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LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Verizon Communications is not in talks with Vodafone Group Plc about taking full ownership of their Verizon Wireless venture, despite market speculation this week that such a deal could happen, Verizon's top executive said.
"There's no discussions about it," Verizon Chief Executive Lowell McAdam told Reuters late on Tuesday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
Verizon, which owns 55 percent of the wireless venture, has long said that it would be interested in buying out Vodafone if the 45 percent owner would sell its stake.
Vodafone shares rose 2.6 percent on Tuesday and added almost 8 points to the FTSE 100 Index, the UK benchmark, after McAdam was quoted in a Dow Jones report saying that a deal could be feasible.
But McAdam said his comment did not mean that Verizon was any more likely now to be able to purchase Vodafone's 45 percent stake in Verizon Wireless than it was before.
"Its been feasible for 10 years," McAdams said. "There's nothing that's changed."
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Feb. 11, 2014) - Two University of Maryland Eastern Shore students are among 75 undergraduate, graduate and professional students in the inaugural class of "HBCU All-Stars" selected by the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
Senior Chanel Banks of Silver Spring, Md. and So-Jin Park, a sophomore from Salisbury, were picked for "their accomplishments in academics, leadership and civic engagement."
Park, a chemistry major and member of the Richard A. Henson Honors Program, said she sent in an application because she thought it might be a way to pay back with publicity the institution that provided her an academic scholarship.
Banks, a rehabilitation services major, said "this honor means you can do whatever you want - if you apply yourself. I feel blessed because it took a while for me to start believing in myself."
The HBCU All-Stars, who represent 62 institutions, were chosen from 445 students who submitted applications that included a transcript, resume, essay and recommendation, according to the U.S. Department of Education.
The agency said the All-Stars will serve as ambassadors of the White House Initiative by "providing outreach and communication with their fellow students about the value of education and the Initiative as a networking resource."
UMES is one of 10 institutions with two honorees; Howard University has three.
"Engaging with the next generation of leaders, who will graduate from HBCUs and go on to make meaningful contributions to society, is crucial to the success of our community, our country and our global competitiveness," said George Cooper, executive director of the White House Initiative on HBCUs.
"These 75 students … have demonstrated a commitment to both their own academic achievement and (are) making a difference in their communities," said Cooper, who will visit UMES in April. "We look forward to working with them as partners in advancing President Obama's college completion goal."
Over the course of the next year -- through social media and their relationships with community-based organizations -- the All-Stars will share promising and proven practices that support opportunities for all young people to achieve their educational and career potential.
In addition, the 45 women and 30 men will participate in regional events and web chats with Ivory Toldson, deputy director of the White House Initiative, other Initiative staff and professionals from a range of disciplines. They will also have opportunities to engage with other scholars to showcase individual and collective talents across the HBCU community.
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Town officials have developed more effective protocols for testing animals for rabies after a rabid bobcat's attack on a local man last week.
Michael J. Votruba, 24, of 441 Causeway St. was attacked by a bobcat when he got out of his truck a little before 6 p.m. June 17. Mr. Votruba, who works at a Worcester engineering firm and is licensed to carry a gun, was able to fight off the animal and kill it with his .380-caliber pistol.
But because of confusion about whose responsibility it was to cut off the animal's head and transport the head to the state Department of Public Health's lab in Jamaica Plain for rabies testing, it was three days before a test was conducted that determined the animal had been rabid.
�We have come up with a framework that mirrors how Worcester handles these cases in case it happens in the future,� Town Manager Jacquelyn M. Kelly said this week. Holden is part of the Central Massachusetts Regional Public Health Alliance, which is headed by Derek S. Brindisi, director of Worcester's Division of Public Health.
In a written account of the incident, Mr. Votruba said that after he killed the animal, he found a scratch on his left elbow, so he immediately threw the dead animal in the bed of his truck and went to UMass Memorial Medical Center - University Campus in Worcester, where he began a series of shots for rabies. He said he took the animal with him because he thought hospital workers would know what to do with it.
It was the hospital that called Holden police to report the attack. Mr. Votruba said he did not call 911 because his primary concern was to seek medical attention. He said after he returned home later that night, he called police and was told by a dispatcher that Michael S. Sendrowski, the animal control officer, could not be called because there was no longer an emergency.
The next morning, Mr. Votruba said, he was told by Andrea Crete, the town's health agent and the public health specialist, that she was not responsible for getting the animal to be tested. When she learned the animal had been shot in the head, she suggested it could not be tested and that the animal should be disposed of in the woods.
Ms. Crete could not be reached for comment.
Mr. Votruba's girlfriend, Justine Lapierre, ended up calling the Massachusetts Environmental Police.
In his report, Sgt. Scott Amati of the environmental police said he contacted Ms. Crete and told her it was the town's responsibility to ensure the animal was taken to be tested. He said she told him the the town would not accept the animal because the incident happened on private property and the animal was too large to handle.
�I explained to her it was my understanding it was the town's responsibility and that the size should not be an issue as it would be the approximate size of a raccoon,� the environmental police officer wrote in his report.
The environmental police ended up taking the animal on ice in a cooler to the state lab. Workers at the lab, however, refused to accept it because only the head was needed for testing. A veterinarian in Andover later decapitated the animal and transported the head to the state lab.
Ms. Kelly, the town manager, said she has since spoken with Ms. Crete, Mr. Sendrowski, Police Chief George Sherrill (who was on vacation at the time of the incident), Fire Chief John Chandler III, and Mr. Brindisi to define the protocol that will be used in the future.
�We've reviewed it. I've talked to Derek and he suggested some procedures because the city of Worcester has dealt with these cases before on a more regular basis. They have a procedure set up. We'll follow their procedure,� Ms. Kelly said.
She said that if a person calls 911 and reports an animal attack, police, fire personnel would immediately respond. The animal control officer and the health agent would also be called in, she said.
Ms. Crete, the health agent, would be responsible for advising the victim to seek proper medical attention. The animal control officer would have to bring the dead animal to a veterinarian, who would prepare the animal for testing by cutting off its head, and transporting it to the state lab.
Ms. Kelly said the town will either contract a local veterinarian for the service or work with veterinarians Worcester uses at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University in Grafton.
Mr. Votruba said he is satisfied with the new protocol.
�I'm actually impressed at how fast they reacted to rectify the issue,� he said
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The Purpose of the Friends of Franz Jagerstatter - Breaking the Silence
Blessed Franz Jagerstatter
"Let us love our enemies, bless those who curse us, pray for Those who persecute us. For love will conquer and will endure for all eternity. And happy are they who live and die in God's love."...Franz Jagerstatter
"Our Mission: Inspired by the witness of Blessed Franz Jagerstatter; angered by the invasion and occupation of Afghanistan and Iraq by our government and the subsequent acts of terror and civilian atrocities committed by our own United States government, mourning the millions displaced by our war terror, mourning our own American casualties, both loss of life as well as physical and mental disabilities and moral injury leading to massive numbers of suicides of American veterans of these unjust acts of war; we admit our own complicity by our failure to raise our voices (For a complete statement of the purpose of the Franz Jagerstatter People for Breaking the Silence, click on Purpose at the top of this page.)
Pope Francis: "Faith and Violence are Incompatible"
(Vatican Radio, August 18, 2013) Pope Francis on Sunday reiterated his call for peace in the ongoing crisis in Egypt saying" "we continue to pray for peace in Egypt together, Mary Queen of Peace pray for us" The Holy Father also remembered those who were killed in a ferry disaster in the Philippines this week and prayed for the families in their grief.
The Pope was speaking following the recitation of the Angelus prayer from the Papal Apartments above St Peter's Square.
During his Angelus address Pope Francis took his cue from Sunday's Gospel liturgy.
He explained that the phrase contained in the Letter to the Hebrews: "Let us run with perseverance the race that lies before us while keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus", is an expression that we must emphasize especially in this Year of Faith.
The Pope said that Jesus is the key to a loving relationship with God. He is the only mediator of this relationship between us and our Father in heaven.
The Holy Father then turned his attention to another phrase in Sunday's liturgy, which he said needed to be explained so as not to lead to confusion or misunderstanding.
Pope Francis was referring to the words that Jesus spoke to his disciples "Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division "(Luke 12:51).
"But what does this mean?" the Pope asked.
He explained that "it means that faith is not something decorative, or ornamental, it is not there to decorate your life with a little 'of religion." No, faith, said Pope Francis, involves choosing God as the centre of one's life, adding that God is not empty, he is not neutral, God is love.
Jesus, continued Pope Francis does not want to divide people from each other, on the contrary, Jesus is our peace.
But he lays down the criterion: live for oneself, or live for God.
So, said the Pope, "the word of the Gospel does not authorize the use of force to spread the faith. It is 'just the opposite: the true strength of the Christian is the power of truth and love, which leads to the renunciation of all violence. Faith and violence are incompatible".
At the end of his address, the Holy Father again stressed that faith is not something decorative but a force of the soul, before wishing those in St Peter's Square a lovely Sunday and a good lunch. Listen to Lydia O'Kane's report
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Pope Francis: "War is the suicide of Humanity..."
Note: the following is a message from the Catholic Peace Fellowship:
"Within a period of a few hours on Sunday Pope Francis spoke twice - and quite directly - about war.
At Mass yesterday, Pope Francis declared that: "War is the suicide of humanity because it kills the heart and kills love." He pointed out that "...war comes from hatred, from envy, from desire for power and ... from that hunger for more power." He observed that "so many times we've seen ... the great ones of the earth want to solve" local problems, economic problems, economic crises "with a war." "Why? Because, for them, money is more important than people! And war is just that: it is an act of faith in money, in idols, in idols of hatred, in the idol that leads to killing one's brother, which leads to killing love. It reminds me of the words of God our Father to Cain, who, out of envy, had killed his brother: 'Cain, where is your brother?' Today we can hear this voice: it is God our Father who weeps, crying for this madness of ours, who asks all of us, 'Where is your brother?' Who says to the powerful of the earth, 'Where is your brother? What have you done!'" Pope Francis prayed to the Lord: "Take all evil far away from us...even with tears, with the tears of the heart: Turn to us, o Lord, and have mercy on us, because we are sad, we are distressed. See our misery, and our pain and forgive all sins,' because behind a war there are always sins: there is the sin of idolatry, the sin of exploiting men on the altar of power, sacrificing them. 'Turn to us, o Lord, and have mercy, because we are sad and distressed. See our misery and our pain.' We are confident that the Lord will hear us and will do anything to give us the spirit of consolation. So be it."
Just hours later - after the recitation of the Angelus - Pope Francis asked those present to pray in silence for those killed in war, all wounded in war, all their families and for all innocent victims of all conflicts, especially for the people currently suffering in Syria. He pointed out the deplorable and tragic consequences of war which brings with it death, destruction, huge economic and environmental damage, as well as the scourge of kidnapping. Francis proclaimed: "Wars are always madness: all is lost in war, all is to be gained in peace."
Pope Benedict: "God's Kingdom is of a completely different kind; it is not built on arms and violence..."
Pope Benedict XVI
"Jesus clearly had no political ambitions. After the multiplication of the loaves, the people, enthralled by the miracle, wanted to take him away and make him their king, in order to overthrow the power of Rome and thus establish a new political kingdom which would be considered the long-awaited kingdom of God. But Jesus knows that God's kingdom is of a completely different kind; it is not built on arms and violence... " For the text of the complete homily on Nov. 25, 2012, the Feast of Christi the King, click on Pope Benedict on Christ the King.


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25 April — Two bombs explode in Milan: one at the FIAT stand at the Trade Fair and another at the bureau de change in the Banca Nazionale delle Communicazione at Central Station. Dozens are injured but none seriously. Anarchists Eliane Vincileone, Giovanni Corradini, Paolo Braschi, Paolo Faccioli, Angelo Piero Della Savia and Tito Pulsinelli are arrested soon after.
2 July — Unified Socialist Party (PSU), created out of an amalgamation of the PSI and the PSDI on 30 October 1966, splits into the PSI and the PSU.
5 July — Crisis in the three-party coalition government (DC, PSU and PRI) led by Mariano Rumor.
5 August — Rumor takes the helm of a single party (DC — Christian Democrat) government.
9 August — Ten bombs planted on as many trains. Eight explode and 12 people are injured.
7 December — Corradini and Vincileone are released from jail for lack of evidence.
12 December — Four bombs explode. One planted in the Banca Nazionale dell'Agricoltura in the Piazza Fontana in Milan claims 16 lives and wounds a further hundred people. In Rome a bomb explodes in the Banca Nazionale del Lavoro, wounding 14, and two devices go off at the cenotaph in the Piazza Venezia, wounding 4. Another bomb — unexploded — is discovered at the Banca Commerciale in the Piazza della Scala in Milan. Four hours later, ordinance officers blow it up. Numerous arrests are made, chiefly of anarchists. Among those arrested is the anarchist Giuseppe Pinelli.
15 December — Anarchist Pietro Valpreda is arrested at the Milan courthouse and taken to Rome that evening. Around midnight, Pinelli 'falls' from the fourth floor at police headquarters in Milan.
In Vittorio Veneto, Guido Lorenzon visits lawyer Alberto Steccanella to report that a friend, Giovanni Ventura, may have been implicated in the 12 December bomb outrages.
16 December — Taxi-driver Cornelio Rolandi identifies Valpreda as the passenger he ferried close to the Banca Nazionale dell'Agricoltura in the Piazza Fontana on the afternoon of 12 December.
17 December — Press conference by Milan anarchists at the Circolo Ponte della Ghisolfa. The Piazza Fontana massacre is described as a "State massacre".
20 December —Nearly 3,000 people attend Pinelli's funeral.
26 December — Steccanella takes an affidavit written by Lorenzon to the prosecutor in Treviso.
31 December — Treviso prosecutor Pietro Calogero questions Lorenzon.
27 March — Rumor forms a four party government (DC, PSI, PSDI and PRI).
15 April — Inspector Luigi Calabresi begins proceedings against Pio Baldelli, the director of the weekly Lotta Continua who had accused him of responsibility for Pinelli's death.
21 May — Milan examining magistrate Giovanni Caizzi asks that the file on Pinelli's death be closed and that it be recorded as an accidental death.
3 July — Antonio Amati, head of Milan CID, agrees to Caizzi's request to close the file on Pinelli's death.
22 July — Bomb on 'Southern Arrow' train kills 6 and injures 139.
6 August — Emilio Colombo takes the helm of a four party coalition government (DC, PSI, PSDI and PRI).
9 October — Calabresi-Lotta Continua case opens. Aldo Biotti, with Michele Lener representing Calabresi, chairs the court. Baldelli's lawyers are Marcello Gentili and Bianca Guidetti Serra. The prosecution counsel is Emilio Guicciardi.
7 December — Prince Junio Valerio, leader of the Fronte Nazionale, leads an attempted coup d'état. Licio Gelli, head of the P2 masonic lodge, is in charge of kidnapping the president of the republic, Giuseppe Saragat.
12 December — Demonstrations in Milan on the first anniversary of the Piazza Fontana massacre. Fierce clashes between police and demonstrators. Student Enzo Santarelli dies when struck in the chest by a tear-gas canister fired by the police.
13 April — Treviso examining magistrate Giancarlo Stiz issues warrants for the arrest of three Venetian Nazi-fascists: Giovanni Ventura, Franco Freda and Aldo Trinco. The offences alleged against them are: conspiracy to subvert, procurement of weapons of war and attacks in Turin in April 1969 and on trains that August.
28 May — The anarchists tried in connection with the bombs in Milan on 25 April 1969 are acquitted. However, some are convicted of minor offences: Della Savia is sentenced to eight years, Braschi to six years and ten months, Faccioli to three years and six months. Tito Pulsinelli is cleared on all counts. All are freed from jail.
7 June — The Appeal Court in Milan accedes to a request by the lawyer Lener that Judge Biotti be discharged from the Piazza Fontana investigation.
16 July — Death of taxi-driver Rolandi, the sole witness against Valpreda.
4 October — A fresh inquest into Pinelli's death is held as a result of a complaint brought by his widow Licia Rognini. Milan-based examining magistrate Gerardo D'Ambrosio brings voluntary homicide chargers against Inspector Calabresi, police officers Vito Panessa, Giuseppe Caracuta, Carlo Mainardi, Piero Mucilli, and carabinieri Lieutenant Savino Lograno.
21 October — Judge D'Ambrosio orders Pinelli's corpse to be exhumed.
24 December — Giovanni Leone is elected president of Italy.
17 February — Giulio Andreotti forms his first government: it is made up exclusively of Christian Democrats.
23 February — Piazza Fontana massacre trial opens in the Court of Assizes in Rome. Judge Orlando Falco presides. The prosecution counsel is Vittorio Occorsio. The accused are Pietro Valpreda, Emilio Bagnoli, Roberto Gargamelli, Enrico Di Cola, Ivo Della Savia, Mario Merlino, Ele Lovati Valpreda, Maddalena Valpreda, Rachele Torri, Olimpia Torri Lovati and Stefano Delle Chiaie. After a few hearings the court declares that it is not competent to hear to hear the case.
4 March — Treviso magistrates Stiz and Calogero have Pino Rauti, the founder of Ordine Nuovo and journalist with the Rome daily Il Tempo, arrested on charges of involvement in the subversive activities of Freda and Ventura.
6 March — Piazza Fontana trial is relocated to Milan.
15 March — Death of publisher Giangiacomo Feltrinelli. His bomb-mangled body is discovered at the foot of an electricity pylon in Segrate, Milan.
22 March — Venetian magistrates Stiz and Calogero indict Freda and Ventura for the Piazza Fontana massacre in Milan.
26 March — The investigation by Stiz and Calogero is passed to the Milan district authorities. It is handled by examining magistrate D'Ambrosio to whom public prosecutor Emilio Alessandrini is seconded.
24 April — Judge D'Ambrosio frees Pino Rauti for lack of evidence.
7 May — Early elections. Rauti is returned as deputy on the MSI ticket. Il Manifesto puts up Valpreda as a candidate but he is not elected.
17 May — Inspector Calabresi is shot dead in Milan.
31 May — A bomb concealed in a car goes off in Peteano (Gradisca d'Isonzo) three carabinieri are killed and one wounded.
26 June — Andreotti remains PM by forming a government with the DC, PSDI and PLI.
13 October — The Court of Cassation transfers the Piazza Fontana case to the Catanzaro jurisdiction.
10 November — A weapons arsenal is discovered in an isolated house near Camerino.
15 December — Parliament passes Law No 733, known also as the "Valpreda Law".
30 December — Valpreda and the other anarchists from Rome's Circolo 22 Marzo still in custody (including Gargamelli) are released. Merlino is also freed.
15 January — Freda loyalist Marco Pozzan is smuggled out of the country by the SID.
9 April — Guido Giannettini, Agent Zeta, is smuggled out of the country by the SID.
17 May — Gianfranco Bertoli throws a bomb at Milan police headquarters: 4 people lose their lives and nearly 40 are injured.
7 July — Rumor returns to the government, supported by the DC, PSI, PSDI and PRI.
28 September — Enrico Berlinguer, head of the Italian Communist Party, publishes his first article in the communist weekly Rinascita broaching the "historic compromise".
14 March — Rumor forms his fifth government with DC, PSI and PSDI support.
28 May — a bomb explodes in Brescia's Piazza della Loggia during a demonstration organised by the United Antifascist Committee and the trade unions: 8 people are killed and almost 100 injured.
30 May — Federico Umberto D'Amato is replaced as head of the Bureau of Confidential Affairs at the Interior Ministry.
20 June — Giulio Andreotti, Minister of Defence, reveals in an interview with Il Mondo that Giannettini is a SID agent, while Corriere della Sera reporter Giorgio Zicari is an informant.
4 August — A bomb explodes on board the Italicus train on the Rome-Munich line as it passes through the San Benedetto Val di Sambro (Bologna) tunnel, killing 12 people and wounding 48.
8 August — Giannettini surrenders himself to the Italian Embassy in Buenos Aires.
22 November — Aldo Moro forms a DC-PRI coalition government.
27 January — Piazza Fontana case opens before the Court of Assizes in Catanzaro. The accused are: Franco Freda, Giovanni Ventura, Marco Pozzan, Antonio Massari, Angelo Ventura, Luigi Ventura, Franco Comacchio, Giancarlo Marchesin, Ida Zanon, Ruggero Pan, Claudio Orsi, Claudio Mutti, Pietro Loredan, Gianadelio Maletti, Antonio Labruna, Guido Giannettini, Gaetano Tanzilli, Stefano Serpieri, Stefano Delle Chiaie, Udo Lemke, Pietro Valpreda, Mario Merlino, Emilio Bagnoli, Roberto Gargamelli, Ivo Della Savia, Enrico Di Cola, Maddalena Valpreda, Ele Lovati Valpreda, Rachele Torri and Olimpia Torri Lovati.
1 March — Bertoli is sentenced to life imprisonment for the 17 March 1973 bomb attack outside police headquarters in Milan. This sentence is upheld on appeal on 9 March 1976.
27 October — Milan magistrate D'Ambrosio closes the file on the Pinelli death. According to the finding, the anarchist died as the result of "active misfortune". The 'misfortune' resulted in his having fallen out of the window. All those indicted for his death are absolved.
1 October — Freda flees to Costa Rica. He will be arrested and extradited in August 1980.
23 November — General Saverio Malizia, legal adviser to Defence Minister Mario Tanassi is convicted by the Court of Assizes in Catanzaro of perjury and is freed shortly afterwards.
16 January — Ventura flees to Argentina.
23 February — The Catanzaro Court of Assizes returns its first verdict. Freda, Ventura and Giannettini are sentenced to life imprisonment for mass murder, outrages and justifying crime. Valpreda, cleared on the basis of insufficient evidence, is sentenced to four years and six months for criminal conspiracy. Merlino receives the same sentence. Gargamelli is sentenced to 18 months for criminal conspiracy. Bagnoli gets a two year suspended sentence. The perjury charges against Valpreda's relations and Stefano Delle Chiaie are thrown out; Maletti is sentenced to four years for aiding and abetting and perjury; Labruna gets two years and Tanzilli gets one year for perjury.
4 April — Francesco Cossiga forms a DC-PSI-PRI government.
30 July — The Potenza Court of Assizes acquits General Malizia after the Court of Cassation's repeal of the 23 November 1977 verdict of the Catanzaro Court.
2 August — Bomb explodes in Bologna railway station killing 85 people and injuring dozens more.
18 October — Arnaldo Forlani forms a four-party (DC-PSI-PSDI-PRI) coalition government.
20 March — The Catanzaro Court of Appeal acquits Freda, Ventura, Giannettini, Valpreda and Merlino on grounds of insufficient evidence. Freda and Ventura are sentenced to 15 years each for conspiracy to subvert the course of justice, for the bombings of 25 April 1969 in Milan and for the train bombs of 9 August 1969. Charges against Maletti and Labruna are dismissed.
28 June — Five-party coalition government (DC-PSI-PSDI-PRI-PLI) forms under Giovanni Spadolini.
24 August — A commission of inquiry drops the charges against Giulio Andreotti, Mariano Rumor, Mario Tanassi and Mario Zagari accused of laying false trails by the SID.
10 June — The Court of Cassation assigns a second appeal case to a court in Bari, leaving Giannettini out of the reckoning.
1 August — The Appeal Court in Bari clears Freda, Ventura, Valpreda and Merlino of the charge of massacre on the grounds of insufficient evidence, but upholds the 15-year sentences on Freda and Ventura, and further reduces the sentences on Maletti (one year) and Labruna (ten months).
1 August — Craxi re-elected as premier of a five-party government.
27 January — The first section of the Court of Cassation, with Corrado Carnevale presiding, rejects all appeals and upholds the verdict passed by the court in Bari on 1 August 1985. Freda, Ventura, Valpreda and Merlino are at last left out of the judicial reckoning.
13 April — Ciriaco De Mita heads a five-party (DC-PSI-PRI-PSDI-PLI) government.
2 July — Leonardo Marino, formerly with Lotta Continua, surrenders to the carabinieri in La Spezia. After 24 days he confesses his guilt to the carabinieri in Milan, naming himself as the getaway driver in the murder of Inspector Calabresi. He also accuses Ovidio Bompressi (another ex-member of Lotta Continua) as the actual killer, and at Adriano Sofri and Giorgio Pietrostefani, the two leaders of that extra-parliamentary organisation, as having ordered the killing.
January — Examining magistrate Guido Salvini launches a new investigation into rightwing subversion and the Piazza Fontana massacre.
20 February — The Catanzaro Court of Assizes clears Delle Chiaie and Massimiliano Fachini of charges in connection with the Piazza Fontana massacre.
12 April — Seventh Andreotti government, a four-party coalition (DC-PSI-PSDI-PLI).
5 July — The Catanzaro Appeal Court upholds the verdict clearing Delle Chiaie and Fachini of involvement in the Piazza Fontana massacre.
11 May — Silvio Berlusconi forms a centre-right government including the FI, AN, LN and CCD. For the first time in post-war Italy the AN or Alianza Nazionale (formerly the MSI) is in government.
13 March — Judge Salvini orders proceedings to be instituted against Nico Azzi, Giancarlo Rognoni, Mauro Marzorati, Francesco De Min, Pietro Battiston, Paolo Signorelli, Sergio Calore, Martino Siciliano, Giambattista Cannata, Cristiano De Eccher, Mario Ricci, Massimiliano Fachini, Guido Giannettini, Stefano Delle Chiaie, Gianadelio Maletti, Sandro Romagnoli, Giancarlo D'Ovidio, Guelfo Osmani, Michele Santoro, Licio Gelli, Roberto Palotto, Angelo Izzo, Carlo Digilio, Franco Donati, Cinzia De Lorenzo and Ettore Malcangi for involvement in Piazza Fontana massacre.
April — Following the order for proceedings tabled by Judge Salvini, Grazia Pradella and Massimo Meroni are appointed prosecution counsel. D'Ambrosio is to supervise them.
17 May — Romano Prodi forms a centre-left government including the PDS, PPI, RI, and UD, the Greens and supported from without by the RDS. For the first time in post-war Italy (since the governments in the immediate post-war years) the Democratic Left Party [PDS], formerly the PCI, is in government.
1 August — Death of Federico Umberto D'Amato, former chief of the Bureau of Confidential Affairs at the Interior Ministry.
4 October — Acting on behalf of Judge Salvini, the expert Aldo Giannuli finds 150,000 uncatalogued Interior Ministry files in a cache on the Via Appia on the outskirts of Rome.
22 January — Sofri, Pietrostefani and Bompressi are finally convicted of killing Calabresi (this is their sixth trial) by the Court of Cassation and sentenced to 22 years in prison. Charges against Marino are thrown out.
5 October — The Court of Cassation throws out the application for a review of the trial that led to Sofri, Pietrostefani and Bompressi being sentenced to 22 years in prison. It closes the 'Sofri Case' and marks the launch of a campaign for clemency.
11 March — Milan's fifth court of assizes sentences Carlo Maria Maggi, Francesco Neami, Giorgio Boffelli and Amos Spiazzi to life imprisonment for their part in the bomb attack at Police HQ in Milan on 17 May 1973. Gianadelio Maletti is sentenced to 15 years for destroying and concealing evidence.
28 November — death of Gianfranco Bertoli.
30 June — Milan's second court of assizes sentences Delfo Zorzi, Carlo Maria Maggi and Giancarlo Rognoni to life imprisonment for the Piazza Fontana massacre of 12 December 1969. Stefano Tringali is sentenced to three years for aiding and abetting. Pentito Carlo Digilio receives a mandatory sentence.
7 July — death of Pietro Valpreda.
27 September — Appeal court Carlo Maria Maggi, Francesco Neami, Giorgio Boffelli and Amos Spiazzi of the 17 May 1973 bomb attack on Milan police HQ. Gianadelio Maletti's conviction is overturned.
11 July — The Court of Cassation reverses the acquittals of Carlo Maria Maggi, Francesco Neami and Giorgio Boffelli, and orders a fresh appeal hearing in relation to the attack on Milan police headquarters on 17 May 1973. Amos Spiazzi and Gianadelio Maletti are finally absolved and acquitted.
12 March — Milan court of appeal overturns the verdicts of 30 June 2001 which sentenced Delfo Zorzi, Carlo Maria Maggi and Giancarlo Rognoni to life imprisonment for the Piazza Fontana massacre. Now nobody is to blame for that massacre. Not even these three neo-nazi relics. Nobody planted the bomb in the Banca Nazionale dell'Agricoltura. We need scarcely be surprised. The first verdict, back in 2001, came as a surprise, as did the first verdict in Catanzaro. The verdict of 23 February 1979 that — for that first crime — passed life sentences on Franco Freda, Giovanni Ventura and Guido Giannettini. Those two verdicts were, in fact, an anomaly. If, as I believe I have shown, Piazza Fontana was a state massacre, why on earth would the state want to sit in judgment on itself? Let alone the actual perpetrators? The Ordine Nuovo and Avanguardia Nazionale militants were the witting-unwitting pawns in a game bigger the one that they were playing. The neo-Nazis wanted to change the social and political order in order to introduce an authoritarian, hierarchical regime that would make a clean sweep of "bourgeois democracy", whereas those in power wanted to cling to that power, not hand it over to the Left. It will be a topic of conversation again in a few years, once nearly forty years have gone by since the massacre. By then it will be nothing but history. Revised and amended, in accordance with the dictates of the revisionism that now rules the roost. However, the verdict from the Milan appeal court contains some spectacular contradictions. First, there is the crude contradiction. At the first trial, Stefano Tringali was sentenced to three years for aiding and abetting; now his sentence has been reduced to one year. How can he still be guilty of aiding and abetting when the main accused have been acquitted? What aiding and abetting could he possibly have done if no crime was committed?
A mystery, one of the many mysteries created by the Italian judiciary. In essence, Milan's magistrates have declared that the pentito Carlo Digilio is an unreliable witness because he has repeatedly contradicted himself and made mistakes. True he has made some — after suffering a stroke that has left him somewhat impaired — whereas the other pentito, Martino Siciliano, is to be heeded, even though he has supplied "hearsay" evidence which cannot be used for the purposes of trial. A pity no notice was taken of the fact that the magistrate who laid the groundwork for this trial, Guido Salvini, did not draw the line at the evidence laid by the pentiti but looked for — and found — specific confirmation of what Digilio and Siciliano had been saying. It wasn't enough that Zorzi (initially defended by Gaetano Pecorella, chairman of the Chamber of Deputies' Justice Commission, a man who also defended Silvio Berlusconi), had repeatedly threatened and plied Siciliano with bundles of cash to retract. Siciliano was, in fact, a "wavering" pentito, but in the end, in the courtroom, he confirmed each of the charges. That was not enough. The acquittal of the trio underlines the old formula of insufficient evidence — which formally no longer obtains. The Milan judges then tacked on this real "gem" in explaining the reasoning behind their acquittal verdict. Retracing the sequence of the 1969 outrages, they concede that Giovanni Ventura and Franco Freda may well have been behind the Piazza Fontana bombing and not just the bomb attacks of 25 April in Milan and the train bombings on 9 August, for which they had already been sentenced to 15 years. The last laugh came in Milan. The two culprits identified by the Treviso investigating magistrate – Giancarlo Stiz (See Chapter 15 – On the Trail of the Fascists) could be the real culprits even though there is insufficient proof of their connections with the Ordine Nuovo group in Venezia-Mestre and Milan. However, there is this small detail: Freda and Ventura were finally acquitted on 1 August 1985 and thus could not be charged with that offence.
Then (years ago) the upper echelons of the Italian state — the Christian Democrats and Social Democrats, who for years have effectively been working in cahoots with the Italian and American secret services (using rightwing extremists as their cohorts) in order to preserve the status quo in Italy, even at the price of bombs and outrages — were dropped from the case. Pietro Valpreda died on 7 July 2002. So many other protagonists are now dead too, and many of their confederates have also left the stage. Developments in the case have been followed vaguely by leading newspapers, and it was only the acquittal verdict that was given any real prominence. No one is to be guilty of the "mother of all outrages". That is how "reason of state" wants it to be. Luckily, there are some who refuse to play ball. Every 12 December many thousands of 15-18 year old students demonstrate in so many squares around Italy and in Milan, and the Milan procession ends in the Piazza Fontana. That outrage remains an indictment of the criminality of the powers that be. What may be covered up in the courtrooms is "fact" for many. Very many — that has to count for something.
9: The role of the United States
Episode 1: The Ring Masters 1992
Episode 2: The Puppeteers 1992
Diario di un cronista – Terrorismo nero – parte 1
Diario di un cronista – Terrorismo nero – parte 2
Diario di un cronista Terrorismo nero parte 3
PIAZZA FONTANA: Una strage lunga quarant'anni.
Piazza Fontana – Strategia della tensione (magistrato Pietro Calogero sulla strage di Piazza Fontana 12 dicembre 1969)
Anni spietati – Milano – prima parte (69)
Anni spietati – Milano – seconda parte (72)


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A Bowl of Cherries: Health Benefits
It's no secret that fresh fruits can deliciously offer many health benefits—and cherries are among them. They're yummy, radiantly red, providing antioxidants, some important vitamins and minerals—and they're outstandingly good for you! Truth be told, cherries provide an array of benefits in everything from supporting healthy inflammation levels to supporting a healthy weight.
There are a variety of types of cherries available, but fresh, unsweetened cherries are low-calorie, pigment-rich fruits. Cherries get their color from anthocyanins, the red, purple or blue pigments found in many fruits and veggies that are concentrated in their skins and packed with antioxidants. Among other benefits, studies say that cherries' anthocyanins act as anti-inflammatory agents to help keep joints and muscles healthy.
Bing cherries, in particular, have the ability to reduce uric acid, which is known to cause painful inflammation in those who experience arthritis. Eating two cups of Bing cherries daily can actually reduce uric acid levels in the body by up to 15 percent. Cherries can also naturally reduce C-reactive protein (CRP) levels in the body. Excessive CRP levels—which signal excessive, unhealthy inflammation—have been implicated in everything from cardiovascular disease to arthritis.
Additionally, cherries' antioxidants appear to keep cells, nerves, insulin levels and the cardiovascular system healthy, while supporting healthy aging—according to some studies.
Cherries are also sources of melatonin, the hormone that helps regulate sleep, which can cross the blood-brain barrier to produce positive effects on neurons and the nervous system to help promote relief from headaches as well as insomnia. Also serving as mild sources of zinc, moderate sources of iron, potassium, calcium and magnesium, cherries help with healthy body fluid regulation as well as heart rate and blood pressure balance.
As a matter of fact, one cup of cherries has as much potassium as a banana does—and potassium is essential for keeping blood pressure in check and for proper sodium and potassium levels in the body.
Likewise, cherries provide good amounts of fiber—nearly three grams per one-cup serving. Fiber, of course, helps you feel full, reducing the urge to overeat. And since fiber isn't absorbed by the body, you accumulate fewer calories per serving. One cup of cherries, by the way, has only about 100 nutrition-packed calories.
Cherries are also high in the B vitamins and vitamins C and A. Those B vitamins, including thiamine, riboflavin and vitamin B6, are necessary for proper metabolism and converting nutrients into useable bodily energy. While all cherries contain vitamins C and A, acerola or West Indian cherries are particularly high in vitamin C (nearly 1,678mg per 100g) and in vitamin A (767IU per 100g).
So, go ahead and make your life—and possibly your health—"a bowl of cherries" by eating a bowl of cherries and a variety of other fruits regularly.


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KU European Organ Study Tour II:
France, May 25 - June 6, 2005
For fourteen days in the summer of 2005, students, alumni, and friends of the KU Division of Organ and Church Music traveled throughout France seeing many of the great cathedrals, playing and hearing wonderful organs, and spending time at some of the leading tourist sites in France. The instruments included examples of French organ building from the Baroque era to the 21st century, with an emphasis on the French Classic era and Cavaille-Coll.
Added attractions included Omaha Beach, Sunday mass at Solesmes, tours of Versaille and Chartres, along with four days in Paris. The group also experienced liturgy in the loft at Notre Dame with Olivier Latry and at Saint-Etienne-du-Mont with Thierry Escaich.
Wednesday, May 25
Arrive in Paris Bus to Rouen, tour the city, visit the Cathedral of Notre Dame Overnight in Rouen
Thursday, May 26
The tour begins by playing the newly restored French classic organ in Caudebec-ed-Caux (Lefebvre)
The first day concludes by playing one of the great symphonic organs at the Eglise abbatiale Saint-Ouen (Cavaille-Coll)
Overnight in Caen
Friday, May 27
Bus to Bayeux. Play Notre Dame Cathedral at Bayeux (Cavaille-Coll) Visit the Bayeux Tapestry
Bus to Carentan. Play Notre Dame de Carentan (Louis Lair) Visit the American Cemetary at Omaha Beach
Play Saint-Etienne de Caen (Cavaille-Coll)
Overnight in Caen
Saturday, May 28
Free morning in Caen
Bus to Falaise, play Notre Dame de Guibray (Parisot)
Bus to Solesmes
Overnight in Solesmes
Sunday, May 29
Attend church at the Abbaye de Solesmes
Bus to Poitiers
Overnight in Poitiers
Monday, May 30
Play one of the greatest French Classic organs, the Cathedral de Saint-Pierre (F.H. Clicquot)
Bus to Moulins, play the Eglise (Merklin)
Overnight in Moulins
Tuesday, May 31
Bus to Souvigny
Play the organ at the Eglise (F.H. Clicquot)
Bus to Vichy, play the organ at Eglise Saint-Louis (Aubertin)
Bus to Bourges
Overnight in Bourges
Wednesday, June 1
Play the organ at Bourges Cathedral (Kern)
Bus to Chartres: tour of Chartres Cathedral
Overnight in Chartres
Thursday, June 2
Bus to Houdan. Play the Eglise Saint-Jacques-Saint-Christophe (L-A Clicquot)
Bus to Versailles
Bus to Paris, play St. Denis (Cavaille-Coll)
Overnight in Paris
Friday, June 3
Play organs at Saint-Augustin & Temple du Saint-Esprit
Play at La Madeleine (Cavaille-Coll) & La Trinite
Overnight in Paris
Saturday, June 4
Mass at Notre-Dame Cathedral followed by a presentation of the gallery organ by Olivier Latry and playing the organ
Overnight in Paris
Sunday, June 5
Free day in Paris
Evening Mass at Saint-Etienne-du-Mont followed by a presentation of the organ by Thierry Escaich
Overnight in Paris
Monday, June 6
Play the organ at the Ile-Saint-Louis Church (Aubertin)
Play Saint-Sulpice (Cavaille-Coll), followed by a presentation by Sophie-Veronique Caucherer-Choplin.
Play the organ at Saint-Ferdinand-des-Ternes (Pascal Quoiran)
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Your works bring together many strands of visual culture. Your paintings, for example, interpose art history, design, the natural world, and gaming. What does your image research look like? In a recent piece for Rhizome, Karen Archey wrote that your sensitivity is emblematic of the internet age, where all images are created equal. Do you think your work is affected by this characteristic of the internet? Does it mirror it?
Yes, I think my work mirrors this characteristic of the internet age, which also is reflected in and conditions my research process.
This conditioning applies not only to images but to information in general, I treat the two as the same. This flattening of values allows me to make art historical and sociological connections that scholars wouldn't necessarily consider making. However, I don't view my research process as a new thing relevant only to the internet age.
I'm also interested in comparing the idea of wandering through images and informations on the web to Walter Benjamin's idea of the flâneur and his experience of modernity. The term describes the experience of leisurely walking through urban space while observing various aesthetic and sociological patterns in the XIXth century Paris.
Recently I came across an article by Evgeny Morozov called "The Death of the Cyberflâneur," adressing this same parallel with Benjamin's flâneur and explaining how the cyberflâneur would disappear for similar reasons as those of the XIXth century flâneur—the internet becoming more and more enclosed in the world of social media, shopping activities, or separated apps. Benjamin also explains how the flânerie got caught in being conditioned by the economy and the market when the recently born commercial strategies of that time started using the flâneur and his casual attitude as a marketing tool. Benjamin notices ...


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This week, Susanna Calkins introduced A Murder at Rosamund's Gate, her 17th Century Murder Mystery. If you are reading only a few historical mysteries this year, I recommend please putting this one on your list! The cover will outright lure you in, but the tale itself will hold you in its grasp until the very last pages.
By the first 100 pages or so, in which she introduced her characters, set the scene, and gave us a murderer to ferret out, Calkins was able to already have me feeling connected to her characters, in tune to their personality quirks, captivated by their emotions, and feeling a friendship with Lucy, her protagonist who is a chambermaid in the house of a magistrate.
I loved Calkins use of creative participants such as the painter, gypsy fortune tellers, and other off-beat cast of characters who portrayed the more "seedy" dealings of society the common places, the dirty streets of London, and even in the homes of high society. Most primarily I liked her use of the murderer leaving "a note" that was found with the body and the use of a legend of the lover's park. Calkins brought to me, as a reader, fresh characters that many people don't always use in their historical writings. Her story is original and her characters real.
I felt like I was reading Downtown Abbey mixed with the adventures of the London streets that comes with gossips, servants, drunks, and well….murder, reminiscent of Jack the Ripper. The mystery takes us on a thought-provoking adventure as we see how lives intersect, even between classes, and discover the mystery. During this journey, we also can sense Lucy gathering an amazing amount of self-confidence and self-worth.
Lucy is quite the female–not overly aggressive, but yet independent. Emotional, yet rational. Analytical, yet compassionate. Virtuous and endearing. I love her!! I hope that Calkins does a series with Lucy, you know the type of character who is always trying to go around living life and saying she isn't a detective, BUT murder just seems to fall in her lap and she can't help solving it? (hint, hint)
I don't want to give too much away, but the murderer probably won't be who you thought either. She does a wonderful job of leading up to a fantastic finale! I like how Calkins used a smaller cast of characters in a condensed and not overly done setting, which reminded me of some of Agatha Christie's earlier mysteries. Her character development is superb and her mystery plot exciting and entertaining. I enjoyed guessing the clues along with Lucy.
I am very pleased with Susanna Calkins debut mystery novel and I look forward to much more writing from her. The mystery had an endearing cast of characters, a quaint setting that allowed for a more proper character led plot, a mystery that kept me guessing, a fantastic use of historical details and life struggles, and some great writing that flowed smooth as a pen on paper.
A Murder at Rosamund's Gate: A Mystery, Synopsis~
Minotaur/St. Martin's Press (April 23, 2013)
When someone she loves faces hanging for the murder of a fellow servant, Lucy Campion—a seventeenth-century English chambermaid—must interpret the clues hidden in miniature portraits, popular ballads, and a corpse's pointing finger–to save his life, before the true murderer turns on her…
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Author Susanna Calkins, Biography~
Susanna Calkins is a historian and academic, currently working at Northwestern University. She's had a morbid curiosity about murder in seventeenth-century England ever since she was in grad school, when she was first working on her Ph.D. in history. The ephemera from the archives—tantalizing true accounts of the fantastic and the strange—inspired her historical mysteries, including A Murder at Rosamund's Gate (St. Martins Press/Minotaur Books). Born and raised in Philadelphia, she lives outside Chicago now with her husband and two sons.
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Luis Suarez in new cheat storm
The Liverpool forward was once again the centre of attention as his controversial performance ensured Uruguay took a step closer to Brazil 2014
Luis Suarez is at the centre of a new diving controversy after Uruguay beat Peru 2-1 in a World Cup 2014 qualifier on Friday.
Peru coach Sergio Markarian slammed referee Patricio Loustau for sending off Victor Yotun for a clash with Suarez in the first half at the Estadio Nacional de Lima.
The Uruguay forward theatrically fell to the ground following the clash with Yotun who was shown a straight red card.
Marakarian told reporters: "I'll do my best to make sure this referee does not go to the World Cup because I'm not ashamed to say it was totally decisive [in the result].
"What Yotun did was silly but I've seen worse, like elbows or persistent simulation that goes unpunished."
Four minutes earlier Suarez earned his side a penalty – from which he scored – when he went to ground following a challenge from Christian Ramos, though, replays showed there was minimal contact.
Liverpool's striker is currently serving a 10-match ban for biting Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic.
Peru are now five points behind Uruguay, who occupy the fifth-place play-off position in the Conmebol qualifying pool.


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💠"He Who created the seven heavens in layers. You will not find any flaw in the creation of the All-Merciful. Look again-do you see any gaps? Then look again and again. Your sight will return to you dazzled and exhausted!" [Qur'an, 67:3-4]
💠"Do you not see how He created seven heavens in layers?" [Qur'an, 71:15]
💠 "He to Whom the kingdom of the heavens and the earth belongs. He does not have a son and He has no partner in the Kingdom. He created everything and determined it most exactly." [Qur'an, 25:2]
🌏Materialist philosophy emerged with the claim that all the systems in nature and the universe were like machines that functioned on their own, that the flawless order and balance within them were the work of chance. However, today, the false nature of materialism and of Darwinism, its so-called scientific foundation, has been scientifically demonstrated.
🌏 The scientific discoveries of the 20th century that followed swiftly, one after the other, in the fields of astrophysics and biology have proved that life and the universe were created. As the theses of Darwinism collapsed, the Big Bang theory has shown that the universe was created from nothing. Discoveries have revealed that there is a great design and fine-tuning in the material world and this has categorically demonstrated the groundless nature of the claims of materialism.
🌏Considering the conditions necessary for life, we see that only the Earth meets these particular conditions. For an environment suitable for life, there are innumerable conditions taking place simultaneously and unceasingly all around us.
🌏There are some hundred billion galaxies, each with-on average-a hundred billion stars. In all the galaxies, there are perhaps as many planets as stars. In the face of such overpowering numbers, one can better comprehend the significance of the formation of such an exceptional environment on the Earth.
🌏From the force of the Big Bang explosion to the physical values of atoms, from the levels of the four basic forces to the chemical processes in the stars, from the type of light emitted by the Sun to the level of viscosity of water, from the distance of the Moon to the Earth to the level of gases in the atmosphere, from the Earth's distance from the Sun to its angle of tilt to its orbit, and from the speed at which the Earth revolves around its own axis to the functions of the oceans and mountains on the Earth: every single detail is ideally suited to our lives.
🌏Today, the world of science describes these features by means of the concepts of the "Anthropic Principle" and "Fine-Tuning." These concepts summarize the way that the universe is not an aimless, uncontrolled, chance collection of matter but that it has a purpose directed towards human life and has been designed with the greatest precision.
🌏Attention is drawn in the above Ayahs to the measure and harmony in Allah's creation. The word "taqdeeran," meaning "to design, measure, create by measuring," is employed in Qur'anic Ayahs such as Surat al-Furqan 2. The word "tibaqan," meaning "in harmony," is used in Surat al-Mulk 3 and Surah Nuh 15. Furthermore, Allah (subhanahu wa ta'ala) also reveals in Surat al-Mulk with the word "tafawutin," meaning "disagreement, violation, non-conformity, disorder, opposite," that those who seek disharmony will fail to find it.
🌏The term "fine-tuning," which began to be used towards the end of the 20th century, represents this truth revealed in the Ayahs. Over the last quarter-century or so, a great many scientists, intellectuals and writers have shown that the universe is not a collection of coincidences. On the contrary, it has an extraordinary design and order ideally suited to human life in its every detail. Many features in the universe clearly show that the universe has been specially designed to support life. The physicist Dr. Karl Giberson expresses this fact thus:
♨'In the 1960s, some physicists observed that our universe appears to have been fine-tuned for the existence of human life.' [Karl Giberson, "The Anthropic Principle," Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies 9 (1997)]
🌏The British astrophysicist Professor George F. Ellis refers to this fine-tuning in these terms:
♨'Amazing fine tuning occurs in the laws that make this [complexity] possible. Realization of the complexity of what is accomplished makes it very difficult not to use the word "miraculous" without taking a stand as to the ontological status of the word.' [George F. Ellis, "The Anthropic Principle: Laws and Environments," The Anthropic Principle, F. Bertola and U. Curi (New York: Cambridge University Press: 1993), 30]
💠"Everything in the heavens and everything in the earth belongs to Allah. All matters return to Allah." [Qur'an, 3:109]
🌏 The speed of the Big Bang explosion:
🌏The balances established with the Big Bang, the instantaneous formation of the universe, are one of the proofs that the universe did not come into being by chance. According to the well-known Adelaide University professor of mathematical physics Paul Davies,
♨if the rate of expansion that took place following the Big Bang had been just one in a billion billion parts different (1/1018), the universe could not have come into being.[Paul Davies, Superforce: The Search for a Grand Unified Theory of Nature, 1984, 184]
🌏In his book A Brief History of Time, Stephen Hawking recognises this extraordinary precision in the universe's rate of expansion:
♨'If the rate of expansion one second after the big bang had been smaller by even one part in a hundred thousand million million, the universe would have recollapsed before it ever reached its present size.' [ Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time (London: Bantam Press: 1988), 121-125]
🌏The Four Forces:
🌏All physical motion in the universe comes about thanks to the interaction and equilibrium of the four forces recognised by modern physics: gravity, electromagnetic force, strong nuclear force and weak nuclear force. These forces possess extraordinarily different values to one another. Michael Denton, the famous molecular biologist, describes the extraordinary equilibrium among these forces thus:
🌏'If, for example, the gravitational force was a trillion times stronger, then the universe would be far smaller and its life history far shorter. An average star would have a mass a trillion times less than the sun and a life span of about one year. On the other hand, if gravity had been less powerful, no stars or galaxies would have ever formed. The other relationships and values are no less critical.
🌏If the strong force had been just slightly weaker, the only element that would be stable would be hydrogen. No other atoms could exist. If it had been slightly stronger in relation to electromagnetism, then an atomic nucleus consisting of only two protons would be a stable feature of the universe-which would mean there would be no hydrogen, and if any stars or galaxies evolved, they would be very different from the way they are.
🌏Clearly, if these various forces and constants did not have precisely the values they do, there would be no stars, no supernovae, no planets, no atoms, no life.' [Michael Denton, Nature's Destiny: How the Laws of Biology Reveal Purpose in the Universe (New York: The Free Press: 1998), 12-13]
🌏The Distances between Celestial Bodies:
🌏The distribution of celestial bodies in space and the enormous spaces between them are essential to the existence of life on Earth. The distances between celestial bodies have been set out in a calculation compatible with a great many powerful universal forces in such a way as to support life on Earth. In his book Nature's Destiny Michael Denton describes the distance between supernovae and stars:
🌏'The distances between supernovae and indeed between all stars is critical for other reasons. The distance between stars in our galaxy is about 30 million miles. If this distance was much less, planetary orbits would be destabilized. If it was much more, then the debris thrown out by a supernova would be so diffusely distributed that planetary systems like our own would in all probability never form.
🌏If the cosmos is to be a home for life, then the flickering of the supernovae must occur at a very precise rate and the average distance between them, and indeed between all stars, must be very close to the actual observed figure. [Michael Denton, Nature's Destiny: How the Laws of Biology Reveal Purpose in the Universe (New York: The Free Press: 1998), 11]
🌏 If gravity were stronger, excessive ammonia and methane would collect in the Earth's atmosphere, which would have a most damaging effect on life – If it were weaker, the Earth's atmosphere would lose excessive quantities of water, making life impossible.
🌏The Earth's Distance from the Sun:
🌏 If this were any greater, the planet would grow very cold, the water cycle in the atmosphere would be affected, and the planet would enter an ice-age – If the Earth were any closer to the Sun, plants would burn up, the water cycle in the Earth's atmosphere would be irreparably damaged, and life would become impossible.-
🌏 The Thickness of the Earth's Crust:
🌏If the crust were any thicker, then an excessive amount of oxygen would be transferred to it from the atmosphere – If it were any thinner, the resulting amount of volcanic activity would make life impossible.
🌏The Speed at which the Earth Revolves:
🌏If this were any slower, the temperature difference between day and night would grow enormously -If it were any faster, then atmospheric winds would reach enormous speeds, and cyclones and storms would make life impossible.
🌏The Earth's Magnetic Field:
🌏If this were any more powerful, very strong electromagnetic storms would arise – If it were any weaker, then the Earth would lose its protection against the harmful particles given off by the Sun and known as solar winds. Both situations would make life impossible.
🌏The Albedo Effect (Ratio between the amount of light the Earth reflects and the amount of light that is absorbed):
🌏If this were any greater, an ice-age would rapidly result – If it were any less, the greenhouse effect would lead to excessive warming. The Earth would first be flooded with the melting of the glaciers, and would then burn up.
🌏The Proportion of Oxygen and Nitrogen in the Atmosphere:
🌏If this were any greater, vital functions would be adversely accelerated – If it were any less, vital functions would adversely slow down.
🌏The Proportion of Carbon Dioxide and Water in the Atmosphere:
🌏If this were any greater, the atmosphere would overheat – If it were any less, the temperature of the atmosphere would fall.
🌏The Thickness of the Ozone Layer:
🌏If this were any greater, the Earth's temperature would fall enormously – If it were any less, the Earth would overheat and be defenceless against the harmful ultraviolet rays emitted by the Sun.
🌏Seismic Activity (Earthquakes):
🌏If this were any greater, there would be constant upheaval for living things – If it were any less, the nutrients at the sea bottom would fail to spread into the water. This would have a damaging effect on life in the seas and oceans and all living things on Earth.
🌏The Earth's Angle of Tilt:
🌏The Earth has a 23 degree angle of inclination to its orbit. It is this inclination that gives rise to the seasons. If this angle were any greater or any less than it is now, the temperature difference between the seasons would reach extreme dimensions, with unbearably hot summers and bitterly cold winters.
☀The Size of the Sun:
💥A smaller star than the Sun would mean the Earth would freeze and a larger star would lead to its burning up.
🌙The Attraction between the Earth and the Moon:
🌏If this were any greater, the powerful attraction of the Moon would have extremely serious effects on atmospheric conditions, the speed at which the Earth revolves around its own axis and on the ocean tides – If it were any less, this would lead to extreme climate changes.
🌏The Distance between the Earth and the Moon:
🌏If they were just a little closer, the Moon would crash into the Earth.
🌏If they were any further, the Moon would become lost in space – If they were even a little closer, the Moon's effect on the Earth's tides would reach dangerous dimensions. Ocean waves would inundate low-lying areas. The friction emerging as a result of this would raise the temperature of the oceans and the sensitive temperature balance essential to life on Earth would disappear – If they were even a little further away, the tides would decrease, leading the oceans to be less mobile. Immobile water would endanger life in the seas, and the level of the oxygen we breathe would be endangered.
💠"The kingdom of the heavens and earth belongs to Allah. Allah has power over all things. In the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the alternation of night and day, there are
Signs for people with intelligence." [Qur'an, 3:189-190]
🌏The Temperature of the Earth and Carbon-Based Life:
🌏The existence of carbon, the basis of all life, depends on the temperature remaining within specific limits. Carbon is an essential substance for organic molecules such as amino-acid, nucleic acid and protein: These constitute the basis of life. For that reason, life can only be carbon-based. Given this, the existing temperature needs to be no lower than -20 degrees and no higher than 120 degrees Celsius. These are just the temperature limits on Earth.
🔰These are just a few of the exceedingly sensitive balances which are essential for life on Earth to have emerged and to survive. Yet even these are sufficient to definitively reveal that the Earth and the universe could not have come into being as the result of a number of consecutive coincidences.
⚙The concepts of "fine-tuning" and the "anthropic principle" that began to be employed in the 20th century are further evidence of Allah's creation. The harmony and proportion therein were described with magnificent accuracy fourteen centuries ago in the Qur'an. Allahu Akhber!!!


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After seizing power, the budding despot promptly shut down Western military bases in Libya and set up "Revolutionary Committees" to quash opposition. While working to bring in his version of Arab socialism, Gadhafi also developed a massive system of informants to silence dissent. Critics were often publicly executed.
Using oil money instead of debt, Gadhafi's regime did significantly raise Libyans' standards of living — life expectancy and literacy rates surged. Blacks and women were also given equal "rights." Many analysts cite the dictatorship's socialist programs and robust welfare state as a reason he was able to cling to power for so long. Like most governments, Gadhafi ensured some level of popular support by using divide-and-conquer tactics and creating whole classes of citizens dependent on his regime's largesse. Fear also played a key role.
A few years after the coup, Gadhafi began to dedicate more and more time to "revolutionary theorizing." He eventually produced the "Green Book" outlining what he claimed was an Islamic form of "direct democracy" through local "People's Congresses." By the mid-1970s Gadhafi had relinquished all official titles to become simply "Brother Leader." But in practice, his word was law — and he ruled with an iron fist.
Death by firing squad and torture were regularly meted out to dissenters. And opposition was all but prohibited. Political parties, for example, were completely banned as a form of "dictatorship." The penalty for creating or joining one was often execution or worse. Beyond politics, certain minorities also became victims. Jews, for instance, were expelled from the country decades ago, and their property was seized by the regime. Berbers were also viciously persecuted.
Over four decades, Gadhafi's maniacal rule claimed thousands of victims' lives. The total may never be known. One of the worst alleged atrocities took place in 1996 at the Abu Salim prison, where, according to human rights groups, over a thousand prisoners were slaughtered.
But even overseas, exiled Libyan dissidents were not safe. Gadhafi's assassins were known to use diplomatic cover to target enemies of the regime abroad. During an anti-regime protest at the Libyan embassy in London, the dictatorship's "diplomats" even fired into the crowd, killing a British police officer.
Gadhafi also had a long history of supporting terrorists and communist murderers abroad using the vast oil wealth at his disposal. As Christian Gomez explained in a February online article for The New American entitled "Gadhafi's Libya, Agent of the Soviet Menace," Gadhafi's Libya played a crucial role as an agent of Soviet menace. From the Sandinistas in Nicaragua and the Irish Republican Army to the Palestinian Liberation Organization and countless African revolutionary groups, the regime's largesse played a key role in advancing world revolution.
Gadhafi provided arms, training, money, and more to a broad array of geopolitical players — especially those targeting the Free World. The regime in Tripoli also helped send Soviet weapons to countless ruthless dictators and aspiring communist rulers. And Gadhafi even sent his troops to support the mass-murdering Ugandan tyrant Idi Amin.
Speaking to Time magazine as Western rulers were heaping praises on the Libyan tyrant in 2006, Gadhafi said he had simply been doing the same thing Bush claimed to be doing when the United States invaded Iraq. "Bush is saying that America is fighting for the triumph of freedom," the Libyan despot was quoted as saying. "When we were supporting liberation movements in the world, we were arguing that it was for the victory of freedom. We both agree. We were fighting for the cause of freedom."
Before becoming a "Good Guy," an "important ally," and a "model," however, Gadhafi and his brutal regime were ostracized by most Western rulers for decades. President Ronald Reagan even referred to the Libyan despot as a "mad dog" aiming to foment "world revolution."
Open violence broke out by the mid 1980s. Gadhafi, claiming that Western governments were supporting Libyan rebels, sent weapons and aid to communist terror groups in Europe. And following a 1986 bombing in Berlin that was linked to the Libyan regime — one of many terror strikes tied to the despot — Reagan attacked. Gadhafi survived, but his regime suffered a serious blow. It took two decades for the two governments to become "friends" again.
Photo of Gadhafi: AP Images
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MSM Cover-up: Muslim dry-run on recent flight - passengers step up!
Here is the MSM version.
And yet another passenger, Dr. Keith Robinson's,
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From: Petruna, Tedd J. (JSC-DX12)[RAYTHEON TECHNICAL SERVICES COMPANY]
To: undisclosed-recipients
Sent: Friday, November 27, 2009 11:32 AM
Subject: Long story short….
One week ago, I went to Ohio on business and to see my father. On Tuesday, November the 17th, I returned home. If you read the papers the 18th you may have seen a blurb where a AirTran flight was cancelled from Atlanta to Houston due to a man who refused to get off of his cell phone before takeoff. It was on Fox.
This was NOT what happened.
I was in 1st class coming home. 11 Muslim men got on the plane in full attire. 2 sat in 1st class and the rest peppered themselves throughout the plane all the way to the back.
As the plane taxied to the runway the stewardesses gave the safety spiel we are all so familiar with. At that time, one of the men got on his cell and called one of his companions in the back and proceeded to talk on the phone in Arabic very loudly and very aggressively. This took the 1st stewardess out of the picture for she repeatedly told the man that cell phones were not permitted at the time. He ignored her as if she was not there.
The 2nd man who answered the phone did the same and this took out the 2nd stewardess. In the back of the plane at this time, 2 younger Muslims, one in the back, isle, and one in front of him, window, began to show footage of a porno they had taped the night before, and were very loud about it. Now….they are only permitted to do this prior to Jihad. If a Muslim man goes into a strip club, he has to view the woman via mirror with his back to her. (don't ask me….I don't make the rules, but I've studied) The 3rd stewardess informed them that they were not to have electronic devices on at this time. To which one of the men said "shut up infidel dog!" She went to take the camcorder and he began to scream in her face in Arabic. At that exact moment, all 11 of them got up and started to walk the cabin. This is where I had had enough! I got up and started to the back where I heard a voice behind me from another Texan twice my size say "I got your back." I grabbed the man who had been on the phone by the arm and said "you WILL go sit down or you Will be thrown from this plane!" As I "led" him around me to take his seat, the fellow Texan grabbed him by the back of his neck and his waist and headed out with him. I then grabbed the 2nd man and said, "You WILL do the same!" He protested but adrenaline was flowing now and he was going to go. As I escorted him forward the plane doors open and 3 TSA agents and 4 police officers entered. Me and my new Texan friend were told to cease and desist for they had this under control. I was happy to oblige actually. There was some commotion in the back, but within moments, all 11 were escorted off the plane. They then unloaded their luggage.
We talked about the occurrence and were in disbelief that it had happen, when suddenly, the door open again and on walked all 11!! Stone faced, eyes front and robotic (the only way I can describe it). The stewardess from the back had been in tears and when she saw this, she was having NONE of it! Being that I was up front, I heard and saw the whole ordeal. She told the TSA agent there was NO WAY she was staying on the plane with these men. The agent told her they had searched them and were going to go through their luggage with a fine tooth comb and that they were allowed to proceed to Houston . The captain and co-captain came out and told the agent "we and our crew will not fly this plane!" After a word or two, the entire crew, luggage in tow, left the plane. 5 minutes later, the cabin door opened again and a whole new crew walked on.
Again…..this is where I had had enough!!! I got up and asked "What the hell is going on!?!?" I was told to take my seat. They were sorry for the delay and I would be home shortly. I said "I'm getting off this plane". The stewardess sternly told me that she could not allow me to get off. (now I'm mad!) I said "I am a grown man who bought this ticket, who's time is mine with a family at home and I am going through that door, or I'm going through that door with you under my arm!! But I am going through that door!!" And I heard a voice behind me say "so am I". Then everyone behind us started to get up and say the same. Within 2 minutes, I was walking off that plane where I was met with more agents who asked me to write a statement. I had 5 hours to kill at this point so why the hell not. Due to the amount of people who got off that flight, it was cancelled. I was supposed to be in Houston at 6pm. I got here at 12:30am.
Look up the date. Flight 297 Atlanta to Houston .
If this wasn't a dry run, I don't know what one is. The terrorists wanted to see how TSA would handle it, how the crew would handle it, and how the passengers would handle it.
I'm telling this to you because I want you to know….
The threat is real. I saw it with my own eyes….
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In the Pavilion, which was built in 1992, there is a new exhibition with a royal theme every summer and in the Pavilion gift shop (Slottsboden) there are presents and gifts of a unique assortment inspired by the royal collections. There are also several shops, nicely set up in small cottages, selling, among other things, award-winning delicacies, genuine Öland crafts and ceramics.
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The Harford County Department of Emergency Services (DES) and the Division of Animal Control have worked together to ensure that provisions for pets are included in our Emergency Operations Plan (EOP). All pets, except for service animals, will not be allowed in Harford County mass care shelters for public health and safety reasons. Our EOP address emergency animal sheltering in a way that keeps people and animal separate. Planning ahead can save your pet's life and make yours easier.
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Some children may never show distress, while other may not show any signs of being upset for several weeks or even months after an emergency. Other children may not show a change in behavior, but may still need your help. Fact Sheet
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Today in the Steinkaulenberg mine in Schürfstollen, it is still possible for visitors to go prospecting for their own shiny stones. This visitor mine is the only precious stone mine in Europe that is open to visitors. If you are interested in designing your own jewellery, you can even take special courses in gem cutting, goldsmithing and engraving to see how jewellery is made from raw, uncut stones, gold and silver and even have a go yourself.
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People have been fascinated by gemstones for centuries: symbols of power and wealth, they also exude an air of mystery. If you want to explore the mystique of the gemstones, then the unique German Gemstone Route is for you. Gemstones and glistening caves are not the only things that feature along this route; it will also take you on a journey of discovery through the region's wines and dramatic natural landscape.
Length: approximately 50 km
Theme: precious stones, jewellery, minerals, nature, culture
Bundenbach: slate mine, fossil museum
Fischbach: historical copper mine
Herrstein: historical centre, half-timbered houses
Idar-Oberstein: gemstone museum, precious stones exchange, Church of the Rock (Felsenkirche)
Kempfeld: gemstone garden (Edelsteingarten), Mount Wildenburg
Steinkaulenberg: gemstone mine and prospecting tunnels
Veitsrodt: the Stone Guestbook (Steinernes Gästebuch)
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Dr. Madeleine Reeves
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Since 2014 Senior Lecturer in Social Anthropology, University of Manchester
2012–2014 University Lecturer in Social Anthropology, University of Manchester
2007–2012 RCUK Research Fellow in Conflict, Cohesion and Change, University of Manchester
2003–2007 Doctoral research in Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge (PhD, 2008)
2002–2007 MPhil in Social Anthropological Research, University of Cambridge (MPhil, 2003)
2000–2002 Visiting Faculty Fellow, Department of Sociology, American University- Central Asia
1999–2000 Donnelly Exchange Studentship, University of Chicago (MA, 2000)
1996–1999 Undergraduate studies in Social and Political Sciences and Russian (BA Hons, 1st Class 1999, Diploma in Russian awarded 1998).
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1999, 2003, 2004–2005 and annually since 2006 in Kyrgyzstan
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2004–2005 in Tajikistan
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- Anthropology of the state
- Mobility and immobility
- Deportation
- Bureaucracy
- Sovereignty
- Precarious and disposable labour
- Borders
Functions within the Center
Fellow of the Institute of Advanced Study Konstanz (October 2016–September 2017)
Associate of the research team of Prof. Judith Beyer (Department of History and Sociology)
Research project "Near Abroad: Labour, Law and Hope in Migrant Moscow"
"Affective States: Entanglements, Suspensions, Suspicions". New York: Berghahn (with Mateusz Laszczkowski)
"Diplomat, Landlord, Con-Artist, Thief: Housing Brokers and the Mediation of Risk in Migrant Moscow." Accepted for publication in forthcoming Special Issue of The Cambridge Journal of Anthropology on "Everyday Diplomacy", 34 (2).
"Infrastructural hope: anticipating 'independent roads' and territorial integrity in southern Kyrgyzstan". Special Issue of Ethnos on Infrastructure as Ontological Experiment (eds. Casper Bruun Jensen and Atsuro Morita). doi 10.1080/00141844.2015.1119176 (online first)
"Living from the nerves: deportability, indeterminacy and the feel of law in migrant Moscow". Special issue of Social Analysis on "Affective States", 59 (4): 119-136.
"Border Work: Spatial Lives of the State in Rural Central Asia". Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
"Ethnographies of the State in Central Asia: Performing Politics". Bloomington: Indiana University Press (with Johan Rasanayagam and Judith Beyer)
"Roads of hope and dislocation: infrastructure and the remaking of territory at a Central Asian border". Ab Imperio 15 (3): 235-256.
"Clean Fake: Authenticating Documents and Persons in Migrant Moscow". American Ethnologist, 40 (3): 508-524.
"Movement, Power and Place in Central Asia: Contested Trajectories". Abingdon: Routledge.
"Black work, green money: remittances, ritual and domestic economies in southern Kyrgyzstan". Slavic Review, 71 (1): 108-134.
"Fixing the border: on the affective life of the state in Kyrgyzstan". Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 29 (5): 905-923.


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Where's the Beef?
We work for an engineering consulting company specializing in infrastructure. Everywhere we go people are asking us about how much of a boon the stimulus plan (formally the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, (ARRA)) has been for us. They seem surprised when we respond it has had little or no impact on our business.
Oct 1st, 2009