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Opium in Afghanistan, HR group sues Yahoo over China, Italy, Spain, Islamism, Turkey, terrorism, Greek fires (+), Israel and Pastorius' reflections
Posted in Afghanistan, Canada, China, Christianity, environment, Europe, France, Germany, Greece, Human Rights, Islamism, Israel, Italy, Palestine, pro-life, Pro-life issues, reflections, South America, Spain, terrorism, Turkey, USA, Venezuela, war on terrorism on August 29, 2007| 9 Comments »
As I wrote some months ago:
Opium production in Afghanistan has soared to record levels, with an increase on last year of more than a third, the United Nations has said.
The UN Office on Drugs and Crime report says the amount of opium produced there has doubled in the last two years. It says Helmand province is now the biggest single drug-producing area in the world, surpassing whole countries such as Colombia. Afghanistan now accounts for more than 93% of the world's opiates.
Despite billions of dollars of aid and tens of thousands of international troops, the report says 193,000 hectares of opium poppies are being grown in Afghanistan.
[…] The report says growing opium poppies is now closely linked to the insurgency and the instability in the south. And what is to be done? The report recommends more determined efforts to bring that security. It urges the government to get tough on corruption, which it says is driving the drugs trade and it lists poor governance, a weak judiciary and failing eradication programmes for these new frightening record levels.
World Organization for Human Rights has sued Yahoo! over its policy in China: Look at Yahoo!'s hypocrisy:
Yahoo is being sued by the World Organization for Human Rights for sharing information about its users with the Chinese government. The information has led to the arrests of writers and dissidents. One journalist cited in the case was tracked down and jailed for 10 years for subversion after Yahoo passed on his e-mail and IP address to officials.
In its 40-page response to the lawsuit, filed with a federal court in San Francisco, Yahoo acknowledged releasing information to the Chinese government. But it argued that there was little connection between the information the firm gave and the ensuing arrests and imprisonment of its users.
[…] But Morton Sklar of the World Organization for Human Rights said the company had failed to meet its ethical responsibilities. "Even if it was lawful in China, that does not take away from Yahoo's obligation to follow not just Chinese law, but US law and international legal standards as well, when they do business abroad," he said.
Barely, Yahoo! claims this is a merely political case. 😡
At the same time, Angela Merkel reminds China the West would like to see progress on freedom of the press and Human Rights' matters (where it has not progressed really):
"The world will be looking at China to a greater extent than it has in past years," Merkel said. "And people will also be looking at how China presents itself in terms of freedom of speech and freedom of the press."
Chinese critics of Beijing welcomed Merkel's remarks.
"Unlike her predecessor Gerhard Schröder, Angela Merkel does not run and hide from this topic," former university professor and dissident Liu Xiaobo told Deutsche Welle. "She tells it like it is. The pressure she's put on the Chinese government has already had significant effect."
Well done, Merkel!
It's logical, by the way, Merkel's position. Looks like that the Chinese Government has hacked Merckel's chancellery and three other Berlin ministries h/t Barcepundit.
Germany's domestic intelligence service, the Office for the Protection of the Constitution, discovered the hacking operation in May, the magazine reported in its new edition, published Monday.
The Chinese government has vehemently denied the report, with the Chinese Embassy in Berlin describing the accusation of state-controlled hacking as "irresponsible speculation without a shred of evidence."
But Prime Minister Wen Jiabao assured Merkel that measures would be taken to "rule out hacking attacks." During a news conference in Beijing on Monday, Merkel didn't comment on the specific allegation but said it was important that "common rules of the game" were observed in a globalised economy.
Well, there has been reports before about industrial spying on Canada, also vehemently denied by China. And on Australia, where they have targeted exiled dissidents.
So worried about foreign lands and yet China is searching for 8 kgs of "missing" uranium. Take a little more care about things which are really dangerous and stop targeting dissidents and foreign governments… 😡
In Italy, a mother pregnant of two daughters, went to a clinic to see the state of both fetuses. In the clinic, she was informed that one of them has Down Syndrome so she asks for the abortion of that fetus. In the operation, the fetuses change places and the healthy one is finished. After that, she asked again for the abortion of the unhealthy one, which was done by injecting a solution of digoxine. This method which causes a cardiac stop, is used only in grown-up fetuses, while in this case, they were in the 30th week of pregnancy. The scandal in Italy is great. For a link in English, click here.
Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano has already condemned the abortion of the twins:
L'Osservatore Romano reported: "Two girls have died, assassinated as a consequence of selective abortion. A radical decision has brought about another abortion, that of the little sister that still had life." No one "has the right to eliminate another life. No person has the right to take the position of God. Not for any motive."
But that's not all. In Spain, as I wrote days before, there is a "problem": doctors working in public health system are not practising abortions as they think it's a matter of conscience and have objected. Some leftist MSM -specially world-known as very objective El País– began saying that people had a lot of problems to get themselves an abortion, with statements like: "They told me abortion was a crime", "Leny and Fátima had succeeded in achieving their right (¿? Really didn't know that was a right) to have an abortion in private clinics paid with public money" or "I had to go to have it to another Autonomous Community".
There are three causes for legal abortion in Spain: rape, grave illnesses of the fetus or grave danger for the physical or psychological health of the mother. More than 98% of all the abortion held in Spain use this last cause.
So the Spanish Ombudsman, Enrique Múgica, has begun an investigation about the "great difficulties to have a free-willing interruption of pregnancy practised in the public health system". He also asks to "adopt the pertinent measures to let the users have the guarantee the attention in the Community of residence and in the main hospitals of the National Health System". So how are they going to do that? Are they going to hire pro-abortion doctors? Or are they going to make pro-life ones make abortions against their conscience and will? I really have a bad feeling about this…
Meanwhile, the Spanish Schools' Council has passed a resolution by which the State can educate the children on affective-sexual matters without any consentment from parents ( 😯 ). But at the same time, "it rejected to include Cervantes in the minimum required to pass Literature, the Catholic Kings in History and the inversion of €1000 millions in the infants' education from o-3 years-old (which was in the PSOE's electoral program) and to liberalise the prices of the books (as stated in the Law passed in the terms requested in this respect from the Culture's Ministry)".
Regarding immigration, Zapatero denies it (hmm…) but French Prime Minister maintains that he is totally repented from the immigrants' regularization.
Zapatero spoke yesterday about the statements of French PM, François Fillon, about the content of the summit between both of them last July in Madrid, to contradict his ally and ask for an immediate rectification which has not happened and most probably, won't in the future. Fillon has stated that Zapatero admitted then that the regularization of more than 600.000 immigrants in 2005 was an error of which he repented "bitterly" and that he won't make more in the future (repentance and modification of behaviour: we're on the right track! Eehh, no, not quite). The President contradicted yesterday French PM, insisting on all the good things that his policy of open borders have brought and said that France was going to "make things clear because it was all probably a bad interpretation". Sources near Fillon assured EL MUNDO that «there hasn't been nor there is going to be any rectification in any way». The more similar to tinging his words, was some statements made by the entourage of the French PM, according to which Fillon understands that Zapatero supported the policy of "papers for all" because "he had no options… because of circumstances" (there is always another option, even if it's very difficult or harder to follow. And in this case, there is). It is not clear if Zapatero has or hasn't a communication problem or of interpreters when he has to speak about his analysis and compromises over immigration, as Zaplana (PP, center-right) laughed about yesterday, but it is clear that the President puts at risk again the diplomatic relations between France and Spain, because of the massive regularization which affected all Europe because of its awful "calling" effect.
Look here, I do not know who is responsible for this misunterstanding. But if he is not a total idiot -and I don't think he is, he is just convinced he is going to save Spain from fascism (¡!), yeah I know…-, he knows he was stupid enough to let a lot of immigrants without any kind of control (not even medical, and there are illnesses which did not existed in Spain, which have appeared afterwards). Border control is not a characteristic of being a fascist, it's just a consequence of common sense. Does Spain need immigrants? I really don't know, but it's possible. But what is certain is that we need some kind of immigrants, not every immigrant in the world. Ergo, select them according to the needs here and their qualifications -if we need truck drivers and the people who come are cookers, they are going to be jobless… with all the dangers that implies-. So, please, stop blaming others for your own bad policies' results, move your ass and begin working on something more profitable than in denying what it's clear as clean water: it was a HUGE ERROR.
[A friend of mine told me: With all my heart aching, I have to acknowledge that I trust more Fillon than Zapatero… Ejem].
Christianity's greatest menace:
Christians around the world suffer daily because of their faith, and it seems the persecution is intensifying.
CBN News looks at the top two offenders– North Korea and Saudi Arabia.
Countries that persecute Christians usually fall into two camps: those with communist governments and those where Islam as the dominant religion.
That is: where there is no freedom, no respect for Human Rights…
Looks like that Chávez has bought both the military and the Majors from… Evo's paradise:
One of the accomplices of Hugo Chávez, the head of one ghost Ministry of all that Venezuela has nowadays, has stated to Venezuelan press that Hugo Chávez's regime has given $6 millions to pay Bolivian military. Meanwhile, the sheepy Bolivian President, Evo Morales, has been photograpphed while giving money checks to Bolivian majors who are Venezuelan friends. The shameless says: "Chávez gave me the money to give it away".
They do not refer to woodcutters. I wonder if this has something to do with it h/t Kate. 😈
But Chávez wants also to infiltrate himself in other weak South-American democracies, like Ecuador or Paraguay. In the latter, the so-called "Yearly operative Planning of the Foreign Relations Ministry of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela" (wow, what a name 😯 ), reveals that he wants to give "Bolivarian indoctrination" to Armed Forces, energetic firms, students and peasants; even it speaks of the recruitment of young doctors from rural areas.
USA and Europe: Another terrorist attack inevitable. h/t Extreme Centre: Newsweek interviews Redd, Head of the US National counterterrorism center. An excerpt:
Tell us about the threat that emerged earlier this year.
We've got this intelligence threat; we're pretty certain we know what's going on. We don't have all the tactical details about it, [but] in some ways it's not unlike the U.K. aviation threat last year. So we know there is a threat out there. The question is what do we do about it? And the response was, we stood up an interagency task force under NCTC leadership. So you have all the players you would expect: FBI, CIA, DHS, DIA, DoD, the operators—the military side comes into that—participating in an integrated plan, but integrated in a much more granular and tactical way than we've ever done before. This is my 40th year in government service, 36 in uniform and almost four as a civilian. This is revolutionary stuff, and it is affecting the way we do business.
Earlier this summer, there was talk that people were picking up chatter that reminded them of the summer before 9/11. The Germans basically said this is like pre-9/11. They said, "We are very worried." What do you make of this?
We have very strong indicators that Al Qaeda is planning to attack the West and is likely to [try to] attack, and we are pretty sure about that. We know some of the precursors from—
Attack Europe?
Well, they would like to come West, and they would like to come as far West as they can. What we don't know is…if it's going to be Mark Hosenball, and he's coming in on Flight 727 out of Karachi, he's stopping in Frankfurt, and he's coming on through with his European Union passport, and he's coming into New York, and he's going to do something. I mean, we don't have that kind of tactical detail. What we do have, though, is a couple of threads that indicate, you know, some very tactical stuff, and that's what—you know, that's what you're seeing bits and pieces of, and I really can't go much more into it.
Yesterday I wrote about Abdulah Gül's being named new Turkish President. Today I read dissapointing news from French PM Sarkozy:
If this essential inquiry on the future of our Union is undertaken by the 27 member nations, France will not oppose the negotiations between the EU and Turkey that are to take place in the months and years to come," said the French president addressing the 15th Conference of Ambassadors.
These new discussions must, he stressed, "be compatible with the two visions of future relations between Europe and Turkey, i.e., membership in the EU, or as close an association as possible."
French blogger Tiberge writes commenting this:
It isn't clear what Nicolas Sarkozy means by a "close association", but it is clear that he accepts Turkey as much more than a trading partner or a tourist attraction. A close association implies an alliance, with attendant loyalties and military implications.
With Islamist Gül in the Presidency? Uuuuuuuuuuuyyyyyyyyy, Sarko….
More about Greek fires: from NYT:
"Up the hill, workers were preparing the grave for Athanasia Karta-Paraskevopoulou, a 35-year-old teacher, and the four children she shielded as the flames closed in on them: Angeliki, 15; Maria, 12; Anastassia, about 10; and Constantinos, 5. They had been on vacation from Athens".
Requiescat in Pace. She was brave enough and she died to protect these children, while they were waiting for rescue. Unluckily, it ended in a very sad way.
And it is more worrying as:
The danger had by no means passed. In the village of Grillos, just over a ridge from here on the western peninsula, a couple who own a restaurant watched in tears as flames advanced from three directions while fire trucks spewed water in the flames' path.
"All we need is one of those," said one owner, Iannis Drakopoulos, 72, as a Russian plane carrying an industrial-sized water bucket passed. "If he dropped it here, it would all have been fine."
In Artemida and here in Makistos, the flames were already out, and Monday was instead a day for tallying the damage and preparing to bury the dead.
[…] The descriptions from people who saw it were the same: flames moving at an unimaginable rate and no one apart from the police to help.
[…] The fire reportedly came over a ridge first to Makistos, a village of 60 homes. Antonios Kokkaliaris, 80, a farmer, said he had been reading his newspaper, underlining parts he liked, when he heard the bell in St. John's church ring. "I went out and I saw the flames before me and people running," he said. He could not leave, he said, because his wife, Koula, 82, is severely disabled. "I told her, 'Stay put, we're going to fight this out.' I grabbed onto the hose and I started dousing left, right and center."
The town emptied, with only him, a herdsman and Mr. Dimopoulos with his wine staying behind. Mr. Kokkaliaris managed to douse his home, and two next door, well enough that the fires howled past, leaving his house intact.
But when it was over, he did not feel relief.
"I was disappointed, honestly," he said, "because not only was there no one to help me, there was no one in sight. 'Am I just standing here alone? What happened to all my townspeople? What is the purpose of life if I am all alone?' "
I can only say: 😯 A brave old man.
But we continue:
The region normally produces 10,000 tons of oil, but nearly all the olive trees are now destroyed, along with countless livelihoods. Charred donkeys and chickens litter ruined farms.
"This village is literally wiped out," Ms. Bammi said. "It's not just those who have been killed. Those who are left have no fields to work in, no olive trees. They have nothing to look forward to."
It is already a tragedy. And if finally it's proved they did that with mobile phones, well, the punishment for these bastards must be … great.
More from the Astute Bloggers:
DAY 4 of deadly fires: Fires rage in Greece as SEVEN PEOPLE CHARGED WITH ARSON .
They remain nameless. Why? Those depraved savages set a country on fire, the public deserves to know no matter who it is. I have searched all news sources. Any Atlas readers have a clue?
Well, can it be because they can be charged with terrorism? I really don't know. Seems strange to me too.
(+) If you want to read a magnificent post about the political consequences of the Greek fires, just go over to Cassandra's blog.
The other usual suspects in the EU are exploiting the crisis to call for more integrated emergency cooperation, in other words: continued deepening of federal structures. Strangely, among the first countries to send fire-fighters and airplanes were Israel and Switzerland; both countries aren't EU members.
The press from hell continues: "'The village of Artimeta in the Peloponnese has become known as the 'crematorium', says the BBC's Malcolm Brabant who is in the village near the town of Olympia." I have serious doubts about this piece of atheist cynicism! Considering the fact that Greece is 96% Orthodox, a Christian denomination prescribing interment, I 'd be surpised if most Greeks even know what a crematorium is, as the first is still to be build; it's highly unlikely that local Greeks would describe a much loved village in such terms!
Chaim writes that "More than 5000 Kassam rockets have been fired at Israeli targets from the Gaza Strip which Israel abandoned to the PLO two years ago, the Sharon government brutally throwing thousands of Jews out of their homes". Very critical of Olmert as ever:
Israel's government, as any other government, has an obligation to defend its people. As long as Ehud Allmerde and his cohorts are running at the top they are going to do little more than a few symbolic gestures to make it look like they are defending Israelis. Rather, they seem obsessed with appeasement. Obsessed with a policy that invariably has failed miserably time and again. They seem intent on giving everything up to the terrorists, little realizing that the more they give, the less they get and the more is demanded!
Olmert spoke on Tuesday 28th with Mahmoud Abbas to "agree on measures against terrorism". As I linked yesterday, this policy is not going to bring them any good.
Meanwhile, Israeli leaders are building themselves shelters to protect them in case of attack. Everyday's tale…
Also, on related news, the Israeli government's tourism ministry has reached an agreement to cooperate with the Vatican's new charter-flight service for pilgrimages to the Holy Land, the Ynetnews agency has reported.
And now for the thinking post of the day. Pastorius has written it -the scene of Patton is priceless-:
[…] you have to ask yourselves, do you want a world which is ruled by men, or by women?
Hmm???
Obviously, rationality is not arbitrated by force.
Read it all. It's worth it. (Chauvinist males: this post is not very recommended for you 😈 ).
A Venezuelan Man In Moscow (UPDATED)
Posted in Caribbean, South America, Venezuela on June 28, 2007| 3 Comments »
Chávez prepares himself to the war against USA, a war that only his megalomaniac mind can see. But, of course, the weapons are for … a media war.
Venezuelan President Chavez in Russia for Possible Weapons Deal – Voice of America
Caribbean Net News
Venezuelan President Chavez in Russia for Possible Weapons Deal
Voice of America – 47 minutes ago
By Peter Fedynsky
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is inMoscow for discussions with Russian President Vladimir Putin about apossible arms deal and expanded economic ties between the twocountries. VOA Correspondent Peter Fedynsky reports from the Russiancapital.
Hugo Chavez speaks at opening of Venezuela's cultural center in Moscow, 28 June 2007
PresidentChavez is expected to meet with his Russian counterpart Thursdayevening in the Kremlin. Speaking during the day at the opening of aLatin American cultural center in Moscow, the Venezuelan leader said hedoes not rule out the development of nuclear energy in his country. Ina swipe at the United States, Mr. Chavez also said American troopsshould leave Iraq, and that Iran has a right to nuclear technology.
Mr. Chavez says that Iran has the right to a peaceful atomic energy industry, because it is a sovereign state.
His Moscow agenda includes the possible purchase of Russiandiesel-electric submarines, armed with missiles. Mr. Chavez is alsointerested in buying the Russian TOR-1 missile defense system.
Last year, Mr. Chavez signed a deal with the Kremlin to purchase $3billion worth of weapons, including helicopters, fighter planes andsmall arms.
But Mr. Chavez said weapons are not the aim of his visit.
He says his priorities are culture, ideas and cooperation in energy as well as the military.
Chavez has warm words for Russia Independent Online
Russia keeps tricky Chavez visit low key Washington Post
Forbes – Monsters and Critics.com – Business Day – Euronews.net
all 109 news articles
UPDATE: And while he is in Moscow, new protests are held in Venezuela for the freedom of expression: Gateway Pundit.
Read also Free Thoughts: Chávez wants power for life.
technorati tags:Chávez, Russia, weapons_deal
Venezuela: students protest because of RCTV closing
Posted in freedom of expression, Human Rights, South America, Venezuela on May 29, 2007| 10 Comments »
Here is the video. It's in Spanish but you can get an overview of what has been going on.
UPDATE: Italian blogger Paolo di Lautreamont has more videos for you to see.
Chávez closes RCTV: CNN – Reuters (Venezuela TV station says troops seized equipment) –
Workers of RCTV station cry while singing the national anthem after the channel was forced off the air in Caracas May 28, 2007. The government is not renewing RCTV's license after 53 years on the air because of accusations that the broadcaster participated in a bungled 2002 coup against Chavez, incited violent demonstrations and aired immoral programming. (Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters)
Agora Vox (French):
"The organization of American States (OEA) and Mercosur can say that Hugo Chávez is a democrat but his acts speak otherwise". Those are the words written in the editorial of the Venezuelan newspaper Tal Cual after the new attack on individual freedoms by president-dictator Hugo Chavez.
Supporters of Radio Caracas TV (RCTV) attend a demonstration outside the TV station in Caracas May 27, 2007. RCTV is being forced off the air after President Hugo Chavez's administration refused to renew its broadcasting license which ends on Sunday. REUTERS/Jorge Silva
A supporters of Radio Caracas TV (RCTV) writes a message outside the TV station in Caracas May 27, 2007. RCTV is being forced off the air after President Hugo Chavez's administration refused to renew its broadcasting license which ends on Sunday. REUTERS/Jorge Silva
Protests: Yahoo! – Students protesting Chávez TV network closure clash with police.
Venezuelan policemen protect themselves when confronting students at the demonstration. El Mundo.es.
Venezuelan policemen take position during a demonstration by government opponents in east Caracas, in the aftermath of the closure of private network RCTV (Radio Caracas Television). President Hugo Chavez's clampdown on opposition television stations widened Monday as police used rubber bullets and tear gas on demonstrators protesting what they called an attack on free speech(AFP/Juan Barreto)
A Venezuelan protestor against the police. (El Mundo.es).
Time – At least 3 students injured in clash with Chávez.
Students protesting against Chávez with Venezuelan flags.
IHT Opposition-alligned Venezuelan TV station goes off the air -( look at this title: looks like Chávez has nothing to do with it):
Venezuelan police fired tear gas and plastic bullets Monday into a crowd of thousands protesting a decision by President Hugo Chavez that forced a television station critical of his leftist government off the air.
Police fired toward the crowd of up to 5,000 protesters from a raised highway, and protesters fled amid clouds of tear gas. They later regrouped in Caracas' Plaza Brion chanting "freedom!" Some tossed rocks and bottles at police, prompting authorities to scatter demonstrators by firing more gas.
Venezuelan armed police follow protestors. (El Mundo.es)
Yahoo! – Venezuela moves against second opposition TV channel: This piece of news says the reason which was considered by Chávez to shut the station
Seizing on the momentum of RCTV's closure, Communications Minister Willian Lara presented a case to the state prosecutor's office saying experts hired by the ministry had found that opposition broadcaster Globovision was inciting assassination attempts on Chavez.
As evidence, he cited Globovision showing footage of an assassination attempt against Pope John Paul II in 1981 accompanied by the song "This Does Not Stop Here," sung by Ruben Blades, now Panama's minister of tourism.
"The conclusion of the specialists … is that (in this segment) they are inciting the assassination of the president of Venezuela," Lara told reporters at the prosecutor's office.
Oh, yes? That is the conclusion? Wow, you have an imagination… Comparing John Paul II with Chávez is a little difficult. Not only Chávez is not the Pope, but also Chávez is not related with the Catholic Church at any level…
New State Station: ABC News: Chávez launches New Venezuela TV Station:
The new channel, TVES, launched its transmissions with artists singing pro-Chavez music, then carried an exercise program and a talk show, interspersed with government ads proclaiming, "Now Venezuela belongs to everyone."
Thousands of government supporters reveled in the streets as they watched the changeover on large TV screens, seeing RCTV's signal go black and then be replaced by a TVES logo featuring Venezuela's national colors. Others launched fireworks and danced to the classic salsa tune "Todo tiene su final" "Everything Has Its End."
In the countdown to the midnight deadline, thousands of RCTV backers banged pots in protest and played recordings of sirens. Some fired gunshots into the air.
Inside the studios of RCTV the sole opposition-aligned TV station with nationwide reach disheartened actors and comedians wept and embraced in the final minutes on the air.
They bowed their heads in prayer, and presenter Nelson Bustamante declared: "Long live Venezuela! We will return soon."
Chavez says he is democratizing the airwaves by turning the network's signal over to public use. His opponents condemned the move as an assault on free speech.
Germany, which holds the European Union presidency, expressed concern that Venezuela let RCTV's license expire "without holding an open competition for the successor license." It said the EU expects that Venezuela will uphold freedom of speech and "support pluralism."
Employees of Radio Caracas Television, RCTV, sing the national anthem as the channel's signal is cut in Caracas, late Sunday, May 27, 2007. Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez decided not to renew the the opposition-aligned channel's broadcasting license which expired at midnight. (AP Photo/Gregorio Marrero)
More here. Also here -in Spanish-. Also in Fausta's blog. Prevost -Spanish- has also posted about it.
La Razón.es (Spanish): Chávez is now targeting free radios after closing opposition TV. Also the channel 24 hours Globovisión and the US CNN in Spanish have been also sued for publishing news with errors.
As Kate posted, Chávez has also taken control of the national phone company, with the aim of converting it into a socialist firm.
Venezuelan vice-president: We don't have any more to say: the concession has ended. Yes, of course, would have been ended if it would have told you how marvellous you are?
Venezuelan military men are ordered to salute each other with "Country, socialism or death".
reliapundit: Venezuela's state-sponsored land theives reveal core hypocrisy of "land reforms".
Venezuela: Fighting for the freedom of expression
Posted in freedom of expression, freedom of speech, Human Rights, South America, Venezuela on May 20, 2007| 3 Comments »
BBC NEWS | World | Americas | Venezuelans rally for TV station:
Tens of thousands of Venezuelans have rallied in the streets of Caracas to protest against President Hugo Chavez's plans to close a private TV station. The head of the RCTV station addressed the marchers, urging them to defend freedom and "free independent media". President Chavez has said he will not renew a licence for the RCTV network which is due to expire on 27 May. He accuses the opposition-allied TV station of supporting a failed coup against him in 2002. He has referred to opposition television stations in general as "horsemen of the apocalypse" and has blamed RCTV in particular for spreading immorality with its steamy soap operas. Mr Chavez plans to replace RCTV with a government-funded TV station.
Well, this is normal, taking how the country is going.
There is protest going on in Internet: Free RCTV, where I have found this video, that proofs that this is a chronicle of an announced death. You can also see this other video.
More in Reuters.
Venezuela: no criticism from pope | Chron.com – Houston Chronicle:
The top spokesman for Venezuela's leftist government insisted on Monday that the pope's condemnation of Marxism wasn't directed at President Hugo Chavez, who says he's steering Venezuela toward "21st century socialism." "We all know that the current pope is characterized as a conservative man, but that doesn't necessarily mean that we must automatically think that any word he utters … is against Venezuela," Information Minister Willian Lara told state television. Pope Benedict XVI concluded a trip to neighboring Brazil on Sunday by telling a bishop's conference that Marxism — as well as unchecked capitalism and globalization — were to blame for many of the region's problems. "The Marxist system, where it found its way into government, not only left a sad heritage of economic and ecological destruction, but also a painful destruction of the human spirit," the pope said. Chavez has explicitly embraced Marxism and is a close ally of communist Cuba. Left-leaning leaders also govern in Bolivia, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Chile, Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay, though most do not claim to be Marxist.
Noticias24 :: Actualidad » Brutal asesinato de 2 militares colombianos en Venezuela:
Last week, in a Bogotá's funeral parlour, there was a sealed coffin. The ceremony was discrete and quickly. Inside there was the dead body of Colombian Captain Camilo González, Official of Militar Intelligence, who belong to the First Division of the Army, widely known as Rime uno, whose base is in Santa Marta. His body had signals of brutal torture: electric shocks, burned parts with acid substances and several rifle shots. Two weeks before, in Bogotá, they had received another dead body with similar signals. He was corporal Gregorio Martínez.
Both military men had been for several months in Venezuela in a secret and covered mission against important chiefs of the FARC that take refuge there. According to newspaper SEMANA, guerrilla fighters from this organization suspected that they were military men. Some days ago, they were followed to Santa Marta, where they corroborated that they were uniformed men. At the end of April, the guerrilla leaders let them get into Venezuela and they were ambushed. They were carried to the main offices of the National Guard in Santa Bárbara del Zulia, near the Maracaibo lake (Venezuela).
It has been impossible to establish if their deaths happened inside or outside the garrison offices. But members of that force, with a guerrilla man from FARC, where they were badly tortured. They could have confessed that they were military men and so were killed. Other international agencies are convinced that the people who killed the 2 Colombian military men were members of the Intelligence service of Venezuela (also known as DIGIT).
Also blogging Reliapundit.
Related matters: Chavez demands apology from Pope.
Related posts: Colombian situation (I): US Dems, FARC and the paramilitaries.
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Colombia's situation (I): US Dems, FARC and the paramilitaries
Posted in Colombia, South America, USA, violence on May 15, 2007| 5 Comments »
Some days ago I spoke with my friend Kate from A Colombo-Americana's Perspective, about Colombian President Uribe. She had written about Nancy Pelosi not considering even considering a meeting with Uribe, although afterwards she had to reconsider it and meet him. Considering that the so-called Plan Colombia is helping the country to combat the narco-lords and to bring peace to the country, this position is, at the very least, idiotic and stupid. The Counterterrorism Blog has a very good analysis of the situation:
[…] according to both long-time critics of Plan Colombia (the multi-billion dollar U.S. aid package to Colombia) and long-time supporters the trip was apparently a debacle. The Democratic congress is not keen on Plan Colombia or a U.S.-Colombia Free Trade pact. The Democrats have been accused of using revelations of human rights abuses as a fig leaf for doing the AFL-CIO's bidding and killing the Free Trade Agreement. This is not entirely fair, as the human rights situation in Colombia is abysmal (although it has been abysmal for decades now). There have been a steady stream of revelations about high-level contacts between the military, the para-militaries, and politicians close to Uribe. Uribe himself has remained popular.
The Democrats should consider their next moves carefully. It is easy to bash Republican policies (although Plan Colombia was initially formulated under the Clinton Administration.) Only a decade ago, Colombia was on the verge of being a failed state, now the situation has stabilized. But much remains to be done, and it is entirely conceivable that the situation could take a turn for the worse.
At the same the FARC remains a major concern, a well funded terrorist group with both the desire and the capability to wreak havoc not only in Colombia but throughout the hemisphere (for more read this report on the FARC's hemisphere-wide reach.) While the paramilitaries are absolutely loathesome, they are not expressly political (they were formed when the state proved unable to secure large sections of the country). Despite conventional wisdom that the FARC are really just about drug trafficking, at least some parts of it remain a Maoist guerilla movement that explicitly seeks to overthrow the Colombian state and spread its radical ideology. The FARC needs to be kept under pressure – failure to do so will destabilize Colombia and its neighbors.
Finally, bashing Uribe sends the wrong message to Latin America. If the U.S. turns on its closest, most loyal regional ally, other leaders will not be tempted to support American initiatives. […]
This last point is without doubt very important for the US. Especially because at the same time, Pelosi wanted to have a chat both with Ahmadinejad, who cannot be considered as a Human Rights' supporter, and with Chávez, whose last deed has been to close a TV opposed to his Bolivarian regime and whose treatment of the press has been criticized by two reports recently –something which can lead to a new crackdown on disidents-.
Another reason to consider the stupid position of Mrs. Pelosi is the fact that Uribe's popularity has risen to an astounding 75% of the Colombian people.
Of course, the picture of the Colombian-US relations should be finished by pointing out that the same people who are supporting the Dems' position, demonstrated heavily against Bush when he visited Colombia some months ago.
The accusation against Uribe is that some of his closed collaborators have some kind of linkage to paramilitaries. As I did not know a lot about them, I asked Jaime Restrepo from Colombian blog Atrabilioso to enlighten me on this subject:
The paramilitaries appeared as an answer from peasants and rich land owners to the abuses of the FARC and the guerrilla in general, as the absence of the State in a lot of Colombian regiones was hugh: till 2002, more than 200 villages (more or less 20% of the total number of villages in Colombia), did not have police, nor teachers, judges nurses or any other civil servant.
Those peasants organised themselves or sponsored some movements of self-defense. Even the State (from 1970 till 1990) promoted them or supported the organization of these movements using the Army for that. In the mid-80's, the narco-market appeared in Colombia and step by step the so-called Medellín's cartel begins to control those groups of self-defense not only to defend themselves from guerilla, but also to steal lands, make their enemies and informants disappear and to eliminate in general every suspicious body.
The first thing to consider is that we cannot speak of a paramilitary structure alone, because there are some organizations that appear in different regions, independently, without an organised command and without unified criteria: in practice that is kept till today, as the peace process with the paramilitaries was made with many of these groups, but not with all of them. They were operating without a unified command and only achieved a sort of union for negotiation with State. But they also penetrated the State and involved some corrupted politicians, with no scruples and criminals in their cause.
Of all of these groups that were not in the peace process, the 3rd generation of paramilitaries is created (in 1992 they made another negotiation in only one region of the country that resulted had been a sham). Some weeks ago one of their leaders was captured and the guy shouted that as long as the FARC exist, the paramilitaries will also exist: I believe that this is what a lot of Colombians consider about this, because they consider that the FARC are the main generator of violence and death. The FARC also nearly succeded in coming to power in a sort of peace process made between 1998 and 2001 Distension Zone from San Vicente del Caguán.
Of course, people know that the paramilitaries, like FARC or ELN, have not done any good: in their history they have only caused death and destruction. For me, the difference is that the FARC are the cause and the paramilitaries are the consequence, but this can only explain the facts and never the justification, because the blood split has none.
I have translated what he wrote to me as I think that it is very important to read the people who live in the country without any kind of intermediaries.
Although the situation has really being improved, the FARC are now focusing on kidnapping children. This year alone 27 children have been kidnapped, that is to say that the 22% of the kidnappings which happened this year have been against minors. They are now the favorite target of the criminals, even greater that the businessmen, who are the most affected group by this crime. In 2006, 110 children were kidnapped, while 95 businessmen, 57 employees and 6 civil servants.
This is a production for Atrabilioso: freedom for all the kidnapped in Colombia.
Cuba Archive: the Castro's murders
Posted in Cuba, Human Rights, South America on March 8, 2007| Leave a Comment »
Ya No Mas: Castro's regime has killed more than 8.000 victims (in Spanish):
The chief executive of the project "Cuba Archive", María Werlau,presented in Madrid the first data from a registry that documents the deaths that have been produced during the process whose head has been the dictator Fidel Castro.
The partial results of this investigation show that between Jan 1st 1959 and Oct 31st 2006 there has been 5.775 documented cases of executions, 1.231 unlawful murders, 200 cases of disappeared dissidents and y 984 deaths in prison, which sum up to a total of 8.190 deaths. Deaths in prison are up to a total of: 159 murders, 209 deaths because of medical negligence, 264 suicides, 21 accidents and 331 by "supposed natural causes", about which Werlau said that "the death rate in prisons is higher that the rate shown by the rest of the population".
The especialist added that the rate of deaths is higher but that the process is slow and difficult as the registry has not only the Castro's dictaatorship -1959-, but also the Bastista's dictatorship -since 1952-, to consider all of them as victims.
Thanks to El blog de Martha Colmenares.
Más en ABC.es.
Related with this, Babalu Blog has reported the beatings Guillermo Fariñas, Reporters without Borders Prize 2006, has suffered (link in Spanish) in the city of Santa Clara last March 2nd. He was beaten in the face with evident results: haematomas and inflammation in the face, bruises in the head and injuries in the skin. The independent journalist was handcuffed and driven in the patrol car from the Revolutionary National Police (PNR) to the 3rd unit of the PNR where he was detained for 1 hour, till he was freed by orders from La Habana.
He had been invited by the artist Miriam Fernández and other members of the emergent Cuban civil society in Villa Clara, who had been invited to a show of alternative art to realise in La Habana.
Evo Morales thinks that the causes of floods in Bolivia are…
Posted in Bolivia, disasters, South America on February 25, 2007| Leave a Comment »
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the climate change, and the rich countries, and the fault to comply with Kyoto:
The floods have killed nearly 40, with tens of thousands of people forced from their homes. Health officials have also reported outbreaks of dengue fever.
While aid has arrived, landslides are delaying the evacuation of flood zones.
President Evo Morales blames the floods on developed states failing to tackle climate change. Meteorologists say the El Nino phenomenon is the root cause.
Issuing an appeal for $9.2m, the UN described the flooding as the country's most devastating disaster ever, warning that water supplies and sanitation conditions have been severely contaminated.
The first shipment of international aid has now started arriving in Bolivia from Venezuela and neighbouring Peru, with Argentina, the United States and others also lending assistance.
The International Red Cross says that more than 350,000 people have been affected, many of them poor indigenous people in remote areas of the country.
"One of the main difficulties we're facing is actually to help proper access to the most forgotten and most affected areas," said Giorgio Ferrario, the head of the regional delegation for South America of the Red Cross.
Health officials have reported more than 1,600 cases of dengue fever and 1,400 cases of malaria since the current crisis began.
Speaking about the devastation, Mr Morales, an outspoken critic of the US, accused wealthy countries of ignoring the Kyoto Protocol which seeks to halt climate change.
He said poorer nations were being made to bear the brunt of what he described as the uncontrollable quest for industrial growth by richer ones.
This type of action, he said, demonstrated a lack of concern on the part of the developed world in altering climate change and the fate of the planet.
However meteorologists say the extensive rains are connected to El Nino, the periodic phenomenon which begins with a warming of waters in the eastern Pacific.
In its 1997 incarnation, El Nino brought drought to parts of Asia and Australia, and heavy rains and floods to Latin America.
It is not thought likely to reach the same strength this year.
So, he is wrong: this is said to be a consequence of El Niño phenomenon, nothing to do with Kioto or climate change.
This comes to complicate even more the Bolivian situation: last week, some Bolivian miners were to defend their mine with shots and dynamite.
Also the new Parliamentary Regulation obliges MAS (Movimiento al Socialismo, that is Movement to Socialism, Morales' Party) to seek agreements with the opposition. Another opposition's conquest is that two thirds of all the Parliament seats are going to be needed to approve the new constitution. Debates for this will begin on Monday.
Bolivian Exterior Minister is going to declare in the Parliament about Evo Morales' party and government's relationship with terrorist groups' such as ETA. The opposition says is very worried about the prespective of their country being converted into a terrorists' sanctuary.
Resumiendo: ha habido una serie de inundaciones en Bolivia (podeis leer el Mundo), que pueden producir una catástrofe humanitaria porque hay dengue (400 casos confirmados y 1.300 sospechosos) y malaria (1.500 enfermos) y no hay suficientes infraestructuras para que puedan llevarse los medicamentos apropiados. Tampoco están ayudando los corrimientos de tierra, que dificultan o impiden el tránsito hacia Beni, la zona más afectada.
Los metereólogos han señalado que es una consecuencia de El Niño, pero Evo Morales ha echado la culpa a la "búsqueda incontrolable de crecimiento económico por los países ricos y la negativa de éstos a controlar sus emisiones".
Por cierto, que mañana empiezan los debates para la nueva constitución, para cuya aprobación será preciso los 2/3 del Parlamento en una conquista de la oposición. La otra conquista importante es que el nuevo Reglamento Parlamentario obliga al MAS a buscar acuerdos con la oposición.
Asimismo el Ministro de Exteriores Boliviano deberá declarar en el Parlamento sobre la relación del partido y el Gobierno de Evo Morales con grupos terroristas (entre ellos ETA).
So after Al Gore.
Al Gore, the climate change and the new Prestige.
Now Morales asks for some shares.
Chávez to build a Kalashkov Rifle Factory in Venezuela.
Morales and his weapons.
Chávez and Evo: Videogames and Foreign Interventions of … Chávez.
And it won't be the last.
More about Spain-Bolivia crisis.
German FM impressed by Evo.
Morales accuses Zapatero of breaking aid promise.
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WindowsApp4.link.rsp <-- exists from the previous command line.
it's also odd to have a relative path like that.
Ignore any typos between "app3" and "app4". I've tried remaking the project multiple times now.
linked site with the installer.
I can make a D project but it won't compile. It says "build succeeded"
click "yes" and it then fails to find any file.
also odd to have a relative path like that.
The wrong linker is called here. Do you have the C++ tools installed with VS? Check the settings in "Options->Tools->Projects and Solutions->Visual D Settings->DMD directories->x64": you should probably enable "override linker settings from sc.ini" and check the executable paths (VC paths before dmd path).


Welcome to the web page for the Vermilion-Lorain Water Trail. It is the fourth designated water trail in the state of Ohio and provides impressive views of nature, the City of Vermilion, the City of Lorain and Lake Erie. Canoe and kayak enthusiasts are welcome to paddle portions of the Vermilion and Black River and along the shoreline of Lake Erie.
The water tail is a total of 27 miles long. It begins at the shale cliffs of the Vermilion River Reservation and follows until the Vermilion River empties out into Lake Erie, cutting through downtown Vermilion. It then continues along the shoreline, passing Showse Park of Vermilion and Lakeview Park of Lorain. It enters the mouth of the Black River and goes through downtown Lorain and passes the U.S. Steel Mill. The trail ends at Bur Oak Picnic of the Black River Reservation in Elyria. Kayakers and Canoes can access the trail at several points. Signage will be posted int he coming months at these points.
Always boat with another person.
Wear a lifejacket at all times, particularly in moving water. By law children under 10 must wear life jackets of an appropriate size.
Dress for the water temperature. Bring an extra change of clothes and your cell phone in a waterproof bag.
Neoprene shoes or tennis shoes with woolen socks are recommended footwear.
File a "float plan" with a reliable person, indicating where you are going and when you will leave and return. Remember to contact the person once you have safely returned.
Do not overload or unevenly load your boat. Keep the weight in the boat centered from side to side and bow to stern. The lower and closed the load in the bath is to the boat's centerline, the more stable it will be.
Always maintain three points of contact (for example, two hands, and one foot touching the boat) while moving around in the boat.
Be prepared to swim. If the water looks too hazardous to swim, then don't boat on it.
Never boat over lowhead dams.
Portage (carry your boat around) and section of water about which you feel uncertain.
If you capsize, hold on to your boat unless it presents a life-threatening situation. If floating in current, position yourself on the upstream side of the capsized boat.
Avoide overexertion and guard against extreme weather conditions.
Do not attempt to stand or walk in swift water.
The Lorain-Vermilion Water Trail is a partnership between the Lorain County Metro Parks, the City of Lorain, the City of Vermilion, Lorain Port Authority, Vermilion Port Authority, Vermilion Shores, Beaver Park Marina, and the Ohio Division of Natural Resources, Division of Watercraft and Division of Wildlife.


How about creating a magnificent family heirloom? A technique that has been around for a very long time, namely "poor man's work ", is ideal for this purpose. Decoupage is an affordable craft for achieving long lasting results.
Line working area with old newspaper.
Using the sponge apply two coats of Podge onto the gift-wrap.
Allow Podge to dry between coats (it goes milky and dries clear).
Tip: Podging the giftwrap prevents the printer's ink from being rubbed off and reinforces the paper for cutting and gluing.
Cut out the paper designs using a small, sharp pair of scissors.
Paint the wash onto the toy-box and allow to dry.
Sand the entire box with water and 400-grit waterpaper.
Allow to dry and apply another coat of wash to the toy-box.
Once the wash is dry, you might want to waterpaper (sand) the toy-box again – allow to dry.
Tip: To make a "paint wash", dilute craft paint with water (50%) and add ± 10% matt acrylic glaze medium. Warning: If making a dark colour wash use deco varnish instead of the matt medium.
Apply the glue to the back of the giftwrap and on the toy-box where you want to apply the design (this will allow you to change your mind about the positioning of the design).
Use your finger to secure the centre of the design, work out toward the edge, allowing air bubbles to escape with the excess glue.
Use a damp cloth to remove the excess glue.
Tip: Mix powder glue as per instruction with 20% craft glue. This mixture has an extended drying time, allowing for the design to be moved.
Sand the entire box with water and 400-grit waterpaper. Be careful not to sand too much along the ridges of the design.
Wipe the excess water with a damp cloth.
Apply two coats acrylic matt glaze medium, allow to dry clear between coats.
Tip: For a super fine finish, waterpaper (sand) one last time using 800-grit waterproof paper. Apply white furniture polish; allow to dry before buffing to a fine sheen.
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With a broad paintbrush, apply a thick even coat of antique crackle.


13 MPG in my Honda Ridgeline truck. Dang.
I guess hauling tons (literally) of bricks and gravel for our retaining wall over the last couple weeks really did take a toll on my trucks gas mileage. All of my driving since the last fill was in the city, and therefore I got the worst gas mileage I've ever gotten at the worst time to-date… 13 miles per gallon. Normally I get 17-19mpg average (it used to be over 20 before ethanol was introduced to the fuel), but this past few weeks were pretty rough on the truck. And I even made sure to drive slowly and take it easy on launches at lights, etc.
The good thing is that I've only been driving the truck a couple dozen miles per week since I've been taking the train for work and school is out for another week or two. Even school only tacked on another 40 miles per week. I've considered selling the truck in the past, but I'm glad I had it these last 2 months for all the work we've done inside and outside of the house. We're not hurting for money, but at least I know that if times get tough, the first thing to go is the truck!
Low gas mileage will definitely blow a hole in your wallet. Nevertheless, if the truck is useful to you, just keep it – use it when you have to have the capabilities it offers – and get another, fuel efficient vehicle for daily commuting.
As for high gasoline prices, (now over $3.75/gal. in my neck of the woods), I will confess that they are making me think about my transportion choices.
I presently own a 1998 Toyota 4Runner and a 2006 Toyota 4Runner. Both are V6 powered and are mid-sized SUV's. Frankly, I'm reluctant to part with either vehicle.
The '98 4Runner has 247,000 miles on it and is a truly bulletproof vehicle that has NEVER broken down on me – not one single time ever! I bought it new in 1997 and paid it off in 3 years, so even with high gas prices, it pays to keep this reliable, very useful, SUV on the road. I haul all kinds of stuff in it and going to a passenger sedan is something that would be very inconvenient for me.
For now, I'm inclined to drive less and more fuel-efficiently in order to keep what is, without question, the most reliable vehicle I've ever owned. I've found that I can squeeze 23 mpg out of it by driving 55mph on the freeways using cruise control and otherwise avoiding all forms of aggressive acceleration. I put about 900 miles a month on this vehicle and that only costs me about $120.00 – $140.00 a month at current prices, so while I'm not happy about paying $65.00 to fillup the tank, it's not exactly putting me in the poorhouse yet.
I'm a little more ambivalent about the 2006 4Runner, but only because I have two years left to pay on it and if gas rises above $8.00 a gallon, I question if I'll even be able to afford to drive it anymore. On the other hand, it is also quite fuel efficient when driven conservatively, and gets about 24 mpg on the highway with cruise control at 55mph. This vehicle only gets driven about 500 miles a month, so for now, I'm inclined to keep it.
I mainly bought it because I wanted the ideal vehicle for going off-roading and exploring wilderness areas. The car has GPS, 4WD and loads of cargo space and no ordinary car could possibly do what it does on road trips to the great outdoors. If worse comes to worse, I'd just go buy a used econo-box "beater" car to use to commute to work and use the savings in gas to offset the cost of operating the '06 4Runner.
I'm not going to panic and sell this fabulous vehicle at a loss to some rich SOB who could care less about gas prices just because we are transitioning from the era of cheap oil to an era of expensive oil. I have reasonable confidence that gasoline will remain sufficiently available, even if it becomes as pricy as it is in Europe, so I may as well keep the '06 4Runner and just use it as a vacation vehicle.
Now, having reached this decision about my current vehicles, I will say this: The next car I buy will probably be a hybrid, electric or whatever other viable alternative, renewable fuels car comes to market – but only if they can sell them at a price I can afford. I won't pay $40K or $50K for a green car. What America needs right now is a quality, green, automobile that is comfortable, has decent amenities, and can be purchased for under $25K.


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A charming and intimate space, which overlooks the vast expanse of the beautifully kept main ground at Lord's, the Writing Room is flooded with natural light on bright summer days from the large bay windows and also offers a cozy fire place for cooler winter affairs - its perfect all year round. You will undoubtedly be swept away by the glamour of cricket's grandest clubhouse.
We offer package upgrades to further enhance the day, for example, a Tour of Lord's may be arranged for guests for an added touch of the uniqueness of Lord's we are so proud of.


The PGA TOUR China - Clearwater Bay Open 2018 was held successfully from 11 to 14 October 2018. New Zealand's Nick Voke captured the Clearwater Bay Open title and picked up the RMB360,000 winner's cheque from a total prize fund of RMB2 million. Below are wonderful moments of the tournament.


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Q: how to toggle a dynamic height div using jquery I have a dynamic div which has content inside of it of different lengths. Rather than having a fixed height to slide down the content and having empty white space, I have created a dynamic script in JQuery which only slides down based on the how much content is in within the parent div.
I have managed to get the dynamic height to slide but I can't toggle it to slide back up.

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  //let learning_accordion = $(this).parent().find(".my_learning_accordion_content").toggleClass("show-open");
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  learning_accordion.children().each(function() {
    inner_content += $(this).height();
    let me = that.next().css("height", inner_content + "px");
    me.toggle();
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A: I set up an example where content gets added via JS, you don't need to set any height on the elements. slideToggle will handle this.
You can set the animation speed and run a function once the animation has been completed.

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const toggleAnimationFinished = function() {
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$('.my_learning_accordion_content').text(acContent);

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  $(this).next().slideToggle(toggleSpeed, toggleAnimationFinished);
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Family Guy First Look: Peter Meets God in Finale, Asks Some 'Tough Questions'
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Peter Griffin has had his share of religious experiences over the years — remember when he inspired Jesus' big comeback in '08? — but nothing compares to Sunday's Family Guy season finale (Fox, 9/8c).
The episode — which, of course, is titled "Are You There, God? It's Me, Peter" — finds Peter hero slipping into a coma, meeting his maker face-to-face and asking him "some of life's tough questions."
"He inquires about the meaning of life, and his own life, and he gets interesting answers," executive producer Rich Appel tells TVLine. "He learns a lot about himself. Seth plays God and Peter."
And as you can see in TVLine's exclusive first look below, the two get along swimmingly:
If you think about it, Season 16 has been a particularly wild ride for the Griffins and their associates: Quagmire lost his penis in a freak accident on the high seas, Peter's millennial friend Hammer died in his arms, Stewie was revealed to be faking his fake British accent, Rupert was killed (then replaced) and Brian got kicked out of the house… for a few weeks, at least.
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That Upbeat Melody of Muslim-Bashing
Posted on April 3, 2015 June 12, 2019 By rayhanania No Comments on That Upbeat Melody of Muslim-Bashing
Rarely can anyone have a discussion that involves Muslims without a little bashing even when it has to do with boot stomping, dressing flaying Country music. Is Country music more patriotic, or does it intentionally fan the flames of Muslim-bashing?
What do country music, Ted Cruz, terrorists and Muslims have in common? This week they were all a part of a ridiculous debate that dominated the announcement of a Republican presidential candidate.
Last week U.S. Sen. Cruz made some innocuous comments that the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks had turned him away from rock music to fall in love with country music.
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Country Singer Craig Morgan Photo by shinealight
had asked a simple, softball question that I am sure she never thought would explode into controversy.
"Who is Ted Cruz?" King, the CBS cohost with Charlie Rose, asked. "What kind of music do you listen to? What are you watching on TV? What do you do for fun?"
Cruz replied that he enjoys "House of Cards," the Netflix series about a politician who doesn't mind killing people to get what he wants or throwing a reporter in front of a CTA train when she asks too many questions about the killings.
But it was this comment that lit the media fuse and dragged out all kinds of ugly stereotypes about Muslims into a media boot-slapping melody:
"I grew up listening to classic rock. But I will tell you an odd story. My music changed on 9/11," Cruz told King. "On 9/11, I didn't like how rock music responded. And country music collectively, the way they responded, resonated with me. It was a gut level. I had an emotional reaction that these are my people."
How rock music "responded?" Like rock music is supposed to fight a war or, you might deduce from Cruz comments, rock music wasn't tough enough on the "terrorists," who, according to Cruz and others, are all "Muslim."
Senator Ted Cruz Photo by Gage Skidmore
Appearing later on MSNBC, Ebony Magazine Editor Jamilah Lemieux was asked what she made of Cruz's comments, and she immediately turned toward humor when host Ari Melber lobbed the softball, "Jamilah, what's he talking about?"
Lemieux responded with laughter, saying, "Nothing says 'let's go kill some Muslims' like country music."
Of course, killing Muslims in the Middle East and Afghanistan may be one thing, but making jokes about it? How rude.
Melber apologized for the comment after the break, but not about killing Muslims.
"We have a programming note," Melber began. "A few minutes ago on this show, a guest made a comment about country music, and that comment was not appropriate, and we want to be clear: This network does not condone it."
Maybe he might have said that making light of "killing Muslims" isn't a good thing, either.
But it's live TV and ratings are important.
No amount of humor, or lack of humor, goes unpunished in the polarized world that we live in after the 9/11 terrorism. The FOX network was quick to jump into the saddle to defend country music in the Muslim killing fray, bashing Lemieux and interviewing a real, live, dag-gannit country music superstar, Craig Morgan. (Who?)
Morgan, a former Army Ranger, wrote the country music song "That's What I Love about Sunday," and FOX and friends played these lyrics as a prelude to the interview.
"That's what I love about Sunday/ Sing along as the choir sways/ Every verse of Amazin' Grace/ An' then we shake the preacher's hand/ Go home, into your blue jeans/ Have some chicken an' some baked beans/ Pick a backyard football team/ Not do much of anything/ That's what I love about Sunday."
I don't need to hum the melody because most country music songs are all the same. But this one was important because, as you know, Christians pray on Sunday, and Muslims pray on Friday. Thank God the debate didn't get into Saturday and gefilte fish.
Morgan called Lemieux "rude" and "ignorant," and then said, "Country music is the most listened to genre. That's the reality."
The blond-haired FOX News anchor (aren't they all blond?) declares this is another example of "the left hating on pop culture if it doesn't agree with them, for example with 'American Sniper' they tried to paint conservatives as being warmongers and blood thirsty. Is this more of the same?"
I heard the softball swoosh through the air, and Morgan responded with his best Mom, apple pie and baseball swing: "They were trying to use country music, a format of music that is probably THE most patriotic genre of music. There is more patriotism in our music than in any other format. … Country music is the most patriotic format of music."
And the blond FOX anchor's male host lobs Morgan to give him more lyrics, "So let's just prove to everyone that not every Country song is anti-Muslim."
To which Morgan replies, "When you've been where I've been, any kind of life is paradise."
Muslim bashing? They'll write songs about it.
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Gupta, Varun, Durg Singh Chauhan and Kamlesh Dutta. "Hybrid Regression Testing Based on Path Pruning." IJSSOE 5.1 (2015): 35-55. Web. 19 Jul. 2019. doi:10.4018/IJSSOE.2015010103
Gupta, V., Chauhan, D. S., & Dutta, K. (2015). Hybrid Regression Testing Based on Path Pruning. International Journal of Systems and Service-Oriented Engineering (IJSSOE), 5(1), 35-55. doi:10.4018/IJSSOE.2015010103
Gupta, Varun, Durg Singh Chauhan and Kamlesh Dutta. "Hybrid Regression Testing Based on Path Pruning," International Journal of Systems and Service-Oriented Engineering (IJSSOE) 5 (2015): 1, accessed (July 19, 2019), doi:10.4018/IJSSOE.2015010103
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Hybrid Regression Testing Based on Path Pruning
Varun Gupta (Jawaharlal Nehru Govt. Engineering College, Sundernagar, India), Durg Singh Chauhan (Uttarakhand Technical University, Dehradun, India) and Kamlesh Dutta (Department of Computer Science and Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur, India)
Source Title: International Journal of Systems and Service-Oriented Engineering (IJSSOE) 5(1)
DOI: 10.4018/IJSSOE.2015010103
Regression testing has been studied by various researchers for developing and testing the quality of software. Regression testing aims at re-execution of evolved software code to ensure that no new errors had been introduced during the process of modification. Since re-execution of all test cases is not feasible, selecting manageable number of test cases to execute modified code with good fault detection rate is a problem. In past few years, various hybrid based regression testing approaches have been proposed and successfully employed for software testing, aiming at reduction in the number of test cases and higher fault detection capabilities. These techniques are based on sequence of selections, prioritizations and minimization of test suite. However, these techniques suffer from major drawbacks like improper consideration of control dependencies, neglection of unaffected fragments of code for testing purpose. Further, these techniques have been employed on hypothetical or simple programs with test suites of smaller size. Present paper proposes hybrid regression testing, a combination of test case selections, test case prioritizations and test suite minimization. The technique works at statement level and is based on finding the paths containing statements that affects or gets affected by the addition/deletion or modification (both control and data dependency) of variables in statements. The modification in the code may cause ripple effect thereby resulting into faulty execution of the code. The hybrid regression testing approach is aimed at detecting such faults with lesser number of test cases. Reduction in number of test cases is possible because of the decreased number of paths to be tested. A web based framework to automate and parallelize this testing technique to maximum extend, making it well suited for globally distributed environments is also proposed in the present paper. Framework when implemented as a tool can handle large pool of test cases and will make use of parallel MIMD architectures like multicore systems. Technique is applied on prototype live system and results are compared with recently proposed hybrid regression testing approach against parameters of interest. Obtained optimized results are indicators of effectiveness of approach in terms of reduction in effort, cost as well as testing time in general and increment delivery time in particular.
Regression testing is aimed at the execution of new versions of software, in order to find errors in newly added or modified parts of software and also to ensure that no new errors have been introduced in previously tested code. Software testers execute software against the test cases and match the output obtained with the expected outcome. The number of test cases could be so large that the testing activity may take very long time and effort, making this task itself infeasible. Also, due to the limited resources available, it is not feasible to execute all the test cases. The tester must select most influential test cases which are representatives of all the errors in the software.
In software industry, various approaches are adopted to conduct regression testing, such as test cases selection, prioritization and minimization. Selections results in reduction in size of test suites by selecting test cases that executes the modified parts of the code (Biswas et al., 2011). Thus, regression testing by test cases selection is a modification aware testing that selects only those test cases that are associated with changed parts (Yoo and Harman, 2007). Regression prioritization creates the order of test cases being arranged in order of decreasing priorities, while minimization deletes non-influential test cases from larger test case array. Research had shown that the test case prioritizations also improves fault detection rate. (Rothermel et al., 1999) had measured efficiency of nine test case prioritization techniques in terms of fault detection rate. As fault detection metric, average of the percentage of faults detected (APFD) was employed. Value of APFD was found high for every prioritization technique although relative APFD for various techniques varied.
In recent years, hybrid approaches (Aggarwal, Singh and Kaur, 2004; Gupta and Chauhan 2011a), with a combination of selection and prioritization methods have been proposed. Selected test cases are prioritized and executed for testing purpose. Aggarwal, Singh and Kaur (2004) presented hybrid regression testing approach which prioritizes test cases on the basis of number of lines of code covered by each test case. Authors have hypothesized that; larger the coverage of test case, greater is its priority. Process of prioritization continues until all lines of code are covered by selected test cases. The work was extended by Malhotra, Kaur and Singh (2010). Proposed technique selected test cases from test suite containing prioritized test cases. Selected test cases were further prioritized. According to the authors, test case of higher priority is used first till resources are available or confidence about correctness is build up to a considerable good extend. Singh, Kaur and Suri (2010) presented hybrid regression testing technique that employs various levels of selections and prioritization. This technique first selects the test cases that execute the changed variables or variables computed from these changed variables. Prioritization is again performed depending on the value of dependency count of variables.
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The Condominium Act ("The Act") has a catchall provision which essentially provides that "other written records" related to the operation of a condominium are considered official records of an association. In 2017, the Act underwent some changes as it pertains to official records and these changes are important to keep in mind to avoid a problem. For instance, "bids for work to be performed" have long been considered official records. Beginning July 1, 2017, however "bids for materials, equipment or services" are official records. In other words, whether an association accepts the bid or not, all bids are official records and are subject to inspection. Also, beginning July 1, 2018, associations required to have a website must post "summaries of bids" on their website for one year. The Act does not detail what constitutes a summary so depending on the nature and extent of the bids received, an association will need the guidance of its attorney as to what should go in to the summary for compliance purposes.
In terms of access to official records, notable changes include the ability of a renter to both inspect and obtain copies of the by-laws and rules of the association. Note, the access is specific to the by-laws and rules, not the declaration, articles of incorporation, meeting minutes, and so forth. Additionally, the right is limited to the renter, not a guest or someone living in the unit who is not on the lease. Another change in 2017 centered on inspections of official records. If the person seeking access to the official records is doing so as an authorized representative of the owner, then they have the same rights of inspection and copying as an owner. There is no definition of "authorized representative" and it would be improper to assume that only an attorney or someone with a power of attorney would meet that criteria. If for example, an owner advises that the renter is his authorized representative, then the renter as the authorized representative is entitled to inspect and obtain copies of minutes, bids, and all other non-privileged official records of the association. The authorized representative however is not permitted other owner related rights such as the use of the pool or gym simply because they are the owner's authorized representative. Associations which will be required to have a website beginning July 1, 2018, should also keep in mind that just because some of its official records will be posted to the website, does not mean that written records requests for inspection of those records will no longer have to be honored. On the contrary, the website requirement is in addition to and not in lieu of the ability of an owner and their authorized representative to send a written inspection request. Nor does it mean that an authorized representative or renter has access to the secure portions of the website as The Act limits access to owners. In order to ensure uniformity and timely handling of inspection requests, associations will need to have a system in place which considers not just the nature of the records sought but also the person requesting them.
Another and quite important point as it pertains to new developments with official records stems from the refusal to allow inspection or copying of records which are not confidential. In such an instance, if the refusal is in furtherance of a crime, the refusal itself is considered a criminal act. The same criminal consequences apply if the official records are destroyed in furtherance of a crime. The criminal component however does not do away with the monetary damages (or any other civil liability) faced by an association for the failure to timely provide or properly maintain its official records.


Helen Brady was commissioned by the Arts Committee Charitable funds, to create artwork in the Children's treatment ward.
The rest of ward had been updated last year at Frimley Park. The doctors and nurses needed to have a 'distraction' to give medical treatment, yet keeping within the new theme of the ward.
A local artist, was commissioned on a two day project to create 'portholes' using the colours and theme throughout the ward decor.
'Finding the pearl' across the three designs became the focus. Helen Brady from Inspired-spaces.co.uk was fantastic! From the brief, meeting staff and the conduct of her work. The room had to continue as a treatment area. The staff and the patients have really found a talking point about with the artwork-doing exactly what we needed it to do.


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Laurie Anderson and Kronos Quartet's Landfall will be released on Nonesuch Records on February 16, 2018. The piece, which was inspired by Anderson's experience of Hurricane Sandy, is the first collaboration between the iconic storyteller/musician and the groundbreaking string quartet, who perform together on the recording. Landfall juxtaposes lush electronics and strings with Anderson's powerful descriptions of loss, from water-logged pianos to disappearing animal species to Dutch karaoke bars. Landfall is available to pre-order now on iTunes and in the Nonesuch Store with an instant download of the album track "We Learn to Speak Yet Another Language," which can be heard below and on Spotify. Nonesuch Store pre-orders also include an exclusive, limited-edition print autographed by Anderson.
Kronos Quartet and Laurie Anderson have performed Landfall at commissioning presenters Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Adelaide Festival, Barbican Centre, Montclair State University, Perth International Arts Festival, Stanford Live, and the University of Texas at Austin, among other venues. The New York Times said the piece's presentation at Brooklyn Academy of Music "set the auditorium awash in elegiac string sounds and postmillennial gloom. Performed by the composer and the tirelessly innovative Kronos Quartet, the work, written in New York during that epic storm, often resembled the flotsam bobbing on the receding floodwaters, with poignant snippets and small treasures." The Washington Post calls it "riveting, gorgeous."
In addition to Landfall, Anderson also releases a new book in February, All the Things I Lost in the Flood: Essays on Pictures, Language and Code, published by Skira Rizzoli. Two years ago Anderson began looking through her archive of nearly forty years of work, which includes scores of documentation, notebooks, and sketchbooks. In the process, she rediscovered some of her work and looked at many projects with a fresh eye, leading her to write a collection of essays looking at the way language entered her visual work.
Laurie Anderson is one of America's most renowned—and daring—creative pioneers. Her work, which encompasses music, visual art, poetry, film, and photography, has challenged and delighted audiences around the world for more than thirty years. Anderson is best known for her multimedia presentations and musical recordings. Her tours have taken her around the world, where she has presented her work in small arts spaces and grand concert halls, and everywhere in between. She has numerous major works to her credit, along with countless collaborations with an array of artists, from Jonathan Demme and Brian Eno to Bill T. Jones and Peter Gabriel.
Anderson's first single, "O Superman," launched her recording career in 1981, rising to number two on the British pop charts and subsequently appearing on her landmark release Big Science. She went on to record six more albums with Warner Brothers. In 2001, Anderson released her first album with Nonesuch Records, the critically lauded Life on a String. Her subsequent releases on the label include Live in New York (2002), a reissue of Big Science (2007), and Homeland (2010). Nonesuch most recently released the soundtrack to Anderson's acclaimed film, Heart of a Dog (2015), Uncut called, "'Warm, witty and thought-provoking … her subject is the very stuff of life: grief, love, joy, memory, loss … like listening to a series of short radio plays or a podcast of Anderson's anthropological musings … Anderson's most satisfying and human work." Additionally, Anderson's virtual-reality film La Camera Insabbiata, with Hsin-Chien Huang, won the 2017 Venice Film Festival Award for Best VR Experience.
For more than 40 years, San Francisco's Kronos Quartet—David Harrington (violin), John Sherba (violin), Hank Dutt (viola), and Sunny Yang (cello)—has combined a spirit of fearless exploration with a commitment to continually reimagine the string quartet experience. In the process, Kronos has become one of the world's most celebrated and influential ensembles, performing thousands of concerts, releasing more than 60 recordings, collaborating with an eclectic mix of composers and performers, and commissioning over 900 works and arrangements for string quartet. They have won over 40 awards, including a Grammy Award and the prestigious Polar Music and Avery Fisher Prizes. The nonprofit Kronos Performing Arts Association manages all aspects of Kronos' work, including the commissioning of new works, concert tours and home season performances, education programs, and a self-produced Kronos Festival. In 2015, Kronos launched Fifty for the Future: The Kronos Learning Repertoire, an education and legacy project that is commissioning—and distributing for free—the first learning library of contemporary repertoire for string quartet. Nonesuch, the quartet's longtime label, celebrated the ensemble's fortieth anniversary year with two releases: the Kronos Explorer Series five-CD box set and a new album, A Thousand Thoughts; more recently, Nonesuch released the One Earth, One People, One Love: Kronos Plays Terry Riley, five-CD, four album box set that included the new release Sunrise of the Planetary Dream Collector: Music of Terry Riley; and Folk Songs, which features Sam Amidon, Olivia Chaney, Rhiannon Giddens, and Natalie Merchant singing traditional folk songs with arrangements by Jacob Garchik, Nico Muhly, Donnacha Dennehy, and Gabe Witcher. Folk Songs was the fiftieth record Kronos has released on the label since 1985.
Laurie Anderson and Kronos Quartet's Landfall is due February 16, 2018. The piece, which was inspired by Anderson's experience of Hurricane Sandy, is the first collaboration between the artists, who perform together on the recording. Landfall juxtaposes lush electronics and strings with Anderson's powerful descriptions of loss, from water-logged pianos to disappearing animal species to Dutch karaoke bars. The Washington Post calls it "riveting, gorgeous." Pre-order to download a track now and get a limited-edition print autographed by Anderson.


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Multipart Music. Individuals and Educated Musicians in Traditional Practices. Pál Richter and Lujza Tari, eds. Budapest: Institute of Musicology RCH HAS, 2015. Paperback, 540 pp., colour photos, transcriptions, DVD. ISBN 9789634160168.
Ardian Ahmedaja, ed. Local and Global Understandings of Creativities: Multipart Music Making and the Construction of Ideas, Contexts and Contents. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.
Institute for Musicology. Research Centre for the Humanities. The Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Budapest, Hungary.
Head of the Local Organisers' Committee: Lujza Tari.