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Najaf Report: US Troops Fighting for Shi'a Against Shi'a
By Tom Hayden
The battle in Najaf involved an Iraqi Shi'a movement attempting to depose the Shi'a hierarchy currently in power with American support. In other words, when Americans were shot down in their Apache helicopter yesterday, they were intervening in the midst of a rarely-reported civil war between Shi'a, a combat mission well beyond their official authorization.
The Western media were taken aback, comparing the uprising to a suicide cult like that of Jonestown a decade ago. But information from a Sunni parliamentarian in Baghdad presented a picture of a Shi'a revolt against the growing hegemony of Iran within the US-backed Shi'a hierarchy. According to this source,
The Ayatollah Mahmoud al-Sarkhi al-Hasani called on his followers in Najaf, Karbala, Hilla, Kufa, and Diwaniya to take over Najaf, warning Ayatollah al-Sistani and all Iranian officials to leave the city. Al-Hasani's forces allegedly control the Najaf police and have liquidated all Badr militia within the security forces.
The uprising is a signal that many Iraqi Shi'a oppose what they consider the Iranian occupation of Iraq as exemplified by Prime Minister al-Maliki of the al-Dawa Party, and Abdul Aziz al-Hakim of the Supreme Command of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, and their militias.
While Iraq's majority Shi'a population supported the 2003 US invasion against the Saddam Hussein regime, deep divisions have developed between those Shi'a whose political loyalties are to an Arab Iraq and those in leadership who are associated with Teheran's government, clergy and republican guards.
American troops are victims of a violent contradiction. While escalating tensions with Iran on the one hand, US commanders are battling on the side of Iran's allies in the Baghdad government and security forces on the other.
Increasingly, the US is promoting an alternative to Nuri al-Maliki, the Iraqi vice-president Adel Abdul Mahdi. While Iraq was plunging into chaos, Mahdi was being presented as a future leader at the World Economic Forum in Davos, promoting more troops for Baghdad while being profiled for the Washington Post's Sunday Style section.
Background for this article came from Iraqi sources through Dal Lamagna's Iraqi Voices Project in Washington DC.
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View Full Version : Pachycephalosaurus, true or fake.
is this the real PCE Pachy, its a fake or is the old one and needs be upgraded?
Please tell me it is FAKE.
it's the old one as has been said many times.
Old model that was leaked ages ago.
It is real, and IIRC is almost as old as or even older than the Carno's model.
Old, need to be remade, and have ugly baby hands.
Old. But it looks fine in my opinion.
Very old. Dinosauriac said it was from 2010 I think.
To be honest, this model is better than no model amirite?
seeing as how it was scrapped... there is no actual model now.


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Gay Rights, Religious Freedom & the Law
By DAVID B. RIVKIN JR. And ELIZABETH PRICE FOLEY, April 9, 2015 6:53 p.m. ET
Debates about the Indiana and Arkansas Religious Freedom Restoration Acts, or RFRAs, have regrettably pitted religious freedom against gay rights. Critics claim the laws provide a license to discriminate against lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) individuals. But this criticism shouldn't be aimed at the religious-freedom laws, which don't license discrimination based on sexual orientation or anything else.
Those wanting to advance LGBT rights should focus on enacting laws that bar discrimination. If there is a legal "license" to discriminate based on sexual orientation, it is because few jurisdictions today provide protection against such discrimination, or because the Constitution may immunize such behavior in certain circumstances.
There is no federal law prohibiting private discrimination based on sexual orientation. An executive order by President Obama in 2014 bans such discrimination only for federal workers and contractors. About 20 states and some municipalities prohibit sexual-orientation discrimination in workplaces and public accommodations. But the majority of states still don't proscribe discrimination based on sexual orientation, though discrimination based on race, gender, ethnicity or national origin is banned.
The federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act was passed by overwhelming bipartisan majorities and signed by President Clinton in 1993. It represented a backlash against the Supreme Court's 1990 decision in Employment Division v. Smith. That decision held that the First Amendment's Free Exercise Clause doesn't allow a religious exemption from laws of general applicability—e.g., compulsory military service, or prohibitions on drug use or animal cruelty—even if those laws substantially burden religious exercise.
Obama's Security Council Gambit
by David B. Rivkin, Jr. & Lee A. Casey, March 15, 2015
The recent open letter by 47 Republican Senators, putting Iran on notice that the US Constitution fundamentally limits the President's ability unilaterally to conclude a durable nuclear weapons agreement, has prompted strident criticisms from both the American and Iranian officials, giving some tantalizing hints on how a "nuclear deal" with Iran will be achieved. Despite some carefully-phrased statements to the contrary, it appears that the administration plans to evade the Constitution's clear requirement that the Senate approve all treaties by having the UN Security Council adopt a resolution implementing the deal.
Indeed, Iranians seem to have been aware of this cynical game plan for quite some time, as evidenced by strong rejoinders in the Iranian state-controlled press, which mocked the Senate letter. Meanwhile, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif stated that any nuclear weapons deal "will not be a bilateral agreement between Iran and the U.S., but rather one that will be concluded with the participation of five other countries, including all permanent members of the Security Council and will also be endorsed by a Security Council resolution." And European diplomats and UN officials also have been aware for quite some time about the administration's Security Council gambit. Only Congress and the American people have been in the dark.
This deception aside, the Security Council-centric approach, while solving some of the Administration's political problems, would impose very significant long-term costs on the United States, and would not ultimately achieve a binding deal that cannot be altered.
The Constitution's framers purposely divided the treaty-making power between the president and Senate, requiring that the Senate consent to any treaty by a two-thirds supermajority, both to limit presidential power and to ensure that all such international undertakings by the United States enjoyed broad domestic support. This bedrock requirement cannot be avoided by claiming that an agreement ordering critical aspects of our relationship with another country is somehow not a "treaty," or by reference to another treaty like the UN Charter. Read more »
The Federalism Fallacy in King v. Burwell
By DAVID RIVKIN and ELIZABETH PRICE FOLEY, March 11, 2015
Last Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in King v. Burwell, the latest challenge to the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The case centers on a provision of Obamacare that authorizes federal tax subsidies for individuals only if they purchase health insurance through an "Exchange established by the State." If an individual purchases insurance through a federal-run exchange (in the event that the state opts out of setting up its own exchange), can she still qualify for Obamacare subsidies? The Obama administration says yes; the King plaintiffs say no.
A great deal is at stake here. If the plaintiffs win, individuals in 34 states—the states that have opted not to operate a state insurance exchange—will still be subject to Obamacare's individual mandate, but they won't qualify for federal tax subsidies. As a result, their insurance will cost more out-of-pocket. Moreover, because individuals in these 34 states won't get tax subsidies, employers in these states won't be subject to the employer mandate, so they won't have to offer health insurance and can't be taxed for failing to do so. And yet, those states would be able to continue registering their profound opposition to the entirety of the Obamacare regulatory scheme, thereby undermining its legitimacy. Given these consequences, supporters of Obamacare are pulling out all the stops to prevent a plaintiffs' victory.
One recent attempt to save tax subsidies in these 34 states has come from an amicus brief filed on behalf of four law professors, two of whom are former clerks to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. During the King oral arguments, it became apparent that their argument had found favor with Ginsburg and three other liberal justices and had gained some traction with the court's centrist, Justice Anthony Kennedy.
Ironically, the centerpiece of their argument is federalism—the division of powers between state and federal governments—a concept that, while a key part of the Constitution's separation of powers architecture, is not particularly favored by liberals. Specifically, the law professors' claim that the court should rule in favor of the Obama administration by invoking the "clear statement rule," a legal doctrine designed to protect state sovereignty.
However, applying this rule to the King case would be unprecedented and deeply antithetical to federalism. Read more »
When bad Obama policies collide
By Elizabeth Price Foley and David B. Rivkin Jr. — Tuesday, March 10, 2015
Since its partisan passage in 2010, Obamacare has traversed a rocky road. President Obama has taken numerous executive actions to delay and modify the poorly written law in an effort to ease the political consequences of full implementation and make it work. However, in the president's zeal to rewrite yet another area of law — immigration — he's sabotaged one of Obamacare's primary goals: expanding employer-sponsored health insurance.
The president's executive actions on immigration — the major one of which is currently on hold due to a court order — confers two specific benefits upon approximately 6 million individuals who have entered this country illegally or overstayed their visas. First, they are completely exempted from deportation. Second, they are granted work permits. These unilaterally conferred benefits are powerful evidence that the president isn't just exercising executive "discretion" by prioritizing enforcement of existing immigration law — he is rewriting it.
This massive influx of now-lawful workers will predictably reduce job opportunities for U.S. citizens and lawful residents. But beyond this obvious negative impact, granting work permits to these individuals will have a subtler, equally pernicious effect: It will encourage employers to hire these 6 million individuals over U.S. citizens and legal residents. This is due to Obamacare's structure.
Under Obamacare, employers must pay a tax — called the "employer responsibility" tax — if they either fail to offer insurance altogether, or they offer "substandard" insurance. The employer responsibility tax is hefty, ranging between $2,000 to $3,000 per year, and is payable for every full-time employee who buys health insurance on an exchange and receives a tax subsidy as a result. The idea is to incentivize employers to offer generous insurance coverage, thus keeping workers off the exchanges, and away from tax subsidies. If no full-time worker receives a tax subsidy for buying health insurance, the employer will pay no employer responsibility tax. Read more »
Arizona Redistricting Case Could Signal The Future Of Legislative Standing
By Elizabeth Price Foley and David Rivkin, March 3 2015, 11:57am
In Federalist No. 22, Alexander Hamilton observed, "Laws are a dead letter without the courts to expound and define their true meaning and operation." In constitutional controversies, the judiciary's role is even more profound. Last week, the Supreme Court heard arguments in Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, a case that will signal how willing the Court is to prevent separation of powers from becoming a dead letter.
Separation of powers protects individual liberty by preventing any one branch of government from amassing too much power. It also ensures that government functions effectively, by assigning to each branch those powers that are most appropriate to its nature. For example, legislating is best accomplished by a multi-member body that engages in extended debate and deliberation. By contrast, waging war requires timeliness, and is thus best given to a unitary executive.
The Arizona case involves a turf dispute between Arizona's legislative and executive branches, but it's unclear if the Court is amenable to refereeing this constitutional conflict. The case is therefore a canary in the coalmine for "legislative standing," which means a legislature's ability to defend, in court, its lawmaking prerogative against executive assault. This is important not only to Arizona's legislature, but any legislature, including the U.S. Congress.
At issue in the case is the constitutionality of Proposition 106, a referendum passed by Arizona voters that divested the legislature of drawing the state's congressional districts and gave that power to an independent commission. When the commission redrew the districts in 2012, the Arizona legislature filed suit, asserting that the commission had violated Article I, section 4, of the U.S. Constitution, stating, "the Times, Places and Manner of holding elections for … Representatives [in the House] shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof ."
Before the meaning of this language can be resolved by the Court, it must first find that the Arizona legislature has standing to sue. In over 225 years of constitutional history, the Court hasn't definitely articulated when legislative standing is proper. Read more »
Another Obama Collision With the Constitution
By MICHAEL B. MUKASEY and DAVID B. RIVKIN JR, February 19, 2015
President Obama last week sent to Congress a draft resolution regarding an authorization for use of military force, or AUMF, against the terrorist group Islamic State. Although presidents have constitutional power to defend American national-security interests, seeking an AUMF is both constitutional and sound. The measure enables Congress to show its support for military efforts and encourages public approval of them. From the nation's founding, dozens of AUMFs have been enacted. The 2001 resolution authorizing war against al Qaeda and its affiliates and the 2002 authorization of the Iraq war are only the most recent.
AUMFs also have legal significance. They buttress the president's powers and, consistent with Supreme Court precedent, provide legal support when such aspects of war-fighting as electronic surveillance, detention of enemy combatants and use of deadly force against American nationals who have joined the enemy are challenged in court.
One can argue whether Congress's constitutional power to declare war serves principally to distinguish formally among enemies, friends and neutrals, or has broader effect. However, AUMFs have become particularly important in the aftermath of the 9/11 terror attacks, as federal courts have involved themselves to an unprecedented degree in scrutinizing such activities. The relevant judicial decisions often cite the existence of an AUMF.
Despite the benefits of traditional AUMFs, President Obama's proposal is fundamentally flawed. Attempting to obtain political cover for his strategy to fight Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, he has asked Congress to ban "enduring offensive ground operations" and to terminate the authorization after three years.
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Recently, Virat Kohli led Team India, won the Test series for the first time in Australia, won the first bilateral one-day series and won the ODI series in New Zealand. In this win, he also played a vital role with his batting. Kumar Sangakkara, one of Sri Lanka's great cricketers, is also convinced of his ability. Sangakkara praised Virat and said that there is no one in comparison to him at the present time. One day, he will be going to become the greatest batsman.
Virat scored 282 runs in the four test matches against Australia and 153 runs in three ODIs. He scored 148 runs in the first three matches of the five-ODI series against New Zealand. The Indian team defeated New Zealand in the first three ODIs.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) chose him one-day cricketer of the year for 2018-19. He has also been selected as the captain of the ICC Test and one-day team. Kohli is the first cricketer to win the ICC's three Individual Awards together. Kohli has scored 39 centuries in 222 ODIs and 25 in 77 Tests.


The cyclic nature of cyber-attack attribution and maintaining anonymity online presents a conundrum to the security industry.
A few days ago, the Indian Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi's Twitter account appeared to be hacked, followed by dozens of offensive tweets being posted. Within minutes of the first hack, the Twitterati engaged in a game of 'whodunit?' On one hand, people accused PM Modi's followers for the hack, and on the other, some called it a staged drama by the Congress Party. Premature at best, the accusations were baseless and lacked evidence, highlighting the challenging nature of attribution.
The most common factor leading the attribution dialogue today is the un-traceability of a cyber-attack. Attacks do not come with a return address. Tools available to obscure an attack's origins are becoming more and more sophisticated by the day. Even if an attack can be traced to a system, there are chances of it being a deliberate misdirection.
Anonymity online is crucial for legitimate reasons, privacy at the heart of it, and also being able to voice concerns against strict government rules without reprisals, which is a basic right under any democratic government. There are sophisticated ways to maintain anonymity; you can mask your IP address, use fake accounts, virtual machines, strong encryption, etc.
Better tools for anonymity consequently lead to either lack of attribution or improper attribution on cyber-attacks. The lack of proper attribution gives way for increased cyber-attacks, consequently leading to improved techniques for better attribution from the "anti-anonymity" group. Hence, to continually thwart the efforts of anti-anonymity groups, pro-anonymity groups come up with better technological capabilities to maintain their anonymity. This shows a recurring nature between the need to fight against anonymity and the need for anonymity. The recurring nature is the status quo.
This status quo of recurring nature begs the question: Why waste time on attribution when those resources can be better spent on enhancing one's security and capability?
While I agree with Lital that attributing is highly inefficient, I disagree with the notion of not giving enough significance to attribution.
Let's take the extreme version of this where we do not spend any time or energy into answering the "Who did it" and that time and energy is spent on enhancing security systems. The other side of this coin is that, the lack of attention to attribution leads to a counter response with increased cyber-attacks without fear of reprisals; more creative and dangerous attacks at that. The likelihood of successfully infiltrating a security system increases with disastrous consequences. So, this extreme version of scenario does not yield well.
Even if attribution may not yield to anything, it is an essential aspect of cyber-security. Eliminating attribution is not a logical option. It acts as a deterrence. Hence there is a heightened need to strike the right balance between energy spent on attribution and defending cyber-attacks, where one does not need to compromise resources from the other.


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Sexual and reproductive health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being in all matters relating to the reproductive system. This implies that people can have a satisfying and safe sex life, the capability to reproduce and the freedom to decide if, when, and how often to do so.
The Federal Government of Nigeria in collaboration with several partners over the past years has made significant efforts to ensure that access to sexual and reproductive health services and rights is made available at all levels of health care to support vulnerable populations.
Several studies have shown that vulnerable populations have the same sexual and reproductive health needs, as others not deemed vulnerable.
Director, Family Health Department, Federal Ministry of Health, Dr. Salma Ibrahim Anas, in an opening address at the Knowledge Café/Webinar Series on 'Expanding Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Services and Rights to Vulnerable Populations' held at Utako, Abuja and virtually on November 24, 2022, said the vulnerable populations need the same minimum package of reproductive health services available to everyone else; however, their special circumstances often create barriers to access.
Such barriers, according to Anas, include, but are not limited to: communication of information, ignorance of service providers, societal attitude, and inadequate capacity of service providers to manage clients with disabilities. These, she said, can combine to deny persons with disabilities basic reproductive health services.
Salma said the current humanitarian situation in Nigeria has aggravated the reproductive health risk, that persons with disabilities suffer. She said attention to this cluster of people is usually inadequate and is not planned for, hence difficult to harvest concrete results.
Salma said the Basic Health Care Provision Fund is the strategy of the government to ensure the inclusivity of all persons including vulnerable groups in the spirit of leaving no one behind the Universal Health Coverage (UHC).
She said other efforts of the government include the provision of family planning services, which has been expanded through the introduction of new approaches and an array of method mixes. The director said the renewed commitment to family planning among government and all levels as well as donor partners has stimulated wider coverage of services accompanied by greater emphasis on quality and human rights.
Salma said the renewed focus on adolescent and young persons' sexual and reproductive health has spurred interest in better ways to reach adolescents with effective messages and services. She said articulation of policies to protect everyone include the of 'Prohibition of Violence Again Persons', which does not discriminate against anyone.
She said partnering with and inclusion of traditional and religious leaders in sexual and reproductive health to address socio-cultural norms like stigmatisation has been made a priority for government at all levels.
Salma commended all stakeholders who have been resolute in ensuring that all Nigerians of reproductive age have access to quality sexual and reproductive health services and to Marie Stopes International Organisation Nigeria (MSION) particularly for organising the webinar to further draw attention to this very important topic.
The theme of the webinar was, 'Expanding access to sexual and reproductive health services and rights to vulnerable populations.'
Some of the topics discussed include: What innovations and strategies have proven to be effective in driving Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) programmes for adolescents? What intergenerational norms impede Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) and how can we ensure a positive shift that includes adolescents?
Norm change interventions strategies and innovations targeting adolescents: Experiences and lessons from MSION. What are the innovations and strategies that have proven to be effective in driving SRH programmes for People with Disabilities (PWD)? Norm change interventions, strategies and innovations targeting PWDs: Experiences and lessons from MSION.
The webinar was divided into two breakaway sessions- adolescents and people with disabilities- for better participation.
Director of Programmes at MSION, Ogechi Onuoha, who spoke on 'Challenging Social Norms to Reach Persons with Disabilities with Sexual and Reproductive Health Services– MSION's Experience/Lessons learnt', said: "Everyone deserves the right to make their own choices about their bodies and futures. Yet, many people with disabilities are denied that choice.
In Nigeria, the 2018 National Demographic Health Survey (NDHS) revealed that seven per cent of household members aged five and above have a disability in at least one functional domain — seeing, hearing, communication, cognition, walking, or self-care.
"Since 2018, MSION through the Women Integrated Sexual Health (WISH) project a United Kingdom (UK) The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO's) flagship sexual and reproductive healthcare programme with the key aim to ensure we leave no one behind, is delivering access for communities often marginalised from healthcare, such as adolescents and people with disabilities."
She said social norms MSION is addressing include: people with disability are not sexually active and people with disability do not need contraception/other SRH services.
She said they are removing barriers with government and community partnership – effective community entry. "We initiate and nurture influential relationships with the government and community to secure and sustain interest and support for PWD. This support cascades down to community members, paving the way for greater acceptance; for example, communities supporting service uptake for PWD. Engagement of PWD organisations and individuals as change agents and satisfied clients to create/reinforce positive social norms by modelling desired behaviour," Onuoha said.
She said social norms impact adolescent access at multiple levels, and MSION intervenes at these levels: "MSION's Community health workers and social behaviour change agents engage PWD and the community to show how SRH enables better health and life outcomes for the client. Value Clarification and Attitude Training (VCAT) for providers ensured the provision of unbiased and friendly SRH services. Toll-Free Contact centre ensures a continuum of care in SRHR services to women and girls across Nigeria regardless of disability status. Intervene at community, facility, and through the referral, the pathway to connect clients to services and ensure client satisfaction," Onuoha said.
On lessons learnt, she said: "Empowering PWD with SRHR information will enable them to make an informed decision about their lives and future.
"Increase awareness of the range of sexual and reproductive healthcare services available to people with disabilities, and the right to empowering care, for all.
"Disability Abortion values clarification and attitude transformation (VCAT) for providers and team members to ensure the provision of unbiased PWD-friendly SRH services.
"Partnering with Organisations of Persons with Disabilities to design inclusive services is key."
MSION work collaboratively with the government at national, state, and Local Government Area (LGA) levels to support and strengthen government healthcare delivery including the private health sector in 36 states plus the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The organisation offers comprehensive SRH services that enable women all over Nigeria to choose their reproductive health future through various service delivery channels. Their services include contraception, Comprehensive Post-Abortion Care (CPAC), Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) testing and treatment, maternal and child health care, and health systems strengthening.
"We tailor services and approaches to addressing the unique challenges of the client by employing several channels of service delivery to ensure no one is left behind," she said.
Representative of the Society for Family Health (SFH), Dr. Jennifer Anyanti, in her presentation on 'Approaches to Scaling up ASRH in Nigeria', said Nigeria has made very slow progress on contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR). Anyanti said unmet need remains stubbornly high; room for CPR growth exists, even if demand does not change.
Several analyses have examined the relationship between modern contraceptive prevalence rates (mCPR) and the number of modern methods used by women of reproductive age.
The availability of a variety of contraceptive methods helps in meeting the individual needs of women and couples. A recent article by Ross and Stover demonstrates that contraceptive use is greater when more methods are available to a large proportion of the population.
The authors describe a positive association between modern contraceptive prevalence rates (mCPR; from representative national surveys) and the number of modern methods available (based on scores from the Family Planning Effort Index). Here, we examine the relationship between mCPR and the number of modern methods actually being used, based on method prevalence rates from nationally representative surveys.
Anyanti said studies have demonstrated a positive correlation between mCPR and the number of methods used by women and couples. She said women and couples are more likely to use modern contraception to prevent pregnancy if they have access to more types of modern methods.
She urged the Federal Government to prioritise adolescent girls' access to sexual reproductive health services to reduce morbidity and maternal mortality.
Anyanti said access to reproductive health services would promote social inclusiveness and help reduce maternal mortality such as unplanned pregnancies and unsafe abortion among adolescent girls and women.
She highlighted the achievements of the 360/Levonorgestrel Intrauterine System (LNG IUS) project to include adolescents and their parents' engagement in the use of modern contraceptives in the prevention of unwanted pregnancies and birth control. LNG IUS is one of the most effective forms of reversible contraception. Others include the empowerment of adolescent girls, the creation of adolescent-friendly sexual reproductive health facilities, and easy accessibility.
On the intergenerational norms impeding SRHR for persons with disabilities and how they can ensure a positive shift that includes persons with disabilities, Executive Director, Deaf Women Aloud Initiative (DWAI), National President, Deaf Women Association of Nigeria and 2021 Mandela Washington Fellow (MWF), Hellen Anurika Beyioku-Alase, said: "According to the World Health Organisation (WHO) 2011 Report on World Population, it is estimated that 15 per cent of every country's population is persons with disabilities. In Nigeria, with a population of over 200 million, there are over 35 million persons with disabilities including women and children.
"Universal Health states that all people have right to access health services they need, when and where they need them, without financial hardship. It includes the full range of essential health services, from health promotion to prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and much more."
On intergenerational norms impeding SRHR, Beyioku-Alase identified tradition, religion, patriarchy, negative perception, myths and misconceptions. She said traditional people see People With Disabilities (PWDs) as abnormal, that they are taboo or an abomination they believe that they are outcasts and have evil spirit. "To them, their disabilities are as a result of a generational curse," Beyioku-Alase.
She said religion sees Women With Disabilities (WWDs) as sinful and sick that they need healing from their diseases. "They also wonder how can a sick person mingle get married or have a sexual life, access to family planning and take contraceptives," Beyioku-Alase said.
On patriarchy, she said due to gender inequality WWDs are marginalised. "It is triple the effects, because of their gender, disability, and because they are often the poorest of the poor compared to men with disabilities WWDs still face barriers to SRHR because of cultural belief," she said.
Beyioku-Alase said because of ignorance, family and society have formed negative perceptions about WWDs, they believe they cannot have children, get married or make choices about who their life partner should be and that they cannot raise children. "For example when WWD is pregnant and tries to access ante-natal care we often hear words like "madam you no pity yourself" from health providers," she said.
She said myths and misconceptions from a lot of stories about WWDs affect their SRHR. "For example women with disabilities are not sexually active, WWDs are completely dependent on their families in all areas including their sexuality, raping women with Albinism brings good luck, deaf people are 'dumb'. Misconceptions about disabilities often lead to name-calling, which further affects their SRH needs. Names like a cripple, imbecile, deaf and dumb, mum (stupid). Just imagine women who are called such names coming to the facility to access care," she said.
On how norms affect WWDs SRH, Beyioku-Alase said intergenerational norms leads to barriers for women with disabilities in accessing sexual and reproductive health services, it includes the following: negative attitudes of service providers towards WWDs; poor government funding for SRH of WWDs; lack of inclusive service for WWDs in health facilities, for example, no sign language interpreters, Braille materials and Ramps; lack knowledge/awareness of service providers on disability inclusion; WWDs are not given the opportunity to make the decision for themselves when it comes to their SRH need; and lack of awareness and information on family planning, contraceptives and abortion to women with disabilities.
On how Nigeria can ensure a positive shift that includes person with disabilities, Beyioku-Alase recommended: public awareness on the health rights of women with disabilities; government should have accessible budgetary line for WWDs SRH needs; stakeholders in the health sector should work together to put mechanisms in place that protect the SRHR of young women with disabilities; exiting health policies should be implemented for easy SRH access for women with disabilities; make healthcare facilities accessible by providing sign language interpreters, health information on Braille and Ramps; raise more awareness through evidence-based research findings; persons with disabilities are experts in their own rights, they can comprehend and make decisions like every other person, do not speak for them; demystify misconceptions and myths in reproductive health for women with disabilities by training health providers on disability inclusion; and conduct needs assessment in health facilities so as to make it accessible for women with disabilities.
She concluded: "As women with disabilities our impairments is not a barrier to access but the society, therefore, It is important to remove the prejudice and misinformation about the sexual and reproductive health rights of persons with disabilities and allow us have access to our health rights just like every other person."
Head, Women and Gender, National Commission for Persons With Disabilities, Patience Ogolo-Dickson, in her presentation titled 'Innovations and Strategies for effective SRH Programmes for PWDs/ Women and Girls with Disabilities (WGWD)', said PWDs have the same SRH needs as persons without disabilities and WWDs face unique barriers to the full realisation of their sexual and reproductive health.
Ogolo-Dickson said forms and manifestations of barriers include: access to physical health facilities; access to SRH information; discriminatory SRH care; lack of decision-making and personal autonomy; and discrimination and stigma.
She said the government have obligation to respect, protect and fulfil SRH for all WWE. She said the government has the obligation to ensure SRH services are: available, accessible, acceptable and quality.
On effective strategies for SRH programmes in PWDs/WGWD, Ogolo-Dickson recommended: technology-driven SRH programmes for PWDs; boosting data collection by developing an app that records disability and SRH considering disability type and needs; provision of quality services, aftercare and confidentiality; training of health workers; promotion of positive outcomes for WGWDs regarding pregnancy, birth, maternal health etc., and education of WWDs on family planning and safe abortion; empowerment of PWDs, including in SRH and right to their bodies; improve and easy access to health facilities, access to SRH Information, provision of SLI; and increased awareness and sensitisation of the community.
Meanwhile, there exist prospects and opportunities for the protection of SRHRs in the Nigerian legal system. Nigeria has ratified several international/regional human rights instruments, which seek to protect sexual and reproductive rights. There are also some human rights provisions contained in the constitution and some other provisions on Federal and State legislation that are gender-based.
There are also reports on Millennium Development Goals and National Reproductive Health Policies, which show that there are prospects and opportunities that the government can protect women's reproductive health and rights in Nigeria. Nonetheless, there is undoubtedly room for improvement in the protection of this particular genre of rights of women in Nigeria and studies have proffered country-centric recommendations, which cut across options of amending relevant Constitutional and Federal/State legislations on SRHRs.
It is believed that Nigeria will certainly benefit from an implementation of the National Reproductive Health policies that have evolved over time and domesticating some of the international and regional instruments that have been ratified like the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) whilst enacting a National Reproductive Health Law by National Assembly, which will be uniformly adopted and implemented throughout the country.
CEDAW, adopted in 1979 by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly, is often described as an international bill of rights for women. Consisting of a preamble and 30 articles, it defines what constitutes discrimination against women and sets up an agenda for national action to end such discrimination.
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The Tot was founded by world renowned Russian fashion icons and entrepreneurs Nasiba Adilova and Miroslava Duma (the minds behind fashion and lifestyle platform Buro247). In their new venture, the two have developed what is ultimately 'A curated digital diary for a modern Mama and her Tot'. The team at PLOT Media designed the one stop shop for mothers that features articles and products that have been tested by like-minded mothers and experts. The editorial and e-commerce website blends minimalist and high fashion design elements.
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In this breezy round-up, we take a look at a few of the best social media & sharing plugins available for WordPress. These days, social networking and sharing is essential to the success of most online businesses, and these plugins will encourage visitors to engage with you on social media and share your content with others.
When selecting these plugins, we looked at the depth of the features, the quality of their design, and usability/UX (including performance). Some are basic implementations, offering little more than sharing buttons, and others pack in functionality like advanced analytics and extensive customization options.
We've included both premium sharing plugins and free sharing plugins in this list. Most of the premium solutions are affordable, or offer a free, basic version of their plugin to try out before ponying up for a subscription.
Before we get started, if you're not wedded to WordPress, you may want to consider using a cloud based website creator. Check out our comparison of WordPress, Wix, Weebly, and Duda.
Monarch is one of the highest profile social & sharing plugins currently available for WordPress, and even if it sucked – which is surely does not – it would have a lot of users if only because it was developed by the renowned and popular ElegantThemes.
This is a comprehensive solution that's easy to use but doesn't skimp on features; the plugin supports dozens of social networks, multiple locations for the sharing buttons (floating, above & below content, on images/videos, popups, fly-ins), and plenty of style options to help you match the buttons with your website.
What really sets this one apart is the statistics. If you're running a business, you will want to know (in one place) how well your social strategy is working — and Monarch has an excellent dashboard with plenty of ways to view your data, as well as export options.
Although this is one of the premium options, it's worth noting that an ElegantThemes subscription also gets you access to all of their products, so it's a pretty good deal.
Although it has potential to be one of the pricier commitments, Social Warfare is a very popular social sharing plugin amidst small-medium sized publishers. Social Warfare is expertly coded, user-friendly, fast and lightweight, and it includes useful features like detailed analytics/tracking and Twitter cards.
There are plenty of statistics and tracking in this one, as well as an API for developers, and much much more. We highly recommend it.
One of the benefits of a paid solution like Social Warfare is that its consistently supported and updated. With some exceptions, premium plugins have a tendency to be more reliable and fine-tuned than their free counterparts, and Social Warfare is a pretty good example of this.
You probably already know Jetpack, but we feel compelled to include it anyway. It's a favorite – tried, tested, and true, as they say. It gets the job done and does it well. And of course, support is excellent.
If you're already taking advantage of other Jetpack features, there's no reason not to rely on its sharing features too. Good stuff.
With over 30,000 installs, Mashshare might be the best free option for webmasters looking for bit more than basic functionality. Speed and usability is one of its claims to fame: no external scripts are loaded and sharing buttons are smoothly integrated. The plugin is also reasonably extensible, and offers plenty of room for customization. Paid add-ons are available.
This is the plugin has all of the social functionality you want. Sumo doesn't stop at social networking, though: there's a ton of add-ons available that cover a lot of ground, from contact forms to Google Analytics integration. Some of the add-ons are are paid/premium, but many of the most useful ones are completely free (including the sharing and social media bars & buttons).
Ultimate Social Deux is one of the best-selling social plugins on CodeCanyon, and one of the best-selling sharing plugins for WordPress in general. It's been around for a couple years, and with constant updates it keeps getting better and better. Integration with ubiquitous plugins like WooCommerce and BuddyPress is welcome, and the depth of customization options (including 8+ preset skins) provides flexibility in style and design. This is also one of the most affordable premium options at $20.
With nearly 15,000 users, Easy Social Share Buttons is the most popular social media and sharing plugin around. If you're feeling overwhelmed by the number of options available, and don't have any out of the ordinary requirements, just go with this one. It's $19, and it's the cream of the crop. There's so many options and features that it'll almost certainly do anything you need it to do. If you've got a few moments, we recommend clicking through to have a look at the full run-down. I don't think there's currently a more versatile plugin out there.
We used Shareaholic on Siteturner before switching to SumoMe. It's a good plugin, and well-regarded by the WordPress plugin — it simply lacked a couple features we wanted. But Shareaholic has something going for it most others do not: the opportunity to further monetize your site by displaying links to external content (and receiving $$$ for clicks).
AddtoAny must be one of the earliest companies/services to provide sharing features for WordPress and other content management systems. I used their Drupal plugin years ago, when I developed and sold premium Drupal themes. The fact they're still going strong despite a sea of competitors rising up around them shows that their straight-forward, user-friendly approach to social media still works great.
Data-minded publishers will probably find GetSocial the most attractive social sharing plugin for the tracking and analytic tools it offers. There's a basic, free option available, but to get the most out of it you'll want one of the subscriptions providing real-time reporting. They're pricey, but could prove invaluable to medium to large sized publishers and bloggers.
When we first heard about the need for setting up a chat on our sites, we were a bit skeptical. Who would use it? What's the point?
But we decided to try it on a shopping site, and we were shocked at the results. People were actually using it, and although we haven't directly measured conversions due to the chat, anecdotal evidence seems to show it's helping.
WP-Chatbot makes it really simple to add a chat using Facebook Messenger to your site, and you can be up and running with a messenger chat in no time.
This one's definitely worth a look!
And that wraps up our look at a few of the best social media & sharing plugins available for WordPress. Hopefully you found it useful, and saw something you liked. If, instead, it left you angry and disappointed, by all means, let us know in the comments below.
There are many Social Sharing Plugins For WordPress available which you could use on your website.
I have been using ultimate social deux, but seems like there are few more excellent plugins, I would love to give them a try.
Great list! I recently started using Monarch and really like it. There's a couple I never heard of and will definitely check them out – thanks for sharing!
+1 for Ultimate Social Deux – great plugin!
I don't know how I missed to check this helpful post. This is what I really searching for my new blog. Actually, I wanna go with 2 or 3 plugins because I want to invest in sharing stuff. Thanks for presenting this valuable post for WordPress users.
Nice overview of the best Social Media plugins in 2016, thanks for that. I found some new useful tools like AddToAny, to optimize my blog with sharing buttons. You also list several tools for social media sharing, but have you heard of Blog2Social? I would strongly recommend it, because it really makes my blogging life much easier. I'm using it, because you can schedule and customize your posts individually for each network and then send them automatically to all of your networks in one easy step. That's helpful to save valuable time.


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Chennai: In a gruesome incident, a 17-year-old youth was decapitated and his head thrown into the premises of a police station in Cuddalore, the police said on Thursday. After going through the CCTV footage of cameras near the police station, three persons in the age group of 20-24 years were arrested on Thursday in connection with the incident, they said.Interrogation revealed that the youth was hacked to death and beheaded by one of the accused at Bahour in Puducherry, 13 km from Cuddalore, Thursday night, due to previous enmity, police said.After decapitating him, they travelled on a two-wheeler with the head wrapped in a gunny bag before throwing it into the premises of the Reddichavavadi police station.
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Activision Blizzard partners with Twitch in hopes to bring the best of the eSports scene (via YouTube/PlayOverwatch)
Twitch becomes the official third-party streamer for all of Activision Blizzard's eSports competitions.
by Alvin Albaciete (article) and Milos Kitanovic (video)
June 21, 2017 at 2:42 PM June 21, 2017 at 2:42 PM
A historic moment has arrived in the eSports scene as Activision Blizzard just achieved a huge milestone in the industry. The studio has signed a deal with Twitch, a popular live streaming platform used by gamers and fans alike. The two entities have reportedly partnered to bring the best of the video game world.
Activision Blizzard made a deal where Twitch will officially own the rights for third-party streaming of the video game company's premier eSports events. The agreement does not only involve the licensing of the competitions, so to speak. Why? That is because the studio vowed to reward Twitch Prime subscribers with interesting in-game contents for some of its titles.
The eSports live streaming deal
For the first time in history, a developer has partnered with a live streaming platform with the goal to further push the limits of eSports in the country. The rewards Activision Blizzard plans to give to the aforementioned subscribers are in-game contents of "Overwatch," "Hearthstone" and "Heroes of the Storm."
Thanks to the deal, Twitch will be in charge in live streaming the biggest competitions in the world of eSports. This includes "Heroes of the Storm" Global Championship, "Overwatch" APEX League and Premier Series, and "Hearthstone" Championship Tour and Global Games.
Moreover, the developer plans to include the popular Arena Championship in "World of Craft" and World Championship Series in "Starcraft 2." There is no doubt that this move will forever change the scene and how it is deemed.
The company's very own co-founder named Frank Pierce said that this deal became possible due to the "long history" of them working with Twitch. He even pointed out how this partnership will help them, as a company, bring "some of the most exciting eSports action" across the globe.
The birth of an empire
Enthusiasts suggest that the move Activision Blizzard did will eventually make them known as one of the biggest tournament providers in all of eSports.
Not only that: this would mean the birth an empire founded around the core standards of video game competitions. Interestingly, this started with the overwhelming success "Overwatch" has acquired since day one. Although the studio managed to do the same with other titles, the shooter game just greatly differ in fanbase.
They believe that with the inevitable success of "Overwatch," Activision Blizzard's influence in the video game industry will become more significant.
Of course, as this goes on, the net worth value of the company will also rise. The partnership it made with Twitch is just one of the many actions the company plans to do in order to rise in the competition.
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(Gish, 5 minutes)
Moderator: We will now have a five-minute closing statement from Dr. Gish.
Gish: Ladies and gentlemen on page 353 of this book by Michael Denton, he says this: "Contrary to what is widely assumed by evolutionary biologists today, it has always been the anti-evolutionists, not the evolutionists, in the scientific community, who have stuck rigidly to the facts, and adhered to a more strictly empirical approach." That's true, ladies and gentlemen, the empirical facts of the fossil record is that tremendous array of very complex invertebrates do appear, fully formed, without a trace of any ancestors. It is the empirical evidence, from the fossil record, that all the fishes appear, fully formed, without a trace of ancestors. That is empirical, scientific evidence. Dr. Saladin prefers to believe that fish have evolved from invertebrates. That's not empirical science; that is just wishful thinking. It is the anti-evolutionists who are the empiricists; it is the evolutionists who are the theoreticians, and theoretically, they say this happened and that happened, without any empirical scientific evidence to support it.
Now Dr. Saladin is saying this, after all, I believe he said, that theistic evolution, that's alright. No it's not alright. You can't teach that in the public schools according to Dr. Saladin. Why? Because theistic evolution requires God. Why is creation being excluded? Because it requires God. He said that's religion, you can't teach that in public schools. Well you couldn't teach theistic evolution in public schools either, could you, because that requires God doesn't it? That's excluded {4}. What's the only thing left? Atheistic, naturalistic, mechanistic evolution {2}. That's what's being taught in all our public schools. Not all our public schools but most of them. Certainly in most leading universities. And I dare say that's what's being taught here at Auburn University as well.
Now, a Creator, they say is religious. What about no Creator? Is that religious, of course it is. That's just as religious as postulating a Creator. To absolutely, totally exclude the possibility of Creation. We've got to throw out the Declaration of Independence {3}. In that we read, "We take this to be self-evident, that all men were created equal, and they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights." We've got to substitute the Creator, we've got to put hydrogen gas in there, and take that out, if God's unconstitutional in our public schools.
Sure there's a lot of liberal theologians on the side of evolutionists. Why wouldn't they be? All these liberal theologians are for ordaining homosexual ministers, for legalized abortion, and many other things. Of course they're for evolution! That doesn't make it right {4}. And the evolutionists say they don't have religion on their side. Then why in this trial in Arkansas did, did they have, uh, theologians from various denominations get on the stand and testify on their side? {5} Because they had religion on their side; they had liberal theologians on their side. But why should that be the only thing that's permitted in our schools?
I am pleading for academic and religious freedom ladies and gentlemen, I am pleading for your academic freedom {10}. You may not like it, you may not agree with me, but you have every right to hear the scientific evidence for creation. You have every right to know the failings, the fallacies, the weaknesses, what we believe to be the insuperable barriers to an evolutionary origin of life, an evolutionary origin of cells. Why shouldn't you hear? What's wrong with that? What's wrong with hearing what Sir Fred Hoyle had to say? What's wrong with hearing what Hubert Yockey has published in the Journal of Theoretical Biology? What's wrong with hearing with Keosian, John Keosian, has to say about the scientific evidence on both sides of this question? {11} Are we a democracy? Or are we not?
In a survey, national survey, in 1981, 76 percent of the American people said teach both creation and evolution in the public schools. Another ten percent said teach creation only. Eight percent said teach evolution only, six percent had no opinion. Eighty-six percent to eight percent want's creation in our public schools. What do we have today? The eight percent. And I say that in order to insure academic freedom, good science, good education, we should have both, evolution—- Only scientific evidence, not the Bible, not the Book of Genesis, not the Navajo Indian, not the Hindu story, but strictly the scientific evidence taught in our schools, so you students can decide for yourselves, what you think is more reasonable and credible?
I thank you very much. [Applause]
Moderator: We want to take one last opportunity to thank Dr. Saladin and Dr. Gish. I think we all learned a great deal from this debate tonight. You've been a very patient audience, and let's give them a warm Auburn welcome and goodbye. [Applause]
1. What I said was that theistic evolution is a viewpoint that many or most Christians have found acceptable and with which scarcely any Christian denomination takes issue. I did not claim that theistic evolution should be taught in science classes. I think science courses should the fact and theory (or theories) of evolution, taking neither a theistic nor an atheistic stance, and leave it to the individual to decide whether she or he wishes to believe God plays a role in it. This is the position I take in teaching evolution at Georgia College.
2. Almost any subject in science is and should be taught from a naturalistic, mechanistic perspective. That is not the same as saying it is or should be taught from an atheistic perspective (if atheism is understood to mean a denial of God's existence). We don't teach "atheistic evolution" any more than we teach "atheistic origin chemistry." See the previous note.
3. This is a ridiculous and commonplace fundamentalist ploy to make it appear as if evolution is anti-patriotic. I'm astonished that Gish left out apple pie and motherhood. He has made evolution seem anti-everything else.
4. Compare Gish's statement with Henry Morris's statement quoted at "Question-Answer Period," Note 1. I am very pleased that Gish made this statement on record, as it will go a long way toward documenting his bigotry. By this statement Dr. Gish shows that he rejects the views of the great majority of Christians as being illegitimate. The statement is a bald assertion with nothing to substantiate it. I seriously doubt whether Gish has done the research to show whether Presbyterian, United Methodist, Episcopal, Southern Baptist, and Catholic churches, as well as the Jewish organizations cited, support ordination of gay clergy, abortion on demand, and so forth. And considering that he was actually responding to my overall statement continued in my "Closing Statement," he essentially claimed that Pope John Paul II is a "liberal theologian" who supports abortion and gay clergy! This is the only place in the debate where ad hominem attack occurred.
5. There are several reasons these religious leaders testified against the creationist law in Arkansas. For one thing creationist rhetoric fans the flames of religious intolerance, and as extremist organizations such as the Institute for Creation Research (and the Moral Majority which owns and operates the ICR) gain political influence through laws like these, then all other religious denominations are in danger of increasing persecution. Secondly, creationist had tried in the trial to say that creationism is not religious (Norman Geisler even testified that belief in God is not religious!), and some of these (and other) theologians took issue with this to counteract the ICR's distortions of the meaning of Christian faith. Third,. Most denominations and theologians recognize the factuality of evolution and realize it is no more a threat to Christian faith than the fairly tales of Hans Christian Anderson are a threat to the fundamentalists of Alabama and Tennessee who sought to have them censored from the curriculum.
Dr. Gish distorts the issue also by claiming here that it is only materialistic, "atheistic" evolution that is permitted in our schools. Creationism is permitted in public schools and taught in many of them. There is no law anywhere that prohibits the teaching of creationism. What the ICR and sponsors of the Arkansas and Louisiana laws wanted was not to have creationism permitted, but to have it mandated, to force teachers to cut out half of the science in their courses and replace it with creationism regardless of whether the teachers believe creationism or not.
6. This academic freedom ploy is transparently specious. Academic freedom has never been a principle applicable to students; there has never been a legal which extends the concept to students, and indeed academic freedom logically could not do so. Academic freedom is the principle of permitting professional scholars the freedom to do research and to express their views without fear of unwarranted intrusions or reprisals because of the possible unpopularity of those conclusions. Academic freedom may protect the academician's right to express views in the classroom, but it does not give students any right to demand what will be taught in the classroom. It is logically absurd to think that they should be in a position to do so. If students had a guaranteed right to choose their curriculum, the majority would unquestionably shirk difficult subjects or things which, in their limited perspective on the world, they did not consider "relevant." Academic freedom does not mean that every hare-brained idea from astrology and pyramid power to UFO's and creationism has a right to a place in the curriculum. What the ICR has tried politically to do is the very antithesis of academic freedom (see previous note). Fundamentalist church colleges such as the Christian Heritage College (operator of the ICR) have copiously demonstrated their contempt for academic freedom. If there is any doubt about this, see the catalog for Christian Heritage College or its periodical, the Christian Heritage Courier . See also Creation/Evolution …..
7. As to the comment about "Why shouldn't you have the right" to hear what Hoyle, Yockey, and others have to say is rebutted in my note 14 to "Question-Answer Period." I would be among the first to say students do have every right to hear what these people have to say; otherwise I wouldn't have bought creationist books for the library, I would have mounted a campaign to have them removed. But this is not to say that the authors of these views have any right to have their views forced on students or included in the curriculum. A place in the curriculum has to be earned by the intellectual merit of the idea, not legislatively forced on teachers who do not find the ideas meritorious enough for inclusion. No one has ever legislated the teaching of Darwin.
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the Stupid Cobra contest !
yup ! it's time to get stupid !
this month's mega-deluxe prize is an absolutely top du top cool film just out from our friends at Imago, thanks Alex !
ok, the dvd isn't stupid but your input will be !
What is the stupidest thing you've ever done while fly-fishing ?
– tell us whichever way you'd like: story, song, photo or film and send it in to ———@———- by the end of April 2012 with 'stupid contest' as email header.
– go nuts ! let your stupidity shine !
here's the trailer, now get stupid !
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excellent concept, and most kewl new pic in the header.
thanks ! show us your stupidity !
which pic ? there's no new ones, just 20 or so that show up randomly.
well, there's one I had never seen before (which is strage cause I come often). a thin web with clear drops on it and something in the background that actually kinda looks like pot. beautiful pic. you do them all?
After paying a stupid amount to go fishing on a Sea Trout river in the U.K we headed out at 10pm to fish through till 4am sunrise. Becoming transfixed on a rising trout holding on the far bank at maximum distance i enticed her with every fly in my box. Come sunrise we headed to the bank, had a coffee and watched the mist roll as the sun came up. During first full light it then became aparent i had been casting at a plastic bag caught on a fallen branch in the current….ohh how i laughed…not!
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Charbel Rouhana
Middle Eastern Traditions
Arabic, Lebanese, Lebanon, Oriental Jazz, Oud, World
Charbel Rouhana (Arabic: ???? ??????) is one of the finest oud players in Lebanon. Born in 1965 in Aamchit (a town north of Beirut), Charbel pursued his music education at the Holy-Spirit University in Kaslik and obtained his diploma in oud instrumentation in 1986 and his M.A. in Musicology in 1987. One of his major achievements is establishing a new methodology in playing the oud. This method was published and adopted by the National Conservatory of Music and the Faculty of Music in the Holy Spirit University, where he has been teaching since 1986.
One of his major achievements is establishing a new methodology in playing the oud. This method was published and adopted by the National Conservatory of Music and the Faculty of Music in the Holy Spirit University, where he has been teaching since 1986.
During the 80's he was member of Al-Mayadine ensemble, playing alongside Marcel Khalife.
Rouhana has been performing live events since 1984, touring several countries, venues, and festivals. He also collaborated in composing musicals for choreographer Abdul Haleem Caracalla's shows: "Elissa-The Queen of Carthage"-1995, "Andalusia-Lost Glory" 1997, and "Bleilit Kamar"-1999. Winner of several national awards, Charbel also won the first prize at the Hirayama Competition in 1995 in Japan, for Best Composition entitled "Hymn of Peace".
According to Charbel, Oriental-Arabic music is facing a renaissance period incarnated by traditional instruments especially the oud which is ancient and always related to traditional singing and classical instrumental Arabic music. Charbel's musical writings succeeded in transforming this Arabic traditional instrument into a multinational, modern instrument able to communicate with other cultures and music, with an emphasis on the Oriental-Arabic style.
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Central Bank of Kenya Internship Programme 2019- Do you know that the Central Bank of Kenya Internship Programme for 2019 invites applications for its six months' internship program. Opportunities are currently available in the following functions; Finance, Research and Economics, Strategic Management, Communications and Legal Services. See how to apply below.
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e) Should not have undertaken any other Internship programme or exposed to work experience related to their area of study since graduating.
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The Central Bank hereby invites applications from qualified candidates for the internship program. Opportunities are currently available in the following functions; Finance, Research and Economics, Strategic Management, Communications and Legal Services.
If interested follow the link https://careers.centralbank.go.ke:8443 and submit online applications, attaching a duly completed program application form, copies of academic certificates, transcripts/documents and a recommendation/reference letter from the learning institution, so as to be received on or before April 23, 2019.
a) The Bank WILL NOT offer employment after completion of the program. However, applicants who successfully complete the program are allowed to apply for any positions the Bank advertises.
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Introducing: Member of the Month!
Discussion in 'Empire News' started by Krysyy, Jan 30, 2018.
The EMC forums are a special place to my heart, as well as many other staff and members of our great community. We've shared many years having discussions of all sorts across this website and keeping in touch with all of you. So it's only fitting that we find a way to honor those of you that go the extra mile in keeping this place going!
During each month, Krysyy and the Empire Events Organizers will be taking note of the players that personify the above list on the Empire Minecraft website only! These members will then be vetted by Krysyy and a final choice will be decided on. Consultation from Senior Staff will be given if the competition is too close to call.
Why doesn't the community vote?
We'd love to have everyone vote, but at this time it's just not feasibly reliable. We used to run a contest once every 6 months that was very much like this one, except encompassing all of EMC and not just the forums. Most players voted for their alts, or their friends. Only a limited number of votes were genuinely based on the player's actions.
As a result of this, no one ever actually obtained more than 10 or so votes overall, which resulted in a lot of ties and issues to sort out. Basically you have 150 votes for a total of 100 people.... For this event, we'd like to have it run once a month reliably and have the winners be considered not by who their friends are, but by their individual contributions to the EMC forums, as determined by a non-bias panel of people.
What does this title look like?
Same color as gold members, because the title comes with the gift of a gold supporter voucher!
What happened to the monthly referral contests?
Long story short, the data is broke and without data there is no way to accurately determine winners. Instead of dwelling on that, we're moving on and forward with this. We may bring those contest back once the data is back and reliable again.
It's already started and we will announce the MOTM in the next few days. Who is it? You'll just have to wait and find out!
To be considered for this award, you must be a registered member of the EMC forums. Actions taken on confirmed alternate accounts will apply to the analysis of your consideration for the title. The period of consideration is the month preceding the announcement.
The MOTM will be granted a custom forum title for the duration of the following month after consideration, as well as one gold supporter voucher, delivered via in-game mail. Please note that this title will be awarded on the 1st of the month, subject to minor delays not to exceed the course of 3 days. A running list of all MOTMs will be added to the Empire Minecraft Wiki.
Once awarded, each Member of the Month (MOTM) will not be eligible to win an additional month until the next calendar year. This means that if you are awarded July 2018 MOTM, you are not eligible for consideration again until January 2019. This action is to prevent monopolization of the title.
Empire Minecraft Staff Members are not eligible to receive the title of MOTM.
Empire Minecraft reserves the right to award multiple players the title of MOTM during a month, if the need calls for it. Empire Minecraft also reserves the right to revoke the title during the given month if the player demonstrates behavior classified concerning to the Empire Minecraft Staff, and that which does not validly uphold the values set forth in this contest.
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We'll see how this plays out, I guess!
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I like the sound of this!
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I always enjoy seeing events like this so that the players who go above and beyond get noticed. I think this will bring people out of their shell and have a positive effect on the community overall.
Also out of curiosity, is this award replacing the Community Appreciation award?
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shucks, anyone want a half written acceptance post?
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Nicely explained Kryssy. There are a lot of members that fit all of the qualifying traits you listed. Good luck to all members of the forums.
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I always enjoy seeing events like this so that the players that go above and beyond get noticed. I think this will bring people out of their shell and have a positive effect on the community overall.
Yes. At this time it is. We may bring that one back, but I need a better and more reliable judging aspect to it. January has been forum month in my focus, so I'll look into that more soon.
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Edit: Please note that the players that are being considered may not embody ALL of these traits.
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When I saw the list pop up, I was sceptical at first, but needlessly so. I think it's a list containing qualities that are all fine, and desirable.
So wait...where do we submit votes? Or...Or do we submit it to Krys privately....For some reason I had a hard time reading that.
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Does this apply to just actions on the forums or actions on the servers too? I don't want the rules to seem absure to anybody!
Awesome! Its pretty sweet that EMC does these appreciation things for the outstanding players in the community!
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Brewers Farm Update: Tuesday, September 8
by J.P. Breen September 8, 2015
Colorado Springs Sky Sox: (62-81), 23.5 GB
New Orleans 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 0
Col. Springs 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 8 2
RHP Hiram Burgos: (L, 3-4) 6.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R (1 ER), 3 BB, 4 K, 1 HR — 3.35 ERA
RHP Brandon Kintzler: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K — 5.50 ERA
CF Kyle Wren: 1-for-3, SB (15), R — .246 AVG
New Olreans 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 11 0
Col. Springs 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 x 6 11 0
RHP Jorge Ortega: (W, 1-0) 6.0 IP, 8 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K — 1.50 ERA
RHP Rob Wooten: (H, 7) 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K — 4.76 ERA
CF Kyle Wren: 2-for-4, 2 2B, 2 RBI, R — .250 AVG
1B Matt Clark: 2-for-4, 2 2B, 2 R, K — .284 AVG
LHP Wei-Chung Wang: (W, 1-0) 6.0 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K — 0.00 ERA
RHP Austin Ross: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K — 6.96 ERA
1B Matt Clark: 3-for-4, 2 2B, 3 RBI, 2 R — .288 AVG
LF Matt Long: 2-for-3, 3 RBI — .258 AVG
New Orleans 0 3 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 8 13 2
Col. Springs 0 0 4 0 0 1 1 1 0 7 15 0
RHP Josh Roenicke: (L, 7-12) 3.1 IP, 11 H, 8 ER, 0 BB, 1 K — 6.15 ERA
1B Matt Clark: 2-for-2, 2B, HR (20), RBI, BB, 2 R — .291 AVG
LF Matt Long: 2-for-4, HR (7), RBI, R — .260 AVG
Biloxi Shuckers: (35-34), 2.5 GB
Tennessee 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 9 0
Biloxi 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 x 7 11 2
RHP Jorge Lopez: 5.2 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 1 HR — 2.26 ERA
SS Orlando Arcia: 3-for-5, 2B, 2 RBI — .309 AVG
RF Garrett Cooper: 2-for-4, 2B, RBI, BB, R — .652 AVG
LF Victor Roache: 2-for-3, RBI, SB (2), R — .247 AVG
Biloxi 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 6 1
RHP Adrian Houser: (L, 4-1) 2.0 IP, 5 H, 7 R (5 ER), 2 BB, 2 K, 1 HR — 2.92 ERA
RHP Martin Viramontes: 3.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K — 6.39 ERA
LF Victor Roache: 2-for-4, HR (8), RBI, R — .251 AVG
[Sunday's game postponed due to rain.]
Tennessee 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 7 0
Biloxi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2
LHP Josh Hader: (L, 1-4) 5.0 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 6 K — 2.79 ERA
RHP Manny Barreda: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K — 3.38 ERA
C Parker Berberet: 3-for-3, 2B — .232 AVG
Biloxi 0 1 0 0 0 2 x 3 4 0
RHP Tyler Wagner: 5.0 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 K — 2.25 ERA
RHP Yhonathan Barrios: (W, 3-2) 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K — 3.15 ERA
RF Garrett Cooper: 1-for-1, 2 BB, R — .552 AVG
Brevard County Manatees: (26-40), 15.5 GB
Brevard County 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1
Daytona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 x 3 7 0
RHP Cy Sneed: 7.0 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 10 K — 2.47 ERA
RHP Preston Gainey: (L, 2-4) 1.0 IP, 3 H, 3 R (2 ER), 0 BB, 1 K — 2.70 ERA
DH Dustin Houle: 2-for-4, 3B — .289 AVG
Daytona 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 0
LHP Zach Hirsch: (L, 1-4) 3.0 IP, 6 H, 4 R (1 ER), 0 BB, 4 K — 4.89 ERA
RHP Tristan Archer: 5.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 8 K — 3.42 ERA
C Dustin Houle: 2-for-4, 2 2B, RBI, 2 K — .300 AVG
RHP Javier Salas: 4.0 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K — 4.13 ERA
RHP Brandon Woodruff: (L, 4-7) 4.0 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K — 3.45 ERA
RF Clint Coulter: 1-for-3, K — .246 AVG
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers: (27-42), 20.5 GB
Cedar Rapids 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 5 6 0
Wisconsin 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 4 9 2
RHP Angel Ventura: 6.0 IP, 4 H, 3 R (1 ER), 2 BB, 8 K — 3.09 ERA
LHP Kodi Medeiros: (L, 4-5) 2.0 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K — 4.44 ERA
SS Jake Gatewood: 1-for-3, 2B, RBI, BB, K — .207 AVG
3B Tucker Neuhaus: 2-for-5, 2 RBI — .244 AVG
Wisconsin 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 6 15 1
Burlington 0 1 4 0 2 1 2 0 x 10 13 1
RHP Eric Hanhold: (L, 0-4) 3.0 IP, 6 H, 5 ER, 1 BB, 4 K — 7.60 ERA
SS Jake Gatewood: 2-for-5, HR (4), 2 RBI, 2 R, K — .213 AVG
1B Sthervin Matos: 4-for-5, 2B, RBI, R — .228 AVG
Burlington 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 8 0
RHP Cody Ponce: 5.0 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K — 2.15 ERA
RHP Devin Williams: (L, 3-9) 3.2 IP, 3 ER, 3 BB, 1 BB, 5 K, 1 HR — 3.44 ERA
1B David Denson: 1-for-4, HR (3), 2 RBI, R — .229 AVG
2B Tucker Neuhaus: 1-for-4, 2B — .249 AVG
Burlington 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 x 4 11 0
RHP David Burkhalter: (L, 5-9) 3.0 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 0 BB, 2 K — 4.99 ERA
RHP Gian Rizzo: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K — 3.09 ERA
DH David Denson: 0-for-2, 2 BB, K — .226 AVG
Helena Brewers: (15-22), 4.0 GB
Helena 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 8 1
Billings 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 3
RHP J.B. Kole: (W, 1-4) 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K — 4.38 ERA
RHP Jon Olczak: (S, 1) 3.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K — 2.60 ERA
3B Jose Cuas: 1-for-4, 2B, RBI, K — .258 AVG
RF Carlos Belonis: 1-for-4, 2 SB (20), 2 R — .261 AVG
Billings 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 x 3 4 1
LHP Drake Owenby: (L, 1-3) 3.0 IP, 0 H, 2 R (1 ER), 3 BB, 2 K — 7.67 ERA
RHP Jordan Yamamoto: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K — 7.84 ERA
CF Trent Clark: 2-for-5, K — .375 AVG
RHP Marcos Diplan: (L, 2-2) 3.0 IP, 1 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 5 K — 3.75 ERA
LHP Jake Drossner: 4.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K — 3.64 ERA
2B George Iskenderian: 1-for-3, BB, K — .328 AVG
Missoula 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 6 9 4
RHP Joshua Torres: 5.0 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 8 K — 3.27 ERA
RHP Bubba Blau: (L, 3-5) 3.1 IP, 5 H, 6 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 1 HR — 6.57 ERA
LF Troy Stokes: 2-for-3, BB, K — .272 AVG
Prospect of the Day: LHP Wei-Chung Wang, Colorado Springs
Wang recently received a surprise promotion to Triple-A Colorado Springs, a move that saw him leapfrog Double-A during the Shuckers' postseason campaign. The left-hander had enjoyed significant success in recent months, and that continued against the New Orleans Zephyrs. He tossed six scoreless frames and struck out five. In his last 14 games (85.0 innings), Wang has compiled a 1.59 ERA and has held opposing hitters to a mere .311 slugging percentage. A dominating stretch.
At only 23 years old, the Taiwanese native has already had a storied career. The Brewers plucked him away from Pittsburgh's rookie leagues, which thrust him in the big leagues despite never pitching anywhere higher than the Gulf Coast League. To make matters worse, Milwaukee rarely gave him the ball, which prevented him from developing a schedule or rhythm in the majors. It all unraveled quickly, and many Brewers fans dismissed him as another failed prospect — all this while Wang should've been pitching in Class-A ball.
Things didn't improve much this spring; however, after staying in the same place for the first time in almost two years, Wang appears to be settling in nicely. He's developing his curveball, pounding the strike zone, and keeping hitters off balance. His sub-2.00 ERA since the middle of June — as cited earlier — is evidence of this. He's finally where he should be, in the minors, trying to develop into a solid back-end starter.
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