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HowlandTownshipThe Official Website
What are the phone numbers for the Howland Police Department?
• What are the general business hours of the Police Department?The Police Department is open for general administrative business 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday (holidays excluded). However, law enforcement activities are ongoing 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. • How do I get a copy of a police report?The Police Records Section is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday thru Friday. There may be a small fee for certain reports.Call ahead to check for availability and costs.
• Where can I get a copy of a crash report?Click here: https://ohtrafficdata.dps.ohio.gov/CrashRetrieval • How can I contact a member of the Police Department?Members of the Police Department are listed in the department directory. You will find both a phone number and an e-mail address here for Police Officers that work in Howland. Keep in mind that officers work different shifts and it may be several days before an officer gets your message. If the matter is urgent, contact the police dispatcher at 330.675.2730.• Where do I go for fingerprints?Sheriff's Department. (Click Here)• Howland Police Department EmploymentThe Howland Police Department accepts Employment Resumes during normal business hours or via US Mail. These resumes are kept on file for one year and are reviewed periodically for future police officer positions. If you have any questions, call 330.856.5555 during normal business hours.• Whom do I notify when my home will be vacant?Download or stop by to complete an informational form any time during normal business hours. Vacation/Spot Check Form (Click Here) *REMEMBER TO NOTIFY HPD IMMEDIATELY AT 330.675.2730 UPON YOUR RETURN OR WHEN THE HOME IS NO LONGER VACANT!• Vehicle LockoutsDue to the risk of damage to the vehicle the Howland Police Department does not unlock vehicles. If other circumstances exist, such as a young child locked in the vehicle, an Officer will be sent to assist in any way possible. Contacting a locksmith is your best alternative in most cases.• Is there a Curfew for minors?Yes, the curfew is as follows:*11 pm on Sunday thru Thursday until 6 am the following morning. 12:01 am until 6 am on any Saturday or Sunday.• Who do I call for Sick/Injured Animals?Animal Welfare (330) 394-4122• Who do I call for Missing/Stray Animals?Dog Warden (330) 675-2787• What are the new Child Restraint Laws?National Highway Safety Administration (click here)• Where do I get help installing a car seat?Howland Fire Department (330) 856-5022
• Where can I get an application to become a police officer with the Howland Police Department?You can find a copy of the application by clicking here: HPD Application
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The Germany international was battling injury problems throughout last season and the club's medical staff have called for him to rest before the 2014-15 campaign
Bayern Munich team doctor Hans-Wilhelm Muller-Wohlfahrt has voiced his concerns over Bastian Schweinsteiger's fitness ahead of the 2014-15 campaign.
The influential midfielder was plagued by injury problems throughout last season and missed a number of games for Bayern, but he recovered in time to feature prominently at the World Cup with Germany.
Bayern granted the 29-year-old a three-week holiday after he guided the national team to glory at this summer's tournament, but Muller-Wohlfahrt feels Schweinsteiger needs at least twice as long in order to fully recover from his exploits in Brazil after a gruelling 2013-14 season.
"Schweinsteiger needs at least a six-week break," the Bayern doctor told Eurosport.
The midfielder missed Germany's World Cup opener against Portugal and was on the bench for the game against Ghana, but featured from the start in the world champions' remaining five games.
Schweinsteiger made 36 appearances in all competitions for Bayern last season.
The Bavarians kick off the new Bundesliga season at home against Wolfsburg on August 22.

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Stephen Baldwin has always seemed like the cool member of the Baldwin acting clan. While his brothers were presenting themselves as fantastic actors (whatever), Stephen was starring with Pauly Shore in Biodome. Not the best movie, but at least it proved he didn't take himself as seriously as the others. He was in one of my fave movies, The Usual Suspects. He also starred in an M&M's commercial where he had to identify which Baldwin brother he was. But work seemed to dry up for him, and since I'm not exactly waiting in anticipation for any Baldwin projects, I figured he just dropped out.
Nope, he is the victim of a conspiracy in Hollywood because he's born again! When he appeared on Celebrity Apprentice in 2008, he made a STATEMENT OF FAITH. Don't get me wrong, I'm born again myself, but I did it to further my spiritual journey, not because I wanted to brag to everybody how wonderful I now was. I mean, really, does anyone really give Shit One about a statement of faith from me? Those who don't know me sure don't, and those that do will be going, "Yeah, yeah, great. That's nice. How's the Sound Waves Christmas Special coming along?"
Stephen filed bankruptcy in 2009. He claims work dried up because he became born again and started refusing to work in movies with gratuitous sex and violence. Well, that's his choice. Firewater! would have been picked up if I put some tits in it (seriously, one distributor said that just having a scene with a topless woman would have gotten it sold with him), but I chose to make the movie the way I did. That's just how it goes, and you have to live with it. (Assuming that's true, and his career didn't just burn out naturally like thousands of others do every year and he's just using the "born again" thing as a convenient scapegoat. He may be telling us this, but remember, he is an actor. It's his job to convince us he's sincere.) But there's a group of people determined to save Stephen from this life. The Restoration Of Stephen Baldwin (main page is under construction, but this beta link works) is so people can give money to help a brother in Christ while comparing Stephen to Job.
I don't want to seem heartless here, but is this really such a good idea? I mean, there are others who need help and will never get a chance to succeed. Some of them are in our own families. And the best testimonial to your faith is to give money to an actor who isn't part of your neighborhood and/or doesn't know you exist?
Wanting to help your fellow man is a beautiful thing. I'm just not sure Stephen is the deserving.
In fact, don't give your money to Stephen Baldwin.
Hello, Intertubes! I am Peter G, and I am a Christian. A very unusual Christian with conclusions and philosophies that are either very deep or totally silly, and I don't let my religious beliefs get in the way of a good joke, but a Christian nonetheless! As you know, I work an office job. Why? Because I've been rejected by the Powers That Be in the entertainment world. My movie Firewater! was dismissed as amateurish by other amateur filmmakers. My first comic was only sold through the publisher's web site, and there are more copies of Duke Nukem Forever than there are copies of Morbid Myths out in the wild. My first book in comic shops was bungled and only the first issue came out. No publishers will return my calls. Game companies won't consider carrying my projects. I have a comic series that has yet to reach triple digits in sales, and every comic show I've gone to to sell at, both of them, were disasters.
Won't you remember the story of Job and help a Christian instead of giving the money to an orphanage or homeless shelter or your local police and fire departments? Thank you, and may the Flying Spaghetti Monster bless you.


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I hear Sumner Redstone is denying those persistent rumors that he's talking to Peter Chernin about replacing Philippe Dauman as No. 2. "Chernin is from the creative side, and Dauman isn't," said a source explaining the whispering. And Sumner has been known to make shocking mogul moves. (Just ask Tom Freston.) Meanwhile, on the financial front, the over-leveraged old coot's auction continues: he's hawking chunks of his family holding company National Amusements' theater chains to pay down his debt. Citigroup, which is handling the auction, sent out sales books to 60 parties for the domestic theaters except the 17 in New England (which are not on the block presumably for sentimental reasons since that's where the company started), and to 20 parties for the overseas theaters in the UK and South America. Sources say so far he's received 60 offers for the U.S. theaters and 20 offers for the UK and South American. I'm told Redstone has also received an offer for the Russian theaters which aren't on the block — yet. Bids are expected in about a month.
But it looks doubtful he'll get what he hopes. the 85-year-old Viacom chief still has a $1.4 billion balance left on his original $1.6B loan, some of which has to be paid back by the end of this year, and all in 2010. This crisis began back in October when Viacom and CBS share prices dropped 43% and 52% respectively, forcing the 85-year-old chief to sell stock in both companies worth $233 million. The falling prices put Redstone in violation of debt covenants, forcing him into negotiations with creditors. Because of how hard he was hit by the stock market crash, Redstone's personal wealth dropped from nearly $7B to barely $1B. Will the pity party ever stop?
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5 Ways To Fail At Facebook Marketing
Marketing on Facebook can entice customers to check out your wares, but you've got to follow some simple rules to make it work.
Use caution in leveraging the millions of Facebook users or your marketing will take a dive.
Here are five things you'll want to avoid doing.
1. Don't understand your audience
Recently, Target launched a Facebook marketing campaign based on not only a deep understanding of its audience, but the willingness to have fun.
The retailer used the thumbs-up as a game show buzzer, with daily deals for the first 1,000 users to click.
Also, there was a "Make Summer Funner" campaign where users could spin wheels and make maps for buried treasure to take their minds off their troubles. Target knows its customer is a shopper seeking an especially fun experience, not only in the stores, but online. Just as with any other successful market launch, demographics first, ideas second, implementation third. If you skip the first step, the other two are for naught.
2. Don't use your imagination
Victoria's Secret just announced a new campaign involved their iconic angel wings worn by the models. The lingerie retailer placed a set of wings in a very public place on Broadway in New York City for any regular Jane to try on and snap a photo or two, then post those on the Victoria's Secret page. Those who fancy themselves VC material will get the chance to see how they really look in the wings and involve the retailer's prime customers in a very intimate way.
3. Don't keep up with your marketing efforts
Groupon is using Facebook to push special deals to fans in different cities.
The Groupon Chicago page scrolls a message behind a virtual plane dragging a banner that claims 2.7 million Facebook users have connected. It's a fun page with a direct link to deals, reinforcing that not only do you have to get fans to a page, but you have to deliver or risk losing them.
4. Don't build relationships with fans
Get to know your influencers and provide them with rewards. You can do this by lending them special recognition or first crack at a new product rollout. They'll talk about it downline, building your numbers.
Provide your fans with a place for feedback – a mini focus group of sorts. Most consumers are happy to let company owners what they're doing right… or wrong.
5. Don't hire social media experts
Facebook membership is growing you'll need to keep up with that. Keeping visitors engaged is critical and might take an extra hand who specializes in social media to really make it work.
Just throwing up a page and forgetting to tend it spells disaster. After all, likes and friends provides an exponential business model that will lend your business higher visibility than ever before.
In short, go long and spend the time making your Facebook marketing plan all that it can be. Spending time not only up front, but throughout your marketing campaign means positive results and money well spent.
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The Italian guitar talent Ciro Manna will be on tour in Asia and Europe joining the Richard Bona band, starting on November 3rd in Beijing, China.
Ciro is gonna use his DV Mark signature head, the DV Micro 50 CMT, so if you can attend to one of these shows you'll hear with your own ears the incredible tone provided by this amazing portable amp!
03 nov | Beijing, China
04 nov | Beijing, China
06 nov | JW Marriott Hotel Singapore South Beach | Singapore
08 nov | Blue Note Tokyo | Tokyo, Japan
09 nov | Blue Note Tokyo | Tokyo, Japan
10 nov | Blue Note Tokyo | Tokyo, Japan
11 nov | Blue Note Tokyo | Tokyo, Japan (Markbass clinic + concert)
13 nov | Blue Note Nagoya | Nagoya, Japan
15 nov | Impart | Wrocław, Poland
17 nov | Alhambra Room | Geneva, Switzerland
19 nov | Jazz Cafe | London, United Kingdom
20 nov | Jazz Cafe | London, United Kingdom
21 nov | Le Minotaure | Vallauris, France
22 nov | Clamores Jazz Club | Madrid, Spain
23 nov | Auditorio de Zaragoza | Zaragoza, Spain
24 nov | Cartagena Jazz Fest | Cartagena, Spain
25 nov | Sono Centrum | Brno, Czech Republic
27 nov | Bratislava, Slovakia
28 nov | Bratislava, Slovakia
RICHARD BONA GROUP feat:
Richard Bona (bass/voice)
Dennis Hernandez (trumpet)
Ciro Manna (guitar)
Michael Lecoq (keyboards)
Archibald Ligonnière (drums)
This video is worth to be watched entirely as it features all the kind words and thoughts we received from our artists during this tough period. That gives us the strenght to go through it, thank you! Music is our life, the universal way to express ourselves! #markworldartistsforitaly
Here is Greg Howe himself playing and explaining his new signature amp features. The DV Little GH 250 Tube is the best portable, lightweight, great sounding, super powerful and versatile amp you can get today!
Here is Kiko Loureiro testing the DV Mark Smart Multiamp for the first time on tour.
Mark World Rising Star Lisa-X performs her song Serendipity using her DV Mark Multiamp.
Alessio Menconi plays a classic tune by Stan Getz using his DVC Guitar Friend 12 II amp.
DV Mark rising star - 17 years old - Giorgio Galimberti plays his song Darkout using his Multiamp.
DV Mark artist Alessio Menconi plays Overjoyed by Stevie Wonder using his DVC Guitar Friend 12 II.
On this video DV Mark Artist Andrea Braido is improvising over a blues track using his DV Micro 50 II head on the Lead channel, using just a delay pedal in the FX Loop.


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Co-Founder of GIFT Family Services, LLC
President, Coaching4Movement, Inc.
Adoption Coach
Joann is a certified relationship coach. She has over 30 years' experience in the family area.
Joann started her life work in the family area as an attorney. In her 20s, she worked cases as a prosecutor in the State's Attorney's Office in the areas of paternity and child abuse and neglect. She also worked as a guardian ad litem for the courts investigating solutions that would be in the best interest of a child.
Although Joann decided to become a full-time Mom after she adopted her children, she continued her work in the family field. Joann worked on committees that were instrumental in creating family and adoption material for use in schools. She also continued to work in the guardian ad litem office, at the Guardianship Assistance Desk, interviewing children in order to determine what would be in their best interest.
Joann became a coach in 2005 and then went on to receive her Master Certification in NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) in 2007. Intrigued with her learning of how a person's internal system works in NLP, she decided to pursue archetypal work with Carolyn Myss in 2009. Through this work and her earlier studies, Joann has helped individuals achieve balance in their own life and ultimately relate harmoniously with others. Joann's latest training, in Internal Family Systems, has improved her skills and awareness level. By assessing Self-Energy, she assists individuals and family members successfully work with their activated and protective parts by looking at the core limited beliefs and burdens that they hold.
Joann specifically focuses on making individuals aware of the patterns that are shaped and unconsciously imprinted during their earliest years in their families and society-at-large for their protection and survival. She helps them to understand how these survival "coping mechanisms" hide the overwhelming emotions and/or traumatic events that keep showing up as triggers throughout their lives.
Joann has found that these patterns are instrumental in understanding the dynamics that take place within a family, especially an adopted family, as these children's' imprints began with the birthparents' in utero. Through presence, curiosity, acceptance and compassion, she continually strives to help these families understand their internal system and achieve positive growth.
Joann has also completed her training with CASA, the Court Appointed Special Advocacy Program and is presently completing a training for Couples with The Couples Institute. Joann has also given workshops on Ambiguous Loss with her partner, Sally Ankerfelt.
Joann DiStefano Illinois 312-576-5755 firstname.lastname@example.com
I find working with Joann to be one of the most important steps I am taking preparing to adopt a child. She helps me look at issues from new perspectives, think about situations that I would not have come up with, and help find solutions to those situations. Joann's insight is invaluable, as she shares her experiences and provides practical advice to help ensure I am prepared for parenthood. I know my coach will be there to help me every step of the way, and feeling that support is very comforting as I prepare for adoption. P.S.
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Thursday 19 December 1940
|A British Matilda tank on the move in North Africa, 19 December 1940.
Greek I Corps (2nd, 3rd, and 4th Divisions) continue advancing on Himarë (Himara) along the southern coast of Albania. They capture the Giam height.
The Greek 3/40 Evzone Regiment, under the command of Colonel Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos, helps the assault on Himarë. It launches a surprise dawn attack on Italian troops at Mount Mount Mali i Xhorët (Mount Pilur) a little to the east. Their objective is Italian artillery posted the high ground, which guards the entrance to the valley of Shushicë which provides access to the Italian port.
European Air Operations: RAF Bomber Command sends 85 bombers against Cologne and targets in the industrial Ruhr River Valley. RAF Coastal Command raids the airfield at Le Touquet and a railway between Oslo and Bergen. The Luftwaffe makes a few small sorties against the Home Counties after dark, losing a bomber but causing some damage in Swindon.
The British War Cabinet is reviewing the efficiency of the air war against Germany and Italy. In a report for their eyes only by the Secretary of State for Air, the conclusion is drawn that, relative to the size of their respective forces, the RAF is causing more damage to Germany than the Luftwaffe is to Great Britain.
|Bomb damage at Beatrice and Ipswich Streets in Swindon on 19 December 1940. Five houses destroyed, others damaged.
Italian submarine Alpino Bagnolini torpedoes and sinks 3360-ton British freighter Amicus about 200 miles west of Ireland. The Amicus was traveling with Convoy SC 15, which recently had dispersed. Everyone on board the Amicus perishes. The Bagnolini is part of a patrol line west of the North Channel, formed along with U-95, U-38 and U-124 and Italian submarine Tazzoli. Some sources place this sinking a week earlier.
Royal Navy destroyers HMS Veteran and Verity collide in Lough Foyle near Londonderry. The Veteran has light damage to her stern which will keep her in port for a few days, but the Verity's damage to her flooded engine room is more serious and will take a few months in drydock at Belfast to repair.
The Luftwaffe (Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condors of I,/KG 40) bombs and sinks British 734-ton lightship tender Isolda off Barrels Rock Light Vessel, South Wexford, in St. George's Channel. There are six deaths.
British 57-ton naval trawler HMT Proficient runs aground and is broken up by the waves at Whitby, Yorkshire.
Dutch 400-ton freighter Twee Gebroeders hits a mine and is damaged in the Thames Estuary.
British tanker Arinia hits a mine and sinks in the Thames Estuary off the Nore Lightship. All 60 people on board perish.
Norwegian freighter Erling Skjalgson sinks in heavy seas off Jæren, Rogaland. All six crew survive.
Danish phosphate freighter Jacob Maersk hits a mine off Drogen and sinks off Copenhagen. However, it sinks in shallow water and can be salvaged and repaired. The Maersk shipping companies take a beating during this period of the war.
Norwegian 5043-ton freighter Arosa hits a mine in the Humber but makes it back to port.
Convoy OB 261 departs from Liverpool, Convoys FS 364 and FS 365 depart from Methil, Convoy BS 11 departs from Suez.
Destroyer HMS Legion (G 74, Commander Richard F. Jessel.) is commissioned, and destroyer HMS Blankney is launched.
U-75 and U-111 are commissioned.
|"A mobile bakery lorry and trailer at Aldershot, 19 December 1940." © IWM (H 6271).
The RAF bombs Bardia and Derna. General O'Connor reports that his forces have suffered only 141 killed or missing and 387 wounded during Operation Compass. The British now have literally tens of thousands of prisoners to process and new forward supply bases to set up.
Meanwhile, the incredulity about recent events in North Africa breaks out in an odd exchange between Prime Minister Churchill and General Wavell, the Middle East Commander, who throw scriptural references at each other. Churchill has sent Wavell a telegram with the cryptic reference "St. Matthew, Chapter VII, verse 7" (Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you); Wavell replies today with the following:
St. James, Chapter I, first part of verse 17, "Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above..."! More aircraft are our immediate need and these you are providing.While it is not much of an exchange, it underscores how the two men - and everyone else in the know - ascribe the wildly unexpected success of Operation Compass to some sort of divine intervention.
The Royal Navy fleet movements in support of the convoy to Malta continues. Operations Hide and Seek (Hide is a sortie by Force H to meet battleship HMS Malaya and accompanying vessels coming west from Alexandria, Seek is the related anti-submarine sweep) come off without Italian interference.
River gunboat HMS Aphis continues to bombard Italian positions around Bardia without much interference from the Italian air force. Royal Navy battleships HMS Valiant and Warspite bombard Vlorë, Albania.
German 7563 ton freighter Freienfels and 7605-ton freighter Geierfels hits mines and sink near Livorno.
Battle of the Pacific: Troop convoy US 8 departs from Wellington. It includes two liners, the Dominion Monarch and Empress of Russia. Its first stop is Sydney, where it will accrue the Queen Mary and lose the Empress of Russia, which will return to Auckland.
The US Secretary of the Navy takes over control of uninhabited Palmyra Atoll, which legally has been under the Navy's jurisdiction since 1934. This is to become the site of the "Palmyra Island Naval Defensive Sea Area," restricted to passage only by ships authorized by the US Secretary of the Navy. The date when the Navy actually arrives is in spring 1941. Palmyra Atoll, incidentally, remains to this day the only incorporated territory in the United States, but it most definitely is American land although almost nobody outside the Navy knows it even exists. It truly is one of the most remote spots on earth and apparently never has been permanently inhabited, whether in ancient or modern times.
Italian/German Relations: The Italian attitude toward German intervention in North Africa has shifted 180 degrees from its position just two months ago. While then the Italians had not wanted any German interference in what they saw as their own national sphere of influence, the Mediterranean basin, today they ask that the Wehrmacht send an armored division and support troops to Libya at the earliest opportunity.
Anglo/US Relations: The British Purchasing Commission places $750 million in war orders. This includes orders for 12,000 aircraft and 60 merchant ships, all to be completed within one year's time. Congress will be consulted about this transaction.
|Risto Ryti leaving Finnish parliament after being inaugurated as President, 19 December 1940.
The new President is Risto Ryti.
|Cine Magazzino, Anno VII, Num. 51, 19 December 1940.
One cannot say that the Italians have shown high fighting spirit or quality in this battle.... The A.R.P. services, the Home Office, and the Ministry of Health are as much in the front lines as are the armoured columns chasing the Italians about the Libyan desert....In a long-winded address, Churchill posits that "The Germans reached the culminating point at the end of last year," and he points to the recent bombing of Mannheim - which by now he knows did not hit the strategic targets intended - as inflicting "very heavy blows."
Holocaust: With the Christmas holiday approaching, Archbishop Sapieha of Krakow, Poland requests in a letter to Auschwitz Commandant Rudolf Höss that Christmas services be permitted there. Höss permits his inmates to receive 6000 one-kilogram food parcels but flatly turns down the religious request because no religious observances whatsoever are permitted in the camp. A former Catholic, Höss left the religion due to the horrors of World War I.
International Red Cross shipments such as these, incidentally, are greatly treasured throughout the war both in the concentration camps and in POW stockades and often a large proportion of them fall into the hands of the guards. The IRC does do its best to verify matters.
|The Waifs & Strays Society has plenty of work to do this Christmas season, 19 December 1940.
December 1940
December 1, 1940: Wiking Division Forms
December 2, 1940: Convoy HX 90 Destruction
December 3, 1940: Greeks Advancing
December 4, 1940: Italian Command Shakeup
December 5, 1940: Thor Strikes Hard
December 6, 1940: Hitler's Cousin Gassed
December 7, 1940: Storms At Sea
December 8, 1940: Freighter Idarwald Seized
December 9, 1940: Operation Compass Begins
December 10, 1940: Operation Attila Planned
December 11, 1940: Rhein Wrecked
December 12, 1940: Operation Fritz
December 13, 1940: Operation Marita Planned
December 14, 1940: Plutonium Discovered
December 15, 1940: Napoleon II Returns
December 16, 1940: Operation Abigail Rachel
December 17, 1940: Garden Hoses and War
December 18, 1940: Barbarossa Directive
December 19, 1940: Risto Ryti Takes Over
December 20, 1940: Liverpool Blitz, Captain America
December 21, 1940: Moral Aggression
December 22, 1940: Manchester Blitz
December 23, 1940: Hitler at Cap Gris Nez
December 24, 1940: Hitler at Abbeville
December 25, 1940: Hipper's Great Escape
December 26, 1940: Scheer's Happy Rendezvous
December 27, 1940: Komet Shells Nauru
December 28, 1940: Sorge Spills
December 29, 1940: Arsenal of Democracy
December 30, 1940: London Devastated
December 31 1940: Roosevelt's Decent Proposal


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Sudan's largest opposition, the National UMMA party (NUP), said it will oppose by all means necessary an attempt by the country's National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) to have the party dissolved or frozen.
In a complaint to Sudan's Political Parties Council, the agency said UMMA party leader Sadig al-Mahdi violated Sudan's Interim Constitution and Political Parties Act of 2007 when he signed the Paris Declaration with rebel groups fighting against president Omar al-Bashir's government.
The declaration calls for dismantling Sudan's one-party state and replacing it with a comprehensive peace and democratic transition.
NISS asked the Sudan Political Parties Council to give the UMMA party one week to respond or be dissolved.
The UMMA party has said it will boycott the April 2015 presidential election because the process would not be fair.
Mariam Sadig al-Mahdi, vice president of the UMMA party, said her organization will use legal, political and international pressure to reject what she called an unconstitutional move.
"Of course it's nonsensical, but we believe this is part of the coming period in Sudan. The so-called constitutional amendment that took place in Sudan is a second coup in Sudan, re-enforcing the totalitarian regime and giving the president of NCP, the ruling party, the full power over everything," she said.
Mariam al-Mahdi said the NISS represents the most chronic violation of Sudan's constitution because instead of serving the country, it has become the tool of President Bashir.
She said her party should be congratulated for signing the Paris Declaration because the accord calls for peace and a democratic transition in Sudan.
"Actually we should have been praised for signing this agreement because the signing was based, basically, [on] doing a total change in Sudan which we had addressed with the NCP (Sudan Congress Party) itself that there is a need for change because Sudan now is a failed state, economically, politically, and with widespread conflict all the country," Mariam said.
Mariam said even though the UMMA party has no confident in the Sudanese judicial system, its lawyers will first begin the challenge to the threat to ban the party in the courts.
She said the party will also apply political and international pressure.
"That's why we are also addressing the international court of justice, like the African court like the African court of Human and People's rights, as well as the Islamic League mechanism, and also addressing the Human Rights Council of the United Nations, and also addressing the United Nations Security Council," she said.
Mariam also said the UMMA party is mobilizing its grassroots to reject what she called "this unfair and unconstitutional move by the NISS and the NCP."
"We are also connecting and mobilizing all our political parties and civil society in Sudan because we believe what has happened to UMMA Party will not be limited to [the] UMMA party," Mariam said.


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3.14 - on many devices (not all due to needed memory!) there is a new screen with today's forecast (English text) and sunrise/sunset. This is only requested when you start the widget (not in the background), so it could take a few seconds for the info to be available. Any issues, please use "contact developer".

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19 Agustus 2019, jim_m_58
No. That's a condition and it's Weather Underground that requires that. It's clearly stated in the app description and also if you try to use the widget without a key. I have a similar widget for Open Weather Maps where you can get a key without a problem though: https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/apps/6a740b9d-7bba-4ed8-bedd-2cabaef4bdcf
Ben Berkowick
04 Agustus 2019 | Versi 3.04
Works perfectly if you follow the instructions to generate a new API code. Thanks!
John Boyle
23 Juli 2019 | Versi 3.04
Don't have a PWS and from the responses believed the widget would work with my Marq Captain watch and my WU app account. Seems this is not the case. Like WU and would like it on my watch.
10 Juli 2019 | Versi 3.04
Weather underground has cancelled support for the widget. not supplying API for the widget. widget WILL NOT WORK WITHOUT API's do not waste your time and space.
Deana McManus
09 Juli 2019 | Versi 3.04
Will not sync to watch. Useless!
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10 Juli 2019, jim_m_58
If it won't connect to the watch, please "use "contact developer" at the right, and provide info such as which watch and FW, as well as what you see on the screen. It could be that you haven't set the APIKEY correctly or something, or could be an issue with the connection to your phone.
Dad Ticich
03 Juli 2019 | Versi 3.04
Do I need to have the Garmin Connect App open in order to have the widget update ?
05 Juni 2019 | Versi 3.03
Alina Peter
11 Mei 2019 | Versi 3.03
Just downloaded but shows 'bad PWS' and no data. Though the PWS shows online on wu. Any idea?
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11 Mei 2019, jim_m_58
Try removing the name of the weather station and then it will find the closest. What you are seeing can happen with a weather station that hasn't been sending data recently, or if there's a typo in the same. You can also press menu in the widget, and it will search for the closest..
Joachim Ostendorf
01 Mei 2019 | Versi 3.02
Everything works fine with the new API-Key Charakter. The design is clear and pleasantly reduced. This App would be perfectly, if the Temperatur would correctly rounding up or rounding down. Thanks for your diligence.
Matt Rich
19 April 2019 | Versi 3.02
Great improvement and so glad it works. Hate that wunderground is going downhill do quickly.
Terry Powner
17 April 2019 | Versi 3.01.1
Works GREAT!! Best app for weather. I was afraid that since the weather channel bought them out they was going away and they almost have. Thanks for updating the app for Weather Underground Station owners!
10 April 2019 | Versi 3.00
It's nice to see my weather station on the clock. It works well. I hope Wunderground lets the api-keys be valid.
Maaf, statistik belum tersedia.


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Congratulations to Eleanor Ryan Doyle who won the Player of the month
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Thanks to Moyers R&R
A big thank you to Deirdre, Darragh, Moyers R&R for Sponsoring our U14 Team Wear
Thanks to Rathcoole Motor Factors
A big thank you to Rathcoole Motor Factors who sponsored our U10 team
Payne goal guides WU17s to EURO Finals
The Republic of Ireland Women's Under 17s qualified for this summer's UEFA Women's Under 17 European Championships following a 1-0 win over Hungary.
The narrow victory saw Dave Bell's side end their three Elite Round games unbeaten with seven points and top of Group 4 – having previously beaten hosts Serbia and drawn with Scotland.A single goal from Heather Payne on 13 minutes proved to be enough for Ireland to claim the win that they needed, but they were the more dominant of the two sides and that was a common trend throughout their qualifying campaign.Sometimes it takes a moment of magic to deliver a desired result and that is exactly what happened when Peamount United ace Payne used her wand of a foot to fire in a free-kick from distance. There was no looking back after that.Republic of Ireland: Turner; Grier, Ruddy, Doyle; Fahey (Spillane 53), McGovern, Toland, Mackey; Payne, McManus, McEvoy.Hungary: Terestyenyi; Csolti, Fordos, Kovacs, Nagy; Pulins, Vachter (Dorner 73), Tolnai (Kovacs 52); Pintye, Nagy (Pusztai 51), Czeller.Referee: Vera Opeykina (Russia).
Additional players wanted for under 18s team
Our under 18s are looking to add players. If interested contact Gerry or Bracey 087 7997144
Bell selects WU17s squad for Elite Round (6 Peas on board)
With a place at this summer's UEFA Women's Under 17 European Championships at stake, Dave Bell has selected a strong Republic of Ireland squad for their three Elite Round games.Republic of Ireland WU17 SquadGoalkeepers: Rachael Kelly (Shelbourne Ladies), Erica Turner (UCD Waves) Defenders: Sadhbh Doyle (Galway WFC), Tiegan Ruddy (Shelbourne Ladies), Chloe Singleton (Peamount United), Roisin McGovern (Enniskerry), Bethany Carroll (Kilkenny United WFC), Lauryn Grier (Kentstown Rovers) Midfielders: Heather Payne, Aisling Spillane, Gillian Keenan, Doireann Fahy (Peamount United), Megan Mackey (Chelsea Ladies), Tyler Toland (Maiden City) Forwards: Carla McManus (Peamount United), Alannah McEvoy, Isibeal Atkinson (Enniskerry), Eabha O'Mahony (Lakewood)
2016 WNL awards nominations announced
The awards ceremony for the season will take place on Thursday, January 12th at the Guinness Storehouse at 12.30pm.Galway's Sadhbh Doyle and Peamount's Roma McLaughlin are up against Kiernan for the Young Player of the Year award whilst Peamount striker Amber Barrett will be presented with the Irish Daily Mail Golden Boot award after scoring 16 goals during the 2016 campaign.The 2016 Team of the Year features five Shelbourne Ladies players as well as three UCD Waves players, Roma McLaughlin and Amber Barrett from Peamount United and Chloe Moloney from Galway WFC.
2 Peamount ladies in the Women's National Team for weekend friendly
The WNT face the Basque Country in an international friendly at the Tallaght Stadium on Saturday, November 26th, with kick-off at 3.30pm.It is set to be Ronan's final game in charge of the Women's National Team as she steps down after the game to fully focus on her role as Head of Women's Football at the Football Association of Ireland.The squad includes 13 home-based players from the Women's National League and it also sees the return of Stephanie Roche who missed the Portugal camp through illness. Republic of Ireland Women's National Team squad v Basque CountryGoalkeepers: Emma Byrne (Arsenal Ladies), Naoisha McAloon, (Peamount United) Amanda McQuillan (Shelbourne Ladies)Defenders: Niamh Fahey (Chelsea WFC), Louise Quinn (Eskilstuna United), Savannah McCarthy (Glasgow City), Karen Duggan (UCD Waves), Jetta Berrill (UCD Waves), Jess Gleeson (Wexford Youths), Niamh Prior (UCD Waves).Midfielders: Diane Caldwell (SC Sand), Meabh De Barca (Galway WFC), Roma McLaughlin (Peamount United), Noelle Murray (Shelbourne Ladies), Alex Kavanagh (Shelbourne Ladies), Julie Ann Russell (UCD Waves), Denise O'Sullivan (Houston Dash).Forwards: Stephanie Roche (Sunderland Ladies), Leanne Kiernan (Shelbourne Ladies), Aine O'Gorman (UCD Waves)
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Cell Phone Justice
Hi Guys!
In light of your "Drive Now, Talk Later" campaign, my friends haveencouraged me to tell you what happened to me on my way home fromwork a couple of Fridays ago:
I was approaching an equipment rental business in my aging Dodgeminivan when a man who was talking on his cell phone (and pullinga small trailer with a ditch witch on board) pulled out of therental store parking lot right in front of me. I slammed on thebrakes and managed to get the Caravan stopped. Annoyed, I slammedmy hand down on the horn and held it there for a good while as hecontinued his LEFT TURN ACROSS A BUSY STREET! When I blew myhorn, he attempted to lift the middle finger of his left hand (thehand holding the cell phone while propped up in the open window ofhis Blazer) toward me, and in so doing lost control of the phone,which flew out his open window directly toward me.
Wait, it gets better! The phone flew a short distance, bounced and cameto rest just in front of me. As I rolled forward, I heard thephone crunch under the left front, then the left rear tire of the van(a feat I couldn't duplicate in a hundred tries!). As Icontinued, I glanced in my rearview mirror and saw the remains ofhis cell phone in a small pile of high-tech particles on thestreet. I can only hope the driver of the Blazer attempted toretrieve his phone. Moral of the story: There is justice in theuniverse for those who talk on the cell phone while driving!Give 'em "what for," guys!
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College Camp
College Camp was a term used to describe the camp set up by the Virginia militia during the American Revolution from 1775-1781. It was located to the west of the Wren Building around what is today the Sunken Garden. A bronze plaque recognizing the College Camp is currently located on one of the brick columns by the steps at the head of the Sunken Garden. It was dedicated at Homecoming in 1976 and was given by the class of 1976 and the Society of the Alumni.
Background on College Camp
In September 1775, Colonel Patrick Henry came to Williamsburg, Virginia to set up a camp for the 5th Regiment of the Virginia Line behind the College, and they continued to be stationed there until September 1776 when they were replaced by the 7th Regiment. Other units stayed at the College Camp from 1775-1781. During this period, several units left the camp to join George Washington's army in the North. Troops also camped at College Camp before the Battle of Yorktown in 1781.
Text of Plaque
"On this site in September 1775 Colonel Patrick Henry established camp grounds for Virginia troops who were to rendezvous and train at Williamsburg. Several Virginia regisments left here in 1776 and 1777 to join General George Washington's army in the North In 1777 students formed a College company with the president, Rev. James Madison, as captain. Troops camped here before the Battle of Yorktown in 1781. Presented by the Society of the Alumni, 1976."


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Police search parliament office of Lord Greville Janner following Hampstead probe
PUBLISHED: 16:46 23 June 2014 | UPDATED: 15:17 24 June 2014
Police have searched the parliament office of a Labour lord as part of investigations into historic child sex abuse allegations.
Leicestershire Police officers searched the House of Lords office of Lord Greville Janner, 85, having previously searched his luxury flat in West Heath Road, Hampstead, in December.
The House of Lords search took place in March but details of it have only just been released by police.
It is understood to be part of a probe into historic child sex offences alleged to have taken place in the Leicestershire area.
No arrests have been made as part of the investigation but a preliminary prosecution file relating to Lord Janner has been sent to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) by officers.
Lord Janner, a former Labour MP representing Leicester North West and then Leicester West for 27 years, was made a life peer on his retirement from parliament in 1997 as Baron Janner of Braunstone, in Leicestershire.
The father-of-three, whose wife of more than 40 years died in 1996, became a barrister in 1954 and was appointed a QC in 1971.
He is associated with a number of Jewish organisations having served as president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews from 1978 to 1984.
A Leicestershire Police spokesman said: "Leicestershire Police can confirm that in March 2014 its officers carried out a search of part of the House of Lords in connection with an ongoing enquiry into non-recent child sexual abuse.
"A search warrant was obtained in advance from a Crown Court judge and the search was conducted in accordance with established House of Lords procedures, and monitored by senior officials from the House of Lords.
"No arrests or charges have been made, and enquiries continue."
No one was available for comment in Lord Janner's parliamentary office when contacted by the Ham&High.
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Last updated: March 22, 2019
Everyone is hungry for something whether it is love, happiness, wealth, or even power. When that hunger is attained it could drive people to do mad, impulsive things. Macbeth was hungry for power, so hungry that even took it as far as killing the innocent. Shakespeare clearly shows that the witches predicted that Macbeth will become king but they did not anticipate for Macbeth to take become king so soon. Macbeth is to blame for the tragedies that have occurred and for his own tragic downfall. Macbeth destroys himself for being selfish and impatient. He chose to believe the witches and instead of waiting for his time to come he foolishly went ahead to murder King Duncan. Even after he killed King Duncan, he proceeded to kill Banquo, and Macduff's family on his own. Macbeth did not go with his conscience and knew what Lady Macbeth wanted him to do was wrong, but he still went ahead to murder King Duncan. All of these instances led to the downfall of Macbeth. Although Macbeth is influenced by the witches, Macbeth is at fault for his own downfall. The witches told Macbeth that he will become king but they did not encourage for him to go murder King Duncan. He mindlessly believed the witches without any evidence. He did not ignore their prophecy like Banquo did, instead it floated in his mind. He even has the thought of murdering King Duncan, so he can make sure the witches prophecy comes true "I am Thane of Cawdor: If good, why do I yield to that suggestion / Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair And make my seated heart knock at my ribs," (1.3.133-136). Banquo even told him not to trust witches because they are never a good sign. That caused the plan to kill King Duncan to arise. Macbeth chose to listen to the witches, instead he could have just waited for his time to come to become king, but he intervened which is part of the reason the tragedy unfolded in Macbeth. Beyond the guilt that Macbeth felt, he continued to murder innocent people which is part of the reason that he is responsible for the tragedies that occur in Macbeth. He wanted to become king so bad that he did not think about the consequences, so he made sure nothing was in his way. Despite Lady Macbeth, putting the thought of murdering King Duncan into Macbeth's mind, she did not tell him to murder other people. Macbeth murdered Banquo, and Macduff's family because of his ambition to become king. His mind is filled with thoughts of murder, even though he knew it was wrong, he ignored his conscience. Macbeth thinks Banquo is to wise and could be in his way of becoming king when he says: "To be thus is nothing, but to be safely thus- Our fears in Banquo stick deep, And in his royalty of nature reigns that which would be feared. 'Tis much he dares;" (3.1. 48-51). Banquo was a good friend of his, he turned on Banquo fast, which probably meant he had the thought of murder in his mind. He fulfilled his plan without thinking about the consequences to come. Macbeth is to blame for what happens after killing King Duncan. Macbeth is the reason for his own downfall, but there are a few people who have influenced him, including his wife. Lady Macbeth was the one who encouraged Macbeth to kill Duncan. She pestered Macbeth, saying he was not a man, and called him a coward. That pushed Macbeth to murder King Duncan. Although, Lady Macbeth put the thought of murdering King Duncan into his mind, it's still Macbeth's fault. Macbeth allows his wife to control him, and he knew that what she was telling him to do was wrong. Macbeth disagrees with Lady Macbeth when she tells him to murder Duncan saying:We will proceed no further in this business;He hath honored me of late, and I have boughtGolden opinions from all sorts of people,Which would be worn now in their newest gloss,Not cast aside so soon" (1.7. 30-35).Then at the end of chapter 7, Macbeth sets his mind on murdering Duncan saying: "Each corporal agent to this terrible feat. / False face must hide what the false heart doth know" (1.7. 80-82). If he wanted to be manly, he could have stood up for himself and tell her that she was wrong. He didn't listen to his conscience and that led him to do reckless things. Lady Macbeth wasn't the one who killed King Duncan, it was Macbeth. Macbeth is responsible for his own actions. All inclusive, Macbeth is responsible for the tragedies that unfold in Macbeth. He chose to believe the witches without any evidence and after Banquo told him not to trust the evil witches. He proceeded to kill Banquo, his best friend and Macduff's family all on his own because of his ambition to become king. Macbeth knew what Lady Macbeth wanted him to do was wrong, but he did not trust his conscience and murdered Duncan. The witches predicts that Macbeth will be King of Cawdor, but they didn't predict for him to become a cruel murderer. The misfortunes that have unfolded in Shakespeare's play, have occured due to Macbeth's irresponsible actions. Macbeth was impatient, he rushed the process which only led him to destroy himself. He was selfish, and only thought about himself not others. He didn't listen to himself, he was reckless, which ended with his head on a stick. He was power hungry, he wanted to become king so bad that he didn't think about the outcome. The only one to blame for the downfall of Macbeth is Macbeth himself.


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If you read my post yesterday, I left you with a little teaser about more things to come. As I mentioned, I was in the kitchen all morning making some delicioso delights from our Southern neighbors. You all know I made the dulce de leche brownies con pistachios, which were a big hit, by the way. I also made some Puerto Rican pork empanadas, with salsa de ajili mojili, and of course, some guacamole. When we arrived at our friends' house, everyone thought I made too much food. However, when it was time to leave, all the food had disappeared and everyone was happy and full. So maybe I didn't make too much after all.
My husband and I "inherited" a smoker from one of his brothers not too long ago, when his brother replaced his old smoker for a new one. The first thing we made was some smoked pork. I planned the meal based around the smoked pork, but knew I wanted to stick with a Latin theme, which wasn't that difficult since pork is very popular in lot of Latin American cooking. So I hit the books from my culinary library and looked for something just right for the occasion. I found the recipe for Ajili Mojili Extravagante, which is a traditional Puerto Rican dip using their local chilies known as aji dulce, garlic (a lot of garlic, which is fine with me), vinegar and lemon juice. The salsa is named after a famous restaurant in San Juan, and was dubbed by the the restaurant after which it was named, and the residents of San Juan, as the mother of all salsas. Before using it for my empanadas, we also used it on our eggs for breakfast as well. It is a very versatile salsa, often used on meats, fish, rice or beans. It is almost a meal by itself. It is bold and full of flavor, just the way we like it.
Empanadas de Puerca y Ajili Mojili Extravagante.
Larry, on one of the rare occasions I actually let him in the kitchen, cutting his smoked pork. He smoked it for about 7 hours. It was very tender and flavorful.
Making the ajili mojili salsa.
Shredded pork with ajili mojili salsa and cooked sweet potatoes for the empanada filling.
Making the empanadas.
The guacamole.
Jeanne's Ajili Mojili Extravagante
3 Roma tomatoes, diced small
1/3 cup white onion, small dice
3 TBSP green pepper, small dice
2 jalapenos, diced fine
3 TBSP garlic, minced
2 TBSP capers, drained
2 1/2 TBSP toasted almond slivers
3 TBSP cilantro, chopped
3 TBSP lemon verbena, chiffonade (optional)
2 TBSP parsley, chopped
3 TBSP red wine vinegar
3 TBSP lemon juice
salt & pepper to taste
ground aji amarillo chiles to taste
1-1 1/2 tsp each oregano, marjoram and thyme
Mix all the the ingredients together and chill for at least one hour before using. Esta muy delicioso! Desfrutas!
My empanada dough was just my basic go-to standard dough that I use for so many things.
3 1/2 cups flour
12 TBSP COLD butter, cubed small
1 1/2 tsp salt
2 eggs
3/4 cup heavy whipping cream
This made about 2 dozen empanadas that were about 3″ each.
Mix the flour, cold butter and salt in a food processor until everything is well incorporated. Then add your eggs and cream and mix together until it forms a ball. Wrap the dough ball in plastic wrap and chill for at least a half hour before using. Then roll out onto a lightly floured surface and cut or shape as desired.
My secret for a light and flaky dough is to use cold butter. I also like using heavy whipping cream because it gives it a real rich flavor. Some people use water and some people use milk. Both of these are fine as well. It is all just a personal choice. Whether you use water, milk or cream though, you want them to be cold. I have even known some people that use vodka in their dough, but my favorite is the heavy whipping cream.
I rolled my dough very thin, about 1/4-1/2″ thick and cut them them in 3″ round circles. After I cut my dough, I flattened them even more before filling them. Use about 1-1 1/2 heaping TBSP of filling per circle. If you over fill them, particularly if your filling has any liquid in it, the dough will get really soggy and mushy and it will become very difficult to work with. Once the circles are filled, bring the ends together and pinch them tight. Some people even roll them together as part of the pinching. Use a fork to push down the edges to ensure the pockets are sealed. Sometimes I fry my empanadas and sometimes I bake them. Today, I baked them, so brushed an egg wash over the top to help them brown. I baked them at 350*F for about 1/2 hour, or until they were golden brown.
My egg wash was one egg and just a dash of heavy whipping cream whisked together, and then I brushed it over my empanadas. Again, some people use water, or milk, and it is just a personal choice. Because of the different sugar content in all of these, the browning will be a little different. I like using the heavy whipping cream because it has a slightly higher sugar content, which gives it a little bit more of a browning effect.
*** Ground Aji Amarillo Chilies is from Savory Spice, based out of Denver, CO. This has become one of my favorite spices. I use it for a lot of dishes.


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A big collection of the online anthology.


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The writings and statements of key "Islamist" figures about "the Islamic project" are endless. But the project remains ambiguous and mysterious in terms of its main ideas, which denotes disparities between their intentions.
Throughout history, Sharia has produced important institutions for social existence, such as the Sufi orders, scholarly institutions, educational institutions, religious endowments, thefatwa(edict) system affiliated to the orders, and other institutions that — absent the state — assumed the tasks of managing society.
They intersected to achieve the objectives of society's multiple and diverse affairs, and with it produced a judicial system separate (at least partially) from the state because its system of legislation was based on an open format.
When Mohamed Ali came to power in 1805, the modernisation process began, most notably by building an army, a state bureaucracy, an education system and the printing technologyassociated with it. This process branched out into two intersecting tracks. First, the "Egyptianising" that began by recruiting Egyptian Muslims in 1822 and then all Egyptians in 1855. The Sharia judiciary was also Egyptianised that year, followed by writing the official state journal,WaqaieMasriya,in Arabic, and in 1869 making Arabic the official language for government correspondence.
Second, "state takeover" whereby the central powers began to take control of existing social systems, starting with establishing a Public Office of Endowments in 1835 to bring it under state administration so the state can intervene in "deciding the powers of the grand imam of Al-Azhar."
State interference in the affairs of Al-Azhar expanded after 1860, and the authority of sheikhs of the occupation was canceled and the Endowments Office became a department in 1878. Several bylaws were issued to regulate Sufi orders in 1897, 1903, 1905 and the Ministry of Religious Endowments was created in 1913.
Then laws regulating religious endowments were issued in 1957, regulating Al-Azhar in 1961, mosques in 1964 and orders in 1976. They entirely stripped all these institutions of their social functions and turned them into state bodies.
In this context, the idea of "Islamisation" was born and used to support the processes of Egyptianisation and state takeover. Thus was the first attempt to "codify Sharia" as an "Egyptian" response to the Journal of Judicial Rulings issued by Ottoman rulers in 1876. This was done through committees headed by Minister of Justice Qadri Pacha that concluded by issuing a series of laws in 1883. The first article stated it "does not deny any rights guaranteed by Sharia" and was accompanied by the creation of a modern judicial system that limited the independence of judges from the sultan.
"Egyptianisation" and "state takeover" also resulted in a decree by Khedive Ismail appointing Sheikh Mohamed Mahdi Abbassi (from Al-Hanafi sect) as grand imam of Al-Azhar (after the Shafie and Malaki sects monopolised the post), and gave Abbassi and Al-Azhar the power to issue religious edicts that needed to accord to the Hanafi doctrine of the Ottoman state.
And thus, the Islamist movement emerged and focused on "Islamising" this new large state instead of considering the implications of its existence and growing in this manner. The movement paid little attention to the fate of previous methods of managing society; it did not attempt to revive the past or find an alternative that would have the same functions as the state it had hijacked.
The movement looked closely at Sharia — at the heart of their project — and found the governing legal framework while ignoring the correlation between arbitration law and the modern central national state. Neither did they much consider its mentioned institutional output.
The legislative output of Sharia was not much different since the definition of Sharia continued to be ambiguous; in fact, they have yet to provide their definition of what it is. This definition has passed through several major transformations since the beginning of the 20thcentury as the state's interference expanded in Al-Azhar (which monopolised the definition of Sharia), using administrative influence to drive away senior scholars who were out of favour (such as Grand Mufti Hassouna Al-Nawawi and Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Selim Al-Bishri) and empower those in favour (Mufti Mohamed Abdo and Al-Azhar grand imams Mustafa Al-Maraghi, Mohamed Shaltout and others).
Since that time, Al-Azhar no longer had the scholastic identity that distinguished it in the past (Al-Ashaari, doctrinal, Sufi) and became a forum for divergent currents in a way that manifested more deeply in the last third of the last century. This happened by weakening Al-Azhar institutionally and by growing petrodollar influence, and then the emergence of Islamist ideologues who redefined many Sharia rulings within the modern state and its social, economic and cultural requisites.
They extended the description of "Islamist" to normal and permissible things (not only the duties and matters established by Sharia) that Sharia had not mentioned, and completed their theories accordingly. Thus, Sharia in its legislative and social sense could mean different things; that the listener might understand one thing while the speaker might understand another.
Looking at the concept of the modern state, its implications and dismantling it on the one hand, and Sharia, its legislative and social meanings on the other, is bound to produce a variety of political projects in terms of visions of what comprises a state, its relationship with society, its nature and vessel of societal religious activities, mechanisms to manage society and ruling with Sharia, as well as inevitable differences based on different schools (not only doctrines) of Sharia and its provisions, as well as divergent perspectives on reality and how to deal with it.
This all means there is a need to differentiate between belonging to Islam and accepting the Islamists' political project, even in it is broad sense. It is a mistake to use the description Islamist for these political projects by Islamists that — at best — are nothing more than one of the alternatives connecting Islam and the motion of society. It is not, by any means, the most authentic or disciplined of these alternatives in terms of approach.


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Shophouses are commonly found in many historic cities and cities of the Southeast Asian international locations, however the shophouses in Singapore and Malaysia are extra similar in their architectural styles and designs, largely due to the two nations' historic hyperlinks. An open courtyard situated at the back of the shophouse. Under this plan, walkways measuring five feet in width must be built in entrance of the store buildings in Singapore, so that they could share a standard boundary with the streets. The house plans found on this website are designed to fulfill nationwide constructing codes. The terrace houses at Martaban Highway, Balestier, were constructed between the Nineteen Twenties and 1930s.
At this time, the exterior facades of shophouses could stay the same, however peek inside and you will discover a diverse vary of functions – temples, clan associations, guilds, kopitiams, bookshops, bars, museums, and naturally properties. It got here with a pitched roof and was supported by purlins working by way of the party walls that each individual shophouse shared with its neighbours.
There are also timber staircases contained in the old shophouses resulting in the second floor. An fascinating function of a typical Singaporean shophouse is its 5 foot means. Boxy Nineteen Sixties shophouses were the form's final hurrah. Many shophouses were constructed with an open courtyard inside, between the homes. Lots of the shophouses and terrace homes, a good mixture in Transitional, Late, Artwork Deco and Fashionable kinds, are located round Koon Seng Road, Joo Chiat Street, Joo Chiat Place, Tembeling Street and Everitt Highway.
Kampong Glam was the gathering place for Southeast Asian Muslims before their pilgrimage to Mecca, but it surely's higher identified these days as Singapore's avenue art hot spot. By the 1980s, shophouses had pretty much fallen out of favour as they were just too small to make efficient use of scarce land, although a semblance of the 5-foot approach lived on in some concrete procuring developments of the time.
Extra features were included into the design of these homes to go well with the tropical sun and rain, equivalent to excessive air vents to permit the nice and cozy air to flee from the roofs, and colored glass to diffuse the cruel daylight. The earliest form of a shophouse was documented in 1840 and it was a naked bones, no-frills affair. Exposed to the cultures of the European, American and Chinese, the Art Deco-styled shophouses often had gray Shanghai plaster partitions and flagpoles mounted on ziggurats that resemble the United States' Empire State Constructing.


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Lee Latchford-Evans talks about his garage makeover with Garageflex
Lee Latchford-Evans, from the pop group Steps, came to us with his garage storage problem. He had bikes, golf clubs, Christmas trees and a whole host of Steps memorabilia that was cluttering up his garage and in desperate need of the right storage solution. He wanted to walk into his garage to see everything neat, tidy and perfectly stored away.
He had decided to get some general storage but then searched online and found Garageflex, it was over to us!
Alastair Broom went to see Lee to discuss his garage, provided him with a design that met his requirements and gave him a price. It was all agreed and the date was scheduled for Lee's garage makeover.
The team arrived to an empty garage and within 4 days had transformed it by adding our TekPanel walls, fitting a range of cupboards, shelves, bike racks and other storage items.
Lee said "So from what was a dump, wow, look at this transformation. Three days later, Garageflex have come and they truly have delivered." He now has an organised and clutter free garage, he is a very happy customer. Watch his story.


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The Prison Book ClubBook - 2015
An attack in London left Ann Walmsley unable to walk alone down the street, and shook her belief in the fundamental goodness of people. A few years later, when a friend asked her to participate in a bold new venture in a men's medium security prison, Ann had to weigh her curiosity and desire to be of service against her anxiety and fear.
But she signed on, and for eighteen months went to a remote building at Collins Bay, meeting a group of heavily tattooed book club members without the presence of guards or security cameras. There was no wine and cheese, no plush furnishings. But a book club on the inside proved to be a place to share ideas and regain a sense of humanity.
For the men, the books were rare prized possessions, and the meetings were an oasis of safety and a respite from isolation in an otherwise hostile environment. Having been judged themselves, they were quick to make judgments about the books they read. As they discussed the obstacles the characters faced, they revealed glimpses of their own struggles that were devastating and comic. From The Grapes of Wrath to The Cellist of Sarajevo, Outliers to Infidel , the book discussions became a springboard for frank conversations about loss, anger, redemption, and loneliness.
The Prison Book Club follows six of the book club members, who kept journals at Walmsley's request and participated in candid one-on-one conversations. Graham the biker, Frank the gunman, Ben and Dread the drug dealers, and the robber duo Gaston and Peter come to life as the author reconciles her knowledge of their crimes with the individuals themselves, and follows their lives as they leave prison. And woven throughout is the determined and compassionate Carol Finlay, working tirelessly to expand her program across Canada and into the United States.
The books changed the men and the men changed Walmsley, allowing her to move beyond her position as a victim. Given the choice, she'd forsake the company of privileged friends and their comfortable book club to make the two-hour drive to Collins Bay.
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A wonderful book that documents the author's journey confronting her fear in a unique way. Books and reading have a powerful effect. It was interesting to read how the group discussion went as I had read many of the books.
A great book club selection
This is a very good book, and I was happy to hear that these book clubs exist in Canadian penal institutions. The insight that many of the prisoners had were very interesting to read, and I enjoyed their critiques of the books they read. I belong to a library based book club, and our group has read many of the same books as noted here. Highly recommend.
The Prison Book Club, journalist Ann Walmsley's memoir about running a book club in an Ontario men's prison, has been crowned the winner of the 2016 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Nonfiction.
An insightful look into the minds of the book club members as they comment on the many books they've read. Congratulations to the people who have contributed to this prison activity.
As the moderator of library book clubs, I found this to be an amazingly insightful read. There is a lot to be admired in the prison book clubs, in the people who run them and the prisoners who are members. The book is full of tips for running a successful book club meeting and of unexpectedly insightful comments from the men. Ann Walmsley was honest in voicing her concerns in working with the prisoners. I love her conclusion - that given the choice between attending a meeting of her women's book club in Toronto and and attending a meeting of the prison book club, she would take the prison book club every time.
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CWDmedia clients Martyr De Mona's long awaited album 'Impera' was released earlier this month on In At The Eye Records to widespread acclaim.
After I'd helped them with the odd flyer design here and there, the band approached me prior to going into the studio with a view to putting together the album artwork and supporting promotional materials.
The album artwork came together well, incorporating photography by Steve Gerrard and illustration by Joshua Farnell. It was supplemented by flyers, posters and a huge backdrop banner as seen on Sunday night when the band headlined Wolverhampton's Wulfrun Hall – a venue I'm no stranger to myself after my time with VERT. The bill also featured fellow CWDmedia clients The Black Hounds and it was great to see the Midlands rock music scene is in such rude health!
The Wulfrun Hall date was part of a UK tour the band is currently midway through in support of 'Impera'. Check out the CWDmedia Facebook page to see the finished artwork.
Enjoy Martyr De Mona's video for 'Influence & Persuasion' (track 2 on 'Impera') below, and if you'd like to pick up a copy, links are as follows:
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/impera/id781610284
Amazon: http://www.amazon.co.uk/IMPERA-Martyr-De-Mona/dp/B00INIDI2S/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1398162674&sr=8-1&keywords=Martyr+de+Mona
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday he accepted the U.S. intelligence assessment that the "highest level" of the Russian government was responsible for cyber attacks during the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign.
Asked during a news conference if he thought Russian President Vladimir Putin directed the hacking of the Democratic National Committee, Kerry said: "I accept the judgment of the intelligence community that this went to the highest level" of the Russian government.
(Reporting by Lesley Wroughton; Writing by Mohammad Zargham; Editing by Eric Beech)


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Here's a quick tutorial on how to fix "The File has No Audio or Video Streams" error in Premiere when importing a 360 video recorded on the Samsung Gear 360 from the latest version of Gear 360 ActionDirector 2017. (ActionDirector OEM version is 2.0.1619.0, and I'm using Adobe Premiere CS5.5 in this tutorial).
Example process.bat:
ffmpeg -i 360_0362_Stitch_YHC.MP4 -c:v copy -c:a copy 360_0362_Stitch_YHC_fixed.MP4
Hope this helps!
Here is my other tutorial on how to Edit 360 videos from the Gear 360 in Adobe Premiere using ActionDirector:
Here is my other tutorial on how to edit 360 videos in Adobe Premiere with Ambisonic sound from the Zoom H2n:
As I made this video in 10 minutes, I didn't have time to record the audio properly, sorry! I just wanted to share it with people as soon as possible.
Thanks for watching,
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Constructivism: Lecture and project-based learning
The blog entry title initially was:
Constructivism: Lecture versus project-based learning
Actually, the article is about both lecture and group work finding a niche in the complex process of teaching and learning.
Excellent points, ideas and discussion in and under a recently published article:
Anyone Still Listening? Educators Consider Killing the Lecture
"Professors do not engage students enough, if at all, when trying to innovate the classroom. It's shocking how out of touch they can be, just because they didn't take the time to hear their students' perspectives."
The article and the excellent comments underneath the article do not address the possibility of cultural differences. E.g., when article cites the German research, it fails to acknowledge that the US culture is pronouncedly individualistic, whereas other societies are more collective. For more information pls consider:
Ernst, C. T. (2004). Richard E. Nisbett. The Geography of Thought: How Asians and Westerners Think Differently … and Why. Personnel Psychology, (2), 504.
Nisbett, R. E. (2009). Intelligence and how to get it : why schools and cultures count / Richard E. Nisbett. New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2009.
The article generalizes, since another omission is the subject-oriented character of the learning process: there are subjects, where lecture might be more prevalent and there are some where project learning, peer instruction and project-based learning might be more applicable.


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Úna Clancy's research area is prenatal language acquisition. This PhD research investigates the influence that the maternal voice has on the developing fetus in terms of language development. The aim is to test whether the baby is already familiarising themselves with the sounds of language while in utero.
An experiment has been designed using the High Amplitude Sucking Procedure (HASP) wherein infants learn the contingence between their sucking pattern and sound presentation. It aims to test whether infants will adjust their sucking rate to produce speech heard previously only in utero. The hypothesis being tested is that neonates will adjust their suck rate in order to hear previously heard (in utero) maternal speech over that of novel maternal speech.
Before gaining access to the target population of expectant mothers and newborns, an in-depth ethics application was prepared for the HSE ethics committee. Approval was granted in the summer of 2016 and so began the process of liaising with the gatekeepers at the University Maternity Hospital Limerick. This was an exercise in patience and perseverance. Over the course of a year, this relationship was established and support for the research flourished within the target community.
Participants were recruited from the Limerick Maternity's antenatal classes under the project title 'Are Baby Bumps Listening?'. Úna attended antenatal classes where she presented to groups of expectant mothers and opened the call to participate. Participating mums-to-be began reciting a short fairy tale daily to their bump from the second trimester all the way through the pregnancy while keeping a logbook. A task which, happily, many report as being an enjoyable 'bonding time' between mother and child.
At the time of writing data collection is well underway using specialised equipment and a computer programme to carry out the High Amplitude Sucking Procedure, both designed in UL by Dr. Mikael Fernström (CSIS), who is part of the supervision panel along with Dr. Peter Murphy (S&E) and Dr. Máiréad Moriarty (MLAL).
Úna recently presented her research as a "3 Minute Thesis" presentation at the International Research Methods Summer School 2017 (IRMSS) in Mary Immaculate College and won first place. She would like to thank her supervisors, all those at the Maternity, and her participants, especially the little ones!
Úna's research and fieldwork has been funded by the School of Modern Languages and Applied Linguistics and the AHSS faculty.