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1. fwd: Morteza Firuzi, spied for France, Japan and S-Korea!!
6. Appeal of German facing death sentence in Iran "in final stage"
fwd: Morteza Firuzi, spied for France, Japan and S-Korea!!
conservative Iranian newspaper said Sunday.
the French, Japanese, and South Korean intelligence services."
"numerous adulterous relations which have been proven."
sometimes accompanied them during their foreign visits.
respected newspaper widely read by foreign diplomats.
newspaper as information began to trickle out about his arrest.
Firuzi from the death sentence.
a letter to Khatami, a copy of which was faxed to AFP.
free to <email us your comments>> <comments@clari.net>.
the fate of the Iranian National Team.
the team would regain its confidence and qualify to the World Cup.
virtually without any help from IFF.
criticism following Iran's loss to Saudi Arabia in qualification games.
Mostafavi, there is still room for improvement.
closely for possible recruiting to the National Team.
shine in the history of Iranian soccer.
for Iran are Czech Republic, Croatia, Bulgaria, Netherlands and Canada.
� Copyright 1998. Persian Gulf Soccer.
Appeal of German facing death sentence in Iran "in final stage"
of having an "illegal sexual relationship."
non-Moslem man and a Moslem woman."
court of appeal," Yazdi said.
in complete independence," he said.
damage ties beteen Tehran and the European Union.
affair, Yazdi said the German already claimed to have converted.
before or after the events.
Iran in 1992 for spying for Iraq but was later released.
be granted "all his rights."
"multiple cases of sexual relations, including several adulteries."
allegedly carried out espionage activities.
was arrested in May, had been sentenced to death in January.
the Security Council to "go to Iraq", IRNA said.
US attack on Iraq would upset the stability of the region.
the under-secretary of state for foreign affairs, Korkmaz Haktanir.
restrictions," Yazdi told a press conference here.
Security Council," Yazdi said without elaborating.
highest authority in defence and national security matters.
Khamenei, who last November called for his trial for treason.
a pub and the dome of the mosque was overlooking the pub.
whole Quran) entertained the audience (150 people).
singing in Farsi and the second was singing in Arabic.
symbole of Islamic democracy and pluralism.
explanation, he replied, "No Moslem burns a mosque because it is sacred."
Salman Rushdi's human rights. 20,000 Pounds was collected in situ.
little singer of the Qoran.
by Ayatullah Mahdavi Kani for criticising Islamic sacred values of the IRI.
down at Tehran�s Mehrabad international airport at around 1.30 a.m.
Tuesday [5 p.m. EST Monday].
non-governmental organization, told Reuters in Tehran.
grounds of the former American embassy in Tehran.
international wrestling tournament in Tehran which opens on Tuesday.
is run on strict Islamic lines.
busy office in central Tehran.
Americans hostage. Fifty-two of them were held for 444 days.
expressed regret over the embassy seizure.
past the former embassy on his way to work.
sport should be separated," he said.
calling it an affront to Iran.
built by former Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi for the 1974 Asian games.
of portraits of Khomeini and Khamenei.
Stripes being unfurled in central Tehran, according to one official.
applet on your homepage at the above address.


MarketOne Builders, Inc. has been awarded the contract to construct the new UCDMC Cancer Survivor's Park at their campus. The project is funded by the Bloch Cancer Foundation that has selectively located cancer survivor's parks around the United States. The primary purpose of the park is to encourage current cancer patients and their families. As such it is intended to be an uplifting spiritual refuge. The Foundation also provides inspirational artwork and plaques for placement in the park. The Cancer Survivors Park will be of exceptional benefit for the local neighborhood and community, and the overall Medical Center, as well as for patients and their families. The project, designed by Forrar Williams Architects, is a significant blend of concrete, precast, landscaping and lighting and will serve as a true cornerstone to the UC Davis Medical Center campus.


God hardwired you-yes, you-for this.
I'm talking about sharing Jesus with others.
What if I told you that God has created you to bring glory to himself by sharing Jesus with others, and that you don't need years of training to obey what he already made you to do?
Just you, Jesus, and others-in conversations that matter.
About "Sharing Jesus Without Freaking Out"
Alvin L. Reid (Ph.D., Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary) is professor of evangelism and the Bailey Smith Chair of Evangelism at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is the author of seven books, including Radically Unchurched, Raising the Bar, Introduction to Evangelism, Evangelism for a Changing World and most recently The Convergent Church with Mark Liederbach.


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China passes biosecurity law to prevent infectious diseases
FILE PHOTO: Chinese officials and delegates attend the closing session of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China May 28, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins/File Photo
SHANGHAI, Oct 18 (Reuters) – China's top legislative body passed a new biosecurity law aimed at preventing and managing infectious diseases, state news agency Xinhua reported late on Saturday.
The National People's Congress Standing Committee voted to adopt the law on Saturday, according to Xinhua, and it would come into effect on April 15, 2021.
The law would establish systems for biosecurity risk prevention and control, including risk monitoring and early warning, risk investigation and assessment, and information sharing.
It would also have provisions to prevent and respond to specific biosecurity risks, including major emerging infectious diseases, epidemic and sudden outbreaks, and biotechnology research, development and application, reported Xinhua.
China had announced in May that it aimed to fast-track the passing of the biosecurity law by year-end, following the global coronavirus outbreak which was first detected in the Chinese city of Wuhan.
China has managed to nearly stamp out domestic transmissions of the coronavirus following aggressive measures to curb its spread. New infections detected last week in the eastern coastal city of Qingdao however ended China's run of about two months without reporting a local case.
China's health commission last reported 13 new coronavirus cases in the mainland for Oct. 17, bringing the mainland's total number of confirmed cases to 85,672.

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Inge Sildnik has been involved in performing arts all her life. She began her professional career as contemporary dancer, but soon felt the need for a little more action and excitement and so moved into the world of film and television to work as a stunt actress.
Inge's qualifications include horse riding, working with animals, martial arts, gymnastics and fighting, precision driving, water, aerial and height stunts. As a stunt actress, Inge has worked on many of Australia's best known and loved television shows, such as Home and Away, Rescue Special Ops, All Saints and McLeod's Daughters, as well as many international films like Superman Returns, Wolf Creek, Son of the Mask, Black Balloon and many more.
Inge has a passion for performing and extreme sport and adventure and her work has taken her throughout Australia and overseas.


Provide Your Automobile Speedier – 4 Excellent Ideas!
What Are Very first Time Consumer Automobile Financial loan Plans?
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* Is there anyone that you know that would be prepared to cosign for you on your car financial loan? Cosigners are not necessary in buy to get on the web car financial loans, even if you have lousy credit or no credit historical past at all. Having said that, the use of a cosigner can help save you a ton of funds and make the application process go significantly a lot more immediately and efficiently. A cosigner is anyone that places their name on your financial loan application along with yours, guaranteeing that the financial loan will be repaid. The restrict and optimum amount of your automotive financial loan will be decided by the cosigner's income and credit standing, not yours. So, if you decide on to have a cosigner, make sure to decide on just one that has a superior credit score. With a cosigner, there is definitely no will need to seem for initial time customer car financial loans due to the fact you will be handled by the dealership as however the better credit score and income were being yours.
* What is the ratio of your regular monthly housing payment as compared to your income? A very little recognized truth is that car dealerships and loan companies fork out notice to this number. For instance, if you make $one,000 for each month income, and your regular monthly housing expense is $300, then your housing expense normally takes 30% of your income. Just about anything in excess of 40% will mail up a crimson flag to the dealership/loan company and they may well will need convincing that you can make your regular monthly payments on time. Consider this into thought when you complete your car finance application.
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Prioritisation of areas for biodiversity conservation has been debated largely in the terrestrial realm. In response to the increasing need for conservation efforts in the marine environment, this study compiles and analyses available data on species distributions and compares different approaches to the selection of marine protected area sites for the conservation of South Africa's coastal fish diversity. Species richness decreases from Mozambique southwards to the Cape, due mainly to a subtropical subtraction effect, and is uniformly low along the west coast. The number of species endemic to southern Africa is also higher in the east than the west, and peaks in the region of Port Elizabeth. Hotspot analysis does not provide a useful site-selection tool in a linear (coastal) analysis, at least in the absence of abundance data. Cluster analysis shows that coastal fishes conform to the same three biogeographical provinces as other marine taxa, although the zonal boundaries vary between groups and are particularly difficult to determine for fishes. Multidimensional scaling better illustrates the fairly even rate of species turnover east of Cape Point. The selection of sites at the centre and boundaries of vaguely-defined biogeographical zones is thus relatively difficult, and excludes several localised endemics. These problems can be resolved by using complementarity analysis. In the absence of abundance data, to avoid 'reserving' species at the periphery of their ranges, a pragmatic approach is developed, in which data are refined to include species' core distributions only. The roles of existing marine protected areas are also considered in assessing future conservation needs.


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Q: Preserved geodesic in $\mathbb{H}^n$ under hyperbolic isometry reading my course I stumbled upon this fact:
Let $f\in\text{Isom}(\mathbb{H}^n)$ be an hyperbolic function (exactly 2 fixed points on $\partial\mathbb{H}^n$ and no fixed point in the interior). Suppose these fixed points are $p$ and $q$ and let $\ell$ be the unique geodesic from $p$ to $q$.
Then the geodesic is preserved under the action of $f$, i.e. $f(\ell)=\ell$.
This seems intuitive but yet I cannot prove it.
I class the only justifications were:

*

*Isometries preserve angles.

*Since $p$ and $q$ on the border are fixed so is the geodesic from one to the other.

But how can we show that if $x\in\ell$ then $f(x)\in\ell$. I cannot find a way to tackle this problem.
Edit:
What I tried since: Let's work in the upper half-space $\mathcal{U}^n$ where the distance is given by
$$
\cosh^{-1}(d_{\mathcal{U}^n}(x,y))=1+\frac{\|x-y\|^2}{2\cdot x_n\cdot y_n}\qquad x,y\in\mathcal{U}^n
$$
Then since $f$ has to be such that $f(0)=0$ and $f(\infty)=\infty$ and has to preserve the distance, we can (can we ?) say that $f$ is of the form:
$$
f(z)=\lambda z
$$
If this correct then $x\in\ell\implies x=a\cdot e_n$.
So $f(x)=\lambda a \cdot e_n \in\ell$. cqfd?
Edit n°2:
I found something else. Assuming the same conditions that in previous edit. Then since $f(\infty)=\infty$, $f\in\text{Stab}(\infty)$ and we showed that $\text{Stab}(\infty)\simeq\text{Sim}(\mathbb{R}^{n-1})$.
So we can in a way say that $f$ is in the similarity group of $\mathbb{R}^{n-1}$ but every $\psi\in\text{Sim}(\mathbb{R}^{n-1})$ can be uniquely written as
$$
\psi=\lambda\cdot g+ v\qquad\lambda\in\mathbb{R}_{>0},g\in O(n-1),v\in\mathbb{R}^{n-1}
$$
Since $f(0)=0$ then here $v=0$ and since it preserves $+\infty$ we can argue that $g=id$. Hence $f(z)=\lambda z$ ?
I'm sure there's an easier way out there, I would be thankfull if someone could point it out to me :)

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Summerour Studio is an amazing refurbished warehouse on Atlanta's West side. With it's rustic chic vibe and wide open event space, wood floors, amazing views and a gorgeous courtyard, it is a venue not to be missed! Managed by Novare Events, we will make the planning process professional and easy! Congratulations on your engagement!


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Classical Halloween
Formed in the early '80s in Detroit, MI, Halloween are one of America's most obscure, yet somehow simultaneously enduring, underground heavy metal bands. The bandmembers were inspired to don costumes and pen songs about their favorite holiday by a combined influence of Alice Cooper's shock rock antics and the dress-up and makeup shenanigans of Kiss, eventually recording a string of independent albums that have nurtured their cult, yet they remain comparatively invisible to most mainstream music fans. Halloween's original lineup consisted of vocalist Brian Thomas, guitarist Rick Craig, bassist George Neal, and drummer Bill Whyte, who recorded 1984′s "Trick or Treat" single (big surprise on that title!) before completing the following year's full-length Don't Metal with Evil album. This featured classic American '80s metal not unlike that of Metal Church or very early Mötley Crüe — before the glam and pop exaggerations took over. A second album, entitled Victims of the Night, was completed in 1986, but remained unreleased for over a decade because Halloween had lost their record deal, and subsequent inner-band squabbling brought all activities to a temporary halt. Thomas and Neal, plus new members Donny Allen (guitar) and Billy Adams (drums), did reemerge with a new Halloween album, No One Gets Out, in 1991, and the 2000s have seen additional efforts recorded by ever-changing lineups (including 2003′s Tricks, Treats, and Other Tales from the Crypt and 2006′s Horror Fire), but there's no indication that Halloween will ever escape their station as an underground and regional Detroit cult. ~ Eduardo Rivadavia


Rajasthan is a princely state located in northern India. It really is rich in historic heritage, its geographical diversity as well as its culture and traditions ensure it is distinct holiday destinations of country. Rajasthan bundles provide a glimpse of lifestyle of the people of Rajasthan. Significant places of interest of Rajasthan are Wildlife, pilgrimages, palaces, forts, desert safaris in addition to culture and coluorful life of the individuals of rajasthan.
Camel Safaris in Rajasthan: Rajasthan and camel safaris are associated and there may be no better method to explore the sand dunes than engaging in a safari by camel. Camel safaris can be purchased in all-important points within the state and decorated camels lazily look for its way through the sand should indeed be an event to not be missed. A beneficial ride on the camel couldn't be evaluated in Bikaner, Jaisalmer and Jodhpur.
Palace Tours in Rajasthan: Throughout Rajasthan, which could make you full and also you cast its spell majestic palaces. Once a residence for people in royal people, these palaces are great architectural designs that will see and appreciate. Spread-over broad landscapes and nature of housing being among the most state-of-the-art services, the palaces are too great accommodation options. Indeed a number of the old palaces have already been became heritage hotels and excellent buyer during these will enjoy a slice of luxury.
History Tours in Rajasthan: Rajasthan is rich in heritage wide range. There are lots of Historical and history places within the state and without visited all of them day at Rajasthan is partial. If the Amber Fort in Jaipur, Mehrangarh Fort in Jodhpur, whether the City Palace in Udaipur and/or Brahma Temple in Pushkar, all testify into age old record and legacy of this host to additionally additionally inviting tourists with a number of other features besides. All this plus could be experienced during a trip to history Rajasthan.
Wildlife Tours in Rajasthan: wildlife Safaris of Rajasthan draws tourist ahead and explore. Kumbhalgarh, Ranthambore nationwide Park, Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary and Sariska Wildlife Sanctuary are well-known brands discussed.
Cultural tours in Rajasthan: Being a cultural state, there are lots of packages in Rajasthan which are specifically made around this motif. Rajasthan during the holidays make sure to go to Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, Udaipur, Kumbhalgarh plus Kota – Bundi in Rajasthan cultural tours.
Rajputana tours is a prominent Rajasthan vacation agency provides affordable Rajasthan tours with better quality and solutions.


Since time immemorial every year at the beginning of August local families have gathered on the Ilinden Meadows near Gela Village in the Rhodopes to chat and rejoice. The tradition has been kept alive until this day and it has preserved the songs of the Rhodope Mountains.
This centuries-old tradition played crucial role for the conception of the idea and the setting up of a bagpipe contest on these meadows.
The first bagpipe contest took place in 2002.
The goal of the festival is to promote authentic Rhodope folklore. The Bulgarian contestants must play the pieces on low-voiced bagpipes.
Third age group - over 21 years of age – perform a slow and a fast piece up to 7 minutes long.
The performances are rated by a competent panel of judges. There are cash prizes and material awards, and each contestant receives an honorary diploma.
Gradually the event grew enough in popularity to become an international festival. Bagpipers from Japan, Holland, Hungary, France, and Great Britain have participated in the contest. The number of contestants varies between 40 and 60 every year. The youngest bagpiper who participated in the contest was 5 years old, while the oldest was 85.
The interest in this event gets bigger and bigger. People from all parts of Bulgaria gather together on the Ilinden Meadows. The number of people who come to see the bagpipe contest varies between 8 000 and 13 000 every year.
Gela Village is very popular among fans of rural tourism. Accommodation is available in hotels and guesthouses.


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#include <stdlib.h>
#include <signal.h>
#include <iostream>
#include "PWM.hh"

PWM *Pwm;

void _cleanup(int signum)
{
    std::cout << "\nINFO: Caught signal " << signum << std::endl;
    delete Pwm;
    exit(signum);
}

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
    int pin;
    PWM::Period period_ns;
    PWM::Duty duty_ns;

    if(argc != 4) {
        std::cout << "ERROR: Usage is \"" << "pwm"
                  << " number period_ns dutycycle\"" << std::endl;
        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
    }

    /* Hardcoded arguments */
    pin = std::stoi(argv[1]);
    period_ns = std::strtoull(argv[2], NULL, 10);
    double duty = std::stod(argv[3]);

    /* Calculate the duty_ns based from percent */
    duty_ns = (double)period_ns * duty / (double)100;

    /* Finally make use of the library abstraction */
    Pwm = new PWM(pin, period_ns, duty_ns);

    /* Register a signal handler to exit gracefully and killing the PWM pin */
    signal(SIGINT, _cleanup);

    /* Turn on the PWM */
    Pwm->setState(PWM::State::ENABLED);

    for(;;);

    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

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Home Outdoors Downtown Is Getting a Park in the Middle of Hope Street
A foreign inspiration for The Spot @ Hope Street
Image courtesy Do Art Foundation via Downtown News
Downtown Is Getting a Park in the Middle of Hope Street
Talk about shared space
Neal Broverman
The greening of gritty DTLA continues with plans for a 33-feet-wide park in the middle of a thoroughfare—something very new for Los Angeles. Dubbed The Spot @ Hope Street, the innovative project will line the center of Hope, just south of 11th Street, for about half a block. The little urban respite was scheduled to open on May 2, but has been postponed for further exploration.
Concrete barriers at the sound and north ends of the park will separate cars from people, with the latter taking advantage of benches, tables, shade structures, and public art. The South Park Business Improvement District, which just added a parklet to the up-and-coming area, hopes to host public events like yoga classes or mini-concerts at The Spot.
While a mid-street park is a very new concept for L.A., cities from Barcelona to Tel Aviv have already installed similar spaces. Hope and 11th seems like a good spot for this experiment owing to its light car traffic and the area's growing pedestrian population. The nonprofit Do Art Foundation, which has helped beautify the city in a number of magical ways already, is also involved.
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Sydney to Melbourne. It's the trip by which all other trips are measured when it comes to a great Australian drive.
And just imagine when the day comes that you'll be able to drive from Sydney to Melbourne without touching the accelerator, the brake pedal or the steering wheel as your car ferries you between the two biggest cities in the country – and all you have to do is go along for the ride.
It's a future that may seem, well, futuristic, but the fact is it's just a few years away.
With car companies offering autonomous technology that allows the car to think for itself, act for itself and react for itself (and for you), the way we get around is set to change dramatically in the next few years. And I can't wait.
Yes, in my previous opinion piece I admitted my fear of autonomous cars taking our jobs, but a few hours behind the wheel, figuratively and literally twiddling my thumbs as the kilometres ticked by slowly, is enough to make anyone change their mind, at least a bit.
On a recent trip from Sydney to Albury, about 550 kilometres away and therefore about five hours and thirty minutes of driving – when you account for low speed zones and some traffic exiting town – it occurred to me just how much time I was wasting by sitting behind the wheel of a car and essentially only steering it. The cruise control system was on, the car would warn me if I was doing something wrong, and all I had to do was keep it in between the lines.
Some cars already have technology that will allow you to remove your hands from the steering wheel, meaning the car can essentially steer itself for short periods of time. I've experienced it first hand (or should that be first-hands-off?) in a Tesla, and it's properly awesome: the car can steer for itself, even change lanes if you touch the indicator stalk – but as the driver, you're still liable if things go wrong.
The next step in this move towards autonomy will see cars that can steer themselves entirely autonomously by monitoring the road, what other road users are doing, and also calling on intelligent mapping software to ensure that if you plug a destination into your car's navigation system, it will get you there.
And this is bloody exciting news, because I can't tell you how many times I thought to myself on my six-ish hour long trip that I was just wasting time.
Of course a lot of the time savings will come down to legislation. It'll depend what you're allowed to do while you're behind the wheel and when the car is in full autonomous mode. If, for example, you're allowed to use your phone to check emails, play games or watch a movie, or perhaps read a book or the newspaper, it could change the way we think about driving – not just in Australia, but around the world.
Because, essentially, we won't be driving – our cars will. There are reasons you might think it would be unsafe for someone who is in the driver's seat of two tonnes of metal to be doing anything other than watching the road ahead of them, but I'll ask you this: is it best to have an array of cameras and senses looking at the road ahead, or a driver who is frustrated and distracted because they just want to get where they're going?
Another question that is raised by this time-wasting is speed limits. We've been pretty vocal in the past about the fact Australians would be less fatigued if they could get from A to B a little bit quicker. Even simply looking at the maths makes it pretty clear that going just a touch faster on the freeway would have a profound effect on long-distance trips like the one I just did between Sydney and Albury.
Without stops, the time it should take is about five-and-a-half hours with a 110km/h speed limit. The time it could take with a higher speed limit – say 130km/h – is closer to four-and-a-quarter hours. They say fatigue is one of the biggest killers on Aussie roads… but, then again, they also say speed is.
Obviously if a car with autonomous technology could drive you from start to finish, maybe the time spent behind the wheel wouldn't be quite as taxing, so speed limits might not need to change.
But, if autonomous cars are safer, surely there's a case for speed limits to go up? I recall that piece I wrote early this year about autonomous cars being a vaccine against deaths on the road – they could well be.
One thing is for sure: Aussies who drive a lot will benefit when autonomous card technology makes it here in the next few years.
Will your commute change because of cars they can drive themselves? Or are you sceptical about the applications of autonomous technology in day-to-day driving? Let us know in the comments section below.


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DCAF's work
Partners in Choice
Press Releases & Statements
Why I DCAF
By volunteer Claire
It's been quite a year of growth for DCAF! Hundreds of volunteers stepped up this year to answer calls from patients, stuff envelopes, fundraise and host events, and advocate for the right for everyone to be able to access abortion care.
All this in a world with a decidedly anti-choice administration and a multitude of state and national restrictions designed to deny access to abortion care.
So much of this success is thanks to people like you.
Now, we celebrate! Join us next month to toast our incredible community at our annual holiday party on Tuesday, Dec. 10.
Who: You and the rest of the DCAF community
What: DCAF's Holiday Party
When: Tuesday, Dec. 10 at 6:30 p.m.
Where: Sax Restaurant and Lounge (near Metro Center)
Get your ticket for a suggested donation of $30 today!
The funds raised for this event — like all donations to DCAF — will help to continue to make abortion accessible for all.
Special thank you to our incredible sponsors!
CARE (Clinics for Abortion and Reproductive Excellence)
Catholics for Choice
DuPont Clinic
Geong/Pimentel Family
Michela Masson
Sara Morello
Abortion Wholigans
Alford Family Foundation
Amanda Bartelme
Rebecca and Brandon Gotwalt
The Guerra Family
In Our Own Voice: National Black Women's Reproductive Justice Agenda
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Upshift Strategies
Advocates for Youth
Dr. Sara Imershein
National Women's Law Center
Planned Parenthood Advocates for DC, Maryland & NoVa
Marvourneen and Carrie Ross-Dolor
Arvind and Parul Subramanian
WACDTF
Laura Craig Mason and Zach Mason
Emma DayBranch
Shana Fitzpatrick
Gausman Appraisals
Catherine Heffernan Gibson
Arona Kessler
Marie Lindberg
Amy Mannarino
NARAL Pro-Choice Maryland
Marya Torrez & Michael Farmer
Jessica Arons and Shira Saperstein
Jane Carter
DCAF Board of Directors
DC Chapter, National Organization for Women
Caitlin Gullickson
Lisa Hodges
If/When/How
Mindy and Danny McGrath
Caroline O'Shea
Tiffany Reed
Rewire.News
Tina & Brian Seliber
Kate Vlach and Jon Ettinger
Carol Bartlett Bowman
Amy J. Cotton
Emily Crofoot
Laurette Cucuzza
Carrie Engel
Claire S. Gould & Joe Sprott
Scott Raymond LMT
Joy Levin Welan
Val Vilott
Taco + Beer + DCAF = Perfection.
Do you love tacos, or beer, or both? Same. If you've attended the Taco or Beer Challenge with us or another abortion fund in the past, you might remember it's quite a popular event where we eat tacos, drink beer, and donate to help people access abortion care—it's just a win-win situation.
This year, we're cooking up a new kind of challenge and doubling the fun! The week of September 10, three bars and restaurants in the city are hosting benefit events for DCAF which will help even more of our callers access the care they need.
And this year, we'll also be celebrating our incoming president Dee and our outgoing president Jeryl, so come by for a chance to meet them!
Plus, if you attend all three events, donate to DCAF, and post about them with the hashtag #DCAFTOBC, you'll receive a free gift!
Where: Taqueria Nacional, 1409 T Street NW (U Street)
Perks: DCAF gets 10% of proceeds on food and drinks from 5 to 8 p.m. — and that includes extended happy hour drink specials.
Where: Johnny Pistolas, 2333 18th St NW (Adams Morgan)
Perks: DCAF gets 15% of all proceeds on food and drinks from 5 to 7 p.m.
Where: Espita Mezcaleria, 1250 9th St NW (Mt Vernon Square/Convention Center)
Perks: Come celebrate our incoming president Dee and outgoing president Jeryl for everything they do to make abortion accessible! Plus, DCAF gets 10% of proceeds during their regular happy hour (4-6 p.m.).
We hope to see you! You can donate to the campaign to start us off strong!
Can't make it to one of these events? Take the virtual Taco or Beer Challenge the week of September 10! Just eat a taco and/or drink a beer and donate to DCAF. Be sure to share a photo using the hashtag #DCAFTOBC so we can see your smiling faces.
Game on for Abortion Access!
By volunteer blog manager
It's DCAF Game-a-Thon time and that means it's time to help us raise money for people seeking abortion care in the DC area!
Hold on, what's a Game-a-Thon? It's our annual peer-to-peer fundraiser which concludes with an afternoon of our community coming together to play board games, jenga, cornhole, and more to celebrate raising tons of money for abortions.
Why is this important? We don't need to tell you how many state and national restrictions we face under this Administration — designed specifically to deny access to abortion, especially for people of color and people with lower incomes. Now, more than ever, we need your help to ensure people calling our helpline are able to access the abortion care they need.
What can I do? Create an online fundraising page, join or start a team, and commit to raising as much money as you can by asking your friends and family to donate. Then come hang with the coolest pro-choice people in town to celebrate! Easy, right?
But, fundraising for abortion is…not something I've done before.You won't be alone! We'll regularly provide you with tips and tricks to make sure you have what you need.
What if I can't make it to the celebratory wrapup event?We'll miss you! But that doesn't mean you can't be part of a team and fundraise for DCAF! A great deal is done online, so as long as you have an Internet connection, you can help out.
Let's rock this year's Game-a-Thon together as we work to make abortion accessible — and have a blast while doing it! Sign up now to get started.
And save the date for our community celebration to mark the end of the fundraising period: the afternoon of Saturday, Apr. 27 (location details will follow, but it will be metro-accessible).
Have questions? Don't hesitate to ask us at events@dcabortionfund.org.
Special thanks to our many sponsors who made this event possible, including Maggie Germano Financial Consulting and The Bar Method in Bethesda.
Rise Up for Roe!
January 22, 1973 is an important day for reproductive rights. It was the day the Supreme Court announced its decision in the Roe vs. Wade case—its decision to legalize abortion in the U.S.
However, Roe has not completely protected the right to choose. Since 1973, anti-choice politicians have introduced and passed laws that roll back reproductive rights across the country, and clinics, doctors, and patients continue to be targets of harassment and violence. Far too many people still have their access to abortion delayed or denied due to their income or insurance status.
Roe Day provides us with an opportunity to reflect on the implications of Roe and the strides we have made together as a movement. It is also a time to recognize that this constitutionally protected healthcare service remains out of reach for many people because of political and economic barriers—barriers that disproportionately impact people with lower incomes and people of color.
Join DCAF for two events this month:
Robin Marty presents Handbook for a Post-Roe America
We'll be attending an event at Upshur Street Books with author and reporter Robin Marty. This event is free and open to the public, but you can pre-purchase a copy to reserve your seat!
Friday, January 18, 2019 at 7 PM – 8 PM
Upshur Street Books, 827 Upshur St NW, Washington, District of Columbia 20011
Roe Revisited? The Future of Reproductive Justice
Join the Washington, DC Lawyer Chapter of the American Constitution Society, the Constitutional Accountability Center, and the DC Abortion Fund for a discussion of the legal threats to reproductive justice and the future of Roe v. Wade under the new U.S. Supreme Court.
6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. ET
Now, we celebrate!
What a year! We're still pulling together the final numbers for our annual report, but we already know we've shattered previous records. We've provided hundreds of thousands of dollars to patients to cover the gap between what they are able to pay and the full cost of their abortion care. We've assisted more callers than ever before. And all this in a world with a decidedly anti-choice administration and a multitude of state and national restrictions designed to deny access to abortion care.
Now, we celebrate! Join us next month to toast our incredible community at our annual holiday party on Monday, Dec. 10.
When: Monday, Dec. 10 at 6:30 p.m.
Get your early bird ticket for a suggested donation of $25 today!
If you or your organization are interested in giving at the leadership level for this year's event, please click here to learn more about sponsorship levels and packages, starting at $100. The funds raised for this event — like all donations to DCAF — will help to continue to make abortion accessible for all.
Game-a-Thon fundraisers smash goals, barriers to care
A pivotal election year can sometimes mean nonprofit fundraising runs a little dry, but this year, DC Abortion Fund advocates proved that there's no rest when it comes to ensuring access to abortion care in the DMV.
Photo by volunteer Ashton K.
More than 130 volunteers — some veterans and plenty of rookies — helped bulldoze past DCAF's $80,000 goal for this year's Game-a-Thon, our annual fundraiser, which raises more than a quarter of the organization's budget each year. While nationwide fundraising was a little slow, DCAF fundraisers showed real hustle throughout the peer-to-peer fundraising. At the time of publishing, our volunteers had raised more than $95,000. And with a matching grant from a generous donor, we're poised to pass even last year's record-breaking $103,000 total!
We celebrated this year's successes on April 28 at Penn Social, where gamers, volunteers, and supporters enjoyed classic board games, arcade opportunities, and more. We highlighted some of the gamers who went above and beyond in their fundraising, and we looked great doing it!
Game-a-Thon wouldn't be the same without the help of our generous sponsors. Shout out to Bossed Up, Chez Billy Sud, Kali Yoga Studio, Lotus Blooms, Maggie Germano Financial Coaching, NARAL Pro-Choice Virginia, and Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington for their help in making this event really sparkle!
Feeling inspired to give? It's never too late to donate! You can even set yourself up as a monthly sustaining donor — making choice a reality all year round.
By volunteer Lindsey W., who also wrote about why she participates in the Game-a-Thon each year.
Why I Game-a-Thon
I'm writing this in between posting pictures of my cat on Instagram. This might be a normal activity for me, but at this time of year, these pictures serve a purpose. They're a personal, public thank-you to some high-dollar donors to my Game-a-Thon efforts.
This is my eighth Game-a-Thon with the DC Abortion Fund. Gather 'round, kids, as I tell you a tale of the time when we did actually bowl in D.C. like the rest of the country!
I joke about my age and history with DCAF. But this year I'm more serious than ever before about our efforts to raise at least $80,000 for the thousands of people who will call our helpline this year. As a case manager, I've had the privilege and frustrating honor to talk with many of them. They are the reason I push harder to raise more money every year.
The people who call our helpline are smart. They're resourceful. They're often frustrated, because it's HARD to navigate finding a clinic and raising hundreds, sometimes thousands, of dollars for health care that is often not covered by insurance or Medicaid, and then to have to call strangers to ask for more help. Sometimes they're mad. I'm mad too. It's not fair that laws restricting abortion access target mostly low-income women and women of color. Sometimes they're scared: Of protestors, of abusive partners, of the way their friends and family might react if they knew their loved one needed an abortion. Sometimes they're sad, and I'm sad too: They may be calling to end a wanted pregnancy. They're sometimes moms, and sometimes not. Sometimes I don't talk to the patient, but I talk to their mom, or their partner, or their sister. Sometimes the patient is all alone.
While every call is different, they all end the same way: With relief. Yes, we can help. Yes, DCAF can help you pay for your abortion, and we can help you find other resources, too. Yes, this is one less thing you have to worry about. Our pledge is waiting for you at the clinic.
I don't pretend to believe that we're changing lives here. The patients who call DCAF are mostly very low-income, with families, often without jobs. None of that changes when we get off the phone. But we were able to make this one thing a little easier. To me, that's everything. As a case manager, I can help, just a little bit. But I can't do that without your help.
If you haven't signed up for Game-a-Thon, I encourage you to do so. Our all-volunteer team makes it easy, with a toolkit that takes all the heavy lifting out of fundraising. If you can't sign up, I encourage you to donate to one of our intrepid gamers. You can look for your friends to donate to them directly, or maybe you'd like to help someone who's just getting started. Or maybe at the beginning of this blog post, you thought "I would like a picture of a cat as a thank you." You can donate to me, then, too.
No matter how you give, please know that every dollar donated furthers our mission to help everyone access the care they need and deserve. You can be the one who makes things just a little bit better.
That's huge. That's everything. Thank you.
By volunteer Lindsey W.
Game. On.
It's DCAF Game-a-Thon time and that means it's time to help us raise money for the thousands of people seeking abortion care in the DC area!
What's a Game-a-Thon? It's our annual peer-to-peer fundraiser which concludes with an afternoon of our community coming together to play board games, jenga, cornhole, and more to celebrate raising tons of money for abortions.
Last year, we raised a record breaking amount: more than a third of DCAF's budget for the year! And after we raised all those dollars, we got to celebrate with other awesome pro-choice people.
Now, more than ever, we need your help to raise money for patients who can't afford the full cost of their abortion. We're facing a multitude of state and national restrictions designed to deny access to abortion, especially for people of color and people with low-incomes.
Here's what you can do: Gather a few friends to start a team, create your online fundraising page, and commit to raising as much money as you can by asking your friends and family to donate. Then come hang with the coolest pro-choice people in town to celebrate.
Not sure about fundraising? Don't worry. We'll provide tons of fundraising tips to make raising money for abortion access fun and easy!
If you aren't in the DC area, or won't be able to attend the event in person, please still consider joining a team. A great deal is done online, so as long as you have an Internet connection, you can help out!
Let's rock this year's Game-a-Thon together as we work to make abortion accessible — and have a blast while doing it!
WHO: You and the raddest abortion rights advocates in the DMV
WHAT: DCAF Game-a-Thon
WHEN: Saturday, April 28, 12-3 p.m.
WHERE: Exact location given upon registration (Downtown DC – Metro accessible)
Bonus points for creative team names…and coordinating costumes. Yes, there will be prizes. Join the fun at #Games4DCAF and #Bowl18 on Twitter and Instagram.
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In becoming the photographer you want to be, technical excellence is a given.
What photographers like Winogrand and Heisler and other acknowledged masters have in common is technical mastery. They may not know everything there is to know about photography, but they know what they need to know to get the images they envision.
Getting through a volume of work will allow you to know your gear so well that your process becomes second nature and your creativity soars, closing the gap between expectations and reality. It's a muscle memory that lets you shoot as easily as you jump on a bike and ride.
The left brain, right brain dilemma. Left brain thinking is associated with logic, details, and planning. The right brain is more about images, emotions, and creativity. Does this left-brain/right-brain battle sound familiar?
Photography is all about decisions making and problem solving; from where and when you trigger your shutter to what to include or exclude from the frame. Then there are the choices of which lens or focal length to use and all the exposure and technical controls your left brain is obsessing over.
It's no wonder I often see photographers struggling with the technical details before they can even begin to figure out all the other variables that make pictures great. Before your left brain can be freed from the chains of technical constraint, before technique fades to the unconscious and becomes intuitive as you explore your subjects with abandon in a dance of color, tones, and light—you have to pay your dues by shooting the volume and learning from experience.
Dealing with low light requires you be on your game technically to make the most of difficult low light situations. Young men at a hotel bar in Mabote, Mozambique, near the South African border.
Your ability to master the digital processes and photographic fundamentals is necessary, and it will happen as you work through the volume. It takes time for your technical savvy to catch up with your desire to capture the great images you know you are capable of, so don't despair, and never give up; better work is on the horizon and in this blog I've got ways to simplify your technical process to speed things up.
I include some important general technical concepts sprinkled throughout the Nikon Manifesto section of the blog. The Nikon Manifesto Big Six can be transformative. Give it a try.
You will find some of the ways I shoot that have helped me work faster and smarter. I know there are ideas there that can help you, too. I have been doing this a very long time and over the years I've made a lot of technical mistakes. Getting through a volume of work means making mistakes, which can be the greatest teacher. Mastering your technique and process is essential, but it's just the beginning. It's the starting line in becoming the photographer you want to be.
For years, I was successfully avoiding the myriad options available through my camera's menu system. I had my way of shooting and it worked fine. But when I started to tweak my camera by changing a few key settings, I learned just how fast and intuitive my camera could become and it helped free me creatively.
No assignment challenged my technical abilities more than the Winter Olympics and Paralympics in Vancouver. I'm not primarily a sports photographer, but shooting the Olympics was a test in stamina and problem solving, shooting in a wide variety of fast-moving situations where the light was often low and constantly changing. Because I had gone through a volume of work before taking this assignment, I was prepared.
The opening ceremonies were often dark and dim, which meant raising my ISO to 3200 and shooting wide open. This was shot in Aperture Priority with exposure compensation at –1 stop.
The Gold Medal Ice Dancing Champions had enough light to allow me to shoot at ISO 2000 and still get a relatively fast shutter speed of 1/250th of a second. With the white of the ice and the even arena lighting, I opted to take the camera off Aperture Priority and switch to manual for consistent exposures as I followed the skaters.
As photographers, we are problem solvers. When we get to the scene of a photo, there are so many decisions to be made. The easier and more second nature your ability to make these decisions, the better your work gets—and it's the volume that will get you there. For me, the mantra of less is more holds true in so many areas of photography, but particularly when it comes to the technical things. I want to be able to react quickly so I don't miss important moments. As a professional photographer, it's crucial.
By keeping things simple, I can devote less of my energy to the technical and more to the creative side. The simplicity rule starts with what I take with me. To stay nimble and quick to react, I don't want to be weighed down with too much stuff.
But, as a rookie photographer, weighed down I was. I would pack too much equipment for each shooting session, wanting to be ready for anything—a good idea in theory, but not in practice. Carrying too much gear took a physical toll and actually hindered my image-making process. As I gained experience, I realized that I didn't have to take everything, but instead make the most of what I did choose to take. The trick is to know what to expect from each assignment and make your best guess for what you might need.
The best camera is the one you have with you, and talented photographers can make great images from the most basic equipment. If you guess wrong and the picture you want is out of reach for the lens you have, then move up or move on, and get great images that are accessible to you.
Great images are great images. It doesn't matter if they were taken with an iPhone, a medium-format digital camera, a DSLR, or a pinhole camera. It's not about how or with what the picture was taken, it's about what it communicates to and evokes in the viewer. There's a whole rebirth of minimalist film cameras, as with the Lomography movement, which has a large following of photographers who prefer the unpredictable and raw look these inexpensive plastic film cameras provide.
As a street photographer, I always have a camera with me, and I like to challenge myself and work within the constraints of the camera, from iPhone to Nikon V3 or Coolpix A—yet I can get beautiful results and, surprisingly, can make big enlargements that look like they came from a much larger-resolution sensor. I often take advantage of a camera's shortcomings by exploiting those shortcomings to capture mood and atmosphere.
The photos below were all taken with an iPhone 3GS and its 2.7 megapixel small sensor. My Nikon cameras have much bigger sensors and many more megapixels. It's not always about the camera but more about maximizing your camera's features for the best possible images.
There may come a point, however, where the equipment does matter, when technical limitations surface and the demands of the job exceed what you can do with the gear.
You will know when the gear starts to limit you. For example, if you are continually drawn to high-ISO, low-available-light situations, yet are unhappy with the noisy results you are getting, it might be time to consider a new camera body with better high-ISO capability. Or perhaps you like sports or wildlife and notice that your images are not close enough, yet you can't physically move in. Might be time to invest in a longer lens.
There's much, much more on simplifying your process and transforming your work for the better in The Nikon Manifesto Section of the blog. Though much of the information is talking about Nikon gear, many if not most of the ideas and suggestions work with whatever tool you choose to shoot with.


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L'église du Sacré-Cœur (Herz Jesu Kirche) est une église catholique du quartier de Neuhausen à Munich (Bavière).

Histoire

Cette église paroissiale, vouée au Sacré-Cœur de Jésus, a été construite entre 1997 et 2000 par les architectes Sattler, Allmann et Wappner et est devenue un point d'attraction du public à cause de son aspect ultra-contemporain. Elle a été consacrée par le cardinal Friedrich Wetter, le  et remplace l'église du même nom détruite par un incendie.

La façade de verre peut s'ouvrir totalement, comme pour les grandes fêtes, lorsqu'il y a du monde.

Église à Munich
Architecture contemporaine
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This infographic explains many things that people do to annoy graphic designers! The first and paramount among them is that graphic designers, most of the times, are asked to work freely, and in turn, instead of being paid, they are told that this will be good for their portfolio. Making your portfolio strong is a good thing, but people must also keep in mind that portfolio without money cannot cover the cost of living, and if people want graphic designers to work for them, they will also have to pay some money. The other thing that annoys graphic designers most is that they are compared to non-professional graphic designers all the time. There is a big difference with graphic designers with professional degree plus years of experience and those who only know the basics of designing. It's really annoying for designers that hirers compare them to the online available designers which can work at very cheap prices. This, in turn, forces highly professional designers to work at very low prices.
Before hiring and after the work is done, people haggle endlessly with the graphic designers about the fee they charge. They are always asked to reduce the prices even when they are charging only smallest prices. Designers should get what they deserve, and hirers should also keep in mind that graphic designing is a highly creative task and not some sort of fish market. Another annoying thing for most graphic designers is that they are always asked to work from flattened files, and this only worsens the situations because it is really hard to work from JPG or PDF files. However, it is possible that flattened files are workable, but there certainly is a limit to that, and people shouldn't cross that limit.
Another annoying thing for graphic designers is that they are continuously bombarded with MS Word files with whole photo albums in them. To worsen the situations, designers are further asked to rescale different images. There is nothing bad with rescaling images, but the problem arises when these images are of low resolution. You cannot rescale low-resolution images without losing their sharpness. Graphic designing isn't the only option for designers to earn money; since they are creative, they can design different T-shirts and sell them at SunFrog.
Different hirers always keep on asking designers to make the logo of their website bigger and bigger; they never understand that there is a limit to that. Besides, bigger is not always better. You should also give the remaining content some space so that it can breathe.


It all begins at home!
Located in the heart of Johnson City, The Clines offers great highway access & is within walking distance to the main branch of Johnson City Library. You can be anywhere in minutes. Tucked away from the hustle of the city with all the conveniences. You are just steps in to the neighborhood park.


Rockhampton Defence Lawyer Rowan King is the Principal Lawyer at RK Law.
Rowan King was born and educated in Wahroonga, New South Wales, where he attended Knox Grammar School.
Rowan has a passion and interest in all sport. Rowan had the privilege of playing 1st XV Rugby Union for Knox Grammar, including opportunities to tour and play in England, New Zealand, Canada, and around Australia. Rowan believes his experiences on the football field have influenced his approach to the provision of hard-hitting legal defence, and unwavering support for those on his team.
Rowan King's passion for sport coupled with his desire to serve the community, saw him appointed in 2018 as the Legally Qualified Member of the Central Queensland Judiciary for the AFL, determining charges and sentencing players for misconduct on the Australian Rules football field.
Rowan King's legal career commenced in North Queensland where he was employed as a Law Clerk with Legal Aid Queensland.
Rowan King then worked for a number of years with Bottoms English Lawyers in Criminal Defence, Administrative Law and Family Law, including notable cases such as getting his client bail on a Murder charge arising from the Palmer River.
Rowan was offered a position with the Queensland Indigenous Family Violence Legal Service where he travelled around Cape York, providing advice and Court representation to survivors of Domestic and Family Violence through Domestic Violence Court and the Family Courts.
Rowan left to pursue a career opportunity as a Prosecutor. As a prosecutor, Rowan King dealt with all types of Criminal Law matters, Domestic Violence Matters and ancillary legal matters for the Queensland Police Service.
In Late 2016, Rowan King was offered a position to go back to QIFVLS and manage the Central Queensland Branch of the state-wide government legal service working between Brisbane – Mackay and Emerald. Whilst the position was rewarding, his desire was to open his own firm and provide competition to the historic law firms in CQ.
In April 2017, Rowan King and sister-in-law Beverly Pinkham opened RK LAW, with the support and encouragement of Rowan's wife of 8 years, Leonie. With Beverly's background in Finance, and Rowan's experience in Law, RK LAW's owners had the vision to open a law practice that provides fixed fee legal advice and representation to those who are required to attend all courts in Central Queensland. The vision of RK LAW is to provide high quality, ethical, honest and affordable legal advice, whilst ferociously advancing our client's interests in and out of Court.
Rowan King has now entrenched himself in the Rockhampton Community, through his daughter and her school, in addition to volunteering as a Justice of the Peace, as a member of the AFL Judiciary, and as a supporter of the CQ Capras Rugby League Team.
Rowan King and RK LAW also provide mentoring opportunities to law students and school students seeking to advance their career in law, by providing Placements, Practical Legal Training and court assistance.
Since opening, Rowan King has been called upon to defend clients with high profile local CQ cases. For more information on our cases in the media, click here.
ROWAN KING – SHORT C.V.


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Q: Time Machine: Mobile incremental Backup Imagine I do backups using Time Machine at home just like everybody else. But as I travel often and of course also work on the road I also need to have a mobile backup solution. I thought about the following:
One partition of my external hard drive has the same size like my internal hard drive (e.g. 500GB). I use Carbon Copy Cloner to clone my internal hard drive daily. The second partition of my external hard drive backups all changes starting from last cloning on; only if manually activated when I leave home for a longer time.
Is this possible?

A: In Mountain Lion and greater, you can create multiple separate backup disks with Time Machine. Get an USB external HD for traveling, and use that to backup your Mac whilst on the road. When at home, you can do a backup to another HD, (USB or otherwise,) which stays there permanently. I take this external HD when I travel. It is wicked fast, and demonstrably rugged, as I have dropped it several times with no ill effects. You can also use this disk to make a CCC clone, if that is your preferred backup method.
Note: It is not a wise idea to have a backup partition, (CCC, TM or otherwise,) on the same drive you're backing up. If the HD itself goes poof, you've lost the backups you need to restore your system.


We recently joined a facebook group called Al Ain Weekends. They organize fantastic day trips, or over-nighters within driving distance of Al Ain. I've noticed several enticing trips they've had posted since we arrived, and we were finally able to join them last Friday. We crossed the border into neighbouring Oman for a morning hike in the Buraimi area. Our guide took us out to a trail that we certainly never would have found on our own, and we spent a few hours exploring the stark and magnificent mountains, some homestead ruins, and even a beautiful little oasis.
In the heat of the desert, I was surprised at how cold this little pool felt. It was crystal clear, and very enticing.
These rocks are the remains of a family home. We came across a handful of them in a small area, and our guide said it was likely two families who had settled there. So, do you know who was on our minds, even in the middle of the desert in Oman? We texted our dear former neighbours with a photo of our next potential lot.
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My life is really well analyzed right now.
We've spent months pondering, discussing and praying through our values, vision, priorities, and calling, all of which led us to this move. And since we've arrived, we've done plenty of soul-searching, reflecting and questioning. If the unexamined life is not worth living, let's just say I'm really making life worth something these days.
I find myself in an intriguing situation, especially considering my life stage. I'm 39 years old, married, and in the middle of raising two children, and yet my life has become a sort of empty canvas. We've been radically cut off from our former life and I'm faced with the question: What would you do if your life were a blank slate? Where would you start if most of your previous roles and responsibilities were stripped away? What sort of art would you choose to create out of your life, knowing what you know now?
Of course, it's not entirely a blank slate. I'm a wife, a mother, and a Christ follower. The major pillars of my life remain in tact. I'm a home educator, so that remains an essential role that I fill here. But the newness and otherness of this experience has really caused me to reflect on what other pieces I want to add or not add to this current chapter.
I don't have to work while we're here. Dwayne's job more than meets our needs financially, and allows us to contribute to long term savings and a travel fund. One of the reasons we pursued this path was so that I could homeschool and fully invest in our kids without the added responsibility of contributing to our household income. And even though I am torn by it at times, and know that I could earn an income and that there is plenty I'm passionate about and gifts I have to invest, I'm grateful to know that I can look for the places God has called me to serve, without worrying about the pay or our bottom line. I can cross that off the list of things to be added to my plate.
Our apartment has 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a kitchen, and a living/dining room. We have no basement, no spare room, no storage rooms, no garage, no yard. When the kids and I commit to half an hour a day, we can essentially keep the dishes and laundry washed, the bathrooms cleaned, and the floors swept. Once a week I do a few additional chores. Cleaning our home is super manageable in a very short period of time, so I can cross that off the list too.
We are making friends here, which is a blessing. But they are still new, and our expectations from one another are low. And of course, we don't have any family here, so our social calendar isn't exactly full. We've found a marvelous church family in Al Ain, but at this point, we don't have commitments there, other than attending once a week. I believe it's essential to our own spiritual health, and the health of our church family, for us to get involved and serve, but we have allowed ourselves a couple of months to settle in and see where God would have us. Overall, the demands of community, (which are some of life's greatest blessings, mind you,) are not filling up our schedules.
Our kids are not part of a traditional school, so we're not faced with the demands of time tables, events, or homework. They've each signed up for one extra-curricular activity, only 5 minutes from our apartment, with no additional time commitment required outside of class time. As I mentioned, our friend situation is new and blossoming, but right now there aren't birthday parties or sleepovers or play dates to juggle, so our kids' social calendars aren't filling up our days either.
There were many days in my previous life where I would have begged for this sort of fresh start. When the demands of life felt never-ending and I longed to slow down, but couldn't figure out what to cut. And now here we are. But, if you've read any of my previous posts, you know that this blank slate came at a high cost. So now that I'm faced with this white canvas, I want to be intentional about the colours I splash on it. I want to choose wisely. I don't want to fill up our days with the first requests to come along, simply to avoid boredom or to recreate a life we once had. I want to know what life God has for us here. What priorities he would have me hone in on in this chapter. I want to structure my days around those priorities.
If you've read my blog this year, you may recognize some of these pieces. It has been an amazing exercise to work this out, write it down, and share it with people I love. And then, to have it in front of me as I begin each day, before me as I make decisions, and as a reminder when I'm feeling confused. And it's never been more helpful than right now, as I consider every new opportunity that comes before me. Does this fit what God has called me to for this time in my life?
From this guide, I've made a weekly checklist of what I hope to accomplish. Activities that line up with my priorities. Gone are the to-do lists full of unimportant tasks. My checklist now includes my personal time with God, with Dwayne, with each of my kids. It includes homeschool prep, writing, working out, and personal reading. Many things I would have once considered a luxury, or something I would get to if I accomplished the other tasks on my to-do list. Now it's reversed. I will get to the other things on my to-do list when I've first focused on my true priorities. This has resulted in a daily contentment that no amount of meaningless accomplishment could compete with.
So, I have a few brushstrokes painted on this blank canvas. Some things that fill up each day. But I know they are the most important things. My favorite colors. And the best part is, even when I focus on these priorities, I have margin. I have room right now, for the unknown things God is preparing me for here. I can still see plenty of white space. Sometimes I'm anxious to fill it up, but I've been resisting. Allowing my life in Al Ain to unfold a bit more and watching for the opportunities that make my heart sing. I know when those come, I'll be so glad there was still plenty of room in my life to say yes.


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A Conference on Media, Games & Art
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The CFP for a special issue of Scan: Journal of Media Arts Culture, emerging from the themes of the conference, is open - please see here.
CODE - A Media, Games & Art Conference was held 21-23 November 2012 at Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia.
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Jussi Parikka - media theorist and Reader at Winchester School of Art. His recent books include Digital Contagions (2007), Insect Media (2010), and What is Media Archaeology? (2012). He has co-edited such books as The Spam Book (2009) and Media Archaeology (2011). His blog/site is at http://jussiparikka.net.
Christian McCrea - essayist writing on videogame materiality and popular digital arts. He has recently published work such as 'We Play in Public: The Nature and Context of Portable Gaming Systems', 'Games and the Modern University' and 'The Art History of the Present'. He is the Program Director for Games at RMIT University. His website is http://www.christianmccrea.net.
Anna Munster - writer, artist and Associate Professor at the College of Fine Arts, UNSW. She has published Materializing New Media (2006) and has a new book, An Aesthesia of Networks, forthcoming with MIT (2013). She has recently written on materiality, code and art practices for Theory, Culture and Society and Inflexions. She collaborates artistically with Michele Barker using new and old media to explore and experiment with perception.
Esther Milne (Chair)
Steven Conway
Laura Crawford
Jane Felstead
Lawson Fletcher
Dean Keep
Jenny Kennedy
Ramon Lobato
Anthony McCosker
James Meese
Aneta Podkalicka
Mike Skolnik
Thanks also to Vlora Hoti, Troy Innocent, Jonathan Lang, Emily van der Nagel, Amanda Seabrook and Justin Westgate.


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Labour Party Pakistan dissolved, will be part of the Awami Workers Party
Awami Workers Party founding conference today
Sunday 11 November 2012, by Farooq Tariq
The three Left parties, Awami Party, Workers Party and Labour Party Pakistan held their representative meetings yesterday to dissolve their parties and establish a united party of the Left, the Awami Workers Party,
Over 100 delegates of Labour Party Pakistan gathered at Aiwan Iqbal on 10th November at a special congress to approve the merger process and formally dissolve LPP. Established in 1997, LPP will now be part of a new party AWP.
Star of the event was Baba Jan who came from Gilgit Beltistan after spending over one year in jail. He was awarded a rousing welcome by the delegates and a standing ovation with revolutionary slogans was a spontaneous reaction to Baba Jan entrance at the congress hall.
A one minute silence was observed for the 300 workers who lost their lives on 9th September in Karachi after a fire in a textile factory.
On an other occasion, a minute's silence was observed for all those comrades of Labour Party Pakistan who gave their lives while working for the party and for the working class. They included Gulzar Hayat Gilgity (killed by robbers in 1996 at party office), Mushtaq Goraya (died at a summer camp of LPP in 2004), Abdullah Qureshi (killed by suicidal attack in Swat in 2007) Abdul Salam, Rehana Kausar, Najma Khanum and Wahid Baluch (killed in a traffic accident in Baluchistan after coming back from a trade union meeting in 2009).
LPP formally agreed to dissolve itself and to establish the new party at the congress. It approved the names of 19 members who would be part of the federal committee of Awami Workers Party.
At the central committee meetings of Awami Party and Workers Party held yesterday and on 9th November, the two agreed a similar process.
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Farooq Tariq was until 2019 successively general secretary and then national spokesperson of the Awami Workers' Party formed in 2012 by the coming together of three existing parties. He was previously the national spokesperson of Labour Party Pakistan, http://www.laborpakistan.org/.


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Home » interview » Mitch Ryder: Detroit Built, Detroit Proud
Posted in interview By Bill Kopp On February 7, 2012
Mitch Ryder: Detroit Built, Detroit Proud
To American music fans, the name Mitch Ryder evokes a particular set of thoughts. Most of these center around his string of hit singles, most of which appear on the 1967 LP All Mitch Ryder Hits: "Devil With a Blue Dress/Good Golly Miss Molly," "Little Latin Lupe Lu," "Sock it to Me Baby" and others. Recorded with or without his original band The Detroit Wheels, Ryder was – for a time – at the top of the US singles charts.
To those same American fans, Ryder all but disappeared from the music scene not long thereafter; his last charting single – and these were still the days of the single – was in 1967. He rarely stopped working, though, and Ryder (born William S. Levise, Jr.) briefly popped back onto the lower rungs of the charts with a single, "When You Were Mine," off of his John Mellencamp-produced "comeback" album Never Kick a Sleeping Dog. Since then, as far as the American market – it's been all quiet on the Ryder front.
Not true in Europe, however: in Germany and other countries on the continent, Ryder is a star. "I'm an oldies act here [in the USA], for all intents and purposes," Ryder says. "But over there [in Europe], I'm an artist." With the stateside release of The Promise, Mitch Ryder hopes to swing things more into balance. His new book is raising his profile as well.
A complex man with a complex story, Ryder recently penned an autobiography titled Devils and Blue Dresses. The book tells the story of Ryder's early years, rise to fame, fall from the graces of the music industry, and so on. It's a fairly lurid first-person reading of his life, rife with stories about the abuses (warning: all kinds) he suffered at the hands of industry types. In a very real sense Devils and Blue Dresses is a score-settling tome, and not always a comfortable read. The early chapters of the book chronicle the Detroit Wheels years and the (as portrayed in the book) malevolent behavior of label head Bob Crewe. To anyone familiar with this sort of story, it may come as something of a surprise to learn that Crewe is still alive; the sort of tales recounted about him in Devils and Blue Dresses are more often than not – usually on advice of counsel – reserved for the departed. Ryder portrays Crewe and his associates as every bit the villainous equals of Morris Levy in Tommy James' book Me, the Mob and the Music. But Ryder paints Crewe's ignominy as a decidedly wickeder sort.
Still, there's a nagging sense that Ryder left some of his most shocking tales out of the book. "I didn't hold anything back," chuckles Ryder. "The lawyers held it back! That thing was vetted by two different attorneys, a professor of law in California…and I believe they took out insurance on the damn thing as well!"
Throughout the book, Ryder's views about income inequality in the United States, plus its causes and effects, are made plain. He's been on both sides of that equation, though much less on the up-side than his famous name might lead one to think. "I'm not an advocate of class warfare," he stresses. "But I do think it's not equal in America any more, and it's not fair. I do believe that there's a concerted effort to destroy the middle class, so that eventually there'll only be two classes of people left: the very rich — who will be very few in number — and the rest of us, who'll be poor." In the book's introduction, Ryder sets out to, as he explains, make sure "everybody understood what class of people I came from…and what it cost me to reach the middle class. Which I did," he adds, "At one point."
The later chapters in Devils and Blue Dresses concern themselves with Ryder's lean years, and the fallout from his sixties misadventures. Some left-field asides – under the heading "A Window Into My Soul" – make for occasionally distressing reading, and the book's ending may lead most readers to stare at the page and yell, "What?" But in whole, Devils and Blue Dresses is a gripping read, one that should justifiably get the Detroit native some stateside notice.
In the post-Detroit Wheels period (which covers 1968 to present) Ryder has released twenty-five albums, including one with a rough-n-ready MC5-like outfit called Detroit (a self-titled LP released in 1971). With the exception of the '83 album, none of these has generated any notice in the USA, though many have sold respectably in Europe. In 2009 Ryder released his most recent collection, Detroit Ain't Dead Yet: The Promise. In 2012 that Don Was-produced album – now with new cover art and a title shortened to The Promise – is being released in America. Ryder describes the songs on The Promise as "hang[ing] right around that R&B/rock flagpole," providing a sonic connection to his sixties output.
Ryder says that he own the rights to most of his recorded output, precious little of which has been released in North America. But he felt that with The Promise, the time might be right to bring his music back home, as it were. "Don Was is a good producer, and the album is contemporary," he says. "I'm not sold yet that the American public is ready to hear all of the great music that I've been creating overseas, but as the interest grows, we're being pushed toward putting [the back catalog] out here." Reflecting on the size of that catalog, he laughs, "Maybe one per week or something."
Other than the smooth sounds of Berry Gordy's Motown hit factory, Detroit music — and Michigan music in general – has been really hard-edged. Whether it's the Stooges, MC5, Dennis Coffey or any of the Funk Brothers material, it has a real grit to it. Even smoother artists such as The Dramatics put forth music with a strong streetwise element. Ryder captures that aesthetic well on the new album's title track. "I think it's a good representation of my schooling, my history, what I've learned and picked up," he says.
Ryder is proud of his Detroit roots. Hit especially hard by the Great Recession, the city has gotten a lot of bad press in recent years, and in the national conversation, so to speak, Detroit has sometimes been treated almost as a mean-spirited joke. Yet in recent years a proudly defiant attitude has been witnessed rising out of the city. Something as mundane as the new Chrysler ad sort of points out the real American character of Detroit. On The Promise, Ryder aims to convey that same sense of gritty, hard-won pride. "I think it's overdue," Ryder observes. "We have to stand up for ourselves; we're the butt of everybody's joke." He points to part of the problem in getting Detroit's good stories told: "We're not a media city like New York or Los Angeles."
"We're just trying to stay true to our roots here," Ryder says. "We're just basically hard, hard-working, middle class people. The wealthy class here is old and well-seated, and unfortunately a lot of their fortunes are tied up in the auto industry." Attempting to sum it up, Ryder says, "If you live here, it all makes sense." He chuckles, "We have to work extra hard when we're trying to make a statement to the nation, because they have such a negative view of the city." That view isn't limited to Americans. "I spend a lot of time in Europe, and they just absolutely picture Detroit as a wasteland. It's worth defending," he says. "I've seen what's happened to middle-class families, what with the busting of the unions, everything that we've fought so bravely for here in Detroit."
There's a long list of American artists – in many genres – who have found more success in Europe than at home. Reflecting on what it is about European audiences that allows them to appreciate American performers who can't get arrested (so to speak) at home, Ryder says, "They have a different view of culture than we do. They put a value on history that we don't. We're pretty much psychologically prepared to be a disposable culture: The biggest question out of our mouths is, 'What's next?'"
Commenting on his dogged sense of determination in the face of commercial indifference at home, Ryder says, "I didn't want to grow old, sitting around and cashing in on a name that was only good for a few years. I just wanted to keep going. Whether or not it [always] reached the public wasn't the intent. The point was to keep a historical record of my progress as an artist." That progress currently includes work on a work for the stage. "I've got a musical that I'm halfway through," Ryder reveals. "It's not a rock opera, a rock musical, or based around my hit records or my life," he stresses. "It's more in the grand old tradition of Les Miserables." Promotional work for Devils and Blue Dresses plus a European tour mean that work isn't progressing as quickly as he'd like, but Ryder says, "When I return from the tour, then I'll jump back on the musical and try to get that done in 2012."
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Civitas Institute: Gov. Cooper's Executive Overreach 'Disturbing'
RALEIGH – We'll go ahead and share this reaction from the Civitas Institute to Governor Roy Cooper's Wuhan Coronavirus inspired executive orders shutting down restaurants and other businesses across the state, before he issued another one that's even more draconian.
Civitas, a conservative think tank dedicated to policy research that promotes individual liberty, responsibility, and limited, constitutional government, finds Cooper's decision to override the majority opposition of his Council of State "disturbing" and counterproductive.
From Civitas Institute President Donald Bryson:
"North Carolina communities and businesses have responded extraordinarily in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic; coming together to care for each other in exemplary ways. Such cooperation is not something that state officials should be eager to halt. Instead, they should encourage it. State and federal governments do not own the silver bullets to help North Carolina out of this crisis, and bringing the economy, and the livelihoods that it represents, to a grinding halt will make things considerably worse for a number of our state's workers and entrepreneurs. Businesses provide goods and services that North Carolinians need. Lawmakers must realize that crippling economic costs are to be avoided because, in reality, they represent human costs; families doing the best they can to provide for their loved ones.
Last week's move by Gov. Cooper to disregard the will of the Council of State on Executive Order 118 was disturbing. The framers of the state constitution created a dispersed executive branch, intentionally allowing for the governor to be advised by the Council of State. North Carolinians deserve better than unilateral action by the governor and his political advisors. They are entitled to a unified front from elected officials, something that is sorely lacking in conversations surrounding the state's response to this crisis. Raleigh should strive to be less fractured than Washington."
Far from poking holes without viable alternatives to offer, the think tank will be rolling out policy prescriptions for state lawmakers to consider the APPROPRIATE response to this crisis, and all the damage these economy killing orders have caused.


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Econocom kickstarts UK expansion with Trams acquisition
As part of its UK expansion plans, the multi-national Econocom group has acquired a majority stake in Trams Ltd, a London-based IT solutions provider benefiting from long- standing partnerships with Apple, HP, Lenovo and Dell.
Founded in 1990, Trams serves international companies and well-known blue-chip brands with a range of products and services, including commodity IT hardware, cloud hosting, IT maintenance and recycling. It employs around 40 people and in FY20 reported revenues of £42 million.
The Trams deal marks the start of a new growth phase for Econocom, based on targeted acquisitions supporting its 'one digital, one company' strategy to provide B2B customers with everything needed for successful digital projects, including financing, technology and services.
Frances Weston, Managing Director for UK and USA, said: "We are very pleased with this transaction, which will significantly strengthen our presence in the United Kingdom, a strategic development area for the group. We are also delighted to resume a new cycle of external growth after two years of consolidation. This acquisition opens a new era for Econocom as a Digital General Contractor."
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Frances Weston
Managing Director for UK and USA
Trams Ltd


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