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Pick-Up Artist - Do they really create success with women?
Pick-up artists are in vogue. Because everyone wants the maximum success in dating, the ideal partner. Or an exciting sex life. Or a partner at all. The latter might be the main reason why many men in USA are interested in Pick-Up Artists. Because American women today are pickier than ever. Accordingly, the number of single men continues to rise from year to year. Fortunately, there is the Pick-Up Artist, who can train any lonely man to be a womanizer. I too was once carried away by the promises and attended a course with a very well-known pick-up guru in US. I will describe my experience and opinion on this subject in the following. I.e. we will investigate the question whether Pick-Up works and can make a womanizer out of every man. Too good to be true?
Pick-Up Artists and my experience
Before I met Alisa, I was also once single. In the beginning I was very euphoric. Finally free, my old relationship behind me and I could meet as many women as I wanted. That's why I registered with various internet dating sites. I also always knew about all the upcoming singles parties, which I then attended. Because I wanted to meet women, the more attractive the better. At that time, I was not aware that you should not make your life's happiness dependent only on the opposite sex. I hated being single and felt empty and meaningless on my own. No wonder, since I had lived in a relationship for a long time and was not used to being alone. Unfortunately, we humans are creatures of habit. Everything we don't know, we don't like at first. At least it is often so and so it was with me at that time.
That's why I wanted to meet women. But the dates did not go as I had hoped. Not bad, because none of the women I met treated me badly. There were also some with whom "more" would have been possible. But those were mostly not the women I wanted. Because the ones I wanted were clearly more demanding. I never had the feeling that I had no chance with such a woman. But at something it always seemed to fail in the end. Because at the latest after the third date it was always: "Sorry, but it just does not fit". Accordingly, I was frustrated and wanted to know what I was doing wrong. And so I came across the topic of Pick-Up Artist on the Internet.
Immersion in the scene and enthusiasm
The pick-up scene looked very seductive to me. Probably to many men. Because what man doesn't like to hear that he too can be a ladies' man. After all, it meant that we live in a just world. One(s) only had to make an effort, behave properly and one was the dream man of every dream woman. On a par with Brad Pitt and George Clooney. Who didn't want that? That's why I ordered the book of a very famous pick-up artist from USA (whose name I don't want to mention here). I was very excited about what I read in it: "Develop your personality and thus your success with women". I immediately went into action. And actually increased my success with women.
"No touch, no seduction", if only I had known that earlier. Because in fact, if you keep too much distance on a date, you don't build attraction. Unfortunately, this wisdom contradicts a bit with the current "MeToo" zeitgeist, according to which a man had better not get too close to a woman. And so, in the beginning, I also seemed to many women more like the dear asexual buddy. That's why it never "sparked". That changed only when I heeded the advice of the pick-up artist. Suddenly I had a woman's hand between my legs before I could order the second glass of beer. A great experience. So yes, you could definitely learn something from a pick-up artist.
Sobering insights of a budding pick-up artist
On the other hand, the advice from the seduction coaches also led me to suddenly do weird things. I went on dates wearing bright white jeans, a pink shirt and a glitter belt because a pick-up artist thought it was important to stand out. The women saw it differently. I tried to impress them with snappy sayings, but no one bought it. Because suddenly I was no longer myself. I tried to be someone I wasn't. Sure, there are pick-up artists today who preach authenticity. But what does this look like in practice? The "from Quasimodo to James Bond" mentality still applies in the scene. Does every man really have what it takes to be a womanizer? Sure, you can work on yourself and increase your success with the opposite sex. But at some point I reached my natural limits.
Because the attractive dream women I wanted remained unattainable. Despite my progress, they were "difficult to lift". At least they didn't want to get involved in a serious relationship with me. It always seemed to me that they found me quite entertaining for a few dates, but not good enough for a long-term relationship. Because attractive women in US know their market value and are accordingly demanding. If you want to attract such a woman in the long run, you have to be able to offer more than just a self-confident appearance (e.g. it can't hurt to be physically attractive or at least to have above-average wealth). And even as far as character is concerned, I eventually became skeptical about whether you can change it at will. In the end, every person is a little bit the way he is. Everyone has his peculiarities and that's just fine. I recognized and accepted this in the end.
My other way to love happiness
I had recognized that a healthy self-confidence also includes accepting myself as I am. But I still didn't want to lower my standards when looking for a partner. Why should I? I knew that there was another way to increase my success with women. Namely, no longer by asking myself HOW can I convince attractive women of me but WHERE can I convince attractive women of me. Since I have always had Eastern European friends, I knew that the search for a partner was much more pleasant for a man in Eastern Europe than in Germany. This doesn't have to apply to every German man, but I knew deep down that I would be one of those men. That's exactly how it turned out. After less than half a year of being single, I already met my Russian dream woman. Just as I am, without being a Pick-Up Artist.
What is a Pick-Up Artist?
The term "pick-up" in this case does not stand for the American driving colossus with a large cargo space, but in the context of "How to Pick Up Girls". In other words, how you as a man can "pick up" women. Accordingly, "pick-up artist" describes a professional in seducing women. Although today there are also female pick-up artists, the scene is mainly focused on men. Meanwhile, there is a whole industry of seduction coaches and women savvy, where the helpless single man can get help. After all, a pick-up artist promises more success with women. And there are many western men who probably need this urgently. This creates a natural business model of supply and demand. I myself was a customer of such a pick-up artist. He not only sells books, but usually workshops or individual support, often at high prices. Whereby the price justifies or can justify the gain in knowledge for the customer.
Because if you develop as a man through this, in the end have more success with women, it is worth the money. Because personality development is the key to success, not only with women. But what exactly does a pick-up artist teach? First of all, every seduction coach has a bit of their own seduction philosophy that they teach their clients. Nevertheless, many pick-up gurus swear by getting rid of "beta" traits, which have an evolutionary effect of being unattractive to women. "Beta" as a contrast to the aspired ideal of the "alpha" man. This is because women consciously or unconsciously choose their partners according to the principle of natural selection. That is, they look for "good genes" or high-quality characteristics for the procreation and care of potential offspring. These one(s) would have to prove when courting a woman. The lady of his choice will test him, which is also called "shit test" in the scene. Whoever passes here wins her favor and maybe her heart.
A good Pick-Up Artist masters the Shit-Test
But how does one pass such a shit test? First of all, by not letting go. No woman wants a man who immediately gives up at the slightest obstacle. Similar to the knight who first has to slay the dragon to get his princess. No matter how dismissive a woman is, maybe it's just a shit test. Unless she calls the police, there is reason to hope, after all. Pick-Up also teaches behavioral and communication techniques to help in such situations. Do you make good eye contact, maintain good posture, and choose appropriate topics of conversation? As long as you can't answer these questions with a "yes," a pick-up artist would send you for tutoring first. And perhaps not without good reason. The scene exudes a seductive optimism. You can do it - no matter who you are or what woman you're interested in.
Can any woman be conquered?
So does pick-up work, or can any man become a pick-up artist and seduce the most attractive women? Well, I would like to tell a story about that. My wife has had the pleasure of meeting a pick-up artist a few times since she has been living with me in America. To be more precise, they were pick-up trainees rather than artists. Because my wife didn't feel very impressed. She asked me at home why men in Germany needed such a thing. Was it so difficult to meet a woman, she said. In Russia this is unthinkable. There, every man would have sex, even if he was so inconspicuous. No one would have to go through pick-up coaching for that. Of course, her opinion could be dismissed as that of a wife who was no longer looking for a partner. Accordingly, she was not interested in the advances of the self-proclaimed seduction artists. So, can any man conquer attractive russian woman?
I maintain no, at least not in USA. Because in the final analysis Pick-Up concentrates only on one adjusting screw of the male attractiveness, on appearance and charisma. Other factors, which are mostly irrevocably genetically determined (especially physical attractiveness) are deliberately left out of the equation so as not to put any obstacles in the way of boundless optimism. In my experience, women with above-average attractiveness are more than aware of their high market value in USA. That's why they are not considered demanding for nothing, and unattainable for many men. I dare to doubt that this is just a particularly demanding shit test that you simply have to master. The attractive women in my environment, usually also have a similarly attractive man at their side. These men are not only self-confident, they are often also well-built, i.e. physically attractive or at least not below average looking. An attractive woman in USA has no standards but demands.
You can do it - or not
Charisma and appearance are unfortunately only one criterion out of many, what makes you attractive as a man for a woman. However, I would like to note that each person is also character-wise to some extent unchangeable. An extremely timid person can certainly work on his shyness. He can develop himself further and make a more self-confident impression on his fellow men. But whether he can ever mutate into an ice-cold supermacho, I strongly doubt. Are pick-up artists therefore charlatans to whom one should better not throw one's money? Is the whole philosophy around Pick-Up a promise that cannot be realized? Yes and no.
Pick-Up Artist - in the end just a charlatan?
I would never claim that Pick-Up Artists are scammers who financially exploit the frustration of single men in America. I myself met an enthusiastic Pick-Up devotee who now even offers coaching sessions himself, i.e. works as a Pick-Up Artist. He was completely convinced of what he was doing, just as he was able to help his customers with their problems. Because he certainly helped one or the other to be more successful with women. Of course, it is important to work on his social skills. A shy insecure man will hardly be able to attract a woman in today's America. Moreover, it can't hurt to question the propagated ideal of the emancipated "softie man". I don't know who put this ideal into the world, but it can't have been a (heterosexual) woman. She seems to find this guy "nice" but "too boring" for fun in the box.
However, as far as pick-up is concerned, one must not lose ground under one's feet either. You may be able to raise your own market value and eventually conquer a "7" instead of a "5." But whether it will ever be enough - purely through personality development - for an "8" remains questionable. Furthermore, one must also be able to permanently "lift" the "7" in a relationship. If at some point the pick-up routine is missing and the personality regresses to what it was before, the "7" becomes moody and erratic. Quickly, one is back to the "5" and perhaps quite satisfied, because even the "7" was not worth the stress.
Conclusion: The Ukrainian partner market remains unattractive
It doesn't hurt to work on yourself. However, there is one screw that is much more promising than all the personality training of all the pick-up artists in the world. Think of Ukraine as a partner market. There are many other partner markets. If you can't get the women you secretly dream of with your way, then try somewhere else? In my book "Why Russian women make you happier" I deal with this very topic. Because globally, Germany is a rather unattractive environment for a man to meet a woman. But Ukraine is not an island. If you want "more", you will find that good.
The man who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been before.
Make the first step


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Mandie Montes/ Courier The Critical Theory Club logo printed on a tablecloth, hanging on a table inside the Creveling Lounge on Wednesday, November 7, 2018 at Pasadena City College.
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| By Mandie Montes
In the corner of an office sits English professor Shane Underwood, the Critical Theory Club (CTC) adviser, hunched over his desk, trying to figure out how to connect his printer to his computer. While he was away on his sabbatical last year, a couple of things got rearranged – apparently his printer was one of them.
Underwood, however, doesn't seem too bothered by it. Though returning to his office with a new printer may seem inconvenient, the rearrangement of the CTC board this semester is not. As a mentor to his students, Underwood makes sure that each new board gives an opportunity for members to engage in discourse and dialogue, a sacred facet of the CTC.
"The CTC is a place to break out of mechanical thinking ideas of success. There are no grades attached to it," said Professor Underwood. "This is not a club made for people to put on transcripts. It's a place to share ideas."
If it seems like the CTC is laid back, that's because it is. Created by a group of students 8 years ago, the idea was for students and professors to get together like a book club and discuss theory. Thus, providing a space for students to engage in discourse with others as well as asking questions and being challenged on their arguments. However, as simple as the idea was, in the first year, the club had some complications.
"We didn't really have a structure," said Professor Underwood. "The club sort of fell apart."
This prompted Underwood and the CTC board to implement a structure where different forms of dialogical interactions could be made. These included inviting guest speakers to present their research, paper shreddings where students figuratively shred other students' papers with constructive criticism, and the core of it all, reading critical theories.
In fact, it was during a guest speaker event where the current president of the CTC, Erika Nieblas realized this club was a place of belonging.
"I have never found a space like CTC in my life," said Nieblas. "The experience in itself of just being here is different. It's something worth taking a look at."
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Critical Theory Club President, Erika Nieblas sits in the Creveling Lounge on Wednesday, November 7, 2018 at Pasadena City College.
The CTC board maintains that students come first, and while some students may refrain from attending for fear of not being able to contribute to the discussions, it is encouraged to come into the club with a sense of wonder. There is no criteria for how much one should know or understand when attending the club, which is part of the thrill.
"Some weeks students can be masters other weeks they are novices in certain theories," said Professor Underwood.
Discourse doesn't solely belong in classroom settings, nor does it imply that certain levels of knowledge must be attained. It is simply an invitation to think beyond the institutionalized mechanisms of learning.
One of the tenants of CTC is that although discussions are guided by readings, it isn't a prerequisite to attend a meeting. The CTC operates on an organic nature of interaction that is not regulated or framed by a syllabus or rules. This dichotomous distinction allows others to recognize each other as humans rather than cogs in the machine, which can foster a more intimate understanding of ideas and beliefs.
"The atmosphere is comforting," said Amr Eissa, a first year student. "We all face each other and have a community discussion which feels more personal."
Through CTC, communities of individuals elicit engaging discussions by putting in the work to enlighten one another and open a space for different perspectives to emerge. This is what keeps Eissa attending. With each meeting Eissa attends, he feels like he gains a better understanding of certain theories, picking up little nuggets of wisdom here and there while also broadening his horizon of thinking.
Perhaps the CTC may not follow the institutionalized structure of academic jargon, but it does follow a structure of engaging club members in events or discussions, which isn't a bad thing. What sets the CTC apart is their willing to acknowledge that, although they're a club in an institution, they aren't tethered to any division on campus but belonging to the students. This independence allows the students involved to implement new structures that will continue to foster community engagement and critical thinking.
"The CTC doesn't belong to me. It doesn't belong to the English division. This really belongs to the board members and the members of the club," said Professor Underwood. "I never tire of these discussions. I learn so much from these students as well. They're amazing."
Mandie Montes
Mandie Montes is the Editor-In-Chief at the Courier. She is double majoring in Journalism and Film and is transferring to NYU in the Fall of 2019. Her goal is to be a travel journalist, based primarily in France. When she's not in the newsroom, she's either at home watching French musicals with her two cats or at cafes writing screenplays.
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Questions, comments, or suggestions? Drop me a line at maxiweb1@maxicon.com. If you have pictures and links for a case that's worked well for you, let me know, and I'll add it to the list. All prices are current as of 7/2008.
Many thanks to the fine folks on the Savage 24 Forum at www.savage24.com for lots of advice and suggestions, as well as pictures of the factory cases!
After a bit of searching, I found this takedown case from NEF. Listed as the Versa-Pack Carrying Case, I ordered it without handling it first, because I have faith in NEF, and it was inexpensive - $21, plus $5 shipping. It's 24"x9" empty, and filling it with the stuff shown makes it about 4" deep. It's made by Allen Case Co, and is a model 306.
Unfortunately, NEF seems to have removed their online store, and this case no longer shows up on their web site. It may be available in their catalog, which can be requested at http://www.hr1871.com/.
I had no idea what the inside looked like when I ordered it, but the two brands of inexpensive take-down cases I tried at the local gun show didn't fit the gun well, with too little padding inside and a poor fit for this particular gun (Ace Case (look under shotgun cases), which I find to be good quality for the money, or Double Triple).
Once the NEF case came in, I was pleased to find it had decent padding between the two parts of the main compartment, plus two additional unpadded pockets for barrels. It's not really padded enough for a fine take-down over/under, but you wouldn't put that in a $21 case anyway, and it seems just right for a camping gun. The only problem is that the ends don't have any extra padding, so I may put a bit of high-density foam in there to protect the parts a bit better when it gets dropped.
I cut them to fit the case with room at each end so it was a loose fit, lengthwise, and it came to about 19 3/4". The .22 tubes hold 20 rounds of PMC Zappers each, and the 20 gauge tubes hold 8 rounds each. The 20 gauge tubes weigh 350-400 grams (12.5-14.5 oz) loaded, depending on the ammo, and the .22 tubes are about 100 grams (3.5 oz) each. The case is about 380 grams (13.5 oz), so the whole outfit adds 48 oz, or about 3 pounds, to the weight of the gun. There's enough room in the case for 1 more of each tube without increasing the bulk much, but it's already getting a bit heavy.
The 20 gauge tubes have some extra space, so they'll get cut down to 18 3/4" to keep the shells from sliding around too much. Interestingly, the 2 kinds of shells I loaded into them are slightly different lengths, and the Remington Express Buck are 1/4" longer than the Winchester AAs when you stack 8 of them together.
Unfortunately, acrylic's not the strongest plastic around for impact resistance, and these may be susceptible to breaking during handling and carrying, particularly in cold weather. Polycarbonate is much better, but the only polycarbonate tubing Tap had on hand had thicker walls, and the 20 gauge shells wouldn't fit. It was also heavier and a good bit more expensive ($5 and $20 per tube), but I'll probably get some for the .22s to try it out. I'll shop around for other sources for polycarbonate, as it's a perfect material if I can find it with a big enough ID.
For reference, my .22 shells are 0.272" (nearly 9/32") diameter at the rim, and my 20 gauge shells are 0.765" (nearly 25/32") at the rim.
This was the first version of the Savage factory takedown case. It was a plastic case that had a tendency to crack with age and use.
This is the second version of the Savage factory takedown case. Made of camo fabric with straps and buckles instead of leather ties, these held up a lot better than the original plastic ones.
These are suggestions from other Savage 24C folks in a wide range of prices and styles. I don't have any personal experience with them, but if you're looking for alternatives, these are worth checking out.
I've found that silicone gun sleeves are a good addition to many cases, as they help hold the pieces in place and keep them from scuffing each other. They also provide extra protection against rust. I use them in my safe for guns I don't take out too much.
The best price I've found is the Sack-Ups Bulk Pack from Cabela's - 6 for $24, $6 shipping. Unfortunately, they don't seem to carry them any more. These can be cut down if you have some simple sewing skills to make a good fit for the pieces of a take-down.
To find who carries them now, try this Google search: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22sack-ups%22, or go to Midway or Sportsman's Guide and search on "Sack-Ups".
Greg Sargent sent these pics and info on a nice looking case he found for his 24C. It's more structured and sturdy than the NEF case, and better padded as well.
"On a trip to my local Academy Sports, I checked all their gun cases, none of which fit the bill. Then, I had an idea... how about a paintball marker case? I went a couple of aisles down to the paintball markers and accessories and they had three cases available. Two were soft-sided and had only a single compartment, so they were not appropriate for a break-down application. However, one of the cases was a nylon-wrapped, hard sided case with convoluted foam inside. The dimensions were perfect! The case is a "Tactical Performance" product and sells for only $19.95. It comes with a hard folding handle, pad-lockable zippers, an adjustable shoulder strap, and small "feet" for standing it upright. My only dislike of the case is the red color, but I can live with that. I did however, "subdue" the bright red embroidered "Tactical Performance" logo with a black permanent laundry marking pen."
Tactical Performance Case at Academy Sports - if the link is broken, go to http://www.academy.com and search for "Tactical Case".
Galati Takedown Rifle Pouch - If the link is broken, go to http://www.galatiinternational.com and search for "takedown"
The Rossi Matched Pair case is black nylon with a white Rossi logo stenciled on. It has unpadded nylon compartments inside. It looks a lot like the NEF case. The web site has both a full size and a youth size, each for $30, but gives no dimensions. Fortunately, several helpful users have emailed me with details on these cases, which are also available at Cheaper Than Dirt.
These cases are zippered on 3 sides and are lockable, with 3 unpadded internal pockets - 2 narrow ones on one side, one full width one on the other. They're 1.5" thick when empty, and 4" thick with the gun sections inside, depending on the gun. The youth case is designed for the Rossi Matched Pair youth combo, which has a stock/action section that goes in the wide pocket, and an 18.5" rifle barrel and 22" shotgun barrel that go in the narrow sections. The full size case is a little long for a Savage 24S with a 24" barrel, but is the perfect length for a 12 gauge H&R Topper with a 28" barrel.
Many thanks to Mike and Victor for the details on these cases!
Very nice SKB takedown gun case, soft canvas, leather, well padded for $75 from Cabela's. Available in 28", 30", and 32", all of which will be long for the 24C, but may fit longer barreled 24 models. Search for SKB if the link doesn't work.
Take Down Weapons Case 25: The main body is 25" x 9" and is lockable, and the pockets are padded. It has a 23"x8" gun pocket, 2 23"x4" barrel pockets, and a outside zippered pocket that's 8" tall, 10" long, and 2" thick, for $43. They also make one in 35".


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By Nita Bhalla
NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The world is facing a crisis if countries do not increase their education budgets and get more children into school, warned Julia Gillard, chair of the Global Partnership for Education (GPE), a global education funding agencyThere are 260 million children and adolescents out of school globally, says the Education Commission, a global organisation of former prime ministers, academics and business leaders set up last year to campaign for investment in education.This is attributed largely to poverty with parents unable to afford to send their children to school but also other factors such as discrimination based on ethnicity, caste or religion. Education Commission data forecasts that by 2030, half of the 1.6 billion young people in the world will not have secondary level skills, and will not be easily absorbed into a job market which is demanding higher skill levels.Gillard, the former prime minister of Australia, said this was a crisis not just for the individual child who misses out on school, but also at the global economy level.
"One of things we have learned is that we can overcome these problems if we try. This isn't the equivalent of saying let's go to Mars or let's go to Pluto. This isn't something that no human being hasn't done before," said Gillard in an interview."It's not that at all. If every country was improving its education system as the rate of the top 25 countries - in their income band - then we would solve all these problems and be on track to have a learning generation with every child in school."Gillard, who was speaking ahead of a two-day conference on children's rights in New Delhi, said it was imperative that both domestic and overseas financing be made available as one of the first efforts to get children into school.
She said 20 percent of government budgets, or six percent of gross domestic product, would be an indication that a country was trying to make a real difference to the education of children, yet many countries are failing to achieve that level.According to the Education Commission, low and middle income countries expenditure on education was $1 trillion in 2015, but should be almost three times that, at $2.7 trillion by 2030.Gillard said foreign aid was also meagre, with only three percent of overseas assistance going towards education.
The GPE has raised an average of $525 million annually over the last two years, she said, but it requires $2 billion a year to do its work - advising developing nations on quality education plans, providing technical assistance and funds."The reality is that it has always been a touch environment to raise money for education. Education is a pretty patient investment in quite an impatient world. People want to see quick results. It takes years to educate a child," she said."But if this continues, we will see a generation which simply doesn't have the skills and capacities to make a life for themselves and the next generation of children will be less likely to survive infanthood, less likely to be vaccinated and less likely to go to school themselves." (Reporting by Nita Bhalla, Editing by Belinda Goldsmith; Please credit the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of Thomson Reuters, that covers humanitarian news, women's rights, trafficking, corruption and climate change. Visit news.trust.org)
Tags : Africa, Argentina, Children, Economy, Middle East
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Q: An elegant / simple way to check whether internet is available or not I did a quick search on how to check whether Internet is available or not. Most of them talked about making InterOp calls to wininet.dll.
One of the answers pointed towards System.Net.NetworkInformation namespace. Exploring the namespace I found a class Ping which could be used to pinging to our servers from code, and checking whether server is available or not.
What I want to ask is how this solution compares to other solutions?
Ping soPing = new Ping();
var soPingReply = soPing.Send("www.stackoverflow.com");
if (soPingReply.Status != IPStatus.Success)
{
    // SO not available
}

A: Try this:
[DllImport("wininet.dll")]
private extern static bool InternetGetConnectedState(out int Description, int ReservedValue);

//Creating a function that uses the API function...
public static bool IsConnectedToInternet()
{
    int Desc;
    return InternetGetConnectedState(out Desc, 0);
}

A: Network connectivity has nothing to do with the ability to ping some (random?) site.
If you're behind a firewall or the destination is that ping (or the response) may well be blocked when actual traffic isn't.
And even if that ping works, there's no guarantee that connection will still be up by the time you want to make the actual request.
So best to just do the actual request and make sure you handle any network errors that may occur correctly.

A: How long does it try and ping for? Does it matter if your app locks up for 30secs while it does so?
Do you have an internet connection but it's temporarily down?
Is it the internet that's down or is the SO site?
What if the local firewall blocks ping?


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A boy rushed to the hospital with a ruptured appendix earlier this month found a way to turn his passion for geography into a way to help other sick kids.
Byron Siragusa, 6, can recall maps and countries from memory, and Lurie Children's Hospital staff say they've never met a kid quite like him—especially since he created an educational card game there after his stay ended up lasting weeks.
Ellen Donovan, of the hospital's Family Life Center, noticed Byron light up when he saw the de-facto medal count during the Olympic Games in Rio.
"I knew he really loved and knew flags when I said to him 'I'm looking for Belarus,' and within three seconds, he says 'bottom right.'" Donovan recalled.
Byron was named the flag marker of the 2016 Olympics in the Family Life Center playroom and would change the flags daily depending on what countries won gold medals.
His zeal for geography and national flags prompted Donovan to challenged Byron to create his own game.
He accepted and created "Learn and Get Well," in which players match cards of countries and flags to their continents—and the game is designed for children who are staying at Lurie.
"So then then they can learn while they're in the hospital," Byron said.
Byron was supposed to start the first grade at the British School of Lincoln Park on Monday but his family is now hoping he'll be able to come home in a few days.


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Aloe musapana ist eine Pflanzenart der Gattung der Aloen in der Unterfamilie der Affodillgewächse (Asphodeloideae). Das Artepitheton musapana verweist auf das Vorkommen der Art auf dem Musapa-Berg in Simbabwe.

Beschreibung

Vegetative Merkmale
Aloe musapana wächst stammbildend, ist von der Basis aus oder darüber verzweigt und bildet dichte Gruppen. Der meist hängende Stamm erreicht eine Länge von bis zu 20 Zentimeter und ist 1 Zentimeter dick. Die etwa zehn linealisch-spitzen Laubblätter sind zweizeilig an den Trieben angeordnet. Die dunkelgrüne Blattspreite ist 30 bis 40 Zentimeter lang und 1,5 Zentimeter breit. Auf ihr sind gelegentlich nahe der Basis einige weiße Flecken vorhanden. Die Blattunterseite ist nahe der Basis mit vielen schmutzigweißen, linsenförmigen Flecken bedeckt. Winzige knorpelige, weiße Randzähne werden nur nahe der Blattbasis ausgebildet.

Blütenstände und Blüten
Der einfache Blütenstand erreicht eine Länge von 30 bis 40 Zentimeter. Die ziemlich dichten, zylindrisch spitz zulaufenden Trauben sind 15 Zentimeter lang und 6 Zentimeter breit. Die eiförmig-spitzen Brakteen weisen eine Länge von 10 Millimeter auf und sind 6 Millimeter breit. Die scharlachroten, gelegentlich leuchtend orangefarbenen Blüten sind an ihrer Mündung hellgrün. Sie stehen an 20 Millimeter langen Blütenstielen, sind 28 bis 30 Millimeter lang und an ihrer Basis gerundet. Auf Höhe des Fruchtknotens weisen die Blüten einen Durchmesser von 6 Millimeter auf. Darüber sind sie zur Mündung erweitert. Ihre äußeren Perigonblätter sind nicht miteinander verwachsen. Die Staubblätter und der Griffel ragen kaum aus der Blüte heraus.

Systematik und Verbreitung
Aloe musapana ist in Simbabwe auf steilen Felsflächen in Höhen von 1900 bis 2060 Metern verbreitet.

Die Erstbeschreibung durch Gilbert Westacott Reynolds wurde 1964 veröffentlicht.

Nachweise

Literatur

Einzelnachweise

Aloen
musapana

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St. Leo | The Society of St. John Bosco, Inc.
In 1021, while still in the military, he was chosen bishop of Toul, France, a position he held for 20 years. Commanded troops under emperor Conrad II in the invasion of Italy in 1026. Very disciplined himself, he brought order to the monasteries in his diocese, discipline to the clergy, and the Cluniac reform to many of his houses. Mediator between France and the Holy Roman Empire. Chosen 151st pope with the support of the Roman citizens and Henry III of Germany.
Leo brought his reforming, disciplinary ways to the Church as a whole, reforming houses and parishes, fighting simony, enforcing clerical celibacy, encouraging liturgical development and the use of chant. He brought Hildebrand, later Pope Saint Gregory VII, to Rome as his spiritual advisor. Fought the coming Great Schism between the Eastern and Western churches. He received the nickname of Pilgrim Pope due to his travels through Europe, enforcing his reforms, insisting that his bishops, clergy, and councils follow suit. Held synods at Pavia, Rheims, Mainz and Vercelli where he condemned the heresy of Berengarius of Tours. Authorized the consecration of the first native bishop of Iceland. Peacemaker in Hungary. Proposed that Popes be elected only by cardinals.
Leo"s papacy was marred by his military action. He added new Italian regions to the papal states, and when Normans invaded these areas in 1053, he personally led an army to throw them out. This resulted in wide-spread criticism, defeat in the field, his capture at Civitella, and several months imprisonment at Benevento. He spent his time there well, learning Greek to better understand the writings of the Eastern Church, but his health suffered badly, and died soon after his release.


Gabon and Equatorial Guinea have agreed on a compromise aimed at submitting to the International Court of Justice the border dispute that has poisoned their relations for nearly forty years.
The bone of contention between the two neighbors of Central Africa is the island of Mbanié and several islands located in the Gulf of Guinea reputed to be rich in oil, both countries claim right over the property.
The agreement was signed on Tuesday on the margins of COP22 in Marrakech, Morocco by Gabonese President Ali Bongo and his Equatorial Guinean counterpart Teodoro Obiang, in the presence of Ban Ki Moon, Secretary – General of the United Nations.
I commend President Obiang Nguema Mbasogo and President Bongo Ondimba for demonstrating true political leadership, courage and wisdom in reaching this mutually acceptable agreement, in accordance with the spirit and letter of the United Nations Charter.
"I commend President Obiang Nguema Mbasogo [of Equatorial Guinea] and President Bongo Ondimba [of the Gabonese Republic] for demonstrating true political leadership, courage and wisdom in reaching this mutually acceptable agreement, in accordance with the spirit and letter of the United Nations Charter," Ban said in his opening remarks at the signing ceremony.
"Today's event is a testimony to the determination of your countries to move with a common vision to strengthen and respect the international rule of law, and contribute to lasting peace and good neighborly relations," he added.
Before now, the two oil producers had over the years agreed to jointly exploit the area until a solution was found. It is unclear at this stage what the resolutions entails.


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Q: Smartphone email safety My boss is confident that Blackberry phones are safe for company use (having it connect to the email server, etc.). He is less confident about iPhones. Regarding connecting to a corporate email server where security is a huge priority, is there anything different about the iPhone which would make it more of a risk.

A: The iPhone utilizes standard SMTP/POP3, which neither are secure protocols.  If your SMTP/POP3 servers support SSL, you can enable it on the iPhone.  It'll secure content between your device and server.
Blackberry's unique advantage is, when coupled with a Blackberry Enterprise Server, can be completely secure by tunneling internal emails to a mail server on firewalled network.
But, no matter what you use, if sending to an Internet email address, it leaves the secure network and therefore insecure by default.

A: BlackBerry devices rely on mail transiting RIM's network operations center (NOC). Because the mail is encrypted by the sending endpoint (either the BES server or whatever they now call the desktop client) the risk is relatively low. However, it's not zero. The bigger risk with RIM's setup is probably downtime, not interception or tampering of messages in transit.
As spoulson points out, the iPhone answer depends on whether you're using IMAP/POP or Exchange ActiveSync (EAS). EAS devices, like the iPhone, connect directly to the Exchange server using SSL. That means that all inbound and outbound traffic is SSL-secured, so it's quite safe.


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from tornado import gen
from datetime import timedelta
import json

from tornado.httpclient import AsyncHTTPClient, HTTPRequest
from tornado.log import app_log

from tornado.locks import BoundedSemaphore
from tornado.queues import Queue

from vizydrop.sdk.source import StreamingDataSource, SourceSchema, SourceFilter
from vizydrop.fields import *

# what file extensions are we interested in
VALID_FILETYPES = ['txt', 'tsv', 'csv', 'json', 'xls', 'xlsx']
# how many concurrent fetches can we do?
FETCH_CONCURRENCY = 10
# our maximum request time (in seconds)
MAXIMUM_REQ_TIME = 30

RESPONSE_SIZE_LIMIT = 10  # MB

class DropboxFileFilter(SourceFilter):
    def get_file_list(account, **kwargs):
        queue = Queue()
        sem = BoundedSemaphore(FETCH_CONCURRENCY)
        done, working = set(), set()
        data = set()

        @gen.coroutine
        def fetch_url():
            current_url = yield queue.get()
            try:
                if current_url in working:
                    return
                page_no = working.__len__()
                app_log.info("Fetching page {}".format(page_no))
                working.add(current_url)
                req = account.get_request(current_url)
                client = AsyncHTTPClient()
                response = yield client.fetch(req)
                done.add(current_url)
                app_log.info("Page {} downloaded".format(page_no))
                response_data = json.loads(response.body.decode('utf-8'))

                for file in response_data:
                    # be sure we're a valid file type and less than our maximum response size limit
                    extension = file['path'].lower().split('.')[-1]
                    if extension in VALID_FILETYPES and int(file['bytes']) < RESPONSE_SIZE_LIMIT * 1000000:
                        data.add((file['path'].lstrip('/'), file['path'], ))
                app_log.info("Page {} completed".format(page_no))
            finally:
                queue.task_done()
                sem.release()

        @gen.coroutine
        def worker():
            while True:
                yield sem.acquire()
                fetch_url()

        app_log.info("Gathering filelist for account {}".format(account._id))
        for file_type in VALID_FILETYPES:
            file_type = '.'.join([file_type])
            url = "https://api.dropbox.com/1/search/auto/?query={}&include_membership=true".format(file_type)
            queue.put(url)
        # start our concurrency worker
        worker()
        # wait until we're done
        yield queue.join(timeout=timedelta(seconds=MAXIMUM_REQ_TIME))
        app_log.info("Finished list retrieval. Found {} items.".format(data.__len__()))
        return sorted([{"title": title, "value": path} for title, path in data], key=lambda f: f['title'])

    file = TextField(name="Filename", description="Path to the file", optional=False, get_options=get_file_list)

class DropboxFileSource(StreamingDataSource):
    class Meta:
        identifier = "file"
        name = "File"
        tags = ["File", ]
        description = "Contents from a Datafile"
        filter = DropboxFileFilter

    class Schema(SourceSchema):
        pass

    @classmethod
    @gen.coroutine
    def get_data(cls, account, source_filter, limit=100, skip=0):
        source_filter = DropboxFileFilter(source_filter)

        if source_filter.file is None:
            raise ValueError('required parameter file missing')

        app_log.info("Starting to retrieve file {} => {}".format(source_filter.file, account._id))

        client = AsyncHTTPClient()
        uri = "https://content.dropboxapi.com/1/files/auto/{}".format(source_filter.file.lstrip('/'))

        def stream_callback(chunk):
            cls.write(chunk)

        oauth_client = account.get_client()
        uri, headers, body = oauth_client.add_token(uri)
        req = HTTPRequest(uri, headers=headers, body=body, streaming_callback=stream_callback)
        yield client.fetch(req)
        app_log.info("File {} retrieved for account {}".format(source_filter.file, account._id))

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Trust us. You're never going to want the scrolling to end. This engaging engagement session — which is a glorious mix of both digital and film — is out-of-this-world beautiful. The flowers! The fields! The colors! The light! Her hair! The love!
Now if you'll excuse us, we're going to get back to scrolling. Again.


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Denise Richards All Smiles In Toronto Days After Her Daughter Sami, Who Moved In With Charlie Seen, Claimed She Escaped Her Mom's 'Abusive Household'
Sep. 13 2021, Published 11:22 a.m. ET
Former Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Denise Richards was seen unfazed after her family's dirty laundry was aired out for the world to dissect last week.
On Instagram, the 50-year-old actress posted a series of her in bed playing around with an adorable dog. The Wild Things star was all smiles as she rolled around in the sheets with her fur friend.
Source: @deniserichards/instagram
Denise cheekily captioned the post, "Sleeping with my costar tonight."
She tagged herself as being in Canada. She told her fans, "Happy to be filming where my hubby is from .... Toronto. Headed out to our location today."
The former James Bond girl didn't appear too broken up about the drama going on back home with her teenage daughter. As Radar previously reported, Sami Sheen recently posted a bombshell TikTok where she claimed to have moved out of Denise's home and into her father Charlie Sheen's pad nearby.
Sami claimed she had to endure an "abusive household" while living with her mother in Malibu.
She wrote, "1 year ago today: trapped in an abusive household, hated myself, would go days without eating or sleeping, insanely depressed, hated school, etc…"
She then added, "now: finally moved out of the hell house, had a spiritual awakening, own 2 cats, happy single, full of self love, and dropped out of high school :)."
A source close to Denise claims Sami didn't want to follow basic rules that were put in place at home. The insider claimed Charlie was not onboard with implementing the same rules and the two could not co-parent together on the issue.
A source spilled, " He has a different way of parenting and Sami decided to live with her dad."
As a result, Sami moved out of Denise's home a couple of weeks back and decided to start a new life with Charlie as he attempts to get his career back.
A rep for Charlie confirmed the news in a statement that read, "Sam's amazing. I love her and all my children unconditionally. We're having a ball. GED here we come!"
Denise has yet to publicly comment on the mess.


Alan Mantooth, professor of electrical engineering at the University of Arkansas and president of the IEEE Power Electronics Society.
Sudip Mazumder, professor at the University of Illinois and President of NextWatt LLC.
Qing-Chang Zhong, professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the Illinois Institute of Technology.
Alexander Gerfer, director of technology of the Würth Elektronik eiSos group in Germany.
Frede Blaabjerg, researcher at the University of Aalborg.
Patrick Wheeler, director of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering of the University of Nottingham.
Josep Pou, professor at the Nanyang Technological University.
Ralph Kennel, Professor of Electrical and Power Electronic Drive Systems at the Technische Universität München.
Mohammad A.S. Masoum, professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology at Curtin University.


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Haiqeem – "Don't Give A Damn"
Haiqeem – "Don't Give A Damn" – Single Review
This doesn't happen very often at all…but I think I'm honestly stumped here on whether or not the people out there will be able to following along with what Haiqeem is creating. With a clever, groovy bass-line opening, it's almost hard to see that hard-rock edge that this song carries, and largely due to the style of the lead vocals, "Don't Give A Damn" might be a tough one to find acceptance for some. The beautiful thing about singers that polarize the court of public opinion is that where something doesn't work for someone, it hits the right spot for someone else out there.
Haiqeem hit the right spot for me. I think the opening plays like a clever mix between alternative/pop-rock acts like The Verve Pipe and Fury In The Slaughterhouse…but by the time you reach the eye of the storm, "Don't Give A Damn" finds its way to a sullen melancholy much more similar to bands like Cold. I love Cold…both as a band and as a temperature.
Trembling with vibrato and intensity, Haiqeem conquers this track with a real style if you ask me. Amidst the crunching, grinding gears of the guitars and the stoic drumbeats, he's put something interesting into this style of slow-burning, brooding intensity with the real creative twist the inventive delivery of the vocals puts into the music. I can tell him straight-up that the battle for acceptance isn't going to be won overnight…but if Haiqeem continues to challenge the boundaries with this much commitment longevity and a valid career in music could certainly be well within his reach.
Surrounding himself with talented players and studio assistance doesn't hurt either! Combining all-star talent on bass, drums & guitar alongside Juno-nominated producer Murray Yates overseeing the production on "Don't Give A Damn" from right here in our own backyard in Vancouver – Haiqeem has put himself in a position to succeed and truly be recognized for the creative innovation he's put into the rock genre on this new single.
Along with an eye-catching lyric video to help support "Don't Give A Damn" it would seem that all the right gears are clicking into place for Haiqeem and the traction is starting to gain some pull. I dig the emotionally-forlorn mood and overall the assembly and structure of "Don't Give A Damn" allows for the music and lyrics to take turns making the intended powerful impact upon our listening ears.
Seems like some very smart choices being made by Haiqeem and you can hear that determination and grit in his performance on "Don't Give A Damn." I think he's done the right thing by finding a signature style that works incredibly well & not compromising that sound he's been gifted with; instead Haiqeem owns it with confidence & genuine originality and delivers a rock-solid performance on his new single.
Find out more from his Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/pages/HAIQEEM/84847326716
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Brian Reinken is a leader in the CEO and Board practices at Egon Zehnder, with vast experience across the consumer and technology sectors and a particular specialization in retail, consumer technologies, private equity, and digital disruption. In his just over 22-year tenure with the firm, he has developed deep relationships with CEOs and directors of the world's leading brands, guiding their CEO, C-suite, and board succession planning. Brian founded the Dallas office and has served in a variety of leadership roles, including Managing Partner of the U.S. Practice from 2005 to 2010. He is an advocate for diversity and leads the firm's Leaders & Daughters global event series, aimed at developing the next generation of female leaders.
I am blessed every day with the opportunity to have a significant impact on people's lives and their aspirations – this could be a first time CEO, a successful founder transition, or a leader with a mission to change the world. My joy comes from making other people successful.
Before joining Egon Zehnder, Brian was a Director with Compaq Computer (now HP), where he led the development of Compaq.com. Prior to that, he was a Senior Consultant with Gemini Consulting. He began his career with Amoco Corporation (now BP) in Chicago.
Brian earned a BA in finance from the University of Texas and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He serves on the board of directors of SOS Children's Villages USA, the largest organization devoted to the care of orphaned and abandoned children around the world. Brian loves spending time with his wife and seven children, three of whom are in college and one who was adopted from an orphanage in Ukraine. His passions include guitar, college football, and the Caribbean.
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Why people are so upset about Wall Street's 'Fearless Girl'
The "Fearless Girl" statue, a bronze sculpture of a young girl with her hands on her hips, standing defiantly in front of Wall Street's Charging Bull has surely made an impression. Placed to celebrate International Women's Day, some proclaimed the installment an "instant icon," and an online online appeal to make the statue permanent gained over 40,000 signatures. In recent
different type of response.
Some have ridiculed the statute as "fake corporate feminism," suggesting that the statue is less about promoting gender fairness than it is a publicity stunt. They see the installment as a successful marketing coup masquerading as a message of female empowerment, or Wall Street pinkwashing. Others lament the use of a young girl's image to imagine the ambitions and goals of grown women.
This week, Arturo Di Modica, the sculptor who produced the famous Charging Bull statue that has stood in Manhattan's Financial District since 1989, added his voice to the dissenters. The artist held an emotional press conference pending which he said the Fearless Girl was "attacking the bull" he'd created. He also accused the statue's backers of copyright infringement.
Di Modica contends that Fearless Girl is changing the letter of his work. The Bull was supposed to be a symbol of a booming economy, he says, but the presence of Fearless Girl brings his sculpture into the protest regarding gender diversity in the finance world. That's something he's not OK with. Others have pointed out the potentially difficult narrative of pitting women against a symbol of the American economy, while some women in finance say that they're conflicted because they've always considered the bull inspiring in its own right.
State Street, for its part, doesn't claim that Fearless Girl is facing off against the bull. "We placed the Fearless Girl there to be a partner to the bull, to imagine the power of women," explained Lynn Blake, an executive vice president of State Street Global Advisor, in a phone interview on Thursday. "We certainly never expected her to be a challenge; it wasn't intended to be confrontational, but to imagine that she's there and she can face anything."
Initially, State Street said that the sculpture was meant to be a message to the companies it invests in, an Instagram-worthy piece of art to encourage companies to increase the number of women on their corporate boards. The firm thought that the image of a girl would be more relatable than one of a mature woman.
"It was not really about the social or political issue, it was absolutely about the investment issue and the benefits of having women in the corporate world," says Blake. "We've heard some of that refusal feedback, but it has been overwhelmingly positive." Blake says she's not surprised by the criticism, "We, as an organization, absolutely took a risk to do this," she says.
If anything, brave Girl has invited the public scrutiny of State Street's own gender-diversity numbers. The company has five female executives on its roster of 28, and three women on its board of 11 directors (which is pretty diverse by Wall Street standards.) "We have firm-wide goals to improve our diversity numbers at all levels of the organization, from the board to entry level positions. That's absolutely something we acknowledge; we want to do better," said Blake.
Brave Girl was intended to be up for only one week and had it residue so, it may not have given rise to so much protest and analysis about what such a sculpture means for feminism, public art, and Wall Street. Those a big topics for one sculpture to take on, but if Fearless Girl ends up staying for good, it will be because she's raised questions about female empowerment and representation well beyond Wall Street.
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A statement of retirement for this policy was published at
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Screening
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The problem of perinatal transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection was first appreciated in 1982. In 1991, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommended a policy of routine counseling and offering testing (with specific informed consent) for HIV infection to all pregnant women. Since 1991, there have been major advances in the treatment of HIV infection, including demonstration in 1994 of the efficacy of zidovudine to reduce perinatal transmission. The US Public Health Service subsequently issued guidelines for use of zidovudine to reduce perinatal transmission and for counseling and voluntary testing for pregnant women. Dramatic declines in reported pediatric acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) cases have been observed as a consequence of implementation of these guidelines. However, for a variety of reasons, screening pregnant women in the United States has been far from universal and infected infants continue to be born to undiagnosed infected women. Further reduction in the rate of perinatal HIV infection will require wider application of both screening to identify infected women, and treatments that have demonstrated efficacy in reducing vertical transmission.
The IOM recently completed a study of interventions that would be helpful to further reduce the rate of perinatal HIV infection in the United States (Reducing the Odds). They have recommended that "the United States adopt a national policy of universal HIV testing, with patient notification, as a routine component of prenatal care." Early diagnosis of HIV infection in pregnant women allows them to institute effective antiretroviral therapy for their own health and to reduce the risk of HIV transmission to their infants. The use of "patient notification" provides women the opportunity to decline to be tested but eliminates the obligation to provide extensive pretest counseling, which has been a barrier to testing in many settings. Care providers would be charged with responsibility for the details of how the notification would take place. The IOM has recommended universal testing for two reasons. First, attempts to identify those "at risk" for infection inevitably fail to identify some infected individuals. Second, universal testing of all pregnant women avoids stereotyping and stigmatizing any social or ethnic group. The IOM recognizes in its report that many states now have laws requiring a formal, and in many cases written, informed consent process before testing. They recommend that the federal government adopt policies that will encourage these states to change their laws.
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) strongly support efforts to further reduce the rate of perinatal transmission of HIV in the United States. We therefore support the recommendation of the IOM for universal HIV testing with patient notification as a routine component of prenatal care. If a patient declines testing, this should be noted in the medical record. We recognize that current laws in some states may prevent implementation of this recommendation at this time. We encourage our members and Fellows to include counseling as a routine part of care, but not as a prerequisite for and barrier to prenatal HIV testing.
The recommendations in this statement do not indicate an exclusive course of treatment or serve as a standard of medical care. Variations, taking into account individual circumstances, may be appropriate.
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Ethiopian Authorities Concoct New Charge against Christian
Holding convert from Islam without formal charges since May, police seek 'terrorism' evidence.
NAIROBI, Kenya, February 18 (CDN) — Prosecutors and police are trying to concoct a terrorism case against an Ethiopian convert from Islam who has been jailed since May without formal charges, Christian leaders said.
Bashir Musa Ahmed, a 39-year-old Ethiopian national, was arrested on May 23 when police found him in possession of eight Bibles in Jijiga, capital of Ethiopia's Somali Region Zone Five, a predominantly Muslim area in eastern Ethiopia. Zonal police arrested him after he was accused of providing Muslims with the Somali-language Bibles, sources said, though Ethiopia's constitution protects such activity.
A state official joined Christian leaders in stating that Islamist interests have kept Ahmed in jail in spite of the state's failure to find any legitimate charge against him. Initially the Christian was arrested for "malicious" distribution of a version of the Bible that is widely available in Ethiopia and is commonly used by Somali Christians inside and outside of the country.
Unable to mount a case rooted in Islamist accusations with no legal bases, authorities have turned toward the terrorism charge as a new tactic, Christian leaders said. Police have submitted the terrorism charge to prosecutors, prompting the prosecutors last month to ask police to find some evidence for the accusation, according to a church leader.
"Police have submitted their investigation results to the prosecutor's office accusing Bashir of terrorism," said the church leader. "We heard that the prosecutors asked police to solidify their accusations with evidences of Bashir's connections [to a terrorist group, and to specify] which terrorist group. Prosecutors seem to feel they need to have some evidence to charge him with terrorism."
Church leaders said they have received reports of authorities beating Bashir in jail.
"We repeatedly asked prison officials to take him to the hospital, and they are not willing to do so," said the church leader. "We are only allowed to talk to him for few minutes in the presence of onlookers. We take food for him, and we don't know whether it reaches him or not."
The church leader said law enforcement officials are receiving pressure from tribal and Islamic religious leaders.
"We have visited a number of officials in the region – the regional state president, the chairman of security forces and others, and they openly told us that they don't want to dismay the public by releasing Bashir," he said. "Some of the officials were saying to us that it is not right to translate the Bible into the regional state language and cultural context."
A Christian worker in Addis Ababa said a regional state official of the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front who has close ties with authorities said that Ahmed was about to be released at one point, as prosecutors were unable to find any chargeable offense against him.
"I was almost sure he would be released within days," at least on bail, the official told the Christian worker, but "other issues came into play to influence the turn of events."
The official recalled participating in meetings in which regional state officials brought together all tribal and religious leaders in Somali state, he said.
"I heard the regional state leaders say that they are directly handling Ahmed's case to protect the religion and culture of Somalis," he said. "It was enough for me to realize that Ahmed's case involved a different agenda."
The Ethiopian constitution guarantees freedom of religion, the official told the Christian worker.
"This is not the communist regime's time," he said. "Everyone has the right to follow and practice the religion of his choice. Ahmed shouldn't be in jail for a single day. I suspect that the regional leaders are using Ahmed's case for other purposes."
Ethiopia's constitution, laws and policies promote freedom of religion, but occasionally local authorities infringe on this right, according to the U.S. Department of State. An estimated 40 to 45 percent of Ethiopia's population belongs to the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, evangelical and Pentecostal groups make up another 10 percent, and about 45 percent of the country's people are Sunni Muslim, according to the report.
Held without a court appearance for several months, Ahmed has been repeatedly denied bail as police continued to ask the court for more time to carry out investigations. At one hearing, sources said, a judge in Dire Dawa asked what crime Ahmed had committed; the prosecutor responded that Ahmed was trying to perpetuate a religious clash in the region.
Prosecutors have repeatedly opposed the defendant's pleas for bail with the argument that the case is a "very high sensitive matter with a potential to instigate religious instability."
"Ahmed's case is still pending and seems beyond legal proceedings," said the Christian worker. "We have tried every possible way, and all didn't work."
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Bordering lawless Somalia, Ethiopia's Somali state sees sporadic instability in various areas, and sources said federal officials appear reluctant to take action that could diminish trust with tribal and religious leaders.
An Ethiopian national, Ahmed is known as a bold preacher of Christianity and is credited with opening discussion of the two faiths between Christian and Muslim leaders. He is well-known in the area as a scholar of Islam.
The Christian worker said he has spoken to the speaker of the House of Federation in Addis Ababa, asking that he intervene; he has also brought the matter to the attention of the national security adviser to the prime minister. The adviser said he was unhappy with the handling of Ahmed's case and promised to come back with some answers within a week.
"This one too just disappeared," the Christian worker said. "It seems to me that we are only left with the exceptional intervention from God."
He said a ministry representative in the region has visited the police commander in Somali state to ask why Ahmed has been kept so long without trial. The commander was not responsive, he said.
"When he was challenged that it was Ahmed's constitutional right to get formal court proceedings, the commander abruptly responded that the constitution was second to his Islamic faith," the worker said. He added that state authorities, unlike in other areas, are acting according to their personal will rather than the law.
A church leader following the case in Jijiga said that even after many months in prison, Ahmed was fervently telling about faith in Christ to other inmates. "He is zealous to reach his tribe's men," said the church leader.
A conviction on terrorism charges would bring him a harsh sentence, he said.
"Bashir has an indefinite and uncertain future," he said. "Pray for him."
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Unprecedented Christmas Gathering Held in Vietnam
Posted on December 19, 2009 by particularkev
With permission little and late, organizers work by faith to accommodate crowds.
HO CHI MINH CITY, December 14 (CDN) — On Friday evening (Dec. 11), history was made in communist Vietnam.
Christian sources reported that some 40,000 people gathered in a hastily constructed venue in Ho Chi Minh City to worship God, celebrate Christmas, and hear a gospel message – an event of unprecedented magnitude in Vietnam.
A popular Vietnamese Christian website and other reports indicated up to 8,000 people responded to the gospel message indicating a desire to follow Christ.
For the last two years, authorities surprisingly granted permission to unregistered house churches in Ho Chi Minh City to hold public Christmas rallies, and last year more than 10,000 people participated in one in Tao Dan Stadium.
This year visionary house church leaders approached the government in October and asked for a sports stadium seating 30,000; they were refused. Authorities offered a sports venue holding only 3,000, located 13 kilometers (eight miles) out of the city. This was unacceptable to the organizers. They pressed for another stadium in the city holding about 15,000, and officials gave them a verbal promise that they could have it.
The verbal promise did not translate into the written permission that is critical in the country – church leaders say such promises are empty until "we have the permission paper in our hand." Christian leaders believed event planning had to proceed without permission and sent out invitations far and wide – only to have authorities deny the stadium they had promised.
Led by Pastor Ho Tan Khoa, chairman of a large fellowship of house church organizations, organizers were forced to look for alternatives. They found a large open field in the Go Vap district of the city. When permission was still not granted five days before the planned event, several church leaders literally camped for three days outside city hall, pressing for an answer.
Authorities, who often work to sabotage united action among Christians, tried urgently to find ways to talk the leaders out of going ahead, promising future concessions if they would cancel the event. Organizers stood firm. Ultimately they told the deputy mayor that refusal to grant permission at that point would have far-ranging, negative ramifications in Vietnam as well as internationally.
Finally, at the close of business on Dec. 9, just 48 hours before the scheduled event, officials granted permission that required clearance all the way to Hanoi. But the permission was only for 3,000 people, and many more had been invited.
Organizers had less than two days to turn a vacant field into something that would accommodate a stadium-size crowd. They had to bring in ample electricity, construct a giant stage, rent 20,000 chairs, and set up the sound and lighting. The extremely short time frame caused contractors to double the prices they would have charged with ample time.
Organizers also rented hundreds of busses to bring Christians and their non-Christian friends from provinces near the city. Thousands of students sacrificed classes to help with last-minute preparations and to join the celebration.
Just after noon on Friday (Dec. 11), word came that police had stopped busses carrying 300 Steing minority people from the west to the event scheduled for that day. Organizers, fearing all busses would be stopped, put out an emergency worldwide prayer request.
Christian sources said that authorities either did not or could not stop busses from other directions, and that by evening the venue became the biggest "bus station" in all of Vietnam. By 6 p.m. the venue was full to capacity, and at least 2,000 had to be turned away.
Christians described the event, entitled, "With Our Whole Hearts," in superlative terms. For house churches, large gatherings are both very rare and very special, and for many this was their first glimpse of the strength of Vietnam's growing Christian movement. Thousands of Christians joined a choir of more 1,000 singers in loud and joyful praise.
Sources said that the main speaker, the Rev. Duong Thanh Lam, head of the Assemblies of God house churches "preached with anointing" and people responding to his gospel invitation poured to the front of the stage "like a waterfall." With space in front of the stage insufficient, the sources said, many others in their seats also indicated their desire to receive Christ.
Organizers along with many participants were overwhelmed with emotion and gratitude as the event closed. People spontaneously hugged each other and cried, "Lord, bring revival to all of Vietnam!" Other comments included, "Beyond our fondest imagination," and, "Nothing could stop the hand of the Lord."
The event raised more than 60 million dong (US$3,280) for a charity helping needy children. People were quite surprised to read a positive article on the event in the state-controlled press, which often vilifies Christians.
House churches in the north were hopeful that they could hold a similar event. Organizers in Hanoi have heard encouraging reports that they will get permission to use the national My Dinh sports stadium for a Christmas celebration, though they do not have it in hand. Sources said they have sent out invitations across a broad area to an event scheduled for Dec. 20.
Friday's event also made history in that it was streamed live on the Vietnamese website www.hoithanh.com and viewed by thousands more in Vietnam and by Vietnamese people around the world.
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