Last Sunday saw Brinklow U10s travel to Leicestershire to compete in their first ever 9v9 tournament - a step into the unknown on a scorching hot day.
The boys arrived at Ibstock 9v9 full of beans and started brightly, winning their first three games before suffering a minor setback in the fourth. They regrouped and won the fifth to top the group with 12 points.
The quarter-final was where they came into their own with a stunning victory - the football was sublime and the goals they scored were amazing.
The semi-final was a tense affair against a more physical side but not deterred they gritted their teeth - flexed their muscles and did the job they set out to do.
Nothing better than a final to get the blood pumping and after an energy-sapping day the boys gave their all in the searing heat. They attacked with real style but try as they might could not find the finishing touch - the game ended goalless.
The penalty shoot-out that followed showed what spirit the boys have - they stuck together and watching them chasing after their teammate who converted the crucial spot kick brought a tear to the eye.
Another trophy and another part of their footballing journey - a truly magnificent day.
Well done boys - next season can't come soon enough.


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The national team will be announced at a ceremony of delivery of awards of FIFA of The Best. The international federation of associations of professional football players (FIFPro) called 55 candidates for getting into the symbolical national team of 2018 called 5 goalkeepers, 20 defenders, 15 midfielders and 15 forwards. Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Buffon (Italy, PSG/Juventus), Thibaut Courtois (Belgium, Real/Chelsea), David De Hea (Spain, Manchester United), Keillor Navas (Costa Rica, Real), Mark-Andra ter Stegen (Germany, Barcelona); Defenders: Poles Alba (Spain, Barcelona), Dani Alves (Brazil, PSG), Daniel Carvajal (Spain, Real), Giorgio Chiellini (Italy, Juventus), Virgil van Dijk (Holland, Liverpool), Diego Godin (Uruguay, Atletico), Mats Hummels, Yozua Kimmikh (both are Germany, Bavaria), Dejan Lovren (Croatia, Liverpool), Marcelo (Brazil, Real), Yerri Minh (Colombia, Everton/Barcelona), Benzhamen Pawar (France, Stuttgart), Gerard Pique (Spain, Barcelona), Sergio Ramos (Spain, Real), Thiago Silva (Brazil, PSG), Kieran Trippyer (England, Tottenham), Samyuel Umtiti (France, Barcelona), Raphael Varan (France, Real), to Shima Vrsalko (Croatia, Inter/Atletico), Kyle Walker (England, Manchester City); Midfielders: Serdzhi Busquets (Spain, Barcelona), Casemiro (Brazil, Real), Philippe Coutinho (Brazil, Barcelona/Liverpool), Kevin de Bruyne (Belgium, Manchester City), Eden Hazard (Belgium, Chelsea), Andres Iniesta (Spain, Vissel Kobe/Barselona), Isco (Spain, Real), Ngolo Cantet (France, Chelsea), Toni Kroos (Germany, Real), Nemanya Matic (Serbia, Manchester United), Luka Modric (Croatia, Real), Paul Pogba (France, Manchester United), Ivan Rakitiç (Croatia, Barcelona), David Silva (Spain, Manchester City), Arturo Vidal (Chile, Barcelona/Bavaria); Forwards: Karim Benzema (France, Real), Edinson Cavani (Uruguay, PSG), Paulo Dibala (Argentina, Juventus), Antawn Grizmann (France, Atletico), Harry Kaine (England, Tottenham), Robert Lewandowski (Poland, Bavaria), Romelu Lukaku (Belgium, Manchester United), Mario Mandzukic (Croatia, Juventus), Sadio Manet (Senegal, Liverpool), Kilian Mbappe (France, PSG), Lionel Messi (Argentina, Barcelona), Neymar (Brazil, PSG), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal, Juventus/Real), Mohamed Salah (Egypt, Liverpool), Luís Suárez (Uruguay, Barcelona). The team of 11 football players according to the scheme 4-3-3 will be announced on September 24 at a ceremony of delivery of awards of FIFA of The Best. Do you wish to learn the latest sports news the first? Subscribe for our canal in Telegram!
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"We were not made aware of any alleged connections between Mateen and terrorist activities, and were unaware of any further FBI investigations," G4S said in a statement.
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Working with Mateen proved to be so worrying for Gilroy that the latter requested a transfer to get away from him.
"I needed to be out of that situation," he said. "I described it as being toxic."
"He did not like black people at all. That was mentioned once or twice, but more so was women. He did not like women at all. He did like women in a sexual way, but he did not respect them."
G4S, formerly known as Wackenhut Corrections Corporation, was founded in 1954 by three former agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigations.
"We are cooperating fully with all law enforcement authorities, including the FBI, as they conduct their investigations," according to the G4S statement. "Our thoughts and prayers remain with the victims of this unspeakable tragedy, and their friends and families."
During the attack, Mateen called 911 and pledged his allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of ISIL, also known as Daesh/Islamic State, and expressed support for other acts of domestic and international terrorism.
Mateen was shot and killed by a SWAT team.


Almost 40% of the global population currently suffers from allergies, and the percentage is expected to increase to 50% soon. There is no cure for allergies that is currently approved by the FDA. Stanford University School of Medicine is launching a new research center aimed at developing innovative solutions for allergies. The center received a $24 million donation, which is among the largest private gifts ever dedicated to allergy research in the United States. Of the $24 million $4 million will go toward a matching program for new gifts to the center.
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Nadeau developed the first combination therapy that involved multiple food allergies, demonstrating that it is safe to desensitize patients to multiple allergens at the same time. Using immunotherapy, Nadeau exposes patients to small doses of the substances to which they are allergic to help accustom their immune systems to these substances. Over time, as higher doses of these substances are introduced, the danger of natural exposure to these substances decreases, as the body no longer perceives these substances as harmful or dangerous. Nadeau has conducted these studies on how to build tolerance against multiple food allergies at once at Stanford's Lucile Packard Children's Hospital and Stanford Health Care. She was able to cure 680 of the 700 patients using methods from these clinical trials.
The experience of an eighth grade boy from Los Altos, CA in one of Nadeau's clinical trial demonstrates the results of these studies. This youth had a severe peanut allergy and entered the study, hoping to become desensitized to peanuts. During a trial of oral immunotherapy, where he at small peanut doses, he became more able to tolerate nuts. He can now eat moderate doses of peanuts with no allergy symptoms. Future research should help determine if continued exposure is necessary for maintaining tolerance to allergens. For now, this patient eats about 8 peanuts a day, which helps ensure that he remains immune to peanuts. In the trial in which he was a part, Nadeau showed that this type of exposure to allergens could be particularly effective when used in combination with allergy an allergy drug, Xolair.
The hope for the future is that better therapies will be developed. The combination therapies that Nadeau has shown can be effective can take a long time to become effective and can be both dangerous and scary for both patients and their loved ones. For some patients, the exposure to small amounts of an allergen can cause reactions without enabling the patient to build a tolerance against the allergen. Understanding the pathology associated with allergies could lead to cures that become active more quickly, are safer, and are more feasible as long-term solutions for allergies. Nadeau has said that the goal of the new Center for Allergy Research is to find a cure for allergies within 10 years.


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San Diego County, CA November 7, 2006 Election
Proposition D
Preserve the Flower and Strawberry Fields and Save Carlsbad Taxpayers' Money
City of Carlsbad
Majority Approval Required
17016 / 50.48% Yes votes ...... 16695 / 49.52% No votes
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Results as of Jan 4 9:40am
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Amend General Plan to incorporate provisions of the "Preserve the Flower and Strawberry Fields and Save Carlsbad Taxpayers' Money" Measure?
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The General Plan and Zoning Ordinance Amendments
Proposition D ("Measure") would amend the Land Use and Open Space and Conservation Elements of the Carlsbad General Plan to designate an area for special planning consideration called "The Cannon Road Open Space, Farming and Public Use Corridor" ("Area"). The Area contains approximately 307 acres located in the central portion of the City along Cannon Road east of I-5 and shown on Exhibit A to the Proposition. It designates 208 acres as open space and promotes agricultural uses as long as feasible. All land within the Area not presently zoned open space would be rezoned to open space. It directs the City to initiate a public planning process with broad public participation to fully accomplish the goals, objectives and action programs of the Measure and provides that if determined necessary the City shall establish an overlay zone to provide more detail on permitted uses and land use regulations in the open space zone. It reaffirms the existing open space designation for this Area and requires a vote of the people to change that designation in the future. It establishes goals, objectives and implementing policies and action programs which:
Prohibit residential development;
Enhance the opportunity to provide public accessibility to open space;
Allow consideration of active and passive recreation uses;
Provide for comprehensive planning process, with significant citizen input, to determine appropriate open space uses;
Permit only open space, farming and compatible public uses. Permitted uses are: Openspace,
farming and other related agricultural support uses including flower and strawberry production, public trails, active and passive parks, recreation and similar public and private use facilities (except on the existing THE FLOWER FIELDS®), and electrical transmission facilities.
Utilize all existing programs, land use protections and explore possible new mechanism to keep existing THE FLOWER FIELDS® in production;
Raise agricultural uses in the area from-priority 5 to priority 1.
The measure cannot be amended except by a subsequent vote of the people of Carlsbad. It becomes effective 10 days after certification of the vote, authorizes City Council to make any other amendments to other planning documents to fully implement it and requires the City to initiate a comprehensive planning process with broad public participation and input for its implementation. This measure shall prevail if it receives a higher majority vote than Proposition E on this ballot.
A "YES" VOTE MEANS: You wish the General Plan and Zoning Ordinance to be amended.
A "NO" VOTE MEANS: You do not wish the General Plan and Zoning Ordinance to be amended.
FISCAL IMPACT: The cost to implement this measure includes implementation of a comprehensive planning process and amendment of other documents in an unknown but not significant amount.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT: The Measure was determined not to have any significant adverse environmental impacts and a negative declaration was adopted by the City Council at its meeting of August 8, 2006.
Arguments For Proposition D Arguments Against Proposition D
PROPOSITION D IS THE RIGHT WAY TO PROTECT THE FLOWER AND
STRAWBERRY FIELDS AREA OF THE CITY
Proposition D will protect the Flower and Strawberry Fields Area of the City by permanently placing it in an Open Space designation. It encourages farming to continue in the Area for as long as possible. In the future, should farming cease in the Area, this proposition would only allow other Open Space uses. Residential and other non-Open Space uses would be prohibited. The proposition creates a comprehensive planning process, with broad citizen involvement, to determine the other Open Space uses that would be appropriate for the Area. It increases the opportunity for public accessibility to the Area by allowing the consideration of recreational uses such as public trails in a manner that is compatible with existing farming.
Proposition D protects the Flower and Strawberry Fields in a way that does not strip-away all existing, private property rights that were approved previously by the City and the State Coastal Commission. This could save the Carlsbad taxpayers millions of dollars in potential legal costs, compensation and financial subsidies.
Proposition D includes all the recommendations made by a 25-member Citizens Committee. The Committee supported placing this proposition on the ballot because they believed it was the right way to protect this Area of the City.
A YES vote on Proposition D will put control for the future of the Flower and Strawberry Fields Area in the hands of the Citizens of Carlsbad where it belongs. It lets the community decide what are appropriate Open Space uses for the Area should farming not be possible in the future.
We strongly urge you to vote YES on Proposition D. It is the right way to protect this important Area of the City.
CLAUDE A. LEWIS
MARK PACKARD
City Council Member
ANN J. KULCHIN
MATTHEW HALL
Mayor Pro Tem
Rebuttal to Arguments For
PROPOSITION D (DEVELOPMENT) IS MISLEADING AND DOES NOT PERMANENTLY PROTECT THE STRAWBERRY AND FLOWER GROWING FIELDS AREA OF CITY
Proposition D (DEVELOPMENT):
Protections are temporary. SDG&E can end farming at any time.
Allows farming, does not encourage farming.
Allows private development on open space.
Proposition D (DEVELOPMENT) anticipates the conversion of farmland to "Open Space". City's "Open Space" zone uses include:
Private Schools & Clubhouses
Entertainment Facilities
Parking Lots & Structures
Quasi-public Buildings
Cell-phone, Microwave, Broadcast Towers
Large Recycling Facilities
Transportation Right-of-Ways
Windmill Farms
Other Uses "...similar to permitted uses."
Proposition D (DEVELOPMENT) could cost millions of TAX DOLLARS in legal, planning, traffic and facility costs.
City anticipates 463,000 s.f. of Commercial Shopping Centers plus another Golf Course in the immediate area.
City claims no additional police, fire, or other costs to accommodate Commercial Development larger than the Company Stores Shopping Center.
Current Municipal Golf Course project is $55,000,000 TAX DOLLARS over budget. They want to build another?
Proposition D (DEVELOPMENT): created by politicians and their hand-picked 25 member "Citizen's Committee". Only to benefit developers, land owners. WHO DO YOU TRUST?
Passage of Proposition D (DEVELOPMENT) will be the beginning of the end of Carlsbad's strawberry and flower-growing fields Legacy.
Tell Politicians and Developers: Save our quality of life!
VOTE NO ON PROPOSITION D (DEVELOPMENT)
RONALD D. ALVAREZ
Founder and Member of
Concerned Citizens of Carlsbad SAVE THE STRAWBERRY AND FLOWER GROWING FIELDS ACT OF 2006
In a grassroots effort, more than 7,000 Carlsbad voters signed petitions to place this Citizens' Initiative on the ballot as Proposition E. Prop E is an effort to preserve some small remnant of Carlsbad's agricultural history, prevent massive development and overcrowding, and preserve open space, public access, and sensitive habitat. As the Flower Fields® have shown, agriculture and agri-tourism can help the local economy while providing benefits for Carlsbad residents.
VOTE YES ON CITIZENS' PROPOSITION E! VOTE, NO ON POLITICIANS' PROPOSITION D!
STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER!
Only this Citizens' Initiative:
amends Carlsbad's General Plan to ensure permanent protection for the agricultural lands along the south shore of Agua Hedionda Lagoon;
allows open space, habitat, and power line uses;
retains plans for public trails and lagoon access;
prevents the development of incompatible large stadiums, private entertainment facilities, parking lots in the strawberry fields; and
does not create new traffic problems.
SAVE TAX DOLLARS!
Proposition E:
helps the City avoid lawsuits.
complies with California state mandates, including the Habitat Management Plan.
preserves Carlsbad's Growth Management Plan.
frustrates City politicians' efforts to violate our Constitutional rights, including property rights.
requires no new infrastructure.
This Citizens' Initiative was created by an independent group of Carlsbad residents to preserve current coastal open spaces, historic coastal agricultural lands, and other compatible uses in this area.
City politicians, working with large landowners and developers, have created a competing ballot measure designed to defeat this Initiative and enable massive development of this area. The City has already spent over $150,000 on this effort. Don't be misled! Read the fine print.
VOTE YES ON CITIZENS' PROPOSITION E! VOTE NO ON POLITICIANS' PROPOSITION D!
MICHAEL BOVENZI
Contractor/Developer
JIM STRICKLAND
(Retired) US Navy Chief
Member of Concerned Citizens of Carlsbad
Rebuttal to Arguments Against
Carefully review Proposition D and don't be mislead by the arguments against this Proposition prepared by the proponents of an alternative measure, Proposition E.
The main purpose of Proposition D is to support the preservation of the Flower and Strawberry Fields.
Proposition D makes farming and agricultural uses the top priority for allowed land uses in the area.
Although the existing Flower Fields are already protected, Proposition D provides for additional protection.
Proposition D does not have anything to do with massive development.
It permanently locks into place an Open Space designation for the Flower and Strawberry Fields area.
If a property owner in the area cannot continue to farm their land, the Proposition only allows a small list of other open space uses.
Residential and commercial development is prohibited by the Proposition.
Proposition D is consistent with the California Coastal Act and the City's Habitat Management Plan.
Proposition D does not allow farming operations on lands proposed to be preserved in their natural state for endangered plants and animals.
It supports improved, public access to the area by allowing public trails and other compatible public recreational uses.
Importantly, as opposed to Proposition E, Proposition Dsupports the continuation of the Flower and Strawberry Fields in a manner that will not result in potentially costing the citizens and taxpayers of Carlsbad millions of dollars.
We strongly urge you to vote YES on Proposition D and NO on Proposition E.
CLAUDE A. "BUD" LEWIS
Mayor, City of Carlsbad
Councilmember, City of Carlsbad
NORINE SIGAFOOSE
Carlsbad City Council
Full Text of Proposition D
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PSG vs Marseille - Payet: Marseille have nothing to lose when they face 'home machine' PSG
Dimitri Payet believes Marseille have nothing to lose when they visit runaway leaders Paris St Germain in Ligue 1 on Sunday.
Marseille are on a good run, having won five of their last six matches, but they face a daunting task at the Parc des Princes.
PSG boast an impressive record of 14 wins from 14 league games at home this season, scoring 50 goals and conceding only five.
Payet is hoping his side can stretch their six-match unbeaten run, but knows it will be tough.
"We want to do well," he told the club's official website.
"A trip to Paris is special for us. It's hard to go out there. We are on a beautiful run.
"The idea is to continue or even to get a point if you can not win.
"We have nothing to lose and everything to gain. They are a home machine. They are favourites but we are going to try to make a result."
PSG boss Thomas Tuchel has called on the fans not to turn their backs on the club.
Unhappy supporters have threatened to boycott the game in response to PSG's Champions League exit to Manchester United last week.
Tuchel said at his pre-match press conference, reported by L'Equipe: "We know they are disappointed. It is not necessary to show it to us again and again.
"We need our supporters.
"If some fans do this tomorrow (Sunday), I will be sad because it is not deserved.
"In a match like that, it's absolutely important that we have an atmosphere to push us and give us confidence.
"It does not help. We understand, the most disappointed, it's us, the team and the staff."
Striker Edinson Cavani will be absent for the champions elect after missing most of training this week with an injury.
Neymar is still out with his own injury, but Dani Alves will be back after a ban.
Fulham report no new injuries for Liverpool clash


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package io.github.sskorol.testcases;

import io.github.sskorol.model.Product;
import io.github.sskorol.pages.Java7ProductsPage;
import org.testng.annotations.Test;

import java.util.Comparator;

import static io.github.sskorol.core.misc.PageFactory.open;
import static io.github.sskorol.utils.MoneyUtils.moneyOf;
import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;

public class SC17Java7Tests {

	@Test
	public void productDiscountMatchNewPriceViaJava7() {
		Comparator<Product> productComparator = new Comparator<Product>() {
			@Override
			public int compare(Product p1, Product p2) {
				return Double.compare(p1.getDiscount(), p2.getDiscount());
			}
		};

		Product actualProduct = open(Java7ProductsPage.class).getProduct(productComparator);

		assertThat(actualProduct)
				.isNotNull()
				.extracting(p -> p.getOldPrice().subtract(p.getOldPrice().multiply(p.getDiscount())))
				.isEqualTo(moneyOf("477 грн."));
	}
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


NIGHT VISION PUPPETS (tm): Welcome!
... is a puppet troupe primarily involved in street theatre and television performances. The troupe was organized in 1974 and has performed in Spanish and English. Live performances usually involve the use of the "walking stage," a framework of aluminum tubes covered with fabric that allows the puppeteer to walk among the audience.
Creator / director / performer John Higgins thought he had "hung up the stage" in 2001 . . . but the puppets pulled him out of retirement in 2007. They continue to perform for special occasions every now and then.
at the 50th anniversary party of the United Nations, Ledra Palace, Nicosia, Cyprus. October, 1995.
A short video clip of the puppets performing at a 2007 neighborhood block party in San Francisco. (2min 25 sec).


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Gay Priest Comes Out to Parishioners' Standing Ovations
December 19, 2017 /1 Comment/in LGBTQ Clergy & Religious, Parish Life & Pastoral Care /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor
Fr. Gregory Greiten
A Catholic priest in Milwaukee came out as gay to his parishioners at Masses this past weekend, drawing standing ovations from parishioners, a reaction that is similar to what many gay priests have experienced when they came out publicly to their congregations.
Fr. Greg Greiten shared that he was a gay, celibate priest during his homily on Sunday to which a parishioner exclaimed, in the middle of the talk, "God bless you, Father!" National Catholic Reporter explained:
"The rest of the congregation at St. Bernadette Parish, where Greiten is pastor, responded with applause. . .More applause and a standing ovation came when Greiten finished explaining that he was going to 'no longer live in the shadow of secrecy' during the 10:30 a.m. Mass Sunday, Dec. 17.
"After Mass, over coffee and doughnuts, parishioners responded positively or with nonchalance."
Several parishioners, including at least one who does not support marriage equality, told NCR they very much support Greiten's decision to come out. Many, like Madge Powell, said they were unconcerned with his sexual orientation because, she said, "I love him for the person he is." Shawn Govern said, "He made a choice to walk in Christ's shoes, because he's not going to be accepted by everyone." NCR reported further:
"Drew Prusko, who attended Mass at St. Bernadette with his husband and heard the homily in which Greiten came out, was inspired by the priest's words. 'I grew up Catholic, but I haven't stepped foot in a Catholic Church in a long time,' he said. 'If I had known a priest that shared what he did today, maybe my spiritual development would have been different.'"
Such positive support from parishioners is fairly typical, said New Ways Ministry's Executive Director Francis DeBernardo, in an interview with NCR:
"'All of the priests I've met who have come out have told me that their parishioners or the people they minister to have had no problem with learning their sexual orientation."
Sr. Jeannine Gramick, SL, co-founder of New Ways Ministry, affirmed Greiten's decision to come out because being in the closet is not healthy. Not being public about one's sexual orientation "doesn't enable them to be the full human beings that God intended them to be," and harms priests' ability to do ministry well.
NCR also interviewed two openly gay priests in their coverage of Fr. Greiten's coming out.
Fr. Frederick Daley, pastor of All Saints Parish in Syracuse, New York, said of his own coming out, "I realized one of my greatest gifts to those who are marginalized and struggling is to share my own struggle. . .I have no regrets at all." Daley, like Greiten, received a standing ovation from parishioners.
Daley lost a position with Catholic Relief Services in 2006 because of being public about his orientation, but he has faced little pushback since coming out. Instead, he has benefited greatly, explaining about his journey:
"'The fear and depression around coming to that conclusion [that he was gay] was very agonizing. . .Slowly, but surely, I was able to accept who I was and ultimately rejoice in who I was.'
"'I loved being a priest and was committed to the priesthood. . .So I chose to continue in ministry and continue living a celibate life.'"
A second priest, Franciscan Fr. Ralph Parthie, OFM,said he faced no negative reactions after coming out, in part because of his religious community's support. NCR reported:
"[Parthie], who was ordained in 1975, considers himself lucky since early on in his priesthood, a "very enlightened" provincial suggested the friars have an open conversation about homosexuality to better understand one another and live their vocations.
"He came out slowly, first to close friends and family, but has been open about his sexual orientation for a couple of decades, especially as he became involved in LGBT ministry and service those with HIV/AIDS.
"'I wasn't afraid, because my province was really so healthy about it,' said Parthie, who is director of friar life and secretary for formation for the Franciscan Province of the Sacred Heart, based in St. Louis."
Parthie said now he is "not worried about people who can't see beyond their own fears and prejudices" and that God judges him based on his actions, not his sexual orientation.
But both Daley and Parthie are concerned with an ongoing culture in the Church which keeps gay priests in the closet:
"Parthie said, 'Secrets kill. When you have to keep parts of yourself secret because you're afraid people won't love or respect you, that's not healthy.' . . .
"Daley worries that the current polarized climate in the church is not helpful for LGBT people. But his biggest concern is formation of new priests and the repressive attitude at some seminaries.
"'That's a very unhealthy atmosphere for a person to grow in pycho-sexual development," he said, noting that many of his fellow priests reacted to his coming out with silence.'"
Schlumpf's article referenced both the case of Fr. Warren Hall, who came out as gay after losing his position at Seton Hall University in Newark in an LGBT-related dispute, and the Vatican's re-affirmation in December 2016 of guidelines which bar seminaries from accepting gay men. These illustrate the potential risks that keep many priests closeted. Sr. Gramick commented:
"The gay priest does not know what will happen and maybe is not willing to take a risk because there may be negative consequences — or he thinks there will be negative consequences."
Posting on his Facebook page, Fr. James Martin, SJ, author of Building a Bridge on LGBT issues in the Church, commented about Gretein's coming out:
"This man is a pioneer. As I mentioned in "Building a Bridge," there are hundreds, if not thousands, of celibate gay priests ministering in the Catholic Church today. There are many reasons why they are not more public about their sexuality (that is, their bishops or religious superiors ask them not to be; they fear reprisals; they are worried that they would become targets for hate groups; and they are uncomfortable with their sexuality; or they are simply private people). But the church is invited to see, and accept this truth. Because the truth sets us all free."
Tomorrow, Bondings 2.0 will feature Fr. Greiten's own words about his coming out and being a gay priest.
—Robert Shine, New Ways Ministry, December 19, 2017
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One of the most interesting ways to study women's religions in Greco-Roman antiquity is to consider those religious activities women consciously chose. In the Greco-Roman period a profusion of religious alternatives was available. Many old devotions—the worship of Isis, Dionysos, Cybele, Mithras, and others—spread in expanded forms to the far reaches of the inhabited world. At least one new religion, Christianity, offered itself to the inquiring person. There is substantial evidence about individuals who both rejected older allegiances and practices and took on new ones.
Despite the plethora of evidence for religious change, how and why individuals made such choices in antiquity has received insufficient attention. Older generations of scholars often remarked on the prominence of women among those commonly classed as converts, whether to Judaism, Christianity, or other Greco-Roman religions. But they neither examined the accuracy of this apparent "prominence" nor offered much in the way of meaningful explanations beyond such vague generalizations as an assumed proclivity of women toward foreign cults and exotic religions. In retrospect, one might argue that many nineteenth- and twentiethcentury male scholars (mis)took their own constructions of gender as convincing explanations for the behavior of ancient women.
The materials assembled in this section present a range of evidence for women's religious choices. Livy's account of the spread of Bacchic worship to Italy and Rome in the second century B. C. E. and Josephus's account of the conversion of Queen Helena of Adiabene and other members of her household might reflect actual historical situations. In the absence of other verification, however, it is difficult to assess the historicity of these narratives, and Livy's account, particularly, raises other problems that I will consider below.
Publication information: Book title: Women's Religions in the Greco-Roman World: A Sourcebook. Contributors: Ross Shepard Kraemer - Editor. Publisher: Oxford University Press. Place of publication: New York. Publication year: 2004. Page number: 279.


Adjuvant therapy with bisphosphonates in prostate cancer is effective in improving bone mineral density and thus reducing fractures and skeletal-related events. We analyzed the effect of bisphosphonates on overall survival (OS) in subgroups of patients with prostate cancer. A systematic literature search was conducted of the PubMed database and the bibliographies of related studies. The long-term OS rates were extracted from every eligible trial. The hazard ratio (HR) was pooled with the fixed effects model, and preplanned subgroup analyses were performed. The search yielded 112 articles, of which 10 articles with 13 patient subgroups met the eligibility criteria. The meta-analysis of all 13 subgroups showed that adjuvant bisphosphonate therapy did not significantly improve OS versus the control group (HR = 0.961, 95% CI 0.899–1.026, p = 0.233) with low heterogeneity (I2 = 13.47%, degrees of freedom = 12, p = 0.336). There was no significant improvement in OS with the addition of bisphosphonates in the major subgroup analyses (metastatic (M1) versus non-metastatic, clodronate versus zoledronic acid, castration-sensitive prostate cancer (CSPC) versus castration-refractory prostate cancer). When the subgroups were further divided, adjuvant bisphosphonate therapy significantly improved OS in patients with CSPC + M1 (HR = 0.874, 95% CI 0.778–0.982, p = 0.023; I2 = 0.0%, degrees of freedom = 3, p = 0.579). Our study demonstrated that bisphosphonates do not significantly improve long-term OS in patients with prostate cancer. However, adjuvant bisphosphonate therapy significantly improves OS in the subgroup of patients with CSPC + M1.
We thank Kelly Zammit, BVSc, from Liwen Bianji, Edanz Editing China (http://www.liwenbianji.cn/ac), for editing the English text of a draft of this manuscript.


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Tori article/interview from Rag Magazine
Updated Thu, May 26, 2005 - 9:41pm ET
The May 2005 issue of Rag Magazine (a local Florida publication) includes an article/interview with Tori by Monica Cady. You can download a PDF of that issue and read the magazine at ragmagazine.com. The article was the cover story for that issue!
You can also read the article/interview below:
On a snowy January day in New York City, a small group of undergrad journalism students frantically rush along the side walk of Avenue of the Americas. Today, they have a be hind-the-scenes tour at Rolling Stone magazine. At the end of their hour-long appointment, the students get to meet the editor. The editor looks smartly at the class and says, "Are there any questions?" No one utters a sound. Clearly, this is the moment he'd expect some brainy, over-thought inquiries. A perky, nave girl eagerly waves her hand and asks, "Why has Tori Amos never appeared on one of your covers?" The editor pauses before saying, "Uh, we will look into that." The student smiles, content with the response. That student with the "brilliant" question was me. Several months later, I stood in line at the grocery store, scanning the magazine rack, when I saw her. There she was, with her trademark fiery red locks and lipgloss mouth: Tori Amos, on the cover of Rolling Stone. I quickly snatched up the magazine. It was one of those fantastic moments of excitement when you feel like screaming with glee (but instead you actually have to check out your groceries). Somehow, I felt that I had helped to make something happen - something I felt had been important since 1992, the first time I heard Little Earthquakes. I wanted everyone to experience the honest brilliance, depth and energy that Amos delivered with her songs. Hers were stories of hope, inspiration and self-realization - things that could affect people.
Of course, I know that Amos rightfully earned that, and every other cover story on her own merit. But I felt a sense of success and happiness when I passed my fellow journo classmates, and they greeted me with smiles and congratulations. "Don't you feel like you had a part in that?" they would ask with beaming faces. Of course, I liked to hope so. Who wouldn't? But even more than any kind of personal feat, I was thrilled that Amos was finally getting major mainstream recognition. There she was - on the cover - where her artistry could not be ignored or dismissed.
That experience was seven years ago. I have had respect for other musical artists, but few have stuck around and morphed with my life's changes the same way that Amos has. Since maturity (thankfully) does kick in, I have outgrown my instant disdain for anyone who doesn't "get" Amos, and I can even understand how occasionally her ideas may seem a little too abstract or airy-faerie for some people to digest. However, bashfully, I must admit strong Amos adversaries can still make me slightly cringe inside, but I simply imagine they just haven't taken the time to understand. After all, listening to Amos without the proper foundation must be like reading George Orwell's "Animal Farm" without any clue as to the definition of symbolism. It's not that you can't enjoy the masterpiece, despite your surface understanding, but if you take the time to dive in deeper, the rewards can be endless.
"I suppose it was easier for people early in her career to label it 'freaky' so they didn't have to admit they didn't understand. But seriously, have you listened to the lyrics? Are you having trouble with them? Don't tori amos worry, so do I. But do your research." - Chelsea Laird, "Piece by Piece"
Amos approaches her craft much like a literary master writes a novel or a painter transforms a blank canvas. Metaphors abound. Words are deconstructed. Characters and themes are central. Amos' ideas are just as much fantasy and mythology, as they are history and present reality. Science, love, botany, religion, astronomy, geography, ancient ceremonies - whatever the subject - Amos closely studies her topics through expert texts and personal experience. Her songs are for thinkers. Telling someone to listen and not dissect Amos' work is like telling them to eat chocolate cake, but to ignore its rich, delicious taste.
"Music is about all of your senses, not just hearing. I think of the structure of any particular song as a house. ... Without the structure, there's nowhere for the story to live." - Conversations Between Tori and Ann, "Piece by Piece"
From Amos' elaborate album art and stylish stilettos, to her lyrical phrasing and musical composition - every artistic element is shaped with precision and a deliberate intent. One of the most conscious ways that Amos relates to audiences with her music is by paying close attention to what is happening in the world. It is important to her that she gives her listeners what they need at that particular moment in time. She blends age-old tales with current events. It's almost a history repeats itself observation, and she's suggesting that we all play roles in our lives, consciously or unconsciously, that have been played by others since the beginning of time.
On tour, the mood of the performance, the set list, is decided a few hours before every show. The songs are chosen because they tell a story. They are arranged to complement the vibe and the consciousness of the city. Amos and her manager Chelsea Laird, click away on a laptop to uncover the essence of the location, doing a quick study on its history and recent news headlines. For example, a show in Texas may get a religious tone, while a D.C. gig has a political flair. At the April 2005 performance in Orlando, Amos' mom was present, thus the selections had a maternal theme.
Though music is her livelihood, 41-year-old Amos is now equally committed to her family. On tour, she is joined by her husband/sound engineer Mark Hawley and four-year-old daughter Natashya ("Tash"). While the family has residences in Cornwall, England, and Florida, the touring routine is not viewed as something temporary and abnormal for them; it is regular life. When there is a tour, it is often extensive and involves performances on six nights of every week; but Amos has learned to build her family life and career schedule into one cohesive world. She also makes time to visit with fans in most cities. She even knows some of the regulars by name, often keeping track of the details of their lives (perhaps it's that one of their sisters is sick, or their mother just passed away).
In her first autobiography, "Piece by Piece," co-written with Ann Powers, Amos reveals intimate details of her life as a feminist, a daughter of a Methodist minister and a literary-proficient Cherokee mother, her childhood crush on Jesus Christ, obsession with Robert Plant, the struggles of being a woman in the music industry, motherhood and surviving three miscarriages, and perhaps most perplexing, her songwriting process - songs that she fondly refers to as "the girls." Amos says "the girls" know where, and when to find her. They usually arrive in unconventional ways - maybe on Jet Skis, as beams of light, or through subtle clues in a famous painter's work. They are blueprints or structures that she must enter, navigate and translate.
"This doorway has been put in place by the song itself. The structures already exist. I'm just interpreting them." - Tori Amos, "Piece by Piece"
One of Amos' intentions with her latest album, The Beekeeper, is to explore, what she calls, "marrying the two Marys." She examines the Biblical depiction of the Virgin Mary, as a wholesome, spiritual woman, and Mary Magdalene, as a profane creature of sinful sexuality. According to Amos, women have always had great difficulty merging these two aspects of their Being. It's something she thinks is a painful task and carries an unnecessary stigma. She resolves this and other dilemmas through her songs.
"I choose to fight my battles through my music, and if I'm misunderstood, well, I've done my best." - Tori Amos, "Piece by Piece"
Amos spoke with me early one morning during her Original Sinsuality (sic) tour. As was already made evident in her book, she is the kind of conversationalist who is energized, and has much to say about her work, often spinning her intricate ideas to greater heights, and phrasing her own narrative as only a true storyteller can.
I have read your book, "Piece by Piece." It provides an in-depth insight into you and your work. But it is also very inspiring and provides an optimistic feeling for readers, as far as dealing with the changes that life brings. Why, at this time in your life, did you feel it was important to write a book?
Honestly, somebody from Broadway [publishing company] contacted me. When you're presented with an opportunity like [that] (I talked to a couple of my friends who have a sense about these things.), and you get a feeling that when a window opens for you, you can stand there and think of all the possibilities. If you walk out this window, that kind of opens out into this veranda; that takes you out into God knows where; and sometimes you stay in that room and say, "Well, I don't know if I want to go out because what if it rains, or what if there's a phone call?" It's so easy to talk yourself out of things, and so I sit there and weigh out my options, but it seems like I was given an opportunity to write something. And you have to know, they don't need me to write a book about me, ya see? So I decided, why not pair up with somebody I respected, who was Ann Powers, and try and put out something that was really inspiring to people.
You talk about peeling away the "masks" in the book, and I wanted to know how writing a book is different - I suppose - from writing music, because you can put on these sorts of masks with music. How was it different for you - just being so open?
I would get up at four in the morning and write because that's when it was extremely quiet and there aren't any other opinions floating around at that time in the morning. The farmers aren't even up. So, I would look out into the blackness. There are no streetlights where we are in Cornwall. And I would try and allow myself to tap into different timeframes in my life. I sort of applied that trick - you know "A Wrinkle in Time" - where you move over part of your skirt to the other leg and you are able to shift timeframes? I loved that book as a child, "A Wrinkle in Time." And now Tash is obsessed with the movie.
Getting up that early was a discipline. But, I think it really helped me not have too many protective devices when I was writing; because, once your day gets going - I talk about it in the book - you have an image. Everybody does in order to socially co-exist. You don't sit there in writing mode at 10 in the morning while people are popping by for a cup of tea and beginning the business day at the studio. It just doesn't work like that. When we go behind the studio closed doors, it works like that again. But still, I am walking into the archetypes of the songs [in the studio]. So, I was just trying to be in my own Being writing the book.
With the latest album, The Beekeeper, what was one of the major goals or messages that you wanted to convey?
I really felt like it was essential at this time - that there was a union of sexuality and sacredness within the theme. There is so much projection of sinfulness now; especially, when you are in sort of a very right-wing dominance in some of the media. I'm not talking about people. I'm talking about ideas and ideology. Because, there are people - I'm in the Midwest right now - and I have letters coming in to me from kids coming to the show, who might be in a right-wing- Christian home; but [they] are struggling to find their own belief system. And that doesn't mean that they aren't Christian. You know Christ's teachings are not necessarily left-wing or right-wing, at all.
We choose to distort the teachings of Plato, of Mary Magdalene, of Jesus, of Buddha, of Muhammad - for our own end - for our own agendas. And you have to really be very disciplined with yourself in order not to do that. It's easy to try and hijack teachings, and then justify your own actions. [laughs] It's just what we do as people unless we say, "No, I will not allow myself to do that." And that's when you really start walking into the archetype of Sophia, the great mother of wisdom.
In Christian mythology, the Gnostic Christian mythology, and the Gnostic Jewish mythology, it is believed that God's mother is Sophia - the God that we talk about in the Old Testament - not necessarily when Jesus talks about his divine loving father - that's different than the warring God that we see. And so there are all these different archetypes, different pieces of the great creator. Do you see what I am suggesting?
And that is why I like the idea. I use the word "piece" a lot in all its form - the emphasis of war - or piece as division - or piece as, um, you know, it doesn't have to be a pejorative: p-i-e-c-e. It can be a slice of something - perfect, like an apple pie, or cherry pie - my favorite. [laughs] My point to you, though, is that these ideas are things that I wanted to put into the allegory of The Beekeeper.
The Bible is made up of many allegories and the Garden is one of them. Our story takes place, not in the Garden of Original Sin, but in the Garden of Original Sinsuality. I wanted to try and harness the words that I felt have also been harnessed by other factions that are using it to promote, I feel, distortions and not necessarily freedom or democracy or peace in any way, shape or form. But, I feel like some of these ideas have been utilized very cleverly. So, I wanted to put a different angle of the camera on them. And I work a lot in frames - picture frames. Well, the bees also work within frames, as you know, within the hives - especially in modern beekeeping, in the framing. So, I was working off a lot of word associations.
The bee has always represented an ancient feminine mystery, sacred sexuality. And, if there is one thing that I have gotten in my letters [from fans] over the years - this is what I read the most - which is the division of women from their sexual self and their spiritual self. And in the religions, they do not talk about women unifying these into wholeness and that sexuality can become sacred. You're either the mistress or you're the mother. You can't be the mother and the hot mistress all within the same Being - if you look at these different archetypes. And it's essential that women feel that they can do this.
I talk about it in the book by marrying the Marys [Virgin Mary and Mary Magdalene]. The Beekeeper is the art form that represents the marriage of these two polar opposites. They've been made to be polar opposites, whether it's in Jewish religion, Islamic religion - if you look at Asia, India, the West with Christianity - you do not see the sexuality together in its sacredness. A lot of times it's in its vulgarity. Why is there so much pornography where women are defecated in all kinds of ways? I mean it's not about women being honored for this delicious sinsuality - and that's what The Beekeeper is all about.
Tell me how you got involved with Damien Rice, and why he was a choice partner for one of your songs.
I heard it, his voice. And, I thought there needed to be a male voice on "The Power of Orange Knickers." I thought it was really, really important. Because he was Irish - I did like that other subtext - the idea of [the Irish] as a people [who] know about terrorism.
"The Power of Orange Knickers" is, at its root, about invasion - [and] whether the invasion is a terrorist - and if you kind of undress that idea for a minute, this whole context of a terrorist being a guy with a turban, or the terrorist being a guy in a uniform, depending on what part of the country you live in and what side. I wanted to really go further into the idea of a terrorist because I felt like you have to reclaim the word. In order to emancipate a word, sometimes you must undress it. So, when I looked at the word "terrorist," it seemed to come back to "invasion." And yet, all around me, I was seeing people being invaded by a divorce preceding, being invaded by a desire for someone that just took over their life, an alcoholic, any kind of addict. An invasion can be a need for sugar, or it can be a need for any kind of drug. And so, I was just fascinated by this concept of invasion and how anytime the media had a terrorist warning, that trigger was able to be pushed, that button was able to be pushed. And people would support any kind of response that the government wanted to make because it is a button that brings up fear in us. Unless, we are able to reclaim the word, and say, "Well hang on. Is this a real threat? Or, is this just another way to endorse more billions and billions of dollars into securing more oil fields when we can be putting it into education?" Because, what about the terrorism within our own country, with people not being educated? Illiteracy is invading our country.


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Christian Büschges (* 25. November 1965 in Dülken) ist ein deutscher Historiker.

Büschges studiert nach seiner Schulzeit in Viersen an der Universität zu Köln Iberischen und Lateinamerikanische Geschichte, Deutsche Philologie und Mittlere und Neuere Geschichte. Es schloss das Studium 1992 mit dem Magister Artium ab.

Drei Jahre später promovierte er an der gleichen Hochschule mit der Arbeit Familie, Ehre und Macht: Konzept und soziale Wirklichkeit des Adels in der Stadt Quito (Ecuador) während der späten Kolonialzeit, 1765–1822, einer sozialgeschichtliche Studie, die 1996 im Franz Steiner Verlag als Band 66 der Beiträge zur Kolonial- und Überseegeschichte erschienen ist. 2002 habilitierte er in Fach Neuere Geschichte mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Iberischen und Lateinamerikanischen Geschichte ebenfalls an der Kölner Universität. Im gleichen Jahr wurde er zum Professor für Allgemeine Geschichte mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Iberischen und Lateinamerikanischen Geschichte an die Universität Bielefeld berufen. Seit 2007 ist er zudem Profesor invitado an der Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar in Quito.

2013 erfolgte dann die Berufung zum außerordentlichen Professor für Iberische und Lateinamerikanische Geschichte an die Universität Bern.

Neben seinen Forschungen an den Universitäten führten in Forschungsaufenthalte nach Spanien, Mexiko, Ecuador und Kolumbien.

Werke (Auswahl)
 1996: Familie, Ehre und Macht : Konzept und soziale Wirklichkeit des Adels in der Stadt Quito (Ecuador) während der späten Kolonialzeit, 1765–1822, Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart, ISBN 978-3-515-06908-3
 2007: zusammen mit Joanna Pfaff-Czarnecka: Die Ethnisierung des Politischen, Campus-Verlag, Frankfurt, ISBN 978-3-593-38327-9
 2013: Demokratie und Völkermord : Ethnizität im politischen Raum, Wallstein Verlag, Göttingen, ISBN 978-3-8353-1041-4

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Awesome job. Congrats to your daughter!
Nice catch.. Awesome pic with the sail in the air!!
Thats awesome, wish my daughter would do that, but that would mean she'd have to put her phone down.
Now you will never get her out of the boat.
YOu have a special Father's Day remembrance this year you'll find it hard to beat..!!!
Great job and nice pics. You can't beat the feeling of getting someone their "first"
Great work this is memories of a life time, she is also HOOKED.
The smile on her face says it all. Great job.
Congrats!!!! I heard you guys on the radio. What a proud moment for dad and she'll remember that for a lifetime!!!
What an awesome day out with the family..
Way to go young lady.
Great pics and congrats to your daughter!!! Nice Job!
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Chinese Vocab - Correct pronunciation of shì?
When I pronounce the word "shì" in Chinese, the vowel sounds more like the "e" in the French words "ne" and "le." But other American Chinese learners have corrected me and said "shì" should be pronounced like "sher" with a hard emphasis on the "r" sound. What is the correct way to pronounce it?
I am assuming you are talking about 是 (shì). This should be pronounced as 'shi' without the 'er' and with a falling tone using the short "i" like in "this". The other pronunciation "sher" sounds regional to me.
此发音问题常见!I have seen this question a lot. The pronunciation of shì should take place in the upper-front part of the mouth, just behind your top front teeth. As for the 'r', which we refer to as 儿化(érhuà) is generally accepted as pertaining to the Beijing accent. However, since standard Chinese is based on the Beijing dialect, 儿化 has permeated most regions in China. Nowadays in China you are likely to here one version just as much as the other.
My advice at this stage is to stick with the basic pronunciation and learn simply to recognise 儿化. I say this because the suffix 儿 can have other uses, so it's best not to mix too many concepts.


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Elections alter SA's political landscape as 14 parties enter Parliament
Durban – The African National Congress may have won the 2019 South African general election, but the political landscape has been materially altered as 14 parties prepare to enter the National Assembly. The official election results revealed on Saturday night at the Electoral Commission of South Africa's results centre in Pretoria have revealed that the ANC - while still commanding majorities in most of the country's provinces - is experiencing a decline in overall popularity.
An additional woe for the continent's oldest liberation movement is the consistent gnawing of opposition parties at the governing party's support base. The final results saw the ANC secure a total of 57.5 percent of votes cast, down nearly five percent its 2014 result. Much of the vote shedding appeared to have gone to hard-left, with the Economic Freedom Fighters increasing their share of the vote from 6.35 percent in 2014 to 10.79 percent in 2019. The official opposition Democratic Alliance, obtained 470,396 fewer votes than it had in 2014 and shed two percent of its total, obtaining only 20.77 percent of the vote.
Two of the talking points surrounding the country's latest elections have been the growth of smaller parties at the expense of the ANC – and to a lesser extent the DA – and the shift in provincial politics as new opposition parties have been installed in KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga.
And while the ANC maintained control of the key province of Gauteng, it did so with a tiny majority, garnering 50.19 percent of voter support in the province. It managed to hold on to its 54.22 percent majority in KwaZulu-Natal, which was never in much doubt.
The striking results by the EFF in former president Jacob Zuma's backyard will certainly change the way the ANC plays it provincial game. The EFF increased its legislature seats from two in 2014 and now hold eight.
These numbers, coupled with a resurgent Inkatha Freedom Party which ousted the DA as the provincial opposition, will concern the governing party going forward.
The EFF were the biggest winners nationally, increasing their share of the vote, but also importantly, growing their actual number of votes to 1.8 million people – up 712,262 from the previous election.
The DA and ANC experienced decreases in actual votes in an election with a 66 percent turnout. The EFF is also now the official opposition in three provinces - Limpopo, the North West, and now Mpumalanga.
Another small party that will be celebrating is the conservative Freedom Front Plus. It secured 414,864 votes or 2.38 percent, up significantly from 165,715 votes (0.90 percent) in 2014.
The IFP secured 588,839 votes (3.38 percent), an increase of 146,985 votes. The IFP breakaway National Freedom Party, which dealt the IFP a significant blow in 2014, experienced a massive drop in support. It tumbled from 288,742 votes in 2014 to 61,220 (0.35 percent) this time around. However, the crippled NFP still fared better than the Congress of the People, probably because they have a core constituency in Northern KwaZulu-Natal.
Cope – once believed to be the party that would challenge ANC hegemony - secured 7.42 percent of the vote in 2009 in its first election. Ten years later it received 0.27 percent.
The National Assembly seat allocation is as follows:
ANC – 230
DA – 84
EFF - 44
IFP – 14
VF Plus –10
ACDP – 4
UDM – 2
ATM – 2
GOOD – 2
NFP – 2
AIC – 2
Cope – 2
PAC - 1
Al Jama-ah - 1
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Although the Kitchen Tour was the first U.S. Hip-Hop Tour, the Fresh Fest Tour was the first major U.S. Hip-Hop tour
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by DailyRapFacts October 9, 2019, 8:25 pm updated January 2, 2020, 8:28 pm
Right after the 1982 opening of The Roxy, The Kitchen Tour in 1982 with Rock Steady Crew, Fab 5 Freddy, Crazy Legs, and DJ Spy became the first U.S. Hip-Hop tour. The billed acts on The Kitchen Tour went to Washington, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, New York, Iowa, Chicago, Michigan, and Toronto, Canada.
Read: The New York City Rap Tour was the first international hip-hop tour
Two years after the Kitchen Tour, the 1984 Swatch Watch New York City Fresh Festival Tour happened and brought hip-hop to arenas and coliseums nationwide. The festival tour was headlined by Run-D.M.C. and hosted by Kurtis Blow. The tour billed the Fat Boys, Whodini, Newcleus, the Dynamic Breakers, Magnificent Force, Uptown Express, and more. After it's 27 dates, the tour grossed $3.5 million, five percent of the tours earnings went to the United Negro College Fund. The success of the first Fresh fest tour made it an annual event.


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Islam expert doesn't see any rise in islamophobia in Georgia
Ruslan Baramidze (on the left) during a field work
It is harder to be a Muslim anywhere, when international media headlines are dominated by terrorist groups, such as ISIS or Boko Haram. In Georgia, one out of ten citizens is a Muslim. What do we know about Islam in Georgia? Is Islamophobia on the rise here as well? DFWatch discussed these and other questions with senior researcher at Batumi Shota Rustaveli university, an expert on contemporary Islam in Georgia Ruslan Baramidze.
In general, do you see a rebirth of Islam in Georgia?
It would be misleading to talk about rebirth of Islam, because this religion was never actually gone. But what was and is happening, is a turn from tradition-based Islam to more book-based Islam, as well as its institutionalization. The institutionalization of Islam started back in the 1990s, and climaxed in 2011, when the Georgian Muslim Board was registered. Along with this, there were other processes as well, such as sending youth to receive religious education abroad, increase in finances, Islam getting more popular because of various activities in the social and political spheres.
To put it shortly, there was no rebirth of Islam in Georgia, it just became more public and more official.
Also, when we speak about Islam, we need to ask ourselves a question, who are we dealing with, a religion or different Muslim groups each with their own agenda, starting from the Muftiate and ending with various NGOs?
Can you tell more about these different interests groups?
Firstly, there is no common perception of Islam in Georgia, and different Islamic groups have different views towards Muslim society.
The main division lines of Muslims in Georgia are of course between shiites and sunnis, and between different ethnicities. But that's not all.
In the administrative level, one can distinguish two different groups. One consists of younger, educated and ambitious generation, who are ambitious and do not forget their own personal careers when they strive for certain religious goals. Another one is of very communicative men, who are good in negotiating with the government and local authorities.
Apart from these, there are also marginals, who do not like what is going on in Islamic community nowadays. Although they are more fundamental, these people are more secluded and their agenda is manifested only in soft forms, such as clothes, behavior, ideas about Muslim society and its norms.
And there are more radical groups, which tend to turn their ideas into actions and are actively recruiting supporters through social media, newspapers, etc. But these radical groups are small, because they separated from the mainstream religious path not too long ago and their ideas are not always popular among other Muslims.
Do you see any changes in attitudes towards Muslims in Georgia in the light of constant reporting on ISIS fighters from Pankisi, men killing their wives in Kvemo Kartli or terrorism act in Paris?
I do not see any changes. Socially active members of our society see them as a normal religious group which has its own rituals, traditions and is preoccupied with it. However, the general society just does not see Islam as a part of Georgian identity. Well, they see Georgian Muslims as Georgians, but just partially.
Also, attitudes towards Muslims are strongly influenced by social experience. For example, in schools, students are taught that Islam was always connected with aggression and war, so many people see it as an aggressive religion.
Despite that, I do not notice any general aggression towards Muslims in Georgia. Of course, there are some clashes on individual level, but all these conflicts which were happening in various places in Georgia are most likely personal, and not inter-religious. Contrary to what media, various organizations and interest groups have presented. I follow such events closely, and sometimes it looks like it was meant to happen, because tension was already high.
Thus I think that today there is no aggressive Islamophobia in Georgia. Of course, the situation might change, just like in any other country.
By Inga Popovaite| 2015-02-23T11:01:10+04:00	February 23rd, 2015|Categories: Minorities|Tags: Muslims in Georgia|0 Comments
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