... Let their names here be recorded as Isaac and Ishmael. So have I thus declared in front of the judges that the Mount shall be bequeathed as follows - That it shall be shared between my two sons and their descendants in a manner of their choosing. But that they be clear that it belongs to neither one of them, but to both, now and forever. That they be entrusted as its guardians and custodians, to protect it on behalf of the Mighty name, the one Lord who is sovereign over everything and all of us.
Sworn with the seal of Abraham, son of Terach, witnessed by his sons in Hebron, this day.
Have I perchance come across the last will and testament of Patriarch Abraham, the 'common forefather' of Jews, Christians and Muslims, shortly before his death and burial in Hebron? Have I managed to translate its cuneiform script, from the old Babylonian language, into legal English, in order to articulate his last inclusive wish?
Alas, the answer is disappointingly less ambitious! The truth is that I read earlier this month Sam Bourne's The Last Testament and enjoyed the way this journalist, bestselling author of The Righteous Men, has written his latest novel so that it blends together the realities of peace negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians over past decades with his fictional story about a last will from Abraham to his sons. The will settles once and for all the disputes over the Temple Mount / Haram Al-Sharif that have bedevilled negotiations and marred agreements between Israeli and Palestinian protagonists.
The story focuses on a clay tablet discovered almost randomly in a souvenir shop in the Arab souk in Jerusalem by an Israeli right-wing Jabotinsky-friendly settler who promoted the concept of Eretz Yisrael, or Greater [Biblical] Israel. The discovery of the clay tablet leads to his death and that of many other Israelis and Palestinians, but it also concludes with a new dawn for Israelis and Palestinians who come to their senses at long last and accept to share the land.
I must admit that the plot is quite plausible in some of its factual regurgitations, based as it is on real-life politicians and events that were clearly also recorded by this author-journalist during the Oslo years. But it is also overrated and maudlin in other ways - particularly the part about the American "negotiator" who survives a tantric multiplicity of odds and helps disclose the truth. Yet, if we were to forget that this is just a story, would it not be compelling if Abraham had indeed left a will to his two sons some 4500 years ago asking that Jerusalem be shared equally and justly between Jews and Palestinians?
Well, if he had done so, he will have probably realised that his sagacity and wisdom are not shared by a large number of modern-day politicians who cling to misconstrued, absolutist and exclusivist [religious] dogmas and who believe that the only solution worth discussing is one that creates a win-lose situation - namely, we win and they lose in the end-negotiations.
But Abraham is not with us today, nor at a stretch (as Bourne's novel alludes quite translucently) are the assassinated Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin or the gaoled Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti. Instead, the fate of Israelis and Palestinians - two ancient, proud but maligned peoples - is being negotiated by politicians applying mediocre non-solutions and myopic visions to a conflict that has spanned many decades, fomented radicalism let alone extremism and remains to date the epicentre of any Arab-Israeli peace or war - the rash and brash adventures of Iraq notwithstanding.
So where does the reality of this conflict stand today? Have things really altered in the past two decades, or even in the past seven years that I have been posting articles on my epektasis web-site? Not really - sadly! The past two weeks alone have again shown a dearth of good will and an unsettling obnubilation in the process and direction of peace negotiations. Even whilst PM Ehud Olmert and PNA President Mahmoud Abbas were attempting to define the future agenda for the US-sponsored international peace conference slated for autumn, their languages were demonstrably different. Abbas was talking about the need for tackling the major issues separating the two parties as much as for setting deadlines toward performance and implementation. Olmert, on the other hand, was cautioning against any rash expectations from the conference. The negotiations should proceed "smoothly and cautiously" we were told, as if the past forty odd years have not been slothful enough in resolving a conflict whose broad parameters have remained largely the same!
Over the past year, I am conscious that I have annoyed a number of Palestinians by publishing few articles that took Palestinian leaders - both Hamas and Fateh - to task for their internecine enmities, homicidal fights, political cleavages and nepotistic proclivities. But no matter how weak and discreditable Palestinians might appear today, it remains nonetheless clear in my mind that the real culprit for the conflict has been the huge disparity between the two sides: Palestinians are weak and occupied, whereas Israel is strong and the occupier! I don't think anyone can negate this reality that is anchored in International law even though some politicians often use euphemisms simply to avoid the use of the term "occupation".
This occupation has also created much discrimination and equal distrust on the ground in Abraham's biblical land. Let me give you one fresh example. In his article, A Segregated Road in an Already Divided Land, Steven Erlanger wrote that Israel is constructing a road through the West Bank that will allow both Israelis and Palestinians to travel along it - separately. The Israeli side has various exits; the Palestinian side has few. The point of the road, according to those who planned it under former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, is to permit Israel to build more settlements around East Jerusalem, cutting the city off from the West Bank, although allowing Palestinians to travel unimpeded north and south through Israeli-held land.
To Daniel Seidemann, a lawyer who advises the Israeli NGO advocacy group Ir Amim ('City of Nations'/'City of Peoples') which has lobbied since 2004 for Israeli-Palestinian co-existence, the road suggests an ominous future map. Israel keeps nearly all of East Jerusalem and a ring of Israeli settlements surrounding it, providing a cordon of Israelis between largely Arab East Jerusalem and the rest of the West Bank that will ostensibly become part of a future Palestinian state. It also helps ensure that the large settlement of Ma'ale Adumim - a suburb of 32,000 people east of Jerusalem - will remain under Israeli control, along with the currently empty area of 4.6 square miles known as E1 lying between Ma'ale Adumim and Jerusalem.
Another constant reminder of this unequal political tug-of-war between the two sides is the separation wall (called a barrier by Israel since its entire length is not made of concrete but also of barbed wire) being built by Israel. Last week, the Israeli High Court of Justice requested from Israel to reroute a section of the separation wall that had split a West Bank village from much of its farmland. Earlier, in a landmark judgment in 2004, the High Court had also ordered the state to bring a 25-mile section of the barrier in the West Bank hills northeast of Jerusalem closer to the 1967 boundary, on grounds that the original route caused disproportionate harm to the rights of Palestinian villagers in the area.
However, the Israeli High Court has upheld the principle of building the barrier in the West Bank on the basis of security. It has ruled not on the legality of the wall itself but rather considered each case on its own prima facie merits. A few weeks ago, for instance, it rejected a petition by Palestinian villagers against the barrier route near the Alfei Menashe Jewish settlement / enclave (near Qalqilya) whereby Palestinians had wanted the wall moved closer to the 1967 green line boundary and away from their homes. But by the same token, the court also rejected a petition by Alfei Menashe residents who had asked for the barrier to be moved farther from their settlement into the West Bank. However, in adopting this case-by-case approach, Israel has in effect ignored the Advisory Opinion of the Hague-based International Court of Justice in 2004 that deemed the construction of the wall across the 1967 boundary as a violation of International law.
The topography of the occupied territories has been so severely modified over the past two decades that I question whether it is still possible to reach an agreement that allows the creation of an independent, sovereign, contiguous and viable Palestinian state. Given the global power-plays, the pseudo-redundancy of the Quartet as much as by what is truly left to negotiate over in view of Israeli land expropriations, illegal settlements and by-roads that criss-cross the West Bank, is this not a recipe for a Palestinian puppet state that is no better than a sprawling Texan ranch? In planning for the upcoming autumnal conference in Washington DC, and assuming it is not merely another effort to highlight al-shakliat (form) over al-madmoun (content), might it not be advisable to heed to Amr Moussa, Secretary-General of the Arab League, when he admonishes that this meeting should only occur once its parameters and goals have clearly been laid out - and in the presence of all Middle Eastern players - so that political pundits do not consider it merely a distraction away from Iraq?
Has PM Olmert been converted into supporting Abraham's fictional last will and testament? Is it possible that something will give on the ground at long last? The pess-optimist in me who has previously negotiated over Jerusalem hopes that such an outcome would be practicable. But the same pess-optimist in me - perhaps also the cynic who remembers past highs and lows in negotiations - believes that all this could be part of a disempowering design rather than any irenic endeavour.
Would there ever be a real will for peace in Abraham's land? Alas, therein lies the inveterate despair of two peoples!


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RuPaul Wins Emmy For Outstanding Reality Show Host, Beating Out Steve Harvey
Carolyn M. Brown September 19, 2016 November 14, 2017 1010
CHANGING THE CHANNEL
Aside from her multiple TV (All My Children, Sister, Sister and Sabrina the Teenage Witch) and movie appearances (Spike Lee's Crooklyn , To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, The Brady Bunch Movie, A Very Brady Sequel and The Truth About Jane), RuPaul hosted her own VH1 talk show, The RuPaul Show, from 1996 to 1998. Nearly a decade later, LOGO premiered RuPaul's Drag Race, a reality series that follows 13 contestants around to find "the next superstar drag queen of America." Now in its fourth season, the show's rating rose 50% from season three, causing the latest season of RuPaul's Drag Race to become the highest-rated premiere to air on LOGO in network history. That success led two spin-off shows, RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked, which follows the behind-the-scenes cat-fights and drama between queens while the judges mull over their fate; and RuPaul's Drag U, where drag "professors" transform the style of the everyday woman and help her unleash her "inner diva."
Drag queen and television personality RuPaul (Andre Charles) won the Emmy for Outstanding Host of a Reality Series for RuPaul's Drag Race. He beat out American Idol's Ryan Seacrest, Dancing With the Stars' Tom Bergeron, Hollywood Game Night's Jane Lynch, Little Big Shots' Steve Harvey and Project Runway's Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn for the honor.
"I dedicate this nomination to outsiders everywhere," RuPaul said in a statement when the nominations were first announced. "Brave souls who, against all odds, stick to their dreams and make the world a more colorful place. On behalf of those people–my tribe–I am so grateful." But he also gave Vulture the infamous quote that he could care less about mainstream awards: "I'd rather have an enema than an Emmy." But in a video shot since winning, he accepts his trophy and acknowledges that Emmys and enemas are not mutually exclusive.
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 2 premiered Aug. 25 on Logo. The reality competition show features 10 previous competitors from RuPaul's Drag Race vying for a second chance to enter "Drag Race herstory."
Straight Out of Oz
Much to my pleasant surprise YouTube sensation Todrick Hall joined the judging panel this season. He is a quadruple threat when it comes to his talents in singing, acting, directing, and choreographing his videos. A must-see for anyone who loves theatrical storytelling is the hour-long visual album on YouTube called Straight Outta Oz that Hall released this past June (inspired by Beyoncé's Lemonade). He first rose to prominence as a contestant on the ninth season of American Idol, making it to the semi-finals. Starting Nov. 1, Hall will assume the lead role of Lola in the hit Broadway musical Kinky Boots.
I have been a fan of the 55-year-old RuPaul since he first achieved international fame with the hit song "Supermodel (You Better Work)" in 1993Â after he had already become a popular fixture on New York City's nightclub scene. Before there was Lip Sync Battle, there were drag queens going at it since Logo debuted RuPaul's Drag Race, which marked its eighth season this year. Â On the All Star show, instead of lip-syncing for their lives (RuPaul's catchphrase), the drag queens are lip-syncing for their legacy.
Drag vs. Trans Community
Though it has a huge gay following, RuPaul's Drag Race has been divisive at times among members of the trans community who complained that they were getting 'confused' with drag queens. Drag is a form of performance art that involves jumping between different genders and characters. Transgender is used to describe someone whose gender identity differs from the sex the doctor marked on his or her birth certificate. Some past contestants on RuPaul's show have since come out as transgender such as model Carmen Carrera.
In 2014, the drag competition reality show attracted a barrage of criticism from trans activists for a segment in which contestants were asked to guess from a photo whether someone was a 'female or she-male.' Network executives subsequently opted to drop the show's 'You've Got She-Mail' catchphrase and Ru signed a sensitivity pledge.
Love him or leave him, RuPaul notably is an unapologetic, openly gay man and over the past eight years his reality show has made inroads in helping spread awareness about tolerance, inclusion, and respect for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.

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Two other American-born conductors have been similarly honored: Leonard Bernstein (1989) and Thomas Schippers (1975).
Mr. Conlon, Principal Conductor of the RAI National Symphony Orchestra in Torino since 2016—the first American to hold this position—has performed regularly in Italy for over thirty years. His most recent performances of Britten's Billy Budd, a premiere in Rome, at the Teatro dell'Opera, have been received with critical acclaim in Italy's most widely read publications, including Corriere della Sera, la Repubblica, and La Stampa. He is recognized internationally for his work in both the concert hall and opera house, serving as Music Director of Los Angeles Opera since 2006.
This honor is one of many that Mr. Conlon has received over the course of his career. He was also awarded the Légion d'Honneur, the equivalent honor in France, by then-President Jacques Chirac in 2002. Additional Italian awards include a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Istituto Italiano di Cultura in Los Angeles (2010) and the Premio Galileo 2000 Award for his significant contribution to music, art, and peace in Florence (2008).
Mr. Conlon is among the five initial recipients of the Opera News Awards (2005) and was honored by The New York Public Library as a "Library Lion" (2004). He holds honorary doctorates at The Juilliard and Colburn Schools as well as Brandeis and Chapman Universities. He has received the Crystal Globe Award from the Anti-Defamation League (2007), as well as the Roger E. Joseph Prize at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion for his extraordinary efforts to eradicate racial and religious prejudice and discrimination (2013). He was awarded the Zemlinsky Prize for his efforts in bringing that composer's music to international attention (1999). He has been awarded the Music Institute of Chicago's Dushkin Award (2009) and the Medal of the American Liszt Society (2008). Mr. Conlon was named Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Minister of Culture (2004).


The eastern German city of Leipzig is slated to become the "centre of the Energiewende's digitalisation," Wolfgang Brinkschulte writes for the public broadcaster MDR. The federal government wants the "Smart Infrastructure Hub" to become a pivot for digital energy system services, where energy production and consumption patterns are analysed to optimise power plant and grid utilisation, the article says.
For background, read the dossiers The energy transition and Germany's power grid and The digitalisation of the Energiewende.


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Men's Golf Tied for Ninth After First Round of Puerto Rico Classic
Johnson City, Tenn. (Feb. 24, 2002) -- The East Tennessee State men's golf team is in a tie for ninth with Oklahoma at 7-over-par after the first round of the Puerto Rico Classic from the Rio Del Mar Country Club River Course in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The tournament is led by Georgia Tech, who fired a 13-under-par 275 during the first round of play. The Bucs were led by senior Adam Riddering (Maple Grove, Minn.) on the first day of play. Riddering shot an even-par 72 in the first round, and is tied for 19th. Senior James Johnson (Barbados) and freshman Marco Trejos (San Jose, Costa Rica) also played well on day one, both shooting 2-over-par 74's and tying for 31st. Freshman Jeremy Hobson (Thonotosassa, Fla.) finished one stroke behind Johnson and Trejos, carding a 3-over-par 75, good enough for a tie for 39th after round one. Freshman Cennydd Mills (Cardiff, Wales) rounded out ETSU's day, shooting a first-round 6-over-par 78. The Bucs return to action tomorrow morning for the second round of the Puerto Rico Classic from the Rio Del Mar Country Club River Course in San Juan, Puerto Rico.


I find inspiration and joy in my work every day. With a quiet, steady focus, I draw on my experience and intuition. I pay attention, I listen and I learn.
After graduating from the Swedish Institute College of Health Sciences in New York City in 1992, I worked as a Massage Therapist in hospitals, health clubs and eventually transitioned to working on my own and building a solid and diverse practice. While living and working in New York, I continued to enrich my training with continuing education and exposure to a wide range of clients and conditions.
In 2002, I moved to Colorado and lived in the Foothills of the Rocky Mountains where I established a vibrant practice in beautiful surroundings. The reverence for the natural world that I developed at this time continues to inform my work today.
Following a desire to return to the East Coast, I relocated to the Washington, DC area in 2014 and found my way to the Palisades neighborhood of DC. I love living in Washington, adjacent to the remarkable beauty of the Potomac River Basin.
I am compelled by the relationship between spirituality, healing and massage therapy. In order to deepen my scope of practice, I have completed extensive Clinical Training and a Master's Degree in order to work in Hospitals and Hospices providing Spiritual Care. Nearly a decade of experience in this capacity has helped me to understand the impact pain and suffering have on the body and spirit. It has also revealed the grace and clarity that often emerge during difficult times.
I currently practice Massage Therapy in DC and Northern Virginia.
I am also contracted though Sibley Memorial Hospital to facilitate support groups and classes that address issues around Caregiving, End of Life and Dementia.
Licensed to Practice Massage Therapy in DC and Virginia. Also have also held licenses in New York, Colorado and Washington State.


Campbell, D.T. 1976. Assessing the impact of planned social change. Hanover, NH: The Public Affairs Center, Dartmouth College. http://goo.gl/AAaPx.
This American Life. 2010. Right to remain silent. http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/414/right-to-remain-silent..


A women was sharing about an incident from her early days of sobriety. She was a few minutes late for work. When the timekeeper from the firm saw her, she was informed that she would be docked for her tardiness. The program member exploded in anger. She got into a full blown screaming match, first with the timekeeper, then with the manager and finally with the owner. She was lucky she didn't get fired. Later in the day she relayed the incident over to her sponsor. The then newcomer said, "How dare they dock me. I was only a few minutes late. I give so much to that firm. I got caught in traffic and that was why I was late". When she finished her tirade, her sponsor responded and said, "that wasn't very sober behavior was it? The sponsee sheepishly admitted that indeed her behavior had not been sober. She might not have been drinking or drugging, but all her actions belied that fact.
It is so easy to fall into the "how dare theys".
How dare they double park.
How dare they go before me.
How dare they speak to me like that.
You can fill in the blank for your own personal "how dare they". It's important to remember that how dare they thinking is the antithesis of emotional sobriety.
Personal Reflection: Do I still engage in "how dare they" thinking?
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The London Central Mosque Trust and the Islamic Cultural Centre, one of the largest mosques in UK and Europe will take part in the Muslim Council of Britain's #VisitMyMosque Day.
This is a national initiative to hold a Community Open Day to build stronger cmmunities.
Our doors will be open to everyone.
This is an opportunity for all those who wish to visit a mosque but never had a chance.
Not only you will see the mosque from inside but also learn about Islam and also there will be opportunity to ask questions on the day.