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Arab Israeli protesters hold a Palestinian flag during a protest in the northern Arab Israeli village of Arara.(Photo by: REUTERS)
Rights group: administrative detention of Arab citizens 'very alarming'
By BEN LYNFIELD
Five Israeli citizens, all Arab, are currently being held in administrative detention without trial.
The Association for Civil Rights in Israel voiced alarm on Monday that five Israeli citizens are currently being held in administrative detention without trial, terming this an increase over recent years, a major infringement on citizens' rights and a blow to democracy.
The five are all Arab, and Arab MKs see their detentions as signaling a new policy of using the practice more widely against Arab citizens. However, defenders of the detentions say the number is not disproportionate given what they see as heightened security challenges including last month's attack at the Temple Mount by three Arab citizens that killed two policemen.
ACRI and other rights groups view administrative detentions, used widely in the West Bank but traditionally sparingly among Israeli citizens, as constituting a denial of due process of law. Those detained and their lawyers are not allowed to see the evidence against them or know the reason for the detention during the hearing in which the judge reviews the defense minister's detention order.
The rights groups argue that they violate the principle that imprisonment should be implemented only after an offense has been proven, but the security services say they are necessary to prevent future offenses. The detention orders, based on emergency regulations going back to the British mandate, are for up to six months, though they can be renewed.
"We see this as unprecedented and very alarming," said ACRI legal counsel Dan Yakir. "It's alarming because administrative detention, if at all justified, should be restricted only to emergency situations, and used in a very limited manner. Although in the West Bank it is clearly being used and abused regularly, it was so rare in Israel itself.
But now it seems there is a relaxation of the standards within Israel as well.
"It is much easier to issue an administrative detention order nowadays," he said. "It is a major infringement of the basic right to liberty, without due process or proof of offense, only relying on an assessment of the security services that the detainee poses a future danger to the security of the state."
The Defense Ministry, the Justice Ministry and the Prime Minister's Office declined to respond to requests for comment. A Justice Ministry official said there is a ban on publication of the names of the five detainees.
The Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) says keeping the evidence classified from the detainee's lawyer is necessary to protect intelligence sources.
Four of the detainees are from Wadi Ara and one from Nazareth, according to Omar Khamaisi, a lawyer with the Nazareth based al-Mizan rights group. In the most recent case, a 22-year-old was arrested July 30 and transferred to Shin Bet custody. Three other Arab citizens were arrested July 23. Two of them had six-month detentions approved in Haifa District Court two weeks ago, and a third had his detention period shortened by the judge from six months to two months.
Khamaisi said of the five detainees: "They are not affiliated with any group. They are not people from the Islamic Movement.
"Each is an individual, alone. It seems that the level of freedom of expression is being reduced and people are being arrested for their thoughts."
Likud MK Anat Berko, a member of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, backed the detentions.
"It is unprecedented that Israeli citizens travel to join Islamic State," she said. "It is unprecedented that Israeli citizens from Umm el-Fahm murder police on the Temple Mount, and it is unprecedented that there is an Islamic Movement headed by Raed Salah that engages in incitement that leads to murder.
"In my view, five cases of administrative detention is not yet a threat to democracy. It shows the authorities are acting with considerable caution in the face of the challenge."
MK Yousef Jabareen (Joint List) took a different view.
"This is the first time we have five young men from our community under administrative detention," he said. "This is unprecedented in the relationship of the authorities to our community. It seems someone is trying to take advantage of the political atmosphere after the al-Aksa [attack]. If this becomes the new tool in dealing with the Arab community then that's a dangerous deterioration in Israeli policies. A state identifying itself as a democracy cannot really adopt such a tool in dealing with its own citizens."


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Going For Refuge: Bits and bobs.
I'm reading History of God, which has been very interesting. It's kind of a comparative religion course by the great mind of Karen Armstrong. It's includes Buddhism in it's contemplation. I've been tempted to quote it many times. Some real fascinating stuff.
I can't get past the unmoved mover. This remote God doesn't get involved, it's hard to connect with it. When you take it into the trinity, there's a big question of whether Jesus was God or whether he was some sort of intermediary. My inclination is to think of Jesus saying he's the son of god, as saying we're all the son of god--which is not the doctrine.
The parallel between Theravada and Mahayana and Judaism and Christianity is interesting. Because the Jews were displaced so much, they had to get by without the temple. So they made everyone into a rabbi. In Theravada only the monks can go for it, but in Mahayana everyone can go for it, and doing good acts is quite good. There are many rules for the Jews, there are many rules for the monks. But there are broad principles in Christianity and the Mahayana.
I'm attracted to the do good Christianity, but as Karen Armstrong points out, it's a kind of minority of Christians who believe in that stuff. I still agree with the Buddha that getting all twisted up about God doesn't help one to move towards enlightenment. I still find the book interesting in terms of the history of religion. I need to know more about Christianity because it's used so much in literature and in America.
I've been thinking a lot about attention and control. It's hard to not control the breath when I'm paying attention to it. It take a fair amount of meditation to release the control and just watch. I parallel that to some parenting struggles.
A swell guy in the sangha passed away but he left us one of his play lists. I found it to be pretty good.
I got an interesting looking book called Find The Seeker that I'm slowly looking into.


The Law Office of Robert F. Danzi's latest jury verdict was reached after a recent three-week trial, but its case originated nearly eight years ago, when the plaintiff was only two years old. The Long Island, New York-based firm's partners Robert F. Danzi and John R. Danzi represented the family of the plaintiff in Aisha Sanchez, et al., v. Jose Bendayan, M.D., et al. They argued that the OB-GYN's failure to counsel the mother on the use of progesterone during her pregnancy with Aisha, her third child, could have prevented pre-term delivery. Aisha was delivered prematurely at 29.1 weeks, and as a result of her prematurity, she suffered from severe cerebral palsy, blindness, inability to walk, and inability to eat without feeding tubes, among other conditions.
Coscia said that Aisha Sanchez, now 10, will have sufficient support to fund her medical expenses, adding that the victory is a testament to the firm's resilience and its pursuit of justice.
The total verdict awarded (with inflation rates), was $78,652,480.72.
Read more about the Law Office of Robert F. Danzi in the 2017 edition of New York's Leading Personal Injury Lawyers and on the firm's website.


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Exclusive: Eminem Talks New Album, Book
By Jonathan Cohen
Eminem has revealed details of his long-awaited new album, "Relapse," in an exclusive interview with Billboard, conducted via email. The set is due next spring from Shady/Interscope.
Eminem is working on "Relapse" with longtime collaborator Dr. Dre, who put his own album, "Detox," on the backburner to help bring the project to completion.
"Me and Dre are back in the lab like the old days, man," Eminem says. "Just him banging away on tracks and me getting that little spark that makes me write to it. I don't have chemistry like that with anyone else as far as producers go -- not even close. Dre will end up producing the majority of the tracks on Relapse.' We are up to our old mischievous ways ... let's just leave it at that."
A handful of songs intended for "Relapse" have leaked online, most recently "Crack a Bottle," leaving Eminem "really heated. It wasn't close to finished, and it even has me doing guide vocals for Dre as a suggestion of how he could lay his verses down. It's like someone catches you peeping in your window before you got the Spider Man costume all zipped up! Nobody is supposed to see that. We are gonna finish it up though and get it out there how it's supposed to be."
Eminem also responded to producer Swizz Beats' recent comment that he'd submitted a track for the project described as a sequel to the hit single "Stan," telling Billboard, "I haven't worked with Swizz on this album.
"There isn't a 'Stan 2,' and there won't be," he says. "Stan drove his car off a bridge and I'm not writing a song as Stan's ghost. That would just be really corny."
While working on "Relapse," Eminem was also writing his autobiography, "The Way I Am," with Sacha Jenkins. The book has received favorable reviews and has spent time in the top 20 of the New York Times hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list.
"For me, writing an album is an entirely different process from making this book," he says. "The album requires a certain focus of mine that I can't really explain -- let's just say it's all I can really do while I'm doing it. With the book, the process was much more spread out, like, 'Let's get you together with Sacha for a few hours next week. Let's go thru these photos and artwork, etc.' The book was a lot more of a focus here-and-there thing as opposed to music, which totally consumes me every second."
Eminem goes into great detail in "The Way I Am" about how much he was impacted by the 2006 shooting death of fellow Detroit rapper Proof, who was one of his best friends.
"Opening the book with Proof's chapter was real important for me," Eminem says. "Everything from my past moving into my future is marked by his passing. It's sort of like life when Proof was with us, and life after -- a real dividing factor. He means more to me than a book chapter could describe, but I'm glad I was able to put him first, like he did for me so many times."
As for Shady Records' 2009 roster, Eminem says 50 Cent's delayed "Before I Self Destruct" will be out in February. "He's still working on it and getting back together with me and Dre next week to finish up," he says. "I have a couple of tracks on there with him. It's sick."
Afterward, Ca$his will release the follow-up to his 2007 "County Hound EP." Says Eminem, "People are going to be surprised what he is capable of. I produced a bunch of records on there as well."

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The owner thought it was a fake when she bought it for £10 in the 1980s and wore it daily for decades.
An enormous diamond ring, bought for just £10 (13$) from a junk sale in the 1980s, is expected to fetch £350,000 at auction in London next month.
The 26 carat cushion shaped diamond had been worn daily by its unwitting owner for years after she picked it up at a west London car boot sale believing it was a fake, or "costume", diamond.
A few months ago she approached Sotheby's auction house on the hunch that it might just be worth something after all.
Nothing could have prepared her for the news that it may fetch £350,000 – a 35,000% return on her initial investment.
The cushion-shaped diamond was cut in the 1800s, according to the auction house.
It was filthy and neglected by the time it turned up on a at a West Middlesex Hospital car boot sale Sunday 30 years ago – how it got there is unknown.
The beautiful stone will go on under the hammer at the Sotheby's Fine Jewels sale in London on 7 June.
Sotheby's Jessica Wyndham told the Press Association: "The owner would wear it out shopping, wear it day-to-day. It's a good looking ring.
"But it was bought as a costume jewel. No-one had any idea it had any intrinsic value at all. They enjoyed it all this time.
"They'd been to quite a few car-boot sales over the years. But they don't have any history of collecting antiques and they don't have any history of collecting diamonds. This is a one-off windfall, an amazing find."
The owner has decided to remain anonymous but is said to be "incredibly excited" at the prospect of enjoying such a big windfall.
She was not an antiques collector and merely brought the ring because she liked the look of it and, after all, it only cost a tenner.
"No matter what your background is or what your past experiences have been, it's going to revolutionise someone's life," Wyndham said.


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The Queen Villainess Eavesdrops on My Heart and Won't Let Me Slack Off – Chapter 121
The Queen Villainess Eavesdrops on My Heart and Won't Let Me Slack Off – Chapter 122 »
Translated by: Ben-Jackson
Chapter 121 Roger Online Execution
"Singing in unison... woo woo woo, why don't I have a younger brother?"
After the four-person meeting, everyone was in a good mood. Only Margaret was aggrieved, feeling that she had been shown up by the siblings.
She's uncomfortable because it didn't show her any affection.
With these two siblings working together to perform, I'm afraid that His Majesty's love for him will be lost by a few hundred million points!
According to this trend, it will be a matter of time before Roger is recruited into the cabinet, right?
At that time, I couldn't watch the Charles siblings performing and cooperating here every day, but I was powerless to fight back.
That is too scary!
No, I have to find a strong foreign aid who is smart enough to fight with me to gain a firm position in the cabinet!
The faces of the cabinet ministers appeared in front of Margaret's eyes and finally locked on Dio Brando, the Minister of History, who had just returned to the capital.
The other cabinet members are all from aristocratic backgrounds. They wear a pair of pants with Angelina. They don't like themselves that much...
Only Dio, who was born as a commoner, can still fight for it!
He is smart and strong enough.
I wanted to ally with him before, but this time, we have to seize the opportunity!
Brave Mary, don't be afraid of difficulties!
In the early morning of the next day, it rained continuously.
The capital of the Principality of Fergus, Fergus City, is a city that has prospered as adventurers become active with well-developed commerce, forging, and service industries.
The Dark Night Guard gathered troops and administrative officials supported by the governors of the surrounding provinces and successfully took over the territories of the surrounding nobles.
And since the day of the victory, they have spread the word everywhere, calling on civilians who have been bullied and persecuted by these nobles to come to Fergus City to seek justice and accuse the nobles of their crimes.
Lord Roger Charles, the Commander of the Night Guard, will preside over a public trial of these great nobles with the sacred power bestowed by the Queen of Eternal Night.
At that time, based on the evidence provided by the people of the empire, the crimes of these corrupt nobles will be recorded, and their fate will be ruled.
This is something new that has never happened in the empire or even in the Evernight world.
Will nobles also be brought to trial?
You must know that there is an absolute difference between nobles and commoners in this world.
Especially for a nobleman of the level of Grand Duke Fergus, who is the emperor of the land in his territory, as long as he doesn't rebel the Queen of Eternal Night will not interfere with what he does in the territory.
Common people's crimes are judged and the rich can pay their way out of trouble. The law just turns a blind eye to their misdeeds.
With the background of the Middle Ages. The strength and status of the strong and the weak are as different as heaven and earth. The level of territorial governance of ordinary nobles is extremely rough.
It has always been the nobles who stipulate various laws and, taxes and, exploit the common people fiercely. How can the common people turn against the nobles?
The nobles are blood feuds, and if they encounter a civilian rebellion, they will join hands to suppress the civilians.
Now, some nobles say that they want to clear up the grievances of the common people and bring justice to them.
Even when they heard that it was the Queen's order, everyone was skeptical.
In the era of enfeoffment in the West, there were no court filings and no inspecting censors.
Commoners can only pray that their lord is not so greedy so that their lives will be a little easier.
The existence of extraordinary power made peasant uprisings a luxury.
Even the original rules of war between the nobles, the nobles fought against each other, and the winning side would not kill the defeated.
It's just deprivation of wealth and territory, and then exile, which leads to chaos in the world. In the end, those families always stand in high positions, and the saying new blood comes out...
With the development of time, the intensity of the war became higher and higher, and the rise of new nobles broke the old traditions, so the war became more "bloody and cruel".
But before the Queen of Eternal Night, this kind of situation was quite rare, and everyone followed many tacit unspoken rules.
Submissiveness internally, heavy blows externally, and mutual assistance among nobles are secrets that have lasted for thousands of years.
These privileges completely surpassed that of ordinary people and they have always been the proud capital of nobles. They are the sense of superiority brought about by blood and surname.
Those old nobles didn't suffer any embarrassment when calling out titles like "untouchables", because they thought so all along.
Because of greed and twisted desires, no matter how absurd things can happen in the noble's territory.
After countless years of accumulation, how many ugliness and grievances have been conceived is simply too numerous to record.
If the Ivy Empire wants to move from a traditional enfeoffment kingdom to centralization and break the authority of the old nobles, it must break many traditions and let the world see the determination of the empire.
In the future, commoners in the empire don't need to respect nobles, they only need to remember the authority of the imperial power.
Through various good deeds, the common people in the empire feel the benefits of the Queen's rule is also an inevitable operation to reduce the resistance to centralization.
At the same time, this is also the only chance for the empire to win against the gods.
The advantage of mortals doesn't lie in the nobles who enjoy a luxurious life but are not determined, but in the ordinary civilians who are numerous and have always been ignored in the past.
Their huge number, labor, and contribution will be the cornerstone for starting industrialization and making the Ivy Empire truly take off.
It is necessary to devote all the power of the country and gather the power of the whole people's bargaining chip against the gods.
If the empire wants to take the road of industrialization, there must be a group of people who are sacrificed and exploited.
On earth, they are farmers and Uncle Hei, but here why can't they be those noble families who have accumulated hundreds of thousands of years?
Wouldn't it be beautiful to regard their savings as the first pot of gold for the start of industrialization?
The trial in Fergus City is to uphold justice, and it is also a grand drama that breaks the supreme authority and respect of the old nobles and establishes the supremacy of imperial power.
This is also part of Angelina's Glory Pledge Plan.
The nobles must be made to feel fear and despair before they are willing to accept the olive branch offered by the right minister.
Being a saint doesn't mean you have no temper. Angelina was already planning a liquidation when these people attacked her younger brother during the triumphant celebration.
It just so happens that Empress Eternal Night also needs only one voice for the future empire.
Driven by various needs, the scene in Fergus City became very large. More than 300,000 civilians were mobilized overnight and came from all directions.
This is already the limit of the transportation capacity of this era, and also the limit of the city's accommodation.
The civilians who were present were still very confused at first. They didn't believe that the aristocratic lord would be judged at all, and they were still guessing what new reason for hard labor.
But after that, none of the noble faces they were familiar with appeared.
Roger Charles was dressed in the Night Guard uniform with a stand-up collar, which made him tall and slender, quite majestic, and his eyes were rare and sharp.
Above his head was the black umbrella held up by Little Joey, standing on a high platform, overlooking the restless civilians.
He knew that at this moment they didn't believe in themselves, or the empire.
But it is not difficult to convince them that light and justice will come.
Just pull those who claim to be Eternal and holy from the altar, step into the mud, and prove that they are no different from civilians in the empire.
Following Roger's order, the Night Guard escorted Grand Duke Fergus and other nobles to stand in a row on the high platform.
They were tied up, their brocade robes were covered with blood and dust, and their exposed delicate skin was also scarred. They were in an unprecedented embarrassment.
Many civilians wanted to laugh, but they didn't dare to.
Have you ever seen noble gentlemen like this before?
Could it be that they are going to be unlucky?
A small number of keen people have slim hopes in their eyes.
Because of the cruel oppression, of course, they also dreamed that the vicious nobles who oppressed them would die and disappear.
It's a pity that generation after generation of civilians are dying of old age, sickness, and death, while the nobles are still aloof.
A dream is always a dream, and that day has never been realized.
This caused the common people to think that the bloody brutality of the nobles was too profound. Even so, they still remembered that after their ups and downs, they were still above themselves, and they kept laughing and didn't dare to speak out.
But today, Roger's appearance here is to break the invisible authority of these nobles.
"Kneel!"
Roger ordered coldly.
The Dark Night Guard pushed the shoulders of the defeated nobles, making them kneel to face the vast crowd of civilians.
Exclamations and screams came from among the civilians.
The noble lord bent his noble knees towards him.
A middle-aged nobleman resisted the strength of the Night Guards and fell to the ground while struggling.
This man still has a lot of backbone, he would rather be beaten with a whip than kneel to these civilians.
He tried his best to raise his head and shouted at Roger, "Roger Charles, you are also an aristocrat. You let us kneel to these pariahs. Is this to make the authority of the aristocracy fall into dust?"
Roger replied indifferently without a trace of emotion, "The authority of the nobility doesn't come from being domineering, squeezing blood, and keeping secrets. Instead, it should protect the territory and prosper the country."
The middle-aged nobleman sneered, "Don't make up these empty truths, give me a good time if you have the ability, I can't cooperate with your performance..."
There was a loud noise.
Roger held a silver short-handled metal weapon in his hand, with green smoke that didn't dissipate from the muzzle.
The middle-aged nobleman's head was blown into a watermelon, his body twitched a few times and then stopped moving.
The secret law will try to make a large-caliber pistol, the Imperial Eagle.
The copper bullet case fell to the ground, making a crisp and pleasant sound.
"It seems that I still have some skills." Roger raised his gun and aimed at another nobleman who was also struggling desperately. The guy immediately stiffened and knelt with a plop.
This young master of the Charles family is crazy. He kills as soon as he wants, doesn't he know how to save face for the nobles?
Didn't he just put on a show, he wanted to be real, to judge people like himself.
Everyone panicked. Roger's behavior today broke the tacit unspoken rules.
Sooner or later, he, the lackey of the Queen of Eternal Night, will suffer retribution!
The nobles sent their greetings to Roger's eighteen generations of relatives.
But the situation is stronger than others, and everyone is still trying to behave well, but they dare not make any resistance, for fear that the powerful weapon will also hit their head.
This inconsistent headshot not only calmed down the restless nobles but also calmed down the restless civilians in the audience.
There was the middle-aged nobleman present, so he naturally recognized that he was his own Earl.
That's an earl!
The Earl of the City of Mysteries walks all over the place, and the Duke is not as good as a dog, but in the eyes of these ordinary people, he is a big man who can stand up to the sky and kill them directly by stomping his feet.
Was this directly killed?
Dead? Completely dead?
Who is this handsome young man with an indifferent face?
Can he judge these noble lords and bring them legendary fairness and justice?
Because they have experienced wars, these civilians are not afraid of blood and killing scenes.
But they were shocked by Roger's decisiveness and ruthlessness in killing a big noble in public without saving face.
The nobles' butcher's knives are only sharp enough when they are aimed at the untouchables. Shouldn't it be a slow-paced, graceful, py transaction with a shake of red wine between them?
Under the nervous and expectant eyes of the civilians, Roger put the Imperial Eagle on his waist and held up the Eternal Night Order:
"I, Roger Charles, the Commander-in-Chief of the Night Guard, supervise all the nobles in the empire on behalf of the Empress Eternal Night. I assure you that in the future, the nobles will be bound by the laws of the empire just like the common people. study."
"You, aren't you also a nobleman?" A teenager asked loudly, and his mother covered his mouth in fear.
This kid is desperate and dares to interrupt the Elder Master.
Angelina has a very good reputation among the people, so the surname Charles is naturally known to the common people, knowing that he is a great nobleman favored by Empress Eternal Night.
Roger smiled at the child, "Indeed, I am also a nobleman, so I am also supervised by the law. If I have violated the law, each of you has the right to report me to the imperial law enforcement department."
What he said made the civilians discuss again, feeling unbelievable.
An aristocratic lord, asking commoners to supervise and report themselves?
This kid looks quite smart, why is he acting crazy?
The scene froze for a while.
These civilians have been oppressed by the nobles for too long, and they hold a huge grievance in their hearts.
But looking at the calm faces of those nobles, and thinking about their methods in the past, it's inevitable that they would tremble, and they would be discouraged.
They were afraid that this was just publicity, a show.
In the end, the nobles still defend each other, and the so-called trial is just a cutscene.
If that's the case, the common people's bills will be split, and the nobles' money will be returned in full, so what, will the whistle-blowers have something good to eat?
She will be put on little shoes and tortured to death in a fancy way.
The rain suddenly became dense again. The nobles who were kneeling on the ground held their heads high and their chests upright, with serious faces, and even suppressed the civilians who were shivering and hesitating.
The spark that had just risen in their eyes seemed to be wiped out by the rain again.
Under the black umbrella, Roger waited quietly, his expression unchanged.
This scene was also within his expectation.
People who have been oppressed for a long time are numb, dull, ignorant, and humble. Facing the aristocratic authority that is advertised as sacred, they are exploited terribly, but so long as there is a slight chance of survival, they will not resist.
Even if Roger made his words clear and demonstrated, he still got silence.
After being hurt and disappointed, again and again, these civilians no longer dare to dream, let alone believe in hope.
I fear that all I will receive will be a disappointment
Mourning for his misfortune angers him for not fighting.
Roger suddenly understood the feelings of a certain sage.
The people at the bottom who have been put in shackles think that they are worthless, they don't even know how to respect and love themselves, and they don't even dare to complain about their grievances.
After all, Roger was not a born nobleman. He was once a member of these common people, and he was once oppressed by the darkness. He couldn't believe that the world would change for the better.
But there will always be the light that shines in and dispels the haze.
He suddenly took a step forward and walked out of the umbrella.
Little Joey quickly raised his umbrella to keep up but was stopped by Roger's raised hand, so he could only stop at the same spot with a little helplessness and worry.
The rain quickly lost Roger's hair, wet his clothes, and made him look embarrassed.
He took off the Night Guard uniform, took off his shirt, exposed his chest, and jumped off the high platform.
The crowd naturally avoided them, fearing that their humble self would dirty the noble young master's body.
However, Roger's eyes became brighter and brighter. He continued to be angry, and the flames were faintly burning. He growled and said:
"If you don't believe that I am a high-ranking nobleman, now that I have come to the same height as you and bathed in the same rain as you. I just want to tell you that there is nothing sacred about nobles and that we are not worthy of their respect."
"Do you want me to believe that the nobles we arrested today are good nobles who love the people like their own sons, are strict with themselves, and are more lenient than others? There is no grievance in their territory, and every citizen lives happily. So am I going to declare them acquitted?"
"Then let's applaud the outstanding nobles of the empire together, okay? Let me go back to Austria and report their achievements to the queen, okay? Please let them rule you, your sons, and your grandchildren, and let you go from generation to generation, Be the dogs of the Fergus family, okay?"
He looked at these numb people and applauded himself.
Again and again, very rhythmic.
Some people followed subconsciously, took a few shots, but stopped quickly, feeling something was wrong.
Do nobles love the people like their own sons?
These people are excellent nobles without crimes?
How is it possible that they deserve it?
But Roger was still applauding, his crisp voice seemed to hit these civilians in the face.
Because of their silence, these heinous and hell-deserving guys will be commended and praised, and then they will become even more severe, and honored, and rule them even more unscrupulously.
Even, ruling their descendants?
If this is a nightmare, please let this nightmare come to an end, and don't let our children and grandchildren be squeezed by this scum again!
"My lord, I have something to say!"
Suddenly an old man in ragged clothes squeezed out from the crowd, knelt at Roger's feet, and said tearfully, "Anyway, I'm just a childless old man, and I haven't had a good life for a few years. I want to report on Fogg. Thirty years ago, Grand Duke Si raped my wife, causing her to crash to death!"
He took off a pendant with his incomplete hand, and opened a suicide note written in blood, "We are not ordinary farmers, but adventurers, but Grand Duke Fergus has cut off my fingers, and I can no longer take them." The sword is gone. This is a letter written by my wife with spiritual power, which condenses part of her memory, please verify the truth of my words!"
Grand Duke Fergus looked at the old man in confusion. It's been too long and he has done too many similar things, so he can't remember who is who.
Roger took the blood book and handed it to a spellcaster.
The conclusion was quickly reached, "Everything is true. The person in that lady's memory is indeed Grand Duke Fergus thirty years ago."
"Grand Duke Fergus bullied women, the circumstances were bad, and the tools of the crime were confiscated," Roger pronounced the sentence indifferently.
A Night Guard mage stepped forward, with a flame burning in his hand, burning a fritter and two eggs under the body of Grand Duke Fergus.
Grand Duke Fergus fainted from the pain, was woken up again, and then passed out from the pain again, and the miserable howl echoed throughout the venue.
The rest of the nobles also subconsciously closed their legs tightly.
Fuck, is this Roger coming for real, and is he being executed publicly?
The civilians suddenly became agitated, whispering and discussing amongst themselves.
As long as the crimes of these nobles are announced, can they be dealt with by the law?
Luo Jie asked in a deep voice, "Still you dare ask, who was wronged?"
"Master Charles, please help me decide!"
From all directions, countless people lined up excitedly, answering his orders with one voice.
Today, Roger not only tried the case but also directly and publicly executed the sentence.
This kind of revenge, which was the most direct and bloody, finally ignited the flames that had been silent for too long in the hearts of the numb civilians.
The icy wind and rain gradually subsided, and the sun pierced through the clouds to shine on the rain-washed city of Fergus.
During the trial blood accumulated layer after layer upon the high platform.
Those reds are so dazzling, but they suddenly make the common people feel a little warmth in their hearts.
It turns out that some people care about the sorrows and joys of these ants.
Maybe this empire, with its unique empress and kind nobles like Roger, will give these ordinary civilians a future that is completely different from the past.


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The Power Vertical
Podcast -- Beyond Protests: The Opposition's Growing Pains
September 28, 2012 08:49 GMT
Opposition supporters stand in front of the stage during the "March of Millions" protest rally in Moscow on September 15.
For more than nine months now it's been a regular feature of the Russian landscape. Tens of thousands of people gather in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and other cities.
They carry signs with clever -- and often hilarious -- antigovernment slogans. They chant things like "Russia Without Putin" and "Free Pussy Riot." They listen to fiery speeches by Aleksei Navalny, Sergei Udaltsov, and other opposition figures.
And then everybody goes home until the next protest is called.
Now, there is a growing sentiment among the Russian opposition that street protests like the September 15 March of Millions have reached the point of diminishing returns. Can the opposition move beyond street protests?
A key test will come next month when it will hold online primaries to elect a new Coordinating Council to organize its future activities.
In the latest edition of the Power Vertical podcast, I discussed the primaries and what they mean with my co-host Kirill Kobrin, managing editor of RFE/RL's Russian Service.
Also on the podcast, Kirill and I discussed the ongoing "cold war" in the Russian elite and the possibility of a government shake-up.
Power Vertical Podcast -- September 28, 2012
by RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Listen to or download the podcast above, or subscribe to The Power Vertical Podcast on iTunes.
The Power Vertical is a blog written especially for Russia wonks and obsessive Kremlin watchers by Brian Whitmore. It offers Brian's personal take on emerging and developing trends in Russian politics, shining a spotlight on the high-stakes power struggles, machinations, and clashing interests that shape Kremlin policy today. Check out The Power Vertical Facebook page or Follow @PowerVertical


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Birmingham trees deliver nearly £4m of health benefits
Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham
We all know pollution from traffic causes health problems for people who live in cities and towns, but did you know the noise from traffic also has a big impact on our health?
Some researchers say it's the second greatest environmental risk to health in Western Europe.
But it turns out trees are a great way to cut down noise from traffic.
Not so much the odd tree on a road verge but rather our parks and woodland even down to smaller clumps scattered around our urban landscapes.
David Fletcher
David Fletcher from the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology has come up with a model that looks at the trees in a city and turns their noise reducing benefits into a cash value based on the impact on our health.
He used Birmingham as an example and it seems the city's trees deliver nearly £4m of health benefits to the people living there.
He would be the first to admit reducing a beautiful urban park to just a cash value can seem crass, but when you do that of course it allows the people holding the purse strings to compare the financial benefits of trees to other options properly for the first time.
More than that, the model David has developed means a city like Birmingham could look at the budget it has available for tree planting and work out how it could maximise the benefits of what it can actually afford to do. It might be great to cover all spare space in the city with trees but the city doesn't have this money for that, but it might be able to achieve a similar result with smarter planting for a lot less cash.
Peace Garden in Birmingham
It's not just Birmingham, this model can be applied to any town or city.
Birmingham is renowned for being a surprisingly green city and is recognised as a "Tree City of the World" but what this research does is really bring home the health benefits of all those trees and their impact on reducing the noise of the city.
Giving it a cash value will help make the case for even more new tree planting to come.
He reached 'kingpin' status by selling Mexican cartel-supplied drugs. But betrayal awaited
The Alabama man oversaw millions of dollars worth of drug shipments from a dangerous Mexican cartel.


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Take two for Alonso as new season is finally arriving
"I was expecting a better welcome from Glasgow - I came and we got Storm Ciara, Storm Dennis and COVID-19, so that was a great welcome to Scotland!" manager Fran Alonso laughed.
While much has passed in the world since the Spaniard's appointment in January, not much has on a pitch.
It was a dream start to his time at the helm topping his League Cup group and recording a dramatic and famous win over this weekend's opponents Glasgow City, but just as Alonso was becoming accustomed to Scotland, lock down was imposed and football ceased.
But despite the bumby beginnings, the manager still believes it was the right time to move from the English Championship and join the Hoops and insists his enthusiasm for the club has only strengthened since.
"I probably picked a time that wasn't the easiest, but that was when the team became professional for the first time in history, so for me that was the right time to join Celtic. I love the city, the country and the club, and I know it hasn't been easy for anyone but I am even more enthusiastic now than when I was when I signed," he told.
The long road to football's return finally ends this Sunday as the Celts travel to face Glasgow City in the new 2020/2021 season, with February's victory over the Champions declared void and the slate wiped clean.
"We can't wait for the competition and we believe this group can reach good highs this season. We don't want to put numbers on it and we will fight against super teams and it will obviously be difficult for us, but we can't wait.
"It hasn't been easy for any club or anyone, it's been a tough time for everyone, but at least we are lucky enough that we have football. Some people have lost more important things so we have to realise how lucky we are.
"If I could choose, I'd rather we carried on from where we left it, because we beat a team that isn't beaten very often and we did so in a great way, so it's a little bit of a shame but I understand.
"We will try to repeat that amazing day, but we know it will be tough," he said.
Despite the months passing without work being allowed to commence on the grass, Alonso has found the silver linings in the copious time left on his hands. While the four games completed before shutdown gave him a better insight to the Scottish game than what he arrived with, he spent his time in isolation well, swatting up on the league and giving himself the knowledge he didn't have upon his arrival.
He said: "It helped massively and it taught me a lot. The time off also gave me time to research so I now know almost every player from every team, and my staff have been outstanding in research and they already know the game. Every team will have new things now we are back, but it definitely helped me to learn the Scottish game, because it is very different to Spain or England."
And with take two for the boss about to get underway, he's hoping for a more settled outing this time round, even in today's 'new normal'.
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How they qualified: European champions Portugal booked their spot in Russia after narrowly finishing top of Group B on goal difference, edging out Switzerland with a 2-0 home win. Their only defeat during qualification occurred against the Swiss, a reverse result in Basel on the first round of qualification matches.
Largely considered as the mastermind of Portugal's Euro 2016 victory, Santos has developed young talent and blended them with experience, creating a group of players who on their day, can beat anyone. The Portugal boss developed his safety first, defensive style after taking control of Greece from Otto Rehagel, who led also led an unfancied side to a European Championship victory.
CR7 scored fifteen goals during qualification, only one less than the overall top scorer, Poland's Robert Lewandowski. He experienced a slower than usual season in a disappointing season with Real Madrid but is still a hugely important member of the Seleccao squad, exemplified when he was seen bandaged on the touchline "coaching" his country onto victory in the Euro 2016 final against France.


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is the twenty-fifth single of J-pop group Morning Musume. It also served as the last single of the last founding member of the group Kaori Iida.

It was released on January 19, 2005. There are two editions of the single. The limited edition was wrapped in a special package and had five photo cards with catalog number EPCE-5348. The regular edition has a catalog number EPCE-5349 and was contained with one photo card of the group on its first pressing. On the same date, the Single V DVD of the single was released. It is stated on the DVD that featured videos has an aspect image of 4:3, but are actually in widescreen.

Overview
The song was the first official cheer song of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles. It was written by producer Tsunku.

Track listings
All lyrics are written by Tsunku.

CD

 "The Manpower!!!" (Instrumental)

Single V DVD
 "The Manpower!!!"
 "The Manpower!!! (Another Edition)"

Personnel
Kaori Iida – center vocals
Mari Yaguchi – center vocals
Rika Ishikawa – center vocals
Hitomi Yoshizawa – main vocals
Ai Takahashi – main vocals
Asami Konno – minor vocals
Makoto Ogawa – minor vocals
Risa Niigaki – center vocals
Miki Fujimoto – center vocals
Eri Kamei – minor vocals
Sayumi Michishige – minor vocals
Reina Tanaka – center vocals

Members at time of single
1st generation: Kaori Iida
2nd generation: Mari Yaguchi
4th generation: Rika Ishikawa, Hitomi Yoshizawa
5th generation: Ai Takahashi, Asami Konno, Makoto Ogawa, Risa Niigaki
6th generation: Miki Fujimoto, Eri Kamei, Sayumi Michishige, Reina Tanaka

Chart performance
 #4 Japan Oricon Charts
 #4 Japan CDTV

References

External links
Up-Front Works Official Website: CD entry, DVD entry

2005 singles
2005 songs
Morning Musume songs
Baseball songs and chants
Fight songs
Zetima Records singles
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Songs written by Tsunku
Song recordings produced by Tsunku

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Piers Moore Ede first fell in love with Varanasi when he passed through it on his way to Nepal in search of wild honey hunters. In the decade that followed it continued to exert its pull on him, and so he returned to live there, to press his ear to its heartbeat and to discover what it is that makes the spiritual capital of India so unique.
In this intoxicating 'city of 10,000 widows', where funeral pyres smoulder beside the river in which thousands of pilgrims bathe, and holiness and corruption walk side by side, Piers encounters sweet-makers and sadhus, mischievous boatmen and weary bureaucrats, silk weavers and musicians and discovers a remarkable interplay between death and life, light and dark.
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Piers Moore Ede is very happy with his chance to live in Varanasi for a year. He fell in love with India on earlier visits and he's excited to live there. For a year he explores the city. He meets with business owners, observes local customs and discovers many things about Varanasi and India. He makes new friends and almost every day he learns something interesting. Varanasi is the spiritual capital of India. Piers Moore Ede tries to find out what makes this city and its inhabitants so special.
Kaleidoscope City is a very well written report of Piers Moore Ede's year in Varanasi. He's met so many interesting people and writes about their encounters. Not all of these meetings are with men and women who have something happy and positive to tell. Even though the lives of some of these people are hard and sometimes miserable they aren't afraid, because they know that death will mean they're ready for something better.
I loved the chapter about the Ganga. The river is so important and it's suffering, because it's polluted. Some people are very worried about that, but so far their battles haven't had much result. Piers Moore Ede talks about it with both the highly educated who are working from an office and those who use the river itself and whatever it has to offer as their main source of income. That's something I like about this book. It's mainly observational and because of the conversations the author has with a great variety of people the reader gets to see many different points of view. Another chapter I loved was the one about the weavers of India's beautiful intricate fabrics. Modern times are making it difficult for some of the weavers to keep earning money, but for others it's a golden opportunity.
Kaleidoscope City is a perfect read for those who like travel stories and who want to know more about India. Because the author stayed there for a year he had the time to get to know Varanasi quite well. I think the report is beautiful and honest and it's certainly interesting. I learned a lot from it and think it's a fascinating read.


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Sit on it — couch, davenport, divan, etc.
A couch is armless like the "fainting couches" used in Victorian times and by some of us when we look at our investment statement these days. Those who know French say it comes from a word derivation that means to lie down.
Over time, arms have been added, and in some cases, the legs removed to evolve into what we now call a sofa. The term sofa seems to come from an Arabic word that means a bench or something else to sit or recline on but not for laying. Typically, they have a back too, the furniture not the Arabs.
Oxymoron? Do you know what or who this is? Will it's not an imbecile from a place called Oxy. Actually, it means contradictory terms that are combined. Old standbys include jumbo shrimp, airline food (remember that?), military intelligence and postal service.
A couple that may hit close to you are home office and working vacation. Interesting concepts that are becoming more popular. Some who don't work at a home office may be in an industrial park.
How many times has someone asked you for an exact estimate or a detailed summary? What a challenge.
I think it is funny when they call the dump (post on euphemisms to appear soon) a sanitary landfill. The ones I have seen don't look all that sanitary.
An oxymoron that has always puzzled me is the phrase legally drunk. I guess this is as opposed to illegally drunk. Try that argument on the police officer next time you are stopped.
I am not a golfer, but the term metal wood seems odd. So do some of the clothes golfers wear, but they are not oxymorons.
Lastly, many senators and representatives in our government make lots of political promises. I'll let you decide if these promises are classified as an oxymoron.
I know there are tons more, so act naturally and send me an original copy of your favorites.
Bobby pins, part two. Thanks to catfc a blogger in Fort Collins for offering more information on the "bob" hairstyle and bobby pins. If you don't read her blog called lostfortcollins, you should.
She pointed out a song by Blind Alfred Read. Reed was very religious, and could be thought of as an early "protest" singer.
He wrote. "Why Do You Bob Your Hair Girls?" that raged against women's hairstyle fashion of the 1920s. Here is part of the lyrics from Why do you bob your hair, girls?
But now prices nearly puts a man to sleep.
We just feel like making our will.
Sanction — good or bad?
Sanction, as a verb is one of those interesting and quirky English words. If you slept through high school English class (and who didn't?), a verb is an "action" word. Like sleep for example.
This elusive word has two meanings, and they are opposites. The label for them is auto antonyms which has Greek roots meaning a word is opposite of itself. I hesitate to have the word auto antonym in the heading. I did this with my retronym blog post, and got next to no hits on that post. Nevertheless, I forge onward.
Thanks to Brian Fromme of Cyborgsavvant for letting me be a guest blogger. I talked about self-promotion and blogs/web sites.
I am starting a new category on my blog called word origins.
I got an email from SAMUPA who I know personally. She wanted to know the origin of the item called the bobby pin. I can only assume this is an accessory she used as she was growing up. Since she is rumored to produce lots of yummy baked good, I figured I would do this, and be rewarded with a lifetime supply of breads, cakes, muffins, cookies, etc.
Ok, here is the scoop on the bobby pin.
Bobby pins are still used today for all kinds of hairstyles including buns, up-dos and twists. A trademark on the term "bobby pin" was held for some decades by Smith Victory Corporation of Buffalo, New York. The term is no longer a valid trademark, so go ahead and use it.
There are many other uses for this longstanding little metal loop. In many old movies, they were used for picking locks. In Africa, bobby pins are sometimes used to repair defective sandals. SAMUPA says they are better than q-tips for ear cleaning–her idea not mine.
Check out this blog about bobby pins and hair.
I will have more origins of words in the future.
When I decided to set up my writing company, Words by Bob, I thought about the name quite a bit. I wanted something short, memorable and flexible. In addition, something that was easy to type as a web site and fit on a nametag.
I hope I have achieved this. Being a simple guy (no comments necessary here), my company name, web site, and email are all the same.
Some businesses apparently didn't put much thought into their business names. I know of two locally that incorporated a specific location in the company name. The Madison Avenue Furniture Store is now on Lincoln Avenue, for whatever reason. And, when the Fourth Street Bead Shop relocated, they had to drop the Fourth Street from the sign.
Some people must not see the value of being unique. In the local phone book, here is what I found.
Rocky Mountain was used to start the name of 75 very diverse businesses. Even more popular is Front Range with 84. Being patriotic, 90-some establishments are called American something.
Fifty-eight are Western and 39 United. So much for brainstorming. Kinda hard to stick out. If you think these are overload, look up Mile High in the Denver telephone book.
I know there are many web sites and blogs that feature unique business names. Many are cute, punny or a good play on words. One that comes to mind here is Poppa Wheelie's that sells car auto rims.


The victory is even greater if we know that Antonio Conte and his men were under huge pressure after an unexpected slip up against Crystal Palace at the weekend.
The Blues will have the chance to make yet another step towards the silverware this Saturday when they will travel to Vitality Stadium to take on AFC Bournemouth.
Bournemouth managed a huge 2-2 draw against Liverpool at Anfield in mid-week. It was the Norwegian striker Joshua King who maintained his spell of excellent form and scored the late equalizer to earn a point for the Cherries.
Eddie Howe's men are thus again in a decent shape after a dismal campaign they have had in February. The Cherries will come in the game with the leaders in a terrific mood after staying undefeated in the last five Premier League outings.
Chelsea instantly returned to the winning ways proving that the defeat to Crystal palace was just a bad day at the office for Eden Hazard & company.
The Belgian midfielder was the one who created the win over the Citizens netting a brace. The Blues are now seven points clear at the top, but they need to be very careful because the Spurs have also been in a great shape lately.
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Lulzsec – Cyber terrorists, hacktivists or artists?
By: Christopher Mead
About Christopher Mead
Techno-determinist, social media follower and gaming enthusiast. B.A in Anthropology, International Relations and a minor in 20th century History at the University College Utrecht. Worked for Dutch educational broadcasting company Teleac and Dutch navigation company TomTom. A keen football fan and devotee to understanding New Media.
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Phone hacking dominated British headlines during the summer months this year and the revelations were so detrimental to Murdoch's empire that he thought it was best to shut down The News of the World – believing it had let down its readers. Whether this was in fact an elaborate 'brush it under the carpet' operation we might never know- not at least until an identical paper (News of the Earth anyone?) is announced in the not so distant future.
What intrigued me however, was the fact Lulzsec, a notorious group of hackers commonly associated with Anonymous, whipped up their own recipe for karma by hacking The Sun – one of Murdoch's other UK newspapers. For a good several hours, on July 18th, The Sun's website came under brutal digital siege, eventually falling into the hands of Lulzsec's masterminds. One thing's for sure – they made it look easy. Anyone visiting The Sun's homepage that evening would have been greeted by a redirect to Lulzsec's twitter page, where they were voluptuously tweeting on the ongoing battle between themselves and what must have been an ensemble of embarrassed, flustered, helpless IT technicians fighting a losing battle.
Probably the most mind-boggling aspect of it all was how I tried, on a personal level, to dissect Lulzsec's motives and ideology behind their actions at the time. While Anonymous is commonly perceived as a group comprised of political activists , Lulzsec have sold themselves as entertainers – hacking for the fun of it- or for the 'Lulz.' So while many newspapers, reporters, bloggers, like to put Lulzsec and Anonymous in the same boat (Operation Antisec), I doubt Lulzsec would settle for 'e-fame' and recognition alone. Why? Well, borrowing from Coleman and Grub's work on Hacker practice, Moral genres and the cultural articulation of liberalism, in which they quote Acid Phreak (1990):
'There is no one hacker ethic. Everyone has his own. To say that we all think that same way is preposterous.'
So what is Lulzsec? Are they cyber terrorists as dubbed by many security companies and corporations? Or are they part of the 'hacktivism' movement, promoting a not so easily distinguishable ideology that has yet to be dissected? What about entertainment? It is, after all, the supposed agenda underpinning Lulzsec's actions, at least that's what they claim. But are they artists?
Visiting the Art of Hacking exhibition's opening in Amsterdam shed new light on my perception of hacking – particularly as a new media art form. The first performance of the evening called 'Error_in_Time(v.t_3)_ by ko66, Netwurker_Mez and sister0 (who I learned later is well known through the art hacking scene) lasted an entire 45 minutes. I sat there, exasperated, as I tried to grasp the programming language and poetry put before me.
Needless to say I didn't quite comprehend the message sister0 was trying to get across. But I didn't have to. While it was clearly intended for a specific audience, I could still appreciate the performance.
Error_in_Time(v.t_3) - Programming Poetry
Lulzsec's performances, or acts, have attracted many fans due to the amusing nature of its exploits. At the same time, they undoubtedly appeal to more niche followers who appreciate either the methodology in their art or the consummate ease in which they follow through any challenge set before them.
While I am unable to understand all of the technical aspects of their hacking performance, I can say that hackers who focus on the artistic element consider themselves 'real hackers', in the sense that they are constructive and critical in their motives, rather than destructive and malicious (which is, they claim, the common widely held view, these people are supposedly 'crackers'- not hackers).
Nevertheless, Lulzsec have undoubtedly, to an extent, been disruptive in their hacking. Validating their release of private data as giving their victims a chance to change their passwords is treading on a dangerous moral and ethical path. Arguing that they are doing companies and corporations a 'favour' by exposing security loopholes is one thing, leaking passwords and subjecting innocent people to embarrassment, stress, and potential life changing misery is not the pacifistic ideal you'd attribute to hacktivism (this does seem to depend on the form of hacktivism however).
So are Lulzsec vanquishers of evil, heroes or villains? Coleman and Grub talk about the moral binary evident in the majority of literature on hackers, in which they are either 'lauded' or 'denounced.' It is well known that art and activism go hand in hand in digital movements and online networks therefore it would be foolish to assume Lulzsec are one or the other.
Chances are you'll find hacking related news reports on a daily basis. We've seen a fair few in recent days, with the Turkish group Turkguvenligi breaching a number of high profile companies like Vodafone and UPS. Though despite the increase in hacking reports, there is still a general misconception of hackers in understanding their motives and philosophies. If there's one thing for certain, its that this antiquated perception needs to change.
The Art of Hacking exhibition can be found at the Nederland's Instituut voor Media Kunst (NIMk), Keizersgracht 264, Amsterdam, The Netherlands and runs until November 10th 2011
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