text:
Lenah
Justice Explained
Victims of the Russo-Georgian War want to see high-level perpetrators punished
in My Justice
Home My Justice
The ICC Prosecutor's investigation into the Russo-Georgian War of 2008 took a long time coming, but represents a welcome change of focus for The Hague-base court. Nika Jeiranashvili of the Open Society Georgia Foundation explains why the ICC's investigation into Georgian situation is special.
"It represents the first time that the ICC has stepped outside Africa or that it will be the first time that the court will deal with an international conflict," he told Justice Hub's Janet Anderson in The Hague in a recent interview.
This piece is a write-up of their conversation and is published here as part of Justice Hub's #MyJustice series.
Justice Hub: Why are you monitoring what is happening at the ICC?
This is the continuation of our work which started in 2008 after the war between Georgia and Russia. At that time, we helped organisations to document the crimes. We managed to bring in Alex Whiting to train organisations on how to properly do the documentation of the crimes that were committed during the August war and then compile a report and submit to the ICC. Since then we have been waiting for over 8 years for the preliminary investigation because neither Georgia nor Russia asked the court to investigate.
Justice Hub: Why do you think the ICC is the best venue to get justice for what happened during that war?
I would not say that the ICC is necessarily the best venue for that. We have actually tried the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). The ECHR is actually the court that the Georgian civil society has the most experience with rather than the ICC. The ICC is actually rather new for everybody in Georgia and nobody really fully understands what it is and how it operates.
The communication with the ECHR is still ongoing but it's the ninth year and not many developments have taken place in that regard. The government has applied to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) as well. Basically, all avenues have been explored.
Justice Hub: Do you see it as Georgia and Georgian NGOs trying to get justice against Russia?
I don't think that we see this process as something against Russian or against South Ossetian officials. But the majority of victims that we currently represent are ethnic Georgians who basically point fingers at South Ossetian or Russian military or other officials as potential perpetrators.
There were, however, some victims who were ethnic South Ossetians that were among those whose cases we communicated to the ECHR. Actually, at that time we received a lot of criticism from the general public and from the government saying that you were almost acting like enemies of the [Georgian] state because of what we were doing.
Our vision is to help all victims no matter their ethnicity. But now the situation has changed in regard to access to South Ossetia. Access to South Ossetia is completely blocked to Georgian organisations. It is also hard for people from South Ossetia to come to Georgia to ask for help from Georgian organizations. Now, in a way, there is no option for us to help victims from South Ossetia. It's because of the politics basically: the politics of Russia and the politics of South Ossetia. This discourages victims from participating in the proceedings.
Justice Hub: Just for the purposes of context, could you explain in a couple of lines for those who don't know what happened in Georgia according to you?
Basically, it was a war between Georgian, South Ossetian and Russian armed forces. It seems to have been started by an exchange of fire between Georgia and South Ossetia. In the months before the war started, (in July and August 2008), there were reports about shots coming from the South Ossetian side. There were also reports of shots being fired from the Georgian side.
If I remember correctly, it was on the 5th of August when the situation became critical. I don't know what was the reason behind it. I've only heard political explanations from both parties. I suppose a decision was made from the Georgian side to respond with more force. At the same time, Russia made the decision to help South Ossetia with their military saying there were Russian citizens in South Ossetia and they needed to protect them.
Justice Hub: How many people died and how many were displaced?
Around 28,000 victims have been displaced from South Ossetia and now they are living in IDP (Internally Displaced Persons) camps all around Georgia. As for the death toll, I don't remember the exact number but it is less than 2000 if I am not mistaken.
Justice Hub: The wheels of justice are turning but too slowly for some people's expectations. Do you think that people in Georgia understand this process of justice?
Currently, people in Georgia have no information about the ongoing investigation. This is something that we are advocating for the Court to change with the establishment of a field office to start outreach activities that could help explain what's going on and what it means.
Right now, there are discussions ongoing but only with a very small group of people who work specifically on ICC issues. But people don't really know that this process has started. They don't know that in January 2016 the ICC prosecutor was authorized to open (proprio motu) investigation into the situation in Georgia.
People only hear about some court in The Hague and they don't really understand because there are a lot of courts in The Hague. People don't really know the difference between the ICC and the court in Strasbourg. People perceive everything from a "The West v Russia" perspective so it's very easy for them to lump the ICC, ECHR and ICJ together. That's why a lot of explanation is needed to explain why this case is different and important. It represents the first time that the ICC has stepped outside Africa and it will also be the first time that the court will deal with an international conflict.
9 years have passed and a lot of people have lost hope that things can change. But if they hear that an investigation has been started by an international court and that individuals might be punished for what they did then the people's expectations might grow.
Justice Hub: What would justice look like in this situation?
I would say on one hand it is probably punishing perpetrators. Of course, in practical terms, it will be very hard to punish each and every perpetrator. I think the court will try to go more for higher-level perpetrators. Again the practical concern is that it might actually be very hard for the court to arrest some perpetrators especially from South Ossetia and Russia simply because they are not cooperating and they will most likely protect their own citizens.
On the Georgian side, we have an obligation to arrest anyone indicted by the ICC and bring them to The Hague. This also raises a lot of concerns among people who say perhaps it was not a good idea to start this whole process because in the end maybe things will turn against Georgia at The Hague. But victims don't care about politics. Victims want to see high-level perpetrators being punished. They also want to be allowed to return to their homes and to be allowed to cross the current administrative borderline because they have graveyards there where their parents are buried.
The victims really need help right now. Taking into consideration that we're talking about a very long process, they want to see something done now. In that regard, I think the best thing to do is to direct attentions of large organisations towards addressing the immediate needs of victims. This might be basic things like water, sanitation, some income generating activities and even housing.
For me, justice would be if on the one hand you would go through ICC process and look for perpetrators and on the other hand if you would help those who have suffered the most, see what they need and then help with that.
Photo: Janet Anderson/Justice Hub
Tags: GeorgiaICC (International Criminal Court)ICJ (International Court of Justice)
Justice Hub
Justice Hub is an online platform connecting conversations about international justice.
African women serve in international courts due to their personal agency and not tokenism
by Justice Hub
You can't fail to notice the significant contribution African women judges have been making in international courts and tribunals in...
A legal reckoning for the war on terror
Don't be silent! There are so many of us
Navi Pillay: North Korea has committed grave crimes against its own people
Conversations with survivors of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide (Gloriose's statement)
Justice Hub is an online platform aimed at a worldwide audience of 18-35 year olds, especially in countries where people are looking for sustainable and innovative solutions to problems of justice, peace and security. Justice can feel too abstract, too often owned by experts. We make the conversations lively and accessible.
HPPJ Forum Login
© 2018 Justice Hub
You may republish this article online or in print under our Creative Commons license. You may not edit or shorten the text, you must attribute the article to Aeon and you must include the author's name in your republication.
If you have any questions, please email nsharafa@gmail.com
The ICC Prosecutor's investigation into the Russo-Georgian War of 2008 took a long time coming, but represents a welcome change of focus for The Hague-base court. Nika Jeiranashvili of the Open Society Georgia Foundation explains why the ICC's investigation into Georgian situation is special. "It represents the first time that the ICC has stepped outside Africa or that it will be the first time that the court will deal with an international conflict," he told Justice Hub's Janet Anderson in The Hague in a recent interview. This piece is a write-up of their conversation and is published here as part of Justice Hub's #MyJustice series. Justice Hub: Why are you monitoring what is happening at the ICC? This is the continuation of our work which started in 2008 after the war between Georgia and Russia. At that time, we helped organisations to document the crimes. We managed to bring in Alex Whiting to train organisations on how to properly do the documentation of the crimes that were committed during the August war and then compile a report and submit to the ICC. Since then we have been waiting for over 8 years for the preliminary investigation because neither Georgia nor Russia asked the court to investigate. Justice Hub: Why do you think the ICC is the best venue to get justice for what happened during that war?  I would not say that the ICC is necessarily the best venue for that. We have actually tried the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). The ECHR is actually the court that the Georgian civil society has the most experience with rather than the ICC. The ICC is actually rather new for everybody in Georgia and nobody really fully understands what it is and how it operates. The communication with the ECHR is still ongoing but it's the ninth year and not many developments have taken place in that regard. The government has applied to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) as well. Basically, all avenues have been explored. Justice Hub: Do you see it as Georgia and Georgian NGOs trying to get justice against Russia? I don't think that we see this process as something against Russian or against South Ossetian officials. But the majority of victims that we currently represent are ethnic Georgians who basically point fingers at South Ossetian or Russian military or other officials as potential perpetrators. There were, however, some victims who were ethnic South Ossetians that were among those whose cases we communicated to the ECHR. Actually, at that time we received a lot of criticism from the general public and from the government saying that you were almost acting like enemies of the [Georgian] state because of what we were doing. Our vision is to help all victims no matter their ethnicity. But now the situation has changed in regard to access to South Ossetia. Access to South Ossetia is completely blocked to Georgian organisations. It is also hard for people from South Ossetia to come to Georgia to ask for help from Georgian organizations. Now, in a way, there is no option for us to help victims from South Ossetia. It's because of the politics basically: the politics of Russia and the politics of South Ossetia. This discourages victims from participating in the proceedings. Justice Hub: Just for the purposes of context, could you explain in a couple of lines for those who don't know what happened in Georgia according to you? Basically, it was a war between Georgian, South Ossetian and Russian armed forces. It seems to have been started by an exchange of fire between Georgia and South Ossetia. In the months before the war started, (in July and August 2008), there were reports about shots coming from the South Ossetian side. There were also reports of shots being fired from the Georgian side. <picture><source srcset="https://justicehub.org/sites/justicehub.net/files/styles/jh_full_s_1x/public/unnamed-1.jpg?itok=egIwm_v- 1x" media="(max-width: 321px)" /><source srcset="https://justicehub.org/sites/justicehub.net/files/styles/jh_full_m_1x/public/unnamed-1.jpg?itok=ybbN9asV 1x" media="(max-width: 769px)" /><source srcset="https://testsite.justicehub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/unnamed-1.jpg 1x" media="(min-width: 770px)" /></picture> If I remember correctly, it was on the 5th of August when the situation became critical. I don't know what was the reason behind it. I've only heard political explanations from both parties. I suppose a decision was made from the Georgian side to respond with more force. At the same time, Russia made the decision to help South Ossetia with their military saying there were Russian citizens in South Ossetia and they needed to protect them. Justice Hub: How many people died and how many were displaced? Around 28,000 victims have been displaced from South Ossetia and now they are living in IDP (Internally Displaced Persons) camps all around Georgia. As for the death toll, I don't remember the exact number but it is less than 2000 if I am not mistaken. Justice Hub: The wheels of justice are turning but too slowly for some people's expectations. Do you think that people in Georgia understand this process of justice? Currently, people in Georgia have no information about the ongoing investigation. This is something that we are advocating for the Court to change with the establishment of a field office to start outreach activities that could help explain what's going on and what it means. Right now, there are discussions ongoing but only with a very small group of people who work specifically on ICC issues. But people don't really know that this process has started. They don't know that in January 2016 the ICC prosecutor was authorized to open (proprio motu) investigation into the situation in Georgia. People only hear about some court in The Hague and they don't really understand because there are a lot of courts in The Hague. People don't really know the difference between the ICC and the court in Strasbourg. People perceive everything from a "The West v Russia" perspective so it's very easy for them to lump the ICC, ECHR and ICJ together. That's why a lot of explanation is needed to explain why this case is different and important. It represents the first time that the ICC has stepped outside Africa and it will also be the first time that the court will deal with an international conflict. 9 years have passed and a lot of people have lost hope that things can change. But if they hear that an investigation has been started by an international court and that individuals might be punished for what they did then the people's expectations might grow. Justice Hub: What would justice look like in this situation? I would say on one hand it is probably punishing perpetrators. Of course, in practical terms, it will be very hard to punish each and every perpetrator. I think the court will try to go more for higher-level perpetrators. Again the practical concern is that it might actually be very hard for the court to arrest some perpetrators especially from South Ossetia and Russia simply because they are not cooperating and they will most likely protect their own citizens. On the Georgian side, we have an obligation to arrest anyone indicted by the ICC and bring them to The Hague. This also raises a lot of concerns among people who say perhaps it was not a good idea to start this whole process because in the end maybe things will turn against Georgia at The Hague. But victims don't care about politics. Victims want to see high-level perpetrators being punished. They also want to be allowed to return to their homes and to be allowed to cross the current administrative borderline because they have graveyards there where their parents are buried.
Tweet.
   The victims really need help right now. Taking into consideration that we're talking about a very long process, they want to see something done now. In that regard, I think the best thing to do is to direct attentions of large organisations towards addressing the immediate needs of victims. This might be basic things like water, sanitation, some income generating activities and even housing. For me, justice would be if on the one hand you would go through ICC process and look for perpetrators and on the other hand if you would help those who have suffered the most, see what they need and then help with that. Photo: Janet Anderson/Justice Hub


So... you're wondering what this is all about.... Making that face until you remember that it's your birthday today!
And that I will sing you Happy birthday until you wind up like this grumpy here.
But seriously, I'm nice like that and I'll get you cake that you'll like. Well... I hope!
So where was I? Ah yeah. It's your birthday today!
And you're bloody awesome. Mad. Funny. Insane. Super Sweet.
Okay boring. I'm not up to praising you so much.
We'll get you to nap, okay? Just after this is done. And then you can sleep until wind up saying *just* this.
And I gotta say, I got super lucky to have you as my friend.
For wearing a saree like a pro. Yo.
For telling me this whenever I need to hear it most.
Well, dawg. We got dat Swag.


text:
Fitzpatrick, Kathleen et al., "Voices: Twitter at Conferences," edited contribution in Hacking the Academy: A Book Crowdsourced in One Week, eds. Dan Cohen and Tom Scheinfeldt, University of Michigan Press, 2013.
"Knowledge Under Pressure," review of Too Big to Know by David Weinberger, Journal of Interactive Technology & Pedagogy September 2012.
"Villanelle" and other articles, in Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, Greene, Roland et al., eds. The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics: Fourth Edition, Princeton University Press, 2012.
Translation of "J'ay perdu ma tourterelle" in Villanelles, eds. Annie Finch and Marie-Elizabeth Mali, Everyman's Library, 2012.
Watson, Amanda, Amanda French, Patricia Hswe, and Christa Williford, "Of Hybrarians, Scholar-Librarians, Academic Refugees, and Feral Professionals," in #Alt-Academy: Alternate Academic Careers for Humanities Scholars, ed. Bethany Nowviskie, MediaCommons 2011.
"The Binary Hero" and other articles, HiLobrow, blog, eds. Joshua Glenn and Matthew Battles, since 2010.
"Edmund Gosse and the Stubborn Villanelle Blunder," Victorian Poetry 48:2 (Summer 2010): 243–66.
"The First Villanelle: A New Translation of Jean Passerat's 'J'ay perdu ma Tourterelle' (1574)," Meridian 12 (Fall/Winter 2003): 30–37.
" 'A Strangely Useless Thing': Iseult Gonne and Yeats," Yeats Eliot Review: A Journal of Criticism and Scholarship, 19:2 (2002 Aug): 13–24.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


The number Five person is a total communicator. You need variety and change in your life, otherwise you quickly become bored. You tend not to keep most of your friends for life, probably because you outgrow most of the people you know at any stage in your life.
You have an innate restlessness which causes you to seek new experiences and this is which makes you change your path in life many times, because the one you are on now may soon bore you. Your attention span is very low, so you need constant excitement and variety.
You love to travel and meet new people and experience new cultures, which means you will often live in many different places throughout your life.
Your destiny is a public one and you will find your greatest opportunities and successes through other people.


text:
Hello everyone. Summer is here, and I suspect it's going to be a summer like none of us alive today has ever seen before.
Three years ago, I moved back to the Los Angeles area from Palm Desert (near Palm Springs), and it appears I brought the desert weather with me. The entire West Coast is setting new high-temperature records.
I was preparing a comment on the effects of beach erosion in California before the 12-story Champlain Towers South Condo collapse in Florida. I suspect they will find that a significant contributing factor to the collapse was its location on reclaimed wetlands. Something that has been done on both coasts. A 2020 study by Shimon Wdowinski, a professor in the Department of Earth and Environment at Florida International University, indicted "the building was constructed on reclaimed wetlands and had been unstable for some time. It was sinking at a rate of 2 millimeters a year in the 1990s." We need to do more thinking about where we locate our communities. It will be interesting to see what is learned from the Champlain Towers incident.
With respect to California's beaches, climate change is taking its toll. An article in the LOS ANGELES TIMES indicates that they "are under threat because they are fed by sediment washed down from mountains. Without rain, shorelines begin to recede. The California coastline has jumped about 60 feet inland in some places in the last 10 years, according to USC research scientist Essam Heggy. 'The coastline — from San Diego to L.A. — is suffering massively from coastal erosion because of the drought, 'he said, adding that expensive beachfront homes also impede sediment from reaching the shore."
Based on the articles I have read, it appears that our shorelines are shrinking, and our temperatures are rising. So watch out where you step as there may be no solid ground below you, or your feet are going to get second or third-degree burns. On the other hand, maybe we have too many people and too little space. Yes, that is part of my SKYWARD novel plot.
You know my love of words. I was reading an article in the NATIONAL GEOGRAPHICS by Victoria Jaggard Science Executive Editor titled "The Big Question: Is there anybody out there?" which started with these opening sentences – " As a high-schooler in the early 1990s, I had a fairly consistent Friday night routine: Come home from school, microwave a burrito, and scare the buttons out of my mom by tuning in to "The X Files." My adolescent brain reveled in the dark and gritty tone, the "monster of the week" formula, and the drawn-out SHIP (yes, this slang term DID arise from "The X Files") between the two lead characters."
Yes, I'm an old-timer and was totally, yes totally man lost by what she meant by SHIP. Now that I know the term, I will be using it in my novel SKYWARD. Yes, ship will be encouraged by the Bowman Twins to expand their moon colonies population.
In case you were lost like me, here is what it means. And, apparently, there is a question of whether the term originated on "The X Files" or "Star Trek." The term Ship or Shipping is based on the word "relationship." It refers to the desire by fans of pop individuals or media characters (T.V., movies, novels) for two or more individuals or fictional characters to be in a romantic or sexual relationship. The term is often used in internet texts by millennials.
My research indicates that the first "ship" that became widely popular and accepted was Kirk and Spock's characters from the television show "Star Trek." This began in 1968 but picked up in the mid-1970s and was often referred to as "Kirk/Spock" and later "K/S," pronounced "K slash S." This is why relationships between two men are now often referred to as "slash."
Okay, now there is "slash." Research on this leads me to a genre that I did not know existed – Slash Fiction. Slash fiction (also known as "m/m slash") is a genre of fan fiction that focuses on romantic or sexual relationships between fictional characters of the same sex. While the term "slash" originally referred only to stories in which male characters are involved in an explicit sexual relationship as a primary plot element, it is now also used to refer to any fan story containing a romantic pairing between same-sex characters. In addition, many fans distinguish slash with female characters as a separate genre, commonly referred to as femslash (also known as "f/f slash" or "femmeslash").
Actually, many of the shows I have watched recently would be classified as Slash Fiction. The writers seem to have gone off on a tangent. Or, trend.
I'm currently binge-watching the new and last season of "Bosch." I love the character and will comment more on the show in my next post.
Stay cool and watch where you step.


text:
Shipwreck kills 10 people in Nigeria
January 5, 2023 Steven Addamah Zoom 0
Ten bodies were fished out of the Niger River in Nigeria's northern Kebbi State on Wednesday after an overloaded boat with about 100 passengers broke in two, a local official said.
The dilapidated vessel was crossing the river and broke in two as it approached the village of Samanaji in Koko-Besse district.
It had taken on passengers "way beyond its capacity," said Yahaya Bello Koko, a district official.
"We found 10 passengers with the help of local divers, and we are still looking for 10 more," he said.
They "are presumed drowned, considering the number of hours they spent in the river," Koko added.
More than 80 passengers were rescued, he said.
Federal or state authorities were not immediately available.
Accidents involving boats are common in Nigeria. They are often linked to overloaded vessels, excessive speed, poor maintenance and disregard for navigation rules.
In October, at least 80 people drowned in two shipwrecks.
Yahaya Bello Koko
Zambia: Rotating power cuts to cope with electricity crisis
Guinean PR promotes five military officers to the rank of general in the Armed Forces


Over the course of the past couple years, I've found myself oscillating wildly when it comes to how I feel about dubstep music. I'll fall in love with an artist only to hear a slew of different releases that sound like they're grinding through the same sound sources en route to more brain-rattling blandness. Like any genre, it's hit-or-miss, and as a somewhat casual observer I find it hard to know where to turn (even having felt let-down by several high profile releases).
I guess that's where a compilation such as I Love Dubstep comes in. Stretched out over 2 discs and nearly fifty tracks, this double mix from the Rinse FM label is sort of like a massive greatest hits compilation of the genre mixed by two guys who actually know what they're doing. For the release, Rinse (the sister label to the pioneering Rinse FM) was basically given unfettered permission to use songs never before released on CD, including some that are likely out-of-print forever.
The result is a release that's pretty darn solid throughout. Nitpickers could probably argue that it's a bit heavy on Skream cuts (eight over the two discs) or that it doesn't have enough of one thing or another, but those quibbles will largely come down to general taste. As it stands, there's enough here to love for just about anyone. Speaking of Skream, it's easy to argue that some of his tracks are overplayed, but at the same time tracks like "Dutch Flowerz" are downright stunners with their lighter touch (which blends an almost light rocksteady feel in alongside the requisite crushing bass). Benga shows up strong with "Flames," an absolutely massive grind that didn't even make his recent Diary Of An Afro Warrior release.
And largely, filling in the gaps is what this two-disc mix is about. Mala's "Anti War Dub" again lightens things up again with some crisp breakbeats and sampled vocals along with minimal melodies, while "Kameleon" by 2562 makes me think I should seek out his full length because it so thoroughly cracks my brain. With 70% or so of the tracks appearing on compact disc for the first time ever, it's basically "dubstep for dummies," but in this case I'm okay with being called such. Other artists include Pinch, Coki, Headhunter, D1, The Bug, Kode 9, and Burial, among others. Basically, this low priced compilation/double-mix slams.


text:
Q: xcode array to fill label text randomly Hello all! I am very new to xcode and objective-c but I have been programming in C# for a long time. I am just starting out with Xcode and I have been tasked with making an app and I am lost!
I have 5 UILabels and an array with 5 values, I would like the UILabels to randomly load a value from the array until all values from the array are used.
I can make Dynamic Labels but its a pain to get them lined up correctly which I will do if needed, but I am not sure how to do that with objective-c(In C# its easy).
Thanks!

A: From what I can understand, you have an array and want with 5 strings and want to randomly display then in a label? I think you could do like this:
-(void)fillLabel {

int random = arc4random() % 5; //random value from 0-4
yourLabel.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@",[yourArray objectAtIndex:random]];

}

you can call that with

[self fillLabel];

if you are in the same class.

A: Hey there and welcome to SO, this is a great place to help you learn XCode and Objective-C.
There is a couple ways that you could do this, so I'll just give you one example solution.
You can actually create your labels in your NIB(.xib) file, and then link them to variables in your code, that way you can easily access them without having to create them programatically. The way that you would do this is as follows:
ViewController.h

@interface ViewController : UIViewController
{
    //Some Variables
}

@property (nonatomic, strong) NSMutableArray *stringValues;

@property (nonatomic, strong) IBOutlet UILabel *randLabel1;
@property (nonatomic, strong) IBOutlet UILabel *randLabel2;
@property (nonatomic, strong) IBOutlet UILabel *randLabel3;
@property (nonatomic, strong) IBOutlet UILabel *randLabel4;
@property (nonatomic, strong) IBOutlet UILabel *randLabel5;

The key here is that the labels are declared is IBOutlets in your .h file. This allows you to then go into your .xib file and link the labels you've positioned to the variables in the code. To link a label, press and hold your control key, and then drag it to your viewcontroller and release, you should see a menu that lists your 5 labels and then you can select the appropriate one.
As for then selecting a random string to load into the label, you could that in the following way.
ViewController.m

-(void)selectLabelValue:
{
    for(int i = 5; i > 0; i--)
    {
        randIdx = arc4random() % i;
        switch (i):
        case 1:
            Label1.text = [stringValue objectAtIndex:randIdx];
            [stringValue removeObjectAtIndex:randIdx];
        case 2:
            Label2.text = [stringValue objectAtIndex:randIdx];
            [stringValue removeObjectAtIndex:randIdx];
        case 3:
            Label3.text = [stringValue objectAtIndex:randIdx];
            [stringValue removeObjectAtIndex:randIdx];
        case 4:
            Label4.text = [stringValue objectAtIndex:randIdx];
            [stringValue removeObjectAtIndex:randIdx];
        case 5:
            Label5.text = [stringValue objectAtIndex:randIdx];
            [stringValue removeObjectAtIndex:randIdx];
        default:
            NSLog(@"Error, index out of bounds, there is no label for this value!";
}

The idea with the above is that you iterate through your 5 labels, and as you do you randomly generate an index to select your string to load. After you load the string you remove it from the possible strings so that you dont get duplicates. I would double check the function names for the array manipulation because I did those off of the top of my head, so I'm not 100% sure they are correct, but something that does what they should do does exist.
Anyways, I hope that helps, if you have questions leave a comment and I'll do my best to answer it.
EDIT: Just in case someone is skimming and doesn't read the comment by Richard. He brings up a valid point that using a switch statement in the above was is bad design, and should be handled using an array, while programatically creating the labels. This way you can easily just select the label you want via the array index. It is a significantly cleaner solution, and preferable to the above. The only reason it was done with switches is that this way you don't have to create the labels through code which was the preference of user1221399, so keep this in mind.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


It was a few minutes past the mid-night hour. A pale yellow moon, full and round, cast its bewitcing radiance over the sleepingy. A few mongrels were out on the streets howling away to glory. The group of half a dozen men were in high spirits, having spent the better part of the last two hours in a bar swigging down peg after peg of whiskey with soda and ice accompanied by tender legs of roasted chicken, skewers of well-done mutton barbeque and heaps of healthy green salad. They swayed and held on to each other as they made their way towards their neighborhood and they laughed uproariously for no rhyme or reason at sick jokes related incoherently by drunken men with slurred tongues. A little way ahead at the crossing the high spirited revelers turned left, laughing wildly at yet one more lewd joke, and then, as one, the whole group stopped dead in their tracks. The laughter froze on their faces; they stared ahead with terrified eyes at the fearful scene before them on the other crossroads some 50 meters ahead.
The small boy watched with attentive eyes, his mouth agape and his ears ringing with the hypnotic rhythm of the tantric mantra being recited in a sing song voice by the three shamans in one voice. The incomprehensible lyrics were accompanied by the precise tempo of hard slim bones beating rhythmically on parched skin stretched tightly across circular bony frames. The numerous bells on the felt belts hung around their scrawny torsos brought forth music in perfect cadence as the three gaunt bodies hopped up and down on their haunches with exact regularity.
Throughout all this frenzied activity, while the small boy's eyes remained fixated on the whole scenario before him, the shamans' gazes were focused on the one single person within their small intimate circle. She was in her mid-40s, moderately obese and dressed in a flowery cotton nightgown frilled at the collar with white lace. She was seated cross legged, her plump hands rigidly holding on to her knees on both sides. Her face and neck appeared to be somewhat swollen and her puffy eyelids were clamped shut over her eyes. She was shaking uncontrollably like someone suffering from dengue fever and her upper body swayed frenetically from side to side and in wide circular movements, her body bending down low in front then moving on up to more acute angles.
The small boy shivered in anticipation. This had been going on too long – almost two hours – and nothing other than what was still happening, had happened. Maybe now there would be something new, a twist in the events? The quivering woman had opened her eyes and was staring back at the shaman with eyes in which the eyeballs seemed to be almost protruding. She hissed back at the emaciated looking shaman, her words garbled and unintelligible. The shaman picked up a thin bone and a human skull and touched the woman's forehead with the objects, all the while shouting in a commanding tone, "In the name of all powerful Mahakali, I demand you identify yourself! Show yourself to me! Reveal yourself, I command you!" So saying, he again flung some rice at her. The woman trembled as if she had a terrible chill; she looked at the shaman with wild eyes, and then, abruptly, a simpering smile escaped her parched lips.
"I am Bhawani," she hissed back. "Where do you come from? Tell me!" the shaman commanded. "My home is in Taplejung," she replied. "What are you doing in Birgunj?" asked the shaman. The woman looked down, and then glanced at him slyly from the corner of her eyes. "What are you doing here?" the shaman repeated his question. That coy smirk again, "I was murdered in my sleep. I woke up in this woman's body." "Leave her body. Make her free. I command you in the name of Kali, get out of this woman's body. I grant you freedom in the name of the all powerful Mahakali," said the shaman.
The small boy's eyes widened as he saw the woman quiet down, her trembling had stopped completely. Her head hung down listlessly. Her whole body appeared to be passive now. The three shamans stood up as one, jumping up and down together in synchronized fashion. Two of them continued to beat their hand held drums in tune with the heavy jingle of the bells and in harmony with their hypnotic incantation. They circled the now passive woman three times, throwing rice on her as they moved around. After the third round, they carried on towards the open door leading out onto the street. The emancipated shaman now held a naked khukri in his right hand while in his left he held a struggling live rooster. All three moved outside in their trance-like states, and reaching the crossroad a little way ahead, they stopped. One of the shamans stooped down to light some wicks in their clay cups and then he flung two fistfuls of rice, vermilion and a yellow powder on the ground. The leader held the struggling rooster high up in his hands and raised his naked khukuri to slice its neck off while the other two started jumping around still more vigorously and the beating of their drums grew louder and louder. The small boy had followed the trio and as he watched in wonder, he noticed a group of people at the far end of the street.
The half dozen drunken men, who had now sobered down suddenly, stood transfixed for a few minutes. The sight of three skinny and bare bodied men with belts of jingling bells around their bodies, jumping around beating on drums and chanting in an unintelligible language in the dead of night would have been enough to turn anyone's blood cold. That one of them had a live rooster in his hand and a naked khukri in another was added incentive to make the group turn around as one and rush helter-skelter in panic and dread.
This, more than anything else, the small boy would remember for a long time to come and it is to him, one of the most hilarious scenes he has ever witnessed! Grown up men running helter-skelter in blind panic in the dead of night! The woman afflicted with the ghostly spirit is a neighboring aunt who is a feisty 70 now. After all these years, 30 to be precise, he can vouchsafe that she never again suffered as she had done that night, and neither did she have the hysterical fits she was prone to have every six months or so. In other words, she had been cured. He still doesn't know what to make of it. It all happened before his very eyes. Yet, he cannot but question as to why the shamans, if they are so powerful, cannot make their own lives better. He has met them from time to time – all look as gaunt as before. They dress in tattered shirts and torn pants. In the evenings one will more often than not find them drunk on cheap local hooch. Still, despite all his doubts and questions, he cannot erase the memory of that night when these malnourished shamans held sway over things ungodly with such a command performance as to overwhelm the senses.
You might ask, how do I know all this? Simple – I was the small boy. I have stood witness, now it is your turn. Welcome to the mystifying world of shamans.
Firstly let us be clear on one point: the very shroud that cloaks the mystery makes it prone to meanings that are generally inconclusive, and there are as many opinions as there are practices. At the same time, while shamanism exists worldwide in different variations it shares some common beliefs: spirits exist and they can be good or evil; shamans can communicate with the spirits and they can cure sickness caused by them; shamans can induce trance-like states to incite visionary ecstasy, and shamans can tell the future. According to one definition, shamanism is concerned with communication with the netherworld of ghosts and spirits.
The assumption is that the world is pervaded by forces or spirits that affect the lives of the living, and that shamans act as intermediaries between humans and such ghostly entities. The shaman's spirit can leave the body to enter the supernatural world to search for answers. Many believe that shamans can treat illness and can enter paranormal spheres to seek answers not found on earth. That's what shamans do and that's what shamanism all about. According to some, the word shaman originated among the Siberian Tungus (Evenks) and literally means 'he or she who knows'.
In Nepal, shamanism is the traditional religion of many of ethnic groups and is widely practiced in the eastern and western hills. Usually wearing a headdress of peacock feathers, they are called jhankri, or dhami, and they carry a double-sided drum. As healers, they examine animal entrails for signs, gather medicinal plants, perform sacrifices, exorcize demons, and chant magical incantations to invoke deities, besides conducting many other rituals. As soothsayers, they fall into trancelike states and act as spokesmen of the gods. As spiritual sentries they ward off evil spirits and irate ancestors through either greater strength or trickery. They also officiate during funerals, dispense amulets and propound myths. Hinduism and Buddhism in Nepal have been greatly influenced by such shamanistic traditions.
In an article entitled 'The medium of the message: Shamanism as localised practice in the Nepal Himalayas', Damian Walter differentiates between what he calls the lineage mediums (kul-dhami) and the shamans (jhankri or dhami). He notes that the possession of the male kul-dhamis by the lineage deities is almost instantaneous while similar possession of spirits into dhami-jhankris is a "more elaborate affair" involving much drumming and the gradual entering of spirits into their bodies. Walter goes on to describe a typical dhami-jhankrii through the paraphernalia of his trade: a drum (dhyangro), bells worn around the waist, long necklaces (mala) of rudracche and ritho seeds worn around the neck and shoulders, a special headdress, and a jama, a long white skirt like garment. Walter states that the tutelary spirit of the dhami-jhankris is the ban-jhankri (a spirit inhabiting the surrounding forest). Jhankris are also said to counteract the power of witches. Witches are believed to cast spells in many ways including by just looking at their victims or by through food eaten by the victim. A jhankri can nullify the evil spell.
Similarly, Jyotishi Bikram Raj Bajracharya has his workplace at his residence in Patan. Picture this scene on a Saturday evening at around 7 pm: The jyotishi, in his seventies, sits on a comfortable red sofa behind a desk on which are scrolls, parchments and a brass dish holding some raw rice. A young man and a middle aged woman sit opposite him. The young man is talking on his mobile, "Yes Madam, the Guruji (teacher) says that you should say the mantra he has given you a hundred thousand times. He says that the present period is inauspicious for you. Your grahan-dishan (planetary configuration) is bad, but he has assured me that it will get better as you progress with the mantra. Yes Madam, all this is according to your janma-patra (document drawn to show planetary positions at time of birth)." He is obviously speaking to someone in authority, and it wouldn't be surprising if she happened to be some senior bureaucrat's (his boss's) wife. The old and spectacled jyotishi leans back in his sofa, and interrupts, "Tell her to wear a coral Ganesh ring. It will be good for her." The middle aged woman meanwhile listens with a worried look on her face. The young man says into his mobile, "No Madam, this bad period will not last long. That's what the Guruji is saying." One can imagine, with this kind of news, the conversation goes on for a long time.
One can also imagine, if this is a common occurrence in the capital city, and if people like the above mentioned 'madam' are seeking help from jyotishis and shamans, what must be the situation regarding this issue in the villages of the country. As Adrian Storrs says in his book on Jhañkris, "From time immemorial, jhañkris, as the Nepalese faith healers and medicine men are called, have given medical care to the rural people, Much of the jhañkris' success is due to the fact that they are well known, respected and accepted, especially as intermediaries between man and spirits. Furthermore, the jhañkris will go to patients at any time and treat them in their homes." In Nepal, shamans or jhankris can be of any caste; more of them, however, are found to be of Tamang, Gurung, Chhetri or Sherpa ethnicity or caste.
Buddhi Kumar 'Gurujyu' does not reveal his caste, but one can guess from the fact that his original house is in Tokha near Budanilkantha, Kathmandu, and that he speaks Newari fluently, he must be a Newar. He has been living and practicing shamanism in Kutisawagal of Lalitpur, some 15 minutes walk from Patan Durbar Square, for almost 11 years. He calls himself 'Shiva Tantric' and sits below a canopy of colorful wooden snakes. The shelves on his left hold numerous deity figures while, on his right, stand shelves of plastic bags with different herbs and small vials of 'Himali Oil' (an all purpose ayurvedic oil). Two women (apparently mother and daughter-in-law) and a frail child of about five sit cross-legged facing the shaman across a low brass topped counter. Picking up the child on her lap, the younger woman says, "I don't know what's wrong with him. He keeps on crying all the time." The older woman hands over a plastic bag with some rice in it. The shaman pours the rice on to a brass plate, picks up a few with his finger tips and lets it fall on the plate. He does this a couple of times and flicks a few grains on the plate. He looks up, murmurs, "runche bimari (cry baby syndrome)," and offers some of the rice to one of the deities, then flicks some on the child. Then he blows quite forcefully on the child's face. The young mother can be heard murmuring, "Doctor said….pneumonia…." The shaman repeats, "runche bimari". He again flicks some rice grains at the child, waves a black feathered broom over her and then blows forcefully twice more on his face. The women gets up after thanking the shaman. The frail child, meanwhile, is standing outside with a face that certainly conveys weepiness.
A young girl then enters the room. She hands over ten rupees and the shaman hands over some small plastic bags with dried leaves inside. What are they for? "They are 'karne paat' (a variety of leaf)", he says, and adds "I get them from the jungle. One can only collect them at midnight." What are they for? "They are to make alcoholics break out of their drinking habit," he replies.
Some more clients enter and sit down patiently on the straw mat after paying their respects to the shaman. He smiles benignly at them. He seems confident and sure of himself. He is dressed in a red T-shirt beneath an open-buttoned maroon color shirt. His hair is unruly and his teeth are big and strong. He looks friendly and open to answering any question. Yes, he is 41 years old with a wife and a small son and daughter. The next question is, of course, how did he become a shaman? His story begins when he was just seven years old….
Although he had always known that he was different from others, it was actually only in 1992 that the realization really dawned on Buddhi Kumar that he was endowed with great powers. From then on, he started to practice shamanism professionally. His story could easily enough be one more for Ripley's 'Believe It or Not' series, but the fact that he treats a large number of people every day and, by many accounts, cures them as well, points towards something more tangible. He says, "There are many patients who come here after getting no relief from doctors' treatments." People coming to him are usually afflicted with ailments like uric acid, gout, arthritis, digestive disorders, addictions, sinusitis, jaundice, etc., and there are also many who come to have their graha-dasha (astrological afflictions) corrected.
To a question about communicating with spirits, he says, "Yes, especially for patients suffering from deep depressions, I have to look for the cure by going out of my body and entering the spiritual world. Yes, I do communicate with spirits of the dead," he says, his manner implying that it is a simple fact. He also receives women who come to him to ask his help in preventing their husbands from straying or deserting them; but he asserts: "I do not cast 'tunas' (spells) although I can. I don't wish to hurt anybody." After a thoughtful pause he adds, "I think it was in 2002 that I became responsible for one man's death. I deeply regret that incident and it makes me very sad." So, all said and done, this candid account of 'Shiva Tantric' Buddhi Kumar Gurujyu should be a good case study to understand shamanism. No doubt it is complicated and it is difficult to comprehend where fact ends and fiction begins; but as they say sometimes facts are stranger than fiction.


James "Jim" Jackson Pace, age 93, of Waukesha, WI passed away surrounded by his family on Thursday, March 8, 2018, at his home.
Jim was born to John and Alberdina (Vander Muellen) Pace in Dubuque Iowa on September 15, 1924.
Jim graduated from Oconomowoc High School in 1947. He married the love of his life, Janet Golemgeske, on June 18, 1949.
Jim was a member of the 4th Division, United States Marines, Company B, and received a purple heart for his service in the South Pacific during World War II. He was employed as a rural route carrier for the United States Postal Service for thirty years. Jim spent most of his retirement fishing at the lake cottage he and Janet owned near Plainfield, WI as he enjoyed time with his grandchildren.
Jim is survived by his wife of 68 years, Janet; sons, Jeff (Loreen), Jay (Laura), and Joel Pace; grandchildren, Roxanne (Nate) Ende, Christine (Travis) Seeger, Chad Pace, Courtney (Kevin) Shouldice, Sondra, Kyle, Alexine, Cody, and Molly Pace; great-grandchildren, Jackson and Lauren Ende, Taylor and Brody Seeger, Melody Pace, and Bayleigh Shouldice.
Jim was preceded in death by his daughter, Jill Ester.
The visitation for Jim will be held from 4:00p.m. until the time of memorial service at 6:00p.m. on Tuesday March 13, 2018 at the Evangelical & Reformed United Church of Christ, 413 Wisconsin Ave, Waukesha, WI 53186. In lieu of flowers, memorials to the family are appreciated.
To send flowers to the family of James J Pace, please visit our Heartfelt Sympathies Store.


Nessus 3 also contains a lot of built-in features and checks to debug crashes and mis-behaving plugins more easily, and to catch inconsistencies early.
as high as 5 times faster when scanning desktop windows systems.
Nessus 3 will be available free of charge, including on the Windows platform, but will not be released under the GPL.
Nessus 3 will be available for many platforms, but do understand that we won't be able to support every distribution / operating system available. I also understand that some free software advocates won't want to use a binary-only Nessus 3. This is why Nessus 2 will continue to be maintained and will stay under the GPL.


text:
mandible claw marches on city hall
gainesville skateboarding won a big one the other day. so as many of you know, there has been a plan in the works for a new park at possum creek, cement, plaza-style, with a bowl. it's been promised for over ten years. but now, the neighborhood next to the park all signed a petition saying they want the plans to be shut down--fears of noise, added crime, destroyed habitat, taking away existing park space from other, team-sport-playing children.
there was a vote at city hall last week, with the mayor, the various city councilmen, etc. the bill was read, lawyers spoke, and then the public could come and state their case. people from the neighborhood came and urged their case against the skatepark. then, erik, shawn, and i gave speeches, josh from the park spoke, and a skate-dad did too. i quoted some stats i knew off the top of my head, the skate-dad's kid played the pity card, and even a cop came up and told how skateparks, and skateboarding as a whole, don't have any added elements crime. in the end, the council voted, and we won. huzzah!
so in a year or two, come on up, the new park should be great.


Every thing nowadays is on line and everybody currently is hooked up as a result of internet across the world and every item has develop into community. In this particular situation anyone thinks when it comes to on the net and plenty of internet marketers fantasy to must pay back on the net casino web-site. Generally what demands is surely an strategy many people have started about it and modest money and therefore make them develop a substantial kingdom from the on line video gaming sector. A lot of people with legitimate concepts and concepts have liked significant accomplishment.
Initially you need to realise what are the essential things for on the internet gambling house site. Things you will need are Growth capital, Betting permission, Casino application, Settlement techniques and mechanisms and discount promoting method.
Recently the online slot games are the top games in online casinos. Check this link here to find the latest slot websites for Canadian players.
Preparation is quite important for any enterprise as a result you might need a correct strategic plan and all at once you will need to come to a decision about online marketing strategy and promotion your product. To handle day by day issues on the business enterprise you should opt for comprehensive general market trends. Numerous plan for success web themes can be obtained on the net free of charge you may obtain them.
Place of operations is also crucial component of enterprise and will also require to become a state or spot the spot that the on line betting is appropriate and the necessary licenses are granted to on the internet gambling companies. You possibly can collect information about the certification selections in the wagering The required permits website. Some nations around the world like Cr usually Blackjack En Ligne do not difficulty unique permit numerous firms should work with Blackjack En Ligne out the required licenses.
To begin on the top casino sites – hop over to this website to find them – you need to go with a application to energy your web site. Large number of Program alternatives is accessible for sports activities, diverse video game titles, playing, texas holdem or program is obtainable consisting of all pointed out. Microgaming, Playtech, Cryptologic and Manager Advertising couple of examples that have been the key selections traditionally.
Cost components and methods need to be setup because of the businesses in order for the participants can down payment and take away finances. A single primary factor is Plastic card digesting, the choice probably are not there for the residents of United states. Important component for any effective functioning of your betting house is starting of commercial balance at various on the internet settlement communities. Neteller.com and Click2Pay.net are two types of payment cpa networks.
Style that has a webmaster your entry-ending website. The web page should be easy to use and will be connected your software and cost device collectively. You can also go for choosing before-designed gambling establishment theme.
Marketing and advertising strategy is Blackjack En Ligne incredibly important for any small business, produce a simple yet effective marketing approach. Affiliate marketing is extremely preferred and effective strategy in online field. Other available choices are Print advertising, periodicals, tv and radio.


Chris Railey writes about the Influence Conference on August 7-8 in Anaheim, California: "The challenges ahead for the church are real, but we have an unprecedented opportunity to reach people with the gospel and expand the kingdom of God. We recognize the unique moment in history we find ourselves in as leaders — and the need to hear a fresh word from God for this moment. With that in mind, we are looking forward to gathering with thousands of leaders this summer in Anaheim for the Influence Conference." To register, follow the link at the bottom of Chris's article.


Through your generosity and support, The Bush School will carry on Ian's vision to build bridges, generate big ideas, and share the beauty and wonder of the places and people of the Methow Valley.
Your donation will fund programming that allows participants to carry forth Ian's vision and infectious enthusiasm for teaching, the community and the great outdoors. Please select "Other" from the drop-down menu, and list Ian Fair Memorial Fund in the "designation" box.
For every Fair Fest LastBag sold, eqpd donates 100% of the retail profit to the Ian Fair Memorial Fund for the Methow Campus. In turn, by using your Fair Fest LastBag, you are helping to reduce the amount of single-use-bags from the waste stream every year.
Steph's best friend Gretchen created this piece of art to memorialize Ian. A lover of nature, Ian can properly identify most tree's in the Northwest by both their common & Latin name. Of all of the plants out there, the mere sighting of a white pine cone would bring forth an amount of giddiness abnormal in most grown men. All profits will benefit the Memorial Fund. The first round of paintings sold raised over $1,000 for NWAC.


Two features of the pistachio tree (Pistacia chinensis) that make it a good choice as a landscaping tree are its ability to generate color late in the fall and its ability to grow in urban conditions. Landscapers could use this tree more often, according to the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. Pistachio trees, also known as Chinese pistache, are not the source of pistachio nuts, but they do generate an inedible fruit.
Pistachio trees are native species in Asian locales including China, Taiwan and the Philippines. In the United States, the tree survives between U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 6 through 9. The tree does best placed where it receives full sun, but it will grow in light shade. Pistachio trees withstand hot weather, periods of drought and poor-quality soils. Plant your pistachio seedling from September through November for best results, advises the Texas Agrilife Extension Service. Apply light applications of fertilizer in the spring at regular intervals.
The pistachio features an oval crown, with an average height between 30 to 35 feet. Widths range between 20 and 30 feet. The pistachio trees has a suitable size to serve as a shade tree or a street tree, lining property borders along roadways or driveways. Landscapers use pistachio trees around gardens and as a patio tree.
The compound foliage on the pistachio tree is dark green, but fall colors range from yellow and orange to red. The leaves change color as late as November in some of the cooler regions that support this species; fall color is not nearly as reliable in warmer climates. The leaves feature a main stem up to 10 inches in length. On this axis, between 10 and 12 lance-shaped leaflets grow. They are as long as 4 inches and exude a fragrant aroma when you crush them.
A pistachio tree is either female or male, with the female specimens producing a round, reddish fruit. The red fruits are about ¼-inch wide and they turn blue as they ripen. Wildlife normally leaves the fruit alone, so it remains on the twigs, adding ornamental appeal to the tree. Pistachio trees flower during April. The bark is brownish-gray, but the outer layers peel away, showing an inner layer that's a shade of salmon pink.
The species of pistachio tree that generates the famous pistachio nuts is Pistacia vera. This is a tree of Middle Eastern origin and a very separate type from Pistache chinensis. Its fruits are much larger than those of Pistache chinensis, which resemble peppercorns. The leaves of Pistache vera are compound as well, but there are only three leaflets on each central axis.
Often on their own, pistachio trees develop a good, solid shape. However, in some instances, the tree requires pruning so that its branches have good spacing. Those saplings featuring few branches, or many branches radiating from a small area, need pruning. Prune the top of the sapling to force branches to emerge. After the tree gains age and length, do so again, about 18 to 24 inches above the original pruning site. Repeat as necessary to give your pistachio tree good spacing between its limbs.
The Chinese pistache tree is a beautiful deciduous tree with stunning fall color.. It is an excellent but often overlooked landscaping option.
What Kind of Tree Nuts Grow in Florida?


রঙ্গিলা পিকচার | Rongila Picture | Akassh Sen | Lemis | Rani | Bangla New Song 2019 released in ZS Entertainment.
Akassh Sen & Lemis New Song " রঙ্গিলা পিকচার | Rongila Picture " released in ZS Entertainment.
New Song " রঙ্গিলা পিকচার | Rongila Picture " is bengali Music Video released in ZS Entertainment. This Music Video is released by ZS Entertainment. We also feature all sorts of Music & Music Video, & More feature, etc. join with us !!!.


Special grids are special unique grid elements. You can wrap your regular grids with special grid. This way, you can make amazing changes for your grid. This example will show how you can use special grids to make deeplinking side navigation. Each of these elements are wrapped with special grid.
Your section, your deeplinking, your IDs. You can set your section id, and section side navigation name easily. The ID will also appear as a #hash link at the URL. You can copy a #hash URL and paste it on your browser in new window. This will start the page at that section. Which means, now you can share links of your sections too. Very useful for specific sections to work on.
Full Screen Grids. Yet another unique feature of Rock Page Builder. You can use Full Screen feature of special grids easily. You can set a background color and make this a colored grid as well. Try to display this area on different sizes. It will always match with the screen size. You can also set this as a deeplinking side navigation section.
Another unique feature is the smart timing for deeplinking side navigation. Try to click on the top section. The system will auto calculate the distance and set a longer time. If the distance is small than the time will be faster. No more flashing while using side navigation. Smart timing system will give a nice smooth scroll along with the right timing on unique deeplinking side navigation.


Download Book Flawless Consulting Enhanced Edition A Guide To Getting Your Expertise Used in PDF format. You can Read Online Flawless Consulting Enhanced Edition A Guide To Getting Your Expertise Used here in PDF, EPUB, Mobi or Docx formats.
This Third Edition to Peter Block's Flawless Consulting addresses business changes and new challenges since the second edition was written ten years ago. It tackles the challenges next-generation consultants face, including more guidance on how to ask better questions, dealing with difficult clients, working in an increasingly virtual world, how to cope with complexities in international consulting, case studies, and guidelines on implementation. Also included are illustrative examples and exercises to help you cement the guides offered.
The video enhanced executive edition of How Performance Management is Killing Performance – and What to Do About It was created with the busy leader in mind. Offering targeted information and insight, and with over 26 minutes of videos and animations throughout, Rethinking Performance Management – A Leader's Guide has been adapted from the original edition to focus on only the points that you, as a leader of an organization, need to know. This means it's much shorter than the original with more of a focus on the big picture theory and less on the step-by-step. Most people associate performance management with the annual review, which is universally dreaded by employees, management, and HR professionals alike. In this short guide, author Tamra Chandler lays out the key points of creating a performance management process that is not only tailored to your organization's needs and goals, but that employees will actually embrace. Each of the six condensed chapters include short animations or video featuring Tamra herself to sum up the major takeaways for leaders. For those of us who need to be on the cutting edge of this emerging subject, but don't have as much time as we'd like, Rethinking Performance Management – A Leader's Guide offers the perfect framework to provide insight to the benefits of evolving performance management systems, a process which must be led, championed by the leaders in the organization.
The ninth volume in the Research in Management Consulting (RMC) series—much like the volumes that preceded it—underscores that management consulting is a multifaceted field with a truly eclectic nature. Management consultants range from sole practitioners and those working in small boutique firms to members of global consultancies that literally span the world. Their interventions can consist of relatively simple, commonly available services focused on mid to lower level organizational members, to those that are far more esoteric in nature, providing vital assistance and direction to key players at the upper echelons of the corporate hierarchy. As consultants we can have individuals, groups and work units, or organizations as our "client," and engagements can be dominated by juniorlevel specialists or guided by seniorlevel gurus and advisors. The volume contains 11 chapters that continue the RMC series' commitment to enhancing our understanding of and insight into management consulting and the consulting process from a crosscultural, global perspective. The book is divided into three sections that explore emerging issues and challenges in the management consulting industry, trends and techniques in management consulting interventions, and reflections on consulting and the consulting process. This volume, which captures the dual nature—possibilities and challenges — associated with management consulting, adds to the Janusfaced portrayal of the field. Drawing on the interplay between practice and scholarship, the volume adds to the series goal of gaining a fuller understanding of management consulting theory in practice and practice in context in a quest for actionable knowledge about consultants, consultancies and the consulting process.
The traditional model of consulting places an emphasis on diagnosing a problem and finding a cure. But in today's business world of globalized organizations, rapid knowledge proliferation, and the intertwining of economies, that approach is becoming less and less viable; problems are quickly redefined, new knowledge (and ownership of that knowledge) is constantly surfacing and being challenged, and no solution is a permanent solution. Consulting in Uncertainty articulates a model of consulting that addresses the uncertainty and interconnectedness of the world in a post-industrial, knowledge era. Emphasizing outcomes and inquiry over 'diagnosis', Brooks and Edwards outline this new consulting model, as well as the skills consultants must bring to the table in any uncertain and dynamic environment. Integrating practical knowledge with scholarship, this book covers skills such as: Relational skills and the consulting relationship Cultural awareness and related skills Contextual analysis Facilitating inquiry Collecting and efficiently analyzing data or information Consultants and students of consulting, as well as managers, teachers, counselors, and even parents, will find this book enlightening and useful in navigating today's uncertain world.


text:
Association of American Boyers, Inc.
Memorial Lists
Upcoming Reunions
Past Reunions
7th Edition Index
Memorabilia Project
Boyer Music
Boyer Patents
Military Boyers
Reunion Media Project
The Association has a large volume of interesting and useful information gathered over the years. Until recently much of it has existed in various forms of ephemera which has not been digitized due to time constraints. With concerns that some of this could be lost to time we are making an effort to rectify this situation. Watch for changes in the News section of our site for updates on what has been added.
Our Resources contains a number of subsections which are briefly summarized here, but more detail can be found when visiting each section.
Books – Information on past and current editions of "American Boyers"
Newsletters – Information on past mailers and newsletters of the Association
Memorial Lists – Information on past published memorial lists of the Association
Gallery – A variety of media from various sources including reunions. For now it is pictures, but plans are in place for audio and video resources in the future.
External Links – The Association website contains links to other websites that may be of assistance in your genealogical research. Those websites are not maintained or controlled by us, and the Association is not responsible for the content of those websites.
amboyers@americanboyers.org
Jefferson, MD 21755
2022 Reunion May 16, 2022
2021 Reunion April 6, 2021
2020 Reunion May 4, 2020
Our New Website May 4, 2020
Volume 8 and Indices Status May 4, 2020
© 2023 | Association of American Boyers, Inc. | Powered by Astra WordPress Theme | Terms & Conditions | Colophon


Well I had been planing an adventure up the Wilberforce Valley to the Moa hut which is a private hut on Mt Algidus Station land for a while. I had got permission a couple of weeks ago and made the decision to take Ryan on the adventure into the wilderness with me.
Check out the view looking east from the hut.
We drove up the valley in the trusty 80 series VX Landcruiser which made the journey simple despite its challenging bits. Getting across the Wilberforce River that far up can get a bit lumpy (big rocks). The intent was to get there mid afternoon in time for an evening hunt. We went for a walk to see what we could see and then settled in what we thought would be a nice spot to see some animals walk out for the evening grazing. Not to be unfortunately so back to the hut to get the fire going and enjoy some dinner.
We had some rain that night but the hut kept us warm and dry, (well the hut kept us dry and the sleeping bags kept us warm!!) It was a bit nippy.
The next morning the plan was to do the same, go back to a spot we thought we be good to see animals emerge from the bush and then once that didn't work we went for a walk further up the valley.
On this occasion the deer well and truly outsmarted us (probably not too hard to do really as i'm a very amateur hunter at the best of times). We packed up and headed for home with no venison but it was still good solid adventure in some great wilderness.
Are you keen to follow our adventures?
Enter your email address below and you won't miss a thing.
Life, food, coupons, and good times all rolled into one.


On the occasion of the centenary of the French Football Federation, an exhibition at the Institut du monde arabe FFF: 100 years of passion and emotion, highlights the evolution in one century of the most popular sport in the world from April 10 to May 25, 2019. The exhibition combined with the event "Foot et Monde arabe" complete panorama of the history of the FFF since its beginnings with its various protagonists over the century. We find great football figures like Jules Rimet, Henri Delaunay, excerpts of the famous talks of Albert Batteux or other coaches as illustrious as Michel Hidalgo or Aimé Jacquet. All these personalities have made their mark on the history of football and played a vital role in their time to participate in the development of football in France and worldwide. We find exposed iconic objects in the history of football as Zinédine Zidane's shoes, the trophy of Raymond Kopa's Ballon d'Or France Football, or a jersey by Kylian Mbappé. All these documents and historical objects from the FFF archives are for many exhibited for the first time.


The European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT), which will be 42 meters in diameter, will definitively be sited on the Cerro Armazones, 130 kilometers south-east of Antofagasta, positioning Chile as a world leader in astronomy.
The Council of the European Southern Observatory (ESO) chose Chile as the place to build the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT), which, with a diameter of 42 meters, will be the largest ever built. This gigantic astronomical complex will be sited on the Cerro Armazones mountain, 130 kilometers south-east of the city of Antofagasta.
Thus, the Chilean project beat the Spanish offer, which proposed siting the E-ELT on Roque de los Muchachos, in La Palma, Canary Islands. Massimo Tarenghi, representative of the European Southern Observatory in Chile, explained that the decision had been made "on a scientific and technical basis, to situate the best telescope in the world in the best place in the world".
Armazones is a 3,060-meter-high mountain in the central part of the Atacama Desert in Chile, located around 130 kilometers south-east of Antofagasta and some 20 kilometers away from Cerro Paranal, the home of ESO's Very Large Telescope.
The selection criteria for the siting were the "astronomic quality" of the atmosphere, i.e., factors such as the number of clear nights, the amount of water vapor and the stability of the climate, in addition to other parameters such as construction and operating costs and the scientific and operational synergies with other major installations.
"The Council concluded that the main motivation for deciding upon the siting of the E-ELT should be the scientific quality of the location. The scientific quality of Cerro Armazones and the positive impact on the future scientific leadership of ESO that will occur by situating the E-ELT in Chile are sufficiently strong to counterbalance the very substantial offer made by Spain", stated Tim de Zeeuw, director general of the European organization.
ESO's next step will be to begin to build the telescope in the course of 2011. This will be an optical-infrared observatory with a primary mirror measuring 42 meters in diameter. The E-ELT, "the new great window of the Earth to observe the universe", according to Tarenghi, will be the only telescope of its kind at a world level due to its gigantic dimensions, and will address many of the still-unresolved questions in astronomy, such as, very importantly, whether life exists on other planets.
The total investment necessary to put the E-ELT into action is estimated at close to 1.3 billion dollars, and will also require funding of 60 million dollars per year plus the cost of around 700 workers.
Ten percent of the observation time at the E-ELT will be granted to Chilean universities, thus giving students of astronomy in the country a tremendous advantage. The students will also have free access to all the data obtained at the astronomical complex.
Thanks to the construction of the E-ELT, Chile will concentrate no less than 60% of world's cosmic observation, and will consolidate the country's position as the main astronomical pole on earth.
Other projects under construction are the Large Synoptic Study Telescope (LSST) that will be built in the Region of Coquimbo prior to 2017, which is considered to be "the largest photographic camera" in the world; the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT), which is scheduled to be installed by 2018 in Atacama, and finally, the largest radio-astronomical project in the world, ALMA (also part of ESO) that is already being built in the Chajnantor plain in the Second Region, which will be operative in 2012 and is projected to observe the vestiges of the Big Bang radiations.
This scientific infrastructure is due to the good conditions the Chilean skies offer for observing the cosmos. The country currently owns more than a third of the existing area for capturing the light originating in stars, planets or galaxies on the far side of the universe, a term known in astronomy as photon collection.
In addition, according to astronomical studies published by local scientists and scientific magazines covering the field, Chile is among the 12 pioneering countries in the world in research of this type.
The director of Science, Technology, Energy and Innovation of the Chilean Chancery (DECYTI), Gabriel Rodríguez, spoke of the intention of adding Brazil as a partner in this gigantic project, which will position Chile as a pole of scientific development in Latin America. "This is a huge possibility for Latin American countries – for Brazil, which was interested in becoming a partner in this project if it was developed in Chile, and also for other countries such as Argentina and Mexico", he indicated.
The official also stated that the construction of the largest telescope in the world gives Chile a special status. "This is a national project that positions Chile not only as the location with the best skies but also as a platform for astronomical services vis-à-vis the rest of the world. Chile is a country that is in a leading position, capable of developing this type of international alliances, offering the best conditions".


text:
//
// This file was generated by the JavaTM Architecture for XML Binding(JAXB) Reference Implementation, vJAXB 2.1.10 in JDK 6
// See http://java.sun.com/xml/jaxb
// Any modifications to this file will be lost upon recompilation of the source schema.
// Generated on: 2014.12.23 at 02:06:11 PM CET
//

package org.openntf.base.jaxb.dxl;

import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlEnum;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlEnumValue;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlType;

/**
 *
Java class for numberformat.preferences.
 *
 *
The following schema fragment specifies the expected content contained within this class.
 *

 *

 * <simpleType name="numberformat.preferences">
 *   <restriction base="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string">
 *     <enumeration value="usersetting"/>
 *     <enumeration value="custom"/>
 *   </restriction>
 * </simpleType>
 *

 *
 */
@XmlType(name = "numberformat.preferences", namespace = "http://www.lotus.com/dxl")
@XmlEnum
public enum NumberformatPreferences {

    @XmlEnumValue("usersetting")
    USERSETTING("usersetting"),
    @XmlEnumValue("custom")
    CUSTOM("custom");
    private final String value;

    NumberformatPreferences(String v) {
        value = v;
    }

    public String value() {
        return value;
    }

    public static NumberformatPreferences fromValue(String v) {
        for (NumberformatPreferences c: NumberformatPreferences.values()) {
            if (c.value.equals(v)) {
                return c;
            }
        }
        throw new IllegalArgumentException(v);
    }

}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Emmanuel popularly known as "Bisi Manuel" releases his brand new song, titled: "Bina Banjo".
The song 'Bina Banjo' is a classic track that will definitely bless you all.
new sound this generation feeds on.
currently an Academic Staff at Federal University of Technology, Akure.


text:
Translations at a Crossroad
Just a few days back I met a family of three; mother, father and a five-year-old girl. The father was Bengali and the mother non-Bengali. During the course of the evening the parents sat separated by some distance. The curious little child first asks her baba a question and he obliges her with an answer. I decided to follow her and see what she does next. As expected, she ran up to her mother and had a word with her. She went back to her father again with the outcome of her discussion with her mummy. The behavior cannot be considered to be unusual in any way. But, what interest me was how she effortlessly not only switched languages but also translated the content. Barrier of languages is now a thing of the past as translations have become a part and parcel of not just the mode of speech, but also movies, books and even music. Translation, thus, has become a very important enabler of communication.
In continuation to the previous article on translations by Archana Ramachandran, which spoke about the growing political and governmental keenness to promote the art of translations and the way ahead, there is dire need to also give credit to the other activities, which simultaneously, have being helping in the 360-degree reinforcement of translational activities.
Translation can be seen as a cultural activity, which is gaining the academic appreciation and the literary credibility and significance over the years. This is only natural, given that the term globalization has now come way to becoming a reason for the interlink and interdependence between various economies, culture, and even ethnicity. Cross fertilization of cultures all across the world, as a fortunate outcome of globalization, made world literature appeal to human curiosity. Thus came the concept of world literature. Translations and multilingualism, seems to have made 'world literature' a much wider concept, than just another term in the vocabulary of the intellectuals.
At a point of time, translations seemed to be unidirectional and myopic in nature. But, now the asymmetry is being challenged and the voracious readers of the world seem to have got caught up in the maelstrom of literature. When Gayatri Spivak translated Mahashweta Devi and when Philip Gabriel translated Murakami, it brought forth a whole new readership for the authors, which otherwise would have been limited to Bangla and Japanese respectively. Were it not for the surge in translations, Márquez, Murakami, Tagore, Munro, Pamuk, Neruda and many more would have been out of our reach.
Today, translations, which used to make up a minuscule portion of the publishing portfolio, have come a long way to becoming a mainstay for many publishing houses all over the world. Even though, much remains to be done for translations and translators, we cannot deny that the biggest of fires start from the smallest of flames. And the direction of the wind is responsible for the direction of fire: annihilation or revitalization. For translations, the wind has started blowing as the governments of the world, along with publishing houses of all shapes and sizes, pursue translations directly as well as through bridge languages; the translated works are now gaining traction.
In all seriousness of purpose, translation studies, abroad as well as India, is an independent and evolving discipline. It doesn't treat translations as just another subject but as a transfer of culture. Translation studies is an intermediary which embraces history, anthropology, social sciences, ethnography and many such discipline together to understand how a text is decoded from its original language and re-coded in target language. In India, it was only in the nineteenth century translation became a significant intellectual issue given the need for realization of multilingual and multiethnic nature to 'imagining a nation'. The questions pertaining to the regional and linguistic identities became prominent during the process of linguistic reorganization of states. Each language needs a different approach of translation, as it isn't limited to only linguistic and literary but cultural conveyance. Now that, it has already been understood that translation studies are required, the present situation is looking up, given the courses given in several universities including IGNOU, JNU, DU and Jadavpur Univerity in India. Similar small term courses, like the National Translation Mission (NTM) scheme under the Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), to translate knowledge-texts into 22 languages in the 8th Schedule of the Constitution of India, in order to modernize indigenous languages and democratize knowledge. Thus, it is no doubt that the quality of the translations and the dexterity of their purveyors are scaling newer heights.
However, the economics of translations still remains unviable to pursue translation as a full-time vocation. They are highly passionate beings. With their day jobs they pay their bills but wield the pen by the night to fuel their passions. Translators still cannot dream of living off their earnings just yet. However, now translation prizes could be a game changer.
There are many awards given to authors, but very few to translators. The newly evolved Man Booker International Prize, which is awarded annually for a work of fiction, translated into English gives 50,000 GBP to be shared between the translator as well as the author. Even the shortlisted duo gets 1000 GBP. This has globally brought the translations from the circumference to the eye of the maelstrom. The 2016 prize declared two months back, brought South Korean author Han Kang's 'The Vegetarian' on the wish list of many readers all across the globe. Thanks to Kang's translator Deborah Smith, the book can be read all across the world and is not limited to the domestic boundary.
Back home, pre-eminent among prizes are the Hindu Prize for translation and the Crossword Book Award for the best 'Book in Translation' which give these magicians, Rs 5,00,000 and Rs 3,00,000, a small amount for their work, but the recognition they absolutely deserve. But, the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize have been around for several decades and have painstakingly selected the best works from over 22 languages. The translation award by Muse India, even though lesser known, nonetheless, is of great prestige for young authors and their translators.
Another major local literary award in fiction, the DSC South Asia Literature Prize treats English translations with the same regard as it does for original works in English. The breakdown of the parity is music to the ears to many a translator, as this is what every stakeholder in translated works aspires for. The gap between the critically acclaimed and popular needs to be narrowed down, so that at least awareness can increase in the short run if not the sales, thus renewing the enthusiasm of many talented indigenous translators.
The new direction for translations, given the several aggressive initiatives taken by government bodies across the world, along with the awakening of the media and of readers is a sign that we need to keep moving forward. The fate of translations is in the hands of publishers, translators and other aficionados. Ghalib had written,
"Hathoon key lakiroon pay matt jaa ae Ghalib,
Naseeb unkay bhi hotay hain jinkaay haath nahi hotay ... "
This aptly describes the current situation. When translated it reads thus:
"Don't go by the lines on the palm of hand Ghalib,
Luck is bestowed even on those who don't have hands…"
Trisha Niyogi | 04-Sep-2016


I became a librarian in 2007, as a technological expert with a PhD in English/Media Studies (video games). I became a librarian because I learned through my work in grad school that I could leverage technology to enable access, community building, mutual aid, and true collaboration, which I love. I didn't have the same words then, and I couldn't even say what this work should exactly mean.
In 2007, I met the Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC), which was founded years prior to enable capacity and community building, while developing a digital library for access and preservation founded on principles of shared goverance, mutual aid, and polycentric practices. This was the work I wanted to do with my life; I had my calling and I just needed to figure out how to do it. In 2007, dLOC was grant-funded, a project without certainty. The most important grant of my life was the second dLOC grant, blessedly awarded in 2009, which enabled dLOC to move from project to program.
I've had many grants since, so many projects, and so much wonderful work with a wonderful and beloved community. We've all worked so hard with so few resources to enable access, support preservation, curate digital materials, build upon these resources, and to build new resources, communities, and each other together.
Today, dLOC has over 3 million pages (files of all types, audio, data sets, etc), making it the world's largest collection of Caribbean Open Access resources. With the award from CLIR, over 800,000 pages of historical newspapers will be added. These are newspapers only in microfilm, often with only 1 copy in the world, and often with metadata that includes the title, nothing more. The microfilm was done for preservation, with records to be done as resources allowed, and resources are now in place. Right now, you can't find these film reels in central databases like WorldCat (or even in local catalogs unless you know they're there, and then it's not easy, if it can be done). These are truly hidden collections, and now they'll be alive and shared in the world, and they will transform the quantity of Caribbean materials available online to such a scale that it will be a change in kind.
Thanks to all who made this possible, and to all who will be together with us in the future!
Next Post: Brief Notes from Roopika Risam's fantastic book: New Digital Worlds: Postcolonial Digital Humanities in Theory, Praxis, and Pedagogy.


text: Computer Vision assignment for EGB339 at QUT.


FS Premium Imported Decubitus Mattress is having 130 individual bubble cells for maximum comfort and effectiveness. Quiet pump technology alternately inflates and deflates the pads air cells. 4 LPM (Liters per Minute) pump produces consistent air flow and pressure. 5-Minute cycle time. Easy to change filter. Variable Pressure setting on Deluxe Pump allows comfort setting for maximum results. Bubble pad design provides superior therapeutic treatment. Built in bracket for mounting easily to bed. Pad is made of long lasting durable heavy gauge premium vinyl. 1 Year Warranty on the pump.
130 individual bubble cells and quiet pump technology alternately inflates and deflates the air cells for maximum comfort and effectiveness.
Pump produces 4 LPM of consistent air flow and pressure over a 5 minute cycle time.


text:
By Mark Hulsether Politics/Law February 10, 2009
Hate Crimes Update—Killing "Liberal Vermin" in Tennessee
Facebook31Tweet
Last July there was a brief splash of media attention on the town where I live—Knoxville, Tennessee—because a local man named Jim David Adkisson walked into the Sunday worship of the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church (TVUUC), which on this day featured a play performed by its children. He opened fire, killing two people and wounding several more. He told police that he did this because he "wanted to kill liberals," and the TVUUC had a reputation as one of Knoxville's key gathering places for people who are liberal either in a theological or political sense.
In the past week the story has returned to the news here in Knoxville, and—since the national media has not picked up the story, at least as I write on February 10—it may be useful to update readers of RD. Yesterday Adkisson appeared in Knox County Criminal Court. His lawyers had arranged for him to plead insanity, but he chose to plead guilty to murder. The deal includes him serving a life sentence without parole. The overall impression is a complete lack of remorse—almost a continuing pride—in what he did.
Especially noteworthy is that Adkisson released to the Knoxville News-Sentinel the full text of a four page handwritten letter—variously described as his suicide note or manifesto. In the past the police had talked about it only in general terms. This document (available here) is sobering reading.
It has four parts. The first begins with Adkisson talking about his frustration at being unemployed, but quickly turns to fairly standard "hate-radio" rhetoric against liberal Democrats, such as one might hear from Ann Coulter or Rush Limbaugh. (Police reported earlier that they found Savage's book Liberalism is a Mental Health Disorder in his apartment.) A sample: "[Democrats] are all a bunch of traitors…Liberals have attacked every major institution that made America great." Also: "I've always wondered why I was put on the earth….lately I've been feeling helpless in our war on terrorism. But I realized I could engage the terrorists' allies here in America. The best allies they've got."
A second section turns to the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist church, which Adkisson describes as a "cult" that "worships the God of Secularism" and a "den of un-American vipers." He accuses the church of elitism and hypocrisy (as when it accepts "perverts" but hates conservatives) and asks "how is a white woman having a niger [sic.] baby progress?" This section ends with the words "environmental nuts have to be stopped."
Next comes a page entitled "Know This if Nothing Else," with three bullet points: First, "This was a hate Crime" and second, "This was a Political Protest." Here he returns to a sweeping attack on Democrats in Washington, including "liberal Supreme Court Justices" and "Osama Hussein Obama"—a "radical leftist" who "looks like Curious George." Finally, "This was a Symbolic Killing." Adkisson states that "I wanted to kill every Democrat in the Senate" and other such places, as well as "everyone in the Mainstream Media"—but since "I couldn't get to the generals and high ranking officers…so I went after the foot soldiers, the chickenshit liberals that vote in these traitorous people."
Even after all this, Adkisson's final section is easily the most disturbing, and I recommend reading it in the context of books like Thomas Frank's What's the Matter With Kansas? or Joe Bageant's more recent book Deer Hunting With Jesus—books which analyze not solely the discourse of hatred and blame in a mindset like Adkisson's, but also the sources of despair and rage that help to fuel it before it is channeled into hatred. Adkisson concludes as follows.
No one gets out of this world alive so I've chosen to skip the bad years of poverty. I know my life is going downhill fast…So I thought I'd do something good for this Country and kill Democrats 'til the cops kill me…Liberals are a pest like termites… the only way we can rid ourselves of this evil is kill them in the streets…I'd like to encourage other like-minded people to do what I've done. If life ain't worth living anymore, don't just kill yourself… kill liberals. Tell the cop that killed me that I said, 'Thanks, I needed that.'
I understand why the Knoxville police have largely tried to soft-pedal this sort of rhetoric and why Adkisson's decision to release it to the press could, in certain contexts at least, do more harm than good. But now it has been released, and (one guesses) may soon be circulating more widely. Thus it is time to look at it squarely and soberly— both the pain and despair (and apparently sincere patriotism) underlying the manifesto, as well as its sensationally hateful, twisted, and violent ideas. It is time for people from across the political spectrum—not only liberals but also sincere people on the right, as well as people in the mainstream media who too-often enable the far right— to use today's news as a wake-up call. Discourses that demonize "liberalism" and/or treat such demonizing as a harmless joke (as when Ann Coulter called for terrorists to bomb the New York Times building) seem even less funny today than they did yesterday.
adkissonhate crimesknoxvillesociopathunited church of christ
Mark Hulsether
Mark Hulsether is Professor of Religious Studies and American Studies at the University of Tennessee and the father of Lucia Hulsether. His most recent book is Religion, Culture and Politics in the Twentieth Century United States (Columbia University Press, 2007).
Latest Posts By Mark Hulsether
Rumors of the Suicide of the Liberal Church Are Exaggerated: A Response to Chris Hedges
The Mother of Christian Feminist Ethics, Beverly Wildung Harrison: 1932–2012
Trayvon Martin and American Exceptionalism
Previous articleArguing Identity: Race, Religion, and Beyond
Next articleDon't Ignore Lies About Economic Stimulus, Religious Freedom
Don't Discount Evangelicalism as a Factor in Racist Murder of Asian Spa Workers in Georgia
Rev. Rob Lee Lost Congregation For His Anti-Racism Speech: Here's Why He Should Have Packed His Bags First
Judy Shepard Takes on ADF: Stop "Exploiting Children In the Name of Hate"