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The Lost Manuscript
Cathy Bonidan
"Poignant and powerful."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)
The Lost Manuscript is a charming epistolary novel about the love of books and magical ability they have to bring people together.
Sometimes a book has the power to change your life…
When Anne-Lise Briard books a room at the Beau Rivage Hotel for her vacation on the Brittany coast, she has no idea this trip will start her on the path to unearthing a mystery. In search of something to read, she opens up her bedside table drawer in her hotel room, and inside she finds an abandoned manuscript. Halfway through the pages, an address is written. She sends pages to the address, in hopes of potentially hearing a response from the unknown author. But not before she reads the story and falls in love with it. The response, which she receives a few days later, astonishes her…
Not only does the author write back, but he confesses that he lost the manuscript 30 years prior on a flight to Montreal. And then he reveals something even more shocking—that he was not the author of the second half of the book.
Anne-Lise can't rest until she discovers who this second mystery author is, and in doing so tracks down every person who has held this manuscript in their hands. Through the letters exchanged by the people whose lives the manuscript has touched, she discovers long-lost love stories and intimate secrets. Romances blossom and new friends are made. Everyone's lives are made better by this book—and isn't that the point of reading? And finally, with a plot twist you don't see coming, she uncovers the astonishing identity of the author who finished the story.
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French novelist Bonidan makes her English-language debut with this poignant and powerful epistolary romance about the effect a book can have on the lives of its readers. Anne-Lise Briard is surprised to discover an unpublished manuscript in a hotel nightstand in Brittany. She's quickly entranced by the brief but passionate love affair contained within its pages and, after she's finished reading, she feels compelled to send the manuscript to an address written in the margins, hoping to reunite the work with its author. In reply, she receives a note from Sylvestre Fahmer, who lost the manuscript when it was still a half-finished work in progress on a trip to Montreal in 1983. Intrigued by the mystery of who could have completed the story, Anne-Lise and Sylvestre search for the second author. Together with Anne-Lise's childhood friend, Maggy, and William, an international poker player they meet along the way, they retrace the manuscript's path across Europe through correspondence with the people who have read it, uncovering the way the novel has affected the lives and loves of its readers. The epistolary form allows Bonidan to incorporate myriad emotional love stories, resulting in a sweeping, heart-tugging romance. Readers will be thrilled. \n
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Overprescribing can increase risk of dementia, particularly among older patients. This commentary describes an incident involving a patient with moderate dementia that worsened when opioids were prescribed following a fall. After a geriatrician evaluated the patient and suspected polypharmacy, the drugs were stopped, caregivers were educated about how to treat the patient, and the patient improved. Highlighting the importance of environmental interventions in treating this patient, the author reviews strategies to address neuropsychiatric symptoms of dementia.
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When the younger angel asked why, the older angel replied, Things aren't always what they seem"
The younger angel was infuriated and asked the older angel how couldyou have let this happen?
The first man had everything, yet you helped him .The second family had little but was willing to share everything, and you let the cow die..
"Then last night as we slept in the farmers bed, the angel of death came for his wife I gave him the cow instead.
Lemon juice does wonders in naturally cooling your body in summer.
The best cure for the mind is " Don't Mind. "
Always look for " What's Wrong" before looking for "Who's Wrong".
Love & Care for your Mother !!
After his father's death, the Son decided to leave his mother at an old age home and visited her on and off.
Once he received a call from the old age home. Your mom is very serious please come and visit her.
So the son went and saw that his mom was very critical and on her dying bed.
Mom replied : "Please install fans in the old age home, as there are none. Also put a fridge for betterment of food because many times I slept without food".
The son was surprised and asked : Mom, while you were here you never complained, but now you have few hours left and you are telling me all this, why?
Mom replied : "It's OK dear, I've managed with the heat, hunger & pain, but when your children will send you here, I am afraid you will not be able to manage.!
Rama Nawami is a Hindu festival celebrating the birth of the Lord Rama to King Dasharatha and Queen Kausalya in Ayodhya. The holy day falls in the Shukla Paksha on the Navami, of Chaitra in the Hindu calendar. It also marks the end of the nine-day Chaitra-Navaratri celebrations.
At some places the festival lasts the whole nine days of the Navaratri thus the period is called 'Sri Rama Navaratra'. It is marked by continuous recitals, Akhand Paath, mostly of the Ramacharitamanas, organized several days in advance to culminate on this day with elaborate bhajan, kirtan and distribution of prasad after the puja and aarti. Images of the infant Rama are placed on cradles and rocked by devotees. Community meals are also organized. Since Rama is believed to have been born at noon, temples and family shrines are elaborately decorated and traditional prayers are chanted together by the family in the morning. Also, at temples, special havans are organized along with Vedic chanting of mantras and offerings of fruits and flowers. Many followers mark this day by fasting through the day followed by feasting in the evening or at the culmination of celebrations. In South India, in Bhadrachalam, the day is also celebrated as the wedding anniversary of Rama and his consort Sita. Sitarama Kalyanam, the ceremonial wedding ceremony of the divine couple is held at temples throughout the south region with great fanfare and accompanied by group chanting of name of Rama.
The important celebrations on this day take place at Ayodhya ,Sitamarhi) (Bihar), Bhadrachalam (Telangana) and Rameswaram thronged by thousands of devotees. Shobha yatras of Rama, Sita, his brother Lakshmana and Hanuman are taken out at several places including Ayodhya where thousands of people take a dip in the sacred river Sarayu.
At first, the donkey realized what was happening and cried horribly. Then, to everyone's amazement he quieted down.
5. Expect less from people but -more from God.
"Being happy doesn't mean everything's perfect.
With every question, every choice and every possibility, you're inviting the quantum entanglements of the entire universe to join with you to actualize what you desire. The universe wishes to support us, but we act like we're all alone. It's as if we think the universe is an ecosystem we have to exclude ourselves from. We think we have to do everything ourselves - yet we are part of the whole. If we will embrace ourselves as part of the whole without any judgment, we absolutely invite the whole to be part of us and we open to the universe, which gives us everything we desire.
India's other daughters - The village that plants 111 trees when a girl is born.
In a country that still favours the birth of a son, Piplantri village in Rajasthan not only embraces daughters but has created a tradition that benefits both the local people and the planet. This endearing village makes a conscious effort to save girl children and the green cover at the same time, by planting 111 trees every time a girl is born. A brilliant exercise in eco-feminism, this should inspire India and the rest of the world.
Village residents collect Rs. 21,000 between themselves and Rs.10,000 from the girl's parents. This sum of Rs. 31,000 is made into a 20-year fixed deposit for the girl.
Parents are legally bound by a signed affidavit stating that their daughter will receive proper education. The affadavit also mandates that the girl should be married only after she reaches legal age and the trees planted after her birth have been correctly looked after.
The villagers don't just plant trees, they look after them as well. To protect the trees from termites, the residents plant aloe vera plants around them.
This unique tradition was first suggested by the village's former leader, Shyam Sundar Paliwal, in honour of his daughter who passed away at a young age. In the last 6 years, over a quarter of a million trees have been planted.


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Project Funding Brief: Ashtrom and Kenlov to Acquire 1.1 GW of US Solar Portfolio
By Jeanne Broderick Last updated Dec 27, 2021
From: Mercom Capital Group
Ashtrom Group, an Israel-based construction and real estate company, and Kenlov Renewable Energy, an independent power producer, sign a definitive agreement for the acquisition of four solar power plants projects in the United States with a planned capacity of approximately 1.1 GW from Texas developer OnPeak Power. Three of the first projects acquired with a planned capacity of 900 MW are located in Texas and the fourth in Idaho. The first of the projects is expected to be implemented at the end of 2022.
Kobus Renewable Energy III, the third private equity fund led by Kobus Partners, a fund management company specializing in renewable energies and energy infrastructure, has agreed to acquire three solar projects totaling 250 MW in Spain from Esparity Solar, a developer of solar projects. Financial and other terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. The project includes a 150 MW Cordovilla solar project located in Navarre, Salinetas and Salinetas II with an installed capacity of 50 MW each, located in the province of Alicante. All projects are expected to generate electricity from 2023, providing electricity to approximately 45,000 households per year.
Lightsource bp, developer of solar projects, secured $ 476 million for a planned portfolio of 596 MW of solar projects in three US states – Indiana, Alabama and Colorado. The funding consists of $ 376 million for the 293 MW Sun Mountain project in Pueblo, Colorado; the 173 MW Bellflower project in Henry and Rush counties, Indiana; and $ 100 million for the 130 MW Black Bear Project in Montgomery County, Alabama. Bank of America provided the tax capital investment for Sun Mountain and Bellflower. Debt financing for the projects was provided by ING Capital, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp., HSBC Bank USA. NatWest acted as the mandated manager of the financing arrangers. Both projects are under construction and will reach planned commercial operation by the end of 2022.
Scout Clean Energy, a developer of renewable energies, announcement that it acquired the Stockton Lake solar project from Azimut Renewables. As part of the development services agreement, Azimuth will continue to be an active partner in the development of the site. The current development plan envisions a 112 MW solar project located on a ranch in Polk County. Once development is complete, Scout will purchase the equipment, build and operate the solar project.
Palisade Investment Partners, investment company, announcement the refinancing of a five-year $ 125 million loan facility for the 148 MW Ross River solar project in Townsville, Queensland. The credit facility has been provided by MUFG Bank, Westpac Banking Corporation and Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ). The project entered commercial operation at the end of 2018 and has a long-term power purchase agreement with EnergyAustralia for 80% of the production.
Doral Renewables, the American renewable energy development arm of the Israeli group Doral, announcement that it had acquired the Brenneman solar project from AVANGRID. The project is a 150 MW large-scale photovoltaic solar panel development project in Macon County, Georgia.
Greencoat Renewables a Between the Spanish market with an agreement to acquire the 50 MW Torrubia solar project, currently under construction, from Lightsource bp. The deal will be finalized when the solar farm is fully operational. The project located in La Muela is expected to enter service in the last quarter of 2022.
ThomasLloyd Energy Impact Trust a completed the acquisition of a minority stake in three solar projects in the Philippines with a combined capacity of 80 MW. Specifically, ThomasLloyd Energy purchased a 40% economic stake in Negros Island Solar Power (NISPI), which owns all three assets.
Globeleq, an independent electricity company in Africa, and its project partners, Source Energia, a renewable energy developer, and Electricidade de Mocambique (EDM), the Mozambican company national electricity company, have reached financial close on the 19 MW Cuamba solar PV project with a 2 MW / 7 MWh energy storage system. The $ 36 million project in Cuamba district, Niassa province, will provide power produced through a 25-year power purchase agreement with EDM. The Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF), a member of the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG), provided $ 19 million in debt financing, while PIDG's Viability Gap Funding (VGF) provided $ 7 million. CDC Plus, the technical support department of CDC Group, contributed to a $ 1 million grant for the battery energy storage system. The Spanish company Grupo TSK has been appointed as the EPC contractor for the project, and E22, which is part of the Spanish group Gransolar, will supply a battery energy storage system.
Sonnedix, an independent solar energy producer, has completed the acquisition of an operational portfolio of 5.6 MW in the towns of Borna (Saxony) and Hegnenbach (Bavaria), Germany, from Danish investors. The solar photovoltaic portfolio includes two ground mounted single axis solar photovoltaic projects located in Saxony and Bavaria, Germany. The two projects have been operational since 2005 (Borna) and 2008 (Hegnenbach) and benefit from the EEG feed-in tariff regime.
Macquarie's Green Investment Group (GIG), developer, sponsor and investor, has reached financial close of a 40 MW battery storage project in Maldon, Essex. Earlier this year, GIG announced the acquisition of a portfolio of utility scale and distribution connected battery storage projects in the UK from Capbal Limited. This portfolio includes seven projects strategically located in highly congested areas of the UK grid, including Scotland and the South East of England. The 40 MW / 40 MWh, Maldon project is the first project in the portfolio to reach financial close.
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I started riding my bicycle to work again. Finally. A week before classes began I made the (quiet) commitment to ride to work 80% of the time- 4 out of 5 days. Two weeks in and I'm at 75%. For you overachievers, I consider that a victory. I'll make up the ½ day somewhere along the line. I'll get an extra ride in this week if I'm lucky. Strike that, if I'm diligent. Two weeks in and I'm just beginning to feel…normal—as if the 35-minute ride to work isn't a total chore: deep breath and back on the bike. Two weeks in and I'm beginning to remember how nice it is to feel the wind on my face. Two weeks in and I'm beginning to see the world around me at half the speed of car. Add the physical and mental health benefits, and this is indeed a victory for me. Two weeks in and my eating habits are changing. I'm starting to crave food in a different way, one that the nutritionists amongst us will nod and be able to say far more than I can. But I seem to be hungrier for the fuel that might better meet the needs of my body in its new regime. I don't crave comfort food all of the time.
Two weeks in and I'm writing this blog. I hate to tell you how long it has been since I really sat down to write…anything. But, just as my body seemed to be stuck in couch potato mode, so did my mind. Netflix binge. Wow, who knew you could watch an entire season of S.H.I.E.L.D in a few days? Mind numbing. Two weeks in and I'm not watching so much TV. It was a good rest, a good escape, but life seems to have taken over and here I am, back at the practice of getting into my head so as to get out of my head and connect with you.
Two weeks in and I'm beginning to sit still with that first cup of coffee. With the dog walked and everything else on hold, I find myself settling into a place of contemplation, if only for a few minutes. Before, I used to take my coffee to the computer and try to get a head start on the day. Now, it seems to be okay to let the email and the reminders wait a few more minutes. It is here I find myself letting things just be. It is here I find myself bumping into the notion of Ignatian Pedagogy and the practice of reflection. It occurs to me that to truly engage the idea of education in the Jesuit tradition, I must consider how I might teach in the tradition. To be authentic, I must practice the art.
A friend of mine is considering embarking upon the Bridges Program, an eight-month version of the Spiritual Exercises for busy people. She is struggling with the daily time commitment. Will she have enough time? Can she even imagine so much still time? Well, no, of course not. Not yet. But you have to start some place. The point is this: reflection is an exercise, just as riding or writing. It is deliberate. It takes practice. And it takes patience.
Mind-body-spirit. Two weeks in. For me it started with the body. I got back on the bike, exercised through the malaise and established a routine. Now, I have time to ride to and from work. Now, the couch and Netflix don't seem so appealing so much of the time. Now, it is okay to sit still for a few minutes and just reflect.
To teach in the Jesuit tradition begins with preparation in the Jesuit tradition. So, decide. Take a deep breath, exercise through the malaise, and establish a routine.
Stephen Belt, Ph.D., joined the Aviation Science department at Parks College in 1998 and has served as Flight Training Director, senior check airman, pilot and instructor. His teaching and research interests include collegiate aviation education, administration and assessment; flight instructor development, and learner-centered pedagogy, including Ignatian pedagogy.


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CHICAGO Now, it's more likely that party leaders known as super delegates will determine the democratic nominee for president. That's creating a super headache for one Chicago congressman.
Chicago congressman Rahm Emanuel is close to Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. So at this point, he is Illinois' only uncommitted super-delegate. The other 27 have endorsed Obama.
Emanuel's waiting for the end of the primary season to make a decision that will be critical because there probably won't be re-votes in Michigan or Florida. So neither candidate will have enough regular delegates to win, leaving the nomination squarely in the hands of Emanuel and nearly 800 other super-delegates.
"President Kennedy, who everybody likes to quote, and I will quote him, said "to govern is to choose," and life is a series of choices," said Rep. Rahm Emanuel, (D) Chicago.
The easy choice for Congressman Emanuel is for the U.S. to start spending as much money on critical health, education and infrastructure needs at home as we're spending to rebuild Iraq, and he was lobbying for that Thursday.
But he's not ready to choose between Clinton, a close friend from White House days in the '90s or Obama, a close friend from Illinois politics in recent years.
"Both Barack and Hillary are friends of mine. They are not just colleagues. They are friends," said Emanuel.
"I have known Rahm for years. I never tell him what to do. He wouldn't listen. He always makes the right decision in the end," said Carol Ronen, (D) Illinois superdelegate.
Ronen is a former state senator from Chicago who's committed to Obama. And she agrees with a suggestion from a party leader Wednesday that super-delegates hold their own primary in June to decide between Obama and Clinton instead of waiting for the Democratic convention at the end of August.
"I think it's a fair idea. I think the sooner we have a nominee, the better for the Democratic Party and the better for the country," said Ronen.
"I thought it was an intriguing idea. I am kind of noodling it because I don't think we want to go to the convention and have that open-ended," said Emanuel.
Emanuel is not, however, taking any position on what to do about Florida and Michigan, which were stripped of their delegates for ignoring the party's order not to hold their primaries in January.
"How Florida and Michigan gets resolved is up to the state party chairs and Howard Dean," said Emanuel.
On the campaign trail Thursday, Clinton and Obama and their surrogates continue to spar over Michigan and Florida, Jeremiah Wright and who really has a better record on trade. But that's pretty mild stuff, according to Emanuel, who says the campaign's been remarkably clean and issues-oriented, so it's OK to go on for a couple more months if the voters continue to come out in record numbers because that bodes well for the general election in November.


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Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal Undertakes Restructuring Of Senior Leadership
According to a report in The Washington Post, as part of a major reorganisation revamp, the head of engineering Micheal Montano and chief design officer Dantley Davis would quit by the end of the year.
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Twitter's newly appointed CEO Parag Agrawal announced a major reorganisation revamp of the company which would involve the head of engineering Micheal Montano and chief design officer Dantley Davis leaving the company by the end of the year, The Washington Post reported. The North American publication reports that the rejig is aimed at streamlining the company's operational flow and spurt growth. It would bring together employees divided by work functions - such as engineering, design and product development- into teams organised by what they are working on. This would include consumer product, revenue and core tech.
The report informs that the three divisions would be led by Kavyon Beykpour, Bruce Falck and Nick Caldwell, respectively. They would be accorded the new title 'general manager'.
According to a company-wide email obtained by The Washington Post, Agrawal asserted his focus on increased accountability, clear decision-making and swift execution. He added that organisational and leadership changes to be better placed to achieve their goals. According to him, the critical need for operational rigour has already been discussed and must start from the top, The Washington Post reports.
The outgoing chief design officer joined Twitter's design team in 2019. According to the North American publication, he was the first Black executive in the company to report directly to the CEO. He was believed to be the hard-charging leader who could potentially detoxify the platform but was criticized by employees for his blunt, aggressive management style.
Mantano was a company veteran and known for giving employees operational flexibility and enabling remote work.
The Washington Post states that Kavyon Beykpour states that the elevation of general manager of consumer product solidifies his place at the company. He was speculated to be outgoing CEO Jack Dorsey's successor. He spearheaded the launch of Twitter Spaces, and the discontinuation of Twitter Fleets.
On November 29, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey decided to vacate his position at the microblogging platform for IIT graduate and Indian origin Parag Agrawal. The incoming CEO joined Twitter over a decade back borrowing experience from his stay at Microsoft, Yahoo and AT&T in research positions.
As per his LinkedIn profile, Agrawal joined Twitter as a Distinguished Software Engineer in October 2011. He became the microblogging site's Chief Technology Officer in 2017.
"He has been my choice for some time now given how deeply he understands the company and its needs. Parag has been behind every critical decision that helped turn this company around," Dorsey stated in his exit note. He added that Parag is curious, probing, rational, creative, self-aware and humble.
"My trust in him as our CEO is bone-deep," Dorsey stated.
Parag did his undergrad at the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay. Following this, he went on to do his masters from Stanford University.
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Home Athletics World champion Kandie aims for 10,000m glory in Olympics
NAIROBI, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) — Kenya's half marathon world record holder Kibiwott Kandie has shifted his focus on the 10,000m as part of his Olympic Games preparations, aiming to make it to the 2020 Olympic Games slated for July 23 to Aug. 8.
His plan to make a stab at the 10,000m may give Kenya hope at this event. Kenya has statistically been struggling in the event, having last won a 10,000m Olympic gold in Mexico in 1968 through Naftali Temu.
At the world championships, Kenya has not won the 10,000m gold in 20 years after Charles Kamathi triumphed in Edmonton worlds.
"I have the drive to prove to the world that I can also perform in track, that is why I made a decision to compete in a 10,000m event with the aim of securing an Olympic ticket. I will be more than happy to see the Kenyan flag being hoisted for the 10,000m in Tokyo," Kandie, who trains in Ngong, an outskirt town of Nairobi told Xinhua on Wednesday.
"I know we, as a country, haven't posted the best results in 10,000m recently but I believe with team work and early preparations we will be able to achieve good results in the Tokyo 2020 Games," he added.
The 24-year-old Kandie picked up running in 2013 while still a student at Cheberen Secondary School in Baringo, some 216km northwest of Nairobi.
He made a breakthrough in running elite club by finishing second at the 2020 World Half Marathon in Gdynia, Poland before winning the 2020 Valencia Half Marathon, in world record time of 57:32.
Meanwhile, Athletics Kenya plans to select the probable runners for 5,000m and 10,000m and send them into the camp for preparations ahead of the national trials where the best will be selected.
The selected athletes will be required to undergo the mandatory anti-doping tests as required by the Athletics Integrity Unit.


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Tunisia leader vows break with past
Interim president pledges separation of state and political parties as he seeks to shore up new government.
20 Jan 2011 06:56 GMT
Mebazaa vowed to ensure an amnesty for political prisoners, media freedoms and an independent judiciary [EPA]
Fouad Mebazaa, Tunisia's interim president, has promised a "total break" with the past and hailed "a revolution of dignity and liberty" after Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, the president, fled into exile amid a popular uprising.
Mebazaa's remarks came as prosecutors opened a vast inquiry into the affairs of Ben Ali, including investigations into his assets and the arrest of dozens of family members.
Speaking on Tunisian state television on Wednesday, Mebazaa said there would be a complete separation between the state and political parties.
Rejecting the ways of the previous government, he said "together we can write a new page in the history of our country".
In his first public appearance since being sworn into office on Saturday, Mebazaa also vowed to ensure an amnesty for political prisoners, media freedoms and an independent judiciary.
'Fresh start'
The new government also began releasing prisoners on Wednesday, with one government official saying 1,800 non-political prisoners who had less than six months to serve were freed.
Amnesty International, the London-based rights organisation, praised the release as a positive step, but said the former detainees should receive reparations.
"The Tunisian authorities now need to show that they are really serious about ending the culture of human rights abuses that has existed for over two decades, and begin to rein in the security apparatus that has harassed and oppressed ordinary Tunisians for so long," Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, deputy director of Amnesty's Middle East and North Africa programme, told the Reuters news agency.
However, protests against the new government continued on Wednesday, with many Tunisians angry that several members of the previous government were named in a so-called "unity government" announced on Monday.
Hundreds of protesters led a rally in central Tunis demanding that former allies of deposed Ben Ali stop leave power and later, about 30 youths broke a curfew and set up camp to stage a sit-in near the heavily guarded interior ministry.
"This all comes at a time when Tunisians are showing little patience with this government and saying that they don't really see radical change," Al Jazeera's Hashem Ahelbarra said, reporting from Tunis.
"Therefore they are building up more momentum to see some of the ministers who were associated with Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali leave this government.
"They are looking forward to a fresh start in Tunisia. They are saying that they have been betrayed by the old guard."
Assets inquiry
Tunisian investigators have said they will look into the extensive domestic and foreign assets held by Ben Ali.
The Swiss government earlier said it had frozen Ben Ali's funds in Switzerland, as the country "wants to avoid our financial centre being used to hide funds illegally taken from the populations concerned," Micheline Calmy-Rey, the country's foreign minister, said.
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Swiss authorities have estimated that Tunisian government officials have put about $620 million into Swiss banks.
The central bank has already taken over a bank owned by Ben Ali's brother-in-law in the first such move against assets controlled by the former president's influential family, which formed the core of Tunisia's business elite.
Tunisian television reported that 33 members of the deposed leader's family had been arrested on suspicion of "crimes against Tunisia".
"Investigations will be carried out in order for them to face justice," a statement read out on state television said, citing an "official source".
It showed footage of gold and jewellery allegedly found in the possession of the arrested members of Ben Ali's family.
Cabinet controversy
Tunisia's new government is to hold its first cabinet meeting on Thursday but it remains clear if the cabinet can survive after the withdrawal of a number of opposition figures angry over the number of Ben Ali loyalists handed positions.
Negotiations over the inclusion in government of the main UGTT trade union, three members of which pulled out on Tuesday, broke down on Wednesday.
Abdessalem Jrad, the secretary general of the UGTT, said the group could not be part of a government "that includes symbols of the old regime".
Ahelbarra said the government had only hours in which to convince the unions to rejoin the government, which could help to gain popular support.
"They are desperate to patch together a strong coalition government," he said.
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Mostefa Ben Brahim (1800-1867) est un musicien et poète algérien du  originaire de la tribu arabe des Beni Amer et calife de celle-ci.

Biographie
De son vrai nom Abdellah Ben Brahim Mostefa, appelé encore Safa, il est né en 1800 à Douar Boujebha qui dépend d'El Gaada (le Plateau, anciennement Saint-Lucien, commune de Zahana dans la banlieue sud-est d'Oran), fils de Ben Nacer et Zohra, une famille originaire de la mehadja d'El Gaada. De son épouse et cousine Yamina, née à El Gaada, il eut deux enfants, Ahmed et Kheira.

En 1822, Safa étudie le Fiqh avec l'Émir Abd el-Kader auprès du maître Si Ahmed Ben Tahar El Bethioui (de Bethioua, à 50 km d'Oran). Très instruit, Safa exerça comme Cadi (juge) chez les Mhadja, d'abord à El Gaada, Chorafa et Djeniene Mesquine (anciennement El Ksar). L'administration française le promut au poste de Caïd (administrateur) des Ouled Slimane (Beni Amer) du village de Sfisef à 35 km d'El Gaada, mission qu'il accomplit avec rigueur et extrême sévérité ce qui n'était pas pour déplaire aux responsables du Bureau Arabe, dont Charles Nicolas Lacretelle à Sidi Bel Abbès.

Pendant l'exercice de ses fonctions de Caïd chez les Ouled Slimane, il construisit sa maison à Sfisef. Il aurait aimé y rester, mais Lacretelle le transféra au même poste et à celui de collecteur d'impôts chez les Ouled Balegh (Arabes hilaliens réfractaires à l'impôt colonial).

Certains attribuent cette nomination à son désir d'avancement ; d'autres, au résultat du coup fomenté contre lui par l'Agha Ahmed Ould Ezzine qui voulait se débarrasser de lui par jalousie, craignant la colère de son supérieur Lacretelle.  Safa accepta mal cette décision et refusa d'exécuter les ordres, et d'être Caïd au profit du colonialisme. Il fut relevé de ses fonctions et s'installa à Tlemcen. Il y épousa une nommée Tamou, de la tribu locale des Beni Snouce.

Puis Safa fut exilé au Maroc dans la ville de Fès ; en 1845, il fut présenté au Sultan, qui lui assura une rente avec liberté totale de circuler à travers son Empire. Safa était resté en contact continu avec ses amis et sa famille, qui insistaient pour qu'il retourne chez lui. Il prit sa décision, après six ans d'exil (durant lesquels sa femme Yamina Mhadjia était décédée), et revit le Sultan qui l'autorisa à rentrer en Algérie.

Safa rejoignit sa famille à El Gaada où il fut contacté pour rejoindre les Mhadja du village de M'Cid (commune de Sfisef, wilaya de Sidi Bel Abbès). Il s'y installa définitivement et passa le reste de sa vie dans le calme jusqu'à sa mort en 1867. Safa est enterré dans le cimetière de M'Cid.

Œuvre
Mostefa Ben Brahim fut la gloire de la poésie populaire algérienne dite melhoun. Son œuvre aura particulièrement eu une influence considérable sur la chanson oranaise qui perdure jusqu'à aujourd'hui. Ses textes auront donné du nerf à la poésie. Safa, comme on le nommait, poète et imam, s'imprégna des plus grands poètes du melhoun du terroir Oranais Dans son exil, il a été influencé par les maîtres et précurseurs du Melhoun maghrébin, tels que Mohammed Benmsayeb décédé en 1768 à Tlemcen et Cheikh Ben Guenoun de Mascara.

Citations

Bibliographie

 Ahmed Tahar, Benguennoun, Poète populaire de la plaine de Ghriss, éd. CRASC (Université Mentouri de Constantine), 2013

Notes et références

Liens externes

Le Soir d'Algérie, 18 octobre 2008
Histoire de la presse indigène en Algérie, par Zahir Ihaddaden. Page 189

Ben Brahim
Ben Brahim
Musicien traditionnel
Naissance en 1800
Naissance à Sfisef
Décès en 1867

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San Francisco 49ers vs Carolina Panthers odds and pick - Week 8, 2019
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It wasn't pretty, but the San Francisco 49ers shut out the Washington Redskins by the score of 9-0 on a soggy, muddy field in Maryland to remain undefeated and atop the NFC West standings as they near the midpoint of the season. Quarterback Kyle Allen is undefeated as a starter and will lead the surging Carolina Panthers fresh off a bye into their contest in Santa Clara on Sunday. Here we discuss the odds and analysis from a betting perspective.
When: Sunday October 27th, 2019 at 1:05pm PT (FOX)
Where: Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, California
Line: 49ers -5.5, o/u 42
After opening the season with back-to-back losses with Cam Newton under center, the Carolina Panthers have won four straight with Kyle Allen as the starting quarterback and Christian McCaffrey emerging as one of the most dominant running backs in the game. Carolina will be coming off of a bye after throttling the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in London in Week 6 by the score of 37-26.
After seven weeks, Carolina ranks 11th in Football Outsiders' total DAVE rating at 9.5 percent (represents a combination of preseason projection and performance so far), 9th with a total DVOA of 13.1 percent, 16th in offensive DAVE at 0.3 percent, 21st in offensive DVOA at -2.8 percent, 4th in defensive DAVE at -7.1 percent and 3rd in defensive DVOA at -12.8 percent. The Panthers' offense ranks 20th with 353.0 yards per game, 5th with 27.7 points per game, 22nd with 223.5 passing yards per game and 9th with 129.5 rushing yards per game. Carolina's defense is 12th in giving up 344.0 yards per game, 15th in yielding 22.2 points per game, 7th with 225.0 passing yards conceded per game and 23rd in allowing 119.0 rushing yards per game.
The Panthers' offensive line is ranked 23rd in run blocking and 22nd in pass protection. Carolina's defensive line ranks 21st in adjusted line yards and 2nd in adjusted sack rate. Kyle Allen ranks 17th with a DYAR of 126 and 16th with a total QBR of 53.3. The Panthers have an ESPN Football Power Index (FPI) score of 2.1 and are 4-2 ATS, including covering the number in four straight, and 4-2 to the over/under so far this season.
While the weather and field conditions were a major factor in San Francisco's muted offensive production in Week 7, injuries to the starting tackles and fullback may be catching up to the Niners' offense and contributing to its slight dip in production the past two weeks; but having the luxury of a suffocating defense that has only allowed ten points in its last three games, including zero points in Week 7, has helped San Francisco remain unblemished.
Through seven weeks, San Francisco is ranked 2nd in total DAVE at 25.2 percent, 2nd with a total DVOA of 39.1 percent, 18th in offensive DAVE at 0.1 percent, 15th with an offensive DVOA of 2.1 percent, 2nd in defensive DAVE at -26.4 percent and 2nd in defensive DVOA with -39.1 percent. The 49ers' offense is 7th with 387.2 yards per game, 11th with 26.0 points per game, 25th with 214.5 passing yards per game and 2nd with 172.7 rushing yards per game. San Francisco's defense is 2nd in allowing 223.5 yards per game, 2nd by conceding 10.7 points per game, 1st in giving up 133.5 passing yards per game and 8th in yielding 90.0 rushing yards per game.
The Niners' offensive line is ranked 3rd in run blocking and 5th in pass protection. San Francisco's defensive line is 10th in adjusted line yards and 1st in adjusted sack rate. Jimmy Garoppolo ranks 18th with a DYAR of 105 and 9th with a total QBR of 59.2. The Niners have an ESPN FPI score of 6.1 and are 4-2 ATS and 1-5 to the over/under this season.
We had the Niners beating the Panthers in our preseason analysis and are sticking with that prediction, but this Panthers team will be the best the Niners have faced this season and we anticipate a closer game based on Carolina being rested off of a bye and performing much better recently with Kyle Allen under center.
This game features two of the top defenses in the NFC with San Francisco and Carolina ranked 2nd and 3rd in defensive DVOA and 1st and 2nd adjusted sack rate, respectively. Even before the muddy game at Washington, San Francisco's rushing attack and passing offense had been subtly declining with the injuries to key offensive positions, which may have been part of the impetus to trade for Emmanuel Sanders from Denver.
The Panthers rank 30th in rushing defense DVOA and San Francisco will likely try to exploit that weakness and control the game by running the ball, while Carolina will no doubt feature Christian McCaffrey as a focal point of its offense. San Francisco and Carolina have the top two adjusted sack rates in the league and are likely to apply more pressure than either of these quarterbacks has experienced so far this season and that could disrupt the passing attacks and possibly contribute to turnovers.
Due to the Niners' smothering defense, the Under has hit in four straight contests, and anticipating a match up of two top defenses, we look for that trend to continue in Week 8. Pick: Under 42
SU: 2-4
ATS: 2-4
What is your best bet for Niners vs Panthers on 10/27/19?
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6 teams with better odds than the 49ers to add Deshaun Watson before Week 1
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Decision on new Panthers GM expected this week; 49ers' Adam Peters among final 4 candidates
The Carolina Panthers announced that the team expects to reach a decision on its new general manager this week. This comes after the organization whittled down its list of candidates from 15 to four. San Francisco 49ers VP of player personnel Adam Peters was among the 15 to interview virtually with the Panthers and was among the four to meet in-person with team brass this week. The other three are Tennessee Titans director of player personnel Monti Ossenfort, Kansas City Chiefs assistant director of player personnel Ryan Poles, and Seattle Seahawks vice president of football operations Scott Fitterer. "Peters has the closest links to the people on the
Seahawks at 49ers, Week 17 predictions: Most see San Francisco ending season with a loss
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The San Francisco 49ers are set to host the Seattle Seahawks at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona on Sunday, January 3 at 1:25 p.m. PT. Each week, the 49ers Webzone staff predicts the winner within its annual NFL Pick 'em contest. That includes writers and forum moderators. One of six participating staff members this week selected the 49ers to beat the Seahawks. San Francisco is currently a 6.5-point underdog. As for all the fans who are taking part in our NFL Pick 'em contest, 75 percent have the Seahawks winning the game, as of this
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Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has lashed out at Riyadh for its "cordial" relations with the United States, calling Saudis "milking cows for the... 28.05.2017, Sputnik International
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© AP Photo / Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader In this picture released by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks in a meeting with a group of students, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016
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Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has lashed out at Riyadh for its "cordial" relations with the United States, calling Saudis "milking cows for the Americans."
Trump's Deal With Riyadh Sends 'Encouraging' Signal to Radical Islamists
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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran, criticized the recent multi-billion arms deal between Washington and Riyadh, saying Saudi leaders were "idiots" and "milking cows for the Americans," according to Deutsche Welle.
"They [Saudi leaders] act cordially towards the enemies of Islam while having the opposite behavior towards the Muslim people of Bahrain and Yemen," Khamenei said.
US President Donald Trump has signed a $110-billion weapons deal with Riyadh during his visit to the kingdom earlier this month, and other investments agreed upon during the visit could bring the total to $350 billion. During the visit, Trump has called on Muslim leaders to further isolate Iran, singling it out as seemingly the sole supporter of Islamic terrorism.
"From Lebanon to Iraq to Yemen, Iran funds, arms and trains terrorists, militias and other extremist groups that spread destruction and chaos across the region," Trump said.
"Until the Iranian regime is willing to be a partner for peace, all nations of conscience must work together to isolate it," he added.
The White House has even officially connected the arms deal to the "Iranian threats."
"This package of defense equipment and services support the long-term security of Saudi Arabia and the Gulf region in the face of Iranian threats," a White House official said as the US announced the arms deal last week.
Saudi Arabia has also repeatedly called Iran the main source of terrorism in the region. In fact, relations between the two countries deteriorated after protesters stormed the Saudi Arabian embassy in Tehran and set fire to the building in 2016, in response to the oil giant's execution of prominent Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr according to DW.
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Lebensraum!A policy based on expansion, usurpation, of the living space of the other to make way for a growing race. Like the Third Reich, the basic intention of Israeli policy. By any other name it is ethnic cleansing. A resettling. The equivalent of Eichmann's defense assertion that he was "trying to find a little firm footing for the jews" has now been applied to Arabs in a classic case of the oppressed adopting the mores and attitude of their former subjugators. What we have is a soft Kahanism, and Kahanism did not arise in a vacuum, but rather is the rotted and poisoned end fruit of relentless right wing propaganda, fear mongering and political assassination to eliminate divergent viewpoints on public policy. The gist of it all, is to make survival for the Palestinians more difficult and peel away their purpose and identity, dispossessing them incrementally and sadistically and slowly implementing the strands of thought of Martin Heidegger that so sparked the imagination of Nazi imagination.
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The settlers' strategy is the most obvious. The intentionis to make it impossible to split Jerusalem.And both Arabs and Jews in the conflict know that such partition is necessary for any peace.However, the prevention of a just resolution is exactly the settlers' intention. Like the ancient Maccabees and zealots they encompass a toxic ideology of the messianic mixed with the nationalistic. True patriots as distinct from the sometimes more questioning urban ruling class. Its redemption now! where the spiritual practice is a plot by plot, step by step, stone by stone capture and control of the Old City. Annexation. The most frightening aspect is that their approach is driven by religious commandment, an absence of doubt regarding the divine's supervision of their work, the insurance policy of the Eternal One of Israel acting as master city planner and construction foreman.
---What was really Einstein�s view regarding the creation of the State of Israel? Dr. Lilienthal went to Princeton to see Einstein and pose the question directly to him. "Then, in 1952, in a message to a 'Children to Palestine' dinner, Einstein spoke of the necessity of curbing 'a kind of nationalism which has arisen in Israel if only to permit a friendly and fruitful co-existence with the Arabs.' When this portion of the Einstein message was censored in the organization's press release so as to impart the impression of all-out support Israel, I went to Princeton to seek the Professor's views on the incident. Einstein then told me that he had never been a Zionist and had never favored the creation of the State of Israel--- Read More:http://www.globalwebpost.com/farooqm/writings/other/einstein.htm
Its almost have if time and history exercise a circular and linear imagination on us. The current violence, and criminal behavior, essentially holding a nation captive and hostage with mitigated rights and lack of dignity is reminiscent of Antebellum south, Jim Crow laws, and apartheid South Africa and just a hair away from imposing Jewish stars, make that Arab Crescents, on the Palestinians. The bantustan solution, cobbled together from the worst of "enlightened" European policies is unfortunately the norm. And people continue to contribute money to Israel, both from Jewish and Christian donors; they may specify that their funds are not to be diverted to the military, but they are then used in various "public service" projects which may be even more insidious since they involve expropriation of housing, land and the dirty war of "facts on the ground."
---Ben Gurion declared. 'Why should the Arabs make peace? If I was an Arab leader I would never make terms with Israel. That is natural: we have taken their country. Sure God promised it to us, but what does that matter to them? Our God is not theirs. We come from Israel, it's true, but two thousand years ago, and what is that to them? There has been antisemitism, the Nazis, Hitler, Auschwiztz, but was that their fault? They only see one thing: we have come here and stolen their country. Why should they accept that? They may perhaps forget in one or two generations' time, but for the moment there is no chance. So, it's simple: we have to stay strong and maintain a powerful army. Our whole policy is there. Otherwise the Arabs will wipe us out.' " ..."We walked outside, Ben-Gurion accompanying us. Allon repeated his question, What is to be done with the Palestinian population?' Ben-Gurion waved his hand in a gesture which said 'Drive them out!" ---Rabin. leaked censored version of Rabin memoirs, published in the New York Times, 23 October 1979. Read More:http://www.globalwebpost.com/farooqm/writings/other/einstein.htm image:http://www.palestineremembered.com/DistrictOfJerusalemTownsPictures.html
Beyond religious motivations, the underlying political intentions are clearly visible. The settlers want to create "facts on the ground" that will render impossible any future resolution of the Jerusalem question. They are well aware that just as the West Bank settlements forestall any genuine peace arrangement in the region, so will the East Jerusalem settlements sabotage any option for territorial concessions in or around the city. The website of Ateret Kohanim states this openly: "Determination and collaboration with the authorities have proven the old method of Zionism – it is Jewish settlement that determines the borders of the state!" As far as they are concerned, expansion into the Arab neighborhoods of East Jerusalem will prevent the city's ever being divided. ( Meir Margalit )
"as I think of the many myths, there is one that is very harmful, and that is the myth of countries. i mean, why should I think of myself as being an argentine, and not a chilean, and not an uruguayan. I don't know really. all of those myths that we impose on ourselves — and they make for hatred, for war, for enmity — are very harmful. well, i suppose in the long run, governments and countries will die out and we'll be just, well, cosmopolitans." – jorge luis borges
Store. Jerusalem.---Denis Goldberg: On the other hand, I do not accept that the bombing of the Twin Towers, spectacular as it was, was a legitimate tactic. The people who died were not the ones who were oppressing the people of Palestine. What one needs to think about is how in the feudal countries of the Middle East the Palestinian people cannot be free because they will challenge the feudal system. The feudal rulers have supported the demand for a secular Palestinian state, but not when the Palestinians get really dangerous, as we saw with Jordan when they were thrown out of Jordan. Madi Gray: That was quite a long time ago. Read More:http://www.liberationafrica.se/intervstories/interviews/goldberg/ image:http://www.palestineremembered.com/GeoPoints/Jerusalem_5175/Picture_11989.html
Meir Margalit:The settler project is a well-thought-out and deeply dangerous attempt by right-wing Israelis to thwart future peace plans. Quietly and furtively, Israel's government is using the settlers to seal up the last loopholes through which a just peace could conceivably make its way. Whether or not the new settlements modify East Jerusalem's character,
y will certainly be in a position to sabotage any agreement. Both the Israeli government and the Palestinians are aware that East Jerusalem will be unable to function as the capital of Palestine when it is not only encircled by settlements, but pierced by others within.Read More:http://www.challenge-mag.com/en/article__73/settlements_and_settlers_in_the_old_city
…the nation-state will continue to exist despite the challenges to its scope or realm of authority that globalization and the internet present. it's rooted on a culture that cannot free itself from ethno-racial centrism. perhaps a new mode of relationships will over-time succeed in dismantling the state, a landauer argued, but it does not appear certain, and not even likely..( Hune at Martin Buber Institute )
---Denis ( Goldberg ) Dennis spent 22 years in prison, from 1963 to 1985. He finds it difficult to describe his treatment in prison, the petty acts carried out by prison officers to degrade and humiliate, cold hard floors, hunger. "Prison was a terrible experience. I've tried to write about it and I can't understand how the hell we did survive it." In 1963, while in detention, Dennis briefly escaped but was recaptured by prison warders. His wife was detained and "was given a rather unpleasant time under interrogation". He laughs and says "I've become so British saying it like that". In fact among other things the authorities had threatened to take their two children away and put them in separate orphanages. Dennis's wife and mother moved to England (his mother hailed from Hackney in London's East End) to bring up their two children. On his release in 1985 he joined his family in London. "It was amazing to take part in a march and rally within weeks of arriving and have the column protected by the police." Read More:http://stevesilver.org.uk/fighting-for-reconciliation/ image:http://www.palestineremembered.com/DistrictOfTiberiasTownsPictures.html
Meir Margalit:Within the Old City, operations are coordinated by Ateret Kohanim. In the Muslim and Christian quarters it controls 31 buildings where 60 families reside, amounting to 300 people. Most of these structures are grouped along Hagai Street near the Damascus Gate; the most famous is a house belonging to Ariel Sharon. Ateret Kohanim has also gained possession of St. John's Hostel (see #32 on maps, p. 17 and p. 19), a large building close to the Holy Sepulcher: a legal dispute is underway concerning it. More recently it purchased, by dubious methods, two hotels near the Jaffa Gate – the Imperial (#29) and the Petra (#30), over which legal proceedings continue. It is behind plans to build a Jewish enclave close to the Flower Gate (Herod's Gate). Although a government initiative, the enclave is designed for the settlers of Ateret Kohanim. Some 33 dwellings will be erected, together with a synagogue that will protrude meters over the Old City wall (#33). In addition, several religious schools serve the purpose of staking out a Jewish presence in each of the Old City's Arab neighborhoods. The number of Jewish buildings and institutions scattered throughout the Christian and Muslim quarters approaches 80, not counting the 33 housing units planned near the Flower Gate. Ateret Kohanim also operates beyond the Old City walls. It is behind the unlicensed construction of a seven-story building on the edge of Silwan. Read More:http://www.challenge-mag.com/en/article__73/settlements_and_settlers_in_the_old_city image:http://www.palestineremembered.com/GeoPoints/Jerusalem_5177/Picture_15308.html
Dennis Goldberg ( interview in Israel after being released from South African prison, 1985 ):
One of his first targets is Israel, which maintains close economic, political and, according to Goldberg, military relations with South Africa. Goldberg said he had requested a meeting with Foreign Ministry officials to discuss the issue.
Goldberg asserts that the military ties include two-way weapons sales and Israeli training of South African soldiers both here and in South Africa to help them combat guerrillas operating from neighboring African countries….
---Denis Goldberg: Yes, but the point is it's been going on and on and on. They mouth off against Israel as the oppressor, but they don't actually want a secular Palestinian State, a modern State that will challenge the feudal aristocracy, and that for me is a very serious problem. Now I'm not blaming the oppressed for their oppression, I'm simply saying that Arafat's creation of Palestinian nationalism out of pan-Arabism is very significant but it held within it a serious contradiction, because it was challenging the pillars of pan-Arabism, namely a religious feudal system, and Palestinians are the workers and the intellectuals throughout the Middle East and a threat, in the end, to the feudal overlords. To support the Palestinian people against all that is not terrorism. Read More:http://www.liberationafrica.se/intervstories/interviews/goldberg/ image:http://www.palestineremembered.com/DistrictOfJerusalemTownsPictures.html
…"Who is more skilled in cross-border raids than the Israelis?"
Goldberg asked. "If you want the knowledge, you buy it. That is what governments and armies do."
Economically, Goldberg said, Israel acts as a conduit for boycotted South African products, including steel, heading for European markets.
"Through its relations with South Africa, Israel aids in the government`s oppression," he said. "I believe it is not in Israel`s long-term interest to ally itself with oppression. The Jews, who have experienced centuries of oppression, have a moral duty not to ally themselves with the South African regime."…
---in 1947 the u.n. voted for the partition of palestine leading to the establishment of a jewish state without a prior negotiated accord with its neighbors. but israel took it anyway. in september 2011, the u.n. is poised to vote for a palestinian state without a prior negotiated accord with its principal neighbor, israel. i think both palestine and israel should take it, and use this as an opportunity to negotiate peace as equal recognized members of the international community.--- ( Hune at Martin Buber Institute ) image:http://www.palestineremembered.com/GeoPoints/Jerusalem_5176/Picture_75566.html
…Goldberg also called upon the United States and other countries to cut their ties with South Africa and halt sporting exchanges, which he said Pretoria exploits to enhance its legitimacy.
Israel does not hide its trade ties with South Africa, but denies that it maintains any military ties.
In an interview with the Israeli magazine Koteret Rashit, Goldberg raised a furor in Israel soon after his arrival by reportedly expressing sympathy with the Palestine Liberation Organization in its struggle for national self- determination….
Margalit:The spatial spread is not random. It fits a strategic program with both religious and political implications. Examining the map of Jewish settlement in East Jerusalem, we find that the settlers' plan is to create a strip of Jewish localities around the Old City. These will fulfill two roles: first, they will sever Arab territorial contiguity between the northern and southern parts of Jerusalem; second, the Old City will be enveloped by Jewish "islands," which will eliminate any possibility that Jerusalem can function as the capital of a future Palestinian state. Read More:http://www.challenge-mag.com/en/article__73/settlements_and_settlers_in_the_old_city image:http://www.palestineremembered.com/GeoPoints/Jerusalem_5180/Picture_15399.html
…Particularly galling to some Israelis were reported remarks by Goldberg condoning the use of terror as a legitimate political weapon. Read More:http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1985-03-21/news/8501160166_1_anc-leadership-denis-goldberg-nelson-mandela
Meir Margalit:At places in East Jerusalem where residential construction is not an option, the Israeli authorities use another method for boosting Jewish presence. They mark extensive swaths of land into 'green' and tourist areas with a strong Jewish flavor. The aim of transforming open space into parks is to prevent what the state calls an "Arab takeover." In public parks, the architectural elements, signposts, guards and paths create continuity between Jewish sites.
Leading the process in the Old City is the Company for Rehabilitation and Development of the Jewish Quarter, a subsidiary of the municipality and the national government. In 2001 it published a grandiose plan to build hundreds of homes in the Jewish Quarter and on Mount Zion in an overall area of 225,000 square meters, as well as several tourism projects (near Mount Zion, in Silwan, the Flower Gate and the Dung Gate) at a cost of $36.4 million.3 In the brochure's introduction, the objective of the project is defined as "bringing back a strong Jewish presence to the Old City." The trend is to create continuity between the Old City and the rest of Jerusalem by augmenting the Old City with hundreds of housing units for Jews, thus "improving" the demographic balance. A tunnel will be excavated beneath Mt. Zion linking West Jerusalem to the Western Wall, and a residential and business center will be built on a seven-dunam plot. The present parking lot of the Jewish Quarter will be replaced by an underground car-park catering to 600 cars. A promenade is to be built over the roofs of the Arab market, connecting the Jewish Quarter (#31) with the other islands of Jewish presence scattered throughout the Muslim and Christian quarters. Public buildings are planned on Mount Zion, enabling the evacuation of offices and institutions now located in the Jewish quarter; the spaces they occupy will then be rezoned as residential areas.
Rabkin:From the outset, Zionists proclaimed their desire to transform the humble East European Jew into an assertive Hebrew who does not hesitate to use arms. To do so, they set to free him from the yoke of Torah and the Jewish tradition. It is not surprising that most Jews, in Palestine and elsewhere, vigorously opposed Zionism when it emerged in the late 19th century. Zionism and the powerful Zionist state continue to engender opposition. Many Jews try to come to terms with the contradictions between the Judaism they profess to adhere to and the Zionist ideology that has taken hold of them. Quite a few of them, such as the New York historian Tony Judt and the former Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem Meron Benvenisti, now publicly ask whether the chronically besieged ethnic nation-state in the Middle East is "good for the Jews." Read More:http://www.yakovrabkin.ca/english/articles/judaism-zionism-and-israel/jewish-dissent-on-zionism-and-israel-goes-mainstream/ image:http://www.palestineremembered.com/DistrictOfJerusalemTownsPictures.html
An additional project using natural and scenic values to bolster Jewish presence in the Old City has been handed to the East Jerusalem Development Company (EJD, another of the municipality's subsidiaries). The project entails a national park composed of fifteen separate areas, from the Sultan's Pool on the west side of the Old City to the Mount of Olives on the east: its cost will be about $17 million. A brochure states that in order to combat illegal construction and squatting, rapid action is necessary to preserve the area's status as a tourist attraction. The government has defined the project as a "national mission." Clearly, when it invokes this phrase, it means more than planting trees and placing park benches. In a newspaper interview, the EJD spokesperson used the phrase "the battle for Jerusalem."4 These projects should therefore be considered as constituting further tools for the takeover of the city and as an integral part of the settler project. Read More:http://www.challenge-mag.com/en/article__73/settlements_and_settlers_in_the_old_city
The settlers employ two basic methods for seizing Arab properties in East Jerusalem. One is to use an Israeli law concerning absentee property. The other is to involve Arab middlemen.
A major factor in seizing properties has been the Custodian of Absentee Property, an office subordinate to the Justice Ministry. The ties between the Custodian and the settlers were revealed in 1992 when Yitzhak Rabin's government set up a state commission, headed by the Director of the Justice Ministry, Haim Klugman. It discovered that the sources funding the acquisition of houses derived originally from the Finance Ministry. It found that in the 1980s the Custodian regularly and clandestinely transferred to the settlers properties belonging to Arab absentee owners. First, the Custodian would declare the properties absentee-owned buildings, on the basis of doubtful information and documents given him by the settlers themselves. He then transferred the properties by a circuitous process to the settlers.5 For example, in 1982 a building was owned by the Abassi family; after the owners died, their heirs were declared absentees. The Custodian transferred the building to EJD, which transferred it to the settlers under protected rent. To some extent, this conduit was blocked following the Klugman Report, but it has not been completely eradicated.
Rabkin:In its attempt to 'normalize the Jewish people', Zionism challenged the historical continuity expressed in the dichotomy of reward and punishment, of exile and redemption. Both Zionist intellectuals and the orthodox rabbis who oppose them agree that Zionism represents a negation of Jewish tradition. Yosef Salmon, an authority on the history of Zionism, writes: But it was the Zionist threat that offered the gravest danger, for it sought to rob the traditional community of its very birthright, both in the Diaspora and in Eretz Israel, the object of its messianic hopes. Zionism challenged all the aspects of traditional Judaism: in its proposal of a modern, national Jewish identity; in the subordination of traditional society to new life-styles; and in its attitude to the religious concepts of Diaspora and redemption. Read More:http://www.yakovrabkin.ca/english/articles/judaism-zionism-and-israel/judaism-vs-zionism-in-the-holy-land/ image:http://www.palestineremembered.com/GeoPoints/Jerusalem_5180/Picture_15491.html
A regular pattern is visible in the purchasing methods used by the settler associations. Three types of properties are vulnerable:
a. Properties owned by a family one of whose members is involved with criminal circles, when this person needs money to buy drugs or pay debts in the underworld. Such a person can easily be tempted. This was the fate, for example, of the Ajlouni family home, seized in February 2004. A son who was entangled in drugs and criminal activities sold the two-story house, without authorization, plus four housing units that were registered in the names of his brothers.6
b. Properties where a destruction order is soon to be carried out. The owners face the alternative of selling their home to settlers or losing everything. In similar cases, it can reasonably be assumed that municipal inspectors pass information to the settler associations concerning homes that are about to be destroyed; they dispatch an Arab 'straw' broker, who closes the deal on the settlers' behalf.
c. Properties of families who have gotten into debt. This has been a common phenomenon over the past few years, particularly since the second Intifada, when the economic slowdown cost many workers their jobs in construction and tourism.
The settler associations are able to pinpoint and exploit any weakness in an Arab village or neighborhood. In an operation carried out in February 2004, settlers simultaneously entered 16 buildings that had been acquired over the previous two years. Silwan's Arab residents assess that 20 to 30 buildings have changed hands in recent years; they base their estimates on inside information originating in their extended families.
There is a fixed pattern to seizing buildings. A dwelling is occupied by a new Arab resident, usually not from the village. This may be a single man or a family in economic straits. In most cases, the settlers operate in this way to avoid implicating the seller's family, attempting to ward off suspicions that they sold the house to Jews. The new resident continues living in the building (for free) until the settlers decide that the time is ripe to seize it. The "temporaries" then often move to another "free" dwelling.
Once the settlers have taken over a building, it rapidly becomes a fortified site in the finest colonial tradition, with a security fence, guard-posts, projectors, often closed-circuit surveillance, and of course a provocative flag. Border Police jeeps patrol the site – a constant irritation to Arab residents. Whenever Jews leave their homes in Silwan or the Muslim Quarter, they are escorted by a pair of armed security guards. Whereas the Zionist movement dreamed of establishing a state to extricate the Jewish people from ghettos, the settlers willingly wall themselves in.
Money is no problem. Both state and private sources fund the settlers' operations in East Jerusalem. The governmental sources are clouded in secrecy, passing through various ministries under confusing names. Until 1992, the state transferred absentee property and vast sums to the settlers through the Housing Ministry in particular. The Klugman Report estimated that the government transferred around $8.2 million to the settlers in order to buy buildings, passing on an additional $12.8 million for renovating old ones.7 Currently the state provides support to the settlers in two ways: it finances the security companies at an annual cost of 24 million shekels, and it also employs many of them as security guards and functionaries at the City of David's archaeological site.
It is hard to distinguish the private donors because they demand anonymity. The best known is Irving Moskowitz, the undisputed patron of the East Jerusalem settlers. A group of American Jewish millionaires has formed around Moskowitz. Many are willing to donate on condition that the recipients maintain a low profile and do not arouse the anger of non-Jews. Accordingly, the settlers use collaborator tenants and refrain at first from registering the property in their own names, until the politically appropriate period arrives. [See box, p. 20.] Read More:http://www.challenge-mag.com/en/article__73/settlements_and_settlers_in_the_old_city
"The best estimate is that 10% of the city's budget goes to east Jerusalem," he said, noting that no one knew how much money was actually destined for the eastern part of the city. But it should be closer to the 30%, since Arabs in east Jerusalem account for more than a third of the city's residents, he explained.
He also wants to promote more projects such as the recently failed initiative in Al Suhawra, which would have retroactively legalized and given permits for 2,500 housing units.
Margalit replaces Yakir Segev, from Barkat's Jerusalem Will Succeed party. Segev's east Jerusalem portfolio was to advocate both for the Arab residents of east Jerusalem and the Jewish residents who live in predominantly Arab neighborhoods.
Margalit refused to represent these populations, so the east Jerusalem portfolio will now be divided into two separate portfolios. City Councilor David Hadari (HaBayit Hayehudi) will receive a new portfolio to work with Jewish residents of east Jerusalem, in addition to holding the financial portfolio….Read More:http://www.jpost.com/NationalNews/Article.aspx?id=228104
It took me 25 years to find this quote, from Edgar Cayce's reading #5377-1. Cayce makes it very clear Israel does NOT refer to the Jews, but to Truth Seekers. No wonder this never sees the light of day. The numbers following these quotes refer to specific readings given by Cayce, and can be confirmed by the A.R.E., his organization.
CAYCE QUOTE: Let there be the study, the closer study of the promises which are made in the book [BIBLE], yes, the history of the Jew; yet these HAVING FAILED, who is Isreal? Not the Jew, but Israel is THE SEEKER AFTER TRUTH. 5377-1
Other related Cayce quotes:
For those WHO SEEK are indeed Israel, and Israel indeed is ALL who seek; meaning not those as of the children of Abraham, but of every nation, every tribe, every tongue — Israel of the Lord! This is the full meaning of Israel. 2772-1
Q: What should be understood be the statement (Genesis 49:10) "The scepter has not departed from Israel"?
CAYCE's ANSWER: Israel is the chosen of the Lord and that His promise, His care, His love has not departed from those THAT SEEK TO KNOW HIS WAY, THAT SEEK TO SEE HIS FACE, THAT WOULD DRAW NIGH UNTO HIM. THIS is the meaning, this should be the understanding to all. Those that seek are Israel. So Abraham means call; so Israel means those who seek. How obtained the supplanter the name Israel? For he wrestled with the angel, and he was face to face with the seeking to know His way. 262-28 Read More:http://www.reversespins.com/cayceisrael.html
Read More:http://www.cassiopaea.org/cass/Laura-Knight-Jadczyk/article-lkj-04-03-06-b.htm
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