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Plasma scriptengine for Ruby.
WWW: http://www.kde.org/
To install the port: cd /usr/ports/x11/plasma-scriptengine-ruby/ && make install cleanTo add the package: pkg install plasma-scriptengine-ruby
cd /usr/ports/x11/plasma-scriptengine-ruby/ && make install clean
pkg install plasma-scriptengine-ruby
PKGNAME: plasma-scriptengine-ruby
NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
No options to configure
cmake:outsource tar:xz qmake:_env
Number of commits found: 26
x11/plasma-scriptengine-ruby: fix build
The commit r415864 (aka "Remove expired misc/kdehier4 and update
all of its consumers to not reference it any longer") for
x11/plasma-scriptengine-ruby dropped "kdelibs". This re-adds
kdelibs to USE_KDE4.
Submitted by: Tobias C.Berner <firstname.lastname@example.com> (kde)
Remove expired misc/kdehier4 and update all of its consumers to not reference it
longer. This is a no-op because KDE4_PREFIX is equal to LOCALBASE
Fix up properties for misc/kde4-l10n/files/bsd.l10n.mk to make svn happy.
PR: 209014 (partial)
Submitted by: myself
Approved by: portmgr (bapt)
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D6542
KDE/FreeBSD team presents KDE SC 4.14.2 and KDE Workspace 4.11.13!
USE_KDE4=kdehier component has been deprecated, new components added:
baloo - Baloo core libraries
baloo-widgets - Baloo widgets library
kfilemetadata - KDE library for extracting file metadata
New ports:
graphics/kqtquickcharts - QtQuick plugin to render interactive charts
misc/artikulate - Pronunciation trainer for KDE
(not usable currently, links to both
GStreamer 1.x and 0.10.x via dependencies)
sysutils/baloo[-widgets] - KDE framework for searching and
managing user metadata
sysutils/kfilemetadata - Library for extracting file metadata
Update the default version of GCC in the Ports Collection from GCC 4.7.4
to GCC 4.8.3.
Part II, Bump PORTREVISIONs.
Tested by: antoine (-exp runs)
Approved by: portmgr (implicit)
Upgrade OpenEXR and ilmbase to 2.2.0.
GCC 4.2 in FreeBSD 8.X/9.X base is now too old to compile OpenEXR, so
GCC-based systems will upgrade to the default ports compiler (GCC 4.7
Add two patches to OpenEXR to permit building it in a live system with
the older OpenEXR version installed. Bug report filed to upstream Github
at https://github.com/openexr/openexr/issues/130
Couple OpenEXR more tightly to ilmbase and require its exact .so
Add UPDATING note, and bump PORTREVISION of all dependent ports.
Proto-STAGE hugin-devel, and mark it IGNORE because hugin is newer.
Approved by: portmgr (implicit for bumping PORTREVISION on unstaged ports)
KDE/FreeBSD team presents KDE SC 4.12.4 and KDE Workspace 4.11.8!
KDE ports:
- Convert to USES=tar:xz
devel/p5-perlqt, multimedia/kdemultimedia4-ffmpegthumbs:
- Convert LIB_DEPENDS to new style
devel/p5-perlqt, devel/p5-perlkde:
- Don't remove directories installed by perl port
- moved to net/zeroconf-ioslave (renamed upstream)
- Clean up non-standard shared mime files and directories after deinstall
The area51 repository features commits by Alonso Schaich
<email@example.com> and makc.
KDE/FreeBSD team presents KDE SC 4.12.2 and KDE Workspace 4.11.6!
Among changes:
- Switch KDE4_PREFIX to ${LOCALBASE}
- Remove now needless misc/kde4-shared-mime-info port
- Add stage support
- Remove ancient CONFLICTS (KDE 4.9 and less) and LATEST_LINK
- Squeeze MASTER_SITES/MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR
- Convert LIB_DEPENDS to new style
- Use options helpers
- Drop support for FreeBSD 7.x
- Remove Qt/KDE 3 related workarounds
- Remove local patches and use upstream version scheme for libraries
- sysutils/kdeadmin4, net/kdenetwork4, devel/kdesdk4,
and x11-clocks/kdetoys4 ports have been split.
Update to libmpc version 1.0.1 which brings the following fixes:
- Switched to automake 1.11.6, see CVE-2012-3386.
- #14669: Fixed extraction of CC from gmp.h.
- Fixed case of intermediate zero real or imaginary part in mpc_fma,
found by hydra with GMP_CHECK_RANDOMIZE=1346362345.
This is on top of the following changes from version 1.0
- Licence change towards LGPLv3+ for the code and GFDLv1.3+ (with no
invariant sections) for the documentation.
- 100% of all lines are covered by tests
- Renamed functions
. mpc_mul_2exp to mpc_mul_2ui
. mpc_div_2exp to mpc_div_2ui
Add NO_STAGE all over the place in preparation for the staging support (cat:
- Remove MAKE_JOBS_SAFE variable
Approved by: portmgr (bdrewery)
KDE/FreeBSD team presents KDE SC 4.10.1 ports!
- kdegames4 port has been split.
- kdeutils4-printer-applet and system-config-printer-kde have been
replaced by print/kde4-print-manager.
- Recover misc/kde4-l10n-mr from attic.
- New USE_KDE4 components: kactivities, libkdegames, nepomuk-core,
and nepomuk-widgets.
- Provide sharedmime component with magic: ports don't need to
run update-mime-database themselves now.
- Switch some ports to out-of-source build.
- Update port comments.
- Adjust dependence on Qt4 components.
- x11/kde4 installs modern kdepim4 now.
- Remove redundant aspell and hspell from kdelibs4, both
can be enabled in textproc/enchant if needed.
- Remove stale bits from bsd.kde4.mk
The area51 repository features commits by Schaich Alonso and myself.
- Tobias Berner
- Don't set CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE for debug builds (cmake.mk already handles it)
- Don't set WITH_DEBUG for unstable branch (KDE4_BRANCH)
- Remove now useless KDE4_BUILDENV
KDE SC ports:
- Chase KDE4_BUILDENV removal: replace 'KDE4_BUILDENV= yes' with
'USES= cmake:outsource' and add USE_LDCONFIG if needed
KDE/FreeBSD team presents KDE SC 4.9.5 ports!
- kdebindings ports have been renamed to match upstream.
- kdemultimedia and kdenetwork have been split.
- New port games/pairs added.
- Trim Makefile header
- Convert to new option framework
- New USE_KDE4 components: libkcddb, libkcompactdisc
- Update:
databases/akonadi to 1.9.0
devel/grantlee to 0.3.0
textproc/rasqal to 0.9.30
textproc/redland-bindings to 126.96.36.199
textproc/soprano to 2.9.0
x11-toolkits/attica to 0.4.1
The area51 repository features commits by Schaich Alonso, avilla, dbn,
jhale, makc and rakuco.
- Oleg Sidorkin
- Tobias Berner
- Kurt Jaeger
KDE/FreeBSD team presents KDE SC 4.8.4, probably the last release in 4.8.x
Official announcement: http://kde.org/announcements/announce-4.8.4.php
- Convert USE_QT_VER=4 and QT_COMPONETS to USE_QT4
Review by: bapt, David Naylor (kde team)
- update png to 1.5.10
KDE/FreeBSD team presents long awaited KDE SC 4.8.3!
kdeaccessibility4 and kdeutils4 are now meta ports. deskutils/kdepim4 updated
to match KDE SC version, old kdepim preserved in deskutils/kdepim44.
Follow UPDATING instruction!
New ports:
- accessibility/kaccessible
- accessibility/kmag
- accessibility/kmousetool
- accessibility/kmouth
- archivers/ark
- comms/kremotecontrol
- deskutils/kcharselect
- Bump PORTREVISION to chase the update of multimedia/libvpx
The KDE/FreeBSD team is pleased to announce KDE Software Compilation
4.7.2. The official release notes can be found at:
This release ships with many improvements. Read more about them here:
We'd like to say thanks to all testers and contributors, especially to
lwhsu@ for his effort on hosting our test packages.
159219 [2]
160164 [3]
Submitted by: Oleg Sidorkin <firstname.lastname@example.com> [1]
Alvaro Castillo <email@example.com> [2]
email@example.com [3]
Tested by: exp-run via pav
The FreeBSD KDE Team is pleased to announce KDE SC 4.6.1 and KDE PIM
4.4.10. The official 4.6.1 release notes can be found at:
We'd like to say thanks to all helpers and submitters.
Tested by: exp-run via miwi
Chase after net/openldap24-server update.
Reminded by: miwi
- The KDE FreeBSD team is proud to announce the release of KDE 4.5.5
for FreeBSD.
It's a bugfix-only release, January 2011 set.
- Chase security/libksba shlib version bump
Requested by: kwm
Pointyhat to: glarkin
Deprecate md5 in favour of sha256 checksums. md5 checksums will no longer
be generated or checked, and will be silently ignored for now. Also,
generalize the MD5_FILE macro to DISTINFO_FILO.
Submitted by: rene
Approved by: portmgr
Tested on: pointyhat i386 7-exp
KDE FreeBSD team presents KDE SC 4.5.1.
New ports added:
misc/kde4-l10n-ia - Interlingua localization for KDE
- Add plasma-scriptengines to the build
With hat on: kde@
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With an area of 300,000 sq. meters, Yangshao Village is a famous site of the New Stone Age culture in China. The cultural site is 2 meters deep, and the deepest point is 4 meters deep. From the lowest point to the earth surface the site is divided into the middle stage of Yangshao Culture, the late stage of Yangshao Culture, early stage of Longshan Culture (successor of Yangshao Culture) and the middle stage of Longshan Culture.
Yangshao Culture Site was first discovered by Anderson, a Swedish, in 1921. Large amounts of stone tools of axe, shovel, hoe, knife, and bone pricks and bone needles have been found here. The most spectacular part in Yangshao culture is the exquisite ancient painted pottery, such as the potteries of cooking vessels, pots, bowls, basins, earthen bowls, cups, urns and jars. The delicate decorative patterns on the pottery include those of broad bands, nets, flower leaves, fish, string and geometric patterns.
In March, 1961, Yangshao Culture Site was ratified by the Chinese State Department as a major historic and cultural site under state protection.
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text: Dharhas Pothina <Dharhas.Pothina <at> twdb.state.tx.us> writes: > Yes, but I don't need just the first six columns sorted, I need the *entire* d ataset (ie all columns) sorted > by date. I see. You could use argsort instead of sort to get the indices that sort the array. data = np.genfromtxt(filename, dtype=None, usecols=(0,1,2,3,4,5), names='year,month,day,hour,min,sec') ind = data.argsort(order='year month day hour min sec'.split()) alldata = np.genfromtxt(filename, dtype=None) sorted_alldata = alldata[ind] But it's probably better to let genfromtxt choose its own field names and then sort the whole thing using the first 6 fields. alldata = np.genfromtxt(filename, dtype=None) alldata.sort(order='f0 f1 f2 f3 f4 f5'.split()) Neil


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There are many ways to support the animals by choosing a one-time gift, an ongoing (monthly) gift, "in memory of", donating a car or stock or through bequests. All donations are tax-deductible and will enable the Humane Society to place numerous dogs, cats, and other domestic pets in loving, nurturing "forever" homes.
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Southwestern Stuffed Turkey Breast Recipe
This luscious turkey breast is a sure hit with family and friends around the holidays. The moist stuffing gives it a hint of Southwestern flair. –Bernice Janowski of Stevens Point, Wisconsin
- 1/3 cup sun-dried tomatoes (not packed in oil)
- 2/3 cup boiling water
- 1-1/2 teaspoons dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander
- 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 1 small green pepper, diced
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 cup frozen corn, thawed
- 1/2 cup dry bread crumbs
- 1-1/2 teaspoons grated lime peel
- 1 boneless skinless turkey breast half (2 pounds)
- 1. Place tomatoes in a small bowl; cover with boiling water. Cover and let stand for 5 minutes. Drain, reserving 3 tablespoons liquid; set aside. Meanwhile, combine seasonings in a small bowl.
- 2. In a large skillet, saute the tomatoes, onion, green pepper and garlic in oil until tender. Stir in corn and 2 teaspoons seasonings; remove from the heat. Stir in bread crumbs and reserved tomato liquid. Add lime peel to remaining seasonings; set side.
- 3. Cover turkey with plastic wrap. Flatten to 1/2-in. thickness; remove plastic. Sprinkle turkey with half of lime-seasoning mixture; spread vegetable mixture to within 1 in. of edges. Roll up jelly-roll style, starting with a short side; tie with kitchen string. Sprinkle with remaining lime-seasoning mixture. Place on a rack in a shallow roasting pan; cover loosely with foil.
- 4. Bake at 350° for 1 hour. Uncover; bake 15-30 minutes longer or until a meat thermometer reads 170°, basting occasionally with pan drippings. Let stand for 15 minutes before slicing. Yield: 8 servings.
Nutritional Facts
1 slice equals 200 calories, 3 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 70 mg cholesterol, 458 mg sodium, 12 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 30 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 3 lean meat, 1 starch.
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Unit Name: Student Conduct Program
LO Code: SA91c
Description of learning activity or program:
Conduct individual information meetings to insure procedural fairness for all accused students and that the student knows his/her rights and responsibilities with regard to the Student Conduct Program.
1. How does this activity complement the University, Student Affairs, or unit's mission, or meet the unit's objectives?
This meeting will complement the University and the Office of Student Affairs by developing responsible and reflective actions through the awareness of conduct expectations and the process by which expectations are upheld either through the Residence Life Office or the Office of Student Affairs.
2/3. List the Student Learning Outcome Clusters that apply and Student Learning Domains that may be achieved through participating in this activity:
2. List Learning Outcome Cluster (A-E)
3. List Learning Outcome Domains (1-33)
A. Intellectual Development
1, 2, 3, 5
B. Career Preparation
9, 11
C. Citizenship
14, 15, 16
D. Self-awareness
20, 21, 22
E. Managing Life Skills
28, 29, 30, 31, 32
4. Write the student learning outcome statement for this activity.
By meeting with the Student Conduct Coordinator, all accused students will learn about and understand the student conduct process and the avenues for which the processes take place. Students will be provided the opportunity to take a part in the conduct process by selecting the avenue of hearing they choose. In addition, students will learn how their actions and behavior can affect them now and in the future.
5. How will the achievement of this learning outcome be evaluated, measured, or assessed? Describe measures to be used.
Outcomes will be measured through Student Conduct Coordinator observations of participants during the meeting, completion of sanctions, assessment of positive changes in decision making and behavior by not having repeat offenses or violations or behavior issues, participant feedback, and utilization of the on-line Student Conduct Program survey form.


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Here's Beyonce at a special screening of her I Am… World Tour concert film. Per usual, Beyonce is wearing an ultra-tight, ultra-short, ultra-sparkly number (from Naeem Khan), ultra-high heels (Loubs, duh) and lots of ultra-splashy baubles. I kind of think it's too much, too short, too loud… but then again, it's Beyonce. So is this a red carpet slip-up or is it a Diva-gets-what-Diva-wants kind of thing? I'm leaving it to you.
Sorry! This poll is now closed.
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March 12, 2012
FRESNO, Calif. - The Fresno State women's basketball team had all its questions about the 2012 NCAA Tournament answered on Monday afternoon. The Bulldogs, who were awarded a No. 12 seed, are headed to Chapel Hill, North Carolina to face No. 5 seed Georgetown on Sunday, March 18 at 9:20 a.m.
"It's great," said head coach Adrian Wiggins. "They are a good program. We are very familiar with their style. It's a fast-paced style. So it's fun for our players to experience that because we try to play fast."
The `Dogs (28-5) are making their fifth-straight NCAA Tournament appearance and looking for their first NCAA Tournament win in program history.
Fresno State is coming off its WAC Tournament title win, an 89-61 victory over Louisiana Tech Saturday in Las Vegas. The Bulldogs swept the WAC titles after posting a 13-1 conference mark in regular-season play.
"It's nice to know where we are headed," said senior Blakely Goldberg. "Coming off our last game, we have a lot of confidence heading into the postseason. I'm excited because we are playing so well together. I want us to succeed and with the way our team is playing I think it is possible to do something special."
Leading the way for the Bulldogs is WAC Player of the Year, Ki-Ki Moore, who averages 16.6 points, 7.2 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 2.9 steals. Fresno State ranks in the top 50 nationally in 11 statistical categories, including third in three-pointers per game (9.8), fourth in turnover margin (7.5) and ninth in scoring (75.5).
Georgetown is led by Sugar Rodgers, who averages 18.9 points and 5.5 rebounds per game. The Hoyas fell in the quarterfinals of the BIG EAST Tournament and earned an at-large berth with a 22-8 record.
The winner of the Fresno State-Georgetown game will play the winner of the No. 4 Georgia Tech/No. 13 Sacred Heart game on Tuesday.
"You want them to be themselves," said Wiggins. "If you are good, your talents will come out. It's a once in a lifetime deal, so we want them to take advantage of it."
"We Are Your Team!" The Bulldogs are headed to Chapel Hill, North Carolina for the first round of the 2012 NCAA Tournament. The `Dogs face Georgetown on Sunday, March 18 at 9:20 a.m. Listen to the game on ESPN2 790 AM with Guy Haberman.
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Lucille Ball is a Hollywood icon who made millions of people laugh and helped her viewers forget about the stresses of life during her show. This year is the 100th anniversary of Lucille Ball's birthday and the Hollywood Museum and CBS are celebrating her with the "Lucille Ball at 100 & 'I Love Lucy' at 60". The exhibit which began on August 3rd and ends on Nov 30th will be at the Hollywood Museum and feature a special exhibit the "Queen of Comedy" and Genius of Desi. There will be plenty of memorabilia celebrating the careers and romance of both Lucille Ball and Desi Arnez.
There is a bit of nostalgia involved with the Hollywood Museum being at the historic Max Factor Building. Lucille Ball went for makeup and hair treatments from Mr. Factor back when she filming that transformed her into America's most beloved redhead. The room where she became a redhead will be on display at the exhibit and is called the "Redheads Only Room". There will also be her numerous awards, certificates, trophies and plaques she achieved. The famous first national TV Guide featuring Desi Jr on the cover as the $50 million dollar baby as well as an enormous photography collection covering Lucy's childhood, modeling, film, TV, radio and some personal shots.
There are costumes on display such as her flapper dance costume she wore in "Here's Lucy" and her Elizabethan gown worn in "the Luci-Desi Comedy Hour," 1957. Some of Lucy's most famous scripts from her films and television will be shown and even her autographed leg cast from her 1972 ski accident will be on display. There is plenty to see here but it is for a limited time so don't miss out on your chance to see one of Hollywood's most beloved figures.
Where: The Hollywood Museum, 1660 N. Highland Avenue, Hollywood, CA 90028
When: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday
Exhibit Info: Aug. 4, 2011 to Dec. 31, 2011
Price: $15 for adults; $12 for seniors and children under 12.
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Randy Jackson Shares His Thoughts On New American Idol Panel
September 12, 2013 08:00 AM by Lisa Princ
Recently, American Idol announced that Harry Connick Jr. and Jennifer Lopez would be joining Keith Urban on the judging panel for the new season, with Randy Jackson taking over the mentor role on the show. So, just what does the "Dawg" think about the new judges? Find out inside!
Randy Jackson is preparing to take on a new role on American Idol, instead of sitting on the judging panel, which he has done since the start of the show. But what does he think about Jennifer Lopez and Harry Connick Jr. teaming up with Keith Urban on the panel? Jackson spoke to The Hollywood Reporter recently, and told them: "I know them all very, very well. They're all amazing people, great in their own right, very credible, really cool, funny."
Jackson also says that viewers can expect lots of jokes from the trio, which should make for a fun season. Meanwhile, Jackson will be taking over the mentoring role, formerly held by Jimmy Iovine. Iovine did not seem to be a big hit with viewers, so it makes sense that the show would change things up. And who would be a better fit to mentor the aspiring singer than Randy Jackson, right? Randy is looking forward to returning to the show, and referred to his new gig as a promotion. "I've moved to the higher court now," Jackson joked.
What do you think of the new judging panel for American Idol? Do you think that Randy Jackson will make a better mentor than Jimmy Iovine? We know you have an opinion and we want to hear it. Comment below to share your thoughts with us!
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- Palbox: A way to support Palestinian farmers and artisans this holiday season
Time to put in a yearly order.
May I ask, exactly how much money actually makes it back to directly support Palestinian Labor?
- Why we are blocking the boat
LOL effective hasbara...to think that the word is now becoming a contradiction.
FYI Israel isn't a democracy. I'm still surprised many Zionists are spreading these lies.
- NY Times describes Israel's June rampage in the West Bank as a "clampdown"
I am honestly surprised that so many Israeli Palestinians actually believe the war against Gaza was justfied.
- Former Senator Weicker says he was 'lobbied' to be silent about Palestinian suffering
His last statement was the most telling -- he will speak his mind because he isn't pursuing office anymore. Obviously I'm taking a pessimistic definition, but we've seen it more and more recently.
And for that [greater number of former public servents expressing their views] I am thankful because it will build up, yet I have no idea how long it will take for that breeze to really affect the tree branches of government.
- Two-state advocates are on the defensive in debate on Capitol Hill
Translation: Let me use the "How to Defend Israel" guide.
Alternative (Sarcastic) Translation: Let me cast doubt on documented and indisputable refugeedom while glorifying mythos of Hebrew refugeedom.
That said, I'm not going to play your game. You'd prefer to pointlessly entertain people in this type of argument till the end of time, because you can avoid discussions about how to move forward in a single state whose laws and practice aim to espouse principles of liberty, equality, and opportunity for all.
- Morsi, the last caliph-president of Egypt
I very much agree.I read about half of it, and then felt it was getting too long-winded for me, and then started skimming through the first and last sentences of every paragraph or so just so I can get the gist of it. If there's something really valuable let me know and I'll go back and reread the whole thing
the interpretations of the article make is just twisted if you ask me, even if the interpretations are what some people believe in think. For example, rather than say that Morsi was making a statement when he chose to announce the call to prayer by Indicating that anyone of any background can potentially reach any level of office, instead he gets lambasted because he wasn't acting like a president by doing that.
When we talk about democratizing a society you would think a statement about the maximum level about of mobility that could be had should be a statement that should be celebrated.
this type of thought is riddled everywhere, especially when he tries to connect culture and sayings that aren't even part of authentic religious text and take them to be the political soap box of the first democratically elected EGyptian government.
the coup organizer organizers better hurry fast and secure jobs for the country so they can run the country the way China is run, because if they don't, there will be yet another coup
- Weiner should be 'hounded' for his support for apartheid
LOL. It was very clear what his statements were. He wasn't cut off at all, he was allocated his time, and even if he 'intended' something else, he clearly displayed a lack of knowledge. The event went on to discuss what the definition of the West Bank was, and he wasn't limiting it specifically to just a few Palestinians Cities. Go back and watch it (I'm recalling from memory, but I remember the extra dive to clarify his position).
To say he represents a constituency that is "to the right" is a massive understatement.
I do agree with you though that his opinions are malleable so as long as they fall in line with those that support him. For someone to spout such vulgar claims, but still appear to be incredibly ignorant, is a clear sign that he or she is following the money and power. Maybe at some point in his heart he believes it, but he is clearly pandering to an extreme right.
- With conventional wisdom solidifying behind Hagel, will Obama finally declare on 'Meet the Press?'
I think power can be measured in more ways than simply 'successes'. Look at the noise that was raised and how it permeated much of the media; that, in itself, is an exemplary example of the power that can be mobilized when the right strings are pulled to set a system into motion.
Even then, I don't see how AIPAC comes out as a winner...they still get 95% of what they want, remember?
If Hagel doesn't get nominated, and it goes to someone that is more acceptable to AIPAC, it will be a pyrrhic victory because the visibility that AIPAC/Israel Lobby received plays against their desire to operate outside of the limelight.
- Joseph and Mary can't make it to Bethlehem, on Banksy's Christmas card
The Hebrews of Yore can be genetically & ancestrally found in the Palestinians of today. They simply speak Arabic, and now have a major component of Arab identity.
The image evokes a powerful sense of how the life of a Palestinian is affected - even shared religious wisdom (ie: The Christian story) cannot escape the powerful grips of racist Israeli government policy.
Its a beautiful postcard.
- Khalidi, Karon and Bronner (!) deliver a post mortem for the two-state solution
____When did this change happen to Bronner? ___
I've noticed a couple articles of the past few months showing Bronner being aware of what is going on; this is after the debacles that happened before he stepped aside from his previous posting at the NYT. Only 12 minutes into this video he truthfully articulated the Palestinians perspective of why they aren't interested in the game of the 'peace process'.
Am I mis reading something???
That said, there is still a long road on the way to being a Non-Zionist ;-) That said, I'm encouraged, especially after watching the Hilary video last night.
- Visit Hillary Clinton's settlement
How sad....as he walked through the tunnel, she exclaimed, "Oh wow, they really improved it!" and they talked about the lighting for a brief moment. I suppose that is what you get excited about when the oppressor chooses to make oppression a little bit more palatable?
- Journalist teaches students to join no party and sign no petitions for any cause -- oh except one
I read the book when it first came out; its thesis is very interesting, and even if one doesn't subscribe into the final conclusions, it still throws the official Israeli story into complete disarray and shows that its construction is:
(A) Much like the story of many other nation states: pure myth and
(B) the mythology was constructed using extremely shoddy "historical reconstruction" (still true for other nation states, except for the special University Dept's dedicated to Israeli History)
- Bill Maher says Islam and Christianity are 'warlike religions' but Israel 'kicked ass' in its 'little war'
Not surprising coming from Bill Maher; Progressive Except Palestine at its best.
Of course, in this scenario, based on what I've seen of him, I think he _genuinely_ believes the propaganda story. For someone who lambastes religious beliefs as a sign of weak minded people, he doesn't pause once to question the myths of Zionism and the hasbara that he effortlessly calls on.
- Exile and the prophetic: Two more years
I would think the response would be "...How the hell is this going to help our economy?"
I think because people's focus is on the economy, it gives him some leverage to pursue a more navigable foreign policy in the background, especially since he quietly knows that many of the 'ground forces' that constitute the diplomats, generals, intelligence officers, etc. have never been fond of Israel.
- What did the Sheldon and Miriam Adelson get for their money? (Not much)
I doubt it; Israel is already very polarized; Adelson will get a regime that shares the sentiments he does - Olmert, Livni, Netanyahu, Barack...they are simply all the same with regards to Palestinians!
If you look at Israeli elections, with regards to Palestine, they essentially amount to: "How much do we have to beat up on the Palestinians? More than the current state, or a little less than the current state?".. "Oh Americans are looking? Uhh yeah peace peace peace, lets talk more"
There are no minorities to mobilize like in the US, as they are simply Palestinians (ie "Arab Israelis") and its hard to mobilize a block against (quite literally) their own existence :p Also, the youth are virulently racist given that most have had little to no interaction with Palestinians.
What I hope is that the drift between the American and Israeli establishments continue to widen.
- I am you
Beautiful and extremely moving emotionally.
- The Colbert Report: 'Israel Israel Israel'
I'm glad that we see JS & SC push these issues; I have many friends that don't care about politics, nor do they really care to listen about the plight of any oppressed people, but when they see shows like this they can't help but laugh and then "hold on a minute why in the world are we...."
Keep it up Steven Colbert! It may be comedy, but you are fighting the good fight, and bringing the right issues to the foreplay, even if you do it subtly (ie: implying that extremely largely wealthy Zionist donors to Israel live in Boca Raton without directly saying it)
- Anti-Obama infomerical confirms Israel's role as a partisan election issue
Again, to me, from the American perspective, we have to remember that people are simply ignorant and don't know of the reality. Even for "Irina", her problem is that her liberal self truly has no idea what she is defending.
- See how Israeli colonies killed the two state solution
History has shown over and over that it is the Israelis who attack, and it is the Israelis who imprison the deluge of peace activists pushing for human rights, equality, and justice. This site is literally filled with thousands of examples.
Its amazing how with so much information at your tips here, you can't see anything past your own racist, false, and (quite often) erroneous. preconceptions.
What does anything of a religious book have to do with basic human rights of people that live on a land?
Please Please PLEASE get a piece to break the wind on your videos...it makes it difficult to hear anything. An external mic that is appropriately dampened does WONDERS.
- Survey of Arab-Americans highlights drop in support for Obama
Yeah just FYI the Arab vote doesn't matter because
(a) We aren't big enough of a politically organized group, regardless of the number of Americans that have that heritage in them
(b) We don't represent key swing voters in constituencies that matter (First I've read would be that report you have linked...but the link isn't working)
(c) We haven't pooled money to the same extent as other PACs to help get politicians elected that are sympathetic to causes important to the community (which should be 100% in line with basic concepts of Human Rights & Universal Equality)
(d) There are much bigger forces that make/break elections
- Romney dirge for two-state solution causes widespread panic among those fearing for Israel
that is where my sentiments fall to: 2SS now with a path (which may take anywhere from 1 generation to many more generations) back to 1SS.
That said I wouldn't oppose 1 state solution...I'd welcome both options (2SS w/ East Jer and 1967 or 1 SS with equal rights for all)
Sure, but the 2SS that Avnery is talking about is a far cry from what Dershowitz is talking about....lets not conflate the two.
In the past, two state to Dershowitz meant 'no state, so Israel takes more land'.
Now, two state probably means finding some kind of guilded moral justification to shoving palestinians on bantustans, restricting movement to within those regions, controlling all functions related to natural resource management (land, air, sea), and still denying them the right to vote because 'technically they are a different country'. Lets push to ensure that this alternative is never realized because it is the legalization of the current situation with no true justice.
Spoken like someone who wants to split the technicalities. Define 'two-state solution'.
Dershowitz supports a 2 state solution where Israel creates a series of bantustans. Finkelstein, on Democracy now many years ago, clearly called him out on this; he forced Dershowitz to clarify that his support for 2 states lies on whatever vague notion of 2 states Israel wants.
A 2 state solution on the 1967 lines with East Jerusalem as the capital of Palestine would be, quite literally, an anathema to him.
- Moses and Mohammed are not equivalent figures in Jewish and Islamic faiths
I misunderstood then, I thought that you meant only Mohammed was viewed as such.
Even if they appear flawless, I don't know if that is necessarily the message the Quran is pushing. Unlike the Bible, the Quran doesn't engage in a story for the sake of narrative; even though stories of 'cain and able' can be found in both, the Quran immediately goes towards the position of 'what is the lesson to be learned' -- that is why many colorful narratives in that story, for example, don't exist at all, resulting in a story that is a fraction of the length of what the Bible contains. Even the names of these two are not given.
This is a common theme over and over - so I don't know if it is truly a scenario of being immaculate, but I know I completely go against the grain =)
Anyways we both seem to agree that its awkward for a Muslim (with some 'basic' understanding of the religion...but lets look at most religious people :p) should try to make an analogy like that....
Yup; whether we believe in religion or not, one of the big important things is to juxtapose the Quran to both the Torah and New Testament, and to highlight all these points of similarity and 'restoration of the evolved message' in the Quran; "hey you may vehemently disagree about our claims of corruption of the message, but we aren't ultimately trying to mix water and oil; we are quite similar"
Islamophobes, when it comes down to it, really don't know the Quran beyond many deliberate mistranslations of small sections. And if they actually do, then often its a case of 'follow the money trail' (people have Wafa Sultan have been very rich off the industry)...
And the more you can enlighten (ha!) people to these religious similarities, the more difficult it will be to recruit Islamophobes whose hatred lies on fear of the unknown -- the ones left will just be intense racists towards Arabs and/or Muslims.
I think Insan al Kamil is something that isn't even in the Quran; its concepts and ideas that no doubt existed before, and were re used to justify things in the Quran. Just FYI Its been a while since I've dived into the Quran, but this sounds very hadith-ish.
That said - even aside the point of the basic concept of being 'flawless and perfected', there is nothing in the Quran that shows the other messengers/prophets (atleast moses and Jesus...been a couple of years since i've done serious Quranic reading) to be flawed.
The example that comes to mind actually goes to Moses. With Moses, the quran is very clear in drawing a distinction between the actions of Bene-Isra'il (Children of Isreal) and Moses. Moses comes off just as 'perfect' and 'flawless' in that regard.
Yakov didn't go as far as I thought he would. I would agree that the relationship is different, but not in the way he described.
The messenger Moses is revered a lot in the Quran. In fact, he (arabic: 'Moo-seh', and, to which muslims should alwy) is the _most recounted messenger of all of them_ (I think he is referenced almost *twice as many times* as the next Messenger...which is Jesus. Surprisingly to most non muslims, the messenger Mohammed is referenced near the bottom of the list)
So for a muslim to insult Moses thinking of it as 'pay back' just goes to show that he or she hasn't really read the Quran...probably didn't even open it up ;-) Of course, its Goldberg we are dealing with, and he is probably picking out the e-mails that best suit his point...
- Egyptian President Mursi orders Tantawi to stand down
Who knows what the intentions are plans are...but what we know for sure is that the pre-existing apparatus of key decision makers that have ruled the country for decades NEEDS to go (ie: something like Napoleonic exile to an island where they can live the rest of their lives away) for Egypt's uprising to be set on a successful path, otherwise, it will be tainted at its core.
Removing that high level military structure seems one way to do it... I must say I wonder about the replacement, who is another career general...
more unanswered questions, but probably a step in the right direction.
- Settler Marc Zell talks Jewish identity at the King David Hotel
I felt the same way when I first heard his voice...Reminded me of a high pitched german ;)
Anyways, Zell is well spoken, but that doesn't mean a lot of his points had no basis in reality. The way he said it though is as if he believes every little detail of the historical past, and think the 'dirty points' is just the modern day treatment of Arabs.
How do you break to that mindset?
I don't think you do. I don't think you can.
In 'The General's Son', which I read many months back, Miko Peled internally had to fight off fears and misconceptions despite being squarely in the 'Pro-Peace' camp. How do you break through this?
- Israel's only hope is that theocracies emerge...
Well so as long as several billion go there every year, i don't think it matters how bad our economy gets. We seem to insistent on securing $$ to Israel even at our own detriment that I don't even see triple dip recession to the bottom of the Mariana trench changing that
- A representation of Israeli soldiers
Is staging sit ins and blocking the entrances to buildings not non-violence?
It is called civil dis obedience. I like how your definition of 'non violent' can extend to anything beyond "lying dead on the ground and occasionally crowing about equal rights'
You know you would fit right in line with 1950s/60s segregationists who would argue against the many incredibly important 'civil disobedience' movements there were taking place.
You are basically boiling it down as follows: "I accept our legal system which does everything possible to detach Palestinians from their land". Following that you move into some gibberish (later on) about how Israel's right to 'defense' is needed, bla bla. You HAVE to call it *defense*, because it is the way you rationalize these inhuman actions. No human could. Israeli leaders need this language, along with dehumanization through outright lies and fabrication, to psychologically placate the minds of humans committing and supporting these atrocities.
- New film investigates Israel's legal system in the occupied territories
Yes, can someone please reply to my post if the full version is found? I'd love to get a hold of it
- Prominent Protestant journalist who learned everything from secular Jews warns them about their blindness to a messianic 'debacle'
My god hophmi do you do this on purpose? All this talk about Jewish suffering, yet you miss a few points:
(a) suffering of Jews is not unique only to Jews. There can be no moral comparison to argue which suffering is worse - each group of people throughout history that have suffered have a unique experience worth listening to. But please don't speak of Jewish suffering as if only Jews experienced oppression time and time again in this world. It completely betlittles many of the other experiences that have plagued populations throughout human history
(b) What about the suffering of the Palestinians? Do you truly think Israel was created in a vacuum, void of Palestinian Arabs? That the British mandate ruled over an empty desert as opposed to a people with a rich agriculture history of orange, olives, pomegranites, etc. etc.? How can you talk on and on about suffering, but somehow have a blind eye to all the Palestinian suffering from the statistics (750k ejected refugees), to the personal face-to-face stories of the youtube videos and diaries that are featured on this website.
I would say that almost no one here is an anti Semite, and no one here wants suffering for Jewish Israelis or Palestinians (be they citizens of Israel or not). But you have to understand that [b] you must give them equal rights, afford them the same protections that Jewish citizens have, and stop oppressing them through traumatic violence and legally sanctioned discrimination. The experiences they are going through now are simply a different manifestation of Jewish suffering of the past; it can never be said to be the same, and its an entirely unique experience, but it stabs at the heart and soul of the oppressed all the same[/b].
- Arab countries see Israeli occupation and US interference as greatest threats to peace in Middle East (not Iran)
I read his book..."Arab Voices". Its pretty good because it shows very clearly how the data, over the years, has shown very clearly what general trends exist in various Arab Countries, what people in different countries tend to value, how they see the Israeli occupation, and what drives them in life.
Amazingly enough, they come out entirely human just like us...and are overwhelmingly for a solution that still involves the existence of Israel. the problem is that zionists don't want anyone to know that - its easier to pretend that they are bloody thirsty, violent, and irrational animals. Population transfer is easier when the 'other' can be broken down into something non human.
The other interesting part is it completely shoots down all the partisans talking about what really matters in the mid east: claims that women's rights are more important, Iran is a bigger issue, etc. etc. is all FUD. Who would have that most of Saudi Males are for a much more equitable gender system and want women to drive? Did you know (oh noes, now I'm making a claim and I don't have the book around me to confirm) that a greater percent of Saudi Males are interested in these rights than Saudi Women are? And of course, Israel & Palestine ranks as a higher issue in their minds...and that is a common theme across the entire Arab World (one of the very few that you can generalize) - despite all the differences, and how Arab countries have pretty different perspectives on what matters to them, the problem of Palestine is something that tops the charts of Arabs in every single country.
- Strauss-Kahn. Israel every morning
Uh dude; I'm no expert, but that transnational ummah isn't another physical country, where issues of dual loyalty can appear. A person can feel a tie to a transnational spiritual community that doesn't physically exist.
DSK didn't wake up saying "I wake up every morning thinking about how I can help the spiritual plight of Jews" ....he said he wakes up every morning thinking about how to help another foreign country".
- Why am I organizing the Gaza boat? Because Jewish history commands me
sorry for replying so late (I don't even know if you will see this)
"Anything that defangs religion, and gets it out of the public sphere, is okay by me."
Is an equally dangerous comment. Imagine what falls under the category of 'anything'
FWIW, I've pretty much fallen by the wayside as far as religion is concerned, but I've seen and experienced how it can be such a beautiful force of good in this world.
For all the problems you claim religion brings, its non existance will not remove those problems. People will find something else to twist and control a population with, and the non existance of organized religion will have little to no impact on that.
Does it matter? If any belief system can be taken and positioned to align with universal ideas of humanity that we all agree with, I'm not going to complain. Better than having a wedge, artificial or real, injected into the conversation. Makes isolating extremists easier
- Khalidi says Palestinian humiliation is at the heart of the Arab revolutions
If you are going to spout statistics, make them relevant. There over 750,000 Palestinians that were ethnically cleansed on Israel's founding, and the oppression, humiliation and attempt to destroy their culture and memories continues daily. You can read the many stories here that put faces to those numbers and bring to life their struggles. I would think you'd be opposed to that because you understand that once you do that, people's humanity opens up and taking a stance against violently aggressive expansion is a no brainer.
It is not a simple question of percentages of land: Saudi Arabia is a big f*ing desert; So is Sudan and much of Egypt. It isn't even a question of livible/fertile land vs desert; it is a question of human rights and equality. That is something that the way you presented numbers will never real, which is EXACTLY why you presented it that way.
The way you use your numbers is also decieving - would anyone come forward and say that ONLY 1e-3 % (3000/300million) of Americans died on 9/11, so therefore 9/11 is overblown?
If you come forward with a statistic, put it in perspective, and have it make sense.
On your comments about the Ottoman - people living in the region known as Palestine [ a 'backwater' as you refer i to - shows how you are influenced by the Zionist mythos] have no sovereignty over the land they live on is an incredibly weak argument.
Here is another way to put what you just stated:
"Doesn't matter how long you've lived on a long, could be generations! But if political power doesn't reside in your land, then you have no right to say it is your land". It doesn't matter who has political control over any swath or region --> it is never an excuse to de-legitimize people who live on a land. Does this mean we can kick out every other Arab from Arab countries because they had no sovereignty either during the Ottomon era? Using your this ridiculous logic as well as paranoid tendencies you display in your responses, I'd argue that you are pushing for an Israel that truly does extend to the Euphrates.
You then descend into a 'They suck just as much as we suck' argument (hint hint: doesn't work), and end the post with your own projections of anti semitism, which no one here has stated or implied.
...maybe there was a reason Walid chose not to respond to your weak diatrabe...
- Slater: Hamas is pragmatic
I guess no matter what Israeli leaders say, do, write, whatever, some among us will never stop apologizing for them and projecting their own Western values upon them.
You all look very naive right now.
- Dare to struggle, dare to win, dare to live together and build a paradise
Great Q&A. Going to save this link so I can refer others to it in the future if/when the need arises
- OBL/Palestine = Berlin Wall/Apartheid
Same...I want to hear the line of reasoning.
- Hamas officials condemn bin Laden killing
:\ Although I think that these statements are said in the midst of what they've gone through the past several years in Gaza, and our on Govt's Double Standard towards the development and spread of the Arab Spring
- On NPR, Marc Lynch raises a central Arab concern: 'What about no-fly-zone for Gaza?'
- Guess they've decided controversy is good for business
gahhh I wish I lived in NYC.....where I live is politically dead!
- Obama honors Arab uprisings for demanding 'universal values'
...Peaceful Assembly and Association...
...Freedom to Speak your Mind and Choose your Leaders....
*list of people who were attacked/killed for political reasons*
Do we see this in Israel?
- A Jewish student responds to the charge of anti-Semitism at UC Santa Cruz
Uh the left does not affirm that (2) is acceptable.
You should stop conflating the 'actively Jewish' part with the raping and pillaging of Palestine. And if, to you, being actively Jewish means to support the destruction of another people (not a doomsday word at all - that is quite literally what is happening. I'm assuming you at least read the HEADLINES of the articles posted here) , then there is a much bigger problem beyond your carefully crafted technical definition of anti semitism.
- Hogtied on Israel, Obama privately calls on Europe to take on Netanyahu and settlements --Economist
Official Recognition does not matter at all. Paraphrasing what Clinton hippocritically said on the topic of the ceasefire in Libya, "We look for actions, not words"
- The Arab revolutions' message to America
A dishonest comment - she was directly pointing to the 'Arab Revolutions' as being the messages from the 'Arab World'. Do not conflate the governments with the reactions of the people.
- Israel, and the AJC, try to shut down Miral US premiere tonight at the UN
Well to be fair, someone might have called him out for saying nothing; at least he gave his (super predictable) perspective.
I haven't seen the movie but I'm curious. Hope they have a release somewhere around where i live. Even if it is subpar, I'd see it just to provide financial support to these projects that try to bring push forward the Palestinian Cause
- If Obama thinks the revolutions in the Arab world will lead to more support for the US and Israel, he's wrong
A lot of this reminds me of colonial powers using the local govts to force down uprisings. Sure the technology and power of the Govt is vastly superior these days, but if everyone is uprising...what do you do, kill them all? Rule over dirt?
WJ - that may be true, but going off what I know, Mubarek's Egypt wasn't a cake walk either...but one important difference was that the latter publicly collaborated with Israel.
I would perhaps suggest that, ultimately, when people desire freedom, paying lip service to the Palestinians only serves to delay the inevitable (fall of the Govt). But keep in mind that the Palestinian issue is one of the key and forefront issues of pretty much everyone in the Arab Street (the REAL Arab street - not the rulers). So from that perspective, Assad's Syria will hopefully fall as well providing that no reforms and changes are made, it just may take more time.
"No matter how the spin makers try, there is a new Arab world in the making and it might take years but the end result will be a major tidle wave against Israel and the US, although then it wil be fully supported by their new governments. That's democracy."
I will definitely take years, if not decades....I started to write a list of serious questions that would seek to clarify what change and the extent of it, and then I realized its simply too complex and unknown at this point.
I do think if the US does attempt 'the typical washington spin', we can relatively save our skin by atleast having cordial relations. This is partially because I don't expect everything to change within a few years. It doesn't suggest that they'll become buddy buddy from day one: People won't forget easily, but they'll forgive easily.
However, as pointed out, it would require the US to change the approach everywhere (ie: pull out of Iraq) in the Middle East, and requires that approach to be more than just words. It requires us to think that these universal values are indeed our values that we believe in rather than an 100% empty message. Some may say this is too idealistic, but I've seen enough speakers (Chas Freeman, Dr. Baird, etc) eloquently detail how its in our actual interests to do so, so I am definitely a believer in that approach.
- Whitewashing Israeli apartheid with literary finesse
I'm on the side that is pushing for universal human rights hophmi...so I feel pretty solid with my smile and comment about irony =)
It also isn't as if Israel is unfairly targeted with BDS tactics with no context - 40 years of occupation, never ending Orwelian peace talks, and flagrant apartheid style governance brought about BDS. Since its entirely non violent but still effective, it can't be given the same terrorist style labels or discredited so easily.
Thus, Israeli officials/propagandists are trying to highjack the actual intention of BDS and make it toothless - force it into a mold that the Israeli Govt/its extensions wants, and then criticize other forms of BDS as 'out of the accepted standard'....hence the irony at your '...unless you do it my way' comment.
This article just calls out this attempt to detooth BDS and nothing more.
Oh you don't know how ironic your words are hophmi =)
- Is Libya already lost?
Uhhh no. It reads as follows: "Do not interfere in situations where a populace is revolting against a leadership; it is best to let them sort everything out".
- Ironically, only a Jewish filmmaker is allowed to tell Palestinian story in US, say Schnabel and Weinstein
bring down that wall, bring down that wall
- The plan
Well Walid, truth be told, what is the point of assassinating him? He isn't leading whatever nuclear project exists (whether its nuclear power soley for energy, or nuclear power to develop a bomb), even if they had a bomb he isn't going to be using it offensively as that is suicide, and truth he told he sure as hell isn't the one with the nuclear codes at all.
- Makovsky: Obama will give it up for Israel for a two-month freeze extension
I'm amazed how BY could have turned this down; From the Zionist perspective it is perfect: agree to kinda halfway languish in construction for 60 days, and get soooooo much more in return.
- Pseudo-freeze ends, pseudo-liberals rejoice
I also thought it was a brilliant post. I always felt that there was dishonesty with these people who claim to be opposed to settlements yet are hawks on every other imaginable position.....and the OP explained it succinctly and clearly in a way that I am not able to. Paragraph 2 is absolutely powerful ...
- 'Why would YOU want to go THERE?'
So the Israeli Govt doesn't fit the criteria of 1,2,3 or 4...and somehow you try to pin it on BDS.
BDS says, "They don't accept the other, don't support the law to apply to everyone equally, aren't interested in integration at all, and don't care about non nationalist parties...let us make it hurt where things truly matter: their pocket books" and you have the audacity to claim that BDS somehow works differently? "
You may ask what 'They' is....of course the Israeli Govt, the elites that run things, and a Large Segment of the Israeli Population that supports them
You are laughable Witty.
- The advance of the anti-Muslim movement across America
ZEeeeomg, that scares me! I don't watch TV, and don't really read anything in the mainstream media...and I had no idea that demonization is at that level. I guess living in the bubble that I live in, I don't see/notice it at all; and I'm hoping that the people I interact with already know it is bunk...however, to see absolute poppycock being paraded around as gospel is quite freaky when you realize how many households listen to the lies, take it in, and quietly start to think "we" are the enemy.
Why are these people so interested in demonizing Muslims!?
- Feeling the loyalty to the Jewish state
Still not fully random ;) A SRS can be biased if it doesn't consider location and time. Perhaps you can generalize these results to young American Jews who have spent time in Israel, but we can't statistically say its representative of all Zionists. Of course I'm arguing on technicality, I've read more than enough Zionist garbage to know that these views are often the baseline among Zionists....statistics isn't need there at all ;)
- Hillel prepares from another year of BDS on campus
I find it interesting they keep suggesting 'advocacy'. What a nice, vague, term to cover up what is going on.
It is always a warm reassurance to me that 'our side' is really about revealing what is going on, and exposing the truth of the matter as opposed to hide beyond fuzzy terms, hoping that entertainment can distract what is happening.
- Smoking gun: even as it enters into talks, Israel declares policy of separating Gaza and W.B.
still doesn't work
- What Lebanon can teach the U.S. about religious tolerance
He starts off very clear: "If I am unfamiliar with the statements, it is because they are in all likelihood fabrications."
He then traces where the false accusation PROBABLY came from.
As for the second quote, he attributes to to an Israeli Gov Website and then says no more as to the source. Why? To show that there is no real trail to find the source - unlike the prior one which has to be traced to the liar, this one has nothing, or no one that corroborates it. So he simply asks the organization, who replies "We deny ever saying that".
It turns the game of the quote into a "He said She said" match. Of course, that may be construed as not being sure if the source is accurate....
...until you reach the end where he states, "may I ask in return whether he is succumbing to the disinformation that passes for scholarship and journalism in certain quarters in the United States".
Clearly stating that both quotes are disinformation.
If you have an alternative way of reading the passage, I beg for your 'enlightenment'.
- J Street and Oren patch up
Glad I never donated to them. Sounds like they'll just provide token opposition to say "SEEEE...all sides of the Jewish voice is truly represented". We'll see what happens in the coming months.
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Lamborghini Songa: A One-Of-A-Kind Ride
To own an exotic sports car is a dream to the average person. You see these supercars driven by professional athletes, actors, lawyers, or anyone who can shell out hundreds of thousands of hard-earned dollars to have one sitting in their driveway. Sometimes these cars will even hit your wallet for millions.
One of these million dollar cars is the Lamborghini Songa. Well, it's not actually a Lamborghini, but it is based on the Lamborghini Countach. I came across this car on the Top Speed website. I felt it had kind of a unique look and decided to share it with you.
The Songa model was built by a Japanese company called Art & Tech. It began as dream of a 13-year-old named Ryoji Yamazaki'ego. Then in 1989, when he was 41, Yamazaki started his own company, Art & Tech. The name "Songa" is actually the Italian word for "dream," so the name fits the car.
The car itself was unveiled at the 1991 Geneva Motor Show as a concept vehicle, with Art & Tech planning to produce a limited number of units. The price per vehicle was $1.6 million, which is around $4 million according to today's market.
A 5.2-liter, 455 hp dual overhead cam 12-cylinder mid-engine was used. It had four valves per cylinder and was connected to a five-speed manual transmission. The Songa had a 96.5 inch wheelbase and weighed 3086 pounds.
Although Art & Tech claimed it would reach a top speed of 201 mph, the actual top speed was only 186 mph and the estimated 0-60 time was 4.5 seconds, which was actually quick for the era. It was produced as a 1994 model with an aluminum body and scissor styled doors.
The unique design of the Songa fits with the style of the 1980s supercars. The front nose was sloped almost to a point with indented areas that contained cooling vents. Looking at the front nose with the way the indentions and vents were positioned, it almost looks like the car has a smile.
The rear of the Songa had a more futuristic look, similar to the supercars of today. Four exhaust pipes sticking through rear and a raised engine lid added to the uniqueness of the Songa. The wheels used matched the ones that were mounted on the Countach.
Art & Tech was only able to acquire an engine for one vehicle, so the plans for producing the car were reduced to two vehicles. One with an engine, the other is engineless and displayed at a museum in France. The Songa that has the engine under the hood is now available for sale at a price tag of $3.3 million.
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is a nice selection of old 78's.Some are in sleeves, others are not. None have been tested. You buy them untested. This lot consists of: -R221 Howdy Doody Cowabonga and Big Chief w/ sleeve, 1955
-X-19 Peter Pan, I'm Getting Nuttin' for Christmas and Jolly Old St. Nicholas sung by the Peter Pan Caroleers, 1956, with sleeve -396, Peter Pan, Choo'n Gum Kiddie Pop Song and Mexican Hat Dance, 1956, with sleeve -L-30, Petter Pan, Frosty the Snowman and God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen and Joy To The World, 1950, with sleeve -395, Peter Pan, Let's All Sing Like The Birdies Sing and Good Morning Merry Sunshine, Rig A Jig Jig, 1956, with torn sleeve -R167:25, Little Golden Record, That's What I Want For Christmas and Little Stowaway on Santa's Sleigh, 1954, with sleeve -354, Peter Pan, Little Goldie Goldfish, 1953, with sleeve -R125:25, Little Golden, Sleigh Ride and I Just Can't Wait Till Christmas, 1954 -403, Peter Pan, The Ballad of Davy Crockett, 1955, with torn sleeve The following do not have sleeves:
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George Reitz - August 16, 2009
George Reitz was born on Jan. 19, 1935 in Hitchcock County in Nebraska. He was the only child born to Elbert and Celia Cordwell Reitz. He grew up in the Max, Neb., area and later moved to the Grant, Neb., community with his grandmother. After attending rural school, he attended high school at the Curtis Agriculture School and in Grant, graduating from Perkins County High School in 1953.
George was married to Lydian Keller in 1953. One son, Ron, was born to this union. The marriage later ended in divorce. George joined the United States Army in 1953 and served in Okinawa until his honorable discharge in 1955.
George was married to Carol Ann Case on Oct. 30, 1956 at Green River, Wyo. Three children were born to this union. They lived in Reliance, Wyo., where George worked for the railroad and later the coal and trona mines in that area. They moved to their farm acreage southwest of Grant in 1981. George and Carol raised livestock on the farm. George suffered an apparent heart attack Sunday afternoon, Aug. 16, 2009 at his home and was transferred to the Perkins County Community Hospital where he died. He had reached the age of 74.
He is survived by his wife, Carol; three sons, Ron and wife Edna Clapp of McGrew, Neb., Cecil Reitz of Grant, and Tim and wife Cindie Reitz of Omaha; one daughter, Mary Ellen and husband Mike Rotness of Alliance, Neb.; eight grandchildren and one great-grandson; other relatives and friends.
His body was cremated. Memorial services will be held on Friday, Aug. 21 at 10:30 a.m. at the Grant New Life Fellowship Church with Pastor Vince Carrig officiating. Cremains will be scattered at a late rdate. A memorial has been established.
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Fall Protection Laws and Standards
When working with both feet on the ground it is still possible to obtain injuries by slipping, tripping and falling; anything above ground level is going to bring intrinsic risks. Per OSHA regulations, "Fall protection must be provided at four feet in general industry, five feet in maritime and six feet in construction."
Risks are inherent in the activities we perform every day whether driving, flying, walking, or working. Every job has risks but some are riskier than others. If you are going to gamble, make sure it's with money and not your life. Working at heights is a danger every day. No one should become complacent about it or think, "Oh, it's not really that high." Fall prevention was created for a reason and it won't work if it's not in use.


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Vive La Révolution
In his sleeper bestseller From Dawn to Decadence, scholar Jacques Barzun wrote that Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais "appears to have been the first to use the word 'drama' to designate a play that is neither a tragedy nor a comedy in the traditional sense." The late 18th-century playwright, according to Barzun, was also responsible for the first derogatory use of the word "classicist." Perhaps, then, Beaumarchais would have fancied Theatre de la Jeune Lune's Figaro, a decidedly un-classicized interpretation of his Figaro trilogy mixed with highlights from Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, some new text by Steven Epp, video projections, and sparing use of oddball non sequitur.
Figaro, the scheming barber of the licentious Count Almaviva, first appeared in Beaumarchais's play The Barber of Seville, the source for Rossini's eponymous opera. The story continued with The Marriage of Figaro, which begat the opera by Mozart and librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte, and finished with the obscure Guilty Mother (adapted by Charles Ives and his grandson Burl Ives--or so I wish). The middle work especially--with its crafty servants and decadent, gullible master--has been seen as a theatrical harbinger of the French Revolution.
In this production, Beaumarchais's characters are introduced as haggard souls in recently revolutionized Paris. Their earlier escapades of sexual intemperance and mistaken identity are played out by younger, opera-warbling doubles. Much of the action is shot live by a pair of video cameramen and projected on a large screen, sometimes resulting in three or four versions of the same characters appearing in some version onstage.
Epp plays Fig, an older Figaro who has kept the bitterness of his younger self but has little employ for his famous cunning. With his stammering fecklessness and his hair pulled back in a kind of topknot, the guillotine-era Fig somehow reminded me of Martin Short's Ed Grimley character (intended as a compliment, though Epp in this role is neither as funny nor as powerful as he can be). Barbara Berlovitz plays Fig's faithful wife Suzanne, while Dominique Serrand is a tattered and untitled, but still smug, Almaviva. The younger Figaro (Charles Schwandt) is flat--not vocally, but emotionally--and he bears only superficial resemblance to his older self. In contrast, Bradley Greenwald's vibrant Count is continuous with Serrand's; his scuzziness clearly leads to the gray-haired version's ghostly smugness.
Those who've read my one-and-a-half-page (double-spaced) monograph, "Everything I Know About Opera," can attest to my tenuous credentials as a connoisseur of the form. So with respect to this production's operatic component I'm guided by Duke Ellington's aphorism, "If it sounds good, it is good." To my ears, it's good. I could use a bit more power from the men, but this Figaro is overall a lovely sort of chamber opera (the accompaniment is provided by a string quartet, with a piano occasionally added). It's especially impressive when led by the vibrato-laced lyricism of Jennifer Baldwin Peden (as Countess Almaviva), and soprano Momoko Tanno as young Suzanne. Their Act 2 duet is a lithe feat of ingenuity that just might be the calm before the storming of the Bastille.
¬ Ten Thousand Things only does three plays a year. It's odd, then, that the company's production of South African playwright Athol Fugard's The Island comes just weeks after its generally successful recast of Carousel. According to artistic director Michelle Hensley, The Island was originally scheduled for February, but was postponed for lack of available African American male actors. Considering that this is a two-man play, the casting crisis implies a pretty severe scarcity of black men in the Twin Cities thespian pool.
I can't speak to the reality of this shortage (perhaps a few actors out there would gainsay it, especially those who had a slow February). But I do know that these particular guys--James Austin Williams and James Young--were engaged in February (at Penumbra and the Jungle, respectively), and that it's hard to imagine how their performances could be bested. Williams is a veteran of Fugard plays, and guest director Carol MacVey was once directed by the author himself, so perhaps it makes sense that this stripped-down staging evinces special sensitivity to Fugard's slice-of-life dialogue and subtle moralizing.
Ten Thousand Things does most of its performances for the poor and incarcerated, and selects material that it hopes will have special relevance to this audience. The Island, however, is the troupe's first production set entirely in a prison. Fugard developed the play in 1973 with help from actors John Kani and Winston Ntshona. It's a compact one-act that tells the story of two political prisoners on Robben Island, focusing on their contentious endeavor to present Sophocles' Antigone at the prison's annual talent show. John (Williams), whose term is nearly up, is the impresario. His theatrical project sustains him through long days of sun-baked labor. Winston (Young), a lifer, is no great fan of the theater and is unenthusiastic about playing Antigone in a makeshift wig and coconut-shell breasts. As in his recent role in the Jungle's Lobby Hero, Young has an endearing frown that expresses stores of skepticism and exhaustion.
In the play within the play, Winston slowly warms to the role, and is transformed by its message. Young begins by reciting Antigone's lines with the caricaturized falsetto and awkward staccato of an amateur actor indolently pretending to be a girl. It's funny and an almost bold directorial choice--the silliness could easily wrest power away from the climax. As Antigone's speech proceeds, though, Winston sheds his costume and embraces the fearless defiance of the text in his normal speaking voice. In the denouement he pumps his fist as he and John run their required laps. His strength is restored, a kind of testament to the power of theater. It's an ephemeral transformation, we fear, but real all the same.
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Minecraft developer Mojang has teamed up with the United Nations to create a new initiative called Block By Block.
The new initiative hopes to get young people engaged in the planning process in urban areas, using Minecraft as a virtual workspace. The new initiative is a three-year partnership between Mojang and UN Habitat. By the end of it, organizers hope to upgrade around 300 public spaces. In addition to providing the tools, Mojang is also financially supporting Block By Block and will work closely with the UN to help reach each target as they are laid out. The first test of the initiative is a pilot test site in Kibera, one of Nairobi's settlements.
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Shared Acess PCs and the Internet
Shared access centres for computers like mom and pop cyber cafés and rural PC kiosks are main access points for a majority in India. Since 2005 the project is conducting ethnographic research to map;
Demand and usages for internet
Business and survival strategies of mom and pop cybercafes and rural PC kiosks
Socio-economic impacts due to access to computers and the internet.
We are conducting research in Mumbai slums, small towns and villages around Mumbai and Pune city
Research Interns:Nirmala Hande, Amit Vasudev, Omkar Shenolikar
- Rangaswamy, N (2009) The non-formal business of cyber cafes: a case-study from India, Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society, 7(2/3)
- Rangaswamy, N (2008), ' The rise of ICT for commerce in small product offerings: case studies form India', ACIS, Christchurch, December 2008
- Rangaswamy, N (2008), " Telecentres and Cybercafés: The case for ICTs in small businesses", Asian Journal of Communication,18 (4)
- Rangaswamy, N (2008), "Telecentres and Cyber cafes: A case for ICT in small business", 58th Annual International Conference of the International Communication Association, Montreal
- Rangaswamy, N (2007), "Representing the non-formal: The Business of Internet Cafes in India", International Conference on Ethnographic Praxis in Industry
- Rangaswamy, N, (2007) ICT for development and commerce: A case study of internet cafés in India, 9th International Conference on Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries, Sao Paulo, Brazil, May 2007.
- Rangaswamy, N, (2006) Social Entrepreneurship as Critical Agency: A study of Rural Internet kiosks, Proceedings of the International Conference on ICT and Development. 143-152, Berkeley University Press, Berkeley, CA
- Rangaswamy, N, (2003). Disruptive IT in Sought India in Shaping Technologies: SARAI reader 03, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi


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Story by Staff Sgt. Tanya Thomas, 4th AAB, 3rd Inf. Div.,USD-C
AL ASAD AIR BASE, Iraq –Although violence in Iraq has decreased, the threat of improvised explosive devices still exist. Soldiers of Company A, Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, are helping their Iraqi Army counterparts learn how to defeat this threat in an effort to make the streets of Anbar safer.
After working side-by-side with members of the 7th Field Engineering Regiment, 7th Iraqi Army Division for the past 11 months, U.S. Soldiers put the 7th FER Soldiers to the test and hosted a culminating exercise at Al Asad Air Base, May 17-19 that focused on route-clearing procedures.
"We're not going to be here for too much longer," said Staff Sgt. Raul Gutierrez, a combat engineer with A Co., and New York City native. "So, it's important for them to understand these route clearance techniques as they take will soon take on this critical mission by themselves."
Gutierrez and his fellow Soldiers hid simulated explosives along a road and instructed the Iraqi troops to detect, interrogate and report the bomb-findings up to higher.
"We used the environment—twigs, trees branches, trash—to mask the IED," said Spc. Shawn Leblanc, Avondell, Ariz., native, and member of Co. A, BSTB. 4th AAB, 3rd Inf. Div. "Everything was pretty much hidden very well. It made for very realistic training."
Leblanc added that they tried to make the training as complex as possible, and the IA Soldiers located all IEDs but one.
"They have a very keen eye," he said. "What may look normal to us is not necessarily normal to them. They know how the IEDs are placed. They see this and deal with this on a daily basis."
Leblanc, who deployed to Iraq in 2007, said the Iraqi security forces have drastically improved their abilities to clear routes.
"We did some partnered route clearance on my last deployment," he said, "but they had a lot to learn. This rotation it seems they have picked up a lot of things. They are more confident, I think they've progressed very well."
Reflecting back on his first deployment in 2003, Gutierrez agreed with Leblanc that the IA has improved and said they are ready to take the reins as the U.S. approaches its expected withdrawal deadline.
"In '03 they were just driving around and getting hit and now they know how to approach (IEDs) and what to look for," he said. "It feels good to be able to come back and see this big change. It's definitely an accomplishment to know that I've had a hand in making a difference. They are in it to win it. They want to take charge, and we were able to help them do that. We're the same people, from different places, fighting for the same cause."
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Imipramine also can cause elevated pressure in the eyes of some patients with glaucoma.
Following prolonged therapy with high doses, abrupt discontinuation of TCAs, including imipramine, could lead to withdrawal symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, or restlessness. Therefore, many experts recommend gradually reducing the dose of drug if the drug is to be discontinued.
Antidepressants increased the risk of suicidal thinking and behavior in short-term studies in children and adolescents with depression and other psychiatric disorders. Anyone considering the use of imipramine or any other antidepressant in a child or adolescent must balance this risk with the clinical need. Patients who are started on therapy should be closely observed for clinical worsening, suicidal thinking or behavior, and unusual changes in behavior.
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PREPARATIONS: Tablets: 10, 25 and 50 mg. Capsule: 75, 100, 125 and 150 mg.
STORAGE: Imipramine should be stored below 86 F (30 C) in a tight, light resistant container.
DOSING: The dose range for treating depression is 75 to 300 mg daily. It may be given as a single dose or in divided doses. The recommended dose for enuresis is 10 to 75 mg daily at bedtime.
DRUG INTERACTIONS: Other medications and drugs that slow the brain's processes, such as alcohol, barbiturates, benzodiazepines, for example, lorazepam (Ativan), diazepam (Valium), temazepam (Restoril), oxazepam (Serax), clonazepam (Klonopin), zolpidem (Ambien), and narcotics, may add to the effect of imipramine on the brain.
Medically Reviewed by a Doctor on 1/30/2015
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