This groundbreaking series--years in the making--begins the saga of a young woman who can only really be herself... whenever she is not herself.
In the previous series, Kodoja was reactivated without warning and cut a swath of destruction across America, leveling every outpost of Special Weapons Division, save one. That one surviving outpost was headed by demoted chief designer of Kodoja, Jennifer Cruz. With all of Special Weapons Division gone, she and her team rushed to stop the weapon they themselves designed too well.
Kodoja was defeated in the previous arc, and now it's awake again and it's up to the Special Weapons team to stop it and the strange giant monsters fighting against it.
When a young comic shop employee is transformed by mystical blades into a walking talking (and slicing & dicing) 90s comic book bad girl, she must quickly learn how to survive the new grotesque world the blades reveal. Now, other-dimensional parasites hidden all around us resembling the "space vampires" from the 90s comic, Vampblade, are all too real, and out for her blood!
Best-selling novelist (Why Girls Are Weird, You Take It from Here), animation writer (Moana, the Wreck-It Ralph sequel), and comics writer (Rick and Morty) Pamela Ribon and artist Veronica Fish (Archie, Silk, Spider-Woman) dive into the fast-paced, hard-hitting world of roller derby! Jennifer Chu and Maise Huff (aka Knockout and Ithinka Can on the track) have been best friends since their first day of Fresh Meat Orientation for the Eastside Roller Girls, but when they get drafted for two different teams they'll have to figure out if the bond between them is stronger than the pull of a team when a win is on the line. You get slammed on the track and slammed in life, and in both cases you have to take your hits and get back up again!
The country of Tairona became a no man's land after the military coup. Guerrillas were formed across the lands, and rebels unified against the dictator to resist the regime. The hopes of many lay on CLANDESTINO, who barely escaped from the military attacks as a child, and was then recruited by the rebel forces, to later lead the revolution against the dictator.
A stylish, political adventure about a pair of hip, clever teens who fool the world into believing they have superpowers. Like X-Men: First Class meets Project Alpha. It is the 1960s. The Russians have the A bomb, the H bomb, and now the most terrifying weapon of all: a pair of psychically superpowered young people. Terrified and desperate, the US top brass scours from coast to coast in search of psychic Americans. Enter Dr. Isobel Santaclara, an eccentric illusionist and grifter who has recruited two teenagers and trained them to trick the US government, the Russians, and the whole world into believing they are dangerous psychics. The Skeptics is a pre-punk period piece, a sort of honest, unfuzzy, non-nostalgic look at the Cold War in DC. Like a cross between Kill Your Boyfriend and Hard Day's Night, but about politics and ethics and how punk rock it is to be the smartest person in the room.
Picking up where the critically acclaimed hit series Two Girls One Tank left off - Tank Girl has lost one of her dearest friends, but inadvertently gained billions of dollars worth of Nazi Gold. What is she going to spend all that money on? Before we find out, her kangaroo boyfriend Booga must pay a penance by going right up THE FURRY ROAD. It's been swell, and the swelling isn't going down.
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The "One Man War on Terror" will get the job done! That's right — James Bourne, A.K.A. Solo, is on his own, right where he belongs! Deadly alien weapons are making their way into the hands of ordinary thugs – and Solo is going undercover to locate the source. Things are heating up, and Solo might just wish he had some backup! Deadpool was just the beginning. You haven't seen anything till you've met Solo!
Witchcraft is broken- and the Scarlet Witch is on a journey across the globe to fix it. From the back alleys of Manhattan, to the serene Greek Isles, to the bustling streets of Hong Kong, Wanda will have to face down her foes and find out who her true friends are. But as Wanda solves magical crimes and pieces witchcraft back together, the most important question remains: Who is the mastermind that broke it in the first place? Written by Eisner Award winner James Robinson, with covers by Eisner Award winner David Aja with the first issue drawn by fan-favorite Vanesa Del Rey!
For one day in rural central Wisconsin, the dead came back to life. Now it's up to Officer Dana Cypress to deal with the media scrutiny, religious zealots, and government quarantine that has come with them. In a town where the living have to learn to deal with those who are supposed to be dead, Officer Cypress must solve a brutal murder, and everyone, alive or undead, is a suspect. A beautiful 'farm noir' that puts a new twist on the zombie genre, created by NYT Bestselling author TIM SEELEY and acclaimed artist MIKE NORTON.
Long after Earth has entered its second ice age, humanity has learned to cope with the frozen elements. In this cold and bleak future, heat is power, and brutal gangs roam the icy wasteland looking for it. If that wasn't enough, a terrible disease nicknamed "frostbite" is literally freezing people from the inside out. Once you catch it, the effect is instantaneous. There is no immunity, there is no cure.
Until now. Doctor Henry Bonham and his daughter Victoria have found the key to ending frostbite. If they can get from Mexico City to a secret government outpost in Alcatraz, they could stabilize life across the globe. But to do that they'll need to stay alive. That's where Keaton comes in. She and her crew have faced worse journeys before, but never with the potential consequences this one poses if they fail.
A reclusive young boy with superhuman strength follows a prophecy from his dead father on a mission to save people, but when he finds the area villagers are less than thrilled by his noble intentions and he faces adversaries both human and magical-mechanical, what will it take to fulfill his destiny? Can his miniature talking motorcycle help? From illustrator and intricate world-builder Ulises Fariñas (IDW's Judge Dredd), comes the first story in the life and legend of a fantasy hero for the ages.
AN ALL-NEW ADVENTURE IN THE TIKI, TIKI, TIKI ROOM! Welcome to the Enchanted Tiki Room, a place of legend…of fantasy…and mystery. Here — on an isolated island populated by talking (and singing) birds and plants and ancient Tiki gods — almost anything can happen and does. As the next boat arrives with new visitors, what stories will unfold, what mysteries will be revealed and how are they all connected? Summer ain't over yet, so grab your flip-flops, pop open your beach chair and book your vacation with the latest Disney Kingdoms series!


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Q: How to use javascript to make 2 different button show without browser refresh I have never been too good with javascript and i cant seem to get any of the tutorials that I've found . I have a button that favorites and un-favorites. I would like it if someone clicks on the favorite button that the un-favorite button shows up without the browser refreshing and so on if they click on the un-favorite button.
Favorite button
<button class="follow"><%= link_to "un-Favorite", unfavorite_anime_path(anime), method: :put%></button>

Un-favorite button
 <button class="follow"><%= link_to "Favorite", favorite_anime_path(anime), method: :put%></button>

Controller
def favorite
    if @anime = Anime.all
        current_user.mark_as_favorite @anime
        redirect_to @anime = :back
    elsif @amime = Anime.friendly.find(params[:id])
        current_user.mark_as_favorite @anime
    end
end

def unfavorite
    @anime = Anime.friendly.find(params[:id])
    @anime.unmark :favorite, :by => current_user
    redirect_to @anime = :back
end

A: 1) Add remote: true in your link_to
2) Give the buttons IDs of #follow and #unfollow, then use the JS:
$('.follow').click(function (event) {
  $('#follow, #unfollow').toggle()
})

Provided that one of them is initially set to display:none

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July 28, 2006: Hizbollah is a slave to its own rhetoric. Hizbollah is the Lebanese arm of the Iranian Shia revolution. The Islamic radicals who run a religious dictatorship in Iran, carried out a coup in the 1980s, taking control of the government during a desperate war with Iraq (which had invaded Iran in 1980). The religious zealots in Iran believe the world would be a better place if everyone were Moslem, of the Shia variety (which predominates in Iran and Lebanon, but not with 90 percent of Moslems, who prefer the Sunni, or other minor sects.) Iran also believes that Israel must be destroyed, and Iranian leaders have not been shy about repeating this again and again in public. Hizbollah leaders repeat this demand. This basic Hizbollah goal, the destruction of Israel, makes negotiations with Israel difficult. Israel has apparently decided to forget about negotiations, and instead, take Hizbollah apart piece by piece.
Israeli troops have been fighting Hizbollah gunmen for over a quarter of a century. You have many Israeli infantrymen fighting in Lebanon now, who got practical advice from their fathers, who had battled Hizbollah back in the 1980s. Israel knows how to defeat Hizbollah, as they have been doing it for decades. But until the recent Hizbollah raids across the border, Israel has avoided going after Hizbollah on a large scale. This was an attempt to keep things quiet on the Lebanese border, and give the Lebanese a chance to settle the problem with Hizbollah peacefully. That seemed more likely, after a popular (and largely peaceful) Lebanese uprising last year that forced Syria to pull its troops out of Lebanon.
Since the 1980s, Syria had a force of over 30,000 soldiers in Lebanon. Originally sent in a peacekeepers during the 1975-90 Lebanese civil war, the Syrian force soon became guardians of Hizbollahs growing empire in southern Lebanon, and protector of Syrian economic interests (many of them criminal, like drug smuggling) in Lebanon. Without those 30,000 Syrian troops, Hizbollah, and the Lebanese Shia (about 35 percent of the population) were more vulnerable than they had been in over two decades. Intense negotiations commenced. No one wanted a resumption of the civil war, but all Lebanese were concerned about this state-within-a-state that Hizbollah had created in southern Lebanon. The UN was concerned as well. As part of the deal, when Israel pulled out, Hizbollah was to disarm and a force of 2,500 UN peace observers (UNIFIL) would watch over a new era of peace in the south. For the last seven years, Hizbollah has refused to abide by that deal, and most Lebanese were tired of the delays. Increasing the attacks against Israel seemed like a good idea, as it made Hizbollah seem more useful, if Israel did not strike back. The rest of the Lebanese political parties were not making threats, yet, about Hizbollahs refusal to disband and let southern Lebanon become part of Lebanon once more. Hizbollah wanted to make their autonomy in southern Lebanon permanent, but was unsure of how to do it. Hizbollah stumbled into war with Israel while seeking a solution to its problems with the rest of Lebanon.
Getting accurate news about the fighting in southern Lebanon is complicated by the fact that Hizbollah, the Lebanese and most of the media are more concerned about producing propaganda and excitement, than in reporting facts. Hizbollah knows, from long experience, that they cannot defeat Israel. But Hizbollah knows that it can spin the media. The Israeli withdrawal from south Lebanon in 2000 was a peace offering that was, in typical Hizbollah fashion, simultaneously spurned and exploited. The same techniques are being used during the current war.
But now Israel is determined to cripple Hizbollah, a move that will lead to the organization either dying, or fading into insignificance. Hizbollah had made lots of enemies in the last 25 years, many of them in the Lebanese Shia community. If Hizbollah losses most of its economic and military assets, that will make it weak enough for other Lebanese groups to overwhelm it militarily and politically. This appears to be the Israeli plan, and the way things work in the Middle East, it appears to be working. Support for Hizbollah from the Arab world has been muted, compared to similar situations in the past. Even Iran is not happy with Hizbollahs actions, and has pointedly not sent any new weapons. Naturally, the Sunni Arab world is down on Hizbollah (and its explicit goal of replacing Sunni Islam with the Shia variety). While Lebanese politicians have been vocal in their support for Hizbollah, there has been no rush to provide any material support.
What makes war unpredictable is the fact that, while genius may have its limits, stupidity doesn't. Hizbollah is basically stupid. They are part of a movement dedicated to taking over the world. Israel just wants to survive. Hizbollah is part of an Arab military tradition that takes pride in a long string of defeats because that means eventually the enemy will get tired of beating on us and go away. This is how they turned the 2000 Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon (actually a peace offering) into a great military victory for Hizbollah. Another example of stupidity without limits.
When the dust has settled on this war in Lebanon, the remnants of Hizbollah will be busy rearranging the facts in order to produce another victory. But Hizbollah will no longer be the force it once was, and Lebanese soldiers and police will once more be patrolling southern Lebanon, rolling past the wreckage of Hizbollah bunkers and military facilities. The hundreds of buildings and bridges destroyed by Israeli bombs will be a reminder to the Lebanese of what happens when you allow part of your country to he hijacked by a bunch of religious maniacs. The majority of Lebanese were never happy about Hizbollah, but lacked the courage to do anything about it. Israel's not going away, but Hizbollah is. It's members can easily go back to being Lebanese, or get killed by an Israeli smart bomb, or sniper. Israelis have no such options, and have no choice but to fight and win. That makes a big difference on the battlefield. You can look it up.


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Bay Area beaches get top marks for water quality in report for spring and summer
Marin Independent Journal | May 24, 2013 | Bay Recreation
Marin county beaches have some of cleanest water in the state during spring and summer, according to an annual Beach Report Card released Thursday. "In the summer the water quality is generally very good," said Deb Self, executive director of San Francisco BayKeeper, a bay pollution watchdog group. "But the bay tends to have bacterial problems...
Most Bay Area beaches clean, report says
San Francisco Chronicle | May 24, 2013 | Bay Recreation
Water quality at most Bay Area beaches remains clean and clear, according to a report released Thursday. .Almost all Bay Area beaches have zero or very low levels of bacteria from sewage, agricultural runoff or animal waste during the dry season. In the rainy season, sewage overflows and storm runoff can bring dangerous levels of bacteria to local...
Coast Guard, shipping officials pass new rules to restrict large ships from sailing near Bay Bridge in heavy fog
Daily Democrat | February 25, 2013 | Oil Spills
SAN FRANCISCO -- Hoping to reduce the risk of major oil spills in San Francisco Bay, the Coast Guard and other top shipping officials Thursday passed new rules to limit cargo ships, oil tankers and other large vessels from sailing near the Bay Bridge in heavy fog. . . Deb Self, executive director of the environmental group Baykeeper, praised the...
A new spotlight of conservation on the Bay
Richmond Confidential | February 25, 2013 | Wetland Protection
An international treaty recently recognized the San Francisco Bay estuary — California's largest wetland — as a "wetland of importance," but while conservation groups called the news a victory, the designation won't directly halt development that has threatened the area for years. . . ."It's important to have a little more weight on our side and...
San Jose Mercury News | February 14, 2013 | Oil Spills
SAN FRANCISCO -- Hoping to reduce the risk of major oil spills in San Francisco Bay, the Coast Guard and other top shipping officials Thursday passed new rules to limit cargo ships, oil tankers and other large vessels from sailing near the Bay Bridge in heavy fog. . . Deb Self, executive director of Baykeeper, praised the decision. "I'm very...
Ship pilot blamed for 2007 oil spill in San Francisco Bay sues Coast Guard to get his mariner's license back
The pilot who crashed the Cosco Busan cargo ship into the Bay Bridge in 2007, causing the worst oil spill in the bay in two decades, has sued the U.S. Coast Guard in an effort to regain his mariner's license so he can sail again. . . . "He's shown that he didn't have the medical fitness or sound judgment to be sailing ships," said Deb Self,...
U.S. Places San Francisco Bay-Estuary Under Treaty Protection
Environmental News Service | February 4, 2013 | Wildlife & Habitat
The United States has named the San Francisco Bay and Estuary as its 35th Wetland of International Importance under the Ramsar Convention, effective on World Wetlands Day, February 2. Deb Self, executive director of the nonprofit San Francisco Baykeeper, said of the designation, "It's terrific news. I hope that it will raise awareness about the...
Video of Baykeeper Executive Director Deb Self's presentation at Albany Library
KALB Channel 33 | January 18, 2013 | Sick of Sewage
Watch the video of Baykeeper Executive Director Deb Self's presentation at the Albany Library, "The Health of San Francisco Bay" on local pollution issues that affect the Bay's Albany shoreline, and how to be a good Bay citizen. Presentation was January 14, 2013, video is one hour.
After tanker crash, officials reconsider allowing large ships to sail in fog near the Bay Bridge
San Jose Mercury News | January 11, 2013 | Oil Spills
Three days after a 752-foot oil tanker sideswiped a tower of the Bay Bridge under foggy conditions, the top Coast Guard official in the Bay Area on Thursday called for a reconsideration of rules that allow large ships to sail in fog near the Bay Bridge. The request by Capt. Cynthia Stowe to the San Francisco Bay Harbor Safety Committee follows a...
Bay Bridge was exempted from rules limiting large ships from sailing in fog
San Jose Mercury News | January 9, 2013 | Oil Spills
After the cargo ship Cosco Busan sailed through heavy fog and hit a tower of the Bay Bridge five years ago, spilling 53,000 gallons of bunker fuel, the Coast Guard and shipping officials wrote new rules to limit large ships from sailing in risky areas of San Francisco Bay when visibility is less than a half mile. But they left out one key risk:...

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It is not often that I point to a specific product, slap my forehead and make a snap buying decision. It is even less common for me to pay for something I know I will not get for a couple of months, but last night a friend of mine, Lucas Teske wrote to me and pointed me towards the Adapteva board.
I had looked at this board when they had their kickstarter going, but as Lucas and I discussed it, and particularly in light of my work with both Linaro (on performance improvements) and Project Caua (on economic computing), I started to get more interested, then excited. By the end of the night I had purchased one of the Zynq 7000 units (there is a unit based on the Zynq-7010 and one on the Zynq-7020), complete with GPIO pins.
When you first read the description of the whole board you see the "dual-core ARM-9 architecture" then you see the "16 or 64 cores" and the low power utilization, and you think "cool".
which includes NOT ONLY the "dual core ARM A9 CPU", but also (in the configurations on the Adapteva board) a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) and some Digital Signal Processing (DSP) "slices". Then when you tie these together with the 16 or 64 core array, you start to see the computing power of this board that draws less than five watts. Then you tie it to the set of GPIO pins that could match up with an Arduino, and the world of interesting programming starts to come alive.
It is not just the computing power, however, but the learning potential that interests me. At a time when some universities are backing away from teaching assembly language or computer architecture, these types of machines are coming out at a price that any school could afford one, even if they are still out of the range of some students in developing nations.
The open source nature of this board and the development tools is also great.
With this board you can practice programming multi-threaded applications, applications that could utilize an FPGA, DSP applications, and a raft of other applications that given a "standard" CPU would be slower than molasses on a cold day. You could look at the tradeoffs of decomposing your application for running on a passively parallel system (later being able to "upgrade" to a 64-core system as they are available) or stay with a single-threaded application.
For those of you who are looking at buying a Raspberry Pi (or the Arduino or the BeagleBoneBlack, or any of the other fine "development" boards) please do not let this persuade you from that first step. This board may still be a little expensive for the things those other boards were designed to handle. Certainly there is a HUGE amount that a beginning programmer can learn from any of those boards using Free Software.
But just as I recently said that "shell" is good as a first language and assembly would be good as a third language, as a second board this is very interesting.
I will not be getting one of these until October, but when I do get it I will be incorporating it into my performance talks and work.


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IRGC-led Afghan group holds first 'international conference' in Iran
By Amir Toumaj | September 15, 2020 | [email protected] | @AmirToumaj
The Afghan paramilitary group Fatemiyoun Division, which answers to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), held its first "international conference," an ideological indoctrination gathering, on Aug. 13 at the Imam Reza shrine in Mashhad, Iran.
The Fatemiyoun's Media Center has released more details and content about the event over the last several weeks, shedding light on the event that also revealed the blurred-out face of its chief commander for the first time.
The Fatemiyoun organized the gathering with the blessing of the Reza Holy Precinct, a multi-billion dollar foundation that oversees the shrine and answers to the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
The conference reflected several trends in the Fatemiyoun's evolution. It represented Fatemiyoun's effort to solidify a sense of community among veterans and families of fighters who reside in Iran, efforts to enhance ties with other IRGC-backed elements, and efforts to present itself to the Islamic Republic support base as a worthy group in the mold of Lebanese Hezbollah.
The conference also reflected the evolution of the group's media arm, which produced a number of professional-looking productions, such as montage videos and infographics about the event, and deployed a "journalist" to interview individuals there. A number of Iranian outlets and newspapers also reported on the event.
The conference came amid questions and speculation about the group's direction following a draw down in late 2017 after the end of a major offensive in eastern Syria against the Islamic State. The Fatemiyoun continue to deploy to and publicize its presence Syria.
In the conference, the Fatemiyoun and other IRGC-backed groups reiterated the goals of destroying Israel and avenging the death of Qods Force chief Qasem Soleimani, both of which are the ideological goals of the IRGC and the Islamic Republic. These ideals bind the IRGC-backed network into an offensive and aggressive vision – but the realistic ability to fulfill those goals is another matter.
Unnamed commander of the Fatemiyoun Division speaking with a Fatemiyoun journalist. The emblem of the group is displayed on the microphone.
For the first time, the Fatemiyoun displayed its chief commander, though his face was blurred and name was not provided for security reasons. The unnamed commander told a Fatemiyoun Media Center reporter that "all of our effort must be spent on forcing the U.S to leave the region," which would be the "great revenge" for the U.S. killing Soleimani. It is unclear when he was appointed to this post.
Senior Fatemiyoun commander "Seyyed Elias" addressed the conference and told the Media Center that the conference's goals were to praise families of martyrs and "create regular conference with tangible result [involving] other countries that are active in the Resistance front," with the final goals of destroying Israel and expelling the US from the region.
Om-olbanin Hosseini, the wife of deceased Fatemiyoun co-founder and former chief Alireza Tavassoli ("Abu Hamed"), reiterated these goals in a separate interview. Killed in 2015, Tavassoli is the Fatemiyoun's most recognizable figure, and since his death, Om-olbanin has carried on his legacy and name, giving interviews and appearing in events like the conference.
Fatemiyoun commander "Seyyed Elias"
IRGC-backed paramilitary group representatives and figures addressed the conference through recorded video messages, in which the figures praised the Fatemiyoun, and reiterated their ideological goals of destroying Israel and expelling the U.S. from the region.
Lebanese Hezbollah cultural deputy Hojjat ol-Eslam Akram Barakat said that "anytime I look at the faces of you Fatemyoun mujaheds, I remember the beautiful face of commander martyr Soleimani."
Iraqi Harakat al-Nujaba spokesman Nisr al-Shimri told the conference that "American forces witness parts of 'hard revenge' by your brothers in the Iraqi resistance every day." He was referring to – and exaggerating – claims of attacks against logistical convoys against Iraqi contractors for the U.S. and related harassment of U.S. forces in Iraq.
Bahrain Islamic Movement leader Sheikh Isa Qasim declared that "Fatemiyoun mujahids have humiliated the Zionist enemy and American pride."
A Palestinian Islamic Jihad official sent a recorded message in praise of the Fatemiyoun, as well. Iranian cleric Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem-Shirazi, who is an ally of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, also sent a letter in prase of the Afghan group that was read out loud.
Hassan Mughniyeh, the son of prominent Hezbollah commander Emad, was scheduled to speak at the event, but reportedly did not make an appearance.
Advertisement poster for the event, and on top says "subjects are to praise the martyrs of the Fatemiyoun Division, liberation of Jerusalem as the final goal of the Fatemiyoun, and America's exit from the region." The conference coincides with Resistance Day in Iran, which is further meant to tie the Fatemiyoun with the IRGC "resistance" project in the region. Displayed speakers are Bahraini cleric Sheikh Isa Qasim and Harakat al-Nujaba official Nisr al Shimri. Poster also advertises two religious singers, known as maddah, who play important roles in retelling the stories of Shiite saints and fallen fighters. Hassan Mughniyeh, son of prominent Hezbollah commander Emad, is "the special guest" of the event, though he did not make an appearance, according to the Fatemiyoun. Featured speakers also include Hezbollah officials, Palestinian "movements" officials, and Fatemiyoun commanders. The event also unveils a book about the Fatemiyoun.
A flag that says "Shrine defender Fatemiyoun Warriors Committee," which functions as a veterans association group.
A recorded video message by Bahraini Islamic Movement leader Sheikh Isa Qasim.
Example of an infographic produced by the Fatemiyoun Media Center. This one highlights portions of Grand Ayatollah Nasser Makarem-Shirazi's video message and his praise of the Fatemiyoun.
Iraqi Harakat al-Nujaba spokesman Nisr al Shimri, in a video message, says that Nujaba and Fatemiyoun would fight alongside each other until establishment of the Mahdi government, destruction of Israel, and expulsion of US forces from the region. pic.twitter.com/CrCCNnpQ4S
— Amir Toumaj (@AmirToumaj) August 15, 2020
Amir Toumaj is a independent analyst and contributor to FDD's Long War Journal.
Tags: Harakat al Nujaba, hezbollah, IRGC, IRGC-QF


Art 7 Gallery in Fort Worth, Texas is currently exhibiting its annual Small Works Show from March 3rd - April 3rd. 2018. The curator this year is art and design professional, as well as Art 7 Gallery manager, Karen Fulton. For more information on Art 7 Gallery: Small Works Show, please visit this website.
Coulee, 2018, acrylic on canvas, 12 x 12 inches.
Aftermath, 2012, acrylic on wood panel, 12 x 12 inches.


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Father Leaps Over Partition After Hearing What His Daughter's Rapist, Killer Said (Photos)
The father of a 12-year-old girl who was brutally raped and murdered in 1999 reportedly attacked his daughter's convicted killer during his recent competency hearing when the criminal made a remark at the grieving dad.
Back in 1999, Karl Roberts was convicted of raping and killing 12-year-old Andi Brewer. Reports say that Brewer was raped and strangled in the woods near Mena, Arkansas. Roberts was apparently the girls' uncle through marriage.
In 2000, Roberts was sentenced to death for the horrific rape and murder, making him one of 35 people in the state of Arkansas currently on death row.
(Greg Brewer / Karl Roberts)
During a recent competency hearing to determine whether or not Roberts could waive his post-conviction rights, Greg Brewer, Andi's father, allegedly flipped Roberts off in the courtroom. Sarcastically, Roberts turned around to the still-grieving father and allegedly said, "Greg, it's all going to be O.K."
This comment was the straw that broke the camel's back, and in a moment of complete rage, Brewer reportedly leaped over the partition in the courtroom in an attempt to attack the man who raped and murdered his 12-year-old daughter. Before he could lay a hand on the convict, however, Brewer was tackled to the ground.
Following the attempted attack, Brewer was immediately arrested and taken to Polk County Jail.
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"I think he had just kind of had it," a family member said, according to KFSM News. "We're just overwhelmed right now."
Charges against Brewer for his violent outburst are reportedly pending. Roberts was reportedly in court on the day of the attempted attack because he wanted to waive his rights and move forward with the death penalty, leading his lawyers to call a hearing to determine whether or not he was competent to make that kind of decision.
Sources:The Blaze, KFSM News / Photo Sources: The Blaze, KFSM News
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Chicken is not a game that should be played with healthcare for Georgia's children. Yet, this is exactly what the Georgia GOP did- they opted to play a game of chicken with the federal government to see who would come up with the funds to fill the gap for PeachCare.
Today, they finally did what Rep. Jim Marshall and Rep. Nikki Randall proposed long ago- they borrowed the money to fill the gap from the Medicaid program. I guess when a Democrat proposes something, partisan politics trumps child welfare and the idea is dismissed by the Republican leadership. It is too bad that this crisis was allowed to bloom, and too bad that families were stressed not knowing whether or not they would be able to continue coverage.
The Republican spin on this issue has been that Congress left them holding the bag and that Congress must act to 'fix' PeachCare. The truth is that Congress did precisely what they had promised, but Georgia's high enrollment (a good thing) exceeded projections. Congress, due to reauthorize spending for the S-CHIP program this year, will ultimately reimburse the state for the money that is now being used to bridge the gap. The 'fix' that was needed, and proposed early on by Randall, was that Georgia law did not provide for the state to step in a provide funding for the program in a crisis like the one that exists now-even if those funds would later be reimbursed. And, remember, due the the surplus Sonny talked about during the campaign, we had PLENTY of money to get this done. It was never a question of 'could' we do it- it was a question of priorities and 'would' we do it.
Now, the Republican leadership, who refused to even give her bill a hearing, have essentially adopted the language of that legislation and made it their own. Fine. At least our children are finally protected, but never forget that this is not the solution the GOP leadership wanted in Georgia. They wanted to shave children from the PeachCare rolls. That was their solution. I suspect that they polled the issue and discovered that most Georgians disagreed with this ill-conceived plan. Whatever gets it done.
As a Democrat, a human being, and the grandmother of a disabled child, I cannot express my relief at this turn of events. And Jim has done something right! An embarrassment of riches, all in one day! Of course the Republicans are going to take credit if they can. No doubt you are right. They probably did some polling and discovered their constituents harbor "compassionate conservatives" who draw the line at denying health care to a child. I was amazed to hear this very issue addressed in the "prayers of the faithful" at my own church this past weekend.
The main thing is that the children will be provided for...right now. But when election time comes around again, we need to remind voters about this. A short memory could have us all repenting later on.
Would you send this to my local right wing rag, The Covington News?
Email to: bellis@covnews.com and include your name and a telephone number for confirmation.
I sent it along to the paper. Who knows what they will do with it!
We have to remain attentive to this issue. This 'fix' is a red herring. They hope we will all move on while they roll back elligibility.
I mean that THEY are screwing GA's children. Man, I gotta get more sleep!
I agree that we must remain attentive! They're good at bait and switches and this is exactly what this is. Bait them with a temporary fix and hope they won't notice that we're screwing GA's children.
Thanks for sending it in. I'm being published tomorrow in reponse to one of the most racist, anti-Muslim diatribes I've ever read in print. We're wondering if Oregon is far enough away to get away from these psycho idiots!


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    void f1(int) const override;	// OK. f1 matches f1 in the base
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I am always looking for ways to make life a little easier, manage my time a little better, and a way to sneak in those few extra minutes of sleep each-and-every-morning. While coffee & I have a healthy & growing relationship, breakfast & I share a love/hate relationship. Finding a way to give me a little extra sleep and enable to grab a quick breakfast — yes please!
plus, they're vegetarian friendly & soy free!
And look, they fit right in — visit your local 7-Eleven and grab your own!
Lessons from The Little Mermaid.
I love Quest! Will have to give these a try.
Nutritious and can be eaten on the go, umm yeah! I will look for these.
no weirdo aftertaste from the sweetener?
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would you recommend these before a run?
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On Friday, March 1, Safe Harbor will hold a public press conference at 9:30am at the Oconee County Sheriff's Office to announce the official kick-off of their Capital Campaign to raise funds for a 24/7 emergency shelter for victims of domestic violence and their children in Oconee County. Safe Harbor currently has a contract on a facility in Seneca that will become Safe Harbor's Oconee Shelter. Safe Harbor's fundraising goal is $990,000, which will cover the cost of the shelter facility, as well as three years of operations and program expenses, insuring long-term sustainability for this new shelter in the Oconee community. The shelter will be staffed with a full-time shelter manager, a full-time shelter counselor, a full-time family advocate and rotating relief staff persons who will work on evenings and weekends to assure that staff is available and on-site 24/7.
Safe Harbor hopes to meet their $990,000 fundraising goal as soon as possible in order to insure that the Oconee County shelter is opened by 2015. If the goal is met sooner, then Safe Harbor hopes to open the shelter prior to 2015.
State & local elected leaders will speak at the March 1 press conference to address the issue of domestic violence and the need for services for victims and their children. Members of Safe Harbor's staff and board of directors will also share details regarding plans for the Oconee Shelter Capital Campaign and will call the community to action in supporting this fundraising effort.
Safe Harbor is a non-profit organization providing safe shelter, counseling, advocacy, and support services for victims of domestic violence and their children, and domestic violence prevention and education for the entire Upstate community. Safe Harbor currently operates two emergency shelters for victims of domestic violence and their children in Greenville and Anderson Counties. For more information on available services or volunteer opportunities, visit Safe Harbor at www.safeharborsc.org.
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Legal Precedent Being Established
Posted by auroracitizen on October 24, 2011
Michael Geist is the Internet Law Columnist for the Toronto Star, and we have referred to his writings here before.
His qualifications to comment are impressive. He is a law professor at the University of Ottawa where he holds the Canada Research Chair of Internet and E-commerce Law. He has a Bachelor of Laws degree from Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto, Master of Laws degrees from Cambridge University in the UK and Columbia Law School in New York, and a Doctorate in Law from Columbia.
He recently commented on the Supreme Court decision around the case on internet linking http://www.thestar.com/business/article/1074612–supreme-court-stands-up-for-the-internet
The are many differences between the Alberta case that went to the Supreme Court and the recent lawsuit here in Aurora, but his final comment was very insightful
Given the connection between freedom of expression and the Internet, the Supreme Court has signaled that it will look with great skepticism at laws that could have a chilling effect on the ability for Canadians to fully participate online.
The decision on the Norwich motion — which by abandoning her appeal signals that Morris has accepted the wisdom of the courts — is equally important in defending Canadians' ability to participate fully online.
Going forward, when similar lawsuits come before the courts, Phyllis Morris will be referenced as the leading case in this area. She made legal history.
When posting online, a witch hunt is not allowed. As a first step, a real case of defamation must be established before the courts will even consider a request for names to be released. Where the online posts concern political commentary, the court will be even more diligent in ensuring that the plaintiff makes out a real case of defamation.
In the Aurora case, no proof of defamation was made out. It is not simply enough to allege defamation as Morris did — the words themselves must be clear, and capable of a defamatory meaning. The Court held that she never did this — and Ms. Morris has now accepted their ruling.
This lack of proof that there was ever something defamatory said about her, even under a generous reading, was the significant factor on her motion being dismissed.
In fact, even where Ms. Morris could have submitted an affidavit to further explain why she thought the statements she viewed as hurting her reputation were defamatory, she did not do so.
Furthermore, while at least three motions were before the court at various points in the lawsuit, at no time did Phyllis Morris herself actually place any evidence before the court. Not once.
By not submitting an affidavit herself, Mrs. Morris neatly avoided having to answer any questions herself.
Instead, she argued her case in the press, mentioning claims about physical threats.
When push came to shove, Ms. Morris preferred to try her case outside of the Courts.
Now, she has no case to be tried. None whatsoever.
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Just so said
So what's new about Morris?
She has always been all bluster and b-s.
Hasn't learned a thing.


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Celebrating Sacred Harp in Europe, September, 2012
Posted on March 14, 2013 by Fynn Titford-Mock
The Seventeenth Annual United Kingdom Sacred Harp Convention,
Four of us squeeze into a tiny car and set off from Norwich, cradling our precious food dishes in our laps. Stuck in traffic, the windows are wound down and we fill the September air with our croaky voices; no one in the queuing cars around us is left in any doubt that we're "Bound for Canaan."
So began more than a week of Sacred Harp singing in September.
We arrived at the hotel near the village of Winnersh, Berkshire on Friday afternoon, where over drinks and food we greeted old friends and visiting singers from overseas.
More than 140 singers registered for the 2012 UK Convention: a record turnout. Here Robert Wedgbury leads the class. Photograph by Ewan Paterson.
The next morning we made our various ways to the convention venue, Winnersh Community Centre Hall, a rather nondescript but large village hall, and one that suited its purpose. After teas, coffees, biscuits and plenty of hugs, it was high time we got down to some singing. And what singing! A record turnout for any UK Convention, with over 140 singers registered, including singers from the United States, Ireland, Poland, Germany, and the Netherlands.
Though the acoustics were nothing special, the number of singers and the quality of the singing more than made up for it, and few could deny that the sound was impressive. A special tradition of the UK Convention was its Celebrations Lesson. This counterpart the memorial lesson, held on Saturday, created a pleasant positive space to reflect on those things in life we should feel grateful for, and wish to congratulate one another on. At lunchtime we were well supplied (as always, perhaps too well supplied!) with a spread of delicious food, and the weather was fine enough to eat outside in the sunshine.
After the singing on Saturday, those of us who felt up for more stayed on to sing from alternative sources, using a booklet put together by Michael Walker. This booklet included several new compositions and a selection from the then forthcoming Shenandoah Harmony.
A number of singers stayed on after the Saturday session of the convention to sing from alternative sources. Sarah West leads a selection from a packet prepared for the session by Michael Walker. Photograph by Ewan Paterson.
In the evening, after supper, many of us returned to the Convention venue where we were treated to an informal recital by two fellow Sacred Harp singers. Áine Uí Cheallaigh sang haunting Irish ballads, interspersed with jaunty hornpipes, chorus songs and ditties from English folksinger and concertina player Dave Townsend (the line-up was to have included Cath and Phil Tyler, but sadly they could not make it due to ill health).
Singing continued late into the night, which may have contributed to Sunday's singing sounding a little subdued at first, but we soon warmed up to sound just as good as we had on Saturday.
Sunday's memorial lesson was one that will stick in my mind for some time. Mike Hinton read some beautiful and evocative lines written by his aunt, Sacred Harp composer Ruth Denson Edwards:
You know, when death comes to each old and well loved friend, we die a little too. Something goes out of us—something that's missing to the end of our lives. Somehow though the long days pass on into line—the Loom of Life goes on and on weaving a beautiful pattern even though one, two, or three lovely strands are gone.
Handwritten note by Ruth Denson Edwards found tucked into her bible, containing the text of a memorial lesson she gave. Image courtesy of Mike Hinton.
All in all, it was a fantastic weekend, and thanks are due to the organizers, Steve Fletcher, Michael Walker, Martin Williams, and John Baldini in the kitchen, aided by an army of volunteers.
We are already looking forward to the eighteenth UK Sacred Harp Convention, which will be held in Durham (the most northerly location yet), at Framwellgate School, September 14–15, 2013. If the recent increase in singings across the country is anything to go by, next year should be bigger and louder still!
Camp Fasola Europe, September 17–21
In the spring, when I first considered attending Europe's first ever Camp Fasola, it seemed like a distant fantasy, and I had dismissed it as being too expensive. But a large part of its success was due to a few very generous souls who donated funds, both by official and informal means, to enable many singers (including myself) to help cover the cost of attending. We are privileged to be a part of such a kind-hearted, generous community.
Sacred Harp singers board a bright pink Wizz Air plane. Photograph by Lauren Bock.
I did not know what to expect of Camp, but I was very excited by the prospect of spending several days singing and learning. Most of the Camp participants had attended the UK Convention, and traveled together to Poland. Arriving at the airport on Monday morning, we were greeted by a bright pink Wizz Air plane to Gdansk. Polish singer Kuba Choinski met us with a coach to take us to the Camp venue. The journey took us through the picturesque Kashubian hills, villages, forests, and lakes to the town of Chmielno. The venue, Wichrowe Wzgórze (translated as "Wuthering Heights"), was far beyond what we were expecting for accommodation—it felt almost like a luxury hotel, with its idyllic location overlooking Lake Kłodno. There was time for a few of us to run down for a quick (and chilly) dip in the lake before Camp got underway.
Singers take a quick (and chilly) dip in the lake at Wichrowe Wzgórze before orientation. Photograph by Lauren Bock.
The food at Camp was very good, mainly consisting of traditional regional Polish dishes (though at first there were a few teething problems with the European comprehension of the term "vegetarian").
Lessons at Camp center on approaching singing from The Sacred Harp from the beginning—literally, "the Rudiments." With basic and advanced classes, we looked at the fundamentals of the music, through the departments of time, tune and accent—including how to beat time, hints and exercises for learning the shape-note syllables, choosing the right key for a song, how to convey your intentions when leading, and striving for a good emphatic driving accent—all demonstrated practically through singing.
It's difficult to highlight any specific favorite moments at Camp, as it was all excellent. One of the lessons I enjoyed a lot was "The Best of The Ungreatest Hits." We sang songs from the bottom 20—that is, the pieces that have been least used, according to the minutes; I have never heard "The Bride's Farewell" (p. 359) sounding so good! A few of us got together for a "Team Tunesmith" exercise: after choosing a text to set, each participant wrote a tenor part, then passed it on to the next person, who wrote the bass, and so on again to the treble and alto parts, so that in the end we had four communally-composed songs. The "Keying Music" lesson was also very interesting, as it is something I am working on at the moment in the singings in Norwich. It was also great fun (though tiring!) to sing as many anthems and odes in one lesson as we could.
Camper and freelance journalist Kate Mossman records a song led by P. Dan Brittain at an evening singing for a short broadcast on the BBC World Service. Photograph by Ewan Paterson.
Some of our Thursday evening singing was recorded by Camp participant and freelance journalist Kate Mossman for a short broadcast on the BBC World Service. Kate also interviewed some of us for the program and published two articles about Sacred Harp featuring Camp Fasola Europe, one in The Times (subscription required) and another more recently in Songlines world music magazine.
For anyone who might think they couldn't possibly cope with a whole week of singing—well, there were plenty of things to do that didn't (necessarily) involve singing (having said that, I did almost lose my voice during the week). We could go boating and swimming in the lake, try our hand at making some traditional Kashubian pottery, ride in a haycart, and try Nordic walking or cycling. In addition, some of the electives were opportunities to rest tired voices, such as learning about arranging at a convention, or discussing how to prepare suitable food for a convention—we even made a dessert! We also had a chance to see some traditional Kashubian folk dancing and singing, and enjoyed an evening recital by Camp instructor Tim Eriksen.
Campers took a ride around Chmielno in a haycart and had the opportunity to try making traditional Kashubian pottery. Photographs by Ewan Paterson.
I think it is very important for anyone who loves and regularly sings the music of The Sacred Harp to experience Camp Fasola. This is the closest thing today to the singing schools which kept the Sacred Harp singing tradition alive during the nineteenth- and early twentieth-centuries. Not only will you learn an awful lot, but you will have a lot of fun doing so, and return home having made lots of new friends.
Camp is not intended just for new and young singers, and this was really evident in Poland. A few of us had been singing for a matter of weeks, others for twenty years; some for about three years, and others since childhood. Campers embraced the wide range of ages and backgrounds that are a key part of what defines the Sacred Harp community.
Campers embraced the wide range of ages and backgrounds that are a key part of what defines the Sacred Harp community. Photograph by Ewan Paterson.
Our thanks must go not only to the Polish Sacred Harp singers who helped organize Camp, but to all the teachers/leaders, who gave us the benefit of their wisdom, humor, and experience. And of course to all the participants—I am proud to call you my friends, and hope that we will sing again as soon as possible!
First Poland Sacred Harp Convention, September 22–23
On Friday, most of us set off by coach from Chmielno to Warsaw. The long journey soon turned into a traveling Sacred Harp convention (complete with officers and minutes), though there was rather less singing than stopping for lunch and catching up on sleep.
When we arrived, we were taken to our various hosts dotted around Warsaw. The next morning I was among the first to get to the venue, a hall in the Geography Department of Warsaw University, so amidst setting up I took the opportunity to write a welcome message on the blackboards. More hugs for visiting singers, and the singing got underway. The room was a good size with a wooden floor, though perhaps the high ceiling swallowed up some of the sound, making us work harder. And even though many of us were far from being in good voice after singing all week, I think it wouldn't be exaggerating to say atmosphere was electric. To have over 120 people—American, British, Irish, Polish and German—all singing together from The Sacred Harp is something that would have been unimaginable even five years ago.
The Poland Convention was held in a hall in the Geography department of Warsaw University. Photograph by Jesse P. Karlsberg.
The evening social events were also very special. We walked through Warsaw's romantic Old Town to a small community hall to hear a traditional Polish female singing group, and then across the city to the old Krasiński Library, a building deserted after the war, but which has now been taken over by artists and musicians who regularly hold concerts and events there. Some really excellent Polish folk musicians were playing, and we soon started dancing around in the candlelight. The mysterious, gloomy ambience and the cathedral-like acoustics meant that once the dancing was over we soon had our books out (despite the limited visibility) and were singing our hearts out.
UK singer Colin Higgins took some great videos of both the Poland and UK Conventions, which can be seen on Youtube. As the first ever Sacred Harp convention in mainland Europe, the Poland Convention was a resounding success. Thanks must go to the Poland Sacred Harp singers, Kuba Choinski, Justyna Orlikowska, Bogna Różyczka, Jacek Borkowicz, Gosia Perycz, and many more for organizing such a fantastic convention.
About Fynn Titford-Mock
Fynn Titford-Mock has sung from The Sacred Harp since 2006. He currently lives in Norwich, UK, and helps run a weekly singing there.
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3 Responses to Celebrating Sacred Harp in Europe, September, 2012
Colleen Jones says:
Great article, Fynn! It really was an amazing experience to be at camp and then at the Polish convention. I'm going to experience my first U.K. convention this fall!
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