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Palestinian President Yasser Arafat promised that Parliament and president elections would take place this winter.
On Saturday, the Palestinian Election committee launched a voter registration drive, a first step towards the long waited for elections.
Early reports indicated that turn out at the 1,000 voter registration centers on Saturday was light.
The only and last Palestinian general elections were held in January 1996. the many attempts to hold elections turned out impossible due to the Israeli army re-occupation of Palestinian Authority areas.
Legislator Hanan Ashrawi said Saturday that it was safe this time to say that the "political will to hold elections is there.'
Dr. Ali Jarbawi, the Director of the Palestinian Election Commission, explained that registration drive would take five weeks, with a possible extension of two weeks.
He added that after the registration process ends, the law requires a three-month waiting period before elections can be held.
According to the Election commission plan, local elections in 36 municipalities will be held in December 9, and the remaining municipal elections will be held in three statges, ending December 4, 2005.
Arafat promised Saturday to hold general elections 'immediately' after the first round of municipal voting.
Raanan Gissin, an adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, said that Israel will delay judgment until examining the elections' results.
'If as a result of elections, especially the local ones, we are going to see new candidates, not Arafat's stooges, who will move in the direction of reform, maybe it is a small step in the right direction,' he said.
In 1996, Hamas boycotted the vote because of its opposition to the interim peace deals. However, the group is ready to compete in municipal elections and already registered observers at polling station, signaling interest in general elections as well.


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Berlin-Tuesday was the first time Bekim H. spoke during his trial. The first time he didn't ask his lawyer to speak for him. The defendant had the last word in his trial for murdering the 15-year-old pupil.
The 42-year-old stood up and removed his mask. He looked at the mother and sister of his victim. As joint plaintiffs, they sat across from him on almost every one of the 13 days of the trial.
"I want to apologize to the family. I never wanted the girl to die. I didn't mean to kill her. I'm sorry," he said.
Two and a half hours later, criminal court judge Matthias Schertz sentenced Bekim H: life imprisonment for murder in combination with rape. The court didn't find any aggravating circumstances, despite a request from the prosecutor. The crime would have had to deviate beyond just an attempt to conceal the previous crime, Schertz said. And that didn't apply here.
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The crime's only purpose was concealment. Could the defendant be held in protective custody following his sentence? No, the judge says. The law doesn't allow for that either. In Germany, murderers sentenced to life can first apply for parole after 15 years.
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Judge Schertz summarised the crime during sentencing. The child was 15 years old and at a difficult age, he said. On the night of 5 August last year, she left a friend's birthday party, was drunk and wanted to go home. At Ostkreuz, shortly before 2am, she fatefully encountered Bekim H. She initially followed the man voluntarily. Perhaps to consume drugs together.
But things changed at a deserted wasteland at Rummelsburger Bucht where "the sexual assault - and against the will of the girl" occurred, the judge recounted. Bekim H. used force for his sexual desire, as proven by the marks on the high school student's body. Then, to cover up the rape, Bekim killed her by strangling her for several minutes.
"He could do the math of what he would face if she went to the police," Schertz said.
Bekim H. is no stranger to crime. He brutally raped a 68-year-old woman in 2001. A district court acquitted him based on an insanity defence. The judges ordered him confined to a mental hospital instead. In 2014, the convict was released on parole despite warnings from the clinic.
"Which, from today's perspective, turns out to be a gross mistake," said Schertz.
Rehabilitation was a failure when it comes to Bekim H., the judge said. On the contrary, the convicted managed to sharpen his ability to manipulate people. After his release, the defendant continued to drink and use drugs, although he shouldn't have. And he deceived authorities who were supposed to monitor his condition.
The defendant exhibited pronounced disassociation, which translated into serious crimes, Schertz, one of several judges presiding over the case, said.
That night in the Rummelsburger Bucht, the defendant's culpability was not significantly impaired, and a mental disorder didn't play a role in his actions, according to the judges' assessment. Their findings tracked the opinion of a psychiatric expert, who changed her preliminary assessment during the trial. She had previously claimed the defendant was incapable of guilt. Her mind was changed by the testimony of Bekim's fiancee of three years. Bekim had never lost control with her, Schertz said.
The chamber also ruled out a drunken stupor, as described by the defendant. His demeanor "was not that of a drunk," Schertz said, referring to the defendant's clear gait on a video from Ostkreuz station. Bekim H. was also able to climb over a two-metre fence at Rummelsburger Bucht without problems. He even helped the child over. After the crime, he covered the body with branches and took her things.
"A drunkard doesn't have the guts to do that," the judge ruled. In the early morning of the day of the crime, Bekim H. called his lawyer and, around 1.30pm, turned himself in to the police.
Unsurprising verdict
Senior public prosecutor Ralph Knispel is satisfied with the verdict. There will be no appeal. Bekim's two defense attorneys said they'll wait until the written decision before deciding whether to appeal.
"Our client expected the verdict," defense attorney Jan Zielke said. In their pleas, the attorneys were unsuccessful in demands for a new psychiatric evaluation.
"The verdict is not completely unexpected," attorney Sven Peitzner, who represents the victim's mother, said. "But it doesn't change the fact that my client lost her daughter."
Once the sentencing is final, Bekim could eventually apply for parole.
"I think it will be difficult to find anyone who will claim that he's no longer dangerous," attorney Christina Clemm, who represents the victim's sister, said. She hopes the officials will pay better attention then.
Adapted from the original German by Andrew Bulkeley.


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This space does little justice to the guest I am about to introduce. But here it is...
Altaf Tyrewala is the author of the critically acclaimed books, No God in Sight and Engglishhh: Fictional Dispatches from a Hyperreal Nation. He has also edited the crime-fiction collection, Mumbai Noir. Altaf's works have been published and anthologized worldwide.
In this tete-a-tete, Altaf shares his journey that merges e-learning and creative writing. He shares an interesting perspective of how the trifecta of communication, technology, and education have always been front and center of everything he's done, and how this trifecta has contributed to his awe-inspiring career.
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Altaf Tyrewala is the author of three fiction books and editor of a crime fiction anthology. His works have been translated into Marathi, French, Spanish, Dutch, German, and Italian. He was awarded the DAAD Artist-in-Berlin literature grant in 2011 and served as Director of Chandigarh Literature Festival in 2013-14. He lives in Dallas and works as a Learning Manager for a multinational.
Opinions expressed in this podcast are solely his own and do not express the views or opinions of his employer.
Hello, listeners. If you are curious about technical communications, then this podcast is for you. On each episode, I will interview a guest who will share the unique journey. This is inside tech comm with Zohra Mutabanna Let's get started. Hello, this knows you're on the inside tech comm show and I'm your host Zohra Mutabanna. I'm honored to welcome today's guest, Altaf Tyrewala. Well, Altaf is a writer par excellence. His experience spans a breadth of genres. He can wrangle words to paint a vivid imagery, or tame it too much. Altaf, please tell us a little more about yourself.Altaf Tyrewala:
Hey, Zohra and thank you for the very kind introduction.Zohra Mubeena-Mutabanna:
Absolutely, it's my pleasure, I'm so excited.Altaf Tyrewala:
I may be able to paint vivid pictures with words, but I may not be able to paint vivid pictures with my spoken words. So I'm hoping that I don't disappoint your listening audience.Zohra Mubeena-Mutabanna:
I'm sure you want, please go ahead.Altaf Tyrewala:
I've been trying to frame my elevator pitch, so to speak, right, or whatever I've been really doing all these past decades of my productive life. And when I look back to my career trajectory, I think what I've always been trying to do is somehow do justice to the realities of the world, I find myself in, you know, I graduated in 99. And at that time, the internet was also coming of age. And I think I was the first generation that grew up reading and accessing content on the internet, especially as a college student. We had terminals throughout our throughout our college library in New York, and the medium of the Internet, and the forms and the format had become internalized. And so I think it was since then, so when I get over to my forays into the E learning space after graduation, my decade of doing my writing, as a novelist and a columnist, and then my return to the corporate learning space in 2012. Throughout all those years, I've always been trying to arrive at that healthy meeting point of communication, technology, and education. And when I say education, it really is the attempt to influence someone. Right, right, because I don't think education is devoid of that attempt to influence right, it hasn't decided or, you know, when we're designing a learning program, there is a an enabling objective, a terminal objective, and you want to be able to make sure that you meet those objectives. The trifecta of communication, technology and education have always been front and center of everything I've done. And so when I look at my, the stuff that I did in my, as a writer, and the books I published, the novels I wrote, The short stories I wrote, they've always been geared towards a specific demographic that grew up consuming the internet. My first book, no God in sight, actually had chapters that were often just two sentences long, from two sentences to maybe a couple of pages long. So it was always that attempt to speak to the realities of today and the mind of today.Zohra Mubeena-Mutabanna:
Oh, great introduction. And I think you do paint a very vivid imagery with your words. So but I think the trifecta that you mentioned, the communication, technology, and education and the influence that all those together can have on your audience is something interesting, and I think it resonates with writers, my intention is the listeners that who will be listening to this podcast will be primarily communicators. They may be technical writers, they may be UX writers, they may be instructional designers. But at the end of the day, this trifecta that you mentioned, is is key to our profession. But you also mentioned you know, how you wrote to a demographic. So it didn't matter whether you were a novelist, or what, when you got into the East Bay, the E learning, arena, audience kind of was something that you were writing too. Can you speak a little bit about that, I'm just interested in kind of seeing how you straddle the two because in my mind, being a creative writer is very different from being an instructional designer or a technical communicator. And I just would love to kind of dig a little deeper into what an audience meant when you were writing for these two different genres.Altaf Tyrewala:
So you know, interestingly, I first became an instructional writer and designer before I decided to become a full time novelist,Zohra Mubeena-Mutabanna:
I think soAltaf Tyrewala:
and so in a way I have my inauguration in the world of communication and writing and all of that stuff was, you know, I was I went through the test of fire in the learning space. So, very finely attuned me to the demands of the audiences of today. My I remember the first program that I wrote for was for a call center company in America and how they We're trying to teach their employees on how to be empathetic to homeowners, right. But they said, We don't want any long words, no long paragraphs, it has to be a paragraph has to be not more than 100 words. So it was almost like a pre Twitter demand, you know, before the Twitter era had really become a reality, it was already beginning to think in those ways that brevity, conciseness come to the point fast, somebody should be able to take away something from every paragraph, every paragraph should be serving your learning objectives in some way. And so that entire, that requirement for brevity and conciseness shaped me fundamentally. And of course, it emerged from the fact that we were writing for something that would walk on somebody's computer screen at the end of the day, and they were clicking through a program, and they would have to have sufficient audio visual elements to support the learning experience and graphical elements and things like that. So for me, that was the mind that I was writing for it and call it the demographic, you can call it the mind of the era, so to speak, that I would, that's the kind of mindset that I was writing for the kind of intellectual makeup that I was trying to cater to. And so when I began writing on but when I began working on my first book, I knew who my eventual reader was going to be, right, I was not writing for somebody who was still living in the 1970s, who was comfortable reading long texts, and was willing to get through 1000 pages. I knew that anything more than 100 pages made me uncomfortable made me impatient. So I had to simply extend that courtesy to my readers as well.Zohra Mubeena-Mutabanna:
Yeah, thank you for sharing that. What inspires me is that the podcasts that I'm trying to create this, to answer, I, myself, I'm looking for a lot of answers as a technical writer. And a lot of technical writers that I have gotten to know in my career have been career changers. with having you on my show, what I'm taking away is that you can kind of navigate these different spaces, these different genres, because there is a common thread that runs through them. As a novelist, you may call it the demographic and as an instructional designer, you might call it an audience. But there is a certain skill set, you're training your mind to start addressing that demographic that need of the audience or the, as you call it, the mind of the era. I like that I really like that phrase. It really is fascinating to me that people can navigate these two spaces. And what you have done in the past doesn't have to be compromised, that you can actually build upon that. That is a common thread that I tried to kind of emphasize and reinforce in each of my episodes is that if you've done something in the past, you always can leverage from that. So thank you so much for sharing that with us. Although I was looking at your LinkedIn profile, and I'm it's impressive, to say the least, you have done project management, you've done content strategy, you have done, of course, you're in the E learning space. So you're writing there is that that need for quick learning. There is something terminal about it, as well as a novelist and as an instructional designer. How was that for you?Altaf Tyrewala:
So Zohra. First of all, I want to backtrack to what you said earlier. And I appreciate that you recognized that what you do in the past, should be able to contribute to your future. Thank you. Thank you, that is something that you have to work towards. And it may it may sound like of course, if it worked out, then it worked out. But if it doesn't, then what, but I think everything that we do, and if we do it with kind of a sense of true emotion and dedication, should and ought to be able to contribute to your future endeavors. And so again, it's not like if I were to be looking at this objectively, I would be like there is no intersection between writing novels and working in the corporate learning space. But you have to be able to extract the right lessons from what you've done. I extracted the lessons of independent thinking, the importance of always looking at the opposite perspective, or taking into account opposing perspectives. As a novelist, that was my constant thing that I may write a page. But then I also have to think of it as a critic, and then be ready to kill my darlings. And so I've tried to carry over all those ways of thinking and being into my corporate working space in the corporate working mindset. And I find value in doing that, right. So when I work today, I'm always thinking both as a part of the organization but also as someone who's removed from it so that I can maintain that objectivity and bring in that external perspective, even if I'm not an external.Zohra Mubeena-Mutabanna:
And that's very important as a writer. Absolutely. I think the word you said was empathy. And I love the fact that you mentioned it because if you cannot empathize With your audience, then you're not putting yourself in their shoes, what their challenges could be or how they're thinking.Altaf Tyrewala:
Absolutely.Zohra Mubeena-Mutabanna:
So I think it's very important. But an interesting question comes to my mind is, did you have to have empathy as a creative writer? Or is it something that you can, you know, not pay that much attention to? I'm just curious for my personalAltaf Tyrewala:
No, no, I mean, you may start with the usual narcissism and self regard, and concern for oneself. But as any writer will attest, the craft and form and the very process of writing, especially fiction writing, if done with kind of true emotion, cannot but leave you with a sense of deep empathy and compassion. It starts with your characters first. But then you realize that my characters are finally figments of my imagination, but there is a whole world of living, breathing people around me. And that sense of empathy and compassion is unavoidable. And then of course, as to build on that, then when you have that in you, then that you can extend that empathy and compassion to all sorts of audiences. So you know, as you know, design centric thinking is a big buzzword now. But I think at the heart of it is a sense of empathy that Do you truly understand your audience? Do you truly design, whatever it is you're designing, by keeping your your end user front and center? And the empathy is the spark of that processZohra Mubeena-Mutabanna:
is the spark it is at its core and the spark soda. Okay, that's awesome. You know, you mentioned characters, and I'm thinking in my world, that would probably translate to personas. I used to enjoy creator writing, and but I felt like when once I became a technical writer, I had to sort of tone down that aspect about me, did you have that challenge of when you had to struggle one or the other? Did you have to kind of let go of one to balance the other, although we are seeing that there are these common threads. But there is this other facet? That seems to me like conflicting, right? Because as an as a writer, as a technical writer, or as an instructional designer, you have to rein in your creativity. And I'm just curious to understand what what would your take be on that,Altaf Tyrewala:
I would probably try to propose a slightly differing point of view, I don't think you need to pull back on your creativity. I think the way the The world is evolving, and we all know that there is just no predicting the future. Really, the only way to survive and to somewhat thrive in a landscape like this is to continually hold on to your creative sensibility. Because you may be in one role at for example, the work I do at my current organization is drastically different from what I was doing two years ago, right? Now, if I was not being agile and creative in my approach to my work, and if I was like, This is me, I'm formed, I can't change. I would be obsolete at my workplace. But the challenge is continually to maintain that sense of suppleness, flexibility and creativity, agility, they're all in the same family of attributes, right? To be able to quickly change your mind.Zohra Mubeena-Mutabanna:
Yeah, fundamentally, I think I see your point is that the interpretation of creativity can mean so many things in a different context. So if you're continuing to keep yourself to challenge yourself, and being adaptable, then that is a testimony of your creative self.Altaf Tyrewala:
Yeah, absolutely. And I think there is also a cultural cultural competence underlying all of this. Again, I'm just going to go out there and theorize based on my limited understanding of this, but having worked in the, in the Indian corporate space, and having worked in the in the American corporate space, ironically, I often felt freer to be creative in the Indian corporate space simply because there were no strict definitions of who or what is creative, right?Zohra Mubeena-Mutabanna:
Interesting.Altaf Tyrewala:
creativity can come from anywhere. And I often felt that we were willing to take ideas from anybody, regardless of how it was packaged. Whereas I often feel like in the American corporate space, there is a sense that, again, it stems from because we have such diversity in the American corporate space, there is an attempt to want to understand and categorize who the creative person is somebody who dresses interestingly, who manifest tiddly is creative and therefore one can rely that rely on the person to be creative. You don't I'm saying pop psychology from Altaf Tyrewala No, no basis in reality, possibly, but that's the way I see it. But one more thing that I did bring up one more point, you know, you brought up the fact that How easy was it for you to kind of switch from those, the rewriting space to the corporate learning space? And did you have to kind of pull back on your creativity and I answered that, but I think what I did have to do is I did have to learn how to be a team player. You when you're writing you're a solo player, that but i reentered the corporate learning space. After that. A decade of a break, I had to once again learn to restrain my individualistic impulses, and always take into account the team's perspective. And I think that's how I really picked up on project management's. Although I don't have a formal degree in project management, the ability to do that allowed me to take on more and more responsibility to be able to facilitate conversations between different parts of the team. Graphic Designers speak to it, it speak to visuals, visual speak to sound designer, let's see how we can all come together to create a more robust learning product, let's see how we can serve our clients better by ensuring that we're also being proactive with their requirements and really being empathetic towards their future needs. And so that ability to facilitate the conversation, and that's something I've truly enjoyed as well. And that's something I think I enjoy much more now than the solo activity of sitting alone in a room with my laptop.Zohra Mubeena-Mutabanna:
I think that's a very important perspective. Because, again, this is something that I'm theorizing based on my experience, there is this perception of writers being soul, it's a social act, they are introverts, we have all these labels that are attached to us. And I think the distinction is it depends who you're writing to, and what you're writing, then then there is a need for that you need to be there, it has to be a solo act. But when you are in the corporate world, for our listeners, it is important that you collaborate and understand the importance of working on a cross functional team. Because we are all the team is working towards a common goal, a common objective, to fulfill a common business need. And collaboration is key. And I think, you know, sharing that perspective, is invaluable. I have so many questions going through my mind all at once. And I've had a I've had them written down here. So you mentioned that you had an advertising background. But then advertising is very different from being a novelist from and it's kind of, again, we are talking about the common thread, but at the same time, there are differences. What are some of the challenges? You know, we've talked about what has worked? What was some of the challenges, if you would like to share anyAltaf Tyrewala:
challenges pertaining to what's specifically theZohra Mubeena-Mutabanna:
I would say just you know, if there were any challenges in the context of you mentioned that you took a break of a decade, and then you came back? Was it seamless to reintegrate into the corporate world? Or did you have to overcome any challenges? If so, if you'd like to share? And if not,Altaf Tyrewala:
that's great, too, mostly logistical challenges began, that's not supposed to be part of this conversation. But no, I, you know, I think when I was two, three years that I worked in the corporate learning space, before I decided to become a full time novelist, I worked for some really great organizations, and I was able to build some really deep connections with people in those organizations. And so when I showed interest to return to the corporate learning space, I was able to find room again, in one of those organizations, and they were working on a great project on a great initiative. And it was exciting work. And that really drew me in, of course, over that decade of writing was also the what also saw the rise of social media, the decimation of our attention spans and of the publishing industry. I grew up in a family that owned one of Bombay's oldest bookstores, new and secondhand bookshop, and in 2011, that bookshop closed down because my uncle's couldn't, didn't find it viable to continue anymore. And so there were so many things that occurred from 2002 to 2012. That made it more and more clear to me that I needed to pivot as much out of self interest, of course, but also out of a sense of if I want to continue to be at that intersection of communication, technology and education, I began to see how my service as a writer or a columnist, would have to lessen in volume to sort of speak I don't I mean, I guess I would have to scale back on that if I wanted to continue to be a part of this world of this era.Zohra Mubeena-Mutabanna:
I seeAltaf Tyrewala:
what may sound I may it may sound very, very cold blooded or kind of scheming. But that was never the case. Of course, I have a family to to feed, the need to pay rent. That was of course, important, but also not wanting to be left behind and become obsolete. And I began to see that in the later years of my writing life.Zohra Mubeena-Mutabanna:
I'll start off Thank you, you know, that was something very personal that you shared with us. So we really appreciate it. I really appreciate it. And this is really sort of the reason for that question is more to be encouraging to our listeners that you got to pivot. I think that's the key word here. And if you don't pivot, then you are not going to be responding. To the times, and, and grow as an individual more. So I'll never forgetAltaf Tyrewala:
the never forget the importance of nurturing relationships of, again, you know, I know that building one's brand is such an abused term. And I often find it distasteful when it is done in this kind of cold blooded manner. But I think you build your blind in it, build your brand, inadvertently, when you do do your best. When you give your all, when you truly are empathetic towards the needs of the folks you're working with. And so then they forever remember the services you provided to them in whatever capacity you could. And that is a form of building one's brand or leaving one's legacy for however short period of time you've interacted with someone.Zohra Mubeena-Mutabanna:
Now, I love what you said, I think, yeah, we're all trying to constantly build our brand. And I think the influence that you have on other people is also kind of building your brand, right? It's not what you put out on social media and just on your LinkedIn profile. But these organic relationships that you build with people also speak to your brand. I want to go back to when you transition from being a novelist to a back into the corporate world. One of the things that I mentor students who want to kind of make it into technical writing, and we talked about portfolios. Now, did you have to update your portfolio? Or were you able to use the different genres of writing that you had created under the corporate world respond well to that,Altaf Tyrewala:
the team that I rejoined, I had been in touch with them. And they had been bureau watching my portfolio out in the public, because I was also a columnist for some newspapers in Bombay, and Lockwood, my books were kind of in the news a bit. So there was, you know, that portfolio was out there. And I think that helped, that helped. And then when I rejoined it, I was kind of on probation for the first nine months, because I think I needed to make sure the organization also needed to make sure. But it worked out well. I was able to pivot, I was able to adapt to the new realities of my situation and of the new working environment, because again, I hadn't worked in 10 years, and the entire working world had changed new technologies, new ways of collaborating and communicating across teams, and with clients and client expectations that evolved as well. So I think,Zohra Mubeena-Mutabanna:
actually, so this goes back to what you just said, about building relationships and nurturing them. And that's what you're not kind of pay itself forward. Yeah, true, right. As we grow in our careers, and the grades appear, you kind of tend to fall back on those relationships. And for anybody that is starting of their career, I always recommend that keeping that communication alive is key, because you never know when that relationship can can grow to become something better. It's not just about benefiting monetarily, but just as humans, keeping in touch, there's something that is what your experience sort of reinforces, but is there anything else that you would like to share, not just advice, anything else that you'd like to share with our audience, and our listeners,Altaf Tyrewala:
you know, I'd like to loop back to what I said earlier about how what I'm doing now is so drastically different from what I was doing just a couple of years ago. And, and I know that two years later, I'll be doing something radically different within hopefully the talent management and talent development space, but it's going to be different. So I'd like to talk a little bit about what I'm doing now. And in my current role, we're not creating content, okay, in the same volume that we were just until a couple of years ago, curation has become a very important aspect of my role. And this is primarily because our technological platforms that deliver learning have evolved and are being driven by AI. And so automated and advanced, that they are able to pull together resources from disparate sources at a much better scale than any one individual or team can do, right. So, if you want to create a truly robust learning experience for your user, you have to be able to provide them a full bouquet of offerings. And you have to then so I almost feel like I am now co partnering with technology and AI and using it for to to to serve my user, the best I can. Earlier it was just our team and the E learning creation development team that was servicing the user. Now AI is also helping us out and it is reducing the requirement for development. But it is truly enhancing the user experience. It is truly bringing the world at the user's fingertips. And going forward I can just see possibly that the curation aspect will also you know, the the need for humans to curate content will slowly ebb because will become more and more refined and sophisticated. And so we'll have to take on more strategic roles, we'll have to start thinking of how components of the present will fit together and unknown permutations and combinations in the future. And that's where the human ability to strategize and plan for the future will become more and more important.Zohra Mubeena-Mutabanna:
Wow, that sounds really fascinating to me. Unfortunately, I have not had as much interaction with AI. As much as I would like, you know, there's sort of a humanizing element to the way you meant talked about AI. And that's going to become more and more true. And I think curating content is the way to go. Nobody will be creating content from scratch, but rather curating that content that has already been created. So yes, being forward thinking being open minded, is the name of the game. Absolutely, absolutely.Altaf Tyrewala:
It's scary. Of course, it's also often disorienting, because things change so much, you don't even know what direction you need to be going into. But which is where I feel that you have to kind of be alive to the moment. And never truly think of yourself as a finished product. Oh, I love that always be ready to change and flex. And I know, it sounds very kind of Oh, okay. Yeah, everybody would love to do that. But it's not easy. It's not easy, it's painful, it's scary. It's terrifying, to not know what your role is going to be in the next six months or one year. But I think if you just make peace with that state of terror, you can truly ride the wave.Zohra Mubeena-Mutabanna:
Yeah, and we are doing that. It's just that, you know, when you think too far, you tend to feel overwhelmed. But then you you'd rather be proactive than reactive. So I think that's a very important takeaway from this conversation is to, to be connected with your tribe to be responsive. And to be aware, self awareness is one thing, and then what is going on around you,Altaf Tyrewala:
and learn from the past, learn from the failures of the past. And don't think of them as failures, as much as think of them as lessons to be learned and internalized and never to be repeated. I mentioned that bookshop, right, the new and secondhand bookshop, it was part of my family's legacy. And I remember for a couple of years before it closed down, I was like, No, I should take over this, I should be the one running this. But now when I look back, I'm like, I'm glad I didn't, because I would have been, I would have taken on an establishment that eventually would have had to accept the reality of the time, right to scale back. And that would have been more painful. So while I grieve the loss of that establishment or grieve the loss of so many ways of being that I had become comfortable within the past, I also accept the fact that yes, if I had remained stuck in that I would have become obsolete. I wouldn't have been able to measure now.Zohra Mubeena-Mutabanna:
Yeah, I mean, in hindsight, that seems like you made the right decision, because it has allowed you to be here and to be enjoying it.Altaf Tyrewala:
So well. Yeah, enjoyment might be a far stretch.Zohra Mubeena-Mutabanna:
I know. I should choose my words more carefully. I agree. But I think I guess in a state of mind where you feel like you're creating value for the skepticism, skepticism. So I thinkAltaf Tyrewala:
I think all value is retrospective, all value is retrospective, you looked back and you realize you've created value, out of 100 things we do. 40 of them may end up feeling like that was valuable. But 60 of them are like Oh, that was a total waste of time. I shouldn't even have gone down that path. But that's fine. That's that's life.Zohra Mubeena-Mutabanna:
That is life. Exactly. And I think there is no right or wrong to it. It's just what it was. And you've moved on. And as much as as you said, you grieve the loss of that establishment. But you've been able to pivot, and I think being adaptable. And moving on is how you can I guess, be able to live with the times and strategize. So, on that note, Altaf, I really had fun engaging in this conversation with you. Is there any resources that you would like to share? If you have any?Altaf Tyrewala:
No, no, not that I can. There's no flexibility of course, I have my own, go to things go to places. But that's I try to always ensure that I have a lot of extra curricular reading that happens. You know, I try to keep in touch with the latest trends in art and philosophy and science and technology. And it may seem like it's not directly related to my work, but when I read that stuff, I'm gonna keep in touch with that stuff it It enriches what I bring to the table when I get to work, which is why I'm a big fan also of always nurturing a side passion. Think of it as Plan B, but think of it as something that allows your brain to switch off from your main money earning activities and switch back to something that truly gives you so much of self sustained pleasure and joy but also enriches you. So when you go back to plan a from Plan B, you enrich Plan A as well. ability to pivot in And existing towards at the same time.Zohra Mubeena-Mutabanna:
I think with the 2020 being the way it was, it has allowed us to pause and decompress and having that as something that you do on a regular basis. Yeah, is important, I think. And on that note, Altaf, thank you so very much. It was an absolute pleasure.Altaf Tyrewala:
Thank you for having me.Zohra Mubeena-Mutabanna:
Absolutely. enjoyedAltaf Tyrewala:
the conversation. Thank you. ThankZohra Mubeena-Mutabanna:
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John McKay, the former hall of fame coach of the University of South California Trojans once said "it is not the superstars who win the championships—It is all the average players who play their hearts out behind the scenes with no accolades, that make the superstars better and win games."
These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon (who is called Peter) and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John; Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him. These twelve Jesus sent out. . . (Mark 10:2-5a)
Notice how ordinary the 12 men in Jesus starting lineup were. There were no superstars. They had no formal education that we know of. Neither did they possess any special skills or extraordinary talents which would have qualified them to speak for God. They were just ordinary guys living ordinary lives.
I think the most common mistake that we often make is to assume that God calls only the most impressive, the most gifted, the most talent people. Indeed, that seems to be the exact opposite of what God does. God doesn't call the prepared, God prepares the called!
What kind of people does God use for His purposes? What kind of men did Jesus choose? When we think of the 12 disciples, we are prone to think of stained-glass saints. People without faults, people who have been canonized, people who manifest none of the failures of humanness that beset us.
They were people just like us—He picked 12 unqualified people who were so diverse it's incredible. And they all had problems. They all had sins, even the best of them. It's a list of the unqualified like Philip and his buddy Bartholomew (also known as Nathanael). Join us this week at Sedona United Methodist Church as the Rev. Fred Mast shares an inspired message entitled "On the Job Training".
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Monday, December 15, 2014
TTT: My favorite books read in 2014
Read for my SOTH book club in January.
Round House by Louise Erdrich
Read for my RHS book club in January
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic for Gold at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin by Daniel Brown
Nonfiction; also read in January (it was a month of good books) for RHS book club in February.
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
An audiobook read by the author. Very magical and imaginative.
Wonder by RJ Palacio
A Junior book but quite wonderful and magical. Read for SOTH book club in March.
How to Teach Your Children Shakespeare by Ken Ludwig
Ever hear the phrase "The book fell open and I fell in"? This phrase aptly describes my experience with this book. I hoarded it and kept renewing it at the public library until they wouldn't let me renew it again.
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Everyone who had read this book before me told me I would love it. They were right.
The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
This is the book I tell people to read if they can't figure out what to read. What is not to like? A book about books and short stories!
Looking for Alaska by John Green
My only re-read on this list. It has been a favorite YA book for a long time.
The Golem and Jinni by Helene Wecker
This was another audiobook selection and it took forever to finish the book in this format but I loved the experience of this book.
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
My first magical realism in a super-long time. I had to work pretty hard to appreciate this book but the work paid off and I'm pretty proud of myself for both conquering AND enjoying this book.
The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
Important topics---anti-slavery AND feminism written by a favorite author.
Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya
My second magical realism of the year and I was ready for it. I see why this one ends up on a lot of "must-read" lists, but like One Hundred Years of Solitude, it is not a good selection for someone not willing to work at it.
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
An audiobook read by the author. I LOVED this book but others in my RHS book club didn't which makes me wonder if the format (audio) was the trick.
I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
My favorite YA book of the year and the one I hope wins the Printz Award.
And lastly, I am sure this book will be on my favorites list but I am not finished with it yet:
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
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I'm currently reading reading The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman... Otherwise, I haven't read any of the books you've mentioned in your post. I'll have to check them out! Here is a link to my TTT list for the week: http://captivatedreader.blogspot.com/2014/12/top-ten-tuesday-top-ten-books-i-read-in.htmlReplyDelete
I keep seeing I'll Give You The Sun on lists and it's making me so excited to read it! :-) It looks like you've had a great reading year! :-) My TTTReplyDelete
Thanks for stopping by my blog!!! Im definitely adding Give you the Sun, since its everywhere!!!ReplyDelete
I didn't know The Ocean at the End of the Lane was read by Neil Gaiman! I may have to check this out! And I'm due for a Looking for Alaska reread. Love it!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 16, 2014 at 11:20 AM
I recently checked out Looking for Alaska on audiobook--still need to start it! - Maggie @ macarons & paperbacksReplyDelete
Oh, I like your presentation of your favorite reads for 2014. May I steal the idea?!?ReplyDelete
Of the books on your list, I've read only three of them. I very much agree with your choice of Looking for Alaska! Also, I do enjoy Gaiman, although I have yet to read The Ocean at the End of the Lane.Replies
Sure. I am always admiring other graphics on blogs and can't figure out how they do them, so I am honored that someone likes something I've done.Delete
This year I loved Round House, The Boys in the Boat, The Invention of Wings and A Tale for the Time Being also. Incredible books and they all stretched me as a person and a thinker. I read the Shadow of the Wind a long time ago and it was amazing too, very mystical.ReplyDelete
We had highs and lows with our selections for book club this year, for sure.ReplyDelete
The only one of these which is I'll Give You The Sun, but yes. It's the best! I just loved it so much. =)ReplyDelete


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Automation threatens more than half of all formal jobs in Brazil
Automation technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) could make more than half of all formal employment vacancies irrelevant in Brazil, according to new research.
The study by University of Brasília (UnB) employed data from a government database used to inform policies around the Brazilian labor market. The database covers 97 percent of formal employment in the country and includes information such as workers' income, educational level and age.
Some 1122 occupations were split into five groups according to the level of knowledge required to perform the various tasks. According to the research, which also incorporated evaluations from 69 local researchers focusing on automation, machines could do the job of 54 percent of Brazilians in formal employment, with 60-80 percent being at a "high" or "very high" risk of having their jobs wiped out by automation.
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If Brazilian organizations continue to employ automation technologies at the current rate, it could mean 30 million jobs will be eliminated by 2026, says the study.
"This is the most likely scenario given that the automation of tasks for companies would result in an increase in the efficiency of their processes, cost reduction and the possibility of round-the-clock execution of certain activities," it adds.
"The challenge faced by the Brazilian government in the near future is to deal with this scenario by ensuring sufficient training for workers (especially low-skilled workers) to work in other activities where the level of automation is lower."
Jobs at risk include what the research defines as non-cognitive occupations such as trash collector, as well as other tasks involving cognitive abilities such as receptionist and bus conductor.
According to the study, automation threatens more jobs in Brazil than the United States, where 47 percent of vacancies could be eliminated by technology, but less than Europe (59 percent).
In other Latin countries such as Uruguay, automation poses a risk to 63 percent of jobs and in Argentina, 65 percent of vacancies could be eliminated, the study says. Guatemala has the highest percentage, where 75 percent of jobs could be done by machines.


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86 45: To reject, discard, cancel, get rid of the 45th President of the United States.
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Chopal: Shimla rural legislature Vikramaditya Singh has accused Chopal legislature Balbir Singh Verma for presenting false picture of the development in Vidhan Sabha.
Vikramaditya Singh, while talking to the media at Chopal, blamed the state government for stalling development of the segment. Singh detailed out development work initiated by the previous Virbhadra Singh government. He stated that the government works in continuity, but despite being a BJP legislature from the Chopal assembly segment, region has not benefited. And even pace of development work is not satisfactory.
Taking jibe at the BJP Chopal legislature Balbit Singh Verma, who was an associate member of the previous Congress party led government and left the government after joining BJP, Vikramaditya Singh said that Chopal MLA claimed of unprecedented development in the segment during the present Govt, but in reality Verma has failed to get even single project for the segment from his own party government.
Chopal legislature had claimed in the Vidhan Sabha that his segment was leading on the front of development with all 68 assembly constituencies of the state, but on the contrary projects, awarded during the previous Virbhadra government, are yet to get started, Congress leader further added.


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The problem with eating delicious meat is that lesser cuts just don't taste the same once you have!
When Paramount Fine Foods invited myself and a few other tastemakers to the grand opening of their Yonge & Eglinton Paramount Butcher Shop location (pun intended), I expected good food. I'd hit my share of butcher shops over the years, so I figured my taste buds were ready for whatever might come my way.
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HELSINKI — The Finnish government and major insurance companies announced Wednesday they will pay for lifetime medical care for children diagnosed with narcolepsy after receiving the swine flu vaccine.
"The compensation will provide much-needed financial assistance for the families, although it cannot take away the emotional distress caused by this condition," Social Services and Health Minister Paula Risikko said in a statement.
Finnish and international researchers recently found a conclusive link between the Pandemrix swine flu vaccine and new cases of narcolepsy, a chronic nervous system disorder which causes people to often uncontrollably fall asleep.
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Thus ends what might have been a veeeerrrrry interesting constitutional debate over the limits of presidential pardons. Despite calls from members of Congress to continue pressing a contempt charge against former Maricopa County sheriff Joe Arpaio, the federal judge dismissed it with prejudice. However, the case may not be fully over:
Acceding to a controversial pardon from President Donald Trump, a federal judge has dismissed the criminal contempt of court case against former Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio for defying a court order to stop profiling Latinos, multiple local news reports said.
U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton tossed out the case against the 85-year-old ex-lawman with prejudice, meaning it cannot be reinstituted.
Bolton ruled that the pardon is "valid" in applying to the contempt charge, a decision that disappointed a coalition of House Democrats and liberal groups that had petitioned the court to ignore it. They argued that a presidential pardon infringed on the separate and equal power of the judiciary, an "intentional usurpation of the Court's authority by the President." Upholding the pardon would create an impermissible power for the executive branch to rob the judiciary of the authority to enforce its orders, they argued.
That might have been a compelling case to make, especially to higher courts that would see the risk of an executive overreach into their jurisdiction. The counter to that argument would be twofold. First, such pardons would be infrequent and subject to political accountability, as all pardons are. Second, if the authority for pardons is plenary — and that has long been the precedent for executive clemency actions — then it has to apply to criminal contempt charges as well as all other crimes.
Fortunately for Arpaio, that debate is over, but the case itself isn't — at least not entirely. Bolton still has not decided whether the pardon vacates all of the earlier rulings in the case, including a harsh condemnation of Arpaio for defying the court's authority:
Bolton has previously said case law suggests a pardon doesn't erase a recipient's underlying record of conviction and instead is aimed at lessening or canceling punishment. The pardon had previously led the judge to cancel Arpaio's sentencing hearing.
The judge is considering a request from Arpaio to throw out the ruling that explains his guilty verdict. In the ruling, Bolton cited television interviews and news releases in which the sheriff made comments about keeping up the patrols, even though he knew they were no longer allowed.
Arpaio's attorneys have said the requests are aimed at clearing Arpaio's name and barring the ruling's use in future court cases as an example of a prior bad act. "This is a matter of basic fairness," said Arpaio attorney Jack Wilenchik.
At this point, isn't this just semantics? The ruling will continue to exist, even if it's withdrawn. Arpaio's critics will continue to reference it regardless of how Bolton rules. Arpaio no longer holds public office, and at 85 years of age is unlikely to hold another, so the risk of using it as evidence of "a prior bad act" is rather low.
Having accepted the pardon as "valid," Bolton has little choice but to vacate the entire case, including all of the rulings in it. If she keeps them in place, though, we might still have ourselves a fine little constitutional debate over presidential pardons … a debate that should have taken place after Bill Clinton pardoned Marc Rich.


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Feed your feline friend's wild side with Taste of the Wild Canyon River Grain-Free Canned Cat Food! Featuring real trout as the very first ingredient along with ocean fish and smoked salmon, this delicious and nutritious, grain-free food also includes sweet potatoes that deliver the highly-digestible energy your active cat needs to thrive. Carrots, blueberries and raspberries offer natural antioxidant support for overall health and immunity, while added taurine provides vital support for strong eyesight and healthy heart function. Give your cat companion the taste of the wild she constantly craves!
Key Benefits
Trout, Fish Broth, Vegetable Broth, Ocean Fish, Dried Egg Product, Potato Starch, Pea Flour, Smoked Salmon, Carrots, Guar Gum, Natural Flavor, Sunflower Oil, Sweet Potatoes, Sodium Phosphate, Salt, Potassium Chloride, Inulin, Tomatoes, Blueberries, Raspberries, Taurine, Dl-Methionine, Choline Chloride, Iron Amino Acid Chelate, Zinc Amino Acid Chelate, Thiamine Mononitrate, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Vitamin E Supplement, Copper Amino Acid Chelate, Manganese Amino Acid Chelate, Sodium Selenite, Niacin Supplement, D-Calcium Pantothenate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Riboflavin Supplement, Vitamin A Supplement, Biotin, Potassium Iodide, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Folic Acid.Caloric Content
933 kcal/kg, 79 kcal/3 oz can, 145 kcal/5.5 oz can
|Guaranteed Analysis
|Crude Protein
|8.0% min
|Crude Fat
|3.0% min
|Crude Fiber
|1.5% max
|82.0% max


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Today's installment of campaign-related news items that won't necessarily generate a post of their own, but may be of interest to political observers:
* As the next round of Wisconsin recall races draw closer, right-wing money is flooding into the state, including a $1.5 million investment from the Club for Growth.
* At this point, it appears the question isn't whether Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) will launch a presidential campaign, but when he'll announce. Politico reports today, "This week alone, Perry is meeting in the Texas capital with a group of elected officials from Arkansas, then with another later in the week from Tennessee and Georgia. He's also hosting a group of national donors. Next week, he's set to sit down with a different set of bundlers."
* Flush with secret cash and facing legal deadlines, Karl Rove's attack operation is launching another round of dishonest ads targeting Democrats in Florida, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, and Ohio.
* Republican presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman has been struggling to catch on with GOP voters, but the former Obama administration official still hopes to thrive in New Hampshire. Huntsman's staff in the Granite State is now up to 21 people, nearly triple the size of any other Republican candidate's staff, including Mitt Romney's.
* With Mike Huckabee not running for president, his top aides are in high demand among GOP candidates. Yesterday, the former executive director of HuckPAC joined Rick Santorum's team as a top advisor.
* In Michigan, with former Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R) kicking off his U.S. Senate campaign, his primary opponent, John McCulloch, will drop out and endorse Hoekstra.
* In New Jersey, the latest survey from Public Policy Polling shows Gov. Chris Christie (R) would lose badly in his own state against President Obama, 56% to 39%. Christie, it's worth noting, has said repeatedly that he will not be a 2012 candidate.
* And in Wisconsin, if Democrats can force Gov. Scott Walker (R) into a recall race, would former Rep. Dave Obey take him on? Obey's cagey responses to questions suggest he's probably interested.


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Jack in the Box tests many products throughout different markets and in order to reach people in a way that wasn't just food focused spots we created short jokes with existing template footage of Jack. Welcome to Pun City baby! People loved these spots so much we ended up using it for our primary product, 50/50 Popcorn Chicken. Turns out they've been the best performing spots in Jack in the Box history and yes if you're wondering, we're just as stumped as you are.
Also one of the proudest food shoot moments of my career was rigging the sliders to slide. The production company thought I was crazy but here we are. A magic carpet ride of burgers.
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A baby robot called iCub would soon help researchers study how a robot may be able to develop and pick up language skills. Researchers at the School of Computer Science of the University of Hertfordshire are working with an international team led by the University of Plymouth on a project called ITALK or Integration of Transfer of Action and Language Knowledge in Robots.
ITALK project aims to teach the robot to develop language skills by using the same methods that is used by human parents to teach their children. Professor Chrystopher Nehaniv and Professor Kerstin Dautenhahn, both professors at the University of Hertfordshire and also leading experts in Artificial Intelligence and Human Robot Interaction, will be conducting the experiments in human and robot language interaction in order to enable the robot to talk with humans.
One of the typical experiments that will be conducted with the iCub would be activities such as inserting objects of various shapes into their corresponding holes inside a box, stacking wooden blocks as well as serializing nested cups. The robot will also be taught how to name objects and actions so that it can develop using simple phrases to converse with humans.
The approach of the research would be to let the robot learn individually and socially for others and use its language abilities to further learn other social and manipulative abilities. This will enable the iCub to use the language that it learns to develop other cognitive abilities. It will be patterned to how a child learns by imitation of parents and interacting with the environment around it. This research will have a significant impact on the development of future generations of interactive robotic systems.
Source: University of Hertfordshire. "First Humanoid Robot That Will Develop Language May Be Coming Soon." ScienceDaily 4 March 2008. 8 May 2008 .


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Kimberly Foxx, the first African-American woman to serve as Cook County state's attorney in Chicago, found herself under fire Tuesday after her office stunned the country by suddenly dropping all charges against "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett.
The state's attorney's office announced its decision to drop the charges just weeks after he was indicted on 16 felony counts of filing a false police report in connection with his claim to be the victim of a hate crime in January.
Foxx had recused herself from the racially-charged case last month, before Smollett was charged, and handed it over to her deputy, with a representative of her office saying at the time the recusal "was made to address potential questions of impartiality based upon familiarity with potential witnesses in the case."
It was later reported by the Chicago Sun-Times that Tina Tchen, a Chicago lawyer and former chief of staff to first lady Michelle Obama, had put Foxx in touch with members of Jussie Smollet's family days after he told police he was the victim of a homophobic, racist attack.
Image: Kim FoxxCook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx arrives to speak to reporters at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse after R. Kelly's first court appearance on Feb. 23, 2019, in ChicagoMatt Marton / AP file
A Chicago police union, the Fraternal Order of Police, has now asked the Department of Justice to investigate Foxx's role in the decision to not prosecute Smollett.
"The FOP is outraged by the decision to drop charges against Smollett, but not surprised," the union said in an emailed statement to NBC News. "Since Kimberly Foxx has taken office, she has transformed the prosecutor's office to a political arm of the anti-police movement. We renew our call for a federal investigation of her role in this case and expect the media to conduct a thorough investigation."
There was no direct response from Foxx. Her spokeswoman, Tandra Simonton, insisted that the Smollett case was treated no differently from the more than 5,700 other "cases for alternative prosecution" that the office has handled in the past two years.
"This is not a new or unusual practice," Simonton said in a statement.
According to the statement, it does not mean prosecutors had any problem with the Chicago Police Department's investigation of Smollett, who told police on Jan. 29 that he had been beaten up by two masked men in the swanky Streeterville neighborhood while he was out getting food. The actor, who is gay and black, claimed his attackers hurled racist and homophobic slurs before punching him, putting a noose around his neck, and dousing him with what he said was bleach.
"We did not exonerate Mr. Smollett," Simonton said. "The charges were dropped in return for Mr. Smollett's agreement to do community service and forfeit his $10,000 bond to the City of Chicago. Without the completion of these terms, the charges would not have been dropped. This outcome was met under the same criteria that would occur for and is available to any defendant with similar circumstances."
Simonton's statement came after Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel denounced the Smollett decision as a "whitewash of justice" and Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson said his department was blindsided by the move.