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CLIA Joins Coalition to Combat Wildlife Trafficking
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Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), Adventure Travel Trade Association (ATTA) and American Society for Travel Agents (ASTA) have joined the U.S. Wildlife Trafficking Alliance to help travelers recognize and avoid purchasing the illegal wildlife products.
Together, the Associations serve more than 25 million travelers annually.
The U.S. Wildlife Trafficking Alliance is a public-private partnership in which corporate and non-profit member organizations, including WildAid and World Wildlife Fund. The Alliance has just released its "Know Before You Go / Ask Before You Buy" digital toolkit, which provides the resources designed to engage travelers in the fight to stop wildlife trafficking.
As new members of the Alliance, CLIA and ASTA have made commitments to distribute wildlife trafficking educational material to their member companies, to encourage members to adopt policies that support the Alliance's mission and to lend the voice of their vast networks to speak on this critical issue.
Efforts in the travel industry come at a critical time, as wildlife around the world is being pushed towards extinction by illegal poaching. An unprecedented global demand for exotic wildlife products has triggered an industrial-scale killing spree of endangered species like elephants, rhinos, tigers and other endangered animals.
Wildlife trafficking is a multi-billion dollar criminal industry. Money from the illegal wildlife trade has been linked to organized crime, drug lords, gangs and corrupt governments.
Cindy A'Doust, President and CEO, CLIA, said "CLIA has been actively engaged in efforts to reduce or eliminate trade in illegal wildlife, and we are excited to continue those efforts by joining the U.S. Wildlife Trafficking Alliance. CLIA is proud to increase awareness among crew and the more than 25 million passengers that will sail this year."
"Governments and organizations around the globe are collaborating in unprecedented ways to combat wildlife trafficking. Powerful as these efforts are, the real power – and the hope for elephants, rhinos, tigers and other treasured wildlife on the brink – lies in the hands of consumers," said Bryan Arroyo, Assistant Director of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service's International Affairs Program.
"Educating travelers, so they don't unwittingly contribute to the poaching and wildlife trafficking epidemic, is vital to ending this grave threat to our planet's most precious legacy."
Over the past year, the Alliance's network of partners has expanded across the corporate and nonprofit sectors, including leading companies in travel and tourism, e-commerce, fashion and jewelry, communications, non-governmental organizations and others. A full list of Alliance members and corporate commitments is available here.


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School districts prepare for Hurricane Harvey's young evacuees
Sara Sanchez
As El Paso readies to receive a possible influx of 1,500 evacuees displaced by Hurricane Harvey, school districts also are preparing for the children among them.
El Paso Independent School District officials said they are ready to help aid evacuees coming to the city.
Manuel Chavira, the safe and secure schools manager for the EPISD, said the district has been designated as an overflow resource for the city. If the city's designated shelters are overflowing, evacuees will go to EPISD facilities.
"We want to help them (evacuees) establish some sort of normalcy," Chavira said. "Get kids registered in school, provide them with transportation to and from school."
Chavira said since the city is on standby and not expecting immediate arrivals, the district has some time to identify facilities that might be more comfortable than the ones available at a moment's notice.
If evacuees arrive in the district without much notice, vacant facilities, such as the old Wainwright Elementary School, could be used.
In a news release, officials said Superintendent Juan Cabrera spoke with El Paso Mayor Dee Margo and offered education and housing services to children and families displaced by the destruction of Hurricane Harvey.
More:Harvey evacuees may come to El Paso; area emergency crews head to Gulf Coast
"EPISD and El Paso have a strong tradition of service in humanitarian aid, and our schools and employees are ready to do their part in helping displaced Texans," Cabrera said in the news release. "We've taught our students to lead with character, and now it's our turn to show what this means. EPISD will lend a hand and help those affected by Harvey during their toughest time."
The news release said the district is ready to provide buses to transport families and hire substitute teachers to instruct displaced school-age children.
EPISD board President Trent Hatch said there have been internal discussions about how trustees can help with relief efforts and that they are ready to help however they can.
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"We've had discussions about what steps we need to take to support Houston," Hatch said. "The issue we see is that the storm is ongoing, and we're going to support in any way we can."
Hatch said he has family in the Houston area and on Monday said he was loading up boats with family members who were going to drive out to Houston and assist with rescue efforts.
In 2005, El Paso received hundreds of evacuees from hurricanes Katrina and Rita. At the time, the EPISD identified 43 school-age children at the shelter set up inside the Judson F. Williams Convention Center.
In a statement, Ysleta Independent School District Superintendent Xavier De La Torre said the district is ready to assist evacuees and children who arrive in El Paso.
More:Up to 1,500 Hurricane Harvey evacuees may be headed to El Paso
"Our thoughts and prayers go out to our fellow Texans suffering the devastation of Hurricane Harvey," De La Torre said in the statement. "As always, the Ysleta Independent School District stands ready to assist any evacuees and/or displaced families who come into the El Paso area by providing their children with an unparalleled educational environment."
The YISD also will hold a districtwide fundraiser Thursday during which employees and students can pay to wear jeans to work or school. Proceeds will be donated to the American Red Cross.
Officials with the Socorro Independent School District, which also received students from hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005, said the district has reached out to the city's Office of Emergency Management to discuss the next steps.
More:Texans helping Texans cope with Harvey
Ismael Castro, emergency plan operations manager for SISD, said the district is prepared to help incoming students however it can.
"If we do get students, we'll help them with any possible thing they need to continue their education," Castro said.
Jose Alvarez, head baseball coach at Socorro High School, said he and other baseball coaches in the district are coordinating efforts to collect toiletries for evacuees. Alvarez said he was prompted to act after seeing photos in the news of hurricane victims.
"The photo of people in the nursing home just broke my heart," Alvarez said. "Watching people sit there; they had lost hope. I want to give those people back their hope."
Alvarez and his team are collecting soap, shampoo, shavers, shaving cream, deodorant, toothpaste, toothbrushes and feminine products.
Donations can be dropped off at Socorro High School through Friday.
Sara Sanchez can be reached at 546-6147; ssanchez@elpasotimes.com; @siempresarita on Twitter.

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A strong case could be made that no work of fiction has captured the imagination of more fans than 'Star Wars'. One could cite objective evidence like economic success. Box Office Mojo has the original 'Star Wars' as the second highest grossing film in the US, adjusted for inflation. 'Gone With The Wind' beat it, but the Civil War love story didn't inspire multiple sequels. 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens', for example, is the third most profitable film worldwide.
There is also the more anecdotal evidence of the super-fan. Conventions are devoted to the Star Wars Universe . Some cosplayers exclusively costume themselves as Lucas creations. Entire categories of websites endlessly write think pieces on who Rey's parents might be. I submit that there is one line from the film that fosters this enthusiasm, perhaps unconsciously, in movie goers.
It opens every 'Star Wars' film for a reason. It is an imagination prompt. It is a reminder that what you are about to see isn't sold as make-believe. While it doesn't suggest that 'Star Wars' is a documentary or that the Skywalkers are based on historical figures, there is something deeply meaningful to it. It calls to mind an analogy called the "celestial teapot", coined by philosopher Bertrand Russell, which states that a claim of a teapot in orbit around the sun is unfalsifiable. This is meant to show that such a claim should not be taken seriously until a means to prove it is provided.
The events of 'Star Wars' are likewise unfalsifiable. If the movie showed Luke visiting earth in the present, we would know with certainty that doesn't happen in reality. If Luke is shown to visit earth in the future, we would, at that future point, know if that portrayal is true or false. Setting the events of 'Star Wars' in a time and place entirely out of our reach makes the story possibly real. Our Earth could be in the 'Star Wars' universe, however, unrelated to the stories told.
When the film establishes the time and place it makes the Force available to the audience. It's why I stared at the No. 2 pencil on my desk in elementary school, commanding it to move with my mind. I don't think I'm alone. During the 2011 Super Bowl, Volkswagen aired an ad in which a Darth-Vader-clad boy wanders around his house testing his Force sensitivity. When his father arrives, he takes on the challenge of starting the Passat with his powers. The Passat starts, with a little help from dad, and the boy is shocked at his accomplishment. The commercial was a hit because our inner child totally relates.
Thankfully, George Lucas didn't push the concept of the reality of 'Star Wars' outside of that opening line. At least one science fiction author started a religion with less. Lucas admits that the Force is almost certainly a figment of his imagination. The magic is in that "almost" which lets us communally share the figment.


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ONLINE TROOPS
An army of China's internet trolls has a message for Hong Kong protesters
Rioters or fighters?
Image: Reuters
Jane Li
Di Ba, an online Chinese patriotic group, is venturing outside the country's walled internet garden to aid China's efforts to shape the narrative around Hong Kong's unflagging protests.
On Monday (July 22) night, hundreds of Chinese internet users flooded Facebook pages of two Hong Kong organizations— the Civil Human Rights Front, a major organizer of some of the city's massive protests against an extradition bill that is now suspended, the Hong Kong National Front, a local political party—with thousands of comments. The organizer of the attack, Di Ba, announced (in Chinese) on social media platform Weibo that the aim of the campaign is to "support Hong Kong police and condemn some of the Hong Kong rioters for insulting the Chinese emblem."
"One China is our common wish, and 'One Country, Two Systems' is our clear goal. Innocent Hong Kongers, don't be influenced by some Hong Kong trash," wrote Facebook user Mu Rongxin, whose comment was liked over 1,000 times.
"We hereby persuade some of the violent protestors to pull back before it's too late, the strong Chinese government and its people will firmly support the passage of the extradition bill," wrote another user going by Ran Ran. Both users were commenting on the Facebook page of Civil Human Rights Front.
In the past seven weeks, Hong Kong's protesters have demonstrated against a hated extradition bill that would have allowed the city to surrender suspects to mainland China to face charges. The protests have helped to kill the bill, but the government has yet to completely withdraw it, a major request of the protesters. Meanwhile, the movement has also evolved to encompass broader demands for greater democracy in Hong Kong. A march on Sunday (July 21) saw some of the protesters hurl eggs at the walls of China's Liaison Office, a representative of Beijing in the city, and deface the Chinese emblem hanging outside.
The pages of the Civil Human Rights Front and the local party were bombarded with repetitive images and text, most of which showed tough-looking cops and protesters holding different objects such as bricks, though it's unclear where exactly the images are from. The messages condemned the "violent behavior" of the protesters and urged Hong Kong citizens to "wake up" to the foreign influence behind the protests. A screenshot was posted by some members of Di Ba on its Weibo page, showed the following images, without clarifying on which Facebook page they had been posted.
A screengrab posted by members of Di Ba on its Weibo page.
Protesters also went to the Hong Kong police Facebook page to voice messages of support to a force that has faced accusations of using excessive violence against protesters—and not doing enough to protect people in the face of attacks on Sunday (July 21) by organized thugs.
Part of the hatred toward the Hong Kong movement traces to the "alternative facts" some state-owned Chinese media have presented, labeling the protesters as advocating for Hong Kong independence in some cases. China's foreign ministry, meanwhile, has repeatedly characterized the protests as foreign-instigated, a message that has been echoed in Hong Kong's Beijing-friendly newspapers (link in Chinese) and propagated by nationalistic Chinese tabloid Global Times.
Consisting mainly of Chinese people living overseas, as well as Chinese university students, Di Ba spun off from a fan page for a Chinese footballer on an internet forum called Tieba. It remains a secretive but highly organized group that reportedly has 20 million users across social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter and Weibo. As it did ahead of past attacks, the group announced on Weibo when it would launch this week's attacks, and distributed customized emojis and slogans for the participants to use. These emojis are usually "reaction images" with trolling text on them, such as the one below.
A reaction image posted by Chinese online trolls on Facebook on July 22. The caption reads: "No matter how much chaos you guys make, China is still your dad." The Di Ba watermark says: Di Ba Central Army Special Seal.
Image: screen grab
In addition to giving guidance on the time and websites for its online crusades, the group also gave out tips on how to use virtual private networks, or VPNs, to bypass China's Great Firewall that blocks most major foreign websites including Facebook, Twitter and Google.
While the group denies having a relationship with the government, it has largely targeted people or organization not in line with Beijing's official stance on political issues—jumping the firewall in April to troll pro-Uighur groups, for example. It has been lauded by state media People's Daily.
"This is impressive, these youngsters, who were mostly born in the 1990s or even 2000s, have such good discipline and clear division of labor during their 'online battles'," said the newspaper in a 2016 editorial (in Chinese), referring to a campaign by the group at the time to flood the Facebook page of Taiwan's newly elected president Tsai Ing-wen to convey the message that the self-ruled island is part of China.


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Daniel Kastner (born 3 November 1981) is an Austrian retired footballer who last played for FC Miesbach in Germany.

Career
Kastner started his senior career with Braunau. In 2004, he signed for Red Bull Salzburg in the Austrian Football Bundesliga, where he made twenty-two league appearances and scored four goals. After that, he played for SV Ried, SK Schwadorf, SV Grödig, FK Liepāja, Union Mondsee and Miesbach.

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 A detour to the Baltic Sea
 "Salzburg will have no problems"
 Castner: "In Austria," Metallurgist "would probably be in the top six"
 Daniel Kastner: "Wants to be more successful as a consultant"
 Kastner: From Lithuania to Iceland

Austrian footballers
1981 births
Living people
FC Braunau players
FC Red Bull Salzburg players
SV Ried players
SV Grödig players
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Politics of Last Resort: Governing by Emergency in the European Union
Prominent in the EU's recent transformations has been the tendency to advance extraordinary measures in the name of crisis response. From emergency lending to macro-economics, border management to Brexit, policies are pursued unconventionally and as measures of last resort. This book investigates the nature, rise, and implications of this politics of emergency as it appears in the transnational setting. As the author argues, recourse to this method of rule is an expression of the deeper weakness of executive power in today's Europe. It is how policy-makers contend with rising socio-economic po ... More
Prominent in the EU's recent transformations has been the tendency to advance extraordinary measures in the name of crisis response. From emergency lending to macro-economics, border management to Brexit, policies are pursued unconventionally and as measures of last resort. This book investigates the nature, rise, and implications of this politics of emergency as it appears in the transnational setting. As the author argues, recourse to this method of rule is an expression of the deeper weakness of executive power in today's Europe. It is how policy-makers contend with rising socio-economic power and diminishing representative ties, seeking fall-back authority in the management of crises. In the structure of the EU they find incentives and few impediments. Whereas political exceptionalism tends to be associated with sovereign power, here it is power's diffusion and functional disaggregation that spurs politics in the emergency mode. The effect of these governing patterns is not just to challenge and reshape ideas of EU legitimacy rooted in constitutionalism and technocracy. The politics of emergency fosters a counter-politics in its mirror image, as populists and others play with themes of necessity and claim the right to disobedience in extremis. The book examines the prospects for democracy once the politics of emergency takes hold, and what it might mean to put transnational politics on a different footing.
Keywords: European Union, emergency politics, emergency rule, exceptionalism, democracy, technocracy, populism, disobedience, transnational partisanship
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: January 2020 DOI:10.1093/oso/9780198791720.001.0001
Jonathan White, author
Professor of Politics, London School of Economics and Political Science (European Institute)
https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.1093/oso/9780198791720.001.0001/oso-9780198791720
1 Beyond a Sovereign State of Exception
2 Structural Vulnerabilities of the Transnational Sphere
3 Towards Emergency Europe
4 Prospects of a New Normal
5 Iterations of Technocracy
6 Populism as the Promise of Agency
7 Principled Disobedience
8 Structuring Partisan Power
9 Beyond a Politics of Singularities


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Game Preview: Where The Wild Things Are
Next month, the big-screen adaptation of Maurice Sendak's classic "Where the Wild Things Are," arrives in theaters and judging by everything I've seen so far, it looks as if director Spike Jonze has done the book justice. I'm also pleased to report that the video game inspired by the movie and book looks to be equally entertaining and true to the original illustrated Sendak material.
In the game, players take on the role of Max as he travels through the world of the Wild Things. This unique adventure game brings the artwork of the book to life and allows players to explore familiar settings and interact with Sendak's creatures. Players will learn to work with the Wild Things to accomplish tasks, unlock power-ups and progress through the game. No game based on this book would be complete without getting to ride on the shoulders of the Wild Things and fortunately, there is plenty of that in the game.
Where The Wild Thing Are: The Video Game will probably be a little too difficult for kids younger than seven but slightly older kids, especially ages seven through 12, are going to love it. Parents will also get a kick out of seeing Max and the Wild Things in a game version and might enjoy playing the game as well.
Look for Where The Wild Things Are: The Video Game in stores October 13, 2009 for the Nintendo DS and Wii, PlayStation3 and Xbox 360. The film will be in theaters October 16.
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How does a Norfolk woman prepare to dive into the sea from a 20m high cliff in search of World Cup glory?
For Jesse Macaulay, 25, from Gorleston it has took four years of fierce dedication - training four days a week in the pool and five days a week in the gym.
Miss Macaulay took the plunge into professional diving in 2014 after she had represented Texas A&M University in several major diving competitions.
Having been performing on Caribbean cruise ships, last year she took the leap of faith into the Red Bull world cliff diving series - an annual international series for leading high divers.
She made several appearances as a wild card last year and finished sixth in the overall standings earning herself a sponsorship from Red Bull.
The diver said she has had a "great" year competing in the series and is now looking forward to the FINA High Diving World Cup in Abu Dhabi this weekend.
She said: "I am diving really well and can't wait to compete in the World Cup. I am super excited as this is my first time diving in the event.
Jesse is only the second English woman to compete in the Red Bull series and finished an impressive fourth this year.
She will be hoping to cap off a fantastic season at the World Cup in Abu Dhabi which takes place today and on Saturday.


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EU: Microsoft to face more fines (AP)
AP - The European Commission will levy more fines against software maker Microsoft Corp. because it has not complied with an EU antitrust order to share information with rivals, Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes said Thursday.
Fine for Microsoft more or less inevitable: EU's Kroes (AFP)
AFP - Microsoft will almost inevitably have a fine slapped on it by EU regulators for failing to comply with a 2004 antitrust ruling by the European Commission, EU Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes has said.
Microsoft fine inevitable: EU commissioner (Reuters)
Reuters - The European Union's Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes said on Thursday she could see no alternative to fining U.S. software giant Microsoft for breaching the bloc's antitrust rules.
Microsoft allows open document format for software (Reuters)
Reuters - Responding to government requests for interoperability, Microsoft Corp. said on Thursday it will offer free software that will allow Word, Excel and PowerPoint to handle documents in rival technology formats.
Click fraud a costly bane to Internet advertisers: US study (AFP)
AFP - Online search giants Google, Yahoo and Microsoft are not doing enough to combat fraud that cost US advertisers 800 million dollars last year, a study claimed.
Microsoft�s Glidepath to offer Vista, .Net Framework 3.0 guidance (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft plans to unveil Project Glidepath, a program to help small ISVs get up to speed on the planned Windows Vista operating system and .Net Framework 3.0, according to Microsoft blogs.
Microsoft Hit With 2nd Spyware Suit (TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft gets hit with another class-action lawsuit over its anti-piracy program.
Microsoft Facing Another WGA Lawsuit (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Despite attempts to address privacy concerns associated with its Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) antipiracy software, Microsoft has been hit with a second lawsuit. The latest suit was filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Seattle by two local businesses and three individuals claiming that WGA is spyware.
Microsoft to launch iPod rival by Christmas: sources (Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft will start selling a wireless digital music and video player to compete with Apple's iPod by Christmas, sources close to the matter said on Wednesday.
Mac OS X "Phones Home" Too (TechWeb)
TechWeb - A Mac developer claims Apple Computer Inc.'s Mac OS X has joined Microsoft Windows in "phoning home" to distant servers without users' permission.
AOL may offer free high-speed Internet (Reuters)
Reuters - Time Warner Inc.'s AOL unit may offer its full menu of services, including e-mail, free of charge to anyone with a high-speed Internet connection, The Wall Street Journal said on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter.
N.Y. Times leads broadband Emmy nominees (AP)
AP - The Web sites for The New York Times and The Washington Post led the slate of nominees for the first-ever Emmy Award for broadband news and documentary programming.
Investors sue Apple over stock option grants (Reuters)
Reuters - Apple Computer Inc on Wednesday said two lawsuits have been filed against the company, one in federal district court and another in state court in northern California, over its awarding to stock option grants.
Kazakhstan plans to tighten Internet control (Reuters)
Reuters - Kazakhstan, criticised in the West for tightening its grip over the media, plans to step up control over the Internet, the information minister was quoted as saying on Thursday.
Nokia says wins $150 mln China Mobile network deal (Reuters)
Reuters - Mobile telecoms equipment maker Nokia said on Thursday it had won a $150 million deal with China Mobile's (0941.HK) Henan Mobile Communication Co. Ltd. to expand GSM and GPRS networks in Henan province.
Six Things You Didn't Know About Linux: A Beginners' Guide (TechWeb)
TechWeb - Is it time to find out for yourself whether Linux should play a part in your own or your company's technology mix? We'll help you answer that question and provide some pointers on how to get started.
Casinos could be dirty money avenue - Asian group (Reuters)
Reuters - Casinos, including those on the Internet, top the list of potential money laundering routes and an upcoming study will investigate how much they are being used to wash dirty money, a regional body said on Thursday.
Web phones pose little threat to telcos: Moody's (Reuters)
Reuters - The ratings outlook for incumbent European telecom companies is stable and new technology, like Internet-based telephone services, poses little threat to the sector, according to a Moody's Investors Service report released on Thursday.
Security Company Recommends Macs (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - A new breed of malicious software has replaced viruses and worms as the weapon of choice for Internet criminals looking to steal money from unsuspecting netizens, according to a study published Wednesday by security firm Sophos.
Ken Lay's death prompts confusion on Wikipedia (Reuters)
Reuters - The death of former Enron Corp. chief Ken Lay on Wednesday underscored the challenges facing online encyclopedia Wikipedia (http://www.wikipedia.org/), which as the news was breaking offered a variety of causes for his death.
Scientists create movies of Calif. quake (AP)
AP - The next time an earthquake hits Southern California, go online later that day to watch a 3-D rendition of it.
Japan urged to improve Internet access (AP)
AP - Japan needs to improve Internet access and other mobile network systems to boost efficiency, creativity and productivity and overcome challenges posed by the aging and shrinking of its population, a government report said.
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March 22, 2019 — We have some amazing news from our friends at IAR Ketapang! Last month, during the release of six orangutans into a national park, the post release monitoring team spotted two very familiar faces in the trees above.
Swinging high and free were Shila and Pungky! Shila was released by IAR back in 2017 after an extensive period of rehabilitation at the sanctuary and Pungky was released soon after. We are absolutely thrilled to see them thriving in the forest and are delighted to report that both orangutans look healthy and active.
The team observed them from a distance as they built their nest, swung from tree to tree and lazed about the tree branches stuffing their faces with the abundance of fruit on offer in the forest.
Karmele Sanchez, Director of IAR Indonesia, said "One of the best things in the world is to meet rehabilitated orangutans in the wild, years after being released, not only surviving but thriving free in the forest!
We were lucky enough to meet Shila and Pungky who have become a loving couple and are learning from each other.
This amazing sighting shows the incredible power of your donations and adoptions. Together we are achieving something truly remarkable.
THANK YOU to everyone that supports our orangutan rescue project. You are the reason these beautiful orangutans are alive and well today!


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Israeli judo medalist speaks for first time after Abu Dhabi refused to play anthem: "I decided to sing Hatikvah on the podium"
Two Israelis won medals at a judo Grand Slam tournament in Abu Dhabi, but organisers refused to play the national anthem of the medalists.
Tal Flicker stood on the podium to receive his gold medal in the men's under-145 pound category on Thursday, but had to do so under the International Judo Federation flag whilst the anthem of the federation was played. However, Flicker himself has confirmed video clips that show he decided to sing the Israeli national anthem, "Hatikvah" anyway.
The same day, Gili Cohen won a bronze medal in the women's under-114 pounds category and received the same treatment.
Earlier this month, Israeli team members were informed that they would not be permitted to compete as Israel, however competitors were still compelled to compete if they wanted to qualify for the Olympic Games.
On Wednesday, the International Judo Federation ordered the UAE to treat Israeli athletes equally during the tournament however the commands were ignored.
After the event, Flicker posted a video sharing his experience:
"Once I won the gold medal, first of all I got very excited. I decided to sing Hatikva on the podium because Israel is my country and I'm proud to be an Israeli."
He added, "The anthem of the world championship which was played was just background noise. In my heart I sang the national anthem, I'm proud of my country."
Israeli Wins Gold, BUT Abu Dhabi refuses to play Israeli anthe…
SHAMEFUL – Watch the shocking discrimination against Israeli athlete Tal Flicker as he wins GOLD at the Judo Grand Slam in Abu Dhabi, but is denied the Israeli national anthem and flag.Well done to Tal who sang the words to Hatikvah despite his anthem not being played.Shockingly, this tournament is a qualifier for the Olympics, so the Israeli athletes were forced to compete without representing their country or else they wouldn't be able to compete in the 2020 Olympics.When will the world stand up to this bigotry and hatred? It is an absolute disgrace!#Judo #Israel #AntiSemitism #ChristiansAgainstAntiSemitism
Posted by Christians United for Israel – UK on Thursday, 26 October 2017
"The whole world knows we are from Israel, and who we are representing. The fact they hid our flag… everybody knows where we are from.
"We'll do anything to get to Abu Dhabi and end up on the podium," he wrote. "Everyone in the world knows where we are from and which country we represent. I am the most proud to be Israeli."
Speaking of his achievement, he said, "We came very concentrated on the competition. We were very focused. We had one goal which was to bring home a medal and I'm very glad we did it."
WATCH: When Israeli judoka Tal Flicker won a gold medal at the Judo Grand Slam in Abu Dhabi, anti-Israel haters refused to display the Israeli flag or play the Israeli national anthem. This is his message to the world.Sports are meant to bring people together, not to promote hate. Join more than 100,000 people in the fight against hate of Jews and Israel at PeaceNotHate.com
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Academic left
December 18, 2019 — John Hinderaker
Conservative Students "Swatted" In Firearms Hoax
At St. Olaf College in Minnesota, a set of dorm rooms occupied by a group of mostly-conservative students was raided on Sunday by Public Safety officers in search of firearms. The College Fix reports: Several conservative students at St. Olaf College had their lives turned upside down Sunday after a false report that alleged that they had guns and ammunition in their dorm prompted campus public safety officers to enter »
Once upon a time, Stanley Fish was a state of the art radical professor — "a scrappy advocate of multiculturalism, affirmative-action hiring quotas, campus speech codes and openly subversive strains of post-structuralist critical theory," to quote the view attributed to his critics by the New York Times. Fish transformed the Duke University English department into a bastion of "deconstructionism" — the view that literary texts acquire meaning only as a »
Why Do So Many Young People Vote Left?
Here are a couple of data points that suggest part of the answer, at least, is that they are remarkably ill-informed. First, a video in which students are asked whether they favor Medicare for all. Of course they do! Then they are told a few basic facts about the Sanders proposal, now widely adopted by Democratic politicians, all of which come as a surprise. ("What, you have to pay for »
"The Racialization of Epistemology in Physics"
Is this the dumbest thing I have ever read? It definitely is a contender: "Making Black Women Scientists under White Empiricism: The Racialization of Epistemology in Physics." The link goes to an abstract of an article that was published by the University of Chicago–God help us!–by one Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy and Department of Women's and Gender Studies University of New Hampshire. You »
December 3, 2019 — Steven Hayward
Divest from Everything!
It is commonplace now for the wokerati on campuses to demand that colleges and universities divest their endowments of any holdings in fossil fuel energy companies, but now they are also demanding that colleges divest from any companies that do business with Israel. That's not how the wokesters put it, but when Brown University's "Advisory Committee on Corporate Responsibility in Investment Practices" votes to recommend that the University divest from »
December 3, 2019 — Paul Mirengoff
Law professors on parade, a guide
In his impeachment preview, Scott notes that on Wednesday, the House Judiciary Committee will begin its hearings by taking testimony from four law professors: Pam Karlan, Noah Feldman, Michael Gerhardt, and Jonathan Turley. It's easy to ridicule leading off with law professors, and it's true that doing so isn't the best way to capture the public's interest. Logically, however, it makes sense to begin the hearings by discussing the standard »
November 28, 2019 — John Hinderaker
Thanksgiving? College Students Say It's Unacceptable
On behalf of the College Fix, my friend Kyle Hooten went to Macalester College in St. Paul to interview students on the subject of Thanksgiving. Is it acceptable to celebrate the holiday? The students' answers validate the adage that however bad you think America's universities are, they are worse. »
November 23, 2019 — Steven Hayward
This Week in Kampus Krazy
A few days ago we noted how the mild-mannered Arthur Laffer was shouted down and prevented from speaking at SUNY Binghamton, which gives the lie to the frequent complaint of the kampus klan that "if only you right-wingers wouldn't invite provocateurs like Milo and Ann Coulter to campus there'd be less trouble." But it is getting hard to keep up, as college campuses seem to be locked in competition with »
Kampus Krazy Dialed up to 11
Back in the sixties, and today, the left likes to refer to "AmeriKKKa." But increasingly it appears that the actual Klan-like organizations are . . . college campuses. It's one thing when sensitive campus leftists go krazy over provocateurs like Milo or Ann Coulter. But this week students at SUNY Binghamton shut down a talk from . . . Arthur Laffer. Seriously. A gentle gnome of a man who talks »
Northwestern to Williams: Hold My Beer
The other day we noted how Williams College was attempting to take the crown as the most infantile leftist college. (Evergreen State is permanently disqualified, because who can compete with that?) But Northwestern University is not taking the challenge lying down. Northwestern has one of the most highly regarded journalism schools in the country (though that is obviously a mark against it), and yesterday the Daily Northwestern student newspaper issued »
November 7, 2019 — Steven Hayward
Williams College Beclowns Itself Again
When last we checked in on Williams College a year ago, a group of students had issued a petition opposing a call for Williams to adopt the free speech/free expression statement of the University of Chicago. The petition was so bad that, as I said at the time, "you have to read it, not to believe it." It contains such gems as: "Free Speech," as a term, has been co-opted »
October 17, 2019 — Paul Mirengoff
Princeton today
Four years ago, we published an article by a distinguished alum of Princeton University. He documented the leftist takeover of Princeton, tracing it back to the late 1960s and the rise of William Bowen and Shirley Tilghman. He wrote: Over the years, beginning as early as the 1960s and 1970s, Princeton loaded up its faculty with liberals, socialists, Marxists, and other fellow travellers, and more recently, with people like Paul »
Attacks on Orthodox Jews spike; mainstream Jewish groups seem indifferent
Recently, attacks against Jews have sharply increased in New York City. According to a report published in May by the New York Police Department, from January through May of this year, New York City experienced an 83 percent rise in hate crimes. Fifty-nine percent of hate crimes in the city are directed against Jews, and anti-Semitic attacks have risen by 90 percent in the past year. On September 22, a »
August 22, 2019 — Steven Hayward
The Collapse of English Lit at Columbia
Scenes from the higher education apocalypse: I don't know whether Columbia University's graduate program in English literature is as premier in the field as it was back in the glory days of Lionel Trilling, but yesterday the Chronicle of Higher Education reported this: Columbia Had Little Success Placing English Ph.Ds on Tenure Track. "Alarm" Followed, and the University Responded The story is unfortunately behind the Chronicle's paywall, but when you »
August 6, 2019 — Steven Hayward
Mandatory Ethnic Studies Too Much Even for the LA Times
No one objects in principle to a serious ethnic studies program, just as sensible people support "multicultural" perspectives rightly understood. The trouble with a lot of multiculturalist projects and various identity-studies programs in schools today is that they are highly politicized and ideological. This attracts some students, but it understandably turns off many students—perhaps a large majority. Hence the demand of zealous advocates for ethnic studies to make their subject »
It's Official: Philosophy Is Lost
Has academic philosophy become as hopelessly politicized as other humanities? That's a question treated in a forthcoming paper in Philosophical Psychology entitled "Ideological Diversity, Hostility, and Discrimination in Philosophy." From the abstract: "We found that survey participants clearly leaned left (75%), while right-leaning individuals (14%) and moderates (11%) were underrepresented. Moreover, and strikingly, across the political spectrum, from very left- leaning individuals and moderates to very right-leaning individuals, participants reported experiencing »
July 9, 2019 — Steven Hayward
Who Needs Wokileaks?
I got a large response from my latest whimsical Tweet yesterday: But who needs it, since most of the scandals of higher education today are out in plain sight? Such as this announcement for a brand new "Critical Race and Ethnic Studies Minor" at the University of Denver, which reads like a parody: The new Critical Race and Ethnic Studies (CRES) minor brings together the best of what the University has to »
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A friend of mine recently became a priest in the Church of England. The first Sunday he went to celebrate communion in his church he realised there were all sorts of traditions involved which he didn't understand.
One he mentioned was this: his vicar told him that as he began preparing the bread and wine the server would offer him a bowl of water with which to wash his hands. He wasn't to accept this - instead, what he should do was hold his hands up and shake his head, as if to say, 'no, thanks'.
What a strange tradition - turns out it's there because decades ago the vicar used to wash his hands at that point in the service, but his successor didn't want to do that. But instead of arranging for the server to stop offering the water, he always went through that odd, meaningless ritual. And it's carried on ever since.
We have to be very careful about our traditions and rituals. About what we regard as 'orthodox' Christianity. About keeping on doing things simply because we've always done them that way.
Because that way may no longer speak to people's hearts, that way may no longer be God's way, if it ever was in the first place.
You have every right to question your church leaders on the traditions we maintain. To do so is to be Christlike. Because Jesus never stopped asking questions of those who maintained the traditions of his day. Jesus was deeply concerned that God's people didn't miss the point - didn't get so wrapped up in the letter of the law, that they let their hearts shrink, shrivel and die.
So in today's gospel we find him in deep conflict with the traditionalists of his day. Over the issue of ritual cleanliness. In brief, if you didn't wash properly, wash yourself, and wash the utensils you used around food, then you were unclean, defiled.
You won't find this law in the scriptures. It was one of many which the religious experts had created through their own interpretation of the scriptures, and imposed on the people of the day.
It was a simple enough law to keep if you lived and worked close to a good water supply, in the temple courts, government offices, royal palaces. But what if you worked out on the fields all day, if you were a builder up on the rooftops, a plumber down the drains? Not easy to wash up before meals in any of those places.
The law condemned such folk as unclean, defiled. Jesus wouldn't wear that. Jesus condemned the law.
Jesus said, it's not what goes into a person that makes them unclean - he's talking about food here - it's what comes out.
Or as The Message puts it, a little more crudely, it's not what you swallow that pollutes your life; it's what you vomit.
He's saying, it's not important what food you eat, what's important is what comes out of your heart. If your heart's full of badness then that's where pollution begins. It's a bad heart that makes you unclean. It's a bad heart that defiles you.
Some of this is mischief-making. But much of it is something to do with checking what's at the heart of these institutions. How can a government be trustworthy if at its heart is deception and protectionism? How can a church be loving and all-embracing if at its heart is homophobia? How can royalty command respect if it has greed and corruption at its heart? How can a police service be seen as upholding justice for all if, at its heart, it is racist?
These are Christlike questions. And to deal with them in a Christlike way these institutions must embrace them, take a long hard look at themselves and ask, whether their fine traditions are what Jesus called the traditions of men, in opposition to the commands of God.
It is our task as people seeking to walk the way of Christ, to take these words to our hearts - to keep looking intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continuing to do this, living out God's law of love and grace.
It is our task as Christ's followers, to keep asking ourselves, what rules are we making? Do they reflect the loving commands of God, or are they closer to the crushing traditions of men?
Remembering that the holy people of Jesus' day regarded those who didn't wash their hands properly as unclean, defiled, we might ask ourselves, do we think like that about anyone?
Our society certainly does. For instance, how many smokers feel ostracised because to have a quick fag they're forced to stand outside buildings? Society condemns them. Yet, it's not what goes into a person which should condemn them, but what comes out. We all know smokers who are good people, there's a few here today.
Society condemns all sorts of people without looking intently into their situation, without seeking to ask how, with regard to them we might begin to live out God's law of love and grace.
Society condemns the homeless without seeking to understand what made them homeless and certainly without caring to do anything about helping them rebuild their lives.
Society damns gays and lesbians without taking much time to question common heterosexual practices such as those Jesus listed in today's gospel: lust, adultery, vice, which apply to people of all sexual persuasions.
Just like Jesus' opponents all those years ago society still sidelines those who eat food differently to ourselves: because of what they eat we say foreigners smell, they're dirty, neglecting that in recent years our most popular meal has become Chicken Tikka Masala, forgetting to celebrate that our high streets now offer a wide range of lovely cuisine from all over the world.
I could go on. I think the point's been made. In the light of all this, how should we live?
I suggest we live as Jesus' disciples did - as people prepared to ask questions of him, always seeking to work out what he meant when he took on the establishment and the popular culture of his day.
We should take great delight in searching the scriptures to discover what God's perfect law of love and freedom means in every situation we face.
We should talk to each other about these things, learn to trust each other even when we differ, to be accountable to each other for our attitudes, to pray together that we will be wise and understanding folk.
We should learn to see people not for what goes into them, but for what comes out from their hearts.


This is my new Silkie House! It is built with 98% scrap that was in my garage. It cost me under $30.00, including paint, hinges, latches and vents. It took about a day and a half to build and about the same to paint. I didn't have any plans, just an image in my head after looking at what I could get outta the scrap that was cluttering up my garage. The chicken like it.


1 - Allison Tolman, who I loved in Season 1 of Fargo, 2 - no laugh track (nails on a chalkboard to me) and 3 - it was a terrific little show. Nothing earth shattering, just sweet and unique. And will now probably be replaced by yet another inane sitcom.
This is why I've gotten into the habit of not caring about new shows. Give it a couple seasons, then binge watch when you know the show is going to be around for a while. Yeah, I know in theory that's counterproductive Nielsen-wise, but I'm sick of getting attached to shows, then seeing this happen. Looking at you, Roadies.


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The Eyewitness Account of Stanislaw Kon and Treblinka Death Camp Uprising – 2 August 1943
The symbolic "remains" of the railroad in Treblinka, 2002. Credit: Chris Webb.
This August 2019 CARR blogpost follows the account of Stanislaw-Shulem Kon who was born in 1909 in Praszka, near Lodz, a city in which he resided until 1939. As a Polish soldier he fought during the September 1939 Polish campaign. He returned to Lodz and from there in March 1940, together with his wife and one child, he moved to Czestochowa where he lived until 1 October 1942.
During the "Action" in the Czestochowa Ghetto at that time, Kon and his family were deported to Treblinka. In the death camp, his wife and one child were killed. Subsequently, he was selected to sort the clothes or murdered Jews in the camp.
After Soviet liberation in late 1943, Stanislaw Kon became one of the survivors from Treblinka who gave detailed testimony about the revolt in the death camp. His testimony is notable as it was one of the first to be gathered in 1944 in liberated Lublin.
In 1945, long fragments of his memoirs were published in the Jewish newspaper "Dos Naje Lebn" ("The New Life").
Here begins his eyewitness account of the Treblinka Death Camp uprising on 2 August 1943:
"For different reasons the date of the uprising was changed several times. While Chorazycki was still alive, the first date of April 1943 was chosen. Later, many transports from the Warsaw Ghetto arrived in Treblinka and from the Jews we learned about the uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto. The Germans treated them with exceptional brutality. Many wagons were loaded with the bodies of fighters from the ghetto who refused to go on the transport whilst still alive. The last deportees from the Warsaw Ghetto were not people who were already resigned and passive. In place of tears they armed themselves with grenades and explosive materials. From them we also received some weapons. The leadership decided that this was the moment that was best for the uprising to begin.
There was a group of Jews in the camp that acted as servants for the Germans, cleaning their apartments etc. They were the only Jews who had access to every area of the camp. Often they were also close to the armoury. The leadership had the idea to use them. They received an order to procure 100 grenades on the day of the uprising. They did it.
Haberman, who worked in the German laundry, Markus, a cleaner of shoes, and 17-years old Jacek from Hungary, smuggled some grenades from the armoury. Especially praiseworthy were the efforts of 14-years Salzberg, son of a furrier from Kielce. He gathered uniforms, officially for pressing. In the uniforms he hid the grenades. Unfortunately, the grenades were without detonators and we had to change the date of uprising at the last moment.
In the meantime new activists joined our group. Dr. Leichert from Wegrow was selected by the Germans from a new transport and replaced Chorazycki. The second was Rudolf Masaryk. He did not want to be separated from his Jewish wife and shared her fate in the transport to Treblinka. Here he was "lucky"; he was assigned to the working groups. Before his eyes his pregnant wife was taken to the gas chamber. Masaryk was one of the most active people. It is also necessary to mention the driver and mechanic from Plock, Rudek, who worked in the German garage. His place of work was a main point for our actions. Also here the weapons were stored.
So passed the months of tension and waiting. We saw before us death at every step, we saw the German brutality. Every day thousands of Jews were led to the gas chambers, naked women and old people. They were driven in long rows to the "Judenstaat", as the Germans cynically called the building with 12 gas chambers. In the speeches which Untersturmführer Franz gave at every opportunity, he repeated that "if there is still even one Jew in the world, the gas chambers will be working". Our desire for revenge grew even greater.
At last commandant Galewski gave the order for the uprising. The date was fixed for 2 August 1943, 5 p.m. The plan was to kill the main hangmen, disarm the guard, cut the telephone line, and to set on fire and destroy all of the buildings of the factory of death. We also planned to liberate the Poles from the work camp which was located 2 kms away, and together with them to escape to the forests and create a strong partisan group.
On Monday morning the tension in the camp was enormous. The leadership tried to quiet the people. Duties were assigned so that all of the camp works should be conducted as normal. At the last moment an extra 60 people were initiated into the plan. This group comprised the exact fighting organization and was divided into three platoons. At the first signal everyone had to take his place.
At 1 p.m. there is roll call, the last roll call in the camp. We do it normally, as if nothing will happen. When the leader of the working group, Galewski, informs us that today we will finish our work earlier because Scharführer Reuter is going to Malkinia, to bathe in the River Bug, he tells us discretely how we are also preparing for another "bath" today.
At 2 o'clock the weapons are distributed among us. Young Zalcberg and several other boys are looking for weapon in the barracks. They are successful in smuggling 20 rifles and one machine gun for us. All are gathered in the garage. The most difficult task was to take the grenades from the armoury. SS man Hiller disturbs us at this work but agronomist Sydowicz calls him on the pretext of showing him some flowers. At that same moment, Markus and Zalcberg are taking carpets for cleaning opposite the armoury. The armoury is opened by the copied key. Jacek from Hungary goes to the armoury and with a diamond makes a hole in the window, through which he gives the grenades and ammunition to Jakub Miller from Wlodzimierz Wolynski. These weapons are also gathered in the garage. We are feeling better. It is very difficult is to keep everything secret, so the leader decides that uprising will be one hour earlier.
Punctually at 4 p.m. all groups are informed that they have to go to the garage for weapons, which are distributed by Rudek. A person arriving gives the password "Death"; the countersign is "Life". The passwords are given feverishly. At the same time the main murderers are attacked, the phone line is cut and the watchtowers set ablaze. Cpt. Zielo attacks two SS men with an axe, and is taking command. Close by the garage stands the armoured car, which has been immobilized by Rudek. Now we are seeking some cover from where it is possible to shoot at the Germans. Sturmführer Kurt Seidel was killed from there, as well as other Nazis. The Sydowicz group captures the armoury. We already have 200 people with weapons. Others attack the Germans with axes and shovels. Commandant Zielo is giving orders and is rousing everybody to fight. Everybody is full of feelings of revenge.
We capture new weapons and machine guns. Rudolf Masaryk is located on the roof and is shooting at the frightened Germans. Among the sound of the shots we hear his voice: "This is for my wife and my child who never saw the world!"
The gas chambers, "bath", fictitious railway station with the plaques Bialystok-Wolkowysk, "cash-desk", "waiting-room" etc are set on fire. The army barracks are also ablaze. The flames and the sound of shots alarms the Germans, who are arriving from every side; SS men and Gendarmes from Kosow, soldiers from the neighbouring airfield, and even a special unit of SS from Warsaw. It is a regular battle. Cpt. Zielo is running from one group to another among the flames and is rousing everyone to the fight. He gives short, soldierly orders until he is killed by Nazi bullets.
It is night. The fight has already lasted 6 hours. The Germans have received help and our numbers are fewer and fewer. There is a lack of ammunition. Our duty is done. We destroyed the camp and the murderers are dead. We killed 200 German and Ukrainian fascists*. We received the order to escape to the forest. Most of the "fighters" were killed. Many Germans were also killed*. From among us only a few survived."
*This is incorrect, no Germans were killed, in the uprising, only Fritz Kuttner was wounded
Mr Chris Webb is a Senior Fellow at CARR and Founder of the Holocaust Historical Society. His profile can be found here.
© Chris Webb. Views expressed on this website are individual contributors and do not necessarily reflect that of the Centre for Analysis of the Radical Right (CARR). We are pleased to share previously unpublished materials with the community under creative commons license 4.0 (Attribution-NoDerivatives).
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My son is about 14 months and due for his 1 yr shots. I have read mixed opinions about vaccines, so want to make a more informed decision. I understand if we don't give him vaccines & if he gets any illness ( for which there is a vaccine), symptoms can be severe. But the severe symptoms only occur rarely.
We didn't get any shots. We did get measles etc but all went ok.
It is true that cases of Autism etc have increased last few years. If it not because of vaccines, are there other genuine reasons for it ?
Also is there enough data available to prove that these illnesses are occurring more in non-vaccinated kids ?. Did you opted not to vaccinate and faced any issues ?
To the best of my knowledge autism is not related to vaccines. It's a in utero development. Also vaccines are recommended for life threatening diseases. Not being vaccinated can have grave results. Pls don't delay in the hope that your child's immunity can handle this. At best a delay of a week is permissible.
Also I M not sure when u refer to 'we didn't have them'. Vaccinations have been mandatory for 60+ years in India for babies ( at least in urban centers). Today due to the spread of new diseases there Are newer vaccines recommended. This doesn't mean the diseases themselves are coming from the vaccines!
Also you can delay vaccination even for a month...but its always better to give it on time...y delay if there is no genuine cause.
My daughter was last vacinated when she was 9 months. After that her vacination got delayed due to some or the other reasons.
Today she is 17 months and i finally decided to get her vaccinated as rains r here and i didnt want her to fall ill with typhoid and measels etc. . But sadly after every vacination she is falling ill and catching disease from the hospital itself. Last month she was ill for a month inspite of flu injection she still caught cold in 3 days.
It may sound weird but its the truth with my child.
Actually I have read a lot and have decided to go ahead and vaccinate my child.
You can have a discussion with your LO's paed on why you had previously skipped vaccination and ask for the best way of administration. My paed has always split the vaccination and gave in a fortnight/month gap.
For example, MMR and chicken pox showed up under 15 months on the schedule. He split it between 15 and 16 months. Sometimes kids get irate if more than one prick is given hence splitting is advisable.


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The Territory of Mississippi was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from April 7, 1798, until December 10, 1817, when the western half of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Mississippi. The eastern half was redesignated as the Alabama Territory until it was admitted to the Union as the State of Alabama on December 14, 1819. The Chattahoochee River played a significant role in the definition of the territory's borders. The population rose in the early 1800s from settlement, with cotton being an important cash crop.
Territory of Mississippi
Organized incorporated territory of the United States
1798[1]–1817
Organized incorporated territory
• Established
April 7 1798[1]
• Georgia recognizes its present borders
• Georgia cession added to Mississippi Territory
• Mobile District annexed
• Alabama Territory created
• Statehood
Preceded by Succeeded by
Yazoo lands
Republic of West Florida
Alabama Territory
1948 postage stamp depicting the Mississippi Territory
2 Borders
3 Settlement
3.1 Cotton
3.2 Government
3.3 Law
3.4 Religion
3.5 War of 1812
The United States and Spain disputed these lands east of the Mississippi River until Spain relinquished its claim with the Treaty of Madrid, initially signed in 1795 by the two countries' representatives. The Mississippi Territory was organized in 1798 from these lands, in an area extending from 31° N latitude to 32°28' North — or approximately the southern half of the present states of Alabama and Mississippi.[2]
The state of Georgia maintained a claim over almost the entire area of the present states of Alabama and Mississippi (from 31° N to 35° N), until it surrendered its claim in 1802 following the Yazoo land scandal. In 1804, Congress extended the boundaries of the Mississippi Territory to include all of the Georgia cession.[3]
Beginning about 1808 the legislature of the Mississippi Territory held its official meetings in one of the houses owned by Charles DeFrance of the Natchez District. The DeFrance house, also known as Assembly Hall, was located in Washington, Mississippi, about 10 miles from the city of Natchez.
In 1812, declaring that it had been included in the Louisiana Purchase (1803), the United States annexed the Mobile District of West Florida, between the Perdido River and the Pearl River.[4] Spain disputed this and maintained its claim over the area. The following year, a Federal statute was secretly enacted authorizing the President to take full possession of this area with the use of military force ("and naval force") as deemed necessary.[5] Accordingly, General James Wilkinson occupied this district with a military contingent; the Spanish colonial commandant offered no resistance. This annexation extended the Mississippi Territory south to the Gulf of Mexico, with the northern border being the boundary of the state of Tennessee, taking in all of what is now Alabama and Mississippi.
Federal statutes enacted on March 1 and 3, 1817, provided a plan for the division of the Mississippi Territory into the state of Mississippi in the west and the Alabama Territory in the east (with St. Stephens, on the Tombigbee River, as the temporary seat of the Alabama territorial government).[6][7] On December 10, 1817, the division was finalized when the western portion was admitted to the Union as Mississippi, the 20th state.[8]
BordersEdit
The final boundary between Georgia and Mississippi Territory was defined to follow the Chattahoochee River north from the border with Spanish Florida. However, the Chattahoochee's upper course veers northeast, deep into Georgia. So the boundary was defined to follow the river until it turned northeast, and from that point to follow a straight line north to the 35th parallel (whose role in state borders dates back to the split of North and South Carolina in 1730). The line was not run straight north but rather angled to meet the northern border of the territory one-third of the way west, leaving the other two-thirds for two future states, Alabama and Mississippi (their angled boundary stopped at the Tennessee River).[9]
Congress delineated the boundary between Mississippi and Alabama by dividing the territory into approximately equal-sized parts, similar in size to Georgia. The agriculturally productive lands were divided by a straight line running south from the northwest corner of Washington County (as it was defined at the time) to the Gulf of Mexico. The border north of this point was angled westward in order to keep Mississippi and Alabama roughly equal in size. At its northern end, this angled border follows a short section of the Tennessee River. Congress chose this boundary because if the straight line had been run all the way to the Tennessee border Mississippi would have jurisdiction over a small piece of hilly land cut off from the rest of the state by the wide Tennessee River.[9]
SettlementEdit
40,352 +356.0%
Source: 1800–1810 (includes Alabama and Mississippi);[10]
The attraction of vast amounts of high quality, inexpensive cotton land attracted hordes of settlers, mostly from Georgia and the Carolinas, and from tobacco areas of Virginia and North Carolina at a time when growing tobacco barely made a profit. From 1798 through 1820, the population soared from less than 9,000 to more than 22,000. Migration came in two fairly distinct waves – a steady movement until the outbreak of the War of 1812, and a flood afterward from 1815 through 1819. The postwar flood was caused by various factors, including high prices for cotton, the elimination of Indian titles to much of the land, new and improved roads, and the acquisition of new direct outlets to the Gulf of Mexico. The first migrants were traders and trappers, then herdsmen, and finally planters. The uplands in the Southwest frontier developed a relatively democratic society.[11]
In the 1810 United States census, 11 counties in the Mississippi Territory (8 in Mississippi and 3 in Alabama) reported the following population counts (after only 3 reported the following counts in the 1800 United States census):[12][13]
1 Adams 4,660 10,002
2 Wilkinson – 5,068
3 Amite – 4,750
4 Madison – 4,699
5 Jefferson 2,940 4,001
6 Claiborne – 3,102
7 Washington 1,250 2,920
8 Franklin – 2,016
9 Baldwin – 1,427
10 Wayne – 1,253
11 Warren – 1,114
Mississippi Territory 8,850 40,352
CottonEdit
After 1800, the development of a cotton economy in the South changed the economic relationship of native Indians with whites and slaves in Mississippi Territory. As Native Americans ceded their lands to whites, they became more isolated from whites and blacks. A great wave of public sales of former Indian land plus white migration (with slaves) into Mississippi Territory guaranteed the dominance of the developing cotton agriculture.[14]
GovernmentEdit
President John Adams appointed Winthrop Sargent as the first governor of the Mississippi Territory, effective from May 1798 to May 1801. William C. C. Claiborne (1775–1817), a lawyer and former Democratic-Republican Congressman from Tennessee (1797–1801), was governor and superintendent of Indian affairs in the Mississippi Territory from 1801 through 1803. Although he favored acquiring some land from the Choctaw and Chickasaw, Claiborne was generally sympathetic and conciliatory toward the Indians. He worked long and patiently to iron out differences that arose, and to improve the material well-being of the Indians. He was also partly successful in promoting the establishment of law and order, as when his offering of a two thousand dollar reward helped destroy a gang of outlaws headed by Samuel Mason (1750–1803). His position on issues indicated a national rather than regional outlook, though he did not ignore his constituents. Claiborne expressed the philosophy of the Republican Party and helped that party defeat the Federalists. When a smallpox epidemic broke out in the Spring of 1802, Claiborne's actions resulted in the first recorded mass vaccination in the territory and saved Natchez from the disease.[15][16]
George Mathews, a former governor of Georgia, was appointed the governorship, though the appointment was revoked before he took office.[17] The third governor was Robert Williams, serving from May 1805 to March 1809.
David Holmes was the last governor of the Mississippi Territory, 1809–17. Holmes was generally successful in dealing with a variety of matters, including expansion, land policy, Indians, the War of 1812, and the constitutional convention of 1817 (of which he was elected president). Often concerned with problems regarding West Florida, he had a major role in 1810 in negotiations which led to the peaceful occupation of part of that territory. McCain (1967) concludes that Holmes' success was not based on brilliance, but upon kindness, unselfishness, persuasiveness, courage, honesty, diplomacy, and intelligence.[18]
The eastern half of the Mississippi Territory was labeled the Tombigbee District and later Washington County. Ignored by the territorial government, the inhabitants were beset by hostile neighbors, militant Indians, and the usual frontier problems of competing land claims and establishment of law. Solutions to these difficulties came slowly, and were not completely resolved when the territory gained statehood as the U.S. state of Alabama in 1819.[19]
LawEdit
English common law dominated the development of the judicial system in the Mississippi Territory. The citizenry considered the laws imposed by Winthrop Sargent, the territory's Yankee governor, as repressive and unconstitutional. 'Sargent's Code,' however unpopular, established the first court system for the territory and served as the precedent for later revisions. An 1802 judiciary act considerably simplified the court system. Several judicial reorganization acts followed in 1805, 1809, and 1814, though a modified form of Sargent's county court system and the considerable power held by judges continued. While the credentials of the members of the first territorial court were questionable, the quality of judges in later courts steadily grew.[20]
ReligionEdit
While the Roman Catholic Church, planted during the French and Spanish colonial periods, was active along the coast, after 1799 more American Protestants entered the territory, bringing their religious varieties with them. Free thought, skepticism, deism, or indifference to religion were characteristic of the wealthy planters and land speculators, as newcomers were far more interested in seeking riches in this world than in the next. As the number of American migrants increased, Methodists, Baptists, and Presbyterians formed the three leading denominations in the territory. Protestant ministers won converts, often promoted education, and had some influence in improving the treatment of slaves.[21]
War of 1812Edit
The people of the Mississippi Territory favored war with Britain in 1812. By 1810, belief in the national policy of economic coercion was waning in what was then called the Southwest, while desire for unrestricted trade and a vindication of national honor was rising, intermingled with desire for Spanish Florida. However, problems of land claims, Indians, internal improvements, and statehood issues continued to excite more local interest than the coming of war. Most saw no conflict between war issues and local interests; in fact, some foresaw war as a way of resolving certain local problems.[22]
Following a successful attack on a white expedition at the Battle of Burnt Corn, the Red Sticks, a hostile faction of the Creeks, determined to attack and destroy Fort Mims in the eastern part Mississippi Territory (modern Alabama). Poor scouting, an attack at noon when most of the garrison was eating, seizure of the portholes by the Indians, and inability to close the main gates were all elements in the defeat on August 30, 1813. Of the 275 to 300 whites and half-breeds in Fort Mims at the time of the attack, between 20 and 40 escaped; therefore, about 235 to 260 whites and friendly Indians were killed in the battle. Creek losses were at least 100 killed.
The massacre had significant short- and long-range effects. It triggered a major Indian war that involved a substantial build-up of American military force in the area – which probably prevented the British from occupying an undefended Gulf coast in 1814. More importantly, relations between Americans and the southern Indians changed drastically. The Creeks, who had been living peacefully and in close contact with the settlers of the Mississippi Territory, lost more than half their land, and within twenty years were forced to move west of the Mississippi River.
Brigadier General Ferdinand L. Claiborne, commander of the Mississippi militia, was not to blame for the massacre, but Major Daniel Beasley was guilty of gross negligence. At the Battle of Horseshoe Bend on March 27, 1814, American forces and Indian allies under General Andrew Jackson defeated the Red Sticks, killing most of the warriors and sending the rest fleeing to Florida, where they joined the Seminole tribe.[23]
Further readingEdit
Guice, John D. W. "The Cement of Society: Law in the Mississippi Territory," Gulf Coast Historical Review 1986 1(2): 76–99
Hatfield, Joseph T. "Governor William Claiborne, Indians, and Outlaws in Frontier Mississippi, 1801–1803," Journal of Mississippi History 1965 27(4): 323–350
Haynes, Robert V. "Territorial Mississippi, 1798–1817," Journal of Mississippi History 2002 64(4): 283–305
Haynes, Robert V. "Historians and the Mississippi Territory," Journal of Mississippi History 1967 29(4): 409–428, historiography
Haynes, Robert Vaughn. The Mississippi Territory and the Southwest Frontier, 1795–1817 (University Press of Kentucky; 2010) 431 pages
Lowery, Charles D. "The Great Migration to the Mississippi Territory, 1798–1819," Journal of Mississippi History 1968 30(3): 173–192
Moore, Margaret Deschamps. "Protestantism in the Mississippi Territory," Journal of Mississippi History 1967 29(4): 358–370
Usner, Jr., Daniel H. "American Indians on the Cotton Frontier: Changing Economic Relations with Citizens and Slaves in the Mississippi Territory," Journal of American History 1985 72(2): 297–317 in JSTOR
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^ 1 Stat. 549
^ "An Act for an amicable settlement of limits with the state of Georgia, and authorizing the establishment of a government in the Mississippi territory"
^ "An Act supplementary to the act intituled 'An act regulating the grants of land, and providing for the disposal of the lands of the United States, south of the state of Tennessee'"
^ "An Act to enlarge the boundaries of the Mississippi territory"
^ "An Act authorizing the President of the United States to take possession of a tract of country lying south of the Mississippi territory and west of the river Perdido"
^ "An Act to enable the people of the western part of the Mississippi territory to form a constitution and state government, and for the admission of such state into the union, on an equal footing with the original state"
^ "An Act to establish a separate territorial government for the eastern part of the Mississippi territory"
^ "Resolution for the admission of the State of Mississippi into the Union". A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774 - 1875. Statutes at Large, 15th Congress. Library of Congress. 15th U.S. Congress. n.d. [after 1813]. p. 472 of 798. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
^ a b Stein, Mark (2008). How the States Got Their Shapes (paperback ed.). HarperCollins. pp. 11–17. ISBN 978-0-06-143138-8.
^ Forstall, Richard L. (ed.). Population of the States and Counties of the United States: 1790–1990 (PDF) (Report). United States Census Bureau. p. 4. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
^ Lowery (1968)
^ Forstall, Richard L. (ed.). Population of the States and Counties of the United States: 1790–1990 (PDF) (Report). United States Census Bureau. pp. 9–11. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
^ Forstall, Richard L. (ed.). Population of the States and Counties of the United States: 1790–1990 (PDF) (Report). United States Census Bureau. pp. 89–91. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
^ Daniel H. Usner, Jr., "American Indians on the Cotton Frontier: Changing Economic Relations with Citizens and Slaves in the Mississippi Territory," Journal of American History 1985 72(2): 297–317 in JSTOR
^ Hatfield (1965)
^ Laura D. S. Harrell, "Preventive Medicine in the Mississippi Territory, 1799–1802," Bulletin of the History of Medicine 1966 40(4): 364–375
^ Patrick, Rembert W. (2010). Florida Fiasco: Rampant Rebels on the Georgia-Florida Border, 1810-1815. University of Georgia Press, 2010. ISBN 0820335495, 9780820335490
^ William D.; McCain, "The Administrations of David Holmes, Governor of the Mississippi Territory, 1809–1817," Journal of Mississippi History 1967 29(4): 328–347
^ Robert V. Haynes, "Early Washington County, Alabama," Alabama Review 1965 18(3): 183–200
^ Guice (1986)
^ Moore (1967)
^ Robert V. Haynes, "The Southwest and the War of 1812," Louisiana History 1964 5(1): 41–51
^ Frank L. Owsley, Jr., The Fort Mims Massacre. Alabama Review; 1971 24(3): 192–204
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Q: How to get php validation working for a form? I need to validate the form before it gets sent to the session array, this is what I have so far.
Using PHP_SELF the form gets sent to the index which needs to verify that the input entered is correct and valid.
The error is echoed before the form is submitted and every time it is submitted with wrong inputs, the other messages do not echo. The page refreshes
Any help would be amazing, I have disabled my javascript validation to test this, and is half functional
PHP Code:
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?>
HTML Form Code:

    <form  id="seatform" action="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]);?>" method="post">

            CUSTOMER DETAILS

            Name
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            Email
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            Mobile
            <input type="tel" name="cust[mobile]" id='cust-mobile' value="<?php echo $mobile; ?>">
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            Credit Card
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            Expiry
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A: $_POST["cust[XXX]"]  is invalid. If you must use a 2d array to validate data, you should use $_POST['cust']['XXX'] instead. The code below works fine.
if (empty($_POST["cust"]['name'])) {
    $nameErr = "Name is required";
}
else {
    $name = validate($_POST["cust"]['name']);
    .............
}

The data you post using a form has already been serialised to an array called $_POST. To get an array inside an array, you need to use the syntax above.
If you do not have multiple instances of the form above, using a single dimension array in the form input should be fine.
<form action="" method="POST">
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    ......
</form>

Then you can get the post data like the following:
<?php
   if(empty($_POST['name'])){
       $nameErr = 'Please input your name';
   }else{
       //Do something to process the value submitted
   }
?>

A: you could do something like this :
for html:  <input type="text" required name="custname"  id="cust-name" value="<?php echo $name; ?>">* <?php echo $nameErr;?> don't know why you used cust[name] but i have used simplified name , and added html 5 validation required which makes life lot more easier .
And now after submitting the form php :
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 $name = $_POST["name"];
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  } else {
      $nameErr = "Name is required/ not set";
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//hope it helps you happy coding

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