Kaaba (Arabic, "a square building"), Islam's most sacred sanctuary and pilgrimage shrine, is located in the courtyard of the Great Mosque of Mecca. According to the Koran, the cubic-shaped structure was built by Adam according to a divine plan and rebuilt by Abraham and Ishmael. A trough in which they reputedly mixed mortar stands near the door and is a popular place of prayer. The Kaaba houses the Black Stone, the most venerated object for Muslims. Probably of meteoric origin, the stone is reputed to have been given to Ishmael by the angel Gabriel. When Muhammad began to preach to the Meccans, the Kaaba was a shrine for the pagan deities of the Arabs. After the Prophet established control of Mecca, the shrine was rededicated to Allah. All Muslims face toward the Kaaba during their daily prayers.
Kaaba is the central shrine of Islam, a cube-shaped, one-room stone structure in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It already attracted pilgrimages as the most important sanctuary (haram) in pre-Muslim Arabia, and the traditional belief that it was built by Abraham and Ishmael (to whom the Arabs trace their descent) was confirmed by the Qur'an (Koran). The annual pilgrimage to the Kaaba takes place in the first ten days of Dhu al-Hijja, the last lunar month of the Islamic calendar. The Black Stone set on the outside of one corner of the structure is solemnly kissed by all pilgrims who can gain access to it. Lesser pilgrimages are performed throughout the year.
For Muslims, the Kaaba is the "House of God," where the divine touches the mundane. It is washed annually and covered with a dark silk cloth. The Kaaba has been greatly expanded since Muhammad's times, a mosque-court having been built around it; recently a gate of solid gold was added.
In the province of Hejaz in the western part of Arabia, not far from the Red Sea, there lies the town of Makka. In the centre of this town there is a small square building made of stones, about 60 feet long, 60 feet wide and 60 feet high. Since time immemorial this town and this stone built house has been known to world travellers. This is Baitullah, the House of Allah. Its sanctity and antiquity is older than history itself.
Tradition goes that the Kaaba was ordained by Allah to be built in the shape of the House in Heaven called Baitul Ma'amoor. Allah in his infinite Mercy ordained a similar place on earth and Prophet Adam was the first to build this place. The Bible, in the Chapter of Genesis describes its building when God ordained Abraham to erect a Shrine for worship when Abraham was ordered to go to the Southern desert with his wife Hagera and infant son Ismael. The Old Testament describes this building as the Shrine of God at several places, but the one built at Ma'amoor is very much similar to the one at Makka. There is no doubt that it was referring to the stone built house at Makka.
Qora'an brought this story into the full light of history. In Sura 3 Verse 90 Qora'an says "Allah has spoken the Truth, therefore follow the creed of Ibrahim, a man of pure faith and no idolater". The first house established for the people was at Makka, a Holy place and a guidance to all beings. Qora'an firmly establishes the fact that Ibrahim was the real founder of the Holy Shrine.
When Prophet Ibrahim built the Holy Shrine in Makka, his prayers were that this place should remain a centre of worship for all good and pious people; that Allah should keep his family the custodians of the Holy place. Ever since, Ismael the son of Ibrahim who helped his father to build this place and his descendants remained the custodians of the Holy Shrine. History tells us that centuries passed and the guardianship of the Kaaba remained in the family of Ismael until the name of Abde Manaf came into the limelight. He inherited this service and made it much more prominent. His son Hashim took this leadership and extended it to many other towns of Hejaz so much so that many pilgrims flocked annually to this place and enjoyed Hashims's hospitality. A feast was given in honour of the pilgrims, food and water was served to all guests by the family of Hashim. This prominence created jealousies and his brother Abdushams' adopted son Ummayya tried to create trouble. There was a dispute in which Umayya failedand left Makka to settle down in the Northern provinces of Suria(Sham) currently known as Syria. After Hashim his brother Muttalib and after him Hashim's son Shyba who became known as Abdul Muttalib assumed the leadership of the family. He organised feasts and supplies of water to the pilgrims during the annual festival of Pilgrimage to the Holy Shrine.
Historically when Ibrahim was ordered by Allah to build the Shrine for worship over a small he uncovered the original foundations of the Kaaba built by Adam. Ibrahim with the help of his son Ismael erected the new shrine on the same foundations. Originally it contained only four walls without a roof . Centuries later during the timeof Kusayi who was the leader of the Tribe of Quraish in Makka a taller building was completed with a roof and a quadrangle wall around it to give it the shape of a sanctuary and doors all around the sanctuary walls. People entered through these doors to come to the Ka'aba for worship. It is now about 60 feet high, 60 feet wide from east to west and 60 feet from north to south. A door is fixed about 7 feet above ground level facing North East. A Black stone (Hajar al Aswad) was fixed into its eastern corner. In front of the building was Maqame Ibrahim, the arch shape gate known as that of Banu Shayba and the Zamzam Well. Just outside are the Hills called Safa and Merwa and thedistance between the hills is about 500 yards. These days both of the hills are enclosed into the sanctuary walls with a roof over it.
The whole building is built of the layers of grey blue stone from the hills surrounding Makka. The four corners roughly face the four points of the compass. At the East is the Black stone (Rukn el Aswad), at the North is el Ruken el Iraqi, at the west al Rukne el Shami and at the south al Rukne el Yamani. The four walls are covered with a curtain (Kiswa). The kiswa is usually of black brocade with the Shahada outlined in the weave of the fabric. About 2/3rd's of the way up runs a gold embroidered band covered with Qur'anic text.
In the Eastern corner about 5 feet above ground the Hajar el Aswad (the blackstone) is fixed into the wall. Its real nature is difficult to determine, its visible shape is worn smooth by hand touching and kissing. Its diameter is around 12 inches. Opposite the North west wall but not connected with it, is a semi circular wall of white marble. It is 3 feet high and about 5 feet thick. This semi circular space enjoys an especial consideration and pilgrims wait in queue to find a place to pray there. The graves of Ismael and his mother Hajera are within this semi circular wall. Between the archway and the facade (N.E.) is a little building with a small dome, the Maqame Ibrahim. Inside it is kept a stone bearing the prints of two human feet. Prophet Ibrahim is said to have stood on this stone when building the Ka'aba and marks of his feet are miraculously preserved.
History of the building of the Ka'aba.
Qur'an in Sura Baqra Verses 121 to 127 described it clearly that Allah had ordained his servant Ibrahim to build the Shrine there for worship of One God. During Kusayi's time it was rebuilt and fortified. During the early years of Prophet Muhammad (SA) before he announced his ministry, the Ka'aba was damaged by floods and it was rebuilt again. When the Black stone was to be put in its place the Makkans quarrelled among themselves as to who should have the honour to place it there. They had just decided that the first comer to the quadrangle should be given the task of deciding as to who should have the honour. Muhammad (SA) came in and was assigned this task. He advised them to place the stone in a cloak and ordered the heads of each Tribe each to take an end and bring the cloak nearer the corner on the eastern side. He himself then took out the stone and placed it in its position. It has been fixed there ever since.
After the martyrdom of the family of the Prophet at Kerbala in 61 Hijri (681 AD), the Ummayad Caliph Yazid Ibne Moawiya did not stop there in the pursuit of his destruction. He sent a large contingent under the command of Haseen Ibne Namir to Madina which destroyed the Mosque of the Prophet. They did not stop there but proceeded to Makka and demolished the four walls of the Ka'aba and killed thousands of muslims who protested. Yazid died and Ibne Namir returned to Damascus, Ka'aba was rebuilt by Abdullah Ibne Zubayr and his associates. Umawi forces came back to Makka and killed Abdullah Ibne Zubayr, hung his body on the gates of the Ka'aba for three months for all to see the Umawi power. But eventually this arrogance of power brought its own consequences and Mukhtar became the ruler in Iraq. Under his guidance the Ka'aba was refurbished and pilgrims began to arrive in safety to perform Hajj.
The Ka'aba successfully withstood the Karamatian invasion of 317/929, only the Blackstone was carried away which was returned some twenty years later. In the year 1981 the Wahabis brought tanks inside the Ka'aba to crush the kahtani revolution against the Saudi regime and almost demolished the South Eastern Wall. This was later restored with the help of the Makkan people.
Every man living in Makka in the 6th and 7th century must out of necessity have had some relationship with the Ka'aba. On the Muhammad (SA), the Prophet of Islam, the Qur'an is silent during the Makkans period in this respect. All that is known is that the muslim community of the period turned towards Jerusalem in prayers. Subsequently about a year and a half after the Hijra the Muslims were ordered during prayers which were lead by the Prophet of Islam himself to turn towards Makka. The particular mosque in Madina where this happened is called Masjide Qiblatain, meaning the mosque with two Qiblas. The Qur'an tells the muslims, " turn then thy face towards the sacred mosque and wherever ye be turn your faces towards that part "Qur'an II,139/144.
At this same period the Qur'an began to lay stress on the religion of Ibrahim, presenting Islam as a return to the purity of the religion of Ibrahim which, obscured by Judaism and Christianity, shone forth in its original brightness in the Qur'an. The pilgrimage's to the Ka'aba and ritual progressions around the building were continued, but were now for the glorification of One God. The Abrahimic vision of the Ka'aba created a means of discerning an orthodox origin buried in the midst of pagan malpractices to which the first muslims pointed the way.
Every year after the Hajj ceremony the place is closed for one month and on the Day of Ashura the Ka'aba is washed from inside by the Water from the well of Zamzam and a new Kiswa is brought to cover the Ka'aba for the next year.
This is the story of the Ka'aba and the persons who protected it and remained its custodians and protectors from the satanic and evil forces throughout history. Muhammad (SA) and the people of his household (Ahlulbayt) were the protectors of the Ka'aba, and currently the 12th Imam from the direct descent of the Prophet of Islam is the real protector, its custodian and guardian and shall remain as such while in concealment. In the following pages we shall unfold the lives and times of these 14 Masoomeen Alaihimussalam.
This article seems to be the best available article (in English) regarding the Kaaba. It includes a number of details not otherwise mentioned. However, it mentions some details that seem extremely hard to believe are documented! There are a number of details about Abraham and Ishmael. That seems fine except that, at that era, writing and record-keeping essentially did not exist! The few known records from that era are in stones engraved with heiroglyphic symbols, of major Kings and major wars. It is somewhat hard to imagine that Abraham, Ishmael or their children would have somehow recorded all the personal experiences that this article seems to accept as facts. If there are archaeological artifacts to support these statements, excellent! But this article did not provide any such documentation. From a scientific viewpoint, this seems like a potential problem.
On a different subject, this article refers to very large numbers of travelers over the centuries mentioning the Kaaba. This sounds like a VERY important subject to deeply research! If it is true that traveling Jews of 600 years before Muhammad mentioned the existence of the large building, and the many Romans who were in the area at that same time, and earlier Persians and other ancient traders and travelers also mentioned the building, it seems that it would provide VERY impressive evidence that the Kaaba was ancient enough to potentially have been erected by Abraham (2600 years before Muhammad). We have made a moderate effort to locate such references, and have not yet found any. If there are Muslim scholars who can point us to such pre-Muslim references to the building, we would appreciate it and would add them to this Note. However, on the other side of the coin, if there are NOT quite a few such pre-Muslim references, of a rather large building in a city that was always on major trade routes, it might cast question on the actual antiquity of the Kaaba. So far, we have not been able to find any references to the building before around 100 years before Muhammad, and we would appreciate aid by archaeologists, researchers and scholars, on any evidence either way.
Unfortunately, we are not aware of any more scholarly texts on this subject which have yet been translated into English. We know that a number of Arabic scholars have written wonderful texts in Arabic, and look for the day when we will be able to add higher quality texts to this presentation.


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Where the VC Dollars Are—and How Female Entrepreneurs Might Benefit
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by Molly Greenberg December 18, 2015 Follow @mollygreenberg
According to the most recent Female Entrepreneur Index (FEI), the U.S. has the world's highest number of female entrepreneurs. This represent a full-scale boom, and while the trend is promising for the future of women in the business world, women receive some of the lowest levels of venture capital (VC) funding of any group. According to an article published by 43North, there are an estimated 10 million women-owned business in the U.S — which equals 36 percent of enterprise — yet they only receive 7 percent of all VC funding.
In the year ahead, many female entrepreneurs will be looking for investment sources under these less than ideal conditions. Whether the end goal is to exit, be acquired, or have enough in the bank to launch, it's important for women to find the companies that can help them do it. MBA@UNC, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School's online MBA program, used data from CrunchBase's Investor Leaderboard to create a map of some of the hottest VC spots in the U.S. in 2015. Since studies show that VCs with female partners are far more likely to invest in companies with female executives and CEOs, we'll take a look at two of the top regions cited on the map — Southern California and New York City — to see which firms are led by women, as well as which are investing in women-led startups.
The home of Silicon Valley and the growing tech hub in the San Francisco Bay Area, Southern California is known for supporting startups. In the Bay Area, the dynamic tech ecosystem is expanding the number of women in the VC arena. Perhaps that's why venture firms in this region — like Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers — are increasing the number of women in their ranks. In addition to KPCB, where Beth Seidenberg is a partner, the following are six of the firms in Southern California that have either female founders or VC leaders on board.
Aspect Ventures was founded by Jennifer Scott Fonstad and Theresia Gouw. The company says it is mostly focused on "security, health, and millennial services" and closed its first $ 150 million fund in May of 2015.
Google Ventures is focused on companies in technology and life sciences. Shanna Tellerman is a partner on the investing team.
Forerunner Ventures defines itself as a "female VC firm" that focuses on early-stage investments in "innovative, vertically integrated brands that might be launching online or on mobile, and marketplaces that are offering buyers and sellers a new way to transact." Kirsten Green is the founder.
Cowboy Ventures was co-founded by Aileen Lee, and helps seed-stage tech startups focused on "Life 2.0" products that help users enhance their work and personal lives.
SoftTech VC is one of the most active firms in the Bay Area and invests in startups that specialize in e-commerce, mobile services, and SaaS (software as a service). Stephanie Palmeri is a principal at the firm.
Charles River Ventures is one of the nation's oldest early-stage VC firms and focuses on consumer and enterprise technologies. Annie Kadavy is a venture capitalist there.
New York City is a major hot spot on MBA@UNC's map, with a number of VC firms located in the Big Apple. In addition to those listed on the map, there are a number of firms investing actively in companies that have at least one female founder. In April 2014, Business Insider compiled a list of NYC firms and ranked them according to the percentage of female-founded startups in their active portfolio. The top five were:
Brooklyn Bridge Ventures
Invests in a wide variety of sectors
61 percent—portion of portfolio made up of female-founded startups
Lerer Ventures
Invests in early-stage technology companies
5 percent—portion of portfolio made up of female-founded startups
Early stage investment fund that focuses on disruptive technology in business
ff Venture Capital
Focuses on the technology sector
Invests in early-stage Internet and technology companies
A relatively new fund in the state that is the first of its kind to specifically support certified minority- and women-owned business enterprises (MWBE) is the $ 2 million MWBE Investment Fund. Rochester-based Excell Partners will manage it and says it will target "investments to high-tech MWBE startup companies with significant growth potential in New York State."
As we wrap up a year of robust trends for venture capital, many entrepreneurs are looking for the best sources to help fund their startups in 2016 — particularly women, who haven't historically had access to the VC dollars they need. However, by tapping into key regions and companies that recognize the significant contribution that female entrepreneurs bring to the table, perhaps 2016 will see startups led by women increasingly receive the VC funding they deserve.
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With more than half Summer gone it is time to go to the vineyards to do the first analysis of the maturity of the grapes. As always, we start these controls on the 10th of August at Quinta Vale d'Agodinho.
Before we turned on the engine of the pick up truck that drove us to the fields, we knew that this year at the 10th of August we would find grapes with higher content of sugar than any of the previous years. Despite the cold and wet Winter, Spring arrived earlier and brought plenty of warm weather. And that means that vines started the new production cycle a few days before its normal timing. March's bud break happened before and since then green shooting and new grapes growth has been consistent, as there was no cold temperatures to slow down the cycle.
The results for the pollen counting that took place during flowering showed higher than average production. We were expecting about 20% more of grapes to be harvested from our vineyards. However, the very dry Spring and Summer dropped this forecast because, due to the lack of water in the soil, berries are not as big as in other years. They are actually, quite small. So, this harvest we may have more berries but they are certainly smaller resulting in what we expect to be a similar vintage to the average in terms of quantity.
In terms of quality, things are showing very good. There are no deceases, berries are small which will bring concentration and tannins. In terms of colour, the pigmentation is still low, so we will need to wait several days to see how easily the skin will release the colour to the wine, and this is a critical point to achieve the best quality – Vintage Year – in 2015.
In terms of acidity, the cold nights have been helping to keep the figures at acceptable levels, freshness of the grapes has not been affected by the hot weather.
This being said, when we returned home after the visit to Quinta Vale d'Agodinho there were shy smiles on our faces. The picture is quite fine, but we still have in mind that the odds of the two previous harvests were changed during the harvest by several days of intense rain. And this year it can happen the same. But if it doesn't, then start finding some room in your cellar, you will want to stock up on this vintage's Port!


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It won't be a surprise to readers of this blog that Kansas City and St. Louis are in bad financial shape . Taxes  and debt  are both high. But a recent study of American cities finds that things may be even worse than we thought.
The organization Truth in Accounting , a nonprofit dedicated to honest accounting in municipal finances, "developed a sophisticated model  to analyze all the assets and liabilities of the nation's 75 most populous cities, including unreported liabilities." Kansas City and St. Louis are ranked 55th and 66th (lower on the list means higher unreported liabilities), respectively. How did this happen?
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No clear medical definition of 'growing pains'
Popular term a medical misnomer
There is a lack of consistency in how 'growing pains' are diagnosed, with researchers finding medical definitions of the condition often vague or even contradictory, including age of onset, the role of growth, and where the pain commonly occurs.
We often hear the phrase 'growing pains' used by the general public to describe muscle or joint pain in young people and the term is also used by health professionals. However researchers have found there is no consistent medical definition of the condition behind a diagnosis.
A broad review of medical literature by University of Sydney researchers found there is no agreement among researchers and clinicians on what growing pains really are, what they mean, how they are defined, and how they should be diagnosed.
The researchers say growing pains may be a medical misnomer. Surprisingly, more than 93 percent of studies did not refer to growth when defining the condition.
More than 80 percent of studies made no mention of age in their definition.
The findings have prompted the researchers to recommend the term growing pains not be used by clinicians and other researchers as a stand-alone diagnosis, until a clear definition backed by evidence has been established.
The study was published in Pediatrics.
Growing pains are considered to be one of the most common causes of recurring musculoskeletal pain in children and adolescents. Some studies suggest up to a third of children experience the condition at some point in their life.
The term first emerged in 1823 in a book called 'Maladies de la Croissance' ('diseases of growth').
"Thousands of kids are diagnosed with growing pains by their healthcare professional, but we were curious – what does that diagnosis really mean?" said lead author Dr Mary O'Keeffe from Institute for Musculoskeletal Health at the University of Sydney.
The researchers extracted information from 147 studies that mentioned growing pains.
The goal was to see how researchers defined the term, and if there were any detailed criteria that led to a diagnosis. The medical literature included research of many types including systematic reviews, editorials, observational studies, case-control studies, and theses.
"What we found was a little concerning: that there is no consistency in the literature on what 'growing pains' means," said Professor Steven Kamper, from the School of Health Sciences at the University of Sydney and Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District.
"The definitions were really variable, vague and often contradictory. Some studies suggested growing pains happened in the arms, or in the lower body. Some said it was about muscles while other studies said joints."
Only seven studies, less than 10 percent of the studies examined, mentioned growth related to the pain. More than 80 percent of the studies did not mention a young person's age at the time 'growing pains' occurred.
There was also no widespread agreement or a lack of detail on where the pain was located or when the pain happened.
Fifty percent of studies referenced 'growing pains' as being located in the lower limb, while 28 percent reported specifically in the knees.
Forty-eight percent of studies reported the 'growing pains' happens during the evening or night and 42 percent reported it was recurring.
"What this study uncovered was while 'growing pains' is a very popular label used to diagnose musculoskeletal pain, it means very different things to different people," said senior author Professor Steve Kamper.
"This level of uncertainty means clinicians don't have a clear guide or criteria to know when the label 'growing pains might be appropriate for a patient'."
The study also raised new questions on whether growing pains have any connection to growth itself in bone or muscle.
"There is a lack of evidence or inconsistent information on growing pains as a condition – and how it is associated with growth, or even the cause of the pain," said Dr O'Keeffe.
"There is a real opportunity to understand this condition – given how widespread the use of the term is, or whether there is even a need to use this term."
Declaration: The authors declare no competing interests.
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Papers of Philip Arthur LarkinSecond DepositSubject filesFile. The Booker Prize for Literature 1977List of entries for the Booker Prize for Fiction 1977 (2pp.)
List of entries for the Booker Prize for Fiction 1977 (2pp.)
Correspondence between T A F Noble (Vice Chancellor, University of Leicester) and Philip Larkin offering him a Doctor of Letters from Leicester UniversityU DPL2/3/12/1
Correspondence between Martyn Goff and Philip Larkin inviting him to be Chairman of Judges for the Booker Prize for FictionU DPL2/3/12/2
Correspondence between Brendan Gill, fellow the Booker Prize judge from the New Yorker, and Philip LarkinU DPL2/3/12/3
Letters from Jessica Ritblat (Exhibitions Department, National Book League) and Philip Larkin sending him two lists of books to be considered for the Booker PrizeU DPL2/3/12/4
Letter from Martyn Goff (Director, National Book League) to Philip LarkinU DPL2/3/12/5
Letter from Jessica Ritblat (Exhibitions Department, National Book League) to Philip Larkin sending him a list of books to be considered for the Booker PrizeU DPL2/3/12/6
Correspondence between Martyn Goff (Director, National Book League) and Philip LarkinU DPL2/3/12/7
Letter from Philip Larkin to Martyn Goff (Director, National Book League)U DPL2/3/12/9
Letter from Philip Larkin to Michael Caine (Vice Chairman, Booker McConnell Ltd.)U DPL2/3/12/10
Correspondence between Anne Cole - Hamilton (P A to Martyn Goff, National Book League) and Philip Larkin sending him more books to consider for the Booker PrizeU DPL2/3/12/11
Letter from Martyn Goff (Director, National Book League) to Philip LarkinU DPL2/3/12/12
Letters from Jessica Ritblat (Exhibitions Department, National Book League) to Philip Larkin sending him a list of books to be considered for the Booker PrizeU DPL2/3/12/13
Letter from Jessica Ritblat (Exhibitions Department, National Book League) to Philip Larkin sending him a list of books to be considered for the Booker PrizeU DPL2/3/12/15
Letter from Philip Larkin to Martyn Goff (Director, National Book League)U DPL2/3/12/16
Letters from Jessica Ritblat (Exhibitions Department, National Book League) to Philip Larkin sending him books to be considered for the Booker PrizeU DPL2/3/12/17
Correspondence between Martyn Goff (Director, National Book League) and Philip LarkinU DPL2/3/12/18
Press cutting. Goings on, Philip Oakes, The Sunday TimesU DPL2/3/12/19
Letter from Annie Cole-Hamilton (PA to Martyn Goff) to Philip LarkinU DPL2/3/12/20
Press cutting. Six in line for literary award, The GuardianU DPL2/3/12/21
Correspondence between Philip Larkin and Martyn Goff (Director, National Book League) thanking him for sending him a copy of Walter Allen s speechU DPL2/3/12/22
Correspondence between David Hughes (Editor, New Fiction ) and Philip Larkin asking to reprint his Booker Prize speechU DPL2/3/12/23
Letters from Philip Larkin to D Levin Ltd. (Booksellers) sending him the Booker Prize nominations (including novels by Margaret Drabble, Angela Carter, Anthony Burgess, Anita Desai)U DPL2/3/12/24
Letter from Philippa MacLiesh (Secretary, Society of Authors) to Philip LarkinU DPL2/3/12/25
List of entries for the Booker Prize for Fiction 1977 (2pp.)U DPL2/3/12/26
Notes about the Booker Prize nominations by Philip Larkin (2pp.)U DPL2/3/12/27
Photocopied press cutting. The facts and fiction on Paul Scott published in The TimesU DPL2/3/12/28
Photocopy of judges shortlist for the Booker PrizeU DPL2/3/12/29
Press release. The Booker Prize announcement for 1977U DPL2/3/12/30
Judge's speech by Walter Allen on the 1976 winner of the Booker Prize (3pp.)U DPL2/3/12/31
Judge's speech by Angus Wilson on the 1976 winner of the Booker Prize (5pp.)U DPL2/3/12/32
New Fiction: magazine of New Fiction Society (edited by David Hughes) no.10U DPL2/3/12/33
Booker Prize for Fiction: a short history (3pp)U DPL2/3/12/34


The PTSA Board of Directors consist of the Executive Officers, Standing Committee Directors, a Teacher Representative, and the School Principal. The principal and the teacher representative serves as an ex officio member of the Board of Directors and do not have a vote. A quorum is 50% of the Board of Directors +1. For the 2018-2019 school year that equals 11 (10+1).


Several people are in police custody assisting with investigations into the seizure of guns, ammunition and a quantity of illegal drugs over the weekend.
This follows a police operation on Saturday at the Survival Bar, Roach Village, St George operated by Denis Maynard.
The operation included personnel from the Anti Guns and Gangs Unit, the Major Crime Unit, the Tactical Response Unit, the Canine Unit and the Drug Squad.
The police seized guns in port recently, too we never heard anything about that since.
I must be living under DLP Administration rule; i cannot believe this is happening!
Is Dale Marshall still Attorney General?
Keep making those claims Mike, but the people are beginning to awaken as to the real truth. Give them time going forward. Be patient lad.
Mike ignore those two azzes!! Ask dem where Braffit is. I know where Marshall is!
Bajans woke up in May this year, but you still seem to be sleeping. Get up before yuh pee yourself again.
Crow, you are a jonnie fuh true.
You think that the rejected DLP is of any concern to Bajans.
We frig off with them and we now frigging off wid you.
Crow and Fruendel was in bed(asleep) for 10 years and 90 days and still done all of this damage to Barbados. Suppose they were awake? So yes Crow you are doing the right thing, go back to sleep.
The issue of drug raids, guns, and police operations, even the name Denis Maynard has been around long before the last ten years.
This is a reality of the country called Barbados with mature citizens who made the best of the educational opportunities offered them under the guidance of their parents but have lost their way.
That said mature crowd has now failed to adequately supervise their offspring hence we have an anti-social generation. Nothing to do with the B L P or D L P. Not the fault of Dale, Chris, Stuart, Mia, or anyone else but their parents.
So you political yard fowls, and die hard supporters of these two parties need to be realistic. Stop the blame game because the issues of concern are the one we face now.
Dale Marshall?. By the way, where is George Payne?. Also, by the way, again, it was the DLP that brought ordinary working class people out of perpetual poverty.
I appreciate your reasoning Greengiant, but all I do is throw back comments made by those now in Parliament, when some of them formed the opposition. I do not blame the BLP as being responsible for crime, but they must be reminded of their utterances to show the hypocrisy. Dale Marshall was a master at this. Not a word from him so far.
There is no reasoning here CCC and JCrow opened up this post with their misguided comments in an attempt to shame people. Fruendel never addressed the outbreak of gun violence which got worst under his administration. I am not saying that the last administration was responsible for the upsurge in violent gun crimes, far from so, but a responsible leader would have seen it as a growing national crisis and would have gone on national TV and dealt with the issues and appeal for civility to return to this country.
Gun violence is a threat to out national security, health and wellness, and economic viability and must be addressed at the highest level in this country.
let me just say great work by the police.do not let up.barbados is at the crossroads.its now or never that we face and deal the the gangster behaviour and the guns in barbados.either we are a peaceful and lawabiding society or we gine end up like chicago.bajans pick your choice.think long and hard on that.time for talking done.all lawabiding citizens this is the time to show which side of the fence your on.you either for peace and law or you with the lawless.know thyself.
@ greengiant…at last the 'voice of reason'! Mr.Marshall has been very vocal in the past about this issue and so perhaps it is understandable that some may feel aggrieved at his recent silence…but at the end of the day, mudslinging is not going to solve this problem that has been gaining momentum over the last two decades.
@GREENGIANT,200%sir and go to the top of the class and please hold JOHNNY C's and any others who keep asking the relevant questions on behalf of all living human being in Barbados.The election campaign has passed and we are not interested in any political party right now,all we want is to be able to walk the road day or night if even we are starving and not one red cent in our pockets but we are safe.So let us see more of this action across the length and breadth of this little island@MIKE yes please we would like to see these matters being address at the national level in which case we must ask where is the attorney general in all this.Our prime minister is sweating her socks off with all the other serious matters but I'm sure that if this AG had any clout he'd be up front leading the charge.From his silence it gives the impression that he's hanging in the wings pushing everyone else forward saying I'm right behind you,either that or he has taken a leaf from Fruendel note book.So please send an SOS to the AG MIKE!!!
No one can deny that there is a problem. But hear this! We had an Opposition, The DLP Government had only a one seat majority. Miam Amor Mottley was Leader of the Opposition and was in the privileged position to know exactly how deep in trouble we were, and all sh did was march and grandstand and parade in the House. One can safely say that she was party to the problem, but in a naked grab for power, she created a load of hype and took all the advice of the Kingmaker.
Now every word out of her mouth and the mouths of her acolytes, is a whole lot of cliches and !@#$%^&*(), We got this! I got your back! Watch Muh! I gine sho yuh!
Any notice that not one of the Ministers is allowed to speak unless they call her name at some point in the conversation?
Is Mia Amor Mottley so insecure as Prime Minister that she had to run back home and immediately get up front of the boys in the yard?
There is much, much more in that mortar than the pestle. Mark my words. Poor guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I take my hat off to Maureen Holder, the Trini woman, and almost all of those former members of parliament who were defeated at the last GE. They realize that keeping their mouths shut is the best option.
Since coming to power on May 24th, the BLP has seen one of its ardent supporters from upper society being caught by police bringing in drugs on a yacht, and now this gun raid in the St.George area, no doubt by another supporter. Crime rate is obviously declining.
The "combo" comes with the territory.
Quick MONEY and destroying self & Country……..while a "chosen few" Living Large.
Green Giant and JCrow don't get to go to the top of the class. They are sitting in a corner with their dunce caps on and colouring. They have posted some of the most misleading statements in this forum and the sad thing is they believe them to be true.
They get their information from the same leaflets and flyers as CCC and they them disseminate the lies to the other minions who are the least inform.
This event has nothing to do with politics, guns and drugs trade are big business, simple.
Humm I see Mr Herb got his passport back and flying out. Well, well,well.Will not be surprise at all if he disappear like George.
@DESERT RAT;just a reminder, if the ministers do call or mentions PM Mia`s every time as you say, she is the leader and she is alive, do you all call Barrow`s name every time the DLP is mention, Barrow is dead, his ashes thrown in the ocean and all the party has left is his memory. Thompson has also died, do you have any living member of that failed party to mention, what about Fruendel? he is alive and well somewhere.
People it is time to stop this BLP vs DLP thing. The country is in trouble, and needs ALL to get behind the current PM. This is good work by the RBPF to get some of these guns off the street and out of the hands of the criminal element.
or grabbed by the yanks!


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Self-Preferencing
Michael Salinger contributed a chapter for the recently released Report on the Digital Economy published by The Global Antitrust Institute (GAI). In his chapter "Self-Preferencing," Professor Salinger explores whether there should still be a presumption that the economic relationship between the production of vertically-related and complementary products is fundamentally different from the economic relationship between the production of substitute products. If so, intervention with respect to vertical/complementary mergers, agreements, and expansion should be far more limited than intervention with respect to horizontal mergers, agreements, and (to a lesser extent) expansion.
The Report explores the ongoing debate about the role of antitrust in the digital age and features contributions from some of the most influential economists, legal scholars, and practitioners across the global antitrust community. The Report features 34 chapters broken down over three sections: Section I explains the foundational economic concepts and legal principles that apply to the digital economy; Section II gives an overview of the state of competition in digital markets, current antitrust enforcement efforts, competition, concentration, and the role of government in the competitive process; and Section III analyzes contemporary proposals to overhaul the antitrust laws and offers evidence-based proposals for how to improve antitrust institutions to promote competition in the digital economy.
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Juan Pablo Chávez
Juan Pablo Chávez was born and raised in Mexico. When he was a teenager, he came to the United States in search of better opportunities. In 1992 he started to organize youth groups as a Catholic volunteer in the Archdiocese of Chicago. In 1998 he became a Professional Community Organizer with the Southwest Organizing Project in Chicago, a member of Industrial Areas Foundation through United Power for Action and Justice, a large faith-based community organization on the Southwest side of Chicago. In the Southwest Organizing Project he organized more than 175 marches with close to 20 churches in southwest Chicago. He also participated in a successful campaign for in-state tuition for undocumented students in Illinois. In 2005, he was invited by the DART network to work in the Pinellas and Hillsborough County in Florida, where he was part of the effort to pass an amendment to help low income families get affordable housing.
His vocation as an organizer was influenced at the early age of five by his who, by necessity, led a neighborhood group of families to fight their displacement and for low-income housing in a process of gentrification in Mexico. He has community organizing in his blood, fire in his belly, and faith and justice in his heart. Through this mission he has received a call to work with the immigrant community. Juan Pablo can be described as an insatiable fighter for social justice. He has deep respect for the dignity of the people he seeks to help, especially the youth, women and immigrants.
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The SS Officer's Armchair: in search of a hidden life by Daniel Lee (Cape, £20)
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This book starts at a dinner party. A new acquaintance of the author described how her mother had take an armchair for repair in Holland, and the upholsterer had found a pile of Nazi documents sown into the upholstery to his consternation and to the astonishment of the chair's owner. Daniel Lee, a historian, immediately wanted to know more – what were the papers, what was the story.
His new friend's mother had bought the chair second hand in Czechoslovakia many years before. Soon Daniel Lee was examining the documents which had belonged to a Nazi lawyer, Robert Griesinger and was off on in pursuit of the story. Who was he? Did he survive the war? Why did he hide the papers? Did he have any living relatives?
It turns out that Griesinger was a genuine Nazi, a member of the SS, though part of their civilian branch. He was also a war criminal, but in the scale of things, not a serious player. Lee was able to trace the children of Griesinger – indeed, by then he knew more about their father than they did. Pre-war, Griesinger was active in the SS mostly in Württemberg in Swabia, and their records show that the SS behaved in many ways like, say the Rotary Club but with added marching, singing and racism. They had a community function, in one case building a new house for a member's family who had died in an accident.
The membership rules, however, of the SS were strict – marriages had to be approved and a full family tree of the partners had to be presented to ensure there was no trace of a genetic illness or Jewish blood hidden in the background. It was still unclear what would happen later. In 1936 the – now Nazi – government even removed anti-Semitic posters for the period of the Olympics, replacing them with adverts for Coca Cola. International image still mattered and the SS did love sport.
Of course it got darker. Spoiler alert – Griesinger did not survive. He died, or was killed, in mysterious circumstances in Prague at the end of the war. His wife and children made it back to Germany, with difficulty – but he stayed at his post after it was all over and the Czech people arose against both the occupying Germans and the ethnic German community in Czechoslovakia. There were war crimes there too.
What makes this book stand out from other war books is that it concentrates on the life and career of a middle-ranking Nazi official. He was not a monster, neither was he just compromised as he was a career Nazi by choice. What also makes this book stand out is the astonishing amount of information Lee was able to find out. Every move Griesinger made was tracked, every house he lived in was examined from the outside (and sometimes from the inside) and through its extant records of residence. It seems that Germany kept everything – thus Lee was able to examine internal references and reports on Griesinger's work. Within the dusty files of the Ministry of Economics and Labour he was able to find documents that Griesinger wrote, including, bizarrely, correspondence about recycling beer bottles in 1944 when, it appears Bulgaria was "the only country not to return bottles". Meanwhile, across Europe…
There is also some irony – is that the right word? – that Griesinger's father's family came from America, migrating back to Germany. His father had been born in 1871 in New Orleans. The family had been involved in slavery, both as owners and – there's no surprise – fathers of children. Griesinger, the Nazi, had Black relatives in America. Lee was able to trace them and met one relative, Marshall Honoré Jnr., then in his mid-90s. Honoré fought at Normandy and at the Battle of the Bulge, crossing the Rhine in spring 1945, penetrating deep into Germany fighting the Nazis. Here the word irony works; his unit was segregated.
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Regardless of any customization you decide to do, the base of the recipe is this: rice, veggies, spices, tomatoes, and cheeeese! It makes an awesome side dish or entree and is full of flavors! It's also colorful...which is pretty important for Michael and his food. He likes for food to be about more than just taste, he gets really into the textures and colors too. It's pretty hilarious, except when he's griping about how I make too many brown "bland" foods---but that's why I make recipes like this one! To keep me sane and make him happy! And so I can share the happiness and sanity-savingness with all of you. This "casserole" is a perfect weeknight meal and I hope you enjoy it as much as we did!
Heat olive oil in a saucepan over medium high heat. Add garlic and cook, stirring frequently, until fragrant, being careful not to burn-about 1 minute.
Stir in zucchini and beans until tender and heated through, about 2 minutes.
Stir in diced tomatoes, rice, chili powder, and water. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
Stir in cheese until melted through, about 1-2 minutes.
Serve immediately! If desired, add cooked meat (chicken, beef, sausage, etc) to the rice dish.
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Currency - Kenyan shilling
Currency > Kenyan shilling
The shilling (shilingi; sign: KSh; code: KES) is the currency of Kenya. It is divided into 100 cents.
The exchange rate of the Kenyan shilling slumped dramatically in mid-2011, from about 83 shillings per US dollar to about 100 shillings per US dollar at late 2011 and to 105 shillings in September 2015. The Central Bank of Kenya shifted its target to tighten liquidity, including increasing interest rate and money market operations. But expected inflows due to tea export drove up the exchange rate to about 84 shillings per US dollar on 31 January 2012.
The Kenyan shilling replaced the East African shilling in 1966 at par.
The first coins were issued in 1966 in denominations of 5, 10, 25 and 50 cents, and 1 and 2 shillings; 25-cent coins were not minted after 1969 (except in the 1973 set); 2-shilling coins were last minted in 1971 (except in the 1973 set). In 1973 and 1985, 5-shillings coins were introduced, followed by 10-shillings in 1994 and 20-shillings in 1998.
Between 1967 and 1978, the portrait of Jomo Kenyatta, the first president of Kenya, originally appeared on the obverse of all of independent Kenya's coins. In 1980, a portrait of Daniel arap Moi replaced Kenyatta until 2005, when the central bank introduced a new coin series that restored the portrait of Kenyatta. The coins are 50 cents and 1 shilling in stainless steel and bi-metallic coins of 5, 10 and 20 shillings.
A bi-metallic 40-shilling coin with the portrait of then-President Mwai Kibaki was issued in 2003 to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of independence (1963–2003). New coins with the image of Kenyatta were issued in 2005. In 2010, Section 231(4) of the 2010 Constitution of Kenya stated "Notes and coins issued by the Central Bank of Kenya may bear images that depict or symbolise Kenya or an aspect of Kenya but may not bear the portrait of any individual." New banknotes and coins are scheduled to be released by 2018 to meet up with this new law. A new series of coins were issued on 11th December 2018, in denominations of 1-, 5-, 10 and 20 shillings. All of the coins depict the national Coat of arms of Kenya on the obverse and images of Africa's recognizable animals on the reverse.
On 14 September 1966, the Kenyan shilling replaced the East African shilling at par, although the latter was not demonetised until 1969. The Central Bank of Kenya issued notes in denominations of 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 shillings. All of the notes feature a portrait of Kenya's first prime minister and president, Jomo Kenyatta, on the front and diverse economic activities on the back.
5 shillings notes were replaced by coins in 1985, with the same happening to 10 and 20 shillings in 1994 and 1998. In 1986, 200 shillings notes were introduced, followed by 500 shillings in 1988 and 1000 shillings in 1994.
As with the coins, Kenyatta appeared on the banknotes issued until 1978, with Daniel arap Moi's portrait replacing him in 1980. In 2003, after Mwai Kibaki replaced Moi as president, 5, 10, and 20 shilling notes from the 1978 series with Kenyatta's picture that had been in storage were issued, and circulated for a time. A new series of notes was then introduced on which Kenyatta reappeared with denominations of 50, 100, 200, 500 and 1000 shillings. The issue of 12 December 2003 commemorates the "40 years of Independence 1963–2003". The banknotes are printed in Nairobi by security printer De La Rue.
Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya (Jamhuri ya Kenya), is a country in Africa with 47 semiautonomous counties governed by elected governors. At 580,367 km2, Kenya is the world's 48th largest country by total area. With a population of more than 52.2 million people, Kenya is the 27th most populous country. Kenya's capital and largest city is Nairobi while its oldest city and first capital is the coastal city of Mombasa. Kisumu City is the third largest city and a critical inland port at Lake Victoria. Other important urban centres include Nakuru and Eldoret.
Nilotic-speaking pastoralists (ancestral to Kenya's Nilotic speakers) started migrating from present-day Southern Sudan into Kenya around 500 BC. European colonisation of Kenya began in the 19th century during the European exploration of the interior. The modern-day Kenya emerged from a protectorate established by the British Empire in 1895 and the subsequent Kenya Colony, which began in 1920. Numerous disputes between Great Britain and the colony led to the Mau Mau revolution, which began in 1952, and the subsequent declaration of independence in 1963. After independence, Kenya remained a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. The current constitution was adopted in 2010 to replace the 1963 independence constitution.
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Kenyan shilling (English) Scellino keniota (Italiano) Keniaanse shilling (Nederlands) Shilling kényan (Français) Kenia-Schilling (Deutsch) Xelim queniano (Português) Кенийский шиллинг (Русский) Chelín keniano (Español) Szyling kenijski (Polski) 肯亞先令 (中文) Kenyansk shilling (Svenska) ケニア・シリング (日本語) Кенійський шилінг (Українська) Кенийски шилинг (Български) 케냐 실링 (한국어) Kenian šillinki (Suomi) Shilling Kenya (Bahasa Indonesia) Kenijos šilingas (Lietuvių) Kenya şilini (Türkçe) Кенијски шилинг (Српски / Srpski) Keenia šilling (Eesti) Kenyai shilling (Magyar) Kenijski šiling (Hrvatski) Σελίνι της Κένυας (Ελληνικά)


The watchdog is rolling out new rules relating to 'non-geographic numbers'.
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Chameleon: UIKit for Mac OS X
Sean Heber over at the Iconfactory has just published a really awesome project called Chameleon; it's basically an open source re-implementation of UIKit for Mac OS X. With this, you can port apps from iOS to the Mac really easily using all the CoreAnimation-powered UIKit classes you know and love. You can even create a hybrid UIKit and AppKit application that integrates the best bits out of both the Mac and iOS development environment. Twitterrific 4 for Mac uses this framework to share its codebase across the Mac and iOS.
I was lucky enough to get an early chance to port an app to Mac OS X using this, and it blew me away. In fact, I was able to get several apps up and running with very little effort. All the localization work you've done works perfectly too.
SameGame for Mac uses Chameleon, and was ported in a couple hours - a perfect example of how easy to use Chameleon is. It should (approval pending) be on the App Store soon.
Nokia Developer Gift, Pt. 1
A few weeks back, after Nokia had announced they were upending their software strategy for a partnership with Microsoft, they promised us developers a few things; the two key items were one free Nokia E7 and one free Nokia Windows Phone (when they become available).
Today arrived on my doorstep the aforementioned E7, and I thought it would be proper if I wrote something about it here.
First impressions are always important, and the moment I set eyes on this thing I was stunned. The hardware design is absolutely beautiful; a large 4" AMOLED display and aluminum frame hiding a svelte keyboard. The slider tilt-hinge mechanism is so very solid and appealing, and the device is surprisingly thin for a slider. I couldn't help but think how this phone would be a chart-topper if it was running WP7 or Android.
Sadly, it's running Symbian. It must be said, the latest version of Symbian, Symbian^3, is extremely nice. Unlike its predecessors (anyone who had the misfortune to use a 5800 or N97, I feel for you), it's actually designed for a capacitive multitouch touchscreen. Using it reminded me of all the things I loved about Symbian, back before the iPhone changed the world. While Symbian^3 may be great (it's much easier to use than BBOS6 on the Torch, for example), it's nowhere near the class of modern mobile OSes (iOS, Android, webOS, Windows Phone 7). Fortunately, this time next year we won't have to have this conversation anymore.
The camera quality on the E7 is a far cry from the Nokia N8 imaging flagship; there's no half-press to focus on the camera button, and the photos feel more like a camera phone than the N8 (which is on par with a point and shoot camera). Of course, it has a front facing camera for 3G video calls, like nearly every Symbian phone since 2005. It eschews the microSD slot, so you have to rely on the internal storage, and has a dedicated SIM tray like the iPhone.
All in all, this is a very nice gift from Nokia to its developers. The message is twofold; it shows developers that Nokia still cares about Symbian, and wants them to continue development for it, but most of all, it reminds developers that Nokia can make stunning hardware. It makes me giddy thinking about the next step in this giveaway, when Nokia distributes its first Windows Phone 7 devices to all its developers. As much as we in the tech world write off Nokia for using an outdated and limiting OS like Symbian, it's easy to forget that they are still the #1 phone manufacturer in the world. Their hardware is superb, and WP7 is a fantastic OS (though I wish Microsoft would get their updates out within three months of missed release dates... Seriously :-p), and I can't wait until the two come together. Some very exciting times are ahead.


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Guy Opperman MP: How Cameron's mainstream, moderate, middle-ground politics delivered us a famous victory
By Guy Opperman MP
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Guy Opperman is MP for Hexham
We won this election because David Cameron refused to desert the centre ground of British politics.
Let's face it, this election was Labour's to lose. After five years of Britain's first coalition government in decades, and after some very tough economic decisions, this was one of the most unpredictable
elections in British history. But beforehand, just about every pollster and pundit was clear about one thing: Ed Miliband was about to become Prime Minister. It has been decades since a governing party has increased their share of the seats in Parliament. Yet against all the odds last Thursday, David Cameron did just that.
The reasons are many. Despite Labour's rhetoric, our campaign in the Northern marginals, under the stewardship of Lynton Crosby, was stronger than I've ever seen it. Our message was clear and concise. David Cameron undoubtedly was more trusted that Ed Miliband. George Osborne, and his Northern Powerhouse plan, set out a positive vision to which the politician that was Ed Balls had no answer. The Conservatives; remarkable victory on Thursday night was, however, more than just a sum of these tactical parts.
The Prime Minister was able to articulate a vision which sits comfortably with modern Britain. Firing up the engines of enterprise and aspiration and getting the economy moving and creating jobs – whilst at the same time protecting the public services that people care passionately about, such as schools and the NHS.
I know this because I heard it time and time again on the doorstep, and more importantly, it is what people voted for at the ballot box. My constituency is England's last frontier, wedged between Newcastle and Carlisle, and sitting directly on the Scottish border. Here, in this most northernly of seats, the results of the Conservatives fighting a sound and sensible campaign in the centre ground were clear.
With a 9.4 per cent increase in vote share, Hexham recorded the second highest increase in the Conservative vote anywhere in England and Wales; my majority is now double that of 2010, at some 12,000 votes, and at its highest in 23 years. This in a North-East seat that Labour only just missed out on by 222 votes in 1997.
The figures undoubtedly pleased my campaign team, but they also tell a wider story. For the last four general elections, the Conservatives have won my constituency with an average of 42 per cent of the vote. This time we won with just over 52 per cent. It is not a coincidence to me that 1992 is often quoted as the ubiquitous example of the Conservatives running a moderate, sensible campaign from the centre ground.
At this General Election, my somewhat bruised and battered 2001 Honda Jazz has been a regular sight on the region's roads, as I have travelled the length and breadth of the North, campaigning in one of
Labour's last remaining bastions of power.
I spent the day before Polling Day campaigning in Carlisle, and then listening to David Cameron making the Conservative case at the cattle market on the outskirts of Carlisle, in support of John Stevenson.
John has been the MP for Carlisle since 2010, and was defending a 853 majority over Labour, though his chances had long been written off by the pollsters. As the Prime Minister spoke in Carlisle in an echoing hall on his last election campaign stop, his moral mission to provide the country with sound
leadership, and sound money, were clear for Carlisle, and the country, to see. It was an especially sweet victory, after all our campaigning efforts, to see John returned to Parliament on Thursday night with an increased majority of 2,775.
Labour's failure to win in places such as Carlisle highlighted the fundamental flaw in Labour's campaign. Labour's problems run much deeper than Ed Miliband's fondness for limestone carvings and mildly amusing comedians. Labour ran a campaign against a Conservative Party that simply no longer exists.
In Carlisle, Labour told voters that John didn't care about opportunities for young people – just as John was organising his third Skills Fair in the town.
In Stockton South, Labour told people that James Wharton, the local Conservative MP, didn't care about the NHS. Yet, it was James who was leading the campaign for £50 million to be invested in his local NHS hospital.
In my own patch, Labour put out a leaflet on polling day telling voters I was opposed to the Minimum Wage. Not only do I wholeheartedly support the Minimum Wage, but I have been a passionate advocate of the Living Wage for the past two years.
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A computer game where the user can fly various aircraft in different situations. M$ makes an acceptable version.
(thing) by JyZude Sat Feb 10 2001 at 6:33:23
The Flight Simulator franchise was originally owned by SubLogic, before it was bought out by M$.
SubLogic published a stand alone version of Flight Simulator for many computer systems (i.e. Amiga, Atari 800, PC). After the initial release, expansion packs were released, which included more cities and locations around the world.
SubLogic's terrain modelers had a real sense of humour. At the time, CPU power was not adequate to render a realistic looking Statue of Liberty in New York. So instead, the statue was a cardboard cut-out, held up by a two-by-four in the back. As well, in the Hawaii expansion, a secret area could be found by flying into the largest volcano. The secret area contained a warp to another island, and a tunnel that went on forever, among other oddities.
To this day, all versions of Flight Simulator have Meigs Field in Chicago as their default starting location, as it was going as far back as Flight Simulator 1.
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The good guys and the bad guys were on the back of the boat and I swear I only turned my back for a MINUTE but when I came back, they'd killed Mozart.
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Since Kundalini can set off such a wide spectrum of symptoms, it may be medically misdiagnosed as epilepsy (or seizure disorder), incipient MS (multiple sclerosis), IBS (irritable bowel syndrome), a lower back problem, a heart attack or pelvic inflammatory syndrome. Psychiatric illnesses may also be falsely diagnosed: somatization disorder (bodily symptoms caused by psychological problems), bipolar disorder (manic/depression), schizoaffective disorder, psychotic disorder, panic attacks, anxiety or depression.
(3) Catastrophic illnesses, such as CFS, can in some instances trigger the release of Kundalini.
This may not be such a far fetched idea, since Kundalini can be stimulated by other stressful experiences such as childbirth, extreme physical or emotional trauma, a near-death experience, the death of a loved one, or other life crises.
CFS can produce a host of symptoms, chief of which are crushing fatigue, violent headaches, muscle weakness, widespread musculoskeletal pain, mental confusion, severe depression, memory loss, inability to concentrate and sometimes a notable drop in I.Q. Severely afflicted CFS sufferers may spend months or years bedridden, too exhausted and weak to perform the most simple tasks. CFS is also called CFIDS (chronic fatigue and immune deficiency syndrome), CEBV (chronic Epstein-Barr virus syndrome), postviral fatigue, myalgic encephalomyelitis, chronic mononucleosis and most likely, atypical polio, atypical MS and HIV-negative AIDS.
CFS and Kundalini both affect the neurological system, which may account for the similarity in many of the symptoms. Using currently employed hospital technology, Kundalini's physical effect cannot be detected, so there is no hard evidence of any damage to the system. On the other hand, CFS inflicts definite damage to the immune system and brain which is clinically verifiable. Multiple brain lesions (visible in MRI scans) and cerebral swelling (discernible from spinal taps) are characteristic of severe CFS. In her outstanding book, Osler's Web: Inside the Labyrinth of the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Epidemic, Hillary Johnson cites mysterious epidemic disease outbreaks throughout the world since the 1930's "whose sufferers described symptoms bearing more than passing resemblance to the complaints of [CFS] patients." In the 1956 south Florida outbreak of what was then called "Punta Gorda fever," victims complained of sharp pains in the muscles of the back and neck, severe headache, disturbances of coordination, tension, anxiety and depression.
Donald Henderson, one of the government scientists who investigated the Punta Gorda episode, was led to coin the name "epidemic neuromyasthenia" for the disease. Said Henderson: "It was a hybrid of the terms "neurasthenia" and "myasthenia," implying brain and muscle involvement." According to Henderson, the symptoms of the disease were so bizarre and impossible to scientifically measure that investigators began to wonder if the patients were all crazy: "Depression. Terrifying dreams. Crying without provocation. Nausea and headache and diarrhea. Back and neck pains. Imaginary fever. Problems of memory and mentation. Vertigo. Hyperventilation. Menstrual irregularities. Difficulty in swallowing. Fatigue. Fast heart. Imaginary swellings. Transient numbness and tingling. Extreme muscle weakness."
While it seems unlikely that Kundalini could have been involved, every one of these Punta Gorda fever symptoms is known in Kundalini sickness. I am especially curious about what the researchers are calling "imaginary fever." Could this be the same kind of intense inner heat typical of the risen Kundalini? And what about the "imaginary swellings?" Kundalini produces sensations of great pressures in various parts of the body and sometimes swellings that rapidly vanish.
The outbreak at Punta Gorda may have been, as the investigators speculated but were never able to confirm, the result of a contagious virus that infected the community. Such a virus is strongly suspected to cause CFS. This virus may ravage the same areas of the brain that are agitated by Kundalini energies, thus producing a similar array of symptoms.
The neurologist Marshall Handleman used the sophisticated brain electrical activity mapping (BEAM) scan to reveal gross dysfunction in the brains of CFS patients. Unlike many medical professionals, he knew that head trauma can cause both mental and emotional dysfunction, which would account for these problems in CFS victims. For instance, damage to the right frontal lobe can cause crying jags; damage to the right temporal lobe brings on panic attacks. Left temporal lobe affliction diminishes powers of concentration. Disturbances to the bifrontal and right temporal lobes cause depression. We are not talking here of so-called chemical imbalances, but severe malfunction of the brain. It is highly likely that much of the mental and emotional distress typical to the awakening process occurs when these and other parts of the brain are being worked over by Kundalini energy. Paul Cheeney, one of the pioneering doctors dedicated to unlocking the mystery of CFS, made the astounding observation that 25 - 50% of his CFS patients were missing their fingerprints: the skin on the fingertips became absolutely smooth. I have never heard anyone mention this as a Kundalini manifestation, though just about anything is possible with Kundalini. But other CFS peculiarities closely resemble Kundalini patterns. The California internist Carol Jessop has noted that more than half of her CFS patients go on to develop allergies to a variety of animals, foods and chemicals. Similar sensitivities can occur with risen Kundalini. Nowhere in Johnson's book do the CFS patients speak of feeling energy movements, or having kriyas, mudras, psychic or mystical experiences, or other classical Kundalini phenomena. This doesn't exclude the possibility that some of them had these sorts of experiences also. Osler's Web is written in documentary style and sticks with the accounts given by doctors, technicians, investigators, researchers and medical bureaucrats rather than disclosures from patients.
Compounding the horror, in many areas, anyone with a CFS diagnosis suddenly had their medical insurance cancelled and were permanently excluded from future coverage due to a pre-existing condition the medical establishment scornfully refused to recognize. But insurers were quick to see what doctors were steadfastly refuting: that CFS patients, with their damaged immune systems, were prime candidates for all sorts of further health complications down the line, and somebody would have to foot the bill. If this kind of boneheaded denial could overtake medical policy makers' response to so critical a disease as CFS -- which does not come close to pushing the envelope of cultural beliefs the way Kundalini does -- don't hold your breath waiting for mainstream medicine to acknowledge the reality of physical Kundalini illness in our lifetimes.
I'm not saying that it can't happen. Kundalini, after all, is the realm of the miraculous. But the Old Paradigm priests will not abandon their religion of dogmatic skepticism without a battle, and as their jaded response to the CFS epidemic demonstrates, anyone who doesn't neatly fit the mold will be branded a liar or a lunatic, no matter how convincing or overwhelming the evidence that they just might be telling the truth.
Awakening Kundalini (60-minute audiotape), Chris Kilham, Destiny Audio Editions, ISBN 0-89281- 602-3 Although this audiotape seems primarily directed at people who have not yet experienced Kundalini, it packs in a lot of relevant information and gives a good overview of the process. Drawing on twenty-five years of personal yoga experience, Kilham gives a clear and accurate description of Kundalini and the Chakras, managing to translate the esoteric, complex Sanskrit terminology of yoga into easily understood ideas.
Kilham teaches meditation as a means to awaken the slumbering serpent-power and includes four sample meditations for this purpose. All forms of meditations, he tells us, will activate and/or increase the flow of Kundalini in the system. While Kilham warns that the risen Kundalini will dislodge a lot of psychological/karmic blocks, causing some emotional distress, he makes little mention of the often intense physiological aspects of the process and gives the impression that Kundalini always improves one's health. Ultimately, this may be the case (let's hope so!), but as many of us know, the road can get pretty rocky before reaching the destination. (Maybe in the enlightened future, books and tapes promoting Kundalini awakening will carry a Surgeon General's warning: "Risen Kundalini can be hazardous to your health.") Aside from this oversight, this is one of the better cassette presentations on the relationship between meditation and Kundalini that I have come across. I recommend it especially to those who are new to the Kundalini process and struggling to make sense of the ornate yogic philosophy.


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Uproar at Belgian bill letting police raid homes for migrants
The Belgian government wants police to be able to raid homes to find migrants, in what critics claim is a bid to scare people trying to help shelter migrants from deportation (Photo: digitaledinges)
Brussels, 31. Jan 2018, 09:06
Belgium is transposing into domestic legislation an EU law to kick out migrants - but a proposal by the government that would allow police to raid homes of people suspected of lodging an irregular migrant has caused an uproar.
On Tuesday (30 January), Belgian magistrate Philippe Van Linthout told national lawmakers that the government bill is also an affront to the judiciary. "One day we will wake up in a country where fundamental rights no longer exist. As a judge that is really something that we must warn you about," he said.
Speaking at the federal parliament, Van Linthout warned the country's examining magistrates would be hard pressed to enact a proposal floated by Theo Francken, a Flemish nationalist and junior minister who oversees Belgium's asylum ministry. One conservative liberal MP said the bill aims to transpose part of EU directive on returns into national law.
But Francken's ministry has already been gripped by scandal following revelations he invited Sudanese officials last summer to identify people sleeping rough in a park in Brussels. Some of those swept up in the purge were then allegedly tortured upon their return to Sudan.
The fallout has been buffered by thousands of Belgian citizens sheltering refugees and migrants in their homes via social media outlets like Facebook.
Among them is the citizens' platform for refugee support, overseen by Mehdi Kassou, who told EUobserver that the government is trying to "scare people and to somehow stop the 'solidarity wave' going through Belgium now."
Critics like Linthout say the bill will only pile on pressure for magistrates to execute dubious warrants.
"We work on investigations but we are not there to execute administrative measures," Jean-Louis Doyen, a Belgian magistrate also told the deputies.
Belgium's constitution broadly prevents police from entering homes unless a major crime has been committed. An irregular migrant is not a crime but instead entails administrative infractions.
Break into homes of those helping
But the warrants would grant police the right to break into the homes of people suspected of helping migrants who have been ordered to leave the country. It would also allow police to rummage through the entire home for any documents, like passports or other ID cards.
"If these documents are suspected of being hidden behind walls, they can remove the walls. This is the reality of a search warrant," noted Doyen.
Others point out the bill offers no provisions to ensure police raids do not end up traumatising children and is disproportionate. To further complicate matters, the government is preparing another law that overhauls the role of examining magistrates now being asked to issue the migrant warrants.
"It is completely unbelievable. You give powers to a judge and then you want to change the role of this judge in the coming future", Belgian federal Green MP Benoit Hellings told EUobserver.
Defenders of the bill say it is needed to more effectively carry out returns and that a police raid would only be used as a last resort and once the migrant has been told numerous times to leave.
Knock on the door
But some NGOs dispute the argument, noting that the vast majority of migrants told to leave the country cooperate with police who come knocking on the door.
"In 2016, more than 19,000 controls were carried out by police at the request of the immigration office of which only 127 were cases where a foreigner refused to cooperate, where he refused to open the door," said Sotieta Ngo, director of the Brussels-based NGO, Cire.
Theo Francken is set to debate the law at the Belgian federal parliament on Wednesday.
Refugee split leaves German coalition deal hanging
Afghan migrant returns unlawful, says charity
EU to step up migrant returns
EU mulls new ways to deport rejected migrants
German party leaders were unable to agree on forming a coalition as internal divisions and policy spits on issues like family reunification for refugees remain too wide.
5. Oct 2017, 09:19
Thousands of people are being returned from Europe to Afghanistan as the country undergoes some of its worst violence in years. Amnesty International is accusing the EU of "willful blindness" for backing the returns.
After Juncker's state of the union speech, the EU Commission is set to propose many new measures on migration before the end of the year, with an emphasis on returns, legal routes, and "solidarity" with African states.
EU states, under the new plan, would take asylum seekers from Italy and Greece and send some of them packing to their home countries.


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Levante – Ath Bilbao Prediction (2017-12-10)
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Levante – Ath Bilbao : Preview & Prediction
Levante and Athletic Bilbao play at Estadio Ciudad de Valencia in a match of the 15th round of the Primera Division. The history of direct matches played at this stadium favors the visiting team, who in the last 4 games won 2, drew 1 and lost 1. However, in the last match at this stage, in a Primera Division match, 24-04-2016, was not plus a draw for (2-2). The goals of the match were scored by Víctor Casadesús (13 ') and Etxeita (68' Autogolo) for Levante and Susaeta (88 ') and San José (90') for Athletic Bilbao. It is necessary to analyze with special attention the home / outside condition, since Levante presents different results at home and abroad.
Analysis of the Levant
The home team is currently in 14th place with 16 points earned after 3 wins, 7 draws and 4 losses. In the penultimate match, lost at home to Atletico Madrid by (0-5). In the last match, tied off to Malaga by (0-0). This is a team that curiously has been stronger outside than at home, because in the last 30 games it registers 5 wins, 6 draws and 4 losses as a visitor; against 5 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses in his stadium. For the championship, the Levante won 9 points in 24 possible, after 2 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses in the last 8 games that played in his stadium.
In this competition, you do not win in your stadium for 4 matches. In the matches played in their championship stadium, the most frequent result at the end of the first 45 'was 0-0, which occurred in 3 of their 8 matches. There is a tendency towards goals in their games at home, because 7 of the last 8 matches that disputed for this competition finished with More of 1.5 goals. In 14 games in this competition, he suffered the first goal 7 times and never managed to turn the score. In the last 10 home games in all competitions there are 1 highlights: scored 4 of his 10 goals in minutes (76'-90 ').
Levante have not been able to show their football throughout this season's Spanish league and are going through a difficult time, having only one win in the last nine rounds, and have not scored in the last two matches. In their last showdown, the team did not have a good performance against Malaga, having finished only three times, but still managed to neutralize the opponent attack, starting a point outside the home. As it was visible in this last round, the team has been characterized by a not very efficient offensive system, that stopped to shake the adversary network in five occasions, and now figures among the seven worst of the competition, being the second that ends less. Playing in their domains, the club has won less than 40% of the points it has played so far. The coach should organize the team in the 4-2-3-1 or 4-1-4-1, with Postigo standing out in the defense.
Athletic Bilbao Analysis
The visiting team is currently in 16th place with 14 points, after 3 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses. In the penultimate match, he tied for Deportivo La Coruña by (2-2). In the last match, tied at home to Real Madrid by (0-0). This is a team that maintains the income when it plays outside its stadium, because in the last 30 games it registers 4 wins, 6 draws and 5 losses as a visitor; against 7 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses in his stadium. The team arrives in this match after a win away with Zorya Luhansk by (0-2). In the league, Athletic Bilbao won 5 points in 21 chances, after 1 win, 2 draws and 4 losses in the last 7 games they played as a visitor.
For this competition, you do not win as a visitor makes 6 games. The team conceded goals in 8 of the last 10 games, so it has not shown great defensive solidity, but its attack has marked regularly, since it managed to materialize in 7 of the last 10 games in this competition. In 14 games in this competition, he never managed to get back on the scoring in the 7 games in which he suffered the first goal.
Athletic Bilbao seems unable to react and continues making a very unsatisfactory campaign within the Spanish Championship, since it has not won for six rounds, having accumulated three consecutive defeats in that period. Now the club have drawn three straight draws, the last of which took place inside the home against Real Madrid in a game where he had little possession but was able to hold the opponent's opponents in the goalless draw. As it was possible to verify in this confrontation, the offensive sector has been taking great responsibility in the performance of the team, since it is among the seven worst of the competition. As a visitor, the team owns the sixth worst campaign, and in that condition has one of the eight most defensive defenses. The 4-2-3-1 should be the coach's coach, who will probably keep Balenziaga in the starting eleven.
Levante – Ath Bilbao : Betting Tips
Levante – Win Odds: 3.25
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Q: CSS3 pulsing circle Firefox issue I have a CSS3 pulsing circle (animating scale to 1.1). I have applied a tiny roation to fix the jumpy Firefox animation issue.
animation: button_pulse 2s infinite ease-out;

transform: scale(1.1) rotate(0.1deg);

However on Firefox there is still a slight issue on the right hand side with what I can only describe as a white lip. Any ideas on how to get the entire circle to stay smooth.
It looks great in Chrome.
http://jsfiddle.net/alexcroox/9JpHT/
Thank you.

A: I used an inner shadow to remove the white lip, the area still looks a bit square in FF but it's better than it was.
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);

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