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As part of ongoing counter insurgency operations, the Theatre Command Operation LAFIYA DOLE has been conducting several clearance as well as cordon and search operations in urban and rural areas within the Theatre.
The clearance operations effort has been yielding several successes. It has forced the Boko Haram Terrorists (BHTs) to change tactics and resort to employment of suicide bombers to target military locations and the populace.
This necessitated the need to intensify Cordon and Search in Maiduguri metropolis and environment.
In the last one week cordon and search operations were conducted in Jiddari –Polo, Muna Garage, Jakana amongst several other areas. On 10th August 2017, Theatre Command received information from one of its credible sources that some high value BHT suspects had infiltrated into Pompomari Bye Pass.
It therefore became expedient to take preemptive action by combing the general area through a cordon and search operations. The operation was successfully conducted as over 30 houses were searched. One of such included a property which was said to be occupied by United Nations Staff, although the property did not carry a UN designation. On the whole, operation in the general area was successfully concluded but no arrest was made because the suspects were not found.
The command wishes to assure the general public that these operations are being conducted to safeguard lives and properties but not targeted at any individual or group. The general public is cautioned to avoid peddling rumours which may cause disaffection and to remain law abiding.
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"I remember reading a framed needlepoint sampler when I was young: "You must not judge another man until you have walked a mile in his moccasins." This little piece of craft store kitsch was like an epiphany for me…And going to the United Nations opened up this door to an idea for me, an idea of peace and reconciliation among strangers who distrusted each other. And I think I've never really given that up or gone beyond that idea of being a translator, of explaining people to each other, of being a conduit of mutual emotional understanding. I'm only being a little grandiose when I say I think that's why I've always been drawn to characters who are difficult to translate to other people, prissy women, disagreeable women, women whose motives are easily misconstrued, women who are hard to love."
- Meryl Streep
"In everything, without doubt, truth has the advantage over imitation."
- Cicero
"The actor must constantly remember that he is on the stage for the sake of the public."
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Oh Eagle, come with wings
Outspread in sunny skies.
Oh Eagle, come and bring us peace,
thy gentle peace.
Oh Eagle, come and give new life
to us who pray.
Remember the circle of the sky, the
stars, and the brown eagle.
the great life of the Sun,
the young within the nest,
Remember the sacredness of things."
- Pawnee prayer
"And above all,
watch with glittering eyes
the whole world
because the greatest secrets
are always are hidden
in the most unlikely places.
Those who don't believe
in magic
will never find it."
- Roald Dahl
Painting by Maribee
"The healing power of the theatre consists in its bring the place where we can finally recognize and remember, often through laughter, our own dreams and desires on stage. It seems that by acknowledging the wild cut-off parts of ourselves, we remove their power to commit uncontrolled violence, we become more integrated, and somehow more compassionate."
- Jean-Claude van Itallie
"How do we re-establish a culture of caring? There are many things that we can and do. The arts can help. Becoming educated - but having a good education doesn't necessarily mean that a person knows how to be a "caring" person. It's time to re-define what "being human" means. What is it that makes us different from animals? Mainly, it's when we accept the discipline of "being human." When we genuinely care about each other."
- Rita Fredricks
Eugenia Zukerman
Hailed as one of the greatest flutists of our time, Miss Zukerman is in demand from New York to China as an orchestral soloist, chamber musician and recitalist. She recently appeared at Armstrong Auditorium in Oklahoma with harpist Yolanda Kondonassis. She has enjoyed musical collaborations with Emmanuel Ax, Yo-Yo Ma, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, the Shanghai String Quartet and fellow flutists Jean- Pierre Rampal and James Galway. Recently, she made her heralded debut at the prestigious Verbier Festival in Switzerland, performing challenging chamber works by Hanns Eisler, Arnold Schönberg, Andreas Jakob Romberg and Behzad Ranjbaran. She has partnered with some of the world's finest musicians, including violinist Dimitry Sitkovetsky, violist Nobuko Imai, cellist Frans Helmerson, and pianist Elena Bashkirova, among others. Also recently, she performed with the Manhattan Piano Trio in Pennsylvania, with the Symphony Space All-Stars in New York City in a festive concert of Brandenburg Concerti, and with the Princeton Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Lowell Liebermann's Concerto for Flute and Orchestra Op.39 conducted by Rossen Milanov, Music Director and Conductor. Maintaining an international concert calendar with more than thirty performances annually, her multi-faceted career also includes distinguished work as an arts administrator, author, educator, internet entrepreneur, and journalist. For twenty years Miss Zuckerman has performed a yearly three-concert series of thematic programs at the New York Public Library with harpsichordist. This season she collaborated with Mr. Newman in a flute and organ performance in Amarillo, Texas, and in over twenty recitals nationwide with pianist Milana Strezeva. Performing as soloist with many of the world's finest orchestras, her numerous guest appearances have included engagements with the Tokyo Philharmonic, the Royal Philharmonic, the China Philharmonic, and the Israel, Moscow, Prague and Scottish Chamber Orchestras. The breadth of her appearances in North America includes more than eighty orchestras nationwide, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, National Symphony in Washington DC, the Montreal and Vancouver Symphonies and the National Symphony Orchestra of Mexico. Last year, she performed Mozart's concerto for Flute and Harp with Yolanda Kondonassis, in the opening concert of the Vail Valley Music Festival, conducted by Music Director Jaap van Zweden. A creative and dynamic administrator, Eugenia Zukerman has been invited to curate Dallas Symphony's inaugural Dallas Arts Fest in 2014. The appointment follows thirteen distinguished years as Artistic Director of the Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival. During her tenure, the festival in Vail developed an international profile through the annual residencies of the New York Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the Dallas Symphony. Yo-Yo Ma, Lang-Lang, Yefim Bromfman and Jean-Yves Thibaudet were among the many internationally renowned artists who appeared during her directorship, further elevating the reputation of the Festival. Recognized with an Emmy nomination as a broadcast journalist, Miss Zukerman interviewed and created more than three hundred portraits as an Arts Correspondent for CBS Sunday Morning. Her interview subjects have included Leontyne Price, Marilyn Horne, Helen Frankenthaler, Julie Taymor, and Isaac Stern. For more than twenty-five years she introduced viewers to the most outstanding creators in fine art, music, dance and theater. Miss Zukerman has also appeared on "The Today Show," "Morning Show," "The Charlie Rose Show," and numerous specials on PBS. She founded Classical Genie, an internet company that provides video content to music schools, artist, managers, orchestras and other institutions for use on their websites, including the Manhattan School of Music's 50th Anniversary celebration and The Harlem School of the Arts million dollar fundraising appeal. As an arts journalist, Miss Zukerman created the first vlog (video blog) for the MusicalAmerica website, introducing the world to the Verbier Festival from her inside perspective as a performer. She has recorded over two dozen discs, including her most recent recording, "Flesh & Stone: The Songs of Jake Heggie" with all proceeds benefitting Classical Action; Performing Arts Against AIDS. Author of the New York Public Library's Award-winning non-fiction book In My Mother's Closet,and Coping with Prednisone (co-authored with her sister, Dr. Julie R. Ingelfinger), Miss Zukerman also wrote two novels: Deceptive Cadence and Taking The Heat. A regular contributor to "The Washington Post" book review and "Musical America," in the summer of 2011, she performed with her singer-songwriter daughter Natalia Zukerman, and percussionist Mona Tavakoli, in a benefit concert for Roundup River Ranch, an organization founded by Paul Newman, providing camp experiences to children with life-threatening illnesses. Miss Zukerman also performed and served as host for Young Concert Artists' 50th Anniversary musical marathon at Symphony Space in New York. Miss Zukerman, a Young Concert Artists Award-winning flutist, received their Lifetime Honor Award, as well as the Concert Artists Guild Virtuoso Award for Dedication to the Arts, New York City's Open University of Israel's Lifetime Achievement Award, Woman of Achievement Award from the National Hadassah Organization, and The Women's Project's Exceptional Achievement Award Adjunct faculty member at New York University's Steinhardt School of Music , she is a frequent guest teacher at conservatories nationwide, most recently creating and teaching a multi-disciplinary two week residency at The Hartt School.
I understand you've been quite busy and you were just part of the Friends of Aeolian Skinner Opus 1024 series.
Yes, I was down in Amarillo for the recital with Anthony Newman with flute and organ. I've been doing a lot of concerts with the Moldavian pianist, Miala Streveza. She is the same age as my daughter – an old soul, and a wonderful musician. I've gone to many places, and many are very different smaller places than large concert halls. I've performed in small community centers, churches, many of these kinds of places across the country.
I'm struck what a great country this is – so diverse. I also recently played with the Princeton Symphony Orchestra, performing Lowell Liebermann's Flute Concerto. The program was called "Shakespearean Drama." I felt really good. I had a lot of fun
How young were you when you began to play?
My parents were very musical. My father was an inventor and an engineer, my mother and my father both played the piano. My mother was a mathematician. I studied the piano early on, and started playing the flute when I was ten years old.
It's a wonderful story about public schools. We lived in West Hartford, Connecticut, and they had brought in members of the symphony to play and when I heard the flute I was enchanted. I ran home and said to my mother: "I have to play the flute!" In those days they provided me with a teacher, and an instrument. I got a scholarship and started lessons and years later I am still learning.
What was it about the flute that so attracted you?
It was the sound, I think. When I talk to my colleagues they say something about the sound too. It spoke to me.
What do you feel music can offer a young person?
For a young person music I feel is essential. It's a way to express yourself that is not specific – a way to say how you feel about everything in a wonderfully cathartic way, to get in touch with your feelings and emotion.
Teenagers are often, you might say, harmonically, emotionally in turmoil, and music can be a friend. If they take up a flute or violin or a piano and sit and play, it becomes one of the most important ways of expressing yourself, reaching out to something larger than yourself.
You read scientific statements that if you smile during the day or if you play music you'll be happier. It's an instant uplift, sort of like a coffee with a little champagne.
You have found so many ways to communicate your love for music.
I'm writing, and I also started my own Internet company, ClassicalGenie.com, looking for new ways to report on the art I adore. I did my first video blog for Musical America Worldwide, the largest resource in the world, when I played at the Verbier festival in Switzerland, and then another one for Tanglewood. I have novels which share my love for music, and I'm also giving master classes.
I feel very lucky.
How would you describe the experience you're having when you're playing?
I think there are times what you're having might be described as an out-of-body experience. In fact you're unaware of anything physically. Music is a path between ourselves and the infinite. It takes me out of myself, that's part of why I love it so much.
We're so wrapped so much in our ideas, but when you can release yourself and become a part of something larger, you experience being a part of the greater good.
We've lost a sense of this and music is about this.
We need to spend more time chatting with others, sitting on the "town green," and not sitting in front of our computers. It's about getting outside of our own little selves.
Music is a very giving experience. Sometimes, it can be quite draining. But it's also very restorative.
Do you feel your playing has changed since you began?
I have changed. I have noticed a lot of tremendous opposites come together. I no longer worry about extraneous things. I lose myself to be in the music and to be in the moment. It's a contradictory thing I gotten really good at.
I'm playing music at a time when my body is beginning to fall apart, so there's a tremendous contradiction; a paradox. My ability to make music, my knowledge how to phrase the quality of a sound has highly developed, particularly for a flute player, but I've noticed my muscles have also changed. I can't always play the way I'd like to. Being a musician is an extremely physical activity. I can jump in the air but not as high as I used to but I feel I still have quite a number of years left in me.
And what does playing do for you now?
I know music heals me. If I'm feeling agitated, concerned about something, I go to music. It's the best cure. I can pick up the flute and play.
I have friends in the field of healing and they tell me it does the same thing for them.
Is there particular music which is your favorite to play?
It's like saying: Which of your children do you love the best? It's all great music. I love the contemporary music I play; it's really thrilling. I feel we're in a rich moment of music. We really need to have more financial support. There's so many magnificent artists that need our support. I know we always look back but there are some truly great pieces of the early 21st century and new ones being created all the time.
How would you describe where you are at this moment?
This is the best time of my life. I just became a grandmother; it's the first time. She's the light of my life, so is my new husband. I am in love in a way I have never been before. My husband and I have four children, and I adore them all. And we have a beautiful farm in New York, plus our place in Greenwich. My husband's in broadcasting and he loves music and is very supportive. My mother turned 98 in April so there's so much I feel grateful for. I'm able to do a lot concerts.
Sometimes I get to a point where I look around and so many of my friends are not doing so well, so it can be a day-to-day thing, and I realize I'm no longer in the prime of health, still I feel it's a golden time at this moment. It's been my busiest year and I felt I'm going to be as active as I can. I'm so looking forward to keep playing!
"It is a law of life that man cannot live for himself alone. The world's problems are also our personal problems. Health is achieved through maintaining our personal truth in a balanced relation of love to the rest of the world. No expression is more emblematic of this relation than the creative act which we call art, and none more than the theatre. The theatre, to be fully understood and appreciated, must be seen as a manifestation of this process of interchange between society and the individual. It must be judged as a continuous development of groups of individuals within society, becoming richer, acquiring greater force and value as it grows with the society. Only in this way can the theatre nourish us." - Harold Clurman
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Mothers' Union leaders from Sudan start diocesan visit at Leeds Minster
Submitted by chris.tate on Wed, 02/10/2019 - 12:18
Special visitors from Sudan have arrived in our diocese to help build stronger links with our schools and churches.
As part of our Diocesan Link with Sudan, Archbishop Ezekiel of Khartoum was asked to nominate people to make the journey and he chose Mothers' Union leaders, Mama Hewaya, Sudan's Provincial MU Coordinator and Mama Samira, its provincial MU Leader.
Both are key national leaders of work with women and are based in Khartoum.
Arriving in the UK, they met Archbishop Justin Welby and his wife, Caroline, at Lambeth and had a meeting at the MU headquarters, Mary Sumner House, in London before travelling to Yorkshire.
"Mama Hewaya and Mama Samira are with us in the diocese until October 9," said our MU President Jean Thurman, pictured with them (right and left, respectively) at Leeds Minster, together with MU members.
"We want to get to know our visitors so that we can offer prayer support and they can take back to Sudan an understanding of our churches and what we do to engage in mission and ministry," Jean said.
"They have already shared their prayer requests with us and we realise how different our lives are, but we are all sisters in Christ."
"The Mothers' Union here want to connect with them and share how we work in this Diocese and how we can learn from them."
One of the couple's visits included learning about the rural heritage of St Leonard's, Chapel le Dale, and its role during the building of the Ribblehead viaduct (pictured left).
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NewsRegion C Palm Beach CountyLake Worth Beach
Art teacher gives Capitol building history lesson through art
'The paintings make history come alive'
A Lake Worth Beach art teacher has written a book about the artwork in the U.S. Capitol, reflecting different periods in our nation's history.
By: Tania Rogers
Rebecca Hinson is the author.
Her goal was to make it creative for kids to read about history.
Parent Kimberly McChesney said, "Ms. Hinson has gone out of her way. She made little books for the kids to look at. There's one right here."
After last week's destruction inside the Capitol, the Lake Worth Beach teacher said her students asked questions about what's inside the Capitol building. Rebecca Hinson shared the artwork and its history.
"In the Capitol you walk in and there's the Rotunda and it's amazing. And on the walls, you see all the paintings that represent the early history of our nation - everything to the signing of the Declaration of Independence, to the Revolutionary War, to the signing of the Constitution," she said.
Hinson wants to make learning interesting for the elementary school kids.
"The paintings make history come alive," she said.
She looks forward to visiting the Capital in person one day soon.
"I read yesterday that the art historians in the Capitol evaluated the paintings, sculptures and yes they were damaged somewhat by the pepper spray, the tear gas, the fire extinguishers, however they can be cleaned," she said.
Laura R. Condeluci from the Architect of the Capitol office said, "Our initial assessment is that most of the damage on the interior and envelope of the building is limited to broken glass, broken doors and graffiti. On the West Front, the teams identified graffiti on the building near the Inaugural Stands and two broken Olmsted light fixtures. There was also significant amounts of trash and debris. Statues, murals, historic benches and original shutters all suffered varying degrees of damage – primarily from pepper spray accretions and residue from tear gas and fire extinguishers – that will require cleaning and conservation."
Architect of the Capitol J. Brett Blanton issued the following statement:
"Wednesday was a difficult day for our campus. As the Architect of the Capitol mission calls us to serve, preserve and inspire, it was particularly hard to watch the scene unfold.
Our staff showed exemplary professionalism during such a stressful time. Many employees worked through the night to cleanup and begin repair work. Our teams have started carefully assessing the damage to the historic building and grounds. AOC employees have already served above and beyond throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, and now we must continue to meet our mission in the days and months ahead as we support this clean-up and prepare for the upcoming presidential inauguration.
Since becoming Architect of the Capitol almost one year ago, I have continually been impressed and inspired by the great work of my colleagues. I'm proud to serve with each of them as we ensure future generations have the opportunity to appropriately experience the U.S. Capitol."


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The importance of chapter 4 cannot be overstated. There will be multiple questions on the AP test from this chapter both in the multiple choice and the free response sections. A major part of the free response is being able to complete net ionic equations and answer questions about the reaction. This chapter will prepare you for this task, as well as give you a solid foundation of the next units. Make sure you have a very solid grasp of each section in this chapter. There will be at least one quiz during this chapter.


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Zakład karny (pot. więzienie) – miejsce, w którym osoby skazane wyrokiem sądowym odbywają karę pozbawienia wolności. W Polsce do 1970 roku terminem więzienie określano oficjalnie zarówno zakład karny, jak i samą karę pozbawienia wolności.

Rodzaje zakładów karnych

Polskie zakłady karne ze względu na rodzaj dzieli się na:
 zakłady dla młodocianych;
 zakłady dla odbywających karę po raz pierwszy;
 zakłady dla recydywistów penitencjarnych;
 zakłady dla odbywających karę aresztu wojskowego.

Zakłady karne mogą być organizowane jako:
 zakłady karne typu zamkniętego;
 zakłady karne typu półotwartego;
 zakłady karne typu otwartego.

Podział zakładów na różne typy różni się między sobą stopniem zabezpieczenia oraz rodzajem izolacji skazanych i wynikającymi z tego ich obowiązkami i uprawnieniami w zakresie poruszania się w zakładzie i poza jego obrębem.

Skazani odbywają w nich karę pozbawienia wolności w jednym z trzech systemów:
 programowanego oddziaływania;
 terapeutycznym;
 zwykłym.

Podział ten służy też do klasyfikacji skazanych np.: R3/p – recydywista penitencjarny (R), odbywający karę w zakładzie typu otwartego (3), w systemie programowanego oddziaływania (p). Każdy ze skazanych musi mieć przyporządkowany rodzaj i typ zakładu karnego oraz system wykonywania kary pozbawienia wolności. Daje to 27 grup klasyfikacyjnych (bez kary aresztu wojskowego), które pozwala różnicować wykonywanie tej kary.

Wszystkie zakłady karne i areszty śledcze podlegają Ministerstwu Sprawiedliwości. Zakłady lecznicze, w których stosuje się środki zabezpieczające, podlegają Ministerstwu Zdrowia.

Organizacja zakładów karnych i aresztów śledczych w Polsce
Wśród głównych jednostek organizacyjnych zakładów karnych i aresztów śledczych w Polsce można wyróżnić:
 Okręgowy Inspektorat Służby Więziennej Białystok;
 Okręgowy Inspektorat Służby Więziennej Bydgoszcz;
 Okręgowy Inspektorat Służby Więziennej Gdańsk;
 Okręgowy Inspektorat Służby Więziennej Katowice;
 Okręgowy Inspektorat Służby Więziennej Koszalin;
 Okręgowy Inspektorat Służby Więziennej Kraków;
 Okręgowy Inspektorat Służby Więziennej Lublin;
 Okręgowy Inspektorat Służby Więziennej Łódź;
 Okręgowy Inspektorat Służby Więziennej Olsztyn;
 Okręgowy Inspektorat Służby Więziennej Opole;
 Okręgowy Inspektorat Służby Więziennej Poznań;
 Okręgowy Inspektorat Służby Więziennej Rzeszów;
 Okręgowy Inspektorat Służby Więziennej Szczecin;
 Okręgowy Inspektorat Służby Więziennej Warszawa;
 Okręgowy Inspektorat Służby Więziennej Wrocław.

Zobacz też
 System dozoru elektronicznego

Przypisy

Linki zewnętrzne

 Ogólnopolski portal Służby Więziennej
 Portal o więziennictwie

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19/12/2018: ECLT Director Marcello Pelillo published two articles in the IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence Journaland in the SciTech Europa Quarterly.


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Italy's anti-immigrant minister asks celebrities to testify against NGO boat boss
Italy's Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, who is leading the country's anti-immigrant government, has asked the Rome District Court to summon a long list of celebrities and politicians as witnesses in the so-called "fake NGO…
Italy's Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, who is leading the country's anti-immigrant government, has asked the Rome District Court to summon a long list of celebrities and politicians as witnesses in the so-called "fake NGO boat" trial. The case — a criminal investigation on whether a Lebanese organization, the Lebanese al-Watan Foundation, and its head, Mustafa Barada, bilked the Italian government and NGOs out of tens of millions of euros — was ordered by an Italian court earlier this month, and is still in the process of being examined. The case has seen several leading human rights groups, including Amnesty International, statement that Salvini has used it as an excuse to vilify humanitarian groups like Doctors Without Borders, which had been assisting migrants stranded in the Mediterranean in the summer of 2017.
Roberto Calderoli, Salvini's deputy, said in a radio interview in July, that Leonardo DiCaprio, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, as well as the general secretary of the Communist Party, Gregor Gysi, should testify against Barada, whose NGO boat transported the migrants to Italy. "The local authorities at the time — mayors, civil servants — acted as if it was the state's right to take up all the migrants," added Gysi in his testimony. "No politician asked if the ship would not have reached Europe if the decision had been taken by the EU, in cooperation with Libya, not by the Italian government."
Naomi Campbell, the supermodel and spokeswoman for Amnesty International, was put on the list, as was CNN's Christiane Amanpour, and Giancarlo Giammetti, the chairman of Giorgio Armani.
In addition to the people mentioned, Salvini has asked also asked for the testimony of 3,100 migrants rescued in the Mediterranean, as well as the ship captain, a coast guard and an airport official, and social workers of humanitarian organizations working in Libya. The list will now be submitted to the court next month. Barada and his children, who were living in Calabria, have been summoned to Italy, while the director of al-Watan was ordered to appear in Tripoli, Libya. Salvini has been actively opposed to any kind of migrant boat rescuing people in the Mediterranean, in November 2017 he ordered the arrest of the captain of SOS Mediterranee's boat Aquarius, and in March he closed the main gateway into Italy by imposing a new "Dublin" agreement on migrants seeking to reach the country. That decision was later annulled by the Italian Supreme Court.
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VERTU MOTORS PLC. HALF YEAR RESULTS SOAR
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By Richard Hale 13 Oct October 13, 2017
Automotive retailer Vertu Motors, which has more than 100 dealerships across the UK under the Bristol Street Motors, Farnell and Macklin brands among others, has reported record half-year pre-tax profits.
It is said that the Gateshead-headquartered company generated a profit before tax of £24.2m in the six months to 31 August 2017, a 29.4 per cent hike on the £18.7m reported last year.
Revenue for the six months remained flat at £1.45bn.
Chief Executive Robert Forrester is reported as saying:
"The board is pleased to see further growth in used car volumes and aftersales revenues against a back drop of the weakness of sterling reducing the supply and increasing the prices of new cars."
"Pleasingly, underlying operating expenses reduced year on year in the period as a result of management focus at a time of increasing costs across the industry."
As an organisation we have had the privilege to work with Robert Forrester and indeed many other large Dealer Groups within the Automotive Industry. We will be delighted to hear from you if you wish to take your next career steps in the Motor Industry, or if you would like to discuss any recruitment requirements you are planning for or indeed immediate requirements.
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1913 Woman Suffrage Procession
Cover of program for the National American Woman Suffrage Association procession, showing woman, in elaborate attire, with cape, blowing long horn, from which is draped a "votes for women" banner, on decorated horse, with U.S. Capitol in background.
"Miles of Fluttering Femininity Present Entrancing Suffrage Appeal"
On March 3, 1913, the day before Woodrow Wilson's presidential inauguration, thousands of women marched along Pennsylvania Avenue--the same route that the inaugural parade would take the next day--in a procession organized by the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA). Designed to illustrate women's exclusion from the democratic process, the procession was carefully choreographed by Alice Paul and Lucy Burns, the newly-appointed chairs of NAWSA's Congressional Committee. The committee was tasked with winning passage of the Susan B. Anthony amendment to the U.S. Constitution which was first proposed in 1878. The amendment reads:
"The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex."
In the 35 years since the amendment was first proposed, it had only come up for a vote in Congress once and had failed. Paul and Burns were determined to bring new energy to the campaign for women's suffrage and to push for passage of the amendment.
Inez Milholland rides Grey Dawn as the herald of the Woman Suffrage Procession, March 3, 1913
Harris & Ewing, photographer. Records of the National Woman's Party, Library of Congress
The New Woman
Inez Milholland rode a white horse named Grey Dawn at the front of the procession. Astride the horse rather than sidesaddle, she wore a white dress, a cape, and a golden tiara with the star of hope on top. Inez was famous as an activist, speaker, and lawyer. She was also very photogenic and was known as "the most beautiful suffragist." She rode as the herald of the future, an example of the New Woman of the twentieth century. This was the generation of suffragists who challenged society's expectations of what it meant to be a woman and the restrictions those ideas placed on the way women dressed and behaved. They called themselves feminists and were fighting not just for the vote but for full equality.
The "Great Demand" float in the Woman Suffrage Procession, March 3, 1913
Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University
The Great Demand
Behind Inez in the procession was the first of over twenty floats. This float displayed a banner with the slogan that would become known as "The Great Demand."
"We demand an amendment to the Constitution of the United States enfranchising the women of this country."
Alice Paul and the other organizers were declaring a new strategy. No longer content with incremental progress, with accepting limited voting rights won in bits and pieces one state or jurisdiction at a time, this new generation of suffragists were on a mission to secure their rights to the ballot across the country under the same terms as men. They chose their language deliberately to be somewhat shocking. In the past, American women advocating for suffrage tended to do so while remaining respectable and gracious. But to demand their rights was to step out of the expectations of women as demure and gentle. The Great Demand was meant to be provocative.
Women marchers organized by country, state, occupation, and organization, led by Miss Inez Milholland and Mrs. Richard Coke Burleson, during the suffrage march, March 3, 1913, Washington, D.C.
Windsor McKay, artist/Library of Congress
"We march today to give evidence to the world of our determination, that this simple act of justice shall be done."
Woman Suffrage March program
The procession was designed present an argument, section by section, about the accomplishments of women in the nation and around the world. Women marched in delegations from their states, or with others from their professions, or in their academic regalia from the universities they attended. It demonstrated that women's participation in the public sphere was dignified and in keeping with America's moral values. Behind the marchers, bands played patriotic songs and elaborate floats illustrated the beauty and competence of women.
But very few of the spectators got to see the full demonstration as Paul had envisioned it. The crowd of at least 250,000 people did not stay on the sidewalk but began to stream into the streets and block the parade route. Police stationed along Pennsylvania Avenue were unable or unwilling to control the crowds. The marchers tried their best to continue. Those in cars or on horseback tried to drive the throng of people back and clear the street, but the crowd would simply fill back in behind them. Progress slowed and then stopped.
The marchers found themselves trapped in a sea of hostile, jeering men who yelled vile insults and sexual propositions at them. They were manhandled and spat upon. The women reported that they received no assistance from nearby police officers, who looked on bemusedly or admonished the women that they wouldn't be in this predicament if they had stayed home. Although a few women fled the terrifying scene, most were determined to continue. They locked arms and faced the ambush, some through tears. When they could, they ignored the taunts. Some brandished banner poles, flags, and hatpins to ward off attack. They held their ground until the U.S. Army troops arrived about an hour later to clear the street so that the procession could continue.
Crowd converging on marchers and blocking parade route during March 3, 1913, inaugural suffrage procession, Washington, D.C.
Leet Brothers, photographer. National Woman's Party Records, Library of Congress
African American Women in the Procession
Black women felt like they were under attack long before the crowds descended upon the marchers. They had to fight just to be included in the procession. As described in the NAACP's newspaper:
"The women's suffrage party had a hard time settling the status of Negroes in the Washington parade. At first, Negro callers were received coolly at headquarters. Then they were told to register, but found that the registry clerks were usually out. Finally, an order went out to segregate them in the parade, but telegrams and protests poured in and eventually the colored women marched according to their State and occupation without let or hindrance." The Crisis, vol 5, no. 6, April 1913, page 267.
Ida B. Wells-Barnett traveled to Washington, D.C. with the Illinois delegation and fully expected to march with them. As the group was lining up to begin the procession, the white suffrage leaders suddenly asked Wells-Barnett not to march with her fellow suffragists from Illinois and instead assume a place in the back of the procession. Wells-Barnett refused and left the area. Instead, she waited along the side of Pennsylvania Avenue until the Illinois group marched by. Then she and two white allies stepped in front of the Illinois delegation and continued in the procession.
Although it is sometimes reported that African American women marched in the back of the procession, The Crisis reported that more than forty Black women processed in their state delegations or with their respective professions. Two were reported to have carried the lead banners for their sections. Twenty-five students from Delta Sigma Theta sorority from Howard University marched in cap and gown with the university women, as did six graduates of universities, including Mary Church Terrell.
"In spite of the apparent reluctance of the local suffrage committee to encourage the colored women to participate," reported The Crisis, "and in spite of the conflicting rumors that were circulated and which disheartened many of the colored women from taking part, they are to be congratulated that so many of them had the courage of their convictions and that they made such an admirable showing in the first great national parade."
1911 photo of Marie Bottineau Baldwin, from her personnel file.
Records of the U.S. Civil Service Commission. National Archives, St. Louis.
"Dawn Mist" and Native American Women
Before the 1913 Woman Suffrage Procession, newspapers announced that one of the marchers would be "Dawn Mist, the beautiful daughter of Chief Three Bears of the Glacier National Park Indians." The papers reported that Dawn Mist and her friends would ride their Indian ponies in their buckskin dresses in the parade, and camp on the National Mall in their teepees. They would "represent the wildest type of American womanhood" side by side with white women like Inez Milholland, who represented "the highest type of cultured womanhood."
But Dawn Mist wasn't a real person.
She was a character created by the public relations department of the Great Northern Railroad. The railroad hired Native American women to perform as Dawn Mist – at least three of them. They used images of the women posing as Dawn Mist in advertising and on postcards. In 1913, Daisy Norris, a Blackfoot woman, was working in the role of Dawn Mist for the Railroad. But she wasn't in D.C. for the Suffrage Procession. It was all a publicity stunt.
There was, however, at least one native woman in the 1913 parade. Marie Louise Bottineau Baldwin marched with the lawyers contingent in the procession. Of mixed French and Ojibway heritage, she was the first native woman to become a lawyer. She had moved to D.C. with her father to fight for tribal sovereignty and became a federal civil servant, working for the Federal Indian Bureau. She later advocated for Native American suffrage in her work with the Society for American Indians.
College section of the March 3, 1913 suffrage parade in Washington, D.C.
National Woman's Party Records, Library of Congress
The Suffrage Movement Re-energized
The procession ended, a hour or so later than planned, with a dramatic tableau on the steps of the Treasury Building. The next day, headlines in newspapers around the country proclaimed the drama of the Woman Suffrage Procession. The coverage of the march was often more prominent on the front pages than news of Woodrow Wilson's inauguration. Congress began an investigation to determine why crowd control by the police had been so ineffective. The hearings kept the procession in the news even longer. Although the Washington, D.C demonstration was not the first suffrage march or the largest, the publicity it received brought new attention and energy to the movement, energy that would eventually push the 19th Amendment through Congress.
Liberty and her Attendants - (Suffragette's Tableau) in Front of Treasury Bldg. March 3, 1913 - Washington, D.C.
L & M Ottenheimer, Publisher/National Woman's Party Records, Library of Congress
Cahill, Cathleen. Recasting the Vote: How Women of Color Transformed the Suffrage Movement. UNC Press, 2020.
Rabinovitz-Fox, Einav. "New Women in Early Twentieth-Century America." Oxford Research Encyclopedias, August 2017.
Ware, Susan. Why They Marched: Untold STories of the Women Who Fought for the Right to Vote. Belknap/Harvard University Press, 2019.
Zahniser, J. D. and Amelia R. Fry. Alice Paul: Claiming Power. Oxford University Press, 2014.
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We Came As Romans release new single "Daggers" ahead of Veeps livestream
The tour was the last time WCAR played songs off 'To Plant A Seed' before retiring them for good.
We Came As Romans have made a special announcement regarding their fall anniversary tour for their 2009 album, To Plant A Seed.
The tour kicked off Sept. 29 and ended Nov. 7, but not before the band offered something unique for their fans. A recording of their Nov. 6 tour date in Detroit will be available to stream Nov. 11 on Veeps for We Came As Romans fans to watch from the comfort of their homes.
Read more: We Came As Romans release "Black Hole" ahead of 'To Plant A Seed' tour
Ahead of the livestream, We Came As Romans have released "Daggers" featuring Zero 9:36. The song centers around navigating self-doubt and coming out the other side with a stronger sense of self.
Additionally, the band shared their first single of 2021 in July with "Darkbloom" before joining forces with Beartooth's Caleb Shomo on "Black Hole" in September.
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Advanced tickets are on sale now but can also be bought on the day of the show.
The tour was originally scheduled for spring 2020 but was delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
"We are ecstatic to finally be able to perform TPAS in its entirety and celebrate its anniversary," vocalist Dave Stephens says in a press release. "Before the tour was originally canceled due to the COVID outbreak, the shows were incredible."
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We Came As Romans were excited to celebrate in person with fans before they permanently retired To Plant A Seed songs from future setlists.
"Being able to watch our fans connect with us through music over the last decade has been an amazing privilege, and it all started with To Plant A Seed," guitarist Joshua Moore says. "Way back in 2009 when we recorded it, we had no idea where it would take us or what we were really even doing, and it's awesome to see that we can play these songs still and feel that connection with you.
"But over the course of the years, we've released four other albums, and we're even working on a fifth," he continues. "With that being said, we are going to be throwing these songs into the vault of old WCAR — and retiring them from all future setlists after this tour. So make sure you grab your tickets and come hear these songs one last time live."
You can buy tickets here, and check out the visual for "Daggers" below.
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What Will Happen in Karachi If MQM Chief Altaf Hussain is Convicted?
#MQM Chief Altaf Hussain has been arrested then released on bail by British Police in connection with money-laundering investigation.
MQM's stronghold city of #Karachi was effectively shut down immediately after the arrest.
What is next? Will Altaf Husain be tried and convicted on money-laundering charges?
Will there be additional charges brought against Mr. Hussain?
What will happen to MQM if Mr. Hussain is convicted and sentenced to a long prison term?
Will MQM split up again and its factions engage in long internecine conflict?
Will its armed members and sector commanders in its militant wing in Karachi take orders from any one other than Mr. Hussain?
Will violence further escalate in Karachi?
ViewPoint from Overseas host Misbah Azam discusses these questions with Pakistani author and journalist Zahid Hussain, Ali H Cemendtaur and Riaz Haq (www.riazhaq.com)
Altaf Hussain's London Case Fall-Out in Karachi Pakistan from WBT TV on Vimeo.
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Riaz sahab kehte hain ke burden of proof altaf hussain per he that he should prove where the money came from, you are absolutely wrong, in UK laws, the burden of proof in money laundering case is on prosecution not the accused
if the burden of proof was on the accused, according to you, he should have been charged by now because of the bullshit of extortion you mentioned which itself has no grounds, i you bloody lived in karachi you would know who does extortion in Karachi, but it didn't happen
Ali: "Riaz sahab kehte hain ke burden of proof altaf hussain per he that he should prove where the money came from, you are absolutely wrong, in UK laws, the burden of proof in money laundering case is on prosecution not the accused"
In the anti-terror legislation enacted since 911, the burden of proof in US, UK and several countries is reversed in money-laundering cases...the accused has to prove that the money was acquired by legitimate means.
Mehwish said...
Brother, do you have any link to prove your claim? What I have read up till now, then it is still upon the prosecution to bring the proof. I hope the following makes it clear beyond any doubts.
http://www.cps.gov.uk/legal/p_to_r/proceeds_of_crime_money_laundering/
Mehwish: "Brother, do you have any link to prove your claim? What I have read up till now, then it is still upon the prosecution to bring the proof. I hope the following makes it clear beyond any doubts."
Here's the section of the British money laundering statute putting the burden on the accused:
Section 338 authorises a person to make a disclosure regarding suspicion of money laundering as a defence to the principal money laundering offences.
To constitute an authorised disclosure sufficient to amount to a defence, disclosure should be made before a prohibited act takes place.
If disclosure is made during the prohibited act, the person must have had no relevant knowledge or suspicion when the act was started; the disclosure must be made as soon as practicable after relevant knowledge or suspicion was acquired, and the disclosure must be made on the person's own initiative (that is, not for example prompted by the realisation of imminent discovery or the encouragement of another). The burden of proof will be on the accused to satisfy the court that these conditions are met, otherwise the disclosure is not an authorised disclosure and no defence is available.
http://www.mylawyer.co.uk/the-principal-money-laundering-offences-a-A76810D76833/
UK asset forfeiture law now stems from the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (hereafter POCA). S6 of the Act sets out the circumstances where a confiscation order will be made, and the process is mandatory where the Crown requests it.
The principle of recovery of the proceeds of crime is given strong backing through the way the Court must calculate criminal benefit and the amount in which any order should be made.
POCA requires the Court to determine whether the defendant has a criminal lifestyle4 and if so whether he has benefited from his general criminal conduct prior to determining the level of benefit from his particular criminal conduct (i.e. his substantive criminal offences). The criminal lifestyle provisions5 represent the greatest change from the previous legislative regime. Criminal lifestyle confiscation proceedings require the Court to make the assumptions that any property transferred to the defendant during the relevant period (6 years prior to commencement of proceedings), any property obtained by the defendant within the relevant period, and any expenditure by the defendant within the relevant period shall be held to be criminal benefit unless the defendant can show the assumption is incorrect or that there would be a serious risk of injustice if the assumption were made.
It is clear that the "criminal lifestyle" provisions are the main reason as to why confiscation proceedings are often referred to as having draconian outcomes, as the assumptions can result in vast figures added to the defendant's particular criminal benefit (i.e. what he has obtained through his substantive offending).
The value of the benefit to a defendant is defined as the value of property (or pecuniary advantage) obtained through or in connection with criminal conduct.
Of note are the recent House of Lords decisions in the cases of R v May6 (and the linked cases of Green7 and Jennings8), where it was confirmed that the value of the benefit is the total value, not the net profit to a defendant9, and that "obtained" means by the relevant defendant10. Perhaps most important in consideration of the question posed by this essay, where two or more defendants obtain property jointly, each is to be regarded as obtaining the whole of it11. In a conspiracy, the Court should consider the facts when deciding whether a defendant has "obtained" and therefore benefited12.
This can result in confiscation orders, particularly in the case of multiple defendants, where benefit figures from the particular criminal conduct alone dwarf the actual criminal property involved.
When applying the assumptions POCA requires the Court to make, the burden of proof is reversed. The defendant himself must account for his benefit and his available assets. In the case of Walbrook and Glasgow13, the dicta was established that a defendant must provide "clear and cogent evidence" to disprove assumptions in confiscation cases, and that where their evidence stood alone, unsupported but for their own word, it was to be accorded minimal credibility.
In practice, and speaking purely anecdotally, it could be said that where they deal with the evidence of a defendant in confiscation proceedings, Judges in practice give little weight to it. An obvious response to this would be to say that their evidence is naturally going to be given less weight as they, of course, are convicted criminals. A defendant in confiscation proceedings can face consequences far in excess of the punishment for the original offence, not least the default sentence. It is arguable his evidence should be given greater weight, particularly when consider the question of his assets.
After considering benefit, the Court considers the available amount. The defendant must satisfy the court of his current assets14.
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According to the JIT report, the MQM worker revealed that a "well-known party high official" had demanded Rs200 million as Bhatta (extortion money) though his frontman from Ali Enterprises, the owners of the ill-fated factory, in Aug 2012.
The suspect told the investigators that after the extortion demand one of the factory owners had met the sector in-charge of Baldia Town, Asghar Baig, and informed him about it. He said the sector in-charge and his brother, Majid, had taken the factory owner to MQM's headquarters Nine-Zero and brought the matter to the knowledge of in-charge of KTC (Karachi Tanzeemi Committee) Hammad Siddiqui and Farooq Saleem.
He said Asghar Baig told the KTC men that the factory owners were party supporters and still they were being asked to pay extortion money. The JIT report quoted the suspect as saying that the sector in-charge and his brother had also exchanged harsh words with Hammad Siddiqui and Farooq Saleem.
Later, the MQM worker said, Hammad Siddiqui had suspended the sector in-charge of Baldia Town, replacing him with the joint sector in-charge, Rehman Bhola. The suspect said the KTC men had ordered Bhola to collect Rs200m as protection money from the factory owners. When the factory owners refused to pay the money, Bhola and his accomplices set the factory on fire by throwing chemical substances, according to the suspect.
He said the CID had raided the house of the suspended sector in-charge and arrested his brother Majid who was later released after the MQM pressurised the factory owners to issue a statement that he was not involved in the incident.
According to the suspect, a former MQM minister got a pre-arrest bail of the factory owners cancelled and a frontman of a party high official took Rs150m from the factory owners for disposal of the case.
The suspect claimed that he had obtained all this information from the former sector in-charge of Baldia Town.
Giving a brief history of the suspect, the JIT report said Rizwan Qureshi was born in 1968. He worked as a mechanic in NLC from 1984 to 1988 and as supervisor in a private company till 1991. He had been jobless from 1991 to 1998 and was then appointed in KMC as sanitary sub-inspector.
The JIT report also contains several other disclosures about the involvement of MQM workers in several criminal cases as well rigging in the 2013 general elections.
A two-judge SHC bench headed by Chief Justice Maqbool Baqar took the JIT report on record and put off the hearing to be later fixed by the court office.
The petitioner's counsel pointed out that a plea had been made for the replacement of the present investigation officer (IO) and conclusion of the trial in the factory fire case as early as possible.
In its order, the court said: "As regards the change of the IO, we have already appointed Mr Sultan Khawaja [deputy inspector general of police] to supervise the proceedings on behalf of police and would dispose of the present application by directing the trial court to proceed in the matter expeditiously so that the trial may conclude within one year from today."
http://www.dawn.com/news/1162049
Wall Street Journal on Saulat Mirza's video confession:
KARACHI, Pakistan — The hot topic on Pakistani social media today isn't just cricket: It's one of the country's most famous death row inmates.
Saulat Ali Khan, known as Saulat Mirza, is a former activist for the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, the country's fourth-largest political party. He was sentenced to death by a court in 1999 for assassinating a top government bureaucrat, his driver and bodyguard in 1997 in Karachi, but hours before the sentence was to be carried out, he won a Bollywood gangster-movie-style reprieve: Hours after prison officials confirmed he was to be hanged in a prison in remote Balochistan province, he was given a temporary stay of execution by the President of Pakistan Mamnoon Hussain.
Late Wednesday, #saulatmirza was already trending on Twitter in Pakistan, despite the ongoing Cricket World Cup. The reason?
The release of a videotaped confession, in which Mr. Khan said that murders had been carried out on the order of MQM's London-based founder, Altaf Hussain, and other senior party leaders.
In the aftermath of the release of this allegation, Mr. Hussain issued a strong denial, saying he had never met Mr. Mirza and that the convicted murderer had been removed from the party in 1994.
But the Mr. Khan's revelations remained the focus of television talk shows until late Wednesday night.
Local police officials said Mr. Khan had also been charged in 20 separate murder cases, including the killing of a U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency agent in Karachi in 1995. They added that he is suspected to have been involved in at least 58 political murders, with the victims being principally police and security officials.
Officials, speaking privately, said Mr. Khan's sentence in the murder of Shahid Hamid, then-managing director of Karachi's then state-owned electricity company – now the privately held K Electric – had stood because Mr. Hamid's widow, also a senior government official, and his son Omar Shahid, a police officer and author of the internationally acclaimed thriller 'The Prisoner' refused to succumb to pressure from MQM party for a lighter sentence.
Nevertheless, officials said, the death penalty was not carried out for 11 years, even after the Supreme Court had denied an appeal against Mr. Khan's conviction in 2004. It was only the recent lifting of the moratorium on hangings by the government after the Peshawar massacre of school children by the Taliban in December, that Mr. Mirza's name appeared on the top of the list of those to be executed.
http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2015/03/19/trending-in-pakistan-a-convicted-hit-mans-impending-hanging-and-a-political-drama/
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2jwe6l_saulat-mirza-name-names-before-execution_news
From NY Times:
The news media, which previously treated the party (MQM) with caution, has aired criticism of the party. (Among those arrested was a Muttahida supporter charged with the murder of Wali Khan Babar, a prominent television journalist who was shot dead in his car in 2011.) And in the city's political back rooms, senior Muttahida officials have begun to quietly consider the possibility of a new leader — an unthinkable idea until recently.
"The fear factor is gone," said a senior party official who, like several others, spoke on the condition of anonymity out of fear of retribution.
But the upheaval has also brought worries of new instability in a city that is awash with armed groups. Noting that Karachi is in a "state of flux," the newspaper Dawn warned in an editorial this month that "when the chips fall, they may not do so without considerable violence."
The moves against Muttahida are part of a broader effort to stem a cycle of political and criminal violence that has left Karachi prone to Taliban infiltration in recent years. Militants disrupted election campaigning in 2013, leading to a crackdown that has broken several Taliban cells, according to police officials and ethnic Pashtun community leaders.
Now the authorities have turned their attention to the armed wings of the city's political parties, of which Muttahida is by far the largest.
But few are writing off Mr. Hussain, a wily political player with a long record of survival, just yet.
For much of the 1990s, Mr. Hussain's supporters waged a street war against the security forces in Karachi, only to ultimately re-emerge stronger than ever.
Since then, he has enjoyed unquestioned support from the city's Mohajir population — mostly Urdu-speaking families that migrated from India in 1947 — by playing on their sense of grievance at the hands of local ethnic groups, creating a magnetic cult of personality in the process.
This time, however, the challenges also come from within. Mr. Hussain's stewardship of the party has become increasingly erratic recently, several officials said.
In addresses to party rallies in Karachi, delivered over the phone from London (his usual mode of communication with the party faithful), he frequently appears to be under the influence of alcohol, they said.
During one lengthy tirade on March 30, Mr. Hussain publicly resigned his leadership and urged his followers to take up charity work, only to reappoint himself hours later.
"We never know if it's going to be happy hour or sad hour," said one senior official who privately advocated a change in leadership and spoke on the condition of anonymity.
To many, it seems clear that the Pakistani military, which has a long history of meddling in politics, is trying to engineer a change in leadership. Journalists say the videotaped accusations from Mr. Mirza, the death-row convict, bore the hallmarks of a military intelligence operation.
In political circles, the army has started to take informal soundings about a possible successor to Mr. Hussain, the same party official said.
"They want to keep the M.Q.M., but without Altaf or anyone directly associated with violence," he said.
But experts warn that such a strategy is fraught with danger. "If the M.Q.M. implodes, what will happen to Karachi?" said Laurent Gayer, author of "Ordered Disorder and the Struggle for the City," a recent book on Karachi. "It seems that few people are thinking about the consequences of a militarized, fragmented party."
Mr. Hussain looked unsteady as he pushed through reporters at the entrance to the London police station on Tuesday. He has said a large sum of money found at his house — about $650,000, party officials say — came from legitimate political donations.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/15/world/asia/pakistan-karachi-loosening-altaf-hussain-and-mqm-grip.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0
On a muggy evening this July, I was in a car with two colleagues on my way to a wealthy suburb of Karachi, where we were shooting a soap opera. As we drove down a heavily trafficked bridge, our car screeched to a halt—a dozen men in their early twenties had surrounded us. When our driver got out and gestured with his hand, as if to ask, "Why are you stopping us?" one of the men hurled a large rock toward the windshield. It shattered. The driver jumped back inside and locked the doors. As I dove to the floor, another rock slammed against the glass.
The incident took place during the month of Ramadan, an hour after the end of the daily fast. The police officers that normally trawl high-security zones, such as the bridge, had left to pray. It was the perfect time for disaffected youth to launch a protest. To our shock and relief, the mob soon turned its attention to the burning of spare car tires, which they had brought along, chanting anti-government slogans. But what if they had decided instead to torch our car and those lined up behind us on the bridge?
As Laurent Gayer shows in his vivid book, "Karachi: Ordered Disorder and the Struggle for the City," this sort of violence is an everyday reality for the city's 20 million citizens. In this, Mr. Gayer argues, Karachi is a "microcosm" of Pakistan, and the fault lines that run through the city—criminality, sectarian turf wars and political violence—run through the country itself.
Once described to American soldiers posted there during World War II as the "Paris of the East," the fate of the buzzing port city shifted beginning in the early 1970s. In a two year period, from 1971 to 1973, an Islamic constitution was adopted and Bangladesh was born amidst much bloodshed. Unlike Punjab, over which a well-known center-right party had begun strengthening its hold, Karachi's territory was as yet unclaimed, and so Pakistan's most cosmopolitan city became a site for violent political clashes.
Yet before the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979, access to and demand for firearms in Pakistan was limited. To be sure, there were brawls between rightist and leftist groups competing for dominance at Karachi's universities, where local politics coalesced in the decades following partition in 1947. But it was only when Pakistan entered the Afghan fight against the Soviets with the support of the U.S. that the black market was flooded with guns. Kalashnikovs replaced sticks and stones in campus fights. In the northwestern Frontier Province, writes Mr. Gayer, the price of an AK-47 fell from 40,000 rupees in 1980 to 16,000 rupees in 1989, with inflation running as high as 10% during the decade. ...
http://www.wsj.com/articles/book-review-karachi-by-laurent-gayer-1409348113
MQM Leader Altaf Hussain:
"The division of the Indian sub-continent was the biggest blunder in the history of mankind".
"Perhaps the idea of Pakistan was dead at its inception, when the majority of Muslims chose to stay back after independence, a truism reiterated in the creation of Bangladesh in 1971".
— Altaf Hussain's Keynote Speech at conference in New Delhi on 6 November 2004
https://books.google.com/books?id=Gr5IoddTKb8C&pg=PR1&lpg=PR1&dq=Indo-Pak+Relations:+Challenges+Before+New+Millennium&source=bl&ots=cQlNuPtF5r&sig=qIeImTdOe7oIbA-oeBg9SGxcKMM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Z0dCVbaAMsnuoATu1oC4Bg&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=MQM&f=false
#Pakistan arrests two men over #London murder of dissident politician Imran Farooq. #MQM #Karachi
http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCAKBN0OY27720150618 … via @Reuters
Pakistani authorities said they arrested two men on Thursday in connection with the murder of a dissident Pakistani politician in London five years ago.
Mohsin Ali Syed, who left Britain just hours after Farooq's murder and is wanted by Scotland Yard, and Khalid Shamim were crossing into Pakistan's Baluchistan province from Afghanistan when they were arrested.
Farooq was a founding member of a major political party in Pakistan, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), which controls Karachi, Pakistan's richest city and home to 20 million people.
He has been accused of murder, torture and other serious crimes and was seeking asylum in London when he was stabbed and beaten to death on his way home from work.
"The two men are MQM activists, one of them is directly involved in the Farooq stabbing, the other is said to be handler," a senior security official told Reuters.
MQM was not immediately available for comment.
A spokesman for the paramilitary Frontier Corps said, "The Interior Ministry has been informed about their arrest and the men will be handed over to the Federal Investigation Agency."
MQM's leader Altaf Hussain has been living in self-imposed exile in Britain since 1992. He was arrested and questioned in connection with Farooq's murder last June, leading to protests that shut down Karachi.
No one has been charged with Farooq's murder but several MQM activists have been questioned and one of them was arrested on suspicion of money-laundering in April.
Last year, Scotland Yard said they wanted to trace Ali and a second Pakistani man, Muhammad Kashif Khan Kamran, who also left Britain just hours after Farooq's murder.
Kamran's whereabouts remain unknown.
The arrests may raise further weaken MQM at a time of rising tensions between Karachi's civilian politicians and the powerful military.
The two sides have been trading corruption allegations for several days and this week the paramilitary Rangers raided a government office after accusing an unnamed political party of controlling mafias in the city.
#BBC reporter @OwenBennettJone on #GeoTV @shahzebkhanzda stands by his story of #MQM funding by #India's #RAW
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2vggjy_owen-bennett-jones-interview-on-mqm-in-aaj-shahzeb-khanzada-ke-saath-25-june-2015_news …
#BBC reporter @OwenBennettJone stands by his story of #MQM funding by #India's #RAW #AltafHussain
http://tribune.com.pk/story/910034/mqm-funding-owen-bennett-jones-stands-by-his-story/ …
Excerpt of "Transcending divisions: the consolidation of Pakistan" by Benazir Bhutto published in 1996 in Harvard International Review:
Occasionally, the question is raised if national integration has succeeded equally in the province of Sindh. In the past, Sindh often resisted the national government, but this resistance stemmed largely from Sindhis' opposition to military rule from Islamabad. Most recently, Sindh has shown two opposite trends: on the one hand, the PPP swept rural Sindh and brought it into the national mainstream, defusing past sentiment for Sindhi independence. On the other hand, the Muhajir Qaumi Movement (MQM) swept urban Sindh in those elections and continues to agitate against the established government. The MQM claims to represent the Muhajirs, those Muslims who immigrated to Pakistan from India since the time of partition in 1947. Arguing that the Muhajirs form a distinct ethnic group in Pakistan that had been denied its share of national economic opportunities, the MQM tragically opted out of the democratic process and resorted to extraconstitutional and violent means to achieve its objectives. It has shattered the peace of Karachi, Pakistan's largest city and one that absorbed much of the immigrant population in the past fifty years, through its compulsively violent tactics and the external assistance provided to it by a foreign power.
The MQM, using a warped version of the ideology of Pakistan, recruited a significant number of malcontents into its clandestine army. The bulk of the Muhajir community, fortunately, kept itself away from this Nazi-style organization and showed a clear preference for democratic dialogue rather than terrorism. This factor has been instrumental in limiting terrorism only to some parts of Karachi. The Pakistan government has taken a two-fold approach to the MQM: it will combat MQM terrorism, and it will at the same time engage in a political dialogue with the MQM and implement vigorous social and economic measures for the uplift of Karachi. The city has grown much too fast for its civic and commercial institutions to keep pace with its expansion, and the government has therefore developed a master plan to redress this situation at every level, from improving mass transit to expanding adequate job opportunities.
The threat posed by MQM terrorism would actually pose only a marginal problem were it not for the unfortunate fact that in South Asia, violent movements fall easy prey to external manipulation. At a time when most countries of the world are engaging in the formation of trading blocs within the parameters of a globalizing economy, South Asia continues to pay a heavy price for the old-fashioned hegemonic ambitions of the largest South Asian state. India's vaulting aspirations to project power in the region and beyond has affected South Asia at several levels. Precious resources needed for social action have been diverted to military expenditure. The region faces the most serious nuclear threat in the world today, aggravated by great advances made by India in missile technology. Above all, not a single state in South Asia has escaped gross interference in its internal affairs. Even the smallest of states, which pose no conceivable threat to their great neighbor, have seen this interference plunge them into long periods of internal turmoil. It is unfortunate that India did not resist the temptation to contribute support to MQM terrorism; at a number of locations in India, scores of MQM activists continue to be transformed into terrorists. South Asia will have a bleak future if such cross-border interference, masterminded by overgrown intelligence services, continues. The political process will resolve the MQM problem in Karachi, and Indian interference will result only in injecting avoidable tension into interstate relations.
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/article/Harvard-International-Review/30022122.html
Two former #Pakistan Generals punished in NLC corruption case by Military under Army Act: #ISPR http://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/pakistan/two-former-generals-punished-in-nlc-case-ispr/#.VcIwF-H-y-o.twitter
RAWALPINDI (Staff Report) – Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Wednesday said the two accused retired General Officers of Pakistan Army have been punished under the Pakistan Army Act in the light of inquiry conducted after violations were observed in NLC in 2009.
According to details the dismissal of Major-General (r) Khalid Zahir Akhter, implies forfeiture of rank, decorations, medals, honours, awards, seizure of pension, recovery of personal gains, cancellation of service benefits and all other allied facilities including medical whereas Lt-General (r) Muhammad Afzal has been awarded "Severe Displeasure" which in essence is a disciplinary award due to an offence of lesser degree.
On the other hand Lt-General (r) Khalid Munir Khan has not been found involved in any financial irregularity or serious misconduct and therefore stands absolved from all charges, ISPR statement said.
The inquiry was initiated by Defense Ministry after National Assembly's Public Accounts Committee noted irregularities in the audit report of National Logistic Cell (NLC) in 2009.
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Uber often defends its "surge" price increases by explaining capitalism, but it took a new tack after a controversial surge in London. The city was gripped by a tube strike yesterday that brought train service to a standstill, forcing commuters to find other ways to get to work. The sudden demand for buses, taxis and ridesharing services kicked Uber's app into surge mode, causing fares to triple at one point. That produced a lot of righteous anger in social media and the press, prompting the company to release an article "reviewing" its own app against others to show that surges are a good thing.
Uber compared its own wait times to Gett, Hailo and Adison Lee, and (wait for it) came out on top. Addressing the controversial fares, it said that the higher rates benefit everybody since more drivers are motivated to hit the road. And during the strike, it said that double the number of UberX drivers were available. It added that the surge fares weren't actually that bad, since Uber pricing is often lower than taxis and other services to begin with.
Nevertheless, its own chart also showed that a £19 cab far could've run as high as £32.50 when surge pricing hit 2.5X in the AM (it went as high as 2.9X). Uber said that it provides users with a clear warning about surge pricing, and offers the option of waiting for it to go down. It also reminded everyone that "no one has to travel when surge pricing is in effect – it's entirely your choice." Still, other see it differently. A London mayoral candidate told the Guardian, "Uber may be very clever with their 'dynamic demand,' but it still looks like a rip-off when you are struggling to get to and from work while the tube is out of action."
In this article: London, pricing, Subway, surge, Tube Strike, Uber
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"Who is you, Chiron?" – Moonlight Review
Every now and again, a film comes along and speaks a truth. It's a truth that's never far away from reality, embracing an inclusiveness to tell a visually poetic story.
That film is Moonlight.
"At some point, you gotta decide for yourself who you're going to be. Can't let nobody make that decision for you." – Juan
Based on the unpublished play, In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue by Tarell Alvin McCraney, Moonlight is a beautiful exploration into the human condition, a coming of age story structurally split into three life-changing chapters. This is Chiron's story documenting his transition from boyhood to manhood and the societal changes that influenced him along the way.
Coming of age films have been tackled before, therefore Moonlight is a familiar subject matter. Films like Stand By Me, The Breakfast Club, Almost Famous and even Good Will Hunting are examples of growing adolescence, life lessons and imminent change. But Moonlight cuts straight to the point, a clear and distinct operation as a condensed version of Boyhood but with a poignant authenticity and impact.
Moonlight's thematic story is simple. It's about identity, asking three important questions that will ultimately define Chiron's life. What's it like to be black? What's it like to be gay? What's it like to be a man? Each soul defining chapter is a personal insight into that question, explored without the clichés or forced melodrama but told with an intimate honesty.
Intertwine with elements such as family and sexuality, Moonlight explores the often conceived taboo subjects with the concept of masculinity. Director Barry Jenkins showcases a dominance in alpha male attitudes, expressed through strength and physicality. But with young Chiron, nicknamed Little (Alex Hibbert), he's clearly an exception. He doesn't belong nor fits in with the populace crowd. He doesn't seem to know what he is and yet the world does. Bullied and teased, our first introduction to Chiron is one out of fear, a rejection from the world as he runs away from the chaotic conformity of his environment.
Chiron's encounter with Juan (the brilliant Mahershala Ali) proves to be a crucial intervention, essentially becoming a father figure that was absent in Chiron's life. By taking him into his world he provides a family unit, a safe place and foundation where he can open up without fear, judgement or repercussions. To complete the experience, Juan handles Chiron's exploring indifference with a sensitivity, dispelling derogatory words from Chiron's mindset. Mahershala is not on-screen for long but his character plants the seed that sets Chiron on a mission to define his identity. To play a drug dealer which is often associated with negative connotations, this small act showcases a humanity not often seen or portrayed on-screen, going beyond the stereotype. This change in perspective is balanced and compared to Chiron's mother Paula (the brilliant Naomie Harris) who quickly descends down a dark path, a fall from grace where drugs consume her daily life and Chiron is a first hand witness of her troubles. Like a twisted version of the circle of life, it is the sudden realisation of our interconnected world that Juan's drugs contribute to her downfall becoming a prevailing aspect for the characters and their responsibilities.
As Chiron (Ashton Sanders) grows up into a teenager, it's the realisation that he's a homosexual. Juan's girlfriend Teresa (Janelle Monáe) still provides that safe place of normalcy and nurturing whereas his friend Kevin (Jharrel Jerome) awakens his adolescent desires. But his experience is often offset against his perceived weakness as a man that allows his mother and the school bullies to take advantage of him. The day he actually stands up for himself sets in motion a persona that keeps him surviving much like a coping mechanism and the film's final chapter.
It's adult Chiron aka Black (Trevante Rhodes) that seals the deal. He becomes the very thing that the world wants him to change into. The societal system transforms him into a muscular built, gold teeth, chain wearing gangster, not afraid of being an intimidating figure to the people he surrounds himself with. In essence he becomes the negative representation of a common stereotype that's regularly re-enforced of what black men are associated as – criminals. But in actual fact, it's the complete opposite. Chiron is still the scared and emotionally vulnerable young boy we witnessed as Little, still coming to terms with his life, his sexuality and the external pressurization of the world around him. It's all expressed through his eyes and the things left unsaid, the "chopped and screwed" soundtrack filling in the gaps to convey those meanings.
Having three young actors to play Chiron at different stages of his life is understandable and completely relatable. Chiron in each chapter is different, which echoes our own lives. We are not the same person throughout and we've all grown and evolved both physically and emotionally. Each personality change is symbolised through Chiron's contact with water – whether it's learning how to swim, healing wounds from a beat down or realising you're something you're not, it's a spiritual baptism, a transformative rebirth into a new self and acceptance. But the same emotional vulnerability is present throughout each chapter, carried through as a constant connection. When you add masculinity into the mix, each chapter became a symbol. When Chiron was "Little", he was weak, bullied, emotionally withdrawn from society. When he was "Chiron" he battled the complications of his life, like swimming up against an overwhelming tide, trying not to drown, trying to survive. When he was "Black", it's a regression of his true self.
"You ain't got to love me, but you gonna know that I love you." – Paula
Because Moonlight is based closely on the lives of Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney, every essence of their story is injected into the film. There's instances of brutality but also beauty, expressed in a highly artistic way. As Barry Jenkins recently said, he's bringing "art house to the hood," redefining a common concept of what we expect from black films when expressing a harshness and poverty of that world.
Right from the beginning, Moonlight makes its impact known. You're watching a reaffirmation of black culture by telling it from a different perspective and understanding. Moonlight could have used a hip-hop soundtrack but classical music is substituted in hip-hop's place to convey Chiron's state of mind, set against the backdrop of Miami. Chiron's theme which echoes throughout the film becomes a musical representation of his growth and change. Initially it may sound the same but some musical notes are deliberate, played differently to illustrate that change.
James Laxton's cinematography is visually striking, often surreal and dreamlike. This element plays in the film's favour in order to establish Chiron's relationships with people. When he's with someone he trusts, the camera is calm and smooth in its movement. When Chiron is threatened, the camera responds to his panic, often circling him with menace. But the one constant thing about the camera work is that it's always at arm's length from Chiron. Moonlight places you in between characters who directly look into the camera and share their world. But when it comes to Chiron, he's always a step ahead where you can't reach out.
The question is – is Moonlight a worthy Oscar winner. My answer is yes.
When you take away the horrible Oscar gaffe at the 89th Academy Awards and look at Moonlight's closest contender La La Land, there's nothing wrong with either film, both awesome in their own special way. La La Land is pure escapism, a tribute to old Hollywood with all the showbiz glitz and glam which mainstream audiences will find highly attractive. But Moonlight with its art house and independent filmmaking qualities is a story of the here and now. It's the sense of belonging – finding yourself, finding love and finding a connection to feel normal and not punished for being different or an outsider.
This heartfelt ideology and explored themes of humanity is brought to the forefront which makes Moonlight an emotional and engaging experience from start to finish.
Will this film resonate with everyone? Possibly not. But the fact of the matter is Moonlight provides a voice to the voiceless. It doesn't necessarily have to be viewed from a sexualised context but the internal struggle and acceptance of our identities is something we can all learn from. It's something I certainly did.
To express that internal and empathetic quest was beautiful and certainly one of the best films of the year.
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Luke Kent says:
Amazing review! Such a powerful film, so poignant, and stunningly shot! Great stuff!
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Iberedem Ekure says:
Just watched it for the first time. Great review