Activists attending the public hearings on the controversial Traditional Courts Bill in Parliament were shocked yesterday when women were told debate and comment on the Bill were not welcome.
A number of civil society organisations and rural women have travelled to participate in the public hearings on the Bill which has been widely criticised for entrenching gender inequality and possibly subjecting millions of rural South Africans to a 'second class' justice system.
It is feared that the Bill, which is before Parliament's Select Committee on Security and Constitutional Development, in its current form gives patriarchal traditional courts enormous power to undermine the Constitutional rights of women and children.
This fear was reinforced yesterday when committee acting chairman Amos Matila said the committee would not entertain debate or comments but would only accept questions of clarity after two women from the lobby group Land Access Movement of South Africa called for the Bill to be scrapped.
LAMOSA director Constance Mogale had, along with others, rebutted the claim by the National House of Traditional Leaders that women represented 30 percent of the traditional courts structure.
Mogale said this claim was untrue and it remained difficult for women to access justice in traditional courts.
She said MPs should not confuse the 50 percent women's representation in Parliament with what was happening in traditional courts.
Matila then charged that the Bill was not about women but "people who deliver". He went on to say the committee would not accept debate or comment but matters of clarity from the presenters as the Bill was not going to be withdrawn.
A woman activist from the gallery then stood up and said that if the committee had made up its mind about the Bill then the organisations that had come to provide their input may as well "walk away".
Mogale stuck to her guns that the Bill should be withdrawn as if it was passed in its current form it would be challenged in the Constitutional Court.
Fluent and outspoken LAMOSA activist Emily Tjale also argued for the scrapping of the Bill.
She was joined by Solom Japhta Mabuza from Silwanendlala Ubuntu Farmers Agricultural Co-operative in Mpumalanga.
Mabuza who travelled from Buffelspruit village under Matsamo Tribal Authority, said some of the chiefs in Matsamo's 12 villages were fake and counterproductive.
He said he knew of a chief in the community from Swaziland who crossed the border everyday to come and rule over them.
He said such chiefs already enjoyed enormous powers, including double taxing villagers, did not know the South African Constitution and the Bill would only strengthen their power to abuse communities.
He said besides villagers having to pay normal state taxes, the chiefs there made them to pay a tax of R1 000 and taxed foreigners R3 000 or its equivalent in cattle.
He cited a number of examples of corruption and abuse of power and requested MPs visit their community to see for themselves the various problems they faced.


Trade wars pose a threat to the world.
Countries develop toward proximity, but the growing #ego separates them.
Therefore, #Kabbalah advises that the only right path is to correct the ego so they will interact as parts of a single body.
And soar in them, like a bird.
What is #good, and what is #evil?
For others' sake is good, and for your sake is evil.
Now you've found the spiritual compass.
So my screen lets in the Light.
Fill the whole world with Him.
These are those who leave & those who attack.
When they come to their senses, they will be corrected, but after everyone else.
All #problems come from the Creator.
All problems are solved by coming closer to Him.
How do you look inside yourself?
Look at the friends and feel your reaction.
Or the group for the Creator?
Reach equivalence with the Creator.
What's next: the path of light or suffering?
Depends on me… How scary!
If I am on the right path?
At the beginning, the spiritual path seams good, attractive, inviting, seemingly promising us all kinds of attainments and revelations. But then we begin to understand that we need to pay for everything, that what is required from us is to bring ourselves to equivalence of form with the spiritual degree. The path becomes harder, not so attractive anymore, even repulsive, confusing, humiliating.
This is the time that the Maror (bitter herb) symbolizes. Indeed, it is not easy to walk through it because it is like searching for the goal in complete darkness, through a great many dangerous trails, narrow bridges, climbing up the mountain to the King's palace. Reaching it seems as likely as shooting a tiny coin from a great distance.
We need to sharpen our senses, to become accustomed to the new state, to rise above reason to a new kind of sense. We need to increase the importance of the goal and the Creator. Otherwise, the spiritual goal loses its importance in our egoistic desire. We see that many of our friends leave the path because they could not grow and develop the feeling of importance of the spiritual path within themselves, above the darkness and difficulties.
Our work is against the will to receive, which needs to be inverted, building the will to bestow above it. We need to reveal the whole evil of the ego, to "chew" it like Maror until we feel all the bitterness because it stands in our way to adhesion with the Creator. All the pleasant and delightful tastes in our ego that were sweeter than honey are now turning into horrible bitterness that is impossible to tolerate.
We start to hate everything that brings sweet egoistic fulfillment and we are willing to feel such a bitterness in it that will help us escape. Escaping is the only thing we can do.
We find this bitterness in every labor we do in Egypt; we want to reach bestowal and we cannot. And we cannot turn this bitterness into sweetness, into good, so that bestowal would feel sweet to us. We can still feel bitterness in receiving, as it is written: "And the children of Israel sighed from the labor." But bestowal becomes sweet only outside of Egypt, after receiving the Torah, and the correction of Bina, forty years in the desert.
Our whole world, our whole life, is Egypt, the place of exile. We were born here and grew up feeling ourselves in a wrong reality, very remote from the power of bestowal, love, self-sacrifice, unity, that is, the properties of the Creator.
The study of the wisdom of Kabbalah is meant to set us on an increasingly correct vision of the world so that we can see that there is only one person in the world.
Everyone must see himself as this only person. If he incorporates all humanity into himself, thanks to unity and love and various corrections that he must perform in himself, he will really see only one person existing in the world.
In the meantime, we discover a multitude of forces in the world contradicting and opposing each other. We need to attach all of them to one source, to one desire, to one force beside which there is nothing. In this way, we will gradually come to the conclusion that only self-annulment is the sole action that we have to do at every moment of time, abolishing all the forces that come from me, from others, from everybody else, so that only one upper force that completely dominates over everything remains.
This is the state that puts us in front of the Creator, to His side, to adhere to Him, and to be included in Him.
Question: It is said that the Light is at rest and in perfection. How pleasant is it to feel perfection? Why does perfection posses an attractive power?
Answer: The perfection that Kabbalists speak about is not what we consider to be perfection in our world. In Kabbalah it is the quality of bestowal, feeling what others feel, having a sense of their desires and filling them.
Question: Is it possible to imagine the quality of bestowal existing in this world?
Answer: By working together in a group, we can reach the state where we begin to feel others with the help of the upper Light.
It is not even about others; they were also created for the purpose of exiting themselves and beginning to feel the upper world. Everything around me was not created so that I would bestow. It is not about bestowal; the Creator could fulfill everything and give.
To feel the world outside of us, existing before the filter, we are given a group, and we must try to work for it. During such attempts, the upper Light acts on us and we begin to feel what is outside of us. Thus, we gradually begin to comprehend a new dimension that is higher than our egoism, and thus it is called "the upper world." So, we enter a completely different realm, one of eternity and perfection.
How Can We Attain Perfection?
Which Efforts Will Be Crowned With Success?
The Dreyfus Trial was the event that prepared the ground for the establishment of the Zionist movement. Jews wanted to escape from the anti-Semitic pressure and pogroms they had suffered in the Diaspora, and Israel was established as a result. The ideology of the Kibbutzim and Moshavot was unclear and capitalism subsequently developed. The true State of Israel cannot be built apart from the principle of "Love your neighbor as yourself." As long as this rule fails to be realized, Jews will continue being hated because it is their role to provide an example of a corrected relationship to the world.


Zimbabwean music legend, Oliver Mtukudzi, has died.Zimbabwean music legend, Oliver Mtukudzi, has died.
If a full blown economic depression in Namibia is not enough to make the president curtail foreign travel that does not specifically bring back short-term investment or donor assistance, we are at a loss to know what will.
Quite often the chance to travel is dismissed when one considers the costs associated with it.
Development Bank of Namibia (DBN) Head of Marketing and Corporate Communication, Jerome Mutumba, says that as the economy begins to improve, entrepreneurs will find greater confidence to establish SMEs, and existing SMEs will seek finance to grow.
As the Namibian economy continues to navigate serious challenges; the knock-on effect on consumers is one of the main issues keeping new SMEs awake at night.
At least 912 Telecom Namibia customers were left without telecommunication services this week, following another cable theft in the John Pandeni (Soweto) and Katutura East constituencies.
Cerebos Namibia salt packaging and distribution plant was officially opened by the Minister of Industrialisation, Trade and SME Development, Tjekero Tweya, in Windhoek this week.
The City of Windhoek has threatened to disconnect water and electricity supplies to government-run schools within the Khomas Region over non-payment.
There is no doubt that many are happy to see 2018 end. Businesses, households and government have all struggled financially over the past 12 months and can only hope that 2019 won't be worse.
While we wish everyone a happy holiday, we caution all to take steps to prepare for a stark 2019.


The University of Colorado Boulder chapter built a bridge in Chosco, Bolivia and practiced exemplary safety practices throughout the build. Personal protective equipment was worn at all times and in-depth discussions were had amongst the team and community members during any dangerous activity.
The University of Colorado Boulder chapter had few incidents and near misses on site and implemented a novel tethering system for fall protection while building 3-tier abutments. They also developed a new fall rescue plan.


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Episode Four: Video Contest Interview Special
Beyond Nations July 28, 2020
Beyond Nations held its first international video contest and invited contributions on the topic 'How can India and Pakistan achieve peace between their countries without violence'. In this podcast, we interview our two contestants, Sitwat Fatima from Karachi, Pakistan and Jose Danilo D. Borce II from the Philippines and learn about their motivations for entering the contest and hopes for peace between nations.
Video One by Sitwat Fatima: here
Video Two by Jose Danilo D. Borce II: here
Episode Three: Rescuing Migrants Across the Mediterranean, the World's Deadliest Frontier
Beyond Nations May 28, 2020
Europe's Mediterranean fronter is the world's deadliest crossing, with thousands of individuals and families drowning at sea to reach Europe. Independent search and rescue operations, organised by grass roots movements across Europe, have mobilised to protect migrants. In this episode, we speak to Lea Main-Klingst, one of the organisers of SOS Mediteranee, a patrol ship that has saved thousands of lives.
Episode Two: The Cutting Edge of Global Surgery
Beyond Nations April 20, 2020
Is it possible for everyone to have safe, quality and affordable access to surgery, no matter what their background? Meet Dominique and Godfrey, two doctors from different parts of the world working to make that happen. Together, they developed Incision, a worldwide network of students making global surgery possible.
Episode One: Transforming Communities in South Sudan with Bitcoin Cash
A small community of people used Bitcoin Cash to provide food for people in South Sudan during a violent conflict and economic collapse. Their success was powered by friendship that cut across borders, interdependence between multiple generations and a love for serving each other to restore harmony, even when that seemed impossibe.
Introdution: About Beyond Nations Podcasts
Beyond Nations April 3, 2020
An introduction to the podcast series, including interviews with people who transcend boundaries, inspire hope around the world.

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In honor of the month where we get to think about all of the things that we want while also being thankful for everything that we have, LensFactory is giving you 25% off replacement lenses for nearly a week before Black Friday. This way you'll still have plenty of money left over to shop on Black Friday and you'll also be able to spot the best deals through your snazzy new lenses.
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This is the craziest and longest deal that we've run all year, but you're definitely worth it so don't miss out. Hey, and while you're at it... why don't you give your friends something to be thankful for by letting them know about this amazing deal. You'll be their favorite person because they probably have extra Flexible Spending Account (FSA) money laying around that they need to use before the end of the year anyway. Sharing is caring.


When Britney Spears decided on Wednesday to blow off her second court-ordered deposition — her seventh missed depo overall — in her ongoing custody with ex-hubby Kevin Federline, it's highly likely that the troubled singer didn't understand the damage she'd done to her case. And now, sources close to the case reveal exclusively to OK! that Brit has been given one last opportunity to be deposed before she risks the chance that the court could end up giving K-Fed permanent custody of the former couple's two young boys.
"To be precise, it's actually two appointments she must keep," the insider tells OK!. And Brit must make both of these scheduled deposition appearances — one slated for late this week, the second during the final week of January — in order to have any chance of winning back custody of her children.
Of course it doesn't help matters that, according to the source, lawyers on both sides of the Spears vs. Federline war are convinced that, in spite of all the warnings, Britney will once again choose to blow off at least one of the two remaining scheduled deposition appointments.
Meanwhile, Britney spent her Wednesday cruising up and down the coast of Southern California, after having spent the previous evening in the desert oasis of Palm Springs, Calif., allegedly with her new beau, photographer Adnan Ghalib. In the afternoon, Brit drove, at an alarmingly fast speed, from her home in Beverly Hills toward her home in Malibu, only to make an illegal U-turn right before arriving and then heading all the way back to Beverly Hills.
Stay tuned to OK! as the Spears/Federline custody battle continues.


I will make this short, easy and clear for your understanding. Did you want to hide your number from the business you're about to call, or don't want your friends knowing who's calling them? You can block your Caller ID information so that your number does not appear on the recipient's phone. You can do this by using a special prefix, contacting your carrier, or by using the features on your device.
There are options for keeping your phone number private. Here's what I recommend.
1. The person they seek to call refuses to pick.
2. To keep their number hidden and don't disclose it to others.
Below are guild-lines that will enable you to hide your number when calling someone. To hide your number for all outgoing calls is quite easy.
Step 3. Under phone, simple click on "call settings". You will be able to see (Show my caller ID or Send my Calller ID depending on your phone).
See : Tricks to Extend Your Samsung Galaxy S6 Battery Life.


Anthony William, #1 New York Times best-selling author of Medical Medium Thyroid Healing: The Truth behind Hashimoto's, Graves', Insomnia, Hypothyroidism, Thyroid Nodules & Epstein-Barr; Medical Medium Life-Changing Foods: Save Yourself and the Ones You Love with the Hidden Healing Powers of Fruits & Vegetables; and Medical Medium: Secrets Behind Chronic and Mystery Illness and How to Finally Heal, was born with the unique ability to converse with the Spirit of Compassion, who provides him with extraordinarily accurate health information that's often far ahead of its time. Since age four, when he shocked his family by announcing that his symptom-free grandmother had lung cancer (which medical testing soon confirmed), Anthony has been using his gift to "read" people's conditions and tell them how to recover their health. His unprecedented accuracy and success rate as the Medical Medium have earned him the trust and love of millions worldwide, among them movie stars, rock stars, billionaires, professional athletes, best-selling authors, and countless other people from all walks of life who couldn't find a way to heal until he provided them with insights from Spirit. Anthony has also become an invaluable resource to doctors who need help solving their most difficult cases.


From the scaffold of Theater De Generator, Kafka's Metamorphosis is presented by three actors reading the story in Papiamentu, Romanian and German. This book reflects on a timeless theme in our society, being how we are reduced to less than what we are and how we are made responsible for this transformation, instead of ones that place us in this position.
The recital will be done by Wigbertson Julian Isenia, Andro Čengić and Oriana Van der Sande-Semenciuc. Artistic director of the Generator, Ioana Tudor, will explain the story to the audience in Dutch and English.
The Generator makes you witness of her own transformation this summer during the renovation of the theater. With three sultry and relaxed evenings where nothing is expected from you except being witness of the metamorphosis. Processes, changes and intermediate phases are often the moments in which the most happens. Without these moments the result is nothing. With this recital of Kafka's Metamorphosis as the first in the series.


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Christian Assaulted in Orissa State, India
Extremists in Kandhamal vowed to kill a Christian around date of Hindu leader's death.
NEW DELHI, September 9 (CDN) — Suspected Hindu nationalists in an area of Orissa state still tense from 2008 anti-Christian violence beat a Catholic father of seven until he fell unconscious on Aug. 20, the 47-year-old victim said.
Subhash Nayak told Compass that four unidentified men assaulted him as he made his way home to Laburi village from the hamlet of Kapingia in Kandhamal district. Hindu extremists in Kandhamal district killed more than 100 people in several weeks of attacks following the murder of Hindu extremist leader Swami Laxamananda Saraswati.
An 80-year-old monk who for decades spearheaded the anti-conversion movement in Orissa's tribal-dominated areas, Saraswati was shot dead on Aug. 23, 2008. Area church leaders such as Biswajit Pani of Khurda told Compass that villagers in Laburi have planned to attack at least one Christian around that date every year.
Nayak said the assailants left him for dead.
"I could not see their faces as it was very dark, and they tried to poke my eyes with their sticks," said Nayak, still in pain. "They stomped on my chest with their feet and hit me relentlessly till I fell unconscious. They left me thinking I was dead."
Nayak said that he was returning from work at a construction site in Kapingia when, about a kilometer from his home in Laburi, a stone hit him. Four men appeared and began beating him.
The stone struck him in the forehead between 7 and 8 in the evening as he was riding his bicycle, he said.
"As I fell on the road with sharp pain, figuring out who hit me, four people came and started to hit me with wooden sticks," Nayak said.
Asserting that no one had any personal enmity toward him, Nayak said that Hindu extremists in Kandhamal district have been telling people, "We destroyed and burned their houses and churches, which they have rebuilt, but now we will attack their lives, which they cannot rebuild."
Pani and another area Christian, retired school teacher Tarsish Nayak, said they also had heard Hindu nationalists spreading this message.
Nayak recalled that a year ago, while returning to his village at night around the anniversary of Saraswati's murder, he heard someone whispering, "Here he comes … He is coming near," at which point he fled.
"There were people hiding, seeking to attack me," he said.
Saraswati, a leader of the Hindu extremist Vishwa Hindu Parishad (World Hindu Council), was assassinated by a Maoist group, but Christians were falsely blamed for it. The ensuing anti-Christian attacks killed more than 100 people and burned 4,640 houses, 252 churches and 13 educational institutions. Violence also erupted in Kandhamal district during Christmas week of 2007, killing at least four Christians and burning 730 houses and 95 churches.
The area where Nayak lives and works was one of the worst-hit in the anti-Christian attacks that took place after Saraswati's assassination.
After regaining consciousness, Nayak strained to stand up and felt blood dripping down his cheeks, he said. His bicycle was lying at a distance, its front light broken.
Nayak said he was not sure how long he lay unconscious on the road, but it was 11 p.m. by the time he managed to walk home. He said it was only by God's grace that he "slowly, slowly reached home."
"'I am dying,' were my words as I entered home and fell unconscious again," Nayak said.
His wife Mamta Nayak, two of his children, his parents and eight villagers carried the unconscious Nayak on a cot three kilometers before getting him into an auto-rickshaw and on to Raikia Government Hospital at 1 a.m.
A doctor was summoned from his home to attend to Nayak, who required stitches on the right side of his forehead. He sustained injuries to his right knee, face, an area near the ribs and chest, and he still has difficulty chewing food, Nayak said.
"I feel nausea and pain in my head as I move my jaw," he said.
Feeling weak from blood loss, Nayak received a saline solution intravenously for eight days in the hospital. He said he earns very little and had to sacrifice some of his valuables to pay the medical expenses. The doctor advised him to undergo a head scan, which he has eschewed as he cannot afford it, he said.
Pani told Compass that Nayak has refused to file any complaints with police out of fear of retaliation.
Nayak explained, "The police will not take any action, and we have seen in the past that I will be threatening my life by doing so."
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Buddhists in India Assault Christian Aid Worker, Friend
Assailants, still at large, abduct and threaten blind volunteer, associate and pregnant wife.
NEW DELHI, September 6 (CDN) — A visually impaired Christian and his friend accused drunken Buddhists of abducting and assaulting them last week after the blind volunteer distributed relief material in a Buddhist-majority town in a region of India devastated by recent floods.
The attackers are still at large after the assault on Wednesday (Sept .1) in the town of Leh in Jammu and Kashmir state's Ladakh region, where flooding and landslides destroyed hundreds of houses and killed around 200 people on Aug. 6.
The attackers, identified as members of the Ladakh Buddhist Association (LBA), one of the region's largest and most influential Non-Governmental Organizations, abducted Ram Kumar Thapa, Stanzin Chosphel and his pregnant wife Putali Sherpa because of their Christian faith and beat the men, the victims said.
Thapa, a blind music teacher in his 30s, was abducted from Mahabodhi Gate in Choglamsar area in Leh, where he was distributing relief material, at around 7 p.m. on Wednesday, according to the complaint he filed on Thursday (Sept. 2) with the Jammu and Kashmir State Human Rights Commission.
LBA members were upset that Thapa was preaching Christianity to displaced residents, according to his complaint. The Evangelical Fellowship of India Commission on Relief, a Christian relief agency, is rebuilding homes for the displaced people, mostly Buddhists, in the area.
"I was attacked physically by several unknown assailants before other witnesses nearby," Thapa stated in the complaint. "Then these men forced me into a vehicle and continued beating me all over my body as they spoke in Ladakhi to each other."
Thapa, from the eastern state of West Bengal, also stated that the Buddhists contemplated killing him. "They discussed whether to take my life or return to the 'office,'" he said.
The assailants took Thapa to the office of the LBA in Soma Monastery, where a Buddhist monk was also present, and beat him again, he stated. He was then moved to a room where he could hear the voice of his friend, Chosphel, with his pregnant wife.
Chosphel, a convert from Buddhism, is from Ladakh and his wife is from Nepal. The Buddhist assailants had taken them from their house in the Skalzaling area in Leh after Thapa, under pressure from the LBA members, identified them as his associates, according to the Christian victims.
The attackers showed Thapa's bruised and bleeding face to Chosphel to warn him against continuing as a Christian, Thapa stated. He was then taken back to the vehicle.
"They placed a gunny sack with a rope onto my lap and explained that this would be my last bed … [after] they throw me into the Indus River and see if a blind man can swim and save himself," Thapa stated. "I became terribly afraid, since I could smell alcohol on their breath as we sat in the vehicle."
Thapa begged that his life be spared "so I could see my wife, who must be worried since it was late now." The kidnappers replied, "Your wife will see you when she finds your body by the river bank," he stated.
Thapa and his wife, also visually impaired, teach and live at Mahabodhi Residential School for handicapped children.
Thapa stated that when he asked what they wanted from him, "they said I had to leave Ladakh with my family within two days or else they would kill me and my family. It was around 1 a.m. when they dropped me back to my house, bruised and trembling."
Thapa went to the Housing Colony Police Station on Thursday (Sept. 2) and found out that Chosphel also was there to file his complaint.
Chosphel confirmed that the "office" they were taken to belonged to the LBA. In his complaint to the commission, Chosphel said that around 15 "heavily drunken" men came to abduct him and his wife in their black Bolero, a mid-size SUV.
In the courtyard of the LBA facility, the Buddhists beat Chosphel before his wife, who pleaded for them to stop and asked why they were being assaulted.
"They threatened to beat her as well if she did not keep silent," Chosphel stated. "Then they dragged me into a room and gagged my mouth so I could not cry out as they beat me with rubber pipes and rods and fists continuously. All along they kept telling me to leave my wife and also renounce my faith in Christianity and return to Buddhism."
The men released the couple at around 12:30 a.m. after giving them two days to leave Leh or convert to Buddhism, Chosphel stated, "or else they will chop my wife into pieces and kill me and also kill my family … who are still practicing Buddhists."
The attackers also confiscated their mobile phones.
The victims told Compass that they were still facing a threat on their lives even after filing complaints with police.
Additional Superintendent of Police Stanzin Nurboo told Compass that no one had been arrested because the victims could not name the accused.
Chosphel and his wife, however, told Compass that they would be able to identify the attackers if they saw their faces; at press time, however, they said police had not contacted any of them to do so.
Religious conversion is a sensitive issue in Leh, which borders Pakistan and Tibet, as it is seen as an attack on its distinct religious and cultural identity.
Citing religious and cultural differences with the otherwise Muslim-majority Jammu and Kashmir state, some residents of Ladakh have been asking for union territory status for the region.
As a concession, the Ladakh region was bifurcated into Muslim-majority Kargil district and Buddhist-majority Leh district in 1979, and the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council was also created in 1995 to grant some autonomy to Leh and Kargil districts.
The government of Jammu and Kashmir continues to have responsibility for maintaining law and order and is in charge of the judicial system, communications and higher education.
Of the population of 117,232, over 80 percent of the people in Leh are Buddhist. Muslims make up around 15 percent of the population, Hindus 3 percent and Christians 0.2 percent.
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BANGLADESH: BUDDHIST CREMATION RITE FORCED ON CHRISTIANS
Villagers demand money, compel mourners to chant Buddhist mantras.
DHAKA, Bangladesh, May 21 (Compass Direct News) – Buddhist villagers in southeastern Bangladesh forced Christians to participate in a Buddhist cremation rite for a deceased family member last weekend and demanded money for a post-funeral ceremony.
Uttam Lal Chakma, 55, died last Friday (May 15) after a long illness in Dighinala sub-district of Khagrachari hill district, some 400 kilometers (250 miles) southeast of Dhaka. A member of Mynasukhnachari Baptist Church in the Babuchara neighborhood, Chakma had converted from Buddhism to Christianity two years ago.
Pastor Vubon Chakma and Christian villagers sought to give him a Christian burial the next day, but a hostile group of local Buddhists forcibly stopped them from doing so, according to a local Christian source.
The source told Compass that a member of the Buddhist group told family members, "He was born as a Buddhist, and he will be buried as a Buddhist."
Local Buddhists prohibited the Christian burial at the behest of the village committee chairman, the source said.
"Forcefully they cremated him by wood log and forced other Christians who were present there to utter Buddha mantras," the source said.
Christian villagers subsequently requested that they be allowed to bury the charred bones. They dug a grave and were praying and reading Bible verses when Buddhist villagers, some of them drunk, arrived and brought the ceremony to a halt.
"They said to the Christians, 'You cannot read the Bible here," the church source said, requesting that the names of the Buddhist leaders be withheld for security reasons.
One of the senior pastors of the Babuchara Baptist church, 60-year-old Pitambar Chakma, tried to reason with the enraged Buddhists, but they confined him and Vubon Chakma for the night.
The source added that they demanded 12,000 taka ($US177) to hold a post-funeral ceremony today, to which they planned to invite more than 250 Buddhists, including their local monk.
"They threatened that if we do not give it before May 21, we have to give them 24,000 taka, twice as much as they wanted," the source said. "They also threatened if 12,000 taka is not given to them, pastor Vubon Chakma and his father will be evicted from the society. This is a sign of unremitting hostility toward Christians by Buddhists."
At press time the amount had not been given, but the area Buddhists had taken no action, the source said.
The village Buddhists also protested when Christians constructed a church building eight months ago, he said.
"Always they force all the people here to become Buddhist and males to shave their heads," he said.
Besides threats of expulsion, local Buddhists have also disparaged Christian converts in foul language, and there have been instances of torture, the source said, adding that there are 22 Christians in the area.
"We have no one to complain to about them," the church source said. "If we protest against them, it is dangerous because they have links with an underground armed group. If we inform the administration or law enforcement agencies, they do not help us because of our conversion."
The local Buddhists have ties with United People's Democratic Front (UPDF) militants who oppose a 1997 peace accord between the government and the tribal people. The hill tract areas had suffered unrest for decades, and hostilities continue as a leading proponent of the peace accord urged the government to ban UPDF for alleged terrorist activities, according to today's The Daily Prothom Alo.
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SRI LANKA: PARLIAMENT TO VOTE ON ANTI-CONVERSION LAWS
Posted on February 1, 2009 by particularkev
Draft 'Bill for the Prohibition of Forcible Conversions' enters final phase.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, January 26 (Compass Direct News) – The Sri Lankan Parliament may soon enact laws designed to restrict religious conversions.
A standing committee assigned to consider a draft "Bill for the Prohibition of Forcible Conversions" presented its report to Parliament on Jan. 6, suggesting minor amendments that clear the way for a final vote in February. The provisions of the bill criminalize any act to convert or attempt to convert a person from one religion to another religion by the use of force, fraud or allurement. Those found guilty of breaking the law could be imprisoned for up to seven years and/or fined up to 500,000 rupees (US$4,425).
The Ven. Omalpe Sobitha Thero, a member of the Buddhist Jathika Hela Urumaya party (JHU or National Heritage Party), first proposed the draft in 2004. While the JHU claims the bill is designed to stop unethical conversions, civil rights groups and Christian churches say it will infringe on the constitutional rights of freedom of religion and legitimize harassment of religious minorities.
Buddhists form a 70 percent majority in Sri Lanka, with Roman Catholics constituting 7 percent and Protestant Christians only 1 percent of the population.
After the first reading of the bill in Parliament in August 2004, 22 petitions were filed in the Supreme Court challenging the validity of the draft legislation.
The Supreme Court determined the draft bill to be valid except for clauses 3 and 4(b), which it deemed unconstitutional. These clauses required any person who converted or participated in a religious conversion ceremony to report to a government official and prescribed punishment for failure to report such conversions.
The draft was then referred to a parliamentary standing committee for further review. In its report, presented to the House on Jan. 6, the committee made a few amendments to the original draft in keeping with Supreme Court recommendations. The most notable amendment was the deletion of the need to report conversions and the punishment prescribed for not reporting them.
These amendments paved the way for the draft bill to be passed by a simple majority vote when it is presented for a final reading in Parliament this February.
Chief Opposition Whip Joseph Michael Perera, however, has requested a two-day debate on the draft bill on grounds that it would affect all religions.
Fulfilling Campaign Promises
The JHU, founded and led by Buddhist clergymen, made anti-conversion legislation a cornerstone of its debut election campaign in 2004, when it won nine seats in Parliament. With the possibility of an early general election this year, the bill has become a matter of political survival for the JHU.
At a press briefing on Jan. 7, Ven. Ellawela Medhananda Thero, a Buddhist monk and Member of Parliament representing the JHU, called on all political parties to vote in favor of the bill.
"People expected us to fulfill two goals," he said. "One was to end unethical conversions and the other was to liberate the country from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. That is why we entered politics."
Ven. Medhananda Thero added that the purpose of the bill was to protect all major religions in the country from fundamentalists and unethical conversions.
Sri Lanka's Christian community and civil rights groups have strongly objected to the draft legislation. Far from stemming alleged forced conversions, they claim the bill will become a weapon of harassment through misapplication, limiting the fundamental rights of thought, conscience and religion. These rights include the right to adopt a religion and the right to practice, observe and teach religion.
The National Christian Evangelical Alliance of Sri Lanka (NCEASL) said in a recent press statement that, "It is our gravest concern that this bill will grant legal sanction for the harassment of religious communities or individuals, and offer convenient tools of harassment for settling personal disputes and grudges, totally unrelated to acts of alleged 'forced' conversion."
Banning Compassion
According to Section 2 of the draft bill, the offer of any temptation such as a gift, cash or any other gratification to convert or attempt to convert a person from one religion to another is punishable with up to seven years of prison and a maximum fine of 500,000 rupees (US$4,425) – equal to approximately three years' wages for the average Sri Lankan citizen.
Sri Lankan Christians have repeatedly expressed concern that key sections of the draft bill are open to wide and subjective interpretation that could criminalize not only legitimate religious activity but also legitimate social action by faith-based organizations or individuals.
"A lady who heads a charitable trust caring for orphans asked if she could be charged under this law, since she is a Christian and some of the children she cares for are not," a lawyer told Compass. "Many people will now think twice before helping the poor or needy, for fear of being accused of committing a criminal act."
Ironically, on June 4, 2008, in his address to the new Sri Lankan ambassador to the Holy See, Pope Benedict XVI had acknowledged the Sri Lankan government's appreciation of the Catholic Church's charity work in the country.
"Such action is a concrete example of the Church's willing and prompt response to the mission she has received to serve those most in need," he said. "I commend any future measures which will help guarantee that Catholic hospitals, schools and charitable agencies can continue to care for the sick, the young and the vulnerable regardless of ethnic or religious background."
He went on to assure the government that "the Church will continue in her efforts to reach out with compassion to all."
On Jan. 8, at his traditional New Year meeting with all ambassadors to the Holy See, the pope appeared to be addressing concerns over anti-conversion legislation.
"The Church does not demand privileges, but the full application of the principle of religious freedom," he said. He also called on Asian governments to ensure that "legislation concerning religious communities guarantees the full exercise of this fundamental right, with respect for international norms."
Since the first draft anti-conversion bill was presented to Parliament in 2004, the National Christian Council of Sri Lanka, NCEASL and Catholic Bishops Conference of Sri Lanka have repeatedly called for an alternative solution based on inter-faith dialogue with fair representation of all religious communities.
"Enactment of laws to regulate something as intrinsically personal as spiritual beliefs will not contribute towards resolving disagreements and promoting religious harmony," said Godfrey Yogarajah, executive director of the World Evangelical Alliance Religious Liberty Commission. "On the contrary, it will create mistrust and animosity."
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Grape Fuji ejuice is a High VG Liquid, and works best in a Sub Ohm Vape Tank. This is a 70% VG 100ml short fill bottle. Each shortfill bottle of Grape Fuji can be used with a 10ml Smooth Nic which can be added if you wish to vape with Nicotine.


Buying a house is complicated. The moment you decide to take the step from renting to owning, the challenge begins. You go through your credit report, fixing your credit score so you can take on a mortgage. You browse through different listing sites in hopes that by looking at those fancy photos, you will have a better understanding as to how big of a house you want and what features and amenities you will not be able to live without. And then, one open house after another, you feel like this never ends.
Finally, after too many open houses, you find the one. You think to yourself, "this is happening," and with your broker's help, you and the seller agree to a final sale price. All of sudden, you realize something – what's up with all the fees? The mortgage origination fee, the inspection fee, survey fee…. You are getting overwhelmed, and it seems that the list just goes on and on.
First-time homebuyers often overlook closing fees when buying a home. However, these fees are essential for you to close a deal. The transaction will not go through if these fees are not covered. Therefore, while you focus on saving money for the 20% down payment, you also need to budget for closing fees. You might wonder, then, what these fees are. Rest assured! We at RealtyHop have put together a list of fees you should expect at closing. Let's take a look.
Some lenders split the origination fee into separate fees, such as courier/delivery fee, escrow fee, appraisal costs, administrative fees, a credit check fee, and processing fees, etc. To make it simple, the origination fee is the fee that goes to the lender for originating the loan. It is usually 1% to 2% of your total loan amount.
A huge portion of the closing fees actually goes towards the title. Why? Well, your title to the property is the most important thing you should care about. The last thing you'd want is to deal with a person who claim ownership of your property out of nowhere.
This fee goes to the survey company which verifies the property lines of the property you are about to purchase. A land survey is very important, especially if the property comprises lots of lands. It helps resolve and avoid boundary disputes and gives you a better idea of how big the plot actually is. You can even negotiate down the price if the parcel turns out to be smaller than what the seller advertises.
Having an attorney by your side when you close on a house can be quite helpful. Think about all the paperwork and the final purchase agreement between you and the seller. While you get drown in the sea of legal terms, the attorney can easily take care of everything. A real estate lawyer is also trained to spot potential issues, and so to ensure a smooth closing, you should expect to hire an attorney and pay the fees.
Recording fees go the local recording office where your property is located. All real estate transactions, by law, are public information. When a transfer of ownership occurs, it needs to be documented in the public records.
In case you are new to real estate – property tax liens are superior to mortgage liens. In plain language, unpaid state or local property taxes take priority over all other liens. In the event of a foreclosure, your lender will not be compensated for the loss unless the unpaid property taxes are cleared. No one wants to take back a property that has a lot of uncleared debt. Therefore, your lender might require that you pay any property tax due within 60 days in advance. They might even set up an escrow account, take your property tax payments along with your mortgage repayments, and submit the tax payments for you to avoid potential issues.
Remember, you must not skip the inspection, no matter how perfect or new the house is. Chances are that the inspector will identify problems that can potentially cost you a fortune. Instead of fixing these issues yourself, you should ask the seller to do the repairs, pay for the repairs, or use it in your advantage to negotiate a lower price.
In addition to what's mentioned above, keep in mind that you also need to purchase a homeowner's insurance, which in most cases is a must if you have a mortgage on the house. Flood premium is also very common if you are in a high-risk flood area. As long as you own a house, you are required to have proper insurance policies in place.
Buying a house is perhaps the biggest decision we can make in our lives. It requires lots of commitment, emotionally and financially. We hope that by listing the most common closing fees, we can better prepare you for homeownership. If you are a real estate newbie, remember to check some of our other blog posts to learn more about buying and selling!


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ROKS Gwangju (FFG-817) is the sixth ship of the Incheon-class frigate in the Republic of Korea Navy. She is named after the city, Gwangju.

Development

In the early 1990s, the Korean government plan for the construction of next generation coastal ships named Frigate 2000 was scrapped due to the 1997 Asian financial crisis. But the decommissioning of the  destroyers and the aging fleet of Ulsan-class frigates, the plan was revived as the Future Frigate eXperimental, also known as FFX in the early 2000s.

The Republic of Korea Navy initially wanted twenty-four 3000 ton frigates to replace the Ulsan, Pohang and -class coastal fleet of 37 ships. It was later decided that six 2700 ton ships will be constructed for the first batch. In 2008, the plan was further downgraded to 2300 tons when president Lee Myung-bak took office, with the number of ships for the first batch down to six. 8 ships are planned for the second batch of FFX with the final goal of 20-22 frigates.

Construction and career
ROKS Gwangju was launched on 11 August 2015 by STX Offshore & Shipbuilding and commissioned on 9 November 2016.

References

2015 ships
Incheon-class frigates
Ships built by STX Offshore & Shipbuilding

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Im located in the Everett WA area and i wonder who else is out there and where they are crawling. Looking to meet some new people to get some advice about crawling. I own a RX10 btw.
Check out warcrc there is a lot of guys up north!!
Sweet, in my opinion its the best on the market. A few VP parts and rc4wd gears and it's a bullet proof rig. Weather your competitive or not show up to a warcrc comp and get to know the people, great group of guys with tons of knowledge on the rig and crawling spots!
Yeah i heard i need to get the vp motor plate with the better bearings, also i was thinking stage one, trans cover and servo armor. is it important at first to replace the links?
also whens the next comp near everett?
Next comp is this sat. Not near everett but about 40 mins away on hwy 2.
Check out the rest of the season schedule here.
I am just getting into crawlers again I had a axial a few years back but sold it.
I am getting back into it so I picked up a LNC the other day. I am located in Everett and am in the search for some good areas to crawl around. any good locations near Everett/Lynnwood area?
New to the crawler scene, out here in Snohomish, plenty of rocks out here... Does anyone have any feedback on the NW hobby show in Monroe?... the swap area? parts for sale? Its coming up soon, I believe Feb 8,9,10th. I think I will be going looking for some gear for my RockForce. Hope to meet some of you guys in the future.
Lots of info for the crawlers/scalers in WA.
correct on the hobby show. show is on the east side of the fairgrounds this year. not the arena. and look up warcrc like previous poster suggested. im up in granite. i only do scale though. look around the swap meet. pretty sure youll find somthing.


The all-electronic system was plagued by problems when it began in December 2016. Drivers complained of receiving erroneous bills, or no bills at all.
Bridge-crossers who commute to work from Southern Indiana to Louisville or vice-versa will need to do a little planning to get their monthly discount.
Kentucky and Indiana are looking for a company to oversee toll collection for their Ohio River bridges one year after the RiverLink system opened.
The all-electronic system was plagued by problems when it began in December 2016. Drivers complained of receiving erroneous bills in the mail, or no bills at all. When they called RiverLink to resolve the problems, they found themselves placed on hold.
Parsons Transportation Group currently supervises the RiverLink toll system. Its contract expires at the end of the year, following an earlier six-month extension, said Indiana Finance Authority spokeswoman Stephanie McFarland. Last year, that contract was capped at nearly $1 million.
McFarland declined to answer questions about Parson Transportation Group's performance, but said the company has the right to bid for the work again. The scope of the work is identical to that of the existing contract, she said.
Whichever company is awarded the contract will supervise the RiverLink toll system and guide improvements to its functionality and performance, according to a request for proposals posted to the Indiana Finance Authority's website.
Interviews were held Monday, with a contract to be awarded Thursday, the request says.
RiverLink officials said wait times are now at an all-time low and that it has improved the accuracy of its pay-by-mail system, which relies on human readers to transform digital images of license plates into paper invoices.
Still, drivers have flocked to Louisville's freebie bridges since the start of tolling.
Traffic has jumped 23 percent on the toll-free Sherman Minton Bridge since 2013 and a whopping 75 percent on the downtown Clark Memorial Bridge, according to a study Kentucky and Indiana released in August. Meanwhile, the number of drivers crossing the tolled I-65 bridges has dropped by nearly half.
The U.S. Department of Transportation lists the cost of the two new Ohio River crossings — the downtown Abraham Lincoln Bridge and the East End's Lewis and Clark Bridge — at $2.6 billion.


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Courtney Heaton
Percussionist Colleen Bernstein is bringing strength and sensitivity to UNC
By Courtney Heaton
Bernstein will be performing a variety of styles during her recital. A majority of her work for this performance has been commissioned and is a part of a feature project titled Strength and Sensitivity.
Twenty performers, four stages, one night: Songwriter Bonanza comes to the PIT
Neville's Quarter will be hosting the third Songwriter Bonanza with 20 local singer-songwriters at the PIT Chapel Hill on Jan. 12.
Calling all music consumers: The Upward Dogs have taken up residency at The Cave
The funk, jazz, and hip hop band will start performing on the third Wednesday of every month as part of a residency at The Cave in Chapel Hill.
Hearts will grow three sizes at UNC's annual Grinch reading
The tradition of the bilingual reading of "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" will continue this month.
Five nights of funny on Franklin Street at The PIT Chapel Hill
The PIT Chapel Hill is hosting a comedy festival, consisting of five nights, 50 comedians and 25 improv groups. With the festival, the PIT hopes to spark a local interest in the comedy scene.
UNC professor's new book explores the intersection of hip-hop and diplomacy
On Nov. 13, UNC professor Mark Katz will present his new book on the association of hip-hop with diplomacy, and how that affects others' impressions of the United States around the world.
Second annual Sexual Health Art Show uses art to remove reproductive stigmas
This Tuesday, Nov. 5, GlobeMed will be hosting its second annual Sexual Health Art Show. All ticket sales from the event go to support GlobeMed's partner ASSADE, an association for health and development in Guatemala.
Museum of the Moon to bring an 'out of this world' experience to downtown Durham
The moon is coming to Durham ... well, at least a replica is. Celebrate the history and accomplishments of space travel with four days of festivities in honor of Durham's 150th anniversary and the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing.
Singer Susan Werner brings a taste of New Orleans to the ArtsCenter in Carrboro
Susan Werner, a singer-songwriter fond of dabbling in many different genres, will be performing songs from her new album "NOLA," in Carrboro at the ArtsCenter Friday, October 18 at 8:00 p.m.
Pennywise and Joker aren't real... but Wrinkles the Clown is
Wrinkles the Clown, an anonymous 65-year-old man hired by parents to scare children and attend birthday parties, prepares to make his debut on the big screen on Oct. 5, 2019. The film, Wrinkles the Clown, will be featured at the Nevermore Film Festival in Durham.


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Bounty hunters from the future transport a doomed race-car driver to New York in 2009, where his mind will be replaced with that of a dead billionaire.
Ronald Shusett, Stuart Oken
Geoff Murphy
Dan Gilroy, Ronald Shusett, Steven Pressfield
English [CC]
A cyborg is sent from the future on a deadly mission. He has to kill Sarah Connor, a young woman whose life will have a great significance in years to come. Sarah has only one protector - Kyle Reese - also sent from the future. The Terminator uses his exceptional intelligence and strength to find Sarah, but is there any way to stop the seemingly indestructible cyborg ?
In the futuristic action thriller Looper, time travel will be invented – but it will be illegal and only available on the black market. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target 30 years into the past where a "looper" – a hired gun, like Joe (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) – is waiting to mop up. Joe is getting rich and life is good until the day the mob decides to "close the loop", sending back Joe's future self (Bruce Willis) for assassination. The film is written and directed by Rian Johnson and also stars Emily Blunt, Paul Dano, and Jeff Daniels.
In this provocative psychological science fiction thriller, an extremely wealthy man (Academy Award winner Ben Kingsley) undergoes a radical medical procedure that transfers his consciousness into the body of a healthy young man (Ryan Reynolds). But all is not as it seems when he starts to uncover the mystery of the body's origin and the organization that will kill to protect its cause. (Original Title - Self/less) - 2015 Focus Features. All Rights Reserved.
Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as Ben Richards, a cop in the totalitarian America of 2019, framed for massacring rioting civilians during a famine. After escaping from jail, Richards tries to prove his innocence, but his efforts are thwarted at every turn by a regime in need of a scapegoat. Richards is captured along with an innocent civilian, Amber Mendez (Maria Conchita Alonso), and they are forced to participate in a violent game show called "The Running Man," hosted by the unctuous Damon Killian (Richard Dawson). The object of the game for Richards and Mendez: obtain freedom by staying alive against a gauntlet of skillful assassins like "Subzero" (Prof. Toru Tanaka) and "Captain Freedom" (Jesse Ventura), each armed with unique weapons like razor-sharp hockey sticks and chainsaws. With the help of some fellow "contestants," Richards is able to tap into government computers and prove his innocence. The Running Man was very loosely based on a short story by Stephen King, who wrote it under the name Richard Bachman.
Director Roger Spottiswoode (Tomorrow Never Dies, Noriega) creates a world of the very near future in which cattle, fish, and even the family pet can be cloned. But cloning humans is illegal - that is until family man Adam Gibson (Arnold Schwarzenegger) comes home from work one day to find a clone has replaced him. Taken from his family and plunged into a sinister world he doesn't understand, Gibson must not only save himself from the assassins who must destroy him to protect their secret, but uncover who and what is behind the horrible things happening to him. THE SIXTH DAY is the story of Gibson's struggle to reclaim his life and his family. © 2000 Phoenix Pictures Inc. All Rights Reserved.


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Get Your Questions Answered with Quora for iPhone
Alex Heath on September 29, 2011
The popular question-and-answer service known as Quora has launched an official app for the iPhone. Quora is a community-based resource for thoughtful and insightful answers on a range of topics.
Participants create a vibrant community of info on categories like technology, science, sports, media and health. Quora's official iPhone app lets you do everything you can do on the website, including answer questions and explore topics.
"The new iPhone app from Quora — the company that Wired Magazine calls "a potential revolution in knowledge." Like Wikipedia, Quora provides great answers on a wide range of topics — technology, movies, music, travel, health, law and much more.
Quora on the iPhone gives you access to some of the smartest people in the world, right at your fingertips. Quora's users have deep expertise and include authoritative leaders in dozens of fields.
Ask and answer questions on the fly, and search for questions in over 60,000 topics, including thousands of location-based topics"
Quora offers answers from experts in just about every field, and there's a huge wealth of knowledge available for people interested in a broad range of areas. If you have questions about the world around you, whether it be about history or movies, Quora has an answer. There's also a section for current events (ex. "Why is the stock market doing so badly?")
The iPhone app uses the smartphone's GPS to show you "nearby" topics and maps with information about places around you. This app would be a great companion for those traveling to a new and interesting city.
Even if you've never used Quora, download the free iPhone app and give it a try. You may be surprised at what you learn.
App Store Apps
Apple expands Swift curriculum to 30+ community colleges
Google launches Toontastic 3D, a playful storytelling app for kids
iTunes U gains support for Shared iPad feature, Spotlight Search integration and more


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import sys

from PyQt4.QtGui import *
from PyQt4.QtCore import *

from interfaces_ui.frm_gerar_sped import *

import resources_rc

class SPED_SysPDV(QMainWindow, Ui_frm_gerar_sped):
    def __init__(self, parent=None):
        super(SPED_SysPDV, self).__init__(parent)

        self.setupUi(self)
        self.load_style('dark')
        self.form_load()
        self.conexoes()

    def conexoes(self):
        self.btn_sair.clicked.connect(self.close)

    def form_load(self):
        pass
        #self.pbar.setValue(0)

    def load_style(self, style):
        file = QFile(':/styles/qss/%s.qss' % style)
        file.open(QFile.ReadOnly)

        stylesheet = file.readAll()

        try:
            # Python v2
            stylesheet = unicode(stylesheet, encoding='utf8')
        except NameError:
            # Python 3
            stylesheet = str(stylesheet, enconding='utf8')

        self.setStyleSheet(stylesheet)

    def closeEvent(self, event):
        msg = QMessageBox(self)
        msg.setWindowTitle("Alerta")
        msg.setText("Deseja sair do Sistema?")
        sim = msg.addButton("Sim", QMessageBox.YesRole)
        msg.addButton(u"Não", QMessageBox.NoRole)
        msg.setIcon(QMessageBox.Warning)
        msg.exec_()
        if msg.clickedButton() == sim:
            event.accept()
            #event.ignore()
        else:
            #event.accept()
            event.ignore()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    app = QApplication(sys.argv)
    frm = SPED_SysPDV()
    frm.show()
    sys.exit(app.exec_())

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Whether you use it to add an extra thermal layer for those biting cold winter days or on its own as an outer garment, this synthetic down lined jacket has the performance to keep you warm on even the harshest days.


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Marco Muzzo sentenced to 10 years in prison for Vaughan crash that killed 4
Convicted impaired driver Marco Muzzo has been sentenced to 10 years in prison in connection with a Vaughan, Ont., crash that killed four members of the same family and seriously injured two others.
'None of my children saw 10 years,' says mother of 3 kids killed in crash
CBC News · Posted: Mar 29, 2016 5:00 AM ET | Last Updated: March 30, 2016
He will also be banned from driving for 12 years after he gets out of prison 3:21
A judge has sentenced Marco Muzzo to 10 years in prison for his role in a Vaughan, Ont., crash that killed four members of the same family and seriously injured two others, saying the convicted drunk driver had "decimated an entire generation."
The crash on Sept. 27, 2015, killed three young Neville-Lake children, Daniel, 9, Harrison, 5, Milly, 2, and their grandfather, Gary Neville, 65.
Two other extended family members, the children's grandmother and her mother, were injured in the crash.
Harry, Milly and Daniel were killed in the Vaughan, Ont., crash. Their 65-year-old grandfather was also killed. (York Regional Police)
'None of my children saw 10 years,' Jennifer Neville-Lake says
CBC Forum: Do you agree with the sentence given to Marco Muzzo?
Marco Muzzo: 'I'm tortured by the grief I've caused'
Marco Muzzo sentencing: 'What hope is there when your entire world is gone,' mom says
Ontario Superior Court Justice Michelle Fuerst announced the sentence in Newmarket, Ont., court Tuesday morning.
Fuerst gave Muzzo eight months' credit for time spent in custody, so the 29-year-old will only serve nine years and four months of his 10-year sentence. The impaired driving sentence also stipulates that Muzzo will be banned from driving for 12 years after he gets out of prison.
In her sentencing, Fuerst said that a "perfectly ordinary day was rendered catastrophic" because Muzzo decided to drink and drive and, as a result, a "life sentence has been inflicted on the Neville-Lake family."
"In one fell swoop, he decimated an entire generation of the Neville-Lake family, its legacy and its future," said Fuerst.
Defence lawyer Brian Greenspan said Muzzo would begin serving his sentence on Tuesday and will be eligible for parole after serving one-third of it. Greenspan confirmed that means that Muzzo will spend at least three years in prison.
The driving ban will begin the day he is released from custody.
Muzzo pleaded guilty to four counts of impaired driving causing death and two counts of impaired driving causing bodily harm.
Jennifer Neville-Lake speaks to reporters after Marco Muzzo is sentenced to 10-years 6:19
Fuerst said in her decision that the sentence must send a message to others to deter them from committing the same crime and reflect society's "abhorrence of the crime" — an argument that was put forward by the Crown when they asked that Muzzo be sentenced to between 10 and 12 years in prison and that he be prohibited from driving for eight to 12 years.
Crown lawyer Paul Tait had acknowledged that there was no precedent for the judge to draw on when deciding on a sentence, given the number of victims and their ages. But he said Muzzo's actions were the equivalent of "having a loaded gun walking down the street."
Crown prosecutors told CBC News Tuesday they would not speak about the Muzzo sentencing.
The judge said aggravating factors in the case included Muzzo's "choice to drink and drive" and said that his prior speeding convictions reflected an "irresponsible attitude toward the privilege of driving."
Jennifer Neville-Lake held an image of her children's urn calling them the consequences of Marco Muzzo's 'choice.' (CBC)
But Fuerst added that Muzzo's decision to plead guilty and the number of letters written by Muzzo's family and friends describing him as "humble" and thinking of others led her to believe he "is a person of good character."
At his sentencing hearing on Feb. 24, Muzzo told court that "I'm tortured by the grief I caused."
Mother's grief
"The sentence is 10 years and none of my children saw 10 years," Jennifer Neville-Lake, mother of the three children, said outside the courthouse Tuesday.
"When you choose to drink and drive you're hurting other families. You're killing someone else's babies — like all of mine were killed," she said.
Milly and Harry held hands in hospital before they died, their mother Jennifer Neville-Lake said. (CBC)
Muzzo was driving an SUV that collided with the minivan carrying the Neville-Lake family at Kipling Avenue and Kirby Road, north of Toronto. He had returned from a trip to Miami on a private jet on the day of the crash, picked up his Jeep from the airport parking lot and driven off.
CBC Forum on the Muzzo sentence
"I'm conflicted ... on the one hand you feel terrible for those children and grandfather and their families. On the other hand our system is based on rehabilitation and not punishment. I honestly don't believe that these sentences serve as a deterrent." — a comment from Shawn on the CBC Forum chat on the Muzzo sentence. Read the full discussion here.
The SUV, according to an agreed statement of fact read in court, was travelling at 85 kilometres an hour when Muzzo went through a stop sign and struck the minivan, hitting the driver's side.
His blood-alcohol content at the time of the crash ranged from 0.19 to 0.25 per cent, which is two to three times the legal limit in Ontario.
Police officers who interviewed Muzzo at the scene said he smelled of alcohol, his eyes were glassy, and he tried to use the car to keep his balance. He was also unable to understand instructions from the officers, and urinated on himself.
Traffic and weather conditions were not a factor in the crash.
It was only after he arrived at the police station that Muzzo learned four people had died, the court heard.
Muzzo was released on $1-million bail and strict conditions after pleading guilty.
Greenspan has said that Muzzo has accepted full responsibility for what he did.
At the sentencing hearing, Greenspan submitted 92 letters of support for Muzzo, from friends, family members, neighbours and co-workers.
Greenspan told the court that Muzzo's actions amounted to "a terrible decision made by a very good person."
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"It should be clear that the Muzzo family, and in particular Marco Muzzo, are heart-stricken by the grief that's been caused," Greenspan said.
Muzzo's family owns the drywall company Marel Contractors and is worth nearly $1.8 billion, according to Canadian Business magazine.
Muzzo had never been convicted of a criminal offence until he pleaded guilty on Feb. 4, according to the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General.
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This is a wide band signal strength meter circuit which responds to small changes in RF energy, designed to be used for the VHF spectrum and will respond to AM or FM modulation or just a plain carrier wave.
This circuit measures radio field strength by converting the signal to DC and amplifying it. This field strength meter was designed for VHF frequencies in the range 80 -110 MHz.The inductor L1 is 4 to 6 turns of 20swg wire air spaced wound on a quarter inch former or similar. Alternatively an inductor of value 0.15 - 0.35uH will suffice. Sensitivity is not as good as I would have liked, but a small 9 volt battery transmitter will deflect the meters needle from a distance of up to two feet from the FSM. Higher power transmitters give higher signal strength readings and of course from much further away.The meter used was a signal meter with FSD of 250uA. Lower FSD meters will offer greater sensitivity.
The FET used in this circuit is a general purpose 2N3819. A small telescopic whip antenna is used for signal pickup. The 10k preset resistor is used to adjust bias of the FET circuit; with no transmitter present the meter reading is zero, adjust preset if not. The RF signal, whether modulated or just a plain carrier, is rectified and converted to DC by the diode,capacitor and 3.3M resistor. This small DC voltage just enough to upset the bias of the circuit and hence cause a deflection of the meter.
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Caribbean Development Bank willing to train small entrepreneurs on Nevis
August 30, 2011 in NIA
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Trade and Industry Mr. Dwight Morton
NIA-CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (August 30, 2011) — Training is available to small entrepreneurs on Nevis and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is willing to facilitate it. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Trade and Industry Mr. Dwight Morton, made that disclosure recently when he delivered remarks at the start of an Industrial Sewing Workshop set to conclude on Friday.
He said training was a priority for the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) and with assistance of the Bank through the Small Enterprise Development Unit (SEDU) of the Ministry of Trade all small business owners who wanted to become more marketable in an ever competitive world could be assisted.
"The CDB is providing funding for this workshop and CDB is available for all small entrepreneurs in Nevis because they haven arrangement whereby you can apply for some technical assistance in the form of training and the training can be on island or overseas.
"In the case of training overseas CDB will pay your airfare, hotel, they will give you a per diem and they will give you the training once you can come forward, make an application [and] we will be willing to facilitate those who are willing to move forward, upgrade themselves and make themselves marketable, in this very competitive environment we have in Nevis and all over the world today because competition is aplenty," he said.
The Permanent Secretary noted that he was not certain whether the existing programme was widely known among small entrepreneurs on Nevis but urged them to make maximum use of the opportunity.
"I am not quite certain how many persons are fully aware of this programme but it is in place and CDB has quite a lot of money that they can make available through the Ministry to all those who want to be trained…
"Persons just simply need to come to the office the Ministry of Trade at Government Road, indicate their interest in terms of training and we will work along with CDB to make training available to you," he said.
Meantime, Mr. Morton also spoke to another facility available to the small business owners or those who wished to become one. He said the NIA in collaboration with the Nevis Cooperative Credit Union had set up a loan facility available to small business persons but anyone who accessed the facility would have to repay because it would be in the form of a loan and not a grant.
"I am quite confident, that we will have enough moneys to make available…You can be assured in due course, we will be able to assist all those …small business persons in Nevis who need a little financial assistance not in terms of a grant but a loan which has to be repaid because we work in collaboration with the Nevis Cooperative Credit Union through a scheme where we lend moneys and the whole arrangement is monitored by the Credit Union," he said.
Premier welcomes teachers to new School Year
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HBO Renews 'Veep' And 'Silicon Valley', But Loses 'Veep' Creator Armando Iannucci
By Angie Han/April 13, 2015 4:30 pm EST
Selina Meyer's presidency and Pied Piper may be in pretty precarious situations at the moment, but the shows about them are doing just fine. HBO has renewed both Veep and Silicon Valley, following their season premieres last night.
That's the good news. The disappointing caveat is that when Veep returns next year, it'll be without series creator Armando Iannucci. More details on the Veep and Silicon Valley renewals, and Iannucci's departure, after the jump.
Michael Lombardo, HBO's head of programming, announced the news. "Veep and Silicon Valley are terrific series, and I'm immensely proud that they will return to HBO next year," said Lombardo. The new order brings Veep to five seasons, and Silicon Valley to three.
This means all of HBO's current Sunday night programs are officially set to come back next year. Game of Thrones, which debuted its fifth season last night, has already been renewed through through Season 6. And John Oliver's Last Week Tonight is set through 2017.
However, Veep's fifth season will see a major change. Iannucci is stepping down as showrunner, in the interest of spending more time with his family. (Proving once and for all he's nothing like the entertainingly heartless characters on his show.) David Mandel will replace Iannucci.
Explained HBO in a statement:
We have had conversations with Armando for some time about the challenges of maintaining his family life in London and producing a show in the states. Armando is not replaceable, but we are confident that Veep will continue to be produced at the highest levels with new showrunner David Mandel.
The news actually isn't all that shocking, even if it is disappointing. Iannucci has hinted before that he might leave before the end of the series. "[E]veryone knows there'll come a point when I will want to stop being away from home four months in a year," he said in 2013, adding that he expected the show to continue in his absence.
Mandel shouldn't have too much trouble settling into his new gig. He was an executive producer on HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm, and prior to that he wrote for NBC's Seinfeld.


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Several years ago I taught English in China. During the week, I ate all three meals at the school's cafeteria.
The students complained about the quality of the food, but I enjoyed the meals. It exposed me to many Chinese dishes that are still favorites.
For breakfast they served steamed buns, fried noodles, and even egg rolls. My least favorite breakfast item was their congee. It was so bland. I thought congee was unappetizing until a friend took me to a popular restaurant in the neighborhood and ordered it. It was flavorful and nourishing. I was surprised and have enjoyed congee since then.
People have been making congee in China for thousands of years. The Mandarin word is zhou or 粥. Each region of China has it's own variation. It is eaten throughout Asia and Southeast Asia.
The rice is cooked for a long time with lots water. The rice eventually breaks down and develops a porridge like texture. This is the last recipe I made from the Chinese cookbook I borrowed from the library.
The ingredients are 1 pound skinless chicken thighs, 7 cups water, 1 cup uncooked long-grain rice, 1 3-inch piece fresh ginger, 3 scallions, 2 tablespoons Chinese rice wine, salt, pepper, sesame oil, and cashews. I should have used peanuts, but cashews worked just fine.
I brought the chicken and water to a boil. I added the rice.
I chopped up the white parts of the scallions and the ginger and added them to the pan. I just chopped the ginger into three large chunks.
I added the rice wine and let the water simmer for 30 minutes.
After 30 minutes, I removed the chicken. I let the rice simmer for another 30 minutes.
Once the chicken was cool enough to handle, I shredded it and added it back to the pot of simmering rice.
I stirred regularly so that the rice didn't stick to the bottom of the pan. I added salt and pepper to taste.
Once the rice was the consistency of porridge, I garnished each bowl with sesame oil, scallions and peanuts. I ended up using more than three scallions to garnish the congee, but I only used three during the cooking process.
It was delicious. The texture was creamy and smooth. The chicken, scallions, and ginger made the rice savory and flavorful.
The congee was packed with hearty chunks of chicken.
The fresh scallions and cashews gave crunch.
The sesame oil was subtle but noticeable. It was nutty and added another layer of flavor.
This was appetizing, substantive, and warming. It would be nourishing if you were feeling under the weather. I could see a mom making this for her children. It was very homey.


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María del Monte Tejado Algaba (Sevilla, 26 d'abril de 1962), coneguda artísticament com a María del Monte, és una cantant andalusa de sevillanes i de copla, així com presentadora de ràdio i televisió.

Trajectòria
Començà la seva carrera musical a televisió guanyant el concurs Gente joven de TVE el 1983. Tanmateix, no va gravar el seu primer disc fins a 1988.

Als anys 90 va assolir molt d'èxit amb les seves sevillanes, especialment amb el seu disc Cántame sevillanas, que li va valer el reconeixement de la crítica, i amb el qual va aconseguir 3 discos de platí. El segon, titulat Cántame sevillanas, es va convertir en poc de temps en un èxit i va aconseguir 3 discos de platí. El seu tema més popular va ser Cántame. Aquest tema va fer que comencés a ser popular a l'Estat espanyol. Amb el pas del temps i amb diversos discos ha aconseguit guanyar-se el públic i és anomenada "Reina de les sevillanes" per un dels seus discos amb aquest nom.

Durant els mateixos anys també va col·laborar a programes Al compás de la copla (Antena 3) i Esa copla me suena (TVE). Posteriorment, a més de la seva activitat artística com a cantant de sevillanes i en el món de la copla, María del Monte ha estat presentadora de programes en ràdio i televisió.

El 2017, la Diputació de Sevilla li va concedir la medalla d'or de la província en reconeixement per haver posat sempre en valor la gent i la cultura sevillana, tant com a cantant com a presentadora de televisió.

Discografia
 1988 Cántame Sevillanas
 1989 Besos de luna
 1989 Acompañame
 1991 Al Alba
 1991 Ahora
 1992 Con el Alma
 1996 He Intentado Imaginar
 1998 Cartas de Amor
 1998 Digan lo que digan
 1999 De Siempre: Antología de las Sevillanas volumen I
 2000 El dolor del amor: Antología de las Sevillanas volumen II
 2001 Reina de las sevillanas
 2002 Con otro aire: Antología de las sevillanas Volumen III
 2003 Cosas de la vida
 2004 Olé, Olé
 2005 Un Chaparrón
 2011 Cómo te echo de menos

Referències

Cantants sevillans
Cantants de copla andalusa


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Q: Eclipse warning: XXXXXXXXXXX.jar will not be exported or published. Runtime ClassNotFoundExceptions may result I keep getting the following error after I put the required files in my build path on Eclipse. I am working on a Spring MVC Hello World Application and using Eclipse Helios for Java EE developers:
Jan 16, 2012 1:25:42 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext loadOnStartup
SEVERE: Servlet /SpringMVCTutorial threw load() exception
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet
    at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1676)
    at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1521)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.DefaultInstanceManager.loadClass(DefaultInstanceManager.java:415)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.DefaultInstanceManager.loadClassMaybePrivileged(DefaultInstanceManager.java:397)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.DefaultInstanceManager.newInstance(DefaultInstanceManager.java:118)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.loadServlet(StandardWrapper.java:1062)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.load(StandardWrapper.java:1010)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.loadOnStartup(StandardContext.java:4957)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext$3.call(StandardContext.java:5284)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext$3.call(StandardContext.java:5279)
    at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(Unknown Source)
    at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)
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I have tried right-clicking the server and clicking "clean".  I right click the application, click "Build Path" the "Configure Build Path" and put the right JAR files in the library; however, it still doesn't acknowledge them as dependencies.  What am I missing?
I have tried the advice presented here:

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*Right-click on your Web project

*Click 'Properties'

*Select 'Java EE Module Dependencies'

*Click the 'Web Libraries' tab

*Add external JARs (if the JAR is outside of your project). An entry will be added under Jar/Module, make sure you click on the checkbox (checked).

The problem is that when I select "Click Properties", I do not have the option of clicking Java EE Module dependencies, as it doesn't appear. I downloaded any extra Java EE tools and still can't find it.

A: In order to get it to work right, I have to "drop and drag" the files that I want in my classpath/dependencies into my the WEB-INF/lib folder. It works this way.
For some reason, when I try to do it the right way

Build path → Configure build path → External jars

it just doesn't take them.
The trick is that I have to put the files int my Web App Libraries folder and the only way to do that (that I can see) is to "click and drop" into my WEB-INF/lib folder. In this way, it automatically shows up in my Web App Libraries.

A: When adding new jar files, I got two messages on Eclipse's Problems Tab: one error and one warning. I only solved this problem when combining all previous solutions with an extra step. Here's how I solved it:

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*"Drag and drop" the files that I want in my classpath/dependencies into my  WEB-INF/lib/ folder;

*Right-click on your project in the Package Explorer tab, and build path --> configure build path --> external jars, adding the desired files;

*Restarted Eclipse;

*Select Project --> Clean…. My system is configured to build automatically, so after this step, the error message was gone, but the warning XXXXXXXXXXX.jar will not be exported or published. Runtime ClassNotFoundExceptions may result remained;

*Right-click on warning message --> Quick Fix;

*Select the option Mark the associated raw classpath entry as a publish/export dependency. (in the following figure)

A: Right-click on your project in the 'Project Explorer' tab and go to 'Build path' → 'Configure build path' → 'External jars`, and add all the JARs that you want.

A: With Eclipse 2022-03, you can right click on the warning (in Problems view), select quick fix, which give you the option to publish/export the dependent project to /WEB-INF/lib. But it beats me that from the project Build Path we can't do this step manually.

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Jean H. Gallier is a professor at Computer and Information Science Department, School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania. His research interests include geometry and its applications (3D graphics, computer vision), geometric modeling, geometry of curves and surfaces, algebraic geometry, differential geometry, and medical imaging.
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Mathematical Foundations And Aspects of Discrete Mathematics
Post date: 07 Jan 2023
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Writing the World
Understanding William Stafford
Judith Kitchen
6 × 9 inches. Biblio. Index. 160 pages.
An excellent introduction for readers coming to William Stafford for the first time and an overview of the work for the many readers already familiar with his poetry, Writing the World offers the best single guide to one of the most respected and celebrated poets of our time.
Judith Kitchen's comprehensive study follows Stafford's major publications, from his first books to the later works, including the posthumous collection, The Way It Is: New and Selected Poems. All of Stafford's best-known books come under discussion, including Down in My Heart, a prose account of his experiences as a conscientious objector; West of Your City, his first collection of poems, published when he was 46; and Traveling Through the Dark, which received a National Book Award.
From this careful consideration of William Stafford's life work emerges an understanding of the poet's unique vision of the world and his sense of moral and spiritual responsibility. Kitchen shows the intimate relationship between Stafford's way of writing and his way of living, drawing on specific poems to illustrate his pacifism, his poetic techniques, and his daily writing practices — his way of "being receptive" to the creative act. She also examines his influential essays on the teaching of writing.