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Limpopo Mirror
Maanda Mahulu Primary School's pupils assembled at the gate, preparing to get into the new school's classrooms last Wednesday morning.
The pupils of Maanda Mahulu Primary School at Mulima Pfananani got back to class last Wednesday morning after an interruption of five days.
In 2016, the Department of Education erected temporary classrooms and supplied a few mobile classrooms for the pupils as a temporary measure while the department continued to build and finish the new school for the pupils. However, last Wednesday evening, a storm blew away the temporary classrooms, damaging most of the learning resources in the process.
The parents blamed the department for being slow in completing the new school. They even felt that the pupils should immediately make use of the incomplete new school, which is nearing completion.
One of the parents, Mr Patrick Maduwa, said that they were relieved that the pupils were back in class. "The thing that our children are now expected to stay home doing nothing had disturbed us a lot," he said. "We thought the department was failing us, which was true. Why do they have to take forever to finish the school? Why do we and our children have to stage a demonstration before they could hear us?"
The school governing body's representative, Ms Tiny Muthelo, said the situation was back in order. The department had delivered nearly all the desks. "We are relieved that the children are now getting lessons," she said.
The spokesperson for the Limpopo Department of Education, Mr Sam Makondo, confirmed that the children were back in the classes at the new school. "The department met with stakeholders at the school and they all agreed that it was safe for the learners to occupy the new structure," he said. "The final touch-ups on the project will only resume after hours and on weekends. A disaster of this nature calls for such measures."
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Date:31 January 2019 - By: Tshifhiwa Mukwevho
Tshifhiwa Given Mukwevho was born in 1984 in Madombidzha village, not far from Louis Trichardt in the Limpopo Province. After submitting articles for roughly a year for Limpopo Mirror's youth supplement, Makoya, he started writing for the main newspaper. He is a prolific writer who published his first book, titled A Traumatic Revenge in 2011. It focusses on life on the street and how to survive amidst poverty. His second book titled The Violent Gestures of Life was published in 2014.
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We are view buyers. Nearly every home Michael and I have owned has had a view of open city lights or the sunset. And, we are more than willing to recognize this in the price we pay for our home.
Different views attract different passions.
City light enthusiasts love the twinkling affect as night falls upon their home.
Those who appreciate romantic sunsets hope to capture the gorgeous orange hues that spread across the horizon.
The fairways of the golf course offer peace at the end of the day when gazing across the green grass.
Hills views are often sought out by nature aficionados, who long to end their days feeling outside the hubbub of their daily lives.
Mesmerized by the ebb and flow of movement, buyers also seek the serenity and interest water views afford.
Each type of view brings with it a value that a buyer is willing to pay, and that value varies with the quality of the view (unobstructed, panoramic, angled, double-fairway, waterfront, etc.)
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Ditch the duct tape! We are happy to announce that all ammo can orders from Cleanammocans.com will now include free ammo can labels! No longer will you have to open all of your cans to find the one you are looking for or label your cans with duct tape.
If you are anything like us, you probably have a number of ammo boxes hanging around that all look identical, with no way to identify what is inside the ammo can. The standard labeling method has traditionally been a strip of duct tape and a sharpie. While there is nothing wrong with this method, we would like to offer a more aesthetically pleasing solution. Thus, the ammunition can label. Since pretty much everyone has a need to know what is inside their ammo cans, we figured we would just include labels for you. The labels themselves are printed on waterproof stock to withstand the elements on the range and in the garage.
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That is the source of inspiration for me to illustrate this picture. I want to represent the interactive between the reality and the unreality, the human and the machine, the nature and the artificial, also the icon and the image ( the cartoon character of me and my real picture ).
The background will represent a simple icon face, which built, from simple circle, rectangle and square. The icon will wear her own head phone to connect with the cassette . The messy map represents for the idea that I got, a lot of ideas come through my mind and a lot of mess also. The colorful parts on the low right is the beat, the temple of sound. The crazy robot head represents for the PC sound producing and his face looks really mad. The guy in colorful clothes represents for my personality. The sky is representing for the nature sound and the building represent for the human made sound.


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The Dance Forum South expects and will accept no less than respect and proper conduct in the classroom both to teachers and fellow students. In return the staff of The Dance Forum South will respect, encourage, and guide your child in their quest to be the best dancer they can be!
If a student is absent from a class, make-up classes must be made up within one month of the missed class or the class will be forfeited. Classes may be made up in a duplicate class of equal age and level.
*Check with teacher or front desk for available class and time.
**24 hour notice is required for private or semi-private students in order to reschedule class missed or the class will be forfeited.
***There are no make-ups for unlimited classes.
****There will be no refunds or credits for absentees.
All eligible students will perform in May's recital. A non-refundable costume deposit of $30 is due, per child, per class in November, followed by the balance due in January.
*Costumes cannot be canceled after December 1st. If child does not continue with class the full balance of costume will be your responsibility. You may pick up the costume at the studio during the last week of classes.
Proper dance attire is required (leotard & shoe attire). Neat and clean appearance with hair pulled off face.
*Black leotard and pink tights, hair in a neat bun required for all graded ballet classes.
*Please do not wear jewelry or bring in valuable items to the dance studio. Dance Forum is not responsible for any lost or stolen property.
*Students should be respectful toward teachers and fellow students
*Students should be focused and eager to learn with 100% focus.
*At all Dance Forum events, all students should be respectful to others and cooperative in preparations for performance.
*Please be neat and pick up all your trash when at the studio and outside events.
*Only water is permitted inside any of the studios at any time.
*Cell phones must be turned off while in class.
*No gum chewing permitted in class at any time.
*The Dance Forum staff is made up of a professional teaching staff and will treat you with professionalism, courtesy and respect. We kindly ask that you respond in the same manner.
*The Dance Forum has a 'No Gossip' policy. If you have a problem or concern, please disucss it with the director, as matters cannot be addressed without communication.
*Please do not discuss the abilities, placements or performances of other Dance Forum students. Dance Forum's main focus is based on individual needs and your personal child.
*Please do NOT enter a dance studio unless invited by a teacher.
*Dance Forum has the right to refuse service to anyone who does not comply with the Code of Conduct.
*Additional policies apply to members of the Dance Forum's Competition teams and a hand out of policies will be distributed.
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In addition, I give permission for my child to be photographed or videotaped while dancing. I understand that the photographs and video will be used by The Dance Forum South for the purpose of publicizing and promoting the studio's programs and services and may be included on the studio's website. Compensation will not be expected.
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In a country as politically divided as the United States is currently, a unanimous Supreme Court decision speaks volumes. On January 27, 2017, President Trump signed Executive Order 13769, Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States, which aimed to put into place different protocols for vetting foreign nationals from entering the country, who originated from six "Countries of Concern" which is a US State Department designation. The six countries relevant to EO 13769 were identified and designated during President Obama's second term. Detailed analysis can be found here.
Unsurprisingly, there were multiple and almost instantaneous federal lawsuits filed in the west coast federal courts aimed at blocking the implementation of EO 13769. Rapidly, the President issued a second order, EO 13780, also titled Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States, which was aimed at addressing the concerns raised by the litigation.
More litigation followed, including a petition for certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court for review. In a unanimous decision, the Court upheld portions of Executive Order 13780 in the case Trump v. International Refugee Assistance Project, et al. The Court stayed the injunctions imposed by the lower federal courts which sought to block the EO, but limited to the scope of the EO to temporarily prevent entry into the United States by any foreign national of a country identified in the EO who has no bona fide relationship with a person or entity in the United States. In other words, the Court agrees with the President that the President does have authority to issue Executive Orders which determine who can and cannot enter the United States.
Interestingly, Justices Thomas, Alito and Gorsuch wrote separately that they would have upheld a total and complete ban as initially proposed by the President.
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Arrow from an illustration in the Beauchamp Pageant, taken to be typical of the period of the Wars of the Roses through to the decline of military archery under Elizabeth I and James VI et I. It's probably also a good representation of bob-tail arrows from the Mary Rose.
Very similar arrows are shown in the carvings on Prince Arthur's Chantry Chapel (1504) in Worcester Cathedral.
Some of the carving on Prince Arthur's Chantry Chapel in Worcester Cathedral. Note the curved trailing edges on the fletching and the Tudor bodkin heads. Click the photo to embiggerate.
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How to delete Cache... for dummies by Professor Monkeyz
Today I will explain you in a very graphic tutorial how you ought to delete the cache when some smart-ass decides to advise you on doing that to fix several in-game issues.
Step by step
- Press [esc] key on your device's keyboard.
- Notice the following window being prompted:
- Press [Exit Game].
- Notice the following window being prompted:
- Either wait 20 seconds to pass or be an anxious impatient brat and click [Exit now].
- Navigate using Explorer to Heroes WoW base folder.
- Notice a folder named "Cache" as shown below:
- Right-click the above mentioned folder.
- By holding with your left's hand pinky finger the [Shift] key, click "Delete".
- Unfortunately, you are as stated above a dummy and misclicked. Please refer to the above step!
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- Click "Yes" as very suggested in the print-screen below:
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The ManicaPost
Nyore Madzianike Senior Reporter
THE Command Agriculture programme, which was rolled out by the Cabinet Committee on Food Security and Nutrition three years ago, has proved a success by meeting or surpassing the purpose and expectations of its establishment.
The scheme has yielded downstream benefits which have seen the country attaining its food security objective which resultantly put an end to grain imports.
Apart from ensuring food self-sufficiency, the initiative has also transformed the livelihood and living standards of both small-scale and commercial through its rich pickings.
Over the years, Command Agriculture has managed brought together private and the public sector players to undertake various roles under its armpit.
In Manicaland, the scheme has benefitted thousands farmers and households and added another feather on its growing cap by scooping the overall best stand at the just ended Manicaland Agricultural and Society held in Mutare.
The command agriculture stand, through its displays and aggregation shrugged off competition from nearly 400 other exhibitors.
The programme's provincial coordinator and Agritex head Mrs Phillipa Rwambiwa said they displayed and packaged their products and services in line with the exhibition's theme: "Economic growth through collaborative efforts".
"The display, presentations and linkages between various departments, that is, the private sector, Government and the farmers themselves was in line with the theme. I do not think any other stand would have matched the standard we had set," she said.
Mrs Rwambiwa said command agriculture had displays on tillage equipment, combine harvestors and various mechanisation equipment and machinery.
They also had a theme desk showcasing the backward and forward linkages of players in the command agriculture chain.
"We are saying in terms of matching the theme, were the best because we managed to bring a lot of actors into command agriculture to collaborate towards economic growth. As you can see a number of products come from command agriculture and we had a theme desk which explained and itemised how command agriculture operates, from the bank to the agro-manufacturing company. In-between we had Government departments and private companies that also provide services to the farmers under command agriculture," she said.
Mrs Rwambiwa said their stand also attracted a lot of attention from school children who gleaned information on various issues relating to the new curriculum.


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by Eric Stashin (aka The Rotoprofessor)
We all know the players who have been relatively disappointing in 2018, but does that mean we write them off and ignore them in the second half? Often times that should be viewed as a hasty, short-sighted decision. If someone in your league has grown frustrated, here are three names to try and target:
Anthony Rizzo – Chicago Cubs
2018 Statistics – .240, 12 HR, 59 RBI, 36 R, 3 SB
Preseason Projections – .296, 32 HR, 110 RBI, 95 R, 10 SB
Obviously the entire line has been disappointing, but what exactly has gone wrong? He's hitting the ball hard (25.6% line drive rate)… He is showing the same plate discipline (6.7% SwStr%, 28.6% O-Swing%)… His fly ball rate is down, and has been trending that way since a career high in 2015, and that at least partially explains the disappointing home run total:
- 2015 – 43.6%
- 2016 – 41.3%
- 2017 – 39.2%
- 2018 – 36.6%
When coupled with a 12.5% HR/FB (15.3% for his career), it makes sense. That said just a little improvement, and he's shown it with HR/FB of 17.9% in May and 14.8% in June, will lead to a better mark. The bigger issue is his .239 BABIP, compared to a .283 career mark, and while his pull heavy approach likely makes him prone to the shift (45.6% puts him in the Top 30 of the league) there's still reason to believe there's better days ahead.
Tommy Pham – St. Louis Cardinals
2018 Statistics – .246, 13 HR, 33 RBI, 59 R, 9 SB
Preseason Projections – .284, 24 HR, 80 RBI, 85 R, 19 SB
The disappoint here is in his average and RBI, though the latter is likely due to his spot in the lineup (he's spent the bulk of his time at the top of the order, with 82 AB in the leadoff spot and 178 AB hitting #2). The average is a different story, though when you look at the metrics you start to wonder what the issue is:
- SwStr% – 8.9%
- O-Swing% – 23.6%
- Hard% – 47.0%
You would think that his combination of strike zone command and hitting the ball hard would result in a gaudy average. Couple that with a respectable 41.9% Pull% and the outlook looks that much better.
He should be posting better than his .299 BABIP (.368 in '17) and you would expect better than his current 24.9% strikeout rate. He showed both of those in April, with a .415 BABIP and 18.9% strikeout rate, and that led to a .341 AVG. Obviously he can't maintain that BABIP, but while he's been in a horrific extended slump, there are better days ahead.
George Springer – Houston Astros
2018 Statistics – .252, 15 HR, 45 RBI, 63 R, 6 SB
Preseason Projections – .280, 30 HR, 85 RBI, 110 R, 9 SB
Just how disappointing has he really been? The power isn't quite where we'd have expected and the average hasn't been there, though neither are egregious. His HR/FB is down (22.8% to 14.7%), though it was always expected to take a step back from last season. Hitting 25-30 HR while scoring a ton of runs, no one is going to be upset…
In terms of the average, the drop in power has a little bit of an impact. More important has been a .281 BABIP, though he's not a pull happy hitter (39.3%), he's hitting the ball relatively hard (34.0%) and he continues to bring a solid approach (19.0% strikeout rate, 10.0% walk rate).
Given the underlying numbers we'd expect things to get even better in the second half. Part of this seems like perception (since he hit .190 in June and has gotten off to a slow start to July) more than production concerns, so buy if the owner is down on him.
Sources – Fangraphs, CBS Sports
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DANCE CLASS 1: CUBAN CONTEMPORARYThe class focuses on Cuban Modern technique as taught in the National School of Arts (ENA) in Havana. Cuban Contemporary is very inventive and integrates elements from popular and afro-carribean styles, while based on the language of contemporary dance. With Yusimi Moya Rodriguez you will learn to decipher, understand and include these citations of movements and gestures that refer to other genres.
After an intense warm-up we work on the important technique of dynamic undulation, which moves like a wave from the pelvis up the spine towards the head. We concentrate on the isolation of body parts to increase the strength of muscle segments and learn to control them independently. Understanding polyrhythmic structures requires a musical understanding, which is then applied to the body. Step-by-step the body gets accostumed to these for European dancers often new experiences.
Learning choreographies gives you some time and space to let you express and feel the new accomplished movements, alone or in a group of dancers. The movements and improvisational skills in Cuban Contemporary include a thinking in segments and patterns. It is more rhythmic and linear, with an emphasis on time. Different times are integrated in one body, all of them unified, felt in one moment and space. Cuban Contemporary can add some strong new flavours to the vocabulary of trained European dancers and extend their abilities in various ways.
DANCE CLASS 2: POPULAR CUBAN STYLESDancing is an essential part of Cuba's daily life. An enormous variety of different styles of popular music exist - and each one comes with its very own steps: Bolero, Son, Mambo, Cha-Cha-Cha, Danzón, Salsa, Casino, Contratiempo, Timba, Reggaeton, Merengue, etc. Every style has its history, melting influences from all parts of the world, like the history of the island itself. Rhythmic principles from Andalusian flamenco met French court dance, interpreted by creoles from Haiti, drumming from all over Africa mixed with European song structure later played by American big band orchestras - thus creating the big success of what today is known as Cuban music and dance!
With Yusimi Moya Rodriguez you will not only learn the steps, different figures and partnerwork essentials, depending on your level. You will also hear about the history of the music as well as the dancefloor etiquette, to prepare you for entering any ballroom in Havana - expect some surprises! A focus on the Clave-timeline pattern helps you to understand the basic rhythmic principles and feel the music in the cuban way. Yusimi Moya Rodriguez is an experienced teacher and has a deep knowledge of all these dances, from old-school Mambo to the latest Reggaeton movements, from classical partnerwork to Rueda de Casino choreographies. Keep it with Yusimi:"Salsa a lo cubano es lo mejór!"
DANCE CLASS 3: AFRO-CUBANCuba's colonial history allowed African traditions to survive until today. This heritage is highly valued in society. Dance and music are important expressions of African culture in rituals. Through the body and its movement a connection to the spiritual world is established, dance is communication! As a former member of the Conjunto Folklórico Nacional Yusimi Moya Rodriguez is regarded as a master of afrocarribean dance technique.
Dances of the Orisha are well known today, as the religion with roots in the Yorubá people spreads out over the world. Every orisha has his own rhythm, movement and energy that reflect his/her character. The dense melodies of the sacred Batá-drums and Lukumí-songs accompany the dance steps and within minutes let the dancer feel their power. Rumba with its slow Yambú, the explicit Guaguancó and the Colúmbia dance is a secular genre and popular. The Congo dances include Yuka, Makuta and Palo, they are fast and energetic, used by the Palo Mayombe cults. And there are many other dances, like Vodú, brought to Cuba by Haitian Creoles, the Tumba Francesa from the Oriente, the Arará style of the Ewé/Fon people, the Carabalí and Abakuá mask dance, the carnaval conga dances...
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A collection of quotes of the undercover Red Room assassin, Dottie Underwood.
Agent Carter
Episode 1.03: Time and Tide
Spoken by Dottie Underwood
- "This place is pretty swell, huh? Seems like one big happy family."
- ―Dottie Underwood
Episode 1.04: The Blitzkrieg Button
Episode 1.05: The Iron Ceiling
- "Wow, you sounded just like Captain America just now."
"That's no bad thing."
- ―Dottie Underwood and Peggy Carter
Episode 1.06: A Sin to Err
Spoken about Dottie Underwood
- "Russia has been training young women to be undercover operatives."
- ―Peggy Carter to Edwin Jarvis
- "Miss, for your own safety stand back!"
"Oh gosh mister can you help? I think my friend Peggy must have fainted."
- ―Daniel Sousa and Dottie Underwood
Episode 1.07: Snafu
- "Shall we proceed to the next phase?"
"Not yet, it has been in storage for quite some time, we must test it."
"But they know about us now!"
"They will soon be far too busy to concentrate on us."
"Do you think it will work?"
"I have great faith in Mr. Stark's inventions."
- ―Dottie Underwood and Johann Fennhoff
Episode 1.08: Valediction
Spoken by Dottie Underwood
- "I used to be so jealous of girls like you. I would have done anything to walk like you, to talk like you. But now... I can be anybody I want."
- ―Dottie Underwood to Peggy Carter
- "Oh, I've got a great idea! Maybe I'll be an SSR Agent next! What do you think of that?! I thought you'd be better..."
- ―Dottie Underwood to Peggy Carter
- "You don't remember me, do you?"
"Should I?"
"You and I spent a nice weekend together not too long ago..."
- ―Dottie Underwood and Howard Stark
Episode 2.06: Life of the Party
Spoken about Dottie Underwood
- "Though it pains me to say it, Miss Underwood is a phenomenal dancer."
- ―Edwin Jarvis
Episode 2.09: A Little Song and Dance
- "What are you doing here?"
"Aw, Peggy, I'll always be in your head."
- ―Peggy Carter and Dottie Underwood in Carter's dream
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I don't remember exactly where I was when I heard the news of the attack, but I do remember the onslaught of feelings that it unleashed; horror, sadness, anger, shame, frustration and despair that I carried in my bones in the days, weeks, and eventually months that followed.
As an anti-racist activist, who had been witnessing (and trying to organize against) the growing influence of the alt-right, Islamophobic and nationalist rhetoric in Quebec, sadly, despite the shock, I was not genuinely surprised. I was ashamed at our failures.
I remember trying to be there for my friends, but not knowing quite how to. I remember sitting in long silences. And I remember the urgency felt in needing to somehow respond. I designed and printed these two posters as a testament to those feelings, as a small contribution to the struggle against Islamophobia, white supremacy, and racism. There is so much work to be done.
My love to all the families.
On January 29, 2017, around 7:52pm, a young white man entered a mosque in Quebec City in Canada and in the course of a few minutes, murdered Azzeddine Soufiane, Mamadou Tanou Barry, Khaled Belkacemi, Aboubaker Thabti, Ibrahima Barry and Abdelkrim Hassane. Five others were badly injured: Aymen Derbali, Said El-Amari, Mohamed Khabar, Nizar Ghlai and Said Akjour.
This was the largest political mass shooting in Canada in 25 years, and the first time Muslims had been killed inside a mosque in North America. It is one of the most important moments in recent Canadian history. January 29th happened in the context of decades of wars against Muslim-majority countries, which has normalized the killing of millions of Muslims. This dehumanization has resulted in the rate of attacks on Muslims inside Canada increasing 253% between 2012 and 2015.
We #RememberJan29. Hussan had fallen asleep early, he woke up to his phone ringing. The news at that time was only being reported in French. The few English sources were insisting then there were two shooters – one of them a Muslim man. It was like waking up to a nightmare. Aliya was out of the country. The day she'd left, all the screens in the airport were tuned into Trump's Muslim ban press conference, and then Quebec City happened. She remembers feeling heartbroken and spent the day glued to her phone, feeling scared and helpless, waiting for updates.
When we sit together and talk about 'where were you when' in the context of a important historic moment, we are building web of common experience, connecting ourselves to that moment and to each other.
To #RememberJan29 is to insist that what happened on January 29th is not resolved, and won't simply be resolved with a trial. It is ongoing, it has broader implications and it must be understood for all its complexity. This is one of many attempts. It only works if you participate.
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The poisonous face of social media
A little more than a month ago, a video clip was sent to me on WhatsApp. The clip is a segment from Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, episode No 203 released in 2014. It makes the rounds after every mass shooting that occurs in the United States. The clip shows a 13-year-old boy trying to purchase a number of items in different stores in Virginia that he was not, by Virginia law, old enough to buy. The video starts with the boy being driven around by his mom � he is obviously not old enough to drive � with a hidden camera, driving past a variety of stores that he is not old enough to work in.
His first stop is a convenience store where he tries to buy a six-pack of beer. As you know, you need to be 21 to buy a beer in the United States. The store clerk turns him away.
His second stop is another convenience store where he tries to buy a pack of cigarettes. In Virginia, you need to be 18 to buy tobacco. The store clerk turns him away.
His third stop is to yet another convenience store where he tries to buy �racy� magazines. In Virginia, you need to be 18 to buy �top shelf� magazines. The store clerk turns him away.
His fourth stop is to yet another convenience store where he tries to buy scratch-card lottery tickets. In Virginia, you need to be 18 to buy any lottery ticket. The store clerk turns him away.
His final stop is to a gun show and he asks to look at a .22 calibre rifle from a private seller. Within minutes, he pays cash and walks away with the gun. There is no minimum age to purchase or possess rifles in Virginia.
Obviously this is shocking. I was so surprised I posted the one-minute video to Facebook with the comment: �If this does not prove a point, then nothing will.�
A number of my Facebook friends asked that I make the post �public� so they, too, could share it with their friends. I obliged. Within hours the post went viral and within days it was attracting attention from people in the US who are not my Facebook �friends�.
And then it started.
It was not until my Facebook Messenger requests started going into overdrive that I noticed that my Facebook page was being bombarded with posts from �gun rights� enthusiasts and, frankly, total fanatics. Within just a few days, the post had attracted 176,000 �reactions�, 35,400 comments and 983,000 shares. I subsequently made the post available to �friends only� again and shortly thereafter the comments stopped � but it did not stop something more sinister happening.
Friend requests came in thick and fast. Literally thousands of people. The names were real enough, but the messages sent to me through FB Messenger were mostly the same and they went like this:
�Hi. I saw your post. You are a lying liberal. The video is a fake. Stop posting your liberal trash.�
�You are a piece of s**t and deserve to die. Stop spreading your lies.�
�The video is a fake. The FBI would have been there and intervened.�
Of hundreds and hundreds of messages on FB Messenger, maybe a dozen were in favour of the video. It took me hours over the course of a month to delete all the �friend� requests and disgusting messages. This was obviously the point. Despite the post no longer being public, FB Messenger requests are still coming in about once a day.
This whole episode demonstrates the polarisation that exists in the US about gun control and the lengths that some will go to discredit the messenger or scare the messenger into shutting up. It is simple, especially if the message is accurate. Bombard the messenger enough and they likely will go away.
This small �gun control� episode on Facebook demonstrates the sinister effect social media has on democracy and freedom of speech. There was no real debate sparked from my post; the haters on both sides of the gun-control argument went from zero to 60 in moments. Scary stuff. It also occurred to me that the thousands of �posters� on my page and via FB Messenger may not have been real at all. Rather, they were more likely fake profiles set up by a pro-gun lobby group that scans the internet shutting down any person or organisation that may spread a message that advocates for gun control.
The term �boiler room� is increasingly being used in the US to describe the types of negative spin organisations that have been set up to infiltrate social media with the intent of manipulating political opinion.
Unfortunately, in Bermuda, this type of social-media influence also exists, albeit in a smaller more unsophisticated scale. Just a couple of years ago the Facebook page Bermuda Elections 2012, which is now called All Things Bermuda � Politics & Discussions, was awarded a Best of Bermuda prize for best media outlet. This, despite many �posters� being unidentifiable from their profiles.
The anonymous comments under mainstream Bermuda media stories are disproportionately influential in forming and galvanising public opinion, especially with people who have little time or inclination to undertake real research into the topics being �posted� on. It was crazy the number of times as minister I was referred to anonymous comments from online media as representing the view of the day. Anonymous posters making anonymous comments. Libellous and inflammatory comments. Vile, racist comments. Sometimes they are taken down and many times blocked. But they get through. And they are read. And they manipulate. And they fool. All this under the guise of �communications�.
The fact is that social media has become a global, political tool to influence public opinion � a political tool that is not founded in fact or reality. Cowards hide behind fake usernames to throw stones. A political entity that controls this medium will always win.
Link the talking points on social media to a radio station and then to a government department of communications and you have a winning formula. That formula is guaranteed when you use an outfit such as that of Cambridge Analytica to gather data and teams of people posting under anonymous names to spread sinister messages of divisiveness, lies and hate.
It seems to me that anonymous postings across mainstream media platforms should be banned, especially in a small community owing to the disproportionate effect it has in swaying an argument. If you have an opinion and wish to share it, then stand by it. Live with it. Own it. Only then will we be able to have real debate. Only then will democracy become stronger.
Cowards hiding behind a keyboard, using fake profiles on Facebook and other social media are harmful to everyone in every democracy, whether the topic is gun control or immigration reform.
With that said, the gun lobby �crazies� who bombarded me will not get that satisfaction again. My Facebook profile is private once again. It will stay that way.
�Michael Fahy is a former Minister of Home Affairs, Minister of Tourism, Transport and Municipalities, and Junior Minister of Finance under the One Bermuda Alliance government
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Pantless and blubbering, like a true Knicks fan, Naim will have to learn to live with disappointment. Though he'll also have to learn to laugh off his YouTube debut, there's a silver lining to the fracas -- one that shines with all the heart Lin has shown on and off the court.
Upon seeing Naim's reaction, Lin reportedly got in touch with the family and scheduled a virtual meet-up with the boy, in which he answered questions and chatted with his family, Mashable notes.
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It's a Monday afternoon, and Oliver Lee and James Carter, the duo otherwise known as Snakehips, are currently in the throes of a worldwide tour. First they were in front of 10,000 fans at Australia's Splendour in the Grass festival; now they're in the American midwest. "We just did Lollapalooza in Chicago and are headed to Canada in a bit," says Lee, with a pep in his voice despite the punishing schedule. "It's been sick."
The duo is zig-zagging from city to city in order to capitalize on a variety of singles which have catapulted them from a simple studio set-up in Carter's kitchen in Camden, London, to the heights of the global charts. Their most recent effort, the synth-soaked Cruel featuring Zayn Malik, became a viral smash the instant it was released last month, collecting 1m streams within 48 hours of its release and closing in on 10m in the weeks since. (The music video, below, was released on Tuesday.)
"Cruel was actually an idea we started," explains Lee. "We write a lot with a songwriter named Cass Lowe and we originally worked on Cruel with him in London. We had heard Zayn was interested in collaborating with us and figured we'd send it over to him."
Without ever meeting in person, the former One Direction star sent back a cut of the track with his vocals. "He wound up smashing it," says Lee. "When it came back it sounded perfect, he wound up adding some really cool stuff. It's funny – I still don't know exactly what it'd be like to work in the studio with Zayn because it all happened so quickly."
For Lee and Carter, the success of Cruel is another mainstream smash after years of working in relative obscurity. The two first met by chance in Hong Kong at a bar and struck up a conversation. "It was super random," says Lee. "I can't remember how we even started talking. It turned out James lived near me in London and when we left we were on the same plane together by pure coincidence. Once we got back, we decided to start making beats together."
The duo first found success posting remixes online. "Our first one to ever go crazy on the internet was a remix for this band called Wild Belle [It's Too Late]. After that, we did a remix of a Weeknd track [Wanderlust], and that was even more popular. It just grew from there," Lee says. It wasn't until last October when the duo released an original track called All My Friends, an anti-party song featuring Tinashe and Chance the Rapper, that wound up pushing them from online remixers confined to the internet to a mainstream act to be reckoned with.
"We didn't expect All My Friends to get such a great reception at all, because it still feels like a weird song," Lee explains of the track that catapulted them into the top 10 in multiple countries and currently boasts 30m views on YouTube for its music video. "It was really bizarre to watch it grow and was a really big step for us."
All My Friends was an improbable success, especially considering the song's dark subject matter. While dubiously sounding like a party song, the track is actually about a night out gone awry. However, Lee is quick to point out: "The song isn't based on a particular experience, but years of them. I feel like we've all been there, when you have a super-wack night out." Upon concocting All My Friends, the duo sent it blind to Tinashe and Chance the Rapper, two of the hottest names in music. "We envisioned them on it when we made the song, even though it was completely unrealistic. They signed on after hearing an early cut and it wound up becoming a dream situation."
Lee and Carter's dreams will continue to materialize this coming fall when they headline a show at Koko, a short walk from Carter's apartment. There, they're currently working on their debut album which promises to be chock full of guest stars. "We're still working out of James' kitchen," says Lee, forgoing the set-up of a major studio. "All you really need are speakers and a computer. You don't need much more these days. It's a super-relaxed vibe."
Of course that doesn't mean it's jarring when the duo spins their kitchen-made tracks for thousands of screaming fans. "It definitely helps inspire you," explains Lee, still getting ready to depart the Windy City and hop the US border into Canada. "It's wicked seeing people singing along to your tune and seeing them go crazy for it. It makes it all worth it when the fans react to your music on such a big scale."
- This article was amended on 11 August 2016. Oliver Dickinson now goes by the surname Lee. This has been corrected.


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By Jessica Groenendijk
As I follow the finger of light from my torch, the gravelly roars of howler monkeys rise to an almost supernatural crescendo, before subsiding into a series of sawing coughs. The root-knotted trail guides me through the trees, past the tents of other researchers, and into the clearing. I cross it and head to the dock.
At the lake, the new day is well underway. Dawn happens so modestly here, it never fails to catch me by surprise. I imagine it as light, not falling from above and cascading over the rim of trees into the bowl that is the lake, but rising like sap from below, seeping into corners, filtering through shadows and dispelling the dark. That's a rainforest dawn. It unfolds in a symphony of greys and, before you know it, it's over.
The canoe, hollowed out of a single tree trunk, lies alongside the dock. I lower my camera bag and binoculars onto the bottom, untie the painter, and fold myself cross-legged at the stern. A nudge with my paddle sends me gliding through the water. The bow turns away from the shore, and towards the heart of the lake. Into solitude.
Cocha Cashu is one of about two dozen oxbow lakes that flank the meandering Manu River, in Peru's flagship Manu National Park. Shaped like horseshoes, oxbows are formed – abandoned, really – as the river pinches off its loops over time to follow a shorter, straighter course. When looking over the lowland rainforest from a plane, it's the aquatic habitats sculpting the landscape that hold your gaze. At that altitude, the river is a coiling, cappuccino ribbon, and its oxbows are enamelled island charms, surrounded by a lumpy ocean of green.
Oxbows are small lakes with little or no connection to the parent river. Some become impenetrable swamps, while others evolve into oases for wildlife. Cocha Cashu is one such oasis. It is also the home of tropical ecology researchers who come from all corners of the globe to work at the Cocha Cashu Biological Station.
My crudely carved paddle enters the water with a 'pht' and soon I fall into a rhythm, five strokes to starboard, five to port. With each firm push, twin whirlpools hiss from the blade's edges. Along the shore, pale trunks of trees are reflected in the quiet, silvered surface. Howlers on one side of the oxbow begin their unearthly chorus and a group on the opposite bank answers. Far off, I hear the forlorn hiccupping of dusky titi monkeys, sounding, to a mother, like crying babies. I picture them in a dense thicket, perched on a branch, tails entwined.
The sun lifts above the canopy and light gilds the trees, turning leaves a luminous green. The forest is quickening; shy stirrings on the shoreline become an urgent scramble for food and mates. A red-eyed, Mohawk-feathered hoatzin shuffles in the branches, wheezing softly, and a cocoi heron stands frozen at the edge of a patch of floating weeds. I touch the water with my paddle and the canoe whispers forward. The heron ignores me. Its attention is riveted by something near its feet. An ill-fated fish.
Then I hear them. I hold my breath. Yes, there it is again. A sharp exhalation. I know what to look for and search the water's surface ahead. In the shallows to the left I see it distort and shimmer. There's a splash and a wave bulges towards me; they're chasing fish. A small, sleek head appears... no, two. Wait… there are five! Five giant otters. And two are cubs, I can tell by the way they swim. I reach for my camera and wait. The family soon spots the boat and heads directly towards me. As the otters come closer, they begin to zigzag, inspecting me from all angles. One exhales explosively, and ducks under. Another propels its upper body straight out of the water – periscopes – and I quickly take a photo of its throat pattern. Then I gently paddle backwards, letting the otters know I mean no harm. The important business of hunting soon distracts them.
Cocha Cashu is pulsing with life. Cries of every description now ring across the lake. Sounds travel with startling clarity, amplifying as they ricochet off the wall of forest on all sides. Birds dominate by virtue of sheer numbers. A muscovy duck 'whump, whump, whumps' overhead, its flight laboured. Nearby, a kingfisher challenges me – to do what? – with its strident chatter, while the guttural croak of a cormorant triggers from me a muttered "Pardon?". On my right I hear the rattle of a piping-guan's wing quills as it flies from one tree to another. And far away, barely audible, comes the ponderous bass 'Hum, hm, hmmmm… Uh' of a razor-billed curassow, like a wild-haired matron clearing her throat for a stern speech.
One of my favourite birds is the jacana, a fussy, leggy wader with outsized toes. Whenever a tree groans and thuds to the ground, or I thoughtlessly let my paddle bang against the side of the canoe, as I do now, a nearby jacana invariably takes flight and complains with a series of irascible yaps.
I register all these calls without observing their sources, because I have eyes only for a small side-necked turtle. I heard it gasp in fright when it emerged from the tannin depths next to the canoe. As I turned to look, it vanished, leaving a swirl in its wake. I let the boat drift against an overhanging shrub and wait. Five minutes later I am rewarded; there is a small fumbling at the edge of my vision. The turtle is hauling itself up on a partially submerged branch about ten metres away, its dark shell glistening. Now, too, I hear a young black caiman croon. Another answers, and I know their watchful mother will be nearby. I slowly scan the dappled vegetation at the water's edge. There she is. Only her head is visible. A large, implacable eye, flecked with gold, monitors my every move.
It is mid-morning and the air above the lake rustles with gauzy insects. Thousands of dainty blue damselflies hover low, and blood-red dragonflies dart aggressively amongst them. A breeze makes the water surface shiver, and I am reminded of a horse twitching its withers to shrug off a fly. Near the bow of the canoe, rubber-lipped fish with grey snouts mouth at bubbles and scum and tiny matter. When alarmed by an imagined threat, they plunge downwards in unison, churning the leaf litter.
The first rush of activity has passed, and as the heat increases, Cocha Cashu's residents become drowsy and subdued. At midday they will be stunned into silence. Later, as the sun's grip eases, they will rouse once again, to feed quietly, play, slowly make their way to places of rest and safety to await the night.
My stomach growls. It's time for this lake visitor to head back for breakfast.
As I turn, my paddle dips into a large clump of fat, squirming tadpoles. They fan out, bobbling the water's surface. Together, they are a black, shape-shifting beast. Alone, they are vulnerable morsels. I float into a pool of perfume so potent I wonder that it isn't visible, like morning mist or a mirage, or palpable, like waves of heat. Surely such a heady fragrance can only be spilling from something gaudy and glamorous. An orchid perhaps. But no. It belongs to combretum laxum, a nondescript bush with sprays of small white flowers. I linger for a moment in its shade, and inhale deeply, wishing I could bottle the scent.
Lulled by the motion of the canoe and my paddle, the second half of a Wendell Berry poem comes to mind:
I come into the peace of wild things
who do not tax their lives with forethought
of grief. I come into the presence of still water.
And I feel above me the day-blind stars
waiting with their light. For a time
I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.
I imagine Cocha Cashu is how many places around the world used to be. How they are meant to be. Full of riotous noise, bursting at the seams with life, where the voices of wild creatures have not been interrupted and overwhelmed and silenced by our own. Like Berry, I take great comfort in knowing there are still places like Manu's vibrant island lakes, crescent gems glimmering in a rainforest sea, where one can be in the presence of still water and feel free.
Jessica Groenendijk is a Dutch biologist turned conservationist and writer. She fuses her work in conservation and her personal experiences of wildlife and wild places with her passion for words and photography to help connect people with nature. Her writing has been published in BBC Wildlife Magazine, Earth Island Journal, Earthlines, and Africa Geographic, as well as in Animal: A Beast of a Literary Magazine and Zoomorphic, amongst others. Her blog Nature Bytes was Highly Commended in the International Category of the 2015 BBC Wildlife Blogger Awards. She is a member of The Society of Authors and is currently working on a book on giant otters and their conservation. Follow her @WildWordsAuthor on Twitter and Facebook and find her Words from the Wild at www.jessicagroenendijk.com


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First Off. Happy 2017. I hope you all have a wonderful new year.
A lot is happening on the writing front. I have a short story coming out this year. 'The Reunion' is a dark short story about ten friends reuniting in their old home town. Stay tuned. Also, 'A New World – Contact' is fishing up it's editing cycle and will be moved on to Beta Reads in the next few weeks. I'm excited to share that book two 'A New World – Conspiracy', is in process and moving along faster than I thought. Initial feedback has been positive so more information will be released on 'Conspiracy' later this year. Lastly, 'The Calling – Book One' is going through its editing cycle and feedback and comments have been extremely positive.
So, with the end of 2016 I'm jumping right into 2017 with plenty of iron in the fire, as they say.
One final update, as some of you has been asking, I plan to release some new poetry in January. Keep your eyes open


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User-based Vehicle Route Guidance in Urban Networks Based on Intelligent Multi Agents Systems and the ANT-Q Algorithm
Document Type: Research Paper
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran
MSc. Grad., Department of Industrial Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
Professor, Faculty of Engineering, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran
Guiding vehicles to their destination under dynamic traffic conditions is an important topic in the field of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS). Nowadays, many complex systems can be controlled by using multi agent systems. Adaptation with the current condition is an important feature of the agents. In this research, formulation of dynamic guidance for vehicles has been investigated based on the characteristics of ITS and using the user-based approach to meet drivers' satisfaction. As a result of time-varying flows on traffic networks, a multi agent model and the routing algorithm based on artificial intelligence techniques emphasized on a hybrid algorithm combining Ant Colony and Reinforcement Learning is proposed. The critical result of this paper is the ability of designing an algorithm for better trip planning, routing decisions in a dynamic urban transportation. Finally, the validity of the proposed algorithm is shown by implementation on a sub-network extracted from Tehran traffic map.
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NEW YORK – A U.S. citizen convicted of joining al-Qaida and participating in a failed 2009 suicide attack on a U.s. military base in Afghanistan has been ordered to serve 45 years in prison.
Muhanad Mahmoud Al Farekh was sentenced Tuesday in Brooklyn federal court.
Farekh case attracted additional attention because of reports that Us officials had initially discussed whether to try to kill him in a drone strike, a step almost never against AMERICAN citizens. President Barack Obama eventually decided to try for a capture-and civil prosecution.
The Houston-born suspect was captured in Pakistan and brought to the U.S. in 2015.
Farekh's lawyer, Sean Maher, said the forensic evidence was too weak to convict him, call fingerprint experts' testimony " junk science."
Most of the charges against Farekh the result of an attack on the Forward Operating Base Chapman in the City of Khost, Afghanistan, Jan. 19, 2009.
The attackers drove two cars rigged with explosives. A first explosion injured several Afghans, including a pregnant woman, but a much larger bomb failed to go off, saving the lives of American soldiers.
The jury heard testimony about how forensic technicians in Afghanistan have recovered 18 of Farekh the fingerprints on tape used to bind the igniters on the unexploded bomb.
Farekh was convicted of conspiracy to murder U.S. nationals, conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction, conspiracy to bomb a government facility and a conspiracy to commit material support to terrorists.
During the trial, the jury heard testimony from Zarein Ahmedzay, one of the three men convicted in a thwarted plot to bomb New York in the subway. Ahmedzay, told jurors he was trained by an al-Qaida operative identified by prosecutors as a co-conspirator of Farekh together with him from Canada to Pakistan in 2007.


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Fred Kaan
On October 4, 2009 we received the painful news of the death of my colleague and dear friend, Fred Kaan. He was frequently referred to as "the English-speaking Christian world's poet laureate." Our hearts continue to ache because of this loss.
Fred Kaan was born in a terraced house in Voorhelmstraat, a treeless street in the North Holland city of Haarlem on 27 July 1929. The years of early adolescence coincided with the Nazi occupation of Holland. His father was a member of the Dutch Resistance, and for two years the Kaans sheltered a Jewish woman in their home, and later gave refuge to an escaped political prisoner.
In 1952, having offered himself for the Congregational ministry, he left Holland and entered the Western College, Bristol, graduating at Bristol University in 1954. After a postgraduate year which included sociology and pastoral studies, Fred was called to be minister of Windsor Road Congregational Church in Barry, South Wales and ordained in 1955.
Moving to Pilgrim Church in Plymouth in 1963, Fred began work on a homemade hymn supplement entitled Pilgrim Praise. Fred's hymn writing was born of necessity, out of the frustration of not finding what he wanted in the established hymnbook for next Sunday's worship, and out of eagerness to put into words those things which were close to his heart and conscience.
Fred received the call to office of the Minister-Secretary of the International Congregational Council in Geneva in 1968, a post he held until 1970 when he became an executive secretary of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches. His period in Geneva involved many other roles including staff member of the World Council of Churches working on Cantate Domino - the international and ecumenical hymnal.
A decade of work based in Switzerland ended in 1978 when Fred was appointed as Moderator of the West Midlands Province of the United Reformed Church. Characteristically refusing to renew this appointment in 1985, as a gesture against 'hierarchical thinking' within the Church, he subsequently became team minister of the Central (Ecumenical) Church, Swindon, and minister of Penhill United Reformed Church.
From 1993 to 1997, Fred combined his busy life of travel and public speaking with the role of Secretary of the Churches' Human Rights Forum. The internationalism that has been so central to Dr Kaan's ministry over the years has also characterised his family life. His first wife, Elly Steller (1928-93), was born in Indonesia of German and Dutch missionary parents. His elder son is married to a Swede; his younger son to a Hungarian; and his daughter to an Englishman.
Fred and his wife Anthea Cooke, retired to the Lake District. ' The view from the lounge and study is stunning, with mountains all around', writes Fred on his faithful typewriter. Prior to her retirement, Anthea was a physician, her first appointment being at a Church of South India hospital in Madras. Between them the Kaans have a command of nine different languages (not counting Latin, Greek and Hebrew).