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Shanty Town – Season 1
TMDb: 8.345
A group of courtesans attempts to escape the grasp of a notorious kingpin – but political corruption and blood ties make freedom a near-impossible goal.
That 90s Show – Season 1
Hello, Wisconsin! It's 1995 and Leia Forman, daughter of Eric and Donna, is visiting her grandparents for the summer where she bonds with a new generation of Point Place kids…
Watchman (2023) Season 1 Part 1 (Ullu Originals)
Amit is a newly appointed watchman in an elite, high class building. He is enamored by the beauties residing in the society, and fancies his chances with 3 women, who…
The Teacher (2022) Hindi Dubbed
PE teacher Devika and her husband have been trying to be pregnant for four years. Their equation changes after she becomes pregnant and when she reveals that she has been…
Genre: Drama, Dual Audio, South Special, Thriller
Mhorkya (2020) Hindi Dubbed
Known for leading the herd with his powerful voice, a fourteen-year-old boy is recognized for this particular skill at the republic day parade and is asked to compete for the…
Genre: Dual Audio, South Special
Yugi (2022) Hindi Dubbed
A detective, along with his team, goes in search of a missing girl. What follows are shocking revelations about Karthika, a girl who became the victim of power and economic…
Dear Ishq (2023) Season 1 (Hotstar Specials)
Famous author Abhimanyu gets swept up in a cutthroat challenge with Asmita, for whom life is beyond paperback fiction. In the face of rivalry, will love bloom?
Genre: Drama, Web Series
You People (2023) Hindi Dubbed
A new couple and their families reckon with modern love amid culture clashes, societal expectations and generational differences.
Genre: Comedy, Dual Audio, Romance
Gandhi Godse Ek Yudh (2023)
The video depicts the war of ideologies between Mahatma Gandhi and Nathuram Godse, increasing the curiosity level amongst the viewers to watch the film.
Genre: Bollywood, Drama, History
Hunt for the Indian Mujahideen (2023) Season 1 Hindi Dubbed
A tragedy that shook the nation to its core, the serial blasts across various cities in India that took place during the early 00's were one of the most horrific…
Genre: Biography, Crime, Web Series
Welcome to Chippendales (2022) Season 1 Hindi Dubbed (Netflix)
The origin story of Somen "Steve" Banerjee, the Indian-American entrepreneur who started the stripper troupe Chippendales.
Genre: Biography, Drama, Web Series
Charmsukh (Jane Anjane Mein 6) (2022) Part 2 Ullu Originals
Chandni's brother in law pretends to sleepwalk and intervenes in her personal space every night. Chandini secretly likes this and thus she plans to take advantage of this situation. Everyone…
Rafta Rafta (2023) Season 1 (Amazon Prime)
The recently released trailer offers a glimpse into the life of Karan and Nithya, a young married couple, as well as the intricacies of a young .
Genre: Comedy, Web Series
Roomies in Scamland (2023) Season 4 (Amazon Prime)
Rituraj, Sampark, and Vichitra are living together with the bad financial condition as all of them are jobless, gets lured with an opportunity to win a lottery. Little do they…
The Raker House (2023)
In a surreal suburbia, a disoriented man with memory loss suspects his mortician wife is behind it.
Genre: Hollywood, Thriller
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022) Hindi Dubbed
Puss in Boots discovers that his passion for adventure has taken its toll: He has burned through eight of his nine lives, leaving him with only one life left. Puss…
Genre: Action, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Dual Audio, Family, Fantasy
5G: The Reckoning (2023)
Eight students are in lockdown at their college dorm following a global pandemic, unable to connect to the outside world. They soon realize they are victims of a far more…
Genre: Hollywood, Horror
Devil Beneath (2023)
Two estranged brothers come together and discover old family secrets after inheriting their grandfather's property. As their friends start to go missing, they fear they are being stalked by a…
Genre: Hollywood, Horror, Thriller
Big Dhamaka (2022) Hindi Dubbed
Genre: Action, Comedy, Dual Audio, South Special, Top Rated
Butterfly (2022) Hindi Dubbed
A kidnap of two children occurs and to find their whereabouts ,several inter cuts of Operation Butterfly takes place.
Genre: Drama, Dual Audio, South Special
Zindagi Shatranj Hai (2023)
A men whose wife not ready to accept him has a husband despite of the fact that everyone else was telling that he is her husband.
Genre: Bollywood, Thriller
Mission Majnu (2023)
Genre: Action, Bollywood, Drama, Thriller, Top Rated
Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre (2023) Hindi Dubbed
Five Eyes, the international intelligence agency, recruits MI6 agent Orson Fortune to prevent the sale of a deadly new weapons technology that threatens to disrupt the world order.
Genre: Action, Comedy, Dual Audio, Thriller
Akhanda (2021) Hindi Dubbed
Murali Krishna and Akhanda are separated at birth because one of them has a destiny to fulfil and a war to fight. What brings these two together?
Genre: Action, Drama, Dual Audio, South Special, Top Rated
Fauda (2023) Season 4 Hindi Dubbed (Netflix)
The human stories on both sides of the Israel-Palestine conflict.
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, Web Series
Shahmaran (2023) Season 1 Hindi Dubbed (Netflix)
When Sahsu goes to Adana for a lecture, it's the perfect chance to face her estranged grandfather. But soon, she finds herself in the midst of a legend.
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Web Series
Chhatriwali (2023)
Sanya is an unemployed chemistry genius looking for a job. However, she also wants to use her knowledge of chemistry to help young minds move beyond the taboos of sex…
Genre: Bollywood, Comedy, Drama
Jung_E (2023) Hindi Dubbed
On an uninhabitable 22nd-century Earth, the outcome of a civil war hinges on cloning the brain of an elite soldier to create a robot mercenary.


Over the years, God rewrote Carrie's dreams from becoming an accountant to being a stay-at-home mom and writer. She started by writing weekly devotions online before a mentor at a christian writer's guild encouraged her to try fiction. After almost ten years in the military, Carrie's husband medically retired, and her family, including three children, now lives in North Carolina. Besides writing, she stays busy homeschooling, keeping up with her extended family and friends, and volunteering within military ministries. To learn more about Carrie and her writing, visit CarrieDaws.com.
Creative Writing is a writing class designed to help your student learn modern fiction writing techniques and move their work toward publication. At the end of each section of the course, whether it is character development, scene development, etc., the student will have an opportunity to edit their writing.


Hammer work is done a variety of special hammers and a base that metal sits against while it is being worked. The term "hammer work" is a generalized term used for the process of stamping, filing and repousse. Stamp and file work designs are some of the most classic Southwestern jewelry styles, and actually are ancient techniques used worldwide. The designs can be very simple or very complex depending on the artisan.
Stamp work is done using metal stamps, each with a unique tip. The metal stamps can be handmade or machine made which gives them a wide spectrum of design. Many jewelers make their own basic stamps out of tool steel, old tools, or rebar. With each stamp, jewelry artistsans create beautiful designs using this repeated technique in patterns. Stamp patterns can be as simple as a sunburst on a metal bracelet to intricate portraits and landscapes- all done with a single or multiple stamping tools.
Repousse is also known as forge work. It is a technique done using a hammer to shape metal into jewelry pieces. Unlike stamp and file work (processes of stamping designs into metals), repousse work is created when the artist uses a hammer and post on one side of the piece and some kind of shaped template on the other side. The metal takes the shape of the desired template, leaving large indentions. It is these indentions that form various patterns.
File work and saw work are techniques using each of these tools usually in unison to create designs in a piece of jewelry with negative space give texture and pattern to the piece. These tools can be used for all sorts of designs, from sawn out pictorial pieces which are overlain, to accentuating stamp designs, to cleaning up designs, to make unique shapes in a piece. File work is also used to file, shave or scratch the metal to create a distinct, worn look.
This is a technique in which an artist takes a chunk of wax and carves their design from the chunk. This technique can be used to carve out fancy and intricate designs such as realistic 3D animals and abstract pieces. Once these pieces are carved they are them cast into metal. These designs can then have a mold made to reproduce, or may become a one of a kind piece if a mold is never taken.
This is a technique in which an artist takes a gemstone and builds up wax around the particular stone to create a piece. This piece will become a one of a kind work of art. The wax piece is placed on a tree with other pieces. Once the tree is full it is put in a can which is then filled with a Plaster of Paris like substance. Once the substance has hardened the can is placed in a kiln and the wax is burnt out. The master pattern is lost at this point.
Casting is a process of heating and melting metal until it is able to be poured. It is then slowly poured into a mold where it then cools. Once cooled, the mold can be removed, leaving behind the newly formed desired shape. There are three basic types of casting used in Southwestern jewelry; tufa casting, sand casting, and machine casting. Depending on the type of mold that is used, the cast piece can have an array of different textures. This is the process in which jewelry charms are made in addition to modern Native American jewelry pieces.
Machine casting is done with prefabricated molds that can be reused many times. Because these molds allow for mass-production, the process is frowned upon in the Native American jewelry industry, but often used and unspoken. With the ease of this process, many companies saturate the market with these cheap reproductions.
BEWARE : Many collectors and galleries feel that instead on buying a unique, handmade, genuine Native American piece of jewelry, consumers are buying a factory-made knockoff. This is false advertising. This is simply another form of creation used by almost all artisans. These pieces are not cheap knockoffs. They have the same quality as a handmade piece and usually have no flaws. The price of these casted pieces should be cheaper as they are not one of a kind pieces and are faster to make, so there is less time involved.
There is a lot of misunderstanding and false advertising in the Native American Jewelry industry about this. Do not be victim. There is nothing wrong with a casted piece. Just be aware that it is not a one-of-a-kind piece and should be much cheaper.
Tufa casting is similar to sandcasting, but in this process a stone called tufa is used to do the cast work. Tufa is very fragile and has a tendency to crack so molds made from this stone are unable to be used multiple times. Instead, this process is used for those who want to make a truly unique, one of a kind piece. To prove that there is only on piece like it in existence the tufa block is commonly given with the finished artwork.
Sandcasting an art that uses worked blocks of sandstone as metal molds. Depending on the complexity of the piece, this process can take anywhere from a few hours to a couple of months. The skill level of the artist is also a factor in how long the process takes.


This is a lively and evocative story set in wartime London. Our three heroines are wonderfully strong women. Like so many others during this time of heartbreak but also empowerment, they've assumed important roles in the war effort. Not only are their jobs demanding and dangerous, but home life isn't easy either. Frankie misses her grandfather who died recently and is struggling to cope with her obnoxious step-gran Ivy. Winnie's husband is in the army and so she constantly worries about him, although she has her beloved dog Trixie to keep her company, and Bella has lost the writing assignments she so enjoyed. But they keep their spirits up as best they can and tackle every new task that comes their way.
A new person joins the team: Rose, who's come from Austria. She moves into Frankie's house as a lodger, which is a big boost to Frankie's precarious financial situation. Since it's Christmas their boss wants them to put a carol concert on. Bella helps to organise it and then they move on to organising another, grander event.
The women's lives are busy and full of incidents, big and little. There's never a dull moment for either the characters, or us the reader.
This is the third book about these three energetic ladies. However, it works well as a standalone, and there is enough detail so that we know everything we need to. I shall certainly read the earlier books now.
The atmosphere of wartime England is beautifully portrayed. There are many little details that make the descriptions so convincing. The author has brought the period to life, no doubt as a result of fascination on her part and considerable and thorough research.
A very enjoyable, festive read that is uplifting and moving.


Rufus, which is to be expected of such a (literally) hot man, hates winter. Unfortunately, whether he likes it or not, winter still comes to Harmatia. And not just winter.
Jionathan and Zachary find it all quite hillarious, really.
Eren's decision to let his hair grow went wrong, and right when he decides to make a change, the universe decides to play a trick on him, twisting his life in another direction.


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Jenn: I was falling off track and after talking with my most inspiring bestie (Stephie) we have agreed to keep each other on track by pre-planning our meals and sharing with each other. This is helping me A LOT!!!
I am falling into an old habit of not incorporating enough vegetables into my meals, so from now on I will eat at least one big salad a day.
This week will be different, I am going to eat cleaner and exercise every other day and absolutely no eating past 9pm... NO EXCUSES! I am feeling really motivated to make changes.
It is my responsibility to notice when things are not going as they should, and to make a change immediately because there is nothing worse than going another day.
I've also been implementing the goals I set on Monday and I've been pushing myself in my workouts. Even on Monday night I pushed myself by going in the front row at Zumba and really giving my best. Even the instructor was hollering "YEAH!!" at me. lol. Little things like that make me feel good.


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Shizophrenics Stigma-Free Under the Roof of Rumah Berdaya Bali
Our Bali Heroes | Written By, Life on the Island | May 6th, 2019
When the conversation revolving mental health is brought to the table, society plates and digests the narrative differently. Frankly in Indonesia, there is still a strong stigma that clouds those who suffer from mental illnesses, particularly created by the more conservative masses.
An American study in 2019 noted that schizophrenia is in fact not a mental health problem but was identified as a brain disease. In other words, patients suffering from schizophrenia are no different to those fighting a brain tumour.
The team behind Rumah Berdaya in Denpasar is taking an important step forward in breaking the stereotypes that schizophrenics and other mental health patients become victim to. However, what they stand for is much grander than changing a negative perception.
It started when artist/founder of art enterprise Ketemu Project, Budi AgungKuswara and psychiatrist Dr Rai Putra Wiguna were involved in a project funded by the NGO, Search for Common Ground, who asked them to collaborate together.
Budi Agung, as an artist-activist, had known Dr Rai was holding sharing sessions with his patients once a week in his home.
Little did they know, it would later grow into a community; a safe space for those who are estranged from family and friends, as well as a pivotal movement.
With the aim of introducing art to the community of people living with schizophrenia, Budi Agung initiated the Schizofriends Art Movement,enabling their friends to express through art and develop skills in art, held in Ketemu Project's Batubulan art studio.
It was serendipitous when the two crossed paths with Ibu Komang Ayu from the Department of Health of the Denpasar Government. They worked together to retrieve an abandoned space owned by the government to gather their 'friends' on a daily basis. As of today, all activities are done under the one stigma-free roof of Rumah Berdaya.
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"Our friends are interesting individuals who are naturally talented – artistically and aesthetically," Budi Agung Kuswara explained to NOW! Bali, "When we see potential, we give them proper training to advance their skills and help them grow into working individuals in society."
The training primarily involves product making, such as designing and screen printing for clothes, making incense, and much more. They also create artworks and handicrafts together.
In the grander scheme of things, the sole goal is to prompt a feeling of empathy in society, not sympathy, in a way that one is able to overlook any forms of stereotype and instead appreciate, if not embrace, the differences. The movement strives to build a bridge between their friends and the general public, enabling them to re-integrate into the outside community as a functioning member of society.
They use art as a tool to make this happen. Today, friends of Rumah Berdaya are able to produce and sell a range of handicrafts, such as t-shirts, tote bags, handmade soap, and more. Additionally, they offer services, such as motorbike washing and shoe polishing.
The urgency to eliminate the stigma around mental health disorders in Denpasar is clear, claimed Budi AgungKuswara. Hence, when it was brought to government-level attention, the authorities acknowledged the movement and provided them with a space in Denpasar.
When a friend is discharged from a psychiatric hospital and rejected by family and friends, RumahBerdaya's doors welcome them with open arms. Another reason they are around and alert is to reduce the chances of relapsing.
In most cases, it's a lack of education. It's crucial that a family member or a guardian, for example, monitors a friend's intake of medication to avoid another hospital visit. Often, these family members or guardians have a poor understanding of mental health, such as how to care for someone who is mentally unstable, including the importance of following a post-discharge prescription.
Powered by Komunitas Peduli Skizofrenia Indonesia (KPSI), an organisation that focuses on people living with schizophrenia, the team centres their attention on creating that understanding, primarily from a psychological point of view. Ketemu Project, on the other hand, is involved in character building and heightening productivity through the creation of art. Ultimately, The Schizo friends Art Movement is around to raise awareness, to educate, and to treat the issue at hand.
"It's safe to say that there has been a change of perspectives. Completely eradicating a stigma is nearly impossible but changing a point of view isn't. We successfully got the government involved; we are active in festivals, art interventions, and activities that allow interaction with the public, directly connecting them with our friends. This first-hand experience for our friends and the public is a direct form of education – to show them that our friends are able to, for example, hold a conversation," Budi Agung Kuswara said when explaining how they are gradually lifting the very backwards stigma in Denpasar.
The community has grown from a safe house for schizophrenic patients to a public symbol for mental heath education. After all, we believe that every person living with mental illness has the right to live an active and fulfilling life.
To find out more about Schizo friends Art Movement, check out Ketemu Project and Rumah Berdaya at @ketemuproject and @rumahberdaya_kpsibali or email [email protected] and get in touch!
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Americans Kidnapped, Maimed, and Executed by Israel
November 23, 2010 Christopher Bollyn	News & Articles, The Zionist Criminal Network, Uncategorized
Updated June 8, 2010
Furkan Dogan, a U.S. teen on the Freedom Flotilla, was executed by Israeli commandos on May 31, 2010
Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know the good from the evil.
– Jesus Christ, Sermon on the Mount
American Kenneth O'Keefe was beaten savagely by Israeli agents. O'Keefe, a Gulf War veteran and Defender of M/V Mavi Marmara – was among the 600 people kidnapped by the Israeli military when their vessel was illegally hijacked by Ehud Barak's forces in international waters. How will Obama respond to this latest Israeli outrage against American citizens on the high seas? When will the international community issue arrest warrants for the Israeli terrorists Ehud Barak and Benjamin Netanyahu?
I remember being asked during the TJP Human Shield Action to Iraq if I was a pacifist, I responded with a quote from Gandhi by saying I am not a passive anything. To the contrary I believe in action, and I also believe in self-defence, 100%, without reservation. I would be incapable of standing by while a tyrant murders my family, and the attack on the Mavri Mamara was like an attack on my Palestinian family. I am proud to have stood shoulder to shoulder with those who refused to let a rogue Israeli military exert their will without a fight. And yes, we fought…
O'Keefe on his arrival in Istanbul airport
I would especially love to debate with any Israeli leader who accuses us of wrongdoing, it would be my tremendous pleasure to face off with you. All I saw in Israel was cowards with guns, so I am ripe to see you in a new context. I want to debate with you on the largest stage possible. Take that as an open challenge and let us see just how brave Israeli leaders are…
No matter how vile and wrong the Israeli agents and government are, they are still my brothers and sisters and for now I only have pity for them. Because they are relinquishing the most precious thing a human being has, their humanity.
– Kenneth O'Keefe in Defenders of Mavi Marmara
Participating in the Freedom Flotilla is like a family reunion to me. It is my long lost family whose conscience is their guide, who have shed the fear, who act with humanity.
– Kenneth O'Keefe, June 5, 2010
Moses breaking the tablet of the Ten Commandments
And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.
– Exodus 32:19
I am speaking to them in their own language. The sixth commandment says 'thou shalt not kill'. Did you not understand?"
– Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan in a televised speech.
Mass funeral in Istanbul for those killed by Israeli forces on May 31
"Turkey will never forget such an attack on its ships and its people in international waters. Turkey's ties with Israel will never be the same again."
– Abdullah Gul, President of Turkey
M/V Rachel Corrie HEADING FOR GAZA
Despite the violent incident on May 31, another aid ship is currently on its way to Gaza. The Irish-owned M/V Rachel Corrie, carrying Nobel peace laureate Mairéad Corrigan-Maguire and former UN official Denis Halliday, is expected to hit the Israel-imposed exclusion zone by Saturday morning. M/V Rachel Corrie, a vessel named after the 23-year-old American girl killed in Gaza in 2003, is still bound for Gaza.
The Rachel Corrie, an Irish ship planning to break Israel's blockade on Gaza was reported early Saturday to be sailing along the North African coast and had recently passed Alexandria in Egypt.
According to the report on Israel Radio, the ship was planning to reach Gaza at 7 AM when it would be visible from the coast, so that any boarding could be filmed.
Early Saturday morning, a spokesman for the Gaza-based welcoming committee told Agence France Presse the Rachel Corrie had been intercepted and all communications with the ship cut.
"Several Israeli boats surrounded them between 30 and 35 miles off Gaza and prevented them from reaching Gaza," Amjad al-Shawa said after speaking by telephone with passengers on the boat.
In a last communique issued at around 5:38 am (0238 GMT), activist Jenny Graham, who is on board the Rachel Corrie, told organisers the vessel was being approached by two Israeli warships.
Graham said equipment on board had been "jammed by the Israeli navy, and that they expected their satellite phone to be jammed soon as well," the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign said, adding that it was not able to determine the ship's location when it was intercepted.
Israeli public radio, which also reported that the ship had been intercepted, said it was being escorted by three navy vessels through a stretch of water some 35 miles from the Egyptian coast.
The Rachel Corrie, was delayed due to mechanical problems and is the last ship – the lone survivor - from the original Freedom Flotilla, which was attacked by Israeli commandos on May 31 with heavy loss of life among the peace activists. Rachel Corrie is carrying desperately needed aid and is still heading for the blockaded 1.5 million Palestinians of the Gaza Strip, despite Israeli proclamations that it will not be allowed to dock. The ship is due to arrive in Gaza at 8 a.m. on Saturday, organisers said today.
M/V Rachel Corrie is expected to reach the blockaded Gaza Strip on Saturday morning
Martin O'Quigley, from the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign, which is working with the Free Gaza Movement, which organised the ship, said he spoke to two people on board at 7.30 a.m. this morning. "They're 150 miles from Gaza, and they should be approaching the exclusion zone at 8am tomorrow morning," O'Quiqley said. "They're about 80 miles from the previous interception point." O'Quigley said he had spoken to both Máiread Maguire, the Nobel peace prize laureate, and Jenny Graham, from the Free Gaza Movement, two of a total of 11 passengers on the ship.
The Rachel Corrie is attempting to defy the Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, who said yesterday that the ship would not be allowed to reach the blockaded area. "We shall not allow the ships to reach Gaza. Not now and not later on," the Israeli news website Ynet reporting him as saying.
Benjamin Netanyahu is a Zionist extremist of the Likud, the political party of Menachem Begin and former Irgun terrorists like Yitzhak Shamir. These are very dangerous people who are utterly amoral in advancing their racist war on humanity. The massacre of peace activists on the high seas is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Zionist terror. These are the very people who planned and carried out the false-flag terror of 9-11.
Irish minister for foreign affairs, Micheal Martin, has warned: "We want maximum restraint and we do not want any interception in international waters." Mr Halliday has spoken from the ship, saying: "We all remain in good spirits, and we want to thank everyone all over the world for all their support." He also issued an urgent appeal to the Irish diaspora.
HALLIDAY APPEALS TO IRISH-AMERICANS
"We also feel there is a role for the Irish diaspora here, in the US and elsewhere to lobby politicians over this continued illegal blockade of Gaza, which is causing such hardship to the Palestinian people."
– Denis Halliday, aboard M/V Rachel Corrie, June 3, 2010
M/V Rachel Corrie, an Irish-owned boat laden with humanitarian supplies is continuing its journey towards Gaza despite Israel's insistence it will not allow any vessel break its blockade on the territory.
The MV Rachel Corrie, which has five Irish citizens aboard, including Nobel peace laureate Mairéad Corrigan-Maguire and former UN official Denis Halliday, is currently in Libyan waters some 640 km (400 miles) from Gaza.
The Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign tonight dismissed some reports that the boat was due to dock in Turkey and insisted it intends to maintain course with no stops until it reaches the Gazan port.
Source: 'Rachel Corrie' proceeding to Gaza, The Irish Times, June 3, 2010, 18:44
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2010/0603/breaking60.html
Will Obama Prevent Israel from Attacking the M/V Rachel Corrie?
THE 'RACHEL CORRIE': FORMER UN assistant secretary general Denis Halliday has called on the Government to highlight the situation of the Gaza-bound Irish aid ship M/V Rachel Corrie with US president Barack Obama's administration and the EU.
Speaking by satellite phone on board the Rachel Corrie yesterday several hundred miles from Gaza, Mr Halliday said it was imperative that the Obama administration and the EU supported Ireland's call on the Israeli authorities to ensure safe passage for the ship, which is carrying aid supplies.
Source: The Irish Times, June 3, 2010
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2010/0603/1224271744165.html
AMERICAN PROTESTER MAIMED
Emily Henochowicz, 21, a U.S. citizen who studied art in Jerusalem and New York and whose Israel-born father is a prominent medical doctor in the Washington, D.C. area, was shot directly in the face with a tear gas canister by Israeli police as she demonstrated non-violently near Jerusalem against the massacre of civilians bringing aid to the besieged and blockaded population of Gaza.
A Palestinian woman reacts as she holds a cloth to the face of Emily Henochowicz, 21, of Maryland who was hit in the face and eye by a tear gas canister shot by an Israeli border policeman at the Kalandia checkpoint between Jerusalem and Ramallah. Jonathan Pollak, who witnessed the incident, said Henochowicz did not participate in any violence and was standing at a safe distance from Palestinian activists.
The moment Emily was shot in the face. From the cars in the background one can see that Emily was not on the frontline of a confrontation, but had been targeted by a soldier shooting tear gas canisters.
After being shot, Emily is aided by Palestinians.
Emily was apparently targeted (a common practice among Israeli soldiers). She lost her left eye. "They clearly saw us," said Sören Johanssen, a Swedish ISM volunteer standing with Henochowicz. "They clearly saw that we were internationals and it really looked as though they were trying to hit us. They fired many canisters at us in rapid succession. One landed on either side of Emily, then the third one hit her in the face." Henochowicz is an art student at the prestigious Cooper Union, located in East Village, Manhattan. Her father, Dr. Stuart I. Henochowicz is an Israeli-American who was born in Tel Aviv in 1956.
INVESTIGATION DEMANDED
"We demand a full and transparent investigation from the Israeli government," Emily's mother told the AP. "Certainly, we want an apology. She's a beautiful young girl and she's been maimed for life." Sarit Michaeli, from the Israeli human rights group B'Tselem, said police and soldiers often fire tear gas canisters directly at people "" a practice she called "illegal and dangerous."
Emily has a personal blog entitled Thirsty Pixels. It is an uncanny coincidence that the picture for Emily's "A Visual Adventure" blog is an eye.
Thirsty Pixels
A Visual Adventure by Emily Henochowicz
AMERICAN TEEN KILLED IN ISRAELI MASSACRE
An American citizen, a teenager identified as Furkan Dogan, a 19-year-old student, was among those killed by the Israeli military in the massacre on the Gaza aid flotilla. Dogan's body had four bullet wounds to the head and one to the chest.
Furkan Dogan
According to the Anatolian news agency, a forensic report states Dogan was shot five times at close range, with four bullets in his head and another in his chest.
U.S. citizen among those killed in Israeli flotilla raid, Washington Post, June 3, 2010
The World Protests Israel's Murder, Piracy, and Blockade of Gaza
"They shot people who were sleeping."
Henning Mankell of Sweden
Aftonbladet, 2 June 2010
"They were executed. Shot in their foreheads."
"I am mourning my friends who were murdered and my thoughts are with their families…In at least four cases the victims were executed. They were shot in the forehead, in the back of the head, and in the chest." (He said the Israeli commandos were shooting live rounds at the passengers while they were still in the air, i.e. before landing on the ship.)
– Mattias Gardell, Swedish religious historian and spokesman for Ship to Gaza convoy, to Aftonbladet, 3 June 2010
The world has reacted with outrage to the Israeli action with demonstrations in nearly every nation. While the U.S. media and government have ignored the brutality and sheer criminality of the Israeli action, the rest of the world has not. There has been a massive and spontaneous global protest against the Israeli atrocity on the high seas. It seems that this is a turning point in the history of the Zionist state. The people of the world are simply fed up with the Israeli criminal regime. The tide of public opinion has turned against the state of Israel. The European press is calling for Israel to be isolated and the blockade of Gaza to be lifted. There is a huge difference between the way this Israeli atrocity has been covered in the European media and in the controlled press in the United States. The largest European dailies rightly call the Israeli action "state terrorism" and "piracy", while U.S. papers like the New York Times feature Zionist explanations from people like Thomas L. Friedman and the Israeli ambassador Michael Oren.
The papers of Europe call Israel a "pirate state" that practices "state terrorism".
In Israel, at the Ministry of Defense: "End the Occupation – Start to Live"
At the United Nations in New York City
In Jakarta, Indonesia, a sign of the times
EHUD BARAK'S ATTACK ON FLOTILLA "A GROSS BREACH OF INTERNATIONAL LAW"
"This action, totally contrary to the principles of international law, is inhumane state terrorism. Nobody should think we will keep quiet in the face of this."
– Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan
"As far as I can see, there is no legal basis for boarding these ships."
Robin Churchill, Professor of International Law, University of Dundee, Scotland
"These people did not enter Israel illegally. They were essentially kidnapped from international waters, taken into Israel, and asked to sign documents confirming that they entered illegally. That is unacceptable."
– Ireland's Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheal Martin
At least 15 civilians were killed by Israeli forces on 31 May 2010 when the Israelis launched a pre-dawn commando raid on the international civilian aid flotilla headed for the blockaded population of Gaza. The Israeli raid occurred in international waters which makes it a "gross breach of international law", as a statement from the Turkish Foreign Ministry noted.
Israeli forces have attacked a flotilla of aid-carrying ships aiming to break the country's siege on Gaza. At least 15 people were killed and dozens injured when troops intercepted the convoy of ships dubbed the Freedom Flotilla early on Monday, the Israeli military said. The Israeli action, which is clearly illegal, was carried out under orders from Israel's Minister of Defense Ehud Barak. Barak is also legally responsible for Israeli war crimes committed during Israel's military assault on the Gaza Strip in late 2008 and early 2009. Barak is also suspected of being the Israeli mastermind behind the false-flag terror attacks of 9-11.
IDF STARTED SHOOTING – LET VICTIMS BLEED TO DEATH
One of the survivors from Mavi Marmara was a member of the Israeli government named Hanan Al-Zoubi. She explained in a press conference in Israel that the military had begun shooting at the vessel before any troops came aboard:
"I did not see any passengers carrying a stick, or a sharp object. The Israeli attack gave the impression that something big would happen. The commandos started shooting between quarter and half past four before landing. There was a clear message that our lives are in big danger, and that the goal was not to stop the ship, but more than that."
Al-Zoubi said that the Israeli military failed to treat several seriously wounded people, who bled to death:
Al-Zoubi pointed out that the Navy commandos moved the ship to the of port Ashdod. "We arrived at six in the morning." She added: "We knew that there were 5 bodies and dozens of wounded, among them 7 injured in critical condition. I asked several times to provide them with first aid of emergency, but the military did not cooperate with us. The consequence of not giving them of any kind of relief was that two wounded peace activists bled to death."
Israel's Defense Minister Ehud Barak (center) and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (right) were all smiles at an military base near Gaza on January 8, 2009, as they oversaw the commission of a host of serious war crimes in Israel's military assault on the defenseless population of the Gaza Strip. Both Olmert and Barak are key suspects in the false-flag terrorism of 9-11. Olmert, for example, was on a secret visit to New York City on September 10-11, 2001 – a visit that has never been discussed openly. Barak lived in the United States during most of 2001 and worked with a firm that owns a company that makes nano-thermite, exactly like that found in the demolished Twin Towers.
The Israeli use of lethal force on the high-profile civilian aid flotilla is not unusual or unexpected. It is actually a typical Israeli response to peaceful actions taken to help the beseiged Palestinian population. The murder of the young American Rachel Corrie with an Israeli military bulldozer in March 2003 comes to mind. Rachel, age 23, was peacefully trying to prevent the Israeli military from bulldozing the home of a Palestinian pharmacist in the Gaza Strip when she was killed – with the blade and tracks of the monstrous machine.
Rachel Corrie from Olympia, Washington was killed in cold blood by the Israeli military in Gaza Strip in 2003, an outrageous Israeli crime that has gone unpunished. One of the vessels in the Gaza aid flotilla is named after Rachel and is on its way to Gaza with much-needed supplies for the population. Will the Israeli army commit another atrocity?
The Israeli military bulldozer was blocked from destroying a home in the Gaza Strip by the brave protester Rachel Corrie…
so it ran her over and killed the young American. The murderer has not been held accountable for his crime.
The current Israeli leadership of Benjamin Netanyahu and Ehud Barak is a government of dangerous Zionist extremists who prefer the use of violence to talking peace. In April 2010 I warned that Netanyahu and Barak are likely to react with an act of terrorism in the face of international criticism:
The fact that the U.S. and the international community have now clearly condemned illegal Israeli settlements is piling pressure on Netanyahu and his government of extremists. The crucial question now is how will Netanyahu respond to this pressure? This is a dangerous situation because Zionist zealots, when pressed to make compromises for peace, usually react with violence and terrorism.
– "Fearing 9-11 Protests Netanyahu Cancels U.S. Visit"
The flotilla was attacked in international waters, 65 kilometers off the Gaza coast. The Israeli action is clearly an act of piracy on the high seas (not unlike what happens in the waters off the Horn of Africa) in which hundreds of international civilians have been taken hostage. Carl Bildt, the Swedish foreign minister, said the Israeli abduction of the 700 civilians from the flotilla could be described as an act of kidnapping. The Israelis had plenty of time to prepare for a legal and non-violent response when the flotilla reached Gaza, or even territorial waters off the coast of Gaza, but instead of being sensible they chose to launch an outrageous illegal military raid with live ammunition under the cover of darkness — in international waters.
It makes no sense at all to a normal person but Ehud Barak, the head of the Israeli military, is certainly not a normal person. The Israeli action against the aid convoy seems extremely counter-productive and even suicidal, but one needs to remember that Israel does not follow normal logic, but prefers to employ the Anti-logic of a Madman – the Madman who is never disciplined or reined in. Israel is a state in which blood-thirsty and violent criminals like Charles Manson are not locked up, but are promoted by the military and given high positions in the Zionist state – an outlaw state of nuclear-armed pirates.
Ehud Barak, the Israeli military chief implicated in the false-flag terrorism of 9-11, is what Socrates would call an utterly immoral arch-criminal, who successfully avoids being criticized and disciplined and punished for his crimes. The arch-criminal's success in avoiding punishment is, however, not at all to his benefit, as Socrates says: "The worst thing in the world, the supreme curse, is to do wrong and not pay the penalty for it."
Barak and Netanyahu, like President of Israel Shimon Peres, are actually completely amoral arch-criminals (i.e. Zionist pragmatists) who would have been dragged into the international court in the Hague many years ago if they had come from any nation other than Israel. The failure by the international community to punish Israeli criminals over the decades is largely to blame for the outrageous crimes the Zionist state continues to commit. How do Israelis benefit from belonging to a state that is hated for its cruelty and crimes? How do Jews around the world benefit from being associated with such a pariah state?
Footage from the flotilla's lead vessel, the Mavi Marmara, showed armed Israeli soldiers boarding the ship and helicopters flying overhead. Al Jazeera's Jamal Elshayyal, on board the Mavi Marmara, said Israeli troops had used live ammunition during the operation.
The Free Gaza Movement, the organisers of the flotilla, said Israeli troops opened fire as soon as they stormed the convoy. Our correspondent said that a white surrender flag was raised from the ship and there was no live fire coming from the passengers.
Before losing communication with our correspondent, a voice in Hebrew was clearly heard saying: "Everyone shut up".
International Outrage:
"People certainly have the right to resist if they're being attacked. We taught our Free Gaza Movement people to be non-violent, and the Turks did the same, but if anyone resisted, it was in response to soldiers opening fire on them when they hit the deck."
– Greta Berlin, one of the flotilla organisers, rejecting Israel's claim that the activists were the first ones to start shooting. Berlin said there were no weapons on board the boats, and that any violence from the activists would have been in self-defense.
"Only a crazy government that has lost all restraint and all connection to reality could do something like that – consider ships carrying humanitarian aid and peace activists from around the world as an enemy and send massive military force to international waters to attack them — shoot and kill."
– Uri Avnery, former Member of the Knesset, Israel, Gush Shalom Movement
"The attack clearly shows Israel's aggressive nature and its disrespect to international and humanitarian rules and laws. We call on the international community to take immediate steps against Israel, a rogue state that practices all forms of terrorism and piracy, and instigates tension and instability in the region and in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea."
– Amr Moussa, Secretary General, Arab League
"The Palestinian leadership is closely following the developments and the President calls on the United Nations to confront Israel, which is disregarding all international laws and norms. The attack on the Flotilla is an attack against humanity. This incident will have grave consequences in the region and the world."
– Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
"The Israeli attack on the aid convoy is a dangerous and crazy step that will exacerbate tensions in the region. Lebanon firmly denounces this attack and calls on the international community, notably major powers… to take action in order to end this continued violation of human rights and threat to international peace."
– Saad Hariri, Prime Minister of Lebanon
"The interception on the convoy is unacceptable … Israel will have to bear the consequences of its actions. We strongly condemn it and await an immediate explanation. By targeting innocent civilians, Israel has once again clearly displayed that it does not value human lives and peaceful initiatives. We forcefully condemn these inhumane activities by Israel. The incident occurred on the open sea — which is a gross breach of international law — could cause irrevocable consequences for our relations. We wish to express our condolences to the bereaved families of the deceased, and swift recovery to the wounded."
– Statement from Turkish Foreign Ministry
"Gaza flotilla: MV Rachel Corrie heads for Israel coast", Guardian (U.K.), June 4, 2010
Gordon Duff: What Israel's Execution Of An American Teen Means, June 4, 2010
http://www.veteranstoday.com/2010/06/04/gordon-duff-what-israels-execution-of-an-american-teen-means/
Report: Autopsy shows Gaza activists were shot a total of 30 times, Reuters, June 5, 2010
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/report-autopsy-shows-gaza-activists-were-shot-a-total-of-30-times-1.294255?localLinksEnabled=false
"Godspeed to Gaza", by Israel Shamir
http://www.israelshamir.net/English/Godspeed_to_Gaza.htm
"Fire Started Before IDF Landing, Wounded bled to Death", Hanan Al-Zoubi, Arab-Israeli Knesset member from National Democratic Alliance and survivor from M/V Marmara
http://www.kawther.info/wpr/2010/06/01/fire-started-before-idf-landing-wounded-bled-to-death#more-8502
"American hit in anti-Israeli protest loses eye," Associated Press, June 2, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hkRx0N5aDIQc9V-dua0zuHm1JoqwD9G2P00O0
"Anti-Israel protests over flotilla attack intensify" (Emily is in 15th photo), Guardian, (U.K.)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2010/jun/01/gallery-protests?picture=363244706
"A government of pyromanics sets fire to the region", by Uri Avnery, May 31, 2010, Gush Shalom, Israel
http://zope.gush-shalom.org/home/en/events/1275331484
"Fearing 9-11 Protests Netanyahu Cancels U.S. Visit", by Christopher Bollyn, April 2010
http://www.bollyn.com/obama-runs-into-israels-wall-of-apartheid
"Israel attacks Gaza aid fleet", Al Jazeera, May 31, 2010
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2010/05/201053133047995359.html
"Outrage over Israel attack", Al Jazeera, May 31, 2010
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2010/05/20105316216182630.html


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Mutual Accountability for Social Change is a monthly series exploring feedback in philanthropy with practical steps for donors. It serves as a primer for the 2021 publication of David Bonbright's (co-founder and chief executive, Keystone Accountability) book on the emergence of mutuality — working on relationships and not just in them — as a breakthrough approach to philanthropy and social change. The stories and advice are based on a 40-year journey to mutuality craft. Part Twenty-Two.
After four years of being the Ford Foundation's person "on the ground" in South Africa in the 1980s, I was well informed about the people and ideas driving the anti-apartheid struggle. I knew not only what was written in news, research, and proposals, but also the cultural signals that are so important to how people interact – where they lived, the cars they drove, who they partied with, and most importantly, the everyday challenges they faced. And I knew when I was gaining trust and understanding not because people told me – it is a truism that funders can't take any compliment at face value – but because my role was evolving. Instead of sending me finished proposals, I was being invited into internal strategy discussions where new proposals were developed.
Most of the time as individual donors we don't have the Ford Foundation's capability to commit people on the ground to look under the hood of the issues we seek to address. So how might we find other ways to work through our misapprehensions of the needs and desires of the people we are trying to help?
Well, we know that those misapprehensions are fed by the limitations of distance, of our own cultures, by the biases that influence our beliefs. As philanthropists, we begin by recognizing that we are all, to a varying extent, blind to the myriad ways we impose our views on others, and misunderstand their views and capabilities.
One way to correct for these limitations would be to have better published information. My proposal aims to get institutional funders and their grantees to change their approach to reporting in ways that both improve their work and provide individual givers with access to better information. Accordingly, my proposal comes in the form of a simple – it has to be simple or it won't scale – modification to public reporting practices.
Next month, I am going to share some stories from people whose ability to transcend their own biases is legendary, and also show how my proposal here, which is aimed mainly at institutional philanthropy, can be adapted for individual givers.
I humbly propose that organized philanthropy and implementers publish quarterly reports with two data points. These apply to all intervention strategy types, from direct service to research to advocacy.
The data points derive from answers to two questions posed to those you seek to help, directly and indirectly – your grantees and those ultimately meant to benefit. They speak to effectiveness and trust.
Does my organization help in the ways you want?
Would you let my organization know if we were about to make a mistake?
How to administer these questions in a way that will generate reliable answers will take more space than this blog allows, so let's just imagine for now that it can be done easily and inexpensively. The questions need to be asked anonymously so that people are not pressured to be polite or incentivized to pander. Ideally, it would be undertaken by an independent third-party and funded by funders, which would alleviate the nonprofits' reporting burden. A compelling case in point is the Net Promoter Score model, which reinvented the customer satisfaction industry by using a single question: How likely would you be to recommend…? My organization can share all the how-to details of our adaptation of the net promoter model for philanthropy.
If these two data points were to become the common public reporting infrastructure for philanthropy, then strong systemic incentives would reward philanthropists and implementers for listening and responding in a way that was authentic and meaningful for those they mean to help. This would accelerate progress on intended outcomes such as improved well-being, increased incomes, better public health and education stats, and enhanced food security. It would create a new cycle of philanthropically funded problem solving that could in time replace the current ineffective model most accurately described as top-down ships passing bottom-up ships in the night.
I welcome feedback on this idea and would love to hear other suggestions to inculcate intellectual humility and distributed power in philanthropy. More next month with my proposal for a "humble inquiry app" for individual givers.
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Georgi Dimitrov
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This is a story about one of the biggest tragedies in Bulgarian history, and the key Bulgarian figure associated with it.
The person is Georgi Dimitrov (1882-1949), from Kovachevtzi, Bulgaria. He was the Bulgarian Prime Minister who was the first Communist leader of Bulgaria, from 1946 to 1949.
At the time of his leadership, the leader of the Soviet Union was Joseph Stalin and as you probably know, after the Second World War, Bulgaria (who fought on the side of the Axis) became a country in the so called Eastern (or Soviet) bloc. In other words, most of the political decisions concerning Bulgaria were dictated from Moscow.
(Joseph Stalin and Georgi Dimitrov, Moscow, 1936)
One such decision was the creation of a new republic - the People's Republic of Macedonia, which would be an autonomous republic as part of the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia. Stalin's idea was to make the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia stronger, so that it can act as a barrier against the "imperialist aggressors". He though the way to do this was to create this new autonomous republic on the Balkans. Stalin wanted Dimitrov to work on the creation of a Macedonian national consciousness in the Pirin region (in the southwest part of Bulgaria).
So how was a whole new nation created in the middle of the 20th century and how centuries of history were rewritten in just one night? Georgi Dimitrov received considerable political pressure from Stalin and did not have much of a choice, but the fact is that on the 10th plenum of the Communist Party (July 1946), he just repeated the words ordered to him by Stalin for the creation of the new People's Republic of Macedonia. This new autonomous republic was built in 1946 on a territory which was previously mostly owned by Serbs, Bulgarians, Albanians and Greeks.
Now they had the territory, where did the nation and the "Macedonians" come from? Well, they came from people who lived within the borders of the new country and were forced to take on the Macedonian citizenship. The new borders literally ran through towns, villages and even houses. There were many cases where people who lived in the same house and were born by one mother suddenly became people from two different nations. In addition, there were around 10,000-20,000 Bulgarians from Aegean Macedonia who after the war sought refuge in Bulgaria as Bulgarians, so they would not become Hellenized and guess what… They were denied permission to stay in Bulgaria. Instead, they were forced to go and settle in the newly created People's Republic of Macedonia which was "hungry" for population. Thousands of letters were written by some of these refugees to the office of Georgi Dimitrov. These letters were all requesting one thing: to be given permission to go back to their homes. They remained unanswered.
For those who awoke to discover they no longer lived in Bulgaria, but now lived in the People's Republic of Macedonia, there were consequences which were often tragic, bordered on the ridiculous. In many cases, people began life as one nationality and now had to immediately adopt another:
When the first school teachers in the new republic went to the Pirin region they were instructed to say to the students that they were Macedonians, but until then they did not know it, because before that there was no one to tell them that.
Students in school were Bulgarians in, for example, third grade and Macedonians in fourth grade.
Young men went into the army as Bulgarians and came back as Macedonians.
One of the strangest things was that no one knew the "Macedonian language" that had to be taught to students in class - such a


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Q: mongoimport and mongorestore won't connect to CosmosDB 3.6, retrywrites option is not recognized In the older CosmosDB 3.2 I was able to use mongoimport to take data previously backed up by mongoexport and import it into CosmosDB collections.  All was well and good.
With the newer CosmosDB 3.6, the same command gets the error:
Retryable writes are not supported. Please disable retryable writes by specifying "retrywrites=false" in the connection string or an equivalent driver specific config
So I do this, I tried &retryWrites=false, &RetryWrites=false, &retrywrites=false in the connection string, but I still get the same error.  The same with mongorestore.
I am using the latest mongo-tools v100.2.1.
Anyone got any ideas?

A: I've tried the solution from this answer and it worked indeed.
We can attach this command --writeConcern="{w:0}", here's my result.
mongoimport.exe --uri "<cosmosdb_connect_string>" --db Database1 --collection collection1 --type json --file edx.json --ssl --sslAllowInvalidCertificates --writeConcern {w:0}

A: Enabling Retryable Writes
MongoDB drivers do not enable retryable writes by default.
To enable retryable writes in MongoDB drivers, add the retryWrites option to your connection string:
mongodb://localhost/?retryWrites=true

See documentation
Or do like tiny-wa explained above adding --writeConcern "{w:0}"
Example"
MONGODB_HOST="<your-mongo-db-host-name>"
MONGODB_PORT="10255"
USER="<your-user-name>"

# Copy/past the primary password here
PRIMARY_PW="<your-password>"

DB_NAME="<YOUR DATABASE NAME>"
COLLECTION="<your-collection-name"

mongoimport -h $MONGODB_HOST:$MONGODB_PORT \
-d $DB_NAME -c $COLLECTION -u $USER -p $PRIMARY_PW \
--ssl  --jsonArray  --file sample_collection.json --writeConcern "{w:0}"

See documentation here for Write Concern Documentation

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Opposition to nuclear energy has historically been high among environmentalists. Nuclear waste, the possibility of accidents, and the association with weapons has made nuclear energy an unpopular choice in the traditional green movement. However, signs of change are beginning to show in California, signifying a larger change happening throughout the world.
What's causing this shift is a new generation of environmentalists who believe that climate change is the most pressing environmental issue currently facing humanity, and are aware of the advantages that nuclear offers in this area. They argue the best way to fight climate change is to invest in carbon neutral energy sources, and nuclear power plants are by far the largest and most established green power technology. Earlier this year when the California Public Utilities Commission voted to close California's only operating nuclear power plant, Diablo Canyon, the president of the Commission stated, "we chart a new energy future by phasing out nuclear power here in California". Now, some environmentalists are now hoping to bring back nuclear energy to California, as much of the energy capacity lost will soon be replaced by carbon intensive sources like natural gas.
Embarking on some of the most ambitious greenhouse gas emissions reductions of any US state, California has pledged to cut its CO2 emissions to 40% below 1990 levels by 2030. In order to meet these goals, large amounts of wind and solar energy are coming online as fossil fuel plants are retiring. Emissions have been declining over recent years, but not nearly enough to meet their goals. It's becoming increasingly clear that in order to cut emissions, nuclear energy must play a role in the state's future.
At the front of the pro-nuclear movement is Michael Shellenberger, an energetic environmentalist running to be the next Governor of California. He believes California needs nuclear energy to meet its emission goals and has incorporated it into his campaign platform. Shellenberger started his career as an anti-nuclear activist in the 90's, but like many other environmentalists reconsidered the risks and rewards in light of sharply rising CO2 levels in the atmosphere. He even gave a Talk at TEDxBerlin in 2017 where he makes this argument. Shellenberger's run for Governor as a third-party candidate is a longshot, yet it embodies the dramatic shift taking place among environmentalists.
A candidate supporting nuclear energy as a key part of their platform sends a message to environmentalists in the US and across the world: we must work together to address climate change. Nuclear energy supporters and environmentalists are banding together to support existing nuclear power plants and are calling for more to address growing energy demands. Groups that have historically been opposed to one another are increasingly finding themselves partners in a race to take action on an issue that impacts everyone.


I found myself asking that question 2 years. It wasn't so much what was better, more why was one so much more money. Could it really be worth twice the price of the other.
On the net the photos were ok, but neither pair of the oxblood brogues had anything more than the technical data, i.e made of leather. There was no background, no reviews and certainly no comparisons. Hence why I started the website, but that's another story.
What's better ? Well in the video you can see there are differences, the Loake Royal is a more wide fitting shoe, and certainly the widest shoe we do. The DJ is narrow, and very snug on my wide feet.
The DJ is much almost chisel toed, and certainly has more of a skin, 70's look about it. The DJ is advertised with yellow laces and again I feel this has a terrace skin feel.
The Loake Oxblood Brogue in comparison is a much more conservative shoe, and I would say better for more occasions. I have mentioned before that it works well with jeans and a suit. I have seen a guy dressed up very smart for Remembrance Day here in the UK with a pair.
The sole on the DJ upsetter was only leather till recently, DJ have now upgraded to Goodyear welted sole and changed the name slightly to the Royale. Both shoes have a very sturdy pair of soles. The Loake are worn by a business colleague and show very little form of wear, despite being worn every day.
The Loake has a slightly better looking leather and I would concede more consistent shoe, meaning the stiching and cut of the shoe is better. BUT is it £75 more better !
Well that's for you to judge, I personally have a pair of Loakes, but would happily wear the DJ's.
What I would suggest is how often you going to wear them? What you going to wear them with. What's your budget. Once you have worked that out then choose a pair.
If you are young or cash is tight, then buy the DJs. They are half the price, which means you could then buy a pair of loafers another day. Meaning you get 2 pairs of decent shoes, for the same price as the Loakes.
Buy the Loakes once, look after them and you are going to have a really decent pair of shoes for literally years, long after the thrill of a bargain has faded.
I hope that's helped a bit.
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The T-Mobile myTouch 4G runs Android 2.2.1 with HTC and T-Mobile extensions.
The T-Mobile myTouch 4G feels expensive, thanks in part to the metal back plate. The 5-megapixel camera is also on the back.
The camera button is on the right side of the T-Mobile myTouch 4G.
The T-Mobile myTouch 4G is a top-of-the-line Google Android phone with a 1 Ghz processor and a 3.8-inch screen.
The myTouch 4G is clad in a hard plastic that feels like a ceramic material.
There's a 3.5-mm headset jack on top of the T-Mobile myTouch 4G.
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C.M. Palov is one of the popular authors from The United States, who likes to write books based on the thriller and suspense genres. She is particularly well known for the writing the Caedmon Aisquith series. This series is also known by the name 'The Templar' series. Prior to the start of her writing career, author Palov completed her graduation from the University of George Mason. She earned her degree in the field of art history. Palov has even worked as a guide in a museum for some time. The other jobs that she was associated with before taking up writing as a career include teaching in Seoul as an English teacher and serving as a bookshop managing. Author Palov says that she has twin interests in arcana and arts. The inspirations from these interests compelled Palov to start writing esoteric thriller stories. As of today, author Palov resides in West Virginia along with her family. Author Palov also maintains that she enjoys the adventure and action movies a lot. In addition to it, she also loves to read about biblical theories of conspiracies. She always looks to combine these interests with her background in art history in order to create her thrilling and suspense novels. Author Palov started her writing career in the year 2009 with the release of her debut book titled Ark of Fire. So far, she has contributed with a total of 4 books and is currently working on the fifth thriller novel of her career. Palov is expected to release it very soon in the coming days. The Templar series written by author Palov features Caedmon Aisquith as the chief protagonist. Author Palov has described him as an English historian. He joins hands with another important character of the series named Edie Miller to carry out investigations about various conspiracies that happen around them. Edie Miller is depicted as a photographer, who tries to collect important evidences by capturing them in her camera. She does seem to have faith on anyone when it comes to handing over her photographic evidences related to any conspiracy. When she develops the trust in historian Caedmon Aisquith, she begins to share her findings with him. Other than him, she does not have belief in anyone else. Both Edie Miller and Caedmon Aisquith face various obstacles and overcome numerous dangers to unravel the mysteries about the cases that they take up. Mostly, they roam through different cities in search of clues to get to the bottom of the conspiracies that they work on. Edie shows enough bravery to be on the side of Caedmon and does not leave him even for once, no matter how high the level of difficulties arise.
The Caedmon Aisquisth series written by C.M. Palov consists of 4 books in total, which were released between the years 2009 and 2012. Each and every book of this thriller series features the lead characters in the form of Edie Miller and Caedmon Aisquisth. As the series progresses, various other characters get added into the plots, which are shown to play important supportive roles. One of the most popular books published in the series is entitled 'Ark of Fire'. The book is also the first one to be released as a part of the series. The Berkeley publication released it in the year 2009. Author Palov has introduced the characters of Aisquith and Miller for the first time in this novel. The setting of the plot is done in various places, including the Megiddo vilage, Washington, D.C., Malta island, Canterbury Cathedral etc. At the start of the novel's story, it is shown that around 700 years ago, a golden box was found while digging in a place located near the Megiddo village. But, before it could be found what was present inside the box, it gets disappeared again. Now, the hunt begins to search the golden box. Later, it is learned that a cryptic verse had the location of the box embedded on it. This verse is called as the 'Quatrains'. This verse and the gold box have been regarded as the most searched treasures in the whole world for many centuries. At this point in the plot, Edie Miller is introduced as a photographer who witnesses a murder. She even becomes the eyewitness of the robbery of an ancient relic called as the 'Stones of Fire'. Edie fears that the police of Washington, D.C., might turn out as complicit.
Therefore, she tries to reach the popular historian, Caedmon Aisquisth. Edie asks Caedmon for help in the matter as her life too has fallen into danger because of witnessing the two crimes. As the two try to understand the reason behind the crimes, none of them gain any success. They keep on studying the acts caught on Edie's camera. After many attempts, they discover that the theft of the Hebrew relic has ties with a conspiracy involving the government. And finally, after some time Caedmon and Miller become successful in finding out the actual value of the astonishing art relic. The one who possessed the relic could be lead to the a more valubale relic that can take him to a huge treasure. When the government comes to know about the involvement of the historian and his photographer friend in knowing about the conspiracy, the officials call for the execution of both of them. As a result, they are forced to run for their lives and keep changing places to avoid getting caught. In the meantime, they continue to follow the trail of clues to find the quatrains. The deeper they dig, the more important it becomes for them to prevent find out the truth as soon as possible, prevent a global disaster, and keep themselves alive.
One of the other exciting books released in this series is known by the title 'The Templar's Quest'. It was published by the Penguin publication in 2011. This book opens by showing that the way to a coveted relic is hidden in the Montsegur Medallion. This relic is none other than the Holy Grail. The historians fear that if this relic falls in the hands of the wrong people, it might result in the destruction of the civilization. A man named Finn McGuire successfully establishes the location of the Medallion in an old chapel in Syria. But, he gets framed in several murder cases soon after. The framing is done several members of the Nazi descendants' group called The Seven. They seem to go any lengths to acquire the pendant as well as the Grail. Caedmon Asquith knows that the Seven will only look to use the Grail for evil purposes. Therefore, he and Finn McGuire join forces and begin the quest to find the relic before the Seven get their hands on it. They race from the Louvre to Pyrenees. As the well being of the mankind is at stake, Caedmon and McGuire are needed to succeed at any cost.