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Your Monday Briefing: Russia Seizes Lysychansk
good morning. We cover Russia's victory in a major eastern city, the devastating heat wave in Japan, and the Pakistani debate over transgender rights.
Russia seizes Lysychansk
On Sunday, the Ukrainian army announced its withdrawal from the main eastern city of Lyschansk, the last city in Luhansk province still under Ukraine's control.
Moscow's victory means that Russian forces control large parts of Donbass, a coal-rich region that has become a focal point for Russia since its defeat around Kyiv in the spring. Residents said Ukrainian forces are now strengthening their defenses along the border line between Luhansk and neighboring Donetsk province.
Officials said that after Ukraine withdrew from Lyschansk, explosions hit the center of a Russian city just north of Ukraine, killing four. It is the deadliest incident affecting civilians in Russia since the beginning of the war. Moscow blamed Ukraine for the attack on Belgorod. There was no immediate comment from the Ukrainian military.
Here are live updates.
What's Next: Lysychansk offers Russia a base from which to launch attacks on cities in the southwest. Yesterday, the Ukrainian city of Slovensk was subjected to the heaviest bombardment. The mayor said at least six people were killed and more than a dozen wounded.
heat wave sweeping japan
Japan is experiencing one of the worst heat waves ever. Officials are urging people to keep their air conditioners running to avoid heat stroke, even though doing so could lead to a potential power shortage.
The elderly population in Japan is particularly vulnerable to heatstroke and exhaustion, and officials have attributed a number of deaths to rising temperatures.
The number of hospitalizations is also rising: Officials said more than 4,500 people showing symptoms of heatstroke and exhaustion were taken to hospitals in ambulances in recent days, more than four times the number from the same period a year ago. Most patients were 65 years of age or older.
A better understanding of the Russo-Ukrainian war
Data: In Tokyo, on Saturday, temperatures topped 95 degrees Fahrenheit – about 35 degrees Celsius – for the eighth day in a row. The capital has only seen such a line once before since 1875, when record keeping began.
context: Japan is vulnerable to blackouts during periods of high demand because it relies heavily on liquefied natural gas, which is difficult to store and which has become more expensive since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February.
The Pakistani debate on transgender rights
Four years ago, Pakistan became one of the few countries that protect the rights of transgender people in law. It enacted a law banning discrimination in schools, workplaces, and public places, and guaranteeing one's right to choose one's gender on official documents.
At first, some appeared from the shadows. But recently, violence has escalated. In a series of attacks in March, four transgender people were killed and others wounded in the northwest.
Law enforcement is also inconsistent. The legislation calls for the creation of protection centers, where trans people can access mental health services, legal services, and temporary housing. But only one has opened so far, in the capital, Islamabad.
July 3, 2022 at 12:38 PM ET
Discrimination is still common. Many people are living as they did before 2018, hiding their identities, avoiding their families, denied medical care and huddling together in group homes in search of safety.
Data: Transgender murders in Pakistan recently averaged about 10 per year, according to Monitoring transient homicides project. This is more than it was before the law was passed, and for the population, much more than its neighbours.
Climate of Asia Pacific
Kaleem Ullah Khan, the "mango man," has spent his life grafting 300 varieties of mango into a single mother tree. By doing so, the 82-year-old horticulturalist has inoculated his life story as well.
"Sometimes the tree asks me questions—and I sit and think about it," he said. "It leaves me worried—what do you want? I think about questions for hours."
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Find life there
This month, the James Webb Space Telescope will begin spying on planets orbiting other stars. Astronomers hope the powerful telescope will reveal whether some atmospheres harbor that might support life.
Determining the atmosphere in another solar system would be cool enough. But there is a chance – albeit small – that one of these atmospheres offers what is known as a biosignature: a reference to life itself.
Since 1995, scientists have found more than 5,000 exoplanets. Some are similar to Earth – about the same size, made of rock rather than gas and orbiting in the "Goldilocks Zone" around their star, not too close to cooking but not too far from freezing.
The relatively small size of these exoplanets has made them extremely difficult to study until now. The James Webb Space Telescope, which launched last Christmas, will change that, acting as a magnifying glass — collecting signals as faint as a few photons per second — to allow astronomers to look more closely at these worlds.
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The most recent issue of Kitchen & Bath Design News reports that homes - and bathrooms - may be getting smaller.
According to the National Association of Homebuilders, the average U.S. home was 2,500 square feet in 2007. In 2010, the average home shrunk to 2,380 square feet.
"Perhaps as a nod to current economics and environmental respect, there does seem to be a trend to remodel within the existing space, rather than adding space to create a master oasis," the publication's Mary Jo Peterson wrote.
Those embarking on a bathroom renovation in a smaller space can take the advice experts from NouveauBathrooms.com offer on making the most of the space available, however small it may be.
Installing a pedestal sink, rather than a larger bathroom vanity, is one strategy.
"By placing a pedestal sink in the small bathroom, you can open up the bathroom space by another 10 percent," the website suggests.
Other tips for making a smaller space appear larger include using soft color on the walls, choosing a light-colored floor, eliminating clutter and adding additional light fixtures to make the space appear brighter.


Strike Parramatta centre Will Hopoate believes his five-week layoff recovering from a shoulder injury has freshened him up for a big end to the season.
Hopoate hurt his shoulder in New South Wales' drought-breaking series win over Queensland in Game Two of this year's State of Origin campaign, forcing him to miss Parramatta's past five games.
But after coming through unscathed in the club's road victory on the Gold Coast last Saturday, Hopoate said the rest could be a blessing in disguise.
"Yeah [it is], a little bit. Obviously I would've loved to have played instead of being on the sidelines, but it's a part of the game unfortunately," he said on Wednesday.
Hopoate admitted his shoulder was yet to fully heal and that the club's medical staff was nursing him through each week, but it was no different to any other NRL player pushing through the pain barrier at this stage of the season.
"It felt pretty good [against the Titans]. I copped a few good knocks but it's good to go," he said.
"I'm still receiving treatment, [but] I think everyone in the NRL is dealing with little niggling [injuries] and so I'm just doing my bit to try and get it right.
"Obviously there's plenty of things I can still do improve, but [I'm] grateful to the coaches, they always give me goals and show me video on areas I can improve."
The 22-year-old also credited the club for helping him survive the physicality of a long NRL campaign in his first season back from a two-year absence on a Mormon mission.
"I mean, it's going good so far. I'm grateful to the physios for looking after me. They treat every niggle and injury I have, trying to get the body right," he said.
Ahead of Saturday afternoon's clash against Cronulla, the Eels are one of seven teams sitting in equal with the seventh-placed Cowboys, but languish in 12th spot on for-and-against.
But having returned from injury fresh off a victorious Origin campaign, Hopoate hoped to emulate his state success with his club alongside NSW and clubmate Jarryd Hayne.
"Everyone loves winning. Everyone wants success. So I think it's a drive that each player has. [It's] definitely something that I feel and hopefully we can bring that success here to the Parramatta club," he said.
"I think [the Origin win] has its positives. I mean, Jarryd's such a big member of this team and of the NSW team. To have him with us and with the success that he had – he played such a big role – it's definitely good for the club."


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There are key components to implementation that should be taken into account when planning. According to the Illinois Balanced and Restorative Justice project (IBARJ), these are the basic steps that must be taken to implement Restorative Practices with fidelity:
Basic Implementation model for schools
Introduce the restorative approach.
Develop and train leadership team
Train all staff in restorative practices.
Introduce restorative practices in all settings.
Develop a team trained in Circles, Peer Jury, and Conferencing to respond to serious incidents.
Develop school-wide policy and procedures.
Evaluate the initiative
Ongoing coaching and tweaking based on evaluation
Since RJ is a philosophy, and not a program, implementation looks different at different schools. At Oakland Unified School District, they have been implementing for many years and now they have Program managers and on site facilitators, so at the start of the school year, the RJ Facilitator creates a scope of work and a work plan with the RJ program manager and the principal of the school. This plan lists the priorities for RJ implementation and a timeline for accomplishing them. For example, a school might arrange for all staff to receive RJ training and regular continuing education, create an RJ site leadership team, and create an RJ discipline matrix with protocols for classroom managed versus office managed discipline. The RJ school facilitator's duties include assisting in data collection to help the school administration make informed discipline decisions, and assisting in crisis intervention to resolve critical incidents. Reference: http://www.fixschooldiscipline.org/educator-toolkit/
Others who are just getting started rely on an administrator or other district or building leaders to map out the plan for implementation. Learn more about implementation models, tools, practices and training resources here:
Repairing Our Schools through Restorative Justice
Teacher Jean Klasovsky shares the story of Farragut High School, a Chicago Public School in Little Village, which has become a model for how schools can improve climate and discipline by using restorative justice practices such as peace circles and peer juries.

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Premillennialism as a Serious 20th-Century Option For Thinking About the Direction of Human History
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Over at Syndicate, a theology website that has been churning out some very interesting commentary and conversation on new books, a symposium is underway exploring Matthew Sutton's American Apocalypse: A History of Modern Evangelicalism.
Daniel Steinmetz Jenkins, a doctoral student in intellectual history at Columbia University, edits the symposium that includes Fred Sanders, Janine Giordano Drake, Joel Carpenter, Rachel Schneider, and Joe Creech.
Here is a taste of Jenkins's introduction to the symposium:
For many outside observers, the political ideology of conservative American evangelicalism is shrouded in mystery. Evangelicals, it is argued, see little or no inconsistency in embracing the free market while also demanding the state to regulate the personal morality of its citizens. In turn, critics of evangelicalism maintain that the convergence of limited government with restrictive public morals leads many evangelicals to support paradoxical political views. Liberal progressives, for instance, find it hypocritical that evangelicals vote for candidates who defend embryonic life, but refuse to apply the same principle—the right to lifesaving medical treatment—to Obamacare. On the opposite side, Libertarians, who agree with evangelicals' defense of free market values, nevertheless deplore their intrusive moral agenda.
All signs indicate that conservative American evangelicals espouse a political outlook—a strange brew of liberal and illiberal principles—that is uniquely their own. But where did their particular blend of small government with traditional values come from, and what ideas and events inspired it? Matthew Avery Sutton's ambitious new book, American Apocalypse: A History of Modern Evangelicalism, offers a revealing answer to these questions: Evangelicals' call for moral reform and small government is a byproduct of their longstanding anxieties over the imminent coming of the anti-Christ.
Fred Sanders's opening review praises American Apocalypse, but he thinks that Sutton has missed an opportunity to explain "what is at stake for dispensationalists in their Bible interpretation." He adds, "we learn much about the end of the world but nearly nothing about the post-apocalyptic vision that would inspire characters to think this way." Sanders, I might add, teaches at Biola University, a school that has deep roots in the premillennialist tradition that provides the subject of Sutton's book.
Sanders chides Suttton for not taking seriously the various eschatological formulations that rivaled premillennialism in 20th century America. He asks Sutton why he did not situate the history of American premillennialism in the context of these competing views about the direction of human history. Sanders is not talking here about post-millennialism and amillennialism, the kind of stuff seminary students study in their eschatology courses. No, Sanders suggests that communism, environmentalism, patriotism, and progressivism all offer their own eschatological vision. Fundamentalist eschatology offered men and woman an alternative to these "isms." It is a fascinating critique.
Sutton seems to dismiss this argument without really addressing it. (He titled his response "Those Wacky Premillenialists." Since he identifies Biola as a premillennialist school, and Sanders teaches at Biola, it is hard not to read this as disparaging). He writes: "But mine is a not a book about competing eschatologies. It's a book focused on the overwhelmingly dominant fundamentalist eschatology." Fair enough. But Sanders seems to rightly suggest that premillennialism and fundamentalism did not exist in a vacuum. Those who upheld these views of the end of the world seemed to define their view of human history over and against other visions of human history. From a historical perspective, premillennialism was a serious option for thinking about these things–one of many options available to those in the West. Communism and Progressivism were just as "wacky" to fundamentalists and evangelicalism.
Great symposium. I look forward to reading the other responses.
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Gay Couples Win Vermont Case
By CBSNews.com staff CBSNews.com staff
December 20, 1999 / 11:36 AM / AP
Gay couples must be granted the same benefits and protections given married couples of the opposite sex, the Vermont Supreme Court ruled Monday.
The court said the Legislature will determine whether such benefits will come through formal marriage or a system of domestic partnerships.
"We hold that the state is constitutionally required to extend to same-sex couples the common benefits and protections that flow from marriage under Vermont law," the justices said.
"Whether this ultimately takes the form of inclusion within the marriage laws themselves or a parallel `domestic partnership' system or some equivalent statutory alternative, rests with the Legislature.
"Whatever system is chosen, however, must conform with the constitutional imperative to afford all Vermonters the common benefit, protection, and security of the law," the court said.
Advocates of same sex marriage had high hopes for the Vermont case because the state is considered a leader in laws protecting the rights of gays and lesbians. Vermont has passed laws prohibiting discrimination against gays and lesbians in employment, housing, and public accomodations and has enacted a law that punishes hate crimes against gays and lesbians.
Monday's ruling stems from a suit filed in July 1997 by three couples - two lesbian and one gay - after they were denied marriage licenses by their local town clerks. The clerks acted on the advice of the state attorney general, who relied on a 1975 opinion by a predecessor calling same sex marriages unconstitutional.
The three couples first filed suit in Chittenden County Superior Court but a judge rejected their claims. The couples then appealed to the Supreme Court, which heard arguments in the case 13 months ago.
The couples argued that their inability to get married denied them more than 300 benefits at the state level and more than 1,000 at the federal level. The Supreme Court acknowledged that, saying the benefits included "access to a spouse's medical, life, and disability insurance, hospital visitation and other medical decisionmaking privileges, spousal support, intestate succession, homestead protections, and many other statutory protections."
Monday's decision, written by Chief Justice Jeffrey Amestoy, acknowledges the controversy swirling around the issue of same-sex marriages. It is "a question that the court well knows arouses deeply felt religious, moral, and political beliefs," the justices said in their decision.
The issue divided the court. While all five justices agreed that gay and lesbian couples should receive the same benefits as granted couples of the opposite sex, three of the justices joined a concurring opinion written by Justice John Dooley that challenged the reasoning behind Amestoy's decision.
And Justice Denise Johnson wrote a separate opinion saying the court had not gone far enough. She said the court recognizes that gays and lesbians are entitled to cetain rights and "yet declines to give them any relief other than an exhortation to the Legislature to deal with the problem." Johnson said she would require town clerks to issue marriage licenses to same sex couples.
The Vermont ruling had been anxiously awaited by both sides in the highly charged debate over same sex marriages. It comes on the heels of a ruling earlier this month by the Hawaii Supreme Court upholding a 1998 amendment to the Hawaii Constitution outlawing same-sex marriages.
Monday's ruling cannot be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court since the Vermont court based its decision on the state Constitution. The Vermont Supreme Court is the state's only appeals court.
The decision places the issue before the Legislature, which will convene next month for its 2000 session.
Gov. Howard Dean has declined to state a position on same sex marriages, saying that he was awaiting the decision of the court. But the lieutenant governor, Douglas Racine, and the speaker of the Vermont House, Michael Obuchowski, have said they favor same sex marriages.
First published on December 20, 1999 / 11:36 AM


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Lakeview golf was tested by a challenging course at David City and things only became more difficult when the Vikings' No. 1 golfer Landon Bignell was forced to withdraw part way through the dual.
The Vikings were defeated by David City 183-215 on Monday.
"I think the narrowness of the fairways really messed with us a lot," said head coach Alex Heard after the meet. "We weren't accurate off the tee, and that lead to a lot of issues for us today and a lot of situations that we would rather not be in.
Heard said that he excited to see the competition within his team, as players are jockeying for higher spots in the lineup.
Despite being listed in the No. 5 spot, Jaden Johnson shot the low score of the day for the Vikings with a 49.
No. 2 Carsten Loseke shot a 51, No. 3 Logan Jaixen shot a 53 and No. 4 Mason Hinze shot a 62.
Heard felt the Vikings left a few shots out on the course but credited part of that due to the challenge of the layout.
The narrow fairways and hilly course set up difficult short-game situations for the Vikings, adding strokes to total scores.
The low score of the day came from David City's Will Danielson, who shot a 39.
Lakeview will have a few days off before the Boone Central/Newman Grove Invitational at 9 a.m. Saturday at the Albion Country Club.


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SHANGHAI – China stepped up efforts to curb a deadly bird flu outbreak centered on Shanghai Sunday, disinfecting schools and shutting down trade in birds as state media criticized "intense" farming for helping spread disease.
China has confirmed 18 cases of the H7N9 strain of avian influenza, so far confined to its developed east coast, since announcing a week ago that the virus had been found in humans for the first time. There have been six deaths.
Authorities in Shanghai called for "protecting the health and safety of students" and local television showed workers disinfecting classrooms in preparation for the return of pupils on Sunday after a holiday.
Shanghai — which reported two new cases on Saturday to bring the city's total to eight, with four deaths — has banned live poultry trading and shut markets in an effort to halt the spread of the disease.
The Shanghai government said in a statement on its website Sunday that it had grounded nearly two million carrier pigeons and banned all races. Raising pigeons and songbirds is a popular hobby in China.
The city has also banned the sale of wild birds as pets, blocked public access to bird exhibitions at the city zoo and captured pigeons at city parks, the Shanghai Daily newspaper reported Sunday.
The nearby city of Nanjing has closed markets selling live poultry to its more than eight million residents, while Hangzhou culled poultry after discovering infected quail.
In a strongly worded editorial on Sunday, the state-backed Global Times newspaper, known for its pro-China stance, said the country's "intense" farming methods heightened the risk of deadly diseases crossing from animals to humans.
"In China's southern and eastern coastal areas, agriculture, especially animal husbandry, has become more intense and populations more dense," said the English-language edition of the paper.
It called for higher standards in the agricultural industry and more balanced development, instead of a narrow focus on rapid economic growth.
Last month, more than 16,000 dead pigs were found floating in a Shanghai river, discarded by farmers upstream, casting a spotlight on China's poorly regulated agricultural industry.
Chinese authorities, who have confirmed H7N9 in poultry, repeated Saturday there is no evidence of human-to-human transmission of the virus, a conclusion previously echoed by the World Health Organization.
Experts have expressed concern about the wide geographical spread of human cases.
Sunday is officially a work day in China after the three-day Qingming Festival, when ancestors are mourned.


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Beilhique de Dilmaje ou Beilhique Dilmájida () foi um pequeno principado (beilhique) na Anatólia Oriental (parte da moderna Turquia) fundado no .

História
Após a Batalha de Manziquerta de 1071, as tribos turcomanas vitoriosas lideradas por guerreiros gazis começaram a se estabelecer na Anatólia. Um desses guerreiros foi . Depois do Império Seljúcida ter conquistado Bitlis, a cidade foi doada a Maomé como uma propriedade icta em 1085.

Depois de conquistar a vizinha Erzen, Maomé morreu em 1104. Durante o reinado de seu filho , o beilhique não mais era um vassalo do Império Seljúcida. Nos primeiros anos de seu reinado, aceitou a suserania dos  e junto deles participou de várias operações militares contra os Cruzados, sendo a mais importante a Batalha do Campo de Sangue em 28 de junho de 1119, onde o regente do Principado de Antioquia , Rogério de Salerno, perdeu a vida.

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Indian Women's Hockey Team in Olympic Semis For The First Time
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AFTER ace shuttler PV Sindhu bagged the bronze medal almost effortlessly and India's Men's Hockey team stormed into semifinal after about five decades, India women defeated Australia to be in the semi-final of hockey in the Tokyo Olympics. The Indian women's hockey team has indeed scripted history on Monday, July 2 beating their Australian counterpart ranked the world's number 2 in the quarterfinal match. The win marks the first time India has made it through to the semifinal, according to Firstpost Sports. India's Gurjit Kaur scored in the 22nd minute to eliminate Australia and the team will play Argentina on Wednesday. Dragflicker Gurjit Kaur, who scored the only goal of the match in the 22nd minute and after the historic win, told the Olympic channel that the win is a result of all the hard work and effort the players put in as a team in the national camps. "I am very happy. We have worked hard in the camps, today we got the result."The odds were totally against India as the mighty unbeaten opponent awaited them in the last eight rounds. ''But the Indians, determined to prove a point, produced a strong and brave performance to eke out the narrow win over the Hockeyroos.", says Firstpost Sports. As Gaurav Gogoi, MP, says words cannot describe the emotions that India is experiencing as her women's hockey team beat the world champions Australia through sheer ferocity and skill. Amazing performances by Savita and her team. Thank you to all the coaches and staff. India is behind her hockey teams''. Congratulating the Indian Women's Hockey Team on registering a thumping victory in the quarter-final against Australia Navin Patnaik, Odisha Chief Minister, who has sponsored the men's and women's hockey teams, says ''May the team continue its winning streak & bring glory to the country. Wish the team all the best.'' 'By creating necessary infrastructures at the village level, especially in remote tribal villages of Sundargarh, Patnaik has done a lot for the promotion of the long-neglected game. Edited by PKC.
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there that Mr Whitwell thought best not to have one in the afternoon.
Mr Swains brother went with them Capt Johnathan Pratts wife
was buried this afternoon Have written to Miss Foss and
partly written a letter to Lucy Norris
The "stormy day" kept most folks home from church; it had snowed overnight and the snow had turned to rain. According to the family's indefatigable weather man, Old Oliver, it "raind by spells all day but there was not more than ½ an inch fell."
It was dreadful weather for a burial, but the frozen ground and cold precipitation didn't prevent the funeral of Sophia Pratt, who had died the day before of consumption. Fifty-seven years old, she was the mother of four sons and the wife of Capt. Jonathan Pratt, a farmer and former member of the local militia. The Pratt family had been settled in Easton for several generations; their farm was not very far from the Gilmore spread in the southeastern section of town.
In common with any human community, the people of Easton had ceremonies for dealing with death. Protestant or Catholic, a dead person's body was placed in a coffin and buried as soon as practicable, for reasons of hygiene, convenience and respect. As historian Drew Gilpin Faust explains: "Redemption and resurrection of the body were understood as physical, not just metaphysical realities, and therefore the body, even in death and dissolution, preserved 'a surviving identity.' […][T]he body and its place in the universe mandated attention even when life had fled; it required what always seemed to be called 'decent' burial, as well as rituals fitting for the dead."*
As her coffin was lowered into a plot in Pine Grove Cemetery, Sophia Pratt would have received a fitting funeral.
*Drew Gilpin Faust, This Republic of Suffering, New York, 2008, p. 62
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Take-away owners tackle robber
Published: 7:06 AM September 8, 2007
A FAMILY sick of being targeted by thieves today told how they captured a drug-addict burglar in their restaurant and clung to him as he tried to flee out of a window.
Hapless thief Noel Clarke looked "petrified" according to police when they arrived and found him hanging half way out of the window following his unsuccessful escape bid.
Rong Chun Zhang and her husband Ke Jia Zhao, owners of The Fortune Inn Chinese takeaway in Woodbridge Road, Ipswich, today said they felt enough was enough when they discovered Clarke raiding their till so they took matters into their own hands.
When police arrived on the scene in April, they found Clarke hanging out the window with three people holding on to his legs.
Clarke, 37, pleaded guilty to burglary at Ipswich Crown Court and was given a 12-month prison sentence, suspended for two years.
Mrs Zhang, a mother of two, was one of the three holding on to his legs, along with Mr Zhao and a family friend.
She said they had been angered after "experiencing nothing but trouble" since they opened three years ago.
"We did not want to let him go. We have lost too much money in the past and we did not want him to get away," she said.
"You don't think about things like getting hurt in that moment - it was just instinct.
"We are very scared that more people will try to break into our restaurant."
The family was alerted to the break-in by their 14-year-old daughter Wen Yan Zhao who got up at about midnight to get a glass of water.
She heard noises downstairs in the restaurant and called her father, who discovered Clarke taking cash out of the till.
A struggle ensued and as Clarke tried to escape through the back window, Mr Zhao, his wife and a friend grabbed his legs to pull him back into the restaurant.
Wen Yan said: "I could not believe there was a thief in my house. He tried to get through the window and was very strong so my mum, dad and a friend tried to pull him back. My dad told me to call the police.
"My mum's hands were all purple afterwards because she had been holding on so tight to stop him getting away."
Since the family moved from China three years ago and set up their restaurant in Ipswich, they have had to deal with a number of incidents, from receiving prank calls to having bikes taken from outside the restaurant.
They have also had £500 stolen from the till.
Today Mrs Zhang welcomed Clarke's sentence.
She said: "I think it is enough."
NOEL Clarke, who has a long record for dishonesty and violence, pleaded guilty to the burglary at the Fortune Inn, which he carried out in April.
Christopher Morgan, prosecuting at Ipswich Crown Court, said Clarke, 37, had been looking for the cash till when he disturbed the restaurant owners.
Mr Morgan said: "A police officer described the defendant as looking quite petrified". He added that Clarke had been injured and "thought he had been stabbed by a sharp object".
Clarke, of Curlew Road, Ipswich, also admitted shoplifting goods worth £155 from Gap, Superdrug and Marks & Spencer.
He also breached his bail conditions by failing to abide by a curfew.
When he appeared before Ipswich Crown Court for sentencing, Charles Riddleston, mitigating, said Clarke had spent some long spells in prison during the last ten years but was now at a point where he could be helped to become drug free.
He said a drug treatment and testing order report written about Clarke had showed positive indications that he could overcome his drug problem.
Judge David Goodin said: "I have been persuaded by Mr Riddleston to give you a chance because of your attitude to what your life has become."
He sentenced Clarke to 12 months in prison but suspended the term for two years.
Clarke was placed on a 12-month drug rehabilitation order with regular drug testing requirements. Clarke was warned if he breached the order in any way he would be jailed.


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Birmingham is the second largest city in the uk and it is a really modern location with lively nightlife and some wonderful shops. Birmingham is located in the west midlands county of england and, according to a 2006 estimate, it has a population of 1,006,500.
People from birmingham are often called 'Brummies', due to the city's nickname of Brum. this name comes from the city's dialect name, Brummagem, which is originated from one of the city's earlier names, 'Bromwicham'. there is a distinctive Brummie accent, which is characteristic of people from this city.
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Elvis Presley Challenge No. 34 – Polly Toynbee
If her Guardian column on Monday 14th May is an indication, Polly Toynbee is becoming the Joe Louis of the left. There is something inspiring about a tough two fisted heroine. And since the Coalition Government, Polly Toynbee has been slinging punches faster than we thought possible. Meanwhile, Ed Milliband is a different kind of fighter, the kind who prefers the monotonous jab. We have to be hesitant about being convinced by Milliband but if he does eventually triumph and claim a place in history he will not be the first defensive jabber to be underestimated. The rest of us scream from the other side of the ropes and demand a punch that will knockout Cameron. But we are impatient spectators. The trainers at the side of the ring understand the rigours of a championship fight. Jab and keep your guard high and do not let the opponent get close.
'What about hitting him with some policies, coach, you know, show him we have ideas?'
'Just keep jabbing, son. You'll be all right. His nose is bleeding and his eye is opening.'
There was a time when Polly was a jabber. She always had compassion which she proved by taking routine and unpleasant jobs but she believed pragmatism rather than idealism had to prevail. Thatcher had that effect on many of us. When a leader preaches hatred and contempt for half the population and the other half respond by cheering then your ideals suffer. In an odd way, Thatcher did shift the political opinions of almost everyone to the right. Much has been made of the massive majority Labour had in 1997 but many people voted Labour back then without any real expectation of reform. There is an irony. Blair and New Labour deserve all the condemnation that they have received because they continued with Thatcherism. But if their initiatives did nothing about the gap between rich and poor, the progress made in the NHS and the impact of tax credits was more significant than most thought possible in 1997. The problem for New Labour was that Thatcherism did not work. Industries vanished and Brown felt that he had no choice but to support an economic system based on finance and debt. He was clever enough to know it was flimsy but lacked the one virtue he admired, courage. His remark about abolishing boom and bust was misunderstood. He had abolished it, his policies were designed to maintain spending and growth at a steady rate and they were feasible providing that there was no wholesale financial collapse. Unfortunately, greed was not quite as good or as beneficial as some had promised.
The plates stopped spinning but long before the crash Toynbee had re-invented herself as a malcontent. She wanted to do more than jab. Note that the word radical has been avoided. Her social democracy values demanded efficient management from left wing governments and when Labour returns to power she will no doubt repeat her pleas for responsibility and efficiency. Somewhere and at some point, though, Toynbee became disgusted by what she saw in the elite of Britain. She acquired a quality that is hard to resist when it spills out on to the keyboard. Toynbee discovered the joy of loathing. This has been missed by her left wing critics. The lady who back in the eighties deserted Labour for the SDP has never been forgiven. Yet the world and people change. Toynbee who campaigns in The Guardian today on behalf of the poor and who exposes the callous greed of the rich is unrecognisable when compared to her predecessor, except the previous incarnation was also a battler.
She must be doing something well because the right wing hates her so much. This is how motor mouth Boris Johnson describes her; she "incarnates all the nannying, high-taxing, high-spending schoolmarminess of Blair's Britain. Polly is the high priestess of our paranoid, mollycoddled, risk-averse, airbagged, booster-seated culture of political correctness and 'elf 'n' safety fascism.' In other words, she is concerned about social justice. Boris who managed to be re-elected as Mayor of London without promising any reforms that might improve the lives of ordinary Londoners presumably thought that thinking about the human hardships within his city constituted 'elf 'n safety fascism'.
Polly Toynbee angers the rich and powerful because her background means that she knows and understands them. In the British class system that pretends to be a society the word background is sometimes changed for pedigree. Because she knows them she can spot stupidity with the precise eye of an expert rifleman. And on Tuesday in The Guardian the repeater rifle was loaded and she took aim. I know she will not be flattered by the comparison but it reminded me of Elvis in Vegas when he used to do impressions of his rivals and then sing the song in his own voice. 'And this is the real thing,' he would say. He was right if arrogant. Like Elvis, Toynbee understands that the grinning upstarts who think they can brush aside others and avoid scrutiny and accountability will always justify contempt.
This Tuesday, she described the Government as 'unwise' which she soon demonstrated was sarcastic understatement. If that sounds oxymoronic read the article. Admittedly it has been a week when her opponents have stood like imbeciles next to the shooting targets but nothing defines present day economic absurdity better than her sentence, 'iron laws set by bankers whose grotesque pay flows from bailouts by states they impoverished'. While the rest of us were still gobsmacked by cabinet ministers, William Hague, Phillip Hammond and Eric Pickles, arguing that economic growth would only be achieved if everybody worked harder she quickly held them all to account. She soon found opinion within the Chambers of Commerce and the CBI to remind the three not so wise men that economic growth requires a strategy from government. Swatting three ministers would be enough for anyone and any article, but Toynbee also battered Cameron, Osborne, Clegg, Gove and Duncan Smith. This is impressive even though she is correct, 'the bungling and dogmatism are unrivalled in post war Britain.' 1500 words and seven victims later she sneers at the end of the column. 'You Gov yesterday reported Ed Milliband polling higher than David Cameron who with every passing day looks increasingly like the prime minister of a one term government.' The reader can almost hear Cameron splutter his breakfast over the kitchen table. We cheer, hope and wait. Loathing and contempt have to be managed but when Duncan Smith talks about disabled people 'festering' he actually means eating and surviving. He deserves every blow that two fisted Polly lands. So does Michael Gove whose empty head supposedly yearns for a working class for whom 'deprivation need not be destiny.' Presumably the deprivation is fine; it is just the destiny that is embarrassing. Gove does not last long and is soon felled by blows from Toynbee to the head and the body. Clegg is the easiest target; he is knocked out with a direct upper cut.
Not everybody approves of the detours that this blog takes into politics. But rock and roll and Elvis grabbed me at an early age and insisted that I was entitled to heroes and fighters, especially those like Elvis who know a life that values consistency over growth is mistaken. The two fists make a difference.
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An excellent summary of the range of key issues which hopefully will bring this group of arrogant elites to a shadow role before too long.
Howard has an enviable talent for developing themes which may appear singular, into a cohesive and informative piece and like Polly T hits bang on target.
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Welcome to the FSU's weekly newsletter, our round-up of the free speech news of the week.
Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill dealt severe blow in House of Lords vote
Peers voted on Wednesday night to scrap Clause 4 of the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill, which would have created a statutory tort to enable academics and students to sue universities and students' unions for compensation if they'd breached their new duties to protect free speech on campus, as set out in the Bill (Telegraph, Times Higher).
Two weeks ago, in a letter coordinated by the FSU and sent to the Education Secretary Gillian Keegan, more than 50 academics urged the Government not to get rid of the tort in response to intense lobbying from the higher education sector (Telegraph). We think our letter helped to dissuade the Government from scrapping the tort altogether, although its subsequent defence of its own provision could hardly be described as Churchillian. In an attempt to strike a compromise with the Bill's critics, the government tabled an amendment in the Lords that would require academics and students to only seek compensation in the courts as a last resort, after first pursuing complaints through the procedures of the relevant university and the higher education regulator (the amendment can be found here, close to the top of page 3). We were unhappy about that. Our position is that the new statutory tort is what gives the legislation's new free speech duties teeth, and if that's reduced to a weapon of last resort, the Bill is essentially a dead letter.
However, the Government's compromise was rejected by the Lords, which voted on Wednesday night to get rid of the tort by a margin of 213 votes to 172. According to the Telegraph, Lord Willetts, a former Conservative universities minister – and now Chancellor of the University of Leicester – argued that new powers to enable academics and students to sue for breaching their freedom of speech rights "would be overly burdensome for universities and were unnecessary for protecting free speech".
On the question of whether Clause 4 is necessary, Lord Moore had this to say during the Lords debate: "There are a great many people here who are very close to the top of universities. It is not very surprising that they all tend to think that universities are running themselves quite well and that it is all basically all right." His point was that "there needs to be a little more power for the voice of the ordinary student and the ordinary, not-very-important academic who is having a rough time". Baroness Fox felt much the same way. "Look at the Free Speech Union's case files," she said: "There are hundreds of examples of students and academics who've been suspended and gone through disciplinary procedures by university authorities for misspeaking, or saying the wrong thing." Had these people been able to sue universities for breaching their right to free speech, she argued, they probably would have been treated a lot better.
As to Lord Willett's claim that Clause 4 is overly burdensome, it sounds no more impressive now than it did when the higher education lobby first came up with it. Writing in The Times three weeks ago, for instance, Dr Tim Bradshaw, head of the Russell Group of Universities, bemoaned the fact that "the bill will… create a new right to pursue civil legal claims without adding basic protections to reduce the likelihood of frivolous actions".
Criticisms of this kind seem oblivious to both the legal architecture proposed by the draft legislation, and, in addition, the considerable power courts have to manage cases and prevent vexatious or misconceived claims from proceeding.
The first port of call under the Bill for anyone who believes their right to free speech has been infringed will be a specialist adjudicator (the new free speech champion at the Office for Students) who will deal solely with university free speech cases. This is intended as an informal, inexpensive, and less risky alternative to the court route, similar in many ways to the Office of the Independent Adjudicator, which deals with students' complaints.
It's true that the Bill – as written – would also have provided an alternative remedy in the County Court, but because the Bill will forbid a complainant from running the same case simultaneously through the courts and the OfS it is likely that a judge would pressure any claimant to exhaust the OfS route before proceeding with a claim – and the claimant would risk significant adverse costs if he or she then proceeded with the case.
What critics like Lord Willetts also seem not to understand is that the courts assign cases to various 'tracks' depending on the value of the claim. This aims to ensure the burden of litigation is proportionate to the interests at stake. A student who has missed a term of teaching due to an unlawful attempt to discipline him might be put on the County Court small-claims track. An academic dismissed from her well-paid professorship might well be assigned to the High Court.
These really aren't difficult points to grasp, even for those of us limping through life with only one brain at our disposal. (Lord Willetts's nickname when a Tory minister was "Two brains".) Yet they never seem to gain much traction. It's almost as if universities don't want students and academics to be able to sue universities if their speech rights are violated, because then they might have to put their house in order and start pushing back a little more effectively against the worst excesses of campus cancel culture.
According to the Telegraph, Clause 4 is now "under threat", although FSU General Secretary Toby Young says the situation represents a lobbying opportunity for those of us who want to restore the tort to its original form. Speaking to the paper, he said: "The Government amended the Bill to defang the statutory tort in the hope of winning round its critics in the Lords. Plainly, that hasn't worked, so I very much hope the Government will restore the statutory tort in its original form when the Bill returns to the Commons."
MPs will consider the Lords' amendments when the bill returns to the House of Commons next year.
The FSU Christmas Special – a festive comedy extravaganza!
There are still a few tickets left for our live Christmas Comedy Special on Monday 12th December at the Backyard Comedy Club in London's Bethnal Green. This is going to be a great night of comedy, so if you haven't already done so, please round up your friends and family and book your tickets today – the link is here. Comedy legend Bobby Davro will be our Master of Ceremonies, and he'll be joined on stage by stand-up comedian and GB News presenter Leo Kearse, Comedy Unleashed favourite Mary Bourke, and comedian and Radio 4 'personality' Simon Evans. We'll also be selling our Bob Moran 'Orwell surprised' t-shirts on the night, and this really will be your last chance to snaffle one before stocks run out. Details of our other forthcoming events, including the Regional Speakeasies taking place in early 2023, can be found on our events page, which you see here.
The FSU's Christmas Review – register for the event here!
If you can't make it to London for the Comedy Special, not to worry – you can join us online on Tuesday 13th December for our annual Christmas Review. The Review is a great opportunity for FSU staff and members to vote for 2022's free speech heroes and villains and to discuss the year's free speech highs and lows. Please note that this event starts slightly earlier than usual, at 6pm, so as not to clash with the World Cup semi-final at 7pm which – you never know – England might be in. You can register for the event by clicking here.
FSU Advisory Council member Professor Arif Ahmed appointed to the EHRC
Women and Equalities Minister Kemi Badenoch has announced the appointment of FSU Advisory Council member and Cambridge University Professor Arif Ahmed to the board of the Government's Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) (Times). According to one Government source, Professor Ahmed, a philosophy lecturer at Gonville and Caius College, was "exactly what the EHRC needs to defend free speech against those who seek to curb it" because he had "taken on vested interests and risked his career to champion free speech" (Telegraph).
Absolutely right. Back in October, Arif faced a backlash not just from students, but also his own colleagues after inviting Dr Helen Joyce, the former Britain editor at the Economist, bestselling author, and gender-critical feminist, to speak at Gonville and Caius College (Mail, Telegraph). Prior to the event, Professor Pippa Rogerson, the College's Master, wrote to students to denounce Dr Joyce's views as "offensive, insulting and hateful", dismiss her written work as "polemics" and declare that she herself would be boycotting the talk (Spectator). It was an extraordinary intervention, and one that, as we pointed out in our letter of complaint to Dr Anthony Freeling, Cambridge's Acting Vice-Chancellor, may well have breached the Master's duty under s.43 of the Education Act 1986 to uphold free speech on campus. The University's head of sociology, Professor Manali Desai, then decided to fire off her own communiqué to students: "We are sorry for the distress caused to you by the circulation of an email promoting the Helen Joyce event," the voice of the Party blared over the telescreen. "We have looked at our processes and realised we need an authorisation route for circulation of events to ensure that administrative staff do not inadvertently promote potentially harmful material, as happened in this case." (Telegraph).
The fact that Professor Ahmed is now joining the EHRC's board, and will be among the experts charged with promoting and enforcing equalities legislation in the UK, is terrific news. In many ways, equalities legislation is the frontline in the ongoing battle to defend free speech in the workplace and the public sphere.
That is why it was so significant earlier this year that Kemi Badenoch, in her first appearance at the despatch box as Rishi Sunak's Equalities Minister, made clear that the Equality Act 2010 was a shield and not, as many on the woke left seem to believe, a sword.
Perhaps the most rapier-like aspect to the legislation in recent years has been the 'public sector equality duty'. As Toby Young points out, something that's not widely known about the legal duty it imposes on public authorities to promote equality – between different groups in possession of protected characteristics, not social classes – is that it "isn't particularly onerous" (Spectator). It has often been made to seem so, however, thanks to "the bureaucratic machinations of woke activists", many of whom have a vested interest in exaggerating the compliance obligations, "either because they're employed as equity, diversity and inclusion officers in the public sector or because they're paid to deliver unconscious bias training to public-sector employees".
In the FSU's experience, it's this over-interpretation of the equality duty that so often contributes to the infringement of peoples' lawful right to free speech. Nowhere is that more so than in the higher education sector, where, as Sir John Hayes put it in the House of Commons earlier this year, "universities continue to use the Equality Act 2010 to elevate disturbance or distress above free speech's ability to inspire, enthral and to move the academic agenda forward".
Three years ago, for instance, Professor Jo Phoenix and Professor Rosa Freedman, both gender critical feminists – and both of whom the FSU stepped in at the time to defend (Telegraph) – were disinvited from two separate events at Essex University following protests from LGBTQ+ activists who claimed that allowing them to speak would be a breach of the University's legal duty to protect minority students from being harassed or discriminated against under the Equality Act 2010.
This double no-platforming provoked such widespread condemnation that the University – which, needless to say, is a member of Stonewall's Diversity Champions programme – eventually commissioned the equalities barrister Akua Reindorf to review its policies. She concluded that the University was in breach of its statutory duty to ensure freedom of speech for visiting speakers. Reindorf pointedly said that the University's policies that had been invoked to no-platform Professors Phoenix and Freedman interpreted the law "as Stonewall would prefer it to be, rather than the law as it is" (Spectator, Critic).
Speaking earlier this year at an event hosted by the thinktank Politeia, FSU Chairman Professor Nigel Biggar decried the "rising tendency in universities not to argue with positions but to attack the persons who hold them, smearing them as racist or white supremacist, or transphobic, and clamouring that their research be shut down, and that they be disciplined or even dismissed" (Times Higher). What would help dampen this tendency, Professor Bigger argued, was "a revision of the Equality Act 2010, so that it cannot be argued, normally, that people holding a point of view you disagree with constitutes a form of harassment".
In July, Rishi Sunak told a group of Conservative party members at a leadership hustings in West Sussex that he would 'review' the Equality Act if he became Prime Minister (Telegraph). Until that review takes place, the next best thing is having free speech campaigners of Professor Ahmed's calibre on the board of the statutory body tasked with influencing public policy, informing debates, and monitoring the effectiveness of equality legislation in this country.
The 'PayPal' amendment to the Financial Services and Markets Bill – a turning point in the culture wars?
If there was any good to come out of PayPal's attempted demonetisation of the FSU (and other organisations like the Daily Sceptic, the UK Medical Freedom Alliance and UsforThem) this summer, it was that it exposed a gap in the UK's free speech protection – a gap that can, and surely must now be closed by the Government.
The recent digitalisation of financial transactions has placed a vast amount of power in the hands of financial services companies like payment processors, banks, online platforms and credit companies like Visa and Mastercard (Critic, Telegraph). Yet UK legislation has failed to keep pace with these rapid technological changes, leaving British citizens exposed to the risk of being punished by California-based Big Tech corporations simply for expressing legal, but dissenting, contrarian or sceptical views.
Yesterday, however, the Financial Services and Markets Bill returned to the House of Commons, and, as Guido points out, the latest version of the draft legislation will surely "encourage those who value free and easy debate on controversial issues".
Specifically, New Clause 27, tabled by Sally-Ann Hart and Andrew Lewer, addressed "refusal to provide services for reasons connected with freedom of expression", and stated that: "No payment service provider providing a relevant service may refuse to supply that service to any other person in the United Kingdom if the reason for the refusal is significantly related to the customer exercising his or her right to freedom of expression."
There were some strong contributions in support of this amendment in the Commons on Wednesday. "Britain has led the world for centuries on democracy and freedom of speech," said Sally-Ann Hart (Con, Hastings and Rye), and "it must now do so again against the global tech companies that want to… stifle free speech". Miriam Cates (Con, Penistone and Stocksbridge) made the point that PayPal's attempted demonetisation of the FSU was "not a one-off", and that it was "therefore hard to avoid interpreting PayPal's actions as an orchestrated, politically motivated move to restrict certain views in the UK". She added: "We must act to legally prevent payment providers from closing accounts on the basis of political beliefs, because if we don't global firms will put their own interests – financial, reputational, political – before any moral duty to act fairly." Danny Kruger (Con, Devizes) also rose in support of New Clause 27, namechecking the FSU and arguing that "it is vital we send the strongest regulatory, but also cultural and political signal to private payment platforms, that the opinions of their customers are none of their business".
We'd like to take this opportunity to thank all our members who used our campaigning tool to email their MPs urging them to support the amendment because, thanks to your efforts, there was a good outcome. Andrew Griffith, the Financial Secretary of the Treasury and the Minister responsible for this Bill, said he "empathise[d] strongly with colleagues' concerns on the principled issue and potential risks – of protecting customers' freedom of expression – and whether or not it is possible for service providers with significant market positions to terminate customer relationships at will and at speed". He also said he planned "to take evidence on this in the forthcoming statutory review of the Payment Services Regulations, due in January 2023, which will be a public consultation". On the understanding that the Minister will include this issue in the terms of the reference in this forthcoming consultation, the amendment was withdrawn – but the battle is far from over. Next month, we will publish details of how our members can most appropriately engage with the consultation and make it clear to the Government that we want to see this creeping trend towards Big Tech platforms financially censoring customers who express dissenting views checked before it becomes institutionally normalised. We need to stop the emergence of a Chinese-style social credit system dead in its tracks.
Mr Griffith's remarks had an encouraging pay-off too: "Should the evidence [i.e., from the public consultation] point to the need for legislative change, I can confirm to Parliament that this could be delivered quickly via the powers being taken in the Bill in relation to modifying EU law (in this case, payment services law). Colleagues can be assured, therefore, that if legislative change is required, it could be brought about swiftly, without future primary legislative change."
Improving free speech protections in the arts
The FSU had one other triumph this week (it's been a busy week). On Sunday, we helped a whistleblower who works for Arts Council England (ACE) to publicise her concerns about the discrimination within the Council against the LGB Alliance and other organisations that challenge gender identity ideology. The LGB Alliance had been awarded a grant by a body funded by ACE, but that grant was withdrawn after an extraordinary meeting in which ACE employees took turns to condemn the charity as a "cultural parasite" and "glorified hate group" (Telegraph). Yesterday, the CEO of ACE, Dr Darren Henley, appeared as a witness at a DCMS select committee hearing and was asked about this episode by Damian Green MP (Con, Ashford). Dr Henley gave a very encouraging response, emphasising how much he believes in free speech: "We have looked at that and reminded those people involved of the processes that we need to go through. We absolutely protect everybody's right to freedom of expression and all protected characteristics are recognised and observed fully right the way through the Arts Council, and I believe very strongly in that." (Telegraph.)
Give someone the gift of FSU membership for Christmas
If you're looking for the perfect Christmas gift, look no further! We've created a gift voucher that grants the recipient one year's membership of the Free Speech Union. You can find it here.
Not only will the receiver get invitations to Speakeasies, discounted tickets to our events, access to valuable resources, and our vital support if they're unlucky enough to be targeted for cancellation, but your generosity will also be contributing to the greater cause of protecting free speech for all.
Once you've landed on the relevant page, just select the tier of membership you'd like to buy – Gold or Full – enter the recipient's email address, your name, and a personalised message, before completing the purchase, not forgetting to say what time you'd like them to receive it. It can be Christmas morning if you like.
To redeem the voucher, all the information the receiver will need is included in the gift email. They will be directed to the normal joining page, where they will select the tier corresponding to the gift, enter the code, put in their payment details – although they won't be charged for a year – and hey presto! They won't stop thanking you.
Perfect for politically correct children and grandchildren who imagine they'll never be cancelled in a million years, only for their friends and colleagues to turn on them in one of those all-too-familiar, kill-the-heretic feeding frenzies that characterises the woke 'community'.
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ALL PROCEEDS FROM THIS CONCERT GOES TO SUPPORT THE ONGTUPQA PROJECT TO BRING THE ANCIENT HOPI FLUTE BACK TO HOPI, INCLUDING LESSONS FOR HOPI YOUTH.
"MY ONLY HOPE IS THE MUSIC AND SONGS WE OFFER WILL RESONATE WITH THE WORLD. AS HOPI WE WERE BORN FROM THE SIPAPUNI' WITHIN GRAND CANYON, AND WHEN WE ARE DONE WE RETURN BACK TO THE WOMB OF OUR MOTHER TO REJUVENATE LIFE OF A NEW BEGINNING. THIS IS THE CYCLE. THIS IS THE HOPI WAY. AND THESE ARE SONGS ABOUT THAT SPECIAL PLACE - ONGTUPQA." -- CLARK TENAKHONGVA, Hopi Vice Chairman.
Clark Tenakhongva, narrator in the video, was born in Keams Canyon in 1957 and was raised in the Third Mesa village of Hotevilla. His father is of the Corn and Water clans. His mother is of the Rabbit and Tobacco clans. He is a respected traditional cultural practitioner and has a lifetime of experience singing Hopi songs. Clark has been invited to sing on stages around the world, has four recordings on Canyon Records and has won numerous awards for both his music and katsina carvings.
Stewart Koyiyumptewa is the Director of the Hopi Cultural Preservation Office in Kykotsmovi, AZ. Stewart will begin the program with a discussion of the cultural importance of the Grand Canyon to the Hopi. He will also describe the cultural connection to the Hopi flute that will be part of the evening concert.
Gary Stroutsos is a master flute player whose contemplative music and time-honored stories evoke the lands and cultures that he has studied over his 35-year career. Gary's talents flow through a variety of world flutes, but his mastery of the Hopi long flute transports listeners to a spirit of place unlike any other. His music can be heard on the soundtrack of Ken Burns' PBS documentary, Lewis and Clark: Journey of the Corps of Discovery, which led to a command performance at the White House for President Bill Clinton.
Matthew Nelson is an ethnomusicologist and host of Global Rhythm Radio on KXCI-FM who has studied a variety of drumming traditions with master musicians, including tabla (melodic drums of North India) with Pandit Sharda Sahai of the Benares gharana of tabla. While working as an archaeologist, Matthew became interested in the ceramic tradition of the Southwest, and combined with his love for indigenous music began an exploration of clay pot percussion. He also served as the Tribal Historic Preservation Officer and NAGPRA Consultant for the Bishop Paiute Tribe in the Owens Valley of California where he grew up.
Jeffery Koyiyumptewa is a Hopi student and music student of Hopi traditional music and instruments.


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Tyrann Mathieu's Savage Season
Safety's drive for memorable 2015 has him in Defensive Player of the Year conversation
Darren Urban
Tyrann Mathieu crinkled his brow and shook his head. In all honesty, he had no idea when or where he latched on to the term "savage season."
All he knew was that it perfectly described his feeling of what he wanted his 2015 to be, after a lost 2014 coming back from a knee injury, after feeling so much frustration. The Cardinals' safety couldn't make the plays he was accustomed to making, that he liked to make, and that was simply unacceptable.
It wasn't anger, exactly. But it was primal. They say Honey Badger don't care, but he did – deeply.
"I just kind of made up my mind in the offseason I'm just going to go all out, no holds barred," Mathieu said. "I'm not thinking about nothing but dominating. That was my mindset. I'm still in that mindset."
Mathieu chuckles. The motivations may evolve but the drive never changes. It is impossible to be a great player in the NFL without being pushed by something. Cornerback Patrick Peterson, his best friend since college, could see it. The two communicated daily. Peterson knew what Mathieu was capable of, seeing Mathieu at Louisiana State and during his rookie season.
In 2014, "it wasn't the same Tyrann," Peterson said.
It wasn't the Mathieu who won the NFC's Defensive Player of the Month award Thursday, as the safety who shined in November for the 4-0 Cardinals. It wasn't the Mathieu who in four NFC West games this season has piled up four interceptions, a touchdown, a forced fumble, eight pass breakups and 30 tackles – with another NFC West game looming in St. Louis Sunday.
This is a player who admits he gets mad sometimes because people might think he's only giving 99 percent and, math be damned, he wants everyone to know he's giving 110 percent all the time.
"When I first came into the league I just wanted to prove to everybody I could play on this level," Mathieu said. "Now I am at the point where I want to be mentioned only with elite players, elite company."
The promise of a "savage season" – or "#SAVAGE SZN" as his Twitter account proclaims – has been kept thus far.
Peterson thinks he knows where Mathieu found the term "savage season." The soundtrack to their offseason – lifting weights in the spring, organized team activities, minicamp – was headlined by the song "My Savages" by the artist Future.
"It's been on his mind since February," Peterson said.
Peterson was talking about the song, but he could have been talking about the season to come.
"DAMN, IF ONLY I WAS OUT THERE"
The moment is burned into Mathieu's brain, and he still hasn't let it go.
His lost season of 2012 – the season in which he was kicked off the LSU football team – left his life in turmoil. But he also remembers the football, and aching to help the Tigers when he could not.
Specifically, he remembers watching LSU hanging on to a three-point lead in their epic showdown with Alabama with just a minute to go, Alabama at the LSU 28-yard line, and freshman defensive back Jalen Mills – not Mathieu -- coming off the edge to blitz. He remembers Alabama running back T.J. Yeldon chipping Mills briefly and then catching a screen to rumble for the game-winning touchdown.
The Big Year Of Tyrann Mathieu
Images from Tyrann Mathieu's impressive 2015 campaign
S Tyrann Mathieu deflects a pass against the Ravens
Mathieu against the Browns
Mathieu displays the French Flag in Seattle with CB Patrick Peterson following the Paris attacks
Mathieu knocks a pass away from Browns TE Gary Barnidge in the end zone
Mathieu teams up with S Rashad Johnson to break up a pass against the Steelers
Mathieu's interception against the Seahawks
A trip back to LSU with Patrick Peterson
Mathieu laughs with DT Cory Redding after Redding's interception in Detroit
Mathieu against the Bears
On the bench with 'No Fly Zone' mates Jerraud Powers (left) and Rashad Johnson
Mathieu gets introduced at a home game
Mathieu greets fans
Mathieu before a game
Mathieu on the sidelines
Mathieu celebrates a key play against the Ravens
Mathieu battling Ravens WR Steve Smith
Mathieu sacks Ravens QB Joe Flacco
Coming out of the tunnel
Mathieu's pick-six against the 49ers
Getting pumped up
Mathieu and his teammates
A second interception against the 49ers
"I was like, 'Damn, I'd have been blitzing most likely, I would've recognized that play, I'd have made the play, and we'd have gone to the (national) championship,' " Mathieu said.
Last year was not 2012. Mathieu's life is no longer in turmoil. He was, in fact, playing football last season, although his knee was never right and a thumb injury cost him time late. Mathieu still had flashbacks of helplessness as the Cardinals faded down the stretch.
"I'm like, 'If only my team had me at the best of me,' " Mathieu said.
The best of Mathieu was flying around and making plays. But he created tangible goals to define just what savage was supposed to mean.
He wanted eight interceptions (he's halfway there). He wanted six sacks (unlikely, but he does have one, even if he wishes he could blitz more.) His 70 tackles puts him well in range of the 95 he wanted.
Other statistical marks were in his sights. So was Comeback Player of the Year, a reach given how well teammate Carson Palmer has done. But making first-team all-pro? Defensive Player of the Year? Those could happen. The DPOY talk has increased in recent weeks.
"He's the guy everyone thought he could be," Cardinals safety Tony Jefferson said.
Peterson has emerged as more of a leader this season, and defensive end Calais Campbell, with his combination of résumé and experience, has long been a defensive captain. But Mathieu is in that mix now, his relatively high-pitched voice – it wasn't made for screaming – making more of an impact.
Mathieu said he sensed early in the year that "everyone was waiting on me" to take more of a leadership role. Linebacker Kevin Minter, who played with Mathieu at LSU, said Mathieu was a leader there and such a transition was only natural now.
"Ty's coming into his own," Minter said.
Mathieu doesn't see himself as the typical leader. He is not as much vocal as he is emotional. "I am more passion," he said.
"I want guys to see me and get more motivated," he added. "I don't want to talk a lot. I don't want to step on guys' toes, I don't want to disrespect anybody. I want people to see what I'm doing and then follow suit."
"HE IS A SPECIAL PLAYER AND HE IS A SPECIAL MAN"
When OTAs began in the spring, Mathieu was a backup.
Rashad Johnson was lining up as free safety. Deone Bucannon was lining up as strong safety (with Sean Weatherspoon with the first unit in base at inside linebacker.) Mathieu has nothing but respect for his fellow defensive backs, but he noticed.
"In my mind, I was like, 'Wherever coach puts me on the field, I gotta make plays," Mathieu said. "But that helped motivate me."
He laughs when it is suggested it was purposely done for motivation. "I think it was really to motivate all of us, even Tony (Jefferson)," Mathieu said. "To take a backseat, it was like purposely they did this but it helped. It brought us closer."
Defensive coordinator James Bettcher said the lineup wasn't done for motivation but, because of all the talent in the back end, "we wanted to let it sort itself out and play itself out in all fairness to everybody involved."
Mathieu, however, was always going to play a huge role.
"There is no doubt in my mind, and really from day one, that he is a special player and he is a special man," Bettcher said. "Someone asked me a couple of weeks ago about putting him on 6-foot-7 tight ends. Yeah. I don't lose any sleep over that. Not at all. Not one bit.
"Any challenge that man has in a game, in his life, whatever, he is going to make it his mission to make sure whatever obstacle it is, whatever assignment he has, he can get it done."
Peterson and Mathieu talked often in the offseason of what they wanted to accomplish this season. Peterson is another form of motivation for Mathieu, as he watches his "best buddy" earn things like the Cardinals' Man of the Year award Thursday, both proud and also pushed to earn something himself.
Peterson, meanwhile, smiles at the idea Mathieu's savage season has attracted national attention.
"Once I found out he entered the conversation for defensive player of the year, I was like, 'This is what we talked about,' " Peterson said.
The frustration of last season has long faded. His team is 9-2, his play superb. While his background has made for a rough road at times, it virtually guarantees the motivation won't disappear. Even if the Cardinals win the Super Bowl, even if Mathieu wins major hardware, he is certain his edge won't dull.
"I'm just fortunate to have this life, so I think naturally I'll just always have this edge," Mathieu said. "I want to prove a point. I always want to be the best teammate. I always want to be the best player in the locker room. It just drives me."
Maybe the "savage season" is fated to have a sequel.
"He's good and he knows it," Minter said. "That's dangerous when it's Tyrann Mathieu."


Task automation is one of the most loved features of Android; it's way better than anything similar you would find for iPhone and Windows. We have talked about apps where you can create automated tasks for activating silent mode on your phone based on a specific time or location. While those apps still work flawlessly, today I am going to talk about an all-new app for Android that takes away the pain of creating recipes.
Mr. Silent, Auto silent mode is an amazing app that not only automates the aforementioned task at a specific location or for a pre-defined time, but also takes care of your events from the calendar and individual contacts' incoming calls.
After you install and launch the app, it will give you 4 modules that you can configure. Let's look at them one by one for clear understanding.
As the name says, in this mode you can create a specific time slot like your office hours and silence your phone accordingly. If you have a daily schedule, you can set the particular repeat mode. Once you activate the mode, any calls received in that time frame will be automatically silenced.
One thing that I think is missing here is the ability for excluding weekends from the weekly time schedule. This way I can automatically silence my device just on the weekdays while I am at office.
Just like when in Time Slot module you had to create an event, in this mode, you can select an event that you have already noted on your Google Calendar and silence the phone for those specific hours. Once you tap on the module, the app will show you a list of all the upcoming events in your calendar and you can tap on any one of them to configure the silent hours.
The next is the Contact mode in which you can configure specific contacts for which your phone will be allowed to ring or set to silent mode. If you have a caller that's not in your contact list, you can simply type in the contact number and tap the add button next to it. Any calls from blacklisted contacts will be silenced automatically.
In the location module, you can set a particular location where you want your mobile phone to go silent and when you exit the location it will bring the phone back to its normal sound profile. The location is stored in coordinates, but don't worry, the app gives the option to pinpoint it on a map.
Finally, in the app settings you can configure aspects like location update frequency, whether you want your phone to be completely silenced, or options for vibrations. The app is pretty decent and delivers the promised features without any flaws. The fact that it's free to use without any ads only adds to the pros pot.
So try out the app today and let us know what you feel about it. Don't you think it's an amazing feature for your Android?