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It's football season, which means many people spend their weekends plopped on the couch with the game on. As a sports fan myself, I know how it feels to not want to miss a game. But, there may be a better way to lounge around. There is a way to be "lazy" and improve your posture, core strength, and overall health at the same time. Try striking these five yoga poses while you watch your teams compete.
Easy Pose
Sit cross-legged and focus on your posture by drawing your stomach in and elongating the spin. Remember to switch legs periodically! This resting pose will help with hip flexibility and core strength.
Wide-Angle Seated Forward Bend
Sit up tall on your butt and straddle your legs as much as you can, from here reach forward while trying to keep the spin long. This stretch will lengthen your inner thigh muscles and help open up the hips.
Bound Angle Pose
…or butterfly position as I learned as a kid, is another seated pose. Bring the bottoms of your feet together and let your knees fall open to the sides. Relax your hands on your feet or take a forward fold stretch. This is yet another pose that improves hip flexibility, which is something that is jeopardized when sitting normally on the couch.
Two-Knee Reclined Spinal Twist
This pose allows you to lie on your back! Lie down and draw your knees into your chest. Now, let both of your knees fall over to the right as your arms spread wide making a T-shape. This easy twist is amazing for your lower back. If you feel comfortable, try looking towards your feet for an additional neck stretch. Don't forget to perform the twist on both sides!
Half Cobra Pose
Lie on your stomach and bend your arms underneath your shoulders with your forearms on the ground. Lift your chest and press through your hands, but keep your forearms attached to the ground at all times. This pose is amazing for lower back flexibility.
Legs Up The Wall
This pose is exactly what its time entails… Bring your tailbone right up against the wall and swing your legs up the wall. Your shoulders and back will rest on the floor. The pose improves circulation!


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Raided restaurant owner pleased to be found 'not liable'
An Indian restaurant owner in Sidmouth feels vindicated after the Border Agency said the owner was 'not liable' for the four men found working there illegally.
Kazi Ahmad faced a fine of up to £40,000 when immigration officials raided the Cinnamon Tree in Radway in October.
But a UK Border Agency spokesman said: "A notice of no liability has been issued to the Cinnamon Tree and no penalty is due."
Mr Ahmad has always claimed the paperwork for the men was in order when he took them on at his restaurant, and felt he had done nothing wrong.
He said two workers had stopped going to college, meaning they were in breach of the student visas they entered the country with, but had not told him.
But the spokesman for the Border Agency said the four men arrested as a result of their investigation are still being deported.
He said: "Two remain in Immigration Detention pending removal from the UK, and two have been removed from the country."
Mr Ahmad said he had lost a lot of business since officers raided the premises two months ago, but wanted to assure customers the restaurant was still open as usual.
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In several sports disciplines, antidoping rule violations are controlled in accordance with the World Anti-Doping Code and the International Standards prepared by WADA. In some disciplines, the Codes of the International Federations deviate from the WADA Code. The Codes of the International Federations are legally binding on the athletes, and athletes must be aware of the provisions applied to them.
The purpose of doping control is to
- prevent the use of substances and methods that are detrimental to health and/or improve performance
- secure athletes' right to fair and clean competition
- defend the equity and reliability of sports in the future and
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Principles of doping testing
In Finland, doping controls for athletes are conducted by FINCIS, The World Anti-Doping Agency WADA and international sports federations. National sports federations can also order doping tests from FINCIS. Finnish athletes can also be tested abroad by the national antidoping organisation of the country in question.
In its testing, FINCIS complies with WADA's International Standard for Testing and Investigations. The Standard ensures the quality, reliability and consistency of the test procedure both nationally and internationally.
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Slim Down with Non-Surgical Coolsculpting
February 2, 2015
If you're looking for a nonsurgical way to slim down, then CoolSculpting could be the perfect solution. Most people have one or more areas that they would like to slim down. These areas contain stubborn fat deposits that seem to be unbeatable.
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What Is It?
As the name implies, CoolSculpting is a procedure that freezes fat deposits. By freezing excess fat cells, the procedure causes them to die, then over time, the body slowly eliminates the cells naturally.
Research shows that extreme cold affects the body in an odd way – it results in improved body contours. Attacking fat cells with extreme cold isn't new. In fact, it's a concept that has been around since the 1970s. It all started with a group of children.
By sucking on popsicles, the children lost weight in their cheeks. At first, doctors couldn't figure it out, but eventually, they found out that the extreme cold from the popsicles caused the fat loss.
It's a process called cryolipolysis, which consists of freezing fat. After many years of research and testing, the CoolSculpting machine was created. It can be used to reduce minor amounts of excess fat almost anywhere on the body.
How It Works
A typical CoolSculpting session involves a paddle-like applicator, which is attached to a hose. The cold flows through the hose into the applicator, and the applicator is used to freeze fat cells. Each machine has two panels, and there are more than 3,000 sensors on each side.
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Merkawre Sobekhotep
Merkawre Sobekhotep on Wikipedia
|Merkawre Sobekhotep
|Sobekhotep VII
Inscription from a pink granite seated statue of Merkawre Sobekhotep discovered in Karnak.
|2 years, ..., and 3 or 4 days. Estimated by Kim Ryholt to be 2 and a half years[1] (13th dynasty)
|Sewadjkare Hori
|Bebi, Sobekhotep
Merkawre Sobekhotep (also known as Sobekhotep VII) was the thirty-seventh pharaoh of the 13th dynasty during the second intermediate period. He probably reigned over Middle and perhaps Upper Egypt during the mid-84th century from 8337 until 8338.[1] Alternatively, the German Egyptologist Thomas Schneider dates this short-lived king's reign from 8355 to 8357[3]
Merkawre Sobekhotep is attested by a scarab-seal of unknown origin [2] and by two statues dedicated to Amun. The statues were originally from Karnak and are now in the Egyptian Museum and in the Louvre Museum respectively.[4] The statues present Merkawre Sobekhotep with two sons Bebi and Sobekhotep, both bearing the titles of "king's son" and of "court official".[1]
Merkawre Sobekhotep is also named in the Turin canon (Ryholt: row 8 column 8, Gardiner & von Beckerath: row 7, column 8) and in the Karnak king list. The Turin canon credits him with a reign of 2 years, a lost number of months and 3 to 4 days. Consequently, Ryholt attributes him 2 and a half years of reign.
Chronological position
The exact chronological position of Merkawre Sobekhotep in the 13th dynasty is not known for certain owing to uncertainties affecting earlier kings of the dynasty. According to the Turin canon, Merkawre Sobekhotep was the immediate successor of Sewadjkare Hori. Darrell Baker makes him the thirty-seventh king of the dynasty, Kim Ryholt sees him as the thirty-eighth king and Jürgen von Beckerath places him as the thirty-second pharaoh of the dynasty.[2][5] After Merkawre Sobekhotep's kingship, the sequence of rulers of the 13th dynasty is highly uncertain due to a large lacuna affecting the Turin canon. Four to seven king names are lost to the lacuna.[1]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 K.S.B. Ryholt: The Political Situation in Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period, c.1800-1550 BC, Carsten Niebuhr Institute Publications, vol. 20. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, 1997
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Darrell D. Baker: The Encyclopedia of the Pharaohs: Volume I - Predynastic to the Twentieth Dynasty 3300 - 1069 BC, Stacey International, ISBN 978-1-905299-37-9, 2008, p. 453
- ↑ Thomas Schneider: Lexikon der Pharaonen
- ↑ Catalogue No. Egyptian Museum (Cairo) JE 43599; Louvre Museum A. 121[E. 7824].
- ↑ Jürgen von Beckerath: Untersuchungen zur politischen Geschichte der zweiten Zwischenzeit in Ägypten, Glückstadt 1964, S. 61, 254-255 (XIII 32.)
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Destruction of property (2015)
Destruction of property
Brutally punished for being Ahmadi – in Jhelum
Mob destroyed Ahmadi-owned factory and occupied Ahmadiyya mosqueArson attack by a mob on an Ahmadi-owned chipboard factory in Jhelum (Punjab) was in a way the major anti-Ahmadi incident of 2015. The attack was apparently a reaction of a crowd to an alleged accusation of defiling the Quran, but there is evidence that it was pre-meditated and planned. The sizable factory was nearly 70% destroyed. Ahmadis' homes located insides the parameters of the factory were first looted and then set on fire, with no regard to the lives of the families inside; all of them had to flee to save their lives. Apparently there was no SOP with authorities to meet such a situation and adequate police force was not available. Army units had to be deployed to restore law and order. The next day, the bigots chose to target an Ahmadiyya mosque in the vicinity. They occupied it and piled all its furnishings in the street and set them on fire. The LEA personnel present at the site took no action to prevent the outrage.
Loot, arson in police presence, Ahmadis flee from homes and hearths to save lives
Jhelum; November 20, 2015 and thereafter: Ahmadiyya central office in Rabwah issued the following two press releases, on November 21 and 23 respectively.
P.R. on November 21, 2015
An attempt in Jhelum to burn innocent Ahmadis alive over vicious allegation of blasphemy of the Holy Quran
No Ahmadi can ever contemplate the slightest disrespect to the Holy Quran: Spokesperson Ahmadiyya Community
Chenab Nagar, Rabwah: Yesterday, under a monstrous plan, an attempt was made to burn Ahmadis alive after accusing them of defiling the Holy Quran. According to details a chip board factory, functioning in Jhelum since long, owned by an Ahmadi, was set on fire. Chip board was being manufactured in the factory when some miscreant reportedly informed the local mullas that copies of Holy Quran had been delivered to the furnace. Thereafter, without any further enquiry, announcements were made on loudspeakers in mosques that Holy Quran had been desecrated in Ahmadis' chip board factory. A violent mob was formed through these provocative announcements, which surrounded the factory, pelted stones, caused damage and then set the factory on fire by the use of inflammable material. Law enforcement personnel arrived at the scene and rescued the people trapped in the factory. The fire has destroyed 70% of the factory while 8 vehicles parked inside were also severely damaged.
The spokesperson of the Ahmadiyya community expressed great anguish over this incident and said that a deliberate attempt had been made to burn Ahmadis alive by torching the factory under a plan. Someone pushed the vicious allegation of blasphemy for personal vendetta and animosity. Last year on July 27, 2014 during Ramzan in Gujranwala three Ahmadi females were burnt alive by an enraged mob over baseless allegation of blasphemy of the Holy Ka'ba. Subsequent investigations proved the allegation entirely false and a result of personal animosity. He said, "Every Ahmadi is mindful of the Sha'air of Allah more than his life, as they are part of his faith. We have been taught that, 'Those who honour the Quran are honoured in the heavens'." According to the National Action Plan a ban on hateful speeches is little more than paperwork, as extremist elements are free to implement their hateful anti-Ahmadiyya agenda, he said. He demanded transparent investigation of the incident and swift action to bring the perpetrators to justice.
P.R. on November 22/23, 2015
Ahmadis targeted by miscreants and lawbreakers in the presence of law enforcement personnel
Ahmadiyya place of worship was attacked and its belongings burnt in Kala Gujran: Spokesperson Ahmadiyya Community
Chenab Nagar, Rabwah (PR): Miscreants attacked an Ahmadi place of worship in Kala Gujran, Jhelum. They damaged
the furnishings, took them out in the street, and set them on fire. Three days ago, on November 20, the opponents of the Ahmadiyya community attacked a chip-board factory and set it ablaze when people were still inside. The perpetrators acted to burn alive those inside the factory. Their lives were barely saved with the help of law enforcement agencies. Yesterday, on Saturday, November 21, 2015, extremist elements held a rally in Kala Gujran. They encircled the Ahmadiyya Bait-uz-Zikr, took the prayer mats and other movables out and set them on fire in the street. It is relevant to mention that personnel from law enforcement agencies were present on the spot but they did not exert to stop the miscreants from burning the belongings. After this, the bigots washed the mosque, a mulla called the Azaan, and they offered Asar prayer in the mosque. Thereafter, the authorities told them to leave, and locked the mosque.
The spokesperson of Ahmadiyya community in Pakistan, Saleemuddin strongly condemned the violent incidents in Jhelum and said that an Ahmadiyya place of worship was attacked in presence of the
law enforcement personnel who, instead of taking action against the lawbreakers, stood there as spectators. He further said that an application for registration of FIR against the participants who damaged the factory and burned the belongings of the worship place has been lodged with the police. He added that the Ahmadis of Jhelum and surrounding areas have been forced to leave their homes, for safety. He demanded from the government that Ahmadis should be provided protection and strict legal action should be taken against the miscreants who threatened human lives.
The police arrested Mr Qamar Ahmad, an Ahmadi, a security official of the factory on November 20, the very first day and booked him under PPC 295-B, a blasphemy clause for alleged desecration of the Holy Quran.
The above is the gist of what happened, but PRs have to be brief and crisp; they cannot do justice to the reported event. Often the reality and substance can be conveyed only if mentioned in essential detail.
Only two days before this tragedy in Jhelum, Kunwar Khuldune Shahid wrote in an op-ed in the daily The Nation: "We can shout "Islam is the religion of peace" till our lungs burst, but advocating beliefs and laws that contradict basic human rights let alone supporting Islamist militancy, would constantly be the deal-breaker…. Neither conveniently distancing ourselves from Islamist terrorism would suffice. Muslims need to be at the forefront of the war against jihadism, which has caused more suffering to us than any other community." This opinion which is now obvious to most intellectuals in Pakistan is apparently still not held by the provincial government who has done little to convert it into an SOP for their law-enforcing agencies. The incident, as it unfolded in Jhelum, proved it. The mulla and the mob were allowed the initiative, the security forces responded, only if they could, or opted to.
It is relevant to point out that despite the experience of the past 20 years and the great obvious harm done to the Pakistani state and society in recent years, Pakistan government is not on the same page on the evil of religious extremism, even after the APS Peshawar tragedy. Maulana Sheerani, the chairman of the CII at Islamabad declared only a month ago that he would take up the following three long over-due issues in the next council meeting:
- Ahmadis should be classified as mere non-Muslims or Murtads (apostates)? (Note: According to the CII the penalty for apostasy is death.)
- Whether Jizya (religious tax) should be imposed on non-Muslims in Pakistan?
- To determine which sects fell under the ambit of Islam.
In view of the above unabashed statement in public, what happened in Jhelum is not surprising.
The riot in Jhelum was reported in the press adequately, and the English language press commented profusely on its various aspects. The daily The News mentioned in an op-ed on November 29, "Keep in mind that the mob didn't just act out of blind rage. It first looted the properties in question: taking away even children clothes from the cupboards. Once the assets of the enemy had been secured, it was time to burn the structures to the ground." The daily Dawn reported on November 27, "The decades old facility has been turned into a vast heap of ashes and charred structures by an arson attack launched by a crazed mob. The crowd gathered in the wake of announcements made from mosques' loudspeakers, calling on people to burn the facility down after one of its employees was arrested over allegations of blasphemy. What they didn't burn down, they looted."
A report in the monthly Tanqeed quoted one Imran (name changed for security concern) an Ahmadi eye witness to the attack:According to the daily The News: By evening, announcements were made from local mosques that the owner and the workers had burnt the Quran. Soon, outrage spread in the nearby villages. Following this the people not only from the vicinity but nearby villages gathered as a mob and set ablaze the chipboard factory. The houses and the offices of the factory were destroyed, looted and burnt. …The DPO says announcements were made in the nearby villages urging people to gather outside the factory, and possibility of any mischief cannot be ignored.According to the daily The News: By evening, announcements were made from local mosques that the owner and the workers had burnt the Quran. Soon, outrage spread in the nearby villages. Following this the people not only from the vicinity but nearby villages gathered as a mob and set ablaze the chipboard factory. The houses and the offices of the factory were destroyed, looted and burnt. …The DPO says announcements were made in the nearby villages urging people to gather outside the factory, and possibility of any mischief cannot be ignored.
"It was a miracle how (fleeing) families inside the factory compound and those outside managed to gain some distance, as the hunt had started by the mob then.
"The night had grown darker. The mob began to loot, and then, to set the factory on fire.
"When the angry men moved towards our quarters, they were told by some non-Ahmadis to only target the living quarters of Ahmadis, I was told by my contact. They stole from our residences and then set them on fire. They had started running in the direction of Ahmadis who had managed to flee, with batons and torches.
"Ahmadis hid in the fields behind small hills, in deep nullahs (canals), and in thorny shrubs, hungry and scared, for hours. The subsequent rescue operation by the volunteers of the community – without any help from the law enforcement personnel – went on till 6 a.m."
According to some other account, the police did help in saving some lives.
Even after all that, the authorities failed to grasp the potential threat that still existed. The next day, the bigoted brigade organized an attack on an Ahmadiyya mosque, not far away. The daily Dawn filed the following report on November 27: "A few kilometres east of the torched factory in the congested Kala Gujran area of Jhelum city, dozens of armed soldiers and policemen stand guard in front of an Ahmadi place of worship. But the place has now been inscribed with the title of 'Masjid Allah Wali' and displays the slogan 'Khatme Nabuwwat Zindabad'. "These were written by the protestors who briefly took over this place yesterday and offered their prayers here," says Malik Basharat Jameel a native of the area. They took three motor cycles, two generators, some furniture and files out from this building and set it all on fire."
But Nasir Butt, a local journalist, believes the police were responsible for the chaos. "The police failed to apply a strategy to counter religious unrest", he says. Surprisingly the second attack occurred after the RPO himself had arrived here to control the situation. The police simply vanished when the crowd arrived." The daily Dawn, November 27, 2015
According to The News of November 29, 2015: A video available with TNS shows people setting things on fire in the worship place with a policeman standing quietly and watching rather than taking any action. Almost 24 hours after the whole episode, the Punjab Chief Minister ordered to take action against the culprits.
The News reported later: The government managed to block the news on national television channels. The factory is under the control of administration ever since and the media has not been allowed to visit the area, thus blocking any kind of coverage that could expose the horrifying scenes of loot, plunder and burning of the factory. The News, 29.11.15
The daily The Nation of November 22, 2015 made editorial comment on this 'Mob Justice': "…. With Ahmadis declared non-Muslims by the Pakistani government in 1974, there is no stopping the public in trying to make them feel like they do not belong to this country. Eleven member of the sect were murdered for their faith in 2014 and authorities failed to apprehend any of the killers. … "Severe action will be taken against the culprits," Nisar (Interior Minister) added. But these words mean nothing as such attacks against Ahmadis have become a norm. No official account has ever been given about the perpetrators, backers, financiers or masterminds of these heinous crimes."A further press report mentioned: Five days after the torching down of the chipboard factory and looting of workers' houses and offices, about four kilometres from Jhelum on G.T. Road, by a violent mob, the smoke was still billowing from its ware houses and fire-fighting vehicles were still at work.
Post-riot situation: Rabia Mahmood wrote in the monthly Tanqeed in her article "The mob wanted to lynch them", quoting Imran, (name changed for security):
"As for Imran, he never thought that the situation in Jehlum (sic) would escalate to the point where Ahmadis would have to flee. While there are no deaths or injuries from the Jehlum incidents so far, the trauma and fear is immense. A few years ago, Imran had witnessed a hate crime against an Ahmadi acquaintance in Punjab and had to take the bleeding man to the hospital after he was shot. That physical violence was nothing compared to the utter fear of Jehlum. There is no comparison."
Members of the Ahmadiyya Community suspect that the incident was 'systemically run' in term of sequence of incidents. Sure enough, five days after the incident, the Dawn reported on November 25: Investigators smell 'conspiracy' behind Jhelum violence
"Gujrat: The violence that erupted in Jhelum, apparently following a 'desecration' incident in the factory, might have been planned by perpetrators with ulterior motives. … The investigators have been looking into the possibility of a sabotage plan behind the incidents in Jhelum that might have been prepared by some local miscreants in connivance with some factory workers."
Later The Express Tribune partly filled in the blank by a report on December 2: Inciting violence: Worker behind Jhelum incident wanted raise, according to the report. Another report in the same daily two days earlier mentioned that a provincial law maker, Mehr Muhammad Fiaz claimed that "the men who torched the chipboard factory over blasphemy allegations were in a drunk state and were only there to steal valuables."
The situation became so tense and fraught with danger that all the Ahmadis from the city of Jhelum and its suburbs had to flee and seek refuge elsewhere wherever they could. When to go back safely, is a moot question.
After the damage had been done, at some stage, the political and administrative authorities realized that the situation needed firm handling to avoid re-ignition. The police then filed two cases against the rioters under different sections of PPC and section 7 of Anti-Terrorism Act. Some arrests were made. The authorities however, talked to a few protestors who complained that some of the detained individuals were innocent; the officials assured them sympathetic follow-up. Predictably, no senior mulla was detained for questioning. According to press reports a few moezzans (callers to prayers, mosques caretakers) were detained. But they are only the foot-soldiers.
The English print media took due notice of the incident and in addition to press reports, published op-eds and wrote editorials. Some of these are listed below:
|Manufacturing Intolerance
|Waqar Gillani – The News on Sunday 29.11.15
|Justifying the mob
|Hussain H. Zaidi – The News 28.11.15
|Identity crises for Pakistan's Ahmadis: Battle with mob and state
|The Nation 28.11.15
|Jhelum Rioters Arrested
|Newsweek Pakistan 25.11.15
|Fighting for the right to live
|Newsweek Pakistan 25.11.15
|A surfeit of anger
|Chris Cork in The Express Tribune 25.11.15
|The mob wanted to lynch them
|Rabia Mehmood in tanqeed.org Nov 2015
|Press Report
|Footprints: Fires of hatred
|Dawn 27.11.15
|The pariahs of Pakistan
|Farrukh K Pitafi in The Express Tribune 27.11.15
|The unmistakable hypocrisy
|Mehr Tarrar – The Express Tribune 26.11.15
|The fire of intolerance
|The Friday Times 27.11.15
|End impunity for blasphemy mobs
|Gul Bukhari -The Nation 22.11.15
|Mob Justice
|The Nation 22.11.15
|Mob torches Jhelum factory after blasphemy accusation
|The Nation 22.11.15
|Press report
|Double standard over hangings alleged
|Nasir Iqbal in Dawn 24.11.15
|Closing Jihad factories
|Marvi Sirmed in The Nation 24.11.15
|Minority matters
|Reema Omer in Dawn 24.11.15
|More than 40 suspects held for Jhelum (hate attacks)
|Dawn – 24.11.15
|Clerics warn against secularization
|The News 25.11.15
|Hate speech
|The Nation 25.11.15
|Toothless recommendations
|The Nation 28.11.15
|Punished for being
|Imaan Hazir Mazari in The News 27.11.15
|Jhelum – insult to human dignity
|Waqqas Mir in The News on Sunday 29.11.15
|Religious extremism in Jhelum
|Dawn 24.11.15
|After factory, mob torches Ahmadi place of worship in Jhelum over blasphemy allegations
|The Express Tribune 21.11.15
|Blasphemy allegations: Mob torches factory in Jhelum
|The Express Tribune 21.11.15
|Ahmadi place of worship set ablaze in Jhelum, riots erupt after blasphemy allegations
|Dawn – 21.11.15
The vernacular press reported the incident; however, as usual, it decided not to comment on it or take a position in favour of the targeted community – except a hint in the daily Express.
TV channels were more forthcoming. There were numerous talk shows in which Jhelum incident was taken up. The participants, even those from religious parties, spoke against the rioters and stated that it was wrong and un-Islamic to accept a report on its face value without due inquiry and indulge in a riot. An op-ed writer, however, criticized this position as it suggests "most repulsively, that a given set of facts could explain or justify attempted murder, arson against residential and industrial premises."
The Punjab apex committee established by the NAP recommended several changes to the law to better deal with terrorism and extremism – aiming mostly at making punishments more severe. The daily The Nation of November 28, 2015 wrote an editorial titled Toothless Recommendations on these. Extract:
"The recommendations include more stringent laws on loud speaker use, mob violence and hate speech – but the fact is even if these laws had been in place, incidents like Jhelum riots, the Kasur lynching and Joseph Colony fire would still have happened in exactly the same way. Laws become meaningless when LEAs stand by and let angry mobs do their worst, be it through cowardice or sympathy with the crowd. LEA standard operating procedures dealing with religious mobs need to be updated – they need to be given the authority to use force to deter the crowd.
"If laws are needed then they are needed to prosecute policemen who let mobs torture and destroy in dereliction of their duties."
Ms. Gul Bokhari hit the nail on the head, in her op-ed published in the daily The Nation of November 22, 2015 on the issue of recommendations:
"All political parties in parliament are urged to frame and table laws targeted specifically at the impunity side of the blasphemy killings at least, and to do so on a war footing, given they find it hard to change or repeal the blasphemy laws at this time. A few simple recommendations include: The introduction of capital punishment for anyone, including the mosque clerics like in Jhelum's case this Friday, who call for punishment/killing of blasphemy accused by people; charging members of the attacking mob with nothing short of murder or attempted murder, as the case may be, reform of procedure before anyone can be booked for blasphemy."
Mr. Usman Ahmad came up with a refreshing suggestion in the huffingtonpost.com in his article 'Is it time for Pakistan to Revisit the 'Ahmadi Question'? His concluding remarks:
"Notwithstanding all this, there was a noticeable difference in the way the mainstream media covered the Jhelum attack compared to previous atrocities. Apart from formal condemnations, genuine and nuanced discourse about the rights of Ahmadis in Pakistan, social attitudes towards them and what it means to be a citizen in Pakistan was brought into open discussion.
"It is exactly this kind of conversation that has to come to the fore because the handling of the Ahmadi question is integral to the future direction of Pakistan through its inextricable link with the darkest recesses of its past. An honest and fair-minded discussion has become a necessity. Not just in newsrooms, but in all public spheres.
"More fundamentally it needs to be conducted in a mature manner, free of polemics, the threat of violence and by taking on board the viewpoints of Ahmadis themselves.
"It is imperative that the Ahmadi question be revisited. Without engaging with one of the principal causes of religious tension in Pakistan no amount of military operations or action plans will be able to prevent further blazes, like the one in Jhelum, from being lit. And fire is something that can only be contained for so long."
15 months on, Ahmadi families await return
Lahore: The daily The Express Tribune published the following story on October 9, 2015.
Three of the six Ahmadi families displaced in Gujranwala after an infuriated mob torched their houses in Arafat Colony have not been able to return home despite the passage of over 15 months.
The mob had attacked houses belonging to members of Jamaat-i-Ahmadiyya in the colony on July 28, 2014 after asserting that 20-year-old Aqib Saleem, an Ahmadi, had shared a blasphemous post on Facebook. A case was registered against Saleem and police had nabbed the blasphemy suspect. His case was later heard at an anti-terrorism court. Five-year-old Hira Tabassum, three-year-old Kainat Tabassum (sic) and their grandmother Bushra Begum were burnt alive in the incident. The mob had torched another five houses in the locality. The residences were pillaged before being set ablaze.
Saddam Hussain, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khurram, Asif Butt, Asif Dhobi, Tariq Sindhu, Maulvi Hakim Khan and Muhammad Noor had been nominated in an FIR of the incident filed on the complaint of Muhammad Boota, the father of the deceased girls. Police had declared Khan, Hussain and Butt innocent. Khan had been accused of inciting the mobsters by making provocative announcements at a local mosque in the FIR. The other suspects have been imprisoned.
Lahore High Court had dismissed Sindhu's bail application last week. The Supreme Court had turned down bail applications of Noor and Khurram on September 2, 2009.
On the other hand, the court trying Saleem had acquitted him on August 15, 2015. The counsel for the petitioner had informed the court that his client had been accused of sharing the post in question on July 27, 2014. He said a probe had established that his Facebook account had not been used from July 20 to 28.
Local Ahmadi leader Iqrar Ahmed told The Express Tribune that three of the affected families had returned to the locality. He said locals had not allowed the remaining families to return. Ahmed said Boota, Fazal and Saleem's families had not been allowed to return. He said they had returned to the locality but had vacated their residences once again after being threatened. Ahmed said the families in question were directly involved in the attack.
He said Boota's mother had been killed by the mob and Saleem was accused of blasphemy. The community leader said families that had returned were not related to them. Ahmed said police had been patronising the suspects instead of nabbing them earlier. He said they were arrested following the introduction of the National Action Plan against terrorism. Ahmed said police had informed the community that the department would ensure the safe return of the remaining families when the time was right.
Note: It is learnt that the police eventually arrested in September one Qari Zahid who was a riot leader in that he incited the rioters on a megaphone; a court has released him on bail.


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Non-curricular avenues such as active play during school breaks have been established as a major source for children's physical and cognitive development, yet there is little information for teachers on the influences affecting primary and secondary school students' non-curricular physical activity. During this study focus groups and drawing were used to explore the broader influences on primary (n=47) and secondary (n=29) school students' physical activity behaviour beyond the classroom. Barriers and facilitators to children's physical activity were categorised using a multi-level social-ecological framework incorporating intrapersonal, interpersonal, physical environment and policy factors. Based on the drawings, comparisons between students' existing play spaces and their perception of their ideal play space were made. Additionally, students depicted what features within a play space would encourage them to be active. The findings of the study indicate secondary school play spaces may need to incorporate more features to facilitate physical activity. The barriers and facilitators identified in this study provide information for teachers and school decision makers to consider when targeting children's physical activity beyond school classrooms. (Contains 5 tables and 1 figure.)
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The rocky valley north of Jab'a, scattered with olive and pine trees and dry streams long evaporated by the searing heat, would be unremarkable had it not become the latest point of friction between Israel and the Palestinians.
Days after a ceasefire was reached in the war in Gaza last month, Israel announced that 400 hectares (988 acres) west of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank, was now "state land" - that is territory for Israel, not land that will be part of any future Palestinian state.
Peace Now, an Israeli human rights group, described it as one of the biggest land grabs by Israel since the 1980s.
The United States, the European Union, the U.N. and Japan lined up to condemn the appropriation, in an area where 20,000 Palestinians live in 10 villages and which Israel says it intends to keep in any final land-for-peace agreement.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may have thought the timing was right to assuage rightists in his coalition after an inconclusive Gaza war while the West was distracted by Ukraine and Iraq. But U.S. and European officials are determined not to let the seizure go unchallenged.
Lars Faaborg-Andersen, the EU ambassador to Israel, delivered a message of objection to Israel's deputy foreign minister on Monday, calling the land confiscation an "alarming development" that squanders peace efforts.
"We think this is one of the worst signals to send in the current situation," Faaborg-Andersen said on Wednesday, urging Israel to reverse the measure and warning it against further land seizures, which he said were being rumoured.
"These are particularly strategic and particularly damaging settlement activities (that are) extremely unhelpful," he said.
Even within Israel's government there was sharp criticism of the decision, taken by the defence minister and prime minister's office without wider consultation - a common practice when it comes to the West Bank, which has been administered by the defence ministry since it was occupied in 1967.
Justice Minister Tzipi Livni denounced it as "inherently wrong", while Finance Minister Yair Lapid said it was damaging to the nation's international reputation.
"Maintaining the support of the world was already challenging, so why was it so urgent to create another crisis with the United States and the world?" he asked, posing a question echoed by many inside and outside Israel.
The short answer is that it helped quell unrest in Netanyahu's coalition, especially from right-wing nationalist leader Naftali Bennett and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, who had wanted an even tougher war waged against Hamas in Gaza and were demanding hard-nosed action from the prime minister.
Government officials said the seizure was a response to the abduction and killing of three Jewish teenagers in the West Bank in June.
In targeting Hamas, the land seizure also sent a message to Fatah, the party of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, which struck a deal to form a unity government with Hamas in April, angering Israel.
With the United States fixated on events in Iraq and Syria, and the European Union consumed with the crisis in Ukraine, Netanyahu may also have calculated that any blowback from his largest trading partners would be muted and manageable.
Although the building of 1,000 settler homes in the appropriated area has long been mooted, no plans for the project - an endeavour certain to draw Palestinian and international outrage - were announced in tandem with the land seizure.
The move provides no succour to the Palestinians who have worked for generations the hilly, rocky land around Jab'a, just east of the Green Line that marks the pre-1967 West Bank border.
"If this plan goes ahead, we will be left in a prison, cut off from Bethlehem and all the villages around," said Ahmad Sukar, the head of the council of Wadi Fukin, a farming village lying just northeast of the land being appropriated.
What's more, many Palestinians see the reason Israel has given for the seizure is seen as illogical.
"They are effectively saying 'because these Israelis were killed, we're taking your land'," said a Palestinian official in Ramallah. "So when Palestinians are killed by Israel, does that mean we get Israeli land in return?"
Locals have already begun filing petitions against the seizure in Israeli courts. If they can prove they own land in the area, or that they have farmed the land there in the last 10 years, it may be possible to limit how much is confiscated.
But the legal track record with such seizures, scores of which have taken place since 1967, is on Israel's side based on its twisted interpretation and application of Ottoman law which pre-dated the British Mandate in Palestine.
Even if Israel wins all legal challenges and incorporates the land into the existing Gush Etzion settlement bloc, it may take no further action for years, as has been the case in other highly sensitive West Bank appropriations.
Most countries view the settlements that Israel has built in the West Bank and East Jerusalem - where some 500,000 Israelis now live among 2.4 million Palestinians - as illegal under international law. Israel disputes this and says the future of settlements should be resolved in peace talks.
Jewish settlers in Geva'ot, a caravan outpost of 19 families that sits on a hill adjacent to the seized land and is slated for expansion, are not hopeful it will ever be enlarged.
"No one is excited here, we don't think it's going to happen," said Nomi Landau, 29, a special needs teacher from Boston who has lived in the settlement for four years.
In the end, Netanyahu may have succeeded in placating his coalition partners and hitting back at Hamas and Fatah.
But he has sown deeper mistrust with Palestinians, may leave the settlers - part of his core constituency - frustrated, and has made a two-state solution based on the 1967 borders still harder to achieve.
"Even if Netanyahu's timing was good - at least as far as (minimising) global condemnation is concerned - the price Israel ultimately pays may be high, and payback might come sooner than he bargained for," wrote Dimi Reider, an associate fellow of the European Council on Foreign Relations, warning of the risks of boycotts from Europe and resumed military conflict with Hamas.Last Mod: 11 Eylül 2014, 11:26


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- Julian Assange got hold of a copy of the script for the upcoming Hollywood film about WikiLeaks, "The Fifth Estate." After reading it, he has called it "a massive propaganda attack."
Speaking to students of Britain's Oxford University on Wednesday via video link from the Ecuadorian Embassy,
denounced the film as "a lie." He spent over an hour talking to the union, which was celebrating whistleblowers.
Assange lashed
out at Hollywood over the movie, not only saying it was a propaganda attack against the whistleblowing website, WikiLeaks, but also accusing the film of fanning "flames of war" against Iran.
On Wednesday, DreamWorks Studios announced that "
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When describing the project, DreamWorks said, "'The Fifth Estate' traces the heady, early days of WikiLeaks, culminating in the release of a series of controversial and history changing information leaks."
However, among the "controversial and history changing leaks" featured in the film is the implication that Iran is working on a nuclear bomb. Assange immediately rejects such a notion and claims that the film "fans the flames to start a war with Iran."
Reading from the script, Assange said the opening scene was set inside a military complex in Iran with documents containing nuclear symbols. "How does this have anything to do with us?" Assange asked.
Again quoting from the script, he says that scientists are seen meeting a US agent. "How is it that a lie gets into a script about WikiLeaks?"
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, Bill Condon, who directed the final two "Twilight" films, said in a statement, "It may be decades before we understand the full impact of WikiLeaks and how it's revolutionized the spread of information."
"So this film won't claim any long view authority on its subject, or attempt any final judgment. We want to explore the complexities and challenges of transparency in the information age and, we hope, enliven and enrich the conversations WikiLeaks has already provoked."
However, Assange disagrees with this statement saying, "It is a lie upon lie. The movie is a massive propaganda attack on WikiLeaks and the character of my staff."
Assange has
been holed up in the Ecuadorian Embassy since June 19, 2012 when he entered the embassy seeking political asylum. Ecuador granted him this asylum, but he is unable to leave the embassy as the UK will not grant him safe passage. Should he step outside the door, he would immediately be arrested and sent to Sweden, where he is wanted for questioning in alleged sex crimes.
The biggest fear is that should he be sent to Sweden, he would then be extradited on to the US, where he is wanted on "espionage" charges for the release of sensitive documents by WikiLeaks that both embarrassed and angered the US government.
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Sept. 15 (UPI) -- NASA's Cassini probe is no more. NASA confirmed scientists lost contact with the probe at 7:55 a.m. EDT Friday. During the predawn hours, the spacecraft dipped into the Saturn clouds and was ripped apart.
The probe's final dip ends Cassini's 13-year mission exploring Saturn and its moons.
Cassini has spent the last two months executing a series of intimate dives through Saturn's rings and into its upper atmosphere, collecting invaluable scientific data.
Friday's final dive brought the probe closer to the surface of Saturn than ever before. On its way through the gas giant's upper atmosphere, Cassini pulsed its thrusters to keep its antennae pointed at Earth in order to transmit scientific data until tis final moments.
Upon final approach, Cassini was traveling at speeds of about 70,000 mph.
The probe's death dive was actually carried out at roughly 6:31 a.m. EDT, but the delay and distance between Saturn and Earth caused NASA to continue receiving the probe's final radio signals for another 83 minutes after.
"We call loss of signal," NASA officials reported during the live stream of the mission's end.
"Cassini showed us the beauty of Saturn. It revealed the best in us. Now it's up to us to keep exploring," the probe's Twitter handle tweeted in a final goodbye.
As it was with the probe's previous Grand Finale flybys, seven of Cassini's instruments, including its ion and neutral mass spectrometer, were activated during its final trip into Saturn's clouds. NASA shared a few of the photos captured by the probe's cameras final moments.
In the coming weeks and months, NASA scientists will be sorting through the massive amounts of data for unique insights into the composition of Saturn's atmosphere.


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Baby Dedication Milestone
Parents present their new baby to God and to the congregation, committing themselves to their role as the primary faith influencer in their child's life. The congregation also commits to support the family as they raise the child to follow God. There are usually two dedication services each year, in the spring and the fall.
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This milestone celebrates a child's or teenager's decision to follow Jesus as Lord and Saviour and includes water baptism. We encourage children to wait to be baptized until they are at least 9 years old (Grade 4) so that they will clearly remember this important spiritual milestone. Parents and child/teen attend a preparation class before the church celebration and are then encouraged to invite family and friends to the Milestone Celebration Service. There are several baptism services each year.
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This milestone is celebrated when children move from Children's Ministry into Youth Ministry, at the end of Grade 6. Parents and child attend a class ahead of time which prepares the family for the jump into adolescence. The Milestone Celebration Service usually takes place in mid-June.
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Halloween just happens to be my families favorite time of year..we actually on more Halloween decorations than Christmas ones. We love decorating our yard and our house, which reminds me that the decorating hasn't started so we better get with it!
Also, I just have to share that my daughter said to me the other day: "Mom, when is Halloween and Christmas and Easter? I need these Holidays in my life then I will not fuss as much. I mean I might fuss a bit, but mostly I have fun. Remember, Easter last time I fussed just a little bit and was really happy."
Apparently now I just need to declare life one great big Holiday and there will be no more fussing..or at least only a little bit..
Getting onto the prompt I chose from Mama Kat's weekly writing prompt, here are my Halloween "This or That" answers.
1. Chocolate candy or fruity? I'm partial to both..but if I had to pick one I'd go with chocolate. I even own a keychain that says "Save the earth, it's the only planet with chocolate!"
2. Witches of Vampires? I'll go with witches I guess, for no reason in particular other than I find vampires more scary.
3. Trick or Treat? Treats of course, preferably chocolate ones.
4. Halloween Party or Scary Movie? Halloween Party. I watch scary movies sometimes but they aren't really my thing and definitely shouldn't be watched late at night and even more definitely not while you are alone. I learned that lesson the hard way.
5. Skeletons or Zombies? I will let this family picture speak for itself.
6. Trick-or-Treat or Hand Out Candy? Both, we usually stay at home for a bit and hand out, then leave our teenage son at home to hand out while we take his sister out then let him go out with his friends after.
7. Hay Ride or Corn Maze? Hay Ride…while it's going to be chilly at least there are blankets involved and you can bring along some hot chocolate to stay warm. We did a corn maze as a family together one year, it took forever to get out and we actually had to resort to drawing symbols with sticks and leaving rocks behind so we knew which way we had been.
8. Scary Costume or Funny Costume? Either one is good.
9. Pumpkin Seeds or Pumpkin Pie? Both are good, but I would choose pie!
10. Bottle Feed A Baby Zombie or Walk Alone Through A Dark Forest? I'll hedge my bets with the dark forest.
11. Bats or Black Cats? Cats, not nearly as scary since they can't fly and swoop down at you.
12. Pumpkin spice or Hot Chocolate? This whole Pumpkin spice stuff is going a bit far so I'm going to go with Hot Chocolate. And by too far, I mean I even saw a picture of pumpkin spice caramel popcorn the other day....gross!
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In this paper we analyze the link between corruption money laundering and round-trip investment via offshore jurisdictions utilizing Russian firm-level data. In particular we empirically explore location strategies of round-trip investors (namely, from Cyprus and British Virgin Islands) across Russia and compare them with the benchmark group of genuine foreign investors in Russia. We further study the determinants of the fraction of round-trip investment in total foreign investment in Russian regions. We find that round-trip investors tend to locate in more corrupt Russian regions than their genuine foreign counterparts and the fraction of round-trip investment is also significantly higher in corrupt regions. Taking into account that a large fraction of round-trip investment in Russia is concentrated in real estate and financial sectors, our results point to the conclusion that there is a strong link between round-trip investment and corruption money laundering.
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Chinese Chemicals Site Inaugurated
Akzo Nobel's Functional Chemicals business has opened a new polysulfides production plant in China—the fastest-growing polysulfides market in the world.
Today's inauguration—conducted by CEO Hans Wijers—took place in Taixing on a site next to the company's existing MCA facility.
investment has created around 40 new jobs and continues the acceleration of Akzo Nobel's expansion strategy in China.
"There can be no doubt that China is becoming increasingly important to our strategic planning," said Wijers. "We have opened several plants here in recent years and we could be holding several events similar to this one in the years to come as we continue to invest in a region where we are determined to become both a major manufacturer and employer."
Nobel already commands a strong position in the global polysulfides market and the new Taixing plant will provide an additional annual production capacity of 10,000 tons.
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Was the eBay Prime vendor funnyBom? cause I can't get an option for him/her to ship to me here in NZ? Few USA vendors but price more than $830NZ.... I am wary of a G S T import bill but it shouldn't incur an import duty according to customs website, might risk it. Did you get the Champagne Gold one?
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All the creepy kids come out to play. Trick or treat, it's Halloween so let's break some hearts. Pink hair everywhere. Spiked crowns and sharp boots. She's a sugar skull queen, a vixen underneath all that sweet. I'm one of several Harleys at the party, looking for trouble in my smudged lipstick. Think you can take us? We like our boys with tattoos but hey, maybe a blue-eyed guy with a naughty smile will do.
I'll go out and find myself in a stranger's sailor hat, talking to someone whose fake mustache keeps getting stuck to the bottom of his shoe. I'll knock my knee on the table and catch sight of blood mingling with my fishnet stockings while Sandy and Danny kiss in the corner. Scooby and Velma are showing everyone photos of the dog they're adopting next week. A pregnant Alice In Wonderland catches up with her skeleton friend. Kesha's Die Young blasts in the background and the bar is packed with witches and vampires trying to get a drink. Killer clowns run around scaring people and all of the Ninja Turtles are dancing.
It's time to dress up and be someone else for a second, or maybe it's the most yourself you get to be all year. Fashion is fun and life is a party. You're all invited.
I finally got to meet Simone, a beautiful blogger I've been stalking on Snapchat. Don't you just love the internet? It brings together like-minded girls with a penchant for crazy hair and a passion for being creative. Simone is effortlessly cool and funny. I felt instantly comfortable in her presence and I'm so grateful to her because she helped me get inspired again. I was so excited by her idea for a collab and I'm really happy with how it turned out. We got a whole lot of stares and scored many smiles on the way to the shoot. It makes me wish Halloween happened more often. Check on Simone's blog, RawExplosions.com and follow her on Instagram @simonemunnik. Thanks to all the amazing girl crushes I got to work with on this shoot!


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Did you know that there are wonderful ways to help a child learn to read—without using books?
Summer Break is a great time to give them a try!
Summer Break usually involves travel–sometimes across the country, and sometimes just across town. Adventures near and far, and time spent traveling by plane or car, can add up to wonderful opportunities for enriching your children's literacy experience–all without opening a book!
Please click below for a listing of "Bookless Wonders"–and happy traveling!
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The town con and the town beauty team up to outwit a half-wit pair of would-be burglars in the comedy Career Opportunities from writer/producer John Hughes (The Breakfast Club). Jim Dodge (Frank Whaley) is a smooth-talking, small-town guy with a knack for putting up a front but no talent for holding down a job. Jim's life suddenly takes a turn for the fantastic when he finds himself locked inside the local department store one night with Josie McClellan (Jennifer Connelly), the daughter of the...
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For Love or Money : This sparkling romantic comedy follows Douglas (Michael J. Fox), a concierge who caters to the whims of the wealthy as he dreams of building his own hotel. He hopes that an unscrupulous investor will help, but things get complicated when Douglas fall for the man's beautiful mistress (Gabrielle Anwar). Casual Sex? : Determined to develop a meaningful relationship with a man who's not afraid to make a commitment, Stacy (Lea Thompson) and Melissa (Victoria Jackson) embark on a...


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Hood Anthem (Instrumental)
Genre: Trap
Subgenre(s): Pop, R&B, Slow Jam, Soul, Funk, Experimental
Main Instruments: Brass, Keyboard, Lead, Pads, Piano, Strings, Vocals, Vox, etc.
Tempo: 107.5 bpm (53.75)
Song Key: G-sharp_minor
Suggested Song Topics: Motivation, Life Struggles, Chasing Dreams, Gathering, Ambition, Life Struggles, Love, Passion, Relationship, Sadness, Loss, Loneliness, etc.
Hood Anthem (Instrumental)


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הצפיות האחרונות שלי
עדכונים אחרונים
עמוד ראשי
:חיפוש מהיר
ערוץ 2 שידור חי
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עדויות - Witness
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עדויות - Witness - פרק 23 - A Fighting Chance
פרק 23 - A Fighting Chance
Twenty years ago Bosnian Nermin Sabanavic was an Olympic contender and champion boxer. But then came the war, and he was forced to seek a new life elsewhere, eventually finding refuge in Australia. He joined the police force and began a new career working in deprived aboriginal communities. Now he is going back to the ring, but his age is as great a challenge as his boxing opponents.
דווח על לינק שבור
אנימציה ומצוירים
אקשן ואימה
הגיל הרך
ילדים ונוער
לימודים ברשת
פנטזיה ומד"ב
תעודה ותחקיר
פרק 24 - Birth in Nepal
Nepal has some of the worst maternal death statistics in the world, with some six women dying in childbirth every day. Subina Shrestha, a Nepalese filmmaker who is herself five months pregnant, sets out to find out why so many mothers are dying in childbirth.
פרק 23 - A Fighting Chance
Twenty years ago Bosnian Nermin Sabanavic was an Olympic contender and champion boxer. But then came the war, and he was forced to seek a new life elsewhere, eventually finding refuge in Australia. He joined the police force and began a new career working in deprived aboriginal communities. Now he is going back to the ring, but his age is as great a challenge as his boxing opponents.
פרק 22 - Supermen of Malegaon
Far away from the glamorous film world of Mumbai, there are many enthusiasts making films on a fraction of Bollywood's budgets. A film enthusiast in India's Malegaon decided that it was time for some Indian parody so he bought a video camera and set out to make a film, Superman of Malegaon
פרק 21 - From Zero: Ask the Dust
What happens in disaster areas the day after international media attention is gone? From Zero is an internet documentary series that follows the everyday life inside one emergency tent camp in Abruzzo, Italy.
פרק 20 - From Zero: Next Moves
After an earthquake hit the mountain region of Abruzzo in Central Italy, emergency tent camps were quickly set up to provide temporary shelter for the 60,000 inhabitants who have been left without homes, waiting for reconstruction. How are they coping one year on? And how are they adapting to their new lives?
פרק 18 - Recruitment Day
In Thailand every April, all young men must report to the nearest army recruitment centre for an extraordinary lottery system that determines whether they serve in the military or not. For those living in the south, who are Malay and Muslim, Thailands military is seen as an occupation force - but they too have to join if they are picked. Filmmaker Orlando de Guzman travels to the remote southern village of Dato, in the Pattani Province, to bring us the story of two young village men as they face their own nail-biting recruitment day.
פרק 17 - Birds of Paradise
Colombia is second only to Sudan in terms of its number of internally displaced people, with between two and four million internal refugees caught in the country's political riptides and often left to languish in slums and shanty towns. But in Cali, Colombia's third largest city, one group of women is forging a new path. The women are striving not only to fend for themselves, but to move beyond core survival and to express their new reality through their performance the theatre group 'Birds of Paradise'.
פרק 16 - Miss Landmine
Miss Landmine is a challenge to normal concepts of beauty. It is a beauty pageant held in Angola, a country ravaged by war and its aftermath, for women who have lost limbs from landmines.
פרק 15 - A Nurse's Tale
In Ghana, Lydia Kwashie is a highly trained midwife, but with a family of eight to support, she can barely make ends meet. The 48 year old mother left behind family and friends in Ghana to seek work as a nurse in the UK. Witness joins Lydia on her first trip back home to Ghana to share the conflicting emotions of pride, joy, guilt and hope.
פרק 14 - Stella Rotaru: Fighting Global Sex Trade
The film shows how and why women are induced or forced into being trafficked, and how Stella Rotaru fights global sex trade, works to repatriate the women and helps them escape from their desperate plight
פרק 13 - Leaving al-Tanf
When hundreds of Palestinians fleeing Iraq arrived at the Tanf crossing on the Syrian border in May 2006, no country in the region would accept them. Returning to Iraq was not an option, so the United Nations set up a tent camp in the border 'no-man's land' as a temporary solution. Now, after years of living in the grim conditions, the refugees are at last able to move on. Gradually, UNHCR managed to negotiate the relocation of 1000 Palestinians from Iraq to a handful of European countries. Finally in late 2009 a small number of residents were given permission to settle in Italy.
פרק 12 - Rice Girls
After the war, young girls were hired as seasonal workers in the rice paddies of the Piedmont region. Riso Amaro, a masterpiece of Italian neo-realistic cinema brought their story to the world. Fifty years later a young filmmaker takes the girls back to the same fields on a trip down memory lane and to highlight the enormous changes that have taken place in modern day Italy.
פרק 11 - Legacy
Legacy tells the inspiring story of how members of one African-American family manage to break free of social welfare, change their lives and escape the increasing violence in their community.
פרק 10 - The Iraqi Candidate
Abdulrahman Dheyab, an Iraqi living in London, returns to stand in the 2010 elections, finds politics in Iraq is not just dirty, but dangerous.
פרק 8 - Chechen Fighters
The war in Chechnya might officially be over, but rebels are still prepared to die for their beliefs.
פרק 7 - Mother Courage/Encounter Point - 21st February 2010
A fresh perspective from those who know best: mothers. These Israeli women risk their lives monitoring life at the checkpoints in the West Bank. We see them learn to get to grips with their core beliefs, true motivations and fears, in a bold insight into the troubled Middle East.
פרק 6 - Queen of the jungle
How one woman fights tribal tradition and the encroachment of the State on her tribe's lands in Peru.
פרק 5 - Hair India
For centuries, Hindu pilgrims have donated their hair in a ritual of purification. Hair India follows the journey of human hair from the holy temples of Southern India to the production lines of Europe and on to high class beauty salons around the world. Many of these hair extensions find their way back to India, to the high society and bustling urban metropolis Mumbai.
פרק 4 - Schoolgirl's Odyssey
This moving film follows Malala, a Pakistani schoolgirl and her father as the deteriorating security situation forces them to leave their home in the Swat Valley. But what is even worse for the family is that, due to the Taliban restrictions on education for girls, Malala is stripped of her education and her father loses his livelihood he runs a well-respected girls' school.
פרק 3 - Slum Survivors
An unsentimental introduction to some of the remarkable women and men who struggle to survive against desperate odds in Africa's largest slum.
פרק 2 - Silences
A filmmaker's journey to understand his mother and her refusal to discuss the circumstances of his birth. A look at the challenging problems every parent faces in raising a child and every child faces in coming to terms with the choices, for better or for worse, that a parent makes.
פרק 1 - Salam Father
One Iraqi's quest to find why his father was found in a mass grave in Iraq 26 years after he mysteriously disappeared, re-unites him with his family and his birthplace.
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Jason was born in Connecticut in 1978 and left this city as soon as he was able. He moved to Boston to attend the School of The Museum Of Fine Arts. After being given a tattoo starter kit and scarring some people up in his apartment in 1998, he decided it was something he'd like to pursue. He dropped out of school within the year to start an apprenticeship back in Connecticut at Studio Zee.
His next stage in life was waiting tables and working as a youth minister at a local Pentecostal church. Before long an opportunity led him to Greensburg Pennsylvania at a shop called Animus. After two years he moved to Southern California and got a job on Venice Boulevard at a shop called Tabu Tattoo, then on to Newport Tattoo where he worked until he moved to San Francisco.
While living in Huntington Beach he had an artistic awakening, possibly through his newfound appreciation of weed and mushrooms, or the influence of his new found hero Bukowski. He converted his garage into an art studio and began furiously painting.
In San Francisco, he decided to take a break from tattooing and live off of the money he made from selling a painting. Eventually that money ran out and he got a job at Urban Outfitters, where, hungover during his shift, he threw up in front of the entrance and realized it was time to get back to tattooing.
"Getting tattooed by Jason is like riding a horse through the hills of Tuscany, while drinking a glass of montelpecino and smoking a fine cigar."
-Bill Murray
Cyclops Tattoo in the Mission District allowed him to sit in, so, he split his time between Cyclops and Cold Steel. During this time he had some feature articles published in Tattoo Flash Magazine and Skin Art, which boosted his popularity.
From the stint at Cold Steel and working on his own, he realized how much nicer it is to work with other people. He managed to weasel his way into Idle Hand Tattoo, in the Lower Haight, which is now part of his extended family.
In 2010 he sold his possessions and flew to Costa Rica, and for the next 2.5 years, he travelled South America, Japan, South East Asia, Australia, Europe and Nepal.
After losing a fair amount of his mind and most of his hair he landed a job at Kings Avenue in NYC. Here, he met his future wife and decided to get out of the city, prompting a move to Costa Rica in 2013.
He now lives and works in a surf town, far away from anything and everything. He runs the Good Life Tattoo shop with his business partner and has found, according to him, the good life. Even still, sometimes he loves it, sometimes he hates it.
Jason travels throughout the year to work in various places, such as NYC, SF, Miami, Texas, Colorado, Amsterdam and Italy etc…
On any given day you'll find him writing, painting, tattooing, and having private conversations with Bill Murray.


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lawsuits related to Blu-ray, but this is the first one we can recall that perfectly fits the "patent troll" mold. The Patent Prospector has it that Acacia subsidiary Digital Security Systems is suing a smorgasbord of big BD players for infringing on a patent that it has held for years. Defendants named include Samsung, Best Buy, Denon, Funai, LG, Matsushita, Panasonic, Philips, Pioneer, and Sharp, though details beyond that are sadly scant. Oh, and if you're wondering where the complaint was filed, it was in the infamous Eastern District of Texas.
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Bethuel Harris House, 1819
Bethuel Harris married Deborah Twitchell, daughter of the first settlers. Their house, the most consciously stylish house in the village, is an unpretentious interpretation of a Federal style Bulfinch Boston house, with hip roof, four side chimneys, large windows, graceful doorway, and fine proportions. As the first village house built of red brick, it set a standard for Harris family houses that followed. The two sides facing the streets are the village's only example of bricks laid in Flemish Bond. The more private sides were laid in common bond, as were all the other brick structures. It is interesting to note that windows lack exterior lintels to support the brick above them; support probably comes from wooden lintels imbedded within the brick walls. The basement level facing Canal Street was once used as the town's post office. Retaining walls of red stone and split granite form garden terraces that surround and anchor the house, and tooled granite steps lead handsomely to the front door. Stone retaining walls are, in fact, a prominent characteristic in the mill village where buildings would otherwise appear to cling precariously along the steep ravine. Privately owned.


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Debussy: Clair de Lune (moonlight) No. 3 in D-flat Major
Piano Sheet Music to Download and Print or to View in Mobile DevicesID:51
|Claude Debussy - Suite Bergamasque :
Clair de Lune (moonlight), No. 3
|Key: D-flat Major
|Year: 1905
|Level: 7
|Period: Impressionism
|Piano score: PS Urtext
|Piano score: PS Edition
|Piano score: Scanned score complete collection
|Piano score: PS Instructive Edition
|Clair de Lune (moonlight) No. 3 - FREE SAMPLE (mp3 file)
|Recordings in Naxos Music Library
Mysterious masqueraders by moonlightThe poem by Verlaine which inspired Suite Bergamasque, has given its name also to the suite's most popular piece. Indeed, Clair de Lune (Moonlight) is often said to be the most famous of all Debussy's works.
Its name was changed from Promenade Sentimentale only shortly before publication, to indicate the connection of this music with the Symbolist movement, of which Verlaine was one of the leaders. Reacting against realism, a typical "daylight" form of literature, the Symbolists tried to illuminate more inaccessible regions of the human soul, through creating suggestive images and evoking moods. The moon naturally became their favourite symbol, spreading as it does a mysterious, indirect light on the dark side of the earth.
Your soul is a select landscape
Where charming masqueraders and bergamaskers go
Playing the lute and dancing and almost
Sad beneath their fantastic disguises.
All sing in a minor key
Of victorious love and the opportune life,
They do not seem to believe in their happiness
And their song mingles with the moonlight,
With the still moonlight, sad and beautiful,
That sets the birds dreaming in the trees
And the fountains sobbing in ecstasy,
The tall slender fountains among marble statues.
Paul Verlaine, 1869
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Clair de Lune (moonlight) in D-flat Major No. 3 by the composer Claude Debussy (1862-1918). This piano piece was composed in 1905 and is part of Debussy's Suite Bergamasque.
Clair de Lune (moonlight) in D-flat Major No. 3 by the composer Claude Debussy (1862-1918). This piano piece was composed in 1905 and is part of Debussy's Suite Bergamasque.


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26% of respondents with hiring plans said they will be seeking people with this skill in the next 12 months.
As manager of information management systems at the Central Pension Fund, Gregory Drauch oversees nine people who support 70 employees at the Washington, D.C., nonprofit organization. He says he's now assessing what skills he needs for the upcoming year but already expects to add security competencies to the mix.
"Security is an ever-evolving threat, and it takes work to make sure your own skills are up to date," he says.
As an IT leader at a small organization with a small tech team, Drauch sees the need for all IT staffers to have security proficiencies so that infrastructure and data security become routine parts of everyone's duties. "If it's not built in from the start, security is much more difficult to incorporate effectively," he says.
Drauch plans to hire a consultant to help him strengthen the organization's security posture and engage a managed security service provider for penetration testing. He hopes to use both to train existing team members in current best practices and security technologies -- because the high salary that a full-time security professional commands in the current market is a stretch for an organization of Central Pension Fund's size.
Karsten Scherer, the global analyst relations lead at TEKsystems, says even companies that are able to pay top dollar have trouble finding seasoned security professionals, particularly individuals with recognized credentials such as the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP). "There are far fewer people in the market than there are jobs for them," he says.


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NEW YORK (AP) — Jerrell Wright was 8 of 11 from the field and matched his career high with 21 points, helping La Salle beat Stony Brook 65-57 on Saturday in the Holiday Festival at Madison Square Garden.
Wright, who came in averaging 11.4 points, had six points in La Salle's 13-4 run to open the second half that tied the score at 35. The Explorers (5-4), who had lost two of three, broke the game open late with an 8-0 run that gave them a 60-50 lead with 59 seconds to go.
Steve Zack had 11 points and 10 rebounds for La Salle. Jameel Warney had 15 points for the Seawolves (6-4), who had won three of four.
La Salle missed 11 of its first 12 from behind the arc and Stony Brook took a 28-16 lead with 4:21 left in the first half. Stony Brook shot 52 percent (14 of 27) from the field in taking a 31-22 halftime lead.
The Explorers went inside to Wright in the second half. He was 8 of 11 from the field and the Explorers were just 2 of 4 from 3-point range in the final 20 minutes.
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Yampa Valley Ride Share
Save gasoline and money by finding carpool and commuting partners in the Yampa Valley through the new Yampa Valley Ride Share page on Facebook set up by the staff at the nonprofit Yampa Valley Sustainability Council. This new Facebook page is for commuting and carpool opportunities close to home (not to Denver or DIA). Since so many locals are already using other Facebook pages to find rides to the Front Range, the new Yampa Valley Ride Share will add the free option for local carpool connections. (This replaces the former Carpool World Northwest Colorado website.)


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Letter to Wonkette
Dear Jim Newell,
Sometimes on the Internet one stumbles upon something, feels tempted to write a blog post, but can't help but think that given the subject matter another writer could execute it better. Thus I give you Pajamas TV weighing in on torture as only it could.
(Note: If you have a workplace diversity code that discourages the brand of humor whereby the accents of other ethnicities are mocked you might want to watch this one with headphones on.)
You owe me one.
Conor Friedersdorf
Ps. Could you also forward this to Dave Weigel?


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The Contemplation Tour guides you through a mindful experience, inviting you to slow down and connect with the art. This lasts about 10 minutes and concludes with a bell. For the best listening experience, headphone use is recommended. While viewing, please maintain a respectful distance from the artwork.
Stop 1: Choose-Your-Own-Artwork
Stop 2: Laib Wax Room
Stop 3: Pierre-Auguste Renoir's Luncheon of the Boating Party
Stop 4: The Rothko Room
Jacob Lawrence: The Migration Series
Contemplation Tour: The Rothko Room
Contemplation Tour: Pierre-Auguste Renoir's Luncheon of the Boating Party
Contemplation Tour: Laib Wax Room
Contemplation Audio Tour: Choose-Your-Own-Artwork
Permanent Collection Tour: Sculpture in the Courtyard
Permanent Collection Tour: Rothko Room
Permanent Collection Tour: Luncheon of the Boating Party
Permanent Collection Tour: The Migration Series
Permanent Collection Tour: Laib Wax Room
Permanent Collection Tour: Duncan Phillips
Artists of Conscience: Women, Race, Representation
(Sep 24, 2020)


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