Today's media is filled with sensationalism.
As I was flipping through the bundle of unread newspapers last month, I looked for some good news. I could have found gold in the Pacific easier.
But one particular news article caught my eye. The story of a young boy, Raju, from Karwar.
Abandoned by his parents, he lives in a bus shelter in Karwar and wants to be a cop when he grows up.
Now, there's nothing extraordinary out of this and surely you would've seen dozens of abandoned children at any major rail and bus stations across India. A large majority of them addicted to paint, glue and crime. The rest would be trafficked and sold piecemeal.
But what sets Raju apart is how his life was and is now. I would urge you to read the story here.
We don't know how we can contribute to this child's life. We may never speak or even meet in person, but this we can- we can spread the word. If we were to reach out to children like Raju, this world and our lives will be little more peaceful.
A real fighter there ! God bless the child !


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Best Places To Visit In Pakistan
Travel • Dec 9, 2021
After decades of political unreliability and security problems that removed Pakistan from the list of all but the most intrepid trippers, the country is now on the edge of something special.
Pakistan has opened its doors to trippers from across the world. Pakistan is a beautiful country. Home to 108 peaks above measures, including K2, the south Asian country's mountain decor is stunning. From the lively metropolises like Islamabad and Lahore to the beautiful valleys in the north, Pakistan is a perfect place for a unique flight.
It can be delicate to choose from the long list of places to visit in this lovely country, so have a look at our suggestions. There are 5 of the stylish and most beautiful places to visit in Pakistan.
1: Hunza Valley
Hunza Valley is a mountainous vale in the northern part of the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan. It positioned on the bank of Hunza swash. Hunza consists of three regions Upper Hunza (Gojal), Central Hunza and Lower Hunza (Shinaki).
Hunza contain several various and stunning townlets. There's so much like vineyards, glaciers, a swash, rustics lands, and meadows skirted by rugged and snow- limited mountains.
Karim Abad, the main marketable center of the vale, has numerous hospices, chaffs, and shops. Before you leave, try some luscious original cookeries at the chaffs and buy some beautiful crafts at the shops.
2: Sakardu
Sakardu is a megacity located in Gilgit−Baltistan, Pakistan, and serves as the capital of Sakardu District and the Baltistan Division.
The beauty of the vale is enhanced by its fresh spring water, succulent fruits, the blue water of the Indus River, literal spots, lakes, and affable rainfall, which attract excursionists from around the world.
You can visit this request and look for locally made crafts similar as decoration particulars, gifts, caps, dresses, and another mountaineering item similar as crampons, down jackets, sleeping bags, climbing dismissal, etc.
3: Jhelum
Jhelum is a megacity on the right bank of the Jhelum River, which is located in the quarter of Jhelum in the north of Punjab, Pakistan.
Jhelum is an ancient megacity, which has seen numerous ages of humankind. The City is developing to keep up with the ultramodern world. Notable places to visit include the Khewra swab mine, Roth's Fort, Alexander's Monument, Ancient Tabernacles of Tilla Jogian.
4: Islamabad
Islamabad is the capital mega city of Pakistan, and is administered by the Pakistani civil government as part of the Islamabad Capital Territory. It's the ninth-largest megacity in Pakistan.
You'll enjoy exploring the relatively peopled megacity. Cultural heritage spots like Pakistan Monument, Lok Virsa Museum, and Faisal Mosque are notorious spots. Or you can simply hit the hiking trails in the graphic and densely forested Margalla Hills and also drive to Monel at the top.
Islamabad has endless options for the savorer. Whether you want some international or Chinese cookery, or try Pakistani, American, English, or Italian cuisine, Islamabad's cuffs have them all.
The stylish shopping places in Islamabad include Centaurus Mall and Safa Gold Mall.
5: Kashmir
Jammu and Kashmir was a region formerly administered by India as a state from 1954 to 2019, constituting the southern and southeastern portion of the larger Kashmir region, which has been the subject of a disagreement between India, Pakistan and China since themid-20th century.
Popularly known as the" Paradise on Earth", Jammu and Kashmir is world notorious for its scenic splendor, snow- limited mountains, generous wildlife, exquisite monuments, sociable people and original crafts.
Some major sightseer lodestones in Jammu and Kashmir are Srinagar, the Mughal Auditoriums, Gulmarg, Pahalgam, Patnitop and Jammu. Every time, thousands of Hindu pilgrims visit holy sanctuaries of Vaishno Devi and Amarnath which has had significant impact on the state's frugality.
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Dec. 3, 2011 / 11:48 AM
U.S. defense chief blasts Israeli policy
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Martin Dempsey testify during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on security issues relating to Iraq in Washington on November 15, 2011. UPI/Kevin Dietsch | License Photo
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta blasted Israeli leaders and criticized what he says is an isolationist policy in the Middle East.
In what CNN described as an "unusually blunt" speech at a Washington think tank conference Friday, Panetta urged the Israelis to change their approach to peace negotiations with Palestinians and its regional neighbors of Egypt, Turkey and Jordan.
"Unfortunately, over the past year, we have seen Israel's isolation from its traditional security partners in the region grow, and the pursuit of a comprehensive Middle East peace has effectively been put on hold," he said. "The problem right now is we can't get them to the damn table to at least sit down and begin to discuss their differences."
Panetta was echoing his predecessor, Robert Gates, who in September publicly bemoaned Israel's sluggishness on advancing peace talks, The Washington Post reported.
Tempering his criticism, Panetta told the conference Israel will "always have the unshakeable backing of the United States."


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Q: rkhunter reports /sbin/ip has changed I am using rkhunter 1.4.2 on CentOS 6.5.
A message, in /var/log/rkhunter.log is
Warning: The file properties have changed:
[09:40:35]          File: /sbin/ip
[09:40:35]          Current size: 247396    Stored size: 247300
[09:40:35]          Current file modification time: 1415276490 (06-Nov-2014 07:21:30)
[09:40:35]          Stored file modification time : 1401361583 (29-May-2014 07:06:23)

I used ip -V  and got
  ip -V
  ip utility, iproute2-ss091226

which seems to imply it is part of a package from 2009.  I tried to reinstall iproute2 and got the following result.
$ sudo yum install iproute2
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit, security
Setting up Install Process
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * atomic: www.atomicorp.com
 * base: mirror.lug.udel.edu
 * epel: mirror.nexcess.net
 * extras: mirrors.lga7.us.voxel.net
 * rpmforge: repoforge.mirror.constant.com
 * updates: ftpmirror.your.org
No package iproute2 available.
Error: Nothing to do

I got the MD5 for /sbin/ip as follows
$ md5sum /sbin/ip
f86d18c6c94096baf9dc6623e9fbe615  /sbin/ip

A google search for that MD5 yielded no results so I cannot tell it if corresponds to a legitimate version of /sbin/ip.

A: The package in question is iproute not iproute2 on CentOS.
Without including the architecture, it is hard for others to verify the md5 sum of your executable.  One way to check is to, from a machine you trust, manually pull down the rpm from the centos mirrors, unpack it, and look at the files.
When I do this for the latest versions on mirror.centos.org (2.6.32-33), I get:
x86_64 2d08ea6c0e0e8360f7618ba549101fb8  /sbin/ip
  i386 d9bea3a3fda11e9b3822f796601e75d0  /sbin/ip

Neither of which matches yours.  If you have concerns, you obviously may want to nuke the machine from orbit. My hunch is that iproute was recently updated.  Looking at the date for the iproute package here:
http://mirror.centos.org/centos/6/updates/x86_64/Packages/
There is a package with last modified time of 06-Nov-2014 14:07.
The fact that your md5sum for this executable doesn't match the above could mean that (0) you have a compromised executable, (1) you aren't updated to the version I checked, (2) you pulled from a local mirror where some administrator rebuilt the package with site-specific compilation flags, (3) the RPM installation went wrong and your executable is wrong because of a failed unpacking or some other error. Or other options I'm sure.
You can also try  rpm -V -f /sbin/ip to verify the file against the RPM database.  However, if you have a reason to believe the machine was compromised, doing analysis of it with tools on that same machine is also a bit suspect, since any of them could have been modified to lie to you.

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Barry Johnson has edited and written about the arts in Portland since 1979.
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Listening for Allen Ginsberg
February 12, 2008 Barry Johnson	Leave a comment
"I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked,/dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix,/angelheaded hipsters burning for the ancient heavenly connection to the starry dynamo in the machinery of night… "
Man. Once you start quoting "Howl" it's hard to break it off. You could read it every night for weeks, perfecting the flow of breath needed (inhale/exhale) to keep its phrases flying skyward, to the "starry dynamo."
So, what are we to make of the news today that a tape has surfaced from 1956, a tape of Ginsberg reading Part One of "Howl" to a small gathering at Reed College, where his reading mate that night, Gary Snyder, had gone to school? My first reaction: Not much. We know Snyder and his connection with the Beats and Ginsberg. We know "Howl." The priority of this reading over the one that was taped a few weeks later in Berkeley doesn't seem like such a big deal.
But I haven't heard the tape, either. And as I sit here scanning that first page ("who cowered in unshaven rooms in underwear, burning their money in wastebaskets and listening to the Terror through the wall.."), I want to hear Ginsberg reading it. Young Ginsberg, hot on the trail, with Snyder, who'd been with him during its composition in San Francisco the previous year. Ginsberg digging into it at Reed, surrounded by 20… what? Students? Faculty? Early Portland Beats? I don't know, but I want to hear them breathing in the background and try to imagine what they made of it all, huddled together against the Ice Age of mid-'50s Oregon.
Proximity matters. And some part of Portland still draws from the Beat past, maybe, the part that rejects the coercion that regulates us — whether it originates in the government or the economic system or our own minds. I want to listen to the freedom in "Howl" and the sorrow, too, and see if I can smell us in there somehow. Reed is going to deliver: We can listen to the tape on Friday at the Reed website.
Meantime, here's Jeff Baker's interview with Snyder from Oregonlive about the night of Feb. 13, 1956.
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Film festival: Enjoying "Flight of the Red Balloon"
February 9, 2008 Barry Johnson	2 Comments
"Flight of the Red Balloon" is part of the Portland International Film Festival (70 some films, 44 shorts, Feb. 7-23), a movie made in French by Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien as a sort of homage to "The Red Balloon," Albert Lamorisse's famous 1956 short film about a balloon with a life of its own. It's the sort of movie that you have to decide, do I like this sort of thing or not? And if you don't, it's going to be excruciating — it obeys none of our storytelling conventions about pacing, action, climax, denouement, resolution. Maybe it's all denouement, but even that's stretching it. It's highly unlikely that it will be one of the PIFF movies picked up for a regular run at one of Portland's commercial theaters, even though it has a star in the cast, the incomparable Juliette Binoche.
So if you find yourself watching it all the way to the end with some pleasure that might even involve periods of inattention? If it's not "unbearable" as The Oregonian's Shawn Levy describes it, then what is going on? A pure form of naturalism leavened by some whimsy. And the lives of others responsibly depicted have a certain appeal, an invitation to consideration, that doesn't have much to do with entertainment. And that's exactly the criticism most frequently leveled at Hou: He's not entertaining.
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What is Art Scatter?
February 8, 2008 Barry Johnson	Leave a comment
Art Scatter is an ongoing assemblage of our cultural material, our occupations and preoccupations, our hand print and shadow on the wall of the cave.
In archaeology the term "scatter" refers to the distribution of evidence of human activity. In archaeological resource surveys, a lithic scatter site denotes the haphazard arrangement of chipped stone flakes struck from obsidian or flintstone during the production of tools such as knives, arrowheads or scrapers. The arc of scatter shows us where the toolmaker squatted; the size and shape of the fragments reveal his craft. A more general artifact scatter may include the maker's finished tool, as well as pottery, bone or other evidence of habitation, diet or culture of the tribe. A trash scatter – a dump – will include successive layers of discarded or abandoned items, a record of things disused, broken, forgotten. Scatter is thus at once the thing made, how it was made, and its history of use.
Art Scatter is our surface reconnaissance of the contemporary arts and culture landscape (with some subsurface burrowing as well), the arc of our own scatter as we examine the scatter of others.
Art Scatter is thus not to be confused with so-called "scatter art," those minimalist installations or found environments of randomly collected materials that have aesthetic meaning only by virtue of their chance arrangement.
No, Art Scatter is about the purpose and meaning we bring to creation and observation. We gather, we carve, we leave marks, we study marks. We observe culture, we are part of culture.
— Vernon Peterson


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Press Coverage for a Nonprofit's Global Activism
Client: Katherine Davies, a force for peace and founder/CEO of iguacu
Project: Producing a short-term, breaking news PR campaign for Katherine's #message4peace walk
In April 2016, Wasabi Publicity was hired by iguacu [say igwah-soo]—a global platform for effective giving—to create a breakthrough PR campaign highlighting CEO and founder Katherine Davies' #message4peace walk. She undertook this 600-mile walk from London to Geneva to embody a powerful message calling for peace for the Syrian people. Over the course of her journey, she gathered messages from all over the world, engaging the public in a global outcry for peace.
To support Katherine and iguacu, Wasabi Publicity took the following steps:
Online Press Kit Development
Traditional Media Outreach (US and UK)
Online Media Outreach
The Wasabi team came in after Katherine had already started her walk, so this was a very fast-moving campaign. Her walk started on March 15, and on May 20 she met with top UN diplomat working to end the Syrian civil war, Staffan de Mistura, and presented him with the messages she had collected.
Woman walks 600 miles to deliver messages of peace for Syria
"We have more power than we think."
Posted by Huffington Post UK on Thursday, May 26, 2016
Within an approximate six week timeframe, Wasabi created the press kit and distributed three media pitches. Wasabi successfully landed top national media, including The Daily Caller, The Huffington Post WorldPost, Huffington Post UK, BBC World Service Newsday Radio, and Newsweek. Additionally, the Huffington Post UK video received approximately 26K views.
The campaign was a huge success, even with such tight timing to work with. The combination of breaking news with Wasabi's best-in-class online press kit and pitching efforts resulted in a powerfully effective set of media deliverables for the client.


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Visualizing Attention in Transformer-Based Language Representation Models
Event The 57th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)
Florence, Italy. Date of Talk: 2019-07-28
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We present an open-source tool for visualizing self-attention in Transformer-based language representation models. The tool extends earlier work by visualizing attention at three levels of granularity: the attention-head level, the model level, and the neuron level. We show how each of these views can help to interpret the model, and we demonstrate the tool on BERT and OpenAI GPT-2. We also present three use cases for analyzing GPT-2: detecting model bias, identifying recurring patterns, and linking neurons to model behavior.
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Set and setting
Set and setting, the mind set prior to taking LSD and the physical setting in which the experience takes place, seem to be the defining factors in how people interpret the LSD experience.
That extract is from Andy Roberts' Albion Dreaming: A Popular History of LSD in Britain. Hallucinogenics and classical music may differ radically in social acceptance, but the ultimate aim of both is to transport the user to a better place. Yet, although classical music is fazed by its inability to connect with new audiences, it refuses to consider the possibilities offered by the fuzzy area that lies between science and pseudoscience.
Set and setting is one of those possibilities, and the argument for further exploration is persuasive. Access to classical music has been improving for decades. First it was only available in the concert hall. Then came crude phonographs followed by poor quality radios. Then came the hi-fi boom. And in recent decades accessibility has increase at an exponential rate via iPods and the internet. Yet paradoxically, in parallel with that increasing accessibility the popularity of classical music has declined, and that decline has accelerated as the use of mobile players and the internet has increased. As Benjamin Britten - who knew something about engaging audiences – explained: "If I say the loudspeaker is the principal enemy of music, I don't mean that I am not grateful to it as a means of education or study, or as an evoker of memories. But it is not part of true musical experience. Regarded as such it is simply a substitute, and dangerous because deluding".
Just one example of the importance of set and setting is the enduring popularity of the BBC Proms. This defies rational analysis; the Albert Hall is a cavernous, acoustically poor and physically uncomfortable venue – which should mean an unsatisfactory concert experience. Yet the Proms increase in popularity and continue to attract a young audience that is increasingly absent elsewhere. This is because the set and setting of a Promenade concert define the experience for those in the hall – an experience that is never fully replicated by radio and TV relays of the concerts.
Could set and setting be the defining factor in how listeners interpret classical music? Would a gourmet meal be the same rewarding experience if eaten standing in a crowded subway carriage? Is the portable loudspeaker the enemy of classical music? Hallucinogenics and classical music may have more in common that we think - the header image shows my 1972 LP of Berlioz's opium inspired Symphonie Fantastique. More on that fuzzy area between science and pseudoscience here.
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As always, a thoughtful post, and particularly timely as I am preparing to give a performance of classical music (Kreisler, Bach, Rachmaninov, Piazzolla and Elgar) in a "non-classical" setting - a pub, in fact. Setting definitely influences the way people experience music and many newcomers to classical music are put off by the pre-conceived etiquette of the traditional concert hall. The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment has been particularly good at breaking down barriers between audience and performers, with its initiatives such as The Night Shift. Ditto Classical Revolution. In a way, it's time to return classical music to its original setting - the salon, and to be allowed to enjoy classical music in less formal settings.
Lyle Sanford, RMT said...
That quote of Britten's about the loudspeaker reminded me of something said to me recently by one of the best musicians I know - that to his ear, whenever you use amplification for music, something is lost - those upper partials and the complexity that make live sound what it is.
Also, whereas for now it's mostly in the realm of pseudoscience (ESP?) my feeling is that in time there will be empirical data to explain that connection between audience and performer that can catalyse those "flow" moments we all want more of.
I think you're absolutely right about set and setting. We may find out more about that soon. Some researchers at Johns Hopkins University have somehow gotten the official OK to pick up where Grof had to leave off evaluating psychedelics as a therapeutic agent when it all became illegal (I'm pretty sure Grof was the one who came up with the importance of set and setting)
I've always suspected Tim Leary's massive ego trip did more harm than good for the cause of psychedelics as a therapeutic agents.
Pliable said...
Lyle, thanks for that. I have a post awaiting upload about detrimental effect that technology - particularly digital technology - has on sound reproduction and therefore the classical music listening experience. But I have to feed these posts in slowly as they can prove too much for those readers more used to a diet of industry press releases.
I can also promise more from Andy Roberts' book, which unlike most industry press releases is both informative and well written.
Interesting questions! Set and setting is perhaps less important than it used to be - and, certainly, when it comes to attracting new and diverse audiences, taking classical music out of the concert hall can yield very positive results. Just look at how many classical music club nights there are now... and quirky concerts are always attractive. We're putting on a series of Bach performances in a local train station at our festival this year and it's proving to be one of the most popular of all on offer!
Thanks for that thetwomoorsfestival. I think I should have made myself clearer in the post. My concern is not so much the right set and setting within live music - ie a concert hall being better than a train station for a live performance.
My concern was more the set and setting of live versus reproduced classical music. I am delighted and not too surprised that live Bach in a train station has sold out. Far better that than Bach on an iPod in the same station.
It is a mistake to assume that a conventional concert hall provides the right set and setting - in fact the formality may detract from the experience. The Proms venue at the Albert Hall is a good example - it is not a conventional concert hall but is a very successful venue despite its many shortcomings. Snape Maltings is another example, it is a converted agricultural building in the middle of nowhere that provides one of the most satisfying concert experiences in the world.
casualasbirds said...
Thanks for a thought-provoking post, and for the link in its last word. The effects of context on the way we experience music, and on our perceptions in general, are indeed fascinating and diverse.
There are a couple of things I'm struggling to understand. What is the relevance of pseudoscience here? The question is taken seriously by several fields of scientific study (see among others the Wikipedia entries for Set (psychology), Priming (psychology), Attention, Cognitive bias, Auditory illusion). Science is all about being prepared to be wrong in interesting ways, to be forced out of your cognitive comfort zone by unexpected facts. Pseudoscience is about offering cheap explanations without caring about investigating their truth (there is a technical term for it). There are useful ways of knowing that are not scientific, but pseudoscience is not one of them; there may well be answers that science will never give us, but we will never know unless we try.
Also, with reference to the linked post, what is the relevance of Bell's theorem to this? The "performer, audience, instruments, hall acoustic, physical performance space, climatic and environmental conditions" are all things that the live-music listener is well used to experiencing consciously and directly; why invoke non-local quantum causality?
Meugher said...
Thanks very much for quoting from Albion Dreaming and for the other positive comments about it. You are most welcome to quote from it as much as you like!


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Whatever And Ever Amen
Ben Folds Five
Sony Music, 1997
http://www.benfoldsfive.com
These guys have got balls. That's pretty much the first thing you have to concede about a rock trio with no guitar player.
Ben Folds Five makes it work surprisingly well, though, with a dynamic range of sounds -- alternately hyperactive and restrained piano melodies, layered, inventive vocal arrangements, jazzy drumming and an amped, often heavily fuzzed bass guitar that's sometimes playing rhythm and sometimes surging into the lead.
Ben Folds (lead vocals, piano), Robert Sledge (bass, background vocals) and Darren Jessee (drums, background vocals) are the three who make up the Five, an in-your-face pun that nicely sums up the band's sarcastic bravado. It's an attitude that weaves through this wildly varied set of sad, furious, blissed-out, and sometimes loopy tunes. Imagine a band that could channel Cole Porter, Jerry Lee Lewis, Joe Jackson and Paul McCartney on successive songs -- and sometimes all at once -- and you're in the neighborhood.
The North Carolina group's sophomore album, Whatever And Ever Amen, has a loose sound that lets the often complex arrangements breathe and swing. "One Angry Dwarf And Two Hundred Solemn Faces" kicks things off with a cathartic explosion of pent-up anger from a former schoolyard victim. Here, as on each of the heavier tunes on the album, Folds pounds furiously on the ivories without ever losing his melodic train of thought.
"Fair," like "Kate" later on, prominently features Sledge's fuzz-tone bass, distorted to the point where late in the song it sounds almost like a tuba, beats functioning as musical exclamation points to Folds' ragtime-on-speed fingerwork on the keys. Third up is the single that broke the band, "Brick," a cool slice of melancholy from Folds that's rumored to be an autobiographical piece about a girlfriend's abortion and the shattering impact it had on their relationship. The song draws its considerable power from Folds' skillful lyric and simple, honest delivery. When he sings "She broke down / and I broke down / 'Cause I was tired of lying," the total absence of melodrama in his voice makes the emotional impact that much greater.
Just for the sake of brutal contrast, "Brick" segues right into the ranting "Song For The Dumped." A three-minute vent/spew that alternates the girl/dumper's series of limp break-up cliches with the narrator/dumpee's savage comebacks (this is NOT a G-rated album...), it's notable mostly for Folds' rollicking, barrelhouse piano-playing (although you've got to wonder if Jessee, who's credited with the lyric, really told her off like this or just slunk back to the studio and let it all out on paper).
There's much more, of course -- a faux-urbane blistering of sophisticated soullessness ("Selfless, Cold and Composed") that would be right at home on Joe Jackson's Night And Day album, a bubbly, frantic, power-poppish anthem to a woman so wonderful dandelions bloom in her footsteps ("Kate"), and the thundering return of Sledge's fuzz-tone bass in "Battle Of Who Could Care Less," maybe the sharpest verbal surgery ever performed on the tragically hip. ("Unearned unhappiness," indeed.)
The latter two songs are a perfect pair to represent the album's overall restless, moody feel. Folds is all over the map here -- from starry-eyed to disdainful, from single mikes to three-part harmonies. What holds the album together is his no-frills delivery and the essential rawness of the songs, whatever the emotion they're putting across. It's honest music, delivered with evident skill but virtually no pretension. In other words, ballsy to the core.
Rating: A-
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Protection Is Not Enough: We Must Prevent Extremism
Posted on: 12th November 2019
Education policies can ensure places of learning do not become a breeding ground for violent extremism.
In a world that is increasingly polarised, unequal and permeated by technology, there is an increasing sense of exclusion and vulnerability. Violent extremist movements seize upon these sentiments to divide, fuel hatred, and stoke up cultural and interreligious tensions that serve their purposes.
In the face of such challenges, protection does not suffice. We must prevent. In this context, the UN Secretary-General's Plan of Action to Prevent Violent Extremism calls for a system-wide approach to address the underlying conditions that drive individuals to join violent extremist groups.10 Providing a comprehensive understanding of the challenges and actions needed to effectively prevent the spread of violent extremism leading to terrorism, it identifies "education, skills development and employment facilitation" as an important lever to foster respect for human diversity and prepare young people to enter the workplace.
More recently, the UN Strategy and Plan of Action on Hate Speech recognises the role of education– particularly related to global citizenship–as a tool to bolster people's resilience to hate speech through critical thinking and competencies for intercultural dialogue.
UNESCO, as the leading UN agency on education, dedicated to "building peace in the minds of men and women" (UNESCO Constitution) has been giving prime attention to the promotion of education as a tool to prevent violent extremism.11
It does so within a holistic framework that addresses, head-on, the drivers of violent extremism.12
How can education contribute to prevention efforts?
Although education cannot prevent an individual from committing a violent act in the name of a violent extremist ideology, the provision of relevant and high- quality education can help create the conditions that make it difficult for violent extremist ideologies and acts to proliferate. More specifically, education policies can ensure that places of learning do not become a breeding ground for violent extremism. This implies addressing the various 'push' and 'pull' factors driving violent extremism.1'Push' factors refer to circumstantial conditions such as poverty, corruption, marginalisation, discrimination, and poor governance. 'Pull' factors are understood as individual motivations such as the search for identity/purpose, inter alia, identification with collective grievances, the distortion of ethnic or cultural differences, and the attraction of charismatic leadership and the sense of belonging. These factors are mutually exclusive and no single factor is a signal of radicalisation leading to violent extremism. Instead, a combination of these factors can help explain why certain individual motivations and contexts precipitate adherence to violent extremist beliefs. Understanding these nuances is critical, in order to avoid making generalisations that may stigmatise individuals and/or groups, which in turn can further fuel violent extremism. Read more, here: https://en.unesco.org/sites/default/files/policymakr.pdfThe role of education is, therefore, not to intercept violent extremists or identify individuals who may potentially become violent extremists, but to create the conditions that build the defences, within learners, against violent extremism, and strengthen their commitment to non-violence and peace.14
The role of education is not to intercept violent extremists or identify individuals who may potentially become violent extremists, but to create the conditions that build the defences, within learners, against violent extremism, and strengthen their commitment to non-violence and peace.
Teachers are essential to this process. Confident, well-trained and respected teachers can be role models, change agents and mediators, nurturing dialogue and modelling mutual respect. They can also be the first to address concerns of learners that may be pushing them towards extremism, and mitigate them through the exploration of controversial issues. Finally, teachers can serve as a bridge between school, families and
the broader community to ensure that all concerned stakeholders are working towards a common goal to support and assist learners who are at risk.15 16
For UNESCO, this educational approach is best promoted through Global Citizenship Education (GCED). GCED seeks to nurture a sense of belonging to a common humanity, as well as genuine respect for all. GCED is at the heart of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, as highlighted by Target 4.7 of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4 on education, prescribing that by 2030 countries should:
"..ensure that all learners acquire the knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development, including, among others, through education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship and appreciation of cultural diversity and of culture's contribution to sustainable development."
Indeed, GCED is an emerging approach to education that focuses on developing learners' knowledge, skills, values and attitudes in view of their active participation in the peaceful and sustainable development of their societies. GCED is about instilling respect for human rights, social justice, gender equality and environmental sustainability, which are fundamental values that help raise the defences of peace against violent extremism.17
The impact and effect of education
Measuring the effectiveness and impact of the prevention of violent extremism through education (PVE-E) is a complex undertaking, because in essence, how can you measure something that you are 'preventing' from occurring? Of course, there are proxy indicators that can be used, including 'propensity to support/use violence' and 'ability to demonstrate critical thinking and communication skills'. There is also substantive, qualitative evidence–decades of research in fact–on Peace and Human Rights education, which demonstrate its effectiveness and impact.18
Confident, well-trained and respected teachers can be role models, change agents and mediators, nurturing dialogue and modelling mutual respect.
To understand this further and contribute to this effort, UNESCO commissioned a comparative study of 32 case studies of PVE-E, representing a selection of activities across the world and involving a range of ages. It covered formal, informal and non-formal education.19 Despite limitations, the study revealed that relevant, good-quality education can help to create conditions that make it difficult for violent extremist ideas to proliferate. It can do this by addressing the causes of violent extremism and fostering resilient learners able to find constructive and non-violent solutions to life challenges.
More research and evaluations are needed to pursue and refine our understanding of what works, under what conditions and why, in order to improve the effectiveness of these prevention efforts.
There is no single set of solutions for the prevention of violent extremism through education, as educational responses will vary according to different contexts.
For example, conflict situations, demographics, citizenship models and arrangements between private/ public providers.
Building on the lessons learned from peace and human rights education, and in consultation with experts and practitioners from around the world, UNESCO nonetheless identified five main areas of action for the prevention of violent extremism through education.
Inclusion – The development of school policies that promote inclusion and respect for diversity, and nurture a sense of belonging to the school community and broader social environment.
Resilience – The development and implementation of pedagogies (teaching methods) that strengthen learners' resilience in the face of hardship. This implies motivating, supporting and equipping teachers with the skills and tools needed to understand their own biases, and then building their abilities to address violent extremist narratives at the level of individual students. Resilience can also be built by supporting and nurturing learners' capacities and motivating them to engage in constructive social change.
Safety and well-being – The creation of safe and supportive school environments is crucial. There should be zero tolerance of violence, as well as a genuine commitment to building an ethos of care in the school context. Schools must be places where learners experience first-hand justice, fair play and respect for others.
Procedures – Supporting vulnerable learners at risk of being recruited is key for the prevention of violent extremism and helps set the example of what it means to care for community members. This implies seeing learners not as potential 'perpetrators' of violent extremist acts but rather as potential 'victims' of recruitment and exploitation by violent extremist groups.
Partnerships – They are the cornerstone of effective prevention efforts, which require an efficient and concerted mobilisation of all stakeholders across sectors, including the media, community leaders, health workers, internet platforms and politicians.
The ultimate goal is to prevent violent extremism but, in doing so, we are also advancing the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development by enhancing the quality of education to build more just, peaceful and safer societies.
'Push' factors refer to circumstantial conditions such as poverty, corruption, marginalisation, discrimination, and poor governance. 'Pull' factors are understood as individual motivations such as the search for identity/purpose, inter alia, identification with collective grievances, the distortion of ethnic or cultural differences, and the attraction of charismatic leadership and the sense of belonging. These factors are mutually exclusive and no single factor is a signal of radicalisation leading to violent extremism. Instead, a combination of these factors can help explain why certain individual motivations and contexts precipitate adherence to violent extremist beliefs. Understanding these nuances is critical, in order to avoid making generalisations that may stigmatise individuals and/or groups, which in turn can further fuel violent extremism. Read more, here: https://en.unesco.org/sites/default/files/policymakr.pdf
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Sharjah 2015 | EDUCATION | INTERVIEW
TBY talks to Professor Hamid M.K. Al Naimiy, Chancellor of the University of Sharjah, on the structure of the institution, improving research, and the wealth of new technological centers in the Emirate.
Prior to his appointment as Chancellor of the University of Sharjah in 2014, Al Naimiy served as Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College of Sciences at UOS. He has served in a number of different positions at universities in the UAE and across the Arab world including UAE University, Al Ain, Al al-Bayt University in Jordan, and the University of Baghdad. He is well known internationally for his contributions to teaching and research in the fields of applied physics, astronomy, and space sciences. He has published over 120 papers in journals, 32 books, and more than 800 articles, in addition to having over 500 TV interviews to his name. He also has extensive editorial experience in journals related to science.
What is the University of Sharjah's position in the international education sector in terms of its programs, number of students, and extracurricular activities?
The University of Sharjah, which was founded in 1997 by His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan Bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council, Ruler of Sharjah, and President of the University of Sharjah, is considered a preeminent center of higher education and research at the national, regional, and international levels. Its broad expanse of land includes its main campus in Sharjah and branch locations in Khorfakkan, Kalba, Dibba, and Maleiha, in addition to a new branch that will soon be opened in Dhaid. Catering to a student population of 14,000 young men and women, the university offers over 85 academic programs in a diverse range of specializations at the diploma, Bachelor's, Master's, and PhD levels, as well as extracurricular activities through various cultural clubs, student societies, and athletic programs. The university takes pride in having graduated over 19,000 students, many of whom have assumed important positions throughout the UAE and across the globe.
How is the University of Sharjah working toward improving scientific research in the region?
Each campus contains state-of-the art facilities to enhance university studies and develop the research capabilities of faculty and students in accordance with the strategic vision of the local administration, which calls for raising the profile of the university to an international level in the field of research. New strategic directions were formulated in cooperation with leading international experts and specialized institutions with the aim of fulfilling the university's mission to serve the local and regional communities and contribute to the welfare of humanity. The university has begun to realize this global vision through the merging and development of its centers, laboratories, and research institutes under several newly-established specialized research institutes, which include the Sharjah Institute for Medical and Health Sciences Research, the Institute for Sciences and Engineering Research, the Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences Research, and the Institute for Teaching and Faculty Development, in addition to nine centers of excellence in research. To ensure the success of these institutes, the university has introduced professorship chairs, valued at AED50 million ($13.61 million), and is actively collaborating with renowned international universities, institutions, and research centers with which it has established partnerships pursuant to numerous agreements personally signed into effect by the Ruler of Sharjah and President of the University. His Highness further generously granted the endowment of 13 luxury apartments to support research at the University of Sharjah.
How would you assess the impact of the university's overall growth strategy on the economy of Sharjah?
Prior to introducing any new academic programs at the University of Sharjah, the university conducts studies and surveys to determine the most urgent needs of the local and regional job market. UOS students are rigorously prepared to meet these demands in terms of skills, theory, and practical experience related to their fields of specialization. Academic programs and research at the university are geared to propel the Emirate of Sharjah economy forward in an upward thrust in order to contribute to the growth, development, and services of the local and regional communities. The massive expansion of UOS over the course of 18 years is representative of the success of the health and training services provided by University Hospital Sharjah (UHS), the University Dental Hospital Sharjah (UHDS), and the Sharjah Surgical Institution (SSI). Pivotal to future directions in space exploration and research is the newly established Sharjah Center for Space Science and Astronomy (SCASS), slated to open in April 2015.
Niche Factor
Having carved out a niche of its own in the wider UAE, Sharjah was sitting pretty when oil prices began to slip, and today styles itself as the industrial and cultural heart of the country.
Proven Commitment
HH Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi has elevated the small Emirate from a regional trading center to its current status as a global trading and manufacturing hub, and a center of Islamic culture and history.
His Highness Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Sultan Al Qasimi, Crown Prince and Deputy Ruler, Sharjah
TBY talks to His Highness Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Sultan Al Qasimi, Crown Prince and Deputy Ruler of Sharjah, on the bedrocks of the Emirate's national identity, and how economic diversity has contributed to sustainable growth.
Focus: European Relations
Strengthening Ties
Relations between the EU and the UAE have enjoyed a considerable boost in recent years, as evidenced by growing trade flows and several diplomatic initiatives, such as the establishment of an EU Delegation in Abu Dhabi in 2H2013.
Sauli Niinistö, President, Republic of Finland
TBY talks to Sauli Niinistö, President of the Republic of Finland, on the attractiveness of Finland to foreign companies, its relationship with the UAE, and co-operation between the two states.
Lilianne Ploumen, Minister , Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
TBY talks to Lilianne Ploumen, Minister of Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands on aligning national interests, collaboration, and meeting international humanitarian assistance goals.
Pieter De Crem, Secretary of State for Foreign Trade, Belgium
Pieter De Crem, Secretary of State for Foreign Trade of Belgium on the importance of trade between the two regions, the importance of Belgian firms in Emirate, and the role of international trade in building up technical and intellectual capacity.
Focus: Free Zones
Growth Areas
The Hamriyah Free Zone and the Sharjah Airport International Freezone (SAIF), which have been major drivers of Sharjah's recent economic growth, are testament to the innovative approach of the government towards cultivating a vibrant business environment in the Emirate that has spurred a significant influx of companies and investment.
HE Sultan Abdullah bin Hadda Al Suwaidi, Chairman, Sharjah Economic Development Department (SEDD)
TBY talks to HE Sultan Abdullah bin Hadda Al Suwaidi, Chairman of the Sharjah Economic Development Department (SEDD), on the state of the economy, why investors choose Sharjah, and what to expect in the coming years.
HE Sheikha Bodour bint Sultan Al Qasimi, Chairman, Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq),
TBY talks to HE Sheikha Bodour bint Sultan Al Qasimi, Chairperson of Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq), on Sharjah's diversified economy and shrewd fiscal policies that have contributed to the Emirate's growth and stability throughout the global financial crisis.
HE Marwan bin Jassim Al Sarkal, CEO, Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq)
TBY talks to HE Marwan bin Jassim Al Sarkal, CEO of Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq), on targeted development strategies, areas of future growth, and market intelligence.
HE Sheikh Sultan bin Ahmed Al Qasimi, Chairman, Sharjah Media Centre
TBY talks to HE Sheikh Sultan bin Ahmed Al Qasimi, Chairman of the Sharjah Media Centre, on training and enabling IT workers in the Emirate, raising awareness of online services, and raising the profile of Sharjah online.
Saud Salim Al Mazrouei, Director, Hamriyah Free Zone Authority & Sharjah Airport International Free Zone Authority (SAIF),
TBY talks to Saud Salim Al Mazrouei, Director of the Hamriyah Free Zone Authority & Sharjah Airport International Free Zone Authority (SAIF), on new investment opportunities, the characteristics of the local economy, and getting international investors on board.
Ishaque Noor, Group Managing Director, Albatha Group
TBY talks to Ishaque Noor, Group Managing Director of Albatha Group, on the nuances of the regional market, ongoing training and development, and opportunities for foreign investment.
Focus: Sir Bu Nair Island
Desert Island
Sir Bu Nair Island, a predominantly uninhabited island located off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, is being developed by Shurooq into a unique destination.
Sustainably Strong
Sharjah's banking system has been a vibrant arena for commerce and innovation, and has managed to weather low oil prices.
HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Saud Sultan Al Qasimi, Chairman, Sharjah Finance Department
TBY talks to HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Saud Sultan Al Qasimi, Chairman of the Sharjah Finance Department, on sustainable development, the importance of a stable investment environment, and economic diversification.
Waleed Al Sayegh, CEO, Sharjah Asset Management
TBY talks to Waleed Al Sayegh, CEO of Sharjah Asset Management, on attracting investment in Sharjah, managing for the future, and supporting the growth of SMEs.
Varouj Nerguizian, Executive Director & General Manager, Bank of Sharjah
TBY talks to Varouj Nerguizian, Executive Director & General Manager of the Bank of Sharjah, on the interplay between energy markets and the banking sector, offsetting the recent downturn in the market, and plans for the future.
Focus: Sukuk
Bond, Islamic Bond
In recent years, both Sharjah's government and the Sharjah Islamic Bank have entered international debt markets and issued Islamic bonds, so called sukuk, to raise capital.
Ahmed Saad Ibrahim, Deputy CEO, Sharjah Islamic Bank (SIB)
TBY talks to Ahmed Saad Ibrahim, Deputy CEO of Sharjah Islamic Bank (SIB), on growing demand for sharia-compliant financial products and services, new bond issues, and the global trajectory of Islamic banking.
Premium Opportunity
The familiar landscape of an underpenetrated market promises growth potential, while a crowded playing field could yet see consolidation.
Focus: Emirates Industrial City
The City that Never Sleeps
In a bid to accommodate the influx of industrial companies into Sharjah and maintain the Emirate's status as the industrial nexus of the UAE, a consortium of real estate developers has set out to construct the Emirates Industrial City.
Performing Well
Despite having a smaller energy sector than its neighbors in the UAE, Sharjah has a longstanding association with hydrocarbon extraction.
Majid H. Jafar, CEO, Crescent Petroleum
TBY talks to Majid H. Jafar, CEO of Crescent Petroleum, on upstream opportunities, contributing to the UAE's development, and trends in the global gas market.
Focus: Zora Gas Field
Sharjah-based Dana Gas is developing the Zora gas field, which should provide an additional source of gas for local power generation in the northern Emirates with an expected production capacity of 40 mmscfd (6,650 bpd) once on stream.
Michel N. Jeanbart, General Manager, Sharlu
TBY talks to Michel N. Jeanbart, General Manager of Sharlu, on four decades of operations, longer-term growth plans, and the effect of falling oil prices.
Mohammed N. Al-Hazzaa, Director General, Emirates Company for Industrial Cities
TBY talks to Mohammed N. Al-Hazzaa, Director General of the Emirates Company for Industrial Cities, on the Emirate's industrial capabilities, attracting companies to the city, and expectations for the coming year.
Prerit Goe, Group Director, Gulf Petrochem Group
TBY talks to Prerit Goel, Group Director of Gulf Petrochem Group, on the impact of the declining prices of crude oil and Gulf Petrochem's approach to expanding in emerging economies.
Eng. Marwan Orabi, General Manager, Metallic Equipment Co. L.L.C
TBY talks to Eng. Marwan Orabi, General Manager of Metallic Equipment Co. L.L.C, on two decades at the helm of the company, and the benefits of being based in Sharjah.
Focus: Airport Expansion
The Sharjah Airport Authority has set its eyes on expanding Sharjah's International Airport to cope with the expected increase in both passengers and cargo in the coming years.
HE Sheikh Khaled Bin Abdullah Bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Chairman, Department of Seaports and Customs, Sharjah International Airport Freezone & Hamriyah Free Zone Authority
TBY talks to HE Sheikh Khaled Bin Abdullah Bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Chairman of the Department of Seaports and Customs, Sharjah International Airport Freezone & Hamriyah Free Zone Authority, on the growing cargo volume over the past year and the potential of the logistics sector.
HE Ali Salim Al Midfa, Chairman, Sharjah Airport Authority
TBY talks to HE Ali Salim Al Midfa, Chairman of Sharjah Airport Authority, on managing exponential growth in passenger numbers and competition with regional airports.
HE Sheikh Khalid bin Issam Al Qassim, Chairman, Department of Civil Aviation
TBY talks to HE Sheikh Khalid bin Issam Al Qassimi, Chairman of the Department of Civil Aviation, on growing passenger numbers, the expansion of the air infrastructure, and fostering a sustainable future for the sector.
Focus: Sharjah Roads and Transport Authority
The authorities of Sharjah have a number of aims, with a priority being improving the transport infrastructure of the Emirate in order to encourage more people use public transport, and improve safety on the roads.
Keep On Moving
Regulatory changes, private investment, and billions in government spending have construction companies scurrying to meet demand.
Sharjah's competitive rental climate is set to keep the market vibrant over the years to come.
Simon Azzam, CEO of Communities Business Unit, Majid Al Futtaim
TBY talks to Simon Azzam, CEO of Communities Business Unit at Majid Al Futtaim, on the growing trends in the Emirate's real estate sector, such as sustainable design and convenience in mixed-use living communities.
Eng. Saeed Sultan Rashed Al Dhaheri, Chairman, Potential Real Estate
TBY talks to Eng. Saeed Sultan Rashed Al Dhaheri, Chairman of Potential Real Estate, on foreign property ownership, new projects, and predictions for the medium term.
Focus: Expatriate Ownership
Cementing a Place
Sharjah's property market has opened its doors as the government introduces a law allowing expats with a UAE residence visa to own property on a leasehold basis for 100 years.
Focus: Residential Projects
Projecting Growth
Property developers in Sharjah's nascent real estate sector have set their sights on large real estate projects. Increased demand for property in the Emirate has resulted from governmental easing of restrictions on property ownership and rent spikes in neighboring Dubai.
Review: Environment
It's Easy Being Green
Having already distinguished itself as the Islamic Culture Capital of the Arab World, Sharjah is also making a name for itself as the Green Emirate, with pioneering projects in waste management, renewable energy, and sustainability initiatives.
HE Hana Saif Al Suwaidi, Chairman, Sharjah Environment and Protected Areas Authority (EPAA),
TBY talks to HE Hana Saif Al Suwaidi, Chairperson of the Sharjah Environment and Protected Areas Authority (EPAA), on protecting the environment and expectations for the coming year.
Khaled Al Huraimel, Group CEO, Bee'ah
TBY talks to Khaled Al Huraimel, Group CEO of Bee'ah, on support from the government, strategies for dealing with growth, and the benefits of PPPs.
Focus: Ecotourism
Sharjah's government has implemented initiatives and undertaken projects to strengthen the Emirate's ecotourism sector, which does not only raise awareness of Sharjah's ecology and natural resources, but also serves as a catalyst for job creation and revenue generation.
HE Abdulla Ali Al Mahyan, Chairman, Sharjah Health Authority (SHA)
TBY talks to HE Abdulla Ali Al Mahyan, Chairman of the Sharjah Health Authority (SHA), on attracting investment, and forging links with foreign organizations.
Focus: Healthcare City
The Greatest Wealth
The Government of Sharjah has embarked on the construction of Sharjah Healthcare City (SHCC), which will see the Emirate transformed into a world-class center for healthcare.
Ahmed Yacout, CEO, Medpharma
TBY talks to Ahmed Yacout, CEO of Medpharma, on the UAE's growing potential to become the center for the global pharmaceutical sector and Medpharma's expansion plans in the region.
Pencil Sharjah-ner
There is a growing demand for higher education across the UAE, and Sharjah is no exception as it develops a competent local workforce.
Professor Hamid M.K. Al Naimiy, Chancellor, University of Sharjah
Focus: University City
A Pillar of Progress
In 1997, HH Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammed Al Qasimi translated his grand vision of Sharjah as a beacon of education in the region into a reality by establishing the Emirate's University City.
HE Khalid Jasim Al Midfa, Director General, Sharjah Commerce and Tourism Development Authority (SCTDA)
TBY talks to HE Khalid Jasim Al Midfa, Director-General of the Sharjah Commerce and Tourism Development Authority (SCTDA), on the Emirate's unique attractions and niche segments of the market.
Focus: Festivals
Cultural Festi-valhalla
As the cultural capital of the UAE, Sharjah hosts a variety of cultural festivals, most notably the Sharjah Light Festival, the Sharjah Arts Biennial, the Sharjah Water Festival, and the Sharjah International Book Fair.
Manal Ataya, Director General, Sharjah Museums Department
TBY talks to Manal Ataya, Director General of the Sharjah Museums Department, on culture and heritage in the Emirate and new museum projects in the pipeline.
Photo Essay: Sharjah's Museums
Heritage Houses
Known as the most cultural of the seven Emirates, Sharjah boasts a double-digit number of museums that preserve and showcase the Emirate's local heritage and culture.
Review: Doing Business
Sharjah is becoming an increasingly attractive center for international businesses. The non-application of value added taxes and income taxes in Sharjah invites many businesses to operate within its borders.


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Q: Why can I access a JSON object in Chrome, but not in Firefox? I have the following query string:
query = 'https://www.googleapis.com/fusiontables/v1/query?sql=SELECT%20Precinct%20FROM%201Kj-5ett9nIpkr2-gkof0cUGiaZm1BDVZx9zv-iQ%20WHERE%20ST_INTERSECTS(geometry,%20RECTANGLE(LATLNG(40.7549937,%20-73.98841900000002),%20LATLNG(40.7549937,%20-73.98841900000002)))&key=AIzaSyBJ1SHkB7EWWVSyDiPUA1mWZDEKt7gISDk'

That returns the following object with an HTTP GET request:
{
 "kind": "fusiontables#sqlresponse",
 "columns": [
  "Precinct"
 ],
 "rows": [
  [
   "76"
  ]
 ]
}

So I'm trying to fetch that into a web browser using jQuery. This works OK in Firefox and Chrome:
$.get(precinctQuery, function(data){console.log(data)});

But Firefox doesn't like this:
$.get(precinctQuery, function(data){console.log(data.rows[0][0])});

Or this:
$.get(precinctQuery, function(data){console.log(data.['rows'][0][0])});

Both times, Firefox says the result is Undefined. Chrome returns the expected result, "76".
Is Chrome fixing this code behind the scenes so it works? Why doesn't Firefox like it?

A: You need to add the json upperhand on the $.get function, like this:
$.get(precinctQuery, function(data)
{
    console.log(data)
}, 'json');

This will determine the format of the data, json filter will parse the JSON for you, before returning it as data. $.getJSON will make the code shorter, but it is a shortcut for the above code.

A: You forgot to parse the JSON data to an readable object, the following code works just fine:
query = 'https://www.googleapis.com/fusiontables/v1/query?sql=SELECT%20Precinct%20FROM%201Kj-5ett9nIpkr2-gkof0cUGiaZm1BDVZx9zv-iQ%20WHERE%20ST_INTERSECTS(geometry,%20RECTANGLE(LATLNG(40.7549937,%20-73.98841900000002),%20LATLNG(40.7549937,%20-73.98841900000002)))&key=AIzaSyBJ1SHkB7EWWVSyDiPUA1mWZDEKt7gISDk';
$.get(query, function(data)
    {
        var obj = jQuery.parseJSON(data);
        console.log(obj.rows[0][0]);
    }
);


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Q: WordPress Condition if user is logged remove I have this in WordPress
<a data-user="<?php echo $place->post_author; ?>" href="#" class="print-no contact-owner-link <?php if(is_user_logged_in()) { echo 'contact-owner'; }else { echo 'contact-owner';} ?>">
        <?php _e("CONTACT OWNER", ET_DOMAIN); ?>

But i want remove this condition, i want if user is or not logged can contact with owner..

A: What's the problem? Just remove the conditional if you want both logged-in and logged-out users to be able to use the contact feature:
<a data-user="<?php echo $place->post_author; ?>"
    href="#" class="print-no contact-owner-link contact-owner">
    <?php _e("CONTACT OWNER", ET_DOMAIN); ?>


I need a new laptop because my ex spilled red wine all over mine and despite my best efforts it is no more for this world. All my money should be set aside for a new computer, so I can record again, but I grew up with antique dealers for parents, so I have an inhereited " if it's a deal, buy it" mentality. There's also many other more useful gear(s) I should be putting money away for, but I can't shake the nagging feeling that I am walking away from a pretty cool instrument; at a give away price. I don't mind the clunky interface sort of stuff, as much as some might, because I can usually figure out a happy medium between full on nerd out vs. plug and play.
Talk me out of it? I feel like my down fall in gear acquisition is often quantity over quality, I tend to fall in love with three eyed, one legged strays.
64 sounds. Even without the performance mode it's a great sounding addition to any setup. $25"
Add $25 gas money + 3 hrs driving ... Worth it?
probably needs a hard reset. the jv 1080 i bought had 4 expansion cards in it and guitar center didnt even know it.
I own a D-50 and D-110, based from your collection you might like it. It's a simpler, more lo-fi sounding D-50 with crappy fx. But the engine is capable for some interesting result, especially through an outboard processor. I assumed that you are familiar using synths with a limited interface, the editing can be hard without an editor. If you are into the MT-32 type of game music, it can be a good choice.
JV-80 "$25" Add $25 gas money + 3 hrs driving ... Worth it?
There are some discussions that the JV-80 sounds more open than the darker sounding JV-1080. To me the JV-1080 plugin is something like that. If it didn't have to be a hardware, the math could lead to the cloud subs and keep either the D-50 or JV-1080 plugin after a year. But if it has to be a hardware, imho the JV-880 is a better value, especially with an expansion board in the future.


By Patricia Wells. Copyright © 2017 by Patricia Wells. Photographs by David Japy. Published by William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
If there's anything that will make you a better cook, it's confidence. And confidence, according to Patricia Wells, comes from knowing what you are doing in the kitchen and why. In My Master Recipes, Wells organizes this learn-as-you-go cookbook around fundamental cooking techniques, providing master recipes for fundamentals such as steaming, or searing, or poaching. Recipes - plural, because you don't poach eggs the same way you poach fish, poultry, and fruit. This book will remind you of your mother's favorite cookbook, or maybe even her mother's favorite cookbook. It feels instantly familiar. No frills, no fuss: just solid, reliable know-how and a handful of recipes that teach you what you need to know.
See it: 496 pages with random, rather pedestrian, color photos peppered throughout.
Make it: 165 recipes spread between 18 primary cooking and baking techniques such as Steam, Infuse, Emulsify, Fold and Bake. A chapter on Extras provides recipes for staple stocks, condiments such as dipping sauces, powders and side dishes.
You won't see My Master Recipes, by Patricia Wells, setting out on a countertop, bookshelf, or table, and immediately reach for it. You'd probably not even notice it among today's modern high gloss, perfectly-manicured-food-on-book-covers culture. This book takes you back to the simplistic covers like Joy of Cooking or Mastering the Art of French Cooking that suggested nothing about the recipes contained between the covers but instead sold you on the knowledge waiting for you inside. Given this author's track record, it would be a shame to pass this book by.
Written more like a learn-as-you-go textbook, My Master Recipes compiles the recipes Wells has taught for decades in her classes. Recipes that create a blueprint for success because you are mastering a technique, not a recipe. To keep you interested, though, Wells adds variations for each of the techniques, and a healthy dose of Asian flavors, which she admits a fondness for.
The use of seasonal ingredients, the abundant use of fresh fruits and vegetables, the generous gratings of zests and sprinkling of herbs, substituting honey for sugar when possible, and olive oil for butter when it fits, are the signatures of My Master Recipes and Wells' style of cooking. She's not afraid to provide advice on when to make easy ingredient substitutions or to tell you to stick to the original recipe. She leaves little to chance.
You'll enjoy mastering a piquant aioli, plus learn how to make a Beurre Blanc in the Emulsify section. In Grind you'll become a master sausage maker with her Pork and Fennel Sausage then use that technique for her Asian Chicken and Cilantro Meatballs. Then, in Set, you'll master the technique of panna cotta with Lemon Panna Cotta with Candied Lemon Zest, then skillfully trade out the lemons for raspberries and perfect Raspberry Panna Cotta. Along the way, Wells instructs clearly and precisely in her pleasant tone. You feel like you're in a cooking class, and when you're wondering "why" the answer is waiting for you in the next sentence.
While My Master Recipes won't win any awards on looks alone, it will win accolades from anyone that wants to take the time to read and digest the information that leads each section (no more than a page or two). It is here that Wells shares her tips and explains how to achieve the perfect results for each technique. When you're ready to apply what you've learned in your reading, step into your home kitchen and enjoy the confidence that comes from creating delicious results.


Dealers representing 117 new-car franchises are suing TrueCar Inc. for more than $250 million, claiming they are victims of false advertising and unfair competition.
The lawsuit was filed today in U.S. District Court in New York by dealer lawyer Leonard Bellavia of Mineola, N.Y. TrueCar disputed the claims and vowed to fight the suit.
In the complaint, the dealers argue that TrueCar's advertisements falsely claim that consumers who use the vehicle-shopping site's services can buy a car without haggling or negotiations. The filing dealers are not current users of TrueCar, though some have used the service in the past.
The dealers who filed the lawsuit "have lost sales and have suffered injury to their goodwill and business reputation as a result of TrueCar's false advertising claims," the suit says.
Vehicle buyers are drawn to TrueCar and its subscribing dealerships by advertisements that promise a no-haggle experience but fail to deliver as promised, Bellavia said. Such advertising violates the Lanham Act, the federal false-advertising statute, Bellavia said.
In addition to the $250 million-plus sought by the suit, the plaintiffs are asking the federal court to enjoin TrueCar's advertising.
Consumers, the lawsuit says, "will be surprised to learn" that "the promised vehicle may not be in stock, and may not be available at the advertised price or financing terms.
The dealerships participating in the lawsuit generally lose at least three and more typically seven sales a month because of TrueCar's advertising, Bellavia said.
At a likely gross profit of at least $2,000 per vehicle and a loss of three sales a month, Bellavia estimates the damages at $432,000 per store over a four-year period. He described the four-year period as the two years leading up to today's filing and the two years it likely would take to get to trial. At the loss of seven sales a month, damages would amount to just more than $1 million over four years, he said.
Those calculations also assume lost annual service revenue of $1,000 a year per vehicle.
Besides lost sales and, therefore, lost service business, the lawsuit says dealers suffered from lost profits when dealers had to match or exceed TrueCar's false prices and terms, the loss of a trade-in that could have been sold, and the loss of manufacturer incentives.
Those documents continue: "However, TrueCar's affiliated dealers pay fees to TrueCar for customer referrals," specifically, $299 for every new vehicle and $399 for every used vehicle sold from a TrueCar price offer or dealership introduction. "These are hidden fees which are not disclosed to consumers," the lawsuit states.


NDFB is an armed separatist outfit which seeks to obtain a sovereign Bodoland for the Bodo people.
It is designated as a terrorist organisation by the Government of India.
The group has carried out several attacks in Assam, targeting non-Bodo civilians as well as the security forces.
2008 serial blasts in Assam had killed at least 88 people and injured more than 500.
At a conference organized by National Tiger Conservation Authority, Global Tiger Forum and representatives from a group of countries signed a declaration to double tiger numbers by 2022.
However, Global experts and officials in the government suggest that India must prepare for a new challenge — of reaching the limits of its management capacity.
As habitats shrink, the country is nearing its capacity to manage its tigers. In other words, India can't handle more big cats.
Officially, India had 2,226 tigers as of 2014. An ongoing census is expected to reveal an update to these numbers.
The next set of contingencies would see the U.S. agreeing to withdraw combat troops from Afghanistan, but only in return for the Taliban's entering talks with the Afghan government and agreeing to a lasting ceasefire.
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) — mainly cardiovascular diseases, chronic respiratory diseases, diabetes and cancer — continue to be the top killers.
Containing the NCDs has been listed by the WHO as its health goal for this year.
The Lancet indicates that eating fibre-rich foods reduces the incidence of coronary heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes and colorectal cancer by 16% to 24%.
A higher fibre intake is also associated with lower bodyweight, systolic blood pressure and total cholesterol when compared with lower intake.
Doctors then recommend — eat less and enjoy your food by eating slowly, fill half your plate with fruits and vegetables, avoid oversized portions which causes weight gain, at least half of your grains should be whole grains, limit consumption of food high in trans fats.
A new study has found traces of antibiotic resistance genes in the High Arctic region, including the 'superbug' or the New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase-1 protein (coded by blaNDM-1 gene), which was first detected in urban India in 2008.
Researchers who took soil samples in 2013 from the Kongsfjorden region of Svalbard – a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean – found "comparatively localised" levels of blaNDM-1, which poses no health threat.
However, they say the "detection reinforces how rapidly AR (antibiotic resistance) can globalise", the study states.
In Surendra Mohan v. Union of India, Supreme Court upheld the legality of the Tamil Nadu government's policy of reserving the post of civil judge only for people whose percentage of blindness does not exceed 40-50%, resulting in the exclusion of the applicant who are blind more than 50%.
It ruled that a judicial officer has to possess a reasonable amount of sight and hearing to discharge his/her functions. Therefore, the apex held that the government's decision was rational and reasonable.
It accepted the claim that impaired vision makes it impossible to perform the functions required of judicial officers.
It also accepted that asking a blind judicial officer to perform such administrative functions as – recording dying declarations and conducting inquiries – can result in avoidable complications.
The below article provides – Why the above SC ruling has to be regarded as one of the darkest in India's disability rights movement.
The view that a totally blind person cannot thrive as a judge contradict with several examples of successful judges who are blind.
Former South African Constitutional Court judge Zak Yacoob refused to accept the notion that one needs to be sighted to assess a witness's attitude or appearance as being nonsensical.
According to U.S. Court of Appeals DC Circuit judge David S. Tatel, it is neither fair nor accurate to impose low expectations on what blind lawyers can do.
Court's unreasoned assertion is an outcome of their ignorance about the capabilities of the disabled.
Blind people have proved their capacity in different walks of life.
Blind persons have able to become successful writer, study computer science, successful civil servant.
Supreme Court Judgment in this case (V. Surendra Mohan v. Union of India) appear simply not to have bothered to notice the competence of the millions of disabled people who inhabit this world.
Institutional display of pure and simple discrimination dressed up as legal reasoning will be reflective of what kind of a society we hope to be. Thus there should be no discrimination to disabled particularly from State Institution.
Do you agree with the recent Supreme Court's ruling that people who are blind more than 50% should be excluded from becoming a judicial officer? Comment.
Disability is a matter of perspective. Comment. What measures have been taken by the government to create a conducive ecosystem for the disabled community.
Essay – Disability is not an obstacle to success.
Increase in population growth, along with rising life expectancy, provides the burden of chronic diseases.
Contribution of Communicable Diseases to deaths in India is 27.5% and contribution of Non-Communicable Diseases is 61.8%.
Just 1.2% of GDP is spent on health sector. Consecutive governments have failed to spend more on health sector.
Preventive health is not considered as important. This is where government and policy makers have to come in and make it impossible for public to access junk food, high salted food, and sugar food.
Tackling these concerns/issues requires an interdisciplinary approach.
In other words, public health system should range from research, global health, health communication, urban planning, health policy, environmental science, behavioural sciences, healthcare management, financing, and behavioural economics.
India also has a diversity problem. A diverse student population is necessary to create an interdisciplinary workforce.
A well organised public health system with supporting infrastructure.
A dedicated council for public health to synergistically work with all agencies such as the public works department, the narcotics bureau, water management, food safety, sanitation, urban and rural planning, housing and infrastructure to promote population-level health.
Develop curriculum and provide license and accreditation to schools to promote interdisciplinary curriculum in public health.
Although the private sector can play a constructive role in the provisioning healthcare services, the overall health policy discourse must retain the 'public good' character of the health sector. Comment.


Our client was lawfully operating his motorcycle on 10th Street at Vandenburg Street in Port Huron. Suddenly and without warning, a motor vehicle on Vandenburg Street failed to yield him the right of way at a stop sign and turned out in front of him causing the accident.
Did our client's injuries meet Michigan's "serious impairment of body function" threshold?
Our motorcycle accident lawyers investigated the accident and gathered the necessary documentation, including but not limited to, medical records, photographs, police investigation documents. They also discovered who insured the at fault driver and set up a claim with same.
After negotiations regarding the settlement of the case, our office was able to negotiate a settlement of $22,500.00 with the insurance company within the first year after the accident, thus avoiding the need for costly and lengthy litigation.
The settlement included compensation for his pain and suffering, disfigurement, and loss of social pleasures.


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1967 Ford Mustang - 348ci Convertible
348ci Convertible
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Kent, DA3 8NG
Registration Number: LKE 104E Chassis Number: 7R03C126267
The Mustang created the "pony car" class of American car. It also inspired coupés such as the Toyota Celica and Ford Capri which were exported to America. Mustangs grew larger and heavier with each model year until, in response to the 1971-1973 models, fans of the original 1964 design wrote to Ford urging a return to its size and concept. Although some other pony cars have seen a revival, the Mustang is the only original pony car that has remained in production without interruption after four decades of development and revision. Conceived by Ford product manager Donald N. Frey and championed by Ford Division general manager Lee Iacocca, the Mustang prototype was a two-seat, mid-mounted engine roadster. To cut down the development cost and achieve a suggested retail price of US$2,368, the Mustang
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Plainville is a town in connecticut. The school systems here are one of the top 25 in the state. the middle school here goes from 6-8. Most of the area of the town is land but the rest of it is the connecticut river. This town has some famous people that lived here and multiple historical events. Plainvilee began is the 1800s, and was bought for 200 dollars in the 1800s.
Plainvill has a great movie theatre, and is usuualy visited by manykids and young adults. The security here is very strict as they have just re done the whole theatre. The food is good, but expensive as every movie theatre.


Randi W. Kochman attended law school and graduated from The George Washington University Law School in 1995. Randi Kochman began practicing law in 1995.
Randi Kochman is an attorney at Cole Schotz P.C., helping people with Employment & Labor: Employer issues. Cole Schotz P.C. has an office in Hackensack, New Jersey, serving the local community.
Randi Kochman was selected to Super Lawyers for 2011 - 2019. Super Lawyers is an exclusive list of top-rated attorneys in specific practice areas who were chosen after thorough evaluation of numerous criteria.


The local welfare provision scheme provides critical short-term help and assistance with limited one-off household goods.
If you need critical short-term help.
We may be able to help if you or close family members are going through a personal financial crisis and have no funds or other means of getting help anywhere else. Examples of a crisis situation may be where you have no food and no means of getting any, or no electric or gas (key meter only) and no means of getting any.
If you need help to establish or maintain independent living in the community (this will be in the form of limited one-off household goods, which in some cases may be refurbished).
We may be able to help you live an independent life and remain or become integrated within the community by providing some household items. This will be dependent upon your circumstances. For example, if you are moving from temporary accommodation or leaving prison or care.
To apply for crisis support or household support, download our Local Welfare Provision crisis support form (right) or call us on 0300 456 0110.
Evidence to support your application may be requested from you at any time during the claim process. This will include bank statements or other evidence as required.
Please note: From 2nd July 2018 Local Welfare Provision (LWP) applications can only be accepted in person and by telephone from 9am to 12pm Monday to Friday.
If you are waiting to hear about an application for benefit from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), you may get help with a budgeting loan or advance. You can only apply for a budgeting loan if you have been in receipt of certain benefits for more than 26 weeks. To apply or receive further information, you will need to contact the DWP directly.
Please note: other councils may not operate a local welfare provision scheme, or they may operate a scheme that could be either similar or different to that of Wiltshire Council.
For further help and advice, contact your local Citizens Advice Bureau, or the DWP.