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Isla Mujeres, a small island off the northeastern Caribbean coast of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, draws visitors seeking a tranquil atmosphere and historic charm. With the Great Mayan Reef running alongside the island, it is also a draw for snorkeling and diving enthusiasts. Accommodations to suit all budgets are available throughout the island, with the larger resorts occupying beachfront locations. No matter where you choose to stay on Isla Mujeres, at only five miles long and half a mile wide, you can easily take in all of its sights and attractions.
Isla Mujeres Palace Wyndham Grand Resort
The Isla Mujeres Palace Wyndham Grand Resort is designed as a tranquil, couples-only retreat. The all-inclusive resort offers 62 guest rooms, four spa treatment rooms, private pier, non-motorized water sports and a freestyle outdoor swimming pool. All the guest rooms -- which are categorized as classic-style and upgraded concierge rooms -- feature an LCD-screen cable television and a two-person whirlpool tub. Guests staying in concierge category rooms have access to a complimentary 25-minute massage, premium drinks in the mini bar and a pillow menu. The resort's services include a car rental desk, currency exchange and an airport shuttle. The on-site restaurant, Azul, is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, and a lobby bar serves cocktails and wine. Room service is also available 24 hours a day. Isla Mujeres Palace Wyndham Grand Resort Carretera Garrafon, Km 4.5 Mz. 62 Sm. 8 Isla Mujeres Quintana Roo 77400 Mexico 877-999-3223 wyndham.com
Avalon Reef Isla Mujeres Resort
The Avalon Reef Isla Mujeres Resort is located on Islote El Yunque, a small islet surrounded by calm, clear waters that is connected to Isla Mujeres by a 100-yard wooden bridge. The 129 rooms and suites all offer views of the sea and bright Caribbean decor. The guest rooms are housed in an eight-story tower designed to resemble a Mayan pyramid; the suites, which all have a balcony or terrace, are located in two-story villas surrounded by lawns. Guests have access to a private beach, swimming pool with poolside bar, fitness center, pool table and hammocks. This is a family-friendly resort with a playground for children and in-room baby-sitting services. Avalon Reef Isla Mujeres Resort Calle Zazil Ha s/n Int. 7 Playa Norte Isla Mujeres, CP. Quintana Roo 77400 Mexico 888-497-4325 avalonvacations.com
Cristalmar Resort and Beach Club
Cristalmar Resort and Beach Club on Isla Mujeres offers 40 residential-style apartments, each with a full kitchen and one or two bedrooms. The apartments have views of the resort's private white-sandy beach, freshwater swimming pool or the gardens. The on-site restaurant, La Palapa del Huini, specializes in Mexican-Caribbean cuisine and is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Other facilities include an on-site dive shop, game room and rentals of bikes, mopeds and golf carts for exploring the island. The resort can also arrange a variety of tours and excursions for you, such as swimming with dolphins, visiting a turtle farm and sport-fishing trips. Cristalmar Resprt and Beach Club Fracc. Paraiso Laguna Mar Makax L.16 Isla Mujeres Quintana Roo 77400 Mexico 888-571-3239 cristalmarhotel.com
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- Attribution: Šarūnas Burdulis from USA; License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license


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Kim Kardashian West has shared a photograph of herself about to lock lips with her husband Kanye West.
The US reality television star, 37, is seen puckering up to the rapper in the intimate snap, which she posted to Instagram at the weekend.
West, 40, is holding his wife's face as he leans in for the kiss.
Kardashian West did not write a message but captioned the sweet picture with a heart emoji.
The couple, who have three children, have been married for almost four years.
They tied the knot on May 24 2014 at Fort di Belvedere in Florence, Italy.

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Tess Davis (CAS'04) BU Today interview: Returning Duryodhana
By Tess Davis. Video by Devin Hahn. Photo by Josh Andrus Archaeologist Tess Davis spent 10 years documenting the plunder of Cambodia's ancient temples and working for the return of the country's looted antiquities. Click here to read the Bostonia article, the basis of this interview.


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After Grenfell
Teaching at the school was a positive step in the aftermath of the horrific fire at Grenfell Tower that is on the doorstep of Oxford Gardens Primary School. It was all that I could do, give my skills and teach from the heart.
One of the first feelings of emotion was the horror of the fire and the strange juxtapositioning of the children hopscotching in the playground, running round and playing games. Those memories are the starting point of drawings and paintings. This is a sketch made of charcoal, and felt tip pen.


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About this course
(Please note that at the left under the registration button the Ruzuku program lists the class start date as the date the REGISTRATION OPENS. )
Registration closes on February 3, 2018 at 8 p.m. CDT.
This class will be offered again in 2019. Please subscribe to Roz Wound Up to learn about upcoming classes.
What to Expect:
In this class mixed media and journal artist Roz Stendahl will present methods and materials for creating flat background texture for visual journaling and mixed media art.
This is a great class for artists of all levels who want to build an understanding of the tools and materials needed for this type of mixed media art.
This techniques-based class will take you through the glazing and wet blending of acrylic products. It provides information to help you understand which products to select. The goal is to help the student understand the materials and then be able to build his or her own process so that experiments are performed with confidence, and so that students can create stunning and repeatable results.
During this six-week class, each Saturday, new videos will become available providing demonstration and instruction on which you'll base your week's experiments. There are over six hours of video in this class.
Each week builds on what you've created the previous week so that you will understand the process of building rich textures. Students are encouraged to allow an hour to ninety minutes on lesson day to watch videos and an additional three hours or so spread out over the week to complete the homework. Because the homework is cumulative if you will be traveling or otherwise unable to devote this time to homework it's best to plan to take this class at another time.
Class is structured so that students can work the essential exercises with a minimum of supplies and tools. Optional supply techniques are explained and demonstrated so that students can decide their own interest in those methods.
Students have lifetime access to the videos so they can return to review materials at any time.
Roz will be present in class from February 1 through March 10 to answer questions. (You will still be able to ask Roz class related questions after March 10, but there may be a short delay as she will no longer be active in the class.)
There will also be two live webinars during the six week class. During these events you will be able to ask Roz questions, she will discuss topics trending in class, or introduce new material as needed. If you aren't able to attend the live event, don't worry, they will be taped and become part of the classroom resources.
A detailed supply list can be downloaded before registration here. (Please see the Supply heading on that page.)
Note that videos explaining the supplies are available upon registration. Roz recommends you purchase supplies after registering and watching the related videos. You can download a list of supplies at the class listing on this blog page. Simply scroll down to "Textures" class and find the link there.
Wet Paint has put together a discounted essential supplies kit for this class. Click here. (Roz does not receive any financial or other consideration from your purchase of this kit. It was created for your convenience.)


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Mental Floss dug up some data on what circumstances are correlated with either higher- or lower-than-normal divorce rates. Of course, correlation is not causation, so just because something is related to a higher divorce rate, doesn't mean that it causes divorce. Still, they're interesting to consider:
- Smoking: couples where one person smokes are almost twice as likely to get divorced. It's a little higher if the smoker is the wife. And even when both spouses are smokers, the divorce rate is still higher than non-smokers; however, this may have a common cause, since poorer people smoke more and are also more likely to get divorced.
- Jobs: some professions have lower divorce rates than normal. Optometrists, shuttle car drivers, transit cops, farmers, nuclear engineers and clergy. Again, this is probably just due to the kind of people that choose those professions, and the spouses that marry them — the jobs themselves don't really make them less divorce-prone. Massage therapists and mathematicians were among the most likely to get divorced.
- Generosity: couples that split chores evenly tend to have a lower divorce rate. This was also corroborated by the National Marriage Project, which showed that generosity was the 3rd biggest predictor of a happy marriage.
- Ideology: conservative states have a higher rate of divorce than progressive ones. This is probably due a few factors, including the average level of education and marriage age being lower in conservative states: people there get married younger, then probably grow apart as they age, and don't have coping skills like good communication techniques to work problems out. It's worth noting that while some liberal states do have the lowest rates of divorce, others have the highest likelihood of marriages ending in divorce.
- Influence: people who know more divorced couples tend to get divorced more. The social effect is very powerful and its presence can be seen in a lot of other problems, such as smoking and obesity: people tend to be like their friends and family. When it comes to people, birds of a feather don't necessarily flock together, but rather those who flock together start growing the same feathers.
- Beginnings: couples who met during high school or college are more likely to stay together; those who met in bars are more likely to get divorced. This likely has to do with shared history, values and other things the spouses should have in common.
- Kids: couples who have more daughters have a higher rate of divorce; couples who have more sons have a lower rate.
- Wife: 73% of divorces are initiated by the wife.
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The Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) and Tameer Microfinance Bank signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for online connectivity of all Tameer Bank's outlets.
Tameer, a microfinance bank and a pioneer of branchless banking in Pakistan joined hands with PTCL, Pakistan's largest national telecom solution provider to deploy state-of-art network infrastructure across the country.
PTCL has become a prime technology partner of Tameer Microfinance Bank and will provide maximum benefits through its corporate products and solutions when and where required. PTCL will provide enterprise-wide network connectivity to all Tameer Microfinance Bank's outlets.
"Tameer distinguishes itself from other microfinance banks by being one of the first nationwide private sector, non-NGO transformed, commercially sustainable microfinance institutions in Pakistan," Tameer Bank's President Nadeem Hussain said on the auspicious occasion.
We aim to provide secure and low cost dedicated services to the economically active poor and in this regard we proudly announce PTCL as our prime technology partner in providing centralised connectivity at all our outlets, he added, added the president.
PTCL SEVP Business Zone South, Abdulla Yousef said Tameer Microfinance Bank is a valuable addition to PTCL's portfolio of its customers. This project will serve as another milestone in PTCL's perpetual pursuit for providing its customers with the best solutions based on the latest available technology in the market with unmatched services.


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New Yorkers love to complain about the horrible inefficiencies of the MTA. But when a loudmouth starts yelling racial slurs, the city's residents step up to make it known that such behavior isn't tolerated.
Now, the original footage of this incident is fairly heartwarming, assuming that you like seeing racists get shoved, kicked, and relentlessly mocked. But after Harlem rapper Princess Nokia ID'd herself as the woman who launched a bowl of hot soup at the racist, it made the video even more endearing.
It's uncommon to see someone in a popular online video offer immediate commentary on said video, and it's even rarer when that person is already a public figure. But Wednesday is the best day of the week for a reason, so not only do we get to see a racist, who slurred that he went to "NYU Law" get his comeuppance, but we found out who threw the soup. So if you happen to be at a Princess Nokia show, maybe offer her some soup—but please offer it in a tightly closed container and don't throw it.


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The Nigerian Government has reiterated her commitment to mobilize internal resources for health financing to ensure smooth transition without funding gaps, particularly immunization as Nigeria exits from the international financial assistance Programme.
In pursuant to this, "Nigeria is resolved to make Nigeria's health sector an investment destination and encourage Public Private Partnership, improving strategic planning and budgeting, transparency and accountability, budget execution and performance, with focus on efficiency and results.
Addressing the plenary at the 71st WHA, the Hon Minister of State for Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, said that to buttress sustainability of the health system, the government of Nigeria is working with state governments to explore funding options tailored to the needs of the various population and their ability to augment budgetary allocations.
On response to emergencies, Dr. Ehanire said 'Nigeria witnesses periodic disease outbreak, the latest being Lassa fever. We are continuously improving our response system to handle emergencies and challenges of public health concern and work with relevant agencies to meet global standards of preparedness with regard to prevention, detection and control of epidemics'
Furthermore, he said, 'As we approach polio eradication certification status, we shall build on this legacy, invest in surveillance mechanisms and curb disease importation.'
He also noted the prompt response of WHO to the re-emergence of Ebola viral hemorrhagic fever in the Democratic Republic of Congo.


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No Personal Calls on the Job? No Thanks
Even in a tough job market, 23% of recent college graduates wouldn't take a post where they couldn't make or take personal phone calls, and 20% would reject a place that didn't let them check personal email, according to a new study from staffing firm Adecco Group North America.
The study, which surveyed more than 500 22- to 26-year-old graduates of four-year degree programs, also found that newly minted graduates are short on patience: Only 3% said they expect to stay at any one job for more than five years, and 33% said they would probably stay three years or less.
And forget about paying dues in a less-than-fulfilling post in order to move up eventually: 91% said they would leave within a year if they don't like their jobs.
"With social media, this generation can see everything their peers are doing. So they feel like they have to move more often to keep up with where their friends and classmates are," said Janette Marx, senior vice president of Adecco Group North America.
So what are young employees looking for? Topping the list were good health benefits (74%), job security (73%), opportunities for growth and development (68%), work/life flexibility (66%), and high salary (61%).
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Stay Calm, and Don't Have a 'Hissy Fit'
Some tips for your next negotiation: stay calm, threaten to walk away and beware when bargaining with men.
That's according to a pair of new studies on negotiation strategies and ethical behavior.
While anger and heated words may turn off partners in a negotiation, calm threats—especially those delivered late in the game—proved successful in convincing people to capitulate, according to results of a study recently published in the Journal of Applied Psychology.
The study, based on three experiments with more than 300 subjects, by researchers at Insead, Stanford University, Northwestern University and other institutions, had partners bargain with a computer that made either angry statements ("I am very angry with your offer. This begins to seriously get on my nerves") or neutrally phrased threats and ultimatums ("take it or leave it"). The computers issued the statements at various stages in a six-round negotiation.
Researchers found that participants were consistently more likely to concede when faced with a coolly delivered threat than with anger.
"Sometimes when people are angry—when they are having a 'hissy fit'—they say things they don't mean," says study co-author Margaret Neale, a professor at Stanford's Graduate School of Business. "Those who issued threats were seen as more poised."
Meanwhile, men appear more willing than women to win at all costs—even if it means putting aside ethical standards in the process, according to a new paper accepted for publication in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.
Men are more pragmatic in their ethical reasoning than women, more lenient in applying ethical standards and more prone to "moral hypocrisy," found authors Laura Kray of University of California, Berkeley and Michael Haselhuhn from University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Men tend to assume that their masculinity is at stake during the interaction, according to the authors. That perceived threat can make them more aggressive in negotiations.
Men "tend to view ethics almost as a tool," Mr. Haselhuhn said, adding that they judge "ethicality" on the basis of practical consequences, and are more willing than women to justify moral wrongdoing by minimizing their actions' potential consequences.
In a series of four experiments, undergraduate and graduate students were asked to respond to situations in which questionable ethics were displayed. For example, one scenario involved a person selling a stereo and lying to a potential buyer about having another offer. When men were in the seller's position, they were more supportive of the lie; when they were told a classmate was the seller, they disapproved. Women saw the action as more unethical, no matter which character they were.
—Rachel Emma Silverman and Melissa Korn
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Dr. Tom Curran is joined by Monday Co-hosts Fr. Kurt Nagel and Pam Gunderson to discuss the unfolding clergy sex abuse scandal. Fr. Nagel gives his priestly reflection and testimony on the recent crisis and talks about the connection to the sexual revolution of the past decades.
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IDC released a report last week showing that Nordic companies have fallen behind in their digital transformation, and that Sweden is one of the countries in Europe who is working least actively with internal digitalization. As a measure, the Swedish government invested 78 million SEK to promote digitalization among small size businesses in Sweden. This is a good start, but a measure that unfortunately does not solve the real problem. If we look at larger companies, only 47% of them work actively to internally digitize their processes, in countries like France and Spain, this number is 76%.
So despite all the discussions about "becoming more digital", it is only just under half of the large companies who take words into action when it comes to internal processes. We here at CLOUDREPUBLIC don't think this is a reluctance to becoming more digital, but rather the fact that companies doesn't know in which end to start.
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The bad news in this report is that Sweden and the Nordic countries have fallen behind in the their digital transformation, the good news is that it doesn't need to be that way. We work every day to digitize companies, and we have no doubt that we will succeed long term. We are passionate about digitalization, and therefore we urge everyone to start becoming more digital.
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As Flu Concerns Ebb, Reemerging Disease Alarms Health Officials
On the heels of a record-setting flu season (278 deaths confirmed to date), health officials warn that another infectious virus has reemerged. Officials report that, already so far this year, 15 Californians have come down with a disease that was thought to have been eradicated by vaccine— Measles.
Measles, also known as Rubeola, is a highly contagious respiratory infection that is a virus which causes a total-body skin rash and flu-like symptoms, such as a fever, cough, and runny nose. Though rare in the United States, 20 million cases occur worldwide every year.
Signs and Symptoms
While Measles is probably best known for the associated full-body rash, the first symptoms are typically a hacking cough, runny nose, high fever and red eyes. Characteristic markers of Measles are small red spots with bluish white centers that appear inside the mouth. The rash itself typically has a red or reddish brown blotchy appearance, and first usually shows up on the forehead, then spreads downward over the face, neck, and body, then down to the arms and feet.
Measles is a leading cause of death among young children even though a safe and cost-effective vaccine is available.
- In 2012, there were 122 000 measles deaths globally – about 330 deaths every day or 14 deaths every hour.
- Measles vaccination resulted in a 78% drop in measles deaths between 2000 and 2012 worldwide.
- In 2012, about 84% of the world's children received one dose of measles vaccine by their first birthday through routine health services – up from 72% in 2000.
- Since 2000, more than 1 billion children in high risk countries were vaccinated against the disease through mass vaccination campaigns ― about 145 million of them in 2012.
Unfortunately, Measles is highly contagious. In fact, 90% of people who have not been vaccinated will contract it if they live with an infected person. Measles is spread when someone comes in direct contact with infected droplets such as when someone sneezes or coughs. A person with Measles is contagious from 1 to 2 days before symptoms start until about 4 days after the rash appears.
The Los Angeles Times reports that epidemiologists say we're off to "a bad year." To wit, this same time last year, there had been only two Measles cases.
The California Department of Public Health reported illnesses in six counties:
- Five in Los Angeles County
- Three each in Orange and Riverside counties
- Four combined in the Bay Area's Alameda, Contra Costa and San Mateo counties.
Although none of the reported cases have been fatal, Measles can be deadly. Authorities remain concerned that more people than reported may have been exposed. In fact, fears have emerged that thousands of people might have been exposed when a Measles-infected UC Berkeley student traveled on the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system.
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Measles was eliminated in the U.S. in 2000 — meaning that it no longer circulated. Nevertheless, people here can still contract the virus while traveling to locations where Measles is common, since it is airborne.
The two-part Measles immunization, which is given to kids at six months and four years old, is said to provide protection 99% of the time. According to Dr. Kathleen Harriman of the Public Health Department, said, "Fewer than 3% of California schoolchildren use the exemption."
The reason some opt out of the vaccines, by citing exemption due to 'personal beliefs,' is largely due to a myth that the vaccine is dangerous. No one has died of Measles in California this year, but the illness can be deadly in cases with complications, officials said. The public health department urged people who have not had Measles or received two doses of the Measles vaccine to get immunized before traveling outside of the Americas, where the disease is under control.
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Hello ,
All mails from M2 gone after Window Blue screen.
But the mail folder remains appears 9.5GB I believe all my mails still there . I rename omailbase.dat to oldomailbase.dat still doesn't help.
Any other solution can offer me please ?
Thank you very much.
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@sgunhouse said in M2 crash:
@emc Is it still fetching mails properly?
Thank you.
It fetch properly & you can see it like newly install.............
Labels are there but none of them contains any mail it used to have....
Thank you very much.
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Any chance I can make mails re-appear again in M2 ? .............................. ( as mail folder still 9 GB as I can see )
Thank you very much.
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If/when @burnout426 happens to come across this thread, he may be able to help since he seems to be something of an M2 troubleshooting expert.
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You can put the old omailbase.dat back and then check the database. You might get lucky.
If that doesn't work, you could try a very-recent backup of omailbase.dat (and possibly the indexer files, and UID files in the POP/IMAP folders). But, any messages that came in after that won't show.
The only real way to fix it is export your feeds list and contacts, close down Opera, rename the mail folder, delete wand.dat, opcert6.dat and contacts.adr. Then, start Opera and add (do not import) your mail accounts and newsgroup accounts back. Then, import your feeds lists and contacts. Then, recreate your labels (and add their rules and set their properties). Then, using "Menu -> settings -> import and export -> import mail -> import generic mbox -> add folder", for each POP account, import each account's messages, import the account's store/accountN folder in the mail folder (where N is the number for the account as seen in accounts.ini). Then, you'll have to manually move messages back into their labels (at least for messages that don't grab messages by rules). Then, you'll need to delete any duplicates (delete imported copies and not the ones newly-fetched from the POP server).
So, in short, you'll probably need to do it the hard way. You know the routine.
As for labels, you can copy the indexes from the old index.ini, renumber the indexes to follow along with the index numbers in the new index.ini and then change the index count at the top. You know the routine for this one too as you've had to do it quite a few times. As for learned rules in the "autofilter" folder in the mail folder (that are fore your lables and spam filter), you probably won't be able to reuse them from the start. However, once new ini files are created for any labels that have "learned from labeled messages" set, you could then close down Opera and add the rules from the old autofilter ini files to the new ones. They'd have different numbers in the filenames though.
With that said, some users sometimes get away with renaming the "mail" folder and using the "import from Opera" mail import wizard by pointing it to the old accounts.ini file. But, I personally don't trust it to not duplicate corruption in the old corrupted omailbase.dat. You can try it though if you want.
In short, nothing new you haven't tried in the past.
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@burnout426 Thank you so much & you brought me all good memories in our old days in M2 , really joyful indeed using M2 way back 10 years ago .....
Thank you very much !!!
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Hi , I made it by the HARD WAY and now I would like to know how I'm able to re-order the account position the way I want ?
i.e. the account 1 & 2 showing from below pics to move to the very bottom.
It's because I already have many custom right click command in index.ini controlling account dropdown next item , previous item but after the HARD WAY re-build account.ini they are now not in the same position as it was.
Thank you very much.
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@sgunhouse said but the dropdown is a different matter.
The dropdown yes , the account 1 & 2 used to be located at very bottom ., the last 2 items they were at.
After I re-build mail account all of them went in different position..
Can I manipulate account.ini the way to be in-order at my wish position ?
Side bar is not for me any important though as what I need is to re-order the position the mail account "dropdown" ( as to cope to my menu.ini , hundreds of context menu command in there base on different mail accounts )
Thank you very much.
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@sgunhouse said in but the dropdown is a different matter.
Helo , Is there anything I could do in order to achieve ............. ?
Sorry to ask again as now all mails send from in-correct mail account due to to they are not in the same position where my original menu.ini designed ( right click context menu command )
Thank you very much.
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@sgunhouse said in M2 crash:
As I said first, the obvious answer is to do the same thing you just finished doing, but make sure you recreate the accounts in the right order.
Oh well............. nightmare .......... but thanks !!!
Is there also solution in my OLD MAIL FOLDER import back FEEDS mail in the past in this re-build M2 ?
as far as I remember this can never possible in M2 in terms of FEEDS ........
Thank you very much.
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Is there also solution in my OLD MAIL FOLDER import back FEEDS mail
You are correct. It's not possible to import feed messages into the feeds account.


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This 4-year-old had the best transit-themed birthday party!
It's just another day for 4-year-old Isaac. He goes to preschool three days per week and loves his classmates, and teachers. He takes transit with his mom wherever he goes. And just like any other 4-year-old, Isaac is a huge transit fan. He loves watching videos of trains, buses, and cartoons.
Isaac started riding buses when he was 3-weeks-old, and it helps with his communication skills, says his mom, Pamela Carvajal, who sent The Buzzer blog pictures of Isaac's transit-themed birthday party!


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Hi guys, I update the theme and my site broke. Can't really figure out why. How can I get a copy of v1.5 to downgrade my site?
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I've started to create my page using your wonderful Make design, and would like to add a section like the news section you have on the preview version. Basically 3 colums, each column with an image on top, a title and content. I've added the 3 columns, added an image inside, title and content but my image does not fill the space and is aligned left. Can you shed some light on how to create the news design?
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Im green in coding…where do you change border top/bottom and arrows? in shortcodes?
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KC Column: The Return of Auntie KC
NOT by KC Carlson
Hello, twerps!
That regular gomer who usually writes this column isn't here. Seems that at his recent holiday party, the fool decided to invite both the Green Hulk and the Red Hulk ("because they look so Christmas-sy together"), and the next thing I know, he's impaled at the top of the tree and the EMTs are arguing about who's going to be sweeping all the dead needles out of the back of the ambulance. Happy Holidays, doofus!
Let's get right to the mail…
Dear Auntie KC,
Your nephew seems like a nice enough guy, but I get the impression that he tries to be a bit PC when it comes to talking about current comics. You know, trying not to offend anybody. I get the feeling that you're a bit more opinionated. So spill – What do you think about current comics?
Stu Inguptrouble
Chaos, NM
Aww, my boy KC's not so bad… He just up and got himself bitten by a radioactive moron when he was in high school, so nowadays he's still fixacated on them crazy sooperhero comical books. I hear lots of folks like 'em. Me, I'm really enjoying all those recent vintage comic strip collections, so I can read all my favorites of the past. For me, a good time is curling up with a big jug o' tonic and a new collection of Ziggy cartoons… or that Marmaduke fellow. I loves my pups! And whatever that Ziggy feller is…
If you're trying to rile me up and get me to say that I think that everybody in DC Comics is suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or that all the Marvel characters are victims of 'Roid Rage… Well, it's jes' not gonna happen here. Those two publishers are the epitome of… er… well, something. They are epitomious!
Hope this answers your question. Thanks for writing.
Auntie KC
Dear Auntie KC,
In that last letter, I think you misspelled fixated. Or else you are just a ignoramus.
Nathan Nincompoop
Poop Poop Pa Doop, PA
Thank you for the correction. My, the mail moves fast – and at Christmastime too! Although, for the record, I am not a ignoramus. According to my records, the Ignoramus died out around 500 years ago, right after the Earth was formed.
Hope this answers your question. Thanks for writing.
Auntie KC
Dear Auntie KC,
Did you get anything cool for Christmas?
Nosy Noodleman
Needles, NV
Well, my idiot nephew ended up in the hospital. That was pretty cool! Sure is quiet around here!
According to these notes he left on his desk, he asked some folks around the comics world what they got for Christmas:
Captain America: Brought back to life! Except that Stephen Colbert guy still has my shield!
Legion of Super-Heroes: A new/old writer!
Spider-Man: Promises from all my old friends to come and beat me up!
Harvey Birdman: A partridge in a pear tree.
Hulk: Bunny slippers! Hulk like bunnies!
Archie: Not really married! Whew!
Michelangelo: Two turtle doves.
Jonah Hex: My first ever graphic novel!
Red Arrow: A new pair of gloves.
Foghorn Leghorn: Three French hens.
Deadpool: 50 bazillion new comic series! Wowzers!
Pet Avengers: Bunny slippers! (And our own comic book!)
Oracle: Four calling birds.
Norman Osborn: Hair straightener.
Groo: Cheese dip! (From Wisconsin! Thanks, Roger!)
Yellow Lanterns: Five golden rings!
Crystal: A new husband! Eww!
Nemesis: My own comic book! (Only took 30 years!)
Gladstone Gander: Six geese a-laying.
Buffy: Twilight on Blu-Ray.
Terra: A secret identity.
Vanessa Kapatelis: Seven swans a-swimming.
Huey, Dewey & Louie: Junior Woodchuck Guidebook iPhone app.
Barry Allen: 1,000 pairs of socks.
Bessie the Hellcow: Eight maids a-milking.
Dr. Bong: The Clapper.
Swamp Thing: A chia pet.
Swan (CMX): Nine ladies dancing.
Kitty Pryde: Lost Season Five DVD.
Choopie: Hostess fruit pies!
Batroc: Ten lords a-leaping.
Doc Savage: Tan in a can.
Steven Strange: His medical degree back.
Hartley Rathaway: Eleven pipers piping.
Flaming Carrot: A hat made of Spam.
Wolverine: Beer of the Month Club.
The Drummer: Twelve drummers drumming.
Marvel Universe: 1-Day Park Hopper passes.
Usagi Yojimbo: Bunny slippers. I find this in poor taste. Must be from Gen.
Metal Men: A rock.
Hope this answers your question. Thanks for writing.
Auntie KC
Dear Auntie KC,
I'm really excited by all the big storylines going on right now. Do you have any spoilers?
Danjo Quesadido
Gonnagetsued, NY
You mean you want me to give away the endings of the stories? Sure! I can do that!
(Nobody minds, do they?)
Fall of the Hulks: Red Hulk (the smart one) realizes that they wouldn't keep falling down if they didn't forget to tie their shoes, so he gets all the Hulks size 47EEEEEE Velcro sneakers. Problem solved!
Fall of the Hulks (alternate ending): The Hulks all go to school for Weebles training. Problem solved!
Blackest Night: Alfred remembers to pay the power bill. Problem solved!
Dark Reign: Reed Richards builds several giant Brita filters and installs them in orbit around the Earth. Problem solved!
The Search for Batman: They find him. Problem solved!
Who Will Wield the Shield?: Super Mario. When you need a welder, why not get the best plumber available? Problem solved!
Siege: Norman Osborn has a bad hair day, flips out, and destroys the Marvel Universe. The Sentry curls up in a ball and cries. Problem solved!
Oh! Was I supposed to leave room to scroll down? Oopsie!
Hope this answers your question. Thanks for writing.
Auntie KC
Dear Auntie KC,
Have you made a New Year's Resolution yet?
Neil Questioningly (Mrs.)
Resolute, NV
Yes! Not to answer any more stupid questions!
Oh, and here are some Resolutions from comic folks. They're probably just as dumb as the Christmas presents list…
Batman: Not to be dead. Oh, and to stay away from Grant Morrison. He creeps me out.
Hulk: To wear bunny slippers! Hulk like bunnies!
Norman Osborn: To stop listening to the voices inside my head.
Norman Osborn: What voices?
Norman Osborn: You know what voices.
Norman Osborn: Ohhhh… Those voices. Just ignore them.
Norman Osborn: Norman is such a pretty girl. Aren't I a pretty girl, Norman?
Norman Osborn: PARKER!
Norman Osborn: I wish I had bunny slippers…
Norman Osborn: Will you all SHUT UP?!? I'm trying to watch Lost!
Deadpool: To think before talking. Like that's gonna happen…
Superman: To actually appear in my own comic books.
The Sentry: Stop listening to Norman.
Millie the Model: Wishing I would get my own Marvel Masterworks.
Justice Society: A membership cap, until we can get things sorted out.
Red Arrow: Change my name to Lefty.
Namor: Keep going to my anger management classes.
Archie: Learn to make up my mind.
Betty & Veronica: Find better boyfriend material.
Dark Wolverine: Stop listening to Norman.
Green Arrow: Not to keep secrets.
Iron Man: If I only had a brain…
Norman Osborn: Did I really sleep with Gwen Stacy?
Ronin/Hawkeye: Did I really sleep with Wanda?
Black Widow: I need to call Tony. And Clint. And Matt. And Logan. And Bucky. And Herc. And Nick. And…
Warlord: Learn to live for the moment.
Ms. Marvel (Dark Avengers): Stop listening to Norman.
Luke Cage: Learn to play golf.
Cyclops: Sometimes, you just need a little Doop…
Titans and Teen Titans: To discover a sense of purpose. Finally.
Funky Flashman: Start pushing Comic Books in a Can! We're losing sales to Motion Comics!
Red Hulk: Get my own bunny slippers. They're so cool! I mean, GRRRRRRRRRRRR!
Necrosha: Why does my storyline seem so familiar?
Gravediggers everywhere: Go back to school and get a real job.
Norman Osborn: Stop listening to Norman.
Roger Ash: Find a better columnist.
Hope this answers your question. Thanks for writing.
Auntie KC
Dear Auntie KC,
When does KC get out of the hospital? When he does, can you put him back in again? Your columns are a lot more fun!
Johanna Roseannadanna
Fort Lee, NJ
Thanks, J! I think that can be arranged! Ever since he had that stroke, you can distract him with just about anything shiny! Have you got a spoon?
[sound of door closing]
KC: Hey, Auntie! What's going on here? What are you doing here?
AUNTIE KC: Uh… nothing. Um… How was the hospital?
KC: What are you talking about? I was just getting the mail. What are you doing at my computer?
AUNTIE KC: Nothing…
[reads column]
KC: ARRGH! WHAT ARE YOU DOING!? You know the Judge said "No more columns!" We still haven't settled all the lawsuits from the last one yet! And how did you get out of your apartment without your ankle alarm going off!
AUNTIE KC: Um…
KC: You can't say this stuff!!! WE LOVE COMICS!!! Some of these people are my friends! I'll get fired! Again!
AUNTIE KC: Almost done… Just let me…
KC: And get away from my computer!!!. I can't have you accidentally hitting that PUBLISH butt
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My late and great friend Abbie Hoffman used to open his lectures with a bet, what he called the Journalist Challenge. He offered $100 to any reporter present who could file a story on his talk with less than three errors. He was a chronic gambler all his life, but he told me that this was one bet he never lost.
Mistakes by reporters are common as we go about the rush of making deadlines with what is often acknowledged as "the first draft of history." But sometimes it is more than the facts that get messed up: Sometimes a whole story gets sanitized or half-told. When that story involves hundreds of dead people, as the one I am about to tell you about does, it becomes essential to try to understand why some in the media avoid or fail to fully investigate odious war crimes.
How can so much of the world press, now covering the Afghan War, miss so much of the forest for the trees? I am talking about the apparent massacre of 600 prisoners in late November. I will revisit the details in a moment, but permit me a flashback — to another war, the one in Vietnam, and an infamous hamlet called My Lai, set off in the rice fields of the countryside.
"Q: Babies? A: Babies"
The world can't forget what happened there, how American soldiers, pressed by their commanders to escalate their "enemy kill rate," shot down civilians in a ditch, even as other soldiers in passing helicopter landed and, at gunpoint, forced the unit, under the command of Lieutenant William Calley (later pardoned by the even more criminal Richard Nixon), to stop the massacre. There was a famous antiwar poster about the event that was briefly plastered in the subways of New York. It featured a color photo of the bodies of the victims, men, women and children. Designed by Lee Baxandall, the poster was memorable for its simplicity. Above and below the grisly picture was a short question and answer: "Q: Babies? A: Babies."
That massacre did not go unreported thanks to the late Ron Ridenhour who, with the help of a young Seymour Hersh, had to set up their own news agency, the Dispatch News Service, to disseminate the story of an atrocity that the Pentagon at first denied happened. Most U.S. media ignored it until they no longer could. To this day, U.S. military commanders hate most journalists because of exposés like this, which embarrass them even though the military did prosecute the crimes later. The truth is that war-making doesn't always look very good in the light of independent scrutiny. Significantly, a year ago, CBS's "60 Minutes" went back to My Lai with some of the soldiers who witnessed what happened, who now say their own government deserves to be tried for war crimes.
Where are War Crimes Reporters Today?
Where were the U.S. mainstream media outlets when crimes of similar moral gravitas were being committed right in front of them today? I am talking about that so-called prison revolt in the old fort called Qalai Janghi in Mazar-i-Sharif, which was only fully extinguished by the end of last week. To be sure, these men were not civilians, but armed combatants. But once in custody, they must be treated according to the Geneva convention. A fuller probe is warranted.
Thanks to the British press, the story has received more than the usual episodic treatment, with a story here or there but no cumulative impact. While Time and CNN covered it, the UK media offered in-depth analysis not only of the horror but its meaning in terms of possible war crimes. The BBC, Times of London, Independent and Guardian were all over the grisly story in graphic detail, while most American outlets played it only as more bang bang.
Justin Huggler wrote in London's Independent last Friday about its grisly aftermath. "They were still carrying the bodies out yesterday. So many of them were strewn around the old fortress. We saw one go past whose foot had been half-torn off and was hanging from his leg by a shred of flesh. The expression on the face of the dead man was so clear that it was hard to believe he was dead until you saw the gaping red hole in the side of his forehead. The stench of rotting human flesh had become overpowering; at times, it was hard to breathe. But questions remained as they cleared away the bodies of slaughtered foreign Taliban fighters believed to be loyal to Osama bin Laden."
The Media And The Massacre
Let's turn to those questions in a minute since this column is more about media than massacres. And it is also about how some journalists performed like modern-day Ridenhours and Hershes, while most did not. For one thing, few journalists explained the run-up to the prison outrage, as in how the Taliban prisoners got there in the first place. On November 25, The New York Times carried a front page photo showing members of the Northern Alliance and the Taliban shaking hands in Konduz and appearing to peacefully resolve a showdown that U.S. Defense Secretary Rumsfeld had predicted would be a bloody fight to the finish, an eventuality he seemed to relish in the soundbites I saw. At that time, the Northern Alliance, advised and outfitted by the U.S. and Britain, had the town surrounded and was moving in for the kill — until, that is, talks broke out and a peace of sorts was brokered.
As I discovered from the Sunday New York Times, the two sides had worked out a deal. The Taliban forces believed they would be treated fairly if they gave up. A photo underscored the point. The caption: "Northern Alliance troops near Amirabad watched as a convoy of surrendering Taliban soldiers from Konduz passed through the front lines." These men were on their way to the Northern Alliance fort at Mazar-i Sharif as part of what the Times called, "a script for surrender." The Times correspondent also reported that General Rashid Dostum had promised to turn them over to the UN and international courts.
This was reported without clarification. What "international courts" were not specified. I shook my head. The Times knew there were no international courts in place. They also knew the UN had no provisions to accept prisoners. Why didn't the newspaper of record mention this? Was this some scam? Had the Taliban's feared foreign troops been suckered? The Times then added, rather obliquely, "It was unclear if his (Dostum's) view would hold." The next sentence seems to reflect the "catch 'em and kill 'em" orientation of the Alliance and the Pentagon, which was cheering them on: "Other Northern Alliance Leaders say they want to try the men in Afghan criminal courts and possibly put them to death." Again, the Times failed to point out that there were no such courts functioning either.
That was Saturday. The foreign troops surrendered presumably with the expectation that they would be turned over to the UN. Maybe they didn't know better. Maybe they believed Dostum, who has fought on every side over the long years of combat in that country, with the Russians against the Mujadids and then with the Mujadids against the Russians, with the Taliban and now against it. He is known as a killer par excellence. His forces slaughtered 50,000 people between l992 and '96 in Kabul, leading to many Afghans welcoming the Taliban as saviors. Now he was wheeling and dealing with the Taliban, cajoling them to stop fighting. Those fanatical fighters believed they had a deal. The next day, when they discovered they didn't, the world would find out that it had a problem. A deadly one.
A Revolting Revolt
What happened next? Here is the reconstruction by the Independent's Huggler, published five days later:
"Bound to one another, the prisoners were taken in pickup trucks to Qalai Janghi, the 19th-century mud-walled fortress that Dostum had used as his headquarters after the fall of Mazar-i-Sharif to his Northern Alliance forces three weeks previously.
"It was on Saturday that what started as the relatively peaceful surrender of the northern Afghan Taliban stronghold of Konduz suddenly started to go out of control inside the fort. Before the eyes of Western reporters, two foreign Taliban prisoners, in the process of being registered by the Red Cross, detonated hand grenades, killing themselves and two senior aides to General Dostum and slightly injuring the ITN news reporter Andrea Catherwood.
"It was not the first time that we had heard of bin Laden's 'foreigners' committing suicide rather than be taken alive. The Northern Alliance claimed that a group of around 60 of them jumped into a river and drowned themselves. Another group were found kneeling in positions of prayer, each with a single bullet wound from behind. A Northern Alliance commander alleged that one of them had killed all of the others in a suicide pact before turning the gun on himself.
"But there were always fears that the stories might have been invented to cover up Northern Alliance massacres of the foreign fighters. Nor was it the first time that surrendering Taliban had not been properly disarmed. Over the past few weeks, journalists in Afghanistan have watched repeatedly as Taliban who had surrendered were allowed to head into Northern Alliance-held towns, waving their Kalashnikovs and rocket-launchers triumphantly in the air. This time, however, defiance grew into mayhem, culminating in the scenes of trucks piled high with human bodies that we saw heading out of Qalai Janghi yesterday."
The Plot Thickens
OK. So far we have two Taliban prisoners, allowed to take arms into a prison — how crazy is that? — and then attack their jailers. Time magazine reported that they were outraged when they saw Western reporters. Perhaps they thought the UN would be there. But that was just one, contained incident.
Huggler continues: "The next day, Sunday, the prisoners — many of them with their arms tied behind their backs — were being herded into a room for interrogation before two CIA agents [Mike Spann and one identified only as Dave]. Did they fear retribution for the previous day's murder of the two Northern Alliance commanders? Or was it, as another account suggests, the mere sight of two Americans — from the foreign fighters' point of view, sworn enemies of bin Laden — that provoked the bloodbath that followed?
"The incompetence of the Northern Alliance soldiers — who, guided by the U.S. and British special forces, failed to search the prisoners properly and thus allowed them to smuggle in knives and grenades hidden in their clothes — must be seen as a key factor in the disaster. The men were also housed next to the fortress's well-stocked armory."
Enter the CIA agent, now being celebrated as America's first dead hero in many media outlets. Why is he there? Not to hand the prisoners over to a nonexistent UN presence, to be sure. He is there as an interrogator, and you can perhaps imagine what interrogation means in these circumstances.
Now we have an account from the Taliban side. One of those feared "foreign" troops turned out not to be so foreign. He is 20-year-old American citizen John Walker, a.k.a. Abdul Hamid, now in a military hospital as a POW in U.S. hands. He told Newsweek's Colin Soloway, "Early in the morning, they began taking us out, slowly, one by one into the compound. Some of the Majahdeen (Taliban) were scared. They thought we were all going to be killed. I saw two Americans there. They were taking pictures with a digital camera and a video camera. As soon as the last of us was taken out, someone either pulled a knife or threw a grenade at the guards and got their guns and started shooting." (My hunch is that the fight in the prison will be nothing compared to the fight by agents, studios and TV companies for the rights to his story.)
Who Fired First?
BBC's "Newsnight" interviewed Oliver August, correspondent for The Times, London, in Mazar-i-Sharif, who said that Spann and his CIA colleague, Dave, were thought (by reporters on the scene) to have set off the violence by aggressively interrogating foreign Taliban prisoners and asking, "Why did you come to Afghanistan?" This really pissed off the Taliban captives, who probably wanted to ask them the same thing. August said their questions were answered by one prisoner jumping forward and announcing, "We're here to kill you." The Guardian's Mazar-i-Sharif correspondent blamed the CIA for failing "on entering the fort to observe the first rule of espionage: keep a low profile." Rashmee X. Ahmed of the Times of India reported that "August said Spann subsequently pulled his gun and his CIA colleague shot three prisoners dead in cold blood before losing control of the situation." This report was filed by a member of a Murdoch-owned outlet hardly sympathetic to Islamic militancy. Other would-be observers like Amnesty International and the Red Cross, which has a duty to insure that prisoners of war are treated according to law, asked to observe. They were denied entrance.
According to Ahmed, "Spann was then 'kicked, beaten and bitten to death,' the journalists said, in an account of the ferocity of the violence that lasted four days, leaving more than 500 people dead and the fort littered with 'bodies, shrapnel and shell casings.'"
The fort was bombed, U.S. air strikes called in by the Northern Alliance's U.S. advisors. One of them killed Northern Alliance troops. All of this was detailed on British TV and in the media there. But not in the USA. On December 3, the New York Post reported that "Northern Alliance forces slaughtered more than 600 prisoners." Somehow the U.S. role was omitted in a blatant rewrite of the incident. The possibility that these men had revolted because they feared execution without trial — a not unreasonable fear given the Northern Alliance's track record in the past and as recently as their bloody "liberation" of Mazar-i-Sharif with hundreds killed — wasn't cited anywhere. I am not rationalizing their fanaticism, just noting that their motives and the larger context needed more explication. The Western media had already demonized them, but the circumstances of this incident were reported but unexplained.
What We Saw
On Tuesday night we saw the bodies on ABC's World News Tonight and other outlets. We saw front pages stories in the New York Post and Daily News honoring Spann, but no details of why this revolt started. As news of this incident — without any reference to the fact that massacring prisoners is a violation of international law — started getting airplay on CNN, it triggered my memory of an atrocity closer to home, the massacre at Attica Prison in upstate New York in 1971, which I covered back in my radio days. It was also initially blamed on the bloodthirsty prisoners who slashed the necks of the guards. That claim was later disproved and it was shown to be an execution by the New York State Police. I wondered if Qalai Janghi would become an Afghan Attica. (Incidentally, last year, almost 30 years later, the state was forced by the courts to pay compensation to the survivors.)
But issues of responsibility and allegations of war crimes had still not become a major U.S. media focus as of Friday. The New York Times downplayed the suggestion that this was a war crime by reporting, "No major human rights group has its own monitors in Afghanistan, and their officials agree that in a war with few credible witnesses, and with some of the Taliban soldiers clearly fanatical, the exact circumstances of such killings are murky."
Later, Amnesty in London would call for a full probe but Human Rights Watch in New York was more wishy-washy: "Any summary execution of prisoners is a clear violation of the Geneva Convention, but there are a lot of gray areas," said Sidney Jones, the Asia director for Human Rights Watch. "For example, there has been a lot of concern raised that dozens of the dead prisoners in the fort had their hands bound. But that doesn't mean they were summarily executed, and we have nobody on the ground to investigate." I saw reports of men with bullet holes through their heads, execution-style, and later, heard accounts of Northern Alliance troops prying gold teeth out of their mouths.
The failure to condemn this outrageous conduct infuriated The Independent's veteran Middle East watcher Robert Fisk, who was equally scornful of the media and the military. His words deserve more than brief quotation:
Are We War Criminals?
"We are becoming war criminals in Afghanistan. The U.S. Air Force bombs Mazar-i-Sharif for the Northern Alliance, and our heroic Afghan allies — who slaughtered 50,000 people in Kabul between 1992 and 1996 — move into the city and execute up to 300 Taliban fighters. The report is a footnote on the television satellite channels, a 'nib' in journalistic parlance. Perfectly normal, it seems. The Afghans have a 'tradition' of revenge. So, with the strategic assistance of the USAF [U.S. Air Force], a war crime is committed.
"Now we have the Mazar-i-Sharif prison 'revolt,' in which Taliban inmates opened fire on their Alliance jailers. U.S. Special Forces — and, it has emerged, British troops — helped the Alliance to overcome the uprising and, sure enough, CNN tells us some prisoners were 'executed' trying to escape. It is an atrocity.
"The Americans have even less excuse for this massacre. For the U.S. Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, stated quite specifically during the siege of the city that U.S. air raids on the Taliban defenders would stop 'if the Northern Alliance requested it.' Leaving aside the revelation that the thugs and murderers of the Northern Alliance were now acting as air controllers to the USAF in its battle with the thugs and murderers of the Taliban, Mr. Rumsfeld's incriminating remark places Washington in the witness box of any war-crimes trial over Konduz. The U.S. were acting in full military cooperation with the Northern Alliance militia.
"Most television journalists, to their shame, have shown little or no interest in these disgraceful crimes. Cozying up to the Northern Alliance, chatting to the American troops, most have done little more than mention the war crimes against prisoners in the midst of their reports. What on earth has gone wrong with our moral compass since 11 September?"
The Need For Continuing Coverage
What indeed? This atrocity may come to stand for this war that the U.S. seems to be "winning" (if wars are ever fully won) in the same way that My Lai came to symbolize the war we lost. At My Lai, there was a journalist on the ground with the courage to blow the whistle. Only the British press has done so this time. As Amnesty International and the UN's Human Rights Commissioner Mary Robinson demand an investigation, let's hope this issue will receive better coverage here in the States.
There are laws governing the treatment of prisoners. Imagine the outcry in the U.S. if U.S. prisoners in a Taliban jail had revolted and been bombed or fired upon. As Human Rights Day approaches on December 10, Washington must be held accountable for its abuses just as we demand that the Taliban and the terrorists be punished for theirs.
Let me be clear: In upholding the primacy of international law, I am not excusing Taliban crimes. Scenes of splattered bodies of men in captivity make better recruiting videos for bin Laden than all his in-cave pronouncements combined. They erode the idea that somehow America's technologically advanced campaign for "justice" is morally superior to the Taliban or Al Qaeda's cruder terror tactics.
Trying To Kill The Survivors
What is amazing is that despite all the bombardments and the killings, 60 prisoners survived in the fort's subcellar. When they were first discovered, Newsweek reports, "Alliance soldiers poured diesel fuel into the basement and lit it, on the assumption that any remaining Taliban would be killed by the fire and the fumes. When this incineration strategy failed, they were washed out when their basement bunker was flooded with freezing water. (Now Defense Secretary Rumsfeld says that the U.S. may use gas to "smoke out" bin Laden if U.S. troops find him hiding in any of the caves they are blasting, amidst fears of significant collateral damage from folks living in the vicinity.)
Coverage of these attacks and crime is trickling out, largely because an American was among the captives. The lack of careful, thorough coverage by the U.S. media is a crime in its own right against the public's right to know. Today's "Turbanators," as one satirist recently characterized President Bush in a mock movie ad modeled on Schwartzenegger's "Terminator," might play more by the same international rules of war if they knew that the media would hold their feet to the fire if they didn't. The lack of government information about the war is bad enough. The U.S. media's failure to fully investigate this alleged war crime makes them complicit in a cover-up.


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US Forces Open Fire On School Children In Afghanistan
October 17, 2017
US forces reportedly opened fire on school children in Eastern Afghanistan in response to the pupils throwing stones at the US military vehicles.
Two of the children were shot at and injured as some of their class mates threw stones at the vehicles
RT reports: Two of the eight pupils at a school on the outskirts of the city of Jalalabad in the Nangarhar Province were injured in the alleged shooting, its head teacher told RT's Ruptly news agency.
Saying that the incident happened at 7:00 Monday morning, the man explained that he "was standing at the main gate of the school where the pupils enter."
"The Americans were patrolling the road. Then I heard firing sounds. Some of the pupils were carrying two injured schoolboys," the man claimed.
The two injured boys, who have been treated by doctors at a local hospital, also shared their account of the events with Ruptly.
"I wanted to go to school. When I entered the school, some of our classmates took the stones and threw them at the US vehicles. Then they [US troops] opened fire. I got injured in my leg. My friend also got injured," one of the boys said from his hospital bed, with bullets visible next to him.
The children were saying that "the US should get out of our country," the boy added.
Another child who received a leg injury claimed he personally had not thrown stones at the US convoy.
Saying that the stone-throwing boys "don't know better because they are children," the father of one injured boy pointed out that the US troops should have known better than to shoot at the boys.
"They have come here to build our country. This is not good that they open fire on children and they [children] get injured," the man told Ruptly.
The head teacher said the school condemns the incident and called for the government to "inquire about this case." Ruptly has contacted the NATO-led Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan, but so far received no response.
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UnityWorks founder, Dr. Randie Gottlieb, gave a very well-received presentation on "Recognizing Oneness: Educating Teachers about the Unity of Humankind," at the recent International Social and Economic Development Conference in Orlando, Florida. The focus of the presentation was on leading teachers from the widespread view of separate races, from entrenched prejudices passed down from previous generations, from prevailing notions of us and them, to the recognition that we are one human race. The conference was attended by 650 development practitioners from countries throughout North and South America and Europe.
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UnityWorks is on the road to Royal City, WA, to deliver the second of six diversity training sessions for school district staff and faculty. The focus is on culture: its impact on teaching and learning, strategies for creating culturally-responsive classrooms, and ways to communicate more effectively with students, parents and colleagues from other cultural backgrounds.
FUNDESCU, Panama
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"Once again let me thank the Mona Foundation for the wonderful work done by Drs. Gottlieb and Dr. Suzuki in Soloy. They have won the heart of the Ngobe people. We are deeply grateful."
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On Saturday 23rd April, the Hampshire Farmers' Market will return to Hamble Quay for Hamble Valley Celebrates St George's Day!
As part of the Hamble Valley celebration of St. George's Day, Hamble Quay is hosting the Hampshire Farmers' Market with a huge selection of tasty treats.
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The market will run between 10am – 4pm, selling a whole variety of fresh produce including locally free range lamb, beef and pork, honey, cheeses, sausages, bacon, fish, jams and chutneys, plants, wine and beer, cakes, bread and more.
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What's nex
Dr Weevil finds some dubious Latin at kausfiles:
Mickey Kaus writes (April 19th, 5:20 pm):
. . . why should the L.A. Times probe into Burkle's various nexes with prominent Democratic politicos?
"Nexes"? Eeeew! The plural of Latin nexus is nexus. No, the two forms are not identical: the singular has a short U and rhymes with "wuss" and "puss", while the plural has a long U and rhymes with "goose" and "moose". Of course, "various nexus" would look and sound terrible in English, and "nexuses" would be even worse. As with mongooses and octopuses (or octopodes), it's probably best to avoid the plural entirely.
Fourth declension, I guess.
Then there was the (probably apocryphal) zoo employee who sent the following request: "Dear Sir: Please send me a mongoose. While you're at it, please send me another one."
As for the plural of Lexus, heck, I can't afford even a single Lexus. (I drive Mazdae.)
And in defense of Kaus, at least he didn't say "nexi".Posted at 6:56 PM to Say What?
Why not "nexera"?Posted by: McGehee at 9:21 AM on 22 April 2006
I guess "nexus" isn't neuter.
This reminds me of a wondrous bit of fake Latin that flummoxed me when I was a schoolboy:
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In March 2015, the Trust granted an amazing Tall Ships opportunity to a young man and his youth worker. They sent us both inspiring reports. Here is the start of Rachael's story.
"My name is Rachael McMillan, I'm currently 21 years old and I am a Youth Worker with Girvan Youth Trust, a big part of my role is supporting young people on a one to one basis, working on personal development/life skills. Through this role I have taken part in various sailing voyages with Tall Ships Youth Trust, Jubilee Sailing Trust and TS Pelican, therefore I am aware how much someone, more specifically a young person can benefit from a sailing voyage. Derek Mitchell is 20 years old, he is a young man with additional support needs who is currently at a crossroads in his life. Having known and worked with Derek for a few years now I knew this would be an ideal opportunity for Derek to get away from home life and focus on himself........"
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Dyson's first physical store opened on London's Oxford Street earlier this month. The Dyson Demo store captures the experimental edge of the design experts behind Dyson's electronic products, while serving as an attraction for visitors to gets hands-on with Dyson's innovative technological products. GDR's Hannah Macey went to visit the store.
On entering the store, I am met by two concrete statues of Dyson's vacuum cleaners inscribed with the words "Magna Pila" – Latin for "Large Ball" – which frame the entrance of the two-storey retail space. On first glance, it is clear that the flagship store is an experiential destination and education centre intended to showcase the innovative talents behind Dyson's products. It's laid out more like an exhibition space than an electronics store, with plinths playfully presenting Dyson's iconic products.
The ground floor space displays the brand's products on white plinths with a team of Dyson experts ready to respond to my questions with their in-depth product knowledge. Pricing and product details are available on small paper pamphlets, similar to exhibition guides. The store showcases the full range of Dyson's products from their blade-less air treatment systems, to their striking CYS desk lighting fitted with an LED light and effective cooling system.
To encourage interactivity, the store displays 64 different dust and debris samples, in small, cosmetics-style pots, which visitors can scatter on three different floor surfaces. After emptying a pot of white powder onto a section of carpet, I experienced for myself the powerful suction of Dyson's cord free vacuums. At the same time, I watched the workmanship of the self-controlled Dyson 360 Eye robotic vacuum cleaning away a scattering of Cheerios on the adjacent wooden floor surface. True to its promise, the powerful suction left no spot untouched.
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Clearly, the space is aiming to be an interactive learning environment designed to educate visitors about Dyson's creations. Brand storytelling is central to the store experience. Large digital screens show the inner workings of the products. The walls illustrate the technological history of the development of Dyson's products, explaining the engineers' vision. James Dyson's personal narrative runs through the store: how he tried and tested, failing again and again, only finally succeeding.
Upstairs, there is a salon where visitors can have their hair styled and dried for free by professional hairdressers demonstrating Dyson's latest innovation: the £299 Supersonic fast drying hairdryer, cleverly engineered for weightless balance.
The store feels like a hybrid exhibition/retail space and excels in both of those regards. Strong storytelling and engaging interactive features set it in a league of its own amongst home appliance retailers.
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Smoothies and juicing - just another fad? With BBC Radio Bristol
Green juices are the hottest trend in food right now, and the NutriBullet seems to have taken the world by storm. But can smoothies and juices actually improve your health?
I think it's important to remember that human beings were designed to chew. Chewing your food and allowing it to be processed naturally requires more energy. And when you chew, you give your body the chance to create the right cocktail of digestive enzymes – and this helps you to break down your food into small enough components to be absorbed properly. It also provides you with a greater sense of satisfaction from the food you're eating, because your brain and digestive system have had time to connect.
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And, when you juice your fruit and vegetables, you remove the fibre which affects how satisfied you feel after eating, and is important for bowel health. In my opinion, replacing meals with a green juice can affect your relationship with food and isn't a sustainable way of managing your weight in the longer term.
So is there any point to smoothies or juices, or are they just an expensive fad?
Green juices can be useful if you're trying to cut back on your intake of caffeine or improving your energy levels. They are a quick way of releasing micronutrients such as B vitamins, vitamin C and folic acid into your bloodstream which could help to give you a boost. They could also be useful when you're poorly, particularly if your digestion is upset. But it's best to make them yourself and to drink fresh instead of buying them from a shop.
Smoothies are also helpful if you're trying to increase your fruit and vegetable intake. Ideally you want at least 7 cupped handfuls worth of vegetables and no more than 2 cupped handfuls of fruit per day, which might feel like a tall order to chew through! So, if you're not eating enough fruit and vegetables, or you're tight on time and want to get into eating breakfast, you might want to invest in a NutriBullet (or a hand blender will do).
Here's my top breakfast recipe – it serves as a good post-training recovery drink too:
Berry Protein Blast
2 tablespoons of Pulsin Pea Protein or Whey Protein Isolate (get a 10% discount on orders placed online – use Apple10 at the checkout)
1 cupped handful of fresh or frozen berries
2 tbsps of low fat plain organic yoghurt or coconut yoghurt
1 tbsp honey
Top up with fresh water or unsweetened almond milk to the "max" line
Whiz, drink slowly, or screw on a cap and pop it into your bag.
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The Supreme Court's sharply divided (5-4) decision in the Hobby Lobby case has implications not only for the reproductive futures of women across the country, but political and business policies. We've rounded up analysis, commentary and questions left open by the ruling:
Why the Hobby Lobby decision actually hurts people of faith | Think Progress
"A Public Religion Research Institute survey conducted in early June found that a substantial majority of almost every major U.S. Christian group support the idea that publicly-held corporations and privately-owned corporations should be required to provide employees with healthcare plans that cover contraception and birth control at no cost."
Hobby Lobby's hypocrisy: The company's retirement plan invests in contraception manufacturers | Mother Jones
This story further indicates that Hobby Lobby's pursuit of this exemption wasn't about making a good business decision.
How I lost faith in the "pro-life" movement | Patheos
A first-hand account of a woman who went from president of her university's chapter of Students for Life to identifying with the pro-choice movement, all because of their approaches to reducing the number of abortions.
8 best lines from Ginsburg's dissent | Mother Jones
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote the dissenting opinion in the case, and she was, as ever, eloquent and blunt.
What qualifies as a "closely held" company | Wall Street Journal
Hobby Lobby is controlled by the same family that founded it, but how far does that "closely held" definition extend?


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