARLO.
If you have a conscience, if you hope in JUSTICE, help us to help Carlo.
Read his absurd story and spread it all over the world, SIGN the petition for Carlo.
Thank you…and Happy Birthday Carlo!
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Carlo, how can we help you?
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Carlo Parlanti: an alleged guilty story – By Gabriele Ferraresi
We never talk enough about some stories; especially about this one, that is not easy to follow, that is a complex story, although crystal-clear in its horror, with lots of dates and names to remember, nobody talks about any more. There has been some talking in the past, but not enough for sure, at least not enough to reach a mass so critical to move something. Carlo Parlanti (see picture) is locked up in the prison of Avenal, California since June 3rd 2005: he has been accused of crimes that he has never committed, accused by a deranged witness, during a farce trial. Possible? In the United States? In the "land of freedom" like someone considers it, maybe someone directing a small opinion news paper? Yes, it is possible!
Carlo Parlanti's born in Montecatini in 1964, grows up in a family like many others, attends the scientific lyceum, then college, physics. At twenty five he is in Milano, looking for a job: he is smart, knows how to study, and he ends up sending a resumè to one of the largest fortune 100 in the food industry, one that now a day has a lot of opposition. In a period when no-global is an unknown word Carlo Parlanti needs to make a living : he starts working for Nestlè, as a systems analyst and afterward as a project manager, like we would say today.
He climbs quickly, travels often around europe, he enjoys that life style, always around, never a dull moment. At a certain point he decides to change, abruptly: he is a man perfectly capable to leave the morning after for the Americas. And is what he does, in 1996: at this time he is no longer employed ad Nestlè, but for Dole: his career is going strong. But, beside work, he has another passion in his life, women. Many women, that he dates for few week or months, for a couple of years or few days. Many women anyhow: also from that point of view things are going great, even better, it looks like one of those TV life's, neat, clean, designed to make people envious. Or so it seems.
The year is 2001: Carlo Parlanti meets a woman, Rebecca McKay White. She is born in 1959, a few years older and showing them all, she works in a jewelry store where Carlo Parlanti goes to get his watch fixed. The two befriended one another a few months before September 11th ; in November Rebecca McKay White looses her job, she is in a difficult period , California is in a big crisis, there is recession and everybody is scared. Above all there is a catastrophe in the other side of America that has just hit the entire planet. The two move from Monterey to Westlake village, near Malibu. They live in the same apartment, Carlo's apartment : months go by and it's a new year, 2002.
The summer of 2002 is a key moment: Carlo Parlanti is thinking about going back to Italy, to cash in his American experience, to spend the know-how acquired in the big international company. On top of everything, he is fed up with Rebecca McKay White, he cannot take her anymore and wants to leave her: he is no stranger to starting anew, and this he did without wavering. On July 16th 2002 the story with Rebecca McKay White is finished: why such an exact date? Because to witness it there are varius emails sent to friend, on top of trial's declarartions. Carlo Parlanti "shows the door" to Rebecca McKay White, and at that point he has practically written the last chapter of his adventure across the ocean.
Two days after, on July 18th 2002, The woman that he had just left, reports him to the police: she tells about one night in which Carlo Parlanti imprisoned her, beat her up, sodomized her forcing her to practice "fist fucking", and finally, after bounding her with plastic ties, raped her multiple times. These are very serius allegations, accusation that deserve in depth investigations, analysis, witnesses; in one word, "evidences". In august Carlo Parlanti returns to Italy: he will be free without knowledge of this story until the month of July 2004, when he is approached at the Dusseldorf airport, where he will discover that there is an international warrant with his name on it.
Two years in the dark
What happens Between the summer of 2002 and the summer of 2004? Two years of black out, two years during which Carlo Parlanti goes back to work in Italy and Europe, doing what he was doing before. And Rebecca Mckay White? In the United States, waiting for Carlo Parlanti to come back to the States but as a prisoner, with the complicity of hardened Californian laws against sex crimes. Waiting to be able to enjoy for the rest of his days a revenge for having damped her, revenge that will also procure her a "pension" for life because victim of a sex crime.
It's really sad that nothing like that has happened, and that the violence remains alleged and without proof after being incarcerated for almost one year in Germany, from the summer of 2004 to the spring of 2005, without evidences, froof, facts to justify his arrest, he gets extradited. This happens even though his attorney in Germany, Franzisca Lieb, is trying to present appeal upon appeal for the obvious illegitimacy of the extradition, and the same thing is done by Cesare Bulgheroni (Carlo Parlanti's attorney in Italy) that attempts an appeal to the European court for Human Right, also for violation of international treaties on extradition without success!
On June 3rd 2005 the manager that always travels around the world, always full of women, a person that doesn't even know how he ended up in that cell in Dusseldorf gets loaded in chains on an airplane, destined to California.
After being transferred from Dusseldorf to Ventura, in California, Carlo Parlanti faces the beginning of his penal persecution. The trial is going to produce an unimaginable series of evidences created out of nothing, at time appearing directly upon request from the district attorney as in the case of the pictures, of testimonies confused and recanted, of accusations without foundations that cannot possibly be proved. In detail; the district attorney talks about Carlo Parlanti, the project manager that travels around the world, always in motion, one full of women, as a common criminal.
They talk about a criminal record for armed robbery, and assorted violence, all crimes committed in Italy; It is really unfortunate that the Italian Criminal record of Parlanti is clean, " like a lake without mud", they would say in a movie as chilling at least as much as this story. And this is only for starters: one of the most incredible declarations made by Rebecca McKay is in regards to the alcohol that Carlo Parlanti would have drank, before abusing her in the night of June 29th. Four liters of Chardonnay (about one gallon) in about five hours; a quantity that would have killed him, since it would cause a Bac- blood alcohol content – of about 0.63 and the ethylic coma happens already at 0.40.
If it was the only absurd declaration: Rebecca McKay had already recanted the date of the violence moving it from July 6th to June 29th 2002 – evidently to earn a few days – in order to justify the lack of visible bruises, and the fact that she could not undergo med-legal test, the gynecological exam that is done normally on victims of sexual violence. In fact, regarding the night of the "fist fucking", Rebecca Mckay white tells about a very strong hemorrhage caused by the fore-harm that Carlo Parlanti would have first stuck in her vagina with his fist closed, and afterward, with the palm of his hand open, inside her rectum. An hemorrhage that, according still to Rebecca McKay White, had left abundant traces on the bed, "pools" of blood that filtered through the sheets and impregnated the mattress itself. Needless to say, at the time of the report, the police went to the house and did not find anything. They found everything in order, they found a bed properly made, they found Carlo Parlanti's TV life. The dry wall against which Rebecca McKay White declares that her face has been struck tens of times, is completely intact, every thing is completely in order. Nobody has seen maintenance personnel or anybody that could have made repairs. Carlo Parlanti in the meanwhile is some where else, still in the United States, in Gulfporth, in Missisipi. Unaware of anything.
The woman has already in the past manifested signs of mental instability, during a divorce from her first husband, and now during the trial she even admits candidly that she has problems with her short term memory, which comes in very useful since she has to justify in front of an attorney, in front of a judge, in front of a jury, how is it that she wanted to recant the date of the most traumatic day of her life, anticipating it by one week. Do you remember? From the 6th of July to June 29th of 2002. It is difficult to confuse especially if you reported the facts on July the 18th. In such a brief lapse of time one week is a lot of time, to confuse one week from the other; one week like hundreds of others, confused with the one in which you underwent horrible violence.
One of the most shocking evidences, presented by Rebecca McKay white, and incredibly considered valid, are two pictures showing her with a large bruise on her left eye. It is a picture that appears years after the report, exactly after three years, practically upon request by the district attorney: and it is fake. It is a fake that resulted in a decision that condemned Carlo Parlanti. Why is it a fake? You just have to look at the two image, not even with too much accuracy, the ones presented after three years, those with a left eye dark from a bluish bruise, and another image, taken from the Ventura Police on the day of the report, July 18th 2002. The same person, but with some years of difference, a different hair style, smoother skin. And not only: during the trial Rebecca McKay White declares that she has taken those pictures on her own in the restroom of Carlo Parlanti's house, sitting on the toilet. Unfortunately the memory plays her a trick she even declared, after all, that she had short term memory problems: Carlo Parlanti's restroom is painted in yellow. The pictures presented by Rebecca McKay White, taken with a small throw-away camera, have a whiter than white background and reflection of blue. Although it is evident that it is the same person yes, but in places and years completely different from those where the alleged violence was staged (and these are not small details for crime evidences), incredibly a verdict of guilt gets issued against Carlo Parlanti
Carlo Parlanti gets sentenced to nine years of prison. He has to spend them in the prison of Avenal (see pictures), Where things get immediately worse: he is involved in a fight and, we do not know how he contracted hepatitis C. He suffers from piorrea and is loosing his teeth. He is not responding well, like an innocent reacts to prison time without motive. A web site has been active for some time, http://www.carloparlanti.com, to talk about this absurd story and a petition has been arranged to clarify a complicated story, as we said from the very beginning, difficult to follow, with many dates and names to remember; and that everybody is forgetting about too quickly.
Publisehed June 27th, 2007 02:45 (http://www.carmillaonline.com/archives/2007/06/002291.html#002291)
Tags: avenal, bakersfield, Carlo Parlanti, Injustice, petition online, ventura, wasco
Why can't the vicissitudes of Carlo Parlanti <http://www.carloparlanti.it/> overwhelm the unconcern of politicians, media, personalities, associations?
Why is Carlo another invisible one? What makes difference among men? Where is the difference? Who is Carlo Parlanti? He could be each one of us.
What would a man feel, being left alone suffering? Carlo knows it.
And what about us? Can't we feel indignant at least?
On October 24th, in Montecitorio, Rome, Mr Marco Zacchera mp will hold a press conference about Carlo's situation. To take part in the meeting, registration is required.
Don't we leave Carlo and Katia alone. They have to feel our support, so let's attend the press meeting.For any further information and registration: katia@carloparlanti.itPs. Carlo is imprisoned at Wasco prison. At the moment, he is at Bakersfield hospital because he's thought to be affetcted by TBC. Of course, he's in isolation and I can understand ha can't recevive any visitors….But why can' t he call his family on the phone? His relatives have just some news by the Italian Embassy, that can sometimes contact Carlo on the phone. But, It would be better for the, to talk directly with Carlo as they are very worried for his health.
Up to now, 19.00, there is, still, no news about Carlo. Is this silence human?
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LABiz Observed's Mark Lacter talked with KPCC's Steve Julian this morning about some lingering questions regarding the sale of the Dodgers to Magic Johnson, Stan Kasten, Peter Guber, and Guggenheim Partners — a group now collectively known as "Guggenheim Baseball Management." The big question is about the financing of the deal. It's reportedly an "all cash" deal, meaning no debt is going in. But a purchase price of $2.15 billion makes me wonder about that. So do the vast ambitions of Guggenheim, which currently include a deal that dwarfs the Dodgers sale: the $500 billion purchase of Deutsche Bank's U.S. assets.
Still, Can the Magic team really be bringing that much cash to the table? Back when the price was speculated to be around $1.5 billion (that was two weeks ago), the guy with the largest checkbook was hedge-fund king Steven Cohen, who was thought to be bringing in personal net worth of $8 billion and nearly $1 billion is cash.
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•The "all cash" part of the deal applies to the Dodgers' current debt, estimated at $573 million. It could be that aspect that Guggenheim's CEO, Mark Walter, and the Magic group are talking about. They would deploy their cash to pay off all the team's creditors and allow the team to exit bankruptcy. That would leave around $1.5 billion to be financed or covered with personal investment of some sort.
•"All cash" means some combination of cash and Guggenheim Partners equity. The firm is a private partnership, so presumably the partners can decide to "pay" for the Dodgers by creating a debt-for-equity swap in which Dodgers creditors receive equity in payment for the claims they hold. A wrinkle in this is that current owner Frank McCourt would be the beneficiary of an additional equity payments, effectively becoming a very substantial stakeholder in Guggenheim Partners. It's unclear whether he could actually participate in such a deal.
I traded some thoughts with Mark yesterday and he brought up the idea of collateralization. This made me think that some of the purchase of the Dodgers could be finances by borrowing against assets, such as the Dodger Stadium.
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We are now deep into the pre-production of Spring Garden with less than two weeks until principal photography. Our final script is locked as of yesterday, with nearly all of our crew fully assembled. We're looking at roughly a 20 man crew for a three day shoot, and I'm so excited to get it underway.
I've been primarily dealing with the business side of producing the film for the past two weeks, but now as we enter the artistic side of pre-production the final look of the film is really starting to come across. I'm extremely excited to work out the details on some of the more complex graphic transitions and sound design pieces that we'll be attempting, and I'm so thrilled to have artists like Cassie [Art Director] and Skip [Director of Photography] to collaborate with to make the vision come to life. I'm still on the hunt for a dedicated post sound artist, which I'll be scouting for in this next week. In the past I've done the sound design for our films, but seeing as the sound of the film will be such an essential part to the telling of the story, it's very important to me to have someone who can really focus on what we can do creatively to enhance the medium.
Casting is on Monday! And it looks like its garnered some interest in the local actor community. I'm really looking forward to seeing the talent in the area to see the unique interpretations our potential cast can bring to the table.
Matt [writer], Cassie, and I will completing our location scouting this week to find our townhouse, grocery store, and diner. I'll also be meeting with my Assistant Directors to get our schedule locked down. With regards to our media, I just had a meeting today with Kevin Hodes, a friend I've worked on a few projects with in the past, to start production on a promotional video for our About Spring Garden page.


Review copy sent to me by the publisher for the Cybils.
Content: Aside from the creepy person kidnapping orphans (but it's really not that scary), there isn't anything untoward in this book. It would happily sit in the middle grade (3-5th grade) section of the bookstore.
Rose lives in St. Bridget's Home for Abandoned Girls in London, with no idea, really, where she came from or who she is. (She's named after the rose bush that was blooming the day she was found in a fish basket in the churchyard.) She really doesn't have much hope of ever being adopted, so she trudges on, one day after another. Then one day, a housekeeper for a wealthy alchemist/magician arrives, and Rose ends up as a maid in the house. And she discovers that she has a talent for magic. It turns out, too, that orphan children are disappearing from the London streets. No one is really concerned — they're orphans, after all — but when a friend of hers from St. Bridget's goes missing, Rose knows she has to do something. And with the help of the magician's apprentice, maybe she can.
This is, in many ways, a book that's already been written. Orphan? Check. Plucky lower class girl outsmarting the gentry? Apprentice story? Check. Check. Evil magician stealing children? Check. It should have been by-the-numbers boring.
And yet, it wasn't. Partially because of the writing — Webb does know how to keep the pages turning — but mostly because Rose is such an endearing character. She's neither snarky nor plucky. She just does what Needs To Be Done. She's hardworking, but doesn't have any desire to be Great. She's not terribly smart — she has no idea how she's doing what she's doing — but she is willing to learn. And she is, above all, loyal to those she calls her friends.
She is, for all purposes, a Hufflepuff.
And that is why I loved her. The story is good, as well. I think this is a first in a series, but it doesn't need to be. I can see a lot of kids loving it — boys too, if they can get past the title and cover — because it's quite accessible.
Sounds good, though. At least it has a satisfying conclusion!
I read this recently and also found it to be a winner. I liked it myself even though it was predictable; she made the characters likable and it isn't above a middle-graders head with extra stuff.


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Lifestyle Viral and Trending 01 May 2018 It's in his jea ...
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It's in his jeans
DECCAN CHRONICLE. | ABHINAV S
Published May 1, 2018, 12:06 am IST
Updated May 1, 2018, 12:06 am IST
Entrepreneur built an empire from scratch in the city.
Vijay Kapoor in his workplace takes measurements of jeans in his quest for perfection.
He quit his sales executive job to pursue his passion to create something new in men's clothing. Twenty-three years after starting from a 200 sq ft box, Chennai based Vijay Kapoor works at his elegant desk in Peters road, Gopalapuram. In this exclusive to DC, Kapoor has plenty to share: Stories, inspirations, advice, philosophies. Here are some profound answers to simple questions from the man behind the Derby brand.
Q You started on your own via trial and error. What was the experience like?
When you start on your own and begin not knowing what you do, you are starting with a clean state. You don't go in with a burden, and you don't have success looming over your head. When your parents are successful —like what Abhishek Bachchan had to start with —it can be a huge burden. It's never easy. But I've been blessed to start on my own and to experiment and do things. Having been in business for 23 years, I still feel that I'm only at the start line and have a lot more to achieve.
Q So, every day is like a new beginning?
A new start to each day but I also strongly believe in the vision of the Derby jeans community, which is to create 1,000 successful 1st generation entrepreneurs through franchising the community globally, thereby putting India on the world's fashion map. Now what we're trying to achieve is what no Indian brand has ever done.
Thanks to people like Narayana Murthy of Infosys and Tata through TCS, our information technology has brought a lot of dignity - we're known for our IT. But when it comes to fashion, no one will ever say India is a fashionable country, we hardly think about it. If you look at any of the brands that thrive in India, they're all international brands. Very few Indian brands actually crossed the national level — they tend to travel not further than Dubai. So we've taken up the vision of creating 1,000 successful 1st generation entrepreneurs.
Q But don't you think that'll be a huge challenge?
Champions need challenges. A Sachin Tendulkar thrill of hitting a century comes only against an Australian or South African team. That's why after 23 years, I still feel at the start line and have yet to scratch the surface on the possibilities ahead. Today, India is poised in such a beautiful manner — 55% of the Indian population is under the age group of 25 —highly educated talented youngsters. You can either look at the population as a curse or as your biggest asset, and I look at it as an asset.
Q Population is often a curse too here…
There will always be tears in the world, there's area of concern, and there's area of empowerment - 'what can I do about it?' Can I at least empower 1,000 people? When I say that 55% of the population is under 25, all of them are coming out of schools and colleges and asking one question: 'Where is the job?' Whose responsibility is it to provide the jobs? It's the responsibility of the entrepreneur. Through the Derby jeans community and through speeches I give in colleges, I want to change the mindset on success. It is beyond money — it means happiness, health, relationships, spiritual satisfaction and so on. I want youngsters to change from being job seekers to job providers.
Q But how do you get a society that is very contacts-driven to open up to complete strangers and trust in their ability to deliver?
If I know you and love you, that's one thing. But if I love you without knowing you at all, that's called faith. We need to love our fellow humans; we need to love our creations. I love what Vivekananda said — he's not an atheist who doesn't believe in god, he's an atheist who doesn't believe in himself. Meaning, your faith in the creator means nothing if don't have faith in the creations.
Q In the last 5 years, what was one of your best investments? (Can be money, time, energy...)
This is how the whole design of life is: Lowest is money, on top of money comes time, and on top of time comes energy. If you have a good idea, there are people who can fund you.
I live my life on certain philosophies and it keeps me grounded. I always tell myself: "Vijay, you need to subordinate your likes and dislikes to the purpose of your life." Because the alternative to that is to subordinate my purpose of my life to my likes and dislikes. For that to happen, I sit and meditate for 30-45 mins, introspecting on my life.
Q If you were given not more than 5 hours a week to spend on your profession, what else would you be doing with the rest of your time?
I love to travel — I travel for 2 months a year and I love seeing new culture, people and places. I'd prefer to take a backpack and a rail pass — I'm not interested in 5 star hotels. I'd go to Europe and get down in Rome, then move on to Paris. I'd go from one city to another and would avoid tourist traps. I'd stay in youth hospitals in the bunker beds and meet the youngsters, feel their energy and understand how they live life. That's what I would do if I had the time.
Q If you were given a board in the middle of a crowded city, what would you have it say?
"I love you and free hugs!"
Q If you are feeling overwhelmed or unfocused, what do you do to get back on track?
It's very lonely at the top and when you're on top, you can't go around speaking of your uncertainties. Your weakness becomes a rumour or a gossip point for the rest of the organisation. I would channelise that nervous energy by just sitting in silence for 15 minutes and let the emotions and hyperactive thoughts settle down. After that, a calmness descends, and you start feeling grateful for what you have.
Q What are some of the bad recommendations you hear in your industry?
I'm not a part of any fraternity or club. A lot of gossip takes place in gatherings such as these and that's something I don't have the energy or time for.
Q What have you gifted the most to others?
I'm a product of my teacher —my guru Mahatria and his pathway of 'infinitheism.' I've gifted his maxim called as 'infinithoughts' to a lot of people. If something helps me, I always feel the urge to share it immediately with others as it could help them too.
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China under Mao Zedong considers owning pets as a "bourgeois hobby" and some Westerners think that Asians, specifically the Chinese, consumes "pet" meat including cats and dogs. The pet industry in the country as seen now is no longer a symbol of stereotypes but a profitable investment.
Cat bars emerging fast across the nations is a good example of the interest of China in pets. The pet industry in the country also benefits from the influence of KOL marketing since the younger generation follows the trends brought by celebrities who show that they are proud of their animals. The latest trend in China increased the number of pets to not less than 150 million throughout the whole nation. Dogs lead as the most preferred pet of the Chinese people.
According to the report of the Euromonitor, Chinese pet owners are expected to spend around $7 billion by 2020 which result in a steady growth in the market by 20 percent. Pet caring is the latest industry that might conquer China's large market.
The industry is still developing and it is very promising in the future. The success of the industry might be guaranteed by several factors that include the emergence of the middle class, enrichment of the younger generation, the lifestyle of young workers, the stress of city life, the aging of the population, and government support.
As China's economy develops more and more of its people joins the middle class. According to predictions more than third of the country's population will fit in the level and, since this category can afford a standard way of living, they can afford to care for pets as one of the members of their family.
The younger generations of China are richer than the previous and most of the dreams of getting a pet when they became financially independent and stable. According to statistics, 73 percent of pet owners in the country have ages between 20-35 years old and they usually find pets a way to fill their loneliness being single. The stress level in urban cities also increases the possibility of caring for a pet since some find it stress relieving to own one. The aging population helps also in the success of the industry since studies have shown that more and more seniors are choosing to buy a pet for a more enjoyable retirement. The Chinese government also contributes a lot to the industry after laws on pet owning have been improved and changed.


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Life of Reilly is the original work of Andrew Goletz. All praise and credit go to him. Not me.
All the Spider-books were self-contained in July of 1995. We kick off with the final Dan Jurgens Spider-Man work in SENSATIONAL SPIDER-MAN #6, written and illustrated by Jurgens with finishes by Klaus Janson, as well as an interview with Dan Jurgens himself.
Jessica is re-evaluating her life in the wake of the startling discovery that Ben Reilly is Spider-Man and that there's been a different point of view suggested regarding the life and death of her father. She's in love with Ben Reilly, a man she's supposed to hate, but she can't bring herself to make a decision on what to do. Should she destroy the photo implicating Ben as Spider-Man or pass it on and expose him? Destroy him?
Just when it seems that Jessica is about to let her heart overcome her anger and do what's right, she spots Ben having lunch with Desiree across the street. Ben was just doing it to be sociable and to stay out of the rain, but Jessica sees it as something much more underhanded. With that, she takes out a pen and addresses the photo of Ben to Jameson. On her way to a mailbox, she sees Spider-Man swing by overhead. Ben had noticed that there was an out-of-control fire nearby and made up an excuse to run out on Desiree to take care of business. A curious Jessica decides to follow him.
What Jessica witnesses is one of the most heroic displays she's ever seen or heard about. Spider-Man goes in and out of the fire-engulfed building repeatedly until he's sure that he's saved everyone inside. Running out of web fluid, oxygen and time, Spider-Man doesn't take a moment to even think of resting or giving up. He continues to pull people to safety until everyone has made it out alive. Jessica realizes that she's been a fool and goes to give Spider-Man the envelope. When he shows some confusion, she tells Spider-Man that his secret is safe with her and that she wants him to have the photos. As reporters swarm the scene, Jessica runs off again before Spider-Man can have time to talk to her properly.
Jessica later goes to the grave site of the Parkers and pays her respects to Ben Parker, for all the lies and ignorance that she bought in to all these past years. She makes her peace with Uncle Ben and realizes that she's finally made peace with Spider-Man, too. With that, she walks off to parts unknown.
The Dan Jurgens Clone Saga Recap Interview
Andrew : The story I heard was that you wanted to do the new book because you'd be writing the "real" Peter Parker (Ben Reilly). When it was decided that Ben was the clone and it'd go back to status quo, you decided to leave. What's the real story?
Dan : When I was hired, I knew Marvel was in the midst of the Clone Saga. Even then, there were those who wanted to do all Ben Reilly stories or all Peter Parker stories. I did think that having two Spider-Man characters was a cop-out, as was the notion of Ben Reilly. I wanted to move to Peter Parker as the one, true Spider-Man as fast as possible. More than anything, I wanted to do stories that touched on classic Spider-Man themes. That was impossible under that time's editorial and character situation. To this day, I feel as though I've never really done Spider-Man.
Eventually, I left because the editor and I seemed to disagree on what made a good story.
Andrew : How do you look back on the experience of the Clone Saga?
Dan : I wish I'd been able to do real Spider-Man themes and stories.
Andrew : What was your take on the Clone Saga from a creator's point of view?
Dan : It reflected Marvel's schizoid take on Spidey. On the one hand, they wanted their characters to age. They wanted to have Mary Jane sitting on a bed, in a teddy, waiting to jump Peter's bones every time he walked in the door.
But that was never the essence of Spider-Man. Peter Parker, as originally conceived, would never have married a supermodel. His life was destined to be one of loss, even as Spider-Man's was one of victory. Once Peter married Mary Jane, the classic essence of Peter was lost.
Andrew : What do you think of Ben Reilly as a character?
Dan : A needless reaction to the stifling situation they'd already put Peter in. If they wanted classic Spider-Man, they should have done it with Peter.
Andrew : Do you think Ben Reilly is a viable character even if he's presented as a clone, in a shared existence in the Spider-Man universe?
Dan : No. Not at all.
Andrew : Do you remember the feedback you got at the time? Was it mainly positive regarding your work and the story direction, or by that time was there an overwhelming resentment of the clone?
Dan : My memory is that most of the fans disliked the Clone Saga and Ben Reilly.
Andrew : Would you ever be interested in working with Spider-Man or revisiting Ben Reilly if the opportunity presented itself?
Dan : I'd love to do some Spidey work one day, but I think it's best to leave Ben Reilly in the past.
[ GLENN'S COMMENTS : I had known all along that Dan Jurgens and Bob Budiansky had experienced what's known as "creative differences" during the time in which they worked together on SENSATIONAL SPIDER-MAN. I had hoped that they would be able to work through those differences and settle into a more comfortable relationship, because I wanted Dan to stay. I valued his presence on the Spider-Man writing team, both from an editor's point of view and as a fan. But things didn't really improve between them, and Dan became increasingly frustrated.
When Bob Harras became Editor in Chief of Marvel and postponed the resolution of the Clone Saga for another six months, that was the final straw for Dan, and he quit the book. In fact, when Harras first told Budiansky to postpone the end of the Clone Saga, Budiansky warned Harras that Jurgens would most likely quit as a result of that new decision. Harras simply shrugged off the warning, figuring that Jurgens could simply be replaced on SENSATIONAL by another writer.
Shortly thereafter, Bob Budiansky was laid off from the company and Ralph Macchio took over as the Spider-Man editor. Ralph had lined up Todd Dezago to write SENSATIONAL #7, and hired Luke Ross to become the new regular penciler, but he had not found a permanent writer for the book, and was asking for advice. My thought was that with Budiansky gone, maybe Dan would be willing to come back. Sure, he'd still have to deal with a few more months of Ben Reilly, but there would be a new editor in charge, and it would be a different, more easy-going creative environment. And the way the schedule worked, if Dan agreed to come back, he would only have to miss one issue – the one that Todd was writing!
I mapped out a whole publicity campaign. I suggested that we could do a full-page ad in all the books, with the tag line: "The only man who could replace Dan Jurgens as the writer of SENSATIONAL SPIDER-MAN is… DAN JURGENS!" Ralph liked the idea, and called Dan to invite him back as writer, explaining that he'd already made a commitment to Luke Ross as penciler. But the door was definitely open for Dan to come back, and things would be a lot more fun than they had been. Dan told Ralph that he needed time to think about it. During that time, Ralph sent Dan some copies of the pages that Luke had penciled for SENSATIONAL #7, to hopefully entice Jurgens into accepting the offer. Apparently, Luke's wonderful artwork was not enough for Dan to jump back into the world of Spider-Man, because, as most of you know, he ultimately decided to pass on the opportunity to return to the book that he launched.
After that time, once the clone saga was over and Peter Parker was back in the suit, I tried to find ways to get Dan to return to Spider-Man. I figured that if Dan's problem was with Ben Reilly, and he felt like he never really got to work on Spider-Man, then it wouldn't be too hard to get him to come back now that Peter was restored as the one, true web-slinger. For whatever reason, Dan politely turned down every offer Tom Brevoort and I made him. I'm not sure why. Maybe he felt so burned by his one experience with the character that he was in no real rush to work on him again. All I can say is that there WERE several opportunities for Dan to come back, and he chose to pass on them.
Since then, I've kept in touch with Dan off and on over the years. When I was promoted to Associate Editor, he and I talked about possible projects that we could work on together, but unfortunately, none of them came to fruition. To this day, I think it's a damn shame that his time on Spider-Man was so brief, and that his presence was one of the few bright spots of the Clone Saga era. ]
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If you are looking for my November column, this is it. Yes, I am celebrating Halloween in November!! Move over Tom Turkey!! I write for The Kaw Valley Senior Monthly and it just so happens that with printing and mailing schedules, this month's column landed on doorsteps and in inboxes on Halloween!! It was only fitting I write a spook-tacular piece so goofy it lasts 'til Thanksgiving.Enjoy!!
Early one Halloween night I was nursing a soft drink in a back booth at The Enchantment. That's a dingy roadhouse north of here. I was on my second bottle of pop when Kaybe rolled up.
KB 11.2 (Kaybe for short) is my alien friend from outer space. He looks like a giant tuna fish can. Erector Set arms sprout from the curved sides of his body. Three spindly legs drop from the flat underside of his stainless steel torso. He has ball bearing wheels for feet, and three sensor-eyes wave at you from the ends of floppy antennae on the top of his lid. Kaybe eats drinks and communicates telepathically.
No one at the Enchantment even looks up when Kaybe rolls in. If fact, some of the patrons, including Harry the Hulk and his diminutive pal Miniature Mike, are also aliens from outer space. So is the waitress, Four Finger Fanny.
Kaybe gave me a telepathic "hi," and joined me.
"Kaybe, where've you been?" I asked.
Just then four costumed customers walked in and sat down at a booth near us. There was a green-faced witch wearing a pointy black hat; a short, potbellied Frankenstein monster with a realistic looking bolt in his neck; a realistic looking Chewbacca, and an aging Princess Leia.
With all three eyes, Kaybe stared at the newcomers.
"What galaxy are they from?" he asked.
"Is it some kind of holiday?" Kaybe asked.
"The folks in that booth over there look pretty old to do trick or treat," said Kaybe.
"Halloween has evolved, and now adults celebrate Halloween too. They put on costumes and go to parties, or out to bars and restaurants.
"Will you be our guide?" Kaybe asked.
"You want to go trick or treating, Fanny?" called Miniature Mike.
I boosted Kaybe into the passenger seat, and the others jumped in the back of the truck. I drove by a supermarket and picked up trick or treat sacks for everyone. When we got there, my neighborhood was awash with goblins, ghosts and phantoms.
My alien friends were shy at first, but Kaybe encouraged them.
At the first house, I stood out on the sidewalk. Harry the Hulk put Miniature Mike on his shoulders and marched up and rang the bell. Kaybe and the other aliens crowded on the steps behind him.
A woman came to the door.
"Trick or treat," said Harry the Hulk.


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Waste law targets 'recycling society'
The European Commission hopes to make Europeans use less and recycle more with the publication of a proposed new law, expected later this month. The waste directive, to be presented along with a more general 'thematic strategy' on 30 November, attempts to deal with problems ranging from what to do with waste to what waste actually is.
By Emily Smith
"The long-term goal is for the EU to become a recycling society," says the strategy, whether this means re-using waste as new materials or burning waste for energy – known as energy recovery.
The growing amount of European waste, together with poor implementation of existing EU waste laws, led to waste being highlighted as a priority in the 2002 'Sixth community environment action programme' on key areas of environmental concern.
If adopted, waste will be the third of seven thematic strategies from the Commission, following air pollution and the marine environment earlier this year. It could be published on the same day as strategies on resource use and soil.
Drafts of the waste strategy and directive, seen by European Voice, are currently being discussed by the Commission's various departments.
The proposals update the 1975 EU waste framework directive. They put far greater emphasis on efficient "incineration with energy recovery" as a green option than previous EU legislation. The directive would also set standards for energy recovery plants.
The definitions of 'key concepts' like recovery, disposal and even waste itself are tightened up to avoid confusion. All EU countries are asked to draw up "waste prevention programmes concentrating on the key environmental impacts".
The directive stresses the importance of using economic instruments, such as tax breaks, to promote greener waste policies. As with existing EU laws, member states are encouraged to avoid dumping waste in landfills – generally considered the most environmentally damaging option.
Commission spokeswoman Barbara Helfferich said the measures proposed "restructure, but do not change" the current EU approach to waste. Environmental aims set out in a 2003 document 'Towards a thematic strategy on waste' were, she added "pristinely preserved". She said the draft proposals focused above all on preventing waste, rather than on favouring one waste treatment over another, and on encouraging member states to improve resource use.
The Confederation of European Waste to Energy Plants (CEWEP) welcomed the new support for "incineration with energy recovery". Ella Stengler of CEWEP also said the energy efficiency standards set out by the directive were "good", but that they should make more allowances for regional differences.
But the European Environmental Bureau (EEB), a green group, was angry to see energy efficient incineration promoted as a green waste option. The EEB said that recycling materials was always preferable from an environmental point of view. The EEB's Melissa Shinn said the directive would not lead to an increase in the amount of EU waste recycled and could even mean a decrease.
Shinn complained the strategy completely failed to push a "credible recycling strategy", despite claiming in its title to be "on the prevention and recycling of waste". The EEB also said 25 national waste prevention programmes would be impossible to monitor at EU level.
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Jennifer Lopez Is Getting Serious Oscar Buzz For Her Role in Hustlers
Can you imagine an awards season with J. Lo on the red carpet?!
By Kimberly Truong
Sep 10, 2019 @ 2:00 pm
Could Jennifer Lopez get some serious awards recognition for her role in Hustlers? Critics who've seen the movie certainly think so.
The film recently screened at the Toronto International Film Festival, and from the looks of it, J.Lo's performance is just as iconic as all the paparazzi shots we've seen of her in-character on the set.
"'Hustlers' is funny, empowering, sexy, emotional, and a bit scary," IndieWire writer Kate Erbland wrote in her review, "with most of those superlatives coming care of a full-force performance from Jennifer Lopez genuinely deserving of awards consideration."
"In short, and obviously depending upon what other films emerge this season, I feel good about Lopez's prospects — she would be only the fifth Latina lead actress Oscar nominee — and wouldn't rule out a screenplay or even a picture nom, either, given how much the Academy and society has changed over the last few years," The Hollywood Reporter's Scott Feinberg said.
The Daily Beast's review was published with the headline "J. Lo Should Be an Oscar Contender for Hustlers."
The Oscar buzz has already reached Lopez herself, who said that she's "flattered" by the recognition.
"To wake up to that today was like, 'OK !'" she told the L.A. Times. "Obviously, I'm flattered. You work so hard your whole career.... I've done so many movies and I've done so many roles that I've learned to not do them for anything except that I love doing them."
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"It brings tears to your eyes," she added. "It's like, oh! Somebody liked what I did! I love doing this and it doesn't matter, but it does matter — it does make you feel like all my hard work is being recognized, and that's nice."
We're all for it. I mean, can you imagine an awards season with J. Lo on the red carpet?!


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Firm to build jet-powered drones in OKC, bring 350 jobs
Published: Friday, January 26, 2018 1:00 pm By: Adam Wilmouth Source: NewsOK
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions is moving some operations to Oklahoma City, state officials said Friday.
"They are developing technologies that will help us defend our skies," U.S. Rep. Steve Russell said.
"Wait until you see the cool stuff they make," Russell said. "Welcome, Kratos to Oklahoma City. It's awesome to have you in the state."
Administrative and administrative offices will be established in Oklahoma City, Gov. Mary Fallin said.
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Newcastle fans react as Ashley plots Jack Willis swoop
Date: 5th August 2019 at 8:38am
Some Newcastle United fans reacted toMagpies owner Mike Ashley reportedly being in pole position in the race to buy fashion retailer Jack Willis. Sky News reported on Sunday that the businessman's Sports Direct was looking to add the British retailer to his portfolio of brands. The broadcaster even stated that Ashley's company could reach a deal to acquire Jack Willis shortly, as a deal could end up being announced on Monday. Given that it's transfer season, it's not a surprise that some Newcastle fans reacted to this report, as it was worded like the Magpies owner was making a signing. However, instead of signing the players that Steve Bruce's side need, he in the market for a fashion retailer which is known for appealing to students. Several Newcastle fans sarcastically asked if Jack Willis was capable of playing right-back, while another Magpies fan asked Ashley where the money for transfers was? Granted Ashley has splashed the cash more than he usually does this window, for example, Newcastle signed Joelinton for £40million, as per the BBC, but after being quiet in his past windows, it's no surprise some fans want more money spent.
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The Future of the Two-State Solution and the Alternatives — A View from Gaza
By Husam Dajni
PIJ Vol. 24 No. 1 2019 - Palestinians and Israelis at a Dangerous Crossroads
Husam Dajni
Husam Dajni is a professor of political science at Al-Ummah University in Gaza City and a Palestinian politicalanalyst.
In 1993 Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) signed the Oslo Accords, in which the PLO recognized the state of Israel, and thus accepted the legitimacy of Israeli sovereignty over 78% of the historical land of Palestine. In return Israel gave nothing except recognition of the PLO as the only legitimate representative of the Palestinian people.
The PLO relied on United Nations Security Council Resolution 242, which obliges the Israeli occupation to withdraw from all the lands Israel occupied in 1967. Israel, however, uses the English version of the resolution: "Withdrawal of Israeli armed forces from territories occupied in the recent conflict," which does not define which territories. Thus its negotiation strategy is not based on withdrawal from all the lands it occupied, including East Jerusalem, to resolve the conflict based on the two-state solution.
Israel and the PLO continued the negotiation process for 25 years without achieving any results. On the contrary, Israel succeeded in changing the reality on the ground, and many observers of the Palestinian scene are convinced that the two-state solution is no longer viable. Thus, the international community's current approach to it contradicts the reality on the ground.
This article will address the following questions: What are the indicators of the erosion of the two-state solution? What are the chances the Palestinian leadership and the international community can keep this solution viable? What are possible alternatives to the two-state solution? And what is Hamas's vision for the two-state solution and its alternatives, given the new reality?
I. Indicators of the Erosion of the Two-State Solution
There are three indicators that support the assumption that the two-state solution is no longer viable: Land, Jerusalem and the holy sites, and water.
Since 1967, the Israeli strategy toward the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) has been designed to control more land — with fewer Palestinians living in it. Building settlements and the Separation Wall is described by many as apartheid, because it segregates Israelis and Palestinians and comes with the objective to steal as much land from Palestinians as possible, and a road system that is aimed directly at destroying any chance for a Palestinian state by dividing the geographical contiguity of the Palestinian territories and the livelihoods of the inhabitants. Furthermore, all the Israeli settlements in the West Bank are in Area Ci, which comprises 62% of the West Bank and is under full Israeli control. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statisticsii report of 2017, the Palestinian population in the West Bank is 2,881,000, of which a total of 393,163, or 14% of the entire West Bank population, live in Area C.
A study by Dr. Nadia Abu Zaher states that the settler population in the West Bank has reached 460,000, while other studies report that 800,000 settlers live on 42% of the total geographical area of the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and on 68% of the total geographical area of Area C. Area C contains 87% of the natural resources, 90% of the green forests and 49% of roads and transportation infrastructure. Palestinians are not allowed to use more than 1% of that area, on the grounds that Area C is a closed military area, in addition to other justifications that forbid the Palestinians from using their lands.
Jerusalem and the Holy Sites:
All the measures the Israeli government has taken in the past few years confirm that Israel is pursuing a systematic policy directed at controlling Islamic and Christian religious sites, by denying Palestinian Jerusalemites their residency rights, by evicting Palestinians from their houses by force, and by buying property. This may be seen as transfer policy that is no less dangerous than what Israel did in the 1948 Nakbaiii or the Naksa of 1967iv. Israel has never ceased to evict Palestinians from their houses and to expel them from their lands, and it continues to do so in Jerusalem in order to change the nature of the city. This is not happening in West Jerusalem, whose population composition of Jews is 99.1%; the reference here is to East Jerusalem, which is supposed to be the future capital of the state of Palestine. All the international legitimacy resolutions confirm that it is part of the OPT, but Israel continues to undermine international law and ignores these resolutions while working continuously to change the facts on the ground.
There is an increase in settlement building activities in East Jerusalem, and there are several Israeli municipality plans to change the nature of the city, for example, by changing streets names from Arabic to Hebrew. Add to that the excavations of tunnels underneath al-Aqsa Mosque, based on Jewish claims that they are looking for Solomon's Temple, despite the fact that there is no evidence for its existence. These excavations may lead to the collapse of al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock, and this, in and of itself, strengthens the religious dimensions of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. A geopolitical study was carried out by Dr. Ahmad Dahlan under the title "The Israeli Palestinian Demographic Struggle in Jerusalem" states that "Israel succeeded in changing the population composition of East Jerusalem. In 2010 the percentage of Jews in East Jerusalem was 40.7% compared to 59.3% of Arabs." According to some observers, Israel has conducted ethnic cleansing in West Jerusalem, which is why the percentage of Jews there nowadays is 99.1%. While the fertility rate among Arab women dropped from 4.51 to 3.92 in 2010, the rate among Jewish women increased from 3.69 to 4.17 during the same period. Add to that the harsh living conditions of Palestinian Jerusalemites resulting from Israeli systematic policies directed against their livelihood, including taxes, lack of housing as a result of restrictions on obtaining building permits by Palestinians, and house demolitions making the lives of Arabs in the city hell in order to force them to leave — while at the same time annexing set tlements to the Jerusalem municipality borders to increase the city's Jewish population. Finally, the Trump admini s t r a t ion destroyed the two-state option by moving the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
According to Abu Zaher's study, the percentage of the Palestinian population in the West Bank is constantly decreasing compared with the settlement population. In 1999, the Palestinians comprised 82% of the total population. That percentage is expected to drop to 72% in 2025. There will be an increase in water consumption, which will reach 58% for the Palestinians and 42% for the settlers. Settlers' increasing needs would mean continuous decrease in the water supply provided to the Palestinians, reducing their ability to meet water consumption needs and thus their water security. In my view, the Zionist strategy in the field of water targets the Palestinian existence in the West Bank.
Based on the three indicators mentioned above, one can conclude that the two-state solution is no longer viable, unless the international community acts to stop Jewish settlement activities and dismantles them and the Separation Wall, especially with the increase of right-wing extremists in Israel. It is a waste of time for peace activists and those seeking stability in the world to continue calling for the two-state option. Therefore, the Palestinian leadership ought to accept the fact that the two-state solution is clinically dead, and it ought to start adopting other options.
II. Alternatives to the Two-State Solution
Palestinians must choose between four alternatives:
1. To continue struggling for the two-state solution
This might be the most preferable option in front of the Palestinian leadership, especially in President Mahmoud Abbas' era, but for the reasons discussed above, its chances of succeeding are almost nonexistent. Therefore, interest groups would aim to maintain the status quo for a period, until the U.S. administration presents its deal, which, according to Jared Kushner, will be announced after the Israeli elections, and after the composition of the new Israeli government, which usually takes about two months. According to what has been leaked so far, the Palestinian leadership would be requested to take a clear stand.
2. One secular democratic state
This option is not new. Political elites in both Palestine and Israel were debating this option for a long time. Former Libyan President Muammar Gaddafi raised it in one of the Arab Summits once. Some think that this option has been gaining momentum in Palestinian society in recent years. Even when the left-wing had weight in Israeli society, the debate about it was very weak, which indicates that Israeli society is very biased toward its nationality. Those who insist on the Jewish identity of the state, and the Nation-State Law, cannot accept one secular democratic state. Nonetheless, this option is attainable if there is goodwill on all sides, and if all benefited from the European experience with the modern state model, one that is not against religion and where the rule of the law is upheld above all.
Three thoughts concerning a Palestinian struggle for this option:
A Palestinian political maneuver to pressure Israel into accepting the two-state solution and an immediate withdrawal from the OPT to the June 4, 1967 borders.
If the Palestinian leadership succeeded in achieving this objective, we might envision one secular democratic state, the most advanced in the region.
If the Palestinian leadership fails to achieve this objective through nonviolent resistance beyond its borders, this would expose the fake Israeli democratic system and would help form a basis for withdrawing from the mutual recognition agreement and the Oslo Accords. This could result in a comprehensive intifada against the Israeli occupation of all of the lands of historical Palestine.
A confederation between Palestine and Israel
I paused a little during a 'Sky News Arabia' TV interview with Jared Kushner, when he talked about the unity of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip and about removing the borders. It was possible to interpret his statements as the confederation option between Palestine and Israel: removing the borders and ensuring freedom of religion in Jerusalem for all faiths, strengthening economic peace by integrating Israel into the Middle East, and supporting Palestine with funds that would enable it to create economic growth — an option that might win acceptance from the American perspective in this miserable situation.
Dissolving the Palestinian Authority, going back to the PLO Charter and starting a new struggle with the Israeli occupation
This option is the weakest one, taking into consideration the Palestinian leadership's psychology and the strategic nature of the Arab and Islamic region. The option of confrontation is not an easy path, and it would come with severe consequences. However, despite its weakness, it is still possible, would have support among the Palestinian resistance movement and would lead to a real Palestinian unity. It would officially represent the failure to establish the PA under the Israeli occupation and would release it from problems that were created by the Zionist movement and Western powers, who were supposed to find solutions.
III. Hamas's Vision for the Two-State Solution and Other Options
In May 2017, Hamas published a political declaration. Article (20) stated its position about the two-state solution option as: "there will be no compromise over any land from the historical land of Palestine, no matter what were the conditions, circumstances, or pressure and no matter how long the occupation remained." Therefore, Hamas in principle rejects any alternative over the liberation of the entire land of historical Palestine from the river to the sea. Which means that Hamas will not recognize the state of Israel and will not compromise on any of the Palestinian rights — despite that fact, it accepts the Palestinian national consensual formula of an independent Palestinian state with full sovereignty, on the borders of June 4, 1967, with Jerusalem as its capital, with the right of return of refugees to the lands which they were expelled from.
The international community's problem is that it hears about Hamas but doesn't hear from it. It hears about what the Israeli intelligence, and what directed Israeli media presents, or what their political rivals report in Palestinian society. All of this can't present a vision that would integrate Hamas into the Palestinian political system as a positive element to find a solution, instead of as a problem.
From this perspective, Hamas's position about the two-state solution is very advanced and very close to the PLO position. It is not easy for a religious political party to present compromises on its religious values, especially when considering the PLO's negative experience with how Israel and the world dealt with the PLO and Abbas' pragmatism: with more Jewish settlements, Judaization and political and financial blackmail.
According to my knowledge, an ongoing debate is taking place inside the Hamas movement about how to deal with the failure of the two-state solution, especially after the Trump administration's recent steps in relation to the conflict and moving its embassy to Jerusalem. This debate is heading toward a position for the one democratic state alternative instead of the twostate solution. Some thinkers close to the movement have adopted the idea that one democratic state for all its citizens is a new resistance method that would break free of the Quartet conditions, such as recognizing Israel, its position on the right of return and Jerusalem. The movement believes that the mindset of the Jews in Israel is not tolerant and won't accept coexistence. According to some analysts, acceptance by Hamas of such an idea creates a place for political maneuvering in local and regional politics. It would open up the horizon for a new confrontation with the Israeli occupation while removing Hamas from the terrorist lists of some countries.
Others believe that it is not requested of Hamas to present solutions to Israel. Those who created Israel are supposed to find a solution, and those observers believe that what is needed is to continue managing the conflict with the occupation until victory is achieved and all the lands of Palestine are liberated.
In my view, there will be an increase in the number of those who prefer the one democratic state option instead of an apartheid state, if the two-state solution fails and Hamas is not treated as part of the solution. This option would be maximized among a large sector of intellectual and in public opinion. Therefore, future scenarios will not serve Zionist expansionist plans. Palestinian society is capable of transforming all the political scenarios in front of the Zionist movement and the international community, and all the indicators support that. The Palestinian leadership ought to start working immediately on adopting a national strategy to evaluate this experience and start planning its future based on the failure of the two-state solution. Moreover, it should adopt the one secular democratic state solution and start a phase of national struggle to achieve that objective.
i https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Bank_Areas_in_the_Oslo_II_Accord
ii http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/default.aspx
iii https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakba_Day
iv https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naksa_Day


Brina has completely changed from that ill, sad kitty!
She had her feeding tube removed 3 days ago and has been eating on her own with no tube help for a week and a half, and eating with tube help before that.
She is friendly, the coarse fur on her back has become soft, she's very vocal and happy.
We recently moved and she enjoys hanging out on the stairs, and going on the balcony with her doggy brother.
I will still be accepting donations until her bills are paid off, but I am so happy to announce the news that she appears to be recovered. Thank you for all your love and support. It means a lot to our family.
Aw, I'm so glad to hear that Brina is better. I also have to mention that her collar is absolutely adorable.
Much love to you, Brina, and the fam!
i'm so happy to hear she's doing so much better! yay!
Oh, great news!! Thank you for letting us know. Loved the pictures!
Hi, just came across your blog today. Sorry to hear about everything going on with Brina - glad to hear things are on the upside!
Just wanted to ask, what do you feed you cat? I've been vegan for a little over a year and am a bit skeptical of the 'vegan cat' food and am sometimes puzzled over this dilemma.


Clark Quinn from Learnlets welcomes Tony O'Driscoll to the learning bloggosphere. And so do I...in a BIG way!!!
Tony's answer to the February BIG QUESTION is right on the money. You gotta read this one. A lot of us are echoing these thoughts but Tony has genius, and clarity in his writing style that is quite enviable.
"Too much emphasis has been placed on how we do what we have always done and not enough has been placed on what the fundamental value proposition of learning is to the organization."
"In the future Content may be still be king but Context will be the Kingdom. All of us need to become far more adept at creating contexts that engender true generative learning experiences. 2L is a true Context Creation platform. Let's promise each other not to leverage 2L or any other 3Di platform for what it is and not just apply this incredible technologty to create fancier 3D page-turning environments."
"The outcome is clear though….we are investing more in the place where learning happens least and in so doing we are leaving the informal learning to chance."
That's only a small piece of it. Tony's got 4 posts up so far and every one is worth the time. I sense a book on the horizon. Great stuff! Oh, yeah...and Welcome!
Thanks for the kind words Brent. I feel very humbled by your remarks. Looking forward to collective wisdom generation that the blogosphere enables.