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'It was a modern-day lynching': Violent deaths reflect a brutal American legacy
As black people continue to die at the hands of police and vigilantes, the nation faces its long history of racial violence.
By DeNeen L. Brown
Published 5 Jun 2020, 12:39 BST, Updated 30 Dec 2021, 16:01 GMT
The Duluth Herald reported the horrors of a June 15, 1920 lynching of three black men by a white mob in Duluth, Minn. "INFURIATED MOB TAKES THREE NEGROES FROM POLICE STATION HANGING THEM TO LIGHT POLE," the headline reads.
Photograph by Historic Collection, Alamy
Editor's Note: This story contains sensitive imagery. We included a photograph of the lynching of Rubin Stacy as a historical reference to the brutality that DeNeen Brown writes about. Lynching imagery was used to perpetuate white supremacist ideology by creating permanent records showing the removal of power from black men and women against a backdrop of white spectators. Though a similar photograph of Stacy's lynching was included in an anti-lynching report by the NAACP sent to President Franklin Roosevelt, he refused to support anti-lynching legislation.
A video shows George Floyd, a black man, lying in the street in anguish, with his head crushed against the pavement. A white officer presses his knee into Floyd's neck. "I can't breathe," Floyd, 46, says repeatedly. "Please. Please. Please. I can't breathe. Please, man." Bystanders, filming the scene, plead with the officer to stop. He doesn't. As three other officers stand by, he kneels on Floyd for eight minutes and 48 seconds as the life seeps from his body.
"It was a modern-day lynching," said Arica Coleman, an historian, cultural critic, and author.
"This man was lying helplessly on the ground. He's subdued. There's the cop kneeling on his neck. This man is pleading for his life. To me, that is the ultimate display of power of one human being over another. Historically, you could be lynched for anything."
From 1877 to 1950, more than 4,400 black men, women, and children were lynched by white mobs, according to the Equal Justice Initiative. Black people were shot, skinned, burned alive, bludgeoned, and hanged from trees. Lynchings were often conducted within sight of the institutions of justice, on the lawns of courthouses. Some historians say the violence against thousands of black people who were lynched after the Civil War is the precursor to the vigilante attacks and abusive police tactics still used against black people today, usually with impunity.
Floyd's death came six weeks after police in Louisville, Kentucky, fatally shot Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old black woman, during a midnight "no-knock" raid on her home. It came 10 weeks after the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old black man, who was chased down by a white father and son in a pickup truck as he jogged in his neighbourhood in Glynn County, Georgia.
Historians say the deaths seemed to rip the scab from 400 years of oppression of black people. During a pandemic that has disproportionately sickened and killed African Americans, the deaths unleashed a rage against oppression that became a catalyst for uprisings across the country and around the world—from Paris to Sydney, Australia; from Amsterdam to Cape Town, South Africa—as thousands poured into streets, demanding justice and an end to police brutality.
Bryan Stevenson, founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, a nonprofit that tries to address the nation's racist legacy through activism and education, said the roots of the protests lie in the reality that the country has not yet come to terms with its brutal history of slavery, lynching, and continued oppression of black people.
"We have never confronted our nation's greatest burden following two centuries of enslaving black people, which is the fiction that black people are not fully evolved and are less human, less worthy, and less deserving than white people," Stevenson said.
"This notion of white supremacy is what fuelled a century of racial violence against black people, thousands of lynchings, mass killings, and a presumption of dangerousness and guilt that persists to this day," Stevenson continued. "So when Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor or George Floyd are killed, the immediate instinct of police, prosecutors, and too many elected officials is to protect the white people involved. Video recordings complicate that strategy, but even graphic violence caught on tape will be insufficient to overcome the long and enduring refusal to reckon with our nation's history of racial injustice."
Murdered in public view
In the aftermath of Floyd's death, people openly wept and mourned after witnessing the video. For many, it was a reminder of the brutality that blacks faced historically.
In Boston, the president of Emerson College wrote an unprecedented letter to students, explaining his gut-wrenching reaction to Floyd's slaying on camera and beginning, "Today, I write to you as a Black man … There is no other way to write to you, given recent events."
An emotional Terrence Floyd, second from right, is comforted as he sits on the spot at the intersection of 38th Street and Chicago Avenue in Minneapolis, where his brother George Floyd, died on May 25, 2020. Terrence Floyd pleaded for an end to violent protests that have swept the country saying they "will not bring my brother back."
Photograph by Bebeto Matthews, Associated Press
A demonstrator holds a sign during a protest outside the White House, where hundreds gathered after the death of George Floyd. On Monday, June 1, police shot tear gas at peaceful protestors and used flash grenades to clear a path through Lafayette Square to allow space for President Donald Trump to walk from the White House to St. John's Church, where he stood posing for cameras and holding a bible.
Photograph by Evan Vucci, Associated Press
"I didn't sleep Friday night," wrote Lee Pelton, a nationally known speaker on liberal arts education and diversity. "Instead, I spent the night, like a moth drawn to a flame, looking again and again at the video of George Floyd's murder at the hands of a Minneapolis white police officer. It was a legalised lynching."
Even as the country pursued an unprecedented effort to enforce social distancing to end a pandemic, he said, "it could not stop a black man from being murdered in public view." Pelton wrote that he was struck by the "callousness and the casual dehumanisation" of Floyd, as the officer nonchalantly continued to press his knee into Floyd's neck.
A Minneapolis medical examiner ruled Floyd's death was a homicide, explaining that his heart stopped as the officer compressed his neck. The officer, Derek Chauvin, was fired and later charged with second-degree murder. Three other officers on the scene were also fired and charged with aiding and abetting murder.
"To that officer, he was invisible—the Invisible Man that Ralph Ellison described in his novel by the same name," wrote Pelton, who began his academic career as a professor of English and American literature. "Black Americans are invisible to most of white America. We live in the shadows."
'Dehumanisation' links these killings
That "dehumanisation" of black people is a common thread in the recent incidents, historians say. It connects the untimely deaths of Floyd, Taylor, and Arbery—and the "weaponised" threat of a call to police against a black man who was bird watching in Central Park—to an ugly history of racial oppression in the United States and its horrible legacy of lynching.
Floyd's death came the same week as Christian Cooper, a Harvard-educated board member of the New York City Audubon Society, was out observing birds in the forested Ramble section of the park when he encountered a white woman walking her dog off a leash.
More than 800 jars of soil from lynching sites across the country are exhibited in the Equal Justice Initiative's Legacy Museum and Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama, located on the site of a former warehouse, where black people were once enslaved. The Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration captures the history of the horrors of racial terror lynchings. "The soil in these jars represents the lives of countless Americans who never had a proper burial, who met unspeakably violent deaths for 'serious offences,' like arguing with a white man," according to the museum.
Photograph by Joshua Cogan
When he asked the woman, later identified as Amy Cooper, to leash her dog in an area that requires dogs to be leashed, she refused. Christian Cooper began to film their encounter, as she warned she would call the police and report that "an African-American man" was threatening her. Christian Cooper, who calmly continued filming the call, explained later to The Washington Post, "I'm not going to participate in my own dehumanisation."
"It doesn't make a difference what you do, whether you are bird-watching, selling water on the sidewalk or reporting the news, your very presence signifies a threat because of the meanings associated with blackness—dangerous, impurity, inhumanity, criminal," Coleman said.
"Breathing while black" is the crime, Coleman said. "And that goes back to the history of the country. So many black people were lynched just for being black. It gives white people power, which is why that woman, Amy, knew the exact role to play—the white damsel in distress being threatened by the big, bad, black wolf. 'I'm going to call the cops and tell them there is an African-American man threatening my life.' She knew the script."
Not only lynched, but tortured
In 2018, the Equal Justice Initiative opened the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama, the country's first memorial to the victims of lynching. The memorial contains 801 six-foot monuments constructed of oxidised steel, one for each county where a lynching took place. Each victim's name is engraved on the rust-coloured columns, strung from beams, much like the lynched bodies of black men, women and children who were likened to "strange fruit" in a 1930s anti-lynching protest song made famous by Billie Holliday.
Lynchings were a brutal form of extrajudicial killings and took place across the country, including the three states where Floyd, Taylor, and Arbrey lived. They not only included hanging people from trees, they often included torture. White mobs cut off black men's genitals, severed fingers and toes, and skinned victims who were sometimes burned alive. Black women and children were victims too. According to records, white mobs sometimes sliced open the wombs of pregnant black women, killing their babies too.
The body of 32-year-old Rubin Stacy hangs from a tree in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on July 19, 1935. Stacy was lynched by a mob of masked men who seized him from the custody of sheriff's deputies after he was accused of "attacking" a white woman. According to an NAACP report, Stacy was hanged near the home of Marion Jones, the woman who had made the original complaint against him. The New York Times wrote that "a subsequent investigation revealed that Stacy, a homeless tenant farmer, had gone to the house to ask for food. The woman became frightened and screamed when she saw Stacy's face."
Photos of the lynching of Rubin Stacy were circulated around the country, published in an NAACP journal and then Life Magazine. The image was included in an anti-lynching report sent to President Franklin Roosevelt. The NAACP had hoped that Roosevelt's election in 1932 would bring an end to the thousands of lynching that had terrorised so many, but Roosevelt refused to support anti-lynching legislation.
Photograph by Associated Press
In 1918, Mary Turner, who was 21 and eight months pregnant, was lynched by a white mob in Southern Georgia after she protested the lynching of her husband the day before, according to the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People. Walter White, who led the NAACP from 1929 to 1955, was sent to investigate. Between 1880 and 1968, there were at least 637 lynchings recorded in the state, according to a Tuskegee Institute study.
"Abusive plantation owner, Hampton Smith, was shot and killed," according to the NAACP. "A week-long manhunt resulted in the killing of the husband of Mary Turner, Hayes Turner. Mary Turner denied that her husband had been involved in Smith's killing, publicly opposed her husband's murder, and threatened to have members of the mob arrested."
The next day, a mob came after Mary Turner. "The mob tied her ankles, hung her upside down from a tree, doused her in gasoline and motor oil and set her on fire," the NAACP reported. "Turner was still alive when a member of the mob split her abdomen open with a knife and her unborn child fell on the ground. The baby was stomped and crushed as it fell to the ground. Turner's body was riddled with hundreds of bullets."
Many of the black people lynched were never formally accused of crimes. Some were lynched simply for addressing a white person in a way the white person deemed inappropriate. Others were killed after being accused of bumping into a white woman, looking a white person directly in the eye or drinking from a white family's well.
"There is a depth of hatred in the bone marrow of this country that supports the killing of the black body," said CeLillianne Green, a historian, poet, and author.
The country was built on racial ideals of white supremacy, Green said. Forty of the 56 founders who signed the Declaration of Independence, as well as 10 of the first 12 presidents were slaveowners. The Constitution did not recognise black people as fully human, counting enslaved people as three-fifths of a free person.
White people were deputised to kill black people
Historians say the attitudes some white people held that black people were "inferior" spawned the racism behind current day oppression. That history includes slave codes passed by states that gave owners complete dominance over the lives of black people. Some states prohibited black people from gathering in groups, possessing their own food or learning to read.
Jim Crow and Black Codes laws were enacted to control the movement of black people at night. Some all-white towns enacted "sun-down laws," which required black people to leave town by sunset. Many black people were lynched simply for "violating" these laws.
In the 18th century, Georgia required plantation owners and white employees to serve in the state militia, which enforced slavery, according to the ACLU. Throughout U.S. history, "white people were deputised to kill black people," Green said. "The father and son in Georgia were acting like slave catchers."
This scene is reminiscent of the violence that could result when enslaved black people were caught walking without the passes required by Black Codes.
A 30-minute cellphone video captured Arbery's death on Feb. 23, as he jogged home. The footage shows him running down a street as two white men—later identified as Gregory McMichael, 64, and his son Travis McMichael, 34—waited to ambush him.
Arbery tries to fight them off before he is shot three times. He tries to run away but then falls in the street dead. It was two months before the men who killed him were arrested.
The slaying of Arbery does not exist in a vacuum, Coleman said. It comes from the history of "dehumanising" black people. "All these incidents are connected by the fear of blackness."
That "dehumanisation" was legally reinforced in 1857, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Dred Scott v. Sandford that black Americans—whether considered free or enslaved—were not to be considered American citizens and could not sue in federal court. It meant the law did not protect black people, and "black people are not allowed to defend themselves," Coleman said.
That concept came into play in the Taylor shooting, Coleman said, when police broke down her door in the middle of the night, and her boyfriend shot at them. "Not only did they shoot her eight times," she said, "when her boyfriend who didn't know what was going on tried to defend his home, they arrested him for attempted murder of a police officer because again black people are not supposed to defend themselves. That is the reality of black people from day one."
Deadly accusations from white women
As protests exploded, the hashtag #AmyCooperIsARacist trended on Twitter. Social commentators said the Cooper incident reminded them of the danger to black men inherent in a white woman's accusation to police, a reality that journalist Ida B. Wells documented in her research. This year, she won a posthumous Pulitzer Prize for courageous reporting on violence against blacks during the era of lynching.
Wells concluded that many black men had been lynched because of false accusations by white women. In a now-famous editorial published in her newspaper, Memphis Free Speech, on May 21, 1892, Wells wrote: "Nobody in this section of the country believes the old threadbare lie that Negro men rape white women. If Southern men are not careful, a conclusion might be reached which will be very damaging to the moral reputation of their women."
Left: From 1920 to 1938, the NAACP unfurled a flag outside its headquarters on Fifth Avenue in New York City, announcing to the world: "A MAN WAS LYNCHED YESTERDAY." Right: In 2015, after Walter Scott, a black man, was shot in the back as by a white police officer in South Carolina, artist Dread Scott created this banner, evoking the historic image of banner the NAACP flown outside its headquarters in New York.
Photograph by PHOTOGRAPH BY LIBRARY OF CONGRESS/CORBIS/VCG VIA GETTY IMAGES (LEFT) AND PHOTOGRAPH AND ARTWORK BY DREAD SCOTT (RIGHT)
Cooper's threat brings to mind the most infamous false accusation by a white woman, the one that led to the killing of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old teenager from Chicago, who was lynched in Money, Mississippi, in 1955.
After being accused of whistling at a white woman, the teenager was kidnapped from his uncle's home, tortured, and riddled with bullets. His body was wrapped in barbed wire attached to a 75-pound fan and then thrown in the Tallahatchie River. Several decades later, the woman who accused him of flirting with her admitted much of the story was a lie.
A similar accusation was made in 1920 against three black circus workers who were lynched in Duluth, Minn. Elias Clayton, Elmer Jackson, and Isaac McGhie, who worked as cooks and labourers, had arrived in Duluth, only the day before with the John Robinson Circus.
"They were in town for a free street parade and one day of performances on June 14, 1920," according to the Minnesota Historical Society.
That night, a 19-year-old woman named Irene Tusken and her friend James Sullivan, 18, attended the circus. "At the end of the evening the pair walked out the rear of the main tent," according to the historical society's account. "Nobody is sure of what happened next, but in the early morning of June 15th, Duluth Police Chief John Murphy received a call from James Sullivan's father saying six black circus workers had held the pair at gunpoint and then raped Irene Tusken." A physical exam found no evidence to substantiate the accusation.
Police arrested six black men. The newspapers reported the alleged assault and, by evening, a white mob "estimated between 1,000 and 10,000" gathered and forced its way into the police station. "They met little resistance from the police, who had been ordered not to use their guns," according to the historical society. After a sham trial, Clayton, Jackson, and McGhie were declared guilty.
The men were tied to a light post, as shown in a photo that was made into a postcard, a grisly practice that lasted for some 50 years. In the image, two men hang by ropes from the pole, their shirts ripped open and their feet dangling, while another lies on the ground. A group of white men in topcoats and suit jackets, some smirking or smiling, surround the bodies.
'Without the benefit of lawyers or courts'
Like Floyd, Taylor, and Arbery, many victims of lynchings were killed without due process, never charged with a crime, never offered an opportunity to mount a defence against allegations.
Seventy-four years ago, what's known as the "Last Mass Lynching" occurred in Georgia, when a mob attacked two black men and their wives who were on their way from posting a bond.
On July 25, 1946, George W. Dorsey and his wife, Mae Murray Dorsey, and Roger Malcolm and his wife, Dorothy Malcolm were pulled from a car in Walton County, about 30 miles east of Atlanta, according to court reports. The couples were viciously flogged and tortured.
Two weeks before the attack, Roger Malcolm had been arrested and charged with stabbing a white farmer during a fight, according to an Equal Justice Initiative report. A white landowner for whom the Malcolms and the Dorseys worked as sharecroppers offered to drive them to the jail to post a $600 (£450) bond. But on the way back to the farm, a mob of 30 white men ambushed the car. The mob tied the four to an oak tree. Their bodies were riddled with bullets before the white mob cracked open their skulls and ripped apart their limbs, tearing their flesh.
The bodies were left hanging near the Moore's Ford bridge, dangling above the Apalachee River, another gruesome scene in the American landscape of racism.
"They died without the benefit of lawyers or courts, stripped of all constitutional rights, and without a shred of mercy," wrote historian Anthony Pitch, author of "The Last Lynching: How a Gruesome Mass Murder Rocked a Small Georgia Town."
The National Memorial for Peace and Justice, which opened on April 26, 2018, is dedicated to the legacy of slavery and victims of racial terror lynching. The memorial contains more than 800 corten steel monuments, representing counties across the country where lynchings occurred. On each column is engraved the name of a man, woman or child who was lynched. According to the Equal Justice Initiative, more than 4,400 Black men, women and children were "hanged, burned alive, shot, drowned, and beaten to death by white mobs between 1877 and 1950."
Photograph by Raymond Boyd, Getty Images
Ending evils like this
These lynchings also shocked the country, coming months after another horrific incident had sparked a national outcry. In Batesburg, S.C., a black World War II veteran in uniform was pulled from a bus after being accused of talking back to the driver. A police officer beat him unconscious and left him permanently blinded. Isaac Woodward had just received an honourable discharge. When President Harry S Truman learned that returning black veterans demanding their rights as citizens were being beaten, he said, "I shall fight to end evils like this."
The slaying of the couples at Moore's Ford Bridge may have been the last recorded "mass lynching" in Georgia, but, despite Truman's promise, lynchings continued across the country.
They were once so accepted that they were advertised in advance. Newspapers printed stories reporting the date, time, and locations of these planned extrajudicial executions. That may seem almost unimaginable now, but Coleman sees ugly similarities in today's videos. "You had thousands of people get on trains," she said. "Then they would put the images on postcards. Now, we have the internet and all this social media. I don't see a difference. It becomes a murder pornography. You just sit there and watch somebody killed in real time."
After the Emancipation Proclamation, when slavery was abolished, an era of racial terror followed, designed to keep black people subjugated to a white authority. "We had almost another century of indiscriminate violence against black people," Coleman said, "because white supremacy does not see black people as free. And it's still happening now."
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Those shouldn't still be called cast-web-device. Your API isn't talking to SmartThings.
Can I ask what hub you're using?
You will need to manually edit the preset since the generator doesn't have any content types other than video/mp4 and audio/mp3.
All the other stuff in the preset is optional info.
I'm using Blue Iris and tried the url you mentioned (as well as the content type image/jpeg and video/mjpg) but it just shows "SmartThings playback" followed by the cast icon. The url works fine in a browser but not as a preset or in WebCore. Has anyone else gotten this working and doesn't mind sharing their settings?
Do you have the authentication for blueiris set to external only? That's the only thing that pops out to me that could be different in your setup.
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Ultimately, it ended up working as a preset after redoing it several times. I'm pretty sure I had a typo in my url . I never got playTrack working with the url in WebCore so I ended up using playPreset to make it work. Thanks for your help!
Hoping someone smarter than me can help… I've got node.js installed and followed the directions to run cast web. I got everything dealt with in the IDE. But from the app (classic), it can't seem to discover any devices. It just spins and spins (15+ minutes, nothing). From the browser on my phone, laptop, and the pc running node.js it comes back with the list of devices. I'm at a loss. Can anyone help me? Preferably ELI5. I'm very new to node.js (as in, today), but I can follow instructions like a champ!
It's been a year since I looked at this, I was storing the level to a variable and then setting it back with unreliable results.
I'll try this method of "capturing attributes" instead when I get a chance. Admittedly I have switched to using the Google Assistant Relay for the majority of automations, the ability to resume the streaming music was more important to my wife than setting the volume.
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Side note, the "donate" link at the bottom of the instructions for Windows is broken, but if you use the navigation on the upper right, it can be found under "more".
Yes pm2 is much better. Thought about integrating it in a future version.
Thanks everyone for giving support! If theres anything still unresolved either pm me or reply here again.
Sadly I had a lot of things to do recently, so I didn't have much time for ST.
There's a new version of cast-web-api in the express branch, that really tackles reliability. In the next days I'll merge it into v.1.1.0 and then into master.
I've been poking around with it a bit (pulled it from express) and so far no crashes. (I have crashes intermittently on 1.0.0.) Nicely done.
The long ID between "device/" and "volume" corresponds to the cast group ID. The number that appears after volume, like "25" is a percentage, with 0 = mute and 100 = full volume.
How do I use TTS?
I have webcore installed if needed.
Do you have a Google home device discovered in SmartThings from the cast-web-api called Music Player 2?
If so, that should be working. You can read the thread to find ways to manually test the API. You might have a problem there.
I cannot spot anything obviously wrong with this piston. Maybe try the default ST tts app? I think it was called speaker companion, don't know if its still called like this.
Is there not even the chime? Did you enable/disable GoogleTTS?
Also go into the ST app open the Music Player 2 device, tap the settings wheel and set debug logging to 4. Then you can go to the ST IDE > live logging and whenever you try to do tts, there should be log lines you can post here.


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How Devadasis went from having high social status to being sex slaves and child prostitutes
Krithiha Rajam Mon Apr 24 2017
Devadasi " Who is she?
Devadasi or Devaradiyar means "servant of God". These women were dedicated to God and were considered given in marriage to God, Meaning that they could therefore not marry any "mortal". Nevertheless, They were free to choose partners, From among married and unmarried men alike. These relationships could be long and stable, Or just for a short period of time. But in no way were these women economically dependent on their partners.
Devadasis of modern India " Who are they?
At present, Devadasis are nothing more than sex slaves or child prostitutes who are dedicated to temples when they are as young as four or five years old. Almost all of them are Dalits, with a majority belonging to the Madiga and Valmiki castes, Two of the most underprivileged castes in India. The Devadasis of modern India are largely concentrated in parts of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, And Maharashtra.
The children are forced into becoming Devadasis by their own parents, because these girls are their only source of income in most cases. A lot of these families aren"t even allowed to enter or stay in the villages. They are ostracized because of their caste.
Hence, Inevitably, All of them are either illiterate or have received very little education, With no means for a stable income. The only jobs they can get are those of street cleaners or sewage collectors.
Parents are therefore forced to act as pimps for their daughters and dedicate them as Devadasis in the hope of finding a means of survival. Irrespective of the size of the family, Because of poverty, They most often find themselves living in a single room or under a thatched roof.
Hence, It is very common for the entire family to wait outside, while the girl is inside gratifying the sexual needs of men in order to earn money. In a society where a girl child is often a liability, Turning them into Devadasis is how patriarchy works to transform them into assets.
Once the girl attains puberty, Her parents inform the community, Which in turn helps them find a landlord or someone wealthy to "take" the girl. The man, In return, Takes care of the financial needs of the family, Partially or fully, As long as he uses her for sex.
There is a huge demand for girls who are virgins, And they are paid more than the others.
What happened to the legal measures?
Both before and after Independence, The government enacted laws prohibiting the dedication of Devadasis. It has been more than 20 years since the practice was banned across India.
However, According to the National Human Rights Commission, in 2013, There were as many as 450, 000 Devadasis in India. Another commission led by Justice Raghunath Rao revealed that there are about 80, 000 Devadasi women in just Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
The people involved in the practice are either not aware that laws are there in place prohibiting it or choose to ignore them. Given how economically vulnerable the communities involved here are, The laws are probably not going to be helpful as long as the attempt is just to criminalize and prohibit the Devadasi system.
This is evident from the stark difference between the number of Devadasis being dedicated and the number of people who have been charged under the act.
Instead, Providing these communities with basic education and making them economically empowered, Along with sensitisation, Would be the ideal way forword.
The girls become Devadasis at a very young age, when they have no idea what it means to be one. The girls attain puberty when they are 11 or 12 years old, And they get their first sexual partner before they turn 15. At such a tender age, They are usually clueless about protection measures, Nor do they have any knowledge of sexually transmitted diseases.
The Devadasis are prone to AIDS and other health issues at a young age. Eventually, They also give birth to children, Which makes it impossible for them to get out of the system even if they want to, with additional mouths to be fed.
On the other hand, Giving birth to kids and aging also makes these women less desirable as younger women enter the supply chain of the Devadasi system.
(Is this not horrific? This is the hindu caste system at work. Anti-woman. Anti-life. Just Sick. )
Hindu Hari - Devadasi's are dedicated to priests. How bad could that be?
If it is so harmless, Why did the government outlaw it?
Hindu Hari - They are treated well by the priests and are dedicated to him and his temple duties with the full approval of the parents.
How does parental approval make child prostitution moral? And "treated well" does not include pimping or raping the child.
Hindu Hari - Would a priest accept an AID infected Devadasi helper, Get real?
How would a 9 year old have aids? What kind of sick religion pimps and prostitutes 9 year old children by "priests" in their temples?
Hindu Hari - Africa is the AIDS capital of the world. Jesus made some very unreasonable demands on his disciples.
And the moron, Trying to change the topic, Is busy talking about off topic things. The point is that he is not opposed to the prostitution of little Hindu girls. He still supports this sick system. Hinduism supports child prostitution.
This is Hinduism. If this doesn't turn your stomach, You don't have a soul.
Worst countries for child abuse.
An analysis from Save the Children documents parts of the world where children face the greatest danger.
According to the group, The 10 worst countries for children are all in Africa, Largely in its western and central regions. Niger is considered the most dangerous for children, Followed by Mali, Central African Republic, Chad, South Sudan, Somalia, Nigeria, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Democratic Republic of the Congo, In order.
Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, However, Showed some improvement compared to last year. Uganda, Somalia, Niger, Mali and Sierra Leone improved their scores, The report states. Nigeria and Liberia, However, Both dropped significantly in the ranking due to malnutrition, Child labor and lack of access to schools.
With 40 years of civil wars in Africa.
100 million Africans to die from AIDS.
25 million Africans to die from starvation.
Compared to these God sent African plagues Indian temple dancers are a welcome distraction.
Not a single word about davidasi in India.
The morons reply is that children die in other places, So India needs no attention. Caste mentality.
If this moron was in charge of India's ministry of women and children, Do you think child prostitution in India would be a problem to him?
The person in charge right now is exactly like that! And that is why it continues goes on now there. That is Hinduism. Caste mentality.
More underaged Hindu girls are being prostituted and raped (850 million) in Hindu temples than the entire population of any African country, Yet the moron babbles about Africa and has not a single reply to the filth in his shithole country.
He supports the davidasi system! Were he not gay, He might be one of the hindu men abusing little girls in Hindu temples.
They are outlawed in India. With 1. 3 billion Hindus. Some temple dancers are refreshing.
They are outlawed in India.
Finally after being shamed for not responding to the OP, The moron agrees it has been outlawed.
What he doesn't want to talk about is why was it outlawed? Or that it was started and continued by his vile religion. What kind of sick religion needs to have its tenents outlawed?
With 1. 3 billion Hindus. Some temple dancers are refreshing.
I rest my case. The moron is Hindu. He is not against child prostitution. It is part of his religion. Do you see now why he'd rather switch the topic to something else?
The child problems in Africa are an accidental byproduct of poverty. In India, It is the official religion of Hinduism. It isn't an accident. It is their religion!
And so what that children die elsewhere? How does that absolve Hinduism? It doesn't, So why is the moron babbling about Africa?
He needs to change the subject because he knows child prostitution and child rape is part of Hinduism, And that is indefensible.
He's stuck, So he spams nonsense about Africa to draw attention away from the truth he cannot honestly address.
"Temple dancers are refreshing. " He says.
The systematic, official religion sanctioned rape and prostitution of little girls inside Hindu temples is to this disgusting person, "refreshing".
He recently asked if there was anything worse than being black.
Yes. Being Hindu is much worse. Much, Much worse.
Temple dancers in India do not earn the wrath of God.
But black shithole are facing plagues sent by God.
So compare.
India is a nuclear power ranked 4th militarily and 5th economically.
Over the last 40 years nearly 20 African countries (or about 40 percent of Africa south of the Sahara (SSA)) have experienced at least one period of civil war. . . . This state of affairs has created stereotypes of Africa as a doomed continent with inescapable ethnic cleavages and violent tribal conflict.
Aids could kill 90 million Africans, Says UN
Nearly 90 million Africans could die from Aids by 2025 without huge international investment, The UN said today, But 67 million people in Africa would still probably die of the disease.
The prediction from UNAids was that the African death toll from Aids would continue to rise no matter what was done but that 16 million people could be saved from death and 43 million from HIV infection if $200bn ("104bn). That sum is far more than donor nations have pledged thus far.
The UN agency report, Aids in Africa, Examined three potential scenarios for the continent in the next 20 years, Depending on the international community's contribution to fighting the epidemic. Even in the best case scenario, With donor nations contributing $200bn, UNAids warned the worst effects of the epidemic would still be to come.
More than 25 million Africans have already been infected with HIV, The virus that causes Aids. However, HIV infections could soar to 90 million, More than 10% of Africa's population, If more is not done soon to combat infection. UNAids estimated the number of Aids orphans could grow from the current 11 million to 27 million by 2025.
Such an outcome had enormous security implications, The agency said. "All these kids growing up without any reference point, They are going to be a very easy reserve for any warlord that comes along, " the execooiutive director of UNAids, Peter Piot, Said.
"In today's world, Aids threatens to destabilise certainly Africa, And perhaps eastern Europe, In a big way. That affects the wealthy countries in terms of migration, Decreasing markets and in terms of the fact that maybe troops will be sent [to restore peace] - all types of expensive consequences, " he said.
Researchers determined that even with greatly increased funding and better treatment, The number of Africans who will die from the virus is likely to reach 67 million.
"What we do today will change the future, " the report concludes. "These scenarios demonstrate that, While societies will have to deal with Aids for some time to come, The extent of the epidemic's impact will depend on the responses and investment now. "
"The scenarios are not predictions, They are plausible stories about the future, " Mr Piot said. They "highlight the various choices that are likely to confront African countries in the coming decades, " he said.
The worst scenario, According to the report, "offers a disturbing window on the future death toll across the continent, With the cumulative number of people dying from Aids increasing more than fourfold. . . The number of children orphaned by the epidemic will continue to rise beyond 2025. "
Aids already has a devastating impact on the continent. UNAids has reported that life expectancy in nine countries has dropped to below 40 because of the disease. There are 11 million Aids orphans in Africa, And 6, 500 people are dying from the disease each day. In 2004, 3 million people were newly infected, The agency said.
"If, By 2025, Millions of African people are still becoming infected with HIV each year. . . It will not be because there was no choice, " the report said. "It will be because, Collectively, There was insufficient political will to change behaviour at all levels from the institution, To the community, To the individual and halt the forces driving the Aids epidemic in Africa. "
25 million Africans to die of starvation Unesco study.
So what has the nigger Ethang who lives in Ghana African been doing for the last 16 years?
Ethang5 wrote: I live in Africa where I run Bibles to countries which outlaw the possession of Bibles. Been doing it for more than 15 years to many countries. I have 3 children. (Pimping children are also illegal, Nigger)
Get your facts right nigger Ethang.
1 The Democratic Republic of the Congo, And the east of the country in particular, Has been described as the "Rape Capital of the World, " and the prevalence and intensity of all forms of sexual violence has been described as the worst in the world.
https://en. M. Wikipedia. Org/wiki/Sexual_violence_in_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo
2 incest is a real problem in SA.
Incest is a real problem, " said Childline Director Joan van Niekerk. "While there are many cases of father-and-daughter incest, We are also seeing a lot of father-and-son, And older-brother-and-younger-sister sexual interaction. "
"Father-son sexual interaction happens more frequently than people would like to believe. It leaves the child with a distortion of his own identity and sexuality. They grow up thinking they are gay, " she said.
According to police statistics, About 15 000 South African children under the age of 18 were raped last year. This year, Childline has already referred 600 KwaZulu-Natal children for therapy after they were sexually assaulted.
Authorities warn that 50 percent of all cases of rape and sexual assault on children under the age of 18 are committed within the immediate family.
https://www. Iol. Co. Za/news/south-africa/incest-is-a-real-problem-in-sa-say-experts-46091
3 Nigeria: Rape! Incest! Violence! Women! Children! - allAfrica. Com
2013 " In South Africa the incidence of child and baby rape is the highest in the world. This high incidence is often associated with the myth that sexual intercourse with a virgin will cure a man of HIV or AIDS.
4 The law is simply not doing enough for rape survivors in South Africa. According the 2017"crime statistics, Over 100 people are raped every day in our country, And that"s just based on the attacks that are reported. This means that the number of people being brutally violated adds up to tens of thousands every year.
In general, Violent crime in South Africa is rife and horrific, But the prevalence of sexual assault and violence has led to South Africa being dubbed "the rape capital of the world". ""This is largely attributed to the pervasive rape culture that exists in the country.
https://southcoastherald. Co. Za/314591/surge-sexual-assault-violence-led-south-africa-dubbed-rape-capital-world/
5 Shock as 8-month-old baby raped in South Africa - Face2Face Africa
2019 " Authorities at Bonteheuwel, Cape Town, South Africa are in shock over reports that an eight -month-old baby had been raped. Western Cape police spokesperson Captain FC van Wyk confirmed".
6 Rape Viewed as Major Problem Across Sub-Saharan Africa
Prevalent in countries with violence in recent past
BY CHRISTINE DELMEIREN
NAIROBI -- Majorities in nearly all 18 sub-Saharan African countries surveyed in 2009 say rape is a major problem in their countries. A median of 77% of sub-Saharan Africans see rape as this much of a problem, But in six countries, The percentage saying this reaches 90% or higher.
https://news. Gallup. Com/poll/142832/rape-viewed-major-problem-across-sub-saharan-africa. Aspx
Hari recently asked if there was anything worse than being black.
Temple dancers do not earn the wrath of God.
Of course not you dumb moron. They are victims.
Your stinking Hindu priests who rape and pimp them earn the wrath of God.
This dumb idiot thinks I'm castigating the poor little girls trapped by his sick religion!
Lowlife sleaze like you, Who defend that your sick religion in keeping little children as sex slaves earn the wrath of God.
I told you. Stay with moron spam. Your IQ is way too low for anything else. You are even more disgusting that people currently think.
Here is Harikrish's argument that proves you wrong nigger Ethang5.
You attack Hindu temple dancers. See your shithole country in full view.
Ethang5's profile. Ethang5 (slum-mutt) 57-year old in Accra, Greater Accra Region, Ghana
25 million Africans to die from starvation (INESCO report).
Yes loser, Being Hindu is much worse. Much, Much worse.
Of course they don't you dumb moron. They are victims.
Your stinking Hindu priests who rape and pimp them earn the wrath of God. Your sick religion and those who promote it earn the wrath of God.
You attack Hindu temple dancers.
This dumb idiot thinks I'm castigating the poor little girls trapped by his sick religion! I'm attacking you, You turd. You and your priests and your sick religion that rapes, Prostitutes and enslaves little children.
Here is Harikrish's argument that proves you wrong nigger Ethang5. See your shithole country in full view.
Nothing in any other country saves you and your sick religion. You have no argument except your stupid comparison morality. Hinduism or s vile, No other country matters.
Ugh.
For some reason Ethang5 is obsessed with trying to prove he is smarter than everyone. He suffers from an inferiority complex and low self esteem. Now we know why he is so driven. Ethang5 is a very black negroid a slumdog slum dweller living in slum city Accra Ghana a shithole country. His self loathing hatred results in vitriolic exchanges to undermine members more successful and fortunate than him. Ethang5 being a black nergroid the lowest of the low of God's creation that would include everyone as targets of his attacks. My daily reminders to him are also warnings to all to be mindful there is a very black negroid venting out on DDO.
Willows wrote: Never mind about the psychological aspects as to what makes him tick, Perhaps he had bed-wetting issues well into puberty but I simply observe what he is; a cowardly, Bullying nitwit who has no idea which end of him is his head or his arse because he is constantly clouded by the smoldering smoke of his on-going ill-temper.
Ethang5 sees your dismissal of the bible as a clean slate from which to argue from.
You eliminate the bblical curse that Christians used to justified African slavery.
" The role of Christianity in African slavery is rather unique. Most religions allowed slavery based on economic and monetary reasons. But slaves were never targeted because of their skin colour alone. This all changed when Christians justified their targeting of Africans based on scriptures and skin colour. The continued discrimination of Africans are purely on skin colour. "
By ignoring African phenotypes such as black skin, Low IQ and negroid appearance you take away the iron shackles that held blacks like him down for centuries and you release the self loathing nigger with all his jungle instincts unrestrained.
That is the mistake most fair minded members (pun unintended) have made which was taking a nigger who is closer to apes than humans and giving him a seat at the table.
Harikrish has presented his research on African slavery, African genetics and phenotypes and exposed Ethang5 as a very black negroid slumdog slum dweller living in slum city Accra Ghana a shithole country.
Harikrish has warned Black civil rights leader MLK's I have a dream was premature. Bill Cosby went further having raped 50 white women fulfilling every black mans fantasy. Harikrish also warned blacks are having a problem taking their slogan Black Lives Matter to the bank! It has no redeemable value.
If the plagues of Egypt are suspect. The plagues heading to Africa are real. Over a 100 million Africans to die of AIDS (UN report) Another 25 million Africans to due from starvation (UNESCO report).
Ethang5 is a real self loathing very black negroid
Nigger Ethang5 confessed he is black and acknowledged Harikrish was Mr. Very White.
Ethang wrote: OK. I am the only black, And you are the only shithole. I'm black, But people like me. How come no one likes you Mr. Very white?
Ethang5 wrote: He is Mr. Very white, And I am Mr. Very black.
Nigger Ethang5, Now that you have accepted you are black, A slumdog slum dweller negroid mutt living in slum city Accra Ghana a shithole country with your three illegitimate bastard daughters. We can start dealing with your low IQ.
You confessed on DART you have very little money. Working as a delivery mule for over 15 years certainly isn't going to make you rich. Smuggling bibles in Africa where 50% of the people are illiterate doesn't make much sense either. Smuggling bibles in Africa where 80% of the Africans are Christians sound almost insane. Smuggling bibles when bibles are available free on the internet makes your career choice idiotic and shortsighted.
Your low IQ has been established.
Let's see how you spent your time in Ghana Africa.
Ethang5 wrote: Having been kicked off more than a hundred forums,
Title Please Christians:
https://www. Debate. Org/forums/religion/topic/55310/
Ethang5 wrote: I have studied the entire Bible for almost 50 years and have not yet found a single contradiction or falsehood in it.
So you don't find rape, Incest, Genocide in the bible as contradictions?
Ethang5 wrote: In my 35 years of debating atheists, I have never ever once heard an atheist ask, "What would have happened if the offending youth was not stopped? "
Ethang5 wrote: I have raised many generations of dogs, Cows, Horses, And pigs.
Ethang5 wrote: I live in Africa where I run Bibles to countries which outlaw the possession of Bibles. Been doing it for more than 15 years to many countries. I have 3 children.
So you spent years in Ghana smuggling bibles (15 years)
Arguing with Atheists. (35 years)
Breeding many generations of animals ( many years)
Studying the bible (50 years)
Getting banned from hundreds of forums(35 years)
Nothing in your activities are income generating occupations.
You didn't have anything to do with your children's births either.
Ethang5 wrote: Jesus does not sell His slaves, We are His forever. My kids are owned by Jesus also. After all, He created them.
So you had nothing to do with your childrens birth. Wow! Another case of virgin birth like the illegitimate bastard Jesus. Jesus is now creating bastardized children like Ethang's 3 daughters
See how the nigger lies. Busted again nigger.
So what do we know about you Ethang5?
Ethang5 finally confessed he is black. Game over!
Post#14 title loser Behavior. .
Ethang5 wrote: I'm the only black, But you're the one no one likes
Post#6 title more comments on the DDO poll
Ethang5's profile. Ethang5 (slum-mutt) 57-year old in Accra, Greater Accra Region, Ghana.
Nigger Ethang has been calling India a dirty country when he is living in Accra Ghana which is nothing but a dirty slum and Ghana ranked the 7th dirtiest country in the world. Busted nigger Ethang!
In Accra New Town, In the heart of Ghana's capital, Most houses are built without toilet facilities.
Read nigger Ethang's confessions.
Ethang5 wrote: Lol. Of course I am African, Why do you keep talking about America?
Ethang5 wrote: I live in Africa where slavery is still practiced today.
Ethang5 wrote: "I'm not a proud African. And if I were, I would not lie about Africa's achievements. "
Ethang5 wrote: I never said I was smart.
Ethang said: For His Majesty King Jesus? Full time slave here moron. Jesus has my all.
Ethang is a full time slave.
Ethang5 wrote: Yes, I am not proud to be African. I cannot be proud to be African.
Ethang5 wrote: I live in Africa where the literacy rate is below 50%,
Ethang5 said: I live close to where Boko Haram operates
Ethang5 wrote: I think you're right. I live in Ghana, West Africa,
Ethang5 wrote: Long ago, I had a night job.
Ethang5 wrote: I currently live in a country with a society much closer to the 1st century than the society in which you live.
Ethang5 wrote:. I live among people like the Piraha.
Ethang5 wrote: In Ghana where I live, The JW's are more aggressive.
Ethang5 wrote: I live in Ghana, Some of what is custom here would be child abuse in America, Yet the Ghanaian parents aren't in jail.
Ethang5 wrote: I live in Ghana, West Africa. If you think life is miserable, Come here and I will open your eyes.
Nigger Ethang5 To avoid arguing with you which is a waste of time. Everytime you address Harikrish he posts your confessions. If you find your own confessions disgusting then why did you post them on a public forum.
Any why should you be offended by your own confessions! You are a very black nigger and live like a slumdog slum dweller in slum city Accra Ghana a shithole country and that is what your confessions tell us.
I am a spiritual leader. I cannot insult people for any reason. But posting your confessions is not insulting you unless you are embarassed and insulted by what you confessed to. That would be your problem.
Your confessions are not going to go away. You are very black. Nothing you do or say to Harikrish will change that. That is your Karma, Accept it nigger Ethang5!
BTW nigger is a term used on a black person of African origin. You confessed you are very black and from Ghana Africa. . So being called nigger should not be insulting to you.
Accra Ghana is a shithole and you live in Accra Ghana. Busted nigger Ethang!
Is Harikrish not being liked worse than a 100 million Africans to die from AIDS. 25 million to die from starvation. 40 years of civil wars. 1, 700 years of African slavery. Nigger Ethang even the bible condemned Africans to slavery. You are very black nigger Ethang5, I told you so and I was right!
Sick filthy religion. Always wanting to blame victims. Caste morality.
Hindus.
Sick people.
You should look around you nigger Ethang5. Africa is a shithole and you are a very black nigger slumdog slum dweller living n slum city Accra Ghana a shithole country.
25 million Africans to die from starvation (UNESCO report).
You do.
You are becoming incoherent.
So you want your confessions to be publicly aired. Ok.
Then let me help you.
You find it "refeshing" remember?
You do. You 3 daughters are illegitimate bastards, Remember?
Run to spam when beaten.
Your confessions gives us the complete picture.
Trying to change the subject won't help you. You still have to go to work on Indian time.
But spam quickly. Time is short. "Late night comedies" are starting.
The subject of my research has always been niggers and slavery.
More loony spam. Lol.
My research was child prostitution in hindu temples. Sick religion.
Your own 3 daughters are illegitimate bastards in your confession nigger Ethang.
Stinking Hindus do.
Your own 3 daughters are illegitimate bastards. You call them Vending machines because for a few quarters they will deliver sex treats. Busted nigger Ethang5.
Ethang5 is a real self loathing very black negroid.
Ethang5 wrote: Worse still is a black person so deluded and self-loathing he has to pretend he's white, Terrified that he's a nigger.
Why are you researching India when God is sending plagues to Africa. You confessed you are a slumdog slum dweller living in slum city Accra Ghana a shithole country.
Today Africa is:
1. AIDS capital of the world.
2. Rape capital of the world ranked 1. South Africa, 2. Botswana and 3. Lesotho.
3. 1, 700 years of African slavery. Slavery is all Africans know.
4. Africans now sold in Libya as slaves.
5 20 million Africans predicted to die from starvation according to UN report.
6. Nothing good has ever come out of Africa.
Now we know the moron is a homo pedo.
No wonder he supports child prostitution.
Eew.

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When it comes to doing better with our money, many people often think first of redoing their budget or spending more wisely.
But what will affect your financial situation more than any other factor is not how many (or how few) lattes you buy, but how much you earn.
For that reason, you must master the art of negotiation.
Additionally, since each raise is based on the previous salary, over the course of their lifetimes, the earnings of those who negotiate soon outstrip the salaries of those who never or rarely negotiate, making it nearly impossible for the latter to catch up.
Sethi adds two other reasons: "If you are a top performer, then companies want to pay to recruit you. For new grads, they've already spent $6,000 recruiting you, so they don't want to lose you for a few thousand dollars. And the third thing is, it sends a signal. Top performers negotiate and average performers don't. If you are a top performer, then they expect you to negotiate," he said by phone.
Read on to find out how to negotiate, when not to, how to prepare, and more.
Otherwise, you should negotiate — but only if you do your homework first.
After all, it's an employer's market. According to the Economic Policy Institute, the unemployment rate of young college grads is high — almost 9% — and underemployment, which occurs when people are overqualified for their jobs, is even higher: more than 18%. A recent report by management consulting firm Accenture paints an even grimmer picture, with 41% of workers who graduated in the last two years saying that they are working in jobs that don't require degrees.
Whatever the exact figure is, you don't want to just ask for a higher salary when securing a new job, or when requesting a raise or promotion. You want to make a strong case for why it makes sense for them to give you one.
After you decide how much you want, figure out what the company wants. Neale said of a negotiation, "Think of it as problem-solving, make it collaborative." That will keep your request from coming off as too demanding or greedy.
Both Sethi and Neale said before you get to the actual negotiation, you need to know what your counterpart's goals are — and you need to have ideas on how you can help accomplish them. For instance, Sethi recommends coming up with a 30-, 60- or 90-day plan of how you will tackle those company aims, typing it up in a one- to three-page document and presenting it during your negotiation.
Put more than just salary on the table. Consider the full compensation package, including flexible hours, the resources you'll need to do the job, or even perks such as quarterly dinners with the CEO (yes, this is something that Sethi said one of his students bargained for).
Neale said that new graduates in particular may not have as much leverage with salary, but could package together other factors: "They might negotiate the kind of resources they have to do their job, the quality of their technology assistance, or, if they have a job that requires a lot of travel, an expense account for their automobiles." Rank these in order of importance to you, and know at what point you're willing to walk away from the talks entirely, when you have better alternatives. At the same time, set an optimistic aspiration so you know what you're shooting for, and focus on that.
Once you've come up with your argument, rehearse with a friend -- not just once, but several times, until your speech become second nature. Have him or her mix up the counterarguments, so you're prepared to defend your case several ways and so you don't get ruffled in the process.
When you're accepting a new position (as opposed to requesting a raise), you're in the best position to boost your salary — maybe not for your very first job, but definitely later on, when you switch companies. Why? Because then they have less information on you and you're not already working for them. You have more leverage.
Sethi said that you should use what he calls "competence triggers" to signal that you're a top performer: Speak calmly and slowly, not at a nervously quick pace. And push the money discussion off — until after you've gotten the offer.
Sethi said the best situation from which to negotiate is one in which you have multiple offers. Then you can say, "You're my top choice, but I want to be totally honest with you — I have two other offers, but if we can work this to a fair number, I think we can sign this and get this done." He says this friendly, candid but firm tone will keep things non-adversarial but also get you what you want.
Even if you don't have multiple offers, you should use what he calls the "briefcase technique." This begins with you asking the hiring manager about his or her top challenges, what worked the previous year, what didn't, etc.
"You already know the answers to these questions," said Sethi, "so you say, 'It seems like what you're telling me are that your top challenges are X, Y and Z. If you don't mind, I prepared a document on how I would handle these three challenges.' And you almost theatrically pull something out of your briefcase — you don't need a briefcase at all — but you pull this document out: 'Here are the challenges I've identified for your company … and these are the things I'll do in the first 30, 60 or 90 days.'" Sethi said this will make him or her feel that $5,000 or $10,000 is a bargain to get someone so prepared.
If you're angling for a promotion or raise at your current employer, the company not only has more information on you, but it already has you at a particular rate. This means you can't just walk in and demand a raise.
"A truly skilled negotiator takes a longer-term approach," said Sethi. Begin by telling your boss that you want to exceed expectations and asking him or her what it would take to do so, looking to get hard figures on how much, say, you'd have to increase sales or Web conversion rates.
Three or six months later, once you've exceeded those numbers, you initiate the compensation discussion, again using the salary figures you gathered from career sites as well as your network.
Sethi said that "no" can often be the start of the real negotiation. Think of each potential objection beforehand and come up with a rejoinder to each.
This is where Neale's idea of negotiating the full package comes in handy. You could negotiate working home one day a week, or even vacation, though Sethi typically doesn't recommend people do that because it looks bad. Think carefully about how far you're willing to push, since you are either already working with this person, or may soon be.
At a certain point, you may realize it won't work. They really may not have the budget. Especially later, after you begin your career, you have to be willing to walk away to find another opportunity that will pay you what you deserve.
Knowing how to negotiate won't be useful unless you excel at your work. For that reason, now that you know what kind of financial accounts you need, how to budget, how to cut your costs, and how to negotiate, you should also learn how to be "so good, they can't ignore you."


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Iron Age Turks wouldn't be seen dead without Cypriot ceramics at dinner parties
Elite Turkish feasts drove demand for elaborate pottery 3,000 years ago.
By Martha Henriques
Updated December 1, 2016 08:24 GMT
Cypriot-style ceramics were the thing to have for a feast in early Iron Age Turkey, researchers say.
The demand for types of ceramics called White Painted and Bichrome Wares, traditionally made in Cyprus, led local producers in Turkey to make ceramics in the Cypriot style. The pots were either imitations by Turkish artisans or were made locally by Cypriot artisans who had moved to settle in Turkey.
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White Painted and Bichrome Wares are decorated with black bands, stripes, geometric circles, stylised palmette motifs. Bichome Ware also has red painted bands, distinguishing it from White Painted Ware. The ceramics assessed in the study included barrel jugs, small juglets and stemmed vertical-sided bowls.
The ceramics came from three sites in the Hatay region of Turkey: Tell Tayinat, Çatal Höyük, and Tell Judaidah. Imported goods made up the vast majority of the elaborate tableware, but a small proportion of it was made locally in Tell Judaidah, the researchers found.
In a study published in the journal PLOS ONE, researchers identified the source of the ceramics by analysing the composition of the pottery and the soil where it was found. The origins of this type of ceramics – of which some pieces date to 800 BCE – were found by X-ray and neutron analysis of the artefacts.
"A clear geochemical distinction exists between important and local versions of the pottery," study authors Steven Karacic of Florida State University and James Osborne of the University of Chicago write in the paper.
They argue that Cypriot-imported pottery was widely available throughout the Amuq Valley, and that it was elite feasting practices that fuelled the trade of ceramics in the wider area.
An intact Cypriot Bichrome Ware jug, 7th-6th century BC Zde / Wikimedia Commons
"We were surprised to find that locally produced Cypriot-style pottery was consumed at Tell Tayinat but not the other sites included in our study," says Karacic.
The findings challenge prevalent ideas about trade in the Eastern Mediterranean during the Iron Age. The ceramics weren't distributed in the expected way, with objects from one location becoming rarer the further you go from that location.
"These results indicate complex social and economic interactions between the Amuq and Cyprus that we are only just beginning to understand for the Iron Age," Karacic added.
This article was first published on November 30, 2016
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The Home of Albert Einstein
If you ever find yourself in Princeton NJ, a random fact that is somewhat hard it miss is that the one and only Albert Einstein spent a good deal of his life living in Princeton. Located along a side street just a few blocks from the University there stands a White House that doesn't look all that different from the other homes, the only thing really different about it is the sign on the gate reading "private residence". That and of course that it was home to one of the most brilliant minds in history for the last 22 years of his life.
From 1933 until his death in 1955, Albert Einstein call the simple White House at 112 Mercer Street home.
While living in Princeton, Einstein worked at the newly founded Institute for Advanced Study. Though the Institute is independent of the University, its original offices were located on Princeton's campus. As such, from 1933 to 1939, Einstein's office was 109 Fine Hall (now Jones Hall) and he also conducted work in the Palmer Physics Laboratory (now the Frist Campus Center). Though he was never a member of Princeton's faculty, Einstein led a University seminar on the mathematics of relativity and often helped students with math problems.
For those who are living in the materialist world of today, seeing this home is a nice reminder of the fact that it's not how big your home is or how much stuff you have, but how you give to the world we live in.
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Israel arms exports will require KYC and sanctions checks
By Asher Miller | Monday, February 25, 2019 at 9:28AM
The agency in charge of granting licenses to defense exporters will start to require KYC, blacklist, and sanctions searches to applications for marketing and export licenses. This move is meant to strengthen control by Israeli authorities over marketing and export of military goods, which sometimes allegedly find their way into dubious hands.
The Israeli Ministry of Defense Export Control Authority (DECA) system for granting export licenses is two-tiered: The first stage is a request for a marketing license (in order to carry out substantive marketing activities), and the second is a request to grant the export license itself.
The new requirements refer to both stages. However, in an effort not to burden the exporters, the new forms are not required for marketing license applications for "unclassified products," which don't require special scrutiny by DECA.
Requests for a marketing license of a classified product (as detailed in DECA's internal lists) or for requests for the export and sale license itself (for any product) the forms require that a basic KYC process be conducted by the exporter.
This includes verification of the end user's identity and ownership (including those of any interim parties), an initial check of the customer's record in terms of arms and non-conventional weapons proliferation, and verification that it is not listed in a major defense blacklist and sanctions list.
In case of an export license for a classified product, the exporter is required to fill out a more detailed questionnaire, highlighting suspicious indicators such as generous payment terms, request for a large quantity of spare parts, unusual shipment terms, etc.
Unti now, the DECA agency did not take any position of involvement in exporters' compliance programs, other than for adherence to the DECA regulatory requirements, dealing mainly with the defense aspects of marketing or exporting a military or dual-use product.
However, recently Israeli arms and technology allegedly found their way into dubious hands or were mentioned in unflattering contexts. There is also a global trend for more control over arms exports and movements to prevent misuse by rogue regimes or organizations.
The DECA has reformed its services and organizational structure to lessen bureaucratic burdens from requesting exporters and aims to simplify the license grant process. Exporters and the Israeli defense industry have welcomed these steps.
As regards to the new requirements, in light of exporters' calls for postponement of their coming into effect, the MOD has announced that an initial grace period for "organization" is given. After the grace period, the requirements shall enter into full power and license requests without the filled new forms shall not be handled by DECA.
This brings a wind of change to the world of defense export in Israel, requiring each company to be aware, at least on a basic level, to considerations of national and international security as well as global crime prevention.
Israel is considered a defense manufacture and export powerhouse, and its defense exports amounted to over $9 billion last year. The defense industry in Israel is very developed, and is estimated to include some 500 companies that provide, directly and indirectly, to more than 100,000 households.
Notwithstanding some protests by exporters, it is expected that the Israeli defense companies will adhere to the new regulatory regime. This will also bring a new era to the DECA's reference to the data provided in the new forms by the exporters -- a step that may significantly influence the ways and policies in which Israeli MOD will grant export licenses from now on.
Asher Miller, pictured above, is a compliance expert and the founder of Miller Law, an Israeli law firm specializing in compliance and industry-government transactions. He can be contacted at here.
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The only currency you need for this Angry Birds 'Venting Machine' is rage
by Oliver McAteer November 19, 2019
RAGE I TELL YOU.
The world makes you angry but there are laws against punching things (mainly people) in a fit of rage.
Lunacy. Complete lunacy.
Angry Birds understands. Praise be Angry Birds. The game's maker, Rovio, teamed up with ad agency Droga5 to create a vending machine that accepts only one currency: EXTREME FURY.
Later this week, the brand will plonk its machine in arguably one of the world's most frustrating places -- Times Square, New York City.
The public are invited to unload a barrage of hate in the form of punches, shouting and shaking to win prizes on Thursday.
Angry Birds' Venting Machine follows the launch of the Rage Rider -- an electric scooter powered by the screams of your inner-suffering.
Ben Nilsen, group communications strategist at Droga5, told Campaign US: "We didn't just want to make ads, we wanted to make activations that would catch people's attention. For us, that meant building things that clearly and simply expressed our campaign idea, that Angry Birds can help turn anger into a force for good.
"The campaign uses very little paid media, instead relying on the shareability of the activations themselves, and a group of influencers to help us get our message across."
?? ?? ?? You're looking at the world's first scream-powered scooter. And, damn, is it liberating. Ad agency @droga5 created it in partnership with @angrybirds for the @angrybirdsmovie. The waiver I had to sign was tantalisingly long.
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The exclusive scooters are engineered by Spin, the Ford-owned micro-mobility company, which created only 100. That means you probably won't get one. And damn, does that make you mad. But you can watch people better than you ride the demons through the campaign's YouTube creators like Tanner Fox, Team Edge, and Deestroying.
In addition, Rovio has teamed up with one of its existing partners, UNICEF Finland, for a new in-game event encouraging players to pop as many pigs as they can throughout November to promote good around the world. It will culminate in a $100k donation to UNICEF's Education in Emergencies fund, which supports education for children in conflict zones and other emergencies across the globe.
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Best of 2015: Ten Honorable Mentions
For fun, I've also put together a list of 10 more films that wouldn't exactly qualify as numbers 11 through 20 of my favorite films of the past year as much as simple honorable mentions for leaving some impact on me (not always positive). Here they are alphabetically:
Amy. Asif Kapadia. UK/USA.
Effectively made, linear biographical doc about the tragic late singer Amy Winehouse that avoids the use of talking heads and bland cultural theorists. It seems slightly ahead of its time, in that docs of this manner will probably be the standard for young stars whose lives were cut short in the limelight with the immensely increased use of video in nearly all of our personal lives. It's rather surprising that director Asif Kapadia (Senna) was able to obtain so much valuable footage of the singer in her early days, when video wasn't exactly the norm. Amy has been released on video and on demand in the U.S. through A24 Films, in the U.K. through Altitude Film Distribution, and in France through Mars Distribution.
Barash. Michal Vinik. Israel.
An excellent coming-of-age tale of a rebellious Israeli teen girl whose affair with a new female classmate is given a back seat to a more fascinating story about the girl's older sister who has gone AWOL from the military and has disrupted the entire family unit. Unfortunately, I don't have any distribution information regarding Barash. Keep an eye out in festivals this year.
Big Father, Small Father and Other Stories. Phan Dang Di. Vietnam/France/Germany/Netherlands.
Cryptic and gorgeous film about a trio of youth at the dawn of the new millennium in Saigon that concludes with a truly memorable and lengthy tussle through the dark, muddy forests that surround the city, from the director of Bi, Don't Be Afraid! Big Father, Small Father and Other Stories will be released in France as Pères, fils et autres histoires by Memento Films later this year. No word on U.S. or U.K. distribution.
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief. Alex Gibney. USA.
As compelling and shocking as it should be, despite omitting some key elements from the book. Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief can be viewed through HBO's On Demand sites in the U.S. I'm not sure about other parts of the world.
It Follows. David Robert Mitchell. USA.
An inspired horror film with a fantastic John Carpenter-esque score. I had trouble deciphering how exactly the film treated sexuality (the menace is transmitted through sexual intercourse). But despite a rather disappointing finale, It Follows was easily the best offering of the genre this past year. It Follows is currently on video and on demand in the U.S. through Radius, in the U.K. through Icon, and in France through Métropolitan Filmexport.
Jason and Shirley. Stephen Winter. USA.
A fascinating fictional retelling of the making of Shirley Clarke's landmark documentary Portrait of Jason. I wrote more about Jason and Shirley for Frameline earlier this year. I don't have any distribution information on the film.
Nasty Baby. Sebastián Silva. USA/Chile.
Nasty Baby is the kind of film that truly pisses people off, and as I discussed in my piece on Full Contact, I kind of admire that spirit. I have friends who reside on both sides of the fence with this one, but I probably fall with arms and legs dangling on both ends. I resent and appreciate its manipulation, but in all honesty, I was pretty taken with it before it took its devious turn, which I'm not convinced actually worked. The supporting cast, which includes the always wonderful Kristen Wiig, Mark Margolis, and Alia Shawkat, is great nonetheless. Nasty Baby is available on video and on demand in the U.S. from The Orchard, and will be released by Network Releasing in the U.K. in April. No word on a French release.
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (En duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron). Roy Andersson. Sweden/Germany/Norway/France/Denmark.
Not nearly as brilliant as its predecessors, 2000's Songs from the Second Floor and 2007's You, the Living, Roy Andersson's conclusion to his unnamed trilogy about human beings is still rightfully amusing and visually potent. A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence is available on demand and streaming on Netflix from Magnolia Pictures in the U.S., as well as in the U.K. through Curzon Artificial Eye, and through Les Films du Losange in France as Un pigeon perché sur une branche philosophait sur l'existence.
Seashore (Beira-Mar). Filipe Matzembacher, Marcio Reolon. Brazil.
A quiet, moody tale of unexpected young gay love in Brazil, a country which made a pretty strong showing on my end of the year lists. It's stunning to look at and one of the stronger films I saw circulating the gay film festival circuit last year. Seashore is available on video and on demand (and on Netflix currently) in the U.S. from Wolfe Releasing. It will be released theatrically in France by Epicentre Films under the title Beira-Mar; ou l'âge des premières fois in February. I didn't find any U.K. info.
Welcome to New York. Abel Ferrara. France/USA.
A real fucking hot potato of a movie loosely based on the exploits of defamed French politician Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Abel Ferrara's Welcome to New York is at once a hypnotic bit of high art/high sleaze erotica, adorned with dazzling, lengthy sequences of gluttony and perversion, all heightened by the lead performance by Gérard Depardieu at his most repellant. The film loses something once it turns into a courtroom drama, with some sketchy, very Abel Ferrara moments between Depardieu and Jacqueline Bissett as his wife, but like several other of Ferrara's works (notably The Blackout or New Rose Hotel), Welcome to New York is a fascinating failure that is best appreciated by those versed in the underrated American filmmaker's oeuvre. There's plenty of drama involving the release of Welcome to New York in the U.S. from IFC Films, who apparently edited the film for an R-rating, much to the dismay of Ferrara. I believe the European releases of the film were the director's cut.
Labels: 2015, Abel Ferrara, Alex Gibney, Asif Kapadia, Best of 2015, David Robert Mitchell, Filipe Matzembacher, Marcio Reolon, Michal Vinik, Phan Dang Di, Queer, Roy Andersson, Sebastián Silva, Stephen Winter


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Disney+ gets 10 million subscribers on its first day
Way ahead of its expectations, Disney's new streaming service has launched this Tuesday in the US and Canada
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Disney+ has barely stepped into the scene and has already surprised the whole streaming sector – including market experts. According to Disney itself, the new streaming service, which debuted yesterday in the US and Canada, has reached 10 million additions in a single day. Analysts were expecting that Disney+ would take a whole year to reach this figure.
The huge library available, full of big hits from Pixar, Marvel, and Disney, along with the debut of the very first live-action Star Wars series, "The Mandalorian," seems to have pleased the audience – which can subscribe to the service by a monthly price of $6.99 or $69.99 a year after a 7-day free trial.
The media and entertainment giant also allows customers to subscribe to a package with its three streaming services combined – Disney+, ESPN+, and Hulu – by a monthly price of $12.99 – the same price of a basic Netflix subscription.
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Whether if these additions were free or paid, Disney didn't disclose the information. But one thing's for sure: the streaming service has entered the streaming wars with nothing but huge efforts – and billions of investment. Will Netflix be able to handle it?


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Anaheim, Calif. — Buses lined the streets near the Anaheim Convention Center while teens made their way to the entrance, excited for a day spent in solidarity with fellow young Catholics and, yes, a day off from school.
Youth Day 2013 had begun.
Youth Day's theme, "Keep Calm -- God's Got This," flashed across the backdrop behind the stage and remained there the entire day.
Jeremy and Ryan, a music group from Moorpark, Calif., began Youth Day with a bang. I couldn't help but join in the dancing and singing as they performed for nearly 14,000 teens and adults gathered in the Convention Center arena Thursday morning.
Jacob & Matthew were next.
"Just remember -- no matter where you are, even if you are lost or are struggling with being Catholic, 'God will forever love you,' " said Matthew, a member of Jacob & Matthew, to the large crowd between songs, a reminder that "God's got this." A mix of upbeat and soulful tunes invited teens to praise God throughout the entire day.
"I feel like I belong here -- that everyone feels what I feel," said Greg Aponte, an emcee during the morning and youth leader at Nativity parish in El Monte, Calif.
"I can come be myself -- I don't have to hide being Catholic," said Nicole Morgan, a youth leader with Aponte at Nativity parish.
Fr. R. Tony Ricard, a priest from New Orleans, danced his way to the stage. Ricard urged the youth to "just be who you are -- who God has called you to be." He reminded them, "You are destined for greatness, but you must believe; you must have faith." Toward the end of his talk, Ricard shared a piece of his own story of rebuilding his community after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005. He said he never thought he'd be someone traveling from place to place, speaking to youth and sharing his story yet he believed it was God working through him. He said he answered when God called.
Youth Day was filled with energy and joy. Whether teens were hearing talks in the arena or various rooms within the Convention Center, they were guaranteed to be inspired.
"You can't leave here and not be changed," said Louis Avelar, another youth leader at Nativity parish in El Monte, Calif.
During lunch, Jeremy and Ryan talked to NCR about why they do music ministry.
"We have the ability to build bridges between every day, secular life and God through music -- it's incredible," Jeremy Shoop said.
Both Shoop, 31, and Ryan Clouse, 29, have been playing music for nearly 15 years and are currently music ministers at Holy Cross Church in Moorpark. They brought along four teens from their parish choir to perform with them: Jeff Baker, 18; Cameron Carlson, 16; Elias Blaset, 19; and James Bennington, 17.
And what would Youth Day be without celebrating Mass? Archbishop Jose Gomez of the Los Angeles archdiocese presided over the Mass with fellow bishops, priests and seminarians.
Katie Hernandez, director of religious education and confirmation coordinator at Our Lady of Malibu parish in Malibu, Calif., talked to NCR about why she brings teens to Youth Day.
Speaking of a wider church, assistant youth minister at Sacred Heart parish in Lancaster, Calif., Philip Trejo, talked with his brother, Jimmy, using FaceTime. Jimmy Trejo is currently serving in Afghanistan with the US military, and Philip Trejo wanted to share with him the united experience of Youth Day. "It was great to see my brother and share this experience with him," Philip told NCR. Jimmy had been to Youth Day in years past and now was able to relive the experience with the help of technology and his brother.
This is Youth Day -- a place that brings people together, especially teens; a place that rekindles the spirit; and a place of friendship, joy and hope for a better future.