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Rzyszczewko  (deutsch Klein Ristow, Kreis Schlawe) ist ein Dorf in der polnischen Woiwodschaft Westpommern und gehört zur Stadt- und Landgemeinde Polanów (Pollnow) im Powiat Koszaliński (Köslin).

Geographische Lage
Rzyszczewko (nicht zu verwechseln mit dem 20 Kilometer entfernten gleichnamigen Dorf bei Sławno) liegt in Hinterpommern, drei Kilometer östlich von Bukowo ((Wendisch) Buckow).

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Ursprünglich hieß das Dorf im Deutschen Ristow; erst später  wurde es in Klein Ristow umbenannt, wohl zur Unterscheidung vom anderen Ristow im Schlawer Kreis. Im Polnischen wäre heute die Verwirrung wieder da, würde man nicht zwischen Rzyszczewo (ehem. Ristow bei Schlawe) und Rzyszczewko (ehemals Neu Ristow, Kreis Schlawe) im heutigen Powiat Sławieński und unserem Rzyszczewko (ehemals Klein Ristow, Kreis Schlawe) im heutigen Powiat Koszaliński differenzieren können.

Geschichte
Das später aufgesiedelte Gutsdorf ist seit der zweiten Hälfte des 17. Jahrhunderts bis etwa 1880 als Vorwerk von Kummerow (heute polnisch: Komorowo) nachweisbar und wird zeitweise auch als Schäferei bezeichnet. Die ursprüngliche Anlage des Gutshofes ist noch klar erkennbar: an der Südseite der an der Dorfstraße später errichteten Gehöfte.

1928 wurde das Gut in vier Höfe aufgeteilt. Besitzer war früher die  Familie Podewils  auf Krangen, die es Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts verkaufte. Das Gut hatte danach verschiedene Besitzer, so auch 1907 bis 1914 den Grafen Leopold von Baudissin, bis es zuletzt dann Rudolf Ziesing aufsiedeln ließ.

Vor 1945 war Klein Ristow eine Ortschaft der Gemeinde Buckow, die bis 1937 Wendisch Buckow hieß. Es lag im Landkreis Schlawe i. Pom. im Regierungsbezirk Köslin der  Provinz Pommern.

Am 27. Februar 1945, kurz vor Einmarsch der Roten Armee, flüchteten die Bewohner gemeinsam im Treck in Richtung Westen. Sie gelangten bis an die Oder, wo sie sich nur mit dem nötigsten Gepäck und unter Zurücklassung der Fuhrwerke an die westliche Seite des Flusses  durchschlagen konnten. Nach Kriegsende wurde Klein Ristow zusammen mit ganz Hinterpommern unter polnische Verwaltung gestellt. Bevölkerungsteilen aus Hinterpommern, die über die Oder geflüchtet waren, wurde damals die Rückkehr in ihre Heimatorte und in ihr  Besitztum von den polnischen Behörden verweigert.

In Klein Ristow siedelten sich Polen an. Klein Ristow wurde von den Polen in Rzyszczewko umbenannt.  Die Ortschaft wurde  – zusammengelegt mit Bukowo als Bukowo-Rzyszczewko – ein Ortsteil der Stadt- und Landgemeinde Polanów im Powiat Koszaliński der Woiwodschaft Westpommern (bis 1998 Woiwodschaft Koszalin).

Kirche
Klein Ristow hatte (und hat bis heute) keine eigene Kirche. Die überwiegend evangelischen Klein Ristower gehörten vor 1945 zur Kirchengemeinde Kummerow (Komorowo) im Kirchspiel Krangen. Es lag im Kirchenkreis Schlawe der Kirche der Altpreußischen Union. Letzter deutscher Geistlicher war Pfarrer Wilhelm Vedder.

Heute sind die Einwohner von Rzyszczewko fast ausnahmslos römisch-katholischer Konfession. Das Dorf gehört nun zur Parochie Bukowo Polanowskie im Dekanat Polanów im Bistum Köslin-Kolberg der Katholischen Kirche in Polen.

Schule
Die Kinder aus Klein Ristow besuchten vor 1945 die Schule in (Wendisch) Buckow, die dort – für sie verkehrsgünstig – an der Straße nach Bosens (Bożenice) lag.

Verkehr
Die Ortschaft ist über die Nebenstraße von Sławno über Lejkowo (Leikow) nach Jacinki (Jatzingen) erreichbar. Bis 1945 war Buckow die nächste Bahnstation an der Kleinbahnstrecke Schlawe–Pollnow–Sydow der Schlawer Bahnen.

Literatur
 Der Kreis Schlawe. Ein pommersches Heimatbuch, hrsg. von Manfred Vollack, 2 Bände, Husum, 1988/1989
 Ruth Hoevel: Das Kirchspiel Krangen im Kr. Schlawe in Pommern. Münster 1981

Ort in Pommern
Ort der Woiwodschaft Westpommern
Gmina Polanów

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Sheryl Sandberg is opening up about her new reality as a single parent.
In an emotional 1,100-word Facebook post published Friday, Sheryl Sandberg reflected on her first year as a widow and single mother, reports Mashable columnist Rebecca Ruiz.
The Facebook COO, who lost her husband Dave Goldberg in May 2015, describes a "new and unfamiliar world" of trying to succeed at work without a partner at home, struggling to comfort her grieving children and regularly encountering reminders, like father-daughter dances, that her family will never be the same.
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Visitors enjoy its magnificent nature reserve and attractions such at its tunnels and caves, birdwatching, dolphin watching and diving. Other attractions include the Skywalk glass observation platform and the Windsor Bridge, along with unique walking trails on the upper rock.
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CMT Awards 2020: Carrie Underwood Continues Reign as Most Awarded Artist – See Winner List!
During the Sarah Hyland, Kane Brown and Ashley McBride-hosted event, the 'American Idol' alum wins Video of the Year and Female Video of the Year for 'Drinking Alone'.
AceShowbiz -The full winner at the 2020 CMT Music Awards has been unveiled following the ceremony that took place in Tennessee, Nashville on Wednesday, October 21. Carrie Underwood continued her reign as the most awarded artist in the event's history after she nabbed Video of the Year and Female Video of the Year for "Drinking Alone".
In her acceptance speech after winning Female Video of the Year, the "American Idol" alum said, "Um, oh, my gosh. Thank you so much. Thank you CMT. Thank you fans so much for voting. It means so much to me and just lets me know that you're still doing what you do, which is giving the love. Thank you fans. Just thank you, I don't deserve you."
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Other winners at the ceremony, which was hosted by Sarah Hyland, Kane Brown and Ashley McBride, included Chris Young and Old Dominion. While the 35-year-old singer nabbed CMT Performance of the Year for "Drowning", the five-piece band won Group Video of the Year for their "One Man Band" music video.
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Earlier this year in February, Eureka- based cultural organization Centro del Pueblo hosted a rally on the front steps of the Humboldt County Courthouse that kicked off an initiative to get the county to pass a Sanctuary Ordinance. This piece of legislation would deter the efforts of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and create a safer environment for local folks who are undocumented.
Since then, community leaders at Centro del Pueblo have been working to get at least 8,000 signatures to safely reach the 4,000 valid signatures from registered voters in Humboldt County that are required for the Board of Supervisors to approve the initiative as a votable measure on the ballot in November. The petition is due on April 30 and as of April 2, there are about 2,996 signatures.
"We are on overdrive mode, attending every event that's happening in the community whether it's in Arcata, McKinleyville, Eureka, Fortuna, just really trying to get 2,000 more signatures," said Kevin Martinez, a Humboldt State University student and member of MEChA and Centro del Pueblo.
California Senate Bill 54, signed by Governor Jerry Brown in November of 2017, already limits state and local law enforcement's cooperation with ICE. However, if the Sanctuary Ordinance gets taken to a vote and passes, Humboldt County residents will be able to rest assured that from midnight to 8 a.m. they are safe from raids and cannot be detained without a federal warrant as long as their criminal record satisfies the requirements of the federal government. It will also allow parents who get detained to have a say in who will care for their children in their absence.
The ordinance challenges the Trump Administration's crackdown on the enforcement of immigration policies and is a right that locals have "to petition the government for a redress of grievances" according to the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. With promises from the current top immigration chief to intensify the presence of agents throughout the state of California, communities like Humboldt County with large undocumented communities are especially motivated to protect its people.
Community members at Centro del Pueblo are spearheading the initiative by holding meetings and events to gather signatures and raise awareness of the potentially votable measure. The next upcoming meeting is on April 7 from 12-2 p.m. at the United Congressional Church in Eureka on 900 Hodgson St.
When contacted for a comment, multiple members of the Board of Supervisors did not answer calls to their office.
Renee Saucedo, a leading force at Centro del Pueblo, is working with team members to organize effective ways to gather supporters' signatures and educate local folks on the community's need for legal protection of undocumented people.


Aberdeenshire folksinger Iona Fyfe has become one of Scotland's finest young ballad singers, rooted deeply in the singing traditions of the North East of Scotland. At twenty-one years old, Iona has established a strong voicing of place in her repertoire and was titled Scots Singer of the Year at the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2018. A finalist in the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year, Iona has been described as "one of the best that Scotland has to offer." (Global-Music.de) and was the winner of the Molloy Award at The Trip to Birmingham Irish Trad Fest 2017.
Iona's debut album Away From My Window was held to critical acclaim and received nationwide airplay on programmes such as BBC Radio 2 The Folk Show with Mark Radcliffe, BBC Radio Scotland's Travelling Folk, Take The Floor and BBC Radio Nan Gaidheal. An exploration of her unique style and songwriting voice, Away From My Window features archive material of singers such as Stanley Robertson and Lizzie Higgins whilst drawing on the work of more recent songmakers such as Michael Marra and Aidan Moffat (Arab Strap). Produced by Jani Lang, of Dallahan, Away From My Window features a stellar folk line-up of musicians such as Luc McNally (Dosca), Tim Edey (Tim Edey Trio), Charlie Grey (Charlie Grey and Joseph Peach), Simon Gall (Salsa Celtica), David Foley (RURA), Graham Rorie (Gnoss), Charlie Stewart, and Ross Miller.
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Fans were out early enjoying the warm spring weather. The smell of charcoal and grilled meat filled the parking lots, as beer flowed freely among the crowds that gathered in celebration of the first game of the season. Everyone adorned themselves with bright red apparel before entering the stadium. The excitement in the air was palpable as the national anthem was sung and the players took the field. The charged crowd chanted in support as the Chicago Fire took on the San Jose Earthquakes in last night's home opener at Toyota Park. But spirits left a little lower after a game full of thrills and heartbreaks.
The match began on a high note with a record crowd of 20,276 in attendance. Prior to kickoff, fans offered a touching moment of silence for the tragedy in Poland, and Polish flags were raised in honor of the late president. Then a motivating and uplifting video montage of last season's highlights and cheering fans displayed on the big screen, welcoming the Fire back home for the new season. As fireworks pierced the sky, everyone was fired up.
The first half was a battle of missed opportunities, mostly for the Fire. Within the first few minutes, Patrick Nyarko delivered two seemingly perfect crosses The first was missed by Brian McBride as he attempted to drive in a header. The second reached Collins John, but was deflected just left of the goal. The half ended scoreless, but the crowd was still energized for the next half.
But the second half did not begin well. In the 49th minute, San Jose forward Arturo Alvarez took advantage of a misstep by Fire goalie Andrew Dykstra. As he rushed out to make a save, he tangled with teammate C.J. Brown, leaving the net wide open for Alvarez. Luckily, three minutes later, Fire midfielder Marco Pappa lined up a shot that rocketed into the upper right corner of the goal. With the score even, fans grew hopeful. But the Fire could not seem to surge ahead, despite more chances. The killer came in the 81st minute, when San Jose defender Ike Opara headed in the ball for a game winning shot. Even with four minutes of stoppage time, the Fire were unable to dominate.
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La tortura en los Estados Unidos incluye casos de tortura documentados y referenciados tanto dentro de los Estados Unidos como fuera de sus fronteras cometidos por personal del gobierno estadounidense.

En la actualidad han salido a la luz pública las torturas utilizadas por el ejército de los Estados Unidos en su lucha contra el terrorismo y la posterior liberación de Irak en sus cárceles de Abu Ghraib, en Irak, y Guantánamo, en Cuba. Se entiende que dichas técnicas de tortura no son sino la aplicación actualizada de las directivas de contrainteligencia del ejército y los servicios de seguridad exterior de EE. UU., contenidas en los Manuales de Interrogatorio Coercitivo (tortura), distribuidos entre los años 60 y 80 entre su personal y el de diferentes regímenes del mundo y recientemente clasificados como "no secretos". La aplicación oficial de dichas directivas de interrogatorio no fue derogada hasta 1991, aunque su uso informal sigue estando a la orden del día, como muestran las evidencias de la cárcel de Abu Ghraib y la Bahía de Guantánamo.

Dichos manuales CIA (conocidos como manuales KUBARK), fueron distribuidos entre los cuerpos de seguridad de diferentes regímenes del mundo afines a la política de EE. UU. durante la guerra fría. Entre dichos regímenes se encontraron varias dictaduras latinoamericanas que los aplicaron en su política represiva contra partidos políticos disidentes, además de contra grupos terroristas y la población reclusa y civil en general. La utilización de dichos manuales de tortura CIA fue puesta en evidencia por La Comisión de la Verdad y Reconciliación oficial peruana en su informe del 28 de agosto de 2003.

Por otra parte, el gobierno de EE. UU. ha sido repetidamente acusado de trasladar presos sospechosos de conspiraciones contra intereses de EE.UU hasta países donde el respeto por los derechos humanos no es una prioridad de los gobiernos locales, y poner a dichos detenidos secretamente bajo su custodia. De esta forma, se evita la responsabilidad directa en los malos tratos que los detenidos puedan haber recibido y se obtiene la información necesaria para las actividades de inteligencia.

Véase también

Crímenes de guerra cometidos por los Estados Unidos
Estados Unidos y el Terrorismo de Estado
Apoyo de Estados Unidos a Regímenes autoritarios
Estados Unidos y el patrocinio al terrorismo
Operaciones encubiertas de cambio de regímenes extranjeros por parte de los Estados Unidos
Tortura y asesinato del cubano Rubén López Sabariego (Guantánamo, octubre de 1961).
 Tortura y abuso de prisioneros de Bagram

Referencias

Política de Estados Unidos
Tortura en Estados Unidos
Terrorismo cometido por Estados Unidos
Guerra contra el terrorismo


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Jacinda Ardern's successor Chris Hipkins sworn in as New Zealand PM
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Chris Hipkins sworn in as New Zealand PM
By Kelly Ng
Chris Hipkins has been sworn in as New Zealand's 41st prime minister.
The 44-year-old was formally appointed to the role in Wellington, a week after Jacinda Ardern's shock resignation.
Ms Ardern, 42, had said she no longer has "enough in the tank" to lead the country. The country's governor-general Cindy Kiro accepted her formal resignation on Wednesday.
Mr Hipkins built a reputation as the minister who led New Zealand's Covid-19 strategy.
At the ruling Labour Party's caucus over the weekend, Mr Hipkins received unanimous support to be promoted to lead the country, and now faces the uphill task of retaining power in the upcoming general elections in October.
Opinion polls have suggested that his party is trailing its conservative opposition, the National Party, in popularity.
The country of five million was among the first to close borders. This move won plaudits for keeping New Zealand virus-free early in the pandemic, but frustration set in later among the Kiwis tired of the zero-tolerance strategy, which saw nationwide lockdowns over a single infection.
Mr Hipkins previously conceded that strict lockdowns should have been scaled back earlier.
Chris Hipkins: Ardern was the leader New Zealand needs
Ardern resignation reveals unique pressures on PM
Why Ardern's star waned in New Zealand
Most recently, Mr Hipkins also held the weighty ministerial portfolios of education, police, and public service.
Nicknamed "Chippy", the father-of-two had said his commitment and politics is to "make sure that we provide opportunities for all Kiwis who want to work hard, to be able to work hard and get ahead and provide a better life for themselves and for their families", according to Reuters.
He will hold his first cabinet meeting on Wednesday.
Ms Ardern ended her last day in office with a visit to Ratana, a small town north of Wellington, with politicians and Maori elders. She said she was ready to be a backbench MP, a sister and a mother.
Jacinda Ardern's last day as NZ prime minister
Uphill battle looms for New Zealand's next PM
Chris Hipkins set to be New Zealand's next PM
Left behind in Ardern's 'kind' New Zealand
Chris Hipkins


this file is in plink.raw format, any idea how i can convert this in .map and ped plink format?
From where did you get the raw file? These raw files are usually produced via the recode command line parameter to plink, meaning that they have to have been produced from an existing plink dataset. This question has been posted time and time again across the WWW but there's never a concrete solution, and I keep wondering from where did the person obtain the raw file in the first place(?).
If you have those columns, it is already virtually a PED file, but just one without the associated MAP. How are your alleles encoded? Are you sure that you don't already have a PED or BED file in your directory?
he snps coded as 0, 1, and 2 stand for the homozygous aa, the heterozygous aA or Aa, and the homozygous AA cases, respectively, and 9 is missing genotype. I also posted in stackoverflow, but haven't got any answer so far.
I have also added the 'plink' tag to your original question in the hope that the developer will pick up on this issue.
Generally it looks like there's nothing specific to do this, and that you'll have to work with the data you've got in order t coerce it back into PLINK format. Also double check your impute program to see if it doesn't already have a function to produce data in PLINK-ready format.
Can you paste a few lines from each here (the raw and map file), for matching SNPs? Then I will try to re-create the PLINK dataset here and update you afterwards.
I did some testing and it is possible to convert these back to PLINK, but you are still missing key information. Yes, PLINK expects two columns for each SNP genotype, and, if numbers are provided as genotypes in the PED/RAW file, it will assume that these are in the 1234 format for ACGT.
Then remove the header in test.ped and only include 4 columns for genotypes (for 2 SNPs). I also modified the missing genotypes that were NA, and other genotypes, just or testing.
15037 MB RAM detected; reserving 7518 MB for main workspace.
.ped scan complete (for binary autoconversion).
Warning: Variant 2 quadallelic; setting rarest alleles missing.
Performing single-pass .bed write (2 variants, 10 people).
--file: plink.bed + plink.bim + plink.fam written.
The conclusion? We need another mapping in order to connect 012 back to bases, and convert these (using awk, possibly) to ACGT or 1234 in the PED file. Do you have such mapping from the original data?
The order of genotypes in the MAP files has to agree with the order in the RAW/PED file too.
which converts each column into two alleles, and this should be .ped file. And map is already there. Do you think it make sense?
I have never used this program. Are you sure that it's output will be accepted by PLINK?
If you have the original genotype at each SNP (ATGC), then I can probably convert your imputed data to PLINK format using awk and sed.
and the output got accepted by PLINK. I have original genotype at each SNP (ATGC) - Just for learning; could you please write an example code, how to convert imputed data to PLINK format using awk and sed?
I would need the lookup tables, i.e., for linking the minor allele numbers in 012 format to the actual alleles, in either 1234 or ACGT.
Can you paste the output of plink when you input this information? Are you sure that it has interpreted it correctly?
Well, to me it looks good, but can't be 100% sure.
I think that you still need to be careful here because plink will still assume that each 2 columns relates to a single genotype.
Plink will assume that the genotypes are 11, 22, and 11 (AA, CC, and TT).
As mentioned, you will have to link the 012 imputed raw file back to your original MAP file, and then encoding 012 and 1234 or ACTG.
If in doubt, I would contact the developers of plink (assuming their email is on the website). I believe that it's now under the license/maintenance of COG Genomics.
plink.raw is the file after converting 012 to 11, 22, and 11 (AA,CC,T)?
No, I'm talking about editing your raw file manually, using something like awk.
Currently it's in 012 format (and also the format from allele1to2), which contains no information on genotype calls. Plink cannot read this format directly (it outputs to this format using --recode, as we know).
We want 1234 or ACTG format. For that, we need to know the actual genotype at each SNP position in your data. We lost this connection by using the --recode command.
As much as I'm aware, 11, 22, and 11 do not equal AA, CC, and T.
Looking at the original, I see 3 heterozygous SNPs. Looking at the current file, I see conflicting information, as the 11, 22, and 11, indicate homozygosity for AA, CC, AA.
Just be careful about how you proceed with this. Genotype data can be very messy and good data management is therefore of paramount importance. I don't believe that allele1to2 is what you want to use. You need THIS. You may already have all required information.
Yes, you are absolutely right. In original file, i have 3 heterozygous SNPs,but in current file (plink.raw 012) -this conflicting with original. I can't see 'G'.
geno.matrix <- plink.raw (after removing first column)????
geno.matrix (n,m) genotype matrix (n=number of individuals, m=number of marker, 1-column for every marker, R-code: 1 = 1/1, 3 = 1/2, 2 = 2/2); All markers should be biallelic.
BUT mine is in 0,1,2, should i change to 1,2,3?
Some association or linkage software requires that alleles be coded as nuemric values, therefore one may want to convert ACGT alleles into 1/2 alleles. Softwares such as PLINK can perform this task, using --recode12 argument. However, the 1/2 coding by PLINK cannot be decoded back to ACGT, since 1 and 2 denote minor/major allele, respectively, and these annotations differ between data sets. When getting a genotype data file with 1/2 allele coding from other people, it is always necessary to ask whether the alleles are coded as Illumina's A/B alleles or simply recoded using PLINK; if it's the latter, it is best to ask for original genotype data before doing anything with the data.
It is still possible to perform the association testing with the data that you've got. You can run a binomial logistic regression model that predicts for your outcome of interest and treat 0, 1, and 2 as categorical variables for Reference, Heterozygous, and Homozygous respectively. I have done this genome-wide from PLINK data for a conditional logistic regression model with interaction terms on trios. Take a look here: R functions edited for parallel processing and also my GitHub page (go to my Biostars profile).
If you can still find the information that connects 012 back to actual genotypes, then I can still help here.
How to convert multiple vcf files to a ped file?
Hello I have PED and MAP files that I want to convert to a BAM file. Is that possible?
How To Convert Plink Ped(Or Bed) File Format In To Peas Software Format?
How To Convert Text Files To Haploview Ped-Info Files?
Is it possible to convert back to .ped from .raw (made with plink)?


I Give you here what i found out: For Open the Communication with the Module: M_FX5ENETIP_ConnectionOpen_00A_1(i_bEN:= TRUE ,i_stModule:= FX5ENETIP_1 ,i_uConnectionNo:= 1); To Write WORDs TO the Module M_FX5ENETIP_Class1SetOutputData_00A_1(i_bEN:= TRUE ,i_stModule:= FX5ENETIP_1 ,i_uConnectionNo:= 1 ,i_uOutputData:= D0 ); To Read WORDs FROM the Module M_FX5ENETIP_Class1GetInputData_00A_1(i_bEN:= TRUE ,i_stModule:= FX5ENETIP_1 ,i_uConnectionNo:= 2); To the Robot from the Module: FX5ENETIP_1.unVal_Class1OutputDataOffset_Connection_D := INT_TO_WORD(EIP_Istwert_Strom); FX5ENETIP_1.unVal_Class1OutputDataOffset_Connection_D := DINT_TO_WORD(REAL_TO_DINT(EIP_Istwert_Spannung)); FX5ENETIP_1.unVal_Class1OutputDataOffset_Connection_D := INT_TO_WORD(EIP_Errechneter_Sollwert_Pulvermenge); From the Robot to the Module EIP_Sollwert_Transferstrom := WORD_TO_INT(FX5ENETIP_1.unVal_Class1InputDataOffset_Connection_D); EIP_Sollwert_Pulvermenge := WORD_TO_INT(FX5ENETIP_1.unVal_Class1InputDataOffset_Connection_D); I cant Test it and I need a Solution to Send and Receive my Bit`s with the Robot.
Thank you !!! have you a Link for the EDS file of the R30iB ?
I got the Parts today, after Update my new FX5U to 1.110, no Errors now. The EthernetIP Configuration Tool have found the ENET/IP Module. Now, how can I Share my In and Outputs over the ENET/IP Module with the Fanuc?
They send me (I hope it arrives in the next Days) an FX5U with Firmware Ver. 1.110 or later. It will be Possible with that one. Can you send me an Example, how you Build your Program for Share your In- and Outputs with the Fanuc?
I Have to Communicate with a Fanuc Robot Arcmate 100iD, its running ArcTool Software and the Fanuc is the Server. Ethernet/IP is the Recommended Field Bus System of the Customer.
My Problem is, I have a FX5U with 1.066, its not running with the E-NET/IP, I Just Ordered one with 17X0001 or Higher Serial Number. Have you an Example how i can Build my Program to Communicate my Digital IN X1 over EthernetIP ?
Hello Guys, I need some Help to Configure my Program for EthernetIP. I Have to Link my Digital and Analog In-/Outputs to EthernetIP to Control it over a Fanuc Robot. Has someone do that? Some Ideas?
I Found this solution: ModbusTcpClient(ConnectionNo:= 3 ,LocalPortNo:= 5645 ,RemoteIPAddress:= 16#0A2E6749 ,RemotePortNo:= 502 ,UnitId:= 255 , EnableConnection:= EnableConnection ,StartSend:= StartSend ,FirstAddress1:= FirstAddress ,ResponseTimeout:= 100 ,NoOfRetries:= 1 , SingleDevicesFCode05h06h:= SingleDevices ,ReadOnlyDevicesFCode02h04h:= ReadOnlyDevices ,Read:= Read ,Write:= Write ,BitOrRegister:= BitOrRegister , ReadStartAddress:= ReadStartAddr ,ReadNoOfDevices:= ReadNoOfDevs ,WriteStartAddress:= WriteStartAddr ,WriteNoOfDevices:= WriteNoOfDevs ,WriteData:= WriteData , OpenComplete=> OpenComplete ,CommandCompleted=> CommandCompleted ,ReadData=> ReadData ,ReadDataByteCount=> ReadDataByteCount ,ReadDataWordCount=> ReadDataWordCount , OpenError=> OpenError ,OpenErrorCode=> OpenErrorCode ,Error=> GeneralError ,ResponseTimeoutError=> ResponseTimeoutError ,InvalidCommand=> InvalidCommand , InvalidResponse=> InvalidResponse ,ModbusException=> ModbusException ,ModbusExceptionCode=> ModbusExceptionCode ); Now i can Read and Write something to the MFC Controller, in Example if i send: WriteData.0:=TRUE; Opens the Valve and a FALSE close this. Now my Problem is, I need to set the Flowpoint. How I Can Use 0x0001 Bit 1..16 like below (WriteData.0:=TRUE; OR WriteData:=1234) Or Read in Example the ThermalMassFlowRate 0x0001 bit 1..16 (ReadData:=XXXXXX) ?
No Luck, its only Blinking between 0 and and the Current Value, if i move it away from this Point the Current Value is still there.
I Have a Blackout, U1\G5928 is an INT, how can i set my Digital Input x27 to this INT?
In the Selection for the DOG Signal is "Servo Amplifier" or "Buffer Memory" I have No connection on the Servo Amplifier to Connect a DOG Signal (my Limit Switch). Where can i set my Limit Switch as my DOG Signal or Use the Buffer Memory to say in example Input X27 is my Limit Switch and i want to set it as my DOG Signal.


Wow, it's August you say?! It's unbelievable how quickly this summer has been ticking by… I've been terrible about snapping the season's looks. Is being too distracted with enjoying the outdoor summer sun and baking random food-coma-inducing goodies an appropriate excuse?? Good news is that this post is PACKED with goodies and some summer staples; there's still plenty of sunshine and warmth left for these fun looks!
Firstly, my newest satchel, a Large Selma from Michael Kors in Luggage. It's the perfect size (I can fit a compact laptop with ease), the perfect structured shape, and the perfect color ("Luggage" goes well with everything)! The saffiano leather finish gives it a modern and elegant feel; it's a great all-around bag that's attracted many compliments from friends and strangers alike!
To go with it, a simple black dress with sheer panels to beat the heat. Throw on a cognac leather skinny belt and sandals (to match the satchel!), and a strand of bright red beads and you're ready to go for a solid day out. But what I love the most is how the outfit comes together with a rolled up, knotted chambray shirt! I've really learned to love chambray—it makes for a comfortable and versatile look. But just about any knotted button-up would work great with a black dress base to really accentuate the waist and add a casual, summer-night feel!
I love how this look came together and am so pleased with this summer chambray style! What are some ways you've worn chambray this season? Thanks again for dropping by… I'd love to hear from you so please leave your thoughts in the comments below!
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What if there was another you out there? Someone who shares the same name, the same profession, the same gender, maybe even looks similar… and if you were to compare, what would you find out about yourself?
In partnership with Singapore's independent dance house, Dance Nucleus, The Singapore Project is an international collaboration between Australia and Singapore featuring two extraordinary independent dance artists – leading Singapore dancer and choreographer, Christina Chan, and renowned Australian dancer and maker, Kristina Chan.
This project is supported by Arts NSW, Australia Council for the Arts, Dance Nucleus, National Arts Council Singapore and Carriageworks.


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Shackled Exemption
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"Shoot him." Asfand looked towards his uncle and then at the man kneeling before him. He was hurt and crying. His clothes were torn and bloody. "He needs to be punished for betraying us." Yet, Asfand neither blinked nor fixed his aim to the old man. He was innocent. Asfand knew it the moment he saw his eyes. He could always tell when he was dealing with an actual criminal and when an innocent.
And like always, his mind was conflicted between this and that. For being a ten years old, he was blessed with an insight that was going to become his greatest asset in coming times. He was not that grown up yet but he was old enough to understand certain things.
Like the intentions of his uncle.
He made Asfand kill people without giving any proper justification to these judgments he passed. He thought of him as a god of this place and people feared and worshiped him as one.
But for this kid, he will always remain a devil.
"Why don't you ask Anser-"
This was always what everything concluded to.
His father was dead and mother was not brave enough to stand up to him. He made sure to keep Asfand away from her and brewed a seed of poison in his heart that was going to benefit him greatly in near future.
Afroz was making Asfand a living weapon for himself. Not just any weapon, a lethal one that bore no human conscience or feelings. Afroz was successful in creating a fraction of it through these brutal beatings. His sense of pain died in past years and now only these 'whats' and 'whys' remained.
That too won't take long and he will be the puppet of his hands.
"How many times have I told you to not talk back?" Afroz backhanded him again and pulled his head back by hair. "Don't you know what your defiant attitude can cost you?" He knew it very well. "Kill him before I decide to pay your mother another visit."
Every bullet was now embedded deep within that old man's flesh. He fell to the ground and was looking at Asfand with wide questioning eyes. But Asfand didn't blink away. Not when he felt no remorse or regret in doing what he did.
"Do you see it?" Afroz held his shoulders firmly and leaned to his ear with a sneer. "Look carefully in his eyes and see your reflection. Your true face." Asfand saw it alright. "That's what you are my dear nephew and that is what you will always remain."
As long as it keeps that woman out of trouble.
The constantly ringing phone was giving Asfand a massive headache yet he made no attempt to silence it or answer the call. He had no sense of time these past days. He hasn't even counted the days he has spent in his study, drinking nonstop. This nonsensical and irrational behavior was completely unexpected of Asfandyar Sherzai yet, he made no attempt to leave these four walls. In a way, Asfand was behaving like a child who was too stubborn to admit it.
And the dreams, they were back again. Asfand haven't had them in years but these past days, he was having flashback of certain events, he never wanted to revisit.
His phone persisted on being answered. Asfand sat up on the couch with a groan and staggered to his table with an unrecognizable chain of curses. By the time he picked his phone, the call dropped once again.
"Fucking shitting with me" Asfand smashed it across the floor and leaned against the table. His head was pounding badly. He knew he needed to get out of this room. It started reeking of alcohol now and was only adding to his substantial headache. "I need a fucking coffee." Asfand groaned while rubbing his temples and made his way out.
His steps were heavy and unsteady. His vision was proving itself to be a great challenge in the moment. Right now, Asfand was cussing himself more than anything. He had no idea why he did what he did but he only knew it was the worst decision of his life. To drink nonstop like that when there was no need to.
"Shafiq!" His throat hurt. "Fuck!" He leaned against the couch when everything around him spun. "Shafiq!" Asfand yelled angrily. "Where the fuck is everyone?" In his drunk stupor, Asfand failed to notice that it was ten in the night and all servants retired to their quarters. "Fuck!" Asfand pushed himself up to go to his room. He was having great difficulty to balance his senses with his steps. He was too drunk and the effect of over-consumption was kicking in hard.
He would have barely taken two steps when dizziness hit him hard. Before he could fall down, someone caught him. The person was having great difficulty to hold his heavy frame upright. Asfand was totally knocked out but he recognized the scent that flooded his senses like sweet poison. It was soothing his inner rage in a way that rendered him senseless in the moment.
"Can you at least try to stand straight?" Asfand pulled away from her shoulder and watched her through hazy mind and vision. A frown was visible between her delicate brows and her mouth was turned down in disapproval towards his condition.
Was she really here? Asfand wanted to touch her but he couldn't. His limbs felt like lead and an invisible weight tied them down in their approach towards her.
"Hey!" Dua hugged him again unwillingly when he staggered back. She couldn't believe his condition. She never knew a man like Asfand could let himself be found in such a vulnerable state. He could barely stand on his own. "What are you doing?" She looked around but there was no one. "Why would yo-" She looked at Asfand in surprise when he patted her cheek gently. Not once but multiple times. "What are you doing?"
"Making sure" Asfand rasped lowly and let his head slump on her shoulder. "That you are real." Her neck tickled with his hot breath. He was almost crushing her with his heavy body. She tried to push him off but Asfand didn't budge.
This has become such a nuisance. Dua wasn't aiming to come back at all. But she left some important files here and she needed them. She made sure of his absence before coming but fate loved to play them a lot.
"Asfand?" Dua steadied him with great difficulty and looked at Safan who halted in his approach upon seeing her. "It's you-"
"You need to take him to his room." She tried to break free but Asfand held her without any reverence. "Now, if you may?"
"Don't you dare come close" Asfand pointed towards Safan in clear warning. "I don't want anyone near me but" Safan looked at Dua in question. "Her. Only her." Dua looked at Asfand in surprise and steadied him when his feet staggered. "No one else. No one." His head slumped on her shoulder again.
"Can you do me a favor?" Safan nodded in silence. "Bring Ida over. I will let Xian know."
"You are staying?" Safan couldn't digest this and Dua had no time to help him in doing so. She just looked at him calmly while holding Asfand in place. "Anything else." She shook her head. "Very well. Let me know if-" Dua nodded when Safan looked towards Asfand meaningfully and he left them alone.
"My head is pounding like a fucking-" Asfand groaned and stood up straight to rub his temples. "I need coffee."
"You need a shower first and food later." He glared at Dua halfheartedly when she draped his one arm around her shoulders and hugged his torso with both arms to help him walk. "Make it easy for me, will you? You are reeking of alcohol and it's disgusting." Asfand snorted but let her lead nonetheless. He was sure this was a dream and he was willing to let her do as she pleases in this dream. He wanted to live it to end before it breaks.
"You know you have cute nose." Dua scowled at him sideways. "It's small and cute." Asfand pinched it suddenly and chuckled when Dua groaned in annoyance. "I'm liking this dream a lot. I want it to continue forever." Dua made no effort to correct him. It would have taken a step back from her side to let him fall down the stairs of death but she didn't.
She wasn't going to take advantage of his incapacitated state.
It was feat to get Asfand back in room and she was not going to let him sleep on the bed like this. Asfand muttered insensible profanities at her defiance towards his wish to sleep but let her take him to the bathroom.
"Just get done as quickly as you can." Dua shifted her weight from one leg to other impatiently. Asfand chose to lean against the wall in shower cabin and watched her calmly. "What are you doing? Get on with it."
"You want to watch me take a shower?" Her body twisted instantly and she cursed inaudibly when Asfand laughed behind her. "I don't mind janaan. You can join me if you want." She breathed in relief at the sound of water flowing and clothes rustling.
"I'll get-" A gasp escaped her lips and her phone fell on the tiled floor when Asfand pulled her inside the glass cabin. "What are you doing? Leave me." Dua closed her eyes and pushed at his bare chest to break free. "Asfand! What are you- You are naked. Leave me." He just chuckled heartily and hugged her body close with a satisfactory hum. Her heart was beating crazy when he nuzzled her neck and breathed deeply. His arms just held her tight and he made no attempt to touch her inappropriately for a change. "I shouldn't have helped you."
"Yeah?" Her small hands fisted on his broad back when he chuckled in her neck. "I bet you on that." Dua unconsciously leaned in his body. He is muscular through and through. Her heart picked a different beat when her fingers felt every dent, ridge and muscle under his skin. His body tensed and twitched and Asfand groaned at what she was doing. But, when her hands came in contact with certain marks, he froze.
"Scars?" She murmured in astonishment and continued her exploring when Asfand made no comment or move to stop or push her away. Why haven't I noticed them before? She wanted to see to confirm they were what she was thinking. They felt like whiplashes and burn marks. "Why do you have them?"
"Why do I have them?" Dua pulled away to look at his dark expressions. "Why indeed?" Asfand murmured lowly. Dua could tell he was not present in the moment. He might be looking at her but he was living in a memory that she didn't want to open. It was not her place to poke in the part of his life that was intimate. She didn't plan on getting to that. "If only I knew."
"I will-" Dua pushed free of his hold and Asfand let her. "Your clothes." She walked out on him. Asfand stayed in the same place for a few minutes before letting a bit of reality kick in. Dua came back and left fresh towels and his sweats by the vanity before walking out again.
"What the fuck are you doing?" Asfand hissed with closed eyes and pushed his hair back with both hands before rubbing them down his face. His dizziness dropped a notch but he was still far from the reality. Asfand turned off the water and stepped out of shower cabin. It suddenly felt too big for one person. He wore his sweats after drying off his body and left their huge bathroom. He wanted to get back to his Dua.
To get back to his wife who might disappear any moment now.
"Any better?" Dua placed her phone on the dresser and stood up once she saw him in the closet area. Asfand neither answered nor blinked away from her which made her hot for no good reason. "Have you eaten anything?"
"Why are you here?" His question threw her off guard. "Why are you still here Dua?" Asfand covered the distance between them in three long strides and looked down at her small frame. His eyes roamed over her bare arms that bore fading marks of what he did weeks ago. It flared his anger towards unknown and he glared at her hard. "What are you doing?"
Dua had no answers for his questions. The questions she has been asking herself from last hour.
What was she doing? Why was she doing?
"Looking away is not what I asked janaan." Asfand pinched her chin gently and made her look at him. Their depth and intensity was unbearable for Dua in so many ways. His unaltered gaze always made her heart beat wild and her breathing shallow.
She pushed his hand away and turned. This is not what I had in mind. Dua looked at Asfand through their reflection. Get a grip of yourself. He was the perfect picture of living lie and deception. The more she looked at him, the stronger her hatred became. She knew she should have just left him to his suffering. He was undeserving of her empathy but she couldn't bring herself to walk out on him like that. Even after the brutality he showed, she couldn't return the favor.
He was going to pay for every sin. Soon. Dua was going to collect each penny towards her pending debt on her husband herself.
By her own hands.
"What are you doing?" Asfand scowled when Dua grabbed his arm. "I can walk on my own woman. I don't need your support." She let go of his arm and motioned for him to go ahead. Her arrogance infuriated him but he chose to walk out on her instead of staying. He didn't want a repeat of previous incident. Never again.
Dua walked closely behind Asfand. His steps were still staggering but his gigantic upright arrogance didn't let him take help from her anymore. He was still not in his senses but he was aware enough to ridicule her female help. She stood before him with arms crossed when he slumped on the bed and looked at her darkly. His mouth turned down and expressions hardened further.
"Ida is here." Asfand didn't blink away from her. "I will ask her to bring something light for you. It's not healthy to sleep on empty stomach. You have consumed too much alcohol as well. So-" his gaze was making her uncomfortable. "I will-" She turned but Asfand grabbed her wrist.
"Do I look like a rapist to you?" Dua was forced to turn. She didn't look in his eyes when he pulled her between his legs. "Animal, barbarian, bastard and what not. But-" Asfand tipped her chin up so she was looking in his eyes instead of his chest. "Do I really look a rapist to you?" Dua was trapped again.
In his eyes.
The answer should have been shot like an arrow like last time but Dua stayed mum. She just looked in his eyes that were speaking a different story. She cupped his wrist and lowered it reluctantly before stepping out of his hold again.
There was no answer. There were going to be no answers.
Dua made another attempt to leave but Asfand held her back again. He got up this time and turned her in his arms. Her heart thudded in fear when Asfand pushed her hair back to expose her neck.
Is he going to assault me again like that night?
But her wild thoughts came to a surprised halt when his calloused fingers caressed her tender flesh carefully.
"I am not a nice man. I have hurt you and I will hurt you." His fingers grazed the scar near her left temple. The scar he gave her. "But there are certain lines that even animals like me don't cross." He cupped her face and gently rubbed his thumb over her slightly parted lips. She is scared. "If I wanted" Dua was stoned when he kissed her scar before kissing her forehead. "I would have had you countless times by now Dua. I am a man. I'd rather women grovel at my feet themselves than forcing myself on them."
"It doesn't lessen your sins." Asfand chuckled and pulled her along him to the bed. Dua was surprised when he made her fall against him and his mirthfulness only confused her more. "You find this funny?"
"Its irony, isn't it? We came together again after all these years. By all evens and odds." Dua steadied herself in his hold. "Only to-" Asfand let his sentence hang. There was no end to it. Nothing meaningful and fruitful.
Just like them.
"Were you really going to sell me?" Dua had no idea why she asked this question out of blue. But she suddenly felt the need to. "What do you intend to do with me Asfand?" Asfand was watching her silently and his silence was irking Dua. Any word is better than this. "What do you want?"
"Mein tumeh barbaad kar doon ga." (I will destroy you.)
"Mein apki jaan ly lu gi." (I will kill you.)
Asfand smirked at her quick response and Dua scowled at his statement.
This was their fate.
The fate they chose by choosing each other. There was no alternative to their future. There was no future at all. They were either going to finish each other or finish together while doing so.
"Pyaari lagti ho (I find you adorable)" Asfand tucked her hair back with a soft hum. "Pyaari lagi thi (I found you adorable). Even when I just heard your name an hour before marriage, I found you adorable." Her breath hitched when he cupped her face. "Even when I just saw your eyes for the first time through that veil, I found you adorable."
"Asfand!" Dua cupped his wrist to stop him. "Don't-"
"Even after everything, I find you adorable." Dua had nothing to say anymore. "This is adorable." He kissed her knuckles one by one before kissing her palms and wrists. "Your eyes, your nose, your lips, your cheeks. Everything is adorable." He kissed them as he praised them and Dua just watched him in wonderment.
"I couldn't stop thinking about you. I can't stop thinking about you." Dua didn't push away or tried to when he hugged her tight. "Even after everything, I can't stop feeling this-" Asfand pushed her further into him. "I'm not a man of regrets Dua. Don't expect apologies from me. I take accountability for my actions to the end but that doesn't mean I feel anything towards their outcome. Guilt and regrets were not taught to me and I don't intend to feel them either. Not when I myself let certain things happen." Now Dua knew what Haider meant. "It's what I am and it's how I am always going to be." Dua knew it better than anything.
Asfand fell back on the bed with her and twisted their bodies so she was lying sideways in his arms. "What are you doing?" He chuckled at her bewildered expressions and closed his eyes.
"You can relax Dua." Asfand murmured in her hair and held her close. "I just want to sleep for now. I want to live this dream a little longer. Like this."
Her watch beeped furiously with her changing pulse-rate and breathing patterns. She just turned it off instead of answering. There were no orders that she needed fulfilled in the moment. Her heart was no worried as she looked at the sleeping man before her eyes.
Her husband.
Everything was forgotten in the moment. Every bitter memory and past that shadowed them.
For a change, he didn't look like a monster. For a change, there was nothing negative about him. For a change, she wasn't feeling scared by his closure.
For a change, he was not a Sherzai.
Dua was not going to deny it. Asfand was not like his uncle and cousin. He might be their blood but he was different. He was ruthless and dangerous but he was a man of principles and honor. Asfand always did what he said and upheld the consequences, no matter what. There were not many who stood by their deeds; good or bad.
And right now, he was a man she had never known.
There was something tender and safe about his presence in the moment. The way he was holding her, it made her heart beat a beat she never felt before.
She raised her hand and caressed his face slowly. She observed every curve, line and crease and memorized them without her consent. This man is mine. Her palm tickled when she grazed his stubble and his groan made an involuntary small smile grace her beautiful lips. She watched his full lips for a moment before letting her thumb caress them slowly and softly. In every way. Her eyes closed on their own when he pulled her further in his warmth.
It was going to disappear once the morning came. These thoughts were going to disappear. This feeling was going to disappear. This moment was going to disappear. All of this was going to disappear.
This night never existed.
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Unjust Orient and the Just West
By Tahir Mahmoud
With oppressive, corrupt, and unelected regimes in most Muslim majority countries, many Muslims and non-Muslims have come to believe that today, non-Muslim NATO member countries represent what just governance looks like. This conclusion regularly nudged in a subtle manner by the dominant corporate media is pure conjecture.
The propagation of an "unjust Orient" versus the "just West" is a narrow minded and self-serving narrative. It deliberately ignores the fact that most oppressive regimes in the Muslim world are sustained in power through Western backing and their looted fortunes are securely guarded in the banks and vaults of the so-called Western democracies.
With this in mind, it is nevertheless a fact that in many Western countries some aspects of governance are more just and humane than in most Muslim countries. Why is this the case? We would like to provide practical responses to this issue without theorization.
On the Muslim side, let us take a brief look at Iran and Malaysia, on the NATO side let us consider France and the US. In the latter two (the US and France), bigotry based on race and ethnicity is part of normal political discourse.
For example, a study conducted in France in 2015 showed "that men who identified [themselves] as practicing Muslims had a 4.7% chance of being asked for a job interview, compared to 17.9% of practicing Catholics. The overall figure for men and women showed Catholics were twice as likely as Muslims to get a callback for a job interview.
The job application discrimination against Jews was apparent but not as pronounced, with a 15.8% chance of landing an interview. The study was carried out by Marie-Anne Valfort, a senior lecturer at Sorbonne University in Paris, who sent 6,231 responses to job adverts between 2013 and 2014."
The above racist reality can be explained away as not an official policy of the French government, but of the private sector. This deceitful explanation might make sense if top French politicians would not manifest their bigotry in a blatant manner and on a regular basis. For example, in March 2016, Minister for Women's Rights Laurence Rossignol compared women who choose to wear conservative Islamic dress to the "American negroes" who once supported slavery and got only a slap on the wrist for her bigotry.
In Iran on the other hand, no politician would dare make statements against other ethnic or religious minorities, anything akin to the ones made by French politicians. The post-Islamic Revolution government in Iran includes many Azeris, Arabs, and the only female mayor in Iran, Samiyeh Balochzehi, 26, is a Sunni Muslim. With all these positive features, the corporate media managed to construct an image of Islamic Iran to be a complete antithesis of inclusiveness. With all of the above in mind, it does not mean that Islamic Iran is a racial utopia. Even during the governance of the four Khulafa' al-Rashidun there were racial problems.
In Malaysia, domestic politics is highly racialized. Yet, due to Malysia's subservience to the strategic interests of NATO powers, its highly racialized internal political dynamics are rarely propagated and when it is done, it is made sure to be linked to Islam.
There is another label the corporate media tries to attach to Muslim countries. That label can be called a security paranoia. True, most Muslim countries are police states, but who often trains and arms those brutal police forces in Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, etc? Perhaps the most important reason why even elected Muslim governments like in Turkey, Iran, or Lebanon appear to be very security conscious is because the phenomenon of aggressive external interference is a reality for these countries. Imagine if Russia, China, and Japan made a decision to arm and back the Basque national liberation movement in Spain in the same manner as NATO has done in Syria. Spain would be Ukraine 2.0.
Muslims and non-Muslims are welcome to criticize the shortcomings of Muslim governments, but such criticism must be fair and consider factors purposely belittled by the corporate media.
Source: themuslimvibe.com/muslim-current-affairs-news/analysis/is-it-the-unjust-orient-and-the-just-west
URL: http://www.newageislam.com/islam-and-the-west/tahir-mahmoud/unjust-orient-and-the-just-west/d/110132


For the second month in a row and the sixth month this year, mean air temperature fell below average. It was the coldest November in Durham since 1993. The mean maximum was the coldest since 1996 and the mean minimum the lowest since 1998. The absolute maximum of 16.1°C on the 4th was the highest for November since 1996 and the 4th highest since 1962 (when my records begin); on the other hand, the absolute minimum of -8.7°C on the 28th was the lowest since 1962. The maximum on the 27th was only 0.2°C. The 12-month running mean is now at its lowest since January 1997. There were 18 ground frosts recorded (equal with 1996 and 1998 and the highest since 1985) but because of snow, recorded grass minima at the end of the month are probably higher than they would have been for bare ground.
Total precipitation was 135.6mm, a lower total than November 2009, but much of it fell as snow this year. This was the 7th wettest November since 1850 at Durham. The wettest days came as rain at the start of the month: the 2nd (22.1mm) with the 4th (19mm) not far behind. Not surprisingly, all three measures of long-term rainfall are now well above average. Despite all the rain and snow, hours of bright sunshine were just above average.


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National League approve Truro City's return home
Nov 2, 2018 | newsnow, Top Stories
The National League have given approval for Truro City to end their groundshare with Torquay United and return home, subject to conditions.
The Vanarama National League South club will be able to return to Treyew Road on the condition they pass a ground inspection. Additionally, there is a condition the club say they cannot disclose at present.
The White Tigers expect the inspection to be carried out over the next fortnight. The club add that 'coming back to Treyew Road will have consequences both on and off the pitch, the subject of which will be taken into consideration when the final decision is made whether to return.'


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This wallpaper mural was produced for the Mountain Mission School in Virginia. In a way, it's a museum display that talks about the history of the school. But it's also something that talks about the mission of the school and sets the tone for what happens there. They gave us great artwork, and they have a beautiful installation.
What's also cool about this job was that we produced it in a day. We got artwork on Wednesday, printed and shipped the wallpaper on Thursday, and they had it on Friday for installation over the weekend. While we prefer to work with a little more notice, it can be done!
When you need a custom wall mural, whether in a hurry or not, give us a call!
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Being crowned best in the industry helped Mandeville Private Client grow its business by 40% last year.
The firm was "truly honoured and humbled" to win The Fundserv Award for Advisor Network/Brokerage of the Year at the glitzy Wealth Professional Awards night.
And it wasted little time incorporating the recognition into its branding as well as showing off the silverware to prospective clients and advisors.
Frank Laferriere, the company's director, senior vice president and COO, said the award reinforced the feeling of trust in Mandeville that is so vital in the industry.
He said: "I'm not kidding, we take those magazine covers and just about every opportunity we get, we put them in front of prospective advisors, and then advisors use it with their client base.
The 2018 event takes place on May 31 at the Liberty Grand, Toronto, with the February 23 deadline for nominations fast-approaching. To nominate yourself or a peer, simply log on to www.wpawards.ca and follow the links.
Mandeville held off competition for last year's award from CIBC Wood Gundy, Canaccord Genuity Wealth Management, HollisWealth, Investment Planning Counsel, Investors Group and Manulife Securities.
Laferriere said that the night itself felt like the Academy awards and that the firm has been encouraging its advisors to put themselves or colleagues forward for this year's categories.
He said: "It was quite an honour for us and it's really helped us position the firm as a winner. It's the first thing we bring up with clients and it's the first thing we bring up to potential advisors.
Michael Lee-Chin, the company's founder, renowned businessman and philanthropist, has a stellar track record of success and Laferriere added that it was nice for the Burlington-based operation to add some silverware to his long line of awards.
Laferriere said: "Mr Lee-Chin has a global footprint and his other organisations are always winning awards. So for Mandeville, in particular, to receive an award, it was really a shot in the arm for everyone here.


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Our Struggles With Boredom
Modern technology brings about change so quickly that the harmful effects are generally not discovered before they are irreversible and before we realize how destructive the effects can be.
Back in the 1960's, the eminent scientist Harlow Shapely wrote on the five factors he believed that could potentially destroy Western civilization. The first was nuclear war and terrorism, then famine, climate catastrophe, and a plague or pandemic. The fifth factor he listed was surprisingly, "boredom." He said boredom could destroy us. Shapely believed "widespread and chronic indifference to ordinary values, pursuits, freedoms, and obligations could lead to our demise, as life becomes absurd and irrelevant.
Fast forward to 1985 when a fascinating book, Amusing Ourselves to Death, was written by Neil Postman. This was prior to the internet and social media, but it is as if he saw it coming. The forward of the book lays out this premise very powerfully.
Postman says everyone was keeping their eye upon the year 1984 because of George Orwell's famous book 1984, a novel about the consequences of a totalitarian government. He modeled the regime in the book after Stalinist Russia and Nazi Germany. It was published in 1949.
But there was another novel that was published just prior to Orwell's, and just as chilling; Aldous Huxley's, Brave New World. Postman says:
Contrary to common belief even among the educated, Huxley and Orwell did not prophesy the same thing. Orwell warns that we will be overcome by an externally imposed oppression. But in Huxley's vision, no Big Brother is required to deprive people of their autonomy, maturity and history. As he saw it, people will come to love their oppression, to adore the technologies that undo their capacity to think.
What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one. Orwell feared those who would deprive us of information. Huxley feared we would be overloaded with information. Orwell feared Big Brother would conceal the truth from us. Huxley feared the truth would be irrelevant. Orwell feared we would become a captive culture while Huxley feared we would become a trivial culture preoccupied with how we feel.
In 1984, Huxley added, people are controlled by inflicting pain. In Brave New World, they are controlled by inflicting pleasure. In short, Orwell feared that what we hate will ruin us. Huxley feared that what we love will ruin us.
Here we are seventy years later and it appears Huxley and not Orwell was right.
Much has been written about how social media has increased the reality of boredom in people's lives. The reason is because social media offers little challenge, requires little skill, and offers little if any reward. Dr. Andrew Lepp says these are the ingredients of a life of boredom.
This in turn causes so many who struggle with boredom to seek short-term solutions like electronic entertainment or drugs and alcohol. However, the pleasures of this world are unsustainable and provide only a counterfeit of life. This is what leads to spiritual emptiness.
It is hard for people to know what to do with this emptiness in their lives. They don't understand it. The great French philosopher and mathematician, Blaise Pascal, put it this way, "There is a God-shaped vacuum in the heart of every person which cannot be filled by anything in this created world, but only by God made known through Jesus Christ."
It would appear that modern people, particularly our young people, are looking for something in this world that only God can provide. It is our responsibility to clearly communicate this message to them.
Richard E Simmons III is the founder and Executive Director of The Center for Executive Leadership and a best-selling author.
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The family of Sussex murder victim, Tony Williams, have paid tribute to him.
The 37-year-old was stabbed to death at a property in Park Way, Horsham, on Tuesday (September 19).
Two men have been charged with the murder. Read our other story on our website.
"He was popular and well known among the local community and will be sadly missed by all of us.
The family have asked for privacy during this distressing time.
Detective Chief Inspector Emma Heater said: "Our thoughts are with the family of Anthony Williams who have lost a son, brother and dad.


New Directions Collaborative helps our clients "map" their networks, using Social Network Analysis (SNA) and other tools, to develop a visual images of relationships and flows of information/communication and other dimensions of interest. Seeing images of a network's relationships makes what is invisible visible and out of this, new information can emerge, for example, seeing which people are well connected in a network and where parts of a network are not aware of each others' work. (See example below.) Network maps can be re-done on a periodic basis to measure changes over time, which provides useful data in evaluating network effectiveness and setting strategy.
We help networks determine what maps or inventories will be useful based on their goals and state of network development. Participants in the network compile a brief survey and this data is entered into software that generates various maps and analysis. Using the maps as a starting point, we facilitate dialogue amongst network leaders and members about how the network is currently working and what actions or interventions could be taken to unleash the network's capacity to advance change.
Assess the strength of relationships within the network, e.g., how well people know other members, how often they communicate, who works with whom. This map is designed in a way that this survey could be repeated in future years to analyze changes over time, as one way to assess the network's impact.
Develop a matrix to see where network participants' strategies and focus overlap or where there are gaps or overlaps. This can be tailored to align with network high-level goals and is useful for the network in planning and for helping members see how they can align and organize their work together more effectively.
Map the constituencies that network members work with or are connected to, e.g., for a network of organizations focused on energy efficiency this might include residents, businesses, municipalities, etc. This helps the network to plan strategy, coordinate engaging constituencies, and find areas to increase collaboration or coordination.
Develop an inventory of the needs and offers of network participants. Each network has a lot of resources, skills, experience, and connections among its members that others could use, yet this is often untapped. This inventory helps a network coordinator to connect network participants to others within the network, creating additional benefits for their work through their association with the network.
The following is an example of a "Before and After" network map from the Boston Green and Healthy Building Network. Each dot represents a person and the color shows what type of organization they work with. The lines between the dots represent their relationship, i.e., how well they know each other.


This article is part of an ongoing series by Michael Lewis about the birth of his third child. Click here to read the other entries in the series. Michael Lewis first began his "Dad Again" column after the birth of his second daughter, Dixie, in 2002. Click here to read about that delivery.
To the shriek of an alarm I awaken but don't move. What with the extra pillow and the warm blanket, the delivery room couch had proved surprisingly comfortable.
Having witnessed childbirth twice before, I have acquired this expertise: I know that alarms on delivery room machines are nothing to fear. Along with smoke detectors and airport security machines, they belong on the long list of devices in American life designed to cry wolf. Apart from that, here is the sum total of what I've learned waiting for my children to be born: 1) arrive sober; 2) do not attempt to be interesting, as it makes the nurses uneasy; 3) never underestimate your own insignificance; and 4) try to get some sleep, as no one else can. Of course, it is important to be present and conscious for the birth of your child. To miss it would be to invite scorn and derision and lead others to speak ill of you behind your back. But up until the moment the child is born, the husband in the delivery room is in an odd predicament. He's been admitted to the scene of the crisis but given no serious purpose. He's the Frenchman after the war resolution has passed.
I had just pressed a second pillow hard over my head to mute the alarm—it sounded as if it might be coming from the painkiller pump—and was very nearly asleep, when I heard a new voice. "You're 10 centimeters," it said.
The last time they'd brought the chains out onto the field, they'd measured her at a mere 4 centimeters. Ten was clearly forward progress, but it had been nearly five years, and I couldn't recall how many centimeters there were in a first down. I rose on the couch, and in the unnaturally bright tone of a man pretending he hasn't just been asleep, asked, "So … how many more centimeters we got to go?" That's when I noticed we had a new doctor. She looked at me strangely. "Ten centimeters means the baby's coming," she said.
I find the mirror. In Berkeley, no birth is complete without a mirror. The belief here is that the mother, as she grunts and groans, should have all five senses fully engaged and pumping meaning into the experience. The ideal Berkeley birth has probably never actually happened, but if it has, it happened far from civilization, in the woods, without painkillers or doctors or any intervention whatsoever by modern medicine. Along one side of the birthing mother was a wall of doulas wailing a folk song; along the other, all the people she has ever known; at her feet, a full-length mirror, in which she watched her baby emerging; at her head, a mother wolf, licking and suckling. Incense-filled urns released meaningful, carbon-free odors. The placenta was saved and, if not grilled, recycled.
Tabitha never wanted the full Berkeley. But back when we started, seven years ago, she gave a passing thought to employing a midwife instead of a doctor, and thought that it might make the experience more meaningful if she skipped the painkillers. She picked out music and found scented oils with which to be rubbed. To the immense irritation first of her obstetrician and then of herself, she hired a doula, who was meant to use said oils to massage her feet during the delivery, but instead went out for turkey sandwiches and never came back.
That was seven and a half long years ago. With her slender build and narrow hips and near total intolerance of physical discomfort, my wife was ill-designed for childbirth. The first time around, in this very hospital, she began to hemorrhage. The doctors saved her life, and with so little drama that we didn't realize what they'd done until well after. The second time around, again in this hospital, they saved not only her but our second daughter, who had entered the birth canal at a historically tragic angle. Entering her third pregnancy, my wife's lost interest in doulas and incense. She longs only for painless, antiseptic, impersonal modern medicine. Numb is good. If they ran tubes underground from hospitals to homes so that painkillers could be delivered in advance of labor, she might well have been their first paying customer. Of the original Berkeley Dream, the mirror's all she's got left.
"Can you feel the contractions happening?" the doctor asks.
"Slightly." She's lying, thank God. If she felt a thing she'd be hollering.
Beep! Beep! Beep! The painkiller pump, again. Another nurse appears—another stranger we're almost surely never again to lay eyes upon. "Angie needs a break," she says. Angie's the nurse who still hasn't worked out what's going wrong with the painkiller. Angie exits. Dr. Vay prods and pushes and massages and waits. Behind her on the wall is a small sign, bearing the first words my child will see: We Strive To Give Five Star Service.
Tabitha pushes, turns beet red, and goes all bug-eyed.
"Maybe you shouldn't hold your breath," I say, helpfully. No one notices. A single 30-minute nap and I've lost what little right I had to be heard.
"Can you feel anything at all?" the doctor asks.
"Imagine you're trying to poop," says the doctor.
Worried that imagining might make it so, I retreat up and away from ground zero, and stroke the tippy-top of my wife's head. But this just further isolates me as the character in search of a role—the carrot in the school play. Out of nothing more than a desire to seem busy, I grab hold of one of Tabitha's legs and pull it backward. Then, like the master on a slave ship counting the strokes, I begin to chant. "One, two, three …" I half-expect the doctor and nurses to fall about laughing and tell me to stop, but they don't. I seem, in fact, to have written myself a speaking part. "One! Two! Three!" "One! Two! Three!" Tabitha pushes harder. Her eyes look as if they are about to pop out of her head and ricochet off the ceiling.
There comes a moment when I cease to be able to watch the birth of what is presumably my child with anything but horror. This is that moment. It's meant to be a beautiful sight—a thing to be videotaped or at least remembered, and played over and again in the mind—but it feels more like a hideous secret to be kept. But the damn mirror makes it hard to avoid. Ten minutes ago there was no place to hide; now there is no place to look. Boy or girl? We didn't know. But girls were all we'd ever done, and we'd spent a lot less time arguing over boys' names than girls'. She'd gone from Clementine to Penelope to Phoebe to Scout and then back to Penelope. At midnight when the water broke all over the living room floor, we were just starting what I assumed would be a long creep back to Clementine. I liked the sound of Penny Lewis but Clementine made you want to sing.
"One, two, three …" I feel like Richard Simmons in one of his videos. You can do it!
Next comes the sound of a hairless dog escaping from quicksand. Sluuuuuuuurrrrppp!
And with that, Walker Jack Lewis came into the world.


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Neve Campbell Finally Confirmed For 'Scream 5' Return and Other Cast Members Announced
Posted byChristopher Marc September 11, 2020 September 11, 2020 Posted inFilm NewsTags:Horror, Neve Campbell, Paramount Pictures, Scream, Scream 5, Spyglass Media
Back in May, Scream franchise actress Neve Campbell confirmed talks with Spyglass Media for a return to the Sidney Prescott role in Scream 5.
That interview was then deleted from YouTube and it was all but assumed that Campbell would be back after it was announced that original cast members David Arquette and Courtney Cox were returning for what looks to be a continuation of the satirical horror franchise.
Yesterday, Bloody Disgusting was finally able to confirm Neve's return.
She'll be joining a cast that also includes Jack Quaid, Melissa Barrera, Jenna Ortega, Dylan Minnette, Mason Gooding, Mikey Madison, Kyle Gallner, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Marley Shelton, and Mikey Madison.
Ready or Not's Matthew Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett are directing from a script penned by James Vanderbilt and Guy Busick.
The original film from Wes Craven followed Sidney Prescott and her group of high school friends as a killer "Ghostface" is going around town killing students which leads to Cox's tabloid reporter Gale Weathers to return to the town after writing a sleazy tell-all-book about the murder of Sidney's mother. Craven's take on the slasher was to be more of a send-up/satire of the genre itself and harped on the troupes as rules to stay alive.
I wouldn't hold out any hope that the original characters will survive the new installment.
The horror pic will be released on January 14th, 2022 by Paramount Pictures.
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