The 23rd Annual JCC Mizel Arts and Culture Center's Denver Jewish Film Festival presented by the Sturm Family Foundation will take place February 6-18, 2019. The festival is the largest yet and includes 44 films showcasing Jewish and Israeli cinema from around the globe, featuring 30 Colorado premieres, with 18 countries represented, and nine award-winning films. Films will show at several locations including The Elaine Wolf Theatre at the JCC Mizel Arts and Culture Center, Alamo Drafthouse Cinema – Sloans Lake and Sie FilmCenter.
The JCC Mizel Arts and Culture Center box office is located at 350 S. Dahlia Street and is open for phone inquiries Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. (12 p.m. – 5 p.m. for walk up business) and one hour before all screenings. To view the complete festival lineup and to order tickets, visit www.jccdenver.org/film or call (303) 316-6360.


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A casual trip with a neighbour to Woodbine Racetrack inspired Penny Conrad to talk her husband Manfred into buying a broodmare so she could try her hand at breeding horses.
It proved to be a sound investment.
Only seven years after the purchase of their first thoroughbred, the Wellesley, Ont., couple has bucked the longest of odds; the Conrads' homebred three-year-old colt, State of Honor, will compete in the daddy of all horse races, the Kentucky Derby, on Saturday at Churchill Downs.
State of Honor, an amazon of a colt produced from one of the Conrads' first mare purchases, State Cup, is a 30-to-1 long shot for the Derby but is also considered the early favourite for the Queen's Plate at Woodbine in July.
The Conrads said it was Woodbine horseman Andrew Smith, their first trainer, who bought State Cup for them for $80,000 and then bred the mare with Kentucky stallion To Honor and Serve. By then, the couple had moved their horses from their own farm to the well-known Grandview Farm in Grand Valley, Ont., owned by Mike Carroll.
Mark Casse replaced Smith as trainer for the Conrad horses in 2013 and Woodbine's perennial leading trainer and his team have developed State of Honor into a consistent performer with career earnings upwards of $400,000 (U.S.). The colt's second-place finish in the $1-million Florida Derby in March earned it enough points to land a spot in the 1¼-mile race at Churchhill Downs, where Classic Empire — another Casse horse — was made the early 4-1 favourite on Wednesday.
Win or lose in the Derby, the Conrads are pinching themselves that they get to make their first trip to Churchill Downs along with the 125,000 other crazed horse racing fans.
"We're going to try our first mint julep," Penny Conrad said.


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Cleveland sends Celtics to record loss, leads Eastern finals, 2-0
Published 1:25 am Saturday, May 20, 2017
Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James trades high-fives with teammates Iman Shumpert, left, and Deron Williams, right, during the first half of Game 2 of the NBA basketball Eastern Conference finals against the Boston Celtics, Friday, May 19, 2017, in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
By Jimmy Golen
BOSTON (AP) — LeBron James scored 30 points, Kevin Love had 21 points and 12 rebounds, and the Cleveland Cavaliers steamrolled the Boston Celtics 130-86 on Friday night to take a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference finals and tie an NBA record with their 13th straight playoff victory.
Cleveland led by 14 points after one quarter, by a record 41 at the half and by 46 after three. Even with James and the rest of the starters sitting out the fourth quarter, the 130 points was the most ever scored by the franchise in a playoff game.
Kyrie Irving had 23 points for the Cavaliers, who return home with a chance to finish off the Celtics in Cleveland. It would be the third straight sweep this postseason for the defending NBA champions, who also won the last three games of last year's finals.
Game 3 is Sunday night.
"It's one game. I don't care if you win by 200 points," Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue said. "We're going back home, we're not going to get comfortable. We understand that this is a good team. They're not No. 1 in the East for no reason."
The Celtics played the second half without Isaiah Thomas due to a strained right hip. Celtics coach Brad Stevens said the star point guard had a nagging injury that he aggravated a week ago during the second-round series against Washington.
"He was pretty despondent not to be able to play," Stevens said." That guy's a tough guy, and he plays through a lot. For him to have to sit was pretty hard."
Asked how much that hurt his team, Stevens said, "Not 44 points worth."
"I don't want to put that on any one guy," he said. "Ultimately, they were terrific. We were poor. You've got to be able to pick up the slack, certainly, when other guys aren't available."
With both teams going to their benches early in the fourth quarter, the only suspense was whether the Celtics could avoid the worst playoff loss in franchise history. The Orlando Magic beat them by 47 points in the first round of the 1995 postseason.
Still, it was the Celtics' worst home playoff loss ever.
"It is embarrassing," Celtics guard Avery Bradley said. "As a man, as a basketball team, it will say a lot about us how we respond."
Thomas finished with just a pair of free throws, missing all six shots from the field; he also had six assists. Rookie Jaylen Brown scored 19 for Boston, Avery Bradley had 13 and Al Horford had 11 points and five rebounds.
The game tipped off about 15 minutes after the three finalists for NBA MVP were announced, and James wasn't among them. It's the first time since 2008 that he won't finish in the top three.
"You've got to give the award to different people every now and then," Lue said. "But to me, LeBron's the MVP. Just like (Shaquille O'Neal), you can give him the MVP every season, if you want to."
James, who's won the award four times, still has a chance for a fourth NBA title — and second in a row. Maybe Golden State can figure out a way to slow him down, or San Antonio if it can come back in the West. The Celtics haven't found a way, and they're running out of time.
James had 22 points in the first half, when he also collected six assists and had three blocked shots, including a chase-down rejection of Bradley that was reminiscent of the one against Andre Iguodala in Game 7 of the NBA Finals.
That one was critical to clinching Cleveland's first championship since the Browns won the NFL title in 1964.
This one more like rubbing the Celtics' noses in the fact that they just couldn't stop him.
TIP-INS
Cavaliers: James is first player with at least 30 points in eight straight playoff games since Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in 1970. … James played just 33 minutes — a low for this postseason and just the second time he played fewer than 40 in the 2017 playoffs.
Celtics: Stevens started Gerald Green in place of Amir Johnson. Green made his first two shots — both 3-pointers — but finished with six points. … The Celtics missed their first six shots. … There was a large contingent of New England Patriots sitting courtside, including tight end Rob Gronkowski, backup quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo and owner Robert Kraft. … Thomas and Stevens were hit with technical fouls about a minute apart in the second quarter.

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Dear Blogging Friends,
When I said good-bye to blogging exactly 20 months ago, I said that I'd continue to give occasional updates on the progress of the Pompeii Room. And so it's time to do that today!
You may remenber that I wanted to replace unsightly venetian blinds with the sort of bronze grille that would have been familiar to well-healed Romans. Then a most serendipitous event occured! As I was in the process of designing the grilles, an antique room divider showed up in a nearby gift shop.
When the room divider was separated into three screens, they were a near-perfect fit by width (as shown above), and would fit equally well in length with a little adjustment. Each screen would require cutting one design unit from its bottom.
That's when my brother Cliff came on board, excited by the vision, and offering to help with the use of his beautiful shop and carpentry abilities. His contribution to the completion of the Pompeii Room has been huge!
Below are images of the screens getting cut and assembled to a new length.
It certainly looks as though these screens went through a lot of wear and tear! Below, Cliff is filling some cracks and holes with epoxy.
Now it was my turn to get to work. Because I wanted to suggest bronze metal, I took several months caulking, spackling and sanding every surface for a smooth look. (Cliff wondered whether it wouldn't have been easier to build the grille from scratch, but I was very attached to the fact that a found object had appeared at just the right time.)
As you can see in the previous images, the five intersected squares are doubled on the reverse side of the screens. That meant that painting so many nooks and crannies would be tedious and time-consuming. I solved that challenge by finding a bronze-colored spray paint for those areas, and then having Sherwin-Williams match the spray paint for the rest of the job.
We spaced the screens by creating pseudo-hinges from an old broomstick. It's interesting to note that a broomstick has a harder grain than regular store-bought dowels.
Here is the Pommpeii Room as it appears today.
A very special thanks to Cliff,
and as always, thank you for watching.
A is for "Adieu"
Today marks the 5th anniversary of All Things Ruffnerian, and my 416th posting. I hope you've enjoyed my subject matter, and my graphics as well.
We've covered a lot of territory together these past five years, haven't we?
I've especially enjoyed sharing the creation of my Pompeian Room with you. Your interest and encouragement in the project has brought me as much pleasure as the project itself. Indeed, you were a great part of the process.
I hope in your own lives you are surrounded by all those things that bring you joy and have meaning for you. After all, to have passion for something, whether it be a mighty idea or the tiniest of objects, is to be that much more alive.
This is my last posting. It's time for me to go in a different direction and to focus attention there.
I want to thank my readers and especially a dozen+ friends who have been consistent commentors and who have shared regularly of themselves, often outside of this blog. You know who you are because you're each on my blog list. I'll continue to visit your blogs and to comment from time to time, and so this will not be a good-bye, but only "adieu."
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This 1859 map of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania shows how the Allegheny River (at the top) joins the Monongahela River (on the bottom) to form the head of the Ohio River. This point was valued even in America's colonial days as strategic for both trade and military defense, and today it is often referred to as "The Golden Triangle."
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When the French established Fort Duquesne on the triangular spit in 1754, the British sent troops led by 21-year-old Major George Washington to serve an ultimatum and retake the land. Washington was defeated by the French, as was General Edward Braddock, in 1755.
These were early battles of what became known as the French and Indian War (1754-1763), so called because Native Americans sided with the French.
The French eventually retreated from Fort Duquesne, burning it to the ground as they left. The English, led by General John Forbes, reclaimed the point and Forbes named the area around it "Pittsburgh," in honor of William Pitt the Elder, the Prime Minister.
Fort Pitt (shown above) was built between 1759-1761.
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George Washington, who surveyed more of the United States than most Americans realize, surveyed much of the land in the vicinity of Fort Pitt with the aim of parceling it to French and Indian War veterans.
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Now, you would think that with a history like that, the Point — as it became known — would be prized and preserved. But that was not the case. By the mid-1800s, the area was an industrial site. The 1908 photograph above shows that there was a huge logging trade along the Monongahela, and that the heavy industry of the city was already establishing Pittsburgh as a notoriously smoggy, dirty place. In fact, well into the 1940s and 50s, Pittsburgh was so dark with smog that it was not unusual for streetlights to burn throughout the day, and for traffic police to wear masks.
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This 1948 view shows railroad tracks leading to the Point and water in which one wouldn't want to swim.
Then in 1945, Pittsburgh elected Democratic Mayor David L. Lawrence, a remarkable man. Over the course of four consecutive terms, he forged alliances with Democrats, Republicans, bankers and industrialists, and through his own vision and determination created an urban renewal that the people of Pittsburgh called "The Renaissance." It took more than two decades of work, but today the Point looks as you see it below.
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My very first job was in "Gateway Center," and I looked out from a window where there's a red "X." By that time, Pittsburgh was working hard to clean its sources of pollution, though people who hadn't actually visited there still referred to it as "the Smokey City." Eventually Pittsburgh's steel industry died (the tallest building in this photograph is the U. S. Steel Tower), and Pittsburgh became a center for computer technology.
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Today one can visit Point State Park and walk along inset granite markers that delineate the foundation of Fort Duquesne. Then at the very tip of the triangle is a basin with a 150-foot (46 m) fountain.
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The interesting thing about that fountain is that it's fed by a fourth, subterranean river that runs approximately 54 feet below the city. Water is pumped up from the river, which is a remnant of ancient glacial flows.
click to enlarge | the course of the Ohio River | en.wikipedia.org
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Labels: David L. Lawrence, Fort Duquesne, Fort Pitt, General Edward Braddock. General John Forbes, George Washington, Pittsburgh, Point State Park, The Golden Triangle, Three Rivers, William Pitt the Elder
Portraits by Artist Michael Leonard
H. M. Queen Elizabeth II | 1986 | Michael Leonard
If you're familiar with this 1986 portrait of H. M. Queen Elizabeth II, you've had a fine sampling of the work of Michael Leonard.
The portrait — now permanently displayed in the National Portrait Gallery, London — was a 1985 commission from Reader's Digest to honor the Queen's 60th birthday. It shows the Queen posed with her corgi Spark.
Michael Leonard was born in India in 1933, to British parents. He returned to England to complete his education, and then his military service, and then he studied commercial art and illustration at St. Martin's School of Art in London.
Though he spent many years working successfully as a commercial artist, he yearned to be a painter, and as he says, "make pictures for the wall rather than the page."
Mrs. Murphy | 1973 | Michael Leonard
Early paintings tended to be muted, possibly as a reaction to the vibrancy of the commercial work he'd done.
Hugo's Window | 1975 | Michael Leonard
But year by year, Leonard's paintings became more colorful and rich.
Ernst Junger | 1976 | Michael Leonard
I really like how dynamic these compositions are,
especially the one below of Frederick Georg Junger.
Frederick Georg Junger | 1976 | Michael Leonard
Stoker and George | 1981 | Michael Leonard
Double Portrait: Edward Lucie-Smith | 1983 | Michael Leonard
Adrian Ward Jackson | 1987 | Michael Leonard
Through the years, Michael Leonard has created what he calls "Portraits in Time." They're inspired by that interesting phenomenon whereby we recognize (at least I do) that some people look as though they could fit into another place and time. Here are some delightful examples:
Naomi Buchanan in the style of John Cox
David Rust in the style of Ingres
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David Newman in the style of Kneller
Lady Pamela Hicks in the style of Romney
William Burlington in the style of Van Dyck
Robin Katz in the style of Bronzino
The Portraits in Time that I've showcased here span from 1984-2003. Below is a Michael Leonard self-portrait (also a Portrait in Time). Click on his portrait, and you'll be linked to his website.
The comment below from my blogging friend Jim, of The Road to Parnassus, reminded me of Horizon Magazine's different take on Portraits in Time. Back in the 1950s or early 1960s, Horizon contrasted ancient sculptures to celebrities of the time. I was fortunate to find a few of those marvelous comparisons.
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Labels: Michael Leonard, portrait artists, portrait painters, Queen Elizabeth portrait
Fun Florida Fences
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I saw this great balustrade design on Pinterest, and it reminded me that I've been collecting my own photographs of cut-out Florida fences. I think I've accumulated enough to share now.
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I pass this fence at least once a week. It's on an old part of St. Pete Beach known as Pass-A-Grille, Florida. The house is pretty neat, too.
Here's the gate. The fish in Florida are always smiling.
These fish are swimming in a school.
The simplest of white picket fences can be transformed by making only three diagonal cuts on each post.
Likewise, the posts of this elaborate gingerbread fence are simply the letter "Z," slightly modified.
I spent a weekend in Key West and saw this distinctive fence there. In Key West, one could form a walking tour just around great fences and porch trim.
This was my favorite fence in Key West, and one that's often photographed by tourists. Each cutout insect or animal is an individual design.
Here's a common Key West fence design, though I photographed this particular fence on St. Pete Beach. I'm sure I've missed a few beauties in my area, and if I do find more, I'll add them to this posting.
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When you live with a chronic disease like eczema, you have to be a cheerleader for your own health and happiness. Get to know the basics of self-advocacy.
Even though Debbie Byrnes grew up with atopic dermatitis (AD), it stayed in the mild to moderate stage throughout high school, college and most of her adulthood. But when her family relocated to San Antonio, Texas, in 2004, "it was all downhill from there," Byrnes said.
She wrestled with severe AD for more than a decade with no signs of improvement. "I was miserable. It felt like my skin was on fire. Something had to be done," she said. That's when Byrnes decided to become her own self-advocate. She researched treatment options online and found National Jewish Health.
After jumping through hoops with her insurance company, she was eventually approved to partake in the day program at the Denver-based academic medical research facility, where she spent eight days receiving intensive treatment and learning the ropes of wet wrap therapy.
"Then I received a phone call from a friend that changed everything," Byrnes said. Her friend was a fellow Eczema Warrior who was participating in a clinical trial for a new biologic treatment and seeing major results. "She said, 'I'm in the trial, and it's really working.' That's when I jumped on board.
The biologic treatment brought her 95 percent clearance, she said, but once the drug was approved by the FDA and released onto the market, Byrnes couldn't get it approved by her health insurer. At the time of this interview, she was still going through the appeals process.
Understand how your health insurance works. Whether it's Medicare, Medicaid or a private insurance policy, knowing what is and what isn't included in your health insurance benefits will help you avoid costly, unexpected medical bills.
Research treatment options, procedures and providers. The more you know about your disease, the better off you are. But don't rely too heavily on "Dr. Google" or the good intentions of strangers or loved ones. What helps some people could be harmful to others. The true experts are where they belong – in the medical community.
Ask your doctor questions and voice your concerns. Listen to what they have to say, but also trust your instincts. It's OK to get a second opinion or more. Keep looking for answers until you're confident the treatment path you're on is the right one for you.
Keep tabs on your own medical records. Even in these tech-driven times, we can't solely rely on electronic medical record system. Transferring medical records from doctor to doctor doesn't always go as smoothly as we wish. Keep tabs on your own medical records by tracking medication usage, doctor appointments and disease flare-ups.
Review your medical bills for errors. A 2015 audit found that hospital bills totaling more than $10,000 contained an average error of $1,300. Always cross-check medical receipts with insurance bills as there could be erroneous calculations.
Know your rights. According to the Americans with Disabilities Act, employers with 15 or more employees must make reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities, such as rest breaks or even the ability to work from home.
Join a community of individuals with the same health condition, compare experiences and learn on each other for support. That's one of the main reasons National Eczema Association exists – to advocate on the behalf of people with eczema. Please join us!
Debbie explains in her words how self-advocacy changed her life.


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ROFL! Pharma-controlled press desperately tried to censor this book, but failed... Dr. Kelly Brogan's takedown of Big Pharma's SSRI drug lies hits bestseller lists! Download first chapter here...
Tags: censored books, Dr. Kelly Brogan, SSRI drugs
(NaturalNews) Just like Del Bigtree made a dangerous film called "VAXXED," Dr. Kelly Brogan wrote a dangerous book. How dangerous? So dangerous that the prescription drug cartel in America -- you know, Big Pharma -- ordered media outlets like The New York Times and The Washington Post to blackball the book in the hope that no one would read it.
Natural News has learned that all the major media outlets obediently agreed to censor the book and its author. No reviews -- not even negative ones -- would be published. No interviews with the author, no TV appearances, no debates, nothing. A literal conspiracy against a book was hatched in secret and militantly followed by the entire media.
The book is called "A Mind of Your Own," and if you're wondering what's so dangerous about it, the book totally exposes the science FRAUD of Big Pharma's antidepressant drugs. It empowers readers with knowledge they can use to take back their mental health using food, nutrition and natural therapies that don't earn huge profits for the drug company cartels.
The author, Dr. Kelly Brogan, is giving away the first chapter of the book for free on her website. Click this link to go there now and download the first chapter, and you'll find out just how "dangerous" this book really is. (Hint: It threatens a $10+ billion drug industry that preys upon the mental health of citizens while keeping them all sick or addicted...)
Click here to get the book on Amazon.com. Or get it at Barnes & Noble at this link.
ALSO: Click here to watch my video on "The most censored SCIENCE books you're not supposed to read," which covers this book and several others that have been systematically censored by the pharma-controlled establishment.
Exploding in popularity across independent media, bypassing the corrupt, pharma-controlled mainstream media
Now, thanks to the efforts of independent media websites like GreenMedInfo.com, the book has become Amazon's #1 best seller in the "Depression" category and has also achieved a #1 best seller ranking in the category of "Holistic Medicine."
As GreenMedInfo now reports, "Since then, A Mind Of Your Own soared to #20 in Amazon's 8.8 million title inventory, selling out within only two days of its March 15th launch date. Then, yesterday, it broke through all three of the top bestselling book lists: USA Today, Publisher's Weekly, and #10 on the prestigious NY Times bestsellers list's most hard to crack category: Advice, How-To, Misc."
In other words, the very same book that the NY Times and USA Today desperately tried to silence has now broken through the censorship and achieved statistical rankings on their own bestseller lists. (Question: Will the NY Times deny the book its proper ranking and blackball it from the NY Times Bestseller list? They've done it before...)
These are all the same media outlets, by the way, that just recently heavily pressured Robert De Niro to censor the "VAXXED" documentary by pulling it from the Tribeca Film Festival. He reluctantly complied with the demands of the media science trolls and vaccine totalitarians, memory holing the documentary and making sure no one gets a chance to see it at the festival.
Media censorship is in full force against all truth: Psych drugs, vaccines, GMOs -- you name it!
On all these topics -- psychiatric drugs, vaccines and GMOs -- the entire mainstream media operates as a pharma mafia censorship goon squad. The media is, of course, funded largely by Big Pharma and biotech agricultural giants like ADM, DuPont and Monsanto. Because so much money flows into the mainstream media from these corporate giants, the corporations literally write the marching order memos for media to follow.
When these corporate giants order the media to censor a book, they censor a book. When they are ordered to attack Robert De Niro, they attack Robert De Niro. And when they order the media to silence Dr. Kelly Brogan and try to make her book a total failure, they follow those orders with absolute obedience (combined with a total disregard for the truth on any of these matters).
The mainstream media actively plots against you, seeking to deny you access to transformative knowledge
Yet more and more citizens all around the world are waking up and realizing that the mainstream media actively plots against you learning anything that's true about psychiatric drugs, vaccines and GMOs. Vindictive, treacherous, truth-hating rags like Forbes.com specialize in spreading corporate disinfo while pursuing a quasi-journalistic agenda of defaming, slandering and discrediting all who speak out against the holy trinity of poison and death: Big Pharma, Big Biotech and Big Vaccine.
Today we just learned that The Associated Press actively collaborated with the Nazi regime to crush freedom of the press so that AP would get exclusive stories from Adolf Hitler. Also, earlier this week we discovered that a German journalist went public, admitting that everything in the mainstream media is totally FAKED, saying, "We all lie for the CIA."
Dr. Kelly Brogan likely had no idea how all this worked until she authored her own book. Operating under the belief that the mainstream media was actually interested in sharing information that would help empower and uplift readers, Dr. Brogan was absolutely shocked to discover that her book -- and her message -- was being systematically silenced and censored by the media.
So just like the VAXXED film -- which is now playing in a New York theater beginning this Friday -- Dr. Kelly Brogan has bypassed the censorship of the controlled mainstream media and found success through the health activism community.
Click here to get chapter one of her book for FREE right now.
Watch my full video on censored SCIENCE books here:
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A Jew primary belongs to the Jewish nation!!!!
A Jew in Sweden or not….
A Jew in Sweden or a Swedish Jew?
A lot of people have been asking me to reflect my thoughts about what Björn Söder, deputy speaker in parliament and member of the Swedish Democrats, said a few weeks ago about a Jew being a real Swede or not. According to him, a real Jew who keeps the Jewish traditions and refuses to assimilate and destroy his Jewishness is not a real Swede. Believe me, I agree with him. We, as a Jewish nation, don't want to be like everyone else. Our first priority is to be who we are, Jews and secondary in one or another way fit into the society where we live. But we always have to remember that we are Jews and not like the others. Sweden or France or any other country isn't ours, we are there as guests. For a Jew to be outside Israel is a divine punishment and we have to remind ourselves that we are primarily Jews. Björn Söder helps us to remember this. Sure, the Jews who decide to assimilate and live like the non-Jews are more like the non-Jews than Jews. The ironic part is that the Swedish Democrats is the only party in Sweden that supports Israel and tries to defend the Jews in Sweden and try to push their need for security. The rest of the Swedish Parlament is more or less anti-Israel and anti-Jewish. These people are crying out over Björn Söder's so called anti-Semitism, when them themselves wouldn't mind to erase Israel from the map (as some already have done) and recognize a Palestinian state as the Swedish government did some time ago.
Maybe I am an anti-Semite as well, since I also believe that a Jew is primarily Jewish and not part of the land where he temporarily dwells. If a Jew starts to feel too comfortable then he will assimilate and be that kind of a Jew Björn Söder is talking about. Obviously I do think, though, that Jews should be as welcome in Sweden as any other person.


Please Don't Leave Me ukulele tab and video lesson for the pop ballad by Pink. This free tab and video lesson shows the intro vocal melody, guitar lick, verse, pre-chorus, chorus and proper song structure with endings up to 1:14 notated in tablature with rhythmic values, chord diagrams & fingerings. The video explains strumming, counting, song structure and other details. This is a popular song with many of my ukulele students. Want the full ukulele tab for free? Just send in your email address using the form provided. Looking for online ukulele lessons? Fill out the Schedule A Free Lesson form and set up a free Skype ukulele lesson today.
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Miscellaneous |
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J. S. Bach: Prelude in E minor, BWV 855a (arr. A. Siloti)
Ch. W. von Gluck: Dance of the Blessed Spirits from the opera Orfeo ed Euridice (arr. I. Friedman)
W. A. Mozart: Lacrimosa from the Requiem, K. 626 (arr. S. Thalberg)
F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Lied ohne Worte Op. 19 no. 1 in E Major
F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: "Auf Flugeln des Gesanges" Op. 34 no. 2 (arr. F. Liszt)
F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Lied ohne Worte Op. 102 no. 4 in G Minor
J. Brahms: Intermezzo No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 117
J. S. Bach: Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639 from Orgelbuchlein (arr. F. Busoni)
F. Liszt: Consolation S172 no. 3
F. Liszt: Nocturne S541 no. 3 "Liebestraum"
S. Rachmaninoff: Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14 (arr. Z. Kocsis)
F. Chopin: Nocturne No. 20 in C sharp minor, Op. posth.
C. Debussy: "Clair de Lune" from Suite Bergamasque
A. Lyadov: Prelude, Op. 11 No. 1
C. Saint-Saens: "Le cygne" from Carnival of the Animals (arr. A. Siloti)
M. Glinka: Nocturne in F minor, 'La Séparation'
F. Chopin: Nocturne No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9, No. 2
F. Schubert: Impromptu in G-flat major, Op. 90 No. 3 (D. 899)
"Konstantin Scherbakov, who has now become one of the best pianists with highest caliber in his generation as well as has quickly got known worldwide as "the first prize winner's professor", released "ME On the Wings of Songs" from TwoPianists Records, a newly-launched independent CD label in South Africa. ME is essentially an album of the pianist's favorite encore pieces, and the selection of music is very tasteful and the order is so perfectly and musically considered as if listeners attended a pleasant and fascinating recital of his.Each performance in ME shows Scherbakov's extraordinarily sophisticated microcosm of pianism which is going up to the same standard as that of the greatest Russian master pianists in the past such as Richter and Gilels. A "must" CD for all music lovers, piano students and teachers." Satoru Takaku, Chopin Magazine
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"Le nom de Konstantin Scherbakov, sort de Marc-André Hamelin des steppes, venait l'esprit quand on voulait évoquer un pianiste à la technique colossale, ne faisant qu'une bouchée des œuvres les plus chargées, en périphérie du grand répertoire – délires superpianistiques de Godowsky et autres symphonies de Beethoven revues par Liszt. Et voilà qu'il nous enchante dans un florilège de pages rêveuses, délicates et lyriques.
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"Pianist Konstantin Scherbakov really deserves wider recognition. His complete Shostakovich Preludes and Fugues is one of the best on record and his recordings of Liszt's transcriptions of Beethoven symphonies are revelations. Transcriptions by six composer-pianists: Alexander Siloti, Ferruccio Busoni, Sigismond Thalberg, Ignaz Friedman, Franz Liszt and Zoltan Kocsis are showcased on this new album. Scherbakov selected all the works on the album and the liner notes gush about it like it was first time in the history of recorded music that it's happened. Skim through the first few paragraphs of the notes and have a listen to what Scherbakov has chosen because he has put together an interesting program. The pianist clearly has an adventurous mind and he's made some excellent choices. In addition to the transcriptions there is standard repertoire by Mendelssohn, Brahms, Chopin, Debussy and others. There are also some wildcards, like the Nocturne in E flat major by Glinka and Prelude by Lyadov. Scherbakov's beautifully shaped performance of the Friedman transcription of Gluck's Dance of the Blessed Spirits (one of the best transcriptions on the album) has a Chopin-like melancholy that's wistfully sighs thanks to Scherbakov's sensitive touch. There's power in Scherbakov's playing too. He propels the Thalberg transcription of the Lacrimosa from the Mozart Requiem with an inexorable pulse that's plenty dramatic and just a bit chilling. Yes, slow tempos and dark colors dominate Scherbakov's repertoire choices, and occasionally you do long for something bright and up-tempo. But ultimately that's okay, because there's so much excellent playing here. There's a lovely performance of Siloti's transcription of Saint-Saëns's "Le cygne," a full-out romantic reading of Liszt's "Liebestraum," and a deeply felt performance of Schubert's Impromptu in G-flat major. Is there such a thing as a thinking man's piano recital? We have one here. This is strongly recommended." Ariama


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Title: Hyderabad, Pakistan
Subject: History of India, Sindh, List of national capitals and largest cities by country, West Pakistan, Sind Province (1936–1955), Pashto language, List of Test cricket grounds, Aga Khan Award for Architecture, Rajputana Agency, List of hospitals in Pakistan
This article is about Hyderabad city in Sindh, Pakistan. For Hyderabad, capital of Andhra Pradesh in India, see Hyderabad.
حيدرآباد
Clockwise from top left to right:Mir Tombs, Pakka Qila, Greenlands flyover bridge, Mehyan Railroad Bridge and Korti Road Bridge, Indus River, Ranikot Fort Walls
Location in Sindh
Hyderabad District
Autonomous towns
Union councils
Population (2012)[1][2]
PST (UTC+5)
PDT (UTC+6)
www.hyderabad.gov.pk
Hyderabad (district of Hyderabad. The last Battle of Amir Talpor and British took place in this city in 1843. Before the creation of Pakistan, it was known as the Paris of India, for its roads used to be washed with river water.
The political boundaries stage the city as a district and the region has seen major political turmoil. From the battles fought against the British occupation to the civilian unrest in the 1980s, the city has lost its glory of past and much of its cultural and architectural heritage lies in tattered ruins.
Hyderabad is a hot and humid city in the south of the nation and has been a staging point for literary campaigns particularly oriented towards the Sindhi language and a birthplace of a few influential poets and Sufi dervishes. Rich with culture and tradition, the city is the largest bangle producer in the world and serves as a transit between the rural and the urban Sindh.
Stationed close to important architectural digs like the pre-Harappan Amri at 110 km, the region holds extreme importance to archaeologists the world over. The city is also known for its medical and educational institutions. It is also home to one of the oldest universities in the region, the University of Sindh.
2 Capital of Sindh
3 Geography and climate
5.1 Electronic governance
5.2 Administrative divisions
5.3 Current development projects
7 Noteworthy attractions
9.1 Universities and colleges
9.2 Museums and libraries
10 Transport
11.1 Literature
11.2 Radio and television
12 Notable people
13 Sister city
Main articles: History of Hyderabad, Pakistan and Old City (Hyderabad, Pakistan)
Hyderabad is a city built on three hillocks cascading over each other. Mian Ghulam Shah Kalhoro of the Kalhora Dynasty founded the city in 1768 over the ruins of Neroon Kot (Nerun or Nerun Kot) (meaning the place of Neroon), a small fishing village on the banks of River Indus named after its ruler Neroon. A formal concept of the city was laid out by his son, Sarfraz Khan in 1782. When the foundations were laid, the city obtained the nickname Heart of the Mehran as the ruler Mian Ghulam Shah himself was said to have fallen in love with the city. In 1768 he ordered a fort to be built on one of the three hills of Hyderabad to house and defend his people. The fort was built using fire-baked bricks giving it the name Pacco Qillo (Sindhi: پڪو قلعو) meaning the strong fort.
After the death of the last Kalhoro, the Talpur dynasty ruled the region. Mir Fateh Ali Khan Talpur left his capital Khudabad, the Land of God and made Hyderabad his capital in 1789. He made the Pacco Qillo his residence and also held his courts there. Mir Fateh Ali Khan Talpur along with his three other brothers were responsible for the affairs that persisted in the city of Hyderabad in the years of their rule. The four were called char yar, Sindhi for the four friends.
The City has a history of Sufism. In the 18th Century Syeds from Multan migrated and settled at Tando Jahania making it a sacred place for Muslims. These Syeds came here from Uch Sharif (Bahawalpur District) via Jahanian (Khanewal District 42 km from Multan). These were the descendants of Jahaniyan Jahangasht a famous sufi saint.[3][4][5][6] The family's lineage is linked to Jalaluddin Surkh-Posh Bukhari of Uch Sharif( Punjab, Pakistan). Tando Jahania is a small town in the city known for Sufism and Azadari.
The Baloch Talpur rule lasted almost over 50 years and in 1843, Talpurs faced a greater threat, the invasion of expanding British colonial empire. The British wanted to annex Sindh due to their strategic interests in the Punjab region and Afghanistan. The Talpur Amir signed a peace agreement that gave significant concessions to the British. After signing this peace agreement Amir Talpur demobilized his volunteer army. The British General Napier also started to march his army back towards Bombay. When the General Napier heard that the Talpur Amir had demobilised his Baloch army he turned back his army and again threatened Hyderabad. The peace agreement with Talpur Amir was of no consequence compared to the strategic interests of the British colonial empire. The British came face-to-face with the Talpurs at the Battle of Miani on 17 February 1843. General Napier was firmly determined in conquering Sindh and plundering Hyderabad. The battle ended on 24 March 1843 when the Talpur Amirs lost and the city came into the hands of the British. The Amirs of Hyderabad suffered great loss, their Fort was plundered, thousands were killed and Amirs themselves were exiled to Rangoon, Burma - never to see Sindh again. The British made the city part of the Bombay Presidency of British colonial empire.
At the time of independence of Pakistan in 1947, the Muhajirs began to immigrate to Pakistan and many settled in the city of Hyderabad. These refugee Muslim lost everything in India and were settled in refugee camps. This hostility translated into communal tension in Hyderabad between Muslim refugees and local Hindus; After independence of Pakistan, Hindus expected to remain in Sindh, however a large number of them left due to communal violence or due to better socio-economic prospects in India.
The massive migration of (Muhajirs) who began mass migration into Pakistan after independence of Pakistan in 1947 raised the population levels of the city to extremes. The late 1980s saw a black period in the history of Hyderabad as riots and violence broke out between the Muhajirs, and the indigenous Sindhi nationalist parties due to which the social fabric of the city was damaged
Capital of Sindh
After the independence of Pakistan in 1947, Karachi the former provincial capital of Sindh from 1936 was made the Federal Capital Of Pakistan. From 1947 to 1955 the city of Hyderabad served as the capital of Sindh province,which was later dissolved and one unit was formed named West Pakistan. Lahore was the capital of West Pakistan. In 1969 Karachi regained the status of capital of newly made province Sindh which included Khayrpur state as well.
Main article: Climate of Hyderabad, Pakistan
Located at 25.367 °N latitude and 68.367 °E longitude with an elevation of 13 metres (43 ft), Hyderabad is located on the east bank of the Indus River and is roughly 150 kilometres (93 mi) away from Karachi, the provincial capital. Two of Pakistan's largest highways, the Indus Highway and the National Highway join at Hyderabad. Several towns surrounding the city include Kotri at 6.7 kilometres (4.2 mi), Jamshoro at 8.1 kilometres (5.0 mi), Hattri at 5.0 kilometres (3.1 mi) and Husri at 7.5 kilometres (4.7 mi).
Hyderabad has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh), with warm conditions year-round. The period from mid-April to late June (before the onset of the monsoon) is the hottest of the year, with highs peaking in May at 41.4 °C (106.5 °F). During this time, winds that blow usually bring along clouds of dust, and people prefer staying indoors in the daytime, while the breeze that flows at night is more pleasant. Winters are warm, with highs around 25 °C (77 °F), though lows can often drop below 10 °C (50 °F) at night. The highest temperature of 48.5 °C (119 °F) was recorded on 7 June 1991,[7] while the lowest temperature of 1 °C (34 °F) was recorded on 8 February 2012.[7]
In recent years Hyderabad has seen great downpours. In February 2003, Hyderabad received 105 millimetres (4.13 in) of rain in 12 hours, leaving many dead.[8][9] The years of 2006 and 2007 saw close contenders to this record rain with death tolls estimated in the hundreds. The highest single-day rain total of 250.7 millimetres (9.87 in) was recorded on 12 September 1962,[7] while the wettest month was September 1962, at 286 millimetres (11.26 in).
Hyderabad is an important commercial centre where industries includes: textiles, sugar, cement, manufacturing of mirror, soap, ice, paper, pottery, plastics, tanneries, hosiery mills and film. There are hide tanneries and sawmills. Handicraft industries, including silver and gold work, lacquer ware, ornamented silks, and embroidered leather saddles, are also well established. Hyderabad produces almost all of the ornamental glass bangles in Pakistan. Hyderabad is a major commercial centre for the agricultural produce of the surrounding area, including millet, rice, wheat, cotton, and fruit.[10] Pakistani government recently discovered a large gas deposit in Hyderabad which has not been put in production. One of the most famous deserts is coffee cake of famous bombay bakery. Rabri (a desert prepared from pure milk) is also very delisious and famous. Paan (a chewing leaf) from gulab paan house is very popular. In last decade, software industry has also emerged noticeably in the city, like progmatec.com. Illis (PALLA) fish is most tasty and popular dish.
The city of Hyderabad is where the district headquarters are located and the district government is seated. The district government elections are not held since the last governments term expired and the posts of District Nazim and Naib Nazim are vacant at the moment.
Electronic governance
The government of the city does not yet support fully functional e-governance and has no website but the District Government of Hyderabad liberally uses the television as a mode of communication with the people of the city instructing them on public issues and awareness about projects under way. As of 2008, the district Hyderabad enabled its e-governance platform to support people via the Internet and other new media platforms.
Before the government of Abubaker Nizamani, the District Hyderabad included the present-day District of Badin. Then in the 2005-6 General Pervaiz Musharraf again divided it into four more districts Matiyari, Tando Allahyar, Tando Mohammad Khan and Hyderabad. Hyderabad district was subdivided into four talukas[11]
Hyderabad City Taluka
Hyderabad Taluka (rural)
Latifabad
Qasimabad
Current development projects
To ease traffic congestion six flyover bridges are built in the city. These include Latifabad unit # 7 flyover, Hala Naka flyover, Sakhi Abdul Wahab flyover near railway station, Hosh Mohammad Sheedi flyover at Latif Chowk, Shahbaz Qalandar flyover at Shahbaz chowk and Ghulam Shah Kalhoro flyover at Railway crossing on Hyderabad-Mirpurkhas Road.
An expo center of international standards is also built near channel road. However, no major exhibition has been held yet.
Two filter plants to filter fresh water have been built at a cost of about Rs. 80,000,000. Their inclusion in the water system would ensure continuous supply of clean drinking water.
Hyderabad is noteworthy in Sindh and Pakistan generally for its relative tolerance towards religious and ethnic affairs. During independence of Pakistan in 1947 Muhajir refugees began a migration in the city, while many Hindus emigrated to the newly independent state of India - primarily to Gujarat and Maharashtra. As per the census of Pakistan 1998, Sindhis and Urdu Speakers(migrants from India post-partition) account for a majority of the population; other communities in the city include a large number of Punjabis, Saraikis, Pashtuns, Balochis and Memoni.
A large influx of Pakhtuns and Punjabis were attracted to Hyderabad after the Indus treaty settlement. Most Punjabis mixed with the local population however most Pakhtuns are distinct and separately living near the railway station and its vicinity. The city therefore has cosmopolitan atmosphere with multiethnic and multicultural communities.
Hindus account for the largest religious minority forming 10% of the total population of the city. While Christians account for just 1% of the total population, Hyderabad is the seat of a Diocese of the Church of Pakistan and has five churches and a cathedral.
Amri (Pre-Harappa): an archaeological site dating back to 3600 BC, 110-kilometre (68 mi) from the city, is the remains of a pre-Harrapan fortified town.
Pacco Qillo (the Hyderabad Fort) and the Kachha Qilla (lit. the weak fort): fortified residences that were built by the Talpur rulers to keep out invaders during the 17th century.
The Tombs of Talpur Mirs: colloquially known as Cubbas in Hirabad, tomb sites of the former rulers of Sindh who were defeated by the British in the famous battle of Miani.
Agham Kot: an archaeological site containing the reminence and tombs of an ancient empire.
Rani Bagh: formerly a zoo named after Queen Victoria of England (The zoo was founded by the British colonial local administration; Rani means "Queen" in Urdu), has been renovated and has become a very beautiful park with exotic animals such as lions, zebras, different species of birds as well as horses.
Hussainabad Park: a central park with a man-made lake, home to various bird life.
Mustafa Park: a newly inaugurated park at Noorani Basti with life scale animal models.
Ranikot Fort: one of the largest forts in the world according to circumference. Located 90 km from the city.
Sindh Museum: a museum featuring the history and heritage of Sindh and the Indus Valley Civilization. Items from various ruling periods of Sindh, including Samma, Soomra, Kalhora and Talpur periods can be found at the museum.
Institute of Sindhology Museum: an exhibition of dioramas at the University of Sindh campus that display many aspects of the history of Sindh, its heritage, music and culture. Worth noticing are the ones that depict the lifestyles of the desert tribes of Thar and Kohistan.
Resham Gali, Chhotki Ghiti and Shahi Bazaar: some of Hyderabad's oldest bazaars serving arts, crafts, embroidery and jewellery of Sindhi heritage.
The mighty river Indus: the largest river in Pakistan and flows alongside the city of Hyderabad. Its banks touching Hyderabad are known to have some of the finest fishing spots in Pakistan.
Navalrai Market Clock Tower: built in 1914 is a remnant of a pre-Partition fish and meat market in the heart of Hirabad.
The Badshahi Bungalow: palace of prince Mir Hassan Ali Khan Talpur, the son of the last ruler of Hyderabad Mir Naseer Khan Talpur. This Palace is located in Tando of Talpur Mirs in Latifabad.
New Hyderabad City: an extension of the city of Hyderabad, best known for its famous 12-acre (49,000 m2) park, Lake View Park, which features a man made lake and beautiful gardens. The park has become a recreational spot for the local families, specially on national holidays.
Hyderabad is home to the Hyderabad Hawks who play at the Niaz Stadium. It has a seating capacity of 25,000 known for the first ever hat-trick taken by a bowler in a one-day international (ODI) match in 1982. Many cricket test matches were played at Niaz Stadium. Nowadays many visiting test playing countries refuse to play in Hyderabad because of lack of 5 star hotel. Hyderabad also has a hockey stadium. There is another stadium in Latifabad called Board Stadium mostly catering to school sports under the supervision of BISE (Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education) Hyderabad.
Main articles: Education in Hyderabad, Sindh and Educational institutes in Hyderabad, Sindh
Before independence of Pakistan, the education opportunities were limited for Muslims of Hyderabad. Noor Mohammad High School was the only one high school for Muslim students could study. It was founded by famous Sindhi educationist Noor Mohammad. All other schools admitted only Hindu students.
As a gateway between the rural Sindh and the urban Sindh, Hyderabad attracts students from the lesser developed regions of Sindh. The city has a large number of schools, colleges and universities.
A former nerve center of Sindhi nationalist and literary movements, the city now has better education facilities and new universities, colleges and schools. At one time a hub of economic, educational and cultural activities, a breeding ground of academicians, philanthropists, writers, lawyers, politicians, journalists, actors and actresses, Hyderabad also had its industrialists, trade unionists, political activists, bureaucrats, bankers and diplomats who made a significant contribution to Pakistani society. But this gracious city now seems to be slowly dying, although it still produces over a couple of dozen major and minor newspapers in both Sindhi and Urdu.[10]
The Isra University.
Most of the colleges are affiliated with the universities above but some enjoy repute built of time like the oldest being the Government Degree College now renamed Government College of Technology, Government Poly-technical college.
Intermediate level colleges in Hyderabad city includes:
Muslim Science College in Tower Market area
Govt Nazareth College
Government Zubaida College
Government College Kari Mori
Foundation Public School
Public School, Hyderabad
Al Falah College, Hyderabad
Pakistan Pilot College, Hyderabad
Superior College of Science, Hyderabad Sachal Sarmast Commerce College, Hyderabad
Hyderabad is home to a few museums that store the cultural heritage of this land of religious and ethnic diversity. The Institute of Sindhology Museum and the Sindh Museum are a haven for Sindhi enthusiasts in ethnological contexts. Sindh Museum also hosts archæological treasures from Amri. Whilst there are a few libraries in the city, most of them are in a sad state. There is a children's library opposite Lady Duffrin Hospital on Station road, very few people know about its existence. Work is going on Moullana Hasrat Mohani library near pukka kila main gate in the Homestead Hall building. Allama Daudpota Library near Sindh Museum in Qasimabad stores literary work dating back to the earliest Sindhi text.
Serving as a socio-economic crossroad to the lesser developed cities and towns in Sindh and linking and networking them with the bigger towns and cities in the nation, Hyderabad holds importance as a vital transportation link via every service. It can be reached by every mean of transportation, be it air, land, water or rail.
The city has a modestly good airport. The operation was stopped for some years but the airport has started operating again from late 2008. There are 2 flights every week from Hyderabad. Currently the national flag carrier, Pakistan International Airlines, operates prop aircraft into the city with flights to other cities within Pakistan.PIA is established in 1954, is the national carrier; until the mid-1990s it was the sole domestic carrier, but since then a number of small regional airlines and charter services have been established. (PIA also runs international flights to Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and East Asia, as well as to neighbouring Afghanistan.) The principal airports are located at Karachi, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Quetta, and Peshawar. Karachi, Port Qāsim, and Gwadar are the principal port cities; in addition, a number of small harbours along the Makran Coast handle the small boats that ply between Pakistan and the Persian Gulf states. In the early 1990s the limitations of the transportation system emerged as a major constraint on the modernization of the economy, prompting the government to undertake large-scale investments in the highway sector. Private entrepreneurs were invited to participate on the basis of a "build-operate-transfer" (BOT) approach, which subsequently became popular in other developing countries. (In the BOT system, private entrepreneurs build and operate infrastructure facilities such as ports, highways, and power plants and then recover their costs by charging tariffs from the users. Once the investors have recovered their outlay, the facility created is transferred to the government.
Hyderabad has a decent road network, but most of the roads are being redone by the National Highway Authority. Hyderabad is deemed the most important milestone on the National Highway which passes through the city. The highway divides into Route N5 going southwest and M9 going north while it forks into the KLP (Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Faislabad) Road and the Hala Road. Over the years, the M9 has had massive construction work to include six lanes across its 136 km span being the most used highway in Pakistan while the N5 has two lanes to cater to its lesser traffic needs. However, the public has stressed to improve the conditions of the roads within Hyderabad.
There are seven large bus terminals within the city. Some of the most busiest are the Badin Bus Stop near SITE, Tando Bago Coach Stop, Jacobabad-Larkana Bus Stop at Pathan Colony, Nawab Shah Bus Stand at Halla Nakka, Sanghar Coach Stop near Civil Hospital, Karachi Bus Stand near Qasim Chowk and Sammi Daewoo Bus Service To Karachi at Auto-Bhan Road and Latifabad U7.
Hyderabad has a rich rail history. From the starting days of the Scinde Railways to the purchase of the private railway company by the North-Western Railway now Pakistan Railways, Hyderabad has been a major junction on the rail-line, where railway lines proceed in at least three directions: northwards (up-country), southwards (down-country) and eastwards. The railway station is called the Hyderabad Junction. It was built under the British rule in 1890. The city with increasing need of transport facility is still facing a real trouble with respect to the rail transport. One full fledged while two little stations in detha and tando jam are not satisfying the demands for rail travel.
With the city at the banks of the Indus River, the fishermen tend to use riverboats to fish and travel across the waters. Riverboats are not accessible to general public but local fishermen, in attempts of making money for their daily ration, sail people aboard their fishing ferries at Al-manzar, a restaurant at the banks of the Indus.
Buses and trucks have displaced rail as the principal long-distance carrier. A program of deregulation of the road transport industry was undertaken in 1970 and encouraged the entry of a large number of independent operators into the sector. Trucks and tractor-drawn trailers have largely displaced the traditional bullock cart for local transport of produce to markets, but in many rural areas animal power is still crucial to economic survival. Air transport of cargo and passengers has become increasingly important.
All the main cities are connected by major highways, and Pakistan is connected to each of its neighbours, including China, by road. The great majority of roads are paved. The country's main rail route runs more than 1,000 miles (1,600 km) north from Karachi to Peshawar, via Lahore and Rawalpindi. Another main line branches northwestward from Sukkur to Quetta.
As tradition goes, Sindh had always been a hub for Sufi poets. With a foothold on strong educational foundations, the city of Hyderabad was made into a refuge for thriving literary advocates. Of the few, Mirza Kalich Beg received education from the Government High School, Hyderabad and carried the banner of Sindhi literature across borders.[12] Modern novelists, writers, columnists and researchers like Musharraf Ali Farooqi, Ghulam Mustafa Khan and Qabil Ajmeri also hail from Hyderabad.
Hyderabad has served many Sindhi literary campaigns throughout the history of Pakistan as is evident from the daily newspapers and periodicals that are published in the city. A few worth mention are the dailies Kawish,[13] Ibrat,[14] and Daily Sindh.[15]
With the inauguration of a new broadcasting house at Karachi in 1950, it was possible to lay the foundations for the Hyderabad radio station in 1951. The initial broadcast was made capable using 1 kW medium-wave transmitter. With the first successful transmissions on the FM 100 bandwidth in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad in October 1998, the Government decided on opening transmissions to other cities where Radio Pakistan had found success. This made available the FM 101 bandwidth transmissions to Hyderabad and other cities in Sindh.[16]
A relief from the regular broadcasts in other cities, entertainment content on the Hyderabad radio gave birth to many a star whose names became an attribute to Hyderabad's richer media content. Among them were actor Shafi Mohammad, a young man who had recently finished his postgraduate degree from the University of Sindh.[17] Such fresh and young talent became a trademark to entertainment in Hyderabad.
Whilst radio was gaining popularity, bulky television screens showed the broadcast of Neil Armstrong setting foot on the moon. Pakistan Television had only had half-a-decade broadcast success from 1963 to 1969 that people in the radio entertainment business felt destined to make a mark on the television circuits. Prominent radio personalities from the Hyderabad radio station like Shafi Muhammad Shah and Mohammad Ali left the airwaves to hone their acting skills on the television.[18] Television shows and content enriched with the inclusion of Hyderabadi names however PTV never opened a television station in Hyderabad.
While the year 2005 saw new FM regular stations set up at Gawadar, Mianwali, Sargodha, Kohat, Bannu and Mithi, private radio channels began airing in and around Hyderabad. Of late, stations like Sachal FM 105 and some others have gained popularity. But the unavailability of an up-to-date news and current affairs platform renders the services of such stations of not much value to the masses but nonetheless appealing to youngsters.
As the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (abbreviated as PEMRA) gave licenses to private radio channels, so were television channels owned privately given a right to broadcast from the year 2002,[19] and Daily Kawish,[13] a prominent Sindhi newspaper published from Hyderabad opened a one-of-its-kind private Sindhi channel Kawish Television Network. Many followed in its path namely Sindh TV, Dhoom TV and Kashish TV premièring Sindhi content. www.transport.gos.pk (Official website of Transport Department, Government of Sindh)
Hoshu Sheedi was the General of Talpur Mirs' Army which fought against British in the Battles of Miani and last Battle of Dubbo. Before his martyrdom in the Battle of Dubbo, he attempted to raise this famous slogan in Saraiki language
" مرسون مرسون، سنڌ نه ڏيسون 'Marsoon Marsoon, Sindh na Ddaisun' (We'd die but wouldn't give Sindh [to others] "
Syed Qutub Ali Shah (1805-1910) a famous sufi saint of the city. His Shrine is at Tando Jahania Hyderabad, Sindh.
Jivatram Kripalani (1886–1982), Indian politician and Indian independence activist.
Mirza Kalich Beg (1853–1929) a civil servant, educationist, renowned scholar and author of about 400 books, hailed for his contributions to the Sindhi literature. Born and buried in Tando Thoro, Hyderabad.
K. R. Malkani (1921–2003), Indian politician. Lieutenant-Governor of Pondicherry (2002–03)
Allama Imdad Ali Imam Ali Kazi (1886–1968) was a scholar, philosopher, jurist, and educationist. He is considered to be a founder of the University of Sindh at its present location at Jamshoro. Many remarkable works for Sindhi Art, literature, mysticism, education and history are attributed to him.
Sadhu T. L. Vaswani (1879–1966), Hindu spiritualist. Founder, Sadhu Vaswani Mission.
Dr.Nabi Bux Khan Baloch Ph.D, (1917–2011), was an educationist, liguist, researcher, author of books in multiple languages including Sindhi, Urdu, English and Persian.
Muhammad Ibrahim Joyo, born 1915, is an educationist, scholar, author and translator of many books.
Ghulam Mustafa Khan, born 1912, Ph.D., D.Litt, SI, was a Researcher, Critic, Linguist, Author, Scholar of Urdu literature & linguistics, educationist, religious & spiritual leader of Naqshbandi Mujadidiah order.
Choudry Mohammad Sadiq (1900–1975) was born in Batala, District Gurdaspur, in an Arain family, Graduated from Islamia College, Lahore and obtained his law degree in 1928. He was an eminent politician and remained a Muslim Leaguer before and after independence. Settled in Sindh in 1934. Moved to Hyderabad in 1940. Founded Sindh Chamber of Agriculture in late 1960s. A housing development in Hyderabad (Sadiq Livina) is named after him.
Syed Qamar Zaman Shah was born 12 September 1933, did B.A. (Hons), 1957, L.L.B. 1959. He is the nephew and son-in-law of Late Syed Miran Mohammad Shah. He remained Senator during early 1970s.
Syed Miran Mohammad Shah was speaker of Sindh legislative Assembly, Minister Sindh Government, Ambassador of Pakistan in Spain.
Qabil Ajmeri was born27 Aguest1931, After migrating to Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan in December 1947, he became popular at mushairas, and was recognized as a "senior" poet of Urdu at the age of 21, along with other veterans of Hyderabad, Ajmeri died of tuberculosis in Hyderabad on October 3, 1962, at the age of 31.
Qabil Ajmeri wrote both ghazals and nazms. He published compilations of Urdu poetry and a volume on philosophy, named the "Deeda e Baydar". He is known as one of Urdu's last romantic poets.
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Home/Ski resorts/Bird watchers hike all day just for the rush of a thrush
Bird watchers hike all day just for the rush of a thrush
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Nora Cochrane, left, of Biddeford and Jeanne Tucker, right, of Kingfield search with other birders for a Bicknell's Thrush on June 12 on Mount Saddleback Deirdre Fleming photo
SANDY RIVER – A 74-year-old woman wondered if she could climb a 4,100-foot mountain.
A 67-year-old bird watcher of Texas traveling on a two-month birding trip was also uncertain.
A three month pregnant woman asked if her first hike of the year must be so steep.
The three birders joined more than a dozen others who came to scour Mount Saddleback in search of Bicknell's Thrush, a bird that breeds only in the boreal forest and only over 3,000 feet above sea level. The species was the star of the four-day Rangeley Birding Festival two weeks ago, with three half-day hikes offered to try and find it.
And yet, it is a very ordinary looking bird. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology describes lily of the valley as brown with a "solid grayish face."
However, Bicknell's Thrush is also set to become the poster child for downhill ski areas practicing environmental sustainability.
A Bicknell's Thrush is singing from a Saddleback branch at 3,400 feet. Jeanne Tucker photo
Later this summer, the new owners of the Saddleback ski area – Arctaris Impact Fund – plan to build a 3,000 square foot one-story mid-mountain lodge on Saddleback to serve food and drink to ski area guests. , as well as hikers. and bird watchers in summer and fall. Pending approval from the Maine Land Use Planning Commission, Saddleback managers plan to build the lodge just under 3,600 feet – right in Bicknell's Thrush habitat – without however affect the rare bird. The ski area is consulting Maine Audubon on the project.
"We hope that the mid-mountain lodge can be a model of responsible development in the areas of alpine skiing," said Andy Shepard, Managing Director of Saddleback, who joined the June birding hike.
The restaurant will have glass that will prevent birds from hitting floor-to-ceiling windows by using markers in the glass that birds can see, but are barely detectable by people. The marked glass helps to attenuate bird collisions with windows, the second leading cause of bird death in the United States accounting for about 600 million bird deaths per year, according to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
The restaurant will also be laid on pillars to avoid impact on the ground and minimize disturbance to the watershed, and it will have a sod roof with lowbush blueberries to provide native wildlife habitat. It will be built after nesting season – meaning delaying construction until August which is not a great time for construction in the mountains. But Shepard said the goal of the ski area is to be an environmental leader among alpine resorts and protect the unusual thrush that attracts bird watchers.
Kris Federle of Camden, a bird watcher and skier from Saddleback, wanted to know how the ski area was going to handle construction in Bicknell's habitat.
"It looks like they're putting things on hold," Federle said. "It doesn't seem like something they take lightly. It would be nice if the whole industry, if all development approached things the same way. There is so much development in Maine now. It is an ordinary little brownish bird. But he has a cool song.
The summit of Mount Saddleback – at 4,100 feet – is prime habitat for Bicknell's Thrush. The medium-sized, uncommon thrush breeds atop mountains over 3,000 feet – and can be found in the Rangeley area. Deirdre Fleming photo
The species that winters in the Greater Antilles – the largest islands in the Caribbean Sea – and breeds from the boreal forest of Maine are listed as Special Concern by the State of Maine. So the unusual thrush that thrives in the western mountains, Baxter State Park, and Canada, is a bird watcher's delight to see – or even just hear.
It's a species scientists don't know much about, said Steve Hale, New Hampshire's professional birding guide, who led the festival's treks to Saddleback.
"I have been studying Bicknell's Thrush for 20 years. And I've never seen a nest, "Hale said.
When the group of a dozen bird watchers gathered on June 12 at 6:30 a.m. at the Saddleback Lodge, Hale said they would climb as far as possible on the roads lined with ski condos. But they still had a good hour's walk to reach 3,000 feet – the beginning of Bicknell's Thrush range.
"We want to get into the hot zone pretty quickly," Hale explained.
A dozen bird watchers joined Hale – three of whom worked for Saddleback or Maine Audubon and came to learn more about the species. Four members of the group were avid bird watchers who wanted to experience thrush, find one and the thrill of the hunt with other birders.
"Bird watching is a quest, like a treasure hunt and archaeological digs. Finding the bird is great, but the joy is in the quest, "said Jeanne Tucker of Kingfield, who birds in Maine and around the Florida Everglades six months a year.
the The Cornell Lab of Ornithology notes that Bicknell's Thrush – due to where it nests in thick forests – is "best distinguished by voice."
Given that, Hale played a Bicknell song on her cell phone after an hour, at 2,990 feet – but just briefly. He described it as "a guitar string that jumps inside a sewer pipe".
"We don't want to remove any individuals from the nests. They have a vast territory. We don't need to start the necessary Bicknell's Thrush Territory Wars, "Hale said.
The group listened intently – then hiked the steep ski slope slowly and leisurely, while continuing to listen to the sounds in the woods. Not much further, at 3,100 feet, Hale noted that they were just at the lower end of the Bicknell's range. The Saddleback ski lodge looked small way below.
Shortly afterwards at 3,400 feet, the group questioned a sound. They climbed through the brush to the trees bordering the ski slope to listen more intently.
Tucker recorded a sound in case the bird made its call again. Then they spotted one and together watched it closely. Shortly after, another flew off a row of dead trees and flew into the sun, providing a better view of the bird.
Nora Cochrane of Biddeford agreed with Tucker – community-based research was part of the rush to find thrush.
"I consider birding to be an oral tradition. It's a lot easier to learn from people explaining it like that than to read about it in a book, "said Cochrane, who was on her first hike when she was three months pregnant. of her second child. "I love bird watching. But for the past two years, I haven't had time with my young son. It's a treat for me to have this little freedom and to be with people who are excited about a bird. I love when people are led by an escaped bird.
Several bird watchers follow guide Steve Hale up Saddleback Mountain on a Rangeley Birding Festival hike on June 12, after searching for and finding three Bicknell's thrushes. Deirdre Fleming photo
Hale considered the entire outing – which lasted another five hours before the group returned to the ski resort lodge – a godsend from Bicknell.
Shortly after the group observed Bicknell's second lily of the valley, a magnolia warbler caught their attention. The bright yellow bellied songbird that is common in Maine has eclipsed the thrush in color and pizazz.
"You know it's a productive day when people leave Bicknell's Thrush to watch Magnolia Warbler," Hale said with a laugh. "YesYesterday we had no views. We only heard it. On the 2019 hike, only half of the group saw the bird. It is special.
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Relive an American pastime! BTG Sunset Cinema makes way for timeless entertainment and family fun! Drive up and enjoy family friendly movies in the comfort and safety of your vehicle at the Taconic High School Parking Lot. A food truck will be on site with concession offerings.
July 11 • The Wiz Live!
Staying true to the groundbreaking seven time Tony Award-winning Broadway show that put a vivid spin on the land of Oz, get ready for a fresh, eye-popping new trip down the yellow brick road! The Wiz Live! imagines the wonderful world of Oz like never before with a star studded cast including: Queen Latifah, Mary J. Blige, David Alan Grier, Ne-Yo, Common and Elijah Kelley, and is directed by Tony Award-winner Kenny Leon and Emmy Award-winner Matthew Diamond.
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A Challenger who Never Give Up.Dassai
Everyone enjoys a story of defeat turning into victory, but this often requires the protagonist's tremendous efforts. Like Dassai is world-famous now, but they have also gone through lots of challenges and reforms. Thanks to their determination and continuous efforts, Dassai is now a sake brand that is well-loved by many.
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The Beginning of a Revolutionary Brand – Dassai
The "Dassai" brand that belongs to Asahi Shuzo does not have a long history. Hiroshi Sakurai founded the brand in 1990, but before that, the signature brand of the Shuzo has always been "Asahi Fuji" with a focus on mass-produced sake. In the 1980s, the Japanese sake industry experienced a downturn, coupled with a decreasing population where Asahi Shuzo was located, the situation was even worse, making Asahi Shuzo ranked last within the four breweries in the city.
The story begins in 1984, when Hiroshi Sakurai's father, the then president of Asahi Shuzo, passed away. Hiroshi took over the business and made every attempt to keep the company afloat amidst the difficult environment, like price war, giving away gifts, and new packaging, etc. However, all these measures have only brought about a short-term increase in sales and have negatively impacted the brand. The president even had to use his personal funds to invest in the business. The ending seems near. As it became evident that a short-lived trend cannot save the business, he decided to focus on brewing high quality "Junmai Daiginjo", and a rice polishing ratio of 23% (the lowest in the industry at that time) as the new selling point of the brewery – crafting exceptionally high-quality sake.
To change the brand's deeply rooted perception, the president decided that it is essential to have a new name. He then combined the first character "Otter" in the Japanese name of where the brewery is located "Osogoe", with the word "Festival" in Japanese to represent how otters would lay out on the shores fishes they caught, almost as if they are showing them off as one would do in a festival. Moreover, the president deeply respects a poet who has revolutionized Japanese literature during the Meiji era, a.k.a. "Master of Dassai". This also became an inspiration for him to come up with the brand name "Dassai", with a vision to bring about a quality revolution in the Japanese sake industry.
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The then-president Hiroshi Sakurai (left) with his son, president Kazuhiro Sakurai (right)
Break Away from the Norm by Going Upstream
The road to success is never easy. The challenge of achieving a rice polishing ratio of 23% was not even the most challenging part, president Sakurai has weathered many storms and shattered many norms in the industry.
After experiencing a business failure, the president made up his mind to break away from the industry norm of duo masters – "management by the president, brewing by the toji". At that time, the toji (sake master) left with his apprentices, leaving the president to take on the challenge of brewing sake with a group of inexperienced staff. Without the toji to depend on, president Sakurai began digitalizing the crucial data concerning a sake brewing environment, like temperature, humidity, degree of fermentation. By converting one person's experience to data and refining the process, the production of large quantities of consistent and high-quality sake is made possible nowadays.
Also, a traditional brewery would only hire a toji and his team during autumn and winter due to environment and manpower factors, which left the brewery unproductive during the seasons without a toji. As president Sakurai is well versed in technology, he then created a stable brewing and storage environment for the brewery with air-conditioning and digitalized the sake brewing process. Asahi Shuzo was then able to produce consistently high-quality sake year-round in a stable environment without wastage of human resources, which was extremely rare in the industry at that time.
Dassai – sake brewing staff
Traditionally a brewery will need to go through a wholesaler for their sake to become available to customers in retail shops and department stores. However, president Sakurai felt that Dassai did not get the attention it deserved from the wholesalers and even got underrated. Thus he made a bold move again to break away from the norm and made direct dealings with retailers who value high-quality products. Thanks to the vision and fearlessness of president Sakurai, more customers, both local and international, could find out the amazing quality of Dassai.
President Sakurai foresees that sake will go global even back in 2006 and has advised his son Kazuhiro Sakurai to go to New York to develop the overseas market. After a thorough study, Dassai's overseas representative office, "Dassai France", was set up in Paris in 2013. What's more? Joël Robuchon, the Michelin chef, hailed as the Godfather of French cuisine, fell in love with Dassai sake and approached them for collaboration to open a restaurant in Paris. The "Dassai‧Joël Robuchon" has been popular amongst food and wine lovers since its opening in 2018.
Innovation and Tradition Go Hand in Hand
While the innovative style of Dassai may have shaken up the sake industry in Japan, they have not forgotten their roots. They place great importance on the determination and tradition of sake brewing and are innovating based on this solid foundation.
Many breweries are using machines to wash rice but Dassai insists on the traditional method of washing rice by hand, which means investing an extra three times the manpower and six times the time to the process. This is the only way to control the water content of the rice to less than 0.3% error, which is a vital step for brewing high quality sake. And to achieve the purest of taste, president Sakurai is the first person in Japan to bring in a centrifuge machine for commercial purposes. With the help of the centrifuge machine, the sake can be separated from the mash without applying pressure, the aroma and flavour of the sake can avoid being damaged by any external force during the filtering process. The cost of this is high, but it is worthwhile for elevating the quality of the sake.
Dassai – Yamada Nishiki farm
For brewing high-quality sake, the quality of sake rice is of the utmost importance. Dassai insists on using the king of sake rice – Yamada Nishiki rice for its sake; it also communicates and purchases directly from the rice farmers, who would even share with the brewery data of rice farming. It is a new level of closely-knitted relationship between breweries and rice farmers for both to succeed. Asahi Shuzo has started an annual contest named "Yamada Nishiki Project" since 2019 where Judges will evaluate the quality of Yamada Nishi rice grown by each rice farmer. In the 2019 project, Asahi Shuzo purchased 50 bales of the winning rice with 25 million yen, which is 50 times higher than the market price. This act serves to encourage rice farmers to improve their sake rice, and in turn, would produce premium raw ingredients for breweries. President Sakurai took six bottles of "Dassai Beyond the Beyond" made with the winning rice of "Yamada Nishiki Project 2019" to the online Sotheby's Auction this Autumn, intending to bring high-quality sake to the next level in the global market.
The Delicate Flavours of Dassai
Dassai is making sake throughout the year to satisfy market demand. With a distinguished character and a dedicated range of products, Dassai is the sake of choice for many on the dining table.
Dassai 23 Junmai Daiginjo
It is the most popular product of the brand. When it was first launched, the brewery took seven days and a total of 168 hours to polish the rice to a mere 23%, which made it the only sake at that time with such a low rice polishing ratio. Delivering an elegant floral aroma, this irresistible sake has a gentle and smooth body with a lasting finish. It is best accompanied with Comte cheese aged 20-24 months.
Dassai 39 Centrifuge Junmai Daiginjo
Using the centrifugal machine during the process of filtering the fermentation mash, the sake can be separated from the mash without applying pressure, resulting in a Junmai daiginjo that is delicate and smooth, with an impeccable mellow and clean flavour. It is best paired with the aromatic prawn tempura.
Dassai Beyond
It is the highest quality product of the brand. It took the brewery more than a decade to craft this sake that surpassed the excellence of Dassai 23. Made with Yamada Nishiki rice (the king of sake rice) with carefully selected rice grains of similar size, the crafting process is highly intricate and complicated. To best appreciate Dassai Beyond, it is recommended that one should taste it with Dassai 23. Be prepared for an experience beyond all expectations by first taking a few sips of Dassai 23 and then taste Dassai Beyond. There is a reason for it to be named a product of "miracle extravagance"! It is best paired with shellfish sashimi like scallop.
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The Green is a 2011 drama film directed by Steven Williford, written by Williford, Paul Marcarelli and Molly Pearson, and starring Jason Butler Harner, Cheyenne Jackson, Illeana Douglas and Julia Ormond.

Plot
Michael Gavin and his partner Daniel trade the rat race of New York City for the idyllic charm of the Connecticut shoreline, with hopes of a simpler life and time for Michael to finish his first novel. All that changes when one of Michael's high school students accuses him of 'inappropriate conduct', and the town rushes to judgment.

Cast
 Jason Butler Harner as Michael Gavin
 Cheyenne Jackson as Daniel
 Illeana Douglas as Trish
 Julia Ormond as Karen
 Christopher Bert as Jason
 Karen Young as Janette
 Clayton Fox as Brad
 Bill Sage as Leo

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2011 films
2011 drama films
American drama films
American LGBT-related films
Films set in Connecticut
Films shot in Connecticut
American independent films
2011 LGBT-related films
LGBT-related drama films
2011 independent films
2010s English-language films
2010s American films


The fire incident came amid calls to replace the M'Dina Bus company vehicles.
Rabat – A bus belonging to the M'dina bus company caught fire at midday at the intersection of Boulevard Mohamed Zerktouni and Boulevard Anfa in Casablanca.
Firefighters brought the fire under control after a few minutes of intervention.
Africa Intelligence reported in January that efforts to replace Casablanca's bus operator M'Dina Bus are getting bogged down.
In November, a video of a bus driver working for M'dina Bus went viral. The video shows the bus driver using his umbrella to protect himself from rain that was coming through a leak in the roof of the bus.
While the company has held a contract with Casablanca since 2004, due to "the poor condition of the city buses and the fact that the company did not comply with most of its investment program," Casablanca will not renew the contract when it expires this year.