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Step-parents: Rights and Responsibilities
General standing of a step-parent
As a general rule, no legal relationship exists between a step-parent and their partner's children. As a result, the step-parent is not able to authorise medical care or sign school forms for the children. Adoption is usually the only way to create a relationship which gives the step-parent the rights and responsibilities of a natural parent. It is a complicated and somewhat lengthy process; many pros and cons must first be considered.
Legally speaking, who is a step-parent?
Many Australian laws such as the Family Law Act include de facto partners within the definition of a "step-parent". Therefore, marriage is not a prerequisite to being a step-parent.
What may a step-parent be entitled to?
An organisation (such as a hospital) that provides a health service to a child may disclose health information about the child to a step-parent under certain circumstances. Essentially, the child must be physically capable of consenting to the disclosure of the information, the disclosure must be necessary to provide appropriate care of the child, and it must not be against any wish expressed by the child at any time.
Post-Separation Custody Rights
It is possible that a court may allow a step-parent to have custody of the child, or some form of visitation rights. In making this decision, however, the court is primarily concerned with what is in the best interests of the child, so no rights are guaranteed.
What responsibilities for a child does a step-parent have?
Post-Separation Child Maintenance Payments
A court is able to order a step-parent to make child support payments depending upon all the circumstances of the situation such as the relationship existing between the step-parent and the child.
Can a step-parent be a legal guardian?
The Guardianship Division of the NSW Civil and Administration Tribunal (NCAT) or the NSW Supreme Court may make an order for guardianship upon receiving a step-parent's application for a child with a disability over the age of 16. The Guardianship Division may not make an order, however, for a child less than 16 years old. For children 16 years or older considerations of the child's needs and circumstances will be taken into account by the Guardianship Tribunal in determining whether an order should be made.
Alternatively, if both natural parents have passed away they may appoint the step-parent as guardian in the last surviving natural parent's Will.
Step-parents, Step-children and Inheritance
A step-parent is free to distribute their estate to anyone they wish under their Will. There is no absolute requirement to include step-children in the Will. This said, the step-children may be able to apply to the courts for a family provision order if in the court's opinion the step-parent fails to give an adequate gift to the step-child. This is made more likely if the step-parent has benefited from the estate of the previously deceased natural parent.
A step-child who has not been adopted by a step-parent will not be entitled to anything if the step-parent dies intestate (that is, without a will).
Step-parents and Adoption
The process of adoption is the only way for step-parents to acquire the same legal rights as the birth parents of a child, and has the benefit of uniting the family in a legal sense.
Effect of adoption
If a step-parent adopts their partner's child, they are given the same parental responsibility (as in all the duties, powers, responsibilities and authority which, by law, parents have in relation to children) as the child's natural parents.
Who may adopt?
In order to adopt a step-child, the step-parent must be either married to the child's natural parent, or must have been in a de facto relationship with the natural parent for two or more years. The Act does not recognise same sex couples as capable of being in a de facto relationship.
What are the possible disadvantages of adoption?
Following a divorce, the adoptive parent retains all the responsibilities of a biological parent, including child support. This may be difficult for an adoptive parent who believed that these parental responsibilities would cease upon divorce.
How to adopt?
Inquiries as to your eligibility and suitability for adoption should be made with a legal practitioner. The process of making an application to the court for an Adoption Order may include counselling with the child to ensure they are giving a valid consent and seeking the consent of the other natural parent of the child to the adoption. The precise requirements and process may change depending upon factors such as the age of the stepchild to be adopted.

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It's been three years since St John of God Health Care took over management of Hawkesbury District Health Service and committed to grow and expand services. Chief Executive Officer Strephon Billinghurst describes the changes and expansion he and his team have led in that time.
Q. Over the last three years, what do you think are the service's key achievements?
We have grown and expanded our services to meet the region's needs; however some of the success stories that have resonated with me most are the smaller day-to-day wins.
Some recent feedback that stuck with me was from a mother who previously had sub-optimal experiences at our Emergency Department and had subsequently avoided coming here.
Recently, circumstances meant she reluctantly brought her child in. She was amazed at the standard of care, the change in the department and was so pleased she brought her child to us.
I was really proud of that, as providing exceptional patient care is what we are all focused on.
Q. How is the hospital delivering on the promise to grow and expand services?
When we took over the operation of the Hawkesbury District Health Service public-private partnership in 2015, we promised to invest in the hospital's future.
Since then we have been working closely with Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District and the local Community Board of Advice to grow and enhance services in this region.
Our expanded surgical services include the recommencement of endocrine services and breast surgery, while we are also undertaking additional ear, nose and throat, orthopaedic and urology elective surgeries. This has, in part, led to a 15 per cent increase in public waiting list operating theatre activity.
On top of this, we have established new services to the community including our day chemotherapy unit which operates as a satellite service to Nepean Hospital to provide cancer services to the community, and our sleep studies services.
Most recently, we set up a Chronic Airways Limitation Management (CALM) pulmonary rehabilitation program which has been offered through New South Wales but never before in this region.
Q. What about investments in infrastructure and equipment?
In the past three years, we have purchased new beds for our wards, as well as additional scopes and microscopes for investigative procedures such as endoscopies.
Our gynaecologists and obstetricians now have access to instruments to provide keyhole surgery. This is a really important offering for our community as it goes towards reducing patients' length of stay and their risk of infection and pain. Furthermore, we have upgraded our theatres with new anaesthetic machines and monitoring equipment.
Many of these upgrades are behind-the-scenes improvements that our patients may not notice, but are essential to enabling our clinicians to provide the very best in modern medicine.
Q. What are you most looking forward to over the next 12 to 18 months at Hawkesbury?
I am looking forward to continuing to work with the amazing group of caregivers we have at Hawkesbury to deliver the level of care our community expects and wants, and to identify ways in which we can go above and beyond.
Our contract with the New South Wales Government expires in 2022, so we are focused on doing everything we can to renew our contract and continue providing care to the community as we have done for the past three years.
We are also reviewing our clinical services plan to ensure we are delivering the healthcare services that the community needs and securing funding to deliver those services in demand.
This year, we are also looking to host a hospital open day where we can invite the community behind-the-scenes and provide an opportunity to meet our caregivers. We are very conscious that we are simply the caretakers of this facility, and the hospital is owned by the community. We want everyone to feel welcome at Hawkesbury District Health Service and I am looking forward to inviting the community inside.


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Bishop Philip Celebrates Newman Thanksgiving Mass
At the request of Bishop Philip Egan, the Portsmouth Diocesan Mass of Thanksgiving for the recent Canonisation of Saint John Henry Newman was celebrated at the Bournemouth Oratory-in-Formation's Church of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Oratory Parishioners and visitors from across the diocese and beyond included Jesuit neighbours from Boscombe (who built and served this church), Priests from our neighbouring dioceses of Southwark and Plymouth, the Polish community, and the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham. The Oratory's excellent Schola was augmented for the occasion, and conducted by Richard Childress (founder of His Majesty's Men). See Video below.
Music included Elgar's Ecce Sacerdos Magnus, Mozart's Jubilate Deo, Laudate Dominum by Perosi, William Sewell's Confitebor Tibi, and Newman's hymns: Praise to the Holiest in the height, and Firmly I believe and truly.
The Newman Shrine, prepared for the pre-Canonisation Novena, in St Joseph's Chapel, focused on the Relic given to the Bournemouth Oratory by the Fathers of Newman's Birmingham Oratory, now housed in a French Gothic reliquary (which exactly mirrors the architecture of our Church), and overlooked by Br Francisco's drawing of our Cardinal.
The Bournemouth Oratory's Shrine of Saint John Henry Newman during October 2019.
The Mass booklet introductory page read:
"This Diocesan Mass of Thanksgiving for the Canonisation of Saint John Henry Newman (Founder of the English Oratories) is also a thanksgiving for the completion of the Oratory House (Phase 1 of the Redevelopment Project) which was handed over a week ago, enabling the Oratorian Fathers and Brothers to move back in after an exile of 19 months. We thank Almighty God, and the prayers of Saint John Henry Newman, our Cardinal, for this significant step in establishing the Bournemouth Oratory.
Phase 2 of the Redevelopment is realising Bishop Philip's vision to transform the extensive halls and subterranean areas into a welcome centre, as a hub for the local community (where we already feed 100 homeless rough-sleepers on most nights each week), a restaurant, and a centre of Catholic Formation for the New Evangelization.
The fund-raising brochure, published today, shows what is planned to begin next year, and invites you to be 'One in a Thousand' to share in this achievable and exciting project.
The Academy of the Annunciation is a related but separate (and self-financing) initiative of the Oratory Fathers in delivering the Bishop's vision to be a centre for Catholic Formation, 'Bringing people closer to Jesus Christ through His Church'. This was not intended to begin until the new centre is complete, but God- incidences have presented golden opportunities too good to miss, enabling the launch this Advent. Deo gratias! "
Click here to visit the official Newman Canonisation website:
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Click here to visit the Oratory Redevelopment Appeal pages:
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Click here to download Bishop Phlip's homily:
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Finally received the DVD of my sis's wedding day yesterday, n watched the whole dvd today. Although it was abt 2mths ago.. but it seems like it was only yesterday! Everything is still so fresh in my mind! to tink tat i am actualy rather absent minded person.. can b quite 'blur' at times..
Honestly, i am reali proud of my sister as when im tinking abt her while watchin the dvd.
Im happy for her that she has finaly found someone who loves her, her happiness. im reali glad that at least both my parents n my grandmas, get to attend to one of our wedding dinner.
And to see all the smiles on all my family members' faces, juz made me very contented, and missed home even more.. .. i cant believe tat i am already looking forward to july, as my mum, aunt irene n uncle are coming over for visit!! !! and of cos to Nov, to my vacation back home again.. wel, tat wil need some sorting out of the holidays as well.. gotta speak to my manager asap!!
Have been tinkin wat to write abt.. ther has been so much goin on since im back in dublin from spore.. other than the fact tat i am stil coughin my lungs out for almost 2weeks, the rest are goin on pretty wel, i would say.. this damn cough has been reali botherin me a lot for these 2weeks. and honestly, i would even sometimes wonder if i'll die frm it.. damn! i reali dun wan to go on antibiotics, n tats the main reason y i didnt see my GP. cos i was on antibiotics 2weeks b4 tat, when i was @ berlin! hopefully i can recover by the end of this wk.. if not, i would reali need to go back to my GP.. shucks.. i hate medicines!!
Recently have one pt, surprisingly who is a psychologist n counsellor in one of the colleges, who is also havin panic attacks & anxiety disorder..
i often wonder, how ironic can life be? wel, it does happen most of the times in life.
Tats mainly bcos, NO ONE IS PERFECT.
was havin another pt, who happened to b (was) a nurse, like more than 20yrs ago.. but seems like she kinda lost touch wif it as she bcame a hsewife. anyway,to cut the story short, she's simply not one of the most pleasant pt to hav.
So Since ther's no one perfect, nothing is perfect in this world.. but y is there pple out there, seeking for perfection??
my mind tonite is totally running wild, which i dun know y, one min i was tinkin of something, and the nex min it changed.. and my headache is comin into me.. prob i am juz too tired.. always talk/think a lot of nonsense when im in the 'trance state of mind'..
i shld go to sleep n not tinkin of when am i goin to die.. sometimes i do wonder if it is the med condition tat i hav tat is causing me to fall sick easier now..
i dun usualy fall sick when i was back in spore.. honestly, i reali totally blame on the freaky cold weather in dublin! but im goin to stay in this freaky dublin for mayb 1-2more yrs.. we've decided to stay, giving the r/s a chance to see how far can we both go.. we both dun like to stay here, but hav chosen to stay..
See.. How ironic life can be?? weird isnt??
i stil can remember my 1st time baking in spore, choc chip cookies, for xmas to my colleagues, of cos with my sister's help. and tat was reali so long ago!
so was looking thru the internet for some recipes for cookies, and voila! found this fabulous website and got my hands on it!
1st round of baking, the cookies turned out fine, and i brought it to work for my colleagues to try.. and wel, i was waokin on V day itself.. so thought, bringin the cookies for those who r wokrin with me would b reali sweet n nice.. and everyone like it.
This is the difficult part when this part is very delicate.. when it is stil in the dough form of cos..
Chris bought this frm japan.. REALLI beautiful!!!!!!!
On sat nite, we had dinner @ this reali nice restaurant & we're so glad tat we did dressed up for the dinner. cos it is reali quite a posh plce.. check out the website!
wel, i had the market special, fish... very fresh!! n delicious!!!!!!!
This CNY house gathering @ Joyce's residence, is such a heartwarming event, and im sure tat everyone of us had a really great time & it does make me forget abt how much i wish i shld b back in spore for CNY..
And for me. im feeling much better now..
The best therapy for me. RETAIL THERAPY!!
But thats not the onli therapy tat works for me..
The impt thing is tat i can find myself breathing again.. Gues monotonous lifestyle wif dreadful freezing weather & gloomy sky is definitely the KILLER for me!!
Being back into the salsa scene oso helps alot too! Gosh, i miss dancing!! I find myself smiling, happy (really happy) once again.


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Music Pics
March 21-23, 2019, host SEAMUS 2019. Berklee College of Music and Boston Conservatory at Berklee will be hosting 11 concert and paper presentations representing the newest in electroacoustic music and research. Find out more at https://www.berklee.edu/seamus and https://www.seamusonline.org/
November 17, 2018, 8:00 pm. Seully Hall, Boston Conservatory, Boston MA; Works with electronics, New Work for alto flute and electronics, Étapes for multi-percussion and quadrophonic electronics, Torsion for viola and electronics, …ai tempi, le distanze... for piano and electronics
February 10, 2018; Selections from Anthems and Elegies, Festival of New Music, Boston Conservatory, Ecce Ensemble
November, 22nd, 2017,Codex Borbonicus, for violin duo. String Noise performing at Spectrum, Brooklyn, NY
November 7, 2017, Anthems and Elegies, DiMenna Center, New York, NY
November 4, 2017, Seully Hall, Boston Conservatory, Boston MA; Étapes for multi-percussion and quadrophonic electronics, Ju-Ju, for alto flute solo, Anthems and Elegies
November 1, 2017, Anthems and Elegies, Clark University, Worcester, MA
2017-18: Visiting Associate Professor at Boston Conservatory, Boston, MA.
April 4, 2017, fig. 1—, for soprano and piano, BCM. (Tony Arnold and Jacob Greenberg)
February 23, 2017, Codex Borbonicus, for violin duo, at Berk Hall, Boston, MA. (Written for String Noise.)
2017: Jedediah Foundation New Music Commission: with BMOP
2016-17: Visiting Lecturer at Boston Conservatory, Boston, MA.
November 2, 2016: BSCO performance of Sub-Subterraneans, Cambridge, MA
October 26th, 2016: Elegy for piano and cello David Friend Recital Hall, Boston, MA
Fall 2016: Visiting Associate Professor at Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
January 20, 2016, Cage Party Piece, UT Connewitz, Leipzig, Germany, Forum of Contemporary Music
October 4th, 2015, Ju-Ju, for solo flute, The Outpost, Cambridge, MA, 8:00 (Orlando Cela flute, Hazmat)
September 21st, 2015, Torsion, for viola and electronics, DFRH, Berklee College of Music
2015 Visiting Associate Professor at Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
2015-16 Berklee Faculty Fellowship to compose a new work for percussion and interactive electronics.
April 21, 2015, An Wem, Terezija Cukrov, pianist, Zagreb Bienale, Zagreg, Croatia
March 27, 2015, Torsion, for viola and electronics, SEAMUS 2015, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
March 25, 2015, Elegy (cello version) by Ensemble Pamplemousse, nienteForte Festival, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
March 14, 2015: "Padova, citta della culla…" (2015), Interensemble, Padova, Italy
January 26, 2015, Torsion, *for viola and electronics, Rescheduled due to inclimate weather: David Friend Recital Hall, Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA
November 22, 2014, Torsion, for viola and electronics, MCC Fellows Concert,
Davis Square Theatre, Somerville, MA
May 2, 2014. Torsion for Wind Ensemble, Boston Conservatory Wind Ensemble. Eric Hewitt, Dir. Boston, MA
March, 27, 2014, …ai tempi, le distanze… the Firehouse, NYC, NY, Steven Beck, pianist
March 8, 2014, An Wem, Cluster Festival 2014, Urban Shaman Gallery, Winnepeg, Ca
February 3, 2014, Libretto, Brown Hall, New England Conservatory. Boston, MA
November 26, 2013, An Wem, Teras bar, Bangor University, Wales.
October, 17 2013 Party Piece Miller theatre, New York
September 20, 2013, An Wem, School of Music, Florida International University.
August 22 – September 15, 2013, Exhibition of Party Piece manuscripts,
Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig, Germany
August, 21, 2013, Party Piece, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig, Germany.
August 28, 2013, An Wem, Casa das Mudas Madeira Island, Portugal, Xenia Pestova; pianist
July 12, 2013, Hyperbolique, Chapel du Sainte Jacque by Ecce ensemble, Auvillar, France
May, 2013, winner of MCC Artist's Fellowship Grants: One of 4 grantees awarded Mass Cultural Council's unrestricted grant for artistic excellence.
May 4th 2013, Walls and Latices, The Cell, New York, NY, by Collide-O-Scope Music
March 12, 2013, Libretto, BMOP Club Concert, Club Café Boston, MA (Rane Moore, bass cl.)
January 10, 2013, An Wem, UC Santa Barbara, Xenia Pestova, pianist
September 28, 2012, Pas de Trois, Boston Musica Viva, Tsai Performance Center
(Rapido! semifinalist)
April 4th, 2012 Libretto, Goethe Institute Boston: ECCE's electroacoustic music concert
February 10, 2012 Libretto, SEAMUS 2012, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI
January 26, 2012 Libretto, David Friend Recital Hall, Boston, MA
January 26, 2012 Riven, David Friend Recital Hall, Boston, MA:
October 11, 2011, Libretto, Padova It. (Interensemble's Computer Arts Festival)
February 25, 2011, An Wem, MacKay United Church, Ottawa, Ca, Xenia Pestova, pianist
February 8, 2011, An Wem, BMOP Club Concert. Oberon Theatre, Cambridge, MA;
June, 15, 2010; Januslieder: Bicephalous Suite Mia Elezovic et al, pianists (Porec, Croatia)
March 27, 2010, An Wem, Open Sound; (Somerville, MA) Xenia Pestova, pianist
March 26, 2010, An Wem, Franklin Pierce University; (Rindge, NH) Xenia Pestova, pianist
October 5, 2009, Elegy, David Friend Recital Hall (Boston, MA) Duo Diorama
July 25, 2009 Concertante, (Wellesley, MA) for two pianos and chamber ensemble
June 28, 2009, An Wem, The Chair and Maiden Gallery (New York, NY) Asami Tamura, pianist
April 8, 2009, Caterwaul, David Friend Recital Hall (Boston, MA)
March 25, 2009, Elegy, Pickman Hall (Cambridge, MA)
March 25, 2009, Gestreut, Pickman Hall, Longy School of Music (Cambridge, MA)
October 3, 2008, An Wem, Manhattan School of Music (New York, NY) Mia Elezovic, pianist
April 14, 2008, An Wem, Manhattan School of Music (New York, NY) Mia Elezovic, pianist
April 1, 2008, Clades, at the Lyceum, BMOP and Firebird, as part of MATA (Brooklyn, NY)
March 29, 2008, Clades, Jordan Hall (Boston, MA) by BMOP and members of the Firebird Ensemble
May 29, 2007, Bacchanalia Skiapodorum, Theaterzaal (Amsterdam, NL)
May 14, 2007, An Wem, Slosberg Recital Hall (Waltham, MA)
April 8, 2007, An Wem, Marshall Room (Boston, MA)


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Pests, Weeds & Problems
How to Get Rid of Fruit Flies
By Chris Deziel, Building Contractor August 26, 2021
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Chris Deziel is a contractor, builder and general fix-it pro who has been active in the construction trades for 40 years. He has degrees in science and humanities and years of teaching experience. An avid craftsman and musician, Deziel began writing on home improvement topics in 2010. He worked as an expert consultant with eHow Now and Pro Referral -- a Home Depot site. A DIYer by nature, Deziel regularly shares tips and tricks for a better home and garden at Hunker and Family Handyman.
What Do Fruit Flies Look Like?
Getting Rid of Fruit Flies Naturally
How Fruit Flies Get in Your House
How to Prevent Fruit Flies
Do Fruit Flies Spread Disease?
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If you want to get rid of fruit flies, do you have to stop bringing fruit into the house? No, but unless you have plans to eat the fruit right away, it's best you skip it at the grocery store. Fruit flies breed on overripe and fermenting fruit, like those apples and bananas you've left for days on the kitchen counter. They will also hover around trash cans, inside the garbage disposal, or any other place you leave rotten fruit scraps, and if they can get close to those scraps, you'll have a fruit fly infestation on your hands in no time.
Fruit flies seemingly come out of nowhere, and that's due to the fact that they breed rapidly and prolifically, so it only takes a few — and a suitable supply of soft, rotting fruit — to create an infestation. They may get into your house on fruit they've already infected, but they can also get in through open windows and doors, especially in the late summer when the weather is still warm, and fruit is abundant. These pesky little critters don't spread disease as readily as mosquitoes and other pests, but they are known to spread salmonella, E. coli, and listeria, so they aren't harmless either.
It can be difficult to get rid of fruit flies, and the number-one control strategy is to keep your house clean. If you leave any fruity scraps around, including apples and bananas as well as veggies like tomatoes and squash, they'll find them whether they're on counters, in trash cans, or in the sink drain. (Fruit flies aren't also called drain flies for nothing). Apart from good sanitation, other methods used for fruit fly control include trapping and spraying them.
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Species name: Genus Drosophila (small fruit flies) and genus Trypetidae (large fruit flies).
Physical characteristics: 2 to 4 millimeters in length on average with coloration ranging from pale yellow to dark brown to black with protruding brick-red eyes. Some species have black coloration on the wings.
Wings or wingless? All adult fruit flies have wings and fly. Fruit fly larvae resemble worms and are often difficult to see because they can assume the coloration of the fruit on which they feed.
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Species varieties: Among the several species found in North America are the Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata), which attacks all citrus fruit except for lemons and limes; Rhagoletis pomonella, which in the larval stage is known as the apple maggot since the worms are often found burrowing in ripe apples; and the cherry fruit fly (R. cingulata), which causes extensive damage to fruit trees in the Northeastern United States. Other prevalent species are the Mexican fruit fly (Anastrepha ludens), which attacks citrus crops, and the Oriental fruit fly (Dacus dorsalis), which feeds on subtropical fruit.
Life cycle and appearance: After hatching from eggs, fruit flies develop in three stages: larvae, pupae, and adult. Adult female fruit flies can each lay as many as 500 eggs in overripe or rotten fruit, and the wormlike larvae hatch in as little as 24 hours. The larvae, which are responsible for much of the damage done to fruit, live for eight days until they enter the pupal stage, from which they emerge as adults in six days. Adult fruit flies live for several weeks.
How to tell apart from lookalikes: Fruit flies are often mistaken for fungus gnats, but they are easily distinguished. Fruit flies are larger, so much so that their protruding red eyes are clearly visible, and they more closely resemble houseflies, whereas gnats are closer in appearance to mosquitoes. Fruit flies are most often found on overripe fruit in the kitchen, while gnats are the pests you usually find in the soil in gardens or plant pots.
If you see fruit flies circling around a ripe apple or tomato, you can be sure the flesh of the fruit is full of larvae because adult females lay eggs in the flesh of ripe fruit, and it only takes a day for the eggs to hatch. Throwing out the infected piece will go a long way toward getting rid of the flies circling that particular piece of fruit, but other adults are still flying around looking for new places to lay eggs. Controlling them may call for several strategies, not just one.
Clean Up the House
Throwing out all ripe fruit that may be sitting on countertops and tables to deprive the flies of their breeding ground is the most obvious control measure, but don't stop there.
Wipe down countertops with a disinfectant cleaner. Fruit flies hate cleanliness as much as a conscientious homeowner loves it. Don't forget backsplashes and other vertical surfaces close to food preparation areas.
Empty all the trash cans and clean them with a disinfectant cleaner before putting in new trash bags.
Disinfect the drains. If you have a garbage disposal, wipe the rim with a disinfectant cleaner and grind a few lemon peels. You might also pour a cup of chlorine bleach in the disposal while you're running it or better yet, pour in a commercial fruit fly and drain fly killer. You can also use fruit fly killer or bleach to disinfect other drains.
Set Fruit Fly Traps
Apple cider vinegar attracts fruit flies, and there is more than one way to use it to make a fruit fly trap. One way is to partially fill a bowl or glass, cover it tightly with plastic wrap, and secure the wrap to the vessel with an elastic band. Poke small holes in the plastic wrap with a fork or sharp knife. The flies will crawl through the holes to get the vinegar, but they won't be able to get out, and most will end up drowning in the liquid.
Another effective DIY trap calls for filling an open bowl about half to three-quarters full with apple cider vinegar and adding a few drops of dish soap. Fruit flies can normally land on liquids without drowning because there's enough surface tension to support their light bodies, but dish soap removes this advantage, and the flies that land will fall into the liquid and drown. Fruit flies are also attracted to fruit juice and even beer, so all you really need to do to make a homemade fruit fly trap is to leave a thin-neck bottle open with a small amount of juice or beer in the bottom. The flies will go into the bottle to get the liquid, but they won't be able to find their way out, and they'll eventually fall in and drown.
If you prefer, you can purchase commercial traps designed to catch fruit flies and similar pesky and tiny flying insects, such as gnats and mosquitoes. One such trap attracts the insects with ultraviolet light and catches them with sticky pads. You may prefer this type of trap if you're trying to control other insects as well as fruit flies. If you want to focus on fruit flies, try FlyPunch, a food-safe, granular bait that you leave in the container and deploy anywhere fruit flies are a nuisance. You can also use Bye Bye Fruit Fly, a similar product in liquid form that you pour into a bowl.
Try a Chemical Spray
A number of products are available online or at the grocery store that claim to target insect nervous systems without affecting people or pets. The problem with sprays is that they don't linger in the air, so they might kill the flies you see but not necessarily the ones that arrive on the scene after you've sprayed. If you decide that spraying is the way to go, you should expect to do it more than once.
If you want to take an integrated pest management approach to pest control, you'll reserve the bug spray for use as a last resort. The first course of action in getting rid of fruit flies naturally is to eliminate food sources, and you accomplish that by cleaning up the house and throwing away all your old fruit or putting it in the refrigerator where the flies can't get to it. After you clean and disinfect countertops, drains and walls, deploying traps to catch stragglers is the next least environmentally intrusive control method. If all else fails, break out the spray.
Fruit flies seem to come out of nowhere, but that's impossible. If you have an infestation, it's probably because you brought in some fruit from the grocery store that was already infected with larvae or pupae. It's also possible that the insects are breeding in another part of the house, possibly in an old mop or pile of rags in the laundry room. Fruit flies are attracted to old fruit because they feed on yeast produced during the fermenting process, and yeast grows in plenty of other places besides on fruit.
Keeping in mind that females lay hundreds if not thousands of eggs and that it only takes one day for eggs to hatch and a mere week for larvae to mature into adults, one infected peach can produce a lot of fruit flies. If the female responsible for your infestation didn't come into your house as a larva inside a peach, she could have flown in through an open window or even squeezed her way through a crack in the wall. The key to preventing her from being interested in your kitchen in the first place is to keep everything clean.
The measures you can take to prevent a fruit fly infestation include:
Buy only the fruit you will eat. It doesn't take long for unused fruit to attract fruit flies.
Wash your fruit well as soon as you get it home and store it in the refrigerator.
Leave your outdoor lights off at night. They attract fruit flies.
Put screens on your doors and windows.
Wash all food containers before discarding them and take out the trash every day.
Keep preserves, jams, and similarly fruity concoctions in sealed containers to prevent fruit flies from laying eggs in them.
Because they are flies, fruit flies can land on a dirty surface and transfer microorganisms from those surfaces to clean ones. Fruit flies aren't associated with a particular disease, but this ability to transfer pathogens can lead to bacterial infections in humans. This is especially problematic if the flies are transported from tropical countries in infected fruit.
Fruit flies aren't attracted to plants. If you see bugs in the soil or near the roots, they are fungal gnats. Your plants aren't in any danger from fruit flies, although if you have indoor fruit trees, you should inspect the fruit carefully and avoid letting it get too ripe on the branch.
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InTechOpen: Introduction to Drosophila
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Dreamy ambient/electronics by Herbstlaub! 'Hauch' [de]: whispering breath, as a gentle, almost forgotten breeze. As a 'Hauch' the music lays its fingers on its listeners and starts unfolding. Gradually one notices slight changes in the current of the air. Mist draws back and comes forth again, beats that never really become beats move in different directions while Herbstlaubs singing, which is never merely singing, changes colours and creates new layers over various elements of guitar, warm electronics, diverse effects and subtle filters. The more Herbstlaubs breath strokes us, the more Hauch stretches out, the more we notice how much remains unsaid. Contradictorily the title track 'Hauch' might be the most outspoken track. But even there it seems as if the artist remembers our unspoken possibilities and translates them into music. We could dance, an undanced dance. We could cry over a sadness that isn't ours. We could dream an undreamt dream. It is this power of suggestion that spins through this beautiful LP. The beautiful artwork and photography by Jeroen Mylle only enriches this listening experience. Knowing that the LP is a careful selection of earlier work, enriched by new tracks, we notice that Herbstlaubs first LP is only a 'Hauch' (a hint) of his broader musical work, truly worth discovering. The track 'Plenilune' seems to refer directly to this broader work and his project Federleicht.be, which celebrates its 4th here every night." So besides a full LP, one could listen to it as an introduction to this very gifted and sensitive Berlin based artist of which more music will come in 2014.


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Q: populate combobox from another workbook How can I populate a combobox from another workbook, assuming that my data are in a worksheet named "affectation" and the data are in the 1st column

My combobox is in a userform, to fill it from the activeworkbook I use this code :
Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
Dim ws_Liste_affect As Worksheet
Set ws_Liste_affect = ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets("affectation")
Fin_Liste_affect = ws_Liste_affect.Range("A65530").End(xlUp).Row

For i = 2 To Fin_Liste_affect
    UserForm1.ComboBox_affect.AddItem ws_Liste_affect.Range("A" & i)

Next

UserForm1.Show
End Sub

I wan to fill it from another workbook.

A: I (only) suppose that you need to populate a combo box using data from a sheet of another workbook. If my understanding is correct, please try the next code:
Private Sub CommandButton1_Click__()
 Dim ws_Liste_affect As Worksheet, Fin_Liste_affect As Long, arr As Variant
 Dim wbFullPath As String, wb As Workbook, boolFound As Boolean

 wbFullPath = "C:\...\TheOtherWorkbook.xls"
 For Each wb In Workbooks
    If wb.FullName = wbfullname Then
        Set ws_Liste_affect = wb.Worksheets("the other sheet")
        boolFound = True: Exit For
    End If
 Next
 If Not boolFound Then
    Set wb = Workbooks.Open(vbfullpath)
    Set ws_Liste_affect = wb.Worksheets("the other sheet")
 End If

 Fin_Liste_affect = ws_Liste_affect.Range("A" & Rows.count).End(xlUp).Row

 arr = ws_liste.affect.Range("A2:A" & Fin_Liste_affect).Value
 UserForm1.ComboBox_affect.List = arr

 UserForm1.Show
End Sub

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Stapleford in Nottinghamshire is located in the Erewash valley, close to the Derbyshire-Nottinghamshire border and approximately halfway between Nottingham and Derby.
The name Stapleford is thought to originate from 'the post by the ford', so it's not surprising that it is a common English place name and there are thought to be some 17 Staplefords across the country.
Stapleford's history can be traced back to before Norman times and is mentioned in the Domesday survey of 1086. A stone Saxon cross dating back to around 700AD stands in St Helen's church yard. Stapleford is also the home of the Hemlock Stone - there is debate on how this stange geological feature was formed and is felt by many to have been used as a site of worship by the Druids.
During the 20th century Stapleford developed from a village, with a farm at the crossroads marking the village centre, to a small industrial town, but the late 20th century saw much de-industrialisation. In recent years however, re-generation of Stapleford has been prominent and we have many local businesses listed on our Business Index page and are still adding more.
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Following Fire, Portland Shluchim Build Mobile Chabad House
י״ב אלול ה׳תש״פ - August 31, 2020
After two devastating fires destroyed the Portland Chabad House and its Judaica store, Rabbi Chayim and Simi Mishulovin are constructing a Chabad House on wheels to bring Yiddishkeit – and kosher delights – to the city.
By Anash.org reporter
What should shluchim do when fires destroy their Chabad House and riots plague their city as it attempts to emerge from a pandemic-induced coma?
Build a mitzvah tank!
When Rabbi Chayim and Simi Mishulovin first moved to Portland, Oregon, the question was – how to create an impact in one of the most irreligious states in the USA?
While plenty of shuls were to be found in the city, regular shul-goers were hard to come by. The shluchim thus set out to create a welcoming drop-in center with a lounge, library and store, appealing to the laid back, non-structured attitude of Portlanders.
The center, and especially the Judaica store, called Everything Jewish, proved to be a major pull for miles around, and a place where thousands of mitzvos were performed. "We had so many people putting on tefillin here," Rabbi Mishulovin told Anash.org. "Karkaftas left and right, mezuzos flying out the door! The amount of mivtzoim done here has been tremendous."
It all came to an abrupt halt when two fires broke out at the Chabad House last week, destroying almost $100,000 worth of divrei kedusha.
But people have still been calling. Not a day had gone by since the blaze without at least one person looking for some religious item, says Rabbi Mishulovin, be it a Chumash, a mezuza or a pair of tefillin. Clearly, they are unaware of what happened at the Chabad House, and yet their needs must still be met.
While plans to rebuild the Chabad House are underway, the efforts will require a vast amount of time and resources, and the insurance companies have yet to pay out. In the meantime, the Mishulovins are embarking on a different sort of venture to bring Yiddishkeit to the city that needs it immediately.
Portland is famous for its many top-notch food carts, and so the shluchim have purchased a truck and are presently turning it into a mobile Chabad House with a kosher kitchen/restaurant in the rear.
The truck will make its rounds through the city, bringing Torah and mitzvos to people anywhere and everywhere. Especially now, when Portland is suffering from riots and hate, the shluchim plan to bring to the streets the love, warmth and acceptance their Chabad House has been known for. Due to the pandemic, residents are going out even less, and the need for Yiddishkeit to come to them is even greater.
People would drive from all over to come to the center, Rabbi Mishulovin says, not just to buy a needed item but simply to connect to Yiddishkeit. One woman travels for two hours just to connect to the mosad and the shluchim! Over the years, countless people have become warm to Torah, open to its hashkafa, and in many cases, have changed their entire lives around, as a result of the Chabad House.
It is those feelings of connection and Ahavas Yisroel that the shluchim plan to bring into the mitzvah tank. "We're going to bring some more love and kedusha to the streets!" They announce.
Click here to help Everything Jewish build their new center and recover from the fire.


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Q: for loop to read same name with different number I have several data frames named kpi1,kpi2,kpi3,... .I want to create one data frame that includes some rows of each of these data frames (that contain certain values). I have the code to extract what I want from each of them, but I would like to write a loop to select each of these data frames at each iteration, perform the extraction, and go to the next file. So in the first iteration I can do stuff with kpi1, second iteration with kpi2, and so on.
Thank you in advance

A: You can use mget to collect them into a list, then use lapply or sapply to process each one.
Or you can use get in the loop.  Use either sprintf or paste0 to create the list of names.
out1 <- lapply( mget( sprintf( 'kpi%d', 1:25 ) ), function(df) df[1:3, ] )
out2 <- do.call(rbind, out1)

In general it is better to keep multiple data frames that you will be iterating over like this in a single list rather than have each one in its own data frame in the global environment.


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Hyderabad Liberation Struggle: Clearing the cobwebs of false narrative
–K Raka Sudhakar Rao
Almost 75 years after it happened, Hyderabad's liberation – the story of how the common man triumphed over tyrant Nizam and his Razakar henchmen in a fight of right against the might – is now a mere bleep on the vast radar screen of Indian history. The memories of those who were wronged against have faded. The generations who bore the brunt of tyrannical Nizam have passed into the bottomless pit of history. The literature they produced is now tucked in the dusty and inaccessible labyrinths of rusted racks in ramshackle libraries. Interestingly, several books and autobiographies, mostly written in Telugu, Marathi, Kannada or Hindi by the freedom fighters are out of circulation now.
We have a whole new generation that does not know about what it meant to be a subject of despot Nizam's Hyderabad state. We now have an amnesiac set of people with no collective memory of the time they were physically, socially, politically, psychologically and intellectually asphyxiated by the rampaging Razakars.
This is a perfect recipe for spreading half-truths and white lies about the story of a bygone era, particularly by forces inimical to the unity of India. The divisive forces that lay low all these years, are now rearing their heads and are spewing venom. They are making a concerted attempt to falsify history and glorify the heinous perpetrators. There is systematic effort aimed at portraying the perpetrators as victims. This is happening unabated as we speak and write about Hyderabad state's history. The saddest part of the whole story is that the political class, with an eye on vote bank politics, is trying to obfuscate facts and obliterate history. The result is an utter confusion about the story of Hyderabad's liberation and its subsequent integration with India.
Barely 75 years ago, Razakars, aided by the Nizam, his administration and his police forces, let loose a reign of pillage, loot and plunder on the hapless majority population of Hyderabad. There was a trail of death and destruction. Rape and disrobing of womanhood were the order of the day. Houses going up in flames and marauding razakars descending in drones were daily occurrences. Hindus fled from Hyderabad to neighbouring Maharashtra and Andhra region to save themselves. Had it not been for the Indian Army's march into Hyderabad state, there would have been a massacre of the Hindus on the lines of the holocaust of the Jewish people.
Pertinently, the Jews were a minority in a vast sea of European Christendom, but the Hindus of Hyderabad state were actually a majority who suffered untold torture at the hands of an armed and ruthless ruling minority. And this was not a sudden and mindless partition-eve communal frenzy of the sorts witnessed on India's eastern and western borders. This was methodical murder and cold-blooded mayhem performed with clinical precision and careful planning over two decades.
Painting Razakars in secular colours
Yet, attempts are afoot to obscure the tragic saga of Hindu subjugation. Take for instance, Chennai-based journalist Syed Ali Mujtiba's article "Hyderabad's fall and Sundarlal Report" published on pro-Left digital platform Counter Currents on September 23, 2013. He said thus in a clear attempt to absolve the Nizam: "Meanwhile, an armed militia called Razakar, sprung up to protect the Hyderabad state. Some say, it had tacit support of the ruler, but apparently, it was the armed wing of a Muslim political party, that had issues with the princely rule." 1 Expressions such as protection of Hyderabad state tell a tale. He further rights: The members of the militia supposedly held drills in and around Hyderabad and terrorized the non-Muslim population. These incensed the people and New Delhi was seized of the matter. "2
According to the writer, the Razakars 'supposedly' held drills, when the fact is that there was a massive arms training and a humongous 'arms procurement week' programme ahead of the Operation Polo. In the same writeup, the author, who conveniently used the word 'non-Muslim population' used the word 'Hindu armed gangs' while describing the above-mentioned anti-Razakar retaliatory violence.
Another author Sheikh Mahmed Ali speaks glowingly about Kasim Rizvi, the chief of the Majlis Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM). Eulogising the supposedly heroic qualities of Rizvi, he writes: "When Bahadur Yar Jung appealed to the Muslims for funds, he donated all his properties to Majlis. Bahadur Yar Jung himself gave him the title of 'Siddiq-e-Deccan'; for this act. By donating whatever he owned, he emulated the first caliph of Islam Hazrath Abu Bakar Siddiq who donated everything for Islam. Many historians described Qasim Razvi as an honest and brave person, but a highly emotional politician."3
Similarly, MA Aziz, author of 'Police Action' tried to portray Kasim Rizvi as a subaltern whose meteoric rise was not to the liking of the Nawabs and Jagirdars. He claims that they have deliberately vilified Rizvi. Rizvi's associate Mohammed Mazaruddin goes a step further in painting Rizvi as a pro-Hindu secular leader. He writes in his Urdu tome "Police Action Ke Khaufnaak Mahaul Mein" that Rizvi did not have any animosity towards the Hindus. He virtually gives a certificate of good conduct to Rizvi by claiming that he has asked the Razakars not to extort from the Hindus. 4
In his book "Muslim leadership in India," Sheikh Mohammad Ali vouches of Rizvi's 'secular' credentials. He quotes Rizvi's address at Goshamahal in Hyderabad on September 13, 1948, the day when Indian Army launched its Operation Polo, to prove his 'love' for Hindus. The meeting was held to condole the passing away of Mohammed Ali Jinnah. According to Sheikh Mohammed Ali, Rizvi told the Muslims and the Razakars thus: "You should ensure that you do not harm any non-Muslims of our country (Hyderabad). Remember, our war is against the Indian Union, and not against Hindus. You should not attack women, children or elderly people. Don't attack the unarmed and helpless enemy. Allah never helps those who do atrocities." Despite the huge body of evidence available to the contrary, he goes on to argue that the trail of destruction and death that the Razakars unleashed was a mere concoction. 5
Narrative of Muslim victimhood
In addition to beatifying Rizvi and Razakars as paragons of secular virtues, a narrative is sought to be built about a 'massacre' of innocent Muslims. What is significant is that there is no mention of this 'massacre' in any of the literature that was published immediately after the police action. None of the Congress or even the Communist writers such as Basva Manayya, Vandemataram Ramachandra Rao, VH Desai , Devulapalli Venkateswara Rao, Ravi Narayana Reddy or Puchalapalli Sundaraiah talk about this. Even the MIM did not talk about them.
Suddenly in 2013, BBC correspondent Mike Thompson wrote an article claiming that there was a massacre of Muslims in the aftermath of Operation Polo. He claimed that this massacre was recorded in the Sundarlal Commission Report, which is kept in the Nehru Memorial Museum, Delhi. Soon, the MIM and other 'secular' groups picked up cue and began setting a narrative. Dr Omar Khalidi published "Hyderabad – After the fall" and included some paragraphs purportedly from the 'report. Hyderabad-based Majlis-e-Tameer-e-Millat too published "Sukoot-e-Hyderabad" (fall of Hyderabad) quoting again excerpts from the same 'report.' There have since been demands for making the 'report' public.
Interestingly, there is no clarity in the number of people massacred. The so-called Sundarlal Committee report claimed that anything between 28000 and 40000 could have been killed. Sherman Tailor's 2007 book on Hyderabad liberation said that over 50000 were killed. In the same book, she even said over 2 lakh people could have been killed. Journalist Swaminathan Anklesaria Aiyer too claimed that over 2 lakh people died. He did not care to quote his source. Ironically, none of the media organisations have ever talked about either the massacre or about the so-called report. The anti-climax was when the Nehru Memorial Library in a written reply under Right to Information Act categorically told activist-author Capt. Panduranga Reddy that they do not have in their possession the claimed Sundarlal report. So, the whole thing is a classic case of much ado about nothing. 6
The so-called Sundarlal Committee is no committee or a commission of inquiry. There was no gazette notification or any GO announcing the formation of the report. It was a goodwill mission sent by Nehru to assuage the feelings of disempowerment and disentitlement among the Muslim community, which till then believed in the Nizam-Razakar dictum of "Un-al-Malik" (I am the ruler). The mission comprised Congress leader from Uttar Pradesh Pandit Sundarlal and nationalist Muslim leader Qazi Mohammed Abdul Ghaffar. They met the muslims of Marathwada, Bidar and Gulbarga during November-December 1948 and did not visit any part of Telangana. In a letter to both Nehru and deputy prime minister Sardar Patel, they categorically said that they were a mere goodwill mission and their only job was to create communal amity. They wrote:
"We clarified ourselves, whenever opportunity presented itself saying that ours was not a commission of investigation or inquiry into events preceding or following the police action and that ours was merely a goodwill mission charged with the task of restoring better communal relations." Thus, this is neither committee and there was never any report. Even if it was there, it wasn't submitted to the government. Even assuming that it was submitted to him, Pandit Nehru never ever felt it necessary to talk about it. 7
The story of victimhood flies in the face of the fact that the MIM was up and ready for the Hyderabad municipal elections by early 1950s. It not only contested, but won handsomely in the old city region. In fact, it is this success at the hustings that laid the path for subsequent firming up of the MIM's Old City citadel. Today, the MIM can win seven MLA seats and an MP seat in Hyderabad, besides influencing the electoral outcome in more than 15 seats across Telangana. It continues to exercise considerable influence in the Kadapa and Kurnool districts of Andhra Pradesh and the former Nizam state areas in Kalyana Karnataka and Marathwada.
Clouding the Hyderabad story
There is a clearly discernible attempt to paint the perpetrator as the victim in the erstwhile Hyderabad state. Regular publication of voluminous books with annotated bibliography and references on Hyderabad's integration into the Union of India should be seen as part of this narrative building.
For instance, the banned 1962-vintage book 'Tragedy of Hyderabad,' written by last prime minister of Hyderabad state Mir Laik Ali, was republished and translated into Telugu by Enugu Narasimha Reddy in 2012. The very next year, AG Noorani's 'Destruction of Hyderabad 'appeared. Migration, Citizenship and Belonging in Hyderabad by TC Sherman too was published. She also wrote 'Muslim belonging in secular India' and 'From Subjects to citizens' in association with William Gould and Sarah Ansari backing the same narrative. October Coup, a memoir of Mohammed Hyder, the last district collector of Latur, the bastion of Kasim Rizvi, was published in 2017. There is a concerted effort in the academia of Europe, Pakistan and the US to reopen the accession of Hyderabad story all over again. All this is part of the attempt to put forward a counter-history of the events of September 1948.
Relooking Hyderabad liberation history – major challenges
One of the major problems of understanding and appreciating Hyderabad liberation history, the Hindu struggle for emancipation and the untold reign of terror and atrocities perpetrated by the Razakars is that there is a conscious attempt on the party of the rulers that came to power post September 17,1948. The rulers, who looked at the Muslims as a vote bank, saw benefits in obfuscating the dark chapters of Razakar terror. The successive Congress governments did not talk about the Razakars. Arya Samajis who were vocal against the Razakar atrocities, were co-opted into the government. The Communists too stopped talking about the Razakars as it did not suit their overall narrative of haves and have nots.
The situation has come to such a pass that when the archives department published a five-volume history of freedom struggle in Hyderabad in early 1970s, there was not even a passing mention of the Razakars. Ironically, the volumes were published when PV Narasimha Rao was the chief minister and the occasion was the silver jubilee of independence. PV, an anti-Razakar freedom fighter, had in fact fought for the right of the Hindu students to wear Dhoti instead of the Nizam-imposed Sherwani-Pyjamas.
Another major challenge to an integrated approach to Hyderabad state's liberation history lay in the trifurcation of the erstwhile Hyderabad state. The three Kannada-speaking districts of Raichur, Bidar and Gulbarga were amalgamated into Karnataka and the area was till recently called Hyderabad Karnataka. Marathi speaking districts, including Latur, Osmanabad, Beed and Nanded went to Maharashtra. Thus the historic struggle of Arya Samaj and the Congress in Hyderabad Karnataka remained confined to Karnataka. The historic links of anti-Nizam struggle with Pune and Mumbai based patriotic forces, including the Hindu Maha Sabha and the RSS, too faded in Telangana.
Thus, a truncated version of liberation history began to take shape in three separated regions. Books in Marathi by Anant Bhalerao, Vasant Poddar, BS Dangle, BG Kauthekar, Dharurkar, Lakshmikanth Deshmukh, Khanderao Kulkarni, Sobha Korrane, Yashwant Salgaonkar, Manohar Taksal and others remained unknown in Telangana. Similarly, the books on Hyderabad liberation written by Swami Ramananda Teertha, Madapati Hanumantha Rao, Ravi Narayana Reddy and several others remained inaccessible to the Marathi speakers. Thus, the liberative history of Hyderabad became truncated. Sadly, no attempt was made to bring out a unified history.
Third big challenge was that both in Kannada, Telugu and Marathi, the last books of the people's version of Hyderabad came way back in early 2000s. Thus, there is no new literature based on substantive research after 2005 in the erstwhile Hyderabad state. On the contrary, the Razakarist versions began appearing from 2012. Thus, there is a crucial information gap about the Razakar atrocities.
Confusion over Telagnana Armed Struggle and Telangana Liberation Struggle
Another major challenge is the questionable narrative peddled by the Leftist school of thought. There were several strands of freedom struggles such as the Hyderabad-state Congress led movement of VH Desai, Swami Ramananda Teertha, the dalams formed by the Congress leaders such as Marri Chenna Reddy and KV Ranga Reddy, the agitational approach of Vandemataram Ramachandra Rao and Jamalapuram Keshava Rao, Arya Samajist fight by Keshav Rao Koratkar, Pandit Narendra Ji, Maharashtriyan-dominated struggle by Vaman Kaik, Mast Kalandar Keskar, Hindu Mahasabha-led struggle of Savarkar and the Communist-led struggle. With the truncation of the Hyderabad state, Telangana strand of struggle was dominated by three major forces – of the Communists, Congressites and Arya Samajists.
The Communists dominated the area encompassing Warangal, Janagam, Nalgonda, Bhongir and Suryapet. Their influence extended to parts of erstwhile Medak and Karimnagar too. They had without doubt waged a relentless battle against the Nizam and Razakars in these regions. But, once the state was liberated, they staunchly opposed the integration of Hyderabad into India and waged an armed struggle. The arms were obtained from the Razakars, whom they fought against till then. They fought against the Government of India and its army till 1951. Though there were dissenting voices like those of Ravi Narayana Reddy, the majority went with the party line. This struggle is known as Telangana Armed Struggle.
The anti-Indian Union struggle is sought to be portrayed as the Telangana liberation struggle by the Communists and there is a great amount of confusion in the Telangana region over this. The complete silence of the Congress leaders post September 1948 has only helped the Communists in building this narrative. The Arya Samaj story is largely in Hindi and as a result, remains largely unknown. The Arya Samaj today has considerably weakened and is a shadow of its former self. So, there is great obfuscation of history in Telangana, especially of the liberation struggle.
Hence, there is a great need for an integrated approach to history representing the various strands of freedom struggle against the Nizam. A united team of researchers needs to take a relook and come up with a comprehensive history of Hyderabad state. Similarly, the story of Razakar atrocities, which has never been recorded, needs to be brought out. Oral histories need to be collected, verified, authenticated, corroborated and brought out in a book form to pass on the story of Hyderabad to the generations to come.
There can be no better time to do this than during the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav. It would be timely and much-needed as Hyderabad would be celebrating its diamond jubilee of liberation on September 17, 2023.
1) http://www.countercurrents.org/mujtaba290913.htm
3) http://syed7861.blogspot.in/2012/01/fall-of-hyderabad-and-muslim-massacre.html
6) 5) http://syed7861.blogspot.in/2012/01/fall-of-hyderabad-and-muslim-massacre.html
7) http://indiafacts.co.in/the-myth-of-hyderabads-hidden-massacre/
8)http://indiafacts.co.in/the-myth-of-hyderabads-hidden-massacre/
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Courtesy: Centre for South Indian Studies (CSIS)
This entry was posted in History and tagged Hyderabad Liberation Day, Islamic violence, Nizam atrocities, Telangana on September 22, 2022 by kuldeepjha.
Liberation Struggle of Hyderabad – Some Unknown Pages
This book "Liberation Struggle of Hyderabad – Some Unknown Pages" is a must- read for anyone who wants to understand the struggle and turmoil the people of erstwhile state of Hyderabad went through ;
Copies of book are available at Sahitya Niketan, Hyderabad – 040 27563236 ;
Those wanting the book through courier / post, kindly contact Sri Harish 8008119985 or mail to samvitkendra@gmail.com ; The book is priced at Rs.160/-
#HyderabadLiberationDay #HydLiberationDay ;
This entry was posted in History, Nation and tagged Hyderabad Liberation Day, HydLiberationDay on September 14, 2017 by arisebharat.
Book Launch "Liberation Struggle of Hyderabad…Some Unknown Pages"
"The days of pushing are gone" was the proud shout of an young Hyderabadi student when some Muslim goonda attempted to break into a queue on September 22, 1948, after Police Action. "What a change! A week back, I would have been killed for such a statement!" he noted in his diary that day. For common masses, Police Action was Liberation, said Dr. Rahul A. Shastri, citing this incident.
"September 17, was a day of Liberation and Deliverance for the people of Hyderabad", said Dr. Rahul A Shastri. "However much politicians seeking votes and historians seeking political favours may seek to revise, alter and rewrite history, for ordinary people, Police Action gave them a chance to hold their heads high with dignity and with pride of being an Indian. This was denied to them in Azád Hyderabad."
He was speaking during the book launch of "Liberation Struggle of Hyderabad…Some Unknown Pages" translated by him into English from Hindi.
Marking 17th September as Liberation Day, Hyderabad based Pragna Bharati and Samvit Kendra mutually organised this book lunch program in the city. Dr. Hanuman Chowdary, chairman of Pragna Bharati presided over this function.
Rahul ji added that the heroism of common people in all three parts of old Hyderabad, their emotions, turmoil and aspirations, as well as some hushed up stories Razákár oppression and atrocities are brought out vividly and dramatically in "Liberation Struggle of Hyderabad … some unknown pages" written by Acharya Khanderao Kulkarni. Acharya Kulkarni personally visited the historical places and spoke to participants and their families at length who bravely stood against the brutalities of Nizam and recorded their courageous heart wrenching stories in the book.
Justice Sri Gopal Reddy, former justice of Andhra Pradesh, speaking as chief gust of the event said, "It is for current generation to know the history of this geographical part and end of Nizam dynasty and introspect to do better than what our fore fathers have dreamed of doing after end of Nizam rule."
"Not celebrating the Hyderabad Liberation Day officially is betrayal by the current government which came to power with a promise of respecting heroic fight of ordinary men and women against Nizam and his rule", said 92 year old Padma Shri Dr T.V. Narayana in his address to the gathering as guest of honor.
Dr T.V. Narayana also questioned that when parts of Karnataka and Maharashtra are officially celebrating 17th September, why Telangana government is finding excuses, is it not to appease the some sections of society in Hyderabad?
Dr. Hanuman Chowdary, said the communists were having nefarious plans even after fall of Nizam dynasty in 1948 and were planning to establish the communist regime with the help of then Communist leader Stalin and they boasted to continue their armed struggle against India which was rightly dealt by then Home Minister Sardar Patel.
On this occasion, the 94 year old Dr. Padmavathi Shastri, resident of Hyderabad since 1947, who participated in the freedom struggle in her student days in Nagpur, was also felicitated.
The program concluded with the vote of thanks given by Sri Nagaraj Rao, organising secretary of Pragna Bharati, and followed by singing national anthem.
This entry was posted in History, Nation and tagged Hyderabad Liberation Day, Liberation Struggle of Hyderabad, Operation Polo, Samvit Kendra on September 20, 2016 by arisebharat.
Hyderabad's Liberation from the Oppressive Nizam Rule
An epic discussion between Sardar Patel and Kasim Rizvi before the liberation of Hyderabad and its re-integration with Bharat
A short documentary on Operation Polo and its times
A Documentary in Urdu on Hyderabad during those times
This entry was posted in History, Nation and tagged Hyderabad Liberation Day, Nizam Rule on September 17, 2015 by arisebharat.


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Devon beach parking police hits back at claims it ruined Covid nurse's day out
Premier Parking Solutions upholds pay and display rules at a car park used by families visiting idyllic Bovisand Bay
Alex GreenReporter
A private parking firm has stood by its decision to fine a Covid nurse's family during a day out to the beach in Devon.
Premier Parking Solutions came under fire for fining NHS worker Heidi Simper and her parents after they parked at Bovisand Bay near Plymouth after the first lockdown in October 2020.
Heidi had been called up to work on the frontline in a Covid Intensive Care Unit in March last year and her parents had been shielding - but in October, when the restrictions allowed, they decided to get away.
PPS, brought in to police the car park at Bovi in 2019 after a change in land ownership, has now issued a response in light of their story being publicised.
The Newton Abbot based firm, which has come under fire before for its robust policy, highlighted that the trio left their car for 51 minutes without having paid for the privilege of parking on the land.
Yet Heidi previously explained how she had trouble downloading the RingGo app initially to pay as soon as they arrived because of signal issues.
Frustrations: Heidi Simper and her parents were caught out by PPS for not paying to park in enough time (Image: Heidi Simper)
A spokesperson for Premier Parking Solutions, which uses camera technology to keep watch over cars that come in and out of the car park, said: "The PCN was issued as the vehicle was not authorised to park on site for some 51 minutes having arrived at 2.53pm.
"There is no free parking period at this site. As everyone is aware, this is a camera controlled car park and if a vehicle is not authorised to park on entry a PCN is automatically generated and costs are incurred by us from this point onwards.
"We would add that our telephone number is on every sign should a motorist have any questions or queries, this number could have been called and the issue logged at the material time when the motorist is saying they had an issue downloading RingGo. They chose not to do this.
"The motorist was sent the PCN and we can confirm that this was to the same address as held by our solicitors BW Legal. This PCN was not appealed to us within the 28 days after issue, when it was then passed to our legal team.
"If it had been appealed to us we would have been more than happy to look into this matter.
"The only correspondence received from the motorist was after BW Legal became involved, in December over two months after the PCN was issued.
"If the motorist has chosen to settle the matter with BW Legal before we have chance to respond then that is their prerogative and the matter is now closed."
As previously reported, Heidi claims her parents did not receive the initial letter from PPS outlining the details of the fine.
She said the first correspondence they received was a letter from a legal company acting on behalf of the parking company - stating that they had failed to pay the fine within 28 days, and also failed to make an appeal - therefore the fine would now be £160.
She said this letter was received on December 3.
Parking signs which make clear that cameras are in force
Premier Parking Solutions says if the PCN had been appealed with them in the correct time frame, they would have been happy to look into the fine.
However, Heidi says the issue with this is that allegedly, her parents didn't actually receive this initial correspondence, which meant when the legal company took over the proceedings, her parents hadn't been given an opportunity or ample time to pay the much smaller initial fine, or even appeal, Heidi said.
The parking company also stated that the only correspondence received from Heidi's parents was in December - two months after the PCN had been issued.
However, Heidi claims her parents received the first letter from the legal company on behalf of PPS on December 3.
Heidi explained that her parents wrote an appeal to the company on December 15 explaining that the app had taken so long to download and that they hadn't actually received the initial PCN from PPS.
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Q: How to get annotation indexpath in mapview I have a problem.
I have a mapView, and I have many annotations in my mapView.
how to know the indexPath that I select the annotation.
I find the function didSelectAnnotationView but I don't know how to use it.
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Veteran MEP Elmar Brok | European Parliament
MEP Brok seeks checks on allegations he netted surplus from visitors
POLITICO publishes documents at center of story as transparency advocates demand action.
By	Maxime Schlee
Veteran EU lawmaker Elmar Brok has asked a tax adviser to check allegations in a POLITICO story that he netted surpluses from charging constituents to cover the costs of visiting him at the European Parliament.
The comments by Brok, who announced on Monday he would not run for reelection, marks a change of stance from the Parliament's longest-serving lawmaker, who had previously dismissed the allegations out of hand.
According to copies of documents — which POLITICO has now published — from the German Christian Democrat's office, Brok charged visitors €150 per head to cover their costs while also claiming back many of the same costs from the Parliament.
The combination of Parliament subsidies and the visitors' charge yielded a total surplus of nearly €18,000 from four group visits in 2016 and 2017, according to the documents. Brok's office used surpluses generated by visits to pay for office materials, gifts and other items, according to a former staffer in the office. This allowed Brok to keep the "general expenditure allowance" — currently €4,513 per month — that Parliament gives MEPs, said the ex-staffer, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Brok's office denied any profit had been made from the visits and has declined to say whether any surpluses were refunded to visitors. POLITICO has found no evidence so far that any refunds were made.
"First of all, your conclusions are still incorrect. Second, the matter is being checked, as you are aware" — Elmar Brok
The 72-year-old lawmaker is regarded as one of the most influential MEPs and plans to retain senior positions in Germany's CDU party and the center-right European People's Party after stepping down from Parliament.
In interviews published Tuesday and Wednesday, he told German-language media outlets that he has asked a tax consultant to look at financial records related to his visitor groups.
Veteran MEP Brok generated cash from Parliament visitors
Maxime Schlee and Ryan Heath
Veteran MEP Elmar Brok says he won't stand in European Parliament election
Judith Mischke
"All the documents went yesterday to a tax consultancy recognized by the Parliament, in order to check if there is a mistake anywhere," Brok told Switzerland's Neue Zürcher Zeitung newspaper. He said this would include looking at the "participant contribution" he charged visitors.
In response to questions from POLITICO, including whether he now accepts made surpluses from visitor groups and would offer refunds, Brok's office replied in a terse email: "First of all, your conclusions are still incorrect. Second, the matter is being checked, as you are aware."
Elmar Brok is the European Parliament's longest-serving lawmaker | European Parliament
Brok's office did not respond to a follow-up question on how it is possible to be sure the conclusions are incorrect if the matter is being checked.
Call for clarity
In interviews, Brok said the Parliament had previously verified that he used its visitor subsidies correctly. But the allegations center on the €150 fee he charged visitors, which he said was for additional costs not covered by the Parliament subsidies. Adding these to the Parliament funds allowed Brok to generate a surplus even after all expenses had been paid, according to the documents obtained by POLITICO.
Transparency advocates expressed alarm that Brok had been charging visitors and called for the matter to be cleared up quickly.
"It is scandalous and unacceptable that citizens have to pay money to their MEP for a visit," said Léa Briand, a spokesperson for German NGO Parliament Watch. "Should it be found that educational trips were a fully fledged business model for some MEPs, this would further increase disillusionment with politics."
Brok is not the only MEP who asks for a financial contribution from visitors as the Parliament's subsidies don't cover all costs, German magazine Der Spiegel reported on Wednesday, citing unnamed EU lawmakers. The key issue is that the money is properly accounted for at the end, with any surplus swiftly handed back to the visitors, sometimes even in cash on the bus home, Spiegel said, citing the lawmakers.
"Only the EU electorate can put an end to this, the MEPs themselves clearly never will" — Anuška Delić
Anuška Delić, a Slovenian journalist who has led a Europe-wide effort to get MEPs to disclose more about how they use public funds, said Brok's case "should not come as a surprise."
"It is but another case on top of the ever growing pile of documented cases of MEPs' abuses of various funds and privileges awarded to them," she said via email. "Only the EU electorate can put an end to this, the MEPs themselves clearly never will. All attempts to thoroughly change the flagrantly untransparent system of MEPs' allowances have been voted down by a majority of MEPs."
Asked to comment on the allegations, a spokesperson for the European Parliament said that on initial examination "it cannot be said that Mr Brok breached Parliament's rules." But the spokesperson added that the Parliament "cannot say anything without having all the details."
Both the European People's Party and the CDU in Brok's home region of North Rhine-Westphalia declined to comment.
The cost plan, obtained by POLITICO, for a visit to Strasbourg by his constituents.
Maxime Schlee
European Parliament election 2019
Elmar Brok


FDA Finally Admits Over 70% of U.S. Chickens Contain Cancer-Causing Arsenic!!
As if we didn't already know what they have long denied, my question or rather thought however is; How many more other countries lace their poultry/food with all sorts of harzadous chemicals that are lethal to the body?!!
I remember reading an article in 2001 that Many ignored due to our stupid ignorance or decision to purposely turn a blind eye, which by the way is no excuse.
The Food Standards Agency at that time issued an alert about several imported Chinese soy sauce products which were above recommended safety levels for the chemical 3-MCPD, but it had also emerged that a large number of other processed foods, made and sold in Britain, are above the same limit.
"3-MCPD or (3-monochloropropane-1,2-diol or 3-chloropropane-1,2-diol) is an organic chemical compound which is carcinogenic and highly suspected to be genotoxic in humans, has male anti-fertility effects, and is a chemical byproduct which may be formed in foods, the most commonly found member of chemical contaminants known as chloropropanols.
It is primarily created in foods by protein hydrolysis by adding hydrochloric acid to speed up the reaction of the (soy) protein with lipids at high temperatures. Another method 3-MCPD can also occur in foods which have been in contact with materials containing epichlorohydrin-based wet-strength resins – used in the production of some tea bags and sausage casings.
Yes we are all going to die one day indeed. I don't know about you but I for one, personally want to be able to choose good, healthy food and make informed decisions about products on the store shelf…. Than to be forced to buy something that is falsely labelled and therefore forcefully consuming things I normally wouldn't against my right and will.
When I see things like these happening, this is why I most times than not boycott mega stores and prefer to support honest and hardworking local farmers who provide quality organic food. When you do the math, the difference in price is not that different from non organic food.
Mom not here to tell you what to eat but to simply enlighten you to stop and think about your purchases a bit more.
This is why I am so thankful for Aloe Vera Gel. It helps me detox all the harmful ingredients we've been subjected to over the years. I just read an article about how fluoride can be causing thyroid problems and other ailments. How long have we been drinking or brushing our teeth with that before we started to say something seems wrong! Important to detox and get the nutrition we need from healthy produce! Great article!
Our water here doesn't have fluoride, thank God. And yes Aloe Vera is amazing.
Wow, you are lucky no fluoride! My parents have their own natural well, and when I go home my whole buddy feels refreshed! And I drink aloe daily to detoxify all the pollution I breath in living in the city! So far I'm pretty healthy guy with soft skin! Hahaha!
We are definitely very blessed to not have flouride in our water. Enjoy the water from the well, my grandmother has a borehole water system too.


700 Mattress Firm stores will be closing as the company files Chapter 11 bankruptcy. 200 of those will be closed in days. Mattress Firm joins the growing list of failing massive businesses that have filed for bankruptcy in 2018. For a full list of closing Mattress Firm stores, click here.


Vermeer, Renoir, Sargent... Oh My!
Happy days wandering through Boston's art scene with mon amour. It took three years of dating but I finally got him hooked on museum hopping and it makes me so incredibly happy.
Photos were taken at the MFA in Boston (naturally).
If you are in the area go check out the new Rembrandt and Vermeer exhibit!
I have this great new freelance job which allows me to literally just take pictures around Boston (landmarks, small businesses, the culture, cafes--basically anything that embodies Boston as a whole.) It is such a great excuse to put on my walking shoes, go drink pretty lattes in iconic cafes, have unlimited Sweetgreen, and rediscover the city I call home, as work! So blessed in the this life o'mine.


Tourists hoping for a glimpse of a dry Niagara Falls will have to wait until at least 2019.
Regional New York parks chief Mark Thomas says Wednesday that there's no funding yet for a bridge replacement project that could involve shutting down the water flowing over one section of the falls by building a temporary structure to redirect it.
Thomas says the project could start in 2019 if federal, state or private funding is found right away.
Thomas spoke to reporters before a public hearing on plans to replace two 115-year-old pedestrian bridges near the brink of the falls. The project could leave the American and Bridal Veil Falls dry for up to nine months while water from the Niagara River is diverted over the Canadian Horseshoe Falls.


So popular is Haeundae Beach that its 1.5km stretch of sand becomes entirely polka-dotted with parasols in the summer. The beachfront area continues to entice after dark with its restaurants, nightclubs and casino. The official swimming season is typically from June to August. Besides Haeundae, there are six other beaches in Busan.


Today, Twitter announced a new look for photos on the social media site. These changes will mean a better visual experience for users and bring a number of benefits for brands too. Let's take a look at the new changes and what they mean to marketers.
Twitter has updated the timeline to now show big, beautiful photos. Photos will now be displayed as they were meant to be viewed, in full-scale, rather than cropped. They'll also appear larger than the previously limited size.
No more worries about having important features cut-off or elements hidden in the top of bottom of a photo.
Multi-photo displays will also appear bigger and better looking than before. This helps to highlight more of each photo you share.
In addition to bringing a better experience to the user, these changes mean good things for marketers too.
No more cropping means that your images will be displayed in their full beauty. Marketers won't have to worry about elements like logos, taglines, and other parts of their branded images being cut from view. That means less image editing.
Bigger images mean more space in your viewers' timeline. Taking up more space can help to increase the chances you get noticed and push out the other distractions.
Bigger images allow us to use images that may have been too detailed to use previously, when smaller cropped previews may have prevented us from showing the viewer what we wanted them to see.
These changes to the timeline should be good for marketers all around. They mean less work to keep from being cropped and increased chances of being seen.
Bigger images and increased chance of being seeing doesn't mean you should simply go posting the biggest pictures you can find in hopes of having your message seen. Marketers must still message with intent in mind.
Big photos may have the ability to do a better job of drawing the viewers' attention, but they can also distract from other elements too. A larger photo could take the attention away from your ultimate goal, such as getting your viewer to read your message and click the link. Increased attention one place means lessened attention elsewhere.
Keep the desired outcome in mind when crafting content. Are you hoping for a Like, a retweet, a click? By being aware of the intention of our messaging, we can ensure it creates the desired action from our viewers.
This change to showing bigger, better visuals on the Twitter timeline offers a better experience for viewers and additional advantages for brands too. We gather much of our information visually, and this update gives us more opportunity to share and see.
By keeping up on the latest updates to social networks and then examining how they'll impact our efforts, marketers can find all kinds of opportunities to gain better results. Get out there and start benefiting from bigger and better visuals on Twitter today.