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40,000 Iraqis stranded on Sinjar mountain
The Yazidi are an Arab and Kurdish religious community whose syncretic but ancient religion is linked to Zoroastrianism and ancient Mesopotamian religions. Their cultural practices are observably in Kurdish, and almost all speak Kurmanjî with the exception of the villages of Bashiqa and Bahazane, where Arabic is spoken.
They live primarily in the Nineveh Province of northern Iraq, a region once part of ancient Assyria. Additional communities in Armenia, Georgia and Syria have been in decline since the 1990s, their members having migrated to Europe, especially to Germany.
The Yazidi adhere to a branch of Iranian religions that blends elements of Mithraism, pre-Islamic Mesopotamian/Assyrian religious traditions, Christianity and Islam. They believe in God as creator of the world, which he placed under the care of seven "holy beings" or angels, the "chief" (archangel) of whom is Melek Taus, the "Peacock Angel."
Other monotheistic religions re-cast the Peacock Angel as the unredeemed evil deity Satan, which incited centuries of persecution of the Yazidi as "devil worshippers" by followers of these religions. Persecution of Yazidis has continued in their home communities within the borders of modern Iraq, under both Saddam Hussein and fundamentalist Sunni Muslim revolutionaries.
Now, tens of thousands of members of Iraqi religious minority groups driven from their homes for fear of the jihadist group Islamic State are dying of thirst and heat on a desert mountainside in the north of the country, according to the United Nations and human rights groups. The shortage of food has forced them to hunt for wild game.
Some 40 children have already died from the heat and dehydration, the UN children's organisation Unicef says, while upwards of 40,000 more are sheltering in the bare mountains, without food or water or access to supplies. It says 25,000 children may be stranded.
Hundreds of adults, particularly men but also women and children, are already feared to have been killed or abducted by the group, which now surrounds their hiding place. Most of the refugees, who fled their home city of Sinjar when it was seized by Islamic State at the weekend, are members of the Yazidi community. The Yazidis are an offshoot from Zoroastrianism and the "Peacock Angel" at the centre of their beliefs is associated by some Sunni Muslims with Satan.
There is Christians and Muslims among the refugees in the mountains. The number of Christians in Iraq had already declined by between a half and three-quarters since the allied invasion of 2003, and now priests are warning the religion is on the verge of extinction in the country.
Sinjar, a town in northwestern Iraq's Ninawa Governorate on Mount Sinjar near the Syrian border was taken over by the ISIL on Sunday. Its population in 2013 was estimated at 23,023. The town is mainly inhabited by Yezidis, an ethno-religious community, representing an ancient religion that is linked to Zoroastrianism, with Arab and Assyrian minorities.
Nineveh Governorate is a governorate in northern Iraq, which contains the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh. It has an area of 37,323 square kilometres and an estimated population of 2,453,000 people in 2003. Its chief city and provincial capital is Mosul, which lies across the Tigris River from the ruins of ancient Nineveh. Tal Afar is also a major city within the region.
Nineveh was one of the oldest and greatest cities in antiquity. The area was settled as early as 6000 BC and, by 3000 BC, had become an important religious center for worship of the East Semitic (Akkadian, Assyrian and Babylonian) goddess of fertility, love, war, and sex, Ishtar, who is the counterpart to the Sumerian Inanna, and cognate for the Northwest Semitic Aramean goddess Astarte.
It was the largest city in the world for some fifty years until, after a bitter period of civil war in Assyria itself, it was sacked by an unusual coalition of former subject peoples, the Babylonians, Medes, Persians, Chaldeans, Scythians and Cimmerians in 612 BC.
The origin of the name Nineveh is obscure. Possibly it meant originally the seat of Ishtar, since Nina was one of the Babylonian names of that goddess. The ideogram means "house or place of fish," and was perhaps due to popular etymology (comp. Aramaic "nuna," denoting "fish").
The Sinjar valley belonged to the Northern Ubaid culture. In the Sinjar plain civilizations are known to have existed many centuries earlier Halaf (6100-5500 BC), Hassuna (early sixth millennium BCE), and Ubaid (ca. 6500 to 3800 BC) culture. More than 200 sites are known.
A huge mound and wall in northeastern Syria known as Tell Hamoukar indicate an urban civilisation dating back at least 6,000 years. Archaeologists believe that Hamoukar was thriving as far back as 4000 BC and independently from Sumer.
The origin of urban settlements has generally been attributed to the riverine societies of southern Mesopotamia (in what is now southern Iraq). This is the area of ancient Sumer, where around 4000 BC the Mesopotamian cities such of Ur and Uruk emerged.
In 2007, following the discoveries at Hamoukar, some archiologists have argued that the Cradle of Civilization could have extended further up the Tigris River and included the part of northern Syria where Hamoukar is located.
Archaeological discovery suggests that civilizations advanced enough to reach the size and organizational structure that was necessary to be considered a city and could have emerged before the advent of a written language.
Previously it was believed that a system of written language was a necessary predecessor of that type of complex city. Until now, the oldest cities with developed seals and writing were thought to be Sumerian Uruk and Ubaid in southern Mesopotamia.
The evidence at Hamoukar indicates that some of the fundamental ideas behind cities—including specialization of labor, a system of laws and government, and artistic development—may have begun earlier than was previously believed.
The discovery of a large city is exciting for archaeologists. While they have found small villages and individual pieces that date much farther back than Hamoukar, nothing compares to the discovery of this size. Discoveries have been made here that have never been seen before, including materials from Hellenistic and Islamic civilizations.
Excavation by a joint Syrian-American expedition (by the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago and the Syrian Directorate General of Antiquities) has been conducted since 1999.
Excavation work undertaken in 2005 and 2006 has shown that this city was destroyed by warfare by around 3500 BC. – probably the earliest urban warfare attested so far in the archaeological record of the Near East. Contiuned excavations in 2008 and 2010 expand on that.
Eye Idols made of alabaster or bone have been found in Tell Hamoukar. Eye Idols have also been found in Tell Brak, ancient Nagar, a tell, or settlement mound, in the Upper Khabur area in Al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria.
Tell Brak, the biggest settlement from Syria's Late Chalcolithic period, was occupied between the sixth and second millennia BC. At 40 metres (130 ft) in height, and an area of approximately 130 hectares (320 acres), it is one of the largest archaeological sites in northern Mesopotamia. It was taken over during the "Syrian Civil War" by the People's Protection Units, as well as its surrounding settlements.
The Hurrians (transliteration: Ḫu-ur-ri) were a people of the Bronze Age Near East. They spoke a Hurro-Urartian language called Hurrian, and lived in Anatolia and Northern Mesopotamia. Hurrian names occur sporadically in northwestern Mesopotamia and the area of Kirkuk in modern Iraq. Their presence was attested at Nuzi, Urkesh and other sites.
The Hurrians occupied a broad arc of fertile farmland stretching from the Khabur River valley in the west to the foothills of the Zagros Mountains in the east. I. J. Gelb and E. A. Speiser believed East Semitic speaking Assyrians/Subarians had been the linguistic and ethnic substratum of northern Mesopotamia since earliest times, while Hurrians were merely late arrivals, but it has now been proven that the Semites were merely late arrivals, while the Hurrian presence reach much far back in time.
As early as Akkadian times, Hurrians are known to have lived east of the river Tigris on the northern rim of Mesopotamia, and in the Khabur Valley. The group which became Mitanni gradually moved south into Mesopotamia before the 17th century BC. It is believed that the warring Hurrian tribes and city states became united under one dynasty after the collapse of Babylon due to the Hittite sack by Mursili I and the Kassite invasion.
The Hittite conquest of Aleppo (Yamkhad), the weak middle Assyrian kings, and the internal strifes of the Hittites had created a power vacuum in upper Mesopotamia. This led to the formation of the Hurrian kingdom of Mitanni (1500 BC–1300 BC., Mi-ta-an-ni/Mi-it-ta-ni), also known as Hanigalbat (Assyrian Hanigalbat, Khanigalbat cuneiform Ḫa-ni-gal-bat) or Naharin in ancient Egyptian texts.
The legendary founder of the Mitannian dynasty was a king called Kirta, who was followed by a king Shuttarna. Nothing is known about these early kings.
A Hittite fragment, probably from the time of Mursili I, mentions a "King of the Hurrians" (LUGAL ERÍN.MEŠ Hurri). This terminology was last used for King Tushratta of Mitanni, in a letter in the Amarna archives. The normal title of the king was 'King of the Hurri-men' (without the determinative KUR indicating a country).
Urartu (Armenian: Ուրարտու – Urartu, Assyrian: māt Urarṭu; Babylonian: Urashtu), corresponding to the biblical Kingdom of Ararat (Armenian: Արարատյան Թագավորություն) or Kingdom of Van (Armenian: Վանի Թագավորություն, Urartian: Biai, Biainili) was an Proto-Armenian (Hurro-Urartian) speaking Iron Age state that arose in that region was an Iron Age kingdom centred around Lake Van in the Armenian Highlands.
Urartian is closely related to Hurrian, a somewhat better documented language attested for an earlier, non-overlapping period, approximately from 2000 BCE to 1200 BCE (written by native speakers until about 1350 BCE). The two languages must have developed quite independently from approximately 2000 BCE onwards.
Although Urartian is not a direct continuation of any of the attested dialects of Hurrian, many of its features are best explained as innovative developments with respect to Hurrian as we know it from the preceding millennium. The closeness holds especially true of the so-called Old Hurrian dialect, known above all from Hurro-Hittite bilingual texts.
In the early 6th century BC, the Urartian Kingdom was replaced by the Armenian Orontid dynasty. In the trilingual Behistun inscription, carved in 521 or 520 BC. by the order of Darius the Great of Persia, the country referred to as Urartu in Assyrian is called Arminiya in Old Persian and Harminuia in Elamite.
Singara was a strongly fortified post at the northern extremity of Mesopotamia, which for a while, as appears from coins found, was occupied by the Romans as an advanced colony against the Persians. It was the camp of legio I Parthica.
Its position, south-east of Nisibis, has not been clearly defined by ancient writers, Stephanus of Byzantium calling it a city of Arabia, near Edessa, and Ptolemy placing it on the Tigris. There can, however, be no doubt that it and the mountain near it are represented at the present day by the district of the Singar (in modern-day Iraq).
Sinjar Mountain is a single ridge of mountains located in Nineveh Governorate in northwestern Iraq. It is situated near a city of the same name (Sinjar). The mountains are mainly inhabited by Yazidis who venerate them and consider the highest to be the place where Noah's Ark settled after the biblical flood.
On Thursday, in response to gains made by IS in Iraq, US President Barack Obama ordered airstrikes on IS targets to help protect Christians and Yazidis, a Kurdish religious sect in northern Iraq. Rear Admiral John Kirby, a Pentagon spokesman, said airstrikes took place to help defend Kurdish forces near Erbil, Iraq. Two F/A-18 aircraft dropped 500-pound laser-guided bombs on a mobile artillery piece. In addition to the strikes, Obama called for humanitarian supplies to be airdropped to stranded Yazidi refugees.
But while the Islamic terror group du jour rips through Iraq – largely forcing minorities to choose its brand of strict Islam, flee, or die – observers note that it's important to remember how ISIL has gained strength from the financial backing of United States' allies in the Middle East, including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Qatar.
Elite donors of American allies in the Persian Gulf region have poured an immense amount of resources into rebel groups like IS in efforts to advance on three general goals: opposing Iran, its ally Bashar Assad and his government in Syria, and fomenting the Sunni-Shia divides in the region.
The US and NATO have been actively working to topple Assad by arming and funding the Syrian rebels since 2011. This has developed into a bloody civil war which has attracted Jihadists from all over the world. It has also created a vacuum of power which enabled groups like ISIS, Al-Qaeda and Al-Nusra to organize and establish physical strongholds.
But wait, this isn't just about Syria is it? It's also about Iraq. Iraq is in ruins and unable to defend itself. The Bush administration and the mainstream media convinced the public that Saddam had weapons of mass destruction and was planning to use them. The US invaded Iraq on these false pretenses, disbanding the Iraqi army and police, and reducing the country to rubble in an attempt to put down the resulting insurgency. The occupation of Iraq was never going to end well, and the Bush administration knew that it wouldn't.
The United States has been tinkering in Iraq for a long, long time. In fact it was the CIA that put Saddam Hussein in power in 1963. The US government also backed Saddam in 1980 when he launched a war of aggression against Iran, even though they knew that he was using chemical weapons. Fast forward to 1990. Saddam Hussein was embroiled in a dispute with Kuwait over oil prices and borders and he was considering taking action.
Given America's support in the war against Iran, Saddam had no reason to believe that Kuwait would be any different, but just to be sure, he decided to consult with Washington first.On July 25th of 1990 US ambassador to Iraq April Glaspie met with Saddam Hussein. In the meeting Saddam described his case against Kuwait and told Glaspie that he viewed their activities as an act of military aggression.
Glaspie responded by saying "We have no opinion on the Arab-Arab conflicts, like your border disagreement with Kuwait", and she reinforced this by saying "this issue is not associated with America" Naturally Saddam interpreted this as a green light, and eight days later he invaded.
Later, when questioned in hearings, Glaspie claimed that though this quote was accurate, she had followed it up by insisting that Iraq settle its dispute non-violently. However that's not what shows up in the transcripts of the conversation released by the New York Times. According to the transcript she said "All that we hope is that these issues are solved quickly."
But maybe this was just an innocent diplomatic blunder right? Well not quite. As soon as Saddam entered Kuwait the U.S. government launched a very interesting propaganda campaign to build up public support for a war. They claimed that Iraqi troops were slaughtering little babies by throwing them out of their incubators in hospitals, and they brought in teary eyed witnesses who testified to having seen the massacres.
Just one problem… the entire event was fabricated. It never happened. This woman who presented herself as a witness was actually the daughter of the Kuwaiti ambassador to the United States and her testimony was part of a public relations campaign organized by a company called Hill and Knowlton.
Once public support for the war was strong, the incubators story was dropped, and never mentioned again. The US invaded Iraq in 1991. During that war the U.S. military utilized approximately 640,000 pounds of Depleted Uranium ammunition. The Iraq was decimated, but the US left Saddam in power.
The war didn't ever really end though. The U.S. kept Iraq under a draconian sanctions regime that resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of children. Clinton kept those sanctions in place for the entire duration of his presidency, and they knew what was happening.
You know how they say "those who don't know history are destined to repeat it"? That's really not an exaggeration. Fast forward to 2003 and the Kuwaiti incubator story was swapped out for stories of mobile missile silos and yellow cake uranium.
And when it turned out that those weapons of mass destruction didn't exist, they acted like it was no big deal. Then of course came Obama, riding in on promises of hope and change. But we saw how Obama toppled Libya in 2011, leaving that nation in utter chaos. Gaddafi was then killed in a rather gruesome fashion.
Before NATO brought down Gaddafi Libya had the highest standard of living in all of Africa. Now it's a perpetual war-zone. And of course we've seen how Obama has funded and armed the Syrian rebels in an attempt to bring down Assad. Obama is operating from the same playbook, and yes there is a playbook.
Fortunately the future is not set in stone. We can influence the outcome, and we already are. We proved that in 2013 when both the left and the right dropped their petty bickering and unified against Obama's proposal to use airstrikes against Assad.
The pattern of deceit was the same, but this time the people didn't fall for it. The fact that we had the U.N. investigator Carla Del Ponte come out to say that the Syrian rebels were behind the sarin gas attacks helped, the fact that Putin short circuited the US diplomatically helped, but the determining factor was the popular resistance, particularly the signs of discontent from within the military. The ruling class is very hesitant to take a nation to war if the people and the military strongly oppose it. That's why the first casualty of war is always the truth.
What's going on in Iraq right now is horrific. ISIS is already committing atrocities against civilians on a massive scale. Inexplicably the Obama administration did not provide the Iraqi military with immediate air support even after the fall of Mosul.
On June 12th, the US Military conducted its second drone strike this month in Pakistan. Why would Obama refuse to act in Iraq when civilians are being massacred, while employing drones in Pakistan without hesitation? Is it because the outrage over the atrocities that the ISIS is committing may be enough to provide the US government with a backdoor into Syria?
It turns out that Obama is considering airstrikes, but not just in Iraq. He wants to extend those strikes into Syria as well. Once the US military is able to freely conduct operations in Syrian territory they will get the regime change that they will be much, much easier. It's the classic formula Problem, Reaction, Solution.
The US created the problem, they are letting the public react and build up outrage, and then they are going to propose a "solution" that will sow the seeds for another generation of conflicts. To short circuit this pattern the public needs to come to terms with the cold hold hard truth.
No matter what the US does, and no matter how long they stay, there is no happy ending to this story. The chaos that we're seeing in this region is the direct result of half a century of US military interventions and covert operations in the Middle East.
It's time to acknowledge that bombing for peace doesn't work, regime change for stability doesn't work, and you can't fix a mistake by repeating it over and over. If the US honestly wants to stop the spread of Islamic terrorism, then they should stop funding and arming Jihadists in Syria. That would be a good starting point.
Brian Becker, an anti-war campaigner with the ANSWER coalition, told RT that the United States and its allies must take some of the blame for the rise of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.
"It was the intervention of the United States in Iraq and the US and its partners in Syria, which laid the groundwork for the ISIS organization to develop. In 2010-2011, remember they said they carried out six actions in the whole year," he said.
"They were practically defunct until the United States and its allies supported the armed opposition inside Syria and gave an opportunity to this organization to develop and come back into Iraq," Becker added.
Isis fighters trap thousands of Iraqis up a mountain – and they're dying of thirst
This Ancient Religion Is Being Threatened With Extermination In Iraq
UN condemns jihadists over attacks on Iraq's Yazidi minority
There are reports of the Islamic State executing dozens of Yazidis
Militants Captured Iraq's Largest Dam, Prompting Fears They Will Unleash A Tidal-Wave On Major City
US allies cultivated Islamic State. Now IS plans to 'raise flag of Allah in White House'
The Fall of Iraq – What You're Not Being Told
Yazidi – Wikipedia


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We know folklore goes back hundreds of years, but thanks to a new study using biological research methods, we now know it's even older than that.
They've been handed down from generation to generation in the form of bedtime stories, books, and movies, so we all have a passing experience with them.
Because of this, fairy tales also reflect our cultural history. They showcase what we think about good and evil, morality and punishment. But how old are they? Turns out, a lot older than we thought. By thousands of years!
One of the most famous people to speculate on the origin of fairy tales was Wilhelm Grimm of the Brothers Grimm. You know, the one that looks like Matt Damon?
He argued that the folk tales he and his brother compiled were actually part of ancient oral traditions that stretched from Scandinavia to South Asia! Grimm thought these stories were thousands of years old, and marked the beginning of Indo-European language.
Since then, studying folklore has become a full-time job in academia. Some folklorists disagreed with Grimm. They said that since there was little evidence to prove fairy tales' existence as oral tradition, they probably were only recently invented along with other printed literature.
That was… until anthropologist Jamie Tehrani and folklorist Sara Graça da Silva dropped some science on them in a breakthrough article in the journal "Royal Society Open Science".
They used tools usually reserved for evolutionary biologists, such as phylogenetic methods that examine the fairy tales' relationships with population histories, geographical distances and linguistic patterns. The researchers also traced the tales along a "tree" of Indo-European languages to see how far back they went.
Using a massive classification of folk tales called the "Aarne Thompson Uther Index," they studied common links between 275 stories in the group known as "Tales of Magic." They focused on these stories featuring the supernatural, because they represented the largest group and included the tales with the most commonly debated origins.
And it worked! They discovered that at least 76 of these fairy tales were being told before English, French or Italian even existed as languages.
"Little Red Riding Hood" originated around 2,000 years ago between Europe and the Middle East.
"Jack and the Beanstalk" (grouped in with a series of tales known as "The Boy Who Stole Ogre's Treasure") is 5,000 years old.
"Beauty and the Beast" and "The Name of the Supernatural Helper" (aka "Rumplestiltskin") may have first been written down in the 17th and 18th centuries, but they're between 2,500 and 6,000 years old!
But what was the oldest fairy tale they found? A story called "The Smith and the Devil," dating back at least 6,000 years to the Bronze Age, predating the oldest known ancestor of Indo-European languages.
It goes something like this: Once upon a time, a blacksmith sells his soul to an evil supernatural being in exchange for the ability to weld any materials together. Then he uses this skill to leash that darn Devil to an immovable object and get outta the deal!
What's even more important is that this discovery could settle a debate about the origin of Indo-European languages. One hypothesis had these languages dating back 9,000 years to the region that's now Turkey, but that population was neolithic farmers who hadn't even invented metallurgy yet.
Tehrani and da Silva speculate that, more likely, another idea is correct: Those languages originated 5 to 6,000 years ago in the steppes of Russia.
A juicy and fruity tale.


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Pacific Foods co-founder talks about Tualatin soup maker's beginnings
NEW YORK — Can a company that started as a tofu maker for the counterculture ease the sales struggles of soup giant Campbell?
Oregon-based broth and soup maker Pacific Foods is being bought by Campbell Soup Co. for $700 million, the latest example of a big packaged food maker acquiring a smaller maker of products that are seen as fresher or more wholesome. Though Campbell introduced some organic soups under its own name in 2015, it says Pacific Foods is more of a leader in that area.
Whether Pacific — which also sells drinks made out of almonds, hemp, rice and soy — can rejuvenate Campbell remains to be seen. Despite other recent acquisitions, the company has recorded two straight years of declining sales, underscoring how difficult it can be for a food giant to keep up with changing trends.
The acquisition, which is subject to regulatory approval, will allow Pacific Foods to stay in Tualatin, where it employs more than 500 at its manufacturing plant and corporate offices.
Pacific Foods co-founder Chuck Eggert is not expected to stay on with Campbell, but says his farms will continue to be a supplier for the company. He spoke with The Associated Press after the deal was announced. His comments have been lightly edited and trimmed for clarity.
Q: What was Pacific Foods like when you first started?
A: That was 30 years ago. We started out as a tofu company. It was meant to be an ingredient for things like mayonnaise.
The natural foods market then was people with allergies, a lot of kids from the '70s that were counterculture and had gone to India, a lot of vegetarians. So we've seen an incredible amount of change, and it's been accelerating in the last six years.
Q: Are you a vegan or vegetarian?
A: No. I tried that. Over the years, I've tried most everything, but I decided it was way too much work.
Q: What was your background before starting Pacific Foods?
A: I was the chief financial officer at (frozen potato company) Lamb Weston. I had a food science background and had worked at Lamb Weston for about 12 years.
Q: How much of Pacific Foods' sales come from broths and soups, versus plant-based drinks?
A: Soups and broth are bigger.
Q: What's changing at Pacific Foods?
A: We're going through a process of increasing the nutritional value of our products. We just came out with a 10-gram protein tomato soup. (Campbell says the product will be launched in the fall).
Q: The dairy industry says terms like "soy milk" are misleading because those drinks don't have milk. What is your position?
A: A number of years ago we changed to refer to our products as non-dairy beverages. We did that very intentionally. We call things what they are. We try to take a position with all of our labeling that we don't try to put flowery language or marketing stuff on it.
Q: Who are Pacific Foods' customers?
A: Our customers are people who are very concerned about what they eat. We sell to the customer that reads the ingredient statement.
-- The Associated Press

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MCA announces finalists for 2019 consultancy awards
The MCA, the Management Consultancies Association, is delighted to announce that 40 of the UK's leading consulting firms have been shortlisted in the MCA Awards. PwC lead with 11 finalists, followed very closely by EY with 9 and Coeus Consulting with 7. The UK's specialist SME consulting firms are well represented this year, with 22 firms making it through to the interview stage. Every year the MCA Awards provide a unique opportunity to see the work that consultants are producing across the country for both the public and private sector, providing value to the UK economy and wider society. Finalists have been recognised for the challenging issues and projects they have completed with positive client feedback and support. Many big name firms and organisations are represented in the work carried out by consultancies this year including Network Rail, Dixons Carphone, Transport for London, the NHS, E.on, Thomas Cook Money and Central Government.
For Performance Improvement in the private sector, Atkins has been recognised for the work they have done in helping Europe's biggest airport, Heathrow, solve how it will deal with stringent new regulatory changes to airport security in the face of a 40% increase in passenger numbers without compromising the traveller experience. Staying in the private sector, PwC is also nominated for helping Europe's leading specialist electrical retailer Dixons Carphone establish an efficient finance platform and reporting environment.
Consulting plays an important part in finding improvements in the public sector and BAE Systems Applied Intelligence is recognised for the support it delivered with the Home Office which to transform mobile biometrics identification to fight terrorism, strengthen law enforcements and support the immigration system. Meanwhile EY is recognised for its work with NHS emergency care. In its submission EY says there is good clinical evidence to show that the longer patients wait for emergency care, the poorer their health outcomes are likely to be. Over 18 months EY supported 13 NHS trusts to improve their performance against the 4-hour standard. Their work over this time has had the impact of improving access to timely and quality care for over 350,000 patients.
Staying with the public sector, Ealing Council was facing a crisis with a growing budget and overwhelming demand for adult social care services. It partnered with iMPOWER to transform the way it delivered support to its most vulnerable residents and to redefine the way it delivered adult social care. Also nominated Change and Transformation in the Public Sector this key category is ATOS for its recent work with the Metropolitan police. The Met has transformed its local policing model to make better use of officer time and to work in a more efficient joined up and flexible way with reduced budgets.
Best use of Thought Leadership is a very competitive segment and this year covers issues such as the reinvestment in the UK's crumbling infrastructure (Arcadis) and consulting companies who have played a pivotal role in the thought leadership behind the national health policy (Carnall Farrar). PwC has been nominated for its work with Energy UK on the adoption of Electric vehicles in the UK and for its successful work in assessing the business models needed to develop an effective, efficient and reliable electric charging infrastructure across the UK. Meanwhile PA consulting with the wePROTECT Global Alliance has been nominated as finalist for the work it has done devising a report, the Global Threat Assessment, designed to raise international awareness of sexual exploitation of children online.
Consultancies continue to play a huge role in digital technology transformation for clients. Arcadis has been recognised for its role in helping Network Rail to embrace digital technology to improve capacity, safety and reliability across key routes in its network. The company helped to deliver an innovative procurement and supply chain model to meet the needs of the new Digital Railway programme and for that reason has been nominated for the Commercial Excellence category. Simon-Kucher & Partners have also been nominated for its work with The Economist magazine, helping them define a commercial strategy that delivers long-term sustainable revenue (and profit) growth. Overall there are 6 finalists in the Commercial Excellence category.
Tamzen Isacsson CEO of the Management Consultancies Association said "The MCA Awards provide a rare opportunity to see the impressive results that consultancies deliver around the country with clients driving innovation, efficiency and change. From electric vehicles, to the NHS, the railway network and holiday resorts the subjects of the award nominations are diverse and challenging. For all clients and people thinking of a career in consulting they provide real life examples of why consultancy works and matters."
In the Customer Engagement and Marketing category there were a wide range of entries, but the finalists are Simon-Kucher and Partners for its work with Center Parcs and PwC and the software giant Sage – for its Customer Success. Decision Technology was nominated in the same category for its work with asset manager Schroders. Consultancy firms are often tasked with creating and implementing Change and Transformation in organisations and OEE Consulting is highlighted for its work with ATOS transforming operations at NS&I, the UK saving institution. The firm was tasked with helping to transform NS&I's operations to remain competitive following changing customer expectations and updates in financial technology. Bourton Group is shortlisted for its work with Cambridge Assessment, an international exams group which designs and delivers assessments to over 8 million learners in 170 countries across the world. Bourton Group helped to deliver an organisation wide business improvement programme which made significant savings, as well as developing a systematic approach to capability building.
Overall there are 21 award categories with 5 individual awards and 12 project awards. There are also awards for the Best New Consultancy, Consulting Excellence Firm of the Year, The Times Consultant of the Year and Project of the Year. Full details of this year's finalists can be found here.read more


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While some forms of sponsored content blur the line between advertising and entertainment, there are some lines that should not--and cannot--be broken. Well make that should not, because the can is, alas, happening in a number of markets as product integration has made its way into local newscasts...
Thursday, Mar. 23, 2006
Reaching a maximum audience of several hundred thousand at a time hardly seems like nirvana for mass marketers. But 18 major advertisers--including Pontiac, Dell and Marriott--have shrewdly embraced that opportunity when it was offered by CBS. The eye network is making the early round games of the...
Thursday, Mar. 9, 2006
In 2004, the State of New York passed landmark tax credit legislation designed to encourage filming in the Empire State--and indeed it has done just that in terms of theatrical features and TV programs. For example, '05 was New York City's busiest production year in more than a decade--location...
Thursday, Feb. 23, 2006
"Bleep" is the title of one of our entries in this week's "The Best Work You May Never See" gallery. The PSA promotes safe and courteous driving--but the significance of the project goes well beyond the subject matter. "Bleep" is the latest spot from The Kangaroo Project, now in its fourth year...
Friday, Feb. 10, 2006
Brian Burgoyne, Rodrigo Rocha-Campos and Joseph White. While they are hardly industry household names, these three artisans represent a mainstay staple vital to the health of the filmmaking community: up-and-coming talent. Burgoyne of the American Film Institute (AFI), Rocha-Campos of Florida State...


This is a Windows Phone 7 based ROM that I have compiled for x2. A lot of work has been put into this ROM and with the help of the x2 community, this ROM has become what it is today. Thank you for all your support and I hope you enjoy!
Big shout out to user victimssun for helping me with the .9s I was having issues with! Without him I wouldn't have got this update. Thanks man.
Disclaimer: I am not responsible for any damage to your device. Use at your own discretion.
See Post #2 for Tips, Future Release Information, and How you can support the development of this ROM. Don't forget to read the setup below!
For references, read THIS POST (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18617557&postcount=1) for download links!
-SBF to Stock 2.3.4 kernel and apply the 2.3.5 UPDATE.ZIP to achieve stock 2.3.5 prior to flashing this ROM!
-Once rooted with Zrush, go into BSR and DataWipe/CacheWipe/DalvikCacheWipe your device.
-Go to Launcher 7! You may want to launch Launcher 7 by default with the check box provided!
-Go into a Google App(market or gmail) and add your google account.
-Enjoy WP7 on your Android Device :) Don't forget to comment and give your opinions here on the forums!!!!
-Check the 2nd post for other tips on using this rom.
-GMail and GVoice need text tweaked. *I need some help with these because I have tried every way possible to fix the text Issues here.
Check out =yankoa @deviantart.com (http://yankoa.deviantart.com/art/Windows-Phone-7-Icons-166077852) for some nice icons for your tiles.
victimssun - Did a lot of patching for me on the .9s as well as the apps themselves.
TheMuffStuff - For helping with the xml issues.
ryman222 - For random help and support.
If I missed someone, please PM me and we will see what we can do to edit this post.
Add me on Google+ and join my circle to get notifications on your G+ account.
Donations are not required, but always a nice gift. If you feel as though what I have did/am doing is beneficial to you or the community, then feel free to help someone out. I'm not an "Expert Developer", but I do try, and I plan on continuing my efforts to bring you a better user experience. I have enjoyed the efforts I have put in, as I'm sure you will enjoy my work. Click the Donate Button provided if you want to donate or simply push the thanks button below. Either way, Thank You for your Time.
New Release is out OVer @ xda. Check it out!!!
If a mod doesn't care, please remove the date and Version on the Thread Title please.
Will this rom work on the DX ?
Thru the VorteX on my DX !
A couple friends of mine have an x, but they don't root, otherwise i would bring it to that phone as well. I'll see what i can do for you guys.
Bump for community input, if you haven't tried this ROM, give it a shot, then provide feedback in the following thread.
No problem, I'm all about testing out new ROMs, I wish I had an X2 to help out. I (as well as you, I'm sure) am an advocate of development so if I can help out I will.
For those that don't have the x2 and want this ROM on of your device, pm me. Motorola stuff I could probably port over pretty easily. But pm me of you want to get this over to your device. I got plans for next week and they include other phones.
A port to the OG X would be nice :big smile:.
Would love to have this on the Droid X.
Same. I would love to have this on my Droid X too.
Bump for new flashable update to fix themes!
I'm addicted to changing up this launcher layout, so figured I'd show my current arrangement.
ROM has been updated to v0.5 and the OP has been updated to feature the ROM here.
MOD please update the THREAD title to "[ROM]GingerBread Phone 7 v0.5 (12/11/11)"
Any luck on the X yet?
Haha, yea, you tell 'em! Soo.. when do you think we can start asking eta's, anytime soon.. whaddya think?
Wasn't asking for an eta. Was just wondering if it was something that was still being pursued.
Gomerm, I think he just mentioned the eta thing, so people didn't continue to ask when. Also, he just updated his xda thread in a bit more detail.
The ROM is going to be released on the X soon and I plan on turning over the maintenance of it to one of their Devs so I can focus on the x2 users http://media.xda-developers.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif. So it definitely sounds like it's still being pursued.


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A Court-Side Seat: OSHA, Air and Waters
Anthony Cavender
Pillsbury - Gravel2Gavel Construction & Real Estate Law
The courts have issued several new and significant rulings on environmental and administrative law the past few weeks.
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT
Truck Trailer Manufacturers Association, Inc. v. EPA
On November 12, 2021, the DC Circuit held in a divided ruling that neither Section 202(a)(1) of the Clean Air Act nor the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2017 authorized these agencies to regulate the greenhouse gas emissions released by trailers pulled by tractors—most commonly, the 18 wheelers that carry many products to market on the nation's highways. According to the court, trailers have no motor, and therefore cannot be subject to the Greenhouse emissions and fuel efficiency standards promulgated in 2016. (See 81 FR 73478.) The majority, after an exacting review of these statutes, determined that the Clean Air Act did not authorize that portion of EPA's rule insofar as it applies to heavy-duty trailers, and since the Energy Independence Act concentrates on fuel economy, and trailers use no fuel, there was also no authority for the NHTSA to employ. Judge Millett agreed with the majority regarding the EPA rules but would hold that the NHTSA's inclusion of commercial trailers in its fuel efficiency rule was a reasonable interpretive judgment that "falls squarely within its statutory delegation."
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
BST Holdings, et al. v. OSHA
On November 12, 2021, the court reiterated its recent ruling that the new OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard COVID-19 affecting employers of 100 or more employees must be stayed pending judicial review. Following its review and consideration of the new briefing it received, the court again outlined what it believed to be "grave statutory and constitutional issues" with the new OSHA mandate, which has been published at 86 FR 61402. A stay will do OSHA "no harm whatsoever" the court concludes, while the companies seeking a stay "will be irreparably harmed." In a footnote, the court observes that "the Mandate affects every person in America one way or another." Ordinarily, a trial on the merits would soon follow.
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Inland Waterkeeper v. Corona Clay Company
On September 20, 2021, the court ruled that the environmental plaintiffs had standing to pursue this Clean Water Act Citizen Suit action, which alleged that the defendant was illegally discharging pollutants into a body of navigable water in violation of its California state Stormwater General Discharge permit. The basis of this complaint was the alleged failure of the defendant to monitor its stormwater discharges and to report its permit violations. The case was tried by a jury, which ruled for the defendant on some issues, in particular whether there was in fact a jurisdictional discharge to navigable waters. The Ninth Circuit held that the lower court erred when it ruled that, in its interpretation of the Supreme Court's decision in Gwaltney v. U.S., an ongoing discharge was a prerequisite for maintaining a citizen suit asserting ongoing monitoring and reporting violations. Still, whether there was in fact a jurisdictional discharge in light of the Supreme Court's holding in the 2020 County of Maui case is an issue to be decided by the trial court on remand.
California River Watch v. City of Vacaville
On September 27, 2021, the Ninth Circuit issued a ruling in this RCRA suit, with the plaintiffs arguing that the City of Vacaville, in transporting a dangerous solid waste, hexavalent chromium, to its residents as part of its municipal water service, was nevertheless in violation of Section 6972(a) of RCRA. Although the city had nothing to do with the actual generation of hexavalent chromium, a chemical used and released into groundwater by wood treatment facilities located in nearby Elmira, Calif., a "transporter" of solid waste can still face liability under RCRA. The court also held that discarded hexavalent chromium was a solid waste subject to RCRA; here, it is alleged that the wood treatment plants released this chemical into the groundwater, which was the basic source of the water provided the Vacaville residents, which triggered the application of RCRA. Oddly enough, EPA agreed the operation of the municipal water plant was otherwise in compliance with the applicable state and federal safe drinking water act standards. There was a dissent, with the dissenting judge stating that the City had to have taken an active role in creating this waste before it could be liable.
Upper Missouri Waterkeeper v. EPA
On October 6, 2021, the court ruled on this controversy, which concerned Montana's new water quality standards which the State proposed and EPA approved. The plaintiffs argued that Montana, in promulgating water quality standards for nitrogen and phosphorus in "wadeable streams," could not consider the costs of compliance. The trial court and the court of appeals agreed that the Clean Water Act and the implementing water quality regulations, do not foreclose the use of an economic test in some circumstances, and since the Clean Water Act's text is not dispositive, then Chevron deference should be applied to a reasonable interpretation of the law. However, the trial court took issue with the conditions of 17-year variance provided by Montana, but the Ninth Circuit could find no authority for this ruling, and it was reversed.
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Preparedness Resources
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Poway Neighborhood Emergency Corps (PNEC) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization focused on disaster preparedness education. We provide outreach activities and educational programs to better prepare community members for emergencies and disasters such as wildfires, earthquakes, and floods.
PNEC is an all-volunteer organization and is not part of the City of Poway. However, PNEC works closely with the Poway Fire Department and serves only as an educational outreach organization as it relates to fire and wildfire safety and prevention.
The Poway Neighborhood Emergency Corps was established in 2011 after a group of residents identified the need for the community to be better prepared and informed regarding wildfire and other emergencies.
PNEC has been hosting and providing community workshops and events on emergency preparedness since its inception and has steadily grown outreach activities and collaborations.
PNEC established its 501(c)(3) status in 2018.
When an emergency or disaster strikes, every community member is prepared and ready to survive.
To educate community members on emergency preparedness, how to prepare
and what to do in disasters and emergency situations.
In doing so, residents:
Embody the principle that they are their own "first responder."
Are empowered and prepared during an emergency so that stress and panic are mitigated.
To accomplish this simple straightforward mission, PNEC sets out to:
Provide educational outreach activities and presentations related to emergency and disaster preparedness.
Educate our residents and community on disaster and wildfire safety and prevention practices to mitigate or lessen the burden of wildfire and other disasters.
Build a network within individual neighborhoods to help disseminate preparedness education material.
Foster a neighbor helping neighbor environment where the most vulnerable are considered and helped by those closest to them.
Strive to engage our community and residents to stay current with emergency and safety skills and information.
Partner with County Emergency Organizations to understand their varying roles during an emergency, thereby allowing PNEC to be a valuable community resource in educating residents how to prepare for and recover from a disaster.
Terri serves as our President and is the driving force behind PNEC. She has been a member since 2011 and is one of the original founding members. She is passionate about preparedness education and helping our community become resilient in emergencies. She believes that residents, once prepared, can act to quickly recover in emergencies and be ready to help others in need.
Terri has lived in Poway since 1991, currently in neighborhood 46, where she is the Neighborhood Coordinator and a Ham Radio Operator.
Terri Sorensen
Vickie joined PNEC in 2019. She serves as the Vice President of the organization and is part of the Fire Safe Council Committee. Her interest in emergency preparedness stems from growing up in the Griffith Park, CA, in an area surrounded by nature, where she experienced evacuations due to fires and two major earthquakes. Vickie enjoys planning and serving at community emergency educational events.
Vickie moved to the area in 1995 and she has been part of the RB / Poway community since. Currently she is also a Co-Neighborhood Coordinator for Country View, Neighborhood #47.
Vickie Hoey
Beverly serves as PNEC's treasurer and joined the organization in 2017 upon learning of it shortly after becoming a Poway CERT member. With a longtime interest in emergency preparedness and response, it was a natural fit to volunteer. Beverly brings her business skills to the organization, helping with the corporate administrative side as well as fundraising and grants. In addition to Poway CERT, she has trained and volunteered with the American Red Cross.
Beverly has lived in the Poway area since 2001 and resides in Neighborhood 34 where she serves as the Neighborhood Coordinator.
Beverly Dunlap
Ron joined PNEC in 2019 and currently serves as the Secretary. Motivated to be part of the answer during a crisis, he found PNEC was a perfect organization in which to participate. Ron previously worked as an area commander in the city of Herriman Utah responsible for 1/5 of the city and was a member of their CERT. He is also Ham Radio certified
Ron has lived in RB since 2018 and learned of PNEC through a faith-based organization participating in emergency preparedness and education.
Ron Bently
Chuck is one of the original founding members of PNEC and has served on the board since its inception. As part of the Poway Community Leadership Institute session held in 2008, he was the Chair of the committee that created what is known today as PNEC. Chuck's passion for emergency and wildfire preparedness and education stems from a dear friend's devastating loss of family in the 2003 fire.
Chuck and his wife Mary have lived in Poway since 1984. They serve as Neighborhood Coordinators for Neighborhood 57, the Garden Road North area.
Chuck Cross
Eric joined PNEC in 2016 after discovering it through his Ham Radio network. Eric is a board member at large and maintains the website and helps with social media and photography at PNEC events. As an Amateur Radio Operator, he has always been involved in emergency preparation and public service. When Eric learned of PNEC and the active role of Ham Radio operators, he wanted to participate.
Eric moved to San Diego in 1990 from New York. He and his wife have been Poway residents since 2006 and live in Neighborhood 20 where he is also the Ham Radio Coordinator for his and other surrounding neighborhoods.
Eric Gruff
Ron has been involved with PNEC since shortly after its inception in 2011. In addition to being active with our PACT outreach, he serves as a liaison between several county and Poway emergency communication groups. Ron has been a Ham Radio operator for over 50 years and volunteers with the Sheriff's Auxiliary Communication Systems (ACS), Amateur Radio Emergency Services (ARES) which helps as backup emergency communications for hospitals in the county as well as the Poway Auxiliary Communications Team (PACT). He also works as a fire lookout on Palomar Mountain watching for fires all over the San Diego area including Poway. He has been a resident of Poway since 1996 and lives in Neighborhood 11, Silver Saddle area where he is also the Ham Radio Operator for the neighborhood.
Ron Earl
County Communications Liaison
Brian has been a member of PNEC since 2013. He is the leader of the Poway Auxiliary Communications Team (PACT) and a member of Poway CERT. Brian obtained an amateur radio (ham) license in 2011 and quickly developed an interest in public service and emergency communications. The synergy between PNEC, PACT and CERT is what motivated Brian to be a part of all three organizations.
Brian moved to San Diego in 2000 from Orange County, and to Poway in 2002. He lives in neighborhood 45 and is the Ham Radio Operator, not only for his neighborhood but several other surrounding neighborhoods as well.
Brian Tagg
Poway Communications Liaison
Susy serves as the liaison for the Fire Department and is a PNEC board member at large. As the Disaster Preparedness Coordinator for the City of Poway since 2015, her focus is on community preparedness. Susy came to the City of Poway after a 20-year career with the American Red Cross. Most of her time with the Red Cross was in the San Diego / Imperial Counties Chapter, serving a leadership role in the Red Cross response to care for the community during and after the wildfires of 2003, 2007 and 2014. In addition to working closely with PNEC and PACT, Susy oversees a team of more than 100 Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) volunteers. She ensures city employees receive training to work in the Emergency Operations Center when needed. When not working here in Poway, Susy resides in Santee and enjoys volunteering at the San Diego Rescue Mission.
Susy Turnbull
City of Poway Liaison Disaster Preparedness Coordinator
Eric has been part of PNEC since 2017, shortly after becoming a Crime Prevention Specialist for the San Diego County Sheriff Departments Poway Patrol Station. As the Sheriff's Department's PNEC liaison, he helps bridge the world of law enforcement with the needs of PNEC, while simultaneously providing the Poway community cost-effective crime prevention tips that can be orchestrated into their daily lives. Helping others feel safe within their homes and neighborhoods is a driving force in what he does each day, professionally and personally, and he is happy to help PNEC in our mission of making Poway residents better prepared for the unforeseen challenges ahead.
Eric has been a San Diego County resident his entire life. He currently lives in the nearby neighborhood of Rancho Penasquitos since 2017.
Eric Kant
SD Sheriff's Crime & Safety Liaison
PNEC is grateful to have the support of numerous volunteers serving as Neighborhood Emergency Coordinators and Ham Radio Operators. This support is vital to our mission and goal of being prepared when disaster strikes and neighbors helping neighbors.
Stay Prepared.
Stay informed about community meetings and activities.
March Community Meeting
8th Annual Emergency Safety Fair
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PNEC is a 501(c)(3) non-profit comprised of all volunteers and no revenue streams. PNEC is funded by grants and donations and welcomes financial contributions to help support and cover costs related to program development and outreach activities.
Please make checks payable to Poway Neighborhood Emergency Corps and mail to:
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This month in Harvard history
Making connections: A special evening for Harvard faculty
Dec. 29, 1627 — John Harvard enters Emmanuel College, Cambridge University, England.
December 1763 — Hollis Hall is completed in the Yard.
Dec. 2, 1859 — Abolitionist John Brown is executed in Virginia. When the news reaches the Divinity School, many students attend a funeral service for him at Tremont Temple, while a Divinity School senior offers an evening prayer of "thanks for the vindication of justice."
December 1890 — The Faculty of Arts and Sciences establishes the Division of American Archaeology and Ethnology.
Dec. 2, 1899 — At Chicago's University Club, the third annual meeting of the Associated Harvard Clubs takes place. Among the guests of honor is Jutaro Komura, LL.B. 1877, Minister Plenipotentiary of Japan to the U.S.
Dec. 6, 1899 — At the Columbia University Gymnasium, representatives from Columbia, Harvard, New York University, the University of Pennsylvania, and Yale convene to discuss the formation of an intercollegiate gymnastic association.
From the Harvard Historical Calendar, a database compiled by Marvin Hightower


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"In the Army Now" is a song by the South African-born Dutch duo Bolland & Bolland, released in 1982. The song spent 6 consecutive weeks on the top of the Norwegian singles chart. The song was also later recorded by the British rock band Status Quo on their 1986 album, In the Army Now, and their version peaked at number 2 in the UK Singles Chart.
This CD is a German release of the Maxi-CD "In the army now '98" (Cat.No.: Mercury 568 543-2). The songs included are : 1. "In the army now" - 2. "Caroline" (live) recorded live at Brighton, December 19963.- 3. "Whatever you want" (new version) recorded at the Stambridge Studios; London - 4. "Don't waste my time" ('98 Version) recorded at the Chipping Norton Studios and the first Status Quo song produced by Mike Paxman.
01 In The Army Now (Single Version)
02 Caroline (Live version)
03 Whatever You Want (New Version)
04 Don't Waste My Time (New Vesion)
Labels: Status Quo
Spazzys - 2005 - My Boyfriend's Back FLAC
Lisa Marie Presley - 2003 - Lights Out WAVE
Kiss - 1983 - Lick It Up (1987) FLAC
Jesus Loves You - 1989 - After The Love CDS FLAC
Jackie Bristow - 2000 - Silly Girl FLAC
The Be@t!es - 1996 - Re@l L0ve CDS FLAC
Spiderbait - 1999 - Shazam! CDS FLAC
Rebecca's Empire - 1998 - Medicine Man CDS FLAC
Kasey Chambers - 2005 - Surrender FLAC
Europe - 2009 - Last Look At Eden FLAC
The Eagles - 1989 - The Eagles FLAC
Time Bandits - 1996 - Time Bandits FLAC
Sharon O'Neill - 1983 - Four Play- Volume Eighteen...
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Microbursts present a strong danger to aircraft at low altitudes, primarily on final approach or shortly after departure and have been the cause of several fatal air carrier accidents.
The Integrated Terminal Weather System (ITWS) Microburst Detection Algorithm uses Terminal Doppler Weather Radar (TDWR) data to detect microbursts in the airport terminal area. The Microburst Detection algorithm identifies regions of strongly spreading winds near the ground, which are used for subsequent processing algorithms to determine specific impact of these events to runway approach and departure corridors. This algorithm enables air traffic controllers to determine the safest paths for incoming and departing aircraft.


But could it be that maybe—just maybe—the recent "upheaval" is a necessary (perhaps, then, good—can I say that??) fire under all our hind ends to take action? And I don't just mean action like powerful poster protests, social media weigh in's, or healthy debates around the kitchen table—but to do what has been your responsibility all along? Perhaps channel all that passion and time given to participate and drive to and from public demonstrations or debates to instead go and care for the sojourners today: feed them, invite them in, *listen* to them, clothe them, and look after them. Imagine how different the world would be if each of us—you—did all you're able with your five loaves and two fish.
If you're not in Atlanta, see link in my profile for a list of refugee aid organizations possibly near you.
"Do we actually care more about refugees (and each other) or just about making a raucous?
Hundreds of refugees STILL come into the USA daily. When was the last time you invited a refugee INTO your home for a home-cooked meal? How many refugees' phone numbers do you have in your contacts? How much does YOUR lifestyle CHANGE because you ache for refugees to be well cared for and compassionately loved? When did you last offer to tutor a refugee in English?
Have we become a nation where carrying a sign is noble, but caring for your neighbor is virtually unheard of? What changes opinions more effectively? Protests insulting leadership or people demonstrating sacrificial love? Are we ready to live loud lives of love?
Change doesn't start in the White House. It starts in my house."


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US rapper Young Thug to go on trial in gang and racketeering case
Young Thug trial begins - Copyright Evan Agostini/AP
By Theo Farrant & AP • Updated: 10/01/2023
US rapper Young Thug is set to go on trial today on accusations of co-founding a criminal street gang responsible for violent crimes and using his songs and social media to promote it.
The Atlanta-based artist, whose given name is Jeffery Lamar Williams, was charged along with more than two dozen other people in a sprawling indictment last May, with more charges added in a second indictment in August.
Fellow rapper Gunna, whose real name is Sergio Kitchens, was also indicted and has since pleaded guilty to a racketeering conspiracy charge.
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Who is Young Thug?
Musician Young Thug performs at the 2021 Governors Ball music festival at Citi FieldAndy Kropa/AP
Young Thug, 31, began rapping as a teenager and has become tremendously successful - performing around the world and starting his own record label, Young Stoner Life (YSL), where he serves as CEO.
He first gained widespread attention in 2013 with his mixtape "1017 Thug," which featured the popular track 'Picacho.'
He has since released a number of successful mixtapes and studio albums, including "Barter 6" (2015), "Jeffery" (2016), and "So Much Fun" (2019), which became his first number one album on the Billboard 200 chart.
The rapper, who currently has over 26 million monthly listeners on Spotify, has also been featured on numerous hit songs as a featured artist, including 'Havana' by Camila Cabello and 'I Know There's Gonna Be (Good Times)' by Jamie xx, and he helped write the hit 'This is America' with Childish Gambino, which became the first hip-hop track to win the song of the year Grammy in 2019.
Why is Young Thug facing charges?
Young Thug is displayed on a monitor as he waits during a virtual appearance before a Fulton County Magistrate judge on Tuesday, May 10, 2022.Atlanta Journal Constitution
In May 2022, Young Thug and 27 other associates of his record label Young Stoner Life were arrested and charged in an indictment that claims YSL is a violent street gang and affiliated with the national Bloods gang.
The alleged gang members named in the indictment are accused of committing violent crimes - including murders, shootings and carjackings - to collect money for the gang, burnish its reputation and expand its power and territory.
The charges includes rap lyrics that prosecutors allege are overt acts "in furtherance of the conspiracy," including a line from a song they say Young Thug released on YouTube: "I'm in the VIP and I got that pistol on my hip, you prayin that you live I'm prayin that I hit."
Another of his lyrics quoted in the indictment says, "I never killed anybody but I got something to do with that body."
The second indictment in August accused Young Thug of racketeering conspiracy and participation in criminal street gang activity, as well as drug and gun charges.
Included in the charges were an allegation that Young Thug threatened in July 2015 to shoot a security guard who was trying to get him to leave an Atlanta-area mall.
Williams' lawyer says he is innocent of all charges.
Rapper Gunna performs at the Wireless Music Festival, Crystal Palace Park, London, 2021Scott Garfitt/AP
Eight of Young Thug's associates, including "pushin P" rapper Gunna, have already taken plea deals in the case, and six - four of whom don't have lawyers and two who haven't been arrested - will be tried later.
Gunna said in a statement released by his lawyers that when he became affiliated with YSL in 2016, he did not consider it a "gang," but rather "a group of people from metro Atlanta who had common interests and artistic aspirations."
He was sentenced to five years with one year commuted to time served and the balance suspended.
It is currently unclear how much time Young Thug would face if charged guilty of his charges.
The other two alleged co-founders of the YSL gang - Walter Murphy and Trontavious Stephens - also each pleaded guilty last month to one count of conspiracy to violate the RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations) Act. Murphy was sentenced to 10 years, with one year commuted to time served and nine years of probation. Stephens also got 10 years, with two years commuted to time served and eight years of probation.
When lyrics become evidence
In a clip that surfaced on social media, Judge Ural Glanville is seen reciting lyrics from Young Thug's 2016 single 'Slime Shit' in court proceedings on 4 January.
"Hey, this that slime shit, hey / YSL shit, hey / Killin' 12 shit, hey / Fuck a jail shit, hey / … Cookin' white brick, hey, hey / […] I'm not new to this, hey, I'm so true to this, hey I done put a whole slime on a hunnid licks" recites the Judge in front of the courtroom.
Young Thug has previously called on his fans to sign a petition condemning the use of rap lyrics in criminal proceedings. At the time of publication of this article, the petition has more than 74,000 signatures.
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Q: Not able to get the index of clicked item in grid or list item I am working on windows phone 7 using VS 2010 Express edition for windows phone.I have  grid of images made using wrappanel .When i select any item or image ,i want the id of the clicked image.Also similarly have a list box and when any list item click, i again want the value of text block clicked i.e the text.
I am using this method for listbox item selection,an want the id here:
private void on_selection(object sender, SelectionChangedEventArgs e)
{
   //want id of clicked item here
}

void grid_image_ManipulationStarted(object sender, ManipulationStartedEventArgs e)
{
   //want id of clicked image in grid here
}

Any suggestions are welcome.
The xml for listbox is :
<Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot" Background="Transparent">
    <Grid.RowDefinitions>
        <RowDefinition Height="768"/>
        <RowDefinition Height="0*" />
    </Grid.RowDefinitions>

    <ListBox Name="Index_list" SelectionChanged="on_selection">

    </ListBox>
    <Image Visibility="Collapsed" Margin="0,151,0,200" Name="selected_image"></Image>
</Grid>

A: Have you tried using the e.AddedItems property of the SelectionChangedEventArgs from the event args.
As the docs say this will give you the

The items that were selected since the last time the SelectionChanged event occurred.

Specifically it will give you an IList of the selected bound objects. This doesn't give you the index but once you have the selected items its prettys easy to get the index if that's what you really want (e.g IndexOf on what you've bound to).
You could also cast the sender to a list box and then inspect the SelectedIndex but that's problematic with a list box.

A: Assuming the following XAML:
<ListBox Name="Index_list" SelectionChanged="on_selection">
    <!-- These items could also be added in code -->
    <TextBlock Text="list box option 1" Style="{StaticResource PhoneTextExtraLargeStyle}" />
    <TextBlock Text="list box option 2" Style="{StaticResource PhoneTextExtraLargeStyle}" />
    <TextBlock Text="list box option 3" Style="{StaticResource PhoneTextExtraLargeStyle}" />
    <TextBlock Text="list box option 4" Style="{StaticResource PhoneTextExtraLargeStyle}" />
    <TextBlock Text="list box option 5" Style="{StaticResource PhoneTextExtraLargeStyle}" />
    <TextBlock Text="list box option 6" Style="{StaticResource PhoneTextExtraLargeStyle}" />
    <TextBlock Text="list box option 7" Style="{StaticResource PhoneTextExtraLargeStyle}" />
    <TextBlock Text="list box option 8" Style="{StaticResource PhoneTextExtraLargeStyle}" />
    <TextBlock Text="list box option 9" Style="{StaticResource PhoneTextExtraLargeStyle}" />
    <TextBlock Text="list box option 10" Style="{StaticResource PhoneTextExtraLargeStyle}" />
    <TextBlock Text="list box option 11" Style="{StaticResource PhoneTextExtraLargeStyle}" />
</ListBox>

you can get at the text from the selected TextBlock in the following ways.
(Note that use of a MessageBox is purely for demonstration.)
private void on_selection(object sender, SelectionChangedEventArgs e)
{
    // As the listbox is named we can do this:
    if (Index_list.SelectedIndex >= 0)
    {
        MessageBox.Show((Index_list.SelectedItem as TextBlock).Text);
    }

    // if the listbox wasn't named we could do this:
    if (sender is ListBox) // always good to double check
    {
        var sal = sender as ListBox;

        if (sal.SelectedIndex >= 0)
        {
            MessageBox.Show((sal.SelectedItem as TextBlock).Text);
        }
    }

    // Or we could use the EventArgs:
    if (e.AddedItems.Count == 1)
    {
        MessageBox.Show((e.AddedItems[0] as TextBlock).Text);
    }
}

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class GstPluginsBad < Formula
  desc "GStreamer plugins (less supported, missing docs, not fully tested)"
  homepage "http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/"
  url "http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/gst-plugins-bad/gst-plugins-bad-1.6.0.tar.xz"
  sha256 "d8ff26128d4ecd2ffeb28e14843808d2d971b09056b7cee6f08afcae01fc0f49"

  bottle do
    sha256 "39891fb950bb3e48e44449121320fcf23068b03126113fa9a85e95ad1c134e80" => :el_capitan
    sha256 "4a0544b92e6309f14610008ed73963a5c2a6bd3b11e86b9cd3c3200a60670a87" => :yosemite
    sha256 "cfc9e1ce7af3b1ada6cf79211ea54a6250321516b5694eb431ecd7377642b896" => :mavericks
  end

  head do
    url "git://anongit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-plugins-bad"

    depends_on "autoconf" => :build
    depends_on "automake" => :build
    depends_on "libtool" => :build
  end

  option "with-applemedia", "Build with applemedia support"

  depends_on "pkg-config" => :build
  depends_on "gettext"
  depends_on "gst-plugins-base"
  depends_on "openssl"

  depends_on "dirac" => :optional
  depends_on "faac" => :optional
  depends_on "faad2" => :optional
  depends_on "gnutls" => :optional
  depends_on "libdvdread" => :optional
  depends_on "libexif" => :optional
  depends_on "libmms" => :optional
  depends_on "homebrew/science/opencv" => :optional
  depends_on "opus" => :optional
  depends_on "rtmpdump" => :optional
  depends_on "schroedinger" => :optional
  depends_on "sound-touch" => :optional
  depends_on "srtp" => :optional

  def install
    args = %W[
      --prefix=#{prefix}
      --disable-yadif
      --disable-sdl
      --disable-debug
      --disable-dependency-tracking
    ]

    args << "--disable-apple_media" if build.without? "applemedia"

    if build.head?
      ENV["NOCONFIGURE"] = "yes"
      system "./autogen.sh"
    end

    system "./configure", *args
    system "make"
    system "make", "install"
  end
end