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Signs of the Times: Winter 1999 Vol. IX, No. 1
Articles and Features
CPTers Arrested for "Getting in the Way"
Acteal Remembered: "No Me Puedo Caller (I Cannot Remain Silent.)"
CPT-Richmond Holds Vigil for Healing
Local Groups Challenge SOA
War Memorial Revisited
CPT-PA: Witness At War College
CPT Training 1999
Christmas in Iraq
Walk Away From the Pentagon
CPT-Colorado Mails Aspirin to Iraq
ELF Wounds the World
CPT Calandar
Credits and Requests
HEBRON, WEST BANK -- Two members of Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) were arrested in Hebron on January 10 when they stood in front of Israeli soldiers preparing to open fire on a crowd of peaceful Palestinian protestors. Sara Reschly, 26, of Mt. Pleasant, IA, and Pierre Shantz, 24, of Elmira, ON, were taken into custody by Israeli police after they jumped between the soldiers and marchers crying, "Don't shoot! This is a nonviolent demonstration!"
About 200 Palestinians marched to protest the closure of the Abraham Mosque and a curfew placed on the 30,000 Palestinians living in the 20 percent of Hebron still under Israeli military control.
The marchers approached the border dividing the Palestinian-controlled area of Hebron from the Israeli-controlled sector, an area where violent clashes regularly occur. Israeli soldiers rushed to take up positions behind large cement barriers and readied their guns to prevent the procession from reaching the Mosque.
Reschly and Shantz, along with teammates Mark Frey (Newton, KS), Joanne Kaufman (Chicago, IL), Sydney Stigge-Kaufman (Houston, TX), immediately positioned themselves in front of the guns to prevent violence from breaking out. The soldiers, not knowing how to respond, lowered their M-16s and tried to push the CPTers aside.
During a tense 90 minute face-off, Palestinian leaders circulated among the younger demonstrators, urging them not to throw rocks. While some soldiers became angry with the CPTers -- shouting at them, grabbing them, and slapping Shantz twice in the face -- not a single shot was fired.
The demonstration ended when the older Palestinian men lined up on their prayer rugs and knelt in prayer. As the crowd dispersed, a Palestinian leader thanked CPTers for their role in keeping peace. "You have done your work," he said.
Palestinian lawyer and CPT friend, Jonathan Kuttab, agreed. "You have a lot of moral power that both sides recognize. ... Running around without guns throws [both sides] off and gives you leverage."
Reschly was detained for several hours, then released on the condition that she appear in court in Jerusalem the following morning. Shantz was kept in prison overnight and taken to court the next day in hand cuffs and shackles. They were charged with interfering with police doing their duty. Both were accused of "pushing" soldiers or police to which Shantz responded, "I intervened with the soldier trying to shoot at the nonviolent demonstrators, but I never hit or pushed anyone." Reschly stated, "I believe in nonviolence. I would never do that."
Police pressured Reschly and Shantz to avoid a courtroom hearing by agreeing to stay out of Hebron for 15 days, but the CPTers refused to accept this restriction. The Israeli judge released them on a 2000 shekel ($500 US) bond each and confiscated their passports for the duration of a police investigation.
Twenty supporters -- Christians, Jews, and Muslims –attended the court proceedings and put up the bond money. Both passports and bond money were returned by February 9.
In a message from Hebron after the event, team members expressed thanks for the outpouring of love and support they received. "We feel most wonderfully blessed by you, for it is with your backing that we speak and act boldly."
CHIAPAS, MEXICO -- On Sunday, November 22nd, fourteen CPT delegation and team members traveled to the mountain village of Acteal to participate in a commemorative mass for the 45 members of Las Abejas murdered there 11 months previously, on December 22, 1997.
Las Abejas (The Bees) are a Mayan group committed to responding to community needs from a nonviolent, Christian perspective. Many of them fled their villages scattered around the county of Chenalho to escape the threats from government and paramilitary forces and are now concentrated in the refugee camps of Acteal and X'oyep.
During worship, CPTers and other visitors carried burning candles and blossoming flowers to the family members of those who were killed as a reminder that the sacrifice of their loved ones has not been forgotten. CPTers also offered a peace dove pendant as a symbol of support for Las Abejas in their struggle for "love and peace with justice."
Then CPTers and delegation members knelt in the wet, red clay of the Chiapan mountainside to pray with their brothers and sisters from Acteal, with the refugees from surrounding communities in search of safe haven, and with visitors from other parts of the world. Together they sang a song in response to the violence which happened there: "No me puedo callar..." -- I cannot remain silent. I cannot pass by, indifferent to the suffering of so many people."
As the CPT delegation returned to San Cristobal de las Casas with red clay splotches on their knees, the song rang in their minds as a call to recommitment.
The CPT-Chiapas team had planned to join the December commemoration in Acteal which marked one year since the massacre. However, on December 21 they received word that 152 villagers had fled the community of Union Progreso (straight west of Acteal over a mountain range) 6 days earlier under threat from state security forces. The team responded on an hour's notice to accompany the villagers who had decided to stop hiding in the mountains and return home. They spent Christmas sharing the life of a people traumatized by the growing militarization of the region.
Members of the November 19 - December 1 delegation included Robert Hanson (Boise, ID), Joel Klassen (Kitchener, ON), Grant Martens (Fiske, SK), Frank Moore (Houston, TX), Marcus Page (Fresno, CA), Patrick Preheim (Minneapolis, MN), Drane Reynolds (Miami, FL), Kurt Ritchie (Constantine, MI), Dick Williams (Boulder, CO) and Gretchen Williams (Boulder, CO.)
RICHMOND, VA -- On the cold, clear night of Saturday, January 30, seventeen people gathered in Richmond's Highland Park neighborhood for a candlelight service of healing. They stood together in the small plaza where, three weeks earlier, a young mother named Bridgette Dodson was murdered.
Drug sales and increased violence raise fears among residents in this once quiet neighborhood. CPT-Richmond sponsored the public vigil and liturgy in an attempt to reclaim the area as "holy ground."
"All ground is holy, for the Spirit of God is present in all places," read CPTer Wes Hare to shivering family members, neighbors and clergy. "...We come today to reclaim this place for the God of mercy and understanding. ... We come to pray that those who bring about violence will someday experience a genuine sense of remorse and compassion..."
During a time of prayer and sharing, one of Dodson's friends reflected, "While we are here, they [the drug dealers] are more afraid of us...but they will be back after we leave."
CPT-Richmond hopes that vigils such as this one offer a means of sharing grief and demonstrating opposition to violence that may lead to a positive outpouring of community action.
by Joanne "Jake" Kaufman
[Joanne was one of 50 CPT-affiliated people who participated in the November 22, 1998 witness in Columbus, GA, to call for closing the U.S. Army School of the Americas (SOA)housed on the base at Fort Benning.]
By the gates of Fort Benning, a woman sang out the names of thousands of Latin American people killed by graduates of the School of the Americas (SOA). Seven thousand people chanted "Presente" (present), our voices solemnly rising and falling in response to each name..
I joined the procession of more than 2,300 people carrying coffins and crosses with the names of victims of SOA graduates printed on them. We marched through the gate, risking arrest to call for closing the notorious training center for hundreds of Latin American soldiers and dictators.
Military and police officers stopped us a half-mile into the base and began loading us onto buses. When my turn came to board, I handed the officer my peace crane, made by a CPT friend in Indiana. He thanked me.
Expecting to be taken somewhere for processing, we were surprised to be dropped off at a park. As we filed off the buses, officers handed us "ban and bar" letters prohibiting us from re-entering the base until midnight. Then we walked a mile and a quarter back to the fort entrance.
Those who had not entered the base formed a line on either side of the road to welcome us, cheering, saying "Thank you" and slapping our hands with high fives. I felt a little funny -- after all, I'd only crossed an arbitrary line, gotten on a bus and taken a short walk.
But I recall the shivers that went up and down my spine when thousands joined in song; when the Mayan and Lakota representatives burned sage invoke the four directions; when I recalled the stories Haitians told of suffering under a dictator trained at the SOA; when prayers for healing were offered in memory of the thousands of dead. Those shivers were a small physical manifestation of the great social and spiritual challenge that 7,000 people made to the powers of death and destruction that day.
Efforts to close the School of the Americas continue. Several days of activities, including vigils, lobbying, and a concert are scheduled for May 1-4, 1999 in Washington, DC. The annual witness at Fort Benning is planned for November 19-21, 1999. For more information, contact SOA Watch; PO Box 4566; Washington, DC 20017; Tel: 202-234-3440; Website: www.soaw.org.
RICHMOND, VA – CPTer Wes Hare was one of six people arrested by US marshals in Richmond, VA on December 2, 1998 for attempting to deliver a cardboard coffin to a federal judge at the courthouse. The coffin identified seventeen Latin American countries whose military ranks include soldiers trained at the US Army School of the Americas (SOA).
Twenty-five people gathered at the courthouse to commemorate the four North American church women (three nuns and one lay worker) who were raped and murdered in El Salvador by graduates of the SOA in 1980. The noontime vigil, which included songs, prayers and readings from the words of El Salvador's martyred Archbishop Oscar Romero, was sponsored by CPT-Richmond and other local peace and justice groups.
At their December 10 trial, the six were convicted of trespassing and fined $50 plus $25 in court costs. The judge warned them that a repeat action would result in jail time.
In support of activities at the national level, Hare urges local groups to "launch active and aggressive efforts" to pressure congress to close this "School of the Assassins."
by Doug Pritchard
TORONTO, ON – Twenty persons gathered December 2, 1998 at the "sword and the cross" war memorial at St. Paul's Anglican Church to commemorate the death of Jean Donovan at the hands of the Salvadoran military on that day in 1980.
Jean said before her death, "It's so much harder to fight for your liberty in a nonviolent way than it is with a gun. At the moment the only nonviolent voice in the whole country [El Salvador] is the Church."
"Imagine if this could be said about the church in Canada," read the vigilers' leaflets, "that we had renounced all violence and all war!"
These monthly vigils at the war memorial grew out of the hope that church leaders would remove the sword attached to this stone cross and transform it into a ploughshare as a public symbol of their renunciation of all war and a witness to Christ's life-giving call to love our enemies. So far, the churches' response has been disappointing.
The Anglican bishop urged priest Don Heap, who was arrested at a previous vigil, to "desist from his threats" to damage the sword and to "engage in dialogue" instead. However, St. Paul's officials have not met with the vigilers since they first expressed their concerns last May. Also, while the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada called on parishes to study the "Just War" theory, these studies have yet to commence.
The Catholic vigilers have heard nothing from their church leaders. An official of the Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto wrote to "The Toronto Star" in November saying, "killing is deeply, fundamentally, morally wrong and, as a tactic, massively stupid." When probed by Ontario CPTer Doug Pritchard, the official hastened to add that this applied only to abortion and not to killing in war.
CARLISLE, PA – Seven people witnessed outside the U.S. Army War College on Dec. 5, protesting the Israeli military's demolition of Palestinian homes in the West Bank. The War College trains international military leaders including Israeli soldiers. CPT Reservist Elayne McClanen reports that many passing drivers slowed to read their signs, which formed the jingle: "Hey, Israeli fellow, tell me true, don't Palestinian children need security too? Stop the bulldozers!" Monthly vigils at the War College continue as people in central Pennsylvania discuss plans for a regional CPT group.
Fourteen people from the U.S. and Canada braved Chicago's worst blizzard in decades to participate in CPT's sixth annual Peacemaker training from December 28, 1998, through January 20, 1999. For 3 » weeks, participants focused on action, reflection, and practice of peacemaking skills in the areas of 1) nonviolent direct action and public witness, 2)undoing racism and cross-cultural work, 3) spiritual disciplines and Biblical examples of nonviolence, 4) personal styles and working in teams, 5) listening, negotiation and conflict transformation, and 6) documentation and human rights reporting. A kaleidoscope of role plays, small group exercises, simulations and presentations characterized the 13-hour days. Two public witness events capped the beginning and the end of the training experience. All 14 participants completed the training and joined CPT's Reserve Corps.
Participants (left to right) - 1st Row: Paul Pierce (North Manchester, IN), Doug Wingeier (Waynesville, NC), Mary Alice Shemo (Pittsburgh, PA). 2nd Row: Jeffrey "Rusty" Dinkins-Curling (Arcanum OH), Jane Adas (Highland Park, NJ), Shady Hakim (Arcadia, CA). 3rd Row: Lisa Martens (Brandon, Manitoba), William Payne (Toronto, Ontario), Frank Moore (Houston, TX). 4th Row: Rick Polhamus (Fletcher, OH), Michael Goode (Chicago, IL), Matt Guynn (Richmond, IN), Gary Brooks (Lexington, KY). Top Row: Carl Meyer (Millersburg, IN).
by Anne Montgomery
Hebron CPTer Anne Montgomery has traveled to Iraq with Voices in the Wilderness several times. According to UN reports, the sanctions against Iraq have caused the death of over 1.5 million Iraqis in the past eight years, most of them children. Current estimates are that 5,000-6,000 people die every month due to hunger and inadequate medical care.
Two journeys to Iraq to face the bombing crises – one in November, one three weeks later – became for me a collage of images superimposed on one another:
The stars of the early morning desert as we crossed the ancient path of Abraham whose faith journey ended in Hebron, the conflicted city I had just left; the "shooting stars" of futile tracer bullets over our rooms while hotel workers prayed in the dingy basement that Ramadan evening; the next morning, fragmented hospital windows and legs fractured by shrapnel.
Christmas Eve under those same windows: children sang Arabic verses of "We Shall Overcome" by a modern "manger" tent while white-coated doctors represented Iraq's wise men.
Christmas day in the cancer ward of a children's hospital: one young mother personified the courage and resilience of the Iraqi people even in the midst of so much anger and despair. Sitting cross-legged on her infant's bed, her back straight, her face calm, holding a crying child, its eye hidden by a protruding tumor, this Moslem Madonna smiled at us.
What is the meaning of children dying before our eyes, others born deformed or diseased in areas poisoned by depleted uranium and raw sewage? Or of a whole generation growing up physically and intellectually deprived by poor nutrition and an education system stunted by lack of supplies and teachers cut off from outside communication? A generation begs in the street, shines shoes and perceives the U.S. as enemy.
More subtly, what is the meaning of "Oil for food"? – an excuse to maintain a criminal embargo rather than a solution to anything. It provides neither a balanced diet nor needed medicines nor the rebuilding of the infrastructure necessary to maintain and distribute both. And as one Iraqi sister said, "We are not just animals to be fed," but rather, human beings with dreams and spiritual hunger.
This spirit is evident in the strong mothers, in the shoe-shine boys learning a new song in minutes, in the heroic doctors, in the openness of ordinary people to welcome us as caring individuals, not stereotypes. It shines out in the full mosques and churches where all ages sing and flock to theology classes.
It is our part to cultivate an informed awareness of the tailoring of "facts" to fit our "national interest," to speak truth to power, and to resist actively the deliberate destruction of a people rooted in a past that is our own. Then the Madonna of the hospital will reach across boundaries of faith and culture to touch us with her smile.
Calling for an end to bombings and lethal sanctions against Iraq, Voices in the Wilderness (VitW) sponsored a 250-mile "Walk Away From the Pentagon" from January 15 - February 1. A core of 10 walkers made the trek through cities and towns from Washington, DC to United Nations headquarters in New York City. A total of 50 individuals participated in portions of the walk. They urged U.S. policymakers to "walk away" from the warfare of bombs and economic sanctions and to support the UN's original goal of eliminating war.
CPT Reservists Lisa Martens and William Payne joined the walk on January 24 at a gathering hosted by CPT-PA in Lancaster.
At the UN, Martens and Payne met with Canadian representative Arif Lalani who said that bringing an immediate end to the bombing and the sanctions would be "unrealistic." Payne responded, "With 250 children dying each day, we need prophets, not realists."
Despite threats of stiff fines, VitW continues to challenge the economic sanctions by sponsoring delegations which carry medical supplies into Iraq. Contact Voices in the Wilderness; 1460 W. Carmen; Chicago, IL 60640; Tel: 773-784-8065; e-mail: kkelly@igc.apc.org.
BOULDER, CO – CPTers in Colorado violated U.S./UN sanctions against Iraq by mailing small packets containing gauze pads, aspirin, band-aids, bottled water, vitamins and pencils to the Iraqi Red Crescent Society on December 30. Ron Friesen, Brian Ladd, and Marilyn Miller passed out leaflets and held signs outside the Boulder Post Office before going inside to send their packages.
When clerks cited postal restrictions which prohibit sending packages weighing over twelve ounces dirrectly to Iraq, Friesen re-addressed his larger parcel to President Clinton. He included a letter asking the president to forward the package to Iraq and to look into his heart about what was happening to the Iraqi people. Others sent similar messages to Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and First Lady Hilary Clinton.
The Colorado CPTers join the ranks of some two dozen people from the Boulder Peace Center who have challenged the sanctions in this way, risking the confiscation of their letter-packages and legal consequences.
CLAM LAKE, WI – Eighty people from around North America including 17 members of Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) gathered in northern Wisconsin to honor Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday and to "expose the wounds" caused by Project ELF (Extremely Low Frequency). The 30-year-old ELF transmitter is the Navy's first-strike trigger for nuclear-armed Trident submarines stationed deep in oceans around the world. Evidence indicates that the ELF system was used to transmit signals in the December 1998 attacks against Iraq.
After individuals named the wounds that ELF and nuclear terror have caused to humanity, the environment, and our culture, they sprinkled cups full of blood-red liquid on the snow near the compound's entrance, creating a large gash.
Sixteen individuals then crossed the line onto federal property to continue naming the ways in which ELF wounds our world. Among the line-crossers, who all received citations for trespassing, were eight CPTers in training and one full-time Christian Peacemaker Corps member. All are subject to a fine of $181.00 or loss of Wisconsin driving privileges if they fail to pay.
CPTers arrested at ELF include: Rusty Dinkins-Curling (Arcanum, OH), Claire Evans and Michael Goode (Chicago, IL), Matt Guynn (Richmond, IN), Lisa Martens (Brandon, MB), Carl Meyer (Millersburg, IN), Frank Moore (Houston, TX), William Payne (Toronto, ON), and Mary Alice Shemo (Pittsburgh, PA).
In Dialogue, we lift exchanges from CPT.D, an open e-mail discussion on CPT's vision and work. The following discussion emerged in response to an article posted on CPTnet, "On Judging Others."
Joanne "Jake" Kaufman, Hebron CPTer (excerpts from original article): My heart often burns with outrage as I stand by the collapsed roof of a Palestinian home, see the buildings of an Israeli settlement built on land seized from a Palestinian family whose vineyards once flourished there, watch Israeli soldiers detain and question young Palestinian men. ...
A delegation last fall of indigenous people from North America made me reconsider my outrage. "Why are you here, half-way across the world, when your own country has done the same thing to our people?" they questioned. My mind flashed to my 95-year-old grandmother's stories of Native American neighbors in pioneer south Dakota on land surely seized from the Lakota people a generation before her.
Mennonites, like Jews, hold tightly to memories of oppression, but we conveniently discount our legacy of settling land from which armies had forcibly removed other peoples, both in Russia on Cossack land and in the Americas. ... In remembering the less-savory elements of my Mennonite heritage, I am humbled, but I am not deterred from my desire to seek justice for the people of Palestine and for the First Nations peoples of the Americas. ... Perhaps being in Palestine can help us come to terms with this black mark on our own history and take action to "do justice, love mercy and walk humbly with our God."
David Hiebert, editor, Builder magazine, Scottdale, PA: You've got something in here to offend everyone. My first response is, get real. We cannot undo the past. The political reality is that I cannot even know if my ancestors in Russia did anything that hurt anyone else and neither can you. What we do need now however is just decisions. We do not need to perpetuate bad and hurtful decisions by excluding or taking property without due process. And that is happening in Hebron and other occupied territories at this point. As for your "black mark," what do African-Americans think about that? I'd say you just burned your zwiebach!
Anne Blackwood, MD, CPT Steering Committee, Philadelphia, PA: I cannot speak for others of African descent, but as one Afro-Caribbean who chose the Mennonite Church because of its sincere (if sometimes incomplete) commitment to peace with justice, I am neither offended by Jake's reflection nor, even by her choice of words. ... I read an honest acknowledgment of the fact that within each of us are some elements of the oppressed, and some of the oppressor, some bits of the emerging peacemaker and some of the recalcitrant culture. I know of no other way to view my own journey, or to read the history of the Christian Church.
Earl Martin, Harrisonburg, VA: "On Judging Others" was, for me, the most powerful word I have read on this on-going saga of various peoples "justa lookin' for a home," as the song goes. ... The capacity for hurt and even evil lies as much within me as within the person whose actions I deplore. Therein, strangely, I find hope. For the mirror of that is that, given the right conditions to grow, the capacity for good lies as much within that "enemy" as within my beloved and clay-footed forbears...or within myself.
Elaine Sommers Rich, Bluffton, OH: ... One aspect of American history is too seldom noted. For almost a hundred years in early Pennsylvania, native peoples, Quakers, Mennonites, Moravians, and others lived together in peace, sharing friendship and living space. ... Not until later settlers brought their guns, whisky and hostility to Pennsylvania was the peace broken.
Hebcom@geocities.com: One point you don't mention is that the Jews are also indigenous people in the Middle East, being moved from their tribal lands by force nearly two thousand years ago, sold into slavery, and only now coming back to face a struggle with others who, like them, have been swept up in a historical injustice which, in the beginning, Europeans (Rome) were responsible for.
Gary L. Cooper, Dallas, TX: To the extent that this is true [about the Jews being indigenous people]... I believe it's all but irrelevant. For all I know, my ancestors may have had land and positions two hundred (not two thousand) years ago in Germany, Scotland, and England, before they fled to America ... But even if I could document this claim, what response do you think I would get if I presented myself back in Europe and demanded the return of my property? I'd be lucky if my auditors confined themselves to laughing loudly in my face.
Faith Eidse, Tallahassee, FL: Aren't CPTers in Hebron because the injustice is current, going on every day, and there is hope that our presence will deter even one home bull-dozing or land seizure? ... The issue of giving back Indian land is still a live issue being debated in the U.S. by many concerned people. But while that debate goes on here, Palestinian homes are being bull-dozed as we speak, and U.S. policy is implicated once again.
PEACE BRIEFS
CPT Reservist Ministers to Seafarers - CPT Reservist Rey Lopez addressed the National Federation of Asian American United Methodists in Los Angeles, January 18, regarding his work as Port Chaplain with the Philippine Seafarers Organizing Ministry. Of 1.2 million commercial sailors worldwide, 70% are Asian and 300,000 are Filipino. Lopez characterizes their life as a modern form of slavery. The men work long hours at low pay in unsafe conditions with inadequate food. Often they are subjected to harassment and abuse by the ship's officers. When they try to organize for better conditions, their jobs and sometimes their very lives are endangered. Economic globalization contributes to this adversity as businesses worldwide seek to lower their shipping costs through whatever means possible. For more information, contact Lopez at 4336 Montojo St.; Makati City, Philippines; e-mail psom1@aol.com.
Israeli C.O. Jailed - Pacifist Yehuda Agus, a 28-year-old student from Jerusalem, was recognized by Amnesty International as a Prisoner of Conscience. Since February 2, 1999, Agus has been incarcerated at Military Prison 4 in Israel for his refusal to perform obligatory reserve duty in the Israeli Defense Force. While Israel exempts some people from military duty, pacifists like Agus are imprisoned for their refusal to serve. Agus was part of a special Jewish Peace Team (JPT) that collaborated with CPT to paint over anti-Arab graffiti in Hebron last July -- an action for which all members of the JPT were arrested.
Haitian Workers Challenge Disney - Workers at Megatex, a Port-au-Prince factory which produces Disney clothing, have written to Disney CEO Michael Eisner requesting that the company send a representative to Haiti to investigate labor practices. The workers raise five concerns: 1) respect for freedom of association without retaliation, 2) the need to earn a living wage that provides for existence with dignity, 3) production quotas based on realistic expectations, 4) maintenance of Disney production in Haiti at levels sufficient to sustain current employment and, 5) the need for a safe, healthy working environment. Supporting letters may be sent to Michael Eisner - CEO; Walt Disney Company; 500 S. Buena Vista St.; Burbank, CA 91521.
PEACEMAKER CONGRESS 2000 - Plan now to attend Peacemaker Congress 2000 in Washington DC, December 27-30, 1999. Keynote speaker Walter Wink will address "The Myth of Redemptive Violence."
Participants are invited to stay for a special post-Congress action/event on December 31 to bring in the New Millennium. Contact CPT for further information.
MENNONITE CHURCHES PEACE GATHERING - July 20-22, 1999 prior to the church-wide St. Louis convention. Pastors, peace committee members, school teachers, parents, peace center workers, activists, and Christian educators are especially invited to attend. The event will take place at the Revive Us Again! Retreat Center in St. Louis. Cost is $150 US for registration, food and lodging. For more information contact: Jeremy Bergen, 204-888-6781; Doug Krehbiel, 316-283-5100; or Susan Mark Landis, 330-683-6844.
FRIENDS PEACE TEAMS PROJECT (FPTP) - established the Elise Boulding Fund to support people participating in peace teams. The fund honors the extensive work of Elise Boulding, a convinced Friend with a long history of involvement in peacemaking concerns. FPTP has endorsed CPT. Tax deductible gifts to the fund or inquiries may be directed to: Friends Peace Team Project; c/o Baltimore Yearly Meeting; 17100 Quaker Lane; Sandy Spring, MD 20860; Tel: 301-774-6855; e-mail: fptp@igc.apc.org.
CPT SUNDAY - CPT invites congregations and meetings to celebrate CPT Sunday on June 13 or another Sunday as appropriate. CPT is producing a packet of materials including worship resources, sermon ideas and peacemaking stories that integrate a vision for faith-based, nonviolent peacemaking with the lectionary readings for the third Sunday after Pentecost. The packet will be available in early spring. Contact CPT for more information.
EASTERN MENNONITE UNIVERSITY (EMU) - located in Harrisonburg, VA, EMU offers a 48-hour Master of Arts degree and an 18-hour Graduate Certificate in Conflict Transformation. In addition, a 15-course Summer Peacebuilding Institute (SPI) is held each year that attracts a diverse community of peacebuilding practitioners from around the world. SPI 1999 will be held May 10-July 2. For more information call 540-432-4490; e-mail: ctprogram@emu.edu; website: www.emu/edu/ctp/stp.htm.
The article "Love is the Important Thing" [Signs of the Times, Fall '98] is a message shared by suffering people all around the world. During a training programs with exiles from Burma, one participant reflected that many opposition leaders think of justice as a legal issue. Once the war is over, military leaders will be brought to trial and prosecuted according to the law. But for those who have suffered most, this does not represent justice. Grassroots people are not concerned about punishment, but rather a guarantee that they can live in peace and security with all of their neighbors, no matter what their ethnicity. Love is, indeed, the most important thing.
Max Ediger, Thailand/Burma
Although there is often a feeling of impotence in the face of great evil on both sides of the Atlantic, at least in Hebron, standing with the people who are threatened, we somehow felt a little less guilty. I remember a lesson my friends in Viet Nam tried to teach me during that war. "We have appreciated your work and your presence in Tam Ky. You have been like a man at the bottom of a waterfall with a small bucket trying to throw water back up. . . Your real work will begin when you go home to the United States next week. Please go back and build a dam across the top." Any ideas about what we can do over here to stop the flood?
Doug Hostetter, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Nyack, NY
Sara has everyone stumped when they ask her what was the best thing about her year in the Holy Land. She replies, "Meeting the CPTers and the Al-Atrash family and working with them." She is also telling everyone that she plans to become a volunteer with CPT as soon as she can. She and David have been a real witness for peace and continue to speak out against injustice, no matter how small, such as when they see kids being picked on at the playground. I guess that is where peace begins and you certainly helped give our kids that understanding.
Gordon & Rhonda Brubacher, Crete, Nebraska
[Gordon and Rhonda Brubacher and their two children Sara, 9, and David, 7, lived in Jerusalem for a year. They are matched through the CSD program with a Palestinian family in the Hebron area. They helped work at the Al-Atrash home numerous times].
In his State of the Union address, President Clinton proposed the investment of Social Security funds in the stock market. This raises serious concern for me as a conscientious objector. Up to now I have kept my income below a taxable level to minimize my support of government-sponsored violence. Following the law, I have contributed directly to Social Security from my self-employment earnings. The potential that Social Security funds could be invested in arms manufacturers and other death-dealing companies would make me no longer able in good conscience to contribute to that fund.
Duane Ediger, CPT Reservist, Dallas TX
BOOK REVIEW by Claire Evans, Transforming Violence: Linking Local and Global Peacemaking, edited by Judy Zimmerman Herr and Robert Herr, Herald Press, 1998.
This book grew out of an awareness that countering violence on the local and international levels transcends denominational lines and is more crucial than ever in the changing dynamics of a post-Cold War world. Essays range from theological to academic to practical, and include such authors as theologians Walter Wink and Dorothee Sollee, international conflict resolution expert John Paul Lederach, and CPT's own Kathleen Kern. From a theory of "just peacemaking," to a perspective on the politics of forgiveness that acknowledges Christian, Gandhian, and Islamic contributions, to a detailed and poignant description of the Fellowship of Reconciliation's Bosnian Student Project, the book presents a holistic picture of peacemaking. Kern's chapter, "Applying Civilian Peace Teams," highlights CPT's experiences in Haiti, Hebron, and Washington, DC.
CPT CALENDAR
CPT Steering Committee meetings - Washington, DC: April 8-10, 1999
CPT Sunday - June 13
Delegations to the Middle East - April 13-25; May 26-June7; August 1-14, 1999
Delegation to Chiapas, Mexico - May 21-June 3; August1-13, 1999.
Delegation to Haiti (dates to be announced)
Peacemaker Congress V, welcoming New Year's 2000.
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Chris was away at Comic-Con International last week, but we made up for it by welcoming Adam Warrock, a.k.a. Eugene Ahn, back to War Rocket Ajax for a triumphant return! Euge talks about his recent adventures as a performer at Nerdapalooza, his upcoming Firefly mixtape, the effects of Nos energy drink on the body, the...
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Reduction of jet engine noise has recently become a new arena of competition between aircraft manufacturers. As a relatively new field of research in computational fluid dynamics (CFD), computational aeroacoustics (CAA) prediction of jet engine noise based on large eddy simulation (LES) is a robust and accurate tool that complements the existing theoretical and experimental approaches. In order to satisfy the stringent requirements of CAA on numerical accuracy, finite difference methods in LES-based jet engine noise prediction rely on the implicitly formulated compact spatial partial differentiation and spatial filtering schemes, a crucial component of which is an embedded solver for tridiagonal linear systems spatially oriented along the three coordinate directions of the computational space. Traditionally, researchers and engineers in CAA have employed manually crafted implementations of solvers including the transposition method, the multiblock method and the Schur complement method. Algorithmically, these solvers force a trade-off between numerical accuracy and parallel scalability. Programmingwise, implementing them for each of the three coordinate directions is tediously repetitive and error-prone. ^ In this study, we attempt to tackle both of these two challenges faced by researchers and engineers. We first describe an accurate and scalable tridiagonal linear system solver as a specialization of the truncated SPIKE algorithm and strategies for efficient implementation of the compact spatial partial differentiation and spatial filtering schemes. We then elaborate on two programming models tailored for composing regular grid-based numerical applications including finite difference-based LES of jet engine noise, one based on generalized elemental subroutines and the other based on functional array programming, and the accompanying code optimization and generation methodologies. Through empirical experiments, we demonstrate that truncated SPIKE-based spatial partial differentiation and spatial filtering deliver the theoretically promised optimal scalability in weak scaling conditions and can be implemented using the two programming models with performance on par with handwritten code while significantly reducing the required programming effort.
Situ, Yingchong, "Scaling finite difference methods in large eddy simulation of jet engine noise to the petascale: numerical methods and their efficient and automated implementation" (2014). Open Access Dissertations. 365.


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Menhaden Facts
Menhaden is a species of marine fish that belongs to the clupeid family. There are 7 species of menhaden that can be found in the Atlantic Ocean (from Nova Scotia to Florida) and in the Gulf of Mexico. Menhaden is rarely used in human diet because of its small size and oily meat, but it represents important source of food for the livestock, pets and fish in the aquacultures (in the form of industrially prepared meals). Menhaden is also frequently used as bait for other fish and shrimps. Even though menhaden are numerous in the wild (there are billions of menhaden in the ocean), uncontrolled fishing represents major threat for their survival in the future.
Interesting Menhaden Facts:
Menhaden can reach up to 15 inches in length.
Menhaden has silver body with large black dot behind the gills (also known as Humeral spot). Some species have series of smaller black spots behind the main spot.
Menhaden has moderately compressed body and deeply forked tail.
Menhaden is filter-feeder. It swims with mouth wide open and collects small particles of food from the water. Gills work like a sieve (they separate edible particles from the water). Juveniles mostly feed on phytoplankton (smaller food particles), while adults eat zooplankton (larger food particles).
Menhaden is also known as "fat-back" or "bunker" because of the high content of fat in the meat.
Natural enemies of menhaden are striped bass, weakfish, bluefish, summer flounder, sharks, sea turtles, ospreys, seagulls, egrets and eagles.
Menhaden is slow swimmer that lives and travels in large schools.
Schools are stratified by the age and size of fish. Juveniles usually swim near the southern coasts, while adults occupy northern areas.
Menhaden swim near the surface of the water almost entire year (except during the winter). They prefer areas with water temperature of 18 degrees of Celsius.
Spawning of menhaden takes place from March to May and from September to October.
Young females produce 38.000 eggs, while adult females produce around 362.000 eggs per season. Fertilization takes place in the water. Fertilized eggs float on the surface of water 2 to 3 days (until they hatch).
Larvae live in estuaries, bays and lagoons with fresh and brackish water during the spring and summer. At the age of one year, juveniles migrate toward the open sea.
Menhaden reach sexual maturity at the age of 2 years.
Native Americans used menhaden to fertilize fields of corn in the past. First European settlers used menhaden as a source of oil for the oil lamps. Today, oil obtained from the meat of menhaden has application in the cosmetic industry (for the manufacture of lipsticks), industry of paints and lubricants and and for the preparation of various dietary supplements.
Menhaden can survive 10 to 12 years in the wild.


I am using the Sensation and just updated to 2.3.4, I find the battery usage very high, since I've always on mobile data so I will bring an external battery to recharge the phone, which has about 1.5 times the original capacity, usually this will be enough to last a day, but ever since the update I need to bring a spare battery as well. When I use it at home I will keep it on dock charge while running hotspot, it will always get full charge the next day regardless the data usage, but now the battery will gone flat in midnight, a huge different than before, any idea ?
You can install "Battery Monitor Widget" to track where your battery leaks. Also if you have rooted phone, you can clear battery statistics data.
But is this a common issue for this version ? battery monitor doesn't fix the problem.
Sorry, I don't known as I am not using original firmware and have no Sensation.
So this is not a general problem on this version but only HTC ?


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Q: Validate email id length using Regex I have regex to validate my emails as follows.
^[\w-\._\+%]+@(?:[\w-]+\.)+[\w]{2,6}$

It is working fine for me. I want to validate minumum and maximum length of email within above regex. So, I have write same regex with nominal changes as follows.
^[[\w-\._\+%]+@(?:[\w-]+\.)+[\w]{2,6}]{5,50}$

I want min. length of email is 5 and max. length upto 50 characters. The above regex doesn't work for me. I don't know where is the mistek.
Can some one guide me to get desired output?
Thanks

A: As RGraham has said, this is better done with .length.
However, if you have some requirement (such as using the HTML5 form attribute pattern), you could do this:
/^(?=.{5,50})REST OF REGEX HERE$/

I'd also like to point out that parsing emails with regex is almost as bad of an idea as parsing HTML with regex... almost.
Instead, just use:
<input type="email" />

The browser will handle validation for you ;)

A: A very simple regex for email validation is
/^([^\s@"]+@)([\w]+\.[\w]+)$/

which required minimum 5 character i.e. a@b.c then u juz need to check its max length by string.length<50 condition.
here ther's no need of minimum check.
I have made very simple validator if you want enhanced validator then you can specify your needs(validations) so i can help you.
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Latina Lista: News from the Latinx perspective > Life Issues > Women > Today's Supreme Court ruling highlights how conservatives' attacks on Sotomayor is all about race
Today's Supreme Court ruling highlights how conservatives' attacks on Sotomayor is all about race
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LatinaLista — On the heels of the news (and please forgive the pun) that Judge Sotomayor fractured her ankle at La Guardia airport enroute to Capitol Hill for more meetings, one conservative who has been having a field day poking fun at her had no reservations about hitting her yet again — even as she hobbled along the corridors of Congress on crutches and in a boot brace.
The talk show host, Rush Limbaugh, who has made it his mission to make race the major factor in Sotomayor's quest for the Supreme Court seat thought he was being clever in his analysis of Sotomayor's injury.
But being clever is not Limbaugh's forte and if anything, Limbaugh's constant attacks reveal just how fractured the Republican party really is.
In referring to Sotomayor's injury today, Limbaugh said:
RUSH: By the way, Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor has broken her ankle. She fractured her ankle in the airport. She stumbled in the airport on her way to Senate meetings. Now, the question is, would a white male judge have fractured his ankle in the same circumstances at the same airport on the way to Senate meetings? (snip) Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor fractured her ankle in an airport on the way to Senate meetings. Given Sotomayor's preference for Latinas in every walk of life, I hope she can find "a wise Latina" doctor to set that ankle as opposed to an average white doctor because the wise Latina doctor is much richer experience with broken ankles, and would probably do a much better job of setting that ankle than an average white doctor who has not lived the rich experiences of a Latina med student and resident.
Limbaugh's remark is naturally offensive but it's also twisting her words to plant the impression that she said one thing over another.
His remark that he hopes she can find a "wise Latina" doctor because a Latina doctor would do a better job setting the judge's ankles than an average white doctor is a blatant attempt to further his agenda to focus on her ethnicity.
Because as we all know, Mr. Limbaugh doesn't care which doctors he goes to — as long as they just handed over pain killers.
In fact, in an article detailing Limbaugh's surrender for committing fraud — "Prosecutors had contended that Limbaugh engaged in "doctor-shopping" — that is, deceiving several doctors to receive overlapping prescriptions for painkillers."
Limbaugh's sad addiction is in his past and bringing it up at this time does nothing but stir emotion in those people who see celebrities as those who abuse the system for their own benefit — much like how Limbaugh's constant references to Sotomayor's "wise Latina" statement fans the flames of those who say they see past ethnicity but, in truth, that's all they see.
Limbaugh would do well to shift his focus to areas that truly determine a person's ability to serve on the Supreme Court — their track record in the courts.
On that, Sotomayor has more than proven herself, and in turn, it's a much harder target for someone like Limbaugh to ridicule and diminish.
After all, we're reminded today that one's own experiences aren't the only factors that may influence a judge's decisions but also who are their campaign contributors.
West Virginia State Supreme Court Justice Brent Benjamin
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that elected judges must step aside from cases when large campaign contributions from interested parties create the appearance of bias.
By a 5-4 vote in a case from West Virginia, the court said that a judge who remained involved in a lawsuit filed against the company of the most generous supporter of his election deprived the other side of the constitutional right to a fair hearing.
The judge in question is Judge Brent Benjamin — a white judge.
In this case, it would seem a wise Latina judge would know better.
Rush Limbaugh, Supreme Court
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Marisa, obviously you have no sense of humor. And you aren't very perceptive as to Rush's point. I guess that I should make it more graphic for you. Would you rather be treated by a doctor who had been chosen for medical school based upon superior qualifications, or one who was chosen based upon some racial quota system, as is often done today? Also, Rush was referring to her summary judgment on the case of the firefighters who, although most qualified by way of their test scores were denied promotion for the sake of diversity.
This is a racist statement, as it implies a relationship between race/ethnic group and intelligence or judgment. Imagine the case to be reversed, the judge being Latina. If the case were reversed, how would you feel if I said that a white male would have done better? You really don't get it, do you, Marisa?
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Might I suggest you look to how the Dems treated Jeff Sessions in the 80's. Might I also suggest you look to how the Dems treated Roberts and Alioto.
Now, what of Sotomayor and her "conflict of Interest" in the case of Ricci? She pushed for AA during the Marino vs Ortiz case while she was a board member/attorney for PRLDEF, she seems to have done the same in Ricci under the guise of the City of New Haven having a possible "disparate-impact" case brought against them.
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Rush Limbaugh often "baits" his listeners with outrageous remarks. These remarks are relished by the liberal media and have contributed to his success.
That said, why can a Latina view everything from a Latina perspective and not be called RACIST?
Hispanics are the most racist when it comes to special interest groups. All they care about are Hispanics. When will anglos get a special interest group to protect the rights of the white race?
Should anyone really care what a gas bag like Limbaugh has to say? As the acting head of the Republican Party, he is only making it more difficult for the party to regain any semblance of national import.
"…As the acting head of the Republican Party,…."
I like the dems attempt at smearing the Republican party by picking the most vocal and extreme (they think so) radio commentator on the air, even though he has never been elected to the party leadership. In effect it is a sort of wishful thinking they think will become fact if they repeat it enough. I could just as easily pick out that idiot Joe Biden and anoint him their leader. If you don't like Rush, and he's so outrageous that he's telling all lies, just ignore him. The dems can't stand Rush because he listens and provides an analysis based upon the facts, and the facts reflect negatively upon dem programs. Most dems who don't like him have never listened to his show, they're just drones who refuse to hear both sides of the issues because the truth doesn't reflect their preconceived notions.
I don't listen to Rush Limbaugh, but my understanding is that he is a talk show host, an entertainer who expresses his opinion in an entertaining manner. Some might not agree with his POV or appreciate his humor, but they have the choice to change the station (like I do). I'm not saying that he is not expressing his true opinion, but that the manner in which he does it is meant to garner ratings and play to his audience.
On of the greatest values of America is that of our freedom of speech. We have all of these disparate opinions and POVs and everyone is free to express them and express their disagreement of them. We should not take this right for granted as many people in other parts of the world do not even know what this is.
I also think that we are all products of our upbringing, environment, and experiences and that there is nothing wrong with having a different perspective than someone who had a different experience. That makes us a richer nation I believe. But when a person sits on the bench, in order to do their job in the most professional manner, they need to have the ability to set aside their personal biases (which we all have) and render a fair and just ruling based on the law.
That is one of the differences between the judicial branch and legislative branches of government. In the legislative branch, where laws and policies are made, there is more latitude for personal experiences to affect one's thought processes. But the judicial branch is a different story; there, the goal is to remain impartial and objective inasmuch as it is humanly possible.
I think the word "racist" gets tossed around entirely too much. It is not racist to advocate for the special interests of one's own racial or ethnic group; it is, however, ethnocentric. The two things can be related, but are not identical. To say that one group has the right to advocate for their interests while another one does not is not "racist." It is a double standard.
On Sotomayor specifically: her statement about a "wise Latina woman" being able to render a "better" (not merely "different" but "better") judgment than a white man was clearly a racist statement. If a white man were to say that he could render a better judgment than a Latino, there would be no question of its being a racist statement. However, does this mean that Sotomayor is a racist? Not in my opinon because a person should not be judged soley on one or two statements. What really counts is how she has ruled in the past. She has a very extensive record which can be examined. I would say that she needs to be questioned about her statements and writings, but there's a difference between what she says and writes, and how she rules. Again, it goes back to the ability to be professional and set aside your innate bias and rule objectively and on the basis of law.
Would you rather be treated by a doctor who had been chosen for medical school based upon superior qualifications, or one who was chosen based upon some racial quota system, as is often done today?
Racial quotas have been around a long time. Before the 1950s, there were quotas to EXCLUDE qualified Jews from entry into medical school in the United States. This is why the Albert Einstein School of Medicine was established in New York. I am sure there were a lot of doctors practicing back then who WERE not the most qualified applicants to their medical school. They got in because a QUALIFIED Jew was kept out.
Rush is only against quotas when they dont favor his group of choice.
Irma made this comment: "Racial quotas have been around a long time. Before the 1950s, there were quotas to EXCLUDE qualified Jews from entry into medical school in the United States. This is why the Albert Einstein School of Medicine was established in New York. I am sure there were a lot of doctors practicing back then who WERE not the most qualified applicants to their medical school. They got in because a QUALIFIED Jew was kept out."
So it's good policy in your mind to send the less competent of two people to medical school to make up for past discrimination? Think about that the next time you go to your doctor.
When did Rush ever say that only white people should be selected over other groups? I challenge you to cite any instance where he's said such a thing. You can't because it's in your imagination. You hear what you want to, not what is actually said. Rush has always called for merit based selection in all aspects of social competition, and for you to say to the contrary is a lie. He's merely claiming that doing otherwise is discrimination against white people, and that's true. This is a zero sum game, as it is necessary to take from one racial group to satisfy another, even if you have reparations in mind. You people make things up based upon your preconceived notions, not actual facts.
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Technical fouls: Charleston Southern-None. Clemson-None.
Points in the paint-CSU 18,CU 38. Points off turnovers-CSU 12,CU 21.
2nd chance points-CSU 10,CU 12. Fast break points-CSU 5,CU 4.
Bench points-CSU 2,CU 36. Score tied-2 times. Lead changed-3 times.
Last FG-CSU 2nd-00:18, CU 2nd-00:31.
Largest lead-CSU by 7 1st-08:08, CU by 14 2nd-00:31.


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File #: SLR 0117-2001 Version: * Name: In rem, Brooklyn (A.3657)
Title: State Legislation Resolution requesting the New York State Legislature to pass a bill introduced by Assembly Member Perry, A. 3657, "AN ACT authorizing the city of New York to reconvey its interest in certain real property acquired by in rem tax foreclosure in the borough of Brooklyn to former owners Joseph and Myrtha Mirville, notwithstanding expiration of the two year period within which application may be made to the city to release its interest in property thus acquired; Block No. 4630, Lot No. 41 on tax map for the borough of Brooklyn".
Sponsors: Tracy L. Boyland, Michael J. Abel
12/31/2001 * Tracy L. Boyland City Council Filed (End of Session) Action details Meeting details Not available
6/20/2001 * Tracy L. Boyland City Council Referred to Comm by Council Action details Meeting details Not available
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State Legislation Resolution No. 117 Title State Legislation Resolution requesting the New York State Legislature to pass a bill introduced by Assembly Member Perry, A. 3657, "AN ACT authorizing the city of New York to reconvey its interest in certain real property acquired by in rem tax foreclosure in the borough of Brooklyn to former owners Joseph and Myrtha Mirville, notwithstanding expiration of the two year period within which application may be made to the city to release its interest in property thus acquired; Block No. 4630, Lot No. 41 on tax map for the borough of Brooklyn". Body By Council Member Boyland; also Council Member Abel Whereas, a bill has been introduced in the New York State Legislature by Assembly Member Perry, A. 3657, "AN ACT authorizing the city of New York to reconvey its interest in certain real property acquired by in rem tax foreclosure in the borough of Brooklyn to former owners Joseph and Myrtha Mirville, notwithstanding expiration of the two year period within which application may be made to the city to release its interest in property thus acquired; Block No. 4630, Lot No. 41 on tax map for the borough of Brooklyn"; and Whereas, the enactment of the above State Legislation requires the concurrence of the Council of the City of New York as the local legislative body; now, therefore, be it Resolved, that the Council of the City of New York, in accordance with the provisions of Section 2 of Article 9 of the Constitution of the State of New York, does hereby request the New York State Legislature to enact into law the aforesaid pending bill. Referred to the Committee on State and Federal Legislation.


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Antonín Panenka
(1949-12-02) 2 December 1949 (age 70)
Prague, Czechoslovakia
1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Bohemians Praha
Signature of Antonín Panenka (2004)
Antonín Panenka (born 2 December 1949) is a former Czech football player. He has played for the Czechoslovakian national team. He played most of his career for Bohemians Prague. Panenka won UEFA Euro 1976 with Czechoslovakia. In the final against West Germany, he scored the winning penalty in the shootout with a softly-chipped ball up the middle of the goal as the goalkeeper dived away; this style of penalty is now called the Panenka penalty. In 1980, he won Czechoslovak Footballer of the Year.
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An attacking midfielder known for the quality of his passing and his free kicks, Panenka played for Bohemians Praha for most of his career, joining the club in 1967. In 1981, Panenka left Bohemians for Austrian club Rapid Wien, where he won two Bundesliga titles and an Austrian Cup. In 1985 Rapid reached the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final; Panenka played as a substitute, but his side lost 3–1 to Everton.
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Panenka came to international prominence playing for Czechoslovakia at UEFA Euro 1976, where Czechoslovakia reached the final, facing West Germany. After extra time, the match finished 2–2, and so the first penalty shootout in a European Championships final ensued. The first seven kicks were converted until West Germany's fourth penalty taker, Uli Hoeneß, ballooned his shot over the bar. With the score 4–3, Panenka stepped up to take the fifth Czechoslovakian penalty, to win the match under immense pressure. He feigned shooting to the side of the goal, causing German goalkeeper Sepp Maier dive to his left, and then gently chipped the ball into the middle of the net.
Czechoslovakia squad – 1982 FIFA World Cup
1 Seman
2 Jakubec
3 Fiala
4 Jurkemik
5 Barmoš
6 Vojáček
8 Panenka
9 Vízek
10 Kříž
11 Nehoda
12 Bičovský
13 Berger
14 Radimec
15 Kukučka
16 Chaloupka
17 Štambachr
18 Janečka
19 Masný
21 Hruška
22 Stromšík
Coach: Vengloš
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Semie Moseley never really knew what he was doing when it came to making acoustic guitars, he was more interested in making electric guitars. The woods were not properly dried out and the construction wasn't beefy enough, and the lacquer finish was put on with too many layers, too quickly. A sum of all these parts resulted in very few of these guitars surviving...or even being desirable, other than for collecting. A quick look into the ones that have been on the secondary market will bear witness to what happened to Glen's guitar right away.
By most accounts, the Balladere was made between 1966 and 1969. Glen appears with his Balladere in 67/68...transitioning to Ovation in the latter part of 68. In 1968, Glen and the Smothers Brothers hooked up and he hosted the Smothers Brothers Summer Show. Glen was playing Mosrites exclusively at the time and most likely had Semie make a custom Balladere for Tommy. It recently was for sale.
A quick look at Glen's and Tommy's Balladeers will show that Semie's design had a common structural flaw. Glen tried to hide his with a piece of custom tortoiseshell. I imagine Tommy played his once and returned to his Martin or Guild. Notice the cracks are almost in the same place.
GLen Campbell's Mosrite Balladere is currently on display at the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville, Tennessee.
"A friend of mine called me about this guitar. As with most of Glen's guitars, Glen either gave away or traded his guitars for something he liked better at the time. The cost of the guitar or the brand name didn't seem to matter very much to the Glen. He would trade a American made Gibson for a Japanese import Strat copy if it felt right to him. The fact of the matter is it really didn't matter what kind of guitar Glen played because he could make any guitar sound great. I have seen pictures of him in the studio with the Wrecking Crew members playing a 60's Japanese solid body electric guitar with a triangular shaped hole cut in the headstock. I have no idea what brand name it may have been but we've all probably heard him playing it on a Beach Boys record or something else equally as cool. The Mosrite acoustic on exhibit at the MHOF&M (Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum) can be seen on YouTube on the Glen Campbell montage. You will notice the small piece of mustache-shaped tortoiseshell pickguard material attached above the soundhole and directly underneath the end of the guitar neck. This was placed there to cover and support a crack in the top of the face of the guitar which ran all the way into the soundhole. It was probably a stress crack from the string tension pulling on the neck without proper bracing underneath the face of the guitar causing the soundboard to concave. You will notice on the video clips from the Campbell montage this guitar being used in the first few Goodtime Hour Shows. It's easy to pick out due to the repair above the soundhole but after a few shows they replaced this guitar with a new one with a redesigned pickguard that covered all the space between the bottom of the neck and the soundhole."
Glen plays the Mosrite Balladere I, Model 401, on an episode of the Summer Brothers Smothers Show, which aired August 4, 1968 on CBS.
Glen sings "Less of Me" with artists Judy Collins and Hamilton Camp.
Here is Glen, in the summer of 1968, on one of the episodes of the Summer Brothers Smothers Show, which was on CBS.
An eagle-eyed forum member pointed out that Eric is only playing the 12-string Mosrite acoustic throughout the video. Glen is seen holding the sixer at the end of the song.
I subjected myself to this song one more time to see that this indeed, true!
Now I see it! Thanks Wayne.
At about 2:29 you can see the longer headstock on the 12'er.
Thanks Wayne. When does Eric switch between the 6 string and the 12 string. I can't tell, it all looks like the same guitar to me!
I thought this this would be an interesting video for this thread: Eric Clapton playing both of Glen's Mosrite acoustics, 6 and 12 string during this silly song from the Sumers Brothers Smothers Show in 1968. Glen introduced Cream to the world!


The Danish designer Sara Sachs is known for mixing fashion with film, performance art, music and a whole lot of humour.
In her new exhibition in Stockholm, the artist Ylva Ogland's long-time fascination with the theatre continues.
DJ Bella Sarris will seduce you into a spiritual trance in the heart of Swedish nature at Into the Valley festival.
From his burlesque to the dazzling shows he produces, Michiel is a fascinating performer.
Oversized sculptures in minimal clothing and extreme platform shoes, Cajsa von Zeipel is known for being provocative.


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Netflix Explains Why It's Releasing All 14 New Episodes Of 'Arrested Development' At Once
Kirsten Acuna
Netflix is rolling out its original series in bulk because it believes that's where television is heading.
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When "House of Cards" debuts February 1 and "Arrested Development" later in May, Netflix plans to roll out all of its new content in one day. So, instead of one new episode of "Arrested Development," we'll be spoiled with all 14.
The idea seems risky, giving viewers no incentive to come back at any other time after they've finished viewing.
However, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings defends its roll-out distribution in the company's Q4 Investor's Letter as the future of television as we know it
"Imagine if books were always released one chapter per week, and were only briefly available to read at 8pm on Thursday. And then someone flipped a switch, suddenly allowing people to enjoy an entire book, all at their own pace. That is the change we are bringing about. That is the future of television. That is Internet TV."
It's not the first time Netflix has done this either. When the streaming site debuted its first original, "Lilyhammer," it also released every episode at once. The show didn't create big buzz; however, that may not be solely due to the quick rollout.
When online streaming sites like Netflix have to compete with Hulu, Amazon Prime, HBOGo, and television itself, Netflix believes the answer is offering more content faster to the individual down the line.
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Pathaan is an extension of YRF's successful spy universe like Salman Khan's Tiger Zinda Hai and Hrithik Roshan's War.
December 29, 2022 3:31 pm by Box Office Worldwide Team
Directed by Siddharth Anand, Pathaan is all set to hit the theaters on 25 January next year. While the film remains in controversy for the song 'Besharam Rang' which featured Deepika Padukone in a saffron coloured attire, it has also set many records before its release.
Recently, Shah Rukh Khan, who made his comeback to Bollywood after four years, revealed how passionately he wanted to do an action film and then Pathaan came his way. Following the hype around the film, In an interview with Indian Express, SRK shared, "I have had this big desire to do an action film, ever since I entered the film industry. When we (producer Aditya Chopra and Shah Rukh Khan) started off, he wrote an action film for me. I never thought I could do romance or social drama. But one day, he came to me and said, 'Can we drop this idea, Shah Rukh? I've got a love story to do."
He revealed that Pathaan was offered to him amid the Covid-19 pandemic and he didn't want to miss the opportunity. "That was years ago. So, this time when he said Pathaan, it was COVID and just a little shooting was allowed. I quickly jumped on it and told my team, 'Let's do it before he cancels.' So, I worked out and built a body. But they didn't want any of it. They told me, 'You just do cool actions. You are easy," he recalled. SRK also mentioned Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge which established him as a true-blue romantic hero.
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Third UK case of Coronavirus was a 'false alarm' - updates
A Chinese soldier from Shanghai reportedly tested positive for the virus
Molly DowrickSenior Reporter
Reports that a third person in the UK had tested positive for Coronavirus have been dismissed as a 'false alarm'.
Sources claimed a Chinese soldier from Shanghai who travelled to the UK had been infected.
The soldier, a man, was reportedly being cared for at Manor Hospital in Walsall, West Midlands.
The DailyMail reported that he arrived at the hospital on Friday or in the early hours of Saturday morning.
The publication has since confirmed that those reports have since turned out to be a "false alarm".
Two cases in the UK
A Chinese student from the University of York and his mother have tested positive for the virus.
The pair were taken ill while staying at a city centre hotel on Wednesday, January 29 and were taken to an NHS isolation unit in Newcastle.
The university has emailed all students to tell them the risk of infection is low.
Coronavirus: Masked workers set up cordon around a woman at Paddington train station
Confusion over coronavirus coach drivers not wearing protective gear
The news comes after a man in the Philippines became the first person to die from the virus outside China, while dozens of Brits are due to arrive back from China and will be quarantined.
This second group of British evacuees have boarded a French flight and will be taken to Arrowe Park Hospital in the Wirrall where they will stay in quarantine for 14 days, reports PA.
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab told Sky: "It's correct that there is a further French flight that is expected back in Europe today and that will carry some UK nationals.
"They will go to the Arrowe Park facility and all of the protections, the support during the 14-day period, will be put in place.
"So they will be treated very well, and of course the reason we need to do that is on the one hand we want to get the UK nationals that want to leave China out, on the other hand we need to make sure we control and prevent the spread of the coronavirus because of the implications that that would have."
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The case has turned out to be a false alarm
Earlier reports from national newspapers that there had been a third case of coronavirus in the UK have turned out to be a false alarm.
A Chinese soldier from Shanghai was reportedly being cared for at a hospital in the Midlands.
Now, the Department of Health said the claims were untrue.
Death toll hits 300
The death toll has risen above 300 and the number of confirmed cases of infection increased to 14,380, Chinese authorities said.
Some of the 83 Britons holed up quarantine in the Wirral shared video footage of their first hours in a locked NHS staff accommodation block following their arrival back in the UK on Friday's evacuation flight.
They showed the food and other essential items they had been provided with, and referenced entertainment including televisions and Playstations - which will help them while away their 14 days in isolation.
Brits being brought home
The Foreign Office said it is continuing to work with EU countries to add remaining Brits to any rescue flights they may charter back from Wuhan.
The Foreign Office has already withdrawn some staff from China and closed the British Consulate-General in Wuhan.
A spokesman for the Foreign Office (FCO) said: "The Government is in touch with British nationals who remain in Wuhan, and are doing everything we can to bring them home as safely and quickly as possible.."
UK campaign launched today
From today, advertisements advising people to use tissues when sneezing or coughing and to wash their hands regularly will appear in newspapers, on the radio and on social media.
The Department of Health said the ads will also target publications and forums in the UK known to be read by Chinese nationals.
Medics are working "round the clock" to prevent the spread of the illness, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said, but the general public can do its bit.
Mr Hancock said: "Basic hygiene such as washing our hands regularly and using tissues when we cough and sneeze can play an important role in minimising the spread of viruses like this."


Summer has started with a bang this year so if you're in London make sure you visit these spots to keep yourself cool.
'don't bother taking the car, it will cause more problems than its worth, go by train'.
We never listened and ended up gridlocked on the highway with other families and complaining children with the familiar refrain coming from the back seat ' are we there yet', only to find on arrival at the beach, there was no parking or the parking available was horrendously expensive, making as affordable day out at the beach, far from affordable.
So how does one stay cool in the unbearable heat of summer?
Dotted round London are some wonderful water features made up of spectacular fountains that pumps out jets of cool water. The kids love playing in them and can spend hours dodging unexpected spurts of water, which leaves them shrieking with delight, and of course getting very wet in the process.
Find a fountain to cool down in London this summer. Photo: Moira Rowan.
Some of these water features are situated in parks and gives the opportunity for the parents to picnic close by and at the same time keep an eye on their children.


Dozens of women from across the UK were in Leicester on Friday night to compete in the grand final of Miss Great Britain 2018.
The event took place at city centre venue Athena, in the Cultural Quarter.
By the end of the glitzy event, one of the 52 finalists will have been presented with the coveted title.
Leicestershire Live was at the final, and brought all the gossip from the competition as it happened.
Catch up with our coverage from our live blog to find out what happened during the ceremony, who is on the judging panel and some of the winners as they were announced.
Leicester is now the home of Miss Great Britain, which crowned its first winner in 1945.
Here are all of the finalists in this year's competition.
Here's the final results of the night, with pictures and video.
The big moment is finally here – the final fifteen contestants are currently being announced.
Remaining contestants will now be judged solely on their live interviews with the judges, which are taking place right now.
However due to a delay, we're going to have to call time on this evening's live coverage.
We will have the winner of Miss Great Britain in Leicestershire Live tomorrow.
Thanks for joining us - and good luck to the rest of the Miss GB hopefuls!
There's not just one winner at Miss Great Britain tonight – there are six additional awards being announced.
Some of the additional awards up for grabs include ones for charity work, personality, and talent.
And here's Fiona, rocking a silvery gold gown.
Here are some pictures of the contestants' evening wear.
It's now the most glam category of the evening - the evening wear round.
After all of the contestants have had their last go on the catwalk, the final 15 will be announced by the judges.
Will our Fiona be among them?
The food has started to come out, so contestant's talent videos are now being shown to guests.
We've had figure skating, a self defence expert and a Rubik's cube master.
Who said it's all about beauty?
The judges have had their introductions, and now it's the most controversial part of the night - the swimwear round.
Earlier this year, organisers vowed to keep the category after the Miss America beauty pageant said it was no longer mandatory for its contestants.
Miss GB organisers said their contestants felt it was the round that made them feel the most empowered.
What do you think of the swimwear round - an outdated tradition, or an opportunity for a bit of body confidence?
Let us know by tweeting us @leicslive and we'll feature some of your responses on our blog.
Along with the public vote, there are five very important people that the ladies will have to impress tonight.
Five judges selected for the 2018 panel include celebrity trainer Matt Fiddes, former catwalk model Ruth Deane, pageant book author Sally-Ann Fawcett and current Miss Great Britain 2017 Saffron Hart.
Completing the line-up is local hairdressing celeb Barrie Stephen.
Here's Fiona, looking like a winner already (in our humble opinion).
Miss Leicestershire, Fiona Anthony, has taken to the stage for her first go on the catwalk this evening.
She's wearing some amazing silver heels with a cold shoulder white dress.
Go Fiona - we're rooting for you!
Here's how it looks inside the venue. Tres glam!
The first round of entertainment has started, and yep - it's a circus theme.
The Stacie & Lovell Dance Academy put on an amazing opening act complete with fire dancers.
Now the class of 2018 has taken to the stage - and they all look amazing!
Athena is known for hosting some of Leicester's most glamorous events - and tonight is no different.
The stage is set and the room looks amazing.
Guests are starting to make their way to their tables, where they will soon be treated to a slap-up three course meal followed by coffee. Fancy.
But for now, it's the most important part - getting to the bar.
The doors are open and guests are starting to make their way into Athena.
It's a rather wet night, but the competitors are backstage avoiding the rain. Bet they're pleased about that after having their hair and makeup perfected.
Hosts on circus-themed outfits are greeting guests at the door - a sign of the outfits to come from the Miss GB hopefuls?
Tonight's venue Athena, looking suitably spectacular.
This year's Miss Leicestershire is Fiona Anthony, a 19-year-old student from Leicester.
Her competition includes Miss Rutland, Alexandra Mount.
What is Miss Great Britain?
Miss Great Britain was founded in 1945, when it began as a swimsuit contest to entertain British holidaymakers in Morecambe.
While it still (slightly controversially) features a swimwear round, the competition has moved with the times. As you'd expect in 2018, for instance, mums who are not married can enter the competition. However, that was not always the case.
As for the swimwear round, organisers told Sky News earlier this year that the decision to keep it was "based on what our contestants want and have asked for".
Earlier this year, the regional rounds of the competition took place around the country. Some 52 women crowned the winner of their area, including Miss Leicestershire and Miss Rutland.
Tonight is the final stage of the competition, when a host of famous judges will vote on the performance of the women in categories including talent and interviews.
Combining them with the results of a public vote, the 52 women will become the top 15, then the top five, with the new Miss Great Britain 2018 finally crowned at the end of the night.
Good evening and welcome to our Miss Great Britain 2018 grand final live blog.
We're about to kick off our coverage of the awards ceremony live from Athena in Leicester.
Doors opened at 6.30pm, with the show commencing at 7.30pm.
Until then, we'll be bringing you updates on everything you need to know about the competition this year.


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Q: How to return a function result into query?
I have a function called ClientStatus that returns a record with two fields Status_Description and Status_Date. This function receives a parameter Client_Id.
I'm trying to get the calculated client status for all the clients in the table Clients, something like:
| Client_Name | Status_Description | Status_Date |
+-------------+--------------------+-------------+
| Abc         | Active             | 12-12-2010  |
| Def         | Inactive           | 13-12-2011  |

Where Client_Name comes from the table Clients, Status_Description and Status_Date from the function result.
My first (wrong) approach was to join the table and the function like so:
SELECT c.Client_Name, cs.Status_Description, cs.Status_Date FROM Clients c
LEFT JOIN (
  SELECT * FROM ClientStatus(c.ClientId) as (Status_Description text, Status_Date date)) cs

This obviously didn't work because c.ClientId could not be referenced.
Could someone explain me how can I obtain the result I am looking for?
Thanks in advance.

A: I think the following can give the result you expect :
SELECT c.Client_Name, d.Status_Description, d.Status_Date
FROM Clients c, ClientStatus(c.ClientId) d

A: I have solved my problem writing the query like this:
SELECT c.Client_Name, cs.status[1] as Description, cs.stautus[2]::date as Date
FROM (
  SELECT string_to_array(translate(
    (SELECT ClientStatus(ClientId))::Text, '()', ''),  ',') status
  FROM Clients
) cs

It is not the most elegant solution but it was the only one I could find to make this work.


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Rising love: A Valentine's story
17/02 February 2017
by Rev. Dr. Ed Hird
Former Prime Minister Lester Pearson's wife Maryon once famously quipped: "Behind every successful man is a surprised woman." So then, perhaps one could count Ruth Graham among the most lovingly, patiently surprised women in history.
Renowned evangelist Billy Graham, aged 98, was recently named for the 60th consecutive year in a Gallup poll as one of the 10 most admired people in the world, along with Bernie Sanders, Pope Francis, and Bill Gates. It was Ruth, his devoted wife for 63 years who enabled her husband to be healthy in the midst of relentless international attention. Without Ruth's loving care for their five children, it would have been impossible for Graham to have taken part in 417 city-wide celebrations in 185 countries, speaking to live audiences of nearly 215 million people. Billy and Ruth Graham were a Valentine's love story that we can all learn from.
Ruth, who lived her first 17 years in China, never wanted to marry, intending instead to become a missionary in Tibet. After going to school in North Korea, she moved to Wheaton College in Illinois. There in 1940, she met her future husband Billy who instantly fell in love with her. Ruth was slightly startled by his intense blue eyes. As her biographer Patricia Cornwell wrote in A Time for Remembering: The Ruth Bell Graham Story: "Billy was unlike anyone Ruth had met…earnest, quietly confident, and personal. Clearly he spoke as one who knew God and knew him well…But what interested Ruth was that as Billy escorted her…he seemed completely unaware of his uniqueness, his poignancy, his gift." Billy was very nervous around Ruth, but eventually invited her to hear Handel's Messiah with him. That night Ruth knelt on the carpet by her bed and prayed, "God, if You let me serve with that man, I'd consider it the greatest privilege in my life." Cornwell's book shares a letter young Ruth wrote to her medical missionary parents in China, saying: "Despite Bill's fearlessness and sometimes sternness, he is just as thoughtful and gentle as you want a man to be…he makes you feel perfectly natural and looked after without being showy or obnoxious. Sounds like I'm in love, doesn't it? Don't get worried. I'm not."
Both Billy and Ruth were independent and determined people, which led to some early challenges in their relationship. It was normal in Ruth's family for women to be strong and outspoken, something that Billy had to get used to. In writing to her parents in 1941, she said: "(Billy) isn't easy to love because of his sternness and unwavering stand on certain issues. Many a night I have come in almost hating the man because I wanted my way in some little thing that was either unwise or foolish or something, and he wouldn't give in even if it meant losing my love…" Sometimes Billy and Ruth could be the immovable object and the irresistible force. Writing to her parents later in 1941, she said: "(Billy) has his faults and some people object to his fearless, uncompromising presentation of the gospel. But that was the first thing about him that commanded my attention and later my admiration –as I grew to know him better, my trust."
After accepting his marriage proposal, she visited her sister Rosa in a New Mexico TB Sanitarium. While there suffering from exhaustion, Ruth wrote Billy a crushing letter, telling him she didn't think that she was in love with him and that marriage was perhaps unwise. Her sister miraculously recovered, and Ruth went ahead with the wedding. Biographer Cornwell wrote: "What Ruth would do next, no one could predict, for she was as quietly stubborn as the sphinx and just about as inscrutable…She didn't necessarily do the practical or the expected."
One of the greatest challenges to their marriage was how much Billy was away. Ruth often said: "I would rather have a little of Bill than a lot of any other man." Many of Billy Graham's sermon illustrations came directly from Ruth's voracious reading of biographies, histories, novels, and books about art and foreign countries. It was Ruth's deep faith in God that kept her going through many trying times. One time after Billy unexpectedly went with his buddies to Chicago without Ruth, she tearfully prayed: "God, if you forgive me for marrying him, I'll never do it again." When he realized how much he hurt her, he was full of tender apologies. Ruth often said: "Sometimes beautiful women develop from adjusting to difficult men." By all accounts, Ruth was a beautiful woman in body, mind and spirit. Her medical missionary dad, her evangelist husband Billy and her beloved prodigal son Franklin all helped her become more beautiful.
In 1963, Billy wrote to Ruth: "How can I find words to express my appreciation for all you have meant to me. Your love and patience with me in my ups and downs…have meant more to me than you will ever know. Your counsel, advice, encouragement, and prayer have been my mainstay…It seems in the recent months my capacity to love you has deepened…I love the wife of my youth more every day! …Yes, I am thankful to God for you…No child ever had a greater mother than our children."
The Rev. Dr. Ed Hird is Rector of St. Simon's North Vancouver, Anglican Mission in Canada. He is the author of 'Restoring Health: body, mind and spirit' www.stsimonschurch.ca
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Sloan-Swartz Fellow Alumnus Alfredo Fontanini Wins Presidential Award
Stony Brook University Neurobiology and Behavior Professor Receives Presidential Early Career Award For Scientists and Engineers
Alfredo Fontanini, M.D., Ph.D., to be honored by President Obama at the White House
Sloan-Swartz Fellow "alumnus" Alfredo Fontanini has been named by President Obama as a recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE).
View the complete press release from Stony Brook University here:
http://www.stonybrookmedicalcenter.org/som/neurobiology


Jovit Baldivino's girlfriend Shara Chavez posted a new photo of Baby Akeya on her Facebook and Instagram accounts. It's always refreshing to look at baby photos, so here are Baby Akeya's latest pics.
Shara gave birth to her and Jovit Baldivino's baby last July 29 2016.
Just a few days ago, Jovit made a shocking revelation when he said that Baby Akeya is not actually his first child. He said he already has a 4 year old daughter named Zody from ex-girlfriend Laurice Khaye Bermillo, who is now based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Laurice was a former contestant of "Star Power" and they met when they did a duet on the same show.


What If Diamonds Aren't Forever After All?
An increasing amount of purchased diamonds are re-entering the market. Diamond recycling is becoming popular among consumers. The phenomenon now has investors wondering how recycled diamonds will affect supply and demand.