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Memories of Gull Lake
Why learning to survey is an unforgettable experience for University of Toronto engineers. (more…)
Eight U of T engineers inducted into the Canadian Academy of Engineering
Eight members of the U of T Engineering community have been inducted as fellows of the Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE). (more…)
Grads to Watch: 16 global engineering leaders
We’re delighted to celebrate 16 exceptional “Grads to Watch” — just a few of the talented and accomplished U of T engineers who will receive their degrees at Spring Convocation on June 15. Selected by their home departments, each of these remarkable future Skule alumni contributed to enhancing U of T Engineering’s vibrant community. Read the full article at U of T Engineering News.
U of T engineers awarded $16.9 million for research excellence and infrastructure
This week, U of T Engineering received $16.9 million from the Government of Ontario to advance 13 innovative research projects. Awarded through the Ontario Research Fund (ORF), three of the most significant grants build on the Faculty’s established research excellence in sustainable combustion for aircraft, city building and solar energy. Read the full article at U of T Engineering News.
Engineering students race concrete canoes across Toronto’s waterfront
On May 10, more than 250 engineering students from 12 universities across Canada converged in Toronto to make the unfloatable float. They raced canoes made of concrete — boats they designed and built themselves — for the 2015 Canadian National Concrete Canoe Competition(CNCCC). Hosted by U of T Engineering, the competition involved students from a diverse range of engineering disciplines, including civil, mechanical, industrial and materials science. These teams spent the last year constructing their own canoes, with the...
This home has 19th-Century bones and 21st-Century guts
Strange bedfellows, the architect and the engineer. Yet, in our increasingly ecoconscious world, coaxing them to get under the covers has never been more important. (more…)
Victorian home on UofT campus gets a radical, engineering-heavy makeover
The not-so-simple scheme: A box within a box. (more…)
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And what a year jam-packed with events it was. There was so much going on that even now, casting a glance over the reviews of the year on TV, I'm surprised that I've forgotten some things that were quite momentous at the time. On a personal note, whilst 2011 was not as kind to my family as I would have liked, I approach 2012 with a degree of optimism that I hope will be justified.
On the gaming front, the success of Team Adventure continues apace. Things may well develop further since for Christmas, Junior Grognard got the DMG and PHB and in 2012, I intend to set him some practical exercises in stocking dungeons using the excellent maps of the inimitable (and now returned from wherever it is he went) Dyson Logos. I've got 30 years of experience that I hope JG can utilise - he may well have a group of his own by this time next year.
The march (albeit slow) of An Adventure for Every Monster to Z for Zombie will continue and there may be some other series coming up, hook-oriented.
There may also be something Cthulhu-inspired in the pipeline, inspired by the fiction shorts from Dungeonmum earlier this year.
I'll keep reading and reviewing stuff that I think has relevance for the subject matter of the blog.
I'll probably be asleep by the time the new year comes in so may I take this opportunity to thank all of you who follow this blog, all those who regularly read it and anybody who's dropped in to see why so many of my most popular posts are about pigs. If you've found something useful for your games, then I feel my work is worthwhile.
Posted by Daddy Grognard at 21:34 3 comments
Labels: felicitations, new directions, new year
Harpy Christmas, Everybody!
Labels: art, christmas, felicitations
The Coventry Carol
I love this song and this rendition is amongst the best I've found. It's so mediaeval in its sound; in the very depths of winter, it fits the mood of the season perfectly. Enjoy, with a glass of mulled wine in one hand and a mince pie in the other. Wassail!
Labels: christmas, music
A Christmas Carol - Deja Vu?
I posted about this video last year and it's an annual ritual of mine either to read the book or to watch this classic rendition thereof. If you've not seen it yet, check it out. If you have, watch it again and enjoy!
Labels: christmas, film friday
Favourite Christmas Songs
Mine's this one
Mummy Grognard and I always say it's not Christmas until we've heard this on the radio or in the shops.
Simply Irreplaceable
On waking this morning, I heard on the radio the news that I had been expecting but hoped would not come. The death of Christopher Hitchens is a blow to all those who valued his championing of rationalism, cherished his contrarian and independent outlook and expanded their vocabulary as a result of reading what he had written.
This link is to the archive of articles that he wrote for Vanity Fair, and this links to his articles for Slate.
Whilst you may not agree with everything he wrote, or every view he held (so no ad hominems in the comments, please), what is incontrovertible is that he was a journalist the like of which we shall probably not see again. His writing stands as a memorial to a man who polarised and shaped opinion, in my mind at least for the better.
EDIT: there is now an online petition to have a statue of Hitch erected in London (and one in DC as well). The site is here.
Labels: obituary, writing
Team Adventure - Christmas Special
Deck the table with our game stuff, tra-la-la-la-la, la-la, la-la...
The team began to hack at the door to the cellar with axes, desperate to escape before the coffin opened. Their blows soon splintered the wood in several places but as they made holes in the door they found more wood beyond it. Hacking at that, they heard the clank of metal and the crash of ceramics.
Suddenly, the new wood began to slide aside and a helmeted head appeared through one of the gaps. The team asked the newcomer to open the door; a couple of slid bolts later, they were out of the cellar.
Profusely grateful to their rescuer, they were keen to find who he was. He was young, armoured and very handsome, with an aura of goodness about him that they had encountered before. He introduced himself as Alagon but before he could get much further, a young woman in armour, beautiful but determined, came striding down the corridor and asked what was going on and who the Team were. Introductions were swiftly made; it turned out that the young woman was a cleric named Ceritha, who was Alagon’s superior at their temple.
Ceritha
Alagon was a paladin, a warrior for truth and justice and they had both been on the trail of the Third, having traced him to the town and to that particular house. A debate began as to what to do with the coffin in the cellar. Olaf suggested carrying it out into the courtyard by the fountain, which was agreed. Once there, they settled on taking the coffin out of the town and burying it somewhere secluded, piling stones on top of it so that it could not open and keeping guard. A somewhat frenzied race to hire a horse and cart, load up the coffin and find an out of the way spot for the interment.
They found a spot with but three quarters of an hour to go and although Olaf was a swift digger, even he could not dig a six-foot hole in that short amount of time. They managed to get it half-dug and then Olaf came up with the brilliant idea of turning the coffin upside-down so that the lid could not be opened anyway. They then piled earth and rocks up on top of it and settled down to stand guard.
Alagon had been slated to appear as an NPC, along with Ceritha, on the vampire's trail but I had been informed that we had a potential new player and so decided to bring him in as the young paladin. It seemed to work very well.
The night passed without incident for once. The next morning, leaving Ferros and Olaf on guard duty, the party returned to the tavern to see what was what (and get a beer!). Whilst they were there, a messenger arrived from the auctioneer, who had managed to re-arrange the sale for that day. With no further ado, Cafaror headed off to the hotel, hotly followed by the rest of the party who were not Olaf and Ferros.
Security was tight, considering what had happened last time. The Prince was there as was Thorgrim’s employer and two men with snakes around their necks, who were sitting at a table some way back. The bidding started and at 3,000gp, the snake wearers dropped out, leaving soon afterwards. Alurax decided to follow them, with Zanurax in his pocket.
Now, the bidding was between Thorgrim’s employer and the Prince. At 8,000gp, the former dropped out and the Prince was the proud owner of an intact giant lizard skin. Thorgrim and his employer did not seem at all happy and began a muttered conversation.
...to the extremely rich NPC
Whilst all this was going on, Olaf had appeared, having arranged to swap sentry duty with Ceritha, who seemed more interested in keeping an eye on the coffin. Creeping close to Thorgrim, he overheard him discussing, in dwarvish with his employer their disgruntlement at losing the auction and suggesting that they hire the Team to journey into the wilderness and hunt large specimens of wildlife which would make good trophies. Olaf ‘appeared’ in time to discuss this with Thorgrim and agreed to take him up on the offer; the dwarf and his employer still had 8,000gp which they had not had to spend after all.
Once the auction was out of the way, the party decided to start looking for the fourth key for the coffin. Alurax had arrived back now, reporting that had had lost track of the snake wearers in a network of alleyways. Figuring that the fourth key must be back at the house where they had met the Third, they headed back there but when they arrived, the place was sealed off; the town guard were all over the place, investigating three vicious murders and the theft of a rare artefact.
Unbelievably, the party actually did what it said on the tape
The party concluded that this must refer to the three servants of the Third that they had killed when they raided the house and the coffin itself. Engaging the guards in conversation (with some very odd questions from Cafaror about their working conditions and rates of pay) they found out that the guards were also investigating reports of a missing girl; a serving wench in a tavern had vanished after her shift ended.
The party were convinced that this had something to do with the Third but yet how could this be with the vampire secured inside his own coffin?
Zanurax had gone up to the skylight on Relic again, but had managed to find nothing of any interest in the house. Frustrated and seemingly dead-ended, the party returned to the tavern where Thorgrim had sent a message saying he and his employer would meet them after breakfast the next day.
At this point, I feel it only appropriate to reveal (hope none of my players is reading this) that Alurax had encountered slightly more than he let on when he rejoined the party. He had in fact managed to trail the snake wearers to a house down an alleyway and had sneaked in, only to overhear a strange conversation in a foreign language and some sinister hissing coming from an upstairs room. Sneaking back out, he then knocked on the door, posing as a legitimate visitor and was welcomed in by one of the snake wearers, affable and friendly. He was taken upstairs and shown into the room where he was confronted by a snake with the head of a woman. She greeted him in friendly fashion, all the time attempting to meet his gaze which she eventually did. Junior Grognard failed his save vs. Paralysation and fell under the Charm ability of the Spirit naga. She bade him return to his party and wait for further instructions on how he could serve her Snake Cult.
With much of the day to use up, the party visited the burial site again, this time digging the hole deeper so that the coffin could be properly buried, just to make sure that nothing bad happened. Ferros swapped duties with Galzor.
When they woke the next morning, they were fired up with the prospect of getting back out into the wilds and wetting their blades again. Their two new comrades arrived and they were soon heading for the town gate, ignoring the gossip from the tavern delivery men about a gruesome murder that had happened the previous night. Time will tell whether they were wise to do so.
You will recall that Cafaror had been told not to leave town, still being a suspect in a murder enquiry but he was (just about) disguised as a comely elf maiden (!) and the guards, still being in that early-morning mood, waved them through with a few quizzical looks but no suspicions.
I am an elf maiden...no, really. My name is Galadriel. Do you not find me beautiful?
At the burial site, everything seemed perfectly normal. Ceritha and Galzor were happy to keep watch in case something suspicious happened, so the rest of the Team, plus Thorgrim and his boss set off up river, planning to make the Moat House their first port of call. Not long afterwards, they ran into a couple of merchants and their man at arms, who reported that the wilds were no longer safe after a gang of bandits had take up residence in an old ruined house further up river. Realising that their hard won property had been invaded by squatters (and why not, since it had been left vacant for quite a while since its liberation), the Team spurred their horses on and thus rode straight into an ambush by archers hidden in the trees. Fortunately, the bowmen were either bad shots or the Team were too hard to hit and in the firefight that followed, seven attackers were killed with no casualties for our heroes. It was noted that the bandits (for such were they) were not quite human, having pointed ears and ugly faces with large noses and sharp teeth.
They were in fact half-orcs, but as the party had never encountered this race before, I decided to keep things vague for now; that they were aware their adversaries were not human was enough to be going on with.
Having brushed this feeble opposition aside, our doughty band rode on upriver, arriving at the confluence of the stream and river where they had been attacked by wolves all those weeks ago. There was nothing to bother them now, although a giant eagle soaring over the camp site made Alurax reach for his bow; he soon lowered it again after a stern word from Elysia.
The next morning, as the sun was rising, there was movement on the far side of the river as a herd of wild horses emerged from the trees to drink at the water’s edge. Ferros, using his spell ability to Speak With Animals, chatted to them for a while, determining that they had encountered bandits and that one of the horses had been killed by them. Apart from that, the herd kept its distance from humans.
Yes, we do know where the next dungeon is...
The Team pressed on to the Moat House, arriving a little before midday. They could see a ribbon of smoke rising from somewhere inside and concluded that this meant the bandits were in residence. With Alurax in the lead, they charged across the flat ground towards the drawbridge, meeting a hail of arrows from the watchtower as they did so. A horn blast of alarm went up; Alurax and Alagon dismounted and burst into the watchtower whilst Ferros and Cafaror raced across the courtyard, past the ettin statue and quickly overwhelmed three bandits who had emerged at the top of the steps and were firing at them.
Alurax and his trident made short work of the four bandits in the tower – three were killed and a fourth leapt through a hole in the wall and slid down into the moat. As he swam for safety, one of the giant frogs saw an opportunity for a meal and headed towards him. The bandit tried to climb out and up the side of the moat but the frog hopped out of the water and dragged him back in again.
Six more bandits were waiting for the Team as they joined forces and burst into the Great Hall. Although several of the team took wounds, they were able to wipe out the bandits, as well as another four who were in a room beyond the hall. Three others managed to escape both the Team and the frogs and make good their escape into the forest. In the inner room, the party uncovered the bandits’ stash, a sizeable haul which brought a satisfied smile to their faces. Having won back their Moat House, they could begin to plan the next stage of their hunting expedition.
This session was the first time we had tried out our new, larger dining table and as can be seen from the picture at the start of this post, it seats the Team comfortably with plenty of space for character sheets, figures, floor plans etc. We also had a salad and pizza lunch for the lads today as it was the last session of the year. I'm very happy with the way that things have gone this year - we've retained the core team with one or two dropping out and another attending intermittently (through no fault of their own, I hasten to add) and have now recruited another player, who went away from the session very fired up for more. We've got a good thing going here, playing it Old School and keeping the torch burning. Long may it continue.
Labels: christmas, kids, next generation, reach out and recruit, team adventure
Fantasy as it used to be - Songs of the Earth by Elspeth Cooper
Tired of gritty fantasy with a cast list of scum and villainy that makes Mos Eisley look like Paradise Beach? Tired of books that turn the air blue just by reading them? Tired of tales that lack a moral compass?
Well, this one is for you. Songs of the Earth isn’t mould-breaking or innovative – it clings fast to numerous tropes of fantasy literature and will seem very familiar to well-read fans of the genre. It was likened in the publicity to Patrick Rothfuss but I tried not to let that put me off.
The story begins in media res, with Gair, the protagonist imprisoned and awaiting sentence for witchcraft. The setting is a fairly standard vanilla fantasy, mediaeval with a resprayed Catholic Church as one of the main power brokers in the world. It might have been interesting had Cooper developed an original theology since everything we discover about the church in this book sounds very familiar. Still, since many D&D worlds run along a mediaeval format, there is plenty in here to loot if you are looking for ideas for your cleric’s backstory.
The plot from there onwards will tick the boxes of anyone who likes their fantasy served up on a plate of Joseph Campbell. A mysterious old man takes Gair under his wing, acting as a cross between Captain Exposition and the Unreliable Narrator and conducts him to an academy where he can learn to use his powers properly. So far, so Earthsea, Hogwarts – or Star Wars. Or even Professor Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters. Once he arrives, there is a period of settling in and the obligatory sequence where Gair makes an enemy (for no obvious reason other than I suppose said enemy is a trope of magic schools) of another student (hello Malfoy)
There is also a lurking villain who, needless to say, was once a student at said academy but turned to the Dark Side and now poses a threat to everyone due to something that seems to hark back to the Dungeon Dimensions from Pratchett, always threatening to break through to our world.
The villain is a brooding presence in the background of the narrative for quite some time; Cooper knows when to wheel him out for maximum effect and then slips some unpleasant back story in for him. Let’s hope he develops further in the next book.
The magic is something different – there’s no Vancian stuff here, no Codex of Eldritch Lore, no pointy hats. If you’re looking for something to replace the old D&D system, try this for ideas. The magic is described as The Song, which to me brought back memories of the Metaconcert in Julian May’s Saga of the Exiles and Charter Magic from Garth Nix’s Abhorsen series.
There’s no map – although somehow I felt that I was able to see one in my mind’s eye. There are enough hints of what’s out there to allow the world that Cooper is creating to seem realistic without being over-developed so early in the series. Some fantasy authors have their characters go off on a long world-wide wander just so that the reader can get the full benefit of the world the writer has created. Cooper is refreshingly restrained in this aspect, although there are some hints of locales that seem pregnant with potential for inclusion in the next book.
There is some very mild language, an ‘arse’ here and there but nothing that would make it unsuitable for the young adult reader – in fact, some very mild lurve scenes notwithstanding, I’m surprised that it wasn’t targeted at that specific audience.
My copy was 420 pages (other formats may vary) but in fact I felt it could have been longer with no loss of pace. The finale, which reminded me of the Battle of Hogwarts but so much better done here, could have been made more intense if space had allowed.
All in all, Cooper treads a well-worn path with a book that gives me that nostalgic glow for the days of yore when ‘edgy’ and ‘gritty’ hadn’t become literary buzzwords and you still had good guys to cheer and baddies to hiss.
The next volume is out in the spring of 2012 and the third for September 2013. So quite some time to wait.
Labels: books, ideas, review
An Adventure for Every Monster - Cattle, Wild
Cattle, Wild
No. appearing: 20-200
Armour class: 7
Move: 15”
Hit Dice: 1-4
Percentage in lair: Nil
Treasure type: Nil
No. of attacks: 1
Damage per attack: 1-4
Special attack: Stampede
Special defences: Nil
Magic Resistance: Standard
Intelligence: Semi-
Alignment: Neutral
THAC0: 19/16/15
XP value: 35+2/hp
Goes well with: red wine
On a semi-civilised frontier, a local noble who has been given the task of completing the pacification of the area is having problems. Wild cattle that he is in the process of corralling and domesticating have started to disappear, albeit in small numbers. Nevertheless, this is taken as a threat to his authority and, by implication, his position as well. He sent a group of his men out to see what was going on and they have not returned. He therefore needs the party to find out who has been rustling the cattle and to discover the fate of his men as well. If they do well, they may be kept on to provide security whilst the settlement and domestication process is completed.
The rustling is being carried out by a gang of ogres but there is more to the situation than meets the eye. The ogre leader has a document that the grandfather of the noble used to settle a long running dispute with the ogres’ ancestors many years ago and which gives the ogres and their descendants rights to take a certain number of cattle each year for their own use. Although he probably intended it to be a mere glass bead trick, the ogres actually believed him and will take umbrage at anyone trying to renege on the deal.
To make matters even more interesting, many years ago, the ogres were actually converted by a zealous and very persuasive roving paladin and they still adhere to the faith, albeit a rather confused and ogrish interpretation thereof. The paladin went on to higher things, eventually heading up the temple’s Arm Militant, but that’s another story.
Due to this, clerics of the faith maintained contact with the ogres to ensure that there was no backsliding and when the noble’s grandfather and the ogres signed the document, a cleric happened to be there and witnessed the process. The faith therefore has records of the agreement at its temple. Thus any attempt to overrule it by illicit means will attract the attention – and subsequent intervention - of a band of LG paladins and clerics, keen to protect their flock.
I would imagine that the noble's men who were sent out to find out what was going on were either killed by the ogres (and perhaps given a faith-based funeral, complete with badly written gravestones, etc) or spooked the cattle and were killed in a stampede.
Labels: adventure hooks, an adventure for every monster, ideas, monsters
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Best Movie Opening / Ending?
By J.T., May 15, 2018 in MOVIES & TV
Curt McGirt 6,771
How it wraps up is great.
Joker finally has to kill someone, even out of mercy, after a brutal search for the sniper. By that point they're all so desensitized that they start singing the fucking Mouseketeers theme song together. The film is an ultimate statement about how war can fuck you up, only in two parts -- one admittedly a bit lesser, but still awesome.
Now I really want to read The Short-Timers
J.T. 7,936
LocationBack In The Eight Oh Four!
The nihilism masquerading as joy is so fucking terrifying and awesome at the same time.
Soldiers singing the theme from the Mickey Mouse Club television show set against the backdrop of burning buildings.
And then Paint It Black kicks in and the Stones tear shit the fuck up.
HOW COULD I FORGET ABOUT "PAINT IT BLACK" PLAYING AT THE END?!?! That is just perfect.
Oh and BTW, Abe Books is down but I went on Amazon (ugh) and The Short-Timers is going for at minimum $218 for a softcover copy. Yes, you read that right.
Apparently I am a dumbass that has forgotten half of my young adulthood.
How could I have forgotten this ending scene?
This is my gift. My curse..
Hey... why is the room so dusty all of a sudden?
In a movie about a dystopian future where books are burned, the director had the opening title sequence narrated orally so that YOU COULDN'T READ THE CREDITS FOR YOURSELF~!!
BRILLIANT~!
Pete 12,984
LocationAn obscure body in the SK System
Always loved the OHMSS opening. Brilliant bit of business to hand-wave the elephant in the room (Connery's departure), segueing into the most underrated title music across the entire run.
The ending of OHMSS is amazing too, and an incredibly bold move at the time.
Contentious C 568
Lexington Man OF War
A part of me wanted to start a separate topic for Worst Openings/Endings, but Dirty Dancing and The Secret of NIMH take Worst Ending with their Dusty Finishes pretty handily.
And "Worst Opening" is called "didn't become a movie". Though this movie:
sure as shit tries to win the award. The opening "take" is so fucking pretentious, I couldn't make it any further into the movie to find out the director was trying to do the whole film in long, uninterrupted takes. Somebody watched Before Sunset a few too many times. I think David Foster Wallace once crucified Magnolia (perhaps another contender for worst opening) as "100% gradschoolish in a bad way", but if he'd had to listen to the first 15 minutes of dialogue in this radioactive turd, he would have killed himself all over again. I won't link any videos, because I wouldn't do that to you guys.
nate 4,449
Rum Ham Connoisseur
Blues Brothers makes my list for both categories.
Sometimes I love the Internet more than others
https://msuweb.montclair.edu/~furrg/i2l/shorttimers.pdf
EDIT: Read the first part of the book already (the Parris Island half of the movie) and it flew, and was even more brutal than what was filmed. Also a lot of the same dialogue. Highly recommend you read it if you like the film.
Elsalvajeloco 4,774
James Horner goes full Ennio Morricone
I wish the opening confession scene from Calvary was still up because that one is tremendous.
CreativeControl 3,331
Very Anoa'i'ing
LocationBored At Work
16 hours ago, Curt McGirt said:
Heat is one of those rare movies where I don't want it to end that way so I stop watching at the precise point where I WANT it to end.
Then again it's still so good that sometimes I finish it anyway.
Yup, every time he turns off the motorway I'm screaming "YOU IDIOT!" internally.
As far as OHMSS goes, that ending was a massive gut punch. Remains my favourite James Bond film and it still annoys me that the follow up to that was the awful-on-so-many-levels Diamonds Are Forever.
I'd really like to go back and watch Full Metal Jacket and skip the first bit because the marine training just overshadows everything else in that film. Talk to anyone about it and that's all they'll talk about and all anyone remembers (me included)
1 hour ago, CreativeControl said:
That's one of my biggest reasons for choosing to believe that each Bond is a separate agent using a code name. Lazenby-Bond's arc is a new 007 who thinks he's going to have the time of his life being a super spy, catches feelings almost immediately for the first "Bond Girl" that strolls into his life, isn't particularly the danger junkie his predecessor was, and is ultimately broken by Blofeld's revenge plot. He retires, and M has no choice but to reactivate the paunchy toupee-wearing sociopathic Connery-Bond to hunt Blofeld.
S.K.o.S. 1,122
LocationNorth of Toronto
18 hours ago, Contentious C said:
Though this movie:
Agree that the dialogue is terrible throughout. Kept thinking "people don't talk like this, and whoever wrote this is way less clever than they think they are".
I love that split screen alternate camera shot during the phone call in the first section, though.
Zartan 874
Minnesota Purple Rage
Opening ^^
This is like the ending for Heat if it was actually good-
Not to keep this the Full Metal Jacket Thread but to add to the end of the movie from The Short-Timers... well, you really don't want to know what they do to the sniper's body.
EDIT: If they filmed it the way the book is written, it'd be a splatter flick.
How in the world did I forget the intro for Layer Cake? THE BEST~!
You know what, since CreativeControl reminded me, another movie I turn off right at a certain point? A Clockwork Orange. Then again it doesn't have the cop-out of the book (which I've still read a zillion times)
1 hour ago, J.T. said:
I love the alternate ending of Layer Cake.
Control 705
Evansville Crimson Giant
Also there’s this
GodzillaPerez 593
Pancake Shame?
LocationThey made him do a shame walk while hitting him with pancakes. It wasn't THAT bad of a joke.
Yeah I'm cheating. For an actual movie:
Also these:
StuntmanCrowley 187
Seattle Yannigan
Terrible internet connection at work, so not able to link the video
But for great openings.....I'd throw Way of the Gun into the mix, just for how funny it is and well done to introduce the characters.
happjack 156
For as great as the Lupus catch is the Bad New Bears really nails what it's like to lose the big game and have to deal with the half assed sportsmanship of the other team.
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Subject: Position at Yale
Position at Yale
From: Roberta Pilette <roberta.pilette>
Date: Sunday, February 18, 2007
Chief Conservator
Preservation Department/Conservation Laboratory
Sterling Memorial Library
Rank: Librarian III/IV or Conservator IV
Yale University Library's Preservation Department is conducting a
search to fill the position of Chief Conservator, Head of the
Conservation Lab. We are instituting an international search for an
experienced professional interested in the continued development of
the Preservation Department's Conservation Laboratory. We believe
we are entering an exciting period for the Preservation Department.
We have been identified as two (preservation and conservation) of
the four foci for fundraising as part of the Library's program
within Yale University's $3 billion capital campaign.
Please feel free to contact me if you are interested or if you know
of someone we may want to recruit.
Responsibilities: Under the direction of the Head of the
Preservation Department and Chief Preservation Officer, the Chief
Conservator plans and directs the activities of the Conservation
Laboratory including the conservation of the Yale University
Library's special collections. S/he serves as a member of the
Preservation Management Team (PMT) comprising of the Chief
Preservation Officer, Head of Reformatting and Media Preservation
(RaMP), Head of Collection Care, and the Field Service Librarian.
The Chief Conservator will work closely with PMT members, as
appropriate, in the development, implementation and/or
administration of policies and procedures governing the preservation
and conservation of all paper-based special collections materials;
e.g. rare books, manuscripts, maps, atlases, photographs, posters,
art on paper, prints and drawings. Working with librarians and
curators, the Chief Conservator establishes treatment priorities for
special collections materials and facilitates access and long-term
preservation of special collections by managing the flow of
materials through the Conservation Laboratory. The Chief
Conservator supervises a staff of three conservators, three
conservation assistants, and student workers and oversees the
planning and performing of conservation treatments on the full range
of special collections materials. The Chief Conservator provides
recommendations to collections specialists and curators on whether
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CZO National Office's quarterly newsletter CZNews: Summer 2017.
National | Boulder | Calhoun | Catalina-Jemez | Christina | Eel | IML | Luquillo | Reynolds | Shale Hills | Sierra |
Print Verison: CZNews - Summer 2017 (1 MB PDF)
CZNews
U.S. NSF National CZO Program
A new generation of CZ scientists
A commentary on the emerging generation of CZ scientists trained through the CZO program has been published by Adam Wymore (University of New Hampshire) et al. in Earth Surface Processes and Landforms (2017). In “Growing new generations of critical zone scientists” the authors outline five scientific challenges of CZ science for early career CZ researchers to target: 1) understanding water availability in the CZ; 2) expanding CZ science into new landscapes and environments; 3) communicating the societal relevance of CZ science to the public; 4) integrating biological sciences within the CZ framework; 5) and scaling CZ processes over large spatial and temporal gradients. These challenges provide a framework for former CZ science students, many of whom are now early career researchers across universities, to move CZ science forward as it enters its second decade. Such researchers hold a pivotal role in the promotion and training of future CZ scientists. Important steps towards this effort include incorporating CZ concepts into current educational curriculum, taking advantage of funding sources that support large collaborative research, and collaborating with the broader Earth surface and environmental science research community.
Arlington Meeting for Critical Zone science
The CZO community thanks all those who participated in the meeting hosted by the CZO network, “Critical Zone Science: Current Advances & Future Opportunities,” held June 4-6 in Arlington, VA. The meeting began with an introduction to the U.S. CZO program from CZO NSF program director Richard Yuretich, followed by a plenary address, “Perspectives on CZ Science”, by Susquehanna Shale Hills PI Susan Brantley (Penn State). The meeting agenda included many scientific talks, two poster sessions, a panel discussion on building cross-network observatory opportunities, and two breakout sessions among 200 participants. You can find the full list of talks and poster abstracts at criticalzone.org/national/events/event/2017-06-04-2017-arlington-meeting-for-critical-zone-science/. Five breakout groups met to address compelling research questions in CZ science, the future of observatories and networks, and CZ educational initiatives. Input from these discussions will be coalesced into a white paper. To further explore the meeting theme, a discussion paper entitled “Designing a network of critical zone observatories to explore the living skin of the terrestrial Earth” by Brantley, et al. has been published in Earth Surface Dynamics (July 2017). This paper is open for comment until July 31st and can be found here.
Goldschmidt 2017 Conference, August 13-18, Paris, France
CZO PI Meeting, September 8-11, Eel River CZO, CA
ILTER & LTER-France joint conference, October 2-4, Nantes, France
GSA 2017 Annual Meeting, October 22-25, Seattle, WA
AGU Fall Meeting 2017, December 11-15, New Orleans, LA
CZO Spotlight: Gordon Grant
Gordon Grant, a research hydrologist with the U.S. Forest Service’s (USFS) Pacific Northwest Research Station, has served as chair for the U.S. CZO Program’s Steering Committee since 2010. Gordon’s commitment to the CZOs has shown through by his invaluable guidance, his stand out participation and voice for the CZO community, and his research contribution to understanding the CZ. Gordon began his time with the USFS shortly before he received his Ph.D. in geomorphology from Johns Hopkins University in 1986. His 12-year career as a whitewater river guide led to a fascination with rivers, and his research has focused on the geomorphic response of rivers to changes in flow and sediment transport due to land use, dams and dam removal, volcanic eruptions, and climate change. Grant’s work has played an enormous role in developing watershed perspectives for managing public lands, and for this, he became the first USFS researcher in the program’s 54-year-history to be named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union in 2016. Grant is also a Courtesy Professor in the College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences at Oregon State University and serves on the board of directors of the Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Sciences (CUAHSI). We appreciate Gordon’s continued dedication to the CZO program and CZ science!
NSF Discoveries
The National Science Foundation’s Discoveries are feature articles about NSF-supported research, researchers, research results and the impacts of those results. The current 16-part series on the Critical Zone Observatories can be found at nsf.gov. The latest of the series, “Can an ancient ocean shoreline set the stage for a tropical forest of today?” describes a research effort between the Luquillo CZO and LTER in Puerto Rico where researchers are working to determine how the formation of the Luquillo Mountains and their subsequent weathering resulted in today's Luquillo rainforest ecosystem. The geologic history of Puerto Rico transformed a previously low-elevation island and its surrounding marine platform into the mountainous landscape observed today. Using LiDAR, scientists discovered a 10-meter (33-foot) decline in forest height across an ancient shoreline, but only where rocks were formed of hard quartz diorite. Soils there are shallow so trees have difficulty finding stability and nutrients, and therefore do not grow as high. In addition, researchers found that changes in forest composition occur at knickpoints, sharp changes in river drainage slope. The differences in soil nutrients above and below knickpoints are influenced by the bedrock beneath and could be a reason for the different forest heights. This research has brought new understanding of the role of geology in structuring the forest ecosystem of the Luquillo Mountains.
Key Findings of the CZO Network
Key findings about the Critical Zone have emerged from the CZO network from studies spanning its environmental range. The findings reflect the Critical Zone’s three dynamic and spatially structured co-evolving surfaces: the top of the vegetation canopy, the ground surface, and a third, deep surface below which Earth materials are unweathered. For the first time, the CZO network has obtained observations from drilling and geophysical methods that reveal how the deep surface of the Critical Zone varies across landscapes [See Holbrook, et al. (2014) and Olyphant, et al. (2016)]. New mechanistic models across the network now provide quantitative predictions of the spatial structure of the deep surface relative to the ground surface topography [See Anderson, R.S. (2015) and St. Clair, et al (2015)]. Also for the first time, the network has obtained observations that reveal that differences in energy inputs at Earth’s surface translate into differences in water, minerals, and biotic activity at depth, and we are starting to detect how these deep properties also impact the biota and climate [See Hinckley, et al. (2014) and Stone, et al. (2014)]. Find a complete list of the CZO publications that contributed to these findings.
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Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
Kathleen Lohse, Reynolds Creek CZO PI, speaks to during a breakout group session.
Panel discussion at the CZO Arlington Meeting. The panel (left to right): Diane McKnight (NSF GEO), John Schade (NSF BIO), Elisabeth Bui (ILTER &ICZO), Gene Kelly (NEON), David Lesmes (DOE), Richard Yuretich (NSF), Lindsey Rustad (USFS), Lou Kaplan (NSF DEB) and William McDowell (UNH)
Elisabeth Bui -ILTER &ICZO
Gordon Grant
Water flows along what scientists call a knickpoint: a change in the slope of a river.
Credit: Gilles Brocard/ Source: NSF
"Modified from Chorover, J., R. Kretzschmar, F. Garcia-Pichel, and D. L. Sparks. 2007. Soil biogeochemical processes in the critical zone. Elements 3, 321-326. (artwork by R. Kindlimann).
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DECAL SHEET REVIEW
Starfighter Decals # 72-153
Operation TORCH - November 1942 -- 1:72 Scale
By 1942, the momentum of the Second World War was beginning to change in favor of the Allies. With the devastating loss at the Battle of Midway in May 1942 for the Japanese in the Pacific theater, the invasion of North Africa in November 1942 began to set into motion the fall of Italy and Germany itself.
Operation TORCH was the first joint British-American invasion effort of the war, taking place in French North Africa and began on 8 November 1942. It consisted of three amphibious task forces that simultaneously seized the key ports and airports in Morocco and Algeria to specifically focus on Casablanca, Oran and Algiers held by the Vichy French. Operation TORCH was broadly successful for the Allies. While the French put up varying levels of resistance, they were generally poorly equipped and could not mount a successful resistance. In response, Hitler ordered the very ill-conceived invasion of Tunisia. Six months of fighting led to inevitable German failure as their tenuous supply lines to North African faltered and collapsed with their final defeat occurring in May 1943. While Operation TORCH opened the door to the invasion of Sicily and Italy itself, it also pushed D-Day into 1944 and thus allowed the United States to complete mobilization of its forces and resources for the main invasion of Europe.
The USS RANGER was the first American carrier built from the keel up as an aircraft carrier. RANGER was relatively small and slow and spent most of the war in the Atlantic theater where it would be less vulnerable. RANGER, along with escort carriers SANTEE, SUWANEE, SAGAMON, and CHENANGO famously provided air support for Operation TORCH. As part of the western task force her airplanes attacked the headquarters of the French air forces in Morocco. Throughout the area, they destroyed some 70 aircraft on the ground and shot down 15 aircraft in air-to-air combat. Others dropped mines, and destroyed vehicles, bombed and strafed shore batteries, and sank French warships including the battleship JEAN BART still moored at the pier in Casablanca Harbor – all at a cost of 16 of the air wing’s aircraft and ten airmen. When Casablanca fell to American forces on 11 November, the carriers departed Moroccan waters for resupply back at their home ports in the United States.
This decal sheet by Starfighter Decals provides markings in 1:72 scale for several of the notable airplanes embarked on the USS RANGER, SANTEE, SUWANNEE, SAGAMON, and AUGUSTA that participated in Operation TORCH.
SBD-3 BuNo 06620, VS-42, USS RANGER, November 1942
L-4A 42-36389, 8th Observation Squadron, USS RANGER, November 1942
F4F-4 BuNo 11703, VF-41, USS RANGER, November 1942 (three kills)
F4F-4 BuNo 4087, VF-41, USS RANGER, November 1942 (two kills)
F4F-4 BuNo unknown, VF-9, USS RANGER, November 1942 (two kills)
F4F-4 BuNo unknown, VGF-29, USS SANTEE, November 1942 (one kill)
TBF-1 BuNo 00509, VGS-26, USS SAGAMON, November 1942
TBF-1 BuNo unknown, CRAG, November 1942
TBF-1 BuNo unknown, VGS-27, USS SUWANNEE, November 1942 (sub kill)
SOC-3 BuNo unknown, VCS-7, USS AUGUSTA, November 1942
The choices here cover the diversity of the airplanes involved in Operation TORCH, from the hard-hitting SBDs to a selection of F4Fs credited with Hawk and D.520 kills, the Avengers (including the VGS-27 airplane credited with the first U.S. sub kill in the Atlantic with the sinking of the Vichy French submarine SIDI FERRUCH on 11 November 1942), and the SOC-3 Seagull scout plane that operated from the AUGUSTA. Even the diminutive L-4 Piper Cub were included.
The decals themselves look fantastic. They are printed in perfect register. Of course, Operation TORCH airplanes were marked with a distinctive yellow ring around the national insignias on the fuselage. The colors for the yellow surround and other markings are vibrant and opaque. Decals for airframe stencils and prop tip warning markings are also included. Carrier film is very tightly restrained, too. There are also notes to the builder regarding specific airplane-by-airplane configurations and marking variations that really reveal the depth of Starfighter’s research on these airplanes.
In all, this is a comprehensive set representing the diverse airplanes that projected U.S. naval airpower over North Africa during Operation TORCH. This makes me now want to think about building a collection…
Many thanks to Mark’s Models and Toys for the review sample. You can find see more and purchase this sheet at http://www.starfighter-decals.com/index.html.
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submitted by Victor Panaretos on 29.05.2006
Kythera Close signpost. Looking back towards the city of Grafton.
The Close leads to a Property Development by Arthur Bernard. Grafton, NSW.
Kythera Park, a residential housing estate, with each block on several acres.
A typical quality residence on the Estate can be seen on the corner in the background.
The estate is on the main road leading to Nymboida.
The development was undertaken by George Peter Bernard ( Venados ) —- Son of Peter Bernard ( Venardos ) of Karavas.
Bernard Family, Grafton. Brief history.
Adapted from Peter Tsicalas' notes, held in repository, Clarence River Historical Society, Grafton
Panagiotis Athanasios Venardos, (Peter Arthur Bernard), b. Aug 1900 Karavas, son of Arthur Emmanuel, landed Mar 1911 with father and brother. Spent lyr Allora, 2yrs Esk, lyr Sydney, until going into business with father at Cessnock. Remained for 4yrs until moving to Katoomba for 1-2 yrs thence Grafton early 1931. Married Violet White (b. 1911 NZ) 1931 Paddington. Arthur born 30/6/33 Grafton, George b. 20/10/36 Grafton.
Peter Bernard owned the Popular Cafe,75 Prince Street
He is believed to be related to the Aroneys of Murbah. His son Arthur still lives in Grafton. George is enjoying annual trips to Kythera with his wife in retirement.
Peters' son George retired to the Gold Coast. His married sister Kerani is living in Marybourgh Qld.
Peters Popular Cafe in Prince Street was purchased by son George on 3 /7/ 1961 closed the doors 16 /9 /1968 when he established the Gold Fish Bowl coffee shop in Parkway arcade ( built by the brothers ) Prince Street Grafton until 25 /1/ 1971.
The brothers in partnership then built, and George managed the Camden Lodge Motel in Villiars Street Grafton.
Peter Bernard was Deanna Psaros’s (Inverell) Nono, in fact she was christened at the Cafe. Subsequentley he was the best man at her wedding to Peter McCarthy in Inverell in 1962. The McCarthys moved to Grafton in 1964, at which time Peter had retired and the shop was run by his sons George and Arthur.
Kythera Close signpost, leading to a Property Development by Arthur Bernard. Grafton, NSW.
A typical quality residence on the Estate can be seen in the background, on the opposite corner.
The development was undertaken by Arthur Bernard, (Vernados), son of Peter Bernard (Karavas).
He is believed to be related to the Aroneys of Murbah. His son Arthur still lives in Grafton and owns and operates The Abbey Motor Inn.
Peters' brother George retired to the Gold Coast. Their married sister lives at Sawtell.
Property Development. Grafton NSW.
World War II. S Sklavos. 1945.
WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-06-17. STRETCHER BEARERS CARRYING OUT CASUALTIES DURING THE ATTACK BY B COMPANY, 2/8 INFANTRY BATTALION AGAINST HILL 2.
IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:-
PTE P.C. SKLAVOS (1);
PTE M.S. ROBERTSON (5).
Photographic ID No: 093155
Australian War Memorial.
World War II. S. Sklavos.
Lae, New Guinea. 3 November 1944. Swimmers homeward bound in the jeep after an enjoyable day at Malahang Beach. Left to right: Signaller (Sig) G. Dalton of Hobart, Tas; S. Sklavos of Sydney, NSW; M. Dalton of Hobart, Tas; and in front seat J. Johnson of Brisbane, Qld; Sig G. Sweeney of Hobart, Tas; Private P. Becker of Sydney, NSW.
Photo ID No: 017785
submitted by George Sophios on 26.11.2005
Professor Harry Lourandos. Eminent archaeological author.
CONTINENT OF HUNTER-GATHERERS: NEW PERSPECTIVES IN AUSTRALIAN PREHISTORY
Harry Lourandos
Cambridge University Press: Melbourne
xvii+390pp; 103 figs; 5 tables
Reviewed by Ian McNiven
[Originally published in Australian Archaeology 45:66-67]
The scene was the Staff Club at the University of Queensland. A group of post-grad archaeology students was having a drink with Harry Lourandos. Suddenly, Harry pulls out this letter from CUP inviting him to write a text on Australian archaeology. He wanted to know what we thought. After a few comments such as 'get real' and 'whose shout?', Harry eventually left while we stayed on and celebrated. It's been nearly a decade since that night and Harry Lourandos's book has now arrived!
Fifteen years have passed since the last broadscale, academic text on the archaeology of indigenous Australia was published. While Josephine Flood's Archaeology of the Dreamtime has kept the general public and students (and quite a few academics I may add) up to date with major findings since Peter White and Jim O'Connell's 1982 text, a desperate need has remained for a higher level, scholarly synthesis of Autralian archaeology. In Continent of Hunter-Gatherers, Lourandos not only has fulfilled this need admirably, he has produced the first synthesis of Australian archaeology embedded explicitly within broader theoretical debates on the nature and evolution of hunter-gatherer societies. While scope for such a synthesis has been aided by major advances over the last two decades in our archaeological knowledge base, the book owes most of its thrust to Lourandos's social evolutionary views on the complexity and dynamism of Aboriginal Australia. His theoretically challenging views were aired widely in the 1980s, and became encapsulated in the so-called 'great intensification debate'. Continent of Hunter-Gatherers is much more than an empirical update of that debate: it expands Lourandos's socio-demographic model of cultural change and elaborately integrates environmental and social explanatory frameworks through more explicit reference to differing chronological and spatial scales of analysis.
The book is divided into three major sections: a theoretical introduction to hunter-gatherer studies and perspectives on Aboriginal Australians (Chapters 1 and 2), detailed regional overviews of sites and archaeological data (Chapters 3-7), and syntheses of major substantive and theoretical issues of local and international interest (Chapters 8-10). It is the first and last sections of the book which will have the most enduring impact on the discipline. Chpater 1 elaborates Lourandos's theoretical views on archaeological approaches to defining and explaining long- and short-term changes in hunter-gatherer societies from environmental and socio-cultural perspectives. Again, the important point is made that our models of past cultural change are tied directly to historical perceptions of the complexity, structure and dynamism of Aboriginal society. Lourandos sees the static, simplistic and somewhat environmentally deterministic paradigm which has dominated Australian archaeology as reflecting deep-seated 19th century colonialist constructions of Aboriginal primitivism. While I agree, couching the argument within the growing body of post-colonial literature, and particularly representational theory, would have strengthened the argument. Chapter 2 is a useful re-evaluation of the variability and organisational complexity of Aboriginal Australians in historic times, emphasising the effects of social dynamics on economic intensification.
Chapters 3-7 represent the substantive core of the book. Following an overview of evidence for earliest colonisation (Chapter 3), overviews of archaeological sites for the tropical north (Chapter 4), arid and semiarid zones (Chapter 5), and temperate south (Chapter 6) and Tasmania (Chapter 7) are presented. The regional chapters are divided into Pleistocene and Holocene periods, each beginning with a short summary of major environmental trends followed by critical summaries of major sites and developmental trends within sub-regions. The regional approach provided more scope for examining long-term evolutionary trends, particularly cultural responses to changes in bioproduction. While substantive chapters tended to be comprehensive and up-to-date, I was surprised to see no reference to Luke Godwin's and Kierin Hotchin's PhD theses, which represent major regional studies. Furthermore, the time has long since passed where a synthesis of Australian archaeology can ignore unpublished consulting reports. Aboriginal Affairs Victoria has on file nearly 1000 reports alone! In terms of dividing chapters into the Pleistocene and the Holocene, I am not the first to note that the use of these broad geological time periods to frame cultural change is fast becoming conceptually redundant.
The final three synthesis chapters vary considerably in quality. I found Chapter 8, which focused on typological trends in stone implements, somewhat outdated. Her Lourandos missed an opportunity to show how Australian technological analyses, such as Hiscock's work in the Hunter Valley and at Lawn Hill, have provided significant insights for understanding inter-assemblage variation. The culture historical flavour of the chapter seemed at odds with the rest of the text. In marked contrast, in Chapters 9 (Interpretations) and 10 (Concluding Perspectives), Lourandos skillfully pulls together previous chapters in a synthesis of major substantive and theoretical issues that will influence Australian archaeological research agendas well into next century. A key issue is why no simple correlation exists between changes in bioproduction and changes in population density and social complexity. It is difficult to disagree with Lourandos's theoretical stance that human-environmental interaction is mediated by socio-cultural factors. The suggestion that these factors can themselves be the product of long-term, and perhaps even regionally specific, historical trajectories provides enormous scope for future archaeological research in Australia.
The book is well written and highly readable, with good use made of figures and tables. The poor quality of some figures was surprising, however, as was the new location for Lake Keilambete (Fig. 6.10). The excellent flow of the book owes much to Lourandos's deep understanding of archaeological and anthropological theory, which has allowed him to construct a cogent, stimulating and challenging view of Australia's Aboriginal past. Continent of Hunter-Gatherers marks a maturing of Australian archaeology, where old research agendas built around prospecting for Pleistocene dates has given way tomore theoretically challenging explorations of hunter-gatherer cultural dynamics. Despite the book's explicit theoretical bent, the broad coverage given to basic site data and general issues of Australian archaeology will ensure its place as compulsory reading not only for Australian archaeologists (both students and professionals), but for all those interested in Aboriginal studies.
Australian Archaeological Association Inc website
http://www.australianarchaeologicalassociation.com.au
submitted by Dean Coroneos on 06.10.2005
Archie Kalikerinos. Medical Visonary.
Archie Kalokerinos, High Achiever. With links to stories and photographs pertaining to various aspects of his life
Review of the book, Medical Pioneer of the Twentieth Century, including details about where to purchase it
On Thursday 4th October, 2005, The Sydney Morning Herald, under the title Good gut instincts win pair a Nobel, published the following:
"Two Australian researchers who turned medicine upside down by showing that peptic ulcers and gastritis could be caused by a bacterium, have been awarded the 2005 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine.
One Barry Marshall, proved his point to doubters by swallowing a glassful of the bacteria.
About a week later he started vomiting and suffering other painful symptoms of gastritis.
Before the discovery in 1982 that Helicobacter pylori played a role in gastritis and peptic ulcers, stress and lifestyle were considered the main cause of peptic ulcer disease.....
Announcing the prize yesterday, the Nobel Assembly, said Robin Warren, 68, a pathologist from Perth, "observed small curved bacteria colonising the lower part of the stomach in about 50% of patients from which biopsies had been taken. He made the crucial observation that signs of inflammation were always present in the gastric mucosa close to where the bacteria were seen".
Professor Marshall, 54, became interested in Dr Warren's findings, and together they initiated a study of biopsies from 100 patients. "After several attempts, Marshall succeeded in cultivating a hitherto unknown bacterial species - later denoted Helocbacter pylori - from several of these biopsies", the Assembly said....".
More information, see:
http://nobelprize.org/
http://www.bacteriaalive.com/discoveryofstomachulcerbacteria/
The parrallels with Kalokerinos's research and life work are obvious.
Acute observation, running counter to the established medical paradigm, leading to antipathy from the "medical establishment".
On Wednesday 5th October, the day after the article appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald, the following letter, appeared in the Letters Page, page 14.
"Robin Warren and Barry Marshall, who have just been awarded a Nobel Prize in medicine (Good gut instincts win pair a Nobel, Herald, October 4), have, at long last, received what should have been given to them many years ago.
They achieved something that changed the practice of medicine in a dramatic and far-reaching manner. It was a triumph of simple, but careful observation and common sense, over complex technology. Every student should be told the story of this historical event on entering medical school - and be reminded of it frequently.
I have many reasons to respect and admire these men.
Australia should be proud of them.
Dr A Kalokerinos, Cooranbong.
submitted by Association Of Kytherian University Professors on 27.11.2008
Theodore Sougiannis
Born: Athens, Greece, September 27, 1954.
United States Citizen.
WORK ADDRESS:
Department of Accountancy
College of Commerce and Business Administration
360 Wohlers Hall
1206 South Sixth Street
e-mail address: sougiani@uiuc.edu
2505 Bedford Drive
Ph.D. Business Administration (Accounting) - University of California at Berkeley, 1990.
Masters in Business Administration (Finance) - York University, Toronto, 1986.
Master of Arts (Economics) - York University, Toronto, 1984.
Bachelor of Business Administration (Accounting) - University of Pireaus, Greece, 1977.
DISSERTATION:
"The Valuation of R&D Firms and the Accounting Rules for R&D Costs."
JOURNAL ARTICLES:
"R&D Reporting Biases and their Consequences," with Baruch Lev and Bharat Sarath.
Forthcoming at Contemporary Accounting Research.
"The Accrual Effect on Future Earnings," with Konan Chan and Narasimhan Jegadeesh. [2004]
Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 22; 97-121.
"Do Financial Analysts Get Intangibles?" with Eli Amir and Baruch Lev. [2003] European
Accounting Review, 12:4, 635-659.
"Greece in the European Union: policy lessons from two decades of membership," with Elisabeth
Oltheten and George Pinteris. [Winter 2003] The Quarterly Review of Economics and
Finance, 43; 774-806.
"Using Forecasts of Earnings to Simultaneously Estimate Growth and the Rate of Return on Equity
Investment," with Peter Easton, Gary Taylor, and Pervin Shroff. [June 2002] Journal of
Accounting Research, 40; 657-676.
"The Stock Market Valuation of Research and Development Expenditures," with Louis Chan and
Josef Lakonishok). NBER working Paper 7223. [Dec 2001] Journal of Finance, 56; 2431-2456.
"The Accuracy and Bias of Equity Values Inferred from Analysts' Earnings Forecasts," with Takashi
Yaekura). [Fall 2001] Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance, 16; 331-362.
"Analysts' Interpretation and Investors' Valuation of Tax Carryforwards," with Eli Amir. [Spring
1999] Contemporary Accounting Research, 16; 1-33.
"Penetrating the Book-to-Market Black Box: The R&D Effect," with Baruch Lev. [April/May 1999]
Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, 26; 419-449.
"A comparison of Dividend, Cash Flow, and Earnings Approaches to Equity Valuation," with
Stephen Penman. [Fall 1998] Contemporary Accounting Research, 15; 343-383. One of the
"Top Ten All Time Hits" in http://papers.ssrn.com/
"The Cyclical Valuation of Catastrophic Losses in the Insurance Industry," [1997] Journal of
Financial Statement Analysis, 3; 32-43.
"The Dividend Displacement Property and the Substitution of Anticipated Earnings for Dividends in
Equity Valuation," with Stephen Penman. [1997] The Accounting Review, 72; 1-21.
"Recent Advances in Inflation Accounting and their Implications for the Multinational Corporation,"
[September/October 1997] Corporate Finance Review, 2; 12-19.
"The Capitalization, Amortization, and Value Relevance of R&D," with Baruch Lev. [1996] Journal
of Accounting and Economics 21; 107-138. Best Paper Award in 1997 from the Financial
Reporting Section of the American Accounting Association.
"The Accounting Based Valuation of Corporate R&D," [1994] The Accounting Review, 69; 44-68.
"Causality Between Money and the Index of Industrial Production in the Greek Economy," [1985]
Spoudai: Quarterly Economic Journal (Greece) 35; 94-103.
DISCUSSIONS AND CHAPTERS IN BOOKS
Discussion: “Market Reaction to Proposed Changes in Accounting for Purchased Research and
Development in R&D Intensive Industries” [Fall 2004] Journal of Accounting, Auditing
and Finance, 19:4; 429-433.
“R&D and Intangibles” Blackwell Encyclopedia of Accounting, 2nd Edition (forthcoming).
"The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 as a Response to Corporate Scandals: Analysis, Criticism and
Implications for the International Market," (in Greek) with Elisabeth Oltheten. [March
2004]. Economic Mailman (Greek economic periodical).
OTHER WORKING PAPERS:
"The Relevance of Quantifiable Auditor Qualifications in the Valuation of IPOs," with Dimitrios
Ghikas and Afroditi Papadaki. Submitted to the European Accounting Review.
"The Impairment of Auditor Credibility: Stock Market Evidence from the Enron-Andersen
Saga," with Rajib Doogar and Hong Xie. Under revision for resubmission to the Journal
of Accounting Research.
"Liability/Equity Classification Decisions and Shareholder Valuation," with Tom Linsmeier and
Cathy Shakespeare. Being prepared for submission to the Accounting Review.
“Accounting Estimates: Pervasive, Yet of Questionable Usefulness” with Baruch Lev and Siyi Li.
Under revision.
“An Evaluation of SFAS No. 130 Comprehensive Income Disclosures,” with Dennis Chambers,
Tom Linsmeier and Cathy Shakespeare. Under revision for resubmission to the Review of
Accounting Studies. Presented at the 2005 American Accounting Association meetings.
"Do Accounting Earnings or Free Cash Flows Provide a Better Estimate of a Stock's Value?"
with James Gentry and David Whitford.
RESEARCH IN PROGRESS:
"The Stock Market Valuation of Capital Expenditures," with Louis Chan and Josef Lakonishok.
“An Evaluation of the Use of a Second Auditor in IPOs?" with Dimitrios Ghikas.
“The Information Content and Pricing of Cash Flow and Accrual Changes,” with Ying Cao,
James Myers and Linda Myers.
“Predicting the Return on Operating Assets,” with Louis Chan and Josef Lakonishok.
“Detecting Earnings Smoothing and Earnings Management,” with Siyi Li and Joshua Ronen.
"Titan Cement Company S.A." 2001, (with Elisabeth Oltheten). The Athens Laboratory of Business
Administration (ALBA).
REFEREED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:
"R&D Reporting Biases and their Consequences” presented at the Multinational Finance Society
conference, July 2005.
“An Evaluation of SFAS No. 130 Comprehensive Income Disclosures,” presented at the 2005
American Accounting Association meetings.
“Accounting Estimates: Pervasive, Yet of Questionable Usefulness” presented at the London
Business School 2004 summer conference on financial reporting, the 2004 joint Columbia
University-NYU accounting research conference, and the 2004 Washington University –
Saint Louis accounting research mini-conference.
"Liability/Equity Classification Decisions and Shareholder Valuation," European Accounting
Association (EAA) annual meetings, Athens, Greece, April 2001.
"The Accuracy and Bias of Equity Values Inferred from Analysts' Earnings Forecasts." Journal of
Accounting, Auditing and Finance conference, New Jersey, August 2000. Sixteenth Annual
International Symposium on Forecasting, Istanbul, Turkey, June 1996.
"Estimating the Cost of Capital Using Forecasts of Profitability? (now titled "Using Forecasts of
Earnings to Simultaneously Estimate Growth and the Rate of Return on Equity
Investment," European Financial Management Association (EFMA) annual meetings,
Athens, Greece, June 2000.
"What Value Analysts?" (now titled "Do Financial Analysts Get Intangibles?"), American
Accounting Association annual meetings, San Diego, California, 1999. Canadian Academic
Accounting Association annual meetings, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 2000.
"R&D Reporting Biases and their Consequences". Second Intangibles Conference, NYU, New
York, May 1999.
"The Stock Market Valuation of Research and Development Expenditures". National Bureau of
Economic Research (NBER), Behavioral Finance Meetings, University of Chicago, October
1998. Accounting Association of Australia and New Zealand annual conference, Cairns,
Australia, July 1999. American Accounting Association annual meetings, San Diego,
California, 1999. Third Annual Conference on Contemporary Issues in Capital Markets,
University of Cyprus, September 2000.
"Analysts' Interpretation and Investors' Valuation of Tax Carryforwards". Contemporary Accounting
Research conference, Toronto, Canada, November 1997. Hong Kong University of Science
and technology, 1999 Summer Symposium on Accounting Research. Hong Kong, June
"Penetrating the Book-to-Market Black Box: The R&D Effect". Third International Conference on
Contemporary Accounting Issues, Taipei, Taiwan, July 1996.
"A Comparison of Dividend, Cash Flow, and Earnings Approaches to Equity Valuation". American
Accounting Association annual meetings, Orlando, Florida, August 1995. Midwest Finance
Association annual meetings, Cincinnati, Ohio, March 1995. The 37th annual conference of
the Western Social Science Association (Finance & Business), Oakland, California, April
1995. The European Finance Association meetings, Milan, Italy, August 1995.
"The Substitution of Anticipated Earnings for Dividends in Equity Valuation". American
Accounting Association annual meetings, San Francisco, California 1993.
"The Capitalization, Amortization, and Value Relevance of R&D". American Accounting
Association annual meetings, Washington, D.C., 1992.
"The Accounting Based Valuation of Corporate R&D", Third Annual Conference on Financial
Economics and Accounting, New York, 1992.
OTHER CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION:
Invited Participant, London Business School and Journal of Accounting Research, Conference on
International Financial Reporting Standards, London, July 2005.
Discussant, Multinational Finance Society conference, Athens, Greece, July 2005.
Invited Participant, Federation of Schools of Accounting and Delloitte and Touche conference on,
Risk Management in a Sarbanes-Oxley Era, Chicago, 2005.
Invited Speaker, Bocconi University 2004 conference on “Sustainability, Financial Performance,
and Market Valuation,” Milan, Italy. Theme of speech: “The Market Value of R&D: An
Application to Telecommunication Companies.”
Invited Discussant, International Journal of Accounting and Athens University of Economics and
Business, Conference in International Accounting issues, Athens-Greece, 2004.
Invited Participant, Contemporary Accounting Research Conference, Montreal, Canada, 2004.
Invited Participant, Review of Accounting Studies Conference, University of Notre Dame, 2004.
Invited Discussant, Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance Conference, Stern School of
Business, New York University, 2004.
Invited Participant, Contemporary Accounting Research Conference, Toronto, Canada, 2003.
Invited Participant, KPMG Faculty Symposium, Chicago, August 2002.
Invited Participant, KPMG & UIUC Business Measurement Research Program Workshop, San
Antonio, August 2002.
Invited Participant, Financial Statement Analysis Conference, University of Southern California,
February 2002.
Invited Participant, Contemporary Accounting Research Conference, Waterloo, Canada, 2003.
Member of the scientific committee, European Accounting Association (EAA) annual meetings,
Athens, Greece, April 2001.
Member of the organizing committee, Accounting and Auditing in the New Economy, KPMG LLP
sponsored presentation, Athens, Greece, December 2000.
Arthur Andersen conference on Common Accounting Standards in the European Union, The Effects
on the Capital Market and the Hellenic Enterprises, Athens, Greece, December 2000.
Invited Participant, Burton Workshop, Columbia University, October 2000. Presented "The
Incremental Value of Analysts' Earnings Forecasts in Explaining Stock Returns."
Panelist, Third Annual Conference On Contemporary Issues in Capital Markets, University of
Cyprus, September 2000.
Session Chair, Third Annual Conference On Contemporary Issues in Capital Markets, University of
Session Chair, European Financial Management Association (EFMA) annual meetings, Athens,
Greece, June 2000.
Discussant, European Financial Management Association (EFMA) annual meetings, Athens,
Member of the organizing committee, European Financial Management Association (EFMA)
annual meetings, Athens, Greece, June 2000.
Discussant, Accounting Association of Australia and New Zealand annual conference, Cairns,
Australia, July 1999.
Journal of Accounting Research Conference, University of Chicago, May 1998.
AAA\FASB Financial Reporting Research Conference, University of Michigan, December 1995.
AAA\FASB Financial Reporting Research Conference, Northwestern University, December 1994.
BIG-10 Doctoral Consortium, Minneapolis, MN., May 1994.
AAA/Deloitte & Touche Trueblood Seminar for Professors, Scottsdale, AZ., January 1994.
AAA/FASB Financial Reporting Research Conference, Harvard University, December 1992.
AAA New Faculty Consortium, St. Charles, IL., February 1991.
PAC-10 Doctoral Consortium, Tempe, AZ., February 1990.
AAA Doctoral Consortium, Lake Tahoe, CA., June 1988.
RESEARCH AND TEACHING AWARDS:
KPMG Peat Marwick Fellow, University of Illinois, 2001 -.
Raymond A. Hoffman faculty award, Department of accountancy, University of Illinois, 2002.
Weldon Powell Fellow, University of Illinois, 1998 - 2001.
Athens Laboratory of Business Administration (ALBA). Outstanding Research Award - 2001.
University of Illinois-1999 St. Louis Accountancy Committee Excellence in Teaching Award.
American Accounting Association, Financial Reporting Section, Best Paper Award in 1997 for
"The Capitalization, Amortization, and Value Relevance of R&D", [1996] Journal of
Accounting and Economics 21; 107-138, (with Baruch Lev).
University of Illinois-Incomplete List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by their Students: Spring
1997, Fall 1997, Spring 1998, and Spring 1999.
University of Illinois Research Board Awards in 1991, 1992, 1998 and 1999.
University of Illinois Center for International Education and Research in Accounting Award, 1998.
University of Illinois Center for International Business Education and Research Awards in 1996 and
University of Illinois Bureau of Economic and Business Research Award, 1994.
Ernst & Young Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, 1989 - 1990.
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Fellowship, 1987 - 1989.
Drum Scholarship and Flood Fellowship, University of California at Berkeley, 1986 - 1987.
Graduate Scholarship, York University, 1982-1986
TEACHING AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Professor of Accountancy, College of Business.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Associate Professor of Accountancy, College of
Business. 1998 – 2004.
Athens Laboratory of Business Administration (ALBA). Visiting Professor of Accounting. 2000-
2001. Course taught: Core MBA course in Financial Reporting and Taxation, Core MBA
course in Management Accounting.
University of Warsaw. International Management Center. Visiting Professor of Accounting. October
1999 and 2000, and January 2002. Course taught: Core MBA course in Financial
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Assistant Professor of Accountancy, College of
Business. 1990 - 1998.
Undergraduate program: Intermediate Financial Accounting,
Accounting Institutions and Regulation
Masters program: Methods and Practices in Professional Accounting Research,
Risk Management and Accounting Measurement
Doctoral program: Ph.D. Seminar in Financial Economics Applied to
University of California at Berkeley, Haas School of Business. Visiting Assistant Professor, Spring
Courses taught: Managerial Accounting.
University of California at Berkeley. Instructor, Haas School of Business. 1989 - 1990.
Courses taught: Introduction to Managerial Accounting.
University of California at Berkeley. Research Assistant. 1987-1989.
York University, Toronto. Instructor, Department of Economics. 1984 - 1986.
Courses taught: Introduction to Statistics,
Microeconomic Principles,
Macroeconomic Principles.
York University, Toronto. Teaching/Research Assistant. 1982-1984.
Texaco, Athens, Greece. Accountant. 1979 - 1981. Internal Auditing, inventory accounting, and
inter-company accounting.
BUSINESS PRESS CITATIONS:
Research results from various studies have been cited in business press publications such as The
Economist, Fortune, Business Week, Bloomberg Personal Finance, Smart Money Magazine,
CFO Magazine, and The New York Times.
Board Member, The Accounting Review
Contemporary Accounting Research,
International Journal of Accounting
Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance
Journal of Accounting and Public Policy
Review of Accounting Studies
Ad Hoc Reviewer, The Accounting Review,
Accounting Horizons,
Advances in International Accounting,
Journal of Accounting Research,
Journal of Accounting Literature,
Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance,
Journal of Accounting and Public Policy,
Journal of Business,
Journal of Finance,
Journal of Financial Research,
Journal of Multinational Financial Management,
American Accounting Association annual and regional meetings,
Canadian Accounting Association annual meetings,
European Accounting Association annual meetings,
The European Accounting Review
European Financial Management
European Financial Management Association annual meetings,
Financial Management,
International Journal of Accounting,
Management Science,
Pacific Accounting Review,
Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance
Review of Accounting Studies,
Review of Accounting and Finance,
Review of Financial Studies,
Review of Industrial Organization,
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada,
University of Illinois Research Board,
University of Illinois Auditing Symposium,
University of Illinois Tax Symposium,
University of Southern California -AAA/KPMG International
Reviewer for the textbook, Financial Statement Analysis and
Security Valuation by Stephen Penman, McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2001.
DISSERTATION COMMITTEES:
Konan Chan (UIUC - Department of Finance)
Jong-Hag Choi (Director of Research)
Joe Comprix (Director of Research)
Keejae Hong
Adel Ibrahim (Chairman)
Tony Kang (Chairman)
Moonchul Kim
Sangwoo Lee (UIUC – Department of Finance)
Taehee Lee
Deanna Lee (Director of Research)
Karl Muller
Michael Oleson
Gyung Paik (Chairman)
Cathy Shakespeare
Vernon Richardson
Dean Smith (External member - University of Waterloo, Canada)
Takashi Yaekura (Director of Research)
COLLEGE/DEPARTMENT COMMITTEES:
College Executive Committee
Department Advisory Committee
Department Promotion and Tenure Committee
Department Academic Integrity Committee
Department Human Subjects Committee
Department Ph.D. Program Committee
Interim Ph.D. Program Director
Department Recruiting Committee
Office of Accounting Research Committee
College Educational Policy Committee (Chairman)
CIBER Evaluation Committee
Strategic planning - People Task Force
Professional Programs Committee
Bylaws Committee
American Accounting Association
American Finance Association
Canadian Academic Accounting Association
PRESENTATIONS AT ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS:
Boston University, 2004.
Columbia University, 1994, 2000.
Florida State University, 2003.
George Washington University, 1997.
Harvard University, 1990, 1997.
Indiana University, 1994.
INSEAD, 2000.
London Business School 2000.
MIT, 1990.
Michigan State University, 1998.
New York University, 1990.
Northwestern University, 1997.
Ohio State University, 1995, 1998.
Penn State University, 1995.
Purdue University, 1999.
SUNY at Buffalo, 1993, 1995.
Tel Aviv University, 2000.
Tulane University, 1990, 2002.
University of Alberta, 1999.
University of Arizona, 1990.
University of British Columbia, 1990.
University of California at Berkeley, 1990, 1993, 1996.
University of California at Davis, 1990.
University of Cincinnati, 2003.
University of Florida, 1990.
University of Houston, 2004.
University of Illinois at Chicago 2003.
University of Kentucky, 2003.
University of Maryland, 1990.
University of Michigan, 1995, 1999.
University of Notre Dame, 1996.
University of Pennsylvania, 1990.
University of Texas at Dallas, 2005.
University of Waterloo, 1993.
Washington University, 1991, 1995.
submitted by SUN HERALD on 07.08.2005
Claudia Karvan. Actress. Love My Way
Cult show ... Claudia Karvan on location in Dover Heights. (Sydney)
Photo: Fiona-Lee Quimby
Daughter of Kytherian never far from the Australian television spotlight.
Life of us that's too secret for Karvan fans
By Holly Byrnes
The Sun-Herald, page 9.
It's the secret life of us - the very Sydney drama currently filming in and around town that most locals have never even seen.
Love My Way, the Foxtel drama starring Claudia Karvan, has scored critical acclaim and even a Logie since its debut last year. Despite the show's limited pay TV reach, its enthusiastic audience has guaranteed it cult status.
Taking a break from filming the show's second series last week, Karvan said producers were aware of a flourishing black market in pirated episodes, while a viewer feedback session turned into a pseudo support group for frustrated Love My Way fans.
"The biggest criticism people had was that they didn't have anyone to talk to about it," Karvan said. "It was obviously a huge frustration."
For those who have tuned in it's a familiar story, set around Sydney's eastern suburbs.
Karvan herself found the location for her character Frankie's home while driving her real-life daughter Audrey around the streets of Dover Heights.
"This house I spotted when I used to drive Audrey around when she wouldn't fall asleep. And I passed another place the other day when we were walking the dogs which I'm going to suggest."
The production, which also stars Asher Keddie, Dan Wyllie and Brendan Cowell, filmed scenes in Malabar and Bondi recently and will move on to Darlinghurst this week, when Karvan's character returns to art college. Scenes in Coogee, Greenwich, Pyrmont and Stanwell Park are set to follow.
A Sydney girl who moved to Melbourne for her part in the 20-something drama The Secret Life Of Us, Karvan is excited about telling this local story.
"You do get so much out of hearing your own vernacular, your own accent, seeing your local cafes. It's great knowing your own city intimately and being able to have that input," said Karvan, who also co-produces the show.
Production wraps up on the second series on September 27, 2005. It is set to go to air early next year.
submitted by DAILY TELEGRAPH on 04.08.2005
Chippy's grant awarded to Sydney medical team.
Dr Brett Garner and Maureen Frilingos.
Chippy’s grant awarded to Sydney team
The inaugural Peter Frilingos Heart Foundation Research Grant was awarded to Sydney doctor Brett Garner yesterday.
The Daily Telegraph, 2GB and the National Rugby League helped raise more than $70,000 for the Heart Foundation in memory of chief rugby league writer Peter “Chippy” Frillngos, who died of a heart attack at his desk in May last year.
Dr Garner and his researchers from the University of NSW will use the grant to develop drugs that promote cholesterol removal from the arteries.
Mr Frilingos’ widow, Maureen, selected the research project winner.
Daily Telegraph editor David Penberthy said yesterday, it was an honour to help fight heart disease in Chippys memory.
“He was a mentor to a generation of sports writers, a wit with words and a friend to everyone here,” he said.
“Every year over 50,000 AustralIans die after a heart attack. Chippy was one of those and he was the one we all knew, so it makes us proud that we do something in his name that will make a difference to heart disease in the future.
“If there was anything Chippy didn’t like, it was people making a fuss of him. He will be looking at us now, saying:
"Turn It up! Stop gibberlng and get on with it."
Daily Telegraph, Sydney. Wednesday, July 27, 2005. p.18.
submitted by Georgia Cassimatis on 06.10.2005
Georgia Cassimatis. Journalist.
Georgia Cassimatis began her career as a writer on Australian Cosmopolitan magazine in 1996. After a two year stint, she freelanced for various magazines before being appointed the Editor for teen magazine Barbie. During her time there she met an American man and moved to Los Angeles, which saw her world open up in ways she'd never imagined: she has since worked as a Los Angeles based writer, reporting for lucrative US titles Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Teen and Marie Claire magazines, as well as have her work syndicated internationally.
Born in Australia, Georgia is of Greek decent: her paternal grandfather, John Cassimatis, was born in 1902 in Kythera in the town of Potamos, where his Father was a priest known as Papa Nikolaki. His Mother was Ekaterini Levouni, also of Potamos. He was the 11th of 12 children. Of the nine surviving children, four went to live in Athens and five came to live in Australia, where they had cafes along the Murray River towns. Her grandfather worked in Swan Hill until 1936.
Georgia's paternal grandmother was Georgia Koroneos born in 1917. The second of six children, her father was Panagiotis Koroneos (Poulakis) from Karava and Ayia Pelayia. He was also the President of the Kytherian Society in Athens in the 1930's. Two of his sons went to the USA, and one the aeronautical Engineer returned to live out his life in Agia Pelagia, and the other, became a senator in the Greek parliament.
Panagiotis Koroneos built the wharf at Ayia Pelayia and came to Australia in the late 1950s to find fund raising for the wharf, which lead his travels to many NSW and Queensland towns visiting Kytherians. There is a plaque commemorating his achievement on the wharf.
Georgia Koroneos' mother was Hrisanthi Koroneos who was brought up in the town of Baltimore in the USA where Panagiotis married her, had three kids and returned to Greece.
Georgia's own father, Nicholas Cassimatis, was born in Australia and is a well-known Sydney psychiatrist. Her mother is Anglo Australian with some German blood and loves the Greeks and Kytherian family. Actually her anglo maternal grandfather came to Australia later than her Kytherian forebearers. And Georgia looks Kytherian.
Georgia Cassimatis's two of us article.
Georgia Cassimatis is the author of an article which was published in the Good Weekend Magazine, which forms part of the Sydney-Morning-Herald, Sydney - on April 30th, 2005, page 18.
Cassimatis article about the mateship between George Miller (film director and fim producer) and Micheal "Micky" Jonson, Pharmacist
submitted by William Notaras on 08.04.2005
Newspaper article of brothers Angelo & John Notaras
A 1986 newspaper article of ex-farmers brothers Angelo & John Notaras who made it into the top 50 NSW exporters.
For a more detailed history of Angelo & John Notaras's life and achievements, see entry in "People, subsection, High Achievers, and search "Notaras", "Atom", "Grafton", "Saraton" utilising the internal search engine..
Inventors John Notaras (left) and Angelo Notaras
John holding drilling attachment for chainsaws & Angelo holding the computer ignition system that won the ABC Invention of the Year Award
submitted by Odyssey Magazine on 06.04.2005
It's a Mad Mad Mad Max World
Odyssey Magazine, Vol. 8 No. 1 (September/October2000)
George Miller, director of silver screen hits such as Babe, Witches of Eastwick, and Mad Max, reveals his plans to revive the legendary hero who made Mel Gibson an international star.
George Miller thought his cult hero Mad Max had put away his leathers for good. But then a storyline came to him that he just couldn't ignore. The retiring doctor- turned- director of some of Hollywood's favorite off-beat hits takes a break from plotting the next chapter of Mad Max to tell Victoria Kyriakopoulos about his life, his work, and his healthy mistrust of tinsel town.
Holed up in his Sydney studio, Dr George Miller is working on something he swore he'd never do again. But word is out and the excitement is growing. While Miller and his team of writers and artists hatch the script, cyberspace chat rooms are abuzz with ideas of what could, what should, and what should not happen when Mad Max makes his long overdue screen comeback.
Since Miller made the first groundbreaking, low-budget futuristic thriller as a rookie Australian director in 1979, the movie that launched Mel Gibson's international career has become a cult classic. (The Mad Max trilogy has grossed more than $300 million.) The genteel doctor who put his medical career on hold to try his hand at cinema has become one of Hollywood's least likely filmmakers-a writer, director and producer whose big screen credits also include box-office hits such as Babe, The Witches of Eastwick, Dead Calm, and Lorenzo's Oil.
"After the third one I had said I would never ever do another Mad Max," Miller tells Odyssey during a rare break from his production schedule. "I think Mel said the same."
Never say never. "Then, on a long plane trip about three years ago, with nothing to do flying across the Pacific
a story just played out in my head which had somehow been gestating unconsciously for about 12 years and I thought 'my god that's a damn good story' and I got excited."
The idea was put on the backburner while he produced the ill-fated Babe sequel Pig in the City, but Miller has spent the past year developing storyboards for a new Mad Max with consuming passion. The writing and development phase is expected to take another year, so the results are unlikely to hit the screens for some time yet. But 20 years on, the fate of the film's dark, avenging hero is now in the public domain in a way the 55-year-old Miller could never have imagined when he started out. "People in chat rooms are sending messages 'please don't do this or do this'
people are always trying to guess what the story will be," he says, admitting to being influenced by the feedback. "The Net is so much part of filmmaking today. It might not be an individual voice but there are definitely specific themes that emerge and you get to know some of your core audience and what their concerns are. I think it is a more truthful way of understanding where your film is."
The success and enduring popularity of Mad Max still surprises him.
"I wouldn't have thought 20 years after we made the first Mad Max that it would still impinge on the world culture in some way or another. I am not saying positively, necessarily, but it is still out there.
"You make what you think is your first clumsy effort of a film and it's sort of out there with all its faults and it won't go away. But it's also great fun to do a fourth after all this time."
Miller hopes his script will excite Gibson and lure him back into the role. "People know now that Mel wants to do it but we haven't come to a deal. When he heard we were doing the film he got in touch and we agreed like we always do that when the script is finished we'll talk. The only reason you should do a film for anybody is because you love the story and if Mel likes the story he'll do the film." Could there be another Mad Max without Gibson? "There could be, but it would be a very different Mad Max."
Miller's fly-away hair and trademark spectacles lend him an air of theatricality. He is renowned for being shy, but over lunch at a chic Italian bistro around the corner from his studio in the converted Metro Theatre in Sydney's Kings Cross, he lights up as he describes how fortunate he is to have made a living from his childhood pastime of day dreaming and love of storytelling.
The son of Greek migrants, he grew up in Chinchilla, a town in the remote deep north of Australia, where his family ran a grocery store. "It's flat and dry, rough and incredibly hot, with intense sunlight where you often see the heat haze," says Miller. "When you walked home from school at lunch-time the bitumen was bubbling. We had a fantastic childhood there."
Miller's grandfather, a Smyrna refugee who set up house on the island of Kythira, had spent time in America. There he adopted the name Miller, from the family name Miliotis. Miller's father left Kythira as a nine-year-old in 1919 and went to Queensland to work with his older brothers in the catering trade. He met Miller's mother in Sydney during the war and they moved north to start their own business.
In Chinchilla, the young Miller grew up on a diet of comics and Saturday matinees, playing in the bush, and long Sunday lunches to which people would come from miles around and sit and talk. "Had I not grown up in Chinchilla I don't think I would be a filmmaker because all our time was spent in play," he says. Life was basic but comfortable as the family prospered. "We had the first septic flush toilet in the town, about 1952, and literally for a year I remember strangers would come and say 'can we see the toilet?' And you would take them and flush the toilet for them and they would look at it and then leave."
Miller's father had received little schooling and, like many of that generation of immigrants, was obsessed with educating his four sons. He eventually moved the family to Sydney, where three sons became doctors and one a lawyer. After practicing medicine for 18 months, Miller, who had already been making short documentaries in his spare time, moved to Melbourne to pursue his passion for cinema. With producer and friend Byron Kennedy (who died in a freak helicopter crash in 1983), Miller founded Kennedy Miller which, after Mad Max, went on to produce some of the most notable Australian films and television series of recent times, helping launch the the likes of actress Nicole Kidman and directors Phil Noyce (Dead Calm) and Chris Noonan (co-writer and director of Babe).
I Got You Babe
If the graphic violence and international success of Mad Max carved Miller a unique place in the Australian film industry, his rejection of Hollywood after his well-documented bitter experience during the making of the Witches of Eastwick has kept him outside of the movie world's mainstream.
More than 13 years on, the softly-spoken Miller is still riled by that Hollywood encounter. "The producers and the studio were so morally bankrupt it was the most shattering experience in my life in terms of work." He flinches when discussing his equally unpleasant encounter with Cher during the shoot. "I've been very lucky really, except for Cher, she's the only bad experience I've ever had with an actor. If it wasn't for Jack Nicholson, who I found to be an extraordinary human being, I would have quit. I produced a lot after that but it took me almost five years to direct again, when I did Lorenzo's Oil."
Miller seems somewhat in awe of actors. "I find the best of them are heroic creatures because they are people at the forefront of exploring what it is to be human and they do it in the most unguarded way possible. When they are doing their best work they are trying to find truths about us as human beings and their medium is their own selves."
After nearly 30 years in the industry, Miller has found that though directing comes naturally to him, he is now far more intrigued by the scriptwriting process. "I usually find that the writing is where the greatest creativity happens and that's what I enjoy the most even though it does take a long time. But if a great story comes along of course I'd direct it."
These days Miller prefers to live and work in Sydney, where he made most of the Babe sequel at the recently established Fox Studios. "I don't go to Hollywood often but I am basically a Hollywood filmmaker. I just use Sydney as a base because it is a great city to live in."
Being an outsider seems to sit comfortably with him. "I think it is part of being Greek and part of being Australian that you are kind of an outsider, which I always like. I remember when I started making movies, to the movie industry I was the doctor and to the medical profession I was a moviemaker. I was neither a doctor nor a filmmaker, I was neither an Australian nor a Greek, I grew up in the country but I was neither a country or a city boy."
Yet, unlike other notable Greek-Australian filmmakers such as Ana Kokkinos (Head On) or John Tatoulis (Beware of Greeks Bearing Guns), Miller has never directly drawn on his cultural background in his films. He says he has trouble telling Australian stories, period, and prefers to deal with universal themes-the hero myth, the hero's journey. "My films like Mad Max and Babe came out of the world's hyperculture, the global monoculture."
In 1989, Miller travelled to Greece for the first time after his father, then 78, was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. The entire clan, including Miller's brothers and their families, decided to go while the father's memory was intact. For Miller, the trip helped piece together the puzzle of his remote childhood.
"It was high summer and the moment the plane landed in Kythira I knew exactly why he had gone to Chinchilla because it was the same light, the same colour of the grass, it was the same intensity of life, the dry heat, the cicadas. Dad had created Kythira in the outback of Australia. The lifestyle we led I realized in hindsight was quite Greek, village Greek. When we went to Kythira there was the same long table with 25 people and multi-generational meals that went on for hours."
Miller has both critics and admirers. Yet no-one can dispute his success, most recently with the animated comic morality tale Babe, which received seven Oscar nominations and earned more than $500 million worldwide. The 1998 sequel, however, proved a box-office flop-Miller's first. He says the film was released before the audience had been properly prepared for the its darker undertones.
"The bitter thing about that film was all the effort and knowing that we really fumbled it badly at the end, but then on the other hand we'd had a pretty unbroken string of successes and the idea is not to take them too seriously either.
"I am proud to say that I found my appetite for making films didn't diminish at all and the important things in my life were intact, family and friends, and it was something I just had to put down to experience."
He appears to have reached a happy point of equilibrium in his life, appearing both relaxed and content. He recently became a father for the third time and, with reputation and success well entrenched, he has the freedom to pursue his dreams.
"I'm 55 and when I leave here I'll be doing what I was doing when I was five years old - making up stories in my head."
George Miller on the Big Screen
(Films directed by Miller unless otherwise stated.)
Mad Max (1979)
George Miller's debut film soon became a cult classic and propelled the leather-clad Mel Gibson towards international stardom. A low-budget ($15,000!) futuristic thriller set in a chilling, post-apocalyptic desert wasteland in Australia, Mad Max is about a cop seeking revenge for the murder of his wife and child.
Mad Max II, The Road Warrior (1981)
Max, now retired from the police force, is a wandering road warrior who helps the good guys protect their oil refinery from the bad guys (motorheads, skinheads, metal-freaks). Lots of action, stunts, vehicle-jumping, and multiple car wipeouts. A menacing Grace Jones adds a touch of high camp. According to John Lavin of Movie Magazine International, "The Road Warrior is one of the best action movies that this humble movie fan has ever seen."
The Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
Miller co-directed this one with the mighty Spielberg. A spin-off from the popular 1960s TV series, split into four segments, this one received few positive reviews, despite the host of stars.
Mad Max III, Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
Post-nuclear Australia is slowly showing signs of society taking shape in the form of punk capital Bartertown, ruled by queen Aunt Entity (Tina Turner) from her sky palace. Max appears in Bartertown and has a showdown with Aunt Entity's greatest warrior, Master-Blaster, in the giant up-side-down bowl-shaped fighting arena called Thunderdome.
The Witches of Eastwick (1986)
Michelle Pfeiffer, Susan Sarandon, and Cher team up with Jack Nicholson in a hilarious, dark, sexual comedy. What could three manless, divorced, deserted women living in a small town in New England possibly want? Why Daryl Van Horne of course. But the man they conjure up turns out to be a real old devil. Nicholson keeps the film "reeling wildly, with a zest that must be illegal," wrote the Washington Post.
The Year My Voice Broke(1987) (produced by Miller)
A coming-of-age story, in which 15-year-old Danny (Noah Taylor) falls in love with his childhood soul mate Freya (Leone Carmen).
Dead Calm (1989) (produced by Miller)
Well-crafted, tense Hitchcockian thriller directed by Philip Noyce. Sam Neill and Nicole Kidman play husband and wife whose yacht is becalmed in the flat, windless South Seas. They take on board the psychotic Hughie (Billy Zane in his first major role), which proves a major mistake.
Flirting (1991)
In the sequel to "The Year My Voice Broke," Danny is sent to a prissy boarding school, where he comes-of-age once again. This time, he and his mates grow from boys into men under the oppressive headmaster.
Lorenzo's Oil (1992)
Based on the true story of a couple (Nick Nolte and Susan Sarandon) whose son is stricken with a rare and deadly nerve disease (adrenoleukodystrophy).
A farmer wins Babe in a raffle and leaves him in a barnyard where he's adopted by sheepdogs. He wins respect from all the animals when he drives off a sheep poacher, decides that he wants to be a shepherd himself, and wins a shepherding contest. Seven Oscar nominations and global success.
40,000 Years of Dreaming (1996)
A documentary. Miller's personal view of Australian films.
Babe - Pig in the City (1998)
This sequel did not go down well with critics, though Babe's journey into the urban landscape to help his farm had a dark edge that was missing from the sometimes schmaltzy original.
[kythera-family contains many references to George Miller, and the Miller family. Search under Miller, Miliotis, or Chinchilla, to access numerous entries].
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Inventors, manufacturers, entrepreneurs and benefactors
John (left) & Angelo Notaras with some of their patented inventions, together with a few of their Australian and International awards.
For a more detailed history of Angelo & John Notaras's life and achievements, see entry in "People, subsection, High Achievers, and search "Notaras", "Atom", "Grafton", "Saraton" utilising the internal search engine.
Inventors, manufacturers, entrepreneurs & benefactors
Angelo Notaras holding the ABC Invention of the Year Award in 1976 with Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser (looking away) & members of the judging panel.
For a more detailed history of Angelo & John Notaras's life and achievements, see entry in People, subsection, High Achievers, and search "Notaras", "Atom", "Grafton", "Saraton" utilising the internal search engine.
submitted by Jim Tzannes on 29.03.2005
Arthur Conomos and Associates building.
Cobar, New South Wales. March 2005.
Arthur Conomos. Accountant. Cobar, New South Wales.
Arthur is the only Accountant in Cobar - a town of 6,000 people.
He ventured to Cobar 19 years ago for a "short stint", and has remained in the town ever since.
He is the son of the late Con Conomos. His mother Helen was a Mavromatis. She lives in Kensington, Sydney.
His fathers' family derive from Milipotamos, and his mothers from Pitsinathes.
His fathers brothers were Terry, Theo and George.
His father ran Peters Cafe in the town of Oberon for 18 years. He also ran a Fruit Shop and a General Store, come Deli in Oberon at the same time.
[It would be interesting to verify whether Peters Cafe was originally established by Peter Capsanis. The entry for Peter in In Their Own Image, by Effie Alexakis & Leonard Janiszewski, (also on this web-site - search under Capsanis), states that Peter was "...born in 1906, (and) left Kythera for Australia at the age of fifteen. After undertaking cafe work in such towns as Uralla and Woodstock in western NSW, and even turning his hand to seasonal fruit picking, in 1935 he settled at Oberon (near Bathurst), where he established a cafe].
[Find a number of other references to Oberon, by utilising the internal search engine.]
Unlike most of the other towns in the Western districts of New South Wales, Cobar has not had a very profound Greek or Kytherian influence over the years.
Untimely Death, Thursday 21st July 2005
Daughter Tina advised me of Arthur's untimely death. His funeral will be held today (Friday 29th July, 2005) at Kingsford, at 11:30.
"To the clear eye and eloquent tongue to the soul made of fire, and the character that bends but does not break… I am ever tender and true.” Charlotte Bronte
Tina Conomos
The Hon. James Miltiadis Samios, M.B.E., B.A., LL.B., M.L.C.
Farewell Dinner. The end of a distiguished Parliamentary life.
Back row (l to r)
Josie Lacey(Jewish Community leader)
Heather Ruddock
Scott Morison (Former State Director of the Liberal Party)
The Hon George Souris MP
Chris McDiven (State President of the Liberal Party)
Lucy Brogden
[To be advised]
Front Row (l to r)
The Hon Philip Ruddock
Rosemary Samios
The Hon James Samios
John Brogden
James, known as Jim was:
Former Member of the Legislative Council
(The Upper House of the New South Wales Parliament).
Held positions of:
Shadow Minister for Public Works and Services,
Shadow Minister Assisting the Leader on Ethnic Affairs
Born in Brisbane, Queensland.
Married. 1 son.
Qualifications, Occupations, Interests:
B.A., LL.B. University of Queensland. Interests include visual and performing arts and tennis.
Parliamentary Service
MLC since 1984. Term expired 52nd Parliament (28 February 2003).
Deputy Leader of Liberal Party in Legislative Council: 1995 to 2003.
Special Adviser to the Opposition Leader on Ethnic Affairs and the Arts: 1999 to 2003;
Shadow Minister for Ethnic Affairs and Assisting Shadow Minister for the Arts: 1995 - 99.
Parliamentary Secretary: 1988-95.
Trustee of the Parliamentary Contributory Superannuation Fund: 1991 to 2003.
Advisory Committee: Privacy Advisory Committee: 1999 to 2003.
Standing Committees: Standing Committee on Parliamentary Privilege: 1990 -1995. General Purpose Standing Committee No. 3 1999 - 2003.
Select Committees: Select Committee on the Privacy and Data Protection Bill: 1994. Select Committee on Hospital Waiting Lists: 1995 - 96. Select Committee on the Financial Institutions (New South Wales) Bill and cognate (Chairman): 1992. Select Committee on the Conservatorium of Music 1997.
Joint Select Committees: Joint Select Committee on Fixed Term Parliaments (Vice-Chairman): 1991-1992.
Member LP Woollahra Branch
Director St Basil's Homes.
Founding Director of Museum of Contemporary Art.
National Service: 1953 - 54 (RAAF) and P/Officer in General Reserve: 1963.
submitted by Betty Summers (nee, Notaras) on 01.04.2005
Dr Mitchell James Notaras. Surgeon, Educator, and Benefactor.
Left to right:Professor Ben Freedman, Mitchell Notaras and Rowan Nicks at a recent function to announce the Fellowship
From: Radius.
Newsletter of the Faculty of Medicine and Medical Graduates‘ Association:
April, 2004. p. 19
Mitchell Notaras, a graduate of Sydney University and a resident at the Royal Prince Hospital, has founded a scholarship in at the Royal Prince Alfred perpetuity in colo-rectal surgery.
The University has received a donation of $1.1million. Mitchell is the son of a Greek immigrant. His father came from the island of Kythera and settled in Grafton,
in NSW. The family became prominent citizens in the town. Mitchell was educated at Grafton high school and
Newington College in Sydney. Drs Mulhearn and Harris,who were doctors in the town stimulated his interest medicine. Both of them had sons who later joined the staff of RPAH.
After graduation he spent two years as
resident medical officer at the hospital. During that time he became interested in surgery and met various visiting surgeons including Rodney Maingot with whom he was associated later in London.
Mitchell travelled as a ships surgeon to England where he obtained jobs at Hammersmith, St Marks and University College Hospital. After obtaining his Fellowship he became Senior Lecturer and
Consultant Surgeon at University College Hospital.
Mitchell was appointed Consultant Surgeon at Barnet and Edgeware General Hospitals where he met and assisted Australian trainees.He was a teacher in surgery at the University of London.
He visited and lectured in many countries and was a named visiting Professor in Norway, Brazil and the Sudan.
Throughout his surgical practice his main interest was colo-rectal surgery.This was stimulated by his time at St Marks. While there he described and published the operation of lateral anal sphincterotomy which remains the procedure of choice for the treatment of anal fissure.
Despite having a busy surgical practice he established,with others, a company, bgene, which became a leader in Europe, specialising in the manufacture of molecular biological reagents, instrumentation and, through collaborations with universities and industrial partners, gene and DNA technology.After some years Abgene was taken over by the Apogent Corporation of the USA.
Dr Notaras studied medicine in Australia with the help of a Commonwealth Scholarship. He has remained grateful for the eduction he received at the Univeristy and the Hospital. He also had a desire to contribute to education, particularly in the field of colorectal cancer. As a result he has established a three-year scholarship which will be available to post fellowship scholars. The program is for one-year research at the University of Sydney, a year in an approved overseas unit of excellence and a year as a senior registrar in colo-rectal surgery at RPAH. The recipients will be selected jointly
by the University and the Colo-rectal Surgical Society. The scholars will be expected to proceed to a higher degree at the University.
To fund the scholarship, Dr Notaras has donated $1.1million. A scholar will be appointed every two years.
Brian Morgan AM MS FRACS
The 2004 Fellowship has been awarded to Dr Chris Byrne.
For a more detailed history of Mitchell's life and achievements see entry in People, subsection, High Achievers, and search Grafton, Saraton, or Notaras, utilising the internal search engine.
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La Justice.
Alttit
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JERRY CHARLES WILLIAMS, B.S. Elec.
Engr., Texas Tech University 1962. Editor-in-
Chief, South Texas Law Journal; Honor
Court Justice, Moot Court; Legal Writing II;
Law Journal; Dean's List; Phi Alpha Delta;
Orde/of Lytae; American Jurisprudence
Award.
CLYDE A. WILSON, JR., B.A., University
of St. Thomas, 5 years Private Investigator, 6
years Industrial Relations — Tenneco (cur-rently).
General Business Law.
E. RICHARD ZAMECKI, B.S. Physics, Loyola
College; M.S. Physics, University of Notre
Dame; Ph.D. Physics, Texas A & M University.
Taught Physics at levels from high school to
graduate school; law clerked for Williams, Kiss-ner
& Associates; Technical expert for Torres &
Berryhill, Patent Law Firm. Acting and crew in
amateur theatre; member of Toastmasters Inter-national;
Order of Lytae, Praetor. American Bar
Association Law Student Division, Section of
Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law, and Sec-tion
of General Practice.
MARK D. WILSON
CHARLES RICE YOUNG, B.A. History,
University of St. Thomas; S.T.C.L., U.S. Dis-trict
Court, Phi Alpha Delta Law Frat. Civil
Title La Justice.
Subject South Texas College of Law --Students -- Yearbooks.
Description The yearbook was published sporadically at best, with volumes being published only in the 1970s and again in 2001.
Creator South Texas College of Law.
Publisher Houston, Tex: South Texas College of Law.
Type pdf
Identifier La Justice 1975_optimized.pdf
Source Fred Parks Law Library, Special Collections Department. College Archives, Publications.
Transcript Alttit 3iitl Ii 1111i M g a 2 JERRY CHARLES WILLIAMS, B.S. Elec. Engr., Texas Tech University 1962. Editor-in- Chief, South Texas Law Journal; Honor Court Justice, Moot Court; Legal Writing II; Law Journal; Dean's List; Phi Alpha Delta; Orde/of Lytae; American Jurisprudence Award. CLYDE A. WILSON, JR., B.A., University of St. Thomas, 5 years Private Investigator, 6 years Industrial Relations — Tenneco (cur-rently). General Business Law. E. RICHARD ZAMECKI, B.S. Physics, Loyola College; M.S. Physics, University of Notre Dame; Ph.D. Physics, Texas A & M University. Taught Physics at levels from high school to graduate school; law clerked for Williams, Kiss-ner & Associates; Technical expert for Torres & Berryhill, Patent Law Firm. Acting and crew in amateur theatre; member of Toastmasters Inter-national; Order of Lytae, Praetor. American Bar Association Law Student Division, Section of Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law, and Sec-tion of General Practice. MARK D. WILSON CHARLES RICE YOUNG, B.A. History, University of St. Thomas; S.T.C.L., U.S. Dis-trict Court, Phi Alpha Delta Law Frat. Civil Law. 33
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Exclusive ENDEAVOUR interview with writer Russell Lewis
‘Sit down, Lewis. Glad to see you.’ He continued to write with furious rapidity for two or three minutes. Finally he looked up. ‘Lewis, I’m going to ask you some questions. Think carefully – don’t rush! – and give me some intelligent answers. You’ll have to guess, I know, but do your best.’ Oh hell, thought Lewis.
– Chapter Twelve of Last Bus to Woodstock by Colin Dexter
Russell Lewis on RIDE
Very special thanks to the best midwife/cheerleader in chief that a fellow could ever wish for.
Well, here we all are again. The fourth series is almost, finally!, upon us and if that were not reason enough to raid the Randolph and demand a bottle of their finest champagne, we’re also celebrating the 30th anniversary of Inspector Morse on our television screens. John and Colin, I raise my very first glass to the two of you and simply say thank you – what a legacy! — what a ride!!! Yes, RIDE. Of course, my thanks also to the writer and one of the executive producers of Endeavour, Russell Lewis, who has kindly agreed to submit himself to yet another interrogation – actually our ninth if you can believe such a thing! And, if you’re one of those lovely people who’ve been around since the beginning of these Endeavour interviews (very much appreciated by the way – and if you’re late to the party, welcome – I’m sure you’re equally quite lovely in your own way but what took you so long?), you may also find it hard to believe that there is actually anything new left to discuss.
Well, dear readers, you will be the judge of that but I can assure you, for me at least, there are still so many important questions yet to be asked such as what does Thursday have on his Wednesday sandwich and where the hell is Mrs Bright? Anyway, I’m reminded of the time, some years ago now, when Russ suggested that I begin these interviews with the warning that he tends to wheeze on like an old busted accordion. Should you the jury find him guilty of such a crime – I’ll surely be sharing the same prison cell. However, until such a verdict arrives, we’ll continue with what has now become something of a tradition and take a look back at the films from the previous series while also previewing tonight’s new offering. And, since it’s been thirty years since Inspector Morse first appeared in the corner of our living rooms (we should have asked him to pay rent if only we’d known back then how long he’d stay or at least get the drinks in every once in a while), let’s also ask Russ about some of his favourite episodes.
So, put on your best bib and tucker, join us in raising a glass to the cast and crew (both old and new!) who, for all these years, have nurtured, nursed and nourished Colin Dexter’s legendary and beloved creation – our friend, Endeavour Morse. Happy 30th Anniversary! – here’s to Team Endeavour and you, the Mateys – let’s have some bloody fun…
DAMIAN: Lewis, I’m going to ask you some questions… No, no, seriously now, Russ, how are you?
RUSS: Mustn’t grumble, dear fellow.
DAMIAN: And how are you feeling as we approach the broadcast of ENDEAVOUR IV and the 30th anniversary of INSPECTOR MORSE?
RUSS: The usual blend of apprehension and excitement.
DAMIAN: Like the James Bond franchise (with the possible exception of DIE ANOTHER DAY – invisible Aston Martin indeed!), there’s something to enjoy in every ENDEAVOUR film but those that I would regard as classic or at least what I consider to be some of the very best include: FIRST BUS TO WOODSTOCK (so called “Pilot”), FUGUE (Series 1: Film 2), HOME (S1: F4), NEVERLAND (S2: F4) and CODA (S3: F4). Seen as a whole, series three was quite different in many ways; really rather unconventional particularly in comparison to INSPECTOR MORSE and saw the introduction of an evil twin brother, poisoned applesauce -Hey, now!- and a bloody man-eating tiger on the loose! Any regrets?
RUSS: Well — we always try to provide a bit of something for everyone across the run.
It didn’t feel particularly unconventional to us as we were making it, I don’t think. Things evolve — and should do, otherwise there’s a danger of it becoming stale for the audience, and for those of us involved in making the show. But that said — it still had Endeavour’s DNA hard-wired throughout proceedings.
DAMIAN: In terms of visual effects, what cost Mammoth Screen more money, the tiger or Jenna Coleman’s eyes?
RUSS: Beguiling as they are, I couldn’t speak to Ms.Coleman’s eyes.
DAMIAN: I promise not to tell Mr Timmer but what were you watching in the BBC and ITV battle for Sunday nights last year – POLDARK or VICTORIA?
RUSS: Happily, I was too busy working on Series IV to have to make a choice. My stockpile of shows awaiting a watch grows ever larger. I will binge all of it one day. However, I was heartened to see so many ENDEAVOUR alumni involved in the latter — both in front of and behind the camera.
DAMIAN: Back to the subject of twins, did you happen to see SHERLOCK: THE ABOMINABLE BRIDE which aired last year only a couple of days before RIDE?
RUSS: I did, indeed. Always a delight. I guess what you’re rather diplomatically alluding to is, ‘It’s never twins.’ Except, of course, when it is. Agatha wasn’t above using them. Nor Shakespeare, Dumas, &c.. So, I didn’t feel I was in too poor company.
There were also what the Daily Mirror (was it?) tactfully referred to as ‘two sporting brothers’ knocking around the East End. So… Jack the Hat might have had something to say about ‘It’s never twins.’ Or perhaps, more properly, to give them their dark due, ‘It’s never The Twins.’
I think — originally — our pair started out as twins found in a dodgy orphanage in America, and ‘acquired’ by the magician for the purpose for which they were eventually professionally deployed, but, in the end, it was felt to be another loop of plot that required explanation, and we just simplified it.
The original story was much darker — and touched on a case in which Endeavour had been in another part of the country when still a probationary Police Constable — which would have given the audience a view of Shaun in uniform. In that version, Conrad was a serial killer in a slightly more traditional vein. Trewlove was also introduced in this iteration of the story. But, all of that was kicked into touch in pre-production.
“The finding of this Board is that the tragic events of last December, which led to the shooting of DI Thursday and the arrest of DC Morse, were due solely to a mental breakdown suffered by ACC Clive Deare. We are also of a view that further investigation into other, extraneous, matters would not be in the national interest. To which end, all investigative materials relating to Blenheim Vale Boys’ home are to be sealed for 50 years.”
– RIDE
DAMIAN: At the end of series two, you left us with Thursday shot and fighting for his life, Endeavour languishing in jail, Jakes still drowning his sorrows in the pub, Monica with the moped peering out of the window searching for her lover, and Win, Joan and Sam waiting anxiously by the telephone. Despite the audience having to wait almost two years to find out what happened next, you decide to open series three, not with the recovery of Thursday or even the release of Endeavour, but rather an expository voiceover and moving the story forward some three months later. What would you say to some fans and members of the audience who may have felt somewhat cheated by the resolution of what was a stunning cliffhanger?
RUSS: Clearly, one wouldn’t want anyone to feel cheated or short changed. The two year break was not something we anticipated when the cliffhanger was laid down – as I’ve mentioned previously – the World Cup schedule caught us all off guard.
There was a feeling that — with the additional time that had fallen between series — opening with a huge information dump ran the risk of alienating those perhaps tuning in for the first time — and could also confuse both the casual viewer, and even those with some recollection of how things had been left.
If I remember right — the drafts, until quite late into prep., went into greater detail — covering a fruitless search of Blenheim Vale grounds for Big Pete, and the villains who had got away… However, all of it was flashback and viewed through the device of the Board of Inquiry. As we got closer to shooting, and again in the edit, these beats were reduced and thinned down to the salient information required to grasp where Endeavour and Thursday were.
Essentially – the most important cliffhanger was whether Thursday had survived, and that was answered in pretty short order. Again — Social Media was always going to let that particular cat out of the bag. Given Endeavour’s later career, the assumption was that most would understand he MUST have been released from prison.
We could have gone into the aftermath in more detail – shown Bright minding Thursday; Endeavour in chokey, &c., but that could have chewed through most of the first REEL, if not more.
You pays your money, and you takes your choice. We are always up against it trying to squeeze as much meaty goodness into our 89 minute running time — and the new story had to take precedence.
Starting the story three months after events in NEVERLAND was purely down to a shift in our production schedule. We shoot in sequence, and achieving mid-winter in early spring would have been somewhat unfeasible.
DAMIAN: Do some of the issues we’ve just discussed also perhaps highlight the problem that you’re obviously trying to balance ongoing character arcs and development with the well established confines and conventions of detective drama and mystery thriller genres?
RUSS: I don’t particularly think of it as a problem. It’s always a challenge to get the balance right — but the feedback from the audience is that they would like more character development. Fashions change. If you look back to Inspector Morse, and LEWIS (to begin with at least) — the transmission order (perhaps with the exception of DEAD OF JERICHO and the later ‘specials’ that pretty much followed Colin Dexter’s ordering) was decided after production. So they opened and closed with what they felt to be the strongest stories of each series. There was very little, if any, character development. The reset button was pressed at the end of each adventure. Certainly all the feedback we have is that the audience really enjoys and responds to seeing how this set of characters develop and interact.
DAMIAN: Although you have occasionally used very brief flashbacks on the show, the format doesn’t allow you to have, for example, the beginning of RIDE still set in December 1966 in order to facilitate scenes of Thursday in hospital and Endeavour in prison, then move the story forward to the Bixby case in March 1967 does it?
RUSS: No – we could have covered December 1966 with mostly interiors, and then jumped forward in RIDE, but it was an editorial decision to get into the new story almost from the off — and intercut that with fallout from NEVERLAND.
DAMIAN: Strange tells Endeavour at the fairground that Bright had Thursday under 24-hour armed watch while he was in hospital and never left his side until he was out of the woods. Shame we didn’t get to see it, that would have made a beautiful scene wouldn’t it?
RUSS: That would have been one way of doing it. I covered the evolving Thursday/Bright dynamic in a scene in the woods between them, when the body of the clippie was found. However — it was shot as a single unbroken take on day one of the Production Schedule. It contained some pretty soul-searching dialogue from Bright, and some consolation from Thursday. However, we didn’t have the closes of Rog and Anton — and without them we felt the scene lacked the appropriate level of intimacy for the matter under discussion. So, very sadly, it didn’t make the cut.
DAMIAN: We’ve seen flashes before of course, but series three saw a significant softening of Bright. Why has the barking and impatient Chief Superintendent suddenly mellowed?
RUSS: As mentioned, Bright felt himself very much responsible for what happened to Endeavour and Thursday at the end of NEVERLAND, and is resolved to do better by his men. This was covered quite heavily in the excised Bright/Thursday scene, but we hoped there was enough contained in his welcome back to Endeavour, and the expression of his hopes for a better tomorrow, to point the way forward.
DAMIAN: Again, Bright makes reference to his wife in this film (she enjoys flower arranging) but when will we actually see her?
RUSS: It’s almost more interesting not to see her. But who knows?
DAMIAN: And what does Thursday have on his sandwiches on a Wednesday?
RUSS: That is for the moment a private matter between Fred and Win.
DAMIAN: There seemed to be few or at least very slight references to Easter so I’m wondering why you decided to set RIDE during that bank holiday weekend?
RUSS: There may have been more — again, almost two years on, I’m not sure what actually survived into the final cut. But Easter seemed to be very much in keeping with a theme of coming back to life. Spring. The earth renewed. Change. And a Bank Holiday is when most fairs tend to come to town.
DAMIAN: Some of the scenes involving Monica and Dorothea were cut. What did we miss?
RUSS: Cripes – now I do have to rack my brain. Dorothea was more involved in the early drafts in setting up Bixby — and ran into Endeavour down at his cabin in the woods. She talked to him there about the fallout from Blenheim Vale and his movements over the intervening months. I suspect it bit the dust as it was another harking back to Series III. Monica… If I remember, there was a scene between them which left things… not entirely resolved. My original intent had been to plot the unravelling of the relationship across the rest of the series, but the feeling was that their story had been told, and had been brought – for better or worse – to a close by the events at the end of NEVERLAND.
Endeavour had cut himself off from Monica as a way to try to protect her from the forces that had put Thursday in hospital and him in prison. It called back to Thursday’s line from HOME, that ‘they come at you through what you care about.’
DAMIAN: Once more, this film is a maze of references in which the Morse scholar could easily lose themselves (Fitzgerald, Kipling, Twain and Orson Welles) but early on, we see the initials JB on a gambling chip which even has the familiar inside a gun barrel design and a fair few other allusions to 007 but it’s also interesting to note the comparisons between Joss Bixby and Lord Lucan who was renowned for his expensive lifestyle and passions including gambling, obsessive love and racing power boats (he also drove an Aston Martin and was apparently once considered for the role of James Bond). Were these deliberate references to Lucan?
RUSS: The stage directions did include reference to a Lucan lookee-likee, and I think he might be there at the gambling tables. Much of the underlying inspiration for Series III drew on the Mayfair Set, of which he was a part.
Mulling over the bow-tie and DJ world of the Mayfair Set (our own James Bradshaw played Charlie Benson in the ITV LUCAN drama) — and being rather taken by that milieu, it struck me that there were reasonable comparisons to be drawn between that keystone year in the decade and the excesses and wild abandon of an even earlier incarnation of that Set — the Bright Young Things of the Jazz Age. Certain emotional parallels. The giddy, alcohol & cocaine fuelled madness – as lived and described by Waugh, and Fitzgerald, among others – in some way a needful spasm after the bloodletting and carnage of the Great War. And I wondered if that Summer of Love was in its own way a similar high tide, albeit one far slower to arrive, after the wholesale slaughter of ’39-’45. A younger generation finally stepping out of the shadows of rationing and forelock-tugging and taking possession of their own moment.
In any event, such was my in all likelihood muddle headed reasoning, and once the idea struck me, the rat was in the bottle. All else followed on from that.
Bixby was something of an amalgamation of several of the Mayfair Set — including John Aspinall, and drew on his alleged chemmy wheeze with Billy Hill, a notable figure in the London underworld for some forty years.
After Bixby’s death, there was a scene between Strange and Jakes which shed some light on the scam. A small, old fashioned mangle was discovered, which had been used to put a ‘bend’ on the picture cards — in order to make them easier to read — by those trained to do so — from across the table. This, it was suggested, was what Bixby and Harry Rose had been up to. But – again – it was excised due to running time.
In any case — Mister Evans does cut something of a dash in a tux. So… for that reason alone it was worth putting him amongst the highball crowd.
DAMIAN: There was a gentleman wearing an eyepatch playing at a gambling table during one of Bixby’s parties, was that supposed to be Emilio Largo from THUNDERBALL?
RUSS: No — like the nod to Lucan, it was a nod to another member of the Mayfair Set. Many of the various legends surrounding that particular crew provided jumping off points for SERIES III — particularly FILMS 1 and 3. Perhaps we’ll discuss it more when we get to PREY.
DAMIAN: You mentioned that you had a relative who witnessed the crashing of the Bluebird in one of our interviews last year, could you tell us a little bit more about that please?
RUSS: His name was Tom Henshaw – and he was my maternal grandmother’s nephew. What does that make him — second cousin once removed? He worked for a motor company – the name of which, decades later, escapes me – I believe in an engineering capacity.
DAMIAN: Did you ever see that lovely little 1988 TV Movie ACROSS THE LAKE with Anthony Hopkins as Campbell?
RUSS: It was a terrific piece of work. Cracking script, beautifully shot, and Sir Anthony Hopkins was simply wonderful.
DAMIAN: I loved the little nods to later films in RIDE such as Endeavour winning a tiger for Kay at the fun fair rifle range and perhaps most audacious of all – The Great Zambezi coughing up the bullet after the magician’s gun trick! These are almost Hitchcockian in their mischievous allusions to future plot points and storylines aren’t they?
RUSS: Well spotted. Yes — the funfair scene was originally a much bigger pissing contest between Endeavour and Bruce — sadly cut down to make schedule. And the bullet cough… I guess we’ll cover that in more detail when we get to CODA.
DAMIAN: So series four begins tonight. What can’t you tell us about the first film – GAME?
RUSS: I can’t tell you who did it.
DAMIAN: I see. Well, you mentioned last year that as part of your preparation for series three, you created “mood boards” or collages for each film. Can you at least tell us which photographs, newspaper reports, brand designs, album sleeves, portraits or stills from movies that you may have drawn inspiration this time?
RUSS: This year… moving with the times, I put together an A/V Keynote presentation for ITV on the Macbook – and ran that through their TV. Looking back — I think the underlying theme of SERIES IV was quietly asserting itself. For ‘67 Volume 2, we wanted to explore Mister Wilson’s ‘White Heat of technology’ a bit. And that’s certainly to the fore in GAME.
DAMIAN: Will it be “classic” or “unconventional” ENDEAVOUR?
RUSS: Classically unconventional… or perhaps unconventionally classic.
DAMIAN: Anthony Donn and Roland Marshall from DECEIVED BY FLIGHT made appearances in RIDE, will we be seeing more characters from the original series pop up?
RUSS: If not characters from the original series, then certainly characters related to characters. More, I can’t say. You will, I’m sure, recognise an actor whose path crossed with DCI Morse 30 years ago, in tonight’s film.
DAMIAN: Do any of the films happen to take place on a Wednesday?
RUSS: They might.
DAMIAN: And when did you say we would meet Mrs. Bright?
RUSS: I don’t believe I did. She has a very busy social calendar.
DAMIAN: So, Russell Lewis, I’m going to cast you away on a deserted island with only eight episodes of INSPECTOR MORSE to take with you (Desert Island DVDs or Desert Island Dexter perhaps?). Can you give us your first two episodes and tell us why you’ve chosen them please?
RUSS: Oh… That’s a tough one. In no particular order… I’ve got a very soft spot for DRIVEN TO DISTRACTION. A marvellous swansong from the man who opened the batting and set the template for all that followed — the late, great Anthony Minghella. As Morse stories go, I think DTD was refreshingly unconventional. Kind of slasher movie opening — done with great restraint. Almost like the reverse of the extended pull out of Bob Rusk’s flat in FRENZY — back down the stairs, out of the front door into the street. Unusually limited set of suspects on which to draw — was it going to be Boynton… or wasn’t it? And the finale was inspired. Corking performances from Mr. Malahide, Christopher Fulford, and David Ryall which kept everyone guessing until the very end.
And… GREEKS BEARING GIFTS. A seemingly complex case underpinned by perhaps one of the most tragically human motives in the whole casebook. Deeply affecting. Stellar cast — Mister Martin Jarvis, of course; and Jan Harvey, as Randall & Friday Rees. The much missed James Hazeldine as Digby Tuckerman; Richard Pearson almost stealing the whole film with his exquisitely realised Jerome Hogg.
What I love is how the whole thing mushrooms — from the death of a chef from a Greek restaurant, to College and a reconstructed trireme, via TV’s golden couple. It does what some of the very best Morse stories do – touching on both town and gown, the high and the low, and providing a bridge from Lewis’ domestic world to Morse’s professional life.
The denouement is properly heart-in-mouth, edge of your seat stuff. Brilliantly realised by Adrian Shergold. Hilarious, all these years later, to remember it caused a question to be raised in the House of Commons. MPs unable to distinguish between fact and fiction. Perish the thought.
DAMIAN: Thank you very much indeed for the intelligent answers. Until next Sunday then…
RUSS: Until then. Thank you.
THE ENDEAVOUR ARCHIVES / 3529 / RIDE
Good game, good game! Didn’t he do well? I hope you’re playing this at home…
…and not Sherlock!
This entry was posted in Endeavour and tagged 30 Years of Morse, ACC Clive Deare, Adrian Shergold, Anthony Donn, Anthony Minghella, Anton Lesser, Blenheim Vale, CH SUPT Reginald Bright, Christopher Fulford, Coda, Colin Dexter, Damian Barcroft, Damian M. Barcroft, Damian Michael Barcroft, David Ryall, DC Morse, Dead of Jericho, Deceived By Flight, DI Fred Thursday, Digby Tuckerman, Dorothea Frazil, Driven to Distraction, DS Peter Jakes, Endeavour, Endeavour Game, First Bus to Woodstock, Friday Rees, Fugue, Greeks Bearing Gifts, Harry Rose, Home, Inspector Morse, James Bradshaw, James Hazeldine, Jan Harvey, Jerome Hogg, Jim Strange, Joan Thursday, Joss Bixby, Lewis, Mammoth Screen, Martin Jarvis, Neverland, Nurse Monica Hicks, Patrick Malahide, Randall Rees, Richard Pearson, Ride, Roger Allam, Roland Marshall, Russell Lewis, Sam Thursday, Shaun Evans, The Endeavour Archives, The Great Zambezi, Tom Henshaw, Trewlove, Win Thursday on January 8, 2017 by Damian Michael Barcroft.
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Lisbon basics
About Lisbon
Survival Guide & ESNapp
ESN Portugal
ESNcard & Discounts
Housing tips
Temporary housing
Get a SIM card
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Become an ESN partner
Torne-se um parceiro da ESN Lisboa
Erasmus Student Network Lisboa - ESN Lisboa
ESN Lisboa is a team of volunteer students, part of the European NGO Erasmus Student Network. We are a mix of Portuguese and international students who share an interest in intercultural exchanges, travelling, and showing our city.
We organize events of many different types, from Welcome Days to receive new students at their universities, to trips across the country. We study in many universities across the city, so you can easily find us. We are often wearing our green hoodies and go by the nickname 'Sardines'.
ESN Lisboa is the largest ESN section in Portugal, in terms of activities' organization and the amount of exchange students we help. We are also the only non-profit organization in Lisbon fully composed by volunteers, top to bottom.
Our mottos are 'Students helping students' and 'Once Erasmus, Always Erasmus'.
If you are interested in reading more about the International Erasmus Student Network, click here.
If you are interested in reading more about the Erasmus Student Network Portugal and its different teams, click here.
ESN Lisboa was founded in September 2008 by a small group of Portuguese students who had just returned from their Erasmus.
We started as an informal student group, and organized activities in the first semester of 2008/2009 for no more than 150 exchange students at Instituto Técnico de Lisboa (Universidade de Lisboa). Later that year, ESN grew and started helping all exchange students from the faculty.
In 2009/2010 ESN Lisboa took a crucial leap and started offering its support and activities to all exchange students in Lisbon. More than 50 different activities were organized throughout this year, targeting almost 2000 exchange students.
Nowadays, we take pride in providing support to the over 18000 students that pass through Lisbon yearly.
ESN Office - Closed for Holidays!
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Travessa dos Inglesinhos Nº52 - Bairro Alto
Phone number: +351 21 138 99 70
Go to our map for directions.
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Virginia Legal Aid Society
Virginia About to Restore Driving Privileges to 627,000
Drivers Licenses can no Longer be Suspended to Force Court Payments
LYNCHBURG, Va., June 28, 2019 – Starting Monday, courts in Virginia will be prohibited from suspending driving privileges solely for failure to pay court fines and costs.
The General Assembly passed and Governor Northam signed a bill this year to end the practice of suspending driver’s licenses because of unpaid court fines and costs. The budget amendment reinstates, as of Monday, driving privileges for the more than 627,000 Virginians who currently have their licenses suspended.
Drivers who believe their licenses can be reinstated should make sure the state Department of Motor Vehicles knows their correct address so the DMV can contact them and let them know the steps to be taken. Drivers can provide their correct address by calling a local DMV office or visiting dmvNOW.com. Also:
If a driver’s license is current, the holder can resume driving on Monday without any further steps.
If a driver no longer has a physical license, the driver must replace it. If the license has expired, the driver must renew it.
If the driver has surrendered his or her license to the DMV, he or she must complete the full application.
VLAS reminds everyone that the new law does not eliminate the requirement to pay court costs, fines and fees. It only eliminates suspending a driver’s license as a potential punishment. For more information, drivers should visit vlas.org and dmv.virginia.gov/drivers/#fines_costs.asp
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Attorneys Launch Group to Boost Free Legal Services to Low Income Clients
SUFFOLK, Va., Feb. 20, 2018 – Virginia Legal Aid Society is pleased to announce the creation of the Suffolk Pro Bono Task Force, a group of influential and successful attorneys who are recruiting their colleagues to provide volunteer, free legal help to VLAS clients.
The attorney members of the task force are calling, writing and visiting with other attorneys in the area to encourage them to take on pro bono cases for VLAS clients. In addition to this work, the attorney members of the task force all accept representation of VLAS clients on a pro bono basis.
Private attorneys who agree to work pro bono allow VLAS to help many additional low income clients who otherwise would not be able to hire an attorney for representation in their civil legal case. VLAS staff attorneys in Danville, Lynchburg, Farmville and Suffolk close about 3,000 cases each year; pro bono attorneys close an additional 150 or so cases for VLAS clients. VLAS seeks to greatly increase the numbers of attorneys providing pro bono representation to its clients, and the Suffolk Task Force members are an invaluable asset in this endeavor.
The Suffolk Task Force members are:
Nicole Harrell
Jeanette Ojeda
Andrew Page
Richard Railey
Whitney Saunders
Martin Speroni
Daniel Vinson
For More Information Contact: Kristine Smith, Pro Bono Director (434) 846-1326, ext. 413
Virginia Legal Aid Society is a nonprofit law firm that provides legal information, advice and representation in civil cases to underprivileged individuals and families. Since 1977, VLAS has been the only institutional provider of such services in Central, Southside, and Western Tidewater Virginia. VLAS attorneys and paralegals use legal skills to solve problems in housing, access to health care, income and public benefits, family issues, consumer lending and assets. Our mission is to resolve serious legal problems of vulnerable people, promote economic and family stability, reduce poverty through effective legal assistance, and to champion equal justice. For more information on our services, to get involved, or to make a donation, please visit us at www.vlas.org and follow us on Facebook, www.facebook.com/VaLegalAidSociety, and Twitter @VA_LegalAid
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The Children First Program provides employment and training services to unemployed and underemployed non-custodial parents who are not meeting their child support obligations. Although the Children First Program has a "work first" philosophy, a combination of job search activities as well as other services may be provided to promote self-sufficiency and responsible parenting. Activities/services may include case management, employment search assistance, skills training, unpaid work experience, parenting/life skills classes, remedial education and transportation assistance.
Participation in the Children First Program is court ordered with the primary goal of improving the ability of the non-custodial parent to pay court ordered child support. Individuals ordered into the program are assigned 32 hours of activity each week and may participate up to sixteen weeks within each calendar year. In order to successfully complete the Children First Program, the non-custodial parent must make timely payment in full of the court ordered support for three consecutive months or complete sixteen weeks of participation in employment and training activities.
Questions about the Children First Program may be directed to the Stacy at (608) 242-4555.
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Tierre entered the Children First program in May of 2015 upon the recommendation of the Dane County Child Support Agency. He was excited to learn about our training programs and signed up for the first available class immediately. Despite having no day care for his son, Tierre successfully completed training while allowing Children First staff to help him solve his employment barriers. He is now employed with UW Hospitals and Clinics full time and is looking forward to becoming certified in his Department.
"I would like to thank the staff of the Children First Program, Stacie and Evie, for helping me become prepared for employment and attaching me to training programming provided by Julie and the Employment and Training Association at the Dane County Job Center. Julie helped me understand the specific duties of the job I was applying for and Stacie and Evie helped me understand how to best present myself to employers during interviews. I am totally grateful for all of the help and very appreciative of the time, energy and dedication I received through this program."
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by Chelsea Self
What does a flight over Garfield County have to do with a college education?
In some cases, everything.
Colorado Mountain College Sustainability Studies student Ellie Langford has teamed up with EcoFlight, Aspen Global Change Institute and the Powers family, who own the land directly above the Spring Valley Campus, to write a thesis about sustainable land management.
"My goal for this project is to gain a better understanding for sustainable land management challenges we face on the Western Slope and to strengthen the connection between CMC, AGCI, EcoFlight and the Powers family," Langford said.
EcoFlight aims to educate and advocate for the protection of remaining wild lands and wildlife habitat through the use of small aircraft. Its educational programs encourage an environmental stewardship ethic among citizens of all ages.
"We put a lot of effort into our student programs because, as the next generation of environmental stewards, we think it is important for students to get out there and look at the landscape from different perspectives," said EcoFlight program coordinator Michael Gorman.
"EcoFlight provides a unique aerial perspective, and this has helped me gain a better understanding of our local landscapes and conservation issues," said Langford. "The Powers family is hoping to open their land to students for educational opportunities and have graciously allowed me to use their Spring Valley property to carry out my ecological surveys," she added.
"The property has great educational potential, and so I am hoping that my fellow students will also be able to use my research as the basis for future studies in this area," said Langford.
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Hitachi sniffs around the Internet of Things market with HIG
Sets up new business unit to mine the deep money seams
Hitachi has set up a Hitachi Insight Group (HIG) to focus its variegated and so far separate Internet of Things (IoT) efforts.
It will develop digital products and services, relying on a Lumada IoT platform product. This has a software design supporting customisation by customers and partners.
Hitachi’s IoT portfolio includes products and services for:
Public safety and smart cities
Energy generation and delivery
HIG is led by CEO Keiji Kojima, who also holds concurrent positions as an SVP and executive officer at Hitachi Ltd. It will focus on four market segments called Smart City, Smart Energy, Smart Healthcare and Smart Industry. It has alliances with SAP, PTC, AT&T, Ericsson, Eurotech S.p.A., Intel, Microsoft, and others.
In general all of these involve devices having sensors to track and report activity. This data is agglomerated and then analysed to improve the efficiency of the processes the sensors are tracking. For example, traffic lights in cities could monitor traffic flow and the overall timing and sequencing of groups of traffic lights optimised to improve traffic flow. Data from CCTV cameras, roadworks, and public transport vehicles could be brought in to improve overall city transportation facilities.
Hitachi says that it has more than 16,000 employees from HIG and other Hitachi divisions involved in its IoT efforts. The company has a set of IoT centres, called Centres for Social Innovation, in multiple geographic regions to help persuade customers to spend the big money involved. We’re told cross-disciplinary researchers, data scientists and solution architects will work on IoT-type scheme developments up to the proof-of-concept phase with customers.
Hitachi seems to be scenting a money pit here that requires a lot of concerted effort to mine by persuading customers to run fragmented, silo-riven, often analogue processes inside an overall, digital software-based scheme, with multiple sensor-based data inputs used to dynamically optimise the processes.
HIG benefits are multi-faceted in their claims, including “increased productivity and safety, streamlined processes, reduced operational costs and carbon footprint, or improved quality of life,” with Hitachi trying to attract as many potential big money projects as possible with this marketing malarkey. It admits that large-scale IoT project can be problematical, with “new layers of complexity and rigidity … making them difficult to modify and incapable of holistically supporting all the elements of digital business and market ecosystems at scale.”
Customers also better be aware that there are no IoT standards in general and lock-in to your main suppliers is going to be a fact of life.
Christian Renaud, IoT research director at 451 Research, has a canned quote in Hitachi’s announcement: “While it is still very early days in the IoT platform market, the landscape is crowded, making it difficult for new vendors to differentiate themselves.”
Of course, he then praises Hitachi to the hilt with the usual supporting analyst quotery: “Hitachi’s extensive expertise in OT and IT gives them a unique understanding of the fundamental requirements to build and deploy IoT solutions at scale. This puts Hitachi in a great position to help customers get actionable business insight that translates into real business value, faster.”
Well, no-one would want unreal business value or unactionable insights.
The Lumada core is set to act as the anchor for this, with sensing data inputs and customised processes and outputs bolted onto it. Hitachi says it incorporates “edge device and connectivity integration, application integration, data integration and orchestration, data repositories, stream and batch data processing, advanced analytics, artificial intelligence, simulation tools, repeatable solution blueprints, and enterprise services.”
There are also a variety of Hitachi control systems inside Lumada, including manufacturing production systems, algorithms and controllers to support a range of use cases, and content intelligence for advanced metadata management. Pentaho data orchestration and analytics are in there, along with Hitachi’s Streaming Data Platform (HSDP).
Lumada is claimed to be open, adaptable, verified and secure, but with multiple customisations added to this core, verifying its security could be problematic.
It has a set of core modules “packaged as repeatable blueprints that can be tailored to support a variety of industries and use cases, such as predictive maintenance, city data exchanges, connected healthcare, intelligent transportation, oil and gas, sustainable energy, etc.”
Customers elect for the components they need and then get customising, because what suits a Berlin water treatment system might well not fit the needs of San Jose without extensive customisation.
HIG has its headquarters in Santa Clara, CA, with regional offices worldwide and you can explore its website here. ®
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Famitsu - Progression of GuildleveSep 2nd, 2009 at 5:37 PM by Elmer
Japan brings us the latest Final Fantasy XIV information this week with another look into the alpha demonstration from Gamescom. Just when you thought it has been examined to death, the crew at Famitsu manage to bring to light a few more things fans may have overlooked.
At Gamescom, Final Fantasy XIV Producer Hiromichi Tanaka gave a tour of Guildleve, wherein he had to defeat a number of Dodos and the Puks that appear afterwards. Guildleve will be a system of quests that make up the bulk of Final Fantasy XIV's game play. Now we get to take a closer look at how the Guildleve system works and how a typical quest progresses.
Move to the Aetheryte
Once an adventurer receives their Guildleve from the town guild, they approach the Aetheryte to begin. In this case, Famitsu took on the "Puk Extermination" Guildleve that Tanaka demonstrated. However, there were two other Guildleves available. One required players defeat monsters called "Nut Eaters" and collect 5 Lemming tails. Nut Eaters are particularly agile and would flee from the player, encouraging cooperation with other players in order to trap and kill them. There are many factors that go into each quest that may not be apparent from the stated criteria alone.
Review the Details of Your Guildleve
This window contains the details of your selected Guildleve. You can review the clear conditions, time limit and rewards here. The objective of this particular Guildleve is to defeat Dodos and Puks.
Head Out and Search for Your Target
Players can use the field map or compass in the bottom-right corner to locate their targets. As Tanaka stated, the alpha lacked some functionality, but the final game will show the locations of certain enemies on the map during Guildleve. This makes it easy to find your goal and is a welcome change of pace from the endless camping required of Final Fantasy XI.
Dodo Found! Initiate Battle!
Here are Dodos, one of the targets required of this Guildleve. Battles do not require a special encounter sequence like many RPGs, but rather take place immediately right on the field.
Dodos Successfully Slain
Players attack the enemy by selecting commands from the Action Bar located in the bottom-center of the screen. When defeating your enemy, a counter will pop up to show you how many of your targets have been subdued, and how many remain.
Pinpoint the Place Puks Pop
Now that the required number of Dodos have been defeated, the player must find the Puks that have popped as a result. This is a case where the intended target of the Guildleve will not pop unless certain conditions are met. Once all required monsters are defeated (i.e. Dodos and Puks) the Guildleve will be complete.
Conditions Cleared, Warp Point Spawned
Once all the conditions of the player's quest have been fulfilled, a Warp Point will spawn right before you. The Warp Point will transport the player back to the Aetheryte where the Guildleve began. Warping back is instantaneous and allows the player to keep on enjoying the game without having the action broken up with excessive travel time. Considering how expansive the field areas appear to be, this is quite the welcome addition.
We have heard a lot about the battle system, and Famitsu reviewed it as well. Above is a picture they provided of the layout with the labels translated. The player selects which action or ability they wish to use and it registers to their right-hand or left-hand gauge, depending on which hand holds the associated equipment. For example, a sword may use the right-hand gauge, but a shield held in the left-hand would use the left-hand gauge.
If the Action Gauge is full, the command will activate. If not, it will activate once the Action Gauge is stored to full. If the player has a full Action Gauge and does not activate an ability, they will begin to store up their Power Gauge. This gauge will increase the strength and accuracy of your techniques. There will also be a TP Gauge that will affect your techniques in unique ways. While the Action and Power gauges increase over time, the TP gauge increases when you land an attack or are struck by the enemy.
To wrap up the article, there were some excerpts from Famitsu's interview and Gamescom. Here are the key points they decided to include:
- The battle system is designed to be more aggressive and keep the player involved in the action. This is why the user must select commands for every action instead of simply having an Auto-Attack function. In addition, the Action Menu is fully customizable and allows the player to easily adapt to all kinds of situations.
- Final Fantasy XIV is about 40-50% complete in its current state. Therefore, the version that was displayed at Gamescom is something that is still quite early in the development process, but the developers feel it is important to get user feedback as early on as possible. There are still many aspects of the game that are unfinished, and they wish to continue featuring parts of the game as they design them. They are hoping to get some form of beta testing running soon.
- The main point of Guildleve is to provide light, enjoyable content. This does not mean all quests will be simple, however. Also, as an entry in the Final Fantasy series, the core of Final Fantasy XIV will be its story.
- While players in Japan may not be getting their hands on the Alpha version shown at Gamescom, the developers wish to make available another "development version" similar to that presentation. However, it will not be at a convention like before, but rather a focus group or something they will recruit users for.
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The Tale of Firebird
The Firebird is a frequent feature of Russian fairy tales, the mysterious and majestic creature can take on many meanings but is often used as a symbol of a difficult quest. Below is the translation of The Firebird from Russian Folklore for you to enjoy.
The Story of the Firebird
Long ago, in a distant Kingdom, lived Tsar Vyslav Andronovich. He had three sons; the first Tsarevich Dimitri, the second Tsarevich Vassili and the third Tsarevich Ivan.
The Tsar’s garden was the most magnificent in all the land and in it was an apple tree that bore beautiful golden apples. One day the Tsar noticed the apples were being taken, he asked the guards and they informed him it was a “Firebird”.
Furious that his apples were being taken, the Tsar then tasked his two eldest sons with catching the Firebird but both fell asleep and missed him coming. The youngest son begged his father to try and catch the Firebird himself, his Father was dubious, but agreed.
The youngest son sat and waited all night and finally saw the Firebird come into the garden and steal a golden apple. He crept over to the bird and caught it by the tail. The bird managed to get away and the youngest son was left only with a beautiful glowing orange feather. The Firebird never returned.
On seeing the feather, the Tsar wanted the magnificent creature for himself and tasked his three sons again with finding the Firebird. In return they would receive half of his kingdom whilst he was alive and half when he died and off they all went on horseback. After travelling a while they came to a fork in the road with three signs.
The first read that if you went left you would be cold and hungry, the second straight on that you would survive but your horse would die and the third to the right was that you would die and your horse survive. On reading the signs the two eldest sons gave up and headed back to the kingdom and to the safety of their father.
The third son decided to take on the challenge....
The youngest son decided to take the middle path, the one where his horse would be slain, and he would be spared. Sure enough a wolf came along and killed his horse to eat it.
Days passed and the young man carried on walking but became exhausted and unable to carry on. The wolf that ate his horse found him and asked where he could take him seeing as he had such a lovely feast from his horse. The young man told his story and they soon left in search again for the Firebird.
A short time later they reached Tsar Dolmat’s kingdom and found the bird in the Tsars garden hanging in a wonderfully ornate cage. The wolf told the Tsars youngest son to take the bird but to leave the cage as that would get them found out by the king.
The Tsars youngest son made his way into the garden and got the bird, on his way back to the wolf however he couldn’t bring himself to leave the beautiful cage and so he crept back in and grabbed it.
By stealing the cage, he set off an alarm and they were soon caught by Tsar Dolmat. Tsar Dolmat flew into a rage, he was so angry and wanted to know what kingdom he was from and who his father was. The youngest son calmly explained that the Firebird had been coming into his fathers garden and stealing his favourite golden apples and for that reason his father wanted the bird for himself.
On hearing this the Tsar Dolmat proclaimed that had he only asked for the bird he would have allowed it but now he wanted something in return, a horse with a golden mane. The wolf and the youngest son soon set off in search for it, they travelled day and night and finally came to a white walled stable. The wolf told Tsarevich Ivan, the youngest son to climb the wall, take the horse with the golden mane but do not take his bridle as this will get you found out.
He climbed the wall, got the horse and on leaving the stable the bridle caught his eye. Again he could not bring himself to leave such a beauty and so he took it. On picking it up it he made a huge clatter which awoke the stable boy who presented him to Tsar Afron, the owner of the horse.
Tsar Afron began to question him, he too wanted to know what kingdom he came from and who his father was. He explained he needed the horse with the golden mane so he could in turn get the Firebird.
Tsar Afron told him, if only you had asked first I would gladly have given you the horse, but now if you do not do me a favour I’ll tell the whole kingdom you are a dishonourable knight. I want you to go out and find me Tsarevna Elena the fair, I love her and want you to bring her back to be my bride.
Feeling guilty he and the wolf soon took off in search for the fair lady. It didn’t take them long before they got to the kingdom. The wolf told Tsarevich Ivan to wait outside the gates whilst he went in and seized Tsarevna Elena.
Once he had her they fled, the wolf ran so fast that her guards couldn’t catch up and soon they were back in the kingdom of Tsar Afron. All would have been fine but Tsarevich Ivan and Tsarevna Elena had quickly fallen in love and they couldn’t bare to part.
Stuck in their predicament the wolf offered to turn himself into the girl so they could get the horse with the golden mane.
The exchange went smoothly, Tsarevich Ivan and Tsarevna Elena started making way back to the kingdom of Tsar Dolmat with the horse with the golden mane and the wolf caught them up two days later after escaping in the night.
Once back in the kingdom of Tsar Dolmat the youngest son had also decided he couldn’t bare to part with the horse with the golden mane either and requested that the wolf turn himself into the horse so they could trick Tsar Dolmat. Unbelievably they got the Firebird back after trading her for the horse and began on their way once more to the youngest sons kingdom.
A few days later the wolf managed to get free from Tsar Dolmat and made his way to Tsarevich Ivan and Tsarevna Elena, where he bid them farewell and they made their way back to their own kingdom. Soon the couple became weary and decided to rest under a tree close to the kingdom of his father. They fell asleep straight away, with their horse and Firebird close by.
The young Tsarevich Ivan’s two older brothers came to find them lying there. They were sorely jealous of their brother and all his prizes and decided to kill him there on the spot and take the horse, the Firebird and the fair lady for themselves. When she awoke to find her love had been killed she was heartbroken.
The brothers threatened to kill Elena if she told their father what they’d done. Reluctantly she agreed. After winning the toss of a coin Tsarevich Vassili won the right to marry her, whilst Tsarevich Dimitri got the horse with the golden mane. The Firebird was taken to their father whom was most pleased to finally have the amazing bird in his possession.
After laying dead on the ground for thirty days his friend the grey wolf discovered the youngest son. He also saw two baby ravens and their mother feeding from his body. The wolf seized one of her babies and told her to go to the ends of the earth and get the water of life and the water of death, if she didn’t he would eat her young.
Three days passed and the raven returned with two vials. First the wolf poured the water of death over Tsarevich Ivan and his body grew back together. When he poured the water of life after, he awoke. The wolf rejoiced but told him to hurry as his brother was set to marry Tsarevna Elena that very day. They rushed to the palace where his brother and Elena had just sat down to their wedding banquet. Upon seeing Tsarevich Ivan, Elena the fair flew out of her seat and threw herself at him.
They told Tsar Vyslav Andronovich the real truth about what his brothers had done, and they were soon thrown into the dungeons. Tsarevich Ivan and Tsarevna Elena the fair married not long after and lived happily ever after.
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Then he set his hook and cast it out to a plop in the slow passing water, and said with his back still to me, "No, Miss Clara, I don’t care to judge folks. There’s plenty enough of that goin’ around."
Then I surprised my own self, but apparently not Mr. Finley beside me with, "Would you care to judge me?"
He turned to me then, and he looked so kind and true. "No, Miss Clara. No, I wouldn’t, because I don’t have enough of that tale neither, nor have I ever ast for it."
Oh, how I wanted to trade his secret for mine, so I gathered up my breath and went ahead with it.
"We’ve come to be friends, haven’t we, Mr. Finley?"
"Yes, to my great pleasure I like to believe that, Miss Clara," he said softer, sitting down beside me. A couple of loose rocks shifted.
I looked straight ahead, across the creek and into the trees. "I fear so, that you’ve heard things of me. Of my past, and perhaps of my character. Of my situation, you see."
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In 1890s Pennsylvania, Clara Waltz is returning home from visiting ailing old Mrs. Snyder. She encounters a drunken man who, along with four others, had gang-raped her eleven years prior. Terrified, she flees on foot, hiding in a partially fallen tree along a riverbank. From within she sees an unknown tattered-looking man suddenly appear. A great fracas ensues. When all has quieted down, she crawls out and finds that the rapist has been murdered. The stranger is nowhere in sight.
Clara becomes a suspect with the discovery of yet another murder. He, too, was one she steadfastly accused of raping her. Soon an aging drifter comes to the farm where Clara and her illegitimate daughter live as domestic help to a prominent farm family. Clara finds herself being drawn to him, in spite of believing him to be the killer.
This first-person narrative is told through Clara's voice, as an older woman, as a legacy to her children. It's a tale of abuse and murder, but, ultimately, a tale of love and hope.
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Larry Kimport’s second novel, A Small Harvest of Pretty Days, is a letter from a time, way of life, and mode of storytelling that evokes the best of turn-of-the-century Americana easily sentimentalized in lesser hands. But Kimport manages to transport us to 1890’s Pennsylvania with relatively little overt facade; he taps the reservoir of this lost world in his first few paragraphs and offers a page-turner of a novel as gripping as it is harrowing.
I conceived this love story while walking my dog, and worked on it long into nights after the kids were in bed. I've always been fascinated by what became of Huck Finn after The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. What became of him when he outgrew adolescence and became an adult? This story is my account of that period in his life.
The whole thing was much fun to ponder. I hope you enjoy it.
Larry Kimport
Loyalsock Creek, where Clara Waltz and Hank Finley spent quiet hours fishing for bullheads and sharing stories. Photo by Mary Kimport
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My Own Private Top-Ten of 2018: The Paradigms Do Shift
January 2nd, 2019 — movie reviews, on writing lit -- and unlit, Politics & Other Disappointments, TV reviews
2018 was, as I’ve recently written elsewhere, a year of boundary-busting black achievement in the arts and much of what follows below will re-emphasize this point. But it was also a year when you needed black storytellers to step up, lean in and heave grenades at whatever retro-reactionary politics are throwing their weight around the country.
And you also needed these stories to reinforce something you wont hear on Meet the Press or anywhere else on daytime TV: whatever the “alt-right” or its enablers believe they’re trying to defeat has already triumphed. We have become, in pop-cultural terms, so diverse, multi-ethnic and blended together that even using the “multicultural” term so despised by Fox News and its minions is redundant and likely no longer the point. I’m aware that stuff keeps happening to innocent, unarmed people-of-color that mitigates this impact. But whether anybody in positions of power cares to acknowledge it or not, the “culture wars” they’ve been fretting about since at least before the century started have been all but won – and those of us on the winning side should start acting like it no matter what the legacy news organizations say.
It’ll take more time for this news to sink in – and part of acknowledging victory is accepting the fact that there will always be a hard, prickly core of humanity that will never accept the results. But what James Baldwin published sixty-five years ago is truer now – and, for many, harder to accept: “The world is white no longer and it will never be white again.”
My totally subjective, utterly random list of whatever moved or grooved me in 2018 is not totally white or black or pink or yellow. I’m not sure where on the prism it is and I like it that way. As usual – and I cannot stress this enough – these are all in no particular order:
Killing Eve – The wiggiest British TV spy series since a fat white blob immobilized Patrick McGoohan a half-century ago was also the year’s most irresistible dish of nuts: eat one and all the rest are instant history. Nutty is the ideal word to characterize this continent-spanning cat-and-mouse game between a frowsy, doggedly inquisitive MI-5 analyst (Sandra Oh) and a button-cute sociopath (Jodie Comer) who can’t help showing off when she’s murdering people in secret. The story, awash in sultry inference and disorienting menace, carries more double- and triple-crosses per episode than a John Le Carré novel. And creator-producer Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s variations on Luke Jennings’ “Villanelle” series of short-form thrillers are jolting and darkly witty enough to make you feel throughout as though you’re watching Patricia Highsmith convulse on laughing gas. Among the show’s myriad satisfactions is seeing Oh thrive in the deep-dish central role her brilliant career has merited and in beholding the relatively lesser-known Comer, a hoot-and-a-half as an angel-of-death who is as good at her work as she is poignantly flawed. We await a second season with these damaged souls wondering how they and their respective handlers, enablers and hangers-on can possibly continue, much less surpass, the craziness they – and we – have already undergone.
Lorraine Hansbury: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart – The year was so crowded with turmoil and exasperation on a day-to-day basis that it was easy to forget that Tracy Heather Strain’s illuminating documentary had aired way back in January on PBS’s American Masters series. Remembering it now renews one’s profound gratitude for not only restoring the author of A Raisin in the Sun to contemporary consciousness, but in bringing forth the complete person in all her complexities, contradictions and, above all, courage, whether in living out her precociously uncompromising radical politics, confronting Bobby Kennedy over his brother’s foot-drag on accelerating progress on civil rights and coping with love and life as a closeted lesbian. It felt bracing and, above all, timely to have her back among us, even if her most significant work of art never went away.
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse – If you abhor comic-book movies, I’m not going to judge, or dismiss your qualms about seeing this one. As much as I loved Marvel Comics in my protracted adolescence, I now find in the whole superhero movie corpus a distressingly anti-democratic strain that implicitly encourages its devotees to abandon their individual agency and submit to those with greater, higher powers. (It remains my principal misgiving towards Black Panther and the accompanying “Wakanda Forever” phenomenon, however much I enjoyed the movie and endorsed its salutary impact on global movie markets.) But the giddily “meta” nature of this iteration of the web-slinging wonder both opens up the genre to fresh appreciation and brings its inflated pretenses and aspirations for personal transcendence to something resembling ground-level; actually more like street-level in the case of Miles Morales, brown-skinned schoolboy prodigy resisting the isolation of his nascent genius as he finds himself bitten by the same radioactive spider that juiced Peter Parker’s metabolism to near-invincibility. The Peter Parker in Miles’ world has been killed, but a tear in the cosmos caused by…oh, never mind…results in a riot of multiverses from which a handful of other similarly bitten boys, girls, men, women and even cartoon pigs spill into Miles’ Brooklyn all capable of walking on walls, shooting out web fluid and pounding evildoers three times their respective sizes. The narrative is persistently clever and the animation is surprisingly evocative. Which brings me to another of my biases towards comic-book movies: that a pair of feature-length animated Batman movies are far better realized than all their live-action counterparts and that no Superman movie, not even those with the late, lamented Christopher Reeve resides as deeply in my devotion as the Fleischer animated shorts of the 1940s. The lesson being that maybe, just maybe, the best comic book movies are those that look most like a damn comic book.
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Heads of the Colored People – Among the auspicious debut story collections published in 2018 by African American writers, this one remains my favorite for the stealthy wit and acerbic observation sustained in a variety of settings. “Belles Lettres,” for instance, is presented in the form of increasingly snarky notes planted by black “bourgie” moms in their daughters’ backpacks. The title story is a darkly comic and ultimately tragic tale of an encounter outside a comic book convention between a “cos”-wearing fan and a street entrepreneur. Then there’s the inventive and similarly harrowing/funny “Suicide, Watch” [sic] in which a young woman uses social media to determine how, or if, she should do away with herself. Nafissa Thompson-Spires has a talent large enough to propel her towards a novel, and I can’t wait to see what she does. An honest-to-goodness African American variation on Catcher in the Rye? It’s certainly within her grasp, but I dunno: I really like what she does within the tighter corners of the short story
Equalizer 2 – What throws you a little when watching Antoine Fuqua’s pared-to-the-bone franchise sequel isn’t how much Denzel Washington has aged. (His character is called “Pops” by one of the preppie predators he’s about to break into several gratifying pieces.) It’s how beautiful he remains to watch in stillness, even though his eyes at times betray a compound of world-weariness and cumulative horror over what his sixty-something vigilante-bibliophile has witnessed in a gloomy, bloody life. Washington has achieved more than a veteran’s smooth grace in front of the cameras. He’s made watchfulness into a movie star trademark and is carrying this stripped-down persona into what promises to be a golden age of elder statesman roles, only without the implied stiffness and solemnity. Artist-craftsmen who casually wear their gifts are easily taken for granted; a mistake that has not and should never be made in Denzel Washington’s case.
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Sorry To Bother You was the year’s most emphatic and adventurous expression of black-bohemian-futurist consciousness. I’ve already had my say about Boots Riley’s impudent phantasm of a feature film. But I’m still sorting through my reactions to Terence Nance’s mash-up of sketch comedy, animated shorts, ideological infomercial and time-warped romance. It’s been called “Key & Peele on Acid” and “Monty Python for Woke People,” though I think the whole notion of “woke”-ness is among the many present-day rhetorical motifs Nance and his collective of artists, actors and insurgents are interrogating. In that same episode (to my mind the best and most intensely realized), the “woke” concept is countered with the idea that sometimes sleep may be good for you and I’m still not sure, after many weeks of “sleeping” on this show that it’s being in any way sarcastic; it even implies that sleep, or at least, rest (e.g. contemplation) isn’t an evasion or a denial of “woke”-ness, but a means of protecting one’s own autonomy over one’s – whadyacall? – soul? If that drive-by notion can plunge the unwary into a deep, broad pool of thought, you can imagine how the myriad content of the other five episodes seeps into your head; “imagining “being both the method and the meaning behind Flyness – which has been given at least another season to snap at your comfort levels.
Adrian Piper: A Synthesis of Intuitions 1965-2016 – It has all come down, or risen up to this: The largest, most expansive exhibit the Museum of Modern Art has ever staged for a living artist. For the first half of 2018, MoMa’s whole sixth floor was occupied with drawings, photographs, videos, cards, signage and whole rooms of Piper’s variegated output over six decades as performance artist, minimalist, creator of “happenings” and insurgent Kantian philosopher. The sheer heft and breadth of her oeuvre taunt anyone’s efforts to express its essence, but Thomas Chatterton Williams, in an New York Times Magazine article as illuminating and frustratingly complex as his subject, came as close as anybody could when he wrote that Piper “has been quietly conducting, from that vexed and ever-expanding blot on the American fabric where white and black bleed into each other, one of the smartest, funniest and most profound interrogations of the racial madness that governs and stifles our national life that I had ever encountered.” Whether it’s a “humming room” whose guards encourage everybody entering it to hum a melody, any melody; or the mercurial self-portraits that play approach-avoidance games with her African American heritage; the “space-time-infinity” pieces tearing and nibbling at the perceptions of useable space on a geometric plane; the famous, or infamous calling cards that tweak unsuspecting strangers for casual or unwitting racism and sexism…All of it breathtaking, intimidating and provocative at once. Piper now lives a near-monastic existence in Germany and has, as of four years before, “retired” from being black, issuing this announcement in yet another irony-infused self-portrait in which she darkened her pale brown skin. All this and she can still dance her ass off. I remember wandering from the exhibit dazed, bemused and utterly refreshed. (Two words flashed in my frontal lobes: Trickster Goddess.) The last century didn’t quite know what to make of her. Maybe this one will..
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Scholes gives first trainersklus at Oldham Athletic after a month on
Paul Scholes is already on Thursday after a month went as manager of Oldham Athletic. The clubicoon of Manchester United sees no future for himself at the League Two club.
“I was hoping to at least eighteen months at the club which I all my life a supporter, am. The fans, the players, my friends and family know how proud I was when I first started this job took and how much sense I have had”, says the 44-year-old Scholes in a statement.
“In the short period since my appointment, it was unfortunately clear that I could not work the way that I had in mind and that was me committed.”
Scholes won his first match with Oldham, but for the next six duels did not result in victory. The club occupies the fourteenth place on the fourth English level.
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Images From Batman's Pittsburgh Sets Give Fans An Early Thrill -- And The Film A Bitter Critic
One somewhat surprising element of Batman's visit to Pittsburgh has been the relatively open set. (It was tempting to write that the set must be open because no imbecile would permit the entirety of downtown Pittsburgh to be turned into a closed set, but then we remembered the identity and judgment of InsolvenCity's current decision-makers . . .)
Anyway, ample accounts of sightings of Tumblrs, Batpods, Batcycles, and Batwings have been circulating among the Intertubes, giving fans an early taste of that which will descend upon theaters next summer.
The amateur videos are often accompanied by panting and squeals of hyperventilating fans. Many websites are drooling over the glimpses of Bane, a camouflaged Tumblr, Selina Kile's riding leathers, and the like.
Not everyone, however, has liked what he has seen.
UPDATE: Welcome, visitors from around the nation and across the globe! There are plenty of excellent BatPhotos available on the Intertubes (all, apparently, taken moments before fake cops in real uniforms could bully amateur photographers), but please be sure to check the video linked at the preceding paragraph. If you like Batman, you need to see that video.
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On Friday as I was trying to retrieve my own batmobile from a garage, I had orders barked at me by a civilian affiliated with the film-making crew. The civilian was trying to prevent me from accessing an OPEN street, i.e., there was no filming taking place there nor were there barricades; however, it was perilously close where barricades were located. It was the only way for me to access the garage. The last time I checked, non-police officers have no legal authority to issue orders to citizens who are lawfully on the streets or sidewalks.
I had a similar experience when another movie was filming at a house on Bartlett Street in Squirrel Hill. I needed to access private offices on Bartlett Street. I was forced to park many blocks away on another street and walk to my destination. Private security guards hired by the movie crew tried to stop me from walking on a public sidewalk on Bartlett. Once again, no filming was taking place there and the street was not closed to pedestrian or vehicle traffic.
I really couldn't give an eff about Batman or whatever other movie is filming in the 'Burgh. I am just a citizen who is trying to go about his daily business on the open/public streets and sidewalks of the city.
It is a real piss-off that the police powers of the City of Pittsburgh have apparently been ceded to Hollywood film crews.
Additionally, I had a discussion about the filming here with several ex-pat Burghers, they all concur that the only reason that the filming takes place here is b/c no "Real" city would or could allow itself to be shut-down to become a Hollywood film set.
The police powers of the City of Pittsburgh's Bureau of Police have been delegated to bar owners, sports team tycoons, private clubs, and plenty of others, for years. The officers wear City of Pittsburgh uniforms but take their orders from (and overlook the criminal conduct or civil misconduct of) their private masters, issuing dubious orders to citizens, every day of the year.
At some point, InsolvenCity will get tagged for a huge liability or two, and the system of "detail" work will be revised.
Until then, there is a substantial chance the uniformed officer ordering you to move your car is a rent-a-cop, an intimidatingly uniformed whore violating the law by purporting to possess the authority to deny you the parking space his private master wants.
Vannevar said...
Sunday I had a very similar experience to what Anony@8/13 related. I was on an open sidewalk, people were freely walking back and forth. The block beyond the sidewalk was cordoned off, and movie vehicles were parked on the street.
I stopped to take a photo, took a little too long to fumble with my SmartCamera that's smarter than I am, and a young lady working for the movie company asked me to move to a point on the other side of the street. I declined.
She signalled one of Pittsburgh's Finest, who came over and started off with "you've got five seconds", and it went downhill from there.
I get that Pittsburgh finds it profitable to close streets and accommodate filming.
I get that streets can be closed for special events.
I don't believe that corporate employees have any authority to tell citizens on an open street to move.
I do believe that the Pittsburgh Police and the City have so blurred the distinction between "public police work" and "mercenary services" that the concepts of Service and Civil Rights were forgotten long ago.
It's a small town, Vannevar. With a small-minded police force that prostitutes itself for 30 bucks an hour. And small, small people in civilian command who let them get away with it. You want something more sophisticated, you're in the wrong city.
One of these days, one of these glorified Paul Blarts is going to hurt someone, or mouth off to someone with a lawyer who understands the Constitution, and the city will be lucky to walk away at less than six figures.
I'll chime in that I was similarly disrespected by a faux cop at Fifth and Craig while I was taking a picture of the Batman filming.
At Bellefield and Fifth a nice movie production lady explained that I couldn't take pictures at the location I was at because the production company had rented the block from the city and could impose restrictions. I was on the other side--seemed like the public side--of a metal barrier, but I went along with it.
At Fifth and Craig I was standing in the middle of Fifth Ave. in the crosswalk taking a picture. The faux cop rudely told me I couldn't take the picture. I asked him where the rental line was. He didn't know. I told him what the production lady told me. Didn't matter. We eventually determined that I had to be on the other side of an orange traffic cone, about eight inches from where I was standing. Total jerk, and he was serially verbally abusing everyone else who came along too.
New Yorkers have these same problems with film production all the time. I give the Batman folks credit for bending over backwards to compliment the city and thank us for our patience.
Seriously. I worked security for "The Dark Knight Rises" and the disruptions downtown were minimal. Yes, there was street closures, but access to any public area was granted upon request and at most with a short delay. When I addressed the pedestrians I would equate it to 2-3 traffic light cycles. Furthermore, "rent-a-cops" as you so elequently phrase it were all breifed (and I know because I was briefed) on "asking for compliance". Were your lives so disrupted that you felt it necessary to come here and spend more time typing you comments than you stood waiting to access the street you desired to walk down? In addition, productions like The Dark Knight Rises bring in a ton of money to the city and if you don't see it, it is because the local government is not investing it wisely. I won't try to explain why you may have been asked to pause at an intersection where filming wasn't actually taking place because as I read through your comments it is apparent to me that you would not understand anyway. Good luck in your future endeavors, you will need it!
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2013/05/22 - Tactical Retreat
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Rothkal
Re: 2013/05/22 - Tactical Retreat
So I recently joined the forums, so I don't know if this was confirmed somewhere else that king will be Pete's avatar. If I recall correctly, to have an avatar as a dream-sunderer, something tragic must happen. Looking back, Bailey has been given up by her parents and was getting worked up by King. She finally snapped when she punched Bino and we saw how upset she really was. At the party when King proposed to Bailey, she looked like she was just waiting for something bad to happen right away to rip it away. When nothing happened, she was truly happy, maybe something that hasn't happened since her parents gave her up. She will finally have a chance at being happy again with King.
Now, looking at the last few updates, after all this prep, on her wedding day, someone who is known by the community to be an evil man pops up at the wedding. King is no where to be found. This evil human is arrested on suspicion of kidnapping King. Bailey, who would have some happiness back in her life, is destroyed as no matter what the police do, no matter where they search, King is gone.
At her lowest, a celestial being appears and offers to help her, in exchange for her service.
Pete has an avatar.
Location: Noonkkot <32,64,51>
King would absolutely agree to be Pete's avatar to keep Bailey from having to take up that burden.
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Aticston
Haw!
Can I call it, or can I call it?
EDIT - You should be further ahead of your fans if your fans can predict Pete will show up at the wedding and THEN want to turn King back to being human, and if he does or doesn't reject bailey. I'm not trying to be rude, but Pete is supposed to be some "Higher order being" but he acts incredibly predictable.
Maybe I'm spoiled by Q who thinks commonly outside the box, his actions may seem odd now, but they pan out years and years and years later as a huge massive grand scheme. Pete just seems like, Q's son, playing games with reality.
That's it. The cosmic nerds are the pets of the Q continuum.
IceKitsune
Aticston Wrote:
I think a lot of people still are kind of over thinking the Cosmic Nerds a bit. They are exactly what they seem to be, two nerds who got into a argument over a game of what is basically D&D and decided to settle it with another game of D&D which will end in fight of some kind. Pete and Dragon are just two nerds who have taken a game of D&D far more seriously then it ever needed to be taken. They aren't really all that smart; because as I have pointed out in this topic earlier, even Petes plan here is actually really kind of stupid, and if King wasn't likely to panic it should blow up in his face massively, when given a minute to think about it.
Foxstar
Can you be any more condescending while your at it? That kind of thing really makes you welcome around here you know and will for sure endear you to everyone, staff included.
MiloxLuna
Themeister1 Wrote:
Rhymes with surrender..... Hmmmmm......... I got nuthin'.
i got first offender, that rhymes, and i guess it could work
could it?
first of·fend·er
A person who is convicted of a criminal offense for the first time.
since he was going to convicted, guess it could.
Obbl
Smiley McSmiles
Location: The Housepets Forum ^^
I pretty sure Pete is being facetious here.
Surrender rhymes with surrender and is the word he's going for.
Obbl Wrote:
to quote a Gregory Brothers song they just posted last night: "does mouth rhyme with mouth? no. they're the same word."
Welsh Halfwit
Location: Wales, a luverrly land with noisy neighbours.
Speaking for myself I'd never rhyme a word with itself. But I'm not a D&D playing cosmic geek with Godly powers. I figure he can do it if he likes.
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A great gryphon's pride is quite tender
When he's blocked by a mangy offender
But a dog's wedding ring
Proves to be just the thing
To seize victory 'guised as surrender
Welsh Halfwit Wrote:
Neither would I, but that's part of the joke.
(technically it rhymes, but aesthetically it is bad form)
Crystalwind
Hmm... It just occurred to me that I think there are three or two other players we haven't seen yet (not certain of the exact number, but the other players were mentioned in the heaven trial), which makes me think that the story arc isn't anywhere near finished yet, like some people seem to think it is. I'm fairly certain that we're going to meet them before this whole thing is finished. Admittedly, it's a duel, so they're probably not going to be actively participating, but I think they're going to show up before this whole thing ends.
Remember: It's not D&D. It's U&U as far as the metaphor goes, and the actual game isn't like D&D at all.
Who wouldn't attempt to acquire the thiiiiing?
legendario13
Location: Guess, and win...mmm..a hug.
I hate how Pete is always... horsing around
Now seriously...probably just doing it to mess with Dragon.
A moment of enlightenment...aaaaand it's gone
Ninkurou
I see Pete as an Knight Templar and Dragon as Good
In my opnion, yes, Pete and the dragon are nerds, but they are not playing this game just for a game.
Or just to see which one will lose their powers...
The destiny of our world is being played in this game as well...
What will happen to everyone is being decided!
That's because they both want to make humans and animals equals...
But Pete is about, mind control, turning persons into dogs against their will and torturing him, stealing from the Heaven, tricking peanut butter using his dreans... (Yes, I know that he spend a lot of years lost in the desert, the same desert that he choose to obtain a big advantage, (Not a quite smart move) but still at least I wouldn't choose this path, he is in my eyes a Knight Templar (End the evil, no matter how))
And at least in my eyes the dragon seens to give to her avatar freedom, she used her powers to help the pets had fun to protect then, she even helped that ghost... And she put herself in risk to send an evil snow spirit away... (She doenst need to be nice to anybody else to win the game, but she is very nice, thats because I belive that she has a Kind Hearth)
So the Dragon is right in telling that Pete's plan to make humans and animals equals would cause a catastrophe.
Maybe his plan, if he win, is to turn everyone into animals or to force love with mind control, ending free will...
Thats also a motive that I think that King will not want to be his avatar, (He really dont like Pete, since he is the target of most of his attacks)
legendario13 Wrote:
He's a gryphon, not a hippogryph.
Re: I see Pete as an Knight Templar and Dragon as Good
Ninkurou Wrote:
Pete never really cared about making Humans and Animals equals, their game was not about that. He just said he would do that to get Mr. Milton to move the temple somewhere else. Also since he is now working with Keene hes not forcing it anymore anyway so that doesn't even matter. The reason they are playing this game is because Pete and Dragon got into a fight in another U&U game they are playing in another universe. They are playing this one to see which one gets to run that first U&U game, nothing more.
CR4CK3RW0LF
Location: Florida, USA
i keep clicking the next button and nothings happening. D:
too bad the wolf party had to be cut short :/
"its not toilet water.. Its most definately root beer, i swear officer! D:"
IceKitsune Wrote:
You forgot this.
People, stop thinking this too much. Stop believing they are some kind of mystic guardians, because they're playing with mortals as humans do with ants. They decide over the future of the world and every living being by their own whims. They play with their form and their fate as they want. However, at least they are not monster and care about them. They want to give them a happy life, no matter if they have to make them suffer first (yeah, a bit Machiavellian). So there's no need to worry now because they always get their happy ending. Rick just put a bit of drama in the story (once in millenniums), but that's not gonna change the results.
All I'm hoping for is that the open questions will be answered and the respective threads resolved in such a manner that you can summarize this particular subplot on an A4 sheet of paper.
At the moment it's like trying to wrap your head around the MGS series' plot before IV came out. I don't like that in my character-driven comics.
Gren Wrote:
I didn't forget that (again the end of that Arc made the whole Pete forcing equality thing irrelevant anyway) but I'm talking about why they came to the Housepets Universe originally, the whole thing with making humans and animals equal came later, after Pete got stuck in the desert for so long. It was not the reason they started playing the U&U Duel in the first place, that was because as I said above, they got into a fight over the first U&U game in another Universe and came here to settle it. Really though I can see we both seem to agree that people are still kind of over thinking the Nerds to much anyway.
Alucai Vivorvel
I'm amazed nobody's posted anything like this yet:
Of course replace Tinny Tim with King.
Argent Wrote:
It's just because he sometimes takes that weird horse like shape hehehe
PhoenixAsper
Hey, WAIT a minute, WAIT a MINUTE!!!!!
If Pete were to blackmail King into being his avatar, that would be a violation of the free will/free agency thing!! Because that's NOT free will, that's coercion!! Pete CAN'T do this without getting in trouble once again.
JeffCvt
Location: Somewhere between 8:30 and the color red
He's not blackmailing him though. Pete simply says that if he loses, King becomes human again. Yes, Pete knows that King probably wants to stay a dog right now, but he's not "blackmailing" him. It's really just a loophole he's trying to exploit I think. I'm sure we'll see soon enough.
Jeff "Clavy" Civit
Silly Zealot
Location: The land of the dulce de leche!
PhoenixAsper Wrote:
He can still choose wether o agree..... or face the consequences.
Besides, freedom is the absense of boundaries, and until I get to break the laws of physics like crystal, I do not consider myself trully free.
20th century fox? Given that this is the year 2018, that fox must be dead by now. Sadface! : (
I'm telling you, hyenas ARE canines too!
However, at least they are not monster and care about them. They want to give them a happy life, no matter if they have to make them suffer first (yeah, a bit Machiavellian).
I have to disagree with this one. It's the one reason I want Pete to win and not Dragon, despite how much I can't stand Pete and wish he would just give up and pick another avatar.
It has been pointed out by all three Cosmic Super $(@!#s that the initial reason for Dragon sending Tarot to Peanut was to block Pete from getting Grape or Peanut as his avatar. The only reason it was done was for the game. Both Pete and Kitsune are surprised, and tease Dragon about the fact that both Tarot and Dragon actually fell in love with Peanut. "Why is your avatar still with the dog?" As if it was a common move in their game to use their avatar to make friends or fall in love with potential avatars, then drop them like a hot potato when it wasn't necessary to keep up the ruse. In my opinion, this is needlessly cruel.
Xane Wrote:
And why you suppose Pete is not doing the same with Fox and Bailey? As I said before, they can play with mortals like humans with ants.
As far as we know (so far), Bailey wasn't specifically sent by Pete to toy with King's emotions like Tarot was with Peanut. Pete's almost as bad, but Dragon's actions are just slightly worse in my mind.
I don't buy the happy ending bit either. Since it was a dream sent by Pete, it could simply be another lie. The flashbacks showed that the avatars can die. Maybe they get to go to Heaven, but that's still hardly the best way to end up there.
I wouldn't be so sure, we really don't know that. But honestly, it can't be a coincidence that between all the dogs in BG he ended up to forge a friendship with the only dog he ever had kidnapped. Besides, remember it was Fox who invited King to go the farm with him, so maybe their encounter was arranged by Pete. And finally, after seen his reaction in this strip, I wouldn't be surprised if this is actually true.
Mickey the Luxray
Location: Why-Cant-We-Be-Given-Some-Consarned-Snow-Ville, USA
You've Got the Wrong Celestial Being
If King encountering Bailey was arranged by anyone it would be by Dragon... remember how Pete said that Dream Sunderer-type Avatars couldn't be in love with someone? And how Dragon sent in Tarot and used Max to block Pete from using Peanut or Grape?
What would stop Dragon from using Bailey to her advantage, too?
After all, that would mean that Dragon just knocked out Pete's newest potential Dream Sunderer. To counter, Pete would have had to find a different kind of avatar to use... and he did exactly that, using King's contempt for Pete to his own advantage.
Pete's next move would be to recruit King as his avatar by issuing an ultimatum that would multiply King's hatred of Pete, right? Sure. Except for one thing... Like I said before. If King just happened to remember that it was Pete who gave him the life he had now... and without Pete he'd still be in jail, sad and lonely... just HOW MUCH of that oh-so-precious contempt would vanish? Most likely, enough to nerf himself as an Avatar pretty bad.
Pete's set his loss in pure Australium, one way or another, considering that he's been in serious trouble from the beginning. The subjective moment that Dragon put the curse on Pete's temple was the subjective moment where Pete was guaranteed to lose- he's so desperate to get the quick win on Dragon now that he forgets to plan ahead, and inevitably that will lead to his downfall.
If you want my number, it's #804080.
Re: You've Got the Wrong Celestial Being
Mickey the Luxray Wrote:
This could be also a possibility, though remember King is not a Dream Sunderer, he's a Dark Paladin.
and without Pete he'd still be in jail, sad and lonely.
Nope. The sentence was going to be "time served".
RainbowDragon
So, what´s the condition for spell-reverse now? i am too lazy to look for everything that rhymes with surrender o.o
And I hoped King would never see Pete again... poor boy.
Hint: Surrender also rhymes with Surrender
Specifically Pete's surrender. Thus King needs to play so that the game can be officially decided within the year
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The TAMI Show — Hosted by Jan & Dean — Official DVD Release
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When The Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes
Run, Run, Run
Where Did Our Love Go
The Barbarians
Hey Little Bird
James Brown & The Flames
Prisoner Of Love
Please, Please, Please
It’s All Over Now
I’m All Right
Show Close: Let’s Get Together
Commentary by Director Steve Binder
Original Trailer with Commentary by John Landis
Original T.A.M.I. Show Radio Spots
Commemorative Booklet
« Last Edit: November 18, 2010, 08:47:34 PM by admin »
Ban n Bean
Re: The TAMI Show — Hosted by Jan & Dean
Does the DVD include outtakes of the film that made for the opening titles? I had read that it might.
Mark A. Moore
I read somewhere that the opening sequence, featuring J&D, would be featured without the credits. Not sure, though.
New DVD sounds like you are there! Didn't like the comments in the booklet about Jan & Dean trend riding. In my opinion, thier contribution to the TAMI Show and Rock and Roll was more than 2 songs that "come off as more products of their time and place (and old-scholl showbiz conventions)." More later... Gotta go catch that last ride to work!
Just got back from work. I just wanted you to know despite what I wrote previous, this DVD is COOL. I really enjoyed commentary from Steve Binder, sounds like he has met many interesting people in the music world.
The opening still has credits and there are no out-takes.
I picked up two copies and also received 2 posters!
Get your copy ASAP and enjoy.
I got mine in today. It's great. Jan & Dean perform pretty well. Their vocals aren't terrible. There are other acts that struggled vocally as well. J&D did fine. The comments about Jan & Dean being trend riders didn't bother me too much because they kept up with what was going on, just like almost every other act in the world. The comment really didn't need to be made. The skateboard thing was original, and if they would have included production in the comments, Jan was very innovative and original. But I get what the guy was saying, as far as that performance, Jan & Dean wasn't quite up to par with James Brown and Leslie Gore. Great video!
J&D never made any attempt to replicate their recorded vocal arrangements in a live setting . . . (and there are understandable reasons for this, given their schedules).
Their brass/woodwind element was there . . . basically charts from the studio versions . . . but vocally, the "live" stuff doesn't carry.
And when you have an iconic thing like TAMI, it's going to be all the more glaring.
It's a shame Jan didn't use the better "Music City" arrangement for the theme song ("From All Over the World"), with full backing harmonies. The single version, as heard in the film, is so sparse and ineffective by comparison. It's also out of tune in places.
Yeah, I don't know why Jan chose that arrangement for From All Over the World. Music City was better. After watching the show, there were a few pitchie moments outside of Jan & Dean. I think the worst vocal was Mickey's Monkey by the Miracles. The Beach Boys had a couple of vocal hickups, but they were playing so fast, it's hard to hear. Brian was great on Surfer Girl. J&D certainly wasn't the worst live vocal on the show. Mickeys Monkey had to be the worst. Best vocal, to me, was Leslie and best performance was James Brown. Funniest moment was the Flames introduction by Jan & Dean. I think the show flowed very well. And I think Jan & Dean were great hosts.
Hopefully this release helps J&D get into the Hall of Fame. I sure hope it doesn't hurt there chances.
Just watched the DVD . . . amazing quality.
Drummer for James Brown kicks major ass.
At the end, when the Stones are playing everyone back on stage, Jan & Dean and Mike Love scoop up Dennis Wilson and run with him across the stage. Pretty funny . . .
Great Beach Boys set.
And cool commentary on Jan & Dean from director Steve Binder.
« Last Edit: March 26, 2010, 07:14:15 PM by Mark A. Moore »
Just to add my voice to those above. I have just received my copy of the DVD. I had to convert my DVD player to multi-region but it was well worth it. To see Jan and Dean and the whole show in clear pictures and sound for the first time was a revelation. Like many others I had only seen it before as a poor copy.
I see reading across the board a number of comments on Jan and Dean's performance. I thought that their quality as performers made up for some of the vocals.
I never quite understood why Jan was so keen to advertise his backing singers on the albums (quite an unusual idea initially) but didn't have them singing alongside he and Dean to 'fill out' the sound on stage.
Oldiesmusicfan1
Sounds like a great DVD.
Re: The TAMI Show — Hosted by Jan & Dean — Official DVD Release
Surprised no one mentioned that the BBs are singing backgrounds off stage for the 2 J&D numbers (kind cool). Leslie Gore kicks butt on this program and shows what a great singer she is. I think the issue with Mickey's Monkey was that Smokey had blown out his voice at that point. It sounds much more raspy on that tune and it seems like he's really pushing for volume - which, by the way, usually causes a singer to go flat. Possible?
Where did you hear the BB's were singing in the background of the Jan & Dean set? I thought it was the Fantastic Baggies.
TAMI was a great show. That fact that there were a few vocal hick ups just means it was LIVE. and that's cool. Jan and Dean in the intro was great pop culture stuff. and Dean skateboarding on stage was a great moment too. I thought they represented themselves well
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Filipinos Worldwide Continue to Protest China’s Intrusion in the West Phil Sea
On the third anniversary of the Philippines’ victory against China in the Permanent Court of Arbitration, Filipinos abroad stand together to demand justice for Filipino fisherfolk
NEW YORK — “Atin ang ‘Pinas! China Layas!” (The Philippines is ours! China get out!).This has been the rallying cry of the US Pinoys for Good Governance (USPGG) since 2010, as they were joined by fellow Filipinos all over the world to protest the illegal activities and unjust policies of Beijing in the West Philippine Sea. Their worldwide protests played a part in prompting the Philippine government to file an arbitration case against China in 2013, which led to a historic victory for the Philippines on July 12, 2016.
To celebrate the third anniversary of what the international community hails as a “landmark legal victory for the Philippines”, USPGG and various groups such as the National Youth Movement for the West Philippine Sea (NYMWPS), Global Filipino Diaspora Council, Migrante US and Migrante Youth, Malaya Movement, Network on China’s Aggression on the Philippines (NoCAP) and Bayan USA, will come together this Friday, July 12, 2019 with more vigor and renewed calls for China to respect international laws and Philippine Sovereignty in the West Philippine Sea, and give justice to Filipino fisherfolk being oppressed by Chinese vessels in our territory.
The intensified protests against China are also due to the ramming of a Filipino wooden fishing boat by the Chinese Yuemaobinyu 42212, an alleged para-military fishing vessel, at Recto Bank around midnight of June 9, 2019. The incident happened within the Philippines’ Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), where the crew of 22 Filipino fishermen almost died after being abandoned by the Chinese vessel in the dark, open sea. After several hours, the Filipinos reached a Vietnamese fishing boat, whose captain rescued them after understanding only these words: “Vietnam. Philippines. Friends.”
The groups representing Filipinos from different sectors, also expressed their disappointment with how President Duterte and his cabinet members handled the affair — with PRRD even revealing that he had made a “verbal agreement” with China’s Xi Jinping, to let Chinese vessels fish in Philippine waters in exchange for loans and other undisclosed privileges.
“This deliberate act of aggression against Filipino fishermen is part of the bullying tactics of China to intimidate and coerce Filipino fishermen away from our own rich fishing grounds,” said Atty. Ted Laguatan, spokesperson for USPGG. “It is so sad that the Philippine President Rodrigo Roa Duterte is a puppet of China, and has ceded control of Philippine territories to the Chinese, clearly betraying and not protecting his own people.”
The global protests will take place in front of China Consulates or Embassies and key areas in Saipan, Guam, Manila, San Francisco, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, London, Scotland, and other cities. For more information on times and venues for the rallies, visit the USPGG Facebook page @USPGGNational or their website, www.USPGG.org. (Press Release by USPGG)
Jul 8, 2019 Admin
Filipino and Latino Artists Merge in ‘Cultural Cousins’ Art ShowKinding Sindaw Enthralls NYC with Barefoot Dancing
Filipinos Celebrate UN Court Ruling on South China Sea
OSM! Celebrates Year 2 with a Party and Over a Million Hits
7 days ago FeaturesChina, Philippines’ Exclusive Economic Zone, Recto Bank, US Pinoys for Good Governance, Vietnam, West Philippine Sea, Xi Jinping73
OSM! has a new look. What do you think?
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SFC: Martins prove too strong for Joes
Wolfe Tones club notes
Well done to our U16 county player Sean Flanagan who won man of the match in Louths win over Longford in the Gerry Reilly Cup at the weekend.
SFC: Marys hold out for dramatic victory
St Marys survived a late rally from the O Raghallaighs before holding out for a dramatic victory over the O Raghallaighs at Dunleer on Sunday evening.
SFC: Mochtas see off Gaels
St Mochtas celebrated their return to senior football with an impressive display to see off the challenge of Dundalk Gaels at Dowdallshill on Sunday afternoon.
Geraldines club notes
Our Senior Men begin their Championship journey next weekend and we wish them and their Management all the very best in their campaign
SFC: Early Shevlin goal crucial for Dreadnots
A goal inside the opening five minutes from Liam Shevlin proved crucial as Dreadnots began their Senior Championship campaign with a victory over St Patricks at The Grove on Sunday afternoon.
IFC: Mattock oust Cooley for opening win
The Intermediate Championship began with a clash of two of the fancied sides and after a closely contested affair at Stabannon it was Mattock Rangers who emerged with a 0 13 to 0-10 win over Cooley.
JFC: Roche show exactly why they're favourites
Roche Emmets cemented their place as favourites for this year's Junior Championship with a comprehensive 3-16 to 1-5 win over a spirited St Nicholas team in Stabannon on Friday evening. Barry O'Hare starred for the winners as he finished with a total of 1-12.
Naomh Fionnbarra club notes & St Annes Camogie club notes
There was no jackpot winner in Naomh Fionnbarra G.F.C. and St. Anne's Camogie Club Lotto draw held on Wednesday 10th July.
Croke Park, Killarney and Ballybofey were the venues for today's games.
16 counties represented on Masters International Rules squad
The Irish Masters (Over 40) squad to face their Australian counterparts in next Saturday's International Rules test in Denn, Co. Cavan has been named.
Gerry Reilly Cup fixtures
The Gerry Reilly Cup Under 16 football tournament continues this weekend
Ladies previews: Scene is set for the All-Ireland series
LET battle commence! With the provincial silverware handed out, thoughts now turn to the TG4 All-Ireland series, with Round 1 fixtures down for decision on Saturday and Sunday.
Who exactly would a two-tiered senior football championship benefit?
Evidently, a two-tiered intercounty football championship is imminent, but it certainly won't be a pill for every ill.
Football rankings: the picture is becoming clearer
Here are our latest football rankings as the Super 8s are about to begin.
Leinster hurling championship expansion to be discussed next week
Leinster Council chairman Jim Bolger has confirmed that a possible expansion to the Leinster senior hurling championship will be discussed next week.
O'Connells club notes
Results: Under 14B Championship group 1 O'Connells/Stabannon 10-14, St. Mochtas/St. Brides 1-6.
Ladies semi-finals fixed for Croke Park
History will be made next month when the All-Ireland senior ladies football semi-finals will be staged at Croke Park for the first time.
TG4 All-Ireland semis fixed for August 25th at Croker
The Ladies Gaelic Football Association and Championship sponsors TG4 have announced today (TUESDAY) that the 2019 TG4 All-Ireland Senior semi-finals will be played at Croke Park on Sunday, August 25.
O'Raghallaighs club notes
Next Monday, our U17 side play Dundalk Gaels away from home. Throw in is at 7.30pm. All support welcome.
The Super 8s beckon for Tyrone, Mayo, Cork and Meath…
Dublin's conquerors Laois have no less than nine representatives on our team of the week…
Laois pulled off a big shock in the hurling championship while Tyrone, Mayo, Cork and Meath all have Super 8 football to look forward to...
"I am getting a little bit of credit and I don't want it. The players are the ones that crossed the line, that drove it on."
There was no jackpot winner in Naomh Fionnbarra G.F.C. and St. Anne's Camogie Club Lotto draw held on Wednesday 3rd July
Our Senior Ladies started their Championship journey Sunday morning.
Roche Emmetts club notes
Do you want to be a STAR on the Big Screen and raise funds for Roche Emmets ????
As it happened: Saturday Match Tracker
Today we had three All-Ireland SFC qualifiers down for decision.
Fixtures task force invites submissions from GAA members
The newly appointed GAA Fixtures Calendar Review Task Force has commenced work under the chair of Eddie O'Sullivan.
The 2 concluding 'Round Robin games are scheduled for the following 2 weekends.
Numbers: 2, 7, 10, 23.
All-Ireland U20HC B clash off
This evening's All-Ireland U20HC B opening round clash between Louth and Meath has been called off
Team news: Royals name strong side
Meath have named a strong side to face Louth in the All-Ireland Under-20 'B' championship at Darver tonight (Wednesday) at 7.30pm.
Ban on back pass to goalkeeper to be debated
A new rule banning the back pass to goalkeepers in gaelic football could be on the agenda at the Special Congress which is scheduled for October.
Leinster U20FC: three-mendous Model pip luckless Louth
Jamie Myler's last-ditch penalty proved decisive for Wexford, who beat Louth by 3-10 to 0-16 at Drogheda.
On Thursday, our U18 team play Mattock Rangers / Hunterstown Rovers at home. Throw in is at 7.30pm.
The supporters of Limerick and Wexford have a pep in their step today. Here is our hurling team of the week...
Championship Fixtures Updated 15/07/2019 18:09:59
Focus On Actual Fixtures Updated 15/07/2019 17:41:39
Leinster Minor Football Championship 2019 Updated 10/07/2019 22:14:58
Final Nail In The Coffin Updated 10/07/2019 22:07:53
Louth U 20S Updated 10/07/2019 19:19:11
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Keswick Film Club - The Governess
Sunday 22nd January 5:00 PM
The Governess
Director: Sandra Goldbacher Country: UK
Cert: 15 Year: 1998 Length: 115 mins
Reviewed By Chris Coombes
KESWICK FILM CLUB'S 1000TH FILM!
Keswick Film Club started showing alternative films back in February 1999 and (ignoring possible counting errors...) tonight is the 1000th film we have shown! To celebrate this amazing feat, we decided to show the first film again. The Governess was first shown on 7th February 1999; thanks to all the volunteers and to Tom Rennie and the Alhambra we are still going strong in 2017; here's to the next 1000 films together! Maybe you were at the first? Have you been coming along ever since?
Why not let us have any special memories you have?
Set in the 1840s, Minnie Driver plays Rosina in the title role; she has been brought up in a London Sephardic Jewish community but, on the death of her father has to find a job to support her family. She obtains the post of governess to a young girl on a tiny Scottish island, changing her name to Mary to avoid anti-Semitism. The father (Tom Wilkinson) - who spends every possible moment avoiding his wife with his photography hobby - begins to spend time with Mary, whilst his teenage son (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) falls hook line and sinker for her...
I will leave it to one of our favourite critics over the years - Roger Ebert - to summarise the result: "Photography provides the counterpoint: Their dance of attraction begins at arm's length, through the pictures they take of each other. The claustrophobic, isolated Victorian household is a stage on which every nuance, however small, is noticed. And there are rich underlying ironies, not least that by denying their assigned places in society (he as a husband, she as a Jew), they are able for a time to function freely just as two people happy to be together in mind and body".
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Ruben Brandt, Collector (Ruben Brandt, a gyujto) (R)
Ruben Brandt, a famous psychotherapist, is forced to steal 13 paintings from the world's renowned museums and private collections to prevent his suffering from terrible nightmares he has as a result of subliminal messaging he received as a child. Accompanied by his four patients, he and his band of thieves strike regularly and with great success: the Louvre, Tate, Uffizi, Hermitage, the Museum of Modern Art..."The Collector" quickly becomes the most wanted criminal in the world. Gangsters and headhunters chase him around the world while the reward for his capture keeps rising, approaching a hundred million dollars. A cartel of insurance companies entrusts Mike Kowalski, a private detective and leading expert on art theft, to solve the "Collector Case."
Animation , Suspense/Thriller
Milorad Kristic
Makranczi Zalán
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This game is ridiculous. It's borderline impossible with our chances that we would only have one goal. Kielly and the defense have given up some terrible softies, but it should be like 5-5, not 5-1.
I find it strange the NCAA allows the extra skater and we dress 7 D with only 8 on the roster, really thought one more impact freshman was needed on the backend. Kielly wasn't on his A game tonight but Penn State got into scoring areas way too easy and there's only so much he can do, I think he will be fine but the defense definitely has some huge questions, Hurley very well could be our best defensemen.
Remember Walker
Let's see, we come out on Thursday with some lines which I would expect have been practicing together for at least a few weeks, and play really decently. Then, come Friday. F'ing Jones comes out and decides that he needs to change everything around and the team looks all a-mess. I'd love to see Keilly just leave for the pros after this "exemplary coaching display". Jones never gave the team a chance tonight. Just sad.
Well...not a great night by any means. A tough bounces kind of night as well. Two abysmal defensive zone face off goals, big guy with a nice play in front, Juho pinching as the only guy back and the ENG were the five scored.
If if you watched the game, we missed a play (I forget the shooter) where the goalie didn't even know where the puck was late in the second. It hit the goalie on the toe of the skate. Sure, at that point we're still down two, but that would've given us momentum headed into the third. Twice in the third the whistle went while we were buzzing their net without the puck being covered. Nit saying those plays change the game, but they certainly wouldn't have hurt the cause.
Credit also has to be given to Penn State. They played a very good game tonight. Very few mistakes, capitalized on their opportunities, blocked 10-15 of our shots. I don't think it's crazy to think they're a top ten team, or at least that's how they played this evening. It's hard to go on the road against such a quality opponent this early in the year and expect to win with the young team we have.
Lastly, with six Freshman forwards, as a coach you have to mix up the lines early on in the season. You can practice all you want with line combinations, but it's in-game experience they need to figure out who works well with who. Now if we get to late January/early February and still don't have a solid 1-2-3 line chart, then it's time to question the line mixing. We also don't know who is healthy. Dunne didn't skate in the Guelph game, so who knows if he was hurt or something.
We we have a lot of promise with this team, it just may take a few weeks to get settled.
Another positive might be that we only took 4 minor penalties for two games, and one of those was for too many men on the ice, oh excuse me ... too many players on the ice.
Bill'70
Men drop out of top 20 now # 23 in latest poll
vicb
Lets Go Tech
WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Clarkson 4 Wisconsin 2
Great win by the men toknight. Congrats.
Goals by Cooper, Dunn, Charyszyn and Hurley
Solid outing by Jake K in the nets stopping 26 of 28
Star of the game IMHO was Jack Jacome, all over the ice creating plays
THE NOT SO GOOD
The hit from behind on Sturm into the boards in the 2nd, should have been a 5 min major instead Wisconsin scores while he is helpless trying to get back to the bench . Then the referees take 15 minutes to figure things out, let the goal stand and then gives Quince a 5 min major and a game misconduct for leaving the bench. Thank god Nico is OK and came back to play in period 3.
Other not so good moments were the 5 or 6 breakaways Clarkson could not capitalize on, especially the two in the third period.
Holy Cross tomorrow knight.
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Steelyjim
Overall, a strong performance tonight and an entertaining game to watch, except for the long delay that resulted in Quince’s ejection.
The video quality, while not HD, is at least watchable.
Vicb, I'm in agreement with your assessments but still scratching my head trying to understand two things - Dunne's goal and Quince's penalty. On Dunne's goal, on our 55" looking at it many times, it certainly looks like the puck didn't hit his stick but rather his skate which he clearly moved. Perhaps the officials had a better view from overhead - something I wish they could share in a post game because I'm sure that there are many Wisconsin fans not happy with that call.
The Quince major is the other. He was in the penalty box at the time and Bucky scored at 2 minutes after the penalty started. Watertown Daily Times reported that he came off the bench to get involved in the post-goal scrum but per the videos out there, it was Brousseau and Astren who were over with the Badger players and not Quince. Perhaps he got the penalty for coming out of the penalty box before the puck was dropped. Here's where the officials need to do a better job of explaining their calls - before we all go bald scratching and wondering. Quince was definitely not over in the scrum.
Over-all the team looked much improved and more hungry than a week ago in game #2 but they still seemed a little tired and weak in the first 8 minutes of period 3. With SLU beating Holy Cross, I would hope we have an excellent chance of getting to 2-2 with the packed house of parent's weekend tonight.
WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO[/b]
Clarkson 3 Holy Cross 1
Good to get this one on the right side of books
Goals by Cooper, Brosseau and Jacome
3 of 4 on the PK
Star of the game IMHO again was Jack Jacome
I felt CCT was not as sharp as Friday (too many missed passes) and came out a bit flat in this game
Had another breakaway that could not be converted
PP was particularly anemic 1 for 6
Canisus next Sat knight.
If you're needing some good news, RPI is 0-3 so far being outscored 12-3. And for our friends in Boston, even with all the high draft picks on their rosters, BU and BC are both 0-3 also, BU being outscored 13-6 and BC outscored 11-5.
Not a great effort last night but a win is a win, Holy Cross played hungry late and really forced the issue. I love our forward depth early on, Cooper seems to have really settled in next to Sturm and Jacome, those two have been great, I'm sure they'll want a few chances to bury the puck back through the first 4 games but they are both great players and look more explosive compared to last year. Campoli needs to settle, the OJHL to D1 is a huge step regardless of your ability, he's shown flashes and his linemates Brosseau and Egle have looked really good, Egle has been our best forward through the 4 games. Charyszyn and Dunne were paired together tonight and I think that could stick, both are great two-way hockey players yet they have the ability to chip in offensively, Jokiharju was with them tonight and unfortunately he didn't have the greatest of nights, maybe Quince on that line next Saturday? The all freshman 4th line is really quick, they can all kill penalties and with due time I think they can be a threat to score too, I'd say Tisdale has the most upside scoring wise but Callin and Klack are going to be fun to watch for years for other teams and as they get stronger I wouldn't be shocked to see them score as upperclassmen, regardless they'll need to be trustworthy defensively as a line.
Hurley is great, he wasn't at his best last night but you can still see the potential, he's extremely mobile yet is tough to play against in his own end, IMO he's our best defenseman and he will only get better. Underwood has a good stick and can move well, he's had a few nice passes zipped to forwards sticks through tight windows but hasn't been able to do that with consistency quite yet and over time after he learns all of our systems he could. Astren, Moro, Thow are going to have to be adding in offensively, that doesn't have to be in points but if they're getting pucks going north onto forwards sticks in good positions and we score off it somehow that's something that will be expected, those 3 plus Hurley and McCarthy have seen PP time at the point so it seems the coaches are handing out a lot of chances for players to take advantage. Astren hasn't shown any composure on the puck and seems to be out of control at times but he always plays hard and is a good skater so hopefully he leans on his impressive attributes and keeps it simple. Thow is solid, just haven't seen much progression over the first 3 years, now he has an increased role and over the course of the season I hope he will settle in. Schneider is very sound, just has had continued troubles when he's in possession of the puck and teams are starting to really amp up the pressure on him, McCarthy has those same troubles although progress was made against Holy Cross although there was a lot more space compared to the first 3 games. It's going to be a game to game process for this group, hopefully we keep winning, they build some confidence up and are trending upward for the stretch run of the season.
Wisconsin was a big win, I think that's a pretty solid team and they'll win plenty of games of this season that will help us later in the year, next season going to Madison for two will be fun to see and the Badgers will have a few first round forwards coming in next season so it should be quite the test as well. Plenty of chances to win big games with our schedule, Michigan Tech x2, either Minnesota State or Minnesota-Duluth, Union is looking really good early on too along with the expected good Ivy League schools that haven't dropped the puck yet so heading into that game 4-2 would be nice and it should be expected, Canisius and RPI aren't in the same class paper but there's not an easy game on our schedule if we don't play well.
Congrats to Brian Hurley, the ECAC Rookie of the Week.
Nice win tonight..a little snake bit early and their goalie
played pretty well. Strong effort by Dunne, Kielly and the
D group.
We were not that great...but got the win. We have had so many breakaways this year....need to convert !
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wv0205 elizabeth simpson collection (9)
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[Elizabeth Simpson in Bloomington, 1943]
Elizabeth Simpson poses beside a structure in Bloomington, Indiana, where she attended storekeepers store from April to June 1943. She wears the WAVES dress blue uniform and soft-brimmed hat with blue cover. A note on the back of the photo...
WV0205 Elizabeth Simpson Collection
[Elizabeth Simpson at Laguna Beach, California, circa 1944]
Elizabeth Simpson sits on a rock near the beach at Laguna Beach, California, circa 1944. She wears the WAVES dress white uniform and soft-brimmed hat with white cover.
[Elizabeth Simpson and WAVES at Indiana University, 1943]
Elizabeth Simpson (right) poses with two fellow WAVES under an awning with the Indiana University logo in spring 1943. The women wear the WAVES dress blue uniform and soft-brimmed hat with blue cover.
Elizabeth Simpson sits on a rock near the beach at Laguna Beach, California, circa 1944. She wears the WAVES white dress uniform and soft-brimmed hat with white cover.
[Elizabeth Simpson and Eunice, circa 1944]
Elizabeth Simpson (right) and friend Eunice stand outside a church, both in WAVES raincoat, purse, and soft-brimmed hats with white cover, circa 1944.
[Elizabeth Simpson and Donna in Tijuana, Mexico, 1943]
Elizabeth Simpson (left) poses with fellow WAVE, Donna, at a photo stand in Tijuana, Mexico, in 1943.
[WAVES at U.S. Naval Training Station San Diego, 1943]
WAVES Millie Swift of Iowa; Agnes Lawrence of Oakland, California; Elizabeth Simpson of Richmond, Virginia; and Sue Wright of South Dakota pose outside WAVE Barracks 1 at the U.S. Naval Training Station, San Diego, California, in November 1943. The...
[WAVES Dot and Janet at Cedar Falls, 1943]
Elizabeth Simpson's roommates during basic training, Dot and Janet, pose outside a building at Cedar Falls, Iowa, in 1943. The women wear the WAVES dress blue uniform and soft brimmed hat with blue cover.
[WAVES in Tijuana, Mexico, 1944]
Elizabeth Simpson (right) poses with fellow WAVES Sylvester and Eunice at a photo stand in Tijuana, Mexico, in February 1944.
[Graduation photo of Cooks and Bakers Class XI, 1944]
A formal group photo upon the graduation of the Cooks and Bakers Class XI at the U.S. Naval Training Station in Bronx, New York on September 29, 1944. Elizabeth C. Hickcox is in the center of the back row. The women pictured are: Alice Reed, Glenda...
WV0067 Elizabeth C. Hickcox Papers
[Enlisted Training Service graduation, 1959]
Group photo of the U.S. Navy Enlisted Training Service graduating class and their instructors in Portsmouth, Virginia, on 3 April 1959. Pictured are: (first row) Reid, Gagne, Brockway, Mayes, Doyle, Maxine Easter, Witcofski, Waters, Pike, Holmes,...
WV0108 Maxine Virginia Easter Papers
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Conditionally complete structure of the psyche
Socionics, system, psyche, model, structure, element of the system, information, structure of the psyche, Cital, Supermental, Mental, Vital
The hypothesis of the conditionally complete model of the psyche should be mentioned in connection with the structural model of the psyche. System research of the interaction of the psyche with the outside world shows that the abovementioned structure corresponds to the psyche, as it is said, of a «standard» person. That means the psyche of a person in a relatively normal period of life, when interaction of the psyche with the outside world is caused and provided by individual and personal characteristics of the person (according to the hypothesis - from about the age of 1.5 to 70). However, it is a well-known fact that human mental life arises before birth [1] and comes to an end far beyond the abovementioned conditional boundary of the normal period of life [2, 3]
Some evolutionary scientists have expressed for a long time some conservative assumptions about the presence of «some kind of the psyche» - an elementary brain of the cells but were vigorously opposed by the colleagues and authoritative science because of inability to prove the assumptions . The application of the theory of abstract machine systems to development of a new living being makes it possible not only to prove the hypothesis of cell psyche but also formulate a whole number of nontrivial conclusions of evolutionary theory, psychophysiology, etc. The same is true for the other stage of the age period of human-function as a part of the planetary system «mankind»[1] ... Thus, two more superblocks should be added to the abovementioned psyche structure (see Figure 4)
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Socionics, the theory of informational metabolism, has developed a whole spectrum of new intellectual technologies used in personnel management, pedagogic, investigation of interpersonal relations in family, psychotherapy, for formation of effective workgroups and development of artificial intelligence systems. It is described the basic categories of modeling of the informational structure of psyche and the main principles of modeling of interaction between the subjects as the different types of the informational structures.
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Armed gang members shot dead
BY: Loop Author
At about 12.30pm on Friday, an armed robbery was carried out in a busy shopping area by a gang who had stolen a 15-seater bus earlier.
Lae police report that the bus was stolen with passengers onboard next to the Sir Ignatius Kilage stadium.
“Criminals posing as genuine passengers held up the bus crew and passengers and directed them to Two-Mile, where the rest of the gang was,” reported police.
Sir Ignatius Kilage stadium
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Missing child ends up in officer’s home
On July 1st, without her family noticing, she ran after her elder brother who had gone to Kamkumung market in Lae.
Lae police said: “Along the way, she was enticed by a young man believed to be from Highlands, when he gave her a K2 and told her that they would buy lollies. He then got her on a PMV bus with him and travelled to the Raun Wara area.
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Escapee wounded, apprehended
13:20, June 1, 2019
Lae police report that he had escaped from Buimo Correctional Services and was apprehended, sent back only to escape again when he was transferred to Barawagi CS, Simbu.
“Police had been receiving telephone calls that there had been attempted armed hold up in the area. SRU 104 was on routine patrol when they came across the escapee, who was armed with a homemade gun,” police stated.
Police intervened where the suspect was shot in the leg and apprehended.
Escapee
Buimo Correctional Services
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Lae police seek opinion on buai chewing, smoking
Metropolitan superintendent, Anthony Wagambie Jnr, clarified that this does not include residential areas and established markets that trade betelnut.
“We are seeking your opinion if we should ban this at Top Town, Eriku shopping centre, bus stops and other public areas,” he said.
“We continue to have street sales because there is a market for it, meaning people continue to buy betelnut and cigarettes from these street vendors. If people stop buying then there would not be a reason for them to sell.
Metropolitan Superintendent
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63 arrests since CCTV installation: Lae police
The identification of perpetrators and their apprehension, leading to formal arrests, has been made possible through the use of CCTV.
“The 63 arrests have been made by Market Police and Special Response Unit 101 members,” said metropolitan superintendent, Anthony Wagambie Jnr.
“These are mainly street vending, drunk and disorderly behaviour and traffic offences at the bus stop. Unauthorised PMV crew or most commonly called ‘K5 boss crew’ here in Lae have also been apprehended and arrested.
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CCTV cameras work wonders for police
16:46, April 14, 2019
The two cameras, brought in from China, were installed on the 7th of April, and have seen the arrest of over 20 offenders under a week.
On Saturday, police apprehended and arrested six men for petty crimes.
One was seen tampering with a parked vehicle in an attempt to gain entry.
Since the installation of the two CCTV cameras last weekend, Police have reported an orderly market area and bus stop.
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Lae police launch CCTV
Lae metropolitan superintendent, Anthony Wagambie Jnr, attributed this to the support of three members of the Chinese community in Lae.
“We were approached by them and asked how they could help Police in securing a safer community in Lae,” he stated.
“Lae Market was identified as one of our ‘hot spots’ where petty crimes, street selling, vehicle tampering and general harassment of the public took place.
“This was agreed upon and two High Definition rotating CCTVs were purchased from China and brought into Lae.
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Suspect shot dead during attempted hijacking
13:16, March 29, 2019
The Special Response Unit 102 patrol area covers Nawaeb Block and Miles area up to Nadzab. There are always two units on patrol within the area at all times.
Today at about 11am, one of the SRU 102 patrol was travelling inbound Lae City when they came across three armed men. The three were standing in the middle of the road, attempting to hold up vehicles travelling on the opposite of the freeway – driving out of Lae.
Special Response Unit
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Woman’s body floats downriver, husband detained
On March 15th, community leaders at Four-Mile Kandis Market reported to police a missing person using the Lae police emergency toll free number.
Three-Mile police attended and were told that a man and his wife had gone to their garden early in the morning, at about 5.30am, but the husband returned alone at around 10am and reported that his wife had gone missing.
A search conducted by the community proved to be unsuccessful.
Police gave them until the next day to continue searching or to wait and see if she returns home.
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Principal arrested over alleged sexual penetration
Lae police claim the incident occurred on the 13th of March, 2019, at about 2.30pm.
The principal, who is also a director of a private school at Papuan Compound, had abused the trust of the small girl, aged 10 years old. The girl is a relative to the suspect from his wife's side.
“The school is located next to his residence where he told the child to go to the house where he will photocopy some paper for her,” Lae police report.
“It was there that the child was allegedly abused by the principal.
sexual penetration
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History of the Studebaker Corporation
STUDEBAKER BROTHERS MFG. CO.
directors of May 12th of that year, also
in 1899, building bodies for electric runa-
bouts made by another company. And,
in 1902, actually launching into the
building of electric runabouts and trucks,
of which twenty were sold in that year,
and a total of 1,841 up to 1912, when it
abandoned electric machines. Also, in
1904, the company began building gaso-
line propelled automobiles, and during
the next seven years built and sold
2,481 passenger cars and trucks, the
chassis of which were made on contract
by another company, while the bodies
were produced in its own plants at South
Bend, and final assembly completed
there. The sales value of the 4,322 electric
and gasoline cars was $9,169,563.03.
The first electric runabout produced was
sold February 12, 1902, to F. W. Blees,
of Macon, Mo., and the first gasoline
car, a sixteen-horse-power two-cylinder
machine, sold July 22, 1904, to H. D.
Johnson, South Bend, Ind. Being assured
of the future of the automobile, the
Title History of the Studebaker Corporation
Subject Studebaker Corporation--History
Description History of the Studebaker Corporation as of 1918, featuring biographical as well as financial details.
Publisher Studebaker Corporation
Size 97 pages; 14 x 22 cm
Identifier BI-HOSC
Rights Statement http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Additional Usage Terms This material is in the pubic domain. For more information, contact local.history@sjcpl.org.
Creator Erskine, Albert Russel
Transcription STUDEBAKER BROTHERS MFG. CO. directors of May 12th of that year, also in 1899, building bodies for electric runa- bouts made by another company. And, in 1902, actually launching into the building of electric runabouts and trucks, of which twenty were sold in that year, and a total of 1,841 up to 1912, when it abandoned electric machines. Also, in 1904, the company began building gaso- line propelled automobiles, and during the next seven years built and sold 2,481 passenger cars and trucks, the chassis of which were made on contract by another company, while the bodies were produced in its own plants at South Bend, and final assembly completed there. The sales value of the 4,322 electric and gasoline cars was $9,169,563.03. The first electric runabout produced was sold February 12, 1902, to F. W. Blees, of Macon, Mo., and the first gasoline car, a sixteen-horse-power two-cylinder machine, sold July 22, 1904, to H. D. Johnson, South Bend, Ind. Being assured of the future of the automobile, the
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The Pillow Book
With Norman being relatively stable and CyberCistern, my ISP, having shut down the VickiCam website after the complaints about his nude yoga exercises, I've had to look about for a new project for all of my boundless energies and to keep myself accessible to my hordes of fans. I was unsure of what to do until representatives of the local Democratic Party showed up on my doorstep one day last week. It seems that the Democrats have been taking a walloping in our area recently and they're looking to recruit candidates of high public profile and known accomplishment to put on the ticket. I have the honor of announcing that I have been asked to run for City of Beverly Hills animal control officer on the Democratic ticket.
This was an answer to a prayer, I immediately got out the darling little Edith Head suit I wore in the musical version of State of the Union and had photos taken for the campaign posters. Norman thinks my slogan should be 'Catch with a Snatch' but I think that might give voters the wrong impression. My opponent, who has a degree in animal husbandry (it's apparently not illegal in Alabama, where he comes from), has nothing on me who has spent so much screen time with Lassie, Rin-Tin-Tin, Francis, the Talking Mule, and other major stars. I'm sitting down tomorrow with strategists to map out a winning campaign and to have Bob Mackie work on my wardrobe for public appearances. Lots of red, white and blue.
Norman's recent foray into nude yoga inspired me to put The Pillow Book into the home theater system the other night while I was busy drawing sketches of campaign posters. This movie stars that darling Ewan McGregor as Jerome, an English translator in Hong Kong; he meets up with Nagiko (Vivian Wu), a Japanese girl who wants to be a writer and together they paint Asian calligraphy all over each other’s naked bodies. Ewan, a very modern young man, plays his part as a happy bisexual who paints and is painted by his girl all day and who sleeps with her publisher all evening in order to have her work recognized. There’s also a bunch of subplots about the girl’s family of origin, and a medieval Japanese courtesan who wrote the most famous ‘Pillow Book’ in Asiatic literature. This is a Peter Greenaway film, which means that plot, character, narrative, and organization all take a backseat to visual style. Greenaway is interested in the potential of film as a visual medium and works more as a painter with celluloid than a traditional filmmaker.
I have been something of a Greenaway fan ever since The Draughtsman's Contract some decades ago and have seen most of his work. His images and ideas tend to be stunning, dangerous, daring and visceral. A moment of surreal beauty worthy of Vermeer will be followed by a sickening shot of decay in unusual juxtaposition and counterpoint. His films are often organized around a visual hook of some kind. In The Draughtsman’s Contract , it was a series of delicate architectural renderings. In Drowning by Numbers , it’s the numerals 1 to 100. In this film, it’s careful Asian calligraphy done with body paint, with light and as optical effects, overlying more traditional images. With this film, Greenaway regresses somewhat. There is much here to like with the recreation of imperial Kyoto, the gorgeous calligraphy, the sensuous lighting but it all ultimately comes to naught as he keeps letting his modern day psychobabble plot about relatively uninteresting individuals get in the way.
The film gathered a certain amount of attention on release because of the extensive frontal nudity from Ewan McGregor, whose star was starting to rise in Hollywood. He does have a lovely body and keeps no secrets from the audience. Norman kept exclaiming 'Holy Cow! Look at the size of that thing!' throughout. There is also nudity from his lovely young costar, Vivian Wu. Also, unusual for film, there is extensive and continuous frontal male nudity from a variety of types whose bodies serve as the pages of Nagiko’s books. But all the shots in the world of a naked Ewan cannot save the muddle that mixes environmental terrorists, father/daughter problems, suicide, bodily desecration, and strange French and Japanese pop songs together in a tumbled heap. It's a movie to see once for its bold visuals, and then promptly forget.
Skin painting. Hong Kong nightclubs. Bonsai. Grave robbing. Gratuitous naked extras. Ancient courtesans. Bad marriages. Gratuitous British mother. Tanned human.
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Tag: Curiosity
Halos on Mars
By JoEllen McBride, PhD
Curiosity Discovery Suggests Early Mars Environment Suitable for Life Longer Than Previously Thought.
We have been searching desperately for evidence of life on Mars since the first Viking lander touched down in 1976. So far we’ve come up empty-handed but a recent finding from the Curiosity rover has refueled scientists’ hopes.
NASA’s Curiosity rover is currently puttering along the Martian surface in Gale Crater. Its mission is to determine whether Mars ever had an environment suitable for life. The clays and by-products of reactions between water and sulfuric acid (a.k.a. sulfates) that fill the crater are evidence that it once held a lake that dried up early in the planet’s history. Using its suite of instruments, Curiosity is digging, sifting and burning the soil for clues to whether the wet environment of a young Mars could ever give rise to life.
On Tuesday, scientists announced that they discovered evidence that groundwater existed in Gale Crater long after the lake dried up. Curiosity noticed lighter colored rock surrounding fractures in the crater which scientists recognized as a tell-tale sign of groundwater. As water flows underground on Earth, oxygen atoms from the water combine with other minerals found in the rock. The newly-formed molecules are then transported by the flowing water and absorbed by the surrounding rock. This process creates ‘halos’ within the rock that often have different coloration and composition than the original rock.
Curiosity used its laser instrument to analyze the composition of the lighter colored rock in Gale Crater and reported that it was full of silicates. This particular region of the crater contains rock that was not present at the same time as the lake and does not contain the minerals necessary to produce silicates. So the only way these silicates could be present is if they were transported there from older rock. Using what they know about groundwater processes on Earth, NASA scientists determined that groundwater must have reacted with silicon present in older rock creating the silicates. These new minerals then flowed to the younger bedrock and seeped in resulting in the halos Curiosity discovered. The time it would take these halos to form provide strong evidence that groundwater persisted in Gale Crater much longer than previously thought.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Image from Curiosity of the lighter colored halos surrounding fractures in Gale Crater.
This news also comes on the heels of the first discovery of boron by Curiosity on Mars. Boron on Earth is present in dried-up, non-acidic water beds. Finding boron on Mars suggests that the groundwater present in Gale Crater was most likely at a temperature and acidity suitable for microbial life. The combination of the longevity of groundwater and its acceptable acidity greatly increases the window for microbial life to form on young Mars.
These two discoveries have not only extended the time-frame for the habitability of early Mars but lead one to wonder where else groundwater was present on the planet. We hopefully won’t have to wait too long to find out. Curiosity is still going strong and NASA has already begun work on a new set of exploratory Martian robots. The next rover mission to Mars is set to launch in 2020 and will be equipped with a drill that will remove core samples of Martian soil. The samples will be stored on the planet for retrieval at a later date. What (or who) will be sent to pick up the samples is still being determined.
Although we haven’t found evidence for life on Mars, the hope remains. It appears Mars had the potential for life at the same time in its formation as Earth. We just have to continue looking for organic signatures in the Martian soil or determine what kept life from getting its start on the Red Planet.
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[Review] – SING movie (2016 Animation Film)
One of my new favourites – the SING movie!
I had no idea what to expect from SING! the 2016 animation film from Illumination Entertainment but damn! By the end of the movie, I had laughed, cried and laughed so hard I was crying; it just had released so many emotions that I wasn’t ready to unleash. I gotta say it might be one of my all time favourite movies, and there aren’t many on that list that are from this past decade.
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A great variety of characters with well-suited voice actors (who can sing!)
Firstly, the voice actors were spot on. Matthew McConaughey was positively charismatic as the cute and resourceful koala ‘Buster Moon’ that I could relate to the most. His delightful demeanour in spite of all the challenges he was facing with his business on the brink of bankruptcy gave me so much hope.
It took me back to the days I was running the dance studio and all the challenges I faced. To the many times I felt like giving up and quitting; until I finally let go after a decade of holding on to that dream. When I saw him seemingly lose everything, I thought, damn – how is he gonna bounce back from this?
Seth MacFarlane was hilarious as the arrogant but extremely talented jazzy mouse, ‘Mike’. I absolutely adore the saxophone and hearing those instrumentals was out of this world for me. His old school touch was a hit with my parents and his last scene made me laugh so hard I was crying.
I didn’t recognise Reese Witherspoon‘s voice and I never knew she could sing so well. I loved her grocery shopping scene – sometimes supermarket music is just so good you gotta shake it 😆
Scarlett Johansson was another surprise as the moody and heartbroken teenage porcupine, Taron Egerton (The Kingsman: Secret Service and Eddie the Eagle) as a kid gorilla wanting his father’s approval and Nick Kroll as the absolutely fabulous exhibitionist, Gunther.
The Pop Queen of YouTube, Tori Kelly has taken her artistry to new heights with her angelic performance of Hallelujah (check out the duet version with former American Idol reject Jennifer Hudson) as the stage-shy Meena. She does justice to Stevie Wonder’s “Don’t You Worry ‘Bout A Thing” in the finale and released an accompanying music video just recently:
Packed with great music and original performances
There was a variety of so much good music packed into this movie, almost 90 songs from the last 70 years. I knew my parents would love it but even I was surprised when my dad jumped up during the credits and started dancing his heart out, wearing his favourite Hawaiian shirt and all. He looked more like a tropical Bollywood dancer than a Filipino dad. I wish I had my phone to take a video of the whole thing.
Turns out it was a new track by the legendary Stevie Wonder featuring contemporary pop princess Ariana Grande written just for the Sing movie. It’s damn catchy, check it out below.
Upbeat comedy that made me cry from laughing
There were a few solid scenes that made me laugh so hard, I had tears running down my face. In Buster’s lowest moment, the writers found the best way to lighten the mood and transition to an upwards journey.
This I can appreciate whenever I’m in a dark mood and start to let fear and doubt creep into my mind. I’ll be sure to remember this movie and take a break to allow it to kick me back into realising possibilities and believing in magic again.
Honestly, watch it when you’re feeling down and enjoy yourself.
There’s a sequel on the way!
Great news, part 2 to the 2016 SING movie is on the way, but won’t be released until 2020. I’ll probably have one, maybe two kids by then so that’ll be fun to watch.
I hope you enjoyed my Sing movie review, please share and subscribe to my blog to keep updated!
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Here’s why the US has no right to interfere in Nicaragua
Hawks in the Trump administration have their sights set on regime change, not because of freedom or democracy, but to ‘settle historic scores’, argues John Perry.
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega speaks to supporters during the opening ceremony of a highway overpass in Managua, Nicaragua March 21, 2019. REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas
It’s been almost 200 years since the US declared that it would allow no more European colonies in the western hemisphere. A 100 years later this was twisted into a declaration that Latin America is exclusively the US’s sphere of influence, giving it a self-proclaimed right to interfere in other countries’ affairs.
The ‘Monroe Doctrine’, as it was known, deservedly fell into disrepute. But under President Trump it’s been revived. John Bolton, his national security adviser, announced in April that ‘the Monroe Doctrine is alive and well’. In May, he went even further: ‘This is our hemisphere!’ he told reporters after the failed coup in Venezuela.
‘Troika of tyranny’
The new version of the doctrine gives it a further twist. Bolton now claims to stand in defence of ‘democracy, sovereignty, security, and the rule of law’, aiming to make the Americas ‘free’ from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego. Of course, he’s the one who decides what ‘free’ means.
It won’t, for example, mean withdrawing support from a Honduran president who won a fraudulent election a year ago and runs one of the most repressive regimes in Latin America. Why? Because he is a Trump ally. No, Bolton intends to focus on what he calls the ‘troika of tyranny’: Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua, all the subject of sanctions because their heads of state are ‘the three stooges of socialism’ who look to Russia and China for support rather than the US.
So Trump has reversed most of the reforms initiated by Obama in US-Cuba relations, recognised an unelected head of state in Venezuela and blocked loans from international agencies for poverty-reducing projects in Nicaragua.
Of the three countries in Bolton’s ‘troika’ the oddest is Nicaragua. It has a president, Daniel Ortega, who won an election in 2016 recognised as fair by the Organization of American States; unlike its northern neighbours it barely contributes to the ‘migrant caravans’ that so annoy Trump and it effectively inhibits drug smuggling. Until a year ago it was also the safest country in the region.
Return of the Reaganites
What angers Bolton (and his special envoy Elliott Abrams) is Ortega himself. Bolton was part of the Reagan administration and helped to find ways to hide the funding of the ‘Contras’ that were attacking Nicaragua’s Sandinista government in the 1980s; Abrams was indicted for his role in covering up that scandal but was later pardoned by Reagan’s successor, President Bush. For both of them, a resuscitated Monroe Doctrine is not about freedom, it’s about getting rid of leftist governments.
Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua are all the subject of sanctions because their heads of state look to Russia and China for support rather than the US
Because this is what is at stake in Nicaragua. Ortega may have stretched the country’s constitution by standing for a third successive term of office, and he endorsed the ban on abortion, but even his enemies can’t deny that he’s systematically reduced poverty, has achieved the lowest inequality levels in Central America and fifth-highest ranking for the gender gap in the world according to the World Economic Forum, reduced illiteracy and increased life expectancy.
He ended the daily power cuts that occurred under his predecessor while doubling the proportion of homes that have electricity. Nicaragua is now one of eleven countries said to be leading the charge on renewable energy, aiming for its electricity supply to be 90 per cent renewable within the next year.
Settling old scores
Rather than pursuing freedom, it’s pretty obvious that Bolton and Abrams are settling historic scores. Ortega bounced back from electoral defeat in 1990, so now he’s denounced as a brutal dictator. Yet the US administration is targeting sanctions not just at Ortega himself but at the programmes funded by the World Bank and other agencies that have been part of his drive to end extreme poverty.
Far stranger than the Trump administration’s policies, though, is that they are encouraged by progressive media, international NGOs and a good proportion of leftist opinion in both the US and Europe. How has this come about?
Ortega’s opponents in Nicaragua itself have never mustered much support in elections. So for several years they’ve instead accepted US funding for programmes that ‘promote democracy’ but which instead undermine it. As the website Global Americans put it (it’s funded partly by the Reagan-established National Endowment for Democracy), they were ‘laying the groundwork for insurrection’.
When student protests took place in Nicaragua last April against government social security reforms, US-funded NGOs were ready to manipulate social media to make sure the unrest spread as quickly as possible. Not only did this succeed, but international media bought wholesale the stories of ‘peaceful’ protesters suffering government attacks.
This continued even when the ‘peaceful’ protesters set up roadblocks in major cities and highways and began to kidnap, torture and kill police and government supporters (providing the evidence via their own horrific social media posts). It took until mid-July for the government to regain control. The conflict produced 253 deaths, including 22 police, 31 protesters (half were students), 48 Sandinista supporters and 152 members of the public.
By then, whatever popular support the protesters had gained had been largely lost after people had experienced the violence of the roadblocks. Not only that, but after the leaders of the protest had demanded Ortega’s immediate resignation they travelled to the US where they were welcomed by rightwing Republicans like Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, and, of course, by the Trump administration itself.
Given the history of US intervention in Nicaragua, such tactics were doomed to cost the opposition much of their local support. Since last year, opposition protests have dwindled, the violence has largely ended and Nicaragua has returned to something like normality. Since February, a ‘national dialogue’ has resumed between government and opposition, which is steadily implementing a programme of reforms.
Last leftist standing
This is all well and good, but these developments are largely ignored by the international media and much of the Left. Headlines like The Guardian’s Ortega clings to power still appear even as a respected opinion poll showed he has support from 55 per cent of the population. Amnesty International campaigns for the release of those arrested in the protests while refusing to acknowledge that any were responsible for violence (such as the attack on a police station in Morrito on 12 July, which left five dead and in which nine were kidnapped).
Even New Internationalist, when it says that Nicaragua’s good guys have turned bad, refers to the Sandinistas but not to the opposition thugs who may have tortured them. Supporters of the protests who don’t live in Nicaragua have been blinded into thinking the opposition still has widespread support. It doesn’t. But the message that Ortega is a repressive dictator is music to the ears of Bolton, Abrams and the others who want to extinguish one of the few remaining leftwing governments in Latin America.
Correction: this article originally misstated John Bolton’s moniker for Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela; it is ‘troika of tyranny’, not ‘troika of terror’.
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Re: Holden Crater: Where Waters Ran
A brief article together with a fantastic zoomable image describes Holden crater, a potential site for the MSL rover to explore.
Planning for MSL, some scientists are studying a site where Uzboi broke through the crater's rim and left layered deposits that have partly eroded. The scientists hope to land MSL close by, on the smooth, low-gradient slope (an alluvial fan, in geo-jargon) that lies just northwest of the layered sediments. After setting down, MSL would drive over to the layered deposits and explore them
Let's go to Mars and far beyond - triple NASA's budget ! #space channel !! - videos !!!
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http://themis.asu.edu/features/holdencrater
Running on electricity from a powerful nuclear-isotope generator (and not dust-vulnerable solar panels), MSL will have a minimum driving range of 20 km (12 miles) and likely can travel much farther. For comparison, Opportunity and Spirit have so far driven about 8 km (5 mi) each, but were designed to cover just 600 meters (2,000 feet).
The engineers at JPL in Pasadena, California, who design Mars Rovers need to get out of their tiny distance mindset and start designing the Rovers to run in the tens of thousands of miles, each, minimum, thus greatly increasing cost effectiveness of exploration as not as many Earth to Mars rockets would have to be launched to cover high mileage exploration of the Martian surface.
A basic mechanical design of the Rover platforms is accomplished and what essentially remains is a study of materials science and engineering to maximize vehicle longevity.
Scientists and engineers must work together to design future test instrument packages, which need to be much larger than currently proposed.
JPL engineers are the most accomplished and successful Mars rover designers in the world. And their designs work! They put the first rover on Mars and exceeded its amazing success by incredible margins with the second generation rover, MER. A factor of 16 in rover mass (170 v 10.5 kg); a factor of 17 in operating time (1449 v 83 sols) and a factor of 115 in distance (11500 v 100 m). Both MERs are still working, so those numbers will only get better.
MSL, a new 3rd generation rover is being tested right now. It is 4 times heavier than the MER, its mass is limited only by the launcher and the new landing system (the airbag system was maxed out). JPL scientists and engineers are an incredible team, they are pushing the limits of the possible and succeeding.
There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that the scientists and engineers at JPL are among the most gifted and talented on Planet Earth.
The Mars Rovers are amazing machines that will only get better as new teams and generations of scientists and engineers advance the designs for exploring Mars and doing science in orbit around Mars and on the Martian surface.
Americans should be very proud at what the people at JPL have accomplished.
Josh Cryer
Ron Carlson, the whole 12 miles thing for MSL is really just saying "if it goes 12 miles then it met its mission objectives." I have no doubt in my mind if we can get it there and get it landed in one piece that it will go 10 if not 100 times that in its lifetime. 100 times might sound like an exaggeration, but because it'll be nuclear powered it could concievably still be running a decade out (the Vikings were both nuclear powered and lasted 7 some odd years).
Just sayin'. These mission objective limits thingies are just there to give one another a pat on the back and prove their engineering skills are far beyond ones expectations.
Kinda like that Star Trek quote:
Kirk, "How long to re-fit?"
Scotty, "Eight weeks. But you don't have eight weeks, so I'll do it for you in two."
Kirk, "Do you always multiply your repair estimates by a factor of four?"
Scotty, "How else to maintain my reputation as a miracle worker?"
Kirk, "Your reputation is safe with me."
Some useful links while MER are active. Offical site NASA TV JPL MER2004 Text feed
The amount of solar radiation reaching the surface of the earth totals some 3.9 million exajoules a year.
I think it would be at least somewhat easier to raise money for Mars Rovers if the NASA and JPL managers were able to tell our Congressmen and Congresswomen at budget time that these JPL rovers have a designed range of 10,000+ miles for scientific exploration with a designed life expectancy of 10 years or more.
It would be necessary to power the long range rovers with radio isotope power supplies as solar panels would not be effective more than a few years at best due to dust problems.
It would be prudent to launch two rover combinations per "Earth to Mars window" so if one rover is lost en route, the mission can go on with the remaining rover.
Money would need to be appropiated for operations programs for 10 years or more, if they do indeed last that long, employing scientists, engineers, technicians and other personnel for a good many years (thus giving them a chance to buy a decent house or whatever).
Long duration and long distance Mars Rovers would provide the opportunity for pursuing programs of scientific exploration that could provide the peoples of Planet Earth with a vast treasure of scientific information on the topology, geology, hydrology, minerology, geophysics, and climatology of Mars and it's potential economic resources.
Of course, if any scientifically solid evidence of past or current Martian life is ever found, it could conceivably become much easier to raise money from Congress for future Mars exploration programs.
Even JPL engineers can't guarantee 10,000 miles or even 100 miles with current technology. Neither can they offer 10 years of life. MSL may exceed 10 years and 100 miles but risk analysis says otherwise. They would not only be wrong to make such claims but misleading. Congress would not be amused.
Does any off road vehicle manufacture offer a 10 year and 10,000 mile guarantee with no servicing?
BTW MSL's specification is for 6 kms and two years (compare with MER 600m and 90 days)
To misrepresent a Mars exploration vehicle's capabilities to Congress would be a kiss of death.
While JPL and NASA managers certainly can not guarantee Congress a rover vehicle lifetime of 10,000 miles and/or 10 years longevity with present technology, such a goal is a worthy one for the future. It may take several decades to be able to design and produce such machines but it most likely can be done.
After all, some of Planet Earth's brightest and most creative people are working for JPL and NASA designing our Mars exploration vehicles. They are NOT guys working at the local used car lot.
Items that need work are ultra-sealed wheel bearings, low wear axles, ultra-longlived low temperature lubricants, unpuncturable and/or unbreakable wheels, incorrodible and flameproof wire insulation, uncrackable wire conductors, radiation proof electronic components and integrated circuits, ultra-durable high conductivity solder joints, unbreakable chassis frames and components, incorrodible items such as wire looms, nuts, bolts, washers, etc, all capable of functioning properly in the extreme temperatures and environment that Mars presents to Planet Earth's explorers, scientists and engineers. Much work will be needed in the areas of materials engineering and metallurgy.
While designing Mars exploration vehicles to what may seem to some to be unattainable standards, successful development of such long lived materials would produce many wonderful technological spinoffs to industry here on Planet Earth, dramatically increasing operational longevity and economic life times of our terrestial machines.
It may take several decades to be able to design and produce such machines but it most likely can be done.
Ron, within several decades people will be on Mars. Then rover life will be ten years and ten thousands miles.
smairakh
JPL architects are the most cultivated and fruitful Mars meanderer originators on the planet. Furthermore, their structures work! They put the main meanderer on Mars and surpassed its stunning accomplishment by mind-blowing edges with the second era wanderer, MER. A factor of 16 in wanderer mass (170 v 10.5 kg); a factor of 17 in working time (1449 v 83 sols) and a factor of 115 in separation (11500 v 100 m). Both MERs are as yet working, so those numbers will just show signs of improvement.
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Welcome to NewMars smairakh... yes the rovers did last quite a long time. One can only hope that the current working will out perform them.
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OSS September 2014 (Headington Hill)
17th September 2014 @ 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
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The first street-o of the new season will be held around the streets of Headington and has been planned by Bill Child.
Event Centre
The event centre is Bill’s house at 40 Jack Straw’s Lane. The residents’ parking restrictions in Staunton Road (the bit to the West of Headley Way) only run until 5 or 6pm, so should be plenty of parking there. In the unlikely event that it’s full, then there should be more parking available at the bottom of the Jack Straw’s Lane hill, towards Marston Road. (No parking in the private lane bit of Jack Straw’s Lane, which runs N-S.)
Race Format
60 minute score (visit as many controls as you can and return within 60 minutes). Remember to bring a watch and a pen! A head torch could also be useful as there are a few unlit roads and paths. Start times are between 6.30pm and 8pm, starting whenever you’re ready. See About Street-O for a more detailed description.
Largely tarmac roads and paths. Most roads have a 20mph limit and low traffic levels.
As usual, please stay after you have run to discuss routes, mistakes, the weather or anything else that takes your fancy.
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Predictors of resource use after acute hospitalization: The Northern Manhattan Stroke Study.
Rundek, T. MD, PhD; Mast, H. MD; Hartmann, A. MD; Boden-Albala, B. MPH; Lennihan, L. MD; Lin, I.-F. PhD; Paik, M. C. PhD; Sacco, R. L. MD, MS
[Article] Neurology. 55(8):1180-1187, October 24, 2000.
Objective: To determine demographic and clinical predictors of discharge destinations following acute care hospitalization for stroke in the community of northern Manhattan.
Methods: A group of 893 patients (mean age, 70 /- 12 years; 56% women; 51% Hispanic, 30% African-American, 19% white) who survived acute care hospitalization for a first ischemic stroke were followed prospectively. Stroke severity was assessed by the NIH Stroke Scale and categorized as mild (<=5), moderate (6 to 13), and severe (>=14). Polytomous logistic regression was used to determine predictors for rehabilitation and nursing home placement versus returning home.
Results: Among the survivors of acute stroke care hospitalization, 611 (68%) patients were discharged to their homes, 168 (19%) to rehabilitation, and 114 (13%) to nursing homes. Patients with moderate and severe neurologic deficits had more than a threefold increased risk of being sent to a nursing home and more than an eightfold increased risk of being sent to rehabilitation. Age over 65 and cognitive impairment were associated with placement to a nursing home (age over 65: OR, 2.4; 95% CI, 1.0 to 5.6; cognitive impairment: OR, 2.9; 95%, CI 1.4 to 5.7), and rehabilitation (age over 65: OR, 1.8; 95% CI, 1.1 to 2.9; cognitive impairment: OR, 2.9; 95% CI, 1.4 to 5.7).
Conclusion: Our results demonstrated that one-third of patients with acute stroke from the community of northern Manhattan required placement in a temporary or a long-term disability care institution following acute care hospitalization. Severity of stroke is an important factor that influences discharge planning following acute care hospitalization and its reduction can improve health care resource usage.
(C) 2000 American Academy of Neurology
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78, Johnstown, died May 15, 2019 at his residence. Born May 11, 1941 in Johnstown, son of the late Robert and Edna (Miller) Cook. Also preceded in death by wife, the former Mary Jane Eagan and sister Wilma Shaffer. Survived by daughters Patricia Chernay and Michelle Kuruzovich (Charles), grandchildren Brandon & Heather Cook and Wesley & Kaitlyn Kuruzovich; and sisters Vivette Oaks, FL; Roberta Riffle, Johnstown. Member of St. Matthew's Anglican Church. He loved Jesus and his church. He was an avid Steelers fan, coached little league for many years and was a collector of sports cards. William was very outgoing, enjoyed his Burger King coffee friends, loved his family deeply, especially his grandchildren. Friends will be received from 2-4 and 6-8 PM on Sunday at Picking-Treece-Bennett Mortuary, Inc., 921 Menoher Blvd., where service will be held at 11 AM Monday, Rev. Douglas R. Blakelock, officiating. Interment Grandview Cemetery. (PTBMortuary.com)
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Eydie Green
So very sorry to hear of Bill's passing but I have no doubt that he was greeted Home not only by God but with those who were part of his life. My late husband,Charlie Goggin spent many years coaching baseball with him, and then countless hours talking about sport cards.Bill was blessed with a wonderful family.Patty & Michele,my prayers are with you both.
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Sorry for your lost bill was like a dad to me he will missed dearly.
John Paul Stuart ( stu) Hornerstown
Mr.cook was The last of a breed of old-school Hornerstown. Too many are going to fast. I was fortunate to reconnect with Bill while working at value it. He came in almost daily looking for cards and collectibles and sometimes just to hang out. I loved reminiscing about Hornerstown with him, while some of the places were already gone by the time I was growing up there he told the stories with such detail for his age that I can almost picture it . Whether it was the germanian club, the palm isle, or of course Ash St Tavern. But his passion was talking about the Johnstown boys leauge. He remembered tons of the kids who played there. Even long after he had no kids involved he still wanted ...to be around and coach. That was just the type of person bill was. I’m going to miss my friend and his laugh. I’m sure he’s probably up there trying to get the mick or Clemente to sign some cards right now. God bless you BillRead more
Benny BRITT, Former President of J. B.B.L..
Bill was a strident Member of JOHNSTOWN Boys & Girls Baseball League; I would say he was at the Foudee~ status; He along with Clyde Williams, Archie Lanarko, Dick Dempsey, Rick Handley& Countless others put in close to 35yrs @ the (2) diamonds Roxbury Park ! Always wanted all the kids of the City to have a place to play sandlot Baseball. The lLeague moved around from field to Field until the City gave in to Dick Dempsey owner of the Irish Pub & then it was the luck of the Irish ☘️That I became President in 1993 thru 2002. But, it was the hard work & Establishment these guys put in a lot of sweat equity. They were $ are the stuff that Legends are made of. I can only say Thanks for the M...EMORIES BILL & the other originals member that were the core of the budding Idea! You really put the League on the map ! An, we got to see a lot of them become Professional athletes, as well. All because, you help the you of this area..., Bill & Families we or all of us were BLESSED TO JAVE KNOWN BILL. Therefore; Bill has been Promoted from Labor to GLORY RESTING IN HEAVEN WITH HIS LOVING WIFE ! Amen 🙏 praying for the families in the days ahead !!!Read more
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My deepest sympathies to the family.
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New Temporary Migrant Parent Visa for up to 10 Years
A new temporary visa for migrant parents is being planned by the Australian Government. Under this new scheme parents could stay in Australia for up to 10 years but would never be allowed to settle. Additionally, this new temporary visa would require children to pay for their parents’ private health cover.
The sponsors will legally be required to pay private health insurance for their migrant parents and to act as financial guarantor on any extra healthcare costs their parents may incur in Australia. This requisite is of importance to the government as many countries around the world struggle with the immense healthcare fees for elderly people.
Eligible sponsors will be Australian citizens, permanent residents or eligible New Zealand citizens. The visa will not permit holders to work. The government hopes these people will take on family and child care duties and thus, reduce the pressure on childcare facilities in Australia. The elderly parent visa holders will not be allowed to remain in Australia beyond the 10 years and they will have no pathway to permanent residency.
This new temporary parent visa will involve significant costs. Applicants will have to pay $5,000 for a three-year visa and $10,000 for a five-year visa with a single renewal option at the same price. As many as 15,000 people could take advantage of this new visa category. If legislated, this visa would significantly impact the government budget – Treasury could make up to $150 million in fees alone.
The costs of the visa have already been criticized as too high for a temporary visa and people have been alarmed by the fact that temporary migrants will be liable for public health cover. On top of that, the private health insurance premium would most likely be reasonably high. The extreme limitations to healthcare access for elderly migrants follows last year’s productivity commission report that found the average lifetime cost of a single parent visa holder to be between $335,000 and $410,000.
The introduction of this new visa category follows calls from migrant communities, who have been pressuring the government to reform parent visas, known to be complex and lengthy to obtain. Currently, parent visas are split across multiple visa streams, including the Aged Parent visa and the Contributory Parent Temporary or Permanent Visa.
The Government is planning to announce further details along with the Budget next week and to implement the new visa in November if it passes parliament.
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Hi Emdee,
I live in what they call a condominium. I own the inside, but not the outside and pay a monthly home owner's association fee. That is why I am hoping the clog is on the outside. I like to put all those monthly dues to work for a change. LOL
emdee0809
My fingers are crossed for an outside clog- you need to get something from those fees!! Hope your night is not too stressful-
Jo T.
OMG, Thor, I'm so sorry to learn about your latest in a series of unfortunate events. What a plumbing nightmare! I second everybody else's sentiments. Don't be sorry you had to cancel and reschedule the Live for another date. Life happens. We understand. That's too bad you'll be up all night, bailing water. You do what you have to do. I pray the cause of the clog shall be covered by your monthly association fee and that there's minimal damage or damage that can be easily repaired/replaced. You deserve a break.
What a annoyance , I hate it when these things happen. You must have been frantic driving home .
Mr Thor I hope your condominium is ok. Villers I hope you're feeling better now. I wanted to vent a little about something that has greatly disappointed me on Instagram.com. I have been told by a number of you to join it and consider chatting with Mr Mercury's fans. I thought I had found a good account as the name was Freddie And Jim Forever but I was disgusted by what I saw and continue seeing on that page. It's a young lady that claims to be fan of Mr Mercury and Jim but all her posts are awful. Raunchy gay sex jokes about Mr Mercury. Addressing him as simply "a useless bottom". Give me a break. I'm told that's some sort of new age humour but I can't see that being true. She claims to know you both Mr Thor and Mr Lee and tries to lead people to believe she's close with you but I refuse to believe two guys as kind as you would get mixed up with that sort of thing. She claims Mr Freestone hated working for Mr Mercury and calls Mr Fanelli a bitch every few minutes. Every man who lived in the garden lodge loved being there and are worthy of respect. I suggest if you wish to call yourself a fan of anyone you don't waltz around pretending to be close to people you don't know and calling your supposed idol such disgusting things.
An entire hour talking about who was the sponge and who was the stone in Mr Mercury's bed?? I'm disgusted. I really expected better from his fans. I keep trying to avoid seeing those posts but do not know how to block an account. So I will just get offline. What worse is this not a teenager. What a shame.
Dustin Zimmerman
Shaun I know exactly who that is. I followed her for about a day because I saw her commenting in one of Villiers topic lives and she seemed like she had some good information on Freddie but unlike Villiers she spends all her free time acting like a clown and going live only to talk about who "topped" Freddie and who Freddie "topped". It's a shame someone who studied Freddie that much and has read all the books doesn't do what Villiers does and use her knowledge to help educate others. From what I gather she's in her 30s and behaves like a tasteless 14 year old. I can assure you not all Queen fans on there are like that. Most can make a joke without being so disgusting. It's not even like it's her followers that are commenting gross things in her lives. She literally only goes live to talking about how a man would have had sex with Freddie Mercury. Oh and to gush about Thor and Lee and attempt to brag about being buddy buddy with them. It's funny because there's been a few times where I've heard her say "Thor told me ___" but come to find out it was just something Thor posted to this page for everyone to read lol. What I like about Villiers is she is very honest about her communications with Thor and Lee. She always let's us know how to reach you guys and even tells her followers about your page so you get more foot traffic here. "I'm not besties with them or anything, anyone can read their blog. I have been chatting with them through their forum for about 2 years now and here's how you can reach them too __". That's how Villiers handles it. Freddieandjimforever gatekeeps and it's hilarious. I saw a live where she was talking with Villiers and someone kept asking "how do I find Thor and Lee? Where did you get to talk to them?" and just like she does in her comments, freddieandjimforever ignored them. Villiers on the other hand stopped what she was doing and told them about this site and made sure people were able to find you. The freddieandjimforever chick acts like Thor and Lee are some huge secret she and handful of others are privy to and it's kind of cringe. I think I heard her call Thi5r and Lee "my boys" once. *shivers*
Thor, any update on the flooding? Poor guy is probably trying to nap between flushes lol.
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Dustin are you sure it's not just her followers acting stupid in the comments on FreddieAndJim's lives? I've seen some of Villiers lives where she has to remove people because they act up in the comments and she has gotten to the point where she gives them "get it out of your system" lives where she lets her fans comment whatever kind of stupid or immature stuff they want so that they get it out of their system and don't act up in her topic lives. But for the most part all her followers seem to be built like a family for her. They support her and encourage her and she does the same with them from what I've seen. Giving them advice and letting them vent or join her lives to get things off their chest. Something I wish more young people would use social media to do.
Perhaps you caught freddieandjimforever doing a silly live that had the comments get out of hand? I'd hate to think someone was behaving that way intentionally.
Thor, hoping it's not your financial responsibility. I've been there! I had bad flooding at my old place and the insurance said they didn't cover it because they said fooding is water that enters and rises from the floor not water that comes on from the ceiling and floods the floor. So I was stuck!
Sorry for the rant..I should have at least opened with asking how your Easter went everyone... Let me try this again...
I hope everyone had a brilliant weekend.
Looks like I missed alot of late night Instagram talk I know this person and I think she is a he.I dont follow that close but yes there is a lot of sex talk about Freddie and his friends.I try not to pay much attention to it but sometimes it does get out of hand . The other day they were talking about him and fisting after his concerts .I asked what that was.I knew what it was I just wanted to see if they would say it online they didnt respond.I think that was his private buisness and unless you were in the room with him we dont know what he did.I personally dont wanna know yikes!That's between him and the involved parties.
I dont think they mean any harm It just gets carried away sometimes.
Fisting?? Ok now that IS distasteful. Joking or not. Oh dear.
@thor I hope your flat wasn't badly damaged and that everything can be quickly sorted through the association.
@shaun the bad side of the communication era is that it made clear how idiocy is common in our fellow human beings. Sometimes I wonder why I bother trying to connect with people when so many prove to be such a disappointment. But there are some sensible ones worth sticking around for. To think that people could be so offensive towards someone who can't defend themselves anymore like Freddie and Jim and someone who never had the chance to give his side of the story like Joe, angers me too.
@ Villiers I missed the post where you told us of your health troubles, I hope you'll recover well, kidney stones are a nightmare!
Shaun so sorry hear you are upset and angry. I also know the account you are referring to and there are a lot of silly distasteful jokes about Freddie and Jim and their sexual preferences. This seems to be their humour and I don't think she realizes the upset it can cause to some.
I am in total agreement with you that every man that lived in Garden Lodge should be respected. I know I have total respect for them all.
Shaun you can unfollow the account and then you won't see it anymore.
Today I came across the account of a lady/girl who seems to have lost the plot somewhat. She claims that Peter and jim were not close with Freddie, they were just employees. She claims that Jim was violent towards Freddie and therefore Freddie was in an abusive relationship. She claims that Jim was attending 'The Gate Club' which she said is a very hard core sex club whilst Freddie was at home in bed. Furthermore, Freddie was never interested in Jim and they did not have a relationship, hence he was just the gardener. Jim's book is all lies to make himself look good and earn him money.
I have to tell you I am disgusted by this account and the actions of this very odd person. I just can't understand why she is so adamant that Jim and Freddie were not a couple.
To summarise we are genuine fans of Freddie, Jim, Joe and Peter on this thread that Thor/Lee created and we therefore really welcome you to chat with us, we would all very much like that, even the truth about Mary. As someone already said, sometimes the truth is hard to take but the truth is best in the long run.
Plesse feel free to come on here and talk and rant any time :)
Dustin I called her out a few times as she put information on her account giving the impression that she sought out the information. I made it clear that she had been looking at queenzone and that Thor was answering a question I had raised. I also said that she should come onto the thread here and say hello.
I don't tend to mention I chat on here with Thor/Lee too much on other groups I am in because there are a lot of nutters out there lol
I don't follow her and never have. Her account was suggested to me by Instagram and once I clicked on it her content just keeps coming up. That other account you mentioened sounds awful too. What is with some people??
talking about instagram, just as I was reading these messages, my hubby came and told me that my daughter has been on a live stream on Instagram and was being bullied by a boy.
The world we live in now sucks and I think Freddie would have hated all this technology, he wouldn't have had any proper privacy at all
Ha doughnut I love it. Glad you called her out on it because her attitude stinks. She's gatekeeping Thor and Lee and pretending to be this woke LA chick who is just super close to all gays and it's a little obnoxious. I would turn the other cheek but it annoyed me that any time she posted anything about Thor Lee or Garden Lodge related she would ignore anyone who asked her where she got the info. Then she would turn around and act like she got it straight from the source via text or something lol. People got so tired of freddieandjimforever gatekeeping that they started tagging Villiers in her posts and asking where they could find the info. And of course Villiers was nice enough to answer everyones questions about the garden lodge tapes and tell them they can find it on YouTube.
shaun there is a photo of what looks like Jim moving out of Garden Lodge and there is a man helping. I was wondering if it was you. If I recall the van was red
Dustin I am just feeling a bit lost with it all at the moment. I just like hearing nice true stories about Freddie , knowing the man behind the rock star has been interesting and Thor/Lee have been wonderful with what they have kindly told us. However, it just seems to be getting crazy . It's all the Mary v Jim stuff that is blowing my mind and the 'Mary was the love of his life' stuff completing ignoring the fact that Freddie was a gay man.
I've seen people wishing Freddie and Mary could have had children together . It's like many people want to erase anyone else that was in Freddie's life apart from Mary .
I dread to think what will happen when Thor/Lee bring there book out as those that can't handle Freddie being a gay man will be in for a shock
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The Spy Act strikes a right balance between preserving legitimate and benign uses of this technology while still at the same time protecting unwitting consumers from the harm caused when it is misused and of course designed for nefarious purposes.
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But some great records are are being made with today's technology and there are still great artists among us. Likewise there are artists today who are so reliant on modern technology they wouldn't have emerged when recording was more organic.
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Instead of the international police action we had hoped for during the war in Kosovo there are wars again - conducted with state-of-the-art technology but still in the old style.
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Andrew Bird Technology
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We're still in the first minutes of the first day of the Internet revolution.
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The 18 1/2 Philadelphia Film Festival’s opening night film: Law Abiding Citizen
By Adam Lippe
As I said in my review of Year One, sometimes the way an actor or a director chooses to promote his new film on a talk show reveals all you need to know about the movie itself. Jamie Foxx, the star of F. Gary Gray’s new thriller Law Abiding Citizen, amidst the two segments (11 minutes) he had on Conan O’Brien’s late night show on Monday, spent one whole minute talking about the movie. Thirty seconds were spent describing the plot, fifteen seconds was spent telling the crowd (more specifically “ladies”) that co-star and producer Gerard Butler gets naked in the movie, and the last fifteen seconds were spent on Foxx’s gay panic, trying to distance himself from wanting to look at Gerard Butler’s naked butt.
Gay panic and homophobia are nothing new for Foxx, his stand-up act has often been littered with it (in between magazine photo shoots where he frequently appears oiled up and naked, I’m sure there’s no connection), but it’s quite a curiosity to use your national air time to talk about a movie you probably spent, with script approval, shooting, and post-production, at least a year making, by discussing your co-star’s nudity, especially in a movie with no sex in it. Maybe Foxx knew what he was doing, if you watched his facial expression during his Conan interview, he barely had any emotion when describing his character as the District Attorney. And that’s probably for the best because it proves that he didn’t believe him in the role either.
While watching Law Abiding Citizen, in which Butler seeks revenge on everyone who was part of the plea bargain that resulted in less than reasonable punishment for his family’s killers (it’s 10 years later, and the only apparent way to show aging is by giving Foxx a mustache), it may occur to you that the movie might have worked better if the two leads had switched roles. Certainly Butler would have had more credibility as the DA than Foxx, who seems to think he’s an action hero, not a lawyer. Foxx delivers his lines as if he didn’t have a clue that a DA would likely be well-spoken and educated, but he wouldn’t have worked as the revenge-minded killer either (not that the studio would have let him, racial considerations certainly came into play). Foxx is limited as an actor, he can scowl (Miami Vice), do impressions (Ray), or play around in the pursuit of low-brow humor (Booty Call), but he can’t let us know what he’s thinking, except through exaggerated facial expressions which makes it hard to fathom him playing a character with depth or insight.
So it’s just as well that Law Abiding Citizen doesn’t have any insight or characters for Foxx to fail to play. The movie is all plot mechanics and inadvertent right-wing political messages (you may get the urge to look for Dick Cheney’s name in the credits, but somehow, he’s not there), where an eye-for-an-eye is not only considered, but encouraged. Law Abiding Citizen’s gimmick is to have Butler’s character, Clyde, kill people after he’s already been arrested, with Foxx and his staff powerless to stop the murders that Butler tells them about. And it seems that’s where writer Kurt Wimmer (Ultraviolet, Equilibrium) put the keyboard down. Wimmer never figures out how we’re supposed to feel about Clyde, first we pity him as he had to watch his wife and child be raped and murdered in front of him, and as he gets his revenge, it’s never clear where he’s gone too far, is the judge who agreed to the plea bargain culpable? What about the cops who botched the forensics? Maybe the court clerk for filing the paperwork?
The dialogue is no help either, just a series of clichés (an exasperated mayor opines “the press is gonna kill us!”) and automated responses to the sloppily put together story. Sloppy is not even harsh enough, random, anything-for-a-thrill, etc. Which would be fine if there were thrills, but each scene ignores the rules established by the previous one and while going over-the-top into the land of ridiculous might have worked, Gray and Wimmer play Law Abiding Citizen completely safe, opting for the goal of domestic bliss (taken away from Butler and given to Foxx), instead of the horrifying and/or funny. It’s not that the movie needs a big downer of an ending or a more dour tone, but the way it plays now, it’s like Seven without the brooding or style, or The Cell without wild visuals, or Saw without the traps. Law Abiding Citizen doesn’t even get creative with the kills, it’s a bunch of shooting and explosions (aside from a geyser of blood in a sequence that is simply thrown in for a gross-out shock, but smacks of desperation) and there’s no suspense in the courtroom scenes. Even the ending, which might have had the hint of audaciousness, relies on a plot contrivance so asinine and requires a staggering combination of forethought on Butler’s part and incompetence and ignorance on the prison’s part, that you may have to see it again to believe it wasn’t some sort of silly dream sequence.
Law Abiding Citizen has gotten a lot of local attention as it was shot in Philadelphia and is the opening film for the 18 ½ Philadelphia Film Festival. Festival crowds tend to root for local films (even one as inappropriately scheduled as Law Abiding Citizen), and so while tonight’s two showings are likely to be met with some forced enthusiasm, the proper reaction to the movie won’t be heard at least until it opens in theaters on Friday. Sure, every moment of Law Abiding Citizen is idiotic, morally repugnant, and slapdash, but along with the Nicholas Cage sci-fi vehicle Knowing, it’s the funniest movie of the year. You could see it now and be depressed or, and this is my recommendation, wait until it finds its true place as a camp classic and starts playing the midnight show circuit.
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Though the 16 year old me described the 1994 weepie Angie, starring Geena Davis as a Brooklyn mother raising her new baby alone, as “maudlin and melodramatic,” Roger Ebert, during his TV review, referring to the multitude of soap-operaish problems piling up on the titular character, suggested that it was only in Hollywood where Angie would get a happy ending. “If they made this movie in France, Angie would have shot herself.”
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We here at Prison Lives Matter Are on a mission to:
We want appropriate political representation.
We believe that prisoners should have the right to vote to express their views, concerns, ideas, etc. regarding laws for effective prison management.
This principle was created in response to the concept of “Civil Death.” The concept has it’s roots in Greek & Roman law and was later adopted by the English. “Civil Death” meant that those who violated the law forfeited the basic rights of citizenship, lost their ability to inherent or own property, and renounced all civil rights. The approach to stripping the civil rights of an offender was passed on to the British colonies and became a part of the legal structure of the civil rights United States. The argument for Civil Death has tended to express their belief that disenfranchisement laws have a legitimate role to play in our society, because individuals who commit criminal offenses have violated the “social contract” and should be barred from participating in politics as measure of the seriousness with which society views their conduct.
We at Prison Lives Matter believe this is a legitimate position in a society with a fair and ethical politic. However, we assert that Amerikkka has forfeited her right to assert their Moral Authority after she used the political process for over 4 centuries to legally discriminate against it’s Black population in every area of society. Enslaved Afrikans weren’t considered citizens! It wasn’t until after the Civil War that the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments guaranteed citizenship rights to it’s Black population. However, after the period known historically as Reconstruction (1865-1877) ended, southern conservatives convened at a number of state constitutional conventions and consolidated the White backlash against Reconstruction and targeted the Black voters. These racists adopted measures as obstacles to voting (i.e. literacy & property tests, poll taxes, grandfather clauses, and felon disenfranchisement). All of these vestiges have been removed accept the felon disenfranchisement laws.
Today we acknowledge that there are disparities in treatment among Blacks at every stage of the criminal Justice process. Yet we’be allowed felon disenfranchisement laws to continue to exist. Huh? Obviously Blacks are disproportionately impacted by these laws. This impedes our access to law makers which contributes to our communities being neglected. One of the consequences is that we prisoners have been subject to draconian prison policies that don’t work at producing productive citizens, but rather men who leave prison feeling more disaffected then they did before their incarceration. We believe that prisoners & ex- felons must have the right to vote and force lawmakers to be accountable to our communities! Until this happens Amerikkka is still bound to it’s racist past.
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Israel targeting access to health and health workers in Palestine | July 15, 2019
Palestine‘s health care system is crumbling due to restrictions placed on Palestinians requiring vital medical outside of the occupied territories, and Israeli forces intentionally targeting medical personnel. .....
Israel requires students to pass "propaganda" course before overseas trips | July 11, 2019
Israeli-Arab human rights group Adalah has labelled the course as "racist ideology", and is demanding the Israeli government remove the test. .....
Israel’s Defence Ministry erases historical Nakba documents | July 11, 2019
An investigative report by Haaretz has uncovered the Israeli Defence Ministry has been erasing evidence of the Nakba period, in favour of an Israeli narrative. .....
Culture: resisting oppression, connecting struggles | July 11, 2019
Culture and art across Palestine have become a way of not only resisting globalisation, but resisting the erasure of the Palestinian narrative by the Israeli occupation. .....
Israeli right-wing organisation hangs hundreds of Palestinian flags along West Bank roads | July 10, 2019
The organisation stated the flags were to alert Israelis that a “terror state was around the corner.” .....
Palestinian Cup final postponed after travel permits declined | July 09, 2019
Only four out of 35 travel permits were approved for the Gaza football team to enter the West Bank due to ‘security considerations‘. .....
The second son of Hamas co-founder Sheikh Hassan Yousef defects the organisation | July 09, 2019
Suheib Yousef, son of Hamas co-founder, has defected Gaza‘s ruling group and exposed Hamas corruption in an interview. .....
Nelson Mandela’s grandson condemns “Israeli apartheid” at Palestine Expo in London | July 08, 2019
Nkosi Zwelivelile Mandela confirms "Israel is an apartheid state" to large audience at the Palestine expo over the weekend. .....
US envoys lend a hand at controversial tunnel inauguration in occupied East Jerusalem | July 05, 2019
Several Palestinian families were forced to evacuate their homes in Silwan due to continuous structural damage caused by the archaeological tunnel dig. .....
Jerusalem Square inaugurated in Paris amid pro-Palestine request | July 05, 2019
The inauguration of the ‘Jerusalem Square‘ in Paris went ahead despite rejection for the square to recognise Jerusalem as the "future capital of two States”. .....
Palestinian Minister arrested by Israeli forces in occupied East Jerusalem | July 04, 2019
Israeli forces detained Palestinian Minister for Jerusalem Affairs Fadi al-Hadami after he joined Chilean President on a tour of the Al-Aqsa compound. .....
German authorities stop speech of Palestinian activist | July 04, 2019
Palestinian-Canadian journalist and activist has been prohibited from giving a speech in Germany about Trump‘s peace deal for Palestine-Israel. .....
Jewish-American organisation aims to highlight occupation in 2020 elections | July 04, 2019
NGO IfNotNow has created a new branch of their organisation aimed at confronting US presidential candidates about their policies concerning the Palestine-Israel conflict. .....
Critical LGBTIQ+ Pride in Madrid mobilises against Israeli occupation | July 02, 2019
Critical Pride was held in Spain‘s capital city Madrid on 28 June, publicly supporting BDS and solidarity with LGBTIQ+ Palestinians. .....
Gender, occupation and advocacy: Palestinian women claiming their voices. | July 02, 2019
Experiences of women and queer individuals are not universal. In Palestine, they not only face patriarchal and hetero-normative structures, but they also must contend with the illegal Israeli occupation of their territories. .....
The Bahrain conference aftermath: “No matter the amount of the investment proposed, nothing will change.” | July 01, 2019
In the wake of the Bahrain economic conference of the US‘s forthcoming peace plan, Palestinians remain highly aware their political struggles have not been adequately addressed. .....
Oman to open an embassy in the West Bank | July 01, 2019
Oman is opening an embassy in Ramallah ‘in support of the Palestinian people‘. .....
Lebanon hosts ‘anti-Manama’ summit and conferences in support of Palestine | June 27, 2019
Lebanon was the epicentre of Arab rejection to the Bahrain summit held this week, which saw the first phase of Kushner‘s "Peace to Prosperity" plan for Palestine released in Manama. .....
Barghouthi: Bahrain summit "only a camouflage to justify the political liquidation of Palestine" | June 25, 2019
"Everything they‘ve done, everything they‘ve declared, we can see they are trying to kill the two-state solution and the right of Palestinians to have a state of their own, and they are advocating for sustaining occupation and the apartheid. That is why we are against it." .....
World Refugee Day 2019: Palestinians still make up the largest refugee population in the world | June 20, 2019
As the UN commemorates ‘World Refugee Day‘, Palestinian refugees face perpetual limbo as no real progress is made towards their ‘right of return‘ to their historic homeland. .....
Marshrou’ Leila release pro-Palestine music video | June 19, 2019
Lebanese band Marshrou‘ Leila have released a music video depicting the violent Israeli occupation of Palestine, which has been compared to the story of teenage Palestinian activist, Ahed Tamimi. .....
First Palestinian Museum opens in Washington, D.C. | June 18, 2019
Museum of the Palestinian People has opened its doors in D.C., exhibiting art and culture from Palestinians around the world. .....
“Trump Heights”: Netanyahu inaugurates Israeli settlement in occupied Golan Heights. | June 18, 2019
Netanyahu has officially inaugurated "Trump Heights" or "Ramat Trump" in Hebrew, hoping to rebrand the original settlement which has a population of just 10 people. .....
Palestinians call for Puma Boycott | June 18, 2019
Over 200 Palestinian football and sports organisations called for an ‘international day of action‘ against sports brand giant Puma on 15 June .....
Temperature rising as hope fades: Why it is still so hard to achieve peace | June 16, 2019
This month marks 52 years since the 1967 ‘Naksa‘, where Israel seized historic Palestine‘s borders, displacing thousands of Palestinians. In the shadow of Trump‘s so-called "deal of the century" the possibility of lasting peace seems as far away as ever. .....
Germany and Jordan emphasise support for a two-state solution | June 13, 2019
Germany and Jordan have publicly reaffirmed their support for a two-state solution following controversial statements made by US ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, over Israel‘s "right" to annex the West Bank. .....
US Ambassador says Israel has right to annex ‘some’ of the West Bank | June 13, 2019
The Palestinian Foreign Ministry is considering filing a complaint to the ICC over comments made by US ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, about possible annexation of the West Bank. .....
Israel announces the construction of new settlements units in East Jerusalem | June 11, 2019
The Israeli Housing Ministry has announced plans to construct 805 new housing units in occupied East Jerusalem, the largest amount to be built beyond the Green Line since 2014 .....
Canada’s free-trade agreement with Israel violates international law | June 10, 2019
Canada‘s recently updated free-trade agreement with Israel no longer differentiates between products made in illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. .....
“Razan paid with her life for what she believed in”; remembering paramedic Razan al-Najjar killed in Gaza | June 10, 2019
One year has passed since 20-year-old paramedic Razan al-Najjar was deliberately shot by Israeli forces whilst attempting to administer medical help during the "Great March of Return" demonstrations in Gaza. .....
Israeli civilians and police overtake flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque | June 04, 2019
For the first time in a decade, Israeli police have allowed Israelis to enter Al-Aqsa mosque during the holy month of Ramadan for ‘Jerusalem Day‘, sparking violence .....
Kushner: ‘We’ll have to see’ about Palestinian self-governance | June 04, 2019
In the lead up to Trump‘s "deal of the century", US officials have expressed doubt over the plan’s execution and misgivings over Palestinian "self-governance" .....
Netanyahu’s failed coalition prompts snap election and peace concerns | June 03, 2019
The PA expect the recent failure of Netanyahu to form an Israeli government will affect the upcoming "deal of the century" .....
Israel to sell seized Palestinian property donated by EU | June 02, 2019
Israel plans to auction two prefabricated classrooms for Palestinian school children, donated by the EU. .....
Two Palestinians killed by Israeli forces on last Friday of Ramadan | June 01, 2019
A Palestinian teenager was shot dead by Israeli soldiers in the West Bank whilst attempting to enter East Jerusalem. In a separate incident, a Palestinian was killed by Israeli police after wounding two Israelis in a knife attack. .....
Israeli soldier filmed setting fire to West Bank field | May 29, 2019
One of two Jewish settlers videoed torching a field in the West Bank has been identified as an IDF soldier. .....
Palestine welcomes Czech Republic’s embassy move rejection | May 28, 2019
Palestine has welcomed a turn-around from the Czech Republic affirming they will not relocate their embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, after they announced the move last November. .....
Israel’s apostles and its critics | May 27, 2019
Despite the recent German ruling which declared BDS as "anti-Semitic", the group in fact rejects all forms of racism and discrimination, including anti-Semitism. .....
Palestine Monitor: Factsheet 2018 | May 23, 2019
Exposing life under occupation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. .....
Plea agreement reached for suspect in Dawabsha family attack | May 23, 2019
Suspect in 2015 terrorist firebombing, in which two adults and their 18-month-old child were killed, has struck a plea deal after admitting they helped plan the attack. .....
United States-led peace plan to begin in June, vexing Palestinians | May 22, 2019
Palestinian officials have not been consulted about upcoming US-led talks in Bahrain over Washington‘s Middle East peace plan. .....
Jewish-Israeli activists fight against the occupation at Eurovision | May 21, 2019
As the eyes of the world focused on Eurovision, a group of Jewish-Israeli and international protesters attempted to boycott the international song contest, and instead bring the world‘s attention to Israel‘s violations of human rights against Palestinians and the ongoing military occupation. .....
Icelandic Eurovision band protests against Israel, faces punishment | May 20, 2019
Icelandic band Hatari could face punishment for holding Palestinian flags at the Eurovision song contest finale. .....
“She died crying, unable to speak, and alone”; five-year-old Palestinian girl from Gaza dies after enduring her treatment alone. | May 18, 2019
Five-year-old Aisha Al-Lulu has died due to brain surgery complications after the Israeli government denied her family medical companion permits to be with her during treatment. .....
Palestinians mark 71st Nakba anniversary across the West Bank and Gaza | May 16, 2019
47 Palestinians were injured in Gaza amid Nakba protests, and thousands rallied across the West Bank to commemorate 71 years since the mass expulsion of Palestinians from their historic homeland. .....
What is the Nakba? The "Catastrophe" explained | May 15, 2019
71 years ago, Palestinians were forcibly exiled from their homes during the creation of the Israeli state. The displacement and ethnic cleansing have fueled tension in the region ever since. .....
United States seek cooperative talks with Palestinian Authority | May 14, 2019
The US is seeking to reopen communication with the PA ahead of Trump administrations long-awaited "deal of the century" .....
Thousands march in London for a ‘Free Palestine’ | May 13, 2019
Thousands of protesters took to the streets of London alongside Ahed Tamimi to commemorate the 71st year of the Palestinian "Nakba". .....
One Palestinian killed, 30 injured at “Great March” protests in Gaza | May 13, 2019
One Palestinian killed and 30 injured, including a paramedic and four children, despite a ceasefire agreement reached only days prior. .....
Are settlers held accountable for violence against Palestinians? | May 12, 2019
Settler violence against Palestinians rarely ends in appropriate sentencing - the Dawabsha family, who suffered a firebomb attack in 2015 are still awaiting conviction for settlers who killed three members of their family. .....
Settlers storm Al-Aqsa mosque on Israeli Independence Day | May 10, 2019
Over 100 Israeli settlers invaded Al-Aqsa mosque on May 9 accompanied by police and toured the compound. .....
West Bank, Gaza finances prompt worry from Israel and the United Nations | May 10, 2019
Fearing a financial collapse, Israel and the UN have raised concerns over the PA‘s economy, whilst a medical funding crisis in Gaza may leave hundreds of Palestinians as amputees if the Strip doesn‘t get a $20 million boost to stabilise their healthcare system. .....
United States Secretary of State: Jerusalem embassy “officially open” | May 09, 2019
The US department has officially opened its embassy in Jerusalem despite strong Palestinian criticism. .....
EU blames “Palestinian militants” for Gaza escalation | May 07, 2019
The EU has condemned Gaza‘s retaliation to recent Israeli air-raids on the besieged enclave, however Dr. Mustafa Barghouti says the international community needs to be more "balanced". .....
Death toll exceeds 30 as Israel and Gaza reach cease-fire deal | May 06, 2019
A cease-fire has been reached between Israel and Gaza after days of intense air raids which have left over 30 Palestinians killed, including two infants. .....
17 arrested by Israeli forces during nonviolent action | May 06, 2019
Jewish-American and local activists, along with two Palestinian journalists, were abused and detained by the Israeli military whilst attempting to repair a road in the South Hebron Hills. .....
Barghouti: "Deal of the century" is only an execution of Netanyahu‘s book | May 03, 2019
"Deal of the century" is nothing but an implementation of Netanyahu’s ideas that he proposed in his book, "A Place Under the Sun," 25 years ago. .....
Palestinian Authority returns “secret” Israeli funds | May 02, 2019
The PA has rejected millions of shekels from the Israeli government, who "secretly" transferred the money to the Ramallah-based authority in an attempt to alleviate their financial crisis. .....
Critics say United States peace plan is a farce | May 01, 2019
According to some experts, the Trump administration‘s long anticipated "deal of the century" encourages the continuation of Israeli colonialism and will undermine Palestinian statehood. .....
Experts and public convene at pro-Palestine conferences in Istanbul and London | April 30, 2019
Conferences over the weekend in London and Istanbul covered topics about Israeli‘s apartheid Nation-State Law and the need for Palestinian statehood. .....
United States court strikes down anti-boycott law | April 29, 2019
A US judge has ruled in favour of free speech over anti-Israel boycott laws in Texas. .....
Living under ‘apartheid’: discrimination against detained Palestinian minors | April 29, 2019
Israel‘s "apartheid" policy of a dual-legal system is having a disproportionate and negative impact on detained Palestinian children. .....
‘A show of force’: Israeli army raids in the West Bank | April 28, 2019
Frequent Israeli military raids on homes in the West Bank are leaving many children and youths psychologically traumatised, severely impacting their social skills and education. .....
Wounded by Israeli forces: the devastating costs of injury | April 27, 2019
A severe lack of medical aid and supplies in Gaza means many who have been injured in the "Great March of Return" cannot receive necessary treatment, putting pressure on families and Gaza‘s already strained healthcare system. .....
Worship and reduced Palestinian mobility during Jewish and Christian holidays | April 24, 2019
Israeli settlers stormed Al-Aqsa mosque for the third day in a row during the Jewish holiday of Passover, and Israeli forces restricted Gazan Christians the right to travel to holy sites in East Jerusalem and the West Bank over Easter. .....
IDF shoot “Great March of Return” paramedic in the head | April 23, 2019
Israeli forces have shot a paramedic in the head during ongoing demonstrations along Gaza‘s separation fence on Friday, and Gaza‘s newly increased fishing zone has been labelled a "token gesture" as Israeli harassment of fishermen continues. .....
The Arab League deploys financial safety net for PA | April 22, 2019
The Arab League announced on Sunday they will pledge $100m per month to the PA to make up for funds withheld from Israel. .....
Israeli government to deport Israel-Palestine Director of Human Rights Watch | April 18, 2019
After failing his appeal, Human Rights Watch Director Omar Shakir will be deported from the country due to his alleged support for boycotting Israel. .....
Ex-EU politicians call for rejection of US peace deal if it is unfair to Palestinians | April 17, 2019
Ahead of the long awaited US "deal of the century", former high-ranking EU leaders are urging Europe to reject the peace deal unless it is fair to Palestinians. .....
US revokes visa of BDS co-founder | April 15, 2019
The US has denied entry to BDS co-founder Omar Barghouti, despite him holding valid travel documents. .....
B’Tselem: Israeli soldiers deleted footage of killing | April 15, 2019
An investigation by B‘Tselem has found IDF soldiers erased footage of a fatal shooting of Palestinian man, Muhammad ‘Abd al-Fatah. .....
Imprisoned hunger strikers persist ahead of Palestinian Prisoners Day | April 11, 2019
After failed negotiation attempts, Palestinian prisoners commenced a hunger strike to focus attention on harsh prison conditions. .....
Arab turnout "especially low" in Israeli elections | April 10, 2019
Low voter turnout among Palestinian-Israelis may amount to a serious blow for Arab representation in the Knesset. .....
‘There is no hope’: Pessimism for Palestinians over Israeli elections | April 09, 2019
Dr. Mustafa Barghouti: "There is no difference between Netanyahu and Gantz, both promote the continuation of occupation and Apartheid." .....
PMRS: World Health Day 2019 | April 08, 2019
On World Health Day, the Palestinian Medical Relief Society calls for the protection of health workers and the removal of barriers for Palestinian medics. .....
Netanyahu promises to annex West Bank settlements after Israeli elections | April 08, 2019
Days out from Israeli elections, Netanyahu has vowed to annex illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank if he wins another term in office, in an attempt to win over right-wing voters. .....
Mass resistance to Israeli occupation: One year of the “Great March of Return” | April 08, 2019
Resistance remains strong one year after the "Great March of Return" demonstrations began in Gaza, yet hopes for a better future remain pessimistic if the international community does not step in. .....
South African government downgrades Israeli diplomatic relations in support of Palestine | April 07, 2019
The South African government has implemented ‘stage one‘ of their 2017 resolution to downgrade diplomatic ties with Israel in solidarity with Palestine. .....
Arab League leaders support Palestinian statehood and denounce US | April 03, 2019
The Arab League Summit held on 31 March saw a renewed call for Palestinian statehood by Arab leaders and a rejection of the recent US recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the occupied Golan Heights. .....
Global solidarity with Palestine on the “Great March of Return” anniversary | April 02, 2019
Thousands gathered across the globe in solidarity with Palestinians on the one year anniversary of the "Great March of Return" in Gaza, and to commemorate the 43rd anniversary of Land Day. .....
‘An unknown future’: Confronting West Bank settler colonialism | April 01, 2019
Illegal under international law, Israeli settlements are rapidly increasing in the occupied West Bank with the backing of major international powers. These settlements are a major hurdle for peace processes and undermine human rights for Palestinians. .....
Israeli military retaliation rocks Gaza | April 01, 2019
Israeli military launched retaliatory rocket attack on Gaza last week injuring seven civilians and threatening ceasefire agreement. .....
Financial crisis looms above Palestinians | March 29, 2019
The Palestinian Authority face an impending financial crisis in the wake of massive US aid cuts and withheld Israeli tax revenue to the West Bank. .....
PMRS: Condemnation of Palestinian medical volunteer killed by Israeli fire during clash in Bethlehem | March 27, 2019
PMRS: Statement. "The whole family of the Palestinian Medical Relief Society is in shock and mourning following the killing of our first aid volunteer Sajed Mizher, from Dheisheh refugee camp south of Bethlehem, by the Israeli army this morning." .....
Palestinian paramedic killed by Israeli fire during clash in Bethlehem | March 27, 2019
Palestinian paramedic for PMRS has died from live Israeli fire during a raid at the Deheisheh refugee camp, south of Bethlehem whilst trying to administer medical help to the camp‘s residents. .....
ICC probe into Israel nears completion amid US threats | March 26, 2019
Despite US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo‘s announcement that ICC investigators probing alleged crimes committed by the US or its allies - specifically Israel - will face harsh repercussions, this will not affect the recent ICC probe into Israel‘s use of lethal force in Palestine. .....
Airstrikes hit Gaza and seven Palestinians killed in one week | March 25, 2019
Seven Palestinians have been killed in the past week due to growing tensions in the West Bank and the ongoing "Great March of Return" protests in the Gaza strip. .....
PMRS: Gaza Statement | March 20, 2019
The Palestinian Medical Relief Society (PMRS) are calling for the protection of the Palestinian people in Gaza from any forms of violence. .....
Al-Aqsa tensions continue | March 20, 2019
Israeli security forces once again closed Bab al-Rahmeh - leading to Al-Aqsa compound - following the storming of Israeli settlers flanked by police. .....
Barghouthi: Disregarded Facts | March 09, 2019
"Despite all that has been said in describing the danger and damage resulting from the internal Palestinian split, it may be useful to recall a number of facts that stand clear before our very eyes but that are nonetheless being disregarded amidst the domestic squabbles and conflicts." .....
Palestinians in Jerusalem forced to demolish own homes | March 09, 2019
Over 40 Palestinians were displaced in January alone, due to forced home demolitions by Israeli authorities. .....
First ecovillage in Palestine: the weapon of self-reliance | February 18, 2019
Exploring the village of Farkha and it’s transition to an ecovillage. .....
Gant‘z election videos, "almost a photocopy of Netanyahu’s rhetoric" | February 18, 2019
The former Israeli army chief, Benny Gantz, is using devastating footage of the 2014 Gaza war for his election campaign videos, boasting of how many Palestinians he killed. .....
After murder in Al-Mughayer, "Israel must give them security" | February 05, 2019
The UN Middle East envoy has called on Israel to put an end to settler violence after the killing of a Palestinian man by an Israeli settler. .....
Israel plans to shut down UNRWA schools | February 05, 2019
The Jerusalem municipality will take over all UNRWA schools in East Jerusalem, affecting more than 3,000 students. .....
Potential "major crisis" if Gaza hospitals run out of fuel | February 05, 2019
Five hospitals in Gaza are at risk of being shut down due to fuel shortages. .....
The future Palestinian Silicon Valley: "reinforcing our submission to Israeli power" | January 24, 2019
Since the start of construction, Rawabi has faced many criticisms for being a ‘Palestinian settlement’ and working with Israeli companies and authorities, and ten years later the residents of surrounding villages still feel they have been used by development company. .....
Israel opens ‘apartheid road’ | January 24, 2019
Israel has opened a new highway to Jerusalem which is divided by an eight meter segregation barrier in order for Palestinians to remain on the west side of the wall. .....
Gaza strip sea fence: Israel environmental warning quickly swept | January 24, 2019
The construction of a sea barrier further blockading Gaza will soon be completed despite the Israeli Ministry of Environment raising concerns regarding the impact on Israeli beaches. .....
A significant rise in settler violence against Palestinians in 2018 | January 14, 2019
Last year saw the amount of settler violence and property damage against Palestinians in the West Bank more than doubled to 482 reported incidents, up from 140 in 2017. .....
Israel pledges to worsen Palestinian prisoner conditions | January 09, 2019
Israel has announced there will be a worsening of conditions for Palestinian prisoners, including a further rationing of the water supply, reducing family visits and ending separation of Fatah and Hamas political prisoners. .....
Australia recognises West Jerusalem as capital of Israel | December 28, 2018
Australia has recognised West Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, though is holding off on moving its embassy there from Tel Aviv until a peace settlement is reached. .....
Israel pressured to allow vaccines into occupied Palestine | December 24, 2018
WHO, UNICEF and the Palestinian Ministry of Health have successfully reversed a decree issued by Israel to halt the importing of child vaccinations into the occupied territories. .....
World Food Programme announces aid cut for 190,000 Palestinians | December 21, 2018
US President Trump’s cuts to UNWRA funding has affected 40% of the funding for the World Food Programme, now leaving 27,000 Palestinians without food assistance and 165,000 with reduced support. .....
Israel collective punishment, a policy "of short-term view" | December 18, 2018
Israel’s policy of destroying family houses are a systematic strategy of collective punishment, which have no proven record of preventing or deterring further violence. .....
Raids in Ramallah by Israeli army, a tumultuous week for the city | December 18, 2018
Ramallah and the surrounding areas has seen a increase in tension and Israeli military presence as Palestinians fatally attacked settlers and Israeli soldiers killed numerous Palestinians in retaliation, further closing Ramallah as a military zone. .....
Abbas: The Palestinian Legislative Council will soon be dissolved | December 17, 2018
Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas has announced he will dissolve the Palestinian Legislative council in which Hamas holds the majority of seats, subsequently reverting all legislative power to the PLO which Hamas is not a member of. .....
Resolution condemning Hamas blocked by UN | December 17, 2018
A resolution condemning Hamas for firing rockets into Israel, presented by UN envoy Niki Haley, has failed to pass in the General Assembly. .....
US evangelical church helps Israeli settlement activities | December 17, 2018
As exclusively released in Israeli newspaper Haaretz, the US evangelical church has raised over $50m in the last 10 years for Israeli settlement activities. .....
Mohammad Sabaaneh: A Distorting Caricaturist | December 17, 2018
Mohammad Sabaaneh, inspired by the work of Naji Al Ali’s character Handala, creates cartoons depicting the Palestinian resistance. .....
UN passes six resolutions against Israeli occupation | December 17, 2018
As part of the International Day in Solidarity with the Palestinian People, the UN General Assembly has passed six resolutions on the Israeli occupation. .....
Wafa news agency stormed by Israeli soldiers | December 12, 2018
Israeli soldiers raided Wafa news agency, firing tear gas and sound grenades, in its latest violation of press freedom. .....
The quiet rebellion: female resistance in Palestine | December 11, 2018
Palestinian women are the backbone of the resistance in Palestine. .....
The struggle for Palestinians crossing checkpoints to work | December 11, 2018
Palestine Monitor accompanied the thousands of Palestinian workers attempting to cross Qalandia and Checkpoint 300 to access work in Israel. .....
Children of a shekel | December 11, 2018
The last two decades has seen an increase in child labor in Palestine due to the extent of poverty in the country reaching unprecedented levels. .....
BDS faces escalating attacks due to success, report states | December 11, 2018
A report release by the Transnational Institute outlines an increasing number of suppression against BDS by governments and corporations due to its number of recent wins. .....
UN Secretary General urges revival of two-state solution possibility | December 04, 2018
The UN Secretary General has asked key players in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to restore the viability of the two-state solution, as Israel continues to demolish Palestinian homes and businesses to make way for their settlement policy. .....
Dozens of incidents of settlers vandalising Palestinian property across West Bank | December 02, 2018
Settlers have sprayed Palestinian cars and houses with graffiti and punctured car tyres across the West Bank, adding to the increase in settler violent in recent months. .....
Israel Top Court rules "a dangerous precedent for the use of torture" | November 27, 2018
Israel’s High Court has ruled Israel forces use of torture in interrogation is not illegal. .....
Foreigners married to Palestinians can’t access family reunification | November 26, 2018
Of a total of 65, 000 applications for family reunification submitted since the 1990’s, 25, 000 applications are still pending as Israel tightens restrictions on foreigners settling in Palestine with their spouses. .....
WATCH: Tayseer Barakat‘s artwork inspired by the refugee crisis | November 26, 2018
Tayseer Baraket, an artist from Gaza, paints his own depiction of the refugee crisis across the world. .....
Israel votes the Palestinian Viper as its national snake | November 26, 2018
Israel has appropriated Palestine‘s food, dress, art and music as its own, and now even animals which bear the name of Palestine. .....
European Union condemns Israeli court expulsion of 700 Palestinian Jerusalemites | November 23, 2018
The Israeli Supreme Court has approved the eviction of 700 Palestinians in East Jerusalem, drawing the European Union’s condemnation. .....
Palestine and China celebrate 30 of diplomatic relations | November 21, 2018
Both Palestinian and Chinese presidents have expressed thanks to each country for such a ‘long history of friendship’ and hope ties will only strengthen in the future. .....
Saudi Arabia to bar 3 million Palestinians from completing the Hajj | November 21, 2018
Palestinians with temporary passports issued by Jordan or Lebanon will no longer be able to receive visas from Saudi Arabia to participate in the Hajj or Umrah, in what could be a tactic to erase the Palestinian refugee issue. .....
UNRWA’s deficit reduced to $21 million | November 20, 2018
At the beginning of 2018 UNRWA forecasted a $140 million budget deficit thanks to the US cuts, though now with increased financial contributions from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Qatar, the deficit is only $21 million. .....
Settlers and Israeli forces attack medics and schools in Hebron | November 20, 2018
Attacks in Hebron from Settlers and Israeli forces .....
Encouraging education in sign language for deaf Palestinian children | November 19, 2018
While 300,000 Palestinians wish to learn sign language, only 11 official schools for the deaf exist in the West Bank. .....
Cycling away from the political reality | November 19, 2018
While riding bikes is still rare in Palestine, two cyclists have set out to raise awareness of its positive impact on health, environment and freedom of movement. .....
School stormed by Israeli forces near to Bethlehem | November 12, 2018
Israeli forces have raided a school in Tuqu’ injuring dozens of Palestinian students commemorating late President Yasser Arafat. .....
IDF Raid in Gaza kills at least six Palestinians including Hamas leader | November 12, 2018
Six Palestinians have died after Israel raided the Gaza Strip in an overnight land and air bombardment. .....
Gaza sea crossing to reopen | November 11, 2018
Through negotiations mediated by Qatar, Israel may open a sea crossing from the Hamas-governed Gaza Strip to Cyprus. .....
New Israeli bill seeks to expel family members of Palestinians convicted of attacks | November 11, 2018
A new bill submitted to the Knesset title the “Terrorist Family Expulsion Law” seeks to expel Palestinians with Israeli ID‘s to the West Bank if any of their family members have been convicted of ‘terrorist‘ crimes. .....
Street artists Banksy hands out visit Palestine posters at the World Travel Market | November 10, 2018
Banksy has distributed 1, 000 limited edition Visit Palestine posters at the World Travel Market in London, depicting a military watchtower and the statement “Visit historic Palestine: The Israeli army liked it so much they never left!,” in order to raise awareness about the occupation. .....
Palestinian Jerusalem governor’s office raided by Shin Bet | November 09, 2018
Israel’s Shin Bet have raided the offices of the Palestinian governor for Jerusalem after his arrest by the PA for selling a East Jerusalem home to a Jewish settler. .....
Israel denies more than 40% of Palestinians from accessing healthcare outside of Gaza | November 09, 2018
A WHO report states Israel has denied 763 Palestinians access to medical care outside of Gaza, 90% of them being appointments to hospitals in Jersualem, in the month of September alone. .....
Israel has issue orders to stop Palestinian house constructions | November 09, 2018
Israeli forces have forced residents out of four houses and used explosives to demolish them in the areas of Bethlehem and Hebron. .....
Israel approves 640 new housing units in Ramat Shlomo | November 08, 2018
The construction of 640 new housing units in the illegal settlement of Ramat Shlomo in occupied East Jerusalem have been approved, barely a month after 20,000 units were approved for Ma’ale Adumim settlement. .....
Netanyahu approves death penalty bill for Palestinian prisoners | November 05, 2018
The Israeli Prime Minister has gone against the advice of Israel’s Shin Bet Chief and approved a government bill, now ready to pass to the first reading, allowing the death penalty for Palestinian “terrorists.” .....
Brazil to move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem | November 05, 2018
With the election of a new Brazilian president with pro- Israel leanings, it has been announced their embassy will move from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, following the US’ footsteps. .....
Israeli attacks on journalists are getting more violent | November 05, 2018
Since the start of 2018, 474 attacks have been made on journalists working in Palestine and of these, 78% are by Israeli forces. .....
While the lights are back in Gaza, car owners struggle to get on the road | November 05, 2018
After two years in darkness, the electricity supply is improving in Gaza after an import of Qatari fuel. .....
Israel to build 20, 000 new settlement units | November 04, 2018
The Jerusalem municipality has announced it will build 20, 000 new housing units in the illegal settlement of Maale Adumim, with a cost of NIS 1.4 billion. .....
Exploiting Palestine through its resources | November 04, 2018
Three Palestinian human right groups have submitted a petition to the ICC against Israeli exploitation of Palestinian natural resources. .....
Palestinians ask again, for UK apology for Balfour Declaration | November 03, 2018
Now 101 years on from the Balfour Declaration, Palestinians remain without freedom, dignity and equality, states President Mahmoud Abbas. .....
Coptic monks beaten by Israeli Forces in Jerusalem | November 01, 2018
Jerusalem Coptic Monks have been beaten by Israeli forces, with at least one arrested, after protests broke out in the Old City against renovations of Deir As-sultan. .....
Israelis block fuel and supplies from entering Gaza | October 30, 2018
Israeli residents and right wing activists have staged a protest blocking goods entering the besieged Gaza Strip. .....
‘Israel is a legitimate state in the region,‘ Oman says | October 30, 2018
After Netanyahu made the first visit to Oman by an Israeli official in 22 years, the Omani Foreign Minister has labelled Israel as a legitimate state and stated Oman counts on Trump to achieve peace. .....
The World Bank to boost Palestinian economy | October 30, 2018
The World Bank has increased its allocation to Palestine from $55 million to $90 million for this year in order to stimulate job creation and private sector development. .....
Abbas vows to oppose any US peace proposal | October 30, 2018
President Abbas has used the PLO Central Council session to reiterate he will reject any US peace proposal. .....
Drifting through the prejudices | October 29, 2018
The only female drift racer in the Middle East, Noor Daoud speaks of the start of her career in Palestine and what pushed her to move to Dubai. .....
The issue of accessing energy in Palestine | October 29, 2018
As 90% of the energy in Palestine is bought from Israel, and over 4% of Palestinian communities are off grid, local NGO‘s are providing sustainable energy systems for people wishing to access electricity or wanting to diversify their sources. .....
Gaza "on the precipice" according to UN Envoy for the Middle East | October 29, 2018
UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Nickolay Mladenov has addressed the UN Security Council stating "Gaza is imploding" and easing humanitarian pressure would reduce the threat of conflict escalation on the ground. .....
Jordan’s King Abdullah II to cease leasing lands to Israel | October 29, 2018
Jordan‘s King has declared he will not renew the section of a 1994 peace agreement which leases lands to Israeli farmers for 25 years. .....
Gaza hit by 80 Israeli airstrikes | October 28, 2018
Israeli airstrikes have targeted Gaza more than 80 times, hitting a hospital and coming close to schools, in retaliation for 30 rockets fired from Gaza into Israel. .....
Demolition of Khan al Ahmar suspended | October 25, 2018
The Israeli demolition of Khan al Ahmar has been suspended for a ‘few weeks‘ in order to allow further negotiations and attempt to convince the community to move voluntarily. .....
Israel fear US plan to name Jerusalem as capital of Palestine | October 25, 2018
There is speculation the US may offer East Jerusalem for Palestine‘s capital in the long-awaited peace plan depending on results of midterm US elections. .....
Belgium trade union boss: Palestinian children are killed for their organs | October 25, 2018
A column written by a Belgium academic has accused Israel of kidnapping and killing Palestinian children for their organs. .....
WATCH: Palestine Cinema Days returns for it‘s fifth year | October 25, 2018
Palestine Cinema Days festival has completed it‘s fifth year of events, networking, discussions and competitions for Palestinian emerging filmmakers. .....
Existence is Resistance | October 23, 2018
As 31 new settlement units have been approved to be built in the old city of Hebron, two Palestinian brothers who have a family ceramic business tell their story of resistance against ongoing occupation of the city. .....
WATCH: Israel leads a "water war" in Palestine | October 23, 2018
Israel’s control of water is crippling development in the West Bank and Gaza, causing economic losses in agriculture and industries as well as long-term health risks. .....
Palestine to chair the UN G77 | October 22, 2018
While Palestine only holds observer status at the UN, a resolution has been passed to allow the nation to chair the G77 in 2019, after the agency voted last month for their presidency. .....
Australia considering moving embassy to Jerusalem | October 17, 2018
The Australian Prime Minister has announced he may move the Australian embassy to Jerusalem, going against Australian policy on supporting a two state solution. .....
Palestinian woman stoned to death in her car by settlers | October 17, 2018
Illegal settlers have murdered a Palestinian woman in front of her husband and young child in the north of the West Bank. .....
Melodrama continues as Israeli courts fine New Zealand activists | October 17, 2018
Two New Zealand women are refusing to pay a US$12, 400 fine for petitioning Lorde to cancel her show in Tel Aviv earlier in the year, instead raising money for services in Gaza. .....
31 new illegal settlement units planned in Hebron | October 17, 2018
Israel has approved a US$6m plan for 31 new housing units, kindergartens, a daycare centre and a public park in the old city of Hebron. .....
Gun permit requests nearly triple after Israel eases criteria | October 16, 2018
Since gun laws for Israeli civilians were weakened in order to contribute to a ‘sense of public security,’ over 2,800 more people have applied to carry firearms, raising concerns about increased violence towards Palestinians. .....
Israel stops Qatari-donated fuel entering Gaza | October 16, 2018
Israel has halted a $60m Qatari fuel donation from entering Gaza in retaliation to ongoing Great March of Return protests. .....
Netanyahu threatens to inflict "very painful blows" on Hamas | October 15, 2018
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has threatened increased violence against Gaza if protests against the segregation fence do not cease. .....
Between a rock and a hard place: violations on media freedom in Palestine on the rise | October 15, 2018
This year has seen a 21% rise in Israeli attacks on journalists compared to last year. .....
Unprecedented consensus between Palestine and Israel in UNESCO | October 11, 2018
Despite Israel announcing they would leave UNESCO late last year, Israel and Palestine have come to agreement on terms of protecting historical fabric in Jerusalem and education in Palestine. .....
PLO calls on UN to blacklist Israel | October 10, 2018
The PLO Secretary-General has called on the UN to add Israel to the list of countries which violate children’s rights since nearly 100 Palestinian children have been injured or killed by Israeli forces in this year alone. .....
Spate of attacks as olive harvest season begins | October 10, 2018
As the olive harvest begins for Palestinians, four farms across the West Bank have already been attacked by settlers, destroying fields and impending on the possibility to sell their yields. .....
WATCH: The Tent of Nations peace project | October 10, 2018
A Palestinian family in Bethlehem have started an peace project in order to encourage internationals to come and stay on their farm in order to resist the expropriation of their land by Israel. .....
Municipality to take over UNRWA services in East Jerusalem | October 09, 2018
The Mayor of Jerusalem has announced he will remove the UN refugee agency for Palestinians from the city and take over all services including schools, medical clinics and waste collection. .....
Israel further restricts Gaza’s naval blockade | October 09, 2018
In retaliation to Palestinian protests continuing along the Gaza fence, calling for the lifting of the siege, Israel has restricted Gaza’s naval blockade a further three nautical miles. .....
“Overcrowded” Israeli prisons may see the release of 300 security prisoners | October 09, 2018
After the Israeli High Court ruling that prisoners conditions due to overcrowding in Israeli jails infringed on human rights, Israel has introduced a bill to the Knesset which would effectively release 1000 Palestinian prisoners. .....
Gaza’s leader says Hamas is willing to broker truce deal with Israel | October 09, 2018
Hamas are willing to negotiate with Israel, including following through with a prisoner swap, if the occupying state was to lift the 12 year siege on the Strip. .....
No job for a skilled woman | October 08, 2018
As the unemployment rate for women in Palestine is more than double that of men, the gender inequality in the workforce limits the country’s potential economic growth. .....
Standing in Solidarity: how art can overcome occupation | October 08, 2018
The biennial art festival, Qalandia International, has commenced at the start of October with the theme of solidarity; connecting Palestine with the world through art. .....
Khan al-Ahmar children ask for Germany to intervene in Israel’s planned demolition | October 08, 2018
During German Chancellor Angela Merkel‘s visit to Israel, children from Khan al-Ahmar have called for her to halt Israel‘s planned demolition of their village. .....
Israel condemns football giant for Tamimi meeting | October 02, 2018
As Ahed Tamimi and her family visit Spain to raise awareness about the Israeli occupation, Real Madrid football team honoured her in the local stadium, leading to Israeli condemnation. .....
Palestinian refugee agency depending on EU and Arab funds | October 02, 2018
On the back of last weeks UN General Assembly, UNRWA was able to raise $118 million from Kuwait and the EU, though still remains in $68 million deficit for this year’s budget. .....
Palestine sues US over Embassy move to Jerusalem | October 02, 2018
Palestine has filed a complaint to the International Court of Justice against the US for violating the Vienna Convention by moving its embassy to Jerusalem, though the case hinges on whether the Court deems Palestine a nation state. .....
Israeli forces raid Ramallah, disregarding Area A under Palestinian Authority | October 01, 2018
While falling in Area A, Israeli forces have raided houses in Ramallah, injuring six Palestinians and arresting three. .....
Moonwalk politics for Donald Trump: He now supports a "two-state solution" | October 01, 2018
Following his speech at the UN General Assembly meeting, US President Trump has stated his support for a two-state solution, changing his long, existing stance against it. .....
Jewish settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque over Jewish holidays | October 01, 2018
Since the start of the Jewish Sukkot holiday, over 3,000 Israeli settlers have stormed the Al Aqsa Compound in Jerusalem. .....
Tales of Tala: Arabic translation book launch in Ramallah | September 27, 2018
Palestinian- Canadian Author Chaker Khazaal has released the Arabic translation of Tales of Tala, which controversially depicts the life of a Palestinian refugee sex-worker. .....
IDF loses their Waze, again | September 27, 2018
Clashes escalated in Qalandia as an IDF truck entered the camp on the weekend after following the navigation application Waze instead of knowing military routes. .....
European countries consider recognising Palestine | September 25, 2018
Spain, Ireland and France are looking to recognise a Palestinian state. .....
Palestinian sports groups urge to boycott Puma | September 25, 2018
Palestinian sports organisations have threatened to boycott Puma for it’s sponsorship of Israel Football Association which has six clubs in illegal settlements. .....
UNHCR elects new chair of Gaza probe | September 25, 2018
After the last chair resigned after one month, a new chairperson has been elected to the UNHCR Gaza probe to investigate the killing of 180 in the Gaza Great March of Return. .....
Israeli forces kill nine Palestinians in one week | September 25, 2018
Amnesty has condemned the Israeli killing of nine Palestinians in one week, including one beaten to death. .....
Occupation of the digital space: When a Facebook post can lead to prison | September 25, 2018
Israelis have arrested 1,100 Palestinians since 2015 for posting ‘incitement’ on Facebook. .....
Updates from Khan al-Ahmar Bedouin village awaiting demolition | September 25, 2018
As the Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar still fights to keep their homes, the month of September have seen numerous activists arrested by Israeli forces, the EU Parliament rule in condemnation of the forced eviction and the PLO urging the ICC to investigate Israeli war crimes. .....
Palestinian beaten to death by Israeli forces | September 24, 2018
Amnesty International calls for an arms embargo after six Palestinians are killed by Israeli forces in 24 hours, including one beaten to death. .....
Belgium ends funding for Palestinian schools | September 19, 2018
Belgium has freezed its 16.5 million Euros of funds to Palestinian schools due to them being named after ‘terrorists.’ .....
Trump administration revoke visas of PLO envoy’s family | September 19, 2018
Following Trump’s closure of the PLO office in Washington, the US President has revoked the visas of the PLO Ambassador and his family, which were valid until 2020. .....
WHO and EU strengthen trauma care services in Gaza | September 19, 2018
The World Health Organisation and the European Union have delivered medical supplies to treat more than 100,000 people in Gaza at a time when stocks are critically low. .....
Caught in the Middle: Patients held as hostages in a political crisis | September 17, 2018
As the US administration cuts $25 million in aid to East Jerusalem hospitals, cancer care for Palestinians faces a crisis. .....
WATCH: 25 years on from the signing of Oslo Accords | September 16, 2018
The Oslo Accords were to be the first step in the path to peace, but 25 years on from their signing, Israel has only further ingrained its occupation of Palestine. .....
International group of artists call boycott of Eurovision in Israel | September 13, 2018
An open letter has been signed by over 140 international artists, including Israelis, to boycott the upcoming Eurovision Contest in Israel. .....
US shuts down PLO office | September 13, 2018
The Trump administration has closed the PLO office in Washington as Palestine urges the International Criminal Court to investigate Israeli war crimes in its plan to demolish Bedouin village Khan al Ahmar. .....
Two Palestinian teenagers killed in ongoing protests in Gaza | September 10, 2018
Israeli use of live fire during protests in Gaza has killed another two teenagers last Friday, with 395 more wounded. .....
Israel bans teen activist Ahed Tamimi from travelling | September 10, 2018
After being released from an eight-month prison sentence, Ahed Tamimi and her family have been banned from travelling abroad, just as Ahed was due to give a presentation on the occupation in the Netherlands. .....
Paraguay moves its embassy back to Tel Aviv after only three months | September 10, 2018
After going against international law and moving its embassy to Jerusalem three months ago, Paraguay has decided to move back to Tel Aviv in order to intensify regional efforts for lasting peace. .....
Among bullets and teargas canisters, medics risk their lives to save others | September 10, 2018
In this year alone, three medics have been killed and 379 injured in Gaza, though this doesn’t scare the Palestinian first responders away from their job. .....
“Education is our weapon:” the difficulties of learning under occupation | September 10, 2018
As school recommences in Palestine, 44 schools in Area C are under threat of demolition by Israeli forces. .....
The PA presented with Jordanian-Palestinian confederation | September 10, 2018
US negotiators have offered part of it’s Mideast peace deal to President Abbas in the form of a federation with Jordan – joining parts of the West Bank to the Hashemite Kingdom instead of a sovereign Palestinian State. .....
Amid boycott of US officials, Palestinian Intelligence in talks with the CIA | September 04, 2018
After the PA cut ties with the US after moving their embassy to Jerusalem, Palestinian General Intelligence officials have met with the CIA in Washington. .....
PA Minister injured by Israeli forces at protest near Ramallah | September 04, 2018
Five people have been injured and three detained by Israeli forces during protests against land confiscation in the village of Ras Karkar. .....
International artists pull out of Israeli festival | September 04, 2018
Over 14 international bands have cancelled their performance at Israel’s Meteor Festival commencing this week, citing a win for the Palestinian Campaign for the Cultural Boycott of Israel. .....
Palestine‘s British safeguard under pressure | September 03, 2018
British Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn has been under fire by Jewish groups for anti-semitism leading human rights activists to request documents from Israel about the state’s ongoing disinformation campaign against Corbyn. .....
New Israeli Gun Law: Security issue or justification for killing Palestinians? | September 03, 2018
With Israel relaxing their gun laws, now allowing up to 600,000 more citizens to hold fire arms, Human Rights groups and Israeli Knesset Joint List members are concerned there will be an increase in fatal settler violence in the West Bank. .....
Breast cancer in Palestine: less likely to survive because you were born a woman under occupation | August 28, 2018
Palestinian women have only a 40 percent survival chance when diagnosed with breast cancer compared to 86 percent in Israel. .....
Israel faces international condemnation for planned settlement construction | August 28, 2018
Israel’s announcement of further plans to build over 2,000 settlement housing units has brought condemnation from the EU, UK and Turkey. .....
FIFA bans Palestinian soccer chief for inciting hatred | August 28, 2018
Palestinian Football Association President Jibril Rajoub has been handed a US$20,000 fine and year-long match suspension by FIFA after he urged fans to burn pictures of Argentina football player Lionel Messi in protest of his team playing against Israel in Jerusalem. .....
Baby conceived by sperm smuggled out of Israeli prison is born | August 28, 2018
While his father serves a 19 year sentence in Israeli prison, a baby boy has been born in Nablus by IVF treatment of smuggled sperm. .....
US cuts $200m in assistance to Palestinians | August 27, 2018
The US has announced it will redirect $200m in aid from project in Palestine to ‘high priority projects elsewhere,’ citing the rule of Hamas in Gaza as justification. .....
Israel plans to ban the raising of the Palestinian flag | August 27, 2018
In response to the Nation State Law protests in Tel Aviv, Israel’s Likud Party is drafting a bill prohibiting the display of the Palestinian flag during demonstrations with the punishment being up to a year in jail. .....
Palestine’s Irish connection | August 27, 2018
The Palestinian town of Beit Sahour and Tralee in Ireland have become twin cities over a common demographic of Christians coupled with both towns experiencing the effects of occupation. .....
US Ambassador to Israel says there is “no need” to evacuate settlements | August 25, 2018
Settler leaders have stated the US Ambassador to Israel, David Friedman would be happy to support a new Israeli-Palestinian joint economic venture in the West Bank. .....
Wave of settler violence weekend before Eid | August 25, 2018
In the lead up to the Muslim Eid al-Ahda holiday, illegal settlers in the West Bank have attacked Palestinian drivers with stones, punctured car tyres, spray painted abusive messages and destroyed olive groves. .....
Israeli forces shoot Norwegian activist | August 21, 2018
Israeli forces have shot a Norwegian activist in the abdomen with a rubber-coated bullet during clashes in Kufr Qaddoum. .....
Sentence doubled for Israeli officer who shot dead Palestinian teenager | August 21, 2018
In a rare move the Israeli Supreme Court has extended the prison sentence of an Israeli border police officer to 18 months after killing a Palestinian teen in 2014. .....
Israel closes Gaza’s Erez crossing for Eid | August 21, 2018
Gazan’s are prevented from leaving during the Eid al-Adha holiday this week as Israel closes the Erez crossing. .....
Humanitarian Coordinator calls for the protection of Palestinian health workers | August 21, 2018
Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Jamie McGoldrick has used World Humanitarian Day to highlight his outrage at the deaths of three Palestinian health workers in recent months. .....
Israel releases ten tonnes of Palestinian mail after 8 years | August 21, 2018
Over 10 tonnes of mail destined for the West Bank has been released in Jericho after being held in Jordan by Israel for eight years in violation of a 2008 between Israel and Palestine. .....
A glimpse of freedom at Shepherd’s Beer Festival | August 21, 2018
The Shepherd‘s Beer Festival creates a safe place for Palestinians to enjoy music, local drinks and community. .....
Handwritten maps and faded photographs: bringing exiled Palestinians back to their roots | August 20, 2018
Jerusalemite, Tarek Bakri, visually documents Palestinian historical villages and connects people in diaspora with their lost homes. .....
Four girls, an app and a trip to California | August 20, 2018
Four high school girls from Nablus, north of the West Bank, have won a people’s choice award at a Technovation Challenge in America for their app on fire prevention awareness. .....
The Palestinian-Israeli Power Play: renewable energy as a tool for independence | August 20, 2018
As the West Bank and Gaza Strip has the highest cost of electricity in the Arab world, Palestinians are trying to turn to solar energy though continue to face hurdles due to Israeli occupation. .....
Young entrepreneurs: the future of Palestine is in tech | August 15, 2018
Tech based startups in Palestine are finding gaps in the online Arabic market and overcoming the typical employment and business barriers of the occupation. .....
Animals divided: separation wall blocks migratory routes and threatens extinction | August 15, 2018
There are at least 16 animal species facing extinction in the West Bank due to the wall destroying vegetation and interrupting breeding. .....
Gaza’s ‘disastrous’ naval blockade affecting thousands | August 15, 2018
Four thousand fishermen and 50, 000 people who rely on the fishing industry in Gaza are directly affected by the Israeli tightening of the fishing zone to only three miles. .....
Palestinian unemployment among graduates reaches nearly fifty-six percent | August 15, 2018
In ten years, the unemployment of recent Palestinian graduates has risen 14.3% .....
Israeli sniper kills Palestinian medic in Gaza | August 13, 2018
A PMRS medic, Abdallah Qatati, has been killed by Israeli sniper fire during the Great March of Return in Gaza, with eight other paramedics injured. .....
Israeli airstrikes flatten Gaza cultural centre | August 13, 2018
The Said Al-Mishal cultural centre in Gaza City has been destroyed by Israeli airstrikes, in what they deem a response to Hamas rockets landing inside Israel. .....
Colombian president recognizes Palestine as sovereign state | August 13, 2018
Just days before leaving office, Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos recognised Palestine as an independent state though all may be unravelled as the new president steps into office. .....
700 Gaza cancer patients to go without treatment | August 13, 2018
Cancer treatment in Gaza can no longer be administered after chemotherapy supplies dropped 80%, endangering the lives of 700 people. .....
Israeli visa crackdown affects Palestinian higher education | August 09, 2018
Israeli visa renewal has dropped from 70 percent to 10 percent over the last year, particularly targeting foreign academics working at Birzeit University in the West Bank. .....
Israeli Arab minority groups launch struggle against Nationality Law | August 09, 2018
Arab members of the Knesset and minority rights groups in Israel have filed petitions to the UN and the Israeli High Court of Justice against the passing of the Nation State law and its “distinct apartheid characteristics.” .....
PA receives over €10 million contribution from the EU and the Netherlands | August 09, 2018
The European Union and the Netherlands have contributed 10 million EUR to PA civil servant salaries in the West Bank, amid the PA’s continued withholding of workers salaries in Gaza. .....
Planting a seed for the future | August 09, 2018
An interactive theatre performance educates children in Qalqilya about organic farming, healthy eating and recycling. .....
Images released of Israel’s underwater barrier with Gaza | August 07, 2018
The Israeli Defence Ministry expects to complete a 200m long sea barrier with Gaza by the end of the year, preventing boats, divers and swimmers from reaching Israel by sea. .....
Israelis protest inequality intrinsic to new Nation-State Law | August 07, 2018
Thousands of Israelis are protesting the new Jewish Nation State which excludes Palestinian and Druze citizens. .....
Human rights abuses continue as second ‘Freedom Flotilla’ is intercepted | August 07, 2018
Israeli forces violently beat and threaten activists with guns after intercepting Freedom Flotilla vessel. .....
Press freedom threatened as Israel detains sixth Palestinian journalist in one week | August 07, 2018
Six Palestinian journalists have been arbitrarily arrested by Israeli forces in one week, with one now on hunger strike to protest his detention. .....
What the UNRWA funding cut really means | August 07, 2018
The US and Israel are aiming to take the Palestinian refugee issue off the table of a peace negotiation by ceasing recognition and halting the function of UNRWA. .....
A bench behind bars: education and child-imprisonment in Palestine | August 06, 2018
As 17-year-old Ahed Tamimi has been released from prison, Palestine Monitor looks at the effects of missing school while in Israeli detention. .....
Over 200 Jordan Valley residents displaced by new Israeli military road | August 05, 2018
The Israeli military have confiscated 68 dunams of Palestinian farmers in the Jordan Valley and destroyed 1,500 meters of water pipes without notice, making way for a military road. .....
Israeli soldiers raid al Aqsa compound | August 05, 2018
Israeli soldiers have raided the holy site of al-Haram al-Sharif in Jerusalem, firing tear gas and stun grenades at worshippers and arresting 24 Palestinians. .....
Fighting for Palestine: The Palestinian MMA fighter in Canada | August 05, 2018
Amro Al Falastini is using Mix Material Arts as a release of emotions after moving from a country under occupation. .....
Palestinian poet sentenced to five months prison | August 02, 2018
Palestinian poet Dareen Tatour has been sentenced to five months prison for ‘inciting terrorism’ through a poem posted on social media. .....
Saudi Arabia still supports the Palestinian cause | August 02, 2018
After the Saudi Crown Prince told Palestinians to accept any peace deal presented to them or “stop complaining” in recent months, King Salman has expressed renewed support. .....
Palestine elected to preside Group of 77 of the United Nations | August 02, 2018
Palestine has been elected to chair the UN Group of 77 developing nations, at a time when the US consistently denies any support for Palestine in the intergovernmental body. .....
Resistance through music: Ramallah’s Al Kamanjati centre | July 30, 2018
For the students at Al Kamanjati in Ramallah, music is a way to cope with the political and social situation in Palestine. .....
Israel to build 400 settler homes in retaliation to stabbing | July 30, 2018
After a 17-year-old Palestinian entered an illegal settlement in the West Bank last week and stabbed three people, killing one, Israel has declared it will build 400 new settlement housing units to ‘combat terrorism.’ .....
Thousand have signed: UN urged to condemn Hamas for Eco-terrorism | July 30, 2018
The World Jewish Congress are trying to collect 10,000 signatures to petition the UN to condemn Hamas for it’s use of launching Molotov kites and balloons over the segregation fence. .....
WATCH: Ahed and Nariman Tamimi released after 8 months of imprisonment | July 30, 2018
The icon of Palestinian resistance, Ahed Tamimi and her mother Nariman has been from Israeli prison with a message to stand with all other political prisoners, particularly the up to 700 children currently imprisoned. .....
The political significance of Palestinian storytelling | July 30, 2018
Palestinian storytellers combine historical stories and imagination to bridge a link of identity and heritage for listeners. .....
Water as a weapon: Jordan Valley farming villages under existential threat | July 30, 2018
While illegal settlements in the Jordan Valley alone use 81% more water than Palestinians in the West Bank, access to water for Palestinian farmers is bare minimum, resulting in their farms drying up. .....
The emerging sector of recycling in Ramallah and Al-Bireh | July 26, 2018
The remaining area of the West Bank under Palestinian control is not enough land space for waste landfills and recycling facilities. .....
US denies PA officials entry to UN meeting | July 25, 2018
The US has denied visas to six PA officials travelling to present a report to the UN in New York. .....
Mystery surrounds the death of two Palestinian scientists | July 25, 2018
The death of two Gazan scientists in Algiers is suspected to be linked with Israel’s Mossad espionage agency. .....
Peace in Gaza is “all up to Hamas,” Trump aides say in opinion pieces | July 25, 2018
The US Middle East envoys, Jared Kushner, Jason Greenblatt and David Friedman have stated in a Washington Post Op-Ed that the lack of economic prosperity and the “corrupt and hateful leadership” of Hamas in Gaza is the main roadblock to peace. .....
International Criminal Court reaches out to Palestinian victims of war crimes | July 25, 2018
The ICC has declared it will establish a system of public information and outreach activities for Palestinians affected by war crimes. .....
Knesset passes ‘Breaking the Silence’ Law | July 24, 2018
The Israeli Government has passed a new law prohibiting any organisations or groups who proclaim to be against the IDF to enter Israeli schools or meet students. .....
Birthright Walkoffs: a changing Jewish-American youth view of Israel | July 24, 2018
Jewish American youth have started to shift their perception on Israel in the wake of renewed violence on Gaza, as well as the current US political culture of being active and aware. .....
Freedom Flotilla sets sail from Sicily to breech Gaza blockade | July 24, 2018
Three boats have set sail from Italy calling for a just future for Palestinians and attempting to deliver medical supplies to Gaza. .....
US congressional nominee Ocasio-Cortez disappoints American leftists with stance on Israel | July 23, 2018
As public support for the Democratic Party dwindles in America, Congress Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was a beacon of hope for the left, until she shifted her stance on the Palestinian – Israeli conflict. .....
Playing under occupation: the limits and potential of Palestinian Football | July 23, 2018
A Danish- Palestinian football player tells of his experience leaving his senior career in Danish league to play for Palestine. .....
Israeli activists inside the West Bank: discovering the truth about Khan al Ahmar | July 23, 2018
Israeli activists come by the busload to show solidarity with the Bedouin village of Khan al Ahmar, though rarely initiate any action inside Israel to call their government out. .....
Christian Peacemaker Teams campaign to boycott Hewlett-Packard over links to Israeli Occupation | July 18, 2018
The Christian Peacemaker Teams have called for mass social media action against IT giant Hewlett-Packard as their computer systems are use by the Israeli occupation and subsequently are linked to human rights violations. .....
Israel on the way to approve ‘Facebook Law’ | July 18, 2018
The Knesset will soon vote on a bill which would give Israel the power to force social media platforms to delete any content it deems to be incitement, an act which could possibly censor any political criticism of the government. .....
Outbreak of protests against Israel’s Nation State Bill | July 17, 2018
Thousands of people have protested in Tel Aviv against the Knesset’s proposed Nation State Bill which, if passed, would declare Israel a nation state for Jewish people and enshrine apartheid. .....
House Democrats ask for transparency for Palestinian Aid Funds | July 17, 2018
Nine US House Democrats have penned a letter to Trump calling for a review on the current status of funding to the PA, citing the funding held earlier in the year should be released in the meantime in order to provide assistance to those in a dire humanitarian situation. .....
Knesset advances bill to limit Palestinians from taking petitions to the High Court | July 17, 2018
A new bill to be pushed through the Knesset will normalise illegal settlers in the West Bank by forcing Palestinian‘s petitions against settlement activity to the District Court instead of taking the existing, direct path to the High Court. .....
Gaza hit by largest Israeli airstrike since 2014 | July 17, 2018
An exchange of rocket fire at the weekend between Hamas and Israel was the biggest escalation since the 2014 Gaza War, resulting in the killing of four Palestinians and three Israelis wounded. .....
The politics of being gay and Palestinian | July 17, 2018
LGBTQ people living in Palestine say the social restrictions on expressing their identity is not rooted in Islam, but instead the region‘s culture and history of colonialism and conflict. .....
The only Hostel in Hebron | July 16, 2018
The owner of H2 Hostel in Hebron hopes to change tourists perception of visiting the militarised old city. .....
Barghouthi: Thank you to the people of Ireland who stand in solidarity with Palestine | July 12, 2018
Due to successful lobbying and advocacy and joint efforts between Palestinian activists, Irish senate members and civil society groups, we have passed the first European bill to ban products from illegal settlements. .....
Wadi Fukin: where the dream of return came true | July 12, 2018
The rare case of a village able to return to their homeland after 1948. .....
Ireland passes bill prohibiting trade with illegal settlements | July 12, 2018
Ireland has become the first EU country to pass a bill prohibiting the import and sales of goods, services and resources from Israeli settlements. .....
Knesset pushes bill to allow non-Arab purchase of lands in Area C of the occupied West Bank | July 12, 2018
The Israeli parliament is pushing through a bill to alter a 1953 Jordanian Law to allow Israeli Jews to purchase land rights in the West Bank, subsequently making it easier for settlement expansion in the occupied territories. .....
“City of David” national park in East Jerusalem set to house more settlers | July 12, 2018
The Knesset has advanced a bill to allow settlement construction within a national park of Silwan, occupied East Jerusalem. .....
Prisoners under administrative detention wage hunger strike | July 12, 2018
Five Palestinian prisoners in Ofer military prison have commenced a hunger strike in protest of living conditions and administrative detention. .....
United Kingdom starts a review concerning incitement in Palestinian textbooks | July 10, 2018
The UK is calling for a joint review on the content in Palestinian school textbooks amid concern they incite violence against Israel and the Jewish people. .....
Netanyahu lifts ban of Parliament members visiting Al-Aqsa resulting in immediate provocative visits | July 10, 2018
After Israeli President Netanyahu lifted a three-year ban on government officials entering the Al Aqsa Mosque compound, Knesset ministers and Israeli settlers visited the grounds under heavy security. .....
Activist denied entry to the West Bank after walking all the way from Sweden | July 10, 2018
Israeli Border Force denies entry to Swedish activist after walking the entire distance from his hometown to raise awareness about the occupation of Palestine. .....
The fight against Israeli cultural appropriation: Palestinian Heritage Wear Day | July 10, 2018
A string of marches celebrating Palestinian dress aim to reclaim cultural heritage and keep the tradition of embroidery alive in younger generations. .....
Analysis: New York Times fails to use language that holds Israel accountable | July 10, 2018
A NYT article on the demolition of Bedouin village Khan al Ahmar voids Israel of any agency and fails to address the violence used to evict the residents. .....
Al Mahattah tent demolished by Israeli military, despite UNESCO protection in Battir | July 09, 2018
A community space in the UNESCO protected site of Battir has been demolished by Israeli forces without notice. .....
Court suspends demolition Al Khan Al Ahmar | July 09, 2018
The Israeli High Court has temporarily halted the demolition of the Bedouin village Khan al Ahmar – the same court which ruled the Israeli state could demolish the village in May. .....
Barghouthi: Update from the impending demolition of Khan al Ahmar | July 05, 2018
Access to Khan al Ahmar is restricted by Israeli military forces, a curfew declared, clashes and arrests continue and an access road is created for evacuating people. .....
Al Khan Al Ahmar demolition approaches | July 05, 2018
Israeli forces have started creating an access point for bulldozers to demolish the Bedouin village of Khan Al Ahmar, resulting in clashes with the residents and activists. .....
CODEPINK’s Ariel Gold banned from entry into Israel | July 04, 2018
A Jewish-American CODEPINK activist has been denied entry into Israel, while holding a valid study visa, under the accusation she was of ‘taking advantage of her Jewishness.’ .....
Barghouthi: The village of Khan al Ahmar stands up against the Israeli army arriving to demolish their village | July 04, 2018
Israeli army bulldozers have arrived at the Bedouin village of Khan al Ahmar in preparation to demolish their village. .....
“Ali is on the grill,” Jewish extremists chant slogans celebrating the Duma arson attack | July 04, 2018
After burning down the Dawabsha family home and killing three people, Jewish protesters have stood outside an Israeli court hearing chanting in support of the attack. .....
Major banks stop money transfers to Palestinian NGO after pressures from pro-Israeli lobby group | July 03, 2018
Citibank and Arab Bank have ceased to allow donations to be transferred to Defence for Children International Palestine after a pro-Israeli lobby group claimed the NGO is connected to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. .....
Five Americans left Birthright program in an anti-Occupation move | July 03, 2018
Five Jewish American women left a Birthright tour to Israel and opted to join a ‘Breaking the Silence’ tour in Hebron due to Birthright covering up the occupation. .....
Australia to stop giving direct aid to the PA | July 03, 2018
The Australian Government has declared it would stop providing funding to the Palestinian Authority due to concerns it supports politically motivated violence. .....
Palestinians protest against the ‘deal of the century’ | July 03, 2018
A protest mainly of Fatah members was staged in Ramallah against the US Administration ‘deal of the century‘, even though any concrete information of what the deal is remains to be revealed. .....
Palestinian resistance in the streets of San Francisco | July 03, 2018
Murals featuring Palestinian symbols of resistance are painted on the walls of San Francisco by the Palestinian diaspora drawing attention to the ongoing conflict. .....
Coming to Israel to play ‘Call of Duty:’ The American “Lone Soldiers” in the IDF | July 03, 2018
Of the nearly 3,000 foreign nationals who serve in the Israel Defense Force 25% are Americans who have no connection to Israel. .....
The World Cup is in Palestine too | July 02, 2018
While the Palestine national football team didn’t make the qualification for the World Cup, the tournament’s games are screened all across the country. .....
First hearing in Jerusalem court for Human Rights Watch Director’s legal challenge | July 02, 2018
Human Rights Watch Director Omar Shakir has brought his deportation order to court, as the organisation claims Israel is trying to muzzle criticisms of its “rights records.” .....
Israeli settlers incite violence at Joseph’s Tomb, Nablus | July 02, 2018
A Palestinian youth was shot and wounded during clashes at Joseph’s Tomb when hundreds settlers entered the site, situated in the Palestinian territory of Area A. .....
UNRWA’s pledge: funding shortfall to have devastating outcomes for Palestinian refugees | June 27, 2018
The United Nations agency for Palestinian Refugees remains in a critical position after the US cut funding in January, forcing the body to call for further pledges and advanced payments. .....
IDF destroy plant nurseries in Hizma, East Jerusalem | June 27, 2018
The IDF have destroyed four Palestinian businesses in East Jerusalem without notice, each at a value of 200,000-300,000 ILS. .....
Prince William makes historical visit to Palestinian Territories | June 27, 2018
The Duke of Cambridge is visiting both Israel and Palestine this week, marking the first royal visit since 1948. .....
Human Rights organisation calls for independent investigation into police killing of Bedouin | June 26, 2018
After Israeli police killed Jacob Moussa Abu Al Qia’an in Umm al-Hiran last year, the authorities claimed it as defence against a terror attack, though a subsequent investigation has found the killing resulted from police failure. .....
Flotilla for Gaza prevented to dock in Paris | June 26, 2018
A Flotilla destined for Gaza, aiming to bring attention to the dire living conditions and struggle for Gazan fishermen to work under the blockade, has been prevented from docking in Paris due to pressure from the Israeli Embassy in France. .....
Military Order 1797: A new method to demolish the homes of Palestinians living in Area C | June 25, 2018
A new military order may soon be passed in the Israeli High Court, giving Israeli forces greater ease to demolish Palestinian structures in Area C. .....
Hassan Tamimi freed from Israeli prison after losing his eyesight | June 25, 2018
Hassan Tamimi, 18, has lost his eye sight due to medical negligence in Ofer military prison. .....
A symbol of steadfastness: Sumoud Camp in Sheikh Jarrah | June 25, 2018
After the construction of the separation wall, Palestinian families who were cut off from Jerusalem moved into tents in Sheikh Jarrah and now an abandoned building, called Sumoud Camp, in order to keep their Jerusalem IDs. .....
EU sanctions against Israeli settlements “not on the table” while sanctions against Russia extend another year | June 19, 2018
While EU sanctions are extended on Russian- annexed Crimea, sanctions on Israel due to their illegal occupation of East Jerusalem and the West Bank remain non-existent. .....
IDF warplanes bomb Gaza in response to incendiary kites and balloons | June 19, 2018
The Israeli Air Force has conducted airstrikes on Palestinians in Gaza launching inflammable kites and balloons, as well as Hamas military targets and weapon manufacturing sites. .....
Administrative detention for Khalida Jarrar extended again | June 19, 2018
The administrative detention for human rights defender Khalida Jarrar has been extended by the Israeli military court for another three months, bringing her detention to almost one year without charge or trial. .....
British Foreign Minister attempts to draw “red lines” in US-proposed Israel-Palestine peace plan | June 19, 2018
The British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson has called for a meeting with US President Senior Advisor Jared Kushner to discuss expectations of the US peace proposal. .....
How the Gazan health care system was slowly brought to the verge of collapse | June 18, 2018
The collapse of Gaza’s health care has been a long, deteriorating process since Israel’s blockade of the Strip in 2007. .....
Permaculture in Palestine: Living sustainably while under occupation | June 18, 2018
Palestinians are taking the initiative to start sustainable organic agricultural plots, seed libraries and creative upcycling initiatives, nurturing both community and land at the same time. .....
Razzouk Tattoo Parlour: 700 years of tattooing history | June 18, 2018
A 700 year old tattoo business is permanent proof of the Palestinian heritage in Jerusalem. .....
Israeli soldiers assault medics near Bethlehem | June 18, 2018
Israeli soldiers have prevented and physically assaulted Palestinian medics from providing aid at a car crash in Bethlehem. .....
Israelis protest against Palestinian family purchasing home in Afula | June 18, 2018
Jewish residents of Afula in Israel have staged protests against the selling of a house to a Palestinian family and the potential of having a mixed Palestinian-Israeli city. .....
Israel court lets soldiers walk free after killing 16-year-old Palestinian in 2013 | June 13, 2018
The Israeli soldiers who killed Samir ‘Awad in 2013, which rights groups claim to be extrajudicial execution or a wilful killing, have been dismissed by the Israeli court based on the argument soldiers are rarely indicted for killing Palestinians. .....
Israel using new weapons, “firebombs,” in Gaza | June 13, 2018
Israel has been deploying drones to drop ‘firebombs’ and tear gas on protesters in Gaza, as well as using a new type of live ammunition which international law only permits during times of war. .....
EU Foreign Policy Chief cancels visit to Israel | June 13, 2018
The EU Representative of Foreign Policy has cancelled her trip to Israel after Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu refused to meet due to her hostile position towards the state. .....
Musaharati arrested and fined in Old City Jerusalem | June 13, 2018
A 26-year-old musaharati or ‘public waker’ - who calls for people to wake up and eat their sahur meal in Ramadan – has been arrested and fined four times this month. .....
Uprooted: Israeli settlers destroy crops and livelihoods in wave of “agricultural terrorism” | June 11, 2018
Palestinian grapevines are slashed by Israeli settlers, destroying hard work and economic viability. .....
Barghouthi: Lies will not save Israel from the responsibility of killing Razan Najjar | June 11, 2018
Israel continues to say the killing of 21-year-old PMRS nurse was unintentional, as well as slandering her name, stating she was acting as a “human shield” “used by Hamas.” .....
‘Gas the Arabs’: the award-winning documentary narrating the Palestinian reality | June 11, 2018
New documentary aims to create awareness about every day living situation under occupation, despite attempts at censorship by Israeli government. .....
Israeli government plans to cut funds from PA after fires damage crops | June 11, 2018
The Israeli Prime Minister has instructed the National Security Chief to deduct funds, upwards of 5 million shekels, from the PA as monetary compensation for Israeli farms burnt by kites flown from Gaza. .....
Al-Quds Day: four killed and hundreds more injured in continuation of Gaza protests | June 11, 2018
At the end of the Six Day War anniversary, protests continued in Gaza, with four more Palestinians killed and nearly 400 injured. .....
How cameras monitor every aspect of life in East Jerusalem | June 11, 2018
High tech surveillance cameras with the ability to record face recognition, voice and even body heat to detect nervousness unnerve Palestinian residents across Jerusalem. .....
Administrative detainees in Israeli prisons to start a hunger strike | June 07, 2018
Nearly 400 prisoners in Israeli administrative detention are set to start a hunger strike by the end of the month, in protest of imprisonment without charge or trial. .....
Barcelona largest city to endorse military embargo against Israel | June 07, 2018
Barcelona has become the largest EU city to endorse BDS, further calling for an arms embargo and the release of child prisoners. .....
Majority of Israeli banks complicit in illegal settlements, report says | June 06, 2018
A new report by Human Rights Watch states Israel‘s main banks play an active role in illegal settlement expansion. .....
‘Loyalty Law’: The new threat towards Palestinians living in East Jerusalem | June 05, 2018
With new amendments to the ‘Entry into Israel Law,‘ Palestinians from East Jerusalem are more at risk of becoming stateless. .....
Israeli army shoot and kills 21-year-old nurse in Gaza | June 04, 2018
Razan Al Najjar has been killed by sniper fire while providing medical attention to wounded protesters in Gaza. .....
Knesset proposes bill to criminalise documenting IDF soldiers | June 04, 2018
The Israeli parliament has proposed a law which would hand a 5 year prison service to anyone – including journalists - photographing or filming IDF soldiers. .....
Israel and Gaza exchange in heavy rocket fire | June 04, 2018
According to the IDF, 70 rockets were fired from Gaza into Israel last week resulting in 35 strikes on Hamas targets. .....
Gaza Freedom Flotilla attempting to break Israel blockade intercepted | May 31, 2018
A flotilla from Gaza, carrying around 25 people - some requiring urgent medical assistance - has been intercepted by the IDF. .....
Barghouthi: The Gaza protests show that non-violent resistance will triumph | May 31, 2018
Israel has been exposed as an oppressive, ruthless state that violates international law by using lethal, high-velocity bullets against peaceful protesters .....
Trauma, resistance and liberation in Palestine | May 31, 2018
Mental Heath worker, Samah Jaber discusses suffering and subsequent psychological states under occupation. .....
Israel to build 2,500 more housing units in the West Bank for settlers | May 28, 2018
In the same day, Israel has approved the construction of 2,500 new housing units for settlements across the West Bank, as well as the green light for the demolition of a Palestinian bedouin village. .....
Palestinian prisoner Aziz Awisat dies in custody | May 28, 2018
Human rights groups claim a Palestinian prisoner has died in Israeli custody due to medical neglect and abuse, bringing the number of Palestinian prisoner deaths this year to four. .....
Police brutality in Haifa during Peaceful Protests | May 23, 2018
Palestinians in Haifa have been subject to police brutality, some hospitalised and arrested after protests in solidarity with Gaza. .....
UNHCR to investigate Israeli killing unarmed protesters in Gaza | May 23, 2018
The UN Human Rights Council has passed a resolution allowing an independent team to investigate human rights abuses in the occupied Palestinian territories. .....
The Awakening of Muslim countries: their reaction to Israel’s killings in Gaza | May 21, 2018
In the 7th session of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, 57 Muslim countries have agreed to create an International Protection Force for Palestine, as well as calling once again to ban illegal Israeli settlement products from markets. .....
Egypt re-opens Rafah Checkpoint in Gaza for Ramadan | May 21, 2018
Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has opened the Rafah border with Gaza for the month of Ramadan, in response to Israel‘s attack on Gazan protesters. .....
South Africa and Turkey pull their ambassadors to Israel | May 21, 2018
After Israel killed over 60 Palestinian protesters in Gaza on the day of the US embassy move, South Africa and Turkey have recalled their ambassadors from Israel. .....
Clashes between Israeli police, Israeli activists and Palestinians in Jerusalem during embassy move | May 17, 2018
Among protests against the US embassy move from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem on May 14, Palestinians were beaten by Israeli Border Police and arrested. .....
Cannes Festival: an opportunity to change opinions about Palestinians | May 17, 2018
For the first time, Palestine will have it‘s own Pavilion at the Cannes Film Festival, providing greater representation of Palestinian cinema. .....
Israeli singer wins Eurovision 2018, campaign against it continues | May 17, 2018
As Israel takes out the Eurovision Song Contest, BDS is determined to push a year-long campaign in the lead up to Eurovision 2019 to be set in Jerusalem. .....
Human Rights Watch local director given two weeks to leave the country | May 17, 2018
The director of the Israel Palestine Human Rights Watch office is to be deported from the country after Israel accused him of supporting BDS. .....
Barghouthi: The Palestinian people will not be deterred from their dedication to non-violent resistance | May 14, 2018
On the day of the US Israeli embassy move to Jerusalem and the eve of Nakba commemorations, Israeli forces have killed over 40 people in Gaza alone. .....
‘The Champions Team:‘ Palestine’s first amputee football team | May 09, 2018
A new amputee football team from Gaza helps disabled people, injured in bombardments or explosions, overcome the psychological effects of their injuries. .....
Rock climbing brings Palestinians catharsis and connection to the outdoors | May 09, 2018
Wadi Climbing, based in Ramallah, is promoting a physically and mentally healthy exercise to Palestinians, including those living in refugee camps who don’t often have financial access to such activities. .....
“This is worse than the West Bank:” residents of East Jerusalem live in constant fear of home demolition | May 06, 2018
In line with Israel wanting to Judaise Jerusalem, Palestinian residents are restricted from gaining building permits and continually face home demolitions. .....
Palestinians express resignation as Giro D’Italia starts in Jerusalem on Friday | May 03, 2018
A world renowned cycling race has decided to start this year‘s event in Jerusalem before touring Israel, as an “antidote to the BDS Movement.” .....
US and UK arms trade likely to remain amid renewed call for embargo | May 02, 2018
Amnesty International has called for an arms embargo against Israel as number of deaths continue to rise in Gaza, though the US and UK continue with future sales plans. .....
Women in Aida Camp improve disabled children’s lives through cooking classes | April 30, 2018
Noor Centre for Disabilities in Aida refugee camp has grown from a grassroots initiative, running cooking classes within a house to a school for disabled children in the camp. .....
Palestine through the cartoons of Mohammad Sabaaneh | April 30, 2018
After being detained by Israelis, and placed in solitary confinement, Palestinian cartoonist Sabaaneh recorded his time through his detailed cartoons. .....
Nurturing crops on the rooftops of a refugee camp in crisis | April 26, 2018
Seeing as the Palestinian refugee camps are so densely populated and built up, the Women’s centre at Am’ari camp in Ramallah starting to build their green space in the skies. .....
Discussion on forcible transfer of Al Khan Al Ahmar bedouins turns from “if” to “how” | April 26, 2018
After 9 years in Israeli courts, the Supreme Court will soon hand down a ruling as to where the Bedouin community of Al Khan Al Ahmar will be transferred to, making way for their homes to be demolished for illegal Israeli settlement expansion. .....
Women of Nabi Saleh suffer as sons languish in prison | April 23, 2018
For Prisoner’s Day, mothers from Nabi Saleh share stories of their sons being detained in Israeli prisons. .....
Injured Gazan journalist set for surgery on remaining leg in Ramallah | April 19, 2018
Gazan journalist targeted by Israeli fire during the Great March of Return loses leg after not being granted exit permit for medical care out of the besieged strip. .....
Violent settler attacks increase but no change in recourse to justice | April 18, 2018
Attacks on Palestinians by illegal Israeli settlers in the West Bank has doubled in 2018, with an average of six attacks every week. .....
#BornAPrisoner, Palestinian Prisoners’ Day marked by marches and hashtag | April 18, 2018
Palestinian protesters have gathered in Ramallah for Prisoner‘s Day, calling for freedom and equal rights from Israel. .....
War crimes in Gaza: the international community reaction | April 16, 2018
While Israel continues to defend their actions against protestors in Gaza, condemnation is expressed by NGOs, the EU, UN and ICC. .....
Barghouthi: Glorious Land Day - A gift from a great people | April 16, 2018
Once again the Palestinian people, especially their valiant sons and daughters, have accomplished astonishing deeds in the Gaza Strip. .....
A report from the opening night of Palestine Music Festival | April 16, 2018
Palestinian musicians, from across ‘48 towns, Gaza and the West Bank perform international music industry professionals and local fans in Ramallah. .....
Barghouthi: It’s time for the international community to stand up against Israeli human rights abuses | April 10, 2018
"It’s time for those who are advising us to use peaceful non-violent resistance to impose sanctions, on Israel." .....
WATCH: Released interrogation video of Ahed Tamimi gives evidence to breached rights of minors | April 10, 2018
A video has been released to the public showing the abuse and humiliation Ahed Tamimi received while being interrogated, 10 days after her arrest in December. .....
A space of destruction and creation, legacy and weaponising theatre | April 09, 2018
Freedom Theatre‘s new play, ‘And Here I Am’ celebrates the anniversary of founder Juliano Mer-Khamis‘ death. .....
Zababdeh priest seeks peace through interfaith dialogue | April 09, 2018
A Palestinian Melkite Catholic priest wants to change the mainstream perception of Palestinians as “terrorists,” at the same time as attempting to build connections with Israelis to show Palestinians are not “Jewish-haters.” .....
PMX Festival aims to bring Palestinian musicians to the world stage | April 09, 2018
Palestinian musicians will be brought together in Ramallah to showcase their talents to international music industry personnel in order to circumnavigate the restrictions on freedom of movement to perform and make a name for themselves overseas. .....
The occupation in sheep’s clothing: the creeping neoliberalist outsourcing of checkpoints to private security companies | April 09, 2018
In ten years, 14 Israeli checkpoints have been transferred from the management of Israeli military to private security companies, resulting in their being no supervising mechanisms in place for the private security guards who now man them. .....
Bedouin village in the Negev soon to be demolished and replaced by Jewish town | April 09, 2018
Even though the Bedouin’s of Umm al-Hiran in the Negev Desert hold Israeli ID’s they are subject to racist policies and second-rate rights, most recently being handed eviction notices to leave their land, making way for a Jewish only town. .....
Israeli authorities systematically violate minors’ human rights, says new report | April 09, 2018
A new report by B’Tselem confirms Israel violates the rights of Palestinian minors in a systematic manner, particularly in detention, interrogation and military court trial. .....
Shu’fat Hip Hop, an Alternative to Violence | April 05, 2018
In Shu’fat refugee camp, within the limits of Jerusalem but separated by the wall, a hip hop scene flourishes, giving kids a creative outlet from an oppressive environment. .....
Facebook shuts down page of Gaza based press agency | April 05, 2018
The Facebook page of Safa Palestinian Press Agency has been shut down, raising questions over the relationship between Israel and Facebook. .....
The US’ greater pro-Israel move after the announcement of a Jerusalem embassy | April 03, 2018
The USA‘s new National Security Advisor plans to dissolve Palestine into a ‘three- state solution,‘ merging Gaza with Egypt and the West Bank with Jordan. .....
Veteran IDF soldiers continue ‘Breaking the Silence’ despite Israeli government crack down | April 02, 2018
While facing clamp downs on funding and being accused of enemies of Israel, as well as criticism from Palestinians, Breaking the Silence continues to run political tours within Hebron and the South Hebron Hills. .....
A moment of beauty: poetry and music night in Ramallah | April 02, 2018
Three poets - from Palestine, Morocco and Germany - come together to tell their common stories and generate empathy across borders of shared experiences. .....
Debunking the US government thought process on the PA’s ‘Martyr Fund’ | April 02, 2018
The US Congress has granted nearly US$4 billion in military aid to Israel while cutting aid to the Palestinian Authority, citing their ‘martyr’s fund’ as the reason. .....
UN Human Rights Council calls for an arms embargo of Israel | April 02, 2018
Five resolutions have been adopted by the UN Human Rights Council regarding Israel‘s illegal occupation and violation of human rights. .....
The aftermath of the Land Day massacre on Gaza’s border | April 02, 2018
Israel Defense Force personnel have defended their actions along the Gaza border on Land Day, where 17 Palestinians were killed, in a stream of social media comments. .....
Israeli army kills 17 Palestinians during Land Day protests on Gaza border | March 31, 2018
17 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces and more than 1,400 wounded during protests attended by thousands of Gazans, calling for Palestinian refugees right to return. .....
UN calls for Israel to respect rights of Palestinian journalists | March 28, 2018
According to a report issued by the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate violations against Palestinian journalists has increased by 37%. .....
Passover marked with increased arrests, banned bread and a slaughter creeping closer to the mount | March 28, 2018
The Jewish ritual of slaughtering a lamb for Passover has been conducted, with Israeli authority, in the closest proximity to the Temple Mount since 68 AD, and for some, the closest Jews have been to repossessing the Temple grounds. .....
Democracy in Israel: What it is and what it isn’t | March 25, 2018
Knesset and Joint List Member Yousef Jabareen being restricted from travelling to the US to give speeches on Israeli democracy can be seen as a prime example of the targeting of Arab Knesset members and the clamping freedom of speech within Israel. .....
Buy used or buy local: “Dukkan” encourages self-sufficiency for Palestine | March 25, 2018
The launch of a second hand store in Ramallah looks to build a strong local economy and encourage people to think local, in order to lessen Palestine’s reliance on foreign aid. .....
Walking the occupation: Alternative Tourism Group shed light on realities in Palestine | March 25, 2018
Christian tourism company presents alternative itineraries to groups who wish to understand the injustices inflicted on Palestinians. .....
Solar panel demolitions deprive communities in Area C of electricity, Al Haq reports | March 24, 2018
Over the last two years, the demolition of EU funded solar panels in Area C by Israeli forces has increased, leaving Palestinian families without basic human needs. .....
‘Jerusalem Nights’ promotes Palestinian cultural identity and heritage | March 24, 2018
New cultural tour aims to preserve the rich Palestinian history in Jerusalem. .....
Death of ISM activist marked by 15th anniversary | March 24, 2018
15 years on, Rachel Corrie - the American activist killed in Gaza by an Israeli bulldozer - is still remembered. .....
Ahed Tamimi gets 8 months, Israeli soldier convicted of manslaughter gets 9 | March 22, 2018
Ofer Military Court hands 17-year-old Ahed Tamimi 8 months in jail after reaching a plea bargain. .....
You can’t call it a deal, unless there are two sides | March 21, 2018
US President Donald Trump‘s ‘Deal of the Century‘ has finally been released, and subsequently rejected by Palestine. .....
Life in the Northern Jordan Valley, An Open Fire Zone | March 21, 2018
The Israeli military take over the Bedouin village, al-Malih in the Jordan Valley for open fire training, pushing Palestinian families out of their homes. .....
World-renowned Polish theatre Gardzienice comes to Palestine | March 20, 2018
As part of cultural exchange initiated by the European Union, Polish and Palestinian theatre artists come together in performance. .....
Creating a safe space for the Palestinian LGBTQ community | March 20, 2018
A queer and feminist open mic night in Ramallah aims to give space to minorities to express themselves, as well as challenge cultural taboos. .....
Providing space for Palestinian film | March 18, 2018
The Haifa Independent Film festival, opening on March 22nd, aims to bring Arab cinema to the colonial state of Israel. .....
New exhibition gets under the stitches of Palestinian embroidery as a national project | March 18, 2018
The Palestinian Museum‘s second exhibition tells tales of women‘s lives across Palestine through traditional and evolving styles of embroidery. .....
Students Learn About Their Online Rights | March 18, 2018
Birzeit University have held an educational panel for students, in order to increase security awareness online and limit vulnerabilities and cyber attacks. .....
Grapes of wrath: a battle of the bottles in the West Bank | March 18, 2018
Wines produced in illegal settlements in the West Bank continue to mislead consumers with labeling and place of origin, as well as having an upper hand over Palestinian wineries, benefiting from tax cuts and subsidised water. .....
Facebook grants Israeli hate speech impunity, new study reveals | March 15, 2018
Hate speech and calls to violence against Palestinians are being overlooked by social media giant Facebook, while action is being sort against Palestinians publishing posts against the occupation. .....
Future of Gaza discussed by international journalists in Jerusalem | March 15, 2018
International correspondents, Donald Macintyre and Stephen Farrell have come together in discussion over the situation in Gaza, for an audience in Jerusalem, covering the possible failure of reconciliation talks and the responsibility of the international community to put pressure on ending the blockade. .....
Alrowwad in Aida refugee camp offers children culture instead of stones | March 14, 2018
The culture and arts society of Aida Refugee Camp uses dance, choir and theatre as ‘beautiful resistance’ against Israeli occupation. .....
Netanyahu Lays Out His Ideal Israel-Palestine Relationship | March 14, 2018
Israel Prime Minister Netanyahu has made clear he intends to continue the military occupation of Palestine into the distant future, with no two state solution in sight. .....
School teams ready for finals in Palestinian history competition | March 11, 2018
Over ten weeks, 17 schools from across the West Bank are competing in a Palestinian history game show held at the Yasser Arafat Museum, aimed at bringing fun to learning school curriculum. .....
Students of Al Quds Bard College organise a United Nations simulation | March 11, 2018
Palestinian university students have run a model United Nations event in order to increase knowledge of and communication within international relations as well as the systematic working of global affairs. .....
Protestors march in Ramallah against street harassment | March 10, 2018
Palestinian women and men, including children as young as ten, march for International Womens Day against street harassment, honour killings, women in the workplace and education. .....
The domino effect of female education in Zamba Bedouin community | March 10, 2018
According to the UN, many Bedouin communities have a low literacy rate, particularly among women. After suffering the consequences associated with not having an education, one Zamba woman set out to empower her community. .....
First TEDx Youth held in Palestine, despite lack of financial support | March 10, 2018
Palestinian high school student brings Ted-X to Al-Masyoon, Ramallah. .....
AIPAC conference embodies the strength of current US-Israeli relations | March 10, 2018
In attendance at US pro- Israel lobby group conference in Washington, Netanyahu attacks the BDS movement and Palestinian President Abbas while describing Israel’s relationship with the US as a “beautiful alliance.” .....
Israel Sprays Gaza Border with Unknown Herbicides | March 10, 2018
In the name of security, Israel has sprayed toxic herbicides Palestinian agricultural lands along the Gaza border, killing crops today but having unknown consequences for tomorrow. .....
Arbitrary Rules Force Palestinians to Choose: In or Out | March 10, 2018
With the aim to Judaise Jerusalem, Israel has revoked the residency status of 14,500 Palestinians since 1967. For some Palestinians who have been denied renewal of their residency, they are forced to remain in the State of Israel, often giving up opportunities to see family overseas, for fear of not being allowed back into the country on return. .....
Egypt signs $15 billion gas deal with Israel | March 09, 2018
Israel‘s new gas deal with Egypt signals ever-closer cooperation between the two countries. .....
WATCH: The US administration UNRWA cuts continue to bring anxieties to Gaza | March 07, 2018
The population of Palestinian refugees in the Gaza Strip are dependent on the support UNRWA provides. .....
Made in Palestine: Hirbawi factory continues to produce kufiyah | March 07, 2018
Palestine‘s only kufiyah factory has been operating for 57 years, jumping over obstacles of Israeli cultural appropriation and Chinese mass manufacturing. While the kufiyah is a political symbol for Palestinian‘s, the Hirbawi factory is more focused on keeping the business running. .....
Launching of new social movement La Via Campesina in Palestine | March 05, 2018
West Bank agricultural organisations come together under the umbrella of La Via Campesina to challenge the Israeli occupation‘s impact on farming and land. .....
Church of the Holy Sepulchre reopens after Israel backs away from controversial measures | March 05, 2018
After closing it‘s doors for three days in protest of Israeli collection of property tax and possible expropriation of church property, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre has reopened. .....
Knesset bill to prevent Palestinians taking land disputes to High Court | March 05, 2018
Israeli Justice Minister is advancing a bill in the Israeli Parliament which, if passed, will reduce the likelihood for Palestinians to claim ownership of land taken by illegal settlements. .....
An Oasis of Peace in a Land of Conflict | February 28, 2018
A ‘peace village‘ in Israel, founded by two Palestinians, attempts to bring understanding between Palestinians and Jews. .....
Planting trees to combat erosion in Palestine | February 27, 2018
Volunteers come together in Bethlehem to plant nearly 200 trees in the hope to halt erosion and the increasing swathes of the Negev Desert. .....
Critically injured Mohammed Tamimi among 10 Nabi Saleh youths arrested in overnight raids | February 27, 2018
In collective punishment for Nabi Saleh, Mohammed Tamimi’s fragile health is put at risk through arrest. .....
New performance by Palestinian Circus School draws attention to the plight of refugees | February 27, 2018
Palestinian circus show ‘Sarab‘ is set to tour Europe, showing the common thread in stories of refugees around the world. .....
Israel imprisons first asylum seekers: a view from Palestine | February 27, 2018
Parallels can be drawn between Israel‘s expulsion of African asylum seekers and Palestinians right of return. .....
Illegal Israeli permanent structures continue to be built in the Old City of Jerusalem | February 27, 2018
New Israeli built infrastructure in East Jerusalem attempts to change the Palestinian historical and cultural fabric of the city. .....
Israeli soldiers suppress 9th annual Open Shuhada Street protest | February 26, 2018
February marks the 9th year Open Shuhada Street has been running, protesting the closure of the Palestinian economic hub of Hebron. .....
Ghada and Israel‘s apartheid | February 26, 2018
Millions of Palestinians continued to be denied freedom of movement. .....
One year since opening, what is the Banksy hotel’s impact in Bethlehem? | February 23, 2018
The Walled Off Hotel in Bethlehem claims to put any profits back into the community, though one year on from opening, very little contributions can be found in local projects. .....
New scanning facility to double trade between Jordan and Palestine, but Israel remains prime beneficiary | February 23, 2018
The launch of a new scanning facility at Allenby Bridge provides an increase of commercial trade between Jordan and the West Bank, as well as an increase in tax revenue for Israel. .....
US votes to sanction Hamas, ignoring the humanitarian crisis in Gaza | February 21, 2018
The US House of Representatives has voted to sanction Hamas and foreign entities supporting the group, subsequently ignoring Gaza‘s current humanitarian crisis. .....
The Freedom Theatre’s “Jinan” brings much needed relief to Jenin Camp | February 19, 2018
As Israeli forces conduct raids, house demolitions and extrajudicial killings throughout Jenin, The Freedom Theatre continues their resistance through their new performance, ‘Jinan.‘ .....
“He was our lifeline”: Devotion for Edward Said shown at East Jerusalem film screening | February 19, 2018
A documentary film of Edward Said‘s life, screened across the West Bank and Jerusalem, is welcomed in a broad appreciation of his ideas and academic work. .....
An uncertain future for West Bank mobile clinics | February 19, 2018
With the Trump administration funding cuts to UNRWA, Palestinian medical NGO‘s anticipate an increased workload. .....
Israel continues to retain bodies of deceased Palestinians despite Supreme Court ruling | February 15, 2018
Israel is still in possession of 265 deceased Palestinians, even after the Supreme Court ruled the practice illegal at the end of 2017. .....
“Creating unliveable conditions:” Israeli forces destroy Abu a-Nawar classrooms, again | February 13, 2018
For the third time in two years, Israeli forces have demolished classrooms in the Bedouin village of Abu a-Nawar, making way for their “strategic” E1 plan. .....
‘On Women in Revolutions’ exhibition: where are the true revolutionary stories? | February 13, 2018
Newly opened at Birzeit University, ‘On Women in Revolutions’ aims to challenge the iconisation and male dominated gaze of revolutionary women, though fails to present an alternative narrative. .....
WATCH: U.S. freezes $65 million of aid to U.N. Agency For Palestinian Refugees | February 13, 2018
US President Donald Trump’s decision to cut funds to United Nations Reliefs and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) sends concern to the residents of Palestinian refugee camps across the diaspora. .....
‘#NotYourHabibti’ addresses sexual harassment in the Arab world | February 12, 2018
Palestinian-American, Yasmeen Mjalli, has created a platform for women in Palestine to speak out about their experiences of sexual harassment as well as supporting women‘s liberation under the strong-hand of occupation. .....
US Federal Judge upholds American’s ‘right to boycott’ Israel | February 12, 2018
Citing the First Amendment, a US federal court has blocked a Kansas law forbidding state employees from participating in the Boycott, Divest and Sanction (BDS) movement, putting in jeopardy the nation-wide campaign to criminalise and silence opposition to Israel in the United States. .....
New exhibit shows Palestinian resistance in decades following the Six-Day War | February 07, 2018
The Yasser Arafat Museum is hosting an extensive exhibit of political posters, distributed after the Six Day War, sending the message to visitors that Palestinians will continue to resist until the end the occupation. .....
Turning away from the USA: Abbas seeks financial support and international recognition to counter Trump | February 07, 2018
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas looks to the international community for recognition of the State of Palestine and aid contributions, to balance Trump‘s Jerusalem announcement and UNRWA funding cuts. .....
Women in Area C come together to resist recurring Israeli demolitions | February 05, 2018
Women in the South Hebron Hills and Jubbet ad-Dhib resist continual infrastructure demolition in setting up their own council committee and initiating community development. .....
Time behind bars for Palestinian children: an account from 15-year-old Malak Galeth | February 05, 2018
At the end of 2017 there were 350 children detained in Israeli military prisons. 15-year-old Malak Galeth shares her story of detention and her joy on being released. .....
Birthday celebrations for Ahed al-Tamimi show solidarity for Palestinian youth prisoners | February 05, 2018
As Ahed Tamimi spends her 17th birthday in Israeli prison, international and local solidarity groups come together to celebrate in her absence and support all Palestinian political prisoners. .....
Gaza resident finds ancient Roman site in his backyard | January 31, 2018
After heavy rains fell in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza last week, Abdelkarim al-Kafarna made quite the discovery in his own backyard. An ancient burial site was unearthed, likely dating back to the ancient Roman Empire. .....
Israel lifts ban on Palestinian 3G | January 25, 2018
This week a Palestinian telecom company was allowed to provide 3G data service for the first time. This makes Palestine one of the last places on earth to receive 3G coverage. .....
Palestinians boycott Pence’s visit | January 23, 2018
Palestinian leaders across the board have boycotted US Vice President Mike Pence’s visit on January 22 and 23 in protest at Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel last month. .....
Ahed Tamimi risks open-ended detention | January 16, 2018
Ahed Tamimi will be back in court on Wednesday, when a judge is slated to decide whether to remand her to custody until the end of her trial or release her on bail. .....
Family of teen killed by border police sniper still waiting for justice | January 11, 2018
Four years after 17-year-old Nadeem Nowarah was killed by Israeli forces during a Nakba Day demonstration, his family has lost any hope for justice through the Israeli courts. .....
Israel releases BDS blacklist ‘reminiscent of South Africa’s apartheid regime’ | January 07, 2018
Members of 20 Palestine solidarity organisations and NGOs will be barred from entering the country. .....
Palestinian teen dies after being shot in the head by Israeli forces | January 03, 2018
Palestinian teenager Musaab Firas Tamimi was shot and killed by Israeli forces on Wednesday in the village of Deir Nitham, near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. .....
Barghouthi: ‘We have no need for a mediator between us as Palestinians and our oppressor’ | January 02, 2018
But we need that our struggle against him be backed and supported in order to change the balance of power to force him to retreat like other several colonial powers were compelled to retreat and respect the will of peoples who are struggling for their freedom. .....
Violations against Palestinian children spike after Trump’s declaration | December 30, 2017
The number of children in Israeli military detention more than doubled this month. Protests against Trump’s Jerusalem move also led to severe and sometimes permanent injuries of children as Israeli forces violate their own open fire regulations. .....
Teenage ‘icon’ Ahed Tamimi to be charged in a military court | December 29, 2017
At a hearing on Thursday at Ofer military court near Ramallah, judges decided to extend the detention of teenager Ahed Tamimi for an additional five days while prosecutors prepare an indictment. .....
WATCH: Palestinians are still protesting Trump’s Jerusalem move | December 28, 2017
Nearly a month after Trump’s speech on December 6, Palestinians are still protesting in the West Bank and Gaza. 12 have been killed and hundreds wounded across the occupied territories. .....
UN General Assembly votes against US Jerusalem declaration | December 24, 2017
The UN General Assembly has voted with an overwhelming majority against the US recognising Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and subsequent decision to move the US embassy from Tel Aviv. .....
“Our problem is occupation”: reactions to Trump’s declaration in Jerusalem | December 21, 2017
While Jewish Israelis, fearing Trump’s inflammatory declaration, feel West Jerusalem is more their capital than East, Palestinians are weary of telling the world the problem is the discriminatory system they live under. .....
Second Friday of rage leads to another Saturday of mourning | December 19, 2017
As the second Friday of Rage after Trump’s Jerusalem announcement came and passed, so too did another four Palestinian lives. Amin Mahmoud Aqell was shot dead at a protest in Ramallah after stabbing and lightly wounding an Israeli soldier. His death left a number of questions unanswered. .....
Jerusalem first, second and last | December 16, 2017
America’s so-called ‘Deal of the Century’ apparently seeks to exclude Jerusalem from a future Palestinian state. However, any such efforts are based on illusions and will ultimately fail. .....
And with the swipe of a pen, Middle East peace may be dead | December 13, 2017
“President Trump is taking an enormous risk with regional stability and sending a clear message to Palestinians that his government is uninterested in the rights and freedom of Palestinians,” writes Dr. Mustafa Barghouti. .....
Creative project launches in Ramallah highlighting representations of women in revolution | December 13, 2017
‘On Women in Revolutions’, a four-part creative research project investigating worldwide leading women figures of twentieth-century revolutions, launched in Ramallah on Monday. .....
Remembering the First Intifada, thirty years on | December 11, 2017
“The stones are a symbol that we refuse the occupation. When the soldiers come to the village, it’s not their place, they must leave.” .....
Israel’s ‘dirty laundry’ in the West Bank | December 05, 2017
Israel has been exploiting Palestinian land to treat its own waste while applying less stringent environmental laws in the West Bank, according to a report published today by Israeli human rights NGO B’Tselem. .....
Bethlehem area village of Al-Walaja to challenge Israeli plan to annex land for checkpoint move | December 02, 2017
Residents of al-Walaja in the Bethlehem district are to lose access to the Ein Al-Haniya spring as Israel plans to move the closest military checkpoint deeper into the West Bank. .....
When victory is worse than defeat | December 01, 2017
Netanyahu’s claim during the Knesset’s Balfour Declaration celebration that the Zionist movement triumphed is far from true. Instead, Zionism has gone down the path of moral and political breakdown while Palestinians have remained steadfast and have gained international recognition for their cause, writes Dr. Mustafa Barghouti. .....
The recurring demolition of Al Araqib: an example for dispossessed Bedouin villages to come | November 30, 2017
Al Araqib, located in the Naqab desert within Israel’s 1967 borders, has now been demolished 120 times. The village has become a prime example of the Israeli authorities’ actions and policies to eradicate Palestinians from their land. .....
US reverses plan to close PLO Washington office | November 28, 2017
The US State Department has quietly taken back its decision to close the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) Washington office over the Thanksgiving weekend. .....
Human rights groups call for Italian cycling race to be moved from Israel | November 27, 2017
More than 120 organisations from over 20 countries issued a call urging cycling race Giro d’Italia to move its “Big Start” from Israel, which they see as a sign of acquiescence to growing violations of Palestinian human rights and international law. .....
Pope Mountain Bedouin community prepares for eviction as Israel undertakes E1 project | November 24, 2017
Residents of Pope Mountain, situated east of Jerusalem, are at renewed risk of dispossession as Israeli authorities have issued demolition and eviction orders that affect the entire community. .....
Photography exhibition in Jaffa shows portraits of Palestinians living a lifetime of occupation | November 20, 2017
The exhibition ‘Fifty Years’ opened at Jaffa Salon of Art this Friday, showing fifty portraits of Palestinians born in 1967, emphasising half a century of occupation by Israel. .....
Wife of Hebron activist stands stoic through her artwork two years after his death | November 17, 2017
Hashem al-Azzeh, a well-known local activist, died after inhaling tear gas fired by Israeli troops during a protest in Hebron while he was on his way to the hospital. His wife Nisreen has been supporting the family through her paintings. .....
Israel continues campaign to evict Bedouin communities in the Jordan Valley | November 15, 2017
The residents of Ein al-Hiweh and Umm Jamal are said to be the first Palestinians issued eviction notices using an Israeli military order purportedly designed for settler outposts, but used by settler organisations against Palestinians instead. .....
Back to the circus after administrative detention: an interview with Mohammad Abu Sakha | November 14, 2017
20 months in an Israeli jail may have changed the performer and educator, but have not changed his resolve to support Palestinian youth through the circus. “Israeli soldiers with tanks coming to our villages are bringing ideas of violence and you can’t stop those ideas with stones. You need other ideas to replace them.” .....
Israel holds remains of Palestinians ransom after Gaza tunnel blast | November 10, 2017
Israel continues to deny the search of Gaza tunnels for the remains of members of Hamas‘ military wing and Islamic Jihad, demanding the return of Israeli soldiers allegedly held in Gaza since the 2014 war. .....
Fun day for children in segregated Hebron neighbourhoods sends political message | November 07, 2017
A protest with a fun twist was staged on Monday in occupied Hebron by Youth Against Settlements, drawing attention to the segregation and jail-like conditions residents of al-Salaymeh and Gaith neighbourhoods face. .....
Palestinian home remains occupied by settlers as Israeli government fails to uphold court rulings | November 05, 2017
Since more than a 100 Israeli settlers took over their home in July, the Abu Rajab family has been squeezed into living in an annex to the house. The Israeli government has failed to enforce a court ruling saying settlers should leave. .....
Palestinians demand a formal apology from Britain 100 years since the Balfour Declaration | November 02, 2017
Palestinians marched across the West Bank and East Jerusalem to mark the centenary of the letter in which Britain promised a national home for the Jewish people in Palestine. .....
The Balfour Declaration and the apartheid regime’s fate in Palestine | November 02, 2017
The Balfour Declaration was part of a colonial plan to divide the Arab lands among the colonial powers based on the Sykes-Picot Agreement, writes Mustafa Barghouti. .....
‘Make it right for Palestine’ campaign marks 100 years since the Balfour declaration | November 01, 2017
A rally in London on November 4 will mark a hundred years since Britain’s foreign secretary Arthur Balfour signed a letter that led to a century of oppression, dispossession and violence in Palestine. .....
Skate culture makes headway in Palestine with new project | October 31, 2017
Video: A new skatepark in the West Bank village of Jayyous, near Israel’s separation wall, provides a much-needed safe space for local youth. .....
What is driving Palestine’s tourism boom? | October 30, 2017
Palestine topped the UN list for the fastest-growing tourism industry, a recent report by the UN World Tourism Organisation revealed. What is driving the increase in foreign tourists, and what activities are on offer to visitors despite Israel’s occupation? .....
Meet the Swedish activist walking to Palestine | October 26, 2017
Benjamin Ladraa started his journey from Sweden in August, and will be walking for 4,800 kilometres to the West Bank. .....
Palestinian minors in East Jerusalem subject to abuse in detention, report says | October 25, 2017
A new report released today by human rights groups HaMoked and B’Tselem documents systematic abuse by the Israel Prison Service, police and the courts on Palestinian minors in East Jerusalem. .....
Palestinian reconciliation: a glimmer of hope for Gazans | October 23, 2017
In early October, Fatah and Hamas relaunched talks towards a reconciliation agreement, which they reached on October 12. In Al Shati refugee camp, Gazans see in this agreement a glimmer of hope for a better future - VIDEO .....
What the Palestinian national reconciliation should mean | October 23, 2017
Now that the Palestinians have taken the first step toward reconciliation, they need to look into the strategic objectives to end division and achieve sound reconciliation. .....
How three university students started Palestine’s most popular streetwear brand | October 22, 2017
We spoke with Jeries Shami, one of the co-founders of the first streetwear brand 100% manufactured in Palestine - Qubtan. .....
Israeli forces shut down ten Palestinian media offices on incitement allegations | October 20, 2017
Israeli forces have raided and shut down three media companies and their branches across Ramallah, Nablus, Hebron, and Bethlehem. .....
Days of Cinema celebrates Palestinian film while supporting up-and-coming local talent | October 19, 2017
Now in its fourth year, the Days of Cinema film festival runs between the 17th and 23rd of October and screens in Jerusalem, Ramallah, Bethlehem, Nablus and Gaza. .....
US and Israel withdraw from UNESCO over ‘anti-Israel bias’ | October 17, 2017
The US recently announced its intention to withdraw from the UN’s cultural, scientific and educational organisation and become a permanent observer instead, followed by Israel. The withdrawal will come into effect at the end of December 2018. .....
Australian graffiti artist to hold workshop in Bethlehem | October 15, 2017
The Walled Off Hotel in Bethlehem will host a graffiti master class with ‘the world’s most entertaining vandal,’ LushSux, at the end of October. The graffiti artist from Melbourne, Australia is well known for his large, provocative, street murals and more recently his painting on the Israeli – West Bank wall in Bethlehem. .....
What do Palestinians want from reconciliation? | October 12, 2017
Q&A: Reconciliation should be about more than just re-organising an authority under occupation, argues Dr. Mustafa Barghouti. Palestinians demand elections, democracy and a unified strategy when it comes to the their national struggle. .....
Israeli government approval of nearly 4,000 new settlement houses imminent | October 12, 2017
Israel is likely next week to approve 3,829 new housing units for the West Bank, including within Hebron. This would mark the first time in 15 years, since 2002, Israel will have approved a new construction in the city. .....
Thousands of Israeli and Palestinian women march in a ‘Journey to Peace’ | October 11, 2017
A two-week march organised by the Israeli grassroots movement Women Wage Peace culminated near Jericho. This is the third year the group puts on the event. A number of Palestinian groups called for boycotting it. .....
Jenin’s Fragments Theatre in rehearsal for first performance abroad | October 10, 2017
The company’s first production, Mad Man, will travel to Casablanca at the end of October. The play takes on the education system in Palestine. .....
The world is not blind | October 05, 2017
World governments know about Israeli crimes. But it seems they fear Israel, or deem it untouchable. Hence the world’s people must speak out, writes Dr. Mustafa Barghouti. .....
Palestinian cabinet meets in Gaza for first time in three years in reconciliation push | October 04, 2017
Egyptian-mediated reconciliation talks between Hamas, de-facto ruling the Gaza Strip, and the Fatah- led Palestinian Authority (PA) in the West Bank commenced in Gaza on Monday. Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah held the PA’s weekly cabinet meeting in Gaza on Tuesday for the first time in three years. .....
Israeli denial of Gaza exit permits kills six cancer patients in two months | October 03, 2017
Six cancer patients have died since August after being denied travel outside of the Gaza Strip for treatment. This totals 30 fatalities in Gaza alone for 2017, making it the worst year on record. .....
Israeli forces prevent Palestinian medical teams from entering blockaded areas | September 28, 2017
A military lockdown has affected several Palestinian villages in the Jerusalem area after a shooting attack on Tuesday. .....
Shooting attack leaves three Israelis and a Palestinian dead | September 27, 2017
Israeli forces put Beit Surik, the attacker’s hometown, under lockdown following the incident. .....
Israel asks court to approve forcible transfer of entire Bedouin community | September 26, 2017
The government says residents of Khan al-Ahmar will be provided alternative housing, but rights groups have argued residents will be moved against their will in what amounts to a “war crime”. A primary school serving five other nearby communities is also at risk. .....
Festival aims to bring Palestinian alternative music to the world stage | September 25, 2017
The Palestine Alternative Music (PAM) Festival promotes bands from the territories occupied by Israel to audiences in Palestine and abroad. .....
Israel moves to forcibly transfer entire Palestinian community in the West Bank | September 19, 2017
It would be the first time since 1967 that an entire community is expelled. As well as Khan al-Ahmar in the contentious “E1” area in the outskirts of Jerusalem, the village of Susiya in the South Hebron Hills is also at risk. .....
Eviction of East Jerusalem family reignites the struggle for Sheikh Jarrah | September 12, 2017
The eviction of the Shamasneh family from their home of more than 50 years in Sheikh Jarrah was the first in the neighbourhood since 2009. Six other families have now received eviction notices as part of a broader settlement push. .....
Formalising apartheid in Hebron | September 10, 2017
Activists and local residents fear a decision of Israel’s defense ministry to expand the municipal powers of settlers living in the Old City of Hebron will put Palestinian families at risk of eviction. .....
Lessons from popular resistance in Jerusalem | September 08, 2017
Last month, Jerusalem and its surroundings presented an effective model of Palestinian popular resistance that should be generalised. .....
Young swimmer becomes first recorded victim of Gaza’s pollution crisis | September 06, 2017
5-year-old Mohammed Sayes died after swimming in contaminated seawater last month. His death has drawn attention to the deteriorating living conditions in the Gaza Strip, and the need to resolve its worsening electricity and water crisis. .....
Palestinian Museum opens its inaugural exhibition "Jerusalem Lives" | August 29, 2017
The exhibition focuses on the everyday lived experiences of Jerusalemites, emphasising the centrality of the city to Palestinian national and cultural identity. .....
Gaza patients increasingly unable to get treatment amid "humanitarian emergency" | August 29, 2017
A medical NGO has warned of a "humanitarian emergency" in the Gaza Strip due to electricity shortages that have brought the healthcare system to the brink of collapse, while patients are increasingly denied exit permits for treatment. .....
Education under fire: Palestinian pupils go back to school to find it confiscated | August 25, 2017
A brand new primary school in Jubbet adh-Dhib was demolished just a day before school was due to start back. It’s the third time in two weeks Israel targets schools in the West Bank, where 55 educational institutions are currently threatened with demolition and "stop-work" orders. .....
Israel turns the lights off on West Bank school | August 19, 2017
As the school break ends, 80 children will go back to classrooms without electricity after solar panels were confiscated from a school in the Bedouin village of Abu Nuwar. It’s the third time this summer Israel confiscates solar panels, paid for by European donors, from Palestinian communities in Area C. .....
Don’t do injustice to Gaza | August 19, 2017
Gazans are suffering power outages, lack of water, and escalating pollution .....
Building resilience through eco-tourism | August 15, 2017
A group of Bedouin youth living in the desert of Palestine have created an eco-tourism initiative - Sahari Eco Tourism - to support their community. .....
How the Al-Aqsa protests united Palestinians | August 12, 2017
Mass prayers outside the Al-Aqsa compound in Jerusalem to protest Israel’s proposed security measures became the largest non-violent demonstrations in the Occupied Territories in recent years, uniting Palestinians without the intermediation of political parties. .....
Jerusalem protests "a turning point for non-violence" | August 06, 2017
We spoke with Dr. Mustafa Barghouti about the mass prayers held over security measures at the Al Aqsa compound in Jerusalem, which turned out to be the largest spontaneous protest by Palestinians in years. They were more about national unity than religion, and served to remind Palestinians what non-violence can achieve. .....
Israel seizes 87% of our water and wants to sell us sea water in return | July 27, 2017
Not only has Israel usurped 87% of the Palestinian water but deprived them from their right to pray in Al-Aqsa Mosque as well, writes Dr. Mustafa Barghouti. .....
Palestinians rally in Ramallah in support of Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa protests | July 17, 2017
Hundreds of Palestinians gathered in Ramallah’s main square to protest against recently-introduced Israeli security measures at the Al-Aqsa compound. .....
Al-Aqsa compound reopened but Palestinians reject new security measures | July 16, 2017
Palestinians protested the installation of metal detectors and security cameras at the Al-Aqsa compound, arguing it is an attempt by Israel to use Palestinian violence to assert control over the holy site. .....
Prime Minister Modi’s visit to Israel puts Palestine-India relations at risk | July 07, 2017
Palestinians have decried the Indian PM’s choice to shun the West Bank and Palestinian leaders during his historic three-day visit to the holy land. .....
Israel practices "apartheid worse than South Africa,” say activists and leaders at UN forum | July 05, 2017
A UN-sponsored two-day forum, ‘Ending the Occupation: The Path to Independence, Justice and Peace for Palestine’, denounced the Israeli occupation and compared its policies to apartheid South Africa. .....
Crossing the Kalandia checkpoint to pray at Al-Aqsa on the last Friday of Ramadan | June 30, 2017
Last Friday of Ramadan at Al-Aqsa brought in about 80,000 worshipers, but for the Palestinian-Muslims crossing over from the Kalandia checkpoint, it was a hassle navigating to the holy site due to heavy traffic and heightened presence of Israeli forces throughout Jerusalem’s Old City. .....
Palestinian refugees from Syria seek solace in Gaza | June 26, 2017
They fled a war to find another. About 200 families travelled from Syria to the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the war in 2011. Many find themselves in dire conditions. .....
Gaza’s electricity crisis leaves "no household untouched" | June 21, 2017
A 40 percent reduction in electricity supply for the Gaza Strip is bound to worsen the existing humanitarian crisis in the besieged territory, leaving Gazans with only two to three hours of electricity per day. .....
Construction plans for new settlements fly in the face of a two-state solution | June 18, 2017
In 2017, Israeli authorities approved the highest number of settlement-related projects in 25 years. These include Amichai, the first settlement officially established by the government since 1992, built to "compensate" former residents of the Amona outpost. .....
Ten-year blockade puts the lives of Gaza’s cancer patients at risk | June 14, 2017
Patients from Gaza need special Israeli-issued permits in order to travel to Israel or the West Bank for treatment. But more than half of the applications are denied, according to a recent WHO report. .....
After 50 years of occupation, Palestine is still steadfast and resisting | June 13, 2017
Fifty years ago, our fathers’ and mothers’ generation engraved the feat of steadfastness on the land. Can our generation today engrave the feat of unity, in order to gain freedom? .....
A history of Palestinian mass hunger strikes | June 12, 2017
Palestinian prisoners have historically used hunger strikes as a leverage tactic to have their demands for basic human rights met. .....
Activists remain steadfast at ‘sumud’ protest camp | June 10, 2017
Despite raids and arrests, activists continue their protest at the Sumud Freedom Camp. The Palestinian-led coalition, which aims to establish a new model for Israeli and international solidarity, symbolically rebuilt a village to reclaim the Palestinian residents’ right to live on their land. .....
1967-2017: five decades of Palestinian non-violent resistance – part 1 | June 07, 2017
50 years on, Palestine Monitor takes a look back at each decade of the occupation and the changing face of civil resistance efforts throughout. In this introduction to our series, we speak with Mazin Qumsiyeh, author of the book ‘Popular resistance in Palestine: a history of hope and empowerment.’ .....
50 years of occupation: the story of a village trapped at the seams | June 05, 2017
50 years since the Six-Day War began, Palestine Monitor went to Jab‘a, a Palestinian village that was occupied in 1967 and is now located in the so-called “seam zone”, between the Green Line and the separation wall. .....
Why is child labour on the rise in Gaza? | June 04, 2017
Child labour has doubled in the Gaza Strip in the past six years. Today, it affects more than 10,000 Palestinian minors. Children are seen working in restaurants, at the port, in the fields. Why is the problem so endemic? .....
Qalandiya refugee camp’s only child centre provides stability amid uncertainty | May 31, 2017
The centre provides children and youth with a therapeutically creative and educational environment to help them deal with trauma. .....
Stifling political activism on Palestinian campuses: the case of Kifah Quzmar | May 29, 2017
Kifah Quzmar, a student at Bir Zeit University in the West Bank, was arrested last March as he returned from a trip to Jordan. Israeli authorities have yet to communicate any charges against him. .....
Those responsible for the high cost of living in Palestine | May 29, 2017
Israeli usurpation of land and water have helped create a major economic crisis, which is driving Palestinians into debt. .....
Palestinian prisoners suspend 40-day mass hunger strike after reaching deal | May 27, 2017
Two of the primary demands of prisoners for more family visitation rights and to be able to converse with their loved ones on public phones, under supervision, were granted. .....
Reclaiming spaces: in conversation with Bashar And Sami Zarour of Art Siin (س) Gallery | May 27, 2017
Art Siin ("unknown"), an artist-run space in Ramallah, aims to provide an independent platform for upcoming artists. .....
Israel advances controversial nation-state bill removing Arabic as an official language | May 25, 2017
The revised nation-state bill states the right to self-determination in Israel is unique to the Jewish people, and removes Arabic as an official language. .....
Trump still vague about "ultimate deal" as Palestinians say it cannot ignore their basic rights | May 24, 2017
Palestinians observed a general strike in support of prisoners to coincide with U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit to Jerusalem and Bethlehem this week. Activists say anyone who wants to reach the "ultimate deal" should start by taking into account the demands of hunger strikers in Israeli jails. .....
Gaza rolls out the red carpet for third consecutive year | May 22, 2017
Right before the Cannes Festival was due to kick off, Gaza hosted the third edition of its very own Red Carpet Human Rights Film Festival. .....
Tenth Annual Palestine Festival of Literature Fights a ‘Cultural Siege’ | May 20, 2017
The festival featured well-known international and local Palestinian artists and writers, in a week-long series of events that took place in Ramallah, Jerusalem, Nablus, and Haifa. .....
Capitulating to Israeli pressure, FIFA continues to delay decision on settlement clubs | May 16, 2017
The international football body FIFA decided once again to postpone a decision on the future of six Israeli settlement teams at its congress meeting in the Bahraini capital Manama. .....
Palestinians mark Nakba Day with rallies across the West Bank and Gaza | May 16, 2017
Rallies took place in various cities to commemorate the 69th anniversary of the Nakba. Clashes took place in Bethlehem and Ramallah between Palestinian protesters and Israeli forces. .....
My life is my message: remembering the Nakba with Palestinian activist Issa Souf | May 15, 2017
May 15 marks Nakba Day, a day to commemorate the 1948 establishment of Israel that led to some 750,000 Palestinians being expelled from their homeland. For non-violent activist Issa Souf, the day carries an additional significance. .....
Eleven Palestinians injured in clashes with Israeli forces after march in support of prisoners | May 11, 2017
Hundreds of Palestinians gathered in Ramallah, in solidarity with political prisoners who entered their 25th day of hunger strike. Some protesters marched towards the Beit El settlement, where clashes erupted with Israeli forces. .....
Nablus rap: self-expression as resistance | May 10, 2017
Bahaa Jper, a young artist from Nablus, told us how living under occupation got in the way of his passion for music. But he does not absolve his own society of criticism: “Freedom of movement is just a right, and the people of Palestine have stopped dreaming about what they want to do with that right.” .....
UNESCO passes resolution critical of Israel’s actions in East Jerusalem | May 06, 2017
Sweden was the only European country to vote in favour of the resolution, which triggered an immediate backlash from the Israeli government......
The rise of Palestinian popular resistance | May 06, 2017
The hunger strike of valiant Palestinian captives in occupation prisons has sparked the flames of popular resistance in all parts of Palestine, writes Dr. Mustafa Barghouti. .....
Palestinian rally in Ramallah for ‘Freedom and Dignity’ | May 04, 2017
May 3 marked the seventeenth day of hunger strike for Palestinian political prisoners in Israel. More than a thousand people from Ramallah and the surrounding villages gathered for a peaceful rally in the symbolic Nelson Mandela Square. .....
“We shall remain”: Palestinians stand with prisoners and bedouin community to demand basic rights | May 03, 2017
Joining forces with activists in Jabal al Baba, a Bedouin community threatened to disappear, Palestinians gathered in support of prisoners on hunger strike. .....
All of us are siding with the Palestinian captives | May 01, 2017
The ongoing hunger strike of over 1,000 Palestinian captives is one of the strongest weapons they hold in the face of Israeli oppression. Dr Mustafa Barghouthi .....
Palestinians protest outside Ofer military prison on ‘Day of Rage’ | April 29, 2017
April 28 was designated as a ‘Day of Rage’ across the Occupied West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza Strip. As about 1,500 Palestinian prisoners entered the second week of a mass hunger strike, it was a day for Palestinians to show solidarity with the prisoners. .....
Israel’s archaeological digs force entire Jerusalem family out of their homes | April 26, 2017
25 people were given 30 days to move out or pay a fine after authorities inspecting the homes deemed them too unsafe to live in. Settler organisation Elad and the Israel Antiquities Authority are conducting archaeological excavations nearby, which are believed to have caused the damage. .....
Why are Gaza babies in need of medical care in Jerusalem systematically separated from their mothers? | April 25, 2017
Al Makassed Hospital in East Jerusalem is the leading provider of neonatology expertise in Palestine, however its service is being undermined by a confluence of political and economic forces related to the ongoing occupation. .....
The crisis in capitalist globalisation and the alternative | April 23, 2017
Twenty-seven years have passed since Francis Fukuyama hastily described the triumph of capitalism as "the end of history", but now capitalist globalisation is in deep crisis. This crisis manifests as four sub-crises: in economics, democracy, ethics and the rise of racist populism, writes Dr. Mustafa Barghouti. .....
Against a hard surface | April 21, 2017
To coincide with the opening of the Ramallah Contemporary Dance Festival, Palestine Monitor went backstage with one of the participating dance companies, the Yaa Samar! Dance Theater (YSDT). Their piece uses "walls" as a metaphor for the barriers people impose on themselves, as well as those inflicted by the occupation. .....
Hunger strikes: “One of the most noble forms of popular non-violent resistance” | April 20, 2017
Palestine Monitor spoke with Mustafa Barghouti, secretary general of the Palestinian National Initiative, about the significance of the hunger strike launched by Palestinian prisoners this week. .....
Palestinians march in support of hunger strikers on Prisoners Day | April 17, 2017
Large demonstrations were held across the West Bank on Palestinian Prisoners Day in support of 1,600 Palestinian political prisoners on hunger strike. .....
In Palestine, another Easter under occupation | April 13, 2017
This year, Palestinians are celebrating Easter as well as marking 50 years of Israel’s colonisation of Occupied East Jerusalem. .....
Recent cases highlight Israel’s continued pattern of ‘unlawful killings’ | April 12, 2017
Siham Nimer was shot to death by Israeli border police at the Damascus Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem at the end of March after trying to stab the officers with a pair of scissors. Human rights groups said the shooting was unjustified and that the woman could have easily been subdued. It is the latest in a string of similar cases. .....
The curious case of the Palestinian holding onto his land inside an Israeli settlement | April 08, 2017
In the Salfit District of the West Bank, Palestine Monitor spoke with Hani Amer, known commonly as Abu-Nidal, a Palestinian man living within the illegal settlement Elkana, in Mas’ha Village. His home is surrounded by barbed wire and is just steps away from the separation wall and the rest of his village. Sitting outside on the porch swing with his .....
Lifta: the struggle over Palestinian memory | April 05, 2017
2,250 Palestinians lived in Lifta before the entire population was expelled in 1948, during the Nakba. Hundreds of Palestinian villages had a similar story but Lifta is different because it is the only one that was neither destroyed nor inhabited again. .....
Thousands join Bethlehem marathon for free movement rights | April 05, 2017
Usually tranquil, the city of Bethlehem sprang to life last weekend as around 6,000 Palestinians and foreigners took part in the 5th Annual Free Movement Palestine Marathon. .....
Israel announces plans for new settlement in the occupied West Bank for first time in 20 years | April 02, 2017
In a unanimous vote, Israel announced its approval for a new settlement in the West Bank. This will be the first time Israel officially announces the establishment of a new settlement in 20 years, strategically located in the heart of the West Bank. All settlements are illegal under international law. .....
Palestinians protest against settlement expansion | April 02, 2017
As the Israeli government approved the first new settlement in 20 years, Palestinians gathered near the West Bank village of Al Mughayir to protest the establishment of a new settler outpost. .....
Land Day protests show Palestinians’ determination to continue their non-violent struggle | March 31, 2017
Like every year on March 30, Palestinians in the West Bank, Gaza and Israel took part in protests and marches to commemorate Land Day. For residents and activists from Beit Jala, it was a day to continue their struggle against the building of the separation wall in the Cremisan Valley. .....
First hospital school in Palestine teaches ill children to ‘persist’ | March 28, 2017
In October of last year the Augusta Victoria Hospital in East Jerusalem became the first Palestinian hospital to open a school for seriously ill children in its care. The Persistence School caters for children arriving from the West Bank and Gaza in need of cancer treatment and kidney dialysis. .....
Worsening the Situation in Gaza: the Failure of the Gaza Reconstruction Mechanism | March 27, 2017
In a recent report examining the Israeli blockade on Gaza, the NGO Oxfam revealed how internationally-brokered measures have negatively impacted development in the Strip through import restrictions on “dual use” items: materials Israel says could be used in the construction of military infrastructure and weapons. .....
B‘Tselem: eight-year-old from Hebron seized by a group of Israeli soldiers - why? | March 25, 2017
According to testimonies brought by B‘Tselem, eight-year-old Sufian Abu Hitah from Hebron was seized by a group of Israeli soldiers, moved to another neighborhood, and asked to point out children who had thrown a Molotov cocktail and stones to Kiryat Arba –a settlement next to Hebron, on that same day. .....
Local Palestinians sceptical about Banksy’s new venture | March 21, 2017
Banksy’s ‘Walled Off Hotel’ has got the world talking. The project, which opened to its first guests yesterday, received both praise and criticism. We asked Palestinians living nearby how they think it will affect them. .....
Palestine Solidarity Campaign chairman becomes first victim of Israel’s travel ban | March 18, 2017
Earlier this week, the chairman of the London-based Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC), Hugh Lanning, became the first foreign activist to fall prey to the controversial “BDS ban” law, just a few days after it was approved. The law, passed by the Knesset on March 7, prohibits the granting of entry visas or residency rights to foreigners who are advocates of the non-violent BDS movement. .....
FIFA slammed for its failure to act against Israeli settlement clubs | March 16, 2017
Earlier this month, a coalition of international and Palestinian organisations called for the dissolution of the FIFA Monitoring Committee Israel-Palestine founded in spring 2015. They say it failed to compel Israel’s national football league to exclude six football teams based in illegal Israeli settlement. .....
"We try to tell the story of Apartheid": A talk with Youth Against Settlements’ Issa Amro | March 16, 2017
A UN report published this week marks the first time the international body acknowledges the nature of the regime put in place by Israel by using the word ‘apartheid’. But activists and intellectuals around the world and in Palestine have long been trying to tell this story, including at ongoing Israeli Apartheid Week events. .....
University of Turin’s student council becomes first academic body in Italy to endorse BDS | March 11, 2017
The decision was part of an ongoing campaign targeting Technion, the Haifa-based Israel Institute of Technology, for its direct involvement in the Israeli military-industrial complex. .....
Palestinian women celebrate the fruits of their hard work at Women’s Day conference | March 08, 2017
As the world honours International Women’s Day on March 8, a conference held in Ramallah a day before celebrated Palestinian women’s contribution to their communities. The conference was organised by the Palestinian Medical Relief Society (PMRS). .....
How Israel slashes the cost of occupation | March 08, 2017
A report published today by B’Tselem says Israel systematically fails to pay compensation to Palestinians harmed by its security forces in non-combat situations, lowering the price of harming Palestinians while “maintaining a false show of a functioning justice system.” .....
Israel passes law to bar BDS supporters from entering the country | March 07, 2017
The Knesset passed a law barring foreign nationals who support a boycott of Israel from getting visas or residency permits. Critics say the move violates freedom of expression and will serve to further isolate the country. The law will also apply to Palestinians with temporary residency status in Israel. .....
Struggling to bury their dead | March 06, 2017
Bab al-Rahma is the second most important Muslim cemetery in Jerusalem, lying in the shadow of the Old City. Local Palestinians wishing to bury their dead there have been facing increasing restrictions, which some observers see as part of Israel’s policies aimed at weakening Palestinians’ ongoing connection to Jerusalem. .....
Nearly 20 percent of Palestinian youth subjected to "Facebook arrests" | March 05, 2017
A recent survey found that 19% of Palestinian youth were arrested or subjected to investigation for expressing their opinion on social media, as part of what Israel considers a “counter-terror strategy”. Many young Palestinians don’t know how to protect their online privacy. .....
Crime and punishment: Israel must face sanctions | February 27, 2017
The recent law of banditry and new settlement crimes passed by the Israeli Knesset has the criminal repeating his crime without realising he is thus uncovering his original crime committed in 1948, writes Dr. Mustafa Barghouti. .....
Palestinians mark anniversary of Ibrahimi mosque massacre | February 27, 2017
Hundreds of Palestinians and internationals took to the streets of the Old City of Hebron in the southern occupied West Bank last Friday in a march to commemorate the 23-year anniversary of the Ibrahimi mosque massacre, when far-right Jewish-American settler Baruch Goldstein opened fire on worshippers, killing 29 Palestinians and injuring 125. .....
Entire community threatened with demolition in strategic E1 area | February 23, 2017
In an unprecedented move, Israel issued dozens of stop work orders on Sunday for an entire Palestinian Bedouin village on the outskirts of Jerusalem. Activists have dubbed residents of Khan al-Ahmar as “gatekeepers of the two-state solution.” .....
Palestinians struggle to hold on to their homes in East Jerusalem’s Silwan neighbourhood | February 23, 2017
Earlier this month, private security from the settler organisation Elad, whose stated aim is to respond to “the longing of the Jewish people to return to Jerusalem after 2,000 years,” took control of a home in Silwan, changing the lock to the main gate and limiting the freedom of movement of the Palestinian family living next door. .....
A story of every prisoner | February 22, 2017
During the first intifada, Abed Dalbah was arrested a few months before his wedding with his now wife of 26 years, Bassma. The Red Cross would transfer postcard-like letters between prisoners and their loved ones, but these were restricted to 10 lines and moderated by the Israeli authorities. But there was a way to smuggle his love letters. .....
Separated and ‘illegal’: meet the Palestinians not allowed to live in their own village | February 20, 2017
Watch: Al-Khas and Al-Nu’man used to be one village sharing one village council until Israel illegally annexed Al-Nu’man in 1967. Residents of Al-Nu’man are now considered by Israel to be illegally residing in Jerusalem simply by being in their homes. .....
Dr. Mustafa Barghouti: The proposed Israeli apartheid state is not a one-state solution | February 16, 2017
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposal in a press conference at the White House is nothing but a recipe to consolidate a system of apartheid with two systems of laws – one for Palestinians and one for Jewish Israelis – and will result in complete domination of the lives of the Palestinian people. .....
A tough year so far for Palestinians with Israeli citizenship | February 15, 2017
The most recent wave of controversies and protests was first sparked by demolitions in early January in an area known as the Triangle, in central Israel. .....
French cuisine gets a Palestinian touch | February 14, 2017
Watch: Palestinian and French foodies had the chance to meet, share skills, and experiment at this year’s French Culinary Week in Palestine. .....
Palestinians take to the streets to call for boycott of Israeli goods | February 12, 2017
A few weeks ahead of Israeli Apartheid Week, hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Ramallah in a march calling on Palestinians to ramp up their efforts in boycotting Israeli goods. .....
Grassroots organisation works to combat violence against women | February 11, 2017
Formerly known as Woman Against the Wall, Biddiya-based Women for Life began in 2002 as a group of Palestinian women practising non-violent resistance against the separation wall. Through demonstrations, camp-outs and rallying, the women succeeded in diverting the wall by 3km, and in doing so saved a school from demolition. .....
Israel approves bill to "legally" dispossess Palestinians | February 08, 2017
The Knesset passed a bill to retroactively legalise thousands of settler homes built on privately owned Palestinian land. While land grabs have gone on for decades through declarations of state land and other means, Palestinian civil society renewed its call for sanctions to rein in Israel‘s flagrant disregard for international law. .....
New settlement construction announced as Amona is evicted | February 06, 2017
While the eviction of the illegal Israeli outpost of Amona was hitting the news last week, thousands of new settlement housing units were being approved elsewhere in the West Bank. .....
Final vote looming on settlement legalisation bill | February 04, 2017
The controversial bill would retroactively legalise 55 outposts, including approximately 4,000 housing units in both settlements and illegal outposts through the expropriation of over 8,000 dunums (about 2,000 acres) of private Palestinian lands. .....
Dr. Mustafa Barghouti: Amona is an act of deceit | February 01, 2017
Netanyahu is using the issue of Amona to create an impression as if he’s removing settlements. Instead, he’s using that as a cover for the declaration of 3,000 new settlement units today as part of a plan to build 10,000 units that would separate the West Bank into two pieces, and besiege Jerusalem completely. .....
Fighting drug abuse in East Jerusalem | January 31, 2017
In Shuafat, the only Palestinian refugee camp within the boundaries of the Jerusalem municipality, drug consumption is on the rise among youth. The introduction of synthetic cannabis several years ago has proved to be a major problem in tackling drug abuse for community activists. .....
A lightness of being | January 28, 2017
Tayseer Barakat is a Gaza-born, Ramallah-based artist who works with a variety of materials to create pieces that reflect a combination of Arab and Palestinian visual art and mythology with contemporary aesthetics of political struggle. His latest solo exhibition, ‘Lightness of Being‘, launched this week at Zawyeh gallery in Ramallah. .....
The Amona stalemate | January 25, 2017
Settlers from the illegal Israeli outpost in the West Bank have backtracked from an earlier deal to relocate a few metres from their current location, calling for renewed protests. .....
Activists set up tent camp against annexation of Ma‘ale Adumim settlement | January 24, 2017
The area, known as E1, has long been part of an Israeli plan to create a contiguous urban bloc between Ma‘ale Adumim and Jerusalem, which would cut off East Jerusalem from the rest of the West Bank. .....
US "at the beginning stages" of discussing embassy move to Jerusalem | January 23, 2017
No foreign embassies are found in Jerusalem. American policy, like that of many other nations, has long been that the future of the Holy City can be determined only as part of a broader peace agreement and that putting the embassy there would prejudge the outcome. .....
Palestinians in Israel protest against house demolitions and police violence | January 22, 2017
On Saturday, more than 5,000 people converged in Ar‘ara, a Palestinian Arab town inside Israeli borders, to protest a recent spate of house demolitions and police violence against Palestinian citizens of Israel. .....
East Jerusalem neighbourhood hit by harsh collective punishment measures | January 20, 2017
In the aftermath of the truck attack that left four soldiers dead earlier this month, Jabal al-Muqabber has been reeling under collective punishment measures, including an unprecedented number of demolition orders and residency revocations. .....
West Bank Palestinians protest in solidarity with Umm al-Hiran | January 20, 2017
A Palestinian activist and an Israeli policeman were killed on Wednesday during a demolition raid in Umm al-Hiran, a Bedouin village in the Naqab desert, Israel. Palestinians in Ramallah protested against Israel‘s policies of displacement on both sides of the Green Line. .....
First Palestinian animal welfare organisation aims to “cut the cycle of violence” | January 14, 2017
The Palestine Animal League works on a multitude of projects concerning animal rights, human rights, the environment and healthy food, including the first ever vegan cafeteria in Palestine. Its founders are also hoping to help establish Palestine’s first animal welfare law. .....
2017 opens with campaign of arrests | January 10, 2017
The Palestinian Prisoner‘s Society (PSS) has reported that in the first five days of 2017, Israel carried out a campaign of arrests, detaining at least 100 Palestinians including 18 minors and three women. Additional arrests took place in the following days in the wake of a deadly attack in Jerusalem. .....
Jerusalem attack that left four soldiers dead draws widespread condemnation | January 09, 2017
Netanyahu had immediately drawn parallels between Sunday‘s truck ramming and similar tactics used in Nice and Berlin in ISIS-linked attacks. But while no evidence has been provided so far to support the claim, the Brandeburg Gate in Berlin was lit up with the Israeli flag on Monday. .....
Ongoing construction in Israeli settlements despite UNSC resolution | January 07, 2017
Watch: ongoing construction in multiple Israeli settlements in the West Bank, in defiance of the latest UN Security Council resolution. Video by Activestills .....
Palestinians protest amid Israeli calls to pardon convicted soldier | January 05, 2017
Israeli soldier who killed motionless Palestinian attacker was found guilty of manslaughter and could face a maximum 20 years in prison. Netanyahu and other Israeli politicians have stated their support for a pardon. But while Azaria is the only soldier undergoing trial for the killing of a Palestinian in 2016, the case is not an isolated incident .....
Dr. Mustafa Barghouti: How can we confront the threat to transfer the US embassy to Jerusalem? | January 02, 2017
If the new US administration decides to fulfill its promise to transfer the US embassy to Jerusalem it would be an accomplice with Israel in breaching international law, the UN Charter and the Geneva Conventions. .....
Thousands celebrate Christmas in Bethlehem | December 28, 2016
Watch: Every year, Bethlehem attracts thousands of pilgrims from around the world for the Christmas season. Christians and Muslims alike take part in the celebrations in Manger Square. .....
UNSC resolution a “very powerful base” for advancing BDS efforts | December 27, 2016
The resolution adopted last Friday by the UN Security Council, reaffirming the illegality of all Israeli settlements and demanding an end to settlement construction, was welcomed by most Palestinian analysts as a good legal base to advance the BDS campaign, take Israel to the ICC and demand sanctions. But words must be translated into action. .....
Bethlehem gets ready for Christmas | December 21, 2016
Watch: Despite a lack of funding to restore the world-famous Church of the Nativity and competition from Israeli tour operators, locals are determined to draw visitors and promote Palestine beyond religious sites. .....
The art of Palestinian embroidery, from tradition to social business | December 17, 2016
Taita Leila, a company that creates hand-embroidered clothing in Palestine while aiming to preserve Palestinian arts and crafts heritage, has launched its second collection with new ideas for social business in Palestine. .....
A quarter of Gaza’s cancer patients unable to get permits for treatment in West Bank or Israeli hospitals | December 15, 2016
New reports highlight deteriorating conditions for cancer patients living under blockade in the Gaza Strip. Only two in five women with breast cancer are expected to survive five years after being diagnosed. .....
Domari Gypsies carve out niche in Jerusalem | December 13, 2016
Decades of conflict have sliced this region down the middle. But Amoun Sleem is one of those whose identity cannot be carefully placed on either side of the Green Line. .....
The women waging peace | December 12, 2016
A 30,000-strong non-partisan Israeli women’s movement is trying to influence the country’s leadership to go back to the negotiating table. At least 1,000 Palestinian women joined a two-week march the movement organised last October. But with settlement construction continuing unabated and the Knesset drafting laws that, Palestinians say, are set to bury the two-state solution for good – the movement is not without its critics. .....
Youth organisation nurtures Palestinian filmmaking talent | December 07, 2016
The Young Palestinian Filmmakers Society has trained dozens of aspiring filmmakers in the language of film, partnering with youth centres across Palestine and getting festival recognition. .....
Theology professor deported on grounds of support for Israel boycott | December 06, 2016
On Monday, Israel denied entry to a senior official from the World Council of Churches (WCC) citing her organisation’s involvement in pro-Palestinian activism in the West Bank and alleged support for BDS. It’s the first time Israel deports a foreign national explicitly for involvement with boycott activities. .....
A victory for solidarity activists, but Negev Bedouins are left in limbo | December 03, 2016
Following international pressure, the planned demolition of Um al-Hiran, which Israel is planning to replace with a Jewish town, was once again postponed. But residents still face an uncertain future. The plight of the "unrecognised" village highlights the similarities in Israeli policy on both sides of the Green Line. .....
The Palestinian start-up connecting grassroots projects with donors around the world | November 30, 2016
BuildPalestine uses crowdfunding to mobilise supporters of the Palestinian cause around innovative community projects and make a real difference – without the need for intermediaries .....
NGO fights to protect victims of settler violence | November 29, 2016
91 percent of cases against settlers are closed by the Israeli police without an indictment. “The Israeli state colludes with the settlers. They make it a systematic policy to intimidate the Palestinians and get them off their land.”.....
The Sufis of Nablus | November 27, 2016
In the corkscrew lanes of Nablus’ medieval centre, just a few steps from the austere beauty of the grand mosque, there is a low room with some plastic chairs and rich carpet. At first glance, it looks the same as any other Muslim holy place. But this room is actually a tekyeh, home to the Naqshbandi sect of Sufism. .....
Hebron activist’s trial opens amid calls to drop “baseless and politically motivated charges” | November 23, 2016
Rights groups say Issa Amro‘s case demonstrates how Israel‘s policy in the occupied territories criminalises any form of resistance against the occupation, including non-violent activity .....
Low expectations in Palestine after Trump wins US elections | November 22, 2016
We asked Palestinians what they think of Trump‘s election victory and what it means for their struggle and peace prospects. .....
Women’s film festival showcases Palestinian optimism | November 19, 2016
Running until December 11, the Shashat festival is the longest running women’s film festival in the Arab world. Ninety screenings will take place in seventeen cities around the West Bank and Gaza. Two refugee camps are also hosting events. .....
Israeli Forces invade Ramallah offices of healthwork NGO | November 16, 2016
Two Palestinians were injured in clashes following the invasion of the building, during which the army seized data and smashed equipment. .....
No end in sight for Palestinian activist held without trial by Israel | November 15, 2016
The detention without trial of Salah Khawaja is set to continue after a military judge extended his detention by a further eight days. The decision to extend al-Khawaja’s detention, made on November 9, comes after he was arrested during a dramatic night-time raid by Israeli soldiers on October 26. .....
Bill to retroactively legalise outposts "blow to the final opportunity for a two-state solution" | November 15, 2016
‘Formalisation bill‘ distinguishes between ownership of land and the right to use land, enabling the Israeli government to use private Palestinian land without taking ownership of it. Opponents say that if passed into law, it would institutionalise the mass theft of land in the West Bank and kill the option of a Palestinian state. .....
Delegates meet to discuss eco-tourism in first conference of its kind in Palestine | November 14, 2016
On November 9, dozens of Palestinians and internationals gathered in Beit Sahour for a conference on the future of Palestinian eco-tourism – the first of its kind to be held on Palestinian soil. The attendees – from NGOs, and officials from international governments – met to discuss challenges and opportunities for the Palestinian tourism sector. .....
Israeli National Theatre makes controversial debut in hard-line settlement | November 14, 2016
Last weekend Habima Theatre performed in the illegal settlement of Kiryat Arba, the birthplace of Ibrahimi Mosque murderer Baruch Goldstein and still a notorious flashpoint for settler violence. Under Miri Regev’s Culture Ministry, arts bodies refusing to perform in settlements can have their budgets slashed by a third. .....
Building a “culture of resistance” in Nabi Saleh | November 12, 2016
The Nabi Saleh Cultural Committee held its first conference this weekend under the title “Occupation, the enemy of religions and humanity.” The two-day event attracted locals as well as international and Israeli supporters as both audience and speakers. Many of them were familiar faces. The village of 550, located some 20 km north of Ramallah, has been at the centre of the Palestinian non-violent protest movement since it began demonstrating against land annexation by the nearby Israeli settlement of Halamish in December 2009. .....
Arafat museum opens on anniversary of his death | November 10, 2016
For forty years, Yasser Arafat dominated Palestinian politics. He was there through it all: Black September; the catastrophe in Lebanon; Oslo; the two intifadas. Mahmoud Darwish proclaimed that Arafat shaped “Palestinian national identity.” .....
Orphanage battles to help kids in the face of trauma | November 07, 2016
At first glance, Jeel El-Amal (‘generation of hope‘) looks like a normal school. But about a quarter of its students are orphans who live on site, many of whom have suffered abuse, spent time on the street, or were exposed to violence. While good quality mental health care is hard to come by in the West Bank, the orphanage offers alternative approaches to helping children affected by trauma. .....
Harvesting olives on the frontline of occupation | November 05, 2016
The annual Palestinian olive harvest goes ahead in and around the city of Hebron, despite routine harassment by Israeli settlers and forces - which intensifies this time of the year. .....
From Beijing to Ramallah: Chinese medicine comes to Palestine | November 02, 2016
Green tea, Taoism, acupuncture. Where do you expect to find these hallmarks of traditional Chinese medicine? Shanghai? Guangdong? Maybe some bohemian corner of Paris or Berlin? The Palestine Monitor spoke with Chinese-trained Ousama Habiballah, the first practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine in Palestine. .....
How to make art in Palestine: a tightrope between Israeli occupation and local traditions | October 31, 2016
Making art in Palestine is a challenge. Suddenly, checkpoints can close, or colleagues can get arrested. And yet Palestine has a rich cultural scene. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Gaza and the West Bank boast 596 cultural centers, thirty-one museums and twelve theaters. .....
Prominent human rights activist arrested during pre-dawn raid in Ramallah | October 27, 2016
Salah Khawaja, a prominent Palestinian human rights activist, was arrested early 27 October, following a dramatic pre-dawn raid by Israeli troops. Khawaja was detained at 2 AM, after twenty soldiers stormed Khawaja’s flat in the old town of Ramallah. .....
Illegal Israeli settlers uproot Palestinian olive tree | October 22, 2016
The well-documented obstruction of the Palestinian olive harvest by Israeli settlers took a faintly ridiculous turn this week, as one farmer spotted illegal colonizers stealing an entire olive tree from his land. .....
Traditional oud-maker salvages ancient Palestinian tradition | October 22, 2016
The Israeli occupation has caused a lot of harm to a lot of people. But at least it got Samer Totah interested in the oud, an Arab stringed instrument similar to the lute. But during the First Intifada, Totah and his cousins would sit in their garden and listen to the old classics of the oud tradition. .....
UNESCO condemns Israeli occupation of East Jerusalem holy sites | October 19, 2016
UNESCO has affirmed Palestinian claims to holy sites in occupied East Jerusalem, condemning the Israeli government’s aggressive attempts to control Al-Aqsa Mosque and its environs. The UNESCO resolution, passed in a contentious vote on Tuesday 17 October, addresses Israeli violations of religious freedoms across the West Bank......
A political football: Palestinians urge FIFA to ban illegal Israeli teams from West Bank | October 17, 2016
FIFA has postponed a decision about whether to suspend five Israeli teams based in Jewish settlements on the West Bank. FIFA had been expected to settle the issue at a meeting on October 14. Another meeting has been set for November. .....
Palestinian refugees starved of clean drinking water by Israeli red tape | October 17, 2016
Denied access to clean water by the indifference of the Israeli authorities, the residents of Aqabat Jaber refugee camp say their children are suffering permanent health damage. Mohammed is a camp resident and father, and regularly makes a three-kilometre trek to neighbouring Jericho to fill up gallon jugs of clean drinking water. .....
“’I need you in jail’” – One man’s administrative detention typical of continued Israeli abuses | October 13, 2016
At the beginning of 2016, Abdullah – not his real name – had a normal life. He was happily married. How quickly things can change. On March, after two years of grappling with Israeli bureaucracy, Abdullah had finally been given permission to visit the al-Aqsa mosque. And on that very same day, he was arrested at home......
Aid ship to Gaza intercepted, and its crew expelled from Israel | October 12, 2016
Israel deported a group of women activists on October 7, after their aid ship to Gaza, which was trying to break the Israeli blockade of the enclave, was intercepted and diverted to the Israeli port of Ashdod. .....
The Qalandiya Festival and the Limits of Artistic Activism | October 10, 2016
“It has been an adventure to arrive at this moment,” began Aline Khoury, the media coordinator for the third Qalandiya International Festival (QIF). It is easy to see what she means. The event took two years to organise. Exhibits are hundreds of miles apart. One of the venues, the West Bank, is subject to a foreign occupation. .....
Sights set on youth education despite limited rights to movement and IDF violence in West Bank village | October 05, 2016
The youth of Hizma village have found hope in new educational programs and united powers between villagers. Although they often have their studies disrupted by Israeli road blocks on the way to school or violent clashes inside village, their determination to succeed in their education soars beyond the Wall. .....
The poet crowd-funding to raise the voices of gifted young Gazans | October 04, 2016
Voice of Gaza, a “tuition-fee free educational centre for gifted young writers” in the besieged Strip, is crowdsourcing donations to expand its 18-month old operation. .....
Shimon Peres, Israeli ex-president who signed the Oslo Accords, dies at 93 | September 28, 2016
Shimon Peres, a former Israeli president and a towering figure who concluded the Oslo Accords during his term as Foreign minister, died at age 93. .....
Palestinians overwhelmingly reject “politically motivated” suspension of elections, poll shows | September 28, 2016
Nearly two-thirds of Palestinians condemn the decision to suspend local elections in the West Bank and Gaza, according to a new survey by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PCPSR). .....
More Palestinian children killed by Israel in West Bank | September 28, 2016
Four Palestinian children have been killed and two injured around the West Bank since September 18, reported Electronic Intifada. Israel maintained that the shootings were in self-defence .....
West Bank village resists collective punishment | September 27, 2016
For months, the Israeli army enclosed the West Bank village of Hizma in response to what they accused the residents of inciting violence and stone-throwing against soldiers in the area. The main road was blocked entirely from July 28 for almost one month. Residents had to carry IDs inside the village preparing to be checked by soldiers anytime. .....
Musical kindergarten offers future to Palestinian children | September 27, 2016
The most striking thing about the school is its educational ethos. As the headmistress, Fida, explains, the kindergarten is not a “music school” in the typical sense. Other schools in Ramallah teach music. But the kindergarten, with its twenty-five pupils, is different: “We have lessons with two teachers, the music teacher and the subject teacher .....
Birzeit University strike: students win major concessions on fee increase | September 27, 2016
After losing 27 consecutive days of income to striking students, Birzeit University has agreed to scale back a proposed hike in tuition fees. Fees for new students will now increase by only 1 Jordanian Dinar (JD- $1.40) per hour of teaching, while returning students will pay no more than before. .....
World leaders at UNGA urge resolute peace deal for Palestine to be an independent state | September 25, 2016
“Israel must reciprocate with recognition of the State of Palestine and an end to its occupation of the land,” said Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the 71st UN General Assembly gathering the world leaders in New York on September 22. .....
No Respite for Susya | September 22, 2016
The Palestinian village of Susya, in the South Hebron Hills, is still at risk of being erased from the map by Israel. This is despite an international campaign to save it last year. The most recent threat came after several Israeli MPs visited Susya on September 19, and some of the settlers accompanying them allegedly attacked local Palestinians. .....
Hunger Strikers Defiant as Administrative Detention Continues | September 20, 2016
The condition of three Palestinian hunger strikers, held under Israel‘s administrative detention laws, has become critical, the Palestinian Detainees Affairs Commission has said. In a statement of September 17, reported by WAFA, the Commission‘s lawyers claimed that the three men had reached a “critical stage”. .....
What the Women’s Boat to Gaza means to women trapped in the Strip | September 19, 2016
The Women’s Boat to Gaza, a transnational, all-female coalition of activists, is on its way to the besieged Strip. The two-boat convoy is following in the wake of several previous ‘Freedom Flotillas’, including a 2010 mission in which 10 activists were killed by the Israeli Forces. .....
Birzeit University students protest against the rise in tuition fees | September 07, 2016
Students at Palestine’s Birzeit University have been on strike for 12 days, protesting against the rise in tuition fees imposed by the university administration. The added fees will increase the tuition by 5%. The fees per hour was increased by $6 for new students and $3 for existing students .....
Here’s what pro-Trump Israeli campaigners think about Palestine | September 07, 2016
The Palestine Monitor spoke to ROI co-chairman Marc Zell to find out what motivated the Israeli pro-Trump lobby, and what a Trump victory would mean for Palestine. As an American-born lawyer who now lives in the illegal settlement Alon Shvut in the Southern West Bank, Marc repeatedly used the term ‘Judea-Samaria’ to refer to the area, and made it.......
Jenin Freedom Theatre tour Portugal to fight ‘Israeli propaganda machine’ | September 05, 2016
The Israeli Forces have turned occupation into an “art form”, former general Gadi Shamni has recently claimed. But if occupation can be art, then art can be resistance, and members of the Jenin Freedom Theatre say their month-long tour of Portugal will be a vital part of the Palestinian struggle. .....
West Bank settlers to build 463 new houses despite UN, USA condemnation | September 03, 2016
Settlements in the West Bank will be hosting another 463 housing units, after permission for several major building projects was granted by the Israeli Civil Administration on August 31. Four illegal settlements in the central West Bank - Elkana, Ofarim, Beit Arye and Giva‘t Ze‘ev - are to expand. Over 2500 new builds have been approved. .....
Bahaa Alayan: Israelis return body of slain Palestinian after 325 days | September 01, 2016
The body of Palestinian Bahaa Alayan has been returned to his family by the Israeli authorities, 325 days after his death at the hands of the Israeli Forces. .....
Israel postpones the trial of Mohammed al-Halabi but no evidence for detention according to the NGO World Vision | August 31, 2016
An elementary session of the trial for the Christian charity World Vision’s Head of Mission in Gaza, Mohammed al-Halabi, was held behind closed doors on Tuesday morning in Be’er Sheva, the southern city of Israel. The court decided on Tuesday to postpone Mohammed al-Halab‘s trial until October. .....
Abu Sakha : Appeal Against Administrative Detention Rejected | August 31, 2016
According to the Palestinian NGO Addameer, defending Abu Sakha, an appeal against the administrative detention order has been rejected on August 25. It was submitted by Addameer attorney to the military court of appeals in Ofer four days earlier. Abu Sakha was arrested at Zaatara checkpoint, south of the city of Nablus, while on his way to work .....
Palestinian Prisoner Bilal Kayed ends hunger strike after 71 days,the struggle against administrative detention continues | August 29, 2016
Bilal Kayed has suspended his 71-day hunger strike after an agreement was reached between the Addameeer prisoners’ rights group attorney Mahmoud Hassan and the military prosecution. The agreement stipulates that Mr. Kayed’s administrative detention will not be renewed further than 12 December 2016, his scheduled release date......
Palestinian-Israeli Survey: Only a small majority of Israelis and Palestinians support a two-state solution | August 25, 2016
This Monday, for the 1st time in a decade, a Joint Poll surveying Palestinians and Israelis was released. It shows that the majority of Israelis and Palestinians still support a two-state solution, despite a decline in the number of those supporting it. .....
Gaza children return after a 10-day football trip in Ireland | August 15, 2016
"It was an amazing trip; a dream come true. I have learned so much and Irish people were so friendly with us," told Muhannad Abu Ouda. Muhannad is one of the 14 children from the Gaza Strip who have just returned from a 10-day visit to Ireland to play football. Aged 10 to 14 years old, the young team of Al Helal football club toured seven cities .....
Bedouin village destroyed for the 101st time on the 6th anniversary of its 1st demolition | August 09, 2016
There is no rest for the residents of the Bedouin village of Al Araqib, in the Negev desert in southern Israel. On July 27, as inhabitants were to commemorate the not so happy anniversary of their village’s first demolition that occurred six years earlier, Israeli Forces stormed in just before dawn and two bulldozers knocked down three shacks. .....
Press release: No visa to Canada for PLC member Dr. Mustafa Barghouti | August 09, 2016
Invited by Canadian political party Quebec Solidaire to participate in the Parliamentarian and Local Councillors’ Forum on August 10 2016 in Montreal within the framework of the World Social Forum, Dr. Mustafa Barghouti, Palestinian MP and chairman of the Palestinian National Initiative movement, was not granted a visa by the Canadian authorities. .....
Israel approves law that allows imprisonment of East Jerusalem youth under 14 | August 04, 2016
The Israeli Knesset passed a bill into law on Wednesday allowing for the imprisonment of Palestinian youth under 14 in East Jerusalem for acts of terrorism. .....
Israeli army orders demolition of agricultural structures in southern Nablus | August 03, 2016
Demolition notices were handed out for three agricultural structures and four water wells in the Nablus village of Qusra by Israeli army on Monday, mirroring an almost identical demolition move carried out by authorities in May......
After being delayed indefinitely by Israel’s Shin Bet authorities, the Palestinian Super Cup is finally a go. | August 02, 2016
After being delayed indefinitely by Israel’s Shin Bet authorities, the Palestinian Super Cup is finally a go. The soccer final is set take place on Tuesday afternoon in Hebron. The match was originally scheduled for Saturday, but was postponed when Israeli security personnel blocked six players from Gaza from entering the country. .....
Rawabi, Palestine’s first planned city, enters new phase | August 01, 2016
As the summer draws to a close, Rawabi seems to be entering a new stage in its development. The first school is set to open in September, and hundreds of new residents will move in by November. And last month, Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah visited the site for the first time. .....
Israel demolished more Palestinian houses in Area C during the first half of 2016 than in the entire previous year | July 28, 2016
In a report presented yesterday to the Knesset, Israeli human rights group B’Tselem asserted that Israel demolished more Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank during the first half of this year than in the entire previous year. .....
Palestinian man accused of July 1 shooting killed as Israeli forces bombard and destroy his home | July 27, 2016
A Palestinian accused of the shooting death of Rabbi Michael Marc on July 1 was killed in his home in the village of Surif last night after the Israeli army surrounded and bombarded his home with anti-tank missiles, destroying it. .....
House demolitions in Qalandia spark clashes; woman shot at checkpoint | July 26, 2016
The Israeli army razed 11 Palestinian homes in Qalandia and the surrounding area on Monday night and into the morning Tuesday. Later on Tuesday, a woman was shot in the legs at Qalandia checkpoint while allegedly attempting to stab a soldier. .....
Counting down to Rio: Mary Al-Atrash scores invitation to the Olympics despite lack of resources | July 23, 2016
With less than a month remaining until the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio De Janeiro, six Palestinian athletes are proudly training to represent their team. It is the largest delegation Palestine has sent to the Olympics since 1996. Mary Al-Atrash, a 22-year-old swimmer, is one of these Olympic hopefuls .....
Web documentary tells stories of Gaza‘s obliterated families | July 17, 2016
In commemoration of the second anniversary of the latest Israeli offensive on Gaza, photojournalists Anne Paq and Ala Qandil released a multimedia web project. Obliterated Families offers a deep and intimate journey into the lives of those who survived; it transcribes their pain, and their struggle for existence in the aftermath. .....
Gaza‘s Erez crossing open to commercial traffic for first time since 2007 | July 14, 2016
Israeli officials announced Wednesday the official opening of the Erez crossing between Israel and the northern edge of the Gaza Strip to commercial traffic, after nine years of closure. .....
American-Palestinian child Mahmoud Shaalan was killed in cold blood, investigation finds | July 13, 2016
On February 26, 2016, sixteen-year-old Mahmoud Shaalan was walking to Al-Bireh, when he was shot and killed at the Bet El DCO checkpoint. The Israeli army said Shaalan attempted to stab a soldier at the checkpoint using a knife. But, eyewitness accounts appear to contradict the Israeli narrative......
Water shortages in Salfit enter fourth week as Ramadan draws to a close | July 01, 2016
As the month of Ramadan draws to a close, Palestinians are looking forward to the Eid al-Fitr holiday, which will mark an end to their month of abstaining from food and drink. But for residents of Salfit, north of Ramallah, the end of Ramadan won’t bring a relief from thirst. These residents have been without water for the entire holy month......
Israel‘s illegal retention of corpses of martyrs sparks protests in West Bank | June 27, 2016
Israel’s policy of retaining the bodies of Palestinians killed directly violates its obligations under international law. Despite pleas from Palestinians families, lawsuits and repeated appeals by human rights organizations, eight young men bodies, have yet to be returned to their families. .....
Israel says it "mistakenly" killed 15-year-old Palestinian boy | June 22, 2016
The Israeli army mistakenly shot and killed a 15-year-old bystander on Tuesday while responding to a stone-throwing and firebomb attack on a busy highway connecting Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. .....
Citing heightened security tensions, Israel approves additional $18.6 million to expand settlements in West Bank | June 21, 2016
The Israeli government on Sunday approved an additional $18.6 million to finance the expansion of settlements in the occupied West Bank, citing safety concerns for settlement residents stemming from the wave of violence that began in October 2015. .....
Palestine mourns a dear friend, Jo Cox, British Labour MP murdered last Thursday in West Yorkshire | June 19, 2016
Jo Cox, 41 year old, Palestine’s dear friend, Labour MP for Batley and Spen in West Yorkshire was murdered in her constituency on Thursday. She was shot and stabbed multiple times in broad daylight on the steps of her constituency surgery. .....
The "French initiative" offers new multilateral approach to Israel-Palestine peace process | June 17, 2016
There are many reasons why the Israeli-Palestinian peace process seems to have fallen by the wayside in recent years. It appears that the great powers have lost interest in finding a solution. So it came as a surprise, when France announced its intention to organize a conference to restart negotiations for a two-state solution to the conflict......
Israel will chair United Nations legal committee after decisive vote | June 15, 2016
After a decisive vote on Monday, Israel has won the right to chair the United Nations legal committee, one of six permanent committees in the world body. The vote marks the first time Israel has been elected to lead a permanent committee since it joined the UN in 1949. .....
Birzeit named best Palestinian University, ranked 50th in Arab world | June 15, 2016
Birzeit University was once again named the best university in Palestine in the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) yearly ranking, and moved up eleven places to 50th place on QS’s list of the top 350 world universities. .....
The price of occupation: child prisoners in Israeli jails suffer lifelong trauma | June 15, 2016
To confront the growing phenomenon of child arrests, detention and killings by the Israeli army, the Palestine Medical Relief Society (PMRS) on Monday, June 6, launched a new campaign, “Don’t Kill Our Childhood,” aimed at protecting children in Palestine from trauma and suffering at the hands of the Israeli army, and reclaiming their childhood .....
Israel revokes 83,000 Ramadan travel permits in the wake of Tel Aviv shootings | June 09, 2016
Israel announced it would revoke 83,000 entry permits for Palestinians traveling to visit family during Ramadan, after a shooting in Tel Aviv Wednesday night left four dead and several injured. The two gunmen involved were identified as Palestinians from the same family from the town of Yatta, south of the city ofHebron in the West Bank. .....
Poll shows discrepant views among Palestinian youths in the West Bank and Gaza | April 27, 2016
The Jerusalem Media and Communication Center (JMCC), a Palestinian organization based in East Jerusalem, conducted an opinion poll among Palestinian youths throughout the West Bank and Gaza in April 2016. .....
Palestinian girl, 12, charged with attempted manslaughter released from Israeli prison | April 25, 2016
A 12-year-old Palestinian girl convicted of attempted manslaughter and illegal possession of a knife was released Sunday after spending two and half months in Israeli prison. .....
Primary suspect of Abu Khdeir‘s murder convicted | April 19, 2016
Yosef Chaim Ben-David will be sentenced on May 3. .....
Twenty one injured in Jerusalem bus blast | April 19, 2016
At least twenty people were wounded, two seriously, when a explosive device detonated on an Israeli bus Monday evening in Jerusalem .....
West Bank, Gaza mark Palestinian Prisoners‘ Day | April 18, 2016
Hundreds of Palestinians took to the streets across the West Bank and Gaza strip Sunday to commemorate Palestinian Prisoners‘ Day......
Human Rights Watch report reveals abuse of Palestinian children by Israeli police | April 12, 2016
Israeli forces are “using unnecessary force in arresting and detaining children,” and in some cases “beating them, and holding them in unsafe and abusive conditions.”.....
Israel closes case against colonel‘s alleged killing of Palestinian teen | April 12, 2016
Israel‘s Military Advocate General announced on Sunday a decision to close the investigation into the alleged killing of a Palestinian by an Israeli colonel in 2014. .....
Palestinian children in East Jerusalem exposed to "various forms of violence" | April 11, 2016
The most common charge for Palestinian minors, Bashar says, is throwing stones......
Hebron area demolitions leave 35 Palestinians homeless | April 06, 2016
On Wednesday morning Israeli forces demolished six structures in the southern West Bank village of Umm al-Kheir, near Hebron, leaving 35 Palestinians homeless. .....
Seven Palestinian houses demolished across the West Bank and East Jerusalem | April 05, 2016
On Monday Israeli forces demolished seven Palestinian homes. Three of the houses belonged to Palestinians who had carried attacks on Israeli in the village of Qabatiya, and another four homes that were built without permits were torn down. .....
Autopsy confirms Hebron assailant was killed by head shot | April 04, 2016
An autopsy conducted on Sunday revealed that Abed Fattah al-Sharif, the 21-year-old Palestinian shot dead last week after a stabbing attack in Hebron, died from the head shot caught on camera. .....
Settler group Elad wins battle over construction plan in East Jerusalem | March 31, 2016
An Israeli council approved last week plans pushed by the organisation City of David, better known as Elad, in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Silwan. .....
Israeli forces demolish two houses in Bethlehem and a playground in Silwan | March 29, 2016
Israel demolished two houses belonging to Palestinians on Monday in Bethlehem, near the Israeli separation wall and a military checkpoint north of the city. On Tuesday a privately-owned playground was demolished in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Silwan. .....
In Haifa, a Palestinian subculture yearns for identity | March 25, 2016
In the neighborhood of Wadi Salib, audiences cluster in a small theater in an old building shrouded by industrialized structures in the downtown port area of Haifa.....
Israeli soldier kills an injured and already subdued Palestinian by shooting him in the head after an alleged stabbing attack | March 24, 2016
Two Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces in Hebron on Thursday morning after an alleged stabbing attack that left one Israeli soldier wounded. In graphic footage released by rights group B’Tselem, one of the two Palestinians is seen shot in the head by an Israeli soldier, minutes after he was left wounded, lying motionless on the ground. .....
PA to ban imports from five major Israeli brands | March 24, 2016
The Palestinian Authority decided that it would ban imports from five major Israeli companies into the occupied Palestinian territories......
Israel demolishes structures in East Jerusalem and in the South Hebron Hills | March 23, 2016
Three structures belonging to Palestinians were demolished on Tuesday in East Jerusalem, along with a home and several structures in southern West Bank, continuing a recent surge in demolitions across the occupied Palestinians territories. .....
American Presidential candidates focus on Israeli-Palestinian conflict during AIPAC conference | March 23, 2016
In all the presidential candidates’ speeches made at this year’s pro-Israel lobbying group AIPAC conference in Washington there was a focus on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. .....
Fire engulfs home of key witness in Duma arson attack | March 21, 2016
A fire on Sunday damaged the house of the key witness to an arson attack which killed three Palestinians from the Dawabsheh family last summer in the West Bank village of Duma. .....
Two Palestinians shot dead after stabbing attack in Salfit | March 17, 2016
Israeli forces shot and killed two Palestinians on Thursday after a stabbing attack that left a female Israeli soldier wounded at the Israeli settlement of Ariel in the northern West Bank district of Salfit. .....
Israel appropriates 580 acres of land in the Jordan valley | March 17, 2016
Israel’s Civil Administration Head of the Government Property signed a declaration according to which 580 acres of land south of the Palestinian city of Jericho are now government property, Israeli Army radio reported on Tuesday......
Displacing Bedouin villagers to build a Jewish town | March 16, 2016
The Bedouin community of Atir-Umm al-Hiran, located about 20 kilometres east of Be’er Sheva, has been living in the area since 1956. .....
Two attacks near Hebron settlement leave three Palestinians killed, four Israelis wounded | March 15, 2016
On Monday morning, three Palestinians were fatally shot by Israeli forces in two separate attacks near an Israeli settlement on the outskirts of Hebron, Ma‘an news reported. Both attacks, a shooting and a car-ramming, took place within minutes apart near the Israeli settlement of Kiriyat Arba. .....
Dr. Mustafa Barghouti: Israel has committed an offense against Palestinian products | March 15, 2016
Dr. Mustafa Barghouti explained that Israel has committed an offense against Palestinian products by preventing dairy and meat from entering, not only to’48 lands, but also Occupied Jerusalem. Israeli authorities recently banned products from Palestinian food production companies from entering East Jerusalem and Israel......
Two Palestinian children killed in northern Gaza strip after Israeli airstrike | March 14, 2016
Two Palestinian children were killed in an Israeli airstrike last Saturday in northern Gaza strip, Ma‘an news reported. Gaza‘s Ministry of Health confirmed the deaths of ten-year-old Yasin Abu Khussa and his six-year-old sister Israa, who succumbed to serious head injuries and died shortly later. .....
Dr. Mustafa Barghouti: G4S withdrawal, "a great victory for BDS" | March 11, 2016
The withdrawal of the G4S company from Israel is a great victory for BDS. Dr. Mustafa Barghouti, Secretary General of the Palestinian National Initiative, said that the withdrawal of the British company, G4S, from Israel and the closing of their offices represents another great victory that is crucial to the BDS movement against Israel......
G4S to withdraw businesses from Israel | March 11, 2016
British giant G4S, the world‘s largest security firm, has announced plans to withdraw its business in Israel within the next 12 to 24 months. .....
Shoot-out in Jerusalem leaves two Palestinian killed, one bystander seriously wounded | March 10, 2016
Following a string of deadly attacks on Tuesday that left four dead and at least thirteen injured, three Palestinians were killed, one bystander critically wounded yesterday in two separate incidents. .....
Three Palestinians killed after multiple attacks kill American tourist and wound 13 Israelis | March 09, 2016
Three attacks carried out by Palestinians in the space of less than two hours on Tuesday evening left one dead and at least 13 injured. The three attackers were shot and killed at the scene. .....
Israel demolishes homes of Palestinians alleged of attacks as a collective punishment | March 08, 2016
On Tuesday morning, Israeli forces stormed Nimra neighborhood in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron and demolished a two-story house of the Skafi family. .....
"No happiness, no hope" at Jerusalem‘s Damascus Gate | March 08, 2016
Shaped like a Roman theatre, the Damascus gate has been the main stage of violence in the last five months .....
Al-Haq says staff members received death threats | March 07, 2016
Palestinian NGO Al-Haq has been the latest victim of an attack and smear campaign that resulted in a series of death threats targeting its senior staff members. .....
Netanyahu seeks authorization to deport “families who assist terror to the Gaza Strip” | March 02, 2016
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked Israel’s attorney general to approve deporting relatives of attackers from the West Bank to the Gaza Strip. .....
Punitive house demolitions return in full force | March 02, 2016
Since October 2015, 28 Palestinian properties have been demolished as a punitive measure, displacing 180 people including 87 children according to the UN. .....
Palestinian teachers strike over "salaries and pensions" | March 01, 2016
Hundreds of Palestinian teachers demonstrated in front of Palestinian Ministry of Education Ramallah Tuesday afternoon demanding fair wages. .....
Palestinian student shot dead in Qalandiya camp during clashes with Israeli army | March 01, 2016
Israeli forces shot and killed a 22-year-old Palestinian and injured 12 others Monday night during clashes that broke out after a military jeep entered the Qalandiya camp. .....
Two Palestinians shot by Israeli forces in Bethlehem area village | February 29, 2016
Two Palestinians were critically injured in clashes with the Israeli army on Sunday in the village of al-Khader, south of Bethlehem. .....
The Theatre of Detention: West Bank teenagers act out their ordeals | February 29, 2016
In Al-Arroub Refugee camp, young Palestinians work with Yes Theatre to recreate and expose their experiences of administrative detention. .....
Palestinian journalist ends 94-day hunger strike after deal reached with Israel | February 27, 2016
The 33-year-old journalist from Ramallah initially went on a hunger strike in November to protest against the ill-treatment he faced in Israeli custody .....
British prime-minister says settlements in East Jerusalem are “genuinely shocking” | February 27, 2016
Tenders for 583 new housing units were published in East Jerusalem last year. .....
"It’s not an Intifada, at least not yet" | February 25, 2016
Since Oct. 2015, over 170 Palestinians and 27 Israelis have been killed in a wave of unrest across occupied Palestinian territories and Israel. Five months after its beginning, the question remains whether we’re witnessing a Third Intifada. .....
Investigation reveals “systematic” torture and abuse in Israeli prison | February 24, 2016
A joint investigation launched by Israeli human rights groups B’Tselem and Hamoked published on Tuesday reveals systemic violations taking place against prisoners in Israel’s Shikma prison......
Children in Silwan “forced to grow up very quickly” | February 23, 2016
Heavily armed Israeli border police officers stand just a few meters from the youth centre .....
Israel demolishes only school in Bedouin village | February 22, 2016
On Sunday, Israeli forces tore down the only school for Bedouin children in Abu al-Nuwaar community in the occupied West Bank. .....
3 Palestinians killed, 11 injured in Friday clashes | February 20, 2016
On Friday, three Palestinians were killed and at least 11 injured by Israeli forces in separate events throughout in the occupied West Bank and Gaza. .....
Israeli police briefly detained Washington Post journalists | February 17, 2016
The Israeli police briefly detained Washington Post’s Jerusalem bureau chief William Booth and reporter Sufian Taha on Tuesday afternoon .....
Activists call on Jennifer Lopez and Beyonce to join cultural boycott of Israel | February 17, 2016
The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement has gained momentum as a non-violent approach for political pressure on Israeli government .....
UK to ban public institutions from boycotting Israeli products | February 16, 2016
Amnesty International, British Councillors, local government experts and the British Labour Party highly condemned the guideline. .....
Israeli intelligence report finds nearly half of recent assailants were aged under 21 | February 16, 2016
About 10 percent of the attacks were carried out by minors, and nearly half of the attackers were younger than 21 years old, the Israeli security agency reported. .....
Despite construction freeze, 1800 new housing units started being built in West Bank settlements in 2015 | February 15, 2016
Despite government declarations of a “freeze”, construction continued in full force .....
Israeli forces raid al-Ama‘ari camp, injure 28 Palestinians | February 15, 2016
Twenty-eight Palestinians were reported wounded after Israeli forces stormed al-Ama‘ari refugee camp near Ramallah this Monday morning .....
18 year old Palestinian woman shot dead after stabbing attack in Hebron | February 13, 2016
The Palestinian Ministry of Health confirmed the woman’s death, and identified her as Kilzar Muhammad Ad al-Halim Azmi al-Eweiei, 18, from Hebron. .....
UN launches $571M funding appeal to address humanitarian needs in Palestine | February 10, 2016
The funding request comes in a time of heightened unrest between Israel and Palestinians .....
Palestinian teenager shot dead during clashes in Hebron | February 10, 2016
Israeli forces shot a 16-year-old Palestinian boy during clashes in the southern district of Hebron’s Al-Arrub camp on Tuesday. .....
Israeli forces block village in Bethlehem area after nearby stabbing | February 10, 2016
Israeli forces blocked the village of Nahalin, west of Bethlehem, on Wednesday morning after a stabbing attack took place near the Neve Daniel settlement the previous day. .....
Report: Israel sprayed Gaza farmland with herbicide | February 10, 2016
Palestinian farmers in Gaza Strip said Israeli military aircraft sprayed their land with herbicide in Dec. 2015, according to findings published by Israeli organisation B’Tselem. .....
Knesset suspends three members of the Joint Arab List over visits to attackers’ families | February 09, 2016
Three members of the Joint Arab List were suspended from their duties Monday evening after visiting the families of Palestinian attackers in the West Bank village of Qabatiya last week. .....
Will we stay or will we go? Forbidden families in East Jerusalem | February 09, 2016
Since the Israeli annexation of East Jerusalem in 1967, over 14,000 Palestinians have had their status of permanent residency revoked. .....
EU calls on Israel to stop house demolitions and settlement expansion | February 08, 2016
The European Union made a statement calling on Israel to end the demolition of Palestinian houses .....
Israel revokes work permits for Qabatiya residents following attack in Jerusalem | February 08, 2016
On Sunday, Palestinian workers from the village had their work permits confiscated and were prevented from crossing the border to reach their workplaces in Israel. .....
Three palestinians shot dead after killing Israeli police officer | February 04, 2016
The three Palestinians were shot dead at the scene after the attack .....
Hebron housing disputes pin occupation against “land redemption” | February 04, 2016
Yasser looks at his neighbours’ houses and sighs. On January 21, a Thursday, settlers entered the buildings next to his home, claiming they had purchased the houses from Palestinians. .....
One Palestinian shot dead after injuring three IDF soldiers | February 01, 2016
A Palestinian shot and injured three IDF soldiers this Sunday at a military checkpoint near the illegal Israeli settlement of Beit El in the occupied West Bank district of Ramallah. .....
France to recognize Palestine if new peace initiative fails | January 30, 2016
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Friday that if new diplomatic efforts between Israel and Palestine fail once again, France would formally recognize a Palestinian state .....
VIDEO: Youth football in Ramallah tackles gender barriers | January 29, 2016
Tamara Awartani, manager of Sports for Life Palestine which organises the tournament, explains that it "brings young Palestinians, especially girls, together from different parts of Palestine and from different social backgrounds.” .....
Stabbing attack in Givat Zeev settlement leaves Israeli injured | January 28, 2016
The middled-aged man was critically injured after sustaining wounds in his upper body according to a statement issued by police spokesperson Luba al-Samri. .....
Hunger striking Palestinian journalist nearing death | January 27, 2016
The 33-year-old journalist from the West Bank town of Dura started a hunger strike on November 24 to protest against his detention and internment without trial or charge. .....
UN Secretary-General says it is “human nature to react to occupation” | January 27, 2016
The secretary-general urged both sides to act to “prevent the two-state solution from slipping away forever” .....
Israel seizes land in Jordan Valley in largest land appropriation since 2014 | January 27, 2016
Hanan Ashrawi, an official from the Palestinian Liberation Organisation, responded saying, “Israel is stealing land specially in the Jordan Valley under the pretext it wants to annex it.” .....
Two Palestinians killed after stabbing attack leaves an Israeli woman dead and another injured in West Bank settlement | January 26, 2016
A knife attack carried out in the West Bank settlement of Beit Horon Monday afternoon killed an Israeli woman and left another one moderately wounded. A security guard shot and killed two suspected Palestinian assailants as they attempted to flee. .....
Israeli air force strikes Hamas target in the Gaza strip after rocket fire | January 25, 2016
No casualties were reported. However, the airstrikes reportedly caused material damages. .....
13-year-old Palestinian girl shot dead near West Bank settlement after alleged stabbing attempt | January 23, 2016
According to Israeli police spokesperson Luba al-Samri, the 13-year-old girl approached a gate leading into the Anatot settlement and attempted to stab a security guard. .....
Has Israel’s policy of withholding bodies backfired? | January 23, 2016
The recent uptake in violence - over 150 Palestinians and 20 Israelis have been killed since October - has catalysed punitive policy changes in Israel, some of which are reminiscent of previous intifadas. .....
Human Rights Watch: business in Israeli settlements contrary to international law | January 20, 2016
“It is Human Rights Watch’s view that by virtue of doing business in or with settlements or settlement business, companies contribute to one or more of these violations of international humanitarian law and human rights abuses .....
Palestinian man shot and killed at Nablus checkpoint after alleged stabbing attempt | January 14, 2016
Al-Jalil is the second Palestinian killed in the occupied West Bank today and the twelfth this week. .....
Palestinian shot dead near Hebron after alleged stabbing attempt | January 14, 2016
A Palestinian was shot dead this morning near the Beit Einun junction, northeast of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, after he allegedly attempted to stab an Israeli soldier. .....
Israeli army kill 1 Palestinian, injure 3 in Gaza | January 13, 2016
The army said the four men were terrorists planning an attack on Israeli forces on the border. .....
Barghouti: We will continue to boycott Israel | December 20, 2015
"We believe that this is a real popular uprising" .....
VIDEO: Ramallah’s luthier brings Palestine towards musical independence | December 18, 2015
“When you cut a tree, you kill the tree. But what I am doing is I am making it alive again” .....
Two Palestinians shot and killed after alleged attacks Friday near Ramallah | December 05, 2015
Two Palestinians were shot and killed Friday following two separate alleged attacks near Ramallah. .....
Two Palestinian teenagers killed in Hebron after alleged attack | December 04, 2015
The incident comes the day after a 21 year old Palestinian was shot dead in Jerusalem after stabbing an Israeli police officer near Damascus Gate. .....
Palestinian killed after alleged attack at Hizma checkpoint | December 03, 2015
A Palestinian man was shot dead at Hizma checkpoint shortly after midday Thursday after allegedly opening fire on Israeli soldiers. .....
B‘Tselem condemns Israel‘s "brutal measures" against Palestinians | December 03, 2015
Israeli human rights group B’Tselem yesterday condemned, “the plethora of brutal measures Israel has been using,” against Palestinians .....
2 Palestinians shot after alleged attacks Tuesday morning | December 01, 2015
A Palestinian woman was shot by Israeli forces at a checkpoint near Tulkarem in the northern West Bank after allegedly attempting a knife attack on Israelis Tuesday morning. .....
Two convicted for 2014 murder of Abu Khdeir while verdict of main suspect suspended | November 30, 2015
Two Israelis have been convicted of the 2014 murder of Palestinian teenaged Muhammad Abu Khdeir while a third suspect, who confessed to the killing, was not convicted on account of his mental health. .....
Palestinian killed after alleged Jerusalem attacks Sunday | November 30, 2015
A Palestinian man was shot dead Sunday following an alleged attack on an Israeli police officer in East Jerusalem. .....
Mustafa Barghouthi: International solidarity day "confirms the continuity of the Palestinian uprising" | November 30, 2015
International solidarity day has seen hundreds of demonstrations and activities in solidarity with Palestine take place across the world. .....
Palestinian woman detained following alleged stabbing attack in Jordan Valley | November 28, 2015
A Palestinian woman has been detained after allegedly attempting to stab an Israeli soldier at a military checkpoint in the Jordan Valley area of the occupied West Bank Saturday. .....
Two Palestinians shot and killed by Israeli forces Thursday after attack, raid | November 26, 2015
A Palestinian man was shot and killed by Israeli forces Thursday morning after allegedly carrying out a knife attack near the Zaatara checkpoint in the northern West Bank. .....
John Kerry with President Abbas and Netanyahu on region visit | November 25, 2015
As part of a visit to the region, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Tuesday. .....
Israel‘s civil administration set to demolish Palestinian homes in the Jordan Valley | November 25, 2015
In the early hours of the morning, Aug. 18., Mohammed Ibrahim was woken by the sounds of bulldozers and Israeli army jeeps outside his family home, located in the Fasayil village in the northern Jordan Valley. .....
Palestinian shot and injured following car ramming, injuring four Israelis | November 24, 2015
A Palestinian man was shot and injured Tuesday morning after he allegedly injured four Israeli security officers in a car ramming attack in the northern West Bank. .....
West Bank violence spikes | November 23, 2015
A Palestinian woman has been shot and killed by Israeli forces following an alleged stabbing attempt Monday morning. Another Palestinian woman was wounded and apprehended. .....
Israeli forces shut down second Hebron radio station | November 21, 2015
The IDF raided and shut down a Hebron radio station Saturday morning, the second West Bank radio news outlet to be shut by Israel this month. .....
Child, 14, arrested by Israeli forces in East Jerusalem classroom | November 21, 2015
Israeli forces raided the Silwan Preparatory School and arrested schoolboy Jibril Awar, 14, in his classroom Saturday morning......
Meet the young volunteer medics on the frontlines of West Bank protests | November 21, 2015
From a rooftop in Azza refugee camp near Bethlehem, Hashen al Massaid can see trails of tear gas cascade from the sky into the alleyways below. .....
Hundreds of new settler homes set for construction in East Jerusalem | November 18, 2015
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has given approval for the sale of hundreds of new settler homes still to be built occupied East Jerusalem, lifting a freeze on their construction in place since 2013. .....
Israeli airstrikes damage Hamas infrastructure in Gaza | November 18, 2015
Infrastructure belonging to al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, was damaged during Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip Wednesday. .....
Palestinian shot and killed by Israeli forces north of Ramallah, two injured | November 18, 2015
No Israeli forces were injured in the incident .....
Two Palestinians killed during raid of Qalandia refugee camp | November 16, 2015
Two Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces early Monday morning in the Qalandia refugee camp between Ramallah and Jerusalem. .....
EU announces guidelines for labelling Israeli settlement products | November 13, 2015
The European Commission announced new guidelines Wednesday on labelling products sold in the EU which are manufactured on illegal Israeli settlements on Palestinian and Syrian land. The guidelines state that the EU “does not recognise Israel’s sovereignty over the territories occupied by Israel since June 1967.” .....
Appeal from Palestinian Medical Relief Society to International Community | November 13, 2015
IDF plainclothes officers stormed the hospital to arrest Azzam Shalaldah, 20 years old, a patient at the hospital receiving treatment. Israeli forces shot and killed Azzam Shalaldah’s cousin, Abdullah Shalaldah, 28 years old, at the scene. .....
Checkpoints and barriers restrict Palestinian medical services in Jerusalem | November 11, 2015
The restrictions come following an announcement by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Oct. 14 authorising Israeli police to close or surround areas in East Jerusalem that pose a ‘security threat.‘ .....
One Palestinian killed, three shot and injured following four alleged knife attacks | November 10, 2015
A Palestinian, identified as Sadeq Ziad Gharbiyeh, 16, was shot and killed after allegedly attempting to stab an Israeli border guard at a checkpoint near Abu Dis Tuesday afternoon......
Israeli forces shoot and kill Palestinian woman at Qalqiliya checkpoint | November 09, 2015
A 24-year-old Palestinian woman was shot dead by Israeli military forces at a checkpoint in Qalqiliya after she allegedly attempted to commit a stabbing attack Monday morning. .....
Israeli forces shot and killed an elderly Palestinian women | November 06, 2015
Israeli forces shot and killed Tharwat al-Sharawi, 72 after an alleged vehicle attack in Halhul, north of Hebron on Friday. .....
Palestinian killed by Israeli forces after allegeded vehicular attack | November 04, 2015
A 22-year-old Palestinian was shot and killed by Israeli forces on Wednesday after carrying out an allegedly vehicular attack, leaving two Israelis injured in Hebron. .....
Palestinian prisoner Muhammad Allan to be released | November 04, 2015
Israel is set to release Palestinian prisoner Muhammad Allan, 31, Wednesday. Allan has been held in administrative detention for one year. During his imprisonment, Allan undertook a 66 day hunger strike to protest his arrest without trial. .....
The Problem is the Occupation of Palestine | November 03, 2015
After 22 years of negotiations, Palestinians realized that the road to peace is completely blocked by Israel, and that Israeli governments are using peace negotiations as a cover for the expansion of settlements. .....
Hebron-based radio station shut by Israeli forces | November 03, 2015
Hebron-based Minbar al-Hurriya radio station was shut down by Israeli forces Tuesday morning claiming that the station was inciting violence. .....
133 Palestinian children arrested by Israel in October | November 03, 2015
According to prisoner support group Addameer, 133 children were arrested across the occupied West Bank, East Jerusalem and Israel in October......
Israel returns bodies of 6 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces | October 31, 2015
The cabinet now sees holding the bodies as “a burden and not an asset.” .....
Palestinian Medical Relief Society (PMRS) Emergency Activity Report | October 30, 2015
The Palestinian Medical Relief Society (PMRS) has released a report of its emergency activities during the period of Oct. 1-27. .....
Israeli soldiers assult and pepper spray journalists and paramedics near Ramallah | October 30, 2015
Video footage has been released of Israeli border police officers physically assaulting paramedics and journalists during clashes at Beit El settlement, north of Ramallah, on Friday. .....
Palestinian infant dies of tear gas inhalation amid continued unrest | October 30, 2015
An eight month old Palestinian baby died from tear gas inhalation Friday in Beit Fajjar village south of Bethlehem. .....
Hebron neighbourhood declared a closed military zone | October 30, 2015
The neighbourhood has been canvassed by Israeli forces to create a list of residents who will be given permits to pass the checkpoints. .....
Palestinians in Jerusalem sound off over Aqsa security camera proposal | October 29, 2015
Following Israeli incursions into Al Aqsa last month, Palestinians have accused Israel of attempting to violate the status quo of the holy site. Israel claims the mosque is being used by Palestinian youth to stage violent protests. .....
Israeli forces shoot 23-year-old Palestinian in Hebron after alleged stabbing attack | October 29, 2015
Israeli forces have shot a 23-year-old Palestinian near Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron this morning, after he allegedly attempted to stab a soldier. .....
343 UK academics move to boycott of Israeli universities | October 29, 2015
A full page advertisement published in the Guardian newspaper Tuesday morning announced that 343 academics from institutions of higher education in the U.K. have pledged to boycott Israeli universities. .....
Israel acting as a "state above the law," Abbas tells UN Human Rights Commission | October 28, 2015
In a special meeting of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in Geneva Wednesday, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas warned that human rights in Palestine is, “the worst and most critical since 1948.” .....
3 Palestinians killed Tuesday as Amnesty says Israel has "ripped up the rulebook" | October 28, 2015
On Tuesday, Amnesty International condemned Israel’s excessive use of force, stating that “Israeli forces have carried out a series of unlawful killings of Palestinians using intentional lethal force without justification.” .....
West Bank olive farmers work together for purchasing power | October 28, 2015
Just outside the village of Anin, in the Jenin area of the West Bank, Awad Milhem works with his two sons picking olives under the unusually hot October sun. .....
Assassination attempt on Dr. Mustafa Barghouti | October 26, 2015
Late Saturday evening two men attacked Dr. Mustafa Barghouti, General Secretary of the Palestine National Initiative, outside his home in Ramallah. The assailant cut an eight-centimeter wound from his left ear down to his cheek with a knife or sharp object. .....
Palestinian shot and killed near Hebron following suspected knife attack | October 26, 2015
Just after 3:00 p.m., Monday, a Palestinian was shot by Israeli forces near the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron after he allegedly attempted to stab an Israeli soldier. .....
Palestinian woman shot, killed, at least eight others injured by Israeli forces Sunday | October 25, 2015
The Israel Police Foreign Press Spokesperson claimed that the woman attempted to stab a police officer before she was shot. .....
Palestine‘s skateboard culture takes off with new Nablus skatepark | October 25, 2015
“I used to go to protests and throw stones. But after I started skating, it became my life. I could just get on my board and forget everything.”.....
Palestinian teen shot dead by Israeli Forces north of Jenin after alleged stabbing attack | October 24, 2015
In a separate incident, a Palestinian was shot by Israeli forces at the Gilboa crossing, south of Afula, after an alleged stabbing attack. .....
Head of Rabbis for Human Rights attacked by Israeli settler during West Bank olive harvest | October 24, 2015
The head of Israeli organisation Rabbis for Human Rights, Rabbi Arik Ascherman, was attacked by an Israeli settler Friday while assisting with an olive harvest in Awata, in the Nablus governorate. .....
Students leading the recent protests don‘t believe a third intifada is imminent | October 24, 2015
A majority of Palestinian students - including those who take to the streets in protest - dismiss the idea a third intifada is imminent, citing a lack of will, unity between political groups, and leadership. .....
Duma residents brave olive harvest amid wave of settler violence | October 24, 2015
During previous olive harvests, settlers have burned and chopped down trees and crops and prevented farmers from accessing their land. .....
Two Palestinians shot after alleged stabbing attack near Jerusalem | October 22, 2015
Two Palestinians were killed and at least one critically injured by Israeli forces late last night, as clashes continue to rock the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza. .....
Ban Ki Moon to Palestinian youth: "put down your weapons of despair" | October 22, 2015
After repeatedly expressing his concern about the escalation of violence in Israel and Palestine, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced that he would travel to the region Tuesday “in an effort to help defuse the current tensions.” .....
Two Palestinians killed in the West Bank Wednesday amid continued unrest | October 21, 2015
A Palestinian man, identified as Mutaz Atallah Qassem, 22, was shot and killed Wednesday afternoon after he allegedly attacked an Israeli soldier and one settler near the Israeli Adam settlement in the Ramallah district. .....
Palestinian girl shot Wednesday morning near Nablus | October 21, 2015
The shooting came the morning after five Palestinians and one Israeli were killed Tuesday .....
Palestinian man shot and killed after alleged stabbing attack in Beit Awwa | October 20, 2015
A Palestinian man, identified as Udaay Hashim al-Masalma, 24, has been shot and killed during clashes in Beit Awwa, near the Israeli Negohot settlement in the southern Hebron Hills. .....
Dr. Barghouthi: Israel "violating every international law" with use of weapons | October 19, 2015
The Israeli army is using very dangerous weapons, which can be lethal, to disperse demonstrators who are just demonstrating .....
The last kuffiyeh factory in Palestine weaves national symbol of resistance | October 19, 2015
"It‘s a symbol of Palestinians, just like the Palestinian flag.”.....
Three dead after alleged shooting attack at Beersheba bus station | October 19, 2015
Israeli media is reporting the incident as a case of mistaken identity, claiming Israeli forces shot and injured Zarhum though he was not involved in the attack. Zarhum later died from his wounds. .....
Human rights groups criticise Israeli “excessive force” | October 17, 2015
“Israeli forces have escalated the use of excessive lethal force against peaceful protests in occupied Palestinian territory.” .....
Three Palestinians shot and killed after alleged stabbing attacks in Hebron and Jerusalem | October 17, 2015
Three Palestinian teenagers have been shot and killed Saturday morning after allegedly perpetrating two separate stabbing attacks in Hebron and Jerusalem. .....
ANC and Scottish Green Party endorse BDS calls for "international wave of action" | October 17, 2015
The ANC, the ruling party in South Africa, reasserted its support for BDS by discouraging travel to Israel, and calling for “the isolation of the UN List of businesses that [illegally] operate in the [Israeli] occupied territories in Palestine.” .....
Four Palestinians killed in another ‘Day of Rage‘ | October 16, 2015
After a day of calm violent clashes resumed on Friday across the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza, leaving four Palestinians dead. .....
26 Palestinians Arrested Overnight by Israeli Forces, 570 in the last two weeks | October 15, 2015
Israeli forces overnight and early Thursday morning detained 26 Palestinians throughout the West Bank amid an ongoing crackdown in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Since the Oct 1. and until Thursday afternoon, 570 Palestinians including 83 children were arrested by Israeli security forces in East Jerusalem, the West Bank and across the Green Line .....
Two Palestinians shot and killed Wednesday as President Abbas claims freedom is "around the corner" | October 15, 2015
Two Palestinians were shot and killed by Israeli forces Wednesday after allegedly perpetrating two stabbing attacks against Israelis. .....
Israel’s security cabinet approves police closure on Jerusalem test | October 14, 2015
Israel’s security cabinet approved Wednesday the police closure of occupied East Jerusalem, alongside several other new measures in response to the recent wave of violent attacks in Israel. .....
Israeli forces target Palestinian paramedics in latest wave of clashes in occupied territories | October 13, 2015
Medical teams have faced intensifying challenges when it comes to assisting the wounded and dying. Since the latest wave of violence, ambulances and paramedics have been repeatedly attacked by Israeli soldiers with rubber bullets and tear gas grenades. .....
LIVE UPDATES: 13.10.2015 | October 13, 2015
Tuesday sees violent tensions escalate across the occupied Palestinian territories and Israel, as protests against the occupation sweep the West Bank East Jerusalem, and Gaza. Since Oct. 1, 29 Palestinians have been killed, at least 55 Palestinians injured with live fire, and 77 injured by rubber-coated steel bullets. .....
Three Palestinians shot and killed in four alleged knife attacks in Jerusalem on Monday | October 12, 2015
Shocking video footage of a Palestinian boy, believed to be Muhammad, shows him bleeding the ground as an Israeli onlooker taunts him, shouting "die, son of a whore, die.” .....
Palestinian shot and killed after alleged stabbing attack in Jerusalem | October 12, 2015
A Palestinian man was shot and killed by Israeli forces Monday morning after an alleged stabbing attempt near the Lion’s Gate entrance to the Old City of Jerusalem. .....
13 year old boy shot dead by Israeli police at clashes in Ramallah | October 12, 2015
A 13 year old boy was shot dead by Israeli police during clashes south of al-Bireh, in the Ramallah district. Soldiers fired live rounds at the child hitting him in in the neck. .....
Pregnant Woman and her Daughter, 2, killed in Israeli Airstrike in Gaza | October 11, 2015
A pregnant woman and her 2 year old daughter have been killed after an Israeli airstrike caused their house to collapse in the Gaza strip early Sunday morning. .....
Palestinian woman and Israeli officer injured in alleged car bomb attack near al-Zayim | October 11, 2015
A Palestinian woman allegedly detonated a car bomb near al-Zayim checkpoint on the road to Jerusalem Sunday morning, injuring herself and one Israeli police officer. Palestinian eyewitness countered the report made by Israeli authorities, claiming that a small fire was started inside the vehicle due to electrical problems. .....
Palestinian shot dead after alleged stabbing attack in Jerusalem | October 10, 2015
Palestinian shot and killed next to the Damascus Gate entrance to the Old City of Jerusalem after he allegedly stabbed an Israeli police officer. A group of nearby Israeli officers saw the incident take place, and opened fire, killing the attacker, and wounding two Israeli officers in the process, including the officer who had been stabbed. .....
Two wounded, assailant killed in Jerusalem knife attack, one Palestinian killed in Shufat during clashes | October 10, 2015
A Palestinian from East Jerusalem was shot and killed near Damascus Gate Saturday morning after allegedly stabbing two ultra-Orthodox Jewish men. Overnight Friday, Palestinian Ahmad Salah, 24, was shot dead by Israeli forces during clashes in Shufat Refugee Camp in East Jerusalem. .....
At least seven Palestinians killed after Israeli forces open fire on Gaza demonstration | October 09, 2015
At least six Palestinians have been killed and over 30 more injured after Israeli forces opened fire on a demonstration in the eastern Gaza Strip. .....
Six injured, one attacker killed in attacks across Israel and West Bank | October 09, 2015
The four attacks are the latest in a recent spate of knife attacks across Israel and the West Bank. There has now been a total of 13 knife attacks carried out in the region in the past week. .....
Thousands March for Funeral of Mohammed Halabi | October 09, 2015
Thousands gathered in Ramallah today for the funeral of Mohammed Halabi, 19, who was shot dead by Israeli police after killing two Israelis in a stabbing attack in Jerusalem. Dr. Mustafa Barghouti sees the latest swell in protests and violent clashes as a critical moment in the current political situation between Israel and Palestine. .....
Four Palestinians stabbed by Israeli in Dimona, southern Israel | October 09, 2015
An Israeli man allegedly stabbed four Palestinians in the southern Israeli city of Dimona Friday morning. .....
Palestinian youth killed by Israeli forces and six others injured in Shuafat refugee camp | October 08, 2015
A 20 year old Palestinian man was killed and six others injured during an Israeli raid in Shuafat refugee camp on Thursday evening. .....
Eight Israelis injured in four stabbing attacks on Thursday, one Palestinian attacker killed | October 08, 2015
Six Israelis have been injured today in three stabbing attacks today in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, and the West Bank settlement of Kiryat Arba. .....
Benjamin Netanyahu bans Israeli cabinet ministers and legislators from visiting Haram al-Sharif | October 08, 2015
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has banned all Israeli cabinet ministers and legislators from visiting Haram al-Sharif, the location of Al Aqsa mosque, in an apparent attempt to lower tensions in Jerusalem. .....
Dr. Mustafa Barghouti: ‘The Third Intifada has already begun‘ | October 08, 2015
Palestinian lawmaker believes risk of a third intifada has increased rapidly since the killing of two Palestinian teenagers .....
Human Rights Watch condemns Israeli security forces for excessive use of force | October 08, 2015
Human Rights Watch condemned Israel today for its security forces’ “excessive use of lethal force” amid the recent wave of clashes across the West Bank and East Jerusalem. .....
Footage shows Israeli undercover agent shooting Palestinian youth at point blank range | October 07, 2015
Footage released of Wednesday’s clashes in Al Bireh show an undercover Israeli agent shooting a young Palestinian boy in the leg at point blank range, after he had been arrested by Israeli forces. .....
Palestinian teenagers shot and arrested by undercover Israeli Police during a protest near Ramallah | October 07, 2015
Three Palestinian youths have been shot and arrested by undercover Israeli soldiers during a protest near Beit El settlement near Ramallah Wednesday afternoon. According to Palestinian news sources, one of the young men is in a critical condition. .....
Four Palestinians shot and one arrested after four alleged attacks on Israelis | October 07, 2015
Four Palestinians were shot and one arrested after four alleged attacks on Israelis today, as the situation in the West Bank and Israel continues to escalate. .....
Clashes between Palestinians and Israeli forces spread to Palestinian towns in Israel | October 07, 2015
Violent clashes which have been taking place between Palestinians and Israeli forces in the West Bank and East Jerusalem since Saturday have spread into predominantly Arab regions of Israel, with rallies taking place in Shfaram, Nazareth, Baqa al-Gharbiya, Tayibe, and Jaffa. .....
Protests Continue Across the West Bank and East Jerusalem | October 06, 2015
Clashes continued throughout the West Bank and East Jerusalem as tensions intensified following the funeral of a thirteen year old Palestinian boy in Bethlehem, who was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers. .....
13 Year Old Palestinian Boy Killed by Israeli Soldiers in Bethlehem as Clashes Intensify in the West Bank and Jerusalem | October 06, 2015
Abed al-Rahman Shadi Obeidallah was fatally shot in the chest in the clashes that took place at Rachel‘s Tomb in Bethlehem. Obeidallah’s death comes as violent clashes escalate around the West Bank and Jerusalem with more than 500 Palestinians injured. .....
Israel captures Hamas cell accused of settler deaths | October 06, 2015
Israeli security forces claim to have captured five Hamas members accused of killing two Israeli settlers in their car last week. .....
Israeli forces demolish homes of two Palestinians who carried out attacks last year | October 06, 2015
Israeli forces have demolished the homes of two Palestinians who carried out fatal attacks on Israelis last year. .....
Palestinian shot and killed in Tulkarem during wave of violent clashes across West Bank | October 05, 2015
An 18 year old Palestinian, named Hudhayfah Ali Suleiman, was killed by Israeli forces Sunday night during clashes at a checkpoint near the West Bank city of Tulkarem. .....
Israel strikes Hamas military base following rocket fire from Gaza | October 05, 2015
The Israeli Air Force launched an airstrike in the northern Gaza Strip early Monday morning, in response to rocket fire from the besieged territory. .....
Israeli Police Close off Jerusalem’s Old City | October 04, 2015
Israeli police have closed off the Old City of Jerusalem to Palestinians for 48 hours after two Israelis were killed and three injured in one confirmed and one alleged stabbing attack. The Israeli army announced that only Israeli citizens, residents of the area, tourists, business people and students of the Old City are permitted to enter. .....
Global Campaign calls on UN to Cancel Contract with G4S Security Firm over Human Rights Abuse | October 04, 2015
Over 220 trade unions and campaign groups from around the world called on the UN to cancel its contract with security firm Group4Security (G4S) Sept. 10 over its role in human rights abuse in Palestine......
Violence escalates in West Bank after Israeli settlers shot and killed | October 02, 2015
Two Israeli settlers were shot and killed Thursday evening as they were driving between the settlements of Itamar and Elon Moreh. Shortly after the shooting, Israeli settlers began attacking Palestinian homes and vehicles across the West Bank. .....
Hebron’s glass and ceramics factory keeps city’s tradition alive | October 01, 2015
In Hebron‘s early history, the quarter Harat al-Kazazeen housed 14 glass-blowing factories, and was considered the heartland of the highest-quality glass production in Palestine. But the lack of economic opportunity means Hamdi‘s factory is only one of two left in Hebron......
Abbas’ UN speech: PA "cannot continue to be bound" by agreements signed with Israel | October 01, 2015
In an address to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Wednesday, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas stated that the Palestinian Authority “cannot continue to be bound” by agreements it has signed with Israel. .....
University staff announce strikes in West Bank, Gaza due to budget restrictions | September 30, 2015
Palestinian university staff have announced they will go on strike for six days after the Ministry of Education failed to meet employees’ demands for better working conditions. .....
Israel to hold ‘leaders‘ of Al Aqsa clashes in administrative detention | September 29, 2015
The Shin Bet security service has identified a group of 30-50 Arab youths who are allegedly ‘leading the clashes‘ .....
Clashes erupt at Al Aqsa on final day of Eid Al Adha | September 27, 2015
Clashes broke out between Israeli forces and Palestinians in the Old City of Jerusalem this morning after Israeli soldiers entered Al Aqsa mosque compound on the final day of the Muslim festival Eid Al Adha .....
Israel introduces a range of harsh measures to combat stone-throwing | September 25, 2015
The Israeli Security Cabinet voted unanimously Thursday to introduce a range of harsh measures against those who stone throwers. .....
Eyewitness reports: Palestinian girl shot dead in Hebron was unarmed | September 23, 2015
Hashlamon’s death came just hours after a 21 year old Palestinian man, Diyaa Abdul-Halim, was killed during clashes with Israeli security forces in Hebron .....
Abbas warns of a new ‘intifada‘ on Paris visit | September 23, 2015
A report released Monday by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research found that 48 per cent of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza currently support a Two-State Solution .....
Man killed and woman injured in confrontations with Israeli soldiers in Hebron | September 22, 2015
There are conflicting reports of how Diyaa Abdul-Halim Talahmah died. .....
New settler booklet for children denies existence of Palestine | September 21, 2015
Titled “Kibbush Kishkush” (Occupation Baloney), the 22 page booklet reasserts popular Israeli-settler propaganda, using cartoons and folksy explanations .....
Israel strikes Gaza in response to rocket fire | September 19, 2015
Israel carried out three airstrikes in the northern Gaza Strip late Friday night in response to rockets fired from the Strip at southern Israel. .....
International community urges calm at al Aqsa amid clashes, Israeli restrictions | September 18, 2015
The Old City of Jerusalem was relatively calm this morning, though it was clear from Israeli security presence that the forces did not expect this calm to last. .....
Muslim women defend al-Aqsa despite ban | September 17, 2015
Recent clashes at Al-Aqsa mosque come one week after two civilian Muslim groups were banned from entering the mosque compound .....
Clashes at the al-Aqsa continue into their third day | September 15, 2015
Azzam Khatib said that Israeli police used tear gas, rubber bullets, and stun grenades as they stormed the compound this morning. .....
Aqsa clashes continue into second day | September 14, 2015
Israeli police were reported as saying that a group of Palestinian youths inside al-Aqsa had blocked entrance to the mosque, and were organising to prevent Jews from entering the site, which is holy to both Muslims and Jews. .....
New museum will craft ‘alternative‘ Palestinian narrative | September 14, 2015
The idea for a museum to commemorate Palestinian culture and history was first voiced in the late 1990s .....
Palestinian flag to be raised at UN | September 12, 2015
A vast majority of member states supported the resolution, which approved the right for non-member observer states to fly their flags alongside member states. .....
Campaigners in London urge government to arrest Israeli PM for war crimes | September 12, 2015
The demonstration followed a petition on the UK Government and Parliament website which called on authorities to arrest Netanyahu for war crimes upon arrival in London, “for the massacre of over 2000 civilians in 2014” in Gaza. .....
Israeli authorities have identified Duma attackers | September 10, 2015
The information was disclosed by Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon during a closed meeting of some 20 young Likud activists, from Israel’s major centre-right party, in Tel Aviv on Wednesday. .....
Settlers burn olive trees in retaliation to shooting | September 09, 2015
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA) reported that settlers have carried out more than 142 attacks on Palestinians in East Jerusalem and the West Bank so far this year. .....
Freedom of Information request reveals demolition uncertainty in Area C | September 08, 2015
More than 11,000 demolition orders are currently "outstanding" in Area C of the West Bank. .....
Palestinian pupils in Israel strike in support of Christian schools’ struggle | September 08, 2015
Approximately 450,000 Palestinian students in Israel skipped their daily journey to school yesterday, after Arab schools across the country called for a solidarity strike in support of struggling church affiliated schools. .....
Mother of Ali Dawabsha succumbs to burn wounds | September 07, 2015
Riham Dawabsha, a 27 year old teacher, died in an Israeli hospital having suffered third degree burns to 90 percent of her body following the July 31 firebombing. .....
Israel strikes Hamas targets in Gaza | September 03, 2015
The attack was a response to gunfire from the Gaza Strip, directed towards the southern Israeli community of Netiv HaAsara .....
Palestinians, Israeli soldier injured during late night raid in Jenin | September 01, 2015
The Israeli army said overnight there was a joint operation to arrest what the army described as a senior Hamas operative .....
Israel renews administrative detentions as new hunger strikes enter day 13 | August 31, 2015
The men began a hunger strike August 18 to protest their detention, the Palestinian Prisoner‘s Center said .....
UN schools in Gaza close due to budget shortfall, industrial action | August 24, 2015
An estimated 13,000 teachers, health workers, and general staff are participating in the strike .....
Skateboarding aims to mend a fragmented Palestine | August 20, 2015
SkatePAL is a UK-based charity founded in 2012 by an Edinburgh University graduate Charlie Davis. The organisation aims to establish a sustainable skateboarding scene in Palestine. .....
Palestinian held under administration detention on hunger strike in ‘immediate risk of death‘ | August 11, 2015
Muhammad Allan, a Palestinian in Israeli administrative detention, has been on hunger strike for 58 days .....
Israel sanctions administrative detention against Jewish extremists | August 09, 2015
The move follows a recent upsurge in settler violence targeting Palestinians in the Occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. .....
Report: Al Aqsa tensions escalated July | August 05, 2015
Palestinian NGO Wadi Hilweh Information Center reports that over 1,100 Israeli settlers and officers entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in East Jerusalem during the month of July. .....
Gazans, Hamas protest UNRWA cuts | August 03, 2015
Palestinian refugees gathered in front of the United Nations Relief and Work Agency’s (UNRWA) headquarters in Gaza City Sunday in protest against its recent decision to reduce education and support services .....
Palestinian toddler burnt alive in suspected settler arson attack | August 01, 2015
A series of violent clashes marked the past two days in the West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem following Israeli settlers’ arson attack on a family home in the Nablus village of Duma, early Friday morning. .....
Israeli Foreign minister urges EU to halt funding for NGOs in Palestine | August 01, 2015
The Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely has begun calling on EU member states to cease funding non-governmental organizations in Israel and Palestine which she claims are aiming to delegitimize Israel .....
Settlers clash with police over demolitions as new settlements approved | July 29, 2015
The clashes come as the Israeli government approved new plans for 1,065 housing units across eight settlements in the occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank. .....
Israeli police, right-wing politicians enter al-Aqsa compound | July 27, 2015
Israeli police said in a statement issued shortly after the incident that security forces had attempted to, “clear the area of Palestinian protesters suspected of stockpiling fireworks and petrol bombs in preparation for a riot.” .....
MEPs call for exclusion of Israeli military companies from EU funding | July 27, 2015
“Public opinion is dramatically shifting towards an ever stronger call for accountability and against cooperation with companies involved in Israel’s violations of international law and for a military embargo,” the letter read. .....
Susiya‘s residents fear imminent demolition again | July 25, 2015
An Israeli demolition and eviction order issued for Susya May 5, has brought the small Palestinian village near the West Bank city of Hebron to the centre of international attention. .....
Barghouthi: The international community must do more to safeguard Palestinian rights | July 25, 2015
As Palestine is calling on the world to stop the demolition of Susya, now is a good time to reflect on international inaction regarding Israel’s illegal annexation wall. .....
Israel passes bill that would jail stone throwers for 20 years | July 22, 2015
Jamal Zahalka, MK for the Joint Arab List criticised the new bill saying, “There is no justice in this law. .....
Israeli forces kill Palestinian man near Jenin | July 22, 2015
Mohammad Ahmad Alawneh, 22, was shot dead Wednesday morning by Israeli security forces during an arrest raid in Birqin, West of Jenin. .....
Human Rights Watch report criticises Israel for abusing Palestinian children | July 21, 2015
The HRW report comes in light of interviews conducted with children from neighborhoods of East Jerusalem who were detained by Israeli security forces on suspicion of throwing stones .....
The battle for Israel’s airwaves: Netanyahu vs. ‘Palestine 48’ TV | July 17, 2015
On Thursday, Israeli authorities announced a six month closure of the channel .....
UN to release $1.46 million for Gaza amid budgetary shortfall | July 15, 2015
The financial assistance will add to the $180,000 already distributed among 195 refugee families whose homes were either destroyed or severely damaged in the Israeli bombing campaign last summer .....
Video shows Palestinian youth posed no threat when shot by Israeli army | July 13, 2015
B’Tselem released a video Sunday that shows Israeli Brigade Commander Israel Shomer possibly breaching the rules of engagement .....
No ‘accountability‘ for Gaza crimes one year on | July 08, 2015
“A year after the war, the criminals have not been held accountable and the blockade has not been lifted,” Dr. Mustafa Barghouti, Secretary General of the Palestinian National Initiative, told the Palestine Monitor. .....
Hundreds attend funeral of Palestinian boy shot dead by IDF commander | July 04, 2015
Palestinian eyewitnesses reported that Muhammad Hani al-Kasbah, a teenage resident of the Qalandiya refugee camp, was shot by the IDF commander twice. .....
Israel revokes Ramadan travel permits amid spate of violent incidents | July 02, 2015
The Israeli government has revoked 500 entry permits for Gazans intending to visit their families and re-imposed travel restrictions on the West Bank’s residents travelling to Jerusalem during Ramadan to pray in the Al-Aqsa mosque .....
Adnan ends second hunger strike, ‘triumphs over occupation‘ | July 01, 2015
Adnan remains in a critical condition at the Israeli Ramla prison clinic where he was transferred due to his deteriorating health at the beginning of June. .....
Freedom Flotilla III intercepted by Israeli navy | June 29, 2015
The Freedom Flotilla was to break the blockade, ease the crisis and deliver what they called “the cargo of dignity and hope” to over 80 percent of Gazans who depend on humanitarian aid to secure their basic needs. .....
Vatican recognises ‘State of Palestine‘ in treaty | June 27, 2015
No accord that addresses the status of the Catholic Church has been signed between Israel and the Vatican .....
Third Freedom Flotilla set to break Gaza blockade | June 25, 2015
The Third Freedom Flotilla with several members of the European Parliament and the former Tunisian president, Moncef Marzouki on board carries medical supplies and solar panels .....
Barghouti: UN report offers “proof of Israeli war crimes” | June 23, 2015
"The report does provide definite proof that the Israeli army and government committed war crimes that should be immediately investigated by the International Criminal Court" .....
Abbas welcomes French peace initiative | June 22, 2015
The French minister said that the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories and continuous construction of new settlements in the West Bank seriously inhibits the peace process .....
Controversy follows Abbas‘ government dissolution announcement | June 18, 2015
The Palestinian Unity Government presided by Mahmoud Abbas announced its dissolution on Wednesday, June 17 .....
UN to close more than 90 shelters for Gazans displaced by 2014 war | June 18, 2015
UNRWA will close over 90 shelters which have temporarily housed approximately 300,000 Palestinians whose homes were destroyed during Israel’s 50 day war with Hamas and other militant groups in the Gaza Strip last summer .....
When temporary becomes permanent: Israeli Knesset extends 2003 Citizenship Law | June 17, 2015
The law, which was initially enacted as a temporary order, obstructs family unification in cases where one of the spouses is a resident of the Occupied Palestinian Territories. .....
Israeli ‘force-feeding bill’ sparks spiral of ethical condemnation | June 16, 2015
The Israeli cabinet has passed a bill authorising the force-feeding of hunger-striking prisoners in Israeli jails .....
Khader Adnan‘s hunger strike enters 36th day | June 09, 2015
Khader Adnan’s condition is deteriorating as he enters the 36 day of hunger strike in protest against his administrative detention. He is currently being held at Israel’s Ramle prison clinic having been transferred from Israel’s Hadarim prison in central Israel. .....
Rockets fired from Gaza land in southern Israel | June 05, 2015
The Israeli air force responded to rock fire from the Gaza strip by targeting Hamas training locations .....
Frustration after Palestine Football tables motion to suspend Israel from FIFA | May 31, 2015
The Palestine Football Association and its president, Jibril al-Rajoub, have come under criticism following the PFA’s last minute decision to drop a motion to suspend Israel from football’s international governing body at the annual FIFA congress in Zurich this week. .....
Israel launches air strikes across Gaza in response to rocket fire | May 27, 2015
Israeli military aircraft targeted four sites in the Gaza strip early Wednesday in response to rocket fire from the strip which struck the southern Israeli city Ashdod. .....
From Aida to Shoufat, Part 4 | May 23, 2015
This is the fourth and last segment in a series of articles to be published by the Palestine Monitor focused on the plight of Palestinian refugees throughout occupied Jerusalem and the West Bank .....
Barghouthi: the EU is not biased, it is only sick of Israel‘s behaviour | May 21, 2015
In his conversation with the Palestine News Network, Barghouthi recommended that the EU adopt Boycott Divestment and Sanction (BDS) policies to oppose Israel. .....
FIFA President Blatter calls for Israel-Palestine “peace match” | May 20, 2015
FIFA President Joseph Blatter is visiting Israel and Palestine this week ahead of a May 29 FIFA congress vote in Zurich to suspend Israel from football’s international governing body. .....
10 arrested at Jerusalem Day demonstration | May 18, 2015
Israeli nationalists and police clashed with Palestinians in Jerusalem Sunday during controversial Jerusalem Day commemorations, marking when during the 1967 Six Day war Israel seized and later annexed East Jerusalem. .....
Israeli military drills displace hundreds in Jordan Valley | May 09, 2015
Hundreds of Palestinians have been forcibly displaced from their homes in the northern Jordan Valley this week, as the Israeli army conducts what local media has deemed to be unprecedented military drills around villages near Tubas. .....
Barghouti: Netanyahu’s new government, most extreme, racist & hostile to peace | May 07, 2015
The new Israeli government, hammered together by Netanyahu just before the midnight deadline on Wednesday, is the most extreme and racist in Israel’s history, chief of the Palestinian National Initiative Dr. Mustafa Barghouti said on Thursday. .....
Israeli Supreme Court allows state to replace Bedouin village with Jewish one | May 06, 2015
Israel’s Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a petition from residents of the unrecognized Bedouin village of Umm al-Hiran aimed at preventing their removal and the destruction of the community, so that a new town for Jewish residents may be built in its place. .....
BDS: Lauryn Hill cancels Israel show | May 05, 2015
American R&B and hip hop star Lauryn Hill on Monday canceled an upcoming concert in Israel, saying she had been unsuccessful in her attempts to schedule a similar show in the occupied Palestinian territories. .....
Israeli army vets slam policy used in Gaza war | May 04, 2015
Breaking the Silence has harshly criticized the Israeli army for its operational policy during last summer’s aggression in the Gaza Strip, arguing that it lead to “immense and unprecedented harm to the civilian population and infrastructures in the Gaza Strip.” .....
Palestinian man shot near Jenin dies of wounds | April 28, 2015
An 18-year-old Palestinian man died on Tuesday, succumbing to wounds sustained after being shot by Israeli forces late Monday in the village of al-Araqa in western Jenin. .....
Israeli army indicts three soldiers for theft during Gaza war | April 27, 2015
The Israeli military prosecutor has indicted three Golani Brigade soldiers on charges of looting during the Israeli army’s aggression last summer in Gaza. .....
Israeli army uses Birzeit to conduct military exercise | April 17, 2015
As an integral part of the Israeli occupation policy, house searches are not uncommon in the occupied Palestinian territories. However, the incidents that occurred the night of Wednesday 25 March were out of the ordinary. They were part of a training campaign conducted by the Israeli army throughout the month of March... .....
Palestinians run for their rights in 3rd Annual Right to Movement Palestine Marathon | April 03, 2015
For the third year in a row, thousands of local and international runners have descended on the West Bank town of Bethlehem to show their support for Palestinians’ right to movement. On March 27, approximately 3,000 runners took part in the event along with hundreds of volunteers, attracting national and international press... .....
Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi: “Joining ICC A Significant Move To Strip Israel’s Illegal Immunity” | April 02, 2015
Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi stated that by joining the ICC, Palestine would be able to file cases against Israel and its commanders for war crimes against the Palestinian people, and to strip Israel of its illegal immunity that allowed it to continue its war crimes. .....
Israel ‘boycotts’ first UN rights council session on Gaza war | March 24, 2015
Israel’s representative was “conspicuously missing” at the beginning of the UN Human Rights Council’s special session Monday set to discuss the situation in the Palestinian territories and the 2014 Gaza conflict, AFP reported. .....
Settlers occupy part of Palestinian home in Silwan | March 21, 2015
A Palestinian family was made homeless on Wednesday March 18 when Jewish Israelis, backed by armed police, occupied their home. .....
Joint List wins 13 seats in Israeli elections | March 20, 2015
Headed by the chairman of the socialist Hadash party (Hebrew acronym for The Democratic Front for Peace and Equality), Ayman Odeh, the Joint List managed to win 13 seats, making it the third largest party in the Knesset. .....
Another family fights against losing their home to Israeli settlers in the Old City of Jerusalem | March 19, 2015
“At 8.30am settlers arrived with the police to take over the house. When we didn‘t open the door, they threatened to break it,“ Rafat told the Palestine Monitor, a few hours after he and his family – with the support of human rights activists and journalists – managed to turn away the immediate danger of being forced to leave their house. .....
Dr. Mustafa Barghouti: Election results confirm racial character of Israel and its society | March 18, 2015
The results of the Israeli parliamentary elections, held on Tuesday, confirm the racial character of the state of Israel and its society, which continues to give the majority of its votes to extreme right-wing parties, Palestinian National Initiative Chief Mustafa Barghouti said Wednesday morning as the final tallies hit the news. .....
Israel and Jordan signed agreement on Red – Dead Sea Canal project | March 14, 2015
Israel and Jordan signed an agreement two weeks ago declaring joint administration on a project connecting the Red Sea and the Dead Sea via a canal. The project, financed by the World Bank, is likely to deepen the already substantial dependence Palestinians have on Israel for access to water resources. .....
Bethlehem province bulks up measures of resistance against Israel‘s separation wall | March 14, 2015
Leading figures from the municipalities of Bethlehem, Beit Jala and Beit Sahour paid a visit to the pope last month, to update the Vatican on the current status of their fight against Israel‘s plan to annex a large swath of Palestinian land in the Bethlehem area by building a further section of the separation wall. .....
European Union denounces Jerusalem demolition | March 11, 2015
Israeli forces demolished an EU-funded shelter in the Issawiya neighborhood of Jerusalem on Tuesday, March 10. .....
From Aida to Shuafat, Part One | March 11, 2015
Wandering back through the squalor of Aza’s winding alleyways toward the main road leading back into Bethlehem, it seemed hard not to share in Shadi’s pessimism. “Give me a call if you ever need any more information about Aza – I’ll still be here,” he said as he bade farewell. .....
Anti-Palestinian incitement begins to dominate Israeli elections | March 11, 2015
The Palestinian Authoritiy‘s Foreign Ministry has called for the arrest of “Avigdor Lieberman of ISIS” in a statement released on Monday March 9. .....
Palestinian village celebrates first wine festival | March 04, 2015
The village of Taybeh near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank held its first-ever wine festival last weekend. .....
BDS activists flood Ramallah square with Israeli milk | March 03, 2015
Palestinians emptied Israeli dairy produce into the streets of Ramallah on Monday February 2 to highlight the call for a boycott of Israeli goods. .....
Bil’in marks a decade of popular resistance | February 28, 2015
The village of Bil’in held a special demonstration on Friday 27 February to commemorate 10 years of non-violent resistance to the separation wall and the ongoing colonization of village lands. .....
Uptick in settler violence against Palestinians as Israeli elections near | February 28, 2015
At least four different incidents of settler violence against Palestinians occurred last week in different areas across occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank. .....
Israeli politician exposes scale of West Bank colonization | February 25, 2015
The chances of a viable two state solution are quickly slipping away according to a new report on settlement building from the Israeli-American NGO Peace Now. .....
Israeli troops shoot, kill teen in Duheisha refugee camp | February 24, 2015
Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian teenager during a predawn arrest raid Tuesday in Bethlehem’s Duheisha refugee camp, local media reported. .....
3 Palestinians shot in Israeli raid on Aida Camp | February 24, 2015
Several Palestinian youth have been injured after Israeli soldiers fired on them with live ammunition in Aida refugee camp, Bethlehem on Sunday February 22. .....
Will the union of Israel‘s Arab Parties bring change | February 18, 2015
For the very first time in history, Israel‘s Arab Parties have decided to run for elections with a unified list, hoping to gain enough seats in the parliament to prevent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from building a new right-wing coalition. .....
Palestinian home in Jerusalem bulldozed | February 13, 2015
The home of the Al Abbasi family in Ein Al-Lozh neighborhood of occupied Jerusalem was demolished by the Israeli military on Tuesday in spite of a stay of execution from the Israeli courts. .....
BDS in West Bank grows stronger | February 10, 2015
The head of a higher Palestinian Authority committee in charge of confronting Israeli practices against the Palestinians announced Monday that they will prohibit the entry of merchandise from six large Israeli companies into the West Bank as of February 11. .....
Protest village seeks to nurture resistance | February 10, 2015
Local activists have remained in the protest village “Gate to Jerusalem” despite their tents and structures having been demolished four times in less than a week. .....
The view from Settlement Hill | February 10, 2015
The settlement of Kiryat Arba on the outskirts of Hebron grabbed headlines in Israel and further afield with the controversial visit of Israeli president Reuven Rivlin. Rivlin’s visit to Hebron and Kiryat Arba came just days after the Israeli government announced the construction of 450 new settlement units in the West Bank, including... .....
Homelessness still rife in Gaza | February 03, 2015
Almost six months after Israel’s Operation Protective Edge ended, living conditions for the vast majority of the approximately 108,000 Palestinians left homeless are still appalling. .....
Palestinian youth shot dead by Israeli army near Nablus | February 02, 2015
A young Palestinian man was shot dead and another injured by Israeli soldiers near Nablus last Saturday. .....
Israeli police force in crisis of confidence | January 29, 2015
The Israeli police force is in crisis today as the body reels from sex scandals, a general strike and allegations of negligence. .....
Reconstruction efforts in Gaza halt amidst global indifference | January 28, 2015
Reconstruction efforts in Gaza will be halted due to lack of funding, announced the United Nations Refugee Works Agency (UNRWA) on Wednesday. .....
Israel violates International Humanitarian Law by destruction of Palestinian-owned structures | January 27, 2015
From January 13th to 19th Israeli authorities demolished four Palestinian structures in Area C of the occupied West Bank and delivered 15 stop work orders due to lack of compulsory Israeli-issued building permits, according to a report published by United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). .....
Uncovering the truth in Khuza’a | January 27, 2015
As one of the coldest winters in recent history across Palestine and the Middle East starts to break, and people begin to look toward the spring, the inhabitants of Khuza’a in the Gaza Strip are still reeling from the effects of the July-August 2014 war. The approximately one and a half month conflict left 2,205 Palestinians dead, mostly unarmed... .....
Israeli court sentences 14-year-old to two months in prison, $1523 fine | January 26, 2015
Shackled and in tears, 14-year-old Malak al-Khatib was led out of the Israeli military court at Ofer prison on Thursday to a military vehicle that would escort her to the Hasharon detention center, where she is to serve out a two-month sentence for alleged rock throwing and the possession of a knife. .....
18 year student Lina Khattab held in custody for "throwing stones“ | January 26, 2015
The 18-year-old university student faces trial, closed to public, where, in light of past cases, her chances of release are slim, as soldiers‘ statements are more strongly weighted than the voice of a protester accused of “throwing stones.” .....
Report by Physicians for Human Rights-Israel criticizes Israeli army‘s conduct during Gaza war | January 24, 2015
A report published by Physicians for Human Rights-Israel last week accuses Israeli military forces of neglecting precautions for the protection of civilian casualties during Operation Protective Edge in the summer of 2014. .....
Is the West Bank boycott beginning to turn the corner? | January 22, 2015
Bravo supermarkets grabbed headlines last autumn when the company announced that it was initiating a complete boycott of Israeli produce. Bravo is the first Palestinian supermarket chain to do so, a significant step given that it is the largest chain in the West Bank. .....
Stabbing attack on Tel Aviv bus leaves nearly a dozen injured | January 21, 2015
A Palestinian man wounded at least five passengers during a stabbing spree on a Tel Aviv bus Wednesday morning, before being shot in the leg and taken into custody by a passing prison guard. .....
Will Israel‘s freeze of Palestinian tax revenue bring unintended consequences? | January 20, 2015
Attempts to appease his hardliner constituents may help him in the upcoming Israeli elections scheduled for March, but the possible consequences of Netanyahu’s political expediency could be grave. .....
Palestinians in Israel protest after police kill two in southern Israel | January 19, 2015
Protests spread across Palestinian communities inside Israel on Monday, as news spread of the death of a Palestinian Bedouin man killed late Sunday during the funeral of another man shot dead last week by Israeli police forces in southern Israel. .....
Palestinian infant dies at Israeli checkpoint | January 18, 2015
Nadeen Nasháat Jamal Asfour, who was only 4 months and 17 days old, passed away after the ambulance she was travelling in was delayed at an Israeli checkpoint between Beitin and Al-Bireh, just outside of Ramallah. .....
It’s a new year and Palestinian olive groves are still under attack | January 14, 2015
A recent spate of attacks on new saplings and existing olive groves in the West Bank over the weekend has left Palestinian olive farmers devastated. .....
Barghouti: Go immediately to the ICC | December 31, 2014
In light of the failure on Tuesday of a Palestinian draft resolution calling for peace with Israel within a year and an end to the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories by late 2017, the Palestinian leadership should go directly to the International Criminal Court, Dr. Mustafa Barghouti said Tuesday evening. .....
Palestinian youth shot dead by Israeli forces near Nablus | December 29, 2014
Israeli forces shot a young Palestinian man dead on Monday near the Tappuah checkpoint south of Nablus Israeli troops opened fire at two young Palestinian men around noon on Monday in the Jabal Sbeih area of the village of Beita near the Tappuah checkpoint. It is still unclear as to why the two young men were fired upon. .....
Dr. Mustafa Barghouti: 2014, the bloodiest year for the Palestinian people | December 29, 2014
2014 was the bloodiest year in the "history of the murderous Zionist crimes against the Palestinian people,” argued Barghouti, stressing Gaza is on the verge of explosion due to the unbearable living conditions that stem from Israel’s seven year strong blockade. .....
Socialist International adopts resolution supporting recognition of Palestine and immediate halt to blockade on Gaza | December 14, 2014
The Council of Socialist International, a worldwide organization of social democratic, socialist and labor parties, adopted Saturday a decision to support the immediate recognition of the Independent State of Palestine, with Jerusalem as its capital, and called on its 168 member parties to present the call to their respective governments, Secretar .....
Palestine National Initiative calls for immediate signing of Rome Charter and immediate halt of security coordination | December 11, 2014
The Palestinian leadership should immediately sign the Rome Statute and drag Israel to the International Criminal Court, Palestinian National Initiative Chief Dr. Mustafa Barghouti said in a statement to the press today. .....
Palestinian minister dies after confrontation with Israeli army near Ramallah | December 10, 2014
The Palestinian minister in charge of the struggle against the Israeli separation wall and settlements died Wednesday shortly after a physical confrontation with Israeli soldiers in a village just outside of Ramallah. .....
Amnesty International accuses Israel of war crimes | December 09, 2014
Israeli air strikes on landmark buildings toward the tail end of this summer‘s Operation Protective Edge amount to war crimes, Amnesty International said in a report on Tuesday, calling for an immediate independent and impartial investigation. .....
Abbas says Palestinians will go to UN before Israeli elections | December 08, 2014
The Palestinians will take their case to the United Nations Security Council before the upcoming Israeli elections schedule for March 2015, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said on Sunday. .....
The war of words during Operation Protective Edge | December 01, 2014
The use of social media during Operation Protective Edge illustrates that creating empathy and interacting with your audience is key to winning the hearts of the public. .....
Netanyahu’s “anti-terrorism bill” a dangerous proposal | November 29, 2014
Palestinian citizens of Israel are to be stripped of their citizenship and deported if found guilty of committing or aiding “terrorism” via a tough new eight-point plan drawn up by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government. .....
Israeli authorities revoke Jerusalem residency of attacker’s widow | November 27, 2014
Israel on Wednesday revoked the residency rights of the widow of Palestinian attacker who took part in last week’s deadly attack on a Jerusalem synagogue. .....
4 Israeli killed in Jerusalem synagogue attack, 2 Palestinians killed | November 18, 2014
Two Palestinians armed with a gun and axes attacked worshipers in a Jerusalem synagogue early Tuesday morning, killing four Israelis and wounding at least six. .....
Israeli policeman faces murder charge in Nakba Day shooting of Palestinian teen | November 13, 2014
An Israeli border policeman was arrested Tuesday in connection to the fatal shooting of a Palestinian teen earlier this year. .....
Tensions on the rise as Palestinians in Israel protest police shooting | November 10, 2014
Palestinians took to the streets throughout Israel over the weekend in protest of the fatal shooting of a young man by Israeli police early Saturday morning. .....
Ireland to Consider Recognizing Palestine | November 10, 2014
In the wake of Sweden’s recent decision to formally recognize the independent state of Palestine and the decision of the British House of Commons to pass a non-binding resolution to the same effect, Ireland may be moving towards a similar change in position. The upper house of the Irish Parliament recently passed a motion calling on the ... .....
French MPs eye parliamentary vote on recognition of Palestine | November 06, 2014
France’s ruling Socialist party wants the parliament to recognize the State of Palestine, following similar moves by Britain and Sweden meant to bypass the current diplomatic stalemate. .....
Israel accused of war crimes in Gaza | November 05, 2014
Amnesty International has accused Israel of committing war crimes during its military campaign in Gaza this summer. .....
Dr. Mustafa Barghouti: The Third Intifada has begun and won’t stop in the face of Israeli repression | October 30, 2014
“The Palestinian people as a whole are rising up in response to Israeli crimes and abuses across the Palestinian territories, particularly in Jerusalem," said Dr. Barghouti on Thursday. .....
Israeli police summarily execute Palestinian after attack on hardliner | October 30, 2014
Israeli police Thursday shot dead a Palestinian man suspected of an assassination attempt on a right-wing hard-line campaigner for Jewish prayer rights at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. .....
Jordan calls for emergency UN Security council meeting as pressure rises in Jerusalem | October 28, 2014
A spokesperson for Jordan’s mission to the United Nations confirmed Monday that his country will ask the UN Security Council to hold an emergency meeting on behalf of the Palestinians, who have written the council president regarding the “dangerously escalating tensions” in East Jerusalem. .....
Netanyahu advances plans for 1,060 housing units in East Jerusalem settlements | October 27, 2014
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu authorized on Monday the advance of plans for 1,060 new housing units in East Jerusalem settlements. .....
Israeli army shoots and kills 13-year-old Palestinian child | October 20, 2014
Israeli military forces shot 13-year-old Bahaa Samir Badir in the chest from close range Thursday night in Beit Laqiya. .....
Why We Need International Recognition of the State of Palestine | October 20, 2014
Sweden’s recent responsible decision to officially recognize the State of Palestine was quickly followed by the British Parliament’s vote for similar recognition. The Swedish and British moves, clearly grounded in a desire for peace, are a last-ditch effort to save the two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict. .....
Mustafa Barghouti: Ya’alon confirms impossibility of peace with settler government | October 16, 2014
Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon has revealed the true impossibility of any chance of successful negotiations with the Palestinians, head of the Palestinian National Initiative Dr. Mustafa Barghouti said on Wednesday. .....
British Parliament Votes to Recognize State of Palestine | October 14, 2014
British lawmakers voted overwhelmingly Monday in favor of recognizing the State of Palestine. .....
Donors Pledge $5.4 billion in Gaza Aid | October 13, 2014
Meeting at a conference in Cairo on Sunday, global donors pledged a sum of $5.4 billion in aid to rebuild the Gaza Strip after Israel’s 50-day military campaign this summer. .....
US says Jerusalem settlement expansion will ‘poison the atmosphere’ | October 02, 2014
The decision made by Israeli authorities to push forward a plan for 2,610 new settler housing units in annexed east Jerusalem will “poison the atmosphere” and call into question Israel’s true commitment to peace, the U.S. State Department and White House said Wednesday. .....
Dr. Mustafa Barghouti: Netanyahu’s fascist speech at UN puts nail in coffin of negotiations | September 30, 2014
Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech at the United Nation’s New York City headquarters on Monday revealed Israel’s true intentions to liquidate the Palestinian cause and its attempt to circumvent it by calling for the normalization of relations with Arab countries while outright ignoring the Palestinian issue, according to Dr. Mustafa Barghouti. .....
Abbas at UN outlines bleak future in negotiations with Israel | September 27, 2014
“The future proposed by the Israeli government for the Palestinian people is at best isolated ghettos for Palestinians on fragmented lands,” said President Mahmoud Abbas at the United Nations on Friday. .....
Israeli forces kill two suspects of Israeli settler-teens murder in Hebron | September 23, 2014
Israeli troops killed Marwan Qawasmeh (29) and Amer Abu Eisheh (32) early this morning in Hebron. Qawasmeh and Abu Eisheh were both suspected of involvement in the kidnapping and killing of the three Israeli teens Yifrach, Shaer and Fraenkel earlier this year. The three youth were found dead near Hebron on 30 June. .....
Abbas seeks end to “longest occupation in modern history” at UN General Assembly | September 22, 2014
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will address the United Nations General Assembly in New York this week to present a new strategy for a "solution to the conflict" between the Israelis and Palestinians .....
Israel’s Bedouin relocation plans spark vehement opposition | September 17, 2014
The Israeli government’s plans to relocate thousands of Bedouins from the ‘Jerusalem Periphery’ to new residential developments in the Jordan Valley have been met with sharp opposition. .....
Dr. Mustafa Barghouti on the destruction of Gaza | September 13, 2014
On Tuesday 9th September, Dr Mustafa Barghouti, the Palestinian MP, member of the PLO’s Central Council, and General Secretary of the Palestinian National Initiative, addressed Palestine Solidarity Campaign activists in London. .....
Boycotting Israel – now with a phone application | September 11, 2014
As the dust settles in Gaza and evidence of war crimes arise, people around the world have found a new platform to show their disapproval of Israel’s actions: Buycott, a smartphone application for organizing boycotts. .....
As the school year starts in the West Bank, Gazan schools remain closed | September 11, 2014
“I hope that we can lead a normal life (…) and can go to our schools in safety and security. We did not do anything wrong and on this day we should have been sitting at school desks,” says Bisan, who is supposed to start eighth grade this year, but now lives in an elementary school in Gaza City that is used as a shelter. .....
Israel to expand settlement bloc in West Bank ‘in response to terrorism’ | September 10, 2014
“Building is our answer to murder,” said Naftali Bennett during his visit to the Gush Etzion settlement bloc in the West Bank on 1 September. Bennett, the Israeli Minister of Economy and Trade, was referring to a government proposal to annex 400 hectares of land south of Bethlehem which was presented the day before. He linked the land-grab to ... .....
Beloved Palestinian Druze Poet Samih al-Qasim Dies age 75 | August 26, 2014
Al-Qasim remained a powerful voice against Israeli oppression, both in the occupied West Bank and Gaza and also against Palestinians living within the State of Israel. As a result of his political beliefs and activism, al-Qasim was subjected to periods of house arrest, imprisonment, harassment and censorship. .....
Palestinian citizens of Israel increasingly punished for being ‘the enemy from inside’ | August 26, 2014
“We’ve been together for five years, but we’ve never encountered such racism. I always knew there were racists, but as long as you’re not affected by it, until you feel it in your body, you don’t know what it is,” Mahmoud Mansour told Haaretz when recalling the death threats he received because he married an Israeli and former-Jewish woman on 17 .....
Hamas executes 11 suspected collaborators a day after three of its commanders die in Israeli strikes | August 22, 2014
Eleven Palestinians suspected and reportedly convicted of working as collaborators for Israel were executed at the Gaza City police headquarters on Friday morning, according to a Hamas official, a day after Israeli air strikes killed three high-level Hamas commanders in Rafah. .....
At least 20 Palestinians killed in Gaza as both sides blame each other for breaking the truce | August 21, 2014
Fighting continued in Gaza one day after the ceasefire ended, with no immediate plans to return to negotiations on a long-term truce agreement. .....
Israeli airstrikes target northern Gaza after extended temporary ceasefire fails | August 19, 2014
Israeli warplanes targeted an open area in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip Tuesday afternoon after the army reported three rockets fired from the coastal enclave hit Ashkelon and Beersheva. .....
BDS movement gains unprecedented traction subsequent to Israel’s operations in Gaza | August 19, 2014
Whilst intense diplomatic efforts to construct a long-term arrangement between Israel and Hamas are continuing action is being taken in the West Bank and across the world to apply pressure on Israel to end its siege on Gaza, occupation of the West Bank and stop Israel from taking the lives of innocent civilians in the future. .....
Palestinians of all ages and backgrounds volunteer for Gaza | August 18, 2014
“We felt fear for a while but our eager and ambition were strong enough to continue,” Dr. Hani Siliman Salamah told Palestine Monitor, as he recalled his journey throughout Gaza to deliver much needed medical supplies to the strip’s besieged population. .....
The unlawful sacking of Arab-American Professor Steven Salaita | August 18, 2014
Steven Salaita, an Arab-American Professor of American Indian Studies, was recently fired from his position as associate professor in the American Indian Studies program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). Although the University asserts that his contract was merely “rescinded,” many believe that Salaita was sacked for ... .....
Abu Khdeir murder suspect gives chilling account of killing: “They took three of ours - let‘s take one of theirs.” | August 17, 2014
“We said ‘they took three of ours, let’s take one of theirs,’ and we decided to pick someone up, kidnap him, beat him within an inch of his life and discard of him,” 29-year-old Yosef Haim Ben-David told police in a report released on last week. .....
Five-day ceasefire starts in Gaza as deep divisions remain at the negotiations | August 14, 2014
A new ceasefire took hold in Gaza after both Palestinians and Israelis agreed to extend the truce for five more days despite rocket fire from the Gaza Strip and Israeli air strikes overnight and into the early morning. .....
Hebron: a hotbed of tension and human rights abuses | August 13, 2014
“The Israeli military is responsible not only for reckless and deliberate unlawful killings in Gaza, but also for unlawfully killing Palestinian protesters in the West Bank,” according to Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East and North Africa director at Human Rights Watch. .....
Psychological damage of Gazan children will have long-term consequences | August 13, 2014
Hassan al-Zeyada, 50, works as a psychologist at the Gaza Community Mental Health Program’s center in Gaza City. He treats several residents who suffer from psychological trauma due to Israeli military operations in the coastal enclave. When his own home was shelled on 20 July, killing six of his family members, he found himself with difficult ... .....
Palestinians welcome new UN commission to investigate war crimes during Gaza conflict | August 12, 2014
The United Nations appointed experts on Monday to a commission of inquiry into possible human rights violations and war crimes committed by both Israel and Palestinian factions during the current offensive in the Gaza Strip. .....
Negotiations continue in Cairo as a new 72-hour ceasefire holds in Gaza | August 11, 2014
A second round of negotiations between Palestinian and Israeli delegations started this morning in Cairo after a three-day ceasefire came into effect Monday midnight local time. As of Monday afternoon, no reports of ceasefire violations have been reported on either side. .....
New 72-hour Gaza ceasefire to start at midnight | August 10, 2014
As ‘Operation Protective Edge’ enters its 32nd day, a new 72-hour halt to hostilities in Gaza has been agreed upon. It is hoped that this ceasefire, starting at midnight Sunday, will pave the way for a more lasting truce between Hamas and Israel. .....
Rocket fire between Israel and Hamas continues while “Day of Rage” activists call for international sanctions on Israel | August 09, 2014
‘Operation Protective Edge’ enters its 31st day today whilst ceasefire talks between Israeli and Palestinian delegations continue in the Egyptian capital Cairo. Al Jazeera reports that “both sides are saying the door is not closed.” Nevertheless, rockets were fired by both sides this morning. .....
War on Gaza: Debunking the myths | August 09, 2014
The reality of what is happening in Gaza is being distorted in the global media. Enough is enough, writes Mustafa Barghouti.....
Resistance from Azzeh refugee camp: “We are here” | August 09, 2014
"The third intifada is not now, but if it comes, we know. It is a matter of feeling,” 23-year-old Osama from Al-Azzeh refugee camp in Bethlehem told Palestine Monitor. Osama lives right by the street where demonstrations have taken place almost every night since ‘Operation Protective Edge’ began. .....
Fighting resumes in Gaza after another ceasefire ends | August 08, 2014
Fighting has resumed in Gaza after Palestinian factions fired 30 rockets into southern Israel as the three-day ceasefire expired at 8.00 a.m. this morning .....
Palestinian Authority: Reconstructing Gaza will cost at least $ 6 billion | August 08, 2014
The reconstruction of Gaza will cost at least $ 6 billion, according to an initial estimate made by Palestinian Deputy Prime Minister Mohammed Mustafa. UN chief Ban Ki-moon says this is the last time the United Nations will help in the reconstruction process, calling for an end to the “the senseless cycle of suffering.” .....
Hamas says no Gaza truce extension agreed as ceasefire talks continue | August 07, 2014
Israeli media has reported that Israel has agreed to extend the 72-hour break in fighting under its current terms. Hamas, however, stated that no agreement has been reached on an extension, adding that it will consider resuming fire on Israel if its demands aren‘t met. .....
Medics struggle to help the injured in Gaza amid power cuts and water shortage | August 07, 2014
Doctor Mustafa Barghouti warns of spreadable diseases as the humanitarian crisis deepens on the Gaza Strip. “Israel has completely destroyed whole neighborhoods,” the doctor said. “So many innocent people have been killed.” .....
Humanitarian ceasefire enters second day while Gazans try to cope with the immense devastation | August 06, 2014
The 72-hour ceasefire entered its second day today while indirect negotiations between Israel and Hamas, on a more lasting truce, continued in Cairo. Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki expects “the ceasefire to expand into another 72 hours and beyond,” according to Al Jazeera reports. .....
Permanent ceasefire negotiations to take place in Cairo as temporary truce begins | August 05, 2014
“It’s clear now that the interest of all parties is to have a ceasefire. It’s going to be tough negotiations because Israel has demands too. We don’t have any guarantees the siege will be removed,” said Bassam Salhi, a member of the Palestinian delegation in Cairo. .....
Ceasefire talks take place in Cairo as Israel‘s Operation Protective Edge extends into its 28th day | August 05, 2014
"The operation will end only when a prolonged period of quiet and security is restored to Israel‘s citizens." said a statement from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‘s office. .....
Another UNRWA school shelled amidst rumors of Israeli army forces partially withdrawing from Gaza Strip | August 03, 2014
An UNRWA school in Rafah was shelled this morning in an air strike, causing ten deaths. The school held almost 3,000 internally displaced people (IDP) according to UNRWA spokesperson Chris Gunness. He called it “an appalling, unacceptable situation. We are an unarmed organization.” .....
Violent settler attacks against Palestinians have risen since the start of ‘Operation Protective Edge’ | August 03, 2014
Since the start of ‘Operation Protective Edge’ there has been an increase in violent attacks by Israeli settlers against Palestinians. These attacks and the amount of impunity enjoyed by the perpetrators have created fear within Palestinian communities. .....
What’s happening in Gaza is a colonial confrontation, not a conflict | August 03, 2014
I use the word ‘conflict’ to describe the confrontation between Israel and Hamas, the Islamic Resistance Movement that governs the Gaza strip, with hesitation. In fact, I probably shouldn’t use it at all. This is because the word ‘conflict’ inadequately conveys the full measure of inequality between the two sides: occupier and occupied. .....
Death toll in Gaza continues to rise after short lived ceasefire fails | August 02, 2014
The Israeli officer missing in Gaza was likely killed in an airstrike, Hamas said on Saturday as Israel‘s ‘Operation Protective Edge’ entered its 26th day. .....
Israel resumes military operation as proposed 72-hour-ceasefire fails | August 01, 2014
Israel has resumed its military operation on the Gaza Strip after the UN-US proposed ceasefire broke down less than two hours after it started at 8.00 a.m. this morning. .....
Netanyahu vows to continue in Gaza until all tunnels are destroyed | July 31, 2014
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a cabinet meeting this morning that Israel will not agree to a truce until all Hamas tunnels are destroyed, noting that that could mean another several days of warfare .....
At least 32 killed on 23rd day of ‘Operation Protective Edge‘ | July 30, 2014
At least 32 killed Wednesday in strikes on market in Shujaiyya and UNWRA school in Jabaliya refugee camp. .....
Shelling in Gaza continues while Israeli PM Netanyahu tells Israelis to get ready for a “prolonged war” | July 30, 2014
Israeli assaults from air, land and sea in the last 24 hours were considered by Gazans to be one of the heaviest since the start of ‘Operation Protective Edge’. .....
UN Security Council calls for ‘immediate and unconditional’ ceasefire in Gaza amid severe concerns over civilian death count | July 28, 2014
Hamas leader Khalid Mashaal: "We are not fanatics, we are not fundamentalists. We are not actually fighting the Jews because they are Jews per se. We do not fight any other races. We fight the occupiers." .....
Fighting in Gaza continues as ceasefire attempts fail; Palestinian death toll surpasses 1,000 | July 27, 2014
Israel has rejected a Hamas and UN offer for a 24-hour ceasefire that would have lasted until 2 p.m. on Monday in the latest round of attempts to break down the hostilities. .....
Palestinian Delegation files complaint with ICC; UN Human Rights Council agrees on fact-finding mission in Gaza | July 27, 2014
In the past week a Palestinian delegation has set out to hold Israel accountable for committing war crimes during ‘Operation Protective Edge’. .....
Humanitarian ceasefire extended, clashes continue in West Bank | July 26, 2014
Ceasefire negotiations will continue in Paris, clashes continue throughout occupied territories as speculation of an oncoming intifada circulates in the West Bank .....
Deadly protest hits West Bank on holiest night in Islamic calendar | July 25, 2014
Palestinians across the West Bank and Jerusalem demonstrate in numbers unseen since second intifida in solidarity with Gaza, violent clashes continue today. .....
Conflicting narratives persist over fate of allegedly kidnapped Israeli soldier | July 22, 2014
Israel denies Hamas capture of Israeli soldier; West Bank continues to demonstrate in solidarity with Gaza; Kerry and Ban Ki Moon attempt to broker ceasefire .....
Hamas claims it captured one Israeli soldier in the Gaza Strip; Israel denies | July 21, 2014
The Al-Qassam Brigades, the military branch of Hamas, has declared they captured an Israeli soldier, Shaul Aron on Sunday night. Israeli Ambassador to the UN Ron Prosor dismissed the statement. .....
West Bank demonstrates in solidarity with Gaza | July 21, 2014
Across the occupied West Bank demonstrations have taken place in solidarity with Gaza. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has called for "three days of mourning" in Palestine. .....
Day thirteen of ‘Operation Protective Edge’ labelled a ‘massacre’ | July 20, 2014
“It is a massacre taking place in Shujaiya. It is a massacre with the full sense of the word, committed by Israel against innocent civilians," said a r
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Vibrant Food Train empowers Palestinian ex-prisoners | September 28, 2016
The classic food carts are pretty boring and utilitarian, and they all look the same. At the hustle and bustle of modern Ramallah city center, an eye-catching rolling restaurant airbrushed with a riot of color thus immediately draws not only hungry foodie’s but every passerby‘s attention. .....
Palestinian design struggles in a market dominated by ready-made clothes | June 11, 2014
Fashion students from the West Bank learned creative planning during a two-year project. But working as a designer under occupation entails even more challenges than finding the right design. .....
The village of Al-Walaja commemorates Nakba day | May 17, 2014
Men, women and children of all ages gathered on Thursday in the village of Al-Walaja, just outside of Bethlehem, to remember those from their homes and land during the 1948 Nakba. With the ever-recognizable sound of Israeli military vehicle horns, the familiar crack of tear gas canisters and the constantly present helmeted soldiers ... .....
Photographer critically wounded at Ofer Protest | April 19, 2014
21-year-old Mohammad Basman Yasin was critically wounded by Israeli forces while working as a volunteer photographer with B’Tselem, documenting the demonstration outside Israel’s Ofer prison near Ramallah on Friday 4 April. .....
Nonviolent protest village "Ein Hijleh" brutally evicted | February 07, 2014
After 1:15 AM, on Thursday 7 February, many hundreds of Israeli soldiers, with bulldozers and sound bombs, invaded the Palestinian protest village of Ein Hijleh. Hundreds of volunteers from across the West Bank were scattered across the area, with dozens severely beaten and detained, including activists, journalists, men, women, and children. .....
Ein Hijleh in photos | February 04, 2014
Hundreds of Palestinian and international activists erected a protest village on the ruins of Ein Hijleh in Jordan Valley on Friday 1 February 2014. Organized by Melh Al-Ard (Arabic for "Salt of the Earth"), a new direct action campaign, the move comes in response to Israel’s ongoing attempts to colonize and potentially annex the area. .....
In the shadow of the Wall: The bedouin of al-Ram | January 14, 2014
A small Bedouin community pressed between the West Bank town of al-Ram and the Israeli separation barrier illustrates the vast discrepancies in poverty and vulnerability amidst a nation already struggling under occupation. .....
Elderly Palestinian killed on New Year’s Day | January 09, 2014
On New Year’s Day, Said Jasir Nasar Ali, an icon of the village of Kafr Qaddum, suffocated when Israeli forces tear-gassed his home during a demonstration inside the Palestinian village. He was pronounced dead in a Nablus hospital later in the day, becoming the first fatality of the village’s two-and-a-half year popular struggle and the first ... .....
26 veteran Palestinian prisoners freed as part of peace talks | January 03, 2014
In the early hours of Tuesday, 31 December, 18 long-term prisoners were released to a jubilant crowd of thousands at the Palestinian Authority headquarters in Ramallah, while eight others were released hours earlier in East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip. .....
Christmas Eve demolitions leave more than 60 homeless | December 31, 2013
Early on Christmas Eve, Israeli wrecking crews flattened a Palestinian Bedouin community on a beautiful hilltop in the Ramallah Governorate of the occupied West Bank, demolishing more than a dozen homes and leaving 15 families in temporary tents. Days later, despite the hardship, the residents are proud, hospitable, and determined to hold ... .....
Lack of healthcare adds to Bedouin burden in Area C PMRS | December 18, 2013
The 150,000 or so Palestinians living in Area C are all considered vulnerable communities. They suffer from many problems; poverty and unemployment rates are high and they lack essential services including those related to health care. .....
Livelihoods at risk by Israel’s demolition of structures in Al Jiftlik | December 11, 2013
On the morning of Tuesday, 10 December, Israeli forces entered the Palestinian town of Al-Jiftlik in the Jordan Valley and demolished a family house and two agricultural structures. .....
Commemorations, new strategies, and clashes in West Bank resistance village | December 10, 2013
On Saturday, 7 December, the Palestinian village of Nabi Saleh hosted a special event commemorating several important milestones and a new beginning for the Popular Struggle against the Israeli occupation of the West Bank. Approximately three hundred people, including 70 or 80 Israeli activists and a dozen or more internationals, were in ........
The struggle to remain in south Hebron hills | December 07, 2013
A shepherd, an activist, and a father of seven, Mr Hafez Hreini serves as the coordinator for the Popular Struggle Coordination Committee (PSCC) in the south Hebron hills. Last week, he welcomed the Palestine Monitor to his home in Al-Tuwani to talk about his family‘s history intertwined with that of the PSCC‘s work in the region, and about... .....
Dozens made homeless amid latest Jordan Valley demolitions | December 05, 2013
On Monday, 2 December, Israeli bulldozers accompanied by military vehicles knocked down four houses and numerous tents and livestock barracks, leaving at least 30 Palestinians homeless and causing the deaths of more than a dozen lambs, local residents of al-Auja told the Palestine Monitor during a visit on Wednesday afternoon. Four displaced ... .....
Thousands Protest Prawer Plan in Global "Day of Rage" | December 04, 2013
Protests were held throughout the Israeli and Palestinian territories, as well as 31 cities around the world, on Saturday 30 November, to protest the Prawer-Begin Bill for the Regulation of Bedouin Settlement in the Negev, a development plan currently being reviewed by the Israeli parliament which would displace some 40,000-70,000 Bedouin fr.....
Political tourism challenges Palestinian tolerance | December 01, 2013
"Hebron - the ultimate family experience in Israel: Isn‘t it about time you took your children to visit your great-grandparents in Hebron?" - Such is the concise, convenient way in which Jewish tourism companies advertise their tours of Hebron - one of the oldest continuously lived in cities in the world. Considering the fact that Hebron is of ... .....
Government services collapse in East Jerusalem | November 27, 2013
These photos were taken in and around the Shu’fat refugee camp in East Jerusalem. Shu’fat has seen overcrowding and a collapse of government services since the construction of the Separation Wall cut it off from most of East Jerusalem, and the nearby neighborhoods of Ras Khamis and Ras Shahada currently face a wave of potential house demol .....
The Jenin Freedom Theatre presents, "Lost Land" | November 26, 2013
After two months of research, writing and rewriting, three weeks of pre-production with the designer, one month of travel within the West Bank, seven months living with a Palestinian family in a refugee camp, three months of Arabic lessons, two and a half months of rehearsals and thirty years ‘‘impassioned by the Palestinian plight‘‘ - a well... .....
Israel frees second group of prisoners since resumption of negotiations in July | October 31, 2013
In the early morning hours of Wednesday, 30 October, 26 Palestinian prisoners were released in the West Bank as part of the second batch of a four-stage deal between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA). The prisoner release, which will eventually see the release of 104 prisoners incarcerated before the singing of the Oslo Accords in 1993 ... .....
Stop the Prawer Plan : Palestinian youth in solidarity with the Bedouins | October 23, 2013
On Saturday 12 October, the movement known as “Stop the Prawer Plan” organized a trip that brought about 50 Palestinians citizens of Israel (mostly students from the Galilee area of modern day Israel) to meet with Bedouin communities in the Naqab. The objective was to increase their knowledge of the communities ... .....
Friday at the Bil‘in International Conference | October 08, 2013
Last week, the small village of Bil‘in hosted the 8th annual Bil‘in International Conference on the Palestinian popular struggle. The three-day conference, which coincided with International Peace Day, was held from Wednesday October 2 – 4, 2013. .....
Creating a culture of resistance: Bil‘in International Conference | October 07, 2013
Palestinian politicians say no to the negotiations with Israel No negotiations protest | October 06, 2013
On Sunday, 6 October, some of the main Palestinian political forces gathered in the centre of Ramallah to demand that President Mahmoud Abbas halt current peace talks between Palestine and Israel. .....
Lina Qadri, “Nostalgia” | October 01, 2013
Lina Qadri started painting when she was a child in her hometown of Nablus. After studying Arts at al-Najah University, she held her first solo exhibition in the French Cultural Center of Nablus. Her third exhibition, “Nostalgia,” was displayed last week in the intimate atmosphere of the Mahmoud Darwish Museum in Ramallah. .....
A week of house raids in Hebron after killing of soldier | September 27, 2013
Tensions were especially high in Hebron after the mysterious shooting and death of an Israeli soldier on Sunday, 22 September. After the killing on Sunday night the IDF soldiers reportedly went around the neighborhoods surrounding the Abu-Arish checkpoint, close to where the soldier was killed, and rounded up all Palestinian males with an ID ... .....
Israel‘s MAG closes investigation in 2009 death of Bassem Abu Rahmeh | September 15, 2013
On Wednesday, 11 September, the Israeli Military Advocate General (MAG), Maj. Gen. Danny Efroni, decided to close an Israeli military investigation into the death of Bassem Abu Rahmeh, a non-violent activist from the village of Bil’in. The case was closed due to an alleged lack of evidence of wrongdoing on the part of the Israeli security forces... .....
3 Killed by live fire in Qalandiya Refugee Camp | August 27, 2013
Early Monday morning, 26 August, Israeli military forces killed three young men inside the Qalandiya refugee camp, in the West Bank near the border with Israel. Witnesses reported that undercover Israeli forces entered the camp at around 5 AM to carry out an arrest. Residents in the camp were quickly alerted to the presences of the military and ... .....
Peaceful demonstration in Nabi Saleh attacked by Israeli occupation forces | June 03, 2013
On 31 May, the weekly demonstration in Nabi Saleh was met with teargas and skunk water. The peaceful protest was attacked by the Israeli army despite the absence of violence or provocation. .....
13 displaced in Beit Hanina Demolition | June 01, 2013
In the early hours of Wednesday 29 May, a swarm of Israeli police officers surrounded Badwan Al-Salaymeh’s home in the Bet Hanina neighborhood of East Jerusalem. Without prior warning or allowing the family to remove their belongings, two bulldozers transformed the two-story house into a disfigured mass of broken concrete blocks and mangled iron. .....
65th Anniversary Nakba Commemorations in Ramallah | May 16, 2013
On Wednesday 15 May Palestinians commemorated the 65th anniversary of the Nakba across the occupied Palestinian territories. Demonstrations ended up in clashes between the Palestinians and Israeli occupational forces in different parts of West Bank. Thousands of people gathered in Ramallah’s Yasser Arafat Square to mark the Nakba, Arabic for... .....
Bethlehem Runs Rings Around the Wall | April 22, 2013
On Sunday, roughly 500 people ran in the Right to Movement Marathon, the first marathon to take place in the West Bank. The marathon was held in Bethlehem, a city that bumps up against the Apartheid Wall, a fact which presented runners and race organizers with unique challenges. Zuher Tmeza, the coordinator for Right to Movement‘s Information... .....
"Suicide Note from Palestine" dramatizes the reality | April 09, 2013
It is the year 2090. A violent Israeli shelling of the Gaza strip is projected on a folding screen. Amal, a student shows up in the middle of the stage lying down in a hospital bed. Her heartbeat has already stopped and she is being resurrected in a medical care center by strange medical staff wear in UN white coats. The Freedom Theatre starts........
Hebron mourns the death of cancer stricken prisoner Abuhamdia | April 05, 2013
On Thursday March 4, more than 1,000 people attended the funeral of the latest prisoner to die under Israeli custody, 64 year old Maysara Abuhamdia from Hebron. He died on April 2 at the Soroka hospital in Bir Sabe’, where he was transferred to there from Eshel prison last month despite his suffering from throat cancer since August 2012. .....
Two killed in Tulkarem amid rising West Bank tensions | April 04, 2013
Amer Nasser, 17, and Naji Belbisi, 18, were shot and killed by an Israeli sniper whilst throwing stones at an Israeli guard tower on Wednesday, April 3. The cousins were shot at Enav checkpoint near the town of Anabta, south of Tulkarem, where they were protesting in response to the death of Maysara Abu Hamdiyeh, who died in Israeli custody... .....
More than one hundred settlers march through Hebron for Passover | March 28, 2013
On March 27, almost 150 settlers took part in a march organized in the old city of Hebron due to the Passover celebration. During the afternoon, at least three different groups of settlers walked from the checkpoint at the beginning of Shuhada Street until they reached a house belonging to a Jewish family in Shalaleh Street, which is... .....
Palestinians erect new tent village ‘Ahfad Younis’ | March 22, 2013
Over 400 Palestinian activists have erected a tent village, on a hillside overlooking the illegal Israeli settlement of Ma’ale Adummin, on the eve of the United States President Barack Obama’s visit to Ramallah. The village, composed of three large structures, ten small tents, a playground, internet zone, and medical center, is located within... .....
Palestinians tell Obama ‘You‘re not welcome here‘ | March 20, 2013
On Tuesday, the night before President Obama‘s arrival in Israel, around 400 Palestinians gathered in Ramallah to send him a message: they don‘t want him here. Demonstrator Hazem Kawasmi carried a sign that said "Obama, you‘re not welcome here." He said the US‘ close ties with Israel mean they are complicit in the oppression of the Palestinian... .....
Love in the time of Apartheid | March 11, 2013
On March 9, the Israeli army prevented a symbolic wedding from taking place near Hizma checkpoint, a checkpoint separating Ramallah from Jerusalem. The groom from the West Bank attempted to make his way to the checkpoint to meet his bride, a Palestinian citizen of Israel, who was arriving from Nazareth, in the north of what is now called Israel. .....
Israel moves to segregate buses | March 09, 2013
This week Israel established a de facto racially segregated bus service on a route from the West Bank into Israel. Palestinians traveling to work from the Eyal checkpoint next to Qalqilya have been told to board the different buses, as they will not be allowed to ride on the buses that carry settlers from the West Bank to Israel. Previously... .....
Bil‘in: Eight years fighting the Wall | March 04, 2013
On March 1, roughly 400 Palestinians & international supporters gathered in Bil‘in to mark the eighth anniversary of the popular resistance movement that has taken hold in the village. The demonstrations are held in Bil‘in in opposition to Israel‘s theft of land from the village by means of settlement construction and the Apartheid Wall... .....
Israel kills prisoner, sparking anger throughout Palestine | February 25, 2013
After two weeks of growing protests in support of hunger striker Samer Issawi, Palestinians were given a new cause for anger when prisoner Arafat Jaradat died in Israeli custody inside Megiddo prison. The Palestinian Authority stated Jaradat was tortured to death which was verified by Saber Aloul, the doctor who was present at Jaradat‘s autopsy... .....
Open Shuhada Street, end Apartheid | February 23, 2013
On Friday February 22, hundreds marched in Hebron‘s old city to demand the opening of Shuhada Street, a major artery in the city connecting the center to the cemetery. The Israeli army closed Shuhada Street to Palestinians following Baruch Goldstein‘s massacre of 29 people inside the Ibrahimi mosque in 1994, and today most of the street is... .....
Ofer protest breaks into violence again | February 21, 2013
Over one thousand people demonstrated outside Ofer prison on Thursday, near the town of Beitunia in support of Palestinian prisoners imprisoned in Israeli jails. It is the third demonstration at Ofer this past week. The demonstration was met with countless volleys of tear gas, rubber-coated steel bullets and live ammunition from Israeli... .....
Two shot at Ofer prison as hunger strike demonstrations grow | February 16, 2013
Israeli security forces responded with extreme violence to demonstrations held across the West Bank in solidarity with hunger strikers held in Israeli prisons without charge. The largest demonstration took place outside Ofer prison in Beitunia where Israeli soldiers shot two people with high-velocity bullets. The use of live ammunition against... .....
Israeli army violence towards peaceful protests | February 14, 2013
The violent eviction of Bab al-Shams and al-Manatir tent villages in the E1 area and Burin respectively draws attention to the use of heavy-handed and brutish tactics used by the Israeli military against protesters and highlights their use in other demonstrations throughout the West Bank. Peaceful demonstrators are all too often beaten and... .....
Apartheid Wall threatens 2000 years of agriculture in Battir | February 11, 2013
The unique system of terraced agriculture practiced in Battir has continued without stop throughout wars dating back from the eras of the Romans to the Mamluks to the Ottomans. It survived the devastation of Israel‘s 1948 land grab, the 1967 war and two intifadas. But now Israel plans to build its Apartheid Wall directly through the terraces... .....
Ramleh: demonstration in solidarity with hunger strikers | February 06, 2013
Over 150 activists attended a demonstration outside the notorious Ramleh prison hospital in solidarity with the Palestinian prisoners inside, including long-term hunger striker Samer Issawi. Coming from all over the 48 territories & Jerusalem, the activists chanted and sang in support of the prisoners in front of the prison gates........
Palestinians forcibly evicted from new village “al-Manatir” | February 04, 2013
On Saturday 2 February, Palestinian activists erected a tent village on a hilltop overlooking the village of Burin, about 7km south of Nablus, in protest at Israeli plans to expand the nearby extremist settlements of Yitzhar and Bracha. It was later evicted, following ferocious clashes between the army, settlers and activists, which resulted... .....
Separation Barrier to sever Beit Iksa from its land | January 21, 2013
Beit Iksa has become one of the latest villages affected by Israel’s on going construction of the separation Wall. The village has been issued with notices ordering the confiscation of 456 dunams, on which the proposed section of the Wall will be built. Such a construction would completely surround the village, geographically cutting it off from... .....
Going back to Bab al-Shams | January 17, 2013
Three days after being evicted form the newly created Bab al-Shams village, Palestinians tried to return but were violently stopped by the Israeli army. On Sunday morning, 500 Israeli security forces converged on the newly erected tent village of Bab al Shams and forcibly evicted the over 100 Palestinian activists who were staying there.... .....
In photos: Bab al-Shams violently evicted | January 14, 2013
At around 2:30 am early on Sunday morning, 500 Israeli security forces converged on the newly erected tent village of Bab al Shams and forcibly evicted the over 100 Palestinian activists who were staying there. Erected on Thursday, January 10th, Bab al Shams is located in the E1 territory which the Israeli government plans on constructing new ..... .....
IDF displaces hundreds of Palestinians in the Jordan Valley | January 05, 2013
Hundreds of Palestinians have been displaced in the northern Jordan Valley during Israeli military exercises in the area. The inhabitants from the villages of Wadi Al-Maleh, Ein Hilwah, Wadi al-Faw, al-Maita, al-Bur and several other communities in the surrounding area received temporary evacuation orders.The orders stated that they must leave..... .....
Bil’in commemorates Jawaher Abu Rahmah’s death | January 05, 2013
A demonstration was held on Friday 4th January 2013 in Bil’in in commemoration of Jawaher Abu Rahmah. It was the second anniversary since she was killed during the village’s weekly protest against the Apartheid Wall. Jawaher Abu Rahmah suffered asphyxiation after inhaling a large amount of tear gas fired by Israeli soldiers..... .....
Al Mufaqara to rebuild mosque for the third time | January 01, 2013
On December 22nd residents of Al Mufaqara village in the South Hebron Hills began to clear the remains of their mosque in preparation for its rebuild, which was destroyed by the Israeli military on December 4th. This will be the third time the mosque will be rebuilt after its second demolition in two years... .....
A prosperous Christmas in Bethlehem | December 26, 2012
Thousands of tourists, pilgrims and locals lined the streets of Bethlehem and gathered in the city’s Manger Square on Christmas Eve. Reigned as the most popular tourist destination in the West Bank, the city is to host around 115,000 internationals over the Christmas period, according to the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities. .....
Firing Zone 918 – Khirbet Al-Fakhit | December 23, 2012
Several miles from road 317 into the expanse of the South Hebron hills lays Khirbet Al-Fakhit, a village presently under danger of demolition due to Israel’s declared firing zone. Only plausibly accessible by tractor or a rugged off-road vehicle, the village is home to approximately 200 people. These people live predominately in tents since... .....
Cut off from water and electricity, Abu Farda stands alone | December 19, 2012
Arab Abu Farda is a Bedouin village which for the past 60 years has received no basic amenities such as water and electricity, and little help from the outside community. It is situated South of Qalqiliya in what is known as the ‘seam zone’, which is the land between the green line and the Apartheid Wall. This land is classified as a closed... .....
Bukra Ahla: “Tomorrow is Better” | December 13, 2012
Last Wednesday the people of Jenin filed into Jenin cinema to watch the theatre’s second annual youth film festival entitled,”Bukra Ahla.” The festival was the culmination of the hard work of students from Jenin Creative Cultural Centre, the Ariad School and the University School of Academic Education, who, for a number of weeks had been attend... .....
Jenin refugee camp – not an easy place to grow up in | December 11, 2012
The Jenin refugee camp was established in 1953 on 0.42 square kilometers of land leased by the Jordanian government. The inhabitants mainly come from the Carmel region of Haifa. The camp’s residents still have close relationships with relatives on the other side of the Green Line due to the short distance between Jenin and what is now called ..... .....
Tent school in Arab Ar Ramadin under threat of demolition | December 11, 2012
The village school in the Bedouin village of Arab Ar Ramadin, which has recently been erected in the form of tents, has become under threat of demolition. Arab Ar Ramadin is located in an area designated by the IDF as a closed military zone. As a result of this they cannot obtain permission to construct any new structure within the village. .....
Anniversary of Mustafa Tamimi’s murder | December 10, 2012
On 9th December 2011, the second anniversary since the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh embarked on its popular resistance protests against the Israeli occupation in 2009, one village resident, Mustafa Tamimi, was shot in the face by a tear gas canister from a distance of less than 10 meters. One year later, Nabi Saleh is commemorating the death... .....
The fight for the land: Al Mufaqara’s mosque destroyed again | December 07, 2012
On Tuesday morning at 6.30 AM, Israeli soldiers closed the road leading to the small village of Al Mufaqara, situated in the South Hebron Hills, which lies within a proclaimed ‘firing Zone’ adjacent to the green line. By the end of the morning two bulldozers had demolished the small mosque, built with the villagers own hands and determination. .....
Palestine’s UN Bid Success: To what ends? | December 01, 2012
At midnight on Thursday a jubilant Palestine celebrated the overwhelming success of the United Nations General Assembly vote. In the centre of Ramallah, crowds of hopeful Palestinians gathered around a projection screen as the result of the vote was televised live from New York. In the end 138 member states voted in support of Palestine’s bid... .....
Rushdi Tamimi becomes second victim of Israeli army in Nabi Saleh | November 21, 2012
On Tuesday November 21st, the body of 31 year old Rushdi Tamimi was laid to rest in the small cemetery in his village of Nabi Saleh. Rushdi was among a group of protesters from his village who demonstrated on Saturday against the Israeli military incursion on Gaza. He was shot at three times, twice by rubber bullets and once by live.... .....
In Photos: Ramallah protesting in support of Gaza | November 18, 2012
On the third day of Israel’s latest incursion on Gaza, which Israeli officials call “Operation Pillar of Defense”, the number of martyrs rose as air strikes continued to pound the coastal enclave. Protests were called all over the West Bank cities. In Jenin the protesters headed towards the Jalama checkpoints, where Israeli occupation forces res.. .....
House Demolitions and Tear Gas in Hares | November 08, 2012
On November 7, approximately 50 Israeli soldiers overran the West Bank village of Hares yesterday near the illegal settlement of Ariel, clashing with residents and demolishing two houses. Israeli soldiers evicted the two families of Hamam Yousef and Omar Jaber who had recently built their houses despite not being able to acquire building permit .....
Jewish terrorism unit to protect Israelis | October 29, 2012
Ramallah – On Wednesday October 10, the Israeli government appointed a newly formed unit with the sole responsibility of dealing with “Jewish terrorism,” countering the attacks carried out by extremist settlers.The inauguration of the new unit was attended by senior Israeli officials and held in the “Binyamin District” of the West Bank in which... .....
Mukhmas: Let the harvest begin! | October 25, 2012
Olive trees are everywhere in the West Bank, dotting the semi-arid hills with swaths of green for as far as the eye can see. The resilient and weathered olive tree is symbolic of the Palestinian people. They too are resolute and connected to the soil, willing to weather whatever may come their way. This fall, like every other year, the annual olive .....
Local elections in the West Bank: the return of democracy? | October 22, 2012
On Saturday October 20th, Palestinians in the West Bank had the opportunity to elect new local councils for the first time since 2006.Preliminary results indicate that the main political party Fateh had much to give up during Saturday’s elections; Fateh only won 40% of the candidate seats, despite the non-participation of Hamas who boycotted the .. .....
The Freedom Bus Rides ends in style | October 08, 2012
On Monday, 1 October 2012, the Freedom Bus made its final stop in the old city of Beit Sahour, on the outskirts of Bethlehem. An initiative of the Jenin Freedom Theater the Freedom Bus spent the last week traveling throughout the West Bank, stopping in 11 different communities to preform their self-styled Playback Theater, a mechanism through .....
Taybeh Oktoberfest: “The flame of peace” | October 08, 2012
The annual Taybeh Oktoberfest is evidence of this. Since 2005 the Oktoberfest has been a recurring annual event that kicks off at the beginning of October, which draws thousands of people both locals and internationals to the little village of Taybeh, northwest of Ramallah, where they enjoy the locally brewed beer and celebrate life despite of the .....
Life in Nabi Saleh during Ramadan: part 3/3 | August 22, 2012
This is the third part of a series of three stories in photos about life in Nabi Saleh during Ramadan. Click here to see the first part and here to see the second part. Photos taken during Bassem Tamimi’s family last two iftars of this Ramadan and at the beginning of Eid al-Fitr, when all the men of the village gather at the central square... .....
As it has been the case for more than two years in Nabi Saleh, the weekly Friday demonstrations also took place during Ramadan. The villagers, accompanied by Israeli and foreign activists, protested against the expansion of the neighboring, and illegal according to the international law, Israeli settlement of Halamish and Israel’s occupation in .. .....
The atmosphere was friendly and festive in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, which holds weekly Friday protests against the Israeli occupation. Warm July evenings ushered in the end of the village’s summer camp for youth, just before the month of Ramadan began. Wearing shirts emblazoned with the face of Mustafa Tamimi, a local who was shot in... .....
Noor Aida: Cooking Classes as a Form of Empowerment | April 07, 2012
Noor Aida started off as a simple mother’s club but quickly evolved to an income generating empowerment project. It was understood at an early stage that stable financing was key to ensure that progress made at the mother’s club could be sustainable. .....
In Photos: “Welcome to Apartheid Street” — Hebron demonstration goes awry | September 18, 2011
Palestinian activists staged a symbolic name changing of Shuhada Street to “Apartheid Street” last week in Hebron. The action was organized by the group Youth Against Settlements to highlight conditions faced by residents of Hebron, where approximately 500 Israeli settlers occupy the town’s center under the protection of the Israeli military.... .....
In Photos: tortured Palestinian boy arrested for a second time in Nabi Saleh | September 15, 2011
Islam Tamimi received international media attention in August when the British newspaper the Independent described footage of his interrogation by the Israeli army. The report included descriptions of sleep deprivation and physical assault prior to his being forced to make statements against other villagers’ alleged involvement in protests. The .. .....
Young photographers in Nablus | August 25, 2011
These photos were taken around the city of Nablus by young Palestinians between the ages of 11 and 15, all participants in the Triple Exposure project at Tomorrow’s Youth Organization, Nablus. After some technical training, the participants were lent cameras for one week at a time, to take home and photograph their lives, surroundings, and ....... .....
Water resources in Masafer-Yatta, the South Hebron Hills | July 19, 2011
Starting on Friday 1 July, I stayed for one week in at-Tuwani (ﺍﻟﻃﻮﺍﻧﻲ ﺍﻟتوانة), the small Palestinian village about 9 miles to the south of Hebron in the area known as Masafer-Yatta or the South Hebron Hills. At-Tuwani is in Area C under full Israeli control[1], and around 350 people live in the village. Israeli settlement of Ma’on and the..... .....
In Photos: Bil’in marches to celebrate the removal of the wall | June 27, 2011
Eight people injured, including one French activist, and dozens of cases of asphyxia marked the march of Bil’in, which celebrated the beginning of the dismantling of the Apartheid Wall in Bil’in. Iyas Abu Rahmah documents the historic day in photos. .....
Naksa in photos | June 06, 2011
Lazar Simeonov captured these stills at the 2011 Naksa protest at Qalandiya, the checkpoint between Ramallah and Jerusalem. .....
Protesters: Ras Al A’moud not Maale Zetim | May 26, 2011
According to Ir-Amim, Maale Zetim was built on land originally registered by the Jordanian government to Palestinians. But settlers occupied the land and, despite slight curbs set up by then-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in 2008 they were given the “green light” to expand rapidly. Now, Maale Zetim has been approved for an expansion,..... .....
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Negative results (no transformants)
By Rosie Redfield on Wednesday, April 29, 2009
The results of my big transformation experiment are clear but not what I had hoped.
There's no evidence of transformation of either strain by any of the markers. As expected, the C600 strain produced Lac+ revertants (frequency 10^5 - 10^6) and Leu+ revertants (frequency 10^6 - 10^7). I know these are revertants because the control cells (no DNA or no sxy insert or no inducer) produced just as many Lac+ and Leu+ colonies as the cells given DNA, sxy and inducer. The thr-1 mutation didn't revert detectably (frequency <10^8) style="font-style: italic;">lacZ gene.
I know the plates used for the selection were OK because the donor strain (w3110) grows fine on all of them but the recipients don't. This also confirms that the donor strain carries the expected wildtype alleles of lac, leu and thr.
So what next? First the RA and I need to discuss her latest results checking out the crp::kan marker she's been using for her (apparently successful) transformations. Then I'll probably do another set of transformations and controls, this time with that marker.
Waiting for the colonies to grow
By Rosie Redfield on Monday, April 27, 2009
OK, I did my assigned E. coli transformation experiment, though it took a couple of days. I did find out that cells with the sxy plasmid grow just as well as those with the no-insert plasmid, at least in the absence of the inducer IPTG. I still need to have someone show me how to use the nano-drop DNA-concentration spec, and before using it I need to further clean up my DNA prep to get rid of the RNA. (I know there's RNA in it because I estimated its concentration and quality (fragment length) by running it in a gel.)
When I was in grad school we always added tetrazolium tetrachloride to our minimal plates because it makes the colonies red and easy to see. I couldn't find any instructions for using it in minimal plates but I found old (Lederberg-old) instructions for using it in nutrient agar, so I used that concentration.
Now I just need to wait for the colonies to grow. That will be slow because they're on minimal agar, so they probably won't be countable until tomorrow. I can spend the intervening time helping grade my last exam question and entering the numbers into my spreadsheet, and then doing the Excel-wrangling to get the final grades for my ~400 freshman biology students.
Experiment plans
By Rosie Redfield on Friday, April 24, 2009
OK, my assignment (from the RA) is to test transformation of E. coli with nutritional markers rather that the crp::kan cassette she's used so far.
The first step is to inoculate strain W3110 into, say, 10 ml of LB broth and grow it overnight, and then tomorrow morning do a DNA prep. This will be the donor DNA for my transformations.
I'll be transforming two strains, C600 and BW25113. C600 is a work-horse strain from my grad-school days; genetically it is lacY (it can't take up lactose), thi (it needs the vitamin thiamine in its medium), and thr leu (needs the amino acids threonine and leucine in its medium). Its full genotype is F- tonA21 thi-1 thr-1 leuB6 lacY1 glnV44 rfbC1 fhuA1 λ-. F- and λ- means it differs from the ancestral K-12 strain in lacking the conjugative plasmid F and the lambda prophage. The tonA21 mutation removes a protein used as a receptor by phage T1, the glnV44 mutation (also called supE44) changes a glutamine tRNA gene so it inserts its glutamines at what would be UAG stop codons, rfbC catalyzes a step in synthesis of the outer-membrane sugar rhamnose, and fhuA helps cells take up ferrichrome (an iron-scavenging siderophore). I've listed all these because I want to make sure I've thought about all the factors that might confound my experiments - I see none here.
The other strain, BW25113, comes from Barry Wanner by way of the fantastic Keio group in Japan who have generated many of the E. coli clones and cassette mutants we've used. Its full genotype is F- ∆(araD-araB)567, ∆lacZ4787(::rrnB-3), lambda-, rph-1, ∆(rhaD-rhaB)568, hsdR514. So it has deletions of the araBAD operon (can't use arabinose) and the rhaBAD operon (can't take up rhamnose). rph-1 helps processing of tRNAs, and hsdR is a restriction nuclease that cuts DNA lacking a specific methylation.
I'm only interested in the lacZ mutation; this is an insertion of 4 rrnB terminators that block transcription of the lac operon. I'd better check for an associated deletion, and for the size of the insertion, as these factors may influence the efficiency of recombination. Well, after quite a lot of searching I've come up with not much. This allele has an unspecified deletion and an insertion of 3 (or 4) copies of the rrnB transcriptional terminator in the lacZ promoter. I've emailed Barry Wanner asking for more details that would let me estimate the length of the heterology between this allele and a wildtype allele. (Prompt reply! The heterology is about 1 kb.)
What controls will I want to do? No DNA, to confirm that I'm seeing transformants and not new mutants. Cells without the inducing sxy gene (with a no-insert version of the plasmid). Cells with the sxy plasmid but without IPTG induction.
What will I select for? In BW25113 I can only select for Lac+, so I'll need minimal plates with lactose as well as minimal plates with glucose. BW25113 doesn't need any supplements. In C600 I can select for Lac+ by providing lactose as the only sugar, but the plates need to be supplemented with thiamine, threonine and leucine. I can also select for Thr+ and for Leu+ by not adding these amino acids to the medium.
So I'll need stocks of glucose and lactose (20%, I think - it's been a very long time since I did simple genetics in E. coli) and of threonine and leucine (10 mg/ml is standard for amino acids, I think). Thiamine I might as well put into all the agar. And minimal salts, and autoclaved agar.
Because I'll be growing up cells with both the inducing plasmid and a no-insert plasmid, I can also follow their growth in enough detail to see whether the insert slows growth.
No real results yet
The first experiment didn't produce much in the way of results. Mostly because of a strain-name mixup that had me trying to transform kanamycin-resistant cells with a kanamycin-resistance marker... (certainly not the first time I've made that kind of mistake). The other transformations gave somewhat-unexpected results, but I hadn't done the proper controls for them so it's all still inconclusive.
I'm going to switch to transformations with simple nutritional markers (sugar use, amino acid requirements), but I'll need to first make some DNA from the donor cells (W3110), and then make lots of minimal plates with glucose or other sugars. I think I can just spread the required amino acids on the plates as needed, rather than pouring plates with particular amino acids in the agar.
But first I have to deal with the problem of too many freshman biology exams to grade and too few graders to do the grading. Then some Excel-wrangling, then I'm done with teaching for a long time.
Today's experiment
By Rosie Redfield on Sunday, April 19, 2009
Today I'm planning to do the first of what I hope will be a long series of natural transformation experiments in E. coli. The research associate has already done a number of these, but I didn't trust her positive results because they happened in the supposedly recA- strain DH5alpha as well as in another recA+ strain. But now I've found that our DH5alpha stocks have the UV-sensitivity typical of recA+ strains I'm more optimistic that the transformations really are working.
What strains will I test? The two strains that she has previously tested, plus a control strain that doesn't carry the plasmid we use to induce the chromosomal competence genes. (I could not bother with the DH5alpha strain, but I think its unexpected phenotype may provide useful information.)
What DNA will I use? The RA has made a stock of DNA from a strain carrying a kanamycin-resistance insertion in the crp gene. She uses it at 2 micrograms/ml. She's now making a better strain whose DNA we'll use for future experiments; it carries this insertion and easily-selectable wild-type alleles of other genes.
How will I prepare the cells? I've grown the two plasmid-carrying cultures overnight from single colonies (over two nights really as I inoculated them on Friday night). I'll dilute these 1/100 in LB and grow them to OD=0.2 The other strain I'll need to inoculate directly from a single colony this morning. When the cells are at OD=0.2 I'll add IPTG and then the DNA. After 2 hours I'll plate the cells with and without kanamycin. I'll use a wide range of dilutions on the kanamycin plates, because the RA has found 'bald-spot' problems when dense cultures are plated directly. I'll include a negative control with no DNA, and another with DNaseI added at the same time as the DNA.
What do I need to do to prepare? Pour lots of LB plates, especially kanamycin ones.
Results of UV-sensitivity tests
My tests of UV sensitivity have found something odd about strain DH5alpha. I know it's supposed to be recA1, but both our standard lab strain and an independent DH5alpha derivative obtained from a European lab are no more UV-sensitive than the Rec+ strains we've tested (W3110, C600, BW25113), and much more UV-resistant than our NM554 strain (recA13).
This suggests that our DH5alpha strains are not really RecA-. That would be consistent with the RA's results in her transformation assays, but it seems unlikely that both our stocks are not what they're supposed to be.
Another weird result is that when DH5alpha is carrying a low-copy sxy expression plasmid it becomes as UV-sensitive as NM554. But the UV-sensitivity of the Rec+ strain BW25113 isn't altered by the same plasmid. (sxy expression in these cells wasn't induced with IPTG, but that may not matter because DH5alpha is deleted for lacZYA and maybe also lacI.)
I guess I should check other components of the genotype of our DH5 alpha strains before I start emailing the RecA experts for advice. It's supposed to be F-, φ80dlacZΔM15, Δ(lacZYA-argF) U169, deoR, recA1, endA1, hsdR17(rk-, mk+), phoA, supE44, λ-, thi-1, gyrA96, relA1. Easy to check for Lac- (the RA just made some MacConkey plates), but many E. coli strains are Lac- so that's not very diagnostic. Hmmm....
What I love about doing E. coli genetics
By Rosie Redfield on Thursday, April 16, 2009
Sometimes you can do one simple experiment in the morning, check the plates late that afternoon, and do a follow-up experiment before you go home!
Photo documentation
This is an iphone snap of my test plate after overnight incubation. The first and third streaks are a recA+ control strain and the second and fourth are of a known recA- strain. Because I was working at an odd angle, the green lines I drew to guide the exposures aren't lined up with the actual exposures. The recA+ cells grew fine after 5 seconds of UV, and gave a few colonies even after 1 minute (probably cells that were shielded in some way from the UV). The recA- cells grew fine when they were not exposed to any UV, but didn't grow at all even after only 5 seconds UV.
So today I've streaked all the cells I want to test, each on at least 2 different plates. I also reduced the UV dose. Yesterday I used a high dose range (5, 15, 30 and 60 seconds) to make sure I had a dose that would kill the recA- cells; today I used 2, 5 10 and 15 seconds.
Doing an experiment at last!
Only a tiny experiment, but it's a start. I need to test some E. coli strains to find out whether or not they have recA mutations. Because RecA regulates DNA repair, the easy phenotypic test is UV sensitivity.
Here's a diagram of how it's done. First find a piece of cardboard and a short-wavelength UV lamp (I use the handheld one we sometimes use to look at DNA in gels). Lightly streak each strain you want to test onto an agar plate, as shows in the Before picture, being sure to include both recA+ and recA- controls. Then expose different parts of the streaks to the UV, using the piece of cardboard to shield the rest as shown in the middle picture. (Be sure to take the lid off the petri dish because the plastic is UV-opaque.) Then incubate the plate overnight. If your UV dose is appropriate, you'll see the growth shown in the After picture.
This is very quick and easy, but it's not foolproof. If the UV dose is too high none of the strains will grow in any of the exposed areas, and if it's too low all the strains will grow everywhere. If you make the mistake of streaking the cells too thickly the cells on top will shield the cells underneath them and all the strains will grow everywhere. Because this is the first time I've done this with E. coli since I was in grad school, I'll need to try several different combinations of lamp distances and exposure times.
What's done, what's not
OK, now I guess I'd better go through these parts of the UV-variation manuscript, figuring out what's done and what still needs to be done:
Analysis of the true consensus and variation in uptake sequence motifs in all the bacterial genomes that have uptake sequences (= the family Pasteurellaceae (USS) and the genus Neisseria (DUS)).
I've done whole-genome Gibbs analyses and logos for all the species with uptake sequences. (Hang on, better check that no new ones have appeared since I did this.) Good thing I did; they've finished the Haemophilus parasuis genome. A quick count of canonical USSs (MS-Word bioinformatics) finds only 99 Hin-type USS cores (AAGTGCGGT and reverse) and 450 Apl-type (ACAAGCGGT and reverse). The genome has only 12 of a predicted novel USS core GAGTTCGGT), nicely confirming our prediction that another group's assignment of this as the H. parasuis uptake sequence was an error (Redfield et al. 2006). Now I need to remember how to do the Gibbs analysis and do it on this new genome.
Analysis of variation in DUS and USS motifs across different location categories (orientation wrt replication, in coding sequences, in non-coding sequences, in terminator positions).
We're only describing this for N. meningitidis and H. influenzae. The H. influenzae work is all done, but I still need to do at least some of the N. meningitidis analysis. My notes say I haven't done the direction-of-replication analysis but I think I have - maybe I didn't finish it up.
Analysis of covariation between the different positions of the DUS and USS uptake sequence motifs (e.g. does having a particular base at one position correlate with having a particular base at another position).
I've done this for both N. meningitidis and H. influenzae, and prepared the figure.
Additional experimental data on how variation in uptake sequence affects uptake by H. influenzae. (This will just be a paragraph as it only modestly enriches a previously published dataset.)
Done, figure prepared.
Development of a computer-simulation model of uptake sequence evolution, and use of it to investigate the roles of key factors in maintaining uptake sequences in the non-coding parts of genomes.
Now this is the biggie. The model is all developed, and we've done a lot of work with it. But I need to remind myself of what we'd found (my recollections are all muddled withthe confusing interim results and changes we made to the model). Luckily, before the former post-doc left she put together a good summary of where things stood, so my first task is to use that to restore my brain to its previous understanding.
The Perl-model manuscript (and the data) still need lots of work
By Rosie Redfield on Saturday, April 11, 2009
I guess it's not surprising that I'd overestimated how close to completion the work is for the manuscript that, among other things, describes results from our computer simulation (Perl) model of uptake sequence evolution . As it's the only uptake sequence manuscript we still have under way, I think I'll start by giving it a simpler title. But first I'd better summarize what it now contains.
Analysis of variation in DUS and USS motifs across different location categories (in coding sequences, in non-coding sequences, in terminator positions).
In its present incarnation the manuscript is titled Evolution of DNA uptake sequences under molecular drive, but that title really only refers to the simulation model part. The real title should probably include the word 'variation', because that's what's been missing from previous work. For now, in this blog, I think I'll refer to it as the US-variation manuscript. (I reserve the right to come back and change the previous sentence if I find a better name.)
Excavated documents
Well, the big pile of documents has been excavated and the results are i) a few minor contributions to the recycling bin; ii) a smaller pile of printouts of articles; and iii) a similar pile of assorted research notes and records. Not the Perl-model manuscript drafts and notes I was looking for - they turned out to have been neatly filed in the file box labeled "Manuscripts in progress", which sits on a shelf right next to the file box labeled "Manuscripts failing to progress".
I now remember that the stuff in the pile on the floor was there for a reason. It's all sources of important ideas that I keep forgetting about - either papers I've read that tell me things I really want to remember, or notes from previous research that should someday be followed up on. Filing them would have almost the same effect as just throwing them out. This way I periodically go through the pile hoping to tidy it away but instead discovering that I need to keep these things where I'll see them now and then.
So what did I find? (Maybe if I blog about them I can decide how to use some of them?) Starting from the top of the research notes pile:
The table of contents of part of a former tech's lab notebook, indexing the DNA uptake experiments she had done.
A table listing the H. influenzae strains in a 'tiling-path' collection that a colleague had given us, with a map of the large-insert plasmid they're in. These are cloned in E. coli, and I think I was planning to use them to test whether H. influenzae competence genes work in E. coli (maybe make E. coli competent). I should mention these to the RA when we sit down on Tuesday to discuss the E. coli transformation experiments.
The abstract of a paper reporting that RadC (competence-induced in S. pneumoniae, H. influenzae and E. coli) does not contribute to transformation or DNA repair in S. pneumoniae. This belongs in the pile of articles, next to one showing that RadC contributes to replication-fork stabilization (highly relevant to our ideas about what else the 'competence' regulons control).
A very old (c. 1992?) folder containing restriction maps of some plasmids we made with the H. influenzae cya gene. I think these could be filed away.
A table summarizing 'Next-Generation Sequencing Informatics', printed four months ago and probably already out of date. But highly relevant to the new post-doc's research and our planned NIH proposal.
A list of the research questions we hoped to answer by microarray analysis of H. influenzae gene expression (also c. 1992). We've certainly answered most of these, but perhaps not all. Certainly I can't remember the answers to some.
An unpublished summary of research some colleagues did into the distribution of transformability in H. influenzae strains. I think it was presented as a poster about 4 years ago. They sent us the strains, and a former post-doc included some of them in her more detailed analysis of the distrobtuion of competence and transformability (now in press in Evolution).
Notes from my analysis of PTS genes in Pasteurellaceae, particularly the glucose and fructose transporters. Of interest because the PTS regulates cAMP which regulates competence, and the H. influenzae PTS has only the fructose transporter.
The reviewers' comments on a manuscript that the former post-doc is revising.
A page of notes from last summer (or the summer before last) when I was planning to test conditions that might induce E. coli sxy by assaying for expression of two lacZ fusions (to comA and ppdA). I did this and saw no induction.
That's enough for today, even though it's only about 10% of the pile.
One manuscript accepted, another resubmitted
Our manuscript on the coevolution of uptake sequences and bacterial proteomes has been accepted for the inaugural issue of Genome Biology and Evolution. This is the one that's been ten years in the making!
And our manuscript on the CRP-S regulon of E. coli has been resubmitted. It was rightfully trashed by the editors in its previous incarnation (mostly for claiming what it didn't deliver), but now we think it's very good.
And classes are over! Still lots of teaching stuff to deal with - I have 24 term papers discussing whether intelligent design is a scientific alternative to natural selection, and a final exam to compose - but I've started excavating the stack of research-related paper on my office floor. Today I expect to reach the layer of drafts and data for our Perl-model of uptake sequence evolution. As I recall, much of the draft manuscript is already written, and only bit more simulation data is needed.
And maybe by Monday I can get into the lab...
NIH programs
By Rosie Redfield on Tuesday, April 07, 2009
I spoke yesterday with the Program Director for the NIH Evolution of Infectious Diseases program. She suggested that the analysis we're planning might fit better in a different program, Prokaryotic Cell Growth, Differentiation and Adaptation.
She gave me contact information for the director, so one of today's tasks is to compose an email that introduces the research I want to propose and asks when would be a good time to call him and discuss it.
CMYK - the saga continues
I found a grad student in the lab next door who's a graphics whiz, and she converted my PowerPoint files to CMYK for me. But I forgot about the need for 300dpi resolution and for reducing the size to approximately that of the final printed image, so the CMYK versions are both about twice as big as they should be and much too low in resolution (72 dpi, says the digital image analyzer thoughtfully recommended by the journal).
Unfortunately the size discrepancy isn't large enough compensate for the resolution discrepancy. So I've sent the PowerPoint file and jpgs and tiffs derived from it to my collaborator, hoping she can do the conversion we need. She's sent me the other information I need for the final revisions, so maybe we can still get it all submitted before Monday.
Tne Sxy in E. coli manuscript
About 2 weeks ago (maybe even longer) the RA gave me what was supposed to be the final version of our manuscript about what Sxy does in E. coli. She and the former post-doc had laboured over the revisions (we had convinced the editor to treat it as a 'revise and resubmit' rather than an absolute never-darken-our-door-again rejection), and I was just supposed to suggest a few minor improvements in the writing.
Instead I found lots of problems, so she and I have spent much of the last 10 days revising and re-polishing the sentences, and changing parts of the text, and completely replacing the Discussion, and making the figures clearer. Finally we have a version to send to the former post-doc for final approval. We think it's now quite good, and we certainly don't want to d any more writing, so he's been strictly warned that he's not allowed to make any substantive changes to the text, except maybe to the Discussion, which still needs a final paragraph.
Here's hoping we can submit this one on Monday.
CMYK!
The uptake sequences vs proteomes manuscript is almost ready for resubmission. The bioinformatics author is just checking whether she can do any statistical analysis for one simple graph, and I'm trying to prepare the figure files for submission.
Unfortunately the journal wants the files in CMYK format, but we made the figures with PowerPoint, which doesn't do CMYK. I spent much of yesterday evening looking for a way to convert them that didn't involve PhotoShop. I don't want to buy PhotoShop because it's far too sophisticated and complex for our needs, and it's very expensive.
So first I Googled the problem, but didn't find any easy free solutions. Then I tried my test version of the program Acorn, which costs less than 10% of what Photoshop costs but claims to do most of the same things, only easier. But Acorn can't convert files to CMYK. Then I Googled some more, and found that Macs come with a utility application called ColorSync that claims to do this. So I spent quite a while figuring out how, and doing it, only to discover that the CMYK files became their negatives every time they were saved. Everything goes black except the text, which goes white. The colours don't exactly go black, but they become very dark.
So then I emailed the former post-doc who had mastered these file conversions, and he said he'd had the same problem with ColorSync, but had done CMYK conversions using an old copy of Photoshop on one of our computers. I found our old copy of Photoshop Elements on that computer (it came free with a scanner), but it refused to open. The RA said she has Photoshop (no, wait, it's on the home computer), and that it's also on another old computer. That was again Photoshop Elements, and it did open. But when I tried to use it on my files, there was no CMYK option, and further Googling revealed that Photoshop Elements doesn't support CMYK at all.
I'd really like to get this done today, because the journal wants the resubmission by today so they can include it in their inaugural issue. So I think I'll ask around to see if someone else has a copy of Photoshop I can use for a little while.
Should I go to the SMBE meeting?
I've been debating whether to attend the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution meeting in June. It's in the same place (University of Iowa) as and right after a meeting I will attend (John Logsdon's Evolution of Sex and Recombination), so practically it would be easy and I'm paying the airfare anyway. But I'm also going to the American Society for Microbiology meeting in May (Philadelphia), and because I'm combining this with a visit to family in Florida I'll be home for only 2 days between this and the Iowa trip. So I'll be pretty burned out from meetings and traveling by that point.
I've never been to Iowa, so few days there sounds interesting, but a week in a small college town surrounded by cornfields? I suppose I could get a lot of work done. Dates: Fly in May 31, Sex meeting May 31-June 3, SMBE June 3-June 7, fly home Sunday June 7.
Also, registration for the SMBE meeting is $450. But accommodations are cheap, especially if I stay at the Motel 6 ($36/night). But staying there would require renting a car, which would be fine if I wanted to do a lot of sightseeing, but I don't think there are many sights to see (though I'd like to drive over and look at the Mississippi). I could stay on campus for about $75/night, which is still far cheaper than what I'm paying for my ASM accommodation.
On the other hand, I just got an email announcement that the SMBE meeting will include a symposium on the impact of next-generation sequencing methods for evolution. As the CIHR and NIH proposals I'm planning will include massive sequencing, this sounds like something I should attend. And other symposia look excellent too.
I need to decide by April 5 to get the early registration discounted fee - otherwise I'd pay $50 more.
Starting to plan proposals
I'm planning to write two grant proposals this summer, to the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR) and the US National Institutes of Health (NIH). They'll be on similar topics, aspects of how H. influenzae and E. coli take up DNA. NIH has way more money to give out, so I'll be asking them to support the really expensive work involving massive amounts of DNA sequencing.
The first (practical) issue is when grant proposals are due. CIHR proposals are due Sept. 15, and NIH proposals Oct. 5. (Both actually have to be in the hands of the UBC research administration a few days before, because the streamlined electronic submission process takes a lot longer than the old paper submissions, which just had to be in the hands of the courier by midnight on the due date.)
These dates work out well, because I won't have to tell CIHR all the details about the megabucks we're asking NIH for (you have to include with your application a copy of the summary page of any related proposals you have submitted), but can just casually mention that we plan in the future to apply to NIH for sequencing money to address related questions. This is good because Canadian grant panels aren't always comfortable with giving their limited funds to people who have lots from other sources. They also may not be happy if they see that you have already applied elsewhere for funds to do overlapping work. But NIH doesn't mind (see my previous post), so having already applied to CIHR won't faze them.
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Tag: Sonic Mania
Pub: Sega | Dev: Sonic Team | June 1991
It took 11 ½ years but it’s finally here: my very first Sega Genesis review on RVGFanatic. Now as readers know, I love the Super Nintendo and my site is mostly dedicated to the almighty SNES. But I also love(d) the Genesis. I grew up with one and it gave me many fond memories. I’ve been meaning to reminisce about certain Genesis games ever since the inception of RVGFanatic back in 2007, but it just never happened for one reason or another. Until now. Inspiration struck when earlier today my pre-ordered copy of Sonic Mania Plus arrived in the mail. It brought back a wave of nostalgia. I can’t think of a better time to look back on Sonic the Hedgehog than right here, right now.
27 years later and the blue hedgehog is still going strong
So freakin’ GLORIOUS
Sega’s lovable mascot made a huge splash when it landed in the summer of 1991 and made the Sega Genesis system an absolute MUST BUY. Sonic was Sega’s answer to Nintendo’s Mario and kickstarted the whole “mascot with a ‘tude” era of the early-mid 1990s. Sonic would become a pop culture icon and his various games over the years have left an indelible mark in the minds and hearts of many. I still vividly remember my uncle buying a Genesis along with Sonic the Hedgehog for me and my brother in the summer of ’91. Our friends were proud Genesis owners in 1989 and 1990 so we got to play the system plenty, but it wasn’t until we saw Sonic the Hedgehog that we knew it was time to make the jump. You can ask any gamer from that generation and they too would have a Sonic the Hedgehog story to tell you. It’s one of those rare special games that everyone sort of remembers where they were the first time they saw it.
A STROLL DOWN MEMORY LANE
Who could ever forget the classic first stage of the first game? Green Hill Zone was the perfect introductory stage with its lush greenery and ridiculously catchy music. The theme conveys a sense of adventure, energy and heroism all at once. The music in this game is amazing and just hearing a second of it instantly transports me back to the summer of 1991 playing Sonic the Hedgehog in my living room with my brother and our friends.
BLAST PROCESSING, BABY! Sega’s infamous pitch to sell the game might have been hyperbole, but Sonic was certainly quite the speedster. The rings serve as your health. Whenever Sonic is hit, his rings go flying. When he’s hit with 0 rings, it’s Game Over. I remember thinking it was a pretty cool and clever idea!
Bopping off one baddie and hitting another before you landed not only looked and felt great, but it multiplied your points too.
Power-ups such as temporary invincibility and the shield are part of Sonic lore. The sound effect of the shield enveloping Sonic is embedded in my mind still to this day. BONG!
Make sure to hit that lollipop marker (as us kids liked to call it once upon a time). And watch out for those rotating thorns!
Ah, the classic loop the loop. I can’t think of Sonic without thinking about them. The two go hand in hand like Godzilla and Japan!
Mario has Bowser. The aforementioned Godzilla has King Ghidorah. Sonic has Dr. Robotnik. Always fun beating his fat ass
True story: when I was a kid I thought Marble Zone was sort of a homage to the first stage of Altered Beast (the game that launched with the Genesis back in the late ’80s). Ah, the innocence of being 8 years old!
“WISE FROM YOUR GRAVE!”
Love the way the fire trails you and love the sound it makes. Just classic stuff from Sega.
Remember bypassing each one of these one at a time and waiting patiently for those Zordon glass containers to lift? You know you do.
Goddamn it, it really does look like it, no?
I love the sound the chain makes when it ascends.
Marble Zone Act 2 brings the lava action. The visual of the rising lava is SEARED in my brain, pardon the pun.
Spring Yard Zone is another memorable level. Who could ever forget bouncing Sonic off the bumper balls like a pinball?
Love the city at night in the backdrop
BLAST PROCESSING!
WHOA! Speed kills, indeed
Plenty of hidden areas to be found
Ah, lollipop marker… my old friend
Battle Dr. Robotnik at the end of each world, with his gimmick shifting for each fight. I remember thinking as a kid how dope that was. It gave me a sense that I was really beating him at every turn rather than what most platformers do instead (i.e. the big bad sending his cronies to deal with you in the levels prior to the final showdown). Obviously Sonic the Hedgehog drew some influences from the Mario games but it’s also obvious that Sega threw their own spin on it (pun intended, not intended) and made it their own.
Alright, raise your hand if Labyrinth Zone terrorized you as a kid. Looking back, it’s really not that hard a stage but I guess at the time it was my youthful inexperience and anxiety that got the worst of me. It’s because of this and the water dam level from NES Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles that made me weary of playing any stages featuring water.
NO DONNIE! IT’S NOT OK!
Wait for the big bubble to give Sonic a respite. This used to induce mini panic attacks on me when I was 8! Especially when that damn frenetic music would kick in with the 5 second countdown to alert you that poor Sonic is on the verge of drowning!
It’s OK, buddy. There’s a Groupon on group therapy we can redeem.
Ah, away from water at last
Kicking and screaming back in the water
On my very short list of disappointments with this game, Star Light Zone is definitely one of them. Based on the name of the stage, my 8 year old self imagined a grandiose world littered by hundreds of multi-colored and different sized stars (including exaggeratedly enormous ones). Sadly the actual stars are just normal, rendering the overall effect forgettable. The world is not a fraction as colorful as I expected a “Star Light Zone” to be. Although Star Light Zone features some pretty cool ideas such as the fans and teeter totters, it felt like Sonic Team dropped the proverbial ball as it relates to appearance and atmosphere.
In fact, my mind often switches Spring Yard Zone and Star Light Zone, as a sign of my inner desire for Star Light Zone to be brighter and bigger than what it is.
The oddly titled (and looking) Scrap Brain Zone doesn’t mess around. Industrial in its look and design, it features the game’s trickiest platforming and even includes some underwater sections to navigate through.
Personally, I didn’t care too much for the aesthetics of Scrap Brain Zone. It’s not one of those memorable final worlds that spring to mind when I think of such things. It’s rather mechanical (in spirit), which granted makes a ton of sense because it is Dr. Robotnik’s lair, but still. It feels a little too lifeless and definitely ranks toward the bottom of my least favorite zones in this game, along with the aforementioned disappointing Star Light Zone.
Thankfully, the final fight with Dr. Robotnik is highly memorable and something that has stuck with me throughout the ages. It’s simply classic and fun to play. After a small speed bump, Sonic the Hedgehog definitely ends on a high note.
If you beat a stage with 50 or more rings and manage to jump into the big golden ring at level’s end, then you’ll be transported here. It’s a crazy dream-like psychedelic experience. Do your best to avoid the red dots of death and make your way to the middle to claim your Chaos Emerald. This bonus round blew our minds back in 1991. It was at once soothing and chaotic — the perfect balance.
SONIC MEMORIES
Back in the day my family was friends with four other families. Our parents were best friends with the other parents and the kids, ranging from birth dates of 1978-1986, were much the same. Together, we were a force to be reckoned with. Our epic sleepovers during the late ’80s to mid ’90s is the stuff legends are made of, filled with countless coming-of-age adventures and of course, video games galore. I remember many of those happy Saturday nights fondly, but there was one innocent Saturday night in the summer of ’91 that stood out in particular. We booted up Sonic the Hedgehog and Tommy had the controller. Randomly, he pressed Up, Down, Left, Right, A + START at the title menu. Next thing we knew, a level select cheat menu popped up!
We all lost our minds the second this happened
You have to understand something. This was 1991. Way before the internet, way before YouTube, way before GameFAQs. You couldn’t just go online to Google cheat codes, oh no. You either found out by reading the cheat section in a gaming magazine or discovering it yourself through sheer dumb luck. For Tommy, it was the latter. Or at least, that’s what he told us. At any rate, cracking the code back then was bigger than big. Unlocking a video game secret is a moment that instantly becomes etched in the annals of time. Tommy from that point on forever adopted a near mythical aura within our gaming group. It’s one of my favorite game memories because it encapsulates the innocence of the early ’90s and also what made our Gaming Crew so damn special and magical.
Uncle Jimmy: the man, the myth, the legend
My other favorite Sonic the Hedgehog memory involves my Uncle Jimmy. He lived with us as we were growing up. My brother and I absolutely adored him. Whether he was weaving spooky ghost stories on a warm summer night, or whether he was playing Contra and other NES classics with us, Uncle Jimmy was an important part of my childhood. He was also the one who bought us a Sega Genesis in 1991 along with Sonic the Hedgehog.
Sadly, by ’91 Uncle Jimmy by and large lost interest in playing video games. However, I’ll never forget coming home from school one day and upon opening my door hearing that classic Sonic the Hedgehog music. I had just started 3rd grade so it was probably September. My brother wasn’t home yet and my mom sure as hell wasn’t playing Sonic… so who was? I turned the corner after taking off my shoes and sure enough, there he was sitting on the couch grinning like a boy who had just seen Santa. I’ll never forget that image. He was on the lava stage, Sonic was teetering on the block and Uncle Jimmy was swaying along with Sonic before he caught me watching him. He gave me a thumbs up and it became a moment frozen in time. It was also the last time I can recall Uncle Jimmy playing a video game. It was Uncle Jimmy’s last hurrah.
Sonic the Hedgehog may not be the best game in the series but it introduced the world to an iconic character who transcended video gaming itself. It laid the foundation for what was to come. It also spawned countless similar platformers starring animals with attitude. Some examples include Awesome Possum, Bubsy and Rocky Rodent. It was a sign of the times, for sure. But no one ever did it better than Sonic. Sorry, Crash! Sonic the Hedgehog is a personal favorite of mine. Some of the sequels may well be better, but similar to Donkey Kong Country, the original will forever hold a special place in my gaming heart. With today seeing the release of Sonic Mania Plus, and with a movie set to launch on November 15, 2019 (with Jim Carrey playing Dr. Robotnik), Sonic is alive and well. He has stood the test of time whereas many other attempted mascots have miserably failed. It’s nice to pause and look back on where it all started. Sonic the Hedgehog, I salute thee. Thanks for all the memories.
Posted on July 17, 2018 July 24, 2018 Categories Misc. ReviewsTags Dr. Robotnik, Genesis review, Jim Carrey, Sega Genesis, Sega Mega Drive, Sonic Mania, Sonic the HedgehogLeave a comment
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Paraguay Population: 6,862,812
Paraguay achieved its independence from Spain in 1811. In the disastrous War of the Triple Alliance (1865-70) - between Paraguay and Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay - Paraguay lost two-thirds of its adult males and much of its territory. The country stagnated economically for the next half century. Following the Chaco War of 1932-35 with Bolivia, Paraguay gained a large part of the Chaco lowland region. The 35-year military dictatorship of Alfredo STROESSNER ended in 1989, and, despite a marked increase in political infighting in recent years, Paraguay has held relatively free and regular presidential elections since the country's return to democracy.
Landlocked; lies between Argentina, Bolivia, and Brazil; population concentrated in southern part of country
Location: Central South America, northeast of Argentina, southwest of Brazil
Geographic coordinates: 23 00 S, 58 00 W
Size comparison: slightly smaller than California
Land Boundaries: total: 4,655 km border countries (3): Argentina 2,531 km, Bolivia 753 km, Brazil 1,371 km
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Climate: subtropical to temperate; substantial rainfall in the eastern portions, becoming semiarid in the far west
Terrain: grassy plains and wooded hills east of Rio Paraguay; Gran Chaco region west of Rio Paraguay mostly low, marshy plain near the river, and dry forest and thorny scrub elsewhere
Natural resources: hydropower, timber, iron ore, manganese, limestone
Land use: agricultural land: 53.8% arable land 10.8%; permanent crops 0.2%; permanent pasture 42.8% forest: 43.8%
other: 2.4% (2011 est.)
Natural hazards: local flooding in southeast (early September to June); poorly drained plains may become boggy (early October to June)
Current Environment Issues: deforestation; water pollution; inadequate means for waste disposal pose health risks for many urban residents; loss of wetlands
International Environment Agreements: party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands
Nationality: noun: Paraguayan(s)
adjective: Paraguayan
Ethnic groups: mestizo (mixed Spanish and Amerindian) 95%, other 5%
Languages: Spanish (official), Guarani (official)
Religions: Roman Catholic 89.6%, Protestant 6.2%, other Christian 1.1%, other or unspecified 1.9%, none 1.1% (2002 census)
Population: 6,862,812 (July 2016 est.)
55-64 years: 7.74% (male 270,769/female 260,300)
65 years and over: 6.92% (male 222,435/female 252,554) (2016 est.)
elderly dependency ratio: 9.4%
potential support ratio: 10.6% (2015 est.)
Net migration rate: -0.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.)
Major urban areas - population: ASUNCION (capital) 2.356 million (2015)
25-54 years: 1 male(s)/female
Mother's mean age at first birth: 22.9 note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2008 est.)
Maternal mortality rate: 132 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
Infant mortality rate: total: 19.4 deaths/1,000 live births male: 22.8 deaths/1,000 live births
Contraceptive prevalence rate: 79.4% note: percent of women aged 15-44 (2008)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 17,500 (2015 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths: 800 (2015 est.)
Obesity - adult prevalence rate: 15.1% (2014)
Education expenditures: 5% of GDP (2012)
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24: total: 13% male: 10%
Country name: conventional long form: Republic of Paraguay
conventional short form: Paraguay
local long form: Republica del Paraguay
local short form: Paraguay
etymology: the precise meaning of the name Paraguay is unclear, but it seems to derive from the river of the same name; one explanation has the name meaning "water of the Payagua" (an indigenous tribe that lived along the river)
Government type: presidential republic
Capital: name: Asuncion
time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins first Sunday in October; ends fourth Sunday in March
Administrative divisions: 17 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento) and 1 capital city*; Alto Paraguay, Alto Parana, Amambay, Asuncion*, Boqueron, Caaguazu, Caazapa, Canindeyu, Central, Concepcion, Cordillera, Guaira, Itapua, Misiones, Neembucu, Paraguari, Presidente Hayes, San Pedro
Independence: 14 May 1811 (from Spain)
National holiday: Independence Day, 14 May 1811 (observed 15 May)
Constitution: several previous; latest approved and promulgated 20 June 1992; amended 2011, 2014 (2016)
Legal system: civil law system with influences from Argentine, Spanish, Roman, and French civil law models; judicial review of legislative acts in Supreme Court of Justice
Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal and compulsory until the age of 75
Executive branch: chief of state: President Horacio CARTES Jara (since 15 August 2013); Vice President Juan AFARA Maciel (since 15 August 2013); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government
head of government: President Horacio CARTES Jara (since 15 August 2013); Vice President Juan AFARA Maciel (since 15 August 2013)
cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president elections/appointments: president and vice president directly elected on the same ballot by simple majority popular vote for a single 5-year term; election last held on 21 April 2013 (next to be held in April 2018)
election results: Horacio CARTES elected president; percent of vote - Horacio CARTES (ANR) 45.8%, Efrain ALEGRE (PLRA) 36.9%, Mario FERREIRO (AP) 5.9%, Anibal CARRILLO (FG) 3.3%, other 8%
Legislative branch: description: bicameral National Congress or Congreso Nacional consists of the Chamber of Senators or Camara de Senadores (45 seats; members directly elected in a single nationwide constituency by proportional representation vote to serve 5-year terms) and the Chamber of Deputies or Camara de Diputados (80 seats; members directly elected in 18 multi-seat constituencies - corresponding to the country's 17 departments and capital city - by proportional representation vote to serve 5-year terms)
elections: Chamber of Senators - last held on 21 April 2013 (next to be held in April 2018); Chamber of Deputies - last held on 21 April 2013 (next to be held in April 2018)
election results: Chamber of Senators - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - ANR 19, PLRA 12, FG 5, PDP 3, Avanza Pais 2, UNACE 2, PEN 1, PPQ 1; Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - ANR 44, PLRA 27, Avanza Pais 2, PEN 2, UNACE 2, FG 1, PPQ 1, other 1
Judicial branch: highest court(s): Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia (consists of 9 justices divided 3 each into the Constitutional Court, Civil and Commercial Chamber, and Criminal Division judge selection and term of office: justices proposed by the Council of Magistrates or Consejo de la Magistratura, a 6-member independent body, and appointed by the Chamber of Senators with presidential concurrence; judges appointed until mandatory retirement at age 75
subordinate courts: appellate courts; first instance courts; minor courts, including justices of the peace
Political parties and leaders: Asociacion Nacional Republicana - Colorado Party or ANR [Pedro ALLIANA] Avanza Pais coalition [Adolfo FERREIRO] Broad Front coalition (Frente Guasu) or FG [Fernando Armindo LUGO Mendez] Movimiento Union Nacional de Ciudadanos Eticos or UNACE [Jorge OVIEDO MATTO] Partido del Movimiento al Socialismo or P-MAS [Camilo Ernesto SOARES Machado] Partido Democratica Progresista or PDP [Desiree MASI] Partido Encuentro Nacional or PEN [Fernando CAMACHO Paredes] Partido Liberal Radical Autentico or PLRA [Miguel ABDON SAGUIER] Partido Pais Solidario or PPS [Carlos Alberto FILIZZOLA Pallares] Partido Popular Tekojoja [Sixto PEREIRA] Patria Querida (Beloved Fatherland Party) or PPQ [Sebastian ACHA]
Political pressure groups and leaders: Ahorristas Estafados or AE National Coordinating Board of Campesino Organizations or MCNOC [Luis AGUAYO] National Federation of Campesinos or FNC [Odilon ESPINOLA] National Workers Central or CNT [Secretary General Juan TORRALES] Paraguayan Workers Confederation or CPT Roman Catholic Church Unitary Workers Central or CUT [Jorge Guzman ALVARENGA Malgarejo]
International organization participation: CAN (associate), CD, CELAC, FAO, G-11, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAES, LAIA, Mercosur, MIGA, MINURSO, MINUSTAH, MONUSCO, NAM (observer), OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, Pacific Alliance (observer), PCA, UN, UNASUR, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNFICYP, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNISFA, UNMIL, UNMISS, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
National symbol(s): lion; national colors: red, white, blue
National anthem: name: "Paraguayos, Republica o muerte!" (Paraguayans, The Republic or Death!)
lyrics/music: Francisco Esteban ACUNA de Figueroa/disputed
note: adopted 1934, in use since 1846; officially adopted following its re-arrangement in 1934
Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador German Hugo ROJAS Irigoyen (since 28 December 2016)
chancery: 2400 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202) 483-6960 through 6962
consulate(s) general: Los Angeles, Miami, New York
Diplomatic representation from the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Leslie A. BASSETT (since 15 January 2015)
embassy: 1776 Avenida Mariscal Lopez, Casilla Postal 402, Asuncion
mailing address: Unit 4711, DPO AA 34036-0001
telephone: [595] (21) 213-715
FAX: [595] (21) 213-728
Landlocked Paraguay has a market economy distinguished by a large informal sector, featuring re-export of imported consumer goods to neighboring countries, as well as the activities of thousands of microenterprises and urban street vendors. A large percentage of the population, especially in rural areas, derives its living from agricultural activity, often on a subsistence basis. Because of the importance of the informal sector, accurate economic measures are difficult to obtain. On a per capita basis, real income has stagnated at 1980 levels. The economy grew rapidly between 2003 and 2008 as growing world demand for commodities combined with high prices and favorable weather to support Paraguay's commodity-based export expansion. Paraguay is the sixth largest soy producer in the world. Drought hit in 2008, reducing agricultural exports and slowing the economy even before the onset of the global recession. The economy fell 3.8% in 2009, as lower world demand and commodity prices caused exports to contract. The government reacted by introducing fiscal and monetary stimulus packages. Growth resumed in 2010, and has been erratic, although positive, ever since. Severe drought and outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease led to a drop in beef and other agricultural exports. In addition to the agricultural challenges, political uncertainty, corruption, limited progress on structural reform, and deficient infrastructure are the main obstacles to long-term growth.
GDP (purchasing power parity): GDP (purchasing power parity): $64.12 billion (2016 est.) $61.94 billion (2015 est.) $60.09 billion (2014 est.)
GDP (official exchange rate): GDP (official exchange rate): $27.32 billion (2015 est.)
GDP - per capita (PPP): GDP - per capita (PPP): $9,400 (2016 est.) $9,200 (2015 est.) $9,000 (2014 est.)
Agriculture - products: cotton, sugarcane, soybeans, corn, wheat, tobacco, cassava (manioc, tapioca), fruits, vegetables; beef, pork, eggs, milk; timber
Industries: sugar, cement, textiles, beverages, wood products, steel, base metals, electric power
services: 55% (2008)
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 1%
Distribution of family income - Gini index: 53.2 (2009) 57.7 (1998)
Budget: revenues: $5.231 billion
expenditures: $5.687 billion (2016 est.)
Current account balance: $172 million (2016 est.) -$462 million (2015 est.)
Exports: $11.91 billion (2016 est.) $11.17 billion (2015 est.)
Exports - commodities: soybeans, livestock feed, cotton, meat, edible oils, wood, leather
Exports - partners: Brazil 31.7%, Russia 9.1%, Chile 7.1%, Argentina 7% (2015)
Imports: $10.2 billion (2016 est.) $10.07 billion (2015 est.)
Imports - commodities: road vehicles, consumer goods, tobacco, petroleum products, electrical machinery, tractors, chemicals, vehicle parts
Imports - partners: Brazil 25.4%, China 23.7%, Argentina 14.8%, US 7.9% (2015)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: $6.059 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $5.939 billion (31 December 2015 est.)
Debt - external: $15.42 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $14.41 billion (31 December 2015 est.)
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home: $7.114 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $6.41 billion (31 December 2015 est.)
Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad: $309 million (31 December 2016 est.) $259 million (31 December 2015 est.)
Market value of publicly traded shares: $962.3 million (31 December 2012 est.) $958.1 million (31 December 2011 est.) $42 million (31 December 2010 est.)
Exchange rates: guarani (PYG) per US dollar - 5,689.1 (2016 est.) 5,160.4 (2015 est.) 5,160.4 (2014 est.) 4,462.2 (2013 est.) 4,424.9 (2012 est.)
Electricity - consumption: 9.7 billion kWh (2014 est.)
Electricity - exports: 41 billion kWh (2014 est.)
Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (2013 est.)
Electricity - installed generating capacity: 8.8 million kW (2014 est.)
Electricity - from fossil fuels: 0.1% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants: 99.9% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
Electricity - from other renewable sources: 0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
Crude oil - production: 0 bbl/day (2015 est.)
Crude oil - exports: 0 bbl/day (2013 est.)
Crude oil - imports: 0 bbl/day (2013 est.)
Crude oil - proved reserves: 0 bbl (1 January 2016 es)
Refined petroleum products - production: 0 bbl/day (2013 est.)
Refined petroleum products - consumption: 36,000 bbl/day (2014 est.)
Refined petroleum products - exports: 0 bbl/day (2013 est.)
Natural gas - production: 0 cu m (2013 est.)
Natural gas - consumption: 0 cu m (2013 est.)
Natural gas - imports: 0 cu m (2013 est.)
Natural gas - proved reserves: 0 cu m (1 January 2014 es)
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy: 3.9 million Mt (2013 est.)
Telephone system: general assessment: the fixed-line market is a state monopoly and fixed-line telephone service is meager; principal switching center is in Asuncion
domestic: deficiencies in provision of fixed-line service have resulted in a rapid expansion of mobile-cellular services fostered by competition among multiple providers
international: country code - 595; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2015)
Broadcast media: 6 privately owned TV stations; about 75 commercial and community radio stations; 1 state-owned radio network (2010)
Internet country code: .py
Airports (unpaved runways): total 784
914 to 1,523 m: 290
Railways: total 30 km
standard gauge: 30 km 1.435-m gauge (2014)
paved: 4,860 km
unpaved: 27,199 km (2010)
Waterways: 3,100 km (primarily on the Paraguay and Paran� River systems) (2012)
Merchant marine: total 19
by type: cargo 13, container 3, passenger 1, petroleum tanker 1, roll on/roll off 1
foreign-owned: 6 (Argentina 5, Netherlands 1) (2010)
river port(s): Asuncion, Villeta, San Antonio, Encarnacion (Parana)
Military branches: Armed Forces Command (Commando de las Fuerzas Militares): Army, National Navy (Armada Nacional, includes Marine Corps, Naval Aviation, and Coast Guard), Paraguayan Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Paraguay, FAP), Logistics Command, War Materiel Directorate (2012)
Military service age and obligation: 18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; conscript service obligation is 12 months for Army, 24 months for Navy; volunteers for the Air Force must be younger than 22 years of age with a secondary school diploma (2012)
Military expenditures: 1.66% of GDP (2012) 1.16% of GDP (2011) 1.66% of GDP (2010)
Disputes - International: unruly region at convergence of Argentina-Brazil-Paraguay borders is locus of money laundering, smuggling, arms and illegal narcotics trafficking, and fundraising for violent extremist organizations
Illicit drugs: major illicit producer of cannabis, most or all of which is consumed in Brazil, Argentina, and Chile; transshipment country for Andean cocaine headed for Brazil, other Southern Cone markets, and Europe; weak border controls, extensive corruption and money-laundering activity, especially in the Tri-Border Area; weak anti-money-laundering laws and enforcement
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Blackhawk Luke Burns, 05 Boys Jones, at the FC Barcelona Escola training facility at Camp Nou in Barcelona, Spain
Blackhawk Luke Burns, 05 Boys Jones, at the FC Barcelona Escola training facility at Camp Nou in Barcelona, Spain. Luke was invited to train and play with the Escola team after the youth academy trainers saw him at an FCB training program. Luke has played for Scottsdale Soccer since he was 5 years old. Good Luck Luke!
Last summer, Luke attended a summer program conducted by coaches from the FCB Escola — the youth academy of FC Barcelona in Spain. The program was based on the same methodology implemented in Barcelona, with a focus on short passing, possession, patience, movement and positional interchanges.
Following the camp, the FCB Coaching Team invited Luke as their guest to stay and train at the FC Barcelona Youth Academy in Barcelona, Spain! Luke was chosen as the player who "best exemplified FC Barcelona’s values of respect, fair play, teamwork, tolerance and effort.” Luke will travel to Barcelona and spend a week training with coaches from the FCB Escola at FC Barcelona’s Training Center, Camp Nou. He has been invited to attend regular training sessions with the Escola, play in a game with the Escola team, and attend the FCB vs. Celta de Vigo game. Luke’s parents and older siblings, Ansley (04 Girls Chapman) and Drew (retired Blackhawk turned runner!) are traveling with him to Spain to watch him play.
Luke has played for Scottsdale Soccer Blackhawks since he was 5 years old and currently plays on Tim Jones’ 05 boys team. We are happy to see that our club’s training and values are translating into exciting opportunities for our players!
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The ISIS advances in the DeepWeb among Bitcoin and darknets
May 22, 2015 By Pierluigi Paganini
While members of the ISIS are continuing to explore the Deep Web for various activities, the US Intelligence plans activities to track them.
The Dark Web is a privileged environment for cyber criminals and state-sponsored hackers due to the anonymity offered by its services. Unfortunately, another category of threat actors is exploiting the deep web, the terrorists, for this reason, the US intelligence plans to dive in the principal Darknets and explore the main hidden services to raise money and make propaganda in search of new followers to recruit.
The Dark Web is difficult to monitor for intelligence agencies and it is not so easy to locate members of terrorist organizations like the ISIS that share propaganda content. In the principal black markets hosted on the deep web it is possible to purchase any kind of illegal product and service, but in the dark part of the web it is possible to find propaganda videos and images. Hidden services in the Deep Web also offer the possibility to download the mobile apps used by the jihadists to communicate securely and to transfer Bitcoins to terrorist cells in every place of the world.
At a recent Foreign Affairs Forum on Cryptocurrency Policy, government officials and Bitcoin entrepreneurs discussed the future of the cryptocurrency. Law enforcement fear possible abuses of the popular crypto currency, Jennifer Shasky Calvery, head of the US Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), which is charged with fighting money laundering and terrorist finance, explained that the virtual currency scheme could facilitate bad actors, including terrorists.
“What keeps me up at night when I am thinking about digital currency…the real threats out there, these days we’re thinking a lot about ISIL,” Calvery declared. “How they’re moving their money, and how potential US-based individuals are becoming foreign fighters: Are they moving their money, can we identify them from the movement of their money? What does it mean if they start moving their money through bitcoin? We’ve started to see some public articles suggesting that has occurred.”
Intelligence agencies and security experts are aware that alleged members of terrorist groups, including the ISIS, are exploring different opportunities to transfer money to militants operating in Western countries. A continuous flow of a small amount of money could be instantaneously transferred to numerous accounts used by ISIS members worldwide. Micro payments could exploit several channels, including systems like PayPal or virtual currencies like the Bitcoin.
Online it is possible to find a PDF document written by a user with the pseudonymous pseudonym of Amreeki Witness titled: Bitcoin wa Sadaqat alJihad which translates to: “Bitcoin and the Charity of Violent Physical Struggle”.Bitcoin and the Charity of Violent Physical Struggle”. The pseudonym Amreeki authored the PDF under is Taqi’ulDeen alMunthir. That name translates to Righteous in Faith the-Warner.
The post makes explicit reference to dark markets like Silk Road and other Dark Net Markets explaining how it is possible to buy weapons for the Mujahideen. Of course the document explains the Bitcoin and its decentralized system and how it is possible to transfer money securely by using the Dark Wallet application to “send millions of dollars’ worth of Bitcoin instantly from the United States, United Kingdom, South Africa, Ghana, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, or wherever else right to the pockets of the Mujahideen”.
The KRDO NewsChannel 13 reported the testimony of a user that had seen websites that allowed visitors to donate to terrorist organizations.
“You’re talking about disrupting cartels, you’re talking about disrupting drug dealers,” explained the witness. “If you’re not prepared for it, is a very corrupting place.”
Intelligence experts cannot ignore the potentiality of hidden services and their appeal on ISIS groups and other terrorist organizations as explained by the professor Edin Mujkic University at the Colorado Colorado Springs University.
“Even if, hypothetically, ISIS is destroyed next year, that doesn’t guarantee that some other group isn’t going to show up and use the same tactics because now they learned from them,” said Mujkic.
Militants of the ISIS have a deep knowledge of new technologies, recently representatives of the US Government warned about the Electronic War against western counties
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is spending a significant effort to realize a technology that is able to de-anonymize Tor users and track their location. Recently the Agency presented MEMEX, a new set of search tools designed to improve researches into the “Deep Web”.
“We need a technology to discover where that content is and make it available for analysis,” said Chris White of the DARPA. “MEMEX allows you to characterize how many websites there are and what kind of content is on them, ” White said. “It was actually first developed to track down human trafficking on the web — it’s an idea that works for an illicit activity users try to keep hidden.”
(Security Affairs – Deep Web, ISIS)
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Film Iconoclasts #1: Wes Anderson0
Posted In Movies,Opinion,Slider
***In the first of an occasional series, RBT’s contributors explain why they hate cinematic icons, beloved to the rest of us. First up is Tom A on Wes Anderson…***
First off, I just want to say that, as weird as it sounds, I want to like Wes Anderson. He’s everything I should like in a director: he’s visually stylish, he attracts great acting talent, has great taste in music, and he’s a genuinely original voice in film today. I should like him, but I just… don’t. With his outsider-sympathy, quirky, out of time characters, and droll scripts, that he is virtually scientifically-engineered to appeal directly to a specific strata of society, who doubtless model their life on his autumnal-hued, corduroy-textured, 60s British-Invasion-themed aesthetic. His devotees are so numerous that they have a name.
Wesbians.
I am no Wesbian.
I sort of like Rushmore, but if anything, the carefully ordered world his movies inhabit, with its deliberate prissyness just rubs me the wrong way. It’s all so about the aesthetic that it feels like nothing spontaneous is ever likely to happen. But also, what’s up with the pacing of his films? I love a slow-burn, quiet film, but his films just seem to have climaxes that come out of nowhere, and endless builds that result in no pay-off. So much stuff happens to Jason Schwartzman’s character in Rushmore, that I completely lost track of his life by the end of the film.
If the first word that comes to mind when you see this photo isn’t automatically abusive, you are a Wesbian.
Watching his films is like being in an immaculately-clean, but retro-styled house that is so artfully laid out, so delicately composed that you daren’t touch a thing. In fact, you just sit on the sofa (without-god forbid-putting all your weight on it), praying that you wiped your feet properly on your entry. It’s so bad, in fact, that you wish you actually did step in something on your way over, just so that something would happen that doesn’t obey his stringent aesthetic policy so precisely.
His characters, with their studied intellectual eclecticism, and penchant for unusual interests begin to nauseate with their incessant posturing. His taste in music, while good, is shoved down your throat so hard that it comes out of your rectum, and don’t even get me started on The Darjeeling Limited.
I can sort of see why people would like him, there’s a lot to admire, for sure. But I just can’t get past his pretentiousness (and boy, do I ever like some pretentious filmmakers; Terrence Malick, anyone?). You know what, though, I am glad he exists, I’m glad that there is such a distinctive voice out there, making films. I am also glad, however, that I won’t have to see another one of his films again.
Wes Anderson: I. Just. Don’t. Get. It.
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The Valleys0
Posted In Opinion,TV
At the beginning of October MTV launched it’s new reality show, The Valleys.
It is referred to as “The Welsh version of Geordie Shore” and has the tag line “The Valleys: There’s No Going Back”.
When I caught a trailer for it I was immediately excited.
You see, I love Geordie Shore. Completely. It took me a couple of episodes but by the time I could remember all of the characters names I felt affection for most of them. Admittedly a kind of appalled disgusted affection you might feel for a cat that can licks it own bottom, but affection all the same. I like the girls and I am fascinated, but not in the slightest bit attracted, to the boys. They are all so funny, you see. Mostly deliberately funny. Shockingly honest, self deprecating and often very drunken.
Of course Geordie Shore is a spin off of the hugely successful American show, Jersey Shore. I’ve never watched the original US programme so haven’t been able to draw a parallel between the two Shore Shows. As far as I am concerned Geordie Shore stands alone as a decent, car crash TV/soap opera style augmented reality drama type thing.
The same can not be said for The Valleys.
To be fair to it, I have only watched one episode. I missed the first two but have found the following synopsis on the MTV website:
Deep in the heart of South Wales, in the quiet and picturesque rolling countryside known asThe Valleys, nine youngsters are currently stuck in humdrum and unexciting jobs, but dream of a life of stardom, limousines, flashing paparazzi bulbs and adoring fans.
Brand new show The Valleys will pluck them from obscurity and thrust them into the limelight where they will live in a house kitted out with a ‘cutch-hut’ and cameras, to see if they succeed amidst the hustle and bustle of Cardiff city.
I wanted to love this show, I really did. Maybe I will after another episode? Stranger things have happened. But, after my first viewing I have no affection for this bunch of badly dressed, badly spoken, badly mannered bunch of fame hungry wannabes. The best way to describe an hour long episode is: imagine watching 60 minutes version of THAT section of the 1990s Channel 4 show The Word, called “The Hopefuls”. Yes. It is a 2012 equivalent of a young man french kissing an elderly lady.
The Welsh cast, all drafted in from a relatively rural existence to get stuck in to the cosmopolitan atmosphere of Cardiff in order to make something of themselves, have clearly been spending all of their days leading up to the first episode watching Geordie Shore. Each character tries to out do one another in the filth stakes, using the lewd Newcastle based show as it’s benchmark. The Geordie Shore girls could (just about) pull off their incredibly honest sexual banter because it was always funny and was, in my opinion, said intelligibly and with tongue firmly in cheek. (Wahey!)
Not so in The Valleys.
The show’s tried and tested format sees the cast commentating on footage of a recent night out as they speak to the camera.
Whilst reviewing a crazy boozy night out in a karaoke bar, where the 9 “stars” of The Valleys appear to be the only patrons in the entire building, we have the following sequence of comments –
Nicole: “Lateysha says she doesn’t like Leeroy but I think it’s a bit like bum sex: she says she doesn’t like it but I bet she does really”
Leeroy: “Jenna’s not like most of the girls I’ve been with. Yeah so she’s got fake boobs and stuff but she’s proper classy.”
Jenna: “Leeroy’s cute but he’s a boy and at the end of the day all boys think with their dicks.”
Just after this individual piece to camera sequence, the footage of the night out shows Nicole dancing with her skirt hitched up. This lasts for a few moments before Liam, the gay housemate, pulls her knickers down to her. Her possible love interest in the show, Aaron says “What the fuck?! Nicole’s got her knickers down to her ankles, her bean’s hanging out… I don’t know what she wants me to do, like! I do want to bang Nicole, but I’m not going have live sex in front of everyone, like.”
Nicole is happy to explain “when I’m dancing I don’t want a sweating fanny so I just let a little bit of fresh air in, you know, because I don’t want a sweaty fanny.”
Perhaps it’s me…
No. No, it’s not me. It’s them. They are offensive, nasty, one dimensional freaks. Vulgar. Obscene. They appear to be one trick ponies, only able to revolt, not entertain.
Will I be watching the next episode?
You bet your fanny I will.
The next episode of The Valleys is on MTV tonight at 10pm, Sky channel 126 or Virgin 311.
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Lamahi Eye Hospital was satarted in 2002 in Deukhuri, Dang as a weekly satellite clinic of Rapti Eye Hospital. Later on 9th September 2009, it was upgraded to Primary Eye Care Centre with an objective to upgrade it as a full fledge eye hospital. This objective was soon fulfilled with the financial support of NABP and needful land (2.88 acre) support at free of cost by Town Development Committee, Lamahi. The foundation stone laying ceremony was held in 23rd Nov 2010. The construction work was completed in 2012 and eye service was started from own building from 2013. Later, the building was inaugurated in 2014 as a full fledge eye hospital. It has big catchment area; aiming to provide eye health service to the people of Rolpa, Pyuthan, Arghakhachi districts and part of Banke district. The Lamahi Eye Hospital is centrally located between Chhanda(Kalebahu)-Narayani Eye Hospital, Bahadurgunj and Rapti Eye Hospital, Tulsipur. Weekly clinic at Koilabash (near to Indian boarder) is managed by Lamahi.
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Federation Meeting and Pilgrimage 4/5 April 2011
The 2011 Meeting of the Australian - Aotearoa New Zealand Federation of the Sisters of St Joseph was hosted by the Perthville Sisters and held in nearby Bathurst on 4/5 April.
Sisters arriving from Goulburn, Lochinvar, Tasmania and New Zealand were warmly welcomed at Perthville, by the Perthville Sisters, on the evening preceding the meeting.
The formal meeting with the theme “Following in the Footsteps..”, was held at Charles Sturt University campus in Bathurst. The discussions centred on strengthening the existing close bonds which link all the groups to St Mary MacKillop and Fr Julian Tenison Woods. Issues of mutual concern, especially in relation to the Josephite response to the needs around us – included people in rural areas, people who are refugees and the care of the environment. Also discussed was the recent move to make connections with all Josephite Sisters who were founded from Le Puy in France. Fr Woods was influenced by this community when he founded the Sisters of St Joseph at Penola.
Elections were held and resulted in the following taking responsibilities - Sr Catherine Shelton of Whanganui (President), Sr Therese McGarry of Perthville (Vice President), and Sr Jo Brady of Tasmania (Treasurer).
Once again the second day was one of pilgrimage. Gathering in the Sisters Cemetery at Perthville, the group remembered and reflected on those who had gone before, mindful of the significance of this foundation to all Josephites. With a cheery farewell from the senior Sisters, the pilgrimage led by historian Dr Marie Crowley, began travelling to many of the small country settlements around the area. Many of these settlements were out in the bush and only remained while the people were there needing a school, and one sensed the isolation the early Sisters lived in. There were still some original buildings and churches, and we recalled Fr Julian’s visit to many of these.
At German Hill, renamed Lidster during WW 1, the group are shown paused among many old and still fruiting trees, as well as a large pine that was growing near where the original convent had been sited.
Lunch was at the refurbished convent and church buildings at Borenore, now a B&B - and then all gathered for a final prayer under the trees. The reflection gave thanks for the lives of Mary MacKillop and Julian Tenison Woods who began our Josephite story and journey.
Further photos: www.josephitefederation.catholic.org.au and click on Notice Board.
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Adi Vardi - IDF Stamp
Suggestions to change Israel’s emblem that were designed in 2001 by first and second year students in Wizo Design Academy in Haifa guided by Hayim Shtayer and Terry Schreuer; courtesy of Hayim Shtayer.
Designer: Adi Vardi
Copyright: Adi Vardi 2007
This form of a triangle is recognized by Israelis as the IDF Stamp, which means that the flying dove of peace is a joke... we are too militaristic for that.
Click to see more: Hayim Shtayer, Postage Stamp
Non-Jewish Tombstone -1
We, Jews, tend to think that, in general, the Star of David is “ours”; and that, in particular, the Star of David on tombstones in “ours”. But here’s an example of one that is engraved on a non-Jewish tombstone.
Photo is courtesy of Gora Gray who published it on Flickr
under the title: "Thomas Cummins, died 1843 - Plympton St Mary, Plymouth"
Gora Gray wrote in the caption:
The 'G' in the centre of the Star of David means 'GOD' - its a masonic symbol...Thomas was living at Union Street in Plymouth in 1841 .
To be more exact this symbol is called by the Free Masons Solomon's Seal, since King Solomon is considered to be the first Free Mason...
Click to see more: Jewish, Solomon’s seal
Photo is courtesy of Webrarian who published it on Flickr
and wrote in the caption:
Pillars, arches, Star of David, the letter G, the TH monogram - how many masonic symbols have I missed?. BTW The 'G' in the centre of the Star of David means 'GOD' - its a Masonic symbol.
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Freedom House And The West’s Alternative Universe
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The US-based NGO Freedom House just released their annual “Freedom in the World” report about the state of democracy in 2014. The document reads like a checklist of State Department talking points, making one question exactly how “non”-governmental the organization actually is.
The “Freedom in the World” report paints a bleak dystopian picture of democracy, ominously fear mongering that it’s been on the decline for the ninth-straight year. As if reading right out of Jen Psaki’s regular script, it alleges such ridiculous things as an increase in Ukrainian ‘democracy’ since the coup and civil war and says that Syria is the most anti-democratic place on Earth today. Such statements would be laughed at and mocked if they were not voiced by an organization that has considerable influence on Western ‘hearts and minds’.
This goes to show that certain strategic ‘non-governmental’ organizations, presumed to be ‘impartial’, can actually function as subjective government tools in carrying out mass perception management operations. They succeed with their plans partially because there aren’t any analogous non-Western counterparts to push back against them, meaning that if the multipolar world is serious about advocating a diversity of thought, its key countries absolutely must create such counter institutions. If they don’t, then the West will continue to dominate the narrative, and the multipolar world will continually be on the normative defensive.
The unipolar world leaves nothing off the table in its battle for ‘hearts and minds’, resorting even to large-scale misinformation campaigns such as the one represented by Freedom House. The concept is to exploit the popular perception that the Western audience holds about NGOs and use that to advance the US’ ‘strategic communications’ goals. Most people are under the assumption that NGOs are ‘neutral’ and ‘nonbiased’ owing to their proclaimed ‘non-government’ affiliation, but that’s not always the case. However, since most people are of that belief anyhow, it presents a lever of influence for manipulating their perception, especially if the ‘non-governmental’ organization has a nifty-sounding name like Freedom House.
Thus, when the reports of such organizations ‘happen’ to closely coincide with official US-government policy (as Freedom House’s does), they’re not seen as being instruments for advocating government influence, but rather as ‘private entity’ confirmations that prove that the original policy was correct in the first place. This capitalizes off of the common cynicism that Americans have towards their government. The understanding is that both Democrats and Republicans lie, but if a private and ‘independent’ organization (especially a domestically non-partisan one) releases a report corroborating US policy, then the policy itself must have been correct, because a ‘non-governmental’ organization, by its very name, supposedly doesn’t have any ties to the government and is assumed to be nonbiased.
Warping Reality
Freedom House’s report presents a warped version of reality that perfectly coincides with official US foreign policy against key states. Looking at the two most extreme examples, it’s worthy to explore how the ‘non-governmental’ organization (and by de-facto extension, the US government) views Ukraine and Syria:
Ukraine:
According to Freedom House, Ukraine’s ratings in the three main categories of freedom, civil liberties, and political rights are twice as good as Russia’s, despite the former having undergone an illegal coup and bled through a violent civil war. What’s more, the organization ranked Crimea as a separate entity for this year, and gave it a zero for the categories of functioning government, political pluralism and participation, electoral process, and the rule of law – ‘ratings’ that put it on par with the war-torn and genocidal-prone Central African Republic of last year (2013). Carrying their ‘unbiased’ reporting even further, they specifically cite the fact that Ukrainian oligarch Igor Kolomoysky had some assets seized in Crimea after Reunification as a strike against the Republic’s ‘personal autonomy and individual rights’. Be that as it may, no mention is made of Kolomoysky’s murderous Nazi-affiliated Azov Battalion threatening the ‘personal autonomy and individual rights’ of the people of Donbass.
Syria:
If Freedom House is to be believed, then there is no place worse for democracy in the world than Syria, beating Libya (which can no longer really be talked about as a ‘country’ anymore), Saudi Arabia (the land of ‘legal’ beheadings), and even North Korea (the US’ ‘favorite dictatorship’). They attempt to base their findings on the fact that the country is in a ‘civil war’, ignoring that it’s an external war concocted by the US and allied Gulf States and being waged largely by terrorist and mercenary means. Even under such arduous conditions, however, 88.7% of Syrians voted with a 73.42% turnout to re-elect President Assad in June of last year, demonstrating an approval rating and turnout unheard of in Western ‘democracies’ (even while Syrians abroad in the US, France, and Germany were barred from voting by their ‘host’ governments). If there’s anywhere that democracy is alive and well in the Mideast, it’s in Syria, and the designation of the country as the worst place for democracy in the world is part of a larger information campaign to discredit the government and make the case for militant ‘democracy promotion’ sometime in the future.
The Antidote
Western ‘non-governmental’ institutions such as Freedom House are obviously poisoning the hearts and minds of their audience, but there is an antidote, and it rests in the multipolar world creating their own similar institutions (albeit actually nonbiased). Whether an actual NGO or otherwise, multipolar states need to create their own or shared institutions that challenge the unipolar narrative if they are to survive this normative onslaught. Without having their own understanding of what actually constitutes ‘democracy’ (or perhaps whatever else they may more accurately call it), they will continually be on the strategic defensive, never able to seize the initiative in this full-spectrum information war. ‘Democracy’ ratings aren’t the only thing that the multipolar world needs to have more of, as their own ‘terrorism’ and fragility indices are also necessary. Should they succeed in constructing such alternative ‘ratings’ institutes, then the multipolar world can finally have a chance to fight back against the West’s mudslinging and present a more accurate reflection of the world as it truly is.
Andrew Koryabko, Sputnik News
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Friday Afternoon Roundup - True Lies
TRAVEL DIARY OF AN AMERICAN PATRIOT
Here’s John Kerry having a good time with Nabih Berri, the head of the Amal Movement, and speaker of the Hezbollah dominated Lebanese parliament. What better way to follow up the Taliban deal than to meet with another terrorist hijacker.
Nabih Berri, the French-educated lawyer who is head of the Amal movement and the leading spokesman for Lebanon`s 1 million Shiites, was chief negotiator for the hijackers. It was on his order that the remaining hostages were taken from the plane at the Beirut airport and hidden around the city.
Kerry Chats w/Terrorist Leader in TWA Flight 847 Hijacking
OUR MORAL SUPERIORS
European countries continue to use sodium thiopental, whose export to the United States they refuse to allow because of the death penalty, to kill their own people.
Belgium, which uses sodium thiopental for euthanasia, voted to euthanize children. The Netherlands, which employs sodium thiopental for the same purpose, permits killing children over the age of twelve. The last “minor” executed in the US was a man in his thirties who at the age of seventeen had set a couple on fire after locking them in the trunk of their own car.
In the UK, which was the first to cut off the supply of sodium thiopental, the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists proposed “active euthanasia” for disabled children because, “A very disabled child can mean a disabled family.”
Torturing Murderers to Death for the Greater Good
WHEN THE FAT TERRORIST SINGS
Leon Klinghoffer’s daughters were outraged and disgusted by the production. Even the New York Times ran an essay after September 11 indicting the theatrical production for its bigotry.
And what’s striking is how much it stands out in the Met’s season. The tawdry piece of pomo bigotry is sandwiched between the work of Verdi, Mozart, Offenbach, Bizet, Rossini, Puccini and Wagner.
The Metropolitan Opera has been having serious financial problems. Its programs regularly mention support from public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts. Its website mentions help from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.
If the Met wants to promote the murder of 9 percent of the population of New York City, New Yorkers shouldn’t have to pay for it.
Should New York Taxpayers Fund Pro-Terrorism and Anti-Semitism at the The Metropolitan Opera?
Muslim Kills Jews in Brussels, Brussels Mayor Says City Needs More Diversity
ALLAH SNEEZEGUARD
In one Tweet, he announced his allegiance with al-Qaida, writing, “al-Qaida said it loud and clear; we are fighting the American invasion and their hegemony over the earth and the people,” authorities say.
Not only was Mufid Elfgeeh an Al Qaeda supporting terrorist, but his Halal shack was apparently a biological weapon. Elfgeeh would probably have killed more people if he had stuck with running Halal Mojoes Chicken & Pizza.
Inspections found Insects, rodents, live animals, birds, Cooked or prepared foods are subject to cross-contamination from raw foods.
Halal Jihadist Plotting to Kill US Soldiers Ran New York’s Most Disgusting Pizza Place
Hillary Clinton is a patriot. Or least her ghostwriter(s) is. And she’s just too darn patriotic to politicize that time she allowed four Americans to be murdered, while the body of her ambassador was dragged through the streets of Benghazi for some necroselfies.
“Those who exploit this tragedy over and over as a political tool minimize the sacrifice of those who served our country,” Hillary’s patriotic ghostwriter writes in her biography.
The families of two of the men who died there have repeatedly insisted on answers. Pat Smith, Sean Smith’s mother, has been vocal in holding Hillary accountable.
If only Pat Smith were as patriotic as Hillary Clinton.
Hillary Clinton Too Patriotic to Politicize Her Failure to Save 4 Americans from Being Killed
Obama’s speech focuses on Afghanistan, but never mentions the Taliban. Imagine an FDR speech that pretended that Japan didn’t exist. That’s the depth of denial it takes for Obama to claim victory.
After using up the lives of 1,600 American soldiers fighting the Taliban without ever defeating them, he takes a victory lap for defeating Al Qaeda in Afghanistan when the CIA had told him back in 2009 that there were at most 100 Al Qaeda fighters in Afghanistan.
Thousands of Americans have been lost to an enemy whose existence Obama won’t even acknowledge as he takes another victory lap for losing another war.
The Obama Undoctrine
Yes I have lied. And I am not ashamed of it.
There are two schools of thought when it comes to lying. There are some who say that I should lie all the time and there are others who say that I should never lie at all.
It seems clear to me that both approaches are unrealistic.
We no longer live in a simple world in which there are clear differences between lies and truth. As the world becomes more complex, there are no longer easy answers. Sometimes in dealing with the difficult issues that confront us, the truth turns out to be a lie. And the lie the truth.
I lied because I believed that we are capable of more. And that is why I ask you to join me in lying for a better tomorrow.
My Fellow Americans, I am a Liar
OUR PEACEFUL FUTURE
Filipino Pastors Tortured, Sentenced to Death in Muslim Qatar
30% of Pakistanis say Honor Killings of Women Often Justified
Al Jazeera Senior Political Analyst Demands Reporter Show “Jewish Humility”
Islam is 2nd Largest Religion in Twenty US States
IF AT FIRST TREASON YOU DON'T SUCCEED...
Obama saw an opportunity to resurrect the idea of a criminal trial. This time, the president tells Bowden, he was prepared to bring bin Laden back and put him on trial in a federal court.
"My belief was if we had captured him, that I would be in a pretty strong position, politically, here, to argue that displaying due process and rule of law would be our best weapon against al-Qaeda."
The Obama administration passed up multiple opportunities to rescue Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl because the president was dead-set on finding a reason to begin emptying Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, according to a Pentagon official.
‘What we learned along the way was that the president wanted a diplomatic scenario that would establish a precedent for repatriating detainees from Gitmo,’ he said.
Obama Used Osama and Bergdahl to Free Gitmo Terrorists
During the election, Carney had cheered for Obama and booed McCain. He had “fact checked” Republican press releases while drawing pink hearts on anything that came from Obama Inc.
It was as if he had already been on Obama’s payroll without bothering to inform his bosses.
Carney went from covering the presidential campaign for TIME and CNN to covering up for the same people he had been covering. He didn’t do it for the money. TIME was paying Carney $60,000 more than Obama would. He did it because he believed.
Jay Carney: True Liar
Obama Economy Added 14.5 Mil People, 1.7 Million Jobs
Recovery: US Economy has Worst Quarter in 3 Years
California State Finances Confuse a Million and a Billion
AND YET HE'S A MAN
The Chicago Sun Times will run all sorts of controversial opinions, but it’s apologizing for an article which pointed out that a man is not a woman. It’s 2014 and this is now a statement too controversial for newspapers to run.
After centuries of using Galileo to poke fun at pre-modernists, we’ve arrived at a time in which pointing out an aspect of the real world much less subject to debate than the movements of planetary bodies is now heresy.
Chicago Sun-Times Apologizes for Controversial Article Suggesting a Man is Not a Woman
The 9/11 Memorial provides booklets for 9 non-English languages that are commonly spoken by locals or tourists. They include Spanish (1.8 million New Yorkers), Chinese (418,000 New Yorkers) and Russian (186,000 New Yorkers).
Also on the list are languages spoken by some of the most common tourist visitors such as Portuguese (Brazil 806,000), French (France 667,000) and German (Germany 605,000).
This isn’t a conspiracy against Muslims. The Metropolitan Museum of Art provides an audio tour in nine languages. They’re mostly the same ones and Arabic isn’t on the list. The Frick has an audio tour in six languages, again most of the same ones.
But Muslim entitlement really knows no limits.
CAIR Harassing 9/11 Museum for Not Providing Arabic Booklets
NOT FINE
There’s something obviously inappropriate about the media using a man who is this comfortable with an Al Qaeda linked regime being used as a source for attacking a 9/11 widow and the 9/11 Museum.
You might as well have a Nazi collaborator attacking the Holocaust museum and Holocaust survivors.
Todd Fine: Vocal Opponent of 9/11 Museum Linked to Country that Aided Mastermind of 9/11
Islamic Tyranny w/122 Degree Temps Warns Female Soccer Cup Tourists not to Wear Shorts or Sleeveless Dresses
A WORSE EVIL
“Do we really want to pretend that this is only a small group of extremists. Can we really be politically correct and insist that they are all good and that only a tiny number of the extremists and fundamentalists are committing these crimes?”
“One of my favourite essayists, Michel de Montaigne once wrote: “Good does not necessarily succeed evil; another evil may succeed, and a worse evil.”
“We began the Arab Spring, which became the Arab Winter, and the fight against the secular dictatorships has become a battle run by Al-Qaida.”
Czech President Milos Zeman Gives Amazing Speech about Islam, Israel and Anti-Semitism
INVERSE RACISM
In a desperate drive for diversity, UCLA switched to a “holistic” process in which both the personal stories and the academic achievements were combined into a single score that “reflected the applicant’s full spectrum of achievement.”
More black readers were hired to help out while Asian readers were underrepresented. A process in which black students were repeatedly advantaged and given multiple chances worked to their benefit.
A Life Challenge Index increased admission chances for students who were single parents, poor or had gone to bad high schools. The graduation rate at UCLA is at 92%. For black men it’s at 74%, down from 84% in 2008, suggesting that UCLA’s attempts at working around affirmative action with socioeconomic metrics led them to bring in a class of minority students less capable of graduating than before.
The Cheating Strategies of a Racist College
New York Lawyers Want $208 Million for Public Defenders for Illegal Aliens
A CRUEL AND UNUSUAL COURT
In February 1978 when Hall and his accomplice, Mack Ruffin, kidnapped Karol Hurst, 21 and seven months pregnant, from a grocery store parking lot in Leesburg, drove her to a remote area and raped her. She begged for her life, even wrote a $20,000 check before Hall shot her. Ten years earlier, Hall had raped another woman in Sumter County. He gouged her eyes out with his fingers to prevent her from identifying him, but he was still convicted and sent to prison.
“The death penalty is the gravest sentence our society may impose. Persons facing that most severe sanction must have a fair opportunity to show that the Constitution prohibits their execution,” Kennedy concluded. “Florida’s law contravenes our Nation’s commitment to dignity and its duty to teach human decency as the mark of a civilized world. The States are laboratories for experimentation, but those experiments may not deny the basic dignity the Constitution protects.”
The Constitution doesn’t protect “dignity”. It makes law. The Supreme Court once again inflicted cruel and unusual punishment on the Constitution by insisting that its Cruel and Unusual can be read to prohibit the death penalty for the supposedly retarded.
Supreme Court Saves Cop Killer and Rapist of Pregnant Woman Who Gouged Out Eyes
THE POWER OF A MYTH
When the Democratic Party’s platform deleted the usual mention of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, removed a call to boycott Hamas and opposition to the “Right of Return” vocal protests came from Jewish organizations.
AIPAC was not one of them.
DNC aides claimed that AIPAC had reviewed and approved the new party platform, a claim that it denied. AIPAC’s submission contained a reference to Jerusalem, but the organization, often wrongly described as “hard-line” or “right-wing” by the media, made no objection to its omission.
Obama had already rejected two of these points, one overtly and one covertly, with the third yet to come up, making them little more than the fake beard they had been all along. AIPAC, which was being the DNC’s bipartisan fake beard for pro-Israel voters, did not waste time talking about them.
Santa Claus and the Israel Lobby
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MEET THE FLINTSTONES
These men, who ostensibly are studying Islamic theology at the site, are paid a monthly salary of NIS 4,000 to NIS 5000 ($1,150-$1,440) for their activities, the Shin Bet said.
$1,440 isn’t bad for part time work considering that average income for Israeli Arabs is $2,185, though Christian Arabs tend to skew the average higher. And Islamic theology students don’t have a lot of career options.
But throwing rocks at Jews is Islamic theology. It doesn’t get more Islamic than that. If they’re Jewish female visitors, it’s like the Koran in physical form.
Hamas Pays Muslim Rioters $1,150 a Month to Throw Rocks at Jews
72% of Adulterers Blame Actions on Global Warming
YOSSI BEILIN WHINES AGAIN
“The impassioned ideological struggle that existed between Left and Right until mythological British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s disappearance has faded.”
Thatcher was a myth? That explains why she disappeared. Did she fade like a magical being of light?
Man Who No One Wants to Hear From has Thoughts on EU Election
Qatar Bought 2022 World Cup for $5 Million in Bribes
M IS FOR MODERATE
For the Muslim, obviously, it’s going to be, ‘What does the Sharia say?’ But it’s important to realize that this was a normal thing within their society…there’s some discussion as to whether she was nine or twelve, but he did not take her into his household until she gave up playing with her dolls. That was the sign that she was no longer a child. So she was an adult when the Prophet brought her into his household. And that’s something that Sharia permits.”
US Muslim Cleric Who Defended Raping 9-Year-Old Condemns Boko Haram
ISLAM IS THE 2ND LARGEST RELIGION IN TEXAS
Ali Mahwood-Awad Irsan blamed his daughter’s husband, relatives say. They say he also faulted one of her closest friends, 30-year-old Gelareh Bagherzadeh, a Christian convert who widely denounced Islam.
First Bagherzadeh was killed, gunned down outside her parents’ Galleria townhouse complex in January 2012. Eleven months later, Irsan’s son-in-law died after being shot multiple times in the northwest Harris County apartment he shared with his wife.
Bagherzadeh had moved from Tehran just four years before, and had spoken out publicly against the Iranian regime. Christian converts like her are often executed in Iran.
Muslim Murdered Christian Woman in Texas for Encouraging his Daughter to Marry w/o Permission
COULDN'T HAPPEN TO A NICER BUNCH
Huge piles of rubbish continue to grow in Benghazi following a garbage collectors’ strike. The sheer volume of refuse now poses a health risk as the temperature increases in the already beleaguered eastern city.
The massive piles of rubbish are starting to have an effect far beyond just their noxious stench. The garbage is attracting animals and mosquitoes. It is causing traffic jams where it blocking the roads. More than this, as a breeding ground for illnesses, the elderly and the young are put particularly at risk by the trash.
Gaddafi Didn’t Destroy Benghazi, but a Garbage Strike Might
Hillary Accomplishment Finally Discovered: “She Boosted Morale at State Department”
RELIGION OF MARTYRS BREEDING
In Iran, women are supposed to dedicate themselves exclusively to breeding martyrs. Not kissing strange infidels on the cheek. That’s cheeky behavior at odds with Hezbollah’s pride in breeding human cannon fodder which must be punished with lashes.
“Martyrs Breeding Nation of Iran” Demands Flogging for Actress Kissing Strange Man on Cheek
JEFFERSON AKBAR
The University of South Carolina is dumping its Gender Studies center which became notorious for holding an event titled “How to Be a Lesbian in 10 Days or Less” and is going to teach the US Constitution instead.
The Morning News, owned by Warren Buffett, editorialized that this was “A chilling act of retribution” and “Required reading programs serve several purposes. Most importantly, though, the programs are intended to prepare students for the expectations of college-level discourse and open them up for the diversity they’ll find both on campus and in the real world. We’re not sure reciting the Bill of Rights, no doubt important to know, qualifies in that regard.”
Meanwhile the petition signatures are even crazier.
Thomas Davies WOODRUFF, SC
As an alumni, a non-traditional student, and a straight, white, older man, I can’t say enough about how my participation in WGS courses and the Center, changed my life for the better. Because enlightenment comes slowly to some outside academia, students, faculty, and staff need this resource. We cannot let an american Taliban rule our institutions of learning.
Leftists Denounce “American Taliban” University for Replacing Gender Studies w/Constitution
BarryCuda said...
"american [sic] Taliban." Interesting to note what is capitalized and what isn't.
This inter alia is why I am done.
I'm done because doing nothing other than defending an America that used to exist and exercising my 2nd Amendment rights resulted in a call to the "five-oh." Because I'm perceived as a Nazi extremist who must be shunned by all right thinking people.
Because my "fellow Americans" voted to increase my taxes and will continue it vote in that fashion.
Because, at the end of the day, I don't have any ancestors buried in this soil, and those who do, seem determined to ensure that they follow them rapidly, and chanting "kumbaya" as Religion of Peaceniks and Mexi-Racists laugh and toss another one down the mass grave.
I can't and won't remain a minority in a 3rd world nation.
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Get them all EDITORIAL 07/31/2010
Get them all
Poll executives have been placed under preventive suspension by the Ombudsman, in connection with the canceled awarding of the so-called secrecy folders to OTC Paper supply, originally priced at P350 per folder, which is clearly overpriced.
Preventively suspended for six months without pay are Commission on Elections Executive Director Jose Tolentino Jr.; Bids and Awards Committee Chairman Maria Lea Alarkon; members Allen Francis Abaya, Maria Norina Casingal, Martin B. Niedo, as well as Antonio Santella.
The Ombudsman, in its order said that the facts and circumstances of the case justify a preventive suspension, as the Ombudsman’s investigation team found that Tolentino, head of the specifications committee, “provided unwarranted benefits, advantage or preference to OTC Paper Supply by making prior arrangements and/or divulging valuable and confidential information with them as shown by OTC’S astonishing speed to produce a tailor-fitted, Comelec-approved design in just a matter of days.”.... MORE
Still spinning it
Human traffickers prey on vulnerable in Thailand
Still spinning it FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 07/31/2010
It really is amazing how the Aquino officials, the communications group, and their media partners plus yellow supporters spin the reports and portray the big blunders made by Noynoy Aquino in his State of the Nation Address (Sona) as no mistake at all, spinning it all to make it appear that while no irregularities or anomalies in the budget figures were found, it was still “morally” and “fiscally irresponsible” of the previous Arroyo administration to have spent more than it should have.
Neither Gloria nor her officials are my cup of tea. That has been much too evident even at the start of her regime, but hell, since when does a morality issue reign over legal issues? And who is to judge what is moral or immoral? Noynoy? His appointed officials? The yellows? Their protective yellow media? Well, who the hell do they think they are to set themselves up as the nation’s moral teachers, especially when they are not too clean themselves?
As for the charge that the previous administration was “fiscally irresponsible” over expenditures, just why do they insist on judging what is fiscally responsible by way of spending the budget funds, especially if, as admitted by the Noynoy officials, there was nothing irregular or anomalous found in the expenditure of the budget funds and allocations?... MORE
Human traffickers prey on vulnerable in Thailand FEATURE 07/31/2010
KOH KRED — Sixteen-year-old Kaew slumped into unconsciousness in a van somewhere in southern Thailand, believing she was on her way to work in a textile factory near the border.
She woke up in Malaysia to discover that she had been sold into the sex trade.
Hers is just one of a multitude of cases of modern-day slavery in Thailand, most of which involve a mix of poverty, violence and betrayal.
Apparently drugged and later locked in a room in Kuala Lumpur, Kaew met three other Thai women who asked if she had been lured to work like them.
“I had no idea what they were talking about, but then they told me what kind of job they did and what kind of job I had to do. I was very scared,” said Kaew, whose name AFP has changed to protect her identity.
She managed to escape before her first job, using money she had been given to buy food to take a taxi to the Thai embassy.... MORE
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100731com3.htm
Advocates Worry That Aquino’s Mining, Environment Agenda Is Similar to Arroyo’s Published on July 31, 2010
Advocates Worry That Aquino’s Mining, Environment Agenda Is Similar to Arroyo’s
President Aquino’s electoral platform, inaugural speech and State of the Nation Address (SONA) contain no clear environmental agenda and position on major issues such as mining, climate change and the garbage problem, said Clemente Bautista of Kalikasan.
MANILA — Environmental groups noted that the recent pronouncements and actions of President Benigno S. Aquino III lean toward the same anti-environment policies of the previous Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo administration.
“It is still early to say that President Aquino is anti-environment like his predecessor. However, based on what Mr. Aquino is doing and saying so far, prospects are not good for the communities and groups that have long clamored for fundamental change in terms of the national policies and programs that have caused much harm to our environment,” said Clemente Bautista of the Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment (Kalikasan PNE).... MORE
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After Fleeing from Palparan, Peasant Leader Ends Up in Manila Prison by Bulatlat.com
After Fleeing from Palparan, Peasant Leader Ends Up in Manila Prison
After the attempt on his brother-in-law’s life, peasant leader Dario Tomada fled to Luzon and took on different jobs to support his family back in Leyte. Five years later, he was arrested by soldiers for 15 counts of murder that allegedly took place in 1984 — when he was still peacefully tilling a small piece of land and was not involved in any organization.
MANILA — On Sept. 10, 2006, Dario Tomada, then chairman of the Samahan han Gudti nga Parag-uma ha Sinirangan Bisayas (Sagupa-SB or Organization of Small Farmers of Eastern Visayas), left Kanangga, Leyte, upon the advice of his colleagues. Like many of the leaders of people’s organizations in the region, Tomada’s life had been in danger.
Dario Tomada inside his jail cell. (Photo by Ronalyn V. Olea / bulatlat.com)
During that period, retired Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan Jr. was the commanding general of the 8th Infantry (Storm Troopers) Division in Eastern Visayas. Within six months of Palparan’s assignment in the region, human-rights group Karapatan had recorded 570 human-rights violations victimizing 7,561 individuals, 1,773 families and 110 communities. These include 126 cases of extrajudicial killings and 27 cases of enforced disappearances.... MORE
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Kin of ‘Morong 43′ File Rights Raps vs Military Before GRP-NDF Body by Bulatlat.com
Kin of ‘Morong 43′ File Rights Raps vs Military Before GRP-NDF Body
“Nearly six months since the Morong 43 were arrested and the wheels of justice have been grinding slow on our detained colleagues. For these innocent health workers, being held each day more in detention is a continuing torture and a serious injustice.” – Dr. Eleanor Jara, CHD executive director and convenor of the Free the 43 Health Workers Alliance
MANILA — Relatives and colleagues of the Morong 43 trooped to the office of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) section of the Joint Monitoring Committee (JMC) July 28 to file cases against the military for violations of the Comprehensive Agreement on Respect for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law (CARHRIHL).
The 43 health workers were arrested February 6 while conducting a health training in Morong, Rizal. Slapped with charges of illegal possession of firearms and explosives, the 43 were held under military captivity at Camp Capinpin, Tanay, Rizal for almost three months. In May, the 38 of them have been transferred to Camp Bagong Diwa in Bicutan, Taguig.... MORE
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With More Privatization, Aquino Uses Same Old Policies by Predecessors by Bulatlat
With More Privatization, Aquino Uses Same Old Policies by Predecessors
By ARNOLD PADILLA
MANILA — In his first State of the Nation Address (SONA), President Benigno Aquino III used the various cases of misuse of public funds by the Arroyo administration as a pretext to promote the so-called Public-Private Partnerships or PPPs. According to Aquino, PPPs will address the lack of resources due to a depleted government budget for the country’s many needs.
(Read the full text of Aquino’s SONA here)
Incidentally, PPPs were among the legacies of the first Aquino administration. It was during the term of Noynoy’s mother, the late President Cory Aquino, that the first PPPs in the power generation sector were implemented. In 1987, she issued Executive Order (EO) No. 215 that allowed private corporations to construct and operate electric generating plants. (Read here) Cory’s privatization formed part of a wide-ranging package of structural reforms pushed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank to supposedly address the country’s fiscal crisis in the late 1980s.... MORE
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Wide scope bared for truth body in EO By Aytch S. de la Cruz 07/31/2010
LOW-LEVEL OFFICIALS, PRIVATE EXECS COVERED
Wide scope bared for truth body in EO
By Aytch S. de la Cruz
While focused on the nine-year Arroyo administration, the so-called Truth Commission created yesterday through Executive Order No. 1 will include in its broad scope public officials of at least third-level, such as department heads of government agencies and even private individuals suspected of being involved in graft and corruption cases.
President Aquino signed EO 1 yesterday creating the commission vested with investigative powers on all the reported cases of graft and corruption involving third-level public officials and higher, their co-principals, accomplices and accessories from the private sector during the previous administration, based on the order.
Officials who are implicated in the allegations of large-scale graft and corruption cases during the previous administration will be compelled to cooperate with the recently created body to be called the Philippine Truth Commission of 2010, Justice Secretary Leila de Lima said..... MORE
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House hearing on impeach Gutierrez bid starts Sept. By Gerry Baldo 07/31/2010
By Gerry Baldo
The House committee on justice expects to start hearing the impeachment complaint against Ombudsman Ma. Merceditas Gutierrez in September, committee chairman Iloilo Rep. Niel Tupaz Jr. said.
Gutierrez is assured of an impartial trial of the impeachment case filed against her, Tupas added.
Tupas said Gutierrez would be given her day in the hearings that would be conducted by his panel which could begin as soon as it is referred to him by the House committee on rules.
“The sense of fairness will always be there, I can guarantee that,” said Tupas who lamented that the hearings conducted by the previous Congress on the previous impeachment case against Gutierrez were lopsided.
“There were lapses in terms of following the Constitution and the rules of the House, that’s why I voted against the report in plenary. Some jurisprudence were not properly appreciated at that time,” he said..... MORE
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Folder scam freezes all Comelec payments By Marie Surbano 07/31/2010
By Marie Surbano
Poll equipment suppliers of the May 10 elections are lining up with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to collect their bills but the Comelec said all the contracts related to the recent automated polls have yet to be signed as a result of the controversy generated by the P700-million ballot secrecy folder scandal.
Ferdinand Rafanan, director of Comelec Law Department, said the contractors are now asking for payment for various services rendered or equipment sold but the poll body is not ready to pay since there was no contract signed yet.
Rafanan said Comelec Chairman Jose Melo has ordered Comelec officials not to sign any contract until it has been reviewed by the law department.
“All these contracts are under review as a consequence of the ballot secrecy folder scandal. Melo opted to be cautious so no contracts were signed and all were sent to the law department for review,” Rafanan told reporters.
Asked what these unsigned contracts were, Rafanan said these include contracts with forwarding companies which provided delivery services on what he called as “non-accountable forms.”
“They were not paid since the contracts were unsigned,” Rafanan said adding that once the contract were reviewed and signed the commission will promptly release payments.
He admitted that the overpricing of the ballot secrecy folder that supposedly cost P380 a piece has taught the chairman a great deal on contracts being entered by the government.... MORE
Gov’t sends envoy to Iraq to check OFWs’ situation By Michaela P. del Callar and Marie Surbano 07/31/2010
By Michaela P. del Callar and Marie Surbano
The Philippine government has sent an assessment mission to Iraq to oversee and examine the security situation and security measures for the thousands of overseas Filipino workers who were ordered to be expelled by the United States due to an existing labor deployment ban by Manila.
Presidential special envoy to the Middle East Roy Cimatu, who left for Iraq Thursday, will return to Manila next week to submit his report and recommendations to an inter-agency committee that closely monitors the work condition of Filipino workers and studying options to address their situation and concerns in Iraq.
“The inter-agency committee, composed of the Office of the Executive Secretary, Department of Foreign Affairs, Department of Labor and Employment, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration, among other agencies, is expected to issue policy guidelines shortly after Ambassador Cimatu’s return,” a DFA statement said.
According to the DFA, there are around 6,000 Filipinos working in Iraq despite the Philippine government’s travel and labor deployment ban to Iraq. But the Embassy of Iraq in Manila said the figure has swelled to 15,000, most of them working for foreign companies in Iraq’s northern region.... MORE
CAT: SC ruling a labor, not agrarian, issue 07/31/2010
The top management of the Central Azucarera de Tarlac (CAT) yesterday clarified that the Supreme Court (SC) decision on the 13th month differential pay of its workers is purely a labor issue that involved the CAT which is an entirely different company from that of Hacienda Luisita Inc. (HLI).
Joey Romasanta, CAT vice president for Corporate Affairs, in a statement, stressed the high court ruling involves the Central Azucarera de Tarlac, a publicly listed company which operates a sugar mill located in Tarlac City, is separate and distinct from HLI.
He said the SC decision could be regarded as “moot and academic” since CAT had already satisfied the 13th month differential pay being claimed by the workers through the union by paying the amount of P6 million, more or less, as early as Jan. 26, 2010..... MORE
Pacquiao sister wanted for illegal gambling racket 07/31/2010
Authorities yesterday said a sister of boxing champion and Sarangani Rep. Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao was involved in running an illegal gambling racket after detaining 25 persons in a raid on her home in General Santos City.
A police vice squad detained the suspects and seized evidence, including gambling materials and cash, in Thursday’s raid on the home of Pacquiao’s elder sister, Isidra Paglinawan, Chief Insp. Leo Sua said.
Pacquiao, the seven-time world champion who was elected to a seat in the House of Representatives this year, personally watched as police searched the house, but vowed not to interfere.
A lower court in the southern port of General Santos ordered the raid as part of a police crackdown against an illegal numbers game, locally called “masiao,” but the 34-year-old sister was not at home, Sua told reporters.
Fractious LP eyes big pie EDITORIAL 07/30/2010
Fractious LP eyes big pie
The Liberal Party (LP) is trying to throw its weight around in the ongoing tussle at the Senate for prime committee posts with its members seeking to corner the most sought-after chairmanships, drawing the comment from Sen. Joker Arroyo that it was a case of the smaller guys wanting to get the bigger pie.
Sen. Francis Pangilinan’s withdrawal from the Senate presidency was hailed by his partymates as an act of statesmanship, but now the LP is into arm-twisting in the Senate to lay its members’ hands on the juicy posts.
Despite the fact that the current president is a party member, the LP, it seems, is finding it difficult to haul in recruits from both the Senate and the House of Representatives, thus weakening President Aquino’s legislative leverage on the many bills that he claims he plans to pursue in his reform agenda.
Speaker Sonny Belmonte, a Lakas-Kampi turncoat and now an LP member, won the top House post, but only as a result of a tactical alliance, mainly with members of Gloria Arroyo’s Lakas-Kampi-CMD party. Of the 90 or so House members who voted Belmonte into the speakership, not even 30 are card-bearing LP members. The case in the Senate is the same, with only four party members out of the 23 senators..... MORE
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Homework time FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 07/30/2010
Good grief! Do these new secretaries in the communications group know just what they are doing and saying?
From the way they sound, everything but everything can be made legal and binding through an executive order (EO) signed by their president, Noynoy Aquino.
Thus, even when there is no law backing up their dual and co-equal status as full Cabinet secretary, Sonny Coloma and Ricky Carandang will both be communications group secretary, and not a press secretary, even when there can be no communications group as a frontline department in replacement of the Office of the Press Secretary, as this department can only be abolished, and replaced by Congress, not by a mere EO.
But apparently, they believe that this can be done without the participation of Congress. Well, good luck to them.
Stated differently, the Aquino administration and its officials, especially Noynoy, believe that they can do anything they want, through an EO, which, it should be stressed, does not have the same effect and force of a law, unless of course, the EO is buttressed by an existing law, or a constitutional proviso, both of which are absent..... MORE
Mexican capital aims to be oasis for gays FEATURE 07/30/2010
MEXICO CITY — Mexico City’s gay community has in recent decades turned the capital into a relative oasis in a strongly Catholic country reknowned for its conservatism and machismo.
The authorities in the Mexican capital are now seeking to attract gay tourism, even though there is still widespread discrimination against them.
The city is well placed “to become the first gay friendly destination in Latin America,” said Tourism Secretary Alejandro Rojas.
In March, the urban sprawl of some 20 million people celebrated the first legal gay and lesbian weddings in Latin America. And this week, authorities said they had opened the first tourism office for homosexuals in the region.
Gay tourists are discerning, respectful and spend 47 percent more than heterosexual tourists, Rojas said.
His leftist city government last week offered a free honeymoon here to the first gay couple to wed in Argentina after that country legalized same-sex marriages in the whole country.
In Mexico City’s Zona Rosa district, a hub for the homosexual community, gay actor Tito Vasconcelos applauded the advances but underlined that “there’s a lack of consistency between statements and reality,” for Mexico’s gay community.... MORE
A scandal in the making MR. EXPOSE Amb. Ernesto Maceda 07/30/2010
Amb. Ernesto Maceda
President Aquino announced in his State of the Nation Address (Sona) that he has received an offer of $100 million from a business group/developer for the lease of the two Philippine Navy bases, the Headquarters at Roxas Boulevard adjacent to the PICC and the Bonifacio Naval station which is also the Headquarters of the Philippine Marines, adjacent to Global City and Forbes Park. Both properties have a total area of about 30 hectares. He confirmed the advanced negotiations at the Philippine Star anniversary.
It’s a creative solution to the Philippine Navy’s shortage of ships. But it should go through a transparent process. Considering its location, it appears that the $100 million or P4.5 billion offer is low for 300,000 square meters adjacent to Forbes Park. Forbes Park lots sell at P85,000/sq.m.
It should, therefore, be open to public bidding with a minimum bid set at $300 million at least. To begin with, an objective appraisal of the value of the two properties must be made before the bid is set.
And if the sale of Fort McKinley and the proposed sale of government properties in Japan are recalled, there should be congressional authority secured to allow the sale or long term lease of these valuable properties. And the Historical Commission must be consulted. The policy of selling prime government land must be fully debated. Are we going to lease Malacañang Park or part of Rizal Park?... MORE
PeNoy’s half-true lies DIE HARD III Herman Tiu Laurel 07/30/2010
Herman Tiu Laurel
PeNoy’s State of the Nation Address (Sona) cued the mainstream, oligarchy-controlled media on the propaganda line that the National Power Corp. (Napocor)’s rate hike petition is due to the artificially low rates it charged upon instruction of Malacañang under Gloria Arroyo. By highlighting this, PeNoy created the impression that the massive debt incurred by Napocor had been due to incompetence and corruption. PeNoy’s Energy Secretary Jose Almendras, former executive of the energy conglomerate Aboitiz Group, even followed this up on radio every day.
What PeNoy omitted is the fact that Napocor’s dire situation today is a result of the distorted privatization program, which has saddled it with debts (accrued over the decades from its service expansion across the country) while giving away its profit-generating assets for a song to private power producers, as well as, transmission and distribution companies. In effect, Napocor was robbed of revenues that were supposed to service its debts.
Most of these independent power producers or IPPs started business by taking advantage of Napocor’s power generating assets that were privatized by government to them. The sale of these assets, in turn, assigned to the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management (Psalm) Corp., was supposed to pay off Napocor’s debts; but a balance of at least P475 billion remains.
Government absorbs 35 percent (which we pay for as taxes) and we, the consumers, absorb 65 percent as “stranded contract costs” and “stranded debts,” which we will all pay under the so-called “universal charge.”
On the July 29 morning radio program of Noli de Castro with Almendras as guest, the Napocor tale was again thrashed about with the two lambasting the state-owned power corporation without explaining the history of its debts. Why, De Castro, in his infinite ignorance, even exclaimed, “Basta gobyerno ang may hawak lugi” when the truth is, his ABS-CBN bosses and their ilk are said to have gotten the biggest slice of the Napocor pie.
PeNoy, Almendras, De Castro will obviously not report the most enlightening Philippine energy news item of the past week: “Meralco income up 82 percent on 14 percent hike in volume sold,” as headlined by a business paper. In the first semester alone, Meralco profited by a whopping P5.8 billion from P3.18 billion in the same period last year. Such reports of gargantuan earnings hikes abound; yet little notice is taken.
Alas, the shenanigans of privatization know no bounds. In 2008, Meralco admitted that it charged consumers P13 billion in power that was never delivered because they have the “take-or-pay” purchased power agreement provisions courtesy of the power privatization law, Epira (Electric Power Reform Act), passed by the Edsa II Congress. And in 2009, Meralco reported a 119-percent increase in its net profit. Meanwhile, Aboitiz Power, Almendras’ mother company, reported its profit rising 143 percent in 2008, which it attributed to acquired government power assets.
PeNoy, Secretary Almendras and the likes of Noli de Castro, ABS-CBN, GMA7, and the mainstream newspapers are in cahoots with the power oligarchs in hiding these facts from the people.
The other fairy tale from the Sona is the much ballyhooed leasing out of the 30-hectare Naval HQ property. Considering that this is near the prime properties of Metro Manila, i.e. Forbes Park and Fort Bonifacio, the offer PeNoy was boasting of amounts to a “steal” as relayed to us by real estate experts. This is not only a fairy tale; we can smell a scam here and it would not surprise us if PeNoy’s campaign contributors (who are also big-time real estate moguls) put him up to it.
The expressway to the North that PeNoy said a foreign investor has offered to build, which would certainly entail the usual “sovereign guarantee,” will lead to exorbitant toll rates again.
It’s as if PeNoy is deaf to the pains and cries of commuters and traders using the present BOT expressways and skyways that are charging sky high toll fees that make the cost of things, such as tourism, vegetables, meats, poultry, and everything else that needs to traverse the expressways higher.
Hearing Secretary Sonny Coloma say that “Anyway, they (the pained commuters) can take the old highway” shows us how insensitive PeNoy’s people are and how ignorant they are of the economic impact their decisions make. PeNoy’s foreign-funded highway will be another highway to ruin.
Still, the same insensitivity plagues them on the MRT fare hike issue and the “cash transfer” plan of Dinky Soliman which will end up increasing hunger again, as inflation eats up the value of the “cash” for less rice as time goes by.
The final lie we spotted is PeNoy and Secretary Jesse Robredo’s spiel about the eradication of jueteng because the reports keep streaming in that not only is jueteng alive and well even in the province of Robredo but a new, more powerful gambling operation has spread all over the country called the “Meridien.” Operating alongside the “legalized” Small Town Lottery (STL), it definitely has the underside that really rakes in the money. The PNP big bosses are certainly not going to stop the P30-billion illegal gambling operations because, our informants aver, the top brass of the police allegedly split the P1-billion bounty per annum.
People should note how Robredo has softened his statements on these illegal gambling operations, as in his own home province, the political kingpins who also run jueteng have long overshadowed him.
In all, nothing has changed in this country: The looting by the oligarchs, criminal gangs, and corrupt bureaucrats continue. It’s a fairy tale that has no happy ending unless real revolutionary change intervenes.
(Tune in to Sulo ng Pilipino, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. on 1098AM; watch Politics Today, Tuesday, 8 p.m. to 9 p.m., with replay at 11 p.m. on Destiny Cable Channel 21, with the topic, “Stop Agus and Pulangui Privatization” and other power issues, with Mr. Louie Corral and PALAG; visit our new blog, http://newkatipunero.blogspot.com)
(Reprinted with permission from Mr. Herman Tiu-Laurel)
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Row over Cyprus air control poses growing safety risk FEATURE 07/30/2010
NICOSIA — A decades-old dispute over the control of Cyprus airspace has sparked accusations of a growing safety risk as the volume of air traffic over the divided resort island expands.
The Greek Cypriot head of Nicosia Air Traffic Control, which under international law is responsible for supervising the airspace over the island as well as a large slab of the adjacent eastern Mediterranean, says there have been near misses and that the number of incidents is growing.
The rival Turkish Cypriot aviation authorities, who oversee flights between Turkey and the breakaway north of the island and claim jurisdiction over the surrounding airspace, acknowledge there is a problem but say the cause is the Nicosia controllers’ refusal to talk to them.
“We’ve had a couple of very bad incidents,” said Nicosia air traffic chief Haris Antoniades.
“We had a very, very serious case about 18 months ago,” Antoniades told AFP.
“There was a Russian flight coming from the Egyptian airspace, flying through Nicosia to Turkey, to go to Russia, and then we had another flight coming south.... MORE
Dutch troops to leave Afghanistan after ‘proud’ four years focus 07/30/2010
THE HAGUE — The Dutch troop deployment in Afghanistan, often held up as a model for other peace missions, ends after four years on Sunday amid concerns about the void it will leave.
“We offer the majority of the population relatively safe living conditions and advancements in health care, education and trade,” chief of defense, General Peter van Uhm, said of his troops’ legacy in the southern Uruzgan province.
“We have achieved tangible results that the Netherlands can be proud of,” he told a news conference on Wednesday.
Around 1,950 Dutch troops are deployed in Afghanistan, mainly in Uruzgan where opium production is high and the Taliban very active, under the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).
Nato had asked the Netherlands to extend the mission, which started in 2006 and has cost the lives of 24 soldiers, by a year to August 2011.
This sparked a political row that led to government collapsing in February and the end of the Dutch deployment.
The mission is known for its “3 D” approach of defence, development and diplomacy.... MORE
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Easing up on English
By Peng Yining, He Na and Wang Shanshan in Beijing (China Daily)
World's second language to play smaller role in national college entrance exams, report Peng Yining, He Na and Wang Shanshan in Beijing.
Yin Zixuan, an 18-year-old high school student in Beijing, started learning English as a child in kindergarten.
"We've always been told that the English language is important for getting into a good college, finding a good job and a lot of other things," he said. "And then, all of sudden, we're told that its role will be reduced in the most important test for Chinese students."
Speaking English is the focus of a class in Beijing on Wednesday. Liu Chang / for China Daily
Starting in 2016, the points for English in China's national college entrance examination, gaokao, will fall from 150 to 100, according to a draft paper released by the Beijing Education Examinations Authority on Monday, which was aimed at gauging public opinion.
Yin said the reform, if implemented, would be a big change for students and schools in Beijing.
"The school doesn't care about things that aren't related to exams, most importantly, the gaokao. Our classes are always test-oriented," he said. "I can imagine how happy those who are not very good at English would be, but I think English is important, not just for gaokao, but also for the future, to ensure better job opportunities. However, I'm applying to a college in the United States. If I succeed, I won't even have to take the national entrance exam," he said.
Preparing for change
Hu Hongyang, vice-president of Nanjing Foreign Language School, one of eight foreign-language schools built in 1963 on the orders of then Premier Zhou Enlai to nurture China's future diplomats, said the policy is a sign of things to come and schools will inevitably cut the number of hours they devote to teaching English.
"The gaokao is still like the orchestra conductor's baton in most places in China," she said. "I have heard that some county-level schools are already considering cutting back on English classes in preparation for the new policies.
"Many provinces have spoken about lowering the status of English in the college entrance exam, but no one expected Beijing to do it so quickly and to be the first place to make the decision," she added.
According to the draft paper, English tests will be conducted every six months during the three years students spend in high school, with their highest recorded score used as the final mark.
The top score attainable in the national entrance exam will remain 750 marks, with the number available for the Chinese section rising to 180 from 150. Total marks available for social and natural sciences will rise to 320 from 300.
If implemented, the changes would have huge repercussions for the private education sector, according to Kevin Peter, a US citizen who's been involved in English-language education in Beijing for six years.
"I think it's a tremendous opportunity for schools and companies that provide content and learning beyond the traditional exam areas, such as grammar, vocabulary, idioms, things like that," said Peter, who manages a privately owned school.
"From the time of its foundation, the school has never seen learning English as a goal in and of itself, but also as a means of expanding the students' worldview and helping them to become more curious and think more creatively and independently."
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The status of brands and marketing campaigns does not remain same for years. However, the rate of change has increased manifold over the years. The figures of Fortune 1000 corporations show that among the top 20 companies, 35 percent were new between 1973 and 1983. Between 1983 and 1993, the same figure rose to 45 percent and between 1993 and 2003, the figure stood at 60 percent. This point is further supported by the fact that 40 percent of the top companies in Fortune 500 in 2000 disappeared in 2010.
The demise of stalwart US brands is many, such as, Tower Records, Wherehouse, Borders Books, Circuit City, Saturn, Pontiac, and Palm among others. The unpredictability of the brands in terms of their sustenance is becoming more potent by the day. Wall Street Journal published an article, “Ten Brands That Will Disappear in 2012,” providing a list of brands which will demise soon, such as, Nokia, American Apparel, and Sony Pictures.
The aspects of branding changes rapidly. The aspects consumers look into a brand or in a marketing campaign cease to exist in a few a years’ time. The promise, essence, persona and identity are the new differentiating aspects of brand, driven by technology and the deeper connect between the consumers and the brand.
The consumer behavior, markets and mechanisms of connecting with the customers are impacted by technology. It is an intricate business, which very few brand managers can understand and thus take their brands to demise.
One of the few people, who understood it, was Steve Jobs of Apple. After rejoining Apple in 1997, he emphasized to establish deeper connect with the consumers. In this effort, he came out with the iconic advertising campaign, “Think Different.”
“For me, marketing is about values,” said Jobs, “This is a very noisy world and we’re not going to get a chance to get people to remember much about us. So, we have to be very clear what we want them to know about us.”
The campaign, “Think Different” ran for 5 years that set the stage to rebrand Apple from a fledging consumer perception. This has been one of the best examples of successful branding that survived for a long time in terms of relevance and attention.
Another example of sustainable branding is McDonald’s. The chain has been going through store by store makeover with faux leather chairs, muted colors and wooden tables. The aim of this marketing activity is to redesign consumer experience, for which, the organization is pouring in $1 billion. They have taken the competition head on with Chiptole, Starbucks, and Panera Bread to provide their customers with upscale and elegant presence.
Senior Vice President of McDonald’s, Jim Carras said, “McDonald’s has to change with the times and we have to do so faster than we ever have before.”
The cultural adaptation and innovation is the key in recognizing the evolving of the consumer affinity and preference as well as technological advancement. The game changing aspects in relation to technology and consumer preference are the smart phones, tablets, gamificiation, and social and mobile networks. Embracing these aspects can ensure organizations impacting in line with consumer preference and technology changes and thus determining the bottom line impact.
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We might start wearing double layers of everything for the next eleven years, since the earth is heading for a mini ice age.
It’s all due to our shinning star, which is now “entering one of the deepest solar minimums of the space age,” warned Dr. Tony Phillips, editor of spaceweather.com .
Forget all the mumbling about rising temperatures. The Earth is actually cooling off, and these changes “could happen in a matter of months,” says Martin Mlynczak of NASA’s Langley Research Center.
“We’re not there quite yet,” said Mlynczak, but “if current trends continue, it could soon set a space age record for cold,” he added.
Backing up these claims are piles of data from NASA’s TIMED satellites (Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics), which clearly indicate that the thermosphere (the end-layer of air surrounding our planet) is getting colder and is shrinking at the same time, and thus decreasing the atmosphere’s radius.
Although Mlynczak reassures us that “the thermosphere always cools off during solar minimum,” this time around, scientists are expecting to see record lows, similar to those recorded during the mid-17 to early 18th centuries when the earth went through a “mini ice age”.
The “grand solar minimum”, as this transitional period has been dubbed, is known since previous years when research papers from UC San Diego and Northumbria University in the UK have been released on this matter.
Why will this solar minimum be different from the rest? Well, mainly because the Sun has been latent for the last decade, and researchers suspect that its next cycle will lack sunspot activity.
So, with the Sun preparing to hibernate, it appears that our planet is about to taste the cold of previous centuries when temperatures were much lower than what we experience today.
I know that for some of you this might come as a surprise. After all, satellite imagery shows how the Northern Ice shelf has drastically melted over the years.
But having a lazy sun could mean that our planet is ready to stack those ice layers back up. And in record time even.
While there’s still a heated debate on this topic, with both sides unable to stick with a single prediction, the only and best thing you could do is to prepare for what’s to come.
However, it’s still unclear if we should stack on sun lotion and bikinis, or rather build a cozy shelter with plenty of blankets and thermal recipients.
Whatever the case, time will show us in which direction to steer. After all, predictions have been made for the upcoming months. That’s not a long time after all.
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Life After Art School: Samantha Wilson
Has anyone ever told you what actually happens after art school? The ‘are you going to be an art teacher?’ question is commonly asked by friends and family. What else is there really? This week Central Station has asked art school graduates to share what they’ve been up to since their graduation in the Life After Art School series.
Samantha Wilson specialises in large scale drawing and painting and is currently based in Dundee completing her MFA at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design. She received a first Class Honours degree from Duncan of Jordanstone and studied for one semester in Toronto at the Ontario College of Art. She was brought up in Elie, Fife and spent six years of her childhood in Portugal before returning to Scotland for University. Here she talks about her experience of graduate life…
Since graduating from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in June, I have spent some time in the summer working and travelling to take a break from making art. This was mainly because I intended to return to university in September to begin a Masters in Art and Humanities at DJCAD, where I am currently studying.
Untitled (2014) Charcoal and Ink on paper 93 inches by 121 inches
Before returning to study, I exhibited with the Six Foot Gallery in Glasgow in July. The show itself was quiet, but overall it was a worthwhile experience because subsequently I was contacted by a publication called BleakZine (also based in Glasgow) who are interested in featuring some of my work in an upcoming issue. I mention this to consider that no matter how small an opportunity may seem, you never know what could come of it, so apply, apply, apply!
Dressing Up (2014) Charcoal and Ink on paper 44 inches by 80 inches
The time away from making has allowed me to really channel all of my energy back in to full time study where I am now developing a new body of work for the RSA New Contemporaries Exhibition in Edinburgh in March 2015. It’s fantastic to have somewhere to make work straight after graduating because the ideas and processes are still fresh in my mind after the degree show.
Dog Man (2013) Charcoal and Ink on paper 44 by 80 inches
Mermaid (detail) (2014) Charcoal and Ink on paper 44 by 81 inches
Since leaving my undergraduate study, I am feeling, even more so than during my fourth year at art school, the pressure of reality after school. Although I am studying again, it is a different experience to my undergraduate course in terms of feeling much more on your own. Art work is no longer something you feel you are obliged to finish because you want your degree certificate, but it is one step closer to being your ‘job’. It’s really ‘for you’ and not the grade. That brings a whole new perspective and emotional challenges to face every morning when you come into the studio. It can be very daunting but as long as you still enjoy the work, it’s worth it! I don’t know what else I’d be doing if I wasn’t battling away drawing and painting in the studio. In between studio work and studying, I am applying for artist residencies, publications and exhibitions.
For more about Samantha’s work, see Koren Dumbleton’s review of the DJCAD Degree Show here.
Untitled (2014) Oil on Canvas 240 inches by 60 inches
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Naidu terms Ansari’s comments as ‘political propaganda’
August 10, 2017 | Filed under: India | Posted by: VoV Web Desk
Vice President-elect M Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday rejected as ‘political propaganda’ the view that there is a sense of insecurity among minorities in the country, apparently a rejoinder to outgoing Vice President Hamid Ansari.
Though Naidu did not name anyone, his comments are seen as a response to Ansari’s remarks in a TV interview that there was unease and a sense of insecurity among Muslims in the country, and that ‘ambience of acceptance’ is now under threat.
“Some people are saying minorities are insecure. It is a political propaganda. Compared to the entire world, minorities are more safe and secure in India and they get their due,” Naidu said.
He also disagreed with the view that there is growing intolerance, saying Indian society is the most tolerant in the world because of its people and civilisation.
There is tolerance that is why democracy is so successful, he said.
The former Bharatiya Janata Party president also cautioned against creating divide in the nation by singling out one community, saying it will draw adverse reaction from other communities.
“If you single out one community, other communities will take it otherwise. That is why we say all are equal. Appeasement for none justice for all,” the 68-year-leader and former Union minister said.
He said history has proved that there is no discrimination against minorities.
“They (minorities) got in prominent positions including constitutional responsibilities because there is no discrimination, and also on account of their merit,” he said.
Noting that India’s uniqueness is its unity in diversity, he said sarva dharm sadbhav and secularism is in the mind and blood of India.
“India is secular not because of political leaders but because of its people and civilisation,” he said.
Ansari’s remarks come against the backdrop of incidents of alleged intolerance and violence by self-proclaimed cow protectors, for which opposition parties have attacked the central government.
Asked about incidents of alleged intolerance, Naidu said India is a huge country and there could be some ‘stray’ occurrences, which are ‘nothing but aberrations’.
He, however, added that ‘nobody can justify attacks on fellow citizens on the basis of community’.
Such incidents should be condemned and action should be taken by appropriate authorities, he said.
Naidu also said that some people blow out of proportion such incidents for political considerations. Some go to the extent of ‘defaming’ the county by raising such issues at international forum.
Some do it to create rift between communities and derive political mileage, he said, adding the basic problem arises due to vote bank politics and due to treating a community as vote bank.
A day before he takes oath as India’s next vice president, he said his advice to politicians is not to drag communities into politics.(Agencies)
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The Greatest Awards winning houseplant team at Aylett Nurseries have always been passionate about houseplants, keeping a full houseplant “house” throughout the past 10 years.
“Houseplant sales have grown in the past few years and now account for 6% of our total turnover, we were and still are passionate about housplants” said Julie Aylett. “The sales mix has changed recently with foliage plants outselling flowering plants.”
Having said that when you have the space to put on displays of flowering houseplants of the quality of Ayletts it’s no surprise that those sales are increasing for them too.
Even though they don’t run an Instagram account at Aylett’s, Kathy Sanger, department manager, explained: “They come up with their list from google and from which plants since they say first pyou know what the next plants are going to be”.
Whilst the Aylett houseplant are has the look and feel of a traditional garden nursery greenhouse that doesn’t stop them stocking a selling new houseplants. Plants grown on lava rock is the latest new addition from the continent. Within 5 days of then going on sale half had already sold through!
Aylett Nurseries are also at the fore front of sustainable garden retailing with many displays highlighting recycling, re-use and organic gardening products.
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Let's Get Rolling and Kill Them All
The Iraqi military seems to have finally shaped the northern front sufficiently to herald the opportunity to begin the long-anticipated offensive to take Mosul from those monsters known as ISIL:
Iraqi government forces advancing on the Islamic State-held city of Mosul retook a village from IS on Tuesday and linked up along the Tigris river with army units pushing from a separate direction, Defence Minister Khalid al-Obeidi said.
The territorial gain, which followed the recapture of a key air base nearby at the weekend, further isolated Mosul in preparation for a government assault to recover Iraq's second largest city 60 km (40 miles) further north.
Our military finally seems on board with a faster offensive to take Mosul from ISIL:
The deployment of 560 additional U.S. troops [to the recently captured air base] to help Iraq forces prepare and conduct the offensive to retake the northern Iraqi city of Mosul may signal a tipping point in the war against the Islamic State, some Pentagon officials hope.
The decision to send the American forces was triggered by a surprisingly easy victory on the battlefield on Saturday in which Iraqi forces essentially blindsided Islamic State fighters and retook a strategic airfield that will serve as a staging ground for the Mosul offensive, now seen as on track to happen this year.
Strategypage writes about ISIL's shaky morale:
It did not go unnoticed by anyone that many of the ISIL defenders in Ramadi and Fallujah were not willing to fight to the death, or even fight at all. This despite ISIL commanders ready to shoot on the spot any subordinate who faltered. The upcoming offensive to liberate Mosul is taking weakening ISIL morale into account and low level combat commanders have been told what to look for (a true morale collapse and not just a feint) and take advantage of it to quickly advance.
They have a lot more. Read it all.
I've certainly been writing that since Ramadi was retaken at the end of last year that ISIL's forces seem amazingly unwilling to fight to the death and exact a price on Iraqi forces for winning even the smallest patch of Iraqi territory.
This lack of fighting spirit should mean we accelerate the fight to take advantage of ISIL's bad morale before ISIL can recover.
Indeed, I've assumed that we've noticed this change, even though a British general giving a briefing on the Iraq campaign downplayed the role of ISIL's morale on Iraqi victories lately. I wrote:
If we assume the fight for Mosul will be difficult, what is it based on? Because for the last eight months or so, ISIL jihadis haven't seemed like they have the will to fight in Iraq. ...
To put it in terms the British general should understand, from ISIL's point of view there seems to be something wrong with our bloody jihadis today.
I think that when the Mosul offensive finally gets rolling, it will start sooner than people think and move faster than people think it will.
And now our military is openly admitting what has seemed apparent; and is saying that the Iraqi offensive could take Mosul this year rather than merely begin by the end of the year.
And Iraqi forces are now close enough to march on Mosul. Good hunting. Kill them all.
The liberation of Mosul won't end the war against jihadi terrorism. But it is a necessary start to winning that war.
UPDATE: Perhaps the offensive begins two hours after this meeting ends:
U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter and senior officials from other countries in the coalition battling Islamic State will meet near Washington, D.C., on July 20 to discuss the ongoing military campaign, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.
The big push requires the big meeting. And big PowerPoint presentations, I assume.
UPDATE: Reports of 60 dead and 100 injured in a terror attack in Nice, France, are coming in.
A combination of a truck ramming a crowd and gunfire, it seems.
This is part of the price we are paying for taking so much time to defeat ISIL and deprive them of a sanctuary to plan attacks like this.
But by all means, take some time to come up with a weepy hashtag, instead.
And alert James Taylor, of course.
I'm sick of this. What do we expect if we don't kill them first?
UPDATE: Late but relevant.
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Note on site statistics: When I strip out the junk hits from Blogger statistics that seem to come and go in waves, I appear to have about 10,000 hits per month (I take a 3-month average for this).
My old statistics package, Site Meter, seemed to miss a lot and even disappeared visits after they've appeared.
I added a new StatCounter late in 2016. So far it shows far fewer hits than Blogger and is more in line with the old Site Meter. But it too seems to be missing what appear to be Facebook links that Blogger picks up. So I'm not sure what my audience size is. It is puzzling to me.
Of course, it is quite possible that the basic problem is my failure to use Facebook and Twitter for keeping and expanding an audience. I noticed that my audience size fell by over 75% by the old statistics as Facebook and Twitter took off. I may be a blogosaur! So be it.
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Harbaugh to Edwards after critical tweets: "Come after me"
Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh watches a replay in the first half of an NCAA football game against Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind., Saturday, Sept. 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
By CHRIS NELSEN, Associated Press
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The war of words between Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh and former Wolverines receiver Braylon Edwards is heating up.
Harbaugh, upset Edwards posted a negative tweet about two U-M players during Saturday’s 24-17 loss at Notre Dame, fired back at Monday’s news conference.
Edwards, now a college football analyst, was suspended indefinitely Monday by the Big Ten Network for “a violation of the network’s social media guidelines.”
“I was disappointed that a member of the Big Ten Network would choose to attack the character of two of our players,” said Harbaugh, whose program dropped its 17th consecutive road game to a ranked opponent, a streak dating to 2006.
“If somebody wants to attack the character of anybody on the ball club, come after me.”
Edwards’ tweet Saturday night, which was later deleted, was directed at U-M center Cesar Ruiz and transfer quarterback Shea Patterson: “Ruiz is weak, line is weak, shea is scared, (expletive) Michigan offense is so predictable…..Michigan football is sadly one thing……Trash,” Edwards wrote.
On Monday, Harbaugh defended his players, both first-year starters for the Wolverines.
“First of all, it’s not true. It’s not factual,” Harbaugh said. “There’s nobody in our program who thinks those things about any player on our team, let alone the two players that he described. … Just so you know, that’s not coming from anybody inside the program.”
Edwards, one of the top receivers in Michigan history, still holds program records for career receptions (252), yards (3,541) and touchdowns (39).
After learning of his suspension from the Big Ten Network, Edwards fired off another tweet aimed at his alma mater.
“So funny that everyone is worried (about) my tweet as opposed to the real issue, 0-17 on the road against ranked opponents, 1-6 against rivals and the one win was against a 3-9 MSU. Last thing i will ask and really think about this before you get mad…is Michigan better than Iowa?” Edwards wrote Monday.
He apologized in part later in the day, saying he “should not have attacked Ruiz and Patterson that hard or period individually” but said Michigan “still needs to step up so no apologies there.”
Michigan junior defensive end Rashan Gary, a likely first-round NFL draft prospect, said he didn’t see Edwards’ tweet Saturday night, though he was offended a former Wolverine would rip the program and current players.
“At the end of the day, we’re college students, we’re college football players and we love what we do,” Gary said Monday. “We take it to heart. For someone to stab at somebody, I didn’t see the tweet, but to take shots at a player and you’re a grown man, I don’t think that’s cool.”
Wolverines tight end Sean McKeon didn’t address Edwards’ tweet directly, but he knows how quickly frustration can build from the team’s die-hard fan base.
“Coach Harbaugh says it’s just us, all the coaches, all the players,” McKeon said. “Outside noise doesn’t have any effect on what we do. Yeah, I’m frustrated, too. You don’t want to lose ever, but you can’t change that. You just have to learn from it.”
With a long season still ahead, Michigan players are trying to focus on Saturday’s home opener against Western Michigan.
“It’s a new week, we’re still in control of everything we want to accomplish,” Gary said. “Right now, it’s Week 2 and we’re focused on Week 2. We got to get this win and keep it pushing.”
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BACK TALK ———————————————————— Culture Topic – The Novel Is… Not Really Dead
I saw David Shields speak at the 2010 Boston Book Festival. I immediately had the hots for the man. Tall, bald, charismatic, slick black sweater of some type—but I’ve seen those qualities before and I’ll see them again. I was enthralled by the tone of his voice and his confidence without grandiosity. He was big and strong-willed but not arrogant; there was generosity in his gestures. He was definitely an intellectual thinker making provocative declarations about all of literature. Yet he wasn’t bloated about it.
Shields was on a panel about The Novel and had prepared an edgy, thoughtful presentation on the topic. (A tough combo to pull off. Most writers end up sounding edgy for the sake of style or thoughtful to the point of hermetic elitism.) Shields argued that The Novel is stagnated, stuck in its 19th-century form, with a few minor modernist alterations from the 20th. Sounds like the usual Chicken-Little schlock, except when you read or hear David Shields, he really actually cares about fiction and the novel—he isn’t just pushing memoir as the only alternative or bemoaning the state of book sales. He wants new forms. For example, I love his idea about novels needing to be more concise. He wasn’t offering a sentimental defense of minimalism; he wants to change the whole idea of the novel. Like Shields, I loathe most novel paragraphs wasted on setting. (I skimmed much of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo—all those exacting details about the little Scandinavian town and the family tree. Agony, but I was carried to it by the hype. In the end, I decided the novel could be reduced to about 78 pages and still be complete.)
Like Shields, when I read, I want to get into the ideas and humanity of the story. I’m not looking to the book for Entertainment or Escape. Like Shields, I am captivated by challenge and precise aesthetics that have a point.
But I don’t like when Shields says, “The novel is dead.” Oh David, how even you fall back on 20th-century conventions. So melodramatic. So sweeping. So reductionist as to be blatantly untrue when held up to any level of thought. Novels are bestsellers in huge numbers every year. Tween girls, nerd boys, housewives, men with cigars, Brooklyn couples at their neighborhood indie bookstore, and elderly women infatuated with their detective-of-choice all buy novels. They might buy mostly the same novels—and uncompromised uniqueness is not tolerated by most publishing houses, the corporate marketplace, or even the so-called avant-garde with its specific style de jeur—but that doesn’t mean the novel is dead.
I prefer, “The novel should not be what it was.” Pithy, not reductionist. Suggestive, but hopefully not didactic.
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I’m a bit out of my league here. Too much brain power on display!
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Austin Comic Con 2013: “Marvel’s Iron Man & Hulk: Heroes United” Smashes Onto The Screen
November 19th, 2013 by Blu-ray Brian
With only two more days separating us Austinites from total geekdom at Austin’s own Comic Con this year, here’s some news that we just learned about that should excite everyone that’s planning on going. Below is today’s official announcement from Marvel that it will be debuting its new animated film Marvel’s Iron Man & Hulk: Heroes United at Wizard World Austin Comic Con on Saturday, and that Fred Tatasciore, the voice of Hulk, will be appearing to introduce the film, do a general Q&A with fans, sign autographs and meet with press. How cool is that? I hope to see you all there! In them meantime though, do check out the press release below. Enjoy!
BURBANK, CA, November 19, 2013 – Get ready for the world premiere of “Marvel’s Iron Man & Hulk: Heroes United!” This all-new animated movie debuts at Wizard World Austin Comic Con on Saturday, November 23, at 12:30 p.m. in Room 14 at the Austin Convention Center. Fred Tatasciore, the voice of Hulk, will make a SMASH-ing appearance to unveil the Marvel Television’s CG-animated feature to Wizard World attendees!
“Marvel’s Iron Man & Hulk: Heroes United,” is the first full-length direct-to-video CG animation feature that showcases the team-up between two of Marvel’s greatest Heroes – Iron Man and Hulk! When two HYDRA scientists try to supercharge a Stark Arc Reactor with Hulk’s Gamma Energy, they unleash a being of pure electricity called the Zzzax – and he’s hungry for destruction. Together, Iron Man and Hulk are the only force that stands in the way of the Zzzax’s planetary blackout. But first, the Super Hero duo will have to get through snarling Wendigos, deadly robots and the scaly powerhouse, Abomination. Can two of Marvel’s mightiest Heroes find a way to work together without smashing each other before time runs out?
Fred Tatasciore has voiced the Hulk more than any other voice actor for Marvel Television. In addition to this animated movie, he’s brought the Hulk to life in “Marvel’s Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.,” “Hulk Vs.,” “Marvel’s Avengers Assemble,” “The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes,” “Ultimate Avengers” and “Ultimate Avengers II.” His additional contributions to other Marvel animated series include Beast/Dr. Hank McCoy in the animated series “Wolverine and the X-Men” and “X-Men,” and Shingen Yashida in “Wolverine.”
Following its world premiere at Wizard World Austin Comic Con, “Marvel’s Iron Man & Hulk: Heroes United” debuts on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD December 3. For information about the film, visit http://marvel.com/movies/movie/184/ marvels_iron_man_hulk_heroes_united.
For more information about Wizard World Austin Comic Con and tickets to the world premiere on November 23, featuring an appearance by Fred Tatasciore, visit www.wizardworld.com/austin.html.
Schedule of Fred Tatasciore Wizard World Events:
12:30pm – Film screening with Q&A to follow Room #14
2:30 – 3:30pm – Fan signing Booth #106
Written by: Blu-ray Brian on November 19, 2013.
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ABC Jazz is excited to announce the release of Little Did They Know, an album of beautiful, melodic songs performed by Angela Davis, Tony Gould and Sam Anning.Recorded by producer Mal Stanley at the ABC’s Melbourne studios, it captures three musicians utterly in sync with each other. This trio have performed together quite a bit over the years, and have developed a simple, honest and melodic style, seeking to make things as beautiful as possible. “The recording is inspired by the simplicity and beauty of Bill Frisell’s compositions and improvisations as well as Lee Konitz’s trio record “Alone Together” with Brad Mehldau and Charlie Haden,” says Davis. “All three of us have a deep appreciation of simple, beautiful melodies and I think that comes through on the recording.”Featuring four original compositions by Davis herself, alongside arrangements of works by Haden, Frisell, Sammy Fain and one George Frederic Handel, Little Did They Know brings together three of Australia’s finest jazz musicians for a very special recording.Described by the Age as having ‘an instinctively melodic approach’, Angela Davis is a unique and sought-after musician currently based in Melbourne. She holds a Masters of Music from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia and has performed with numerous jazz luminaries including Carla Bley, Steve Swallow, Patti Austin, James Morrison, Dan Tepfer, Linda Oh & Sandy Evans.Pianist Tony Gould is one of Australia’s most respected musicians, with a career spanning more than 50 years of jazz, classical, and more. He has been involved in an extraordinary number of recording projects both as pianist and composer and has been at the forefront of music education in Australia via various tertiary institutions in Melbourne and throughout Australia, and has been a supporting artist to Dave Brubeck, Oscar Peterson, Sarah Vaughan, Jean Luc Ponty, Ray Brown, the Art Ensemble of Chicago and many other distinguished groups.Originally from Fremantle WA, Sam Anning has become an internationally sought-after bassist. He moved to Melbourne and became intensely involved in the jazz scene there, before a scholarship to the prestigious Manhattan School of Music saw him fully immersed in the New York jazz community.
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Classic 100: Composer – Top 10 and Selected Highlights
Classic 100: ComposerThe Top Ten & Selected HighlightsWho is your favourite composer?TheClassic 100, Australia’s favourite classical music countdown, this year asked Australia the big question. The votes poured in: for the household names, the ‘one-hit wonders’ and for the unsung heroes, for the giants of the past and the voices of today. Composers of mighty symphonies, grand operas and intimate piano jewels; of timeless meditations, enchanting ballets and stirring film scores. The result was a dazzling array of 100 composers from 15 countries, stretching across nine centuries of music.The full list of names was announced live on air over the long weekend in June, counting down from No. 100 to the ‘winner’, Ludwig van Beethoven, at No. 1. It’s the definitive ranking of Australia’s favourite composers.This 2CD album offers a handy ‘field guide’ to that list: the top ten composers, plus a selection of highlights from across the full hundred, giving a taste of the extraordinary variety of styles, eras and genres. The timeless purity of medieval abbess Hildegard of Bingen; the sultry tangos of Astor Piazzolla. The irrepressible good humour of Haydn; the solemn beauty of Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings; the towering might of Wagner and the delicate flight of Vaughan Williams’ Lark Ascending.It’s a wonderful way to dip your toe into the vast ocean of classical music, or introduce a friend to the glories of these magnificent composers. TRACKLISTCD1Rank1 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5: I. Allegro con brio12 JS BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 3: I. Allegro23 MOZART Symphony No. 40: I. Molto allegro34 TCHAIKOVSKY 1812 Overture45 HANDEL Zadok the Priest56 VIVALDI The Four Seasons: Spring: I. Allegro67 CHOPIN Nocturne in E-flat major, Op. 9 No. 278 SCHUBERT Trout Quintet: IV. Theme and Variations89 RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2: I. Moderato910 ELGAR Enigma Variations: Nimrod1011 VAUGHAN WILLIAMS The Lark Ascending – excerpt11 CD2 1 MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto No. 2: III. Allegretto non troppo – Allegro molto vivace122 WILLIAMS Raiders of the Lost Ark: Main Title153 KATS-CHERNIN Wild Swans:Eliza Aria164 MAHLER Symphony No. 5: IV. Adagietto205 HAYDN Trumpet Concerto: III. Allegro256 HILDEGARD OF BINGEN O eterne Deus337 WAGNER Ride of the Valkyries358 FAURÉ Pavane399 RODRIGO Concierto de Aranjuez: I. Allegro con spirito5410 BARBER Adagio for Strings6111 KHACHATURIAN Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia6312 PIAZZOLLA Libertango6413 EINAUDI I giorni6514 PACHELBEL Canon7815 ORFF Carmina burana: O Fortuna99
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Classic 100: Composer
Classic 100: Composer8CD box setWho is your favourite composer?In 2019, the Classic 100 asked the ultimate musical question: who is the composer you can’t live without?There were those for whom this was an impossible task. One listener compared the process to choosing ‘a favourite child’; another, ‘which limb I couldn't live without’. But Australia did choose – in record numbers. Over 120,000 votes were cast, and every one had a story behind it. We heard the reasons why certain composers are an indelible part of your life: because of memories associated, or the feelings their music evokes, or often a reason beyond words.Beethoven was perhaps an unsurprising winner. For many, he is so important because he reflects the full palette of our own lives. ‘He understands,’ said one voter, deftly capturing his ineffable genius in two words. And while your votes put the top four – rounded out with JS Bach, Mozart and Tchaikovsky – in a league of their own, other composers in the top 100 were often just a handful of votes apart.This boxset brings together music by all 100 of the top composers – more than 10 hours of music across 8 CDs. Celebrate your favourites, and explore some new ones!VOLUME I CD11 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5: I. Allegro con brio2 JS BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 3: I. Allegro3 MOZART Symphony No. 40: I. Molto allegro4 TCHAIKOVSKY 1812 Overture5 HANDEL Zadok the Priest6 VIVALDI The Four Seasons: Spring: I. Allegro7 CHOPIN Nocturne in E-flat major, Op. 9 No. 28 SCHUBERT Trout Quintet: IV. Theme and Variations9 RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2: I. Moderato10 ELGAR Enigma Variations: Nimrod11 VAUGHAN WILLIAMS The Lark Ascending – excerpt CD212 MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto No. 2: III. Allegretto non troppo – Allegro molto vivace13 DVOŘÁK New World Symphony: II. Largo14 BRAHMS Symphony No. 4: I. Allegro non troppo15 WILLIAMS Raiders of the Lost Ark: Main Title16 KATS-CHERNIN Wild Swans:Eliza Aria17 SIBELIUS Finlandia18 SCULTHORPE Left Bank Waltz19 PUCCINI La bohème:O soave fanciulla20 MAHLER Symphony No. 5: IV. Adagietto21 VERDI Nabucco:Va’, pensiero22 DEBUSSY Clair de lune CD323 SAINT-SAËNS Organ Symphony: IIb. Maestoso - Allegro24 SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 8: II. Allegretto25 HAYDN Trumpet Concerto: III. Allegro26 PÄRT Spiegel im Spiegel27 GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue28 RAVEL Boléro29 GRIEG Piano Concerto: I. Allegro molto moderato CD430 EDWARDS Maninyas: III. Second Maninya31 WESTLAKE Antarctica: Penguin Ballet32 PROKOFIEV Montagues and Capulets from Romeo and Juliet33 HILDEGARD OF BINGEN O tu suavissima virga34 BIZET The Pearl Fishers: Duet35 WAGNER Ride of the Valkyries36 GLASS Violin Concerto No. 1: First movement37 SATIE Gymnopédie No. 138 BERNSTEIN Candide: Overture39 FAURÉ Pavane40 MORRICONE The Mission: Gabriel’s Oboe41 R STRAUSS Four Last Songs: Frühling42 HOLST The Planets: Mars, the Bringer of War43 COPLAND Fanfare for the Common Man44 MONTEVERDI Orfeo: Prologue – excerpt VOLUME IICD545 PURCELL Dido and Aeneas: Dido’s Lament46 STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring – excerpt47 SCHUMANN Träumerei48 TELEMANN Tafelmusik: Conclusion49 BRUCH Violin Concerto No. 1: III. Finale50 BRITTEN Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes: I. Dawn51 BORODIN Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances52 TALLIS Spem in alium53 LISZT Liebestraum No. 354 RODRIGO Concierto de Aranjuez: I. Allegro con spirito55 ROSSINI The Barber of Seville: Largo al factotum56 RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade: I. The Sea and Sinbad's Ship CD657 BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique: March to the Scaffold58 GRAINGER Handel in the Strand59 ZIMMER Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl60 CPE BACH Trio Sonata in A major: I. Allegretto61 BARBER Adagio for Strings62 C SCHUMANN Romance No. 163 KHACHATURIAN Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia64 PIAZZOLLA Libertango65 EINAUDI I giorni66 J STRAUSS II Blue Danube Waltz67 JENKINS Benedictus68 RUTTER For the Beauty of the Earth69 BRUCKNER Symphony No. 7: III. Scherzo70 BOCCHERINI Minuet CD771 SMETANA Vltava (The Moldau) – excerpt72 SULLIVAN The Gondoliers: Overture73 ALBINONI Oboe Concerto in D minor: II. Adagio74 MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade and Gnomus75 J STRAUSS I Radetzky March76 BYRD Ave verum corpus77 BARTOK Concerto for Orchestra: II. Giuoco delle coppie78 PACHELBEL Canon79 CORELLI Christmas Concerto: Pastorale80 RICHTER Vivaldi Recomposed: Spring 181 SHORE The Fellowship of the Rings: The Fellowship82 PALESTRINA O beata et benedicta83 FANNY MENDELSSOHN Piano Trio: II. Andante espressivo84 RESPIGHI Ancient Airs and Dances: Bergamasca85 BARRY Out of Africa: Theme86 ALLEGRI Miserere – excerpt CD887 BARTON Kalkadungu Yurdu88 PAGANINI Violin Concerto No. 1: II. Adagio espressivo89 MASSENET Thais: Meditation90 GLANVILLE-HICKS Etruscan Concerto: III. Scherzo91 NYMAN: The Piano: The Heart Asks Pleasure First92 KORNGOLD Die tote Stadt: Glück, das mir verblieb93 KOEHNE Tivoli Dances: I. Santa Ana Freeway94 RAMEAU Les Indes galantes: Overture95 GÓRECKI Symphony of Sorrowful Songs: II. Lento e largo96 WHITWELL She Walks in Beauty97 D SCARLATTI Piano Sonata in G major, Kk45498 VINE Piano Concerto No. 1: 2nd movement99 ORFF Carmina burana: O Fortuna100 POULENC Mélancolie
One Hundred Days Away
What did the early Australian colony sound like? Apart from ‘Bound for Botany Bay’, it’s not a question we ask ourselves very often. But it’s a question that Shane Lestideau has set about trying to answer. Having just completed a master’s degree on music in eighteenth-century Scotland, Shane was curious to know how much of this repertoire had been brought to Australia during the early years of European colonisation. The opportunity to research the topic was presented in the form of the 2019 National Folk Fellowship. It allowed her full access to the National Library of Australia’s music collection, and she spent several weeks digging out the oldest and most interesting examples of Scottish baroque, classical and folk music as played and cherished by European immigrants in Australia. The stylistic distinctions between these three genres of music are particularly blurred in Scotland where one commonly finds traditional Scottish airs used in chamber and orchestral music.When it came to recording these works, Shane needed a band of brilliant, versatile performers who could move seamlessly between styles and musical periods, who could play these works as they were intended to be played.And what a band it is, featuring the beautiful voice and harp playing of Claire Patti (The Velvetones), Shane Lestideau andBen Dollman (Australian Brandenburg Orchestra) on period violins, Rachel Johnston on cello (formerly of the Australian String Quartet), and Emily-Rose Šárkova (from the genre-blending ensemble Chaika) on piano and piano-accordion.The result is One Hundred Days Away, a haunting album focusing on songs and tunes that are linked to the sea, a nostalgia for ‘home’, or the struggle to settle in unfamiliar lands. Part classical, part folk, part Scottish, part Australian, this album captures the musical – and emotional – landscape of the early Australian settlement.Evergreen EnsembleClaire Patti soprano & Celtic harpEmily-Rose Šárkova piano accordion & pianoRachel Johnston celloShane Lestideau violin, violin d’amoreBen Dollman violin & viola
Zavod: The Environmental Symphony - Narrated by Sir Richard Branson
Music by Dr Allan Zavod | Words by Dr Alan FinkelNarrated by Sir Richard BransonMelbourne Symphony Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Northey“…delivering such an important message in a language that is as accessible as possible is key to The Environmental Symphony’spotential to communicate with a broad audience.” – Limelight (2015)ABC Classic presents The Environmental Symphony, an ambitious and epic work that spans five billion years, from the formation of the planet through to the devastation of our current age.Released on United Nations World Environment Day, Wednesday June 5, The Environmental Symphony sounds a warning of what will happen if we don’t act boldly and decisively to address our climate crisis, but ends with an optimistic vision of a greener, cleaner future.With music by the genre-bending Dr. Allan Zavod, words by Dr. Alan Finkel, narrated by Sir Richard Branson, and performed by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and conductor Benjamin Northey, this recording is a major international release that lends some musical muscle to the ongoing political and environmental fight against climate change. Known for his unique creative blend of improvised jazz and classical music, Dr. Allan Zavod wasone of Australia’s most exciting pioneers of fusion music – a pianist, composer, arranger, producer, and conductor, he broke down barriers between genres alongside international superstars such as Eric Clapton, Frank Zappa, Sting, Nigel Kennedy and many more. The Environmental Symphony was his last major work before his death in 2016.Dr Alan Finkel, a friend and admirer of Allan Zavod’s performance and creative prowess, was honoured when Zavod asked him to provide the storyline and the libretto for The Environmental Symphony. They shared the belief that music and science could unite to provide a fresh insight into the problem of global warming. Currently Australia’s Chief Scientist and a former Chancellor of Monash University and President of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering, Finkel has had a long and successful career in industry. He has received many accolades and awards, and is passionate about science education.Since starting youth culture magazine Student at aged 16, Sir Richard Branson has found entrepreneurial ways to drive positive change in the world. In 2004 Richard established Virgin Unite, the non-profit foundation of the Virgin Group, which unites people and entrepreneurial ideas to create opportunities for a better world. Most of his time is now spent building businesses that will make a positive difference in the world and working with Virgin Unite and organisations it has incubated, such as The Elders, The Carbon War Room, The B Team and Ocean Unite. He also serves on the Global Commission on Drug Policy and supports ocean conservation with the Ocean Elders.Australian conductor Benjamin Northey is the Chief Conductor of the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra and the Associate Conductor of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Highly active in the performance of Australian orchestral music, Northey is an Honorary Fellow at the University of Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, his awards include the prestigious 2010 Melbourne Prize Outstanding Musician’s Award and the 2002 Brian Stacey Memorial Scholarship, as well as multiple awards and nominations for his numerous CD recordings with ABC Classic.The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra is a leading cultural figure in the Australian arts landscape, bringing the best in orchestral music and passionate performance to a diverse audience across the nation and around the world. Each year the MSO engages with more than 5 million people through live concerts, TV, radio and online broadcasts, international and regional tours, recordings and education programs. From its home at Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne, to free summer concerts at Melbourne’s largest outdoor venue, the Sidney Myer Music Bowl, the MSO evolves and inspires a broad range of audiences with more than 160 concerts a year. Sir Richard Branson narratorMelbourne Symphony OrchestraBenjamin Northey conductor
ABC Jazz is proud to release a new album from Judy Bailey’s Jazz Connection. This iconic Sydney outfit has been led by award-winning pianist Judy Bailey oam – one of Australia’s most highly regarded jazz artists, composers, arrangers and educators – since the 1990s. Made up primarily of emerging artists, most of them studying at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Jazz Connection is an elite jazz orchestra that fosters talented young jazz musicians, giving them the opportunity to perform live at prestigious festivals and venues such as the Sound Lounge (Seymour Centre), Jazz Groove Association (Club 505) and the Sydney Opera House.Judy Bailey is one of Australia`s leading musical identities, with numerous awards, including the inaugural APRA award for Jazz Composition, an Australian Entertainment award for Jazz Performance, the Order of Australia Medal for services to Jazz and Education, and the Award for Distinguished Services to Australian Music. She continues to teach at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.This studio album, recorded in December 2018 at Sydney’s Studio 301, showcases Bailey’s compositional talent, featuring both new works and new big band arrangements of some of her classics hits. Recorded in a single day, the album captures the energy and creative flair of the band - which features up-and-coming soloists including Tom Avgenicos, Lachy Hamilton and 2018 National Jazz Award winner Alex Hirlian.All tracks written and arranged by Judy BaileyJudy Bailey’s Jazz ConnectionSaxophones: Lachlan Hamilton Jack Stoneham Michael Avgenicos Chris Higgins Anthony TummilloTrumpets: James Power Tom Avgenicos James Sarno Tom ArblasterTrombones: Ellie Shearer Jacob Parks Lawson McGuinness Des CanningsRhythm Section: Matt Harris (piano) Yutaro Okuda (guitar) Sarah Evans (bass) Alex Hirlian (drums)
The Best of Peter Sculthorpe
“Australia’s greatest composer” Limelight magazinePeter Sculthorpe created an Australian classical music that for the first time spoke directly of the land, the people and the spirit of this country.Released to coincide with what would have been his 90th birthday, The Best of Peter Sculthorpe brings together more than two hours of his best-loved and most iconic works, from solo piano works played by Tamara-Anna Cislowska, to orchestral works and concertos performed by great soloists William Barton, Karin Schaupp and Amy Dickson, and his 18th and final string quartet.Born in Launceston on 29 April 1929, Sculthorpe rose to international recognition by creating a uniquely Australian style of music. From the wet season of the Northern Territory in Kakadu to the brutality of the southern summer in Sun Music IV, from the seaside war memorial that inspired Small Town to the timeless connection between Indigenous people and their land represented in Earth Cry, Sculthorpe captured the extremes of the country’s natural landscape, and stirred the imagination of its people.Sculthorpe was made an officer of the Order of Australia in 1990, and an Australian National Living Treasure in 1998. He died in 2014, at the age of 85. TRACKLISTING PETER SCULTHORPE 1929–2014 CD11. Music for Bali2. Earth Cry William Barton didgeridoo Island Songs – Concerto for Saxophone3. I. Song of Home4. II. Lament and Yearning Amy Dickson saxophone5. Small Town6. Sun Music IV7. Djilile Tamara-Anna Cislowska piano8. On High Hills9. Irkanda IV Richard Tognetti violin10. New Norcia CD21. Left Bank Waltz Tamara-Anna Cislowska piano2. Nourlangie – Concerto for Guitar Karin Schaupp guitar3. Evocation Tamara-Anna Cislowska piano4. From Ubirr William Barton didgeridoo String Quartet No. 185. I. Prelude6. II. A Land Singing7. III. A Dying Land8. IV. A Lost Land9. V. Postlude Flinders Quartet10 Kakadu
Elena Kats-Chernin: The Little Green Road to Fairyland - Katie Noonan / Camerata - Queensland's Chamber Orchestra
Camerata – Queensland’s Chamber Orchestrafeaturing Katie Noonan vocals ABC Classic invites you on a magical journey into a world of fairies, dreams and enchanted trees, where love and music are more powerful than anything. Join us on The Little Green Road to Fairyland.Two small children, Maykin and her brother Robin, are being settled in their beds by their mother, who is reading their favourite book, The Little Green Road to Fairyland. Slowly they fall asleep, when a Fairy appears through their bedroom window, sprinkles her magic fairy dust over the sleeping children, and takes them on a magical journey!Based on the beloved children’s book by author Annie R. Rentoul and illustrator Ida Rentoul Outhwaite, this album features gorgeous music by composer Elena Kats-Chernin performed by one of Australia’s greatest singers, five-time ARIA Award-winner Katie Noonan, and Camerata - Queensland’s acclaimed chamber orchestra.This timeless tale and beautiful music will spark the imagination of audiences young and old with a tale of love, hope, compassion and a touch of fairy magic.Originally commissioned by the Queensland Music Festival in 2011, The Little Green Road to Fairyland was recommissioned in 2019 as a co-production between Queensland Music Festival and Queensland Ballet. The Little Green Road to Fairyland will be performed at the Playhouse, QPAC and will tour regional Queensland throughout June and July 2019. TRACKLISTING The Little Green Road to FairylandOriginal ballet score by Elena Kats-Chernin, orchestrated by Steve Newcomb1 ‘Long Ago’2 Fairy3 The Dream Begins4 Robin and Maykin in the Magic Forest5 Mary6 Tree of Love7 Hopscotch Frolicking8 Travelling9 Meeting Jasper10 Fairy’s Flute11 Jasper’s Flute12 Mesmerised13 Travelling14 Tree of Music15 Flute Travel16 Meeting Sylvie17 ‘Hush-a-Bye Possum’18 Travelling19 Tree of Compassion20 Sylvie’s New Dress21 Tree of Magic: ‘Fairy Child’22 Time to Depart23 Butterfly and the Little Green Road24 The Door to Fairyland25 ‘Beyond the Little Door’26 Fairyland27 Waking from the Dream
All Out Of Love - The Air Supply Album - Patrick Roberts
On his new album, Australia’s ‘Prince of the Violin’, Patrick Roberts pays tribute to the beloved music of soft rock legends Air Supply, alongside Graham Russell and Russell Hitchcock of Air Supply and the Prague Symphony Orchestra.All Out of Lovereimagines Air Supply’s timeless songs on classical violin – sometimes with orchestra, sometimes with piano, but always with an outpouring of emotion. Iconic hits ‘Even the Nights Are Better’, ‘All Out of Love’ and ‘Making Love Out of Nothing at All’, plus covers of beloved favourites ‘Unchained Melody’ and ‘Without You’ (made famous by Mariah Carey) make this an album packed full of beautiful new versions of classic tunes.In 2018 Patrick was invited to record on Air Supply’s new orchestral album alongside Tommy Emmanuel, Secret Garden, The Carpenters, Joshua Bell and many more. Following these sessions, Graham and Russell offered to appear on Patrick’s next album, recording the serene, intimate versions of ‘All Out of Love’ and ‘Lost in Love’that you hear on this record. Air Supply also invited Patrick to perform with them on their 2019 Australian Tour.Formed in Australia in 1975 by Graham Russell and Russell Hitchcock, Air Supply had a string of worldwide smash hits in the late 70s and early 80s. A string of singles reached the very top of the charts in America, Australia and Canada, establishing Air Supply as household names. The band were inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 2013.Patrick Robertshas been entertaining audiences for over 25 years. Picking up the violin at the tender age of five, he has been classified as a true violin genius and has transformed some of the much-loved classics into contemporary masterpieces. Best known to audiences through his appearances on Carols By Candlelight and on Channel 7’s Good Friday Appeal for the Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne. His recent album, Pink, debuted at #1 on the ARIA Classical chart. TRACKLISTING 1 All Out Of Love2 Even The Nights Are Better3 Love And Other Bruises4 The One That You Love 5 Lost In Love6 Without You7 Here I Am11 Unchained Melody12 Making Love Out Of Nothing At All13 The Power Of Love (You Are My Lady)14 Two Less Lonely People In The World Patrick Roberts violin withGraham Russell and Russell Hitchcockvocals (tks 1, 5)Prague Symphony Orchestra(tks 2, 3)
Classical Chill: Guitar
Experience ultimate relaxation with Classical Chill.These albums feature some of the most beautiful and peaceful music ever written, perfect for concentration or relaxation. Be swept away by 500 years of gorgeous, calming music, from Bach to Beyoncé, hand-picked by the team at ABC Classic.With over two hours of music in each collection, you can hit ‘play’ on the Classical Chill series and float away with the most beautiful music ever written. These albums will put you at ease and help you focus on what’s at hand – whether that’s studying for exams, racing towards a work deadline, or simply curling up on the couch with your favourite book.Classical Chill: Guitar offers over two hours of acoustic, resonant beauty: from classical favourites to timeless folk tunes, South American flavours to beloved Beatles songs. With a who’s who of Australian guitarists including the Grigoryan Brothers, Tim Kain, Matt Withers, Karin Schaupp andGareth Koch, this album will carry you away with beautiful music. TRACKLISTING CD1 MYERS Cavatina from The Deer HunterLOVELADY Incantation No. 2BACH Sinfonia from Cantata No. 156CHARLTON The Beauties of the World Are Revealed for the First Time from The Rainbow SerpentKOCH The Unveiled QueenORFFAmor volat undique (Love flits everywhere) from Carmina buranaSCHUBERT In Praise of TearsGREENBAUM Sonata for Guitar: II. ElatedTRAD. Wild Mountain ThymeBACH Cello Suite No. 6: II. AllemandeMcLEAN Vincent (Starry, Starry Night)LENNON–McCARTNEY YesterdayRACHMANINOFF VocaliseCHARLTON ReverieTRAD. Banana Boat SongALBÉNIZ TangoMONTES Preludio de AdiosRODRIGO Concierto de Aranjuez: II. AdagioCD2 BACH Cello Suite No. 1: I. PreludeVIVALDI Lute Concerto in D major: II. LargoGRIGORYAN DistanceBREL Chanson des vieux amantsMOZART Divertimento in D major: II.AndanteBRAHMS Intermezzo, Op. 118 No. 2DEBUSSY Clair de lune (Moonlight)PIAZZOLLA Tango Suite: II. AndanteSOR L’Encouragement: I. CantabileRIGNEY Two Swings in the Heart-Shaped GardenTRAD. Slow, Slow, Slow Your BoatHOUGHTON DriftTRAD. The Salley GardensISAACS AngelFALLA AsturianaFALLA NanaPONCE EstrellitaBACARISSE Romanza Artists include:Slava & Leonard GrigoryanKen Murray • Matt Withers • Karin SchauppGareth Koch • Guitar Trek
Classical Chill: Piano
Experience ultimate relaxation with Classical Chill.These albums feature some of the most beautiful and peaceful music ever written, perfect for concentration or relaxation. Be swept away by 500 years of gorgeous, calming music, from Bach to Beyoncé, hand-picked by the team at ABC Classic.With over two hours of music in each collection, you can hit ‘play’ on the Classical Chill series and float away with the most beautiful music ever written. These albums will put you at ease and help you focus on what’s at hand – whether that’s studying for exams, racing towards a work deadline, or simply curling up on the couch with your favourite book.Classical Chill: Pianofeatures the most famous works from across the history of classical music, from legendary composers (Bach, Beethoven) to modern masters (Philip Glass, Arvo Pärt), plus new recordings of iconic pop songs including Beyoncé’s Halo, Flume’s Never Be Like You, The Knife’s Heartbeats, and Miley Cyrus’ Wrecking Ball.Featuring beloved Australian pianists such as Jayson Gillham, Simon Tedeschi, Sally Whitwell, Tamara-Anna Cislowska, Stephanie McCallum, Gerard Willems and Roger Woodward, this album is both a beautiful, relaxing compilation and also the perfect introduction to the world of the piano, whether you’re a classical aficionado or a pop enthusiast. TRACKLISTING CD1 DEBUSSY Clair de luneGRIEG Morning MoodROWLAND The Man from Snowy River: Jessica’s ThemeTRAD. Amazing GraceFLUME Never Be Like YouMILEY CYRUS Wrecking BallEDWARDS A Flight of Sunbirds:IV. Poco lentoVIII. Andante con motoTIERSEN Amélie: La DisputeROTA Romeo and Juliet: Love ThemeCHAPLIN Mandolin SerenadeVINE Love Me SweetBARTSCH Here I Am, Just for YouKATS-CHERNIN ButterflyingBACH / HESS Jesu, Joy of Man’s DesiringJUSTIN BIEBER SorryTHE KNIFE HeartbeatsBARTSCH RockabyeISAAC BarcarolleGERSHWIN Prelude No. 2 CD2 BEYONCÉ HaloNYMAN The Piano: Big My SecretBEETHOVEN ‘Moonlight’ SonataDEBUSSY The Girl with the Flaxen HairTIERSEN Amélie: Comptine d’un autre été: L’Après-midiLISZT Consolation No. 3 GLASS OpeningTHE XX IslandsDUDLEY Poldark: ThemeCHOPIN Nocturne in E-flat majorKATS-CHERNIN The Rain PuzzleROWLAND The Man from Snowy River: Tom Fool’s KnotVANGELIS Missing: Main ThemeBRAHMS Intermezzo, Op. 118 No. 2SCULTHORPE Left Bank WaltzPÄRT Spiegel im SpiegelKATS-CHERNIN All Things ConspireROSENMAN East of Eden: Main ThemeSATIE Gymnopédie No. 1MORRICONE Cinema Paradiso: Main ThemeArtists include:Jayson Gillham • Tamara-Anna CislowskaSimon Tedeschi • Stephanie McCallum • Gerard WillemsRoger Woodward • Sally Whitwell • Duncan Gifford • Ewa Kupiec
Nali & Friends
ARIA Award-winning musician Dan Sultan has today announced Nali & Friends, a new album of children’s music and stories to be released April 12. Nali & Friendsis a tale about unconventional, oddball animals from different parts of the world. Co-written with longtime friend and collaborator, filmmaker Rhys Graham, the stories were inspired by the pair’s journey through Uganda and Kenya working with The Thin Green Line Foundation - an international organization that provides welfare and support to Wildlife Rangers. It was during this trip that Dan & Rhys had the opportunity to get up close with baby animals and observe their quirky personalities. The resulting album is bursting with playful, upbeat songs, interwoven with heart-warming stories about growing up, protecting our natural world, and learning to accept difference. Whilst Nali & Friends is Dan’s first full-length kids album, he is no stranger to the genre - having previously collaborated with children’s music icons The Wiggles and Play School.
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Last update 15 July 2019, 4:37 pm.
A Doctor´s Appointment
Alboronoz starts the Young Master with tables
Carlos Daniel Albornoz, from Camagüey, will try to achieve his first win today when facing Russian IM Nikita Petrov during the continuation of the Accentus Young Masters 2019 chess tournament, held in Bad Ragaz, Switzerland.
Company with Quebecer capital will operate in Mariel
WYM Group, S.A. became the first Québec-based company to establish itself in the Mariel Special Development Zone, for the production and marketing of tissue paper and cleaning products.
Press Conference with various proposals in Camagüey
The exchange of Franco-Spanish journalist Ignacio Ramonet with colleagues from the territory will be one of the activities that will give prestige to the Conference of the Cuban Press in the province, from next March 4th to the 15th. Also president of Le Monde Diplomatique will present his book The Empire of Vigilance.
Railway Museum wins Excellence awards 2018
It happened a few days ago, but the joy grows by the Prize Excellencies 2018 conferred to the Railway Museum of Camagüey, a project of cultural revival that undertakes the Office of the Historian of this city.
Polio vaccination campaign started
Under the slogan "Reinforce your defense, immunize yourself. Vaccines work, " the 58th Polio Vaccination Campaign began.
Camagüey and France for new ways of the cooperation
His Highness Mister, Patrice Paoli, ambassador of France in Cuba, executed his first work visit out of the capital, this Thursday, in which he exchanged with the Council of Direction of the University of Camagüey, on the opening of new bonds of cooperation between this center and institutions of the European nation.
Skyers, new record holder in 100 flat meters (+Video)
The Camagüey´s runner Roberto Skyers equaled this Friday the national record of 100 flat meters, with 9.98 seconds, in the beginning of the Memorial Rafael Fortún. Until now the mark was in possession of stellar Silvio Leonard (Guadalajara, 1977).
Cubans' Participation in Referendum Exceeds 80 Percent
One hour after the closure of more than 24,000 polling stations in Cuba for the referendum on the new Constitution, about 81.53 percent of voters had exercised their right to vote, the National Electoral Commission (CEN) said on Monday.
University students for the Yes
The students of the University of Camagüey Ignacio Agramonte Loynaz also wait for Sunday as a day of support for the Homeland and of support for the Constitution that with the popular participation we construct.
More than two million Cubans voted for their constitution in only two hours
Only two hours after the electoral colleges opened their doors, 2 690 419 people exercised their right to vote for the new Constitution of the Republic of Cuba.
A new photovoltaic solar power farm synchronizes in Camagüey
Deputies discuss draft laws on National Symbols, Fisheries and Electoral
Customs denies rumors about change in its provisions
Deaf-blind: educator and mother
Intense parliamentary period against internal insufficiencies
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City Council-Alexandria: Lieutenant General (Retired) John R. “Bob” Wood
Lieutenant General (Retired) John R. “Bob” Wood
Alexandria
City of Alexandria Candidate Questionaires
http://www.alexan...">Allison Silberberg
http://www.alexan...">Bill Euille
http://www.alexan...">Willie F. Bailey Sr.
http://www.alexan...">Phil Cefaratti
http://www.alexan...">John Taylor Chapman
http://www.alexan...">Timothy Lovain
http://www.alexan...">Monique Miles
http://www.alexan...">Redella S. "Del" Pepper
http://www.alexan...">Paul C. Smedburg
http://www.alexan...">Fernando Torrez
http://www.alexan...">Townsend "Van" Van Fleet
http://www.alexan...">Justin Wilson
http://www.alexan...">John R. "Bob" Wood
Occupation and relevant experience:
US Army (Retired), 36 years
Founder, Star Strategies Group, Alexandria small business, 2009 - 2013
Senior Executive, Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association, International, 2013 - Present
Community involvement:
Member, Alexandria Waterfront Plan Workgroup
Co-Founder, Capitol Post (Veteran Service center and Business Incubator, Alexandria)
Board member, Old Town Civic Association
Board member, The Fairfax Military Retirement Community, Fort Belvoir
Website: WoodforCouncil.com
Email address: woodforcouncil@gmail.com
Twitter handle: @woodcitycouncil
Name three favorite endorsements: Alexandria PAC for Education (Teacher endorsed); Northern Virginia Association of Realtors (NVAR); Carlyle C. “Connie” Ring, Former Member of Alexandria City Council, Former Alexandria School Board.
What is one issue that defines your call to serve, why does it matter, and how will you tackle it?
Restoring trust in city government. We need to rebalance perspectives, representation, and experiences in our City Council. We confront challenges to our collective future from debt, development, business, education, and environment. These challenges can certainly be solved, but not with the same, single set of voices and old set of assumptions and ideas. One way is no way to guide change in today’s complex environment. Too many residents feel ignored, underrepresented, and underserved. The result is decreased engagement and ultimately loss of trust. We need the energy and involvement of our remarkable citizens in active and constructive conversation to evolve the city and build its future. I will listen, consider, understand, and represent all of our city’s residents to the very best of my ability as a respectful, on occasion critical, but always productive member of council in support of our residents.
What distinguishes you from your opponents and why should voters choose you?
In my 36 years of military service and, now, my 6 years in both small and large business, I’ve had the education and experience needed to help Alexandria solve its present problems and build its future. From lieutenant to lieutenant general (3 stars), I led small and quite large organizations, managed entire communities, resolved local to international disputes, and solved complex problems requiring judgment, tact, and innovation. As the Army’s senior strategic planner, I helped change the Army to succeed in the post 9/11 world. I’ve been a School Board President, a University professor at West Point (Economics, Finance), and head of the Army’s Command and General Staff College (staff training for U.S and international officers). In business, I’ve founded a successful small consulting business in Alexandria, a business incubator for veterans, and now manage the largest line of business and revenue for a major non-profit organization working in the Federal information technology space. I bring experience, education, and dedication to support our citizens and our city.
Beyond funding, how else can city government help the school system?
I see three issues facing our Public Schools and several steps to help solve them:
a. Serving the needs of a transient and extremely diverse student population while meeting and advancing education standards for all students.
b. Promoting excellence in education, across all functions, within available resources.
c. Convincing citizens that their “return on investment” of tax revenues in public education is not only sufficient but also increasing.
Diversity in our schools is a driving demographic fact. Understanding student needs requires outreach, counseling, and adaptable education programs. Celebrating excellence in education must match sports reporting in the press. The appearance and condition of our facilities must reflect the city’s care and support for public education. Community contact, conspicuous commitment, and regular communications can affirm the value and quality of our schools. Ultimately, the performance of our schools must be at least as important to the city and its residents as any bond rating or other accolade.
How do you convince citizens that you are truly listening to them even when you have to disagree with them?
The courtesy of an answer is an important first step. A sincere and thoughtful effort to understand the point being made is another step. I find I learn something from every conversation, every citizen, in every aspect of city and community business. If I disagree, it very often is in degree or in some aspect of detail. An explanation of my position is most often inclusive of citizen comments to the amount possible and not dismissive as just wrong.
Any number of economic hiccups beyond the city's control (federal government, economic downturn, etc.) could force re-ordering of city budget priorities. For reductions, which three areas would you turn to first?
a. Redundant management functions across all city entities and city services are natural areas to investigate for potential consolidations and cost savings.
b. Restructured debt obligations and/or reduction of borrowing
c. Delay or extend capital investments and capital intensive replacements
If you were given $1 million to spend any way you would like for the betterment of the city, how would you spend it?
I would invest it in Pre-K schooling, particularly to expand the facilities to support our non-profit educational partners who do so much, for so many, with so little.
City Council-Alexandria: Phil Cefaratti
City Council-Alexandria: Fernando Torrez
City Council-Alexandria: John Taylor Chapman
Mayoral Candidate–Alexandria: Allison Silberberg
City Council-Alexandria: Willie F. Bailey Sr.
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In 2012 my sister Antonia Riviere and I were visiting fellows at the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia. We were there researching Australian clothes rationing during World War 2. We were interested in how film had been used to support the government’s austerity drive, whether Australians been encouraged to ‘make do and mend’ like their British counterparts, and how could we use our own making to explore these and other questions.
We’ve been home for several months now, but the thinking and making we began in Canberra hasn’t stopped.
Towards the end of our residency things got very intense. We had to get everything finished for the presentation that fellows are required to do at the end of their residencies. Then there were books to finish reading and a film to begin to edit.
Antonia completed the pullover she had been making throughout the residency (see the film below) which went on display in the foyer of National Flm and Sound Archive with a canister of knitted film bearing the names of the films we had watched in Morse code interspersed with other messages. Several people who had helped us with our research and who we had interviewed came to the presentation which was lovely. Then a couple of days later we gave a paper to the international Visible Evidence conference, held this year at NFSA with involvement from Australia National University.
A short while after getting back to the UK we started work on an exhibition about the Australian research. It opens next Monday at Special Collections, Manchester Metropolitan University (Monday 15th 2013). One of the prize exhibits (in my unbiased opinion!) is the dress by Antonia, started in Canberra, and finished in the UK.
She has called it ‘The Solace of Stitch’. Its made of pre-cut fabric pieces from an unfinished dress making project bought from Fyshwick Salvos Store, a charity shop in Canberra, with thread from winter tights, socks and cardigan and various found threads.
The Solace of Stitch (detail) – Ant Riviere, 2013
She says she thinks of it as a visual novel, because of all the stories she told herself as she stitched it.
I’ve completed a 15 minute film called All That Was Old Is New Again.
I was lucky to work on the editing with a talented young editor and filmmaker Insa Langhorst. Insa was very patient and skilled and helped me translate my vision into a finished film.
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Heavy Road — A Young Kangaroo Shot — Grassy Country — Point Malcolm — Traces of Its Having Been Visited by Europeans — Grass Trees Met with — A Kangaroo Killed — Catch Fish — Get Another Kangaroo — Crab Hunting — Renew the Journey — Casuarinae Met with — Cross the Level Bank — Low Country Behind It — Cape Arid — Salt Water Creek — Xamia Seen — Cabbage Tree of the Sound — Fresh Water Lake — More Salt Streams — Opossums Caught — Flag Reeds Found — Fresh Water Streams — Boats Seen — Meet with a Whaler.
June 2. — As we had made a shorter stage yesterday than I intended to have done, and the quantity of flour we had now remaining was very small, I did not dare to make use of any this morning, and we commenced our journey without breakfast. Being now near Thistle Cove, where I intended to halt for some time, and kill the little foal for food, whilst the other horses were recruiting, and as I hoped to get there early this afternoon, I was anxious to husband our little stock of flour in the hope, that at the little fresh-water lake described by Flinders, as existing there, we should find abundance of the flag-reed for our support. Keeping a little behind the shore for the first hour, we crossed over the sandy ridge bounding it, and upon looking towards the sea, I thought I discovered a boat sailing in the bay. Upon pointing this object out to Wylie, he was of the same opinion with myself, and we at once descended towards the shore, but on our arrival were greatly disappointed at not being able again to see the object of our search. In the course of half an hour, however, whilst resting ourselves and watching the surface of the ocean, it again became visible, and soon after a second appeared. It was now evident that both these were boats, and that we had noticed them only when standing off shore, and the light shone upon their sails, and had lost them when upon the opposite tack. It was equally apparent they were standing out from the main land for the islands. I imagined them to be sealers, who having entered the bay to procure water or firewood, were again steering towards the islands to fish. Having hastily made a fire upon one of the sand-hills, we fired shots, shouted, waved handkerchiefs, and made every signal we could to attract attention, but in vain. They were too far away to see, or too busy to look towards us. The hopes we had entertained were as suddenly disappointed as they had been excited, and we stood silently and sullenly gazing after the boats as they gradually receded from our view.
Whilst thus occupied and brooding over our disappointment, we were surprised to see both boats suddenly lower their sails, and apparently commence fishing. Watching them steadily we now perceived that they were whale boats, and once more our hearts beat with hope, for I felt sure that they must belong to some vessel whaling in the neighbourhood. We now anxiously scanned the horizon in every direction, and at last were delighted beyond measure to perceive to the westward the masts of a large ship, peeping above a rocky island which had heretofore concealed her from our view. She was apparently about six miles from us, and as far as we could judge from so great a distance, seemed to be at anchor near the shore.
Poor Wylie’s joy now knew no bounds, and he leapt and skipped about with delight as he congratulated me once more upon the prospect of getting plenty to eat. I was not less pleased than he was, and almost as absurd, for although the vessel was quietly at anchor so near us, with no sails loose and her boats away, I could not help fearing that she might disappear before we could get to her, or attract the notice of those on board. To prevent such a calamity, I mounted one of the strongest horses and pushed on by myself as rapidly as the heavy nature of the sands would allow, leaving Wylie at his own especial request to bring on the other horses. In a short time I arrived upon the summit of a rocky cliff, opposite to a fine large barque lying at anchor in a well sheltered bay, (which I subsequently named Rossiter Bay, after the captain of the whaler,) immediately east of Lucky Bay, and at less than a quarter of a mile distant from the shore. The people on board appeared to be busily engaged in clearing their cables which were foul, and did not observe me at all. I tied up my horse, therefore, to a bush, and waited for Wylie, who was not long in coming after me, having driven the poor horses at a pace they had not been accustomed to for many a long day. I now made a smoke on the rock where I was, and hailed the vessel, upon which a boat instantly put off, and in a few moments I had the inexpressible pleasure of being again among civilized beings, and of shaking hands with a fellow-countryman in the person of Captain Rossiter, commanding the French Whaler “Mississippi.”
Our story was soon told, and we were received with the greatest kindness and hospitality by the captain.
June 1. — Upon getting up this morning I found myself very stiff and sore from the bruises I had received yesterday, yet I felt thankful that I had escaped so well; had any of my limbs been broken, I should have been in a dreadful position, and in all probability must have perished. After Wylie had dug up some of the flag-roots for breakfast, and a few to take with us, we proceeded on our journey. I was anxious to have made a long stage, and if possible, to have reached Thistle Cove by night; but the country we had to pass over was heavy and sandy, and after travelling fifteen miles, the horses became so jaded, that I was obliged to turn in among some sand-drifts near the coast, and halt for the night. The course we had been steering for the last few days towards Lucky Bay, had gradually brought us close to the coast again, and during a part of our journey this afternoon we were travelling upon the sea-shore. At ten miles after starting, we crossed a strong stream of fresh water running through some sandy flats into the sea; a mile and a half beyond this we crossed a second stream; and half a mile further a third, all running strongly, with narrow channels, into the sea, and quite fresh. Fresh water was also laying about every where on our road in large pools; a proof of the very heavy rains that had lately fallen. We were, therefore, enjoying the advantages of a wet season without having been subject to its inclemency, and which, in our present weak, unprotected state, we could hardly have endured. The country to the back was sandy and undulating, covered principally with low shrubs, and rising inland; there were also several granite bluffs at intervals, from among which, the streams I had crossed, probably took their rise; but there were no trees to be seen any where, except a few of the tea of cabbage-trees. I do not think that any of the three fresh-water streams we had crossed would be permanent, their present current being owing entirely to the recent rains; but when they are running, and the weather is moderately fair, they afford an admirable opportunity of watering a vessel with very little trouble, the water being clear and pure to its very junction with the sea.
At night we made our supper of the flag-roots we had brought with us, and a spoonful of flour a-piece, boiled into a paste. The night was very cold and windy, and having neither shelter nor fire-wood at the sand-drifts where we were, we spent it miserably.
May 31. — The morning showery, and bitterly cold, so that, for the first two hours after starting, we suffered considerably, After travelling for seven miles and a half, through an undulating and bare country, we came to a salt-water river, with some patches of good land about it. Having crossed the river a little way up where it became narrower, we again proceeded for five miles farther, through the same character of country, and were then stopped by another salt stream, which gave us a great deal of trouble to effect a crossing. We had traced it up to where the channel was narrow, but the bed was very deep, and the water running strongly between banks of rich black soil. Our horses would not face this at first, and in forcing them over we were nearly losing two of them. After travelling only a quarter of a mile beyond this stream I was chagrined to find we had crossed it just above the junction of two branches, and that we had still one of them to get over; the second was even more difficult to pass than the first, and whilst I was on the far side, holding one of the horses by a rope, with Wylie behind driving him on, the animal made a sudden and violent leap, and coming full upon me, knocked me down and bruised me considerably. One of his fore legs struck me on the thigh, and I narrowly escaped having it broken, whilst a hind leg caught me on the shin, and cut me severely.
As soon as we were fairly over I halted for the night, to rest myself and give Wylie an opportunity of looking for food. The water in both branches of this river was only brackish where we crossed, and at that which we encamped upon but slightly so.
There were many grass-trees in the vicinity, and as several of these had been broken down and were dead they were full of the white grubs of which the natives are so fond. From these Wylie enjoyed a plentiful, and to him, luxurious supper. I could not bring myself to try them, preferring the root of the broad flag-reed, which, for the first time, we met with at this stream, and which is an excellent and nutritious article of food. This root being dug up, and roasted in hot ashes, yields a great quantity of a mealy farinaceous powder interspersed among the fibres; it is of an agreeable flavour, wholesome, and satisfying to the appetite. In all parts of Australia, even where other food abounds, the root of this reed is a favourite and staple article of diet among the aborigines. The proper season of the year for procuring it in full perfection, is after the floods have receded, and the leaves have died away and been burnt off. It is that species of reed of which the leaves are used by coopers for closing up crevices between the staves of their casks.
May 30. — In commencing our journey this morning, our route took us over undulating hills, devoid of timber, but having occasionally small patches of very rich land in the valleys and upon some of the slopes. This continued to a salt-water river, broad, and apparently deep near the sea. As I was doubtful whether it would have a bar-mouth to seawards, I thought it more prudent to trace it upwards, for the purpose of crossing. At no very great distance it contracted sufficiently to enable me to get over to the other side. But in doing so the ground proved soft and boggy, and I nearly lost one of the horses. Four miles beyond this river we came to another channel of salt water, but not so large as the last. In valleys sloping down to this watercourse we met, for the first time, clumps of a tree called by the residents of King George’s Sound the cabbage-tree, and not far from which were native wells of fresh water; there were also several patches of rich land bordering upon the watercourse.
Travelling for two miles further, we came to a very pretty fresh-water lake, of moderate size, and surrounded by clumps of tea-tree. It was the first permanent fresh water we had found on the surface since we commenced our journey from Fowler’s Bay — a distance of nearly seven hundred miles. I would gladly have encamped here for the night, but the country surrounding the lake was sandy and barren, and destitute of grass. We had only made good a distance of eleven miles from our last camp, and I felt anxious to get on to Lucky Bay as quickly as I could, in order that I might again give our horses a rest for a few days, which they now began to require. From Captain Flinders’ account of Lucky Bay I knew we should find fresh water and wood in abundance. I hoped there would also be grass, and in this case I had made up my mind to remain a week or ten days, during which I intended to have killed the foal we had with us, now about nine months old, could we procure food in no other way. After leaving Lucky Bay, as we should only be about three hundred miles from the Sound, and our horses would be in comparatively fresh condition, I anticipated we should be able to progress more rapidly. Indeed I fully expected it would be absolutely necessary for us to do so, through a region which, from Flinders’ description as seen from sea, and from his having named three different hills in it Mount Barrens, we should find neither very practicable nor fertile.
Six miles beyond the fresh-water lake we came to another salt-water stream, and finding, upon following up a little way, that it was only brackish, we crossed and halted for the night. Wylie went out to search for food, but got nothing, whilst I unharnessed and attended to the horses, which were a good deal fagged, and then prepared the camp and made the fires for the night: I could get nothing but grass-tree for this purpose, but it was both abundant and dry. Owing to its very resinous nature, this tree burns with great heat and brilliancy, emitting a grateful aromatic odour. It is easily lit up, makes a most cheerful fire, and notwithstanding the fervency with which it burns, does not often require renewing, if the tree be large. Our whole journey to-day had been over undulations of about three hundred feet in elevation; the country rose a little inland, and a few occasional bluffs of granite were observed in the distance, but no timber was seen any where. At night the flies and mosquitoes were very troublesome to us.
May 29. — After breakfasting upon a spoonful of flour a-piece, mixed with a little water and boiled into a paste, we again proceeded. At ten miles we came to a small salt water stream, running seawards; in passing up it to look for a crossing place, Wylie caught two opossums, in the tops of some tea-trees, which grew on the banks. As I hoped more might be procured, and perhaps fresh water, by tracing it higher up, I took the first opportunity of crossing to the opposite side, and there encamped; Wylie now went out to search for opossums, and I traced the stream upwards. In my route I passed several very rich patches of land in the valleys, and on the slopes of the hills enclosing the watercourse. These were very grassy and verdant, but I could find no fresh water, nor did I observe any timber except the tea-tree. After tracing the stream until it had ceased running, and merely became a chain of ponds of salt water, I returned to the camp a good deal fatigued; Wylie came in soon after, but had got nothing but a few yams. The general character of the country on either side the watercourse, was undulating, of moderate elevation, and affording a considerable extent of sheep pasturage. The cockatoos of King George’s Sound, (without the yellow crest) were here in great numbers. Kangaroos also abounded; but the country had not brush enough to enable us to get sufficiently near to shoot them.
During the day Wylie had caught two opossums, and as these were entirely the fruit of his own labour and skill, I did not interfere in their disposal; I was curious, moreover, to see how far I could rely upon his kindness and generosity, should circumstances ever compel me to depend upon him for a share of what he might procure. At night, therefore, I sat philosophically watching him whilst he proceeded to get supper ready, as yet ignorant whether I was to partake of it or not. After selecting the largest of the two animals, he prepared and cooked it, and then put away the other where he intended to sleep. I now saw that he had not the remotest intention of giving any to me, and asked him what he intended to do with the other one. He replied that he should be hungry in the morning, and meant to keep it until then. Upon hearing this I told him that his arrangements were very good, and that for the future I would follow the same system also; and that each should depend upon his own exertions in procuring food; hinting to him that as he was so much more skilful than I was, and as we had so very little flour left, I should be obliged to reserve this entirely for myself, but that I hoped he would have no difficulty in procuring as much food as he required. I was then about to open the flour-bag and take a little out for my supper, when he became alarmed at the idea of getting no more, and stopped me, offering the other opossum, and volunteering to cook it properly for me. Trifling as this little occurrence was, it read me a lesson of caution, and taught me what value was to be placed upon the assistance or kindness of my companion, should circumstances ever place me in a situation to be dependent upon him; I felt a little hurt too, at experiencing so little consideration from one whom I had treated with the greatest kindness, and who had been clothed and fed upon my bounty, for the last fifteen months.
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SpiceJet Ltd and Omkar Speciality Chemicals Ltd:Paid call to members
Rather than mailing few of the paid call reports am penning it here again just like I did the previous time.
Stock idea:-(September 14,2012)
Scripscan:SpiceJet Ltd
Bse code:500285
Target1:47
Return percentage:30%
Duration:4-7 months
Story:SpiceJet is a low-cost airline headquartered in Chennai.It began service in May 2005 and as on date, it is India's third largest airline in terms of market share ahead of Air India, Kingfisher Airlines and GoAir.SpiceJet operates more than 284 daily flights to 34 Indian cities and 3 international destinations.Along with passenger services, SpiceJet also offers cargo services on the same flight. The service is available on flights connecting Ahmedabad, Agartala, Bagdogra, Bangalore, Chennai, Coimbatore, Delhi, Goa, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kochi, Kolkata, Madurai, Mumbai, Pune and Visakhapatnam. Between 2 to 3.5 tons of cargo is ferried on each flight ensuring maximum utilization of the aircraft.The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Friday relaxed norms for foreign direct investment in the aviation sector, allowing international airlines to invest in domestic peers.This will open up a wide range of opportunities for both Indian carriers and foreign carriers who wish to participate in the strong growth potential for Civil Aviation in the Country.Allowing 49 percent stake to foreign airlines to invest in civil aviation will bring in much needed capital into the Airlines industry thereby enabling healthy re-capitalization of airline companies, promoting vital connectivity and bringing benefits to all stakeholders including banks.The move is most positive for SpiceJet as its debt levels are low(hardly 500crs).The company is already in talks with foreign players.With an eye on the increasing demand, SpiceJet has lined up significant expansion plans, the major focus of which is towards Tier-II and Tier-III cities where air traffic is expected to grow faster than bigger cities in the country.SpiceJet is presently having a fleet of 34 Boeing aircraft and 7 Bombardier aircraft.It further plans to add 3 Boeing and 4 Bombardier aircraft by the end of the present fiscal.Next year the company plans to further strengthen its capacity by adding 5 more Boeing aircraft and couple of Bombardiers. By the end of FY2014, the total tally would be 41 Boeings and 15 Bombardiers, as per the current expansion plans.The company has started this financial year on a sparkling note.SpiceJet made a turnaround into profits, after five consecutive quarters of losses.SpiceJet reported net profit to Rs 56.15 crore in the quarter ended June 2012 as against net loss of Rs 71.96 crore during the previous quarter ended June 2011. Sales rose 51.14% to Rs 1406.74 crore in the quarter ended June 2012 as against Rs 930.76 crore during the previous quarter ended June 2011.Number of passengers carried rose by 26%, while average revenue per passenger rose by 24%. Seat factor is up by 1.4% to reach 80.3%.While all these metrics are comforting to the airline industry, SpiceJet also exhibited better competitiveness by increasing its market share by 1.5% to reach 18.6% during Q1.The company's fuel import has just recently started which shall further boost its numbers in the coming quarters.I expect the company’s revenues to post a growth of 27 odd percent CAGR to Rs6,510cr over FY201214.The industry is witnessing a structural change, where airline companies have increased their ticket prices and competition has reduced a lot after the kingfisher debacle.Load factors have also been improving for all airlines post Kingfisher’s capacity reduction.SpiceJet should report 80-82%+ load factor in coming quarters with consistent bettering numbers.SpiceJet with changing times recently witnessed a large buy of 25 lakh shares at 31rs per share by Rare Enterprises, the investment company of celebrity investor, Rakesh Jhunjhunwala.Spicejet is also backed by other Large institutional investors which includes the likes of Reliance Capital Trustee Company, Ewart Investments, Sundaram Mutual Fund, SBI Magnum, & College Retirement Equities Fund.To me the worst is over for the counter and investors betting on it now got hardly anything to loose.Another comforting factor which provides a lot of confidence stems from the fact that, "at a time when Kingfisher has not paid salary for months and Air India is also struggling on that front,SpiceJet has recently given its employees hike of between 5% and 10%".Going by the 1st quarter trend it should conservatively report an EPS of at least 5rs which gives a forward PE multiple of just 7.In an industry which is reeling under severe losses with some peers about to shut down ,spicejet's performance is something really to boast of.A multiple of 9 odd gives you your target price.
Stock idea:- (July 7,2012)
Scripscan:Omkar Speciality Chemicals Ltd
Traded in:Nse-bse
Target:130rs
Return:75%
Duration:8-10 months
Story:Omkar Speciality Chemicals is involved in the production of speciality chemicals and pharma intermediates. Omkar manufactures a range of organic, inorganic and organo inorganic intermediates. The inorganic intermediates include Molybdenum derivatives, Selenium derivatives, Iodine derivatives, Cobalt derivatives, Bismuth & Tungsten derivatives and the organic intermediates include Tartaric acid derivatives and other intermediates. Omkar Specialty is a unique play on pharmaceutical intermediates & speciality chemicals that find application in healthcare, glass, poultry feed, water treatment and agrochemicals among others.It derives major chunk of its revenue from domestic operation, with Cipla, Ranbaxy, Glenmark, Biocon and Dr Reddy’s being its most vital customers in pharmaceuticals segment.Its other prominent customers in chemicals segment are Clariant-UK, Asahi India Glass.The company has been able to uphold strong relation with its client by supplying products of highest quality.It is thus well positioned to take a leap into the domestic territory as a force to reckon with in the derivatives of iodine, molybdenum,selenium, cobalt and tartaric acid, which are primarily pharmaceutical intermediates. With such strong customer base, the reputation and stature of being a specialty chemicals supplier has grown over the years, which will assist in deriving more cream level clientele.As can be seen,Omkar is doing all the required things to catapult itself in the top global league.The company has added new 1,000 tonne of capacity.It also recently acquired a company in Ratnagiri with an installed capacity of 2,800 tonne per annum. This capacity will begin commercial operations from this month itself and is expected to generate Rs 50 crore of turnover in the coming fiscal.Its badlapur unit going forward should also witness fresh capacity addition to the tune of 1,800 tonne.Its product portfolio comprise of more than 80 products and with the ongoing capacity expansion,I expect net profits to grow at a CAGR of more than 60% over the next two years.The company is also venturing into the manufacturing of APIs with application in high growth end therapeutic markets like HIV &oncology. It is indigenously developing new chemical processes of manufacturing these products with an endeavour to make them cost effectual and environmental friendly.Venturing into API would ensure future growth for the company.Further the company will captively consume its pharmaceutical intermediates for manufacturing its developed API products. It will be a significant growth driver for the company as currently it is providing only intermediates and moving into API will provide higher value addition.The company is in a growth stage and has been clocking a compounded annual growth rate of over 35% in the last five years.Once the new capacities gets operational it would be prudent to expect this company being a 450-500 crs company in 2014-15 with margins of 11-12% at the net level.Management is competent and seems committed to make lot of wealth for the stakeholders.Pravin Herlekar,the Chairman and Managing Director of the company who has vast experience in the field is a Bachelor of technology in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology,Bombay, and is a post graduate in management studies from the Mumbai University.At present prices it quotes at less than 6 times its expected EPS of 13rs for fy13.The company appears to have a robust business model with growing revenues and margins.Assigning a moderate PE of 10 times helps me in arriving to a figure of 130rs which is 75% higher than the present market price.Go for it members.
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btw:After thorough meticulous research only the paid calls are been provided to the members.The open site(http://www.arunthestocksguru.com/) is meant to provide outlook and not recommendations.Paid site is meant for recommendations with target/duration/complete story and updates.Scrips where am most bullish would be posted on the paid site.
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March 9th-Bivol battles Smith Jr!
This coming Saturday sees attention turn to the US as World of Boxing and Matchroom Boxing put on a card in New York. The headline bout of that card is a bout of interest to us as Kyrgyzstan born, Korean-Moldovan-Russian Dmitry Bivol (15-0, 11) defends his WBA Light Heavyweight title against heavy handed American Joe Smith Jr (24-2, 20). this will be Bivol's 4th straight US bout and will see him continuing a busy scheduled for a world champion, having defended the title 3 times last year. In Smith we have a really hard hitting challenger, but a technically limited one, who can be out boxed and we expect to see a cautious Bivol take a clear decision over the challenger, but there is a danger in Smith's power. Our preview of this bout is available here Bivol battles Smith in next title defense!
Also on this card will be highly touted Uzbek Isrial Madrimov (1-0, 1), though his opponent for the show hasn't been announced at the time of writing. He has spoke to the Uzbek press in the build up and suggest that opponents are ducking him, already.
Pathum Thani, Thailand
As well as the big bout in the US there will also be title action in Thailand. The title bout there will see British born Thai Nadir Sebbar (4-0, 4) face off with Thongchai Kunram (7-15, 3), aka Petchthongchai Singmanassak, fight for the Thai Light Welterweight title. We're expecting this to be a mismatch but it is still a bout worth noting.
Brandenburg, Germany
In Germany Azeri fighter Namig Mammadov (3-1, 1) is pencilled in for a 6 round bout. Last time out Mammadov blew away the previously unbeaten Armin Graf in 40 seconds so will be hoping to build on that victory. In the opposite corner will be unbeaten German puncher Tamer Oezavci (8-0, 8), who has a good looking, but some what padded, record.
November 24th-Bivol, prospects, and huge Filipino show!
This Saturday is a huge one for Asian fight fans with notable bouts taking place on 3 different continents.
The biggest card for us is North America where we see a headlining bout between two established fighters and get a supporting card featuring major Central Asian prospects.
The card is headlined by Dmitry Bivol (14-0, 11)defending his WBA Light Heavyweight title against veteran Jean Pascal (33-5-1-1, 20). The talented Bivol has been busy this year with wins against Sullivan Barrera and Isaac Chilemba and a win over Pascal would see him ending a good year with a big name on his record, albeit a faded force in Pascal. The 36 year old Pascal is well beyond his best, but was competitive with Eleider Alvarez last year and the hope will be for Bivol and Alvarez to face off in 2019. A prime Pascal would have given Bivol a real test, but he's now little more than a name. An in depth preview of this bout can be read here - Can Bivol over-come Pascal in one of the final HBO shows?
One of the prospects on this card is Uzbek sensation Murodjon Akhmadaliev (4-0, 3), who will be looking to make his first defense of the WBA Inter-Continental Super Bantamweight title. The unbeaten Akhmadaliev was a former amateur stand out will be up against American foe Isaac Zarate (16-3-3, 2) , who comes into this bout on the back of a 5 fight unbeaten run including wins over Carlos Carlson and Horacio Garcia. This is a good step up for the Uzbek, who's is set to have his fight televised on HBO, and hopefully bigger and better opportunities will come his way in 2019.
One of the other major prospects on this card is the debuting Israil Madrimov (0-0), who looks to instantly announce himself as one to watch, as he takes on Vladimir Hernandez (10-2, 6) in a 10 rounder, on debut. The highly regarded Madrimov is tipped to be a major success, and it seems clear that his team have big expectations for him, putting him in such a tough bout to begin his career. Hernandez might not be a major name but he's a very solid opponent for a debut, and has only lost a couple of close decisions, to Humberto Velazco Torres and Adrian Luna Flores. Not only has Hernandez been competitive with good opponents, but he has scored decent wins over Elco Garcia and Danny Valdivia. This is a serious debut.
Another prospect on this card is 2016 Olympic silver medal winner Shakhram Giyasov (5-0, 4), who will be up against the very experienced Miguel Zamudio (41-11-1, 25). The unbeaten Giyasov has been very impressive this year, beating good opponents like Gabor Gorbics, Albert Mensah and Julio Laguna, defeating Laguna at Wembley on a massive international card. Zamudio is a 27 year old Mexican veteran, who debuted back in 2009 and has been ultra-active. Despite being active Zamudio has lost to the notable opponents he's faced, such as Jose Zepeda, Sharif Bogere and Will Tomlinson.
Kazakh Heavyweight Ivan Dychko (7-0, 7) was also scheduled to be on this card, though was pulled in the weeks leading up to the show, without a reason being given.
Monte Carlo, Monaco
Another international card with notable action comes from Monaco, where we get a couple bouts involving Asian fighters.
A second unbeaten Chinese fighter on this card is Meng Fanlong (13-0, 8) who goes up against popular Englishman Frank Buglioni (22-3-1, 16). The bout will be Fanlong's first defense of the IBF Inter-Continental Light Heavyweight title, a title he won in October 2017 when he defeated Ammanuel Danso. The Chinese fighter has looked good at times, but has been shown to have a less than amazing chin and although Buglioni is not a world beater, he does have respectable power. If Buglioni lands clean this could be a night to forget for Fanlong, who will be making his Euroipean debut.
Another Olympic medal winner on this card will be 2016 gold medal winner Daniyar Yeleussinov (4-0, 2) of Kazakhstan. The 2016 Olympic champion will be battling against Nicaraguan Marcos Mojica (16-2-2, 12) and this is another good platform for Yeleussinov to shine on, as he did last time out, when he stopped Matt Doherty. If Yeleussinov can continue to develop his style he could become a star, but there is still a long way for him to go. Mojica is the under-dog, but is a live under-dog here.
We were also hoping to see unbeaten Chinese hopeful Zhang Zhilei (20-0, 16) take on veteran Alexander Ustinov (34-2, 25), but that bout was cancelled at late notice due to Zhilei having visa issues in the weeks running up to the fight.
Despite the notable action in the US and Monaco there is actually a stacked card in the Philippines, courtesy of ALA Promotions who are putting on a show with several WBO affiliated titles.
One of those title bouts will feature the hard hitting Jeo Santisima (16-2, 14) making his first defense of the WBO Oriental Super Bantamweight title, as he takes on Mexican visitor Victor Uriel Lopez (13-6-1, 6). The champion won the title earlier this year, when he stopped Yodsingdaeng Jor Chaijinda and this should be a good defense against a fighter who has proven he can fight on the road. Lopez first came to our attention in 2016, when he upset Ryo Matsumoto, and despite a loss to Matsumoto in a rematch he has remained relevant, with a big win this past August against Antonio Tostado. We're expecting an interesting bout here.
Another title bout on this card will see the once beaten Albert Pagara (30-1, 21) make his first defense of the WBO Inter-Continental Super Bantamweight title, as he takes on Ghanaian puncher George Krampah (14-3, 12). On paper this looks dangerous for Pagara, but the visitor has been stopped in 2 of his last 3 bouts, and he lacks any win of note. This is a great chance for Pagara to make his first defense, and we suspect his aim will be on stopping Krampah in under 4 rounds, to try and beat the result Isaac Dogboe had against him.
In one of the major supporting bouts we'll see former world title challengers face off with Jonas Sultan (14-4, 9) taking on Ardin Diale (34-12-4, 16). Sultan failed to shine in his recent world title fight with Jerwin Ancajas, but he is a talented fighter and will be wanting to bounce back from that setback. A win over would certainly help him go into 2019 with some momentum. As for Diale his record has been patchy recently, though he has mixed with top quality fighters such as Daigo Higa, Moruti Mthlane and Andrew Selby. We suspect Sultan's youth will get him over the line here, but this could be more competitive than the records suggest.
Sultan isn't the only former world title challenger on this show as the once touted Arthur Villanueva (32-3, 18) looks to rebuild his career after his loss earlier this year to Luis Nery. Villanueva will be up against countryman Carlo Demecillo (11-5, 5) who is less than 2 years removed from a brutal KO loss to Satoshi Shimizu. He is 5-1 (4) since that loss, but this is a big step back up in class and is certainly his toughest bout since the Shimizu bout. Hard to see anything but a win for Villanueva, but he will have to work for it.
Unbeaten prospect KJ Cataraja (8-0, 7) takes a step up as he faces Victor Hugo Reyes (9-1-1, 7) for the WBO Youth Super Flyweight title. Cataraja is widely regarded as one of the top Filipino prospects but hasn't yet had the opponents to really show what he's capable of. This is a good chance to Cataraja to prove what he can do and potentially convince his team to give him better match ups in the new year. Reyes is a live fighter, but his record doesn't have much quality on it, with his most notable bout being his loss to Ricardo Rafael Sandoval back in March. Reyes will travel to win, and should give Cataraja a good teat, but one that we expect Cataraja to pass.
Japanese prospect Go Hosaka (1-0, 1), who is signed with ALA Promotions, will be having his second professional bout. The talented former amateur stand out will be up against the hard hitting but limited Jason Tinampay (8-11-1, 7). Hosaka is a real talent and ALA may well have a future world champion on their hands here, if they manage his career properly. At this stage putting him in with Tinampay seems a good choice. Tinampay was once a dangerous fighter, but has gone 1-10-1 since a 7-1 start to his career.
We see yet more prospects in Canada, where two Kazakh hopefuls will be looking to extend their unbeaten records.
One of those prospects is the very talented Sadriddin Akhmedov (4-0, 4), who goes up against the experienced Jose Francisco Zuniga (14-11-2, 5). On paper this is a slight step up in class for Akhmedov, who has stopped his first 4 opponents in a combined 8 rounds, but one he should manage without any issues. It's worth noting Zuniga has only been stopped once in his 11 losses, but we feel he will have to put in a real survival effort to hear the final bell here.
The other is prospects is 24 year old Nurzat Sabirov (7-0, 6), who a huge step up in class to battle Rocky Montoya (32-2, 22). Sabirov is tipped to be a star, like many of the Kazakh's currently based in Canada , and has looked very promising since his debut in June 2017. This is however a step up and Montoya has only been stopped once, by the under-rated David Lopez. Whilst Montoya is a test on paper it's hard to know how good he is given that, for the most part, his competition has been dreadful. We suspect Montoya's record will be exposed here by the talented Kazakh.
In less notable action we'll see Filipino Adam Diu Abdulhamid (13-6, 5) look to build on a recent big win in China, over Youli Dong. The under-rated Filipino will be facing off with Australian Joel Camilleri (15-5-1, 7) in a bout for the WBC Asian Boxing Council Welterweight title, which is currently vacant. Although relatively unknown Abdulhamid is a very good fighter and seems happy fighting on the road, despite bein 1-3 outside of the Philippines. Camilleri has won just 1 of his last 3 fights, and really lacks a good wins, but was competitive with Dwight Richie last time out, and is better than his record suggests. This looks like it could be a very interesting match up.
August 4th-Bivol takes on Chilemba, Oho and Inamine battle for youth crown
Our attention will mostly be on New Jersey this coming Saturday as one Central Asian fighter defends a world title, and two others look to progress there careers.
The champion in question is the extremely talented and really exciting WBA Light Heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol (13-0, 11), who defends his title against Malawi born challenger Isaac Chilemba (25-5-2, 10). The heavy handed and exciting Bivol comes into this bout on the back of his excellent victory over Sullivan Barrera this past March, in what was Bivol's 5th straight stoppage win. The Kyrgyzstan born fighter is making a name for himself and a win over Chilemba will help him there. Sadly for Chilemba it does feel like his career is coming to an en and he has lost 3 of his last 4, including a stoppage loss in November 2016 to Oleksandr Gvozdyk. At his best Chilemba was a handful for anyone but he's now a very old 31 who has been in a lot of wars during his career.
One of the guys looking to move forward with their career is unbeaten Kazakh Madiyar Ashkeyev (9-0, 5), who is set for a notable step up in class to take on Cleotis Pendarvis (21-4-2, 9). The Kazakh has looked close to flawless in recent bouts and has been impressing on US soil through his career. American southpaw Pendarvis has had a stop-start career, and his last 4 bouts really haven't been great to know what he has left, but at his best he was a solid fighter who managed to stop Michael Clark, though that was almost 6 years ago now. A prime Pendarvis would have made for an interesting test, but we now expect Ashkeyev to step up and put on a showcase performance against his more experienced foe.
Another Kazakh on this card is Middleweight prospect Meiirim Nursultanov (7-0, 6), who will be looking for this third win of 2018. His opponent for this bout hasn't been announced but we're not expecting anyone too testing for the 24 year old, who we think will be stepping up in class at this end of this year, or early next year. Heavy handed, talented and exciting Nursultanov has a lot going for him, but we wouldn't be surprised if he team just waited a year or two before throwing him in with notable names.
In Japan fans only get a single show from Okinawa, and even that show isn't massively great with two low key title fights and some small fights on the under-card.
One of those title fights is a WBO Asia Pacific female Bantamweight title fight, which will see Yuko Henzan (6-6-4, 2) take on unbeaten Chinese fighter Fan Yin (3-0, 1). The Japanese fighter started her career 0-3-1 but has managed to turn things and had gone 4-0-2 in her last 6 bouts, and claimed the OPBF female Bantamweight title, so a win here for Henzan would see her become a unified champion. The Chinese fighter made her professional debut last December, and scored 2 wins in the space of 2 weeks, but her activity has slowed significantly and she has only fought once since the turn of the year.
The other title fight will see Japanese Youth Light Flyweight champion Ryuto Oho (11-4-1, 3) defending his belt against the promising Hiroki Inamine (2-1, 2). The 23 year old champion won the 2013 Rookie of the Year at Flyweight but has since struggled, going 5-4-1 (1). To help rectify things Oho has dropped to Light Flyweight which appears to be a more suitable weight class for him, given his relative lack of power. Inamine's record suggest he's a heavy handed fighter but he's only stopped two Thai's since making his debut, though he was a well regarded domestic amateur. Inamine was beaten last time out, by the ultra promising Rikito Shiba, but will feel he has the power to take care of Ono, in what could be the fight of the day.
In a supporting bout fans will see once touted youngster Seita Ogido (11-3-3, 3) look to get his career back on track after going 0-1-2 in his last 3. Ogido hasn't been softly matched but he has failed to win any of his last 3 bouts, which were all title contest, and is clearly being matched softly here to get some confidence back. He'll be up against Takayuki Teraji (9-15-1, 4) who has won just 3 of his last 10 and should manage to give Ogido rounds with out really coming close to winning them.
One other fighter on this card worthy of note is American born Japanese fighter Marcus Smith (5-0-1, 5), who looks to secure his second win of 2018 as he takes on Koji Igarashi (4-2, 3). It's hard to see Igarashi coming out on top here, given both of his losses have been by stoppage, but he does have power of his own and could well chin check Smith here.
November 4th-Bivol, Lipinets and Kondo all in world title action!
This coming Saturday is a pretty stacked day of action with a pair of world title fights, a regional title fight, a pair of Japanese title eliminators and a non-title bout featuring a controversial world champion.
The first of the world title fights will see WBA Light Heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol (11-0, 9) defending the title he was recently handed, following Badou Jack's decision to avoid Bivol who has seen his “interim” title being upgraded. The talented Russian based Kyrgyzstan born fighter will be up against Trent Broadhurst (20-1, 12) in what looks likely to be little more than a showcase defense. The destructive Bivol looks like one of the best young fighters in the sport, with text books skills, an impressive engine, a fantastic in-ring mentality and very heavy hands. On paper Broadhurst looks like a good opponent, and has won his last 13 bouts, but is unlikely to be able to live with the work rate and power of Bivol, who will be expected to stop the challenger with few problems.
The other title fight will see unbeaten Kazakh born Sergey Lipinets (12-0, 10) take on Japan's Akihiro Kondo (29-6-1, 16) in a bout for the IBF Light Welterweight title, which was vacated earlier this year by Terence Crawford. Of the two men it's Lipinets who has been the more impressive, with 4 stoppages in a row including wins over Leonardo Zappavigna and Levan Ghvamichava. The Kazakh, much like the previously mentioned Bivol, is an exciting and heavy handed fighter with an aggressive mentality. As for Kondo he's a tough fighter, as most Japanese fighters are, with a good engine and good form, having won his last 8 including stoppages over Patomsuk Pathompothong, Jeffrey Arienza and Yuya Okazaki.. Given the toughness of Kondo and the aggression of Lipinets it's hard not to get excited about this bout, despite the fact that Lipinets will be the very clear betting favourite.
Whilst the biggest fighters aren't in Japan we are really excited about a Japanese card from the Korakuen Hall.
The main event will see Japanese Heavyweight Kyotaro Fujimoto (17-1, 9) defending his OPBF and WBO Asia Pacific Heavyweight titles against Randall Rayment (8-3, 3). The Japanese boxer-mover became the first Japanese fighter to unify the Japanese, WBO AP. And OPBF titles and will be determined to continue that reign as he slowly moves towards a potential world title fight, though has seen such a contest with Joseph Parker recently falling through. Rayment is a real unknown but he has won his last 6 and is coming in with a bit of momentum, though has never gone beyond 6 rounds and is stepping up massively.
In a Japanese Super Bantamweight Japanese title eliminator we'll see Yuta Nakagawa (21-4-1, 12) battle former champion Yasutaka Ishimoto (30-9, 9), with the #1and #2 facing off for a shot at the title in 2018. The 28 year old Nakagawa has gone 11-0-1 (6) since a 2012 loss to Breilor Teran back in 2012 and whilst his competition hasn't been great he does hold notable wins over Yosuke Fujihara, Monico Laurente and Yuta Saito. Ishimoto on the other hand is a real fan favourite who has engaged in some thrilling contests at the top of the domestic scene with the likes of Yukinori Oguni, Gakuya Fukuhara, Yusaku Kuga, Shingo Wake and Yota Sato, among others. Aged 36 Ishimoto has seen better days, but is certainly coming in to this one as a hungry and determined fighter wanting another title run.
An even better title eliminator takes place at Middleweight, as the once beaten Shoma Fukumoto (11-1, 9) takes on the thrilling Kazuto Takesako (6-0, 6). Fukumoto burst on to the pro scene in 2012, blowing out Dondon Lapuz in 130 seconds, but would lose his third bout to the dangerous Arnel Tinampay. Since then he has reeled off 9 straight wins to right the ship and now looks like a much improved fighter who came undone against Tinampay. As for Takesako he was a genuine amateur star before making his professional debut in 2015. As a professional he has been destructive with all 6 of his wins coming in a combined 12 rounds and he looks like the type of fighter who will enter the ring with every intent of continuing that stoppage run here.
In one of two notable under-card bouts we'll see the exciting Akinori Watanabe (34-6, 29) take on Filipino journeyman Dennis Padua (11-12-2, 6), in what should be a straight forward win for Watanabe, who is looking for a second straight win after losing two in a row. The other under-card bout of note will see former amateur stand out Kazuki Saito (3-0, 3) battle against heavy handed Filipino puncher Alvin Lagumbay (8-1, 7). The talented Saito has the skills to go a long way, but does have question marks over him, especially given that he was dropped by Jimmy Borbon last time out. Lagumbay is stepping up massively, but is clearly a puncher and will be looking to stop Saito and propel himself towards an OPBF title fight.
One other bout of note sees unbeaten, and controversial, WBC Bantamweight champion Luis Nery (24-0, 18) fight in a non-title bout against Filipino Arthur Villanueva (31-2, 17). The Mexican, who failed a drugs test for his bout against Shinsuke Yamanaka but appears to have seen the WBC turn a blind eye to his failed drug's test and haven't yet stripped him. The Filipino has lost in his two most notable bouts, and we can't help but feel he'll come up short again here, potentially suffering his first stoppage loss in the process.
June 17th-Asian action across North America!
Although there is no shows set to take place in Asia this coming Saturday there are a number of fights through North America featuring an Asian fighter. Arguably the best of that action is in Canada.
The bout that really stands out will see Filipino road warrior Ricky Sismundo (31-9-3, 13) taking on unbeaten Canadian prospect Yves Ulysse Jr (13-0, 9) in a really good match up. Although Sismundo has the record of a journeyman he is a genuine fringe contender who has gone 9-2-3 in his last 14 fights, including wins over the likes of Shuhei Tsuchiya, Akihiro Kondo, Yoshitaka Kato and Ghislain Maduma, and he was very unlucky against Jose Felix Jr and Dierry Jean. Ulysse is a real talent, and is tipped for big things, but this is a very interesting match up and sees the Canadian up against a talented and proven road warrior. A really good match up, which should tell us a lot about both men.
On the same card we'll see Kazakh Nurzat Sabirov (1-0, 1) fight for the second time in just a few weeks. The Kazakh's opponent hasn't been announced yet, but it's hard to imagine him being tested here.
Nevada, USA
In Nevada we'll see ultra-talented Dmitry Bivol (10-0, 8) look to extend his winning record, and build further towards a world title fight, as he takes on former world title challenger Cedric Agnew (29-2, 15). The talented Kyrgyzstan born contender will be fighting in his 4th US bout and it's likely that his next will be a world title contest, potentially against the two men featured in the main event of the same card, Andre Ward and Sergey Kovalev.
Maryland, USA
In Maryland we get a rescheduled bout as Kazakh prospect Aidos Yerbossynuly (5-0, 5) takes on the once beaten Devin Butcher (6-1, 3). This bout was supposed to take place a few weeks ago, but it has been delayed and now comes this Saturday in what is still set to be a real test for the unbeaten Kazakh prospect.
Unbeaten Canadian-Filipino Marc Pagcaliwangan (10-0-1, 8) will be making his US debut. Touted as one to watch Pagcaliwangan is rarely in a dull fight, but he's faced mostly limited competition so fa, and that doesn't look set to change here.
April 14th-Bivol looks to defend crown!
There isn't much action this coming Friday, but we do have a notable name looking to continue his rise.
The most notable bout of the day to feature and Asian fighter will see WBA “interim” Light Heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol (9-0, 7) defending his title against Samuel Clarkson (19-3,12), with Bivol making the second defense of his title. The talented Russian based Kyrgyzstan born fighter won the title almost a year ago, and made his first defense back in February, stopping Robert Berridge in 4 rounds. Although Bivol might not hold a “real” title it's clear he is heading on his way there and a win over Clarkson will continue his rise. Although relative unknown Clarkson is on a good run himself, winning his last 9 fights with wins over decent fighters like Cedric Agnew and Jerry Odom, and will be full of confidence here, but is stepping up massively here.
We'll get more action in Indonesia, where we see a couple of low key title fights.
The more significant of the title bouts will see the once beaten Semly Mau (7-1, 3) battle with Thai fighter Yodpichai Sithsaithong (13-16, 7) in a bout for the WBC Asian Boxing Council “silver” Super Bantamweight title. For the Indonesian fighter, who is a former Indonesian champion, this is a step up in class from his last couple of bouts, but he has shared the ring with the talented Defry Palulu who defeat Mau with a 5 round decision last year. The Thai has lost 3 of his last 4 bouts, and it's hard to see him come out on top here.
The other title fight on this card sees the once beaten Ilham Loeisa (6-1-1, 5) take on Sutriyono Bara Boys (3-4, 2) for the Indonesian Boxing Commission Light Welterweight title. The heavy handed Loeisa has gone 1-1-1 in his last 3 bouts, but should be favoured over Sutriyono Bara Boys, AKA Rian Cobra, who has been stopped in 3 of his 4 losses to date
February 23rd-Bivol returns to the ring!
Perm, Russia
It's a relatively quiet week this one, but there is some notable action and on Thursday we'll see Kyrgyzstan born Russian Dmitry Bivol (8-0, 6) defending his WBA “interim” Light Heavyweight title, with a bout against Robert Berridge (29-5-1, 21). Bivol is one of the many rising fighters from Central Asia and should be strongly favoured to extend his unbeaten run here. Although Berridge is a decent fighter he has found his level and shouldn't have too much to bother the heavy handed and very talented Bivol.
October 29th-A busy day with Asian intrigue!
Almaty, Kazakhstan
The attention for this weekend is pretty scattered with no one country really stealing the focus. Saying that however the most intriguing card is probably in Kazakhstan.
In the main event of the card fight fans get to see Kanat Islam (21-0, 18) make his Kazakh debut at long last, as he takes on Ghana's Patrick Allotey (34-2, 28) in a bout for a number of minor titles. Originally this bout was said to be a WBA “interim” world title bout, but will instead have IBO, WBO and WBA minor titles and whilst it's not what either man really wanted, it could open doors for world title bouts down the line. On paper it's a big step up for Islam though Allotey has suffered 2 recent stoppage losses and it seems likely he will again be stopped as Islam is a solid puncher, despite being a technically flawed fighter.
In the chief supporting bout we'll see unbeaten Zhankhozh Turarov (19-0, 13) fight for the 5th time in Kazakhstan, returning for the first time since December 2012. In the opposite corner to Turarov will be the heavy handed Ghanaian Isaac Aryee (24-8, 22). Ayree comes into this bout with a puncher's reputation but is 0-3 outside of Ghana and was stopped in 3 rounds last year by Jimmy Kilrain Kelly, with a similar outcome expected here.
The card features a really notable debutant in the form of 2016 Olympian Zhanibek Alimkhanuly (0-0), who goes in deep against the highly experience Milton Nunez (33-16-1, 29), who has faced a relative who's who. The Kazakh debutant may not have won a medal at 2016 Olympics but did win the 2013 World Amateur Championship and the Asian Championships, in 2013, and is holy tipped to race through the ranks if he decides to turn professional full time, something that is still unclear.
Also on this card will be Aidos Yerbossynuly (4-0, 4), who will be in a 6 rounder.
The new BoxingM organisation continue to build their brand with their second show in the space of just a few weeks, and for the first time they put on international title fighters.
In the main event we see one of Korea's more interesting fighters, Woo Min Won (8-1, 5), take on a Japanese veteran, Taisho Ozawa (21-8-2, 13), for the WBC EPBC, Eurasia Pacific Boxing Council, Light Welterweight title. Won comes into this bout on a 3 fight winning run including a win for the Korean 140lb title last year and a big upset win over Daiki Koide earlier this year, and should be favoured to keep that run going here. The 36 year old Ozawa hasn't fought in more than 3 years, and was 2-4 in his previous bouts, and although he was once a decent fighter he was on the slide before his long break from the ring.
In the other title bout on this card we'll see the WBC EPBC “interim” Lightweight title on the line, as Il Kwon Kim (6-3, 3) takes on Juk San Lee (6-3, 1), aka Ryo Akahori as he's listed on the poster for the show. Lee isn't the most active of fighters, in fact this is only his second bout in the last 5 years, but a win here could kick start his career. Kim, who has also been plagued with inactivity, won the Korean Lightweight title earlier this year and will see a win here as a chance to move into much more significant and interesting bouts in the near future.
Durango, Mexico
In the main event of a card in Durango fight fans will see former world champion Cristian Mijares (54-8-2, 26) battle unbeaten Japanese fight Shohei Kawashima (14-0-2, 3) in a bout for Mijares' WBC silver Featherweight title. The bout is a huge step up for Kawashima but a great opportunity for him to make a mark on the big stage and build on things like being the 2014 All Japan Rookie of the year and his win in Korea earlier this year. At 35 Mijares, once one of the sports most talented boxers, is on the back end of his career, though comes into this bout on a 5 fight winning streak, including a shock win over the then unbeaten Andres Gutierrez. At his best this would be a huge mismatch in favour of Mijares, however he's not the fighter he was and Kawashima does have a chance, albeit a slim one, to claim a career changing win
Also on this card is former unified Minimumweight champion Francisco Rodriguez Jr (19-4-1, 12), best known for his incredible contest with Katsunari Takayama, who fights Filipino fighter Crison Omayao (20-12-3, 7), best known for being the debut opponent of Naoya Inoue back in 2012. Omayao has been passed around Japanese prospects the past few years, including Genki Hanai and Kosei Tanaka, and it seems he is here to serve as a tune up opponent for Rodriguez who is said to be chasing Flyweight gold now. This could be a painful night for the “D'Cowboy” given that Rodriguez is a bit of a monster in the ring.
In Mexico we'll see Filipino Richard Pumicpic (18-7-2, 6) take on a really tough ask as he battles Mexican star Cesar Juarez (18-5, 14), who has been a thorn in the side of Filipino boxing in recent years. Juarez first gave Filipino's a headache when he gave Nonito Donaire a nightmare late in their world title bout last December, and destroyed Filipino hearts earlier this year when he beat the hotly tipped Albert Pagara. Pumicpic isn't as well known as the other Filipino's that Jaurez has faced but is likely to find out what the other two found out, the Mexican is a heavy handed, tough nosed nightmare
Ekaterinburg, Russia
In Russia we see WBA “interim” Light Heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol (7-0, 6) fight in a 10 round non-title fight as he faces fellow puncher Abdallah Paziwapazi (13-3, 12), from Tanzania. The bout is Bivol's first since he claimed his “world” title, easily defeating Felix Valera with a 12 round decision, and should be little more than a stay busy fight for the Kyrgyzstan born sensation. It is worth noting that Paziwapazi is not only a puncher but has never been stopped and that will be the target here for Bivol, who will be fighting for the third time this year
May 21st-Choi and Bivol in title action!
Arguably the most notable bout to feature an Asian comes from Seoul where Hyun Mi Choi (12-0-1, 4) [최현미] returns to the ring to defend her WBA female Super Featherweight title, and look to claim the WBF title, as she takes on South African challenger Unathi Myekeni (10-2-1, 4). This will be Choi's 13th world title bout and sees her return to the ring just a few weeks after defeating Diana Ayala.
In Russia fight fans will be able to see the very exciting Kyrgyzstan born Dmitry Bivol (6-0, 6) fight in his most significant bout to date, as he faces the unbeaten Dominican Felix Valera (13-0, 12) for the WBA “interim” Light Heavyweight title, a title that Valera will be defending for the first time. The bout is a step up in class for Bivol but, given how he's looked so far, he is likely to pass this test with flying colours.
In the US fans get the chance to see Kazakhstan's Beibut Shumenov (16-2, 10) continue his career, as he faces Junior Anthony Wright (15-1-1, 12) for the WBA Cruiserweight title. Sadly due to how late this bout was put together we were unable to preview it, and we have been told that it won't be televised, though looks like a good one on paper.
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South Bruce OPP Report Sexual Assault and Drug Related Crimes on the Rise
Kincardine | by John Divinski
Detachment Commander, Inspector Krista Miller says there were 11 occurrences of sexual assault last year, compared to 7 in 2017
Sexual assault and regular assault incidents increased in 2018, compared to 2017,
Detachment Commander, Inspector Krista Miller says there were 11 occurrences of sexual assault last year, compared to 7 in 2017 but she's not sure why the increase.
Miller says perhaps it has something to do with the #MeToo movement and victims are feeling more comfortable coming forward to lodge complaints.
Other types of assault are also up 38 per cent with 47 cases in 2018, compared to 37 in 2017.
Inpsector Miller says they've come up with one interesting fact on the assaults saying, "We did identify that there was an interesting number of assaults that happened along Queen Street in Kincardine so we're looking a little closer to see if we can take some proactive measure."
No number was given for the number assaults along Queen Street.
Miller says drug-related charges are on the rise as well, including possession and trafficking occurrences which were up 220 per cent over 2017. In actual numbers, that's 16 occurrences in 2018, compared to 5 in 2017.
She suspects the possession charges will increase because analysis shows methamphetamine and opioid issues are increasing in their catchment area.
Also the old chestunut of "Lock it or Lose it" is not getting through to everyone.
Theft over $5,000 and theft under $5,000 have increased 35 per cent and 92 per cent respectively from one year to the other.
Inspector Miller says most of the theft over charges come from stolen vehicles that were unlocked and theft under comes from goods taken from inside unlocked cars.
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Llandaff Cathedral Cancer Research charity concert
The Charity - Cancer Research, Wales – celebrating its 40th Anniversary, was the winner when a large audience thronged the magnificent Llandaff Cathedral.
All those who were lucky to attend felt the ticket price was good value for what was on offer.
The increasingly popular Bridgend Male Choir needs no introduction, going through its paces with distinction. Maestro, John Jenkins conducted the 74 strong Choir with enthusiasm in a faultless display from him, without the aid of music copies. He was supported by the quite magnificent accompanist, Rhiannon Williams-Hale whose talent seems to hold no limits. Such are her skills that not only did she accompany the Choir and its soloists, Gwyn Williams (Eli Jenkins Prayer), Leon Evans & Gwyn Williams (Plaisir D’Amour) and Paul Carter (Bui Doi from Miss Saigon) but also the “professional” pair of soprano, Fflur Wyn and violinist, Cerys Jones to whom she had been introduced only hours before. Compere, Nigel Walker, the former Welsh sprinter & rugby international and currently head of BBC Wales Sport and Patron of the Charity was glowing in his deserved praise. It was only confirming what Bridgend’s choristers already know and appreciate in that they have one of the very best.
London Welsh Young Singer of the Year 2005 and Bryn Terfel Scholarship holder, Fflur Wyn enchanted an appreciative audience with seven items, the last three a selection from the best of Italian, Welsh and French to loud applause. The Puccini items, Quando Men Vo from La Boheme and O Mio Babino Caro were particularly special.
The equally young Cerys Jones mesmerized the audience with her violin renditions of the work of Mozart, Bartok, Gershwin & Brahms. A selection of Bartok’s Romanian Dances drew thunderous applause. How fortunate Wales is to produce young talent such as Fflur and Cerys, both of whom are at the start of what should be glittering careers.
The good news for those who missed the Concert is that it was recorded, the CD to be launched at the National Eisteddfod at Swansea in August. It can be purchased at the Maes at the Cancer Research stall; ordered from Cancer Research Wales on telephone number 029 2031 6976 or from Bridgend Male Choir, Secretary, Gareth Reese on 07773 170373.
News update: The aforementioned CD is now available to purchase from this website, where you can also listen to samples of tracks! See the CDs page
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Rivethead: Tales from the Assembly Line Quiz | Eight Week Quiz C
Ben Hamper
Name: _________________________ Period: ___________________
This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through chapters 3-4.
1. What music did Hamper and his coworkers listen to at work?
(a) Country.
(b) Top 40's.
(c) Classic rock.
(d) Oldies.
2. What racket did Louie have going at work?
(a) Making rookies do all his work for him.
(b) Secretly selling alcohol down the assembly line.
(c) Secretly selling cigarettes down the assembly line.
(d) Getting paid for forty hours when he worked thirty.
3. Why did Hamper like spending time at Joanie's house?
(a) She had no siblings.
(b) Her mother cooked great food.
(c) Her father was friendly and fair.
(d) Her siblings were well-behaved.
4. Why did Joanie and Hamper get married when she became pregnant?
(a) They were finally eighteen and able to make their own decisions.
(b) Abortion and adoption were unheard-of in their religious circle.
(c) Hamper wanted to escape his mother's home.
(d) They loved each other.
5. During his sophomore year of high school, what did Hamper name his rather large collection of poems?
(a) "Thoughts of the Crocodile."
(b) "Intestines of a Balloon."
(c) "Under the Table."
(d) "Hammered After Four."
1. When did GM schedule an applicant for a physical?
2. What did Hamper do when people criticized him for drinking on the job?
3. How did Hamper and Joanie overcome their initial shyness toward each other?
4. What car part did Hamper's father install at the factory?
5. When a would-be employee arrived late and was rejected, what did he do?
(see the answer key)
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After spending a week in the hospital for treatment of yet another hiccup in an already-difficult health care regime, my father came home yesterday. Like so many grown children of my generation, I strive to remain involved despite the fact that I live far away. We call daily, and we struggle to divine the meaning of the words he and my mother choose to share with us. But there's only so much that can be shared over a cable.
It's not easy being sick. Nor is it easy being an immediate family member of someone who is.
As we look forward to all the promise that a new year holds, I hope we take the time to appreciate the meaning of the phrase, "As long as you have your health." We take it for granted when we have it, then curse its loss after the fact. That's human nature, I guess.
If only we appreciated it while we had it. Then perhaps we'd try harder to hold onto it for just a little bit longer. And we'd prepare better for the inevitable day when the phone rings and everything changes. I wish I were better at this. Maybe in 2006 I'll learn the secret.
Welcome home, Dad. Be well.
Posted by carmilevy at 12/31/2005 01:13:00 AM 17 comments:
Narnia rap
Saturday Night Live long ago ceased to be a beacon of our pop culture direction. I risk widespread disdain by saying it is no longer the factory of tomorrow's major comedic talent, nor is it the same favored Saturday night entertainment destination that it once was.
When I was a kid, however, it was an event to stay up late to watch it. If we were lucky enough to make it all the way through, we often ended up rolling across the floor, doubled over in pain from laughing so much. Many of the characters and sketches became personal cultural icons and happy memories of a time when great comedy was still a valued form of art.
These days, SNL is more like a 90-minute exercise in waiting for something funny to happen in between the 6-minute commercial breaks. In an age where Jon Stewart has pushed the envelope of funny intelligence on television, SNL seems a bit quaint and lacking in comparison.
Still, it is capable of hitting one out of the park on occasion. To wit, this recently-aired rap tune that parodies the Chronicles of Narnia. Here's the link. Crank the volume, and enjoy.
Your turn: What other old SNL - or related sketch comedy - favorites lurk in the dark corners of your personal cultural dustbin? How might we find them?
Posted by carmilevy at 12/30/2005 11:36:00 PM 8 comments:
Kids' candy - leaded or unleaded?
News just in from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that it will be tightening the amount of lead allowed in children's candy.
[Carmi pauses to shake his head and bemusedly mutter a three-word obscenity starting with "what the..." There, I'm over it. I'll continue.]
I simply want to know who allowed lead in kids' candy in the first place? What other noxious stuff is going into their - and our - food?
Please let me know if I'm the only one who finds this somewhat - OK, extremely - disturbing.
Giving lawyers a bad name
I'll apologize in advance if you're a lawyer.
The Boston Globe last week ran a piece entitled, BlackBerry: A high-tech ball and chain for lawyers. A partner in a law firm sent an e-mail insisting that lawyers should keep their BlackBerry devices on all the time - evenings, weekends, and even vacations.
Nice guy. Makes me want to work there. OK, I'm kidding. Sounds like someone who truly contributes to the advancement of humankind. Or maybe he's just a tool.
Your turn: Have you ever worked somewhere where leadership made unreasonable demands on employees? How did you respond?
A rare image
When I need to know that all is right with the world, I find myself looking at images like this. These little folks who look strangely like me are a constant reminder that my wife and I are two incredibly lucky people.
The only gift I could ever ask for is right here.
Your turn: What are you thankful for?
The physics of Santa Claus - Redux
Just before Christmas last year, I posted a scientific analysis of the rotund red-suited guy - The Physics of Santa Claus - to Written Inc. In the interest of a new annual tradition, I invite you to click the link and re-read what has rapidly become a seasonal classic.
Your turn: Got any other holiday funnies to share? Either post 'em in a comment or drop me a link.
(And if you're celebrating this holiday, I'd like to wish you the merriest Christmas imaginable. No, I didn't wish anyone a generic happy holiday or season's greeting. I said, "Merry Christmas." I meant it, PC-zealots be damned.)
Internet killed radio's star
It’s no secret that I like to listen to music while I write. It helps me focus on the task at hand, and it keeps folks from interfering with my work. I know it sounds anti-social, but it’s the only way to keep my output up. The alternative is to stay at home and work by myself all day. But that can be somewhat career limiting over the longer term.
So when the MP3s and CDs I brought from home started to pale after the zillionth listen, I began looking for new sources of music.
Pandora seems like a funky solution to an ages-old problem. Log in, give it an artist or song, and it builds and plays a playlist that should match your listening taste. You can create as many different streams – called “Stations” – as you wish. It’s part of something that Pandora calls the Music Genome Project, and it allows listeners to listen to music the way it was meant to be heard: without amped-up ads for discount mattress warehouses and car dealerships.
There’s a paid, ad-free version. But I’m cheap, so I registered for the no-cost, ad-supported one. Listening to the same song over and over is somewhat problematic – they want you to sample, then buy, after all. No worries: the sound is excellent, and I’m being introduced to artists I never knew existed. Definitely ranks high on the cool meter for folks who hate what commercial radio has become and are looking for an alternative.
Drawbacks: I shudder to think what this would do to a mobile device, and I feel sorry for network admins who might soon find themselves managing rogue audio streams. But such is life on the road toward multimedia nirvana.
Your turn - a 2-parter
Feel free to share any thoughts on cool tools you’ve come across that make work easier, or easier to take.
Do you think Internet radio, satellite radio and all its brothers (sisters?) will kill commercial radio as we know it? How can conventional terrestrial, commercial radio (regular AM and FM stations) compete?
Quoted - UPI
More media coolness: United Press International has incorporated my perspective from this week's press release into a write-through entitled Wireless World: Premature predictions?
The tagline on the writer is pretty interesting:
Gene J. Koprowski is a Lilly Endowment Award winner for his columns for United Press International, for whom he covers networking and telecommunications. E-mail: hitech@upi.com
Which begs the question: Why am I enjoying this so much?
Posted by carmilevy at 12/23/2005 11:18:00 PM No comments:
This explains Rudolph's red nose
If you hang around long enough, you eventually see it all:
Drunken Santas go on NZ rampage
In retrospect, I always had my doubts about the jolly red guy when I walked past him in his little village in the middle of the mall. Now my lifelong suspicions have been confirmed.
Your turn: Do drunken Santas threaten the future of the Santahood?
I'm on TV
My surreal life continues. The interview that aired on Report on Business Television last night is now available online. If you've ever wanted to see me on television - or at all, since I realize I'm a bit of a disembodied writer to most folks - now's your chance.
The interview page is here: http://www.robtv.com/articles/rob.tv/2. The show was broadcast Wednesday, December 21, 2005. Just click on the Play link below the graf to auto-load the media player. My interview runs from about 10 minutes into the 60-minute package, and lasts a touch over 5 minutes.
Your turn: If you're familiar with Research In Motion, I'd be interested to hear your perspectives on this case. If you're not, feel free to share your thoughts anyway.
Posted by carmilevy at 12/22/2005 05:55:00 PM 14 comments:
Quoted - BlackBerry refuses to die
I've waded back into the Great BlackBerry War of 2005 with a press release on the U.S. Patent Office's latest decision to reject the remaining patent claims by NTP.
I know that this is a terribly dry topic for most folks. But it means that BlackBerry devices are somewhat further from the brink of shutdown than they were at this time last week.
The press release is entitled U.S. Patent Office Ruling Frees Wireless Sector, Signals End of Frivolous Lawsuits. I'm somewhat opinionated this time out: I guess I'm tired of patent trolls hijacking the IT agenda.
Frightening update: I'm scheduled to be interviewed live on television by Report on Business Television (ROBTV) this evening at 7:10 p.m. Eastern. The hit will be rerun tonight at 11 p.m. (ish). I'll post a link to the streamable file once it's on their website. OMG.
Another frightening update (9:20 p.m.): The interview went really well. I don't think I embarrassed myself too badly. It was quite the experience, and I look forward to doing it again soon. The interview will be available for streaming from the ROBTV web site at this address: http://www.robtv.com/articles/rob.tv/2. It's not up now, but it should be available by tomorrow. More soon...
Your turn: Do I deserve a BlackBerry for Chanukah? How about a Treo 650? Bueller?
The agony of the feet
This is what happens when you coop kids up in booster seats for too long.
(Draped over Noah's shoulder is his beloved blanket. It goes everywhere with him, and brings him comfort when the world spins a little too quickly for a five-year-old. Looking at this picture makes me wish I had a blanket, too.)
Party...carefully
Now that we’re right in the middle of office party season, I’m sure we’ve all had ample opportunity to witness the consistent ability of colleagues to leave their sensibilities at the door before they proceed to embarrass themselves and threaten their future careers. To wit:
Young man has been employed as a low-level employee for a whole week. He loads up on wine early in the evening, then introduces himself to his new colleagues by draping his arm around their shoulders and lecturing them – with slurred speech and brewery breath – on why he loves being a part of the team.
Young lady (oops, now I sound like my father, but I digress) shows up alone, plastered into a dress that wouldn’t be out of place on a Vegas street corner. Spends her time eyeballing co-workers who took the time to come with dates. Said dates don’t look too pleased.
Longtime employee takes off his tie, wraps it around his head Bruce Willis style, and proceeds to show us all why he’s such an excellent dancer. Maybe when he’s sober. But right about now, he looks like an idiot.
Ex-employee shows up either hammered or stoned – sorry, I’m no expert in these matters. Gives the “I love you” speech to some, and the “you b---h, you got me fired” diatribe to others. Is eventually ordered off the premises, and thankfully hasn’t shown up in those crime summaries in the newspaper.
I like to use the CLM acronym to describe these. It stands for Career Limiting Move, and it amazes me how, year after year, people continue to make the same laughable – or maybe not so laughable – mistakes. It would be easy to say it’s because of excessive alcohol consumption, but someone’s gotta make the boneheaded decision to head down that road in the first place. Stupid is as stupid does.
The Boston Globe ran a great piece on this over the weekend. Entitled, Caution: Employees celebrating, it may save some grief for those who still understand that even office parties have rules that should never be broken.
Your turn: What's your worst office party story?
More testing needed
On my way home from Boston a couple of months ago, I came across a departure screen that didn't look quite right. I had to laugh when I realized that JetBlue's systems integrators missed this one.
I hope their coding for the airplanes themselves is a little more evolved.
Faces in the stone
Some pictures are mere snapshots that are taken quickly, viewed quickly, then added to the growing visual anthology of my photographic life.
Others are decidedly different in that they kind of evolve over time. It's not that the photographs themselves actually change. Rather, they might be inherently complex or initially cryptic in their composition, and as such do not fully reveal themselves on first viewing.
So I set them aside and come back to them periodically in the hope that time will give me a somewhat different perspective on the original result.
Most of the time it just gives me an excuse to look at older work and enjoy it again. Sometimes, I see things that I totally missed soon after I first took the shot.
I captured this image three months ago. Initially, I wanted a picture of bricks. I took a bunch, and they didn't do anything for me. But now that I look at this particular composition, I swear I'm seeing faces in the crumbling facade. There's something about the surfaces to the immediate right of the big crack, toward the top of the middle brick. I can't quite put my finger on it...
Your turn: Can you see anything in this picture? (Click on the photo to load the high-resolution version.)
Publish Day - Ink Blog - yet another drunk driver
The leadup to the Christmas/New Year/[insert policitically correct holiday reference here] season seems to raise the profile of impaired driving-related stories. I sense that we see more of them, and the ones that we do see are more likely to be printed closer to the front page or run toward the top of the newscast.
This one's no different. The story of Charly Hart's latest conviction was a doozie. This guy's been drinking and driving for longer than many of us have been alive. And despite dozens of convictions and at least one death, he continues to get behind the wheel. Amazing - and frightening.
His latest sentence - six years in prison - is believed to be Canada's stiffest penalty to-date for a drinking and driving offence that did not result in injury or death. Either way, my gut tells me to watch myself in six years (or actually, less than three the way things work in this country, but I'm digressing) because people like this don't seem to ever learn.
Sadly, the law-abiding citizens among us are the ones most likely to pay the price for these idiots' inability to take responsibility for their own behavior. No one ever said life had to be fair, after all.
Your turn - a 2-parter:
How can society ensure repeat-offenders like this one are never allowed to threaten others again? What's the answer?
Do you have your own experience with impaired driving (either side of the coin)? How has this issue touched your life or the lives of those you know?
Drunk drivers threaten us all
Published Saturday, December 17, 2005
The London Free Press
Advocates against drinking and driving got some good news this week when Watford’s Charly Hart was sentenced to a six-year jail term for impaired driving.
The bad news is Hart’s been drinking and driving for 35 years, he’s already been convicted in connection with one fatal accident, and he’s been convicted nearly 60 times, including 39 verdicts for drunk driving and related offences.
Call me naive, but a justice system that allows this degree of blatant, serial lawlessness to continue doesn't make me feel remotely safe.
How many other Charly Harts are out there? How many times will they be turned loose to threaten the lives of the rest of us who have already gotten the message about drinking and driving? How obscene must the list of offences become before society hits its breaking point and decides to fundamentally change the way these people are dealt with?
It’s something I wonder about every time I buckle my kids into the car. It’s something I wish Mr. Hart would think about as he finally receives the punishment he so richly deserves.
Publish Day - Ink Blog - officer down
It's hard to say anything unique when a young police officer is gunned down on the job. It happens with such alarming regularity that we're almost numb to it by now.
The city where I grew up, Laval, Quebec, has never experienced it. Until this week. Even though it wasn't a technically local story, I felt it had universal impact, that no matter where we live, we all rely on police forces that we largely take for granted. Until something like this happens, of course.
Wherever you may live, I hope that after reading this you'll thank an officer as well. It's easy to see that these folks truly are heroes.
Your turn: I hope you'll share a positive experience you've had with an officer. I'm sure we've all benefitted from their help at one point or another.
Constable's death a tragedy for us all
Published Friday, December 16, 2005
Laval Police Const. Valérie Gignac was 25 years-old when a single shot from a high-powered rifle ended her life on Wednesday.
Gignac was the eighth Canadian officer to be killed in the line of duty this year, and only the second female officer to be shot in Canadian history.
Statistics do little to mask the tragedy or set things right. She was pursuing a career of helping others. Helping someone in need cost her her life.
I grew up in Laval. My parents moved there because it was a place where things like this didn’t happen. But they do, and no place is immune.
Think of what it must take to risk your life every time you head out to work. Police officers, even in seemingly genteel London, Ont., are willing to sacrifice it all so that the rest of us can lead our routine lives.
If you see an officer today, take a moment to thank him or her for taking that risk on our behalf each and every day.
Publish Day - Ink Blog - Fire!
Today's column is all about priorities. Or the fact that sometimes it seems as if government doesn't know how to set them.
London's north end has grown so fast in recent years that fire protection services have not kept pace. Response times up here - yup, I'm a northerner, too - are well below provincial averages, and firefighters have been raising the alarm for years.
The city has studied the issue for as long as we've lived here, but shows no signs of actually moving ahead with building a new fire hall.
Sure, it's a seemingly trivial local issue. But it ceases to be trivial when the safety of your family is at stake. I thought lighting a little fire of my own might help matters along.
Fire hall delays put people at risk
Our city is playing with fire.
While London’s north end experiences tremendous growth, the city has failed to provide adequate emergency services to the area. Consequently, wait times there are dangerously elevated.
It’s old news that the area needs a new fire hall. While we all appreciate the city’s diligence in pursuing the lowest-cost solution – namely, a temporary house-style facility on Trossacks Avenue – numerous delays are raising the temperature for residents who must live with the additional risk.
Ideally, critical emergency services should anticipate urban growth – not lag far behind. It’s time to take the money budgeted for a full-sized fire hall on Fanshawe Park Road and just build it.
The province has announced that as of March 1st, 2006, all homes must have at least one working smoke alarm on each floor.
If you live in north London, you might want to go smoke-alarm shopping a little early, since you’ll need all the additional protection you can get.
Quoted - Microsoft resignation
I keep popping up in all sorts of fun places. I was interviewed for a piece in IT World Canada about the sudden resignation of Microsoft Canada's President and the appointment of his successor. The article, entitled New chief, new prospects for Microsoft Canada, was published today.
Here's what I said:
Over the past year, Microsoft has been "making a lot of noise" about putting more resources into partner programs, said Carmi Levy, senior research analyst Info-Tech Research Group in London, Ont. With his track record, the new Canadian chief would be effective in enforcing that.
Levy said Sorgen's initiative in establishing the Microsoft Certified Solution Provider Partner Program at Microsoft's South Central District makes him the ideal candidate to lead the software company in further building relationships with Canadian partners.
"This is a very strong sign for the company that they are going to continue in this direction and they really do value who they do business with as they drive products into the market," the analyst said.
Simplifying its licensing structure is also another area where Sorgen should focus on as he takes over the reigns at Microsoft Canada in Mississauga, Ont., said Levy, adding that many companies are still struggling to stay on top of their licensing situations.
He said Microsoft's Software Assurance (SA) – a software maintenance program – is a great step in that direction, but the software company needs to "continue that significantly because licensing still remains an area of confusion for many companies."
"Microsoft has started (improving its licensing structure) over the last year, but there is huge opportunity to educate its client base on proper licensing, simplifying how its offerings are structured and on keeping that educational volume up so the level of confusion continues to come down," said Levy.
Another area that Sorgen could focus on in 2006 is establishing the company's position as a services-based company. This remains to be the biggest threat to the future of the software company, said Levy.
He said Microsoft has merely played catch-up while its "more agile" competitors have already established leadership in Web services applications, developments and deployments in recent years. "Microsoft needs to move very quickly here to establish its own position in the market."
The Info-Tech analyst acknowledged, however, that the company has started to recognize this threat and have made some strategic movements toward responding to it.
He cited Microsoft's recent announcement on its new Web services offerings, such as Windows Live and Office Live, speak well of that realization.
He cautioned, though, "in 2006 and beyond, Microsoft needs to cohesively deliver on this strategy," and how Canada plays in that strategy will soon be in the hands of its incoming president.
Posted by carmilevy at 12/15/2005 12:24:00 PM 1 comment:
Publish Day - Ink Blog - Carmi swears
I have always had little patience for people who pre-judge me even when they've never met me. They'll make assumptions about my behaviors and motivations based strictly on my ethnicity. They are rightly classified as racists, and they're very good at manipulating the system to support their destructive activities, at using a democratic society's freedoms to protect themselves.
But I've got a pen, and even though I fear raising the anger and attention of some of these people, my greater fear is if I don't write about people like this, I worry we'll all forget how insidious their influence can become. After all. termites don't go away from underneath the floorboards if we ignore them. So for today's column, I thought I'd lift up the floorboards and leave no questions about where I stand.
I even used profanity - "bastard" - a first in my writing career.
Your turn: Where do you stand? What do you do when confronted with such out-and-out hatred of others? Do you hold back out of fear of reprisals?
Free speech a lame defence for hatred
Imagine if your neighbor took issue with the colour of your skin. If he published hate-filled material on the Internet and routinely encouraged anyone who would listen that you and your kind should be extinguished from the planet.
What should you do? Ignore him because he’s a crackpot? Invite him in for tea? Call the police? Is there even a right answer?
As a human-rights tribunal in Toronto finishes hearing the case of Londoner Tomasz Winnicki, the rest of lawful society is challenged to decide how to deal with those who toss hate-filled grenades before retreating behind the tired defence of free speech.
By Winnicki’s definition, I’m a Jew bastard who shouldn’t be allowed to live.
By my definition, Mr. Winnicki’s views serve no viable purpose in an otherwise civilized society. Canada should have no tolerance for intolerance of any kind.
People such as Winnicki are entitled to their pathetically held beliefs. Those they attack are equally entitled to bully them back into the dark hole from which they came.
Publish Day - Ink Blog - Diabetic stupidity
Diabetes is one of those diseases that has touched many of us in multiple and personal ways. It runs in my wife's family. When she was pregnant with our two youngest children, she developed gestational diabetes and had to inject herself with insulin until she gave birth. She now lives with a significantly higher risk of becoming a diabetic.
Here in Canada, our federal politicians have been out-screaming each other to see who can promise us the most before we go to the polls next month. I thought it was kind of silly that they're throwing around funny-money, yet folks who suffer from diabetes are deliberately not taking care of themselves because they can't afford to do so.
This struck - and continues to strike - a chord with me. It seems like society can't get its priorities straight, especially when the current system will willingly fund the expensive surgeries and procedures these people will inevitably require because they didn't have the means to control the disease up-front.
More cynically, maybe this works in the country's favor because these folks will die younger, and as a result won't be clogging hospital beds in future. I know, it sounds harsh, but I wouldn't put it past a politician for thinking it. Here's the piece I published on this in today's paper.
Your turn: What other unfair funding practices have you come across in your neck of the woods? Are our elected leaders completely unable to logically and morally set priorities?
Diabetes skimping will cost dear later
Published Tuesday, December 13, 2005
While candidates for federal office make billion-dollar promises for everything under the sun, diabetics across Canada are being crushed by four-figure annual expenses that aren’t covered by medicare.
According to the Canadian Diabetes Association, almost one-quarter of its members can’t afford to purchase all of the supplies they need to keep themselves healthy – and alive.
When the resulting years-long game of poverty-inflicted Russian roulette pushes sufferers into premature heart disease, amputations and other diabetes-related afflictions, medicare will pay the bill. Too late, unfortunately.
All of this could be prevented if government truly believed that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. But everyone’s too busy distributing holiday season electoral candy to notice.
Our penny-wise, pound-foolish approach to health care – namely skimping on critical preventative measures such as diabetes care and eye exams – ultimately costs society a tremendous amount in both dollars and pain.
The newspaper of tomorrow
I admit I've got a bit of an extreme interest in how newspapers continue to evolve in this era of new media. I've written about this on a number of occasions (see here and here) and I suppose a part of me will always be tracking this issue. I am, after all, professionally selfish: if I fail to understand how newspapers are changing, I may eventually find myself out of work.
Monday's Toronto Star had a couple of companion pieces on the topic:
Old idea, new media: Are you reading this text on paper, or as pixels? Does it matter? Some think not. As newspapers realize that they sell content, not ink, their future is taking hold. (Byline: David Olive).
Inventors rethink paper and ink: Electronic news adapts to tradition. Hard to beat tried and true format. (Byline: David Bruser).
Both pieces do an effective job in adding to the ongoing discussion. The evolution of newspapers looks like a necessarily long-term process, so I'll continue to share links and thoughts in this space as I come across them. I hope you'll do the same.
Your turn: Is the so-called electronic newspaper a mere pipe dream? What's the one thing that you think newspapers must do to survive?
Posted by carmilevy at 12/13/2005 12:33:00 AM 9 comments:
Quoted - twice in interesting places
My tech comments keep showing up in all sorts of neat places. This morning brings news on two fairly large fronts: Forbes and the Globe & Mail. Here's the lowdown:
Forbes: Help Wanted In Silicon Valley. Byline is Rachel Rosemarin. I spoke about current trends in hiring. Here's what I said...
The tech industry is expected to grow by 167,000 new jobs in 2006, according to Economy.com, with high-tech employment rebounding to levels higher than that reached during the tech bubble's peak. But a severe drought of tech talent is imminent.
"The very survival of these companies is at risk," says Carmi Levy, an analyst with Infotech. "If they can't find that talent to keep them innovative, their competitive edge will erode." He points to the fact that two of Google's most popular products--Google News and Gmail--were the brainstorms of individual minds.
Many mid- and small-size companies won't be able to compete at all. Because of this human-resources weakness, Levy believes about half of all existing small and medium-size companies could stagnate and go out of business.
The ones that survive will figure out ways to tempt workers with stock options and guarantees that individuals will have large roles to play in shaping business, he says.
...finding enough quality talent has been challenging.
But what's bad for the big portal companies is worse for startups and midsize enterprises. "[The portals] are skimming the cream off the top and leaving the lesser talents to the companies that can't offer the same salaries and exposure," says Infotech's Levy. "Google's barrier for entry is so high."
Many point to Google as the primary impetus driving the talent war.
Despite the current frenzy surrounding technical talent, experts aren't willing to see this as a sign of a bubble mentality returning to Silicon Valley.
"We've learned our lesson," says Levy. "As a society, there is a lot of tempering going on with these hiring increases. We say, 'Wait a second, let's think our way through this.' In the late '90s, business cases weren't even bothered with."
The Globe and Mail: Downloadable audio books heading to libraries - But electronic collection in public system won't be compatible with popular iPods. Byline is Joe Friesen, and the article appears on page A11 of today's print edition. Here's what I said...
More than three-quarters of the MP3 players sold at the moment are iPods, according to Carmi Levy, a senior research analyst at Info-Tech research group.
"They pretty much own the market right now," Mr. Levy said.
At the moment, iPod-compatible audio books can be bought through Audible.com. Mr. Levy said Apple may be trying to expand the market for audio-book sales before proceeding with any deals for libraries.
Your turn: Does it make sense for Toronto's library - or any library, for that matter - to implement an audio book/reader solution that doesn't support the 800-pound gorilla - Apple's iPod - of the audio player market? Do you think they're smoking crack?
Update: Computing in the U.K. has picked up the Forbes piece here. IT Week (also in the UK) has it here.
Let them eat...
I despise most birthday and anniversary cakes for the same reason that I hate marshmallows: too sweet. But that doesn't mean I won't pull out a camera and take a closeup picture of the icing on the side. I don't eat seafood, either, but that doesn't stop me from harassing the lobster tank at the supermarket (more on that in a future blog entry.)
Oops, I'm drifting off-topic. Sorry. Sunday evening brain fade. Let's realign, shall we?
This picture represents my somewhat lopsided way of looking at an otherwise forgettable item of food - which in a few short days will transform itself into a stale hunk at the back of the fridge.
Pity my wife for putting up with this kind of thing at mealtime. She never knows when I'll become intrigued by another element of the mundane, and she is ever gracious when trying to explain my obsession to friends and acquaintances. We've learned that some people kinda get it, and others kinda don't.
Your turn: Would you risk the strange glances of friends and family to take pictures like this? If you were the one holding the camera, do you think the end result would be worth the potential embarrassment? Should I find a new way to express my creativity?
Technical note: Click on the image to open up a higher-resolution version.
From color to monochrome
Since my last picture was full of color, I'd like to share one that's decidedly devoid of it.
The question is, what is this?
What we wish we could see
Thanks to a series of lake effect snowstorms, our city has been transformed into a veritable winter wonderland. It makes for wonderful walks to work in the morning and cozy nights under a couple of comforters.
I rather enjoy the blanket of white that in such a short time has repainted the landscape, but I always think something is missing when I look up and see bare, forlorn branches backing against a graying sky.
I took this picture in October - just a sliver of time in the overall scheme of things - while out for a walk to the park with our little guy. He hemmed and hawed while I took out the camera. He wanted to get to the playground, and didn't much care that his Dad was once again being a photo nerd.
Even though it's not in my nature to deliberately tick off our kids, I'm glad we stopped on that day. Looking at the colors on my screen reminds me that the monochromatic view out my window isn't permanent, and that color will return to the landscape soon enough.
I hope little guy reads this one day and comes to a similar conclusion.
Take to the skies
In the end, it's just a seagull. Or is it?
(Yeah, I'm feeling photographic this week. I'm raiding the archives and tossing some of my faves online. Hope you don't mind.)
Reach out and touch someone
Come on, you know you want to. Ten little buttons, pressed in unique sequences, can instantly connect you with anyone you wish. Sure, there is cost involved. And some people might not appreciate being called while it is still dark outside. But it's the thought that counts.
Your turn: Who you gonna call?
Another little man enters the world...
Sometimes, it's nice to share a happy.
Oliver Lucas Levy-Jones made his grand entrance at 9:13 a.m. EST in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He weighed 7 pounds even, and he's as healthy as can be.
Why am I writing this? His Mom is my sister, Shira. Mazel tov to Shira, Dave and big brother Ben as they welcome their newest bundle of joy and opportunity to the planet.
The future of newspapers
I think it’s now pretty clear that newspapers are being buffeted by forces that promise to reshape their very future. The good ones will evolve and thrive, while the not-so-good ones will falter and die.
For perspective, it helps to remember that this is hardly the exclusive domain of print media. Traditional news institutions are all in the middle of adjusting to the new world order imposed by the arrival of the Internet.
I’ve written previously about it here, and continue to look for examples of media organizations that get it. The Boston Globe’s Ombudsman, Richard Chacon, published this piece, The Globe’s future in WiFi, in yesterday’s paper. It’s fascinating reading because it reflects some creative thinking about how newspapers interact with their readers, and how they will need to leverage new technologies to maintain relevant relationships with them into the future.
Disclosure: it’s in my best interest to write about tomorrow’s newspapers because my career is increasingly dependent on the existence of a thriving media-based community. Call it job security.
Your turn: What other creative things are newspapers in your part of the world doing to thrive in the Internet age? What would you suggest they do?
More search engine madness
Written Inc. continues to grow in popularity with the freaks of the world: the site is now the #1 result for the following search string on Google:
Injects random swear words over VOIP
Lovely. My mother would be so proud.
Your turn: As part of my ongoing quest to understand how oddballs and weirdos find your sites, what bizarro search terms have been showing up in your stats? Come on, don't be embarrassed; we all have 'em.
Stay Puft Marshmallow Man
The marshmallow is another confection that I just don't get. It's too sweet, too artificial, too nausea-inducing when you consume too many. Yet I've always loved marshmallows for their not-found-in-nature texture.
As a contrast to the bold colors of my last posted picture, this one, with its monochromatic tribute to the color white, couldn't be more different.
Your turn: What's the first thing that comes to mind when you think of the simple marshmallow? What memories does this most processed of foods conjure up?
Sometimes, the most photogenic images at a party can be found in the unlikeliest of places. I don't really drink all that much pop - carbonation is a harsh way to make a drink seem more "refreshing" - but the colors and textures in the cooler just got to me.
Your turn: Does this make you thirsty? Am I nuts for shooting these kinds of pictures?
Morning: Grosvenor Lodge
The landscape now sits under a thick blanket of snow. But on this morning a couple of weeks ago, these trees kept watch over a simple stretch of grass. I'm always amazed how a little bit of time and weather can so radically change the view.
I don't know what inspired me to stop my bike that morning and take this. I think it was the stark shadows on the grass.
Whatever it was, the view no longer exists; testament to why it's so important to capture the image before it disappears forever.
Cancer, humanized
I can barely hide my admiration for the Toronto Star's Rosie DiManno. I've often written about and linked to her work. She never fails to make readers think, and she always manages to reach in and change their perspective on virtually any topic.
She writes columns on both general issues, as well as sports. To be completely frank, I'm not a big fan of the sports side of the house. I find all sports "news" so, um, pedestrian. While I agree that there is indeed drama in so many aspects of sport, I find the way most media outlets package it to be repetitively boring.
Not so with Ms. DiManno. Her writing often jumps beyond the sports pages and deftly delivers messages more subtle than some lunkhead's assessment of how he put the puck in the net. Her piece on Pat Burns, entitled Ex-Leafs coach Burns battles cancer, does just that. If you read it, you will be moved.
Your turn: Does this writing inspire you? How? Who else can move you with mere words?
In passing...Stan Berenstain
I must admit I'm not the world biggest Berenstain Bears fan. Like most early-childhood literature, it's almost too antiseptic. Plots unfold in predictable, saccharine fashion. Conflicts are glossed over. Everyone smiles too much. It's about as far from the real world as one can possibly get.
Then again, who says early-childhood needs to represent the real world? I'm not an early-child - despite what some folks who know me might think. I'm no expert on what children really want to read. Given the fact that little man often asks for a BB book to be read to him almost every night, it can't be a bad thing. And when his big sister reads a BB book to him, the scene is almost too precious for words.
So I've developed a grudging respect for this genre of kid-lit. It's often the first reading a child will do. It represents a gentle introduction into the world of words, and it brings comfort when the real world around them may seem decidedly uncomfortable for them (school yards can be tough places, after all.)
Stan Berenstain passed away this week. He and his wife, Jan, started drawing their famous characters in 1962, and worked with Theodore Geisel (Dr. Seuss) to get it right. One thing sticks in my mind as I think of his passing: Stan and Jan started drawing together over 20 years earlier, when they met at art school. Poignant.
I can't help but think that so much of them was wrapped up in these characters that kids so very much admired. A love story that began two generations ago still manages to touch my own children today. Nothing boring about that. I owe you many thanks, Stan.
Your turn: How has children's literature changed your - and/or your kids' - lives?
One more thing: The Hartfourd Courant's Kathleen Megan puts it all in its proper perspective in this piece, Berenstain Legacy: Cozy Memories.
Why some people should not be parents
No one ever said life was fair or balanced.
After all, you need a license to sell hot dogs on a street corner, keep a dog or cat in your house, or broadcast your grandmother's dessert recipes via ham radio. But anyone with working biologicals can have a child.
Sadly, having functional parts does not qualify a person to be a parent. This story, Police: Parents gave crying baby vodka, underscores why some people deserve to be sterilized before being thrown in jail.
The short strokes are chilling - a three-month-old baby girl died after her parents gave her a lethal dose of vodka. She had a BAC of 0.47 - over five times the legal limit. As if should could have decided for herself anyway.
I hope they throw away the key when they catch and convict these monsters.
One small consolation: we needn't worry about these two selling us hot dogs on a street corner.
Your turn: Is it time to tighten society's rules around becoming a parent? Should this be licensed? Is it even feasible?
Early morning at the breakfast table
Forget that it tastes good, it's relatively healthy and low-fat, and the kids really like it. What's most important is that it has a neat surface when it's first opened.
Your turn: Are you a hummous person? How do you pronounce it?
Your turn: I can't put my finger on it, but these remind me of something. Anyone want to hazard a guess or two?
Quick aside: Why this pic? Simple: a new grocery store opened up in our neighborhood. So, without anything better to do on a Saturday night, we loaded the kids into the wondervan and went on an adventure. The place seemed somewhat overstaffed - typical for a new store, because they want customers to think the store will always have an abundance of folks prowling the aisles just begging to help lost customers....we know the truth, however. But I digress.
Zach and I set off in search of photographic targets of opportunity. We felt like kids exploring a brand new playground. It was all so fresh and clean. Pretty soon it'll be a depressing big box store, just like every other depressing big box store. But for a little while anyway, it was fun to wander the pristine rows and think about all the possibilities. Zach did the spotting and I did the shooting: he thought the nuts would be cool. I think his photographic judgment is better than mine.
Yeah, we definitely need to get out more.
Just a faucet?
Our typical intercity drive often has us spending oodles of hours on the 401. Canada's busiest highway cuts through Ontario from Windsor all the way to the Quebec border just east of Cornwall. All in all, it's a shade under 500 miles or 800 km long.
We've come to know this highway well in the years since we moved to London. It's the route we take to visit family back in Montreal, and in the dozens of times we've driven it, it's not a stretch to say that we've likely memorized every exit, curve, and geographic feature.
On our way home recently, we stopped in Belleville for a much-needed break. We parked beside the Quinte Mall - which despite the fact that it looks like any other indoor mall on the planet, is nevertheless a welcome refuge on a long, boring drive - and headed for the food court.
Little people have little constitutions. So we found the family washroom and were blown away by the pristine cleanliness, comfy chairs, lovely music and overall coziness of what is usually a disgusting facility that is ignored by management and reviled by those of us who care about such things. This place was different: we could have stayed there all night.
While the kids raved about how cool this loo was, I concentrated on the faucet and tried to get photographically artsy with it. This is a longer-than-handheld, flashless exposure, using the counter as a makeshift tripod. It may look plain. But it will forever take me back to a 10-minute slice during which my kids happily unwound with each other in a surprisingly warm place far from home, and I got to watch them be themselves.
Quoted - eWEEK
Damn, I can't believe I missed this one: eWEEK published a piece entitled Microsoft Sees a Google Future on November 2. Byline was Ben Charny. I was commenting on Microsoft's Windows Live and Office Live announcement.
"This is the clearest evidence yet that Microsoft is getting Google's message," said Carmi Levy, senior research analyst at Info-Tech Research Group, a technology consultant. "Google has clearly shifted software towards a new, Web-based paradigm."
That opinion, a popular one nowadays, would have drawn a snicker two years ago when Google was showing how free, advertising-supported Internet search generates billions of dollars in annual revenues. But now...
I've been hoping to be quoted by eWEEK - a serious tech journalism heavyweight - for ages. This makes me skip a little more lightly on my feet.
Publish Day - Ink Blog - Suicide isn't painless
My paper has been running an excellent series on suicide all week. Entitled Ending it all, it has lifted the veil, so to speak, on a problem that at once touches us all, yet is deliberately not discussed by the very same people whose lives it darkens.
I wrote this because I wanted to ensure the discussion didn't stop here. I know so many of us have been brushed by it, yet haven't had the courage to discuss it in the open.
Your turn: Although it may be difficult for some, I hope you'll consider sharing a thought of two on suicide, depression, and the toll it takes on individuals and society.
Here's my perspective, published in today's paper:
Cloak of silence lifted from suicide
Published Saturday, November 26, 2005
A lifetime ago, I was a 13-year-old learning to sail Laser-class boats at summer camp. My instructor, Robert, painstakingly guided me from neophyte to a confident captain who could easily command the boat in any situation.
He was barely out of his teens, but his maturity and wisdom made him seem so much older. He was a patient mentor who always seemed to have his hand firmly on the tiller on his way to a bright future.
A few years later, he killed himself.
This week’s London Free Press series on suicide has taught us how this disease of society thrives in dark shadows. We never talk about it for fear of offending. It has touched so many of us, but we keep it buried deeply.
But if the teenagers of tomorrow are going to have young mentors to guide them, someone’s got to shine the light on this silent menace, to flush it from the recesses of shame and into forums where we feel safe to talk about it.
Look inward, and don’t be afraid to start that conversation.
Me again: My editor, Larry Cornies, today published a searing column, Suicide series touches many lives. Editor-in-chief Paul Berton ran a great journalist's perspective column - entitled Time to talk about suicide - in today's paper as well. As difficult as it is to talk about suicide, the all-stops coverage by the paper is encouraging, to say the least. I hope the dialog continues.
Here are the links to the articles in the Ending it all series that inspired this thread. Randy Richmond is the reporter who researched and wrote these articles. It's great, necessary reading.
Help is fragmented
We have no answers
Family hopes to help others survive
Negotiators' words hold life and death
A jumbo jet crash every month
Quoted - BlackBerry heads to the East Coast
It was a good media day for me yesterday. I was interviewed by Canada's national wire service, Canadian Press, for an article on Research In Motion's decision to open a technical support centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
They made the announcement on Friday, and this was big news in a region that has had more than its fair share of economic hardship.
The National Post is running the story, Research In Motion sets up shop in Nova Scotia; creates 1,200 jobs. Byline is Michael Tutton from CP.
Canadaeast.com is running two versions of the piece: here and here.
The myTelus site has it here.
Yahoo! posted it here.
The Brockville Recorder & Times (even small-town Ontario reads tech) has it here.
Here's my snippet:
Carmi Levy, a research analyst with Info-Tech Research Group in London, Ont., said the government money was likely key to the deal, but the major factor was Ontario's tight high-tech labour market.
"Waterloo and Ottawa are talent markets that have been tapped dry by the major technology vendors in Canada and the United States," he said.
"For now RIM has Halifax mostly to itself."
The company said it expects to begin hiring through job fairs beginning in January.
Levy also said the company needed some good news after months of troubles in the U.S. courts in a patent dispute with NTP Inc.
The legal dispute threatens BlackBerry sales in the United States unless there's a settlement or an appeal victory for RIM.
"This is the perfect kind of good news announcement that diverts attention from all of the bad news that's been dogging the company for the past year," said Levy.
Update: The Daily News (in Halifax) is running this piece: High-tech RIM to create 1,250 jobs. Byline is Stephane Massinon. Here's what I said...
Carmi Levy has watched the growth of Research in Motion. The senior research analyst with Info-tech said the jobs coming to HRM will be coveted.
“These are not entry-level jobs at all. This is one of the highest of the high-tech companies right now,” said Levy yesterday.
Levy described the company as a significant force with international clout.
“This a high-flyer in the mobile-wireless sector; they are the acknowledged leader in what’s called push-based e-mail. The term BlackBerry has become synonymous with mobile e-mail.
“For a small, upstart Canadian company, they have become dominant around the world.”
RIM has thrived in Waterloo because of that city’s high level of people with post-secondary education. Levy said Nova Scotia’s reputation for universities was part of the decision to bring an office here.
But not all is well with the company. For years, it has been in an American court facing a patent infringement lawsuit from NTP Inc., a company based in Richmond, Va. The judge hearing the case has said recently that a decision would come soon, possibly any day now.
Levy’s read of the situation is that RIM could end up paying between a half-billion and a billion dollars as a result. “That money isn’t that much of an issue,” said Levy.
“(Paying) would give them the right to continue to use the underlying technology to drive their network and BlackBerry service until 2012, when the patent runs out,” explained Levy.
Publish Day - Ink Blog - More local politics
I seem to be in a bit of a political mood this week. I didn't set out for it to be this way: I'm never fully sure what I'm going to write about until I sit down and start writing. I often start writing through a couple of story ideas before I let them battle it out. One wins, the other (or others, as the case may be) will simply wither on the screen.
This one jumped out at me because it dealt with one of my favorite anti-democratic bodies, the Ontario Municipal Board. As a free-speech-crusading journalist, few things bug me more than government-sanctioned bodies that ram decisions down the population's throat - which the OMB has done repeatedly since I started writing about them.
For once, though, I think the OMB sorta got it right this time. So I felt somewhat compelled to get off my usual critic's chair and give them the writer's equivalent of a pat on the back.
I still think the OMB is undemocratic, and I'll still flay it when I think it has crossed a line. But for now, I'm smiling.
New ward system will drive change
Published Friday, November 25, 2005
I’ve long criticized the Ontario Municipal Board for its heavy-handed rulings that have often gone against the will of the communities it supposedly serves. But I may become an OMB fan in light of its latest position on London’s municipal roadmap.
The OMB’s order to London to replace its current seven-ward system with 14 smaller wards has raised cheers from citizen advocacy groups. City councillors who oppose this ruling have said the new system will make it easier for special interest groups to hijack the city’s agenda. I think they worry too much.
This city needs a good shakeup. Tax rates have consistently outpaced the rate of inflation. Services have been cut. City hall has been rocked by one embarrassing and expensive controversy after another. Civic bureaucracy has steadfastly resisted calls for change.
Something needed to change, and like it or not, London’s new ward system will form the basis for driving that change.
Any city councillors who aren’t comfortable with this might want to find a new line of work.
Publish Day - Ink Blog - Canadian politics
Here in the Great White North, we're on the verge of a call for a federal election. The ruling minority government is on its last legs after being hit with a corruption scandal, and the opposition parties are already circling their prey, waiting for the perfect moment to strike.
If I'm being brutally direct, all of this kinda bores me. Political machinations never really change. The arguments are always the same, and the players are almost universally shallow and incomplete human beings. They are hardly the role models I thought they were when I was a kid, so I don't think it's worth my while to actively memorize every word they say on the evening news.
Still, it's democracy. So it's important to still know what's going on.
So I took out my pen and thought I'd muse on the irony of a pre-election spending spree by the ruling party. It always seems to work that way: the checkbook comes out just before voters go to the polls. It's nothing more than a blatant way to steal votes through bribery. And history shows that it works.
Of course, that's all our money that's being spent. I thought readers might want a little additional perspective on this.
Darn, I've become cynical and jaded.
Payback at polls for spending spree
Published Thursday, November 24, 2005
I’m thinking of sending Prime Minister Paul Martin a card to thank him for the wonderful gifts he’s decided to lavish on us this holiday season.
All the things I’ve been wishing for – including a fleet of Hercules transport planes to replace aircraft that should have been retired decades ago, compensation for native Canadians who were sexually abused in church-run residential schools, and support for grain farmers so they can better compete internationally – will finally be mine. It’ll be the best holiday season ever.
I know that as a taxpayer I am footing the bill for this pre-election largesse. I know that none of this spending might ever actually happen if the government is not re-elected. Politics is, after all, a game of smoke and mirrors. And what better way to bamboozle the electorate than to wave gobs of goodies under their noses.
Still, it’s the season of giving. Taxpayers will have ample opportunity to give back what’s been taken when they finally go to the polls.
Happy holidays, Paul.
Publish Day - Ink Blog - Auto sector smackdown
Today's column deals with the fallout of the General Motors retrenchment announced earlier this week. I was originally going to write about something else. I figured enough ink had been spilled over the unfortunate loss of thousands of Canadian and American jobs.
Then I read the union response to the cuts, and I changed my mind. The leaders of Canada's largest autoworkers union trotted out same old themes. If it were up to them, we'd all go back to the days of guaranteed jobs, high wages, low education requirements, and a limitless future with no real-world competition.
Unfortunately for the Big Three, the cushy world they dominated fifty years ago is gone forever. They have failed to compete on the same playing field as their new competitors. They have become dinosaurs. And as much as we all - and I include myself in that "we" - pine for the days when we'd work for a benevolent employer until our retirement day, it's easy to see that the employment world is a much colder place these days.
So I wrote the following piece.
Your turn: After you're done reading this, I hope you'll share your perspectives on unions, and whether or not they've managed to adapt to the new realities of the business world.
Big Three, CAW running out of gas
Published Wednesday, November 23, 2005
It is both fascinating and sad to watch domestic automakers cutting their operations to the bone, while Honda and Toyota invest billions in new plants and people.
The only response Canadian Auto Workers union President Buzz Hargrove can muster is the same old rant about foreign manufacturers having unfair, reduced-tariff access to the North American market.
Domestic manufacturers, hobbled by aging products union contract limitations, can’t compete against their more agile competitors. Their products lag behind.
Consumers spending their hard-earned dollars on a vehicle expect efficiency, performance and reliability. Other automakers have figured out how to do it better, and they’re eating up the domestics’ market share.
The war is over, Buzz. The imports have won. Union contract and pension costs have become an albatross around the domestic manufacturers’ necks.
Stop whining about unfair competition. You simply can’t compete any more.
Update - Sat. Nov. 26. I've been getting some nasty e-mail from readers - obviously union members who believe in everyone's inalienable right to permanent, high-paid employment. I'm not upset by this. As I've said before and continue to maintain, any response is a good thing. If I force readers to sit up, take notice and get involved in the discussion, then I have accomplished my goal.
Beyond the e-mail, much of which is so rife with grammatical and spelling errors as to be hilariously pathetic, the Free Press published a letter to the editor in todays paper. Here it is:
Auto workers only want decent living standard
Regarding the Ink Blog, Big Three, CAW running out of gas (Nov. 23).
Carmi Levy argues that it is our unwillingness to be "competitive" that has led to the current dilemma of North American automakers.
He is misguided. All unionized workers have ever asked for is a fair shake. That means fighting for liveable wages, adequate benefits and secure pensions, so that workers can raise a family, purchase a house, send their kids to school and retire comfortably. Is that too much to ask?
One of the main reasons Asian autoworkers cannot unionize and aspire to the standard of living we enjoy in the West is that unionization is banned in many Asian countries (China, especially). Is that the type of undemocratic society to which we should aspire?
Mike Hurley
Publish Day - Ink Blog - Drinking to excess
It's another publishing week for me at the newspaper, so from now until Saturday I'll be posting my daily quick missives on whatever's coursing through my mind. I invite you all to share your thoughts - agree or disagree, it's all good - and personal stories in the comments below.
I wrote this after reading another report on how problem drinking is an even bigger issue in this region than in any other part of the province. Holiday season always seems to bring with it an increase in the frequency of booze-related stories in the media. I know I'm contributing to it, but I don't have a problem shining the spotlight a little brighter or wider if it means even one person takes notice.
I thought of this piece last night as I drove my family home through a dark and rainy night. We were at the end of a 700+ kilometre drive from Montreal, about five minutes away from home, when an idiot in a blue Civic coupe charged sidelong through four lanes of oncoming traffic to get to the parking lot of an apartment building. I panic-braked to miss him, as did every car around and in front of me. My first thought was no sober person would consciously drive like that, and that had I been alone, I would have stayed at the scene, called 911, and had him charged.
Although my overriding parental instinct to get my sleeping family home in one piece prevailed last night, part of me feels guilty for not doing more - especially on the day that I had written this - to get this moron off the road. Decisions.
So without further ado, here's the piece. Please note the editing gremlin that seems to have crept into my byline. My family name is "Levy", not "Levi".
Drinking report needed wake-call
Published Tuesday, November 22, 2005
It’s a sobering reality check to realize the rate of problem drinking in Middlesex County far exceeds the provincial average.
The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health has just released statistics showing Middlesex residents report far higher incidences of drinking and driving, binge drinking, hazardous drinking and drinking-related problems than any other Ontario region.
If you’ve got a problem with booze, this is your wake-up call to get help. If you don’t, you are also accountable for fighting this scourge before you or those you love are killed by a drunk driver.
If a friend or colleague has hit the bottle too hard, we must all do anything in our power to help. Take away the keys, call Alcoholics Anonymous, rally some friends to intervene, do whatever it takes to stop the deadly cycle.
Christmas is just over a month away. Holiday partying season is already hard upon us. Consider this society’s long-overdue wake-up call. It is, simply, now or never for problem drinkers – and for the rest of us.
Cool shades on warm sand
I look outside the window and see nothing but a steel gray horizon and bare trees. I go outside and draw my coat tighter to ward off the bone-chilling cold that suddenly seems to dominate our days.
As winter begins its descent on this part of the world, I hold onto words and images that remind me of warmer days. It wasn't so long ago that my wife and I watched our kids frolic on the beach, wondering where they got the energy and how we'd be able to perpetuate the magic of days like that for as long as possible.
Hopefully we'll soon be able to give our kids the opportunity to let the warm sand ooze through their toes. Until then, I'll hold onto images like this one to keep the fires burning inside.
About this picture: I took this at the end of a great day at Grand Bend. As we began to pack everything up, I noticed our little guy's shades just sitting on the sand. I liked what I saw, so out came the camera.
Your turn: I hope you'll share a brief story in a comment about what brings you warmth. This time of year seems to be about keeping warm - in body and thoughts - and I'd love to see what y'all do to keep the cold - literal and figurative - at bay.
Young person's honesty
While driving along the highway yesterday, our youngest announced his need to use the washroom. His timing was impeccable: the exit to the rest stop was just coming up.
When he was done, he dutifully trooped over to the sink and I helped him stretch his little hands into the sink to wash his hands. It was tough for him, but he told me how much he likes washing his hands, and he always has to wash when he's done.
I thought he was ignoring the regular parade of men who were using the facilities, then nonchalantly walking out the door. As he proudly announced that his hands were all clean and rinsed, he turned to me and asked, loudly, how come that man wasn't washing his hands.
He: "Didn't he make a pee, too? He must have forgotten to wash his hands. Should I tell him?"
Me (quietly): "I'm sure he forgot...but we never forget, do we?"
He (still loudly): "We always wash our hands. Then we don't get sick."
Smart kid. It's amazing how so-called knowledgable adults could learn the basics from a five-year-old.
Your turn: How do you respond when you see someone not washing in a public washroom? Does it disgust you as much as it disgusts me?
Ivy - dead and alive
Whenever I visit a new place, I always try to walk around a neighborhood or two if I can spare the time. I cart along my camera as well so that I can bring back images to illustrate what I was feeling as I drifted through the alien landscape.
On my recent trip to Boston (click here, here, here and here if you haven't seen the original entries) I was lucky enough to have had an hour or so to stroll and shoot. In the middle of a fast-paced business trip amidst a period of intense workload, it was an idyllic way to unwind and let my mind roam. I'd do it again in a heartbeat.
I took these two images a minute apart as I walked through the Back Bay area. They are mere meters away from each other on the wall of a beautiful old apartment building. But they couldn't be more diametrically opposed in the stories they tell.
As an aside, I've always wanted to shoot pictures of ivy, but for some strange reason never managed to get around to it until that day (October 19, at 2:36 and 2:37, respectively). The plant's abilty to cling to a hard, foreign surface and survive through whatever nature can throw at it has always struck a poetic chord with me.
Strikingly, even when it loses its battle, it remains a compelling image.
Your turn: Two parts...
Which one of these images is your favorite, and why?
Please walk through a neighborhood - your own or a new one - with a camera and post an image to your blog. Feel free to share in words what you were thinking as you took the shot. Post the link here so we can all see the uniqueness of your vision.
Little man's nightmare
I always look forward to quiet evenings at home. After the kids are in bed, calmness descends on the house as my wife and I enjoy an all-too-brief respite from the craziness of the day.
Last night was no different. We were in the living room. My wife was reading and I was rearranging words on my laptop. As the clock struck our almost-bedtime, we heard stirring from upstairs. As we have done countless times since we became parents, we looked at each other and wondered who it was, and why.
Little feet pattered their way down the stairs. It was our youngest, clutching his blanket, and he didn't look happy. He wasn't crying, but his face was pained.
He: "I can't sleep. I had a bad nightmare and it woke me up."
The last words weren't out of his mouth before he buried himself in my wife's arms.
We: "What did you dream about?"
He: "I dreamed that I died."
After my wife and I recovered from the kick in the abdomen that hearing something like this from a five-year-old can deliver, we scrambled to say the right thing to him.
Although we don't actively encourage them to sleep in our bed - not even the world's best sleeper would be able to handle it next to little people who flip themselves over almost constantly and steal the blankets - we felt an exception was in order this time.
So we trooped upstairs and tucked him in between us. Many hugs, kisses and calming words were shared. He drifted off to sleep in minutes and woke up the next morning with his usual cheery face.
Parenthood...
Chaos, close-up
I've been busy lately. Calls aren't returned. Voicemails remain in an eternal blinking red-light state. E-mails stay in my inbox until they are buried by the never-ending torrent of new messages. Even my wife often has to IM me from across the room.
Often, when fighting a deadline or otherwise juggling more things than I should, I tend to let the blizzard of papers get the better of my desk. Strangely, it doesn't slow me down any. I seem to thrive on the chaos that is my environment. It stresses me to that just-optimal point where I am most creative. Any more and I'd freeze up; any less and I'd be so relaxed that I'd spend too much time making the perfect mug of tea.
So this is a desk's-eye view of where I work. One the surface, it's pretty routine stuff: two-21-inch monitors, a keyboard (Microsoft...sorry), a set of headphones for the requisite drown-out-the-world soundtrack, enough paper to start my own recycling plant, and pictures of the people who inspire me. But it's homey, and I can't imagine it being any other way.
(BTW, those are indeed my hands. Madge - of dish-pan hands/Palmolive fame - would not be impressed. Typing is murder on my skin.)
Your turn: What does your immediate workplace look like? Is chaos the answer for you as well?
Quoted - twosies
The never-ending geek parade remains never-ending. I've been quoted in a couple of neat places over the past couple of days:
InformationWeek is running a piece entitled Fixing Your Network's Five Worst Bottlenecks. This piece, written by Matthew Friedman, reflects my contention that most network administrators need to spend more time doing their homework.
The Globe and Mail is running another in a series on Research In Motion's BlackBerry mobile device: RIM's U.S. customers needn't fret, analysts contend: BlackBerry service shutdown unlikely over patent fight. Simon Avery, the paper's technology reporter, penned the piece, which was published in today's paper on page B6. Here's my bit:
Mr. (Jim) Balsillie (chairman and co-chief executive officer of RIM) has said the company has tested a "workaround" system that would deliver BlackBerry service but operate on technology independent of the patents NTP holds.
Some analysts dismiss his claim as a temporary public relations effort meant to ease concerns.
It would involve nothing less than the "complete overhaul of the hardware and software that supports the BlackBerry messaging service," said Carmi Levy, a senior analyst at Info-Tech Research Group in London, Ont. "It's analogous to rebuilding an airplane while it's still in flight."
Live free or die? Not quite
In the never-ending search for content to read over breakfast oatmeal, I came across a rather provocative piece in The Washington Post.
Entitled N.H. Puts a Price on Panoramas, the article describes how assessors in the state made famous for banishing income taxes are now placing monetary values on the views from certain homes. These so-called bonus features are then used as the basis for increases in property tax assessments.
I have no quarrel with the basic concept of taxes. As I've repeated so often before, it's the price we pay for the standard of living we currently enjoy. I take issue, however, with blatant grabs for cash that violate every ethical contract between ratepayers and their democratically elected governments.
I know these things matter little to the porcine politicos we put into office and their civil servant cousins who collectively feed at the publicly-funded trough. But their indifference does little to reduce unfair taxation's impact on the rest of us.
Selfishly and somewhat sheepishly, I do admit I'm almost sorry that municipal governments closer to home haven't tried anything similar. I'd happily devote a column or two to this if it was ever floated for our part of the world.
Your turn: Now that they're taxing the view, I guess it's open season on all of us. What will they decide to tax next? Will this cat-and-mouse game ever really end?
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Mark Zuckerberg = Dad
There's no question about who the world's most famous baby is: Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Dr. Priscilla Chan, have welcomed their daughter into the world. According to a release from the company, Max Chan Zuckerberg was born early Thanksgiving week. She weighed 7 lbs, 8 ounces, and everyone is healthy. Move over George and Charlotte: There's a new Royal Baby in town.
But wait, there's more: The world's most famous new parents of the world's most famous baby posted a Facebook Note, entitled A letter to our daughter, in which they laid out their dreams for her - namely that she should grow up in a world better than ours today.
To underscore their hopes for the future, and to ensure they evolve beyond mere hopes, they announced the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, in which they will devote 99% of their currently-held Facebook stock - worth about $45 billion U.S. - toward advancing human potential and promoting equality.
The critics are already poking holes in the initiative - the money's being directed into their own foundation, the goals are too vague, etc. I guess it's easy to take remote potshots at the billionaire and his doc-wife as they become parents and set out to accomplish what all parents hope for: A strong foundation for the next generation. But at the end of the day, what matters is another generation-defining family is using its position, power and money to advance the state of the human race. Only the most cynical among us would fail to appreciate the humanity of such a commitment.
Welcome to the world, Max. May your parents' hopes for your future - and all parents' hopes for their own children - come true.
Posted by carmilevy at 12/02/2015 07:47:00 AM
Kalei's Best Friend said...
I guess its hard for people to think that there are people like the Zuckerbergs who may very well be selfless/altruistic, that there isn't an ulterior motive... back in the day they may of been hippies or have the philosophy.. Nothing wrong in thinking past materialism.. The ones who think there may be a motive might be the ones who would have a motive other than selflessness if given the chance to give of themselves, and yes, it is a shame people always assume the worst.
Michael Manning said...
Carmi: Mark Zuckerberg makes success look almost effortless, as does Richard Branson at Virgin Group or Bill Gates at Microsoft. In today's world, it's harder than every to be successful. These three guys are all an enigma to me. Branson actually dictated a letter to me years ago, which was impressive. I'm not familiar with the criticism that has been mentioned. I only wish the new baby and her parents well! :)
Being filthy rich is just as difficult as being poor if you want to make a difference in the world. They will make mistakes along the way, but I hope that their dreams come true.
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Day 4 of Filming Uncovering Eden - That's A Wrap!
Everyone arrived at the Clark Household around 8:30am to unload equipment and set up our first scene of the day.
Thankfully we would be in one location for the duration filming. Since I practically grew up at the Clark’s house to hang out with their son, Ricky, alongside Kevin – the wildcard of the crew – I knew this would be fun. In fact, Kevin and I planned to feed everyone with a barbeque halfway through the day.
Who doesn’t like making movies and barbequing? Exactly.
Our first shot was set up in a small bedroom, which would serve as Edie’s Grandmother’s room. When I say it was small… I mean really small. Our crew could barely fit a 6x6 bounce and still maneuver actors and our cinematographer, Jason, to get our shot. Yet, the room looked right for the film and we made it work like the resourceful indie filmmakers that we all are.
After we wrapped the bedroom, I had to get my scene break down chart – oh, how I love spread sheets now – from the car and immediately ran into our marketing specialist, Toro, who ended up giving the cast and crew lovely goodie bags with ‘Uncovering Eden’ painted on each canvas. It was looking to be a good day, but I was a bit behind schedule and needed to keep moving.
Day 4 of filming only involved characters Edie and Gran, so for my next scene I had Victoria Pedretti and April Woodall staged in the dining area.
In this scene, Edie’s grandmother is telling Edie a little bit about her family. It’s an intimate moment and I wanted the audience to feel like they were stepping into the scene or as if something was being revealed. Camera movement is just as much a part of the story telling as the script, the acting and the editing. That said, I had Jason set up the slider to bring the shot – the audience – into the room with our characters. We then took a number of medium and close up range shots. The effect will add dimension to both the scene and our final edit.
Next we filmed in the living room, where we see Edie working on some homework on the couch. Edie’s grandmother is heard speaking from the other room until she comes into frame. We did a few focus pull shots on Gran and proceeded to film a few medium shots with the 32mm lens.
Did I mention that we were filming with Cooke S4 lenses? They make everything look gorgeous.
Our next set up took place in the kitchen and the scene we were about to film would perhaps be one of the most important in the entire script. Jason initially lit the kitchen with some beautiful soft light, but though it was lovely, it wasn’t dark enough for the mood we needed to create. In this scene an argument takes place and it is the only moment in the script with real straightforward, back-and-forth dialogue. It’s the catalyst moment of the entire story of ‘Uncovering Eden’ and I knew bright and happy lighting wouldn’t cut it. Jason, being the lighting genius that he is, used some negative fill and created the atmosphere we needed. He would later tell me that one of the best directions I gave him, as a director, was to “go darker”. I also wanted some refrigerator glow for when Edie opened the door, but the light inside the fridge wasn’t bright enough. Kevin had the brilliant idea to stick one of our LED Light Panels in the fridge - it worked wonders.
Our final scenes of filming would be emotionally draining for Victoria because of the kind of performance involved. I had Jason film from a lot of interesting angles and Ryan and Erik – our awesome sound guys – were more like ninjas with the boom pole.
The last shot of the day was bitter sweet for me… I felt like I must have missed a scene or there had to be something else I needed to do right away. The whirlwind since the success of my Kickstarter campaign in July to getting to direct the film I wrote all the way back in January, felt unreal. I was numb, sad and elated all at once.
When we finally wrapped, everyone went outside to the Clark’s deck and Kevin attached a contour camera to one of the bottles of champagne he bought for the occasion - hilarity ensued. I discovered that I am terrible at opening champagne bottles and the Clark’s dog, Daisy, is the cutest menace I’ve ever encountered – there’s a ridiculous photo of her biting at Ryan’s ankle in the group photo of the crew.
Day 4 was a success and I couldn’t be more thankful for all of the amazing people who worked on this film with me and for the backers who contributed to our project. I had a blast filming ‘Uncovering Eden’ and it solidified even more that directing is my calling and it is what I want to do for the rest of my life.
That’s a wrap!!
….Post production starts now.
Remember to check out the Facebook Page and Twitter for more behind the scenes info!
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Malaysia International Film Festival appoints Lee Sinje as ambassador
Date Posted: 12 January 2017
Actress Lee Sinje is the ambassador for the inaugural MIFFEST and MGGA.
12 Jan – With Malaysia International Film Festival (MIFFEST) and Malaysia Golden Global Awards (MGGA) set to take place this February, the festival has recently announced its official ambassador.
Malaysian singer-actress Lee Sinje has been appointed as the ambassador for the first ever MIFFEST and MGGA, it was announced on the festival's official Facebook.
It is only fitting for Lee to be chosen as the ambassador since the 40-year-old is a well-known star not only locally but also in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Set to celebrate the best international and local films and to promote the unique Malaysian arts and cultures to audiences worldwide, MIFFEST, described as "an exhibition opened to public in worldwide to participate", will kick off at the end of next month.
From 28 February until 4 March 2017, MIFFEST will be held at NU Sentral Shopping Centre.
Meanwhile, MGGA, described as "an awards night that will involve filmmakers from all around the world", will be happening on 5 March 2017 at the Arena of Stars, Resort World Genting.
The festival will mark the first time for Malaysia to hold an international film festival. Currently, the most prominent film festival in the country is Malaysia Film Festival (FFM), which awards local works only. As evident by the name, the upcoming MIFFEST and MGGA will be recognising the works of both local and international productions.
(Photo source: MIFFEST and MGGA Facebook)
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Renowned director John Woo coming to Malaysia!
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Angelica Lee, Sylvia Chang to star in "The Garden of Evening Mists"
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Matilda Lutz Avenges Her Vagina In ‘Revenge’
By Eddie Muertos on April 29th, 2018 at 12:48 pm
Category: Trailers / Tag: Revenge Thriller, Sex, Survival Horror / Add Comment
Italian actress Matilda Lutz (Rings) plays a hot, young mistress raped by her sugar-daddy’s asshole friends during a hunting trip in Revenge. Scrotum splatter follows as Lutz avenges her vagina after being left for dead in the desert by the aforementioned sphincters.
Horror fans will recognize Lutz as the lead in last year’s Rings, a second sequel to Gore Verbinski’s 2002 masterpiece, The Ring. Revenge made Clatto’s list of The 10 Sexiest Horror Films of 2017. It arrives in theaters and on demand May 11.
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Data Science DC, Data Visualization DC, Methods, R, Reviews, Visualization
Data Visualization: Shiny Spiced Consulting
If you haven't already heard, RStudio has developed an incredibly easy way to deploy R on the web with its Shiny Package. For those who have heard, this really isn't new as bloggers have already been blogging about it for some months now, but I have primarily seen a focus on how to build Shiny apps, and feel it's also important to focus on utilizing Shiny Apps for clients.
From Pigeon Hole to Social Web Deployment
I was originally taught C/C++ but I didn't really begin programming until I was introduced to Matlab. A breath of fresh air, I no longer had to manage memory issues, and its mathematics and matrix design allowed me to think about the algorithms as I wrote, rather than the code, much like we write sentences in English without worrying too much about grammar. Removing those human-interpretive layers and allowing the mind to focus on the real challenge at hand had an interesting secondary effect where I eventually began thinking and dreaming in Matlab, and it was easier at times to write a quick algorithm than a descriptive paper. What's more, Matlab had beautiful graphics which greatly simplified the communicative process, as a good graphic is self-evident to a much larger crowd. Fast forward and today we are an open source and socially networked community where the web is our medium. Social Networks are not reserved for Facebook and Twitter, in a way when you use a new Package in R you're "Friending" its developer and anyone else who uses it. For working individually this is a great model, but unfortunately to deploy the power of AI, machine learning, or even simple algorithms and make use of the web-medium required the additional skillset of web-programming. Although not an overly complicated skillset to be proficient at, like running, biking, or swimming, just because you once ran seven minutes per mile doesn't mean you can after a few years of inactivity.
Democratizing Data
Enter RStudio Shiny, an instant hit. In the second half of 2012 I worked on a project using D3.js, Spring MVC, and Renjin, the idea being more administrative in that UI developers could focus on UI and algorithm developers could focus on algorithms, perhaps eventually meeting in the middle. I was practically building a custom version of Shiny, and for 90% of the intended use stories, I wish Shiny had been available early in 2012.
Thousands of lines of code were cut by an order of magnitude when implementing in Shiny, and just like when back in the day Matlab let me think in terms of algorithms, Shiny is letting me think in terms of communicating with my audience. If I can plot it in R, I can host it on a Shiny Server. R is already excellent for writing algorithms, and once a framework is written in Shiny, integrating new algorithms or new plots is as simple as replacing function calls. This allows you to quickly iterate between meetings and create an interactive experience that is self evident to everyone because it's closely related to the conversation at hand. What's more, because it's web based, the experience goes beyond the meeting and everyone from the CEO to Administrative Assistants can explore the underlying data, creating a common thread for discussion much like chatting about the Oscars around the proverbial water cooler. Shiny Democratizes Data.
The response to Shiny has been very positive, and its use is quickly becoming wide-spread. Like Yoda said, "See past the decisions already made we can" (I may be paraphrasing), we can see the next steps for Shiny, including interactive plots, user-friendly reactive functions, easier web deployment with Shiny Servers, and integration of third party applications such as GoogleVis and D3js. With respect to Yoda, Shiny's allowed me to decide that dynamic interaction with data, for the wider data science community, is the clear next step.
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Sep 10 RAW FEEDBACK: The Apple September 9, 2014 Announcement
Apple, Apple Pay, Apple Watch, Change, Media, iPhone
I approached the September 9 Apple announcement with some trepidation. I knew Google+ tech groups would be overrun with anti-Apple trolling and tech websites would be doing a lot of empty instant analysis, so I waited till the evening to watch the show, unencumbered, via my Apple TV.
While I still need to hold the iPhone 6 to compare to my iPhone 4s in terms of compactness and portability I admit to being very impressed by the “phones” and whole show. The camera and the upgraded motion sensing features of the new iPhone are very intriguing along with the greater thinness and continued attention to one-handed usability. The screen looks gorgeous, even though I figure there is a point beyond which my eyes won’t be able to tell the difference.
I was intrigued by the system now being implemented to take advantage of local wireless to improve phone signals as I sometimes have difficulty using my own iPhone for phone calls via my existing Verizon cellphone service while sitting at my home office desk. We’ll see about that.
Apple Pay looks like a real game changer especially given how Apple is lining up participants. I think this is going to be a big deal if the account setup process is easy. I don’t understand the economics of how Apple will benefit from this, plus I don’t understand whether the improved transactions will actually result in reduced transaction costs being passed along to retailers and consumers (pause for brief skeptical laugh).
I was totally blown away by the Apple Watch. I hadn’t really known what to expect. But I do agree this is something different and amounts to a lot more than an electronic wristwatch or wearable health device. An incredible amount of work that has gone into developing a new interface to support both straightforward as well as yet-to-be-developed functionality and it shows.
While the Apple Watch product looks fantastic, one caveat might be that there is so much new and different about its functionality and its interface that it might take time for adoption to reach critical mass. That’s where Apple has an advantage here. They have resources to throw at this and the wherewithal to integrate the Watch with all their other products and services. That’s an awesome possibility that I think may actually may pay off in really big way for them and their customers.
Copyright © 2014 by Dennis D. McDonald, Ph.D. Dennis is a project management consultant based in Alexandria, Virginia. He is currently working with BaleFire Global on open data programs and with Michael Kaplan PMP onSoftPMO project management services. His experience includes consulting company ownership and management, database publishing and data transformation, managing the integration of large systems, corporate technology strategy, social media adoption, statistical research, and IT cost analysis. His web site is located atwww.ddmcd.com and his email address is ddmcd@yahoo.com. On Twitter he is @ddmcd.
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Scott Martin, Springfield District School Board
Office sought: Springfield District School Board
Party Affiliation: NA
Previous offices held; please include dates:
Incumbents: when elected to this position:
Current employment (include name and address of employers):
Associate Professor (tenured).
Chair, Department of Art and Visual Technology
Assistant Dean, Technology & Research,
George Mason University, 1996-present
Previous employment:
Assistant Professor of Music Composition and Music Media Technology, Alabama
State University.
Education: (please list schools attended, degrees and dates)
Johns Hopkins University, B.M., 1986 M.M. 1997
University of Maryland, D.M.A. 2000
Community ties:
Lorton Arts Foundation Board Member
SouthEastern Youth Association Coach
Clifton Elementary PTA Member & Reflections Speaker
Rotary Club of Annandale Member
List a few current endorsements you are most proud of:
Where will you be as returns come in on Nov. 4?
U.S. Senator John Warner
U.S. Congressman Tom Davis III (11th District)
Attorney General Jerry Kilgore
Springfield Supervisor Elaine McConnell
State Senator Jay O’Brien (39th District)
State Senator Ken Cuccinelli (37th District)
Del. Gary Reese (67th District)
Del. James Dillard II (41st District)
Del. Tim Hugo (40th District)
Del. Dave Albo (42th District)
Fairfax County Federation of Teachers
Fairfax County Republican Committee
1. What is your top public-service accomplishment?
NA-Have not held public office before.
2. Incumbents: Describe the top accomplishment of your last term. Why shouldn’t voters blame you for current problems in your district?
3. What are the top five problems facing your constituents and what approaches will you use to solve them?
Describe one challenge (or more) in your district that is different than other parts of the county.
Low Teacher Salaries
Teacher–to-Student ratios too high
Safety of Springfield District Schools
Lack of funding for educational resources (money for our classrooms)
Program accountability
Commercialize FCPC IP - $50M in 5 years
Expand Corporate Partnerships per Springfield School
Support an Inspector General Position, which reports to the Board of Supervisors
The current 8 Cluster Director structure should be dismantled and replaced with three area supervisors in its place, saving FCPS $2.5M, and improving system efficiency
---The Department of Facilities Services should be merged with the County, saving FCPS ---$35M - $59M per year (taking into account a salary matrix conversion).
---The Department of General Services should be merged with the County (excluding --------transportation services), saving FCPS $22M per year.
---The Department of IT should be merged with the County (keeping and dispersing 16 -----IT technicians and 51 field service technicians as school-based), saving FCPS $44M------$51M per year.
All mergers could save over $150M - $200M a year.
4. What qualities, qualifications and characteristics will you bring to this office?
I’ve been teaching in higher education for 15 years. I’ve been teaching the graduates of the Fairfax County Public School System, and I know where we are strong, and where we can be stronger. I also have two young sons in Elementary school, which also gives me the invaluable parent perspective of what works, and what doesn’t!
5. How will voters best distinguish between you and your opponent(s)?
As a College Professor and administrator for 15 years, and the only child of six that graduated from college, let alone achieved a doctorate degree, I know the value of a good education, and how a better K-12 education can prepare children to succeed in higher education.
6. What is the minority achievement gap? How have the schools been successfully addressing this gap? What more can they do?
FCPS has moved forward in narrowing this gap a bit, but much needs to be done. Constantly moving minority children through boundary changes to lower performing schools doesn’t help. I believe giving the option of teaching phonics in elementary schools, and providing well trained and compensated Instructional Assistant in each classroom, will help close the gap. In addition, I support a peer mentoring program for at-risk kids, satisfying credit requirements for upper level students.
7. What is your understanding of research studies into the effect of school size on student achievement? What are the implications for FCPS?
As a teacher myself, I can state that large classes do not allow me to give the attention that each student requires. Large class size lowers the quality of education teachers strive to offer and maintain. Reducing class sizes is one of my main platform issues!
8. What is your understanding of research studies on sleep patterns of teenagers and the implications for high school start times?
Studies show that teenagers comprehend better two hours after they awake, or post 9:00AM. If elected, I will examine the morning school schedule for JH and JS students, as well as the affected bus schedule to see if alternative options are available.
9. If reducing class size is a priority, how would you re-allocate the budget to pay for this change?
As I stated in question #3, I plan on restructuring FCPS, saving up to $200M per year without cutting any programs. This will allow the hiring of more teachers and IAs to lower class sizes.
10. Is there "waste" in the school budget? If so, where and how much? If you can't pinpoint precisely, in what specific area would you begin looking?
I advocate the hiring of a FT Inspector General to root out waste and streamline the budgeting process. The FCPS IG will report to the Board of Supervisors, and not the Board, to help lessen the ‘battles’ between both boards. Currently, there is no school system-wide auditing and inventory system in place.
11. Has the cluster director system been successful? If so, give examples. If not, what alternatives should be explored?
No. One reason for the cluster system is to help the hiring/firing of school personnel. All cases still get forwarded to the Superintendent’s office so the primary function of the system is irrelevant. Therefore, the current 8 Cluster Director structure should be dismantled and replaced with three ‘area’ supervisors in its place, saving FCPS $2.5M, and improving system efficiency.
12. What have been the advantages and disadvantages of SOLs?
Standard curriculum so that all students graduate with the same knowledge. Less academic freedom for teachers.
13. Explain how No Child Left Behind sets standards on categories of students and its implications for Fairfax County schools.
The No Child Left Behind Act is very good in principle, but short on action. The law needs to be expanded so that a certain number of special needs children, and ESOL children that enter a school system have time for instruction to meet the stated goals.
14. If you had an extra $1 million to spend on the school system any way you would like, how would you spend it?
I would immediately spend it on increasing salaries for teachers, and/or restoring lost steps in 1990, 1991 for instructional assistants.
15. What are the hallmarks of a well-run school? Include measurable
characteristics.
Where the minority/minority achievement gap is insignificant, where 90% of students are capable and able to attend a college/university if they wish, and learn to be contributing good citizens in our region
16. What are the hallmarks of an excellent teacher? Include measurable characteristics.
As a teacher myself, I would consider dedication, determination, and perseverance, as well as the ability to communicate the issue or problem from various viewpoints and perspectives. An excellent teacher is one whose students anticipate with excitement the next challenge, the next grade level!
17. If you were to create your own core curriculum, what subjects would you include? Place in priority order.
English (Reading, Writing)
U.S. History (including international conflicts such as WWI, WWII, Korean War, Vietnam War, Gulf War, etc.)
Virginia History (Including Jamestown, Revolutionary War, etc..)
World History (European, Asian, African, Middle East)
18. What are the advantages and disadvantages of public-private partnerships as they relate to Fairfax County schools?
Building schools faster, more efficiently. Potentially beholden to the private sector builders
19. How would you increase involvement of the general public in the public schools?
Current committees are good, but they are too political.
Less appointment – based committees, and more open forum community committees and meetings.
20. How would you increase parental involvement in the public schools?
I would personally organize more district-based forums for parents to discuss specific school issues (Springfield) at area schools, and with my own ‘parents hat on’, extend the SB meetings community speaking-involvement opportunity to SB work sessions as well as official meetings.
21. What additional public safety steps would you recommend in addressing gangs and violent activities on or near school property? Has the rate of violent acts increased, decreased or stayed the same in the last four years? County-wide? By pyramid in the area you live?
Principles, parents, and teachers tell me, there is less crime and gang activity in our schools than four years ago. That said, we need to stay vigilant, and communicate to our children and their parents that gang activity has a devastating potential. We need to engage as many children as possible in after school programs, and encourage teachers to report concerns to principles and parents to deter potential activities.
22. What school-boundary strategies could be used to address the inequity of under- and over-enrolled schools within FCPS?
In my district, the upcoming boundaries for the new south county school are a big concern. If the new south county HS needs to draw students from neighboring regions to justify its construction, students should be moved from Lee HS (overcrowded by 410 students) and Hayfield HS (overcrowded by 687 students), as well as other neighboring overcrowded schools.
Dr. Scott Martin
Candidate for the Springfield District School Board
Scott@smartin.org
www.smartin.org
Brad Center, Lee District School Board
Ilryong Moon, School Board At-Large
Cathy Belter, Springfield District School Board
Kathy Smith, Sully District School Board
Carl Cecil, Sully District School Board
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