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Muhammad Said Szamil, ros. Мухаммад Саид Шамиль (ur. w 1901 r. w Stambule, zm. w 1981 r. w Stambule) – północnokaukaski emigracyjny działacz narodowy, pisarz i publicysta, jeden z przywódców antybolszewickiego powstania na północnym Kaukazie w latach 1920–1921, członek Północnokaukaskiego Komitetu Narodowego podczas II wojny światowej.

Był wnukiem legendarnego imama Szamila. Ukończył liceum w Stambule. Po zjeździe Górali kaukaskich we wsi Kapszi w okolicy Wiedeno 11 maja 1920 r., na którym przywódcą północnokaukaskiego ruchu wyzwoleńczego wybrano Muhammada Kamilia, ojca Muhammada Saida, ten wysłał do Dagestanu w zastępstwie swojego syna. Muhammad Said Szamil przybył na miejsce na pocz. września tego roku, dołączając do oddziałów powstańczych pod dowództwem Nażmuddina Gocinskiego. Po początkowych sukcesach powstanie zostało stłumione przez bolszewickie wojska 11 Armii. Ranny Muhammad Said Szamil ukrywał się krótko w górach, po czym w II poł. 1921 r. udało mu się powrócić do Turcji. Po klęsce utrzymywał przez parę lat tajne kontakty z północnokaukaskimi buntownikami. Ponadto publikował artykuły w różnych emigracyjnych gazetach w Turcji i Europy, a także pisał wiersze. Był członkiem Ogólnoświatowej Organizacji Islamskiej "Rabita". W II poł. lat 30. zamieszkał w Warszawie, gdzie zaangażował się w ruchu prometejskim. Był jednym z przywódców Kaukaskiego Komitetu Narodowego. W 1942 r. na zaproszenie Alfreda Rosenberga przyjechał do Berlina. Jego plany utworzenia niezawisłego Dagestanu spotkały się jednak ze znacznym oporem ze strony Niemców, którzy chcieli Kaukazu pod protektoratem III Rzeszy. W 1943 r. Muhammad Said Szamil wszedł w skład Północnokaukaskiego Komitetu Narodowego. Prowadził agitację antysowiecką. Po zakończeniu wojny kontynuował działalność narodową. Ponownie zamieszkał w Stambule. Uczestniczył w licznych konferencjach, sympozjach, odczytach, na których apelował o wsparcie organizacji i państw islamskich dla idei walki wyzwoleńczej narodów górskich północnego Kaukazu przeciw Sowietom. W swoim domu zorganizował olbrzymią bibliotekę książek dotyczących Dagestanu i innych krain północnego Kaukazu. W 1978 r. współtworzył Fundację Badań i Kultury im. Szamila.

Linki zewnętrzne

 Działalność Muhammada Saida Szamila

Bibliografia
Chadżi Murad Donogo, Дети имама Шамиля, 2011

Emigranci północnokaukascy
Kaukascy partyzanci antysowieccy
Górale kaukascy współpracujący z III Rzeszą
Urodzeni w 1901
Zmarli w 1981

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Since 1950, Cliff Barrows served as Vice Chairman to the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association Board of Directors. He was the Music and Program Director for Billy Graham Crusades since 1946 and led congregational singing and Crusade choirs around the world. Through music and the proclamation of the Word, Mr. Barrows and Mr. Graham shared the hope of the Gospel that brought millions to saving faith in Jesus Christ.
Every day when I come into my office at the Billy Graham Center, I walk through the main doors marked "Barrows Auditorium." Once inside, I pass by the auditorium, which, to this day, is often filled with students and outside groups singing gospel, contemporary, and other songs which fill our spirits and lift our eyes to Jesus.
Today, this great man of faith, who perhaps led more people in a choir than anyone, has gone to be with the Lord he loved and gave his life worshipping.
Clifford Burton Barrows (1923-2016), 93, of Marvin, NC, is perhaps best known as the song leader and choir director of the Billy Graham Crusades. Born on April 6, 1923, in Ceres, CA, he was the oldest child of the late Charles T. and Harriet M. Barrows. He came to faith at the age of 11 when the pastor preached on John 3:16. In 1944, he was ordained as a Baptist minister.
From 1945-1948 he worked as a Youth for Christ evangelist and song leader and in 1945 he joined Rev. Billy Graham at a rally in Asheville, NC. He and his new wife, Wilma "Billie" Newell, were attending a Youth for Christ rally in Asheville and the rally and the scheduled song leader and piano player was not able to attend. Rev. Barrows filled in, beginning a lifelong association with Rev. Graham. He served as music director, song leader, and master of ceremonies at almost all of Graham's evangelistic meetings.
Rev. Barrows was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 1988. In 1996, he was also inducted into the Religious Broadcasting Hall of Fame. Rev. Barrows was inducted into the inaugural class of the Conference of Southern Baptist Evangelists' "Hall of Faith" in 2008. In addition to his 'professional' accomplishments, Rev. Barrows and his wife, Wilma, had five children: Bonnie, Robert, Betty Ruth, Clifford (Bud), William Burton. After Wilma passed away, Rev. Barrows married Ann Prince.
Moments ago, as I prayed with a group of church leaders for his family, I also prayed for ourselves. I prayed that we, like Rev. Barrows, might live lives of such integrity and impact.
As we remember his magnificent legacy and his contributions to not only worship through song, but lives moved from lost to found, let's follow his legacy. If he has taught us anything, he has taught us to keep singing of our Jesus until our final breath and until revival breaks out across our communities, nations, and world.
Thank you, Rev. Barrows, that you lived a life of integrity and taught us what true worship looks like.
A funeral service will be held on Tuesday, November 22, at 10:30 am at Calvary Church in Charlotte, NC.


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Cell Phone Week
This week, the Supreme Court decided Riley v. California, unanimously holding that police must get a search warrant to look through cell phone data because "cell phones differ in both a quantitative and a qualitative sense from other objects that might be kept on an arrestee's person." As SCOTUSBlog points out in this symposium, this decision will reach far beyond your old flip phone to recast access to cloud-based data and the third-party doctrine. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) talks about the magnitude of Riley here.
Today, the New Yorker has an article, What Your Cell Phone Can't Tell the Police, that calls into question the accuracy of cell-tower location information (this is different from the insidious GPS tracking data that live in your iPhone). Apart from reliability is the question of whether a warrant is needed to get those records. Riley probably answers that. One more point: this sort of data may be subject to a Daubert challenge.
And the Eleventh Circuit just held (not this week, but June 11), in a case of first impression, that cellphone site location information -- imprecise as it may be -- obtained under the Stored Communications Act (which does not require a warrant) actually does require a warrant.
The question,
[W]hether [the Fourth Amendment] protection covers not only content, but also the transmission itself when it reveals information about the personal source of the transmission, specifically his location.
[W]e hold that cell site location information is within the subscriber's reasonable expectation of privacy. The obtaining of that data without a warrant is a Fourth Amendment violation.
Of course, then the defendant got Leon-ed. But this is an important case for many reasons, not the least of which is that the Court found that the Fourth Amendment demanded more than the statute required.
Maybe the law is starting to catch up with technology. Slowly. At least the courts recognize that data is different. Quite a week for cell phones.
Taking Too Much For Too Long: Computer Seizures
The Second Circuit, ruling for the defense, published a decision that not only condemns unreasonable computer searches, but also calls out government bad faith and the need to deter unconstitutional conduct in the area of digital forensics.
When the government seizes computers or other large data digital storage media, it usually removes the items from the search site to a forensics lab because, it argues, a true forensic search cannot be done in that location or in that time frame. A year or more later, perhaps there is an indictment.
Most of the time, though, that seizure and removal encompasses more than the target of the warrant. As we know from today's decision in Riley/Wurie, technology can and does store vast amounts of personal information. How long can the government keep information seized pursuant to a lawful search but that, as it turns out, is not responsive to the warrant? How long can it keep family photos, music files, and other everyday, innocent, and usually boring detritus?
In US v. Ganias, the agents didn't actually take the computers, but made mirror image copies of three hard drives, which contained much information outside the warrant. In other words, it was not what they were after. At least not at that time.
Another later investigation led to questions about those documents, and two-and-a-half years later, the government got a warrant for the information already in its possession. Those documents no longer existed on the defendant's computers. The issue and the answer, in short order,
[W]hether the Fourth Amendment permits officials executing a warrant for the seizure of particular data on a computer to seize and indefinitely retain every file on that computer for use in future criminal investigations. We hold that it does not.
Then, the Court found that information should be excluded because "the agents could not have had a good-faith basis to believe the law permitted them to keep the non-responsive files indefinitely," rejecting arguments that the defense should have asked for it back and that it was too much trouble to delete the non-responsive information.
And, finally, deterrence, the heart of the exclusionary rule.
"[T]he benefits of deterrence in this case are great. With the Government's use of forensic mirror images becoming increasingly common, deterring its unconstitutional handling of non-responsive data has grown in importance." So while temporary retention may be reasonable, indefinite storage of intermingled information outside the scope of the warrant is not.
From the Volokh Conspiracy, Orin Kerr's take on Ganias.
Cutting into Paper
By guest blogger AFPD Andy McGowan,
We are usually more concerned about how much time our clients are facing than we are about the conditions of supervision. But, there is no reason not to review the conditions closely to make sure that they are warranted and that they are not too vague. The Seventh Circuit has very recently published a series of cases where they removed or modified several common special conditions of supervision because the facts of the case did not support them or because they were too vague. See United States v. Siegel, 2014 WL 2736016(7th Cir. May 29, 2014), United States v.Baker, 2014 WL 2736016 (7th Cir. June 17, 2014), United States v. Poulin, 745 F.3d 796 (7th Cir. 2014) (remand in child porn case for judge to reconsider ban on unsupervised contact with minors, including son, and prohibition on accessing and possessing adult pornography); and United States v. Shannon, 743F.3d 496 (7th Cir. 2014) (remand to reconsider complete ban on possession of material containing sexually explicit conduct in child porn case).
The conditions in the two most recent cases included a complete ban on possessing anything with nudity in a child abuse case (modified), a prohibition on consuming any "mood altering substances" (modified to include psychoactive substances that impair functioning), a complete ban on drinking alcohol (modified to prohibit excessive use of alcohol), and a ban on contact with a minor, even the defendant's child (eliminated). By clicking the link below, you can access a bit more analysis of the most recent two cases to give you a flavor of the types of arguments that were successful and why.
Here's Doug Berman's post on US v. Seigal, calling it a must-read for all federal criminal defense practitioners.
Andy's long(er)-form analysis follows:
Is a prior conviction from Kansas a felony for purposes of federal law? Yes, if the conviction is one that is punishable by a term of imprisonment exceeding one year. But when is a conviction from Kansas punishable by a term of imprisonment exceeding one year? This seemingly simple question has caused confusion in the Tenth Circuit, confusion rooted in Kansas's sentencing guidelines scheme.
Similar to the federal guidelines, the Kansas scheme is based on the crime of conviction and the defendant's criminal history; the two merge in a grid, and that grid provides presumptive punishments in particular cases. In 2005, the Tenth Circuit, in United States v. Plakio, 433 F.3d 692, held that the numbers in this grid set the statutory maximum sentences for a particular offense. Thus, if the highest number in the grid (there are three) is 12 (or less than 12), the conviction is not a federal felony (because it is not punishable by a term of imprisonment of more than one year).
Simple enough. Or not. In 2008, the Tenth Circuit changed course, overruling Plakio in United States v. Hill, 539 F.3d 1213. The Tenth Circuit thought Plakio incorrect in light of a decision from the Supreme Court – United States v. Rodriguez, 553 U.S. 377 (2008). But two years later the Supreme Court expanded upon Rodriguez in Carachuri–Rosendo v. Holder, 560 U.S. 563 (2010), an important case in which the Supreme Court rejected a "hypothetical approach" to recidivist statutes in favor of an approach rooted in the realities of a particular case. So, if a defendant is a recidivist, but was not subject to a recidivist punishment, then the recidivist punishment is irrelevant, even if the defendant could have been charged as a recidivist.
In a decision published last week -- United States v. Brooks, __ F.3d __,2014 WL 2443032 (10th Cir. June 2, 2014) – the Tenth Circuit came full circle, overruling Hill in light of the Supreme Court's decision in Carachuri-Rosendo. The case is a must read for any attorney that practices in the Tenth Circuit, and particularly in Kansas. It makes clear the statutory maximum sentence for a prior Kansas conviction is the presumptive sentence under the Kansas guidelines grid. If the grid produces a presumptive sentence of 12 months or less, the conviction is not a felony for purposes of federal law.
As one might imagine, the decision has serious and far-reaching consequences.
Predicate convictions for felony statutes, including the felon-in-possession statute, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), and its Armed Career Criminal counterpart, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e), no longer include the many Kansas convictions with presumptive sentences of 12 months or less. The same holds true for the numerous recidivist enhancements in the Sentencing Guidelines (think 2K2.1, 4B1.1, and 2L1.2, to name a few). Moving forward, it is imperative that we scrutinize any Kansas conviction used to enhance a sentence in federal court. We've also begun to review the many prior convictions and sentences that might be affected by the decision in Brooks. Do not hesitate to contact us if you have a Brooks-related issue come up in one of your cases.
-- Post by Daniel Hansmeier, AFPD in the District of Kansas, Kansas City office.
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Yesterday, in US v. Brooks, the Tenth Circuit decided that any Kansas conviction that is not punishable by more than 12 months is, generally, not a felony for federal purposes -- not for felon-in-possession cases, aggravated re-entry cases, Armed Career Criminal, some 851 enhancements, and a plethora of guideline factors. If 12 is the top number in the box, your client is probably good.
We are working on the retroactive application. For now, think about the prospective use of Brooks because prior felony convictions have far-reaching and serious consequences.
Under USSG 2K2.1(a)(1)-(4), the base offense level for felon-in-possession increases for one or more prior convictions for certain felonies. A Kansas conviction for those offenses may not qualify if the client did not face a sentence of greater than 12 months. Moreover, under (b)(6), a four-level enhancement can apply if the weapon was used or possessed "in connection with another felony offense." The offense must be specified, and under Brooks may not be a felony.
Think about supervised release violations, too. The grade of the violation, as defined by USSG 7B1.1, determines the guideline range. Both Grade A and B violations may consider conduct that constitutes a felony -- an "offense punishable by a term of imprisonment exceeding one year." Again, that conduct must be identified. If it happens to fall into a grid box where the top number is 12, your client falls from a Class A to a Class C violation.
Even if the crime itself is defined as a "crime of violence," like fleeing-and-eluding for career offender purposes, it still may not be a federal felony.
For quick reference (and thanks to David Freund),
2013 5 Level Drug Grid
2013 Non-Drug Grid
More on Brooks later.

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We've made it passed the halfway point of summer! Are you finding it more and more difficult to figure out how to keep the kids entertained? Don't worry – we have some ideas. Check out these cool picks for family friendly fun this weekend.
Is it really summer if you don't have a scoop or seven (who's counting) of ice cream? Try one of these… and yes, there's even allergy-friendly options.
Looking for the hottest places to keep cool? These splashpads and parks are what you need in your life.
It's not too late to work on a summer bucket list. How many of these activities can you check off?
When in doubt, look to this big awesome list of summer fun. Trust us, there's something here for everyone.
Plus you can check out one of these events, too.
Don't miss MADreads, which combines interactive story time and visual exploration to bring books to life. This week's program welcomes kids and their families for a reading of Extra Yarn, written by Mac Barnett and illustrated by Jon Klassen. Sun. Event Details.
What was it like to be a kid on the Lower East Side in the early 20th century? Families will find out this summer on this guided walk following in the footsteps of Ella, Henny, Sarah, Charlotte, and Gertie, the beloved sisters depicted in Sydney Taylor's classic All-of-a-Kind Family series. The tour starts at the Museum and continues out on the streets, including spots where the children played, prayed and purchased their pickles and candy. Sun. Event Details.
Embark on a new wizarding adventure at the American Museum of Natural History where you'll search for exhibits that echo characters, places and enchanted objects in the books and movies of the Harry Potter universe. Be prepared to track fantastic beasts through a forbidden (rain)forest, dance with Hagrid-like giants, encounter a cute cousin of dragons, stalk hunters scarier than any auror, and more. Sat. Event Details.
Bring a picnic, blanket, and dancing shoes for the 11th production of this fun event! Co-presented by Jazzmobile and the Central Park Conservancy, Great Jazz on the Great Hill features live music and swing dancing in a beautiful park setting. Sat. Event Details.
Visitors of all ages develop their engineering skills as they engage in open block play with Imagination Playground blocks outside in the Plaza of Brooklyn Bridge Park. Fri. Event Details.
This workshop will take place on the QBG Farm and draw inspiration from the various vegetables grown like eggplant, tomatoes, peppers, and the pollinator garden that surrounds the farm's perimeter. Sat. Event Details.
Learn the art of hapa-zome, imprinting natural dyes of plants into fabric with a hammer. Plant your own hapa-zome container garden with Jess Brey of Dyed in Queens, using plants like nasturtium, basil, marigold, and pansy. Sun. Event Details.


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package edu.mit.media.funf.probe.builtin;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collection;

import android.app.PendingIntent;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.util.Log;
import edu.mit.media.funf.Utils;
import edu.mit.media.funf.probe.DefaultProbeScheduler;
import edu.mit.media.funf.probe.Probe;
import edu.mit.media.funf.probe.ProbeCommandServiceConnection;
import edu.mit.media.funf.probe.ProbeScheduler;

public class DelegateProbeScheduler implements ProbeScheduler {

	private Class<? extends Probe> delegateProbeClass;
	private PendingIntent callback;

	public DelegateProbeScheduler(Class<? extends Probe> delegateProbeClass) {
		this(delegateProbeClass, null);
	}

	public DelegateProbeScheduler(Class<? extends Probe> delegateProbeClass, PendingIntent callback) {
		this.delegateProbeClass = delegateProbeClass;
		this.callback = callback;
	}

	@Override
	public Long scheduleNextRun(Probe probe, Collection<Intent> requests) {
		PendingIntent theCallback = callback;
		if (theCallback == null) {
			Intent callbackIntent = new Intent(probe, probe.getClass());
			theCallback = PendingIntent.getService(probe, 0, callbackIntent, PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);
		}
		Intent delegateRequest = new Intent(Probe.ACTION_REQUEST, null, probe, delegateProbeClass);
		delegateRequest.putExtra(Probe.CALLBACK_KEY, theCallback);
		ArrayList<Bundle> dataRequests = new ArrayList<Bundle>();
		for (Intent request : requests) {
			ArrayList<Bundle> individualDataRequests = Utils.getArrayList(request.getExtras(), Probe.REQUESTS_KEY);
			ArrayList<Bundle> individualDataRequestsWithDefaults = new ArrayList<Bundle>();
			for (Bundle individualDataRequest : individualDataRequests) {
				Bundle individualDataRequestWithDefaults = DefaultProbeScheduler.getCompleteParams(probe, individualDataRequest);
				individualDataRequestsWithDefaults.add(individualDataRequestWithDefaults);
			}
			dataRequests.addAll(individualDataRequestsWithDefaults);
		}
		Log.d("TEST_TEST_TEST", "Requests from " + probe.getClass().getName() + " to " + delegateProbeClass.getName() + ": " + dataRequests);
		delegateRequest.putExtra(Probe.REQUESTS_KEY, dataRequests);
		probe.startService(delegateRequest);

		// Figure out the next run time of the delegate probe
		// TODO: may want to remove this and return an estimate value, then wait for a status update from the delegate probe
		final long[] nextRunTime = new long[] { 0L };
		/*
		ProbeCommandServiceConnection delegateProbe = new ProbeCommandServiceConnection(probe, delegateProbeClass) {
			@Override
			public void runCommand() {
				nextRunTime[0] = getProbe().getNextRunTime();
			}
		};
		try {
			delegateProbe.join();
		} catch (InterruptedException e) {
		}*/
		return nextRunTime[0];
	}

	@Override
	public Bundle startRunningNow(Probe probe, Collection<Intent> requests) {
		return null;  // Never run directly, always run based off of other data
	}

	@Override
	public boolean shouldBeEnabled(Probe probe, Collection<Intent> requests) {
		return true; // Only the delegate needs to be enabled
	}

}

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Verizon's Tri-Cities and Wenatchee, Wash. Area Customers Can Now Block Unwanted Calls With Call Intercept
EVERETT, Wash. - Verizon customers in Kennewick, Richland, Wenatchee and East Wenatchee now can put an end to unwanted calls from telemarketers and other unidentified callers. Their phones won't even ring with Verizon's new Call Intercept service.
Call Intercept works in conjunction with Caller ID to screen calls when the phone numbers don't appear on Caller ID units. The service blocks customers' incoming calls when callers fail to identify themselves and allows users to decide if they want to receive calls from callers, once they say who they are.
"Call Intercept is a silent watchdog," said Gmerice B. McNeil, product manager for Call Management Services for Verizon. "If you're just sitting down to dinner, you'll be able to enjoy your meal without interruptions from unidentified callers. Call Intercept complements the current anti-telemarketing legislation and is an effective tool for controlling whom to speak to and when."
Verizon's Call Intercept, the company's fastest-growing new service, now has more than 1 million subscribers in 18 states and the District of Columbia.
With Call Intercept, calls that appear as "anonymous," "private," "out of area" or "unavailable" on Caller ID units are intercepted before the phone rings. Callers hear a message informing them that the subscriber does not accept unidentified calls and requests that they identify themselves by name or organization. After callers record a message, Call Intercept rings the subscriber's phone, plays the message identifying the caller and provides several options for managing the call. The subscriber may accept or decline the call or send it to voice mail.
When Call Intercept rings to announce a caller, the subscriber hears a distinctive ring and "Call Intercept" appears on the Caller ID display. When the subscriber answers, the service identifies itself and plays the recorded name. The subscriber then has these options:
To accept the call, the customer presses "1" and the call is connected.
To decline the call, the customer presses "2" and the caller hears, "The person you are calling is not available. Thank you. Goodbye."
To refuse a sales call, the subscriber presses "3" and the caller hears, "The person you are calling does not accept phone solicitations. Please add them to your do-not-call list. Thank you. Goodbye."
Pressing "4" sends the call to Verizon's Home Voice Mail service, provided the Call Intercept customer has the service, and allows callers to leave a voice mail message for the person they are calling.
Pressing "5" replays the caller's name.
Throughout the process, the caller remains on hold listening to music.
When a call is intercepted by Call Intercept the caller hears: "The number you are calling has Call Intercept, a service that requires callers whose telephone numbers do not appear on the Caller ID display to identify themselves before the call can continue. At the tone, please say your name or the company you represent. Then press the pound key." Callers who record their name then hear, "Thank you, please hold." The caller hears music while the subscriber receives the call.
Verizon's Call Intercept also allows subscribers to give a four-digit PIN (personal identification number) to family and friends so they can bypass the blocking feature when calling from a phone line that doesn't provide the phone number to Caller ID devices. Certain types of business lines, pay phones or lines with "per-line blocking" do not pass along the phone number or name to Caller ID devices. Verizon was the first company to provide this bypass feature.
To bypass the Call Intercept message, friends and family members enter the PIN during the Call Intercept greeting. The words "Priority Caller" will appear on the subscriber's Caller ID unit when the phone rings.
Call Intercept is $5 a month and can be ordered by calling Verizon at 800-483-4000. To use Call Intercept, customers also must subscribe to Caller ID number-only service, which is $5.95 a month, or Caller ID with name at $6.50. Call Intercept is $4 monthly if purchased with select Verizon packages.
A Fortune 20 company, Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) is one of the world's leading providers of communications services, with approximately $68 billion in annual revenues. Verizon companies are the largest providers of wireline and wireless communications in the United States. Verizon is also the largest directory publisher in the world, as measured by directory titles and circulation. Verizon's international presence includes wireline and wireless communications operations and investments, primarily in the Americas and Europe. For more information, visit www.verizon.com.


To all my friends and foes, relatives and neighbors, colleagues and students, all sincere Imams and teachers, all wicked Imams and wicked followers, all Muslims and non-Muslims, old and young, males & females, all housewives and children, all close allies and enemies, all businessmen and businesswomen, all innocent humans and guilty infidels, all honest and wicked men, all news carriers and corrupt & evil men, all store-owners, all peoples of all walks of life, regardless of religion, creed, color or race. To all of you I bring this message of TRIALS & tribulations. Read well and ponder, and wonder, and fear the wrath of the Al-Mighty Creator, for He shall surely test you.
O Muslims! Fear (the wrath of) Allah as He should be feared, for fear of Allah brings more rewards & blessings and prevents afflictions.
O Muslims! Allah has decreed the fate of all creatures, written down their impacts and deeds, portioned out between them, their livelihood and wealth, and created death and life that He may test them, which of them is best in deeds. Indeed, belief in Allah's decree and preordainment is one of the Pillars of Iman (faith). Nothing happens in this Universe except by His will. And His Will cannot be questioned.
"And We tried them with good (blessings) and evil (calamities) in order that they might turn (to Allah's obedience)." (Al-A'raaf 7: 168).
"And it may be that you dislike a thing which is good for you and that you like a thing which is bad for you. Allah knows, and you do not know." Al-Baqarah (2: 216).
Prepare yourself mentally for afflictions before they occur so as to make their occurrence light on you. Do not be worried because of tribulations, for they have their limits, and watch what you utter during your hard times for many a word has ruined its utterer. A resolute Muslim stands firm during hardships, his heart does not change and he does not complain. Console yourself whenever afflicted with a promise of reward from Allah. Wise people show endurance whenever they are stricken with misfortune so as not to add to their misfortune the malicious joy of their enemies, for whenever your enemies know of your misfortune they are overjoyed.
"And those who are patient, we will certainly pay them a reward in proportion to the best of what they used to do." (Al-Anaam 16:96).
The reward of the patient ones will be doubled for their patience and Allah will be with them, remove their afflictions and make them victorious.
"And no living creature is there on earth but its provision is due from Allah."(Hud 11:6).
Real trial, oh mankind, is the trial in one's religion, and whatever trial besides that, is regarded as well being, for it raises one in the rank and erases one's sins. Also, all comforts that do not bring one closer to Allah, is a tribulation. Do not therefore grieve over what you miss in worldly materials, for worldly pleasure begets pain and disobedience. Abu Dardaa said, "Of the insignificance of this world to Allah is that He is not disobeyed except in it, while what is with Him cannot be obtained except by abstaining from it. Engage yourself in what will benefit you more. Keep away from what is in peoples' hands, and you will be the wealthiest of them. Do not lose hope in Allah's Mercy lest you are disgraced. Always remember Allah's favor on you and drive away your distress by being pleased with Allah's decree, for however long the night may be, it will be followed by the dawn.
'Verily distress has seized me and You are the most Merciful of all those who show mercy' seven times, Allah relieves him of his distress." Put then, yourself, under the protection of Allah, depend upon Him, submit your affairs to Him, and ask Him for relief. Try to supplicate in the most appropriate periods like during prostration and the last hour of the night. Do not feel uneasy if your supplications have not yet been answered, and do not lose hope in Allah's Mercy even though the period of your affliction may seem long, for relief is near, and continue to pray to Allah. Also, know that when Allah afflicts you no one except Him is capable of removing that affliction, for He does whatever He wills.
"Say: Nothing shall ever happen to us except what Allah has ordained for us. He is our Lord and Protector, and in Allah let the believers put their trust." (At-Taubah 9: 51).
1. His trust in Allah in what he has not attained.
2. His satisfaction with Allah with whatever he has attained.
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DA2PP Vaccine for Dogs: What Is It and What Are the Side Effects?
October 13, 2019 9,024 views
DA2PP vaccine for dogs is an essential vaccine given whether they are puppies or adult pets. It is important to protect them against several diseases that are serious, contagious, and can possibly result in fatal condition. It is considered as core vaccine for all domesticated pets in few countries, United States for example. The vaccine can be taken up once every three years or more often. Each letter in DA2PP stands for the disease types that the vaccine is going to resist. Here is the explanation letter by letter.
The D stands for canine distemper virus (CDV) which is caused by paramyxovirus. It is derived from Middle English word 'distemperen' that is used to describe the disbalance and bodily upset. If your dog caught this disease, it will affect the neurologic, respiratory and GI system, even teeth and skin. There seems to be a lot of people who think this disease is rare or doesn't even exist anymore. The vaccine can help control the disease, but unvaccinated, wild, and stray dogs are still susceptible to it.
DA2PPV Vaccine for Dogs: All You Need to Know about the Essential Vaccine
The A stands for adenovirus type 2. Sometimes, the type 1 is referred to infectious canine hepatitis so it is written as H. Hepatitis can show mild symptoms like anorexia or fever, but it could lead to serious result like fatal illness or death. The dogs are especially susceptible to this if they are either very young or already has parvovirus infections. Look out for signs like thirst and conjunctivitis too.
The first P in DA2PP vaccine for dogs stands for parainfluenza. It is an easily contagious disease but fortunately less serious. It affects respiratory system, and generally doesn't lead to death. It is still debated whether parainfluenza should be included as core vaccine, but it is a classic dog vaccine that can help a lot of canine pets.
The latter P stands for parvovirus, which is sadly very common amongst domestic pets and has causes many deaths before it was found in 1960s. Parvovirus attacks the GI tracts, and can cause severe dehydration, diarrhea, or vomiting.
The DA2PP vaccine for dogs side effects include allergic reactions, anemia, or other local reactions, such as pain, irritation, redness, swelling and abscesses. The rare yet serious side effects include respiratory disruption, nervous and reproductive system problems. However, it is still important to give DA2PP vaccine for dogs to fight and eliminate infectious diseases for your beloved pets.
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Lavania Forsythe says:
My 12 yr old pitty received DA2PP bordetella and 3 yr rabies shot yesterday. She threw up her dinner last night, breakfast this morning and some soaked dry food after,(I made it mush.) Threw that up and just got sick again with stomach bile. Is this a normal vaccine reaction?
I pray hour dog has since recovered. My girl died from it. I spent about a thousand to try and save her. I have a new rescue and will not be giving him this vaccine.


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Trump tax plan hits media buzzsaw over deficit and whether he'll get richer
By Howard Kurtz , | Fox News
Kurtz: Does anyone care about busting the budget?
'MediaBuzz' host Howard Kurtz reacts to critics who slam President Trump for being able to 'reap millions' from his GOP tax refrom plan.
President Trump has served up a tax plan with plenty of dessert but no vegetables.
And covering how this goes through the congressional meat grinder is a major challenge for the press.
On paper, it sounds like cutting taxes should be the easiest thing that Congress does. Politicians like giving out goodies, and Americans deserve to be able to keep more of their own money.
But the Trump plan will cost an estimated $2.2 billion over a decade, and some folks will be stuck with part of the bill.
Yet while the Republicans have spelled out the lowering of tax rates for businesses and individuals, they have not said which tax deductions they will ax to pay for this. They do seem to have taken the hugely popular home mortgage and charitable deductions off the table (but not the break on state and local taxes).
One media theme emerging yesterday is that this may be a windfall for POTUS. USA Today's banner headline is "Trump Could Reap Millions in Tax Plan," although the president has said "it's not good for me." But what if it is? Haven't previous presidents benefited from tax cuts? It's a fact of life that Donald Trump is a rich businessman.
Some news organizations are laser focused on how the Trump plan will blow up the deficit, but paid little attention to the deficit exploding during the Obama years.
On this score, though, there is plenty of hypocrisy.
Republicans have complained about the out-of-control deficit for years, but have largely been quiet about the impact of their party's plan. Democrats do the same thing when they're in charge, except they usually bust the budget with spending hikes rather than tax cuts.
The deficit hasn't really been a voting issue since 1992, when Ross Perot pushed it to the forefront. Now it's more of an opposition-party weapon, unleashed only when your side doesn't control the White House.
For the GOP, the New York Times says, "the deficit hawks have hardly peeped…
"For years, Republican lawmakers lamented the soaring national debt, pressing for spending cuts and clinging to the mantle of fiscal responsibility. But last week, Senate Republicans hammered out a deal to allow for as much as $1.5 trillion in tax cuts, betting that supercharged growth will make up for lost revenue, a potentially dubious prospect. The tax plan outlined Wednesday by the White House and Republican leaders in the House and Senate could cost more than $2 trillion over the next decade."
The Washington Post says the administration's nine-page outline "left many key questions unanswered, including how they plan to avoid adding trillions of dollars to the government's debt...
"The White House and GOP leaders negotiated for months and agreed in large part only on the taxes they want to cut. They now face the more arduous task of agreeing on which tax deductions to take away."
There are two other parts of the debate that Rs and Ds have been fighting about forever. One is whether the GOP is cutting taxes for the wealthy (the president insists they won't get a net benefit, but the details are fuzzy, as is the definition of who's rich). The other is whether to use "dynamic scoring"—this goes back to the Reagan administration's rosy scenario—on the theory that tax cuts will unleash economic growth that limits the impact on the deficit.
Chief economic adviser Gary Cohn went there yesterday, saying: "We think we can pay for the entire tax cut through growth over the cycle."
Politically, the situation is clear: the Republicans, having bungled health care, need a win by year's end, and tax cuts are their best bet. But how that plays out, and who wins and loses, is going to be a complex and highly charged battle.
Howard Kurtz is a Fox News analyst and the host of "MediaBuzz" (Sundays 11 a.m.). He also hosts the MediaBuzzmeter podcast and is the author of "Media Madness: Donald Trump, The Press and the War Over the Truth." Follow him at @HowardKurtz. Click here for more information on Howard Kurtz.


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Cary Fukunaga, 'Maniac,' and How Netflix's Algorithm Is Becoming Entertainment's Skynet
by Ron Gilmer September 20, 2018
Netflix has done something very different in the creation of its new series Maniac by championing its algorithm over the desires of the storyteller. Is that a smart move, or deeply troubling? I'll get into specifics of Cary Joji Fukunaga's series momentarily, but first, gather 'round, and let me tell you a story about how we got to this point. Way back in 2000, the video rental behemoth Blockbuster was approached by a fledgling rival, Netflix, with the upstart looking to be bought out for a paltry $50 million. Blockbuster passed and the rest, as they say, is history. Blockbuster went the way of the dodo, while Netflix is now the 800-pound gorilla of the entertainment industry.
Netflix capitalized on the rise of fast residential internet access and rode that wave with an innovative idea: to offer the ability for the consumer to play movies and TV shows at home with no need to go to the video store or wait for DVDs in the mail. Their next step proved to be the real game-changer, though: producing their own original content, available only on their subscription service. Amazon, Hulu, CBS, and others have followed suit, but they still pale in comparison to Netflix' reach and cultural influence.
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One of the most interesting aspects of the Netflix experience, one that has evolved so much over the years, regards their recommendations. As soon as you log in, Netflix offers choices that are supposedly based on your viewing habits. It surfaced a while back that the company uses a mysterious "algorithm" to predict what their customers like and would want to watch. No one really knows what it is or how it works exactly, only that there are about a thousand folks behind the scenes tweaking it constantly.
My personal experience with the recommendations is not great: they usually don't appeal to me. My viewing palate is pretty eclectic, so maybe it doesn't fit into their data set. In a small sample size (and decidedly unscientific) Twitter poll curated by yours truly, the question and results were as follows:
"Do the Netflix recommendations accurately depict your viewing preferences?"
62% NO
38% YES
Taken as a random snapshot, the poll numbers frankly surprised me. All companies rely on data to target their potential customers. The goal is obviously to engage the consumer and sell, sell, sell. Netflix has gotten to a be a major player by taking their game to another level, and the algorithm seems to be a major part of their success.
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This now leads us back to a cautionary tale that has potentially frightening implications on the future of creativity, media consumption, and artistic vision: that of Cary Fukunaga, Maniac, and Netflix's algorithm.
Let it be said first of all that Cary Fukunaga is a very talented director, whose work includes the acclaimed first season of HBO's True Detective, as well as the top-notch Netflix original film Beasts of No Nation.
His newest project set to bow on Netflix is Maniac, a dark comedy starring Jonah Hill, Emma Stone, Justin Theroux, and Sally Field. The premise: Annie Landsberg (Stone) and Owen Milgrim (Hill) are two strangers drawn to the late stages of a mysterious pharmaceutical trial, each for their own reasons. Annie is disaffected and aimless, fixated on broken relationships with her mother and her sister; Owen, the fifth son of wealthy New York industrialists, has struggled his whole life with a disputed diagnosis of schizophrenia. The promise of a new, radical kind of pharmaceutical treatment—a sequence of pills its inventor, Dr. James K. Mantleray (Theroux), claims can repair anything about the mind, be it mental illness or heartbreak—draws them to the facilities of Neberdine Pharmaceutical for a three-day drug trial that will, they're assured, with no complications or side-effects whatsoever, solve all of their problems, permanently. You can watch the trailer here and also read our review.
The trailer brings to mind a mashup of Legion, Inception, The Leftovers, and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, with a bit of the Rooster Teeth web series Crunch Time thrown in for good measure. The actors get to play dress-up and delve into multiple worlds and genres, which looks to be trippy fun. The thread of the two leads always finding their way back to each other reminded me of the wondrous cross-dimensional romance between Peter Bishop and Olivia Dunham on Fringe.
As Fukunaga has been doing press for the show, he's raised a few eyebrows with comments about his creative decisions and how the Netflix algorithm apparently influenced them. Here's what he told GQ Magazine:
"Because Netflix is a data company, they know exactly how their viewers watch things, so they can look at something you're writing and say, We know based on our data that if you do this, we will lose this many viewers. So it's a different kind of note-giving. It's not like, Let's discuss this and maybe I'm gonna win. The algorithm's argument is gonna win at the end of the day. So the question is do we want to make a creative decision at the risk of losing people. There was one episode we wrote that was just layer upon layer peeled back, and then reversed again. Which was a lot of fun to write and think of executing, but, like, halfway through the season, we're just losing a bunch of people on that kind of binging momentum. That's probably not a good move, you know? So it's a decision that was made 100 percent based on audience participation."
Huh? This is very disturbing, on many levels.
For those unfamiliar, here's the typical TV show writing process: Writer's rooms are assembled, and then the writers, producers, and the showrunner(s) collaborate on planning out the entire season, coming up with the season storyline, as well as story beats and the individual arcs of the characters. Writers are then assigned specific episodes to write. Nothing takes place in a vacuum: initial drafts are turned in, and the producer/showrunner reads them, supplies notes and changes, and it goes back to the writer.
This process is continuous, with the scripts going up the food chain all the way to whatever network or subscription service is airing the show, with the execs also giving notes for changes. It happens all the way to the episode tapings, where changes are often needed at the last minute due to issues on location, like weather or other logistical problems that pop up. Producing a TV show episode is really just about math: X number of scenes need to be finished in Y number of shooting days. If a scene is written in such a way that the production schedule is thrown off, then the scene must be adjusted to get the job done on time and on budget.
Compromise, as far as story goes, is nothing new. Notes and changes from higher-ups are the norm. The thing that bothers me in this instance is a computer program dictating creative changes to a clearly talented storyteller. It's hard for me to imagine David Lynch, Noah Hawley, or Shonda Rhimes taking notes from an algorithm. Human imagination is unlike anything else in this world we live in, and some of the most inspired ideas come from a place that a computer program can't possibly replicate.
Checking off boxes that fit what Netflix thinks will appeal to their subscribers is a dangerous path to head down. Not everyone binge watches: to put the kibosh on a scene Fukunaga was clearly excited about giving the audience because it impacts the "binge-ability" of a series is scary to contemplate. This might explain the serious problems Netflix has with their Marvel shows. The so-called Netflix bloat — not enough plot for the number of episodes, seemingly endless scenes of characters prattling on about nothing, and overall pacing issues — would seem to fit in with what an algorithm might suggest. And let's not even get into the Will Smith debacle Bright.
So where does it end? If we surrender our entertainment to the equivalent of Skynet, then where are we headed as a society? Are we hurtling into Black Mirror territory? First, we got Alexa, so the next gen just might be "Algo."
Wake up: "Algo, cereal or French toast?"
Getting dressed: "Algo, boxers or briefs? The blue suit or the gray one?"
Lunch: "Algo, salad or a burger?"
After work: "Algo, home to watch Netflix or go out drinking with my friends?" (We know the answer to that one)
Dating: "Hmm, she's pretty – Algo, swipe left, or right?"
All this reminds me of the Devo song Freedom of Choice:
"Freedom of choice
Is what you got,
Freedom from choice
Is what you want."
One question: where the hell is Sarah Connor when you need her?
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New data on the systematics and fauna of Dolichopus subpennatus D'Assis Fonseca, 1976 and Dolichopus pennatus Meigen, 1824 (Dolichopodidae, Diptera)
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O.V. Selivanova
Voronezh State University
O.P. Negrobov
O.O. Maslova
Voronezh State Pedagogical University
Dolichopodidae; Dolichopus; differential diagnosis; fauna; new distribution data
Selivanova, O., Negrobov, O., & Maslova, O. (2019). New data on the systematics and fauna of Dolichopus subpennatus D'Assis Fonseca, 1976 and Dolichopus pennatus Meigen, 1824 (Dolichopodidae, Diptera). Acta Biologica Sibirica, 5(2), 111-114. https://doi.org/10.14258/abs.v5.i2.6193
The differential diagnosis between Dolichopus subpennatus and Dolichopus pennatus is given. The morphology of the hypopygium of Dolichopus pennatus and Dolichopus subpennatus is studied for the first time. New features are distinguished by the structure of the ventral episternum of the thorax, metanotum and the morphology of the hypopygium. The form of the 3rd antenna segment cannot be used to distinguish between species due to intraspecific variability. The data on the fauna of Dolichopus pennatus and Dolichopus subpennatus are given. Dolichopus pennatus is for the first time indicated by the Arkhangelsk and Sverdlovsk regions. Dolichopus subpennatus is first indicated for Lithuania, Moldova, Ukraine, Leningrad, Voronezh, Kursk, and Perm regions of Russian Federation, and also for Altai.
D'Assis Fonseca, E.C.M. (1976). Four new species of palearctic Dolichopodidae Diptera including two from Britain. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 111(1328-30), 23-28.
Grichanov, I. Ya., Volfov, B.I., Kustov, S.Yu. (2007). New records of Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from the Caucasus. International Journal of Dipterological Research, 18(4), 279-296.
Negrobov, O.P., Selivanova, O.V., Maslova, O.O., Chursina, M.A. (2013). Checklist of predatory flies of the family Dolichopodidae (Diptera) in the fauna of Russia. In: Grichanov I.Ya., Negrobov O.P. (Eds). Fauna and taxonomy of Dolichopodidae (Diptera). Collection of papers. St. Petersburg: VIZR RAAS (Plant Protection News Suppl., ISSN 1815-3682). 47-93.


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US judge blocks Biden's plan to end Title 42 border expulsions | Migration News
A judge in the United States has blocked the Biden administration's plan to end a contentious immigration policy that allows US authorities to turn away most asylum seekers arriving at the country's southern border with Mexico.
US District Judge Robert Summerhays issued a nationwide injunction on Friday barring US President Joe Biden's administration from lifting the policy known as Title 42. It was expected to be rescinded on May 23.
"That means Title 42 will not end anytime soon," tweeted Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, senior policy counsel at the American Immigration Council, about the federal judge's decision.
The ruling comes after two dozen US states sued the Biden administration over its plan, arguing that Title 42 should remain in place because proper consideration was not given to likely increases in border crossings and other issues.
The Justice Department said in a brief statement on Friday evening that it plans to appeal.
🚨We have a decision in the Title 42 case! To no surprise, Judge Summerhays has blocked the CDC from ending Title 42 on May 23, granting the plaintiff states' preliminary injunction on a nationwide basis.
That means Title 42 will not end anytime soon. https://t.co/8gvizxK9C3 pic.twitter.com/7yX9GmEAiR
— Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@ReichlinMelnick) May 20, 2022
Former US President Donald Trump's administration first invoked Title 42 in March 2020 as COVID-19 swept through the country, arguing it aimed to help prevent the spread of the virus.
But last month, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said the measure was "no longer necessary", and the Department of Homeland Security said it would end its use at the border.
"CDC has now determined, in its expert opinion, that continued reliance on this authority [Title 42] is no longer warranted in light of the current public-health circumstances. That decision was a lawful exercise of CDC's authority," the Justice Department said in Friday's statement.
More than 1.9 million Title 42 expulsions have been carried out since the restriction was put in place, with the vast majority of asylum seekers quickly expelled back to Mexico or their countries of origin without the chance of applying for asylum in the US.
Rights advocates and immigration experts have been calling on the Biden administration to end the use of Title 42, which they say violates US and international law and puts already vulnerable asylum seekers at risk of kidnapping, torture, rape and other violence in Mexico.
'Seeking asylum is a legal right'
Human rights groups denounced Friday's ruling as an affront to the right to seek asylum.
"This lawsuit only serves to prevent vulnerable families and children facing unspeakable violence, persecution, and exploitation from exercising their legal right to seek asylum," said Krish O'Mara Vignarajah, president of Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS), a resettlement agency.
"Beyond the devastating humanitarian impact of Title 42, the ruling also fails to recognize well-established domestic and international law. Seeking asylum is a legal right, and yet this bedrock of the American legal system is quickly eroding at a time of unprecedented need," Vignarajah said in a statement.
Rights groups have denounced Title 42 as a violation of US and international law [File: Go Nakamura/Reuters]
Al Otro Lado, a migrant support and advocacy group that works in the southern US and Mexico, also denounced the decision as extending suffering at the border.
"Parents are sending their children across the border alone to save their lives. This is #Title42 + its extension only means indefinite suffering," the group said on Twitter.
"Title 42 has caused enormous harm to people seeking safety. Continuing to manipulate this public health law is beyond cruel," the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) also said.
For their part, several Republican officials hailed the ruling, painting it as a setback for Biden's immigration plans, which they said aim to weaken border security.
Senator Bill Cassidy, who represents Louisiana, invoked his support for Judge Summerhays's nomination under former President Trump in welcoming the decision.
"A Louisiana judge just halted Biden's disastrous plan to make the border crisis worse by repealing Title 42. We need to give Border Patrol the tools they need to secure the border, not take them away," he wrote on Twitter. "Proud to say I supported Judge Summerhays' nomination."
"Our request to stop the Biden Administration from revoking Title 42 was just granted by a federal judge," tweeted Jason Miyares, Virginia's attorney general, adding that it was "a HUGE win for securing our border".
BREAKING: A Louisiana judge just halted Biden's disastrous plan to make the border crisis worse by repealing Title 42. We need to give Border Patrol the tools they need to secure the border, not take them away. Proud to say I supported Judge Summerhays' nomination.
— U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (@SenBillCassidy) May 20, 2022
Political pressure
Biden has faced growing political pressure from Republicans and even some members of his Democratic Party over Title 42, especially as the country prepares for critical midterm elections in November.
Al Jazeera's Manuel Rapalo, reporting from Mexico City, said that political debate in Washington over immigration "is very much on the minds" of the thousands of migrants and asylum seekers waiting on the Mexican side of the border.
"Just this week there were demonstrations outside of the US consulate in Tijuana [in northern Mexico] by migrants who were pleading to US officials to lift Title 42," Rapalo said on Friday.
"One thing that is of concern here in Mexico is that … Title 42 has been used as a pretext to interrupt the traditional asylum process in the United States, and while that asylum process remains slowed down … those numbers of migrants and asylum seekers continue to pile up here in Mexico, putting more pressure on the resources available to the Mexican government."
Meanwhile, rights advocates also have criticised the US president and his Democratic party for failing to overturn some of his predecessor's hardline, anti-immigration policies – despite holding a slim majority in Congress.
"President Biden could have ended Title 42 and all of Trump's inhumane and immoral policies as soon as he took office in January 2021," Tami Goodlette, director of litigation at RAICES, an immigration legal services organisation in Texas, said in a statement shared by the group on Twitter.
"Instead, he surrounded himself with centrist advisors who coddled his fears on immigration reform and embraced deterrence as their central priority on immigration."
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A 5-0 derby win, an assist for 105 million euro ($126 million) purchase Ousmane Dembele on his debut and a four-point La Liga lead over Real Madrid ought to have brought some semblance of relief to Barcelona's beleaguered board.
Yet, no sooner had the celebrations died down from Luis Suarez's finish from Dembele's cross in the final minute of Saturday's thrashing of Espanyol, than cries for president Josep Maria Bartomeu to resign rang around the Camp Nou.
In the eyes of the fans, Bartomeu and his cohorts deserve no reflected glory for the players' performances as they have been in open conflict with the dressing room during a chaotic summer precipitated by Neymar's departure for Paris Saint-Germain.
Juventus' visit in the Champions League on Tuesday (1845GMT) could have offered the chance of a new start and for revenge for last season's quarter-final defeat by the Italian champions.
Instead, the battle for control of the club between fans, players and president rages on.
Even after Saturday's rout, supporters formed large queues to sign a vote of no confidence petition launched by a former presidential candidate Agusti Benedito.
For all Barca's off-field problems, on the pitch they can still rely on Lionel Messi to iron out most difficulties.
The five-time World Player of the Year's hat-trick at the weekend took his tally for the season already to six.
However, Bartomeu's handling of Messi's future has become another stick with which to beat the club's board.
Barca announced an agreement with Messi, whose current contract expires at the end of the season, to extend his deal to 2021 back on July 5.
Yet, he has still to put pen to paper despite Bartomeu's insistence the wait for Messi's signature is merely a matter of time.
The club claim the case of captain Andres Iniesta, whose deal also runs out next year, is the same.
Bartomeu told Catalan daily Mundo Deportivo last week there was an agreement in principle for the 33-year-old to renew, only for the mild-mannered Iniesta to flatly refute that claim less than 24 hours later.
The board's decision to repeatedly attack and even sue Neymar for breach of contract has also backfired.
The ink on a club statement outlining their reasons for taking the Brazilian to court hadn't dried by the time a number of Barca's leading players including Messi and Suarez posted pictures online of them embracing their old teammate.
"This president is a joke," Neymar replied on social media site Instagram last week.
The open conflict between the players and board was most clearly evidenced when Gerard Pique revealed the players knew of Neymar's intentions to leave as far back as Messi's wedding on June 30.
Senior board members claim to have not been informed until days before Neymar's departure on August 2.
Neymar's world record 222 million euro move sparked a wild goose chase in the final few weeks of the transfer window at Barca.
Dozens of targets came and went with only Dembele and Brazilian international Paulinho arriving for grossly inflated fees.
A 5-1 Spanish Super Cup aggregate thrashing by Real Madrid piled more pressure on Bartomeu.
But league wins over Real Betis, Alaves and Espanyol have only served to show how much Barca need Messi.
Bartomeu needs him to sign his new deal even more to quench the thirst for his resignation.


A photo shows a well-dressed woman in a red coat lying dead at the edge of a crater on the dark side of the moon — beside her beloved dog 'Poochie'. Maybe it's a hoax.
But as the Doctor and Amy find out, these are just minor events in a sinister plan to take over every human being on earth. The plot centres on a secret military base on the moon — that's where Amy and the TARDIS are.
The Doctor is back on Earth, and without the TARDIS there's no way he can get to the moon to save Amy and defeat the aliens.
Or is there? The Doctor discovers one last great secret that could save humanity: Apollo 23.
Apollo 23? Wait, weren't there only 17 Apollo missions? Right off the bat, BBC Books Apollo 23 by Justin Richards starts the eleventh Doctor's adventures off with an intriguing question right there in the title. How could there be an Apollo 23?


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Sweet Aunt Mattie you were a beautiful Angel here on earth, treating others with compassion, love and understanding like our father in heaven. I have heard many stories about you from my mom, Gail (Willie-Gail) Brown - Senchak-Russell,as well as many from you. I was so happy to have found you again and chatted with you during this past year. I will miss those conversation but I will also cherish them . Even though I never got to meet you in person here on Earth we will meet in our Lords Kingdom and rejoice together. Heaven has gained a beautiful Angel to watch over all of us until we meet again. Love you sweetie.
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Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations
Theocratic governance and the divergent Catholic cultural groups in the USA
Charles L. Muwonge
Date Approved
Open Access Dissertation
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Leadership and Counseling
James Barott, PhD, Chair
Jaclynn Tracy, PhD
Ronald Flowers, EdD
John Palladino, PhD
This study investigated how the Roman Catholic Church, as a bureaucratic organization, governs the widespread and divergent Catholic cultural groups in the United States. The purposes of this research were (a) to examine the nature of the ecclesiastical governance structure in the Vatican, (b) to explore the nature of the American Catholic cultural environment, (c) to analyze the types of relationships between the divergent American Catholic subcultures, and (d) to establish ways in which ecclesiastical authorities in the Vatican govern the American Catholic cultural environment.
This study was historical in nature and longitudinal in scope. This study examined the relationship between the ecclesiastical authorities in the Vatican and various Catholic subcultures (Spanish, French, Irish, German, Polish, Italians, and others) as they emerged within the American Catholic community and the American society as a whole. In addition to data gathered from literary sources, ethnographic observations were conducted during visits made by the researcher to more than 300 churches in 40 states in the U.S. Whereas prior studies emphasized the top-down bureaucratic dimension of ecclesiastical governance, this study explored the multi-dimensional (vertical and horizontal, intra and inter) processes that shaped the relationship of subcultures in America with the centralized governance system of the Catholic Church in Rome.
Culture and governance were key concepts in the conceptual framework for this study. Six cultural categories were used to examine the Catholic cultural environment in America: (a) demographics; (b) tasks; (c) ideology; (d) cultural values expressed through symbols, heroes and heroines, sacred space, ceremonies, and activities; (e) education v structure; and (f) ecclesiastical leadership. Political theory was used to examine major conflicts and other governance issues as subcultures forged new relationships between the Church in Rome and American Catholicism.
The results from this longitudinal study showed that the nature of the governance relationship that evolved between ecclesiastical authorities in Rome and the divergent American Catholic subcultures was not entirely bureaucratic but of a negotiated order. Governance varied depending on circumstances of the divergent subcultures in America. The study also showed that, by nature, the Church, a global government, is a confluence of cultural, socio-political, and theological ideologies of the loosely coupled subcultures that subscribe to the Catholic value system. An implication for those holding hierarchical clerical positions in the church is that leadership is a process of learning how to negotiate one's status and cultural affiliation and membership because, whereas the church controls the production of clerics, the subculture will only accept a cleric who is cognizant of its cultural peculiarities.
Muwonge, Charles L., "Theocratic governance and the divergent Catholic cultural groups in the USA" (2012). Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations. 406.
https://commons.emich.edu/theses/406
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In FY2016, Moody's Investors Service upgraded the City of Burlington general obligation rating to A3; Stable Outlook from Baa2; Positive Outlook. This was a monumental accomplishment as it was a double upgrade. The upgrade to A3 rating reflects an improved financial position following three consecutive years of audited operating surplus, as well as the City's strength as the economic center of Vermont. This rating also incorporates the manageable but increasing debt burden, and the enterprise risk associated with Burlington Telecom (BT).
Within the City Council-approved FY16 Annual Financial Statements (Audit), the auditors identify a General Fund unassigned fund balance of over $6.5M. Essentially, the unassigned fund balance is the yearover-year accumulated surplus within the General Fund. In FY15 the unassigned balance was approximately $4.3M, reduced to $3M after Council approved using about $1.3M for FY16 capital needs, and the unassigned balance has increased to approximately $6.5M for FY16. The FY16 audit showed a "netted surplus," actual revenues over actual expenditures, for all General Fund accounts totaling around $3.5M. This surplus was primarily due to actual expenditures being below budget by almost $2.5M and revenues coming in above budget by approximately $1M. And, the FY16 "surplus" is netted due to the Council approving in the FY17 Budget Resolution, carrying forward and reserving about $1.2M of additional FY16 "surplus."
The FY16 Auditor's Management letter, approved and accepted by the City Council, shows significant improvement over FY15, and even more so from FY12.
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Amazon.com Inc. said it mistakenly shared customer data with undisclosed parties, a privacy misstep by the world's biggest online retailer heading into its busiest time of year.(Photo: Patrick Semansky / AP)
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