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American Consumers Need Relief From Biden's Failed Policies
Americans need immediate relief at the gas pump and that is why I am calling for a suspension of the federal gas tax throughout 2022. There is no reason that the American consumer should suffer
AKRON, OH, March 10, 2022 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Ohio Attorney and Accountant, Greg Wheeler, Republican candidate for Ohio's 13th Congressional District called for a suspension of the federal gas tax of 18.4 cents per gallon as consumers in the 13th District and throughout America are faced with record gas prices. In Akron, Wheeler noted gas prices had jumped 60 cents per gallon in the last week with no relief in sight. Unless, we bring relief at the gas pump, gas prices along with the Biden inflation will lead to a recession. Wheeler said he supports the ban on Russian oil that was imposed but as usual with the Biden Administration it was too little and too late with no strategy for fallout. He said rather than beg rogue regimes like Venezuela and Iran to pump more oil, the Biden Administration should lift restrictions on American consumers and reinstate the Keystone Pipeline. Yet Biden will not do so, Wheeler said for fear offending the radicals in his own Party. Wheeler is starting an online petition where voters can sign the petition urging Congress and Joe Biden to lift the federal gas tax.
"Americans need immediate relief at the gas pump and that is why I am calling for a suspension of the federal gas tax throughout 2022," said Greg Wheeler. "There is no reason that the American consumer should suffer because of Joe Biden's failed policies.
"Joe Biden should have banned Russian oil on the first day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and simultaneously lifted restrictions on American oil producers," continued Wheeler. "Yet as usual with Joe Biden it was too little too late and the American consumer is paying the price.
"Rather than unleash American oil producers, Biden turns to Venezuela and Iran for oil," concluded Wheeler. "That is insanity. All because he is afraid of to stand up to the radicals in his own Party and the Green New Deal."
Greg Wheeler is a lifelong Ohioan who has spent his career in the private sector. Before becoming an attorney, Wheeler worked in real estate, entertainment, and the aviation industry. Wheeler is focused on Ohio first and is running to fight inflation, fight crime and fight for Ohio.
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Afghanistan is among today's greatest development challenges
While the work of the Afghan government and the international community brought some benefits for the country, many have not been sustainable and serious challenges remain unaddressed.
by	Nipa Banerjee July 6, 2016
The fragile state of Afghanistan remains one of the greatest development challenges of our time. While the joint work of the Afghan government and the international community brought a few benefits for the country, many have not been sustainable. My visits to Kabul and consultations with Afghans at various levels confirm that a large number of serious challenges remain unaddressed, and they require the priority attention of analysts, policy-makers and bureaucrats. Highlighting dubious and anecdotal success stories and painting an overly positive picture of the state of affairs do not necessarily benefit Afghanistan.
Sally Armstrong's largely optimistic article in Maclean's earlier this year is a case in point. A certain degree of optimism is absolutely critical if efforts to stabilize Afghanistan and the region are to continue. However, ignoring past and current failures and turning our heads away from critical problems in the areas of security, governance and rule of law, economic growth and social development will result in the country's descent into a few more decades of chaos, conflict and violence.
The claim made in Armstrong's coverage — that Afghans are better off today than ever before — is illusory and historically untrue. Afghanistan's history stretches far beyond the past 40 years of conflict. During the past 40 years, life conditions of people might have been poorer than today. But Afghans saw better days in the decades preceding these conflict years. Astonishingly, some Afghans speak of better conditions even under the Soviet regime. The Washington Post reports an interview with a 27-year-old Afghan realtor who lost his business and would welcome back the Taliban regime, when there was less crime and less corruption and thus business thrived.
Security of Afghans was also better in the years immediately following the war of 2001, before the start of the Taliban resurgence. The Taliban control more of Afghanistan today than at any point since 2001. The year 2015 has been Afghanistan's most violent since the war of 2001, with civilian casualties during the year reaching record proportions. So many Afghans are trying to leave the country to escape insecurity and economic woes. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees estimates that Afghans are the second-largest group of asylum seekers, after Syrians.
The busy and traffic-blocked streets of Kabul are not necessarily indicators of improved security and better life, as concluded in the Maclean's article. Security threats are top concerns for most Afghans, though the city lives vibrantly from day to day. The instability has generated a survival instinct and resilience in the population. There is also a noticeable increase in the number of children and women in burqas begging in the streets of Kabul. The unemployment rate has climbed above 50 percent.
Armstrong's assessment that the current Afghan government cannot necessarily be blamed for such an economic downturn is correct. Disproportionately large amounts of foreign aid sent to the country have created an inflated economy dependent on external sources rather than on goods and services produced in the country. Ninety-five percent of the development budget and 60 to 70 percent of the operational budget of Afghanistan are externally financed. Foreign troops and the money flowing into the country from jobs and contracts connected to the US military once accounted for 40 percent of the country's GDP. However, the mass withdrawal of the troops was planned years ago, with the full awareness of the Afghan government. It is inexcusable that the international community and the Afghan government failed to foresee and plan for the economic and security shock to follow.
Worsening security is feeding the economic crisis, according to Bill Byrd, who was country manager and economic adviser at the World Bank in Afghanistan from 2002 to 2006 and is now with the United States Institute of Peace. A growing Taliban insurgency is a reality not to be ignored. Euphoria after the quick victory in the war of 2001 had gripped the international community, and a certain complacency took hold. A look at the map of Taliban areas of control and influence (issued and regularly updated by the Institute for the Study of War and published in the Long War Journal), should help to dispel the myth of the Taliban thriving on propaganda alone. Taliban advances are being made despite stepped-up airstrikes by American warplanes and involvement by American Special Operations ground forces.
Meanwhile, the international community's training and advisory missions have not produced desirable results. Deficiencies of the Afghan forces persist, according to researchers at the Brookings Institution. Clear indicators of the Taliban insurgency posing serious challenges to the Afghanistan National Security Forces (ANSF) have emerged, bringing into question the Afghan forces' capacity to assume responsibility for the country's security. The new American commander for Afghanistan, John Nicholson, also admits that Afghan forces are not making enough progress.
With the Taliban refusing to cooperate, peace appears elusive. There is a risk that the quadrilateral meetings (of Afghanistan, China, Pakistan and the US) on reconciliation will turn away the Taliban and thus harm reconciliation efforts.
Armstrong gives credit to the Afghan government's commitments to eradicate corruption, undertake judicial reforms and protect women's rights. The gaps between intent, commitments and implementation are wide, however. Corruption continues unabated, with a lack of appropriate accountability structures. There have been a few bright spots: the appointment of a new chief justice and judges in several provinces, the attempt to appoint a female judge to the Supreme Court, appointment of four female ministers and two female provincial governors. But these are symbolic gains, considering widespread human rights abuses, the fact that 87 percent of women experience family violence (as documented by Danielle Moylan, a freelance journalist based in Kabul) and the horrendous mob killing of a woman named Farkhunda in broad daylight in Kabul. Her killers' sentences were reduced on International Women's Day.
Training of the police by the international community is a failure. The Afghan police force is inadequately trained to secure civilian lives. It is understandable that the police need to be extra vigilant under fragile security conditions. But such vigilance will be more effective and efficient if conducted with firm but polite and respectful words and actions. During my recent visits to Kabul this year, I witnessed police officers screaming, shouting and yelling at innocent civilians, pointing Kalashnikovs at them. A uniformed police officer yelled at me in front of the office of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission. Such behaviour would not produce the desired result of better security or law and order nor help establish the government's authority and legitimacy. In fact, the police behaviour is turning people away from a government that people perceive (perhaps wrongly) as complicit in violation of citizens' right to be treated with respect in their own country. Legitimacy building (earning the support and loyalty of the people and respect for government's authority) is central to any fragile state's stabilization agenda. Legitimacy building through protecting physical and economic security might be time-consuming. But for building a better image of the government (an essential ingredient for legitimacy building) in the immediate future, having the civilian police be civil to and respectful of fellow citizens should be a mandatory requirement.
Since the Bonn conference of 2001, the international community and the Afghan government have relentlessly travelled from one conference to the other, with both parties making promises and commitments while most commitments have been ignored. Resolutions, jointly adopted by the Afghan government and the international community in international conferences, have listed the Afghan government's commitments to undertake reform measures and the international community's resource commitments in support of Afghanistan's reform agenda, to secure Afghanistan's future and stabilize the country. Identification and unambiguous acceptance of unattained commitments, as we skated from one conference to the other, would have helped resolve problems. But the most striking omission has been the inability of the international community to monitor its own and the Afghan government's progress with indicators, acknowledge failures to attain benchmarks and integrate lessons learned in determining the future course. Instead, we virtually sleepwalked for a decade and a half, dreaming of reaching the finish line with eyes closed, sometimes tripping on morasses of complex policies, strategies and programs and yet continuing our journey while ignoring devastation left by the roadside.
While the international community can be blamed for a lack of vigilance and accountability around its aid operations in Afghanistan, the Afghan government has a responsibility for fixing the situation, with the international community serving in a support role. Canada's dynamic ambassador, Deborah Lyons, is correct in her statement that Canada's representation on the Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board provides the opportunity to take leadership in strengthening joint international and Afghan efforts to increase the effectiveness of international support. However, it is ultimately Afghans who must take a resolute stand in reform efforts for economic growth, job creation, fostering rule of law and human rights, improving public finance management and taking anticorruption measures to ensure delivery of the most essential services to the public. It is no less critical for Afghanistan to reach out for peace and nurture a political process toward peace and cross-border economic cooperation. It is equally urgent for the ANSF to establish control of security and lead on the security front.
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Nipa Banerjee
Nipa Banerjee is a senior fellow at the School of International Development and Global Studies (University of Ottawa). She served 33 years in the former Canadian International Development Agency. She was the head of the Canadian government's aid program in Afghanistan from 2003 to 2006.
by Nipa Banerjee. Originally published on Policy Options

Afghanistan is among today's greatest development challenges

by Nipa Banerjee. Originally published on Policy Options
July 6, 2016

The fragile state of Afghanistan remains one of the greatest development challenges of our time. While the joint work of the Afghan government and the international community brought a few benefits for the country, many have not been sustainable. My visits to Kabul and consultations with Afghans at various levels confirm that a large number of serious challenges remain unaddressed, and they require the priority attention of analysts, policy-makers and bureaucrats. Highlighting dubious and anecdotal success stories and painting an overly positive picture of the state of affairs do not necessarily benefit Afghanistan.

Sally Armstrong's largely optimistic article in Maclean's earlier this year is a case in point. A certain degree of optimism is absolutely critical if efforts to stabilize Afghanistan and the region are to continue. However, ignoring past and current failures and turning our heads away from critical problems in the areas of security, governance and rule of law, economic growth and social development will result in the country's descent into a few more decades of chaos, conflict and violence.

The claim made in Armstrong's coverage — that Afghans are better off today than ever before — is illusory and historically untrue. Afghanistan's history stretches far beyond the past 40 years of conflict. During the past 40 years, life conditions of people might have been poorer than today. But Afghans saw better days in the decades preceding these conflict years. Astonishingly, some Afghans speak of better conditions even under the Soviet regime. The Washington Post reports an interview with a 27-year-old Afghan realtor who lost his business and would welcome back the Taliban regime, when there was less crime and less corruption and thus business thrived.

Security of Afghans was also better in the years immediately following the war of 2001, before the start of the Taliban resurgence. The Taliban control more of Afghanistan today than at any point since 2001. The year 2015 has been Afghanistan's most violent since the war of 2001, with civilian casualties during the year reaching record proportions. So many Afghans are trying to leave the country to escape insecurity and economic woes. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees estimates that Afghans are the second-largest group of asylum seekers, after Syrians.

The busy and traffic-blocked streets of Kabul are not necessarily indicators of improved security and better life, as concluded in the Maclean's article. Security threats are top concerns for most Afghans, though the city lives vibrantly from day to day. The instability has generated a survival instinct and resilience in the population. There is also a noticeable increase in the number of children and women in burqas begging in the streets of Kabul. The unemployment rate has climbed above 50 percent.

Armstrong's assessment that the current Afghan government cannot necessarily be blamed for such an economic downturn is correct. Disproportionately large amounts of foreign aid sent to the country have created an inflated economy dependent on external sources rather than on goods and services produced in the country. Ninety-five percent of the development budget and 60 to 70 percent of the operational budget of Afghanistan are externally financed. Foreign troops and the money flowing into the country from jobs and contracts connected to the US military once accounted for 40 percent of the country's GDP. However, the mass withdrawal of the troops was planned years ago, with the full awareness of the Afghan government. It is inexcusable that the international community and the Afghan government failed to foresee and plan for the economic and security shock to follow.

Worsening security is feeding the economic crisis, according to Bill Byrd, who was country manager and economic adviser at the World Bank in Afghanistan from 2002 to 2006 and is now with the United States Institute of Peace. A growing Taliban insurgency is a reality not to be ignored. Euphoria after the quick victory in the war of 2001 had gripped the international community, and a certain complacency took hold. A look at the map of Taliban areas of control and influence (issued and regularly updated by the Institute for the Study of War and published in the Long War Journal), should help to dispel the myth of the Taliban thriving on propaganda alone. Taliban advances are being made despite stepped-up airstrikes by American warplanes and involvement by American Special Operations ground forces.

Meanwhile, the international community's training and advisory missions have not produced desirable results. Deficiencies of the Afghan forces persist, according to researchers at the Brookings Institution. Clear indicators of the Taliban insurgency posing serious challenges to the Afghanistan National Security Forces (ANSF) have emerged, bringing into question the Afghan forces' capacity to assume responsibility for the country's security. The new American commander for Afghanistan, John Nicholson, also admits that Afghan forces are not making enough progress.

With the Taliban refusing to cooperate, peace appears elusive. There is a risk that the quadrilateral meetings (of Afghanistan, China, Pakistan and the US) on reconciliation will turn away the Taliban and thus harm reconciliation efforts.

Armstrong gives credit to the Afghan government's commitments to eradicate corruption, undertake judicial reforms and protect women's rights. The gaps between intent, commitments and implementation are wide, however. Corruption continues unabated, with a lack of appropriate accountability structures. There have been a few bright spots: the appointment of a new chief justice and judges in several provinces, the attempt to appoint a female judge to the Supreme Court, appointment of four female ministers and two female provincial governors. But these are symbolic gains, considering widespread human rights abuses, the fact that 87 percent of women experience family violence (as documented by Danielle Moylan, a freelance journalist based in Kabul) and the horrendous mob killing of a woman named Farkhunda in broad daylight in Kabul. Her killers' sentences were reduced on International Women's Day.

Training of the police by the international community is a failure. The Afghan police force is inadequately trained to secure civilian lives. It is understandable that the police need to be extra vigilant under fragile security conditions. But such vigilance will be more effective and efficient if conducted with firm but polite and respectful words and actions. During my recent visits to Kabul this year, I witnessed police officers screaming, shouting and yelling at innocent civilians, pointing Kalashnikovs at them. A uniformed police officer yelled at me in front of the office of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission. Such behaviour would not produce the desired result of better security or law and order nor help establish the government's authority and legitimacy. In fact, the police behaviour is turning people away from a government that people perceive (perhaps wrongly) as complicit in violation of citizens' right to be treated with respect in their own country. Legitimacy building (earning the support and loyalty of the people and respect for government's authority) is central to any fragile state's stabilization agenda. Legitimacy building through protecting physical and economic security might be time-consuming. But for building a better image of the government (an essential ingredient for legitimacy building) in the immediate future, having the civilian police be civil to and respectful of fellow citizens should be a mandatory requirement.

Since the Bonn conference of 2001, the international community and the Afghan government have relentlessly travelled from one conference to the other, with both parties making promises and commitments while most commitments have been ignored. Resolutions, jointly adopted by the Afghan government and the international community in international conferences, have listed the Afghan government's commitments to undertake reform measures and the international community's resource commitments in support of Afghanistan's reform agenda, to secure Afghanistan's future and stabilize the country. Identification and unambiguous acceptance of unattained commitments, as we skated from one conference to the other, would have helped resolve problems. But the most striking omission has been the inability of the international community to monitor its own and the Afghan government's progress with indicators, acknowledge failures to attain benchmarks and integrate lessons learned in determining the future course. Instead, we virtually sleepwalked for a decade and a half, dreaming of reaching the finish line with eyes closed, sometimes tripping on morasses of complex policies, strategies and programs and yet continuing our journey while ignoring devastation left by the roadside.

While the international community can be blamed for a lack of vigilance and accountability around its aid operations in Afghanistan, the Afghan government has a responsibility for fixing the situation, with the international community serving in a support role. Canada's dynamic ambassador, Deborah Lyons, is correct in her statement that Canada's representation on the Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board provides the opportunity to take leadership in strengthening joint international and Afghan efforts to increase the effectiveness of international support. However, it is ultimately Afghans who must take a resolute stand in reform efforts for economic growth, job creation, fostering rule of law and human rights, improving public finance management and taking anticorruption measures to ensure delivery of the most essential services to the public. It is no less critical for Afghanistan to reach out for peace and nurture a political process toward peace and cross-border economic cooperation. It is equally urgent for the ANSF to establish control of security and lead on the security front.

Photo: Tracing Tea / Shutterstock.com

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Bloodhound, the project to beat the land speed record (LSR) and reach 1,000 miles per hour, has confirmed it is back on the trail of the world record as the company opened a new headquarters and revealed its new livery.
The project, now named Bloodhound LSR, has undergone new ownership with Ian Warhurst, CEO of Grafton LSR, who stepped in when the project went into administration last year.
The freshly assembled Bloodhound LSR team will focus on completing development of the jet- and rocket-powered car and moving to the next phase of the programme – high speed testing – as soon as possible.
The new name accompanies a complete rebranding of the programme. This includes a visual transformation of the car, which was revealed in a new striking red and white livery as the car moves into its new home at SGS Berkeley Green University Technical College (UTC) on the Gloucestershire Science and Technology Park.
Mr Warhurst commented: "Since buying Bloodhound from the administrators last December, the team and I have been overwhelmed by the passion and enthusiasm the public have shown for the project. Over the last decade, an incredible amount of hard graft has been invested in the project and it would be a tragedy to see it go to waste.
The UK Land Speed Record Centre at SGS Berkeley Green UTC provides a 975m2 workshop facility in the heart of the college campus, fulfilling Bloodhound's promise of delivering educational inspiration.
The Bloodhound LSR team is headed up by Mr Warhurst. He is joined by driver and current world land speed record holder Andy Green, engineering director Mark Chapman, chief financial officer Rick Sturge, operations director Martyn Davidson, commercial director Ewen Honeyman, and many of the original mechanics and technicians, providing continuity from the old programme to the new.
Former CEO of the project, Richard Noble, said: "It was a very hard fight to create the Bloodhound car, the largest STEM programme in the UK, the public engagement programme and the 1,000 man year desert preparation. Our weakness had always been finance and now after Administration, with Ian Warhurst the team finally has the financial support it needs to drive forward with confidence and achieve what we set out to do nearly 12 years ago.
Industrial lubricant manufacturer Houghton International has announced the launch of a new, dedicated consultation and training facility – the Fluid Intelligence Academy.


Amir Rostami is a postdoctoral researcher in sociology at Stockholm University. He has served as Superintendent of the Swedish Police with a special focus on policing organized crime and gangs. Rostami has also been the project manager for the European project SGIP and served as senior adviser to the Swedish National coordinator to safeguarding democracy against violence extremism. His research is mainly focused on criminal organizing e.g. gangs and organized crime, and policing strategies.
· Sturup, J., Gerell, M., & Rostami, A. (2019). Explosive violence: A near-repeat study of hand grenade detonations and shootings in urban Sweden. European Journal of Criminology.
· Sturup, J., Rostami, A., Mondani, H., Gerell, M., Sarnecki, J., & Edling, C. (2018). Increased Gun Violence Among Young Males in Sweden: a Descriptive National Survey and International Comparison. European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research.
· Rostami, A. (2017). Street-gang violence in Sweden is a growing concern. Sociologisk Forskning, 54, 365–368.
· Sturup, J., Rostami, A., Gerell, M., & Sandholm, A. (2017). Near-repeat shootings in contemporary Sweden 2011 to 2015. Security Journal.
· Rostami, A. & Mondani, H. (2015). The Complexity of Crime Network Data: A Case Study of Its Consequences for Crime Control and the Study of Networks. Plos One.
· Rostami, A., Melde, C., & Holgersson, S. (2014). The myth of success: the emergence and maintenance of a specialized gang unit in Stockholm, Sweden. The International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice.
· Rostami, A., F. Leinfelt,. D, Brotherton. (2012). "Understanding Gang Leaders: Characteristics and Driving Forces of Street Gang Leaders in Sweden." Free inquiry in creative sociology Winter 2012(1).
· Rostami, A., F. Leinfelt,. & S, Holgersson. (2012). "An Exploratory Analysis of Swedish Street Gangs: Applying the Maxson and Klein Typology to a Swedish Gang Dataset." Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice 28(4): 1-20.
· Rostami, A., Mondani, H., Carlsson, C., Sturup, J., Sarnecki, J., & Edling, C. (2018). Våldsbejakande extremism och organiserad brottslighet i Sverige (No. 2018/4) (p. 104). Stockholm: Institutet för Framtidsstudier.
· J.Sturup & A Rostami (2017). Organiserad antagonism: överlappningen mellan våldsbejakande extremism och organiserad brottslighet. I C. Edling & A. Rostami (red.), (2017). SOU 2017:67 Våldsbejakande extremism: En forskarantologi.
· C. Edling & A. Rostami (red.), (2017). SOU 2017:67 Våldsbejakande extremism: En forskarantologi.
· Rostami, A. (2016). "Våldets betydelse för organisering av kriminella gäng." In C. Edling & A. Rostami (red.), Våldets sociala dimension: Individ, relation, organisation. Lund: Studentlitteratur.
· Rostami, A. (2016). Criminal Organizing: Studies in sociology of organized crime. (Phd disseration). Department of Sociology, Stockholm University.
· Rostami, A. (2016). Policing gangs and organized crime – Experiences from conceptual confusion and its consequences from two Swedish case studies. In: Gang Transitions and Transformations in an International Context. (ed) Cheryl L. Maxson & Finn-Aage Esbensen, Springer.
· Leinfelt, F & Rostami, A. (ed). (2012) The Stockholm Gang Model – PANTHER. Elanders, Stockholm.
· Rostami, A. & F. Leinfelt. (2012). The History of the Swedish Gangs: in The Stockholm Gang Model – PANTHER. Elanders, Stockholm.
· Rostami, A. & F. Leinfelt (2011). The Stockholm Gang Intervention and Prevention Project: Introducing a Holistic Approach to Gang Enforcement. Youth Gangs in International Perspective: Tales from the Eurogang Program of Research. F.-A. Esbensen and C. L. Maxson, Springer.


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Crunchyroll & Zoe Saldana team for Dark Star Squadron and Crosses 5M Subscribers
by Kerri Guillette 08/03/2021
Crunchyroll announced the development of Dark Star Squadron, an epic animated space opera, in partnership with Zoe Saldana's Cinestar Pictures. Todd Ludy (Voltron: Legendary Defender) is on board to write with Zoe Saldana, Cisely Saldana, and Mariel Saldana of Cinestar Pictures serving as Executive Producers. Sonia A. Gambaro and Maytal Gilboa from Pollinate Entertainment are also producing.
"The tremendous growth of our streaming service is indicative of the growing love for anime and its deserved spotlight in popular culture," said Joanne Waage, general manager, Crunchyroll. "Zoe and her team are bringing their own anime fandom to their storytelling, and we're excited to be a part of it."
Dark Star Squadron follows the journey of four failing cadets who return from a joyride with a stolen starship to find their academy in ruins, and everyone vanished. Now on their own, the ill-equipped heroes embark for the far side of the galaxy to find the missing and prove their worth.
"As true animation and anime fans ourselves, we are so excited for the opportunity to partner with Crunchyroll to bring Dark Star Squadron to a wide audience," said Cinestar's Zoe, Cisely, and Mariel Saldana. "We can't wait for everyone to meet the crew and follow the journey of our unlikely heroes."
"We're elated to be working with such a talented creative team on the development of Dark Star Squadron, a new fantasy adventure series," said Sarah Victor, Head of Development, Crunchyroll. "We love working with creators who are passionate about telling stories through anime, and we can't wait to bring this interstellar epic to fans across the galaxy."
Crunchyroll offers fans a robust anime library of more than 1,000 titles and 30,000 episodes to fans in more than 200 countries and territories. The global brand has more than five million subscribers, 120 million registered users, and more than 60 million followers across social media. Best known as a top streaming service delivering AVOD and SVOD content, Crunchyroll also provides experiences to deepen fan engagement and community through social events, games, consumer products, content distribution, content creation, and manga publishing.
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Ibrutinib (IMBRUVICA®) is the only NCCN Category 1 Preferred Regimen to treat frontline CLL/SLL*
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Hypertension: Hypertension of any grade occurred in 12% of 1,124 patients treated with IMBRUVICA® in clinical trials. Grade 3 or greater hypertension occurred in 5% of patients with a median time to onset of 5.9 months (range, 0.03 to 24 months).
Monitor blood pressure in patients treated with IMBRUVICA® and initiate or adjust anti-hypertensive medication throughout treatment with IMBRUVICA® as appropriate.
Second Primary Malignancies: Other malignancies (10%) including non-skin carcinomas (4%) have occurred in 1,124 patients treated with IMBRUVICA® in clinical trials. The most frequent second primary malignancy was non-melanoma skin cancer (6%).
Tumor Lysis Syndrome: Tumor lysis syndrome has been infrequently reported with IMBRUVICA® therapy. Assess the baseline risk (e.g., high tumor burden) and take appropriate precautions.
Monitor patients closely and treat as appropriate.
Embryo-Fetal Toxicity: Based on findings in animals, IMBRUVICA® can cause fetal harm when administered to a pregnant woman. Advise women to avoid becoming pregnant while taking IMBRUVICA® and for 1 month after cessation of therapy. If this drug is used during pregnancy or if the patient becomes pregnant while taking this drug, the patient should be apprised of the potential hazard to a fetus. Advise men to avoid fathering a child during the same time period.
B-cell malignancies: The most common adverse reactions (≥20%) in patients with B-cell malignancies (MCL, CLL/SLL, WM and MZL) were thrombocytopenia (58%)*, diarrhea (41%), anemia (38%)*, neutropenia (35%)*, musculoskeletal pain (32%), rash (32%), bruising (31%), nausea (26%), fatigue (26%), hemorrhage (24%), and pyrexia (20%).
The most common Grade 3 or 4 adverse reactions (≥5%) in patients with B-cell malignancies (MCL, CLL/SLL, WM and MZL) were neutropenia (18%)*, thrombocytopenia (16%)*, and pneumonia (14%).
Approximately 7% (CLL/SLL), 14% (MCL), 14% (WM) and 10% (MZL) of patients had a dose reduction due to adverse reactions. Approximately 4-10% (CLL/SLL), 9% (MCL), and 7% (WM [5%] and MZL [13%]) of patients discontinued due to adverse reactions.
cGVHD: The most common adverse reactions (≥20%) in patients with cGVHD were fatigue (57%), bruising (40%), diarrhea (36%), thrombocytopenia (33%)*, muscle spasms (29%), stomatitis (29%), nausea (26%), hemorrhage (26%), anemia (24%)*, and pneumonia (21%).
The most common Grade 3 or higher adverse reactions (≥5%) reported in patients with cGVHD were pneumonia (14%), fatigue (12%), diarrhea (10%), neutropenia (10%)*, sepsis (10%), hypokalemia (7%), headache (5%), musculoskeletal pain (5%), and pyrexia (5%).
Twenty-four percent of patients receiving IMBRUVICA® in the cGVHD trial discontinued treatment due to adverse reactions. Adverse reactions leading to dose reduction occurred in 26% of patients.
*Treatment-emergent decreases (all grades) were based on laboratory measurements.
CYP3A Inhibitors: Modify IMBRUVICA® dose as described in USPI sections 2.4 and 7.1.
CYP3A Inducers: Avoid coadministration with strong CYP3A inducers.
Hepatic Impairment (based on Child-Pugh criteria): Avoid use of IMBRUVICA® in patients with severe baseline hepatic impairment. In patients with mild or moderate impairment, reduce IMBRUVICA® dose.
IMBRUVICA® (ibrutinib) is a kinase inhibitor indicated for the treatment of adult patients with:
Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) who have received at least one prior therapy.
Accelerated approval was granted for this indication based on overall response rate. Continued approval for this indication may be contingent upon verification and description of clinical benefit in a confirmatory trial.
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)/Small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL).
CLL/SLL with 17p deletion.
Waldenström's macroglobulinemia (WM).
Marginal zone lymphoma (MZL) who require systemic therapy and have received at least one prior anti-CD20-based therapy.
Chronic graft versus host disease (cGVHD) after failure of one or more lines of systemic therapy.
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Amelie Mancini's Desert-Inspired Prints
Amelie Mancini is a French artist currently based in Brooklyn, New York. Exclusively making use of natural materials, she handcrafts each of her pieces with inspiration from desert landscapes, tropical forests, and her own French roots. Mancini's collections incorporate elements of the great outdoors into simple, functional pieces that look beautiful in any space. We chatted with Mancini about her design process.
When you first arrived in Brooklyn, were there any similarities to life in France that felt familiar?
When I first came to New York City, I was immediately blown away by the energy of the city and the open-mindedness of the people I met. Not to say that French people are not open-minded, at all, but there is a spirit of entrepreneurship and a can-do attitude here that is not as strong in France. It felt very liberating, like I could be whoever I wanted, all I had to do was work hard and not give up. In France I always felt that I had to play by the rules and that my options were limited somehow.
How does your studio space aid in your creative process?
In order to be creative I need to like the space I'm in. I like spaces with lots of light and lots of plants. Doesn't have to be very clean or organized, as long as there's enough light and greenery! It probably has to do with feeling the air around me and feeling connected to the outside world but in a private, enclosed space. I also love to go to thrift stores in France and buy old trinkets, antique linens and ceramics, to use as props or just keep around me, as a reminder of where I'm from.
From your Carry-All Totes to your Tea Towels, all of your work serves a purpose. What role does functionality play when you're designing?
I started off as a painter, although I've always loved making things with my hands, for fun – knitting, sewing, building small furniture. At some point though I realized that there was a way to integrate art into everyday life in order to reach more people, by putting my designs on things that people use in their daily life. I started printing my patterns on fabric and sewing that into tea towels, and it seemed like such a great way to bring art to a much wider audience than with my paintings. I could reach hundreds or thousands of people instead of just one person – the owner of the painting. I grew the collection over time to offer not only kitchen linens, but also bags, pouches, accessories… I'm constantly adding new things but I always try to keep the design of the products simple to really showcase the prints.
Your collection seems to be heavily inspired by desert landscapes. How did you communicate your personal connection to the desert through this collection?
Everyday life can feel sometimes a little bit boring or repetitive, and when we're in a rut it can help to turn to the unfamiliar and the wild to reset our systems! I'm a firm believer in traveling with your imagination when you can't actually get on a plane, and in bringing in small elements of the wilder outdoors as a way to shake things up a bit.
What part of yourself do you see in this collection?
I've always loved to look at nature's work – from the wilderness of the desert to the lushness of the tropical forest, it always brings me peace and contentment. One of my favorite things to do is to go to a botanical garden with a notebook and draw the plants around me, then go home and work these into my own patterns. It doesn't really matter if they end up on tea towels or paintings. For me it's the same process, and I love doing both.
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Archives|ARREST IN MURDER OF HUEY NEWTON
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ARREST IN MURDER OF HUEY NEWTON
AP AUG. 26, 1989
August 26, 1989, Page 001007Buy Reprints The New York Times Archives
A man described by police as a drug dealer has admitted killing Huey P. Newton, the co-founder of the Black Panthers, the police said tonight.
The man, Tyrone Robinson, 25 years old, of Oakland, told the police he killed Dr. Newton in self-defense early Tuesday morning, Sgt. Dan Mercado said at a news conference at the Oakland Hall of Justice. Mr. Robinson, who is on parole for a robbery conviction, admitted to the killing early today and is scheduled for arraignment Tuesday.
Sergeant Mercado said Mr. Robinson ''considered the murder a means to advance'' in the Black Guerrilla Family, a narcotics distribution gang that operates in California's maximum-security prisons, including San Quentin, where Dr. Newton served time. 'He Figured We Already Knew'
''He wanted to be a high-mucky-muck,'' Sergeant Mercado said later in an interview. ''He was a foot soldier and he wanted to be a shot caller. He figured we already knew. We felt we had him and he knew it.''
He said that Dr. Newton and Mr. Robinson, who had known each other for two years, argued over a cocaine deal and that Mr. Robinson then shot the 47-year-old former leader of the Black Panthers.
Mr. Robinson contended that Dr. Newton pulled a gun when the two met at a street corner in the drug-torn neighborhood, Sergeant Mercado said, but investigators said they found no evidence Dr. Newton had been armed.
The killing occurred in a neighborhood where Dr. Newton, as minister of defense for the Black Panthers, once tried to set up social programs to help destitute blacks.
The police said Mr. Robinson told them he refused to sell Dr. Newton drugs and that the two argued for about a minute. Investigators believe that Dr. Newton stole drugs from the gang. Several Witnesses
Sergeant Mercado said a man accompanying Mr. Robinson witnessed the shooting. And the police said they had located several other witnesses who disputed Mr. Robinson's account of the killing. There have been no other arrests in the case, Sergeant Mercado said.
Mr. Robinson was arrested Tuesday for investigation of felony possession of a firearm about a block from the crime scene. He was questioned about Dr. Newton's murder, but was not considered a prime suspect until Thursday.
Two other men were arrested at the same time on weapons violations, but are not considered suspects in the case, Sergeant Mercado said.
Dr. Newton came to prominence in the late 1960's as co-founder and defense minister of the Black Panther Party, which advocated that ''blacks ought to defend themselves with arms when attacked by police,'' in his words, until a ''democratic socialist society free of racism'' could be achieved. He was convicted of manslaughter in 1968 for the killing of the Oakland policeman, but was later released after a successful appeal and two retrials.
He later fled to Cuba, returned, faced new charges in other crimes, served time in prison and finally earned a Ph.D. in social philosophy from the University of California at Santa Cruz in 1980. But in recent years he acknowledged abusing drugs and alcohol and served more time in prison for parole and drug violations. Funeral Arrangements
Dr. Newton's funeral will be held Monday at the Allen Temple, which can seat 1,200 people. The organizers say they expect an overflow crowd, and speakers will broadcast eulogies and sermons outside the temple. Members of Dr. Newton's family expect as many as 2,000 mourners from around the country to file past the open coffin.
''You can rest assured thousands of people will be standing outside,'' said the Rev. Cecil Williams, pastor of Glide Memorial Methodist Church in San Francisco. He is helping the family with funeral arrangements.
''Many of the big names of the 60's and 70's will be coming in,'' he added. Bobby Seale, another co-founder of the Black Panthers, will be among the speakers.
''People who knew Huey in the past and present need to express some things,'' said his sister-in-law, Barbarette Newton. She declined to name other mourners.
''A lot of these people will be needing security,'' she said. ''Black Panthers, people who supported them, primarily.''
A version of this article appears in print on August 26, 1989, on Page 1001007 of the National edition with the headline: ARREST IN MURDER OF HUEY NEWTON. Order Reprints| Today's Paper|Subscribe


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The new/old job seems to be working out well, despite the fact that I will be working six days a week for a while. Most of the negative energies that I was expecting are diminished by half since the company seems to be going through an employee overhaul. Most of the ones who are the worst are being let go slowly as they are starting to hire more dependable people to work for them.
With the new job and its financial opportunities, and my dislike of the place where I am currently living, I am looking into finding a new home to live in.
While I did bless, protect, and cleanse my apartment and living space thoroughly, the problems that I currently have here are too much to be endured.
I have repeatedly asked and pleaded with the property manager to fix the leaks that originate from the upstairs apartment which brings in gnats that make cooking and living impossible, but he does not.
I have also asked this man several times to address the noisiness of the neighbors upstairs, and the ones who argue outside my bedroom window several times as well, but to no avail.
The plumbing problems, gnats and noisiness will not stop because he doesn't do anything about it. The manager and the owners are nice people and work with their tenants, but these situations won't be addressed, I don't even want to bother with trying to put my rent in escrow until it is fixed because I will continue to have these problems until it would be settled, and I think that would be another couple of months...and I need sleep at night for my job, I get up at 4 or 4:30 am six days a week.
I was going through Youtube last night, watching a channel called Mythology & Fiction Explained, it was interesting to see the information this user came up with on Hacate, Artemis, Bastet, Hyperion, Atlas, Nyx, Styx and a whole lot of other Greek and Egytian Gods and Goddesses. I think I spent half the night there after watching Wiccan videos.
The one Goddess that stuck out the most was the Greek Goddess, Iris. Goddess of Rainbows. She was also thought to be a messenger and so many other theories about her. She was surrounded by color and while there wasn't a lot of information on her since she is rarely mentioned in Greek mythology since Hermes is another messenger and is more predominate, I enjoyed the information about her. WhenI see a rainbow from now on, I will say hello to her.
I am not finished watching this channel, but I am looking forward to the rest of what this man has to offer concerning all gods and goddesses of the pantheons.
I won't be doing any ritual writing for anyone but myself since I am still re-learning my own path and working out my own rituals for the time being and need to get into the swing of doing so again. Since my own rediscovery is still new again for me, and I am trying to transition in my life with a newish job and finding a new home, this is the best course of action for me.
I still need to work on knitting my alter cloth, and I can't wait for the final results. Originally, the yarns were going to be similar to the one my friend Starlight used for making my Tarot pouch, but as time goes on and I continue searching for the best colors, I think I will need a lighter weight yarn. I am considering putting charms on my cloth as well, so I will scour the craft shops and etsy to find the perfect charms for my cloth.
With my rededication to my path, I am thinking long and hard about my health and the creatures of earth and what is best for both. Recently I have discovered that eating the things I used to is no longer enjoyable, and I don't feel well sometimes after eating them, mostly gastric issues and upset stomach. I am considering going Vegan by way of starting out as Vegetarian so that I don't feel like I am depriving myself.
I know this is a lot considering the other changes going on in my life, but if I start working on as much as I can right now, I may be able to start with things already in progress...then again, I will have to quit smoking as well, but I am learning to cut back as much as I can as I rebuild my financial situation.
I have a few goals to meet before the end of 2018 that incorporate most of these changes.
I know my blogs are of a more personal nature, and I thank everyone who is reading them since everything I am writing about is connected to my rediscovery of my path. Everything I talk about is part of trying to live it daily, so your kind input and encouragement is greatly appreciated. I just wish there were more people around to meet and enjoy.


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SFSU Lending Library
From OLPC
San Francisco State University would like to help the OLPC project by starting a lending library at the main campus. The purpose would be to help increase awareness of OLPC's goals by letting faculty, staff and students borrow the XO computers.
Technological development has been a strong bias at OLPC. Education and social exposure to the project are necessary so that students and researchers can assess and address the issue of education in remote and rural corners of the world. We would also like for some of that collegial discussion to trickle into the US school systems. Universities are aptly geared towards such community outreach.
The library would also allow students the opportunity to use their diverse backgrounds and experience to develop hardware and software for the XO. Students from many of the departments, such as Engineering, Computer Science, History, Art, and Information Systems could be inspired to contribute to OLPC's goals once they are familiar with the project.
To achieve the stated objectives, the project would be coordinated with faculty from other departments, to inform students of the existence of opportunities. The project mentor is Professor Sameer Verma. At the beginning of each semester, volunteers from the campus would present a short speech/demo to other students about the project to collect contact information from interested students. The interested parties would then be able to borrow the XO laptops to learn more about its capabilities and potential.
The Academic Technology group and the Library Media Services at SF State University will manage the housing and loaning of XOs in the same fashion as other equipment. The XOs will be loaned either in single units, in pairs or the entire batch. Depending on requirements, we may also include a school server component to serve the entire batch. We will also provide documentation electronically and in print (one copy).
First meeting (June 11, 2009)
We met on campus today. We have a tentative plan for handling the logistics of checking out laptops to students, faculty and staff. A key question is "Do we check these out as equipment, or as books?" More on that later...
We also managed to flash all the XOs to release 8.2.1
Attendees: Robert Meyer (Business), Vasudha Chaobal (Early Childhood Education), Bonnie Homan (Information Systems), Lisa Ho (Division of Information Technology), Deborah Ferguson (Division of information Techonlogy), Maggie Beers (Academic Technology), Sameer Verma (Information Systems)
More unpacking
Possible projects:
Organize Translation jam
Explore Classroom use
Reach out to Student groups such as ACM, IEEE, Eco, etc.
Retrieved from "http://wiki.laptop.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=SFSU_Lending_Library&oldid=213889"
About OLPC
The OLPC Wiki
laptop.org
About the laptop
Help using
About the tablet
School Server (XS)
School Server (XSCE)
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I am a North Carolina native, born and raised in the Pinehurst area. I have been a resident of the Raleigh-Durham area since 2011 and proud to call Raleigh home. When I am not at the office, you are likely to find me either at the gym, cheering on my beloved UNC Tar Heels, or simply enjoying the company of my four-legged best friend…my miniature Dachshund, Shortie.


90 Spanish soldiers have departed by plane from El Prat de Llobregat (Barcelona) bound for Herat, Afghanistan.
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The new force is supplemented by the helicopter unit of Maneuver Helicopter Battalion, and a Logistics Support Group from Zaragoza.
Most of the soldiers are engineers who will be working on various construction projects in Afghanistan.


Dirt, sunshine & happy boys.
It's been blowing hard and raining like crazy here this week, but last week we had a nice little jag of beautiful weather and we took advantage of it!!!
The boys love to be outside, and with the warmer temperatures we spent free time on the weekend, and evenings after work outside playing.
Clint rented a mini excavator last week, and was using it to dig trenches (he's going to plumb in a set of livestock water tanks) and the boys couldn't even wait to get out of their pajamas before they were outside helping.
It's probably a good thing Clint ran out of time when he was trenching - he took the excavator back, and will lay pipe probably this weekend and then we'll rent it again to finish up - but until then if you need us; you might come look in the dirt piles.


John Baxter from Baldock joins the ever growing list of new millionaires created by the UK's Millionaires Raffle game.
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Care Dust and lint can be simply vacuumed. To treat stains a damp cloth and a mild, neutral detergent is recommended.
Professional cleaning should always be undertaken in the assembled state and with the use of upholstery foam or with a mobile washing extraction device.
Please maintain and clean the leather according to the included booklet.
In terms of form and material the Vitra Soft Pad Chairs are strongly reminiscent of the Eames Aluminium Group, a collection Charles and Ray Eames had created 11 years previously. Developed in 1969 the Soft Pad Chairs proved and continue to prove themselves as effortlessly stylish in offices and work areas, and distinguish themselves from the Vitra Aluminium Chairs on account of their upholstery: a feature which gives them the impression of being a more muscular version of the aluminium family, muscular yet at the same time incredibly soft and inviting. The individual cushion units adapt ergonomically to the body of the occupant while the soft fabric, available in a wide range of colours, makes the Vitra lounge chair as visually appealing as it is physically pleasing. In all versions, the members of the Soft Pad Chair group are suitable for the office environment but also for waiting areas, lounge areas...and even at home. As with the Aluminium Chair the designer couple Charles and Ray Eames have with the Soft Pad Chairs once again demonstrated that their strength lies primarily in the creation of universal furniture objects which freely fit into any room and can be individually configured. The designs of Charles and Ray Eames are produced today by the Swiss furniture company Vitra, a company who look back on a long tradition of working with well-known designers and the development of furniture classics: a tradition built on company philosophy of always acting according to the values of sustainable production processes, and powerful designs which through their high quality enrich their environment.


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Rosalind S. Helderman, Anton Troianovski and Tom Hamburger, Washington Post
U.S. President Donald Trump pauses as he announces his decision that the United States will withdraw from the landmark Paris Climate Agreement, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, U.S., June 1, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/Files
An executive at a leading Russian social media company made several overtures to Donald Trump's presidential campaign in 2016 – including days before the November election – urging the candidate to create a page on the website to appeal to Russian Americans and Russians.
The executive at Vkontakte, or VK, Russia's equivalent to Facebook, emailed Donald Trump Jr. and social media director Dan Scavino in January and again in November of last year, offering to help promote Trump's campaign to its nearly 100 million users, according to people familiar with the messages.
"It will be the top news in Russia," Konstantin Sidorkov, who serves as VK's director of partnership marketing, wrote on Nov. 5, 2016.
While Scavino expressed interest in learning more at one point, it is unclear whether the campaign pursued the idea. An attorney for Trump Jr. said his client forwarded a pitch about the concept to Scavino early in the year and could not recall any further discussion about it.
Scavino did not respond to requests for comment. A White House spokeswoman declined to comment.
The emails, which were read to The Washington Post and confirmed by people with knowledge of their contents, show a new point of direct contact between an influential Russian and advisers to Trump during the 2016 race. Investigators for special counsel Robert Mueller III and several congressional committees are scrutinizing those contacts as part of their examinations into Russia's meddling in the 2016 campaign.
During the time that VK was contacting the Trump operation, Russia was engaged in an influence campaign through social media to bolster Trump, U.S. intelligence officials have said.
VK representatives and Sidorkov did not respond to requests for comment.
The site, whose name translates as "in contact," is Russia's most popular social network and owned by publicly traded Russian Internet giant Mail.Ru Group.
Jonathan Albright, research director of the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University, described VK as a "hugely popular social media platform and an excellent tool to connect with Russian expats and Russian-speaking audiences."
While mainly used by Russian-speaking users, the site has also become known in Europe – and increasingly in the United States – as a platform embraced by white-nationalist groups, according to groups that track their activity.
Far-right politicians in Germany and other countries have VK profiles, Albright said. The website also directed substantial amounts of traffic to Breitbart News and Infowars, a popular conservative conspiracy site, during the 2016 campaign, he said.
The overture with VK was brokered by Rob Goldstone, a British music promoter who asked Trump Jr. last year to meet with a Russian lawyer who he said had compromising information about Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.
In early 2016, Goldstone sent an email to Trump Jr. to discuss the idea of setting up a page for Trump on VK, according to people familiar with his message. Robert Gage, an attorney for Goldstone, declined to comment.
Alan Futerfas, an attorney for Trump Jr., confirmed that his client had received the email from Goldstone. Futerfas said that was the last discussion about VK that Trump Jr. could recall.
"Goldstone wrote to Donald Trump Jr. early in the year, and he forwarded the information to Dan Scavino," he said. "He did nothing more with the information and had no recollection of or involvement in any further discussion about the matter."
At the time, Scavino responded to the idea enthusiastically.
"Please feel free to send me whatever you have," Scavino wrote to Goldstone on Jan. 19. "Thank you so much for looking out for Mr. Trump and his presidential campaign."
A few days later, Sidorkov emailed Scavino, Trump Jr. and Donald Trump's longtime assistant Rhona Graff.
"Nice to meet you and your team," Sidorkov wrote, attaching information about VK and its social media reach.
Sidorkov joined VK as a partner relations manager in July 2014, according to his LinkedIn profile.
He had apparently crossed paths with Trump at least once before, at the 2013 Miss Universe pageant in Moscow. Sidorkov posted photographs from the after-party on his VK page, including one in which Trump posed with a thumbs upnext to Olivia Culpo, the previous year's winner, and musician Nick Jonas.
Sidorkov – a young, jet-setting tech executive who documents his frequent travels on Instagram and other sites – posted a photograph this July posing next to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president had just participated in a Q-and-A session with schoolchildren and VK users.
In June 2016, Goldstone again contacted Trump Jr., urging him to meet with Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya, who he said would share information that was part of a Russian government effort to help Trump's campaign. Goldstone represented a Russian pop star, Emin Agalarov, whose father, Aras, is a Russian developer who helped bring Trump's Miss Universe pageant to Moscow in 2013.
Trump Jr. invited his brother-in-law Jared Kushner and campaign chairman Paul Manafort to attend the meeting. He later said Veselnitskaya provided no information about Clinton at the brief meeting, which he considered a waste of time.
"There wasn't really follow-up because there was nothing there to follow up," Trump Jr. told Fox News' Sean Hannity in July.
Asked whether he had any further contact with Goldstone, Trump Jr. responded: "Casual. 'Hey, how's it going?' Emin's going to be in town performing, something like that."
The newly disclosed emails show that Goldstone was in contact with the campaign about two weeks after visiting Trump Tower.
"I'm following up on an email [from] a while back of something I had mentioned to Don and Paul Manafort during a meeting recently," Goldstone wrote to Scavino on June 29. Goldstone wrote that his client, Emin Agalarov, and a "contact" at VK wanted to create a "Vote Trump 2016" promotion.
"At the time, Paul had said he would welcome it, and so I had the VK folks mock up a basic sample page, which I am resending for your approval now," Goldstone wrote. "It would merely require Mr. Trump to drop in a short message to Russian-American voters or a generic message, depending on your choice, and the page can be up and running very quickly."
He indicated that he was copying Sidorkov, "a good friend," on his note, "as he would oversee the promotion of the page." Excerpts of the email were first reported by CNN.
Ike Kaveladze, a U.S.-based representative for the Agalarovs, attended the Trump Tower meeting but said the VK page idea was not discussed, according to his attorney Scott Balber.
"It absolutely did not come up," he said. Balber, who also represents the Agalarovs, added that he had no reason to believe his clients "knew anything about this."
The VK proposal was not mentioned in notes taken by Manafort during the meeting, which have been turned over to Congress, according to a person who has seen them. Jason Maloni, a spokesman for Manafort, declined to comment.
On Nov. 5, Sidorkov renewed his pitch to the Trump team, writing that "all Russian speakers," including in the United States, Russia and former Soviet states, were interested in getting Russian language news about Trump.
"We will help you with the page promotion to . . . our audience, 100 million users," he wrote to Scavino, Trump Jr. and Graff.
On Election Day, Sidorkov reposted the November 2013 photograph of Trump at the Miss Universe afterparty on Instagram.
"Who would have thought," he wrote.
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Anyone Using The Phrase 'Islam Is A Religion Of Peace' Needs To Read This
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by Mark Durie
Published Thursday December 17, 2015
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Days after the ISIS-inspired terrorist attack in San Bernardino, President Obama's address to the nation concerning the threat of ISIS missed the mark. In fact, President Obama seemed at times to be more concerned with Americans ostracizing Muslim communities through "suspicion and hate," than he was with protecting innocent American civilians from murder in the name of radical Islam.
It is high time for western political leaders to stop responding to terrorism by naming Islam as 'the religion of peace'. It is time to have a hard conversation about Islam.
The West is in the throes of acute cognitive dissonance over Islam, whose brands are at war with each other. On the one hand we are told that Islam is the Religion of Peace. On the other hand we are confronted with an unending sequence of acts of terror committed in the name of the faith.
There is a depressing connection between the two brands: the louder one brand becomes, the more the volume is turned up on the other.
The slogan 'Religion of Peace' has been steadily promoted by western leaders in response to terrorism: George Bush Jr and Jacques Chirac after 9/11, Tony Blair after 7/7, David Cameron after drummer Lee Riby was beheaded and after British tourists were slaughtered in Tunisia, and François Hollande after the Charlie Hebdo killings. After the beheading of 21 Copts on a Libyan beach Barak Obama called upon the world to "continue to lift up the voices of Muslim clerics and scholars who teach the true peaceful nature of Islam."
One may well ask how 'the religion of peace' became a brand of Islam, for the phrase cannot be found in the Qur'an, nor in the teachings of Muhammad.
Islam was first called 'the religion of peace' as late as 1930, in the title of a book published in India by Ishtiaq Husain Qureshi. The phrase was slow to take off, but by the 1970s it was appearing more and more frequently in the writings of Muslims for western audiences.
What does "religion of peace" actually mean?
Words for 'peace' in European languages imply the absence of war, and freedom from disturbance. It is no coincidence that the German words Friede 'peace' and frei 'free' sound similar, because they come from the same root.
While there is a link in Arabic between salam, a word often translated 'peace', and Islam, the real connection is found in the idea of safety.
The word Islam is based upon a military metaphor. Derived from aslama 'surrender' its primary meaning is to make oneself safe (salama) through surrender. In its original meaning, a muslim was someone who surrendered in warfare.
Thus Islam did not stand for the absence of war, but for one of its intended outcomes: surrender leading to the 'safety' of captivity. It was Muhammad himself who said to his non-Muslim neighbors aslim taslam 'surrender (i.e. convert to Islam) and you will be safe'.
The Religion of Peace slogan has not gone uncontested. It has been rejected by many, including Ayaan Hirsi Ali, and Melanie Phillips writing for The Times, who called it 'pure myth'.
Even among Muslims the phrase has not only been challenged by radical clerics such as Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State, but also by mainstream Muslim leaders.
Sheikh Ramadan Al-Buti of Syria was one of the most widely respected traditionalist Sunni scholars before he was killed in 2013 by a suicide bomber. The year before he had been listed as number 27 in the 'The Muslim 500', an annual inventory of the most influential Muslims in the world. According to Al-Buti, the claim that Islam is a peaceful religion was a 'falsehood' imposed upon Muslims by westerners to render Islam weak. He argued in The Jurisprudence of the Prophetic Biography that when non-Muslims fear Islamic jihad, their initial inclination is to accuse the religion of being violent. However they then change tack, and craftily feed to Muslims the idea that Islam is peaceful, in order to make it so. He laments the gullibility of 'simple-minded Muslims', who:
"… readily accept this 'defense' as valid and begin bringing forth one piece of evidence after another to demonstrate that Islam is, indeed, a peaceable, conciliatory religion which has no reason to interfere in others' affairs. … The aim … is to erase the notion of jihad from the minds of all Muslims."
There does seem to be something to Al-Buti's theory, for it has invariably been after acts of violence done in the name of Islam that western leaders have seen fit to make theological pronouncements about Islam's peacefulness. Who are they trying to convince?
In the long run this cannot be a fruitful strategy. It invites mockery, such as Palestinian cleric Abu Qatada's riposte to George Bush's declaration that 'Islam is peace'. Abu Qatada asked: 'Is he some kind of Islamic scholar?'
We do need to have a difficult conversation about Islam. This is only just beginning, and it will take a long time. The process will not be helped by the knee-jerk tendency of western leaders to pop up after every tragedy trying to have the last word on Islam. This strategy has failed, and it is time to go deeper.
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