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From what i understand touchstream mini uses a thin electromagnetic field around its surface and that the act of placing finger on it it disturbs this field causing it to know when its touched.
Now.... why will fingers disturb this field while other objects wont?
I am looking for another type of material that would work like a finger when rubbed or placed on surface?
any ideas or accidental discoveries?
what special quality does a finger have that other objects dont?
Would a piece of iron work?

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dish Network Corp went to trial against ESPN Inc on Monday over claims the sports programmer owes it more than $152 million after breaching a contract by offering better deals to rival distributors.
The lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Manhattan pits the No. 2 U.S. satellite company against the sports affiliate of media group Walt Disney Co.
Adding another wrinkle, the distribution deal at issue is set to expire this year, meaning the case might potentially impact talks for a future contract. Dish, controlled by billionaire founder Charlie Ergen, commonly uses lawsuits to gain leverage in these types of negotiations, analysts said.
With more than $8 billion a year in fees and ad sales, according to research firm SNL Kagan, ESPN reigns as the giant of the sports network market.
In 2012, it charged cable and satellite companies an average of $5.15 per subscriber per month, which makes it the most expensive channel, according to SNL Kagan. The research firm said ESPN Classic, a channel central to the lawsuit, charged programmers a separate fee of 19 cents per month.
Dish and its larger satellite rival DirecTV have been vocal about rising sports programming fees and how the cost is passed on to consumers.
The lawsuit that went to trial before a jury on Monday centers on terms ESPN negotiated with Dish and its competitors to distribute channels, including ESPN Classic, which shows game reruns, and ESPN Deportes, a Spanish language channel.
In the lawsuit, filed in August 2009, Dish accused ESPN of breaching a clause in their 2005 agreement that required the sports programmer to offer the same terms as it did to competitors.
But ESPN made a "calculated decision" not to offer the more favorable conditions, Barry Ostrager, a lawyer for Dish at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, told jurors.
ESPN gave lower rates for ESPN Deportes, its Spanish language channel, to Time Warner Cable Inc in 2007 and Verizon Communications Inc in 2008. Not being offered those rates caused $18.9 million in damages to Dish, Ostrager said.
Dish lawyers also contend ESPN allowed Comcast Corp in 2006 to reduce the distribution of ESPN Classic. Not being offered the same deal cost Dish $78.9 million since it was not able to reduce distribution and the fees it paid per subscriber.
Had Dish known about the 2006 offer to Comcast, it would never have agreed to a deal it made in 2009 to reduce distribution of ESPN Classic in exchange for expanding distribution of ESPNU, which caused another $52 million in damages.
"That circumstance put Dish at a very substantial competitive disadvantage," Ostrager said.
But Diane Sullivan, a lawyer for ESPN at Weil, Gotshal & Manges, said Dish was trying to "cherry pick" good terms from rivals' deals without taking on the additional obligations they imposed.
"The evidence is going to show Dish doesn't want a fair deal, it wants a better deal than all the other distributors," she said.
Dish is not the only distributor with a contract clause requiring equal treatment, known as a most favored nation clause, Sullivan said. She added ESPN has a "rigorous" compliance program to ensure it follows the terms of those clauses.
This is the second time in two years the companies have gone to trial over their carriage agreement.
In the earlier lawsuit, filed in 2008 in New York state court, Dish accused ESPN and several Disney subsidiaries of not providing certain high-definition channel feeds, including ESPN News and Disney Channel.
A jury found for ESPN and Disney in 2011 and said they were entitled to keep $56 million in fees. Dish is appealing.
A state judge separately found Dish owed ESPN and Disney $66 million in interest as the result of late payments under the licensing agreements, a ruling upheld on appeal.
The case is Dish Network LLC v. ESPN Inc., et al., U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 09-06875.
Reporting By Nate Raymond in New York. Additional reporting by Liana Baker. Editing by Andre Grenon


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Lady Gaga is about to be rendered permanently "Speechless."
The chart-topping artist is the next celebrity slated to be forever immortalized in wax by Madame Tussauds.
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Separate unique wax figures will debut simultaneously in the museum's flagship Times Square location, as well as many other worldwide locations yet to be disclosed, according to MTV News.
The "Bad Romance" singer's likeness reportedly comes with a hefty price tag – Madame Tussauds is reportedly shelling out nearly .5 million to please Gaga's "little monsters," according to PopCrunch.
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As previously reported on AccessHollywood.com, the superstar's "Fame Monster" is on the prowl – Lady Gaga stole the most-followed Twitter user crown from fellow pop princess Britney Spears on Saturday, leaving Britney behind by a gain of nearly 9,000 users.
Lady Gaga's wax figures will reportedly debut in 2011.
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Benji wrote:Red_Robin wrote:Benji wrote:Red_Robin wrote:Benji wrote:Bumping this up to remind users of this rule.
Isn't this stickied?
What does stickied mean?
It 'sticks' to the top of the forum regardless of when the last post was made.
It doesn't on 'View new posts'.
True, but it does when looking at the actual forum, which people would have to do to post a new topic.


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One who makes, frames, executes, or ordains; as a lawmaker, or the maker of a promissory note. One who signs a note to borrow and, as such, assumes the obligation to pay the note when due. The person who creates or executes a note, that is, issues it, and in signing the instrument makes the promise of payment contained therein. One who signs a check; in this context, synonymous with drawer. One who issues a promissory note or certificate of deposit.
n. 1) the person who signs a check or promissory note, which makes him/her responsible for payment. 2) a person who endorses a check or note over to another person before it is delivered, making the endorser obligated to pay until it is delivered. (See: check, promissory note, payor, payee)
makernoun author, devisor, donor, initiator, producer
Associated concepts: maker of a note, maker of an instruuent
See also: architect, author, contractor, originator
MAKER. This term is applied to one who makes a promissory note and promises to pay it when due. He who makes a bill of exchange is called the drawer, and frequently in common parlance and in books of Reports we find the word drawer inaccurately applied to the maker of a promissory note. See Promissory note.


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Here he is, ninja Gir. Someone asked that I make Gir in a ninja suit, so since I love drawing ninja, I went ahead and filled the request. Gir is totally immersed in black with only the silver of his zipper, and the red of the tongue standing out. I really like the way that this version of Gir came out, and hopefully you will to. This is a regular standing Gir who is ready and willing to take on anyone who gets in his way. When you learn "how to draw ninja Gir", you will have another great costume creation to add to your Invader Zim character drawing collection. Have fun folks, and be sure to stay tuned in because I think I may be uploading something cool later on today. Peace people and enjoy!
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Lisnr's Audio-Beacon Technology Reaches Users Through Sound
Songs we listen to and movies we watch can now recognize us, allowing marketers to track our locations, send us messages and otherwise interact with our smartphones.
Lisnr Inc., a startup with audio-beacon technology that enables those scenarios, just closed on a $3.5 million Series A round, the company's founder and Chief Executive Rodney Williams told Venture Capital Dispatch.
Cincinnati-based Lisnr embeds tones, which are inaudible to the human ear, into digital media, as well as into speakers at live events such as sporting games. Its technology is also incorporated into various mobile apps. The apps, through the use of a smartphone's microphone, tune into the tone and respond in the way Lisnr's customers want to.
"They can trigger anything, a song, a video, a purchase, an ad," Mr. Williams said. Customers include Roc Nation LLC, Sony, Mondelez International PLC, AT&T Inc. and the Dallas Cowboys.
To help move beyond trials and into larger deployments, Lisnr raised the new funding. Boston-based Progress Ventures led the new investment in Lisnr, with participation from Jump Capital, CincyTech, Serra Ventures and Texas-based Mercury Fund.
Proximity marketing is gaining interest, as new technology emerges to help with campaigns that are based on the customer's specific location. Stores, for example, have started installing small devices, such as Apple's iBeacons, which interact with Bluetooth receivers in customers' phones. Several startups have launched with apps that make use of this interaction. In a different twist, Facebook, recently came out with a feature with which its app identifies what song its user may be listening to or what movie is being played. This can help feed specific messages to the user, too.
The type of audio beacon technology from Lisnr is most similar to that of another startup, Sonic Notify Inc., which also received backing from Raptor Ventures as well as A-Grade Investments, Advancit Capital, AngelVision Investors, Digital Entertainment Ventures, Eniac Ventures and the Gorfaine/Schwartz Agency.
Mr. Williams, who was previously an executive at Procter & Gamble, working on social-media and digital-marketing campaigns, said Lisnr's take on the business is to offer a platform technology that its business customers can use the way they want. The startup isn't a consumer-facing business, he said. Lisnr can work without any additional hardware, as standard speakers can transmit its tones.
The company expects to have between $1 million and $2 million in revenue this year, up from about $500,000 in 2013, Mr. Williams said. The company charges its customers based on how many different types of tones the customer wants, what content it wants to trigger--a simple text message or a video, for example--and for how long it wants to run its campaign.
Its technology has been already embedded in about six million downloaded mobile applications, the CEO said. He hopes to end the year with 10 million to 20 million downloads.
A recent Sony campaign used Lisnr to create buzz for musician J. Cole in which fans could unlock and preview his new album simultaneously when they arrived at certain locations like Times Square in New York. Boomboxes in those locations were playing inaudible Lisnr beacons that triggered the music to stream to the listeners' smartphones. As a result, Mr. Williams said, Sony generated preorders and popularity of J. Cole shot up on Twitter.
The company is targeting live events, such as sports games, as well as media, like producers of songs or movies. Lisnr is also developing analytics technology. This can give a song producer, for example, information on how often a song was played and through which app, for example. It could give a television channel information regarding how long the viewer was present during certain shows, for example.
Asked whether the company's technology might elicit privacy concerns, Mr. Williams said that as long as the content that is triggered on smartphones is useful to consumers and isn't intrusive, he expects many to welcome it. "I'm a sports guy…If I go use the bathroom, and before I get back I get a notification: 'Hey, Rodney, here's what you just missed.' If you did that I'd want you to track everything I'm doing."
The investment in Lisnr is one of the larger Series A rounds for a Midwest company, Mr. Williams said. It is especially rare for an advertising-technology startup to get funded in the region, he said.
"The customers and investors, the kind of individuals that understand what we are doing, are not in the Midwest," he said. Mr. Williams had moved to Cincinnati earlier in his career for work at Procter & Gamble, where he was an executive working on digital and social-media marketing.
Although being based in the Midwest required Mr. Williams to travel around the country to find investors and customers, the region had many benefits, he said.
"We have some awesome talent for really cheap," he said. The company raised $850,000 in a seed round in August 2012. "If we were in the Valley or in New York, we would've used $2 million to $3 million" to get to the same point, he said.
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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Actor-comedian Dick Van Dyke is to receive a Hollywood life achievement award for his career and humanitarian accomplishments, the actors guild said Tuesday.
The 86-year-old "beloved actor, singer, dancer, writer and comedian" will receive the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award at the 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards Jan. 27, the SAG-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists performers union said.
SAG and AFTRA merged March 30.
The event will air live on TNT and TBS.
The annual award, which predates the first Screen Actors Guild Awards by 33 years, goes to an actor "for outstanding achievement in fostering the finest ideals of the acting profession."
Van Dyke -- who was born Richard Wayne Van Dyke in West Plains, Mo., and grew up in Danville, Ill. -- has also received five Emmys, one Tony Award and a Grammy.
"Dick is the consummate entertainer -- an enormously talented performer whose work has crossed nearly every major category of entertainment," actor and SAG-AFTRA Co-President Ken Howard said in a statement. "From his career-changing Broadway turn in 'Bye Bye Birdie' and his deadpan humor in the Emmy winning 'Dick Van Dyke Show,' to his unforgettable performance as Bert in 'Mary Poppins,' he sets a high bar for actors.
"Stage, big screen, small screen, literally everywhere he has worked he has inspired millions of fans and has had a tremendously positive impact on the industry and the world. He is so deserving of this honor and I congratulate him."
Co-President Roberta Reardon said: "With Dick, it's so much more than the proverbial triple threat. He started his career as a radio announcer, game show host and comedian and was a spokesman for Kodak, among numerous other roles over his nearly 60-year career.
"His contributions to the success of the business and to his fellow performers is legendary as is his work with a number of the leading ladies of our times, including Julie Andrews and Mary Tyler Moore -- both previous Life Achievement Award recipients," she said. "His infectious laugh has warmed audiences for decades and is an unforgettable facet of his fabulous personality."
SAG-AFTRA said Van Dyke has volunteered for nearly 20 years at the Midnight Mission human services organization in downtown Los Angeles' Central City East, a neighborhood with one of the largest populations of homeless people in the country.
"He helped raise millions for their new building program and is there without fail every Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter and times in between offering comfort and cheer," SAG-AFTRA said.
"He is passionate about raising funds for music and art programs for public schools and has performed at countless fundraisers.
"He became a spokesperson for the National Reye's Syndrome Foundation in 1967 after losing a granddaughter to that disease and in 2010 was named the first spokesperson for the Cell Therapy Foundation."


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|March 10th, 2011, 08:56 PM
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As contribution to the discussion of animal rugs:
Translated and summarized from a text by Isabelle Bardi-Fronty and Christine
Descatoire. Museum of Cluny. France.
The origin of the Middle East bestiary is deeply rooted in Asian art. Three thousand years before our era, the civilizations installed between Tigris and Euphrates adapted a zoomorphic repertory on several forms of mediums, painted or carved. If the fragility of fabrics explains why most old specimens were lost, the numerous importance and the artistic quality of woven zoomorphic works from the Middle Ages in Persia, Syria, Iraq or Iran illustrate the survival of these decorations born in the Mesopotamian world.
At the beginning of the first millennium before ???? our era, an «orientalizing» phenomenon, also influenced by Greek art, favored the diffusion of certain animal designs in the whole Mediterranean basin. The syncretism implemented by the Greek artists thus was the main medium for the influences of the East on Occident. The Eastern bestiary consists of a multitude of species, domestic and wild animals as well as fantastic creatures, sometimes coexisting on works characterized by a filling of all available space. This "horror vacui", can be seen for example on archaic orientalist jugs featuring rows of successive horizontal animal motifs. The scenes of hunting on the alexandrine «taqueté» wool fragment below (Cl. 21844) are representative of this style.
Figured fabric, weaving, wool (textiles) 5th century, 4th century Near-East CL.21844
The motifs with animals facing each others is another very old creation of the Eastern art which was largely diffused in Occident, in particular thanks to the circulation of seals featuring animals on both sides of a tree of life. Dated from the 6th-7th century, the silk «samit» with faced birds represents an old prototype which was mainly developed in the north of the Egyptian delta. This topic of the birds around a tree of life was declined in multiple forms during the whole medieval period, as testified by Persian (Cl. 2156), Iranian (Cl. 21858) and Iraqi (Cl. 22048) specimen of the museum of Cluny.
Piece of the shroud of St. Benignus of Dijon, samit shaped dobby, silk (textile) 6 th-7th century, Persia Cl.2156
Damask decorated with phoenixes amid vines, gold thread, silk (textile), 2nd half of 14th century lampas,Middle-East CL21858A,B,C
Since the 4th century, the art of silk weaving (coming from the Far East via Persia) was controlled by the Greeks. In the 6th century, the Justinian dynasty of Constantinople developed silk cultivation in the Byzantine Empire and encouraged the creation of workshops of silk fabric within the court. The position of Constantinople at the doors of the East, its Roman origin and its contacts in the West, conferred it a key role in the relationship between Orient and Occident, this fact is confirmed by artworks.
The Byzantine textiles thus carry the memory of many ancient designs, painted or woven, now lost. A fragment of silk samit (Cl. 22818) , shows a decoration of medallions populated with fantastic or exotic animals such as the winged horse of the museum of Cluny but also the griffins and the elephants on other parts of the same fabric.
Samit, silk (textile) 11th or 12th century, probably from a Byzantine workshop Cl.22818
Through their privileged links with the Byzantine Empire and the Middle East, Italian centers like Palermo, Venice and Lucca, were the principal center of propagation of eastern influence in Europe. After having adopted the samit, manufactured in the East since Antiquity, these Italian cities copied eastern lampas around the turning of the 11th to the 12th century, creating many alternatives (like diapers).
In the 15th century, velvets, mainly manufactured in Florence, Genoa and Venice, supplanted lampas. Meanwhile, the technique of the embroidery knew a large development especially in northern Europe. The Western fabrics were largely inspired by the repertory of the Eastern bestiary and mixed real animals, familiar or exotic, with fantastic ones. They often used again the motifs of faced or leaned pairs of animals (gazelles, parrots, eagles, lions, hares, phoenix, griffins), around a separating element (fountain, tree of life, ogival palmettes). These couples of animals were often organized in alternate lines or placed in the middle of medallions, often surrounded by vegetal arabesques .
In the 14th century, motifs of Chinese origin also influenced Western fabrics, via silk fabric imported from Yuan (Mongol) China: the Italian fabric with parrots below (Cl.12103) is also decorated with couples of khilin (« lion-dog, mystical animal of Chinese origin).
Damask black background decorated with embroidery and maroon parrot 2nd half 14th century gold thread, silk (textile), lampas, Italia CL12103
Beyond these loans of Eastern bestiary, a double evolution occurred in the Middle Age.
The bestiary grows with several newcomers (the siren-fish, the unicorn). The medieval animal is initially perceived with its symbolic and allegorical dimension. This symbolic system can be profane: the Middle Age sees a growing importance of the heraldic animal, (like the three passing leopards on the coat of arms of English kings), for example embroidered on a horse cover.
But the medieval bestiary is mainly a Christian bestiary, where the animal, real or mythical, symbolizes of Good or the Evil, representing Christ (the Lamb of the embroidered cover, Cl. 20367d???) or the devil, symbolizing Virtue or Vice (the siren as emblem of lust), not without a certain ambivalence (the lion can represent either Christ or the devil, the good or the evil). A belt purse of the Cluny museum, pendant of the one with the griffin (Cl. 11788), is decorated with hybrid beings, half-man and half-animal, symbolizing Vice.
Embroidery with leopards Pearl (material), velvet, silk (textile), embroidery (textiles), cabochon, 1330-1340 England Cl.20367d
Nevertheless, the function of animals as symbols of moral standards is rarely obvious on fabrics, where animals have a function especially decorative. The modes of representation are various. The designs can saturate space (lampas with phoenixes, Cl. 21858) or being strewn on the bottom (lampas with dogs and cat-like, Cl. 21861a).
Damask brocaded gold gold thread, silk (textile) 18th century, 14th century, 19th century Italia CL21861a,b,c,d,e,f
The preoccupation for naturalism (lampas with lions and eagles, Cl. 22537) contrasts with the search of stylization and of geometric patterns (belt purse with swans, Cl. 11992, near to a purse with heraldic decoration from the treasure of Tongres).
The fabric with hunting scenes (16th century, Cl. 22064) which closes the presentation, quite far from being a symbol of the fight against the evil, expresses a purely decorative intention which points out to older Eastern scenes of hunting.
Lampassette decorated with panthers, dogs, rabbits and wild boar Silk (Textile), embroidery (textiles) 2nd half 16th century Nederland CL22064
Thanks to Pierre Galafassi for his help in this translation.
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|March 26th, 2011, 12:01 PM
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I received by John Howe a further contribution on animals in rugs and textiles.
The text and image are from a book on Hispano-Moresque Fabrics by Cyril G. E. Bunt, 1966.
Notice the border…
Thanks John,
|March 26th, 2011, 01:50 PM
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Here a link to a spanish website containing nice illustrations: http://www.iealbacetenses.com/index....fombra&x=0&y=0
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senya wrote:I would like to have a tour that I can embed into a website, tour must have the following, here is a description:
Tour window
1. Side bar on the left with a list of panoramas included in a particular tour.
2. Panorama in the center of the window.
3. Side bar on the right, that will contain area map and some information about the tour, or contact information.
I hope I explained this well, if not I can maybe do a quick sketch of the look that I'm trying to get.
Please let me know how hard is this to achieve? If someone already knows how or has an example would really appreciate to see it.
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senya wrote:Thank you for your comment.
I did a quick sketch of the layout I'm looking for.
Here is what I also would like to do with it:
1. I want the side bars that are used for list of panos and a map to be able to open and close.
2. Have 2 separate side bars on the right that will be able to display an interactive map and information on another side bar. Be able to switch between them by pressing on info and map tabs.
How hard is it to achieve something like these?
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Cracks in the Illusion
Gung-ho push for illegal seizure of southern Serbian province of Kosovo and Metohija, brought about through Albanian terrorism and ethnic cleansing of non-Albanians from the province, American-led NATO aggression against Serbia and unilateral declaration of independence by the Albanian secessionists in Pritina on 17 February 2008, and followed by the equally belligerent Anglo-American campaign for the recognitions of the first heroin state in Europe with the biggest American military base on the continent as its capital is slowly but surely starting to show the signs of unraveling.
It will be left to future historians to ponder whether the Empires project of redrawing borders of internationally recognized states at will has failed due to the stubborn resistance of tiny Serbia which, among else, has managed to take the issue to the World Court, whether Kosovo Albanian bloodthirsty extremism and sheer barbarism soaked in organized crime and all forms of abhorrent deviance at the societal level is at the core of the failure, if Russias recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia finally succeeded in properly focusing the world attention on the seriousness of the issue, or if the reason and the international law have prevailed in spite of the ruling elites insistence that might makes right.
For now however, it suffice to say it is becoming more and more evident that the American-British pet project of independent Kosovo is grinding to a standstill, hitting walls left, right and center.
Although the Western bloc of states kept touting the success of their drive to carve up a new state on the territory of Serbia, the first embarrassing cracks in the illusion became painfully obvious during the UN General Assembly vote on Serbias request to send amputation of Kosovo province to the court, on 8 October 2008.
Serbia, which needed a simple majority, scored a major victory at the biggest international forum, with 77 UN member states voting for its initiative. United States and Albania, which voted against Serbia, received support only from the four American colonies comprised of the Micronesian islands most of the world never heard of before: Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru and Palau.
World Muslims Snub Anglo-American Stillborn Child
Mafia state in the heart of Serbia didnt fare better in the second biggest international arena either, the Organization of The Islamic Conference (OIC), embodying 57 predominantly Muslim UN-member states.
At the 11th OIC Summit held in March 2008 in Dakar, Senegal, attempt by Turkey British and American key ally in Euroasia to include an article expressing the recognition of independence of Serbian province in the closing document of the Muslim World Conference was blocked by several countries including Azerbaijan, Egypt, Sudan and Indonesia. Instead of inviting the Islamic states to recognize the Anglo-American abomination on the Serbian territory as an independent state, OICs closing document merely acknowledged Pritinas unilateral declaration of independence.
Similarly, just closed 12th OIC conference brought major disappointment for the Washington-London-Brussels Axis: even after the clear instructions to the Muslim world by the British FM David Miliband to recognize integral part of Serbia as an independent state, and even as the main US ally in the Arab world the Saudi kings representative was elected to urge collective recognition of the fake state of Kosovo, the Islamic world convening in the Syrian capital Damascus refused to comply with the Anglo-American diktat, delivered via the notorious US errand-runners Albania, Saudi Arabia and Turkey.
Puppet States Recognizing Another Puppet
Though Albanians and their handlers are quick to point out that the fake state of Kosovo was recognized by 60 countries (less than a third of 192 UN member states), closer examination reveals the list, apart from the Western bloc, is comprised of significant portion of token-states that should fight for their own independence first, being run by the US and incurably colonial Britain, such as the above mentioned Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru and Palau, or Maldives, Burkina Faso, Liberia, Samoa and Sierra Leone; and a majority of the countries subjugated to the US, like Karzais Afghanistan, Turkey, Albania, Saudi Arabia, Costa Rica or Estonia and Lithuania.
On the other hand, majority of the UN member states refuse to condone the willful amputation of part of Serbian state territory, including the biggest and most populous countries in the world, such as Russia, China, India, Brazil and Indonesia, the key states in their respective regions like South Africa, Venezuela, Argentina and Egypt, the EU members like Spain, Slovakia, Romania, Cyprus and Greece, or the countries with a proud record of standing up to the US hegemony, such as Cuba, Syria, Libya, Azerbaijan, North Korea, Iran and Bolivia.
Agonizing Milking of Recognitions
The obvious lack of wide support for Anglo-American border redrawing designs is underlined by the fact the excruciating ordeal of milking recognitions is strictly limited to each countrys ruling elite, in essence boiling down to a few individuals at the helm of each state, with no referendums and no public debate being allowed in any of the countries which have issued recognition.
And while the Albanians are readily rolling in the mud and obligingly kissing behinds of global riffraff (reserving the Pritina street-naming tradition for the American bureaucrats alone) in a pitiful show of slavish gratitude, the utterly disgraceful drive to sever Kosovo province from Serbia has been marred by the countless humiliating revelations, including the accusations of bribery and conditioning equal to the overt or covert threats.
Thus, it was revealed Maldives recognition was bought for $2M, paid to the order of the states foreign minister, while other countries, including Macedonia and Montenegro, openly complained of the unrelenting pressure by Washington, London and Brussels, which forced their recognition of the fake state in Serbia.
Wobbly Recognitions
It took a year and a half for Albanian secessionists in Pritina to realize premature euphoria they fueled with baseless promises, such as triumphant announcements of recognitions by the 100 countries on the very day unilateral independence is declared, should be toned down in the light of sobering awareness things are not going quite as planned.
At the same time, it took less than a month for the world to learn the already pocketed recognitions are far from being as safe, sound and irreversible as Albanian lobbyists would want.
While some recognitions sounded more like the shame-ridden confessions that the states in question are, in fact, US colonies, like the Japanese recognition, dripping with apologies and discomfort, some were left open-ended from the start, such as Costa Rican pledge to withdraw the recognition if the International Court of Justice ruled against severing of Kosovo province.
Polish President Lech Kaczynski went public with his disapproval of the recognition issued by his government, punctuating his position by blocking an opening of the Polish embassy in the fake state.
The rift caused in the Czech Republic by issuing recognition of Kosovo province was even more pronounced and considered a trigger for toppling Mirek Topolaneks government.
Czech President Vaclav Klaus, one of the staunchest opponents of dismemberment of Serbia, said he was ashamed by the Czech recognition of the Serbian province as an independent state and refused to furnish the heroin state with the Czech ambassador.
Moreover, toppling of the government which issued recognition on behalf of the Czech Republic, has initiated calls in the states parliament for withdrawal of the Czech recognition.
Similar indications are now coming from Macedonia.
Citing Albanian and Macedonian dailies, B92 today wrote Skopje is considering revoking its recognition of the mafia state on Serbian territory. The report was instantly followed by Solana representatives in Brussels knee-jerk reaction, ordering Skopje and Pritina to waste no time and start building good relations the best possible confirmation Macedonian government is indeed reconsidering its earlier, forced decision.
And while there can be no doubt Macedonians will once again be exposed to the full extent of London/Brussels fury, with their violent Albanian population possibly taking up arms yet again, one wonders whether the latest soundbites coming from France might suggest a u-turn neither Washington nor Brussels (nor London, in particular) could hammer back in line.
France: Nothing is Irreversible
What is entirely clear from the recent visit by Serbian President Boris Tadic to the Elysée Palace is that France has made a decision Serbia will no longer be abused enough is enough, Sarkozy said.
Reminding of the great sacrifices Serbs have suffered in Kosovo province, French president said that Serbia has suffered a lot, it was humiliated and its time to end that. He added that conditions must not be imposed on Serbia again.
According to Belgrade daily Blic, Tadics meeting with Sarkozy signaled an end of Serbophobe Kouchners steering of the French foreign policy anti-Serbian way. Vice president of the Serbian government pointed out the agreement President Sarkozy wants to sign with Serbia in Belgrade about the strategic cooperation between the two countries carries special weight in the light of the fact France has no similar agreement with any other non-EU member state.
Sarkozy said he views Serbia as the strongest state in the Balkan peninsula, in regards to its military and economic potential, Ðelic told Blic.
What is less clear right now is whether Frances determination to support Anglo-American project of the fake state of Kosovo is as firm today as it was a year ago, when Bernard Kouchner was Frances exclusive Balkan viceroy, personally crossing every t and dotting every i.
On the eve of Tadics visit to France, Serbian-language edition of BBC carried an insightful interview with French deputy Jacques Myard from Sarkozys ruling UMP party, who is also a member of French Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee.
Asked to comment the statement of American vice president Joseph Biden that United States considers amputation of the Serbian province of Kosovo and Metohija an irreversible act, Myard said there is nothing irreversible in politics.
France recognized Kosovo, and that is its governments official position. However, in politics and international relations there is only one rule: Never say never. Nothing is irreversible. Many French deputies believe something will have to change, being that a dangerous precedent has been created in Kosovo which, for example, Russia used last summer in Georgia, when it occupied South Ossetia and Abkhazia. France is fully aware Serbia will never recognize Kosovo and it will not request any such thing, since that would be entirely absurd, Myard said.


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August 15, 2013
Modern languages professor publishes article on woman pioneer of Mexican cinema.
Submitted by Maria Teresa DePaoli
María Teresa DePaoli, associate professor of modern languages, published "The Dynamics of the Mother Archetype in Mexcan Cinema Shaped by Women: Analysis of Pioneer Matilde Landeta's Screenwriting and Film Directing of 'La negra Angustias'" in the Journal of Pan African Studies, July 2013.
Landeta is the most prolific of the Mexican women-screenwriter pioneers. The article focuses on her screenplay adaptation of Francisco Rojas González's novel "La negra Angustias" in 1944, as well as on her direction of the film in light of two of the most prominent feminine archetypes in Mexican culture: "the mother" and "the soldadera."


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Eau Buoy sits at the core of the small fishing port and resort village, affectionately known as 'Erieau'. Erieau is a peninsula located on the north shore of Lake Erie and the south shore of Rondeau Bay.
Erieau lies in the migratory paths of not only a host of bird species, but also to many folks who stop over to enjoy the sandy beaches, fish-full waters, proven hunting grounds, scenic views, great food and to enjoy the company of our local residents. People talk about southern hospitality; they must be talking about us, right here in Canada's 'Deep South'!
Eau Buoy Variety is a general store where goods and services are provided to support our local brethren, as well as fisherman, hunters, beach goers, water sports enthusiasts, boaters, sailors, scuba divers, birders, tourists, vacationers and cottagers.
The Galley Grille Pub is an Erieau Restaurant, that has its crew serving up hot coffee, delicious vittles, and fantastic conversation. Spending time in the Galley will not only allow you to experience such delectable dishes as the 'Bucky' burger and Friday's 'Yellow' perch dinner, but you may also catch a whisper of someone's secret fishing hot spot. If you're looking to absorb great lakes, bays, ponds, or puddles of knowledge and current events, The Galley is the place to be, where they also regularly host the 'Circle of Wisdom'.


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The Pullman PD has been awarded a Department of Justice "Smart Policing Initiative" grant in the amount of $300,000. The grant proposes to address violent crimes and neighborhood disorders through the use of video cameras placed at public locations where high frequencies of those types of incidents occur. Live video feed will be transmitted to the police station and police cars, and video will be recorded for use in criminal investigations and prosecutions. The camera locations will be determined through research and analysis conducted by the Washington State Institute for Criminal Justice at WSU and the WSU Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology. Initial research indicates that the Adams Mall area of College Hill is a location where the cameras could have a positive impact, although other locations may also be identified.
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Here are some highlights from Buck Showalter's pre-game media session:
Showalter announced the obvious, saying that Jim Johnson would get the call today if the Orioles had the lead in the ninth. He told Johnson via text earlier this week, after congratulating him on the birth of his son.
"He texted me something about the baby and something else, and I said, 'Congratulations. And by the way, you're closing.'" Showalter said. "And he said, 'Yeah, I know.' "
Johnson was delayed in the spring because of back issues, but Showalter said he believes Johnson has returned to form. Although he says he understands that at times Johnson could struggle in save situations – like all closers do on occasion.
"It won't be an easy job. He'll have some times where he won't be aesthetically pleasing or whatever you want to call it," Showalter said. "But Jimmy showed us last year that he's capable of doing it."
Showalter said Kevin Gregg, who began last year as the club's closer, can fill a variety of roles in the bullpen.
"Certainly pitching late in the ballgames is one of them. We've got a lot of options there."
Showalter admitted he was a little concerned in January when right fielder Nick Markakis underwent surgery to repair tears in his abdomen.
"A little bit. I wouldn't say (I was) unhappy. We had to do it a little later on in the offseason, but knowing Nick and knowing our trainers and the work that they would do to get back, maybe with somebody else I might've been more concerned," Showalter said. "But it's pretty easy to read his face and tell how he feels. I know the first probably week to 10 days of spring training, he was a little uneasy about how he was feeling. It was just uncharted territory for him, going down that long of a period. If he has a great season, we all know Nick's going to get there about March 10 next year, which might be right."
Brian Roberts (concussion) is with the team but on the 15-day disabled list. Showalter said he does hope he'll see his leadoff hitter in the lineup this year
"I've always been optimistic about that for the most part. Just like him, probably some days more than others. But it's just uncharted territory. To sit here and try and critique it, and this and that, I would've taken where he is now. He's another guy who you see his countenance and know what's going on with him. I think we all know what it would mean to our club if he could come back and play like Brian's capable."
Here are Showalter's thoughts on Opening Day being special, and important to win – no matter how much others try to downplay it.
"It's a tradition for a lot of families. Every time we have a great crowd and a great atmosphere, I really want to play especially well so people that go home and say, 'I want to come back and be a part of that.' So, of course it's important to me. If (a win) doesn't happen, I'll be disappointed. If it does, I'll dwell on it for about 10 minutes and see if we can do it again tomorrow."
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Yes, Showalter said, it's only one game of 162. Still, there's something important about it.
"I understand the reality of it. You look at last year and the years in the past, and you really know the reality of what it actually means long term," he said. "But it's one of those days when you live in the short term. I'm OK with that. I stand accused."


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A couple years ago the wacky folks at Lagunitas Brewing Company noticed that the 40th Anniversary of the release of the Mothers of Invention's first record, "Freak Out!" was coming up. They contacted the Zappa family and asked for permission to release a beer in tribute of that record. What developed was a plan to release a tribute beer for each Zappa or Mothers record to coincide with the anniversary of their release, with a portion of the proceeds benefiting Prostate Cancer research.
The first beer, "Freak Out" debuted in 2006, the second beer, "Kill Ugly Radio," (somehow the feds thought the label "Absolutely Free" would confuse consumers,) was released in 2007. "Lumpy Gravy," the third, came out early this year.
It is a brown or red ale of some sort. Maybe an "Imperial Red Ale" if such a thing exists. It has a nice fruity character in the middle tastes and some mild hop bitterness in the finish. This lends some complexity and keeps you coming back to taste again. A very enjoyable and easy drinking beer.


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Check out those flips! From Hackaday:
Straight from the Aerospace Controls Laboratory comes a variable-pitch quadrocopterdesigned by [Mark Cutler] and [Jonathan P. Howe]. While real, full-sized helicopters always have variable pitch rotors, changing the pitch of the blades on remote control aircraft is a fairly uncommon modification. When it's done right, though, being able to easily change the thrust direction of a propeller leads to very cool flights, like having an airplane hover nose down.
[Mark] and [Jonathan] identified two interesting techniques that a variable pitch quadrotor can bring to the table. The first is trajectory generation - because of the added maneuverability, their quadrotor can perform more aggressive banking turns when following a preprogrammed path. The second benefit to their design is quick deceleration. In the first video after the break, you can compare the deceleration rates of a variable pitch and fixed pitch quadrocopter. While the fixed pitch quad continues climbing after being commanded to stop, the quadrocopter outfitted with variable pitch rotors can stop on a dime.
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"While real, full-sized helicopters always have variable pitch rotors, changing the pitch of the blades on remote control aircraft is a fairly uncommon modification."
That's funny. Almost all outdoor rc helis are fixed pitch... Right...
You can't beat a variable pitch rotor for precise movement. If you are like the author and don't know anything about rc helis just search for some 3D aerobatic rc heli videos. You'll see the same kind of precise control.
Hi Chris,
Very impressive performance, I would like to get my hands on some variable pitch quad frames.
If you look carefully at the first picture in the project description, you will see that Mark is using a UAVDevBoard, version 4.
Best regards,
Interesting. I'd like to see some comparisons of thrust generation efficiency of the variable pitch system vs. the fixed pitch. And I like how they did the pitch control mechanism.
I also quirked an eyebrow at the idea that variable pitch is "uncommon".
i am wondering about the code needed to keep this thing in the air?
it would be far more complex then anything we now run.
The code doesn't have to be that much more complex. For attitude change, instead of telling a motor to speed up or slow down you just tell the prop to change pitch. Computationally that's the same thing.
Way to go Bill! MIT is playing with quads using a UDB4 UAV DevBoard! How cool is that!
A regular quad frame with 4 of these:
or these:
and a good ol UDB4 and you are off to the races!
A variable pitch rotor isn't just good for aerobatics. It can make for much smoother flight in windy - especially gusty - conditions.
A paper in the Related Publications section on the MIT website has some good data on thrust efficiency for the fixed and variable pitch methods specific to their test quad. As expected, variable pitch is generally better, but sometimes a fixed pitch (motor speed change) wins out. This is primarily because their quad is fairly small. The bigger you get the more you really need variable pitch. Of course, it always depends on exactly what you are trying to accomplish.
My impression, not sure if it's true, is that variable pitch is great for being able to make really sharp thrust changes. But I suspect that it's not as good as fixed pitch at making really small thrust changes. The servos and linkage don't have enough resolution?
My impression is that quad is flown normally, with motor RPM doing the small thrust changes. The variable pitch is just used to switch modes (upside down or right side up)


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Well, I am home from a long and fun trip to San Fransisco. I attended a conference for my college and am quite exhausted. I learned a lot and am excited about using some of the techniques in my classes. The city was beautiful, even with the smoke from the nearby wildfires. We were able to visit some of the sites, but we only had a few hours every evening for sight seeing. We are going back in the winter, so maybe I can see more.
When I got home last night, I had a package waiting for me. I had received my squares from Mary Kathryn for the Fair and Square Exchange. She sent me some beautiful bee themed squares, some needles, thread and a bee button. I love all of it. I finish all of my squares from this exchange as pinkeeps. This one will be beautiful
These are the squares that I sent to Mary Kathryn. I thought the pattern was perfect for the Friendship Fair and Square Exchange. This is a great exchange to participate.
Thanks for visiting my blog!
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Back from California and Fair and Square Exchange
Well, I am home from a long and fun trip to San Fransisco. I attended a conference for my college and am quite exhausted. I learned a lot and am excited about using some of the techniques in my classes. The city was beautiful, even with the smoke from the nearby wildfires. We were able to visit some of the sites, but we only had a few hours every evening for sight seeing. We are going back in the winter, so maybe I can see more.
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Saturday, June 21, 2008
I'm off to California for the week...
I am attending a conference this week in Oakland/San Francisco. I leave tomorrow morning, so I wanted to make a quick post to let everyone know why I haven't posted for a while. When I get back I promise to show lots of progress pictures. Most of what I have stitched lately are for exchanges that have not been received, so I can't show any pictures of those. Enjoy your week.
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Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Wow, how time flies... (Lots to share)
I am so sorry it has been so long since I have posted. I have no excuse. I have been busy with the textbook, a professional conference, gardening, and a wonderful stitching retreat, but mostly I have just been lazy. I am really enjoying my summer vacation.
I have lots to share. First, I received a wonderful exchange from Laurie through the Hooked on Exchanging group. She made me a floss tag for the Freebie exchange. She also included lots of wonderful goodies including the pin cushion, which I absolutely love.
This past weekend, I attended the Shakespeare's Peddler Stitching Retreat. It was held in Hattiesburg, MS, which is only 20 minutes from home, but we had such a great time. My two sisters, Sharon and Bridget, and our friend Lisha, also attended. We stitched quite a bit. Theresa, owner of Shakespeare's Peddler, is a great person and was a wonderful hostess. At the retreat we participated in a Pins and Needles Exchange. I made a small sewing box. I stitched a Lizzie Kate design for the top and then included scissors and a pack of needles. I was very excited about the finished product. I thought it was so cute. I received a beautiful scissor fob, stitched by my friend, Lisha. She included a pair of scissors, which I love.
Of course, we had a chance to do some shopping while at the retreat. We each received a gift certificate as part of the retreat package. I used my gift certificate to pick up a Loose Feather piece and started stitching on it. I also got the fabric to complete the Sam Sarah Twenty-Five Days piece. I had purchased the leaflet back in February and started stitching on the small pieces. I can't wait to finish this one.
While at the retreat, I stitched on the J is for Juggler band sampler I purchased last month. It is a lot of fun and very easy to stitch. I love using the specialty threads and the learning the different stitches. Can't wait to finish this one.
Lisha and I also started working on Tiger Lilly. I just love this piece. We have decided to do this as a SAL. I stitched on it yesterday some and am making great progress. How is your piece coming along, Lisha?
Thanks for stopping by and visiting. I will try to do better about posting more often.
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LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca says he will no longer hand over illegal immigrants arrested for low-level crimes to federal officials.
The Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday (http://lat.ms/UGinrQ ) that Baca has reversed his position on participating in the federal Secure Communities Program.
The program calls for local law enforcement to send all arrestees' fingerprints to immigration authorities. If the person is a suspected illegal immigrant, authorities can request the local agency hold the person for 48 hours until a transfer to federal custody.
Spokesman Steve Whitmore says the sheriff reversed his position after the state attorney general on Tuesday told local policing agencies that compliance with the program is voluntary.
Critics say the program has made immigrants fearful of reporting crimes and cooperating with police.
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abnormal areas that are too small to be felt with the hands.
A digital mammogram is done in the same way as a standard mammogram. The images from a digital mammogram are stored as a computer file, while the images from a standard mammogram are stored on film. A digital mammogram allows your doctor to view different parts of the breast without taking more images. Or a digital mammogram may be done along with digital breast tomosynthesis to make a three-dimensional picture of the breast.
Digital and standard mammograms both work well to find breast cancer. But digital mammograms may work a little better for women who are age 60 or younger.
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Haitian Immigration
The Trends of Haitian Migration
A Profile of the Haitian Immigrants
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Alex Stepick, Florida International University
Haitian Migrants and Haitian-Americans: From Invisibility into the Spotlight
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Robert Lawless
A Dominical Harvest of Shame
from Caribbean Review, vol. 8, no. 1 (Winter 1979)
Marcy Fink
The New Haitian Diaspora: Florida's Most Recent Residents
from Caribbean Review, vol. 11, no. 1 (Winter 1982)
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"All in the Same Boat?: Unity and Diversity in Haitian Organizing in New York"
Caribbean Life in New York City: Sociological Dimensions
Nina Glick-Schiller et al.
Center for Migration Studies
Chapter IV - "From Haiti to the United States: Away From Periphery Toward a Center"
Making It": Migration and Adaption Among Haitian Boat People in the United States
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"Haitian Culture: Religion, Cuisine, Music and Art"
Pride Against Prejudice: Haitians in the United States
Alex Stepick
The Impact of Migration on Haitian Family and Household Organizations
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Willemstad and Leiden: Institute of Higher Studies in Curacao and the Department of Caribbean Studies of the Royal Institute of Linguistics and Anthropology
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Becoming Black American: Haitians and American Institutions in Evanston, Illinois
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- Percusio: There is certainly much said about the comparison s of the present and past of the Catholic Church with regards to dissension . As I thought about Mr. Yoder̵ 7;s brief excerpt from...
- Ages: @UncleBlob b "I wonder at how something so obvious to me as evil and bad is, apparently , not so clear to them.̶ 1; Because they are benighted by the devil. Or at worst, they are...
- Just Some Guy: Just wait for Pius XIII to go out into the Vatican Gardens with a chainsaw (probably could be added to the coronation ceremonies ).
- Atra Dicenda, Rubra Agenda: Romans 1 1:22 For, professing themselves to be wise, they became fools. 1:23 And they changed the glory of the incorrupti ble God into the likeness of the image of a...
- Dismas: This all stinks of Romans 1:18-32. On another note, MundaCorMe um, feathers are not uniquely used in Polynesia. If you get any guff from the insolent on the matter, remind them of the...
- JonPatrick: Perhaps the number of TLM' s and people attending them has increased enough that they are starting to show up on peopleR 17;s radar. In spite of it still being a small minor...
- JonPatrick: "To plant … is believing in a growing and fruitful life to satisfy the hunger of Mother Earth's creation. This brings us to our origin by reconnecti ng divine energy and teaching us the...
- MundaCorMeum: This sordid Pachamama affair, while properly causing an outcry over idolatry, is also causing some to generalize all forms of inculturat ion as inherently wrong. Examples I have seen...
- FrAnt: This is the plan, a lot of people come out and declare what Pachamama is and what it is not to the point where no one cares and moves on.
- JustaSinner: I read the fishwrap as often as I watch CNN. I don't travel by air as often as you Father, so I'm rarely within sight of that station.
- JTH: I did not read the Fishwrap article, but I suspect the progressiv es in the Church will do what progressiv es do. I suspect they' ;ll begin to feign interest in the TLM, pretend to accept...
- anotherphilothea: Speaking as a mental health profession al… in a family, if one parent is crazy/drun k/abusive and the other parent acts like nothing is wrong, it does a heck of a lot more...
- chantgirl: Let me be blunt: Francis does not kneel before the Eucharist, and yet he is ok participat ing in a ritual in which people prostrate themselves to the ground before a pagan idol? Cupich...
- The Cobbler: If you don' t support women̵ 7;s health centers that promote and/or perform abortions, they accuse you of not caring about women or about children who are born. If you...
- Gab: It is beyond my comprehens ion how the prelates of the Church cannot see what they are doing is just so gravely wrong. Not all of them but it seems to be most.
- Benedict Joseph: Reality is what it is and we need to face it. Cardinal Cupich provides us a bitter angle on the reality of contempora ry "theologic al" perspectiv es. But it is better that we know...
- PostCatholic: Life has a habit of being forgetful about the sugar required by erstwhile lemonade makers.
- Atra Dicenda, Rubra Agenda: If we didnt have video of Amazonians and a religious brother laying prostrate face down to ground with incense in a circle around the Pachamama, I could buy all these...
- Mac in Calgary: @fmsb78: What would you say if you WERE trying to scare us? On second thought, maybe don' t answer that one.
- Charles E Flynn: When Moses came down the mountain with the Ten Commandmen ts tablets, and saw the activities in which his people were engaged, I figure he spent about 3.5 millisecon ds trying to...
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Daily Archives: 7 September 2013
How the Catholic Left will support Pres. Obama's attack on Syria.
I was going to write it, but over at CatholicVote (keep praying for Thom Peters' complete recovery!), Matt Bowman beat me to it with a great look into the wacky world of the Fishwrap's (aka National Schismatic Reporter) support of … Continue reading
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Fr. Z stands with Fr. Blake of Brighton – UPDATES
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"Where you can't have a cellphone but you can have a gun."
From the Cardinal Newman Society (see their feed on my sidebar): Wyoming Catholic College is in the news recently because of its on-campus cell phone ban for students. The ban, which has been in place since the founding of the … Continue reading
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Ain't it da trut?
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At the end of June, Ethiopia's Anti-Terror Task Force arrested nine people on charges of attempting to "destroy electrical and telecommunication infrastructures" with support from Ethiopia's arch-enemy, Eritrea. Held under Ethiopia's far-reaching antiterrorism law, only four of the suspects' names have so far been revealed and two of them happen to be journalists.
Dawit Kebede, managing editor of the independent weekly Awramba Times and a 2010 CPJ International Press Freedom Award winner, said he was stunned by the news. His longtime university friend and colleague, Awramba Times Deputy Editor Woubshet Taye is one of the suspects. "I have never been so surprised in my life and the same applies to the rest of our staff," Kebede told me. He called Woubshet "a stickler for the rule of law. I cannot think of a less likely terrorist."
Temesgen Desalegn, editor of another independent weekly, Feteh (meaning "Justice"), was also shocked to discover his columnist, Reeyot Alemu, was arrested for terrorism. "Yes Reeyot was a critical writer but a terrorist? You could never read anything in her articles that would convey any antistate tendencies," Desalegn told me.
Kebede has known his friend and colleague Woubshet Taye for 11 years since their days studying journalism together at Unity University in the capital, Addis Ababa. Kebede and Taye started working together in 2004, as Taye became a senior reporter for the now-defunct private weekly, Hadar. Taye, like Kebede, has had his share of run-ins with Ethiopian authorities. Both were arrested during the government crackdown on the independent press following the disputed 2005 elections. An avid reader, Taye donated 200 books to Awramba Times when the publication was launched in 2008. But he almost resigned from Awramba Times during the May 2010 elections after the director of the state broadcasting authority accused him of inciting and misguiding the public. Taye and Kebede had written a piece a week earlier that raised questions about the lack of public enthusiasm for the May 2010 elections, which the ruling party swept.
Alemu, 28, has worked primarily as a high school English teacher. For a short time, she served as editor of a private weekly, Addis Press, before the paper dissolved several months ago, said Desalegn, who recruited her to write a political column for Feteh. Even while working long hours as a journalist, he said, Alemu continued to teach. Just before her arrest, she was planning to marry and start a family. Her students and colleagues are in disbelief over the charges, Desalegn added.
Both Kebede and Desalegn fear the government is bringing the terrorism charges as a way to silence their publications. Knowing that a direct closure of either publication would lead to both local and international condemnation, "the arrest of Reeyot works as a warning light for us to censor our reporting," Desalegn said.
Both publications have faced intimidation from authorities and been targeted in smear campaigns by pro-government and government-controlled state media. Since Feteh started in 2008, authorities have questioned Desalegn twice and filed a staggering 41 lawsuits against him. Desalegn and Kebede have decided to continue publishing as best they can under the circumstances.
Beyond vague public accusations, the Ethiopian government has yet to present any evidence against Taye and Alemu. The journalists are expected to remain in jail for at least another month after a magistrate this week granted prosecutors an extension of 28 days to pursue "investigations," according to local journalists.