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In mid-September, during another busy day at London Fashion Week, the fashion world made its way from the Tom Ford show and a cocktail party at 10 Downing Street over to dinner.
At Berners Tavern in central London, the designers Jonathan Anderson, Nicholas Kirkwood and Christopher Kane mingled alongside executives like Domenico De Sole of Tom Ford, LVMH�s Pierre-Yves Roussel and Net-a-Porter�s Natalie Massenet. Even the actor Dan Aykroyd showed up.
They were there at the invitation � and, in some ways, tacit celebration � of Imran Amed, the 39-year-old editor-in-chief and founder of the website The Business of Fashion. The dinner signified the most recent publication of the BoF 500, a power list conceived by Amed a year ago and already a much-scrutinized list of who�s in (Kendall Jenner, Shayne Oliver) and who�s out (Terry Richardson, Olivier Theyskens).
Most of the people in the room were on the list, of course, a fact that seemed to make Amed almost giddy as he talked about it later: �I literally went through the seating chart and planned every single table, thinking, �Well, who would like to talk to whom?� �
A few days after the event, Amed sat in the restaurant at the Palazzo Parigi Hotel in Milan, fresh from that morning�s Giorgio Armani show. He was dressed in a colorful Sacai shirt, Nudie jeans, a Burberry trench, Prada boots and dark Celine eyeglasses. He is not an imposing figure. He is either 5-foot-3 or 5-foot-4 (he said he would have to measure himself to confirm) and, depending on how bulky the show invitation he is carrying that day, weighs a little north or just shy of 100 pounds.
As Amed recalled the dinner, it was hard not to accept the fact that he was very much among his peers, and that Amed himself would surely occupy a spot on that list of 500 if he were not the one conjuring it up.
It has been quite the leap for a onetime fashion nobody, a former McKinsey management consultant who had gone from back-row blogger to front-row fixture in the space of just a few years.
�It�s not like I ever sat in my room and said I was going to start a media company and become an editor-in-chief,� Amed said. �It was never my dream. It was something that just happened.�
There are plenty of sites dedicated to monitoring Rihanna and Cara Delevingne�s Instagram accounts and the latest red carpet faux pas. The Business of Fashion is not that.
�It�s really about the ideas,� Amed said. �It�s not about flash or controversy.�
Two recent stories on the site were about Hermes� retail strategy in China and an analysis of digital sales among luxury brands.
The Business of Fashion site, which Amed started in 2007, has steadily gained a fashion-world following. Many readers get a tip sheet sent out at 6 a.m. London time (Amed compared it to The Daily Beast Cheat Sheet) that, in a chaotic and cross-continental industry, has become something of a daily destination. Massenet described it in an email as a �must read every day.�
The designer Tory Burch said: �It�s something I�ve added to the list in the last year or so. Before I actually get to reading the papers, I read it.�
Born in Canada to East African parents of Indian descent, Amed studied commerce at McGill and graduated from Harvard Business School before taking a job at McKinsey & Co. in 2002. He did banking in South Africa, real estate in Australia and pharmaceuticals in England.
And then, about four years into the job, he realized he was miserable. Friends encouraged him to take up meditation, but he initially resisted. It was around this time that a man from Singapore changed his life and set him on a course to the fashion world, Amed said.
�A man stopped me in the New Delhi airport, and he said to me he wanted to tell me some things about my life,� Amed said. �I thought he was one of those kooks.�
Amed listened to him anyway. The man wrote something down on a piece of paper and asked Amed to name a color and a flower, and to choose a number from one to five. Amed answered (blue, lily, three), and it was the same thing this airport seer had written down.
�This sounds really crazy, and I�ve never told any journalist this before, but there was some sign,� he said.
Amed eventually set off on a mediation retreat, and quit his job from McKinsey in 2006. He wanted to break into a creative field, but he wasn�t sure which one. He most certainly was not a fashion nut (�I didn�t read Vogue,� he said), and his only exposure to the industry was what he saw on television. �Fashion was really impenetrable to me,� he said.
But he had a friend who took him to some London fashion shows, where he would �stand by the wall and watch,� he said.
He got an idea and started meeting with young designers. He diagnosed a problem that many fashion companies (and groups like the Council of Fashion Designers of America) diagnosed around the same time: Designers were bursting with ideas but were often disasters as businesspeople.
�I knew about Robert Duffy,� he said, referring to Marc Jacobs� longtime business partner, �and I thought, �Well, maybe I could be the Robert Duffy to a designer.� �
One of his early meetings was with a young Spanish designer named Rafael Lopez.
�He had Kylie Minogue and all these celebrities wearing his stuff,� he said. �But he had no idea how to translate that into a business.�
Amed got funding for a startup to help young designers, but it closed months later.
Looking for his next move after that setback, he went to the McKinsey alumni directory and searched for LVMH, one of the biggest fashion companies in the world. He found a name of a former McKinseyite: Roussel, the soon-to-be chief executive of the fashion group. He reached out and got a meeting.
Within days, he had a six-month contract. Their business relationship lasted six years.
�We are super-connected in Paris, but we weren�t that connected in London as much at the time,� Roussel said in an interview. �I thought it would have been useful to have someone based in London that could connect with that generation of emerging designers.�
On the side, Amed started writing a blog. He called it The Business of Fashion, but it had an ungainly web address: uberkid.typepad.com. The blog was used to prop up his budding fashion consulting business.
But not many people clicked on his site. In an early post, he thanked the 65 people who filled out a reader survey. �People weren�t reading it,� he said. �It was my little blog.�
And yet, there were indications that it was finding the right audience.
Seven years ago, he got an unexpected invitation to the Oscar de la Renta show in New York. He wound up arriving late and missed the show, but afterward he was ushered to meet with Alex Bolen, de la Renta�s son-in-law and the chief executive of the label.
�I met Alex, and he�s like, �So, you�re The Business of Fashion,� � Amed recalled. �He said, �I�m sorry you were late because I saved you a seat next to me in the front row.� It was kind of this weird moment. He was one of the very first major leaders in the industry to discover it, and he told me he was reading it on his BlackBerry in the morning while walking his dog in Central Park.�
The site grew steadily over the years. As traffic ticked up (and the appropriate web address was acquired: businessoffashion.com), he decided to call off his consulting business and invest in the site full time. In 2013, he raised $2.5 million from a group of investors. He has a team of 13 people working for him now. He said that the site averages about 400,000 unique readers a month.
Amed said he wants his site to be perceived as free of any outside influence. �What Business of Fashion is known for in the industry is being independent,� he said.
But independence only goes so far in the often-chummy world of fashion.
When Amed told LVMH�s Roussel that he was ending his contract, his mentor said he would like to invest in his new venture. Amed said that it gave him pause.
�I wasn�t sure,� Amed said. �Obviously it was fine when Business of Fashion was a little blog, but I wasn�t trying to build a business out of it to have such a close relationship with LVMH.�
He wound up taking the money from LVMH. �It was not that much,� said Roussel, who added that LVMH�s contribution had less to do with a �financial investment� and more with �helping a friend.�
The LVMH executive was featured in a glowing profile in the latest print issue of The Business of Fashion. (Under the headline the �Fashion Alchemist,� Roussel is described as having an �uncommon blend of operational excellence and sensitivity for �creative casting.� � Amed did not write the article.)
The article in the print edition, which comes out twice a year, did not include a disclosure about the role Roussel played in the editor�s life (�He became a very important mentor to me,� Amed said) or LVMH�s investment in the site.
Amed said that it was an oversight � a disclosure about LVMH�s investment has since been published at the bottom of the article on the website, as is the usual practice for the site � and that he was proud of the article.
�That issue is about celebrating people we think are doing exceptional things in the industry,� he said. �It just so happens that one of those people is someone I had a relationship with for many years.�
But Amed has a lot of friends like these in the industry now. And plenty more are waiting in the wings, especially with a power list that is making Amed into this world�s mini-Graydon Carter, an arbiter of who�s up and who�s down.
At that dinner last month � and at an event in Paris two weeks later, where Karl Lagerfeld dropped by and schmoozed with Amed � he took stock in just how far he�s come.
�Domenico De Sole walked up to me and said hello,� Amed said, referring to Tom Ford�s longtime business partner, whom he had never met before. �We did a case study on his work and Tom Ford�s work at Harvard. In the case, and I�ll never forget it, they were referred to as Tom and Dom. And all of a sudden he�s the first person who greets me at our event. And I said, �Wow, you�re Domenico De Sole!� He said, �I can�t stay for dinner but I wanted to make an effort to come.�
�That�s how the evening started,� Amed continued. �That was the reality-check moment. Like, �Wow, that�s the guy from that case I studied at business school.� �


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ABU DHABI (AFP) - Sour Swede Sven-Goran Eriksson scrapped dinner plans with old foe Marcello Lippi after China thrashed his Philippines side 3-0 on Friday (Jan 11) to reach the last 16 of the Asian Cup.
China's star striker Wu Lei fired a brilliant double against the Filipino "Street Dogs" in Abu Dhabi as Lippi emerged victorious in a heavyweight coaching clash.
As is custom between the two elder statesmen of the game, the loser buys the other dinner, washed down with a vintage bottle of wine.
But Eriksson had little stomach for the old pals' act when the septuagenarians embraced after the match.
"No, no dinner plans," snapped the former England manager.
"I was not in a very good mood for a long discussion. I just wished (Lippi) good luck for the future."
"We forgot about Wu Lei - twice," grimaced Eriksson, who previously coached the match-winner at Chinese club Shanghai SIPG.
"If you do that he will punish you and he did with two great goals. We paid a heavy price but we are not home yet. We still have hope - but small hope, probably."
China, runners-up in 1984 and 2004, top Group C with a perfect six points from two games - ahead of South Korea on goal difference - after beating Kyrgyzstan 2-1 in their opening game.
But they looked far sharper against the Philippines, like the former Soviet republic also appearing in their first Asian Cup.
"I'm very proud of my players," said Lippi, who led his native Italy to World Cup victory in 2006.
"They were aggressive, focused and showed a lot of quality. If we can continue to play like that we have nothing to fear from any team at this Asian Cup."
Lippi's side should have led after 32 minutes when Wu Xi headed wastefully wide from point-blank range.
But Wu Lei provided the spark five minutes before half-time, turning on the edge of the box and whipping a right-foot shot into the far corner.
His second was even better as he swivelled to slam a Hao Junmin free kick past goalkeeper Michael Falkesgaard on the volley after 66 minutes to effectively finish the tie.
Substitute Yu Dabao added a third 10 minutes from time for China, who are looking to improve on their quarter-final finish in Australia four years ago.
Lippi waxed lyrical about the prolific Wu Lei, China's most coveted player and Shanghai's record goalscorer, who has been linked with a move to English Premier League side Wolves.
"He looked very sharp and scored two goals of fantastic quality," said the Italian.
"But we are used to seeing that quality from him. It is no wonder teams in Europe are interested in him."
Pulverised 8-1 the last time the teams met in 2017, the Philippines gave China more of a fight this time, having lost 1-0 to South Korea earlier this week.
Kevin Ingreso forced a fingertip save from China goalkeeper Yan Junling in first-half stoppage time, but Eriksson's players faded badly after the break.
South Korea, runners-up in 2015, beat Kyrgyzstan 1-0 in a late kickoff in Al Ain to advance to the knockout stage.

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Lib Dem president calls for change to 'bedroom tax' as MPs warn of 'hardship and distress'
The President of the Liberal Democrats has hinted that his party will withdraw their support for the so-called 'bedroom tax', after a committee of MPs said it caused "severe hardship and distress" for disabled people.
Tim Farron told ITV News' Deputy Political Editor Chris Ship said that the party would review the consequences of the policy, adding that leader Nick Clegg shared "the view that this is something that we want to see changed".
The removal of the spare-room subsidy has meant a reduction in benefits to social housing tenants with homes deemed larger than necessary.
The government says the reform - which has been heavily criticised by Labour but was supported initially by the Liberal Democrats - is "necessary to restore fairness" to the welfare system.
But the cross-party House of Commons Work and Pensions Committee said today that the measures unfairly hit vulnerable people, particularly those with disabilities.
Dame Anne Begg, the chair of the group, told ITV News:"Many of the people being hit by the so-called 'bedroom tax' are in vulnerable groups, very often people with disabilities who can't move house."
That is nothing new to Jayson and Charlotte Carmichael, who saw a cut in the benefit on their two bedroom home in Southport.
Jayson says the pair need to have two bedrooms because Charlotte - who has spina bifida - uses a special hospital bed which doesn't have enough room to sleep him too.
And while they receive a discretionary payment to compensate for the income they have lost, they cannot be sure how long that will continue.
Charlotte says the pair are already struggling, and feels it is "unfair" for the government to "target disabled people in this way".
Labour is pushing what is called a 'regret motion' over the issue in the House of Lords tomorrow, and has urged Lib Dem peers to turn their unease with the policy into votes against it.
And while the Liberal Democrat president says his party will push for policy to change in the future, Jayson says help is needed right now.
I hope something is done pretty soon - before the election [...] I'm feeling the pressure now and I don't know how I'm going to go on this year.
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Senior editors Matt Mitovich, Mickey O'Connor and Tim Molloy answer your questions. Speaking of questions, we invite you to drop us a line at firstname.lastname@example.com.
I recently saw Malcolm David Kelley, "Walt haircut" and all, hawking chicken snacks in a Tyson commercial. It didn't fill me with a lot of hope for his future on Lost. Care to comment? — Adam
MATT: Did it occur to you that MDK was working the Walt 'do because he recently filmed an episode of Lost, scheduled to air Feb. 25? Just don't expect Michael's son to factor into Ben's mission to return select former castaways to the isle. As Michael Emerson tells us, "The writers would say that Walt ... left the island at a time that wasn't key. It's not just about the six who left; it's about when and how they left."
I heard a rumor that CSI: NY's Adam saves a life in an upcoming episode. Is this true? — Rebecca
TIM: "Adam doesn't save a life, but he does rescue someone who is very much alive," says executive producer Pam Veasey, who also told the Buzz what's up with Lindsay and Danny. Lindsay will take time off to go back to Montana and "share her pregnancy with her family." But when the baby's born, she and Danny find that balancing work and a newborn isn't easy. Oh, and Veasey refers to them as "the Messer family," the second huge hint producers have dropped that fans will get an early Valentine this week.
Any scoop on Season 2 of True Blood? — Whitney
MICKEY: I'm sorry to say that the person you were hoping wasn't actually dead is actually dead. Bill, Sookie and Jessica, who are now kind of a demented family unit, travel to Texas, where they'll meet this guy. (The stars at night... are big and bright.... everybody!)
I'm desperate for scoop on all of my shows. I know I'm asking for a lot, but.... — Vi
MATT: You do ask for a lot, so I'm going to make you work for it. Here is a list of your seven favorites and scoop for each — but in no particular order. (Sorry, there won't be an answer key.)
|1) Grey's Anatomy
|A) Someone will have their secret revealed, and lose what they love most.
|2) Numbers
|B) Two characters will be caught kissing for the first time.
|3) Ghost Whisperer
|C) Someone makes a career choice that affects each of their coworkers.
|4) Ugly Betty
|D) Somebody makes a request, and is surprised when they're turned down.
|5) House
|E) Someone gets into a fist fight.
|F) Somebody is talked into doing something that hurts someone close to them.
|7) Bones
|G) A dark secret from someone's past is in danger of being revealed.
Will Ali Larter have more screen time on Heroes' latest volume? — David
TIM: No, but she does have better screen time. Tracy proves to be "incredibly fearless and resourceful" during the "Fugitives" storyline, says a show rep, and "ultimately proves to be a strong, enduring presence in the Heroes universe." Quality over quantity, right?
Will Olivia and Peter get a little closer this season on Fringe? — Martha
MICKEY: Only if they're wearing Arrid Extra Dry. The show's producers have consistently said that they want any Olivia-Peter flirtation to simmer, not boil. Besides, of the two Dunham girls we've met, Peter only has googly eyes for one of them.
We were led to believe that this season of Smallville would feature a huge story arc involving Lois. To date, I have yet to see that occurring. Do you have any information indicating that the rest of this season is heading that way? — Jim
MATT: I agree, Jim, it's time to finally address the elephant in the room (that is, Erica Durance's conspicuous absence from recent episodes). Here is what executive producer Brian Peterson told the Buzz: "Lois returns in a big way [starting March 12], as she finds her feelings for Clark increasingly rivaled by her quest to get closer to the enigmatic Red-Blue Blur." Hey, it's something.
Now that I know that Rescue Me is returning sometime in April, any scoop? — Merrily
TIM: Merrily, Merrily, Merrily, Merrily, life is but a dream when your question gives us an excuse to preview Rescue Me's fifth season. Look for literal and figurative fireworks as Tommy gets into it with Janet's new boyfriend (played by Michael J. Fox), Chief Feinberg (who wants him out of the firefighting business), and his entire family (over the death of his father). Also, someone relapses and delivers a line no recovering alcoholic wants to hear: "As your sponsor, I'm demanding you take a drink with me."
Any news on ABC airing the final episodes of Pushing Daisies? — Teri
MICKEY: ABC is still contractually obligated to air the remaining three episodes. The latest I'm hearing is that this might end up happening this summer as part of a Pushing Daisies "event" to stimulate Season 2 DVD sales.
I'm worried about The New Adventures of Old Christine going up against American Idol and Lost repeats, and in the timeslot that helped kill poor Pushing Daisies. Is there anything "happy" you can spill about what's coming up? — Caitlin
MATT: Does the idea of Old Christine and Richard regaining that loving feeling make you happy? Because that unlikely rekindling will take place when they help mean moms Marly and Lindsay through labor, and in doing so reflect on son Richie's own birth.
Please ask the producers of 90210 to quit shilling Dr. Pepper and splashing their logo all over the place. — Bill S.
MICKEY: I know, right? That logo is everywhere. My West Bev mole tells me that the Dr. Pepper deal was an experiment gone slightly awry. Future product placement will aim for more subtlety. Besides, Diet Coke with Lime is a far superior carbonated beverage, several free cases of which I would never turn down.
Shows like The Closer and Leverage are in true high definition when they air on TNT-HD, but Bones (among others) is not. Instead, they distort the standard-def image to fill the screen. What's the deal? — JD
MATT: This query was far enough off the beaten, scoopy path to pique my interest, so I dug up this explanation: Even though Bones is shot in high def (720p, 16x9 and all), TNT-HD currently does not have the rights to air the Fox series in that format. But maybe someday that will change.
Mickey's Mega Rave: I know it's fashionable to hate on Shondaland these days — what with all the ghost sexing, girl-on-girl kissing and fully-clothed showering going on — but I enjoyed the onset of the Grey's Anatomy-Private Practice crossover. Of particular note: the Victorian-style courtship of Yang and McArmy; Jennifer Westfeldt's high-strung pregnant lady; and Kate Walsh's enduring strength in the face of a family tragedy.
Matt's Mini Rant: When the digital TV transition was first scheduled for Feb. 17, broadcasters stacked their slates with repeats, anticipating depressed viewership. Now that the switch has been delayed to June, those February reruns will be replaced with fresh fare, yes? Nope. In other words, Supernatural fans (for example) are still getting four repeats in a row — not super by any stretch.
Tim's Micro Riff: It's obviously Melissa.
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Well, hello after my break to settle my body and back.
I am back, feeling ill with a very crappy cold, coughing too much, being slightly sick and bloodly – but cheering myself by listening to funk and classic soul.
This is the music of my life, the music that raising me even from the hell of prostitution, the music that touches depths of despair whilst always showing hope.
I hear Aretha, Marvin Gaye, James Brown, Earth, Wind & Fire, Chic, Temptations, Four Tops, Supremes, Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Stevie Wonder, Sam Cooke, Gladys Knight, Jackson Five etc etc – and I can be no-one but my essential Self.
This music has been my guardian angel all my life.
Soul and funk is more than entertainment to me, all too often it has given a reason to live and thrive – and many times Soul and funk has saved my life.
During my years of prostitution, one survival mechanism I had was to get music in the background, if it was Soul or funk, I could and did disappear into the sound whilst I perform the actions of the good whore.
I could act the whore whilst feeling nothing, even imagine I was dancing, as I sung in silence the well-remembered vocals.
I would fold my confusion, pain, fury and lack of hope into the passion of those singers.
I refused to know my emotions belong – instead they belong to Philly Soul, to Stax records, to Motown and to Altantic Soul.
I only remembered allowing in these simple emotions to music.
How to those of us made sub-human express emotions?
Emotions was never natural, it was learnt – so I will enternally grateful to soul and funk for being my teacher.
I hit the heights of expression when I discover Mavis Staples.
This was late, when I was exited, when my body and mind was ready to accept the complexities of grief, of pain, of reaching towards joy, to knowing it is ok to hope.
I learnt I could cry, scream, laugh, and shout alongside Mavis, and I learnt how to ease some of my past, and place it on the side to find the joy of the moment I was in.
As I grow towards joy and hope, I place disco into my heart and body with soul and funk.
Disco is the music of pure joy, it is hedonistic in a good way.
It is the music that cuts across sexualities, stick it tongue out to racism, a music that dances haters to exhaustion.
It is the music that I need to close out the hell I lived through – disco refuses that world, and just allows me to know I deserve happiness and the right to be selfish in getting it.
I refuse to accept that being inside the sex trade has the power to destroy access to emotions, to kill happiness, to wreck an exited woman beyond hope.
Listening to disco, soul and funk teaches me how indestructible the human soul is.


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| 8.1°C Belfast
Human health could have been put at risk after a red kite was found dead in a reservoir from lethal poison.
The Irish-bred bird was pulled from the Vartry water supply near Roundwood in Co Wicklow over two weeks ago after it died from eating contaminated meat bait.
Marc Ruddock, red kite project manager for the Golden Eagle Trust, said there was a potential for serious consequences for the water supplies.
"It was found in drinking water supplies. It is totally unacceptable. The bird has been thrown there or died there," he said.
"This is a highly toxic chemical - it doesn't bear thinking about. Anglers use the reservoir, dog walkers, and this water is for supplies for the south Dublin suburbs. Poison should not be in the lake in the first place."
The carcass of the bird was laden with alphachloralose, which should only be used to kill rats and mice, and was found a few hundred metres from homes and a pre-school.
Mr Ruddock said the bird was full of meat which had been covered with lethal doses of the poison.
"Alphachloralose is lethal to a human. Yes there is water treatment and purification but it should not have been in the water in the first place," he said.
It is the twelfth red kite to have died from poison.
A dog walker discovered the bird on September 3 and contacted Birdwatch Ireland who informed local National Parks and Wildlife Service staff.
The kite was only 14 months old and was one of a small number which have travelled north to the Roundwood area.
Jimmy Deenihan, Minister for the Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, said the latest death was unacceptable and urged anyone with information on the misuse of the poison to contact authorities.
"The use of this type of poison is strictly limited to the eradication of mice and rats, and should at no time be used in the unacceptably reckless way it was," he said.


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BUZZ WORD … each month a word is posted over on The Mighty Rib Facebook page, followed with a request for reader suggestions centered-around the term. One of the suggestions is randomly picked, dish is eaten, and a review is written.
This month's BUZZ WORD was "cheese."
The cheese grits at Maddie's Place, suggested by Dc, was chosen, and I couldn't be more pleased. I had recently stole a few bites of Maddie's shrimp and grits and was more than delighted with the outcome.
Dc recommended I order a bowl of gumbo, but instead of the inclusion of the standard rice, ask for a scoop of cheese grits. Cheese grits … in gumbo?!? Never heard of it, but this is Buzz Word, and if you suggest it, I do it.
And here's how the conversation went down with our server.
Me: "I would like the gumbo, but instead of rice, I'd like some cheese grits."
Server: (pause…stares at me) "That can be done."
Well, I honestly couldn't be more delighted with the suggestion. Heck, I may never order gumbo any other way. The slightly spicy gumbo base had that classic burgundy/brownish hue, along with a deep richness imparted by the flavorful sausage. The creamy grits, once mixed into the gumbo, added a subtle coolness and thicker consistency to the dish. The chopped scallions on top were like icing on the cake.
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The controversial bill for regulating the right to demonstrate
Two weeks ago, Watani International carried the headline "Egypt on riot mode". In fact, Egypt has been, almost non-stop, on riot mode since the demonstrations that marked the beginning of the 18-day revolution which ended with former President Hosni Mubarak stepping down on 11 February 2011. Egyptians marked that date last week, as they did the anniversary of the two-year-old revolution, with further protests which more often than not turned violent as the protestors clashed with the security forces. More than 50 peoples lost their lives. This time round, however, the demonstrators were calling for President Mursi to leave, and an end to the Islamist rule which came on the wings of the revolution.
Unreasonable conditions
The government, for its part, has retaliated with a proposition for a law to regulate demonstrations, which the Egyptian street was quick to criticise for severely restricting the right to demonstrate, and which it quickly branded "the law for banning demonstrations". But before going into the details of that law or how the activists or law experts see it, it is important to remind that demonstrations in Egypt are not only restricted to political protest; in many cases they involve rallies for certain demands by specific sectors of Egyptians who require job benefits, higher pay, or better work conditions. But then these do not frequently turn violent; but involve more service interruption or strikes.
Judge Mohamed Hamed al-Gamal, former head of the State Council, told Watani that the right to demonstrate is granted by the Constitution and is not subject to acceptance or refusal by the police or any security apparatus. They neither have the authority to set conditions allowing for demonstrations and marches nor can they determine their timing and route. The right to demonstrate cannot be subject to regulations and constraints. It is simply illogical, Judge Gamal says, to prohibit demonstrators from getting closer than the 500 metres to the presidential palace and government buildings which the bill cites. Isn't it the main purpose of demonstrators to make their voices heard by the officials residing in these places?" Incriminating the shouting of contemptuous slogans or even insults is also unreasonable, because an angry crowd taking to the streets to protest against government policies cannot be expected to shout sedate words of praise.
Regulate or ban?
Judge Gamal condemns the Ministry of Interior's constant claim of protecting national security to impose measures to hinder demonstrations. National security has become an elastic concept, he says, under which all actions are justifiable.
The new bill of demonstrations includes terms and conditions that were not even included in the Illegal Assembly law, issued in 1914 under the British occupation. Moreover, Judge Gamal says, the Shura (Consultative) Council—the upper house of Egypt's parliament—currently responsible for drafting the new law, is illegitimate, and is passing legislation only on a temporary basis until a Council of Representatives—the lower house of parliament—is elected. Just as the current constitution is null and void, he insists, this bill is unlawful because its real purpose is not to regulate protests but to restrict them.
As to the response of Egypt's revolutionist youth to the bill, Judge Gamal reminds that the will of the people was never restrained by laws. On the contrary, the people of Egypt will continue to take to the streets, protesting against whoever they do not wish to see in power. The provisions of this law simply do not match the principles and demands of the revolution, he says.
Rifaat al-Said, head of the leftist Tagammu party and member of the National Salvation Front, asserts that the right to demonstrate is a basic human right that must be ensured to all the people to express their opinion. It was granted to Egyptians since the time when the first Egyptian constitution was issued in 1923. And even the government's insistence that demonstrations should be unarmed, Dr Said says, is no guarantee for non-violence.
Failed to accomplish
Mustafa Kamel al-Sayed, Professor of Political Science and former Dean of Cairo University's Faculty of Economics and Political Sciences, acknowledges that in modern societies, it is compulsory to notify security forces before demonstrations take place. This is only possible in politically-stable countries that have walked a long way on the road of democracy and that respect the right of their citizens to hold peaceful demonstrations. The security authorities must also be informed beforehand about the demonstrators' demands, the routes the demonstration would take, and the time of the protest. Demonstrations and rallies, he says, are never denied unless it is obvious that the protestors intend to resort to violence and that the people's lives and property are at stake.
Dr Sayed points out that, before attempting to implement whatever is happening in the West in our country, Egypt should be able to attain some political stability. It is imperative to note that turmoil and protest still abound in Egypt because we have failed to accomplish any of the objectives of the January 2011 Revolution. An enormous crisis of confidence exists between the government and the people; it does not help that the police has behaved disgracefully ever since. Only after reaching a state of stability and restoring the missing trust will the people accept a law regulating the right to demonstrate.
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Christina CustodeChristina Custode (Cus-tō-dē): multi-talented musician and award winning vocalist released her first original recording "I" in 2011; all physical CDs sold out within the first 10 months of release. The project, which consisted of eight songs (all music and lyrics written and arranged by Christina Custode) has put Custode on the singer/songwriter map and has been heralded as an excellent start to a long and promising career. Custode is a graduate of the prestigious Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY. Custode's music is current, honest, and soaked with the musical integrity the artist upholds in all of her musical endeavors. Currently, Christina Custode performs regularly to capacity crowds at numerous establishments throughout the North East. Her music can be heard on numerous local FM/AM radio stations as well as Pandora and other internet radio outlets, appearing on playlists with artists such as Ingrid Michaelson, Regina Spektor, Jewel, Adele, Billy Joel, Carole King, and Carley Simon. Her original music has gained notice not only for pristine instrumental and vocal performance quality, but also for its compositional value. Custode was named "Buffalo's Best Female Vocalist" (multiple times) and "Buffalo's Best Original Music Act". Christina is an avid supporter of collaboration in the arts, and in December 2010 participated in the production of "The Mistletoe Song" as a gift to the US Military. The project gained immediate local notoriety as her heartfelt vocal performance captured the emotion of the Holiday Season. Her beautiful tone quality and sensitive phrasing helped garner local and national airplay, as well as international exposure on thousands of internet radio stations. Most recently, Custode has just released her second album, produced by the legendary Stuart Epps, entitled "From Here". Listeners can expect the same heartfelt, honest lyrics and high quality musical performance that Christina Custode has delivered in the past and intends on upholding throughout her career. Her live performances engage the audience with her vivid storytelling, humor, and blunt honesty. She has shared the stage with Tracy Grammer, Marvin Hamlisch and the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (2005), Chuck Mangione, Lew Soloff, and Pat LaBarbera (Jerry Neiwood Tribute Concert, 2009). Visit her website HERE and Check out her article on MIX96 in Buffalo, NY : HERE
Proud to announce Christina's "Fire" up for 4 Nominations at the 58th Grammy Awards
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Podcast Name: Voices In My Head (The Official Podcast of Rick Lee James)
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The Career Girl Gift Exchange
Posted November 28, 2012 by Michele Cocouture in Building Your Brand
It's the most wonderful time of the yearWith your boss's deadline yellingAnd everyone telling you "get it done dear"It's the most wonderful time of the yearIt's the bus-busiest quarter of allWith those client greetings and long staff meetingsWhen conference calls don't endIt's the bus-busiest season of allThere'll be parties for hosting
And tech guys for toastingWhile watching your bonus grow
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buyouts long, long agoIt's the most wonderful time of the year
If this adapted holiday jingle sounds like your corporate reality, consider spreading some holiday cheer with these gift ideas.
For the Corporate Career Girl:
- A business book is always a great idea. Steve Jobs's biography is one of the most well written and inspirational ones that I've read.
- A Waterford crystal business card holder will be sure to brighten up any desk.
- Every career girl needs a fancy pen for which Mont Blanc is famous.
- A unique letter opener for her desk is a conversation piece (by Johnathan Adler).
For the Traveling Career Girl:
- L'Occitane hand lotion is a great stocking stuffer.
- Tory Burch iPhone cases in a bold print and metallic.
- Luggage tags and passport holders in unique materials.
- Maid service will sure make your career girl happy.
For the Hostess Career Girl:
- A bottle of champagne or wine.
- You cannot go wrong with Diptique scented candles.
- A flower arrangement for the hostess with the mostess.
- A box of delicate macarons
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O'Reilly's first Where 2.0 conference kicked off this morning in San Francisco with a preview of the latest in location-aware and mapping technologies along with the players who are using them to usher in a new class of Web applications and services.
Conference co-chair Nathan Torkington got things rolling with a look at the forces that have led to where we are today, in particular, Goggle first opening up its mapping application to hackers and then adding satellite imagery. As recent as yesterday, Google released Google Maps APIs and Google Earth. In turn, Microsoft responded with MSN Virtual Earth, and Yahoo plans to release its own Maps API tomorrow. These moves are leaving traditional GIS players like ESRI and MapQuest in the dust. "Old operators are getting nervous with the value of displaying maps going away," said Torkington.
One issue Torkington brought up was how can Google continue to offer its service for free when the data costs money to license. He responded by saying that local search is the answer. "In 6 months we will see syndicated local search that will let hacking make money…Content plus location equals gold for advertisers."
After Torkington's introduction, David Rumsey, a prominent historical map collector, author, and geospatial visionary, wowed the audience with his survey of the evolution of maps. "Something interesting is happening. The idea of place not just a specialty corner but central to what we do…Our ability to map location grows as computational power grows," he said. His presentation visuals traced the progress of mapping from the start centuries ago to present day. He then showed overlays of historical maps onto 3D generated video maps which you can "fly" through. "Maps are exciting when they are more fluid, remixed…Maps influence each other, grow out of each…The better they visualize the world and the more accurate they are, the more they are used," he stressed. In the future, according to Rumsey, there will be no unknown spaces, and the challenge will be to create more info about them.
The remaining mini-keynotes consisted of; John Frank, Founder and CTO of MetaCarta, who talked about his geographic search application for enterprises; Udi Manber, CEO of A9, who showed how they drove around the country taking digital pictures of storefronts that now bolster Amazon's Yellow Pages (click here for image and location of conference hotel); Michael Frumin from Eyebeam, a media arts non-profit that caused a stir with its Fundrace projects during the last presidential campaign; and Stephen Lawler from Microsoft, who demoed MSN Virtual Earth, detailing features like map labels, integrated local search features, and most interesting, a scratch pad that can be used to build itineraries which then can be saved, emailed, and even blogged.
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Give Do It Again a spin - it's a new offering from Lloyd. It was dropped on Tuesday, February 21st, 2012. Lloyd's rap artistry continues to improve with every release, something which is most definitely evidenced on Do It Again. His ever-expanding catalogue is definitely better for it, and we're looking forward to the next piece of the puzzle - aren't you?
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Gene Norton has a unique gift.
"People who spend time around him feel blessed," says his mother, Betty Norton. "That's a rare thing."
When Gene was in a Little Rock hospital in 2008 recovering from a spinal injury, doctors and nurses didn't want him to leave. "He asked one of his doctors one day when he could go home," remembers Betty. "His doctor said, 'Gene, you can't go home. We're not going to let you. You make us all feel too good!"
Gene Norton is 46 years old and has special needs. He lives in Monticello with his parents, Marvin and Betty. Gene is confined to a wheelchair, the result of two spinal injuries, but the injuries haven't crushed his spirit.
In fact, it is that spirit that will be recognized by the University of Arkansas at Monticello in October when Gene Norton will become the 10th recipient of the UAM Spirit Award, given annually to an individual who best exemplifies the spirit of Boll Weevil and Cotton Blossom athletics. The award will be presented as part of the UAM Sports Hall of Fame induction banquet.
Gene and his parents are at every home basketball and volleyball game, seated in their front-row seats at Steelman Fieldhouse. Players, coaches and fans make it a point to stop for a handshake and a smile from Gene.
"He's just one of those people who makes you feel better," says Chris Ratcliff, UAM's director of athletics. "He's been through so much in his life, but he always has such a great attitude. And he is our biggest fan."
The Norton's rarely miss a home game, and if they do, there had better be a good reason. "When it's raining real hard, we have a hard time taking him because we'll get soaked trying to get his wheelchair out of the van and into the gym," says Betty. "One time we told him we couldn't go and he said 'But they're counting on me to be there.'"
The Nortons began taking Gene to UAM athletic events in 2001, shortly after Mike Newell was named men's basketball coach. Newell bought a house across the street from the Nortons and met Gene when he happened by to borrow a tool. "He asked Gene if he liked basketball and of course Gene said he did," remembers Betty. "Coach Newell gave him a schedule and a shirt and told him that all three of us could come to the games and sit in seats he would provide. That's how it started."
Since then, Gene and his parents have become fixtures at Boll Weevil and Cotton Blossom games. During that time, Gene has gotten to know players and coaches and they've gotten to know him. In 2008, when Gene was in the hospital in Little Rock, Ratcliff, who was the women's basketball coach at the time, took his team to Little Rock to see Gene on their way to the Gulf South Conference basketball tournament in Mississippi. The out-of-the-way trip should have been an inconvenience, but the players loved it, crowding around Gene's bed and leaving the attending doctors and nurses speechless.
"They had never seen anything like it," says Betty.
UAM holds a special place in the Nortons' heart. "Everyone out there, from the people who take up tickets to the coaches and players, have been wonderful to us,," says Betty. "Why, Chancellor (Jack) Lassiter even offered to take us to the basketball tournament on the university bus."
The Nortons, who have two other children – son Joey and daughter Terry Funderburg – spent 18 years taking Gene to hospitals and clinics trying to find the cause of his condition and received a variety of answers. "I used to wish we could know what was really wrong with Gene, but our son, Joey, asked me why," says Betty. "He said 'Just look at the lives Gene has blessed.'"
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It all started with the Galaxy S! Back in 2010, Samsung decided to group all the Android smartphones under the Galaxy brand and Bada smartphones under the Wave brand. The first smartphone in the Galaxy family to reach India was none other than the original Galaxy S.
This handset went on to become the largest selling smartphone in the history of Android. Later next year, Samsung launched the Galaxy S II which broke the previous record in just few months of its launch. This record was once again broken this year by yet another Galaxy smartphone. No prizes for guessing the answer.
Last year, Samsung launched the Galaxy Note and created a new category of phone/tablet hybrid device. Today, almost all of the major Mobile phone manufacturers has already launched their own phablet or in the process of unveiling it next month at the CES 2012. Sadly, none of them managed to compete with the Galaxy Note and Galaxy Note II.
Samsung has not only launched hi-end smartphones and phablets under the Galaxy brand, but also launched the entry-level Android smartphones such as Galaxy Y, Galaxy Ace and so on. These handsets were specially target at the youngster as well as for those who do not want to burn their pockets for the Android experience.
As expected, Samsung recently announced that the company managed to sell 10 million units of Galaxy devices in India right from the beginning till date. This number includes Galaxy smartphones as well as tablets. The Galaxy brand not only changed the fortunes of the company, but also took the Korean mobile phone maker to the top spot in less than 3 years.
Asim Warsi, Samsung VP (Mobile), said,
"Innovative devices like the Samsung Galaxy S, Galaxy SII and SIII, Galaxy Note, Galaxy Note 2 and Galaxy Y have caught the imagination of customers and helped us democratise the smartphone experience in the Indian market. Through our series of consistent smartphone launches, Samsung has fuelled the growth of the smartphone market in India and has been a category leader since last year. Samsung's portfolio of 13 Galaxy devices in the Indian market are priced between Rs. 6,790 to Rs. 39,990."


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Good morning ladies and gentlemen (if there are any reading this post),
Today's card features the oh so adorable Poppet - a Crafter's Companion new release. She comes in so many different poses – one dancing ballet, one gardening, there is a super cute one I'm dying to get my hands on of her making a flower garland. Here is one of her presenting you a flower – awww..
I colored her with Spectrum Noir Pens today (TB3, TB5, TB6 for her coat and hat, LV1 & LV2 for her socks and shoes; FS2, FS3, PP1 for her skin and TN7 & EB5 for her hair)
I lightly shaded her flowers with LV1 and enhanced the color and texture by adding a variety of Flower Soft sprinkles on it. She was then diecut out with oval Spellbinders nestabilities and matted her on an embossed frame embellished with a touch of old English lace.
I'm off for a spot of English tea now!
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- CAGE MATCH Michael Conte shines in his two lead roles.
It's been 35 years since La Cage aux Folles took Broadway by storm. What began in 1973 as a French stage farce followed by a series of films, the Harvey Fierstein and Jerry Herman musical was considered daring for its time with its portrayal of a happily domesticated male couple thrown for a loop by a request from their son.
With marriage equality the law of the land and RuPaul's Drag Race a crossover hit, La Cage seems less daring today, but its message of self-acceptance still packs a punch. The musical is running at 6th Street Playhouse's G.K. Hardt Theatre through May 20.
Georges (Anthony Martinez) is the proprietor of La Cage aux Folles, a French Riviera nightclub that features drag entertainment. The headliner is "Zaza" (Michael Conte)—actually Albin—Georges' partner of 20 years. Together they raised a son, Jean-Michel, who's come home to announce his engagement and his desire for his fiancée's parents to meet with his biological parents. Albin is not to be included, as Jean-Michel's soon-to-be father-in-law happens to be the leader of the right-wing Tradition, Family and Morality Party. It's going to be quite a gathering.
Herman's Tony Award–winning score runs from the romantic ("Song on the Sand") to the comedic ("Masculinity") to the joyous ("The Best of Times"), and hits its apex with "I Am What I Am," a defiant ode to individuality.
There are two terrific lead performances in this Russell Kaltschmidt–directed production, both delivered by Michael Conte. As bombastic as he is as diva-deluxe Zaza, he's even better as Albin. Conte brings real emotional depth to his character as he deals with his son's rejection. It's a depth that's lacking from Martinez's rather bland Georges.
Nice comedic support is provided by Joseph Favalora as their butler/maid, Jacob, and Michael Fontaine as the stuffed-shirt politician. His 12-syllable delivery of a five-syllable word had me laughing out loud. Lorenzo Alviso also does well as the thoughtless son who soon sees the error of his ways.
The design budget must have gone almost entirely to the costumes, as there's almost no set to speak of, but Zaza and the other dancers' couture almost makes up for it.
Social progress may have dimmed some of the audaciousness of La Cage aux Folles, but it still has plenty of heart.
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Each Gibson Custom Shop guitar that passes through final assembly and inspection is fitted with a die cast badge, signifying it as an authentic Gibson Custom guitar that has met our high standards of craft. The badge is more than a symbol of quality, however. It is also a useful tool for identifying other aspects of the guitar such as its model family, specification set and the year that it was crafted. Our goal is to create a traceable lineage for every guitar that we create and to help you commemorate your guitar in the years to come.
There are four Custom Shop badges that can be found on a Gibson Custom guitar if the guitar has a Rhythm and Treble switch access cavity in the back of the guitar. Here is a guide to what each badge means and where you should expect to find it on an authentic Gibson Custom guitar (beginning in 2014):
Each year, the badges are updated to reflect the new year, making it easy to identify its age. Also included in each Gibson Custom guitar case (when applicable) is a standard, plastic Rhythm and Treble switch access cavity cover. This allows an owner to affix the plastic cover so that the guitar maintains its original, vintage look, while the die-cast badge can be put on display or kept as a memento.


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The idea of evoking the term "apartheid" to describe Israel's treatment of Palestinians was not invented by Israel's critics, but by Israel itself.
A recent U.N. report has found Israel guilty of apartheid, causing a diplomatic skirmish between Israel's supporters and opponents. The report, published by the U.N.'s Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), compares Israel's rule over Palestinians in Israel and the West Bank to South Africa's treatment of non-whites during its apartheid phase.
Israeli officials and diplomats, meanwhile, rushed to slam the report as sheer Palestinian propaganda, an anti-Semitic slander akin to Nazi propaganda, and an Arab-led anti-Israel smear campaign aimed at tarnishing Israel's international image.
Following suit, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley blasted the report as "anti-Israel propaganda," demanding its immediate withdrawal, and pledging to block "biased and anti-Israel actions across the UN system and around the world."
The irony is that the idea of evoking the term "apartheid" to describe Israel's treatment of Palestinians was not invented by Israel's enemies, let alone Arabs and Palestinians, but by Israel itself. For decades, Israeli officials have employed the Hebrew term Hafrada ("Separation" or "Segregation") to describe Israel's governing policy in the West Bank and Gaza, and its attempts to separate the Palestinian population from both the Israeli population and the Jewish settlers population in the occupied Palestinian territories. The so-called Israeli West Bank Barrier, known in Hebrew as "Gader Ha-Hafrada" ("Separation Fence"), was built on this Hafrada vision.
But the magic has apparently turned over the magician: By citing the term "apartheid" to describe Israel's official policy towards Palestinians, Israel's critics are simply using Israel's own terminology against it. They have at their disposal a long series of official declarations, platforms and plans predicated on Israel's commitment to the principle of Hafrada.
The beginning was in the early 1990s, when Yitzhak Rabin, the then Israeli prime minister, proposed to build a physical barrier to separate Israelis from Palestinians, before ordering the construction of a 30-mile barrier along the Gaza Strip. Rabin's Hafrada vision was summed up in his famous pledge to "take Gaza out of Tel Aviv." "We have to decide on separation [Hafrada] as a philosophy," he declared in 1994. A year later, he told Israelis: "We have to reach a separation between us and them." In 1995, Rabin established a special commission to discuss the implementation of Hafrada and formulate a 'separation plan.' Demanding a complete separation from Palestinians, he endorsed a plan to build a 200-mile 'separation line' of fences with the West Bank. Ironic as it may sound, Rabin often described the peace process with Palestinians as a form of Hafrada.
Rabin's successor, Shimon Peres, seemingly conceded to the same Hafrada logic when, on the eve of the 1996 elections, he told Israelis: "Build a fence to keep out the Palestinians."
In 1998, former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak ran on a platform based openly on the Hafrada doctrine, campaigning under the slogan: "Us here. Them there." In a famous speech to B'nai B'rith International (dated August 26, 1998), Barak declared: "We should separate ourselves from the Palestinians physically, following the recommendation of the American poet Robert Frost, who once wrote that good fences make good neighbors. Leave them behind the borders that will be agreed upon, and build Israel."
Thanks to his unwavering devotion to the principle of Hafrada, Barak won the general election of 1999 in a landslide victory. From his new office, he sought to put his Hafrada vision to practice. To stimulate cabinet discussion of segregation, he handed his ministers copies of a separatist manifesto composed by the Israeli academic Dan Schueftan, titled Korach ha-Hafrada (The Necessity of Separation), which is said to have inspired Barak's segregationist vision. Barak was shrewdly aligning himself with the dominant popular sentiment in Israel: A national poll conducted in late December that year showed 75 percent of Israelis in favor of Hafrada.
Come the 2000s, Hafrada rapidly became Israel's raison d'être and founding ideology. In 2003, Ariel Sharon, who two years earlier had defeated Barak in a crushing landslide, proposed his own version of Hafrada: Unilateral separation, which translates in Hebrew as "Hafrada Had Tzdadit." Sharon's vision of Hafrada ultimately prevailed over Barak's. It was adopted by the Israeli cabinet in June 2004, approved by the Knesset in February 2005, and enacted in August 2005, culminating in Israel's unilateral disengagement from Gaza.
Sharon's "Unilateral Separation Plan", or "Tokhnit Ha-Hafrada," paved the way for the construction of the notorious separation wall, dubbed by Israeli officials as the physical incarnation of Sharon's vision of Hafrada. Curiously, the original Hebrew term for the plan, "Tokhnit Ha-Hafrada" (Segregation Plan), was changed to "Tokhnit Ha-Hitnatkut" (Disengagement Plan), apparently for fear that the Hebrew "Hafrada" might echo the Afrikaans term "apartheid."
Under Ehud Olmert, Sharon's successor, Hafrada put on a new face: "The realignment plan", or the "convergence plan," which was coined to designate Israel's plan to unilaterally disengage from most of the West Bank after annexing Jewish settlements into Israel. Notwithstanding the milder and lightly modified terminology, the new plan explicitly sought to continue the "segregation policy" (Medinyut ha-Hafrada) implemented by Olmert's predecessors.
The current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shares his predecessors' infatuation with the principle of Hafrada. In 2011, he told members of his cabinet: "The debate over how many Jews and how many Palestinians will be between the Jordan and the sea is irrelevant. It does not matter to me whether there are half a million more Palestinians or less because I have no wish to annex them into Israel. I want to separate from them so that they will not be Israeli citizens."
While some Israelis tend to distinguish between "hard separation" (Rabin and Barak) and "soft separation" (Perez and Olmert) the result has been one and the same: A rigid form of physical separation where one ethnic group enjoys more freedom than the other.
This is not to suggest that Israel's Hafrada is identical to South Africa's apartheid, but that apartheid, or separateness, as a system of enforced segregation based on ethnicity and imposed by a sovereign and dominant group over an impoverished one, can take myriad forms.
The term "Hafrada" has rapidly dropped from official use, apparently to avoid association with the notorious term "apartheid." In Israel's public discourse, though, the term has lost none of its force. Today, "Hafrada" is used as a broad term to describe Israel's treatment of Palestinians, be they in the West Bank, Gaza, exile, or even in Israel. Indeed, as the U.N. report put it, Hafrada is no longer limited to describing Israel's policy towards Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza, but also applies to its treatment of its own Palestinian citizens.
This form of internal Hafrada has its origins in the military regime period (1948-1966), when Israel imposed a formal military administration on the majority of its Arab citizenry, putting in place a repressive apparatus of ethnic and economic segregation, land appropriation, and restrictions on movement and political activity. While less visible, internal Hafrada persists today in various forms. In 2005, an art exhibition organized by an association of Israeli architects in the city of Jaffa, aptly titled "Hafrada" ("Separation"), featured images of a dozen separation sites inside Israel, not only between Jewish and Arab towns, but between Jewish and Arab neighborhoods within Israel's so-called mixed cities, including Haifa, Jerusalem and Lod.
Hafrada, Israel's equivalent for ethnic segregation, is a purely Israeli invention whose basic etymology was coined for want of a practical and descriptive term that would better account for Israel's policy towards Palestinians on both sides of the border. In Israel, the term is evoked by supporters and opponents of segregation alike. While in official discourse the term has been cloaked in softer and gentler expressions–– such as "convergence" and "disengagement"––to the average Israeli, the term simply meant, and continues to mean, one thing: "Separation" and "segregation." In other words, "apartheid."
Ironically, whereas Israelis across the political spectrum insist on employing the term Hafrada to describe Israel's policy towards Palestinians, in U.S. official discourse and mainstream media Hafrada is oftentimes wrapped in the rather milder terms of convergence and disengagement. U.S. diplomats need not look beyond Gader Ha-Hafrada to grasp the irony.


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Greetings everyone! What a Blessed Beltane we had. I went on a 5 day camp out to Our Haven in French Lick, Indiana. For 3 days we had beautiful sunshine and 2 days of mud and rain. Of course no one minded, we were all together and the kids turned into mudbabies for several hours Saturday night. I am really looking forward to the next festival there.
Does anyone attend Starwood?? I just found out it is going to be held here in Ohio this year! (I live near Cincinnati).
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White House introduced a merit-based integrated system that will determine which foreigners are capable to become a legal resident in the Unites States. President Donald Trump formally announced his support together with 2 Republican senators Tom Cotton of Arkansas and David Perdue of Georgia who are also the authors of Reforming American Immigration for Strong Employment (RAISE) Act.
The legislation will be the biggest change at America's immigration policy in 50 years and the new system will favor English-speaking workers but might discourage those who are low skilled. The decision was made the day after Trump showed his support to a law that will limit the number of immigrants in the US.
What is the purpose of this new law?
The US President had a major campaign towards the merit-based immigration that will protect US workers, company, taxpayers and will prioritized American citizens overall, it is a pro US immigration reform that Americans want.Before it will implement, the House of Representatives and the Senate need to sign the bill.
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However, the opposition thinks that RAISE Act is an anti-immigrant bill. Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi said that the migrants are the perpetual resurgence of their country and each of the newcomers makes America more American. She also added that Trump is known for being hurtful, and senseless towards foreign settlers.
The Democratic Party stated that the bill would limit green cards for those who want to reunite with their families who are US based.


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Plusnet Outage in Exeter, Devon, England
Plusnet plc is a British quad play internet service provider; providing broadband using DSL and fibre technology, landline, digital television and Mobile services. Plusnet is part of BT.
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@Plusnet Oi you lot, your service has collapsed and your website is shot. Trying phone support and been waiting for an hour for you to pick up. Come on guys.....
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@Nigelontheradio @plusnethelp Hey Nigel, thats a shame, I've had a good time with Plusnet, been with them for 5 years and their customer service has always been good (far better than any other provider we've experienced). They're doing what they can at the mo for us: sent openreach engineer + new router out.
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@gelcoatcleaner @Plusnet @plusnethelp Bet they're not rude on the phone like @Plusnet
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@nowtvhelp After your appalling service last year with months of waiting for broadband to work, I instigated formal complaints, all of which came to nothing, so I moved to #Plusnet. I've just been told by you I've earned a new rank as Advocate on your community! Sums you up.
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Marcus Rashford's stock with the Great British public is high enough right now to bully The Tories into another U-Turn. Do we want our 5G network sponsored by Plusnet or Huawei?
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@plusnethelp @Plusnet @plusnethelp any help or does this now need to filed as complaint
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@Victrix75 @plusnethelp @Plusnet More stressed than dealing with the known-lacklustre support from Plusnet? Switching ISPs is pretty trivial these days in the majority of cases if you do a like for like switch. Who I'd recommend depends on where you are etc, as there can be variations in good choices by area.
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@Plusnet hi my internet is slow then turn it off back on then goes fast then it goes slow again it's been doing this for a wile never seam to get a few days of normal running
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@TalkTalk I find hard to believe that your website completely doesn't work, and that I'm unable to resign up via a third party website for a voucher. It's a shame that now the offer is only for a £70 voucher through no fault of my own 🙄 tempted to go with Plusnet now...
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@Plusnet @plusnethelp I really think that 7 months is now far too long to be dealing with an issue. You owe my grandma over £200. You owe me far more than that in my time on the phone and energy. How do I speak about this to someone senior please?
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@TerryClasper I totally agree with you about getting either a good or bad support person. Once I got a Plusnet support person who was asking me to do ridiculous things to verify that my problem was genuine. Well, the phone line was damaged and OpenReach had to come out and repair it.
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@plusnethelp is plusnet fibre broadband down in Shifnal in Shropshire?