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The Church on the Dungeon
By Bridget Delali Domie on Saturday, August 24, 2019
Reading on slavery and a visit to the slave Castle may produce the same emotions but the intensity of these emotions differ, trust me. My recent visit to the Elmina castle in Cape Coast produced mixed feelings. It is the year of return in Ghana and my tour group comprised of many black Americans from the diaspora. From their facial expressions, comments made, questions asked, and the tears shed during the tour, one can know the emotions without being told. It was a journey of reconnecting to our past, guilt, strength to fight for Justice and a shaken faith.
The Elmina castle, built by the Portuguese in 1482 purposely for trade in goods became a castle for captives, a castle where human beings were reduced to commodities.
I can still remember how my lungs ached for air when the tour guide locked us in one of the dungeons to experience it for ourselves. I could barely see the person standing next to me and the stench emanating from the cells made me feel my forefathers left just the previous night. They slept and lived on the floor of cells drenched in their own faeces, vomit and saliva. Women had no access to water even during their menstruation. These are cells connected with a door of no return which sealed their fate of enslavement. On top of where all these were going on is a church where the Europeans worshiped. THE CHURCH on the DUNGEON! Heaven and hell separated by centimeters of sedimentary rocks.
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It got me thinking. Your missions are different, they came to trade and you came to spread the gospel. But how can you be a missionary and be living at a place where your fellow neighbours whom you were taught to love as yourselves are being kept in captive? You may argue if a foreigner comes to your country the first place he would like to go is his embassy for information. Why didn't they leave after seeing the atrocities being committed. The Missionaries were facing hostile conditions from the Africans, so the only safe place was the castles. But there were many prophets in the Bible who got persecuted for the propagation of the gospel and yet did not use the hostile conditions as an excuse. They did not live there forever. But after how many years? If you would live among them why couldn't you do anything to end slavery? I asked.Then he answered, ask yourself whether there are Christians in war-torn countries. Some Missionaries were against the practice for example John Wesley. What about the ones who used Christianity to justify slavery? They felt slavery was a necessary evil to spread Christianity. they backed their tales with quotation such as 1Corinthians 7:21, 1Peter 2:18, 1Timothy 6:1, Colossians 4:1 etc. . .
After seeing these scriptures which do not condemn slavery then I came across those that do not condone it either. Deuteronomy 23:15, Deuteronomy 24:7 Ephesians 6:9 etc.
On this journey from the dungeon to the church I found out about a man, John Newton, a slave trader who later changed and became an Anglican priest. Now when I sing "Amazing Grace How sweet the sound that saved a wretched like me, I once was lost but now I'm found, was blind but now I see", I feel John Newton wrote this hymn for a deeper expression of his transformation. I'm consoled with the fact that he influenced William Wilberforce in the fight to abolish slave trade. I'm also grateful for the industrial revolution which focused on technology rather than slave labour.
We still have people preaching one thing and doing another. There are also those who misquote the Bible to justify their ugly deeds. We must be vigilant and study the Bible for ourselves. Ask all the questions and look for your answers. Ignorance can shake your faith. You can visit https://truselph.wordpress.com/2019/08/19/questioning-the-unquestionable/ for a catalyst to your interest in researching the Bible.
Let's learn to focus more on the word rather than those who preach the word. Not all those who come in God's name are truly for God.
Thanks for reading, I will be excited to know your thoughts on The CHURCH on the DUNGEON.
Stay safe, Bridget Delali.
# ElminaCastle #Faith #JohnNewton #justice #Slavery #slaveryandreligion #YearOfReturn
Christianity indeed was a tool for slavery. The whites did not only see themselves as superior with the Bible as backing, but also that the slavery of blacks was in fulfilment of the Curse of Canaan, saying that blacks are the descendants of Ham. This of course doesn't mean the Bible agreed with this, they just misinterpreted and misrepresented it to help facilitate their cause.
Sad thing is now our own also use the Bible wrongly to aid their own greediness.
It's very sad, we need to know when people are misinterpreting the word and not allowed ourselves to drown in their deception. Thanks so much for reading.
Abu bonsra Joseph
Thanks for this because I never knew there was even a church there. Anyway there a lot of doctrines nowadays and it has cause a lot of people to misinterpret the Bible but let's always use scriptures to interpret scriptures not with human experiences or whatever.
Thanks too dear. You said it all.
It must have been a humbling experience
Bridget Delali Domie
It was dear,even kids cried.
It's really sad-a church on a dungeon. May the light we've now received make us different.
Great write up Bridget.
Kenkafui
This is very disheartening, my heart is heavy. No wonder we have many fake pastors today misleading and indoctrinating the ignorant. But can we blame the whites solely? No, the greed of some of our people led them to these. Hmm
It's disheartening as you said and we can't even apportiin blame. But we have to make sure greed does not lead us to condone with any form of injustice ever again.
Jeremyh Akpakli
Great piece 👌.. I really love the conclusion, because lately individuals focus more on the preacher than what's being preached.. thanks for the great history too..keep up the good work .
I appreciate it dear😊.
Paul Justice
Great piece…. 👍


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Spotlighting this month's hottest up-and-coming artist
CoSign: Daughter
by Tony Hardy
Is it just me, or are indie female singer-songwriters getting younger all the time? While not quite at the veteran-of-two-albums stage like, say, Laura Marling or Alessi's Ark, Elena Tonra, aka Daughter, is busy making waves at age 21 with her debut EP, His Young Heart. The self-released four-tracker follows a series of demos she put out last year through her social network pages. North London-raised Tonra comes from a musical family, often a key link in the development of raw talent. "My family are music lovers, so music was a big part when growing up," the artist says. "My grandfather would sing Irish folk songs all the time in the kitchen, and my whole family would gather around to listen. He was a great performer, and everyone really loved him, so I think he inspired me a lot when I was little."
Alongside the Irish tradition, her parents played the likes of Dylan, Neil Young, Bowie, and Blondie at home, exposing the young Tonra to quality as well as diversity. So, was her choice of stage name a simple extension of these close family roots and musical ties? "I decided on Daughter because firstly I am one and also because I just like the way it's written–the more you look at it, the stranger the word looks," Tonra says. "I think names are very important, but a name doesn't make a band. Lots of people were unsure about the name choice in the beginning, but sometimes your first idea should be the one you stick to."
Family played another part in Daughter's development. Sibling rivalry got Tonra interested in learning an instrument, though her first choice, the clarinet, was discarded quickly in favor of the guitar. On the EP, she is also heard wielding an accordion on "Switzerland", a delightful melange of antique sounds, chimes, and tone poetry. Here Tonra uses her voice purely as an instrument, and the effect is impressive. Elsewhere on the EP, her lyrics are foremost. She admits to different ways of writing depending on the song. "Most of the time, it's a dark room, a guitar, and anger," the artist explains. "Other times inspiration comes to you in something you see or read or hear, so I always keep a notebook with me. I think my favorite songs have come from the dark room approach, though I prefer writing when I have a guitar with me because the song forms instantly. Otherwise it's just poetry that I have to put to music later if it's from my book."
There is an open fragility about Daughter's music but also a stark honesty that is as refreshing as it is engrossing. She is capable of penning a surprisingly caustic song like "Landfill", which plays with contrary emotions as she wrests control of a doomed relationship. Sentiments veer from "Throw me in the landfill/Don't think about the consequences/Throw me in the dirt pit/Don't think about the choices that you make" to "I want you so much, but I hate your guts". As a counterpoint, there is pure, stripped-bare beauty in the tenderly voiced "The Woods" and a nice blend of sparse verses and pacy choruses in "Candles".
The fact that each track on the EP shows a different side to Daughter is underlined by her attitude to labels in music. "I think music should speak for itself. Of course, I have been labeled as folk, and I suppose it is folk in a way. But it's not any one thing, and I don't want to limit myself to one genre. I think we have the basis of folk, a sort of storytelling narrative to the songs, but I want to branch out and experiment with the sound. Thankfully, I have Igor (Haefeli–her guitarist partner) in Daughter, who is a great producer and creative brain and listens to so many different types of music that his head is exploding with weird sounds."
Those disparate influences come through in her recorded work. Tonra concedes that it can be quite flattering to be compared to an artist she likes, while it's hilarious if that same parallel is drawn with someone she despises. So far, names like Bat For Lashes, The XX, Jonsi Birgisson, and Laura Marling have been touted. No belly laughs should be heard there, then. On "Candles", for me, she is reminiscent of the UK's Gabby Young whose own recent record deal sees an impending US launch. Tonra, on the other hand, does not harbor a strong ambition to be signed. "The industry side of music doesn't really interest me too much. I think as long as people are listening I'll keep creating. I'd need to be on a label that I trust and that really loves our music; otherwise we'll be just another band on a list," she confides.
Like most of her indie contemporaries, compromises for commercial success are not on the agenda either, although the dressing-up box does hold some appeal for the girl in Daughter. "I'm usually a scruffy old thing, yet fashion is something that intrigues me. I love clothes, and I love make-up," she goes on to say. "I wouldn't start wearing fetish outfits like most female artists are doing at the moment, though!"
Fashion might be a passion, but playing live comes further up the list, and although Daughter has probably only done something like 15 gigs to date, she already has high points to look back on. Her EP launch party was the first gig where she felt the audience had specifically come for her, including her parents, who are not usually allowed in! "Supporting Ben Howard and Matthew & the Atlas at St. Stephens Church in West London was a real standout, too," Tonra says. "It was a beautiful church and so wonderful to play alongside two amazing bands. It was the biggest crowd we'd ever played to. I was bloody petrified, if I'm honest!" See what you think from this video from St Stephens. We feel you'll want to see a lot more of Daughter.
Selection of Demos (available via MySpace):
Daughter – "Tomorrow" (demo)
Daughter – "Your Kisses" (demo)
Photography by Jay McLaughlin.
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One of the easiest ways to tell whether you are looking at mahoe is to look at the leaf litter on the forest floor. The decaying leaves form characteristic skeleton leaves, as the leaf matter dies away and leaves only the architecture of the veins. Often piles of these dead skeleton leaves build up around the base of the tree.
Another interesting feature of the plant is that it flowers and fruits directly from the woody branches – a characteristic known as ramiflory. This leads to branches covered in rows of purple globular berries that are readily consumed by birds. They are not known to be edible to humans, and there is no record of their use by either Māori or Pākehā.
Mahoe has a special relationship with fire, and this was believed to be the a result of the actions of Maui – the great trickster god of Polynesian tradition. Maui made it his goal to discover the secret of fire – so, one day, Maui put out all the fires in his village, and volunteered to go meet with his Grandmother Mahuika the fire god – whose fingernails were made of flame. Eventually he persuaded her to part with one of her fiery fingernails, and then immediately extinguished it in a nearby river. Maui persuaded her to give him another nail, and another, and continued to put them out in the water. By the last nail, Mahuika realized what Maui was doing and in a fit of anger threw up a great flame against him. The great flame threatened to ignite the earth as seas began to boil and trees burned. So Maui called on his ancestor Tāwhirimātea – god of the weather to put out the flame.
With the last of her fire being rained out, Mahuika collected the last few sparks and looked for somewhere to place them. The trees of rata, hīnau, kahikatea, rimu, and miro all refused her, but the trees of the kaikomako and mahoe accepted. Maui saw Mahuika place the spark of fire in these trees, and returned to his village to show his family and friends how they could bring out the fire by rubbing the sticks of these trees together.
Mahoe is particularly useful as a base wood for fire making. First a rubbing stick was selected – typically kaikomako which burns fast – and this was repeatedly rubbed back and forth along a wedge of mahoe which burns slow. As it is rubbed vigorously it forms a groove in the mahoe, and embers are created. These were carefully caught in a cushion of dry moss or the muka of prepared harakeke, and gently fanned till they burst into flame.
Fire-making kits such as these were essential tools and were highly prized. They were protected from the rain and wet at all times and hidden under rain capes when travelling between villages. Because of its slow burning ability, mahoe was useful in carrying fire across distances as well. The glowing embers of mahoe were placed in a stone container, and then vigorously shaken to begin the blaze again. In recent times, Boy Scouts and Girl Guides have been taught similar techniques for making fire with mahoe, creating roaring fires to toast bread and marshmallows.
Mahoe had an important role to play in Ta Moko – Maori tattoo art. Ta Moko was considered a sacred process, and a rite of passage into adulthood. The elaborate forms and spiral patterns are used as a status symbol and to represent iwi affiliations and family connections. Mahoe berries were used to make ink for Ta Moko, and were mixed with the vegetable caterpillar fungus Ophiocordyceps robertsii and various gums and oils. Mahoe wood was also made into a soft wooden mallet for tattooing, and used to tap a small chisel made from the bone of an albatross.
As the marks were hammered in, the ink was dabbed into the wounds. Careful concentration was needed from the tattoo artist when working on the facial tattoo, and if too much force was applied the chisel could be driven through to the other side of the cheek, leaving a permanent hole.
The leaves of mahoe could be boiled and applied to scabies and sores. The bark was used as a bandage for burns or soaked in a bath and used for treating tuberculosis. When out tramping in the wilderness, bushmen would hold mahoe leaves in the mouth, half-in half-out, and this was said to stimulate saliva and relieve the need for water.


after drying out the phone it worked until the battery died. Will not charge or connect to computer. I would like to put a new battery in just to retrieve my photos and contacts?
have you cleaned the phone out properly with isopropyl alcohol?open the phone up and clean everything in sight. if you don't then the problem may recur. it is more likely that the connector for the computer/charger is at fault or connector 4. if no charge can get to the battery via the dock then no itunes and no downloading of photos!
MY 3G WORKED FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS THEN DIED.
BUT MY PC DOESN'T RECOGNIZE IT.
SHALL I BUY A BATTERY AND CHANGE IT SO I LOSE MY WARRANTY?
ANY CHANCE I STILL RETRIEVE MY PHOTOS?
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you can submerge it but only for minutes- ideally you need to clean all the parts including those under the metal cover- you can prise this off using a little flat head screw driver to ease up all the little tabs, go slowly and carefully or you can damage all the parts underneath.
as to you saying you have opened the phone to 175- does this mean you haven't disconnected the cables 1,2,3? you need to do this to get to the logic board. the 2 parts of the display (metal back board/screen/lcd) are screwed together-follow the guide to take front panel apart so you can clean them.
I know this is an old trick, but have you tried placing dry rice into the phone for a day. As silly as it might sound, dry rice will absorb a great deal of moisture. Will it work 100%? Nothing will. But I have personally seen success cases.
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Home, Food Or Health Care: A Choice Many Renters Can't Afford
By NPR Staff,
Ben Bergman
As the number of renters in Los Angeles increases, construction of new apartments isn't keeping pace with demand, resulting in rents higher than many can afford.
The mortgage crisis that devastated the economy has received endless attention, but it's not just homeowners who have suffered badly in this economy.
As of 2012, renters made up 35 percent of American households. Their numbers are growing, reversing a decades-long uptick in homeownership.
And in the past 50 years, the percentage of income they're spending on the rent has increased dramatically. A quarter of renters are spending more than half their income on rent.
Ymelda Alvarez, her husband and their two daughters live in a tiny one-bedroom apartment just east of downtown Los Angeles in a neighborhood called Boyle Heights. It's not a fancy or trendy area; it's a poor part of town with a lot of crime, and most of the schools are struggling.
Their apartment consists of a front living room converted to a bedroom, a small kitchen and a little room in the back with bunk beds for the kids. Other amenities include sagging ceilings, leaky faucets, doors that don't lock and pests like cockroaches and rats.
For this they pay $1,000 a month.
But it's currently their only option. Antonio, her husband, can't land a full-time job and only makes about $1,200 a month from stringing together part-time work at a school nearby.
"That would only be enough for the rent and some bills," Ymelda Alvarez says. She says they spend so much on rent, they have to cut back in other areas.
"I always think about the rent first, then about food. If it is not enough, we have to cut back on food," she says.
'We Have To Embrace Development'
Across Los Angeles, others like the Alvarez family are struggling. The city is now home to the highest proportion of renters of any major American city. A lot of people want to live there; it's almost always sunny, after all, and the beach is right there.
On a more somber note, in the past eight years, 143,000 new renters have entered the Los Angeles market — many of them displaced by the foreclosure crisis. But the construction of new apartments hasn't kept up with the increase in renters: There aren't enough places for them to live.
A big part of the problem, developers say, is that L.A. is a particularly difficult city to build in. The apartments that do get built tend to be pricey; meanwhile, the city faces a shortage of funds for affordable housing.
Beverly Kenworth, the head of the California Apartment Association, says it's fundamentally an issue of supply and demand.
"If we really want to address this housing crisis — because it is a crisis — we have to really be much more forward-thinking," she says. "We have to embrace development; we have to embrace the growth that's happening."
Kenworthy says developers have to navigate a city zoning code that is almost 70 years old. All but the biggest, best-funded builders have simply given up — including members of her organization.
"Some of them build, and some of them look to build here in L.A.," she says. "I have others who simply won't do it anymore because it's just too hard and too uncertain, and it's too costly."
Developer Carl Lambert says there's a phrase used in the industry to describe the agony of getting a project approved: "brain damage."
He says before he could break ground on a recent building, he needed 33 separate sign-offs. It's not uncommon for it to take three years from when he buys a piece of land to when he can start construction.
"Now I've experienced all this wonderful pain over the years and I am now open, and do you think I'm going to want to go out and give everybody deals, or give them a $600 a month apartment with an ocean view?" he asks. "No, it's going to be fair market value."
And therein lies the problem. Apartments are being built in L.A. — at levels not seen since before the recession — but most are top-of-the-line.
Funding Cuts Hamper Affordable Housing Efforts
When it comes to affordable housing, there's a shortfall of almost half a million units in L.A. County, and it's only getting worse.
That's because there is half a billion dollars less available in state and federal funding for affordable housing in the county than there was before the recession.
"We focus on creating jobs here in Los Angeles for people who live outside the city, and we don't focus on building housing for people so that they can live near where they work," says L.A. City Councilman Gil Cedillo.
In April, Cedillo led a "Renter's Day" to highlight the problem of affordability. There was a modestly attended rally, but as for action? That will have to wait.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio recently announced an $8.2 billion plan to build and maintain 200,000 affordable housing units over the next decade.
"I really admire what those people do in New York because they really move aggressively on these problems," Cedillo says. But in L.A., a city that's trying to balance its budget, the money simply isn't available. "We don't have those types of resources to commit to housing," he says.
Cedillo has been lobbying for a state bill that would raise $500 million a year for affordable housing by charging a fee on real estate transactions, but the measure seems unlikely to pass.
That means that now, for the first time in three decades, there are virtually no state funds available for affordable housing in California.
Bad Everywhere
Los Angeles is one of the most expensive rental markets in the country, but the problem isn't just in California. Across the country, rental prices have risen as wages have stagnated.
Chris Herbert is the director of research at Harvard's Joint Center for Housing Studies. Just last December they released a report on rental housing in the country. He says the situation is bad everywhere, and it's just a question of how bad.
"About 50 percent of renters are paying more than 30 percent of their income for monthly housing costs," Herbert says. "At last count, more than a quarter of households were spending more than 50 percent of their income for housing."
Herbert says 30 percent is the standard amount people should pay for housing out of their budget to still have enough left for life's necessities. So if you're spending significantly more than that, like the Alvarez family, the odds of having enough for other basic needs, like food, health care and any sort of retirement savings, are severely diminished.
"The trade-offs people are making are not trade-offs between going to the movies or going out to eat, but basically ... nutrition, basic health care and saving for their future," he says. "Those are really important trade-offs people are making in trying to find affordable housing."
As bad as things are, it looks like they'll be getting worse. The Harvard study projects that 4 to 5 million more people will start renting over the next decade.
Ben Bergman is a business reporter for Southern California Public Radio.


Some of the greatest competitors in Ring of Honor history have won the Survival of the Fittest tournament, and "The Villain" Marty Scurll is now a member of that exclusive club.
Scurll won the prestigious tournament Sunday night in Columbus, Ohio, and in doing so he earned a future shot at the ROH World Championship.
Past winners of SOTF include current ROH World Champion Jay Lethal and former ROH World Champions Bryan Danielson, Tyler Black, Adam Cole, Roderick Strong and Eddie Edwards.
Scurll won a Triple Threat qualifying match over Silas Young and CMLL star Stuka Jr. earlier in the night to advance to the six-man elimination finals against fellow Elite member "Hangman" Adam Page, Christopher Daniels, Jonathan Gresham, international star PJ Black and CMLL star Guerrero Maya Jr.
It came down to Scurll, Page and Daniels. Not surprisingly, Scurll and Page worked together, but each man's desire to win led to them coming to blows. Daniels took advantage of the situation and hit the Best Moonsault Ever on Page to eliminate him.
Daniels, making his third appearance in the SOTF finals, had extra incentive to win because ROH COO Joe Koff had put him and partner Frankie Kazarian on notice earlier this year that he was letting their contracts expire after Final Battle, which is fast approaching (Dec. 14). A shot at the ROH World Title presumably would give Daniels leverage.
As motivated as Daniels was, however, Scurll would not be denied. Scurll stunned Daniels with two kicks to the face and then finished him off with Graduation.
Scurll now has his sights set on winning the ROH World Title. Surprisingly, he has only had one straight-up singles match for the championship, which took place at Supercard of Honor in April against then-champion Dalton Castle.


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Media Matters for Democracy launches DigitalRightsMonitor.pk – Pakistan's first digital rights news portal collating original news content and resources for journalists
Are you a journalist working a digital rights story on deadline? Have a question that you need quickly answered? Get in touch. We are happy to help!
Media Matters for Democracy under its initiative Report for Digital Rights hosts a series of orientation sessions in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad
Media Matters for Democracy launches a specialised guidebook for journalists to help them enhance their knowledge of digital rights, Internet Governance and laws that govern cyber-space in Pakistan
Announcing a series of digital rights and Internet governance orientations in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad. Interested? Sign-up now!
Media Matters for Democracy launches 'Report for Digital Rights'; aims at bridging gap between the mainstream media and the digital rights advocates and debate in Pakistan
What is Report for Digital Rights?
We are living in a digital world where there isn't a distinction between digital rights and human rights. Issues relating to digital rights are making headlines across the world. Internet is a global top story. In Pakistan however, things are a little different. Digital rights, or the violations of thereof, hardly make the news. Leave a handful of English language newspapers, the news about digital rights often stay under the mainstream media's radar. Naturally when these issues, such as the effectiveness (or lack thereof) of National Response Centre for Cyber Crimes in dealing with revenge porn, or inane security compliance of the 'Captains' of famous ride-hailing services don't get reported, they fail to attract the attention of legislators, policymakers and most times even the law enforcement or compliance agencies. Whatever does get reported, is mostly lost in a sea of daily news items. As a result, we see digital rights being pushed way down on the agenda both in the national narratives and political debates.
Through 'Report Digital Rights' we aim to improve the reporting of digital rights and internet governance issues through constant engagement with media outlets and journalists, training beat reporters on internet governance and digital rights issues, and most importantly generating journalistic content through an in-house team of reporters. We strongly believe that only by making digital rights, or the violations thereof, a truly national debate, and a part of national political agenda, can they be secured for the citizens at the grassroots of our society.
Let the challenge begin!
What is 'Digital Rights Monitor'?
Digital Rights Monitor (DRM) is (most likely) Pakistan's first news website that reports exclusively on digital rights and violations thereof, Internet policies, and policymaking and brings to light various nuances on thematic issues that the mainstream media often overlooks.
DRM's main purpose is to create a space where digital rights issues are given space in the mainstream, but it also serves as a one-stop-shop for the reporters who are covering IT beats. The website also curates copies of all major policies that govern the Internet in Pakistan, and all the major research publications published by local and international research groups. This is to enable quick access to various resources for journalists.
Visit the website to know more!
Under our initiative 'Report Digital Rights', we are taking following key actions:
1. Producing a field guide for journalists, to be used a reference point for understanding digital rights and internet governance issues in Pakistan. Titled 'Understanding Internet Rights' — a field guide for reporters in Pakistan — is to give Pakistani field reporters a crash course on the legal frameworks that govern cyberspace in Pakistan, lowdown on relevant laws and policies and how they interact with civil liberties and a list of online resource material for a deeper knowledge of these issues. For a digital copy of the field guide please click the image below.
2. Identifying, interfacing and training journalists and anchorpersons from mainstream media outlets in Karachi, Lahore, and Islamabad to enhance their understanding of digital rights and internet governance.
3. Generating original and exclusive news content around digital rights issues which either remain under the media's radar due to various commercial conflict of interests (such as news about big telcos, or service providers) or simply aren't covered. This news content is being produced by an in-house team of journalists at MMfD and includes exclusive interviews, news stories and data and investigative stories.
4. Curating the news content being generated by various news outlets and hosting them on an online platform, essentially to develop it as a resource for journalists and civil society advocates.
5. Launching www.digitalrightsmonitor.pk where all of this content will be hosted. The portal in addition to news content will also host various online resources, documents, copies of legislations, information about parliamentary committee dealing with various cyberspace issues and other related information to assist journalists in putting together better news content on digital rights.
6. Launching Digital Rights Monitor, a monthly digital publication to sum-up the state of affairs of digital rights in Pakistan on a monthly basis.
7. Most importantly, we are going to all major public and private universities in Islamabad, Lahore, and Karachi — all the media hubs — to talk to journalism students, the future journalists, and make them a part of digital rights and Internet governance debate in Pakistan.
A Twitter-based helpline for answering questions regarding digital rights
Most importantly under 'Report for Digital Rights' we are establishing a Twitter-based helpline for journalists and anchorpersons to shoot questions related to internet governance, laws and policies that govern Pakistan's cyber-space and digital rights. To ask a question, simply type a tweet, tag @mmfd_pak and send to #ReportDigitalRights. From anything to the number of internet shutdowns in Pakistan in a year, to a particular clause of Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act 2016, our team will respond back with a comprehensive answer very quickly. Don't forget to tag @mmfd_pak.
Give it a try. Ask us a question!
Contact the good people running 'Report for Digital Rights'
Are you a journalist working a digital rights story? Do you need assistance in breaking down digital rights issues? Get in touch. We are happy to help!


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Babe hits No. 60, crash kills movie idol James Dean ... on this date in history.
Adolf Hitler greets British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain on the steps of the "The Berghof" on Sept. 15, 1938. File Photo courtesy of Wikipedia
From left to right: Chamberlain, Daladier, Hitler, Mussolini, and Ciano pictured before signing the Munich Agreement, which gave the Sudetenland to Germany. File Photo courtesy of Wikipedia
Peerless "Babe" hangs up new world's record. Babe Ruth sets a new record with his third home run in one day during the recent double header between the Yanks and Senators. Picture circa 1920. File Photo courtesy of Library of Congress
Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees hit his 60th home run, a record that would stand for 34 years, on Sept. 30, 1927. The U.S. Postal Service introduced this stamp honoring the legendary slugger during a ceremony at Yankee Stadium in New York City May 20, 1998. File Photo/UPI | License Photo
A boy in a New York Yankees shirt points at a statue of Babe Ruth as two other young visitors look on at the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y., July 28, 2005. Ruth hit his 60th home run on Sept. 30, 1927. It was a record that would stand for 34 years. File Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI | License Photo
James Dean holds co-star Natalie Wood on the set of the 1955 film "Rebel Without a Cause." Dean died in a car crash on Sept. 30 of that year. (Wood died in 1981.) File Photo/UPI
Julia Pierson, U.S. Secret Service director, testifies Sept. 30, 2014, during a House committee hearing on a recent security breach at the White House. Pierson resigned the day after the hearing. File Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI | License Photo
Fran Drescher, whose 58th birthday is Sept. 30, is shown at the 68th Tony Awards in New York City June 8, 2014. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo
Johnny Mathis, who turns 80 on Sept. 30, is pictured at the 57th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles Feb. 8, 2015. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo
Jenna Elfman attends the American Film Institute's 43rd Life Achievement Awards in Hollywood June 4, 2015. Her 44th birthday is Sept. 30. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo
Martina Hingis of Switzerland awaits a serve during her French Open women's doubles first round match at Roland Garros in Paris on May 27, 2015. Hingis turns 35 today. File Photo by David Sipla/UPI | License Photo
Today is Wednesday, Sept. 30, the 273rd day of 2015 with 92 to follow.
The moon is waning. Morning stars are Jupiter, Mars, Uranus and Venus. Evening stars are Mercury, Neptune and Saturn.
Those born on this date are under the sign of Libra. They include Persian poet Rumi in 1207; chewing gum magnate William Wrigley Jr. in 1861; German physicist Hans Geiger, co-inventor of the Geiger counter, in 1882; film director Lewis Milestone ("All Quiet on the Western Front") in 1895; singer Kenny Baker in 1912; drummer Buddy Rich in 1917; novelist Truman Capote in 1924; baseball Hall of Fame member Robin Roberts in 1926; actor Deborah Kerr in 1921; actor Angie Dickinson in 1931 (age 84); Nobel Peace Prize laureate Elie Wiesel in 1928 (age 87); singer Johnny Mathis in 1935 (age 80); singer Frankie Lymon in 1942; singer Marilyn McCoo in 1943 (age 72); actor Len Cariou in 1939 (age 76); actor Victoria Tennant in 1950 (age 65); rock singer Marc Bolan in 1947; actor Jack Wild in 1952; actor Fran Drescher in 1957 (age 58); actor Eric Stoltz in 1961 (age 54); actor Crystal Bernard in 1961 (age 54); actor Jenna Elfman in 1971 (age 44); tennis star Martina Hingis in 1980 (age 35).
On this date in history:
In 1630, John Billington, one of the first pilgrims to land in America, was hanged for murder -- the first European criminal executed in the American colonies.
In 1846, a dentist in Charleston, Mass., extracted a tooth with the aid of an anesthetic -- ether. It was the first time an anesthetic had been used.
In 1927, Babe Ruth set a Major League Baseball record with his 60th home run of the season. (The mark would stand for 34 years.)
MUNICH AGREEMENT - 1938
In 1938, Germany, France, Britain and Italy met in Munich, Germany, for a conference after which British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain predicted "peace for our time." (World War II began less than one year later.)
- Chamberlain and Hitler Announce Czech Agreement
- Who Won the Munich Four-Power Conference? Hitler
NUREMBERG TRIALS - 1946
In 1946, verdicts were handed down in the Nuremberg War Crimes Trial. Twelve Nazi leaders were sentenced to death by hanging.
"EVIDENCE OF CRIMINALITY AGAINST MANY MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL STAFF AND HIGH COMMAND AS INDIVIDUALS IS CLEAR AND CONVINCING ... THEY HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE IN LARGE MEASURE FOR THE MISERIES AND SUFFERING THAT HAS FALLEN ON MILLIONS OF MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN."
In 1954, the USS Nautilus, the world's first nuclear submarine, was commissioned by the U.S. Navy, under the command of Commander Eugene P. Wilkinson.
The nuclear-powered submarine USS Nautilus (SSN 571) slips into the Thames River in New London, Connecticut on Jan. 21, 1954. File Photo by U.S. Navy/UPI
In 1955, movie idol James Dean died in a car crash at age 24.
In 1962, James H. Meredith, an African-American, was escorted onto the University of Mississippi campus by U.S. marshals, setting off a riot in which two men died before violence was quelled by more than 3,000 soldiers. (Meredith enrolled the next day.)
- Farmer's Son Enrolls - Meredith Dream Comes True
In 1992, the United States returned most of the Subic Bay Naval Base to the Philippine government after more than a century of use.
In 2008, thousands of worshipers making their way through a narrow passage to a Hindu temple in India for a religious festival broke into a stampede when a wall collapsed. Police put the death toll at 224 with more than 100 people injured.
In 2009, back-to-back earthquakes and mudslides hit Sumatra in Indonesia, leaving an official death toll of close to 1,200 and smashing thousands of homes.
In 2011, a missile from an American drone aircraft strike over Yemen killed Anwar al-Awlaki, a U.S.-born Islamic cleric linked to several high-profile terrorist incidents in the United States and subject of a two-year manhunt.
In 2013, another wave of car bombings in Iraq killed at least 51 people and injured 140. Officials said relentless violence in the country caused nearly 1,000 deaths in September.
In 2014, U.S. Secret Service chief Julia Pierson told a U.S. House committee there would be a full review of the agency in the wake of an incident in which a man jumped a fence, got past security officers and entered the White House. (Pierson resigned the day after her House appearance.)
A thought for the day: "Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are." -- John Wooden
John Billington
Lewis Milestone
Victoria Tennant
Nicolas Cage, Kesha attend the 'Color Out of Space' premiere in LA


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WMMC Launches Teleneonatology Program
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When an infant is born at Western Missouri Medical Center (WMMC), staff will now have access to neonatal intensive care specialists if needed. Advanced telemedicine technology, which has audio-visual connection will allow our providers to connect with neonatology specialists to examine infants in real time and assess treatment and the need, if any, for transfer. This care is made possible through a new collaborative partnership with neonatology specialists at Sunflower Neonatology Associates and Research Medical Center, part of HCA Midwest Health.
"This is a wonderful addition to an already strong birthing program at WMMC," said Darinda Reberry, WMMC President and Chief Executive Officer. "In cases where a birth is predictably high risk, the mother usually delivers in a hospital with a neonatal intensive care unit on site. However, many high-risk births are not predictable, and we are now in a better position to treat a high-risk baby when it is born."
Medical conditions that might warrant use of the teleneonatology unit include prematurity, low birth weight, intrauterine growth restriction, congenital malformations (birth defects), sepsis, pulmonary hypoplasia, and birth asphyxias.
"WMMC's Birthing Center delivers nearly 700 babies a year," says Kelly Vignery, RN, Obstetrics Manager. "We are very fortunate to have this service in our community to enhance the capabilities available to these babies."
"We are thrilled to partner with Western Missouri Medical Center to offer this new, potentially life-saving technology, while enhancing an excellent birthing program at this hospital," says Jackie DeSouza-Van Blaricum, President and Chief Executive Officer at Research Medical Center. "We know that nationally, on average, ten percent of newborns require breathing assistance and 1% may need resuscitation. So offering this critical service in the patient's hometown hospital and in their own community helps to avoid transferring newborns, and importantly keeps the mother and baby together."
"As one of the eight neonatologists at Sunflower Neonatology Associates, we are very excited and proud to partner with the hospital for this service, and humbled to be a part of their medical staff family," says Tiffany Simpson, MD, neonatologist and Medical Director at Research Medical Center and Centerpoint Medical Center's Tele-Neonatology programs. "Neonatal tele-health service enables community hospitals to avoid transferring ill newborns who can be safely cared for at their home hospital. We utilize a video connection with highly experienced clinical teams at the bedside. These teams provide hands-on care for the newborn and may be guided through procedures by the neonatologists. Our specialists provide our combined years of experience of caring for neonates, and expertise in caring for newborns that are delivered at this community hospital, when previously this was not possible."
To schedule a tour of WMMC's Birthing Center or to learn more, call (660) 262-7514.
Corrine Everson
corrine.everson@hcahealthcare.com


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10 toys from your childhood that are now worth a fortune
by Bob Atoo
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We can all remember them, even if we didn't all have them occupying toy cupboards during our formative years.
From (slightly camp-looking) He-Man action figures and (downright frightening-looking) Cabbage Patch Kids Dolls to (completely unrealistic-looking) Kenner Star Wars action figures and (frankly ridiculous-looking) My Little Pony, er ponies.
Well, guess what? If your parents boxed them and bunged them up in the loft the very moment you departed the family nest seeking your fame and fortune, then you/they could well be sitting on a small fortune right now.
However if your parents took your 1985 Raleigh Chrome Burner BMX (worth about £2k today) to the local tip in the intervening years, prepare to weep uncontrollably like someone whose been denied permission to stay up late and watch Tales of the (Completely) Unexpected.
Obviously what toys you grew up with largely depends on just what era your childhood occurred during, but those who found their feet in the 80s and 90s will, like, totally be blown away by this, dude/dudette.
What's more, the condition of the toys and whether they're still in their original packaging also makes a significant difference to potential valuations. But, in for a penny in for (quite a few hundred/thousand) pounds, so it would seem….
Original (unopened) Furby – £120
Hands up if you attempted to drown your younger sister's cherished Furby back in the day? Yet for those who kept a lid on it you'll be chuffed by news that the original furry owl-come-hamster-come-alien (if found unopened and box-fresh) could be worth over £100 quid. But just ensure that it's not one of the 2012 re-boots…
Limited Edition Boba Fett Star Wars Figure – £18,000
Many of the original – and officially licensed – Star Wars action figures can now routinely fetch in the region of £3,000, yet if you're one of the fortunate few who happened to own the rocket-firing original Boba Fett character from the 80s, then it could be your Wonka-style golden ticket. A pristine example of this highly-prized figure recently changed hands for a staggering £18,000!
Hot Wheels – £450 – £46,000
Despite not having to hand the exact current figure for individual vehicles which comprised the Hot Wheels range from the 80s, we can confirm that an entire collection sold for an eye-popping £12,700 not that long ago. What's more, TV series-themed examples can be worth up to £500, as underlined by the sale of an original 1983 A-Team van set which fetched the seller some £450.
But this is all small change compared to the Hot Wheels Beach Bomb camper van (complete with surfboard accessory) which made its previous owner a breath-taking £46,000!
Ty Beanie Babies – £0 – £318,000
We know, quite the spectrum of possibility when it comes to actual values, but as Dale Winton used to always say, you have to be in it to win it.
Admittedly most Beanie Babies are worth less than shares in Our Price these days, yet a select few have the potential to buy you a new house. Like for example the first edition Princess Diana bear version, which typically has a £318,000 price tag slapped on it!
Transformers Optimus Prime and Megatron Action Figurines – £580
Long, long ago, in a galaxy far, far away…sorry, wrong franchise. Having said that the original Transformers (as opposed to this modern day Michael Bay-directed, CGI-fixated Hollywood nonsense) first put in an appearance – as a bona fide, all-action toy – over three decades ago, and set boy's pulses racing quicker than even Megan Fox did some 30 years later.
Autobots and Decepticons of that particular vintage can net big boy toy-owners some serious lucre. Like £580 for an Optimus Prime and/or Megatron minter.
Mint Cabbage Patch Kid – £660
As if the 80s weren't weird enough, along came the Cabbage Patch Kids to take creepiness to previously unchartered heights.
Mass hysteria in the run-up to Christmas as parents tried desperately to get their hands on them for their demanding children habitually descended into shopping centre chaos, leading to inevitable – yet pre-Black Friday – consumer violence. Worth up to £660 in perfect condition today.
Nintendo NES in Box – £1,300
Yeah, yeah, we know. Retro kicks-seeking gamers can purchase all the greatest NES titles online via their state-of-the-art Nintendo Wii U systems, but it doesn't come close to the sheer thrill of having to exhale your breath onto the original console cartridge to get your game to work.
If you're still reliving these glory days then it's possible that you can cash in to the tune of £1,300 here and now, as serious collectors would bite your hands off for one. Having said that they need to be box-fresh, which yours clearly isn't by the looks of it.
He-Man and Battlecat Action Figurines – £4,460
Championing the cause of bob-haired, short short-wearing muscle-bound men since 1982, He-Man remains as popular today – and is still looked fondly upon as the ultimate alpha male figure.
Irrespective of this synopsis, if you happen to own a He-Man and Battle Cat action figure – which is highly unlikely given the rarity of them – then it's potentially worth £7,000. If however you had/have the limited edition Eternia Playset – a 3-level tower of sheer awesomeness first produced in 1986 – then it could be valued in the region of £10,900. Not that many of them at large on account of Transformers being more popular at the time.
Game Boy – £1,120
Overlooking day-glo joggers and a Pat Sharp-spec mullet, THE coolest thing any youngster could possess in the 80s was the 8-bit, 4-colour, 2-button Game Boy. Period. And if you've still got one in working (well, boxed and untouched) condition, you might be looking at a cool £1,120 in terms of value.
My Little Pony – £250
Thanks to the inexplicable surge in Bronies in recent times (adult fans of My Little Pony), My Little Pony is enjoying something of a renaissance. And believe it or not some three decades before middle-aged men made it their own, My Little Pony was at the top of every little girl's birthday and Christmas wish list.
On today's market experts suggest that they're worth up to £250.
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package org.elasticsearch.test;

import org.elasticsearch.Build;
import org.elasticsearch.common.io.FileSystemUtils;
import org.elasticsearch.testframework.ESTestCase;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.stream.Collectors;

public class BuildTests extends ESTestCase {

    /** Asking for the jar metadata should not throw exception in tests, no matter how configured */
    public void testJarMetadata() throws IOException {
        URL url = Build.getElasticsearchCodeSourceLocation();
        // throws exception if does not exist, or we cannot access it
        try (InputStream ignored = FileSystemUtils.openFileURLStream(url)) {}
        // these should never be null
        assertNotNull(Build.CURRENT.date());
        assertNotNull(Build.CURRENT.shortHash());
    }

    public void testEqualsAndHashCode() {
        Build build = Build.CURRENT;

        Build another = new Build(build.flavor(), build.type(), build.shortHash(), build.date(), build.isSnapshot());
        assertEquals(build, another);
        assertEquals(build.hashCode(), another.hashCode());

        final Set<Build.Flavor> otherFlavors =
                Arrays.stream(Build.Flavor.values()).filter(f -> !f.equals(build.flavor())).collect(Collectors.toSet());
        final Build.Flavor otherFlavor = randomFrom(otherFlavors);
        Build differentFlavor = new Build(otherFlavor, build.type(), build.shortHash(), build.date(), build.isSnapshot());
        assertNotEquals(build, differentFlavor);

        final Set<Build.Type> otherTypes =
                Arrays.stream(Build.Type.values()).filter(f -> !f.equals(build.type())).collect(Collectors.toSet());
        final Build.Type otherType = randomFrom(otherTypes);
        Build differentType = new Build(build.flavor(), otherType, build.shortHash(), build.date(), build.isSnapshot());
        assertNotEquals(build, differentType);

        Build differentHash = new Build(build.flavor(), build.type(), randomAlphaOfLengthBetween(3, 10), build.date(), build.isSnapshot());
        assertNotEquals(build, differentHash);

        Build differentDate = new Build(build.flavor(), build.type(), build.shortHash(), "1970-01-01", build.isSnapshot());
        assertNotEquals(build, differentDate);

        Build differentSnapshot = new Build(build.flavor(), build.type(), build.shortHash(), build.date(), !build.isSnapshot());
        assertNotEquals(build, differentSnapshot);
    }
}

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On Tuesdays, I post a bit about what I've been reading lately.
Last week, I finished City of Glass by Cassandra Clare.
To liven up my photo of the book, I decided to put it alongside two things that make me think of Texas (where I live): potato chips from Schlotzsky's and an HEB diet soda. In Lubbock (where I'm from) they do not have HEB (*gasp* — I know!) So I didn't discover its fabulousness until after I got married and we moved to Houston. Now I am a huge fan, of course. And I have been drinking Diet Coke for years and I honestly think the HEB brand of diet soda tastes better. This is cool for me, considering how much less it costs than Diet Coke. And yes, I realize the cheapest (and healthiest) thing for me to do would be to quit drinking soda altogether, but…so far, I have not done that. So. Yeah. We all have our vices :).
As for the clothespin in the photo…I have this bad habit of not finishing my chips when I go to a sandwich restaurant. So I often bring them home and close the bag with a clothespin. Then I eat 'em later. And, uh, apparently I sometimes take a picture of it :).
Funny (by which I mean terrifying) story about this photo: I moved outside to take it because the lighting was better and only after I'd been out there for a while did I notice the wasp's nest stuck to a chair, with all the wasps crawling all over it — not unlike the way my skin crawled when I saw that :(. I may have screamed. Just a little. But I took the picture anyway, grabbed up my stuff and then ran back inside! Ah, the joys of summer-time.
So…this post was not really about City of Glass after all, was it? But what can I say about a book almost everyone but me has already read, anyway? Y'all already know it's good :)!


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a compelling picture of engaged residents that persuaded four council members to take part: Brad Lander of Brooklyn, who represents Ms. Tobin and Mr. Christiansen; Melissa Mark-Viverito, whose district includes the Upper West Side, East Harlem and Mott Haven in the Bronx; Eric A. Ulrich, who represents the Rockaways in Queens; and Jumaane D. Williams, whose district stretches from East Flatbush to Midwood, Brooklyn.
One of the goals of the process was to involve people who weren't already active in politics. That seems to have been at least partially achieved: While some of the participants were affiliated with civic-minded organizations, almost 40 percent said they rarely voted in elections, according to data from the Community Development Project at the Urban Justice Center, an advocacy group that collected information throughout the participatory budget process. About 20 percent of participants had household incomes under $25,000, and more than half were female.


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Here's why Tehseen Poonawalla thinks Election Commission is no holy cow
Here's why Tehseen Poonawalla thinks Election Commission is no holy cow
We are fast deteriorating into an authoritarian state. We are compromising our institutions. The RBI didn't stand up to government. Other institutions have started breaking down including RTI. So, why is it not possible to subvert EC?
Tehseen Poonawalla
When the results of the Pune elections came out in February, it was very surprising to me because at no point there was any wave in favour of BJP on the ground (BJP won the Pune Municipal Elections for the first time in 2017). Also, in several constituencies, the BJP didn't have enough candidates to contest from the local areas and got people from other areas to contest. It was very surprising that those people won against the heavyweights. Prior to this, a very senior government official in the police told me the exact numbers that would come out for the BJP and the Congress. This is when the police officer was supposed to be an impartial overseer of the elections. This led to the suspicion that something is not right.
I looked up the Election Commission website for some insight into what had happened. According to the pieces of information I culled out, there were discrepancies in 41 wards regarding the number of votes polled versus the number of votes recorded in EVM. In some places, the gap between the two is as high as 600 votes. The local election official dismissed this discrepancy as a calculating error when the losing candidates went to him. But it is highly unlikely that the EC made calculation mistakes in not one but 41 wards. After we made these statistics public, the Election Commission removed the information from their website, but we took screenshots. Now they are refusing to accept data put out on their own website and are asking for a certified copy, which by all means, the Election Commission is supposed to provide the candidates.
Dear ECI the document I have put out ..is the EC allowed to change the nos of EVMs . What action have u taken ? pic.twitter.com/mGVQn73Zj7
— Tehseen Poonawalla (@tehseenp) April 11, 2017
ECI as per your reply if 2 or 3 ppl design the source code can u tell us is the number 2 or 3 ? What are checks and balances on these ppl? pic.twitter.com/igwXM2UuS3
Why are these 2 or 3 people not working with the ECI? What happens if they leave their PSU ? Had ECI checked their affiliations ? pic.twitter.com/Wts66MG6eT
Are the software engineers who design the source code 2 or 3 ? What is their background tests done ? Who employees them? pic.twitter.com/DLPOihupkX
The EC has many questions to answer
In our country, it is the Constitution that is supreme and not any institution. And the Constitution gives me the right to question every institution, including the Prime Minister and the Election Commission. The basis of a democracy is transparency. Maybe, my questions are naive. Maybe, the questions are founded on fear. But why is the Election Commission not clarifying for the sake of transparency? Why is it giving a blanket answer, 'EVMs can't be tampered with'? Why are they not explaining why this can't happen?
The Election Commission has admitted in an affidavit to the Supreme Court saying that EVMs can be tampered with. That is when the Supreme Court said that Voter-Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) is compulsory (VVPAT is a printer-like machine attached to every EVM. It voters to cross-check if their votes have been cast correctly). This ends the debate. EVMs can certainly be tampered.
What used to happen earlier is that goons would capture a booth in the classic filmy style, take the ballot papers and stamp it and go out. Now, with CCTVs everywhere and people having smartphones, it's impossible to do this. Within moments, the media would flash these videos and it will go viral. But this doesn't mean that elections can't be rigged. It still doesn't ensure that election will be free and fair. Today, you have police force coming from the other states for security during elections. My suggestion to the election commission: "Why can't the elections have their own police force?"
But let's forget the technicalities for once. There is a bigger question that the Election Commission must address. Is every single component including a screw used in the EVM made in-house? Maybe, it's only the software and the hardware that's made in-house? But what about the rest of the parts? It might sound stupid, but can we deny that in 2017, technology can easily make a simple screw a smart screw and hacking can happen from anywhere. Technology has moved on. Ten years ago, we didn't visualise what is happening today. What Arvind Kejriwal is saying, is not completely out of the blue. We need to know that if everything is being made in-house or are some parts being outsourced? If yes, who are these private vendors? What is the quality check being done? Why is all this information not in the public domain?
The Election Commission has also admitted that the shelf life of these EVMs is 15 years. So, what happened to the EVMs introduced before 2002. Where have they been disposed off? Who disposed them off? Did any private person get them? Are we sure that these EVMs didn't make their way back in the market? Another very basic question that the EC must address, how are the EVMs transported from one place to another? Are they only transported in government vehicles or are the private vehicles hired? Are these private trucks and buses being hired by the government? Who is paying for these vehicles? Why doesn't the Election Commission have its own vehicles to transport these EVMs. Does the election commission have its own personnel to ensure physical and cyber security of EVMs? Does EC have thier own people on its payroll? Why does it need the government to pay for it? I was told that two Indian PSUs are making EVMs. But why are government employees making EVMs? Why not EC's own technical people making it?
Further, the EC has itself accepted, that 2 per cent of the EVMs failed during the mock-test. Who is fixing those EVMs?
The EC's only argument is that after an EVM is shown to the candidate it's sealed with a thread and stamped. Are you seriously telling me that in 2017, a thread and a stamp can't be tampered with? Maybe, I am wrong, maybe it cannot be breached. But what is the problem in putting out the whole mechanism in the public domain if you are so tamper-proof? Why the secrecy around it?
In Pune, we are planning to protest outside the Election Commission's office and court arrest because we have been left with no other option. Even to bring this event to the Court's notice, we need a certified copy of the vote count, which we have been denied.
RBI has been compromised, why can't EC be manipulated?
We are fast deteriorating into an authoritarian state. We are compromising our institutions. The RBI didn't stand up to the government. Other institutions have started breaking down, including the RTI. So, why is it not possible to subvert EC? There is democracy in authoritarian states as well. In North Korea and Russia, the man of the moment gets 90 per cent of the votes. Let's take the example of what happened in UP and Pune. If you were on ground in both these places, you would know there was no BJP wave. The only hawa for the BJP was made in the Exit Polls.
Even before Arvind Kejriwal took this issue up, I had tweeted that the reason exit polls were predicting a win for BJP was because the EVMs had been managed. They countered this argument by citing Punjab's example. But the sentiments against the Akalis were so strong that if anyone tried to manage the elections, protests would have broken out. They needed UP for the presidential elections. It is impossible that BJP could muster 312 of the 403 seats in UP. Why not do a mock election through ballot paper in one constituency, say in Varanasi and then all will know what is the truth.
In fact, in Pune, let alone the hawa, there is anger against BJP for stealing people's votes. Without spending any money, just based on a social media call, we had 25,000 people coming out to support our protests and vouch for the fact that they didn't vote for BJP.
Dear ECI without Paying a single paisa ..the crowds in my protest march demanding ans on EVMs .
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Whether it's Congress or BJP, as long as EC keeps asking for money from the governments, it is not going to be completely independent. So, a certain portion of the GDP should be constitutionally allocated for the EC and let this budget be audited by the CAG and make the EC answerable to a group of Parliamentarians across party lines based on their strength. Of course, one would say all these changes could have been made during the Congress regime as well. But since it has come out as a political issue now, it's only fair to take the issue forward and get the required changes made in the larger interest of the country.
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A Life Well Lived
Many Old Sedberghians and staff members have written very moving comments about Vincent since word went out that he had died.. All of us who knew him recognize that he was a very special human being and that we are all the better people for the time he spent with us.
Those who knew him best, Tom Wood and Ann, Boyd Whittall, Tom Burpee, and Peter Kirby have reminded me of so many of the stories of Vincent's life and his relationship with Sedbergh and I include in this essay some of those stories. I too have looked back and will share with you moments that I have not forgotten.
Was it in 1950? I think I got my first "morning run" in that year. As a Sedbergh student, I got quite a few of them, (didn't we all!) but I remember this one in particular. "Take this note and place it in Mr. Lavoie's mailbox. And don't forget, be back so that you are in time to do the "block" before breakfast", the teacher said. I groaned!
At "break" that morning, sitting in my locker down in the basement, chewing on sodden toast from breakfast, I asked someone, "Who is Mr. Lavoie?".
"Oh, he lives in the red house down at the end of the Back Valley; it's where we start our Home Runs on Mondays." I knew the house, but not the man. Not yet.
Next morning, at 6am, I walked into the Back Valley and down to the red house on the right side of the road, and as I opened the mailbox to put in my card, I heard a voice behind me. "Have a good run." I turned, and there he was, the man I would know and admire for the next 72 years of his life.
"Thank you",...and I paused, before blurting out "sir." Somehow, "sir" seemed the very necessary word for this man - and for the next 72 years, whenever and wherever we met, I called him that.
Vincent was a legend. He died August 1 at age 103. Many of us had him as our French teacher at Sedbergh. His family ran the post office in Montebello. He was a soldier, he was a scout master, he was a businessman, he was involved in many of the activities in the village. He married Nora, who he had met in Scotland during the War; she was a driver for officers. He and Nora always welcomed us whenever we came back to school to visit..
Vincent arrived in the Valley in 1939, having bicycled up from Montebello because he had heard that "some crazy English people were building a school there". That day, he met Tom Wood and the relationship between the two boys was launched and has never ended. Boyd Whittall reminds me that Vincent found a bunch of shirtless, English speakers, with picks and shovels, scrabbling at the hard rocky surface at the top of a hill above the Valley. A big rock, later known to us as "the big rock" and never visited on the pristine "Sacred Lawn", stood massive and immovable. I guess we all remember it!
Having confirmed the rumour that a school was being built there, Vincent asked if he could visit again. He could hardly believe his eyes. They must be crazy! A school? Here in the wilderness? One of the workers was Frank Duxbury, our co-Founder. He and Vincent established a relationship which lasted all the time that Frank remained at Sedbergh.
Vincent and Nora started a family in the Valley; they lived for years in the little house by the side of the road which later students knew as "the Gruery", when Pat Pettigrew and Sara lived there. John Macaulay lived across the Valley beyond Senior Field in Vincent's time. The story goes that both men used to sit on their stoops and talk to each other across the 700 hundred yard distance every morning before school started, planning out the day - and they could hear each other as though they were sitting beside each other! Vincent and Jackrabbit Johannsen became old and close friends. Vincent taught at Sedbergh for two periods in the school's history, leaving the Valley only once when he became involved as a businessman in the wood and lumber trade. But the Valley and the School drew him back. How many of us will remember "Boys, you have to learn how to learn!" and on the cross country trails his "Boys you will have to learn how to pace yourselves!"
Tom Burpee, a Sedbergh student of the 1940s remembers Vincent when he was his French teacher explaining a French rule that Tom has never forgotten. "He taught me the list of adjectives that go before a noun in French." Apparently, this is unknown to most French speakers. Tom has asked friends both in Canada and in France and they all shake their heads. "The list begins," he says, "ancien, beau, bon,cher, digne grand, gros, jeune, joli, etc. I am so proud to remember that because I was only 11 years old. Thanks, Vincent.!"
Strange the memories we keep close to our hearts!
Tom and Ann Wood have a long and very affectionate attachment with both Vincent and Nora and with their family. In 1970, when Vincent came back to Sedbergh, Tom remarks that his value was inestimable. "He was an effective teacher, an encouraging coach, a raconteur par excellence, warm, and yet strict when it was necessary. His discreet and perceptive character made him a great diplomat and he was a useful buffer during difficult days between the staff, the school, and the Provincial government, and even between the Old Man, and myself. He became the Old Boys' officer and was busy with Jackrabbit and the Canadian Ski Marathon. The boys loved him and we admired him so much. Vincent was voted in as an Honorary Old Sedberghian."
Vincent's family was intimately involved with the school for years and years. Ann Wood speaks so highly of Darquise Lavoie, Vincent''s sister-in-law, who acted as Sedbergh's competent, loyal, dependable secretary, bookkeeper, accountant, and letter writer for thirty years. "Sedbergh could not have existed without her", Ann reminds me.
If there be one person wno knew Vincent better than anyone, it must be Peter Kirby, another Sedbergh graduate from the 1940s. He kept up with Vincent throughout his long life. They lunched together with Pat Pettigrew and me many times. He tells tales of Vincent's extensive war service in Italy and later at the liberation of Holland. He reminds us of Vincent as a teacher with a teacher's salary insufficient to support his growing family and having to look for a new job beyond the Sedbergh Valley. Vincent became a partner in a ski importing company and later worked with Peter, Bill Pollock, and another Sedbergh teacher and arborist, Archie Jones, in a fledgling company, Northsport. His ability in finances helped them enormously. Vincent became an owner of a Wood Mizer, the new brand of portable band saw mills so popular in the forest industry. Vincent's interest in forestry and in good logging methods lasted all his life and he had on his own property a wonderful standing of excellent hardwood.
Finally, my own relationship with Vincent continued when Sedbergh closed in 2010. We saw each other periodically. His sight was failing and we would drive together into Montreal to see his spacialist. I would listen to his stories; he was a father figure to me. I visited often when he and Nora moved to the Veterans' Hospital in Ste Anne de Bellevue. After Nora died, Vincent continued to do the gardening at the hospital, and he was the only resident that the staff would allow to go out to lunch. Tom Burpee and Boyd Whittall would take him. I would visit him and chat. Always the gentleman, always "dressed to the nines". I miss him. We all do, don't we?
And we all wish Tom and Guy and Ian and Jaqueline and Vincent's extended family our deepest condolences and offer our great thanks that we, as Sedberghians and friends, were able to share with their father such important times in our lives.
Tony Vintcent


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Portable Sound Source Sport Edition
Vendor: APH
Create audio tones that provide directional cues for orientation and mobility, sound localization training, or for playground games and sports. This lightweight unit comes with a programmable remote control and carrying strap. The carrying strap can be used as a belt for hiking or a game of Follow the Leader. Example uses include identifying: home base, a safety zone, or a basketball goal.
Large Print Sound Localization Guidebook, which provides activities for developing sound localization skills and group games for skill practice. The braille version is sold separately.
Receiver is powered by 5 AA batteries (not included)
Remote transmitter is powered by a 23A 12-Volt alkaline battery (included)
Rate of tone is variable from 36 to 360 pulses per minute
Pitch: variable step increments from 600 to 1200 hertz
Large speaker
On/off switch and rate, volume, and tone knobs
Dimensions: 7 1/8 x 4 7/8 x 1 9/16 inches
Weighs approximately 1 1/2 pounds
Dimensions: 12.5 × 14.25 × 4.55 in


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require "rom/pipeline"

module ROM
  module Commands
    # Composite command that consists of left and right commands
    #
    # @api public
    class Composite < Pipeline::Composite
      # Calls the composite command
      #
      # Right command is called with a result from the left one
      #
      # @return [Object]
      #
      # @api public
      def call(*args)
        response = left.call(*args)

        if response.nil? || (many? && response.empty?)
          return one? ? nil : EMPTY_ARRAY
        end

        if one? && !graph?
          if right.is_a?(Command) || right.is_a?(Commands::Composite)
            right.call([response].first)
          else
            right.call([response]).first
          end
        elsif one? && graph?
          right.call(response).first
        else
          right.call(response)
        end
      end
      alias_method :[], :call

      # @api private
      def graph?
        left.is_a?(Graph)
      end

      # @api private
      def result
        left.result
      end

      # @api private
      def decorate?(response)
        super || response.is_a?(Graph)
      end
    end
  end
end


The Benelux Tour comprises of Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg, making this tour the ideal way to explore the cultural differences among north-western Europe. The cities included in this tour are all cultural hubs with strong and separate identities, perfect for a city-hopping short break.
Your tour will start in Amsterdam which is a short drive, just over 20 miles, from our port in IJmuiden, which is serviced with daily, overnight sailings from Newcastle, ideal if you're travelling from the north of England or Scotland. Alternatively, sail from Dover to Dunkirk or Calais and you can be there in approximately 4 hours, via Belgium.
From your chosen port, head to Amsterdam. The city is well-served by public transport, so rather than driving into the centre, you may prefer to book a hotel at the edge of the city and explore the city on foot, or mix in with the locals by hiring a bike!
Do your sightseeing by canal boat for a new and interesting way to see the city, with a variety of themed canal tours, including a cocktail cruise, a candlelight cruise and a pizza cruise! Amsterdam's nightlife is varied and you'll find plenty to entertain including theatre, comedy and world-class restaurants.
There's so much to do in the Dutch capital, so spend an extra day exploring. Amsterdam's shopping is world-famous, with everything from huge department stores to independent boutique offerings, and once you've finished shopping you can relax by the canal with a coffee.
The city is also steeped in culture and has been a base for many famous artists, including Van Gogh, Rembrandt and the other Dutch Masters, who are now honoured in the Rijksmuseum and Van Gogh Museum.
Approximately 45 miles outside of Amsterdam is The Hague, known throughout Holland as the Royal City by the Sea, as it is the home of the Dutch royal family. As well as being the political centre of Holland, it is also home to Vermeer's famous Girl with a Pearl Earring, which is housed in the Mauritshuis Museum.
The Hague has wider streets than Amsterdam, giving it a continental feel, so stroll down the promenades and people-watch, stopping off for a coffee here and there. The city is also located by the seaside, with Scheveningen a popular beach resort for both locals and tourists.
The Hague will be your last stop in Holland, so head 80 miles south and you'll find Antwerp, the City of Diamonds. Spend the day exploring, taking in all of the sights and sounds of Belgium's second city. Antwerp is Belgium's coolest area, with a stunning architectural and cultural contrast between the old and the new. Winding, cobbled streets are lined with cosy bars and cafes or boutique stores and galleries, the home of the city's famous fashion scene.
After spending a day in Antwerp, drive the 66 miles west to Bruges, Belgium's chocolate capital, if not the world's!
Belgian chocolate is world-renowned for its quality, and Bruges is perhaps the best example of why. With over 70 specialist chocolate shops in the city, you'll be spoiled for choice. Look out for chocolate shops certified by the Bruges Guild of Chocolatiers for an extra guarantee of quality.
The city also takes its beer very seriously, so treat yourself to a tipple at the end of the De Halve Maan brewery tour, with a stunning panoramic view of one of Europe's most beautiful cities.
Known as the Venice of the North due to its canal-lined streets, the city's beauty was rewarded by being named a UNESCO World Heritage site, making it a must-see Belgian destination.
If you can tear yourself away from the chocolate and beer in Bruges, then head 66 miles south to Belgium's and Europe's international and cosmopolitan capital, Brussels. The city is home to over 40 museums, with a diverse range of culture from fine art to the Belgian Comic Strip Centre, which tells the story of Tin Tin! The spectacular Grand Place is a must-see, arguably one of the most beautiful town squares in the world, packed full of gorgeous Flemish architecture. Head to Avenue Louise for a spot of retail therapy, with brand names and independent Belgian stores side-by-side. As you'd expect from such an international city, Brussels boasts a wide range of restaurants and bars from all corners of the globe, so you're sure to find something you'll love even if you're not keen on the local delicacy moules et frites!
Luxembourg may be a small country, but it is packed full of a wonderful fairytale charm. Located just 139 miles south of Brussels, Luxembourg City is the capital of the country and is referred to as the locals as "going en ville". The city centre is called Haute Ville and is home to gorgeous town squares and buildings of heritage. The Old Town of the city is UNESCO-listed for its beauty, and the Wenzel Walk will take you through all of it. To learn more about the city, you can also visit the Musée d'Histoire de la Ville de Luxembourg, which tells the engrossing tale of the city's history.
Luxembourg's involvement in the Second World War is remembered throughout the country, with the American Cemetery Memorial being one of the most poignant and famous reminders for tourists. Located just 10 minutes outside the city, it is easy to get to. When it's time to go, you can get to any of our 3 ports with a short drive. IJmuiden is 266 miles away, Calais is 256 miles and Dunkirk 233 miles away, all reachable in under 5 hours.
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Golden Globe 2015 Nominations: Find Out Who Is In The Running For Best Actress - Drama! Reese Witherspoon, Julianne Moore Etc!
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Reese Witherspoon, "Wild"
The Golden Globe 2015 Nominations for Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama includes today most outstanding actresses in the industry.
The list includes Reese Witherspoon for "Wild," Julianne Moore for "Still Alice," Jenifer Aston for "Cake," Rosamond Pike for "Gone Girl," and Felicity Jones for "The Theory Of Everything."
Hollywood Free Press Association President Theo Kingma announced the list in the traditional pre-dawn ceremony at Beverly Hills last Wednesday. He was joined by noted Golden Globes past winners and nominees Kate Beckinsale, Peter Krause, Paula Patton, as well as Jeremy Piven.
The award show will honor the winners on January 11, 2015. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will be hosting that night.
Check out the Golden Globe 2015 nominations for Best Picture, Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama, and Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy here.
Browse through the gallery to see the nominees for Best Actress.
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Olena Viktorivna Demyanenko (nascida a 8 de maio de 1966) é uma directora de cinema ucraniana, produtora de cinema, e roteirista. Ela é membro da União Nacional de Cinematógrafos da Ucrânia, da Academia Ucraniana de Cinema (desde 2017) e da Academia Europeia de Cinema (desde 2018).

Mulheres cineastas
Roteiristas da Ucrânia
Cineastas da Ucrânia
Nascidos em 1966
Pessoas vivas


Pick List is used to pick items from the warehouse and to pack them for shipping.
The PickLists object supports the picking process of items from the warehouse.
There is no Delete method in Pick List Object.
You cannot assign Batches / Serial Numbers to Pick List when Batches / Serial Numbers are not assigned to base document (Sales Order). First you have to assign Batches / Serial Numbers to base document (Sales Order) then Update Pick List with Batches / Serial Numbers.
The above code is useful when you want to fully deallocate Batches / Serial Numbers in Pick List. If you want to partially deallocate Batches / Serial Numbers in Pick List then you have to mention Batches / Serial Numbers and Bin Locations in the code from which you want to deallocate.


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Q: error even after following Microsoft format in SQL How to output a string without a heading? My code looks pretty fine but the error message says:-  "Conversion failed when converting the varchar value ' and was born ' to data type int."
And I'm not even trying to change that character string into an 'int' then why did it interpret that way?
SELECT FirstName + ' has a EmployeeID of '+ EmployeeID + ' and was born '+
CONVERT(NVARCHAR(30), BirthDate, 112)
FROM Db.Employees;

A similar code shown in Microsoft page however works:-
SELECT 'The order is due on ' + CONVERT(varchar(12), DueDate, 101)
FROM Sales.SalesOrderHeader
WHERE SalesOrderID = 50001;

A: You must convert EmployeeID, which is int, to varchar. Try to change your code like this:
SELECT FirstName + ' has a EmployeeID of '+ CONVERT(NVARCHAR(20), EmployeeID) + ' and was born '+ CONVERT(NVARCHAR(30), BirthDate, 112)
FROM Db.Employees;

If you look at Data type precedence in SQL Server, you will see that int data type (#16) is above string types (#25-#28), thus SQL Server will try to convert the text (employee's name, etc.) to int.
Another option is to use CONCAT function to concatenate your values.

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