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Racist attacks by black SA militias in September 2012 - summary
In September 2012 more important proof was obtained that the ANC-regime is training/recruiting youth militias with the specific purpose of ethnically-cleansing Afrikaner farm-families from their land. The latest proof was found in Trompsburg, Free State, where an ANC-militia calling itself 'the snakes' (Izinyoka) systematically carries out the slaughter specifically of Afrikaner farmers. This adds more evidence to analysis by military experts that countrywide atacks against Afrikaners (on farms and in the cities) are carried out with military precision, motivated by hatred of the victims instead of greed, and definitely are centrally-organised with a organisational structure in place. The Fourie couple were ambushed by a large militia-group upon their return from church.
Genocide Watch chairman Prof Gregory Stanton said in a press conference in Pretoria that Afrikaner farmers were nearing an all-out genocide.
Stanton (66) said below: ""In South Africa you have several groups in the category of militia-groups planning to carry out forced displacement of the white population, which (Julius Malema) was calling for openly. Now we have the ANC youth league deputy president who is calling for 'A War'. This is the kind of talk that is not only pre-genocidal, but also are Crimes Against Humanity. "
"If you refer to everyone in a class as a 'settler' as ANC-documents indicate … it's dehumanisation, which leads into genocide:
Stanton sharply criticised the ANC-leadership for encouraging hatred against the Afrikaners: noting: "If you refer to everyone in a class as a 'settler' as is done in ANC-documents - you say 'this person does not belong here. It's the same thing the Germans did to the Jews. That kind of dehumanisation leads to the spiral into genocide,"he said… (below)
Between May 1 2012 to Sept 30 2012, when the Farmitracker.com site was launched – it has logged 385 violent incidents of a racial nature. A total 292 were attacks on whites, of whom 99% were Afrikaners - including 82 incidents of 'dehumanisation': i.e. hatespeech, mutilation/torture and humilation which indicated that the attackers harboured extreme hatred towards their unknown victims. There also were 93 incidents of 'xenophobia' including the hacking to death of Chinese shopkeeper Long Liang Chen 31, his young wife and baby girl in their shop in Warden, Free State on Sept 16 2012. http://www.neo-genocide.com/farmitracker/reports/view/336
links to militia groups being trained in SA:
http://www.info.gov.za/speech/DynamicAction?pageid=461&sid=17462&tid=31209
http://censorbugbear-reports.blogspot.nl/2012/09/secret-militia-training-of-black-youths.html
http://praag.org/?p=1584
http://m.news24.com/volksblad/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Misdadigers-welkom-in-staatsdiens-20120912O
SA cops join gangsters, hire out their guns, participate in armed house-robberies:
Cape Town. Some Western Cape police officers have sided with gangsters and other criminals, provincial police commissioner Arno Lamoer said Oct 3 2012 at the Cape Town Press Club.He noted that in the WC, 87 officers were arrested in the last financial year alone for corrupt activities such as selling drugs to gangsters and participating in armed robberies.Of these, 20 had been dismissed. The rest were still involved in criminal procedures. "We also know that some of our police officers hire their guns out to people to commit crimes," Lamoer said. The department had registered all service firearms on a database to combat this trend. Lamoer told reporters the province was afflicted by gang-related violence, substance abuse and illegal firearms. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Officers-hire-guns-out-for-crimes-top-cop-20121003
Below: Youth militia wages reign of terror in Free State agricultural town:
Black Trompsburg residents, headed by the chairman of the township Madikgetla, Mr Bukelwa Mnweba, came forward with the information that Afrikaners were being targetted specifically by an ANC youth-militia - in an interview published on Friday 14 Sept 2012. http://praag.co.za/nuus-magazine-402/afrikaanse-nuus-magazine-401/12323-plaasaanvalle-word-deur-izinyoka-uitgevoer.html
The members of Izinyoka wage a reign of political terror in the black township too and act as if they are elected leaders – and some of the Izinyoka members even showed up at the Trompsburg magistrate's court to support their three comrades Moeketsi Hlassa (27), Mvumvu Nkululeko (26) and Phinias Mothibi (28) who were arrested for the double-murder of Afrikaner farm-couple Johan Fourie, 71 and wife Cecilia, 72 (left). The farming couple had been hacked to death with hatchets. Mnweba also was quoted by Beeld as saying that it was strongly suspected by township residents that the Inzinyoka militia also murdered farming-coouple Jan and Johanna Greyling in 2006 and attacked farmer Phillip Henning in 2007. Other Black residents in Madikgetla township also confirmed that the militia 'targetted white farm-owners for attacks'. One of the accused men, Phinias Mothibi was a farm-worker at the Fourie farm. He had shown up the Monday after the murders and before his arrest to ask for a half-bag of maize-meal and 'offered his help to the family, ' according to the Fourie couple's son Nico Kruger.
http://praag.co.za/nuus-magazine-402/afrikaanse-nuus-magazine-401/12323-plaasaanvalle-word-deur-izinyoka-uitgevoer.html
http://www.neo-genocide.com/farmitracker/reports/view/320 -
http://censorbugbear-reports.blogspot.nl/2012/09/news-sept-18-2012.html
There now are so many daily incidents that the entire month of September was split into two pages:
(Page 1) Sept 18 to Sept 26 2012: Two Afrikaner dads were murdered in cold blood while trying to protect their families; an Afrikaner homeowner was brutally beaten up by a gaggle of traffic cops; also: the unveiling of a Mandela statue in The Hague was disturbed by protestors against farm-murders; a new hatespeech chant 'Not Yet Uhuru' (Not Yet Freedom) terrifies white South Africans but especially the Afrikaners; and the ANC-regime's ethnic-cleansing campaign against the Afrikaner poor from their traditional neighbourhoods and towns is gaining momentum -- with several dozen new squatter camps for Afrikaners mushrooming around greater Pretoria. – details, pictures and links on:
http://censorbugbear-reports.blogspot.nl/2012/09/racial-attacks-incidents-sept-18-26-2012.html
(Page 2) May 1 2012 to Sept 30 2012, when the Farmitracker.com site was launched – it has logged 385 violent incidents of a racial nature. A total 292 were attacks on whites, of whom 99% were Afrikaners - including 82 incidents of 'dehumanisation': i.e. hatespeech, mutilation/torture and humilation which indicated that the attackers harboured extreme hatred towards their unknown victims. There also were 93 incidents of 'xenophobia' including the hacking to death of Chinese shopkeeper Long Liang Chen 31, his young wife and baby girl in their shop in Warden, Free State on Sept 16 2012. http://www.neo-genocide.com/farmitracker/reports/view/336
Industrial sabotage against transportation- and power-generation industries: The 33 recorded incidents of industrial sabotage are worrying: targetting as they did the economic strength of South Africa to undermine the increasingly shaky ruling Triad of the ANC/SACP/Cosatu movements, which are waging internal warfare over leadership-positions and financial advantage. in The industrial-sabotage incidents included the wholesale theft of gold and platinum by organised miner-piracy gangs; scores of large transport-trucks torched in a country-wide rampage by striking truck-drivers, and four sabotage attacks by armed groups of black 'demonstrators' against two coal-fired power stations in which multi-miltion Rand damage was inflicted on expensive, imported infrastructure sites. Two incidents of 'strongly suspected' incidents of sabotage against two other power stations were also recorded which were never investigated by officials as suspected sabotage, but considered 'due to incompetent personnel'.
http://censorbugbear-reports.blogspot.com/2010/05/lethabo-power-station-blast-one-dead-18.html
http://censorbugbear-reports.blogspot.com/2011/11/nov4-gruesome-murders-mutilations-rapes.html
http://censorbugbear-reports.blogspot.com/2009/05/gold-production-now-below-50000-kg-in.html
http://censorbugbear-reports.blogspot.com/2010/02/afrikaans-journalist-held-captive-by.html
http://censorbugbear-reports.blogspot.com/2010/05/sale-of-kroonstad-power-station-illegal.html
Foreign companies help in genocide of Afrikaners: Skilled Afrikaner artisans are fired & immediately impoverished; replaced with unskilled ANC-card-carrying members:
In this regard, it is also worrying that the number of squatter-camps for fired Afrikaner artisans and other 'white' workers has mushroomed (another 19 new camps were identified in this time-period). These skilled artisans are being fired under the ANC's striving for 100% black-African job-occupation under its racist black-economic-empowerment laws. The ANC-regime denies that they are deliberately firing 'white' workers and replacing them only with lesser-skilled 'black African' workers - however Solidarity trade union has recorded a growing number of their members being fired from government- and private economic enterprises in 2012 only because of their skin-colour, and private & state-run enterprises such as Eskom, the SA Police Service and the Public Health Service all are firing 'white' workers and/or refusing to advance them inside the organisations to higher-level positions: which are kept for black-African job seekers only. Similar incidents were also recorded at for instance the Woolworths company, resulting in a boycot and legal protests against the company's anti-white hiring policies by its primarily 'white' customers. Thus foreign-owned companies also are helping in the genocide-campaign against Afrikaner whites in South Africa.
http://censorbugbear-reports.blogspot.nl/2012/01/all-whites-barred-from-job-market-anc.html
http://censorbugbear-reports.blogspot.nl/2012/09/woolworths-boycotted-over-racist-hiring.html
Previously unrecorded incidents in September – first week of October 2012:
Afrikaner Johan Coetzee survives beating by 3 black males Potgietersrus: no motive
Oct 1, 2012 A Potgietersrus, Limpopo, Afrikaner resident Johan Coetzee was attacked the previous night after he walked home from watching rugby with some friends.
He was beaten up by 3 unknown black males and brutally assaulted. It's not reported whether anything was stolen. He is recovering in the medi-clinic in Potgietersrus
http://www.neo-genocide.com/farmitracker/reports/view/381
Antoinette du Plessis, 33, murdered in Claremont while maid was takng brief stroll in nearby park with 2yo daughter -
http://www.dieburger.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Huiswerker-kom-op-vrou-se-lyk-af-in-Claremont-20121005
Mrs Surina Kruger, 62, murdered in Elsburg, Johannesburg home: all her valuables left alone 2012-10-04 Beeld journalist Wolfram Zwecker reports that only her cellphone is missing
Afrikaner farmer Johan Greyling 79 repeatedly knifed by ambushers at homestead March 3 7am Oct 03, 2012 Afrikaner farmer Johan Greyling 79 repeatedly slashed with knife by ambushers at #Marquard farm today: in Bethlehem hospital 2012-10-03 Marquard..
Afrikaner farmer HK Grobler 79 beaten up by 4 black males, Lichtenburg farm attack
Oct 01, 2012 Disabled Afrikaner farmer HK Grobler 79 injured in armed attack by 4 black males Lichtenburg: no arrests: Mondaymorning 1-2am attack
Irish-born Mrs Dorothy Carlyle 59 kidnapped, beaten, stabbed, dumped in carboot for 10 hrs while drunken kidnappers partied and fired shots
Oct 02, 2012-- Rescued from partying kidnappers at KwaMashu, KZN: Irish-born Mrs Dorothy Carlyle 59 hijacked, beaten, stabbed, in her carboot for 10 hours.
Afrikaner farm worker Gidius Gertenbach 39 missing since Dec 22 2011 near Nelspruit
Farmworker Gidius Gertenbach (39) missing since Dec 22 2011 enroute to job Nelspruit - Witrivier He spoke to his mother on 22 December 2011 and told her he had gotten a job on a farm between Nelspruit and Witrivier. He was waiting for his employers to pick him up for work at the time of his call. He has not been heard from since. Please distribute the flyer! If you are in the area mentioned and are willing and able, please print the flyer and put it up in any public place where people can see it.
White English/Afrikaans-speaking SA man Richard Dovey 37 survives attempted murder by 7 black men who threatened to kill him
Sep 30, 2012 White man Richard Dovey 37 survives beating by 7 black man at rented farm house: "We are going to kill you', they shouted. Left him completely naked. http://www.neo-genocide.com/farmitracker/reports/view/380
White English-speaking SA car-dealer Barry Newland, 56 murdered, Cloverdene smallholdings: no motive:
Friday, Sept 28 Mr Newland was tortured with lit cigarettes, ahot iron, "veins in his eyes had burst' at his homestead, 56 Seven Road, Cloverdene, Benoni --
(We have report that his achilles-tendons also were cut through). Friday September 28. The only thing missing: a cellphone. The great many other valuables in his home were left untouched.
White English-speaking SA family Ellington family traumatised, survives armed attack by black-male gang gang in 'notorious silver Toyota Corolla'
25 Sep 2012 LaLucia Durban: The SAPS confirmed that they are looking for "three, possibly more, three black males driving what is being described as a 'notorious silver Toyota Corolla'-- who broke into the home of the English-speaking Ellington family, leaving them distraught but otherwise unharmed. The family was robbed after three armed intruders broke into their La Lucia home and robbed them of the family Mercedes and Alfa Romeo motor-cars. The Alfa was unmanageable to the male who tried to drive it away: Police said he crashed it into a bush on Kentucky Drive, witnessed by a Durban North Resident. (as reported by Lauren Anthony: "Spokesman for Marshall Security, Tyron Powell, said three suspects arrived at the Ellingham Drive home in the notorious silver Toyota Corolla (similar in shape to the Run X) at 8.40am. "One man wore a balaclava and had a gun, the other two had knives and they all wore gloves," said Powell. "They held up the gardener, then went inside. They found the resident inside and locked her and the gardener in the bathroom." Powell said they took items from inside the house as well as two cars, a mercedes and Alfa Romeo.He said the same Toyota Corolla car was also believed to be linked to several other cases in the area, including a house robbery in La Lucia on 13 September. http://www.looklocal.co.za/looklocal/content/en/north-durban-and-umhlanga/north-durban-and-umhlanga-news-crime?oid=6257453&sn=Detail&pid=1171314&Armed-robbery-at-La-Lucia-home
Peter Kohler-Barnard, son of DA opposition party spokeswoman on policing, car hijacked in Morningside KZN
Posted: 02 Oct 2012 Democratic-Alliance party's spokeswoman on policing Mrs Diane Kohler Barnard's son Peter hijacked October 3 2012- Morningside, Durban - By Shaun Smillie and Benita Enoch DA police spokeswoman Dianne Kohler Barnard's son was hijacked on Tuesday evening as he waited outside his mother's Morningside house. Three armed men put a gun to Peter Barnard's head and pulled him out of his car while his mother had gone into her home to lock up. Kohler Barnard said a red BMW had pulled up behind her son's silver Audi A5 and three armed men got out. "Thank God he wasn't shot. They pulled him out of the car, then pushed him into the property, locking the gate." Peter told his mother that when he saw the firearm, he co-operated. He was unhurt. The two cars sped off immediately afterwards. Shortly thereafter, Kohler Barnard tweeted: "My son just hijacked outside my house… silver Audi A5-4 armed men. Tracker on it Morningside, Durban with red BMW contact me -now." Kohler Barnard said a car-tracking company found the car about 8km away in a cul de sac. She said she believed the hijackers had left the car there to see if it had a tracking device. - The Star, IOL http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/kohler-barnard-s-son-hijacked-1.1395076#.UGw23q4prNM
Mysterious murder-squads target ANC and ANC youth league leaders in KwaZulu Natal and LImpopo -
1. Shooting at home of Limpopo ANCYL chair Aluruli Nelwamondo Thohoyandou 27-sep-2012 sapa - police confirmed that they were investigating an attempted murder case following a shooting at the house of the Vhembe Regional ANC Youth League chairman in
Limpopo. Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi said the shooting took place at Aluruli Nelwmondo's home in the Makwarela township, near Thoyandou, on Saturday."According to statements, four armed men allegedly scaled the security wall of the house and forced opened the door," said Mulaudzi.The men demanded to see Nelwamondo, but his two brothers told them he was not home."Having learnt that Nelwamondo was not vailable, one suspect fired three shots at the brothers, but missed, before they fled." http://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/2012/09/27/shooting-at-home-of-limpopo-ancyl-chairs
2. . ANC members critically shot in random strafing by gunmen Welbedacht, Chatsworth Durban http://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/2012/09/27/anc-members-shot 27-sep-2012 | Sapa Three ANC members were wounded when gunmen opened fire at random during a branch executive committee meeting in Welbedacht, near Chatsworth, in Durban, the party's KwaZulu-Natal branch said. Provincial ANC spokesman Senzo Mkhize said branch chairman Mbuzeni Ximba, deputy branch chairman Sbu Mpanza and ward committee member Bulelani Njoli were shot on Wednesday night. Colonel Vincent Mdunge confirmed the shooting, at Imbaliyethu High School, and said the motive was not known at this stage.The men were in critical, but stable conditions in hospital. One of them was shot in the leg. It was not clear where the other two were wounded. http://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/2012/09/27/anc-members-shot
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NASA picks SpaceX Starship for Artemis 2024 Moon lander
Chris Davies - Apr 16, 2021, 3:10pm CDT
NASA has announced SpaceX will build the Artemis Lunar Lander, the craft which will return American astronauts to the surface of the Moon. The Artemis mission is scheduled to launch in 2024, and the Human Landing System will be instrumental in NASA's plan to not only build a sustainable presence on the Moon but pave the way to crewed missions to Mars and other deep space exploration.
In the years since Artemis was announced, NASA has been gradually awarding contracts to private companies for the many pieces of hardware required for the mission. Roughly a year ago, the agency announced its final three picks for the Human Landing System, with SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Dynetics given 12 months to finalize their designs ahead of NASA's big decision.
Each came up with a fairly different approach. SpaceX's idea is based around its Starship, using Raptor engines and building on the Crew Dragon design. Different variations on the Starship design would be configured for different tasks, such as acting as a low-Earth orbit refueling station, or descending to the lunar surface.
Blue Origin's system, meanwhile – co-developed with Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Draper – was a three-stage lander made up of different sections. Each company would take a different section of the design and construction of the descent element, the ascent element, the transfer element, and the control systems managing all three.
Finally, Dynetics designed a single landing system which would use modular propellant vehicles. Rather than the stacked, upright appearance of the other two landers, the DHLS had a more spread-out layout, with the crew cabin flanked by the engines.
The Human Landing System won't just be required to do one trip down to the Moon, mind. While it'll be vital to the initial crewed mission, NASA also plans to use it for future sustainable surface exploration. That will require refueling and reuse of all, or parts, of the lander. It'll also be used to do Mars mission simulations.
The Human Lander is just one part of the overall Artemis Moon Mission which NASA has on its roadmap. It'll combine with the Space Launch System Rocket together with the Orion spacecraft as the way the space agency returns to the lunar surface. As part of that, NASA also has aggressive plans for what's known as the Gateway.
That's an outpost for space exploration that will be placed into orbit around the Moon. Not only will it provide support for the lunar exploration and eventual potential colony that NASA has in mind, it will also act as a staging point for deep space exploration.
Initially there'll be two main components which NASA says it will have ready to support the 2024 landing. The Power and Propulsion Element, or PPE, will be a solar electric propulsion spacecraft that will effectively be the power station for the Gateway, as well as deliver its attitude control and orbital transfer capabilities. Maxar Technologies, based out of Westminster, CO, is building the 60 kilowatt facility.
The other part will be the Habitation and Logistics Outpost, or HALO. Being developed by Northrop Grumman, it will be the home for astronauts stopping over at the Gateway, in addition to the hub for controlling energy storage and power distribution, communications, and environmental control and life support system, augmenting Orion and support crew members. It's been designed with multiple docking ports, that will support not only several visiting spacecraft at a time, but also leave scope for future modules to be attached.
SpaceX has already been selected to launch the PPE and HALO components. That's scheduled to take place no sooner than May 2024, with a Falcon Heavy rocket earmarked for the launch.
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ABOARD THE TAHRIR, AGIOS NIKOLAOS—They're prepared for tear gas, rubber bullets, water cannons and worse in the event of a boarding by Israeli forces.
But it is politicking and paperwork that have left the pro-Palestinian activists aboard a Canadian boat and other ships in Freedom Flotilla II stuck in Greek ports this weekend, stranded by a government edict they say was issued under pressure from Israel.
The 22 Canadians aboard the Tahrir, along with delegates from Australia, Belgium, Denmark and Turkey, spent Saturday pondering their options in the Cretan seaside town of Agios Nikolaos.
Greek MP Mihalis Kritsotakis, a member of the Coalition of the Radical Left, met with them aboard the Tahrir. He intends to raise a question Monday in Greece's parliament regarding the edict, which is preventing the flotilla from sailing off to test Israel's sea blockade of Gaza.
Greece has offered no formal justification for the edict, issued Friday by the Ministry of Citizen Protection.
Israel imposed the blockade in 2007 to stop weapons reaching the militant group Hamas, which controls Gaza. The Islamist group has been branded a terrorist organization by the West.
Activists describe the blockade as illegal and inhumane for the residents of Gaza. In the wake of Egypt's recent easing of restrictions at its Rafah border crossing with Gaza, activists have called for greater pressure on Israel to end the sea blockade.
The first Freedom Flotilla, which set sail for Gaza in May 2010 hoping to deliver humanitarian aid, ended with nine activists on a Turkish ship dying as Israeli commandos intercepted the small fleet. Each side accused the other of starting the violence.
This year's flotilla began with about 10 boats, but several have dropped out, with up to six now stranded in ports in Crete, Corfu and Athens. Another boat, from France, is somewhere "safe" outside Greek waters, organizers say.
The plan is to meet in the high seas and proceed east to Gaza. But it's not known when this will happen or how many boats will make it.
A U.S.-flagged boat, The Audacity of Hope, made a run for international waters Friday but was intercepted by the Greek coast guard.
Despite these delays and setbacks, no delegates aboard the Tahrir have dropped out, and by Saturday afternoon they were having some fun.
The youngest, Nick Wallwork, a 23-year-old Australian, and Robert Lovelace, a professor at Queen's University and former chief of the Ardoch Algonquin First Nation, paddled out of Agios Nikolaos harbour in a kayak with a tiny cargo of medical supplies.
They did not make it the nearly 800 kilometres to Gaza; but nor was the symbolic gesture halted by the Greek coast guard, which is guarding the harbour mouth.
To make the stunt more dramatic, the Tahrir fired up its engine as the kayak set off and the delegates cheered loudly. Greek naval officers, who are watching the Tahrir around the clock, didn't approach but they did get on the phone and eventually things settled down.
Whether the Tahrir, which also has 11 journalists aboard, ever gets to Gaza is in doubt. But its message is getting out.
Four of the Canadians are from the Toronto area: Lyn Adamson, 59, (Quaker activist and chair of Canadian Voice for Women for Peace), John Greyson, 51, (filmmaker and York University professor), Kate Wilson, 69, (publisher and advocate for children's mental health) and Markham accountant Mohammad Mujahid, 24.
Mujahid is a late addition to the voyage, which is his first protest. He is bracing for a backlash for taking part but has no fear, he said.
Others here, however, have received personal threats. If their profile weren't public before, they are now.
The Tahrir is carrying $30,000 worth of medicine reportedly in short supply in Gaza, fitted into 20 small boxes. The amount is symbolic, as could be this attempt to deliver it.
But the activists' purpose is clear. They indeed want — as critics and Israeli officials have charged — to be provocative.
Milne has been involved other peaceful Canadian protest actions and has worked with Christian Peacemaker Teams in Iraq.
Asked about media pundits labelling the Tahrir a "ship of fools," he chuckled.
The other Canadians include artists, professors, a doctor, a lawyer and an engineer. All are committed to non-violent protest.
The oldest is Mary Hughes-Thompson, 77, who helped found the Free Gaza Movement and successfully sailed with aid to Gaza in 2008, temporarily breaking the blockade. She wishes to once again see the people of Gaza greet the boat.
"I imagine them gathering on the shore," she said.
While there is hope they will make it, there is apprehension that there could be deaths, although many believe Israel could not afford a repeat of last year's violence aboard the Mavi Marmara.
The Mavi Marmara, a passenger ship capable of carrying hundreds, was originally part of Freedom Flotilla II but withdrew.
Among those on the Tahrir is Kevin Neish, 54, of Victoria, who was aboard the Turkish ship last year.
Neish, who with his trimmed white beard resembles Communist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin and actually does Lenin impersonations and tributes, is here both for the Palestinian cause and for the nine Turks who died on the Mavi last year.
During a week of delegate training in Agios Nikolaos, which included realistic mock boarding scenarios that left many delegates with their hearts thumping in their chests, Neish would close his eyes at times.
"I've got blood and dead bodies coming around in my head," said the retired marine engineer.
Is he scared this time?
"Oh f---, yeah," he said, his blue eyes widening.
For updates on the Tahrir, go to thestar.com. Follow reporter Jim Rankin on Twitter: @jleerankin.


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Film Review: A Place Among the Dead
Fans of TV's Buffy the Vampire Slayer will forever remember Juliette Landau as Drusilla, the willowy, unhinged cockney vampire who named the stars and played rough with her dollies. The thing about playing a vampire on screen is that, after a few decades, the performer is no longer able to reprise that role convincingly. No amount of Hollywood self-care truly stops the aging process (Paul Rudd, notwithstanding). But Landau comes as close as she can to revisiting Drusilla in her writing/directing debut, A Place Among the Dead. Landau plays Jules, a fictionalized version of herself, who becomes immersed in investigating a string of murders which may or may not have been committed by a vampire. Landau (and, thus, Jules) uses her Hollywood connections to collect testimonials from vampire-adjacent celebrities. These interviews punctuate the true crime documentary she's crafting about the killer. A Place Among the Dead is an ultra-meta exploration on the ways in which pop culture glamorizes death and destruction whilst trading youth and beauty as currency. The daughter of actors Martin Landau and Barbara Bain, Landau seasons the brew with a dash of Old Hollywood pathos…
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18 Celebrity Couples You Completely Forgot About
Maybe it's the nature of the business that causes celebrity couples to burn white hot before blinking out of existence and fading from public memory. When you're a really, really, ridiculously good looking actor, work often requires you to lay your emotions bare to an equally beautiful co-star. It's understandable that many stars would find themselves unable to keep their paws off of one another in real life after pretending to do so for hours at a time on the job.
At one time, these now-forgotten duos were head-over-heals, and their escapades were the talk of the town. Not every couple on this list met on set, but most have since been in a more high profile or significant relationship. At times, it can feel like high school, with the constant intermingling and swapping. But when you think about it, you have to kiss a lot of super sexy frogs before finding the true love (that you will later divorce). In some cases, even though both parties were equally successful at the time of their union, only one of them has sustained their grade, or graduated to the A-List. In other cases, they remained equally famous, but had other celebrity waters to traverse.
Whatever the case, take a trip down memory lane with these 18 Celebrity Couples You Completely Forgot About.
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From AUD$3,560.00 per person, based on superior double/twin share accommodation.
Includes: 19 nights' accommodation, 20 days unlimited km use of a compact sized car, light breakfast in Capricorn Caves & Mission Beach, full breakfast in Mossman, return catamaran transfer to/from Fraser Island and River heads, Dreamtime Gorge Walk and fully detailed itinerary with local and regional maps.
Depart Sydney and travel north over the Harbour Bridge and onto the Pacific Highway. Detour through the towns of Gosford and Newcastle. Newcastle is Australia's sixth largest city – enjoy a scenic walk along the foreshore. From Newcastle, travel via Maitland and into the Hunter Valley. With wineries in abundance, take the opportunity to taste and purchase some of the finest wines Australia has to offer.
Leave the Hunter Valley and travel towards Newcastle, before veering North onto the Pacific Highway. Situated on the coast by the Hastings River and the Tasman Sea, Port Macquarie is an idyllic beach side town. Relax at one of the many restaurants or indulge at one of the local beauty spas. However don't miss out on the beach, where it's not uncommon to see dolphins swimming off the beach.
Travel north to Kempsey, on the way to Coffs Harbour, the capital of the Holiday Coast. The highway follows the coast to the seaside town of Woolgoolga then turns inland towards Grafton. Travel to Woodburn and on to Ballina and then a further 38 kilometres to Byron Bay. Nearby Cape Byron, is the most easterly point on the Australian coast and also has Australia's most powerful lighthouse. Byron Bay, renowned for its beaches, makes it an ideal spot for a stroll, picnic, and swim or surf.
Heading north along the Pacific Highway, you are destined for the glitzy Gold Coast. This short drive leaves plenty of time to stop for Breakfast or Lunch at one of the many coastal towns along the way such as Hastings Point or Kingscliff, before crossing the border into Australia's second biggest state – Queensland.
Today is at your leisure; why not scour the shops of Cavill Avenue before heading to the world famous Surfers Paradise Beach for a swim and relax in the sun. With plenty of bars and restaurants lining the streets, you won't be short of dinner options.
Today you are travelling on the Pacific Motorway towards Queensland's capital city, Brisbane. Why not make it a morning trip and leave time to view the Queensland Museum, visit the many stores and boutiques in Queen Street Mall or stroll along South Bank and explore the markets (Friday Nights 5pm-10pm, Saturday 10am-5pm, Sunday 9am-5pm).
Departing Brisbane for Noosa on the Sunshine Coast, you will drive along the M1.This is a short drive so you have time to stop at the Australia Zoo (own expense) along the way and spend a half day with a few of Australia's natives, before arriving in the relaxed beach side town of Noosa.
Another easy day on the road today will have you travelling to River Heads, the departure point for Fraser Island. From here you will board the Kingfisher Bay Catamaran and be transported to the stunning Fraser Island. (Secure car storage is available at River Heads and should be booked in conjunction with accommodation).
World Heritage-listed Fraser Island is the largest sand island in the world, and today you are free to explore all its glory! You can join a Whale Watching tour between the months of August to March or the Beauty Spots Tour operates year round which lets you discover all the best that Fraser has to offer.
After your morning catamaran transfer back to River Heads, you can travel along the Isis Highway towards Agnes Water. This will take you through the historic town of Bundaberg, the home of Bundaberg Rum. Lush green cane fields line the roads as you arrive into the quaint Agnes Waters town of 1770 (Seventeen Seventy). Take a walk along the serene 7kms of beach and enjoy one of the 267days of sunshine!
This morning's drive will take you along the Bruce Highway to the country retreat at Henderson Park Farm. Leave time to stop at one of the small towns, like Boyne Island, along the way for lunch before arriving at Capricorn Caves. Here you can explore spectacular caves set in a limestone ridge.
Follow the Bruce Highway along the coast as you head towards Airlie Beach. Again cane fields are a prominent feature along the roads heading into the farming hub of Mackay, before arriving in Airlie Beach, the gateway to the Whitsundays.
A day at leisure to enjoy what the beautiful Whitsundays has to offer. We suggest you take a sailing trip and spend the day on one of the many beautiful Whitsunday Islands. There are many operators offering different cruise and island combinations for you to choose from.
Travel north passing through Bowen and the twin towns of Home Hill and Ayr. Townsville is a modern, tropical city and the administrative capital of North Queensland. A visit to the Great Barrier Reef Wonderland is recommended; it houses the world's largest living coral reef aquarium. This evening join in with the locals for a walk along the waterfront esplanade, known as "The Strand".
Continue following the picturesque Queensland coast line, through the towns of Ingham, known as "little Italy" for its Italian settlers heritage and Cardwell. Today you will see the rainforest meet the sea at the stunning little town of Mission Beach.
Take time to walk the along the beach, visit the Mission Beach Markets (held on the 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month) or take a drive out to visit Paronella Park, a beautiful semi-ruined Spanish Castle built in 1913 on 5 Hectares of lush ground next to a waterfall.
Today you will drive through the country town of Innisfail and small city of Cairns before arriving into laid back tropical oasis that is Port Douglas. Enjoy the humidity with a cold drink at one of the local bars, or even by the pool.
Spend a day at leisure in Port Douglas, take a cruise to the Great Barrier Reef or explore the nearby Mossman Gorge.
A quick drive into the rainforest today will lead you to Cape Tribulation. This is where the rainforest truly meets the sea in a spectacular style. Join a hiking tour through the Curtain Figs and hear the stories from the Dreamtime.
The last day of your itinerary takes you on a scenic coastal drive back to Cairns where you can indulge in a spot of shopping, a walk around the lagoon or even take a side trip up to the small town of Kuranda and experience the local daily markets.
Your car is booked until tomorrow and should be returned to the Cairns city or airport depot by the same time as it was picked up on day 1 to avoid any additional charges.


Businesses consume energy in lots of different ways. This includes through the use of electronic devices, such as office equipment, appliances in the kitchen or canteen, and other business equipment. How can you be more energy efficient with electronic devices?
You should also make sure energy-saving features are activated and optimised. This includes features on computers, laptops, and other IT equipment. Energy-saving features typically put the device into hibernation mode. Hibernation mode is convenient as it is easy and quick to wake the device up when needed. In addition, it is usually possible to continue working from where you left off.
It is, therefore, a good option for devices that are used throughout the day. Instead of shutting down a computer when going out for a couple of hours, put it into hibernation mode instead—or let the computer put itself into hibernation mode when it hasn't been used for a certain period of time. Around 10 minutes is about right in most situations.
One thing you shouldn't use is screensavers. The computer or laptop is still on while a screensaver is running, so it will use more energy than it needs to. Hibernation or a complete shutdown are much better options.
Also, don't print unless it's absolutely necessary. Once you hit print, the machine goes fully active and uses energy as well as paper. Always use digital versions of documents when you can.
When buying new electronic devices, use their energy efficiency rating as one of your considerations as the energy cost savings can add up significantly when measured over the life of a device. If you have equipment that is particularly old but still functional, you should also consider replacing it with a more energy-efficient device.
The location of equipment is important too. For example, you should locate equipment like photocopiers (which heat up when they run) in naturally cool locations so that air conditioning systems in the summer don't have to work harder to lower the temperature. Also, avoid locating equipment in places where they block air flow, particularly when it is close to a heating or air conditioning source.
Maintenance is also important. Equipment like computers, photocopiers, and other devices gathers considerable amounts of dust inside their casings. This causes cooling systems and fans to work harder to keep the devices cool. Cleaning the equipment will mitigate this, and it will ensure the equipment lasts for longer.
Finally, the office kitchen or canteen is another area where you can save money on the use of devices. For example, only turn on the dishwasher when it is full, and do not fill up the kettle every time it is boiled.
Many of the above tips are about policies and processes, but they can represent significant cost savings, particularly when you also ensure that you're on a tariff that gives you the cheapest business electricity prices available.


It has been 13 months since Roy Hodgson last tasted victory away from home in the Barclays Premier League and, judging by this, it could be a good while longer yet.
Especially when Manchester United come next.
His Liverpool team appear to be travelling as badly as a Fulham side that won away only once in the League last season, their failure even to begin to trouble Birmingham at St Andrew's a real concern for the new Anfield manager.
Hodgson remained relatively calm afterwards, citing the fact that these are still early days; that these things can happen at the end of an international week; that Birmingham deserved credit for playing as well as they did, not least in defence where Alex McLeish has organised them magnificently.
But it already seems Hodgson has his work cut out if he is to improve on the seventh place Liverpool achieved under Rafa Benitez in May.
They might continue to possess real quality in the likes of Steven Gerrard, Fernando Torres, Pepe Reina and Jamie Carragher but too many of the players who now stand alongside them simply don't appear good enough to be representing a team with serious designs on the Champions League.
Lucas Leiva and Christian Poulsen looked so inferior to their more immediate predecessors. The central midfield pairing of Xabi Alonso and Javier Mascherano was as good as any in the Premier League. The same cannot be said of these two, who were not even a match for Craig Gardner and Barry Ferguson.
For Gerrard and Torres it became utterly dispiriting and the apparent inability of their colleagues to pass the ball with any kind of fluency caused real frustration among the forward pairing. In the end Gerrard decided to drop deeper, if only to get more involved and inject a bit of urgency into Liverpool's football.
He may have also lost a bit of patience with Torres, who for all the faults of his less gifted teammates also had something of a horror. When fit and in form, he is among the finest strikers in the world, as he proved during his first season at Anfield.
On this evidence he is still short of both, the sight of him shooting wildly from the tightest of angles when Gerrard was accelerating towards the edge of the six-yard box pretty much summing up his afternoon.
Gerrard threw his hands into the air in exasperation, and one wonders if both of them might now regret not moving on when they had the chance. Torres seems far from happy, judging by his body language.
Right now there are no such concerns at Birmingham. They were much the better side going forward, too, and had it not been for Reina they would have won this comfortably.
Benitez never beat Birmingham in the League and Hodgson may now appreciate why because McLeish and his men certainly had the measure of Liverpool this time.
After an opening 20 minutes memorable only for the sight of Torres shooting weakly and Gerrard sustaining a nasty cut to his ear in a collision with Ferguson, Birmingham really started to apply some pressure.
A super cross from Lee Bowyer was met by Cameron Jerome with an excellent header, but Reina somehow conjured a save as good as any he will make this year.
Gardner then met a ball from Sebastian Larsson with a shot that looped over the crossbar and Reina excelled again in denying Jerome for a second time, intercepting a cross from Larsson just as Birmingham's striker prepared to unleash another header.
What followed was just as impressive, Reina producing the third such save to stop a Gardner header that owed much to the quality of the cross from Stephen Carr.
There was further disappointment for Birmingham when Roger Johnson failed to convert a fine delivery from the excellent Ferguson. In fairness to Johnson, he did all that was asked of him in defence alongside Scott Dann.
The uncertainty in Liverpool's defensive ranks continued after the break, the arrival of Paul Konchesky doing little to raise standards at the back. A teasing free-kick from Larsson was allowed to bounce behind the back four, only just clearing an exposed Reina's bar.
90min). Subs not used: Taylor, Murphy, Derbyshire, Michel, Fahey, Jiranek.
Poulsen 5, Jovanovic 5; Gerrard 6; Torres 5. Subs not used: Jones, Pacheco, Kyrgiakos, Babel, Ngog.
Man of the match: Pepe Reina.
Only when Gerrard dropped into a more central role did Liverpool begin to gain some momentum but even then the better chances fell to Birmingham.
While Reina remained on alert, Ben Foster enjoyed one of his easier days at the opposite end. He denied Gerrard and Torres but his goal was not often threatened.
Jerome cursed his luck when he then directed a header wide, when he really should have scored, leaving Birmingham to reflect on this encounter not so much as a point gained but a major opportunity lost.
They continue to grow under the management of McLeish, and had they secured the three points they deserved they would have been among the Champions League places this morning - the kind of territory Liverpool used to occupy but not at the moment and not any time soon, given the way they have started this campaign.
They were awful at Manchester City, and hugely disappointing here too. Next stop Old Trafford.


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Devil's Cauldron: The Battles for Arnhem and Nijmegen
Zitadelle: Duel for Kursk Forgotten Axis: The Finnish Front
Back to: WW2
Base price £350.00
MULTI-MAN PUBLICATIONS
Grand Tactical Series
Theme: WW2 Pre-Owned Andy's Picks Punched
Excellent Condition Punched Copy
Operation Market-Garden - A Bridge Too Far - has become one of the defining battles of World War II in the West. The Devil's Cauldron is the first of a new series of games that will recapture these moments on a grand scale. With the color and atmosphere that the great campaigns deserve, the series is also created with exquisite historical detail and a game system that allows the players to see the great Whys and What-Ifs as the campaigns unfold.
Should the British Airborne have risked more to drop closer to Arnhem Bridge? Could XXX Corps have gotten to the beleaguered garrison at Arnhem Bridge? These questions are asked to this day and with Devil's Cauldron you can arrive at your own answers.
Incorporating the most up-to-date historical information as well as contributions from leading Market Garden-historians, the game's details are unmatched. The SS Marching band that was thrown into the early action; Jedburgh teams; captured Dutch Firetrucks; German Police units; and much more are presented. No effort has been spared on the maps, which have extraordinary detail and have been created to allow a true picture of what happened and to explain why it happened. Extensive historical and game notes are also provided to complete the "paper time capsule" effect.
With all this history Devil's Cauldron is not just some reference tool. It is also a great game! Using Victory Games popular, playable and accurate Panzer Command system, Devil's Cauldron has been updated and carefully designed to offer fast, fun and challenging play. With an easy-to-learn game engine, Devil's Cauldron offers plenty of nuance and balance for the grognard and a fun and rewarding game experience lasting from a 90 minute scenario to the 50-hour campaign. Scaled at 500 meters a hex and roughly 2-hour turns, players command company-sized units in a system that rewards planning and careful play. Devil's Cauldron covers the Northern half of the Market-Garden campaign, including the action of the British 1st Airborne and the U.S. 82nd All American Division. The Devil's Cauldron is fully playable on its own or as part of a grand campaign covering the entireity of Market-Garden when linked with its sister game, Where Eagles Dare.
NOTE: This is a strict reprint of the original Devil's Cauldron. The ONLY changes in this reprint edition are the incorporation of all known applicable errata, and the inclusion of the latest version of the series rules (1.1) previously released in No Question of Surrender
4 23.5"x35.5" mapsheets 3 of which are backprinted w/scenario maps
3 9"x12" map extensions (adding useful areas which were "just off" the are covered by the 4 mapsheets)
11 sheets of 5/8" die-cut full-color counters
1 countersheet of 1" die-cut full-color counters
2 Series Rulebooks (1 detailed (ver 1.1); 1 "quick start")
TDC exclusive rulebook
Historical booklet
8 full-colour divisional displays
2 CRT/TEC Charts and Tables
1 Game Turn Chart
4 10-sided dice
Base postage cost: £8.00


Starting a blog or an eCommerce business are both great ways of making money online. But they require a lot of time and constant supervision to manage. The good thing about the Internet is that it offers a multitude of opportunities for everyone. So, if you want to make money from home yet be minimally busy, you should consider reselling some services or goods, creating online classes, or get a cool job with flexible hours.
If you have any skill you can teach, monetize it by creating your own online class. You can use platforms like Udemy, Coursera, or FutureLearn to sell your classes. You should also look for specialized niche platforms if there are any for your subject.
The online education industry is predicted to grow to $243 billion by 2022, so now would be a great time to use this opportunity. If you have the time, you can take it a step further and become an online tutor. Classes can be used as a supplementary source of income as well as an aid for your private lessons.
You don't have to invest in an expensive server setup to become a hosting provider if you choose to make money online by resell hosting for profit. You can use this as a complement to your other online business.
This would be a great way to quickly boost your income if you already have a website hosted with a company that offers this service. As a reseller, you will be able to brand 'your' hosting service as you like. This means it's a smart choice for companies that already offer some digital services, like web design or marketing.
You can get a very flexible and interesting job by becoming a type of 'tester' for a variety of things. One opportunity is to test various goods to provide reviews. Note that not all offers like this provide payment. But you can get a chance to enjoy some branded goods you won't be able to afford otherwise. Online surveys can be counted with this kind of business too as sometimes companies that pay for surveys will send you a selection of products to assess using their questionnaire.
As to the assessment of services, you can become a mystery shopper. By working with Bestmark or similar companies you might get paid for shopping in specified places and assessing the quality of their customer service in the meantime.
If you're lucky to live within the covered area, try to score a spot with Trendsource as this company will pay you for evaluating pizza.
You also should look up Facebook groups specializing in used goods sales.
If you don't feel like selling yet, consider sharing services, which are pretty much like regular rent. For example, use Sailo for renting your boat, RVShare for your RV, or KitSplit for your pro camera equipment.
In case you used said equipment to make some good pictures, be sure to upload them to Shutterstock so you make some money off them too.


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Happy Tuesday! I have four fun books to share with you today for TBRD and neither one is from my Summer Beach Reads post. Get excited for four new books!
Yesterday was a chilly, rainy day and we embraced it. All sports were cancelled and the kids and I did a big BJ's run. I restocked my stash of toilet paper, paper towels, and snacks. We have 4 tournaments in the next 4 weeks so I wanted to have some easy snacks that I didn't feel terrible about giving the kids. The boys played outside in the rain for a bit and we all headed to bed early to read. Speaking of reading…
The Stepsisters by Susan Mallery
Once upon a time, when her dad married Sage's mom, Daisy was thrilled to get a bright and shiny new sister. But Sage was beautiful and popular, everything Daisy was not, and she made sure Daisy knew it.
Sage didn't have Daisy's smarts—she had to go back a grade to enroll in the fancy rich-kid school. So she used her popularity as a weapon, putting Daisy down to elevate herself. After the divorce, the stepsisters' rivalry continued until the final, improbable straw: Daisy married Sage's first love, and Sage fled California.
Eighteen years, two kids and one troubled marriage later, Daisy never expects—or wants—to see Sage again. But when the little sister they have in common needs them both, they put aside their differences to care for Cassidy. As long-buried truths are revealed, no one is more surprised than they when friendship blossoms.
Their fragile truce is threatened by one careless act that could have devastating consequences. They could turn their backs on each other again…or they could learn to forgive once and for all and finally become true sisters of the heart.
Talk Bookish to Me by Kate Bromley
Kara Sullivan's life is full of love—albeit fictional. As a bestselling romance novelist and influential bookstagrammer, she's fine with getting her happily-ever-after fix between the covers of a book.
But right now? Not only is Kara's best friend getting married next week—which means big wedding stress—but the deadline for her next novel is looming, and she hasn't written a single word. The last thing she needs is for her infuriating first love, Ryan Thompson, to suddenly appear in the wedding party. But Ryan's unexpected arrival sparks a creative awakening in Kara that inspires the steamy historical romance she desperately needs to deliver.
With her wedding duties intensifying, her deadline getting closer by the second and her bills not paying themselves, Kara knows there's only one way for her to finish her book and to give her characters the ever-after they deserve. But can she embrace the unlikely, ruggedly handsome muse—who pushes every one of her buttons—to save the wedding, her career and, just maybe, write her own happy ending?
The Guncle by Steven Rowley
Patrick, or Gay Uncle Patrick (GUP, for short), has always loved his niece, Maisie, and nephew, Grant. That is, he loves spending time with them when they come out to Palm Springs for weeklong visits, or when he heads home to Connecticut for the holidays. But in terms of caretaking and relating to two children, no matter how adorable, Patrick is, honestly, overwhelmed.
So when tragedy strikes and Maisie and Grant lose their mother and Patrick's brother has a health crisis of his own, Patrick finds himself suddenly taking on the role of primary guardian. Despite having a set of "Guncle Rules" ready to go, Patrick has no idea what to expect, having spent years barely holding on after the loss of his great love, a somewhat-stalled acting career, and a lifestyle not-so-suited to a six- and a nine-year-old. Quickly realizing that parenting–even if temporary–isn't solved with treats and jokes, Patrick's eyes are opened to a new sense of responsibility, and the realization that, sometimes, even being larger than life means you're unfailingly human.
The Invisible Husband of Frick Island by Colleen Oakley
Piper Parrish's life on Frick Island—a tiny, remote town smack in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay—is nearly perfect. Well, aside from one pesky detail: Her darling husband, Tom, is dead. When Tom's crab boat capsized and his body wasn't recovered, Piper, rocked to the core, did a most peculiar thing: carried on as if her husband was not only still alive, but right there beside her, cooking him breakfast, walking him to the docks each morning, meeting him for their standard Friday night dinner date at the One-Eyed Crab. And what were the townspeople to do but go along with their beloved widowed Piper?
Anders Caldwell's career is not going well. A young ambitious journalist, he'd rather hoped he'd be a national award-winning podcaster by now, rather than writing fluff pieces for a small town newspaper. But when he gets an assignment to travel to the remote Frick Island and cover their boring annual Cake Walk fundraiser, he stumbles upon a much more fascinating tale: an entire town pretending to see and interact with a man who does not actually exist. Determined it's the career-making story he's been needing for his podcast, Anders returns to the island to begin covert research and spend more time with the enigmatic Piper—but he has no idea out of all the lives he's about to upend, it's his that will change the most.
If you are interested in other recent releases, check out my Tuesday Book Release Day page.
I'm still reading a bunch of kids books right now to help select our Battle of the Books books for next year. I've read some really good ones and I'll be sharing them soon! Have a great day full of sunshine and NEW books!
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What's Up Wednesday – 5/25/21
oh these two sound right up my alley- adding them to the cue- thanks Sarah!
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I added two more that I loved and couldn't believe I missed. You might like them too!!
All of these sounds awesome!
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Manuel Tenenbaum (1934 – February 2, 2016) was a Uruguayan educator, historian and philanthropist. He was the author of books and articles about Jewish history. He served as the executive director of the Latin American Jewish Congress, the South American branch of the World Jewish Congress, from 1978 to 2007.

Early life
Manuel Tenenbaum was born in 1934 in Montevideo, Uruguay. His parents were Jewish immigrants from Poland.

Career
Tenenbaum was an educator. According to Haaretz, he was the "director of a secondary school in Montevideo, on the faculty of the Jewish teachers' seminary and a college professor." Additionally, he was the author of several articles and books on Jewish history, including Talmud y derecho.

Tenenbaum served as the president of the Uruguay chapter of B'nai B'rith from 1972 to 1974. He went on to serve as the inaugural president of the Latin American Jewish Youth Council. He served as the president of the Central Jewish Committee of Uruguay from 1976 to 1978. He served as the president of the Latin American Jewish Congress, the South American branch of the World Jewish Congress, from 1978 to 2007.

Death
Tenenbaum died on February 1, 2016, in Montevideo, Uruguay, where he was buried. He was eighty-one years old.

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SinglesAroundMe®, the hugely popular social discovery mobile dating app announced today that the it has received substantial cost reimbursement from the Government of Canada for its scientific research and experimental development (SRED) claim related to its patent pending Position-Shift™ invention.
The Position-Shift™ algorithm introduces as degree of displacement in the user's location with user defined control. It allows people to shift their public geo-location for the sake of their mobile privacy and security while on a smart-phone or social network. It provides users the choice of divulging their precise location, giving them full control of their desired privacy.
Position-Shift™ is set to change mobile location security and privacy for everybody, including users of social networks like Facebook®, Google+®, and Twitter® to name just a few. People will have the ability to control their location in relation to others as a macro setting on a digital device or specifically within applications. It is a disruptive technology and a game changer – providing piece of mind to users as they interact with others using social media.
The SinglesAroundMe® iPhone & Android apps are already utilizing Position-Shift™ to offer users a privacy option choice that displaces users' true location by a few miles on geographical maps. This degree of privacy still allows users to flirt within the general vicinity, but provides them with the comfort and security they desire. Users can choose to show, hide and now Shift™ their location within the app.
Launched in 2010, SinglesAroundMe has been pioneering vicinity based mobile dating and is a leading social discovery mobile app on the Android, iPhone & Blackberry with over 2 million users in 100 countries.
Formal United States Patent Application Serial No. 14/089,162 filed November 25th 2013 titled Methods and Systems Related To privacy In Location Based Mobile Applications; International PCT Patent Application Serial No. PCT/CA2013/000973. Both of these applications claim priority to earlier filed US Provisional Applications Nos. 61/725,645 filed January 15, 2013 and No. 61/836,227 filed June 18, 2013; plus other 2010-2012 patents.


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Haut-Rhin (; elzásziul: Owerelsàss, németül: Oberelsass vagy Hoch-Rhein) megyét (Felső-Rajna) az alkotmányozó nemzetgyűlés 1790. március 4-ei határozata nyomán hozták létre a francia forradalom idején.

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Haut-Rhin megye Franciaország északkeleti részén, az Elzász régióban fekszik. Északon a Bas-Rhin, keleten Baden-Württemberg, délnyugaton a Territoire de Belfort, nyugaton a Vosges megyék határolják. Határos továbbá keleten Bázellel, délen pedig a Jura kantonnal.

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exceptionally small cucumber or the world's cutest watermelon?
Melothria scabra, known as 'Cucamelon' or 'Mouse melon' is a tiny melon that has been creating a buzz in the farmer's markets.
The fruits are small enough to fit into a teaspoon, yet bite into one and the flavour is pure cucumber with a refreshing tinge of lime. Its unique flavour, its pest-free and rampant habit of growth, not to mention its huge productivity, all conspire to recommend this unusual vine to home gardeners looking for something new to add to their menus. These tiny watermelon look-a-likes from Central America have been popular since Aztec times. The vines produce a constant stream of fruit throughout the summer, known as Sandiita or 'little watermelon' in Spanish. Cucamelons can be eaten in exactly the same way as traditional cucumbers - sliced into salads, chopped into salsas or pickled whole like cornichons. Mix whole cucamelons (fresh, blanched or pickled) into a bowl of olives and serve with drinks, or why not go the whole way and spear them with toothpicks and pop them in a martini.
The flavour has been described as 'Cucumber with a bit of watermelon rind and a squeeze of lemon or lime'. This tiny treasure can match the crunch of pretzels and chips.
They are terrific in stir-fries; can be pickled just like French gherkins, eaten raw in salads or pickled. They also can be chopped and added to salsas for extra texture and flavour. A conversation piece in the garden, or as an edible centerpiece at the table.
Despite their exotic origins and adorable appearance, they are much easier to grow than regular cucumbers. Plant out late March in a heated greenhouse or late May in an unheated greenhouse, or later if growing outside. Plant two plants per growbag or one per large pot. Keep the compost moist, always water around the plant, not the foliage.
The vines are delicate to begin with but soon begin to fill out. Letting them run over the ground is not the best way to cultivate the fruit because this invites slug damage. Support the plants with canes, or a simple bamboo wigwam / frame just like sweet peas, then simply let them ramble and scramble skyward. The Cucamelon plant grows to around 10cm to 15cm (4 to 6in) wide and 1.2m to 1.5m (40 to 50in) tall. It can be treated like a perennial providing you with fruit year-after-year. In late autumn once the fruiting period is over, lift the cucamelon's main radish like root and store in barely moist compost in a garage or shed over winter. Plant out again in early April to achieve early fruiting. Growing cucamelons is easy: simply start them indoors the same time you would begin seedlings for cucumbers, and plant them outdoors at exactly the same time. In fact, cucamelons are a little more cool-weather tolerant than most cucumbers, which is an added bonus should you get a late cold spell. The plants are also fairly drought-resistant, more so than cucumbers, they don't need the cover of a greenhouse, fancy pruning or training techniques and suffer from very few pests.


Thursday, February 18 through Saturday, February 20 at 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, February 21 at 6:00 p.m.
Sound, light, voice, and movement orbit, collide, fuse, and repel to create a hauntingly evocative landscape of bodies turned inside out. A sequel to LEIMAY's critically acclaimed piece BECOMING -corpus, borders sets stillness against high physicality and visceral vocalizations against sonic harmonies. Forms dissolve through walls of light and mutable axes of space. The stage morphs into a hanging valley of shadows and swelling interferences, enveloping the audience in a universe at the thresholds of itself. The world premiere of borders coincides with the release of a publication tracing LEIMAY's creative process and an art exhibition featuring materials from past LEIMAY works.
February 20 – Pre-show talk: Tracing the Art with Shige Moriya, Ximena Garcia, and Joe Diebes at 6:30 p.m.
February 21 – LEIMAY LUDUS Class: What a Body Can Do from noon until 2:00 p.m.
LEIMAY is Ximena Garnica and Shige Moriya, artists who create theatre that combines Butoh performance with video, light installations, sculpture, and photography.
For more information about LEIMAY, please visit their website. To purchase tickets, please visit the event's page brownpapertickets.com.


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Pallas Télévision ou Pallas TV est une société de production audiovisuelle française créée en 2007 par le journaliste Eric Pierrot en association avec Link production.

Elle produit des reportages pour les groupes TF1, France Télévisions, M6, Canal +, et NextRadioTV.

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Pallas TV a produit le magazine hebdomadaire Faits divers, le mag diffusé tous les samedis à 14 heures sur France 2 du  au .

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Entreprise de production audiovisuelle française
Société de production de télévision ayant son siège en France


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Like a studded crescent moon upon a bed of glistening sapphires, The Marianas attracts visitors to its embrace.
A tropical paradise offering the relaxing shores of magnificent beaches and crystal clear blue waters, as well as the lively bustle of night life, shopping, a wide range of ethnic restaurants, and a multitude of outdoor activities.
History in The Marianas
Seafarers and Settlement
The Marianas was first settled around 2000 B.C. by ancient seafaring people who journeyed in outrigger canoes. They sailed across the vast expanse of the open Pacific and settled The Marianas. Historical records suggest that the indigenous Chamorros were originally from Southeast Asia.
The Marianas was first encountered by Spanish explorer Ferdinand Magellan in 1521 during his world exploration in search of gold and spices. In 1668, 147 years after Magellan's encounter, Fr. Diego Luis de San Vitores, a Jesuit priest, arrived in The Marianas with the mission to convert and implement Christianity among the Chamorros, thus beginning the colonization of The Marianas by Spain. The islands were named after Queen Maria Ana of Spain.
Led by Chief Aghurubw and Chief Nguschul of the Caroline Islands, the settlement of the Carolinians in The Marianas began in 1815.
War and Possession
Germany purchased The Marianas from Spain in 1899, and the islands remained under German rule until the start of WWI in 1914. That year, Japan took possession of the islands under a secret agreement with the British to keep peace in Asia during the war. After WWI, Japan received the islands by the terms of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919, and then later, as a mandate under the League of Nations in 1920. The islands became deadly battlegrounds during the WWII campaign as Japanese and U.S. forces collided to gain control of the Pacific.
U.S. forces gained control of The Marianas in July 1944. In 1947, The Marianas was placed in a United Nations strategic trusteeship known as the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands with the U.S. as the administering authority. The people of The Marianas decided to enter into a political union with the United States and became a self-governing commonwealth in January 1978. In November 1986, U.S. citizenship was conferred upon the people of The Marianas.
Culture in The Marianas
Pacific Island Roots
Home to two indigenous people, the Chamorros and Carolinians, The Marianas holds to its Pacific Island roots while welcoming people of cultures from around the world that visit, work, and reside on these islands. The rich diversity of this heritage allows visitors to find many delightful opportunities to immerse themselves in this rich cultural experience.
Festivals across the Islands
Throughout the year, a variety of festivals celebrate Chamorro, Carolinian and international cultural traditions in song, dance, crafts and food. There's no better place to start than the weekly Garapan Street Market in the heart of the main tourist district of Saipan.
The annual Flame Tree Arts Festival showcases traditional Carolinian Stick Dancing, an old warrior dance, and artists from all over Micronesia share their masterpieces.
The Liberation Day Festival in Saipan is a week-long celebration of the island's 1944 liberation from Japanese occupation. The Liberation Day Parade happens on July 4th, following carnival festivities featuring the crowning of the Miss Liberation Day Queen which is a highlight during this celebration.
Every Saturday in May, Saipan hosts the Taste of The Marianas International Food Festival & Beer Garden. This event kicks off CNMI Tourism month. Visitors have the opportunity to sample local and international foods prepared by the local top chefs. The Chefs and Cocktail Competition is a highlight for everyone.
The annual Tinian Fiesta has its own Queen coronation, along with rides and, of course, favorite local foods. Tinian's Pika Festival celebrates the island's famous hot pepper, reputed to be amongst the hottest in the world. The San Francisco De Borja Fiesta is Rota's largest event of the year, complete with BBQ, rides, dancing, and the crowning of the Rota Queen.


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Forgotten Reflections
Young-Im Lee
Average Rating 9/10 (1 Review)
Publisher : bnpublishing
Copyright : Young-Im Lee 2017
ISBN-10 : PB 1-68411-382-2
ISBN-13 : PB 978-1-68411-382-8
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A historical thriller set during the Korean War era sheds light on the brave women who handcrafted hanji paper and made their mark on the unseen pages of Korean history. In the current international climate where North Korea takes centre stage, Forgotten Reflections weaves an inspirational tale of family, lost memories, folklore and an unforgotten history, spanning three generations as South Korea rises from the ashes.
Dare to Dream in the Midst of War.
1945. Rice fields seem endless in a quaint farming village of South Korea, yet Iseul and the villagers have been on the verge of starvation for as long as they can remember; the last of their Japanese colonizers have taken every last grain with them. In the newly independent Korea, Iseul dreams of what her future might bring. Yet, war is on the horizon, and the boy she has fallen for is an alleged North Korean communist spy.
Amidst war, Jung-Soo and Iseul embark on a comic journey of self-discovery across the mountainous peninsula, as they are aided by the occasional appearances of long forgotten legendary figures. Music helps them pass the time, as does the radio and the crafty carpentry skills of Iseul who would eventually make history with her handcrafted hanji paper. Unexpected friendships are forged, love burgeons and betrayal taints their elusive dreams.
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This historical novel takes place in South Korea, both during the mid-20th century, and in the present day.
In 1945, Korea's Japanese occupiers had just left, leaving a devastated country behind; there was very little to eat. Iseul was a young woman living in a village called The Wasteland, which was part of Yeoju (back then, Yeoju was a county; it became a city in 2013). People believed that village carpenters, like Iseul's father, could put ghosts in chairs and tables that they made, so Iseul was not looked down on.
A young man named Jung-Soo, part of a well-off family, was brought to the village, as an attempt to get him "out of the way." His father may, or may not, be a Communist spy from the North. In the beginning, the relationship between Iseul and Jung-Soo is pretty rocky.
A few years later, war returns to Korea. Starvation is a constant danger, the local forest around The Wasteland is pretty much cleaned out of any edible fruits and vegetables. All able-bodied men, including Jung-Soo, are conscripted into the South Korean Army. Plain white writing paper has become almost impossible to get, so Iseul leads the women of The Wasteland, and the neighbouring villages, to make paper from the bark of the local trees. They are quite successful, making thousands of sheets of paper. The women include blank sheets of paper with letters to their husbands, intending that they give them to other soldiers.
The war is not going well for the South, including the Americans. Jung-Soo learns that the North, including the Chinese, intend to push the South between two mountain ranges. At the point of the mountain ranges is Yeoju. Some of the battle will reach The Wasteland. Jung-Soo is convinced that he has to get back to the village and warn the women. They already know; some join the exodus of refugees heading south, while others want to stay and fight. The armies may be coming because of a rumoured huge storehouse of rice. Does war come to The Wasteland again? Do Iseul and Jung-Soo get back together?
This is a first-rate piece of writing. It may take some effort on the part of the reader; give it a chance. It is the sort of novel that could take place anywhere in the world, and during any war. Yes, it is very much worth reading.
Paul Lappen (30th June 2017)


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Prescribing unnecessary antibiotics increases the risk of resistant infections and can lead to patient harm. In this cross-sectional study, researchers found that 23% of the 15,455,834 outpatient antibiotic prescriptions filled among a cohort of 19.2 million patients over a 1-year period were consistent with inappropriate prescribing.
Costs and consequences associated with misdiagnosed lower extremity cellulitis.
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Pain Management and Prescription Opioid-related Harms: Exploring the State of the Evidence: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief.
Forstag EH; Committee on Pain Management and Regulatory Strategies to Address Prescription Opioid Abuse; Health and Medicine Division. Washington, DC: National Academy of Science; 2016. ISBN: 9780309451901.
Clinicians' expectations of the benefits and harms of treatments, screening, and tests: a systematic review.
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August 23, 2007 August 23, 2007 Patrick Food, UK Life, Where's the good cake?
I'm starting a new series of "Where's the good…" focused this time on cake since there's a handful of very nice places around town I think people should know about. One of these such places is Peyton and Byrne, located in the middle of the large building housing Habitat and Heals on Tottenham Court Road. The store itself is small compared to the two behemoths its nestled in, though it simple and clean presentation draws crowds to its wares.
Peyton and Byrne offer much than cake, including biscuits, slices, tarts although on my visit I went for one of the small cupcakes in the window thinking it would give me a good idea of what they had on offer. Most of the cup cakes on display are based on a deep rich chocolate cake mixture, and covered in a huge amount of flavoured icing. The one you see in the picture above is the Mint Chocolate one. The cake was deliciously moist, and although the ratio to icing to cake is almost one-to-one, it somehow worked. I can definitely recommend one of these cup cakes though next time I would try one of the slices of cakes on offer.
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What Does Graduate Boot Camp at Peak Indicators Involve?
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Each year at Peak Indicators, we conduct a graduate 'boot camp', which sees us add several new faces to our team here.
Having recently taken a look at what the graduates from this year's intake thought about their experience, we wanted to explain a bit more about what the new arrivals actually do during their time at boot camp.
Breaking Down Boot Camp
When graduates participate in boot camp at Peak Indicators, they are required to work their way through 4 weeks of activity, each of which has its own theme:
Week 1: An introduction to analytics, Data Warehousing and SQL (Structured Query Language)
Week 2: Data Modelling and a guide to active Peak Indicators projects
Week 3: Creating reports and dashboards on Oracle OBIEE and Birst
Week 4: In the final week, graduates participate in a case study scenario. This requires them to pair up and solve a realistic problem in a proof-of-concept style. The Peak Indicators team acts as the customer and critiques the work the graduates complete.
The material used to teach the new graduates the skills they need to excel in their future roles is very similar to the content we use for our OBIEE training courses; which are sold to customers.
Throughout the month they spend learning the ropes, the graduates develop a strong cohort. Their bonding is aided by the social activities arranged during this time.
How Are Former Graduates Using the Skills They Picked Up?
Chris Austin was recently signed off as a BI Specialist at Peak Indicators, having originally joined the company as part of the graduate intake in 2013. He passed his ODI certification back in February:
"I remember trying to complete the final SQL task in bootcamp by writing some queries and I was using an 'x' instead of '*' for 'multiplied by'.
"At the time, such a basic mistake made me think I was totally out of my depth, but fast forward a few years and I hear myself speaking confidently about technical topics and solving complex problems - as well as spouting IT jargon like it's going out of fashion. I doubt 'week 1 me' would believe the difference a few years can make!"
Luke Sharma joined the graduate programme more recently, as one of the 2017 arrivals. He felt that the 4 weeks were particularly useful for gaining more insight into the world of business intelligence:
"Boot camp was a really helpful and insightful way to start at Peak - I didn't have a background in BI at all, so getting stuck in straight away was a great way to learn.
"The whole month gave a great foundation to carry forward into projects moving forward. Working under the guidance of experienced architects and consultants was priceless.
"To this point, Alex (another graduate) and I have worked on multiple projects using multiple softwares, and we're still drawing on things we learned in Bootcamp to help us in current work.
I really enjoy working at Peak, the people are great and the work is challenging, but interesting."
The final round of insight comes from Eldon Chinyamakobvu, who became a BI graduate on the 2017 intake too:
"Boot camp was a lot of fun. Learning SQL and Bi systems was a real challenge however, going through it will 4 other graduates made it less daunting.
"I remember the final presentation where l had to present back my work to the management team. I felt years and years of experience rain down on my work and their comments were fair and justified. This shows me what an exciting career l had ahead of me and the endless possibility available to completing a BI solution."
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style 78785, spiral lighted Christmas tree. Consists of a lighted plastic spiral frame and stand with a metal center pole. The tree is lighted with mini lights and is adjustable from 4 feet to 6 feet.
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The applicable subheading for styles 70540, 70858 and 75320 will be 9405.40.8000, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS), which provides for other electrical lamps and lighting fittings, other. The rate of duty will be 3.9 percent ad valorem.
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Former RWH Foundation director pleads guilty to tax evasion
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A former director for the nonprofit Robert W. Hamilton Foundation pleaded guilty to tax evasion in a Las Cruces federal court Monday.
Marion L. Ledford, 65, allegedly embezzled $1.7 million from the foundation between 2011 and 2016 in the form of personal checks to himself. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) found that Ledford, as part of the crime, failed to include that extra income in annual tax filings for 2015.
Support local Journalism. Subscribe to the Alamogordo Daily News.In those tax filings prepared by the firm in which he is a partner, Ledford claimed only $241,522 in income.
"Ledford filed tax returns for 2011 to 2016 that reported some of Ledford's income but did not report the additional money Ledford embezzled from the foundation by writing the checks. This caused a $629,289 loss in tax revenue for the United States," a news release from the IRS states.
According to to court documents, Ledford embezzled the funds through a series of 61 checks totaling $1,785,300. The embezzelment and additional income was undetected as he controlled the finances "with no oversight," court documents state.
Leford agreed to pay restitution to the foundation for the embezzled funds.
Leford is awaiting sentencing on the charge for which he faces up to five years in prison.
The plea agreement also requires him to pay the IRS the lost revenues, according to the news release.
The Robert W. Hamilton Foundation is a non-profit organization which provides scholarships to high school graduates in Otero County.
The Foundation, according to state documents, formed in 1999 and continues to operate in Otero County.


This paper was prepared by members of the Inter-Alliance Dialogue (GGJ, Jobs With Justice, the National Domestic Workers Alliance, the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, and the Pushback Network) for the Funder/Movement Process at the US Social Forum.
We invite members and allies to read and share the paper which describes the growth of the grassroots organizing sector in the US, and the need for increased committed resources for grassroots organizing.
Migrant Justice emerged in response to critical issues affecting migrant dairy farm workers.


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Budget session of Parliament to commence on January 31
The budget session of Parliament will commence on January 31. The first half of the budget session will run from January 31 to February 11. It will reassemble on March 14 to sit until April 8, subject to government exigencies. The government will present the Budget for fiscal 2022-23 on February 1 The budget session of Parliament will commence on January 31. The first half of the budget session will run from January 31 to February 11. It will reassemble on March 14 to sit until April 8, subject to government exigencies. The government will present the Budget for fiscal 2022-23 on February 1 and the President will address a joint sitting of both Houses.
According to sources, the Lok Sabha Speaker and the Rajya Sabha chairman will meet around January 25 or 26 to decide how to run the session. Sources did not ruled out the possibility of curtailment of the session due to assembly elections elections in five states which are scheduled in February and first week of March. The session's schedule has been announced amid a spike in Covid-19 cases and the session will coincide with the elections in five states, including Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, and Uttarakhand.The last five Parliament sessions were curtailed due to the pandemic. The Winter session of Parliament concluded on December 22, a day ahead of the schedule.
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This is a tenor ukulele sampled with a piezo pickup. There are two features about this instrument that make it interesting: the first is that the ukulele has been sampled by a pickup, which invites you to play it through your own 3rd-party EQ, amp/cabinet sims, or other filters or effects (not included).
The second interesting feature is that there are eight (yes 8) random round-robin samples per note, which means that when you play this instrument with your own MIDI composed/generated ukulele strumming patterns, you get a pleasing effect as you hear each played chord sound a bit different as a new random combination of samples is played every time you play a typical 4 note ukulele chord.
Each note sample has been recorded in a way that emulates how the string is struck when the ukulele is strummed with a finger/thumb. You can create upstroke and downstroke patterns in your MIDI track by staggering the notes through time. For example, the downstroke plays the lowest notes first, while the upstroke plays the notes in the chord from the highest to the lowest.