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Welcome to 2018 The 2nd International Conference on Circuits, Devices and Systems, Nanjing, China
Multirate digital signal processing techniques have been developed in recent years for a wide range of applications from wireless and satellite communication systems to speech and image compression, including high performance audio and video, statistical and adaptive signal processing, and multimedia, among others. The main advantage of multirate systems is rooted in the computational efficiency based on the ability to use different sampling rates simultaneously in the same system. The wireless communication industry has experienced exceptional growth in the past decade. There has recently been a paradigm shift in the way next generation wireless communication systems are being designed.
The important feature of future wireless transceivers regards re-programmability from the antenna to baseband: this is key to the design of multi-mode and scalable multistandard transceivers able to support an open software model. Software defined radio (SDR) aims to support these features by considering them as essential design requirements. Cognitive radio (CR) is an extension of the software radio concept encompassing the adoption of autonomous and intelligent decision making as compared to traditional radio design. In both these promising technologies for future communication systems, SDR and CR, multirate systems perform key signal processing operations efficiently.
The age of 5G communication is approaching. You are invited to participate in 2018 The 2nd International Conference on Circuits, Devices and Systems (ICCDS 2018) in Nanjing, China, August 4-6, 2018. ICCDS is supported by UESTC, Southeast University, China and University of Detroit Mercy, USA, it will provide a premier interdisciplinary platform for researchers, practitioners and educators to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, and concerns as well as practical challenges encountered and solutions adopted in the fields of Circuits, Devices and Systems.
Topics of Interest
- Circuits, devices and systems
- Smart grid and circuit
- Signal and multimedia processing
- Computers, software and applications
- Ocean engineering and marine technology
- Biomedical electronics and bioinformatics
- Communication engineering
- Electronics and electrical engineering
- Computer science applications
- Nano electro mechanical System
- Photonics and optoelectronics
- Networking, communication and multimedia
- Information engineering
- Wireless/Mobile communication and computing
- Software specification and software assurance
- Analysis of power quality and system stability
- Assembly and packaging
- Analog circuits and digital circuits
- Antenna and propagation
- Electric energy processing
- Electromagnetic and photonics
- Electro-optical phenomena of semiconductors
- Power electronics and energy systems
- Signal processing
- Techniques of laser and applications Of electro-optics
- Simulation of propagation
- Battery management system
- Circuits and electronics
- Computer relaying integrated optics and electro-optics devices
- Microwave theory and techniques
- Microwave and millimeter
- Modulation, coding, and channel analysis
- Power electronics
- Remote control and techniques of GPS
- Robotics and atomization engineering
- Signal integrity design for high-speed digital systems
- Solar power generation
- Wind power generation
- Peer-reviewed papers will be included in the proceedings only if at least one of the authors registers and presents at the conference. Conference proceedings will be online and indexed after the conference.
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Important Dates
Submission Deadline: June 20th, 2018
Author Notification: June 30th, 2018
Registration Deadline: July 10th, 2018
Conference Chairs
- Prof. Zhi-Gong Wang, Southeast University, China
- Prof. Chaomin Luo, University of Detroit Mercy, USA
Conference Secretariat
- Jennifer Rowe, email@example.com
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Welcome Prof. Chung-An Shen from Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST) to deliver an invited Speech.
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ICCDS 2017 proceedings indexed by EI Compendex and Scopus. (click)
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Welcome Prof. Zhi-Gong Wang from Southeast University, China to deliver a Keynote Speech.
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Welcome IEEE Fellow Prof. Xiaoqing Wen from Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan to deliver a Keynote Speech.
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text: Pistorius Case: Witness Heard Woman Scream, More Gunshots Prosecution sets out case as bail hearing resumes By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff Posted Feb 20, 2013 4:18 AM CST Updated Feb 20, 2013 7:59 AM CST 24 comments Comments Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius stands inside the court as a police officer looks on during his bail hearing in Pretoria today. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe) (Newser) – Police labeled Oscar Pistorius a flight risk as his bail hearing resumed in South Africa today, reports the AP. Prosecutors, who accuse the athlete of premeditated murder, told the court that a witness heard "nonstop talking, like fighting" from 2am to 3am on the night girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp was shot, the New York Times reports. The morning's main witness was the first officer to arrive on the scene, reports the BBC, and he told the court that "we have [the] statement of a person who said after he heard gunshots, he went to his balcony and saw the light was on. Then he heard a female screaming two-three times, then more gunshots." Pistorius told the court yesterday he thought he was shooting a burglar when he fired through a bathroom door. The detective told the court that Pistorius illegally possessed .38-caliber ammunition in a safe in his bedroom; the defense says it belongs to Pistorius' father. The runner broke into tears as details of Steenkamp's injuries were described to the court. The detective—who said two bottles of testosterone and needles had been found at the home—referred to incidents from Pistorius' past including the accidental near-shooting of a friend, and said ballistics cast doubt on the runner's claim that he had not been wearing his prosthetic legs when he fired the shots. He also said a memory stick containing details of the athlete's offshore accounts was found, a discovery that led to the flight-risk claim. My Take on This Story Report a story error Show results without voting | 4% Hilarious 13% Intriguing 70% Depressing 3% Brilliant 5% Scary 5% Ridiculous

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Last November, the Partnership for a Healthier America (PHA) and the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) announced that Omaha is one of ten cities across the nation to receive grant funding to host Play Streets in 2013. The Play Streets initiative promotes health and wellness by creating open activity space for youth, family, and community members. Play Streets will be the kickoff to future Open Streets Omaha events.
The Omaha Play Streets events will take place in Midtown, South Omaha, Downtown, and North Omaha neighborhoods. Play Street events will be targeted toward children and families in underserved neighborhoods. Events will feature youth-friendly activities such as a rock wall, bike safety training, cooking demonstrations, vegetable seed planting, 4-square and more. Each event will be connected to an existing farmer's market or host healthy food vendors.
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- Sunday, May 26th in South Omaha from 2:00pm to 7:00pm
- Saturday, July 27th in Downtown Omaha from 8:00am to 2:00pm
- Sunday, August 25th in North Omaha from 3:00pm to 7:00pm
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Glenn Gregory
Age 60
|Glenn Peter Gregory is an English singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist whose music career spans more than 30 years. He came to prominence in the early 1980s as co-founder and lead singer of the new wave and synthpop band Heaven 17, which released six singles that entered the Top 40 charts in the United Kingdom during the 1980s, and 1990s, including "Temptation", "Come Live with Me", "Crushed by the Wheels of Industry", "Sunset Now", "This Is Mine", and "(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang"
Rebecca Front
Age 54
|Rebecca Louise Front is an English actress, writer, comedian and singer. She won the 2010 BAFTA TV Award for Best Female Comedy Performance for The Thick of It (2009–12). She is also known for her work in numerous other British comedies, including the radio show On The Hour (1992), The Day Today (1994), Knowing Me, Knowing You… with Alan Partridge (1994), Time Gentlemen Please (2000–02), sketch show Big Train (2002), and Nighty Night (2004–05).
David Boreanaz
Age 49
|David Boreanaz is an American actor, television producer, and director, known for playing the roles of vampire-turned-private investigator Angel on Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003) and its spinoff Angel (1999–2004), FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth on the television crime procedural comedy-drama series Bones (2005–2017) and Jason Hayes in the military drama series SEAL Team.
Yannick Bisson
Age 49
|Yannick D. Bisson is a Canadian film and television actor and director best known to international audiences for playing Detective William Murdoch on the series Murdoch Mysteries.
Tiya Sircar
Age 36
|Tiya Sircar is an American actress. She is best known for her roles in The Internship, 17 Again, Star Wars Rebels, and The Good Place.
Edward Hardwicke
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Died Aged 78
|Edward Cedric Hardwicke was an English actor, who had a distinguished career on the stage, as well as being known for his portrayal of Dr. Watson in the Granada TV series Sherlock Holmes.


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KDE 4.0 Beta 4 and Development Platform RC Released
The KDE Community is happy to release the
As KDE has largely has been in bugfix mode, this last beta aims to
KDE 4 is the next generation of the popular KDE Desktop Environment
The announcement
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I think porting KDE 3 to QT 4 is the best idea.
By barteqx at Sun, 2007/11/11 - 6:00am
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I give your trolling 3/10. Best of luck with it, though!
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Where there is no negative there is also no positive.
By Bobby at Mon, 2007/11/12 - 6:00am
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First i want to thank the KDE 4 Developers for creating this wonderful attractive Desktop, it for sure beats the looks compared with OS X and Vista..
I think Some of you people are very impolite and un thankful (never learned manners?? ) , if you don't like KDE 4 just don't use it!! :-) "ITS THAT EASY"
I think KDE 4 is doing a great job, i like a good looking Desktop and when the applications all harmonize with each other..
KDE 4 is just what i am waiting for.. keep it up!!
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Stable. Make it rock stable please.
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Durant scores 34, Thunder beat Bobcats
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Kevin Durant had 34 points and 12 rebounds, and the Oklahoma City Thunder held on to defeat the Charlotte Bobcats 89-85 Friday night without injured guard Russell Westbrook.
The Thunder announced before the game that Westbrook had arthroscopic surgery on his right knee and is out until after the All-Star break.
Durant scored 14 points in the fourth quarter and finished 14 of 28 from the field. Serge Ibaka had 12 points and nine rebounds for the Thunder, who have won seven straight road games and 11 of 12 overall.
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The PSL Pakistan Super League 2017 is planned to begin on Feb 9th, 2017 in UAE. The opening ceremony and the first match will be played on 9th Feb. The number of matches has increased from 16 to 18.
The PSL Draft for the second edition was held on October 19 and all five teams announced their squads with most teams containing around 20 players from Pakistan and overseas.
A few of the players were retained from the previous season by teams while the others were chosen afresh from the PSL Draft. New Players like Eoin Morgan, Kieron Pollard, Sunil Narine and Brendon McCullum had also approved to getting themselves placed in the Draft and were picked up by respective teams during the Draft, while Chris Gayle was selected by Karachi.
The following players namely, Thisara Perera, Tillakaratne Dilshan Rilee Rossouw, Andre Fletcher, Brad Hodge, Marlon Samuels James Franklin, Chris Green, Jason Roy and Nathan McCullum got a dose as replacement players instead of injured of partly unavailable players.
Misbah-ul-Haq will lead the defending champions Islamabad United again while Shahid Afridi handed over the captaincy of Peshawar Zalmi to Darren Sammy. Sarfaraz Ahmed will lead the Quetta Gladiators, while Sangakkara leads the Karachi Kings. Lahore Qalandars will be captained by Brendon McCullum.
Even bigger news is coming from the PSL is that the final of the edition of the Pakistan Super League will be played in Lahore, Pakistan.Lahore will host the final according to PCB chief Najam Sethi.
The first edition of the Pakistan Super League T20 ended on February 23 with Islamabad United winning the title after defeating Quetta Gladiators in the final.
The foundation for Islamabad's victory in the final was laid by Andre Russell's three-wicket haul before Dwayne Smith and Brad Haddin smashed the fifties to guide the side towards their chase of 175 against Quetta Gladiators.
Kumar Sangakkara and Ahmed Shehzad had hit the fifties of their own in the final for the Gladiators, and at one stage would have harbored thoughts for a win after piling up 174 in a pressure final.
Among the five sides, Lahore Qalandars faced the harsh end of the disappointment as they failed to qualify for the final four. In spite of having a strong squad with names like Chris Gayle and Dwayne Bravo, they could win just two matches out of the possible eight.
The HBL PSL cricket league has put the cricket action from the country back on the map. Boasting of international players and a league like a format, the tournament took place in three stages, which was played in Dubai and Sharjah. The teams representing five major cities – Peshawar, Quetta, Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi took part in the competition.
The PSL 2017 schedule for the second edition of the tournament is our and the fans will hope the final gets played in Pakistan this time as promised. Even if it's not possible, the tournament has made an excellent start and there will be a lot of fans waiting with bated breath for the second season.


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NUXE Spa Tonific Body Nourishing Lotion
10 reviews
90% would repurchase
Package Quality: 4.2
Price: $$$
Package Quality: 4.2
Price: $$$
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on 12/10/2010 6:17:00 AM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Combination, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Hazel
This is the best body cream I have ever used. It may be a bit harder to track down and it may be more expensive but its worth it. It absorbs very well, retains the moisture and is natural based. This does not give me the ick chemical sensation from cheap drugstore body lotions. Great for dry skin, has great nutty smell and is liquid in texture. Comes in an upside down tube so there is no wastage, no greasy residue on clothes immediately after application and truly moisturises all day. This is a staple I will not stray from.
on 11/24/2008 11:13:00 AM
Age: 30-35
Skin: Normal, Fair-Medium, Warm
Hair: Black, Straight, Medium
Eyes: Brown
Great cream for very dry skin. Absorbes very quickly and for that it's slightly better than one of my favs Kiehls creme de corps!
on 3/14/2007 10:20:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Other, Other, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Blue
This body moisturizer has a fabulous, seriously moisturizing effect on my very dry and easilty irritated skin! However, I don't particularly care for the fragrance (Fruit by the foot gum, anyone?), which is a let down from a line that touts its aroma therapeutic benefits. Both to 'dilute' the fragrance, and extend my use of this lotion which is tough to find stateside and comes with I high price tag, I tend to mix this into a bland moisturizer (such as Alba Botanica's Very Emollient Original formula, fragrance free version). More bang for your buck this way, and less of that saccarine scent I am not keen on! Sturdy flip-top 200mL tube, from France.
on 1/28/2007 5:46:00 PM
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Combination, Other, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Other, Other
Eyes: Black
Fantastic body lotion! I bought this for around US$16 during a sale(great bargain!). The smell is divine, you feel like you're in a forest when you smell it. The texture is great, easily absorbed, yet provides perfect nourishing for my dry winter skin.
on 6/12/2005 8:35:00 AM
Age: 30-35
Skin: Other, Other, Not Sure
Hair: Other, Other, Other
Eyes: Other
If there is one type of high-end purchase I consider to be a huge waste of money, it is body lotions. Despite this I am still occasionally tempted to buy something because of hype, impulse, whatever. In this case, I was on vacation and had left my lotion at home. That qualifies as disaster, because I must use a body moisturizer every day. I wound up buying this. It is really a very, very nice lotion, one of the only ones I have used at this price point that could compare with Curel. It also has a very nice, sugary citrus fragrance, that is gone within an hour or so. I would compare the smell to something in the Fresh line, like Lemon Sugar soap. All that said, I am still going to stick with Curel. But I could recommend it for someone who wants a nicely scented lotion and, um, I don't know -- hates going to the drugstore or something.
on 1/16/2005 10:40:00 AM
Age: 30-35
Skin: Combination, Other, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
Very non-greasy, quick absorbing body lotion. Smells lovely, like citrus and tea leaves maybe? Leaves skin very soft and silky. I love the Nuxe line, and use most of the products, however, Vaseline Night Lotion works just as well and for the price, well...I just might have to save this for the occasional splurge. Wonderful lotion, and if you LOVE the Spa Tonific scent, this is by all means worth the cash, just not as a regular body lotion for me!
on 7/15/2003 8:26:00 PM
Age: 36-43
Skin: Dry, Other, Not Sure
Hair: Red, Other, Other
Eyes: Blue
Yummy! worth every penny! I LOVE the fragrance- it says "with Amazonian plants"- don't know about that, I would have guessed an Alpine meadow, but it is green-smelling. Consistency is thin, works into skin quickly-highly recommend!
on 7/4/2003 9:16:00 AM
Age: Unknown
Skin: Other, Other, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
I generally don't spend money on high-end body lotions, as there are so many cheap and effective drugstore brands. Nuxe's Spa Tonific, however, is one product I simply can't resist. It has a very thin consistency, which I prefer, and an herbal-y scent. It sinks in immediately and leaves my skin unbelievably smooth and silky--like one of the other reviewers said, you will not be able to stop touching your skin after using this! If you purchase in Europe, it is usually between 15 to 20 euros a tube--I always pick up several when I'm in France. If you are going abroad, this is definitely a great product to try out or to bring home as a gift.
on 11/9/2002 2:34:00 AM
Age: 30-35
Skin: Combination, Other, Not Sure
Hair: Brown, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
Okay, first off: I usually like & use thick body butters because I have horribly dry skin. I am like a lizard. Yuck.
I would never have tried this if not for the samples a sweet SA gave me. This has a very nice green citrus with a light fragrant herb scent. This lotion absorbed right into my skin seconds after I applied it. Becos it's so lightweight & "runny", I didn't think this would be moisturising enough. But then , to my utter suprise ..... I woke up to amazing silky soft skin! My arms & thighs felt so incredible to my touch, so smooth! The smoothest I've ever felt! I never thought my skin can feel so nice! Just unbelievable! I couldn't stop touching myself all day after that! *lol*
While I'll still stick to Body Butters for my dry spots like lower legs, feet & hands ... the rest of my body haven't found anything better than Spa Tonifique. This is a definite must buy for me! :)
Aside: I'm not sure what they put in this put I suspect some silicon. Isn't that what makes certain lotion feel like silk? I don't really care though ... I like feeling silky smooth, like a goddess. :)
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on 9/30/2002 1:09:00 AM
Age: Unknown
Skin: Combination, Other, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Blue
This is great stuff. I'm bad at describing scents but it smells sort of "green" which was unusual (but not bad). What I like is that it really sinks into your skin and moisturizes well, yet is lightweight and has no greasy feeling whatsoever.
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In a recent post I surmised that based on lots of sorted news about Windows 8 and Office that Microsoft was a paying a lot more than lip service to the HTML5/javascript future of the web. Later I talked about how Silverlight ambiguity was a bad thing for SharePoint online development. In both posts I hinted that this was ultimately a good thing due to potential for better cross-platform compatibility and that while throwing away years of .Net dev sounded horrible, it was ultimately the right thing to do.
Since my last post a few things have changed. Our product company, (hint: SnapWorkSocial), decided to pursue Silverlight over HTML/javascript due to a number of things including a better Office 365 story and I've been busy refactoring ever since. During this process I've fallen even more in love with Silverlight. If there was ever a beautiful programming language it's XAML (the core of Silverlight and WPF) and I just love the flexibility and power behind this simple XML based language. Months of dev on SharePoint using ASP.Net/C#/HTML/Javascript have been ported to XAML and improved in just a couple of weeks. It's sad to think that in a couple of years we'll have to switch back due to Silverlight deprecation. Or will we?
The techcrunch blog is a fav or mine and I follow it religiously. However, unlike most of their readers I'm not building a startup on the back of some open-source framework. If Microsoft ever get's mentioned over there it's usually in a not so flattering light. So imagine my surprise to see this exciting post about Jupiter. It states that Jupiter is not the departure from .Net many imagined, but a way to build HTML compatible apps on Windows, Phone, and presumably Office using the XAML and C# I know and love. I don't know if it's true but if it is what a great turn of events!
I guess a lot remains to be seen and those lucky enough to have their golden ticket to the sold-out Build conference will likely get the 1st look. I will be closely monitoring twitter and other channels for any glimmers of hope.


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Speaking for the pkg-multimedia-maintainers, i.e. the actual Debian Multimedia Team, we don't see ourself as a Debian Blend. We are just a bunch of maintainers maintaining a bunch of packages *in* Debian:Right, and that is what blends are about -- maintaining packages *in* Debian.
I really hope that people will get the right impression what Blends are and start reading before they make wrong assumptions.
My aim as the thread starter was to ask for developers and/or package maintainers for multimedia in Debian. Because there are a lot nice packages which are not in Debian now or are pretty outdated. I know the Debian Multimedia Team exist, but I think they can use some help here...
Yes, definitely. And to get some help you need to be visible and give your project some better structure. If you want to learn about the reason for maintaining a Blend instead of beeing a bunch of maintainers just read the doc [1] (BTW, this helps to avoid wrong asumptions that packages are not *in* Debian). Kind regards Andreas. [1] http://blends.alioth.debian.org/blends/ -- http://fam-tille.de


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Crass behaviour by police personnel dilutes promise to serve and protect
To serve and protect, that's their mantra. But many Jamaicans feel underserved by some members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), who display dismissive and disrespectful behaviour toward citizens.
Whether it is to receive assistance, ask a question or report a crime, Jamaicans have been snubbed by JCF members islandwide, many have complained.
Fresh allegations surfaced last week in the western parish of Trelawny where the mother of a boy, aged seven, said she was verbally abused when she went to report an incident but was instead arrested and charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.
The woman reportedly went to the station to report that her son was assaulted at a primary school in the parish. The child was reportedly held down by other students who then inserted a stick into his rectum.
The police's account stated that the woman was arrested because the distraught mother, who is often at the station claiming to report matters, became boisterous, using indecent language while she waited to be addressed.
Her statement was not taken by the police.
In a separate incident, one woman recounted how police personnel at the Duhaney Park Police Station were dismissive.
She told the Jamaica Observer that she went seeking information about the procedure to have police representatives speak at the Career Day for her daughter's school.
"I was in the station for a while waiting to be acknowledged, and I could see the officers playing dominoes," she related. "When they finally came I got the impression that I was interrupting their game."
According to the mother, it was upon taking the child with her to the station and interacting with another woman corporal, who this time was at the front desk, that they decided to assist her.
"They were nice the second time but the first time I went, I felt dismissed," she said.
The JCF's Public Interaction Policy outlines guidelines for police action when citizens attend stations requesting police service — the police must "acknowledge the individual within two minutes" and greet the individual formally and politely. It also instructs that the officer states his name, and rank and inquire how he can be of assistance.
"Station officers and station guards must listen attentively to customers' complaints and only ask pertinent questions. Where the customer asks questions of the police, it is important that accurate responses are provided. If the member is unsure of the information, indicate that to the citizen and seek guidance as early as possible," the document instructs.
It adds that when assurances are given, the officer should ensure that they "follow through within 24 hours" — a practice the force believes aids in confidence building.
The document further outlines that police personnel should: "Respond promptly to the citizens' need by ascertaining the nature of service required and providing it or arranging for it to be provided; never tell customers that no vehicle is available or vehicle is at the garage, instead seek assistance from adjoining stations or via Police Control while reassuring your customer; show appreciation/sensitivity to customers' concern (do not trivialise reports); and document citizens' particulars and reports and issue receipt.
In cases where the reports require the police to visit a location, the policy outlines that the supervisor on duty must be informed and assume responsibility for deploying police resources within a reasonable time.
"Matters emanating from offences against the person (for example threat, assaults, wounding) are considered emergency and must be attended to immediately; matters not considered emergency must be attended to within an hour, failing this a report must be filed by the supervisor on duty at the time as to the factors leading to such failure; the police must ensure that the rights of suspects are not violated when actions are taken against persons who may be the subject of a report to the police; suspects should be allowed to secure (or make arrangements to secure) their property, properly attire themselves, inform family members or neighbours where they will be, before taking them to the station; never turn away a citizen who is inappropriately attired. ALL citizens must be treated with courtesy and respect."
But despite the detailed guidelines, police personnel sometimes fail to adhere.
In fact this reporter upon entering the Cross Roads Police Station seeking the assistance of an inspector, experienced the boorish behaviour from an officer seated in the reception area.
"Good afternoon, I am here," were the only words uttered before the statement was rudely interrupted by the officer.
"She nuh deh yah, so you nuh haffi bother come ask," the officer stated. "Me see di envelope inna your han' an' know a come you come fi ask inspector fi get your picture sign."
This conduct is not only displayed upon entering stations, however, as one woman in a letter to the editor of this newspaper chronicled her son's unfortunate interaction with an officer when he called the police emergency number.
While at home in the wee hours of the morning, the mother and her 10-year-old son were up studying for the child's test when they heard voices in their yard and the boy saw two men in black caps and asked to call 119.
"I said to him why; what are you going to tell them? He said, 'Mom, remember they stole the tyres off our car already.' I said OK. Then I tried to peek, but was too scared, fearing they might have guns. What got us worried was what we heard one of them say, 'A yah suh di car always park.'
"My son called 119 approximately 12:30 am. A woman answered and he said, 'Goodnight, I am calling,' and interrupted by the operator who I will quote, 'Go to your bed,' and hung up the phone," she said. I took the phone and called back immediately and the same voice answered. I said, 'I would like to make a report,' again she hung up. Of note, my number is private."
The woman said the child started to cry when he realised that they would not be receiving help "from the ones who swore to serve and protect".
Section 3.2 of the policy states that when the public initiates contact through a telephone call for policing services, the officer should answer the phone within four rings. Upon answering, the policeman should identify the station, his rank, name and ask how he may be of assistance.
It added that the policeman should ascertain the nature of the call and the service required, and respond to the policing needs of the callers by "advising them; arranging for the police to visit them; requesting or arranging for them to visit the station; providing the service necessary to address the needs of the caller; enquire if the caller is satisfied and thank the caller for calling."
When a JCF member initiates contact with citizens, he ought to behave in a professional manner. Section 1.6 of the code states that the JCF "expects the highest standards of ethical and professional behaviour from its members.
"On any given occasion the police will come in contact with citizens from all walks of life. It is the sworn duty of every member of the JCF to treat all persons with proper respect for the rights of all. In that regard considerations should be given to the treatment meted out to offending citizens as no offence was committed against the individual policeman or woman but against the State."
But one man, who requested anonymity, said that he believes some police personnel show little or no regard for public transportation operators.
"Dem boy up the taxi an' bus man dem when dem ready man," he said. "An dem ting deh no fair 'cause the man dem sometimes a law-abiding citizen."
"Some a di times dem will all want tek weh the man dem bus an come roun' to di passenger dem an jus say 'passengers unu come out a di bus'. No little good afternoon, or nothing. Some police need fi do better man, it no right," he continued.
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When in college, I got my hands on 'Gone with the wind'. Although a voracious reader, just looking at the size of the novel, I felt it was an over whelming task to read it. But not for long. I was attracted to the first sentence in the book Scarlet O' Hara was not beautiful. And completed the 1000 odd pages novel in about a week..
I just loved the horses, carriages, bonnets, muslin dresses, slaves and owners, land; the luxuries and comfort of life before war and the fall in the living conditions after the war.
Moral or amoral, I could not help liking Scarlett. If I liked Scarlet, I was gaga over Rhett Butler. I wept like crazy (it's kind of embarrassing admitting this J) at the end of the novel when Rhett walks out of the house leaving Scarlett. I just did not want the book to end. Finishing the book left me with a very heavy heart. One novel that would always remain close to my heart..
Since we have entered the world of feelings and emotions with Gone with the wind, let me talk about Thomas Hardy's stories. I read the novel tess of the d'urbervilles at office. And for the next few days after finishing it, I was just not myself. Glooomy. Sad. Melancholy. A novel, a work of fiction, could move me so much??…that's Thomas Hardy I guess. Even if you consider yourself a person aloof to emotions, Thomas Hardy is one author who can identify those buried emotions in you and drag them to the surface. His novels touch some very deep cord within you even if you choose to bury it.
And continued with Far from the madding crowd and the woodlanders…and I was moved by these novels as much as I was for tess. Wodehouse – I read the first PG Wodehouse novel on Jeeves and Wooster also in office. And I was not just smiling or giggling while reading the story…I was kind of laughing aloud like crazy and trying hard to control myself..people in office might think I have lost my mind. These stories made me laugh and more than that..they made me happy. PG Wodehouse's greatness lies in weaving stories over very small and insignificant things which we do not even bother to notice.
And thus continued my saga with reading – Sidney Sheldon, Robin Cook, John Grisham, Fredrick Forsyth, Agatha Christie, Charles Dickens – geniuses in their own way. As I kept reading, something in me started changing too. I felt that I was being drifted through various characters, experiences, plots, styles…until I came across something that I haven't known before, a part of me that I didn't know existed. I was thoroughly surprised looking at my other self – a part that could write, or rather felt it could write J


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Well, every day I try to be a bit perfect, but mostly can only rely on HIS perfection, and His kindness connected to loving us, His kids, His family members. Yep, and everydayness situation. Thank you.ReplyDeleteReplies
True Caryjo it is relying on Him everyday.Delete
Such a great perspective-- I have aways been thankful that we are made in His image but haven't thought much about it being the other way around. Thanks for sharing over at #EverydayJesus, Sandra. God bless.ReplyDelete
Great Post! Thanks for the reminder that we are called to be perfect as our Father above. I pray that He may continue to change us into His likeness.ReplyDelete
Still on the issue of worship, you might want to consider this post, on knowing the true church: http://nontokozomaposa.blogspot.com/2014/06/knowing-true-church.htmlReplies
I read your post but feel that any discussion here should remain around the topic of the post above and not drawn on to other topics.Delete
When we do make our own gods, they end up being pretty nasty, reflecting the worst of humanity. I'm thinking of some of the gods the children of Israel faced. I'm thankful for our perfect and holy God.ReplyDelete
I found you via Essential Fridays link up, Sandra.Replies
Very true Constance, anything any human would come up with could never compare to God.Delete


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US benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for March delivery fell 68 cents to $52.37 while Brent crude for March eased 14 cents to $57.77 in afternoon trade.
WTI soared $3.48 to $53.05 Tuesday, its highest close since December 31, while Brent jumped $3.16 to $57.91, its best reading since December 30, as dealers cheered signs that the oil industry is tightening exploration activities to cap a supply glut.
Ken Hasegawa, an energy trading manager at Newedge Group in Tokyo, said the crude market was "extremely volatile" after the three-day rally that began Friday saw prices surge nearly 20 percent.
"It has become increasingly difficult to discern the direction of the prices of crude oil, but the fundamentals remain unchanged," Hasegawa told AFP.
He added that prices could "fluctuate by increasing up to $10 and falling up to $10" in the short term.
Deep cuts in capital spending by major oil companies, including new announcements Tuesday by BP and BG Group, had suggested there would be tighter supplies in the future.
Last week, The Baker Hughes North America rig count report for the week to January 30 showed a drop of 128 rigs to 1,937. That compared with 2,393 a year ago.
Some analysts however remain doubtful that the current oil price rebound will be sustained as supplies still outweigh demand in the immediate term.
The oil market has lost more than half its value since June, when crude cost more than $100 a barrel, largely due to a surge in global reserves boosted by robust US shale oil production.
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Should Will Leitch Replace Rick Reilly At Sports Illustrated?
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Not my idea, but one posed this morning by Dan Shanoff over at his site this morning. If you don't know by now Reilly is going to ESPN in yet another calculated hire for the Leaders. I didn't really post about it because it had already been everywhere, but the money has to be insane if he was already making a million at SI. Reilly showed up at ESPN back in June, so you could tell even then that this move was in progress. SI has Dan Patrick now, but is that enough?
I urge you to read Dan's post first, but to be completely honest.....this would be a step back for Will.
Let me explain. Leitch is a great writer. I still read the journal entries that he did over at Black Table and if you haven't read those I urge you to do that too. There's no doubting his relevancy within Sports and the demo he appeals to is what Sports Illustrated needs to recapture. There's no doubt in my mind that he could do the job, but it would probably be the wrong way to go.
People have described SI as a sinking ship recently, and like it or not SI the magazine just doesn't appeal to the college aged kiddies nowadays. I'm 29 and I think I'm right at the cusp of people that still get the Magazine and enjoy it, but with ESPN the Magazine out there and all of the online content available....it doesn't look good. It would be a coup at first, but I wouldn't want to be the one tabbed to save the ship if it ever goes down.
So that's my opinion....what's yours? I think it's a step in the wrong direction for Leitch, but then again....what if they offered him half of what Reilly made in a year? That'd be about $500K. Hmmm....let me rethink that.....
SI: Hire Deadspin's Leitch to Replace Reilly (Dan Shanoff)
Yeah, Because That's What I'd Do If I Thought Someone Was Stealing My Material (Awful Announcing)
Labels: Bloggers of the World Unite, Randomness, Sports Illustrated, sports writing
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I tend to agree, although I take issue with you mentioning ESPN the Magazine as part of the competition.
That publication is a piece of crap. I am an Insider subscriber (I know I know) and you get the magazine for free. I had to call and ask them to stop delivering it because I felt bad about the waste. I observe sports 24/7 and I turned down a free sports publication.
We don't get a ton of flies in California so it's not even worth keeping around to swat at them.
I don't know why anyone would wish that on Will. There is no way he could write the way he wants to write if he was in that position. It would do SI's credibility a world of good, but I think he'd regret the move. (Except in his bank account, which is not inconsiderable).
i need a shower after that. gay sex at its finest. someone wants to ride leitch's coattails. tbl is way better.
deadspins commentators suck this is every comment with leather, memo, and underground. yeah, gawker is so underground.
he is okay but he did not invent anything new.
Sorry Preston....didn't mean to say they were the competition, but that's where Reilly is writing now. I think it needed to be mentioned.
I get the thing too, and it's very hard to read, but if they're hiring of Reilly is any indication...they'll be changing it up REAL soon.
I'm 55, and stopped reading SI the Mag about 15-16 years ago. At the time, it was becoming more fluff than substance, so I bailed.
Funny, I didn't even think about the paper magazines.
Who does anymore. That ESPN magazine is unreadable by anyone with an IQ over 100, all this shit with lines running here and there, arrows, colors.
Write something, quit playing with Photoshop.
Leitch should only take it if involves a dumb-ass amount of money. Otherwise, stick with the Net media -- the evolution's heading that way anyway.
Will should stick to his empire
I love how a recommendation for a job opening is portrayed as "gay sex."
Will's very good at what he does, and drives a huge audience. While I agree that it would be a step back for him, if SI was going to make a "bold" move, that would be one.
A2 - they're definitely the competition (SI,ESPN the Mag).
ESPN the Mag is just sports for the Maxim set. Every girl interviewed in Maxim likes to make out with chicks and really wants a bald guy with a beer guy ... every athlete profiled in ESPN is angry about something and has overcome some nonsense. And then pics with their shirts off.
The latter, bring on more!
I've always wanted to meet someone who actually sent something in for that Stu Scott 2-way column.
The problem is Will's not a particularly good writer. He's a good blogger, but if you've read any of his non-sports work -- op-eds, Slate cross-talk, etc. -- I just don't think he has the talent to be SI's lead "voice".
The Sporting News is the best magazine, but I don't read that with any kind of enthusiasm. With the Internet, magazines serve little purpose.
I agree, SI is all fluff. There's about an aggregate three pages worth of words in there while the Sporting News covers everything with about 5x as much coverage. I can't comprehend how anybody would read SI over The Sporting News.
The Sporting News blows, unless you like NASCAR or College Football. They always ship to my house a week late so everything is super dated. Why would I want crappy columnists and unfunnny jokes when I can get swears and pictures of hot chicks in the blogosphere? There's a way to save sports print media, but I think it involves specialty magazines.
ESPN the Magazine is nothing but high gloss toilet paper (just remember to take the staples out first). It must be made by/for people with extreme ADD - there are very few (if any) actual stories. The layout looks like the butterfly ballot in Florida, with lines going every which way.
SI has some fluff, but nowhere near the level of fluff and hype that ESPN - both magazines and all other parts of its empire, produces. I still subscribe to SI, and I still enjoy it - A couple gimmicks and running items, 80% solid articles and great writing.
Meanwhile, ESPN magazine is described better than I could by previous commenters - Maxim Sports, the ADD crowd, etc.
Sporting News is an entirely different animal. It's news and info. It's purpose is not entertainment. It's reference, pretty much.
And that's why the Patrick-for-Reilly trade makes a lot of sense. Both are moving to a market that better serves their niche. I'm neutral on Leitch. I neither admire nor dislike his writing, and I check in on Deadspin a couple times a week.
Its just too bad the ADD crowd is so big and profitable. The day where SI and ESPN The Mag simply try to out-ESPN each other is coming soon, and it's only my idealism that prevents me from saying it's not already happening.
It's hard to say that it's a step back because so many people (almost 30 million) read SI each week while not even 10 % of that visit Deadspin weekley.
I agree with AA - SI would be a step back. On a separate note, Will is a good blogger, but he is a much better writer. His stuff at Black Table (which is compiled in Life as a Loser) is wonderful - it is poignant and funny. No one in the blogosphere compares to him in terms of overall writing ability.
If I had one vote, I'd think about voting for myself.
But other than me, Will would be a great second choice.
Better him than Will Smith.
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Divine and Conquer
Upon his frustration with the usefulness of social media, specifically Twitter, a friend of mine wrote a few weeks ago, "Either my patience is thinner or there are just more and more people for whom the medium is less about bridging the gaps and more about staking out ground." He acknowledged the foulness of the current political air, but also stated that none of that was likely to change any time soon.
More prescient he could not have been.
Tucked away in the alleys and valleys of our own interests, we stay entrenched in our own tribes, utterly outraged at any other tribe's dis, disdain, or destruction of one of our own's preciously held beliefs. The internet has exacerbated these conditions. Instead of more connection, there is a sense of more dis-connection. Where we are promised diversity, we get division. We burrow so deep in our own dirt that we can't see the world as it really is: a spinning blue ball covered with tiny cells, passive plants, and dumb meat, each just trying to make its own way. Starting from from such focus, we can find ourselves in a place. We can belong at a certain level. It just feels like now we never seem to zoom out far enough to see the whole. Instead of giving us the tools to see the bigger picture, the biases of our media feed our own individual biases.
Retreat is not the answer, retreat is the problem. We need more connection, not less. Real connection. We need to engage more with those who aren't like us. Lift the little ones, help the ones who need it, and learn as much about each other as we can.
As long as we support each other, we will be fine.


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Rolls-Royce partners with a Singapore University on a multipurpose research project.
Aimed at advancing research in the field of electrical power and control systems, manufacturing and repair technologies and computational engineering, the $75m (£49m) Rolls-Royce@NTU Corporate Lab is a continuation of a cooperation that started eight years ago.
Funded jointly by Rolls-Royce and Singapore's National Research Foundation, the Lab is located at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University (NTU).
"It is fantastic that NTU, the fastest-rising university in the world's top 50, is strengthening our partnership with Rolls-Royce, one of the world's leading power systems companies," says Professor Bertil Andersson, President of the NTU.
Running 32 distinct research projects over the next five years, the Lab aims at inventing more efficient and reliable energy delivery systems, developing innovative manufacturing technologies to complement more robust power systems and extracting information from equipment and processes so that operators can make timely and informed business critical decisions.
"Rolls-Royce has a long and proud history of delivering engineering excellence and innovation to support our expanding global customer base especially in the Asia Pacific region's aerospace, marine and energy markets," said Professor Ric Parker, Director of Research and Technology, Rolls-Royce.
The Rolls-Royce Advanced Technology Centre (ATC) was set up at NTU in 2009. Since then, it has become a key source of innovation within Rolls-Royce. The same year, NTU embarked on a five-year research partnership with Rolls-Royce to conduct research in the areas of manufacturing process technology and power electronics.
The NTU is recognised as one of Asia's foremost research and development hubs and one of the fastest rising universities worldwide in terms of ranking.
The new lab will employ more than 300 top-level talent comprising research staff and technical experts.


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WISSINOMING - February 7, 2013 --Authorities say a man in his 20's was found shot to death in the Wissinoming section of Philadelphia late Wednesday night.
The shooting occurred around 10:00 p.m. on the 5700 block of Cottage Street.
So far, there is no word on the victim's identity or a motive for the killing.
Homicide detectives are investigating.


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Within AdWords, only one keyword can be prompted per search query. However, it is possible that in certain situations, more than one keyword may match one given search query. Have you ever wondered what Google does when a search query matches more than one of your keywords? Would you say your keyword strategy is helping or hurting you?
AdWords has a detailed system that ensures your most relevant ads are making an appearance, however first and foremost, it is your job to be sure you are not using duplicate keywords. AdWords Editor provides a feature called the "Find Duplicate Keywords" tool. This will allow you to filter out any identical keywords you may have that are competing with each other. This is a very basic clean-up, but can help keep your account performing successfully.
Even if you're not working with identical keywords, similar keywords may still be triggered by the same search query. For example, broad-matched keywords such as "running shoes" and "athletic running shoes" could potentially match the search query, "shoes for running". Google then uses an internal preference system to decide which ad will appear to that user.
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- If a keyword matches the query exactly, it trumps ones that are not identical. The system will automatically select the identical keyword to trigger an ad. Let's say a user enters the query "mens running shoes." You have set both the broad-match keyword as "mens running shoes" and phrase match keyword as, "running shoes", the system will choose your broad-match keyword because it matches the query exactly.
- If keywords are the same, the system will use the keyword that has the most restrictions. The system will opt to go with an exact phrase match over a broad-phrase match. So in this instance, if the query is "tennis shoes" and you have that selected for broad and exact phrase matches, preference is given to the keywords with the exact restriction.
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There are some exceptions to the higher ranked ad rule –
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Asghar Ali Engineer
(Secular Perspective April 1-15, 2003)
Togadia's utterances have neither any truth, nor any restraint. They are full of ignorance on one hand, and of fanaticism, on the other. The other day he demanded ban on Darul 'Uloom, Deoband, a premier institution of Islamic learning in whole of South Asia. In support of his demand Shri Togadia said that Maulana Azhar Masood, a second in command of Osama bin Laden, Maulvi Umar, a principle accused of Godhra train arson tragedy and host of Talibani activists were all produced in Deoband.
He further said, "If at all Muslims are secular, then their leaders should condemn these terrorists and issue 'fatwa' to launch jehad against them". He also warned them that India was essentially a Hindu nation and Muslims could not think of safety without the help of Hindus. He made these utterances while speaking before a crowd of some 1000 Bajrang Dal activists at a much provocative 'trishul diksha' function held at Hardoi on 23rd March.
His provocative statements continue unabated. Yesterday in Bhopal i.e. on 27th March he said referring to killings of 24 Pandits in Kashmir by terrorists and shooting dead Hiren Pandya of BJP in Ahmedabad that a Hindu army be raised equipped with AK-47s. Mr. Togadia warned Prime Minster Atal Bihari Vajpayee that an invasion of Pakistan was the compelling need of the hour to protect the Hinds from the worst. He also said that if this was beyond his capacity, the government should be mentally prepared to disburse one crore licenses to procure AK-47 guns. This would allow VHP, according to him, to raise an army of Bajrang Dal youths who would gun down terrorists on their own. "Otherwise, there will be civil war in every village."
These utterances, in my opinion, cannot be dismissed as mere empty threats or as utterances of a fanatic. The recent history of VHP clearly shows that what they say today becomes their plan of action tomorrow. In any other country he would have been arrested for disturbing communal peace but since there is BJP-led Government at the Centre, no one can touch him. On the contrary the BJP government benefits from such utterances of VHP-Bajrang Dal and RSS leaders. The VHP is very cleverly preparing a political atmosphere for forthcoming elections in the States like M.P. and Rajasthan. It is not without significance that he made this statement of raising Hindu army in Bhopal as elections are due in November in M.P.
The Sangh Parivar members, particularly likes of Pravin Togadia are penetrating villages and provoking Hindus there and creating communal tension. Communal violence was earlier an urban phenomenon but now RSS-VHP-Bajrang Dal cadres are fast spreading in rural areas and spreading hatred between religious communities. The rural areas were earlier by and large free of communal poison. Today these organisations have plenty of funds and can easily afford to recruit large number of hate propagandists. The whole atmosphere in the country is being disturbed for electoral gains. The Sangh Parivar is playing, to say the least, very dangerous game.
Here we want to throw some light on the role of Darul `Uloom, Deoband which Pravin Togadia wants to be disbanded as it is producing terrorists. As pointed out before, Togadia should not be dismissed as mere fanatic. There is definite method in his madness. This applies to all the leaders of Sangh Parivar. What they say today, they plan to achieve it tomorrow.
The present generation is totally ignorant of the role played by the 'Ulama of this premier Islamic institution in freedom struggle and in opposing creation of Pakistan. The Sangh Parivar, through its vicious propaganda, has spread the half -truth that all Muslims were responsible for creation of Pakistan. The fact is that very few Muslims were responsible for it. In fact not more than five per cent Muslims voted for Muslim League in 1946 on the basis of which the decision for partition was taken.
It should be remembered that there was no adult franchise before India became independent. Adult franchise came into force only after independence when our Constitution was promulgated in 1950. But before independence the franchise was limited to not more than 10 per cent of the Indian population and it is these enfranchised people who voted in all elections before 1950. Of the 10 per cent Muslim population enfranchised about 60% took part in voting and of which 60% voted for Muslim League and 40% voted for the Congress and other parties. Thus not more than 3.6% Muslims voted for Muslim League in 1946.
Thus few elite Muslims – Zamindars, top civil servants, high ranking police and military officials were behind the Pakistan movement. The vast number of Muslim masses who had no voting right and had no interest in creation of Pakistan, could not influence the decision one way or the other. So was the case with the Hindu masses. They too had no voting right and remained mere spectators. If the Indian masses – both Hindus and Muslims – had right to vote, perhaps Pakistan would not have come into existence.
It should be clearly remembered that partition was brought about by the power elite from both sides. It was failure of power sharing arrangement between the elite of two communities, which brought about partition, not religion. Thus Pakistan was not creation of Islam but of vested interests of Muslim elite. Had Pakistan been creation of Islam the movement for Pakistan would have been led by Ulama like Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, Maulana Husain Ahmad Madani and others and not by Jinnah. But we find that Maulana Azad and Maulana Husain Ahmad Madani were staunch opponents of Pakistan and a modern educated and highly westernised person like Jinnah led the Pakistan movement.
It is interesting to note that Jinnah found it very difficult to enlist support of Muslim 'Ulama of great repute. They were all for composite nationalism. Maulana Husain Ahmed Madani, a great 'alim of his time and Nazim al-Umur (Vice Chancellor) of Darul 'Ulum Deoband, was great opponent of Pakistan movement. He wrote a book Muttahidah Qaumiyyat Aur Islam i.e. Composite nationalism and Islam in which he opposed two nation theory and justified composite nation on the basis of Qur'anic verses and Prophet's sunna (sayings and doings).
The Maulana was a great champion of composite nationalism and he toured whole of India after two nation theory resolution was adopted on 23rd March 1940 at Lahore and appealed to the Muslims not to be misled by the Muslim League propaganda. He was repeatedly attacked by the Muslim League volunteers and his meetings were sought to be disturbed. But the Maulana remained firm and continued to oppose two- nation theory and creation of Pakistan.
In fact there is a long history of the 'ulama' making great sacrifices for the cause of Indian freedom since the British rule was established in India. They were also in the forefront of 1857 war of independence and many of them were exiled to Andaman-Nicobar (then known as kalapani). Most of them could never return and died there. They never apologised to the British rulers. Hundreds of them were executed by the British rulers after 1857 mutiny.
Maulana Qasim Ahmad Nanotvi, a very eminent 'alim of 19th century issued a fatwa urging Muslims to join Indian National Congress when it was formed in 1885 and said it was their religious duty to drive out Britishers from India. He also collected about 100 fatwas from other prominent 'ulama' of his time to this effect and published them under the title of Nusratul Ahrar (i.e. for helping the freedom fighters). It was Maulana Qasim Ahmad Naotvi and others who founded the Darul 'Uloom, in Deoband, a small town near Saharanpur in U.P.
This Darul 'Ulum became not only the centre of Islamic learning but also a centre of activities for freedom movement. It is these 'ulama' who supported the Khilafat Movement and came very close to the Indian National Congress. Even after the failure of the Khilafat movement (in fact Kamal Pasha of Turkey abolished Khilafat itself) these 'ulama' continued to support Indian National Congress and secular nationalism and do so even today.
It is this glorious history of Darul 'Uloom which, has to be kept in mind. It is absurd to demand ban on this important institution, which played such key role in freedom struggle. It is unfortunate that it is being attacked today by those who do not believe in composite and secular nationalism and want to create Hindu Rashtra. These 'Ulama' never supported a theocratic state and opposed vehemently creation of Islamic Rashtra as shown above. They supported and continue to support secular nationalism until today.
The Sangh Parivar believes in two-nation theory. The founder of Hindutva concept Veer Savarkar propounded two-nation theory much before Jinnah did. They never participated in the freedom struggle. Savarkar did participate in his earlier phase and won the title of veer (man of courage) but later on (i.e. after 1921) he not only apologised to the Britshers to obtain his release from Andaman jail but also became propounded of Hindu Rashtra which ultimately resulted in partition of the country.
And Savarkar's descendants like Togadia are once again destroying the unity of the country by attacking secular nationalism and playing majoritarian card which is totally undemocratic. The secularists should not underestimate the challenge of Hindutva today.
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