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Tuesday, February 26, 2013
The Day Valentine Broke My Heart
I have said many things
They filled the chapters of an unhappy story
I wish to compose a Valentines day verse
Now I'm simply writing a goodbye note.
I started to feel and I wanted to share
A special kind of love beyond celebration and holidays
I would simply put my arms around you
But when I opened my eyes to kiss you
Cupid only shook my hand
Valentine's Day is here
Everyone shares it with the one they care for
I offer my heart and a love with open arms
The arrows of passion comes from Cupids flight
A straight path to my heart
A n arrow for an unrequited
Thats the day Valentine broke my heart
Now, farewell so you may be happy
I may not be there to watch you dance under the stars
But I see the same stars from the distance
They say you smiled lovingly this Valentines Day
But they did not tell you I simply danced alone.
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Wednesday, December 21, 2005
Another verse...
If a path has chosen you
What would you wish for on your next life?
Carry on where the villains have left
Or leave behind the beggars that once stole from you.
If a path was taken from you
What would you repeat over in this lifetime?
Repeat the wrong that was never done
Or forgive a soul that should have never lived.
This is just a song of a bystander
Torn between a lover
and a love that would leave behind
When a wind blows in the direction of the music
The merry men did not stir
For the horns of the melody are now fading
and the march is heading towards away
So by a tree and by a brook only a hush
A sigh - save some for later
Sooner a quiet will blanket the one that observes
The one that stands here before you
A speech, a goodbye - there's no path to these
Perhaps a whistle would make a good company
For the next traveler to follow and shake hands
with this bystander everyone knew.
- written by PS
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Wednesday, December 14, 2005
Just a Verse
I'm always been a fan of good songs with good writing. I've lost that admiration I've had to the good writings of composers, storyteller, poets etc, but once in a while this admiration is found. And so folks, please do not expect Shakespeare, Frost, nor Freddie Mercury in this writing. Its just a song with no melody.
I've been thinking about a thought that won't go away
Like a thorn I can not avoid
The greatest strength I find is the effort not to use it
But the greatest burden is the one that is cloaking me.
Contempt towards what was is the cloak that agitates even the best of intentions
Im not trying to earn a halo and wings
Would not even think I'm a candidate
A greatest foolishness I have committed
To intent kindness towards one of devil's child
I know it with a sinister smile behind where I can not see
Drinking a pint amused by other fools
You see my audience
It is a play where I am the character that gave
Where the story ends
And I become forgotten
Such a shame, it does not bother me
But the one that led me to believe
Who clapped the devil's hand and who threw the spear
The act the I made is now where I bleed
On a stage where I smiled with an opened heart
I'm too weak to bow
Extremely strong to strike
But who says I need to take the upperhand
Only the ones defeated and so I am
So in the dark I excert the greatest strength
A whisper of prayer for a slight relief
With a fist and a tear not even a shadow could see
Is it of sadness, is it of hatred?
See me in the morning.
Feel free to share..........
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Monday, December 12, 2005
And so with Superman and Lex Luthor...
Call this entry what you want --- too much time on hands, over-analyzing, geekout overload, experience analogy, observation of a witnessed situation or plain opinion, and oh it can so go far out there.
I will start off the background scenario that is adapted to the more contemporary storyline. It will be accepted that Superman (Clark Kent) and Lex Luthor are best of friends in a complimentary way of life and personality, the rich who supplies the resources and the less rich who supplies the morals, the one that is political and the one that is homegrown. The situation is somewhat consistent on two tv shows. As far how it is portrayed in the comic books, I have not looked it up (Did that reduce my geek-cred?).
I will not discuss their roles to the society and their responsibility in their own realm. I will merely discuss the drive that they have when one is in another's thought. That drive is hatred that gets amplified thru continous agitation.
"It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend," quote William Blake. Such difficulty is a seed for hatred. To have an enemy lacks the personal connection. It's a superficial relationship that comes into play from a need, or lack of reason or logic, or even stupidity. It gets resolved when predictably both parties come to understanding. To have a friend that is your enemy is something extremely personal. This type of enemy knows you and you know them. It is a friend that betrayed you because it knows how to do it to you. One perhaps took advantage of another's kindess with the repayment of lunacy and self centered, cold-hearted personality -- can be defined as inately evil.
These two characters do not strike at each other because they know each other. They only act indirectly at each other. Luthor to rule world and Superman to stop him - both indirect acts. What is extremely dangerous is their agitation. Both powerful they maybe but the most effort is to hold it back.
"Wrongs are often forgiven, but contempt never is. Our pride remembers it forever." quote Lord Chesterfield. Enemies wrong you and you forgive them. You are in contempt to your friend. A friend that is your enemy will be forever.
Reconciliation of the two therefore will never be....
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Thursday, October 27, 2005
Poor Man's Frappucino Recipe
Something I've concocted....
1/2 cup water
1 tbsp instant coffee granules
2 tbsp sugar
1-2 tbsp non-dairy creamer
about 8 ice cubes
3/4 glass of milk
Heat water to a boil. Dissolve coffee, creamer, and sugar in a cocktail shaker. Add ice cubes and milk. Shake until frothy/bubbly. Pour on a glass, straining the ice. You can adjust the measurement of ingredients to suit your taste. Pretty simple but refreshing. :)
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Wednesday, October 26, 2005
I am Blogging. I am with Blog
...and then there is me blogging. I am with blog.
An overcast weather combined with home confinement due to my own sillyness has prompted me not to make sense on deciding to blog. I have spoken what I have thought and I'm confident but unsure that it rests on several mental vaults, if that makes sense. And now, these and future thoughts will now reflect and archived in a binary format.
What better way to start this off than describing my weekend experience of being in attendance of the greatest band in history - Queen.
First, the objective review and impression. Four out of five (4/5) I would say. Biasedly generous. Did I say its an objective review? :) Two of the four original members performed and they added Paul Rodgers to the roster. Definitely not a Freddie Mercury replacement rather a new band member. I was surprised that the non-frontman members sang as frontmen and I was impressed that they sounded very crisp all these years. Song seemed to be split 50/50, half Queen, half Bad Company which seemed fair due to different roots of the current members but objectively wasn't the whole event a Queen concert and not a joint concert? The accoustic was excellent. Loud but didn't hurt my ears. Highlights were obvious -- Bohemian Rhapsody, We Will Rock You and We are the Champions. A life-sized projection of Freddie Mercury during the Bohemian Rhapsody number was shown. Slash for Guns N Roses had a cameo. Even I sang along. And for trivial fact, true to tradition, concert ended with God Save the Queen number although I was searching for somebody who would walk on the stage wrapped in royalty robe holding out a crown which Freddie used to do.
For a more personal review and impression, it rocks! Autobiographical I would say. Not because of any analogy to the band's 70's rock and roll lifestyle and values. It's more for each song's association and personal interpretation to personal life episodes ranging from youth angst, confusion, motivation, success, failure -- your basic daily intake of rites of passage in growing up and maturing. My personal highlight was the Show Must Go On number. Its not the most popular or has become a chart topper as far as I know, but it is a personal favorite.
With that song in mind... On with the Show....
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Instructor(s): Roshi Joan Halifax, PhD; Sensei Do-On Robert Thomas
This special package for Zazenkai includes dorm housing Friday and Saturday nights and all meals starting with dinner Friday evening through breakfast Sunday.
We encourage attending the Friday evening 7:45pm orientation which will include zen meditation instruction and protocol of the zendo. This will prepare you to experience a fuller weekend. Additionally, on Sunday, we offer a question and answer seminar at 9:00am.
A daylong silent meditation retreat provides us with the experience of deep periods of uninterrupted meditation. We do sitting and walking meditation throughout the day, one hour of work practice, three informal meals and dharma talk by the teacher in the afternoon. Private Interview with the teacher will be available. Meditation instruction is available for those new to practice.
This daylong meditation retreat is an opportunity to become familiar with zen-meditation and zen-forms. It will give you also a taste of a sesshin (week-long intensive meditation).
6:00 am Kentan / zazen / kinhin / zazen (Meditation instruction)
7:35 am Morning Service
8:00 am Breakfast
8:45 am Rest
9:15 - 10:15am Samu
10:15 - 10:45 am Rest
10:45 am Zazen
11:00 am Dharma Talk
12:00 pm Kinhin
12:10 pm Zazen
12:40 pm Noon Service
1:00 pm Lunch
1:45 pm Rest
3:00 pm Zazen / kinhin / zazen / kinhin / zazen
4:40 pm Physical Practice
5:00 pm Rest
5:30 - 5:55 pm Zazen / kinhin / zazen / metta chant
6:30 pm Dinner
7:45 pm Zazen / Kinhin / zazen
8:40 pm 4 Vows
8:45 pm Depart
We will observe Noble Silence throughout the day.
Worthwhile Reading Suggestions:
Transmission of Light (Denkoroku): Zen in the Art of Enlightenment[Paperback]
Zen M. Keizan (Author), Thomas Cleary (Translator, Introduction)
First Buddhist Women: Poems and Stories of Awakening [Paperback]
Susan Murcott (Author)
Zen's Chinese Heritage: The Masters and Their Teachings [Kindle Edition]
Andrew Ferguson (Author)
If you are unsure of what to do while you are in the zendo, please watch and follow along. There also will be two residents by the front door who can help you to a seat. It may seem intimidating, but it is alright to make mistakes as you learn our form. The form of the zendo invites us into the practice of mindfulness which is essentially beyond "correct" and "incorrect". We invite you to relax, enjoy, and let the mind of "doing it right" drop away. We are happy to provide a chair if you think you would like one. Plesae let the registrar know at the time of your registration if you would like a chair. If you have further questions, or would like to join us for meditation instruction, please call the Upaya office at 505-986-8518, or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
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More about the instructors:
Abbot Roshi Joan Halifax, PhD
Roshi Joan Halifax, PhD, is a Buddhist teacher, Zen priest, anthropologist, and author. She is Founder, Abbot, and Head Teacher of Upaya Zen Center, a Buddhist monastery in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She received her Ph.D in medical anthropology in 1973. She has lectured on the subject of death and dying at many academic institutions, including Harvard Divinity School and Harvard Medical School, Georgetown Medical School, University of Virginia Medical School, Duke University Medical School, University of Connecticut Medical School, among many others. She received a National Science Foundation Fellowship in Visual Anthropology, and was an Honorary Research Fellow in Medical Ethnobotany at Harvard University. From 1972-1975, she worked with psychiatrist Stanislav Grof at the Maryland Psychiatric Research Center on pioneering work with dying cancer patients, using LSD as an adjunct to psychotherapy. After the LSD project, she has continued to work with dying people and their families and to teach health care professionals as well as lay individuals on compassionate care of the dying. She is Director of the Project on Being with Dying and Founder of the Upaya Prison Project that develops programs on meditation for prisoners. For the past forty years, she has been active in environmental work. She studied for a decade with Zen Teacher Seung Sahn in the Kwan Um Zen School. She received the Lamp Transmission from Thich Nhat Hanh, and was given Inka by Roshi Bernie Glassman.
A Founding Teacher of the Zen Peacemaker Order and founder of Prajna Mountain Buddhist Order, her work and practice for more than four decades has focused on engaged Buddhism. Her books include: The Human Encounter with Death (with Stanislav Grof); The Fruitful Darkness, A Journey Through Buddhist Practice; Simplicity in the Complex: A Buddhist Life in America; Being with Dying: Cultivating Compassion and Wisdom in the Presence of Death; and, Standing at the Edge: Finding Freedom Where Fear and Courage Meet.
For Roshi Joan's dharma talks, click here.
Sensei Do-On Robert Thomas
Do-On Robert Thomas is a Zen Buddhist priest in the lineage of Rev. Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, author of the modern spiritual classic Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind, and founder of the first Soto Zen Buddhist monastery outside of Asia, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center.
Robert's dharma name, given to him when he was ordained as a priest in 2000, is Shi-Zan Do-On (Lion Mountain, Path of Kindness). He has been practicing Zen Buddhism since 1993, and in 2008 he received "Dharma Transmission" from his teacher, Zoketsu Norman Fischer. From 1994 to 2000 he trained intensively as a Zen monk at Tassajara, practicing intimately with many Zen teachers (including Tenshin Reb Anderson, Zenkei Blanche Hartman, Shisan Edward Brown, Sojun Mel Weitsman, Ryushin Paul Haller and others).
He was ordained as a Zen priest in 2000 by Zoketsu Norman Fischer, and has enjoyed studying and practicing with a number of Tibetan and Theravadan Buddhist teachers.
Today, Robert leads Zen retreats and workshops, and gives public lectures throughout the year. The expression of his Buddhist practice in his teachings has been focused on helping people from all walks of life to realize the practical benefits of Zen practice and meditation (zazen), and extend the Zen mind, with its qualities of openness, clarity, and flexibility, into every moment of their life.
For many years Robert has been in a leadership role serving the San Francisco Zen Center (SFZC) sangha, one of the largest Buddhist communities outside of Asia, and since 2005 he has been the President and CEO, overseeing the administration of all three SFZC practice centers (Tassajara, Green Gulch Farm, and City Center), as well as guiding its mission of bringing the wisdom and compassion of the Buddha to the world.
Since 1993, Robert has traveled extensively in Asia, most often with his wife, Samantha Ostergaard, studying and practicing in the Theravadan and Tibetan Buddhist traditions, and at monasteries and practice centers in Thailand, India, Nepal, Burma, Laos, and Cambodia.
Robert's university training is in fine art and filmmaking, and he has had a career as a film/video director, a magazine editor/creative director, and a small business owner. He continues to draw as often as he can and enjoys watching movies. He loves to hike and run regularly, and also takes great pleasure in cooking and reading.
Tuition (Members): $160.00
Tuition (Non-Members): $160.00
More details: Includes dormitory lodging (upgrade available). Dana to teachers.


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Graham goes all-in on immigration
A red-state Republican senator up for reelection and seen as vulnerable to a primary challenge from the right embraces a plan to allow illegal immigrants to gain U.S. citizenship — a lightning rod for GOP primary voters if there ever was one.
Seems unthinkable on its face. Yet that's precisely what Lindsey Graham did last week. And the remarkable thing is, there's no sign of a backlash in his home state, South Carolina — at least not yet.
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( PHOTOS: Pols react to immigration deal)
It's a reflection of both Graham's political strength and his party's rapid evolution on immigration since its November licking among Latinos.
Long viewed with suspicion among the right wing — in no small part because of his 2007 endorsement of the Kennedy-McCain immigration reform bill — Graham apparently feels safe enough heading into 2014 to stick his neck out again on a politically perilous debate he obviously cares about deeply.
( Also on POLITICO: Graham: 'Hillary Clinton got away with murder')
The two-term senator is also convinced the dynamic has changed since 2007. Immediately after the November election, Graham called Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and told him he wanted to try to cut a sweeping bipartisan deal on the issue, which few Republicans have wanted to touch in recent years.
Back then, Graham was booed at town halls for supporting reform pushed by President George W. Bush. County parties censured him. Rush Limbaugh described his proposal as "Grahamnesty."
"There are going to be people who are upset, I understand that," Graham told POLITICO last week. "I do believe that people in the Republican Party are beginning to understand the politics of immigration. But people do want the borders secured; they want to get this issue behind us; and I think I'm in a good spot to go back home and tell people that now is the time to get this done."
( PHOTOS: At a glance: The Senate immigration deal)
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, a member, along with Graham, of the Gang of Eight, provides the South Carolina senator some cover on his right flank. And the 2012 electoral thumping that the GOP took, driven partly by Mitt Romney's 27 percent showing with Hispanics, has prompted many Republicans to rethink the party's opposition to a comprehensive overhaul.
One of them is Randy Page, chairman of the GOP committee in South Carolina's 2nd Congressional District. He voted last summer to include tough language in the GOP national platform as South Carolina's representative on the committee that drafted its contents.
"A number of us, myself included, have looked at the message that the Republican Party has been sending and looking at the message that the Hispanic community sent us in November, and we've started to listen to what Sen. Rubio and Sen. Graham have been saying," he said.
"Looking specifically at Hispanics, most of them support us on other issues — whether social issues or fiscal issues," he added. "They're saying, 'We agree with you on life and school choice and so many other things,' but yet we're saying, 'You're not welcome. And we want you to go back and self-deport yourself'? That's the wrong rhetoric, and it's, frankly, the wrong solution."
What's happening in South Carolina mirrors what's happened among conservative thought leaders nationally. Television host Sean Hannity, columnist Charles Krauthammer and others have announced changes in heart on immigration reform since the election.


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So, the proposed bond issue for higher ed will cost a property owner less than $10 per year in additional tax. President Fries says a highly favorable vote in Las Vegas might well make the difference in this state-wide vote. But how are East Side property owners feeling about any increase at all after the news from the City Schools?
Linda King of Las Vegas will be playing Chopin piano pieces at a free recital at the First Presbyterian Church in Santa Fe as part of their TGIF recital series on October 29. 5:30 - 6 p.m.
Recital: "Happy Birthday, Chopin and Schumann"
Songs by Schumann and piano music by Chopin
Andre Garcia-Nuthman, tenor, and Linda King, piano
Sunday, October 31, 2:00, at the Baha'i Center in Manuelitas, $10
Birthday cake afterwards!
Welcome to the Optic's new readers forum. You may remember that last summer I pulled the plug on reader comments at the end of our story postings because of a few anonymous writers with nothing to lose and everything to smear. But now, with our new website configuration, I thinking we'll be able to have better conversations.
So write away on this or any of the other three forums I created for discussions. But, please, remember a few things about how to "talk" with one another:
When Don Woods played for HU he was the quarterback not a running back. When HU shut down the football program, Don went to UNM, played as quarterback and set a UNM passing record that stood for years. At San Diego, he played as a running back. At one time, after his pro career, he was an assistant football coach at West Mesa High in Albuquerque.
We published this article just 2 months ago, predicting the water crisis and offering solutions. Now it is time that Las Vegas serious consider leadership on the water crisis. see the article at: http://www.bootheglobalperspectives.com/article.asp?id=414
"Canticles in Candlelight: a Cantata for Christmas" by Joseph M Martin will be presented at 5 p.m. on Sunday, December 21, at the FirstUnited Presbyterian Church of Las Vegas.
The program features music, scripture, narration and the lighting of candles to convey the Christmas story. It alsoincludes opportunities for the audience to join in singing traditional carols.
Performers include the church choir, piano, and narrator.
Now that the Regents have decided who deserves the job of HU presient -- and before negotiations over salary and percs are complete -- we have a day or two to state who we think was the best candidate!
That's my prediction! Jordan Campbell will be playing in the NFL next year, and won't be wearing the 'Pokes purple and black in 2012.
He will declare himself available for the NFL draft. Opposing RMAC teams won't have to worry about his bone-crushing tackles.
Mark my words...Let's see if this prediction rings true...
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A recent study by Applum, published on their EdgeRank Checker blog, proves a theory widely held in the social media marketing community: auto-posting Facebook updates to pages using a third-party API reduces the level of user engagement.
The extent of the damage is surprising, though; in comparing 10 of the top APIs to manual Facebook posting, Applum showed that Likes and comments decreased by an average of 80 percent.
Social RSS topped the list of engagement killers at a 94 percent decrease. Dlvr.it, twitterfeed, Publisher and Twitter rounded out the five worst offenders list at 91, 90, 86, and 83 percent, respectively. They also tested auto-posting software RSS Graffiti, Networked Blogs, Sendible, TweetDeck, and HootSuite. The study examined over a million updates on 50,000+ pages.
Third-Party API Posting Affects EdgeRank – For Some
EdgeRank Checker offers a few different theories on why this is so. The first is that Facebook collapses the posts of third-party APIs, grouping them together and only displaying the most recent one and thereby negatively affecting EdgeRank by reducing the opportunity for people to view, like or comment … at least, this is what happens with those outside of its Preferred Developer Consultants program.
By default, Facebook collapses multiple posts from the same API. However, InsideFacebook.com seems to have confirmed the existence of Facebook's secret white list, which protects third-party publishers in their PDC program from collapsed posts, meaning their posts have a much higher chance of being read.
You can see more evidence of this in a post at AdAge's DigitalNext blog, by Buddy Media Inc. CEO Michael Lazerow. Buddy Media is one of Facebook's Preferred Developer Consultants and as such, is able to offer their clients the benefits of auto-posting software using multi-tenant enterprise products without running the risk of hurting their EdgeRank. In section 1.B) of his post, Lazerow shows that even single-tenant, branded applications used by large companies like Verizon, the subject of his screenshot example, are subjected to post collapsing by Facebook.
The moral of this part of the story is: auto-posting using consumer applications like HootSuite and branded single-tenant third-party APIs can hurt your EdgeRank and severely impact the level of engagement on your Facebook page. Using enterprise-level products by developers in Facebook's PDC program may mitigate that risk, but that could change at any time.
Other Third-Party API Factors That May Affect EdgeRank
EdgeRank Checker hypothesized that three other factors may contribute to the drastic reduction of Likes and comments on third-party posts:
- Facebook penalizes third-party APIs EdgeRank – they believe Facebook manually reduces the weight (one of the EdgeRank algorithm's factors) of these types of posts. EdgeRank Checker purports that this could be to encourage more content creation within the platform and increase ad impressions. In his post, Buddy Media's Lazerow disputes this, blaming it solely on the collapsing posts issue and adding, "In my four years of working with Facebook, not once have I seen Facebook prioritize an advertising product above user experience."
- Posts through third-party APIs are likely automated and/or scheduled. It's difficult to create timely content days or weeks in advance. They suggest that "any negative impacts of scheduled posts are most likely correlations with poorly developed content."
- The content is not Facebook optimized. Simply put, if you're posting the same content to LinkedIn, Blogger, Facebook, and Twitter simultaneously, you're missing your audience on three out of four. Optimize content for the audience you have on each platform.
Should you stop using third-party apps for Facebook? Not necessarily.
Bit.ly showed us last week that Facebook links have a 3.2 hour half-life (the amount of time by which half the clicks the content will ever receive is reached). It makes sense to share the same content at different times of the day, maybe two or three times over a period of a week. Auto-posting or publishing software can be useful for this, especially if you have fans in different time zones.
Other times it may be wise are when a small business owner or sole proprietor is away on vacation, or it's simply not possible to post for a few days. Also, these apps still work well on other platforms, like Twitter.
We don't need to throw the baby out with the bath water, but common sense is needed if your social media strategy is to include a publishing app. Auto-posting cannot replace a real person behind the wheel.
Targeting Users with Specific Content May Help
Facebook lists really haven't proven themselves very useful, but Facebook has been testing new ways to filter friends and automatically categorize contacts using newsfeed filters and Smart Lists. This could be incredibly useful for businesses and marketers and ties in one of the major benefits Google Plus had going for them over Facebook. Friend filters and Smart Lists are not yet available to all users.
Another question that remains is whether this filtering capability, allowing users to target certain groups of people with content, will become available to business pages as well as personal accounts. Even so, content posted through third party APIs will continue to suffer the same fate as long as Facebook collapses posts by the same API together. Marketers will have to use these tools wisely and not rely on them for the majority of posts.
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PA TV: Father teaches son veneration of Al-Khansa who celebrated the Martyrdom death of her sons
Boy: "Daddy, daddy, who is this woman?"
Father: "This is the poet Tumadir, who is known by the name Al-Khansa. She was one of the prettiest women of her time."
Woman: "When her brother was killed [in battle before the rise of Islam] and later her uncle, she mourned them bitterly."
Al-Khansa: "I mourned bitterly for [my brother] Sakher, until my eyes became blind. In battle, four of my sons became Shahids (Martyrs)."
Father: "When she heard of her four sons' deaths, she turned to the creator and said: 'Praise Allah, who has honored me with their deaths.'"
Note: Al-Khansa - an Arab woman and poet from the earliest period of Islam (7th century) famous and honored in Islamic tradition for sending her four sons to battle and rejoiced when they all died as Martyrs. She has been lauded by the PA and often presented as a role model for mothers.
Official Palestinian Authority TV
Mar. 13, 2005
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"It is time for you [Israelis] to be gone"
Dec. 20, 2005 (1min)
Palestinian fabrication: Canaanites were Arabs
Dec. 20, 2005 (1min)
We love death
Dec. 12, 2005 (1min)
Shahada will continue until Israel does not belong to the Jews
Dec. 12, 2005 (1min)
Hamas commander encourages Israeli Arabs to destroy Israel from within
Dec. 12, 2005 (1min)
PA Libel: Israel deliberately addicts Palestinian kids to drugs
Nov. 7, 2005 (1min)
Girl on PA TV: "We frighten them (Jews), they don't scare us"
Oct. 28, 2005 (1min)
PA staged film shows hook-nosed Israeli soldier murdering a bride
Oct. 6, 2005 (1min)
PA Minister of Religious Affairs prays with Abbas to destroy Infidels
Sept. 30, 2005 (1min)
PA TV presents a "prisoners' play" in which Israeli cities are "Palestine"
Sept. 25, 2005 (1min)
Palestinian children taught to deny Israel's right to exist
Sept. 11, 2005 (1min)
"Our happiness won't be complete without all our lands"
Sept. 2, 2005 (1min)
PA Mufti: The "allegation" that Al-Aqsa was built over the Temple is "unproven and far from the truth"
Aug. 21, 2005 (1min)
PA cleric prays for genocide of Infidels day after London bombing in 2005
July 8, 2005 (1min)
Abraham and the prophets were Arabs
May 16, 2005 (1min)
Jews exaggerate the Holocaust for world sympathy
May 13, 2005 (1min)
Islam will rule the world
May 13, 2005 (1min)
Jews are a virus like AIDS that endanger the entire world
May 13, 2005 (2min)
PA cleric: Israel is a cancer in nation of Islam
May 13, 2005 (1min)
PA cleric: Allah warned about the Jews
May 13, 2005 (1min)
PA cleric: Britain supported Zionism to rid themselves of Jews
May 13, 2005 (1min)
PA TV: Father teaches son veneration of Al-Khansa who celebrated the Martyrdom death of her sons
Mar. 13, 2005
PA Minister of Religious Affairs glorifies Al-Khansa who celebrated her sons' Martyrdom deaths
Mar. 11, 2005 (1min)
Abbas reconnaît envoyer des terroristes tuer des Israéliens
Feb. 14, 2005 (1min)
Abbas admits PA sent terrorists to kill Israelis
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The Blaze explains, "What is proposed is not expected to involve legislation or take on major issues, like banning assault weapons, but could include executive action to strengthen the background check system or other steps."
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The president directed the attorney general to form working groups with key stakeholders to identify common-sense measures that would improve American safety and security while fully respecting Second Amendment rights. That process is well under way at the Department of Justice, with stakeholders on all sides working through these complex issues, and we expect to have some more specific announcements in the near future.
The measure is sure to please anti-gun groups, at least to an extent, as they have criticized the Obama administration for not taking stringent enough actions against guns and their owners. Many predicted that the Democrats would use the six-month anniversary shooting of Representative Giffords and six other people in Tucson, Arizona, as an opportunity to push further gun controls.
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Anti-gun groups were angered, however, that no such measures were taken by the administration following the shooting. As much of Congress consists of pro-gun advocates, there seemed to be little hope for anti-gun groups.
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If he moves too far to the left, he risks launching an intense Second Amendment debate. However, if he simply ignores his former proclamations he faces alienating gun rights advocates.
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What remains unclear is just how far out on a limb the president is willing to go on gun control. If he goes too far, the Second Amendment debate could reach great heights as the president battles for his re-election. If he doesn't go far enough, some in his base may view him as weak on gun laws.
Representative Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) has been a leading opponent to any measures that increase gun control, particularly in the wake of the Project Gunrunner scandal associated with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.
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Under President George W. Bush, U.S. attorneys were even fired for not enforcing guns laws strictly enough. [Under President Obama] there seems to be a 'don't bother to enforce at all' policy, so that disturbs us — that there's less gun enforcement about illegal gun transactions under an administration that theoretically is more for gun control, and George W. Bush went out of his way to try to help the Mexicans by having a zero tolerance to illegal guns sales that could end up in Mexico.
Though the specifics of the new gun safety measures have not yet been revealed, a number of pro-gun control groups have already praised the administration for its efforts.
Mark Glaze, director of the group Mayors Against Illegal Guns, said, "To prevent the next Tucson, we need a comprehensive background check system, which is what the president called for in April. That said, there are many steps the president can take on his own authority, without new laws, that could make a very real difference."
The group has recommended enforcing reporting laws, which they contend may have stopped the Tucson shooter from acquiring a weapon.


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In Summer 2012, the battle for Earth begins at sea.
Peter Berg (Hancock, The Kingdom, Friday Night Lights) directs and produces Battleship, an epic-scale action-adventure that unfolds across the seas, in the skies and over land as our planet fights for survival against a superior force.
Battleship stars Taylor Kitsch as Lieutenant Alex Hopper, a naval weapons officer assigned to USS John Paul Jones; Alexander Skarsgård as Hopper's older brother, Stone, Commanding Officer of USS Sampson; global music superstar Rihanna, making her motion-picture debut as Petty Officer Second Class Cora Raikes, Hopper's crewmate and a weapons specialist on USS John Paul Jones; Brooklyn Decker as Sam Shane, Hopper's fiancée and a physical therapist specializing in the rehabilitation of military combat veterans; Tadanobu Asano, as Captain Yugi Nagata, Commanding Officer of the Japanese destroyer Myoko and Hopper's archrival; and Liam Neeson as Hopper and Stone's superior (and Sam's father), Admiral Shane, Commander of the Pacific Fleet.
Battleship Release Date
In Theaters May 18, 2012
Battleship Credits
Starring: Taylor Kitsch, Alexander Skarsgård, Rihanna, Brooklyn Decker, Tadanobu Asano and Liam Neeson
Written By: Erich Hoeber and Jon Hoeber
Directed By: Peter Berg
Produced By: Brian Goldner, Scott Stuber, Peter Berg, Sarah Aubrey, Duncan Henderson, and Bennett Schneir
Distributor: Universal Pictures
External Info: Battleship Official Website
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Battleship is doing surprisingly well overseas, though, having made $215 million internationally, so it might not wind up being as big as money-loser as John Carter. But still, there's an air of mystery around this historically bad flop. What went so wrong here?
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With Friday numbers in, it's clear that The Avengers is really the only thing anybody wants to see right now. According to estimates at Deadline it made $15 million Friday, putting it on pace for $54 million for the weekend-- a hearty $4 million more than predicted. Battleship, meanwhile, made $9 million, now on pace for a $25 million weekend
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Something about Battleship still feels, overly familiar, as if we've seen a handful of these scenes before. The whole movie feels like Roland Emmerich's sperm and Michael Bay's sperm fertilized an egg Tony Scott cryogenically froze back in 1986, producing a "baby" with qualities of all of its "birth" fathers.
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New Battleship Feature Explains Plot, Promises 'Extinction-Level' Threat
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Nonstop explosions sell action movies, especially expensive ones like this, and the poorly punctuated title card "From Hasbro The Company That Brought You Transformers" really tells you everything you need to know about the goals of Battleship. I may be the only person who goes into this movie hoping for something a little more, but dammit, that's what I want, and I wish I could see even a glimpse of that in this trailer
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It seems Battleship may be the only survivor of Universal's ill-fated Hasbro deal. Based on the board game made famous by the commercial bon mot "You sunk my battleship," this action-packed drama revealed to be about far more than nautical warfare when its trailer dropped, revealing an intense extraterrestrial enemy. Now, preparing for the film's fast-approaching release in Italy, the latest character banners focus on big guns, hot guys, and unearthly alien missiles
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How do you say "I sunk your battleship" in Japanese? It probably won't matter, since from the looks of it Peter Berg's movie based on the classic board game won't be using the tagline famous from all the commercials we remember seeing as a kid
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New Battleship Trailer: It's Even More Like Transformers Than You Thought
Everything from that opening text-- "From Hasbro, the company that brought you Transformers"-- to the metallic booming effects to the little ball alien that throws out a tentacle and rips through a plane feels so, so much like a Transformers movie. Then there's Brooklyn Decker as your random hottie
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My favorite part of this video? When the announcer says that Rihanna is unrecognizable because she has some fake tattoos on her arm. Oh, and when the guys asks the main action stars in the movie if they get beat up. Oh, and how they didn't get Liam Neeson, probably because he has too much self respect to be on such a moronic program.
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Rihanna Looks Confused With A Gun In New Battleship Image
A couple weeks ago, we got our very first look at Peter Berg's Battleship, >a trailer which boasted aliens, a "game board" shot, and weaponry that, you guessed it, looked like pegs from the classic HASBRO board game. After all this, if you didn't facepalm yourself into a concussion you're a far more tolerant man than I.
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First Trailer For Peter Berg's Battleship Reveals Sailors & Aliens
Starring Taylor Kitsch as a Navy man who just wants to marry Brooklyn Decker but can't get the approval of fellow Navy man Liam Neeson-- jeez, that guy is good at playing hard-ass dads-- the action really kicks off when the Naval fleet sees a mysterious force out in the water and it turns out to be… aliens
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First Look At The New Three Stooges, Plus Battleship And Hunger Games Promo Art
A lot of them are just early mockups of titles against a simple background, or in the case of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter just the title from the original book, but the Three Stooges banner shows off the first look at Sean Hayes, Chris Diamantopoulos and and Will Sasso
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Peter Berg Making His Own Navy SEAL Afghanistan Drama, Lone Survivor
Luttrell was one of four SEAL team members captured by the Taliban on a mission to kill a terrorist leader; as Berg explained to Deadline, "The mission was similar to the assassination mission that got bin Laden, but things got complicated when they ran into three kids and an old man"
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Battleship Shot Several Alternate Endings, Going In For Reshoots
I've been learning, as have a lot of other people who follow the movie industry I think, not to automatically see reshoots as a sign of disaster. They can happen for all kinds of reasons
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Liam Neeson Joins The Cast Of Battleship
Liam Neeson used to make movies like Schindler's List, Nell and Michael Collins. He's an Oscar nominated actor who made his name in heavy dramas. Apparently he
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Friday Night Lights star Taylor Kitsch and True Blood's Alexander Skarsgard are leading the cast of Peter Berg's Battleship movie, but apparently that's enough "real" actors for one film
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Universal Almost Canceled The Battleship Movie, And It Will Cost $200 Million
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Industry Suppressed Report Showing Users Of Shuttered 'Pirate' Site Probably Helped Movie Industry...
from the well,-look-at-that deptWe've seen study after study after study after study after study showing, contrary to the claim of the industry and certain politicians that users of file sharing sites are pure "freeloaders" who are "leeching," that the users tend to be larger spenders on media and ancillary products. So it's really not a huge surprise that a new study would come out saying the same thing...
But, in this case, the history of the report, which has not actually been released, is a lot more interesting. As you may recall, in June, law enforcement across Europe arrested a bunch of people for apparently running Kino.to -- a site that had been listed by US entertainment lobbyists as one of the worst of the worst "pirate sites," out there. So, it sure would be interesting to find out that, before all of this happened, some entertainment industry lobbyists had commissioned research into the type of folks who used Kino.to and their media consumption habits.
Indeed, as TorrentFreak found out, it appears that just such a report was commissioned and created... and the results matched all those other studies we've seen:
The study, which was carried out by Society for Consumer Research (GfK), found that users of pirate sites including Kino.to did not fit the copyright lobby-painted stereotype of parasites who take and never give back.Of course, this report never saw the light of day. The only reason it appears to be getting out is what appears to be disgruntled researchers on the report who are upset it was spiked by whoever commissioned it... though the firm does have a history of working with organizations within the movie industry.
In fact, the study also found that Internet users treat these services as a preview, a kind of "try before you buy."
This, the survey claims, leads pirate site users to buy more DVDs, visit the cinema more often and on average spend more than their 'honest' counterparts at the box office.
"The users often buy a ticket to the expensive weekend-days," the report notes.
Of course, all of this raises some questions. Considering all of this research -- including some that appears to have been sponsored by the industry itself... why does the industry continue to lie and insist that people who use these sites are pure freeloaders? Do they not believe their own studies? Or do they simply fear the loss of control such a reality would really mean? Either way, it seems that those politicians, law enforcement officials and press who continue to parrot the industry's claims about those who use these services might want to reconsider how they portray these sites.
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Whataburger's Ketchup Available In Grocery Stores, but Limited Here In East Texas
Restaurant chains have been packaging their brands and putting their products on grocery store shelves for quite some time and now Whataburger is joining major brands like Taco Bell and T.G.I. Fridays. Whataburger hopes to take just a little market share away from Heinz and Hunts because they are putting their line of ketchup in H-E-B stores in Texas. The announcement was made on Tuesday (23rd) that H-E-B would be selling Whataburger branded ketchup, spicy ketchup and mustard.
Whataburger ketchup will be on store shelves as soon as this summer and H-E-B will be the only place you can get the bottled product as it will not be available in the restaurants except in the little single serving containers! H-E-B and Whataburger also have plans to introduce a potato chip version of their french fries!
In my opinion, Whataburger has some of the best ketchup among all the fast food chains. Now if we can only get Arby's to bottle their Arby's sauce, life would be great and to get Brookshire's to stock Whataburger ketchup, because the only H-E-B in East Texas is in Carthage!
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HILLSVILLE –– Let the history books show that one of the charter members of the Southwest District played its final league contest in Hillsville on Nov. 5, 2010.
Graham, an official member of the SWD since its creation in the 50s and since the 30s a part of the group that would become the SWD, will play its last regular season contest as a Group AA school tonight when the G-Men visit Carroll County for a 7:30 kickoff at Tommy Thompson Field.
A thorn in the Cavaliers' side for years, Carroll County hopes to send the G-Men out with a sour taste in their mouths.
"This will be the last time we play, and in the series between the two schools we've only beaten them twice," Carroll County coach Tom Hale said. "So hopefully Friday will be a good way to end the series and go into the playoffs on a winning note."
A former perennial power, Graham (1-8 overall, 1-4 SWD) has fallen off from its winning ways in recent years, but the G-Men have continued to be a worrisome foe for the Cavaliers simply in part to their spot on Carroll's schedule. Carroll County (6-3, 4-1) has had many a Richlands hangover affect its play the following week against the G-Men, most notably last season. Following a 21-13 loss to the Blue Tornado that decided the SWD championship, Carroll County came out the next week flat as a fritter and was thumped 35-14 by a Graham team that had started the year with six straight losses.
"Last year we didn't go down there and give our best effort, and part of that was because of how hard we'd played against Richlands," said Hale. "But I don't think this year we're going to be smarting from the Richlands loss. They totally dominated us. Our kids played hard, but we didn't leave our minds and hearts at Richlands like we have in the past. Our kids understand that, that is a state championship-caliber team, and for our program to move forward we have to come back and play hard this week."
After having not allowed a touchdown in four district games, the Cavaliers are coming off a 63-0 pasting at the hands of the Blue Tornado. A better football team Hale has not yet seen.
"Not since I've been coaching," he said. "Even when I was at Pulaski. To just dominate the way they have, they haven't played a game that wasn't over at halftime."
Though Graham doesn't have a lot of wins due largely to a defense that has allowed more than 40 points per game thus far, the G-Men do have something that can give the Cavaliers trouble.
"They're young but they've got some speed and quickness, both offensively and defensively," Hale said. "If they get loose we're not going to catch them."
Despite a 1-8 mark, Graham can still make the Region IV Division 3 playoffs, but would have to win tonight to edge Tunstall for the last spot. Carroll County wasn't harmed by last week's loss – actually seeing its VHSL rating rise – and is locked into the Division 4 field win or lose. The Cavaliers can open the playoffs as high as a No. 3 seed but can do no worse than No. 5.
Christiansburg has clinched the No. 1 spot with either Salem or Magna Vista at No. 2. Bassett, Abingdon and Blacksburg are vying for the final two berths.
In the Division 3, Richlands will be No. 1 followed most likely by Cave Spring, with Grundy at No 3 at Martinsville at No. 4. Marion will fill one of the final two slots, with the other occupied by either Graham or Tunstall.
Graham (1-8, 1-4) at Carroll County (6-3, 4-1)
Friday, 7:30 p.m., Tommy Thompson Field
Local radio: WWEZ FM 101.1, Hillsville
Last week
Graham lost to Abingdon 52-21
Carroll County lost to Richlands 63-0
Last meeting
2009 (Graham won 35-14)
Last Carroll County win
2008 (47-6)
Common opponents
Graham lost 29-25 Sept. 24
Carroll County won 39-0 Oct. 15
Graham lost 35-14 Oct. 8
Carroll County won 20-0 Oct. 22
Graham won 41-14 Oct. 15
Carroll County won 50-13 Sept. 17
Graham lost 56-14 Oct. 22
Carroll County lost 63-0 last week
Graham lost 52-21 last week
Carroll County won 28-3 Oct. 8
The season
Graham Carroll County
L to Bluefield, WV 48-0 8/27 L to Bassett 17-14
L to Cave Spring 47-14 9/3 D Patrick Co. 47-19
Open 9/10 to C'burg 40-0
L to Virginia High 47-31 9/17 D Tazewell 50-13
L to Marion 29-25 9/24 D Grayson Co. 36-35 OT
L to Princeton, WV 37-7 10/1 Open
L to Grundy 35-14 10/8 D Abingdon 28-3
D Tazewell 41-14 10/15 D Marion 39-0
L to Richlands 56-14 10/22 D Grundy 20-0
L to Abingdon 52-21 10/29 L to Richlands 63-0
at Carroll County 11/3 Graham
The series
1994–Graham 35-6
1995–Graham 41-0
1996–Graham 36-20
1997–Graham 20-12
1998–Graham 30-11
1999–Graham 29-6
2000–Graham 16-13
2001–Graham 57-12
2002–Graham 42-14
2003–Graham 47-16
2004–Carroll County 28-13
2005–Graham 49-7
2006–Graham 20-14
2007–Graham 29-21
2008–Carroll County 47-6
2009–Graham 35-14
Graham leads 14-2
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Winchester, Second
Other Names: None
Location: Frederick County and Winchester
Campaign: Gettysburg Campaign (June-August 1863)
Date(s): June 13-15, 1863
Principal Commanders: Brig. Gen. Robert Milroy [US]; Lt. Gen. Richard S. Ewell [CS]
Forces Engaged: 19,500 total (US 7,000; CS 12,500)
Estimated Casualties: 4,709 total (US 4,443; CS 266)
Description: After the Battle of Brandy Station, June 9, 1863, Lee ordered the II Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, under Lt. Gen. Richard S. Ewell, to clear the lower Shenandoah Valley of Union opposition. Ewell's columns converged on Winchester's garrison commanded by Brig. Gen. Robert Milroy. After fighting on the afternoon of June 13 and the capture of West Fort by the Louisiana Brigade on June 14, Milroy abandoned his entrenchments after dark in an attempt to reach Charles Town. "Allegheny" Johnson's division conducted a night flanking march and before daylight of the 15th cut off Milroy's retreat just north of Winchester at Stephenson's Depot. More than 2,400 Federals surrendered. This Confederate victory cleared the Valley of Union troops and opened the door for Lee's second invasion of the North.
Result(s):Confederate victory
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Yangju, South Korea, Shut down the illegal dog meat farms, slaughterhouses and markets.
If you want to help fight the grisly South Korean dog and cat meat trade and make a difference in South Korea, here are a few quick actions you can take that could save millions of dogs and cats each year.
In Yangju, there are countless dog farms, slaughterhouses, markets and restaurants where the dogs, who are tortured their entire lives, end up being slaughtered in the most inhumane ways, such as by electrocution, hanging or beating; and then thrown into boiling water – sometimes while they are still alive. In many places, dogs are being killed in full view of other terrified, caged dogs; and this takes place in broad daylight. In addition, many abandoned and stolen former pets end up in this industry, and are subjected to the same cruelty.
Video: The Dog Meat Professionals: South Korea
Video: Dog farm in Yangju, South Korea. Happy Pet.
Video: Meat dogs in wire cages feed on rotten food waste slops while they wait to be slaughtered. jtbc.
A Search Engine reveals the sickening scale of Yangju's dog meat demand.
Shown below are two search results on Naver (the most popular search engine in Korea) – the first one was for so-called "Health Food Shops" which commonly sell dog elixirs and cat elixirs (also known as dog soju and cat soju); and the second one was for "dog meat restaurants".
The searches resulted in: 179 Health Food Shops; and 137 restaurants in and around Yangju.
Even if half of these 'Health' Food Shops and restaurants serve dog and cat 'ingredients' in one form or another, just imagine how many dog/cat slaughterhouses must be present in and around Yangju in order to supply all of these outlets.
There are laws in South Korea against selling dogs and cats for consumption yet these laws are blatantly ignored.
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Please sign petition, call, write and email the Yangju Mayor and the City Council TODAY!
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Subject: Yangju, South Korea, Shut down the illegal dog meat farms, slaughterhouses and markets.
Petition: Yangju, South Korea, Shut down the illegal dog meat farms, slaughterhouses and markets.
Dear Mayor Lee Seong-Ho and the Yangju City Council members,
Please watch this documentary, "The Dog Meat Professionals: South Korea" https://youtu.be/cCdTceduKcY.
We ask you to take immediate action to crack down on the illegal dog farms, slaughterhouses, markets and restaurants that serve dog meat in your city. We request that an official document be issued, mandating that the following existing Korean laws be enforced by its government officials, police and judges:
Unauthorized processing of food waste fed to dogs in the meat trade is a violation of the Wastes Control Act, Article 15-2, Article 25, Section 3. Suppliers of food waste and transporters of food waste to dog meat farms are violating this regulation.
Food waste fed to dogs in the dog meat trade is a violation of the Control of Livestock and Fish Feed Act, Article 14, Section 1 & 2. Unauthorized collection of food waste and the act of feeding it to dogs in the meat trade is in violation of this regulation.
Excrement and resulting environmental damage produced as a by-product of the illegal dog meat farm is a violation of the Act on the Management and Use of Livestock Excreta Article 11. The excrement produced at dog meat farms causes environmental damage to the immediate and surrounding area.
The act of the slaughtering of dogs for human consumption is a violation of the Animal Protection Act Article 8, Section 1, Clause 4. The act of the slaughtering of a dog, without justifiable ground – such as out of necessity for veterinary treatment, or in circumstances of immediate threat, harm or damage to human life or property, is a violation.
The slaughter of dogs by electrocution is a violation of the Animal Protection Act, Article 8, Section 1, Clause 1. Inflicting injury or death to any animal by the following means: battery by tools, exposure to drugs, exposure to extreme heat or fire, electrocution and drowning is subject to legal punishment. Therefore, the routine slaughter of dogs by butchers and farmers by these methods is in violation of the Act. Further, electrocution as a method of slaughter is internationally recognized as an inherently cruel method of slaughter and banned globally.
The slaughter of dogs from an unauthorized slaughterhouse is a violation of Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act, Article 7 Section 1. The Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act, states that dogs are officially recognized and classified as "animals" that are "prohibited from being slaughtered and distributed as food for human consumption". Therefore, those vendors operating dog slaughterhouses are operating outside of the parameters of the law and in violation of the law.
The slaughter of dogs for his/her own consumption is a violation of the Animal Protection Act, Article 10. The intent of the Act is to ensure that no animal is slaughtered in a cruel or revolting manner, and shall be free from unnecessary pain, fear, or stress during the process of slaughter. Therefore, the only humane way of slaughtering dogs would be by euthanasia (lethal injection). All currently practiced methods of slaughter by butchers, farmers and traders excludes euthanasia as a method of slaughter, therefore they are all in breach of this Act. This is also a violation of the Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act Article 7 Section 1 Clause 2. According to the Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act, the slaughter of animals for his/her own consumption is allowed only for the livestock animals that are publically announced as classification of livestock in the Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act and dogs are not classified here.
The display and sale of dog carcasses in traditional outdoor markets is a violation of the Food Sanitation Act, Article 4, 5. Violation of laws banning the sale of harmful food due to the contamination from unsanitary and illegal slaughter of the animal and display of the dog carcass. For example, dog carcasses are routinely contaminated by microorganisms that cause human diseases and food poisoning; this can lead to serious and life threatening health complications. There are also strict laws that ban the sale of meat from sick animals, due to the fact that there is no quality control or formal monitoring of slaughter practices in the dog meat trade it is very likely that violation of these laws is happening routinely.
Dog meat restaurants' sale of dog meat soup made with dog carcasses from an unknown source is a violation of Food Sanitation Act Article 44 Section 1 Clause 1. Uninspected livestock products must not be transported, stored, displayed, sold or used for manufacturing or processing of food for human consumption.
Please refer to the legal information regarding the dog meat consumption in South Korea published by KARA (Korea Animal Rights Advocates): https://www.ekara.org/activity/against/read/7537 https://koreandogs.org/kara-publishes-legal-information-booklet-ending-dog-meat-consumption/
The United States House of Representatives has formally passed H.Res. 401, "Calls for an end to the dog and cat meat industry and urges all nations to outlaw the dog and cat meat trade." (https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-resolution/401)
International coverage of the brutal dog and cat meat trade in South Korea has stained your city's image. The time to end this tragedy is now. The favor of your reply is requested.
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The Red Address Book
by Sofia Lundberg
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