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Saturday, October 11, 2008
6 comments:
- Ronni said...
1) No, but you could wing him and take him to the PD.
2) Might be worth taking the death penalty off the table in the interests of a) getting an easier conviction and b) having time to figure out on appeal that the one guy is innocent.
Am I naive?
- October 20, 2008 at 5:07 AM
- Levi said...
This is a witch hunt against Sarah Palin. That cop tasered his own child. Who cares if she got him fired? He deserves much more IMO.
- October 24, 2008 at 10:08 PM
- Pat Brown said...
Well, Ronni, if you wing the guy and take him to the PD, you get arrested for assault with a deadly weapon. After all, telling the police you shot him because he said he wanted to rape a kid is not a defense for an offensive act. You go away to the big house, creepo goes free to commit the crime. This is why you have to do one of two things:
Shoot him and make sure no one knows who did it
Shoot him and turn yourself in and take the death penalty or lifetime sentence in exchange for saving the child. Unless you are Jesus Christ, I doubt many will do this!
As to the death penalty, I myself think it could be beneficial to remove it for the sake of getting convictions but ONLY if the worst of the worst are transported to living hell on an island of rocks in the middle of the ocean. Going to prison just doesn't cut it as a punishment or a deterrent. I especially object to any killer not receiving the death penalty and being allowed to still have contact with the outside world (and I object to this while they are on death row as well or in for life).
As to your comment, Levi, Palin still can't act above the law even if her brother-in-law is a SOB.
- October 30, 2008 at 11:26 AM
I don't believe anyone has the right to take another life. I would be against the death penalty.
Prison life should be much harsher for sure. Criminals have it way too easy. Prison is suppose to be a punishment and for alot of criminals it is an easy ride.
- November 5, 2008 at 9:48 PM
- transfattyacid said...
Or maybe civil authorites are a law unto themselves - and because no one does anything about it, the police habitually think they don't have to obey the law.
And it just so happened that on this occasion there was a public official who was prepared to take a stand.
- November 19, 2008 at 6:12 PM
- A Voice of Sanity said...
When you convict an innocent man you commit the crimes of kidnapping and forcible confinement upon his person. If there is any wrongdoing on the part of anyone involved they should be convicted of these crimes and sentenced accordingly.
- January 1, 2009 at 9:45 PM


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Relating to ninety percent of Derek's personal hell may be the reason his words hit home. The poems are moving and evocative. After reading each one, and choosing a favorite, I would change my mind as I read the next entry.
'The Clown' is an outstanding piece of writing. A poem that will linger in your heart, as it will forever in mine. I have substituted the word 'woman' for 'man' and the matching pronouns for personalization. Including the poem in this review, I urge you to do the same to appreciate. After reading 'The Clown', there's no doubt you will crave Loss, Limbo, Life and Love: A Poetic Journal by Derek Haines.
The Clown
Everybody's happy, I'm everybody's clown,
I always wear my smiling face, even when I'm feeling down.
No one sees the tears I shed, every single day,
"Make me smile, I'm feeling sad", all the world does say.
And so I make them laugh, and warm them from within,
They all think they love the clown, but I let no one in.
My grease paint smile, always there, for that is all they see,
Everybody loves the clown, but no one will love me.
It's not because some haven't tried, but they have tried in vain.
I am so unsure that I can love, without causing pain.
The gift of love is the power to hurt, and so hurt, I must be,
That now I flinch in fear almost, when love approaches me
I crave the warmth a woman brings, as any man would do,
But lying deep within me, is the fear I will hurt you.
So if you want the man that lies beneath the wide smile charm,
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For it will take a woman, with patience, warmth and care,
To wipe away the grease paint smile, and find me under there.
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And will I have the strength I need, and trueness to the core?
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I live in hope that just maybe, this special woman lives,
And we can share the happiness, that true love always gives.
Alas, I fear I'll never find the happiness I seek,
I lick my wounds but always find a reason to be weak.
So anytime I hear the words, "Oh My Clown, I love you."
I cringe and find my hiding place, then run to somewhere new.
Written by Derek Haines


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Decision on Jerusalem made under intense pressure from U.S., 'satisfies' Palestinians
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to quietly halt all Jewish construction in eastern Jerusalem as a "confidence-building gesture" toward the Palestinian Authority as demanded by the Obama administration, a top PA official told WND.
The PA official said Netanyahu will not make a public declaration on the subject for fear of upsetting his nationalist coalition, which would be forced to respond to any public Jewish construction freeze in Jerusalem. The official said while the Jerusalem freeze would not be announced, no new Jewish construction in the eastern sections of the city will be approved by the local municipality.
The official said the agreement, brokered last week by George Mitchell, Obama's envoy to the Middle East, satisfies the PA's precondition for beginning direct negotiations with Israel aimed at creating a Palestinian state.
The official also said Mitchell extracted a pledge from Netanyahu that he will extend a 10-month halt to all Jewish construction in the West Bank that he implemented in November, also as a so-called confidence-building gesture to the PA demanded by the Obama administration.
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At the time, the White House slammed the construction approval as an "insult" and an impediment to peace.


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Little nervous today frankly! It's my first post on the blog over at the LilyPad. You can find the blog post HERE. I am posting my layout here but some of my process is over there, so you should go check it out to get more info!!!
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And here's a look at the left side and a close up! Ella was "barn hunting" aka smelling a rat in a tube!
And the right side and a close up! I added a piece here to the right side, just felt like I needed to!
I love this little library pocket. I added the polka dot paper to the inside, but the green houndstooth print was in the digital kit I used from Allison Pennington.
So head over to the LilyPad blog and leave me a comment to let me know you stopped by. And let me know what you want to see in hybrid projects.
Thanks for stopping by the blog today. I am pretty happy that it's Wednesday, I can tell you that for sure!!!


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They are young, still students or young parents, French with North African origin or French recently converted to Islam. They seek in the land of the pharaohs what they believe to be the source of a pure Islam, as benchmarks or roots they have lost.
Al-Rehab: Halal City for French Muslims
Alcohol-free restaurants, mosques and niqabs ... The city of Al-Rehab, in the suburb of Cairo, is shown as a "haven" for Muslims. Built in the early 90s to address the housing crisis, it now attracts foreigners, including French looking for another islam.
As the muezzin calls for Friday's prayer, a cohort of Europeans with long beards appear in the streets of Al Rehab. They go to the mosques, especially to the one they call the "Red Mosque" ... As the famous Salafi Mosque in Islamabad. According to Abdul Rahman, a 27 years old American who learns Arabic and the Koran in Egypt, there's no link between the two mosques : "It's just to distinguish the different places of worship in the city". Al Rehab in Arabic means "large and comfortable place where people live in safety". The city was designed to be a kind of 100% halal city, a paradise on earth for Muslims. There are indeed dozens of identical buildings, villas with swimming pool, shopping malls, restaurants, schools, a sports club and a hospital. Everything is thought that the resident has everything they need on place. To enter, they must have an Identity issued by the compagny managing the city to prove that they possess or rent a housing unit.
City with no alcohol or pork Despite the Western lifestyle of its inhabitants, there's not any store or restaurant debiting of alcohol. Only a grocer sells it, but ... under the cloak. Yet this trade is not officially banned in the city. Soha Eissa, head of marketing in the Talaat Moustafa Group, creator of Al Rehab, justifies this by the fact that none of the owners of shops and restaurants, has offered to sell. However, the rules of the city shows that the municipal authorities monitor all activity. Whoever wants to start a business must inform the authorities of what he wants to sell.
For Said Gamal, head of mosques, the city offers a new way of living in Egypt, healthier: "The idea of Al Rehab is to build a society that respects the Islamic Shariah: it serves no alcohol or pork, and there are no casinos or brothels ... all things prohibited in Islam". However, he stresses that the goal is not to be an extremist society : "We will not accept the example of Hamas in Gaza or the Taliban in Afghanistan. Our goal is to have a moderated community, he says. Al Rehab is not a state within a state. We follow the laws that apply in Egypt".
A gradual influx of French Muslims In recent years, foreigners have made their appearance in the city. At the time of prayer, it became common to see young Europeans having a beard and wearing capris gallabiya rushing, Adidas on their feet, to one of the six mosques in the city. An outfit that detonates in relation to Egyptian Muslims who are rather in western clothes. These newcomers come to Egypt to learn literature Arabic and the Koran in the study centers that are developed in Medinet Nasr, the Cairo suburb located 10 minutes from Al Rehab.
According to estimates by the Embassy of France, 600 to 900 French Muslims come each year to Egypt for training. Among them, some have invested in property in Al Rehab, then renting their apartments to other students who come from France, England, the Netherlands, the United States, etc.. Among these people, Nasser originally kabyle, a sportsman of 33 years old to the tunes of Zinedine Zidane. A former student at the center of Ibaanah, he is married to a French woman of North African origin also. Father of three children, he bought a flat in Al Rehab to live in : "It's better than downtown Cairo which is very polluted ... Here my children can enjoy the greenery, the club, and they are close to the daily standard in France".
Salafis or just practicing? For seven years that the city exists, it has gained more notoriety among foreigners than among Egyptians. Nasser knew about it by word-of-mouth three years ago when he went to spend a month in Cairo to learn Arabic. Internet forums also provide its reputation. French or British Sites, as Mejliss El Kalam for example, frequented by Europeans hungry for knowledge about Islam, are filled with rental offers posted by foreigners who own apartments in the city. There are even French Muslims working as leasing agents in the city as Abu Dawood who writes a blog on Al Rehab.
Their way of dressing and lifestyle sometimes evoke those of Salafi they keep to themselves and do not coexist virtually with Egyptians. Even when they want advice, they seek it within their network. But Nasser rejects the label of Salafi : "I do not categorize people. I am a Sunni Muslim who tries to follow the track, period". As for himself, Tarek, a Dutch convert to Islam who learns Arabic and lives in Al Rehab, confirms his choice for Salafism "I see no harm in trying to follow the way of life experienced by the early Muslims".
For his part, Djamal (ex-Frederick), 33 years old, a French convert to Islam since ten years and married with a French-Maghreb girl, said near the Salafi thought, even if he doesn't agree with some of their ideas. He held the way of dressing called Salafi because he thinks it appropriate in a Muslim country. In France, he can not do it without problems.
An environment in isolation Mohammed Shaker, a dealer residing in Al Rehab, also notes that foreigners are almost never mingle with the Egyptians: "They cause no concern and they do not want problems", he says. They are not extremists, they just apply Islam as they see it. But the Egyptians will think of other things". For Nasser, it is because of communication difficulties :"I am not familiar with their dialect, but I'd like to have egyptian friends. They are better placed to give me advice".
The influx of foreign Muslims in Al Rehab dates back to 2003, that of French has increased in 2004, when the law banning religious symbols in schools was passed in France. Among them, many women wearing the full veil, niqab, while the subject is controversial in France ...
Even if he denies that Muslims are oppressed in France, Nasser admits that his wife has quit her job when she decided to wear the hijab. Djamal, also said that French Muslims are free in spite of the controversy. Both sides believe that the issues of hijab or niqab are too publicized : "The newspapers want to sell and there's nothing better than the subjects of Muslims in the light of the prevailing Islamophobia", says Djamal. Nasser, meanwhile, finds that the debate about the niqab is "ridiculous" because women who wear it don't represent more than 1% of French Muslims women.
If these practitioners chose Egypt is to live freely their Islam. Key step in their journey: the learning of literature Arabic to understand the Koran. It is the country which then offers the best value in this regard. For Nasser, the Arab professors here are more qualified. He also chose this country because the visa is easier than Saudi Arabia or Syria. For his part, Gamal Said believes that these students prefer to Egypt for its moderate Islam. An astonishing justification since they are not enrolled at the university of Al Azhar, a symbol of moderate Islam in the Muslim world ...
The "immigrants" under surveillance Sometimes the stay of the foreigners go wrong. Last year, a young French resident of Al Rehab has been evicted by local authorities: "He had strange ideas. He has insulted the ulema and spoke without any respect to the imams. We informed the city authorities who expelled him", says Said Gamal, who nonetheless defends monitor residents ...
After the bombing of the esplanade of the Al Hussein in February 22th 2009, which caused the death of a young French tourist, about 20 French students have been expelled. The Egyptian authorities have begun to be very vigilant. Nasser has heard of the arrests, but he does not believe that foreigners living in Al Rehab are involved: "Given the price of flats and rents ranging between 300 and 600 euros per month, residents have some level of education that do not bear to be involved in such acts. I think the suspects rather live in Al Hai Al Aacher and Al Tagamu'a Al Khamis, two neighborhoods near Al Rehab where rents vary between 40 and 100 euros per month".
However, Nasser was a little afraid that his tenants students are involved in the attack...A fear shared by other owners, as Raef Abdel Salam, 37 years old, an Egyptian who had rented his apartment for a year to one French, found a month later a second tenant in place, then a third, while the contract was still in the name of the first...
Djamal, who was vacationing in Al Rehab with his family, said that a true Muslim does not have recourse to violence against civilians: "I do not think that French came to Egypt to commit terrorist acts. In my opinion, if they want to prepare this kind of thing, they remain in their country".
The fact that these students live in a gated community and they are not enrolled at Al Azhar gives the impression that there's a network behind all of that.
A well-informed Egyptian source said that generally, the French do not cause any problem: "But we must remain vigilant because they may be influenced by extremists infiltrated the madrassa, or in those circles". According to this source, the French authorities cooperate with Egypt on this issue, especially in exchanging information. But Nasser denies categorically any influence. He retains only the good memories of his trips to Egypt: "Nobody tried to involve me in anything".
His future, Nasser dream of it in Al Rehab. He wants his children to learn their religion away from fitna (sins) "unique to the West". The problem of Muslims residing in France, he said, is that they do not give a lively interest in education and, consequently, they are always found at the bottom of the basket: "I want things to change for my children", he adds. An idea shared by Djamal who wishes to raise his family in Islam while maintaining the quality of Western life. In this regard, Al Rehab offers them everything they want ...
A city on the American model homes
In the early 1990s, Hicham Talaat Mostafa, an Egyptian business tycoon, decided to build a city modeled on the U.S. private residences. Initially targeting the Egyptian middle class, he chose a field outside Cairo where there is no pollution or noise. Seven years ago, the price per square meter was 880 Egyptian pounds (175 euros). Today, it reached 5800 pounds (725 euros with taking in account the variation of the egyptian currency). The majority of residents are now wealthy Egyptians, Gulf Arabs and foreigners. Over 6 million square meters, Al Rehab nearly 100 000 inhabitants.
Hisham Talaat Mostafa is no longer at the head of the city. The billionaire, a close of the government may be hanged. He is accused of ordering the murder of Lebanese singer Suzanne Tamim. He is now in prison awaiting the verdict of the Court of Cassation.
Halal Definition
In common parlance, "Halal" means all foods permitted to Muslims and specified in the Koran. The word also means the way in which the animal was slaughtered. But the same word in the Arab-Muslim culture characterizes what is allowed in Islam. For example: having sex with his wife. opposed to haram halal means anything that is forbidden, like alcohol, adultery, lying ...
In a Madrasa in Cairo
They are French and Muslim. Exile or escape of short duration, staying in Egypt allows to these young women, many of whom are of North African origin, to live, according to them, in accordance with the precepts laid down by their "Creator". But it is not easy to follow the letter of Islam "pious predecessors" in the days of McDonalds.
A small sign, very discreet, hung on the ground floor of a building. The school is located at Medinet Nasr district charmless hastily constructed in eastern Cairo. Malika, a pretty blonde wearing a long black robe, greets us. Our visit intrigue her. She takes us in a classroom reserved for women. We understood that classes will not be mixed. We are without doubt the first two non-Muslim students of this school. But that makes her happy. Our presence is evidence that this center, which already has 300 students, 80% of them are French, is still developing.
The current passes quickly between us. We explain to her why we want to learn Arabic. She is amazed that anyone could be interested in this language without being Muslim.
This girl, who comes from the south of France has totally lost her singing accent in favor of a Fosha, literature arabic, without the less mistake which she learned in just three years. Which motivate any student to attend classes. From her big blue eyes outlined with kohl, Malika smiled, somewhat embarrassed, kept looking at our clothes : "The pants are prohibited. We prefer long skirts. that must seem weird for u. Imagine how I feel in France with my niqab".
The young woman gave us the rules of the center. It says it is "forbidden to be involved in politics, in a terrorist group or religious sect within or outside the center". A warning which indicates the willingness of the school to expel students who have unclear motivations, the "bad apples" as one student said.
First learn Arabic In our class, we are surrounded by two French girls: Zohra, a native of Algeria, and Safia, of Moroccan origin. Safia speaks Arabic well. But she has chosen to review all its bases in Fosha to be sure to correctly pronounce: "When you read the Koran, she says, the mispronunciations are sins". The young woman arrived in Egypt with her husband a week ago. She is already exhausted. Her eyes show it a little more each morning. She did not sleep well for three nights. Her apartment is located in Hai El Asher, one of the most popular neighbouhoods of Medinat Nasr. Last night, her Egyptian neighbor began to make holes in the rust bucket at 1am. Her husband went to knock on the door of the troublemaker: "He told them that respect for neighbors was one of the principles of Islam in France and our unbelievers neighbors respect us more! He was surprised ... "she laughs. We imagine the head of the Egyptian receiving a lesson of religion by a French. It's the world upside down.
Safia does not seem to recognize the lifestyle of the Egyptians or even in how they live Islam. She still has not visited the pyramids and is in no hurry to discover the old mosques of downtown Cairo. They are. for her, too rich gilding. "It's a sin for us all that gold. The money used for decoration should serve the poor".
If Safia and her husband have chosen Egypt that was for three reasons: the quality of arabic courses, the low cost of daily living (90 euros six-week session of courses and a rent of 200 euros per month), and the Iqama, residence visa, which is readily available, unlike Saudi Arabia or Syria. For the rest, France remains the reference.
Egypt, for Safia, is just a step. Once she and her husband have completed their session in two months of Arabic, they will settle in Morocco. This young Muslim dreams to be a stylist specialized in hijabs. A project in France seems to be, for her, a compromise: "I am from the suburbs of Paris, I'm veiled, I don't have alot of money. Enter a high school of stuling in Paris is really hard". The young woman has already made patterns of viels. She hopes that all Morrocan women put them starting tomorrow.
Between classes, a little blonde of 14 years old passes near by us. Sorel, French, has converted to Islam five months ago. She lives in Cairo since two months ago with his big sister, also converted, and her Muslim husband. A male presence that prevents her from removing her veil in her house. Her daily life is, she admits, somehow not comfortable, but not so far to attempt to close this Egyptian parenthesis. An event has just upset her plans today. Next month's class schedules are different from those of her sister. "That means I have to stay alone in the apartment with her husband. And Islam forbids it. I'll have to return to France by the end of the week". We remain stunned at such a remark.
Sorel already knows what awaits her in France: "I will return to school by correspondence. I can not go to school because they do not agree with my veil". No way for her to go to a private school where her niqab would be tolerated : "These schools are mixed and I do not want to mix with men because it is also haram". The bell rang. We are shattered by the words of Sorel which are not breathing happiness. She seems overwhelmed by her decision to embrace one of the most rigid branches of Islam.
At the same time, a little ghost that you can only see two green marbles to the location of the eyes, passes like the wind before us. Behind the thick black cloth hides a small blonde barely 10 years old bringing the niqab with the pride of a girl who imitates his mother. This time, we're not the only ones to be shocked. We meet the gaze of several girls who disagree that a girl at this age hold such clothes. Among them, Zohra, 22 years old, a girl from Bordeaux who has Moroccan roots and studies with us.
Zohra came to Egypt alone, motivated by her grandmother who learned Arabic here. On arrival, she had only one address, that of an Arabic school. The first day of classes at the center went wrong. Seeing her Egyptian teacher masturbating, she left immediatly the school. Just by chance, she ended up in our school. This little brunette with a big smile, who is just beginning to learn Arabic, stands out from other students. When she leaves the Markaz (Learning Center), she wraps a little scarf around her head. Locks of hair above, but she laughs: "It's too hot to cover the head". Behavior that the teacher, an Egyptian, criticize. One morning, when the French girl came with eyes and lips slightly disguised, teacher suggested that she goes wash her face. New exasperation of her teacher at the break, when she pulled out a bottle of Coca-Cola from her bag. "This is a Zionist company...It's not good to drink this". Not disconcerted in the least, Zohra went as dry buy a can of Sprite, another kind of drink that comes from same company. "The teacher will not notice ...", she said with laughing heartily.
Students crossed at the entrance to the school are wearing the latest Nike Air under their gallabiya. With their long beards, if even some of them may have been well educated in France, they take a fleeing look and ignore our "salam aleikoum". To our surprise, the most rigid of them have white skin and blue eyes! Zohra was not surprised by their attitude: "These people live cut off from the world, even in France", she said. In a consumer society, marked by technological breakthroughs, as it seems difficult to adopt the lifestyle of the Prophet Mohamed ...
Between classes, we met Sophie, 22 years old,. With her translucent skin and the mole on the corner of her mouth, she has the air of Laetitia Casta. A beauty that she hides until her fingertips when she is about to cross the door. I caught up awkwardly asking her to meet her outside the classroom. "Yes, with pleasure, that's my number. Come and drink tea with me", she replied in a soft and warm voice. Sophie does not live far from the center. Getting there is nevertheless a true HeapQuiz. All buildings of Medinat Nasr were constructed identically forty years ago. The streets do not bear any name, and numbers on the buildings do not meet any logic. After a small street away from main roads, a building on three levels.
On the top floor, a man opens for us, obviously very embarrassed, he closes it bluntly: "My wife is the opposite door!", he tells us with his hand sticking out of the door.
Still too far from being perfect A little surprised, we turn to ring the door indicated. Sophie is opening, dressed in a black dress less austere than it is at school. On her head is tied, in hurry way, a dark scarf that she keeps resetting. She seems much more relaxed than when we met between the two classes. Here at her home. A large living room with white walls devoid of any decoration, large windows with dirty white curtains blowing in the wind and, on the floor, a baby lying on a small quilt. Her son of 8 months she gave birth in Egypt.
Sophie speaks of her former life and events that have led to the way she is today. Up to 17 years old, she was a Parisian girl of the 13th district as the others. Her little brother turned to Islam when he was 14 years old: "Just by chance. He wanted to go to church and he found himself in the mosque". Two years later, Sophie was converted to islam : "I felt a strong call from God. I did nothing but answer..." Quickly, she married, on the advice of her brother, another converted man that she heard occasionally preaching at the mosque.
The bride then went a few months in Cameroon, where her husband is from, to spread the message of Islam to "ignorant". She then finds a vocation: to spread her faith to non-Muslims. It is the only "profession" that Sophie would do well today. Neither she nor her husband are working yet. They live on their meager savings. "The place of women is foremost in her home. She must look after her children and her husband, and study religion", she says.
Her decision to wear the niqab came after her marriage. Sophie knows that there's no text forces a Muslim woman to cover her face. "But it is supererogatory, which means it is an additional gesture, very pious, very appreciated by God". To be "closer to her Creator", the young woman decides to wear the full veil, against the advice of his husband.
After an hour of discussion, Sophie goes to seek her husband. He is, according to her, better placed to answer questions about Islam. But we are embarrassed because we are not veiled. "Do not worry, he'll talk to you behind a curtain". Sophie make us then sit on the carpet and her husband speaks to us from behind a thick gray fabric. For two hours, like a preacher in a mosque, He recommends us a "path" in Islam. We repeat after him aloud the end of important sentences he utters. One way for him to make us integrate the foundations of religion.
As he was intrigued by our motivations, we take the opportunity to ask him if, in his eyes, we are kafir (disbelieving). His answer is unequivocal: "Christianity is a polytheistic religion, that's the worst of sins". This young French Muslim who is 25 years old knows his religion through the writings of Ibn Taymiyya and Muhammad Ibn Abd Al-Wahhab , founder of Wahhabism.
At school, two weeks after our arrival, we found that new faces were covered. "We can not deny that there is a group dynamic. The niqab is a little the fashion in the school", says a student who just started to wear the full veil. "I put it only to protect myself from the sun", she laughs. Among female students, the competition is who will get closer to the origins of Islam. The escalation is ongoing: one girl said she was going for Yemen, another has done it the next day. The race to hassanets (good deeds) does not seem to know boundaries ...
The point of view of Egyptian intellectuals
Soad Saleh, a professor at the University of al-Azhar: "These institutes are good insofar as they teach Arabic, which facilitates communication between people. That means, they must absolutely be supervised by Al Azhar, the symbol of moderate Islam. These centers should not become hotbeds of terrorism or entities that convey thoughts extremists, as we see today in Egypt with some satellite channels".
Gamal El-Banna, great reformer of Islam and younger brother of the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood: "The education in these centers is positive if it stops at the point of teaching Arabic language. Teachers should not influence students toward a particular thought. They should not approach the study of Koranic texts or islamic laws. Their role should be limited to teaching Arabic and Tajweed, pronunciation of the Quran. I am not surprised by the presence of many Salafists in these schools. They are the source of such education, especially after the decline of Al Azhar. I refuse categorically that these centers are supervised by Al Azhar who has lost its religious role for government support. The Egyptian authorities can do nothing against these madrassa. "It is for religious intellectuels, and not public servants, to correct the misconceptions in these schools".
Egypt and the hunting of fundamentalists
They have locked us up all night without telling us what happened and why we were arrested. Late at night, we were taking one by one upstairs in the police station to answer questions: 'Where do you live?', 'With whom you study?', 'What do you think of jihad?". The stay trip to Ismaeliya has been ended, for Karim, 23 years old, by expulsion from Egypt.
The French guy, who testifies what he lived on the forum Mejliss el kalam, lived with Sheikh Raslan, well known to foreigners, in suburban Cairo. One weekend, he decided to discover Ismaeliya, east of the country with friends. There, police officers, no doubt attracted by their Islamic dress, take them to police office. His scary story reflects the real witch hunt that engaged the Egyptian authorities against the French fundamentalists. It seems that the Embassy of France didn't rush to rescue them. "I have not seen sunlight for fifteen days. We did not know what happened to us. After five days, we were transferred to another prison (...). One brother who was with us had the phone number of the Embassy of France. We called them and they told us that we would be excluded. We couldn't even take back our things".
Practically the same story happened with Romuald Durand, another French man. On 21st of April, this young guy who studies Arabic was arrested at Cairo airport as he prepares to return home. However his visa is valid. Upon his release from prison in last June 22th, Amnesty International, which has campaigned for his release, published a communique in which we can read : "Romuald Durand said he was blindfolded and handcuffed wrists during this period. He added that he had been tortured and otherwise ill-treated during its first ten days of detention at the Intelligence Service of the State Security (ISS) in Medinet Nasr. He would been undressed before giving him electric shocks while he had his arms and legs stretched and attached. He has been slapped and stepped on, he was forced to stand for hours. Romuald Durand also claims that members of the ISS threatened to rape him. He asked to contact the Consulate of France, a right guaranteed by international law, but he was told: 'Here, even if Sarkozy himself wanted to come, he could not'".
Following the attack in Khan El Khalili (Cairo) February 22th, 2009, Egyptian authorities have arrested seven people (including two British and a French woman of Lebanese origin). Some of them had used the pretext of learning Arabic to live in Egypt. Since then, the authorities are closely monitoring students in Arabic. Twenty of them were expelled earlier this summer.
This article was written with Marion Touboul for the french magazine "Courrier de l'Atlas" (Special thanks for Pauline Beugnies)


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The Wall Street Journal published an article about young adult books yesterday, titled "Darkness Too Visible". The author, Meghan Cox Gurdon, tells the story of a mother who went to Barnes & Noble to find a gift for her 13-year-old daughter, but felt that there was nothing appropriate for her, only "vampires and suicide and self-mutilation, this dark, dark stuff." I need to point out, as a bookseller who specializes in YA lit, that this mom clearly did not ask for help finding an appropriate book, or she would have left with one. I help parents all the time who are concerned that many of the books in the young adult section are too adult or too violent or too sexy for their child – and that's your right as a parent, to decide what your kid can read. Lots of parents are scared by all the gothy-looking vampire romance covers and all the books with "death" in the title. (And it sounds like she was actually looking at the "paranormal romance" section instead of the regular "teen fiction" section, which usually has plenty of bright covers with prom dresses or carefree girls at the beach on the cover.) But booksellers are there to help you find a good book, and they are knowledgeable about their departments. Don't be afraid to ask for help!
Gurdon also purports that young adult books nowadays are full of grotesque material that should not be marketed to teens. She writes:
If books show us the world, teen fiction can be like a hall of fun-house mirrors, constantly reflecting back hideously distorted portrayals of what life is. There are of course exceptions, but a careless young reader—or one who seeks out depravity—will find himself surrounded by images not of joy or beauty but of damage, brutality and losses of the most horrendous kinds.
This makes me so angry, because the author is insinuating that the "depravity" in the YA books she's so afraid of isn't true to life. So, girls don't experience rape, and then struggle with what to do because they know they'll be shamed for it, as in Laurie Halse Anderson's Speak? Teens don't struggle with depression, self-injury, or mental illness? The truth is that the reason the YA community is so up in arms about this article is because teens (and adults) identify with these books. As hideous and depraved as Ms. Gurdon may think it is, teens want to read books that are honest, that don't shelter them and let them experience real emotions. Speak is the book that saved my life: I wasn't raped, like Melinda was in the book, but I was 13 and suffering from a deep depression. I didn't know it was depression at the time, but I felt so very alone and helpless and I wanted to hide from everyone in my life. And then I read Speak, and Melinda felt that way, too! I had found someone who understood, and I read that book over and over again throughout my teenage years. If I hadn't read it, I might not have become such an avid reader, discovered other books that spoke to me, or gotten out of my depression. But Melinda gave me hope. If that's not joy and beauty, I don't know what is.
Yet it is also possible—indeed, likely—that books focusing on pathologies help normalize them and, in the case of self-harm, may even spread their plausibility and likelihood to young people who might otherwise never have imagined such extreme measures. Self-destructive adolescent behaviors are observably infectious and have periods of vogue.
And then we have the old argument that books about scary things like suicide, cutting, and drugs will cause teens to want to do those things. I challenge Ms. Gurdon to find one teen who admits that they started doing one of these things because of a book they read. Find one girl who became anorexic because Laurie Halse Anderson made it seem so attractive and glamorous in Wintergirls. (She actually makes it very scary and details all the ways Lia's body breaks down.) Find one teen who started doing meth after reading Ellen Hopkin's Crank, or one who decided it would be cool to start cutting themselves after reading Julia Hoban's Willow. This idea that an outside influence is going to convince your teen to do bad things is entirely bogus, just like the random stranger on the street who's going to offer your kids drugs that was the scare tactic in my fifth grade D.A.R.E. classes. Teens know that drug-peddling stranger doesn't exist. If they do drugs, it's going to be because they want to do drugs, whether it's because of some pain inside them that they're trying to heal, or because they're rebelling against their parents, or because they're just curious. Similarly, teens don't do things like drinking or cutting or attempting suicide because a book gave them the idea. That's not only insulting to the book's author, who is not a drug pusher or a depraved person who wants to teach teenagers about nasty things; it's also insulting to your kids, who are not so easily influenced and who want to be given more credit. There's a reason we call it young adult literature: your teens are not children anymore. They're smart, they're finding out about the world as well as themselves, and trying to figure out how to distinguish themselves from their parents and from their peers. Parents, don't underestimate your teens.
If you want to read more about the subject, check out Laurie Halse Anderson's blog post or the #YAsaves tag on Twitter, which authors, librarians, parents, and readers are using to share their stories of how "dark" young adult books are good for teens. Feel free to talk in the comments as well: how have YA books helped you?


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Sorry about the last post, but I have been super busy this past week with numerous events! Anyway, thanks for being so patient!
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Hello and Goodbye by Patrick McCabe
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The two stories, Hello Mr Bones and Goodbye Mr Rat, share many similar themes and horror tropes. They can be read in either order and they meet in the middle, both literally and metaphorically. Hello Mr Bones concerns a man who was abused as a boy and later becomes a Christian Brother, only to still be haunted by the undead spirit of his former tormentor. In Goodbye Mr Rat a woman takes the ashes of a man back to his hometown in Ireland to be met by a very unwelcoming committee who cannot forgive his perceived deception and execute their revenge on the hapless woman.
The tales are both narrated by the unhappy dead, who are pursuing and tormenting the living; they have selective, 'convenient amnesia' and are highly unreliable. Religion, priests and angels also feature prominently – these are Irish tales, after all. Naturally where there are angels, there is evil and abuse. In Goodbye Mr Rat, Beni Banikin is raised Amish; her mother warns her, "Beware of rogue angels", and then she meets Gabriel King, former IRA soldier. But although they are heavy on religion, the stories are light on faith: bad things happen to good people for no reason. People act 'out of character' and are 'influenced' by an evil presence.
Childhood innocence is destroyed through physical abuse, and the perversion of innocent pop culture references. The image of the evil clown and the malignant puppet is equated with the torture of children and Ian Brady. From Sooty and Sweep to Toy Story, the puppets are pulled by strings of malevolence. In a nightmare relating to previous traumatic event, Beni sees grimacing figures as though in masks, "As the commedia dell'arte pictures began to form."
Shannon Valentine escapes Ireland to live in Manchester in Hello Mr Bones, where he works as a teacher and tries to rebuild his life. Gabriel King heads to America where he lives until dying of prostate cancer in Goodbye Mr Rat. But one can never leave the past behind. Gabriel is warned that 'A frightful fiend doth close behind him tread'. Poetry from Coleridge, Milton, and particularly Yeats runs through both narratives.
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McCabe is certainly macabre. These tales are as psychologically disturbing as his novel, Winterwood. It seems that he has an extremely bleak outlook on life, so it is calculated and creepy when he expresses, "What a magnificent place, I really have to say, this wondrous world in which we all wander."


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Make believe - I wore a pair of blatantly Dolce e Gabbana bejewelled slingbacks to a wedding this week end with a "make believe' Dolce spotty dress that was actually from Marks and Spencer. Unless you are amongst fashion experts nobody will ever know and you will have created a very designer look for a fraction of the price (and without trying too hard).
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Rabbits are popular gifts around Easter, but many soon learn that they're not the easiest of pets.
Today, the East Bay SPCA will host rescuers from near and far in an event designed to inform residents on proper care and give them a chance to meet adoptable bunnies.
Karen Johanson, director of the monthly event and member of the East Bay Rabbit Rescue, said the event is an opportunity to bring the bunnies to the people since the rescuers are scattered throughout the East Bay, from Fairfield to Hayward to Stockton and everything in between.
It's also important for the potential adopters to know a little bit more about raising rabbits.
"Over the past 20 years, we've learned a lot about rabbit care," Johanson said. "People used to raise them in the hutch outside and that's completely wrong; the rabbits live for only two or three years. Indoors, they live 10 to 14."
In addition to debunking bunny myths, there's one common one that is absolutely true: their ability to multiply quickly.
"Rabbit births overwhelm the system," she said. "We try to get people to spay their animals, so we have fewer animals coming through our system. Rabbits are the third most euthanized animal in the United States."
There are literally hundreds of bunnies to be adopted in the East Bay, with one rescuer in Stockton caring for about 80 all by herself, Johanson said.
The other biggest issue is the misconception that these cute and cuddly animals are easy pets.
"People think it's a great idea to put them in an Easter basket," she said. "But they're a complex creatures, not a starter pet. They aren't getting a gerbil or something like that, it's more like getting a bet between (the difficulty level of a) a dog and a cat."
The rabbit adoption events take place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the first Saturday of every month, including today, at the East Bay SPCA, located at 4651 Gleason Drive in Dublin. The adoption fee is $50.
To learn more about the East Bay Rabbit Rescue, visit www.eastbayrabbit.petfinder.com.


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Furniture Of Modern Design
( Original Published 1917 )
Period furniture is not adapted to the use of all people. There are some persons of very modern feeling to whom the spirit of the furniture of bygone days does not seem at all appropriate for use today. They want something which is to them more up-to-date, more truly American. For them there is a modern type which is admired and used by a great number of people who feel the need of an inexpensive yet pleasing kind of furniture.
Mission Furniture
The mission furniture originated some thirty years ago in a little mission church in California. The church was an humble frame structure and the chairs made for it were of the sim plest, straight-line construction possible. Because they were so simple they seemed to possess an element of beauty, and the public soon recognized this fact and called for other straight-line designs in inexpensive furniture. Furniture makers all over the country abandoned, to some extent, the manufacture of much ornate, fantastically carved, light oak furniture, and bent their energies toward the making of straight-lined dark-stained mission furniture. Many of the designs were too heavy, were lacking in a fine sense of proportion, but much of the furniture was, and still is, good.
Mission furniture is often wrongly used, however. Many people forget, or are ignorant of, the fact that this style of furniture was originally designed for the bungalow type of building, where the woodwork of the rooms is on plain lines and is stained the same tone as the furniture. While mission furniture may seem very much at home in a western house, it may be entirely out of place in a house of the middle west, and surely would be incongruous in a colonial mansion of the east.
Where mission furniture is well adapted to the home in which it is placed, great care should be taken in selecting the rest of the furnishings. Plain walls are best with mission furniture. If figured wall covering is especially desired, however, only that having a very conventional pattern should be selected. No attempt at daintiness should be made in a room with this type of furniture. The side hangings at the windows should be non-transparent, of firm weave, and, if figured, should be of geometric design. Some of the newer types of domestic rugs are more suitable for use with mission furniture than oriental rugs. Oriental rugs carry with them the spirit of the past and so are not appropriate for use with furniture of a distinctly modern type. The plain Wiltons with shaded borders are often used, but the texture of the many different makes of Scotch rugs seems most fitting.
Craftsman Furniture
Craftsman furniture is an outgrowth of mission furniture. The public soon tired of so much straight-lined, heavy furniture. People called for designs retaining all the good qualities of the mission furniture, but adding a feeling of grace and a certain degree of delicacy. This demand the manufacturers succeeded in meeting in many charming instances. The shops are now filled with modern furniture, much of which is really beautiful. Sometimes this furniture is of entirely new design. More often each piece is a successful composite of many antique motifs, so blended that an entirely new idea seems to have been originated. Some of this craftsman furniture is heavy and substantial looking, some is dainty and graceful. In all designs, however, there is a distinct lack of unnecessary ornament, and the charm depends entirely upon the extreme simplicity. Much of this furniture is very inexpensive and fills a national want for people of limited means.
As with mission furniture, the most simple draperies, rugs, and wall coverings should also be used with craftsman furniture. With some of the more delicate designs, however, daintier backgrounds are permissible in the rooms where they are placed.
The principles upon which both mission and craftsman furniture are based are honesty and simplicity. The wood is of the best quality and the workmanship must be exact, as any imperfections are at once noticeable in furniture of such simple lines. White oak is generally used, and in three different tones, a soft, light brown, a rich, nut brown, and a delicate silvery gray. Table tops are sometimes covered with hard leather, and soft leather cushions are often used in chairs and settles. As with period furniture, the mission and the craftsman types will never go out of style because they in themselves represent a new American period of design based upon natural lines which give comfort and durability, adapted to the lives of the great class of people. There is little chance for change in this style in the years to come, for it is impossible to get far away from the structural lines which give the purpose and use of each piece, and the proportions which best serve that purpose and use are the proportions which it should have.
There are several kinds of "straight line" furniture on the market which are also somewhat upon the mission order, and were probably first inspired by the early western designs. Furniture of this type comprises pieces which are well made, of good proportions, and equally possible for use in kitchen, office, or living room. The dignity of their simple lines makes them harmonious in any setting which is not elaborate.
Cottage Furniture
Cottage furniture is of much the same type, but here there is more of an attempt to make it artistic. It is sometimes enameled, and painted with delicate garlands in conventional designs, or the natural wood is used, stained in several different shades, and oiled. Many of the chairs in natural wood are modifications of the old Windsor style. This furniture is really inspired by the furniture of our grandparents but is often more beautiful than the old pieces. It fits well a demand for a certain type of furniture which is inexpensive and is at the same time very dainty. Rag rugs are generally used with this kind of furniture, with plain walls of delicate tints and old-fashioned chintz hangings at the windows, with the same chintz used for cushions.
Willow Furniture
Willow furniture is another class which is very popular and which has a distinct use in many modern homes. Because of its solid comfort, artistic effect, and great durability it is a great favorite with many people. It should be remembered, however, in using it, that it is of a distinctly informal type. No room in which it is used could be very stiff and dignified. It is very cheerful, however, and one of its good points is that it may be used upon the piazza, left out in the rain even, and still may be refinished to look as good as new with either paint or enamel.
Grass Furniture
A more luxurious furniture of much the same kind is made of prairie grass. The weave of this furniture is usually very close, the fibers well woven together to withstand hard usage. It is very attractive; and comfortable chairs, settees, tables, and stools may be found in great variety.
No indoor room except the sun parlor should ever be furnished with either willow or prairie grass furniture exclusively. Although each piece individually may be beautiful, a whole room filled with chairs and tables of this type gives an effect of monotony and coldness. One or two willow or grass chairs may be used in an informal living room. Combined with mahogany they give very satisfactory results. White or colored willow is also charming used with enameled furniture of the same shade.
The same precaution should be observed in the buying of willow or grass furniture as in that of any other class. It is best always to be sure that the article is well made and of good material, and to remember that it is more wise to purchase one chair which will stand the test of years of wear, than to purchase three badly constructed ones. The prevailing styles made by the most reliable manufacturers should all be studied before a selection is finally made.


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"From Isa Chandra Moskowitz and Terry Hope Romero's book "Vegan Cupcakes Take Over The World". This easy "buttercream" frosting is as good (if not better) then any other I've ever had. I was very pleasantly surprised when I first made it! I defy you to tell the difference!"
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- 1⁄2 cup shortening
- 1⁄2 cup vegan margarine (Earth Balance)
- 3 1⁄2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1⁄4 cup plain soymilk (or almond milk)
- Beat the shortening and margarine together until well combined (about 5 minutes).
- Add the sugar, and beat for about 3 more minutes.
- Add vanilla and soy milk.
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Short trip - evenings free (Muscat)
I am in Muscat for Protected content only and will have evenings to myself. Can anyone suggest activities or places of interest to visit. I know I will be tired after 10 hours each day on assignment, but would like to do more than just go crash in my hotel bed.


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Half of all phishes from Romanian cyber gang
Over half of phishing emails in the world are thought to come from just one criminal gang, according to a security expert. Ken Dunham, director of the VeriSign's security research unit iDefense Rapid Response Team, said that the gang, called 'Rock Phish', is 'likely responsible for 50 per cent or more of current phishing attacks today.'
He said that the gang is working out of Romania or a nearby country. 'This group has been in operation since 2004 and is responsible for innovation in both spam and phishing attacks to date, such as pioneering image-spam,' said Dunham. 'The group is named after URL characteristics, where strings such as "rock" or "r" may appear in a phishing URL.' PC Pro: News: Half of all phishes from Romanian cyber gang
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This morning I arrived at the Dayton International Airport to begin my travels to England at around 10:15 am. Amy and I enjoyed breakfast at Panera after dropping the kids of with our church. She dropped me off quite early so she could get back and worship with our church and kids.
This morning there have been a couple random thoughts in my head that I wanted to share before talking about prayer needs. The first is about the days that Amy and I dated before marriage. Believe it or not it was a simpler time when anyone could walk down to the gates at the airport. A few times we would end up at the Dayton International Airport and watch planes come in while we talked and such! By the gates it was always so quiet and peaceful. I am so thankful for Amy and have been so blessed by God to be one with her. Our love continues to grow and mature.
The second thought was a lot less meaningful. Remember a few months ago when they changed the way they did security checks and started using an xray like machine. I went through one today for the first time. I had thought some about it and was like wow they are going to see me naked, ha! Anyway I went through and saw what they do and the pictures they see and was like, wow people like to make a big deal about everything! People are just silly. In the end it was nothing and I was sad they didn't see my smiley face boxers I wore for them! Just kidding!
Now on to the point of this blog post. How it is you can join me by praying for this trip:
1. Praise God for how he provided for this trip. Just yesterday I got confirmation that all was taken care of! Thanks Lord!
2. Pray for Amy and the kids while I am away. Pray for nice weather so the kids can be out running around and playing. Pray for the kids (especially Emma) that they will be okay without my presence. Pray for Noah as he will be the man of the house while I am gone. Amy is amazing and I know God will encourage and strengthen her by His presence and by His church and family.
3. Pray that I will be able to be an encouragement to the missionaries in England. I want to be used by God to refresh them and encourage them with fellowship.
4. Pray that God will give me wisdom in asking question about the culture and ministry there and how those things can help ministry be effective in Centerville.
5. Pray that God will impress on me deep conviction if Amy and I should begin to pursue ministry abroad.
God is amazing and I know that He has fruit to be birthed from this trip. I am so thankful for the love and support that you all have given me and my family.
Thanks for your prayers! I look forward to sharing with you all when I get back.


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Welcome to Abba on CD, a website which is devoted to cataloguing the earliest period of the popular Swedish group's long and rich history on compact disc.
It provides information, pictures and rough valuations on many Abba CD releases issued between 1982 and 1992 in Europe, North America and Japan and includes images of many rare titles, some of which have never before featured in Abba discographies.
The site hasn't been updated since 2011 due to the author's other commitments but it is intended that a new revision will be launched in time for the 40th anniversary of Abba's Eurovision win in 2014!
In terms of keeping up to date with the site, please sign up to its Facebook page, www.facebook.com/abbaoncd or follow its news updates on www.twitter.com/abbaoncd. You can also contact the author at email@example.com with comments, queries and suggestions.
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Yes, it has been pleasure read all this information about these releases 🙂
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I had some folks ask me about the small solar charger I used while hiking and even at the RTR in Quartzite, AZ.
So to stay true to my word here's a video I made actually while I was in Mississippi on the Natchez Trace.
I hope this answers some questions and helps with buying decision .
As I promised no sales pitch, they are available at Harbour Freight and probably other "outlet" type stores.
As always… "Get out, be safe and go adventure"


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Toronto Star reporter Robert Benzie didn't like me calling him out for the unethical poll story he ran designed only to damage Ontario NDP leader (see here) so he of course tries to smear me for something he doesn't have the brass to do himself:
Some of us actually have to campaign on are own and don't have reporters in our back pockets to help us get elected.
Also: See how Benzie got the last federal election embarrassingly wrong here – good thing his job at the Star isn't based on being accurate huh?
FYI: Here's Benzie proudly posing with Martin Luther King's murderer, James Earl Ray:


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Wednesday, February 10, 2016
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Black Canary should be finished this weekend. Crouching punches and one animation which is resized Rogue left to go. Then any finishing the touchesReplyDelete
Nice Haggar vs zangeifReplyDelete
Wondering maybe u could use roto sprite and give zangeif that leaning spinning clothesline from street fighter 5 to make him and Haggar different
I know on one of the final fight stages it has his daughter running back and forth maybe you could add her to his stage and for the martian update a different stance would be cool that is not like supermansReplyDeleteReplies
one more timeReplyDelete
I think birdie needs to be shrunken a little bit because of perspective or put cody back
Proximo video vai ser a luta dos dois tanks?ReplyDelete
1. wow man love the colors of steelReplyDelete
2. same goes for zangief but that silver one will he be mecha zangief?
3. wonder if it's possible...which I hope it is...that every time you pick him she runs around in the background on any stage and during one of his win poses he picks her up...you know like dhalsim's wife in the alpha series
this could also be a good pal for steelReplyDelete
if steel's face was color separated you give him this palReplyDelete
I like Mech-Zangief palette ;)ReplyDelete
that's what I said O...come on ZReplyDeleteReplies
aww man, but why do she always get kinappedReplyDelete
I just saw this move is missingReplyDelete


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|Home > Application of micro particle shadow velocimetry mu PSV to two-phase flows in microchannels
Micro particle shadow velocimetry (mu PSV) is performed in the present study for simultaneous velocity measurement and interface tracking in both liquid-liquid and gas-liquid two-phase flows through circular microchannels of 5001 mu m diameter. The back-lit illumination using a non-coherent LED light source, combined with full refractive index matching of the liquid phases, the tube wall material and the channel exterior medium, allowed velocimetry to be done both within and around the liquid droplets, and even close to the interfaces and boundaries. Moreover, post-processing methods are proposed and implemented in order to resolve motion of isolated gas bubbles and immiscible liquid droplets in laminar flows quantitatively. In particular, simultaneous measurements of local instantaneous phase velocities and flow rates, liquid film dynamics and its thickness, shape and volume of the dispersed phase, and development length in front and at the back of the bubbles are obtained using one single sequence of gray scale shadowgraphy images. Such results are valuable for validation of corresponding numerical simulation codes. It is believed that this approach significantly reduces the size and cost of the experimental setup while increasing the accuracy and reliability of the measurements. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.