text:
.class public abstract Lcom/samsung/android/directpeninput/ISemDirectPenInputManager$Stub;
.super Landroid/os/Binder;
.source "ISemDirectPenInputManager.java"

# interfaces
.implements Lcom/samsung/android/directpeninput/ISemDirectPenInputManager;

# annotations
.annotation system Ldalvik/annotation/EnclosingClass;
    value = Lcom/samsung/android/directpeninput/ISemDirectPenInputManager;
.end annotation

.annotation system Ldalvik/annotation/InnerClass;
    accessFlags = 0x409
    name = "Stub"
.end annotation

.annotation system Ldalvik/annotation/MemberClasses;
    value = {
        Lcom/samsung/android/directpeninput/ISemDirectPenInputManager$Stub$Proxy;
    }
.end annotation

# static fields
.field private static final DESCRIPTOR:Ljava/lang/String; = "com.samsung.android.directpeninput.ISemDirectPenInputManager"

.field static final TRANSACTION_dismiss:I = 0x3

.field static final TRANSACTION_getImage:I = 0x6

.field static final TRANSACTION_isShowing:I = 0x7

.field static final TRANSACTION_show:I = 0x1

.field static final TRANSACTION_showPopup:I = 0x8

.field static final TRANSACTION_showTemplate:I = 0x2

.field static final TRANSACTION_updateDialog:I = 0x5

.field static final TRANSACTION_updatePosition:I = 0x4

# direct methods
.method public constructor <init>()V
    .locals 1

    invoke-direct {p0}, Landroid/os/Binder;-><init>()V

    const-string/jumbo v0, "com.samsung.android.directpeninput.ISemDirectPenInputManager"

    invoke-virtual {p0, p0, v0}, Lcom/samsung/android/directpeninput/ISemDirectPenInputManager$Stub;->attachInterface(Landroid/os/IInterface;Ljava/lang/String;)V

    return-void
.end method

.method public static asInterface(Landroid/os/IBinder;)Lcom/samsung/android/directpeninput/ISemDirectPenInputManager;
    .locals 2

    const/4 v1, 0x0

    if-nez p0, :cond_0

    return-object v1

    :cond_0
    const-string/jumbo v1, "com.samsung.android.directpeninput.ISemDirectPenInputManager"

    invoke-interface {p0, v1}, Landroid/os/IBinder;->queryLocalInterface(Ljava/lang/String;)Landroid/os/IInterface;

    move-result-object v0

    if-eqz v0, :cond_1

    instance-of v1, v0, Lcom/samsung/android/directpeninput/ISemDirectPenInputManager;

    if-eqz v1, :cond_1

    check-cast v0, Lcom/samsung/android/directpeninput/ISemDirectPenInputManager;

    return-object v0

    :cond_1
    new-instance v1, Lcom/samsung/android/directpeninput/ISemDirectPenInputManager$Stub$Proxy;

    invoke-direct {v1, p0}, Lcom/samsung/android/directpeninput/ISemDirectPenInputManager$Stub$Proxy;-><init>(Landroid/os/IBinder;)V

    return-object v1
.end method

# virtual methods
.method public asBinder()Landroid/os/IBinder;
    .locals 0

    return-object p0
.end method

.method public onTransact(ILandroid/os/Parcel;Landroid/os/Parcel;I)Z
    .locals 33
    .annotation system Ldalvik/annotation/Throws;
        value = {
            Landroid/os/RemoteException;
        }
    .end annotation

    sparse-switch p1, :sswitch_data_0

    invoke-super/range {p0 .. p4}, Landroid/os/Binder;->onTransact(ILandroid/os/Parcel;Landroid/os/Parcel;I)Z

    move-result v3

    return v3

    :sswitch_0
    const-string/jumbo v3, "com.samsung.android.directpeninput.ISemDirectPenInputManager"

    move-object/from16 v0, p3

    invoke-virtual {v0, v3}, Landroid/os/Parcel;->writeString(Ljava/lang/String;)V

    const/4 v3, 0x1

    return v3

    :sswitch_1
    const-string/jumbo v3, "com.samsung.android.directpeninput.ISemDirectPenInputManager"

    move-object/from16 v0, p2

    invoke-virtual {v0, v3}, Landroid/os/Parcel;->enforceInterface(Ljava/lang/String;)V

    invoke-virtual/range {p2 .. p2}, Landroid/os/Parcel;->readInt()I

    move-result v4

    invoke-virtual/range {p2 .. p2}, Landroid/os/Parcel;->readStrongBinder()Landroid/os/IBinder;

    move-result-object v5

    invoke-virtual/range {p2 .. p2}, Landroid/os/Parcel;->readStrongBinder()Landroid/os/IBinder;

    move-result-object v6

    invoke-virtual/range {p2 .. p2}, Landroid/os/Parcel;->readStrongBinder()Landroid/os/IBinder;

    move-result-object v7

    invoke-virtual/range {p2 .. p2}, Landroid/os/Parcel;->readInt()I

    move-result v3

    if-eqz v3, :cond_0

    sget-object v3, Landroid/graphics/Rect;->CREATOR:Landroid/os/Parcelable$Creator;

    move-object/from16 v0, p2

    invoke-interface {v3, v0}, Landroid/os/Parcelable$Creator;->createFromParcel(Landroid/os/Parcel;)Ljava/lang/Object;

    move-result-object v8

    check-cast v8, Landroid/graphics/Rect;

    :goto_0
    invoke-virtual/range {p2 .. p2}, Landroid/os/Parcel;->readInt()I

    move-result v3

    if-eqz v3, :cond_1

    sget-object v3, Landroid/graphics/Rect;->CREATOR:Landroid/os/Parcelable$Creator;

    move-object/from16 v0, p2

    invoke-interface {v3, v0}, Landroid/os/Parcelable$Creator;->createFromParcel(Landroid/os/Parcel;)Ljava/lang/Object;

    move-result-object v9

    check-cast v9, Landroid/graphics/Rect;

    :goto_1
    invoke-virtual/range {p2 .. p2}, Landroid/os/Parcel;->readInt()I

    move-result v3

    if-eqz v3, :cond_2

    sget-object v3, Landroid/graphics/Rect;->CREATOR:Landroid/os/Parcelable$Creator;

    move-object/from16 v0, p2

    invoke-interface {v3, v0}, Landroid/os/Parcelable$Creator;->createFromParcel(Landroid/os/Parcel;)Ljava/lang/Object;

    move-result-object v10

    check-cast v10, Landroid/graphics/Rect;

    :goto_2
    invoke-virtual/range {p2 .. p2}, Landroid/os/Parcel;->readInt()I

    move-result v3

    if-eqz v3, :cond_3

    sget-object v3, Landroid/view/inputmethod/ExtractedText;->CREATOR:Landroid/os/Parcelable$Creator;

    move-object/from16 v0, p2

    invoke-interface {v3, v0}, Landroid/os/Parcelable$Creator;->createFromParcel(Landroid/os/Parcel;)Ljava/lang/Object;

    move-result-object v11

    check-cast v11, Landroid/view/inputmethod/ExtractedText;

    :goto_3
    invoke-virtual/range {p2 .. p2}, Landroid/os/Parcel;->readInt()I

    move-result v3

    if-eqz v3, :cond_4

    sget-object v3, Landroid/view/inputmethod/EditorInfo;->CREATOR:Landroid/os/Parcelable$Creator;

    move-object/from16 v0, p2

    invoke-interface {v3, v0}, Landroid/os/Parcelable$Creator;->createFromParcel(Landroid/os/Parcel;)Ljava/lang/Object;

    move-result-object v12

    check-cast v12, Landroid/view/inputmethod/EditorInfo;

    :goto_4
    invoke-virtual/range {p2 .. p2}, Landroid/os/Parcel;->readInt()I

    move-result v13

    invoke-virtual/range {p2 .. p2}, Landroid/os/Parcel;->readInt()I

    move-result v3

    if-eqz v3, :cond_5

    const/4 v14, 0x1

    :goto_5
    move-object/from16 v3, p0

    invoke-virtual/range {v3 .. v14}, Lcom/samsung/android/directpeninput/ISemDirectPenInputManager$Stub;->show(ILandroid/os/IBinder;Landroid/os/IBinder;Landroid/os/IBinder;Landroid/graphics/Rect;Landroid/graphics/Rect;Landroid/graphics/Rect;Landroid/view/inputmethod/ExtractedText;Landroid/view/inputmethod/EditorInfo;IZ)V

    invoke-virtual/range {p3 .. p3}, Landroid/os/Parcel;->writeNoException()V

    const/4 v3, 0x1

    return v3

    :cond_0
    const/4 v8, 0x0

    goto :goto_0

    :cond_1
    const/4 v9, 0x0

    goto :goto_1

    :cond_2
    const/4 v10, 0x0

    goto :goto_2

    :cond_3
    const/4 v11, 0x0

    goto :goto_3

    :cond_4
    const/4 v12, 0x0

    goto :goto_4

    :cond_5
    const/4 v14, 0x0

    goto :goto_5

    :sswitch_2
    const-string/jumbo v3, "com.samsung.android.directpeninput.ISemDirectPenInputManager"

    move-object/from16 v0, p2

    invoke-virtual {v0, v3}, Landroid/os/Parcel;->enforceInterface(Ljava/lang/String;)V

    invoke-virtual/range {p2 .. p2}, Landroid/os/Parcel;->readInt()I

    move-result v4

    invoke-virtual/range {p2 .. p2}, Landroid/os/Parcel;->readStrongBinder()Landroid/os/IBinder;

    move-result-object v5

    invoke-virtual/range {p2 .. p2}, Landroid/os/Parcel;->readStrongBinder()Landroid/os/IBinder;

    move-result-object v6

    invoke-virtual/range {p2 .. p2}, Landroid/os/Parcel;->readStrongBinder()Landroid/os/IBinder;

    move-result-object v7

    invoke-virtual/range {p2 .. p2}, Landroid/os/Parcel;->readInt()I

    move-result v3

    if-eqz v3, :cond_6

    sget-object v3, Landroid/graphics/Rect;->CREATOR:Landroid/os/Parcelable$Creator;

    move-object/from16 v0, p2

    invoke-interface {v3, v0}, Landroid/os/Parcelable$Creator;->createFromParcel(Landroid/os/Parcel;)Ljava/lang/Object;

    move-result-object v8

    check-cast v8, Landroid/graphics/Rect;

    :goto_6
    invoke-virtual/range {p2 .. p2}, Landroid/os/Parcel;->readInt()I

    move-result v3

    if-eqz v3, :cond_7

    sget-object v3, Landroid/graphics/Rect;->CREATOR:Landroid/os/Parcelable$Creator;

    move-object/from16 v0, p2

    invoke-interface {v3, v0}, Landroid/os/Parcelable$Creator;->createFromParcel(Landroid/os/Parcel;)Ljava/lang/Object;

    move-result-object v9

    check-cast v9, Landroid/graphics/Rect;

    :goto_7
    invoke-virtual/range {p2 .. p2}, Landroid/os/Parcel;->readInt()I

    move-result v3

    if-eqz v3, :cond_8

    sget-object v3, Landroid/graphics/Rect;->CREATOR:Landroid/os/Parcelable$Creator;

    move-object/from16 v0, p2

    invoke-interface {v3, v0}, Landroid/os/Parcelable$Creator;->createFromParcel(Landroid/os/Parcel;)Ljava/lang/Object;

    move-result-object v10

    check-cast v10, Landroid/graphics/Rect;

    :goto_8
    invoke-virtual/range {p2 .. p2}, Landroid/os/Parcel;->readInt()I

    move-result v23

    invoke-virtual/range {p2 .. p2}, Landroid/os/Parcel;->readInt()I

    move-result v3

    if-eqz v3, :cond_9

    sget-object v3, Landroid/view/inputmethod/ExtractedText;->CREATOR:Landroid/os/Parcelable$Creator;

    move-object/from16 v0, p2

    invoke-interface {v3, v0}, Landroid/os/Parcelable$Creator;->createFromParcel(Landroid/os/Parcel;)Ljava/lang/Object;

    move-result-object v24

    check-cast v24, Landroid/view/inputmethod/ExtractedText;

    :goto_9
    invoke-virtual/range {p2 .. p2}, Landroid/os/Parcel;->readInt()I

    move-result v3

    if-eqz v3, :cond_a

    sget-object v3, Landroid/view/inputmethod/EditorInfo;->CREATOR:Landroid/os/Parcelable$Creator;

    move-object/from16 v0, p2

    invoke-interface {v3, v0}, Landroid/os/Parcelable$Creator;->createFromParcel(Landroid/os/Parcel;)Ljava/lang/Object;

    move-result-object v25

    check-cast v25, Landroid/view/inputmethod/EditorInfo;

    :goto_a
    invoke-virtual/range {p2 .. p2}, Landroid/os/Parcel;->readInt()I

    move-result v26

    move-object/from16 v15, p0

    move/from16 v16, v4

    move-object/from16 v17, v5

    move-object/from16 v18, v6

    move-object/from16 v19, v7

    move-object/from16 v20, v8

    move-object/from16 v21, v9

    move-object/from16 v22, v10

    invoke-virtual/range {v15 .. v26}, Lcom/samsung/android/directpeninput/ISemDirectPenInputManager$Stub;->showTemplate(ILandroid/os/IBinder;Landroid/os/IBinder;Landroid/os/IBinder;Landroid/graphics/Rect;Landroid/graphics/Rect;Landroid/graphics/Rect;ILandroid/view/inputmethod/ExtractedText;Landroid/view/inputmethod/EditorInfo;I)V

    invoke-virtual/range {p3 .. p3}, Landroid/os/Parcel;->writeNoException()V

    const/4 v3, 0x1

    return v3

    :cond_6
    const/4 v8, 0x0

    goto :goto_6

    :cond_7
    const/4 v9, 0x0

    goto :goto_7

    :cond_8
    const/4 v10, 0x0

    goto :goto_8

    :cond_9
    const/16 v24, 0x0

    goto :goto_9

    :cond_a
    const/16 v25, 0x0

    goto :goto_a

    :sswitch_3
    const-string/jumbo v3, "com.samsung.android.directpeninput.ISemDirectPenInputManager"

    move-object/from16 v0, p2

    invoke-virtual {v0, v3}, Landroid/os/Parcel;->enforceInterface(Ljava/lang/String;)V

    invoke-virtual/range {p2 .. p2}, Landroid/os/Parcel;->readInt()I

    move-result v4

    invoke-virtual/range {p2 .. p2}, Landroid/os/Parcel;->readInt()I

    move-result v3

    if-eqz v3, :cond_b

    const/16 v29, 0x1

    :goto_b
    move-object/from16 v0, p0

    move/from16 v1, v29

    invoke-virtual {v0, v4, v1}, Lcom/samsung/android/directpeninput/ISemDirectPenInputManager$Stub;->dismiss(IZ)V

    invoke-virtual/range {p3 .. p3}, Landroid/os/Parcel;->writeNoException()V

    const/4 v3, 0x1

    return v3

    :cond_b
    const/16 v29, 0x0

    goto :goto_b

    :sswitch_4
    const-string/jumbo v3, "com.samsung.android.directpeninput.ISemDirectPenInputManager"

    move-object/from16 v0, p2

    invoke-virtual {v0, v3}, Landroid/os/Parcel;->enforceInterface(Ljava/lang/String;)V

    invoke-virtual/range {p2 .. p2}, Landroid/os/Parcel;->readInt()I

    move-result v4

    invoke-virtual/range {p2 .. p2}, Landroid/os/Parcel;->readInt()I

    move-result v3

    if-eqz v3, :cond_c

    sget-object v3, Landroid/graphics/Rect;->CREATOR:Landroid/os/Parcelable$Creator;

    move-object/from16 v0, p2

    invoke-interface {v3, v0}, Landroid/os/Parcelable$Creator;->createFromParcel(Landroid/os/Parcel;)Ljava/lang/Object;

    move-result-object v28

    check-cast v28, Landroid/graphics/Rect;

    :goto_c
    invoke-virtual/range {p2 .. p2}, Landroid/os/Parcel;->readInt()I

    move-result v3

    if-eqz v3, :cond_d

    sget-object v3, Landroid/graphics/Rect;->CREATOR:Landroid/os/Parcelable$Creator;

    move-object/from16 v0, p2

    invoke-interface {v3, v0}, Landroid/os/Parcelable$Creator;->createFromParcel(Landroid/os/Parcel;)Ljava/lang/Object;

    move-result-object v30

    check-cast v30, Landroid/graphics/Rect;

    :goto_d
    move-object/from16 v0, p0

    move-object/from16 v1, v28

    move-object/from16 v2, v30

    invoke-virtual {v0, v4, v1, v2}, Lcom/samsung/android/directpeninput/ISemDirectPenInputManager$Stub;->updatePosition(ILandroid/graphics/Rect;Landroid/graphics/Rect;)V

    invoke-virtual/range {p3 .. p3}, Landroid/os/Parcel;->writeNoException()V

    const/4 v3, 0x1

    return v3

    :cond_c
    const/16 v28, 0x0

    goto :goto_c

    :cond_d
    const/16 v30, 0x0

    goto :goto_d

    :sswitch_5
    const-string/jumbo v3, "com.samsung.android.directpeninput.ISemDirectPenInputManager"

    move-object/from16 v0, p2

    invoke-virtual {v0, v3}, Landroid/os/Parcel;->enforceInterface(Ljava/lang/String;)V

    invoke-virtual/range {p2 .. p2}, Landroid/os/Parcel;->readInt()I

    move-result v4

    invoke-virtual/range {p2 .. p2}, Landroid/os/Parcel;->readInt()I

    move-result v3

    if-eqz v3, :cond_e

    sget-object v3, Landroid/graphics/Rect;->CREATOR:Landroid/os/Parcelable$Creator;

    move-object/from16 v0, p2

    invoke-interface {v3, v0}, Landroid/os/Parcelable$Creator;->createFromParcel(Landroid/os/Parcel;)Ljava/lang/Object;

    move-result-object v28

    check-cast v28, Landroid/graphics/Rect;

    :goto_e
    invoke-virtual/range {p2 .. p2}, Landroid/os/Parcel;->readInt()I

    move-result v3

    if-eqz v3, :cond_f

    sget-object v3, Landroid/graphics/Rect;->CREATOR:Landroid/os/Parcelable$Creator;

    move-object/from16 v0, p2

    invoke-interface {v3, v0}, Landroid/os/Parcelable$Creator;->createFromParcel(Landroid/os/Parcel;)Ljava/lang/Object;

    move-result-object v30

    check-cast v30, Landroid/graphics/Rect;

    :goto_f
    move-object/from16 v0, p0

    move-object/from16 v1, v28

    move-object/from16 v2, v30

    invoke-virtual {v0, v4, v1, v2}, Lcom/samsung/android/directpeninput/ISemDirectPenInputManager$Stub;->updateDialog(ILandroid/graphics/Rect;Landroid/graphics/Rect;)V

    invoke-virtual/range {p3 .. p3}, Landroid/os/Parcel;->writeNoException()V

    const/4 v3, 0x1

    return v3

    :cond_e
    const/16 v28, 0x0

    goto :goto_e

    :cond_f
    const/16 v30, 0x0

    goto :goto_f

    :sswitch_6
    const-string/jumbo v3, "com.samsung.android.directpeninput.ISemDirectPenInputManager"

    move-object/from16 v0, p2

    invoke-virtual {v0, v3}, Landroid/os/Parcel;->enforceInterface(Ljava/lang/String;)V

    invoke-virtual/range {p2 .. p2}, Landroid/os/Parcel;->readInt()I

    move-result v4

    move-object/from16 v0, p0

    invoke-virtual {v0, v4}, Lcom/samsung/android/directpeninput/ISemDirectPenInputManager$Stub;->getImage(I)Landroid/os/ParcelFileDescriptor;

    move-result-object v31

    invoke-virtual/range {p3 .. p3}, Landroid/os/Parcel;->writeNoException()V

    if-eqz v31, :cond_10

    const/4 v3, 0x1

    move-object/from16 v0, p3

    invoke-virtual {v0, v3}, Landroid/os/Parcel;->writeInt(I)V

    const/4 v3, 0x1

    move-object/from16 v0, v31

    move-object/from16 v1, p3

    invoke-virtual {v0, v1, v3}, Landroid/os/ParcelFileDescriptor;->writeToParcel(Landroid/os/Parcel;I)V

    :goto_10
    const/4 v3, 0x1

    return v3

    :cond_10
    const/4 v3, 0x0

    move-object/from16 v0, p3

    invoke-virtual {v0, v3}, Landroid/os/Parcel;->writeInt(I)V

    goto :goto_10

    :sswitch_7
    const-string/jumbo v3, "com.samsung.android.directpeninput.ISemDirectPenInputManager"

    move-object/from16 v0, p2

    invoke-virtual {v0, v3}, Landroid/os/Parcel;->enforceInterface(Ljava/lang/String;)V

    invoke-virtual/range {p0 .. p0}, Lcom/samsung/android/directpeninput/ISemDirectPenInputManager$Stub;->isShowing()Z

    move-result v32

    invoke-virtual/range {p3 .. p3}, Landroid/os/Parcel;->writeNoException()V

    if-eqz v32, :cond_11

    const/4 v3, 0x1

    :goto_11
    move-object/from16 v0, p3

    invoke-virtual {v0, v3}, Landroid/os/Parcel;->writeInt(I)V

    const/4 v3, 0x1

    return v3

    :cond_11
    const/4 v3, 0x0

    goto :goto_11

    :sswitch_8
    const-string/jumbo v3, "com.samsung.android.directpeninput.ISemDirectPenInputManager"

    move-object/from16 v0, p2

    invoke-virtual {v0, v3}, Landroid/os/Parcel;->enforceInterface(Ljava/lang/String;)V

    invoke-virtual/range {p2 .. p2}, Landroid/os/Parcel;->readInt()I

    move-result v4

    invoke-virtual/range {p2 .. p2}, Landroid/os/Parcel;->readInt()I

    move-result v27

    move-object/from16 v0, p0

    move/from16 v1, v27

    invoke-virtual {v0, v4, v1}, Lcom/samsung/android/directpeninput/ISemDirectPenInputManager$Stub;->showPopup(II)V

    invoke-virtual/range {p3 .. p3}, Landroid/os/Parcel;->writeNoException()V

    const/4 v3, 0x1

    return v3

    nop

    :sswitch_data_0
    .sparse-switch
        0x1 -> :sswitch_1
        0x2 -> :sswitch_2
        0x3 -> :sswitch_3
        0x4 -> :sswitch_4
        0x5 -> :sswitch_5
        0x6 -> :sswitch_6
        0x7 -> :sswitch_7
        0x8 -> :sswitch_8
        0x5f4e5446 -> :sswitch_0
    .end sparse-switch
.end method

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


text:
VIDEO: The battle for Palestine's olive harvest kicks off in the West Bank
Olives are a key part of the Palestinian economy but every year settlers routinely damage, uproot, poison, or burn down the trees
Villagers picking olives in Douma in the West Bank (MEE / Jimmy Hutcheon)
Jimmy Hutcheon
Published date: 28 October 2015 16:08 UTC | Last update: 7 years 3 months ago
DOUMA, West Bank - The annual olive harvest is a key economic, social and cultural event for Palestinians. The olive harvest happens every autumn and runs from October to December.
Palestinians face many challenges and find that their access to land, water and markets are often heavily limited by Israeli settlements, checkpoints and restrictions that pop up throughout much of the West Bank.
Yet, in spite of all these challenges farmers come out to harvest their olives year after year. Olive farming is a key source of income in Palestine, and an area that is believed to hold vast economic promise.
According to the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), olive production makes up 25 percent of the West Bank economy and provides jobs to more than 150,000 people in Gaza and the West Bank.
In rural areas, more than half of all families derive their income from agriculture with olives accounting for at least 70 percent of annual income, according to Lamis Zamzam, a spokesperson for the Canaan Fair Trade organisation that encourages farming cooperatives in Palestine.
"Yearly, 30,000 tonnes of olives are harvested in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, of which roughly two-thirds are exported," said Fuad Abu Seif, the Acting General Director of the Union of Agricultural work Committees (UAWC), in a recent statement.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3J2sNVMhP34
However, every year, settler violence poses a serious challenge for Palestinian farmers. Olive trees are routinely damaged, uprooted, poisoned, burnt down, or even harvested by settlers. An estimated $12.3m is lost in income each year by this damage according to OCHA.
In order to limit this damage, Palestinian university students and international volunteers work with the farmers to complete the harvest faster, and try to increase the security on the farms to avoid damage to the olive groves.
This year, students from al-Quds University came in droves to help olive picking in the village of Douma.
"I came today to help the farmers to pick the olives from the trees, and also to support the Dawabsheh family, whose house they burnt and killed the family [last July]," Haya, an al-Quds University student, said in reference to a Palestinian family who had their house burnt by settlers. The family's toddler, 18-month-old Ali, died during the blaze, while his father, Saad, and mother, Riham, died later of their wounds.
Haya, who did not want to give her last name, told MEE that many other students felt that volunteering was an act of symbolic resistance to settler attacks, and the on-going Israeli military occupation of the West Bank.
From the tree to the kitchen - The journey of Palestinian olives
Rabbis for Human Rights help Palestinians with olive harvest
The joys and sorrows of olive season in Palestine

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On June 12, 1991, 152 minority Sri Lankan Tamil civilians were massacred by members of the Sri Lankan military in the village Kokkadichcholai near the eastern province town of Batticaloa. The Sri Lankan government instituted a presidential commission to investigate the massacre. The commission found the commanding officer negligent in controlling his troops and recommended that he be removed from office, and identified nineteen other members of the Sri Lankan military to be responsible for mass murder. In a military tribunal that followed in the presidential commission in the capital city of Colombo, all nineteen soldiers were acquitted.

Background information
Batticaloa district forms part of the Eastern province of Sri Lanka. Within the Batticaloa district, during the late 1980s and early 1990s a total of 1,100 civilians were disappeared and assumed killed. In the cluster of villages around Kokkadicholai there were two notable massacres, one in 1987 and the 1991 incident.

1991 massacre
On the 12 June 1991 following a Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) landmine attack on the Sri Lankan Army, a number of Tamil civilians in the Kokkadichcholai region were massacred by the Sri Lankan Army. The Human Rights agency University Teachers for Human Rights (UTHR) estimates that over 123 civilians were killed, although the Sinhalese dominated police force (who are known to minimise evidence), certified the death of only 32 individuals. Locals also reported that six Tamil women were raped, including two sisters. The elder one was found by her father trying to conceal her breasts with her plaited hair, whilst the younger sister was found in a shop in a state of shock. The police also denied there was rape, although this has been contradicted privately by medical officials afraid to speak out in public.

The incident
Kokkadicholai is in reality a collection of number of hamlets close to the lagoon west of Batticaloa city. The dominant ethnic group was the minority Sri Lankan Tamils belonging to the Mukkuvar caste who were mostly farmers. There was an army camp within the main hamlet that used to be supplied with food via a ferry that was transported by a tractor to the camp. On June 12, 1991, about 12:45 PM an improvised explosive device was detonated under a supply tractor that killed two Sri Lankan Army soldiers. Following the explosion, more soldiers started moving from Kokkadichcholai to the scene of the explosion. At this army camp, there was also a group of 10 militants who belonged formerly to the paramilitary group Peoples Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE). Some of this group too went with the soldiers towards the scene but they were disarmed by the soldiers. These disarmed paramilitary cadres went back to the village and warned the civilians an attack on them was imminent.

Most able men and some women were able to get away but a group of individuals who could not get away took refuge at a rice processing mill belonging to a one Kurukulasingam. It was estimated that over a hundred people were in this house. It was reported by survivors that a group of soldiers from Kokkadichcholai entered the mill premises and opened fire. Many inside the mill were killed and those in the adjoining house injured. Once the soldiers left survivors and onlookers went to the mill to inspect the status of the dead. It was estimated that about 35 people were looking around the premises when another group of another six soldiers thrust the onlookers into the premises and shot them along with the five previously injured. The soldiers then attempted to set fire to the corpses. Amongst the dead were old people, women and children. Later on 17 youngsters were taken from a nearby hamlet called Mudalaikudah to the crater caused by the explosion and killed and their bodies burnt. Number of properties were also burnt as well as property looted. As the army stayed within the camp on the 13th, amongst the early visitors to the massacre site were the rebel LTTE group who took photographic records of the corpses. (see images here). As the sun rose, the corpses began to decompose and stink. At about 2.00 p.m. the villagers buried most of the corpses.

Government reaction
On June 16 an official party including the prime minister, Bradman Weerakoon and local members of parliament one Casinadar, Joseph Pararajasingham and Karunakaran were brought to the Kokkadichcholai army camp by helicopter. As the army Army maintained that those killed were Tigers and that it was unsafe to go to the villages, the prime minister's party was airlifted back to Batticaloa and taken to the rest house. As the prime minister was unable to meet the affected people, local M.P Joseph Pararajasingham met the people. By June 20 changes were made at the Kokkadichcholai camp by adding new officer was in charge.

Casualty estimates and rape accusations
According to UTHR, the number of victims according to leading local citizens following a house to house check, 67 bodies were identified and buried and a further 56 were missing (a total of 123). Most of the missing persons are presumed dead and cannot be identified, because like the seventeen burnt in the mine crater, they had been mostly burnt to ashes. The rice mill had the largest number of bodies – 43, although the police (with a history of minimising evidence) maintained that only 32 were killed. The locals also reported that at least six women (including two sisters) were raped, and despite the police denials, this was confirmed privately by medical officials.

Government investigation
After international community began to put more pressure on Sri Lanka for its human rights record, the government instituted an independent Commission of Inquiry into a massacre by soldiers at Kokkadichcholai in the east in June 1991 – the first inquiry of its kind ever held in Sri Lanka.

According to Human Rights Watch, in 2002 the then Sri Lankan government authorities appeared more willing than in past years to acknowledge official responsibility for atrocities. On January 31, 2002 Sri Lankan army personnel in Batticaloa publicly acknowledged their role in large-scale massacres of civilians in the east, mentioning notorious attacks in Kokkaddicholai, Sathurukkondaan, Vanthaarumoolai, and Batticaloa. In February 2002, the attorney general reportedly issued indictments against more than six hundred police and armed forces personnel implicated in disappearances that occurred before 1994, many in connection with counterinsurgency operations against the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) organization. On June 28, two soldiers were sentenced to six years in prison and fined Rs. 2,500 (U.S. $27) each for their role in an abduction and murder in 1989.

The independent commission instituted to look into the Kokkadichcholai incident recommended that compensation of some 5.25 million rupees (approximately CDN$210,000) to be paid to next of kin of those who were killed (67 were identified) and to people who lost property in the rampage. The commission also recommends prosecution of the soldiers involved. In 2001 the army accepted responsibility for the large scale massacre at the hamlet of Kokkadicholai. A military tribunal found the commanding officer guilty of failure to control his troops and illegal disposal of the bodies, and he was dismissed from service. The other 19 soldiers under trial were acquitted but nevertheless sent to the front lines in the north of the country as a punishment. A number of organizations have expressed regret over this decision

References

External links
UN: Rapport du Groupe de travail sur les disparitions forcées ou involontaires
Chronology of events in Sri Lanka
Human rights accountability in Sri Lanka – HRW

Massacres in 1991
June 1991 events in Asia
Attacks on civilians attributed to the Sri Lanka Army
Massacres in Sri Lanka
Mass murder in 1991
Mass murder of Sri Lankan Tamils
Sri Lankan government forces attacks in Eelam War II
Terrorist incidents in Sri Lanka in 1991

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Neko Case caps off Sarahfest with concert Sunday
Published 3:56 pm Friday, September 25, 2015
Grammy nominee Neko Case will be in concert Sunday at The Lyric
Sarahafest, the 10-day festival hosted by the Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies at the University of Mississippi in partnership with the Yoknapatawpha Arts Council, will culminate Sunday with a performance by Grammy award nominee Neko Case at 6 p.m. at The Lyric Theatre.
Tickets for the concert are $30 in advance and $35 at the door with proceeds going to the Sarah Isom Center.
Speical guests is Tear Drop City featuring Laurie Stirratt.
Sarahfest, which began Sept. 18, has provided cultural events that are unique, educational and foster community building and learning, said Theresa Starkey, assistant director of the Isom Center.
"This festival is an opportunity for us to acquaint the community with the work we do at the center in both community and campus settings, and have fun while we're doing it," Starkey said. "We are especially proud that a major recording artist like Neko Case is coming to perform a benefit for the center. Her generosity will really anchor the festival and give us a way to cap off the week in a strong way."
The festival has included events in several places around Oxford and the Ole Miss campus.
This evening, a free documentary screening of She's Beautiful When She's Angry is set for 7 p.m. at 209 Bryant Hall.
A performance by the UM Gospel Choir slated for Sunday at Paris-Yates Chapel has been cancelled.
"I am deeply appreciative of the energy and creativity on the part of the Isom Center staff, especially Theresa Starkey, in enabling such a stimulating series of events to come to our community," said Susan Grayzel, Isom Center director.
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KOH examination was negative. TANGS capsules three times a day were administrated to her. After about 10 weeks of treatments, the patient's psoriasis had cleared completely (Fig.1-B). The psoriatic lesions appeared on the trunk areas of the patient (Fig.1-A) at the initial stage , thus TANGS herbal therapy was given as the firstline therapy in placed of the topical steroids and calcipotriene, which is the common practice among dermatologists per evidence-based guidelines.
During the treatment, no other conventional medication was used. Through the periodic follow-up consultations, the condition was observed to be without recurrence up to and beyond the date this case report was written.
Today, psoriasis is recognized as the most prevalent autoimmune disease caused by inappropriate activation of the cellular immune system—for example, the role of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha, T cell proliferation and T cell activation, and migration to the epidermis. This advancement in knowledge, combined with development in recombinant technologies, has led to the development of target-specific biological-agent therapies.
The topical or systemic immunosuppressants may elicit few side effects with normal use, but continued use may lead to tachyphylaxis. Moreover, the gold standard for psoriasis care is to palliate the disease safely and effectively in the long term. For the above case, the patient was at the initial stage of psoriasis without any history of treatment with systemic immunosuppressant. Three patients who were given Tangs Psoria as the first-line therapy showed remarkable improvement resulting in total disease clearance in 10 weeks (Fig.1-B). Herbal medicine such as TANGS, uses plants to treat disease, either a single herb or as a mixture of different herbs. Unlike conventional drugs, in which the active substance is extracted from the chemicals, herbal medicines usually makes use of the herb in its whole form. This makes it difficult to determine which ingredient or ingredients should be considered as the active agent, and thus, subjecting such therapy to standardization can be difficult.
TCM researchers believe that the causes of psoriasis are "blood heat and deficiency of blood, which are internal igniters interacting with dryness-heat and pathogenic wind". Therefore, herbs that clean and remove heat from the blood are used to treat psoriasis, such as the Xiao Yin Pian compiled in China Pharmacopoeia that is formulated from the cooling herbs named Ku Sen (Redix Sophorae Flavescentis), Jin Yin Hua (Flos Lonicerae), Chan Tui (Periostracum Cicadae), etc. However, TANGS' herbal formulation adopts the therapeutic method, which is in contrast to the classical TCM approach. TANGS herbal drugs stimulate yang (of the Chinese concept of Yin & Yang) component of the human body's immune system, stimulating blood circulation, and facilitating in the detoxification processes. The patients will experience some adjustment to their bodies, at the same time as the normalization of their immune responses, and this will cause a wave-like healing progress. Although the mechanism of action for the positive clinical response to TANGS, as well as the modulation of pathologic cellular and inflammatory pathways in skin lesions, need to be investigated further, the treatment results and previous clinical findings suggest that TANGS' formulation may play an important part in the management of immune system cells (T-cell) to avoid misfiring and inappropriate targeting of the skin cells. It may also be that pharmacogenomics is an important variable: there may be groups of people who show a better response to one or the other of therapeutic agents, perhaps because of polymorphisms in genes that control the expression of the relevant molecules. These case report may provide the impetus for patients to consider an alternative to conventional immunosuppressive therapy.


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Arvidas Juozaitis, född 18 april 1956 i Vilnius, är en litauisk filosof och politiker och en före detta sovjetisk simmare.

Han blev olympisk bronsmedaljör på 100 meter bröstsim vid sommarspelen 1976 i Montréal.

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Goenka group will sell its 32.95% promoter's stake in Andhra Cements, out of the 45% that it held in the company. Jaypee Development Corp will also subscribe to an additional fresh issue of 14.75 crore shares through preferential allotment.
These shares will take Jaypee's stake in Andhra Cements to to 66.64%, Andhra Cements informed the exchanges.


The revised common lectionary is a wonderful tool. Its three year rotation provides weekly biblical texts to guide you and me through the rhythm of the church year. In addition to serving as our roadmap on our faith journey, it connects the various Christian communities and denominations by creating a space for collective, simultaneous dialogue. More practically (and perhaps more selfishly!), I tend to preach the lectionary texts because there is a plethora of liturgical resources based off of the lectionary readings that help me organize weekly worship services. But perhaps what makes the lectionary most helpful is precisely the reason that, this week at least, I really didn't care for it too much: it forces me, and other preachers, to preach on a passage like this.
This Sunday, like every Sunday in the lectionary, there are four passages. To give us a feel for the tone of today's passages, let us look at the first verse of each of the four.
Alright, lectionary, have it your way. Here we go!
The Good News of John the Baptist in this passage begins with the words "You brood of vipers" and ends with the words "unquenchable fire." It is clear that there is something that John the Baptist is taking very seriously indeed. You see, standing in the wilderness by the chaotic rivers, John the Baptist is preparing us for something, something that calls for change. Apparently, the folks present at that moment did not think that they needed to respond to this up-and-coming new thing! They, after all, had Abraham, that great father of the faith, as their ancestor. They had nothing to fear for they thought that they could rely solely upon the good name of their great-great-great-great grandfather Abraham.
But not so! says John the Baptist. No one can hide under the good graces of their predecessors! No, we are all in this together for what is to come is to turn the world upside down. The first will be last and the last first. We must prepare for this is not what we have been used to. Those who choose to ignore this good news are nothing less than brood of vipers who do not heed this world-shattering news!
John the Baptist's tone would be abrasive enough if received by itself. However, the severity of his rhetoric stands in particular contrast to the voices of this season singing "Silent Night" and "Jingle Bells" and "Deck the Halls." How dare he ruin the merriment of this season? How dare he interrupt our caroling and our shopping and our decorating? His severe tone grates upon our ears as fingernails on a chalkboard.
But as I was watching the President address a nation mourning the senseless and violent deaths of six adults, twenty innocent children, and one very broken child of God in a Connecticut elementary school, the severity of John the Baptist's tone seemed more and more appropriate. For John reminds us that there is something wrong, very wrong indeed.
Something is very wrong when one of God's children has two coats and another has none. Something is very wrong when one of God's children has to fight for a morsel of food when another simply has to drive up to a McDonalds drive-thru. Something is very wrong when one of God's children is impoverished at the hands of an unjust economic system. Something is very wrong when one of God's children is threatened by another. Something is very wrong when twenty-seven of God's children are killed by what can only be described as evil of the worst kind.
As the crowds in today's passage, we are a people filled with expectation and with questions in our hearts. In the midst of preparation, in the midst of waiting for this long-expected Jesus, we join with John the Baptist by crying out in the wilderness. For in this wilderness, we are witnesses to the unspeakable but we are also witnesses to the spoken Word of God. The Word of God to which John the Baptist preached and the Word of God which is spoken by the prophet Zephaniah.
In our text today from this prophet, Zephaniah gives voice to the harsh realities of the people. This song speaks of enemies, disaster, and fear and, perhaps most curiously, God being in the midst of all of it. Let us listen again to Zephaniah, this prophetic predecessor of John the Baptist.
The Lord has taken away the judgments against you, he has turned away your enemies.
I will tell you why we proclaim that God is in our midst even in this hour. We proclaim that God is in our midst because we worship a God who is no stranger to suffering. We worship a crucified God who was punished without reason. We worship a God who knows what it is like to bury a child. We worship a God whose own son was crucified, dead, and was buried in a cold, lonely tomb.
But friends, if you hear nothing else in this sermon, hear and believe this: We worship a resurrected God. We worship a God who, though crucified, dead, and was buried, is risen forevermore! We worship a God who Zephaniah proclaims will remove disaster from us, who will deal with all our oppressors, who will save the lame and gather the outcast, who will change our shame into praise, who will bring us home and gather us, and who will restore us.
That is why you and I should listen to the cry of John the Baptist in the wilderness. Because you and I are waiting for the God who will give and renew, save and gather, change and restore.
Having faith that this truth will be done, perhaps then we can receive the prophetic cry of John the Baptist not as a threat to be avoided but rather as a promise to be welcomed.
For if we did not have the hope of the resurrection, then we would have reason to fear the unquenchable fire of which John speaks. If we did not have the hope of the resurrection, then we should flee in terror as John describes God's separating the wheat from the chaff and throwing the chaff into the flame.
But since you and I live as children of the resurrected God, we receive this promise with the singing, exultation, and praise that Zephaniah offers. We welcome the coming of the Christ-child for his birth represents nothing less than the salvation that we have been waiting for. For as he will burn the chaff with the unquenchable fire so too will he defeat death with unstoppable life.
Friends, one who is more powerful than us is coming, one from whom all life comes and to whom all life returns. At this time, as we look for answers in this season of Advent, we must not point to ourselves for then we would only sink further into despair and sorrow. Rather, like John the Baptist, you and I must point to Christ, who has broken and is breaking and shall forever break the fourth wall to be in his children's presence if all of their joy and all of their sorrow. As we continue to light the Advent candles, we will renew our commitment to cherish the light while maintaining our trust in Christ, who alone will perish the darkness.


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Post your favorite move(Moves) and how to do it.
mine has to be a revolver of fakie cheesy tru grind.
Hmmm .. manplants are fun ..
No, she means manplant, a manplant is like whre you do a grab on an extention or oververt.


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Q: What is the difference between the two linq query What is the difference between the two pieces of code there?
And that is better than what is used?
DataClassesDataContext db = new DataClassesDataContext();
var QSelect1 = from _ADS in db.tblADs
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A: The first one is query expression, and the second one is Lambda expression. They are equivalent. And they are the same in the end.
For more info see: Query Syntax and Method Syntax in LINQ (C#)
One thing to remember is that there are many operators that have no keyword in query syntax and you should use fluent syntax. This means any operator outside
of the following:
Where, Select, SelectMany
OrderBy, ThenBy, OrderByDescending, ThenByDescending
GroupBy, Join, GroupJoin

You can also use a mix version of them:
int matches = (from n in names where n.Contains ("a") select n).Count();

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Ive been trying to track down a copy of Marlo's Magazine Vol 4 and can not find it. In it are 3 capping techniques i have been adamant in learning for quite a while. The Spider Return, The Pickup Replacement, and the Invisible Capping. Would anybody be able to provide a brief explanation behind the technique or ideas behind these 3 moves. Additionally, if anybody knows of a library or any place i could find a copy for reference or purchase that would be wonderful also. thanks !
I don't know if the Marlo Magazines are in the library at The Magic Castle. But if you're a member, a simple email to Bill Goodwin will tell you.


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Training & Qualifications - Who Does What?
The SIA, our awarding organisation partners and the qualifications regulatory authorities take malpractice* issues around training very seriously.
We work closely together to resolve them through agreed processes and protocols for sharing information. If you suspect that malpractice has taken place within a training centre a report should be sent to the relevant awarding organisation and qualifications regulatory authority (details are provided below). Their compliance departments will undertake an investigation and, if appropriate, take action. Individuals can be confident that any reports will be treated with confidence.
Any information we receive concerning training malpractice will be forwarded to these organisations.
Information regarding suspected malpractice can also be sent via email - please use 'Compliance' as the subject header.
Information regarding suspected malpractice should be sent to the Business Manager, SQA Accreditation Unit.
While it is impossible to prevent malpractice it is reassuring to know that the majority of allegations that are investigated turn out to be unfounded. The number of cases of malpractice is no higher on average than any other sector. Where cases have turned out to be genuine, appropriate action has been taken: licences have been revoked and centre approval has been removed from a number of training providers.
The SIA, the qualifications regulatory authorities and awarding organisations see protecting the integrity of the licence and the credibility of the related qualifications as crucial to realising the benefits both bring to individuals, customers and employers.
*Malpractice is defined as any deliberate activity, neglect, default or other practice that compromises the integrity of the assessment process and / or the validity of certificates.


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Q: Как получить доступ к своему словарю Lingualeo через скрипт JS? Добрый день!
Ищу способ копирования слов из словаря Lingualeo на свой локальный диск. В скрипте буду указывать свой логин и пароль.
Искал ответ и наткнулся на интересное решение:
https://ru.stackoverflow.com/a/538112/254132
Однако, как я понял, в решении не предусматривается наличие профиля (с доступом через логин и пароль).
Это мой 1-й вопрос. Если что-то неточно - я с удовольствием дополню.


Nazca lines, definition and study. A-Z Index of Cognitio.
The Nazca lines are geoglyphs, lines drawn on the ground, the desert of Nazca, an arid plateau extending for about eighty kilometers between the towns of Nazca and Palpa, southern Peru. More than 13,000 lines form more than 800 drawings. It is believed that geoglyphs have been traced during the bloom of Nazca Civilization, between 300 BC and 500 AC by the population living in the area: the Nazca. Although the lines have been spotted with greater clarity and frequency with the advent of line flights on the area, they are also visible from the surrounding hills, so that from the top of a hill in 1927 Toribio Mejia Xespe identified them with ceremonial paths (seques). Those who made a decisive contribution to the study of the lines of Nazca were the German archaeologist Maria Reiche.
She devoted passionately to the study and restoration of geoglyphs, and she has to discover some that had not been documented before. The Reiche suppose that the lines had an astronomical meaning, identifying the shape of the Monkey with the Big Bear, the Dolphin and the Spider with the Orion Constellation, and so on.
Reiche also claimed that the figures had been created by real technicians and engineers of the time. There are many hypotheses about how the Nazca have drawn lines, ranging from the most plausible to the more imaginative ones. Technically the lines of Nazca are perfect. The mileage lines are drawn with very small deviation angles. The designs are well proportioned, especially if we think about their size. These lines are the testimony of a great knowledge of geometry by the ancient inhabitants of this area. The figures found at Nazca, particularly in the Pampa of San José, are numerous and represent figures of animals, plants, humans, labyrinths and other geometric figures. There are more than thirty geoglyphs found to date in the Nazca Plain. Geometrical designs (hundreds of lines, triangles, and quadrangles) are more numerous than natural ones and occupy large areas.
"But the lines of Nazca, why were they created? Would the Peruvian people design them for ritual purposes, for astronomical purposes or to communicate with extraterrestrial civilizations?
In 1967 the astrophysicist Gerald Hawkins concluded a study conducted at Nazca, stating that most of the lines do not seem to be connected to astronomical events, actually occurred in the last 5000 years. According to some Peruvian legends, the population would have designed the "great figures" to make themselves seen by God.
One of Nazca's most curious things is that the lines, though covering many kilometers between hills and valleys, are absolutely and perfectly straight : the drawings are visible only from the top and the extraordinary dimensions, give rise spontaneously to the question: but how did the ancient Peruvians, to make drawings in scale then magnifying them on the ground? Some theories state that the lines of Nazca were created by ancient aliens thousands of years ago.
A new video recorded recently shows a strange object in the shape of a cigar or a "flying saucer" in the evening sky.
The video recorded on June 9, 2018, was accompanied by the message: "Are we watching a UFO on the Nazca Lines?
Trace your conclusions. "According to the description of the author of the video, then uploaded on YouTube by the astroufoperu channel, the images were recorded in the Pampa de Socos in Nazca, Ica, Peru, by the journalist Rafal Mercado of the Peruvian Association of Ufology (APU). Of course, users of social media, have immediately discussed the authenticity of the flying object: someone suggested that it was just a cloud, while a man called "Rocio Peru" claims to have seen "dozens of UFOs" in Nazca. The strange drawings include rough figures of animals, but we can also observe a dancing woman, and even more disconcertingly, we can clearly see a 35-meter "astronaut" representing an unusual figure from another world. Moreover, the "mysterious skeletons" found in a tomb near the Nazca lines, are unusual skeletons, endowed with elongated heads and nicknamed "humanoid beings" by scientists who have studied them: the Russian geneticists have detected in particular a mummy, with the head elongated and three fingers, both in hands and feet. It was discovered in 2017 that the mummy is a humanoid with 23 chromosomes, but its anatomy does not correspond to the terrestrial one. Konstantin Korotkov, a professor at the National University of Research in Russia, said that the structure of the ribs of "Mary" the mummy of Nazca, is completely different from that of a human being. Now scientists are engaged in research to study the internal organs of the mummy. The structure of the mummy ribs is very different from that of a human being. With a keel-shaped upper part, the rib cage consists of a handful of semicircular ribs. Its unusual shape has helped scientists to study the internal organs of the mummy carefully. According to the Morrison and Rostworowski scholars, these lines were designed by the ancient Peruvians who thought that the legendary hero-master Viracocha, also known as Quetzalcoatl, would return to the land. The hieroglyphics would have served him as a point of reference to identify his people. A more curious theory could align with the UFO sighting footage and agree with Erich von Däniken: if the lines had been instead a landing place for the aliens? The lines would be drawn by the landing spaceships. Someone rejected this hypothesis because of the terrain, too soft to bear heavy vehicles".
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Ci Kaengan (Cikaengan; Sundanese "Ci" means "river", so the whole name means "Kaengan River"; also written as "Ci Kaingan"; ) is a river in the island of Java, Indonesia, that flows mainly in the Garut Regency of West Java province, about 210 km to the southeast of the capital Jakarta.

The river flows from the Mount Cikuray and discharges into the Indian Ocean at the Cikaengan Beach of Garut Regency, at the border to the Tasikmalaya Regency. In 2016 two Microhydroelectric power stations were built utilizing this river producing about 12 megawatts of electricity.

The water debit is not quite large, but the water is relatively free from industrial pollution due to its situation in the traditional agricultural area. This led to the establishment of a river tubing attraction in the District of Banjarwangi.

Geography
The river flows in the southwest area of Java with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification). The annual average temperature in the area is 23 °C. The warmest month is April, when the average temperature is around 24 °C, and the coldest is September, at 22 °C. The average annual rainfall is 3730 mm. The wettest month is December, with an average of 542 mm rainfall, and the driest is September, with 61 mm rainfall.

Watershed
The watershed ( or DAS) Cikaengan together with Cilaki river form  the Southern Watershed Area of Garut Regency, as it flows to the south. The rivers in the area are generally short, narrow and with more valleys compared to the northern area (Cimanuk river flowing to the Sea of Java to the north).

Ci Kaengan has a total length of  with a number of tributaries and watercourses through some districts of Garut Regency.

Microhydroelectric Power Stations
The flow that is seldom low during dry season makes the river useful to be developed into microhydroelectric renewable energy source, Two projects have been started by some companies: PT Petro Hidro Optima (PLTM Cikaengan 5,1 MW), and PT Cikaengan Tirta Energi (PLTM Cikaengan 2 dengan daya 7,2 MW).

Tourist attraction
A part of the river is developed into "River Tubing Cikaengan" in the District of Banjarwangi, Garut Regency, since November 2016. The mid level difficulty of the river boarding class allows safe use for novices.

See also
 List of rivers of Indonesia
 List of rivers of Java

References

Rivers of West Java
Rivers of Indonesia


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Description: Carlos is an IT development and security expert with nearly ten years of industry experience, most of them in a leading role. Most recently he served as Head of New Product Development at Sysvalue, an innovative information systems security consulting firm based in Lisbon, and he has also worked as an information security consultant to a range of leading European financial institutions. Carlos holds an MBA from the University of Oxford and a Masters in Computer Engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico, the leading Portuguese engineering university.
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Seedrs, calling itself ?the UK?s No. 1 equity crowdfunding platform,? today announced it has had more than £100 million invested on its platform in early-stage and growth focused businesses since it launched in July 2012. This news follows another record-breaking 2015, in which Seedrs saw over 38,000 investments made on its platform.
Earlier this week, Tech City UK announced the first thirty companies to join its Upscale. This program is described as a 6-month pilot program that provides some of the fastest growing UK tech companies world class advice from scale coaches, entrepreneurs and operators who have built and sold businesses.


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Flash Forest aims to regrow world's forests with drones
September 13, 2021 By Morgan Sharp, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, National Observer
Members of the Flash Forward team at a test planting site in British Columbia. (Photo: National Observer, Flash Forward)
Across the world, forests are destroyed much quicker than they are replenished. Flash Forest wants to help fix that.
The fast-growing Toronto-based startup aims to plant one billion trees by 2028, and has assembled a team of botanists to develop optimal seed germination rates, and engineers to build and program drones to deliver them.
"It's a material way of tilting the scales for the climate," said Cameron Jones, the company's 33-year-old chief operating officer.
While traditional methods of planting involve greenhouses full of seedlings and workers with shovels each planting perhaps 2,000 of them in a day, Flash Forest has worked out how to deliver around 40,000 pods (packages including seeds and ingredients to aid their growth) a day per drone. One worker can oversee three drones.
Not all of those seeds will ultimately grow into trees, but Jones says Flash Forest is investing heavily in research, development and testing with the aim of delivering cost-effective results to a growing list of customers.
"We've now tested in pretty much every major biome in Canada," Jones said. "We've planted as far west as you can go in Canada in the wet rainforest on Vancouver Island, we've planted in northern British Columbia, southern British Columbia, northern Alberta where the Fort McMurray wildfires happened, northern Ontario, southern Ontario."
Jones had worked in public policy, including helping Alberta's former NDP government develop its climate policy before joining his brother Bryce and Angelique Ahlstrom in co-founding the company in 2019.
That plan included a consumer carbon tax on fossil fuel products, which raised about $2 billion a year that was mostly rebated to low- and middle-income families with some funds used for green initiatives. It was scrapped by the current UCP government of Jason Kenney.
"I got bogged down by the bureaucracy," Jones said of his move into the private sector. "Every time there's a change in administration, you are undoing the work you were doing before.
"I felt that I needed something more tangible and faster for climate change because we don't have time to sit around and wait on bureaucracy," he said. "We have to take matters into our own hands."
Canada's federal government has committed to planting two billion trees by 2030 at a cost of up to $3.2 billion.
While initially focused on getting its technology working in Canada's boreal forests and other biomes, Jones said the company plans to expand to Hawaii to test out working in tropical environments later this year and to start working in Europe early next year.
"We're trying to help rewild the European Union," Jones said. "They want to increase diversity, they want to get these forests back to what they originally were."
After that, Jones says the company wants to turn to Brazil and Borneo, sites of major deforestation over recent decades, countries like Australia with arid environments prone to wildfires, and Africa's green belt where desertification is steadily encroaching.
"If we want to change how reforestation is done, transform that industry, we're going to have to take this to every corner of the planet that we can," he said.
The company is far from profitability, choosing instead to focus on growth. It has completed two rounds of financing — an early friends and family round that sought $200,000 and ended up netting more than double that, and an equity round late last year that raised over $1 million — and plans another raise later this year or early in 2022.
Flash Forest has also recently secured two grants totaling $3.5 million, including one worth 1.8 million from Emissions Reduction Alberta.
When the company is tasked with replenishing an area, it first sends out a mapping drone to get the lay of the land and create a flight path that avoids areas where seeds won't grow (roads, bodies of water, etc). Once it lands, that information can be shared with the rest of the drone fleet involved in the job.
They can fly as low as three metres above the ground in a cleared area and up to 20 metres above if going atop the canopy, and either drop pods or fire them into the ground at about 180 feet per second.
While the company was producing between 8,000 and 10,000 pods a day over the last year, Jones said the team has since developed its own machinery, tooling and processes that has increased that to around 100,000, with the potential to get up to 500,000 pods a day.
Jones said climate change is already affecting how the startup sources seeds, meaning collecting from further south because the seeds from that area are not able to survive the current climate.
Drones could plant one billion trees a year
A case for drones
ACPA supports new TC drones regs
Feds considering armed drones for military use
Sask. Polytech's newest piece of equipment improves on how researchers view the landscape in Prince Albert
Drone Delivery Canada project with UBC commercially operational


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OPINION: How to protect your business from cyber criminals
Opinion / 15 July 2018, 12:00pm / Ben Bierman
Ben Bierman is a managing director at Business Partners Limited. Image: Supplied.
JOHANNESBURG - As the world starts to embrace the Fourth Industrial Revolution – a technology-driven landscape that increasingly blurs the physical and digital worlds through the development of mobile connectivity, artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things (IoT) and next-generation robotics – businesses are faced with a new set of digital opportunities to do business more efficiently.
Along with these opportunities come a new set of challenges, and the most concerning of these challenges is cyber-crime.
Because of its increased prevalence and sophistication, cybercrime is progressively impacting the daily operations of small and medium enterprises (SMEs).
The 2018 Allianz Risk Barometer reveals that cyber incidents now rank as the most feared cause of business interruption worldwide, and indicates that 38percent of South African companies view cyber incidents as the biggest threat to businesses in the country.
While cyber-attacks on large companies are becoming more frequent and widely publicised in the media, it is important for small business owners to be aware that their risk of falling prey to cybercrime may be even higher than those of large corporates. This is because unlike large corporates, smaller businesses tend to have less security and protection against cyber-crime, making them easy targets.
The 2017 Symantec Internet Security Threat Report revealed that businesses with less than 500 employees were substantially more affected by a range cyber-attack techniques, including email malware, ransom-ware and simple phishing than their larger counterparts.
These statistics should highlight that it is now more important than ever for small business owners to realise that their businesses are just as much on the radar of cyber-criminals as larger enterprises.
When considering the implications of a cyber-attack on a small business, entrepreneurs should note that in addition to posing a major threat to the reputation of the business and, in turn, consumer confidence, a cyber-attack can also cost millions of Rands to rectify.
According to the 2017 Cost of Data Breach Study for South Africa, data breaches cost companies an average of R1632 per compromised record in 2017, an increase from the previous year's average per-record cost, reported at R1548.
Small business owners are already under significant pressure to stay financially afloat, which is why it is crucial for them to be adequately protected in this regard. In order to do this, small business owners need to plan ahead, and when it comes to cyber-crime, it should not be considered as a 'what-if', but rather a 'when' - and there are a number of cost-effective ways to do so.
If the company's budget does not allow for costly systems or IT consultations, there are free tools available online such as malware, spyware and firewall protection programmes, which can already provide a first layer of protection. Small business owners should also note that most email programmes offer the option to install a two-step verification on the business' e-mails, which adds an additional layer of security. In order to sign in, a verification pin is then also sent to the user's cell-phone, decreasing the risk of it being hacked.
As important as it is for small business owners to be educated on how to protect their business from cyber-crime, it means very little if their staff are not equally as careful and clued-up.
This is because the vast majority of successful cyber-attacks begin with a weakness in human behaviour within an organisation. Therefore, human error should be avoided by making staff aware of all the types of cyber-crimes that exists, as well as the warning signs to look out for, such as different types of suspicious emails which may contain ransomware if opened.
Small business owners and their staff should also be wary of downloading suspicious files, enabling macros on Microsoft word documents and opening a programme or document sent from an unknown source. They should steer clear from pirated software altogether.
Staff should be empowered with tips on what to do when they mistakenly get exposed to cyber viruses, for instance, immediately shutting down a computer and disconnecting it from the company network after ransom-ware exposure.
Although cyber-crime has been around for many years, small business owners and their employees need to be aware that it is expected to continue to escalate, becoming more advanced with damages expected to cost the world US$6 trillion annually by 2021. As such, it is imperative for small business owners to stay on top of their game and ensure their systems and staff are always up-to-date regarding the latest cyber threats.
Ben Bierman is the managing director of Business Partners.
The views expressed here are not necessarily those of Independent Media.
- BUSINESS REPORT ONLINE


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Jessica believes that our dogs have the natural ability, interest and desire to offer the behaviours we want (sit, stay, watch me, heel etc). The role of a trainer and owner is to figure out the 'currency' (treats, play, attention, toys) that brings the behaviour out and then reinforce it, so it is fun and rewarding every time.
Humans and animals learn so much more by listening, watching and respecting each other. A positive based approach to bonding, training and living with your dog will develop a lasting bond stronger than any created through dominance or aggression.
We don't believe that dog training is "cookie cutter"; we like to adapt to each individual dog and owner team to get the most out of the training. It is nice to feel a strong bond and connection with our dogs without having to bribe or negotiate with them. Just a strong bond with great connection and trust.
Jessica has a lifelong love and passion for animals. She enjoyed more than 8 years teaching horses and their riders; has trained and shown her own horses; and, has taught therapeutic riding to all ages at Pride Stables where the true bond between human and animal became very clear.
In her personal time Jessica shares her home with lovable sidekicks Toby, Sierra and Annie, as well as her Reining Gelding – Wrangler who boards at a farm just outside the city. Toby, Sierra and Annie have such a strong bond with Jessica that they take great pleasure assisting with rehabilitation cases, socialization classes, doing demos at classes, as well as competing in RallyO. They are an important member of the Impressive Canines team and are there with wagging tails and happy faces.
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Truth - I didn't finish this book. I really enjoyed the first book in this series, Cold Shot, and was looking forward to this one so much. Unfortunately, I never found anything in this book to hold my attention. I felt the character development was very poor, and Avery just about drove me nuts. Her constant internal struggle with the way her life used to be vs her current situation. I just wanted her to tell her partner what was going on so they could move on to more important things. I felt the missing person case was too predictable for these characters, and I just felt uninterested in the entire thing.
After her small son, Kevin, asked both God and Santa for a new daddy for Christmas, and then didn't find him under the tree, school teacher, Jessica Lyons is starting the new year out with a very unhappy six-year-old on her hands. Kevin can't understand that she's only been a widow for 2 years and she can't imagine marrying again—not yet at least. But, unknown to her Kevin has a plan and has decided that if God and Santa won't give him what he wants then maybe the police can!
I have been waiting for hunky Levi Sinclair's story, and it did not disappoint in any way. Levi is the local police chief, and apparently the goal of many of the women in town. The thing is, he doesn't even realize it.
Then Levi falls in love with six-year-old Kevin. The relationship that Levi and Kevin forms melted my heart immediately and had me hoping these two would somehow find themselves in each other's lives on a permanent basis. The only thing standing in their way is Kevin's mother, Jessica.
Jessica and Kevin have been through a world of hurt following the death of her husband, Adam. Kevin seems to have recovered more quickly than his mother, and he is determined to make Levi his father. Jessica isn't too sure. Her heart is guarded following the death of her husband, and she is so sure she is not ready to marry, she's not even trying.
As Levi and Jessica become friends, we see the sparks almost instantly. These two are meant to be together, but it takes the work of the entire Sinclair clan to finally convince them of their love for each other. This installment of the Sinclair family had so much love and made my heart so happy. Whether you are new to the Sinclairs, of have been reading all their stories, this story is one you must get your hands on.
This is one of those series I find myself impatiently awaiting the release of the next book. It is just that good. We first met the PEAK Rescue team two books back, and it seems the series will use each book to focus on a specific member of the team. In this book, we get to focus on Sam Brooks.
Sam is so stubborn. We know of his tormented history and the rocky relationship he shares with his brother. The only thing that seems a constant in his life is his relationship with Sierra. But one minute of misunderstanding and he suddenly can't get Sierra's sister, Willow, off his mind. It was at that point that I began begging for Sam and Willow to end up together.
Willow is as care-free as they come. While many see this as a character flaw, it is this trait that makes me love her. I love that she lives life to the fullest and rolls with the punches. She has a massive trust in God that he will provide everything she needs in every situation she faces. We should all live more like her. The only thing she wants in life is Sam, but she also wants her sister to be happy, so she vows to stay as far from Sam as she can.
Fortunately, Sam and Willow end up having a very bad horrible day. They take the youth group on a hiking trip and everything that could go wrong does. The group finds themselves cold, injured, and in need of rescue - about 30 miles from where anyone thinks they are. As Sam and Willow spring into action to save everyone's lives, we begin to see their relationship grow. But they both know they will have to face Sierra if they ever get rescued.
The twists and turns that keep this book moving are heart-stopping. Each time I thought everyone was going to end up rescued and happy something else happens to turn the story all the way around. Through their struggles and their accomplishments, the characters in this book learn a whole new way of trusting in God. The result is amazingly beautiful, and a great reminder that no matter what happens in life, God's got this.
I cannot wait for the next book in this series!
From the moment I became a fan of Christian Fiction I have been hearing about Karen Kingsbury and the Baxter Family. I have heard fans rave about these characters and I've heard fans tell of the way this family changed their lives. I just knew I had to jump in.
One of my reading goals for 2017 is to get through the entire Baxter Family series. This family is actually spread out across five series and three books from Kingsbury, so I am going to review each individual series as I conquer it. I started at the very beginning - THE REDEMPTION SERIES.
In THE REDEMPTION SERIES, we meet the Baxters - John & Elizabeth, Erin, Brooke, Kari, Ashley, and Luke. Although the books are laid out so that each kid is the focus of each book, the entire family is intertwined into these stories in a way I have never experienced with a book series. And this family, they have their issues. But they also have a solid foundation in their faith in God, and John & Elizabeth do an amazing job of continuing to guide their adult children in their faith while also allowing them to be the individuals they have grown to be.
In this series we follow the family through an affair, murder, September 11, unexpected pregnancies, health scares, tragedy, broken hearts, and death. We watch this family pull away from each other, and we watch them come back together to give the kind of support you can only receive from your family. I fell head-over-heels in love with each member of the Baxter Family and found myself wide awake at night wondering how they were doing!
But this series does so much more than simply provide reading entertainment. From this series, I learned better strategies for working through life in my marriage, interacting with my children, being a friend to those in need, and growing my faith in God. While these books are full of fictional characters and their fictional issues, they are also some of the most amazing self-help books I've ever had in my hands.
I cried through most of this series - both sad and happy tears. When Elizabeth writes a poem to one of her children on their wedding day, I cried so hard it took me 20 minutes to read the poem! It is gut wrenching and will make you a better parent.
So overall - YES! If you have never heard of the Baxter Family, if you read it a long time ago, or if you have ever just considered it - find a copy of this series and get to it. I can tell this journey is going to be amazing.
This first book in a new series brought entertainment and new characters but didn't bring enough to have me itching for the rest of the series.
Brad and Andi lost their sister, Stephanie, to murder almost 20 years ago, and the supposed killer is about to be executed. However, a recent suicide has just enough doubt and circumstance to suddenly make Stephanie murderer look innocent. It is this plot line where we meet an array of characters who somehow are all tied together by Stephanie's past.
Honestly, I found it a little unbelievable that so many people would have jobs that just happened to be what was needed to finally solve the case of Stephanie's murder. I had a hard time believing that many of these people would be 'in the right place at the right time' to make this story all come together.
Much of this book seemed either predictable or unbelievable to the point I was uninterested with how it would all turn out. The bit of suspense at the end seemed to be the redeeming quality, but even it turned out to be a little convenient for those involved.
Bottom line - not looking towards the rest of this series.
It's not every day I pick up a book and actually like both of the main characters, but this was one of those instances. I absolutely loved both Laurel and Thomas, and for many of the same reasons.
We meet Thomas first, and our first impression is he is a hard working man, willing to pay his dues and deal with whatever life hands him. He has fought in the war, spent time as a prisoner of war, and then found himself in the local jail over gambling debts. Because of his willingness to take whatever he gets, he finds himself the victim of abuse from those in authority around him.
As we get to know him, we learn he had a very tough childhood, provided for himself until he entered the military, and came out a better man because of all of it. The way Thomas immediately fell into the protector role with Laurel made me want to give him a big hug. He is such a gentleman, and I wanted nothing but the best for him in life.
Laurel has a heart of gold. We first meet her as she is serving water to the prisoners working on her land. It is this glimpse into the kind of woman she is that wins your heart immediately. She thinks very little of herself, but not in an annoying way. She simply believes she is a plain girl just trying to save the ranch she inherited from her family.
Laurel also recognizes she needs help, and she finds herself purchasing Thomas from the jail. As soon as these two make their way back to her ranch, it becomes obvious they belong together. Unfortunately, each of them is determined to honor the employer/employee relationship created for them.
As they find themselves in danger on the ranch, we get to see a vulnerable and protective side to each of them. These traits just made me like each of them even more. I could not wait for them to figure out they were supposed to be together.
This is a wonderful story of love, grace, forgiveness, and redemption. It is beautifully written and deserves a spot on your reading list this year.
This book captured my attention from the very beginning. I am the marketing director at a hospital, so the fact that one of the main characters in this book was a hospital marketing director just pulled me in.
I didn't read the first two books in this series, but I had no problems getting to know these characters and the situations they were in. Sloane is a mystery of a woman, but we quickly learn she has a very dark background that has her life in danger, as well as the lives of those around her. The simple fact that she is a nurse shows she has compassion, but the way she interacts with her patients is perfection in showing the kind of person she is. Unfortunately, Sloan is always looking over her shoulder for the danger that is determined to find her, and it makes her a very private person unwilling to open up to those around her.
I had a love-hate relationship with Micah. I felt a connection to him because of his career and understood the premise behind his behavior as a marketing person. I know how hard it can be to balance compassion with advertising and he seemed to have a great handle on the task at hand. Unfortunately, his task at hand had him constantly going after the stories and people who preferred to keep their lives under wraps. I wanted to tell him to back off but then found myself hoping he would fight for the love he was feeling in his heart.
When danger does finally catch up with Sloan, it takes down everyone and everything in her life. I was so sad with the situations her friends found themselves in but was proud of the way everyone reacted and rallied around her. I completely loved how this story ended and where everyone found themselves when the danger made its way out of their lives.