Prince George, B.C. – Minister of Finance and House Leader, Mike de Jong says while a stable government may have been the intent of Green Leader Andrew Weaver, the exact opposite has happened.
Here's the problem. Right now the Liberals have 43 seats. The NDP and Greens have a combined 44 seats. Once the Liberals put forth a speaker, they will be down to 42 and the combined Opposition would have a two seat majority. But, if the Liberals are defeated in a non confidence vote, it would be expected the combined Opposition (that would become Government), would put forth their own Speaker, so once again, there would be a government with 43 seats, and the opposition ( the Liberals in this case) would have 43. This is the reason why the NDP/Greens want the Liberal Speaker to remain in the chair.
"Mr. Weaver ( Green Party leader) stated first and foremost was that he was seeking stability, and then he went about negotiating an agreement that achieves precisely the opposite" says de Jong.
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I think Weaver has overplayed his hand and risks loosing all credibility with his rants. Prior to the election I seen Weaver as the only adult in a leadership position, but clearly that is not the case and the wiff of power has shown his true colours. Horgan just sits back and hopes it all works out and who could blame him… it's the green Weaver show at this point.
Without a Northern BC party to vote for I think Clark is the only leader left standing and another election will probably see a liberal majority so long as they keep their cool and continue to follow established democratic protocol. I don't think the Lt Governor will allow the green/ndp coalition to proceed since they don't have enough MLA's to form a majority with speaker. So a confidence vote is a vote to go back to the polls and if that happens I think the ndp looses big time, and probably for another generation.
I think the big problem for instability here is with Lt Gov Judith Gouchon for waffling on the implications of a confidence vote. She should be clear that if the governing liberals fail a confidence vote and the coalition does not have a liberal speaker then we are off to the polls. To do otherwise fails the role of the crown in our democratic process. I also think she needs to speak up about the coalition plans to change our democracy and eliminate responsible government as it's the protection of the crown that ensures we have our voting rights in the north and rural BC protected from assimilation by the majority.
One can expect that Mr de Jong is somewhat biased in his interpretation of how events will unfold, but there are other points to consider. The Liberals are currently the government, so when the Legislature finally gets to meet, it will be the Liberals who are responsible for ensuring there is a Speaker, and tradition dictates that it should be one of their members. Up to that point there is really no dispute.
The question is whether the Speaker appointed from the ranks of the Liberals is appointed for the whole session, that is until the next election, or whether they are appointed only for as long as the leader of the Liberal party permits them to remain Speaker. In other words, should the Speaker be used in political gamesmanship by Christy Clarke and de Jong?
In my opinion, the Speaker is appointed to a non-partisan position for the whole session which is supposed to be for four years and they must behave in a non partisan manner for the whole of those four years. They should not be participating in political gamesmanship at any time, including when the Government of the day is defeated. Resigning as Speaker solely because the Liberal party is defeated in a confidence vote would be a bluntly partisan act and violate the traditional non partisan behaviour of the office.
It is worth remembering that the Speaker is appointed by all MLAs, of all parties, not just by the party to which they belong, and they answer to the whole house, not their party leader or deputy. For that reason alone, if the Speaker appointed by the House were to follow the dictates of Clarke or de Jong it would be a gossly and gratuitously partisan act which would be rejecting the legislature rights in favour of an attempt to ingratiate with a particular party hierarchy.
Again, in my opinion, the only time a Speaker should be removed from office under these current circumstances would be if the Lieutenant Governor decided to call another election when the Liberals lose their confidence motion. If she did that, then the session would be at an end. I do think that the objectivity and non partisan behaviour of the Speaker is an important part of our legislative traditions and I hope that the Liberal appointed by the House has enough respect for those traditions to remain as Speaker.
Well since tradition dictates the governing party supply the speaker and the ndp/green coalition become the gov't tradition says it should be from them.
John Horgan needs to realize he doesn't have the numbers to govern. He can not push his agenda and keep confidence in the house. If we go to the polls then the ndp might not be relevant in BC politics for a very long time.
I would suggest he authorize the most centrist and independent of his MLA's (a dirty half dozen) to exercise their independence to support government in the role a green coalition with the liberals would have played, but bargaining for ndp strategy… And playing for time until the political landscape is ripe for a fresh election at their choosing. Otherwise their greed for power could cost them huge in an early snap election they have no resources left to fight.
Make excuses like this policy is one we can work on for the best of the province… And as an indipendent decision from the party said MLA wishes to avoid a snap election at this time…. Give a year or even a half year and they won't so much take the blame for a hung government. Maybe we could get some good cooperative governance in BC as a result.
The Greens and the NDP will topple the Government and then regardless of where the speaker comes from, they will form the Government. I am inclined to agree with Ammonra when it comes to the responsibilities of the speaker. In any event the speaker votes to break ties, and usually votes with the Government so in effect the Greens/NDP have a majority of one.
The L Governor could call another election, however she does have a responsibility to see if the Greens and NDP can form a Government.
De Jong, Christie, and others are like a kid whistling while walking past a graveyard at night.
I have not heard, or seen anything that would indicate that there would be a big change on how people vote if we go into another election. My guess is that most people would vote the same, and those who are able to gather up additional votes will win a majority. The Greens/NDP are all revved up after coming this close to winning, and will be hell bent to get a majority.
The Liberals on the other hand have come to the end of the line. They came as close as you can get to losing this time around, and they have nothing to offer voters in another election. So I believe that they will lose big time.
The Liberals had a big dog and pony show for years, however the show is over, they are down to one dog, and one pony.
"and usually votes with the Government so in effect the Greens/NDP have a majority of one." .. wrong. The tradition is to vote the status quo, in other words keep the bill as it is, effectively giving the liberals a majority of one. What makes you think people would vote the same, I think you would see a lot of pissed off green voters going back to the liberal side after what weaver pulled.
What are the **new** economies that have grown up in Northern BC??
Perhaps de Jong is referring to the export of workers to other parts of the country ;) ..in his defense, Site C has a large employee base .. my question is where are these workers coming from .. perhaps from Alberta pseudo unions.
What do license plates mean? You think maybe a lot of people go to alberta to get cheaper insurance.


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Sober 10 years since 1961, Mary sponsored legions of women over the years.
At times a featured dancer in Hollywood and overseas for the USO in WWII, cleanliness obsessed housewife and, later, bar-fly, she never was a social drinker.
At one point she gave up bathing because her drinking made it too dangerous.
She still maintains an attitude of whatever is worth doing is worth doing to excess.
She hated women, starting with her mother. She felt like she was in a capsule looking out at the world.
She desperately defended her right to drink while constantly seeking approval.
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Opinion: With impeachment, Democrats strike at the king — and miss
By Ruben Navarrette Jr.
Published 4:59 pm CST, Monday, December 23, 2019
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats dropped the ball on impeachment of President Donald Trump. Democrats promised to get rid of Trump, but they didn't deliver. They went after the dragon with pea shooters, so they could brag about going to war.
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats dropped the ball on impeachment of President Donald Trump. Democrats promised to get rid of Trump, but they didn't deliver. They went after the dragon with
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In the march up to impeachment — the first steps of which began this past January after Democrats seized control of the House and set out to, as newly sworn-in Rep. Rashida Tlaib put it, "impeach the (expletive)" — I've had a movie scene playing in my head.
In "A Few Good Men," the iconic character of Marine Col. Nathan Jessep (played by Jack Nicholson) taunts Navy lawyer Daniel Kaffee (played by Tom Cruise) about the circumstantial evidence presented to exonerate two Marines being court-martialed. The evidence includes the fact that the fellow Marine they're accused of killing hadn't called his family to tell them he was coming home, suggesting that he was never going to leave the base.
"Please tell me you've got something more, lieutenant," Jessep says sarcastically. "These two Marines are on trial for their lives. Please tell me that their lawyer hasn't pinned their hopes to a phone bill."
Democrats pinned their impeachment hopes on a phone call — between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
Now, as a Never Trumper, I'm sad that my Christmas stocking is empty.
I never thought Trump was fit for the office in the first place — and, time and again during the past three years, he has proved me right. I want him out, done, gone.
But the Scrooges on the left remind us there is no Santa Claus. Democrats promised to get rid of Trump, but they didn't deliver. They went after the dragon with pea shooters so they could brag about going to war.
They approved two articles of impeachment against Trump — for alleged abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. The second one makes sense, but the first one will make your head spin.
Political observers point out that impeachment isn't a legal process but a political one.
True. But Americans can be excused for being confused — given that the process is provided for in the Constitution, it is supposedly triggered by "high crimes and misdemeanors," evidence is presented, and the Senate holds a "trial" presided over by the chief justice of the United States.
It's a good thing that the impeachment of Trump is not a formal legal proceeding, because Democrats have built such a flimsy case for abuse of power that a rookie public defender could beat this rap.
Trump is accused of pressuring Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden — whom the media generously calls his "chief rival" — because he was supposedly afraid to run against the former vice president.
You don't say? Trump may be the only person, in either party, who fears Biden. Maybe the president should have talked to Ukraine about Elizabeth Warren.
Democrats say that Trump committed a crime. Fine. Under the criminal standard, there is "reasonable doubt" as to Trump's motives. It's possible that he just wanted Biden, and his son Hunter, to get a taste of the scrutiny that he and his family have gotten since entering the political arena.
Trump is probably thinking: If Barron isn't off-limits, why should Hunter be?
The point is, there is wiggle room for Trump to get loose — and Democrats were dumb to provide it.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi probably knows she's holding a pair of deuces, which could explain why she doesn't seem eager to take the next step in the impeachment process.
After all, Pelosi has done her part. She led Democrats to approve articles of impeachment and thus put a stain, an asterisk, a qualifier before the name "Donald Trump" in the history books. If there is mud on Trump at the moment, she put it there.
For whatever that's worth. And I would argue that if impeachment energizes Trump voters to the point where one of the worst presidents in my lifetime gets re-elected — it's not worth much.
Pelosi now seems reluctant to send the articles of impeachment to the GOP-controlled Senate, where they will go to die. She'd obviously rather end this story on an indictment by the House than on an acquittal by the Senate.
So much scheming. Imagine if Democratic leaders put this much time, thought, energy and skill into developing a high-quality presidential candidate who could defeat Trump at the polls next November. That makes too much sense.
Meanwhile, Trump tweeted about the impeachment vote: "This is an assault on America."
The (expletive) ought to know. When it comes to assaulting America — her character, her values, her traditions and her dignity — he's a repeat offender.
ruben@rubennavarrette.com
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Beaulieu to open new Bond exhibition for No Time To Die
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Beaulieu has announced it is set to open "Bond in Motion – No Time To Die", a brand new exhibition featuring the iconic cars, gadgets and costumes from the latest 007 film, which will receive its theatrical debut at the end of the month.
The exhibition will be unveiled in the National Motor Museum on October 15th, shortly after the film's UK release on September 30th.
Beaulieu Enterprises Managing Director Russell Bowman said: "This entirely new exhibition will offer visitors an exclusive chance to see cars, gadgets and costumes from the highly anticipated No Time To Die, the 25th James Bond film.
"It follows in the footsteps of our acclaimed Bond In Motion exhibition, which opened ten years ago showing 50 original vehicles from 50 years of Bond – and we know this will be just as popular."
The exhibition will be the first opportunity for the public to see the folding-wing glider from the film. The full-size model will be suspended above Bond's iconic silver birch Aston Martin DB5, complete with new LED number plate and machine guns.
Also on display will be the Aston Martin DBS Superleggera, driven in the film by new agent Nomi, the No Time To Die Aston Martin V8 – which was last seen in The Living Daylights (1987) – and the Chevy Bel Air. Fans of four-wheel drives will enjoy Bond's Land Rover Series III and the Land Rover Defender 110. A Triumph Scrambler motorcycle and Royal Alloy Scooter will be crowd-pleasers for fans of two-wheelers.
Visitors will be able to get a first look at new gadgets from the Secret Intelligence Service Q Branch, including Bond's Q-enhanced Omega Seamaster Diver 300M watch, alongside technical plans for vehicle designs and DB5 weapons. Backdrop screens will show action clips from the movie.
A range of Bond merchandise will also be on display in the exhibition and available to buy in the Beaulieu gift shop as well as the 007store.com.
For more details and tickets to the special Bond in Motion exhibition visit www.beaulieu.co.uk.
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Олег Александрович Марков (30 декабря 1953, Южно-Сахалинск) — российский государственный деятель, бывший помощник президента Российской Федерации, бывший руководитель Федеральной службы по финансовому мониторингу (Росфинмониторинг).

Биография
Окончил юридический факультет ЛГУ им. Жданова.

Работал в органах исполнительной власти районного и городского советов народных депутатов в Ленинграде.

Работал в районных и городских органах исполнительной власти Ленинграда.

C 1991 года работал заместителем председателя Комитета по внешним связям (КВС) мэрии Санкт-Петербурга. Позже работал заместителем председателя Комитета мэрии Санкт-Петербурга по внешним связям.

После того, как в 1996 году губернатором Санкт-Петербурга стал Владимир Яковлев, Марков сохранил свою должность, став заместителем нового руководителя КВС Геннадия Ткачёва.

Впоследствии занимает пост начальника отдела Северо-Западного управления Государственного таможенного комитета России.

С апреля 2004 по март 2007 год — первый заместитель Руководителя протокола Президента Российской Федерации.

По данным ряда СМИ, в январе 2005 года Маркову был присвоен чин действительного государственного советника Российской Федерации первого класса.

С марта 2007 года — заместитель руководителя Федеральной службы по финансовому мониторингу (Росфинмониторинг).

25 сентября 2007 года после назначения Виктора Зубкова премьер-министром возглавил Росфинмониторинг.

C 16 мая 2008 года — помощник Президента РФ.

В сентябре 2008 года Медведев назначил Маркова председателем межведомственной комиссии по вопросам предоставления правительственной и специальной связи.

23 мая 2012 года освобожден от должности помощника Президента РФ.

20 июня 2012 года депутаты Законодательного Собрания Санкт-Петербурга, по представлению Губернатора Санкт-Петербурга Георгия Сергеевича Полтавченко, наделили Олега Маркова полномочиями вице-губернатора Санкт-Петербурга. На посту вице-губернатора отвечает за решение вопросов внешних связей Санкт-Петербурга, записи актов гражданского состояния, архивного дела, транспорта, туризма, гостиничной инфраструктуры, надзора за техническим состоянием самоходных машин и других видов техники.

Собственность и доходы
Согласно официальным данным, доход Маркова за 2011 год составил 45,53 млн рублей. Ему принадлежат 3 земельных участка общей площадью 55 соток, 2 жилых дома, 3 мотолодки, два легковых автомобиля и автофургон.

Награды
 Орден Александра Невского (10 сентября 2018 года) — за достигнутые трудовые успехи, активную общественную деятельность и многолетнюю добросовестную работу
 Орден Почёта (28 февраля 2007 года) — за большой вклад в обеспечение деятельности Президента Российской Федерации и многолетнюю добросовестную работу
 Орден Дружбы (23 июня 2014 года) — за достигнутые трудовые успехи, значительный вклад в социально-экономическое развитие Российской Федерации, реализацию внешнеполитического курса Российской Федерации, заслуги в гуманитарной сфере, укреплении законности, защите прав и интересов граждан, многолетнюю добросовестную работу и активную законотворческую деятельность
 Медаль ордена «За заслуги перед Отечеством» I степени (22 ноября 2003 года) — за активную работу по подготовке и проведению международных встреч по случаю 300-летия Санкт-Петербурга
 Благодарность Президента Российской Федерации (28 декабря 2013 года) — за достигнутые трудовые успехи, активную общественную деятельность и многолетнюю добросовестную работу
 Орден преподобного Сергия Радонежского III степени

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Ссылки

 Олег Марков на сайте lobbying.ru
 Марков Олег Александрович на сайте газеты Коммерсантъ

 Олег Александрович Марков. Биографическая справка
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Вице-губернаторы Санкт-Петербурга
Действительные государственные советники Российской Федерации 1-го класса
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It is estimated that 550,000 people make up the Kosovo diaspora. Almost three-quarters of them live in Germany, Switzerland, and Serbia.
Kosovo Albanian migration to Western Europe happened in three waves. The first, during the late 60s and early 70s, consisted mostly of unskilled guest workers from rural areas. The second, in the 80s and early 90s, comprised better educated professionals from urban areas. The last exodus of Kosovars, most of them refugees and asylum seekers, left during the Kosovo war between 1998 and 1999.
Neither the number of jobs nor the amount of available agricultural land have kept pace with Kosovo's growing population during the last decades. For many people migration provided the only hope of escaping poverty. In sayings, songs and poems, work migration has come to be equated with suffering. "He who first went out on the migrant trail," goes one saying, "may God never give him peace!"
As one poem goes:
The father is a stranger in his own house,
Damn the black migration!
Child after child is born,
And the father is not there to call.
In economic terms remittances from abroad have helped fuel a construction boom in Kosovo, also increasing the number of retail shops, cafes, taxis, car mechanics and petrol stations. Relying on worker remittances alone doesn't produce sustainable growth, however. In fact, rural Kosovo has been trapped in a vicious circle of underdevelopment and migration. According to Jane Jacobs, an economist:
"Remittances, while they last, do alleviate poverty in abandoned regions, just as any forms of transfer payments from rich to poor regions alleviate poverty while they last. The money buys imports for people and institutions which they would otherwise have to go without, but that is all it does… It does nothing to convert stagnation to development."
Migration and remittances. © 2008 pre tv. All rights reserved.
However, transfers have provided a lifeline that has kept many rural families above the poverty line. Recently, changes in immigration policy in important host countries like Germany have put an abrupt end to migration. Since 1999 more people have returned to Kosovo – voluntarily or by force – than were able to leave. While in 1999 around 30 percent of all Kosovar households received remittances in cash or in kind from relatives abroad, this number has dropped to 15% in 2006. The estimated value of remittances dropped from €166 million in 2003, to €123 million in 2004.
The high dependence on remittances has also helped to preserve one of Europe's oldest and most conservative institutions: the traditional patriarchal household.
The costs of isolation. © 2008 pre tv. All rights reserved.
See: ESI report Cutting the lifeline. Migration, Families and the Future of Kosovo, 18 September 2006.
ESI picture story: Cutting the lifeline
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Rreze Duli
Migjen Kelmendi
Ben Crampton
Enver Hoxhaj
Roland Kather
Joachim Rucker
Besa Shahini
The Nura family
Qefser Qahili
Rramush Rrahmani
Zivojin Rakocevic
Isniq
Gracanica
Migration and remittances
Patriarchal families
Cradle of the Serbian nation
Kosovo Serbs today
The road to independence
UNMIK, Ahtisaari and Kosovo independence
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This inn is located in the center of La Quiaca, just a 5-minute walk from Plaza de la Independencia. It has a tour desk and free parking. The rooms at Munay La Quiaca offer practical accommodation in the city, equipped with cable TV and a ceiling fan. Munay La Quiaca serves a continental breakfast every morning with croissants, biscuits, yogurt, cereals, juice, butter and jam. La Quiaca bus station is 3 blocks from Munay La Quiaca. The establishment also has a 24-hour reception.
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The reason why homeowners come to Randy Wallace for their first vacation or retirement home is because he cares. Randy takes the time to get to know you, to understand your wants and needs. And then he works hard so you can find the home you've always wanted.
Randy Wallace, New Homes Division Director at Keller Williams in Myrtle Beach and Murrells Inlet, has been active in the greater Myrtle Beach real estate market and the community since moving here permanently in 1977. A native of Marion, South Carolina and a graduate of Wake Forest University, Wallace worked at the beach for many summers before starting his career with a small development firm. He then organized his own firm, Litus Corporation, in 1979 at the age of 24. The company developed a number of oceanfront, golf course, and residential properties during the 1980's, with offices in Brunswick County, NC; Myrtle Beach and Charleston, SC; and St. Simons Island, GA. In the late 1980's Wallace sold the Litus name and created CANA Corporation in 1988 to focus more in single-family subdivisions and providing consulting services.
Wallace partnered with a few builder-developers in the early 1990's to acquire multi-family properties for rental or conversions. In 1993, the group began acquiring land for single-family development, which over the years became the sprawling 900-acre Hunter's Ridge Plantation success story. In the 2000's, Wallace expanded CANA's reach by partnering with and/or representing other local developers to produce single-family neighborhoods and condo-conversion projects throughout Horry County and the Charleston area. In 2011, Wallace invested in the Myrtle Beach Keller Williams franchise and started the Keller Williams New Homes Division and the Cana Development Group Team to bring a new homes focus to this fast-growing real estate franchise, now the largest in the world. The Cana Group has now grown from 4 agents to a bustling team of 12 agents and 2 full-time and 1 part-time staff, while handling on-site sales for several builders and new home communities all over the Grand Strand region.
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If you're struggling under a huge load of debt you've probably heard the term "debt consolidation." You may even understand what it means – consolidating or combining a number of different debts into one new program or loan. And don't get us wrong. Debt consolidation can be an excellent way to get debts under control and even paid off. But there are some deadly myths related to debt consolidation that it's important you know. They are.
If a credit counselor tells you that he or she can get your debt cut in half, don't believe it. As an example of this, suppose that you have missed two $200 payments so that the third payment due was for $600. A counselor with a debt management agency might be able to re-age that bill to get your payment back down to $200 but that missing $400 would simply be added back into the total amount you owe and you would end up paying interest on it..
Credit counseling agencies cannot negotiate lower payments because credit counseling does not involve negotiations. In the event a credit counselor tells you that he or she can negotiate on your behalf, it is really a debt settlement company. Debt settlement can be an effective way to get debts paid off but it is not the same as credit counseling. Here's a short video with more information about the differences between these two options..
This is another myth. Credit counseling is where you have a counselor who reviews your finances and helps you develop a budget and the discipline required to make steady payments each month until your debt has been cleared. In comparison, a debt management plan is just one tool in a credit counselor's toolbox. What a debt management plan amounts to is that your counselor will attempt to negotiate interest rate reductions with your creditors to help you become debt free quicker. You will send the credit counseling agency one payment a month and it will distribute the money to your creditors until your debts reach a zero balance. Unfortunately, statistics show that only 35% of those who enroll in a debt management plan ever actually complete it.
Debt settlement does have its pluses. In fact, it's the only way to get debts actually reduced versus just moving them to a new lender or into a debt management plan. However, it may not be the cheapest way to handle debt consolidation, depending on the debt settlement firm you choose. Some of the shadier debt settlement companies charge big fees upfront before they do anything for you. Also, debt settlement will have a negative effect on your credit score and a harsher one then a debt consolidation loan or debt settlement plan.
Nothing could be further from the truth than the idea that you need a formal program to get out of debt. You could sit down and actually develop a budget and create your own debt management plan. Many of the people who drop out of a formal debt management plan did so because they found they could handle the program themselves. You could do debt settlement yourself by contacting your creditors directly and negotiating with them to get your debts reduced.
The fact is a debt consolidation loan may actually cost you more money. Here's an example of what we mean. If a lender was to tell you that it could get you financed with no out-of-pocket costs, what it probably means is that it's simply rolling those costs into the loan, where you will end up paying interest on them. Plus, if you get out a calculator and do the math you'll see that most debt consolidation loans will cost you a lot more over the long run vs. simply paying off the debts yourself. This is because they typically have much longer terms.
If a credit counselor suggests that your life would be ruined by a bankruptcy, you should probably avoid that person. Yes, bankruptcy will definitely have a negative effect on your credit score and credit report. In fact, most financial experts believe that a bankruptcy would reduce your credit score by 200 points. This could drop you from having a "good" credit score to a "poor" or even "bad" credit score. In turn, this would make it very difficult for you to get any new credit for at least two to three years. However, you may be able to get some credit though it will come with a fairly high interest rate. If you work on repairing your credit, you could be almost back to normal in three to four years.
It's also a fact that a bankruptcy will stay in your credit report for either seven or 10 years, depending on the credit-reporting bureau. But this is a case where having the stain of a bankruptcy in your credit report could be better than going without food or becoming homeless.


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Microsoft to buy Activision for $68.7 billion in gaming push
Updated on: 18 January 2022
Microsoft announced it was acquiring "Call of Duty" videogame maker Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion in cash, the biggest deal in the sector that would help the Xbox maker become the third-largest gaming company by revenue.
Microsoft's offer of $95 per share is at a premium of 45% to Activision's Friday close. Shares of Activision were trading at $89.55 in trading before the bell.
"Gaming is the most dynamic and exciting category in entertainment across all platforms today and will play a key role in the development of metaverse platforms," Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella said in a statement.
Microsoft has been making big investments in gaming, scooping up "Minecraft" maker Mojang Studios and Zenimax in multi-billion dollar deals in recent years.
Activision's library of games such as "Call of Duty" and "Overwatch" gives Microsoft's Xbox gaming platform an edge over Sony's Playstation, which has for years enjoyed a more steady stream of exclusive games.
Shares of the "Candy Crush" maker have slumped over 37% since hitting their record high last year, largely hurt by allegations of sexual harassment and other misconduct at the videogame company.
The company is still addressing those allegations and said on Monday it had fired or pushed out more than three dozen employees and disciplined another 40 since July.
Bobby Kotick will continue to serve as CEO of Activision Blizzard. The sector is consolidating with larger firms buying up smaller players in recent years.
Last week, "Grand Theft Auto" video game maker Take-Two Interactive said it would buy Zynga for $11.04 billion in a cash-and-stock deal that will add popular mobile titles such as "FarmVille" under its umbrella as demand surges for on-the-go gaming.
Troubling trend: it takes nine months to detect and respond to a cyberattack
InvestDEFY launches Equal Weighted Metaverse + Web 3.0 NFT index for investors
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NCA shuts down the UK server of an encryption service linked to cybercrime
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I have blogged before about the benefits of Windows Intune, which at the moment stands in the shadows of other Microsoft cloud services - such as Office 365, CRM Online, and Azure - but clearly deserves serious attention and is currently coming into the spotlight. What gives Windows Intune this fresh momentum? - Microsoft's new-found focus on devices and services, unified architecture, integration with System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM), and strong Mobile Device Management (MDM) support.
So, I decided to put together a quick collection of resources to assist anyone trying to learn more about the service - from the very basics to more advanced topics.


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Congress holds taxpayer-funded group therapy session for AOC and pals, who were totally traumatized by Capitol raid
Graham Dockery is an Irish journalist, commentator, and writer at RT. Previously based in Amsterdam, he wrote for DutchNews and a scatter of local and national newspapers.
FILE PHOTO: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reacts to testimony during a House Oversight Committee hearing on the detention of migrants, in Washington, DC July 10, 2019 © Reuters / Erin Scott
New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has gathered a gang of lily-livered lawmakers on Capitol Hill to tell their personal stories of trauma, and if you disagree, you're practically a rapist.
Ocasio-Cortez and a number of prominent Democratic lawmakers, including Reps. Ayanna Pressley (Massachusetts) and Rashida Tlaib (Michigan), will speak in the House of Representatives on Thursday evening in a session "with the goal of creating space for members to talk about their lived experience" of the Capitol Hill riot last month.
Lawmakers will share their personal stories of the Jan. 6 attack on the House floor tonight. .@AOC will kick off the special order hour pic.twitter.com/rhj10BGe9F
— Scott Wong (@scottwongDC) February 4, 2021
Creating space for "lived experience" is the type of hokum heard on university campuses, but elected leaders are nevertheless gathering to indulge their own egos on the taxpayer's dime.
The story began on Monday when AOC claimed to have suffered a "near death" experience while she was trapped in the Capitol during the pro-Trump riot. In a live stream to her followers, she compared the trauma of the experience to being sexually assaulted, and accused the police officer who came to help her of staring at her with "anger and hostility," to the point where she feared death.
Also on rt.com AOC compared to Jussie Smollett after her 'near-death' riot experience revealed as hiding from POLICE in office OUTSIDE Capitol
AOC, it turns out, was playing fast and loose with the truth of her "lived experience." Her office was in a building two blocks from the Capitol itself. Rioters never entered the building, and an evacuation proceeded peacefully. But good luck to anybody who tried to tell her this, as skeptics soon found out. Called out by conservative pundit Jack Posibiec, she shifted tack to speculate that "the tunnels" connecting her office with the Capitol weren't safe, and that "Trump supporters" planted bombs nearby (there is little evidence of this).
This isn't a fact check at all. Your arrows aren't accurate. They lie about where the mob stormed & place them further away than it was.You also fail to the convey *multiple* areas people were trying to storm. It wasn't 1. You also failed to show tunnels. Poor job all around.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) February 3, 2021
When Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina (who earlier wasn't above milking the threat for her own benefit either) announced that her office two doors down from AOC's was never "stormed," the New York Congresswoman accused her of shaming "survivors" into silence.
As the story currently stands, Ocasio-Cortez is a "survivor" in the same way that the cast of 'Survivor' are. Nevertheless, she managed to compare her experience on January 6 to that of a war veteran, prompting another round of mockery.
AOC is now comparing herself to a war veteran pic.twitter.com/C3T1LBEobI
— Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) February 4, 2021
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez may have been scared for her life. Nobody but her knows how it felt to be in her shoes that day. Yet anyone attempting to disagree with her on factual grounds is missing the point.
By elevating something as nebulous as "lived experience" to political discourse, AOC has managed to pull off something truly remarkable. Any opposition to her version of events isn't debate any more. It's a personal attack on a "survivor." You're with her or you're with the "insurrectionists." You believe her, or you hate sexual assault victims. You'll honor her "lived experience," or you'll side with the "white-supremacist sympathizers" in the Republican party who enabled her trauma.
Let's take a moment to review. Rejecting that Jan 6 was a literal "coup attempt" or "insurrection" -- and rejecting the subsequent censorship/militarization -- is now deemed tantamount to rejecting individualized "trauma," and therefore abusive. Really healthy, rational stuff
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) February 4, 2021
AOC's theatrics aren't performance for performance's sake, however. According to Thursday's announcement, the Democrats speaking at the therapy session won't just share their "lived experience." They'll also "call for accountability."
What accountability means in practice is tougher domestic terror laws, explicitly aimed at Trump supporters and right-wingers. In the words of AOC herself, who to her credit has left the calls for domestic repression to others in her party and intelligence agency ghouls, accountability means a Nuremberg-like reckoning for anyone who worked for Donald Trump and the expulsion of anyone in Congress who disputed the results of November's election.
Also on rt.com Greenwald & the 'Squad' agree: Neoliberal thought police have set their sights on 'domestic extremists,' putting dissent at risk
Conservatives hoping to defeat the likes of AOC with facts and reason are as delusional as she is. The right has been doing this for years and failing every time. With politics as emotionally-infused as it has been throughout the Trump era, nobody has ever changed their mind after watching some dorky Ben Shapiro videos, or come to some profound realization after tuning in to Dave Rubin's lame talk show.
That's because the establishment kowtows to this hysteria every time. The Biden administration and its allies in Congress will use her emotionally-laden testimony to usher in the repression they've already promised America. Supposedly neutral 'fact-checkers' will call you crazy for believing your own lying eyes, and the mainstream media will call you a "terrorist" for hurting AOC's feelings.
Consciously or not, AOC is leading the US down a dark path, with two possible outcomes. She'll either overplay her hand and discredit the entire Democratic party along with herself, or she'll succeed in doubling, tripling, and quadrupling down until the right is left with no other option but to become everything she claims it is.
The statements, views and opinions expressed in this column are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of RT.
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Schlumbergera and Rhipsalidopsis
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Origin of the generic name Schlumbergera
by Peter Coxhead
The genus Schlumbergera, which includes the Thanksgiving or Christmas Cactus, was created by Charles Lemaire in 1858. He named it after someone he referred to in an article in the Revue horticole as M[onsieur] Schlumberger of Les Anthieux, who had previously had articles about cacti published in the same journal. M. Schlumberger is usually identified as Frédéric Schlumberger (1823–1893). Although the information in Revue horticole is not entirely consistent, there is good circumstantial evidence for this identification. Frédéric Schlumberger lived at what is now called the Château de la Haye des Authieux, in Les Authieux-sur-le-Port-Saint-Ouen, on the outskirts of Rouen in northern France.
Some sources instead identify M. Schlumberger as Frederick Schlumberger (1804–1865), said to be Belgian. These dates appears to be based on a mis-reading of two almost consecutive entries in A Gardener's Handbook of Plant Names (Smith 1963).
Attribution of the genus name to Schlumberger
The genus Schlumbergera was created by Charles Lemaire in 1858. He published the name in two places in the same year, one in April in L'Illustration horticole (Lemaire 1858a), the other in Revue horticole (Lemaire 1858b). The former gives the more detailed account of the botanical features of the genus; the latter says "Voir pour détails botaniques, Illustr. hort., avril 1858." (For botanical details see Illustr. hort., April 1858.) Only the latter publication explains the choice of name in detail:
Nous avons dèdié ce joli genre à un amateur distingué, dont les lecteurs de la Revue horticole n'ont point oublié les judicieuses et intéressantes communications sur les fleur des Cactées, M. Schlumberger, des Anthieux.
(We have dedicated this pretty genus to a distinguished amateur, Monsieur Schlumberger, of Anthieux, whose judicious and interesting communications on the flowers of the cacti readers of the Revuew horticole have certainly not forgotten.)
No further details about Schlumberger are given. As well as the 1858 volume of Revue horticole, digitized versions of some earlier volumes are available online. Searching these, a number of articles about cacti by Schlumberger can be found:
"Cereus splendens et Echinopsis Kuotti", pp. 248-350, 1854
The article ends with "P. Schlumberg. Les Authieux, 12 juillet 1854." In the author index to the volume (p. 480) he appears as "Schlumberger (P.)".
"Floraison de Cactées nouvelles", pp. 430-432, 1855
The article begins with the address "Château des Anthieux" and ends with the name "P. Schlumberger". In the author index to the volume (p. 490), he again appears as "Schlumberger (P.)".
"Floraison de quelques espèces de Cactées pendant l'année 1856", pp. 402-404, 1856
The article ends with "F. Schlumberger. Au château des Anthieux". In the author index to the volume (p. 490) he appears as "Schlumberger (F.)".
"Sur quelques espèces de Cactées", pp. 520–522, 1857
The article ends with "F. Schlumberger, Château des Anthieux". In the author index to the volume (p. 490) he appears as "Schlumberger", i.e. without an initial.
Thus the information is not entirely clear. The place name is either "Les Authieux" or "Les Anthieux"; the two references to the château are both to "Anthieux". Schlumberger's initial is either "P" (in the first two sources above) or "F" (in the last two). The differences involve pairs of letters easily misread in cursive handwriting, namely u and n, and P and F, which may be relevant.
Frédéric Schlumberger (1823–1893)
The person most usually identified as the Schlumberger intended by Lemaire is Frédéric Schlumberger (1823–1893), described by McMillan & Horobin (1995, p. 10) as "a member of the distinguished French family Schlumberger, one of whose members was well-known in the mid-nineteenth century for his collection of cacti at his château near Rouen." His genealogy is given in a number of places, e.g. Geneanet.org a and Gen-gen.ch a (where his first name is given as Frédéric-Emile). He was born on 19 April 1823 and died on 18 February 1893, in Rouen on both occasions. His father was Emile Schlumberger, born in 1799 in Mulhouse in Alsace. Alsace was then French but historically shifted between France and Germany, explaining the Germanic origin of the surname. Emile is described as "Manufacturier à Rouen" (manufacturer at Rouen). It appears that Emile Schlumberger ran the calico manufacturing business created by his father-in-law Godefroy Rouff, who had only one child, his daughter Julie, who married Emile. After Emile's death in 1838, his widow is said to have appealed to Alsatian chemists to run the factory (Geneanet.org b). This suggests that her son Frédéric was not much involved in the business and would have had time to pursue an interest in cacti.
Frédéric's mother died in 1883 at "Château des Anthieux, 76, Seine Maritime, Port de St Ouen (Rouen)" (Gen-gen.ch b). The address corresponds to the commune now called Les Authieux-sur-le-Port-Saint-Ouen in the arrondissement of Rouen, département of Seine-Maritime. With a population of around 1,000, the commune is a small town or large village on the outskirts of the town of Rouen. One of the historic places in the commune is the Château de la Haye des Authieux, which "a appartenu tour à tour à la famille Saint-Yon, aux Schlumberger et aux Gallouen" (belonged in turn to the Saint-Yon family, the Schlumbergers and the Gallouens) (Seine76.fr). The mayor of the commune from 1925 to 1929 was Charles Schlumberger. Frédéric's son Charles was born in 1861 and died in 1942, so would have been in his mid-60s at the time. Whether or not he was the mayor, the relationship between Les Authieux-sur-le-Port-Saint-Ouen and the Schlumberger family appears clear.
As a final twist, Lagenealogie.com gives "Les Anthieux" as an old name for the commune, so the variants present in the Revue horticole articles may be original and not type-setting errors.
Frederick Schlumberger (1804–1865)
Other sources say that Frederick Schlumberger (1804–1865) was the person intended by Lemaire. Coombes (1994) describes him as a Belgian horticulturalist, explorer and plant collector. This information is repeated in a number of web sources, sometimes with information which appears to relate to Frédéric Schlumberger (1823–1893), e.g. that he was French (Weihnachskaktus) or that he lived near Rouen (Kaktuszgyujtok.hu). No person with this name and dates of birth and death was found in a search of web-based genealogy sources in December 2011. The information appears to have been derived from a mis-reading of two almost consecutive entries in A Gardener's Handbook of Plant Names (Smith 1963). These are:
Schlumbergera Cacti named for Frederick Schlumberger, Belgian horticulturalist, c. 1900.
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Schomburgkia Epiphytic orchids named for Sir Robert Schomburgk (1804-1865)
It seems likely that the dates for Schomburgk have been transferred to Schlumberger. It's not clear why Smith says that Schlumberger was Belgian, although L'Illustration horticole, which was one of the publications in which the genus appeared and which Lemaire edited, was published in Belgium.
Coombes (1994) Dictionary of Plant Names, London: Hamlyn
Lemaire, C. (1858a) "Epiphyllum Bridgesii, E. Ruckerianum", L'Illustration horticole 5: 24
Lemaire, C. (1858b) "Revue des plantes rare ou nouvelles. Schlumbergera – nouveau genre des Cactées", Revue horticole 10: 253–XXX
McMillan, A.J.S. & Horobin, J.F. (1995) Christmas Cacti : The genus Schlumbergera and its hybrids, Milburne Port: David Hunt
Smith, Archibald William (1963) A Gardener's Handbook of Plant Names : A Handbook of the Meaning and Origins of Plant Names, New York: Harper & Row
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Lemaire, C. (1858): Schlumbergera (Nouveau Genre de la Famille des Cactées.). – L'Illustration horticole 5: 24-25.
Lemaire, C. (1858): Revue des plantes rare ou nouvelles. Schlumbergera – Nouveau genre des Cactées. – Revue horticole 10: 253.
Synonyms (in chronological order):
Zygocactus K. Schumann
Schumann, K. (1890): Zygocactus K. Sch. in Martius, Flora Brasiliensis 4(2): 223.
Schumann, K. (1890). Zygocactus K. Sch. in Martius, Flora Brasiliensis 4(2): 223.
Epiphyllanthus A. Berger
Berger, A. (1905): A systematic revision of the genus Cereus Mill. – Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 1905: 84-85.
Pseudozygocactus Backeberg
Backeberg, C. (1938): Blätt für Kakteenforschung 1938(6): [17; 5, 11, 23].
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Affinity Closes $26.5M Series B Financing
Published on February 13, 2019 By FinSMEs
Affinity, a San Francisco, CA-based relationship intelligence platform, raised $26.5m in Series B funding.
The round was led by Advance Venture Partners and Sway Ventures, with participation from MassMutual Ventures, Pear Ventures and angel investors including SuccessFactors founder and former CEO Lars Dalgaard.
The company, which has now raised a total of $40.5 million, intends to use the funds to continue to build its platform.
Founded in 2014 by Ray Zhou and Shubham, Affinity provides patented technology that structures and analyzes millions of data points across emails, calendars, and third-party sources to give companies in the financial services, real estate and technology industries the tools to automatically manage their most valuable relationships, prioritize important connections, and discover untapped opportunities.
The company uses artificial intelligence to analyze relationship strength and highligh the best paths to warm introductions. The platform also offers a holistic view of users' networks in a centralized, automatically updated database without any manual upkeep.
As part of the funding, David T. ibnAle, Managing Partner of Advance Venture Partners, has joined Affinity's board of directors. Mr. ibnAle is a veteran venture capital and private equity investor and served as Managing Director and Global Head of Technology Investing at TPG Growth and as a Partner at Francisco Partners before co-founding AVP.
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A mondatértés az a folyamat, ahogyan a szavakat szószerkezetekké kapcsoljuk össze, a szerkezetekhez pedig mondattani funkciót rendelünk. Ezeket a szerkezeteket szemantikailag is értelmezzük. A mondatmegértés alapkérdései közé tartozik a szintagmák elrendezése, a tematikus szerepek és a funkcionális kategóriák megtalálása és az, hogy a bemenethez miként kapcsolódik a mondatszerkezet.

A megértés
A megértést három felfogás szerint tanulmányozta eddig a pszicholingvisztika. A három irányvonal az interakciós, a moduláris és a konnekcionalista modellekkel írható le. A mondatmegértéshez jobban kapcsolódik az a dichotómia, amely a holisztikus és a lokális felfogás különbségén alapszik. A holisztikus az elemzést helyezi előtérbe, s úgy gondolja, a megértés nagyobb tömbökben és szakaszokban történik. Ezzel szemben a lokális felfogás hívei a folyamatok közben jelentkező döntési folyamatokat elemzik – ilyenek például a mondatrészek differenciálása.

Dichotómiák
Sok mindenben nincs közmegegyezés a mondatfeldolgozás terén. Vannak, akik a szintaxist helyezik a feldolgozás előterébe, mint például Chomsky. Szerinte a jelentést a mondat szerkezete határozza meg és nem fordítva. Többen, mint például Lakoff, Montague vagy Langacker, inkább a szemantikát helyezik előtérbe a szerkezettel szemben. Gósy Mária szerint az elemzések (azaz a grammatikai- és a szemantikai elemzés) egyidőben, egymással párhuzamosan zajlanak. Ezek egymást erősítik és együtt járulnak hozzá a végcélhoz, azaz a mondat megértéséhez. Pléh Csaba szerint először a mondat felszíni szerkezetét, közvetlen összetevős elemzését számítjuk ki, időben később pedig a szemantikai értelmezést megalapozó szintaktikai mélyszerkezetet.
Kétféleképp magyarázzák azt is, hogyan használja fel a lexikai egységeket és az azokban rejlő szintaktikai és szemantikai információkat a nyelvi feldolgozó rendszer. A szerkezetvezérelt hipotézis szerint két szinten történik a feldolgozás. Először az olvasó csak azonosítja a szerkezetet, majd pedig kijelöli annak tematikus szerepét vagy szerepeit. A másik felfogás a lexikonvezérelt feldolgozás elmélete. Eszerint a mondat elemzőjét a lexikai információk irányítják, ezek közül is az ige argumentumszerkezete a domináns. A magyar azonban agglutináló nyelv, s mint ilyen, gazdag morfológiájú. Az ilyen nyelveknél a  toldalékoknak jut elsődleges figyelem, ezt követi a szórend, majd az egyeztetés. A toldalékok felismerése valószínűsíthetően egy időben megy végbe a szótő azonosításával.
A toldalékoló nyelvek sok szóelemet helyeznek egymás mellé, így a szóalakok jóval hosszabbak, mint más, például izoláló nyelveknél. Az angolban például könnyebb dekódolni a szóegészeket, mint például a finnben vagy a magyarban. Ennek egy másik oka az is, hogy a szótövek ritkán állandóak, s a tőrendszer összetettsége megváltoztatja a szó optikai képét, s így új szövegkörnyezetben a gyors felismerés jóval bonyolultabb.

Megértési stratégiák
A morfológia és a toldalékok kiinduló szerepét igazolja Thomas Bever megértési stratégia fogalma. Eszerint egy mondat megértése során "rövidre záró stratégiákat" alkalmazunk, melyek a mondat jól azonosítható felszíni jegyeit közvetlenül az alapvető mondattani és szemantikai viszonyokra vetítik le. A gyakorlatban ezek a stratégiák segítenek például abban, hogy a mondat tárgyát azonosítsuk. Ha a mondatban egy szó főnév és t-re végződik, akkor azt automatikusan tárgyként kezeljük. Ez azonban nem állja meg mindig a helyét, hiszen egyetlen funkcióra több stratégia is érvényesülhet. Alanynak vehetjük ugyanis azt a mondatbeli elemet, amely a mondat elején áll, és szófaja főnév, de azt is, ami főnév és nincsen ragja. Végezetül pedig az is nehezíti ezen stratégiák alkalmazását, hogy ezek csak valószínűségi alapon működnek, s könnyen felülbírálhatók. Például a  Józsi szereti lányod mondatban mindkét főnév betölthetné az alany szerepét. A magyarban különösen fontos az alaktan, azaz a főnévi csoportok végződése.
A mondatok feldolgozásakor szószerkezeti és állítmányfüggvényi viszonyokat is felismerünk. Ha a mondat elemeit felismertük, s azokhoz funkciót is rendeltünk, akkor az egyes elemeket, szószerkezeteket helyezzük el a mondat egészében. Ez természetesen sokkal könnyebb a rövid mondatok esetében. A könnyebb megértést segítheti még az egyenes szórend is. Később a gyenge olvasóknak – de olykor a jobbaknak is – gondot okozhatnak az aszimmetrikus, a megszakításos szerkezetű (az alany vagy az állítmány tartománya nem összefüggő, meg van szakítva), a hiányos szerkezetű és a bonyolult bővítményeket tartalmazó mondatok. Gyakorlott olvasóknál ez nem akkora gond, hiszen a beszélő, adott esetben az olvasó, maga is beszélő, tehát ő is ugyanolyan stratégiákat használ, mint a szöveg írója vagy az a személy, akit hallgat. Ennélfogva lehetséges, hogy például az alanyváltozások sorozatának azonosítása, a közbeékelések vagy a váratlan bővítmények nem jelentenek nehézséget a hallgatónak.

Források
 A. Jászó Anna: Csak az ember olvas. Tinta Könyvkiadó, Budapest, 2003 .
 Gósy Mária: Pszicholingvisztika. Osiris Kiadó, Budapest, 2005 .
 Pléh Csaba: Mondatmegértés a magyar nyelvben. Osiris Kiadó, Budapest, 1998 .

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Muslim Women's Day: 10 books on females of faith
Recommended reads on pious and powerful Muslim women throughout history
Books such as 'The Unforgettable Queens of Islam' by Shahla Haeri and 'Women are the Future of Islam' by Sherin Khankan highlight women's stories. Hafsa Lodi
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With the revelation of Islam in the seventh century came revolutionary women's rights reforms, and there are numerous noteworthy women in history who have served as empowered role models. Yet, Muslim literature, for the most part, is overwhelmingly dominated my men.
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Muslim Women's Day, which falls on Saturday, March 27, was founded to help amplify Muslim women's voices in the media, and what better way to celebrate the occasion than shedding light on their courageous contributions to the most traditional form of media – books?
From enlightening memoirs to more academic non-fiction reads, there has been a surge in female-led Islamic discourse in the literary world over the past decade. Here are 10 titles by and about pious and powerful Muslim women that you should add to your reading list.
'The Unforgettable Queens of Islam' by Shahla Haeri
The Unforgettable Queens of Islam: Succession, Authority, Gender by Shahla Haeri. Courtesy Cambridge University Press
Most Muslim rulers throughout history have been men, but anthropologist and former director of the women's, gender and sexuality studies programme at Boston University, Shahla Haeri, sheds light on the many women who held positions of power in various eras and empires – from one of the Prophet Mohammed's wives Aisha bint Abi Bakr, who famously led the Battle of the Camel in 656, to Pakistan's only female prime minister Benazir Bhutto, who was assassinated in 2007. Haeri also offers an analysis of the mythic Queen of Sheba, who is referenced in the Quran as a powerful ruler, and has served as a symbol of political perseverance for Muslim women throughout time.
'A History of Islam in 21 Women' by Hossein Kamaly
A History of Islam in 21 Women by Hossein Kamaly published by Oneworld Publications. Courtesy Simon & Schuster
Associate professor of Islamic studies Hossein Kamaly handpicks 21 Muslim women from across the globe to profile in this wide-ranging account of historically influential women. It honours the world's first Muslim after the Prophet Mohammed – his wife Khadijah bint Khuwaylid, who was a successful businesswoman and contributed immensely to the spread of early Islam. Notable names such as hers are woven in with the lesser-known stories of a brave British-Muslim spy and women's rights activist who became the first Muslim female judge in Russia. Treat this as a starting point for further research on the lives of these awe-inspiring women.
'Aisha: The Wife, the Companion, the Scholar' by Resit Haylamaz
Aisha: The Wife, the Companion, the Scholar by Resit Haylamaz. Courtesy Tughra Books
Aisha, fondly regarded as the Prophet Mohammed's favourite wife, the daughter of his companion Abu Bakr and the "Mother of the Believers", was arguably the most influential woman during the first few generations of Islam. She is believed to have narrated more than 2,000 Hadiths, and thus helped in transmitting and spreading Islamic knowledge after the Prophet Mohammed's death. In this book, scholar Resit Haylamaz chronicles the critical role that Aisha played in early Islamic history.
'Women and the Transmission of Religious Knowledge' by Asma Sayeed
Women and the Transmission of Religious Knowledge in Islam by Asma Sayeed. Courtesy Cambridge University Press
In this inspirational read about the active role women played in spreading the message of Islam in the first few generations of the faith, professor Asma Sayeed focuses on Muslim women's experiences in studying the Hadith and how their active roles as transmitters of the sayings of the Prophet Mohammed, teachers and scholars were influenced by the legal, political and social contexts of their eras. Starting with Aisha and running all the way through to the early Ottoman period, this book sheds light on some of the forgotten names of Islamic history.
'Educating Muslim Women: The West African Legacy of Nana Asma'u' by Jean Boyd and Beverley Mack
Educating Muslim Women: The West African Legacy of Nana Asma'u by Jean Boyd and Beverley Mack. Courtesy Kube Publishing
This illuminating text recounts the life of Nana Asma'u, a 19th-century female Muslim scholar of Islam who resided in what is now northern Nigeria. As the daughter of a spiritual leader of the Sokoto community and "princess" of the Sokoto caliphate, she played a key role in preaching Islam. With her work ranging from poetry to history, law, politics, theology and mysticism, this inspirational intellectual is celebrated for founding a public education system for women, along with leading a revival of Islam in West Africa.
'Empress' by Ruby Lal
Empress: The Astonishing Reign of Nur Jahan by Ruby Lal published by India Viking. Courtesy Penguin India
This is the fascinating tale of Nur Jahan, who was the twentieth wife of Mughal Emperor Jahangir, and became the most trusted adviser of them all, ruling at her husband's side as a charismatic, popular and ambitious empress. She was a talented huntress and an empowered leader with great political acumen and military experience. Though her legacy has been historically cast aside by Orientalist male writers who instead focused on the exotic thrills of a harem lifestyle when writing about women in the Mughal empire, South Asian history professor Ruby Lal tells the story of the famous empress's life from a well-researched, feminist lens.
'The Warrior Women of Islam' by Remke Kruk
The Warrior Women of Islam: Female Empowerment in Arabic Popular Literature by Remke Kruk published by I.B. Tauris. Courtesy Bloomsbury
While preserved by storytellers of the Arab world, many tales about heroic, powerful and memorable Muslims have become somewhat mythic in Middle Eastern culture, where stories about women often portray them as damsels that are dependant on men. Violence and romance are intertwined in the narratives of these trailblazing Muslim women, who were renowned warriors, fighters and leaders. Challenging gender roles and Orientalist perceptions while highlighting the rich diversity of Islamic history, professor of Arabic and expert in medieval Arab culture Remke Kruk memorialises these enlightening stories for a western audience.
'Women of Sufism' by Camille Adams Helminski
Women Of Sufism: A Hidden Treasure by Camille Adams Helminski. Courtesy Penguin Random House
An academic who has translated numerous religious works and Sufi texts, Camille Adams Helminski sheds light on the several women throughout history who have followed the Sufi path of Islam. Starting from the time of the Prophet Mohammed to the present day, these poets, scholars and saints hail from Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Europe and America. Helminksi introduces core principles of the Sufi path while describing the diverse traditions and practices championed by these profound, pious women.
'Women are the Future of Islam' by Sherin Khankan
Women are the Future of Islam by Sherin Khankan published by Rider. Courtesy Penguin UK
This is a book on empowerment from the lens of a Muslim woman living in the West, who has sacrificed familial relationships and friendships as well as community ties to help make a more inclusive and welcoming community for Muslim women. Khankan, who has mixed Syrian and Finnish heritage, founded Mariam Mosque, Europe's first mosque for women, in Copenhagen, where she leads prayers and even officiates marriages under her role as an imam. Her memoir tracks her pioneering journey along with candid family moments and encounters with those opposed to her progressive vision.
'I am Malala' by Malala Yousafzai
I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai. Courtesy Little, Brown and Company
This courageous young woman who took a stand against fundamentalist terrorism has remained a living symbol of activism and women's rights. Malala Yousafzai's award-winning autobiography traces her early life and activist experiences, as well as the terrifying assassination attempt made against her when she was 15 years old, by a Taliban faction in Pakistan. Her parents' roles in promoting her schooling and education go against the grain of the conservative community norms that value sons over daughters and, despite being insightful and inspirational, her book has been banned by many schools in Pakistan.


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Generals Leopoldino do Nascimento "Dino" and Hélder Vieiras Dias Júnior "Kopelipa" will be heard, on Tuesday, by the National Directorate of Investigation and Criminal Action. There are strong indications that they benefited from the business that the State had with the company China International Fund (CIF)
The information was given yesterday to Jornal de Angola, by a PGR source, who confirmed that Generals Dino and Kopelipa were notified and constituted defendants. "Yes, Generals Dino and Kopelipa were notified and constituted defendants. They will be heard in this condition to be applied the respective measures of coercion (criminal) ", he said.
The PGR source said that generals Leopoldino do Nascimento – former head of Communications for ex-President José Eduardo dos Santos – and Hélder Vieira Dias Júnior, former Minister of State and head of the Military House (now Casa de Segurança), also in José Eduardo dos Santos, will have benefited from the contracts that the State signed with CIF, within the scope of the extinct National Reconstruction Office.
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heelsandhooves	 November 23, 2015
Our breastfeeding journey
When I was pregnant with Lottie, Mr M and I briefly discussed feeding and what we would do. It didn't seem like a big issue at the time and our general consensus was that I would try to breastfeed and if it didn't work, we would bottle feed.
There was no drama, no worry, just a simple decision that although we thought breastfeeding was the ideal, neither of us was hung up on it.
When the story about women feeling under 'bressure' broke in the news, I even blogged to outline a similar viewpoint. I believed there were more important things to worry about and that in the 21st century, formula is so advanced that we really don't need to worry about bottle fed babies.
I was invited to attend an antenatal breastfeeding workshop and while it was all very pro breastfeeding, obviously, I still didn't feel any pressure. I felt the session was very one-sided and was interested to hear that the children's centre where it was held actually had targets for how many mothers they were required to get breastfeeding.
Fast forward to Lottie's birth and the entire issue was turned on its head.
After an emergency forceps delivery, Lottie and I were kept on the ward for a few nights. I had lost a lot of blood . But the main reason I was kept in was that the hospital ward was point blank determined to get Lottie breastfeeding.
Sadly due to Lottie's birth, we missed the immediate skin to skin contact and opportunity to allow her to find the breast, as I was in theatre and she was with her daddy.
When I was wheeled into the delivery room, MW2 (the midwife who had overseen the second part of my labour) roughly shoved Lottie onto my breast without even asking how I wanted to feed her. To be honest, at that point, I think we were both far too exhausted and emotional for it to work.
MW2 showed no support and no real patience and walked away leaving Lottie and I trying our best without a clue what we were doing.
When we were moved up to the ward, I cannot fault the breastfeeding support we were given. There were nursery nurses on hand constantly, who were kind, gentle and patient. We saw an infant feeding specialist, who was just lovely and really tried to help, but Lottie wasn't latching. We were struggling to get her mouth to open wide enough to get on the breast properly.
While everyone was lovely, supportive and kind, though, there really was no other option offered except breastfeeding.
And it became an obsession.
I felt like a failure as I hadn't been able to deliver Lottie naturally, and I think being able to breastfeed became the one thing I could control and the one thing I felt I could do to make it up to my baby.
On the first night, she had eaten nothing in 14 hours, so we syringed my colostrum and fed it to her to ensure she was getting the nutrients she needed.
I was told from the next morning onward that I could go home as soon as I had shown the nurses that I had Lottie latched properly.
Mr M and I ended up arguing on Lottie's second night in the world as I was so desperate to go home, but Mr M wanted me to stay and get the support that was on tap in the hospital. He could see how intent I was on breastfeeding and was supporting me the best he knew how, but I longed to get home.
Finally we managed to get a half latch with a long session with the infant feeding specialist and I was set free.
Looking back, I could have gone home when I bloody wanted to, but it was such a one way street with the lovely ladies in the hospital, that I couldn't see the bigger picture. I felt totally one tracked about this feeding issue. The IFS had referred us to a specialist to check Lottie for tongue tie as she suspected that was the cause of her inability to latch.
The appointment came through for the day after we had got home (impressive speed) and so we trudged off to the hospital. The car contained a battered, bruised anxious mother, a perfectly content baby, who was being fed expressed breastmilk and formula, and a weary father.
She didn't have tongue tie. Thank goodness. But as the delightful specialist pointed out, we were still without a cure for the lack of Lottie's latch.
As the next few days passed, Lottie and I became increasingly fraught about the situation.
If I'm honest, the pressure I felt somewhat tarnished our initial days with our daughter.
It took up so much of my thinking that it became slightly obsessive, and I'm sure that the more I worried and obsessed about it, the more Lottie picked up on it and the harder the situation became, but I couldn't get out of that cycle.
The climax came when we were trying to latch when Lottie was about eight days old. She was getting frustrated because she was hungry and she started to cry and bit down on my nipple.
It hurt so much that I leapt up a bit and ripped the stitches on my episiotomy.
So we were both sobbing and Mr M had to take the baby and I realised we couldn't go on like that. I called the local children's centre as I knew they had said they would help if they could.
The lady I spoke to was absolutely lovely and obviously picked up that we were all quite distressed and she helped get a support worker out to us the next morning.
When the support worker arrived, I dissolved into tears and she sat with me discussing the situation for a while.
The single most helpful and supportive thing she said was that we had to do what was right for our family. Something that family and friends had been telling me all along, but somehow, a professional telling me suddenly relieved all of the pressure.
She then tried to help me get Lottie to latch and confirmed my worries – she just wasn't opening her mouth wide enough to be able to latch. She is a little lady and sort of tries to sip with her little lips pursed.
The pressure was off.
Mr M and I had a long chat and decided to carry on expressing as much as I could, but to feed it via a bottle.
What difference does it make really how that milk is administered?
Yes the ideal is to breastfeed, but if it doesn't work for you, there shouldn't be this pressure.
Surely our emotional wellbeing was as important as winning the breastfeeding battle?
When I look back on the entire situation, it saddens me that no other professional opened up the other options to us.
Nobody told us that it was OK if we couldn't manage it.
Nobody gave us that get-out clause and we were stuck in a pretty upsetting, stressful situation without being able to see a get-out.
Somehow I had become a vulnerable individual, which isn't me at all. I needed someone to allow me to take the decision to give up, whereas I would usually be more than capable of making that decision myself.
I will be forever grateful to that support worker as she allowed me to fully enjoy my baby again and to relieve the stress and worry I had been going through and had been putting my husband and baby through.
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Koforidua traders protest against relocation to new market
Posted on December 8, 2017 by Josephine Nettey in More Stories
More than 300 petty traders in the Eastern Regional capital, Koforidua, took to the streets yesterday morning, to protest the Juaben Municipal Assembly's decision to relocate them from the streets to a newly constructed market.
The traders, mostly women, were clad in red, as they marched through some principal streets of the regional capital, before presenting a petition to the Eastern Regional Minister, Eric Kwakye Darfour. The traders are resisting the Assembly's decision to relocate with the excuse the new market has no toilet or urinal facilities. They also claim the spaces there cannot contain all of them.
They have thus asked the Assembly to allow them to sell on the pavements and other unauthorized spots at least for the Christmas period to enable them make some good sales, since the new area may not be good for business at the moment.
But the Assembly says it cannot allow an illegality to continue and the traders must move at all cost.
Amidst chants, the traders held placards with inscriptions such as "Give us our freedom", "2020 we go show Nana", "Nana, you have deceived us", "Say no to Abaye", "MCE is Hitler," among others.
This is about the third time in three months such an action has taken place after the New Juaben Municipal Assembly commenced a decongestion exercise a month ago, to sanitize the principal streets of Koforidua.
Some of the demonstrators who spoke to Citi News called for the resignation of the Municipal Chief Executive, Madame Comfort Asante whom they said was abusing her powers.
The leader of the demonstrators, Theodore Kofi Aboagye, who presented the petition to the Eastern Regional Minister, said the traders had been deceived by the leadership of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) who promised that they will not be relocated. Eric Kwakye Darfour, after receiving the petition on behalf of the President, assured the traders that their concerns will be addressed.
Traders 'assault' New Juaben officials during decongestion exercise
In November this year, the Transport Officer of the New Juaben Municipal Assembly, Batscott Nkrumah, threatened legal action against traders who assaulted him during a decongestion exercise.
Confusion broke out between the Municipal Assembly task-force and some petty traders at the Agartha Market, after the traders resisted officials of the Municipal Assembly who had gone there on a routine de-congestion exercise
Mr. Nkrumah, who is the leader of the New Juaben Municipal Assembly task-force, accused some members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and some members of the assembly of inciting the traders against the task-force when he spoke to Citi News.
Traders must move – MCE insists
The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of the area, Madame Comfort Asante, at the time explained that, the Assembly will not relent in its efforts to ensure sanity prevails in the regional capital.
"We have not locked or closed shops in the city. All we are saying is that, we won't allow the traders to sell on pavements, it is not hygienic for the buyers and its not safe for the traders as well."
"If you take a walk in town you will see the mess on our streets, these traders come as far as onto the streets where vehicles ply to arrange their goods and sell which is not safe for them. As an Assembly, we will not sit and wait for a disaster to occur before we take steps; and that's the reason we have taken measures to revive the Agartha market to relocate them," she told Citi News.
"We are asking them to go there and sell, there is a Police station very close to the market, their safety is assured and those who have not yet gotten a shed, should come to our office and we will assign them one."
–Source; citifmonline.com
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