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Strategic Coordination
Created on Monday, 06 May 2013 13:18 | Published Date | | Hits: 929
The standing strategic cooperation and coordination between Israeli and the extremist Takfiri terrorist groups in Syria is indeed strange. The goal of both sides is common as to destroy Syria. The Israelis should, however, understand that they will be the ultimate target for such groups once the crisis in Syria ends. The Israeli recent coward attack against Jamraya came in coordination with the terrorists who once the attack was launched moved their squads of death and killing to enter the formidable city of Damascus.
Indeed it was unbelievable that the extremists were picturing the Israeli attack once it took place chanting "Allah Akbar"! What can the Israelis expect from those who even echo such words while their own country was being under Israeli attack? The enemy should wait for more to come in consequence for their aggressions and their uncalculated reckless adventures against Syria.
The Israeli coward aggression is, as the Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal al Meqdad has clearly stated to CNN, but "an alliance between Islamic terrorists and Israel" as a declaration of war, for which the Israelis are to suffer more and more.
The Israeli flagrant attack has indeed opened "the door wide for all possibilities". It has been, as the Syrian Government statement outlined, a flagrant aggression on the Syrian Arab Republic using missiles to bombard military facilities in a blatant violation to the international law, paying no heed to the relevant obligations".
"The flagrant aggression aims at providing a direct military support to the extremist, Takfiri and terrorist groups as they have recently failed to attain gains on the ground," as the Foreign and Expatriates Ministry outlined. Indeed the Israeli state-terrorism attack against Syria is to escalate the tension in the region and drag it into a wide-scale war that would threaten international security.
"The Syrian Arab Republic's Government do believe that the US statements ,released prior and in the aftermath of the mentioned raid, have urged Israel to launch its aggressive airstrike rather than securing a political nod and wink to breach Syria's sovereignty in an apparent violation to the UN Charter and the international law." The US, ewes, and some Westerners are themselves to feel the consequences.
The government of the Syrian Arab Republic reiterates the necessity that the Syrian hero Army would continue their victories over the puppets of Israel inside Syria in line with the States duty to defend homeland , State and people from internal aggression as well as external one and by all means and available potentials.
Dr. Mohammad Abdo Al-Ibrahim
Category: Editorials / Commentary
The Savior, Protector and Guardian
Created on Sunday, 05 May 2013 07:28 | Published Date | | Hits: 954
H.E. President Bashar Al-Assad yesterday's participation in the unveiling of the Syrian Universities Martyrs Memorial is but a further noble and human gesture by the leader of every dignity, morality and humanity. Our martyrs are so sacred and most noble among all, and they do belong to every Syrian family as our minister of Information, Omran al-Zoubi, underscored in his yesterday's Syrian TV talk.
"There is no single family or a house in Syria without being in a direct blood relationship with a martyr; there is no one in Syria without being in a way or another contributing to the dignity, existence, and sovereignty of Syria,'' outlined the minister.
"President Al-Assad has never been absent even for a single moment from participating in all activities and national occasions. H.E. President Al-Assad has been carrying out his constitutional and national duties to the best of performance," added the minister.
Yes, the majority of the Syrians do love president Al-Assad, who does symbolize for them every heroism, resistance, steadfastness and dignity. President Al-Assad is almost felt to be part of every Syrian family; and the more he is to be under attack by the ewes and their masters, the more he is to be immunized by the solidarity, unity, friendship and amity of his people.
Almost 13 years have so far passed since president Al-Assad's July 17th, 2000 inaugural words: Our dear people, My trust in you is infinite and so is my love to you. I hope you will allow me to emphasize to you a fact I feel that the man you have known and loved some of his merits and exchanged trust and love with him will not change at all once he assumes his post. He came out of the people and lived with them and shall remain one of them. You may expect to see him everywhere whether in the work place or on the streets or in your picnics in order to learn from you and sharpen his determination by his contact with you and shall work for you as he has always done."
"The man who has become a president is the same man who was a doctor and an officer and first and foremost is the citizen." Indeed, he has so been and is even felt more today as the savior, protector and guardian in the face of the ongoing foreign-backed terrorists barbarity, savagery and brutality.
World Press Day
Created on Friday, 03 May 2013 12:32 | Published Date | | Hits: 915
The Syrian Mass Media means have paid a heavy price due to the ongoing crisis, where scores of colleagues and media outlets were brutally targeted by the foreign-backed terrorist and takfiri groups. The Syrian Satellite transmissions were illegally cut off by anti-free speech ewes and their pardons.
Actually, and as Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi has recently declared in Moscow, the media war, Syria has been facing, is also based on preventing the country from getting the modern technology necessary to broadcast facts and real information messages about what is really going on in Syria: "Syria is being exposed to a real aggression in which the media plays a main role and the armed terrorist groups act as a military arm to destroy Syria".
The minister cited t tens of satellite channels and public relations companies that are highly paid to contribute to implementing a conspiracy aiming to weaken the Syrian state and its establishments, pointing out that many of the journalists, who were martyred or wounded in the war waged against Syria, reiterating that tens of foreign journalists had entered Syria illegally and were targeted by the armed terrorist groups.
Minister al-Zoubi underscored that Syria wants the mass media to broadcast the reality of events in the country without fabrications or falsification, so the Information Ministry has so far given permission to more than 300 media outlets from different countries to enter Syria, stressing that the Syrian armed forces didn't target a single journalist directly neither through arrests nor through fire shooting.
'' Syria has been exposed to a media attack; media, notwithstanding its importance, cannot outdo the reality. They might be stronger in space- satellite transmission-, but we are stronger on the ground than in the space. Still, we want to win on the ground as well as in the space." said H.E. President Bashar Al-Assad in press statements following the casting of his vote in Syria's New Constitution referendum, February 26 2012.
In his statements, President Al-Assad underscored that the Syrian official media is the best in the region, with an eye on competing not with those who are less, but who are better. Such a mad hysterical media attack of fabrications, lies and disinformation against everything Syrian has been escalated and aggravated by petro-dollar and western media outlets, which affirms, as President Al-Assad declared on August 29, 2012, that the '' Syrian media managed to expose them and undermine their media empires'' as a further ''proof of the success of Syrian media''.
Here comes, actually, the underway modifications, upgrades, and-at times- drastic changes in Syrian mass media means tackling of domestic, regional and international issues of interest. More space as well as coverage- opposition meetings in Syria are being covered live on State TV- is accorded to different ideas and views representing many angles of Syria's spectra. Many of the analysts, researchers, and politicians, unfortunately absent for a long time, do contribute nowadays to enriching the said spectra, especially during the ongoing crisis imposed upon Syria. An invitation was even addressed by the Syrian Minister of Information, Mr.Omran al-Zou'bi, to national opposition figures as to have their say heard a loud. Most of the Syrians nowadays are in waiting for their Syrian TV main news broadcast at 8:30 p.m., which starts with the newly-introduced brief political analysis. Such a far-sighted deep analysis raises optimism, courage, pride and awareness in most of the Syrians, given the heroic operations- some of which are being broadcasted live- by the heroes of the Syrian Arab Army against the foreign-backed mercenary terrorists.
Further, the Syria Times was re-launched by Minister al-Zoubi, where the number of its readership on line today nears a million. This is but the new Syrian media live coverage for events on the ground, where the brave colleagues stand shoulder to shoulder with army personnel in defence of the sacred homeland. Such coverage for the reality on the ground does make the Syrian media excel in the space. One here can't but to reiterate that such a coverage has instigated those involved in the crime being perpetrated against the Syrians to cut Syrian Satellites transmission.
The ongoing developments in Syrian Mass Media means can also be seen in the light of President Al-Assad's far-sighted vision for media role as has been clarified and reflected in his interview with Addounia TV on August 29, 2012. The work is ongoing, with persistence and determination, on enhancing the role of media means' investigating role as part of 'popular oversight' in Syria's national interest. The issues discussed and topics raised, considered until recently a taboo, if to say, or somehow forbidden, are being highlighted and fleshed out in a series of TV, radio programs, and written articles, offering some suggestions, at times solutions, to the concerned.
The unjust war waged against Syrians by foreign media means made the concerned throw their hats in the ring, standing up to the challenges imposed. Hopefully, the re- launching of the Syria Times would further contribute to shedding the more of light on the realities of everything Syrian, as to get closer to the aspired-for noble objectives. Truth, according to Minister al-Zou'bi, in statements to the Independent quoted by Robert Fisk, ''will no longer be a casualty'' and ''Nothing can be hidden. There is no justification to hide anything. People are used to the real facts now….Thus we don't want a lying media.'' Hopefully, the Syria Times, with about a million readership, were able to say the truth in a simple, straight to the point and clear way as to help in exposing, encountering and foiling those who are so good at marketing their lies, not to mention those whose media outlets are but the partners in the shedding of Syrian blood with prior knowledge of many terrorist attacks against Syrians.
Minister Omran al-Zoubi's Recent Visit to Russia
Created on Thursday, 02 May 2013 07:15 | Published Date | | Hits: 1661
Syria's Information Minister, Omran al-Zoubi's recent visit to Russia and the talks held with Russian officials have yielded positive results in bolstering of the firm standing relations of friendship between Syria and Russia. Actually, Minister al-Zoubi underlined, on different occasions during the visit, some important principles and facts regarding the ongoing crisis in Syria as well as regarding Syria's political orientations and aspirations.
Among the underlined was that Syria, a secular Country, has been the target for extremism and terrorism, where a war is being waged by ignorant takfiri thinking fighting, under the name of Islam, against present secularism and Islamic-Christian moderation. "Syria is now paying the price for this secularism and religious diversity," underlined Minister al-Zoubi.
Syria is facing foreign-backed terrorists and mercenaries coming from 29 countries, causing tragic events and killing innocent citizens, outlined the Minister, stressing that the Armed terrorist groups in Syria have become a US political and military tool as they keep seeking to undermine Syria via the Iraqi and Lebanese gates or by using direct tools like Israel and that successive US administrations realize well that Syria is not and will not be the ground for implementing the U.S policies.
Syria has some documents proving that American officers are training and providing all kinds of assistance to terrorists and mercenaries of al-Qaeda-affiliated groups, underlined the minister, pointing out that the structure of the armed opposition in Syria consists mainly from foreign mercenaries who infiltrated into Syria, not only from neighboring countries, but also from scores of EU countries like Britain, Belgium, Australia, France and others. Unfortunately, major European countries, including France and Britain are involved in Syria events, where their intelligence units are working on the ground since the beginning of the crisis.
Minister al-Zoubi, however, reiterated that despite all pain, suffering and sadness, the Syrian Arab Army, supported by the people and peace-loving parties, will protect the Syrian land and defend the state sovereignty as the crisis would definitely come to an end, thanks to the awareness of the Syrian people and the support of the Russian people and leadership.
Another fact underscored by Minister al-Zoubi is that though the tools of the conflict in the world have been changed, the American goals haven't, and that Moscow and Damascus will continue to be a US target, not only because of their distinguished historical relations, but because they represent an exceptional case in terms of political work and relations between people and states. Syria and Russia have to defend their common interests and as the crisis is to be over, Syria and Russia, whose support is indeed a dire need, would work in partnership as to rebuild and rehabilitate Syria's all sectors.
The Syrian Government has been the first to call for internal political dialogue since May, 2011. However, dialogue should be among the Syrians alone away from any terrorist groups or the countries which seek interference in Syria's affairs, reiterated the Minister of Information, citing the political program outlined by H.E. President Bashar Al-Assad on January 6th, 2013 as an integrated political, social, economic and humanitarian plan to solve the crisis in Syria, but the United States, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey are hindering its implementation and blocking launching dialogue with the "opposition", which has no political program, but only calls for "toppling the regime" as to undermine and weaken the Syrian State.
Minister al-Zoubi pointed out that the Syrian State is never to use chemical weapons, if they exist, against its own people, nor even against Israel- stockpiling hundreds of nukes- and that the US and Western hysteria to this effect is because of the Syrian Arab Army success in eliminating terrorists who came from 29 countries with 5,000 gunmen from Yemen alone
Further, the minister declared that Syria's desire and work as to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), founded in 2001 grouping Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, and the grouping of the emerging economies – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS). Thus, it has been by all accounts a multifaceted fruitful visit by Minister al-Zoubi and up to the expectations of millions of Syrian and Russian friends and up to the standing deep-rooted historical relations between the two peace-loving countries.
Syria's Friends won't Let It Fall
Created on Wednesday, 01 May 2013 08:54 | Published Date | | Hits: 1534
His eminence Sayyed Nasrallah underscored that goal behind the ongoing War against the Syrians is but to destroy it and is no longer to "take it out of the axis of Resistance and the Arab-Israeli conflict. It is no longer to gain power at any price".
"It could be said that the goal of anyone standing behind the war in Syria is destroying Syria so that a strong, centralized state would not be established in it, and so that it would become too weak to take decisions related to its oil, sea, or borders," said Sayyed Nasrallah in a televised speech broadcast by al-Manar TV.
"Since the beginning of the Syrian crisis, a military decision was taken to topple the regime. It reached slaughtering people, calling for foreign intervention, the use of chemical weapons. Some scholars even issued strict Fatwas that permit the killing of civilians," reiterating the call for a political settlement of the crisis.
Sayyed Nasrallah pointed out that because of what is happening in Syria, the Palestinian Cause is facing the danger of serious elimination, citing too the impact and dire consequences of the events in Syria on Lebanon, Iraq, and the entire region.
"Syria has real friends, in the region and the world, that will not let it fall in the hands of America, Israel, and Takfiri groups," underlined Sheikh Nasrallah. Hopefully, anti-Syria ewes and their masters would get the message. Sayyed Nasrallah's words are indeed deeds; our armed forces pursuit of terrorists is unabated; and any aggression against Syria would never be a picnic for the aggressors who would definitely pay a price much heavier than any price ever.
Thus, those "who claim they grieve over the bloodshed in Syria, those who do not want to lose the Palestinian cause, and those who are worried about Syria, should work to reach a political settlement and a political solution for the Syrian situation." Accordingly, it is hopefully expected that those who support, train, arm, and mushroom the hired killers takfiris and al-Qaeda terrorists would refrain from their destructive policies and resort to reason, logic and dialogue in the interest of ALL.
Better late than never !
Disrespect for UNSC Counterterrorism Resolutions
History Shouldn't Repeat Itself!
A time-bombed Explosive Belt!


To be just a number. A statistic. Perhaps it's all we can ever be, if that.
Some show less emotion than others, but emotion is always there somewhere. Some bury it deeper than others, but it's always there.
There's energy around us and energy within. Some have more than others and it's not necessarily consistent. It ebbs and flows.
Being that number each of us is, pushing against the glass ceiling of our world, we can channel that emotion, seek places to put that energy. None of it may ever make us anything more than a number, a statistic, but we'll feel that emotion and we'll use that energy until that day when we close our eyes for the last time.
Ah yes, we are just a number among many, all we can hope for is that energy burst that sets us apart for a while. Lots to think about in this small piece Richard.
Is this a prose poem? It reads well. I try to live robustly, when I have the strength.
No-one likes to be thought of as "Just a number", especially at work, but I guess, we are all statistics in one way or another.
Obscurish reference but that is my story and I am sticking with it.
This reminded me a lecture I saw the biologist and science fiction author Peter Watt give once. It's up on YouTube somewhere, but he talked about how even though he knows how his brain and the rest of his biology works, subjectively he can't believe it. Yes, we have the numbers, and they're a good thing, but we have the wonder too.


Sabine Penisson has been picturing the photographs of Reef Builders, articles and many other publications in Europe with some fine marine life and marine aquarium photography for quite some time now. As impressive as her imagery has been, Sabine's latest round of images taken on a recent visit to a coral farm in Balia are intensely, intimately – personal. The unique point of view that Madame Penisson uses in the capture of marine aquarium subjects makes the viewer feel like they were really there.
Sabine didn't just visit any Balinese coral farm, she visited Sa Amblard the makers of fine maricultured stony corals such as Montipora altasepta, Acropora robusta, and a cornucopia of other small colorful coral colonies – not the least of which are some mind-boggling deepwater Acros.
Sa Amblard has been around long enough that their ocean farmed corals have likely made it into most reef aquariums around the world, either directly as a maricultured colony or indirectly as a locally traded coral species. Without a doubt Sabine's contribution is is the best coverage of a coral farm we've seen since the three year old Fiji coral gardening video.
Perhaps one advantage of the pictures of these up close and personal maricultured corals from Bali is that they are grown so close to the water surface, and lit by the ultimate metal halide – the Sun. The images shared with you here are just a smattering of the photographs that were produced on Sabine's trip to Sa Amblard so be sure to check out the full rundown at Le Bac A Sab.


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ATIKU ASKS JONATHAN TO EXPLAIN CONDUCT OF AIDE
By NBF News
The Atiku Abubakar Campaign Organisation has asked President Goodluck Jonathan to explain what the chief of research & strategy of his campaign, Mike Omeri, was doing at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) headquarters. It alleged that the president's aide tampered with the list of PDP Special Congresses and National Convention Electoral Panels for the election of national delegates.
The campaign, in a statement in Abuja, yesterday, said that if President Jonathan's oft-repeated assurances of free and fair polls are to be taken seriously, he owes Nigerians an explanation on why a staff of his campaign organisation should be involved in this condemnable act.
It urged the PDP to investigate this despicable act of a principal official of the president's campaign.
The statement said: 'The PDP secretariat has a responsibility to investigate this matter, which is meant to ridicule the avowed commitment of the PDP and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct a free and fair primaries and general elections respectively.'
The campaign organization said that the least it expects from President Jonathan is to sack Mike Omeri and hand him over to the police and INEC for criminal prosecution.
'His latest effort at tampering with PDP list should be of concern to any well meaning stakeholder of the party and Nigerians in general,' the campaign group added.

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COVID impacts demand a change of plan: funding a shift from commuting to living locally
Conventional transport infrastructure planning has been based on wholesale commuting to and from the city centre. Taras Vyshnya/Shutterstock
Long-term planning has delivered mass transit systems to cater for high-patronage, hub-and-spoke transport systems. Unfortunately, this has left many city residents without basic access to public transport services. And we could never have planned for the impacts of COVID-19.
Our previous plans were based on the best available data at the time. Today, these plans must be critically reviewed using new data that properly represent the world and our transport needs as they are now.
If more of us work from home after coronavirus we'll need to rethink city planning
Important facts to keep in mind
1: Fewer people commute to work.
The work-from-home transition is well under way. Our current transport networks (except for roads, which have rebounded to traffic equal to or above pre-pandemic levels in some cities) are operating far below previous levels, even allowing for social distancing. This may not be the best time to break ground on major infrastructure projects planned under previous assumptions of population and demand growth.
With management resistance overcome, working from home may be here to stay
2: Disadvantaged populations lack access to opportunities.
Public transport is key to enabling everyone in a population to be a productive member of society. Many disadvantaged groups cannot drive or afford car ownership. However, they also lack access to public transport, particularly in the outer suburbs.
Unfortunately, coronavirus impacts will hit the disadvantaged the hardest. If we want everyone to be able to participate in the economic recovery, we need to promote basic levels of access regardless of an individual's circumstance.
Why coronavirus will deepen the inequality of our suburbs
3: Population growth will not meet projections.
Migration bans will greatly reduce short-term growth. Current projections show a population up to 4% smaller in 2040 than it would have been in a non-COVID world. This will further decrease demand for urban transit services as well as demand across many sectors of our society. These trends are important because much of our planning is based around these population growth metrics.
1.4 million less than projected: how coronavirus could hit Australia's population in the next 20 years
However, our suburbs still lack basic public transport services. If we want to increase patronage, we need to bring services to more people by improving coverage of our sprawling, low-density cities.
Over 80% of the population of our biggest cities live in the outer and middle suburbs, yet this massive majority have limited to no basic public transport service. Across our five largest cities, Infrastructure Australia reports, "public transport disadvantage in outer suburbs is significant".
Estimated resident population by suburban classification, as count and proportion of city population.
Infrastructure Australia: Outer Urban Public Transport: Improving accessibility in lower-density areas
Households' access to jobs and services gets much worse with increasing distance from the city centre. Development of suburban and regional mobility-as-a-service (MaaS) offerings could promote better access in these "harder to serve" areas.
For Mobility as a Service (MaaS) to solve our transport woes, some things need to change
Moving the country forward
Job creation will be an important aspect of economic recovery. Yet too often we look to large construction projects as the answer. There is plenty of other job-creating work to be done in our communities.
We could, for example, increase the miserly funding for our piecemeal walking and cycling networks.
We could also expand on-demand services to suburban and rural residents who lack basic public transport access. On-demand transit does not follow fixed routes or timetables. Riders book a trip for a cost similar to a bus fare.
Bridj is one of the operators that is expanding on-demand services in Sydney and other cities.
Bridj Transit Systems/Facebook
1 million rides and counting: on-demand services bring public transport to the suburbs
These options will encourage local spending to support small businesses. These are an important piece of our social fabric and improve livability in our communities.
We need to look locally
A focus on localised investment in the many neglected communities across the country will deliver major benefits. Money already committed to large projects that are under way represents sunk costs that may be too deep to renegotiate. However, future plans using public funds must be re-examined.
Investments should target disadvantaged groups and broaden access to transport networks, encouraging new potential users. For many, assistance in gaining access to the necessities of life will be invaluable during the coming economic recovery. Guaranteed access to groceries, medical services, work opportunities and recreational activities must not be reserved for the elite.
We need better localised public transport and we need it for the majority of citizens, not just those who live in the inner suburbs of our capital cities. Most regional populations lack even rudimentary public transport coverage at reasonable frequency.
Increasing services in these areas will create valuable jobs that will stick around, unlike large one-off construction projects. The money will stay local, going into the pockets of operators who live and work in their own community.
While our long-term planning is not to blame for our current situation, we need to develop for the future, not the past. The financial costs of building and maintaining our current infrastructure are not going away. However, we can no longer refuse to invest in many of our underserved communities.
It is time to ensure everyone, regardless of their income or where they grow up, has the basic services they need to be a productive member of society.
Benjamin Kaufman receives funding from the Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads. He is also a member of the PedBikeTrans and AITPM industry associations and is completing his PhD research at the Griffith Cities Research Institute.
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← Wagner House, Washington
Wisteria Hall, 1795, Washington →
Robert Toombs House, Washington
Courtesy Library of Congress, Brady-Handy Collection
Robert and Martha Julianna Dubose Toombs purchased this house in 1837 and lived here until their deaths. The front facade of the house is the most impressive part of the structure, with the colonnade added by Toombs being its defining feature. Robert Toombs was born near Washington on 2 July 1810 and was a child prodigy of sorts, enrolling in Franklin College (now the University of Georgia) at the age of 14. He was expelled from the institution for his indifference to its rules but appeared on campus during graduation ceremonies and made a rousing speech beneath a nearby oak tree, drawing out students from the commencement ceremony. Toombs furthered his education at Union College in New York City and the University of Virginia Law School.
He began practicing law at the age of 18 and was elected to the Georgia House at age 28. Elected to Congress as a Whig in 1844, he later became a Democrat. From 1855-61 he served in the United States Senate. Early in the growing debate over states' rights, he was a staunch Unionist but by the late 1850s was convinced that secession was eminent. Upon Lincoln's election in 1860, he telegraphed Georgia leaders, urging that secession be "thundered forth from the ballot-box by the United voice of Georgia." He soon resigned the Senate and returned to Georgia to participate in the Secession Convention. He had hoped to be chosen President of the Confederate States, but became their first Secretary of State instead.
He left the Confederate Cabinet in 1861 and on 19 July was named a brigadier general, serving in the Peninsula, Northern Virginia and Maryland campaigns. After successful service, he resigned his commission in 1863 and returned to Georgia. He would remain a vocal opponent of Jefferson Davis throughout the remainder of the war but served again as a brigadier general in General Gustavus W. Smith's Georgia Militia. As the confederacy collapsed, Toombs fled to Havana and then to Paris with General P. G. T. Beauregard. Returning to Georgia in 1867, he remained an ardent supporter of states' rights and never requested a pardon from the United States, therefore never regaining his right to vote. He was one of the leaders of Georgia's Constitutional Convention of 1876.
Robert Toombs died on 15 December 1885, an unreconstructed rebel until the end. The home is open for tours and is among Georgia's most important Civil War historic sites. 216 E Robert Toombs Avenue
Filed under --WILKES COUNTY GA--, Washington GA
Tagged as Antebellum North Georgia, Famous Georgians, Homes of Civil War Veterans, National Historic Landmarks, National Register of Historic Places, North Georgia Architecture, North Georgia Houses, North Georgia Politicians, Slavery in North Georgia, The Civil War in North Georgia
One response to "Robert Toombs House, Washington"
Scott MacInnis
Great history, Brian. Beautiful old place. Did you photograph the place across the street that looked like this photo?
The house has some interesting history for sure, but the owner is a local expert on history, and would be a great resource for you if you need any info. Betty Slaton, I believe.
Just in case it helps….
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2015 19:04:25 +0000 To: macinnis_scott@hotmail.com


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Drake Gifts DJ Khaled Four High-Tech Toilets: 'This Might Be The Best Gift Ever'
Published on: Nov 26, 2022, 12:29 PM PST
by Tai Saint-Louis
Drake has earned DJ Khaled's public gratitude after gifting him a set of high-end toilets which were on the producer's home improvement wish list.
In a new Instagram post, DJ Khaled thanked Drizzy profusely while explaining to his followers how special of a gift it was.
"My brother Drake just bought me and my family about four big toilet bowls," Khaled said. "This is called a Toto toilet bowl. I'm not even joking Drake: we been wanting this. Me and my queen been talking about getting Totos for the whole house."
DJ Khaled went on to list the features of the toilet bowl, which include a UV cleaning system, remote control operation, automatic opening and closing, a bidet function, and a built in air deodorizer. According to the Toto website, the base model of Drake's gift, which appears to be from the company's AP Washlet collection has a starting retail price of $2,346.
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"If you've ever been to Drake's house, you know its worth $500 million," Khaled continued. "It's not about the money, it's just about, he went and got the best of the best. He gifted us a few of these Toto toilet bowls."
In addition to their functionality and the fact that he and his wife had already been eyeing the high-tech toilets, DJ Khaled shared another way in which Drake's gift will be useful to him.
"This might be the best gift ever. Everybody knows, when you sit down and do the theory," he said while simulating a wiping motion, "that's when you meditate and reflect on life! When you sit down and do the theory, ideas be coming. Some of my best ideas come from me taking a theory. Real talk! And I got one now that lights up and it sprays theory and it even makes it smell theory. And it's like a big theory."
While he listed out the rooms in which his new Toto toilets will go — including his in-house studio, specifically so that Drake can take advantage of his gift — it's unclear if DJ Khaled's latest prized possessions will be accessible to those who rent out his new Airbnb listing.
Drake Invests $100M Into Reviving Amusement Park Designed By Basquiat & Others
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The financial crisis at Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc., which on Tuesday resulted in the largest bankruptcy filing in Wall Street history, has left a disparate collection of groups owed money by the firm, including Japanese banks and insurers and the Federal Government.
The firm's parent, Drexel Burnham Lambert Group Inc., which filed for protection from its creditors under Chapter 11 of the Federal Bankruptcy Code, owed money to pension funds, banks, the Securities and Exchange Commission and even former employees who are under criminal indictment.
Moreover, Wall Street executives both inside and outside Drexel began trading accusations about who was to blame for the rapid collapse of a firm that just last week seemed troubled but healthy.
In its bankruptcy filing, made at 11:07 P.M. Tuesday, the parent company said the collapse had been brought about by a rapid cash squeeze because of a shortage of short-term financing.
Drexel ''faces a liquidity crisis and does not have the financial resources to weather this storm without court protection,'' Frederick H. Joseph, Drexel's chief executive, said in an affidavit in the bankruptcy petition. Mr. Joseph added that without court protection, the company would be unable to repay $3 billion in debt that was coming due, which would result in ''a scramble by the creditors'' to seek cash from Drexel.
Some executives with the firm blamed Mr. Joseph for what happened. ''I think he absolutely has mismanaged the destiny of the firm,'' said Stanley Sapery, a corporate first vice president at Drexel. Through a spokesman, Mr. Joseph declined to comment.
Drexel had hoped it would be able to receive bank loans to get it past the cash squeeze. But Citibank, along with other major New York banks, declined to make a $150 million loan to Drexel's parent because the banks were not confident the collateral Drexel was offering as security for the loan was enough to cover the loan fully.
A New York banker involved in the negotiations said Drexel offered a variety of collateral, including the subordinated debt of some companies Drexel had financed, and leases on various oil and gas properties.
At Drexel's Wall Street headquarters yesterday, the firm's employees were seeking jobs elsewhere and struggling to cope with unfamiliar difficulties. Investment bankers who had once been among the most powerful on Wall Street were seen yesterday running a gantlet of security guards, begging to be allowed to take envelopes with personal material out of the building.
Drexel employees, who have already received their bonuses for last year, have also received their paychecks for the next two weeks. But many of them have lost as much as half their net worth as their shares in Drexel Burnham Lambert Group may have become worthless because of the collapse of the firm.
Indeed, when Howard Brenner, Drexel's president, asked Drexel employees yesterday on the in-house communications system not to remove money from their personal trading accounts with the firm to enable an easy transfer of the accounts to Smith Barney, some executives were stunned. ''You can't expect people who have lost half of what they own not to touch the other half,'' one executive said. $150 Million Owed to S.E.C.
Drexel, which has more than 2,000 creditors, has left a number of stunned observers on the financial terrain. The S.E.C., which helped coordinate the final days of Drexel along with the New York Stock Exchange and the Federal Reserve, is still owed $150 million by the firm, out of the $650 million the firm was ordered to pay as part of its settlement of charges of securities law violations. That money was earmarked to go to investors who might have said they were defrauded as a result of the crimes to which Drexel pleaded guilty.
John Sturc, associate director with the enforcement division of the S.E.C., acknowledged yesterday that the commission was still owed the money. But he said he did not know whether the commission would receive the money. ''How this will be affected by Drexel's current situation, I do not have a comment on,'' he said.
In addition, Michael R. Milken, the former head of the firm's ''junk bond'' division who led Drexel's rise to power on Wall Street, is among the largest creditors. Mr. Milken, who was indicted last year on 98 counts of racketeering, securities fraud and other crimes, is still owed about $100 million that was to have been paid to him in 1988.
Drexel agreed not to pay him as part of the settlement, but that condition was subsequently dropped. Mr. Milken is Drexel's largest individual shareholder, with about 5.62 percent of the stock in the now-bankrupt parent, Government documents show.
The bankruptcy will also leave with nothing nine states that have been negotiating settlements of securities law violations, Drexel officials said.
Others affected by the Drexel collapse include law firms throughout Wall Street that have relied on the firm for a steady stream of business, from both its mergers activity and its criminal problems.
Perhaps one of the hardest hit will be the New York firm of Cahill, Gordon & Reindel, which has been Drexel's principal legal adviser for years. The firm, which is said to have earned tens of millions of dollars from Drexel last year, moved yesterday to try to get new business. A petition to the bankruptcy court was being written by the firm in an effort to be appointed co-counsel in the case.
Lawyers at the firm said yesterday, however, that they were not greatly concerned about the recent events.
A number of Wall Street firms now see opportunities in Drexel's problems. Salomon Brothers and First Boston, for instance, have already begun to examine financings and corporate restructurings that Drexel had begun for various clients, but had not completed. ''This is where we're going to be finding a lot of business coming up,'' one investment banker from a competing firm said.
Drexel Burnham Lambert Group listed its largest unsecured creditors, as of Tuesday, as Taiyo Mutual Life, which was owed $69.7 million from a private placement, and Home Capital Services, owed $42.7 million. Other large creditors listed were Sumitomo Life Insurance, the California Public Employees' Retirement System and First City, each owed $25 million.
The bankruptcy case has been assigned to Judge Howard C. Buschman 3d, a 45-year-old graduate of Williams College and the University of Virginia Law School, who has been on the bankruptcy bench since 1983. He has heard a number of high-profile cases, including the Wedtech political corruption case.
Harold Jones, the United States trustee who administers bankruptcy proceedings, said a meeting would probably be held the week of Feb. 26 to form the creditors committee.
As creditors attempted to sift through the rubble from the Drexel collapse, employees of the once-powerful firm organized their last days at the office.
Some employees spent the day continuing to liquidate the firm's holdings. Drexel executives said the firm had liquidated billions of dollars of Government securities, corporate bonds, junk bonds and other securities. ''The overall position of the firm has probably been reduced by 80 percent in dollar terms in the last two days,'' a Drexel executive said.
But Drexel executives expressed concern about what would happen as the enormous dollar load of securities trades begin to be settled today.


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Holton is a town in Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States. It is part of the Wausau, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 873 at the 2010 census.

Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which , or 0.02%, is water.

Demographics
At the 2000 census there were 907 people, 297 households, and 239 families living in the town. The population density was 26.5 people per square mile (10.2/km). There were 312 housing units at an average density of 9.1 per square mile (3.5/km).  The racial makeup of the town was 99.23% White, 0.11% African American, and 0.66% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.77%.

Of the 297 households 41.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 72.7% were married couples living together, 4.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.2% were non-families. 16.2% of households were one person and 5.1% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 3.05 and the average family size was 3.45.

The age distribution was 32.3% under the age of 18, 8.4% from 18 to 24, 27.9% from 25 to 44, 21.1% from 45 to 64, and 10.4% 65 or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 112.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 111.0 males.

The median household income was $36,000 and the median family income  was $39,750. Males had a median income of $24,500 versus $20,156 for females. The per capita income for the town was $13,884. About 11.1% of families and 14.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 23.1% of those under age 18 and 12.8% of those age 65 or over.

Notable people

 Herman Hedrich, farmer and politician, lived on a farm in the town and served in the Wisconsin State Assembly during that time

References

Towns in Marathon County, Wisconsin
Towns in Wisconsin

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When I first separated from my husband (which was 11 years ago, now) I was filled with trepidation at the thought of living alone and I was quite keen to meet someone else and settle down with them before too much time elapsed. When this actually happened, I believed that I was all set to live in blissful harmony for the rest of my life. The fact that our 'rebound' relationship lasted barely 18 months, completely wiped me out and it took 7 years of living by myself and learning to appreciate my single status before I felt ready to take the plunge again. But this time, it was a different woman who was entering a new relationship.


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Bad posture and strain on the thoracic region of the spine are two quite common thoracic pain causes. Other major reasons for this problem are muscular problems, joint dysfunctions as well as herniated discs.
There are a lot of thoracic pain treatment options including both non-surgical and surgical methods that are used in treating upper back pain. Let us take a view at both these treatment methods.
Surgery for upper back pain is rarely used as a treatment option. It is only recommended when a degenerated disc leads to spinal cord dysfunction or myelopathy or when the patient suffers from severe symptoms like progressive neurologic deficits.
These disorders lead the patient to suffer from often intolerable pain that is untreatable by non-surgical disease. Decompression in the surgical option that is chosen to address these symptoms and to get the pressure off the spinal cord.


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How to fill out a March Madness bracket
Struggling with your picks for this year's NCAA men's basketball tournament? UChicago scholars share uncommon strategies for making selections.
What should you do if you've been invited to join a March Madness pool but don't know anything about the teams—or about college basketball? First, some basics. From mid March through the first week of April, 68 men's college basketball teams from conferences across the country compete in the annual NCAA Division I* tournament, commonly referred to as March Madness. Yesterday was Selection Sunday, when NCAA officials release an official bracket (pdf) that shows which teams will compete in the tournament, along with their rankings and initial matchups. Fans form betting pools, filling out brackets by guessing which team will win of each of the 67 total games. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"3905","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","height":"350","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"500"}}]] As statistician Nate Silver, AB'00, has shown, there are data-driven ways of picking sports winners that can be fairly successful. Or you could pick the team with the superior astronomy (or physics) department, as Rocky Kolb, dean of the Division of Physical Sciences, likes to do: "It hasn't worked yet, but I am hopeful this year." We chatted with University of Chicago experts about other ways to apply rigorous inquiry to tournament brackets. Their suggestions below have been condensed and edited. *UChicago basketball plays in NCAA Division III. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"3904","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","height":"350","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"500"}}]]
Vineet Arora, MD, AM'03
Associate Professor, Medicine Faculty Affiliate, Sleep Research Center Assistant Dean, Scholarship and Discovery, Pritzker School of Medicine
One study shows that with more sleep, college basketball players have 9 percent higher free throw percentages, and 9 percent higher 3-point field goal percentages. Given this evidence plus the grueling schedule of these athletes, in my medical opinion, I would definitely recommend not picking the team that travels across the most time zones and is at risk for jet lag. Based on this, a team from the central time zone is best.
Shadi Bartsch-Zimmer
Helen A. Regenstein Distinguished Service Professor Director, Stevanovich Institute on the Formation of Knowledge
In ancient Greece, the temple of Apollo at Delphi bore the inscription Meden Agan (μηδὲν ἄγαν) — "Nothing in excess." Similarly, the doctrine of the Golden Mean was viewed as the key to success in personal life, health, career, and everything else.
Therefore, each team's collective
amount of alcohol consumed annually
$ per year spent on steak annually
must be measured, and the teams that fall in the middle range selected.
Avoid the skinny teetotalers and the bulging beer-swiggers.
Robert P. Gwinn Professor of Economics
Efficient markets push you toward index funds and higher seeds.
Don't pick UChicago.
Faculty Director, Microbiome Center Professor, Department of Surgery at the University of Chicago Medicine Senior Scientist (Adjunct), Marine Biological Laboratory Group Leader, Microbial Ecology at Argonne National Laboratory
I would look into how the teams' players interact. The teams with more physical interaction will increase the number of bacteria that they share, and this in turn could create a stronger sense of empathy and teamwork between them (we see this in animals). Therefore, I would say do some background on the teams and check out how often they physically interact with each other.
Brenda L. Johnson
Library Director and University Librarian
Do a keyword search for the last name of each of the coaches in the Library catalog, and the one with the most hits wins the round. Alternatively, find out which coach can throw a chair the farthest.
Geoffrey R. Stone, JD'71
Edward H. Levi Distinguished Service Professor of Law
As anyone versed in the law knows, nothing in the law is arbitrary. It is all about logic and reason. Therefore, a lawyer who wants a random way of make choices would have to move beyond the law and consult an economist.
Sarah Ziesler
Senior Lecturer, Mathematics
I know nothing about college basketball, so March Madness really isn't on my radar. However, a little digging on the web led me to some work done at Davidson College, which seems to have the potential to give great results. A few simple mathematical choices will generate a ranking that you can use to create your bracket.
"What's Next, Heads or Tails?" (Chicago Booth Review, 08.31.2015)
"Best Bettor" (University of Chicago Magazine, Mar–Apr/14)
"Point Man" (University of Chicago Magazine, Sept–Oct/13)


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The importance of having good technical manuals - Sigma Logistic Solutions Press Office | defenceWeb
Sigma Logistic Solutions Press Release
The importance of having good technical manuals
Technical manuals have been around since the invention of the first complex piece of equipment. Manuals have always been motivated by the need to instruct operators on the safe and correct operation of the equipment and for technicians to know how to maintain and repair it.
The military expanded and developed the idea of maintenance intensively through the concept of Integrated Logistic Support (ILS), which brought together support elements, such as availability, spare parts, scheduled maintenance intervals and tasks, repair tasks, inspection cycles, and training in both operation and repair.
Manuals come in all different shapes, sizes, and levels of complexity; from installation manuals to user manuals; and from maintenance manuals to parts manuals. Regardless of the type of manual, one often hears complaints about them. But why is this? Lack of content, poor writing style, poor illustrations, inconsistent terminology, etc. - the list is endless. In an ideal world, the support manuals should be as good as the product they accompany but they often aren't. The reasons for this are many and complex but may hinge around cost, time, and the level of importance attached to them.
Many manufacturers get their engineers to write the manuals - the logic being that the engineers and designers know the product best, regardless of whether the subject is software or a water pump. This is a common approach but one that misses the point that engineers are far removed from the end-user, and often don't take into account the end-user's skill levels, training, capabilities, and even their home language. There are also other issues to be considered such as the type of workshop facilities available and the availability of tools and special tools.
A trained specialist technical author takes all of the above into account. In addition, they take into account inputs from a logistic support analysis and/or the manufacturer in terms of the level of supportability, the scheduled and non-scheduled maintenance activities, the use of in-text warnings and cautions, and the optimum use of illustrations to accompany the text.
Preparing the manuals properly results in benefits all round - operators are properly trained in the daily use of the equipment, and technical staff are able to maintain the equipment throughout its life cycle and to procure and replace spare parts correctly and safely. All of this leads to cost savings and availability for the end-user, and reputation enhancement and repeat sales for the manufacturer.
Although paper-based manuals are still with us nearly 40 years after the creation of the desktop computer, on-screen technical manuals offer huge benefits to both the end-user and the manufacturer. From simple PDF (Portable Document Format) documents to full IETPs (Interactive Electronic Technical Publications), computer-based manuals allow the interlinking or hyperlinking of separate manuals (e.g. parts manuals with workshop repair manuals) and the use of active content such as video and animated material in training and maintenance manuals.
IETPs also allow manuals to leave the workshop environment, allowing technicians to take an entire suite of manuals to the equipment in the field via laptop computers, tablets, and hand-held devices. The US military took this step many years ago to support their wide-range of complex equipment. Their technical manuals are kept up to date by allowing globally-dispersed forces to access a cloud-based portal where the latest amendments and revisions are available for download or direct access.
Global interaction and support
More than 20 years ago, the S1000D specification was developed by major European aircraft manufacturers as a means of standardising the interchange of technical information for use in technical manuals. The concept was to create support information (descriptive, procedural, operational, parts, fault-finding, and training etc.) in data modules and to locate these in a Common Source Database (CSDB) that would allow the modules to be compiled as required into a variety of different manuals. Each data module was allocated a unique item identifier code that was specific not only to the equipment type but also to any model variations.
The benefits of this approach were numerous and represented a paradigm shift in the way that technical manuals were produced for those using S1000D. Among the benefits for suppliers and sub-suppliers were the following:
The standardisation of document creation software
The creation of small, individual data modules instead of entire manuals
The ability to amend individual data modules as required, instead of entire books
Having a clear template for the type of support information required per product/system
The concept of "write once - use many" meaning that once a data module was created, it could be reused many times across many different types of manuals.
For the main equipment suppliers such as Airbus, the benefits were even greater. They no longer had to attempt to integrate different types of information, in different formats, from different suppliers, produced on different software platforms into individual books with consistent formatting and content. Each data module received from a supplier was entered into the CSDB using its unique number. This information would then be extracted from the CSDB according to the specific requirements for the relevant manual (e.g. Operator Manual, Maintenance Manual, Parts Manual, Wiring Diagrams Manual etc.) and then be automatically formatted according to a stylesheet or Document Type Definition (DTD) into an on-screen manual for distribution electronically or by printing on paper.
S1000D has been so successful that it has been adopted not only by major military and commercial system suppliers such as Airbus and Boeing but also by many armed forces such as those of the UK, US, and most of Europe. The specification now accommodates virtually all land, sea, and air products and systems.
In an increasingly complex world where equipment is becoming more and more high-tech, the importance of the safe and correct operation of equipment, and the implementation of cost-effective maintenance to ensure reliability, are of critical importance.
To this end, technical manuals should not be viewed as a "necessary evil" or something to be "thrown together" at the last minute but should rather be seen as an essential part of the design, manufacturing, and support process. Top quality products should have top quality manuals, and those manuals should form an integral part of the product throughout its entire life cycle.
It is not necessary to implement a system such as S1000D where more simple products are concerned but taking a structured, professional approach to supporting such a product, and keeping in mind the needs of the end-user, is a responsible approach that results in benefits for everyone.
Sigma Logistic Solutions has been providing technical documentation solutions to the commercial and defence industries for more than 30 years. We are the largest dedicated supplier of technical documentation services in South Africa and count Armscor, the SANDF, PRASA, and Bell equipment among our many local clients and Rheinmettal Air Defence, Kärcher, and Pilatus among our international clients.
Issued by: Sigma Logistic Solutions, Johannesburg - 2019-02-18 12:24:47
Howard Thacker
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Vancouver's Wildly Popular Dinner Series is Helping Syrian Women Settle Into a New Home
Tayybeh, a Canadian pop-up and catering project powered by immigrants, sells out 150-seat meals in hours
By Eagranie Yuh
What is Syrian food? It is muttabal shamandar, a velvety dip fragrant with beets, tahini, and olive oil; it is baba ghannouj, a chunky riot of eggplant and bell pepper; it is kebab hindi, tender meatballs swaddled in spicy tomato sauce.
To Vancouverites, Syrian food is in part a way to support recently arrived refugees. And to the Syrian women who prepare the food, it is a way to find their footing in a new home.
One year ago, Nihal Elwan founded Tayybeh: A Celebration of Syrian Cuisine. With a $500 CAD grant from a local foundation, the Cairo-born international development consultant organized what was to be a one-off dinner to connect Syrians and Canadians. Today, Tayybeh (pronounced tie-beh) holds dinners every six to eight weeks, typically selling out the 150-seat feasts within hours. They've also launched a catering company.
"We want to create bridges with different communities in the city," says Elwan. So far, they've cooked in a Palestinian restaurant, church halls, and a grade school cafeteria.
In September, I was one of 160 people at the largest Tayybeh dinner to date, held at the Vancouver Japanese Language School. "[The location] really resonated with us, given the Japanese community were newcomers and that they went through their fair share of adversity," says Nihal, referring to a period in the 1940s when the government seized Japanese-Canadians' property and sent them to internment camps.
Under the roof of one community's resilience, we dug in to help another establish itself. I couldn't stop spooning up mloukheye bil jaij, Middle Eastern greens with chicken. The first bite yielded a silky green reminiscent of tea—slightly tannic, with the texture of chard—that gave way to the richness of a Sunday roast chicken, then a punch of tomato and lemon. That night I dreamed of pomegranates, chicken stew, and nearly fluorescent beet dip.
When I meet Maha Almaarabani a few weeks later, her magenta headscarf and hot-pink Tayybeh apron echo the color of that dip. Originally from Damascus, she came to Vancouver in October 2016, and coincidentally, mloukheye is her favorite dish to prepare.
The menu from one of the dinners.
"The stew with greens and chicken?" I ask. My excitement needs no translation. With Nihal acting as interpreter, Maha explains that each Syrian city has a different way of preparing the dish.
A few feet away, Raghda Hassan pauses from stuffing rounds of dough with a cheese-olive mixture to wink at me.
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"You tried the recipe from Latakia [where Raghda is from]," says Nihal. As Raghda and Maha debate, she translates. In Latakia, the greens are boiled in water first, while in Damascus they're pan-fried in ghee for a crunchier texture. In Vancouver, the ladies buy the greens dried, and can only find them in a few Arab stores—a far cry from back home, where Maha got fresh leaves and dried them herself.
Canadian cheese is challenging, too. Nihal says they've tried many different kinds, "but they keep saying, 'it's not right, it's not right!'" Meat comes frozen from the halal butcher. When I ask about it, Maha makes a face. "She says everything tastes different here. The meat is almost dry," translates Nihal.
For the ladies, the Tayybeh project is a natural extension of what they've done their whole lives: cook and welcome people to the table.
Still, the ladies power through as best they can. The notion of a recipe, in the Western sense, seems foreign to them; Maha says she has a "breath" for cooking that doesn't rely on instructions. Another Tayybeh chef, Hasna Shekh Omar, blends dishes and techniques from Idlib, Aleppo, and regions across the Turkish border.
For the ladies, the Tayybeh project is a natural extension of what they've done their whole lives: cook and welcome people to the table. It is especially fitting for Hasna, whose seven children are now spread among Canada, Turkey, and Syria. "You see how all these people come to our dinners and they love our food? This is the same that we had [in Syria]," she says through Nihal.
But it's also something new. Raghda and Maha and Hasna have never worked outside their homes, never mind in a professional kitchen. For them, the company is a gateway, not just to a better income than they'd receive in other restaurant work, but to developing the skills they need in Vancouver: learning English, navigating public transit, and building up a resume.
So what does Syrian food taste like? It tastes like dried greens from the Arabic store, soaked in water like they do in Latakia, melded with stock from too-lean Canadian chicken, and stewed until silky. To Vancouverites, it tastes like a pop-up dinner in a community hall. To the ladies of Tayybeh, it doesn't quite taste like home. But it tastes like home for now.


I am not sure why, but I feel compelled to briefly share my opinion about the death of Osama Bin Laden and the way America has reacted. Some will agree, some will strongly disagree but wherever you stand, perhaps for a moment you will ponder this.
Right now, thousands of Americans are celebrating the death of a man and what they believe it symbolizes. Was he a good and decent man? No, but he was a human being and I can't for the life of me imagine celebrating the death of another human being.
Turning on the television and seeing the jubilation of the crowd does not evoke feelings of joy in my own heart. What I feel is much more somber and reflective. It never ceases to amaze me how well trained we are as a nation in our reactions. When the blood is on our hands we rejoice but when the blood is on our soil we become enraged and peruse blind revenge, retaliation. But how can we so mindlessly think that carrying out our own revenge will not be met with others searching for the same satisfaction. For in the end, an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
And while the acts of 9/11 were indeed tragic beyond belief, do not be so quick to forget the number of deaths America has itself imposed. For compassion should not stop at our shores with only those like us, whom we can relate, but should spread the world over.
This evokes the same sentiments of the MLK quote, "I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy."
Thank the Lord there are still people like you in the world. It seems to be our only hope right now - because the rest of the world has lost their sense of morality.


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Richards returns
15th July 2019 Liam GibbsNews
Hinckley AFC are delighted to announce that the club's leading appearance maker Luke Richards has returned for 2019-20.
The striker is one of only two players – alongside Mitchell Tomlinson – to have made more than 100 appearances for the club and returns for a third spell under new manager Courtney Belford.
With 112 games under his belt, he is also second in the club's all-time goalscoring charts behind only Ryan Seal, having netted 75 times in those games, and scored a hat-trick in our pre-season friendly on Saturday.
A man with the knack of popping up when it matters, he scored to salvage the unbeaten run in the remarkable stoppage time comeback at Bolehall Swifts in March 2015, and was instrumental in overturning a 2-0 deficit in the final 15 minutes to beat Leicester Road ten months later.
He also scored a three-minute brace in the FA Vase win over Berkhamsted to get AFC off to a flying start in the fourth round tie in January 2017 in front of a near-record crowd.
He has featured in all three of our friendlies so far and signed on for the coming season after his quickfire treble on Saturday.
Welcome back, Luke!
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