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Album Review: Waylon Jennings – 'Ladies Love Outlaws'
1 Comment Posted by Paul W. Dennis on August 24, 2015
Many of Waylon's early albums have been made available during the digital. For some reason one of my very favorite albums, Ladies Love Outlaws, has never been made available except as an mp3. There is a CD available bearing this title but it is not this album, instead being a sampler album of miscellaneous tracks.
Released in September 1972, the album reached #11 on Bilboard's country album charts despite being relatively bereft of single releases, with only a cover of an old Buck Owens hit "Under Your Spell Again" with wife Jessi Colter being released as a single (it reached #39) .
In his autobiography Waylon says that RCA released the album without his consent and he regarded most of the tracks as being little more than demos or 'scratch' tracks. That may be true, but Waylon's demos are superior to 90% of what I hear on the radio these days.
The album opens with the title track, written by Lee Clayton, which was never issued as a single by Waylon, although the song received considerable airplay in my area. Jimmy Rabbitt & The Renegades had a marginally successful single with the song in 1980. Waylon and Jessi are mentioned in one of the verses of the song.
Jessi liked Cadillacs and diamonds on her hands
Waymore had a reputation as a lady's man
Then one night, her light of love finally gave a sign
Jessi parked her Cadillac and got herself in line
'Cause ladies love outlaws
Like babies love a bunch of stray dogs
Ladies touch babies like a banker touches gold
Outlaws touch ladies somewhere deep down in their soul
Next up is a cover of the Three Dog Night song "Never Been To Spain". The song and arrangement fit Waylon's voice well, but the vocal clearly is not intended as a final vocal. Hoyt Axton wrote the song.
"Sure Didn't Take Him Long" is a Waylon Jennings composition about the rounder who stole his woman.
My long and lean and hungry looks really used to turn her on
Till she found two hundred pounds or true love muscle and bone
I made up my mind to keep what was mine, he made up my mind I was wrong
To take my Ann took a hell of a man but it sure didn't take him too long
"Crazy Arms" is one of the great country songs, a major hit for Ray Price and a song that has been recorded by dozens of country artists. Waylon's steel guitar player Ralph Mooney co-wrote the song and I think Waylon included the song on the album as a tribute to him.
"Revelation" is simply the best song on the album, although releasing religious songs as singles in the early 1970s was normally a career killer. Bobby Braddock wrote the song, which Joe Nichols included on an album a few years ago. Joe's version is good but no one will ever top Waylon's dramatic version
Somewhere in Vietnam a 19-year-old soldier walked out of a barroom
And he said "I must be seeing things, that bourbon hit me like a baseball bat"
In Belfast Ireland a little lady dropped her shovel in her garden
She raced across the yard and ask her neighbor Mrs Clancy what was that
In Memphis Tennessee a teacher raised the window closest to the river
And the children in her classroom swore they'd heard a choir singing down the street
In Washington DC a private secretary's lips began to quiver
And the President just put aside his papers and rose quickly to his feet
I lay in a cheap motel in the arms of someone else's woman
When a loud explosion rocked the room and turned the morning into night
I jumped out of bed and ran into the street with hardly any clothes on
As the sky lit up my heart stood still and I could feel my face was turnin' white
All at once the clouds rolled back and there stood Jesus Christ in all his glory
And I realized the saddest eyes I'd ever seen were lookin' straight at me
I guess I was awakened by the penetrating sounds of my own screamin'
And it didn't take me long to stumble out of bed and fall down on my knees
As tears rolled down my face I cried dear God I'm thankful I was only dreamin'
And if I never go to hell, Lord, it'll be because you scared it out of me
Larry Collins and Alex Harvey wrote "Delta Dawn", which was Tanya Tucker's debut single in 1972, and was an international pop hit for Helen Reddy in 1973. Because of those two versions, listeners tend to think of the song as a 'female' song but Waylon sings it well with the right amount of empathy in his vocals.
"Frisco Depot was a Mickey Newbury song that Waylons tackles with aplomb. The song is a slow ballad with steel guitar and acoustic guitar dominating the mix
"Thanks", co-written by Irish folk singer Phil Coulter and Scottish folk singer Bill Martin, is a quiet folk song, or perhaps a song of praise for one of life's more important treasures:
Sunday morning in the valley we would gather for the service
Emily Jane would run to meet me, she'd smile at papa kinda nervous
All the people came from miles around, I can still hear the sound
As they sang thanks to the Lord for the sun up in the sky
For the corn that's growing high and for the child that didn't die
Thanks to the Lord for the crops and for the farm
For the strength in my right arm and for keepin' us from harm
Thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks, to the Lord for a girl like Emily Jane
"I Think It's Time She Learned" is credited to Waylon Jennings and Mirriam Eddy (aka Jessi Colter). The song features a nice steel guitar introduction by Ralph Mooney, and is a song about a man leaving a woman who never returned his love for her.
How many times must I tell her
How many times must I say
I won't be around to pick her up again
From now on she'll have to find her own way.
How many years have I loved her
While she stood by so unconcerned
But the things she don't know I'll teach her when I go
She's been wrong and I think it's time she learned.
The album closed with the Buck Owens-Dusty Rhodes classic "Under Your Spell Again", performed as a duet with wife Jessi Colter.
"Never Been To Spain" is the weakest track on the album mostly because of the rough vocals, and even it isn't a bad track.
I'm calling this an A- because there are little finishing touches that could have greatly improved the album.
Album Reviews, Retro Reviews, Spotlight Artist	Alex Harvey, Bill Martin, Bobby Braddock, Buck Owens, Dusty Rhodes, Helen Reddy, Hoyt Axton, Jessi Colter, Jimmy Rabbitt, Joe Nichols, Larry Collins, Lee Clayton, Mickey Newbury, Mirriam Eddy, Phil Coulter, Ralph Mooney, Ray Price, Tanya Tucker, Three Dog Night, Waylon Jennings
Album Review: 'The Very Best of David Frizzell & Shelly West'
3 Comments Posted by Razor X on January 4, 2012
One of the hottest male-female duet acts of the early 80s, David Frizzell and Shelly West released four studio albums together. None of them ever had a CD release, nor are they currently in print. However, this 2009 anthology includes all of their big hits, plus a few misses and some key alubm cuts, and provides a more than adequate overview of their duet career.
The younger brother of Lefty Frizzell, David had had a singles deal with Columbia from 1970 to 1976. Only one of those recordings, 1970's "I Just Can't Stop Believin'" (not included in this collection) cracked the Top 40; the rest languished in obscurity on the lower rungs of the charts. His younger brother Allen joined his band in 1977. Alan had been the lead guitarist for Dottie West, and had married West's daughter Shelly. Shelly began performing with David, and eventually they caught the attention of producer Snuff Garrett. Their big break came in 1981 when their recording of "You're The Reason God Made Oklahoma" was included in the Clint Eastwood film Any Which Way You Can. The song was written by the legendary Felice and Boudleaux Bryant, along with Larry Collins and Sandy Pinkard. It reached the #1 spot on the Billboard country singles chart. It was the duo's biggest hit, telling the story of a couple dealing with a painful separation when one of them leaves their hometown for the bright lights of the big city. It's a theme that the duo would explore a number of times, beginning with their follow-up hit "Texas State of Mind", which peaked at #9 and the following year's "Another Honky-tonk Night On Broadway", which reached #8. Of the three songs, it isn't difficult to see why "Oklahoma" is the best-remembered (the other two have been virtually forgotten); it is the best-written of the three songs and also managed to avoid some of the early 80s production excesses that marred the other two records; there is a somewhat intrusive string section on "Texas State of Mind". While this is less of a problem on "Broadway", "Oklahoma" sounds the least dated and would stand a reasonable chance at success today with very little tinkering to the arrangement.
In between "Texas State of Mind" and "Another Honky-tonk Night on Broadway", Frizzell and West did an excellent cover version of Roger Miller's "Husbands and Wives", which peaked at #16. One of Miller's more serious efforts, his original 1966 version had reached #5, as well as reaching #26 on the Hot 100. Brooks & Dunn would cover it again in 1998 and take it all the way to #1 on the country charts. Their version also reached the Hot 100, peaking at #36.
Frizzell and West stopped recording together after 1985. It was speculated that West's acrimonious divorce from Allen Frizzell was a contributing factor, but the rest of the songs in this collection — and their performances on the charts — suggest that the official reason, a lack of good duet material, was probably the truth. The duo had only one more Top 10 hit, 1982's "I Just Came Here To Dance", a cover of an R&B hit by Peabo Bryson and Roberta Flack. The Frizzell and West version is barely country, yet managed to reach #4. Their next release, the decent but somewhat overproduced "Please Surrender" only reached #43. 1983's "Cajun Invitation" was a song that I liked a lot when it was first released, but it sounds very cheesy today. The duo reached the Top 20 two more times in 1984 with the beautiful "Silent Partners" and "It's a Be-Together Night". Their final single together "Do Me Right", released in 1985, failed to chart at all.
Also included in this collection are some very good non-single releases. "Carryin' On The Family Names", which was the title track of their first duet album, name checks other stars such as Hank Williams Jr., Rex Allen Jr., Debby Boone, and Crystal Gayle, who, like David and Shelly, were trying to emerge from the shadows of their more famous relatives. Also quite good is a medey of "The Wild Side of Life" and "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky-tonk Angels" which are performed as a single song, much like Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter had earlier done. Missing the mark entirely, however is a cover version of the 1963 Ruby and the Romantics' R&B hit "Our Day Will Come."
The collection does not include any of David or Shelly's solo hits, which is a shame, because there is sufficient room on the disc for "I'm Gonna Hire a Wino To Decorate Our Home", "Lost My Baby Blues", "Jose Cuervo" and "Flight 309 To Tennessee". It does, however, include one solo performance by Shelly of "I Just Fall In Love Again", which is very good, though it does not compare with Anne Murray's version that topped the country charts for three weeks in 1979.
David and Shelly's careers — as a duo and as solo artists — were largely over before the CD era, so very little of their work was ever released in that format. This collection appears to about the best that is currently available, and will suffice for all but the most die-hard fans.
Album Reviews, Spotlight Artist	Allen Frizzell, Anne Murray, Boudleaux Bryant, Brooks & Dunn, Clint Eastwood, Crystal Gayle, David Frizzell, Debby Boone, Dottie West, Felice Bryant, Hank Wiliams Jr., Jessi Colter, Larry Collins, Lefty Frizzell, Peabo Bryson, Rex Allen Jr., Roberta Flack, Roger Miller, Ruby and the Romantics, Sandy Pinkard, Shelly West, Snuff Garrett, Waylon Jennings


Jeff handles the financials while Dianna runs the day-to-day operations at the nursery, which sells all things gardening, from plants to tools, and even a smile or two, though those are free.
She said 29-year owners Robyn and Mark Holland left such a strong legacy at the store that there wasn't much to change, but she has added new flower beds, fountains, and other items alongside future plans to possibly expand into the nursery's second acre.
Other plans include remaining an active part of the community, Dianna said, by giving back wherever possible, especially during holiday seasons with special event ideas for Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Western Sierra Nursery offers a wide variety of gardening-related items, including over 450 varieties of seeds, fertilizer, yard art such as bird baths and metal sculptures, even vases, pottery, wind chimes, and incense.
Details: (559) 683-8476, wsn1@sti.net, westernsierranursery.com.


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By fundraising for your campaign, you will make sure you can keep your commitment to your volunteer placement. Cost is the number one barrier to people going abroad, but if you can fundraise for your experience you can make sure to accomplish your goal. Many international volunteer projects rely on volunteers, and when someone signs up and then has to cancel, it impacts their operations. You never know who would help support your dream of volunteering internationally until you ask – why not try?
In the end, you volunteering abroad helps your program and your cause immensely; without volunteers like yourself, volunteer programs wouldn't be able to make the difference in the world that they do! So help yourself help your cause by starting a fundraising campaign to raise money for your experience!


[Plainview, New York] - Licensed Real Estate Associate Broker Kent Markgraf and his sister-in-law Carol Wesemann, a Licensed Real Estate Salesperson, recently took the charge in opening a new Charles Rutenberg Realty, Inc. office in Sayville office, along the town's busy Montauk Highway/Main Street corridor. For Mr. Markgraf, the Branch Manager, and Ms. Wesemann, the main Agent Liaison, opening an office together was a natural next step in their Real Estate careers. Combined, the pair has more than 15 years' experience in the industry - both as Real Estate Agents and, in Mr. Markgraf's case, also as an attorney.
As natives to the South Shore of Long Island, Mr. Markgraf and Ms. Wesemann decided to focus their primary attention on the area from Oakdale/Bohemia through Holbrook/Patchogue. Though, they aren't limited only to those areas and have had recent sales in Smithtown and Moriches. When Charles Rutenberg Realty became ready to boost its presence on Suffolk's South Shore, Mr. Markgraf and Ms. Weseman jumped at the opportunity. The first order of business was to move the office down the road to a newly remodeled office location, which provides modern amenities while incorporating CRR's business model of Agents spending more time in the field than in the office.
In re-igniting the Sayville Office, the pair have also put in place an aggressive plan to help associated Agents succeed. Using Mr. Markgraf's keen legal knowledge and Ms. Wesemann's long history of successful sales performance, the pair will provide marketing services, referrals, legal guidance, listing services and more.
Mr. Markgraf is looking forward to expanding as he already has several leads lined up thanks to personal and professional connections. Existing Agents are welcome to contact Charles Rutenberg Realty if they are interested in joining a top-notch team.
"We are very excited for the future of our Sayville office," says Pam Moshe, Owner/Chief Financial Officer, Charles Rutenberg Realty, Inc. "We look forward to the opportunities that this new location and leadership will provide to our clients and our agents and we wish Kent and Carol much success in building their business."


The gunman who calls himself Zodiac became responsible for his first death yesterday morning when his third shooting victim, a 78-year-old man, died at Jamaica Hospital, the police said.
Joseph Proce was shot in the back about 2 A.M. on May 31 as he walked in front of 74-27 87th Road in Woodhaven, Queens, the police said. Mr. Proce later told the police that the gunman asked him for a glass of water and then shot him in the back as he walked away.
Mr. Proce is one of four men the Zodiac has taken responsibility for shooting since March 8 in notes left at the scenes or sent to The New York Post or CBS News. The police now think the gunman may have selected and stalked his victims, whose dates of birth correspond to signs of the zodiac included in the notes.
The latest shooting victim, Larry Parham, 30, who was shot in Central Park Thursday morning, also told the police last week that a stranger who met the description of the gunman given by Mr. Proce had asked him about his date of birth shortly before the shooting.
Mr. Proce had undergone surgery to remove a kidney and had remained in the surgical intensive care unit of Jamaica Hospital since the shooting, a hospital official said. He died after going into cardiac arrest at 10:25 A.M. yesterday. The hospital said it could not release a cause of death until an autopsy was performed.
The police say the gunman has chosen defenseless men as his targets. Mr. Proce and another victim walked with canes. Mr. Parham, who is homeless, was sleeping on a bench and another victim may have been drunk.
Mr. Proce was a retired ice deliveryman who recently moved to Woodhaven from Rockaway Beach. He was born on May 20, making him a Taurus. The other victims's signs were Gemini, Scorpio and Cancer.
Mr. Proce's death - and the upgrading of the incident to a homicide - may intensify the work of the task force of detectives who have, among other things, sifted through library records to look for withdrawals of books on astrology. The detectives have also consulted astrologers.
But police efforts to find a pattern in the shootings were set back by the shooting in Central Park.The three previous shootings had taken place in an eight-block square area in the East New York section of Brooklyn and nearby Woodhaven.
Based on descriptions given by Mr. Proce and Mr. Parham, the police say the gunman is a black male, between the ages of 30 and 35, between 5 feet 10 1/2 inches and 6 feet tall and weighing about 180 pounds. He is said to have a mustache and beard.
The Daily News reported yesterday that the police are comparing the pattern of the stars in Orion - a constellation not in the zodiac - to the sites of the shootings in an effort to predict where the gunman might strike next. In a column, Mike McAlary said the police theorize that the gunman is attacking his victims in locations that form a pattern replicating Orion's shape.
The most prominent feature of the constellation - The Hunter - is his ''belt'' of three evenly spaced stars. The first three shootings were in spots more or less in a straight line along the Brooklyn-Queens border. The fourth was far away in Central Park, roughly where the star representing Orion's head could be in such a scheme.
The police have said the gunman wrote ''Orion is the one that can stop the Zodiac,'' in a letter to the 75th Precinct on Nov. 19 and ''The twelve signs will die when the belts in the heaven are seen'' in another.
The police yesterday would not confirm or deny whether they are pursuing the Orion theory. The Chief of Detectives, Joseph R. Borrelli, was not in his office yesterday and could not be reached for comment.
The police have asked people with information on the case, or who have been asked their date of birth or astrological sign recently by a stranger, to call (718) 520-0444.


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Bond University one of the World's Best Small Universities
Posted: Monday 27th March, 2017 by Study Options
While many students enjoy studying on large campuses at university, many others will be attracted to the learning experience and student lifestyle that a smaller campus can offer.
Each year the Times Higher Education announces a ranking of the World's Best Small Universities, which is taken from the results of their World University Rankings. Universities considered for the World's Best Small Universities must have less than 5000 students enrolled and offer programmes in at least five subjects to students.
Bond University is the only Australian institution to feature on the list, reaching number 20 in the ranking. With 3201 enrolled students at the time of the rankings, Bond has the 11th smallest enrolment in the list. With the smallest class sizes anywhere in Australia, students can thrive in the smaller study groups and have access to unparalleled academic and technological resources on the University's world-class Gold Coast campus.
Bond University was created in the scholarly traditions of pre-eminent private universities of world standing and has a distinguished reputation as Australia's first independent, not-for-profit university.
Bond offers a range of innovative and challenging diplomas, bachelors and masters degrees across the following study areas:
Architecture and built environment
Communications and creative media
Humanities and global studies
Unlike other universities in Australia, Bond operates a three trimester per year schedule. This gives students the option to graduate earlier by completing a standard bachelor degree in just two years and a masters degree in only 12 months, although you may not want to leave that quickly! With a student body that hails from over 80 different countries, Bond University has a friendly, close-knit student community of international and Australian students. Set around a beautiful lake, the extensive recreational and entertainment facilities on campus are where you'll get to know fellow students.
In an article for Times Higher Education website, Alice Ringelstein, a business student at Bond, says that one of the main reasons why she chose to study at a smaller university was because of the "opportunity to spend a significant amount of one-on-one time with my teachers, with some of them becoming not just advisers, but real mentors."
Find out more about Bond University on their profile here and watch a video about studying on the Gold Coast here. If you want to know more about studying at Bond University, contact Study Options for a prospectus here.
For information about the Times Higher Education World's Best Small Universities click here and you can read Alice Ringelstein's full article about her experience studying at Bond University here.
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Enabling children from remote communities to study at night will be one impact of a University of Queensland partnership that has attracted $1 million from the Australian government, and matching funding from India.
Research projects designed to capture endangered languages and develop better organic lights are among 87 University of Queensland projects funded in the Australian Research Council's (ARC) latest grants round.
A Queensland-based professor whose work inspired international interest in organic semiconductors has been named among a fellowship of Australia's top scientific minds.
The more humanity acidifies and warms the world's oceans with carbon emissions, the harder we will have to work to save our coral reefs.


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Director Bob Tinnell and his crew (filming exteriors on the very edge of the Mojave desert in Victorville, California while shooting the interiors in Montreal, Canada) have put their heart and soul into this production, creating beautiful, finely detailed sets and scenarios that stand as loving homages to such films as Frankenstein, The Wolf Man, Brides of Dracula and Night of the Living Dead. Though the main character is 12 years old, don't be fooled into thinking Frankenstein and Me is just a "children's film." As Tinnell put it, this is not so much a kid's movie as a fan's movie. Clever, touching and entertaining, Frankenstein and Me is tailor-made for every monster-lover whose heart has remained true to his or her childhood dreams.
Frankenstein and Me DVD is a terrific monster movie for kids of all ages.


The Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650, a rumored graphics card, just made its first appearance in the Final Fantasy XV benchmark scoreboard. Nvidia has already released the GTX 1660 Ti and GTX 1660, so we're expecting the entry-level GTX 1650 should arrive shortly.
Based on the Final Fantasy XV results, the GTX 1650 performs just like the current GTX 1050 Ti. Based on the leaked benchmark, the performance difference between the two graphics cards is less than 1 percent. But let's not jump to conclusions just yet. The GTX 1650 could very well be the mobile variant, which would lead to a lower score. Plus, that graphics card could easily be an engineering sample, which would mean it's still susceptible to further tweaking from Nvidia. Also, there's the matter of having compatible drivers for the graphics card to truly perform properly.


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#include "indexer/search_string_utils.hpp"
#include "indexer/string_set.hpp"

#include "base/macros.hpp"

#include "std/algorithm.hpp"

using namespace strings;

namespace search
{

UniString NormalizeAndSimplifyString(string const & s)
{
  UniString uniString = MakeUniString(s);
  for (size_t i = 0; i < uniString.size(); ++i)
  {
    UniChar & c = uniString[i];
    switch (c)
    {
    // Replace "d with stroke" to simple d letter. Used in Vietnamese.
    // (unicode-compliant implementation leaves it unchanged)
    case 0x0110:
    case 0x0111: c = 'd'; break;
    // Replace small turkish dotless 'ı' with dotted 'i'.
    // Our own invented hack to avoid well-known Turkish I-letter bug.
    case 0x0131: c = 'i'; break;
    // Replace capital turkish dotted 'İ' with dotted lowercased 'i'.
    // Here we need to handle this case manually too, because default unicode-compliant implementation
    // of MakeLowerCase converts 'İ' to 'i' + 0x0307.
    case 0x0130: c = 'i'; break;
    // Some Danish-specific hacks.
    case 0x00d8:                    // Ø
    case 0x00f8: c = 'o'; break;    // ø
    case 0x0152:                    // Œ
    case 0x0153:                    // œ
      c = 'o';
      uniString.insert(uniString.begin() + (i++) + 1, 'e');
      break;
    case 0x00c6:                    // Æ
    case 0x00e6:                    // æ
      c = 'a';
      uniString.insert(uniString.begin() + (i++) + 1, 'e');
      break;
    }
  }

  MakeLowerCaseInplace(uniString);
  NormalizeInplace(uniString);

  // Remove accents that can appear after NFKD normalization.
  uniString.erase_if([](UniChar const & c)
  {
    // ̀  COMBINING GRAVE ACCENT
    // ́  COMBINING ACUTE ACCENT
    return (c == 0x0300 || c == 0x0301);
  });

  return uniString;

  /// @todo Restore this logic to distinguish и-й in future.
  /*
  // Just after lower casing is a correct place to avoid normalization for specific chars.
  static auto const isSpecificChar = [](UniChar c) -> bool
  {
    return c == 0x0439; // й
  };
  UniString result;
  result.reserve(uniString.size());
  for (auto i = uniString.begin(), end = uniString.end(); i != end;)
  {
    auto j = find_if(i, end, isSpecificChar);
    // We don't check if (j != i) because UniString and Normalize handle it correctly.
    UniString normString(i, j);
    NormalizeInplace(normString);
    result.insert(result.end(), normString.begin(), normString.end());
    if (j == end)
      break;
    result.push_back(*j);
    i = j + 1;
  }
  return result;
  */
}

UniString FeatureTypeToString(uint32_t type)
{
  string const s = "!type:" + to_string(type);
  return UniString(s.begin(), s.end());
}

namespace
{
char const * kStreetTokensSeparator = "\t -,.";

/// @todo Move prefixes, suffixes into separate file (autogenerated).
/// It's better to distinguish synonyms comparison according to language/region.

class StreetsSynonymsHolder
{
public:
  using TStrings = search::StringSet<UniChar, 8>;

  StreetsSynonymsHolder()
  {
    char const * affics[] =
    {
      // Russian
      "аллея", "бульвар", "набережная", "переулок", "площадь", "проезд", "проспект", "шоссе", "тупик", "улица", "тракт", "ал", "бул", "наб", "пер", "пл", "пр", "просп", "ш", "туп", "ул", "тр",

      // English
      "street", "avenue", "square", "road", "boulevard", "drive", "highway", "lane", "way", "circle", "st", "av", "ave", "sq", "rd", "blvd", "dr", "hwy", "ln",

      // German
      "strasse", "weg", "platz",

      // Lithuanian
      "g", "pr", "pl", "kel",

      // Български език - Bulgarian
      "булевард", "бул", "площад", "пл", "улица", "ул", "квартал", "кв",

      // Canada - Canada
      "allee", "alley", "autoroute", "aut", "bypass", "byway", "carrefour", "carref", "chemin", "cercle", "circle", "côte", "crossing", "cross", "expressway", "freeway", "fwy", "line", "link", "loop", "parkway", "pky", "pkwy", "path", "pathway", "ptway", "route", "rue", "rte", "trail", "walk",

      // Cesky - Czech
      "ulice", "ul", "náměstí", "nám",

      // Deutsch - German
      "allee", "al", "brücke", "br", "chaussee", "gasse", "gr", "pfad", "straße", "str",

      // Español - Spanish
      "avenida", "avd", "avda", "bulevar", "bulev", "calle", "calleja", "cllja", "callejón", "callej", "cjon", "cllon", "callejuela", "cjla", "callizo", "cllzo", "calzada", "czada", "costera", "coste", "plza", "pza", "plazoleta", "pzta", "plazuela", "plzla", "tránsito", "trans", "transversal", "trval", "trasera", "tras", "travesía", "trva",

      // Français - French
      "rue", "avenue", "carré", "cercle", "route", "boulevard", "drive", "autoroute", "lane", "chemin",

      // Nederlands - Dutch
      "laan", "ln.", "straat", "steenweg", "stwg", "st",

      // Norsk - Norwegian
      "vei", "veien", "vn", "gaten", "gata", "gt", "plass", "plassen", "sving", "svingen", "sv",

      // Polski - Polish
      "aleja", "aleje", "aleji", "alejach", "aleją", "plac", "placu", "placem", "ulica", "ulicy",

      // Português - Portuguese
      "street", "avenida", "quadrado", "estrada", "boulevard", "carro", "auto-estrada", "lane", "caminho",

      // Română - Romanian
      "bul", "bdul", "blv", "bulevard", "bulevardu", "calea", "cal", "piața", "pţa", "pța", "strada", "stra", "stradela", "sdla", "stradă", "unitate", "autostradă", "lane",

      // Slovenščina - Slovenian
      "cesta",

      // Suomi - Finnish
      "kaari", "kri", "katu", "kuja", "kj", "kylä", "polku", "tie", "t", "tori", "väylä", "vlä",

      // Svenska - Swedish
      "väg", "vägen", "gatan", "gränd", "gränden", "stig", "stigen", "plats", "platsen",

      // Türkçe - Turkish
      "sokak", "sk", "sok", "sokağı", "cadde", "cd", "caddesi", "bulvar", "bulvarı",

      // Tiếng Việt – Vietnamese
      "quốc lộ", "ql", "tỉnh lộ", "tl", "Đại lộ", "Đl", "Đường", "Đ", "Đường sắt", "Đs", "Đường phố", "Đp", "vuông", "con Đường", "Đại lộ", "Đường cao tốc",

      // Українська - Ukrainian
      "дорога", "провулок", "площа", "шосе", "вулиция", "дор", "пров", "вул"
    };

    for (auto const * s : affics)
    {
      UniString const us = MakeUniString(s);
      m_strings.Add(us.begin(), us.end());
    }
  }

  bool MatchPrefix(UniString const & s) const
  {
    auto const status = m_strings.Has(s.begin(), s.end());
    return status != TStrings::Status::Absent;
  }

  bool FullMatch(UniString const & s) const
  {
    auto const status = m_strings.Has(s.begin(), s.end());
    return status == TStrings::Status::Full;
  }

private:
  TStrings m_strings;
};

StreetsSynonymsHolder g_streets;

} // namespace

UniString GetStreetNameAsKey(string const & name)
{
  UniString res;
  SimpleTokenizer iter(name, kStreetTokensSeparator);
  while (iter)
  {
    UniString const s = NormalizeAndSimplifyString(*iter);
    ++iter;

    if (!g_streets.FullMatch(s))
      res.append(s);
  }

  // In case when street name has only synonym tokens, but we should return valid key.
  return (res.empty() ? NormalizeAndSimplifyString(name) : res);
}

bool IsStreetSynonym(UniString const & s)
{
  return g_streets.FullMatch(s);
}

bool IsStreetSynonymPrefix(UniString const & s)
{
  return g_streets.MatchPrefix(s);
}

bool ContainsNormalized(string const & str, string const & substr)
{
  UniString const ustr = NormalizeAndSimplifyString(str);
  UniString const usubstr = NormalizeAndSimplifyString(substr);
  return std::search(ustr.begin(), ustr.end(), usubstr.begin(), usubstr.end()) != ustr.end();
}

// StreetTokensFilter ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void StreetTokensFilter::Put(strings::UniString const & token, bool isPrefix, size_t tag)
{
  if ((isPrefix && IsStreetSynonymPrefix(token)) || (!isPrefix && IsStreetSynonym(token)))
  {
    ++m_numSynonyms;
    if (m_numSynonyms == 1)
    {
      m_delayedToken = token;
      m_delayedTag = tag;
      return;
    }
    if (m_numSynonyms == 2)
      EmitToken(m_delayedToken, m_delayedTag);
  }
  EmitToken(token, tag);
}
} // namespace search

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Safe Travel Application Uses Points and Batches System to Attract User
Safe Travel application that will be launched by Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the near future not only provides benefits namely to increase services and protection for Indonesian citizens who travel abroad, but also offers advantages such as to exchange certain points with various interesting offers in the homeland.
"This app also introduces batches system of points system. So, you will get points if doing many activity in this app. Later, when you have landed, we have cooperated with several restaurants and so on. So, you can check the number of your points. More activities you've done in the application will create more points," the Director of Protection of Indonesian Citizens and Legal Entity of Indonesia, Lalu Muhammad Iqbal in his press conference on Thursday, April 5th, 2018 in Jakarta said.
Lalu Muhammad Iqbal added in addition to the point system, the application of Safe Travel also provides reciprocity in the form of batches or rank to each user who reaches a certain number of points. According to Lalu Muhamad Iqbal, the higher rank achieved, the more profits gained by the users. One of the examples described by Lalu Muhammad Iqbal is, the opportunity to get a special invitation from Indonsian Minister of Foreign Affairs of Indonesia, Retno Marsudi along with other users who have high rank. Safe Travel application will be officially launched on 14 April, but now the application can be downloaded for Android-based smart phones through Google Play Store. As for the IOS-based smart phone, the applications can only be downloaded after it is officially launched. (VOI/Rezha/AHM)
The Indonesian Foreign Ministry to Launch the Safe Travel Application
Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the near future will launch a smart phone application or smartphone to improve the service and protection of Indonesian citizens abroad. The applications namely Safe Travel is specifically aimed at the citizens who are visiting or traveling abroad. After going through a one-year trial process the app will be launched on 14 April 2018.
"To improve the service and protection of Indonesian citizens abroad, our product, namely Safe Travel, which is intended for the market segment is for the traveler. It combines between two applications that are responsible and fun. So, the motto is responsibly fun. This application have been tested for a year. Now, Alhamdulillah the application is ready in full version of Android and IOS. So, the full version on April 14 will be launched by Indonesian Foreign Minister," said Director of Protection of Indonesian Citizens and Legal Entity. Lalu Muhammad Iqbal in his press conference on Thursday, April 5th, 2018 in Jakarta.
Lalu Muhammad Iqbal added to access the application Safe Travel, Indonesian citizens must register themselves using their e-mail account and social media. In general, the application consists of eight main features namely, country info, travel list, insurance, tips, appeal, services, fun facts, and galleries that will appear on the main page. In addition, the application also features a panic button and the closest Indonesian representative information required by Indonesian citizens in an emergency state. The Safe Travel application also allows its users to share the latest information in the countries they visit and communicate directly with other users and the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. (VOI/Rezha/AHM)
Minister of Agriculture: Optimization of Swamplands
Minister of Agriculture, Amran Sulaiman, has proclaimed the optimization of 67 thousand hectares of swampland in Barito Kuala district, South Kalimantan, to support national food security.
According to Sulaiman, in Banjarmasin on Thursday, the Ministry of Agriculture (Kementan) has announced the optimization of one million hectares of swamplands and tidelands in nine provinces. The nine provinces include Riau, North Kalimantan, South Sumatra, South Kalimantan, Jambi, Papua, and Central Kalimantan. Especially in South Kalimantan, land optimization covers an area of 67 thousand hectares and is done with the help of the central government.
In order to realize these efforts, the Ministry of Agriculture has handed over 40 units of excavators, with each weighing 20 tons. Each machine is worth Rp2 billion. In addition to fertilizers and seeds, Kementan will also distribute pumping machines of 200-hectare capacity. Other needs will be borne by the regional governments of South Kalimantan Province and Barito Kuala District.
The cost of optimizing swamplands is around Rp3 million per hectare, and for tidelands, it is Rp4 million per hectare," he explained.
Prior to the optimization of swamplands and tidelands, Kementan proclaimed opening rice farms on idle lands, at a cost of about Rp16 million per hectare, to boost the additional planting area (LTT). Sulaiman estimated that swampland optimization will generate Rp60 trillion; by calculation, the cropping index reaches three times a year on one million hectares of land.
Sulaiman is optimistic that the productivity will reach 6-7 tons per hectare by referring to a pilot project in Ogan Ilir, South Sumatra, where the initial productivity was 2-3 tons per hectare, followed by seven tons per hectare during the third growing season. On the other hand, the optimization of swampland is also aimed at maintaining food sovereignty to up to 100 years into the future. ( antara )
Dwelling Time Service Must Be Improved in One Month
Minister of Transportation, Budi Karya Sumadi, has expressed hope that the dwelling time service could be improved within a month.
"We will restore the various policies that have been done by ministries and agencies," Sumadi told the press at Tanjung Priok port in Jakarta on Thursday.
After listening to the exposure from a number of ministries and agencies, the minister noted that he would provide input for improvements. The minister remarked that he will also meet the leaders of ministries and agencies to request for improvement in dwelling time service, so that it can run well on target.
"I want the dwelling time to be three days only. This can be done by making various changes and improvements," Sumadi explained.
He revealed that the dwelling time implementation must meet four criteria, namely it must be easy, cheap, fast, and transparent, so that entrepreneurs can run their business properly, effectively, and efficiently. A number of issues that are yet to be resolved by ministries and institutions include the lack of and less competence of human resources.
"In addition, room for clearing documents is less specious and should be expanded. Online networks that are less consistent should also be made consistent", he elaborated.
Dwelling Time is the length of time when imported goods containers are being kept in the Temporary Accommodation Place (TPS) at the port, from the time they are unloaded from ship till the time they are taken out of the TPS. Based on data from the Ministry of Transportation, the Port of Tanjung Priok currently has a dwelling time of 3.33 days, Belawan Port has a dwelling time of 3.46 days, and Tanjung Emas Port/Tanjung Perak has a dwelling time of 3.73 days. The three-day dwelling time rule is an attempt by the Ministry of Transport to reduce the cost of logistics, which too expensive. The decline in logistics costs is expected to increase exports. (antara)


Fearsome and formidable, the profile of Live Dealer Baccarat is on the rise in Ireland and in many other parts of the world. It is one of the easiest, most satisfying games you can play, and, as millions of players are discovering, it can also be one of the most rewarding.
It was created sometime between the 15th and 18th centuries, and traditionally has been a favourite choice of high rollers, celebrities, and, in some places, even royalty. Ian Fleming mentioned it in his James Bond novels, where he named it as 007's favourite game. A few decades ago, it was introduced to Macau, and that changed everything. Asia's gambling capital added a few tweaks to the game, and it worked so well that, in 2017, more than 88% of the $33.2 billion made by the city's casinos was generated by the game. The best way for you to experience its magic and mystery is to play it with trained, professional dealers at a recommended online casino. Let's take a closer look at how to play it.
A variation known as Punto Banco is at the core of the Live Dealer Baccarat games you can play at the sites we recommend for Irish players. The most important elements of the variation are that the house banks at all times, and that the dealer plays out both hands on the table according to strict rules that determine when each hand draws cards.
This basically means that, once you have placed your bet, all you need to do is sit back and watch the round play out, which is usually done in less than a minute. That said, providers such as Evolution Gaming, Microgaming, and others have created live casino games of Punto Banco that add to the suspense, let players get involved in the reveal of the winning hand, or speed up the action.
One of the most popular elements to be included is known as the Squeeze. Introduced to the game in Macau, it is a dramatically slow, almost-ritualised reveal of the winning hand. If you play Control Squeeze games, you can use the software to perform the Squeeze yourself.
Games such as Blackjack and some Poker variants get players involved by letting them decide what moves to make, but that is not the case in Live Dealer Baccarat. When you play it, the only decision you get to make is what bet to place.
There are 3 different bets from which to choose. The first is to bet that the hand known as the Player or Punto will win. The second is that the Banker or Banco hand will win. The third is that the hands will tie. A hand needs a total of 9 points, or as close as possible to 9 points, to win.
The live casino games dealer will deal the cards once you have made your choice. 2 cards are dealt to each hand. When it comes to making moves, those are determined by the rules. If the Player's total is 5 points or less, it hits, which means the dealer deals a third card to it. If the total is 6 or 7, it stands, and does not receive another card.
The rules that determine the moves made by the Banker hand are slightly different. If the Player stood, the Banker follows the same rule of hitting on a total of 5 or less. However, if the Player hit, the Banker may or may not hit. This is dictated by not only the Banker's initial score, but also by the value of the Player's third card. When any necessary moves have been made, the dealer will reveal the winner.
Ease of play and high drama are not the only reason Live Dealer Baccarat has experienced a surge of popularity at many a casino online and offline in Ireland and elsewhere. Players have also realised that it can be unbelievably generous.
A winning bet on the Player pays even money, whereas a winning bet on the Banker pays even money less a 5% commission. A winning tie bet pays out 8:1. Whichever bet you place, if it wins, the payout is good.
Given that the moves are determined by the rules, Baccarat is not one of the live casino games in which strategy can be used. However, there are tools that, like the Squeeze, were devised in Macau, and can help you decide how to bet. Those tools are known as roads. The Big Road is a record of the results of the shoe of cards. The Big Eye, Cockroach, and Small Roads are derived from the Big Road, and reflect the trends of the shoe.


Fragility and stability, lightness and solidity: those usually antithetical terms, Papaveri Delicati (Delicate Poppies), seem to be able to co-exist as in all the other creations of Gherardo Frassa. Small metal sculptures, table flowers that never drank. Design objects that, on the one hand, represent flowers in all their lightness and fragility, on the other hand they are supported by solid materials and tangible realism.
Papavero Delicato appears as well as an object from the iconic flower shape with hand-folded steel or brass petals supported by a sturdy stainless steel stem attached to an irregular stainless steel base.
Flowers for all seasons, eternal because they are made of metal, but capable of keeping intact all their poetry. Available in two sizes and three finishes (red varnished steel, shiny stainless steel or polished brass) those unusual and unique miniature sculptures will inevitably attract the look, given a colour touch to all those spaces, whether professional or private, where they will always be alive and sparkling.
Papavero Delicato is part of the exclusive selection of items presented by Opinion Ciatti at the Salone del Mobile 2017. Poetic and iconic products of small size with a great personality. Objects always recognisable, strong identity and out of the box.
"Of all the flowers I have shaped, the poppy, is surely the one I loved the most, for being it so poor, anarchist, poetic, gentle, and so extraordinarily similar to me …"


In the Chapter on Mystic Unity of Virtue we find the Tao Te Ching pointing to balance between the spiritual and physical realms as the "mystic unity". Other Chapters go on to guide us further on cultivating balance, harmony, and moderation.
Moderation is the path of Balance and Harmony. To the person whose life is grounded purely in the physical aspect, one of always seeking to fulfilling some desire, enough is never enough. Always striving, always needing more, balance is just a platitude and seen as a weakness.
Yet, balance creates harmony. Harmony is the gift we realize when our path is smooth and our life becomes one of calm abiding. To the person who is burned out, sick and tired, peace, harmony and wellness is a pretty big deal. The 9 out of 10 people who are striving for egoic achievement are never satisfied and will never understand this until they hit bottom. When they do hit bottom, the moment of truth is at hand, and the choosing to become at peace through balance and harmony is apparent.
Moderation is the key to unlocking the doorway to source through balance. Overfilling, striving, and pushing against the natural flow of the Tao is the way of ignorance. Being caught up in the egoic path, always striving, always in deep need for some "thing" as a source of fulfillment is distraction. Distraction is the disconnect from our spiritual self and the the Tao.
Balance for the Tao cultivator is being mindful of our steps along our life path and using the wisdom of moderation to enjoy life but not become obsessed with or controlled by desire. Desire fulfillment can be and often is the slippery slope of egoic decline. Yet desire is a part of the living experience. The Tao cultivator learns to balance desire fulfillment through the practice of moderation. We learn when enough is enough. Over Pouring the tea cup is wasteful, messy and non useful affair. Pouring too little is not fulfilling and may generate a sense of being deprived. The feeling of deprivation is fuel for the ego to gain traction to create a sense of longing. Unfulfilled longing can lead to despair. When are self aware we can choose wisdom step by step along the path. We can fulfill desire yet not become attached. We can realize desire, fulfill desire yet not become entangled by desire. As the true self, we must realize that enough is enough. We remain present and have the experience. Rather than cling to the experience we can release it and remain free of the ego trap.
The trap of ego is when we allow our self to become entangled. Entanglement happens when we mistakenly believe that the the fulfillment of a given desire is the source of happiness. When we believe this illusion, it becomes a way of coping. As we experience stress, we may turn to the fulfilling of desire as the source of contentment and happiness. This is the trap. To disentangle one's self from the trap, one must let go of the attachment to the sensation. You must transcend the idea or notion that true happiness is a material satisfaction. Nothing material last, therefore happiness based on form (material) will not last. Happiness grounded in the spiritual (love) is lasting.
Balance and Harmony is a must for good and useful interpersonal relationships. The positive effect of mystic virtue can be realized when balance, harmony, and moderation is an integral aspect of how we relate to others. It is effective on all levels. We all have opportunities for leadership by example. As leaders in government, as company managers, as parents, as siblings as friends and neighbors, we are called to create harmony through balance in our relationships.
These harmonious relationships between people are created by unity with source as the true self. The altruistic path of wisdom that is the creative path of mystic virtue. In team building exercises this has been called "synergy". The sum is greater than total number of parts. This is accomplished through balance, harmony and moderation. By following the three treasures one can created harmonious relationships.
As mentioned before, this realization and putting into practice requires an ongoing presence of self awareness. Moment by moment along our path, we are mindful of what we are thinking, feeling and doing. Are we self serving the ego or are we serving others with love and compassion. In all aspects of our culture we can observe the results of individuals and organizations that either practice balance and harmony or the self serving of individual and collective ego.
You might stop and consider your part in society. How would you honestly describe your interpersonal relationships. How might others describe you? Are you one of the 9 of 10 who are self serving and ignorant? Or you the 1 in 10 who people love and cherish and known for your wisdom and compassion? The answer may not be easily revealed, so it takes practice. This is the cultivation that we work on in every moment that we can be self aware.
There are opportunities all around us. We can sense the level of balance by the harmony of flow around us. Are you and those around you feeling tension and anxiety? Or is there a sense of harmony and flow and freedom. Are you an enabler, one who empowers others towards self realization and fulfillment? Or you one who steps on others on your way to "success". Do you seek or create drama ? Or do you use softness to overcome the hard?
Recently, we all observed an example of how an organization can cease to flow with harmony when we consider the gridlock by our congress in the year 2013. The legislative body of our government, the decision makers who are to be attending our well being as country cease to function in a harmonious way. When enough people become attached to their own egoic view to the point of obstruction, the country begins to experience chaos and disharmony on many levels. As individuals as well as groups, we can become so self absorbed with the material and the emotional, that the self serving becomes a danger to the whole.
Yet when, we can free ourselves from the prison of the purely material and balance our view with a basis of harmony and non self-serving, the prison doors are opened and benevolence is at hand. Balance is a choice. How do we choose? We must be self aware at the moment of choice and let wisdom guide us. Wisdom is the path of the true self. Imbalance through ignorance is the path of ego.
Interpersonal relationship are especially important in families. For it is within families we grow and bond as children. As we grow up, our mental landscape is shaped and conditions by experience. Those who grow in a loving and compassionate family setting thrive and find love and fulfillment as the way of moving through life. Those who grow up in abusive dysfunctional environments may spend all of their adult lives searching for and never finding contentment, fulfillment, peace and harmony. This is not a all or nothing, black and white, reality, there are shades of grey. It is quite possible to change our path, when we become self aware, that is realizing the true self and following the path. The amount of ignorance and suffering in a person's life can vary by many degrees. Yet we are all offered the chance to be the one in ten, to find true happiness and contentment of the way, … The Tao.
Once again dear reader, your moment of truth is at hand. Can you be self honest and see where you are and which direction you must turn? Are you willing to unclench the gripping fist of ego and allow the open hand of balance and moderation to bring harmony to your life? Can you let go of those attachments of the physical domain and appreciate the spiritual in a balanced way? Can you reach out and open the door to truly fulfilled life?


Laws of this kind have often been objected to on the strength of a one-sided view of the function of laws; the view, viz. that their only business is to prevent interference with the liberty of the individual. And this view has gained undue favour on account of the real reforms to which it has led. The laws which it has helped to get rid of were really mischievous, but mischievous for further reasons than those conceived of by the supporters of this theory. Having done its work, the theory now tends to beco0me obstructive, because in fact advancing civilization brings with it more and more interference with the liberty of the individual to do as he likes, and this theory affords a reason for resisting all positive reforms, all reforms which involve an action of the state in the way of promoting conditions favourable to moral life. It is one thing to say that the state in promoting these conditions must take care not to defeat its true end by narrowing the region within which the spontaneity and disinterestness of true morality can have play; another thing to say that it has no moral end to serve at all, and that it goes beyond its province when it seeks to do more than save the individual from violent interference from other individuals. The true ground of objection to 'paternal government' is not that it violates the 'laissez-faire' principle and conceives that its office is to make people good, to promote morality, but that it rests on a misconception of morality. The real function of government being to maintain conditions of life in which morality shall be possible, and 'paternal government' does its best to make it impossible by narrowing the room for the self-imposition of duties and the play of disinterested motives.
T.H.Green, Political Obligations, cited in Lane W. Lancaster, Masters of Political Thought vol. 3, Hegel to Dewey (London: George Harrap & Co. Ltd 1959) 212.
Green here approves the central idea of laissez-faire since he believes that the individual should be allowed to make his own choices, and he concedes that early liberal legislation had been on the whole directed to that end. He does not believe, however, that the general good of society could be served in the altered conditions of English life by leaving people alone. This is the case, he thinks, because real freedom implies a choice of actions, and actual choices may not exist when, for example, the alternative to terms set by landlord or employer is destitution or dispossession. His criticism amounts to the charge that laissez-faire is only the defence of class interests, and as such ignores the general welfare. (p. 213).
It's a good point. Clearly Green is far from promoting that the state should run the economy, but, like the passage I put up by Ritchie, it's an effective demolition of some of the arguments behind Libertarianism. This is sometimes defined as 'Classical Liberalism', and is the doctrine that the state should interfere as little as possible. But as Green and Ritchie pointed out, that was no longer possible due to the changed circumstances of the 19th century. Green is also right when he makes the point the choice between that offered by a landlord or employer and being thrown out of work or on the street is absolutely no choice at all, and that in this instance laissez-faire individualism is simply a defence of class interests. This is very much the case. Libertarianism and later anarcho-capitalism was formulated by a group of big businessmen, who objected to F.D. Roosevelt's New Deal. The members of this group include the Koch brothers, the multi-millionaire heads of the American oil industry. It became one of the ideological strands in the Republican party after Reagan's victory in 1980, and also in Thatcherism, such as the Tories idea that instead of using the state police, householders could instead employ private security firms.
Green and Ritchie together show that the Classical Liberalism to which Libertarianism harks back was refuted long ago, and that Libertarianism itself is similarly a philosophy that has been utterly demolished both in theory and in practice.
The brutal murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi embassy in Turkey this week has intensified criticism of the Saudi regime and its de facto monarch, Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Yesterday, protesters gathered outside the Saudi embassy in London for a 'Justice for Jamal' demonstration. The video below is from RT UK, which covered the demo.
As the video shows, it wasn't just about Khashoggi's murder, but also about the continuing war in Yemen, the Saudis' war crimes against women, children and civilians, and the continued aid given to the Saudis by Britain through massive arm sales.
thinks this case has brought to light many more of the wrongdoings of the Saudi regime, particularly the conflict we're witnessing in Yemen since 2015. This is a barbaric conflict, many war crimes are being committed, civilians are being targeted, vital infrastructure is being targeted. I think it's also important to raise what is the British government's role in this? We have to look at the responsibility for our sale of arms. Nearly 5 billion pounds worth of arms have been sold to Saudi regime since 2015 in the war in Yemen. We have to put pressure on the government to stop these inhumane arms trades.
We were told Mohammed bin Salman was a reforming prince. I mean what a load of, what a farce that is really, when you look at, you know, the reforms include luring people into a consulate, killing them, torturing them, cutting them up. These are things which we think are absolutely unacceptable. And the truth of the matter is that Saudi Arabia would not be in the position it was without support, particularly of the US and UK.
Well, bin Salman might be a reforming prince, but it seems any reforms are limited and grudging. As they pointed out on Have I Got News For You Last Night, the Saudi regime has at last granted women the freedom to drive. But all the women who actually protested for it are in jail.
And there is evidence tying bin Salman himself to Islamist terrorism. There have been intelligence reports stating that bin Salman and the Saudi intelligence service were heavily involved in al-Qaeda and ISIS incursions into Syria and Iraq.
17 of the 19 9/11 hijackers came from Saudi Arabia, and the censored parts of the US government report into the attack show that support for the outrage came from the highest levels of the Saudi state. But that part of the report was suppressed by the American government, which instead used it as a pretext to invade first Afghanistan – not unreasonably, as bin Laden, the head of al-Qaeda was there – and then Iraq, which wasn't involved.
The Saudis seem to have only become interested in combating ISIS after Daesh targeted them and urged their citizens to rise up against the regime.
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Matty Alou dies; played on Giants and A's World…
Matty Alou dies; played on Giants and A's World Series teams
Matt Alou (middle) played in the same San Francisco Giants outfield as his brothers, Jesus (left) and Felipe. Matt Alou died Thursday at age 72.
Matty Alou. 1938-2011.
By Bay Area Living Staff | Bay Area News Group
PUBLISHED: November 3, 2011 at 1:05 p.m. | UPDATED: August 15, 2016 at 1:55 p.m.
Matty Alou, the second of three Alou brothers to play in the majors and for the San Francisco Giants, died Thursday in Miami. He was 72.
Alou played in the majors for 15 years, breaking in with the Giants in 1960. He was with the team for six years, and played on their World Series team in 1962, Alou also played for the A's in 1972, when they won their first World Series in Oakland.
Alou's brothers Felipe and Jesus were also members of the Giants.
Matty Alou won the National League batting title in 1966 as a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates with a .342 average. He was an All-Star in 1968 and '69, both years with the Pirates.
Besides the Giants, Pirates and A's, Alou spent parts of his career with the St. Louis Cardinals, New York Yankees and San Diego Padres. He was a .307 lifetime hitter.
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The Myths about Poppies and Muslims
We all know what the Poppy represents. Some choose to wear one, some do not. There is no shame in not wearing one. It is a matter of personal choice.
Speaking personally, I choose to wear a Poppy every year. I do this to remember all those who fell in the Great Wars and those currently serving in our armed forces.
I also wear the poppy to remember my Great Grandfather who fought in World War II. He became a Prisoner of War, even seeing Hitler in the flesh. My Great Grandfather was a courageous man who escaped the enemy on several occasions. He saw very horrifying things during the war but afterwards went on to meet my Great Grandmother who he married after the war.
The Poppy is a symbol of Remembrance. We wear it to remember those who bravely fought and died so we could have our freedom and liberty. We wear it to remember men who signed up for war at eighteen years old and who never returned home from the horrors they endured. We wear it to remember those who did return, traumatised by what they had seen and experienced. We wear it to remember those who became Prisoners of War and those who survived but who suffered their friends and brothers dying around them in some of the darkest periods in our history.
The Poppy represents hope to the millions who wear it. It has a practical purpose beyond the symbolism too – it raises much funds for veterans and their families.
Every year social media experiences an influx of memes and indignant posts spouting lies and myths about the Poppy and, in particular, the Poppy and its relationship with the Islamic community.
These are some of the most common myths that we have encountered:
Muslims do not wear poppies
Muslims are offended by poppies
Muslims want poppies banned
Muslims assault people who wear poppies
All these are lies spread by the far right to create hate and fear. Far right media uses the myth that Muslims have a problem with poppies to increase the reach of their extremist Islamophobia. They know millions of people will see these lies on social media and will believe them. Haters use far right media outlets to spread their hate, using big sites like YouTube, Twitter and Facebook to further their lies. A favourite tactic is to download videos on non English speakers and use video editing software to add their own subtitles. The false subtitles mean those wanting to spread lies can add credibility to the myths they want people to believe.
The truth is that Muslims do respect the Poppy. The great majority certainly do not hate it. In my job I have served many Muslims customers who proudly wear their poppy and many others who have been positive about the poppy that I wear. Not once have I ever been shown any sign of resentment for openly wearing a poppy. I have always been shown respect by Muslims and non Muslims alike.
Never have I seen a Muslim walk up to a Poppy stand to say they are offended to see poppies on sale. I recall one time, there was a Muslim paying respects on Remembrance Sunday at my town's Cenotaph. Did we give them hate for it? No, we came together as a town to remember our fallen. All faiths and cultures remembering those who fought and died for their country.
Many Muslim soldiers fought for the British Army and the safety of Britain. They believed in defending our country and the people who live here.
Equally, just because someone chooses not to wear a Poppy, doesn't mean they are against what the Poppy represents. I don't wear pink, but I still support Cancer Research. We cannot point to anyone – Muslim or Non Muslim – who chooses not to wear a poppy as evidence that they are not supportive of our country and the people who have fought for it.
I genuinely think that the only people who are offended by the Poppy and what it stands for is the far right themselves. They are offended by the unity it represents. Many of the far right claim to be patriots but, to me, a patriot is someone who has fought for their country to ensure its citizens are free and living a life free of hate and Fascism. A patriot is not a racist xenophobic thug.
Hatred of a religion and blaming members of a faith for the problems of a country is Fascism. This is what the people we remember with our poppies fought against. As the older generation pass away, they take the memories with them of what fascism truly involved. Now these middle aged bigots, most of whom have never seen combat are ironically using the very symbol of fighting fascism to fuel their own personal agenda of hate and religious prejudice.
It is this prejudice that has caused these false claims that Muslims hate poppies to spread. Yes, the media has shown incidents where Poppies were burned but these individuals are no more representatives of their community than the flag waving 'patriots' who film themselves burning the Quran are reflective of a Christian community.
There is a Poppy Hijab available to lady Muslims who wish to wear a Poppy. This further proves the myth that Muslims hate Poppies is highly untrue and nothing more than hate speech. (If the far right want to call me out on this one, the Poppy Hijab is sold by the Royal British Legion themselves.)
Now if Muslims hated Poppies, why would the Royal British Legion be selling a Poppy Hijab if it wasn't going to be popular? In fact, the Hijab is so popular, it has had nearly 80 five star reviews. Retailing at £19.99 – that is a lot of money raised for The Royal British Legion.
Remembering and honouring our war dead should not be used to exploit and divide our country. This is a time to unite us all together in thanks to those who stood proud against Fascism.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
To our fallen heroes, past present and future. To our serving heroes, thank you for your courage and bravery and sacrifice. Your courage will always be remembered, we are a nation proud of the bravery you show. There are no words to describe how grateful we are as a nation for you ensuring we are free from Fascism.
We will honour your memories by standing together as a unified country.
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13 thoughts on "The Myths about Poppies and Muslims"
Peter Martyn says:
In Central Europe, the poppy seed is known as Mak. It is a very common cooking ingredient when sweetened. There is no connection to war. The poppy seed is a mild form of narcotic that is used in a tea for babies and an afternoon nap for the older folk who eat the cakes made from it. I doubt if the Muslims actually eat or drink any of this.
Adam Diehl says:
You doubt if the Muslims actually eat or drink any of this. Do you KNOW that they don't? Probably not. Will you ask a Muslim out of curiosity if they do eat or drink any of this? I doubt you actually will. You might, but as you see, I cast doubt on you without giving you the benefit of the doubt. Here's the correct answer as I have copied from Islamweb.net. "Opium is unlawful because it is hazardous to health, destructive to the mind, and drives one away from the remembrance of Allaah. However, opium is not extracted from the poppy seeds, rather from the ripe pods of the poppy tree as described earlier. Therefore, it is permissible to use and sell poppy seeds unless proven to be hazardous to health or intoxicant; in this case, they would be unlawful."
Clearly you don't understand anything. The thing you quoted is talking about opium drugs e.g. heroin. How is that relevant to the current article?
Charleen Crenshaw says:
Reasonable answer…I like it!
Michele Rodriguez says:
Excellent article! A much needed one in the run up to anithe Armistice Day and the usual social media cr*p… 😔
Mark Bird says:
I don't wear a Poppy. The reason, quite simply is this. The men and women we will always remember, it's the lessons we forget…….
TravelBug says:
That's what I'm afraid of, the lesson we forget.
Elly Clark says:
Excellent article. Thank you
Gregory Maskalick says:
Fantastic article. Thank you!
Leroy Cooper says:
Sometimes if you were to watch Hollywood films and war documentaries on the BBC you would be convinced that it was "Just White People Alone"… that defended Britain during those dark days from 1939-1945.
(Remember how history was constantly rewritten, purged,edited and whitewashed in "Orwell's 1984")
In reality men and women of colour from all over the British Commonwealth volunteered to help defend "THE MOTHER COUNTRY" from Adolph Hitler and the Nazi's, in all areas of the war effort. Airforce, Army, Navy both Military and Merchant, Factory Workers etc, but now their descendants in Britain are the victims of racial hate crimes, targeted and used by right wing press, served up as as potential terrorists threats, to whip up racial division in multicultural Britain.
Along with Indian, African and West Indian service men & women and those who served in the merchant navy it is amazing how quickly the contributions to Britain's war effort of people of colour from all over the commonwealth has … and can be "convienently be forgotten" when present day Tory policy is aimed at … creating a "hostile environment" and low minded right wing racist "gammonfodder" march in the streets calling for deportations and the rounding up of Muslims.
I WILL WEAR MY POPPY.
It is forgotten that THE WINDRUSH GENERATIONS were not refugees, asylum seekers or illegal immigrants but invited "loyal" British Subjects who answered the call to help REBUILD, a war ravaged, a manpower depleted and a finacially broken Britain. (Rationing and ration books continued for almost decaded after the war finished up until 1954)
"Selective Amnesia"…
is a phrase that comes to mind …
and that describes
a "despicable" hypocritical attitude
that means in these circumstances …
forgetting who came to your aid
when the Nazi's wanted to conquer,
to enslave and rule the British ..
The way the British had conquered,
brutally enslaved and ruled …
millions of people of colour
for hundreds of years.
I wear my poppy
not for Winston Churchill
and those rich,
racist, elite white men
who sent others to die
while they secretly
made profit from the death
of the poor working class people
from Britain and the Commonwealth.
I wear my poppy for…
ALL those brainwashed
military men and women
who unknowingly sacrificed their lives
"some people very rich and maintain their power".
I WEAR MY POPPY FOR THE CIVILLIANS ..
who were as much targets
as men on the frontline
or seamen on the high seas
and by ALL civillians…
British, German, French, Russian, Polish, Czech, Slovaks, Romany, Japanese, Arab, African, Italians, Dutch, Belgian, Scandanavian and many more besides…
whose names are not on "phallic monuments"
in cities across the world
as symbols of
"man's inhumanity to man"
for the child
that died screaming
in a "fire storm blitz"
alone and afraid.
I will wear my poppy for all of them,
who were sacrificed
on the altars of all modern wars
to create this illusion of democracy …
we NOW call life.
I will wear my poppy
in the hope that never again
will we witness
the depravity of a World War
for the blood soaked profits
of a few
corrupt bankers,
politicians and
business magnates.
the innocent people of Syria,
for the innocent people of Yemen
and most of all for the
innocent people of Palestine and Gaza
for those Israeli's
who recognize
the Crime against Humanity
and do not support the crimes
that the right wing Zionists commit
in the name of Israel …
"Theresa May… you cunt !"
WITH PRIDE…..
Peter Vivian says:
Well put, a reasoned thoughtful article
Tesneem says:
These myths are not true because im a muslim and someone is spreading rumors about us
Gary Brody says:
Good article, unfortunately the people it needs to reach will probably never read it, but we can only try. There's a Poppy stall at Stratford Station in East London every year, manned by all different faiths, you often see a Muslim standing side by side with a Seek there selling the poppies. As you pointed out, there were many religions fighting in the wars and in today's British army also. It's a nonsense to see all the "If my Poppy offends you posts" every year, when they are to help and remember people not offend them. No one is offended, it's a myth.


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By Steven Casale | Published Feb 13, 2015
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Ted Bundy (Pictured Above)
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