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China's little emperors prop up Aussie housing market
Narayanan Somasundaram
Han Fantong, an accountant, beat almost 60 other bidders to buy a three-bedroom home in Melbourne in November 2015 for $930,000. He had an advantage – full funding from his parents back in China. Han, 32, an Australian permanent resident, bought the house on 688 square meters of land in Ringwood East, about 30 kilometres east of Melbourne's business district, after a five-month search. His parents sold a 23-year-old two-bedroom apartment in Beijing for 8.1 million yuan ($1.65 million) to help pay for the property, he said by phone.
"It comes as a tradition in China to buy a home for a son to establish a family," said Han who lives in the house with his 29-year-old wife Chen Junyang. "Without my parents, it would still be difficult for us to bear the large mortgage loans."
Han is among scores of buyers who with the backing of relatives in China are underpinning a housing market in Australia that's coming off the boil. More than half the buyers of Chinese origin are supported financially by relatives residing in the world's second-largest economy, according to McGrath Ltd, Australia's only listed real estate agency. The firm's China desk has assisted in sales worth A$140 million since it was established in September 2013.
Increasing demand
Such demand, whether from permanent residents or overseas buyers, has triggered community concern that locals are being priced out of Australia's housing market. The government has responded to the unease with tighter scrutiny of foreign investment that critics say may deter much-needed offshore capital.
"Chinese buying in Sydney and Melbourne has stepped up from say where it was five years ago, but publicity around that has created a perception which has run ahead of reality," said Shane Oliver, chief economist at AMP Capital in Sydney. "The Chinese demand – both from mainland China and Chinese Australians – is propping up the housing market and boosting construction."
Leo Yu, 31, an Australian citizen, last year bought a two-bedroom apartment in the inner-Sydney suburb of Surry Hills, known for its cafes and restaurants, with the help of his parents from Qingdao. They gave him $73,000, part of it from China, toward a 20% deposit on the unit, which cost $835,000. The rest of the money was through a bank loan. Yu, an accountant, is renting out the property.
"The property can protect my parent's money from inflation and foreign-exchange risk," he said. "One day when they come to Australia for family reunion, I can sell the property to repay the deposit so that they can buy their own retirement home."
Hot market
Purchases by foreigners, many with a connection to China, helped drive an almost 55% jump in home prices across Australia's capital cities in the past seven years as mortgage rates dropped to five-decade lows. The median Sydney home price reached a record $800,000 in October, according to research firm CoreLogic Inc. data. It has since fallen after a regulatory clampdown led to a slowdown in mortgages to landlords and the first increase in borrowing costs in five years.
Global financial market turmoil after China unexpectedly devalued the yuan last August, sending the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index more than 40% lower from a June peak, doesn't seem to have put a dent in demand.
And channels to get money out of China, where top-tier city home prices have been surging, remain open, even amid a crackdown by Beijing on capital outflows. As Bloomberg reported in November, Chinese nationals can break down cash into small amounts to avoid official scrutiny, and enlist friends, relatives and even employees to send out the money on their behalf.
Capital outflow restrictions are expected to be short-term and while they may have some impact on overseas investments, there are still enough buyers in China who can afford overseas properties, G.T. Hu, the chief executive officer of the Australian unit of Country Garden Holdings Co., said in an interview Thursday.
"It didn't feel to us that the stock rout in China impacted the market in Sydney," said Luo Xiaohua, general manager of Shanghai-based property developer Greenland Group's investment arm in Australia. "We feel the market is stable and the demand is relatively strong."
The firm, which entered Australia in 2013, has sold $1 billion worth of apartments across three projects in Sydney, and is working on another two developments in the city and one in Melbourne, Luo said.
Five out of the seven properties sold earlier this year by First National Real Estate in Lindfield – a suburb about 13 kilometres north of Sydney's business district – were to buyers of Chinese origin, according to Lan Zhang, a director at the firm.
"Chinese origin buyers who are either permanent residents or citizens are among the biggest group of people who visit our open homes," she said. The buyers were able to exchange contracts within a few days of agreeing on a deal, suggesting financing was not an issue, she said.
Overseas buyers are largely limited by Australian law to new homes and need approval from the Foreign Investment Review Board. Temporary residents can buy new or existing properties with the board's approval, but must sell them when they leave the country. Amid community concern, Australia announced a crackdown on unlawful home purchases last year, and has forced sales of 27 properties, worth more than $76 million.
Authorities in Canada have also been grappling with the issue. The National Bank of Canada estimates that Chinese buyers made up about one-third of purchases last year in Vancouver, and the government has set aside money to find ways of tracking foreign homebuyers.
Demand in Australia is so strong that online real estate listing firm Domain Group has, since late 2013, published a glossy weekly in Chinese which it distributes at 400 points across Sydney and Melbourne. The site is looking at more ways to connect with Chinese Australians as it expects demand from the community to only increase, according to its Chief Economist Andrew Wilson.
About one in two buyers who show up at auctions in Ringwood East in Melbourne are Chinese, according to Han, who has no siblings as a result of China's one-child policy that created a generation of so-called "little emperors." He said his home purchase was a "good trade".
"Houses here are still a lot cheaper, larger and better quality than those tiny apartments in Beijing," he said. "I would never imagine living in an American-style house with a garden in Beijing."
Narayanan Somasundaram is Bloomberg's Australian Financial Services Correspondent. This article was first published by Bloomberg and is reproduced with permission. This article is general information only.
Australia, China, housing market, property prices
Warren Bird
The Reserve Bank is probably in the best position to assess the level of demand by Chinese buyers for our property - and they've reported their findings in the latest Financial Stability Review. See the box on page 30-31 of http://www.rba.gov.au/publications/fsr/2016/apr/pdf/financial-stability-review-2016-04.pdf
A much less emotive view of what's going on can be found there.
8% of total demand. Then when you factor in that the total foreign demand is highly concentrated in particular markets (even localised areas) then the % contribution and therefore market price impact is materially higher than quoting the national aggregate.
Take for example Mr T of Meriton. On record as quoting foreign buyers accounting for 80%+ of sales for his developments, hence his consistent lobbying effort for anything that remotely influences it.
Sure, Its one influence of many (huge immigration overall is a far bigger problem). Combined with perverse tax incentives, perverse state/local planning laws etc. etc. But those that suggest foreign demand, illegal foreign purchases and unchecked population growth are non issues (or worse, misdirected redneck rants), well its no coincidence what side of the property equation those individuals sit on!
I don't get it, foreign demand is 8% of total demand for existing properties. Of this figure some smaller amount, maybe half, is Chinese demand. Is that really what you think is heating up the property market? Not negative gearing, and CGT discounts ?
Prefer analysis to use bigger samples. This uses very small sample sizes to try to prove points – eg auctions in Ringwood East, 7 sales in Lindfield, the word of one buyer in Ringwood East, etc.
Australian and US house prices remain firm
Increases in Australian house prices are slowing but there are many reasons for an underlying support, but some locations for apartments will not do as well. Housing recovery continues in the US.
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RBA signals the end of ultra-cheap money. Here's what it will mean
The Melbourne Cup day RBA meeting confirms the cessation of the 'yield control' strategy that's been in place since July. What might this signal for interest rates in the near term?
Isaac Gross, The Conversation
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Former Treasurer Joe Hockey became Australia's Ambassador to the US and he now runs an office in Washington, giving him a unique perspective on geopolitical issues. They have never been so important for investors.
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| Writer: Suriya G
Rush Pleansuk and Philippe Moisan on the making of Sumphat Gallery
This compact design studio founded by the designer and photographer highlights the importance of crafts and nature through sensations.
Hidden in a little sub soi of Vabhavadi-Rangsit Road, at first glance, Sumphat Gallery looks like a home more than a working space. Entering the gate, you will be greeted by plant shelves surrounding a long table which serves as an unofficial gathering place and workshops. The first floor of the building is dedicated to Philippe's photographs and some of Rush's furniture creations while the second floor serves as the office. During our last visit, Rush and Philippe shared about the concept of this design studio and their lives as professional and life partners.
For the Love of Indiana Jones
Rush: "Me and Philippe, we lived our childhood life and we actually shared one dream, which is a dream to be Indiana Jones. We were thinking about how to combine the love that we have, between traveling, working and photography altogether. And finally, we decided it was that dream that we had when we were kids that we wanted to pursue. The life of Indiana Jones. Going to small villages, meeting people, finding some crafts and antiques, that's something we are interested. It made sense because I was working in industrial design before."
Passion Comes First
Philippe: "I came from Paris, France. I was born in the 60s in a family, part of which Part of which were artists in Paris and the other part were farmers. But everything came from my childhood and where I was. And the older I get, the more important I realize it was. Being a teenager in the 60s – 70s in Paris, Europe, I embraced everything in politics, in art, in music. With all kinds of music there was at this time, so you absorbed everything. My parents are intelligent. They said to me that "Philippe, whatever you do in your life, you only have to love it. Try to find something that you have passion and enjoy it."
The Essence of Sumphat
Gaspard: "In Thai, Sumphat also means "touch". But "touch" is coming in different forms; by the eyes when you have a contact with something, hands when you touch an object, or by your tongue when you encounter some flavors. When touching something, you have memories of sensations.
You remember something because you see it, taste or feel it and because it is not perfect. If everything is perfect, it is plain. You cannot get any attention on the object. We are the furniture designer and object designer that have worked with lots of crafts, because craft is something that gives sensations. So Sumphat is about the sensations that come from the essence and beauty of nature."
Philippe: "Our private, professional, our artistic lives are always mixed together. Gaspard (Rush) is an architect, while I'm a photographer. Apart from being an architect, he is also a furniture designer. We are happy about our Sumphat collaborations. It has everything we are, from furniture pieces to my photography of the forests and the woods. The mixture of everything gives a good idea of how Sumphat Gallery was born."
For more information about Sumphat Gallery, please visit the facebook page Sumphat Gallery. Philippe Moison's works are displayed in the website Philippe Moisan.
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/**
 * Signals representation; signals inlets will copy signal data to this
 * object.
 */
public class MSPSignal {

    /**
     * Tells the number of time this signal is connected. This is always
     * 1 in pure-data.
     */
    public short cc = 1;

    /**
     * Tells if this signal is connected. This is always true in pure-data.
     */
    public boolean connected = true;

    /**
     * Number of sample in vector.
     */
    public int n;

    /**
     * The sampling rate.
     */
    public double sr;

    /**
     * The current sample data.
     */
    public float[] vec;

    MSPSignal() {
    }

    public MSPSignal(float vec[], double sr, int n, short cc) {
        this.vec = vec;
        this.sr = sr;
        this.n = n;
        this.cc = cc;
    }

    /**
     * Returns a copy of this signal but with the same sample buffer.
     * @return the new signal with the same buffer
     */
    public MSPSignal alias() {
        return new MSPSignal(vec, sr, n, cc);
    }

    /**
     * Returns the a duplicated signal object. Also copies the array.
     * @return the new signal with the same value
     */
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        return new MSPSignal((float [])vec.clone(), sr, n, cc);
    }

    /**
     * Returns the a duplicated signal object, but the sample vector is
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     * @return the new signal with empty value (silence)
     */
    public MSPSignal dupclean() {
        return new MSPSignal(new float [vec.length], sr, n, cc);
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Indifference in the face of disability: collective hunger strike
December 3, 2018 December 3, 2018 Vance Flores
To support two families without solution, associations and a collective mobilize and start a solidarity hunger strike. They are trying, by this desperate act, to challenge the Government, which reacted immediately.
Elisabeth, mother of Romain, and Jennifer, Morgan's sister, will start a hunger strike on Monday, June 19, 2017, at 9 am, place de la République, in Paris. All week, maybe more. But they will not be alone … It will then be Céline's turn in Agen then Jean-Michel and Sylvie in Villeneuve-sur-Lot, Karine Albi … In total, eight people will take turns in this strike of the hungry " solidarity ".
A solidarity hunger strike
Their claim? To challenge the President of the Republic and his government on the " flaws of accompaniment, care and places in small institutions adapted and human scale that push families to terrible acts of desperation ". We owe this initiative to the Emilie Collective, which supports parents of children with disabilities, and several associations *; they decided, by this desperate act, to support Elisabeth and Jennifer who sent letters to Emmanuel Macron and his government, remained for the moment unanswered. The motto of this mobilization: " Stop indifference to difference ".
Open letter to the President
In an open letter sent on June 14, 2017 to the President of the Republic, are cited the cases of autistic young Morgan of 23 years in the Landes, Romain young autistic 15 years in the Val de Marne, Donovan in serious disability in the Landes, Lucas autistic child of 3 years in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques. All are waiting for places and solutions. Like so many others … For months, these families have been accompanied and helped by the Emilie Collective. " Until then, exchanges and collaborative work were possible with the former government and the Elysée , the letter says. Since your election and the setting up of the various ministries, we have, as only return, a screed of lead heavy of sense and consequences. "This hunger strike is a response to" closed doors and inertia. " The signatories say, " We will not cancel it."
The smoldering fire
No question, according to his editors to be content with " polite and courteous responses, a language of politician wood or hypothetical promises to extinguish the smoldering fire ." And to remind Emmanuel Macron that he has " publicly committed to disability ", defined as one of the priorities of his quinquennium. They now demand " strong and immediate acts ". " The austerity policies carried out so far and the total lack of a real disability policy have led parents to put their lives in danger by climbing cranes in protest, others to end their lives " Continues the letter. She asks, " How many tears of rage and despair thousands of families ? ".
Call for general mobilization
Faced with this, the collective hardens the tone and intends to watch during the whole of the next quinquennium " that a civic life, dignified and fair is applicable to all and is not the subject of a simple election promise and a communication operation with the appointment, as Secretary of State, of a mother of a child with Down Syndrome ". In conclusion, this open letter calls all citizens who recognize themselves in this struggle to the general mobilization. She has already received the support of several political figures.
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Q: Tkinter overlapping grid widgets everyone. I'm new to Python and trying to learn it as my future jobs will require me knowing it. I'm playing around with Tkinter, trying to get a pinging script to work. The result of this script will show a list of servers in column 0 and a list of whether it is up or down in column 1. I have it working except for one thing: the widgets overlap, causing this script to be a memory hog. For example, if the site "google.com" responds with "UP" and I take down my internet, it will show as "DOWN". However, as soon as a plug my internet back in, it will show as "UP" but I can see the remnants of the word "DOWN" behind the label. I've tried different ways to destroy the widget before every utilization but can not get it to work. I understand if my code is a little messy so I'm definitely open to criticism. Below is the code I have with a few example sites listed in the "host" variable:
import pyping
import Tkinter as tk
from Tkinter import *
import time

host = ["google.com", "yahoo.com", "espn.com"]

root = tk.Tk()

class PingTest:

    result = []
    resultfc = []

    def __init__(self, hostname, inc):
        self.hostname = hostname
        self.inc = inc
        self.ping(hostname)

    def results(self, result1, resultfc1):
        self.result = result1
        self.resultfc = resultfc1

    def ping(self, y):
        self.y = y
        q = ""
        try:
            x = pyping.ping(self.y, count=1)
            q = x.ret_code
        except Exception:
            pass
        finally:
            if q == 0:
                self.results("UP", "green")
            else:
                self.results("DOWN", "red")

        self.window()

    def window(self):

        self.label1 = Label(root, text=self.hostname)
        self.label2 = Label(root, text=self.result, fg=self.resultfc, bg="black")

        a = Label(root, text=self.hostname)
        b = Label(root, text=self.result, fg=self.resultfc, bg="black")
        b.update()
        b.update_idletasks()
        if b == TRUE:
            b.grid_forget() # These two lines don't seem to help my cause
            b.destroy()
        a.grid(row=self.inc, column=0)
        b.grid(row=self.inc, column=1)

while TRUE:
    i = 0
    for h in host:
        PingTest(h, i)
        i += 1
    time.sleep(1)

A: I would update labels instead of destroying them.
We can use threading to check each site without having to block the mainloop().
By creating a list of labels you can use the index of the list to set up the labels on your GUI and at the same time we can start a thread per object in list to check on the site status and return if site is up or down. I chose to use urllib and threading to make this work.
import tkinter as tk
import urllib.request
import threading
import time

host = ["google.com", "yahoo.com", "espn.com"]

class CheckURL:
    def __init__(self, host, widget):
        self.host = host
        self.widget = widget
        self.update_labels()

    def update_labels(self):
        if urllib.request.urlopen("http://www." + self.host).getcode() == 200:
            self.widget.config( text='UP', fg='green')
        else:
            self.widget.config(text='DOWN', fg='red')
        time.sleep(5)
        self.update_labels()

root = tk.Tk()
labels = []

for ndex, x in enumerate(host):
    tk.Label(root, text=x).grid(row=ndex, column=0)
    labels.append(tk.Label(root, text='DOWN', fg='red'))
    labels[-1].grid(row=ndex, column=1)
    threading._start_new_thread(CheckURL, (x, labels[-1]))

root.mainloop()

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El azor variable (Accipiter hiogaster) es una especie de ave accipitriforme de la familia Accipitridae ampliamente distribuida en las islas menores de la Sonda, las Molucas, Nueva Guinea y las islas Salomón. Anteriormente era tratada como una subespecie del azor gris (Accipiter novaehollandiae) pero en la actualidad es reconocida como especie separada.

Subespecies
Se reconocen las siguientes subespecies:
 A. h. sylvestris  – en las islas menores de la Sonda;
 A. h. polionotus  – en las Tanimbar y otras islas del mar de Banda;
 A. h. mortyi  – en la isla de Morotai;
 A. h. griseogularis  – en las islas Halmahera, Ternate, Tidore y Bacan;
 A. h. obiensis  – en las islas Obi;
 A. h. hiogaster  – en el sur de las islas Molucas;
 A. h. pallidiceps  – en la isla de Buru;
 A. h. albiventris  – en las islas Tayandu y Kai;
 A. h. leucosomus  – en Nueva Guinea
 A. h. misoriensis  – en la isla Biak;
 A. h. pallidimas  – en las islas de Entrecasteaux;
 A. h. misulae <small>{{v|Mayr, 1940}}</small> – en el archipiélago de las Luisiadas;
 A. h. lavongai  – en las islas Tabar, Nueva Hanover y Nueva Irlanda;
 A. h. matthiae  –  en las islas San Matías;
 A. h. manusi  – en las islas del Almirantazgo;
 A. h. dampieri  – en las islas Umboi y Nueva Bretaña;
 A. h. lihirensis  – en las islas Lihir y Tanga;
 A. h. bougainvillei  – en las islas Bougainville y Shortland;
 A. h. rufoschistaceus  – en las islas Choiseul, Santa Isabel y Florida;
 A. h. rubianae  – en la región central del archipiélago de las islas Salomón;
 A. h. malaitae  – en la isla de Malaita;
 A. h. pulchellus  – en la isla de Guadalcanal.

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Does anyone have any experience of how to access this night bus service to get from the airport to central Nice? The blessed 98 and 99 services seem to shut up shop around 9pm, as does the local 23 stopping service (T1 only). Pathetic really. Easyjets Gatwick-Nice after work flight drops you into T2 just in time to miss the 9.35pm bus for Gare Routiere. - nothing listed for a futher nearly two hours. Somewhere nearby I have read there is a half-hourly N4 from 9pm until 1.00am but in best French tradition it doesn't call at the Airport termini. There has to be a way to avoid the 30 Euro Taxi robbery. Any suggestions welcome.
The 98 bus schedule accessed via Nice Airport web site gives departure times of 21.35, 22.05, 22.25, 23.10 and 23.45. These times all are in red with an asterix with the note that on demand of the driver these buses also go to Gare SNCF.
Has anyone dared ask a driver to do this, and which way does the bus go, ie from the bus station to the train station?


... the output should be a single red square read from "mpr:test". Instead it outputs all three images, the red, lime, and blue. The same failure occurs when using any combination of index numbers inside the square brackets like "mpr:test[N]", "mpr:test[N-N]", "mpr:test[N,N]". The output in every case is all the images that were written to the "mpr:". There are no errors or warnings, even if using an index number beyond the number of images in the "mpr:" list.
I get the same behavior on IM 7.0.8.16 Mac OSX Sierra. It also fails on IM 6.9.10.16 Q16 for me.
This issue appears to be resolved with version 7.0.8-17. Thanks!


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Q: Find distance from proximity sensor on iPhone in swift I know I can get the proximity state from UIDeviceProximityStateDidChangeNotification, but what I'm really after is a distance measurement. Does anyone know of a way to do that, preferably without accessing private methods?
This questions is similar - Measure distance from an iPhone to an Object using proximity sensor but is nearly 5 years old.

A: I think that as far as I know it's not possible. It's only possible to know if there's something near or not (bool - true or false).
Thanks it helps.


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2018 ESSENCE Festival headliner, Janet Jackson, had us all in our living rooms dancing with what was undoubtedly the most epic performance of the night during Sunday's Billboard Music Awards.
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let me know what you think @howardkurtz. we'll be back here asker week. 11:00 eastern. see you then. eric: the world watching and waiting as president trump gears up to meet face-to-face with north korean dictator kim jong-un. they arrived just this morning. welcome to america's new "ameris headquarters" on this sunday. i'm eric shawn. arthel: two days remaining until the highly anticipated summit between president trump and the north korean leader kim jong-un. the commander-in-chief maintaining a hard line approach ahead of the summit. here is lindsey graham earlier this morning. >> north korea is not going to
change the way they do business unless they believe the hilt option is on the table. president trump if he has to will use mil force to end this threat to the american homeland. i want my democratic colleagues not just telling him what a good deal would look like. but having his back. arthel: we have fox team coverage. gregg fall co palkot has the la. reporter: the president said he's feeling good going into his meeting with kim jong-un. the president making the remarks as he got off the plane in singapore. he landed shortly after kim jong-un did here. this is only the third country kim has visited since assuming the leadership of north korea in
2011. the president left the g-7 and the canadian prime minister''. larry kudlow said the president had top respond aggressively, especially going into this meeting with kim jong-un. >> potus is going to singapore to negotiate with the north koreans. this an historic event. good things, wonderful things could come out of it. >> we hope so, absolutely. >> potus is not going to let a canadian prime minister push him around. push him poe us around on the eve of this. he is not going to permit any show of weakness. reporter: the president defined success for this summit between establishing a good relationship to a significant agreement.
he also:warns this is kim's one shot at a deal with the united states. and he says if he believes the summit will fall apart he'll not waste his or kim's time. it's technically monday morning. that means president kim jong-un meets tomorrow here in singapore. they are scheduled to gather for the first time in a private resort on an island off the coast of mainland singapore. eric: reaction is pouring in from around the globe as the world awaits the summit. the possibility of denuclearization of the korean peninsula. gregg palkot is live in seoul, south korea which is so deeply affected by the north korean threat. hi twahi, gregg.
reporter: on both sides of the dmz they are watching. they are watching closely whether president trump who is on the ground in singapore can make some kind of a deal with kim jong-un regarding the nukes. the south core reyarns have been living in the shadow of those nukes for decades. as for north korean leader kim who is in singapore meeting with officials, it's not clear how much he'll give. but it's clear what he wants. certainly economic breaks for his impoverished country and security concerns and respect. >> having high-level meetings, they can build a narrative around that and portray the leader as an equal to the president of the united states.
the south koreans are looking for -- including president moon who has been integral to the diplomacy and a move toward the end to the korean war. there are signs there could be some move toward that at this summit. probably also keeping a bit of an eye among their other duties during the day on the south korean country, 28,000 u.s. troops who have been under the gun for the past several months. they might want to know what their future has in store. eric: thanks so much. a lot of anticipation. arthel: joining me on all of his is john park. dr. park, good to have you here. i want to jump right in. what do you think is north korea's strategy. and is kim jong-un to be trusted that he'll operate in good
faith? >> we are looking at the transportation of the totality of the north korean leadership re zwreem singapore. this isn't just purely for the optics aspect of it. this is a big part of the potential launch of a process that could lead to a lot of details that could lead to the end of a korean war. what would a denuclearization process look like. this is the beginning of this process. there is deep distrust on both sides. but these two leaders are clearly unconventional by the standard of their respective countries. so there is a streamlined approach for these two leaders to engage to launch this process going forward. arthel: president trump saying this is going to be more than a photo-op. what should president trump say to kim jong-un in this meeting.
>> a lot of the things have already been said. we have seen a unique array of personnel. we are now potentially seeing the beginning of a rt process going forward. there will be a lot of ups and downs in that process. but as the under case of the ford movement. secretary of state pompeo is a critical player. we have had cunning *'s main advisor kim yong chol in the white house. arthel: there is a lot of ground work covered. should the u.s. stand steadfast, denuclearization or bust? >> there are so many different moving pieces. there is a component that in many respects the larger game plan is this idea how do we link the different mechanisms. the south koreans have had their big summit.
they laid out a declaration. the big part about moving ford, developing an economy, the early listing will be done by south korea and china. but in order to get there, there has to be progress on the denuclearization piece. arthel: is that a yes. is it denuclearization or bust or not? >> it will be a key component. but the managing of the expectations is who does what when and how. it's the core element but it's how it's done that is the basis of how we see the forward movement. they will were president trump relying on his gut i d gut instincts.
' he said he can read kim jong-un within a minute of meeting him. >> if you look at a lot of the footage. we have a tremendous amount in a relatively short period of time. before just a few months, he was an enigma. we had secretary of state pompeo meet with kim jong-un. previous american sit even who met with kim jong-un was dennis rodman. but he's very measures in his meetings. with the words and dialogue on the north korean side will be measured. on president trump's side the engage, can i make the deals goingoing forward. and it's no easy feat. it's this idea in starting this there will be a lot of contentious issues coming up along the way. arthel: how key are they?
you have two larger than life players. you laid out the road leading up to this in terms of the ground work taking place. what about these two leaders themselves. does the buck stop with them? >> it looks like with the two structures we are seeing a streamlining of processes that makes it look like it's the case. it's unprecedented how we have sooner the top-down approach. the two leaders agreed top move forward and delegated key individuals to make that happen. middle level working groups, then you escalate higher up as you see more progress. they are you next sense this is have much about deal making. the idea of the traditional model in the way negotiations have common the past, they factor in. it's very specifically on these individuals and how they see the path ahead. arthel: let's talk about the
roles played by different nations. i like to describe as president moon scraped off the plaque off the relationship between the two nations. >> if you recall the he vernlts just before the declaration, we saw diplomatic breakthroughs. the use of the winter olympics in south korea was the beginning of this process. but president moon on the south korean side took the early risk. if you look at the south korean role, they will seek to close gaps. when there was an early gap between president trump and chairman kim, president moon did a lot to try to close those gaps. and he has that unique role top play going forward. arthel: what about china and
russia and japan. >> even some of the high-profile events we have seen have become background noise. kim jong-un has met with xi jinping twice now. it's remarkable the help they have been getting from the chinese side. kim jong-un arrived in singapore on a chinese aircraft. there is a lot to be said about the support coming from the chinese side. russia is still in the background. this ia of trying to establish a direct connection. chairman kim hasn't met with vladimir putin yet. prime minister abe is trying to get that kind of connection. if we see the broader movement in these mechanisms there could be a state. but getting the denuclearization process under way would create the space for other mechanisms under way.
we are putting a lot of focus on this meeting in singapore. arthel: as represented in this photo posted by german chancellor angela merkel's camp. there was clearly somecontentio. now you have this twitter feud with canadian prime minister justin trudeau and president trump. does this affect leverage on the level going into the summit with kim jong-un? >> it's important for the u.s. team to make that differentiation. there is also some issues in between the bilateral rips between president trump and the respected european leaders. but this all new. in one sense the comparison is multi ladd lateral. and this idea he's in control. in that dynamic it's important
to shift the focus and appreciate this is a different setting. they will there are everyone is hopeful for a positive outcome. where are the consequential pitfalls? >> in north korea's field, it's important to look at a number of countries doing different things. but in terms of what to look for. i think this idea of a joint statement of some kind where laying out the key goals of the respective countries here, the united states look at reducing this threat from the north koreans and moving ford with denuclearization. the potential elimination of a policy and security guarantee would lead to the basis of the official launch. these are the areas a lot of work has been done. rather than going to the table and negotiating from scratch,
this idea of reviewing what has been peaf cheefd up until now and making this decision of the official launch of the denuclearization process. arthel: i want to ask you, what do you think would be considered real 60s expectations coming out of this meeting? >> we have seen the managing expectations. but the realistic steps ford, i can approach it from a slightly different angle. a lot has been done below the surface. we'll see more of it after the summit. but the fact it's been in the works for a while. that's a piece of it i think we are going to seat announcement of things that have been more or less agreed to. arthel: we are going to call this the submarine part. thank you very much for your perspective. eric: disputes over trade escalate between the u.s. and
some of our closest allies after president trump withdrew his support from the final g-7' statement in canada. germany and france blasting that move saying it undermines trust. but white house trade advisor peter navarro pushing back ainst that criticism. he warns when it comes to trade and tariffs, it can no longer be business as usual. >> on the issue alone we have allies strategically. but when it comes to these trade disputes, the allies are robbing us blind. eric: the president says we are a piggy bank. >> the summit was supposed to ease some of the tensions over trade. instead it ended with the president of the united states attacking the prime minister of canada on twitter and president trump withdrawing his endorsement of the g-7 final statement. the administration is not backing down. two top aides are accusing prime
minister justin trudeau as being a back stabber. >> there is a special place in hell for any foreign leader that even ghaijts bad faith diplomacy with president donald j. trump and' tries to stab number the back on the way out the door. that's what bad faith justin trudeau did with that stunt press conference. >> he stabbed us in the back. he did a great disservice to the whole g-7. reporter: president trump accused the prime minister of making false statements in a news conference. he said he acted so meek and mild during our g-7 meetings only to give a news conference after i left saying thawvment s. tariffs were kind of insulting. our tariffs are in response to his of 270% on dairy. republican senator john mccain criticized the president's action. to our allies.
the majority of americans remain pro free trade and supportive of alliances based on 70 years of shared values. nancy pelosi saying this quote, this week started with donald trump boosting a chinese company identified as a national security threat and it ended with him standing up for russia and tai -- and alienating our allies. after the tweet trudeau's office said the prime minister did not say anything he hasn't said to the president previously in public and in private conversations. arthel: there is more breaking news and it is sad. the pentagon identifying the u.s. special operations soldier who was killed in somalia. he is 26-year-old staff sergeant
alexander conrad. he served in afghanistan twice and received numerous award including the purple heart. u.s. africa command said 2000 fourther soldiers were also wound during the attack. eric: we are getting new reaction on capitol hill on the upcoming summit in singapore between president trump and kim jong-un. plus, the long awaited justice department watchdog report should be out this week from michael horowitz. way it's expected to say about the department and the fbi's handling of the hillary clinton email investigation. >> this is going to be a thorough report, it's been a long time in the making. the inspector general has examined thousands if not hundreds of thousands of documents to get to this point.
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eric: we are awaiting the release of the highly anticipated report from the justice department's inspector general. it will come on thursday.
it's expected to find fault with officials at the justice department and the fbi over the way they handled the hillary clinton investigation during the 2016 campaign. michael horowitz will testify about this report the next after next and its revelations when he appears in front of the senate judiciary committee. >> do you believe the way the fbi handled the clinton email investigation was on the up and up? do you believe it was fair? do you believe they were in the tank for clinton and hated trump? was it a serious investigation or was it a politically compromised. eric: waits on the up and up and was it fair? -- was it on the up and up and was it fair? joining me the senior advisor for the senate foreign relations
committee. let me start with the fact that you were inside the department of justice at the top legal team. what do you think horowitz's report will expose this week? >> we are hearing it will be a 500-page report. it will be damning for the fbi and the justice department's oversight. the public announcements about the investigation. the decision not to prosecute announced by the fbi director, not the u.s. attorney's office. a very odd scenario. then the additional emails found on the other computer and the decision to announce that fact. so a very odd situation and a highly critical report is likely to come out of the i.g.'s office. eric: horowitz is known as a straight shooter. do you think he'll pull punches or get it out there?
>> there has been a lot of criticism of horowitz from the president and there have been a lot of criticisms of the justice department generally. it's hard to know how this will play out in the media. but i think he'll give as straightforward a report as he can. eric: what else do you think will come out of the leaks? will there be specifics on not just leaks, but the way they handled the clinton administration. their view of the server -- i said administration -- i meant the server -- the way they handled that. she wasn't put under oath. her people weren't put under oath. but the people in the trump investigation were put under oath. is that a different standard? >> i think where they will be critical are the public the statement made by the justice department. i think that's where the --
eric: now you are talking about comey. >> i think it i.g. report will be critical of jim comey's investigation. eric: do you think he violated procedure due process coming out with those statements before the campaigns. >> it's unusual and unprecedented for a fbi director come out and appear to make a decision about an ongoing investigation. just discussing it at all is unusual. but then to say no prosecutor would bring charges is seriously problematic. eric: basically he violated that unwritten 60-day rule about an investigation. does he have a duty to report to congress? >> we'll see how that plays out. that's congress's decision. but the idea that he'll talk about all these issues and may even remedies principle.
andrew mccabe lied to investigators with discussion about leaks to the media. >> when you say discipline. what does that mean? does that mean criminal referral of criminal charges against mccabe or others? >> what the justice department and the i.g. has done. it fall to the u.s. attorney's office to determine whether they are going to prosecute. there may be other folks involved where there may be criminal charges internal. after all still today peter strzok and lisa page remain on the justice department payroll. eric: what about strzok and lisa page's private emails, calling the president an idiot and saying they need an understand policy against him. >> those are problematic
statement. it seems almost amateurish and problematic from that front. the justice department took them off the investigation and moved them to other positions. they are investigating whether there is appropriate discipline to be brought against them. obviously there are a lot of concerns about what is going on at the justice department and the fbi. these texts make it hard to defend the bureau and the justice dplept these areas and that's problematic in and of itself. eric: the supporters say those are private thoughts, it doesn't affect public policy. >> they were involved in hotly contested investigations that were highly focused on by the justice department and the fbi. so we'll see if in fact their private discussions had any impact on their public behavior.
but if it did, that problematic for sure. eric: do you think there was wrongdoing? >> i think there were huge mistakes made. when you lie to fbi investigators, you can't do that. you shouldn't be talking about investigations publicly. whether there is criminal wrongdoing, a harder question. we'll have to see what the i.g. recommends. eric: the report coming out thursday. we'll see what's in it. arthel: reaction pouring in to that upcoming face-to-face meeting between president trump and kim jong-un as the two leaders arrive in singapore. plus can the president actually make diplomatic progress with the rogue regime on it nuclear and missile programs? or will the delegate negotiations fall flat? we'll debate it. and the first thing they asked
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arthel: fox news alert out of washington. ahead of the landmark meeting between president trump and kim jong un in singapore. here's the ranking democrat on the senate foreign relations committee expressing some reservations. >> our concern here, the president has gone into a high wire act without a safety net in the preparation for this type of summit while we applaud robust diplomacy, preparation for this type of summit to test the proposition of what kim jong un is willing to do has not taken . arthel: gary taney lab in washington with more. >> an extremely important part with north korea. out of the iran nuclear deal, that is why president trump is so easily able to drop out of it. this week he said he does not
want to see a repeat about with north korea and plans of congress ratified in a deal he makes it can jong un. ahead of the summit, and top democrats at a white house the letter and what they need to see to support a deal. senator dianne feinstein doesn't expect to see a full-blown deal after this summit, but she does expect north korea to understand we will not allow its nuclear program to continue. >> the minimum is an understanding that this is a real problem for us. we will not let that problems stand in the only alternative is to sit down and come up with anh that there is an incentive for north korea to do that. >> senator lindsey graham argued the only way north korea will be making deals that the u.s. is going to use military force and he is pushing his democratic colleagues to help send the message by saying openly, they
will support president trump doing that if diplomacy fails. >> there are three outcomes here. peace where we have a win-win solution. military force where we devastate the north korean regime and stop their programs by fours or like we've done in the past and donald trump is not going to picture late, so there's only two options. peace or war. >> senator graham met with president trump on friday before you left for the g-7 summit and said the president seemed very prepared and very ready for the meeting with kim jong un. >> aerated. thank you very much. great questions over
democracies, and welcome. first of all, the magic word of whether we can trust them or not is denuclearization, but not at all clear as the former prime minister just pointed out. they promised that before and they have lied repeatedly. >> that's right. north korea has a track record. we note that they use these negotiations to try to get more or to push themselves further along the nuclear process. that is why it's very important here for us to really just make
a decision shortly after the summit as to whether we will be moving toward or not, whether we determine the north korea is seriously about fully deep nuclear icing and making them put that down payment, not us. they have to take the first step or perhaps several steps. the real danger we have right now is getting ourselves caught up in a long and elaborate process. exactly what happened with the iran nuclear deal arrigo strung along and that's really the last thing we want to see with the north koreans. >> the administration went from complete demutualization leading up to the meeting to step-by-step, may be facing an exactly what you just pointed out. say today it remains unclear how much progress has been made between her and the gap between pyongyang which is a phased approach disarmament in exchange for concessions from the u.s. and others in washington and which ones a rapid surrender of north korea's nuclear capabilities.
at the summit doesn't produce a sweeping denuclearization deal for a more modest declaration of amity and goodwill, it will have raised the profile of mr. kim for years an international pariah. how do you envision the the step-by-step phase-in? what phase-in? would he freezes nuclear ballistic missile test? would there be some communiqué agreeing to that? do you see concrete progress coming for kim? >> the hope that this is not symbolic and we see something worth north koreans declared they will denuclearize and do it in front of the entire world and perhaps begin to take steps beyond destruction of one facility. they take several concrete steps before the united states provides them with anything. >> what steps would you suggest? >> allowing for the world to see exactly what they have. perhaps coming up with a list of
what they're going to destroy and ship out to other countries. there is a lot that can be done in the important thing here is for the united state do not provide anything in return. in other words, we continue to say this is great if you do the following things that we will begin to alleviate some of the pressure. the other important thing here is if we don't see progress right away, that we have the maximum pressure sanctions campaign the weaver dt got been put into action, but then we press pause. we will need to him because the pressure to make it clear to the north koreans but there's a lot of pain they will endure if they don't take some of the steps i've just described. >> the president did pause that by saying i missed out on the other day that he doesn't prefer to use that term. >> that is right. it is fine for now you want to try to keep kind of a positive atmosphere going into the
summit. i understand why you wouldn't want to increase pressure in the week leading up to we have actually provided some already. we pause the maximum pressure campaign. we've also stop some of the miry activities in the area surrounding north korea. these are the sorts of things that help them get to the table, but they are not permanent concessions made on the part of the united states. we make it very clear that these things are easily reimplemented and there would be a price to pay for korea does not play ball. again, and the most important thing is we don't get strung along in a long dragged out process, which has only benefited the north koreans in years past. trained to do expect a concrete announcement of some sort? >> that would be the hope that kim would say we have declared we are going to denuclearize hindu within the next few months and as a result they will keep pressing pause on some of the
pressure. ihink that is really the best possible outcome. we need to keep expect nations low as the president has said in many observers have said is not something we can next you to easily accomplish, especially given the track record of the north koreans and what we've seen in the past between our country and bears. it doesn't seem likely. we need to hold out hope that they should be what we aim for, but let's not expect things to get done very quickly. >> by still another ratio when a breakup in a moment. we are going to break for commercial. when they come back, special young man who we should never forget your that of course is auto warm. he obviously was tortured to death, murder at the hands of the north koreans, even calling for kim to prosecute his murderers. in a moment, we'll ask the foundation of the defense of democracies that the president should bring up the case of otto
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>> waterworld focuses on nuclear threat, justice lawyer under warm could come at the summit. university of virginia student was tortured and murdered one north korean custody. we've called for his killer to be prosecuted. vice president mike pence yesterday saying auto is on the president's mind. >> in the words of the warm states tradition, may his memory be a blessing. today assured his dad is the president said two days ago, their beloved son will not have died in vain. [applause] eric: and we're back with john chancellor at the foundation for democracy. what should he say?
>> absolutely. a couple things we need to note about this. number one, some reparations made by north korean commander should be done something specifically to compensate the family of otto warmbier are. we should see justice done. there is a broader thing to learn and that is if you look back at the iran nuclear deal that we debated so vigorously here in washington, part of the problem was we only look at the nuclear component. we didn't look at all the other malign the david and the part of the arabians which is what made it so controversial. the idea of having the north koreans denuclearized without addressing the fact they've engaged in so much other malign act to the day, whether it's the labor camps to maintain against their own people, wealthy westerners or others against their will, these are things we need to address where these make it very clear to us because we are going to allow for a certain
amount of normalization that we will not or to treat north korea as an equal among nations. that would he not a moral agreement, but one that would be expedient, which is along the lines of what we saw from the obama administration with iran in 2015. eric: jonathan, well said. arthel. arthel: no deal in sight for republicans on a sub 10. we will discuss. sfx: muffled whistle text alert.
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dreamers for several hundred thousand people brought into the country as children by their parents. lots of details they are. do they get a path to citizenship? do they get a short piece on legal status. that's just one thing. plenty of other things many people say if we do an immigration debate, we should care that the thoughts of other things and even people in the business community. the president's border wall. other things include my beefed-up security besides the law, a crackdown on catch and release, which is arresting illegal immigrants and letting them go until their court date limits on what new arrivals in the country. with family members they can bring with them, changes in the asylum policies, new limits are new we've seen a farm worker visas. this is just a dreamer thing alone is a huge political thing but the other things get way more complicated if you make the
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Book Review: "The Long War" by Pratchett and Baxter
Dallas Matier
Roughly 10 years after the events of The Long Earth, Joshua Valiante has put his days of exploration behind him. After his voyage into the distant reaches of the Long Earth—the seemingly infinite number of parallel worlds, the discovery of which set the series into motion—Joshua has settled down and married, having a child and even becoming the mayor of a small community on a parallel Earth. Of course, Joshua is still a famous figure in some circles—both for the help and guidance he offered to so many in the early days of Long Earth colonisation, and for his long distance expedition with the sentient A.I., Lobsang.
While he might still be a well-respected figure, though, it has begun to seem as though he is no longer really needed. In the years that have passed since the discovery of the Long Earth, the human-race has slowly adapted. Dirigibles capable of Stepping between one Earth and another, carrying both passengers and supplies, have now become common-place. Also, anti-nausea medication has been developed which effectively eliminates the only real downside to Stepping, for so many. Due to both of this developments, the human race has been able to spread further than ever before.
The increased pace of colonisation does bring its own challenges, though. As those early days of wonder and exploration fade, the Long Earth has entered a period of growing political tension. Every nation of the original Earth, now called the Datum, has been forced to respond to these new challenges and opportunities, in their own way—and, their methods have, quite naturally, varied a great deal. The government of Datum America, for example, has sought to spread its influence out into the Long Earth—attempting to claim the resources of a seemingly infinite chain of parallel "Americas", and demanding taxes from those who settle there.
In response to this, the government of Datum America has been met with a great deal of opposition and resentment from those most distant colonies who, despite technically living on a parallel America, believe that the Datum American government does not provide enough support to justify the paying of taxes. Spearheading this particular movement is Valhalla, a thriving city-state that has been established far from the Datum Earth, which is the first to publicly and officially declare its independence.
While all of this is going on, though, one of Joshua's old travelling companions, Sally Linsay, suddenly re-enters his life to express her concerns about the mysterious creatures known as "trolls". The trolls were the human race's first contact with another intelligent race in the Long Earth—and, with their good-natured curiosity and their natural ability to Step, they have become useful allies for many settlements. However, their trusting nature has also left them open to exploitation and abuse. Sally believes that, with each act of cruelty committed against them, the trolls are losing their trust in the human race—abandoning human populated worlds and disappearing into the unknown reaches of the Long Earth. This is something which she believes will have dire consequences, in the long run—and so, she requests that Joshua investigate the matter.
While Joshua and Sally set out on their own separate journeys, the novel also introduces two additional plot-threads. Setting out from Datum America, Captain Maggie Kauffman and the crew of the USS Benjamin Franklin, representing America's new class of military grade dirigibles, are sent out on a long-term expedition to establish an American presence in the Long Earth. Meanwhile, in Datum China, the Chinese government has also set out to make its own mark on the Long Earth, with a long-range scientific expedition of its own.
Much like in the previous novel, Joshua still makes for a somewhat bland hero—though, to be fair, his new role as a loving husband and father does make him much more relatable than the stubborn loner we met in The Long Earth. Just like in the previous novel, though, Joshua also has the advantage of being paired with one of the book's most entertaining figures—in this case, Bill Lovell, a fellow explorer who may have seen more of the Long Earth than even Joshua, himself. However, while Joshua was clearly cast as the main protagonist of the previous novel, that no longer seems to be the case, here. He is still important to the story, of course—but, with a constantly widening cast of characters following their own plot-threads, the scope of the story seems to have broadened significantly.
Captain Maggie Kauffman and her crew, for example, quickly became one of the novel's true highlights, for me. Not only is Maggie, herself, a genuinely compelling character—but, she has an entertaining rapport with her entire crew that makes the portions of the novel focused on their exploits genuinely entertaining to read. On top of that, the situations that they manage to find themselves in, on their long-term expedition, are often genuinely fascinating.
Unfortunately, the same cannot really be said for the novel's other major new addition—Sally Linsay. While Sally is obviously intended to play an important role in the story, from this point forward, I also found her to be easily the most irritating character in the series. Abrasive and condescending, and prone to tossing out cheap and often entirely unwarranted insults, she quickly came to be the novel's greatest weak-point, for me. However, much like how Joshua's portions of the story are made more interesting through his partnership with Bill Lovell, Sally is made slightly more bearable through her own partnership with ex-cop, Monica Janssen—another of the novel's more interesting figures.
Much like with The Long Earth, it often feels as though the authors are more interesting in exploring their own ideas than they are in telling a focused story. The Long Earth remains a fascinating creation, though—and, it still provides many genuinely great moments as the novel's cast of characters explore its mysteries. There are enough moments of genuine wonder in The Long War that, despite whatever issues I may have had with the novel's occasional lack of focus or with certain additions to the cast of characters, I still finished this second novel eager to see how things might develop throughout the rest of the series.
© 2020 Dallas Matier


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AfroLezfemcentric Perspectives on Coloring Gender and Queering Race
By Aishah Shahidah Simmons | February 9, 2016
Incest and rape are words that never fully capture the horrifying and lasting imprint that these experiences leave on minds, bodies, psyches, and spirits both of those who have survived and the many others who have not. I fully credit the work of many unknown and known courageous racially/ethnically diverse women who began the second wave of this movement in the late 1960s and early 1970s for their tireless organizing and activist efforts in placing ending violence against women and children at the forefront of local, state, and national agendas. Even with the tremendous progress and inroads made, the racist and sexist stereotype that Black women and girls are incapable of being raped or otherwise physically or sexually assaulted still prevails.
Intersectionality and Intimate Partner Violence: Barriers Women Face
By Venessa Garcia and Patrick McManimon | February 8, 2016
Intimate partner violence (IPV) against women is likely to involve physical, sexual, emotional, and financial abuse and is still treated somewhat as a private issue. Until the 1980s, the American Bar Association advised police to avoid arrest and engage in conflict resolution. This was common practice until the Domestic Violence Movement aided in changing social constructs and encouraging pro-arrest and mandatory arrest policies. However, Lockwood and Prohaska (2015) found that police are still less likely to respond with the same vigor to IPV as they are to the violence against men. The 1994 Violence Against Women Act encouraged prosecutors to charge IPV offenders with their crimes. This led to "no-drop" policies.
Intimate Partner Violence & Intimate Partner Justice: How Spiritual Teachings Impact Both
By The Reverend Al Miles | February 2, 2016
These alleged spiritual 'truths' make it far more difficult for victimized women, old and young, to seek freedom from intimate partner bondage. Subscribing to these beliefs also increases greatly the risk of female victims-survivors facing more abuse or even death.
An Invitation to Community: Restorative Justice Circles for Intimate Partner Violence
By Emily Gaarder | February 2, 2016
Restorative justice is a community-based approach to justice that emphasizes repairing the harm caused by crime. It departs from the contemporary criminal justice system in several ways.
Intimate Violence, Societal Violence: Online Exclusives
By Tikkun Staff | January 26, 2016
These online exclusives are freely accessible articles that are part of an ongoing special series associated with Tikkun's Winter 2016 print issue, Intimate Violence, Societal Violence. An Invitation to Community: Restorative Justice Circles for Intimate Partner Violence
EMILY GAARDNER
Intimate Partner Violence and Intimate Partner Justice: How Spiritual Teachings Impact Both
REV. AL MILES
AISHAH SHAHIDAH SIMMONS
VENESSA GARCIA AND PATRICK McMANIMON
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The Problem of Evil: Campus, 1968
By Josephine Donovan | November 6, 2015
A Short Story
Elena was saying something about how exploited the TA's were. Maureen, who was also a TA, leaned her head closer, trying to hear her above the din of the students' chatter in the cavernous auditorium. Then Elena suddenly sat up and pointed toward the front. A short man with long, wavy white hair was rapping a ruler against the podium, attempting to get the students' attention. He began clearing his throat authoritatively.
Through Amichai's Window
By Rick Black | November 5, 2015
Editor's note: We deeply appreciate the way that Yehuda Amichai was available to Tikkun magazine. He not only allowed many of his poems to be printed in Tikkun, but also participated in the Tikkun Conference in Jerusalem, where we brought together all the various factions of the Israeli peace movement to reflect on why they had been less successful than they could have been. Amichai's presence there, and his reading of his poetry as part of the conference program, was a powerful statement of his commitment to peace and reconciliation with the Palestinian people.
A widely acclaimed poet of the 20th century, Yehuda Amichai was a voice of sanity in a world that often denies it. Born in Germany, Amichai immigrated to Palestine in the mid-1930s and spent the rest of his life trying to make sense of the calamitous events that his generation endured. He won numerous awards, both in Israel and abroad, and was a frequent contender for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
What's Next for Israel/Palestine
Non-subscribers: This forum is available as featured open-access content on our publisher's website. What's Next for Israel/Palestine? An Introduction
Until Two States Exist, Palestinians Deserve Voting Rights in Israel
DAVID BIALE
REBECCA SUBAR
Nonviolence, BDS, and the Dream of Beloved Community in Palestine/Israel
LYNN GOTTLIEB
RAJA SHEHADEH
SAM BAHOUR AND TONY KLUG
MAZIN QUMSIYEH
If You Want Justice, Support All Forms of Nonviolent Pressure on Israel
REBECCA VILKOMERSON
IAN S. LUSTICK
ANDREW ARATO
OVADIA EZRA
A New Horizon for Peace: An Israel-Palestine Union
OREN YIFTACHEL
State-Building Can Pave the Way to Statehood: Lessons from Kurdistan
REUVEN KIMELMAN
Israeli Elections Won't End Oppression in Palestine/Israel
AMER SHURRAB
Closing Thoughts on "What's Next for Israel/Palestine?"
These online exclusives are freely accessible articles that are part of an ongoing special series associated with Tikkun's Fall 2015 print issue, What's Next For Israel/Palestine. A Two-State Solution is the Only Option
ALON BEN-MEIR
The Legacy of Jewish Trauma
TIRZAH FIRESTONE
"The Ploughshare Without Fear": Remembering Martin Buber (1878-1965)
CAROL ASCHER
Communities of Faith Must Join to Demand an Arms Embargo
TIMOTHY R. PRISK
Moving Beyond Despair
DOV WAXMAN
The Problem with Solutions
NOAH HABEEB
On the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Back to Democratic Basics
SAM SUSSMAN
The Problem is that Life is Imperfect
By James P. Gray | October 18, 2015
The best way to achieve Mr. Gabel's noble goals is, first, to recognize what can and cannot be accomplished by the various decision-making institutions in our society, and then to try to equip them to perform optimally in their areas of influence.
The Tale-less Hoffmann
By James Wallenstein | October 16, 2015
Moods is time well spent, all the more so for not letting you forget that you were going to spend it anyway.
A Response to Gary Peller
By Peter Gabel | August 19, 2015
The desire for mutual recognition is not an abstract universal, but a concrete universal manifested in all human situations as an expression of the very meaning of what it means to be a social human being.
History and Transcendence
By Gary Peller | August 18, 2015
The imposition of the "desire for mutual recognition" as the universal that ties us all together in common humanity onto the description of every social phenomena is ahistorical and undialectical—it fails to account for the concrete particulars of time and space that give exercises of social power a particular spin and story.
Net Neutrality and the Fight for Social Justice
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Net neutrality is not just for techies. The digital roots of the Black Lives Matter movement show why we must fight to keep the internet open to all.
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Combining their love for wine and fine cuisine, Mick and Marlene selected a five course meal - each course paired with a wine selection from the Saddlerock cellars.Under the bistro lights guests sat around an eclectic assortment of tables. Zinc topped wooden tables lay next to Chantilly Lace covered Farm Tables for an old world style. Hues of burgundy, plum, tangerine and forest green created a vibrant backdrop for the copper chargers at each setting. Centerpieces full of purple & burgundy dahlias, Darcy garden roses, purple lisianthus & free spirit roses created by Unique Floral Design created a delightful and cheery energy that was perfectly aligned with this amazing couple! Jason Burns photography did an incredible job capturing the beaming couple and the spectacular details. Congratulations Marlene and Mick!


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New Delhi: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit India this month with an aim to boost cooperation between the two countries.
External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said Wang will be in India as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping, in a recent meeting, decided that the foreign ministers of the two countries should meet.
Sources said Wang will be in India around December 20.
Modi and Xi met on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Argentina on November 30.
In the meeting, they concurred that there had been a "perceptible improvement" in bilateral ties after their Wuhan summit and both sides are optimistic that 2019 would be an even better year for India-China relations.
They also discussed joint efforts to further enhance mutual trust and friendship between the two neighbours.
"This visit of the Chinese Foreign Minister is taking place following a meeting between the Prime Minister and President Xi… At that meeting, it was decided that the two foreign ministers should meet," Kumar said.
On Tuesday, Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale held talks here with Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Kong Xuanyou and reviewed the progress made in the bilateral ties since the Wuhan summit between Modi and Xi.
In their informal summit in Chinese city of Wuhan in April, Modi and Xi decided to issue "strategic guidance" to their militaries to strengthen communications so that they can build trust and understanding.
The informal summit had taken place seven months after the Doklam standoff.


The time has arrived and the scene is set for the last segment on an alien planet at which time the story resumes on planet Ki, one that should mean more to us than it appears to.
Odyssey Ki Trailer Source Segment T5.6 Saurama Elinates Threats at the Arena.
This is part 2 of the KCOR Radio Interview with Solaris Blue Raven and I. I did not spend the time on the facial expression layer as hoped given I still need to watch all the new tutorials from Iclone 7 addressing new features, one of which is the ability to morph a character into another character or an object to another object. The speed to change can be keyed on the time line as well as the % you want to morph, really fun stuff. I do not know how many parts it will take 20,000 frames at a time but may stitch together 2 or three next time as I want the total not to exceed 4 parts.
Continuing the trailer for T5 source, the escape craft for Taleron is entroute to the HQ city and had to stop to refuel with liquid hydrogen for subsystem normal operations. Notice the luminence change as the clouds uncover the moon towards the exit shot. Gonna work to make my Iclone water this good. There will be a communication segment in the actual trailer, you know, radio type chatter.
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I am so excited to update you on the Daddy/Daughter Dinner that the Girls Ministry hosted on February 15th. This was such a sweet time of fellowship, encouragement, fun, and teaching for Dad's and their girls. We began the night at 6:30 and as the girls came in with the fathers they first went to have their pictures taken. A BIG thanks to Amanda Guy Photography who provided all of these great shots! We had almost 50 sets of daddy/daughters, so here's just a sampling of these shots.
Dads and daughters found their way to their tables and after the welcome we played a quick game to see how well these girls knew their dads'.....FEET! After all, we wanted to encouraged girls that as their dads follow after the Lord, they are to follow in their fathers direction. It was absolutely hilarious as nervous dads peeled off their socks and stuck out their toes for all to see. We had about a 50-50 ratio on the girls that knew which smelly foot belonged to their precious pop.
Everyone enjoyed an amazing dinner cooked by our lovely FBC Kitchen Ladies. For the first time ever, they made the most scrumptious chicken alfredo, mixed veggies, salad, rolls....and CHEESECAKE! It was very delish! The young men that are raising money for their mission trip to Ecuador this summer served everyone and were such gentlemen! Mike and Tammy Holt lead the service team and made it such a special night.
After dessert, Pastor Jim Gibson delivered an encouraging and challenging message to our dads and daughters. As a father of 10, Pastor Jim has definitely learned a lot about parenting and it was wonderful having him there not only on a date with his daughter, Jami, but also to give word to other dads.
conversation starters also listed to help encourage meaningful conversations at their next dates. Pastor Jim spoke on the impact regular daddy/daughter dates will have in their relationship, and to encourage the fathers to plan these dates, we gave each daddy/daughters couple four coupons to local restaurants in their goodie bags. Also in each goodie bag were cute note cards for dads to write their daughters a word of encouragement before their next date and for daughters to do the same for their dad. We also provided the book, What a Daughter Needs from Her Dad, by Michael Farris for each dad to read over the coming days.
It really was a sweet time. I personally was so encouraged by the about of love and admiration that just gleamed throughout the room. I am excited to see relationships grow stronger and the impact this will have on the Kingdom.
If YOU attended the Daddy/Daughter Dinner, I would LOVE for you to post a comment about your favorite part of the evening or something you learned from Pastor Jim! Also, if you have already had another daddy/daughter date, let me know how it went!
Praying for our dads and daughters and I hope you are too!
PS - Want to see more pictures? Check out the facebook album on our FBC Girls Ministry Fan Page!