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Santa Monica mass murderer John Zawahri's family had dark history of violence
By Nancy Dillon
The suspect enters the Santa Monica College Library, continuing a rampage that left five victims dead on Friday. In one encounter, John Zawahri's father pulled his wife's hair and punched her with a closed fist, according to her statement. (Ringo H.W. Chiu/AP)
The twisted mass shooter whose bloody rampage claimed five victims in Santa Monica came from a home with a disturbing history of violence.
The father of mass murderer John Zawahri went berserk when his marriage crumbled in 1998 and made chilling threats to kill his wife and kids, court paperwork obtained by The Daily News revealed Monday.
"If I had a gun, it would be over," Samir Zawahri screamed at his wife, Randa Abdou, during a workplace confrontation on April 26, 1998, Abdou said in a request for a restraining order five days after the incident.
Samir, 55, and his son Christopher Zawahri, 25, died Friday at the hands of John, who was one day shy of turning 24.
Abdou was in Lebanon visiting relatives but has returned to the U.S. and met with investigators, a neighbor told The News.
"She's very sad and fragile, as any mother would be," neighbor Beverly Meadows, 62, said after speaking with Abdou.
"She needs to be left alone to grieve. I can't imagine in my worst nightmare having to go through something like this."
According to Randa Abdou's statement, Samir once collected their two children from school and threatened that neither would ever see them again. (@ABC7 via Twitter)
College officials Monday identified a woman shot in the head outside the campus library as Margarita Gomez, a local resident and mother of two who regularly collected items for recycling.
Gomez, believed to be in her late 50s or early 60s, was a familiar and beloved figure on campus.
"She was just the nicest lady," campus bookstore manager David Dever said in a statement released by the school.
"She would come by the bookstore regularly and always had a big smile for us."
Officials also released details on the gunman's college record, revealing that he studied gaming technology at the school.
They said he first attended classes in the winter of 2009 and left the school in fall of 2010. His classes were all in the "Entertainment and Technology" program, which primarily involves game design and digital animation. The college had no disciplinary issues with Zawahri, officials said.
Weapons recovered from Santa Monica College are displayed during a news conference held by Santa Monica Police on Saturday. The restraining order was granted on the basis of Abdou's statement, but she dismissed the petition a few weeks later. (Ringo H.W. Chiu/AP)
It's still not clear exactly why Zawahri killed his father and older brother in their family home before leaving the residence in flames and taking his terrifying shooting spree to the streets and to Santa Monica College nearby.
He died in a gun battle with police after mowing down his five victims in less than 15 minutes.
But the family's domestic troubles are well-documented in Abdou's 1998 restraining order request. She said Samir was waiting for her when she drove up to her restaurant job with a male friend in the passenger seat that day.
"The defendant seemed very angry," the petite waitress and mother of two said in her court petition, referring to her husband.
"The defendant got into my car in the passenger seat and pulled my hair and punched me twice in the arm with a closed fist."
She said Samir also grabbed her arm and "wrenched" three bracelets off her wrist.
"I am afraid that the defendant may do something drastic because he seems to become increasingly angry and frustrated over our separation," Abdou told the court of her husband. (Tami Abdollah/AP)
He then took her purse and the divorce papers she had begun filling out and demanded that she follow him back to his house, according to her statement.
Her friend who had fled the scene minutes earlier alerted police, she said, and Samir himself fled shortly before cops arrived.
A few days later, on April 30, Samir purportedly showed up at Abdou's apartment and threatened to take the couple's two sons, then 8 and 10, to Canada.
"The defendant said that he would do anything to make my life miserable and that he could kill me and no restraining order can stop him," Abdou said in her restraining order request.
Later that day, Samir allegedly collected the boys from school without Abdou's knowledge and called with a terrifying message.
"I want to see them for the last time," he told her on the phone, according to Abdou. "I can't see them again and neither will you."
Sonya Geis writes a note at a memorial at Santa Monica College on Monday. (Nick Ut/AP)
The boys were back in school the next day, and she rushed to court for the restraining order, the paperwork reveals.
According to the filing, Abdou married Samir in Lebanon in 1985 and joined him in the U.S. after they spent their first five years as newlyweds apart.
She said they had "marital troubles" from the beginning, so she moved out of their Santa Monica house in February 1998 into a nearby apartment with the boys.
She said Samir refused to hand over her green card or the kids' birth certificates and regularly visited her apartment without permission while she was at work.
"The defendant has told me that life means nothing to him if we are not together," she wrote in the request for the stay-away order. "I am afraid that the defendant may do something drastic because he seems to become increasingly angry and frustrated over our separation."
The restraining order was granted by a judge based on her statement, but Abdou canceled the petition a few weeks later.
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Odyssey Elementary School
Falcon School District 49
POWER Zone
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6275 Bridlespur Avenue
Pam Weyer
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Positive, Caring and Safe Learning Environment
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Odyssey Elementary School, located in POWER Zone at 6275 Bridlespur Avenue in Colorado Springs, opened eight years ago as a science and math focus school with a space emphasis. The school's focus has shifted to include engineering and technology, as it becomes a distinct science, technology, engineering and math elementary school. The educators strive to be not only a STEM focused school, but also a neighborhood school that serves as a hub for its community.[1]
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Odyssey Elementary School is one of the founding positive behavior support schools in the district, making it a priority to ensure and sustain a positive and safe culture. Its students know what it means to be safe, trustworthy, accountable, respectful successful through the STARS program. Faculty added to this belief by embracing the Capturing Kids' Hearts philosophy.
The highly individualized curriculum leverages the strengths of all students, while challenging them to achieve. An integrated approach to teaching the curriculum helps students see the relationships in their learning in all subjects.
Extracurricular[edit]
Educators strive to support and educate the whole child by offering before and after school programs and opportunities, such as Young Rembrandts, Lego Robotics, student council, choir, cross country and track, basketball, archery and cup stacking.
Community[edit]
Odyssey Elementary School believes in being a partner with families. The school offers a Parent-Teacher Association and invites all parents to be part of their child's education. It supports PTA events, such as the Harvest Celebration, Spring Carnival, STEM night and musical performances. WatchDOGS provide positive male role models for all children.
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Here's some good news. The Peninsula has its very own commercial classical music station, and it actually appears to be succeeding. President and general manager Tom Davis thinks his station -- WBACH, 107.9 FM -- has found a niche by operating out of Williamsburg and capturing the area's upscale inhabitants.
True enough, WHRO, the public radio outlet in Hampton Roads, does a fine job working the same street. The distinction lies in the fact that WBACH wants to put "Mozart" and "moola" in the same thought and make a go of it.
"We're dedicated to it," says Davis. "We like it a lot and think there's room in the market."
On the air since March 2006, WBACH's signal reaches from the near side of Richmond to York County and may be (correct us, if we're wrong) the only commercial station broadcasting a classical format in Virginia.
Can Vivaldi and Beethoven deliver the goods in the marketplace? Maybe so. It works in United Kingdom, hugely.
Williamsburg, which harbors a special affinity for its British connections, could be in the vanguard on this side of the pond. Good show.


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The Michigan UFO craze of 1966
'They did see something. I'll believe this to the day I die.'
By Ken Haddad
Posted: 7:27 AM, March 15, 2017 Updated: 7:27 AM, March 15, 2017
Ann Arbor News, courtesy of the Ann Arbor District Library archive
DETROIT - In 1966, a string of seemingly odd occurrences in Washtenaw County drew the attention of the entire country.
The events centered on a sudden wave of UFO sightings, with reports by police and citizens in March 1966.
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It began on March 14, 1966, when Washtenaw County officers spotted lights in the sky, moving at high speeds over Lima Township.
The same lights were spotted by officers in Ohio, just across the Michigan border, and by observers at Selfridge Air Force Base.
The sightings triggered investigations by the Civil Defense and U.S. Air Force.
A few days following the first reports, the lights were spotted again at various locations around Washtenaw County, with one deputy reporting something floating in the sky - described as looking like a "child's top."
On Sunday, March 20, 1966, the sheriff's office received reports of a UFO landing in a wooded, swamp area of Dexter Township. Police spoke to Frank Mannor, a truck driver who had gone into the swamp with his son. Here's what Mannor told police:
"We got to about 500 yards of the thing," Mannor told interviewers. "It was sort of shaped like a pyramid, with a blue-green light on the right-hand side and on the left, a white light. I didn't see no antenna or porthole. The body was like a yellowish coral rock and looked like it had holes in it—sort of like if you took a piece of cardboard box and split it open. You couldn't see it too good because it was surrounded with heat waves, like you see on the desert. The white light turned to a blood red as we got close to it and Ron said, 'Look at that horrible thing.'"
Here's the report from the NICAP: Frank Mannor and his son, Ronald [plus 40-60 others including 12 policemen ?] saw hovering over a swamp about 1,500 ft away a brown luminous car sized object, with a "scaly" or "waffled" surface, cone-shaped on top, flat on bottom, or football shaped, and 2 bluish-green lights on right and left edges that turned bright red and helped illuminate object in between. Lights blinked out and object reappeared instantly across the swamp 1,500 ft away. The whole object lit up with a yellowish glow at one point and also rose up 500 ft then descended again. After 2-3 minutes of viewing, when 2 flashlights appeared in the distance the object seemed to respond by flying away at high speed directly over the witnesses with a whistling sound like a rifle bullet ricocheting. Object remained in the swamp area for 1/2 hr.
The report gained national attention. More than 40 officers joined a search of the swamp. Odd sightings continued, with officers spotting red and white lights in the sky, flying back and forth and then disappearing.
The next night, more than 80 students at Hillsdale College reported seeing lights in a nearby swamp.
The UFO craze took over, and reports from all around the Ann Arbor area, as well as surrounding areas in Michigan, started pouring in.
Here come the investigators
Michigan congressman Weston Vivian requested that the U.S. Air Force send an investigator from Project Blue Book, the agency that studied UFOs.
Dr. J. Allen Hynek, an astronomer from Northwestern, was tasked with the investigation.
Hynek arrived on March 23, touring the areas of sightings himself. What he found was something he called "near hysteria."
"It's like reports from people who witness a fire," Hynek told the press at the time. "You get as many different facts as you get people who saw the fire. So far, all I've been able to come up with is reports of a variety of lights."
Under pressure for an explanation, Hynek told reporters during a press conference on March 25 that the sightings were simply mistaken observations of the moon and stars, and the Dexter UFO was just swamp gas.
Wait, swamp gas?
The swamp gas theory didn't go over so well. Many thought it was a huge cover-up. Several publications accused the government of hiding evidence.
Here was the actual explanation from Project Blue Book:
A swamp Is a place of rotting vegetation and decomposition. Swamps are not a province of astronomers. Yet,the famous Dutch astronomer, Ninnaert, in his book, Light and Colour in the Open Air, describes lights that have been seen In swamps by the astronomer Bessel and other excellent observers. The lights resemble tiny flames some times seen right on the ground and sometimes rising and floating above it. The flames go out in one place and suddenly appear in another, giving the Illusion of motion. The colors are sometimes yellow, some times red, and sometimes blue-green. No heat is felt, and the lights do not burn or char the ground. They can appear for hours at a stretch and sometimes for a whole night. Generally, there Is no smell and no sound except for the popping sound of little explosions such as when a gas burner ignites.
Congressman (and future President) Gerald Ford called for a congressional investigation.
During all of this, UFO sightings continued pouring in from all over Michigan, and around the country.
UFO frenzy dies down, but mystery remains
By April 1966, the UFO frenzy had died down in Michigan, but the swamp gas explanation is still talked about to this day.
Thirty years later, Douglas Harvey, Washtenaw County sheriff at the time of the original sightings told The Ann Arbor News he and Dr. Hynek were talking in the sheriff's office and the scientist admitted he didn't know what the witnesses had seen, but felt it was worthy of further investigation.
"He was on the phone for quite a while, which I found very enlightening,'' Harvey said. "He came out and I said, 'Well, Dr. Hynek. What do you think?' He said, 'It's swamp gas.' He tells me one minute he has no idea what it is. And then he makes one phone call to Washington and comes out and gives a statement that it's swamp gas. Very strange.''
"They did see something,'' he said. "I'll believe this to the day I die. Somebody has kept something quiet, and nothing more ever materialized. So we don't know if it was the government experimenting, or was it really a UFO. I don't know.''
Sources: Ann Arbor New, Ann Arbor Public Library, Michigan Today/UMich.
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The Los Angeles County Metrorail is contemplating using public-private partnerships (P3s) to speed up completion of critical transportation projects partially funded by a recently approved hike in the county sales tax, according to Curbed Los Angeles.
Metrorail officials said leveraging the private sector for at least two "Measure M" projects — a light-rail link and an express lane-subway route — will shave 14 to 15 years off their schedules.
Metrorail officials said they've received unsolicited P3 proposals from several prominent construction teams, including Skanska USA-Kiewit Infrastructure and Parsons Transportation Group-Cintra US Services, for two major projects — the Sepulveda Pass Transit Corridor and the West Santa Ana Branch Transit Corridor.
Los Angeles County voters — by a 70% majority — gave Measure M the green light back in November. The initiative authorizes the county to collect an additional half-cent in sales taxes, which will exclusively fund a laundry list of mass transit projects. The measure is expected to generate $860 million each year and then an even greater amount in 2039 once Measure M's authorization to collect one extra cent in sales tax kicks in.
There's no doubt that Los Angeles officials are also thinking about their bid for the 2024 Summer Olympic Games, as mass transit capability is an integral part of the city's application.
Government agencies are increasingly using P3s to take on large transportation projects, typically those with lengthy operations and maintenance components. Organizations like the American Road & Transportation Builders Association say P3s will continue to play a role in future projects, and they will aso, according to House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-WI, be a feature of President Donald Trump's $1 trillion infrastructure plan. Republicans and Trump, however, have a difficult task ahead if their goal is to convince Democrats that private investment is preferable to direct federal spending.
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Home Culture Defying Hollywood: Justin Bieber's New Wife Writes Pro-Christian Post That Is Going...
Defying Hollywood: Justin Bieber's New Wife Writes Pro-Christian Post That Is Going VIRAL
Hailey Bieber and Justin Bieber have been under media scrutiny since the two first started their relationship. In defiance of Hollywood's self-seeking and vulgar indulgences, Justin announced their relationship would be founded on his Christian beliefs and he vowed to marry Hailey before the two engaged in any physical relationship.
Hollywood did not know how to react, but enough outlets jabbed and jeered Bieber for pursuing a new moral direction.
After dating for several months, splitting, reconciling their differences and eventually becoming engaged, Hailey and Justin married in November of 2018.
The two are still prioritizing their Christian beliefs and Hailey pinned a pro-Christian post on her Instagram that is going viral, the Daily Wire reports.
The stunning 22-year-old candidly wrote about her struggles with physical insecurity, specifically comparing herself to others (that all-too-common thing women do). But Hailey emphasized that she leans on God to help conquer those false thoughts.
The young wife started the post by telling her fans that she wants to be "more open about the things I struggle with, and be able to be more vulnerable."
"I'm 22 years old, and the truth is no matter how amazing life may look from the outside I struggle," Hailey wrote on Instagram to her 16 million followers. "I'm insecure, I'm fragile, I'm hurting, I have fears, I have doubts, I have anxiety, I get sad, I get angry. I have had more days than I can count where I've found myself scrolling through Instagram comparing myself, comparing my looks, feeling like I'm not good enough feeling like I lack so many things and really struggling to be confident in who I am because I constantly feel like I'm just not good enough. Every single day is a confidence battle for me."
"I'm not writing this for a pity party or for sympathy but just to simply say, I'm a human.." she added.
"I'm a young woman, I'm learning who I am and, it's REALLY FREAKING HARD," the model continued in the post. "It's hard finding who you are, but what's even harder is being picked apart and compared to other women while trying to do that. There are days that I'm simply broken because of it."
"It would be incredible if other young girls and women could find it in themselves to lift each other up, to stop making other women who are struggling JUST LIKE THEM, feel incompetent and less than. We ALL have flaws, and that will never change," Hailey said, before invoking the Christian belief that people were individually and uniquely created for a purpose.
"What I do know is, God made us individuals for a reason, with our own beauty, our own personalities, and our own story because there's a specific plan and purpose for each and every human created and he makes no mistakes!!" Hailey's Instagram post concluded. "So this year I'm gonna do my very best to just be ME and be confident with who I am. I am enough, and I'm loved, and you are enough and you're loved."


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The Ritz-Carlton Comes To India
India's list of luxury hotels has another addition to it. The first Ritz-Carlton in the country has just opened in Bangalore and they're all set to create loyalists out of their guests.
If you are one with a heightened sense of smell, then the first thing to greet you at The Ritz-Carlton, even before the courteous staff, will be the essence of the black Orchid. The signature smell of this internationally acclaimed hotel.
Located on Residency Road, Bangalore – India's first Ritz-Carlton will start welcoming guests on October 31. But rooms have already been booked, even before the official opening.
The Ritz-Carlton Bangalore has a theme of its own. Its design is inspired by Indian jaali, which is lattice work, carved in stone or wood, typical of the Mughal period. Throughout the hotel, one will find the jaali theme being used. For instance, in the hotel rooms, the standard sheer curtains have been replaced by sliding jhali doors.
The hotel features 277 rooms, which include 25 suites as well as The Ritz-Carlton Suite. Arched walls mark the entrance of every room and art pieces woven out of silk deck the corridors to identify with the heritage of Karnataka. Though luxury is without doubt a prevailing aspect, what the hotel really feels its guests need is a sense of place.
The décor and ambiance are reflective of Indian heritage with art and artifacts making individual statements as one goes from restaurant to foyer to bar. The service is straight from their set-in-stone international standards manual.
There are seven dining venues in the hotel. These include Riwaz, the Indian restaurant serving north-western frontier cuisine; The Market, an all day dining restaurant with three interactive show kitchens serving international cuisine and Lantern, a three level Chinese restaurant and bar serving dim sums with live music.
Also on the list are The Lobby Lounge, where the acclaimed Ritz-Carlton afternoon tea will be served, the trademark Ritz-Carlton Bar, The Pool Bar and Bang, the hotel's very own rooftop bar at level 15.
An exclusive facility at the hotel is The Ritz-Carlton Club Level. The Club takes up an entire floor and apart from the lounge and library; there is also a meeting room and a private dining room. Access to the Club is restricted to the use of a key card, which non-guests can acquire by taking up membership. The hotel goes one step further by providing guests at the Club with a business card that carries their name and states that they are a 'Ritz-Carlton Resident.'
Health amenities at the hotel include a spa and salon, a 545 square metre rooftop swimming pool and a 24-hour fitness centre. The spa includes twelve treatment rooms, two express treatment rooms and a VIP suite, among other facilities. Attached to it, is Italian hairstylist Rossano Ferreti's salon, which is the third in India.
The fitness centre features equipment from Technogym. A unique provision at the centre is the check-in card that members need to swipe on the equipment they use. This card keeps a track of the user's progress through the workout. The guests using the gym also have the luxury of getting their gym attire provided to them by the fitness centre.
The Ritz-Carlton Ballroom and four meeting rooms take care of the events and the hotel also claims to have an onsite wedding planner. There is also a high-end boutique called Ganache, which showcases products like macaroons, chocolates, coffee and even an assortment of teas and fragrances.
Though the hotel, at 16 storeys, is not very tall by international standards, it is still one of the taller buildings in Bangalore. Every venue within provides an unhindered view of the city and Bangalore's weather only complements it all.


In the middle of a DC summer heat wave, I want my clothes to be easy and breezy, so maxi dresses are a got-to option for me. I picked up this cobalt beauty from Secondi last summer, and I'm so glad I did.
It's 100% cotton with lots of stretch in the bodice, so it keeps me cool even during the day. I wore it last fall on a wine tasting jaunt with my mother with a straw bag and flat sandals, which gave the dress a hippie-chic feel. But the addition of strappy heels and a skinny belt changes the whole look of it, don't you think? I finished my evening transformation with a faux leather envelope clutch and a swipe of my favorite lipstick. Boom. My lazy, comfy day dress was ready for date night.
Re-imagining and re-styling your clothes is one of the best ways to stay eco-friendly and shop your own closet. The next time you feel like you have nothing to wear, take another look at your favorite maxi dress and see if it could work as evening wear.
If you have other ways of styling your daytime dresses for evening, please do share in the comments section-- I'd love to see how you do it!
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In early June, a public hearing was held in order to receive feedback and review amendments to 780 CMR Chapter 13 and 780 CMR 115 Appendix AA, the commercial energy efficiency standards and the Stretch Energy Code. After the public hearing was held, additional comments were accepted in writing until the end of June. At the following board meeting, the feedback and comments were addressed and the board voted on, and approved, amendments to 780 CMR Chapter 13 and Appendix AA. These amendments were filed the Secretary of the Commonwealth in late July and approved.
The newly amended Energy Conservation and Stretch Energy Codes are based on the 2015 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) with Massachusetts specific amendments.
The new codes went into effect on Friday, August 12, 2016.
The adoption of the new provisions includes a concurrency period which is in effect from August 12, 2016 until January 1, 2017. During this time period, individuals seeking building permits are permitted to comply with either the old energy provisions in effect prior to the August 12 adoption, or the new amendments that went into effect on August 12, but not a combination of both. After the January 1 deadline, all submitted plans and documents are required to comply with the new energy provisions.


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 Schonach im Schwarzwald, a town in the district of Schwarzwald-Baar in Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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 Herdwangen-Schönach, a municipality in the district of Sigmaringen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Bombing Syria: Congress Says Go For It!
It's looking increasingly possible that the hawks in DC will finally get their chance to bomb Syria, and there are "key U.S. lawmakers" who don't care if the president asks them before the bombs drop, or after, if it's cool to use military might to overthrow the government of another Middle Eastern country:
Two key members of congressional foreign affairs panels say they expect the United States to strike Syria following reports of chemical weapons attacks in that country last week, though other lawmakers interviewed Sunday cautioned that unilateral action would be misguided.
"I think we will respond in a surgical way and I hope the president, as soon as we get back to Washington, will ask for authorization from Congress to do something in a very surgical and proportional way. Something that gets their attention, that causes them to understand that we are not going to put up with that kind of activity," Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee, the top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said on "Fox News Sunday."
But Rep. Eliot Engel of New York, the ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs panel, said President Barack Obama may not need to wait for congressional authorization.
"Congress needs to be involved but perhaps not initially," Engel said. "Perhaps the president could start and then Congress needs to resolve it and assent to it. We cannot sit still. We've got to move and we've got to move quickly."
It's all good, prez, just go ahead and start bombing shit, 'cause we got your back.
It's also astounding to see how the media operates in this country. From the beginning of this "humanitarian" crisis, our corporate media has tried to sell us on intervention. Now, read this New York Times opinion piece, especially this part:
Things looked far less gloomy when the rebellion began two years ago. At the time, it seemed that Syrian society as a whole had emerged from the grip of fear to demand an end to Mr. Assad's dictatorship. Back then, it was realistic to hope that moderates of one sort or another would replace the Assad regime, because they make up a large share of the population. It was also reasonable to expect that the fighting would not last long, because neighboring Turkey, a much larger country with a powerful army and a long border with Syria, would exert its power to end the war.
As soon as the violence began in Syria in mid-2011, Turkey's prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, loudly demanded that it end. But instead of being intimidated into surrender, Mr. Assad's spokesmen publicly ridiculed Mr. Erdogan, while his armed forces proceeded to shoot down a Turkish fighter jet, before repeatedly firing artillery rounds into Turkish territory and setting off lethal car bombs at a Turkish border crossing. To everyone's surprise, there was no significant retaliation. The reason is that Turkey has large and restless minority populations that don't trust their own government, which itself does not trust its own army. The result has been paralysis instead of power, leaving Mr. Erdogan an impotent spectator of the civil war on his doorstep.
Consequently, instead of a Turkey-based and Turkish-supervised rebellion that the United States could have supported with weapons, intelligence and advice, Syria is plagued by anarchic violence.
The war is now being waged by petty warlords and dangerous extremists of every sort: Taliban-style Salafist fanatics who beat and kill even devout Sunnis because they fail to ape their alien ways; Sunni extremists who have been murdering innocent Alawites and Christians merely because of their religion; and jihadis from Iraq and all over the world who have advertised their intention to turn Syria into a base for global jihad aimed at Europe and the United States.
Yes, things "looked less gloomy" because two and a half years ago the humanitarian intervention narrative was working its magic, and if it wasn't for the veto from Russia and China at the UN, Syria would already be enjoying its postmortem liberty, like Libya. And Iraq. And soon, Afghanistan.
There are times when the president says something that leads to action. Declaring his RED-LINE policy using chemical weapons as the trigger now forces him to do something, even if it's just a few delicately placed cruise missiles.
It also provides the "rebels" with an idea: hey, since we're getting our asses kicked, and we have foreign jihadists who don't care about blowing up civilians, we might as well kick it up a notch, if that's what Americans need to hear about on NPR.
I also like the part in the quote above that ridicules Turkey for not risking internal upheaval to take the fight to its border with Syria more forcefully. What a dick, and further proof how truly clueless the chattering class can be.
What the blabbing chicken hawks don't seem to get is that at any point the whole region could go hot, so I don't blame US proxies for their reluctance.
It would make sense, however, to ponder if there has ever been a more craven collection of Congress critters in the short history of this country. I mean, fuck.
Well, to wrap up another depressing post, I will leave you with a letter from our President. It's from a few years ago, but I'm assuming it's become a new presidential ritual—extending the blessed national emergency, which justifies all this imperial madness:
Dear Madam Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:)
Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C. 1622(d), provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless, prior to the anniversary date of its declaration, the President publishes in the Federal Register and transmits to the Congress a notice stating that the emergency is to continue in effect beyond the anniversary date. Consistent with this provision, I have sent to the Federal Register the enclosed notice, stating that the emergency declared with respect to the terrorist attacks on the United States of September 11, 2001, is to continue in effect for an additional year.
The terrorist threat that led to the declaration on September 14, 2001, of a national emergency continues. For this reason, I have determined that it is necessary to continue in effect after September 14, 2010, the national emergency with respect to the terrorist threat.


special time, a joyful time to celebrate Serena's life.
Outside the Unrau's windows was snow! We got the first official snowfall of the season. (Official in that it was sticking on the ground. smile.) It was a family tradition for me (danae) growing up to make donuts as a family for the first snowfall of the year that stuck on the ground, so on Thursday, I made some dough, and Etien, Joyce, and Serena helped me cut them out with cups and a Snapple bottle. ;) We fried them up and frosted 'em over. They turned out yummy!
The day before the donut day, Linette came over with bunches of things for Operation Christmas Child. The kids helped her organize the things into boxes that will be sent out to share Jesus' love to several kids around the world. What a great accomplishment, and it definitely looks like they had fun doing it, doesn't it?
The crew and their beautiful boxes!
On Friday, the whole dorm went to Ron Reddig's benefit dinner and auction in Glasgow. It was such a great time! So many came that we knew, and Ron Reddig had coached several of the guys in basketball so being there had special meaning for them. Miraculously, the dinner raised $111,665! This community is so generous. GOD is so generous. And faithful. And good. It was awesome to be a part of seeing that miracle.
That Saturday, Ibrahim and I, along with several of our kids, went back to Glasgow to Brett's funeral. It was so well done but so hard too. So much pain for those left behind. We can't forget to keep praying for that family and those close to Brett.
It was also time for Maya and Chen to give their senior chapels. They ROCKED it! Maya talked about true beauty, bravely sharing the story of her own personal search for beauty and her realization that we are all beautiful in God's eyes and in the eyes of those who love us. Beauty isn't perfection. It's being comfortable with ourselves and being loved.
Chen talked about friendship and the importance of having good friends. He also talked about the importance of trust and reliability in a friendship, that God is the truest friend who will never leave us or fail us.
And last but certainly not least, it was SERENA'S BIRTHDAY!!!!!!! :) It was so special to celebrate her. :) Her room was decorated with balloons, and there were cupcakes at school for her. Several of her basketball friends joined us for dinner, and she blew out 18 candles on top of her favorite type of cake made by the one and only Jean Toews: Angel Food Ice Cream Cake. Mmm!
For devotions, we played games, but first I shared a verse for this special lady.
Serena, happy birthday to you, sweet girl. I am so grateful for your life. You are energy, joy, laughter, and loyalty. You are on God's mind, and I picture God's hand covered in Indian henna . . . your name as part of His henna design. Your name always before Him. Your heart always held in His hands. Be strong in the next year. Stay close to Him. My prayer is that You always stay close, that You reject the American dream in order to experience His wide and difficult and worth-it dream for your life. I love you, sweet girl. I am so glad for your birthday. Many more, Serena!


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NOW that we're into the new year, it's time to look at the hot issues and key challenges that lie ahead.
From July 1, people living with HIV (PLHIV) will be able to access their HIV medications from community chemists.
If you live in an inner city area, it's likely that you will be able to collect your drugs on the spot with minimal hassle. However, those living in regional Australia may find collection more problematic and will more than likely have to drop off a script and pick up the meds a few days later.
While gaining easier access to your HIV drugs is undoubtedly a good thing, there are some legitimate concerns — particularly around privacy, especially in small towns. If you have any worries, talk to your pharmacist.
All eyes will be on the Australian PrEP trials this year. There are currently three ongoing. The largest, the PRELUDE study, is being held in NSW. In Melbourne there is the VicPrEP study, and in Queensland there is the QPrEP demonstration project. The aim is to explore the acceptability, feasibility, uptake and impact of taking Truvada as an HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis.
Overseas studies have shown encouraging results. In trial after trial, Truvada — a single pill combining tenofovir andemtricitabine — has been found to be highly effective in reducing the risk of HIV transmission. It is expected the Australian trials will deliver similar results which will in turn, no doubt, lead to urgent calls for Truvada to be licensed for use as PrEP here.
Conducted in the US at the National Institutes of Health, the trial was initiated by the so-called "Mississippi baby" case. After receiving ART 30 hours after birth and remaining on treatment for the next two years, the baby appeared to be HIV-free. Unfortunately, the virus returned to detectable levels early last year. Even so, researchers remain excited by the results.
Involving almost 500 babies from at least nine nations, the IMPAACT trial will see HIV newborns given ART within 48 hours of birth. After two years of treatment, the children will come off medication for as long as they retain an undetectable viral load. The hope is that some of them will stay in remission or even be "cured".
Last year, more than 40 rapid testing sites operating across Australia successfully attracted people who had never tested for HIV before. In an effort to catch the estimated 7000 cases of undiagnosed HIV, expect an expansion of locations in 2015.
Currently before the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) pending an application for licensing, Triumeq is a single tablet regimen (STR) containing three medications: dolutegravir, abacavir and lamivudine. Developed by ViiV Healthcare, Triumeq has already been approved by both the US Food and Drug Administration and the EC, becoming the fourth STR available to treat HIV.
Cobicistat (or COBI) is a new "booster" drug which is expected to be approved by the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme later this year. It is currently being considered as a potential alternative to ritonavir in other HIV drug combinations. Much like ritonavir, COBI raises the concentrations of protease inhibitors in the blood allowing for lower doses of the PI than might otherwise be required to fully suppress HIV replication.
Responding to community advocacy, the former Coalition Victorian government last year announced its intention to "amend" Section 19A of the Crimes Act 1958 (the only HIV-specific law in Australia to discriminate against people living with the disease). But now that there is a new Labor Government in Victoria, it is expected — as promised pre-election — that Section 19A will be repealed altogether.
But for some time now, developments in treatment have ensured that PLHIV are living well and living longer. Not only that, as major international studies have found — providing a positive person is on treatment and maintaining an undetectable viral load — there is almost zero risk of HIV transmission.
Yet stigma still persists. A New Zealand survey last year found that — despite being aware of how HIV is transmitted — 47 per cent of respondents said they would be uncomfortable sharing a home with someone living with HIV; 56 per cent said they would feel uncomfortable having food prepared for them by someone living with HIV; while 87 per cent of people were uncomfortable having sexual contact with someone living with HIV. This fear and ignorance is echoed in study after study.
Such stigma prevents PLHIV from disclosing their status to family, friends and sexual partners. This in turn leaves people living with HIV feeling isolated and fearful of rejection. Stigma also prevents people testing for HIV.
A crucial step towards achieving the aim is to hit the interim target of reducing sexual transmission of HIV by 50 per cent this year. Another important target is to have 90 per cent of people with HIV on treatment as soon as possible.
This article first appeared in Positive Living.
Christopher Kelly is the editor of Positive Living.


A community arts festival for children and families that will take place on Clapham Common from 23 - 26 July.
Grasshopper will be a dazzling array of events and activities for all families with children in primary school, regardless of social or economic background. The festival will be a combination of theatre, music, poetry and author readings. There will also be a wide range of free activities including arts and crafts, facepainting, storytellings and workshops with professional drama practitioners. All of these will have an underlying environmental message, teaching the next generation the value of the natural world, and how their actions can affect change. Educational activities will include the Recycled Garden, where children will transform rubbish into a unique flower bed, made of repurposed waste – plastic bottles, old bits of fabric and egg cartons.
Recent cuts have resulted in a lack of activities for families over the summer holidays and a lack of affordable arts provision, in a borough where Child Poverty is estimated to be 59%.
In response to this, Grasshopper will have something for all families, regardless of financial background.
Inclusivity will be at the heart of Grasshopper, with all tickets under £10 and at least 100 tickets to the festival being given to low income families in Lambeth.
Omnibus is the newest multi-arts centre in London, offering a mix of theatre, music, comedy, literature, film and visual arts, as well as family and free events.
We make Theatre, Music and Art.
We believe in stories. Especially the made up ones.
Art in all shapes and sizes, from the sidelines, across borders, with surprises. Art all over our walls, film from other worlds.
Tall-tales from funny people, mighty characters for little people.
Ideas too. Particularly the new ones.
Creative learning and learning to create.
Opening doors, starting conversations. The freedom to explore different rules.
Project Delivery Manager: Omnibus The Project Delivery Manager takes legal responsibility for receiving and spending the funds raised and ensuring the project is delivered.
Contractor: Omnibus The team responsible for building or installing the project.


The NAF Deserves a Spot in the Guiness Books. Here's Why.
In 2016 alone the Nigerian Air Force flew 6773 hours in 2,105 missions and 3,534 sorties in its operations in the North-East, striking key locations and assets sometimes as many as about 25 times a day.
That number increased by %50 in 2017 as the Nigerian army executed the mother of all offensive – Operation Lafya Dole, the campaign to take back the 22,000 km Sambisa forest.
From Alpha light attack jets to the Aero L-39 Albatros to the Chengdu F-7N1 fighter to Mi-24/35 helicopter gunships, Mi-17sh multirole helicopter, CH-3A Rainbow remotely piloted aircraft, the service used all the aircraft to meet its mission demand.
Three NAF Aero L-39 Trainer/Light attack jet flying in diamond formation.
While there are shortcomings in the NAF,often unheralded is the Air Force's performance against Boko Haram , from the successful intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions flown by the King Air 350i and ATR-42 ISR aircraft, to the ability of the three decade old Alpha jet to destroy the Boko Haram logistics bases and camps.
But what aircraft conducts the most strikes? Which fighters soar from the flightline more often?
The Alpha light attack jet can lay claim to the title for the Nigerian aircraft to release the most ordnance. The 34 year old Alpha jet has dropped almost 80 percent of the Air Force bombs on Boko Haram targets.
Two NAF Alpha jets on the tarmac of the 76 Mobile Strike Group, Yola.
The Nigerian Air Force is using five unmanned aircraft for its missions in support of the Air campaign war against Boko Haram.
Bizzarely enough, despite its near infinite resources and the security imperative of the service, the NAF has not invested in the platforms to ensure that, pretty much any target that the enemy would have, it will have the type of weapons and the number of weapons to make sure that it's going to be a first look, a successful strike that eliminates that target from the battle space.
The term "precision strikes" is non-existent in the NAF vocabulary, and this is rather unfortunate. Rather than invest in modern platforms, the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall Abubakar Sadique continuously tout the Alpha jets unique abilities, in various theaters, and point to its performance against Boko Haram as evidence that it remains relevant and effective, flying 80 percent of the sorties against Boko Haram.
Top of his priority is capacity building and ground infrastructure, these includes the construction of gymnasiums, sewing machine factories, fish farming, a forensic lab, and holding sporting events.
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on 25 April 2018, flagged-off a Fish Farming Scheme for youths at the Sam Ethnan NAF Base, Lagos.
The Programme, which is an initiative of the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Baba Abubakar, was instituted in 2016, as part of efforts at empowering Barrack Youths in all NAF Bases across the Nation by training them in different aspects of agriculture so as to be positively engaged in productive enterprises while their parents are away on security operations across the country.
A month ago, October 20 to be precise, the Chief of Air Force, Air Marshal Sadiq Abubakar, inaugurated a newly constructed water segmentation tank, as well as overhead and surface water tanks at the Nigerian Air Force Base in Makurdi.
With the Air Force's total inventory of seven F-7Ni fighters, it is by no means a coincidence the F-7Ni flies and drops the least amount of ordnance from all the aircraft in the Aeria of Operation.
Hopefully the arrival of the Super Tucano and JF-17 Thunder will introduce precision bombing capability to the Nigerian Air Force.


There's no denying that packing up your home is stressful, but for most people, the biggest challenge comes from keeping their electronics safe in transit. Items like game systems, laptops, and even DVD players can often be taken in the car on the drive to your new home, but larger items like entertainment centers and televisions must be handled and transported by the moving company. Luckily, packing your electronics to ensure they arrive safely is surprisingly easy. Here's how.
Electronics are complicated machines and, no matter how hard you try, it's easy to lose track of how the cords need to be arranged. The last thing anyone wants to do is fight with cords once the electronics are unloaded from the truck. Instead of settling in for the struggle, take pictures of how each item is hooked up before you start disassembling the entertainment center. Use your cell phone so you'll have access to the images without having to hunt for them at your new home. This will help streamline the assembly process and ensure that everything gets hooked up correctly.
Even though the electronics won't be plugged into an outlet, they still need to be turned off before you pack them up. Leaving a piece of equipment turned on can be a safety hazard, especially if it has internal batteries. These batteries continue to draw power even in standby mode and may overheat when surrounded by packing materials. Though rare, it could damage the equipment, leaving you without your favorite gear when you arrive at your new home.
The original packaging was designed to keep your electronics safe during transit and storage. If possible, try to repack your electronics in their original boxes with the original padding. This way, they'll move around less inside the packaging, reducing the risk of damage and keeping sensitive components safe on the road.
If the original packing materials are not available, you'll want to take the time to find the appropriate padding and packaging to protect your electronics. Opt for bubble wrap instead of packing peanuts and consider using old clothes and dishtowels for added padding. These items will reduce the buildup of static and keep your gear cleaner until it's time to unpack. Avoid using Styrofoam beads or padding as small bits can break off and get into your electronics, causing problems down the road.
Though it may seem like all tape is created equal, nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, nothing is more effective at sealing boxes like proper packing tape. The adhesive is specially formulated to stick to boxes, keeping your belongings safe and secure in the packaging, even when you're carrying the box. Avoid using inferior tapes like masking and duct tape when sealing your boxes as they will likely break under the strain.
Whether you plan on packing up yourself or need help safely packing up your heavy electronics, Eden's Moving is here to help. Our friendly movers will take care to secure your belongings both on and off the truck. Contact us today to schedule a free moving estimate.


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Floodplains of Northern Ghana. Photo: Neil Palmer/CIAT
ARC has been developing a pan-African flood model which will be used to underpin parametric flood insurance offered to its Member States. The parametric insurance product for floods will be the first of its kind globally. ARC has partnered with leading US-based atmospheric and environmental research firm AER to develop the underlying flood model, while ARC will create the overlying insurance product as part of Africa RiskView. At the end of 2016, AER completed the pan-African Flood Extent Depiction (AFED) product for ARC using historical daily data starting in 1992. The product includes automated near real-time AFED processing streams to produce Africa-wide daily updates of AFED.
The insurance product will work in a similar manner to ARC's current drought insurance product. The model will convert a daily Africa Flood Extent Depiction into an economic impact value in US dollars creating an Africa RiskView flood index. The insurance policies will be issued on the basis of this index. Due to the complexity of flood modelling, the model only focuses on a subset of flood risks:
Extensive river floods that last at least several days in duration
Insurance will target the largest of these events, that would have the most direct impact on people
How does the ARC Flood Model work?
The ARC Flood Extent Depiction Model (AFED) is a daily depiction of temporarily flooded areas everywhere in Africa. AFED uses satellite remote sensing from microwave sensors to map floods. The sensors measure the intensity of microwave radiation emitted naturally from the earth, with a decrease in radiation signalling that flooding is occurring. The microwave sensors provide twice-daily measurements and make measurements day and night with the ability to see through non-precipitating clouds and to sense flooding beneath vegetation. The current data comes from three satellite sensors: SSM/I; AMSR2 and GMI, with older SSM/I data and another sensor AMSR-E adding to the historic data record.
The microwave data does however have some limitations in terms of the limitations in resolution and rain interference with the signal. To overcome this, the model uses elevation data to downscale the microwave data and depict floods at a finer scale (higher resolution). The model also uses rain detection to produce flood depictions from the best-quality data. AFED also includes a land-water mask to exclude persistent open water. The final AFED is a daily set of georeferenced images tiling together to cover all of Africa, with each image pixel (3 arcseconds or about 90m x 90m) or
grid cell representing whether an area was flooded or not that day. The model includes sets of images which date back to January 1988. The model has some limitations as some floods are too small or short-lived to detect definitively. A
small flood may not be picked up if the model cannot distinguish the flood's microwave signal from the natural variation in dry-land conditions.
Pilot Countries
In 2017, the Africa Flood Extent Depiction model was piloted in Ghana, the Gambia, and Cote d'Ivoire. Dedicated technical experts formed in-country technical working groups that modelled and validated AFED in their countries, fine-tuning the model and paving the way for a robust flood parametric insurance product across Africa.


Both individually and collectively The National's members have been involved in countless artistic, charitable, and socio-political pursuits. The group released A Lot of Sorrow documenting their collaboration with installation artist Ragnar Kjartansson, which took place at MOMA's PS1 and saw the band play their song "Sorrow" for six hours in front of a live audience. The group is behind the Red Hot benefit albums Dark Was The Night and Day Of The Dead, and the compilation boxed set titled 7-Inches for Planned Parenthood. Band members have received a Golden Globe Nomination for work on the score of the 2015 film Revenant; founded or played a major part in Boston Calling, MusicNow, Eaux Claires, and Haven Festivals; participated heavily in both Obama Presidential Campaigns; and much more.
2013 also saw the theatrical release of their documentary, Mistaken For Strangers, set to the backdrop of the band's 2010 release High Violet. The documentary was chosen to premiere on the opening night of the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival followed by a theatrical release in the U.S. and worldwide distribution. Over their 16-year career the band has sold more than 1.7 million albums in the U.S. alone. The National consists of Matt Berninger (vocals) fronting two pairs of brothers: Aaron (guitar, bass, piano) and Bryce Dessner (guitar, piano), and Scott (bass, guitar) and Bryan Devendorf (drums).
Courtney Barnett is one of the most distinctive and compelling voices in indie rock, a singer-songwriter who mixes deeply insightful observations with devastating self-assessment. With countless awards in her home of Australia as well as Grammy and BRIT nominations, fawning press and an adoring audiences, Barnett's rise to global prominence feels both unprecedented and important. 2017 saw the release of the wonderful album Lotta Sea Lice, an introspective but beautiful album of duets with Kurt Vile and a gorgeous place-holder while we awaited the release of her world-weary-but-fierce sophomore solo album Tell Me How You Really Feel in 2018.


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Microsoft Silverlight becomes new target of malicious ads
Attackers that spread malicious ads through drive-by download schemes are shifting their focus to Microsoft Silverlight vulnerabilities.
Researchers from Cisco Systems have reported that hackers have been exploiting Silverlight vulnerabilities to launch Web attacks against several ad networks in order to redirect unsuspecting users to malicious websites that host the Angler Exploit Kit. The Silverlight vulnerabilities have been loaded into this kit with the XOR encryption in an effort to conceal the malicious activity from various detection methods such as the one used by Cisco.
The malvertising activity, as it is called by researchers, has been going on since April when a huge volume of traffic was flowing from compromised sites to the Angler that uses Silverlight security flaws.
Silverlight is a Microsoft plug-in that works for users to stream media on browsers. The exploit kit used by hackers works to identify the browser used by its potential victims, as well as the plugins installed on the browser, whether Java, Adobe Reader or Silverlight. The exploit is triggered when it finds vulnerabilities in a plug-in due to the fact that it is outdated.
The Java exploits have been the constant target of attackers in the past couple of years and hackers are using these exploits to launch attacks against large companies with old browser plugins. It is only recently when they have changed tactics and began to add Microsoft Silverlight to their targets.
Cisco researchers said:
"In this particular Angler campaign, the attack is more specifically targeted at Flash and Silverlight vulnerabilities and though Java is available and an included reference in the original attack landing pages, it's never triggered."
One key factor that gave the attackers a chance to manipulate Silverlight vulnerabilities is the widespread rise of Flash and Java exploits, almost drowning out the notion that Microsoft's plugin could hardly be exploited. Companies became absorbed in the idea that only Flash and Java could be vulnerable to such attacks. They were also confident that security vendors have always been successful in writing threat detection codes.
The Angler attacks are meant to bring users who have visited legitimate sites to phony ads operated by compromised networks. In turn, when the ad is clicked the user is redirected to the hacked website that then leads to the Angler landing page, which operates to secretly install malware into one's computer.
There has been a rapid spike in DNS requests for these Angler domains, particularly dense in Europe and North America.
Right now, the best way to address this risk and ensure that your computer is not compromised is to install the latest updates of Silverlight from Microsoft.


Nigel Farage-backed candidate Henry Bolton elected new UKIP leader in shock result.
Bolton's election comes as a surprise as the party's deputy leader Peter Whittle and anti-Islam candidate Anne Marie Waters were considered the favored options, Business Insider reports.
Asked whether Ukip had avoided becoming the "UK Nazi Party", referring to comments he made in the campaign, Mr Bolton told a press conference: "Absolutely, yes".
"I didn't intervene directly in the election campaign but I did make it pretty clear without saying so that if we lurched towards the BNP-type position that I wouldn't stay part of it and nor would anybody else". He's a former soldier who used to be in the Lib Dems.
Instead, Ukip's fourth leader inside a year is a low-key technocrat who has worked for the United Nations, stood as a Liberal Democrat MP and ran on the pledge to professionalise and unite a party riven by splits and seeking a new objective following the Brexit referendum.
"The nature of Islam and the practices are such that they tend to have a more dominating effect in a community where there's a large Muslim population than the Christian community", he said.
On his personal website, Bolton says he will "resume Nigel Farage's legacy by restoring UKIP's relevance and authority".
Despite being relatively unknown, the ex-Thames Valley police officer, who joined the party in 2014, is no stranger to running for elected posts.
Mr Bolton said he believes in "old-fashioned, classical liberalism", but feels it has "lost its way a bit".
Mr Bolton did, however, signal he could be the latest in a long line of Ukip leaders to act as a scourge of liberals.
The result came after the party unveiled a new logo - which cost around £2,000 to develop - replacing the pound sign with a lion. His replacement Dianne James lasted just 18 days and the front runner to succeed her quit the party after an altercation with a colleague left him in hospital.
After exactly three years as leader, Mr Farage resigned to fight the Buckingham seat of Commons Speaker John Bercow at the 2010 election, subsequently coming third with 17 per cent of the vote.


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Brine cleverly interleaves three narratives that reflect facets of the immigrant experience in Canada. Performers Dina Hansen, Rex Emerson Jackson and Sameera Singh play a mother, father and daughter who came to Canada to provide more opportunity for the daughter and discovered a country and a life far different than they imagined.
The play opened with about a dozen suitcases and duffel bags scattered across the stage, some open with their clothes hanging out. The players made various and effective use of these props, framing the space and building micro-sets to carry out their respective activities.
The performers engaged in a kind of parallel play as they navigated the stage on their own errands in an elaborate polyrhythm of movement and sound, periodically coming into phase as their stories overlapped. Making direct eye contact with audience members, they inhabited their characters with real weight.
The mother (Hansen), labouring repetitively in a thankless food service job, dazzled with her ability to turn a retail smile on and off as she periodically faced notional customers. The father (Jackson) was a trained professor but found himself working in airport security to help support his family.
Both parents endured this so that their daughter might have a richer, more fulfilling life than she could back home. Perhaps the play's most interesting dimension was how the daughter (Singh) struggled with their expectations - particularly her mother's - feeling the burden of knowing how much they sacrificed when she just wanted to be a teenager.
At only 20 minutes in length, the Fringe Gallery series doesn't provide a lot of space to flesh out character. The script, written by stage manager Senjuti Aurora Sarker and directed by Jamie Milay, wisely avoids trying to cram too much into the running time. The result is a measured pacing that gives the characters room to establish and sustain an elaborate cadence that never feels rushed.
The gallery series is an excellent way to sample several performances over a single evening. The Factory Media Centre and B Contemporary are next door to each other, and they have scheduled their plays with alternating start times so audiences can switch easily between venues.


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Ладду́  ( или Laddoo, ) — десерт из гороховой (нутовой) муки, топлёного сливочного масла, с орехами, кокосовой стружкой и сладкими специями: корицей, кардамоном и мускатным орехом, популярный в странах Южной Азии, таких как Индия, Пакистан, Непал, Бангладеш.

Ладду представляет собой сладкие шарики, размером с абрикос. Готовят этот десерт из манной крупы, гороховой или пшеничной муки — существует множество видов и рецептов приготовления.
Ладду часто готовят на праздники и фестивали.

Этимология
Название «ладду» возводят к санскритскому слову ладдука (или латтика), означающему «маленький шарик».

Использование
В индуистской культуре они символизируют изобилие и благополучие; так, бога Ганеши изображают с подносом ладду в руках.

Ладду часто готовят к фестивалям или семейным мероприятиям, таким как свадьбы, дни рождения, или предоставляться в виде Прасада в индуистских храмах, особенно в храме Тирумалы Венкатешвары, Андхра-Прадеше.

Ладду считается традиционным десертом на празднике Ураза-байрам в некоторых мусульманских общинах.

Приготовление
Основные ингредиенты:
 Сливочное масло
 Кокосовая стружка
 Мускатный орех молотый
 фундук
 Корица молотая
 Сахарная пудра

Время приготовления: 20-30 минут.

Виды
Аюрведа предлагает некоторые виды этого десерта, например, ладду с шамбалой (пажитником) — аюрведическое средство при проблемах с желудком.

Или ладду, приготовленное из изюма — аюрведа советует для беременных и кормящих матерей.
Для придания специфического вкуса в различных рецептах этого десерта используют грецкие орехи, орехи кешью, сухофрукты, кокосовые хлопья.

Рава ладду — популярный индийский десерт — сладкие шарики, приготовленные из манной крупы, сахара, топлёного масла. В различных вариантах рецепта в сладости добавляются изюм, кардамон, орех кешью, кокосовые хлопья, мак.

Влияние на культуру
Ладду фигурирует в фильме «Инглиш-винглиш» () в качестве фирменного блюда главной героини.

Галерея
Различные разновидности ладду.

Примечания

Мучные восточные сладости
Индийские десерты
Блюда из бобовых


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Elsewoman
Anne Else, writer
My friend and neighbour is in hospital, though we hope she'll be home tomorrow. I didn't need to visit her as she had family there, and I was glad of it, because she's in the ward where Harvey died.
Some days the past crowds in. I spent the morning going through his computer files to make sure we had saved them all before they're deleted from the machine. Such a wealth of writing.
I also set about disposing of the dresser - thanks to my new cupboard, I don't need it any longer - and was silently apologising to Harvey as I made the phone call. He would never have agreed to it going.
But he would have loved my Taranaki garden trip, though he would have been deeply envious of their volcanic soil (we had the same kind in Mt Eden where I grew up), where everything grows magnificently. One of the loveliest things I saw was a commercial planting of flag irises, in every imaginable iris-colour combination..
I don't covet the grand gardens, I know how much work they involve, but thank goodness there are people who like to spend their time creating these marvels for near-non-gardeners like me to enjoy. It's very soothing just to wander round gazing at them and not thinking about anything else, past, present or to come.
Posted by AnneE at 10:43 PM
juliet November 17, 2012 at 8:17 PM
It's amazing how long it takes to clear every nook and cranny of the past - at least those parts that need to go.
The Taranaki garden looks so beautiful. Having grown up in Taranaki and then lived in Mt Eden, I took soil fertility for granted. I love to feast on other people's gardens - it's so good for the soul to dwell on beauty, especially when life seems just too sad. So glad for you that you were able to wander and drift and lose yourself in such soothing places.
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Harvey McQueen 1934-2010
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This Piece of Earth: a year in my New Zealand garden
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Click on the lemons to go to Something Else To Eat
At my book launch - Lois Daish, me, Mary Varnham of Awa Press. Click on the photo to go to the book's Facebook page.
Harvey's last anthology, These I Have Loved: My favourite New Zealand poems, published by Steele Roberts, was launched on 10/10/2010. To see what Beattie's Book Blog has to say about it, click on the cover.
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This tutorial shows how to clear the JMS queues of Cassandra. It should be noted that this method clear all the queues; you can't clear queue of your selection. This is useful where you have sent a message, and while it's in the queue something went wrong. There could be errors in processing the message due to incorrect settings etc. Since the queues are accessed FIFO (First-In-First-Out), if a message is hanged in the queue, it'll also block all other messages in the queue because they waits until the first message is processed.
At WSO2, we use WSO2 Message Broker to connect with Cassandra via WSO2 Andes (extended version of QPid) while WSO2 ESB will utilize these to maximum use. Message Store and Message Processor mediators that comes with WSO2 ESB uses JMS queues extensively.
thank you for publishing this article. As I understand, all queues will be cleared, but how can you clear only one queue and how can you delete one message within a queue? That should be a functionality of WSO2 MB and not deleting on the filesystem some directories.


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Tom Brady wanted 'to make things work' with…
Tom Brady wanted 'to make things work' with Gisele Bündchen: report
Tom Brady, left, and Gisele Bundchen attend The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala, Monday, May 6, 2019, in New York. (AP file photo by Charles Sykes)
By New York Daily News |
PUBLISHED: November 2, 2022 at 12:59 p.m. | UPDATED: November 2, 2022 at 3:16 p.m.
This is one game he couldn't win.
Tom Brady's divorce from Gisele Bündchen wasn't the Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback's idea, a source close to him told People in a story out Tuesday.
"This was never Tom's idea," the insider said of 45-year-old Brady, who the source adds, "didn't want the divorce and didn't want the marriage to end. … He wanted to work this out."
Brady was even "willing to go to therapy, marriage counseling — whatever it took to make things work" as he "didn't want the kids to have divorced parents."
Brady — who according to another source will stay in Tampa — and the supermodel, 42, who will live in Miami, finalized their divorce last week and are now both legally single.
In 2015, Brady reportedly told "The Howard Stern Show" that Bündchen had said years prior "she didn't feel I was doing my part for the family.
"She felt like I would play football all season and she would take care of the house and then all the sudden when the season would end, that I'd be like, 'Great, let me get into all my other business activities. Let me get into my football training.' … I had to check myself. Because she was like, 'I have my goals and dreams too.'"
Those issues didn't seem to get much better as time went on, with Bündchen telling Elle in September of this year that she "would like him to be more present," following Brady reversing his decision to retire from football.
The former couple got engaged in and tied the knot — twice — in early 2009. Together they share son Benjamin, 12, and daughter Vivian, 9.
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U.S. authorities on Thursday announced the indictment of 20 people and the extradition of a dozen in a big bust of an organized cybercrime ring in Romania.
The defendants are accused of being part of an online auction scheme that defrauded Americans of millions of dollars. The racket involved advertising nonexistent cars and other purportedly valuable items on Craigslist and eBay and tricking victims into paying for them, often using stolen identities. The fraudsters then allegedly laundered their ill-gotten gains via cryptocurrency, the Department of Justice said in a statement.
In a separate, cyber-focused indictment unsealed Thursday, one of the defendants, Adrian Mitan, is accused of phishing for customers' credit and debit card information, breaching U.S. companies, and then doing a brute-force attack on point-of-sale systems to extract more card data. The 24-year-old Romanian allegedly told American money launderers to set up credit and debit card accounts with the stolen data, which were in turn used to drain money from customers' accounts. Mitan got a kickback in bitcoin for his efforts, according to the indictment.
Fifteen of the alleged fraudsters are Romanian, one is Bulgarian, and the other four are from California, the state of Georgia, and Massachusetts. Police in Romania, which has a reputation of being a haven for cybercriminals, helped with the investigation. The base of the fraud operation was the southern Romanian town of Alexandria, some 30 miles from the Bulgarian border, U.S. officials said.
The social-engineering involved in the alleged fraud was elaborate. Some of the defendants are accused of sending victims emails posing as military officials or representatives of eBay. One alleged fraudster, a 33-year-old named Liviu-Sorin Nedelc, duped victims into sending money by setting up specious operations purporting to sell cars. Nedelc's emails to victims contained legitimate-looking payment invoices, U.S. prosecutors said.
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The sting "demonstrates the transnational investigative capabilities of the Secret Service," the service's director, Randolph "Tex" Alles, said in statement.


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Hilltoppers Pony Club was started in 1984 by Barbara Hawley. Originally from Ohio, Barb participated in USEA Young Riders and attended Berry College, where she earned an Animal Science Degree. She felt the curriculum of the USPC would be a valuable asset to the young riders in the East Atlanta community. Barb, and her mother Peg Hawley, are still avid supporters of our club, and we hold several monthly meetings per year at their farm, Barlyn.
Hilltoppers Pony Club generally meets on the first Sunday of every month at one of our host farms - Ashland Farm, Barlyn Farm or Kilkenny Farm. In 2018 we also visited Signature Sporthorses and hunt with Shakerag an Belle Meade as guests. We are fortunate to have the support of these gracious land owners who so kindly provide us with a place to ride.
Hilltoppers Pony Club is a member of the South Region, and our members actively participate in Regional Rallies, Educational Clinics and Summer Camp.
Hilltoppers Committee and organizational members
DC -Christie Hanson 706-338-4120
JT DC Horsemasters/Rallies/Certifications
Laura Edison
JT DC Rallies and Certifications Denise Carmichael
Treasurer- Jennifer Mata
Secretary-Dawn Delong
Denise and Ryan Carmichael
Denise Carmichael
JT DC of Ratings and Rallies, Graduate, Parent of member Sabrina
Horsemaster Liason, parent Eliza and Audrey, member &
JT DC!
Eliza Laura and Audrey
Christie Hanson, Hilltoppers DC
C3 Graduate, parent of member Maren
Maren Randall and Christie
The United States Pony Clubs, Inc., develops character, leadership, confidence and a sense of community in youth through a program that teaches the care of horses and ponies,
riding and mounted sports.
U.S. Pony Clubs started in 1954 to teach the English style of riding and the proper care of horses. It is an offshoot of the British Pony Club, which was created in 1929 as a junior branch of the Institute of the Horse. Since then, Pony Club has expanded to many countries around the world. The main purpose is to promote sportsmanship, stewardship and leadership through horsemanship.
In the last decade, U.S. Pony Clubs has made a concerted effort to strengthen its program to meet the needs of today's horse involved youth. This has included, raising the age of graduation from 21 to 25, offering Pony Club through an established riding lesson business, expanding certifications to include the disciplines of Dressage and Show Jumping, bringing in Western disciplines, and including land conservation in the Standards of Proficiency. Please join us as we continue our mission of developing character, leadership, confidence and a sense of community in our youth, thereby developing strong leaders for tomorrow.
The USPC Program is available to and accessible by an intergenerational community of equine enthusiasts with a focus on youth through multiple means of delivery
• An instructional program supported by mounted and unmounted lessons at all levels
• Multiple forms of membership
• Fully enabled by technology
• Marketed to multiple audiences
• Recognized and recognizable nationwide as the leader in Horse Management education
• Trained and Capable volunteers
Horsemanship with respect to healthcare, nutrition, stable management, handling and riding a mount safely, correctly and with confidence.
Organized teamwork including cooperation, communication, responsibility, leadership, mentoring, teaching and fostering a supportive yet competitive environment.
Respect for the horse and self through horsemanship; for land through land conservation; and for others through service and teamwork.
Service by providing an opportunity for members, parents, and others to support the Pony Club program locally, regionally and nationally through volunteerism.
Education at an individual pace to achieve personal goals and expand knowledge through teaching others.


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import os
import pwd
from datetime import datetime
from magic import Magic
from tornado.escape import url_escape

type_magic = Magic(mime=True)

colors = {
    'symlink': 'pink',
    'directory': 'cyan',
    'executable': 'red',
    'regular': 'white',
}

class File(object):
  """Convenient wrapper for information about files"""
  def __init__(self,path):
    self.full_path = os.path.abspath(path)
    self._mimetype = None  # computed on the fly

  def name(self):
    return os.path.basename(self.full_path)

  def type(self):
    if self._mimetype is None:
      self._mimetype = type_magic.from_file(self.full_path)
    return self._mimetype

  def color(self):
    if os.path.islink(self.full_path):
      return colors['symlink']
    elif os.path.isdir(self.full_path):
      return colors['directory']
    elif os.access(self.full_path, os.X_OK):
      return colors['executable']
    else:
      return colors['regular']

  def size(self,pretty=False):
    nbytes = os.path.getsize(self.full_path)
    if not pretty:
      return nbytes
    for scale in ['','K','M','G','T','P']:
      if nbytes < 1024.0:
        return "%3.1f%sB" % (nbytes, scale)
      nbytes /= 1024.0

  def mtime(self,pretty=False):
    mtime = datetime.fromtimestamp(os.path.getmtime(self.full_path))
    if not pretty:
      return mtime
    now = datetime.now()
    if mtime.year != now.year:
      return mtime.strftime("%b %d, %Y")
    return mtime.strftime("%b %d %I:%M %p")

  def owners(self):
    stat = os.stat(self.full_path)
    owners = [stat.st_uid, stat.st_gid]
    for i in xrange(len(owners)):
      try:
        owners[i] = pwd.getpwuid(owners[i]).pw_name
      except KeyError:
        pass
    return owners

  def info(self):
    owner, group = self.owners()
    size = self.size(True)
    mtime = self.mtime(True).replace(' ', ' ')
    return "%s
%s
%s:%s" % (mtime, size, owner, group)

  def link(self):
    if os.path.isdir(self.full_path):
      return '%s' % (
          url_escape(self.full_path), self.name() + '/')
    onclick = "show_preview('%s',%d,'%s')" % (self.full_path, self.size(),
                                              self.type())
    return '%s' % (onclick, self.name())


Teaching EDGE is a general method for helping others learn and applies to youth and adults.
The Trainer's EDGE is a training course for help trainers, especially training staff for Wood Badge and NYLT, improve their training skills.
Leading EDGE applies the EDGE method to leadership during different stages of team development. This is taught during NYLT.
The Teaching EDGE is a method for helping others learn. The letters of EDGE stand for Explain, Demonstrate, Guide, and Enable.
Explain how it is done.
Guide learners as they practice.
Enable them to succeed on their own.
Pages 38-39 in the 13th and 14th editions of the Scouts BSA Handbook describe the Teaching EDGE method in more detail.
Scout rank requirement #8: "Describe the steps in Scouting's Teaching EDGE method. Use the Teaching EDGE method to teach another person how to tie the square knot."
Life rank requirement #6: "... use the Teaching EDGE method to teach another Scout (preferably younger than you) the skills from ONE of the following choices ..."
Chess merit badge requirement #3: "... using Scouting's Teaching EDGE*, teach someone (preferably another Scout) who does not know how to play chess: ..."
Geocaching merit badge requirement #4: "... using Scouting's Teaching EDGE, demonstrate the use of a GPS unit to your counselor. ..."
The Trainer's EDGE – a BSA course for training trainers how to improve their training skills.
Leading EDGE – Taught during NYLT. Applies the EDGE method to leadership during different stages of team development.
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