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Israeli Drive to Prevent Jewish Girls Dating Arabs
Information Clearing House 28 Settembre 2009
NAZARETH : A local authority in Israel has announced that it is establishing a special team of youth counsellors and psychologists whose job it will be to identify young Jewish women who are dating Arab men and "rescue" them.
The move by the municipality of Petah Tikva, a city close to Tel Aviv, is the latest in a series of separate – and little discussed – initiatives from official bodies, rabbis, private organisations and groups of Israeli residents to try to prevent interracial dating and marriage.
In a related development, the Israeli media reported this month that residents of Pisgat Zeev, a large Jewish settlement in the midst of Palestinian neighbourhoods in East Jerusalem, had formed a vigilante-style patrol to stop Arab men from mixing with local Jewish girls.
Hostility to intimate relationships developing across Israel's ethnic divide is shared by many Israeli Jews, who regard such behaviour as a threat to the state's Jewishness. One of the few polls on the subject, in 2007, found that more than half of Israeli Jews believed intermarriage should be equated with "national treason".
Since the state's founding in 1948, analysts have noted, a series of legal and administrative measures have been taken by Israel to limit the possibilities of close links developing between Jewish and Arab citizens, the latter comprising a fifth of the population.
Largely segregated communities and separate education systems mean that there are few opportunities for young Arabs and Jews to become familiarised with each other. Even in the handful of "mixed cities", Arab residents are usually confined to separate neighbourhoods.
In addition, civil marriage is banned in Israel, meaning that in the small number of cases where Jews and Arabs want to wed, they can do so only by leaving the country for a ceremony abroad. The marriage is recognised on the couple's return.
Dr Yuval Yonay, a sociologist at Haifa University, said the number of interracial marriages was "too small to be studied". "Separation between Jews and Arabs is so ingrained in Israeli society, it is surprising that anyone manages to escape these central controls."
The team in Petah Tikva, a Jewish city of 200,000 residents, was created in direct response to news that two Jewish girls, aged 17 and 19, were accompanying a group of young Arab men when they allegedly beat a Jewish man, Leonard Karp, to death last month on a Tel Aviv beach. The older girl was from Petah Tikva.
The girls' involvement with the Arab youths has revived general concern that a once-firm taboo against interracial dating is beginning to erode among some young people.
In sentiments widely shared, Mr Hakak, a spokesman for Petah Tikva municipality, said "Russian girls", young Jewish women whose parents arrived in Israel over the past two decades, since the former Soviet Union collapsed, were particularly vulnerable to the attention of Arab men.
Dr Yonay said Russian women were less closed to the idea of relationships with Arab men because they "did not undergo the religious and Zionist education" to which more established Israeli Jews were subject.
Mr Hakak said the municipality had created a hotline that parents and friends of the Jewish women could use to inform on them.
"We can't tell the girls what to do but we can send a psychologist to their home to offer them and their parents advice," he said.
Motti Zaft, the deputy mayor, told the Ynet website that the municipality was also cracking down on city homeowners who illegally subdivide apartments to rent them cheaply to single Arab men looking for work in the Tel Aviv area. He estimated that several hundred Arab men had moved into the city as a result.
Petah Tikva's hostility to Arab men mixing with local Jewish women is shared by other communities.
In Pisgat Zeev, a settlement of 40,000 Jews, some 35 Jewish men are reported to belong to a patrol known as "Fire for Judaism" that tries to stop interracial dating.
Unusually for a settlement, Pisgat Zeev has attracted a tiny but growing population of Arab families, both from East Jerusalem and from inside Israel. Because Pisgat Zeev sits within Jerusalem's municipal borders, Arabs with Israeli residency rights can live there as long as Jewish settlers are willing to rent to them.
One member, who identified himself as Moshe to the Jerusalem Post newspaper, said: "Our goal is to be in contact with these girls and try to explain to them the dangers of what they're getting themselves into. In the last 10 years, 60 girls from Pisgat Zeev have gone into [Palestinian] villages [in the West Bank]. And most of them aren't heard from after that."
He denied that violence or threats were used against Arab men.
Last year, the municipality of Kiryat Gat, a town of 50,000 Jews in southern Israel, launched a programme in schools to warn Jewish girls of the dangers of dating local Bedouin men. The girls were shown a video titled Sleeping with the Enemy, which describes mixed couples as an "unnatural phenomenon".
Haim Shalom, head of the municipality's welfare department, is filmed saying: "The girls, in their innocence, go with the exploitative Arab."
In 2004, posters sprang up all over the northern town of Safed warning Jewish women that dating Arab men would lead to "beatings, hard drugs, prostitution and crime".
Safed's chief rabbi, Shmuel Eliyahu, told a local newspaper that the "seducing" of Jewish girls was "another form of war" by Arab men.
Both Kiryat Gat and Safed's campaigns were supported by a religious organisation called Yad L'achim, which runs an anti-assimilation team publicly dedicated to "saving" Jewish women.
According to its website, the organisation receives more than 100 calls a month about Jewish women living with Arab men, both in Israel and the West Bank. It launches "military-like rescues [of the women] from hostile Arab villages" in co-ordination with the police and army.
"The Jewish soul is a precious, all-too-rare resource, and we are not prepared to give up on even a single one," says the website.
By Jonathan Cook
Source > Information Clearing House | sept 25


Latoya Shand and Kyle O'Brien with Caplin scholarship committee members.
David Caplin made his presence felt in this world. The Huntington High School Class of 1974 member was successful in business and later found time to coach cross country and track and field. He passed away after a 13 year battle with cancer, but he never forgot his alma mater.
A nine-time letter winner at Robert L. Simpson Junior High School and Huntington High School, Mr. Caplin was a National Honor Society member and Regent's scholarship recipient as a senior. He went on to graduate from SUNY Binghamton.
Mr. Caplin passed away at home surrounded by his family and friends in September 2014. A group of his Huntington classmates presented a pair of memorial scholarships in his honor at the 48th annual Blue Devil senior athletic awards banquet in Louis D. Giani Gymnasium in June.
Huntington track stars Latoya Shand and Kyle O'Brien were the recipients of the first David Caplin Memorial Scholarships for Leadership and Mentorship in Sports. Class of 1974 members Eline Maxwell, Bill Walsh and Jim Logan were on hand for the presentation of the $500 awards, which was made before a crowd of 330.
While recipients do not need to be at the top of their class, they should have a grade point average of 3.0 or above and be grounded and thoughtful, on and off the playing field.
The scholarship committee prefers to honor students who have excelled in cross country and track and field running events.
Dedication to the sport of running as evidenced by multiple years of activity.
Recipients should be kind and compassionate in their nature, especially toward teammates of lesser talents and generous with their time.
Recipients should exhibit leadership by always working for the advancement of the team rather than individual glory.
Ms. Shand is headed to Binghamton University, where she plans to run on the Bearcats track and field team. She said her "supportive parents" handed to her "the keys to success." A member of several academic honor societies, the teenager earned All-County and All-State honors with the Blue Devil track squad.
Responsible, independent and driven, Ms. Shand enjoyed many close friendships at Huntington High School and thoroughly enjoyed participating in such activities as float night, the K-Factor talent show and Relay For Life. A track team captain and Academic All-County honoree, she enjoys "branching out and meeting new people." She ran on the Blue Devil winter and spring track teams.
Ms. O'Brien will be attending SUNY Maritime College, where he intends to run on the cross country team. A Natural Helper, he also participated in a trip to China, broadening his horizons. The teenager compiled a sensational academic record over the past four years and surrounded himself with supportive teachers and friends.
Vice president of the orchestra committee and a member of the National Honor Society, Mr. O'Brien advanced to the Long Island regional finals in the National History Day competition as a sophomore.
Huntington's Latoya Shand and Kyle O'Brien hold framed Caplin scholarship certificates.


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Drugs that treat epilepsy, depression linked to suicide
By Anne Harding, Health.com
Suicidal thinking and acts are "very, very rare," says Carl Bazil, MD, a professor of clinical neurology.
Study: Antiseizure drugs associated with higher risk of suicide and violent death
Researchers looked at prescription data for 13 different anticonvulsants from health plans
"Be cautious about the risks versus the benefits," doctor says
(Health.com) -- Some antiseizure drugs used to treat epilepsy as well as depression, chronic pain, migraine, bipolar disorder, and other conditions are associated with a higher risk of suicide and violent death than other drugs in the same class, according to a new study.
Experts caution that patients should not stop taking the drugs -- gabapentin (Neurontin), lamotrigine (Lamictal), oxcarbazepine (Trileptal), tiagabine (Gabitril), and valproate (Depakote) -- without their doctor's permission.
It's still not clear whether these risks are related to the drugs themselves or to underlying mood problems.
Suicidal thinking and acts are "very, very rare," says Carl Bazil, MD, a professor of clinical neurology and the director of the Columbia Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, in New York City.
"The vast majority of patients do not have anything like that." Dr. Bazil was not involved in the research.
The study, published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association, echoes a 2008 review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that found that taking anticonvulsants (as this class of drugs is known) roughly doubled the risk of suicidal thoughts and suicide attempts, although the absolute risk remained small -- less than half of 1 percent.
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According to the FDA analysis, which included 11 anticonvulsants, the risk that a person taking those drugs would exhibit suicidal behavior or have suicidal thoughts was about 1 in 230, compared to about 1 in 450 in people taking a placebo, the FDA found.
As a result, the FDA required that the label of all anticonvulsants carry a warning about this increased risk. (The agency stopped short of requiring a so-called black box warning similar to those found on the labels of other antidepressant drugs, however.)
The use of anticonvulsants has risen in recent years, among adults as well as children and teens. Doctors are increasingly prescribing the drugs off-label, meaning the drugs are not officially approved by the FDA for that condition.
In the new study, a team of researchers led by Elisabetta Patorno, MD, a research fellow at Brigham and Women's Hospital, in Boston, looked at prescription data for 13 different anticonvulsants from health plans across the country and compared them to federal death records and data on emergency room visits and hospitalizations.
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Of more than 2 million prescriptions filled in the five-year study period, the researchers looked at 297,620 new prescriptions. Among people who received the drugs, there were 801 suicide attempts, 26 suicides, and 41 violent deaths. (The researchers did not track suicidal thoughts, as did many of the trials considered by the FDA.)
Unlike the FDA report, which looked at the class of drugs as a whole, Dr. Patorno and her colleagues analyzed the risk of suicidal behavior associated with specific drugs. They compared the drugs to one in the class -- topiramate (Topamax) -- because it is widely used and prescribed for a range of conditions.
The risk of completed or attempted suicide among people taking tiagabine was 2.5 times greater than it was among those taking topiramate, while the risk among people taking oxcarbazepine was twice as great, the study found. The risk of completed or attempted suicide was also higher among people taking lamotrigine, valproate, or gabapentin, compared to topiramate.
In all, 5 of the 12 drugs compared with topiramate were found to increase the risk of suicidal behavior.
Although they are often considered as a class, anticonvulsants in fact have varied mechanisms and effects, says Andres M. Kanner, MD, a professor of neurological sciences and psychiatry at Rush Medical College, in Chicago. Valproate and lamotrigine tend to stabilize mood, for instance, while pregabalin (Lyrica) -- which was not found to increase suicide risk in the study -- has antianxiety effects, he says.
"These drugs definitely are being used more and more by psychiatrists to treat patients with a variety of psychiatric disorders, but primarily mood and anxiety disorders," says Dr. Kanner.
Because having a mental illness such as bipolar disorder or depression is, by far, the biggest predictor of suicide, Dr. Patorno and her colleagues factored the patient's diagnosis (and a range of other health variables) into their analysis. The results "argue that the risk was derived from the specific drug that the patient was taking and not their underlying conditions," Dr. Patorno says.
If she were taking one of the riskier medications herself, Dr. Patorno adds, she "would probably re-evaluate the therapy" in consultation with her physician.
But the study has some important limitations, Dr. Kanner says. For one thing, he explains, topiramate -- which is most commonly prescribed for migraine -- is known to worsen some psychiatric conditions and many doctors won't prescribe it to patients with a personal or family history of mental illness.
Therefore, the comparison group may have already been at lower risk of suicidal thoughts or attempts, he says.
Dr. Kanner also notes that health conditions such as depression and epilepsy, which sometimes overlap, can combine to affect suicide risk in ways that may have eluded the researchers' models. "You're dealing with a very complex interaction," he says. "To just attribute [the increased risk] to antiepileptic medication doesn't explain the facts properly."
Pinpointing whether anticonvulsants boost suicide risk in and of themselves will likely require a study that follows people over time, rather than one that looks back at previous treatment, as the current investigation did, Dr. Kanner adds.
According to Dr. Bazil, another limitation of the study is that Dr. Patorno and her team used standardized insurance-billing codes to determine a patient's diagnosis.
These codes can be imprecise, Dr. Bazil says, and doctors who suspect that a patient has (or is at risk for) depression may decide to prescribe one anticonvulsant versus another for that reason, without necessarily listing the billing code for depression in the patient's file.
Dr. Kanner emphasizes that patients who are currently taking the drugs for any reason should not stop taking them without consulting their doctor, and that patients should also tell their doctor if they have a history of mental illness or if it runs in their family. "Very often clinicians will not inquire about these issues, and that's where things get lost," he says.
People taking the drugs should tell their doctor if they begin to feel depressed, or have thoughts of suicide, says Dr. Bazil, but patients should not be overly alarmed by the study.
"The main thing is to be cautious about the risks versus the benefits," he says. "In my mind, you have to keep it in perspective. There may be an increased risk of suicidal ideation, [but] most of these patients have tremendous benefits from the drugs."
The study was funded by the Harvard School of Public Health and HealthCore, a research subsidiary of WellPoint, a health benefits company that serves the Blue Cross Blue Shield network.
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Section 35 is a Massachusetts General Law that allows a judge to "involuntarily commit someone whose alcohol or drug use puts themselves, or others, at risk."
The law allows for the individual to be put into an inpatient substance abuse program for up to 90 days, but the level of commitment and the location of treatment varies. The section allows families and/or the judge to choose a licensed treatment facility. If no beds are available, the individual might be sent to the Massachusetts Alcohol and Substance Abuse Center in Plymouth, or a separate unit at a correctional facility.
According to Massachusetts law, an individual who is mentally ill or suffers from addiction can only be committed if he is likely to hurt or kill himself or others. Statements from family or friends, police and mental health professionals can be used as evidence to this effect.
Family members seeking help for their son, daughter, or other relative may file a petition for an order of commitment, submitting evidence along with the petition. Commitment petitions or forms are available at local court houses throughout Massachusetts.
Lynn Iadicola, a member of Partners for a Healthier Community's Substance Abuse Task Force with some painful experiences helping a love one who was addicted, explains, " I consider the section to be the route that many families or friends of addicts take when their at their wit's end. It's a last resort. One hopes a person doesn't get to the point where there is no other choice in order to save their life."
Stephanie Perry, a registered nurse and addiction specialist based in the emergency room at St. Anne's Hospital, and co-chair of Partners' Substance Abuse Task Force, encounters family members frequently at the hospital and through the home visits conducted by Project Re-Connect to make contact with people who have overdosed. "Section 35 is a tool we can suggest to families that have tried everything else. I see their desperation and know how hard it is for them to see their loved ones struggle. These decisions are not easy for families, but often make the difference between life and death."
Iadicola is available to answer questions on Section 35 at the Fall River District Court on Mondays and Fridays. For more information about Section 35, the state Department of Health and Human Services provides a detailed outline of the process on its website at https://www.mass.gov/section-35.
Michael Coughlin is the Media and Outreach Coordinator for Greater Fall River Partners for a Healthier Community.


If you can read this, I am assuming you are a very busy person. We all have responsibilities—a job, a home, maybe kids- perhaps ALL THREE – and don't get me started on all of the new shows waiting for you on your Netflix queue. Life in the modern age takes up a lot of time and energy, and of course, things like focus. Lucky for us in 2016, we don't need a lot of that just to look good. So if you find yourself alone with a little time one evening, you can make your skin look like you have all the time in the world to pamper it. With the right JUARA products, you can give your face a full boost in under 30 minutes and still have plenty of time to make a big dent in this season's House of Cards.
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We all know that the Ford F-150 has earned a reputation for being one hard working truck. If you happen to drive up I 95 or 93, you'll see construction sites littered with Ford F150 models in their natural element, working. Not only that, but if you stop by your local marina I can almost guarantee that you will see a Ford F-150 hauling boats in and out of the slip. With that being said, it seems like New England is the perfect habitat for this tough, and industrious truck. Well, Ford thought the same thing.
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Home News Accreditations adi Group Achieves Gold RoSPA Award
FEATURE ARTICLE 28/03/19
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) has awarded adi Group a prestigious Gold Award for excellence in health and safety practices.
The RoSPA awards, which receives entries from organisations around the world, recognised adi Group's practices and achievements in helping its staff, customers, clients and contractors get home safely at the end of the working day.
The Award will be presented during a ceremony at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole hotel on Thursday, June 6, 2019.
Roy Cumberworth, Group IT & QHSE Director said, "As part of our entry, we had to demonstrate and provide evidence of a good health and safety management system by answering key performance questions and supporting these answers with a concise portfolio of relevant documentation."
"In 2017 and 2018 we achieved the Silver RoSPA Award so for us to have now progressed to achieve the Gold award is fantastic news for our QHSE programme and a testament to the work employees are doing on a daily basis to keep our workplace safe."
"Our goal for 2020 and beyond is to retain our Gold Award so that we can go on to achieve the Gold Medal RoSPA Award which is presented to companies that achieve gold standard for five consecutive years."
Julia Small, RoSPA's head of qualifications, awards and events, added: "The RoSPA Awards have become the key fixture in the health and safety calendar. Highly-respected, with almost 2,000 entrants every year, RoSPA award winners benefit from the wide-ranging rewards of improved sector reputation."
For more information about the RoSPA Awards visit www.rospa.com/awards


2 (quote) Ok then I will add the option to change Clock colour.
This is a Xposed Module.
Xposed framework Installed & Active.
This module allows you to change the Xperia Theme System Colour On-The-Go*.
With this module you can set your desired colour as system accent.
Change System Accent Colour On The Go.
Using the module is very simple.
Open The Module either from Xposed app/Modules or Direct from App Drawer.
Activate the only Check Box you see.
Choose desired colours in all the rest of the Colour Picker options.
Exit the app by Back press.
* You need to restart your smart phone for the first time. Its a Xposed requirement for new modules to work. After that whenever you change the colours most of the parts will get the new settings immediately. Swipe out all the apps from recent app panel. But for the whole changes to take place you need to reboot every time you change colours.
Users please test in 4.1,4.2 and 4.4 and report.
I have Added new Ads free version and as well as ads supported version in attachments.
If you want to support me then you can do so by using the ads supported version.
First to reply - love it.
Also post any one xperia theme apk from /system/apk Recommended either red or green one.
I find only 'com.sonyericsson.uxp.jar' not 'com.sonyericsson.uxp.apk', but i uploaded it to attachments, also like 'GreenTheme.apk'.
Do you have any other apk in framework folder excluding framework-res.apk?
If you have then plz post that too.
I will update the Module and publish a new version with working 4.2.2 support.
Thanks for providing me with the files.
Here, test this one and reply if it works now or not.
There's only one option to choose as Sony 4.1/4.2 Themes work differently.


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Beverley Nielsen For West Midlands
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Brexit – 'no clarity any time soon'
Posted by Philip How | Updated 2019-04-17
First published by Centre for Brexit Studies, Birmingham City University
For almost three years businesses have been crying out for certainty. The government has blithely told them to prepare for all Brexit options. Larger businesses have been able to make preparations, spending billions with consultants and in stockpiling. For small businesses coping with the day-to-day matters, it is just not possible. Whilst devolved economies have made funding available to support their SMEs, firms in England have enjoyed no such support. As former CBI President Paul Drechsler said way back in March 2017: "…in reality many firms can't prepare because the cost of change is simply too high to even consider it …." The malaise has infected the wider economy with the NHS seeing a flight of EU doctors and nurses, with Brexit uncertainty said by Resolution Foundation to be costing each household £1500 and growth slower by 2%. According to the Bank of England the economic output lost since the referendum is worth about £800 million ($1 billion) per week, or £4.7 million ($6 million) per hour.
Instead of reaching out following the election when it was clear the government had only the merest majority, they embraced their hard right wing, pro-Brexit ERG and the DUP, aiming to push through a Partisan Brexit agenda.
The government claimed that to be true to the plebiscite 'red lines' had to be drawn. This meant not participating in the Single Market, the Customs Union and ceasing freedom of movement. However, they did not clarify the position for either EU nationals in the UK or for British nationals in Europe. Liam Fox repeatedly claimed that rolling over EU trade deals – around 40 in total -- would be a matter of 'seconds work'. Three years later he has rolled over just £16bn out of £117bn trade deals, with business expressing 'fury' at the UK failure to roll over EU trade deals.
Whilst businesses large and small continued to plead for clarity the Government's Brexit deal had been voted down three times by the House of Commons, with the PM's own hardliners being the hardest to bring into line. A confirmatory public ballot (People's Vote), had twice topped a poll of MPs as the best outcome of this Brexit mess, and whilst our MPs had secured a longer extension to the Article 50 process right through to Oct 31st, for business this simply pushed the cliff edge further away again.
The quest for certainty remained as elusive as ever for our local businesses. Lobbying organisations called it a "point of national crisis", with the head of the CBI urging politicians to "act in the national interest, rather than in their "narrow party interest" to "find a compromise". Adam Marshall, Director General, British Chambers of Commerce, (BCC), put it rather more bluntly on Radio 4 Today programme, stating that whilst the Conservatives used to be known as the 'Party of Business', they were no longer. Speaking in March to the BCC's Annual Conference of 'those in Westminster' he said: "We are angry. We are frustrated. You have let British business down." In July last year, Grant Thornton's International Business Report of 12 July 2018, highlighted that almost a quarter of firms had carried out no planning for Brexit with 42% believing that a plan was unnecessary. Practice Leader at Grant Thornton Birmingham, David Hillan, reflected the mindset of many businesses at the time as, 'moving forward with their growth plans and adopting a "we'll deal with it when it happens" approach'. However, 'ducking and keeping their heads down' had now given way to levels of frustration amongst business, not seen since the 1970s as they faced huge uncertainty. With just days to go before the March 29 deadline and the possibility of crashing out with No Deal, a new deadline of April 12th had been agreed giving the Prime Minister time to get her deal through Parliament by 22nd May ahead of European Elections on 23rd May. If this did not happen a further new deadline of October 31st would be applied – which whilst avoiding the uncertainty of a No Deal (up to that point) was playing havoc with automotive manufacturers who had brought forward summer closures to cope with Brexit uncertainty on the basis of the original March 29th deadline. Hillan explained the picture for one business he'd been advising with an overseas HQ, manufacturing technology equipment abroad, bringing this into the UK for further processing ahead of exporting the equipment for onward global sales, Their owner had wanted to close the UK operation following the Referendum, as he did not know what FTAs (Free Trade Agreements) might be in place post Brexit. After some lengthy discussions David had managed to persuade the owner to keep his UK operations open. However, concerns remained with the US in particular holding the view that Brexit was about the UK 'severing' its relationship with Europe, with all the implications this would have in terms of future investment. The impact on UK exports was already evident with the UK trade deficit mushrooming to £146.4bn over the past 12 months, up from £138bn during 2018 and up from £118bn in 2012. As research highlighted by David Smith in the Sunday Times April 14th 2019 was indicating, trade based uncertainty had resulted in more than 5,300 firms which had intended to start exporting to the EU deciding against it, and a further 5,400 businesses halting sales into the EU.
Business organisations remained up in arms using language rarely uttered before to government - not in private and certainly not in public. Whilst the financial crash was, in their view, a global event beyond the control of MPs in parliament, this was not. This crisis was of our government's own making and the government needed to sort it out to ensure we did not slip into a serious recession brought on by continuing uncertainty and through the inability of our businesses and residents alike to plan for the future.
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I've been enjoying using StencilGirl stencils and Walnut Hollow products ever since I participated in the StencilGirl Walnut Hollow Blog Hop!
For my latest project, I chose to work with my map stencils designs for StencilGirl, my longitude rubber stamp from RubberMoon, Walnut Hollow's Serving Tray and Shimmer Sheetz in Turquoise Gemstone.
I began by staining the entire wood ledge with Minwax Water-Based Wood Stain in Antique Jade.
Then I add Matisse Background Colors with a Colour Shaper and cosmetic sponge with Around the World Latitude, Around the World Longitude and large Map Stencil.
Next came acrylic paints and more stencils! I painted teal circles the same size as the circles in my Hemispheres Stencil. Then I used a mini-dauber to stencil copper acrylic through the Compass Stencil. I love that StencilGirl stencils are flexible, allowing me to use just portions of the Map Symbols Stencil all about, too!
Next...Wendy Vecchi white embossing paste please!
I lined the Hemispheres Stencil onto those two teal circles I'd painted, then applied Wendy Vecchi white embossing paste through the stencil with my palette knife.
Lastly, I used a large dauber to apply Teal Blue StazOn ink through the latitude portion of my Latitude and Longitude Stencil onto the Turquoise Gemstone Shimmer Sheetz. And I stamped my longitude stamp with Teal Blue StazOn ink onto the Turquoise Gemstone Shimmer Sheets, too. I placed the entire Shimmer Sheetz onto double sided adhesive, then cut around the round shapes of the globes. Because the adhesive is double sided, I could then peel off the backing and press the individual circles onto the surface I had painted.
And here is the finished serving tray!
Still deciding whether I want to use it to hold art supplies in my studio or use if for guests who visit.
Thanks so much for visiting my blog and happy creating!
What a great tray, Mary! Your stencils are wonderful and it's a terrific project.
wow! It is such a great project! Thank you for sharing!!
Another gorgeous project, Mary! I just love your 'map' projects.
I love this Mary! I see so many trays at the thrift store that would be perfect for this project. Thanks for the inspiration!
Decorating a tea tray is a great idea -- and your themed designs are fantastic!


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All trains connecting Newcastle upon Tyne (North East England) to Peterborough (East of England) are run by Cross Country. The services on board will vary depending on the rail provider.
There are 175 miles between the 2 cities and the average journey time from Newcastle upon Tyne to Peterborough is approximately 2h18m. Taking the train is often the fastest option to get to Peterborough from Newcastle upon Tyne, and it's also a greener option than driving your car or flying.
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Trial over 'Insulting Turkishness' Again Yields No Evidence
Posted on June 1, 2010 by particularkev
Justice Minister says Article 301 defendants 'presumed innocent' until verdict.
ISTANBUL, May 28 (CDN) — The 11th hearing of a case of alleged slander against two Turkish Christians closed just minutes after it opened this week, due to lack of any progress.
Prosecutors produced no new evidence against Hakan Tastan and Turan Topal since the last court session four months ago. Despite lack of any tangible reason to continue the stalled case, their lawyer said, the Silivri Criminal Court set still another hearing to be held on Oct. 14.
"They are uselessly dragging this out," defense lawyer Haydar Polat said moments after Judge Hayrettin Sevim closed the Tuesday (May 25) hearing.
Court-ordered attempts to locate and produce testimonies from two witnesses summoned three times now by the prosecution had again proved fruitless, the judge noted in Tuesday's court record.
Murat Inan, the only lawyer who appeared this time on behalf of the prosecution team, arrived late at the courtroom, after the hearing had already begun.
The two Protestant Christians were accused in October 2006 of slandering the Turkish nation and Islam under Article 301 of the Turkish criminal code.
The prosecution has yet to provide any concrete evidence of the charges, which allegedly took place while the two men were involved in evangelistic activities in the town of Silivri, an hour's drive west of Istanbul.
Both Tastan, 41, and Topal, 50, became Christians more than 15 years ago and changed their religious identity from Muslim to Christian on their official ID cards.
Initially accompanied by heavy media hype, the case had been led by ultranationalist attorney Kemal Kerincsiz and a team of six other lawyers. Kerincsiz had filed or inspired dozens of Article 301 court cases against writers and intellectuals he accused of insulting the Turkish nation and Islam.
Because of Kerincsiz's high-level national profile, the first few hearings drew several hundred young nationalist protestors surrounding the Silivri courthouse, under the eye of dozens of armed police. But the case has attracted almost no press attention for the past two years, ever since Kerincsiz was jailed in January 2008 as a suspect in the overarching conspiracy trials over Ergenekon, a "deep state" operation to destabilize the government led by a cabal of retired generals,
politicians and other key figures. The lawyer is accused of an active role in the alleged Ergenekon plot to discredit and overthrow Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party government.
Two weeks ago, Turkish Justice Minister Sadullah Ergin commented before the United Nations Human Rights Council on the controversial May 2008 amendments to Article 301, under which Tastan and Topal are being tried.
Ergin insisted that the revised Article 301 had provided "a two-fold assurance" for freedom of expression in Turkey. The most significant revision required all Article 301 cases to obtain formal permission from the justice minister before being prosecuted.
This week Ergin released Justice Ministry statistics, noting that out of 1,252 cases filed under Article 301 during the past three years, only 83 were approved for prosecution.
Stressing the principle of "presumption of innocence," Ergin went on to criticize the Turkish media for presenting Article 301 defendants as guilty when they were charged, before courts had heard their cases or issued verdicts.
But for Tastan and Topal, who by the next hearing will have been in trial for four years, Ergin's comments were little comfort.
"At this point, we are tired of this," Tastan admitted. "If they can't find these so-called witnesses, then the court needs to issue a verdict. After four years, it has become a joke!"
Topal added that without any hard evidence, "the prosecution must produce a witness, someone who knows us. I cannot understand why the court keeps asking these witnesses to come and testify, when they don't even know us, they have never met us or talked with us!"
Both men would like to see the trial concluded by the end of the year.
"From the beginning, the charges against us have been filled with contradictions," Topal said. "But we are entirely innocent of all these charges, so of course we expect a complete acquittal."
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Hindu radicals threaten persecution; Christians start radio program
Posted on June 20, 2009 by particularkev
Hindu extremists in Nepal have threatened to use 1 million bombs against Christians in the country unless they stop sharing the Gospel and leave, Compass Direct reports.
The Nepal Defense Army's statement, released shortly after the bombing of Nepal's largest Roman Catholic church, gave "Nepal's 1 million Christians a month's time to stop their activities and leave the country," reports MNN.
Most recent estimates by Voice of the Martyrs indicate that the number of Christians in the country may be closer to 500,000, or 1.89 percent of the population. These Christians are excited about significant movement toward democracy and more religious freedom in the last few years.
Ty Stakes with HCJB Global visited Nepal a month ago and said the Christians are standing firm.
"They're very grateful for all that God has done over recent years to bring about a climate where there is a real push forward for freedom, where there is some religious liberty in the country," he said. "So I don't think anybody there is going to give up very easily. These are people who have been tried and tested and have learned to keep walking forward. God is doing some really big some stuff in Nepal, and the church is growing. People are really attracted to the Gospel."
Christians in Nepal are establishing FM radio stations in two different towns — one near Kathmandu, the nation's capital; and the other in a town in the center of the country. The idea for the stations was born around the year 2006 when the government began allowing private operation of radio stations.
"God had given some of our partners vision to do radio in the country, and they understood in their own hearts how great an impact could be made through it," Stakes said.
Currently, the stations are test broadcasting for three hours a day. The community is already responding.
"I'm getting reports now from Nepal that folks are responding, that folks are saying 'Hey, we're interested in the new station; we want to know more about what you're doing,'" Stakes related.
Christians will not be able to evangelize overtly on the air, but they will use the stations to plant churches.
"The climate in the area is such that you can't be extremely bold and direct on the radio. You have to be wise," Stakes said. "So most of our partners…are really church planters who are using radio as a way to create in the community an identity and to present a mechanism where they can serve the community."
The stations air Christian music, secular music, and community service programming. The goal is to challenge and impact the community's perception of Christians, presenting "an identity that shows perhaps that what you've heard about Christianity is not true. Maybe these Christians do care about people, and maybe they really do have something relevant to say," Stakes explained.
Evangelism occurs off the airwaves, when people in churches and in church-planting follow up with those who respond to the radio broadcasts. Stakes asked for prayer as Nepalese Christians fine-tune the new radio stations.
"You can pray…that God would give these folks real wisdom in how to fine-tune their strategy in establishing their identity in the community," Stakes said. "It's a real delicate balance that they need to strike, and they need real wisdom from the Lord in order to effectively speak to the community and present their identity so that people will be attracted to the message of the cross."
Report from the Christian Telegraph
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PAKISTAN: ISLAMIC RADICALS STORM 'BLASPHEMY' HEARING
Posted on May 31, 2009 by particularkev
Christian couple on trial; member of prosecution team threatens to kill wife.
ISTANBUL, May 29 (Compass Direct News) – Radical Pakistani Muslims in a town outside of Lahore this month overran a courtroom in hopes of swaying a judge in a "blasphemy" case against a Christian couple, and a member of the prosecution later threatened to kill the wife.
Some 50 molvis (Muslim clergy) on May 14 burst into the courtroom in Mustafabad, where a bail hearing was taking place in the case against Munir Masih and his wife Ruqiya Bibi, according to the Centre for Legal Aid Assistance and Settlement (CLAAS).
"Nobody could stop them as they rushed into the court," said CLAAS's Tahir Gull, sole representative for the accused. "They said, 'No non-Muslim has the right to keep a Quran in his house, they have done this so they are liable to be punished.'"
Masih and Bibi, both in their 30s, were originally accused under section 295-B of Pakistan's penal code with defiling the Quran by touching it with unwashed hands on Dec. 8 of last year. Masih was taken to prison and remained there until Jan. 22, when a Muslim neighbor who had asked him to store some of his possessions, including his Quran, testified on his behalf and the case was dropped.
The complainant, Mohammad Nawaz, subsequently filed another accusation on Feb. 12, this time under 295-C, blasphemy against Muhammad, Islam's prophet. This charge carries a death sentence, whereas defiling the Quran calls for life imprisonment.
Despite pressure from the crowd of clerics, Judge Shafqat Ali – also a molvi – granted the couple bail. Following the hearing, however, a member of the prosecution team approached Bibi outside the courtroom and threatened to kill her.
"Ruqiya was waiting outside the court," said Gull, "and one man came and said, 'Whatever the decision, we will kill you.'"
A prosecution lawyer read portions of the Quran while presenting his case, he added.
"He was not explaining the law in which the accused were charged," said Gull. "He was trying to influence the court religiously."
Charges of blasphemy are common in Pakistan and particularly incendiary, often leading to strong shows of religious zeal. It is not uncommon for sections 295-B and 295-C of the Pakistani penal code to be invoked in retaliation for personal grievances.
"It is very easy to grab any person for religious reasons," said Parvez Choudhry, chairman of Legal Aid for the Destitute and Settlement, who specialize in blasphemy cases. "There are many personal cases involving property, or money, or business that motivate the complainant against the accused person. All the cases are falsely charged."
Pakistan's blasphemy laws have come under heavy fire from international rights groups. Any private citizen can file blasphemy charges, destroying reputation and livelihood. The charge can possibly lead to the death penalty in the conservative Islamic country.
Masih, who before his initial arrest had been a day laborer, is no longer able to find work due to the stigma of the blasphemy accusation.
"There is a need to repeal these sections [295-B and 295-C]," said Choudhry. "This is considered a draconian law."
Section 295-C carries a death sentence for anyone found "by words or visible representation or by an imputation or insinuation, directly or indirectly, [to have] defiled the name of the Muhammad of Islam."
Choudhry suggested that just correcting the vagueness of this definition would go a long way toward reducing its frequent misuse.
"The word 'indirect' should be repealed – this is wrong, unconstitutional," he said. "They have no value in the Evidence Act of Pakistan. The Evidence Act states that there needs to be direct evidence for a conviction."
The next court date has not yet been assigned, but Gull said he is confident about securing an acquittal.
"We have a good case on our side," he told Compass. "I am very optimistic."
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TURKEY: MUSLIM SENTENCED FOR STABBING PRIEST IN IZMIR
Posted on January 13, 2009 by particularkev
Assailant influenced by TV series defaming Christian missionaries.
ISTANBUL, January 12 (Compass Direct News) – A judge in Turkey sentenced a 19-year-old Muslim to four-and-a-half years in prison on Jan. 5 for stabbing a Catholic priest in the coastal city of Izmir in December 2007.
Ramazan Bay, then 17, had met with Father Adriano Franchini, a 65-year-old Italian and long-term resident of Turkey, after expressing an interest in Christianity following mass at St. Anthony church. During their conversation, Bay became irritated and pulled out a knife, stabbing the priest in the stomach.
Fr. Franchini was hospitalized but released the next day as his wounds were not critical.
Bay, originally from Balikesir 90 miles north of Izmir, reportedly said he was influenced by an episode of the TV serial drama "Kurtlar Vadisi" ("Valley of the Wolves"). The series caricatures Christian missionaries as political "infiltrators" who pay poor families to convert to Christianity.
"Valley of the Wolves" also played a role in a foiled attack on another Christian leader in December 2007. Murat Tabuk reportedly admitted under police interrogation that the popular ultra-nationalist show had inspired him to plan the murder of Antalya pastor Ramazan Arkan. The plan was thwarted, with the pastor receiving armed police protection and Antalya's anti-terrorism police bureau ordering plainclothes guards to accompany him.
Together with 20 other Protestant church leaders, Arkan on Dec. 3, 2007 filed a formal complaint with the Istanbul State Prosecutor's office protesting "Valley of the Wolves" for "presenting them as a terrorist group and broadcasting scenes making them an open target."
The series has portrayed Christians as selling body parts, being involved in mafia activities and prostitution and working as enemies of society in order to spread the Christian faith.
"The result has been innumerable, direct threats, attacks against places of worship and eventually, the live slaughter of three innocent Christians in Malatya," the complaint stated.
The Protestant leaders demanded that Show TV and the producers of "Valley of the Wolves" be prosecuted under sections 115, 214, 215, 216 and 288 of the Turkish penal code for spreading false information and inciting violence against Christians.
The past three years saw six separate attacks on priests working across the country, the most serious of which resulted in the death of Father Andreas Santoro in Trabzon. As with Fr. Franchini, many of the attacks were coupled with accusations of subversion and "proselytizing."
Although a secular republic, Turkey has a strong nationalistic identity of which Islam is an integral part.
Television shows such as "Valley of the Wolves" may not be the norm, but the recent publication of a state high school textbook in which "missionary activity" is also characterized as destructive and dangerous has raised questions about Turkey's commitment to addressing prejudice and discrimination.
"While there is a general attitude [of antipathy], I think that the state feeds into it and propagates it," said a spokesperson for the Alliance of Protestant Churches of Turkey (TEK). "If the State took a more accepting and more tolerant attitude I think the general attitude would change too."
At the end of 2007 TEK issued a summery of the human rights violations that their members had suffered that year. As part of a concluding appeal they urged the state to stop an "indoctrination campaign" aimed at vilifying the Christian community.
TEK will soon release its rights violations summery for 2008, and it is likely that a similar plea will be made.
"There is police protection, and they have caught some people," the TEK spokesperson said. "There is an active part of the state trying to prevent things, but the way it is done very much depends on the situation and how at that moment the government is feeling as far as putting across a diplomatic and political statement. There is hypocrisy in it."
A survey carried out in 2005 by the Pew Global Attitudes Project also suggested a distinctly negative attitude towards Christians among Turks, with 63 percent describing their view of Christians as "unfavorable," the highest rate among countries surveyed.
Niyazi Oktem, professor of law at Bilgi University and president of a prominent inter-faith organization in Turkey called the Intercultural Dialogue Platform, said that while the government could do more to secure religious freedom, he would not characterize Turkish sentiment towards Christians as negative.
"I can say that general Turkish feeling towards the Christian religion is not hostile," said Oktem. "There could be, of course, some exceptions, but this is also the case in Christian countries towards Islam."
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US BAPTISTS ENDORSE PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL MARRIAGE AMENDMENT
The executive board of the California Southern Baptist Convention unanimously endorsed the state's proposed constitutional marriage amendment during its meeting Sept. 11-12 and encouraged Southern Baptists in the state to do the same, reports Baptist Press.
The amendment, known as Proposition 8, will appear on the Nov. 4 ballot and would define marriage as between one man and one woman, thus overturning a May decision by the California Supreme Court legalizing "gay marriage." The board passed a resolution acknowledging the Bible as the "Word of God" and the "standard by which all human conduct and religious opinion should be measured." (See the full text of the resolution at the bottom of this story).
The resolution acknowledges: "The Bible also teaches that marriage was the first institution ordained by God at the beginning of creation when it was established between Adam, a male, and Eve, a female, as the pattern for all time."
The resolution calls on California Southern Baptists to pray about the issue and conduct voter registration drives through Oct. 20, the cutoff date for voter registration. The resolution urges pastors to inform their congregations of issues related to the ballot measure and encourages them to participate in the grassroots effort.
Additionally, the resolution encourages California Southern Baptists to financially support Proposition 8. The resolution points to Internet resources such as those at www.csbc.com/protectmarriage, www.ProtectMarriage.com and www.protectmarriageca.com .
In presenting the recommendation to the executive board, Don Fugate, communications committee chairman and pastor of Foxworthy Baptist Church in San Jose, said the resolution is something all California Southern Baptists should support, and that he believes it is at the core of what Baptists believe about the family.
Following is the complete text of the resolution supporting Proposition 8:
"WHEREAS, The Bible is the Word of God, written by men, but divinely inspired, the Bible also is God's revelation of Himself to man. It is God-breathed and inerrant, and all Scripture is true and trustworthy. It is the standard by which all human conduct and religious opinion should be measured; and
"WHEREAS, The Bible teaches that God loves all people and commands us to do likewise; the Bible also teaches that marriage was the first institution ordained by God at the beginning of creation when it was established between Adam, a male, and Eve, a female, as the pattern for all time. Since the beginning of time societies, cultures and religions have endorsed marriage as the union between one man and one woman for a lifetime. Marriage provides the framework for intimate companionship, the avenue of sexual expression according to biblical standards, and the means for procreation. It also is God's unique gift to demonstrate the relationship between Christ and His church; and
"WHEREAS, The family unit that God intended — a father, a mother and children — has fallen into disarray while the divorce rate in our state and nation is at an all-time high, and the percentage rate of divorce in the general population is reflected in the church; and
"WHEREAS, California voters in 2000, by more than 61 percent of the vote, approved Proposition 22 which reads, 'Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California;' and
"WHEREAS, The California Supreme Court, in a 4-3 decision, disregarded the will of the people on May 15, 2008 by striking down Proposition 22, thereby granting marriage privileges to 'same-sex' couples; and
"WHEREAS, Same-sex marriage is legally unnecessary since homosexual couples in California already are entitled to all the legal rights and privileges of marriage, short of the name; now, therefore be it
"RESOLVED That the California Southern Baptist Convention Executive Board, meeting September 12, 2008, endorse Proposition 8, a California constitutional amendment that states, 'Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California;' and be it further
"RESOLVED That California Southern Baptist Convention churches and members are urged to pray about this important issue, and that at least 7 million Californians will vote for traditional, biblical marriage; and be it further
"RESOLVED That churches are encouraged to conduct voter registration drives between now and October 20 since as many as 50 percent of Christian eligible voters are not registered to carry out this civic privilege; and be it further
"RESOLVED That California Southern Baptist Convention pastors are urged to inform their congregations of the issues and encourage them to participate in the grassroots effort; and be it further
"RESOLVED That California Southern Baptists be encouraged to financially support Proposition 8 by making donations to ProtectMarriage.com by Oct. 10; and be it finally
"RESOLVED That California Southern Baptist Convention church leaders are urged to avail themselves of resources provided on the World Wide Web at www.csbc.com/protectmarriage , www.protectmarriage.com , and www.protectmarriageca.com ."
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Rights of Persons With Disabilities Bill provides for penalties for offences committed against Persons With Disabilities
Published on December 4, 2016 December 12, 2016 By Saba
Shri Thaawarchand Gehlot, Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment has said that in the "Rights of Persons With Disabilities (RPWD) Bill, the Disability has been defined based on an evolving and dynamic concept and the types of disabilities have been increased from existing 7 to 21 and the Central Government will have the power to add more types of disabilities. Addressing a Press Conference on the occasion of "International Day of Persons with Disabilities (3rd December)", he said that Speech and Language Disability and Specific Learning Disability have been added for the first time. Acid Attack Victims have been included. Dwarfism, muscular dystrophy have has been indicated as separate class of specified disability. The new categories of disabilities also included three blood disorders, Thalassemia, Hemophilia and Sickle Cell disease.
Shri Gehlot informed that the Bill provides for penalties for offences committed against persons with disabilities. Designated special courts have been proposed to handle cases concerning violation of rights of PwDs. The Minister said that the additional benefits have been provided for persons with benchmark disabilities and those with high support needs. Every child with benchmark disability between the age group of 6 and 18 years shall have the right to free education. He said that it has been proposed to increase reservation from 3% to 4% in Government jobs for certain persons or class of persons with benchmark disability.
The Minister further said that strengthening of the Office of Chief Commissioner of Persons with Disabilities and State Commissioners of Disabilities has been proposed, which will act as regulatory bodies and Grievance Redressal agencies and also monitor implementation of the Act. These Offices will be assisted by an Advisory Committee comprising of experts in various disabilities. Creation of National and State Fund has been proposed to provide financial support to the persons with disabilities.
Rights of Persons With Disabilities (RPWD) Bill:
Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 is the principal Act for the empowerment of Persons with disabilities. The Act was enforced 20 years back. Meanwhile, there has been drastic changes in disability sector such as understanding disability and its social model of definition, new technology and process of rehabilitation etc.
Further, India signed the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) and subsequently ratified the same on 1st October, 2007. The Convention came into effect on 3rd May 2008. Being a signatory to the Convention, India has an international obligation to comply with the provisions of the Convention. Keeping in view the fact that the existing Act of 1995 is not fully in conformity with the UNCRPD, a need was felt to have a rights-based legislation with a strong institutional mechanism.
The Bill had been mooted by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment after extensive consultation with various stakeholders, State Governments/UTs and concerned Central Ministries and Departments and was introduced in the Rajya Sabha on 7.2.2014, which was referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee.
The Standing submitted its recommendations on 7.5.2015. The Recommendations of the Standing Committee were also shared with the States/UTs as well as all concerned Central Ministries/Departments. Based on these consultations, amendments to the Bill have been proposed which would widen the scope of new Law and also provide a framework to enable the Persons with Disabilities to enjoy their enjoyment rights equally with others.
The Union Cabinet in its meeting held on 30.11.2016 approved the proposal of the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan) to incorporate these amendments in the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill, 2014 during the ongoing winter Session of Parliament. The new Bill with amendments proposes to repeal the existing Persons with Disabilities (Equal opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995.
The salient features of the proposed Bill with incorporation of the amendments are:
i. Responsibility has been cast upon the appropriate governments to take effective measures to ensure that the persons with disabilities enjoy their rights equally with others.
ii. Disability has been defined based on an evolving and dynamic concept.
iii. The types of disabilities have been increased from existing 7 to 21 and the Central Government will have the power to add more types of disabilities. The 21 disabilities are given below:-
1. Blindness
2. Low-vision
3. Leprosy Cured persons
4. Hearing Impairment (deaf and hard of hearing)
5. Locomotor Disability
6. Dwarfism
7. Intellectual Disability
8. Mental Illness
9. Autism Spectrum Disorder
10. Cerebral Palsy
11. Muscular Dystrophy
12. Chronic Neurological conditions
13. Specific Learning Disabilities
14. Multiple Sclerosis
15. Speech and Language disability
16. Thalassemia
17. Hemophilia
18. Sickle Cell disease
19. Multiple Disabilities including deafblindness
20. Acid Attack victim
21. Parkinson's disease
iv. Speech and Language Disability and Specific Learning Disability have been added for the first time. Acid Attack Victims have been included. Dwarfism, muscular dystrophy have has been indicated as separate class of specified disability. The New categories of disabilities also included three blood disorders, Thalassemia, Hemophilia and Sickle Cell disease.
v. Additional benefits have been provided for persons with benchmark disabilities and those with high support needs.
vi. Every child with benchmark disability between the age group of 6 and 18 years shall have the right to free education.
vii. For strengthening the Prime Minister's Accessible India Campaign, stress has been given to ensure accessibility in public buildings (both Government and private) in a prescribed time-frame.
viii. It has been proposed to increase reservation from 3% to 4% in Government jobs for certain persons or class of persons with benchmark disability.
ix. The Bill provides for grant of guardianship by District Court under which there will be joint decision – making between the guardian and the persons with disabilities.
x. Broad based Central & State Advisory Boards on Disability have been proposed to be set up as policy making bodies.
xi. Strengthening of the Office of Chief Commissioner of Persons with Disabilities and State Commissioners of Disabilities has been proposed, which will act as regulatory bodies and Grievance Redressal agencies and also monitor implementation of the Act. These Offices will be assisted by an Advisory Committee comprising of experts in various disabilities.
xii. Creation of National and State Fund has been proposed to provide financial support to the persons with disabilities.
xiii. The Bill provides for penalties for offences committed against persons with disabilities.
xiv.Designated special Courts have been proposed to handle cases concerning violation of rights of PwDs.
It is expected that the proposed rights based legislation with more Rights and Entitlements and strong monitoring agencies at the National and State Levels will achieve empowerment and inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in the society in a satisfactory manner.
Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
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World News – SpaceX has shared scant details about its newly announced plan to send private citizens on a trip around the moon late next year.
The company hasn't disclosed the space tourists' identities or said how much they'll pay for the chance to buzz the moon and go far beyond before returning to Earth. Nor did SpaceX say exactly what training the tourists will undergo or how they will occupy themselves during the week or so between lift-off from Kennedy Space Center's near Cape Canaveral, Florida and their return to Earth.
But no matter what, the tourists are in for an experience almost beyond imagining.
So says Richard Garriott, an Austin, Texas-based video game entrepreneur who in 2008 became one of only a tiny handful of private citizens to go into space when he spent 12 days in low Earth orbit aboard the International Space Station.
"I can tell you first-hand that orbiting the earth at 17,000 MPH is a life-changing event," Garriott told NBC News MACH in an email. "But I can hardly imagine traveling from a modest 250 miles above the earth to the moon some 240,000 miles away. Watching the earth recede into the distance to become a pale blue dot and then arriving for a close pass across the back side of the moon before being slingshot back at the earth will be an experience far beyond my own."
The Crew Dragon space capsule that will carry the tourists reportedly will operate on autopilot, with the mission monitored by a team at SpaceX's mission control facility in Hawthorne, Calif. So presumably they'll have ample time to peer out the capsule's four windows and contemplate their historic journey.
This craft would be the first to take humans beyond low-Earth orbit since Apollo 17 in 1972 — a fact not overlooked by astrophysicist Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, who is well known as a proponent of space exploration.
"We are long overdue to have spaceships launched that have a destination other than low-Earth orbit," Tyson said, adding jokingly that he would urge the around-the-moon space tourists to "take a lot of pictures" during their journey.
But will the mission really come off as planned? Some experts have expressed doubts.
"Even with today's technology, it's still an extraordinarily difficult, extraordinarily dangerous task to undertake, period," Wayne Hale, a former manager of NASA's space shuttle program, told Space.com. And Dr. Mark Shelhamer, former chief scientist for NASA's human research program, told Gizmodo, "Getting to the moon is a lot harder than getting to the ISS."
Then there's the question of safety.
Jason David of the Planetary Society, an advocacy group in Pasadena, Calif., told the BBC, "Once you fire that rocket and head towards the moon, you can't turn around and go home so you are really kind of on your own for about a week with no one to come and save you if there is a problem."
But Garriott is more sanguine. While Crew Dragon is essentially an experimental craft, he said, its escape system for problems on launch and its "ballistic" shape should render the craft comparatively safe.
"I have great confidence in these systems," he said.
by DAVID FREEMAN, NBCNews.com
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