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A blockade by blockheads
Qatar Airways forges on, planning rapid expansion with redeployed aircraft and more of that smoked salmon. It's hard to keep a good oryx down.
By VIJAY VERGHESE
Hong Kong, July 2017
Qatar Airways hopes to win friends and influence people, not just Barcelona footballers
THE BLOCKADE of Qatar by five Arab nations, led by Saudi Arabia, is yet another example of the fragility and, perhaps, futility, of a Middle East concordat. Egypt, Bahrain, Yemen, and the UAE have followed the Saudis in demanding Qatar change its 'evil' ways – by shutting down outspoken television station Al Jazeera, and abandoning its support for Iran and assorted 'terrorists'.
While the intent is clear – to throttle dissenting speech and to isolate Iran, which is seen as a Saudi nemesis – several have been caught in the crossfire, including Qatar Airways, a frontrunner in aviation, that has picked up numerous global awards for excellence. It also just produced a record 22 percent increase in annual profit of about US$540m – an ebullient graph, now imperilled by the US electronics ban and a peevish Saudi stunt.
The air blockade is not as tight a noose as it might seem as access to Qatar in the Persian Gulf is available via Iran (to the west and north) and through Turkey, but it involves a circuit. Airlines from India and the East may take an hour extra to execute the loop, while carriers from London still take around six-and-a-half hours.
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Bullying demands to enforce compliance will compel Qatar to take a more non-Saudi line, bringing it into head-on conflict with states who see Qatar's role as a mediator for rough outfits like the Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, and al-Qaeda, a direct threat to their own way of life
Qatar Airways chief executive, Akbar al-Baker described things as "business as usual," while asking ICAO (the International Civil Aviation Organisation) to declare the blockade an "illegal act". While the airline has undeniably taken a huge hit, it remains committed to the opening of 24 more destinations by 2018 and has redeployed its regional fleet – barred from neighbouring airspace – for this expansion phase.
It also plans to set up a domestic airline in India with a fleet of around 100 narrowbody jets, to take advantage of the liberalising air regime there.
Qatar, which hosts a large US military base where over 11,000 coalition personnel and 100 military aircraft are deployed for ISIS strikes, has been mystified by the US response, harsh at first, then with emerging mixed signals as cooler heads attempted damage control.
Trump weighed in instantly with a customarily bizarre tweet: "During my recent trip to the Middle East I stated that there can no longer be funding of Radical Ideology. Leaders pointed to Qatar - look!" Shortly after, the US State Department's Heather Nauert told the press, "Were the actions really about their concerns regarding Qatar's alleged support for terrorism or were they about the long-simmering grievances between and among the [Gulf] countries?
Qatar-Saudi tensions came into the open in 1995 when Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani took over in a quiet coup from his father and adopted an independent tack to move swiftly and decisively out of a perceived Saudi sphere of influence. Rivalry over wooing America, which has long favoured Saudi Arabia, has played its role too while Qatar's enormous natural gas reserves have enabled it to punch well above its class.
Qatar Airways remains popular with passengers and has developed a strong brand in a short span of time. Yet, as it builds its international reach and muscle, another muddle is brewing in the United States where the airline plans to take up to a 10 percent stake in American Airlines – its Oneworld alliance partner – much to the public dismay of American CEO Doug Parker.
With Qatar Airways suggesting an initial 4.75 percent passive stake in the US company, Parker went on record to say, "While anyone can purchase our shares in the open market, we aren't particularly excited about Qatar's outreach, and we find it puzzling given our extremely public stance on the illegal subsidies that Qatar, Emirates and Etihad have all received from their governments over the years."
US airlines have long groused about alleged government subsidies that favoured the Middle East's big three – Qatar, Emirates and Etihad – and have lobbied hard for the US government to take action against them. American will be eating humble pie now if Qatar's stake is approved, the US$808m investment far from small beer as the isolated emirate attempts to win friends and influence people.
Perhaps it may not be such a bad thing for Qatar Airways to seek more participation in an airline that consistently delivers America's worst on-time performance and where cabin service might include a smack on the face with a pram, as one male attendant recently demonstrated in the 'Strollergate' incident.
If anything, the list of bullying demands by Arab neighbours seeking to enforce compliance, will compel Qatar to take a more non-Saudi line, bringing it into head-on conflict with more conservative states who see Qatar's open-door approach as a mediator for rough outfits like the Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, and al-Qaeda, as a direct threat to their own way of life. Al Jazeera will forge on and the candid Doha Debates aired periodically by the BBC are likely to continue examining prickly issues that many Arab governments would like to sweep under a Bedouin carpet.
Meanwhile, let's look forward to that smoked salmon with goat cheese crumble aloft.
Vijay Verghese started out as a reporter for the Times of India, a national daily, in 1979. He moved to Bangkok and thence to Hong Kong in 1984 as editor and publisher of a range of news, business, travel and lifestyle publications including Business Traveller, HOLIDAY Asia, and Asian Business. He launched Dancing Wolf Media in 2002 and runs the online magazines SmartTravelAsia.com and AsianConversations.com when not dabbling in avatars, music and virtual guff.
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Victor Kosskovsky On Making Aquarela By Sonia Shechet Epstein | August 27, 2019
Unsuspecting citizens drive across a frozen Lake Baikal that abruptly cracks underneath their car, sinking it, at the start of Russian filmmaker Victor Kossakovsky's new documentary AQUARELA. The ice in Russia is melting three weeks early. Kossakovsky captures, at a detailed 96 frames-per-second (fps), the beautiful and brutal nature of water. In Greenland, ice masses break the ocean's surface and tumble menacingly. Rain during Hurricane Irma floods Ocean Drive. Venezuela's waterfall Angel Falls cruises down a mountain with a force that could kill. To film in these conditions, and at 96 fps (rather than the traditional 24 fps), Kossakovsky had to invent a number of engineering and technological solutions. On August 12, the Museum of the Moving Image presented a preview screening of AQUARELA with Kossakovsky in person, the week before the film's release into select theaters by Sony Pictures Classic. Below are excerpts from the conversation between Kossakovsky and film critic Alissa Wilkinson.
About filming at 96fps:
Victor Kossakovsky: Normally in cinema if it rains, you see white stripes. In this film, you see every drop separately. […]
Alissa Wilkinson: A lot of film has been constrained by things [standards] that were developed decades and decades ago and never changed.
VK: Sound appears, color appears, Dolby appears, digital cinema came, now Atmos sound, and we still stupidly stay in 24 fps. Every day you're watching 1,000 fps in football; when they screen beer commercials, those are filmed at 1,000 fps. To film a fast frame rate you can do it, but to film and to screen at the same frame rate, this is the story. And actually there is no technical limit to this, just because no one has done it, that is why it's technically complicated. Even on the computer there is no editing program for 96 fps, so we invented all this.
Photo by Aleksandr Dudarev
About filming AQUARELA:
VK: We did not plan to have such a risky movie, of course. No one will insure it if you plan it. […] Have you ever been in storm with waves like 20 meters high? I can tell you. Suddenly, this chair will just fly there [gestures across the stage]. […] We wanted to go from Portugal to Greenland—I wanted to catch a storm. When we came to the storm, it was so strong that we were not able to get out. The storm brought us to Canada instead of to Greenland, and we were not able to go out for three weeks. […]
Audience: How did you manage to get those sequences in the middle of the ocean, with those waves, and survive?
VK: The first week, you cannot film because you just want not to die. You're afraid and you're vomiting. There is no camera, there is no film, you just say, fuck, and you rope yourself around the mast and whatever happens… The second week, you want to die. You're so exhausted you cannot even think anymore. You say, I cannot, I'm done. Just to finish it. But this is not the end of the story. The most difficult is the next week, because you realize that you are not going to die! You have to take it. This is the one moment when you have to start filming. But, the question is more interesting in terms of cinema. This was the reason why I came to make this movie.
Every time you saw the ocean before this film, it was made in a studio. Normally it's a huge aquarium or swimming pool which is moving, and with light and effects and special lenses you feel like you are in a storm. But in fact, you are just comfortable drinking coffee and [smoking] cigarettes [laughs]. So I said to myself, there must be a way to make it real and to get emotion. Of course you can affix the camera to the boat and the boat will be jumping and it will be quite emotional, but you will not see water. My goal was to see water, how it looks in these conditions. When waves are 20 meters, what it looks like. This was the biggest challenge. We had to make it in a way that no one would understand how we did it. You cannot use a drone there because the drone will simply fly away like a mosquito. Helicopters cannot be there in the middle of the ocean, there is no way, after like 30 knot winds they cannot fly. I was checking Leonardo DaVinci drawings [laughs]. I swear. He had great ideas about this. His idea was that you have to shoot [a gun] from the boat if there are waves. So imagine a military boat and they have a gun, not to film but to shoot. […] Militaries shoot during the war in the ocean and they must be sure that the bullet flies in the direction that they need. So I started digging in that direction. I found someone who understood and was able to adapt military technology for huge guns to the camera needs.
Photo by Charlotte Hailstone
How the film changed his perspective on the world:
VK: We overestimate our place in the world. We believe we are the most important. And after this film, I definitely disagree with this idea. When you go into the ocean, there are islands of plastic the size of England. They are becoming bigger—almost the size of Australia—in the Indian Ocean. I remember the moment when the first plastic was invented: we were happy. If you think more about it, I am coming to the idea that we have to understand this world first before we change it. We use everything for ourselves; we kill animals, we cut trees, we do everything we want.
It happened that at the same time I was filming [AQUARELA] I was filming a movie about a pig, chicken, and cow—also no voiceover, no narration, no people, no slaughtering, no concentration camp for animals, just animals how they are. Before I started filming water I was talking with scientists about everything. They know nothing. The more studies, the more convinced they are that they know less and less. Same with animals—the more they study, the more surprised they are that they know less and less.
I have a long table. On the left side was my research about AQUARELA, on the right side was my research for my film about animals. Each scientist has figures and numbers, but they don't know what each other knows, and I put it on one table and I was shocked. At the moment on the planet, 1.5 billion people have no access to water. At the same time, we have two billion pigs, almost two billion cows, and twenty billion chickens. Each cow needs 30 times more water than a human. We don't have water for humans, but we have water for almost four billion big animals who need 30 times more water than we do. We're cutting trees everywhere and when we cut trees we make the land dry, because trees produce rain. It's totally absurd. It's everything for us, for our comfort. I guess we need to be a little bit more modest and say okay, we need to find our place in the balance with everyone else, not just everything for us. Because these animals live on average four months. Can you imagine?
AQUARELA opened in New York and Los Angeles on August 16, with additional cities across the United States following. Where the technical ability exists, the film is projected at its intended 96 fps. AQUARELA is an international co-production that received support from Participant Media, the BFI Film Fund, Creative Scotland, the Sundance Institute, and more. Kossakovsky wrote, directed, edited, and filmed the movie. Ben Bernhard was also cinematographer. It was co-edited by Molly Malene Stensgaard and Ainara Vera. Aimara Reques was co-writer. Eicca Toppinen did the film's music, which is largely heavy metal.
Cover photo by Victor Kossakovsky and Ben Bernhard

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The morning sessions at the 24th JSS Annual Music Conference were both educative and entertaining. On 3rd December morning, Mysore V. Subramanya gave a lecture-demonstration on 'The Glory of Jhanjuti.' He described how the name came into existence. Pinakapani named it jhanjuti. 'Raganidhi' describes it as jinjuti. It is also known by the name jhanjuruti and senchuruti, meaning abundant, ample and prosperousness. The name also indicates the meaning of 'Shiva'. The raga is known to be 200-250 years old. It is a Nishaadantya raga meaning the raga can be developed only up to 'd' or 'ni' in Madhyasthayi. 'Sangeeta Sampradaya Pradarshini' mentions it as the janya of Kedara Gowla. Like Kambhoji, Jhanjuti has 'snpd' sanchara. Sung in madhyama shruti, the raga is known to depict veera and shringara rasa. Normally this is sung/played in pure notes with less of gamaka. There are about 15 compositions in this raga. Jhanjuti has appeared in Hindustani music in the 18th century. Usually labelled as a light raga, it is sung in the form of a devaranama or tillana towards the end of the concert.
Being the great grandson of Veene Seshanna, Subramanya had chosen many compositions of his great grand father for the morning. Sheshanna's well-known swarajati was demonstrated on veena by Geeta Ramanand. The last two stanzas of the swarajati, normally abandoned by the teachers perhaps due to its complication were played by Geeta. 'Gange maam paahi' by Deekshitar, Swati Tirunal's 'Kalaye Shree kamala nayana charane', a devaranama of Veene Sheshanna 'Sakhi Prana' and the popular tillana 'Dhirana tanadheem tadhirana' were also played by her. Vikram Bharadwaj provided mridanga accompaniment. Mysore T. Chowdiah's popular 'Maha Tripura Sundari' deserved at least mention.
The highlight of this programme was the rendition of theatre songs by the 87-years-old Paramashivan. Paramashivan chose two songs — one from 'Sangeeta Subhadra,' wherein Krishna sings the song 'PeLele manada vicharava RANi' to Subhadra and the other from 'Kaviratna kaLidasa' in Mishra Chapu – 'Induvanajite.' The energy of the octogenarian was widely appreciated by the audience.
The second was an interesting paper on the topic 'Formal Grammars for Music Composition and Theory Analysis' by Daniel Miller. Sharat Rao from Mysuru assisted him with the paper. Miller demonstrated automatic accompaniment for songs on computers. He also demonstrated how a small piece of money can be used as a speaker on a violin and showed how computers can speak back to the instrument. The best part of this lecture was the demonstration of how computers can be used to identify swaras which is a struggle for the beginners. Daniel has invented a software to identify the swaras, which is very useful for the beginners. Gamakas were also demonstrated visually on the screen during the presentation.
Dr. R.N. Srilata presented a paper on 'Vivadi ragas' of Tyagaraja and Deekshitar. When a raga has a special swara as the vadi (controversy) swara, it is called a VivAdi raga. For example, the 'g' in varALi. The very existence of the 72 melakarta ragas is due to Vivadi swaras. About 40 of the 72 ragas are vivAdi ragas. Srilata took up several ragas in both asampurna mela system and sampurna mela system hand in hand and sang several compositions of Tyagaraja and Deekshitar to show the difference in sancharas of the respective ragas. Kanakambari-kanakangi, Ganamurty-ganasamavarALi, Vanaspati-Bhanumati, Mararanjani-Sharadyuti, Gangeyabhushani-Gangatarangini, Vagadheeshwari-Bhoga chaya nata were analysed with the compositions of Deekshitar and Tyagaraja. The paper required a lot of homework. The senior musician's analysis was commendable.


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I've been printing my Pingliang Road image today. I went for an A3+ size to get a measure of the print at a good dimension, although it strikes me this image would lend itself to a much bigger form. Below is a mini photo essay in celebration of this simple but joyful photographic act. I hardly ever tire of seeing an image 'released' onto paper.
There are lots of reasons not to print your work - time, money, storage space and so forth. Perhaps you might like to go against this today, and give your image(s) a well-deserved reincarnation.


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Three 'Game of Thrones' stars had to submit their own names to score Emmy nominations
'Never forget what you are. The rest of the world will not.'
In today's lesson from Hollywood, we're learning why it's important to always shoot your shot. That's exactly what Game of Thrones actors Alfie Allen (Theon Greyjoy), Gwendoline Christie (Brienne of Tarth) and Carice van Houten (Melisandre) did when they submitted their names for consideration to this year's Emmy Awards. Each of the trio scored an individual acting nomination — no thanks to HBO, which did not submit their names for consideration.
HBO confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter that it did not submit Allen, Christie, or van Houten for consideration, with the three actors deciding to pay the $225 entry fee and submit their names on their own. Allen is up for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, Christie is battling it out in Best Supporting Actress in a Drama series, and van Houten will cast a spell on Best Guest Actress in a Drama Series.
The three actors helped the HBO drama earn its latest record as the most nominated single season of TV, with Game of Thrones taking home a whopping 32 nominations. Ten of the nominations are in acting categories, with GoT stars Lena Headey (Cersei Lannister), Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jamie Lannister), Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister), Sophie Turner (Sansa Stark), Maisie Williams (Arya Stark), Emilia Clarke (Daenerys Targaryen) and Kit Harington (Jon Snow/Aegon Targaryen/guy who should be King) all nominated in addition to Allen, Christie and van Houten. Game of Thrones also earned a nomination for Best Drama, which means the Emmy voters are basing their decision on The Long Night and not the series finale.
Game of Thrones' final season has 12 more Emmy nominations than the next leading series, Amazon's The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. It's a fitting honour for the groundbreaking season of TV, which broke streaming records and required thousands of hours, months of planning and shooting, and a grueling schedule for the hundreds of cast and crew who brought the series' epic finale to life. See Game of Thrones: The Last Watch for further proof.
With 10 acting nominations, the Game of Thrones cast will find themselves in a familiar situation of battling one another for the throne/gold statute. Allen, Dinklage and Coster-Waldau are up for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, while Christie, Turner and Williams will go head-to-head in Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. Brienne of Tarth versus the Queen of the North versus Arya 'Night King Killer' Stark? Yeah, we're playing it safe and putting our money on all three women.
As pointed out by THR, it's not uncommon for actors to submit their own names for consideration, but it rarely results in a nomination. The magazine also reports that HBO likely didn't submit Allen and Christie out of fear that they may undercut the other two GoT actors nominated in the category. But as we would like to point out, Hollywood is a tough place and life after a successful series ends is easier with an Emmy nomination next to your name. Also, Allen and Christie were both incredible in Season 6. So, there's that.
The 2019 Emmy Awards, which have yet to announce a host, will take place at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles with the live broadcast airing on CTV at 8 p.m. ET on Sunday, September 22. Click here for the list of nominees.
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Triads 'Dominate' Macau Junkets, Says Academic Paper
Written by: cda, on February 27th, 2020
Triads 'Dominate' Macau Junkets, Says Academic Paper
Wan Kuok-koi, aka 'Broken enamel,' the notorious previous leader of the 14K Triads, who's believed to have experienced dealings with the junket industry.
Hong Kong's triads have actually always been known to enjoy ties with Macau's VIP industry, although the exact extent of these influence on the junkets has been a point of debate.
Nevertheless, a criminology that is new, whose researchers spent three years interviewing previous triad members, police officers, Chinese officials and VIP room managers, has concluded that the impact of the unlawful gangs is pervasive.
In reality, sociology Professor T. Wing Lo and research fellow Sharon Ingrid Kwok of Hong Kong's City University, conclude the junket industry is inextricably intertwined with organized crime to the level it is 'dominated' by the triads.
That is a business that through the height of Macau's economic boom years was responsible for some 60 % regarding the enclave's revenues, indicating that organized crime is really a cornerstone regarding the gambling hub's economy.
According up to a member of the notorious 14K triads, interviewed for the research, most VIP-room contractors 'are triads or businessmen by having a triad history.'
Symbiotic Relationship
However it is, of course, a street that is two-way the report states that Macau's VIP spaces are 'the main drivers of financial earnings for the triads.'
Even though the junket operations may currently be on the back foot, as a result of the anti-corruption crackdown instigated by Beijing, the triads have adapted their methods, becoming slicker and more subtle, more "bank-like' and 'civilized,' within their company practices, in accordance with scientists.
'They have readjusted their conventional intrusive role and reinvented harmonious business strategies to match the market reality,' states the report.
As a result of financial restrictions on going money from the mainland to Macau, junket operators provide VIPs money and collect the debts if they return to China. Gambling debts are not enforceable on the mainland, meaning that the muscle that is added provide ensures that operations operate smoothly.
Operators and Regulator Denials
The report notes, though, that in recent years triads have actually been forced to operate increasingly in China, because they build ties with corrupt officials that are chinese mainland criminal syndicates, developing 'flexible, social and entrepreneurial networks' to attract VIPs.
The reliance on Chinese unlawful gangs, nonetheless, also suggests the gangs have actually ceded a modicum of control of their operations.
Interviews with former triads suggest that despite their protestations of purity casino operators have been completely alert to the known degree of infiltration by unlawful gangs into their VIP networks.
'The casino management would pick the absolute most effective triads, considering a couple of factors including money, triad, reputation and cap ability to mobilize manpower,' said one.
Macau's Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau has denied it really is alert to any triad influence in the enclaves VIP rooms.
Wynn Everett To Be Renamed Wynn Boston Harbor, Casino Mogul Stands Up to Local Mayor
The Wynn Everett resort and casino in Massachusetts, throughout the Mystic River from Somerville and Boston's downtown, will now be known as the Wynn Boston Harbor moving forward.
Wynn Boston Harbor: Steve Wynn claims he's done winning contests with the Somerville mayor and is prepared to commence construction on his newly renamed Massachusetts resort. (Image: Jessica Rinaldi/Boston Globe)
Wynn Resorts founder and president Steve Wynn announced the name change during a press conference earlier this week. The occasion marked the very first visit that is official the Wynn boss to the Massachusetts area much more compared to a 12 months.
The branding modification ended up beingn't exactly well-received by all in attendance. Several reporters questioned Wynn if he knew the place of his planned resort had no geographic ties towards the Boston that is actual Harbor.
'we're connected to it,' Wynn said of the Mystic River's flowing south through the populous city and fundamentally emptying into the Boston Harbor. 'Do you might think it is a reach?'
Well, maybe.
Residing up to Wynn's quintessential manner, the press forum was humorous and theatrical. He joked during the 40-minute affair about 2016 Republican frontrunner Donald Trump to his relationship and knowing his three wives, and at times comically played with the press.
In the end, this guy is from Las Vegas, and such as the performers he hires (as well as like Trump, whom he apparently coached earlier in the campaign trail), he's a showman first and foremost. However the life of the party had been also there to talk about some instead serious issues.
The billionaire announced the cost that is total of Wynn Boston Harbor ended up being increasing by about $300 million to $2 billion, and revealed a new architectural model of the riverfront property.
However, the reason that is real showed their face was to likely force nearby Somerville Mayor Joe Curtatone to end his road blocking of the resort's environmental permit. Last month, the mayor appealed the permit, due to concerns over expected traffic effects produced by the casino.
'Worsening traffic is more than only a simple nuisance, it is a serious health threat,' Curtatone said at the time. Their appeal could last more compared to a 12 months, and has forced Wynn to halt construction before the issue is resolved.
Curtatone critics say the mayor's stymie is simply about more income. Wynn Resorts will pay the City of Somerville $650,000 yearly for traffic mitigation, but $2 million each year to Boston, a city that is obviously many times larger.
'The likelihood of the mayor of Somerville getting any money that is extra us are zero,' Wynn told the media. 'We're done paying.'
Wynn Maybe Not Showing Him the Money
While it might seem a bit unfair to some that Somerville will collect $9.75 million over the next 15 years while Boston receives $30 million in identical timeframe, the reality is the fact that the Boston downtown town proper will be most impacted by additional traffic congestion.
The Wynn Boston Harbor will go up across the Maiden Bridge that links Alford Street to Rutherford Ave., the latter being truly a artery that is main leads south into Boston. The primary transport route in and away from the Wynn Boston Harbor won't even cross into Somerville territory, and that's why Wynn is so against giving more funds to your city that is neighboring.
Mitigation funds should be used by local officials to build solutions to appease the already congested area.
Aside from Curtatone's continued appeal, Wynn says he'sn't folding on the Massachusetts project. 'Look, the building's going to get built, provide or take a couple of months,' wynn concluded.
Gambler Joran van der Sloot Makes Natalee Holloway Murder Confession
Long-time Natalee Holloway murder suspect Joran van der Sloot has been secretly recorded in conversation having a National Enquirer journalist lobstermania free slot game, apparently confessing to killing the 18-year-old American eleven years ago. Van der Sloot has long been a suspect in the case, but nothing has ever offered enough evidence that is solid of involvement in her death.
Concealed camera footage of convicted killer Joran van der Sloot, shown here in 2011, appears to record him confessing to the murder of Natalee Holloway in Aruba back 2005. (Image: Ernesto Benavides/AFP/Getty)
The Dutch national was the last person to see the 18-year-old alive before her disappearance within a springtime break trip on the island of Aruba in 2005. The professional that is former player and gambler is currently serving a 28-year-sentence in Peru's notorious Challapalca jail for the murder of a Peruvian girl, Stephany Flores, who he met at the Latin American Poker Tour in 2010.
Van der Sloot bludgeoned Flores to death five years to the day of Holloway's disappearance. Before their incarceration for the Flores murder, he had been twice arrested twice on suspicion of killing Holloway but was released because prosecutors, without a physical body, did not have enough evidence to build a situation.
Mocking Police
Nevertheless now the tabloid thinks it might have the admission of guilt that Holloway's relatives and buddies have waited 11 years to hear. New footage filmed by an undercover journalist from the often salacious news site shows Van der Sloot mocking the authorities investigation.
'I always lied to the police,' he says, based on the Enquirer's own translation from the Dutch. 'I never told the facts. I made up therefore many stories against (sic) the police . . . I never told everything when I was younger. Law enforcement just never knew whatever they had to ask me. I think that was certainly one of the worst police investigations that ever took place!'
When expected he claims, 'Yes, yes, yes. if he is chatting about the Holloway case,'
And he crucially added that 'this can also be where we am bad and I accept everything that i've done.'
It's really a moment that is chilling but can it be the smoking gun the Enquirer believes it really is? Perhaps not, at the very least legally talking. In a court of law, van der Sloot would surely argue that the 'guilt' he is referring to is the work of misleading police, in the place of murder.
Previous 'Confession'
Van der Sloot has provided a confession that is previous of sorts. In 2008, Dutch undercover reporter Peter De Vries, posing as a drug dealer, befriended his countryman. De Vries was in a position to get van der Sloot to admit that he had been being taped that he was present during Holloway's death, unaware.
He claimed that Holloway had suffered a seizure while they were making love on the beach. Unable to revive her, he called buddy and together they loaded her body into a boat and dumped it into the sea.
That confession didn't stick. Afterwards, he merely explained that he was lying in an effort to impress De Vries, whom he considered to be a professional criminal.
Peruvian authorities have granted a request for van der Sloot's extradition to the United States to answer costs of extortion and fraud, however until he has served his sentence that is 28-year there which is up in 2038, once the Dutchman will be 51 years old.
In March 2010, he promised to show the whereabouts of Holloway's body to her family in exchange for $250,000, although he never made good on that promise. The household only paid $24,000 in hopes of getting that given information from the murderer.
'I desired to get back at Natalee's family,' he stated in a 2010 meeting with Dutch news site De Telegraaf. 'Her parents are making my life tough for 5 years.'
On the web Gambling While Drunk More Common in Men Versus Women, New Study Claims
Online gambling is, obviously, certainly one of our favorite activities, even though stone-cold sober. And while we'll admit that we may have imbibed for an occasion or 20 while indulging in this passion, a new study says that we are far from alone.
On the web gambling is more frequent among inebriated men than women, a new research finds, and guys invest even more under the influence too. (Image: complex.com)
The research also claims that men using courage that is liquid more likely to throw caution to the winds via online gambling than their female counterparts, who are far more likely, to no body's surprise, to indulge in online shopping.
With the consequences of St. Patrick's Day still a memory that is recent many, this new study, conducted by finder.com, comes at a time that is perfect. The web site, which encourages everything from payday loans to travel insurance (so just take their study data under advisement) reports that 6.2 % of Americans whom turn to online expenses (something else that finder.com encourages, by the by) while weakened find their way to Internet gambling locations.
A survey of 3,123 adults revealed that probably the most booze-driven that is common consist of shoes and clothes at 7.1 percent, followed by gambling and cigarettes. Movies and DVDs come in fourth with four %, while technology purchases ranking fifth with 3.3 percent.
'When people start drinking, they lose their inhibition and good judgment, and blow-outs are usually on items that make them feel good,' finder.com CEO Fred Schebesta told digital news outlet Quartz. 'Spending on clothing and shoes is often not a need but a want, and we give into temptation more often when drunk.'
After all, every potential purchase looks a little more attractive whenever a shopper places on his or her beer goggles.
Shock: Men Gamble More
The not-so-stunning revelation from the finder.com data is that while women flock to online clothing and shoe shops while tipsy, men tend to sway towards gambling endeavors. In fact, nine percent of intoxicated males spending their money online wind up putting it towards gambling-related activities.
Women aren't immune through the temptations of gambling either, though, as four percent of female respondents fessed up to drunken wagering.
However, what is rather shocking is men spend more than women when buying under the influence, duration, and in a way that is big.
' The amount that is average invest in a unplanned booze-filled buying session is $139, but the full total can differ considerably depending on our intercourse,' finder.com reports. 'Men on average spend more than four times as much as ladies ($233 in a session versus $54).'
The research also revealed that the average American spends $796 yearly on alcohol in contributing to the $179 billion liquor industry that is domestic. Idaho, Alabama, Rhode Island, Arizona, and Iowa top the list of states that spend the most on booze. ( How Nevada didn't make this list, we cannot attest).
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Capital International Buys Nearly 1 Million Shares of Bitcoin-Focused Microstrategy
Major asset management firm Capital International has gained exposure to bitcoin through investing in almost 1 million shares of Microstrategy which now holds more than 100K bitcoins.
Capital International Investors (CII) informed the SEC in a filing dated July 12 that it has purchased shares of Microstrategy's Class A common stock (MSTR). The filing states:
CII is deemed to be the beneficial owner of 953,242 shares or 12.2% of the 7,782,568 shares believed to be outstanding.
Capital International is a division of Capital Group, a global investment management firm established in Los Angeles, California, in 1931. The firm ranks among the world's oldest and largest investment management organizations, with over $2.2 trillion in assets under management as of Dec. 31, 2020.
Microstrategy has been acquiring bitcoin as its key strategy. On June 21, CEO Michael Saylor announced that his company's bitcoin holdings had reached 105,085 BTC acquired for about $2.741 billion at an average price of approximately $26,080 per bitcoin.
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One of my most asked questions I get is about picking out paint colors. This is a revised article that I wrote that was published in a local magazine.
Paint color can transform a house into a home.
Ask yourself some questions. What is the purpose of the room you are painting? Is it a dining room that will entertain guests and gather your family in each evening for dinner? A master bedroom that you want to make your "sanctuary", or a laundry room that you want to be bright and colorful to make the time you spend there more pleasant?
Once you've decided your purpose and how you want yourself and others to feel in your room, pick a color palette. Look at your room. Are you picking a color that's going to go with everything in your room (more of a neutral), or are you picking the color first and then working around that? Are you going to add color to your room by accessorizing (curtains, painted furniture, décor, etc.) or do you want the paint to be the main accessory?
Start small and inexpensive: Go to your favorite paint store, pick a few colors you like and have sample sizes mixed. Most paint stores sell them for around $3. This is the best way to find the right color without having a whole gallon of paint mixed up and then deciding when you get it home that you hate the color.
Seeing is believing: Paint the colors you're considering onto white poster boards. Put it next to your cabinets, trim, carpet or furniture. Paint can look a totally different color in various lighting, so make sure you look at it for a good 24 hours. Move your poster boards to different places in the room. Look for any color undertones it might have during bright daylight hours, rainy days and at night in artificial lighting.
Go for it! If you love the way the color you've chosen looks in all conditions, then go for the kill. You have just completed the hardest part of the process.
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Laptop Computer Vehicle Jacking is Now a Reality
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Computer Car Theft Is A Reality
Your New Model Vehicle Low Hanging Fruit For Computer Theft
Police and car insurers say thieves are using laptop computers to hack into late-model cars' electronic ignitions to steal the vehicles, raising alarms about the auto industry's greater use of computer controls.
The discovery follows a recent incident in Houston in which a pair of car thieves were caught on camera using a laptop to start a 2010 Jeep Wrangler and steal it from the owner's driveway. Police say the same method may have been used in the theft of four other late-model Wranglers and Cherokees in the city. None of the vehicles has been recovered reported The wall Street Journal
Watch this video a Thief has this vehicle in less than 2 minutes!!
Wow and that was in a protected parking garage with video surveillance…that is just mind blowing. Who is going to report or even pull this thief over he has the car with no visible damage.
Volkswagen Is At It Again
Hey it was bad enough that Volkswagon intentionally put in computer systems to allow their vehicles to pass vehicle exhaust safety checks please realize they have done the same with your security system.
Volkswagen sued researchers for two years to keep them from revealing security vulnerabilities in key-less ignitions; the flaws make the vehicles easier to steal.
The National Insurance Crime Bureau, an insurance-industry group that tracks car thefts across the U.S., said it recently has begun to see police reports that tie thefts of newer-model cars to what it calls "mystery" electronic devices.
"We think it is becoming the new way of stealing cars," said NICB Vice President Roger Morris. "The public, law enforcement and the manufacturers need to be aware."
Here are some resources to see if your vehicle is at risk as per the Consumerist
Let's face it
Society is taking technology for granted as it seemingly has infiltrated our everyday life from work to entertainment and let's not forget car lock systems that are supposed to keep your car safe from burglary and theft.
Now that are homes are connected to the internet, innovators have developed software and hardware for the cars we drive every day. When vehicles connect to the internet, automakers now have computerized amenities built in that make their products more desirable to trendsetting consumers.
But just like any other devices that can communicate with the World Wide Web, linked vehicles bring security issues. As connected cars gradually become more mainstream, it's important that consumers be aware of the dangers they face from a security breach.
In a recent Press Release Houston Police believe more than 100 Cars Stolen were stolen by high-tech thieves using computers to hack the car computers.
A pair of alleged thieves pulled off a high-tech plot to steal more than 100 Fiat Chrysler vehicles and send them to Mexico from Texas, police said, and the company believes the suspects reprogrammed key fobs with the help of employees at dealerships and repair facilities.
Watch the video below it is unbelievable how fast these computer hackers are.
Here is the sad part:
Amazingly in the 100 cars stolen article it stated "It is unclear how the cars made it across the U.S.-Mexico border." We should all realize that it is extremely difficult to get past the US border patrol but in this case it seems these two thugs got away with transporting close to 100 cars.
Computer hack car theft is so prevalent the FBI released a public service announcement covering the following topics:
How are computers used in modern motor vehicles?
What are some of the ways an attacker can access vehicle networks and driver data?
Cyber-security Recalls and Consumer Action-How can consumers determine whether their vehicle has been recalled for a vehicle cyber-security issue?
1. Ensure your vehicle software is up to date
Vehicle owners should check the vehicle's VIN for recalls at least twice per year using this Web link: http://vinrcl.safercar.gov
2. Be careful when making any modifications to vehicle software
3. Maintain awareness and exercise discretion when connecting third-party devices to your vehicle
4. Be aware of who has physical access to your vehicle
So it only makes sense to do everything you can to prevent your car from being stolen by computer hackers.
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Egg whites, cheddar, jalapenos, avocado and turkey bacon.
Great tasting, fresh food. Fast delivery. Bagels were freshly made and really delicious, Iced coffee was very good, and the Bacon egg cheese on their freshly made bread alone is worth my loyalty. Slight negative, they charge $2 for delivery. But the positives heavily outweigh the negative here.
My brother and I just ordered from this bagel place and WE LOVE it. They got our orders down to a T! And they were so worth the $ 5 we paid and bagels were fresh and HUGE!! Thanks guys for making breakfast awesome!!!
Best bagels in the area and they have Gluten Free! But the delivery times are sometimes very long. :( Worth the wait tho! And they seem to be getting much faster so I think they hear the feedback!
I love this place. The breakfast sandwiches are delicious. Love the raspberry crumb cake. They are very creative with their cream cheese flavors. Staff is great.
Fantastic bagels; fast, correct, polite service; they even put an extra treat in the bag. (was a big order). Love these guys.
I was really impressed with the quality of the food that came with my order! It arrived HOT (which doesn't always happen) and rather quickly, but more importantly, the food was actually really, really good. I ordered the omelet sandwich with veggies and bacon and coffee. The coffee tasted great and was definitely strong enough for me (i.e., not dishwater coffee!!). The egg sandwich was tasty - the bread was softly toasted but not soggy, the eggs were cooked well, and the bacon was DELICIOUS. Not flabby the way bacon usually is in delivered dishes, but well-cooked and toothy, like good-quality bacon. I have no idea if the rest of the food is this good but if it is, I'm sold.
Plainly the best bagel joint in Park Slope that delivers. They've messed up my order once out of something like 20-30 orders, and they bent over backwards to make it right. They wrap their beverage containers in plastic wrap to keep them from spilling (this is apparently too complicated for some other bagel places in the area), and their food is very good. Way to go, Bagel Pub - you're my favorite.
Food is always great, very rare occasion that there will happen to be a mixup but it is expected with such a busy place and it is always rectified right away and with ease. But today I came on seamless to find they no longer deliver to my address? Sad because my office orders from them regularly and this happens to be my own favorite bagel spot to order from.
I've ordered from Bagel Pub several times in the last weeks simply because they have an amazing plethora of options that are all spectacular. Their shakes and smoothies are an absolute bargain for their size and quality and the food often delivers earlier that expected which is fantastic. I would recommend this place to any one who enjoys excellent food.
Best bagels and bakery and coffee in the neighborhood. Amazing place to order from. Bagel and Black & White cookie and cold brew was best Ive EVER tasted. Always delivered quickly and delivery guy is always so friendly and takes great care to make sure food is delivered warm and not a drop of spilled coffee! BEST FOOD IN TOWN!!
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And for two weeks every July since the 1880s, they have been filled with some of the most wealthy and powerful men in the world.
Many of them arrive on their corporate jets at the nearby Sonoma County Airport. Others arrive in fancy cars which fill the on-site parking lot. At its height, there is said to have been more than 2,000 men who attended and, as you can imagine, they are well protected by a trove of police. Access is by invitation only, and most pay more than $15,000 to attend.
For more than 35 years, protesters have stood at the entrance gates.
"Our concern is not what's going on inside the Grove, but what's happening outside the Grove with the people that are in here," Brian Romanoff, a picketer, tells The History Channel.
According to several reports, this is where for the idea for the Manhattan Project was conceived back in 1942. It's also where every Republican president since the 60s has spent time before actually becoming the nominee.
"We know for sure that Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan sat down and had conversation about who was going to run for president when and they made a deal," said Sonoma State University sociology professor Peter Phillips.
Phillips wrote his dissertation on the Bohemian Club in 1994 and was invited to attend for four days. He witnessed first-hand the opening event — the Cremation of Care, where the power elite leave their cares behind in a symbolic ceremony beneath Mollock the Owl.
Jed Jenkel said he was a paid employee of the Grove and drove the horse and buddy that carried a casket during the ceremony.
"The casket represented their cares and they would actually burn it along the lake with music," said Jenkel.
Mary Moore, co-founder of Bohemian Grove Action Network, unearths a photograph from the summer of 2007, when a talk was given called "Afghanistan, the unexpected upside." Seven months later, President Obama called for 20,000 new troops to be sent overseas.
There are other connection to be made as well, between the lakeside talks and public policies that follow.
There are rumors of extreme drunkenness, prostitutes and homosexual activities by members. But for the most part, it is the secret back room agreements critics say should be brought to light.
For Mary Moore, who has been researching Bohemian Grove for more than three decades, what happens inside here is symptomatic of a much larger problem.
"We're all told that we elect representatives…they go to Washington, we have total influence of them and they make decisions that are in the best interests of us," says Moore.
Despite the protests, the rich and powerful elite continue to make their way to the woods of California for the annual retreat. And who has found their way to Bohemian Grove this year? Radio host Alex Jones infiltrated the camp-out in the past and says that his insiders are revealing a who's who in America.
"You've got more and more of the leadership of Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and Apple . . . at the Grove, and more and more of the establishments counting on their technocracies," says Jones.
This year, he said, in addition to corporate big-wigs and political powerhouses, names like Tom Cruise and Mark McGuire sign their name to the guest book. With 1,000 plus people from all walks of the rich coming to Sonoma County, however, you won't see the media reporting on it.


Altice USA in partnership with the Kramden Institute donated 50 computers to students at Scotland Neck Primary School in Scotland Neck, NC. Altice employees and Amy Huffman, Research and Policy Specialist at North Carolina's Department of Information Technology Broadband Infrastructure Office, helped distribute computers and train students on how to use the computer and access the Internet. This effort is part of Altice's commitment to encourage Internet adoption in underprivileged areas and provide Advantage Internet, a low-cost option for Suddenlink broadband in the home for families that participate in the National School Lunch Program.


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Cole's 2017 LA Auto Show Rundown
The Burnouts presenter Cole Lunde braved the sea of journalists at the LA Auto Show this week. Here's just a couple of highlights from his visit.
With over 1000 cars on the floor at the 2017 LA Auto Show it was pretty hard to nail down my favorites but I'll give it a shot.
Mazda Vision Coupe
With it's incredibly long hood and seamless glass roof, this sleek looking 4 door "coupe" really drew in the crowds and it's easy to see why. Let's hope this design language transfers into future Mazda product. With a 3 rotor Wankel in it.
Land Rover Discovery SVX
With its supercharged 5.0l V8 producing 518 HP, 32 inch mudders, and discreet rear mounted winch, this matte silver Disco is a hooligan dressed in a bespoke Savile Row trench coat. A rep from LR USA told me that this is "production ready" and ready to splatter with mud.
The I-Pace is Jaguar's first all electric SUV. With 516 ft/lbs of instant torque laid down through an AWD system this boldy penned big cat might make Model X owners start glancing over their shoulders. It has 220 mile range and charges to 80% in 90 minutes. With an interior of cleverly mixed materials and textures the I-Pace oversteps the Range Rover in almost every category of luxury and style.
So many cars, so little time. I wish I had an army of minions to cover all of it…
The depth and breadth of this showcase is hard to fathom until you've tried to muscle in, beg borrow and steal, and flat out lie for sound bytes, and frankly, is hard to explain. I look forward to bringing it all to you in the best way I know how. If I could only get the sound to work on my Insta Live I would be much happier…
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I had a chance to go to the car show and vintage racing event on the final day of the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix. The event itself spans 10 days and has things happening all over the city, but if you have to pick one day, the final day of the...
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New Silverado Adds Space and Enough Options for All
Long story short, Chevrolet officially launched the 2019 Silverado lineup ahead of the 2018 Detroit Auto Show. The truck is lighter, has more cargo and passenger room, and is more configurable than ever before. You could stop there and drool over...
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Acura unveiled its third generation RDX prototype today at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit today. Following design cues from the current lineup, including the pentagon diamond grill on the MDX and TLX, the new RDX also contains...
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The Mardin Declaration
A Peace Summit Conference (Mardin Abode of Peace) was convened in the Turkish city of Mardin at the Artuklu University campus on Saturday and Sunday (27-28 March 2010)
All Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds and Peace and Salutations be upon Muhammad, who has been sent as a Mercy unto the Worlds, his family and all of his companions.
A Peace Summit Conference (Mardin Abode of Peace) was convened in the Turkish city of Mardin at the Artuklu University campus on Saturday and Sunday (27-28 March 2010) under the auspices of the Global Center for Renewal and Guidance (GCRG – based in London) in cooperation with Canopus Consulting (also based in London) and Artuklu University.
Participating in the conference was a blessed group of renowned Muslim scholars, from across the Muslim world, who brought with them diverse and relevant specializations. They gathered in order to collectively study one of the most important (classical juridical) foundations of the relations between Muslims and their fellow brothers in humanity, namely: the (classical juridical) classification of 'abodes' (diyar), as islamically conceived, and other related concepts such as jihad, loyalty-and-enmity, citizenship, and migration (to non-Muslim territories).
They selected this juridical conceptual distinction because, of its importance in the grounding of peaceful and harmonious co-existence and cooperation for good and justice between Muslims and non-Muslims, provided that it is understood in consonance with normative religious texts, and maxims, and in light of higher objectives of Islamic Law.
The organizers chose as the main research theme for the conference the legal edict (fatwa) passed by Sheikh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyya concerning the classification of the city of Mardin during his lifetime. The edict was chosen because of the significant intellectual, civilizational, symbolic meaning that it holds.
The point of it is that Ibn Taymiyya, in his classification of the city of Mardin – through his deep understanding of the Shariah and keen insight and awareness of the context in which he lived – went beyond the classification that was common amongst past Muslim jurists: Dividing territories into an Abode of Islam (in which the primary state is peace), an Abode of Kufr (Unbelief) (in which the primary state is war), and an Abode of 'Ahd (Covenant) (in which the primary state is truce), amongst other divisions (that they had stipulated).
Instead of the classification common in his age, Ibn Taymiyya came up with a compound/composite classification by virtue of which civil strife amongst Muslims was averted, and their blood, wealth, and honor safeguarded, and justice amongst them and others established.
His fatwa is one that is exceptional in its formulation and that, to a large degree, addresses a similar context to our time, a political state of the world that is different from the one encountered by past jurists, and which had formed the basis for the particular way in which they had classified territories.
It is such a changed context that Ibn Taymiyyah took into consideration when passing his fatwa, and that now makes it imperative that contemporary jurists review the classical classification, because of the changed contemporary situation: Muslims are now bound by international treaties through which security and peace have been achieved for the entire humanity, and in which they enjoy safety and security, with respect to their property, integrity and homelands. Consequently, Muslims are mixing and mingling with others in unprecedented ways: politically, socially and economically.
Contemporary jurists also need to review the classical classification of abodes because there is a real need for a sound Islamic and legal vision that does not violate Islamic religious texts, is in harmony with the higher objectives of the Shari'ah, and engages our contemporary context.
In light of the above, the participants presented and discussed research papers at the conference, and the following are the conclusions and recommendations that they arrived at:
First: Conclusions:
1. Ibn Taymiyya's fatwa concerning Mardin can under no circumstances be appropriated and used as evidence for leveling the charge of kufr against fellow Muslims, rebelling against rulers, deeming game their lives and property, terrorizing those who enjoy safety and security, acting treacherously towards those who live (in harmony) with fellow Muslims or with whom fellow Muslims live (in harmony) via the bond of citizenship and peace. On the contrary, the fatwa deems all of that unlawful, not withstanding its original purpose of support a Muslim state against a non-Muslim state. In all of this Ibn Taymiyya agrees with, and follows, the precedent of previous Muslim scholars in this regard, and does not deviate from their position. Anyone who seeks support from this fatwa for killing Muslims or non-Muslims has erred in his interpretation and has misapplied the revealed texts.
2. The classification of abodes in Islamic jurisprudence was a classification based on ijtihad (juristic reasoning) that was necessitated by the circumstances of the Muslim world, then and the nature of the international relations prevalent at that time. However, the change in circumstances now: The existence of recognized international treaties, which consider as crimes wars that are not do not involve repelling aggression or resisting occupation, the emergence of civil states which guarantee, on the whole, religious, ethnic and national rights, have necessitated declaring, instead, the entire world as a place of tolerance and peaceful co-existence between all religions, groups and factions in the context of establishing common good and justice amongst people, and wherein they enjoy safety and security with respect to their wealth, habitations and integrity. This is what the Shari'ah has been affirming and acknowledging, and to which it has been inviting humanity, ever since the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) migrated to Madina and concluded the first treaty/peace agreement that guaranteed mutual and harmonious co-existence between the factions and various ethnic/race groups in a framework of justice and common/shared interest. Shortcomings and breaches perpetrated by certain states which happen to scar and mar this process cannot and should not be used as a means for denying its validity and creating conflict between it and the Islamic Shari 'ah.
3. Amongst the priorities of Muslim scholars and Islamic academic institutions should be the analysis and assessment of ideas that breed extremism, takfir (labeling fellow Muslims as unbelievers) and violence in the name of Islam. Security measures no matter how fair and just they may happen to be, cannot take the place of an eloquent (scholarly) elucidation supported by proof and evidence. Therefore, it is the responsibility of the Ummah's religious scholars to condemn all forms of violent attempts-to-change or violent protest, within, or outside, Muslim societies. Such condemnation must be clear, explicit, and be a true manifestation of real courage-in-speaking-the-truth, so as to eliminate any confusion or ambiguity.
4. Muslim scholars, throughout the ages, have always stressed and emphasized that the jihad that is considered the pinnacle of the religion of Islam, is not of one type, but of many, and actually fighting in the Path of Allah is only one type. The validation, authorization, and execution of this particular type of jihad is granted by the shari'ah to only those who lead the community (actual heads of states). This is because such a decision of war is a political decision with major repercussion and consequences. Hence, it is not for a Muslim individual or Muslim group to announce and declare war, or engage in combative jihad, whimsically and on their own. This restriction is vital for preventing much evil from occurring, and for truly upholding Islamic religious texts relevant to this matter.
5. The basis of the legitimacy of jihad is that it is either to repel/resist aggression (Fight in the cause of Allah those who fight you, but do not transgress limits; for Allah loveth not transgressors) (Surah al-Baqarah 190), or to aid those who are weak and oppressed (And why should ye not fight in the cause of Allah and of those who, being weak, are ill-treated (and oppressed)?) (Surah al-Nisa' 75), or in defense of he freedom of worshiping (To those against whom war is made, permission is given (to fight), because they are wronged; – and verily, Allah is most powerful for their aid) Surah al-Hajj 39). It is not legitimate to declare war because of differences in religion, or in search of spoils of war.
6. The issue of Fatwas in Islam is a serious one. It is for this reason that scholars have drawn up stringent conditions/requirements for the Mufti (the authority issuing fatawa). Of these conditions is that he must be fully qualified in scholarly learning/knowledge. Of the conditions specific to the fatwa itself is having established the proper object of application (manat) according to place, time, and person, circumstance, and consequence/future outcome.
7. The notion of loyalty-and-enmity (al-wala wa al-bara) must never be used to declare anyone out of the fold of Islam, unless an actual article of unbelief is held. In all other cases, it actually involves several types of judgment ranging according to the juridical five-fold scale: (permissible, recommended, not-recommended, non-permissible, and required). Therefore, it is not permissible to narrow the application of this notion and use it for declaring Muslim outside the fold of Islam.
Second: Recommendations:
The participants in the conference came up with the following recommendations:
• Convening an annual conference in Europe to research and explore, in depth, the Islamic conception of peace, and peaceful co-existence, between nations/communities and religions
• Establishing the Mardin Center for Research in Islamic Political Theory.
• Creating research units and departments at Islamic universities and postgraduate institutions concerned with research, training, and qualifying of potential candidates, in the area of formulating and issuing fatwas on public issues pertaining to the entire Muslim Ummah.
• Encouraging theoretical and practical studies concerned with the historical conditions and circumstances affecting the issuing of religious edicts and opinions.
• Encouraging academic and scientific studies that focus on the historical circumstances and conditions in which the edicts of great scholars were issued in the past.
• Making more effort in revising, editing, and exploring the legacy of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyya – may Allah have mercy on him – and the legacy of the exemplary scholars, with respect to their impact on the Muslim world and what is hoped to be gained from a sound and correct understanding of their respective legacies in terms of guiding and directing both the general public and specialists.
• Referring the declaration to the various fiqh academies in the Muslim world for the purpose of enriching it, deepening discussion around it and extending its benefit (to a wider audience).
In conclusion, the organizers and participants wish to extend their heartfelt gratitude and appreciation to all those who contributed to the success of the conference, and first and foremost amongst them the governor of Mardin, the President of Artuklu University, the Mufti of Mardin.
May Allah send his peace and salutation upon our master, Muhammad, his family and his companions, and all Praise be to Allah through Whose bounty and favor righteous works are completed.
2010 Al Habib Ali Aljifri Mardin
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Review of Black Summer
In Black Summer (Netflix), the prequel to the cult hit Z Nation, a group of survivors struggle to make it from the outskirts of an unnamed major city to a downtown where they will find evacuation to a safe haven. As they make their journey, they encounter increasingly dangerous situations as society crumbles around them. Are the bonds that they forge during this crisis durable enough to survive the challenges that they face? Or will they turn on each other when their individual survival seems most threatened?
Review of Santa Clarita Diet: Season Three
In the third season of Santa Clarita Diet (Netflix) the Hammond clan finds themselves dealing with the aftermath of their numerous close calls with exposure and death in Season Two. As Shelia and Joel prepare for their new business venture, their daughter Abby and her best friend Eric attempt to stay out of prison after carrying out a terrorist attack on a nearby fracking operation. The Knights of Serbia close in on the undead as zombies begin to proliferate in Santa Clarita and a Serbian military scientist is determined to profit from the budding epidemic. Will the Hammonds be able to remain alive, free, and hidden from exposure, all while keeping the undead Sheila fed? Maybe, if a new cult devoted to worshipping her doesn't announce the "miracle" of her resurrection to the world.
Review of Kingdom: Season One
Famine sweeps the land. Nobles conspire for the throne against the Crown Prince. And the King is dead. But then he isn't. That's the backdrop of the Korean drama, Kingdom (Netflix). As usurpers consolidate their control of the kingdom, the Crown Prince is forbidden to see his ailing father and flees, seeking answers as to how to heal the King and allies with which to save himself. What the Crown Prince discovers on his journey will shake not only the foundations of power in his kingdom, but also threaten the very existence of his country.
Review of The Night Eats the World
In The Night Eats the World (2018, currently on Amazon Prime) Sam, a young introverted musician, unwillingly attends a party in a Paris apartment. After passing out in a secluded back room, he wakes to find the apartment a bloody shambles. As he opens the front door to leave, he's attacked by some of the former partygoers who are covered in blood and appear crazed. Sam quickly realizes that the zombie apocalypse has occurred while he slept and springs into action securing the building and gathering supplies for himself. But isolation begins to take its toll on him and his decision-making becomes increasingly erratic. Sam must find a way out of his fortress, before his mind proves a more dangerous foe to him than the hordes of undead Parisians that infest the streets of the City of Lights.
Top 5 Watched in 2018: Horror/Thriller
It's that time of year when bloggers, reviewers, and fans make their "Best" and "Worst" lists. My lists are going to be a bit different for a few reasons. Firstly, because they aren't individually exclusive to television, movies, nor entertainment that came out in 2018. Also, instead of necessarily being the movies/programs that I rated the highest, these are the ones that best hit the nexus between quality and enjoyment for me (as there can be some difference between respecting a work of art and actually liking it). Lastly, this list is inclusive of what I watched for the first time this year, irrespective of format or medium. Click the titles to see where you can stream them. So, without further ado, here's my 2018 Top 5 Horror/Thriller list:
Review of The Rezort
The Rezort (2015, currently on Netflix) takes place 10 years after the outbreak of a zombie virus and the ensuing war against the undead killed over two billion people. Zombies no longer exist anywhere in the world except on one small Pacific island where a company has set up a luxury resort with a $1,000,000,000 security system. At this resort, people from all over the world can rest, relax, and kill as many zombies as they want to. Predictably, through a combination of malice, ineptitude, and naivety the security system is damaged and all hell breaks loose.
Review of The Last Days on Mars
In The Last Days on Mars (2013, currently on Hulu), an international team of astronauts make an historic finding hours before they're scheduled to begin their journey back to Earth: microbial life on Mars. However, this joyous discovery quickly turns into a nightmare as the lifeforms infect and alter the crew, killing and then reviving them and turning them into dangerous creatures hellbent on consuming their comrades.
Z Nation Is An Underappreciated Gem
If you ask most television fans to name the most creative and unique shows on TV, a lot will name Legion. Some lesser amount may name Dirk Gently. But often overlooked (unfairly I might add) is a show that preceded them both: Z Nation (Syfy, also currently on Netflix). It campily infuses the post-apocalypse zombie genre with humor, horror, and a psychedelic sensibility that is unlike anything else you're likely to come across.
Dead Set Is What A Zombie TV Show Should Be
What do you get when you combine the reality TV show Big Brother with the zombie apocalypse? Answer: Dead Set (2008, currently on Netflix), a five-part miniseries that happens to be the best zombie-related TV show that I've ever seen. Set in the United Kingdom on Big Brother's eviction night, where huge crowds have come to greet the housemate who has most recently booted from the show, our heroine Kelly, is in the process of again cheating on her boyfriend of four years, Riq, when the zombie apocalypse break out. She eventually finds relative safety in the enclosed, but monitored "house" where the Big Brother contestants have been staying for months in complete isolation from the outside world. Meanwhile Riq, who is miles away from the studio, sets out on a journey through a decimated England to find and rescue his beloved Kelly.
Review of Cargo: The Worst Adaptation Of A Short Film I've Ever Seen
Cargo (Netflix), based on the short film of the same name, tells the story of a man attempting to save his child in an Australian outback this overrun by zombies. It's complete garbage. I can't understand how it currently has a critic score of 90% on Rotten Tomatoes. Not only is it boring, it also features one of the most foolish characters in the history of zombie movies, and that's really saying something.


GEORGE TOWN: In 2005, the house located at a seaside village in Teluk Bahang served as a shelter for just 10 stray cats rescued from the streets.
Today, the Pantai Kucing or 'Cat Beach' is home to about 200 stray felines.
The shelter is managed by fisherman, Nana Wan Chik, 57, and business partner from New York, Teviot Fairservis, 62, a non-profit management consultant.
With feline grace, the local man and the American woman are dedicated to looking after the cats with an energy that is simply boundless.
Nana, better known as 'Papa Kucing' said he initially housed 10 cats rescued from the roadside. However, the number increased over the years.
"After I set up this place and called it 'Cat Beach', word got around and some of the people sent cats here. Now, there are about 200 cats under our care," he told Bernama in an interview recently.
However, the father of the four had to decline additional cats sent to the shelter due to financial constraints and health factor.
He said it was not easy caring for the over 200 cats as they needed adequate food and medicines.
"Recently, a woman from Kulim, Kedah wanted to send over 100 cats to this place but I had to decline as we can't afford it.
"Luckily, my sister helps out feeding the cats with leftover rice and food from the school canteen, apart from contributions from individuals," said 'Papa Kuching'.
Meanwhile, Fairservis said they needed funds to cater to the needs of the cats as they currently only relied on fundraising and donations from individuals and non-governmental organisations.
"I am not a crazy cat lady, but I am a very experienced fundraiser and non-profit management consultant, so I thought whatever reason that brought me here, I chose to be here and I could use my skills to help the cats.
"It is a sanctuary (for cats) and not yet a professional shelter. With more funds and veterinary care, we will get to that point. It will need many volunteers and a lot of help, though," she added.
Fairservis said she wanted to turn 'Cat Beach' into, not only a cat shelter but also a place that could educate the people to love animals.
Currently, the shelter has two live-in volunteers, as well as foreigners who visited Penang for a holiday and decided to assist in maintaining the place.
"We hope to encourage volunteers to stay here because we also provide accommodation. For now, people can visit this place for free, but we are looking to charge admission fee for visitors, perhaps at RM10 per entry," said Fairservis.
She said people interested in contributing could visit the websites www.paypal.me/TeviotCatBeachPenang or www.gofundme.com/catloversintl.


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Пычасский район — административно-территориальная единица в составе Удмуртской АССР, существовавшая в 1937—1956 годах. Центр — село Пычас.

Пычасский район был образован 1 июня 1937 года в составе Удмуртской АССР. В район вошли Александровский, Индюковский, Лудзи-Шудзинский и Маловаложикьинский сельсоветы Можгинского района; Большекибьинский, Ивановский, Писеевский и Туташевский с/с Алнашского района; Бобья-Учинский и Нижнеюринский с/с Малопургинского района.

19 октября 1948 года из части Александровского с/с был образован Пычасский с/с.

16 июня 1954 года Индюковский с/с был присоединён к Лудзи-Шудзинскому, Туташевский — к Большекибьинскому, Ивановский — к Писеевскому.

27 ноября 1956 года Пычасский район был упразднён. При этом Александровский, Лудзи-Шудзинский, Маловаложикьинский и Пычасский с/с переданы в Можгинский район; Бобья-Учинский и Нижнеюринский с/с — в Малопургинский район; Большекибьинский и Писеевский с/с — в Алнашский район.

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People have been severely affected due to the sudden breakdowns that occurred in several areas since yesterday.
That was due to the failure of the second generator of the Norochcholai power plant.
The Ministry of Power and Energy has decided to take steps to provide maximum power supply without any power cuts.
Meanwhile, the Norochcholai Lak Wijaya Coal Power Plant has been shut down due to the failure of the Second Generation Coal Power Plant, Power and Energy Ministry sources said.
The initial work pertinent to connecting the supply to the national grid was taking place and that he anticipates that the supply will be connected to the grid by noon today, said the media spokesman.


Got a serial communication to PC going with RaspberryPi using a MAX3242-based board.
Motorola lapdock has been really handy to run R-Pi on: the number of cables is minimal and it operates just like a regular notebook.
It is interesting that even though my wire connections were flimsy, I could still get 256000 baud and a solid file transfer! Well, I did use my add-on parallel + serial PCI card on the PC since I needed a parallel port for experimentation, and the controller chip on that card seemed to be quite good.
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A compliment in a bottle, Luna de Miel is inspired by the Spanish word for "honeymoon". Created to give the complexion of that "post-wedding" glow, it hydrates your skin while giving it the nutrients it deserves. Made with dewy botanicals and antioxidants, it moisturizes, hydrates, and balances the skin. The result is softly hydrated, glowy, covetable skin.
Morning and night, apply 1 to 2 pumps evenly over face and neck. Can be used directly onto cleansed skin before your moisturizer, or over makeup for a dewy look.
Coveted Tip: For an all-over glow, add a couple of pumps to your foundation prior to application. For a more subtle glow, apply on cheeks and nose or anywhere you'd like to give light to. Can be reapplied as desired.


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90% Of Startups Fail: Here's What You Need To Know About The 10% FILLING
Nine out of ten startups will fail. This is a hard and bleak truth. So rather than focus on why so many startups fail, let's talk about why 10% of startups succeed. What are the characteristics of startups that succeed? At this event, you will hear what it takes to succeed and come away with something that will help your startup be in the 10%.
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Cole's Corner
"What's Trending?" at Dirt Bristol Motor Speedway
By colecusumano on March 26, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )
By Cole Cusumano
The better question would be what's not trending at Bristol. For the first time in over two decades, the .533-mile track received a full transformation courtesy of over 2,000 truckloads of dirt. In order to maximize the racing product, the traditional 28 degrees of banking in the turns were reduced to 19 and the width of the surface was widened to 50-feet.
While the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series has been racing on dirt since 2013 at Eldora Speedway, the NASCAR Cup Series will be doing so for the first time since 1970. With this in mind, many specifications are being implemented to the stock cars, as they're not accustomed to competing on the dusty surface.
Teams will embrace the 750-horsepower package with the spoiler being shortened to six inches in height and 51 in length with no front splitter and screen coverings over various ducts. In order to ensure durability when the inevitable of getting into the wall or other cars happens, body stiffeners will be allowed in addition to reinforcing the deck lid hinge, spindle and steering arm. New gridded tires were also constructed for this weekend.
For the first time in almost one-year, practice and qualifying will be taking place at Bristol given the uncertainty of the venue. The Cup and Truck Series will have two-50-minute testing sessions each and four qualifying heat races per division will determine the starting lineup.
The heats will be 15 laps each and only green flag laps will be accounted for, but free passes and wave arounds will be in effect. The starting lineups for each event will be broken up into 10 cars per race (nine for the final Cup race) with a random draw based on owner points setting the field. Points will be accumulated based on finishing position and passing throughout the contest and these will be tallied to lock in the official lineup for the mains.
Finally, live pit stops will not take place. Teams are unable to work on their cars, change tires or add fuel until the stage breaks. The choose rule will also not be implemented this weekend.
Now that we know all of the rulings and logistics for one of the most highly anticipated weekends in NASCAR history in Thunder Valley, what could we expect?
There's no telling who will be favorite, if there is one, for the Food City Dirt Race. Only four full-time drivers have risen to the premier level with esteemed backgrounds on this type of racing surface – Kyle Larson, Christopher Bell, Tyler Reddick and Chase Briscoe.
The obvious choice for many this weekend will be Larson, and for good reason. The 28-year-old is completing at an elite level currently. With one win in 2021 and being a contender for victory in essentially every race this season, it's hard to go against a scorching hot driver with a reputation for being one of the greatest dirt athletes of all time. The driver of the No. 5 is also determined to get over the stinger that took place in Atlanta last week.
Many Cup Series regulars had little to no experience competing on dirt prior to the past few weeks, but many have put in the effort to get some track time before March 28 so they aren't going in blindly. Drivers like Chase Elliott, Kyle Busch and Cole Custer headlined various super late model events in Bristol last weekend, but it was Austin Dillon who really turned heads in winning the 602 Late Model Feature.
While those are some the Cup regulars that could be poised for strong run in at the .533-mile track, there are a few dirt aficionados in Stewart Friesen, Chris Windom, Mike Marlar and Shane Golobic making their premier series debuts.
Trending on Twitter: Good boys celebrate after a big win in Atlanta.
Celebration with the boys pic.twitter.com/h0XEdWk8as
— Bubba Wallace (@BubbaWallace) March 22, 2021
To an extent, the Truck Series isn't entering unfamiliar territory by taking to the dirt. What is abnormal is the depth of the field for Saturday night.
Seven Cup Series regulars, such as Kevin Harvick, Martin Truex Jr. and Ryan Newman — in addition to Myatt Snider from the NASCAR Xfinity Series — will be migrating to compete in trucks to gain experience for the unknown that is Bristol dirt.
It will be interesting to say the least to see how the stars of Truck Series handle the presence of the premier level competitors. Will we see some established dominance from these division veterans or will the younger drivers utilize this as a learning experience in rising through the ranks?
In one of the cooler stories of the weekend, Friesen's wife, Jessica, will be making her Truck Series debut, and this will be the first time a husband and wife compete together in NASCAR.
Trending on Twitter: Jessica Friesen takes to the streets (literally) in her No. 62 Toyota Tundra.
Full dress rehearsal today with @jz_friesen. P is cheering for Mom. #rookietest pic.twitter.com/svz7gqVli3
— Stewart Friesen (@StewartFriesen) March 25, 2021
There's no telling what we're going to witness this weekend at Bristol dirt, but one thing is certain — you don't want to miss the spectacles that will be on display this weekend. Practice returns for the first time in almost a year on March 26 with the Truck Series getting things started at 3:05 p.m. ET on FS1. The following day, there will be four qualifying heats for each division, with the Pinty's Truck Race on Dirt closing out the evening at 8 p.m. ET on FS1. Finally, the Cup Series closes out the madness with the Food City Dirt Race at 3:30 p.m. ET on Fox.
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The Consorci Institut D'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS, www.idibaps.org) is a public research centre dedicated to translational research in the field of biomedicine. Its mission is to integrate state of the art basic research and quality clinical research. Founded in 1996, IDIBAPS is formed by the Catalan Ministry of Economy and Knowledge (DEC), the University of Barcelona's Faculty of Medicine (UB), the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona (HCB) and the Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques de Barcelona of the Spanish Council for Scientific Research (IIBB-CSIC). As such HCPB can be considered a third party of IDIBAPS. The institution is very active in scientific research. The number of publications has shown a constant growth. In 2012 there were 1.026 original publications in high impact factor scientific magazines, many of which were collaborative studies in which different institutional teams joined their investigative efforts. The global impact factor for the journals where the abovementioned articles appeared was 5,334 IF points, showing a yearly progression of 13,24%. Of these publications, close to 60% are in the first quartile of impact in their field. IDIBAPS has a strong track record working in European projects and has a dedicated European Projects Office (OPE) and the Knowledge and Technology Transfer Office (KTT). The OPE managed 34 projects in FP5 (1 as coordinators), 55 projects in FP6 (11 as coordinators), 130 projects in FP7 (29 as coordinators) and is currently managing 30 projects in H2020 (2 as coordinators).
IDIBAPS has a strong track record working in European projects and has a dedicated European Projects Office. This office managed 29 projects in FP5 (one as coordinators), 42 projects in FP6 (eleven as coordinators) and 101 projects in FP7 (twenty-nine as coordinators).
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