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It is a weeklong big ongoing festival jamboree in Batokunku - West Coast Region, The Gambia where some hundreds of tourists joining the citizens to celebrate the 'Back to Africa Festival' 2012 organized by Neil Fraser a.k.a. Mad Professor, the proprietor of ARIWA Records Company - UK.
This remarkable festival celebration started right from the airport where the Gambia Tourism Board (GTB) officials and the organizer welcomed the over 400 visitors including some reggae stars and DJs like Macka B, Greg George, Mafia, Fluxy, Tony Williams, McPullish, Frankie Paul, Kim Pin, Yvonee Akeba, Papa Levi, DJ Danny, Sugar Dread among other at the foot of the Gambia International Airport, Banjul last week Thursday.
Reason for this is to allow the visitors acquaint with the environment. Also it is one of the ways and traditions Gambia people use to show their hospitality to their visitors. At the same time welcoming visitors to the country is another way of preserve the country's already established identity.
This event was tagged 'Back to Africa,' according to the organizer, due to the fact that in the 70s 'back to Africa' was a common slogan. So "as teenagers of the 70s, we rebelled against parents and western views about Africa which was very bad. They thought Africans are without cloth, that Africans eat people; politically they thought whites are beautiful and blacks are ugly. So we kids of the 70s kicked against this idea and said 'black is beautiful,' From there they started to love our culture and heritage, our structure, dark skin, big nose, hair and lifestyles and above all Africa has the best of everything you can think of."
On Friday, 20th January 2012 at the official opening of the event at Batokunku village, the Minister of Ministry of Tourism and Culture, Fatou Mass Jobe-Njie, encouraged the organizer and his collaborator to join hand with her Ministry because "The Gambia as you know, has institutionalized two major international festivals, that are held here in the Gambia on a biennial basis, i.e. the International Roots Festival under my purview and the Kanilai International Festival, hosted by His Excellency the President of the Republic of the Gambia at his home village of Kanilai."
And since we are one family, and indeed in a partnership for the advancement of The Gambia, Minister Fatou Mass Jobe-Njie wish and requested Neil Fraser and his collaborators including esteemed brothers and sisters from the Diaspora present at the event to work with her and her Ministry for the promotion, publicity and development of the two festivals that were mentioned above as this will enable lot of the artists to participate in their subsequent editions.
This weeklong Back to Africa Festival celebration was marked with different programs like conversation under the baobab tree workshop with series of topics like 'Is Gambian music ready for the world?' Selling black music to the world, the role of African music in this millennium, African instruments from drums to the kora etc.
The numerous shows include Mad Professor testing, testing 1-2-3! Dub shows tester, roots reggae bar party, spit a lyric, Roots session, Naja vibes, Macka B, Dub and lovers rock beach party, Back to Africa dub show, cultural show. So also are different competitions like Miss Natural Beauty contest, fashion show and some other side attractions.
It is a series of weekender events in a variety of exotic places where the music menu is dub, Roots, lovers' rock and rare groove soul. The festival has emerged to shape what not for only the oldies but also a festival for the new generation. This will influence the migrants to adore, and enjoy our culture and heritage. This as well will influence them to develop their Diasporas experiences through interaction with the people and events in their new environment.
Back to Africa Festival will no doubt promote peace, intercultural dialogue, togetherness and exposure of our esteemed country and as well expose our artists and cultural activities beyond the shore of Africa. This would happen hence some hundreds that arrived for this historic festival that coincided with celebration of 10th anniversary of ARIWA Records Company run and managed by the organizer, majority numbers are from UK and the rest parts of the world were here to share their views and spread the message of peace and hospitality coupled with the unity and intercultural harmony of the Gambia.
This is a clear indication as the Minister said it is good to see the Diasporas returning home for a visit. The Gambia and by extension Africa is no doubt the home of their ancestors and as theirs. It is an indisputable historical fact and as a resilient people, Gambians have weathered all storms and have remained strong while recognizing the umbilical bonds that bind Africans on the continent with those in the Diaspora.
As one people and one family that share a common history with diverse cultural characteristics that exemplify the cultural unity in diversity of a homogenous African family, the Minister noted that in spite of the negative effects of slavery, colonialism and neo-colonialism inflicted on Africa and her peoples, Africans have proven resilient to all these vices and have emerged strong as ever. So with all these historical experiences, Africans continue to make significant contributions to world culture and civilization. So far it was a satisfaction for The Gambia as this significant event took place here in Batokunku, West Coast Region, Gambia and witnessed by brothers and sisters from the Diaspora in such a significant number.


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When looking at a function involving 1 over something, use substitution for replace the "something" being divided. Recall that the antiderivative of 1/x is ln|x|. Then, use the substitution method: find dw by taking the derivative of w with respect to x, substitute the x's in the integrand with the expression for w, and integrate as usual. Replace the w's with the expression for x.
Let's do another method of substitution problem. In this problem, we're going to solve two integrals, and both of them are going to be in the form, rational functions. For both of them I'm going to use this formula if you follow me over here; The integral of 1 over x dx equals natural log of the absolute value of x plus c.
Now first of all, let me caution you not to use that formula directly. You don't want to just write equals natural log of the absolute value of 2 minus 5x plus c. That's not going to work. In this case, you want to use substitution. You want to remember to use substitution anytime if you were differentiating. Use the chain rule. This is a composite function, it would need the chain rule for differentiation. So you'd use substitution to integrate it. So let's see how that works.
I think of this as like a 1 over x function with 2 minus 5x inside it. So the inside function is 2 minus 5x. That's what I'm going to substitute for. I need a dw or I need to replace the dx with something. So dw is going to be -5dx.
So if I solve this for dx, I get -1/5dw. So let me replace the dx with -150w. This integral becomes -1/5dw over, and 2 minus 5x is just w. Now if I pull the -1/5 out, look what I have. I have the integral of dw over w which is really just the same as the integral of 1 over w dw. So this is exactly the integral I have in my formula. I can apply that formula now. -1/5 natural log of the absolute value of w plus c. The only thing left to do is replace the w with 2 minus 5x. So this is going to be -1/5 natural log of the absolute value of 2 minus 5x plus c. That's my final answer.
So let's check this by differentiating it. If we differentiate it, we should get the original function; 1 over 2 minus 5x back again. So let's see if that happens. So the derivative of -1/5 natural log of the absolute value of 2 minus 5x plus c is, I can pull out the -1/5.
The derivative of the natural log of the absolute value of something is just 1 over that something. So this is going to be 1 over 2 minus 5x. This is a composite function so I have to multiply by the derivative of the inside part. The derivative of the inside part is -5, so times -5. You can see that these are going to cancel, the -1/5 and the -5 cancel. I get 1 over 2 minus 5x. That's exactly what I started with. That tells me that this answer is correct
Let's try another one. This one is slightly harder. It's harder to see that we're going to get something of the form 1 over w dw here, but keep in mind that this does involve a composite function of the form 1 over where w would be 9 plus x². So let's actually try substituting for that 9 plus x². So dw would be 2xdx.
Now I have an xdx. I have six of them, so that's going to be 3 times dw. So let me substitute for that. 6xdx is 3 times this so 3dw. Then the 9 plus x², that's just w. So I'm in the same situation as before. This integral can be written if I pull the 3 out. The integral of 1 over w dw. On this I can apply my formula.
So this becomes 3 times the natural log of the absolute value of w plus c. The final thing I have to do, replace the w with 9 plus x². 3 times the natural log of the absolute value of 9 plus x² plus c. Now you might notice that in this final answer, I don't absolutely need the absolute value, because 9 plus x² is never going to be negative. It's actually a quantity that can't be negative, because x² can't be negative. This is always going to be greater than or equal to 9. I'll leave it. It's redundant, but it's not incorrect.
Let's differentiate this to see if it's the correct answer. If it's the correct answer differentiating it should give me 6x over 9 plus x². So let's do that. Now I can pull the 3 out, and I have the derivative of the natural log of the absolute value of something. That's just 1 over that something. So 1 over the 9 plus x² times the derivative of the inside part. I have to use the chain rule on this. The derivative of the inside part is 2x. That's exactly what I was hoping for; 3 times 2x is 6x. 6x over 9 plus x². That's exactly what I started with. That means that this answer is correct.
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A new mobile app centered on the life and work of John Lennon is set for release this fall. The app will allow users to explore the period of time Lennon spend in Bermuda, while recording the tracks that would ultimately become much of his album Double Fantasy.
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The second page features Elizabeth Olsen, Adepero Oduye, and Shailene Woodley. Paula Patton, Felicity Jones, Lily Collins, and Brit Marling grace the final page.
With the pretty pastel dresses and an abundance of feathers, the cover emanates a sort of '20s and '30s boudoir feel. All 11 of the women look gorgeous in their classic attire, though we can't help but think that Hunger Games star Jennifer Lawrence (standing, in silver), Albert Nobbs's Mia Wasikowska (sitting, in silver-green), and The Descendants' Shailene Woodley look most striking.
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CAIR Blasts Investigation for Not Agreeing with Them
by IPT News • Oct 14, 2010 at 11:07 pm
Leaders of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Michigan chapter are blasting a Justice Department review of last year's shooting death of a Detroit imam after the review found agents acted appropriately.
CAIR officials have spent the past year trying to cast the shooting as unjust and excessive. They were joined at a news conference Thursday by leaders of several community groups and Imam Luqman Abdullah's son. Dawud Walid, CAIR's Michigan director, called the DOJ review "superficial and incomplete" and demanded the Justice Department examine the tactics used in the arrest, which featured SWAT teams and officers from numerous agencies.
The DOJ investigation, as probes by the Michigan Attorney General and Dearborn police before it, made it clear that Abdullah's history of threatening law enforcement and other inflammatory rhetoric was at the forefront of agents' thinking. Still, Walid and CAIR attorney Lena Masri cast the "military-type operation" as excessive and something that should be reserved for terrorists or drug kingpins.
"We pray that not a single American will ever again lose their life at the hands of law enforcement officers in an overblown military type raid," Walid said.
Though he was not charged with terror-related crimes, Abdullah preached offensive jihad and dreamed of creating a break-away Islamic nation inside the United States, the criminal complaint against him said.
None of the speakers at Thursday's news conference acknowledged that Abdullah's decisions not to peacefully surrender led to his death. Nor did they acknowledge that four other suspects did comply with agents' commands during the arrests and were unharmed.
Videotapes show Abdullah first tried to run off as agents moved in. When he did lie down as instructed, he kept his hands under his torso despite repeated instructions to show them, agents' statements said. The video then shows one agent release an FBI dog, then flinch – indicating when Abdullah opened fire – then showed the agents fire back. The dog was shot in the chest three times by 9 mm bullets.
Agents found a Glock 9mm handgun next to Abdullah after the shooting. It had three bullets missing from its 17-bullet clip. When they searched Abdullah's home, agents found "the same brands of 9mm ammunition" which killed the dog.
Masri, however, cited the absence of fingerprints on the gun among factors that she said left that version open to question: echoed. "There is absolutely no evidence that the imam even held a gun, let alone fired it," said Masri, who also represents the Abdullah family.
That begs a question none of the assembled reporters thought to ask: If your suspicions are correct, who killed the dog?
For there to be wrongdoing, agents would have had to shoot their own dog without being seen on video and plant the gun next to Abdullah's body without the other suspects seeing. The suspects arrested that day still face prosecution and have refused to answer investigators' questions.
That's a pretty sophisticated scam for agents who, the report notes, never have "been the subject of a civil rights complaint nor had any previously fired his weapon at another person."
For CAIR's outrage to be justified, the Dearborn Police Department, Michigan's attorney general and the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice all have conspired to conceal wrongdoing by FBI agents. Or maybe, a man who made repeated threats to shoot police officers rather than go peacefully tried to live up to his word.
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Submitted by Barbara D\obbin, Oct 15, 2010 13:10
Thank you for presenting information that we see no where else.
Is Luqman Abdullah related to David Koresh?
Submitted by Havanabrownsam, Oct 15, 2010 01:43
How much longer do we have to put up with MSM giving soap boxes to these anti-American Taqqiya-spinners who portray themselves as US citizens?
Not one single 'American' was killed in this incident. Nor are any 'Americans' condemning this lawful police action.
Had this fruitcake Abdullah 'obeyed' the lawful action initiated by a court-ordered search warrant, he might be in jail today where he belongs. Because of his homicidal belligerence, he is now pushing up poppies where he belongs.
Had the Branch Davidians simply allowed the FBI to execute its search warrant instead of resisting with deadly force, that would have been a non-story.
Abdullah's decison not to peacefully surrender lead to his death. Period! End of discussion, Cair, blow it out your rear. & the MSM better smarten up soon if they want to survive as media to more & more true Americans seeing through them in growing numbers...
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The Pilgrim's Progress from This World to That Which Is to Come by John Bunyan (published February, 1678) is a Christian allegory. It is regarded as one of the most significant works of English literature, has been translated into more than 200 languages, and has never been out of print.
The English text comprises 108,260 words and is divided into two parts, each reading as a continuous narrative with no chapter divisions. After the first edition of the first part in 1678, an expanded edition, with additions written after Bunyan was freed, appeared in 1679. The Second Part appeared in 1684. There were eleven editions of the first part in John Bunyan's lifetime, published in successive years from 1678 to 1685 and in 1688, and there were two editions of the second part, published in 1684 and 1686.
On his way to the Wicket Gate, Christian is diverted by Mr. Worldly Wiseman into seeking deliverance from his burden through the Law, supposedly with the help of a Mr. Legality and his son Civility in the village of Morality, rather than through Christ, allegorically by way of the Wicket Gate. Evangelist meets the wayward Christian where he has stopped before a life-threatening mountain, Mount Sinai, on the way to Legality's home. Evangelist shows Christian that he had sinned by turning out of his way, but he assures him that he will be welcomed at the Wicket Gate if he should turn around and go there, which Christian does.
At the Wicket Gate begins the "straight and narrow" King's Highway, and Christian is directed onto it by the gatekeeper Good Will. In the Second Part, Good-will is shown to be Jesus himself. To Christian's query about relief from his burden, Good Will directs him forward to "the place of deliverance."
Christian makes his way from there to the House of the Interpreter, where he is shown pictures and tableaux that portray or dramatize aspects of the Christian faith and life. Roger Sharrock denotes them "emblems."
From the House of the Interpreter, Christian finally reaches the "place of deliverance" (allegorically, the cross of Calvary and the open sepulcher of Christ), where the "straps" that bound Christian's burden to him break, and it rolls away into the open sepulcher. This event happens relatively early in the narrative: the immediate need of Christian at the beginning of the story being quickly remedied. After Christian is relieved of his burden, he is greeted by three shining ones, who give him the greeting of peace, new garments, and a scroll as a passport into the Celestial City—these are allegorical figures indicative of Christian Baptism.
Atop the Hill of Difficulty, Christian makes his first stop for the night at the House Beautiful, which is an allegory of the local Christian congregation. Christian spends three days here, and leaves clothed with armour (Eph. 6:11-18), which stands him in good stead in his battle against Apollyon in the Valley of Humiliation. This battle lasts "over half a day" until Christian manages to wound Apollyon with his two-edged sword(Heb. 4:12). "And with that Apollyon spread his dragon wings and sped away."
As night falls Christian enters the Valley of the Shadow of Death. When he is in the middle of the valley amidst the gloom and terror he hears the words of the Twenty-third Psalm, spoken possibly by his friend Faithful:
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. (Psalms 23:4.)As he leaves this valley the sun rises on a new day.
Just outside the Valley of the Shadow of Death he meets Faithful, also a former resident of the City of Destruction, who accompanies him to Vanity Fair, where both are arrested and detained because of their disdain for the wares and business of the fair. Faithful is put on trial, and executed as a martyr. Hopeful, a resident of Vanity, takes Faithful's place to be Christian's companion for the rest of the way.
Along a rough stretch of road, Christian and Hopeful leave the highway to travel on the easier By-Path Meadow, where a rainstorm forces them to spend the night. In the morning they are captured by Giant Despair, who takes them to his Doubting Castle, where they are imprisoned, beaten and starved. The giant wants them to commit suicide, but they endure the ordeal until Christian realizes that a key he has, called Promise, will open all the doors and gates of Doubting Castle. Using the key, they escape.
The Delectable Mountains form the next stage of Christian and Hopeful's journey, where the shepherds show them some of the wonders of the place also known as "Immanuel's Land".
On the way, Christian and Hopeful meet a lad named Ignorance, who has the vain hope of entering the Celestial City even though he believes in work's righteousness. A ferryman named Vain Hope ferries Ignorance across the River of Death, only for Ignorance to be turned away from the gates of Celestial City and cast into hell.
Christian and Hopeful make it through the dangerous Enchanted Ground into the Land of Beulah, where they ready themselves to cross the River of Death on foot to Mount Zion and the Celestial City. Christian has a rough time of it, but Hopeful helps him over; and they are welcomed into the Celestial City.
The passage of years in this second pilgrimage better allegorizes the journey of the Christian life. By using heroines, Bunyan, in the Second Part, illustrates the idea that women as well as men can be brave pilgrims.
Alexander M. Witherspoon, professor of English at Yale University, writes in a prefatory essay:
Part II, which appeared in 1684, is much more than a mere sequel to or repetition of the earlier volume. It clarifies and reinforces and justifies the story of Part I. The beam of Bunyan's spotlight is broadened to include Christian's family and other, men, women, and children; the incidents and accidents of everyday life are more numerous, the joys of the pilgrimage tend to outweigh the hardships; and to the faith and hope of Part I is added in abundant measure that greatest of virtues, charity. The two parts of The Pilgrim's Progress in reality constitute a whole, and the whole is, without doubt, the most influential religious book ever written in the English language.
This is exemplified by the frailness of the pilgrims of the Second Part in contrast to those of the First: women, children, and physically and mentally challenged individuals. When Christiana's party leaves Gaius's Inn and Mr. Feeblemind lingers in order to be left behind he is encouraged to accompany the party by Greatheart:
But brother ... I have it in commission, to comfort the feeble-minded, and to support the weak. You must needs go along with us; we will wait for you, we will lend you our help, we will deny ourselves of some things, both opinionative and practical, for your sake; we will not enter into doubtful disputations before you, we will be made all things to you, rather than you shall be left behind.
When the pilgrims end up in the Land of Beulah, they cross over the River of Death by appointment. As a matter of importance to Christians of Bunyan's persuasion reflected in the narrative of The Pilgrim's Progress, the last words of the pilgrims as they cross over the river are recorded. The four sons of Christian and their families do not cross, but remain for the support of the church in that place.
The allegory of this book has antecedents in a large number of Christian devotional works that speak of the soul's path to Heaven, from the Lyke-Wake Dirge forward. Bunyan's allegory stands out above his predecessors because of his simple and effective, if somewhat naïve, prose style, steeped in Biblical texts and cadences. He confesses his own naïveté in the verse prologue to the book:
Modern day influences upon Christian literature can be clearly seen, most popular among them is "The House That Wisdom Built" by Rev. Kyle Hoover (Anomalos 2008). This work has been called "a modern-day Pilgrim's Progress."
John Bunyan himself wrote a popular hymn that encourages a hearer to become a pilgrim-like Christian: All Who Would Valiant Be.
Because of the widespread longtime popularity of "The Pilgrim's Progress", Christian's hazards — whether originally from Bunyan or borrowed by him from the Bible — the "Slough of Despond", the "Hill Difficulty", "Valley of the Shadow of Death", "Doubting Castle", and the "Enchanted Ground", his temptations (the wares of "Vanity Fair" and the pleasantness of "By-Path Meadow"), his foes ("Apollyon" and "Giant Despair"), and the helpful stopping places he visits (the "House of the Interpreter", the "House Beautiful", the "Delectable Mountains", and the "Land of Beulah") have become commonly used phrases proverbial in English. For example, "One has one's own Slough of Despond to trudge through."
The Pilgrim's Progress' explicitly Protestant theology also made it much more popular than its predecessors. Finally, Bunyan's gifts and plain style breathe life into the abstractions of the anthropomorphized temptations and abstractions that Christian encounters and with whom he converses on his course to Heaven. Samuel Johnson said that "this is the great merit of the book, that the most cultivated man cannot find anything to praise more highly, and the child knows nothing more amusing." Three years after its publication (1681), it was reprinted in colonial America, and was widely read in the Puritan colonies. It went through eleven editions during the remainder of Bunyan's lifetime (1678-1688).
The book was the basis of an opera by Ralph Vaughan Williams, premiered in 1951; see The Pilgrim's Progress (opera). It was also the basis of a condensed radio adaptation starring John Gielgud, including, as background music, several excerpts from Vaughan Williams's orchestral works. This radio version, originally presented in 1942, was newly recorded by Hyperion Records in 1990, in a performance conducted by Matthew Best. It again starred Gielgud, and featured Richard Pasco and Ursula Howells.
English composer Ernest Austin set the whole story as a huge narrative tone poem for solo organ, with optional 6-part choir and narrator, lasting approximately 2½ hours.
Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist (1838) is subtitled 'The Parish Boy's Progress'.
In 1847 William Makepeace Thackeray entitled his work Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero with the Vanity Fair of Pilgrim's Progress in mind.
In Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Huckleberry Finn mentions The Pilgrim's Progress as he describes the works of literature in the Grangerfords' library. Twain uses this to satirize the Protestant southern aristocracy.
E. E. Cummings also makes numerous references to it in his prose work, The Enormous Room.
"The Celestial Rail-road", a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne, recreates Christian's journey in Hawthorne's time. Progressive thinkers have replaced the footpath by a railroad, and pilgrims may now travel under steam power. The journey is considerably faster, but somewhat more questionable...
John Buchan was an admirer of Bunyan, and Pilgrim's Progress features significantly in his third Richard Hannay novel, Mr Standfast, which also takes its title from one of Bunyan's characters.
Alan Moore in his League of Extraordinary Gentlemen enlists The Pilgrim's Progress protagonist, Christian, as a member of the earliest version of this group, Prospero's Men. This group disbanded in 1690 after Christian found his "heavenly country" and departed this world.
In Louisa May Alcott's Little Women, whose protagonist Jo reads it at the outset of the novel, and tries to follow the good example of Bunyan's Christian.
C. S. Lewis wrote a book inspired by The Pilgrim's Progress called The Pilgrim's Regress, in which a character named John follows a vision to escape from The Landlord, a less friendly version of The Owner in Pilgrim's Regress. It is an allegory of C. S. Lewis' own journey from a religious childhood to a pagan adulthood in which he rediscovers his Christian God.
Henry Williamson's The Patriot's Progress references the title of The Pilgrim's Progress and the symbolic nature of John Bunyan's work. The protagonist of the semi-autobiographical novel is John Bullock, the quintessential English soldier during World War I.
The character of Billy Pilgrim in Slaughterhouse-5: The Children's Crusade, by Kurt Vonnegut, is a clear homage to a similar journey to enlightenment experienced by Christian, although Billy's is a journey which leads him to an existential acceptance of life and of a fatalist human condition. Vonnegut's parallel to The Pilgrim's Progress is deliberate and evident in Billy's surname.
In Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë borrows the mythic quest-plot, but not the devout substance, of The Pilgrim's Progress. Brontë ends Jane Eyre with a half-ironic allusion to The Pilgrim's Progress.
A classic science fiction fan novelette, The Enchanted Duplicator by Walt Willis and Bob Shaw, is explicitly modeled on The Pilgrim's Progress; it has been repeatedly reprinted over the decades since its first appearance in 1954: in professional publications, in fanzines and as a monograph.
Enid Blyton wrote "The Land of Far Beyond" as a children's version of Pilgrim's Progress. First published in 1942 by Methuen.
A children's animation series titled The Pilgrim's Progress is set to be produced by Cliff McDowell, scheduled to be released in Fall 2009.
The novel was made into a film, Pilgrim's Progress, in 1912. Another film version was made in 1977 by Ken Anderson films, in which Liam Neeson played the role of Evangelist and other smaller roles like the crucified Christ. Maurice O'Callaghan played Mr. Worldly Wiseman and other "bad" characters that met Christian in his journey. A sequel Christiana followed in 1979. More recently, a version by Danny Carrales was produced in 2008.
In 1985 Yorkshire Television produced a 129-minute 9-part serial presentation of The Pilgrim's Progress with animated stills by Alan Parry and narrated by Paul Copley entitled Dangerous Journey.
In 1950 an hour-long animated version was made by Baptista Films. This version was edited down to 35 minutes and re-released with new music in 1978. As of 2007 the original version is difficult to find, but the 1978 has been released on both VHS and DVD.
A 2006 computer animation version was made, directed and narrated by Scott Cawthon.
The novel is frequently alluded to in the video game Deus Ex: Invisible War. Saman, a significant character, utilizes its allegories to create purpose in his speech; "Young enemy, thy name is Pliable... you bend your ear to the Worldly Wiseman, to continue the archaic analogy.". If the player makes the choice to side with the Templar faction at the end of the game, after the cinematic, the quote appears, taken from both the novel and Proverbs 21:16 - "He that wandereth out of the way of understanding, shall remain in the congregation of the dead." Curiously, the player's actions towards the Templar faction are not entirely unlike the struggle of Christian throughout the Pilgrim's Progress.


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There's no doubt that the garden cloche is underutilized. It's been around forever and works very well, yet there's really only a small group of people gardening with them. Garden cloches have remained popular in the UK, where they were thought to be first used for gardening. Either our friends across the pond have managed to keep the garden cloche a secret or Americans just have not been exposed to them. The latter seems to be the case, considering most people I've come across are pleasantly curious of its function and normally ask where they can buy one. It's much like when you travel to a foreign country and see a simple product that everyone uses in that country and you wonder why no one back home uses it and you try to find it when you return home but it's nowhere to be found.
An example of this is a product I call the "bug zapper". About 10 years ago In Thailand I noticed that all these shops were selling these devices that looked like a small tennis racket that were made out of plastic and wires. I soon found out that inside the handle there were two double A batteries and when a small button on the side of the handle was pressed it would send an electrical current through the wiring (the "strings" of the "racket") and create a small shock when something touched it. This is what I called the "bug zapper". It's a clever idea that works very well to kill flies and mosquitos and is ever present throughout Thailand. It's light, affordable, portable and much cleaner than smashing a fly or mosquito. Why wouldn't you want to use it? Ten years ago it would have been extremely difficult to find a bug zapper and still is pretty tough today. But they can be found. Sometimes our eyes are opened to new things to us when we explore a little. It's not that some things are secrets and others don't want us to know about them, but rather that we have simply forgotten about them or do not have a knowledge that it is an option.
Another alternative that I think has delayed the popularity of garden cloches are chemical pesticides. One purpose of the garden cloche is to keep bugs and pests away from eating your plants. The pesticides and insecticides have become so affordable that it's much easier to spray a chemical on your plant that will last for days, weeks, months and you'll have enough for the entire year. The downside of those chemicals of course is that you're spraying this chemical that you have no idea what it's made out of directly onto your plants and vegetables. Garden cloches on the other hand will keep your plants insect/pest free the 100% organic way.
There are multiple reasons why the garden cloche has been underutilized, but I believe that it is an excellent tool that has huge benefits. As people take more time to examine their health and use gardens to increase that healthy organic lifestyle, garden cloches will play an important part in growing good food for families.


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On Palestinian 'Sesame Street,' Muppets learn behavior management
Palestinians rehearse a scene for the "Shara'a Simsim," the Palestinian "Sesame Street," in a studio in the West Bank city of Ramallah. From left are Shaden Saleem, with her puppet named Kareem, Rjaae Sandoka and Fahdi Alghoul, with his puppet named Haneen. (CNS/Debbie Hill)
By Judith Sudilovsky
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EL BIREH, West Bank (CNS) -- Muppet Haneen and her friend, Kareem the rooster, are learning how to dress themselves and have fun with their letters. They are discovering how to overcome their fears and accept differences in others.
They also learn to channel their anger and analyze situations.
Taping for one of the last episodes of the fourth season of "Shara'a Simsim" -- the Palestinian "Sesame Street" -- began one sunny Saturday morning in mid-November. The set background depicted a typical Palestinian town complete with a church and a mosque located side by side. The set featured a roost for Kareem, a little house for Haneen and a fix-it shop for the adult character, Salim, the handyman.
A group of schoolchildren, including students from the Melkite Catholic School of the Annunciation from nearby Ramallah, West Bank, were on hand as extras for a segment featuring the Arabic letter "meem" -- equivalent to the English "M" -- with Kareem as a game-show host.
Daoud Kuttab, a Catholic and the show's executive director, said the "Shara'a Simsim" producers are committed to making the program feel and sound authentic and realistic to Palestinian children and, within that Palestinian reality, it is difficult to avoid politics completely.
In one of the segments this season a character worries about his brother in the Gaza Strip because the latter has not answered his daily phone calls. His Muppet friends suggest sending paper kites with a message, which the brother in Gaza sees, then realizes he had turned off his phone when he went to sleep.
Another segment features a fatherless child.
"Although we don't say why, it is obvious the father might have been jailed or killed as a result of the prolonged conflict," said Kuttab, who spoke to CNS via e-mail from Jordan.
Other segments deal with a child's independence, with a real boy named Basel dressing himself on his own and then waving the Palestinian flag.
One of the main aims of the program, which this season focused on diversity and the responsibilities of good citizenship, is to show a different pattern of behavior, especially for boys so they can channel their anger and frustration, Kuttab said.
"Research shows that boys are more violent or introverted because of the general political situation, and the general tendencies of (Middle Eastern) society and culture to expect males to be the protectors of the family, something they and their fathers have been unable to do because of (Israeli) occupation," he said. "Our aim is to provide children and parents with a clean and positive role model."
Kuttab said the absence of "quality educational and entertaining programs for Palestinian children" makes the show important.
He said his faith has influenced his work because he believes in the sanctity of life and that all people are created in the image of God.
"My faith also encourages me to instill values of respect and tolerance and to give importance to individuals, the family, society and the environment," he said.
Producer Layla Sayegh said this season's shows promote parental involvement in their children's education. She said about 70 percent of Palestinian children enter first grade with no educational background.
She said the show treats Muslim and Christian religious traditions very naturally because they are a normal part of Palestinian life.
Director Saed Andoni said the program also tries to teach young children how to think for themselves. Haneen and Kareem are depicted as thinking and analyzing situations on their own and coming up with solutions in a creative, nonviolent and often funny way, he said.
"I want kids to ... have an independent mind and analyze each situation with their own judgment," he said.
A separate Israeli version of "Sesame Street," "Rechov Sumsum," has the educational component and deals with the diversity within Israel and tolerance between its Jewish and Arab citizens.
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Scottsburg, IN (PRWEB) March 01, 2013
Easter brings the spirit of spring and resurrection around the world signifying rebirth, renewal and opportunity and is the occasion of gift giving of candies, flowers and more, such as the fragrant Spring scents in natural goat milk soaps and lotions from Goat Milk Stuff.
PJ Jonas, mom of eight who founded Goat Milk Stuff on the family goat farm in Indiana, said she and husband Jim instill the Christian spirit to their children's lives by teaching them to work and study hard and to be thoughtful of others. Each of the home-schooled Jonas children, ages 5 to 16, helps in the company by milking goats, mailing orders or doing chores in the office or family store.
Mom PJ said, "While many consider Easter simply a celebration of light and the warmth of Spring after the long, cold months of winter, or rebirth symbolized by baby chicks and bunnies, we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ and the rebirth he brings to all who will receive him as Lord and Savior. We feel our Goat Milk Stuff natural soaps make wonderful gifts for Easter."
Dad Jim oversees all soap making in the family's big soap room on the farm, while the boys tend to goats in the barn and the girls help Mom in the office and store. "Easter is often signified by egg hunts and bunnies but goats can also bring smiles to so many faces. We all pitch in on the farm, and if everyone pitched in at their homes and in their communities in the spirit of Easter, the world would be a better place."
The CBS hit daytime show The Doctors featured the Jonas family and its farm life and business, seen online at http://www.tinyurl.com/b67bcv5, and discussed the many healthy beauty products of Goat Milk Stuff.
Oprah Magazine also featured the Jonas products with most Goat Milk Stuff soaps and soy candles priced at $6. Goat Milk Stuff also offers gifts from bath fizzies for $3.50 to shaving soap for $8, along with gifts packs including:
Goat Milk Stuff will ship orders placed by before Tuesday, March 26th by two-day Priority Mail to arrive before Easter Sunday, March 31st.
The Jonas business maintains an active social media presence with a growing following on Facebook at Facebook.com/GoatMilkStuff, YouTube at YouTube.com/GoatMilkStuff and on Twitter at Twitter.com/GoatMilkStuff.
Online at http://www.GoatMilkStuff.com, the Scottsburg, Indiana company makes and markets all-natural Goat Milk Stuff™ products including goat milk soaps, lip balms, lotions, bath bombs, laundry soap, soy candles and more. For media contact Brian Dobson at DobsonPR.com or BD (at) DobsonPR.com.


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The coolest cup you'll ever use.
The GSI Collapsible Fairshare Mug makes sure you get exactly what you deserve. Whether it's in your messenger bag for the day or your back pack for a week in the woods, the collapsible design is at home anywhere.
- Collapsible design shrinks to 1.7 inch disk for easy packing
- Silicone material is easy to clean and doesn't retain flavors
- Lid screws into mug for sure seal, making it great for rehydrating meals
- Folding handle locks down for drinking and out for scooping and measuring
- Has a 22 ounce capacity so you get your fair share of the grub
Share your thoughts
What do you think of the
GSI Outdoors Collapsible Fairshare Mug
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Rusty Olds
Great item but a little big
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
This might be better marketed as a collapsible bowl than a mug. It is quite large. But still awesome! Buy it!
Dylan Berry
Super Handy
Great for soup or drinking from. You can store liquid in it, but it is not fully sealed so if your moving around a lot you'll want a nalgene. I was making john daly's using this and my Katadyn water filter from a ducky on the Green river, pretty cool!
Shoots itself in the foot for my purpose
- Familiarity: I returned this product before using it
Key words: "MUG", "LID". One would think you could carry a beverage around...
Snope! The model I received had a small silicone stopper in roughly the same location as the tiny pinhole in the lid barely visible in the product photo. On the plastic lid GSI inscribes: "PRESSURE RELEASE VALVE" (by the hole) and "NOT FOR STORING LIQUID".
This hole hobbles an otherwise tight locking seal at the lid to mug interface. I bought it to, I dunno, carry a protein shake to the gym in and then pack away. Sadly there doesn't appear to be a product on the marketplace to handle this sealable, collapsible cup problem despite this product's tease / promise.
More like a portable bowl than a mug
- Gender: Male
- Familiarity: I've used it once or twice and have initial impressions
I bought this looking for a mug for coffee in the morning and refreshments in the evening. its a little on the large size but it would be great for something like a serving of ramen or dinner in a bowl. Very light weight, different positions for handle is nice, collapsable makes for easy storage inside or outside bag. Bottom line, if your looking for a deep bowl with a handle, buy this "mug"
Great mug
I got this with 2 of the collapsible sea to summit cups, and found that the 2 cups will fit into this giant mug, and is only 2.5" thick all together. The locking lid is bomber, I love the handles 3 locking positions, and can't imagine when I'll ever need to replace this. I'll still keep my "sierra cup" on stand by for a bit, but I think that these are the future!
Will this mug handle boiling water with...
Will this mug handle boiling water with no problem for years of use?
Jason Fox
Hey there,
i would be hesitant to pour "boiling' water into this mug. The materials, plastic (of an unknown composition ie. #2,#3 etc) and silicon may degrade with frequent exposure to boiling water. Also, the cup will be very hot after you pour in boiling water and may be difficult to hold with only the handle as you try to pour carefully into it while sitting exposed on an expedition. be careful with the temps, let your water cool a bit before pouring or get a steel mug with an insulator, like a coozie or something
I recently used this mug on a 3 day camping trip. I poured boiling water into it several times for coffee and hot chocolate. The mug handled coffee just fine. However that was just for one weekend. Only time will tell how it holds up over the coming years.
Great product!
Used for numerous backpacking trips...tough to get it to collapse just right at first, but gets easier. Would definitely recommend!


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Kojima "depressed again" by Grand Theft Auto V next-gen port
The quality of Rockstar's next-gen Grand Theft Auto V teaser has once again saddened Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima.
Kojima: PS4 is the best home console available
Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima has backed Sony in the next-gen console war.
Kojima hints at long wait for Metal Gear Solid V
Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima has said that Metal Gear Solid V "will require much more time" in development.
Kojima backtracks on 'erotic' comments but Halo dev lashes out
Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima has said his use of the word 'erotic' in controversial comments yesterday was incorrect.
Kojima wants Metal Gear Solid 5 characters to be "more erotic" to sell figures
The famed creator of Metal Gear Solid wants to infuse some extra sex appeal into his next game.
JAW humbled by Metal Gear Solid response
UPDATE: JAW has posted the following statement on its Facebook page.


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Superbowl Afterparty feat. Jaheim and Ludacris, L.A, Ca
Ludacris at the Superbowl afterparty.
Ludacris at the Superbowl afterparty.
On Sunday at the BET Awards (June 30), Rihanna premiered a 90-second sneak peek video for her club anthem "B***h Better Have My Money" and now the full reel is finally here.
The fiery-haired singer plays a criminal mastermind, setting her thieving sights on a rich woman who unluckily got on the wrong…


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From the first broadcast signal in Los Angeles to the first camera in a helicopter, KTLA has signed on to cover the area like no other station since 1947. Combined with KTLA.com's strong growth, KTLA has the potential to reach nearly 4 million homes throughout the Southland. KTLA offers viewers more news coverage than the competition, along with exciting CW prime time programs each week.
Station Highlights
- KTLA News at 4:30-5am #1 Local News for M25-54
- KTLA News at 6-7am is #1 Fastest Growing Local Early Morning News, Surpassing ABC 7 in Young Adults
- KTLA News at 7-9am is #1 Local News for Households & Young Adults 25-54
- KTLA News at 9-10am is #1 Local News for Adults 18-49, Men & Women 25-54
KTLA / KTLA.com Audience Profile
- 48% Male, 52% Female
- 51% Caucasian / 30% Hispanic
- 25% have HHI $100K
- 27% hold Managerial / Professional Occupation
- 25% 4-Year College Graduate+
Source: Los Angeles Nielsen November 2011 Live+SD Ratings, HHLDs, A18-49, A25-54, M25-54; Scarborough Los Angeles 2011 – Release 1 (Total); Note: Watched KTLA or visited KTLA.com past 7 days; KTLA: M-Su 5a-2a cume; KTLA.com: visited KTLA.com past 7 days; Repeat and sports newscasts are not included in station coverage totals


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It may not feel like fall in San Diego, but fall fashion is everywhere, including at Fashion Valley. I have found some great fall boots that will get you ready for the season, all in perfect price points for designer lovers and frugal fashionistas. Take a look at my picks below:
Splurge – Over the knee:
Stuart Weitzman Suede Stretch Back-Back Over the Knee Boot from Neiman Marcus for $598
Yes, they are pricey but these are the ultimate build your own boots. They can be custom made to your shoe size (including width), color, material and heel height. The custom made option makes these fit like a glove and will last many years to come.
Steal - Over the knee:
Vince Camuto Karita Tall Riding Boot from Macy's for $169
I love the mix of leather and stretch fabric on this Vince Camuto boot. Because of the mixed material you still have the sleek look of leather, but the perfect fit as well. These riding boots are the perfect shoes for chilly winter days with tights and a wool dress, or out on the town with tucked in jeans and a pea coat.
Splurge – Booties
Rag & Bone Harrow Bootie from Nordstrom for $495
The much coveted Harrow bootie is back again this season in several colors and same great quality suede material. These are a celebrity favorite and even sold out statewide last year. Will they be your favorite too?
Steal – Booties
H&M Ankle Boots from $49.95
These imitation leather booties are a steal of a deal. Because of the classic style they pass as a designer brand, but for less than half the cost of the Rag & Bone booties. Plus they are perfect for dressing up at work with a shift dress, or for a casual weekend with jeans.
Noteworthy – Booties
C Wonder Buckled Suede Moto Ankle Boot for $168
These boots are identical to H&M's and Rag & Bone's, but at a reasonable mid price point for real suede boots. Plus they are just the right amount of rocker chic to add to any outfit.
I hope you enjoyed my fall boot selection for any budget. Which are you coveting?
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The following was excerpted from Patrick Stroh's new book, " Business Strategy: Plan, Execute, Win!"
The "S" word: "Strategy"
You thought it stood for what? Oh that"S" word.
Well, strategy at times is thought of by some people as a four-letter profanity. At times it seems that the concept, function and consulting around "strategy" has fallen so far from grace that "strategy" can be dismissed as bad, worthless, and irrelevant. It's not that leaders don't agree that a strategy is needed, but they have gone through too many exercises and experiences where a five-year strategic plan was painfully created over six months with little strategic value add in the end.
Some executives may equate the pain of going through a strategic planning process akin to implementing an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system in a manufacturing environment. Many executives have war stories of the increased time and cost of implementing a new system, how the "synergies" didn't really pan out as expected and how many of the touted features were postponed. Strategic planning in businesses, if done poorly, can feel the same way. I agree.
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You can go into the process feeling good: "Boy are we going to sit down and really debate our strategy finally. I have a lot of ideas I want to get on the table. I want to look at some new product lines and maybe an acquisition or two." Then reality sets in. Finance tells you what the "corporate template" needs to include with your plan. A customer is having an issue that needs immediate resolution so you're going to have to miss the first two planning sessions. Then the healthy debate you expected turns into a round robin free full of ideas, but no structure as to what to do with them, how to evaluate them, or what to explore further. Possibly then, the sessions are shelved, you go back to "last year's plan" and simply make some updates. What a depressing process. It doesn't have to work this way, but all too often it does — hence why the "S" word at some companies may not stand for strategy.


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Tunis — The Popular Front called on Tuesday for a government of competences and "salvation", formed within a consensual framework and a national congress of dialogue.
"We support the idea of a government of competences, but it should be determined by a national salvation congress attended by the country's active political and civil forces," Popular Front official spokesman Hamma Hammami said on Tuesday.
At a news conference in Tunis, he said that the national congress should "discuss and analyse the causes of the current crisis and suggest a programme to overcome it," adding that "this congress will not be an alternative to the National Constituent Assembly."
"The October 23 legitimacy has decreased and lost a great deal of its credibility," he said, adding "this does not mean that the National Constituent Assembly should be dissolved and draw the country into a vacuum situation."
Hammami laid the blame on the government for the escalation of violence "that led to the assassination of Popular Front founder Chokri Belaid," calling to question the slowness of reforms and the transitional justice mechanisms.
He asked to incriminate atonement, the use of mosques for political purposes and inciting people to violence in the political and religious discourse and on social networks, "notably on the Facebook page close to Ennahdha."


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Rabbi Brad Hirschfield
President of CLAL-The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership
Author, radio and TV talk show host, Brad Hirschfield is the author of You Don't Have To Be Wrong For Me To Be Right: Finding Faith Without Fanaticism (2008), and is the co-host of the popular weekly radio show, Hirschfield and Kula, airing on KXL in Portland, OR. Listed as one of the nation's 50 most influential rabbis in Newsweek, and one of the top 30 "Preachers and Teachers" by Beliefnet.com, he is the creator of two landmark series, Building Bridges and American Pilgrimage, both on Bridges TV. President of CLAL-The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership, a leadership training institute, think-tank, and resource center, he writes a daily column for Beliefnet.com, Windows & Doors, and a weekly,


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I know the past couple of years have been a little different around here. I'm glad the bulk of you stuck around through it. I thought I had it all together, but *snort* yeah, you just don't know what you don't know.
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I switched hosting providers back in December and with that something about the email changed -where my app picks it up. And. . . I forgot to make that switch until about a month ago. Brilliant move, Heather, brilliant.
I think I was able to download everything that had been sitting in the queue and I think I answered everything people had sent to Helpme that was not a pitch or a link request. If I missed your question, I am sorry.
I have a backlog of cookbooks to review including Joy of Kosher. I've been cooking again for a few months -some of it experimental and some of it really dang good, but the camera has been sitting neglected. It's time to take the next step and get back to doing some of the want-tos in addition to the have-tos and should-dos.
I joked on Twitter the other day that it took a year, but now I'm eating kale (I moved to a very hipster part of town), the truth behind that is that I'm getting back to eating healthier and finally exercising. Kale just happened to be on special (and always is, maybe it's waning as the best food ever, whatever, I'll buy your cheap unloved produce).
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President Obama said his call for Israeli-Palestinian negotiations based on the pre-1967 lines did not mean the future state of Palestine would have those exact borders.
"By definition, it means that the parties themselves – Israelis and Palestinians – will negotiate a border that is different than the one that existed on June 4, 1967," Obama said on Sunday morning to the annual policy conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. "It is a well-known formula to all who have worked on this issue for a generation. It allows the parties themselves to account for the changes that have taken place over the last 44 years, including the new demographic realities on the ground and the needs of both sides."
Last week, Obama said Israeli-Palestinian peace talks should be based on the pre-'67 lines, with mutually agreed swaps. He also said the difficult issues of Jerusalem and the right of return for Palestinian refugees should be deferred for later. In response, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called such borders "indefensible."
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The Society for Psychological Anthropology solicits entries for the 2013 Richard G. Condon Prize for the best student essay in psychological anthropology. The winner will be awarded $500 and one year's free membership in the Society for Psychological Anthropology. The winning essay will be published in Ethos after working with the Editor for final preparation of the manuscript.
The prize is named for the late Richard G. Condon, whose work included the study of adolescence, family, and change among the Canadian Inuit. Psychological anthropology is defined broadly to include interrelationships among psychological, social and cultural phenomena. Essays will be judged on their relevance to psychological anthropology, organization and clarity, and their theoretical and methodological strengths. The winner will be recognized at the 2014 SPA Business Meeting in Washington DC.
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2014 Nofit Itzhak, "Making Selves and Meeting Others in Neo-Shamanic Healing"
2013 Jing Xu, "Becoming a Moral Child amidst China's Moral Crisis"
2012 Sara Lewis, "Trauma and the Making of Flexible Minds in the Tibetan Exile Community"
2011 Saiba Varma, "The Silent Bio in Psychosocial: Counselors and Psychiatrists in Indian-administered Kashmir"
2010 Sonya E. Pritzker, "The Part of Me that Wants to Grab: Embodied Experience and Living Translation in U.S. Chinese Medical Education"
2009 Kristin Yarris, "The pain of 'thinking too much': Dolor de cerebro and social hardship among rural Nicaraguan women"
2008 no prize awarded
2007 Sarah Henning David, "What's Not to Know? A Critique of Pascal Boyer's theory of religion through a reexamination of Emile Durkheim's Elementary Forms of Religious Life"
2006 Michael Baran, "Girl, you are not Morena"
Merav Shohet, "Narrating anorexia: 'Full' and 'struggling' genres of recovery"
2005 no prize awarded
2004 Julia Cassiniti, "Cultural Psychology of Buddhism in Thailand"
2003 no prize awarded
2002 Eileen Anderson-Fye, "Never Leave Yourself: Ethnopsychology as Mediator of Psychological Globalization among Belizean Schoolgirls"
2001 Diana Smay, "Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD): The Disease of Ritual."
2000 no prize awarded
1999 Chris McCollum, "The Cultural Patterning of Self Understanding: Evidence from Middle-Class Americans' Stories of Falling in Love."
1998 no prize awarded
1997 Keith McNeal, "Queens in America: An Exploration of Cultural Models, Gay Drag,and Gender Ambivalence"


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The Nakawa Chief Magistrate, Joy Kabaje has declined to issue criminal summons for the Chief of Defence Forces, General Aronda Nyakairima, to face charges of treason.
The charges were brought through private prosecution by the Luwero Woman Member of Parliament, Brenda Nabukenya, who wants the army chief charged over comments he made recently during a press conference.
Kabaje said she could not issue criminal summons against the accused because the complaint was not accompanied by a letter from a local council chairperson or chief of the area where the accused (Nyakairima) is alleged to have committed the offence, as required by the Magistrates Court Act.
The chief magistrate, further said her court also lacks the jurisdiction to try Gen. Aronda Nyakairima on treason charges. She said treason offences are tried by the High Court.
Kabaje made the comments on Monday during the hearing of the petition.
Nabukenya and her lawyer, Julius Galisonga, had turned up to pick the criminal summons for Aronda.
The case was adjourned to today February 5 when court will make its decision whether to summon Nyakairima or dismiss the case.
In his submissions however, Galisonga said although the magistrate's court lacks the jurisdiction to try the accused for treason, there is a legal requirement for the accused to be committed by the Chief Magistrate for trial by the High Court.
"These proceedings are preliminary to the actual trial which is supposed to be before the High court," said Galisonga.
"It is, therefore, our prayer that this court signs the complaint of oath and issue us with criminal summons so that we may serve the accused and the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP)," he added.
He also argued that a letter from the LC or local chief was not mandatory.
The lawyer argued that under the Kampala Capital City Authority set-up, there are no chiefs or local councils.
Nabukenya alleges that on January 23, 2013, while addressing a press conference at the Ministry of Defence headquarters in Mbuya, Gen. Nyakairima made utterances to the effect that the army could overturn the Government because Parliament was not serious.
She alleges that Nyakairima's comments amounted to criminal offences, including inciting the army to commit a crime, treason, offences against the State, concealment of treason and terrorism.


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BOISE, Idaho - A trip to the NCAA tournament was enough to keep the Boise State men's tennis team deadlocked in the ITA national team rankings, as the Broncos remained at No. 42 in the final rankings of the season which were released on Monday (June 7).
The Broncos, who fell in the first round of the NCAA tournament with a 4-0 loss to No. 29 Florida State, did not move from No. 42 in the last two rankings of the season. Boise State finished the year with a 19-12 overall record, which kept the Broncos ranked in the top-75 all season long.
Boise State was also represented once again in the singles rankings as sophomore James Meredith finished the year at No. 61 overall. Meredith was 25-10 in singles this season with a 20-7 record in dual competition.
The Broncos also learned last week that they will be competing in the 2011 ITA Kick-Off event, which features 60 of the top programs in the country. Boise State will travel to the University of Kentucky to square off against Kentucky, Wake Forest and Wisconsin. The winners of each of the 15 regions will advance to compete in the 2011 ITA National Indoor Championships. Boise State's complete men's tennis schedule has not been released yet.


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Watercolor of Boxer and Enterprise
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On September 5, 1813, the battle between the U.S. Brig Enterprise and the British Brig Boxer took place in the waters off Monhegan Island, Maine. The Boxer's commander, Captain Samuel Blyth, 29 years of age, was killed in the opening exchange of cannon fire. On the Enterprise, Captain William Burrows, age 28, was mortally wounded a short time later. Burrows would not consent to being carried below until the end of the engagement, after which he accepted the British surrender.
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- Title: Watercolor of Boxer and Enterprise
- Creator: Osborne, James
- Creation Date: 1831
- Subject Date: 1813-09-05
- State: ME
- Media: watercolor on paper
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Arizona juvenile court data to be used for research
PHOENIX -- Arizona's Department of Juvenile Corrections now has court permission to obtain and study some juvenile court records that are normally kept secret.
An order signed by Supreme Court Chief Justice Rebecca White Berch grants the department's request for access to data on re-arrests and resulting court action for juveniles released from the department's custody starting in 2007.
The department says it'll use the data to help judge its performance, particularly in comparison with other states.
The department previously had only access to records on previously released juvenile offenders either returned to its custody or placed in the adult corrections system.
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UTSA architecture professor Hazem Rashed-Ali analyzes older, local housing
(Dec. 17, 2013) -- Are Texas cities setting themselves up to lead a new energy economy? Urban leaders, building owners and development professionals were invited to learn about how cleaner air and smarter buildings not only produce more sustainable cities, but attract the healthy, talented work force that makes them more competitive innovators at a conference co-hosted by Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station's Energy Systems Laboratory and the Texas chapters of the U.S. Green Building Council.
Hazem Rashed-Ali, associate dean of research and graduate studies in the UTSA College of Architecture (COA), is speaking at this year's Clean Air Through Energy Efficiency (CATEE) conference in San Antonio Dec. 16-18, a premiere educational conference and business exhibition connecting public and private decision makers and thought leaders. Rashed-Ali will present on retrofit analysis of older, single-family housing in San Antonio.
"This project focuses on analyzing energy use patterns of historic homes in San Antonio with the aim of providing measurable data that will assist in making smarter and more informed decisions when considering maintenance, changes or improvements on a historic houses," said Rashed-Ali.
The project Rashed-Ali will discuss was conducted by an interdisciplinary team of researchers from three UTSA colleges led by William Dupont, director of the UTSA Center for Cultural Sustainability housed in the College of Architecture. Team members included Rashed-Ali and Dupont, Randy Manteufel from the UTSA College of Engineering and Thomas Thomson from the UTSA College of Business.
Rashed-Ali has a Ph.D. in architecture from Texas A&M University, a Master of Science in Architecture degree from Oxford Brookes University (UK) and a Bachelor of Science in Architecture degree from Ain Shams University in Egypt. His current research focuses on sustainable architecture and urbanism with an emphasis on minimizing the negative environmental impacts of the built environment through the design of high-performance, energy efficient and carbon-neutral buildings and communities.
Rashed-Ali joined an array of speakers including former Colorado Governor Bill Ritter Jr. delivering the conference keynote on the New Energy Economy; Greg Aliff, vice chairman and senior partner, energy and resources, Deloitte LLP, on impending change in the electric utility industry; Gerald North, Regents Professor of Atmospheric Science at Texas A&M University on the state of science on climate change; John Pflueger, Dell principal environmental strategist on a plan for sustainability collaboration; and Suzanne Shelton, CEO of Shelton Group on motivating energy efficiency and sustainability messages.
The purpose of the CATTEE conference is to help communities improve decisions that determine the energy and water intensity of the built environment and reduce related emissions. Attendees received big-picture insights, policy updates and practical implementation ideas.
"This annual conference has established a reputation for creating a collaborative tone and conversation focused on effective problem solving of current issues," said Pam Losefsky, executive director of the USGBC Central Texas - Balcones Chapter. "We look forward to engaging a robust audience of individuals and organizations involved in state and local policy-making, energy and environmental problem-solving, and sustainable design and development."


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Most of our family articles to date have been of happy first days at school, swimming, shopping for new dressing gowns and other happy, everyone-is-well type stuff.
Let me assure you, we are actually normal! This morning as I write I am sitting here with a thumping headache. I woke up with it. Not very happy. I felt dizzy at work on Thursday and had to go lay down for a while, felt REALLY tired last night and went to bed before everyone else. I think I have a bug. Blocked nose, head hurts if I cough. :(
Mr O Jnr 1 has been to the doctor twice this week with blocked ears and has to go back on Monday for a second attempt to unblock the left ear. Poor young man, he now has one great ear and one blocked ear. I think that means he can hear half the time! I'd dragged him off to the doctor when I became convinced he was talking loudly because he couldn't hear properly, not just because he is Mr O's mini-me!
I'd had my ears syringed as a child, as did my sister and my daughter had grommets, so I recognised the symptoms! In the car on the way he told me he had thought I was joking and got a shock when I arrived home from work early and whisked him on this journey! When we went back yesterday, I took the two younger ones with me just to check, as it only takes two seconds to peer in an ear! They both got they all clear. Mr O Jnr 2 took photos of the procedure wth his iPhone, but I'm not subjecting readers to medical shots – this is not ER, after all!
Miss O 1 had her first trip to an Australian dentist and had a back molar filled. Mr O did that trip, as I was at the doctor with Mr O Jnr 1 at the same time. I gather there were a few tears as Miss O 1 hates needles and of course there was the pain shot involved. It wasn't all bad – Miss O 1 finally got her first trip on one of our trains!
They were very brave though, facing their first treatments in a strange land. We were very proud of them both!
So we have three "sickies" and three healthy ones today. Mr O has gone off for a driving lesson and I SO wish he had his licence already because I have to say I am not looking forward to driving to the market for the weekly meat shopping. Hanging out the washing will be delegated to Misses O 1 & 2.
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The Boone County Council on Aging is dedicated to all older adults and their caregivers by reaching out with programs to help enrich and improve their quality of life.
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