Earnings per share refer to the given total of earnings that a company has for every share of the firm's stock that is outstanding. There are several formulas for calculating earnings per share. These depend on which segment of earnings are being considered. The FASB, or Financial Accounting Standards Board, makes corporations report such earnings per share on their income statement for all of the major components of such statements including discontinued operations, continuing operations, extraordinary items, and net income.
To figure up the basic net earnings per share formula, you only have to divide the profit for the year by the average number of common shares of stock. With discontinued operations, it is only a matter of taking the discontinued operations income and dividing it by the average number of common stock shares outstanding. Continuing operations earnings per share equal the continuing operations income over the average number of common shares. Extraordinary items works with the income from extraordinary items and divides it by the weighted average number of common shares.
Besides the basic earnings per share numbers, there are three different types of earnings per share. Last year's earning per share are the Trailing EPS. These are the only completely known earnings for a company. The Current earnings per share are the ones for this year. These are partially projections in the end until the last quarterly numbers are released. Finally, Forward earnings per share are earnings numbers for the future. These are entirely based on predictions.
Earnings per share calculations do not take into account preferred dividends on categories besides net income and continued operations. Such continuing operations and even net income earnings per share calculations turn out to be more complex as preferred share dividends are taken off of the top of net income before the earnings per share is actually calculated. Since preferred stock shares have the right to income payments ahead of common stock payments, any money that is given out as preferred dividends is cash which can not be considered to be potentially available for giving out to every share of the commonly held stock.
Preferred dividends for the present year are generally the only ones that are taken off of such income. There is a prevalent exception to this. If preferred shares prove to be cumulative then this means that dividends for the entire year are taken off, regardless of if they have been declared yet or not. Dividends that the company is behind on paying are not contemplated when the earnings per share is calculated.
Earnings per share as a financial measuring stick for a company are extremely important. In theory, this forms the underlying basis for the value of the stock in question. Another critical measurement of stock price is price to earnings value, also known as the PE ratio. This PE ratio is determined by taking the earnings per share and dividing them into the price of the stock. Earnings per share are useful in measuring up one corporation against another one, if they are involved in the same business segment or industry. They do not tell you if the stock is a good buy or not. They also do not reveal what the overall market thinks about the company. This is where the PE ratio is more useful.
The term 'Earnings Per Share (EPS)' is included in the Corporate Finance edition of the Financial Dictionary. You can get your copy on amazon in Kindle or Paperback version. See more details here.


1* How closely have you followed recent news stories about release of the president's 2012 budget?
2* Generally speaking, does the president's proposed budget cut government spending too much, too little, or about the right amount?
3* Okay, do changes proposed by Congressional Republicans cut government spending too much, too little, or about the right amount?
4* The federal government will spend about $3.8 trillion in 2011. According to the president's budget proposal, will spending increase to more than $4 trillion over the next few years or decrease to less than $3.5 trillion?
5* Who is more willing to make the hard choices needed to reduce federal spending—voters or elected officials?


SUMMER POPS/ BATTLE OF BRITAIN.
A Flag waving, hand clapping, whistling (Colonel Bogey March) Singing crowd all had a wonderful night at the Phil. CARL DAVIS conducted in his usual energetic flamboyant style and carried every one along with his enthusiasm. CLAIRE SWEENEY looked absolutley stunning ,four fantastic changes of evening dress and a figure to die for, she sang her heart out and the audience loved her. The rapport between Carl and Claire was lovely . They have been working together on a CD 'GIVE ME A SMILE', WORLD WAR Two songs and music and the affection and respect they have for each other is very genuine . It was fun and when Jean Boht came on stage and announced " That girls a TART" the audience loved it. The orchestra were fantastic but for me the night belonged to Carl Davis and Claire Sweeney .
I can't believe I have missed Claire Sweeney!!!
( BIG split in her little black dress ) her hair in a very attractive 40s style. Got her autograph ! And Carl's.


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Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
Neurobehavioural Mechanisms of Resilience and Vulnerability in Addictive Disorders View all 4 Articles
Front. Behav. Neurosci. | doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2019.00166
Individual differences in hatching time predict alcohol response in zebrafish
Maria Elisa Leite-Ferreira1, Heloysa Araujo-Silva1 and Ana C. Luchiari1*
1Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
There are significant individual differences in response to alcohol: some people seem to exhibit higher alcohol sensitivity, while others are more resistant. These differences are related to alcohol metabolism, inherited traits, environmental/social pressure, personal habits and other indeterminate causes. In order to test how individual differences in hatching time are related to behavioral response to different alcohol concentrations, we separated zebrafish larvae into two categories according to egg emergence time: eggs hatched between 48 and 72 hours post-fertilization (hpf) were considered early emerging (EE), while those hatched from 72 to 96hpf were considered late emerging (LE). On the 30th day post fertilization, EE and LE fish were exposed to 4 alcohol concentrations: 0.00% (control), 0.10%, 0.25% and 0.50%, and behavior was recorded for 60 min. We observed average and maximum swimming speed, distance traveled, and freezing time (immobility that indicates state of anxiety). For EE fish, 0.10% alcohol did not change behavior, while 0.25% and 0.50% increased freezing and decreased locomotion. By contrast, LE fish increased locomotion when exposed to both 0.10 and 0.25% alcohol, and increased freezing time at 0.50% alcohol. These results show that zebrafish behavioral profiles exhibit different sensitivities to alcohol, likely due to traits that can be tracked from early life stages and may indicate individuals' predisposition to alcohol tolerance and dependence.
Keywords: Ethanol, egg emergence, Anxiety, Locomotion, Personality
Received: 19 Mar 2019; Accepted: 08 Jul 2019.
Nazzareno Cannella, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Health Products, University of Camerino, Italy
Matthew O. Parker, University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom
Aleksei Y. Egorov, Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry (RAS), Russia
Fulvio Plescia, Department of Health Promotion, Maternal-Infant, Internal and Specialized Medicine of Excellence G. D'Alessandro, University of Palermo, Italy
Copyright: © 2019 Leite-Ferreira, Araujo-Silva and Luchiari. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Mx. Ana C. Luchiari, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, 84030-900, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, analuchiari@yahoo.com.br

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Internet Download Manager is a free program that allows users to download and organize files as they see fit. It is easy for users to download files, categorize them and then access them right from the app's main interface.
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Internet Download Manager can allow download speeds to be increased by up to five times over that of a user's normal download speeds. The program can easily resume unfinished downloads that may arise due to network problems or if users have an unexpected outage of power.
The full-fledged site grabber downloads files that are specified by the users' filter options. Let's say that a user wants to download all photos from a certain website for offline browsing. Filters can be put into place so that this is easily done. Even videos from popular sites such as YouTube and Google Videos can be downloaded quickly by using this program after proper filters have been set in place.
Internet Download Manager supports HTTP, FTP, HTTPS and MMS protocols and even has an adaptive download accelerator for FLV, MPEG and MP3 audio files. Any files that a user can think of or needs can be downloaded through this program. It is safe, easy and effective. This is why so many people are gravitating toward this program.


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by Halldor Laxness
Every now and then you read a novel that plants images in your subconscious and intrudes into your dreams; that interrupts your train of thought at work and changes your perspective on the world. INDEPENDENT PEOPLE is one of those books. It is an epic, slow-burning but compelling tale of hubris and tragedy written with dry wit and deep sympathy.
Written in 1934, the novel spans the period from the beginning of the twentieth century until the end of World War I and is set in the barren north of Iceland.
Laxness sets the scene with a description of a lonely croft in a place called Winterhouses, a blasted valley in the lea of snow-capped mountains, blighted by a history of evil ascribed to sorcerers and trolls. We are then introduced to Bjartur, a strong-willed farmer who worked for the bailiff for eighteen years in order to save enough money to buy this miserable plot of land for himself. Bjartur scorns the superstitious nature of the Icelandic peasants as much as he derides the Christian religion. His belief is in himself – an independent man – and he refuses even to add an appeasing stone to the witch's cairn to keep ill luck away. He renames his croft 'Summerhouses' and we know it's all going to be downhill from there.
Bjartur is as obdurate and unmoving as the crags that surround his valley. He values his independence above everything and would rather see his family starve than accept help from anyone else. Wives ("they are to be pitied more than human beings") and children are unable to survive the cruel existence that he offers them at Summerhouses, yet it takes the death of his beloved sheep to really wound him. The only emotional vulnerability he allows himself is his love for Asta Sollilja, his daughter and "the flower of his life", and the delicate tracery of their relationship stands in sharp relief against the remorseless banality of the daily struggle for survival.
Halldor Laxness (1902-98) was born near Reykjavik, Iceland. His first novel was published when he was 17. The undisputed master of contemporary Icelandic fiction and one of the outstanding novelists of the twentieth century, his work was translated into more than 30 languages. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1955.
Clare Chandler


(1) "Photograph" means a photograph or photographic reproduction, still or moving, videotape, or live television transmission of an individual in a manner that allows a person viewing the photograph with the naked eye to reasonably determine the identity of the individual.
(2) "Property right" means the property right created by this chapter.
(3) "Name" means the actual or assumed name used by an individual which, when used in conjunction with other information, is intended to identify a particular person.
(4) "Media enterprise" means a newspaper, magazine, radio station or network, television station or network, or cable television system.
Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 152, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Sec. 26.002. PROPERTY RIGHT ESTABLISHED. An individual has a property right in the use of the individual's name, voice, signature, photograph, or likeness after the death of the individual.
(2) whose name, voice, signature, photograph, or likeness has commercial value at the time of his or her death or comes to have commercial value after that time.
Sec. 26.004. TRANSFERABILITY. (a) The property right is freely transferable, in whole or in part, by contract or by means of trust or testamentary documents.
(b) The property right may be transferred before or after the death of the individual.
(4) if there is no surviving spouse, children, or grandchildren, the entire interest vests in the surviving parents of the deceased individual.
(b) The interests of the deceased individual's children and grandchildren are divided among them and exercisable on a per stirpes basis in the manner provided by Section 201.101, Estates Code, according to the number of the deceased individual's children represented. If there is more than one child of a deceased child of the deceased individual, the share of a child of a deceased child may only be exercised by a majority of the children of the deceased child.
(c) If the property right is split among more than one person, those persons who own more than a one-half interest in the aggregate may exercise the right on behalf of all persons who own the right.
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 324 (S.B. 1488), Sec. 22.058, eff. September 1, 2017.
Sec. 26.006. REGISTRATION OF CLAIM. (a) A person who claims to own a property right may register that claim with the secretary of state.
(4) a statement of the right claimed.
(c) The secretary of state may microfilm or reproduce by another technique a document filed under this section and destroy the original document.
(d) A document or a reproduction of a document filed under this section is admissible in evidence.
(e) The secretary of state may destroy all documents filed under this section after the 50th anniversary of the date of death of the individual whose property right they concern.
(f) The fee for filing a claim is $25.
(g) A document filed under this section is a public record.
Sec. 26.007. EFFECT OF REGISTRATION. (a) Registration of a claim is prima facie evidence of a valid claim to a property right.
(b) A registered claim is superior to a conflicting, unregistered claim unless a court invalidates the registered claim.
(5) a temporary or permanent guardian.
(b) For the first year following the death of the individual, an owner of a property right may exercise that right only if the owner registers a valid claim as provided by Section 26.006.
Sec. 26.009. EXERCISE OF OWNERSHIP AFTER FIRST YEAR FOLLOWING DEATH OF INDIVIDUAL. After the first year following the death of the individual, an owner of a property right may exercise that right whether or not the owner has registered a claim as provided by Section 26.006.
(2) a surviving person under Section 26.005 does not exist.
(2) for the purpose of advertising, selling, or soliciting the purchase of products, merchandise, goods, or services.
(5) an advertisement or commercial announcement concerning a use under this subsection.
(b) A media enterprise may use a deceased individual's name, voice, signature, photograph, or likeness in connection with the coverage of news, public affairs, a sporting event, or a political campaign without consent. Any use other than the above by a media enterprise of a deceased individual's name, voice, signature, photograph, or likeness shall require consent if the material constituting the use is integrally and directly connected with commercial sponsorship or paid advertising. No consent shall be required for the use of the deceased individual's name, voice, signature, photograph, or likeness by a media enterprise if the broadcast or article is not commercially sponsored or does not contain paid advertising.
(2) used the deceased individual's name, voice, signature, photograph, or likeness in a manner primarily intended to advertise or promote the media enterprise itself.
(d) A person may use a deceased individual's name, voice, signature, photograph, or likeness in any manner after the 50th anniversary of the date of the individual's death.
(4) reasonable attorney's fees and expenses and court costs incurred in recovering the damages and profits established by this section.
(b) The amount of profits under Subsection (a)(2) may be established by a showing of the gross revenue attributable to the unauthorized use minus any expenses that the person who committed the unauthorized use may prove.
Sec. 26.014. OTHER RIGHTS NOT AFFECTED. This chapter does not affect a right an individual may have in the use of the individual's name, voice, signature, photograph, or likeness before the death of the individual.
Sec. 26.015. DEFENSES TO LIABILITY. A person shall not be liable for damages under this chapter if he has acted in reliance on the results of a probate proceeding governing the estate of the deceased personality in question.


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The interdisciplinary nature of our faculty's research expertise is exemplified through seven innovative research centres, institutes, and major differentiating research facilities. These innovation hubs are designed to support collaborative discovery and mentoring, facilitating research innovation for FEAS faculty, students and colleagues across the university.
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Beyond Thorns
by Mohineet Kaur Boparai
Imprint: Resource Publications
94 Pages, 6.00 x 9.00 x 0.19 in
Beyond Thorns is a poetic avowal of the fringe between the human world and nature. It goes beyond imagination into the realm of perception and existence itself. It is an endearing acceptance of sorrow that is ingrained in the being's interactions with nature. The poetry in this collection subsumes romantic and philosophical (almost prophetic) undertones, as it comes to grips with lived experiences of love, nature, and God. The poems dive subsurface and head-on into the world that forever evades understanding and attempts to emerge with whiffs of its scent while also with the knowledge that grasping the world is never possible. This book attempts to open the dark room of philosophy by engaging the senses but also by delving into the unconscious recesses of the poetic mind and an inner darkness of being. It is an attempt to see through the thick honey-like darkness of life and float a boat to the other side, into the domains of happiness and love.
Mohineet Kaur Boparai is a poet and teacher. She has published three books and two chapbooks of poetry. She has been widely published internationally and has been twice nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She was born in India and migrated to Canada with her family in 2018.
"The poems in this collection provide a recognition of our experiences, emotions, confusions, and realizations amidst a world where our selves are increasingly being questioned and challenged. Boparai's poetry is a true expression of life, nature, and philosophy, unraveling its essence in its simplicity and depth of feeling."
—Gunjeet Aurora Mehta, independent researcher
"Both in their content and style, Mohineet Boparai's poems, mellow, exalted, replete with novel synesthetic images—flesh turned into words yearning for levitation beyond the sensory—find a gentle echo in the soul of the reader. Evocative vignettes of nature, many shades of love, fleeting thoughts etched in words, Beyond Thorns awakens the reader to embrace life with a lover's fervor."
—Swaraj Raj, Sri Guru Granth Sahib World University


Dance. Oh, how I have always loved dancing, don't you? By myself as a child, or in the arms of a lover nothing is closer to heaven than lightly swirling around to music that makes my heart sing. Waltz, foxtrot, jitterbug, the monkey or rumba, it doesn't matter to me.
Song and dance have been with us far back in recorded human history and has been an important part of celebratory rituals. It's so true that dance is a way to find yourself and loose yourself at the same time.
Unless, that is, your heart is dancing a clumsy two step in your chest. Dancing with your feet is one thing, but a dancing heart is another.
Unfortunately, I was born with extra electrical pathways that under certain circumstances cause my heart to palpitate and loose sinus rhythm. These unwelcome 'dances' began in my twenties, but since my heart was otherwise basically healthy, I just had to tolerate this non-synchronized orchestra that lived in my chest.
It became a way of life for me until in the 90's a new procedure called radio frequency ablation was developed to eliminate extra pathways in the heart. Tiny cathodes are run through the groin veins to ablate the dancing pathways. At the time it sounded scary to me, but each 12 hour episode of rhumba were scarier, so I opted to have the ablation.
Now, one thing they didn't realize, or take into consideration then is that those electrical nerve pathways can grow back. So here I am once again saying goodbye to my heart's unruly dance, one week into recovery from updated modern medical advances in electrophysiology and radio frequency ablation.
My procedure lasted about three hours and I was released the next day. My doctor showed me a photograph of my heart with the ablation points and it looked like a pearl necklace all around my heart. He said when they thought they were through, adrenaline administered would show other electrically charged pathways. I was a dancing fool inside my chest!
So far, I am following the doctor's orders and not lifting anything over 10 pounds or bending over and just taking things easy for a few weeks. He told me I might have increased dances in my chest, perhaps for as long as three months while my heart is healing, but already they are short little tap dances that do encourage me everything is healing just fine.
The pinpoint scarred areas created by the cauterization, once healed, will block and interrupt those crazy dancing impulses by taking off their tap shoes and sending them into retirement.
Trust me, the next dance I do I hope it will be with only my feet and with someone I love.


Keynote speaker: Nick Hurd MP, Minister for Civil Society.
The government has made it clear that they want councils to take the lead in integration locally by working collaboratively to co-design solutions with a range of local partners and with central government. A whole place approach to local service transformation, as demonstrated by the community budget pilots, has the potential to improve outcomes for local people and deliver better value for money for the taxpayer.
We will hear from Nick Hurd MP, Minister for Civil Society as well as representatives from the whole place community budget pilot areas, who are already integrating services with their partners locally. Attendees will also take part in challenge workshops throughout the day to identify and break down barriers to integration and service transformation.
To prepare for this event, we are asking that participants take part in a short survey on local service integration, so we can understand your priorities and the challenges that you face. This survey will directly feed into the event and will also form part of paper which we will be presenting to government. The survey takes no longer than 15 minutes to complete and you can take part in this here: Integrated services survey.
Places to the event are free and available on a first come, first serve basis, and if you would like to attend, please RSVP to RSVP@nlgn.org.uk.


Legally, income is any monetary amount that we get paid from a job, sale of assets or investments. For example you may work a regular job as a shop assistant and make a wage. At the weekend you may sell and old TV on Ebay and after work one day you may wash your neighbor's car for a small fee. All of this money is technically considered income and if you are wise you'll factor it all in to your budget.
Income does not factor in any costs of living that you may have, for example you may make $700 a week but $30 is gone straight away for the electricity bill. No matter what your costs your income was still $700 for that week. However your disposable income (income that has the ability to be spent on leisure) would be $670.
By most laws around the world all income is subject to tax, whether it was made from your main job or not. Usually if you are employed your employer sorts out all the tax before you ever get your paycheck. If you are self employed you have to do your own taxes, with any of your business costs offsetting the taxable income. Although it is technically illegal, any odds and ends you may do for cash, or any random item that you sell on Ebay can be ignored in regards to tax. Any money you receive as a gift is not considered taxable.
A person's wealth is often measured by their average monthly income, although that doesn't factor in how much they spend. Somebody may make $10,000 but spend $9,000 on jewelry and clothes, whereas somebody else may make $5,000 and only spend $500 - it doesn't necessarily make them wealthier.


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Here we are, half-way through the Twelve Days of Christmas and only a week to go until Christmas Day! I couldn't publish this earrings season without including something from my favourite jewellery shop in Paris, Metal Pointu's. Admittedly most of the pieces I've bought from there are necklaces rather than earrings, but I have such fond memories of visiting this little treasure trove in the Marais with my great friends Kate and Shannon. On a girls' weekend we'd typically make at least two visits to the shop, the first a goggle-eyed recce, the second (and third and fourth!) to make the excited purchases of the baubles we decided we couldn't leave the city without.
So on my recent 50th birthday trip to Paris I set off as usual to find the store – it was always mysteriously elusive, making me think of Mr Ben's shop in the old children's TV series. Filled with anticipation, we combed the streets to hunt it down, only to find, to my intense disappointment, that it has closed down. There is still another branch in Paris, but it feels like the end of an era. And the items I did get from there have now gained an extra layer of allure. Like much of the Metal Pointu's range, these tear drop earrings are made from heavy brushed pewter and I have a matching necklace. Close up, they are slightly marked and pitted and I love their irregularities. Today they have taken me to a catch-up meeting with some business contacts and this evening will accompany me to meet my dear friend Jo for a Christmas drink.
What will the next 6 days hold? My ears are getting curious, hope you are too!
For me, these are a small dash of bling, in a (hopefully!) tasteful way. They are rose gold spheres speckled with tiny crystals. I bought them from the Swaroski store just off Union Square in San Francisco. It took me several visits to overcome my hesitation and I'm pleased I did, because these now have a 'wear anywhere' ease in my earring wardrobe. I put them in this morning before going out for a run and they're equally at home bringing some understated sparkle to a work outfit. Love them!
This is one of my favourite, fun-to-wear pairs. And they always remind me of my friend and colleague, Linda Woolston, who loves them too! I bought them at the Dali Museum in Figueres, Spain and they are bright red, plump, pouting, sensual Salvador lips. My visit to Figueres was with three wonderful women I met while travelling in South America. For several years, we met once a year, visiting each of our home countries in turn. This made for fun-filled reunions in The Netherlands (Amsterdam,) Denmark (Copenhagen) and the UK (London), as well as Spain, of course. So as well as being bright and eye-catching, this little pair also carry lots of friendly associations for me.
It's day 2 and I have an important business meeting today. Time to bring out a cherished pair of danglers. These were a gift from one of my great friends, Claire, when she was living in Dubai. I always think of her when I put them on, which gives them an added shine. I've had them for years now and they're definitely a trust feel good favourite. Just the right combination of classic with slightly unusual. And I love the warm purple of the glassy circles.
After a year off last year, I'm bringing back my fun 12 days of Christmas series. Starting out with shoes, which I published for several years, I did a sugar-laden series of cakes in 2016. This year it's time for the earrings! My mission is to dig into my jewellery collection and bring out my old favourites and some I haven't worn for ages. A different pair each day, naturally. And I'm hoping I don't discover too many bereft singletons in my earring box, their one-time partner having being lost in that mysterious place where odd socks, keys and pens find themselves.
So the pair I'm kicking off with is a couple of whimsical hearts. I bought these by the Cornish seaside in Padstow and they always make me smile. I'm off to an Alliance meeting in London today and I'm going to enjoy wearing these, along with their matching necklace. Please come back tomorrow to see what I choose to deck my ears with on Friday!


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Israeli performers boycott settlements
UPI Aug. 29, 2010
JERUSALEM -- Some of Israel's most prominent actors, artists and directors are refusing to perform in West Bank settlements.
More than 50 artists, actors, directors and playwrights signed a petition last week in response to a report in Haaretz that said some of Israel's leading theatrical groups planned to participate in the opening of a new cultural center in the West Bank city of Ariel in November.
In the petition, the artists said they oppose performing in Israeli settlements located in the West Bank.
At Sunday's cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said the last thing the country needs is a boycott from within Israel.
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Opponents of Israeli occupation greet truckers at port of Vancouver
Vancouver – Port truck traffic slowed to a crawl along the Deltaport causeway as a group of about 50 protesters approached drivers with leaflets containing information about the illegal Israeli blockade of Gaza. They also offered the drivers coffee and muffins in a gesture of solidarity. The protesters were there to draw attention to the fact that the Israeli container ship Zim Djibouti had landed in Vancouver to unload its containers.
Activists tell Zim - Israeli ships not welcome in Vancouver
http://www.sources.com/Releases/NR959.htm
Vancouver – Locally-based activists, called out by the Boycott Israeli Apartheid Coalition (BIAC), are mounting a picket line at the Port of Vancouver's Delta Port facility at Roberts Bank, south of Vancouver, as part of a mounting international campaign to put pressure on the government of Israel.
British firefighters call for boycott of Israel
Green Left Weekly (Australia)
Chris Latham
The British Fire Brigades Union (FBU), which represents 85% of firefighters and support staff in Britain, plans to move motions at the Trade Union Congress's (TUC) annual congress in September for the British trade union to work to increase Israel's international isolation.
The FBU's motions reflect growing support for the Palestinian struggle among unions internationally, resulting in Israel and its supporters in the labour movement becoming increasingly isolated.
The FBU has submitted a range of motions, including that the general council of the TUC pressure the British government to place trade sanctions on Israel, including ending arms sales; that the TUC developed an effective boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign; that the TUC review its ties with Israel's racist Histadrut union federation and seek to build solidarity with Palestinian General Confederation of Labour; and that the TUC affiliate to the Palestine Solidarity Campaign.
Economic retaliation against Tel Aviv
Can we enforce international law?
This month the UN will publish the findings of its inquiry into Israel's possible war crimes in Gaza in 2008-9. These are unlikely to lead to legal proceedings, so there are calls for boycott, divestment and sanctions to force Israel to comply with international law
by Willy Jackson
The boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel (1) has gained momentum after four years of near silence. It was launched on 9 July 2005 by a group of Palestinian organisations, a year after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled, in an advisory opinion, that the wall built in the occupied Palestinian territories was illegal (2). It is a protest against Israel's failure to honour its international obligations.
The Israeli army's latest operation in the Gaza Strip (27 December 2008-18 January 2009), which aimed to annihilate the military potential of the Islamist movement Hamas and end the firing of rockets at Israeli civilian targets, was important to this resurgence. Media images created the impression that this war was meant to annihilate an entire people. Palestinian solidarity organisations, and many others around the world, immediately felt a moral obligation to take action and make up for the failings of the international community. A huge civil movement grew up around the Palestinian cause. Its weapon was the boycott, which had helped to dismantle the structures of racial discrimination in South Africa (3). Political figures and opinion leaders such as Nelson Mandela, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Jimmy Carter have compared the plight of the Palestinian people to that of black South Africans under apartheid.
On 30 March 2008 the BDS movement organised a global day of action, a move decided a few weeks earlier at the World Social Forum in Belém, Brazil. Calls to support this day of action were heard from Jewish communities everywhere and even from within Israel.
Irish Public Sector Union Passes Boycott, Divest and Sanction (BDS) Motion
First Palestinian Conference for the Boycott of Israel (BDS)
Toward the Establishment of a Palestinian Civil Society Defragmentation Strategy
Canadian students join BDS against Israeli apartheid!
Tear Down That Wall!
If Politicians Won't Lead, Citizens Must
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Falling Arab dictatorships and Israeli government panic
By Mordecai Briemberg
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The walls are crumbling. The walls behind which dictators indulge in decadent opulence while "their" people are mired in wretched circumstance. The walls behind which "leaders" secretly sell -- for personal gain -- the rights of the people they claim to represent.
Across North Africa and the Middle East, across the Arab world, for decades dictatorship and deepening corruption, firmly supported by imperial powers, seemed beyond challenge. Today, once "stable" regimes are now facing a popular reckoning.
From the vantage point of Palestine, there are three new dynamics.


Every day is Earth Day at Holly Yashi. Surrounded by the Pacific Ocean and old-growth redwood trees, we have an especially intimate relationship with our environment. This relationship drives our passion for creating beautiful jewelry that celebrates and reminds us of the gift of nature. It also strengthens our commitment to handmade, sustainable, and minimal waste processes. We installed solar panels to reduce our footprint even further – and are always looking for ways to better ourselves.
For over thirty years, we've been making our jewelry one piece at a time with hand tools, people-powered machines, and pure ingenuity. With jewelry designed, made, and shipped from our studio in northern California, we put in a lot of effort so that we don't put out a lot of waste.
We make our jewelry by hand, one piece at a time. A pair of Holly Yashi earrings produces a smaller impact on the environment than mass-produced jewelry.
People-powered machines and hand tools make up 95% of our production work.
Absolutely no metal is wasted; it is either reused immediately or is melted down to be used later.
We design, make, and ship all our jewelry from our northern California studio. Because of this, we create very little pollution.
We use more natural light than we use light bulbs. Our double pane windows and skylights allow inspiration and natural California sunlight to shine into our studio.
Our signature colors and shapes are created using clean, chemical-free water. Almost every piece of jewelry undergoes this process, but we use only a few quarts of water that can last for months without being replaced.
Our studio-wide recycling system has reduced our "waste" into a very small percentage of truly non-recyclable and non-compostable items.
We partner with UPS, FedEx, and USPS, three of the top leaders in progressive mailing systems. Each company is highly invested in researching and applying alternative transportation, packaging, and reducing their carbon footprint.
Holly Yashi's headquarters, Arcata, CA, is of one America's most progressive alternative-energy savvy places. We work hard to keep our living and working environment positive, productive, and beautiful. We put in a lot of effort so that we don't put out a lot of waste.


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As we got up and prepared for another day in Tiberias I couldn't wait to experience more of the land and people who are make up this city. After gearing up for the day, we got on the bus and welcomed the Israeli soldiers. It was incredible to have more people join us and help us learn more about being in the army as well as learn more about the lifestyle of typical Israelis.
After welcoming them and hiking together we enjoyed the experience of the journey through the mountains of the Banyas Hike and see a unique waterfall. It was incredible to see another beautiful aspect of the land of Israel even through the unfortunate rain that lasted for the most part of the day.
Following the hike we went to the Lebanon border of Misgav Am to talk about life in Israel and the different issues surrounding the land on the northern border of Israel. It was very interesting to hear from a strong Israeli and learn about the tensions of religion and warfare that still exist.
We then went to a working kibbutz. Being able to see the way people live and work together was very interesting and a unique experience. We were able to go on an exciting jeep tour in the community, which was so much fun. It gave us a chance to see the work and living conditions in the kibbutz. The highlight of the kibbutz for me was the spice market, where we saw the output of the agricultural work of the community, and see what these people produce for their citizens and other Israelis in the area.
Lastly, our tie in session was a great way to end the day. Sitting with trip members, soldiers and our group leader to discuss the days so far and what's to come gave me some great insight in the trip thus far from others, and continue to excite me for what is to come for the rest of the trip. Can't wait to get up tomorrow and head to Jerusalem!


The Majority Leader of the Federal House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila has been grilled by the police over allegations against the leadership of the house that it (leadership) was involved in budget padding.
This is coming just as Gbajabiamila restated that the decision to remove the immediate past Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriation, Hon. Abdulmumini Jubrin was collective arrived at by all the principal members of the House.
In a post on his social media page, www.facebook.com on Friday, the member representing Surulere I Federal Constituency however stated that his engagement with the police was done on his own volition and the need to clear his name of any form of complicity in the allegation.
While admitting that the leadership of the House had met to discuss the controversies, Gbajabiamila said that at the meeting, "I made it clear to my colleagues in the leadership that because somehow my name had been sullied in all of this and fake documents and publications had been put out there in traditional and social media which stated I was also involved in the so called padding of the budget.
In the decision to remove Jubrin, he wrote that, "After a three week break. I called the Speaker a day before my return to urgently fix a Principal Officers meeting so we could address the several allegations made by Hon Jibrin.


The fourth Servant Song contributed three essential points to the early church's understanding of Jesus' crucifixion: Christ's suffering was innocent, vicarious, and redemptive; it avails for all persons; and the righteous sufferer will be finally vindicated.
New Testament scholars are divided on whether Jesus himself made use of this chapter for the understanding of his mission, because sayings in which references to Isaiah occur (the ransom saying in Mk 10:45 and the words "for many" in Mk 14:24, the institution narrative) are probably later additions.
Moreover, while some of the Passion predictions may echo the language of Isa 53 (see especially Mk 9:12 and Lk 9:44), and may be authentic, they may well be, in their present form (see especially Mk 10:33-34), vaticinia ex eventu.
It is important that we see the Cross, not as the mechanical fulfillment of a preconceived dogmatic scheme, but as the culmination of the intensely personal mission of Jesus as a whole.
He identified himself completely with sinners during his ministry, and in so doing he broke through the barrier of sin set up between God and humanity. He stood for God on the side of sinners.
Because the early church saw the Cross in the light of Jesus' whole ministry, it found in Isa 53 an almost perfect prophecy of the Passion and used it as a quarry for its own theological statements about the Passion.
But these statements are not abstract theologoumena; they are an attempt to capture in words, and to pass on to those who did not have the direct experience of the crucifixion, the meaning of a real flesh-and-blood history as the action of God pro nobis—for us and for our salvation.
Verse 5 of this Compline psalm provided for Luke the crucified One's last word, which he substituted for the word from Psalm 22:1 in Mark-Matthew. This word, "Into thy hand I commit my spirit," lacks the profound theological depth of that other saying; yet it has a point to make.
As well as being God's act of salvation for human beings, the cross is also the human offering of perfect obedience to God. This thought can be linked with the high priesthood of Christ, which the second reading will bring before us.
This is the third enunciation of the theme of Hebrews—the priesthood of Christ. His high priesthood is characterized in three ways: sympathy for human weakness as the result of his own earthly experiences; the answer to his prayer for deliverance; and his learning of obedience.
(As we said above in commenting on the responsorial psalm) the Cross, as well as being God's act of salvation in identifying perfectly with sinners, is also a human offering of perfect obedience to God's will.
This, in fact, is the quintessential expression of Christ's high priesthood in Hebrews (see the citation of Psalm 40:6-8 in Heb 10:5-10).
The real sacrifice that God demands of human creatures is the perfect offering of themselves in obedience. Because of sin, they were unable to offer this sacrifice.
The Levitical sacrifices of the old covenant could not take away sin, for they were not that perfect sacrifice but a permanent witness to their inadequacy, as the writers of Psalms 40 and 51 knew.
They were destined to last until God provided this perfect sacrifice, which God did in sending the Son.
Thus, through Christ, God does for us what we cannot do, namely, offer the perfect sacrifice required by God.
This does not mean that we are let off scot-free and have nothing to do for our part; rather, it means that we are caught up into Christ's self-sacrifice and are enabled in him to offer ourselves, our souls, and our bodies in union with his sacrifice, so that the imperfection of our sacrifice is transformed by the perfection of his sacrifice.
As we have seen, each evangelist has his own particular perspective on the Passion, and John's perspective is that the kingship of Jesus constantly shines through his humiliation. All the way through, Jesus is in command of the situation.
He sets his passion in motion by voluntarily coming forward for his arrest. The temple police, awed by his personality, fall back. Peter would stop the arrest, but Jesus intervenes.
On the cross, Jesus makes his last will, bequeathing his mother to the disciple and the disciple to his mother (John may regard Mary as a symbol of the Church).
Finally, it is Jesus who decides on the moment of his death—he gives up his spirit.
The passion narrative is a commentary on the saying: "I lay down my life, in order to take it up again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord" (Jn 10:17-18).
Although the evangelist has packed most of his theology of the Cross into his discourses, especially in the farewell addresses, at least two points of interpretation are brought out in the narrative. First, Pilate (like Caiaphas earlier, on the atoning death) bears unwitting testimony to Christ's kingship when he brings Jesus before the people and when he refuses to alter the inscription on the cross.
The second point is that the Baptist had proclaimed Jesus as the true Paschal Lamb of God who takes away the world's sin, and now Christ dies as such at the moment when the Passover lambs are being slaughtered.
Then at his death he announces the completion of his sacrifice: "It is accomplished" (John 19:30; the NRSV translation, "It is finished," is weak; the Vulgate's Consummatum est gets the point).
Reginald H. Fuller and Daniel Westberg. Liturgical Press. 1984 (Revised Edition), pp. 61-63.


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Frederic Tuten reading from Van Gogh's Bad Cafe & The Adventures of Mao on the Long March
Frederic Tuten
At The Kitchen in 1997, Frederic Tuten presented a reading from two of his novels. The Adventures of Mao on the Long March was his first novel, published in 1971, and received positive reviews praising his achievement in experimental fiction. Van Gogh's Bad Cafe, his most recent novel at the time, published in 1997, displayed Tuten's attraction to the power of art and beauty.
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Another day, another change from Google. As of 11th April, Google's mobile search will now be in the form of a Google 'infinite scroll', meaning pagination has disappeared from mobile search, replaced by 'More Results'. What this may mean for Mobile SEO, and for the user too, is yet to be decided.
Many in the SEO community are not happy about these latest changes, suspicious that this is another way for Google to showcase more adverts and less organic search results. However, there are some positives as well as negatives to the new Google infinite scroll, and the impact for Mobile SEO may be much better than we initially thought.
Infinite scroll is widely accepted as the best way to achieve better content exposure. People, especially on mobile devices, are more likely to scroll indefinitely through the content provided than they would be likely to click 'next' on a paginated page.
Users might therefore find themselves on page 4, 5, or further on Google Mobile without even realising, meaning more brands that aren't so high up in rankings will still achieve impressions. The competition for page 1 may ease, as it stops being the only results a Google user looks at.
Scrolling without having to stop to click to a second page is also seen as a UX (User Experience) that encourages increased time on site (the site being Google Mobile, in this case) and generates more engagement, according to studies. If this trend carries through to the Google infinite scroll, then we could see users getting deeper and deeper into the search results and actually engaging with more results. This could mean that Mobile SEO changes dramatically, and rankings won't be as important, as optimising for a high click-through-rate to your site takes precedent.
Infinite scroll does come with its own limitations, depending on the situation and the experience that the user wants. Many experts claim that results-driven searching doesn't necessarily suit an infinite scroll design. Whether this applies to Google or not varies wildly depending on the search intent of the user and their particular query. Google may be banking on the fact that for results-driven searchers, a rich result such as an answer box will deliver the answer immediately, and these users would have then left the site (Google) regardless. Google infinite scroll may therefore be designed to help the users who aren't results-driven.
Aside from not suiting results-driven searchers, a big downfall of any infinite scroll, but especially Google infinite scroll, is that a user can't track what page they're on. This makes a big difference as it means people lose track of where they have seen something, cannot bookmark a particular set of results, and struggle to locate old results again. This can discourage thorough scrolling and actually decreases time on site in some instances – particularly eCommerce – but this could also apply to Google Mobile.
The impact that the new Google infinite scroll will have on Mobile SEO is yet to be known, but many are panicking. However, at Active Internet Marketing (UK) we'll be striving to find the positives and approach this as a new opportunity for visibility in the mobile SERPs.
If lower ranking websites are now open to high levels of visibility, Mobile SEO may need a focus shift, with a large amount of time spent tracking conversion rates and tweaking meta descriptions as a priority, to ensure that when our clients are found, they also get that all-important click.
Are you concerned about the way Google keeps changing? Unsure how this will impact your website traffic? Our expert staff are available to discuss all manner of Google changes; we can steer you right so that you work with Google and take advantage of all the opportunities, meaning your website stays strong no matter what happens. Call us today on 01604 765796 to organise a meeting free of charge.


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Ordina's head offices are in Nieuwegein. Ordina has several regional offices in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. The company was founded in 1973. Its shares have been listed on the NYSE Euronext Amsterdam stock exchange since 1987 and are included in the Small Cap Index (AScX). Ordina booked revenues of EUR 345 million in 2017.
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HDM850+ is the latest addition to the VITEC decoder product line, it supports HEVC decode over 3G-SDI (from SD to 1080p60). HDM850+ is fully featured for professional broadcast applications such as content distribution, station/news automation, and quality control or simply for rendering the latest video standards. Featuring unique frame accurate playback and compatible with HEVC, H.264 and MPEG-2 video standards (HD/SD), HDM850+ is the most advanced and versatile decoder card available on the market.
HDM850+ is a PCIe based decoder for use by end user as well as integrators. It decodes and displays video up to 1080p60 over 3G-SDI or HDMI. The available codecs are HEVC, H.264 and MPEG-2. File formats compatibility include MXF OP1a & OP-Atom / MOV / MP4 and MPEG-2 PS & TS. Ready for the most demanding broadcast applications, it features a hardware scaler/de-interlacer (any to any resolution), a genlock input, a 3G-SDI input for live insertion, a secondary SD-SDI output and a full frame OSD (with alpha blending) and several analog video (YPbPr, RGB & RGBHV, S-Video and Composite) and audio outputs (8x AES digital audio outputs plus 2x unbalanced audio outputs).
A SDK/API developer kit allows one or several HDM850+ decoder cards to be integrated and controlled into a video system quickly and easily. SDK compatibility is ensured across the complete Stradis product range allowing a seamless upgrade to a different decoder.
HDM850+ is also compatible with the Livewire framework of our VITEC encoder product line. Based on this technology, LW Player, a powerful end user decoding application, provides a rich plug and play experience.


It is so cute watching them fall asleep! I marvel at how quickly they can give in and fall asleep – usually when you don't need/want them to!
I know. That's exactly it isn't it. I put my daughter down for a nap at 1 – it's now 5:43 and she is still playing!


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Maverick Moments Presents The 100: Episode 1 -- An Introduction: The Risks And Rewards of Big Wave Surfing at Mavericks & Puerto Escondido An introduction to Big Wave Surfing and two of its athletes who have committed their lives to the sport. Nic Lamb and Andres Flores take a trip to Puerto Escondido to chase a big swell while we learn the incredible details of Big Wave Surfing straight from the athletes themselves. Featuring interviews with Shane Dorian, Shawn Dollar, Derek Dunfee, and Shane Desmond, and of course epic waves from the legendary surf spots Mavericks & Puerto Escondido.


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In Eswatini, we are supporting marginalised communities to make their voices heard in national policy discussions on HIV.
Many of the people living with HIV in Eswatini are from marginalised populations, such as sex workers, prisoners and men who have sex with men (MSM).
Our work here concentrates on influencing national policy direction and helping young people living with HIV get the treatment and support they need.
Eswatini is one of seven countries in Eastern and Southern Africa to reach the 90-90-90 testing and treatment targets, meaning that:
90% of all people living with HIV know their HIV status.
90% of all people with diagnosed HIV infection receive sustained antiretroviral therapy.
90% of all people receiving antiretroviral therapy have viral suppression.
27% of the adult population of Eswatini is living with HIV.
60.5% of sex workers are living with HIV.
34.9% of prisoners are living with HIV.
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We partner with CANGO, supporting their capacity-building work with non-governmental organisations (NGOs) that focus on HIV.
Established in 1983 to improve the quality of life for the people of Eswatini, CANGO now has a membership of more than 70 NGOs. Through its HIV and AIDS Consortium, CANGO looks to influence national policy and support organisations that provide HIV prevention services, alongside treatment and support for those already living with HIV.
The organisation also works with adolescents and young people living with HIV, helping them to understand their sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and stay healthy.
OUR IMPACT IN ESWATINI
In 2019, CANGO reached:
Over 71,000 people from marginalised or vulnerable populations with HIV prevention activities.
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For September 2023, we are looking for a dynamic A Level teacher to join a well-established and well-resourced Media team – internationally recognised as one of the biggest and best Media departments in the country. The department comprises seven teachers and two practical teachers; there are thirteen A Level groups and over 150 students in all. The department follows the CIE International A Level course and approaches the specification with a practical ethos, developing the students' understanding through critical study and hands-on experience. Contact time with students is six hours per week and support outside of lesson time is regarded as an essential supplement. The department also runs an extracurricular Film Academy, allowing students who are interested in careers in the media to extend their experience through the production of fiction and non-fiction short films.
Hurtwood House is one of England's most exciting and successful schools, specialising exclusively in the Sixth Form. We have an impressive academic record, a reputation for preparing students successfully for higher education and are renowned for the quality of our pastoral care. A culture of high expectations, creativity and professionalism permeates the school and we encourage students and staff to work in partnership to achieve the academic and personal outcomes that are important to us.
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Sometimes when you just aren't feeling it, a fresh coat of polish is all you need to appear put together. Especially in a bright red shade. So if you haven't gotten much sleep or it's a gloomy rainy day, taking the time to paint your nails may be just the thing to pick you up. It sure works for me. No one has to know that you literally just rolled out of bed and threw on the easiest outfit and a pair of sunglasses. Immediately your look will have an air of sophistication to it. And that brings me to the nail polish currently on my nails in this vibrant shade of red. It's by OPI and it's called "Big Apple Red."
I used to appreciate the OPI nail polishes in terms of wear. The last few I've acquired haven't been all that great in that aspect though. I believe that may be due to trying to their newer 7 day formulation and these just don't come close. I get a couple days wear with this one at the very most.
It's interesting how this specific shade changes in different lighting as you can see in the photos. OPI nail polishes are priced at somewhere around $8 in most places, not terrible for a decent nail polish. 1 coat doesn't quite do it with this nail polish, 2 coats gets you to a satisfying opaque finish.
Aside from that, it is not often I come across a red that I like on my skin tone and this one is a beauty. I sure hope this gets added to their 7 day collection.
Have you given any of this nail polish a try? If you have, what did you think of it? If you haven't do you want to?


Non smoking girl/guy aged 30-38 to share a neat and tidy 3x2 furnished (except the bedroom), air conditioned villa in Tuart Hill with myself.
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You know how much I love Pemberley and its inhabitants, but you must also know Milton occupies the other half of my heart. My love for Mrs. Gaskell work lead me to Trudy Brasure whom I was lucky to have as guest in From Pemberley to Milton. Her last stop in this blog came with a lot of discussion regarding North and South and a giveaway!
Please send me your e-mail contact to ritaluzdeodato at gmail until the 31st of March, so that I can pass it along to Mrs. Brasure for the ebook to be sent to you.
Yes, this will be my first encounter with N&S fanfic. I'm excited. Thank you, Trudy Brasure and thanks to Rita as well.
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Jitendra @ Kalla vs State of Govt of NCT of Delhi
CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 2133 OF 2017
About/from the judgment:
Apex Court took exception on High Court Bench for altering its order in a Murder Appeal.
Matter pertained to Two Appeals preferred by a Murder Convict against order of the High Court before the Bench of Justice AK Sikri and Justice Ashok Bhushan.
Appellant Jitendra @ Kalla was found guilty by Trial Court for Murder on the narratives of Eyewitnesses. He was sentenced in Murder Case along with an Attempt to Murder Case.
He was sentenced with to rigorous imprisonment for life with a direction that he shall not be considered for grant of remission till he undergoes the actual sentence of 30 years plus fine in the sum of Rs. 3 lac.
However during the arguments in Appeal against Conviction before the High Court, the counsel for the Convict made a statement at the Bar to the effect that the appellant did not intend to press the challenge to the findings of conviction recorded by the Trial Court and confined his submissions only to the sentencing part. Still, the High Court discussed the evidence which was produced by the prosecution in both the cases and remarked that the appellant was rightly convicted.
The High Court concluded that the punishments awarded to the appellant were excessive in nature and modified the same by removing the cap of 30 years and sentencing the appellant to the period already undergone, i.e., 16 years and 10 months.
The direction was given to release the appellant forthwith if not required in any other case. The aforesaid judgment was delivered on December 24, 2016. Thereafter, the High Court listed the matter of its own for directions on February 14, 2017 as according to it, an
error was noticed in the said judgment. On this day, following order was passed:
"This matter has been listed today for directions. A
typographical error was noticed post delivery this judgment
dated 24.12.2016 in the concluding portion. The error is
rectified and the extraneous sentence, which crept in, is
"…..to the period already undergone by the appellant i.e.
16 years and 10 month."
"…..The appellant be released forthwith, if not required in
any other case……"
Mr. Sharma, learned counsel for the appellant, submits that he
has no contact with the appellant.
Let a copy of this order be sent to Superintendent Central Jail
for appropriate action and DASTI be also given to the counsel
for the parties, under the signatures of the Court Master."
On this action of the High Court, Hon'ble Supreme Court took an exception that this is a patently erroneous action and the Bench observed,"We are of the view that order dated February 14, 2017 deleting two lines from the main judgment dated December 24, 2016 does not stand judicial scrutiny, inasmuch as, by no stretch of imagination it can be treated as typographical error………….For the offence of murder, minimum sentence is 'life imprisonment'. For that reason, obviously, the High Court could not have modified the sentence to the one already undergone. Therefore, modification in the aforesaid manner as done by the High Court was clearly erroneous. In fact, it appears that the High Court realised this mistake and, therefore, made amends by correcting this mistake vide orders dated February 14, 2017. However, that step taken by the High Court was beyond its jurisdiction. It could have been done only in appeal…… Order dated February 14, 2017, therefore, cannot hold the ground and is hereby set aside."
Consequently the life sentence with 30 years' cap without remission was awarded by the trial court was upheld.
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Undersecretary of the Air Force Eric Fanning, along with senior USAF space officials, said the service's Fiscal 2015 budget request for space focuses on capability over capacity, specifically in key areas such as protected satellite communications, missile warning, weather, and space situational awareness. Speaking to reporters at the Pentagon on Wednesday, Fanning said the topline "white space" budget for USAF in Fiscal 2015 is some $5.3 billion. The 2015 proposal funds the Space Fence, which has been fully programmed and is set for initial operational capability in 2018, said Fanning. He also noted that space situational awareness is a high priority for DOD. Additionally, USAF removed funding for the seventh and eighth Advanced Extremely High Frequency military communications satellites. Fanning said current analysis shows the fleet is functional beyond its predicted lifespan. The Air Force will fund a follow-on weather satellite program for the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP), and will study the impact of not launching the final satellite of the constellation to save money. A final decision will emerge in the Fiscal 2016 budget, he noted. Fanning also touted "significant savings" in the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program, stating the service has reduced the cost of launches by $1.2 billion in this year's budget alone. "Competitive new entrants," long term contracts, and better understandings of costs have driven these reductions.


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Q: Object doesn't support property or method 'jtable' I'm trying to test jTable in an MVC 4 default project (Visual studio 2013) by following this http://www.jtable.org/GettingStarted tutorial. However, i keep getting the below error at the following line

$('#PersonTable').jtable({

The error is below

JavaScript runtime error: Object doesn't support property or method
  'jtable'

And below is my .cshtml view file.
@{
   ViewBag.Title = "GatePassTypeList";
}

    <link href=@Url.Content("~/Scripts/jtable/themes/metro/blue/jtable.min.css") rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />

    ><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width" />
    <title>GatePassTypeList</title>

A: Be sure that the .js scripts are correctly loaded. (use the F12 browser inspector).
(is this line right? : ><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width" />)
and dont forget this:
$('#PersonTable').jtable('load');

To load the table.

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La corte del diavolo (in serbo: Проклета авлија / Prokleta avlija) è un racconto dello scrittore jugoslavo Ivo Andrić pubblicato per la prima volta in lingua originale serba nel 1954; la prima traduzione italiana, ad opera di Jolanda Marchiori, avente per titolo Il cortile maledetto, è apparsa nel 1962. Nel racconto si narrano le esperienze di un frate cattolico in una prigione ottomana di Istanbul nel XV secolo, durante il regno di Bajazet II.

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In un monastero cattolico bosniaco Fra Rastislav, un giovane monaco guarda la tomba coperta di neve di Fra Pietro, un anziano confratello morto due giorni prima, e ricorda una storia che lo stesso Fra Pietro amava raccontare.

Anni prima Fra Pietro si era recato per conto del monastero a Istanbul (capitale dell'Impero ottomano a cui apparteneva il territorio bosniaco) in compagnia di Fra Tadija; era stato tuttavia arrestato, perché sospettato ingiustamente di spionaggio, e rinchiuso per due mesi in una cittadella nota a Istanbul con il nome di "Cortile Maledetto". Cinta da un alto muro, la cittadella era costituita da una quindicina di costruzioni popolata da detenuti e guardie. Quasi tutti i detenuti erano in attesa di giudizio «siccome la polizia costantinopolitana si atteneva al sacro principio che era più facile rilasciare un innocente dal Cortile Maledetto che ricercare un colpevole nei meandri di Costantinopoli».

Nella cittadella Fra Pietro incontrato le persone più diverse, fra i quali, due riservati dignitari bulgari; Zaim, un individuo timido che si vanta incessantemente di strabilianti avventure amorose; Latifaga, il direttore del carcere, detto "Karagjoz", che era stato destinato a quel mestiere dai familiari per liberarlo di certe inclinazioni giovanili disoneste e che esercita con buon senso ed efficienza le proprie funzioni; Haim, uno spaurito ebreo di Smirne sempre perseguitato da timori immaginari. Tra i personaggi più singolari vi è Čamil effendi: figlio di un turco musulmano e di una greca cristiana, si innamora a sua volta di una ragazza greca, di religione cristiana, ma non riesce a sposarla perché musulmano. Per lenire la delusione Čamil si dedica agli studi storici, e in particolare alle vicende dei due figli di Maometto II coinvolti in una lunga lotta di successione: Džem e Bajazet. Sospettato di cospirare contro il legittimo sultano Bajazet e sottoposto a maltrattamenti durante gli interrogatori, Čamil è indotto a confessare crimini che non ha commesso e finisce per dichiarare di essere, come Džem, un sultano spodestato arbitrariamente dal trono ottomano. Fra Pietro, col quale Čamil si era confidato, viene infine liberato e non potrà più sapere quale fine abbia fatto lo sfortunato effendi.

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Il cortile maledetto è il più lungo dei racconti di Ivo Andrić. Il racconto ha una struttura complessa. La vicenda di Fra Pietro costituisce la cornice narrativa nella quale si inseriscono le vicende dei vari personaggi. Vi è tuttavia una pluralità di narratori (l'autore, Fra Rastislav, Fra Pietro, i singoli personaggi) ciascuno con il proprio punto di vista e il proprio linguaggio. Per Bruno Meriggi, in questo racconto Andrić, «pur staccandosi dalle tematiche abituali, rivela, nell'accurata analisi psicologica dei personaggi e nella efficace descrizione della natura, le caratteristiche della sua ispirazione sostenuta da un linguaggio di purezza classica». Per la traduttrice Jolanda Marchiori «il racconto, pur sempre misurato ed elegante, richiede un'attenta lettura per le acute sfumature di introspezione psicologica di cui è ricco; ma il lettore resta avvinto, fin dall'inizio, dal ritmo ossessionante dello svolgersi dei fatti, dal quale si libera solo con la morte del frate».

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Trasposizioni
 Prokleta avlija, film jugoslavo del 1984 diretto da Milenko Maricic

Note

Bibliografia

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Opere di Ivo Andrić

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The history of the icon of Our Lady of Damascus is intimately bound with that of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Rhodes and Malta. It was brought by the Order at the request of Greeks who accompanied the Knights from Rhodes to Malta when, overcome by the Turks, the Order had to leave Rhodes in 1523.
The icon became known as Our Lady of Damascus because some of the knights when they first saw it, claimed to have seen it previously in Damascus, and this explains the name it bears.
Between 1523 and 1530 the icon traveled with the Knights to Candia, Messina, Civitavecchia, Rome and Viterbo. It was brought to Malta in 1530 with all the other treasures of the Order. Grand Master Villiers de l'Isle Adam placed it in the church of St. Catherine in Borgo del Castello, present day Vittoriosa. It remained there till 1587 when it was solemnly transported, in the most sumptuous galley of the Order, across the Grand Harbor to the new city of Valletta, where it was placed, for the veneration of the faithful, in the newly-built Greek church dedicated to Our Lady of Damascus.
La Valette: a devotee
Grand Master Jean de la Valette was a fervent devotee of this Madonna. When on September 7th 1565 the exhausted Turkish army fled to their ships, the heroic Grand Master, followed by the knights and a rejoicing crowd of Maltese, expressed their thanksgiving before this icon. La Valette left his cap and sword on the steps of the altar as a votive offering. This event was commemorated by Grand Master Emanuel de Rohan by means of a marble plaque when the chapel was restored in 1779.
Other Grand Masters showed their devotion to Our Lady of Damascus. They included: Pietro del Monte who donated the site for the building of the new church; Nicholas Cotoner, who wanted a larger and more elaborate church to house the precious icon of the Virgin, and Gregorio Caraffa, who provided all the necessary elements required for liturgical celebration.
Restored in Rome
Between 1963 and 1966 the icon was meticulously cleaned and restored in the Central Institute of Art Restoration, in Rome, at the expense of the Italian government. The patient work of the restorers, who removed layers of grime and successive over-paintings accumulated during the centuries, brought the picture back to its original beauty.
The icon was given a prominent place in the Thirteenth Council of Europe Exhibition held in Malta from April 2nd to July 1st 1970.
The icon is of the type known as Eleousa, 'the Merciful', similar, in some respects, to the well-known Madonna of Vladimir (XII century, School of Constantinople), permanently exhibited in the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow. An icon of the Eleousa type is recognized by the very close and tender union of the Theotokos and her Divine Infant.
The Our Lady of Damascus icon measures 147.5 x 102.5 cm. while that of the Virgin of Vladimir is only 78.1 x 54.6 cm. David Talbot Rice, Professor of Fine Arts at the University of Edinburgh and author of Byzantine Art, considers the icon of Our Lady of Damascus "a thing of great beauty and historical importance in addition to being an expression of faith". He is inclined to believe that it is even older than the Virgin of Vladimir, i.e. earlier than the 12th century.
The Madonna wears the mantle of a Byzantine Empress. The three stars, one on each shoulder and one on the forehead, symbolize her virginity before, during and after the birth of the Child Jesus, and of her consecration as unique co-operator in the mystery of the Divine Incarnation. The Baby's robe is tied by a red sash, a color sometimes used to signify divinity.
Immobility
The face dominates the whole composition. The eyes, very large and with a fixed expression, seem to gaze beyond and into the eyes of the person praying. The thin nose, which is delicately curved, and the high broad forehead stress the predominance of the contemplative life. The dynamism of the gaze is eloquently emphasized by the composed immobility of the whole body. All anxiety and gesticulation fade before interior peace.
The icon of the Panaghia Damaskiní illustrates the gradual tendency of Byzantine art at the time of the Comnenes, in which the personal, intimate relationship between Mother and Child is emphasized.
It can be said of icons in general that they witness to the heavenly glory which is manifested in the figures represented on the gold background. The heavenly archetypes, which they represent, charge them with something of their own power. These icons are, for the faithful, support and means of approaching the divine splendor The icon, then, is not only an aesthetic object but a "channel of divine grace".
The icon of Our Lady of Damascus may be seen at the Greek Catholic Church in 132 A Archbishop Street Valletta, Malta.
Reproductions with the image of Our Lady of Damascus icon are available for purchase.
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30th January: Today's Saints O Saints of God, intercede for us.The Saint of the day 30 January † Synaxis of the Three Holy Hierarchs: St Basil the Great, St Gregory the Theologian, and St John Chrysostom audio.ancientfaith.com/.../01_30... This feast was instituted during the reign of Alexis I Comnenus (1081 1118). A dispute arose in Constantinople among various prominent citizens and clergy, about which of the three Fathers Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, or St John Chrysostom was the greatest. In typically Byzantine fashion, the people of the City joined into the dispute, which became more animated, dividing the populace into three hostile factions styling themselves Basilians, Gregorians and Joannites. At last, desiring to restore peace to the City and the Church, the three holy hierarchs themselves appeared to the monk John Mauropus; they revealed to him that they stand together in harmony and in equal glory before the heavenly throne, and instructed him to compose a common service for the three of them. Saint John (Mauropus) obeyed, and chose January 30 as the date of the commemoration, since each of the three hierarchs is commemorated separately in January. Troparion of the Three Great Hierarchs, Tone 1 Let all who love their words come together and honour with hymns the three luminaries of the light-creating Trinity: Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, and renowned John of golden speech, who have enlightened the world with the rays of their divine doctrines, and are mellifluous rivers of wisdom who have watered all creation with streams of divine knowledge; they ever intercede with the Trinity for us. Kontakion of the Three Great Hierarchs, Tone 2 Thou hast taken the sacred and divinely inspired heralds, the crown of Thy teachers, O Lord, for the enjoyment of Thy blessings and for repose. For Thou hast accepted their sufferings and labours above every burnt offering, O Thou Who alone dost glorify Thy Saints. ... See MoreSee Less
29th January: Today's Saints O Saints of God, intercede for us.The Saint of the day 29 January (1) † Our Holy Father Aphrahat the Persian (4th c.) audio.ancientfaith.com/sotd/01_29_aphrahat.mp3 Aphrahat was from the pagan Persian aristocracy, but came to faith in Christ and left his home for the Christian city of Edessa, where he was baptized. He later moved to Antioch, where he lived in prayer and asceticism a short distance from the city. He ate nothing but a small amount of bread until he was extremely old, when he added some greens to his diet. Though he knew very little Greek, he was empowered by the Holy Spirit to win many converts to Christ and to confound the learned Arian heretics who were disturbing the Church in Antioch. When Aphrahat learned that the Arian Emperor Valens was persecuting Christ's Church, he moved to the city to support the true Faith. One day the Emperor himself met Aphrahat in the city square and asked him why he had left his solitude and come to Antioch. The Saint answered 'Tell me this: if I were a maiden at home in my secluded apartment and saw someone setting fire to my father's house, would you not advise me to put out the blaze as soon as possible? That is what I am doing now, because the Church, the heavenly Father's house, is burning down in the fire that you have set!' One of the Emperor's attendants threatened Aphrahat with death for this impertinence; but the attendant himself later perished, drowned as he was heating water for the Emperor's bath. This made the Emperor afraid to persecute the holy one, who continued to preach the true Faith and to perform many miracles until he reposed in peace. ... See MoreSee Less
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