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Regarding the anti-discrimination acts for Roma People, the first step should be to abolish the article 21 of the Law regarding the Residence and Travel of Foreigners in
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07/12/2009 - When the last house in Sulukule was bulldozed on 12 November, Gülsüm Bitirmiş, born in 1956, was crying out after her house, where she was born and raised, after her memories and her childhood: "my castle has been demolished". Meanwhile, the officials of
The investor landlord, who would settle in the luxurious housing with an underground parking garage to be built in, where Gülsüm Bitirmiş's house used to be, probably supports "the expansion of Roma people out of Sulukule". Likewise, the new owners of the shopping center to be built in where Asım Hallaç's grocery store used to be before it was bulldozed, probably heaved a sigh of relief when this last Roma resident was displaced out of Sulukule.
Yet, Mr. Bayraktar, the president of Mass Housing Administration, had made promises for the realization of the alternative project and for the relocation of Roma people back to Sulukule. Bayraktar did not keep his promise and worse still, he made some remarks such as "the concern of Sulukule people is not housing", "We created new rentable areas with the demolitions of gecekondus". All of the houses in Sulukule, known as the second Roma settlement on earth, were bulldozed and turned into an empty space thanks to the cooperation of public authorities, which, all in all, ignored the human factor. Thousand years old Roma history has been destroyed.
Not Rent but Housing Rights to Roma people
After that Sulukule was turned into an empty land, it is not only the investors, who heaved a sigh of relief. Legitimized with discourses about "urban customs", "urban culture", "blighted area" and with that "a modern and healthy urban life is necessity", "The laundry should not be hang out in the streets", "people should not sit out at the doorsteps", "people should not make music in the streets, weddings should not take place in the streets", the demolitions in Roma neighborhoods – 300 houses in Sulukule, 240 in Küçükbakkalköy and 40 in Yahya Kemal Neighborhood- also comforted some "democrat" literate people, who are in love with Istanbul and lovesick for gated communities.
While the city is being rebuilt in line with their tastes and preferences, everything in the neighborhoods, where Roma people and urban poor used to live for years, was razed down by the bulldozers: the patter of tiny feet, the custom of drinking tea at doorsteps, tea houses and everything. Congratulations to all the 'Gaco's, who are ill-at-ease with neighborhood culture and support the displacement of the urban poor to the outskirts of the city: There is not anymore a Roma neighborhood in
In Küçükbakkalköy, a Roma neighborhood bulldozed in 2006, now a parking garage has started running while legal practitioners have already pushed the button to build their cooperative housings. Some of the displaced Roma residents are still living in barracks or under bridges. Some live in one room housings and try to survive buying and selling scrap materials or selling flowers as long as the municipal police allow them, and try to send their children to school. After their houses were demolished, some of these displaced families set their tents on the side of D-100 highway in Bakırköy. Not taking any notice of the children's screaming, the municipal police from Bakirköy set the tents of Roma families on fire.
Roma people are in a very harsh struggle, or better to say, have to struggle for their housings and survival. For instance, Zeynep, five-months-old baby of a Roma family, who set their tent on a viaduct after their house was demolished in Kağıthane in November 2006, died because of the cold. Likewise, Gökhan, eigth-months-old baby of another Roma family, which stayed in a half demolished house after their house in Sulukule was razed down, died in 2009 because of lack of good care, because of poverty.
Discriminatory Law should be Abolished
As a very important development, the dishonorable article 134 of the "Regulation about the Police Organization, the duties of the police organization, and the role of the police regarding ceremonies and ensembles and the discipline of the police", which considered Gypsies as suspects, was abolished by the minister's approval on 20.06.2006. The next step should be to abolish the article 21 of the Law regarding the Residence and Travel of Foreigners in
After these main steps, more steps should be taken to improve housing, health, employment and education and citizenship rights of Roma people. Regarding these five main issues, below are some of the very practical suggestions that can be implemented immediately:
Citizenship Rights and Discrimination
· Right after abolishing the article I mentioned above, public servants at public institutions and organizations, especially the police and teachers, who are working at the schools that Roma children largely attend, should be subject to a training program regarding the discrimination of Roma People.
· Education programs about discrimination should be implemented.
· Certain sanctions must be applied to written-verbal- visual, any kind of discrimination against Roma people that take place in the media.
· Roma children, who are exposed to discrimination in education, should be identified and the relevant institutions and organizations should be warned about this issue.
· The bureaucratic procedures should be eased for the Roma people without identity cards so that they can get their identity cards. A committee that would work on this issue should be formed.
· Roma families with an income below the poverty line, should be determined by the Social Services and Society for the Protection of Children (SHÇEK) and the local governments.
· Daily milk should be provided to the families with children, which have incomes below the poverty line. Likewise, free food programs should be implemented at the schools (e.g. daily provision of eggs and milk etc.).
· Roma people's employment in public sector, their participation into political party activities and self- organization should be promoted.
· Regarding the issue of housing, not the projects that lack an understanding for a multicultural and social life but the alternative projects that are prepared in accordance with the life styles and economic conditions of Roma people should be put into implementation.
· Regarding the urban transformation projects, civil society organizations and opinion leaders in the neighborhoods should be made partners of the projects and be closely involved in the decisions at any phase of the projects.
· Decent housing conditions should be provided for the nomadic and/or settled Roma communities without displacing them from where they live.
· Roma people, who are nomads within the country, should be allowed to stay freely at pre-determined sites and mobile health units should provide services for these sites.
· The children, who don't or cannot go to schools, should be identified in the Roma neighborhoods with the cooperation of the local governments and civil society organizations. Any assistance should be provided to make sure that they get registered to the schools.
· In every Roma neighborhood, day-care centers, kindergartens and study halls must be established.
· Social aid practices that the Ministry of Education initiated regarding various issues, such as the conditional cash assistance, should be explained well and made public in Roma neighborhoods and the families that would get these aids should be determined by the local governments.
· Scholarship programs for the students should be promoted. Students from low income families should be able to attend free of charge to the private education establishments, which prepare students to various exams.
· For the participation of the children of the nomad Roma communities, into education, local municipalities and the Directorate of Ministry of Education, should cooperate with each other at the places, where the nomad communities are located, and if necessary, children's education should be supported with mobile education units.
· To contribute to the development of Roma music and culture, education and culture centers should be opened especially in the neighborhoods where musicians live.
· Research about Roma music should be promoted and an academic field for this topic should be formed.
· At the schools, to which Roma children attend, Roma children should be separated from other kids in the classrooms.
· A health clinic must be established in every Roma neighborhood and an urgent health program directed especially at women, children and disabled persons should immediately be started.
· Free training programs for childcare should be provided at houses.
· The children and their families should be informed about vaccinations and when necessary, vaccination programs should be implemented in these neighborhoods.
· Soup kitchens must be opened in the neighborhoods for the elderly and orphan children.
· For Roma people, various vocational and crafts courses should be provided at the local level.
· Roma community's traditional fields of occupation should be supported. Besides, employment of Roma people should be encouraged in other sectors.
· Places, where Roma people that sell flowers can work freely without the pressure of the municipal police, should be determined and the municipal police should be warned about this implementation.
· The Roma people involved in buying and selling scrap materials should be allowed to work without the pressure of the municipal police. Free health checks should be provided for these people on monthly basis.
· Workplaces and artists, which employ Roma musicians without any social security, should be warned and regular inspections should be made regarding this issue.


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I literally got back from watching "Fantastic Beasts and where to find them" about an hour ago which is why this blog post is up a little later that usual. I thought that I would share with you my view of the film and so obviously I'm warning you now that it will contain some spoilers so TURN BACK (if you haven't watched it yet)!
So a little back story. I grew up with the Harry Potter films but haven't actually read the books so some may say I'm a fake fan. I do love the story though with a passion and have always loved the magical world they live in and the fact it is in our everyday world… But most of us don't know about it. It's such a gorgeous storyline (in the beginning atleast) and I actually just love all the characters. My favourites probably being; Dobby, Snape, Neville and Luna (to name just a few) and of course the 3 main stars.
I walked into the film with not much hope for this new film entering the wizards for world though I'm afraid. I was worried because Harry Potter has always been a very British film and didn't want America ruining the whole thing. Luckily for me though the whole story line hardly touched the original plot as they were Infact in New York the whole time.
Now is when I get very critical in my film analysis, please don't hate me too much.
The positives were that the graphics were amazing and I absolutely loved all the creatures and their little homes in Mr Scamanders suitcase. I though the sheer size of it was a bit over the top at first but it does add an element of sweetness and adds to the fact that Newt is trying to save and protect them. The beasts themselves were very creative (and some of them were awfully cute too) and I loved the fact that each one had their own weaknesses (Niffler – stealing shiny things). I especially loved Pickett the Bowtruckle who has attachment issues and is treated like Newts son. Although the Bowtruckles did remind me of groot from Guardians of the Galaxy but that's probably just because they're both plants.
One thing I didn't like about the film was the love story between Newt Scamanders and Porpetunia Goldstein. I found it unnecessary when we already had the adorable relationship between Queenie and Jacob (which I did like). I think I would've preferred them to remain "work" friends instead of the awkward flirting at the end of the film. The problem is that Hollywood find it hard to believe that they can create a film with two characters of opposite gender and not have them fall in "love". What is Newt was gay? Hmmm? Maybe this is just me being picky because I think Eddie Redmayne is just amazing (even though he plays the same part in every film – another bad trait of Hollywood actors).
This was just me quick review of the film I watched. Overall od rate it 6.5 or 7/10 because it was a fine film but wasn't really my cup of tea. But to be fair to them, following Harry Potter will never be an easy task for anyone. I think they accomplished their aims of the film and just hope that the story gets a bit more exciting as they continue the films (which lets face it they defo will) because if I'm honest I was not leaning at the edge of my seat even though there were some shocks and reveals (more like Scooby Doo reveals than Star Wars though).
Of course these are just my own opinions and of course I may have been a bit harsh in places but I included both positives and negatives. If you would like to offer your own views on the story or film please do feel free to.
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Businesses are being invited to take part in the building of the new Five Towns Park development.
GMI Construction, which has been contracted to help deliver the park by developer Lateral Property Group, wants local companies to help provide goods and services for the site.
And it is holding a 'meet the buyer' event for businesses to find out more about how they can get involved.
A GMI spokesperson said: "GMI Construction is looking to work alongside local businesses throughout this development project and invites local businesses to explore potential opportunities at a free Meet the Buyer event.
"As a local construction company we aim to use local businesses whenever possible."
Lateral was granted planning permission for the £135m Five Towns Park development, at Glass Houghton, last February.
The site will include a new 10,000 capacity stadium for Castleford Tigers, a country park, shops and restaurants and a petrol station.
Last week, The Express revealed council leaders had stepped in to prevent Lateral from amending the plans.
The developer had applied to replace original proposals for a food store at the site with non-food retail space, as well as creating more smaller shopping units.
But councillors and people living in the area raised concerns that the alterations would lead to shops and customers abandoning Pontefract and Castleford town centres in favour of the development.
Lateral has since withdrawn the amended application and is working on further plans.
A spokesman said: "We want to ensure the roles of both town centres are not undermined by the Five Towns Park development."
The meet the buyer event with GMI Construction takes place at Castleford Skills Exchange at Thunderhead Ridge.
It runs from 8.15am until 11am on Tuesday, April 5.


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Understanding the Effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) on HIV Prevalence and Treatment: What Providers Need to Know, presented by Raul Almazar, RN, MA and Sharon Wise, MHS
In this webinar, Mr. Almazar and Ms. Wise describe how ACE and HIV are linked. They include information about the prevalence of trauma and current research about trauma and how it can impact health. Additionally, they discuss concrete information for providers about how to minimize retraumatization for clients seeking healthcare services.
Learning Objectives
- Describe the prevalence and effects of trauma on people with HIV served in the health care system.
- Identify ways to reduce the likelihood of retraumatization during the process of providing services.
- Explain the ACE study and the implications of ACEs on client symptoms and behaviors.
- Discuss how clients benefit from receiving services in a trauma-informed system.
Raul Almazar, RN, MA Mr. Almazar is a registered nurse by training with many years of experience as direct care provider, administrator, organizational and clinical consultant, trainer, and speaker. He is presently a Senior Consultant to SAMHSA's Promoting Alternatives to Seclusion and Restraints through Trauma Informed Practices and The National Center for Trauma Informed Care. Prior to working as full-time consultant in 2009, he served as Deputy Director for Clinical Operations at the State of Illinois Division of Mental Health where he was charged to facilitate an organizational culture shift in all 10 state operated facilities towards person-centered, trauma-informed, recovery-promoting, non-coercive treatment settings.
Mr. Almazar provides consultation, training and technical assistance to organizations in the areas of leadership, workforce development, consumer empowerment, organizational planning and changing organizational cultures to effect systems transformation towards development of non-coercive, trauma-informed programs. He works with youth and adult serving, institutional and community based, publicly and privately –funded programs across human service systems.
Sharon D. Wise, M.H.S.
Sharon Wise was diagnosed with a mental illness at a young age and hospitalized for the first time at the age of nine.
Following over thirty institutions and hospitalizations, many of them by force, including being secluded and restrained, she has learned to use the trauma she suffered as learning and teaching tool. She is now an advocate for others who've had similar experiences.
Sharon goes around the country teaching and training peers, government officials and the community about Trauma informed care, sharing her experience, strength and hope. She also is an independent filmmaker and documentarian.
Sharon is an outstanding artist and uses her art to create vibrant colored self-portraits that illustrate her traumatic experiences and African American heritage.
As a performing artist she uses the butterfly to tell her story and is also an excellent motivational and keynote speaker.
Most recently she received a national VOICE Award in Los Angeles taking her place with movie stars and others recognized for their contributions in trauma informed care and mental health. In addition to her advocacy she designed a social inclusion booklet for her peers that display options of 'free places' to go for entertainment, training and relaxation.
Sharon not only teaches on Trauma Informed Care and Substance Abuse Prevention, she is also a mental health educator, gifted event planner, Researcher and Documentarian.
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text: Sarah Fitzpatrick is the Associate Producer for the CBS News Investigative Unit, where she reports national investigative stories for all CBS News platforms. Raised in Zurich and London, Fitzpatrick received her B.A. from George Washington University in Washington, DC, where she majored in international affairs and anthropology. She is a graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, where she was a Stabile Fellow in Investigative Reporting and co-recipient of the Patsy Pulitzer Preston Fellowship for Innovation in Journalism for her video documentary thesis on the overmedication of foster children. The project was developed into a segment for PBS's Need to Know, which aired nationally in January 2010. Fitzpatrick has contributed reporting to The Washington Post, The New York Times and Hong Kong Magazine.


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Although details on the upcoming World of Warcraft movie - now simply titled Warcraft - have yet to surface, those present at San Diego Comic-Con 2013 were not only treated to an appearance by an openly exuberant Duncan Jones, but the first teaser trailer.
But prior to that announcement, director of the upcoming Deadpool film Tim Miller and Deus Ex co-writer C. Robert Cargill took part in a panel on the growing trend of game-to-movie adaptations. Unsurprisingly, Warcraft came up in the discussion - and they're not as optimistic as fans might hope.
As the head of special effects house Blur Studio, Miller has overseen the creation of several jaw-dropping cinematic trailers in recent memory, while also working on high-profile projects like James Cameron's Avatar (2009). The studio has made no secret of their ultimate goal of producing feature films, and have turned numerous heads due to their action-packed and brilliantly-choreographed video game trailers, changing the world of games marketing along the way.
One of Blur's more recent cinematic shorts for 'Elder Scrolls Online'
Given that experience, Miller revealed, he was brought in to give his two cents when word of a live-action Warcraft movie was first circling. The decision makes sense, since few directors had as much experience with converting games to cinematic short films as Miller's team, but the meeting didn't turn out the way Blizzard expected.
Upon hearing the pitch, Miller was left with unnamed individuals who asked what he thought about their plans. Regardless of whether the plot was, or is, the one being carried by Duncan Jones, Miller's reply was as concise as it was damning:
"They asked me what I thought, and I told them: 'give me ten minutes in the washroom alone and I'll come up with a better dark fantasy story than Warcraft. Warcraft is just a big ripoff of [tabletop and video game series] Warhammer, and Warhammer is just a big ripoff of Lord of the Rings.'"
While Miller's comments sent a mixture of reactions through those in attendance, fellow panelist Cargill - co-writer of Sinister and the upcoming Deus Ex game adaptation - spoke up in agreement:
"I don't think World of Warcraft should be a movie... I'd want to see a movie from the point of view of the Horde - with Orcs, Taurens, Dark Elves - but we won't get that."
Even fans of Warcraft would admit that the basic plot elements (an Orc Horde vs. the world of men, with elves and dwarves thrown in for good measure) are fairly well-tread in the fantasy genre, with The Lord of the Rings one of the few properties able to garner the attention of anyone other than devoted fans. It's no secret that a Warcraft movie would be made to capitalize on the brand recognition, but as Cargill and Miller point out, more substance will be needed.
After piling on the prospects of a Warcraft movie, Miller drew laughs from the audience when he restated his confidence in Duncan Jones as the film's director:
"To be clear: I think Duncan Jones will make a great World of Warcraft movie. But he would make a great dark fantasy story whether it had that name or not."
This was before the first footage of Jones' World of Warcraft teaser was revealed, and while it may be too early to pass judgement, Miller's confidence seems to be well-placed. Duncan Jones wouldn't give any details on which characters or 'sides' of the Warcraft mythology the film would focus on - although the credited writers are reason for optimism - but Blizzard certainly isn't hoping that fans of the film will place more stock in its director than its title. How that goes over with mainstream audiences... well, we'll just have to wait and see.
Where do you land on this issue? Do you share Cargill and Miller's concerns about adapting only the most successful, not the most interesting video games to film? Share your thoughts with us in the comments.
Warcraft is set to begin filming in 2014.
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From the very first moments of Bleak Street, we know we're not in for a carnival ride. It tells a story of doomed people in such a downbeat way that we're not especially moved by the tragedy, but are simply relieved when it's over. Though the movie is marked by stunning camera work and fine acting, it's a bit of an endurance test. It's about two over-the-hill Mexican prostitutes, Adela and Dora, and two pint-sized masked wrestlers, "Little Death" and "Little AK 47," and how the four come together. Their story takes place on the appropriately named Bleak Street, which seems like a stylized version of a real place. It's as if James M. Cain had set one of his morbid noir stories in the bowels of Mexico City and populated it with the dregs of society.
Bleak Street, allegedly based on a true incident, is about Mexicans of the lowest strata, the poorest of people who are only trying to survive and maintain some dignity, even as they have sex in alleys, or wear masks to hide their identities. Adela and Dora are not the wisecracking hookers you might see in an American movie; they're tired and running out of resilience. When we first see Adela, she's rinsing her mouth in a public fountain after being with a client. Adela and Dora's problems include ungrateful daughters, gay husbands, and encroaching poverty.
One of the intriguing things about the film is the way it shows the daily lives of these characters. The story is told gradually; first one thing happens, then another. We see the dilemmas play out.
The movie begins with our introduction to Little Death and Little AK47. They're identical twin brothers who have found success by playing the diminutive sidekicks of two much larger masked wrestlers. Little Death has a chip on his shoulder; he treats his wife roughly, and is resentful of the wrestler he is supposed to shadow. Though he's making money, he's too broke to buy quality material for his wrestling costume.
The twins keep their masks on all the time for business reasons. We see them walking through the dank streets, smoking cigarettes, training in the ring, and visiting their mother to be blessed before a contest. We can't see their faces so we don't know exactly how they feel. The masks have a dehumanizing effect; the pair seem less like men and more like stunted representations of men, or little phantoms.
The first part of the film is solely theirs, but we're soon acquainted with Adela (Patricia Reyes Spindola) and Dora (Nora Velazquez). If the wrestlers are bitter about their lots in life, the prostitutes have hit a sort of rock-bottom desperation. Adela has an elderly woman living with her; Adela sends her out daily to beg for money. The neighbors threaten to report her for elderly abuse. Meanwhile, Dora catches her husband having sex with a young man. She's mostly mad because her hubby (Alejandro Suarez) was wearing her clothes, stretching them out.
Eventually we learn that Adela and Dora used to give their clients knockout drops and rob them. How they got away with this in such a small, enclosed neighborhood is unclear, but it's part of the fable that's being unveiled. The two women then focus on the wrestlers, who have become minor celebrities in the area. The women plan to drug them and make a big score. But because the wrestlers are small, the dose is fatal. The movie then becomes a story of hookers on the run. Not surprisingly, they don't get very far, as if their bleak neighborhood is a kind of vortex from which they can't escape.
Bleak Street won some minor acclaim last year on the international festival route, and played in New York for the blink of an eye. Kino Lorber's new DVD is quite welcome, for the movie has an undeniable visual power. The approach is grimly poetic, with a kind of prickly existentialism at every corner. No one can win on Bleak Street.
Cinematographer Alejandro Cantú shoots the movie in black and white, giving it a steely, silvery sheen. There seems to be no difference between night and day, for the characters are shown in perpetual grayness. And there's something touching about the closeness of the characters; the twins are always together, patting each other on the back, one calming the other down. Adela and Dora share a closeness, too. When Adela worries that she's losing her looks, Dora tells her she still has cheekbones like Dolores Del Rio, the great Mexican actress of the 1930s and '40s. It's the kind of thing teenage girls might say to each other; it's doubly touching when a 60-year-old whore says it.
The movie was directed by Mexico's Arturo Ripstein, who has been creating complex, challenging movies since the 1960s. At 73, he still makes daring, uncomfortable art.
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Glide has come under a lot of fire recently for lack of both creativity and coherence. After extensive testing tonight, I came to the conclusion that randomly-generated dictionaries have very little uniqueness. In a series of many renders using specific dictionaries, I was unable to distinguish between compositions that used different dictionaries. However, upon constructing a custom dictionary, the difference immediately became apparent. There can be only one conclusion: the dictionary generator needs a lot of improvement.
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This problem is really just another manifestation of the "big" problem in algorithmic composition: how can we create data that is both original and coherent? A balance struck in the dictionary-creation process will be a balance struck during runtime and, by extension, a balance struck in composition.
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Quantum Spying GCHQ Used Fake LinkedIn Pages to Target Engineers
Elite GCHQ teams targeted employees of mobile communications companies and billing companies to gain access to their company networks. The spies used fake copies of LinkedIn profiles as one of their tools.
The Belgacom employees probably thought nothing was amiss when they pulled up their profiles on LinkedIn, the professional networking site. The pages looked the way they always did, and they didn't take any longer than usual to load.
The victims didn't notice that what they were looking at wasn't the original site but a fake profile with one invisible added feature: a small piece of malware that turned their computers into tools for Britain's GCHQ intelligence service.
The British intelligence workers had already thoroughly researched the engineers. According to a "top secret" GCHQ presentation disclosed by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, they began by identifying employees who worked in network maintenance and security for the partly government-owned Belgian telecommunications company Belgacom.
Then they determined which of the potential targets used LinkedIn or Slashdot.org, a popular news website in the IT community.
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The computers of these "candidates" were then infected with computer malware that had been placed using infiltration technology the intelligence agency refers to as "Quantum Insert," which enabled the GCHQ spies to deeply infiltrate the Belgacom internal network and that of its subsidiary BICS, which operates a so-called GRX router system. This type of router is required when users make calls or go online with their mobile phones while abroad.
SPIEGEL's initial reporting on "Operation Socialist," a GCHQ program that targeted Belgacom, triggered an investigation by Belgian public prosecutors. In addition, two committees of the European Parliament are investigating an attack by a European Union country on the leading telecommunications provider in another EU member state.
The operation is not an isolated case, but in fact is only one of the signature projects of an elite British Internet intelligence hacking unit working under the auspices of a group called MyNOC, or "My Network Operations Centre." MyNOCs bring together employees from various GCHQ divisions to cooperate on especially tricky operations. In essence, a MyNOC is a unit that specializes in infiltrating foreign networks. Call it Her Majesty's hacking service, if you like.
When GCHQ Director Iain Lobban appeared before the British parliament last Thursday, he made an effort to reassure lawmakers alarmed by recent revelations. British intelligence couldn't exactly stand back and watch the United Kingdom be targeted for industrial espionage, Lobban said. But, he noted, only those whose activities pose a threat to the national or economic security of the United Kingdom could in fact be monitored by his agency.
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Even members of the royal family occasionally stop by to see what British intelligence is up to. In one photo that appears in a secret document, Charles, the Prince of Wales, and his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, are shown listening to a presentation at a MyNOC workstation called "A Space." The tongue-in-cheek caption reads "Interlopers in A Space."
The presentation does not indicate the extent to which the royal family is kept abreast of current espionage operations. Their last visit was reportedly about Afghanistan, not Belgium. But the visit had been to the same location where what the secret document described as the "very successful" operation against Belgacom as well as "Operation Wylekey," also run by a MyNOC unit, had been conducted.
This also relates to an issue that the British have made a focal point of their intelligence-gathering activities: the most comprehensive access possible to worldwide mobile networks, the critical infrastructures for the digital age.
Mobile networks are a blessing and a curse for spies worldwide. Because each major wireless communications company operates its own networks, tapping into them becomes more complex. On the other hand, the mobile multi-use devices in our pockets are a blessing, because they often reveal more personal information than stationary computers, such as the user's lifestyle habits and location. They can also be transformed into bugging devices that can be activated remotely at any time to listen in on the user's conversations.
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"We can locate, collect, exploit (in real time where appropriate) high value mobile devices & services in a fully converged target centric manner," a GCHQ document from 2011 states. For years, the British spies have aspired to potentially transform every mobile phone on the planet into a monitoring tool that could be activated at any time.
But the government hackers apparently have to employ workarounds in order to infiltrate the relatively inaccessible mobile phone networks.
According to the presentation, in the case of Belgacom this involved the "exploitation of GRX routers," from which so-called man-in-the-middle attacks could be launched against the subjects' smartphones. "This way, an intelligence service could read the entire Internet communications of the target and even track their location or implant spying software on their device," mobile networks expert Philippe Langlois says of the development. It is an effective approach, Langlois explains, since there are several hundred wireless companies, but only about two dozen GRX providers worldwide.
But this isn't the only portal into the world of global mobile communications that GCHQ has exploited. Another MyNOC operation, "Wylekey," targets "international mobile billing clearinghouses."
These clearinghouses, which are relatively unknown to the general public, process international payment transactions among wireless companies, giving them access to massive amounts of connection data.
The GCHQ presentation, which SPIEGEL was able to view, contains a list of the billing companies that are on the radar of the British. At the top of the list are Comfone, a company based in Bern, Switzerland, and Mach, which has since been split into two companies, one owned by another firm called Syniverse and another called Starhome Mach. Syniverse was also on the list of companies to monitor. Together, these companies dominate the industry worldwide. In the case of Mach, the GCHQ personnel had "identified three network engineers" to target. Once again, the Quantum Insert method was deployed.
The spies first determine who works for a company identified as a target, using open source data like the LinkedIn professional social networking site. IT personnel and network administrators are apparently of particular interest to the GCHQ attackers, because their computers can provide extensive access privileges to protected corporate infrastructures.
Targeting an Innocent Employee
In the case of Mach, for example, the GCHQ spies came across a computer expert working for the company's branch in India. The top-secret document shows how extensively the British intelligence agents investigated the life of the innocent employee, who is listed as a "target" after that.
A complex graph of his digital life depicts the man's name in red crosshairs and lists his work computers and those he uses privately ("suspected tablet PC"). His Skype username is listed, as are his Gmail account and his profile on a social networking site. The British government hackers even gained access to the cookies on the unsuspecting victim's computers, as well as identifying the IP addresses he uses to surf the web for work or personal use.
In short, GCHQ knew everything about the man's digital life, making him an open book for its spies. SPIEGEL has contacted the man, but to protect his privacy is not publishing his name.
But that was only the preparatory stage. After mapping the man's personal data, now it was time for the attack department to take over. On the basis of this initial information, the spies developed digital attack weapons for six Mach employees, described in the document as "six targeting packs for key individuals," customized for the victims' computers.
- Part 1: GCHQ Used Fake LinkedIn Pages to Target Engineers
- Part 2: GCHQ Wants To Make Mobile Web an All-Seeing Surveillance Machine


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The history of the garden and the various roles women played in that history has been a great interest to me for many years. Naively I thought I would write a book on the subject since the information is well hidden in many books on these two subjects. I am not a writer. Nor am I a historian. I do want to put down on paper (so to speak) what I have learned. Hence this blog.
Friday, September 3, 2010
Down but never out
My desire to look further into the role of women in the garden came about while reading the book 'Green Thoughts, a writer in the garden' by Eleanor Perenyi. A gardener and a writer, she had definite ideas and opinions on the status of women not just in the garden but through history. Once one starts to research this area it becomes abundantly clear quickly that women were encouraged to enjoy pretty flowers to keep them out of man's way and his domains. Both Eleanor and I are 'modern' women (she died in 2009 at the age of 91) which makes it difficult at times to look at this history and keep it in context, especially since our modern selves continue to bounce our heads off the Plexiglas ceiling.
Eleanor says women were the first horticulturists. While the men hunted the women searched the land for plants that could be used for medicinal purposes and those that were edible. This information was passed down through the generations and continues to be of immense value today (consider pharmaceuticals and the health trade). With the decline of the hunt men took over this role and gave women the jobs they did not want to do themselves. And so it began.
Without a doubt, the male sex is at the forefront of garden history, but there are wonderful stories of the women standing behind or beside them. It is these women I want to highlight. The idea of what a garden is has changed over time. Their use and their structure has evolved or mutated (take your pick) and differs from place to place, country to country, era to era. Somehow I am going to wade through this and bring it to you.
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Alley Pond Park
The Daily Plant : Tuesday, March 30, 2004
Grey skies heavy with rain could not keep scores of young bird enthusiasts from attending the Alley Pond Environmental Center's 25th Annual Arline Thomas Urban Bird Contest on Saturday, March 27. The contest challenged children in grades one through six to express their artistic sensibilities through drawing and writing about birds. With this event, the Alley Pond Environmental Center (APEC) celebrates the artistic accomplishments of students in Queens School District 26 and honors the late, great local environmentalist, Arline Thomas. In attendance were 80 children, Parks & Recreation Commissioner Adrian Benepe, State Senator Frank Padavan, State Assembly Members Mark Weprin and Ann Margaret Carrozza, and many other distinguished guests.
Arline Thomas, the event's namesake, was an impassioned environmentalist who dedicated thirty years of her life to nursing injured birds back to health. It is said that her house overflowed with ducks, larks, sparrows, owls, and blue birds. The first bird fortunate enough to fall into her caring hands was a one-eyed nuthatch with a sprained wing. Arline's success at restoring the nuthatch to health prompted friends and neighbors to bring her all types of birds. She ultimately became a licensed member of the National Audubon Society's bird-saving corps and published a number of books, including Bird Ambulance and Salty. Arline passed away in 1989, but her legacy lives on with the Arline Thomas Urban Bird Contest.
This year, the children were asked to focus on one theme: the eastern bluebird, New York State's official bird. A number of factors, including habitat loss, pollution, and the introduction of aggressive species, have contributed to a decline in the eastern bluebird population. In response, APEC initiated the "Bring Bluebirds Back to Alley Pond Park" campaign. Saturday's contest contributed to the campaign by drawing much-needed attention to the plight of the bluebird.
During Saturday's event, there was a live bird presentation, and a number of the children read their compositions and showed off their hand-made nest boxes. A presentation of awards followed, with Commissioner Benepe handing out the first grade art awards. More than 300 students competed in the contest, which was divided into three categories: literary, arts, and crafts. Nearly 80 children won awards at the event, with three luminaries taking top honors – one in each category. The following poem, submitted by Christina Rajbahar, a second-grader at P.S. 133 in Queens, won the "Best in Show" literary prize and reflects the creativity and concern for nature that motivated so many young people to participate in the contest.
Crack! Crack! Crack!
The eggs are hatching.
Bluebird bluebird
How beautiful you will be-
Oh! How fast
The nestlings grow.
Fly! Fly! Fly!
Wings flutter in the air
Hey! look
A raccoon is coming.
Quick! Quick! Quick!
Fly away-
You are safe now.
Quotation for the Day
"I have had the pleasure of watching little owls play, felt a warbler's clasp, and gained the confidence of a hawk."
Arline Thomas
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Belkin BZ103050vTVL Mini Surge Protector w/ USB
May 23, 2008
I had this conversation in chat this morning…
He wouldn't shut up about it, but I couldn't get him to bother to write it all up for a review, either.
So, by the miracle of chat transcripts, here's more-or-less a guest review — the hard way…
heh… just got this…
dude. it's sweet
3 surge protected outlets and 2 usb ports
i shoulda bought two… 1 for travel and 1 for the imac
this belkin surge protector is brilliant… the 3 prongs can rotate 360 degrees to get you into pretty much any wall outlet configuration
bbiam. gotta shut this off so i can plug the protector in
absolutely brilliant… a usb charging hub and a surge protector…. with a lifetime warranty and will cover up to $75000 if it fails.
i shoulda bought 3… 2 for me, 1 for you
this is blog-able.
there are a number of belkin products i don't like, but this one seems hard to **** up and if it does it's job… i'll be very happy.
damn. i am going to have to get another one.
just thinking back to that last trip and how much of a pain in the ass it was just to find an outlet… let alone find one where i could plug my phone and laptop and the cradle in all at once
i like the 2 usb ports… b/c i won't have to carry around a usb brick for the phone or an ipod
Sounds pretty nifty, actually. Who knows, maybe he'll actually get me one…


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I have been drooling over this color for the longest time... Sephora by OPI's Havana Dreams is a sheer pale sky blue. It seriously is sheer! I believe I used 3 coats below. I usually don't have a problem with 3-coaters if its a color I absolutely love (like OPI's Merry Midnight or My Private Jet). But I was a little disappointed with it. Don't get me wrong though... I still love the color! I just think I probably own a similar color that will give me less of a hassle. Mari posted about it back in May (here). She literally took it from me the moment I got it! *evil stare* But its ok because I've done the same to her plenty of times.
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The Field Of Dreams at Arthur Hamilton Elementary School provides sports for local children of all ages. Located in on of the the city's poorest school districts (Murphy Unified), the Field Of Dreams offers a physical and spiritual outlet through sports. Managed by Coach Mo, these two sports fields serves the Murphy & Isaac Elementary School districts and neighboring communities.
Located at Arthur M. Hamilton School in Southwest/Central Phoenix and at the Jerry Colangelo Boys & Girls Club, accross from Isaac Middle School. Isaac school is located on 35th Ave & McDowell, west of the Murphy district The need is great.
According to the MESD Governing Board president, 90 percent of the district's 5,000 students come from families living below the federal poverty line.
The Murphy Field of Dreams has become a reality thanks to the club's volunteer work and fund-raising, as well as contributions from The Patrick Peterson Foundation For Success, The Arizona Cardinals and NFL Grassroots Program, Arizona Diamondbacks, Arizona Public Service, Phoenix Thunderbirds the AZ Sports and Tourism Authority, The Anquan Boldin Foundation, Tony Womack, Larry Fitzgerald, Frank Sanders and Coach Mo SportsGroup. The Phoenix Rotary Club sponsors Cardinals NFL Flag Football League football, baskeball, little league baseball, softball, cheer, spririt line and soccer. Coach Mo SportsGroup provides interns, officials, mentors and coaches to ensure a enlightened experience for all involved.
Coach Mo Football hosts annual bowl games, football camps, NFL Flag and 7 on 7 tournaments as it's chief funraising vehicle.
Annual Field Of Dreams Bowls are held on Saturdays the 2nd & 3rd weekends of November.
We also host Speed camps, football camps 7 on 7 tournaments and coaches clinics. Contact Coach Mo at 4802170175 or email us at email@example.com
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Three girlfriends from New Jersey flew to Miami for the Fourth of July weekend. Somehow two of them ended up being charged with the beating and bizarre kidnapping of the other. Unfortunately, for them, what happens in Miami doesn't necessarily stay in Miami.
Nelkis Alvarez, Tori Beato, Melissa Pineiro, Seligson Bryannt, and Michael Martin were all visiting from New Jersey and were staying at the Best Western on 12210 Biscayne Boulevard.
On the the night of July 4, everyone in the group but Alvarez went to Miami Beach. Alvarez stayed behind alone in the hotel room.
When the rest of the group returned, the two other women, Beato, 19, and Pineiro, 25, attacked Alvarez. Pineiro believed that Alvarez had slept with her boyfriend and straddled Alvarez on the bed and began to beat her. After Peineir's attack, Beato then told Alvarez that she heard she was "talking shit" about her and begin attacking her as well.
Alvarez locked herself in the bathroom for an hour while Beato and Pineiro pounded on the door and promised to beat her when she got out. She attempted to escape but was caught by the two women. The two demanded that she pack her belongings so they could catch their flight back to New Jersey, but also demanded that along the way that Alvarez empty her bank account and give them all of her money.
A cab arrived and all five, including the two men who were not charged, drove to a TD Bank. Alvarez took $20 out of her account and gave it to Pineiro. They then drove to the airport.
TSA agents noticed the bruises on Alvarez's face and her odd behavior in the security line. They took her aside, and Alvarez explained what had happened.
Pineiro admitted to the beating but denied charges that she held Alvarez against her will. She also said that the money taken out of the account was owed to her anyway. Beato, too, admitted to the beating, and to taking $13 that she believed was owed to her out of Alvarez's purse.
Beato and Pineiro were arrested and now face charges of battery, false imprisonment, kidnapping and petty theft.
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Yeah, sorry Ive been a bit shitty on keeping up on this blog. Its tough cause I get up so early (6:30-7am) then go all day and once we get home Im super bagged and just wanna pass out. Today I am making the effort to bring this back up to date! So really just having a great time here. Been buzzing around to various parts of the island; we drove to Hana on Wednesday on the motorcycle which was incredible. So breathtakingly beautiful. I got to take a bunch of great photos of waterfalls and the scenery. Adam had the bike for 3 days and we enjoyed it much to our surprise considering it was a Harley.
Weve been to Makawao a few times now to eat and for Adam to pick up art supplies. Its such a great little town and a different vibe again from Paia. We discovered an amazing hole-in-the-wall breakfast place in Haiku called Rice and Spice. Seems to be the hotspot in town and the food is deeelicious! We did a hike up on the Waihou trail part way up the mountain from Makawao. It was cool, totally different landscape and scenery up there. It was a nice little hike.
I continue to jog and do some yoga. I have yet to incorporate meditation into my routine but hope to do so soon. We have gotten to know the owners Ryan and Sunny a bit so far. Very lovely people; generous, chatty and hospitable. They show up randomly asking us how were doing or to bring us fresh organic fruit from their property. Its pretty rad.
Last night we made it in to Kaanapali to go to the Cirque Polynesia show. It was fun. More basic than a Vegas Cirque show but entertaining nonetheless. It was funny to go back to that area which was where we first stayed on the very first trip to Maui we had 6 years ago. It was a huge confirmation that we are so glad to be up here on the North Shore. Tourist Mecca is NOT for us. We were surrounded by old people or families with young children; such a vast difference from the north shore where all the young locals live. Also, you just dont feel like youre getting the true island experience down there with all the mowed grass and big contrived hotels. I love being tucked away in the jungle here.
Today we drove the back road to Hana, not making it all the way actually to Hana. It was very cool. Once again we got to see a totally different landscape of dry scrub land overhanging black lava rock and cliffs on the vast blue ocean. More fabulous photos were taken and were accumulating quite the photo record of our trip. For dinner we met up with Sarah and Gerry Kramer who happened to be here on vacation too. Theyre staying down in Kaanapali and they came up to have dinner with us at Fresh Mint in Paia. It was ta-sty!! We then headed over to Paia tattoo shop for an art show with a Valentines Day theme. It was quite hopping and busy there! Got to meet the guys who work there and hopefully we can make some friends. The shop is spacious and very nice.
Tomorrow is our anniversary; 5 blissful years! Not sure what well do during the day but dinner will be had at Mamas Fish House here on the North Shore which should be yummy. I look forward to giving Adam his present. =)
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My favorite card of this game, that I can do? the Japanese art is one of my weaknesses
Dark Magician Girl
MFC-000 Spellcaster/Effect Lvl. 6
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Increase the ATK of this monster by 300 points for each "Dark Magician" or "Magician of Black Chaos" in either player's Graveyard.


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The Kansas City, Kan., Board of Education honored two Employees of the Month at the April 8 board meeting.
Maria Rios, secretary at Wyandotte High School; and Becky Bell, 5th grade teacher leader at White Church Elementary School, were honored.
The nominations:
"We nominate Maria Rios, a member of the Wyandotte High School office staff for employee of the month. Maria works in the front office at Wyandotte and she is someone who is always there; ready to help when asked, offering to help before asked; and making whoever she is helping feel like her most important customer. You seldom think about what Maria is responsible for because the work gets done so efficiently and seamlessly. Drop a copy job into the 'in box' (onto a pile of several others), it is done just an hour or two later. Need a truancy report for a field trip? Maria will have it done well before you need it. But what really distinguishes Maria is her understanding of the idea of customer service. If you are a parent or a visitor coming into the office, Maria greets you with her smile and a warm 'How can I help you?' Building staff and visiting parents often compliment her work and helpfulness." Sincerely, Jan Stocstill, principal's secretary and Rich Zak, teacher
"I would like to nominate Becky Bell for employee of the month for White Church Elementary. I have had the privilege of working with Becky Bell for the past 14 years, both as a fellow classroom teacher and as a teacher leader. She is an essential member of our school and does so much for the staff and students at White Church! Becky has been an educator in USD 500 for 20 years, and I have always been impressed with her willingness to stay on top of the newest research and teaching methods, and how she imparts that knowledge to those around her. Becky is very friendly and approachable and goes above and beyond to make sure she is available to the staff, no matter what time of day or night. She is the kind of person who does so much behind the scenes. Becky Bell is one of the most inspiring people in our district and we are proud to nominate her." Sincerely, Emily Dennis, teacher, and Bruce Haber, principal
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Taking The Training Wheels Off: Progress By Initiation
Posted on November 4, 2016 by customerbloom
In this episode, CustomerBloom CEO Matt Coffy talks about getting to the next level by taking the training wheels off.
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01:15 Where in life do we find our training wheels still on
03:00 After taking the wheels off
07:00 CustomerBloom's next big step
Welcome to another episode of Customer Bloom's podcast. Very interesting podcast here. Sort of a transitional period where we're going right back to interviewing guests. We have some really cool announcements coming up in the next couple of weeks where we're going to be offering ability to work with us directly through coaching and also through some product sets that we'll be able to sell directly online. Really cool stuff, very excited to get started.
This is another episode where we're going to talk about a journal entry. This one is called Taking the Training Wheels Off: Progress by Initiation. Where in life do we come to finally recognize that we still have our training wheels on? This really talks about when we finally arrive to think about taking the next step to initialize a bigger discussion within the framework of our own. The point of this discussion is really to talk about where in your life do you find the "training wheels" still stuck on."You're going to have that phase where everything is scary. After a while, it kind of moves on." -Matt CoffyClick To Tweet
It came sort of to a fruition to me thinking about the fact that if we single-handedly really think through our day and the things that we've been doing over and over and over again and we really haven't taken the big leap forward. Why do we still have the training wheels on? Think about this when you were a child and you were going through the process of learning how to ride a bike. At some point, you need to take the training wheels off. I almost feel like there are certainly places in life where it's seemingly doesn't really be aware of your own existence of having these training wheels. That's the big problem.
It's right in front of you typically where these training wheels need to be taken off. In my case, I thought about this as sort of the first step for me to bring people in to the company that will take my own training wheels by default. This is higher level strategic thought process of having these discussions happen without me or our direct clients. That's been a big hurdle for me. But I actually realized once I started to bring someone on board that can have these really good strategic discussions, I don't need to be there. That's a huge leap for me. It's like taking one training wheel off. I still have another one. But the concept is very similar is that there has to be a strategy around that from your own perspective to look at the awareness of where these "training wheels" still exist.
Yes, there may have been some bumps and bruises involved. Definitely at first you're going to have that initial phase where everything is scary. But then after a while, it kind of moves on. These amazingly quick sessions I actually had where the discoveries of the clients, in my case I passed on the strategic discussions, it's been amazing for me to say, "Okay, this stuff can actually be done without me." That awareness took me forever, and I think that's the big challenge here is for this long time to recognize that in life there are things that you need to think about that need to taken as the next step and that translates into business. It's these blind spots that you can't see.'There are things that you need to think about that needs to be taken as the next step and that translates into business.' Matt CoffyClick To Tweet
I recognize this because even in my kitchen in my house I realize there are still these plastic connections that keep the cabinet shut for children not to get in. My kids are like 10 years old. They shouldn't even be there, but they've been there for so long. It's like you don't see them anymore.
This is the type of same sense of scenario you get with the training wheels of your own business where you don't even see them. I found this to be very, very adequate as a discussion point. Where can you take off the training wheels in your own business? If you think about it, where are the points where there's ability to sort of move on to the next layer? This is a quantum leap. If you're talking about letting or getting yourself out of the way and letting other people take over, it is a massive step to increase the size and scope of the business. If we can build up the systems and training, now we're even on a different level. If you can build out systems then teach other people to do these next steps, that's where it becomes really interesting.
Keeping, in our case, our office in Mexico where we have additional resources, where we are building out infrastructure of developers and designers and project management, keeping that forward looking and hiring ahead so that we actually have capacity and that we can prove our real value by speed. These are the things that we're just not taking the training wheels off. Every day I think what could we do to move the company forward? It's really looking at these things that we built and where can we access the capabilities to move them forward faster."The opportunity is to ride off in any direction that you want after you've taken your training wheels off." Matt CoffyClick To Tweet
Making progress by taking off the training wheels is an interesting thought, but how do you actually start doing it? That's where I actually start to think this is where it makes a big point, which is that even looking at your car, your shoes, the things that you do on a daily basis, where can you really say like I know I can make a difference? Start making a small baby step forward in those rudimentary but more regimented things that you're doing on a daily basis where you know that there's a next level and taking that baby step. Because really if you identify them and even if you fall a few times after you've taken that next step, the opportunity is to ride off in any direction that you want after you've taken your training wheels off.
This is the real big step for us and this is progress by initiation, to take that next leap. We're taking the next leap forward as a company. We're going to be providing new things directly right on our website to provide services that you can buy directly and we're going to be doing coaching. We're going to throw in another brand. All the things that we need to have in order to grow. That's what this show is all about. You're going to see lots of cool things coming. We have new guests coming up in the next couple of episodes. Excited to go forward, march forward into this year coming up in 2017 although we really think video is going to be one of the huge things just like you're watching right now as part of the entire client mix that we'll be providing. We'll see you on the next episode.


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Explore the Campaign that Changed the Course of the Civil War
One hundred and fifty years ago this very spring, the eyes of the world were on Richmond.
Here in May and June 1862, more than 200,000 Americans fought to decide the future of the United States.
In April 1862, Union General George B. McClellan began moving his army--numbering more than 100,000--from his landing point at Fort Monroe, on the Virginia Peninsula between the York and James rivers, west toward Richmond.
After a series of Confederate defeats in Kentucky and Tennessee and the capture of New Orleans, and now with a massive Union army approaching the capital, the future of the Confederacy was uncertain. McClellan hoped to take Richmond and bring the war to an end.
By July, his campaign had failed. It resulted in more than 50,000 combined casualties. Far from from ending, the course of the war was transformed.
The new commander of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia--Robert E. Lee--seized the initiative. He led his army north and by summer's end was across the Potomac.
Northern leaders issued a call for tens of thousands of new troops and began to craft a document that would become the Emancipation Proclamation.
More about Drewry's Bluff and the Seven Days Battles.
The Sesquicentennial Commemoration: "On this date, in this place, at this time…"
From May to July of 2012, Richmond National Battlefield Park and historic sites throughout the region will commemorate this momentous time in our nation's history…at the times and in the places where it happened.
Join us for a wide range of activities...living history demonstrations, NPS ranger-led walking tours of the battlefield landscapes, lectures, discussions, and multimedia presentations. We will take you to the farm fields, buildings, and roadways where events took place that shape our nation today.
For details, download the visitor guide for Richmond's 2012 Sesquicentennial events.
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Halifax have released their Australian half back Matt Place with immediate effect, citing 'family reasons'.
The player, who will fly back to Sydney on Saturday morning, only arrived in England before Christmas from NSW Cup side Mounties, along with teammates Mitch Cahalane and Adam Tangata.
But while Cahalane in particular has made a solid start to life in the Championship, Place has often looked ill at ease - despite scoring the winning try at Batley in round three - and was under pressure from Ben Johnston ahead of Sunday's home game against Dewsbury.
In a statement, Fax chairman Michael Steele said: "Matt has worked hard since arriving from Australia before Christmas, and has been a valued member of the squad, scoring the winning try at Batley.
"However, he has family commitments in Sydney, and, naturally those take priority over his sporting ambitions here.
"We wish him well in his future career."