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Q: Windows 10 Controlled folder access - remove "Documents" from protected folders list Is there a way to remove "Documents" from protected folders (Controlled folder access) in Windows 10?
I have Controlled folder access feature on, but by default all user's folders are protected - Desktop, Documents, Images and so on. It's not possible to just remove one of users profile folder (particularly Documents) from protected folders list.
I need to remove "Documents" folder from protected list (from protection), because most of my games can't save game right now - saves are stored in Document folder.
As You can see on 2nd screen - there is no remove button for "Document" folder.
Adding app to exclusion is not the solution - doing so is just like turning folder protection off.

A: What about the Folder Redirection? This will mirror any files and folders from your UserProfile\Documents to different location.
This is simple to achive:

*

*Open 'This PC' in File Explorer (Win+E), right click on your Documents folder, and click on Properties.

*Click on the Location tab, and click on the Move button.

*Browse to and select the Documents folder at the location (ex: "E:\Documents" ) from step 2, and click on Select Folder

*Click on OK to apply.

*Click on Yes to move all the files from the old location to the new location

*Your personal Documents folder and all of its contents will now be moved to the new location (ex: "E:\Documents" )

Now when your game create any file/folder in default C:\UserProfile\Documents location then those files will be redirected to your new E:\Documents folder

A: Since you want :

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*Documents to stay protected, and

*Games to be able to create sub-folders and files in Documents,
while

*Without creating exceptions for the game programs.

This means that the games must be diverted into using other folders.
As most games don't expose such an option, here is a general
method that does not need any changes in the game.
I suggest using the free
Sandboxie
to isolate the game in a sandbox (it's possible to have multiple
sandboxes).
This way, while the game thinks it's using the Documents folder,
its disk requests are actually being redirected to a sub-folder
in C:\Sandbox, so not using any protected folder.
This will also simplify uninstalling a game, since emptying
the sandbox is enough to wipe out a game with every file
and registry change that it ever did.
Installing a game in a sandbox is done by right-click of the
installer and using the context-menu option of "Run Sandboxed"
to choose the sandbox in which to execute it.
The game won't be able to create icons on the real desktop, so
running the game from the sandbox can be done in several ways:

*

*Create a real desktop icon via Sandboxie menu
Configure > Windows Shell Integration

*Right-click any file and open it using the context-menu option
of "Run Sandboxed"

*Designing a folder as "always sandboxed" so any program or file
opened from it are automatically sandboxed.

Sandboxie has many options to customize the behavior of its
sandboxes.
I also use Sandboxie for testing new software or one that I don't
trust, since it protects my running system and also much simplifies
the uninstallation.

(Previous answer. See comments below as to why it's not very useful.)
There is an undocumented Windows feature for removing a folder from
Protected Folders:

*

*Run PowerShell as Administrator

*Enter the following command:
  Remove-MpPreference -ControlledFolderAccessProtectedFolders "C:\Users\USERNAME\Documents"

The
Remove-MpPreference command
does not document the parameter ControlledFolderAccessProtectedFolders, but it still seems to be
working.
On my computer Protected Folders is turned off, but this
parameter seems to be still accepted by the command.
Try it and see. If it works, you might consider removing
protection from sub-folders of Documents, rather than the entire
folder.

A: The protected folders feature is a function of Windows Defender Security Center > Virus and threat protection > Ransomware Protection. All you need to do is turn off the Ransomware protection and use another app like Malwarebytes to handle your ransomware concerns.

A: According to this article, you cannot do this.  HOWEVER, you can add exceptions for apps that need to write to protected folders via the "Configure allowed applications"  (GPO) or "Allow an app through Controlled folder access" (local setting).  More information on that in the link above.  If this solution does not work in your case, then Controlled Folder Access is too limited to do what you want it to do.

A: You don't really want to exclude your Documents folder from the Protected Folders feature---that would defeat its purpose. Ransomware works by encrypting your personal files, and requires you to pay the perpetrators to give you the password to decrypt them. If you're like most people, you keep a fair number of your personal files in your Documents folder.

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Q: hdfs: split ls output on hdfs, the output of ls command looks like this:
drwxrwxr-x  5 matteorr matteorr  4096 Jan 10 17:37 /data/Cluster
drwxr-xr-x  2 matteorr matteorr  4096 Jan 19 10:43 /data/Desktop
drwxrwxr-x  9 matteorr matteorr  4096 Jan 20 10:01 /data/Developer
drwxr-xr-x 11 matteorr matteorr  4096 Dec 20 13:55 /data/Documents
drwxr-xr-x  2 matteorr matteorr 12288 Jan 20 13:44 /data/Downloads
drwx------ 11 matteorr matteorr  4096 Jan 20 14:01 /data/Dropbox
drwxr-xr-x  2 matteorr matteorr  4096 Oct 18 18:43 /data/Music
drwxr-xr-x  2 matteorr matteorr  4096 Jan 19 22:12 /data/Pictures
drwxr-xr-x  2 matteorr matteorr  4096 Oct 18 18:43 /data/Public
drwxr-xr-x  2 matteorr matteorr  4096 Oct 18 18:43 /data/Templates
drwxr-xr-x  2 matteorr matteorr  4096 Oct 18 18:43 /data/Videos

I would retrieve all subdirectories name within /data by a script shell,
How can I do that?

A: Assuming no other field in the output includes a /, and no directory or filename contains a newline, you could do:
hdfs dfs -ls | grep '^d' | cut -d/ -f3

*

*The grep command selects lines that begin with d, marking directories

*the cut commend then picks the third field separated by / (the first being the info until the file path, the second the directory name data)

Awk alternative:
hdfs dfs -ls | awk -F/ '/^d/{print $3}'


The pictures of the thief in action don't show his face so police are calling him "Blurryface". The thief does have a backpack that is shown visibly and has unique features.
Police hope someone will recognize "Blurryface's" backpack so they can crack the case.
"Blurryface" allegedly broke the windows out of the front of the business but only stole phone screen protectors.
If you can identify "Blurryface" or his backpack, contact the Pasco police for case #18-57723.
My name is Blurryface and I... don't care that this stuff does not belong to me. Burglary is wrong, mmmmkay! Early Saturday morning officers responded to a burglary alarm at EZ Fix Phone Repair on W Clark St and found that the glass on the front door had been smashed as well as a display case inside the store. Fortunately, the display case only contained screen protectors so the felony committed by Blurryface one and two was so not worth it. Unless there is a black market for screen protectors then I guess they hit it big! #PoundSignJukon attempted a track but the suspects were not located. Since the face is so blurry, take a look at the backpack which is pretty distinct. If these guys seem familiar to you, please call reference PPD case #18-57723.


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Q: How assign #define with unsigned char I want to know can assign #define with unsigned char ??if can how??
for example:
 #define ACCESS_PSS {0x32,0xFD,0x6E,0x2D}

    int main(){
    unsigned char ResponseData[100];
    for (int i = 0; i <4;i++0){

                    if (ResponseData[i+5]==ACCESS_PSS){ //how to do this???
                                cout<<5<<endl;
                                              }

ResponseData from programm get value and byte 5 ta 8 is equal with ACCESS_PSS

A: Best way:
const uint8_t ACCESS_PSS [4] = {0x32,0xFD,0x6E,0x2D};

if(memcmp(&ResponseData[i+5], ACCESS_PSS, 4) == 0)

Alternative way (compound literal):
if(memcmp(&ResponseData[i+5], (uint8_t[4]){0x32,0xFD,0x6E,0x2D}, 4) == 0)


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Jaret Patterson Terion Stewart Kyle Vantrease Matt McDonald Kevin Marks Andrew Clair Antonio Nunn Sports College football Football College sports
Buffalo Mid-American Bowling Green
Patterson rushes for school-record 301 yards, Buffalo wins
- Nov. 17, 2020 10:39 PM EST
Buffalo running back Jaret Patterson (26) bulls his way into the end zone for a touchdown between Bowling Green defensive backs Sy Dabney (5) and Shon Strickland (28) during the first half of an NCAA college football game in Bowling Green, Ohio, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020. (Scott W. Grau/Sentinel-Tribune via AP)
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (AP) — Jaret Patterson carried it 31 times for a school-record 301 yards and four touchdowns, and Buffalo beat Bowling Green 42-17 on Tuesday night.
Patterson capped the opening drive of the game with a 17-yard touchdown run, and he added a short scoring run at the end of the first half for a 21-3 lead. He had scoring runs of 15 and 57 yards in the second half. Patterson entered needing 81 yards for third in program history and 118 for second, passing James Starks at 3,140. Branden Oliver holds the record at 4,049.
Kevin Marks Jr. added 90 yards on the ground and one TD for Buffalo (3-0, 3-0 Mid-American Conference), which has outscored its opponents 49-0 in the third quarter this season. Kyle Vantrease completed 7-of-12 passes for 74 yards. Antonio Nunn made the first six receptions for Buffalo.
Last season, Patterson rushed for a school-record 298 yards and a MAC-record six touchdowns against BGSU.
Matt McDonald threw for 219 yards with one interception for Bowling Green (0-3, 0-3). Andrew Clair rushed for 85 yards and freshman Terion Stewart, who ran for two fourth-quarter touchdowns last week, had nine carries for 42 yards and two TDs.


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Genioplasty (Chin reduction or chin augmentation) is a surgery done to reshape the chin, it can be done by contouring the chin bone or placement of an implant. It has an everlasting aesthetic result in harmonizing the face and balancing its contours. Genioplasty is usually done in combination with other facial contouring surgery such as rhinoplasty or neck liposuction. It can be done isolated to improve neck and chin contours.
Chin barely visible or not visible at all .
We can summarize the utility of this intervention by saying that it can make the chin visible or less imposing in comparison with the rest of the face .
Pain : moderate and temporary . Relieved by painkillers or bladders of ice .
Appearance : Oedema and sometimes bleeding from the mouth, it can also cause insensitivity it the lower lip .
Care : Compressive bandage .
Rest : From 6 to 8 days .
The chin surgery can be associated with other maxillo-facial interventions especially the rhinoplasty : when it comes to restore facial harmony . No problem with any other additional intervention in any part of the body .


TOURISM in Rockhampton has gone mobile with the release of an iPhone app to promote the Capricorn Region to tourists.
Central Queensland is the first of 14 regions expected to launch a new app.
Capricorn Enterprises CEO Mary Carroll said the new marketing tool would help tourism operators reach a larger audience.
"The enormity of spreading the word (with this technology) is quite phenomenal," she said.
Ms Carroll said the app would give tourists access to important information 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
"It allows the (users) to locate attractions, events or tours when they're here or when they're coming here," she said.
A new four-year Destination Tourism Strategy (DTS) was also launched at the event and Ms Carroll said the plan would help better promote the Capricorn region as a must-see destination.
"It sets a plan for us in regard to our way forward," she said.
Speaking at the launch in Rockhampton, the Minister for Tourism Jann Stuckey MP said although the new plan was a step forward for tourism it may be overshadowed with negative fall out from the new Carbon Tax to be introduced later this year.
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On Day Four, a Little More…Look at What We Have In Store for You Today! The Pure Pop Radio Melodic Pop Songs Explosion Continues!
We're so close to the de facto fireworks displays that July 4th brings each and every year that we've had to turn up the volume on our two-week-long event. Look! There goes another bunch of adds to the vaunted Pure Pop Radio playlist! Let's see what's in store for your ears today!
The Junipers – Paint the Ground. A vinyl release of the Junipers' 2012 album was just the jump-start the world needed to greet for the first time or renew interest in one of the finest melodic pop albums released in many years. Lovely melodies abound; so do dreamy harmonies recalling the best of Teenage Fanclub. The mix of folk and harmony pop (sometimes recalling the Association) works wonderfully and in a powerful way. Once heard, these folk-pop songs will leave their aural imprint on you. We've added the entire album, plus the bonus track that appears on Sugarbush Records' vinyl re-release, "Everywhere Was You." The original album songs: "Look into My River," "They Lived Up in the Valley," "Pearly Home," "Dandelion Man," "In My Reverie," "Phoebus Filled the Town," "Antler Season," "Golden Fields in Golden Sun," "Song to Selkie," and "Willow and the Water Mill." Simply joyous.
Phil Ajjarapu – Sing Along Until You Feel Better. Right from the start, from the Benny Goodman-esque reveille that feeds directly into a tasty piano bounce and three-dimensional harmonies, you know you're in good company. It's all there in the title song that's two parts straight-ahead pop and a part and half of Beach Boys arrangement polish, a table setter for what's to come. And, oh, what's to come: a straight-ahead pop song, "Angie," complete with cruise ship orchestration; the acoustic finger picking and tasty, understated percussion of the pretty "The Wedding Song"; "Talk," a slightly herky-jerky number reminiscent of Elvis Costello's sound and wrapped in a pure pop overcoat; an upbeat folk-pop workout that begs for lots of hand claps, "Nothing is Connected," and much more that will please your need for melody and harmony. All of the aforementioned songs are now playing in rotation on Pure Pop Radio, plus "Don't Worry" and "Every Day." All of this comes after Ajjarapu survived a horrific accident (read all about it on his Kickstarter page). And, oh yeah, Ken Stringfellow produced all of this. This is quite something, really.
Walter Martin – We're All Young Together. Wow. We mean, wow. When we discovered this incredible album, we didn't know what to think. Is it for kids? Is it an album for grown-ups who are young at heart? Finally, we realized it's both. And we knew, after only listening to a song or two, that this was going to be a favorite spin at Pure Pop Radio headquarters. The title song seems an effortless exercise, but of course it isn't; a lilting beat, acoustic guitar, nimble electric guitar playing, fanciful lyrics, and that strong message to heed: "We're all young together." And we're all listening as Martin hints that anything is possible in the fanciful, Paul Simon-esque "I-M-A-G-I-N-A-T-I-O-N." We're smiling as Martin sings about the love that thrives for the Fab Four in the wonderfully-titled and ultra-catchy "The Beatles (When Ringo Shook his Mop)." These songs are now playing on Pure Pop Radio, as are "We Like the Zoo ('Cause We're Animals Too)," "Sing to Me," and "Costa Rica." Lots of gold here, folks.
* Dukes of Kent – Welcome to the Oast House. We've added two songs to the Pure Pop Radio playlist: "Blue Turns to Red" and "Angels and Ghosts." Sugarbush Records' Markus Holler and company make these songs come alive.
Well, it's time to get ready for the 4th. Have a great day and we'll see you with another round of adds to the Pure Pop Radio playlist next Monday. Listen for these and hundreds more songs new to our air by clicking on one of the handy listening links pictured below. Have a great weekend!
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Here We Go Again! It's Day Three of the Pure Pop Radio Melodic Pop Songs Explosion! Sing Along with Us!
Week Two. Day One. It's Another Selection of New Adds to the Pure Pop Radio playlist. Dig in!


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STONE SOUR's 'Through Glass' Reaching New Heights
STONE SOUR's hit single, "Through Glass", recently took the #1 spot on the Mainstream and Active Rock Charts, marking it the first #1 single in the band's career. The song bests the #4 charting position the band reached with "Bother", from their gold-selling, self-titled debut album. "Through Glass" is currently #7 on the Modern Rock Chart, while the video was officially added to MTV2. The track is the first single off the band's latest album, "Come What(ever) May", which debuted at #4 on The Billboard 200 chart when it was released on August 1.
Produced by Nick Raskulinecz (FOO FIGHTERS, VELVET REVOLVER), "Come What(ever) May" moved 81,000 units its first week out (triple the first-week tally of the first album) and has sold over 191,000 units to date.
STONE SOUR is currently on the Family Values Tour with KORN, DEFTONES, FLYLEAF and others. This winter they will embark on the Music As A Weapon Tour with DISTURBED. The group's lead vocalist, Corey Taylor, is one of the most recognized figures in rock, thanks to his dual role as the frontman for STONE SOUR and the Grammy-winning, multi-platinum act SLIPKNOT. The band is also comprised of guitarist James Root, who does double duty in SLIPKNOT, bassist Shawn Economaki, guitarist Josh Rand and new drummer Roy Mayorga.
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The Blinds Company offers one of Australia's largest online ranges of window furnishings, focusing on producing high quality products and quick turnaround times.
The Blinds Company was a relatively new player in the blinds and curtains space, so their digital footprint was significantly smaller than that of their competitors. They didn't have the benefit of an established reputation amongst consumers and large traffic volumes, so the strategy needed to encompass growth across every channel for the partnership to be considered a success.
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In light of the recession, the Queens Museum canceled its annual dinner in favor of a no-cost, no-event, web-based fundraiser.
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In Memoriam: Hilary Koprowski, 1916–2013 [by Stanley Plotkin]
Posted on 13 July 2013 by davidrcurry
Journal of Virology
August 2013, volume 87, issue 15
http://jvi.asm.org/content/current
In Memoriam: Hilary Koprowski, 1916–2013
Stanley A. Plotkin
+ Author Affiliations
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Koprowski, who died this year at the age of 96, was an extraordinary person. He excelled as an innovative scientist, a director of a research institute, a classical pianist, a composer of music, a connoisseur of art, and a polyglot world traveler. Born in Warsaw, Poland, where he obtained a medical degree, the Nazi invasion forced him and his wife, Irena, to flee to Italy, where he studied piano at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome. During the Second World War, he managed to emigrate to Brazil, where he became a research assistant in the Rockefeller Foundation Laboratories. There, his work on yellow fever and several arboviruses so impressed the senior staff that a position was found for him at the Lederle Laboratories in Pearl River, New York. At Lederle, he began work leading to improved rabies vaccines and on attenuation of polio virus, the work for which he will be most remembered.
In the early 1950s, there was pessimism about the development of a polio vaccine subsequent to disastrous clinical trials of two experimental vaccines. Koprowski set out to attenuate the virus through adaptation to mouse brain. Starting with what later was identified as a type 2 strain, he achieved attenuation of neurovirulence in monkeys. After ingesting the orally administered vaccine himself, he arranged to vaccinate 20 mentally disabled children in collaboration with the physician in charge of the institution in which they resided, although it is said that his superiors at Lederle were unaware of this step. The ethical justification was the fear of poliovirus entering the institution, a common occurrence at the time. Although this first trial showed safety and immunogenicity of the strain, the presentation of the results at a later scientific meeting was greeted with shock because of the audacity of the work (1).
In the mid-1950s, cell culture became available, and Koprowski and Albert Sabin separately began to attenuate polioviruses by passage in monkey kidney cells. Both succeeded, and the Koprowski strains were tested extensively in the former Belgian Congo, his native Poland, and elsewhere (2). Nevertheless, because the Sabin strains were less neurovirulent in monkeys and were given successfully to millions of children in the former Soviet Union, they achieved licensure in the United States and adoption by the WHO for use throughout the world. During the battle between the oral polio vaccines, the atmosphere between Sabin and Koprowski became quite heated, with many colorful exchanges of insults, but afterwards they reestablished a friendship.
In 1957, Koprowski left Lederle to become Director of the Wistar Institute on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, a position he held for 35 years. The Wistar, established in 1892, was somewhat sleepy when he arrived, but he proceeded to convert it into a flourishing institution where there were no departments or walls between laboratories and where both fundamental and applied biology were at the leading edge. I also arrived in 1957, and like many others, I consider him to be my scientific father. Although the emphasis at Wistar was on virology and cancer, other areas, such as atherosclerosis, were investigated. The Wistar was a marvelous place to work in those years because of the international scientists Koprowski recruited and the stimulating atmosphere that he fostered. The lingua franca of Wistar was said to be broken English.
After losing the battle with Sabin over the polio vaccine, Koprowski switched to studies of fusion between somatic cells and eggs, subacute sclerosing encephalitis caused by measles, and "slow" viruses in the central nervous system (3, 4, 5). In that period, his laboratory also adapted rabies virus to human diploid cell culture, leading to a new and highly immunogenic rabies vaccine for humans (6). The gene for the rabies glycoprotein was also inserted into poxvirus vectors for immunization of wild animals, a technique that has successfully controlled wildlife rabies in parts of the world. It is no exaggeration to say that not since Pasteur had one person made more progress in preventing rabies than Koprowski. In addition, while Koprowski was director of Wistar, vaccines were also developed against rubella and rotaviruses.
A curious late sequel of polio vaccination in the Belgian Congo between 1957 and 1960 was the accusation in the late 1990s by certain journalists that Koprowski's experimental vaccine had been made in chimpanzee cells contaminated by a simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) that mutated to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and thus had introduced the virus into humans. Characteristically, Koprowski rejected the accusation with disdain, but in any case the accusation was refuted by a search of historical records, PCR of the supposed contaminated lot, and studies of SIV and HIV sequences and evolution which showed that HIV entered humans from wild chimpanzees early in the 20th century (7). Nevertheless, setting the matter to rest required international meetings and considerable work by his colleagues (8).
Koprowski's scope in virology was breathtaking: his bibliography includes articles on at least 25 different viruses, including polio virus, rabies virus, simian virus 40 (SV40), parainfluenza virus type 1, herpes simplex virus, and many flaviviruses. His publication record includes over 900 articles.
When the technology to make monoclonal antibodies became available in the late 1970s, Koprowski founded the Centocor biotechnology company to make antibodies that could be used practically to treat viral infections and cancer. Late in his career, Koprowski set up the Biomedical Foundation to channel research toward making vaccine antigens in plants. Despite his age, he was actively promoting this field until the last year of his life.
Naturally, Koprowski received many awards in his lifetime, locally in the United States but also from Poland, France, Belgium, and Finland. He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences.
However, this recounting of his life does not fully convey the combination of charm, brilliance, and roguishness that struck anyone who came into contact with Hilary. He could converse in many languages about science, art, or music and had a sense of humor that included playing practical jokes. His piano concerts at Wistar and compositions, including short stories, plays, and an opera, were legendary. For his 70th birthday party, he came disguised as a disgruntled gentleman who was angry at the director of the Wistar Institute. Hilary could be an enfant terrible, but he was never boring, always full of ideas, and always stimulating. He left no one who met him unmoved, and none of us, friend or critic, will see his like again.
References available here: http://jvi.asm.org/content/87/15/8270.full
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His whole point being we're all connected and whatever happens to one of us effects us all. While that may be true, whatever happens to one of us effecting us all, it doesn't mean we are necessarily less for it.
Some people make the world a better place once they depart.
That was my first only thought when I read that Phyllis Schlafley died.
I have recovered from the embarrassment that is USC football. Now I get to look forward to the embarrassment that us Chargers football.


Finally, as the culmination of the learning in this unit, we had a learning celebration. the occasion was in each EY 2 class. The theme was a birthday party. Here, because we adapted the problem-based learning, the students were responsible to create a birthday party, starting from the discussion in groups, sketching their ideas, until making all of the preparations. It was all their own ideas and creativity. Just, we had a limitation, they had to created things for the party with the things provided in the classroom or used things.
It was a long process. Thus, they learned how to manage things and be cooperative and worked collaboratively with their friends. In the end, we hope that they live the profiles of balanced, principled and communicator.


Cleveland's 4th Annual "International Peace Day 2015 - A Week-Long Celebration of Iceality!
Cleveland People, it's time! You are invited to the 4th Annual "International Peace Day 2015 - A Week-Long Celebration." The theme of our 10 day event is the United Nations "Partnerships for Peace – Dignity for All the Worlds Children" and various organizations and businesses will offer the People of Greater Cleveland a wealth of activities, all of which aim to support, inform, educate, connect and entertain the people in our community about the Iceality of a Peaceful Planet.
"International Peace Day provides an umbrella opportunity for local individuals, groups and nations to create practical acts of peace on the same day." says Ambassador Renate.
It is a grassroots initiative to promote participation across the Greater Cleveland region in the building of the National Coast-to-Coast "Great American Peace Trail" and the "Worlds Children Peace Monument". International Peace Week 2015 and Cleveland World Peace Daily encourages organizations, individuals, civic leaders and communities to use the Platform of Peace Day to engage in diverse peace related activities and to engage in practical acts of peace building. Cleveland World Peace Daily encourages local participation in the United Nations International Day of Peace, observed globally on September 21.
Cleveland's International Peace Day began in 2012, as part of the Iceality Silver Revelation, utilizing the Theory of Iceality on Environmental Arts as the main economic engine to promote the Greater Cleveland Area as a 'Cultural Industry' to foster civic identity, cultivate jobs, and tourism, brand Ohio Environmental Arts as a Cultural District in the Bioregion while developing a sustainable Global Culture of Peace for All Living Things.
• The German Central Oktoberfest Cultural Night from 4 to 11 p.m. on Saturday, Sept 12.
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That would be August 12th, 2015.
It started out as just another beautiful Sunshiny summer morning at the ARK in Berea. Everyone including Mickey and Rebel were happy to be alive and excited to enjoy what the day had to offer.I had a pleasant internet chat with Baba Brohi, Pakistan Peace Emissary about events on September 21, and International Peace Day.
We always try to enjoy living everyday so in the early afternoon we took a break and went down in Metro Parks by the MSR behind the ARK in Berea to Rocky River at a place we call Om. The river at Om is a place of solitude, tranquility, inspiration and a place I have used to maintain a sound body, mind and spirit and today was no exception. For over 40 years we played, swam and fished here, on that hot afternoon the waters were cool and relaxing wading and playing with Mickey. As we sometimes do we made a stone river sculpture I called 'Lorelei'. People ask why we make Environmental Art in the middle of nowhere that no one will see, that has no monetary value and will disappear in a few days. If you have to ask why?, don't ask now.
Later that afternoon I finished work by re-editing and sending in the Press Release for "Cleveland's 4th Annual International Peace Day 2015 - A Week-Long Celebration".
That night as I lay down to sleep, an undetected Ovarian Cancer cyst would burst, silently and painlessly spreading its poison that would quickly and forever change the way I would live the rest of my Life.
This years 2015 International Peace Day is a culmination of events for me that started when the United Nations invited David and I and out Theory of Iceality on Environmental Arts to participate in the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Summit's message — that nothing less than a transformation of our attitudes and behavior would bring about the necessary changes — was transmitted by almost 10,000 on-site journalists and heard by millions around the world. In 1993 in Vienna, Austria, President Jimmy Carter and Geraldine Ferraro, US Delegates to the UN Conference on Human Rights would set the stage for the Theory of Iceality to participate in all UN Worlds Conferences until they were discontinued in 2007, reaching billions of people in a still growing audience.
This September 21, 2015 International Peace Day in Cleveland I will always remember not only for all the good it will bring to All the Worlds Children, but also because it will be the first day of my Chemo Therapy.


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Definition - What does Normalization mean?
Normalization is the process of reorganizing data in a database so that it meets two basic requirements: (1) There is no redundancy of data (all data is stored in only one place), and (2) data dependencies are logical (all related data items are stored together). Normalization is important for many reasons, but chiefly because it allows databases to take up as little disk space as possible, resulting in increased performance.
Normalization is also known as data normalization.
Techopedia explains Normalization
The three main types of normalization are listed below. Note: "NF" refers to "normal form."
1NF
The following three NFs exist but are rarely used:
BCNF
The first three NFs were derived in the early 1970s by the father of the relational data model, E.F. Codd. Almost all of today's relational database engines use his rules.
Some relational database engines do not strictly meet the criteria for all rules of normalization. An example is the multivalued fields feature introduced by Microsoft in the Access 2007 database application. There has been heated debate in database circles as to whether such features now disqualify such applications from being true relational database management systems.
First Normal Form (1NF)
Second Normal Form (2NF)
Third Normal Form (3NF)
Fourth Normal Form (4NF)
Boyce-Codd Normal Form (BCNF)
Predictive Model Markup Language (PMML)
Functional Dependency
Quantile Normalization
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Word on the curb is that former reality star Phaedra Parks is reportedly feeling the burn after losing her cushy job on The Real Housewives of Atlanta.
Just last month Parks, the proud owner of 3 Atlanta area homes, was caught lying about listing her current residence for rent (click HERE if you missed that).
Well now she's decided to totally liquidate a few assets… starting with the home she once shared with her now ex-husband, Apollo Nida, on the popular reality show.
According to several online sources, Phaedra has listed her home in Atlanta's Chastain neighborhood for $1.5 million.
The home — one of three that Parks owns — is approximately 4,500 square feet. It includes four bedrooms, four baths and two half-baths.
Each of the three bedrooms on the second floor has its own attached bathroom, as does the main-floor master suite.
The home also features a library with fireplace, a two-story foyer, and enough plush trimmings to serve as an appropriately cinematic backdrop for any teary confessions or dramatic confrontations.
The grand dining room with chandelier is perfect for hosting shade-throwing soirees. It leads into a high-ceilinged great room with an open and columned second-floor landing.
French doors in the great room open to a pool, as does a private door from the master suite. In addition to the pool, the backyard amenities include a recently built outdoor kitchen and two covered seating areas.
The sale would be a huge come up for Parks, who reportedly purchased the home four years ago for $845,000.
Hopefully she can get her old home sold quickly so that she won't have to worry about renting her new home.
CLICK HERE for more information if you're interested in owning this piece of "Atlanta Housewives' history.
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The FDA is hoping to help the industry take a leap toward what was once pure science fiction: interfaces that link brains and computers, allowing a person to directly control devices with their thoughts.
To promote development of a new generation of fully integrated implants, the agency published a new draft guidance (PDF) that provides the FDA's initial regulatory considerations as the technology progresses.
The eventual goal is to develop a framework for improving the mobility and independence of patients with paralysis or amputations, including injured veterans, through controllable prostheses.
In addition, the FDA launched a cross-center working group of 15 internal experts representing different scientific specialties, who will advise the agency on emerging technologies and the FDA's ability to keep pace in its regulations.
The draft guidance provides recommendations and technical advice for product developers on how to design clinical and nonclinical tests for implanted brain-interface devices, and how nonclinical device testing can demonstrate the mitigation of risks before the launch of a clinical study.
It also details considerations for the long-term biocompatibility with blood, cerebrospinal fluid and nerve tissue, as well as electrical and electromagnetic safety standards, including wireless technology and compatibility with MRI machines.
"The idea that a prosthetic could interact with the brain has been the topic of much imagination, but now we're actually on the verge of realizing this opportunity," said Gottlieb.


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Zoo Landau in der Pfalz is a  zoo in Landau in der Pfalz, Germany. It was founded in 1904. The governing body is the municipality of the city of Landau in der Pfalz (Landau/Palatinate/Germany). The zoo is situated in the city center, along the historic remains of a French fort. The average yearly number of paying visitors is between 155,000 and 170,000. The zoo is home to about 600 animals representing 110 species of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, and invertebrates. The current total number of employees is 20.

Zoo Landau is a member of the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA) and the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA).

The zoo's mission is the implementation of the objectives of the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums conservation strategy with a strong dedication to education, in-situ conservation and research. Among the rare and endangered species which are kept in the zoo are Philippine spotted deer, white-naped mangabeys, Northeast African cheetah and Madagascar side-necked turtles.

Conservation

The international studbook for the Philippine Spotted Deer (Cervus alfredi) is coordinated by Zoo Landau.

The zoo supports international conservation projects in Ghana, the Philippines, Djibouti, Madagascars and Chile, and also cooperates with local and regional conservation organizations to promote the conservation of native biodiversity.

Zoo School

A priority at Landau Zoo is the educational work of the Arten- und Tierschutzschule Landau (School for the protection of species and animals, Landau), called Zoo School, headed by Dr Gudrun Hollstein. The school, which was founded in 1992, is run in collaboration with the institut for pedagogic and adolescent education of the University of Koblenz-Landau, department Landau. More than 15,000 children attend the school each year.

Zoo School stresses learning through playing, acting and experiencing topics like the protection of the environment, species and animals. It is the first school in Germany to employ up to 40 students of different teacher professions and Master students of educational science, to run the classes independently and according to an up-to-date way of teaching. The students are trained carefully in special seminars for their educational work at Zoo School, where they find a large field of practical work in their future profession. They may therefore enrich their professional, personal and social competences. Since a new building was opened in September 2005, new topics and methods are included in the every day teaching about the protection of the environment.

Zoo School Landau was awarded for its innovative concept 2005 by the City of Landau. The School is one of the winners of the national competition "365 Orte im Land der Ideen" (365 places in the land of ideas). It was also awarded by UNESCO as official UN decade project 2007/8 for education for sustainability.

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External links
  (in German)
 Zoo school Laundau website (in German)

Zoos in Germany
Tourist attractions in Rhineland-Palatinate
Buildings and structures in Rhineland-Palatinate
Culture of the Palatinate (region)
Landau
1904 establishments in Germany
Zoos established in 1904

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okay guys haven't had time to sort out turntable so have had to leave you to it but what great music you have done so far, however les reminded me of the many great tracks out on recent cd's so will try and load some of these over next couple of days. || starting off with this, from a cd last year from the great man, herman hitson, this is probably best track but he also does creditible covers of i'm in love and california dreaming, they come from a cdr put together by herman himself, think there is details on his myspace page, well worth the few dollars in my opinion. ||proper xmas music!!


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Our community is made up of eaters, students, families, teachers, board members, agencies and non-profit partners, enthusiastic volunteers and others who are inspired by healthy, locally-grown food that strengthens farms and local economies. Check out the tips and resources on this page to start or expand a project where you work and live!
Building a community team with administration and food service representatives is the first step of any Farm to Institution effort.
Check out the Cornell Farm to School and National Farm to School websites
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Check to see if your School District reported to the 2015 USDA Farm to School Census
Interested in Farm to College? Connect with your Campus Sustainability Program. Check the member list for the New York Coalition for Sustainability in Higher Education.
Is Your Food Service Self-Operated or Contracted?
What type of entity manages and procures the food for the meals served in your institution? "Self-operated", as the word implies, means the service is provided within the institution's operations. Many institutions choose to out-source by contracting with a Food Service Management Company (FSMC), such as Aramark, Sodexo, Whitsons, Compass or their subsidiaries. We need to better understand the operations of FSMCs and how we can have a significant impact on their procurement of regionally produced foods. Check out the research and reports on FSMCs from Farm to Institution New England (FINE).
It Takes Teamwork: Ellenville Regional Hospital and Ellenville Elementary Partner in NYS Farm to School Institute
Ellenville Regional Hospital Rural Health Network is one of several community-based entities dedicated to improving health outcomes in Ulster County. This year, the hospital partnered with Ellenville Elementary to apply for the NYS Farm to School Institute to connect kids with fresh fruits and vegetables from local farms.
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Boosting public spending on fresh foods grown on New York State farms and served in schools, childcare centers, older adult centers, food pantries and other institutions, has the potential to improve health for more than six million New Yorkers, while increasing economic opportunities across the state. The findings are part of a new report, The Public Plate in New York State: Growing Health, Farms and Jobs with Local Food, by The New York Academy of Medicine and American Farmland Trust.
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Locally Grown: Farm to School Programs in New York State
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This report by the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future reviews the literature and key information resources regarding institutional food service procurement systems, presents the potential benefits of a largescale shift among institutional procurement policies, discusses some of the existing barriers to the adoption of policies that favor regionally and/or sustainably produced food, and provides recommendations and tools for influencing institutional food procurement practices.
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Getting Started with Farm to School
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FUNDING - USDA Farm to School Grants
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FUNDING - New York State Farm to School Grants
In 2015-16, the New York State Farm to School grant program funded projects that help Pre-K through Grade 12 schools serve healthy, locally grown foods on school menus. You can read who was eligible to apply and the request for approvals for the last round here.
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Look up School Districts who reported to the 2015 USDA Farm to School Census on their procurement and education activities in 2013-2014, and those who plan to start farm to school programs in the future.
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What Do Proteins Do, and How?
Often, we hear about genes only when something goes wrong – when mutations, mistakes made in the DNA sequence, cause a disease like cancer cystic fibrosis. But what happens inside our cells that leads from a mutation in DNA to the physical symptoms of a disease? Why do some mutations cause positive outcomes, or no change at all? To answer these questions, we take a closer look at how information flows from genes, to RNA, to proteins, to all the physical structures and processes that make up living things.
So in describing the central dogma, I talked about DNA being turned into RNA.
That process is called transcription.
that process is called translation.
have a part of the molecule that's similar.
So they're called amino acids for a reason.
they have an acid part of the molecule, and then they have a variable side chain.
basic residues, hydrophobic residues, these are ones that don't like water.
Hydrophilic residues, these are ones that do like water.
they're strung together in a long chain.
That chain is hooked together by the amino, and the acid part of it.
And the side chains kind of hang off of the side.
because the polymer part of the chain is very flexible.
However, what they like to do is fold up Into a ball.
Because the hydrophobic parts of the molecule, they don't like water.
But your cells are made out of water, and so they want to hide away from the water.
The hydrophilic parts like to interact with the water.
the hydrophilic parts are touching the water.
Some of the reactive parts, the acids and the bases, are in pockets on the surface.
These typically form what are called the active sites of enzymes.
bases can do chemistry, they can catalyze reactions.
are folded up into a particular shape, such that they recognize glucose.
which is a protein, in what people call a lock and key mechanism.
with certain amino acids that are reactive, typically acids or bases.
And that allows the enzyme to do a chemical reaction on the sugar.
And to do it in a very efficient way.
So the sugar begins to be broken down in a series of steps.
parts of your body to even make the amino acids that went in to the protein.
a molecule called ATP, which allows the process to be driven.
they require an input of energy.
and to build up your body and the various parts.
to make the nucleotides that go together to make the RNA and to make the DNA.
to do very specific things for your body.
As I said, some of the are enzymes.
allows your cells to fit together to give your body the shape that it has.
metabolic, or energy conservation, or information processing.
That shape I remind you, is caused by the amino acids and their chemical properties.
other, they have to be hooked together in the proper order, one after another.
So a typical protein may have from 100 to maybe 1000 different amino acids.
One after another, after another.
Where is that order of amino acids come from?
It comes from the RNA, and the RNA gets that from the DNA.
the action of the messenger RNA, what order to hook the amino acids together.
This is called the genetic code.
So in your DNA, you've learned there are four bases, G, A, T, and C.
And the order at which those are found in the DNA, three at a time.
G, A, A, if that comes in a row, is turned to G, A, A in the messenger RNA.
sees G, A, A, it knows to insert a particular amino acid.
If instead it's T, T, A, it's a different amino acid.
If it's A, A, A, it's another different amino acid.
the ribosome, come directly from the information that's stored in your DNA.


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Egyptian Sandmonkey quits blogging
Filed under: blogging,blogosfera,Egipto,Islamismo,libertad de pensamiento — Nora @ 9:11 pm
My preferred Egyptian blogger, Sandmonkey, quits fearing for his security after he blogged about a demonstration some weeks ago. A lot of bloggers have already expressed their regrets, although I believe all of us understand why he has done it.
Others who have commented about this sad event: Blue Star Chronicles, Gateway Pundit and Seven Inches of Sense (this last one is very good ;-D).
I hope he will return to blogging as soon as possible.
Jihad in Pakistan: now also women and children
Filed under: Islamismo,Paquistán,terrorismo,terroristas — Nora @ 3:45 pm
I have written about the Pakistani President Musharraf and how he is capitulating to the Talibans. But there are more related news from The New Stateman:
You must understand," says Maulana Sami ul-Haq, "that Pakistan and Islam are synonymous." The principal of Darul Uloom Haqqania, a seminary in Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province (NWFP), is a tall and jovial man. He grabs my hand as he takes me round the seminary. Maulana ul-Haq laughs when I ask his views on jihad. "It is the duty of all Muslims to support those groups fighting against oppression," he says.
The Haqqania is one of the largest madrasas in Pakistan. It produces about 3,000 graduates, most from exceptionally poor backgrounds, every year. The walls of the student dormitory are decorated with tanks and Kalashnikovs. A group of students, all with black beards, white turbans and grey dresses, surrounds me. They are curious and extremely polite. We chat under the watchful eye of two officers from Pakistan's intelligence services. What would they do after they graduate, I ask. "Serve Islam," they reply in unison. "We will dedicate our lives to jihad."
Pakistan is reverberating with the call of jihad. For more than two months, the capital, Islamabad, has been held hostage by a group of burqa-clad women, armed with sticks and shouting: "Al-jihad, al-jihad.
Source: Jihad Watch: Pakistan: The Taliban takeover
And Pakistan already has the nuclear bomb…
About the Jihadi Taliban women of Pakistan:
The ninjas. The burqa brigade. The women in black. For some years now I've been hearing such terms thrown around with disdain by "burqa-unfriendly" sections of Pakistani society to describe the women who swathe themselves entirely in black. The terms are disparaging, but until recently they were a joke, not invested with the property of fear invoked by the ninjas' male counterparts: the beards, the fundos, the jihadis. In the past few weeks, all that has changed.
The first sign of trouble occurred in January when the female students of Islamabad's Jamia Hafsa madrasa occupied a children's library to protest against the demolition of 80 mosques encroaching on public land. Rather than resorting to its usual brute-force tactics, the government sent in the minister for religious affairs to promise that those mosques already demolished would be rebuilt.
Then, in March, dozens of girls from Jamia Hafsa kidnapped three women and a baby from a house they claimed was a brothel. Next they kidnapped two policemen. Newspaper front pages were splashed with pictures of the ninjas chasing away plain-clothes policemen while wielding long sticks. They have also taken to patrolling the bazaars, threatening the owners of DVD and CD stores, which they claim spread pornography and vice. Every few days the papers now carry pictures of DVD bonfires.
The girls of Jamia Hafsa have their male counterparts at the adjoining Jamia Fareedia madrasa for men. But "Jamia Fareedia" has not entered Pakistan's vocabulary in the way "Jamia Hafsa" has, and the part that the male students play in their campaign of "virtue" has gone compa ratively unremarked on, though they, too, were present at the kidnappings and are part of the intimidation of video store owners. In fact, the femaleness of the female students seems to be causing almost as much consternation as the decision by the brothers who run the two madrasas to impose a parallel sharia system of justice within their premises and their warnings of suicide attacks if the government doesn't also impose sharia law.
The gendered nature of the commentary about the Jamia Hafsa students cuts across many sections of society – from the radio DJ who, tongue firmly in cheek, declared the theme of his show "girl power – in honour of the ladies of Jamia Hafsa", to the highly respected journalist deploying the phrase "chicks with sticks", to the head of Jamaat-ud-Dawa (the offshoot of the banned militant party Lashkar-e-Toiba) opposing the students' actions on the grounds that it is un-Islamic for women to take a leadership position, to General Musharraf dismissing the vigilantes as "misguided women" – which seems to suggest that they wouldn't or couldn't behave as they were doing if not for someone else (presumably male) guiding their actions. Musharraf has also used gender as an excuse for not taking action against their flagrant violations of the law. "We respect women," he intoned with great sincerity, put ting aside the fact that women are being harassed and kidnapped by the JH students.
Source: New Statesman – "Misguided women
Aussie News and Views has more about this girls. And a photo of them at "class":
They have even threatened with beginning a campaign of suicide attacks. Sex equality is not that, at least for me…
Yesterday, there was another suicide attack in Pakistan, where 28 people were killed. The suicide bomber aimed at the Pakistan's interior minister, Aftab Khan Sherpao (right, the Interior Minister appears on TV just after the attack), and his son. Neither of them were killed, but suffered only little cuts and bruises.
Also in Le Monde.
More about delicacy with pre-Islamic and non-Islamic art:
Some 35,000 petroglyphs located in Pakistan's Indus River area will soon be flooded by a giant dam. An archeologist from Heidelberg is trying to save as much as he can before encroaching modernity destroys the remote area's cultural history." — from this article
Right, "The symbol of a great kingdom: The depiction of a mighty capricorn originates from the 6th century BC. Persian stone carving artists left the image behind on a cliff".
Right, "This large rock found at Hodur West features two Buddhas next to a shrine".
But I think the best of them is this one:
"Memento mori: "Remember You Are Mortal," reads this inscription, which is written in Brahmi, the Sanscrit script".
The experts consider that the destruction of these stones would be similar to the destruction of the Afghan Buddhas by the Talibans some years ago.
All photos from Der Spiegel Online and Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften.
More from Jihad Watch: Pakistan bans play for ridiculing burka.
"The veil has long been part of local culture and nobody is allowed to make fun of these values," Minister for Culture Ghazi Gulab Jamal said.
The satirical play Burqa Vaganza was staged this month by Ajoka Theatre at the Arts Council in the eastern city of Lahore, known as the country's cultural capital.
Islamist women lawmakers raised the issue in the lower house, saying that the play was against the "Koranic injunctions on the veil."
[…]Predictably, religious conservative Pakistanis did not find it funny, going as far as to describe the play as blasphemous, a crime in Pakistan that can carry a death sentence.
"They have committed blasphemy against the Prophet (Mohammad)," Razia Aziz, a female lawmaker from the Islamist opposition alliance, told the National Assembly.
That is, ISLAMIST WOMEN, such us the ones who attacked three women accusing them of having a brothel some days ago…
But if what you have read is not sufficient, here comes another fact: Video shows 12-year-old beheading man.
KILI FAQIRAN, Pakistan – The boy with the knife looks barely 12. In a high-pitched voice, he denounces the bound, blindfolded man before him as an American spy. Then he hacks off the captive's head to cries of "God is great!" and hoists it in triumph by the hair.
A video circulating in Pakistan records the grisly death of Ghulam Nabi, a Pakistani militant accused of betraying a top Taliban official who was killed in a December airstrike in Afghanistan.
An Associated Press reporter confirmed Nabi's identity by visiting his family in Kili Faqiran, their remote village in southwestern Pakistan.
The video, which was obtained by AP Television News in the border city of Peshawar on Tuesday, appears authentic and is unprecedented in jihadist propaganda because of the youth of the executioner.
Captions mention Mullah Dadullah, the Taliban's current top commander in southern Afghanistan, although he does not appear in the video. The soundtrack features songs praising Taliban supreme leader Mullah Omar and "Sheikh Osama" — an apparent reference to Osama bin Laden, who is suspected of hiding along the Afghan-Pakistan border.
The footage shows Nabi making what is described as a confession, being blindfolded with a checkered scarf.
"He is an American spy. Those who do this kind of thing will get this kind of fate," says his baby-faced executioner, who is not identified.
A continuous 2 1/2-minute shot then shows the victim lying on his side on a patch of rubble-strewn ground. A man holds Nabi by his beard while the boy, wearing a camouflage military jacket and oversized white sneakers, cuts into the throat. Other men and boys call out "Allahu akbar!" — "God is great!" — as blood spurts from the wound.
The film, overlain with jihadi songs, then shows the boy hacking and slashing at the man's neck until the head is severed.
Have you heard any protests by UN, UNICEF, the EU or any other of these busybodies? Any Government? No, because this boy is also a peaceful militant, fighting against bad Muslim Jihadi…
Small Dead Animals and The Belmont Club:
This danger, more than five years later, has assumed menacing proportions. The rapid escalation of violence orchestrated by Islamist extremists across Pakistan in recent times and cumulative efforts to further radicalize the country have now led Musharraf's military regime to revisit the idea of madrassa (seminary) reforms.
[…] Speaking on the status of education in Pakistan, Education Minister Javed Ashraf Qazi disclosed, at the Civil Service Academy in Lahore in the first week of April, that there were 5,459 madrassas in Punjab province; 2,843 in NWFP; 1,935 in Sindh; 1,193 in the Northern Areas; 769 in Balochistan; 586 in "Azad" (Pakistan-occupied) Kashmir; 135 in the Federally Administrated Tribal Areas; and 77 in the capital, Islamabad.
A majority of the extremist seminaries that preach and support militant violence follow the Deobandi sect and are associated with the Wafaq-ul-Madaris, the main confederacy of seminaries. According to the International Crisis Group (ICG), "The two factions of the Deobandi political parties, JUI-Fazlur Rehman [Jamaat-e-Ulema-Islam faction headed by Maulana Fazlur Rehman] and JUI-Samiul Haq, run over 65% of all madrassas in Pakistan." Rehman and Haq are widely considered to be the primary backers of the Taliban.
Of course, and now they are going to be allowed by Jihadis and Islamists to make a reform of the system that is going to change precisely the main source of power of Jiadis and Islamists.
Musharraf has also announced that NATO and he himself are losing the war against the Talibans. Hmm, encouraging eh???
China-Pakistan agree to work jointly for peace and stability in the region.
The definition of Islamic democracy: Pakistani cleric, Maulana Abu Aziz:
The cleric also criticised democracy, saying it was a flawed system. "Democracy is nothing, but counting of heads. It cannot differentiate between good and bad people, as in this system the vote of a devout Muslim equals the vote of a frail Muslim," he said.
Left: students chanting anti-American slogans while burning thousands of DVDs, videos and music CDs at the Lal Mosque in Islamabad, Pakistan.
h/t Don Singleton, who commenting the photo, says:
Of course these peace loving students paid for all of those DVDs, videos, and music. Didn't they?
So the conclusion can be extracted from The Belmont Club:
despite promises to clean up its madrassas, Pakistan's 13,000 Muslim seminaries, with an enrollment of 1.5 million, have opposed all efforts at reform and now threatens to add to the homegrown Islamist threat Musharraf described as "eating us from within"
An interesting video on the Madrassas' problem:
Sent to Open Trackbacks: The Right Nation, Dumb Ox and Woman Honor thyself.
Al-Qaeda operative believed to be mastermind of 7/7, captured
Filed under: Afganistán,Al-Qaeda,Irak,medios de comunicación,terrorismo,terroristas,UK,USA — Nora @ 2:17 pm
The Pentagon has announced the capture of Adb al Hadi al Iraqi, considerd as a "top level member of A-Qaeda",who has been transferred to Guantanamo (Cuba).
The detained, says Berlusconi's Spanish leftist TV Telecinco, is "Iraqi, born in the north of Mosul and was commander of the armed army (¡!) of Saddam Hussein". Normally armies are armed.
More information after the news.
El Pentágono ha anunciado la captura de Abd al Hadi al Iraqi, al que considera un "miembro de alto nivel de Al Qaeda" quien ha sido trasladado a la base militar de Guantánamo (Cuba). Allí, Estados Unidos tiene confinados a centenares de prisioneros.
El detenido es de nacionalidad iraquí, nacido en el norte de Mosul y fue comandante del ejército armado (hay ejércitos no armados???) de Saddam Hussein.
La información del departamento de Defensa de Estados Unidos acusa al detenido (también conocido como Nashwan Abdulrazaq Abdulbaqi o Abu Abdallah) de estar posiblemente involucrado en un intento de asesinato del presidente de Pakistán, Pervez Musharraf.
El comunicado del Pentágono agrega que antes del traslado a Guantánamo Al Hadi "estuvo bajo custodia de la Agencia Central de Inteligencia (CIA)", aunque no cita ni dónde ni cuando fue capturado.
Agrega que Al Hadi "era uno de los miembros de más alto nivel y con más experiencia de Al Qaeda en el momento de su detención" y que estuvo asociado con dirigentes de grupos extremistas aliados de esa organización terrorista en Afganistán y Pakistán, incluido los talibanes.
Según Bryan Whitman, portavoz del Pentágono, se cree que Al Hadi es responsable de la planificación de ataques contra las fuerzas de Estados Unidos en Afganistán desde Pakistán.
Source: Informativos Telecinco.com – Internacional – El Pentágono anuncia la captura de un destacado miembro de Al Qaeda.
Note the location from WHICH this animal was entering Iraq – Iran. Anyone doubt Iran doesn't know when a notorious al Qaeda leader like this is in their country? OK, anyone who is not suffering from terminal BDS? Democrats are such fools. Every success from here on will be viewed as in the context of their full retreat plans. They better save face and move the war funding fast, before they are the political walking dead. I am sure the Europeans are grateful we found this guy!
Source: The Strata-Sphere » Blog Archive » 7/7 Mastermind Caught In Iraq.
Pardon my speculation, but as soon as I learned that the Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi was the 7/7 London bombing mastermind, I couldn't help but think that it was a bit singular that six former al Mujahiroun goons, including Abu Izzadeen who publicly supported the 7/7 terrorists, were arrested just days before the announcement that Abd al-Hadi was in U.S. custody.
Glen Jenvey has been insisting to me for some time that ever since the arrest of Abu Hamza (which he had a hand in) that Omar Bakri Mohammed, and his two right-hand men Abu Izzadeen and Anjem Choudary, were the face of al Qaeda in Britain. A charge that is backed up by hours of video and audio of the group supporting jihadists, including al Qaeda, and Omar Bakri Mohammed's pre-9/11 boasting that he was the spokesperson for al Qaeda in the U.K., an affiliation he later denied.
But another fact suddenly comes to mind, something that didn't really click until just now. The forum on which Izzadeen and other Bakri followers now congregate is called "Islam Base". Al Qaeda literally means, "the Base". *Rusty slaps forehead for overlooking the obvious*
And while the public Islam Base website has taken down literature written by Osama bin Laden, after we exposed them, in private forum members continue to exchange al Qaeda literature.
Source: The Jawa Report: Thinking Out Loud: Abd al-Hadi — al Muhajiroun Connection?
More about this man:
What is also noteworthy is al-Iraqi's background in Saddam Hussein's Army (pointed out to this site by Laurie Mylroie). During his military service over a decade ago, al-Iraqi worked his way up to the rank of Major before moving to Afghanistan to fight "jihad" against the occupying Soviet Union. This is not to assert that al-Iraqi maintained contact with Iraqi officials over the past decade (though many other Intelligence and Military officers from Saddam Hussein's regime, who were later found to be assisting al Qaeda, reportedly did) but his knowledge of the country and contacts within Iraq certainly played a role in al-Iraqi being Osama bin Laden's personal choice to monitor al Qaeda's operations in Iraq. al-Iraqi's military background likely was of great use in the terrorist training camp(s) he commanded in Afghanistan. Those camps were destroyed by U.S. forces in late 2001 around the same time that al-Iraqi's funds were being frozen by the United Nations.
Source: Who is Abdul Hadi al-Iraqi? (Regime of Terror) h/t Gateway Pundit.
Don Surber points out that most of the best newspapers in the world -even British ones- have not even mentioned his connection with 7/7 bombings. Also in Wetworx and Captain's Quarters Blog. More in Wake Up America, Instapundit ["Hey, wait — an "al-Qaeda leader" who's also a "former major in Saddam Hussein's army"? But I thought there was no connection between Saddam and Al Qaeda. Or between Al Qaeda and Iran"], Dinah Lord.
In Spain, I have found this news also in El Mundo and 20Minutes. They write about Guantánamo and CIA but nothing about the 7/7.
I have found it also in Le Monde, but it insists on Guantánamo -about whom there is a huge report at the right side of the page-, CIA and that this man was accused of trying to kill Pakistani President Musharraf.
Last but not least, he was planning more attacks against UK:
A recently leaked British intelligence report indicated Al-Hadi was planning a major attack against Britain prior to Prime minister Tony Blair steps down from office this spring. A letter captured by British intelligence from Al-Hadi stresed the need to take care to ensure that the attack was successful and on a large scale… The plan was to be relayed to an Iran-based Al-Qaeda facilitator.
Source: Senior Al Qaeda operative Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi captured (The Fourth Rail) h/t PJM.
A Taliban commander was among 16 people killed in Afghanistan, while Afghan and NATO forces surrounded around 200 Taliban fighters in southern Uruzgan province, officials said Tuesday. Eleven Taliban were killed when Afghan and NATO forces attacked their hideout in the Seuri district of southern Zabul province on Monday night, General Rahmatullah Raoufi, army commander for regional south, told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa.
Source: The Strata-Sphere » Blog Archive » Top Taliban Commanders Killed, Arrested.
24 Talibans are killed in a joint attack by OTAN and Afghan forces. (link in Spanish). The link is "asesinato/talibanes/afganos", that is, "murder of Afghan Talibans". Ejem…
Also another Al-Qaeda terrorist has been detained in Iraq. The US accuses him of working for Iran. Abu Mustafa Al-Shebaini is another "peaceful insurgent":
Over the past eight months, his group has introduced a new breed of roadside bomb more lethal than any seen before; based on a design from the Iranian-backed Lebanese militia Hizballah, the weapon employs "shaped" explosive charges that can punch through a battle tank's armor like a fist through the wall.
Resumen: el terrorista detenido en Iraq, proveniente de Irán, además de ser un superviviente del extinto ejército de Saddam -experiencia que empleó en la dirección de los campos de entrenamiento en Afganistán, al servicio de Al-Qaeda- es el cerebro del atentado de Londres del 7-J, pequeño detalle de su biografía que no ha sido mencionado por los grandes periódicos en lengua inglesa.
Por supuesto, lo que ninguno de ellos ha olvidado es que después de ser detenido ha sido mantenido en dependencias de la CIA.
Al parecer, según la inteligencia inglesa, estaba preparando ya otro atentado contra Inglaterra, para antes de que dejase el Gobierno Tony Blair.
Aparte, ha habido más detenciones, entre otras las del terrorista Abu Mustafa Al-Sebaini, quien ha sido el artífice de unos nuevos proyectiles basados en otros de la milicia Hizbulá -a su vez de fabricación iraní-, que se están empleando en Irak en estos momentos. Su particularidad es que pueden penetrar el blindaje de los tanques. Otro pacífico insurgente.
Pero sin duda el link peor es el de 20 Minutos. El periódico gratuito, para dar la noticia de que las fuerzas de la ONU conjuntamente con los afganos, han matado a 24 talibanes, utiliza el link "asesinato/talibanes/afganos". Ejem… Otra perversión del lenguaje: si están en guerra, no puede ser asesinato. Y en caso de que no fuera una guerra, tampoco: porque no ha existido una infracción legal al haberse producido en un enfrentamiento entre Talibanes -terroristas- y fuerzas regulares, que además cuentan con el mandato de la ONU.
UPDATE: More on Fausta's blog.


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