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Zubaida al-Meeki () is an Alawite Free Syrian Army colonel, who defected from the Syrian Army to the FSA in 2012 during clashes in the town of Babbila. She became the first female officer to publicly announce her defection from the Army. Before her defection, she worked in the army's recruitment division in Babbila. After her defection, she stayed in Syria for two months where she trained 40-50 fighters of the Soldiers of God Battalion, before fleeing to Turkey.

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DACA recipients get out the vote: 'Everybody has the power to do something'
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipient Julia Montejo says that the 2012 program changed her life by allowing her to pursue her higher educational goals. "I was so lucky that DACA came into place," she explains in a video from The Love Vote campaign. "I got to apply for college knowing that I would have the safety of DACA. It really helped me be able to be the best I could be, education-wise."
Her plans were veered off course last September by the Trump administration, when Attorney General Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III announced the end of the program. By then, hundreds of thousands of young immigrants had already been enrolled in the program, allowing them to work legally and live free from the fear of deportation. Montejo said the administration's decision left her "in a really dark place. I was really scared and I felt like I had no agency in my future."
But Montejo and Ana Guevara, another DACA recipient, turned their fears into action. "By organizing and getting others to get their voices heard and to get out the vote, I feel like I have finally felt a sense of hope that I haven't had since 2016," Montejo said. In The Love Vote video, both young women are shown rallying supporters. "I am still working with my community and making sure that they are getting out to vote," Guevara said. "Everybody has the power to do something."
The two don't have the ability to make their own voices heard at the ballot box, but they know that by sharing their stories, they can change the hearts and minds of others who can. And this is something they must do. "When you don't have the right to vote," Montejo added, "you're often the people who are most marginalized, who bear the brunt of changing policies. You really feel it."
Get out the vote for young immigrants like Ana and Julia: Download the VoteWithMe app to see which friends live in swing districts and need your reminder to vote.
Not sure where to vote? Find your polling place on Vote.org.
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In Greater Vancouver you can find your place in our men's community by showing up in several ways. You can become initiated by attending one of our world famous New Warrior Training Adventure weekends. And you can attend our local men's support groups that we call "I-Groups" (I for integration). You might have heard of Men's Groups Vancouver and Vancouver Men's Group.
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Washington Irving (1783-1859), the American author, wrote his first popular work, A History of New York, under the pseudonym Diedrich Knickerbocker. He continued to write stories and essays which made him the outstanding figure in American literature of his time and established his reputation abroad. In 1826 Irving went to Spain to work at the American embassy in Madrid, then at the American legation in London, before returning to New York in 1832. In 1842 he was sent back to Madrid as U.S. minister. After traveling extensively in the U.S. and Europe, he established himself at his estate "Sunnyside" near Tarrytown, N.Y. where he continued to write historical and biographical works. He also served as the first president of the Astor Library in New York City from 1849 until his death in 1859. Collection contains correspondence, writings by Irving, family papers, pictorial materials, and published works about Irving. Correspondence, 1805-1863, consists of Irving's letters to and from family, friends and colleagues as well as correspondence and other documents signed in his capacity as charge d'affaires of the American legation in London and as president of the Astor Library. Literary manuscripts include holograph drafts, manuscripts, revisions, and notes for many of Irving's literary and historical works. Journals consist of his diaries kept between 1804 and 1842; notebooks contain personal and literary notes made between 1807 and 1844; family papers include letters and documents written or received by members of the Irving family (except Washington Irving); related letters and documents are items that were not generated or received by Irving or his family but which relate to Irving or his associates; and pictorial materials contain original drawings, oil portrait of Irving, etchings, lithographs, photographs, and many engravings. Also, rare editions of Irving's writings and translations and works about him (many are extra-illustrated).
The Washington Irving Papers are an amalgamation of three previously separate collections: the Isaac N. Seligman Collection, the George S. Hellman Collection and the Washington Irving Collection.
Researchers must use microfilm and/or photocopies of Irving materials.


Most start ups grow incrementally and grow guided by opportunities that emerge in the marketplace. Stage One adopted a more radical approach by investing in a million pounds worth of kit, starting a business called Fluxaxis and then looking for work.
Despite the odds being stacked against them, two years later the business has a strong pipeline and is starting to demonstrate impressive sales growth. More interestingly, most of this growth has come from unexpected sectors. The marketplace has turned out to be entirely different in character than anticipated.
This presentation tells the story of a newborn start-up becoming a recalcitrant adolescent. The unintended consequences of investing in an arsenal of kit without having a single order makes for a nerve-racking journey.
This presentation is not for the faint-hearted. But we do have some splendid lessons to share.
Tim has a background in technology and the creative industries. He works on projects ranging from Olympic Opening Ceremonies to pieces of experimental architecture.
He began life as a computer programmer and is now a director at Stage One Creative Services, based just outside of York. He is skilled at helping clients incubate creative ideas to the point at which they can be abandoned gracefully or delivered brilliantly.
He has an MBA from Durham University and an MSc in Computing and a BA in Geography. Tim was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 2016.


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A posh waterfront location, spectacular cuisine and superb service combine to create a unique Cape Cod dining experience. Twenty-eight Atlantic is the resort's signature restaurant and enjoys the highest ratings on Cape Cod from Forbes, AAA and Zagat. Eight-foot windows frame the panoramic views of Pleasant Bay, while Shaker-style furnishings, hand-blown glass chandeliers, nautical etchings, Limoges china, Riedel stemware create an atmosphere of eclectic style and quiet luxury. Chef James Hackney's distinctive menu celebrates native and seasonal ingredients with creative, award-winning flair. Reservations accepted.


One Financial Business Service Corporation was created in 2011 and has a team of 15 employees and independent professionals, offering credit repair services and consultation around the united states. Here at One Financial, our objective is to provide industry leading credit restoration solutions. Our staff is all set and happy to collaborate with you bit by bit throughout the process by evaluating your credit report and removing inaccurate and negative information. But we never end the connection there, our team will consult and guide you on how to enhance your credit history and scores to allow you to attain your financial objectives.


The Kentucky Environmental Literacy Alliance (KELA) is a partnership of Kentucky citizens, businesses, and organizations who support the goal of helping all Kentuckians become environmentally literate.
In 1990 the Kentucky Legislature defined environmental literacy as having adequate knowledge and understanding of environmental information, concepts and processes (KRS 157.905).
The Kentucky Environmental Literacy Alliance defines environmental literacy as an individual's understanding, skills and ability to make responsible decisions that consider his or her relationships to natural systems, communities and future generations.
This alliance was formed with the purpose of creating an environmental literacy plan for the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The Kentucky Environmental Literacy Plan (KELP) was approved for implementation by the Kentucky Board of Education in 2011 (Read the Press Release here). To view the KELP, visit the KELP online.
The content of this webpage was previously published on the website thekela.com.


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"He is an amazing talent, one of the best around." Pep Guardiola.
"He is skillful. He is outspoken. He is Zlatan." New York Times.
"Wonderful. The best footballer's autobiography of recent years . . . and the bestselling European immigrant's tale since Zadie Smith's White Teeth and Philip Roth's Portnoy's Complaint." Simon Kuper, Financial Times.
"I came like a hero. I left like a legend." Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
From Malmo, to becoming the Ligue 1's highest ever goal scorer with Paris Saint-Germain, before on further triumph at Manchester United.


Brutus & Butch selected Atero Marketing Group (AMG) as their Social Media Marketing Agency. As social media becomes the a key player in identifying personal hair care prodcuts AMG will be responsible for reaching out to Brutus and Butch's online market.
Brutus & Butch is a line of high quality haircare products formulated with Indonesian essential oils and made with certified organic ingredients then packaged with recycled materials, because they believe in protecting the environment. In addition, they believe that giving back nourishes the soul so they donate a portion of their proceeds to the LGBTQIA community, as well as at risk youth.


Good grief where did the days fly off to?……what has just happened?……..
loved them/us)"……that's it? No strategy on how to takeover the positions?
helper?……..what in the world is happening?
group. Keep on lovin em in the barn.


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15 Theories About Disney Movies That'll Make You Question Everything You Knew About Them
You'll never watch The Hunchback the same way again.
by Lauren Garafano
1. Ariel's mom was slain by Captain Hook.
In The Little Mermaid, we know that Ariel doesn't have a mother, but we don't actually find out what happened to her until the third movie, The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning. It turns out that Ariel's mom, Athena, was slain by pirates, and that's why she isn't around. According to this theory, Athena, who looks strikingly similar to one of the mermaids in Peter Pan, was slain by Hook himself. —Mona3040
2. Aladdin and Jasmine made a cameo in Hercules.
There's a purple shooting star in the sky when Hercules sang "Go the Distance." In Aladdin, when Aladdin and Jasmine took their magic carpet ride, they traveled from country to country within seconds. They traveled so fast that anyone on the ground would've only see "a blur," or a shooting star. —u/Snedker23
3. In Mulan, the owner of the doll represented all the little girls "worth fighting for."
"The song 'A Girl Worth Fighting For' ended right as Mulan and the rest of the soldiers came upon a destroyed village, where Mulan picked up a small doll. We know for certain that it used to belong to a little girl who lived in the village, since earlier, Shan Yu got the doll from his hawk and said: 'Besides, the little girl will be missing her doll. We should return it to her.' That girl is Mulan's 'girl worth fighting for,' along with other little girls in general." —u/chondroitin
4. The toys' backstories came from Andy's imagination.
The characters in Toy Story develop their traits and backstories from the way the children play with the toys. Woody doesn't remember much about his origin, nor does Buzz. But that's only because when Andy plays with Woody, he's just a "generic cowboy." Mr. Potato Head and Hamm aren't supposed to be villains, but they become more antagonizing toward Woody because Andy makes them the villains when he plays with them. Buzz even learns about where he came from based on how Andy and the other children imagine him when they pass Buzz in the toy store. —u/Jacob_wallace
5. The Great Stone Dragon crumbled because it had used up all its power helping Fa Zhou.
"Before Fa Zhou went off to war, the Fa family was in disgrace and living as peasants. The ancestors sent the Great Stone Dragon with Zhou to ensure that he restored the family's honor. It worked. After the war, the Fa family was catapulted upward in society, but the Great Stone Dragon had exhausted its powers protecting Zhou in the same battle that gave him his wound." —u/turtlestevenspn
6. Gaston's true purpose was ending the "classic" Disney prince era.
In the '90s, Disney princesses started playing stronger roles in their respective movies. They also became better role models for young girls. In Beauty and the Beast, Gaston is a stereotypical prince-like character: He's charming and attractive, and he wants to save the "damsel in distress." However, he also represents toxic masculinity when he's paired with Belle, who's smart and more empowered than the princesses who came before her. With Gaston dead, BATB symbolizes the death of the "handsome prince who saves the useless girl" trope that we see in Disney's older movies." —u/DashFerLev
7. The townspeople in The Nightmare Before Christmas represented fears.
"Every fear is represented by a person in Halloweentown, as Halloween is a holiday to celebrate our fears. The older, more universal, and more terrifying a fear is, the more prominent the person in the town is. For example, Jack represents death, the oldest and most powerful fear. Oogie, on the other hand, represents the fear of the dark and the unknown. He is the most primal fear, fear without name." —u/djmcknig
8. Toy Story was an allegory for what went on behind the scenes at the animation studio.
Before making Toy Story, John Lasseter actually got fired from Disney after suggesting they use computer animation instead of hand-drawn animation. Computer animation was still an incredibly new technology at that point in time. The plot of Toy Story revolves around Woody, a more traditional cowboy toy, who is threatened by Buzz Lightyear, a new futuristic toy. In the end, the two come together for the sake of making kids happy, much like Disney and Pixar. —u/baltimorgan
9. The characters from Beauty and the Beast changed back to their cursed forms after the movie ended.
In Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse, the Beast, Lumière, and Cogsworth appeared back in their cursed forms. Ariel was also seen talking to Prince Eric. "The only explanation for Eric to be married to Ariel, who has her legs and voice intact, but for the Beast to still be a beast and his servants to still be objects, is that they reverted to their original selves for the Beauty and the Beast's ending, but then changed back, via either another curse or, more likely, the original curse never ending in the first place." —u/HansGruber
10. The Lion King, Robin Hood, and Zootopia all existed in the same universe.
Zootopia's Nick Wilde was one of Robin Hood's descendants, and Leodore Lionheart was related to Simba, King Richard, and Prince John. "The Lion King was the beginning of the peace between 'predators and prey.' Over time, the animals evolved and their world became more and more like a society; King Richard continued his great-great-grandfather's vision; and this led to Zootopia, where Leodore, despite his ego and questionable leadership choices, continued as his ancestors did before him." —u/T-Rex_Is_Best
11. The gargoyles in The Hunchback of Notre Dame were actually hallucinations.
"Quasimodo has been locked in that tower for YEARS. That level of isolation would probably break anyone, so one day, in desperation, Quasimodo's psyche simply locked onto three stone gargoyles on the church and made three wacky, humorous friends out of them simply to keep him sane." –u/Racecarlock
12. The entirety of Aladdin was "simply the fulfillment of his first wish."
Instead of all the movie's plot points happening organically, they're really just the Genie's way of fulfilling Aladdin's wish to be made into a prince. "Aladdin did not wish to BE a prince, he wished for the Genie to MAKE him a prince. Everything that transpired after Aladdin made his wish was actually the Genie using his powers to pull the strings behind the scenes. At the end of the movie, he married a princess. He WAS a prince. The Genie's work was completed."
—u/Undependable
13. Scar didn't run away because he "couldn't comprehend goodness."
In The Lion King, Simba found out that Scar killed Mufasa. Instead of killing Scar, Simba told him to run and never come back. Scar was confused and began to leave, but then lept onto Simba and initiated a fight. "Scar couldn't comprehend that Simba was a better person and a better ruler than he could ever be. He couldn't understand that Simba tried to give him a chance to escape. Scar couldn't comprehend goodness, and he was too stubborn to listen to anything besides his self-preservation instincts." —u/CapriciousSalmon
14. Aphrodite's kiss made Phil more ~desirable~.
In Greek mythology, one of Aphrodite's powers was that she was able to make others more alluring or desirable. At the end of Hercules, Aphrodite kissed Phil, and granted Phil the gift of desirability. –u/SMithsonIANPictures
15. Black Panther wouldn't exist without The Lion King.
According to this theory, because of Killmonger's fascination with Wakanda and African culture, he definitely would have seen The Lion King when it first came out in 1994. After seeing the movie, Killmonger would have been able to relate to Simba, and he would've wanted to avenge his father's death — just like Simba did when his father was killed by Scar. Basically, the movie Black Panther wouldn't exist if Killmonger hadn't been inspired by The Lion King. —u/obamakolama
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Freezing on top of Platberg, wet and an icy wind. We huddle and chomp some snacks.
I brought matches, I'll light a fire, I announce. But it ain't easy, dry kindling is hard to come by, but I persevere. Pierre and Tuffy are skeptical: If you get that going I'll buy you a farm in Eloff Street, says one.
But I do! Not a roaring blaze, but we warm our hands at least.
This must've been ca. 1969. Eloff Street was Johannesburg's main street and priciest real estate at the time. No longer, as businesses fled the CBD and relocated to Sandton and other nodes outside 'Old Joburg'.
If I had got my farm I wonder if I'd have sold it before the bust?
Found this lovely pic on a Harrismith Mountain Race blog site – thanks!!


While playing sports I learned virtues like teamwork, drive, perseverance, humility, and gratitude. I have also learned through sports how to apply these virtues into my everyday life. My sports experiences will assist me not only as I move on to high school but college and as I enter the workforce as well.
My memories of playing sports as a Unity Mustang will be with me forever. It is my hope for all Unity School student athletes to enjoy the same experiences I did in being a Unity Mustang.


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Bumblebees Solve a 17th-Century Psychological Puzzle
By answering the question posed in Molyneux's problem, the invertebrates may have demonstrated an ability to internally represent objects
By Viviane Callier on February 20, 2020
Bee recognizes a sphere by sight even though it had previously only been trained to detect it by touch. Credit: Lars Chittka
In 1688 Irish philosopher William Molyneux wrote to his colleague John Locke with a puzzle that continues to draw the interest of philosophers and scientists to this day. The idea was simple: Would a person born blind, who has learned to distinguish objects by touch, be able to recognize them purely by sight if he or she regained the ability to see?
The question, known as Molyneux's problem, probes whether the human mind has a built-in concept of shapes that is so innate that such a blind person could immediately recognize an object with restored vision. The alternative is that the concepts of shapes are not innate but have to be learned by exploring an object through sight, touch and other senses, a process that could take a long time when starting from scratch.
An attempt was made to resolve this puzzle a few years ago by testing Molyneux's problem in children who were congenitally blind but then regained their sight, thanks to cataract surgery. Although the children were not immediately able to recognize objects, they quickly learned to do so. The results were equivocal. Some learning was needed to identify an object, but it appeared that the study participants were not starting completely from scratch.
Lars Chittka of Queen Mary University of London and his colleagues have taken another stab at finding an answer, this time using another species. To test whether bumblebees can form an internal representation of objects, Chittka and his team first trained the insects to discriminate spheres and cubes using a sugar reward. The bees were trained in the light, where they could see but not touch the objects that were isolated inside a closed petri dish. Then they were tested in the dark, where they could touch but not see the spheres or cubes. The researchers found that the invertebrates spent more time in contact with the shape they had been trained to associate with the sugar reward, even though they had to rely on touch rather than sight to discriminate the objects.
The researchers also did the reverse test with untrained bumblebees, first teaching them with rewards in the dark (where they could touch but not see the spheres or cubes) and then testing them in the light (where they could see but not touch the objects). Again, the bees were able to recognize the shape associated with the sugar reward, despite the fact that they had to rely on sight rather than touch in the test. In short, "bees have solved Molyneux's problem," Chittka says.
A substantial body of work has documented the visual pattern recognition abilities of bees. Researchers previously knew that the insects could recognize complicated color patterns in flowers and even human faces. But most of these pattern-recognition tasks can be done with very simple feature detectors—for instance, neurons' orientation of edges, the field of brightness, and so on. "You could do a whole lot of seemingly advanced pattern recognition without actually having a virtual image floating around in your head, a kind of representation of the object," Chittka says. "So that was always the big question: Is there, in the same way that our perception works, a kind of object representation inside the bees' head rather than simple elements of the image that are, in some way, linked to rewards?"
The fact that the insects were able to discriminate shapes by transferring information across sensory modalities suggests that they represent object features and can access them through sight or touch. "That's why we're excited about this," says Chittka, a bee sensory physiologist and behavioral ecologist.
Experts who were not involved with the study are also intrigued but express some caveats. The experiment shows that bees can transfer a feature that they have identified from one sensory modality to another, says Ludwig Huber, a zoologist at the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, who has studied cross-modal sensory integration in mammals and birds. "But the big question is 'What is this feature, and how abstract is it?'" The bees may be able to discriminate between rounded surfaces and sharp edges by transferring sensory information from one mode to another without recognizing the objects or having an internal representation of them, he argues.
Huber also wonders about the real-world validity of the experiment. In the wild, bumblebees are likely to rely on sight and olfactory cues to recognize flowers, for example. He would like to see a test that is more similar to the kinds of objects and sensory cues that bees are likely to encounter in nature.
Jonathan Birch, a philosopher of science studying animal sentience at the London School of Economics and Political Science, cautions that the bees may have had prior experience associating visual and tactile information about straight edges and curved surfaces in the context of their nests, so it is not possible to eliminate the possibility that some of the cross-sensory integration is learned rather than innate.
For Chittka, the ultimate goal is to find out whether bees have consciousness, which neuroscience and cognitive science often study by focusing on the integration of information from different senses. His earlier work with bumblebees shows that they have sophisticated abilities for learning and memory. "None of these tasks—and the performance of the bees—is a formal indicator of consciousness. In fact, nothing is," Chittka said at his presentation at the recent annual meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology in Austin, Tex. "But all of these taken together, I think, nudge the probabilities in the right direction."
Viviane Callier is a freelance science writer based in North Bethesda, Md. Credit: Nick Higgins
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Excerpts on impeachment from Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz's Dec. 8 appearance on host Mark Levin's Fox news program "Life, Liberty & Levin".
Mark Levin: Should President Trump be impeached?
Alan Dershowitz: It would be unconstitutional for President Trump to be impeached on the current record. It would be an utter abuse of the power of Congress. The Constitution sets out four criteria for impeaching a president. Treason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors. Unless one of those criteria is met, Congress does not have the authority to impeach, and if they do, their impeachment would be void. Alexander Hamilton said any act of Congress that is inconsistent with the Constitution is void. Now, Congress maybe can get away with impeaching because there won't be judicial review. But that doesn't mean they wouldn't be violating their oath of office. They would be abusing their power if they impeached President Trump on this record.
Mark Levin: Unconstitutionally, you say. I hear so-called legal analysts say impeachment is whatever the House says it is. And they quote Gerald Ford.
Alan Dershowitz: Right.
Mark Levin: And it's a purely political process. Did the framers give illimitable power to the House of Representatives in this regard?
Alan Dershowitz: Of course not. And Maxine Waters has said the same thing. And then she said there is no law. In other words, she is above the law. Congress is above the law. Congress may be able to get away with it, but this confuses what Congress can get away with, with what Congress is sworn to uphold. Any member of Congress who votes to impeach President Trump without a finding that he is guilty of treason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors is violating their oath of office and abusing their power. Maybe they can get away with it, but they are acting in an unconstitutional fashion.
Mark Levin: There seems to be this idea, I was watching some of these law professors. Honestly, I fell asleep through half of it; I was watching some of these law professors the other day and they sounded like members of Congress. I'm just being honest about it. And they were talking about abuse of power. Talking about bribery and so for — I was listening to this so I want to turn to you. This word "bribery" really has a specific meaning and it really doesn't have the meaning that many people seem to suggest it does. It doesn't mean everything and anything. It doesn't necessarily mean this. What does it mean?
Alan Dershowitz: There are four criteria. We know what treason means because treason is defined in the Constitution. Bribery. You know, we know it when we see it. When you pay a government official corruptly to perform an illegal act or an act that is motivated by money. But it can't operate when you're the president of the United States and you're conditioning or withholding money in order to make sure that a country isn't corrupt and you're asking them to investigate. That just doesn't fit any definition of bribery, common law definition of bribery, statutory definition of bribery. However you define the constitutional word bribery, it just doesn't fit. What they're trying to do is what the KGB under Lavrentiy Beria said to Stalin, the dictator. I'm not comparing our country to the Soviet Union. Just want to make sure it never becomes anything like that. Beria said to Stalin, "show me the man and I'll find you the crime." And that's what some of the Democrats are doing. They have Trump in their sights. They want to figure out a way of impeaching him and they're searching for a crime. First, they came up with abuse of power. Not a crime, it's not in the Constitution. So now they're saying bribery, but they're making it up. There is no case for bribery based on even if all the allegations against the president were to be proved, which they haven't been, but even if they were to be proved, it would not constitute the impeachable offense of bribery.
Mark Levin: What about due process? I understand this isn't a criminal case. You have been involved in really some of the highest profile cases in the nation –
Mark Levin: — during the course of your career. Nobody is saying that this is a criminal case, but we do have little things, you know, like the Magna Carta coming forward. The whole notion in the enlightenment of due process, you have a right to confront your accuser. You have a right to have witnesses, you have a right to present evidence. So much of this has been eviscerated, at least by the House Intelligence Committee and given a rubber stamp by the House Judiciary.
Alan Dershowitz: And the Judiciary Committee did it as well. They have four witnesses. Three of them represent the Democratic Party. And then only one witness was given to the Republicans and they pick a Democrat who voted for Hillary Clinton, Jonathan Turley, who did a very good job. But why do they get three witnesses — in the Democrat — and the Republicans only get one? Why not equality? You know, Alexander Hamilton said in Federalist Paper number 65, the greatest danger would be if impeachment turned on the number of people each party had. If impeachment turns on the fact that the Democrats now have a majority in the House, but not in the Senate, that would be a complete abuse of what the framers had in mind. Alexander Hamilton is misquoted all the time. He used the word political, but he didn't say the process should be political. He said the crimes, treason, bribery, high crimes, misdemeanor are political in nature, but the process should be nonpartisan and nobody should be impeached and removed unless there is an overwhelming bipartisan consensus. I'm not making that up. I'm quoting Congressman Nadler when Bill Clinton was being impeached. I opposed Bill Clinton's impeachment for the same reason that I oppose Donald Trump's impeachment. There was no widespread consensus. There was no clear high crime. What Bill Clinton committed was a low crime, a crime to protect his personal life, much like Alexander Hamilton, you know, when he was secretary of the treasury, he committed adultery and then he paid extortion money. But when the extortionist said, we're going to charge you with using government funds, he said no, no, no, no that would be a high crime using government funds to pay an extortionist. And he wrote an essay admitting his adultery, admitting his payment of extortion, but denying that he paid from government funds.
Mark Levin: Let me ask you a question. I want to go through some of these examples with you and get your take on this. More than one of the professors said this week — and it's not just them, other people too — that if this isn't an impeachable offense, this phone call, then there aren't impeachable offenses.
Alan Dershowitz: That's just nonsense.
Mark Levin: It's absurd. Let me ask you this, John Adams. He arrested and jailed journalists. Abraham Lincoln suspended habeas corpus, shut down 300 newspapers, Civil War, arrested and jailed journalists. Woodrow Wilson, a racist.
Mark Levin: A segregationist.
Mark Levin: Re-segregated the government.
Alan Dershowitz: Yeah.
Mark Levin: He locked up socialist opponents –
Mark Levin: — and was — locked up critical journalists, the Espionage Act of 1970.
Mark Levin: FDR –
Alan Dershowitz: [unintelligible]
Mark Levin: — interned a hundred thousand Japanese-Americans, upheld by the Supreme Court, by the way. Also, he used the IRS [unintelligible] Annenberg and the Philadelphia Inquirer and Gannett newspapers. Kennedy and the IRS and his opponents — and by the way, not just — I'm giving examples. LBJ; IRS, FBI, CIA; tapped the phones of his political opponent Barry Goldwater — tapped the phones of his vice president, correct?
Alan Dershowitz: That's right.
Mark Levin: And we have Republican examples, too. Is this a joke that the phone call by Donald Trump is the worst example that these professors and others could come up with? "If that's not impeachable, nothing is impeachable." Under their theory, every one of these men should have been impeached.
Alan Dershowitz: They have created open-ended criteria which bear no relationship to the words of the Constitution itself. And if President Trump is impeached, it will set a terrible precedent which will weaponize impeachment, and the next Democrat who gets elected will be impeached because they'll find an abuse of power. It's hard to find any president — modern president, old president — that can't be accused of abuse of power. I'll give you another example: Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He instructs his attorney general when they arrest German saboteurs, "I don't want these guys tried civilly," even though one was a U.S. citizen, "and I want them electrocuted," telling the attorney general how to try the case. Lincoln, much the same with the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus. Opponents of a political leader, particularly during times of crisis, can always find abuse of power. If you go through the lexicon of political opposition over the years, you will find the words "abuse of power" used by virtually every opponent of every president, and yet the other day when they had these hearings, all we heard about was abuse of power, abuse of authority, putting personal and partisan interests over national interests. How many foreign policy decisions have been made by presidents over the years in order to help them get reelected? If we start making that an impeachable offense, there'll be no presidents left, and we'll have the English system, which is what James Madison said we don't want. In the English system, the prime minister serves at the will of the Parliament. The minute the Parliament says, "We don't have any faith in you," he's gone, vote of no confidence. That's exactly what we didn't want to empower the Congress to do in the United States.
Mark Levin: This is a great point. Didn't Madison even say this?
Alan Dershowitz: Yes.
Mark Levin: Isn't that why, when George Mason was talking about maladministration –
Mark Levin: — Madison said, "Well, now, wait a minute. We don't want him basically" — the president — "to be neutered by the House of Representatives."
Alan Dershowitz: That's right, and we don't want him to serve at the will. We don't want a British parliamentary system. We want a republic, and a republic requires a strong president who has to run for reelection every four years. That's the ultimate protection. He has to run for reelection; he only now can serve two terms. If you want to amend the Constitution to include abuse of power, fine. We had to amend the impeachment provisions once because it didn't include incapacity. When Woodrow Wilson had his stroke, he couldn't govern, and there was no procedure for removing him, so, the 25th Amendment now creates a procedure. If you want to amend the Constitution to include abuse of power — I'd be opposed to that — then amend the Constitution, but don't make it up as you go along. I think Jonathan Turley had a great phrase. He said, "This is not improvisational jazz." You can't just make it up. You have to look at the words of the Constitution, and the words of the Constitution are as clear as could be. Four criteria; if they're not met, Congress does not have the power or the authority legitimately to impeach a president. Now, I'm not a supporter of Donald Trump politically; I voted Hillary Clinton. You know what the original title for my book was? I eventually wrote a book called The Case Against Impeaching Trump; also, The Case Against the Democratic House Impeaching Trump. I started writing the book when it looked like Hillary Clinton would be elected president, and the Republicans said they were going to impeach her on day one. So, the original title for my book was The Case Against Impeaching Hillary Clinton.
Mark Levin: [laughs] So, you just changed the names.
Alan Dershowitz: Yeah, just the names, and I went through the book and changed some things. If I had written this book, The Case Against Impeaching Hillary Clinton, they would have built a statue to me on Martha's Vineyard. The liberals would love me, but now, because the same arguments are being used in favor of President Trump, who I didn't vote for, I'm a pariah among liberals and radicals and the left.
Mark Levin: Let me ask you about that soon, but I want to ask you this first. There's almost no talk about legislative tyranny. Can a legislature be tyrannical?
Alan Dershowitz: Absolutely, and they have been. Look, do you remember McCarthyism? That was legislative tyranny.
Mark Levin: Is this legislature today tyrannical?
Alan Dershowitz: It could be, and if they impeach the president, and they deny due process, they will be acting tyrannically. I believe that if they impeach the president on this record, they will be abusing their power and their oath of office. Maybe they can get away with it, but that doesn't mean it's the right thing.
Mark Levin: When we return, I'm going to ask you this. Doesn't the president have a right to confront — or his lawyers — to confront, if it gets to the Senate and a trial — the accuser who began all this, the so-called whistleblower? Or are we going to actually impeach a president and have a trial without him ever knowing officially who his accuser is? I'm going to ask you about that when we return. Ladies and gentlemen, don't forget, you can watch me most weeknights on Levin TV. You can join us by calling 844-LEVINTV, 844-LEVINTV, or go to BlazeTV.com/Mark to sign up, BlazeTV.com/Mark to sign up. And later in the program, we're going to talk about this fascinating book, as well, that Professor Dershowitz has written in his own defense. We'll be right back.
Mark Levin: Professor Dershowitz, does the president, through his counsel — a Senate trial, let's say, takes place — have a right to confront his accuser?
Alan Dershowitz: Absolutely. It goes back to the Magna Carta. There's no concept of due process, which doesn't allow an accused to confront his accuser, whether it's in a civil context, criminal context, a political context, any context, you have to be able to confront your accuser. You have to know who your accuser is. We don't believe in anonymous accusations in this country. Ultimately, the chief justice will have to rule on that because he presides over the trial in the Senate of only the president. Anybody else who's impeached, you don't have the chief justice. They introduced a judicial element to make sure that all three branches of the government are involved in the removal of a president. So I think it would be inconceivable that you could have a trial in the Senate without the president being able to confront his accuser.
Mark Levin: Now, you're an expert on a lot of this and you've looked at the history I've looked at the history. And they were concerned, the framers, that you could have an out-of-control House.
Alan Dershowitz: Sure.
Mark Levin: You know, it turns over every two years. And they looked at the Senate and they set up this elaborate system, didn't they? So the trial's in another body, it's in the Senate; you need two-thirds supermajority vote to convict. It's going to be overseen by the chief justice of the Supreme Court. So there was some concern when they were debating about impeachment. First, they didn't want it, some of them, then they said we need to have it, but to have a check on the House of Representatives, wasn't there?
Alan Dershowitz: No question. We were terrified. The framing foundation leaders, terrified of a runaway democracy. That's why they originally had a Senate that was not popularly elected. It was essentially appointed by the state legislatures who needed an amendment to change that. But the senators were supposed to be the wise old men, all men in those days, the wise old men who would serve as a check even within the legislative branch on the elected members of the House of Representatives. There was a debate whether or not perhaps to put the removal of a president in the hands of the Supreme Court but some of the framers said, no, that wouldn't be right, because you can try a president after he's impeached for the crimes. And if you did that, it wouldn't be fair to have the same institution the courts try him after they've already impeached him. So they decided to put it in the hands of the United States Senate.
Mark Levin: I want to ask you about this issue of subpoenas. Through most of our history, if Congress issued a subpoena or the equivalent of a document request or a witness request, the two branches would work it out, somehow, someway. We've now reached a point where we have a committee of Congress, the House Intelligence Committee. Before that, the House Judiciary Committee, not even the whole House, not even the whole Congress. We issued a subpoena, Mr. President, and you better respond to it you better give us everything we ask, no objections. You better give us your White House counsel, you'd better give us whatever we want. We don't want to hear attorney client privilege, executive privilege, separation of powers. You give us what we want. Is that what the Constitution provide?
Alan Dershowitz: No, quite the opposite. I had a case many, many years ago where they subpoenaed my client in front of Congress to reveal lawyer-client privilege information. And the committee said there's no such thing as lawyer-client privilege in front of Congress. We prevailed. We won. We took it to the courts. The courts, according to Hamilton Federalist 75, are the umpires between the excesses of the legislative branch and the executive branch. When the legislature issues a subpoena, a president's absolutely entitled to say, no, go to court. You have to get authority from the court. I'm claiming privilege. If the claim of privilege is too broad, as one of the judges recently held, then you lose. But you can't be impeached for invoking the separation of powers in our system of checks and balances that would punish essentially exercising your own constitutional authority under Article 1, 2 and 3 of the Constitution. We have a three-part system of government, equal — coequal branches, separate branches and the courts and the umpires.
Mark Levin: But what I seem to be hearing today from these committees and these professors is we don't have three coequal branches of government. We want Trump out. So today, we have one all-powerful branch of government. Tomorrow, maybe we'll have coequal branches of government. But the fact that the president asserts his rights and he's not the first president to do this.
Alan Dershowitz: No.
Mark Levin: He's not the first president take it to court, he's not defying a court order; he's defying a request, a demand by another elected branch and saying, "you know what I'm going to duke this out with you." And they're saying "impeachable offense. There's another count." Has this ever been done before?
Alan Dershowitz: No. And it's extraordinarily dangerous to do that because it denies the executive branch the power granted to it under the Constitution as a coequal branch to challenge legislative excesses. When I was growing up, it was the liberals like me and the civil libertarians who were opposed to congressional overuse of subpoenas. It was called the McCarthy period. And we civil libertarians constantly challenge Congress, took them to court, won a lot of those cases to eliminate the excesses of legislative power during the McCarthy period. Today the shoe is on the other foot and it's the people on the left who are saying "legislative power, legislative power, no executive power" to everything that's a season. And the Constitution was written for all seasons, not for just today or for the McCarthy period.
Mark Levin: Where have all the civil libertarians gone?
Alan Dershowitz: They have disappeared. The civil libertarians, for the most part, have come from the left. The ACLU has abandoned its mission. I was on the national board of the ACLU. I was a proud member of the ACLU during the Nixon impeachment, which I favored. I said the ACLU should be in there defending Nixon's procedural rights. I was one of those who advocated the ACLU allowing Nazis to march through Skokie. My mother was furious at me. She said, "whose side are you on? The Jews and the Nazis?" I said, "Mom, on the side of the Constitution;" she said, "I'm your mother, don't talk to me that way. You've got to pick your side: the Jews or the Nazis." No, you pick the Constitution and the civil libertarians are gone. The ACLU is dead in the water. They should be deeply involved in this issue, defending the rights of the president to due process, free speech. You know, they're claiming now that the president committed an impeachable offense by tweeting and writing and talking about how he disagreed with the ambassador to the Ukraine. Look, I think she's a great woman. I don't agree with the president, but I certainly defend his right to criticize an ambassador and to fire an ambassador. The President has a right to call an ambassador and say, "you know, you contributed a million dollars to my last campaign. I got somebody now who's willing to contribute $2 million. You're gone. He's in." That's how ambassadors get appointed. The idea that we start constraining the president's power to discuss ambassadors or to fire ambassadors is inconsistent with the Constitution.
Mark Levin: Professor Dershowitz, you have said that if the president is impeached on this record, it's unconstitutional.
Mark Levin: Now, does the president have recourse to the courts at that point? Does he recourse to the courts if there's a trial and a conviction, which is very unlikely?
Alan Dershowitz: [affirmative]
Mark Levin: Or is there no recourse?
Alan Dershowitz: The answer is crystal-clear. We don't know. There are arguments on both sides. Alexander Hamilton says in Federalist 75 "any act of Congress that's in violation of the Constitution is void," and he talks about judicial review. On the other hand, the Constitution says, "The House shall be the sole" and "The Senate shall be the sole." There are two justices, Justice White and Justice Souter, who, in dissent, have suggested that in an appropriate case, there would be judicial review. For example, what if the Senate were to say, "You know, we don't have two thirds. Let's just change it to 55 percent?" There would clearly be judicial review there. The president wouldn't leave. The president would say, "You need two thirds. You don't have two thirds. I'm not leaving." Or what if the head of the Senate, let's assume, was in control today of the Democrats and said, "We don't like the chief justice. We're not going to have him preside?" You can't just violate the Constitution. I don't see any difference between not letting the chief justice preside on the one hand or reducing the vote from two-thirds to 55 percent and ignoring the four criteria in the Constitution. They're all unconstitutional.
Mark Levin: But this idea of judicial review of impeachment is a minority view, right?
Alan Dershowitz: Very much a minority view. It would not be a minority view if Hillary Clinton were being impeached. The same left people who today are attacking my position would be espousing my position if Hillary Clinton were being impeached. How do I know that? Because many of them took that view when Bill Clinton was being impeached. They failed what I called the shoe-on-the-other-foot test. If you're going to be a serious academic, you always must pass the shoe-on-the-other-foot test. That is, you must say the same thing you would be saying if the political dimensions were shifted, if it were a Democrat who were being impeached by the Republicans. Unless you can pass that test, you're not a legitimate academic.
Mark Levin: Would it then, therefore, be your position now that since the House of Representatives has denied this president what past presidents who faced impeachment inquiries have had — basic fundamental fairness in terms of witnesses and representation; transparency, not secret testimony in a dungeon or wherever it's taking place — would it be your argument that he has a case now?
Alan Dershowitz: I think it would be a mistake to bring the case now. I think he'd have a better shot at getting judicial review if he waited and established a better record and found a clearer violation. Right now, we don't even have an impeachment. If the impeachment goes forward without any of the four criteria, that might be an appropriate time, or if he were to be convicted, which I don't think is going to happen. So, I think it's much of a hypothetical at this point.
Mark Levin: The House has basically made up the rules as it goes along. It has abandoned the rules that were in place under the Andrew Johnson impeachment; it's clearly abandoned the rules that were in place under Peter Rodino and the Democrats. It's abandoned the rules that were in place with Henry Hyde and the Republicans and Clinton. There's no president in American history that's been treated like this, is there?
Alan Dershowitz: No, and of course, the House does have the authority to make up its rules as they go along as long as the rules comply with basic due process. Due process is part of the Constitution. Every citizen, from the lowliest to the president of the United States, has the right to be treated fairly and has a right to a process that's due him. So, there are limits to how far Congress can go in making it up as they go along.
Mark Levin: You said something earlier that causes me to wonder. This process is so partisan, so abusive, that it's going to have an impact, and is having an impact, on our culture and on the greater body politic, that the myopic thinking of Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats right now has pulled all the Republicans together, because I've never seen the Republicans this united. You can see, whether it's watching news on TV or wherever it is, they are driving a wedge in this country, honestly, that I haven't seen really since the riots of the 1960s and so forth. Do you agree or disagree?
Alan Dershowitz: No, I agree. I grew up during McCarthyism; I came of age during the Vietnam War. So, I've seen division, but I've never seen division where people can't talk to each other. People have to have separate Thanksgivings and Christmases and Hanukkahs. You can't talk to your relatives or friends. I am a pariah on Martha's Vineyard because I take views that are inconsistent with the majority view. I've never seen a situation where there's been so much division. The Clinton impeachment caused division, but not like this. And, look, there's a lot of fault to go around. I think the president is divisive. He uses words that divide, as well. He fights back; he is what he is. He was elected — everybody knew who he was. He didn't surprise anybody with what he's done in office. But there's so much division on both sides that I hope we can begin to heal, and I don't see the healing process being furthered by an impeachment. I think that will further divide the country.
Mark Levin: I think you've been wrongly described over the decades. I think I would describe you as a libertarian constitutionalist. Does that kind of work?
Alan Dershowitz: I think that's an absolutely accurate — I'm a liberal civil libertarian libertarian.
Mark Levin: But you're a classical liberal.
Alan Dershowitz: I'm a classical liberal. And I want to bring classical liberals and classical conservatives together to fight the extremists on both sides, both of whom were denied due process, both of whom would deny free speech. I think we have to keep our Constitution sacred.
Mark Levin: You agree, though, that the hard left is on the ascendancy in the Democrat Party and the media and elsewhere?
Alan Dershowitz: Certainly in academic life, and that's the future. Today's students that are being propagandized by hard left teachers to diminish the importance of due process are our future leaders. That's my biggest concern.
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Security / Privacy Marking Schemes. Sources?
Anyone know of standards or normative documents that define security or privacy marking schemes? These need not just be government or defence-like.
Protective Markings/ Security Descriptor attributes.
* pm_MarkingOwner (text). The owner of the protective marking who has the authority to sanction release or lower the protective marking classification. It is used in conjunction with the protective marking, usually as the prefix e.g. NHS PROTECT, TFL CONFIDENTIAL, or as a national authority - UK RESTRICTED.
* pm_Marking (text, enumeration). An enumerated list - used to indicate the severity or impact of the loss of the item so marked. In the UK it takes the values - 'Not Protectively Marked', 'Protect', 'Restricted', 'Confidential', 'Secret', 'Top Secret' and may be further qualified through ownership, natiionality caveat, descriptor and codeword. Each country will have its own set of enumerated values.


Happy Friday! I officially survived our "summer break" from MDO! Before Bennett was born, I was so worried about these 4 weeks and how I would manage. Thankfully Bennett ended up being the sweetest little angel baby and Campbell hasn't seemed too bored being stuck at home day after day, so it all went way better than I ever anticipated it going! I am so looking forward to getting back into a routine and having a reason to get up and moving. It's currently 3:30 and I still have zero make up on. I have showered though so #win.
Both boys are napping currently so my house is nice and quiet. I can usually manage to get both boys down for a nap at the same time because Campbell is easy with his naps. I can lay him down anywhere between 12:30-2:30 and he's good. So I kind of just go off of Bennett's schedule since his isn't as flexible as Campbell's is. It does me good to have a few hours to myself every day. A lot of times I lay down and take a nap myself. Being a mom wears me out most days!!
We don't have any weekend plans but hopefully the rain will stay away so we can all go to the pool! We haven't been in over a week and seeing Campbell have so much fun swimming brings a big smile to my face. Y'all enjoy your weekend!


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Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII gameplay journal final update
By Heath | October 4, 2007 at 11:34 pm
I beat Crisis Core last night. It consumed 18 hours of my life, but now it is done. Complete. Not to be touched again until a North American release. I?m left pondering about the game, trying to come up with a simple way to summarize my thoughts. I?ve come up with this:
Zack is so much more badass than Cloud.
In a game that?s supposed to be a precursor to Final Fantasy VII, a way of setting up the story and characters, the end result isn?t quite what was intended. What Crisis Core does really well is delivering backstory to many of VII?s major players. What it also does really well is emphasizing Zack?s role in the Final Fantasy VII universe. It?s a pretty big role. It also diminishes the reputation and chips away at the pedestals of a few of the characters many of us have come to love. Aeris comes away looking a little more childish, but the real damage is to Cloud. It?s the combination of the events in Crisis Core and the character Cloud develops into in Final Fantasy VII that just really doesn?t mesh well with me. I was never a big fan of Cloud, but now I?m even less of one.
Zack, on the other hand, has won my support.
I?ll be playing through Final Fantasy VII now because I want to see how well Crisis Core was woven in. I suspect it?ll be like playing through with a new pair of eyes. The Compilation of Final Fantasy VII has been lackluster thus far, but thankfully, Crisis Core delivers. If you?re at all interested in the mythology of Final Fantasy VII, this will be one to play.
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Shopland once had a parish church named St Mary Magdalen. The little Norman church measured only 40 ft by 19ft and was built around the 12th century, of rubble and limestone. It had two small windows. Hundreds of years later four more windows were made.
During the 13 and 14th centuries the chancel was widened and two windows and a north door were added. In the 15th Century it was widened, had a bell tower and a fine timber porch built. The bell turret was built in the 16th century, and one bell installed.
Sadly the church began to deteriorate by the 20th century. Thanks to the friends of the church a complete restoration began. The old box pews were removed. The blocked up door and windows were re-opened, the walls were re-plastered and painted.
During WWII a landmine exploded nearby causing damage to the windows and the roof. On 6th September 1940, St Mary's saw its last service. The church was finally demolished in 1957, its important artefacts were distributed to churches around the county. The graveyard of St Mary's was left unattended for many years, despite the fact that members of the Benton Family were buried there. Phillip Benton was a well known historian and author of 'the History of Essex.'
In 2014 some visitors to the site were shocked to see the site so overgrown, with bones dug up by the badgers lying around, they decided to tidy the site and find the old foundations.
They have indeed tidied up the site and have made a website about it which can be found here. Also we have a general article about Shopland by Margaret Sommerfield which is located here. (RDCA-Admin)
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I must have been 8 years old when I saw the dust cloud from a nearby field as the old Church came down.
Strangely just after reading this article I found a brief reference in a book which said that upon demolition the porch from the church was re-erected at St Thomas Church, Bradwell on Sea, Essex in 1957.
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Spent a few days at the CL (Certified Location caravan site) and was interested to know about the history of the old graveyard and church which we understand was demolished in 1950s.
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General Information about Barley Production and Breeding
Peggy Lemaux, University of California, Berkeley
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Background information on barley that is not necessarily found in other locations can be accessed from several websites and documents.
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Information on such topics as the historical development of barley as an agricultural crop, the anatomical structure of the barley plant, the demographics of barley production, barley genetics, and the various uses of barley are available through the following links.
University of California Davis Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program. This site provides a complete crop summary of barley, including environmental and nutritional requirements, seeding information, maturity, uses, image gallery, production and storage recommendations, and other information.
Gramene. Extensive resource for comparative grass genomics that includes specifics regarding barley anatomy, taxonomy, agronomy, research, education, and germplasm resources.
Barley CAP. The Barley Coordinated Agricultural Project (CAP) is a community effort of scientists at diverse locations with expertise in genetics/genomics, breeding, pathology, databases, computer science, food science, malt quality, and statistics.
GrainGenes. This site contains a variety of information including genetic maps, probes and primers, polymorphisms, trait scoring, disease symptoms, and mutant phenotypes.
What's So Interesting About Barley? Background information developed by Barley Coordinated Agricultural Project, written by Peggy G. Lemaux. Funded by the USDA-National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
Washington Grain Alliance Barley Facts page. Includes general information on barley history, production, and uses.
National Barley Foods Council Industry Facts page. Provides background information on barley, where it is grown, and other information links.
Barley Facts: Industry and Products. Fact sheet provided by the National Barley Foods Council, covering barley production, uses, and definitions.
The Future of Barley. Report published in 2005 in Cereal Foods World 50: 271–277. This report summarizes research on bioactive compounds, beneficial effects, and sensory properties of barley.
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ECDC Grieves the Loss of Richard Parkins, Former Director of Episcopal Migration Ministries
Arlington, VA – ECDC was saddened to learn that Richard Parkins passed away on September 1, 2019, after a battle with cancer. ECDC's President, Tsehaye Teferra, Ph.D., staff, and the resettlement community remember Mr. Parkins as a champion of compassion and dignity for refugees and other displaced populations. Mr. Parkins led Episcopal Migration Ministries for 14 years before becoming the director of the American Friends of the Episcopal Church of Sudan. Through his work, he facilitated the resettlement of tens of thousands of people and enriched countless lives.
Mr. Parkins was described by his colleagues as "articulate, joyful, persistent and wise, a gracious colleague, [and] a steadfast friend." Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends. His message of hope and kindness towards the stranger will continue to live in those who knew and worked with him.
ECDC is one of nine resettlement agencies working in partnership with the Department of State and the Office of Refugee Resettlement to provide initial placement and support services to refugees being resettled in the United States. ECDC promotes cultural, educational and socio-economic development programs to assist refugees and immigrants in becoming productive members of their new homeland.


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by W. Andrew Powell April 13, 2011
written by W. Andrew Powell April 13, 2011
Almost two months have passed since my last Groom update, and yes, a lot has changed. We still have a lot to plan, but we're slowly getting some of the biggest items settled.
Right now I'm saving some details to write up, so I'm not going to go into a lot of detail until those stories are ready, but we've picked a venue, we're about to pick a photographer, and Aisha has even found her wedding dress. At the same time though, the other part of the plans we're figuring out comes after the wedding, and I'm not talking about the honeymoon.
After Aisha and I have our big day here in Toronto, we're going to take a trip out east to host a reception in New Brunswick with my family. The New Brunswick plans are going to be a smaller affair, without a ceremony, but I really wanted to be able to do something local for family who may not be able to make it to Toronto.
What I really love about all of this is that we get two opportunities to do things with our family, and having an event in New Brunswick as well means we can invite more people without worrying about everyone being able to fly to Toronto, or some other destination for that matter. Aisha and I are also making plans for a mini road trip, with a mini honeymoon stopover somewhere on the way between Toronto and New Brunswick, so it gives us a chance to at least have one day away together to celebrate until we can have the real deal next spring.
The catch, and of course there always is one, is that this means we're planning two events. For some people that might be a problem, but Aisha and I are keeping things as simple as possible, and for us, with family in two different provinces, it just makes sense. (Luckily, we're not like some couples who need to make arrangements for family in two different parts of the world.)
What's interesting in all of this is just how much easier planning a reception in New Brunswick is compared to planning something in Toronto. It's hard to compare venues, since we're looking at completely different types of places out east, but in terms of pricing, availability, and general ease of planning, New Brunswick is a lot less complicated. If you think of the wedding business as a service industry, it makes sense, since supply and demand make everything more complicated here in Toronto, where there are simply a lot more people spending a lot more money on weddings, but it explains one other thing: sometimes destination weddings just make a lot of sense.
P.S. No, as much as I'd like to say otherwise, that is not actually our car. Photo courtesy MiQ
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Israel-Palestine: It's time to abandon the two-state solution
An interview with Jeff Halper
Mersiha Gadzo / May 28, 2015 / 9 min read
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The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is currently in a process of collapse.
So says Jeff Halper, an American-born anthropologist, Nobel Peace Prize nominee, co-founder and director of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD). Speaking in 12 Canadian cities from January 17 to February 13 as part of his fundraising tour, Halper explained the conflict in Israel- Palestine and where it's headed.
For decades, Halper has been advocating for the human rights of Palestinians and resisting Israel's policies of dispossession in the Occupied Palestinian Territories through ICAHD. An activist, writer and commentator, he's known for coining the concepts of "matrix of control" and "people warehousing" as practiced by Israel on Palestinians in the occupied territories, especially in Gaza.
Halper sat down with Canadian Dimension magazine and spoke about ICAHD's future, the dangers he has faced as an activist, the current state of collapse and what Europe's recognition of the state of Palestine really means.
Marisha Gadzo: ICAHD will be reaching a major milestone soon: in two years it will be ICAHD's 20th anniversary. What have been ICAHD's greatest achievements since its inception?
Jeff Halper: We've raised the issue of house demolitions onto the map. Before then, no one knew anything about house demolitions.
When I'm speaking before a group, I walk them through the demolition. There's one family in particular, their house has been demolished six times, and I show them the demolitions, how it was done, why it was done. The house demolition issue can be a vehicle, a window to let people in to see how the occupation works.
Israel has demolished 48,000 Palestinian homes in the occupied territories since 1967, so obviously that's not a two-state solution. It shows how the occupation works, what Israel's intentions are — which is to take control of the whole country — and the human cost, especially the Palestinians.
The second thing is what I call "Global Palestine." I have a concept that's called the "matrix of control," how Israel has developed a matrix of control, to control Palestinians in the occupied territory. In fact, Israel is exporting that matrix. Canada for example, is importing all kinds of Israeli security devices, weapons, tactics into its own police forces and prisons. In a way, Israel is packaging the occupation and selling it with all its policies to countries like Canada. To point out the globalization of the occupation is another thing we've done.
Canadian Dimension's Marisha Gadzo speaks with Jeff Halper. Photo supplied by the author.
MG: You said ICAHD would be celebrating its 20th anniversary in two years if it manages to get there. Is it possible that ICAHD will cease to exist in the near future?
JH: First of all, financially, it's always hard to fundraise. If you're a political organization critical of Israel, that's trying to end the occupation, who's going to support you? So I have to go literally hat in hand.
But in addition to that, the real problem is the political. The Palestinians have to be the ones that formulate and determine what the solution is. I'm not a Palestinian, I can't tell them what to do. The Palestinians are in a very difficult situation; they're very fragmented, most of the leadership is either dead or in prison. The two-state solution is gone; they don't know where exactly to go.
Our organization is dedicated to ending the occupation, but if there is no political movement, and if we don't have Palestinian partners to work with and if there's no end game to this … just going around and telling about the occupation isn't what we want to do; we want to end it.
If there's no political process, then I don't know if there's a point to continue to exist. We're in a process of re-evaluating what is our role. Do we still have a role? Or do we have to wait a while until the Palestinians come around and say 'okay, this is our end game, our solution"?
MG: During your lecture you stated that we're currently in a process of collapse. What do you mean by that?
JH: I think our mistake is that we're looking at this conflict in a linear way. The linear way is the way most people look at things. If there's a problem, if you do 1, 2, 3, 4, you get to the solution. But in fact, in a linear process you can also get to a dead end; you can get stuck. And that's where we are.
It's been years, decades of negotiations of this plan, that plan, and its clear that Israel is simply not going to allow a Palestinian state to emerge, period. It's not going to happen and this has Canadian and American support.
Israel doesn't have to compromise with the Palestinians because it has support for anything it does. It can attack Gaza and the Canadian government will support it. In that scenario then, we're stuck. There is nowhere else to go.
I think there's a degree of repression of Palestinians that's going to lead inevitably to an uprising. In general, the Palestinian issue is very disruptive of the international system. Even John Kerry said a while ago, that you're not going to resolve these issues of ISIS, Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran and all the instability and conflict of the Middle East until you resolve the Israel-Palestine issue. It doesn't cause the rest of the conflicts, but it's this aggravating factor. So I think there's a real stake that the world has in ending this.
It seems to me that it's unsustainable. That's where I think sooner rather than later there's going to be a collapse. By a collapse I mean mainly the Palestinian authority will leave the scene; it will either collapse, or it will resign or it will be killed. Israel and the United States are threatening to withdraw all the income, all the money to the Palestinian Authority; hundreds of millions of dollars, which would make it collapse.
That's the game changer — if the PLO leaves the scene, that would be a good thing. Then I think Israel would have to re-occupy the Palestinian areas, but it would create such an intolerable situation that the world will start looking for a solution in a very urgent way.
[Once] the two-state solution is gone, I think the world would begin to move to a one-state solution. How can Israelis and Palestinians share the same state as a solution? That I think is the way we should go. That's the good thing about collapse; it opens up possibilities that don't even exist today. I think the one-state solution is a solution that's just, that's doable that doesn't exist today until you get this collapse.
MG: You've been living in Jerusalem since 1973. How have you seen Israel change over the 40 years since you've been living there?
JH: It's gotten worse and worse. When I arrived, the occupation was only five, six years old. There really weren't settlements yet; you still had a labour government. It was still kind of liberal; you didn't have Begin and Sharon and Netanyahu. The country was even socialist to a certain degree, and nobody thought the occupation was going to last.
What's happened over the years is that it's not an occupation anymore. Israel has…the word we use is to Judaize, to make Jewish the entire country. There is no more occupied territory; it's all Israel. Israel has created one state between the Mediterranean and the Jordan River. It's all one government, one currency, one army.
There's now one country in which half the population is Palestinian, but that still privileges the Jews so that it's become an apartheid state. I never really expected Israel to become the new South Africa, but it has really made its occupation of the Palestinian territory permanent. So it's a permanent regime of domination because it can't give Palestinians citizenship and it can't give them equal rights.
MG: We're always hearing how Israel is violating international laws with its policies, such as the 4th Geneva Convention. But how powerful is international law in delivering justice? It's constantly being cited, but how much power does it really have?
JH: The problem is the implementation. The International Court of Justice in The Hague, which is the highest court in the world supposedly, ruled in 2004 that the wall that Israel's building is illegal and has to be dismantled. That decision was adopted by the entire general assembly of the UN, by everybody in the world, except the United States and Israel; even Canada in those days supported it. Everybody agreed that the wall was illegal…and had to be dismantled, but who's going to do that? Is the UN going to send troops into Israel to do that? That's the missing part.
Let's say you have the International Criminal Court — that the Palestinians are all turning to — say, "Netanyahu is a war criminal for what he did in Gaza and he should be arrested." Who's going to put Netanyahu in jail? You can do that with certain African dictators, you can do that with Charles Taylor, maybe you can do that with Milosevic from Serbia.You can't do that with white heads of global north countries; they're sort of immune to this.
In fact, Israel is calling for the dismantlement of the ICC because they want to bring Israelis before it. The United States and Israel have never signed on to the ICC because they don't recognize human rights and international law as being over them, and so there's no implementation.
Not that it's irrelevant. In other words, Israel is afraid of the criminal court, mainly because of the PR damage it could do. Israel is trying to represent itself as a global north country, the only democracy in the Middle East. If the international court rules that Israel is a major violator of human rights and issues warrants for arrests for Israelis, that puts a dent in your PR, in your image.
Rightist Israeli youth in racist anti-Arab mobilization, Jerusalem, July 2014. Photo by Tali Mayer.
MG: You spend a lot of time speaking, holding lectures in the West. What would you say is the biggest misconception that Westerners have of the conflict?
JH: They bought into this thing that Palestinians are terrorists. "Terrorists" is the most powerful word that Israel uses. They've co-opted that word. It rolls off your tongue: Palestinian Terrorists. That demonization. It's hard to fight that.
The first question is, "What about Hamas?" Israel's managed to deflect from what they're doing and their responsibility…I think that's the biggest not just misapprehension, but using a word to frame the discussion in a way that serves Israel.
That's the main kind of thing we have to fight, this idea that Israel is fighting terrorists…it creates a closed system of thought you have to break through.
MG: Recently, the European perception has been shifting. Many European countries have been officially recognizing the state of Palestine one after the other. How significant is this for Palestinians and for Jewish Israelis?
JH: On the one hand it's a good thing. It shows that people are starting to understand the Palestinian cause, people are being critical of Israel, certainly recognizing Palestinian national rights, all of that is good.
The problem is it's five years too late; the train has left the station. The two-state solution is gone, so now recognizing the Palestinian state is meaningless because there is no place.
They're simply symbolically recognizing Palestine…it's not so good because it locks us into a two-state solution. It stops well short of actually resolving the conflict. Now if you want to go to a one-state solution, the Europeans will say, "Hey, we just voted in our parliament for two states to recognize Palestine. What, you want us to change now?"
It had a good intention, and it shows the degree to which people are starting to understand the conflict, but it also shows that Europe isn't ready to move to a one-state solution. It's really stuck on the two-state because the Europeans will say, "Look, we want to be critical of Israel, we want the occupation to end, but Israel itself is an ally, a friend of ours, we don't want to hurt Israel." So they would never go the route of a one-state solution, a state for everybody.
Mersiha Gadzo is a journalist and online producer for Al Jazeera English. Prior to joining Al Jazeera she worked as a freelancer in Bosnia & Herzegovina and the occupied Palestinian territories.
This article appeared in the March/April 2015 issue of Canadian Dimension (The Surveillance State).
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Located on street-level at the new Four Seasons (@FSToronto), dbar's decor is contemporary, modern, yet sophisticated. It is very comfortable and spacious especially with their floor-to-ceiling windows.
dbar's food menu offers more of a casual fare compared to Café Boulud upstairs. The items on their menu is ideal for sharing and is divided into six sections: To Share, Appetizers, Charcuterie, Sausages, The Grill and Dessert.
Once Rob told me that Andrea Bargnani from the Toronto Raptors was sitting at the table beside us, we couldn't help / stop making Primo Pasta & Sauce aka "Primopastasowse" jokes on Facebook and Twitter. Yes. We are a mature bunch.
Great vibe and great cocktails at dbar. I liked how their cocktail list is separated into four sections: "Sophisticated" (light, delicate cocktails for the discerning palate), "Confident" (full bodied flavours; bold, brave, and daring), "Eccentric" (cutting edge cocktails; lively, mischievous and creative) and "Classic" (famous in their eras, these traditional flavours will never fade). Believe me, these sections and descriptions really help during those indecisive moments, something I experience quite often. And I have to mention this: dbar has really cool cocktail glasses. I especially liked the neo-negroni glass.
In terms of food, I enjoyed the beaujolaise sausage the most that night. It was wonderful. The sausage was tender and meaty, had great texture and excellent flavour. The bed of green lentils were also first-rate. As for the firehouse poutine, the jalapenos kinda threw me off. Although I like spicy food, I personally don't prefer spicy in my poutine, but if you do, methinks you would really enjoy this :) Last, but not least, the firehouse burger. My only complaint about the burger was that it was done to a medium, whereas I prefer my burgers medium rare. This is again a personal preference 'cause I mean, I like my steak rare, or even blue-rare..so go figure! Besides that, I liked the flavours in the firehouse burger, particularly the housemade bbq pulled pork and jalapeno mayonnaise.