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Below are five independent methods, but you need to try them one by one(If former method doesn't work, you need to try the latter, until you try all 5 methods).
1. Hard Reset Your iPhone
You might like to hard reset your iPhone when it gets crashes in any situations, and it is really helpful in some cases, so recommend you can try this first when you found that your iPhone get freezes during iOS upgrade. Simultaneously hold down the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button around 10s.
2. Plug Your iPhone into a Wall Outlet
Sounds strange but the voltage power of your iPhone may be unstable, and lead to the crashed problem when update to iOS 9, so try to plug iPhone into a wall outlet, wait 10 to 15 minutes.
3. Restore Your iPhone in iTunes
If you've been backing up your iPhone, you can restore your iPhone in iTunes. First try doing it in the normal way, if that doesn't work, switch into recovery mode. When get all content and setup back onto your iPhone, you might get rid of the crashed condition from your iPhone.
4. Repair iOS System Errors
Some errors may occurred when update iPhone to iOS 9, so if the three methods above can't fix your problem, you need a third-party software like iPhone Care Pro to repair those system errors, the software can fix iOS crash, upgrade failure and any iOS stuck issues.
5. Get Help form Apple
Sometimes hardware or software picks update time to fail. And you need to get some help from an Apple retail store.
We try to offer a tutorial that you can operate steps by steps(every step is independent) to fix iPhone crashes during iOS 9 upgrade. General speaking, the methods above can fix your frozen iPhone in any cases, please try!


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"Morgun now has a tremendous confidence and voice. I really feel that is because he is here [at DePaul]. He has no idea that he has a hearing loss." — Kristina, Morgun's mother
Morgun is four years old and started in DePaul's Toddler-Parent Program at age 18 months. He is now in Preschool. Morgun has moderate to severe hearing loss and uses two hearing aids.
Morgun is a fun-loving little boy who enjoys spending time with his big brother and helping his mom and dad. He was recently featured in a video about his journey at DePaul. Click here to view the video of Morgun.

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26/11, communists, Israel, Jews, left-liberal, leftists, Mumbai, pakistan, terrorism
Twitter is according to me a great invention. Rather Social Networking as a whole for that matter, and Twitter specifically. It gives us, common, young urban professionals a platform where we can know, question, debate, and shake the foundations of the very basic hypocritical, politically correct, propaganda machine…the paid media. Without being high on grass, and listening to "We don't need no education", I guess we should question the spoon feeds that our "free, fair, and truthful" media carefully chooses for us.
Started somewhat like this. I came across this extremely shocking and disturbing news a few months back, but was never sure of whether I would publish it. Seeing Barkha Dutt and NDTV in general, "shouting" and telling other people to stop shouting, as they are "allegedly" number one in India…(I use allegedly as it is the favourite word of our Mainstream, who dares not ever to call spade, a spade) and Rajdeep Sardesai and Sagarika Ghose asking everyone to think before going to sleep as how CNN-IBN is the best, somehow made me determined to tweet this news, which was carefully hushed and censored in India. For reasons unknown, but guessable.
Some of my friends in the Twitter world, most notably BarbarIndian…graciously retweeted it.
Now, this is the response I got…from someone in the UK, motherland of modern democracy, who looks, for all practical purposes educated, and obviously trying to earn some good amount of western currency.
Now there was an instant urge to counter this man,who I would love to call a moron and anti-semitic Nazi, but won't, out of pity for his ignorance and intellectual incapability, and partly due to my merciful leonine nature in general…I was disturbed even more…these words, coming from the Communist Party of India, (and the whole World. Communists speak the same language across the World), Pravda, Arundhati Roy and her perverted followers, NDTV, Mulayam Singh Yadav, Geelani, Osama, Sino-Pakistani media, Teachers of Calcutta Univ. JNU, AMU and other left-lib boiling pots, would have been acceptable. Sadly, it's not. 'Cause the dogmatic, brainwashed humanoids of "We don't need no education" have already overrun the World.
Some more of these startling news started to pour out, as a debate generated in Twitter. (Honest thanks to VikhrAkula!) Some of which even I didn't read before.
Link 1, Link 2, Link 3, and Link 4.
The question that was never asked was however, wherein lies the credibility, right, balance, accountability, justice, and principles of our media, who proudly trumpet their being the fourth estate and a pillar of our society, and hush up stories, real time stories from the mass? Leaving them to judge on their own, isn't that the bottomline of a matured democracy? Or probably they don't consider ourselves to be a matured democracy on the first place, which is even more painful to digest! And finally, isn't it ironic, that the left-liberals are on the same side of the fence with those same anti-semitic people, against whom they fought during the second world war? Like the classic dilemma of supporting the feminists against Burqa, or supporting Taliban in the name of religious rights? And who is the greater enemy? The people who attack our sovereignty from outside? Or the people who destroy it from within?
Some questions are, I guess, not to be answered…
[This is a rare serious post…please be aware of that. And no, I am not being sarcastic now. Also I am not a fanatic, and against any religious community, we had NSG commandos from all community fighting the Mumbai terrorists. Just that I am not politically correct and hypocritical either.]
A brilliant article, which is relevant to this piece.
DWW's earlier coverage of Mumbai.
A barbaric war which I was unfortunate enough to witness as a young journalist.


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Newborn puppy enjoys milk feeding
Published: October 8, 2014Updated: October 16, 2014
If you need an absolutely adorable moment to brighten up your day, look no further! When a newborn puppy isn't able to nurse well enough because it's too small, or perhaps has too much competition from littermates, syringe-feeding is known an effective method to help supplement the process. Here's a heart-warming example!


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The big news from LA LA Land this week is the story behind Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's surprise 'engagement'.
Meanwhile there's a lot of talk of relationship problems between Jennifer Aniston and fiancé Justin Theroux, who are apparently living 3,000 miles apart.
Plus the latest from the whirlwind life of Miley Cyrus as fears grow for her health and wellbeing.
And as always, the best bits from the scandalous stories in Hollywood.
So get yourself an iced tea and open a pack of yams, you're about to live the American dream in all of its madness.
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West have been 'offered a staggering $3 MILLION' for the first picture of newborn daughter North West – but the couple aren't even tempted to accept the bid.
Of course, the Kardashian mantra has always been thou shalt make money from all of life's sellable events but behind the scenes it's a much different story says one family insider.
Kanye is considering keeping their infant daughter under wraps and pals are surprised by how great the parents are. Kim leaked fake pictures to friends in a test of loyalty to see who would attempt to sell them to magazines, sadly two of her trusted friends let her down and now "Kanye's adamant about not having the baby on show."
It's predicted they will release images through their own social media á la Beyonce and Blue.
But a little worm has told Us Weekly that Kanye's irrational and outlandish behaviour may seem him completely change his mind and turn skyscrapers into his family photo album.
Similar to his projection of new album Yeezus video on 66 buildings across the world, a pal has said "he's spoken about doing something like that" with North.
But wait, what's this enormous bombshell dropped by OK! USA?
The story headline is Kanye's Emotional Proposal To Kim and adds while North was sleeping, the rapper offered up his heart to Kim and asked her to be his wife.
It's reported Kanye hasn't actually given Kim a ring but a source says he wants his bride-to-be to have the biggest diamond in Hollywood.
A close source to the family spilled: "They were mid-sentence and Kanye just suddenly asked Kim to marry him. He's got a billion dollars – he could have sky-written it across LA but his sincere approach was one of the most tender and touching moments Kim's had with him."
The know it all continued to describe the scene as Kim burst into tears and mouthed the word 'yes', because she was too overcome to actually speak. Which is a nice change.
The no frills proposal was fitting for the couple who have everything, says a mate who has probably never met them.
They are already planning a date for the wedding according to OK! USA and a New Year's Eve wedding has been suggested to symbolise a new beginning.
And the controversial rapper is growing more protective over girlfriend Kim and "pays a doctor to come almost every day to make sure she's completely fine."
Meanwhile, the story adds that Kim is already slimming down and has "lost 15 or 20 pounds. She was so swollen but most of the puffiness is gone."
They reckon the secret behind her trim physique is "spending all day with the baby and being totally hands-on."
And while she's been experiencing motherhood for the first time, Kim hasn't stopped working and has been filming for her E! reality show inside her home.
An insider reveals the network aren't putting any pressure on her to do anything or divulge goss she wants to keep private.
The family source told Us Weekly she gets the time to film because North "is an angel, she sleeps constantly."
It also adds that Kanye still hasn't changed Nori's nappy – which is a bit intrusive for anyone to know or say unless it was the baby communicating with blinks.
People magazine are also chatting about Kim losing her baby weight and say she's ready to get her incredible figure back.
They quote a source saying she's eating a clean diet or salads, fruits and veggies – plus hopes breast-feeding will help shed some weight too.
Not sure that's how it works or how much boob calcium would need to be extracted to lose a few lbs. It adds that the rapper has bought a fancy designer wardrobe for the tot and the baby wardrobe is insane.
Meanwhile, Kim's sister Khloe has given the most unorthodox lesson in sex education you might expect. She was mumbling something about have babies and said: "You can get pregnant when you're not even thinking about it.
It seems the self-described Queen of F****** Everything might not be any good as a talk show host. Kris Jenner is already being slammed by Fox network insiders ahead of her show debut which premieres July 15.
A source told Star: "It's already a complete failure due to her diva antics and empty guest list. She barks that her water isn't the right temperature." And she can't call on future son-in-law Kanye to get involved either after it's claimed she suggested he brought his daughter on the show.
Kanye didn't respond well to the request and has refused to take part ever again, according to the report.
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are edging closer to a wedding after they vowed only to marry when it was legal for all in the United States.
Now same-sex marriages are being approved across the country Brad is getting a bit excited after a source blabbed he wanted to marry Angie "ever since she was pregnant with Shiloh !"
In a rare follow up, People magazine are reporting similar claiming Brangelina are fast tracking a wedding. A source revealed Brad told Angie: "We'd better get on with those wedding plans, eh?"
Apparently their home is chaotic with planning, the phone is off the hook as they interview wedding organisers. The story adds that Angie wants to wear a L'Wren design dress after wearing and a t-shirt in her previous two marriages.
And they've made no secret telling friends the wedding would be mostly for the kids, a source has revealed they are even asking the children what theme they want for the ceremony.
The answers varied from zombie to monsters and princesses, according to the report. A family insider has told People the super-duper couple are even planning to add to their family with a baby.
"The plan was to adopt a baby from abroad a few months ago. But I know that Angie, despite the health risks in getting pregnant again, wants to try for one more natural birth before she has the full surgery.
"This will be their last chance to bring a baby into the world and both she and Brad kind of want to go for it," says the insider.
There is a slight snag however as Angie's doctors are advising her against a natural birth, says People.
Meanwhile, the ever fearful National Enquirer are reporting that it's Brad's worst nightmare as Angelina 'shrivels' to a dangerously low body weight.
The source says Angie weighs less than she does when she was 16 and Brad's "afraid that when it's time to have her ovaries removed, she won't be strong enough. He's worried sick that she could die." Which is at the very least over-dramatic.
There's more trouble in paradise for Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux as OK! USA claim the couple are living separate lives.
They are 3,000 miles apart as Jen spruces up her mansion in Los Angeles while Justin works in New York. But a suspicious source questions why the couple aren't flying to see each other on weekends when previously they were nearly attached at the hip and spent all their spare time between work together.
"In recent months, they've spent more and more time apart. Jennifer is delaying the marriage, not Justin. He's getting tired of waiting and she's changed the date three or four times. Justin's made so many changes in his life to be with Jen, from shaving off his beard to upgrading his bed linens," the source said.
The mole adds there's a chance Justin "may stray" if Jen continues to keep him at arms length. She recently reconciled her friendship with former Friends co-star Courtney Cox after it was reported they grew apart.
It's a story echoed by Life & Style magazine, who also correctly worked out the distance between New York and Los Angeles (3,000 miles, remember?).
Their version of events claim that onlookers at Jen and Courtney's rendezvous saw the pair in deep, serious conversation. It's rumoured that Justin is "dragging his feet about the wedding" so plans have been put on hold, according a friend.
Justin has told close pals he wants to live in New York permanently, but Jen-An described the iconic city as like living in a fish bowl. The same insider told L&S the couple "will do whatever they can to make it work."
Another magazine are preaching the same spiel about the 3,000 mile distance but interestingly also pick up on Justin's love for the city.
A friend told In Touch: "He's totally comfortable here. He's been enjoying a routine of riding around on his bike, hanging with his friends and staying at his old apartment."
The source continues: "He doesn't LA but Jennifer knows they will get married eventually. She loves him and knows they with or without a marriage certificate, they will be together. She just felt ambushed on the streets of New York."
In the world of Miley Cyrus last week we read how fiancé Liam Hemsworth demanded she chose between the wild lifestyle and him – but this might not have been the final ultimatum because a source has told Us Weekly the couple "had a rough patch but they're doing well now."
So well in fact, that Liam tagged along with the signer to her video shoot and according to a witness they were "lovey-dovey" which is nice.
But there are still major concerns for Miley as pals told Life & Style "she's barely eating It's really unhealthy."
Fitness expert Jennifer Nicole Lee estimates the singer weighs a feathering 98 pounds and "has the frame of a prepubescent child, not a 20-year-old woman."
Kelly Osbourne has been caught ranting off-camera about pretty popstar Taylor Swift.
The daughter of rocker Ozzy fumed: "I cannot stand Taylor! She is just so fake," according to Star magazine.
"She only dates people for press and is so hungry for attention," she continued.
In 2011, she slammed her for her false modesty, saying: "My biggest pet peeve about Taylor is that she walks on stage in front of 25,000 people and still goes, 'Me? You're here for me?' Of course, you're Taylor Swift, get over it!"
Well now we know where she stands.
At one stage in his career, Matthew Perry could be forgiven for asking rhetorically, Could I BE anymore famous?
But underneath the glimmer and shine of $1million per episode of iconic TV series Friends , the actor hid demons of serious addiction to alcohol and pills.
He reflects to People magazine: "Fifteen years ago I'd race through my house to the toilet when I first got home. I'd have two towels in my hand: one to wipe away the vomit and one to wipe away the tears. I had a big problem and I couldn't stop."
He's now an ambassador for rehabilitation conferences and helps others recover.
- A few centuries ago she'd have been burnt at the stake for witchcraft but Hermione Granger is free to live and love. Emma Watson , who stars in new movie Bling ring, fancies a giant rock on her engagement finger according to Star. She "feels ready to take the next step" says a source. Her boyfriend Will Adamowicz is going to be getting pulled into jewellery stores and forced to look at ring designs, says the source.
- Justin Bieber is reportedly facing a lifetime ban from a Las Vegas indoor skydiving centre after FAKING a tweet about the facility, which he'd allegedly agreed to do in lieu of paying the $1,600 tab.
- There are fears for Mary-Kate (of Olsen fame) as her much-older boyfriend's partying lifestyle is taking a troubling turn, claim Star. They reckon the constant late-nights and boozing is making Mary-Kate battle old demons again, after she entered rehab in 2004. She was treated for an eating disorder but rumours of substance abuse were denied at the time by her publicist. A source told Star: "This is really bad for a girl who has overcome a number of serious issues."
- New dad and ripped actor Channing Tatum gives a poetic analysis of his six-week-old daughter, saying: "I've never been so excited for something to poo." Gross.
- Sandra Bullock has been getting close to her bodyguard, so say OK! USA and National Enquirer. The Oscar winning actress has been helping Peter Weireter pursue his showbiz dreams and the couple have been enjoying spending time together.
- Michelle Williams and Katie Holmes' friendship appears to be up Dawson's Creek , according to Star. The magazine claim Michelle is telling hunk Luke Kirby to dump Katie because she reckons he could do so much better than Tom Cruise's ex-wife. The article adds Katie told Michelle to "keep her opinions to herself."
- Former Gossip Girl star Kelly Rutherford says she spent $1.5 million fighting for custody of her kids and it's left her broke. She divorced Daniel Giersch , in 2009. Then the visa allowing him to live in the U.S. was revoked. Last year an L.A. court ruled that their children could live with their dad in Monaco. Kelly says she spent the money fighting that ruling, and filed for bankruptcy in May.
- If there's one thing you don't do when in the company of Simon Cowell is fuel his ego and embarrassing dad flirting techniques. But silly Kelly Rowland was gushing about her crush on Simon this week, "He walks in the room and keeps doing this wink thing at you, and you're like, 'Boy, don't you do that!'" Cringe.
Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds legging it through Heathrow Airport after nearly missing their flight out of blustering Blighty.
Tom Cruise was seen entertaining a group of blonde women with a few jokes while waiting for his car at a valet in West Hollywood, the lack of detail on place compared to the topic of conversation is intriguing but there we go.
Leonardo DiCaprio has been keeping himself busy checking out the shops at Pier 57 in NYC while fellow Departed co-star actor Matt Damon was overheard yapping about the baseball results at dinner with his wife and friends at STK Meatpacking in the Big Apple.
Leo is working on his party boy reputation and Star magazine are reporting the Hollywood hunk racked up $50K worth of damages to his suite at the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc during the Cannes Film Festival.
Ever the gentleman, he paid for the repairs which apparently included cigarette burns on the carpet, bed and couch – plus women's underwear was everywhere. Which makes you wonder if all of his lady guests left the swanky suite commando.


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Asset Protection Attorney explains Asset Protection Systems
There are certain key elements you want to protect during a divorce. Asset Protection in a divorce usually consists of actions involving a spouse. Spouses who want to protect there finances and avoiding splicing property up. Personal property and marital property are the assets they are looking to protect. Even if the said property is in a single name. It may still be subject to division under the laws of the state or court system.
Inheritance and distinct property can possibly be separate from marital property. But individual property can and does sometimes get mixed up with marital property. If you have personal property such as money that was put into any marital accounts after you were married. These funds are now marital property.
This instance is where it would have been handy to have had a prenuptial agreement. This in turn would have helped to keep your assets safe. But if there is no such agreement your most likely going to loose at least have of those funds.
In this case protecting your individual assets would have saved you a lot of trouble. This would be called an Individual Asset Protection. This would have been included in the a fore mentioned prenuptial. Simply put, To keep your asset's safe you would have just not included these funds in the marital accounts. In this light a prenuptial is not necessary to protect yourself with asset protection.
If before marriage, All to keep Asset Protection in a divorce. Just keep your accounts separate and you will have used Asset Protection in divorce. As you can see Asset Protection can be very simple or very complicated. Especially if involving a court of law. You never know what a judge of the courts may do or order during a divorce.
You may have certain other rights in your state of jurisdiction. Remember that some states don't allow the protection of asset's in any circumstance. Know your state and local laws in this area. Also certain country's don't allow asset protections in any form.
Have your asset's planned before you get married to avoid any hatred or despise for the other party. It is that simple to make asset protection in a divorce work for both party's involved.


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Guest blogged by Manpreet Kaur
Recently the Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (SALDEF) announced that they will be honoring Gap, Inc. for taking "pride in featuring the Sikh American identity†at their annual gala on October 11th in Washington, DC. As you may remember, last year, the Gap used Sikh actor and designer Waris Ahluwalia in their "Make Love†campaign. The Sikh community gave a lot of praise to Gap over social media posting and re-posting the advertisement as even encouraging Sikhs to purchase from and support the company. This support increased exponentially when Gap responded positively to racist vandalism on an ad in New York City.
While having a Sikh model on a mainstream advertisement might be a positive step especially a year after the Oak Creek tragedy, as Sikhs, how can we, as a community, support a company that has carried out horrific labor practices? Gap's terrible labor practices in South Asian countries have been widely documented, putting employees in extremely dangerous working conditions with less than minimum compensation.
Gap, Inc. literally has blood on its hands, as 29 trapped garment workers died in a fire in a Bangladesh factory that produced clothing for the company in 2010. United Students Against Sweatshops states:
Human rights activists and labor groups have been calling on Gap to fix the factories in the rest of their Bangladesh supply chain since December 2010, but instead Gap is sticking with its own corporate-controlled voluntary initiative that lacks transparency, accountability, and worker voice. Gap initially promised to sign onto a meaningful fire and building safety agreement, but then backed out, announcing their own, go-it-alone initiative. Gap is using the same self-regulatory approach that they and other brands have used for two decades and that has failed to protect the safety of workers in Bangladesh: factory monitoring controlled entirely by Gap, with no transparency, no role for workers or their trade unions, no commitment to pay prices to suppliers that make it feasible for them operate responsibly, and no binding commitments of any kind.
Guest blogged by Moninder Singh
I am for Palestinian statehood, and at the same time I am for the existence of the state of Israel. I am against rockets fired into civilian areas killing innocents indiscriminately, but I am even more against what can only be seen as purposely targeted air strikes against the children and innocents of Gaza. I am against those who think the existence of Jews and Israel must be challenged, and in the same breath, I am against Zionist and Israeli nationalism that doesn't recognize the state of Palestine or the right to self-determination of the Palestinian people. It is indeed that simple in my mind.
It was only a recent photograph of a forward thinking and young Sikh waving a Khalistan flag at a pro-Palestine rally in California  that pushed me to give my views on the topic as well– but as a Sikh and not a wannabe political analyst. For weeks I have been listening to conversations from many within the Sikh community on the issue of Palestinian statehood versus the existence of Israel. The underlying question nobody is really touching on is, why does it have to be one or the other?
This illegal occupation and massacre instigated and carried out by Israel with excuses of Palestinian aggression has nothing to do with the fact that Yasser Arafat (former Leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization) was close to Indira Gandhi or the fact that Israel was instrumental in training Indian law enforcement agencies on dealing with threats to their national security which were also deployed in Punjab against Sikhs throughout the 1990s. These actions do not define the masses or their rights. It defines only misguided leadership and corrupt governments. What is even more troubling is the refusal of many Sikhs to comment on this issue by stating, "I am not an expert in Palestinian/Israeli affairs." But who said you had to be? If it is only the "experts†that are needed to make decisions on the fate of an entire population, then we as Sikhs should take up shovels for digging graves and hauling carts of wood for funeral pyres because the oppressed peoples of the world who are resisting tyranny like the Palestinians will need them today, and make no mistake that we ourselves will likely need them tomorrow…just like we did yesterday.
A revolution never did and never will need "experts.†A revolution needs nothing but the people. And from them it demands their minds for the ability to think without fear, it demands their voices for the ability to speak without fear, and if needed, it will demand their blood to accomplish their dream to live without fear. It should never be that the oppressed of yesterday becomes the oppressor of today, but when that does happen and as it has happened in the case of Israel oppressing our Palestinian brothers and sisters, we as Sikhs have a duty to uphold the principles of our Gurus and stand in solidarity with and struggle alongside those who are being oppressed.
185 Palestinians have been killed, thousands injured, and nearly 1,000 homes destroyed in the last week in Gaza by Israeli airstrikes (underwritten by American tax dollars). My last post about the dangers of Sikh alliances with pro-Israel groups has sparked some important and much needed discussion and debate in our community about this issue.
Many people I talk to (Sikh and non-Sikh alike) explain they feel like they do not know enough about the situation to take a stance or get involved. Or they feel overwhelmed about the complicated history of the conflict. If this sounds like you or anyone you know (or you just want a history refresher), check out this short video put out by Jewish Voice for Peace.Â
And if you don't understand why this is a Sikh issue, see here, here, or here for more about that.
Monday evening in Brooklyn, about 50 people gathered to protest Israeli apartheid and encourage the boycott of Israeli goods, a part of the growing boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) movement. Inspired by the effective use of boycott and divestment tactics in the struggle against South African apartheid decades ago, the BDS movement is growing with recent victories such as the Presbyterian Church (USA) and many colleges and universities deciding to stop investing in companies complicit in the oppression of the Palestinian people.
The mood of Monday's rally was heavy. What was intended to be a celebration of the 10th anniversary of the BDS movement instead was a mourning of the many Palestinian lives taken in recent days by Israeli soldiers/bombs and civilians/settlers alike. Like Muhammad Abu Kheidr, a 16-year-old who was burned alive last week in what is widely assumed to be a revenge lynching by Israeli settlers after the bodies of three missing Israeli teens were discovered (blamed on Hamas without any evidence). Or Muhammad's cousin Tareq, a 15-year-old Palestinian American who was badly beaten and detained for being at the wrong place at the wrong time (with the wrong ethnicity) a few days later. Or the 31 people in Gaza killed and countless others injured and displaced by 378 Israeli airstrikes in the last two days of its increasingly devastating "Operation Protective Edge." Or the 10+ killed and over 360 kidnapped in Israel's "Operation Brother's Keeper" a few weeks ago in the West Bank, a form of collective punishment on the entire population after the  disappearance of three Israeli boys.
This past weekend was pride weekend in my home of New York City and many other cities around the country and world. I missed many of the festivities because I was traveling but did attend the annual Trans Day of Action last Friday, a march a rally organized by the Audre Lorde Project and many other groups on the historic Christopher Street Pier. It was a beautiful gathering of a very diverse and energetic group of queer people, trans people, and allies. The event was largely led by LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) people of color and immigrants, a breath of fresh air given how these individuals are so often invisible/marginalized/excluded in both the mainstream gay movement and in their own communities and families.
Towards the end of the rally, a young desi man came up to me, introduced himself, and asked me about local Sikh activist groups to get involved in. He, like so many others in our community, has not found a Sikh space where he can take action on the various social justice issues he is passionate about — including LGBT rights and justice. We had a nice, short conversation about the activist roots of Sikhi and our Gurus' radical commitment to equality and liberation. Yet we are all too aware of the rampant homophobia in our community, which I have written about before.
Given this reality, I was happy to see a PSA circulating in the last few days that features a Sikh family speaking out against homophobia. We could certainly use one in Punjabi to reach more members of our community, but this Hindi video is a great start nevertheless.
4) PSA Hindi from Asian Pride Project on Vimeo.
When most of us imagine what the people inside immigration detention centers in the United States look like, we usually do not think of Sikhs from Punjab. Our Sikh American community — and more broadly South Asian American community — has been reluctant to deeply engage with the harsh realities of immigration policy and detention here in the United States. Too often we have seen this as someone else's issue or passed quick judgment on those migrants from various parts of the world who overstayed their tourist visas or crossed the border under the radar — in search of work, to feed their families, in hopes of a better life. Papers or not, this hope for freedom is what brings all migrants to the United States.
Right now at least 37 Punjabi migrants, who fled India in search of this illusive freedom, are detained in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in El Paso, Texas. News of these men and others at the El Paso facility protesting their indefinite detentions (they have been detained for over nine months now) came to surface in December. Last week, we learned that 37 Singhs — now known as the El Paso 37 — began a hunger strike.Â
37 young Sikh men — many who are seeking political asylum in the US — have been detained for almost a year in Texas, yet we have heard almost nothing about it in our organizations or gurdwaras. There has been no major news coverage of these men's plight. Their harsh journey to El Paso reportedly took them through Moscow, Havana, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Mexico. Instead of finding respite, comfort, and safety in the US, they have found prison walls.
Yesterday, the Washington Post reported that a bipartisan group of 105 Members of Congress sent a letter urging the Department of Defense to end a presumptive ban on devout Sikhs who want to serve in the U.S. Armed Forces.  Over the past several years, civil rights group, The Sikh Coalition, has been working to address the issue of equal opportunity in the Armed Forces allowing all Sikhs to serve.  Since 2009, three Sikh Coalition clients—Major Kamaljeet Singh Kalsi, Captain Tejdeep Singh Rattan, and Corporal Simran Preet Singh Lamba—have received rare and historic accommodations to serve in the U.S. Army with their articles of faith intact.  A timeline of the efforts can be found here.
The Members wrote:
Dear Secretary Hagel,
We respectfully request that the United States Armed Forces modernize their appearance regulations so that patriotic Sikh Americans can serve the country they love while abiding by their articles of faith.
Devout Sikhs have served in the U.S. Army since World War I, and they are presumptively permitted to serve in the armed forces of Canada, India and the United Kingdom, among others. Notably, the current Chief of Staff of the Indian Army is a turbaned and bearded Sikh, even though Sikhs constitute less than two percent of India's population. Throughout the world, and now in the U.S. Army, Sikh soldiers are clearly able to maintain their religious commitments while serving capably and honorably.
After hearing from their constituents, many Members of Congress who represent large constituencies of Sikhs signed onto this letter representing the importance and value of political engagement. Â Unfortunately, there were also Members of Congress – some who represent Sikh constituents, who fund-raise within the Sikh community and even sit on the American Sikh Congressional Caucus who did not sign this letter. Â This includes my own Member of Congress, Devin Nunes who "represents" (or that's what we thought) a large constituency of Sikhs in the Central Valley of California. Â Other missing signatories include Congressman LaMalfa and McClintock – who, in the past, have reached out to the Sikh community for support.
It isn't enough to simply invite Members to our Gurdwaras and offer them saropay. Â We have to hold our Members of Congress accountable once they leave our Gurdwaras and are challenged to support our issues on the Hill. Â Our presence and political engagement will only make a difference when we continue to take a leadership role to address inequity in our society and establish a strong voice on behalf of the Sikh community.
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The Sikh Coalition, a civil rights organization, was recently asked to present to a group of inmates at San Quentin State Prison in Northern California.  Organized by the Asian Prisoner Support Committee, which has a weekly class inside San Quentin State Prison called SQ ROOTS (Restoring Our Original True Selves), the organization was asked to make a presentation about the Sikh community.  The class is modeled after Asian American Studies courses, covering topics such as history, culture, personal experiences as well as health and reentry issues.  The class is comprised of Vietnamese, Filipino, Cambodian, Hmong, Lao, Chinese, Mexican in addition to Punjabi Sikh men.
The presentation included a Sikh awareness talk followed by a discussion on the post-9/11 challenges experienced by the Sikh community, including hate crimes, school bullying, religious profiling and workplace discrimination.  It was a unique experience for both the Sikh Coalition volunteers as well as the inmates who noted at the end that they were "grateful†and "thankful†to have learned about the Sikh community and the issues that Sikh Americans were experiencing.  It was a moving experience and pushed us to think about restorative justice and the role of forgiveness within Sikhi.
Many of us on the "outside†have preconceived ideas about what life is like inside the prison system. To be sure, our few hours inside the prison and interacting with the inmates may not be a fully representative view of prison life. Yet, the warm reception we received by inmates before, during, and after our session was eye-opening; the inmates in our class were very engaged, courteous and collegial. We enjoyed the positive and warm atmosphere exuded by each member of our audience, and were touched by the obvious desire by these inmates to learn more about the Sikh community, and to even empathize with some of the issues that Sikhs in this country have faced.
A few weeks ago, the Indian Supreme Court re-criminalized sexual acts between consenting adults of the same sex. The Supreme Court overturned a 2009 decision by the Delhi High Court to strike down section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, which came directly from a British colonial law from 1861. Section 377, which was just reinstated, states:
377. Unnatural offenses — Whoever voluntarily has carnal intercourse against the order of nature with any man, woman or animal, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.
As Prerna Lal states about the recent ruling, "the Indian Supreme Court has re-criminalized gay sex in India, rendering almost 20 percent of the global LGBT population illegal." As a result, LGBT Indians and their allies in India and around the world have taken to the streets, signed petitions, and engaged in creative actions through social media, showing their outrage about this backwards decision.
But what has the Sikh response been? I have previously written about the homophobia rampant in our community and how ironic it is, given our Gurus' deep commitment to equality and social justice. In the days after the ruling on 377, I wondered if any Sikh activists committed to LGBT equality would come out of the woodwork. I also wondered about the Sikh response to the ruling in India and if any Sikh institutions publicly supported or lobbied for this ruling. Embarrassingly, Sikh institutions have publicly campaigned against LGBT equality in the past, including supporting the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in the US a few years back.
Enter Kanwar Saini, aka Sikh Knowledge, a young, openly gay hip hop artist in Toronto. In protest of 377 and as a part of a social media campaign, Saini posted a photograph of him kissing another man on Facebook, which went somewhat viral and led to a lot of discussion and debate about Sikhi and gay rights. Facebook removed the photo from his page for 16 hours, quite possibly due to a whole lot of homophobic Sikhs reporting the picture to Facebook as offensive.
Saini recently appeared on CTV discussing the incident and his response.
Guest blogged by Kirpa Kaur
A few weeks ago, India joined the world in mourning the loss of Nelson Mandela, the former South African president and anti-apartheid revolutionary whose armed resistance and leadership rendered him a "terrorist†and imprisoned for 27 years. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh stated: "A giant among men has passed away. This is as much India's loss as South Africa's. He was a true Gandhian. His life and work will remain a source of eternal inspiration for generations to come.â€
It's been 44 days since a Sikh farmer and activist from Haryana decided to launch a hunger strike unto death at Gurudwara Amb Sahib (Mohali, next door to Chandigarh) to protest the long sentences being served by political prisoners who have been denied any legally mandated review of their cases; and India remains largely silent. BBC Radio yesterday recognized that while the protest has caught momentum around the world, and from various quarters in Punjab, including the oft-vilified Punjabi singers, mainstream India is largely aloof on this issue.
Guest blogged by Jaspreet Kaur
There has recently been a lot of stir in the Sikh community about the GAP's new "Make Love†holiday campaign. The Gap used Waris Ahluwalia, a Sikh actor and designer, as a model for one of their promotional pictures. The response from the Sikh and non Sikh community was mixed and social media started buzzing with reactions to the image. A large add of this picture in New York City was recently vandalised and the Gap immediately responded by changing their twitter background to the image. Once again, the Sikh community responded, this time with more positive comments and support for the Gap.
What seems to have been forgotten in all this commotion is that the Gap is a multinational corporation that is only about their bottom line. They are about making money, not love. Their primary interest is to sell a product and by claiming to capture and commodify love, they are selling clothes. While the Gap is being praised for their quick response time and progressive thinking what is dismissed is the understanding that by the time a corporation uses an idea, it is no longer revolutionary. Gap would not have used a Sikh model if it hurt their bottom line. It is already acceptable and that is why the Gap can profit from displaying a turban and beard.
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As the Sikh American community embarks yet another mobilization against hate attacks— since this latest episode of violence has really hit home with many Sikhs in a way rarely seen since Balbir Singh Sodhi— we would do well to first answer the difficult, necessarily critical questions posed by my sister Nina Chanpreet Kaur in her thoughtful, passionate piece from last year.[1]
Our efforts at "education and outreach†clearly have yielded perilously little success— as measured by the safety of our communities. So education obviously is NOT enough. Reality is far more complex and ugly. A person who would attack a gurdwara is not coming to an open house or community feeding (langar) to abate their hatred. The long list of those in our communities who have been injured and killed, and the homes and gurdwaras defaced, testifies to as much. We cannot advance by hiding in our gated communities, far from the raw racial realities daily faced by our less fortunate sisters and brothers.
Fighting centuries of entrenched, utterly irrational white [and Christian] supremacy is neither an easy task, nor a short term one. Many of us cannot even bring ourselves to admit these forces even exist, let alone how they permanently define Sikhs as racial and religious outsiders. That naïve approach must end, replaced by a sophistication borne of serious historical study of U.S. history.
Guest blogged by Simran Jeet Singh
Last night, I received the kind of phone call that everyone dreads: a close friend was hurt, and on his way to the hospital. But the news got worse, as I learned that my friend, Dr. Prabhjot Singh, a young Sikh American professor at Columbia University, had been brutally attacked on a public street, the victim of a violent hate crime. My brother and I immediately jumped in a taxi and rushed to the hospital, where we finally saw Prabhjot being wheeled in, bloody and bruised, his face swollen from a fractured jaw. He couldn't speak because many of his teeth had been displaced, but he waved limply to let us know that he was okay.
We joined Prabhjot in his hospital room and were surprised to find it already filled with officers from the NYPD and its Hate Crime Task Force. As he struggled to give his statement, we came to learn that his assailants had taunted him as they beat him, calling him "Osama" and "terrorist." He described being punched in the face repeatedly until falling to the ground. And then he recalled how the punches to the head continued as he laid on the sidewalk.
I saw Prabhjot shudder as he realized how much worse it could have been. He had just returned from dinner, dropping his wife and one-year-old son at home before going for a walk. He reached from his hospital bed and grabbed his wife's hand.
He recounted the scariest moment, seeing a young male put his arm inside his coat, as if reaching for a gun. He also remembered people pulling at his long beard. He couldn't provide any descriptions about his assailants, and it seemed to me that in some way, he didn't want to remember them.
Prabhjot has dedicated his life to serving the underserved. He is currently the Director of Systems Management at the Earth Institute, and he draws upon his experiences abroad to help improve the health of local communities like Harlem. In addition to serving as an Assistant Professor at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs, he is also a resident physician at Mt. Sinai Hospital. His life's work has been to help the underprivileged access quality and affordable healthcare, and he believes strongly that his countless hours of service are an investment in improving the health of impoverished communities.
Christina Antonakos-Wallace is the filmmaker behind with WINGS and ROOTS, a 90-minute documentary that tells the stories of five people from different immigrant communities living in New York or Berlin, Germany, who have struggled to shape their identity in various ways.
The film features The Langar Hall's own Sonny Singh, a Sikh living in New York. Part of his story was featured in the well-received short documentary Article of Faith, spawned from the with WINGS and ROOTS project, that portrays Sonny's activism around bullying of Sikh school children in New York. Another short film, called Where are you from from? was also produced out of this project.
Below, Christina Antonakos-Wallace discusses the film and provides great insight about its intended message regarding the immigrant experience and the search for identity. You can view the trailer for with WINGS and ROOTS at the end of this post.
About two months ago, I observed the continuing engagement by representatives of the Indian government with the Sikh American community, which in that instance took the form of an exhibition on Sikh heritage in Atlanta, Georgia, sponsored by the Government of India. This exhibit has just recently been presented in Washington, D.C., as well, and it is consistent with increased engagement and activity related to the Sikh American community — be it directly, or through lobbying of US officials — by representatives of India. The increasing effort by Indian officials to promote the Sikh community in the United States is problematic, however, as it runs contrary to India's track record with the Sikhs in its own borders over the past several decades.
Whether in the aftermath of a hate crime (such as in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, or recently in Fresno, California), or in what appears a deliberate attempt to brand the Sikh identity with Indian nationalism, representatives of the Indian government are insisting that they be the custodians of the Sikh community in the United States.
In 1984, as the Indian government was terrorizing Sikhs in northern India, mass campaigns of state-sponsored extermination were occurring in the Americas as well. The small Central American nation of Guatemala, under the rule of US-backed Efrain Rios Montt, was one such place. While Indira Gandhi's army was attacking Darbar Sahib with an insatiable thirst for Sikh blood, Guatemala was in the midst of what is sometimes called a civil war. Another name for it might be the deliberate and targeted mass killing of indigenous and poor people. In both cases, though thousands of miles apart geographically and politically, campaigns of state-sponsored genocide were underway.
Yesterday, a Guatemalan court found Rios Montt, now 86 years old, guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity. He came to power in 1982 in a US-backed coup and oversaw "a scorched-earth policy in which troops massacred thousands of indigenous villagers. He entered the court on Friday to boos and cries of 'Justicia!' or justice. Prosecutors say Rios Montt turned a blind eye as soldiers used rape, torture and arson to try to rid Guatemala of leftist rebels during his 1982-1983 rule, the most violent period of a 1960-1996 civil war in which as many as 250,000 people." (link)
The former dictator has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for genocide and 30 more from crimes against humanity. This is the first time in history that a head of state has been found guilty of committing genocide in his or her own country. The significance of this conviction cannot be overstated for the people of Guatemala as well as other parts of Latin America and the world where genocidal tyrants have never been held accountable for their atrocities.
What we're not hearing much about in the US news coverage of this unprecedented trial is the US government's role in Guatemala at the time (and earlier, beginning with the CIA coup against Arbenz in 1954, essentially for the benefit of the United Fruit Company). While there is much to celebrate in this conviction, key architects and underwriters of these policies of terror in Guatemala (and other parts of Latin America) have faced no consequences for their instrumental role in the genocide. Efrain Rios Montt was trained by the US Army at the school formerly known as the School of the Americas, infamous for training Latin American soldiers and leaders in the art of torture and repression. Rios Montt was close ally of the Reagan Administration, which considered his leadership style necessary in the so-called fight against communism. Revolutionary struggles were building in Nicaragua and El Salvador, and the Reagan Administration saw to it that they would be crushed as would anything or anyone that posed a real or perceived threat against multinationals corporations exploiting the continent's rich natural resources. In practice, what this meant in Guatemala (and elsewhere) was if you are indigenous and/or poor, you must be a leftist and thus, you must be silenced, intimidated, and/or killed.
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Today, the government of India has once again proved why it's claim to being the world's largest democracy is laughable. Not to mention the media in India, which claims to be fair and democratic in nature, however, this is simply not the case. India's media is clearly state run and its news outlets make stories that create divides within communities. Why am I saying all this?
Sadda Haq is a fictional movie based on real events surrounding the militancy era in Punjab during the 1980s and 1990s. Showing accounts of "false encounters†and police brutality, the movie aims to show why average citizens were forced to take up arms against the oppressive regime. The movie was set to release worldwide today on April 5, 2013. Although the Indian Government can't ban the movie worldwide, the Punjab government did manage to ban the movie in Punjab and other parts of India in just a few hours prior to its opening after the movie was privately screened to Punjab Police members and state government officials.
These officials who watched the private screening included the likes of DGP Sumedh Saini. Interestingly enough, the ban comes from the Punjab government run by Parkash Badal of the Akali Party, a party that is supposed to represent Sikh interests, but at the same time has promoted Saini to the ranks of DGP(Deputy General of Police) even after countless human rights claims exist against him for his participation in the post 1984 Punjab genocide of Sikh youth.
Over the past few days the Indian news outlets have been talking about Sadda Haq being a controversial film promoting Khalistan. It is no doubt that Sadda Haq discusses the militancy era, but its aim is to show the truth that has been pushed under the rug by the government and media.
This March marked ten years since the United States invaded Iraq in the name of Iraqi freedom. Ten years later, potentially over one million Iraqi civilian deaths later, where are we now? What are the people of Iraq left with? Aside from extreme instability and near genocide, Iraqis are now dealing with a legacy of cancer and birth defects as a result of our country's military aggression. A few weeks back on Democracy Now, journalist Dahr Jamail discussed this harrowing reality. He stated:
"[The birth defects] are extremely hard to bear witness to, but it's something that we all need to pay attention to … What this has generated is from 2004 up to this day, we are seeing a rate of congenital malformations in the city of Fallujah that has surpassed even that in the wake of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that nuclear bombs were dropped on at the end of World War II."
What follows is the clip from the news program. Note that the images in the clip are horrific. This is reality. This is our tax dollars at work.
You will be walking in memory of twenty-eight-year-old Darshan Singh who was a young farmer from Amritsar district. On 9 September 1990, Darshan and two other young men went for a motorcycle ride when a group of police officers suspected them of being militants and shot at them. Darshan, the pillion rider, was hit by a bullet and fell down dead. The police took Darshan's two companions into custody and reported them dead in alleged encounters.
Ensaaf has documented thousands of cases of disappearance and unlawful killings in Punjab and in an effort to allow its supporters to connect with victims, Ensaaf is holding a 5k walk, called Appear for the Disappeared, on April 6, 2013 in Fremont, CA. The walk is an opportunity for all participants and virtual donors to commemorate a specific individual who was disappeared in Punjab by Indian security forces from the mid-1980s to late 1990s. Ensaaf's goal is to commemorate 500 individuals and raise $25,000 to complete documentation efforts.
Between 1984 and 1995, Punjab witnessed thousands of disappearances and unlawful killings, with many victims facing unimaginable torture at the hands of Indian security officials. Rarely were victim families informed of the fate of their loved ones, let alone given a chance to carry out final rites and funeral services. As thousands of men and women disappeared and their families left in the darkness, responsible security officials were awarded promotions and their human rights violations faded into darkness.
Guest blogged by Santbir Singh
I try to imagine the government coming to my house one morning and taking my five year old daughter and eight year old son away to a boarding school hundreds of kilometres away. I try to imagine that at this school, my children's hair will be cut, their dastars and kakkars will be removed and they will be forcibly baptized as Christians. I try to imagine that they will be beaten for speaking Panjabi, reading Bani or trying to maintain their religious and cultural traditions. I try to imagine that even their basic health needs will not be looked after and they may well die from treatable infections and diseases. And then, I must admit, I am not able to imagine the rest; I can not bear to imagine them being abused, assaulted, beaten and raped.
That is what occurred in this country for one hundred years as the Canadian government, along with government sanctioned church groups, kidnapped First Nations children from their homes and took them to residential schools where unspeakable horrors were committed on them. Of course the history of colonization in the Americas does not begin with the Residential School system but is in fact a legacy going back centuries. It is estimated that 90 to 95% of all indigenous people living in the Americas were killed by smallpox within the first century after European first contact in the late 1400's. It is difficult to fathom death at that scale. Those that remained had their land stolen and were forced onto reservations to live as non-citizens in their own lands.
As a nation, Sikhs are extremely proud of our own anti-colonial struggle against the British. Yet we have completely failed to acknowledge that in Canada we have succeeded due to the colonial oppression of other nations. This land where we build our homes and businesses was the land of nations that lived here for tens of thousands of years. Yes, one hundred and seventy years ago the British annexed Panjab and ended Khalsa Raj. But the British did not exile us from our own villages and towns. The British did not take our land and build new cities. The British did not migrate to Panjab and force us to live on inadequate reserves.


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Spring Thaw 2016
This year the everlasting winter bid its farewells, so we thought, on the Spring Equinox. After the Easter celebrations many hastily rushed to put away the dreary, dark colored, cumbersome and hefty winter coats along with the snow shovels and the winter tires. But the spring season has been anything but consistent. Blame it on global warming if you please, for this year we are intermittently beset with snow and rainstorms with the polar vortex bringing on the arctic cold air as icing on the cake. Like a yo-yo, we are forced one day to dig out our heavy winter attire and don boots only the next day to search for waterproof footwear when heavy rains turn all paths into muddy sloshes or pools of water. Even the trees are confused; I fear for the buds that are faced with these inconsistent temperatures. Hopefully the volatility of the spring will soon settle in to more consistent temperatures so that we can fully enjoy this delightful season.
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Northern Line Centenary
Last week 15 stations on the Northern Line celebrated their 100th birthday. The Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway (CCE&HR) platforms were opened on 22 June 1907. Fortunately I was sunning myself in Palma on the 22nd but Gareth was passing through Chalk Farm and saw the celebrations, which sounded similar to ones I saw at Leceister Square last yearHe said LU "were getting into the spirit of things by decking the place out in balloons and having some staff dressed in period costume handing out centenary choclate coins to the customers - it was really sweet and I saw loads of people with a smile as they entered the depths of the Northern Line - itself a rare sight! I grabbed a pic of two of the supervisors in their finery". And very nice cheerful looking chappies they are. Thanks to Gareth for sending them in. Did you see celebrations at any of the other stations?It looks as though there were some older trains put on from the terminal at Mill Hill East, although this wasn't mentioned on the TfL's site (however, a new station called Morning Crescent did seem to be celebrating!). When the line was extended northwards and southward in the mid 1920's it became known as the Morden–Edgware Line, although a number of alternative names were suggested such as "Edgmorden" and "Medgware". Unfortunately neither were taken up and the Line was eventually named the Northern Line in 1937. It's sad there's only the Bakerloo line that has this amalgamation of names. Personally, I wish the Piccadilly line was called the Cockerdilly line.
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Bangalore: The BJP government in Karnataka on Wednesday plunged into crisis being reduced to a minority after 19 MLAs withdrew support, prompting Governor HR Bhardwaj to ask Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa to prove his majority in the Assembly before October 12.
The first-ever saffron Government in the South was rocked by the action of 19 MLAs--14 from BJP and five Independents--who revolted against Yeddyurappa`s leadership dissatisfied with the recent cabinet expansion and gave a letter to the Governor withdrawing support to him.
The rebel MLAs included seven ministers of whom four were Independents who were sacked earlier in the day.
Hours after the revolt, Yeddurappa had a meeting with Bharadwaj and told him he was ready to face the trial of strength on October 11, one day ahead of the deadline set by the Governor for the 29-month-old government.
"I have requested the Governor to convene the special session on October 11 to face the trial of strength", he told the media after meeting Bhardwaj at Raj Bhavan.
Yeddyurappa expressed confidence of proving the majority enjoyed by his government.
In the 224-member Assembly, BJP and Independents together had a strength of 123 and with today`s developments it has been reduced to 104 reducing the ruling party to a minority. BJP requires the support of 113 members to prove its majority. BJP earlier had 117 MLAs including the Speaker, followed by Congress 73, JDS 28 and independents six.
Acting quickly to save his government, Yeddyurappa dangled the carrot of ministry reshuffle with immediate effect to appease the rebels and assured another exercise next year to induct new faces.
In a fire-fighting exercise, he also rushed mining magnate and Tourism Minister G Janardhana Reddy to pacify the agitated MLAs, who are camping near Chennai. Interestingly, Reddy had led the dissident campaign against Yeddyurappa not long ago.
Emerging from the about two-and-half hours discussions with the rebel MLAs at the airport here, Reddy told reporters there was no threat to the government and he would convey the dissidents` demands to party high command. The rebels later left for Kochi.
Reddy also said the dissidents have sought two more days time to respond to the offers made to them by Yeddyurappa to change their decision.
The dissident MLAs said Yeddyurappa`s "dictatorial" attitude and their "utter neglect" were responsible for their decision.
Minister for Fisheries Anand Asnotikar and Minister for Animal Husbandry P M Narendra Swamy, who was among those sacked, deputed by the rebels, called on Bhardwaj and submitted the list of the MLAs who withdrew support.
With the government reduced to a minority, Bhardwaj directed Yeddyurappa to prove his majority on the floor of the House on or before October 12 by 5 pm.
Earlier, anticipating trouble Yeddyurappa recommended to the Governor to dismiss four ministers -- Shivaraj Tangadagi, D Sudhakar, P M Narendra Swamy and Venkataramanappa from the ministry, which was accepted by Bhardwaj. These four elected as independents had lent their support to Yeddyurappa after the BJP fell short of majority after the assembly elections.
Apart from the four axed ministers, other ministers who joined the rebels are, M P Renukacharya, now leading the dissident group, Asnotikar and Balachandra Jarkiholi.


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Birthday at Bouchon
For my birthday last week, I happened to be at a conference in Las Vegas. So for dinner, we went to my favorite restaurant there, Bouchon. Bouchon is part of the empire of Thomas Keller, the chef (and useful cookbook author) whose flagship restaurants, Napa Valley's The French Laundry and New York City's Per Se, are perhaps the most lauded in the United States. Since they're also priced like it, I've never been to either. Unlike his 3-Michelin-star joints, Bouchon's menu isn't dominated by innovative concepts and idiosyncrasy. The idea is classic French bistro food prepared well. That's not an insult; classics are classics for a reason, and I love French bistro cooking. Bouchon is special because it brings Keller's attention to detail and top-quality ingredients in at a more accessible price point, and you won't complain that you've had a lot of what's on the menu before.
The meal started of with a bang. If you like cocktails, my tip is to order a Manhattan if the restaurant has a decent rye. Bouchon has Michter's -- very good, despite the departure from its Pennsylvania roots -- and while it's largely a lost art in the midst of a "generation lobotomized by vodka" the Manhattan was absolutely perfect. They also had some well-selected taps, and my friend enjoyed a Delirium Tremens, his (and my) favorite Belgian ale. Having had a stiff drink we thought a full bottle of wine from the excellent (if very pricey) wine list would be overkill, so we ordered a carafe of an a very good red Rhone from Beaumes-de-Venise. For the appetizers we split an excellent plate of homemade charcuterie with pickled vegetables and a salad with hearts of palm, cippolini onions, rhubarb, and rhubard gellee. I love hearts of palm, and the salad showed them off perfectly with the combination of tart and spice.
For our main courses, I went very simple, getting a roast chicken. As non-innovative as can be, but the beautifully prepared free-range chicken was easily the best I've ever had, and the accompaniment (forest mushrooms, fava beans, pea tendrils, pickled mustard seeds, and an au jus) provided flavorful accents. It was even better than the braised short ribs I had last time. My friend, who had already tried the chicken on a previous visit, tried the leg of lamb. The lamb was also exceptionally high quality and cooked precisely to the requested medium rare. I couldn't try the sides (spring peas, swiss chard subric, glazed trunips, and a garlic au jus) because of allergy issues, but my friend have a strong thumbs-up across the board. Especially interesting was the subric, a sort of julienned vegetable croquette I couldn't have because it was fried in peanut oil. For dessert, we were comped an order of profiteroles for my birthday. This isn't my favorite dessert -- obviously, my allergy limits my options -- but these were excellent, a substantial improvement over the mediocre creme caramel that was the only duff note in our previous visit. The homemade ice cream, in particular, was fantastic; if you aren't compelled by the other options I would recommend it as a stand-alone dessert.
The atmosphere is also a major plus. The well-spaced tables in a room tucked away in the second floor of the Venitian were comfortable. The service was as attentive and friendly as could be expected -- waters glasses were filled regularly, a napkin I dropped was replaced immediately, and there was none of the tacky upselling from servers that sometimes mars even good restaurants in Vegas (with Mario Batalli's otherwise very good Carne Vino being a particularly egregious offender.) The staff accommodated my allergy without complaint. The food might be more causal, but the service is three-star all the way.
Overall, this remains my favorite restaurant in the city that I've visited quite a bit, and indeed the second meal was better overall than the first. If you like classic bistro cooking or want to try Keller but don't have the capital or perseverance to get a Per Se reservation, I recommend that you try Bouchon.


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We are a multicultural team of football players in Jeddah! Last season we used to train every tuesday after work.
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Friday, April 6, 2012
Happy Easter
5 comments:
- Juliette said...
crazy Germans... =D seriously though, subtract about 9,000 eggs and this could be one of many trees in our town, lol! Happy Easter!
- April 6, 2012 at 7:01 AM
- VictoriaArt said...
The best image today! Love it!
Happy Easter to you all!
- April 8, 2012 at 11:16 AM
Happy Easter! Don't wrap up the blog, Pittsburgh looks gorgeous too! Your house looks amazing, love the baby's name, we want to see how you decorate the nursery & how Alexander grows up ;p You could re-name it "Elsie's Adventures in Pittsburgh" although we'll allow you a break whilst you a) become a mother and b) write the manuscript for Life in Graz: the Book (soon to be made into a movie) ;p
- April 8, 2012 at 1:16 PM
- Cat said...
Wow. how does one (or several) even accomplish this? a place that just dumps them on there?! wow. crazy. Happy Easter to you, the hubs and the little Peanut. :)
- April 8, 2012 at 3:49 PM
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That's so cool! Wow!
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Interviewed by Dennis S.
After seeing the latest Crashday trailer (story), we have decided to hook up with the creators of the game and bug them with some questions about it and themselves. We've managed to get a lot of interesting questions answered and even get some amazing exclusive in-game screenshots for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy!
Where is the Moon Byte development studio located?
MB: We're located in Blankenburg (Harz), a small town in the center of Germany.
Can you tell us a short history of the studio and its first project, Crashday?
MB: We first started as a small hobby game-dev team some years ago with Crashday as our first project. We wanted to create a stunt racing game that mixes both "Carmageddon" and legendary "Stunts" together but also has lots of new, intuitive features. The project grew bigger and bigger and finally we decided to target the game to a commercial level.
How many development team members do you have and who funds the game development?
MB: Moon Byte still consists of only two members, those that originally founded the team.
We're also funding the game on our own until now since this is the only way that guarantees the absolute freedom of our ideas and so on.
What is the basic plot of Crashday?
MB: The player's task in Crashday is to compete with 5 other opponents in street races and battles. It's free for you to choose from several game modes that always have different aims: Wrecking your opps, doing as many stunts as you can in a certain time limit, or just driving an ordinary checkpoint race for example. In all there are lots of different things you can do.
What is the storyline of the career mode? Can you give an example of an actual game mission?
MB: First I can say that it isn't absolutely clear yet how all storymode features will be organized and that the storyline won't be major part of the game. Of course I'll explain the little story anyway ;)
While the 24 career races you're being sponsored by a videoshop owner called Gerd. He's a crazy guy that loves to record your stunt races on videos and sells them in his shop - as a reward for that you're receiving money from him or he's stealing cars, weapons or tune-ups for you. The story is mostly told by newspapers or talks with Gerd.
There aren't any real missions yet but the different game modes and maps get more and more demanding after some time. As mentioned earlier you're at all time competing with 5 other opponents (that are also buying or upgrading their cars) and the final winner of the championship mode will be the one that won most of the races.
Which features distinguish Crashday from other stunt racing games currently available on the market or in development?
MB: I think one of the biggest differences to other titles is our flexible but still easy-to-use track editor. It is only comparable to "Stunts" but in the last years I haven't noticed any similar editors. More on this later... :)
How did you manage to get such a level of realism in car damage/physics? From what we've seen in the Crashday trailer video no other game released until now has had such a great (at least visual) damage model...
MB: We're using real-time vertex deformation and automatic display of damage textures for the visual car damage. The physical damage model is still in development. Since races will mostly take up from 5 to 20 minutes and you cannot repair your vehicle in-game we have to use physical damage more sparingly than visual one. Otherwise you would soon be unable to drive your car just after some crashes (there are a lot! ;)) and that would really kill the fun of the game.
Which kinds of cars will be included in the game? What about weapons?
MB: There will be mostly sports cars (for stunts and racing), but also jeeps and vans (for wrecking) in the final game. Weapons will also be available but can be turned off for those who don't like them.
The weapons (missile and a minigun) can be bought in career mode and are especially useful in wrecking battles or in checkpoint races to shot the opponents off the road ;)
How many levels do you plan to have in the game? Where are they set?
MB: The game will feature 24 default tracks but it is assumed that the player builds most of the tracks on his own later. Each of the default tracks is built for a special game mode, e.g. special stunt parcours for the stunt mode, real-world-environments for checkpoint races or small arenas for wrecking races.
What will be the typical size of maps (in square km. or so)?
MB: A map can be made up of about 2000 tiles at max, one measuring 20x20 meters. So, typical sizes for racing areals are for example 800 x 800 meters, but it's also possible to create maps with 80 x 10.000 meters and everything between.
How hard will the game track editor be to use for newbie map makers? Is it similar to any other track editors out there? Do you plan to bundle a car editor that will allow to create new cars or at least skins for them?
MB: The track editor will be VERY easy to use, mostly because of the tile-based map structure. You'll be able to build your first tracks just after a few minutes and advanced features like custom terrain or dynamic objects are easy-to-learn, too.
As mentioned before the editor is comparable to the one of "Stunts", so everyone who liked building track with "Stunts" will also have his fun with Crashday.
There won't be any car editor directly coming with the game but after releasing the SDK tools it'll of course be possible to create own cars or even new track pieces (like jumps, loopings etc.).
Which operating systems will Crashday support? Do you have any plans to port it to console (XBOX/GameCube/PS2) later on?
MB: Currently Crashday is running on Windows systems only. Support for consoles isn't planned yet and will mostly depend on the ideas of our future publisher.
What's the current estimated release date for Crashday? Have you contacted any publishers yet?
MB: We'll probably finish the game in 2003, that's all I can say right now. We'll contact several publishers in the near future when a publishing demo is finished.
The game engine PropsFXEngine looks really cool. Do you have plans to update and release it commercially after the game is out in stores?.
MB: No, the PropsFXEngine was only built for Crashday and would be too inflexible for other games. Probably we'll develop a "reuseable" engine for our next title.
Before we say good-bye do you have any exlusive info to share with our readers?
MB: For those waiting for a playable demo I can say that it will still take some time, but there'll probably be another trailer soon, showing off some gameplay scenes. Right now check out the latest shots we exclusively made for gamershell.com! ;)
Thank you for your time, and we can't wait to play the final version of Crashday!


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The Los Angeles Rams have long possessed one of the league's most talented defensive lines. Unfortunately, that talent has gotten older and more expensive over the last couple of years. Now the Rams have some important decisions to make concerning the defensive line heading into free agency.
The team has a couple of advantages. First, the Rams are close to $60 million under the salary cap entering the offseason. A large chunk of that cap space came from the club's decision to release veteran defensive end Chris Long. Long's cap hit for the 2015 season was $12.5 million, which was second on the roster to fellow defensive end Robert Quinn.
The Rams also released tight end Jared Cook and linebacker James Laurinaitis. Together, the team's decision to cut them saved the team close to $25 million in cap space. Rams general manager Les Snead has plenty of options to fill the holes on the defensive line with such a large amount of funds available.
Second, the Rams possess four of the first 76 picks of the 2016 NFL Draft. If the team doesn't find what it needs in free agency, there is plenty of opportunity to fill gaps on the defensive line in the draft. Right now the biggest gap appears to be at defensive end. Here is a look at the team's options:
Free Agency
The Rams have some options in free agency, but the one that makes the most sense is someone the team knows well: William Hayes. The soon-to-be 31-year old Hayes consistently disrupted opposing offensive lines in extended playing time throughout the 2015 season. Hayes knows the Rams' system, has little mileage on his legs for a player in his early 30s, and has a habit of making plays exactly when the team needs them.
Speaking of former players, the Rams could also consider bringing back Long at a reduced rate. Given the impact Long had on the locker room and his father's history in Los Angeles, he is still a solid fit for the roster at the right price.
There are other players out there that might intrigue the Rams, including Jason Pierre-Paul and Eugene Sims, but time will tell whether or not the team chooses to invest in a veteran at defensive end.
The Draft
Los Angeles has a lot of options in the draft, depending on which direction Snead takes. There are a couple of intriguing first round players available if the Rams continue their tradition of taking defensive linemen early. Clemson's Shaq Lawson's power and balance would provide the Rams with stability both in the pass rush and against the rush. Former Ohio State blue chipper Noah Spence would bring star potential to the table, if he can continue to steer clear of his demons.
If the Rams wait until the second or even the third round, the athletic Oklahoma State star Emmanuel Ogbah and Penn State project Carl Nassib will be available. Those aren't bad choices for a team looking to improve production at the defensive end position.
Overall, there are few star options available for the Rams to fill their needs on the defensive line, but there are plenty of possibilities out there for the team to find production. Keep an eye on the draft though. I believe that's where the Rams will try and find their defensive end of the future.
Derek Ciapala has been following the Rams since childhood. He has been published on Yahoo! Sports, Sports Out West and multiple other websites. You can check him out on Facebook or Twitter @dciapala.