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President Barack Obama reiterates US support for Israel's right to self-defence and discusses possible ways to scale back the conflict.
Today Obama spoke separately to Israeli and Egyptian leaders as violence escalated in Gaza, and Israel signalled a possible ground invasion.
Palestinian militants took aim at Jerusalem for the first time Friday, launching a rocket attack on the holy city as Israel pressed forward with a relentless campaign of airstrikes against Gaza.
The White House said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Obama late Friday (local time) to provide an update on the situation.
Netanyahu expressed appreciation to Obama and the American people for US investment in the Iron Dome rocket and mortar defence system, which has been used to defend Israel against rocket attacks from Gaza, saving many Israeli lives, the White House said.
Separately, Obama called Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi and praised Egypt's efforts to ease tensions in the region, the White House said. Obama expressed hope that Egypt's efforts would be successful, officials said.
In both calls, Obama expressed regret for the loss of Israeli and Palestinian civilian lives and underscored the importance of resolving the situation as quickly as possible.
Israel's cabinet authorises the mobilisation of up to 75,000 reservists, preparing the ground for a possible Gaza invasion after Palestinians fired a rocket toward Jerusalem for the first time in decades.
Tel Aviv, Israel's commercial centre, also came under rocket attack for the second straight day, in defiance of an Israeli air offensive that began on Wednesday with the declared aim of deterring Hamas from launching cross-border attacks that have plagued southern Israel for years.
Hamas, the Islamist group that runs the Gaza Strip, claimed responsibility for firing at Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.
Israel said the rocket launched toward Jerusalem landed in the occupied West Bank, and the one fired at Tel Aviv did not hit the city. There were no reports of casualties.
The siren that sounded in Jerusalem stunned many Israelis.
The city, holy to Jews, Muslims and Christians, was last struck by a Palestinian rocket in 1970, and it was not a target when Saddam Hussein's Iraq fired missiles at Israel in the 1991 Gulf War.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a four-hour strategy session with a clutch of senior ministers in Tel Aviv on widening the military campaign, while other cabinet members were polled by telephone on raising the mobilisation level.
Political sources said they decided to more than double the current reserve troop quota set for the Gaza offensive to 75,000. The move did not necessarily mean all would be called into service.
Hours earlier, Egypt's prime minister, denouncing what he described as Israeli aggression, visited Gaza and said Cairo was prepared to mediate a truce.
Officials in Gaza said 29 Palestinians — 13 militants and 16 civilians, among them eight children and a pregnant woman — had been killed in the enclave since Israel began its air strikes. Three Israeli civilians were killed by a rocket on Thursday.
The Israeli military said 97 rockets fired from Gaza hit Israel on Friday and 99 more were intercepted by its Iron Dome anti-missile system.
Dozens of Israeli bombing raids rocked the enclave, and one flattened the Gaza Interior Ministry building.
In a further sign Netanyahu might be clearing the way for a ground operation, Israel's armed forces announced that a highway leading to the territory and two roads bordering the enclave of 1.7 million Palestinians would be off-limits to civilian traffic.
Tanks and self-propelled guns were seen near the border area on Friday, and the military said it had already called 16,000 reservists to active duty.
Netanyahu is favourite to win a January national election, but further rocket strikes against Tel Aviv, a free-wheeling city Israelis equate with New York, and Jerusalem, which Israel regards as its capital, could be political poison for the conservative leader.
''The Israel Defence Forces will continue to hit Hamas hard and are prepared to broaden the action inside Gaza,'' Netanyahu said before the rocket attacks on the two cities.
Asked about Israel massing forces for a possible Gaza invasion, Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said: ''The Israelis should be aware of the grave results of such a raid, and they should bring their body bags.''
A solidarity visit to Gaza by Egyptian Prime Minister Hisham Kandil, whose Islamist government is allied with Hamas, but also party to a 1979 peace treaty with Israel, had appeared to open a tiny window to emergency peace diplomacy.
Kandil said: ''Egypt will spare no effort... to stop the aggression and to achieve a truce.''
But a three-hour truce that Israel declared for the duration of Kandil's visit never took hold.
Israel Radio's military affairs correspondent said the army's Homefront Command had told municipal officials to make civil defence preparations for the possibility that fighting could drag on for seven weeks.
An Israeli military spokeswoman declined to comment on the report.
The Gaza conflagration has stoked the flames of a Middle East already ablaze with two years of Arab revolution and a civil war in Syria that threatens to leap across borders.
It is the biggest test yet for Egypt's new President Mohamed Mursi, a veteran Islamist politician from the Muslim Brotherhood who was elected this year after last year's protests ousted military autocrat Hosni Mubarak.
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood are spiritual mentors of Hamas, yet Mursi has also pledged to respect Cairo's 1979 peace treaty with Israel, seen in the West as the cornerstone of regional security.
Egypt and Israel both receive billions of dollars in US military aid to underwrite their treaty.
Mursi has vocally denounced the Israeli military action while promoting Egypt as a mediator, a mission that his prime minister's visit was intended to further.
A Palestinian official close to Egypt's mediators told Reuters Kandil's visit ''was the beginning of a process to explore the possibility of reaching a truce. It is early to speak of any details or of how things will evolve''.
Hamas fighters are no match for the Israeli military.
The last Gaza war, involving a three-week long Israeli air blitz and ground invasion over the New Year period of 2008-2009, killed more than 1400 Palestinians, mostly civilians. Thirteen Israelis died.
Tunisia's foreign minister was due to visit Gaza on Saturday ''to provide all political support for Gaza'' the spokesman for the Tunisian president, Moncef Marzouki, said in a statement.
The United States asked countries that have contact with Hamas to urge the Islamist movement to stop its rocket attacks.
Hamas refuses to recognise Israel's right to exist. By contrast, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who rules in the nearby West Bank, does recognise Israel, but peace talks between the two sides have been frozen since 2010.
Abbas's supporters say they will push ahead with a plan to have Palestine declared an ''observer state'' rather than a mere ''entity'' at the United Nations later this month.
- REUTERS with AP


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This book is to inspire you to share your talents and unique gifts so you will become an instrument of hope in this fast-changing world, to impart a concept or two that might lift you to higher ground.
As a life-long educator, Leon enjoys helping people learn. He hopes that whatever wisdom he has gleaned from four decades of helping others through his personal and professional relationships can be imparted through the power of images, simple language, and practical tools and tips for life.
Each chapter includes a story and a picture to reinforce hope. What you see in the image will connect to the story, and together, the foundational concepts will integrate more strongly in your life, helping you move to joy-filled and hopeful living. I've also included some tips and tools at the end of each chapter to help you apply these concepts in your life. He hopes you find the marvelous Susan Volkmann's illustrations as delightful and inspirational as he does. Many of these concepts are very simple and can be understood and shared by children, parents, and grandparents alike.
|Filled with real life experiences of heroes from Abraham Lincoln and FDR, to modern day NFL star Mike Utley, Heroes and Hope tells of overcoming the toughest of circumstances.
If you want to learn how to sprinkle "Verbal Stardust" on your family, children, grandchildren,and friends, Heroes and Hope is the ticket! If you're fortunate enough to have a father who is a hero to you, like Leon's father, Harry, is to him, this would make a great Father's Day gift.
Leon is giving the proceeds from Heroes and Hope to help kids attend college in honor of his sister who was denied the opportunity to attend kindergarten. Some books hit home runs; this hits two, one for the reader, and one for the kids who will receive the proceeds to attend college.
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When most people think of human sex trafficking, they imagine the plight of a girl in some Third-World brothel far away from home.
Yet, as recent FBI data suggests, it's become more and more of an issue for children growing up right in our own backyards.
Twenty years ago, Holly Austin Smith was one such child.
The summer of 1992 was a nightmare for Holly Austin Smith. She was 14 years old, recently graduated from eighth grade and scared to death of making the transition to high school.
"I was very, very afraid of getting beat up. I was really wrapped up in how other people were seeing me. Peer pressure, all those kinds of things," said Smith. "And I just wasn't getting a lot of positive guidance in other areas."
Growing up in South Jersey, Smith fought constantly with her parents and felt far removed from her much older half-brothers and half-sisters. As a kid, she'd been routinely sexually assaulted by an extended family member. The experience left a crippling stain on her as she matured into adolescence.
She felt alone, depressed and weighted with low self-esteem.
Like most domestic trafficking victims, this is where Smith's road to child prostitution begins -- well before the day she met her trafficker.
Primed for exploitation
When Smith's mother was diagnosed with stage IV breast cancer, her parents became wrapped up in the treatment and kept her in the dark about much of the proceedings.
"They thought they were doing the right thing by leaving me out of it," said Smith. "So I was left to roam the streets with my friends."
Her experiences there only added to her trouble.
One night, at age 12, she and her friends were out at a roller skating rink, where from across the room she noticed one of the high school boys from town acting as the DJ. He called her over to the booth, and once she was inside, pressured her into a sexual situation.
"I left the DJ booth thinking, 'Maybe we're dating now, like maybe I'm now in a relationship.'"
Soon realizing that wasn't the case, Smith could feel the bottom fall out.
"I felt worse and worse afterwards," she said, "like nobody wanted to date me. I felt like I was ugly."
It wasn't long before Smith suffered another sexual assault, and by eighth grade she began seriously contemplating suicide. By graduation, she was an emotional wreck — scarred by her history of abuse and left pining for an escape from reality.
In other words, the 14-year-old was perfectly primed to be exploited by a trafficker.
Mall rat
One day that summer, Smith was at the mall with her friends, dressed promiscuously, straggling behind the crowd.
Out of the corner of her eye, she noticed a guy staring at her. He looked cool, well dressed, not scary at all.
He could have passed for any one of her friends' older brothers.
When he motioned for her to come over, she did, feeling kind of elated.
"Wow, somebody is paying attention to me. He's not talking to any of my friends. He's picking me out of the crowd," Smith said.
They only chatted in the crowded mall briefly. His name was Greg. They exchanged phone numbers and agreed to talk later -- all very casual.
A few days later, she found herself alone in her bedroom, divulging her secret hopes and dreams over her private phone line.
"It was an instant friendship," she remembers. "It wasn't awkward. And he just talked to me about my life."
They talked every other night. At the time, Smith was obsessed with MTV, and thought constantly of becoming a musician or a dancer.
That's where the man on the phone found his hook.
"When he told me he could get me into a dance club, that was it," said Smith. "He began to play on the vulnerabilities in my life that I wanted to get away from."
He told her she was too mature for high school, and that she should leave home to be with him.
(Smith didn't realize the man on the phone was not the guy she'd met in the mall.)
After two weeks of talking on the phone, she was ready to run away.
'Stacy Kumbas'
She met Greg at a different South Jersey mall. Smith went there thinking she was "gonna hang out with celebrities and go to famous dance clubs in famous cities across the country."
In her mind, "life was about to get really exciting."
Greg took her into a shoe store and bought her a pair of high heels. Smith remembers one of the shop clerks looking at them oddly.
No one, though, said a word.
It wasn't until they left the mall, that Smith began to sense that something was seriously wrong.
Greg seemed different, not as friendly as he did on the phone.
All of a sudden, it was as if she were caught in a whirlwind. He took her to a motel where another woman, Nikki, was waiting.
"And she had me put on a red dress and the guy came back and he started to go over what he called, 'the rules,' and he started to say things like, 'You need to charge this much money ... you need to talk to this kind of guy, not this kind of guy."
Greg said she would now go by the name Stacey Kumbas.
"It was just, 'This is what you're doing. This is your new name.' And then a taxi was called and Nikki and I were on our way to Atlantic City."
Although nobody said it, Smith began to understand what this was all about.
Tricked again
Smith says it's hard for people to understand what was going through her mind at that time.
When she first started telling her story, she felt some sort of internal pressure to say that she was scared.
"And it's not that I didn't feel scared, it's just that I felt more sad than anything else. I felt more disappointed, like, man, I was tricked again, tricked again by a guy," she said.
"This is not what I thought it was gonna be, and it's all about sex. It's always about sex."
Feeling like she had no other options, Smith worked the streets of Atlantic City that night.
"From there, really, a light shut off for me. And in my mind, going home was not even an option. It's not even something I considered," she said. "That was gone."
36 hours in Atlantic City
Smith says she was only on the street for a moment when her first john, a much older man, approached her.
"Nikki stepped up and asked him if he wanted to date me. And he asked her how much, and she said $200. And he said OK."
Under Nikki's instruction, the man took her directly to a hotel.
"The man told me that I reminded him of his granddaughter. So I think that he was looking for a child. It wasn't a surprise and it wasn't a concern. It was what he was looking for."
After the man had his way with her, Smith worked the streets until dawn the next morning.
The next day, Greg raped her. That night, the traffickers put her right back out on the street.
Dusk to dawn, dawn to dusk, it was one numbing horror after another.
What if?
On Smith's second night working the streets, a cop spotted her, and began asking questions.
With Nikki close by, Smith stuck to the script they had her memorize for this situation: That she was 18. That he had no reason to bother her, and should leave her alone.
The script worked.
But as the cop turned to leave, Smith, trembling with fear, made the most courageous decision of her young life.
"As he was walking away I thought, if I don't say something right now -- they were planning on taking me to New York City the next day -- I just had this feeling that it would be a long time before I was found," she said.
"So I called out to the officer and I asked, 'What if I was under 18?'"
The officer immediately arrested her, locked her up and threatened her with a stint in juvenile detention.
Smith confessed her real name, and another whirlwind brought her right back to the home life she left 36 hours before.
"They handed me over to my parents wearing the same clothes my traffickers had put on me that day," Smith said. "I was sent home with no services and no understanding of what just happened to me."
Home again
Life after trafficking wasn't easy. When Smith went to high school in the fall, word got out, and she was marginalized by her classmates. She was suicidal, went from bad relationship to bad relationship and picked up a drug habit — all while bouncing around to different high schools in the region.
For Sister Terry Shields, Smith's experience is all too typical of the domestic trafficking cases that most people never think about.
"I have heard people saying, 'Are you kidding me? What are you talking about human trafficking.' They can't believe that it exists," Shields said.
Shields is the co-founder of "Dawn's Place," a nine-bedroom Philadelphia-based safe house for trafficked women. She hopes Smith's story encourages people to become more aware of emotionally vulnerable children— especially girls aged 12 to 14.
"We need to be attentive because there are some hurting people, and children especially, that nobody's picking up the cues, and maybe some of it could be averted," Shields said.
According to the Department of Justice, human trafficking is the second fastest-growing criminal industry behind drug dealing. Although truly accurate statistics are hard to come by, experts estimate that at least 100,000 American juveniles are victimized through prostitution in the U.S. each year.
For Smith, the journey to normalcy was a long one. Eventually, with help from counselors in New Jersey's school-based Youth Services program, she was able to graduate high school, and then move on to complete her undergraduate degree at Richard Stockton College.
She now lives in Virginia, is happily married and works as a biology technician in an environmental science lab.
But it wasn't until 2009 that she met another trafficking survivor and began to find the confidence to share her story. She now does so now as an official representative of Amber Alert. She travels the country speaking to law-enforcement officials about how to interact with trafficked minors.
"That kid on the corner?" she said. "I want them to understand where she's at, to understand where she's coming from."
To learn more about Holly Austin Smith, visit her website: http://hollyaustinsmith.com/
To learn more about Dawn's House, and to find out what you can do to help stop human trafficking in the Philadelphia region, visit: http://ahomefordawn.org/


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A PRIVATE firm offering valet parking for Southend Airport passengers has been told it will be kicked out of its base by council chiefs.
Southend Airport Car Park, which only got off the ground in April 2012, has been given three months to move on after failing to secure planning permission.
Southend Council ruled the firm should not be allowed to use a former development site on the Temple Farm industrial estate as its base because the airport already offered enough parking spaces.
But the fledgling company, which employs ten people, has vowed to fight for its future.
Lorraine Larman, financial director, said: "We will appeal this decision and we believe we have a good case.
"To say the airport already has enough spaces is basically saying no one has a right to compete.
"We are creating jobs and surely some jobs are better than none?"
Southend Airport has three long-stay car parks and a short-stay option, with more than 1,000 spaces available.
SACP has 80 spaces in its base off Coopers Way. The company, which originally operated from a base in Progress Road, Southend, moved to its current site last summer to cope with the growing demand.
But council chiefs pointed out the land was not included in the airport's own transport strategy, which was agreed when it embarked on its £100million expansion programme in 2010.
They also claimed the permanent conversion of an industrial estate site into a commercial car park would lead to a loss of employment land.
Alastair Welch, the managing director of Southend Airport, said: "At the airport, we work hard to ensure we offer unrivalled choice and value for our customers.
"We have plenty of space, free set down and pick up, a choice of short and long stay, roll up or pre-book and great offers, such as our free parking offer for January and February.
"There are no off-airport operators endorsed or approved by us, as we feel the airport can offer the most competitive deals for its passengers - therefore we would strongly urge passengers to compare any off site rates with what we can offer before booking."


text: Judge puts Pickens teen's vaccination case on hold By The Associated Press September 28, 2012 Story Share MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- A complaint by a Pickens School senior kept out of the classroom for her refusal to get mandatory immunizations is on hold while a similar case plays out in another part of the state.Randolph County Circuit Court Judge Jaymie Godwin Wilfong ruled Friday that Olivia Hudok's complaint will be resolved after a similar case is handled in Kanawha County Circuit Court, Superintendent of Schools James Phares said.Additional cases are pending in Ohio and Mercer counties, as well.Phares said Wilfong allowed the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources to formally intervene in the case. She also granted a preliminary injunction requiring the county to provide homebound instruction.Hudok's father, Phil, a retired teacher, has been working with his daughter on schoolwork sent home by her teachers. It wasn't immediately clear whether the district will have to provide a separate teacher.Olivia Hudok is one of only three seniors at the Pickens school, West Virginia's smallest public school. It's a combined elementary and high school with just 37 students this year.Public health officials said allowing her to attend classes without the state-mandated immunizations could put other children at risk.The girl refused to get Tdap and MCV4 boosters for religious reasons and because of concerns about toxic ingredients. The immunizations are designed to protect against tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis and meningitis. She and her father want an exemption from the requirement, which covers all seventh- through 12th-graders.The school district filed a motion to dismiss the complaint, arguing the DHHR should have been a defendant, and lawsuits against state agencies must be filed in Kanawha County.The state Attorney General's Office filed a motion to allow the DHHR to intervene, and another asking the judge to dismiss because it was filed in the wrong county.West Virginia has some of the nation's strictest limits on exempting children from vaccines required before they can attend school, and some parents have been lobbying the Legislature to change that.Public health officials, however, warn that the state already suffers low immunization rates against diseases such as polio, whooping cough and measles.All states, including West Virginia, allow school-bound children to skip immunizations for medical reasons. But while 48 states also permit exemptions on religious grounds, West Virginia and Mississippi do not.Phil Hudok has made headlines challenging state laws before. In 1999, he was fired from his teaching job in Randolph County for refusing to require his students to wear bar-coded identification badges. He was later reinstated after a circuit judge said the school board had made no attempt to accommodate his religious beliefs. Then in 2008, the West Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles started a paper-based pilot program to keep driver's license photos out of a computer database to accommodate Hudok and others who believe digital storage is a "mark of the beast" that evokes biblical prophecy.Hudok argued that bar codes and digital storage of photos are a way of numbering people, which they liken to a warning in the Bible's book of Revelation about a "mark of the beast" indicating the arrival of the Antichrist. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 City of Milton tries to revive Morris Memorial property 2 Books and Brews expanding to Charleston's West Side 3 Former Boone school board members indicted 4 Morgantown coal operator Laurita indicted in alleged campaign finance scheme 5 Kanawha Parks Commission sells former Sandy Brae tract Twenty-seven dilapidated properties in Huntington demolished Previous Story Ginseng poachers take to the woods as prices soar Next Story


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He wants him to be his v-c for all the right reasons.
He'd be crazy to go through with it. Somebody more attuned to the world of sports politics needs to inform him of that post haste.
The newly installed New Zealand skipper's reasoning is sound. He doesn't particularly see the need for an official vice-captain but in the event that he has to leave the ground for any reason, he thinks "Southee is coming into his own. He's a bit more settled in his game now than someone like Kane [Williamson] is", McCullum told the Herald.
He will also be wary of anointing the next captain by having Williamson, most people's pick to eventually take over, too early. It happened to McCullum himself when he was Daniel Vettori's wingman, only to lose that role in strange circumstances.
McCullum has a good point in wanting Williamson to settle into his role in the side without the burden of expectation, but in this case he needs to develop a sense of PR guile.
Southee would perhaps be the most inappropriate vice-captain he could choose.
Let's start from the top.
McCullum is managed by Stephen Fleming. Tim Southee is managed by ... Stephen Fleming. There was already misguided flak flying around about Fleming being the New Zealand Cricket Players' Association representative on the panel that appointed Mike Hesson as coach; Southee as v-c provides the ammunition for a full-blown, grassy knoll-type conspiracy.
The phrase "not a good look" is too often trotted out but in this case you could get away with it.
Already red flags will be running up the pole at New Zealand Cricket. An impeccable source said while it was true that McCullum presented professionally and persuasively when he was forced into a captaincy run-off with Ross Taylor, the panel had a major problem with his desire to promote Southee into a leadership role.
NZC couldn't see it then and, no matter how well the seamer has done to get his bowling back on track, probably can't see it now.
Southee has a reputation for being one of the lads and, even allowing for the fact that people grow up, if there's one tag you'd never apply to him, it's leader of men. Perhaps he's different inside the group, but perception can be a hard thing to shake.
Take his batting. Southee blazing 156 this week for Northern Districts just highlights how badly he has underachieved with the willow since scoring 77 not out in his first test.
Try looking your teammates in the eye and telling them what they should be doing when half an hour earlier you've chipped one down the throat of the only fielder on the boundary.
Taylor and particularly McCullum are not immune when it comes to rash dismissals, but they have demonstrated they can fight for runs.
This also fails to give credit to Southee for change. He might have now realised just how good he can be, just how hard he needs to work and just how much he has to offer this side.
In a few years he might make a fine vice-captain, but right now he comes with a flashing warning sign.
Williamson would be a smarter choice; so too would be, when he returns, Taylor.
- Dylan Cleaver


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SAN JOSE -- Less than 48 hours after Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-San Jose, submitted a "private bill" to help a woman who has been stranded in Mexico for three years and separated from her three Bay Area children, immigration authorities deported the woman.
"She called me this morning," said a glum David Gonzalez, her 19-year-old son, who is a San Jose State engineering student. "She told me they had already sent her to Tijuana, and she was very upset."
David, his sister Amelia, 18, and their brother Jose, 12, who live in Richmond, had pinned slim hopes on Lofgren's bill, introduced Monday, passing Congress. It called for Antonia Aguilar to be released from a San Diego deportation detention facility and be granted legal, permanent residency.
But Aguilar's children thought the bill would at least buy their mother some more time inside the Otay Mesa border crossing facility. So Wednesday's long-distance call from Mexico was a shock to David, who had worked with student groups and personally with Lofgren to hatch the strategic, political move.
Aguilar lived in the U.S. for 11 years with her children until three years ago, when she returned to Mexico to pay a final visit her dying father. She attempted -- six times -- to return and rejoin her kids, but she never made it back to the Bay Area.
In early March, Aguilar was part of a campaign called "Bring Them Home," where hundreds of Mexicans applied for asylum after illegally crossing the border. However, immigration judges determined that she did not meet the legal requirements for asylum.
"We don't yet have anything planned in the way of a next move," Gonzalez said. "We'll probably figure out something and keep trying. We'll see."


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09-17-2010 #701Inaudax Guest
Sometimes I get that "Unknown USB device connected" message when my dongle USB isn't plugged properly. So make sure that it's plugged properly. Hope it helps.
09-18-2010 #702billybob2010 Guest
09-21-2010 #703TiagoSampaio Guest
Can you help me with this question please ? I have one board, like teensy, who have two leds, one green and one red, but i have the proper hex to them but the hex dont come with red and green red working and no 1.1 psgroove.
The board is teensy 1.0, can you help me ? I will attach the hex of the board that is actually working on my ps3.
I hope you can help me with this noob of mine.
Best regards,
09-22-2010 #704B1oH4z Guest
[email protected],so i compiled a 1.1-hex for you.. leds probably won't work when they didnt work with the original hex though.
your board probably uses other pins for the LEDs than the teensy1.0 uses.
09-22-2010 #705TiagoSampaio Guest
If i post here a picture of the board in question, can you see the pins for the leds that are you talking B1oH4z ?
B1oH4z, the pin conectores for leds is this :
pin 9 connects to green led
pin 16 connects to red led
Can you help me please ? Sorry boring you with these, really.
Best regards,
09-23-2010 #706B1oH4z Guest
ugh...that means the LEDs are on two different ports (PD3->green and PB2->red). I dont know enough about the programming to change the leds.h to that... guess you have ask someone else if you want working leds. sorry
09-23-2010 #707ramarc Guest
Backup Manager Issues
Hi All,
I have a problem with backup manager, when I try to run a backed up game (using BF BadCompany 2) it either crashes on the PS3 background (as it fades away) Race Driver Grid say's Error reading disk, I have also tried to install to internal and external hardrives).
PS3 60GB Launch Model
PSGrooPIC 1.0 (Added 10K resistor to pin one to pull up MCLR)
PSGrooPIC 1.3 20Mhz RB1(LED) - Tried NonBTL with Willem, Jailbreak worked but had the problems as stated above,
I then flashed it with the Bootloader and updated via PC with PSGrooPIC 1.3 20Mhz RB1(LED) BootLoader Ver
Dongle worked but once again same problems with the games as above! I got both manager and rdx_manager but still the same problem.
However I have had the following working:-
SNES9X - working
FTP Server - working, connected ok to PC
Awsome file manager - working
Tried PS3 USB Custom Firmware Loader v0.3 but I just get the black screen
I just hope someone can help me out with this as i'm pulling my hair out!
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Backup manager problem
Well everything working i can make backups but when i try to play one it's crashing and starting from main screen and i have to again start backup manager no matter which game i'm trying , any ideas what could be wrong.
TEENSY++ 1.0-psgroovecjpc.hex
09-26-2010 #709ramarc Guest
Hi misiozol,
Maybe you know this but I thought I would mention it anyway just in case, (It's just the way you described above as this is how it works normally)
When you start backup manager and select a game (BMv1) it will restart and go back to the main screen but if you go to the game disk this should now display the game you selected in BM, just launch the game and it should run (however it doesn't for me)
09-26-2010 #710ganeshggs Guest
Hi Guys.. where i live i'm not able to find any AT90 related controllers. Please Check this website (nskelectronics.com) and tell me which board can i buy which will work.
I'm thinking the AVR dude will work.


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mobster wrote:It's perforated so it's illegal for PDGA play.
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Beating the Lactic Acid Pump
After lowering off a very pumpy climb, can I speed my recovery by running or doing pushups? I heard that light aerobic exercise immediately following a climb helps flush lactic acid out of the forearms by pumping blood through the body. I guess the lactic acid dilutes, and spreads to the larger muscle groups so that it is more easily broken down. If this is true, should I run after doing a hard enduro pitch, and if so, for how long?
—Jack Rhodes, Somers, NYYou are pretty much right about the theory here, but go easy. A strenuous bout of exercise is far from conducive to recovery, and two or three minutes of light jogging will more than suffice. Pushups seem too much like hard work and instead I would suggest shoulder circles and finger clenches. The best thing is a very easy route because it gently stimulates the target muscle groups and encourages local blood flow to flush lactate. It also stops you from stiffening up and losing recruitment during longer rest stints. An example of the right grade would be a 5.10 if you are climbing in the 5.12s or a 5.7 if you climb in the 5.10s. Forearm stretches are very worthwhile during rests (do both sides: flexors by bending your hand back and extensors by bending it forward or twisting it). A final tip is to take a forearm massage if there's one on offer -- but don't hold your breath!


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When a Sporting News poll of 103 players ranked Richie Incognito No. 2 among the league's dirtiest players, the Miami Dolphins offensive guard had an interesting reply—a smiley face emoticon on Twitter.
He later tweeted a picture with his parents, thanking them for raising an "ass kicking machine."
In an interview with the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Incognito added a bit more detail as to why he's pleased with the vote—while disagreeing with the assertion that he is a dirty player.
"I'm having fun with it," Incognito said. "I think I was at No. 6 last year, and no personal fouls and no major penalties and no fines, and I move back up to No. 2? … It's a badge of honor for an offensive lineman to be up that high on the list. It definitely plays on defenders' minds that this guy is going to get after you for four quarters."
Certainly, past history was a factor in the poll, which Ndamukong Suh "won" for the second consecutive season.
After being drafted by the St. Louis Rams in 2005, Incognito became known at least partly for his aggressiveness, which often crossed the line. He was voted No. 1 in the same Sporting News poll in the past.
Since leaving St. Louis, though, Incognito says he's made a concerted effort to clean up his act.
"I realized that my actions in St. Louis were hurting the team, and ultimately hurting myself," he told the Sun-Sentinel. "I play the game the right way. I play a physical brand of football. I get after people, and there's a fine line between dirty and physical."
He's still accused of dirty play, though. Houston's Antonio Smith ripped Incognito following a game earlier this season, in which he said Incognito was taking cheap shots.
The NFL disagreed, though.
Smith was fined $21,000 for kicking Incognito during that game; Incognito was not fined.
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Of all the recorded hurricanes to hit the United States since 1851, 36 per cent of them have made landfall in Florida. However, the state did have 18 hurricane seasons pass without a known storm impacting the state.
Although hurricane season officially opens on June 1 of each year, st the month of highest activity has historically been September followed by October and then August. Weather officials began using female names to identify hurricanes in 1953 and followed with males names in 1979. The Saffir-Simpson scale for measuring hurricane strength was created in 1975.
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" Ships, Sailors and Shipwrecks of Civil War Florida" is the theme of the current exhibit at the Museum of Florida History in Tallahassee. Visitors are offered a glimpse into several aspects of the war previously undocumented. The exhibit contains a collection of artifacts recovered from Florida wrecks and also the items on loan from the Smithsonian Institution and Florida Division of Historical Resources.
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Levy County Historian
Atsena Otie - the island you see from the restaurants and the big dock on the waterfront in Cedar Key has a long history. The cemetery located on the island is the final resting place for a cross section of the early pioneer families of Levy County.
In April of 1929, a group called the Patrons of Williston Grammar School contacted Florida Gov. Doyle E. Carlton to lodge a complaint against the Levy County School Board. At issue was the closing of the grammar school two months early, while the high school continued classes for the full eight-month term.
The Patrons argued that in 1927, they privately paid $4.00 per month for the two last months of school so the students could have a full eight-month term. The following year, they paid for one month so students could have an eight-month term.
By Toni C. Collins
Levy County Historian
In March of 1933, as many as 15 million people - a quarter of the nation's workers - had no job and no hope of finding one. Factories lay idle, storefronts vacant, fields plowed under. State governments, cities, and towns had exhausted their meager relief funds.
By TONI C. COLLINS
Levy County Historian
The Federal government has conducted a census or account of its population every year since 1790. In that year the census takers, who were U.S. marshals on horseback, counted 3.9 million inhabitants.
Why did the government undertake such a huge project? As America expanded, the nation's interests grew more complex and the government needed to plan for that new growth.
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Corn futures closed lower on Monday. Pressure stemmed mostly from better than expected weekend rainfall of 1.0-3.0 inches across Cordoba, Argentina, an important growing area in central Argentina. Forecasts call for improved chances for needed rain over the next 1-2 weeks, particularly in central and northeastern Argentina, however, southern areas are expected be dry. Concern over U.S. corn and now DDG exports to China being rejected continues to weigh on prices. Weekly export inspections came in at 24.9 million bushels, on the low side of expectations. March futures are drifting lower toward a test of Nov/Dec lows near $4.20. The March contract was 4 cents lower at $4.235/bushel. May was also 4 cents lower to $4.3175, while December 14 settled 4.25 lower at $4.51.
Several factors weighed on soybean and product markets today. Improved weather prospects in Argentina reduced the concerns about dry weather damaging soybean crops. Argentina Rosario exchange has put the country's soy production at 55 mmt for 13/14, exceeding December WASDE number by 550,000 tonnes. Weekly soybean export shipments were smaller than expected. However, talk of sizable export sales of soyoil to unknown destination reported from USDA's daily system supported the soyoil market. January soybeans sank 3.25 cents to $13.2825/bushel Monday, while January soyoil skidded 0.40 cents to 38.62 cents/pound, and January soymeal gained $4.6 to $450.3/ton.
The implication of huge global supplies continued to weigh on the wheat prices. Russia's Agricultural Ministry has raised its estimated 2013/14 wheat crop to 54.4 mmt, 2.9 mmt higher than USDA's Dec WASDE estimate. Diminishing domestic exports also undercut the prices. However, Argentina Rosario Grain Exchange's estimates on 13/14 wheat production at 9.5 mmt were 1.5 mmt below USDA's December WASDE figure. March CBOT wheat futures declined 8.50 cent to $6.005/bushel Monday, while March KCBT wheat futures were down 8.50 as well to $6.3575, and March MWE futures dropped 4.50 to $6.3025.
Cattle futures closed higher on Monday. Cattle garnered early support from strength in hog futures in response to USDA's friendly Hogs and Pigs report, but the early gains in hogs faded. Last week's sharply higher fed cattle trade continued to provide support for futures. Beef prices were also sharply higher at midday which seemed to give cattle futures a late session boost. From a technical perspective, cattle futures have cleared a 2 ½ month downtrend resistance line drawn from the mid-October high. The February contract is moving to challenge that high at $135.45. February cattle futures closed .15 cents higher 135.10 with April .125 cents higher at 135.75. January feeder cattle were .275 cents higher at 167.275 cents/pound and March feeders were .15 cents higher at 167.95.
Hogs futures gave up earlier gains and turned lower on Monday. Although the quarterly USDA Hogs and Pigs reported the decline of overall hog population, the bullish implication to the market was muted by the cash weakness due to ample supplies indicated by the steady daily slaughter numbers. In the meantime, the demand of the pigs is slow as well. February hog futures were down 0.60 cents to 85.05 cents/pound in late Monday action, and June fell 0.375 to 99.875.
Cotton futures posted impressive gains on Monday although grain and soybean products markets were down. The depreciation of US dollars apparently powered the cotton prices upward. The seasonal holiday shopping may also bring some momentum to the fiber industry. The decision of discontinuity its cotton support program from Chinese authorities seemingly did not discourage the bulls either. March cotton added 0.54 cents to 84.66 cents/pound on Monday, while July cotton increased 0.50 cents to 83.92 cents/lb.


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Long Beach, Calif. -- Epson America announced that Barry Wise, a long-time Epson consultant and retail industry leader, passed away on December 28, 2012.
"Barry was a one-of-a kind visionary who made an indelible mark in the retail technology industry," said Mike Helm, director of sales for Epson's business systems division and long time colleague of Wise. "Barry was passionate and insightful about how technology could make a difference to retailers. Epson has lost a dear friend and a valuable partner.
As president of Wise Retail Consulting, Wise's knowledge and expertise were well recognized in the retail technology industry. Wise worked behind the scenes in support of industry standards and initiatives for Epson at the National Retail Federation 's Annual Convention and Expo and was an early supporter of the Retail Orphan Initiative (RetailROI). He was a founding member of the Assoication for Retail Technology Standards (ARTS).


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'"There is plenty of potential here," Cunneyworth said of the situation in Rochester. "I think we have some guys that definitely could go into camp next fall and challenge for jobs depending on what happens with roster moves up there. We also have some players that in their case, the timing may just be bad. They could be ready but it depends what happens in the off-season here."'
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BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (AP) -- Leaders at Bowling Green State University say the school will cut 100 faculty jobs by next fall.
The jobs lost amount to one out of every 10 faculty positions at the university in northwest Ohio.
Jobs will be eliminated at both the school's main campus in Bowling Green and its Firelands campus in Huron.
The Blade newspaper in Toledo reports that the positions will be eliminated through attrition, retirements, and dropping some one-year teaching contracts.
A Bowling Green spokesman says the school will save about $5 million.
The school did not say where the cuts will be made.
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When you're on a streak, everything is better; the flights are shorter, the food tastes better, it's just fun every day. I love seeing how hungry the guys are. When we won five in a row, no one was saying, "Oh, this is great, let's take a few days off." Every night, the guys are dying to compete. It's a great thing to see.
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Warren Station welcomes winter
November 22, 2012
Keystone welcomes winter with a family carnival featuring bluegrass and adult beverages for parents, and plenty of fun and games for kids. Taking place in the tent-like Warren Station on the east side of River Run Village Saturday afternoon, the carnival features the musical stylings of Chris Thompson and Coral Creek, a Front Range group that delivers a high-energy, genre-spanning acoustic and electric show. Expect country/newgrass, rock and island music originals, along with personalized renditions of work by Jimmy Cliff, Peter Rowan, The Grateful Dead, The Band and Bob Dylan, among others. "There will be plenty of room to dance," said Maja Russer, director of events and marketing for the Keystone Neighbourhood Company, which is putting on the event. Grown-ups who are not inclined to dance can kick back with a cold beverage from the bar and enjoy the show while the kids play.For the kiddos, there's face painting, balloon art from Freya the Winter Fairy, a bounce house and indoor games including giant chess, giant checkers and corn hole, plus complementary hot cocoa and roasted nuts. The Welcome Winter Family Carnival combines the best of past events into one big holiday celebration while doing its part to welcome winter back to the High Country, Russer said. Though it is not guaranteed to bring snow, she did indicate that Freya the Winter Fairy is "tight with Ullr." (Ullr is the Norse god of snow, revered in Summit County for his ability to draw fresh powder from the sky.)
With snowmakers working their magic, Keystone has been able to open more than 170 acres of skiable terrain in time for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Night skiing and the mountaintop tubing hill kicked off Wednesday, as did the A51 terrain park in Packsaddle Bowl.Keystone's Kidtopia activities – which will expand to daily operations this year once the season is in full swing – also kicked off for the holidays this week. On Saturday, families can enjoy a 4 p.m. parade with Keystone's Ski & Ride School mascot, Riperoo, followed by s'mores. On Sunday, Keystone's house DJ plays the Dercum Square ice rink. (Check http://www.kidtopia.com for more info, activities, times and dates.) "We really are offering up the whole vacation package for families and friends," Keystone spokesperson Tucker Burton said. "It's going to be a great Thanksgiving week."Other activities: http://www.kidtopia.com


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Tabard Theatre Company Presents BIG BAND CHRISTMAS SURPRISE!, 11/30-12/16
The Tabard Theatre Company gets in the mood for the holidays with BIG BAND CHRISTMAS SURPRISE!, a delightfully different approach to holiday songs. Thirteen performances will be offered November 30 through December 16 at Theatre on San Pedro Square in downtown San Jose.
All of the songs in BIG BAND CHRISTMAS SURPRISE! will be given the smooth, swinging Big Band treatment by San Jose's premier jazz ensemble Nineteen, under the direction of Gus Kambeitz. The halls will be decked with unique arrangements of holiday standards and favorites, including an unforgettable The Little Drummer Boy done in a very different, very modern cool jazz style.
Each of the production's 13 shows features a different group of singers in their own snazzy attire performing a distinct repertoire, as well as a series of surprise celebrity guests who will share a seasonal tale, poem, or memory. Patrons could attend the entire run and experience a different BIG BAND CHRISTMAS SURPRISE! every time. Singers will include favorites from previous Tabard musical productions who will bring their own flair to the festivities. Celebrity guests have been invited from many walks of Silicon Valley life—politics, business, media, sports and the arts—to share a holiday moment.
For every production, Tabard donates a portion of its concessions proceeds to a local nonprofit. The designated nonprofit for BIG BAND CHRISTMAS SURPRISE! is St. Paul's UMC Food Closet. Patrons also are encouraged to bring with them donations of non-perishable food, blankets, and coats.
BIG BAND CHRISTMAS SURPRISE! will run November 30 through December 16 at the unique, cabaret-style Theatre on San Pedro Square, 29 North San Pedro Street in downtown San Jose. All evening performances (Thursday-Sunday) are at 8pm with Saturday matinees at 3pm and Sunday matinees at 2pm. Tickets are available at www.tabardtheatre.org or email@example.com, or by calling 800-838-3006. Cabaret Seating $35; Adults $29; Seniors $27; Adult Students $15; Youth/Kids $10. Advanced purchase is strongly recommended.


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Gloucester have identified the individual who threw a plastic bottle at referee Tim Wigglesworth in Saturday's stormy west country derby against Bath as a schoolboy.
The fallout from the violent Aviva Premiership clash at Kingsholm began in earnest on Monday morning when Gloucester announced the findings of an internal investigation into the incident.
Wigglesworth appeared to have a plastic bottle thrown in his direction as he walked down the players' tunnel after being escorted off the pitch once Bath had completed a last-gasp 18-17 victory.
After examining CCTV footage, it was evident that the object was thrown from the seats occupied by a group of teenage boys on an escorted rugby tour.
Gloucester will take action pending further discussions.
"The individuals were on a day out, which included watching the game, and were accompanied by their schoolteachers," a club statement read.
"The individual concerned has admitted to the act and is extremely remorseful about his actions.
"Gloucester are liaising with the club and individual with regards to appropriate action being taken.
"Gloucester Rugby would like to stress that the individual involved is neither a member nor regular supporter of the club."
Gloucester ended the game with 11 players after prop Sila Puafisi and scrum-half Tavis Knoyle were sent off following separate incidents of foul play and centre Mike Tindall and hooker Huia Edmonds had been sin-binned.
Knoyle was dismissed after throwing punches at Leroy Houston during the dying minutes while Puafisi had been sent off 25 minutes earlier for a dangerous high tackle on Nick Abendanon.
Bath also had three players yellow-carded - Carl Fearns, Matt Garvey and Dave Attwood - before claiming victory with a converted 79th-minute penalty try, while a second-half decision by Wigglesworth to go to uncontested scrums also sparked controversy.


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Tareque Masud is a filmmaker based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. With Catherine Masud, he has produced numerous documentaries and shorts through their production company, Audiovision. Matir Moina, or The Clay Bird, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2002 and is their first feature film.
In this interview, Tarque Masud discusses, among other themes, his childhood experience in a madrassah, the significance of Sufi mystical traditions in Bangladesh, depictions of political violence in the media, the making of The Clay Bird, the role of music and architecture in the film, and his future plans.
The Clay Bird is your first feature film. To what extent is it autobiographical? And how important do you think it is that you are able to present a story from the inside as it were, as a Muslim, as a Bangladeshi, and so on?
Well, first of all, it is definitely very autobiographical because all the characters and events are very close to the reality of my own life. Second, we are basically documentary filmmakers. If I could have, I would have made a documentary on my life, but it is virtually impossible to do that because it is too close to me.
Because the film so closely resembles the events of my own life, it is also a journey into my self, my community, my religion. I think one of the reasons why the film may have some strength is because I am an insider. Madrassahs have mostly been talked about by outsiders who have never been to a madrassah, and also of course they are mentioned a lot now in the western media and press. Even in countries where madrassahs are a big phenomenon like Pakistan, Bangladesh, and India, the people who talk about madrassahs are the middle class who neither attend madrassahs themselves nor send their children to study there.
It so happens that the film was scripted, shot, and finished before 9/11. After 9/11, though, the madrassah became very topical. In my case, however, the madrassah was simply a part of my life; I had been carrying inside me both the pain and the pleasure of my experience there. It was not like I wanted to share it with outsiders but I had wanted for a long time to share it with my fellow Muslims who are not familiar with the madrassah. One of the reasons for this, as I mentioned, is that hardly any middle class children are sent to madrassahs.
When I was in college, my classmates would ask me what school I attended and I tried at first to evade the question. When I did tell them that I attended a madrassah there was a tremendous curiosity among my peers about my experience there. I should add that the college I attended was co-ed so it was even more of a dramatic change for me coming from the madrassah!
I then started thinking that I should do something with my experience at the madrassah. Following college, I got involved in the film society and I started watching a lot of interesting films, including Pather Panchali by Satyajit Ray. I then started thinking of making a film about it.
It just so happened that being in New York, where I was from 1989 to 1995, gave me more perspective on the idea. When you are a away from home, you have more perspective in general, and especially so in as multicultural, multiethnic city as New York. It was then that Catherine and I really started talking about it, about going back to Bangladesh to start preparing ourselves to make a film on my experience in the madrassah.
What is the significance of the title Clay Bird?
In the film, as you may recall, my character comes home from the madrassah for a holiday and stops at a village fair and picks up this clay bird to give to his sister. This is what happened in my own life; I bought this clay bird for my sister and it came to have a strong association with my sister's memory. It means a lot to me because of what happened to her later. The clay bird was poignant for me, for the memory of my sister, because even at that age, we knew that our father would not approve of us having it - it was considered pagan. And of course, as children, we were much more inclined to find something curious and interesting because it was forbidden. When other children used to play with such idols (dolls and such things) my father would forbid us from doing the same.
I remember the time in the late-60s when plastic dolls were first becoming available for ordinary middle class families. When I visited Dhaka, I used to see my cousins play with them but I knew I would not be able to take these dolls back home. And it was the same with my sister - she was deprived of playing with the dolls which all her cousins and friends had; this was particularly hard in our rural context where there were so many fairs with toys, figurines, dolls and so on. So that was one of the main reasons for choosing the title: its association with my childhood and my sister.
It is also a thematic part of the film: the question of freedom versus different kinds of human limitations - social, political, and religious. As Sufism teaches us, the human being is made of clay and the soul is always associated with a free bird. The soul is encaged in a clay body and the body is very limited, very transitory, fragile, weak; the soul always wants to be free, has an immense desire to be free. If there is any continuous and recurring theme in the film it is freedom despite limitations, whether they are social, political, or physical. Aisha wants to be free as a woman, as a human being; Anu wants to be free to do whatever he wants to do; Milon seeks national, territorial freedom which is his own narrow sense of freedom; the boatman talks about a greater, mystical, spiritual freedom. So all the characters are pursuing their own forms of freedom. The theme of freedom recurs even against the backdrop of the political movements depicted in the film. So the overriding theme is limitations versus freedom, and the title reflects this and is a tribute also to Sufism, and its emphasis on the relationship between soul and body.
You have brought out brilliantly the importance of Sufi mystical traditions in rural Bangladesh, and also the long history and practice of religious pluralism and internal debate within Islam - the theological sophistication of popular religion, as it were. In the last song in particular, there is a very interesting dialectic between orthodox and mystical Islam in which mystical Islam wins out at the end of the song, when the woman singer initially taking the orthodox position joins the mystical/humanist position. Do you think that popular religion is mystical/humanist, and orthodox religion is an artifact of the state, in particular the Pakistani state?
I cannot say specifically for a state like Pakistan. I would say, in general, for countries like Pakistan or Bangladesh, or any other Muslim country, but in the case of Bangladesh particularly since this is the country I know best, popular Islam is definitely based more on "real" life. In this context, popular Islam is more inclusive, more pluralistic, more diverse and syncretic in nature, based on wisdom and common sense. This is in sharp contrast with what I call "scholastic" Islam, a bookish and modernist Islam (and this modernist phenomenon is not limited to Islam; it is more widespread and has an effect on all religions). The modernists are using this scholastic Islam for their own ends. They are trying to impose a creed and not the culture, even though clearly Islam is not just a creed, it is a culture like any other. A big part of religion is culture.
Modernists everywhere are trying to impose an abstract creed, to impose Islam from a scholastic point of view, from a book, and this has historically never been popular. Popular Islam grew naturally with strong support from the Sufi mystic tradition. In South Asia, Islam did not travel with the sword; the soil may have in certain places been conquered by the sword, but the soul was conquered by Sufism. What is more important: conquering the soil or conquering the soul of the people? People's hearts were won by Sufis. This is not just simple rhetoric; this is how it happened. In Iraq now for instance when you try to conquer peoples' minds, it is not easy to do with the sword. If you want to conquer somebody's heart you need to follow a different path.
In this way, I see popular Islam as very deep-rooted in Bangladesh. There is a strong Sufi influence across South Asia which can be seen in the shrines to Sufi saints across the region. People have a much more natural inclination towards this form of religion. It is very close to their hearts; they do not need to be indoctrinated. They can appreciate saints and shrines, and celebrate and worship God through songs and music.
There is another dimension to Islam, that is, its diversity: in Bangladesh, Islam is integrated very much with indigenous cultures. Islam is as diverse as the cultures and countries it exists in, which is the beauty of it. It is beautiful that Islam adopts the local traditions and cultures; that is the greatness of any big religion, it does not impose itself.
Do you think that this humanist, Sufi tradition of popular Islam is under threat in Bangladesh today? How do you see the post-independence history of the syncretic nature of Bangladeshi identity?
The creation of Bangladesh was quite unlike the creation of Pakistan which was more or less created because of Islam, because of the Two-Nation Theory (that Muslims needed a separate nation based on religion). Bangladesh was created on the basis that the state has nothing to do with religion. From this there has definitely been a departure as far as both the constitution and government are concerned. From 1975 onwards we went back to the Pakistani legacy of military governments. Since the military never has a base to get popular support, they always use religion. Although the leaders have had no interest in Islam they would always include Islamic elements in the constitution to gain support. They would become self-appointed guardians of Islam, alleging that Islam was in danger and that they would protect it (all, of course, for their own vested interests).
We went through that kind of phase, unfortunately. The constitution has still not been reversed. There were amendments made to the constitution that made it less secular. Then, in response to 9/11 and the atrocities against Muslims in India, there was a serious backlash in Bangladesh. There has been a rise in Islamic fundamentalism but Islamist parties have yet to gain popular votes in elections. This is definitely a reaction to what is happening in the Middle East and is more understandable when looked at in this context. At the same time, however, as we already discussed, there is a very strong popular Sufi influence in rural Bangladesh.
There is another equally important factor: in 1971, some of the major Islamic parties were involved in war crimes as collaborators with the Pakistan army. During every election, this is brought back; the war-crime stamp hurts their credibility so that works as a safeguard. It is very difficult for them to be elected given that legacy. Even in Pakistan, until now, no Islamist party has come to power.


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Brandi Tanner's family has been hanging up flyers all over the Kern River Valley. They said Sunday that every time they get a lead about the woman's possible whereabouts, it goes cold.
The 22-year-old woman is a mother of two young girls, and the family said as the days pass, they get more and more worried because they said she would never choose to leave them behind.
"I know my daughter. She wouldn't just disappear willingly. I know this," said Dan Tanner, the missing woman's father.
Dan Tanner said his daughter has been missing for two weeks. She was last seen leaving the family's home the morning of July 7 after getting into an argument with her brother. The family said the argument lead Brandi Tanner to want to take a walk so she could clear her head. She never returned home.
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Dan Tanner said his daughter has two young girls of her own, who she'd never leave behind.
"We think she was kidnapped. That is the only thing that makes any sense," said Dan Tanner.
He said he just wants her to return back home.
"I call her my little sweet pea. She is a very loving person. She just has a heart of gold like her mother. She would do anything for anybody, at any time," said Dan Tanner.
If anyone with any information on Brandi Tanner's whereabouts is urged to call the sheriff's office at (661) 861-3110. A reward has also been offered by the Tanner family's church for anyone with any information that leads to her being found.


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3 more games and he's planted on the bench.
This game is a huge recruiting pitch. The atmosphere, the style of play--that's what kids want. That running; attack, attack, attack mentality.
We can just beat teams in so many different ways. It's really tough to defend. We have holes, but to me, we are the most complete, deepest team in the nation.
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The Hoosiers' interior passing on the drive to the hoop has been excellent. Love me some Sheeladipo dunks.
Take me out to the black, tell 'em I ain't coming back. Burn the land and boil the sea, you can't take the sky from me.
That run to close the half was good basketball. Would have been great if they hadn't have had two straight turnovers in the middle of it.
Ferrell is a marvelous table setter. He sees things a tick quicker than everyone else.
Victor needs a shower cause that baseline turn back to the lane was FILTHY!
If UNC is going to try the foul game on anything in the lane, IU will win by 30.
UNC is overmatched.
Holy ****. IU on a 10-0 run to start the 2nd half. 25-6 run spanning the end of the 1st to now.
Dickie V: "I don't care what happens at Cameron Indoor tomorrow night: Indiana is my #1 until somebody beats them."
Vic is just playing out of his mind tonight.
Counting down the days untill DJ Augustin's contract expires.
This team just keeps coming and coming at you on both ends. I'm just trying to take it all in. Dang.
Lots of game left tonight, though. I bet UNC still has something in 'em to make a run.
Take me out to the black, tell 'em I ain't coming back. Burn the land and boil the sea, you can't take the sky from me.
If I'm Roy Williams, the guy who left Hulls during that sequence gets benched immediately. How do players STILL FORGET ABOUT HULLS?!
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This is the first game I feel like Crean has coached like he's not experimenting anymore--including the Georgetown game.
If we lose a game in Assembly Hall this year, I will be stunned.
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Counting down the days untill DJ Augustin's contract expires.
Hulls trying for the kill shot there. That would have killed any thought they had of a comeback.
This game is incredible.
And I guess the one upside to Watford being bad this year, is next year we won't really have to worry about losing him.
And are we done hearing about how bad our D is?
Watford had better be glad he hit that...
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What is this medicine?AMPICILLIN (am pi SILL in) is a penicillin antibiotic. It is used to treat certain kinds of bacterial infections. It will not work for colds, flu, or other viral infections.
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It is not often you see Republicans and Democrats patting each other on the back for imposing new regulations that will hurt business. It's even rarer to see state Rep. Matt Huffman, R-Lima, being proud he led such a charge.
Of course, the businesses involved are the more than 800 sweepstakes parlors that have been multiplying like rabbits across the state and are ripe for corruption. Attorney General Mike DeWine calls the parlors a nest for "hard-core gambling," noting they are nothing more than consumer rip-offs and storefronts that harbor money laundering and other illegal activities.
Under the new legislation, no new sweepstake parlor can open until June 30, 2013. This six-month waiting period will give lawmakers more time to fix potential problems.
The House bill passed by a 2-to-1 margin,... with 60 of the state's 90 representatives voting for the ban. It quickly moved through the Senate and was passed with an emergency clause, meaning it will be effective immediately upon the governor's signature.
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Recent weeks saw furious rounds of complicated backroom negotiations that almost resulted in a patchwork of regulations that would have kept the parlors open....
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