Homework is the assignment issued in class to be done at home or away from school. The aim of having such type of assignment is to keep the students busy with something while away from school. This is a more decent way of making good use of time that would rather be wasted while engaging in non productive activities. Many teenagers won't spare any moment doing a constructive thing if not kept actively involved in something useful. That's why denying students homework will do more than harm to their future lives.
One should also emphasize on crosschecking the homework and ensure that it's well done because some students will just take it for granted if you loosen your concern towards such assignments. Furthermore, these assignments are very crucial when it comes to personal studies as one will have a chance to exercise what was taught in class better while attending to the homework.
Help in proper management of time so that much of the time spent home is utilized wisely in a reproducible activity.
Shun students from spending their free time in doing immoral things which can easily ruin their lives.
Students will have extra time to exercise their minds on the class work and this will act as a revision time especially while preparing for a test.
Enable one to carryout personal research and thus generating new ideas which are very necessary for expanding ones thoughts.
Prepares one to have a hint on future lessons and this makes learning easier and interesting.
However, this homework should not be too much to occupy much of your time at home as one also needs some rest after school so as to get prepared for the following day. It's therefore necessary to allocate a reasonable amount of homework to students so that you don't overload their minds making it difficult for them to even concentrate in class the following day due to fatigue. Homework will always be the best way to keep your child busy and positively active. Although it may not necessarily be issued on daily basis but it plays a very crucial role in modeling your child the right way. Students should be assigned homework from time to time.


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Designing For The Elderly
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Helping Users to Absorb Change
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Apple's Unsatisfactory In-App Purchase Policies
BY GRAHAM SPENCER
http://www.macstories.net/stories/a-discussion-about-apples-unsatisfactory-in-app-purchase-policies/
Apple's Current IAP Policy
As the rules currently stand (and they have changed significantly from their original format), Apple takes a 30% cut of all IAPs, just as they do for regular apps.1 Apps cannot link directly to an outside store in a way that would encourage customers to circumvent paying via IAPs.2 Nor is it permitted to use a system other than IAPs to allow users to purchase content inside an app.3 But it is permitted to allow customers who have purchased content from outside of the App Store to redeem the content inside the app.4 There is no rule that prohibits IAPs for content/services from being charged at a higher price than what the content/services cost when bought from a website.
To illustrate why this current policy results in unsatisfactory outcomes, let me highlight the biggest problems I perceive, with reference to current examples that exist.
Problem 1: iOS users could be paying more than they need to, and they aren't informed of this.
One of the ways companies are getting around Apple's IAP rules is by selling their content or subscriptions at a higher price for IAPs, covering the 30% cut that Apple takes. This is the case for Rdio, which charges users slightly more if they purchase a subscription from inside the app via IAP.5 But many users are no doubt unaware that not only can a subscription be purchased directly from Rdio's website, but it can be done at a discount. This issue is made worse because of the rule that prohibits apps linking to outside purchase portals, so users are kept uninformed unless they do research or stumble upon the cheaper online price.
Problem 2: To avoid Apple's 30% cut, many content stores and subscription services don't offer IAPs and require users to purchase directly from their website.
Because Apple's rules allow users to redeem outside purchases inside an app, developers have often used this as a way around the 30% cut for Apple. But another rule prohibits using any other purchase system or direct linking to web stores within the app. As a result, many content stores and subscription services have "dumb" apps that can't do anything until you've made a purchase outside the app.
For example, Netflix's iOS app simply displays a login panel, and until you login to your paid account with a subscription you can't do anything - and there isn't a "Buy a month's subscription" button anywhere. Why? Because they don't want to (or can't afford to) let Apple take a 30% cut of their revenues and because Apple says they can't link to non-IAP purchase mechanisms. Likewise, Amazon's Kindle app and their new ComiXology apps no longer have a 'Store' section: the apps are only viewers for content you have already purchased outside of the App.
Problem 3: It is very hard for a smaller company to avoid IAPs
I think this is the hardest problem to demonstrate but, long term, perhaps the most serious and damning consequence of Apple's current rules: it stunts the development of innovative new apps and services.
Let's just discuss for a moment a theoretical new company that delivers a subscription service with some innovative twist at razor thin margins (just like Netflix, Spotify, etc). Consequently, it is simply untenable for them to absorb Apple's 30% cut. They could go Rdio's route and charge extra for the convenience of purchasing through IAPs, but that could mean their new, unknown service is now perhaps priced beyond what most people would pay. Or they could go the Netflix route and only allow people to purchase subscriptions outside of the app. But the problem with this approach is that it might work for the behemoths like Netflix and Amazon, but would a small company be able to get away with it? As Beats Music found out recently, it is "very hard" to get people to sign up for a service outside of Apple's ecosystem.
Continue reading here: http://www.macstories.net/stories/a-discussion-about-apples-unsatisfactory-in-app-purchase-policies/
Beats Bites the Bullet, and Starts Selling Subscriptions From Apple's App
http://recode.net/2014/04/18/beats-bites-the-bullet-and-starts-selling-subscriptions-from-apples-app/
Hudl's take on child profiles
It's interesting to see how they limit the time a child can be using the device for, sliders to set the maximum time the device can be used, and between which hours of the day. You can set different usage times for weekdays and weekends which seems intuitive, and also set a time for the device to turn itself off. I wonder if the child has access to the play store to download other age appropriate applications, or do they need parent approval first? Also, how this works alongside Androids native user profiles.
Ustwo discusses app and UX design of the Tesco Hudl 'tablet for everyone'
http://www.digitalartsonline.co.uk/news/interactive-design/ustwo-detail-ux-work-on-tesco-hudl-tablet-for-everyone/
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Why phablets will eventually replace tablets and regular smartphones
http://venturebeat.com/2014/11/09/why-phablets-will-eventually-replace-tablets-and-regular-smartphones-in-3-charts/
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Amazon Fire Phone ASAP Feature
The new ASAP feature on the Amazon Fire Phone looks rather interesting...
ASAP Predictive Streaming
Amazon's ASAP (short for Advance Streaming and Prediction) feature not only predicts what you'll want to watch next, it gets the video ready for streaming by automatically starting the buffer. That means, when you hit it up, it will play right away.
What you need to know: Even if the feature's not all that accurate, it's supposed to learn your tastes over time. This could be a really handy convenience that speeds up the streaming experience. But anyone sensitive about privacy will want to take note, as you may not like the idea of a tech company tracking your entertainment preferences.
http://readwrite.com/2014/04/03/amazon-fire-tv-streaming-guide#awesm=~oIF9qYnA6hqQtH
Android's App Engagement Higher Than iOS
http://www.forbes.com/sites/chuckjones/2014/06/11/androids-app-engagement-higher-than-ios-but-apple-drives-higher-ecommerce-sales/
"Brand is what people say about you when you leave the room." -Jeff Bezos
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The KHL Disciplinary Committee has reviewed two incidents from the previous weekend's games. In the 49th minute of Sunday's game in Ufa between Salavat Yulaev and Traktor Chelyabinsk, Ufa defenseman Andrei Zubarev was challenged for possession by opposing forward Andrei Popov and struck the Chelyabinsk player in the face. The Committee found Zubarev guilty of injuring an opponent by checking to the head and neck area. The player receives a major plus game misconduct penalty (5+20 minutes) and is also disqualified for one game.
In the 30th minute of Saturday's game in Minsk between Dinamo and Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg, the referee imposed a minor plus misconduct penalty (2+10 minutes) on Minsk forward Dmitry Meleshko for checking to the head and neck area. After studying the episode, the Committee upgraded the foul to one of injuring an opponent by checking to the head and neck area, and therefore Meleshko also receives a major plus game misconduct penalty (5+20 minutes) and a one-game ban.


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A Charlotte, North Carolina company is seeking a special use permit to build a 119-unit in the 2000 block of Jefferson Park Avenue on 1.71 acres, though a bedroom count is not included in the materials. The permit is for additional density and height as well as reductions in parking requirements. Several existing structures would be demolished to make way for the new building. (pages 34 through page 500 of the packet deal with this item)
This item is on the agenda for the April 12, 2022 Charlottesville Planning Commission meeting but will likely be deferred, according to city planning staff.
"The most likely final outcome will be a mix of one-, two-, three-, and four-bedroom units," reads the staff report. "Although it is true that comparable developments are located in this area (as it relates to density and height), these developments are located farther north on JPA."
According to city property records, the owner of the property is LAMSON, NORMAN, TR GADIENT JPA LTD TR with a Scottsville address. That entity purchased two of the three parcels in January 2005 for $3 million. They closed on the third parcel on March 9, 2022, paying $800,000 for a 0.226 acre lot that contains an apartment building constructed in 1957.
The building would be seven stories from Jefferson Park Avenue and would total 51,200 square feet. Under the new Future Land Use Map, the property is now designated for Urban Mixed Use Corridor.
"The proposed redevelopment of 2005 JPA will increase the neighborhood's housing stock in a location that can both support increased density and that has been earmarked by the City for increased residential use," reads the narrative prepared by Mitchell / Matthews Architects and Planners. "Specifically it will increase purpose-built student housing, which will decrease the pressure on single-family residential neighborhoods that are increasingly being populated by student rentals."
A rendering of the proposed 119-unit building in the 2000 block of JPA (Credit: Mitchell and Matthews Architects and Planners
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This week, hundreds of bills were introduced and many were acted upon. There has been an uptick in the pace at which bills are being assigned and advancing through the subcommittee and committee process, which has resulted in a higher volume of bills eligible for floor debate earlier in the process than has been the case in the past.
Prior to session, this issue was forecasted to be a focus of the legislature. This week, all of the proposed bills were considered in House and Senate subcommittees but were not acted upon. Chairs of those subcommittees pledged to have additional meetings to further discuss authorizing sports betting in Iowa and the proper infrastructure.
House and Senate subcommittees discussed reforming the current process for nominating district court and appellate judges. Bills reforming the existing Nominating Commissions advanced to both the House and Senate full Judiciary Committees. The proposal under consideration would change the structure of the Judicial Nominating Commission by removing the 50% of commissioners elected by the Iowa Bar and replacing that 50% with individuals appointed by the House and Senate majority and minority leaders.
Mandating that the right to abortion is not constitutionally protected - The advocates of this proposed amendment are reacting to court decisions that have ruled on the legality of recent abortion laws.
Lt. Governor succession in the event a sitting Governor resigns or is incapable of carrying out his or her duties** - This proposed amendment was deemed necessary to address the issue highlighted when then Governor Branstad resigned and then Lt. Governor Reynolds became Governor. The open question was and is centered around the succession of the Lt. Governor, more specifically, how a new Lt. Governor is appointed and what their status is prior to standing for election.
Applying strict scrutiny to any laws restricting or modifying gun ownership** - The advocates of this amendment are concerned that the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is not clear on gun ownership rights and that lack of clarity requires this language in the Iowa Constitution.
*To amend the Iowa Constitution, a resolution must pass both chambers in identical forms in two successive General Assemblies then be placed on the ballot in the next general election. This means that these bills must pass both chambers this year or next year (88th General Assembly) then again in 2020 or 2021 (89th General Assembly) to be placed on the ballot in the 2022 general election.
**In the case of the Lt. Governor succession and gun rights amendments, both were eligible to be voted on this year in the 88th General Assembly for the second time in order to be placed on the ballot in 2020. However, the Iowa Secretary of State failed to fulfill his duty to publish these amendments prior to this General Assembly which invalidated the action taken on them in the last General Assembly. This resulted in having to restart the process on both. Going forward, the legislature is looking to vest the duty to publish with the General Assembly in lieu of the Secretary of State.
Two education-related bills are quickly making their way through the legislative process. Proposals on State School Aid (SSA) and Transportation/Per Pupil Equity have been introduced and advanced through the Education and Appropriations Committees. The two bills increase SSA by about $90 million, with $78 million in a 2.06% increase in SSA, $19 million for transportation equity, and an increase of $2.9 million for the per-pupil formula. Both chambers are expected to take up the bills on the floor next week. The timing of these bills is significant; SSA is typically one of the first appropriation budgets (that is not a supplement to a previous year) to be legislated. Advancement of these bills in week four not only means that school boards will have certainty putting their numbers together for the upcoming budget year, but it is also a good indication of the pace and productivity of this legislative session.
Next Friday (February 15) is the deadline for individual bills to be filed by legislators. This is the beginning of the process narrowing down bills for consideration referred to as "the funnel." However, this does not mean that individually sponsored bills will not continue to be introduced. If bills are already requested and in drafting, but are not ready by next Friday, then they can still be introduced after the deadline.


Yesterday, we gave a very brief review of our impressions from the first night of the Hester-Preston debate, when Don Preston affirmed that the final coming of Christ and the resurrection of the just and the unjust took place in AD 70. Today, we will review the second night, when the roles were reversed.
(note: as stated yesterday, a much fuller review, complete with quotations and specific arguments will appear in the first issue of the Quarterly).
Proposition 2: The Bible teaches that the Second (final) coming of Christ and the attendant resurrection of the just and the unjust, is yet future, and will occur at the end of time.
David Hester opened the evening's discussion by clearly defining his proposition and then giving 23 numbered arguments for why the resurrection could not have taken place in AD 70. I thought some of them were powerful and worth consideration, and a couple of them I would have suggested he leave out. He spent a decent amount of time speaking about the Lord's Supper, which was to show the death of Christ "until He comes," pointing out that if Jesus came in AD 70, then the Lord's Supper really doesn't show anything at all anymore.
Preston's response focused mainly on reiterating his arguments from the night before, and he only specifically mentioned four of David's twenty-three arguments. He pointed out that David didn't answer all of his arguments from the night before, restating several of them. He also brought up a couple arguments against David's proposition by appealing to specific Greek constructions in certain passages.
In his second speech, Hester requested that Preston answer the arguments given instead of "rehashing" things from the night before, since this was a new proposition. He also showed some examples from the Bible that disproved one of the Greek arguments that was made, while also spending much time affirming that while the time of the destruction of Jerusalem was known by Jesus and the apostles, the time of the final judgment and resurrection was not.
Preston, in reply, argued his points again (except for that Greek argument), emphasizing that his arguments from the night before, while not specifically answering each detail of Hester's 23 arguments, were sufficient to disprove them. He also spent a good deal of time giving arguments against the idea that the apostles didn't know when the second coming of Jesus would be (specifically John 16, "He will guide you into all truth).
David Hester spent around half of his final speech quoting translations and recognized Greek scholars in regards to the Greek word "mello," which Preston says means "about to" and stresses imminence. He also reiterated some of his previous arguments and gave Acts 1:7 as proof that the apostles weren't privy to the time of the final coming of Christ.
Because of Hester's understandable, structured presentation of the material, and Preston's lack of specific answers to 80% of the arguments put forth, our impression is that the proposition affirmed by David Hester was successfully defended.
Again, as we said before, there wasn't time to sufficiently cover each argument, but there was opportunity to deal with more than four of them, which we believe would have been a better use of Preston's speeches.
Having said that, Preston did offer some evidence in his rebuttal speeches that deserves further study. But these were not sufficient in and of themselves to successfully negate the proposition being argued.
Both men were very passionate about their position, and would occasionally get loud and point fingers. But it was conducted in a very dignified manner, and both men were engaged in a friendly conversation afterwards.
The two men are considering debating again in Alabama at some point in the future, if proper arrangements can be worked out.
If you hadn't heard, there was a debate this past Thursday and Friday in Ardmore, OK. The Cobb Six made the two-hour trip to be in attendance, so what you're about to read is a review from an eyewitness. We had some other friends who made the trip (and came from a lot further than we did), and after talking with them, our impressions were, for the most part, the same as theirs.
As is normally the case after a debate, both sides are claiming victory, saying that the other side couldn't handle their arguments.
Note: this is a brief review. A much fuller, detailed treatment of the topic (with specific arguments and quotations) will be appearing in the first issue of the Quarterly.
This topic was supposed to be the subject of debate the first evening. Don Preston opened the debate with a 30-minute talk that covered a LOT of ground (he spoke faster than most anyone I've heard during his first speech). He made several points that I thought were interesting and worthy of further study, but unfortunately, there was no real structure, and he neglected to define his proposition, which made his opening argument confusing. He also made several connections between passages, but didn't stop to show us why they should be connected–and at the speed he was talking, it was impossible to write all the passages down.
I spoke with a friend of mine who agrees with much of what Don teaches (having watched and listened to many of Don's lessons), and he said that he gave it a 7 out of 10. But then he said, "unfortunately" it was "probably a 2 out of 10 for someone who never heard [of] Realized Eschatology before." (note: Realized Eschatology is another name for preterism). In short, it was as though Don was talking only to those who already agreed with him, and not to try to show others why preterism should be preferred.
David Hester had a difficult time following Don's first speech, because without Don defining the proposition, there was no real basis to start from. So, David spent most of his time showing that the Law of Moses ceased being valid when the kingdom came into existence at Pentecost (Don takes the position, if I understand correctly, that the Law of Moses was still valid and in force until Jerusalem was destroyed). While he made some excellent points that deserve consideration, this issue isn't directly connected to the proposition.
The second set of speeches by both men followed pretty much the same pattern, except that Don slowed down tremendously in his speaking. Each side said that the other was avoiding or misrepresenting their arguments.
Prior to the debate, Don had sent David several questions, and then used David's answers as part of his speech, with a "David vs. Paul" theme. While this was interesting (and David did some clarifying of his answers in his response), Don was trying to "negate" what David had answered instead of "affirming" the proposition at hand.
The final speeches of the night were very similar to the second ones in their emphasis.
All in all, we were disappointed with both sides of the debate the first night. Don never defined his proposition (he would say the next evening that it was a waste of time to define it), and didn't really deal much with the "resurrection of the just and the unjust"; and David's responses also didn't really touch the proposition either, and instead of answering many of the arguments Don put forth on various passages, David spent his time in a thorough attack on just a couple.
Neither side could claim a definitive victory, because the specific proposition itself wasn't the focus of either side's speeches.
(note: Many of Don's arguments might have been supplementary to his position, but it was never brought together to show "this is how it all fits together to prove my proposition").
The debate itself can be viewed online here.
Tomorrow we will give a brief review of the second night of the debate.
This debate was proofed and formatted by one of our volunteers, and it doesn't look too shabby. And to top it all off, it's free!
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There exists within the churches of Christ some who believe that alcoholic wine is permissible to use during the Lord's Supper. But beyond that, there are those who teach that to use anything other than alcoholic wine in the Lord's Supper is sinful!
Most of the ones who hold that position are among our brethren who use a single drinking vessel (i.e., one cup). Obviously, just because some among them hold that view does not mean that all–or even most–of them do.
Recently, I came across two debates which dealt with this subject, and they are today's additions to the Jimmie Beller Memorial eLibrary!
This written debate took place in 1933 and was published in H.C. Harper's paper, The Truth (Later known as Old Paths Advocate). Brother A.J. Trail takes the position that only alcoholic wine can be used in the Lord's Supper, while brother Harper argues that only non-alcoholic grape juice is permitted.
It is Scriptural to use grape juice as the drink element in the communion.
It is Scriptural to use fermented grape wine as the drink element in the communion.
We have corrected several spelling and typographical mistakes (and a couple mistaken Scripture references) in preparing this debate for you. We hope you will find it to be interesting! Scroll down for the download link!
The Smith-Bledsoe debate is interesting in that it is only half of what it was meant to be. M. Lynwood Smith affirmed that grape juice was the only thing allowed under the phrase "the fruit of the vine," while Jack Bledsoe argued that both alcoholic and non-alcoholic grape juice (or wine) were equally acceptable–though he puts forth the idea that alcoholic would be more in keeping with the Bible.
For some reason, the second part of the debate, with Bledsoe in the affirmative, never took place. One man claimed that Bledsoe quit because he couldn't answer the arguments, but one look at his final rebuttal in this work shows that certainly wasn't Bledoe's belief or attitude.
We have corrected several typographical errors, spelling problems, and some Scripture references in preparing this work for you.
We hope that you will find these two short debates to be interesting and will help you to better understand the actions of our Lord in taking "the fruit of the vine" which He said was His blood.
As a bonus for you, our readers, we are presenting to you another FREE book, being added to the Jimmie Beller Memorial eLibrary. As you probably already know, we post new books to the library each Tuesday, but this week, we're doubling down and giving you a new book today as well!
Lee P. Mansfield affirmed that (1) having separate Bible classes for different age groups, (2) using material prepared by others, and (3) having women teachers in the classes composed of children were all Scripturally authorized.
J.M. Hunt, on the other hand, affirmed that God provided every acceptable method of teaching in the Scriptures, and therefore (1) separate classes, (2) material provided by uninspired men, and (3) using women to teach any class were all sinful.
As with almost every debate, there are parts that could have been done better (and this is true on both sides of the debate), as well as some issues/arguments which weren't addressed. But this book provides some insight on some of the arguments used by some of those on each side of the disagreement.
We have made an enormous amount of corrections to this debate, including fixing spelling errors, typographical errors, incorrect Scripture references, some grammar, and some incorrect names (one of the writers appealed to what "Paul" said at Pentecost, and we've corrected that to "Peter," so that the writer's mistake doesn't take away from the point he was trying to make).
We hope that you will find this debate to be interesting and will help you if you ever happen to find yourself in a discussion of one of these three topics.
Sometimes when you read a debate, your eyes are opened. Oftentimes we assume that we understand where the other side is coming from, when in actuality, it's different than we thought–and that's important for us to realize, because sometimes we can spend all our time arguing against something they don't really believe in the first place.
In June, 1984, Mr. John R. Iler, Jr. wrote me after reading my debate with James Crackin, an atheist, as that debate was featured in an issue of THRUST magazine. A friend of Mr. Iler's, in Kentucky, had obtained a copy of THRUST and had forwarded it on to him.
Mr. Iler stated that he was involved in a missionary endeavor of the Latter-Day Saints, and was one of the "Seventy in the Church." He stated that he was currently working on a manuscript in defense of the Book of Mormon and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and asked if I would be interested in debating "Mormonism." I then accepted, and in our correspondence plans were made to have the debate printed in this present form.
We trust that all who read this will gain benefit, and we express our thanks to Mr. Iler for his willingness to defend those things he believes.
Not being thoroughly studied-up on Mormonism, there were some arguments put forth that I hadn't heard before, and some valid criticisms leveled on each side.
I wish this debate could have been longer and certain issues addressed (there were arguments completely ignored by both sides, unfortunately), but it is a good overall treatment of the topics.
As always, we've taken this book and completely reformatted it, correcting any typos that appeared in the original and giving it a fresher look.
To read online, or to download to your computer/tablet/phone/etc… just click the link below!
The topic is one that I've written on before (see here), but it never hurts to restudy positions, so long as you come to the topic willing to accept whatever the Bible has to say on the matter.
Rolf Miller, a gospel preacher who smoked, took the affirmative in this debate, saying that smoking is not sinful in and of itself, but that in some instances it could become sinful.
Eugene Britnell, a gospel preacher who had quit smoking several years earlier, took the negative position, stating that smoking did harm to the body, and therefore it was sinful.
At some point in the future, I might post a review, giving my thoughts on the debate, and areas which didn't get emphasized as they should have, but for now, I thought it'd be worthwhile to make it available for you as the latest addition to the Jimmie Beller Memorial eLibrary!
This short debate (44 pages) features five presentations from each writer, as well as a summary from both.
We hope that you find this debate to be interesting and a useful resource for your studies.


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Islamic World News ( 3 Jul 2010, NewAgeIslam.Com)
Jeddah: Mother of eight takes refuge on hill to escape domestic violence
Kyrgyzstan inaugurates first female president
Lebanon's senior Shia cleric dies
Indonesian Islamists eye proselytizing Christians
20 militants killed in air attacks in Pak
Indian children attending daily classes of madrasas in Bangladesh
It's not Muslim Kashmir Vs Hindu India: Mirwaiz
12 arrested over Pak shrine blasts
Iran unveils human-like robot
Egyptian policemen charged with beating blogger to death
Saddam spy receives Kuwaiti citizenship
Religion and the imagination
Thomas Jefferson and Mohammed Ali Jinnah: Dreams from two founding fathers
Jaswant's Jinnah book issue a closed chapter: Gadkari
At least 12 dead in targeted killings in Karachi
Tahirul Qadiri says Parliament failed on terror issue
Terrorists are just terrorists: Nawaz
Tibetan boy chosen as 6th 'Living Buddha' by China
Pak govt should hold talks with Taliban: Sharif
Iran says it has 'evidence' its scientist abducted by CIA
Iran remembers victims of airliner shot down by US
UN warns of possible new Lebanon-Israel conflict
Saudi Arabia: Domestic tourism likely to fetch SR13bn this summer
Mystery surrounds bid on Saudi lawyer's life in Syria
Yemen arrests Qaeda militants over officer's death
Hamas welcomes European ministers' intended visit to Gaza
Planner of Munich Olympics attack dies in Syria
Egypt releases 7 Bedouin detainees to ease tension
Shutters down in Pakistani city over shrine bombing
Somali PM shuffles cabinet, two peacekeepers killed
Israel expands powers of Gaza flotilla panel
New Afghan commander formally takes reins
Syria sentences leading lawyer Maleh to 3 years
At least 10 hurt in Iraq suicide attack
Amarnath yatra on despite curfew in Anantnag
Kashmir is a political issue, says Mirwaiz
Bangladesh Rifles trying to encroach on Indian land: BSF
Compiled by New Age Islam Bureau
URL: http://www.newageislam.com/islamic-world-news/jeddah--mother-of-eight-takes-refuge-on-hill-to-escape-domestic-violence/d/3096
Jeddah:Mother of eight takes refuge on hill to escape domestic violence
By MUHAMMAD HUMAIDAN
JEDDAH: A Saudi mother with five daughters and three sons have not been able to find place to stay except the mountains near Al-Fayha land plot close to the Makkah entrance from Jeddah.
She was escaping from her own brother who threatened to kill her and her children.
Human Rights Commission member Muhammad Al-Suhaili told Arab News that while on his way to his home in Makkah from a meeting of the commission in Jeddah after Maghreb prayer, he spotted the woman and her children in an open and deserted area near a mountain close to the entrance of Makkah.
Al-Suhaili , who is a staff member of Umm Al-Qura University and the imam of Princess Sheikha Mosque, said he went to them and asked the woman why she was in this deserted place that is unsafe for women.
He said the woman told him that the general court in Jeddah divorced her from her husband, who is the father of her eight children, after the court received sufficient evidence of his constant abuse. She said after the divorce, she stayed in a shelter home in Jeddah but after some time moved out to stay with her mother.
"My own brother who was staying in the same house was as bad to us as my husband," she reportedly told Al-Suhaili. "He threatened to kill me and my children if we did not move out of the house. So, I have nowhere to go except this deserted mountainous area."
Al-Suhaili said he took them in his car to Makkah and began looking for a home for them. He said one of her mother's friends accepted to host them temporarily until a home is found for them.
"I have not yet approached any of the concerned government departments but I addressed a number of philanthropists to help this poor family," he said.
He recalled that about six months back the commission was able to secure a home for a Saudi mother with a number of children through the help of philanthropist Muhammad Ahmad Jamal.
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BISHKEK: Career diplomat Roza Otunbayeva was sworn in as conflict-torn Kyrgyzstan's president on Saturday, making her the first female leader in the history of ex-Soviet Central Asia.
Standing before an audience of more than 1,000 cheering onlookers in a packed Soviet-era concert hall in the capital Bishkek, Otunbayeva solemnly took her oath and promised a new political era for increasingly-unstable Kyrgyzstan.
"As president, I will spare no effort to create a new political culture for the country based on a strict adherence to the rule of law," she told the assembled crowd.
"I must be principled and consistently make demands on all branches of government to ensure it. The new policy cannot be built on fantasies and illusions. It must become real and effective."
A former foreign minister and ambassador to Britain who was swept to power in a wave of bloody street riots in April that ousted president Kurmanbek Bakiyev, Otunbayeva takes office at a delicate moment.
Kyrgyzstan has been wracked by violence and political instability in recent months, and the inauguration comes just days after the approval of a new constitution making Kyrgyzstan the region's first parliamentary democracy. The new charter, passed overwhelmingly in a referendum on Sunday, slashes the powers of the president and sets the stage for parliamentary elections that authorities have scheduled for early October to bring in a permanent government.
Otunbayeva will serve as the country's caretaker president until after 2011 presidential elections, a position granted to her by last week's referendum, under which she has no right to stand in the next presidential polls.
Her government must also work to ease tensions in the south of the country, where deadly clashes between ethnic majority Kyrgyz and minority Uzbeks in and around the cities of Osh and Jalalabad may have killed as many as 2,000 people last month.
At least 75,000 fled to neighbouring Uzbekistan but all of these have now returned, leading international aid agencies to warn of an impending humanitarian crisis in dealing with the thousands of families left homeless.
Victims have told AFP the violence was an orchestrated campaign by armed Kyrgyz militias targeting Uzbeks, who make up about 14 per cent of Kyrgyzstan's population of 5.3 million.
Otunbayeva struck a conciliatory tone over the violence, carefully avoiding attributing blame to any ethnic group, while promising that the government would do more to ensure the return of services to its citizens in the devastated south.
"Today Kyrgyzstan is going through one of the most dramatic periods in its history. Unfortunately, tragic events took place in the Osh and Jalalabad regions.... Dark forces have spilled blood of many innocent people," she said. "For my part, I give my word that the state will do everything possible, as soon as possible to overcome the consequences of the tragedy."
But Otunbayeva faces a series of daunting tasks not limited to the violence if she is to bring a measure of stability to the country, said independent Bishkek-based political analyst Marat Kazakbayev.
"The hardest things now for Otunbayeva are to raise the national economy, resolve security issues and social problems and to prove to the world her ability to govern in difficult conditions," he told AFP.
Opinions on Otunbayeva varied throughout Bishkek, but the historic nature of her status as the first female president in a region dominated by men seemed to be on everyone's lips.
"For the first time we have a female leader, and this can be an interesting lesson to the men, whom she can teach how to lead the country," said pensioner Irina Sidorkina. Former soldier Marat Zhusupov said he saw things differently.
"A female president — this is totally frivolous.... Maybe she could have come in during peace time, but on the brink of civil war it is not acceptable to be experimenting with an inexperienced woman," he said.
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Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, Lebanon's most influential Shia cleric, has died in Beirut at the age of 74.
Hospital sources in Beirut confirmed his death on Sunday after being admitted last month suffering from internal bleeding.
Fadlallah was born in 1935 in Najaf, the centre of Shia scholarship in Iraq. He spent more than two decades studying Islam there before moving to Lebanon, where he spent most of his adult life.
He attained the status of marja, or "source of emulation," the highest level of authority amongst Shia clerics.
Fadlallah had a wide following, not just in Lebanon but among Shia communities in the Gulf and Central Asia.
Many of his sermons, widely distributed on audiotapes in Lebanon the 1980s, helped to spark increased political awareness among Lebanon's Shia population.
Critic of US and Israel
Fadlallah was often described as Hezbollah's "spiritual guide," but he never held a role within the organisation.
However, he did support some of its actions, endorsing suicide attacks against Israel, and issuing a ruling in 2009 that forbade normalised relations with the Jewish state.
At the same time, he condemned other suicide attacks that targeted civilians, like the Moscow subway bombings earlier this year. He also condemned the September 11 attacks on the United States, saying they were "not compatible with sharia law."
His outspoken political views made him a target. A 200kg car bomb exploded near Fadlallah's Beirut home in 1985. He was unharmed, but dozens of people were killed in a nearby apartment building, which was demolished by the blast.
Bob Woodward, an American investigative journalist, linked the blast to the US Central Intelligence Agency, though US officials have long denied any involvement.
Fadlallah was also a staunch critic of American foreign policy in the Middle East, accusing it of bias in favour of Israel.
"I have not found in the whole long history of the Arab-Israeli conflict even one neutral American position," Fadlallah said in a 2009 interview with the Wall Street Journal.
He wrote a letter last year to Barack Obama, the US president, in which he accused US policies of contributing to "the loss of the Palestinian cause".
Relatively liberal social views
While the West criticised him for his politics, conservative Islamic scholars often condemned Fadlallah for his moderate views.
Fadlallah was widely known for his views on women, describing men and women as equals, and issuing a ruling in 2007 which encouraged women to defend themselves against violence. He also issued a ruling banning female circumcision.
His extensive charitable works added to his popularity. Fadlallah established a network of schools and orphanages in Shia suburbs of Beirut and in southern Lebanon.
Fadlallah initially supported Iran's revolution, but later became a critic of Khomeini [AFP]
Fadlallah was an early supporter of the Iranian revolution and of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Iran's first supreme leader.
But he eventually became a critic of the concept of wilayat al-faqih, the Iranian system of government in which the top Shia religious leader exercises absolute authority.
"[He] now argues that no Shia religious leader, not even Khomeini and definitely not his successor, Ayatollah [Ali] Khamenei, has a monopoly on the truth," Vali Nasr, an Iranian-American academic, wrote in his book The Shia Revival.
"Like all other believers, says Fadlallah, leaders are fallible and open to criticism."
His relationship with Hezbollah also grew strained as the group increased its ties to Iran.
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By NINIEK KARMINI
BEKASI, Indonesia — A banner with a picture of a young, bespectacled Christian man is draped in front of a mosque, a fiery noose around his neck and the words, "This man deserves the death penalty!"
Churches are shut down. And an Islamic youth militia held its first day of training.
Though the events all occurred less than nine miles (15 kilometers) from Indonesia's bustling capital, making headlines in local papers and dominating chats on social networking sites such as Facebook, they've sparked little public debate in the halls of power.
"I really see this as a threat to democracy," said Arbi Sanit, a political analyst, noting leaders never like to say anything that can be perceived as "un-Islamic," because they depend heavily on the support of Muslim parties in parliament.
"Being popular is more important to them than punishing those who are clearly breaking the law," Sanit said.
Indonesia, a secular nation with more Muslims than any other in the world, has a long history of religious tolerance, though a small extremist fringe has become more vocal in recent years. Members of the Islamic Defenders Front, or FPI, have been known to smash bars, attack transvestites and go after minority sects with bamboo clubs and stones.
Now, they are targeting Christians in the fast-growing industrial city of Bekasi.
Outsiders have steadily poured into the Jakarta suburb in search of work, bringing with them their own religions, traditions and values. That has made conservative Islamic clerics nervous. Some have used sermons to warn their flock to be on the lookout for signs of proselytization.
So, when 14 busloads of villagers arrived on June 30 at the home of Henry Sutanto, who heads the Christian-run Mahanaim Foundation, rumors quickly spread that he and Andreas Sanau, the condemned man whose face appeared on the mosque banner, were planning a mass baptism.
A spokeswoman for the group, Marya Irawan, insisted the crowds were invited as part of efforts to reach out to the poor.
The FPI was not convinced. Video footage provided by the hard-line group shows hundreds of people getting off buses and entering the residential complex, many of them women in headscarves holding babies in slings, and milling about the pool. When a questioner thrust the camera in their faces, demanding to know why they came, most just looked bewildered.
"Someone asked if I wanted to come," one woman said with a shrug. Others accepted a ride into the city because they were bored, and thought they would at least get a free lunch out of it.
When the questioner found Sanau, who had one ear to a phone, he asked if baptisms would be taking place. The 29-year-old Christian's brow furrowed. He shook his head, "No, no." Asked if he had an ID card, Sanau flashed it at the interviewer, who zoomed in on his home address. The house has since been abandoned.
"He should be executed!" said Murhali Barda, who heads the Bekasi chapter of the FPI. "He tried to carry out mass baptisms!"
Days later, Barda's group joined nine others in recommending at a local congress that Bekasi mosques help set up youth militias to act as moral police and to intimidate Christians who are trying to convert Muslims.
They started training Saturday morning, about 100 young men turning out on a field wearing martial arts uniforms. Barda stressed there was no plan to arm them.
"We're doing this because we want to strike fear in the hearts of Christians who behave in such a way," he said. "If they refuse to stop what they're doing, we're ready to fight."
A regional leader of the Indonesian Muslim Forum, Bernard Abdul Jabbar, said the youths were given physical training and taught about Islam. "They will guard the Islamic faith and preach the right path to the people," he said.
Priest Andreas Yewangoe, a chairman of the Communion of Indonesian Churches, said the militia will only create fear, nervousness and unrest in the nation. "The government must protect all citizens from anarchist action as mandated by the constitution," Yewangoe said.
Religious-led violence has been on the rise for months in Bekasi.
Mobs have forced shut two churches this year. Last month, a statue of three women was torn down by authorities after hundreds of hard-liners wearing skull caps and white robes took to the streets, claiming the monument symbolized the Holy Trinity.
Weeks earlier, black-clad youths attacked a Catholic-run school over an anonymous blogger's "blasphemous" website.
Increasingly, the public has jumped into the debate.
Stories appear regularly on the front pages of newspapers about FPI. Opinion pages are filled with letters calling for the group to be banned. More than 50,000 people signed petitions on Facebook, which has turned into a portent political force.
The government has made no public comment except when three lawmakers were attacked by FPI during a meeting in East Java.
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PESHAWAR: At least 20 militants were killed and their six hideouts were destroyed when combat jets struck Taliban positions in the restive Orakzai tribal region in northwest Pakistan, officials said.
The jets pounded militant positions at Dabori, Ghiljo, Mulla Patti, Mamozai and Khadezai areas of Orakzai Agency on Saturday, which borders Afghanistan.
Pakistani troops launched an operation in mid-March in Orakzai Agency against Taliban fighters who fled an army offensive in South Waziristan last year.
The army says it has killed hundreds of militants in the operation.
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Border villages in North Bengal do not have even Primary Schools
IT is a known fact that minorities especially Muslims are creating all sorts of problems in the border districts of West Bengal. Qurbani of cow in open places of border villages is a common sight. In almost all the border villages of the state Hindus have become minority. For all practical purposes, they are living at the mercy of Muslims. Hindu married women are not allowed to put vermillion (sindur) on their forehead. These women cannot wear white bangles made out of conch shell which is customary for a Bengali woman. Lungi has become a common dress for Hindu men. In Bengal, lungi is considered to be the exclusive dress of Muslims. In many villages, worship of Hindu Gods and Goddesses has become difficult if not impossible. Young girls after attaining the age of 12 or 13 years are not safe to be kept in houses. They are being frequently abducted and in the name of "love marriages" by Muslim youths.
Hindus have become 'individuals' as they are not united or organised. Hence they have to tolerate and tolerance at what price, at a price of motherland, mother, wives, daughters, sisters, cow and what not and they simply go on tolerating everything. Once English historian Arnold Toynbee had commented, "Hindus are liberal at their fault." The villages of West Bengal are worst testimony of this heinous premise. Organisation is the mantra to overcome this curse. Unfortunately, a wrong notion has been propagated by a motivated section of people that Hindus cannot be 'communal'; if they go for organisation it would mean that they are discarding the lofty ideals of liberalism.
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Mirwaiz Umar Farooq briefing media at his Srinagar residence. / Photo: Zulfiqar Khan
Chairman of moderate faction of Kashmiri's main separatist alliance Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Saturday said Kashmir was a political issue not a fight between Muslim Kashmir and Hindu India.
"Kashmir is a political issue ripe for resolution not a fight between Muslim Kashmir and Hindu India. Resolving Kashmir is in the national interest of India," said Farooq addressing a press conference at his residence in the outskirts of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian administered Kashmir.
Farooq also rejected the statements of Indian Home Minister P Chidambaram and Indian Home Secretary G K Pillai that external agents were sponsoring protests in Kashmir.
Chidambaram and Pillai had blamed external elements like Lashkar-e-Toiba militant outfit of sponsoring Kashmir protests.
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Lahore : Pakistani law enforcement agencies have arrested 12 suspects in connection with the twin suicide bombings at a famous Sufi shrine here and recovered sophisticated weapons and explosives from them, an official said on Saturday.
The suspects included "suicide bombers and their handlers," a Punjab government spokesman said.
"They are key members of a number of gangs involved in major incidents of terrorism in the province," the spokesman said.
Those arrested included terrorists and their accomplices who were allegedly involved in attacks on other places of worship and on a mosque at Parade Lane in Rawalpindi.
A huge quantity of sophisticated weapons and explosives as well as uniforms of various security agencies were recovered from the arrested persons, he said.
"Similarly, valuable information about various gangs of terrorists has been received," he said.
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TEHRAN - Iran has developed a new human-like walking robot to be used in "sensitive jobs," government newspaper Iran reported on Sunday.
Soorena-2, named after an ancient Persian warrior, was unveiled by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Saturday. It is 1.45 metres (4.7 feet) tall and weighs 45 kilograms (99 pounds), the report said.
"Walking slowly like human beings with regular arm and leg movements are among its characteristics," it said. "Such robots are designed and developed to be used in sensitive and difficult jobs on behalf of a person or as help."
The report did not elaborate on the robot's capabilities.
Iran has pursued a number of scientific projects in recent years such as cloning, stem cell research and satellite technology while it has come under increasing international pressure over its controversial nuclear programme.
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CAIRO: Two Egyptian policemen have been charged with torturing a young blogger and allegedly beating him to death, the prosecution said.
Mahmoud Salah Mahmoud and Awad Ismail Suleiman face charges of unwarranted arrest of Khaled Mohamed Said, 28, and torturing him. The act was revenge against Said for posting a video on the internet showing policemen dividing the profit of a drug bust among themselves, Xinhua reported citing state-run MENA news agency.
The two policemen dragged Said out of an internet cafe and allegedly beat him to death in June, the prosecution said.
However, according to the results of an autopsy ordered by the court, injuries found on Said's body were not the cause of his death.
Officials said Said swallowed a narcotic joint during his arrest, and may have died of asphyxia.
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DUBAI: An Iraqi resident, who is believed to have worked as a spy for Saddam Hussain, was recently awarded Kuwaiti citizenship, along with his family.
It is believed that the man, whose identity has not been revealed, also played a large role in assisting Iraqi troops during the 1990 Invasion, documents recently obtained have said.
The man is assumed to have been the head of the Saddam Martyrs Brigades during the invasion and was employed by the Iraq regime's office in Basra at the time, an Arabic 'Al-Watan Daily' report has said.
He and his family are thought to have worked as spies for the Baath Party in Kuwait and to have received letters of acknowledgment from the Iraqi regime until it fell in 2001.
Letters obtained by the daily said that the individual provided the head of the Basra governorate's organizations supervisor the locations of Husainiyas, or Shiite mosques, in Kuwait and areas with Shiite majorities.
One such letter, dated September 1, 1990, contained mentioning of condolences from the Iraqi President Saddam Hussein for the death of the suspect's brother during Iraq's invasion of Kuwait.
In another letter, the suspect mentions being honoured by the former Iraqi regime for his role in assisting Iraqi troops during the invasion.
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PROFESSOR GAURI VISWANATHAN
Relativism is the death of liberalism, says acclaimed novelist Salman Rushdie. It is possible to argue for the universality of certain rights, like the right to language, to dream, to imagine, he says, in an interview with Professor Gauri Viswanathan of Columbia University. We carry below excerpts, edited from a longer conversation...
To defend the freedom of language as a universal human right is justifiable not by appeal to this or that cultural tradition but simply to the biology of the beast.
The need for sacred spaces of debate: Salman Rushdie.
Introduced by Lee Bollinger, President of Columbia University, and Orhan Pamuk, Nobel Laureate.
Gauri Viswanathan: In The Ground Beneath Her Feet you depict contrasting characters, such as the ultra rationalist Sir Darius and his miracles-chasing wife, Lady Spenta. For Sir Darius, every intellectual effort begins with the death of the gods, whereas his wife searches for enchantment. And in The Enchantress of Florence, your most recent novel, you have Akbar as a modern man who questions the existence of God and presides over spirited debates of the Tent of the New Worship between competing philosophical schools. And yet the same rationalist skeptic has created his imaginary Queen Jodha, and he lives in a world that is steeped in magic and miracles. How do you reconcile these two images, which co-habit the same world in your novels?
http://www.hindu.com/lr/2010/07/04/stories/2010070450010100.htm
By Akbar Ahmed
July 4, 2010; B03
"You are free; you are free to go to your temples, you are free to go to your mosques or to any other place of worship. . . . We are starting in the days when there is no discrimination, no distinction between one community and another, no discrimination between one caste or creed and another. We are starting with this fundamental principle that we are all citizens and equal citizens of one state."
These are the words of a founding father -- but not one of the founders that America will be celebrating this Fourth of July weekend. They were uttered by Mohammed Ali Jinnah, founder of the state of Pakistan in 1947 and the Muslim world's answer to Thomas Jefferson.
When Americans think of famous leaders from the Muslim world, many picture only those figures who have become archetypes of evil (such as Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden) or corruption (such as Hamid Karzai and Pervez Musharraf). Meanwhile, many in the Muslim world remember American leaders such as George W. Bush and Dick Cheney, whom they regard as arrogant warriors against Islam, or Bill Clinton, whom they see as flawed and weak. Even President Obama, despite his rhetoric of outreach, has seen his standing plummet in Muslim nations over the past year.
NEW DELHI: BJP president Nitin Gadkari has termed as "closed" the issue of Jaswant Singh's book praising Pakistan founder M A Jinnah and said return of leaders like him will strengthen the party.
"To add people to the party is going to strengthen it... It is a good thing for the party," Gadkari said when asked about return of leaders like Jaswant Singh and Ram Jethmalani to BJP.
On the former defence minister not apologising for writing the book praising Jinnah which had led to his expulsion ten months ago, Gadkari said, "These are old issues. The issue is closed. Apart from the views, he is loyal to the party.
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KARACHI: At least 12 people were killed by unknown assailants in Karachi different incidents of targeted killings in the past 24 hours, DawnNews reported.
Gunmen shot and killed one man in Pak Colony's Purana Golimar area. The victim, 40-year-old Mohammad Ejaz, was a resident of Orangi Town.
One man was gunned down in Lyari's Nawaleen area. The victim, Mohammad Ali, was a resident of Lyari. Separately, on Saturday, another man was shot dead in Lyari.
Meanwhile, in the city's Memon Goth area, unknown assailants shot and killed the area's former union councillor Shoaib Baloch.
In Bhens Colony, unknown armed men gunned down one Mohammad Nasir, report said.
One man was killed in Saudabad's Malir area. The victim, Sher Baloch, was gunned down by unknown assailants.
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LAHORE: Tehreek Minhajul Quran founder Dr Tahirul Qadiri said the parliament has failed in stemming the wave of terrorism and there is no dearth of ulema giving Sharai (religious) cover to the menace, Geo News reported Sunday.
Addressing Tehreek's Central Executive Committee here via telephone from Canada, he said the Parliament is the main culprit, which should announce its failure in tackling the issue.
Political leadership failed to put an end to corruption and terrorism, he maintained adding all the members of national and provincial assemblies know the hideouts and hotbeds of terrorism.
Tahirui Qadiri said, 'Media in today's world is playing role of Parliament. It should guide the nation.'
The TMQ chief demanded the formation of a national commission headed by Chief Justice to eliminate the terrorism.
http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=107911
Takes exception to use of term Punjabi Taliban; says Centre not cooperating with Punjab; blames federal govt policies for attacks
By Babar Dogar
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-N Quaid Nawaz Sharif has said there is no safe haven for the Taliban in south Punjab.
Responding to a question during a press conference on Saturday, Nawaz Sharif said: "We are fighting a battle against terrorism. It is our duty to eliminate it from wherever it is breeding. But we are not witnessing any evidence of terrorism in south Punjab.
"The terrorists are recruiting from different places all over the country and no operation is going on in the areas from where they are being recruited."
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BEIJING: After years of search by top monks, a 4-year-old Tibetan boy was today chosen as the sixth 'Living Buddha' in the Tibetan capital Lhasa through a lot-drawing system of two candidates conducted by the 11th Panchen Lama who is being projected by China as the Dalai Lama's successor.
In a ceremony that took place in Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, two slips bearing names of the two candidates were separately sealed in silk bags and put in a golden urn after being carefully examined by their family members, government representatives and senior monks.
Bainqen Erdini Qoigyijabu, the Chinese Government-appointed 11th Panchen Lama, picked a silk bag out of the urn, which confirmed Losang Doje as the reincarnation of the fifth Living Buddha.
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LAHORE: Pakistan government should hold negotiations with the Taliban as part of efforts to tackle terrorism as even the US has indicated its willingness to talk to militants, top opposition leader and former premier Nawaz Sharif has said.
"If Washington says it is prepared to talk to the Taliban who are willing to listen, then a similar initiative should also come from Islamabad. We should not only see what decision they (the Western countries) will make about our fate. We should decide our own fate," said Sharif, the chief of man opposition PML-N.
"We have this problem at home. Why don't we take initiatives? Why should we wait for others' initiatives?" he told a news conference at his home here last evening.
Asked about failed peace attempts in the past, Sharif, a two-time former premier, said: Full report at:
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TEHRAN: Iran has submitted "evidence" to the Swiss embassy that its nuclear scientist was abducted by US intelligence agents, the English language Press TV website reported on Sunday.
"The evidence related to the abduction of Shahram Amiri by the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) has been handed over to the Swiss embassy in Tehran," foreign ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanaparast was quoted as saying.
The Swiss embassy manages US interests in Iran since Washington and Tehran have no diplomatic ties.
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BANDAR ABBAS, Iran: Iranian helicopters scattered flowers into the Persian Gulf waters on Saturday as family members and relatives remembered the 290 passengers killed when a US warship shot down an Iranian airliner 22 years ago.
About 250 relatives of victims and officials sailed from the southern port city of Bandar Abbas to the spot where the Iran Air A300 Airbus was downed on July 3, 1988 — just a month before the end of the Iraq-Iran war.
The USS Vincennes shot down the airliner shortly after it took off from Bandar Abbas for Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. Washington said the Vincennes mistook the airliner for a hostile Iranian fighter jet. Iran maintains it was a deliberate attack.
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UNITED NATIONS: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned Friday that an increase in tensions between Lebanon and Israel could lead to a new conflict with potentially devastating consequences.
In a report to the UN Security Council, Ban accused both countries of violating the 2006 cease-fire resolution that ended the 34-day war between Israel and Hezbollah militants in southern Lebanon.
The UN chief said Hezbollah continues to maintain "a substantial military capacity" in violation of UN resolutions and an arms embargo, and he again called for Hezbollah and other militias to be disarmed "through a Lebanese-led political process." Ban said Israel continues to violate the cease-fire by conducting daily overflights of Lebanon and refuses to withdraw from the disputed northern border village of Ghajar.
JEDDAH: Saudis and expatriates are expected to spend SR13.2 billion on domestic tourism over this summer (from July to September), according to a report issued by the Information & Research Center of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA).
"Tourists are expected to spend 79.5 million nights during the peak tourism season against 75 million nights last year," the report said, showing a six percent growth. It also predicted that each tourist would spend an average of SR169 each night.
Makkah province is expected to draw the largest number (47 percent) of domestic tourism flights, followed by the Eastern Province at 13 percent, Asir at 12 percent, Riyadh at 11 percent, and Madinah and Hail provinces at five percent each, the report said.
About 51 percent of domestic tourists will use their trips to enjoy their holidays and shopping while 25 percent on visiting friends and relatives and 23 percent on religious rites, the report pointed out.
By WALAA HAWARI
RIYADH: There are many questions surrounding the shooting of a Saudi holidaymaker on Thursday morning in Syria. While some reports say the man, a lawyer, was shot in an attempted armed robbery that went wrong, the man's brother said police investigators have doubts about the actual reason.
Saudi lawyer Batea Al-Shammari was shot while on holiday in Syria at a location some 45 km from Damascus. Batea was shot when he came to a window of the house he had rented to investigate some noise outside. He was shot five times by gunmen standing outside.
Neighbors confirmed the shooting. One of the shots entered Batea's body, rupturing his spleen, breaking a rib and exiting through his back. The lawyer was taken to hospital where he has undergone surgery.
SANAA: Yemen has arrested four militants over the drive-by killing of a senior intelligence officer, including two suspects that police believe are linked to Al-Qaeda, security sources said on Saturday.
Two motorcycle gunmen shot dead Col. Saleh Amtheib on Thursday as he relaxed outside his home after lunch. He was the second security officer gunned down in the southern Abyan province in less than a month.
Two of those arrested over the attack were previously suspected of belonging to Al-Qaeda, while the others had been unknown to authorities, the sources said. Security forces also confiscated a gun they said was used in the shooting.
By HISHAM ABU TAHA
GAZA CITY: Hamas welcomed on Saturday the intention of a European ministerial delegation to visit the Gaza Strip and described the step as "positive."
"It's a good chance that European ministers see the disastrous humanitarian situation in Gaza with their own eyes," Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum said. "This is should be the beginning of ending the unjust siege," he said.
By ALBERT AJI
DAMASCUS, Syria: Mohammed Oudeh, the key planner of the 1972 Munich Olympics attack that killed 11 Israeli athletes, died Saturday morning in Damascus, his daughter said. He was 73.
Oudeh died of kidney failure a day after he was rushed to Damascus' Andalus hospital after falling sick, Hana Oudeh told The Associated Press .
Mohammed Oudeh — also known under his guerrilla name Abu Daoud — did not participate in the Sept. 5, 1972 attack.
Two Israeli athletes were killed in the assault, and nine others died in a botched rescue attempt by the German police. A German policeman and five Palestinian gunmen also were killed.
ISMAILIA, Egypt: Egypt released seven Bedouin detainees on Saturday in an effort to improve tense relations between the Bedouin and the government, security sources said.
The Bedouin — nomadic Arab tribes of the Sinai — asked the government on Thursday to release some Bedouin detainees and investigate several policemen they say were involved in the killing of three tribesmen in 2007.
They made the request at a conference after a delegation of Bedouin elders met Interior Minister Habib el-Adly in Cairo.
By MUBASHIR BUKHARI
LAHORE: Shops and business centers were shut in the eastern city of Lahore on Saturday to protest against suicide bombings that have raised fresh questions about Pakistan's ability to contain militant violence.
At least 42 people were killed and 175 wounded when two suicide bombers struck Pakistan's most important Sufi shrine on Thursday night, the second major attack on Pakistan's cultural hub and traditional seat of power, Punjab, in a month.
The violence followed offensives that the army said had weakened the Al-Qaeda-linked Taleban.
All major markets and business centers were closed in Lahore for the strike called by a religious alliance.
A mob of baton-wielding protesters forced people who did not join the protest action to close their shops at a major market area. Police detained around 10 protesters after they smashed windows of parked cars. No one was hurt, police said.
Emotions are running high among followers of the Sufi strand of Islam after the attack, which may have been the aim of militants seeking to destablise nuclear-armed US ally Pakistan.
http://arabnews.com/world/article77747.ece
MOGADISHU: Somalia's prime minister has named two ministers from the moderate pro-government group Ahlu Sunna Waljamaca in a power-sharing deal, a government spokesman said on Saturday, but the group rejected his choices.
Ahmed Abdi Salan was named security minister and Yusuf Dhulow was named planning and international cooperation minister. Both are from Ahlu Sunna, but the group, made up of Sufi Muslims, said it did not support their nominations.
"The ministers the government appointed today do not represent Ahlu Sunna. This makes the power sharing agreement null and void," sheikh Abdullahi sheikh Abu Yusuf, the spokesman of Ahlu Sunna Waljamaca, told Reuters.
Israel's cabinet backed a plan to grant broader powers to the committee investigating a deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, an official statement said.
"The government has unanimously decided to extend the powers of the Tirkel Commission," it said. "The commission of inquiry will be joined by two experts and will hear witnesses speaking under oath."
Israel set up the Tirkel Commission in the wake of growing global pressure to look into its botched operation of May 31 in which Israeli commandos killed nine Turkish activists while intercepting a fleet carrying aid to Gaza.
Last week, the committee's chairman, Yaakov Tirkel, threatened to resign unless his panel was given wider powers.
US General Petraeus formally took up his new role of commander of the Afghan war during a ceremony at NATO headquarters in Kabul, saying the campaign faced "a critical moment".
The ceremony in which colours of US and NATO forces were handed to him by General Egon Ramms, Commander of NATO's Joint Forces Command Brunssum, marked Petraeus's assumption of command over the 140,000 foreign troops in Afghanistan.
Wearing fatigues and addressing a small crowd of Afghan military, civilian VIPs and diplomats, Petraeus reiterated his call for a united effort against the Taliban-led insurgency in the country.
"We have arrived at a critical moment. We must demonstrate to Al-Qaeda and its network of extremist allies that they will not be allowed to establish safe havens in Afghanistan from which they can launch attacks," he said.
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle09.asp?xfile=data/international/2010/July/international_July150.xml&section=international
DAMASCUS - A Syrian military court on Sunday sentenced a 79-year old lawyer who campaigned for decades to lift an emergency law to three years in prison on charges of "weakening national morale", defence lawyers said.
"This is tragic. Haitham Maleh is an old and ill man," one of the lawyers said.
Maleh, who spent six years as a political prisoner in the 1980s and was banned from leaving Syria, was awarded the Dutch Geuzen Medal in 2006, named after resistance fighters against the Nazis. Numerous international organisations and Western governments have been calling for his release.
At least 10 hurt in Iraq suicide attack (AFP)
RAMADI - A suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance to government offices in the western Iraqi city of Ramadi on Sunday wounding at least 10 people, a local official said.
"At least 10 people, including women and children, were wounded in the suicide attack at the entrance to the provincial government building," said Mohammed Fathi, a spokesman for the Anbar provincial authorities.
The western province of Anbar, and its capital Ramadi, was once the epicentre of Al-Qaeda activity and insurgent violence in Iraq.
It is there also that the US-trained and financed anti-Qaeda Sahwa militia was first set up.
Shujaat Bukhari
PAHALGAM: Despite the volatile situation in Anantnag following violence and the resultant curfew, Amarnath pilgrims are passing through it without any problem. On Saturday, over 6,000 pilgrims reached the Nunwan base camp here.
The pilgrims do not feel they are in a "hostile" area as is being given to understand in the rest of the country. "We did not face any problem. We enjoyed the journey," said Sushila from Nagpur. She is travelling in a group of 10 for the pilgrimage. Another pilgrim, Suresh, said television news channels had given an impression that Kashmir "is burning," but "the reality is different."
"We have full faith in Baba Amarnath and our journey will be smooth," said Mr. Suresh. But some pilgrims are upset that security forces had advised them against visiting Shalimar and Nishat Bagh.
http://www.hindu.com/2010/07/04/stories/2010070454271200.htm
SRINAGAR: Chairman of the moderate faction of the Hurriyat Conference Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Saturday said Kashmir was a political issue. He accused New Delhi of projecting the anger in a wrong way to befool the people of India.
The Mirwaiz, restrictions on whom were eased by the government on Saturday, told a news conference that use of force against unarmed civilians would prove counter-productive. "Peaceful protests against the killing of innocent youth are genuine and should be allowed."
Stating that "civil disobedience" called by him would continue, he said "the peaceful protesters are not hooligans, gangsters or mobsters. They are common youth protesting against the killing of their innocent brethren. The statements of the Home Minister and the Home Secretary are false and far from reality.
Bangladesh Rifles has been making attempts to encroach on Indian territory and obstructing Indian farmers from cultivating their land, the BSF said on Sunday.
"There have been numerous occasions during the last six months when BDR fired at Indian nationals to prevent them from cultivating their land. BDR has been trying to encroach on Indian territory following such firing," a BSF statement said here.
Claiming that Indian villagers have been cultivating their land well inside Indian territory since decades, the BSF said the Bangladesh border guards have been resorting to unprovoked firing to terrorise the border populace.
Accusing the BDR of providing Bangladesh media "concocted information" to malign the image of the BSF, it said the border guards of the neighbouring country were trying to sensationalise the issue of adverse possession of land.
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/bdr-trying-to-encroach-on-indian-land-bsf/642092/


It's one of the toughest conversations a person can have in their life, but for nurses, it's a conversation that happens more often than not.
Telling a patient or their family that their prognosis looks poor or that things have taken a turn for the worse is never easy. Even after three years of nursing training, I still find it hard and it still affects me. Although it is less than it once did.
I still come up short with things to say. I still get the fear that I sound rehearsed or robotic and I still worry that I'm going to say all the clichés in the world they don't want to hear.
But I also know that I will be the first one to offer a hug or a shoulder to lean on if they need it. I'm also reassured by the fact that I know I'm in the best position to make such a difference to that patient's last moments and to their family.
I know I will make sure I reposition them when they are uncomfortable, give them mouth care when their mouth is dry, I will give them pain relief when they are in pain among all the other basic essentials I can do for those at the end of their life. I will be there when they just need someone to be present with them.
If they are feeling anxious or stressed, I will simply let them talk while I listen and hold their hand. One of the community end-of-life clinical nurse specialists said it best when she stated that end-of-life care is just great basic nursing care and from my own experience, I'm inclined to agree.
Caring for those at the end of their lives is always a stark reminder that life is precious. It has confronted me – at 20 years of age – to ask myself what I would like whenever the time comes, whatever the situation may be. I've asked those I love the same.
What if I was involved in a car accident and it was discovered that I had permanent brain damage or if I was diagnosed with end-stage breast cancer – what would I like to do?
No one wants to think about these things but we also are not fortune tellers or clairvoyants. We simply just don't know what can happen tomorrow.
It can be a really scary conversation to have and no one wants to tempt fate. But I've also experienced what the alternative is – having families squabble and argue about what a patient would have wanted instead of dedicating that time and energy on the person who is ill.
I recently attended an end-of-life conference in my trust where a speaker simply stated just how sensible it is to discuss what people want pre-emptively, and that as health professionals, we can lead by example.
Being confronted with the reality of what can happen if we don't have these conversations or make these advanced directives has spooked me enough to do so.
What I really wanted to get across in this article is the simple fact that we're all human. We're all learning and we will all go through loss at some point in our lives. With staff shortages and time pressures, it's harder than ever to provide the best we can for every single person we care for on every single shift.
But if we can let people pass away in the way they want to, in the circumstances they wanted with dignity and without stress or pain, then we can say we've done our best.
Have that discussion with your family members and confront your fears around dying, even if it seems like the hardest thing in the world.


The big thing you hear about these days is recycling – which is basically reusing. That means not throwing something out just because you don't want it. Somebody else may want it, or maybe it can be turned into something else. You'd be amazed! A soda bottle can be made into a T-shirt!
You can help your Mom and Dad a lot by collecting these things and putting them in a special place to take to the dump! But make sure to check with them first.
Ways to change your own "footprint"
• Don't throw away anything that can be recycled!
I helped my Mom recycle newspapers today.


The Physics Teacher Education Coalition (PhysTEC) has announced this year's inductees into its 5+ Club, which recognizes institutions that have graduated five or more physics teachers in the past academic year. This is a notable achievement, given the shortage of high school physics teachers in the U.S. Recent estimates indicate that fewer than half of high school physics courses are taught by a well-qualified teacher with a degree in physics. Most institutions graduate fewer than two physics teachers a year, if any.
Twelve institutions made the cut, and Brigham Young University led the pack with 17 graduates in the past year. Illinois State University graduated 10 teachers, and Stony Brook University graduated 8.
PhysTEC, a partnership between APS and the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT), works to improve the education of physics teachers through a variety of programs, including the 5+ Club.


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Published on June 17th, 2014 | by Mica Rose
PlayStation Plus June 2014
PlayStation Plus is a cheap and easy way to grow a great gaming collection and it's just got even better! Sony have increased the amount of games they give away each month; they will now be offering two games for each console, including PlayStation 4. So let's take a look at what's available for June.
Pixeljunk Shooter Ultimate
First up we have Pixeljunk Shooter Ultimate, redesigned especially for the PlayStation 4. It combines puzzle solving and exploration with classic space invader shooting. The game is available on Plus for both PlayStation 4 and Vita, with cross save features so you can pick up and play on either console. Along with cross save the game also allows cross multiplayer, meaning that you can play online with a friend from your PlayStation 4, whilst they're using their Vita!
Surge Deluxe
Surge Deluxe is a Vita exclusive puzzle game from Futurlab. All you have to do is drag an electric current to match colourful blocks together, using power ups along the way to score big! The lovely developers have even taken colour-blind gamers into consideration by giving each colour block their own unique shape. This game definitely seems like it could be an addictive new addition to any Vita collection!
The other PlayStation 4 offering is Trine 2: The Complete Story. A side-scroller featuring protagonists the Three Heroes; Zoya the Thief, Amadeus the Wizard and Pontius the Knight who navigate a fantasy world with puzzles and platforming! This is another one to enjoy with friends as the game offers co-op with up to three other people.
Lone Survivor is an indie horror game originally released on PC. The pixelated post-apocalyptic survival game is now available on both PlayStation 3 and the Vita, after a few tweaks and improvements from the developers. Be warned though, supplies are scarce so make sure to use them wisely!
PlayStation Plus has been in a sporty mood recently, after giving us Pro Evolution Soccer 2014 back in April, this time we get a taste of sports from across the pond with NBA 2K14. Those who aren't familiar with basketball are promised easy-to-learn controls and an enjoyable experience, even better if you're already a fan!
If RPGs are more you're thing then you can check out Dragon's Crown available on the Vita. You navigated the Kingdom of Hydeland as one of six different types of hero; Fighter, Dwarf, Amazon, Sorceress, Wizard or Elf. The game features both local multiplayer and online co-op with up to four players. While only the Vita version is available on Plus, if you choose to purchase it on PlayStation 3 you can take advantage of the cross-play feature.
So what do you think consumers? Is the June update a slam dunk or a load of pixel junk?
Mica Rose
Mica is an avid gamer and trophy hunter. She loves all things PlayStation, and spends most of her free time either playing games or talking about them!
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Seismic data processing can be characterized by the application of a sequence of processes, where for each of these processes there are a number of different approaches. This course provides a comprehensive overview of the steps that are commonly applied in seismic data processing and discusses for each step the alternative implementations together with their inherent assumptions and strengths and weaknesses. This course provides the participants with a working knowledge of the different processing methods and enables them to assess the quality of a processing result. It can serve as a starting point for further study and/or enable them to be a member of a processing and/or multidisciplinary team.
At the end of the course the participants will have obtained an understanding and appreciation of the many alternative processing approaches that are representative for the practice of current seismic data processing. The course emphasizes for each process the various existing underlying geophysical models. Many examples will be shown to illustrate the material; theory with references will be included; a handout that covers all course material will be made available.
Students, starting geophysicists, interpreters and geologists, petrophysicists and reservoir engineers who wish to understand seismic data processing either as an introduction for further study and/or as a knowledgeable member of a multidisciplinary team.
Course participants should be interested in seismic data processing; a background in science will be sufficient.
Piet Gerritsma (1942) graduated in physics at the University of Groningen. He joined Shell in 1969 as a research geophysicist in Rijswijk (The Netherlands) and Houston (USA). He was actively involved in the development of programs for statics, velocity analysis, synthetic seismograms and raytracing, deconvolution, multi-component seismic, shear waves and anisotropy, AVO and migration. He acquired operational experience as processing and special studies geophysicist in Brunei and in Canada. He was Shell"s representative in international research consortia: SEP (Stanford), DELPHI (Delft University of Technology) and IFP (Institut Francais du Petrole); he also served as associate editor of Geophysical Prospecting on Migration, Modeling and Inversion. During his Shell career he has always lectured at both basic as well as advanced level covering a broad range of topics. He left Shell in 1999 after 30 years of service. Since that time he is a lecturer at CTG (Center for Technical Geoscience) at the Delft University of Technology. He also teaches regularly courses for national and international oil companies and service companies, both as an independent teacher as well as on behalf of geoscience training alliances. He has presented this course several times on behalf of the EAGE and CSEG.


The Simpsomaker lets you design your own Simpsons character. The guy to the left is based off of me. Not surprisingly he turned out to be the coolest, cutest, best Simpsons character there has ever been. Fancy that!
thiz game iz actully pretty wick!.
Muy buena la pagina muy divertida me hice a mi misma al mejor estilo sipson!
perdona, lo he estado provando y yo tb llebo gafas pero kuando imprimo el muñeco me salen los ojos azules (no se ven) como as echo para k te kedara asi tal kual.
Is the drummer in the band Hammer Head.


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Q: get PThreads version compatible with PHP installed version I've a project in PHP 5.6 and I need to install PThreads, the thing is that I haven't found the correspondance of the compatiblity between version of PHP and Pthreads. I was looking for it but I cannot find it yet, here I found all the releases but I don't know which is compatible with my PHP version, for other side, in my production server I have another version of PHP, so it would be very helpful a list of the PHP versions that matches with the available releases oh PThread. or, how can I get it?

A: First find out your 'PHP Extension Build' version via phpinfo(), i.e. http://localhost/?phpinfo=1
Download the pthreads that matches your php version and php extension build, I think it's VC11 right now. Then go grab the pthreads version from http://windows.php.net/downloads/pecl/releases/pthreads/
If you're on Linux then you'll get the right version with:
wget http://pecl.php.net/get/pthreads-1.0.0.tgz
followed by apt-get update pthreads

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I always found making scrambled eggs with anything to be quite the cumbersome task. Okay, maybe it wasn't so cumbersome as much as I just got tired of doing it over and over. When I found I could make a meal prep with this quiche recipe I fell in love. I'd highly recommend using either muffin tins or these tricky little ceramic bakeware called ramekins. (To this day I'm still not sure how to pronounce that).
2. Mix all ingredients in a bowl with a wire whisk.
3. Pour ingredients into a muffin pan or ramekins.
4. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until cooked thoroughly.
This little adventure definitely made my breakfast meals go a lot more smoothly this week. Next time I'll add a little seasoning or top it with some Frank's Redhot Sauce when eating. It was delicious, but needs some spice.
This quiche recipe was a hit during my previous meal prep experience. I went out on a limb here to try something new, and it worked!