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Irrepressibly droll.
On 20-kilometer walk competitors at the Beijing Olympics:
They will continue to propel themselves, year in, year out, as if learning to moonwalk too soon after a hip replacement.
On Yoda (Space Case, "Star Wars: Episode III"):
Also, while we're here, what's with the screwy syntax? Deepest mind in the galaxy, apparently, and you still express yourself like a day-tripper with a dog-eared phrase book. "I hope right you are." Break me a f***ing give.
An aside from a surprisingly enthusiastic review of "Anvil! The Story of Anvil":
Specialists might prefer to file them [Anvil] under thrash metal, that delicate subset of the genre, but "Anvil!" is wise enough to steer clear of such hairsplitting, not least because, in a world where most of the guitarists look like exploded spaniels, there is an awful lot of hair to split.
It was a stroke of genius to send him to the Eurovision Song Contest, and he *kills*. Even if you can't sing "Dinge Dong" and "Waterloo", and never saw Bucks Fizz rip their skirts off, it's hilarious:
She [Celine Dion early in her career] looked like a naval officer trying to mate with a lampshade.
He rejects amped-up, choppily-edited incoherent movies and (correctly) rails against the increasing pornography of violence that movies wrap in comic book form. But he's no Andy Rooney. From a review of "Red":
Why should our mature, more thoughtful citizens be expected to watch loud films full of muscular men in their twenties shooting each other and blowing stuff up? What manner of challenging drama would the middle-aged prefer? And the answer is :loud films full of muscular men in their fifties shooting each other and blowing stuff up.
Describing how Robert Redford and his director of photography light scenes in "The Conspirator":
I was hoping that Redford had exhausted his love of soft gilding in "A River Runs Through It" (1992), better known as "The Vaseline Rubs on It," but the new film bathes in the stuff.
In a sweet but not cloying piece about life at Pixar:
[Chief creative officer John] Lasseter became a skipper on the Jungle Cruise, at Disneyland, still one of the best preparations for a life in the movie business, where the crocodiles wear suits.
Madonna's "W.E." get another zinger:
like all royal sagas, including "The King's Speech," this film is determined to present the British princes as handsome devils, whereas, in reality, they were bred to look like basset hounds with indigestion.


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text: BIOGRAPHY James Westwater (b. 1962, Salvador, Brazil; lives in New York City and Beacon, NY) works primarily in painting and sculpture to investigate the liminal and the absolute. Much of his work incorporates a symmetrically placed oval motif that evokes heraldic iconography and references religious art. Through the visual language of a recurring Hard-edge geometric shape and systematic composition, and his use of commonplace materials like bare plywood, along with old construction signs, postcards, paintings, and objects, he utilizes pictorial space and the built environment to mediate the familiar and the ineffable. Before moving to New York in 2005, Westwater lived and worked in England, Portugal, Los Angeles, and New Mexico. He is a graduate of the UK's Ipswich Art School and Manchester Art College. In the US, at the Santa Fe Art Institute, he studied art with Richard Tuttle, Pat Steir, and Komar and Melamid, and critical writing with Peter Schjeldahl. His paintings and sculptures were first shown in the late 1980s in Los Angeles and New Mexico. By the mid-1990s, he was being shown in New York and internationally. His work is in several permanent collections.


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January 16, 2018
Sooner or later, it happens: that cute kid who used to bound out of bed every morning chipper as a little brown squirrel metamorphosizes into a slugabed. When he finally rises, he stumbles out of bed at noon-thirty, bleary-eyed and slumping.
How did that happen?
Because of hormones, a teen's body clock changes. So, when they were previously happy to go to bed at a decent hour, they seem to come to life when the rest of us are, well, frankly, exhausted.
Their sleep/wake pattern has changed, which not only makes them very lively late at night, but they also wake up more slowly, even when they get the nine-ish hours they need.
At the same time, they have increased demands of a more rigorous educational curriculum and homework in high school, and most high schools start quite a bit earlier than even their elementary school counterparts.
Another issue which is poorly affected by lack of sleep is driving, which usually begins in high school. But, while many people feel teaching kids how to drive should happen later, the reality is that kids who wait until they're older to learn how to drive become really poor drivers as adults.
Unfortunately, bedtimes don't work with a teen the way they do with younger children. A teenager who is forced to go to bed will star at the ceiling for hours. It isn't that he is being stubborn, it's that his biological clock is off. Thankfully, it will return to normal when he's in his early 20's.
Meanwhile, students should try to start school later, if possible. Parents should urge their school districts to rethink starting times, as kids who start later have been shown to have better attendance rates, higher grades, less depression and illness, and a lower rate of dropping out and attrition. So, as a result of getting more sleep, they're better able to cope with the pressures of experimentation with drugs, sex, and alcohol.
Teens who have a calm, organized routine at an appropriate bedtime will find sleeping easier. Like any other insomnia victim, teens who turn off the electronics and have a regular bedtime pattern are telling their biological clock to slow down. If they can repeat the same pattern night after night, eventually, falling asleep will be easier.
A teen should have a clean, electronic-and-homework-free bed in a room which isn't too warm. In fact, snuggling under the covers may help a teen sleep (but, not if they're too cold!)
If your teen is due for a new bed, why not make that happen for them? In a few short years, they'll be young adults, and the opportunities to help them through the difficult teenage years will have passed.


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On revising… and revising… and revising
Nov 04
So, I may have gotten a little ambitious. Back when I revealed the superamazingfantasticawesome cover for Terra, I started talking about how my book would likely be ready for released in mid-November. Weeeell, it's officially early November now, and that's not looking likely. Not that I'm complaining, of course. I've said from the beginning that I want to do this RIGHT, and I will take as much time as I need to do so. That said, I will admit now that I got just a little too excited.
Dude. Revising is hard.
I complained a lot that writing is hard, back when I was just finishing the actual writing of my first draft, but I will say hands-down that editing is much harder. I'm very lucky that I have a couple of highly skilled friends who are helping me, but it's still tough-going. However! I can now say that I am proudly finished with my first round of edits! So, my first draft has officially become my second draft, and that is pretty exciting stuff. There's still quite a bit of copyediting to do, with the additions and changes I've made, but when I talk about revisions I'm talking about bigger stuff than comma splices and appropriate US AP style (which, I have learned, I know basically nothing about, hahaha).
I haven't made any HUGE story changes, but I've done a lot of tightening up of the storyline, and flushed out a few things. The word count as it stands now is a little over 73,000 (although at one point during the editing process it went down to 69,000, haha). I think that an early December release may still be a possibility, but I'm not going to get too wrapped up in the timeline right now. My biggest thing is to continue making sure this book is as strong and well-written as possible. Unlike the rest of my life's endeavors, which I readily admit have been predominantly half-assed, I am taking this book very seriously. I mean, let's be honest. As a self-publisher, I kind of have to. There are already too many things working against me not to put in 150%.
So! That's just my little update for right now. While I've been working on edits, I've also been boning up on my XHTML coding skillz (read: learning how to code from scratch) so that I can properly convert the manuscript into eBook format when the time comes. I've also been planning out the interior layout of the trade paperback, and am planning on blogging about both those things in detail soon.
The to-do list is still long, but I'm whittling it down one thing at a time. Now I just have to make sure to keep my enthusiasm in check… urk. I'm just so anxious to get Terra out there for you all to read!Read More


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These testimonials were published between January 2001 and February 2010. To view recent posts, go to ExChristian.Net
I was helping to destroy the world
My mother was the American Suburban version of "good Christian". That is, believes in the Bible word-for-word, does devotions and prayers exactly as they are written out on the book, prays before every meal - but doesn't go to church because she's fat, and she just KNOWS everyone is going to stare at her and she'll be so embarrassed and look so bad......Apparently God judges appearances a lot.
My dad on the other hand, nobody knows what he thinks. I think the best label to apply to him would be "pessimistic agnostic"; that is, whether or not there is a God doesn't matter to him, so long as it's the worst-case scenario.
My mom brought me up in the church. We went every Sunday, 8:00 AM sharp, in the frilly dresses and horridly uncomfortable tights my mother always made me wear. The kids in the church didn't get programs like the big people, we got little booklets with Bible stories inside to color. Only, we couldn't have crayons in church, so we only could use one color, gray pencil lead.
As I grew older I became a very good Christian indeed. My mother sent me to the same school she attended in her youth, the local Lutheran school, that sure did give you a Christian education but didn't have much to offer in the non-religious fields. I ended up having to leave in the fourth grade because I had ADD and my school, outdated as it was, just couldn't handle it.
Public schooling was a big slap in the face. I came across people who actually weren't Christian. Heavens, no! People that used words and did things I'd never even heard of. Worried, I sunk further and further back into Christianity, which didn't help because my father was a cheapass who spent thousands of dollars on himself in a month yet dressed us kids in hand-me-downs from Salvation Army centers - in a rich suburb, that automatically makes you the worst most unpopular kid at school, and since I already had chronic depression things only got worse. I was checked into the local mental health center at 12 after my first suicide attempt.
This was even worse than public school - most of the kids there were there because of court orders - the state didn't know what else to do with them. I was dealing with what my rich suburban white Christian mother would call "the scum of the earth". And not a Christian among them. I was alarmed and finally took it upon myself to spread the Gospel among my fellow inmates and all unbelievers who surrounded me. I can't believe I got through the mental health center stay, and back to school, without getting my ass kicked - luckily most of my peers just ignored me or made fun of me until I cried, whether than actually take offense at my proselytizing.
I found that I could not change the unbelievers myself. The answer, of course, was to pour every dime I had from allowances and later on from jobs into missionary work. I felt especially good about this - I wasn't only helping to convert the lost in my own country, but I was spreading the word of God all over the world, to places like Korea and China, with their ever-more-Christianized populations. Isn't that great?
No, it isn't.
A few years and three more suicide attempts later, a brief dalliance with Catholicism (I thought their ceremonies and churches were pretty), and a sad attempt to re-convert my lapsed Catholic boyfriend, I was just burned out. I had lost my job and gone out of school, and being unable to find work I spent lots of time staying at home thinking and studying. I don't know exactly when I quit on Christianity - during the year I was 19 but at what point I don't know. I just started thinking of all the hypocrisy in it. God loves you - but he hates gays, abortionists, and non-Christians. God is full of mercy and forgiveness - but you gotta bust your ass asking him for it or he'll send you to burn in hell for ALL ETERNITY. Just one little mistake, and you're a sinner, and God seems much more inclined to send you to fry for all time then take you up to Heaven, judging by all his threats. The "sins" I didn't understand either. I couldn't understand why God has such a beef with sex. Don't do it before marriage. Don't have gay sex. Have it only in this one position. Who gives a damn? Why is it that everything good in life - or really, just being human - is a sin? If Does God really want me to deny myself everything?
The Bible was a problem for me too. Why is it that as Christians, we can eat any animal we want, although it opposes the Old Testament? The pastor says that's because it applies only to the Jews. Then why do we have to follow the Ten Commandments, too? Why does God have a "chosen people"? Why doesn't he just have a "chosen dog breed" or a "chosen fast-food restaurant" too? If Jesus is the founder of our religion, why do St. Paul's words seem to hold more power than Christ's words - even if 90% of Paul's doctrines and declarations seem pulled out of a clear blue sky, issuing laws and sins and orders that Jesus didn't peep about?
I always knew there was a God. I still have no doubt of a "God" (for lack of a better word). It just hit me that maybe the Bible was misrepresenting God. Maybe God had nothing to do with it at all. I started thinking about what I'd been pouring all my efforts into for the past few years - and I felt ashamed instead of proud of it. I was helping people hate each other, condemn others, and what I felt worst about was that I'd put so much money into missionary work. I am a big believer in the rights of native cultures against the pressing waves of Westernization and Christianization. At the time I thought I was doing those cultures a big favor by "saving" them. Now I realized I was just helping to destroy them - telling them that saris are sinful because they're too "sensuous", that honoring their ancestors is idolatry, that bowing is a sin because no one should bow before a human being, even if it's the standard greeting in that society - one should only bow before God. I was helping to create a one-country, one-society, bland, hateful world in my support of missionary activities. What really killed me was that I was finally reading up on what missionaries actually do - assaulting and pestering locals, refusing to help their fellow man unless he converted (and giving plenty of shiny false incentives to do so), playing dirty tricks with people's minds. I felt like shit to think that I'd once supported all of that.
Now I just live with the God I've always lived with but chose to let others distort for me - a God that really is all-loving, all-merciful. A God that always gives a second chance, a God that truly loves unconditionally, a God without sex or race or creed that wants me to know Him/Her personally, instead of fear Him/Her. I am at peace.
Joined: Christian from birth
Left the flock at 19
Was: Lutheran, now they call me a hippie. Derogatorily.
Now: Hippie. Proudly.
Converted: Born into Christianity
De-converted: Left it out of disgust.
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1 comment:
- FriendinJesus said...
Dear Sage,
I am glad you have peace now but I am sadden that your religious upbringing has left you with such a mis-guided view on Christianity.
I urge you to put aside all your upbrings brain washing and all the worlds concepts on God and just talk to Jesus. I know this sounds like a Christainity cop-out but what you have been taught from a child has been based on your parent's and other's understanding of faith in Jesus.Now you have seen it is not for you and are seeking your own understanding, it is a good time to start seeking, not a religion or a theory, on why we are here or who is God? ie:He/She is want ever I want He/She to be. But a time to seek the truth. Now Jesus said he was the truth and the light, why not seek Him just by talking to him.Except his challenge!I dare you.I will talk to him about you. He is there for everyone.He will lead you into all truth.
Just another point,The bible is the truth but humankind has used it abusively to make personal points of view more persuasive.This is not God's fault but humankinds.As a little example;
The belief that man was made first and women second as only a 'helper' to man.This idea came form scholars in the past ( a man- scholar only world- The dark ages)But today, with so much more knowlegde available, we know that strictly translating the Hebrew text on creation, shows us that mankind is only complete as 'in God's image' with both the male and female parts.Thus the word'man' in the correct translation of Hebrew means male and female, which can then constitute a full humanbeing made in the image of God!That previous old incorrect translating of scripture from the distant past has lead to the continued domination and abuse of women by man( as of course was intended by the male dominated religion of the time).
So to summerise, I repectfully suggest that you drop any religion including any new-age theories and just seek the truth by talking to Jesus who is the Christ, has He is the only one claiming to be God in the flesh. And who is the only god who died and was brought back to life again by the power that dwells in Him.No other religion's god or theory can lay claim to that! This is a proven historial event ( both the world and Christain historians spoke of the event of Jesus's death and resurrection and that he was killed as a criminal when there was no proof against Him)Thus Jesus is unique because he was a man in our world but he was also without fault and He claimed to be one as the same as God.
Next check out the bible alone, without anyone's pre-conceived ideas. Just ask Jesus by his Spirit(who is the part of Him that He sent here to help us)to show you Himself in scripture and I am sure you will know the truth and be totally free from the past and have a positive future in this world and the next.All is good I promise you.
Love in Christ Jesus to you Sage.
Regards Friend in Jesus.
- September 06, 2008
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- An Outline of Intellectual Rubbish by Bertrand Russell (1943)
- Bible Teaching and Religious Practice by Mark Twain
- God is Imaginary
- Is there an Artificial God? by Douglas Adams (1998)
- Skeptics Annotated Bible
- The Age of Reason by Thomas Paine (1795)
- Which Way? by Robert Ingersoll (1884).
- Why I Am Not A Christian by Bertrand Russell (1927)


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Maddy Rose
Singer-Songwriter ⋅ Soul ⋅ Pop ⋅ Jazz
Maddy Rose is a Vienna based Soul/Pop artist and songwriter, with influences of Jazz and Blues. The petit young lady carries her tunes with a deep and emotive voice while accompanying herself with jazzy piano chords. Having Amy Winehouse, Etta James and Carole King as influences gives the heart-felt music some nostalgic feel while confidently portraying female power.
With the age of 18 years old she moved to London, where she lived for 4 years and studied Songwriting. In that time she performed live more than 250 gigs and released the singles "Begin Again" and "Save Myself" as well as her BLOSSOM EP. Maddy got featured 3 times on the BBC Radio Introducing, appeared as "Austrian Newcomer" on the German Music TV show "Gotv Local Hero" and got played on various Austrian radio stations.
Being back in Vienna, Maddy Rose dives into the Austrian Music scene with the aim to release also German Soul Pop music and enhance the Austrian music market with her London music influence.
Maddy Rose vereint Soul und Pop mit ihrer vollen Jazz Stimme, viel Emotion und soulvollen Arrangements. 3 Jahre lang studierte die junge Salzburgerin in London, und nimmt viel Einfluss aus ihrem Songwriting Studium und den unzähligen Auftritten in Bars und Events in London. "Amy Winehouse meets Lady Gaga" oder "Duffy Tribute" sind manche Beschreibungen die auf die blonde Sängerin zutreffen.
Seit kurzem schreibt Maddy auch auf deutsch und schreibt in ihren Texten über eigene philosophische Ansichten, dem Sinn des Lebens und der Liebe.
"Maddy Rose's voice is distinct, powerful and strong." – audience comment
"Maddy I never thanked you enough for playing these gorgeous songs. My friends haven't stopped talking about how much they liked your music. It's like a mix of Duffy and Amy Winehouse" – Charity Event Host
"Your performance was musical, competent, and had an element of personalization. You can clearly perform with a confidence, and I can see potential to move into a commercial market." – A&R UK Open Mic


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I. INTRODUCTION 1. At its 249th meeting held on 22 November 2010, Council, having considered my report on easures to Strengthen Cooperation in the Prevention and Combating of Terrorism [PSC/PR/2(CCXLIX)], requested the Commission, inter alia, to pursue and intensify its efforts and to submit to it regular reports on the state of terrorism in Africa and related initiatives PSC/PR/COMM.(CCXLVIX)]. 2. The present report is submitted in follow up to the decision of Council. It provides an update on the terrorism threat and vulnerability in Africa, as well as on the efforts undertaken by the Commission to address this scourge. The report concludes with recommendations on the way forward.
II. OVERVIEW OF THE TERRORISM SITUATION IN AFRICA 3. The terrorist threat in Africa continues to be preeminently shaped by the activities of Al?Qa'ida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), Harakat al?Shabaab al? Mujahideen, Jama'atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda'awati Wal?Jihad (Boko Haram), and the Lord Resistance Army (LRA). In addition to the increased level of activity of these groups over the past months, troubling trends have emerged, particularly in relation to growing links between some of them and as well as their involvement in various other forms of crime. a. Central Africa 4. For over two decades, the LRA has terrorized innocent people across central Africa. The LRA has filled its ranks by abducting tens of thousands of children and forcing them to become child soldiers and sex slaves. In 2005 and 2006, the LRA moved from Uganda into South Sudan, the Central African Republic (CAR) and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Since 2008, the LRA killed 2,400 civilians, abducted more than 3,400 and displaced 440,000, shattering communities and causing a severe humanitarian crisis. According to the United Nations, there have been over 250 attacks attributed to the LRA this year alone. 5. At its 299th meeting, held on 22 November 2011, Council authorized the implementation of the AU?led Regional Cooperation Initiative against the LRA (RCI?LRA) and decided, in line with the relevant AU instruments, to declare the LRA a terrorist group and requested the UN Security Council to follow suit. On 23 November 2011, I announced the appointment of Mr. Francisco Caetano José Madeira as my interim Special Envoy on the LRA Issue, concurrently with his assignment as the Special Representative in charge of Counter?Terrorism Cooperation and Director of the African Center for the Study and Research on Terrorism (ACSRT). b. East Africa 6. Al?Shabaab remains the principal terrorist threat to peace and security in Somalia and the East Africa region as a whole. Inside Somalia, the concerted efforts by the forces of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and the AU Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) forced al?Shabaab to withdraw from Mogadishu in early August 2011. The group has now resorted to asymmetrical warfare, including grenade, Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) and other forms of attacks targeting AMISOM positions and Government installations, as well as the civilian population. In August 2011 alone, over 20 incidents involving grenade and IED attacks were registered in Mogadishu and the surrounding areas. On 4 October 2011, the group struck the TFG ministerial complex in Mogadishu, with a truck bomb killing more than 70 people and wounding 150 others. The group also claimed responsibility for subsequent attacks which claimed more lives. 7. Beyond Somalia, al?Shabaab has stated its resolve and developed operational capacity to carry out significant attacks against countries in East Africa, as demonstrated by the July 2010 bombings in Kampala, which killed 76 civilians and marked the beginning of the widening scope of the group's operations. In October 2011, the group abetted the kidnapping of western tourists from the Kenyan coast, as well as that of aid workers on Kenyan soil. Subsequently, the Kenyan forces undertook a military operation on the basis of IGAD decisions, as well as relevant UN Security Council resolutions [1851 (2008) and 1950 (2010)], to push back al?Shabaab. Since the operation began, the group is believed to be responsible for two grenade attacks in the capital Nairobi and several IED attacks in Northern Kenya. 8. It is reported that indigenous networks are engaged in recruitment, radicalization and resource mobilization on behalf of al?Shabaab. The group is also reported to have established functional linkages with other terrorist entities elsewhere in Africa. Furthermore, it is reported that al?Shabaab is exploiting existing human smuggling networks in the region, to facilitate the entry of individuals travelling from Europe and beyond to join al?Shabaab, as well as the entry of individuals from Somalia seeking into other parts of the world. 9. Al?Shabaab continues to finance its operations through various means, including extortion and sophisticated taxation practices levied on local businesses, including telecommunications, money transfer agencies, general merchandise and food stores, pastoralists and farmers, in addition to support from elements in the diaspora and others. Furthermore, al?Shabaab remains in control of the Kismaayo port, which is the group's main lifeline. This allows it to benefit from the existing contraband trade carried out by criminal networks, from which it accrues significant financial benefits, through charging more attractive fees and taxes. In yet another alarming development, the group is becoming more tolerant to piracy activities, which it had claimed a few years ago to oppose. c. Sahelo?Saharan and Northern Africa regions 10. AQIM remains the major terrorist threat in the Sahel and Northern Africa regions, exercising a mixture of criminal and terrorist action. Following a period of relative decline in since 2008, the group resurged by carrying out and attempting a number of terrorist attacks in the region. Among others, in February 2011, the Mauritanian security forces intercepted and destroyed a vehicle laden with explosives which was intended to be used for an attack in the capital, Nouakchott. Another vehicle containing explosive materials was found abandoned in southern Mauritania after the Mauritanian forces succeeded in apprehending the passengers. On 14 August 2011, a suicide car bomber crashed a vehicle packed with explosives into the main entrance of a police station in Tizi Ouzou, east of Algiers, wounding over 30 people, both police and civilians,. On the 26 of the same month, another suicide bomb attack was carried out on a military academy in the town of Cherchell, west of Algiers, killing 18 people and wounding 20. On 23 October 2011, three European aid workers (two Spanish and one Italian) were kidnapped by AQIM in Rabouni, in the Sahrawi refugee camps in Tindouf. 11. In order to sustain and expand its presence in the region, AQIM engaged over the past few years in various forms of crime. Kidnapping has been the most distinctive feature of its activity, which it uses to gain concessions, including the release of its members and to claim ransom money. Since 2008, AQIM elements have abducted nearly 26 westerners from the different countries of the region. These kidnappings are believed to have been carried out by different elements of AQIM, as well criminal groups, who usually sell the abductees to AQIM. The last kidnapping took place as recently as late last month, when two Frenchmen and a South African were kidnapped from Mali, while another German citizen was killed. Of those abducted, nearly 12 remain in captivity, and 3 were killed during failed rescue attempts. 12. Furthermore, and in an alarming development, various reports are indicating AQIM's growing involvement in the narcotic trade. It is important to note that Africa has been affected by significant shipments of cocaine from South America to Europe, in recent years. The 2011 World Drug Report estimates that around 13% of all cocaine trafficking to Europe is via Africa, notably West Africa. The Report estimates that, in 2009 alone, 35 metric tons of cocaine may have left South America for Africa. 13. The existence of substantial amounts of funds generated from ransoms and other illicit trade poses a great risk for stability in the region. These funds could be used to procure more sophisticated weapons, recruit more operatives and scale?up attacks. There are growing concerns among the countries of the region, and indeed within Africa as a whole, that AQIM is acquiring weapons pillaged from the Libyan military depots, including surface?to?air missiles, RPG?7 anti?tank rocket?propelled grenades, Kalashnikov, heavy machine guns, Kalashnikov rifles, explosives and ammunition. 14. The region faces a number of socio?economic and political problems exacerbated by the presence of AQIM, which has significantly affected the tourism industry. This, in turn, has had a negative impact on the local economies and on those whose livelihoods depend on tourism. Such conditions could provide an opportunity for AQIM and other criminal groups to further consolidate their criminal activities in the region, by providing alternative, albeit illicit, economic opportunities, thereby unleashing a rogue economy in the desert region and undermining state sovereignty. d. West Africa 15. During the period under review, Boko Haram carried out a number of terrorist attacks against civilians, government and, most recently, international targets. The group claimed responsibility for bombings on Christmas Eve in Jos, central Nigeria, and two attacks on churches in Maïduguri, in the north?east, which left 38 people dead. The bombing sparked violent inter?ethnic reprisals that left a further 80 people dead. 16. During May 2011, the group carried out several bombings, during the presidential inauguration. On 16 June 2011, the police headquarters in Abuja was hit, in the group's first suicide attack in the country. These attacks resulted in numerous casualties and injuries. The bombing of the United Nations Office in Abuja, on 26 August 2011, marked the group's first attack against an international target. On 4 November 2011, Boko Haram carried out coordinated bomb and gun attacks in the north?eastern Nigerian city of Damaturu, which left over sixty people dead and dozens wounded, in one of the bloodiest terrorist acts carried out by the group to date. During the period under review, the group claimed responsibility for the assassination of a number of policemen, clerics and politicians. III. EFFORTS RELATING TO THE NORMATIVE FRAMEWORK a. Convention and Protocol on the Prevention and Combating of Terrorism 17. As Council is aware, the July 1999 Convention on the prevention and Combating of Terrorism, entered into force on 6 December 2002. 25 of the 49 signatories have ratified the Convention. In pursuance to Article 21 of the Convention, the Protocol on the Prevention and Combating of Terrorism was adopted by the 3rd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Union, held in Addis Ababa, in July 2004. Its main purpose is to enhance the effective implementation of the Convention and to give effect to Article 3(d) of the Protocol Relating to the Establishment of the AU Peace and Security Council, on the need to coordinate and harmonize continental efforts in the prevention and combating of terrorism in all its aspects, as well as the implementation of other relevant international instruments. 18. Throughout the period under review, I have continued to urge Member States to ratify and accede to the Convention and the Protocol. Furthermore, my Special Representative for Counter?Terrorism Cooperation, Francisco Madeira, has also taken initiatives towards the promotion of the ratification of, and accession to, the Protocol. I am pleased to inform the Council that, since my last report, the Republic of Guinea and the Republic of Mozambique have deposited the instruments of ratification of the Protocol on 11 July 2011 and 22 August 2011, respectively, bringing the total number of ratifications to twelve. The Protocol will enter into force thirty days after the deposit of the fifteenth instrument of ratification. 19. The Convention and Protocol will feature in the ongoing workshop organized by the Commission in Midrand, South Africa, to popularize and promote ratification of, and accession to, OAU/AU instruments that are of relevance to this year's January Summit theme on 'Shared Values'. By including those two instruments under the Shared Values theme, the Commission is reaffirming that intolerance, extremism and terrorism stand in stark opposition to African values of freedom from fear, oppression and persecution and all the other cherished values that terrorism and wanton violence seek to erode. b. African Model Law 20. The AU Plan of Action on the Prevention and Combating of Terrorism, adopted by the High?Level Intergovernmental meeting held in Algiers, from 11 to 14 September 2002, requested the Commission to provide advice on matters pertaining to counterterrorism action, including the preparation of model legislation and guidelines to assist Member States. Subsequently, decision Assembly/AU/Dec.311 (XV) adopted by the 15th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Union, held in Kampala, in July 2010, underscored the need for renewed efforts and increased mobilization to combat the scourge of terrorism. 21. As a follow up, the Commission convened a meeting of Member States' experts, in Algiers, from 15 to 16 December 2010, to review the Model Law. This document aims at assisting Member States in the implementation of various continental and international counter?terrorism instruments. The objective is also to further contribute to the harmonization of Member States' legislation. 22. In decision Assembly/AU/Dec.369 (XVII) adopted at its 17th Ordinary Session held in Malabo, in July 2011, the Assembly of the Union welcomed the steps taken by the Commission towards the elaboration of the African Model Law on Counter?Terrorism, and encouraged Member States to take full advantage of it to strengthen and update their national legislation. It further requested the Commission to avail the technical expertise that may be required by Member States. The Commission has disseminated the Model Law among Member States, and is currently putting together a team of experts to provide them, upon request, with the required technical support. c. African Arrest Warrant 23. The 249th meeting of the of Council encouraged the Commission, inter alia, to elaborate an African arrest warrant for persons charged with or convicted of any terrorist act. In this respect, the Commission is currently engaged with the UN and other partners to develop the framework and procedures for an African Arrest Warrant. d. Peace and Security Council Sub?Committee on Counter?Terrorism 24. As Council would recall, at its 249th meeting, it decided, in accordance with Article 8(5) of its Protocol, to establish, as a subsidiary organ, a Sub?Committee on Counter?Terrorism to 'ensure the implementation of relevant AU and international instruments, prepare, publicize and regularly review a list of persons, groups and entities involved in terrorist acts, in line with the 2002 Plan of Action on the Prevention and Combating of Terrorism, and undertake other related tasks'. On 30 November 2011, the Commission circulated to the members of Council a proposal on the establishment of the said Sub?Committee. I look forward to the early consideration of the proposal by Council to enable the Commission finalize the document and pave the way for the operationalization of the Sub?Committee. IV. ACTIVITIES OF THE AFRICAN CENTRE FOR THE STUDY AND RESEARCH ON TERRORISM a. Engagement with Focal Points 25. The Focal Points were established pursuant to the relevant provisions of the 2002 AU Plan of Action and the 2004 Protocol, under which the Regional Economic Communities (RECs) and Member States are required to establish contact points to, inter alia, follow?up and liaise on matters relating to implementation of the Plan of Action and facilitate the timely exchange and sharing of information on terrorist groups and activities at the regional, continental and international levels. At their 4th annual meeting, held in Algiers, from 17 to 19 June 2010, the national and regional Focal Points adopted the Strategic Plan of Activity of the ACSRT for the period 2010?2013, which focuses on three pillars: enhancing information sharing and dissemination through the operationalization of a counter?terrorism early warning system; launching of publications; and capacity building. 26. The progress made in the implementation of the Strategic Plan of Activity was reviewed by the Focal Points at their 5th meeting held in Algiers, from 30 October to 1 November 2011. The meeting welcomed the progress made by the ACSRT in implementing the three pillars, in particular the ongoing cooperation with the AU Continental Early Warning System (CEWS), within the framework of the implementation of the ACSRT Counter?Terrorism CEWS (CT?CEWS). I am pleased to note that this cooperation has made it possible to establish, at the level of the ACSRT, some key early warning tools, enabling the Centre to commence the dissemination of an improved and user?friendly version of its Terrorism Daily News Highlight and to launch the Terrorism Bi?Weekly Press Review, which compiles articles on terrorist incidents that took place every fortnight. In addition, the ACSRT launched the Terrorism Incident Preliminary Analysis Report. Furthermore, the ACSRT has completed the establishment of the CT Database and is in the process of finalizing the information exchange templates and the development of its secured information exchange portal. b. Capacity building 27. As part of the capacity building component of the Strategic Plan of Activity, the ACSRT organized a number of workshops, training activities and seminars. These activities, which were implemented in collaboration with Member States, RECs, United Nations agencies and partner countries, covered various relevant topics, including judicial responses to terrorism and transnational organized crime, intelligence gathering and analysis, police cooperation, border management, protection of strategic infrastructure, sensitive sites and VIPs, as well as other region specific capacity building activities. In carrying out these activities, the Commission placed particular emphasis on the need to build local expertise and facilitate the sharing of resources and experiences among Member States and RECs, to ensure sustainability and ownership. 28. The ACSRT has worked toward filling the gaps in communications equipment necessary for the Focal Points to access the messages service in order to exchange information and, whenever necessary, the ACSRT database, in a secured manner. It is worth mentioning that the ACSRT had equipped four national Focal Points with computers, printers, faxes and other accessories. c. Evaluation missions to Member States 29. During the period under review, the ACSRT undertook evaluation visits to six Member States. These are: the Republic of Niger, from 6 to 10 December 2010; the Republic of Guinea, from 21 to 25 February 2011; the Republic of Guinea Bissau, from 28 February to 4 March 2011; the Republic of Mali, from 26 April to 3 May 2011; the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, from 9 to 13 May 2011; and the Republic of The Sudan, from 28 May to 2 June 2011. 30. These missions, which were conducted pursuant to the Strategic Plan of Activity of the ACSRT for the period 2010?2013, had the following objectives : (i) to assess and analyze the capacity of Member States to fulfill their commitments under the 2002 AU Plan of Action and the relevant AU decisions and instruments; (ii) to evaluate the capacity of the respective National Focal Points in implementing the tasks set out in the AU Plan of Action and the Code of Conduct regulating the relationship between the ACSRT and the Focal Points; (iii) to develop recommendations on measures to be taken by the visited Member States and identify areas in which they may require technical assistance to enable them fully comply with their obligations. The mission also addressed the issue of human rights safeguards in the context of efforts undertaken to combat terrorism. 31. Extensive technical level meetings and consultations were held on the different counter?terrorism related areas, including judicial cooperation in criminal matters, terrorism financing, law enforcement and border control. The ACSRT delegations met with various government agencies in charge of the prevention and combating of terrorism and other relevant administrative entities, in addition to representatives of the civil society. The ACSRT delegations also undertook on?site visits to border posts, airports, and other relevant facilities, to assess the implementation on the ground. d. Engagement with Regional Mechanisms, AU bodies and International Organizations 32. The ACSRT continued active engagement with the RECs and the relevant AU bodies. During the period under review, consultations were held with the Executive Secretariat of the Committee of Intelligence and Security Services of Africa (CISSA) to discuss collaboration and joint action in the framework of AU efforts towards addressing the threat of terrorism on the continent. The ACSRT took part in the CISSA 8th Ordinary Conference, held in Khartoum, from 5 to 8 June 2011. The ACSRT has further engaged with the Interpol Regional Bureaus and the International Civil Aviation Organization Regional Bureaus. 33. As part of the efforts to strengthen relations with the RECs, the ACSRT is currently in the process of concluding a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with SADC on mutual cooperation. It is also working closely with IGAD through its Security Sector Program (ISSP), formerly known as the IGAD Capacity Building Programme against Terrorism (ICPAT). The ACSRT is providing technical advice in the operationalization of the Intelligence Fusion and Liaison Unit (IFLU) Situation Room, established by the Joint Operational Chiefs of Staff Committee (JOCSC/CEMOC), which comprises Algeria, Mali, Mauritania and Niger. The ACSRT has also assisted the IFLU through organizing a training course on crisis and emergency management for its staff. The Commission and the ACSRT have actively participated in the processes leading to the finalization of the ECOWAS Counter Terrorism Strategy, including the international experts meeting as well as the member states' experts meeting convened to review and enhance the Strategy. 34. The AU has actively participated in the various activities organized by the relevant United Nations agencies and bodies, including the UN Counter?Terrorism Committee (CTC), its Counter Terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED), the UN Counter? Terrorism Implementation Task Force (CTITF) and the Terrorism Prevention Branch of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC/TPB). These activities include forums to review the implementation, in the different regions, of relevant United Nations resolutions, including 1373 (2001) and 1625(2005), as well as the Global Counter Terrorism Strategy, adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2006. V. ACTIVITIES OF THE SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE ON COUNTER?TERRORISM COOPERATION 35. Since his appointment, my Special Representative for Counter?Terrorism Cooperation, Francisco Madeira, has undertaken consultations with various Member States, within the context of the evaluation missions overviewed above, international organizations, regional bodies and partner countries. These consultations provided an opportunity to discuss ways to enhance African counter?terrorism capacity building. 36. High?level consultations were held with a number of UN bodies and international organizations, including UN CTC, CTED, CTITF and UNODC/TPB. My Special Representative also had consultations with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) during its Machine Readable Travel Document (MRTD) Symposium, held in Montreal, from 12 to 15 September. He also participated, on my behalf, in the United Nations Symposium on International Counter?Terrorism Cooperation, held in New York, on 19 September. Furthermore, he held meetings with representatives of partner institutions and countries, including the European Union's Counter?Terrorism Coordinator, the UK Prime Minister's Advisor on Counter?Terrorism, the Office of the Coordinator for Counter?Terrorism of the US State Department, as well as officials from the Governments of Australia, Indonesia and Japan. 37. In all these meetings and consultations, the Special Representative stressed the importance of effective international cooperation and coordination. He urged the partners to extend full support to the efforts towards the implementation of the AU decisions and instruments and to join efforts towards the adoption, by the UN Security Council, a binding resolution against the payment of ransom to terrorist groups, as well as the initiation of negotiations, at the UN General Assembly, with the view to elaborating a Supplementary Protocol to the 1979 Convention Against the Taking of Hostages or the 1999 Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism. VI. OBSERVATIONS 38. I remain deeply concerned by the threat posed by terrorist groups in the continent, which is becoming increasingly complex. The boundaries between political, religious and ideological extremism and crime are blurring. Terrorist groups are becoming increasingly bold in their activities and attacks. AQIM's engagement in transnational organized crime, Boko Haram's use of suicide bombers and targeting of international bodies, al?Shabaab's widening scope of activity, and the LRA's continuing atrocities and destabilization of the region are all alarming signals of the level of threat facing the continent. 39. Despite the significant efforts exerted by Member States and RECs, a number of challenges need to be addressed. In this respect, it is critical that Member States that have not yet done so urgently take the required steps to become parties to the Convention and Protocol on the Prevention and Combating of Terrorism, as well as to relevant international instruments. I would like, in particular, to highlight the importance of the Protocol, which stems from the fact that this instrument strengthens coherence and coordination by clearly outlining the role of the RECs, the Commission and Council. It provides Council with the necessary tools to coordinate and harmonize counter?terrorism efforts in all its aspects, in line with the mandate entrusted to it. 40. Further operational efforts are also required to enhance the effectiveness of the fight against terrorism. Weaknesses in border management and control are evident in most of the countries facing the threat of terrorism. Efforts need to be redoubled with the view to strengthening Member States' capacity to effectively police and control their borders, curb illegal crossing of terrorist elements, illicit arms and goods and deny terrorist safe?havens. In this regard, special attention should be directed to providing the institutions involved in border control and management with requisite human resources, training and equipment. 41. There remains insufficient coordination among the relevant institutions within and between Member States. Effective coordination is required to make the work of these institutions more effective and allow for real time sharing of critical information. In addition, and while acknowledging the dynamism of designated national Focal Points, it appears that Focal Points do not yet enjoy a mandate that enables them to play the coordinating role that is expected of them. Member States must be encouraged to appoint in this position senior level individuals with access to decision?makers, so as to be able to directly convey messages to the right levels of decision making and ensure adequate and timely engagement. In addition, better institutional interaction can be achieved through supporting the establishment of national and regional coordinating structures for terrorism and organized crime in the form of Fusion Centers which encompass the different countries in each region. This mechanism will enable the timely exchange of information, the creation of synergies, the sharing of resource among different institutions involved and the conduct of joint operations. 42. Equally important is the need for Member States devote resources and establish institutions that address conditions conducive to terrorism, as well as the imperative of upholding the rule of law and protecting human rights in the fight against terrorism. These are aspects that cannot be overemphasized, and the importance of which is becoming increasingly evident.
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- 60 St Paul thought to have been shipwrecked at Malta
- 1098 Crusaders defeat Prince Redwan of Aleppo at Antioch
- 1355 The St. Scholastica's Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 62 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead in two days.
Event of Interest
1525 Albert of Prussia pledges a personal oath to Sigismund I and is invested with the duchy for himself and his heirs
- 1535 12 nude anabaptists run through Amsterdam streets
- 1549 Tomé de Sousa appointed governor general of Brazil
- 1635 The Académie française forms in Paris (by Cardinal Richelieu)
- 1676 Wampanoag Indians under King Philip kill all men in Lancaster Mass
- 1713 Netherlands & Britain sign accord concerning anti-French Barrier [OS=Jan 31]
- 1716 Scottish pretender to the throne James III Edward returns to France
Event of Interest
1720 Edmond Halley appointed as the second Astronomer Royal at the Greenwich Observatory
Event of Interest
1746 The Pelham brothers resign from the British government, but resume office when King George II backs down.
- 1763 Treaty of Paris ends French-Indian War, surrendering Canada to Britain
- 1774 Andrew Becker demonstrates diving suit
- 1794 Joseph Haydn's 99th Symphony in E premieres
- 1798 Louis Alexandre Berthier invades Rome (15th February proclaim a Roman Republic, 20th February take Pope Pius VI prisoner)
- 1807 US Coast Survey authorized by Congress
- 1837 Russian poet Alexander Pushkin is fatally injured in a duel with French officer Georges-Charles de Heeckeren d'Anthès (1/29 OS)
- 1846 Beginning of Mormon march to western US
- 1846 British defeat Sikhs in battle of Sobraon, India
- 1855 US citizenship laws amended; all children of US parents born abroad granted US citizenship
The Indian Mutiny
1859 General Horsford defeats Begum of Oude and Nana Sahib in Indian Mutiny
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- 1860 Johannes Brahms' 2nd Serenade in A, premieres
- 1862 Dutch 2nd government of Thorbecke forms
- 1863 1st US fire extinguisher patent granted to Alanson Crane, Virginia
- 1866 Dutch government of Frans van der Putte forms
- 1868 Conservatives & military seize Convention Hall in Florida
- 1870 City of Anaheim in California incorporates for the 1st time, but disincorporates after two years as the tax burden was too high
- 1870 YWCA (Young Women's Christian Association) forms (NYC)
- 1878 Pact of Zanjón signed between Cubans rebels and the Spanish bringing the 10 Years War to an end
- 1879 1st electric arc light used (California Theater)
- 1880 Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Arcanum about Christian marriage
- 1881 Jacques Offenbach's opera "Les Contes d'Hoffman" premieres in Paris
- 1882 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's opera "Snyegurochka" premieres in St Petersburg
- 1883 Fire at un-insured New Hall Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, kills 71
- 1890 Around 11 million acres ceded to US by Sioux Indians, then opened for settlement
- 1897 NY Times begins using slogan "All the News That's Fit to Print"
- 1899 -39°F (-39°C), Milligan, Ohio (state lowest record temperature)
- 1900 Peter Ostlund skates world record 500m (45.2 sec)
- 1904 Japan and Russia declare war
- 1906 British battleship HMS Dreadnought launches after only 100 days, renders all other capital ships obsolete with its revolutionary design
- 1906 State of siege proclaimed in Zululand
Event of Interest
1914 In accordance with the understanding reached by General J.C. Smuts and Mahatma Gandhi, 60 passive resistance prisoners released from Pietermaritzburg Prison; 40 passive resisters released in Durban, 8 in Newcastle, 11 in Port Elizabeth
Event of Interest
1915 US President Woodrow Wilson warns Germany that the US will hold it 'to a strict accountability' for 'property endangered or lives lost'
- 1915 US President Woodrow Wilson protests to Britain on the use of US flags on British merchant ships to deceive the Germans
- 1916 Military conscription begins in Britain
Event of Interest
1916 Biggest oil well gusher ever - Edward L. Doheny's Cerro Azul No. 4 first gushes 600 feet in the air near Tampico, Mexico
- 1917 Johanna Westerdijk installed as the Netherlands' 1st female professor
- 1918 In Finland, General Carl G. Von Mannerheim gathers an army known as the 'White Guard' to mount a counter revolution against the Bolshevik 'Red Guard'
- 1920 Baseball outlaws all pitches involving tampering with ball
- 1920 Jozef Haller de Hallenburg performs symbolic wedding of Poland to the sea, celebrating restitution of Polish access to open sea
- 1923 Ink paste manufactured for 1st time by Standard Ink Company
- 1923 Owen Davis' "Icebound" premieres in NYC
- 1923 SDAP speaks out against allied occupation of the Ruhr
- 1924 Bucky Harris at 27, becomes youngest baseball manager (Washington Senators)
- 1925 1st waterless gas storage tank put into service, Michigan City, Indiana
- 1925 AL decides to alternate leagues for game 1 of World Series each year
- 1926 Building of Olympic Stadium Amsterdam, begins
- 1929 Bishop Stephen Alencastre dedicates the beautiful Romanesque church of Saint Patrick in Honolulu
- 1930 Grain Stabilization Corporation authorized by Congress
- 1931 New Delhi becomes the capital of India
- 1931 Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Harts musical "America's Sweetheart" premieres on Broadway at the Broadhurst Theatre, NYC
- 1932 Sweden goes 1-2 in the 18k cross country event at the Lake Placid Winter Olympics; Sven Utterström wins gold ahead of team mate Axel Wikström
- 1933 -54°F (-48°C), Seneca, Oregon (state record)
- 1933 Delivery of 1st singing telegram (Postal Telegram Co NYC)
- 1933 Dutch seaplane bombs Dutch ship
Film Premier
1939 "Stagecoach" western film directed by John Ford, starring Claire Trevor and John Wayne, premieres in Miami
1st Ever Gold Record
1942 Glenn Miller awarded 1st ever gold record for selling 1 million copies of "Chattanooga Choo Choo"
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- 1943 "Manifesto of Algerian People" calls for equality & self-determination
- 1943 British 8th Army sweeps through North Africa to Tunisia
- 1943 Van der Veen Resistance starts fire in Amsterdam employment bureau
- 1944 Belgian resistance fighter and author Kamiel van Baelen arrested
- 1944 U-666/U-545/U-283 sink off Ireland
- 1945 "Rum & Coca Cola" by Andrews Sisters hits #1
- 1951 "John and Marsha" by Stan Freberg, a parody of daytime soap operas which had only two voices repeating each other's names, peaks at #21 in the USA
Election of Interest
1952 India holds its first general election: Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru remains in power
- 1954 Ice Dance Championship at Oslo won by Jean Westwood/Lawrence Demmy GRB
- 1954 Ice Pairs Championship at Oslo won by Frances Dafoe and Norris Bowden of Canada
- 1954 Ladies' Figure Skating Championship in Oslo won by Gundi Busch GER
- 1954 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Oslo won by Hayes Alan Jenkins US
- 1955 The US Navy evacuate 1000s from Tachen Islands in the Pacific
- 1956 "My Friend Flicka" premieres on CBS (later NBC) TV
- 1959 Dutch Princess Wilhelmina publishes "Lonely, but not alone"
- 1959 Tornado in St Louis kills 19 & injures 265
- 1960 "Unsinkable Molly Brown" closes at Winter Garden NYC after 532 performances
- 1960 Charles Ives' "Lincoln, the Great Commoner" premieres
- 1961 AFL's LA Chargers move to San Diego
- 1961 Niagara Falls hydroelectric project begins producing power
- 1961 Walter Piston's 7th Symphony premieres
- 1962 Jim Beatty sets American indoor mile record (3:58.9) in LA
- 1962 USSR swaps spy Francis Gary Power to US for Rudolph Abel
- 1963 US female Figure Skating championship won by Lorraine Hanlon
- 1963 US male Figure Skating championship won by Thomas Litz
- 1964 Australian destroyer HMAS Voyager sinks after colliding with aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne, killing 82
- 1964 WBGU TV channel 27 in Bowling Green, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting
- 1966 Harmel government in Belgium resigns
Historic Publication
1966 "Valley of the Dolls" by Jacqueline Susann is published by Bernard Geis Associates in the US - sold over 31 million copies
- 1970 26.4 cm precipitation falls on Mount Washington NH (state record)
- 1970 Dry powder avalanche moving at 120 mph smashes into youth hostel at Val d'Isere, France, killing 40 Belgian, French, & German youths
- 1971 American Mensa Ltd incorporates in New York
- 1971 Bill White becomes 1st African American baseball announcer (NY Yankees)
- 1971 John Guares "House of Blue Leaves" premieres in NYC
- 1971 Royal Albert Hall bans scheduled concert featuring Frank Zappa
- 1971 "Tapestry", second album by Carole King, is released (Grammy Award Album of the Year 1972)
- 1972 BBC bans "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" by Wings
- 1972 Ras al Khaima joins United Arab Emirates
- 1972 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
- 1972 Two British soldiers are killed in a land mine attack near Cullyhanna, County Armagh; an IRA member is shot dead during an exchange of gunfire with RUC officers
- 1973 2nd time Rangers shut-out Islanders 6-0
- 1973 83m wide gas tank on Staten Island explodes, 40 die
- 1973 Pakistani cricketer Mushtaq Mohammad scores 201 runs in a match against New Zealand
- 1974 "Gigi" closes at Uris Theater NYC after 103 performances
- 1974 Iran / Iraqi border fight breaks out
- 1974 Judy Ikenberry wins 1st Us women's marathon (2:55:17)
- 1974 Silver futures hit record $4.81½ an ounce in London
- 1975 William "Judy" Johnson selected to baseball Hall of Fame
- 1975 The Provisional Irish Republican Army agrees to a truce and ceasefire with the British government and the Northern Ireland Office; Seven "incident centres" are established in nationalist areas to monitor the ceasefire
- 1977 "Party with Comden & Green" opens at Morosco Theater NYC for 92 performances
- 1977 Bomb explosion in Moscow metro
- 1977 Jonathan Netanyahu Lane in the Bronx, New York, named in honor of the Bronx-born Israeli soldier who died freeing hostages in Entebbe Raid in Uganda in 1976
- 1978 Frank C. Carlucci succeeds John F. Blake as deputy director of CIA
- 1978 U.S. premiere of "Blue Collar", Paul Schrader's first film direction
- 1979 Allan Border is named 12th man for Australia, only Test Cricket he misses
- 1980 Ianford Wilsons "Talley's Folly" premieres in NYC
- 1981 33rd NHL All-Star Game, The Forum, Inglewood: Campbell Conference beats Wales Conference, 4-1; MVP: Mike Liut, St. Louis Blues, G
- 1981 8 killed & 198 injured by fire at Las Vegas Hilton
- 1981 Dennis Lillee becomes Australian Cricket's top wicket-taker with 249
- 1982 28 skiers perform backflips while holding hands, Bromont, Quebec
- 1983 Anglican synod vote 338-100 against unilateral UK nuclear disarmament
- 1984 Soviet cross-country skier Nikolay Zimyatov wins a career 4th Olympic gold medal when he takes out the 30k event in Sarajevo; 3 gold in Lake Placid 1980
- 1985 Andrea Schöne skates ladies world record 5 km (7:32.82)
- 1985 35th NBA All-Star Game, Hoosier Dome, Indianapolis: West beats East, 140-129; MVP: Ralph Sampson, Houston Rockets, C
- 1985 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-E mission
- 1985 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
- 1989 Miami Vice's 100th episode seen on TV
- 1989 Minor League Football System opens organizational meeting, St Louis
- 1989 Ron Brown chosen 1st African American chairman of a major US party (Democrats)
- 1989 Test Cricket debut of Aaqib Javed, Pak v NZ age 16 years 189 days
- 1989 Tony Robinson of Jamaica becomes Nottingham's 1st black sheriff
- 1989 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- 1989 To gain deregulation WWF admits pro wrestling is an exhibition & not a sport, in a NJ court
- 1989 39th Berlin International Film Festival: "Rain Man" wins the Golden Bear
- 1990 6th Largest wrestling crowd (63,900-Tokyo Dome)
- 1990 Perrier Water pulls product from shelf due to benzine in water
Event of Interest
1990 South African President F. W. de Klerk announces Nelson Mandela will be freed on Feburary 11th
NBA All-Star Game
1991 41st NBA All-Star Game, Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, NC: East beats West, 116-114; Charles Barkley, Philadelphia 76ers, F
- 1993 Jani Sievinen swims world record 200m backstroke (1:55.59)
- 1993 US officially backs peace plan in Bosnia


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Even at young adulthood, strange noises and unfamiliar shadows can frighten me in the right instant. Wrapped up in warmth provided by my favorite fuzzy blue blanket and blinded by the darkness, logic sometimes vanishes. In the moments when I'm most comfortable and still, my mind will start playing tricks on itself. I don't know why it does this, why all our minds do this, but they do. It's for this reason I believe most people don't allow themselves to think. They keep busy and turn on media as soon as they're not. Even as a Christian, when I always have a great hope to think upon and a God of peace, I freak myself out. Now I want to clarify, the fear I'm referring to is not one of good reason; It is the self-inflicted, self-imagined and self-centered type. This fear is something I have recently been experiencing.
I'm a person of change, but also of comfort. So basically, I'm like everyone else. I'd like to think of myself as adventurous, because I love traveling, trying new things and meeting new people. However, like most, I love having somewhat of a comfort zone. These past four years have been absolutely crazy, because everything is constantly moving and nothing stays the same very long. With my nature, that I just described to you, I have a love-hate relationship with that fact. With a new semester approaching, so is that fear to which I was referring. It's coming at a time when I have been so comfortable, but I'm beginning to hear some strange noises and see unfamiliar shadows.
I found out that a girl in my section and a good friend probably isn't returning next semester, due to finances. This frightens me for a few reasons. One, I will miss her and she is part of my "comfort zone" but also, I don't want the dynamic of my section to change. We're all so close. Another thing, is that this is the last semester for many of my friends. My best friend and roommate will be graduating…(go tell her to not leave.) Then, there's the fear of failure, which is inevitable. Last semester, I wasn't always the servant I should have been nor the student.
I am always in God's hand, which is kind of like being warm in bed, but better. God has grown me abundantly throughout my time at my Christian College and I have every reason to trust Him. However, there's that vanishing logic problem. You know what's cool though? God is bigger than logic (or the lack there of.) I KNOW His promises. So, even though I do have some fear about the next semester, I know that God will work in awesome ways, because He always does.
"When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched, Nor will the flame burn you." Isaiah 43:2
"So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand." Isaiah 41:10


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The ACs are also on an emergency duty rotation and are part of the after hours response efforts of resident assistants and Public Safety officers. This team responds to students in crisis during the evenings and weekends.


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Science Educator Certificate with the Burroughs Wellcome Fund-funded program at UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA; deadline to apply: July 16, 2012.
Are you interested in a teaching career? If so you may be interested in a new Burroughs Wellcome Fund-funded program at UNC called the Science Educator Certificate. The Science Educator Certificate is a 2 year program for life-science PhD candidates preparing for teaching-intensive careers. Students can apply to the program at the end of their second or third year in graduate school once they have completed their PhD candidacy requirements. The deadline for this year is July 16th.


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Being a student is all about partying as hard as possible while still functioning as a capable human being.
Sadly, that's not always easy to get right – as a student in Newcastle, known only as Ross, discovered recently.Mental health support website launched for NHS staff battling coronavirus
You see, Ross got extremely lucky during a night out on the Toon, but in doing so, he sacrificed his first shift at work hours later.
The fresher met two girls at Digital nightclub and managed to take both of them home to his student digs, but got back at 3am, just seven hours before training at appropriately-named bar Filthy's.
Faced with a choice of business or pleasure, Ross chose the latter – but first took the time to explain his decision to his boss at Filthy's.
The cheeky student knew he might lose his new job, but as his boss looks like a 'top shagger', he hoped he would understand.
The text read: 'Yo al.. Ino it's the first shift Tmro but I've back in halls with two birds from digi & won't make it in for training at 10.
'You look like a top shagger yorself mate so I hope you understand the situation.
'If not then thanks for the chance but a mans got to do what a mans got to do. Ross x.'
Amazingly, Ross wasn't sacked on the spot – and instead, Filthy's has put the decision in the hands of randomers on Facebook.
Posting the text on its page, the bar said they had three options, inviting people to decide on Ross' fate.
Either he gets the sack, the screenshot is forwarded to his mum, or he owes his colleagues lunch and an essay about why you shouldn't call your boss a 'top shagger'.


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You have to help Phineas and Ferb to stop the Dr. Doofenshmirtz's evil plans on the unknown dimension. Candace and Perry will help you in your mission. Collect all the wheels and hurry up! The time is running out. // published 28/11/2013
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One of many New England cities, Providence is often forgotten. Both P and I had never visited Providence aside from passing through it on the way to New York City, and the city never struck us as worth visiting. But, a co-worker suggested we go to experience the "Waterfire spectacle" in Providence. This little city, which lacked in size and profile, made up for it in artistic spirit and charm and was full of surprises!
First impression. The city was empty. It lacked the hustle and bustle of Boston and New York City. There was no one in sight. After walking towards downtown, we started to hear garbage trucks roaring and see people walking about. Once we entered College Hill, students were laying out on the grass or under a tree with their summer reads. Locals were sipping their coffees and flipping through their newspapers and magazine. We wandered around the quaint neighborhood, strolled around Brown University, and admired the colonial architecture that lined Benefit Street.
One of the city's little surprises was the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), which was located right in the heart of Providence. Though P and I are not big museum people, with the weather being unbearably hot, we decided to check out RISD's Museum. Our expectations weren't very high considering how small the museum seemed when we first entered. The first floor exhibit displaying RISD graduate artwork was a bit disappointing. But, what do I know? I am certainly not an art connoisseur. All I know is that the artwork didn't really speak to me, but I tried to be open-minded. P had already moved on to the next floor.
As we went up the floors to the different exhibition rooms, we realized that the museum, in fact, had an impressive collection of paintings and sculptures by modern and classical artists, equivalent to that of Boston's Museum of Fine Art. My favorite of the day was the mesmerizing canvas by Rothko. The colors! It was beautiful.
Our stomachs were growling after the museum, so we ventured over the river to Federal Hill, which had charming streets lined with clothing boutiques, art galleries, and restaurants.
Providence continued to surprise us. On our way to dinner, we passed by a pop up shop with an amazing collection of Polaroid cameras. Initially intending only to check out the cameras, we ended up staying and participating in the Providence Polaroid Project. "Guests are encouraged to capture photographs of their friends, their city and themselves for instant development, display, and celebration on the gallery walls. Functioning as a participant driven exhibition, the gallery space is created by the community of Providence for the community of Providence." What a fun way to get the Providence community together through art!
P and I had our portrait taken with a 1970's Polaroid camera. I couldn't believe how excited I was to see how our photo turned out. In a matter of seconds, P peeled the photo off from the film, and we saw both of our faces beaming behind a retro background. Instant gratification. Instant laughter. Instant fun. We pinned our polaroid on the gallery wall along with others from the community. So happy that we were able to participate in this project!
Without doing much research before visiting, we depended on Yelp to lend us hand in choosing a reasonably priced and tasty restaurant for dinner. Craving Italian, we decided to check out Rosalina in the Federal Hill neighborhood on 50 Aborn Street. The restaurant was Greecian Italian fusion with great meat and seafood selections. We shared a light colorful spring salad with summer squash, zucchini, tomatoes, red peppers, and celery topped with an apple cider vinaigrette. For our entrees, P had the white wine cream spaghetti with clams, and I had the papperdelle bolgnese. The pasta, itself, was cooked to perfection, and sauces were light but flavorful. Our favorite part of the meal was the pre-dinner tasting of Rosalina's homemade olive oil and ricotta cheese with bread, which we devoured in seconds.
In Providence, it seemed that everywhere we turned there was some type of art, music, or cultural gathering and event. After dinner, we followed the sounds of hypnotic electronic music to a stage where two girls, channeling Sia's Chandelier music video, were performing sexual contortions and acrobatic tricks partly nude with about 100 spectators, gawking unabashedly. We walked three more blocks, passing a colorful Día de Muertos themed food truck and a singing hippy, and came upon a Bolivian food and arts festival. Too bad we had already eaten because the barbequed meats and sugared desserts looked so amazing. In a plaza below, a large group of costumed girls were performing a Bolivian dance with the audience singing and clapping along. Everyone looked like they were having a great time! I only wished I could prance alongside the dancers and wear an amazing feathered headband…
As we wandered further, we approached a large outdoor ballroom where people were following along with a swing dance instructor, who was teaching everyone how to rock step. Being a dancer, I wanted to participate, but P was not one for doing any sort of technical dancing, claiming he had two left feet. What a debby downer… so we just watched the swing dancing for a few minutes before heading to the river walk to claim a spot for the Waterfire lighting. For what seemed initially to be a dead city, there was suddenly so much to do in Providence!
Waterfire is an event that involves a lighting of a seemingly endless line of bonfires within an art installation along the river in downtown Providence, from Waterplace Park to South Main Street Park. We grabbed a spot right on the edge of the river. As the sun began to set, loud, ominous, tribal music began to play, signaling the beginning of the lighting ceremony. A man with a long braid and a tribal uniform stood on a platform in the middle of the river and began to perform a fire dance, swinging chains of fireballs in circles above his head. I kind of felt like I was in Disney World's Animal Kingdom theme park. Now only if I had funnel cake… Then he jumped into the river and proceeded to slowly light the line of bonfires. The smell of the burning wood permeated the air, and everyone was entranced by the jumping flames.
After the lighting ceremony, P and I decided to check out the Waterfire food and art stands along the streets nearby. Kettle corn. Yoga shirts. Wood art. Ice cream. Hand-crafted jewelry. The usual. Nothing really stood out to us, so we moved on.
Two blocks later, we came upon a small side street where a six person band was playing Latin music on a small elevated stage set against a classic New England brownstone. A small group of people were dancing up front near the band. Some of them were working their salsa moves, while others were just swaying to the music. All of them looked like they were having the time of their life, and I wanted to join them. This time, I wasn't going to let P get away with any excuses. Without much convincing, P agreed to dance with me, and we swayed all night to the Latin beats! An amazing day in a city full of surprises! We'll be back!
Find out more about the Waterfire schedule and events here. It occurs about every other weekend until November 28th, so check it out!


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I'm a big fan of 10.8. But, in my opinion, notification centre, as in the swipe to view area, is quite useless as it stands. I'd much prefer it use the 'widget' style look for the notifications that SIRI uses instead of the mundane, information devoid UI that we have on iOS and now on the Mac. Case in point, what currently constitutes a notification for ical vs. the widget that shows up when you 'ask' SIRI for upcoming appointments. Another example is between mail notifications, as well iMessages, on SIRI compared to the iOS notification centre - much better looking (subjective), but also a lot more pertinent information. I much prefer notification centre on the Mac to use the UI aspects of SIRI, compared to that of iOS notification centre.
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Organization Tips: Has Anyone Found My Keys?
Organization Tips For Maintaining Balance and Efficiency "Has anyone found my keys? And while you're at it, has anyone found my peace? My joy? My fun life? My time? My career? My creativity? My smile? My youth? Thanks, I just really need to find those." Can you relate? Disorganization is about so much more than…Read More


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Free version of the famous M4L Instant Drummer. Limited functions.
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Kim Heathcott: StyleBlueprint FACE of Memphis
Heathcott has come to realize a few truths that she shares with other entrepreneurs. "I'm what you would call a recovering perfectionist," she says. "You're just not going to know all the answers. You'll make decisions that are good and bad and sometimes you get so clutched up over whether it's the right thing to do — and it may not be." While some people know from their first waking moment that they're going to be entrepreneurs, others probably didn't give it a thought until destiny gave them a push. Kim Heathcott is one such late bloomer. She had a … Read More
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The complex of Ospedaletto ("small hospital") was founded in February 1528, as an initiative launched by private residents of Venice. Its construction was a response to the substantial number of poverty-stricken arrivals migrating into the city, who relocated due to the mainland famine that subsequently came about after the War of the League of Cambrai (1508-1516). Initially, the complex consisted of a series of simple wooden sheds, as shelter for those in need; yet very soon the structure started to gain a well-established profile as a result of its organisational and architectural features. The Church of Santa Maria dei Derelitti is associated to the first historical phase, executed by Andrea Palladio in 1575.
The seventeenth Century was a pivotal century for the Ospedaletto, considering the renovations that took place. Thanks to the work by architects Antonio and Giuseppe Sardi between 1664 to 1666 (who constructed the elliptical staircase and intended to link the floors of the new section), which was subsequently taken over by Baldassare Longhena. As a result of the latter, particularly, the Courtyard of Four Seasons (il Cortile delle Quattro Stagioni) was designed to create a respite for guests in the female quarters, as well as the Church's imposing baroque façade.
In 1777 the Hall of Music was completed and intended for listening to chamber concerts- given that, back in the late fifteenth century, there was a music school within the Ospedaletto, specifically intended for young orphans. The spaces designed by Francesco Patron, were frescoed by Jacopo Guarana and Agostino mengozzi Colonna.
To mark the 58th International Art Exhibition, the structure will host a project titled Ospedaletto Con/temporaneo – which arose from a desire to re-engage these spaces and integrate them into the exhibition network and cultural fabric of the city.
Thus, the complex will support the presentation of exhibitions and art-events promoted by a selection of the most intriguing members of the contemporary scene, such as OGR Officine Grandi Riparazioni of Turin and Fabrica.
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La Tour du Trésorier – Tournus, France
For those who travel at a leisurely pace, here is an inspiring overnight base to enhance your drive South from Paris. Overlooking the Saône River and pastures of southern Burgundy to one side (view below from the private terrace of … Continue reading
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Author Christopher Knight shared his research into Freemasonry, including its rituals and origins. He disputed the idea that the members at the top of the hierarchy, such as 33 Degree Masons had any secretive knowledge, and said in fact they were likely to know less than those with lower degrees.
Knight described his initiation ceremony when he joined a Masonic lodge in England a number of years ago. In the ritual for the First Degree, he was brought into the room blindfolded, with a noose around his neck, and a dagger held to his heart, as he enacted a symbolic rite relating to King's Solomon temple. For the Third Degree, his said part of the ritual was conducted in near darkness.
The roots of Freemasonry extend back to Knights Templar and even to the Sumerians, said Knight. His forensic research has uncovered that civilizations living 5,000 to 6,0000 years ago had a "super science" using incredibly precise astronomical measurements such as the "megalithic yard," which also applied to the Sun and Moon, as well as the Earth. One theory, he is working on to explain their sophisticated knowledge, is that the ancient civilizations may have been visited by time travelers from our future.
Laura Hatch Case
In the first hour, Shay Nohr, the woman who found 17 year old Laura Hatch eight days after she crashed into a forested area near Seattle, discussed her prophetic dream that led to Laura's discovery. Shay said she had a repeated dream vision of an intersection, and then a second dream with a rabbit, like that from Alice in Wonderland, that said "keep going, keep going." This led her to suggest to her daughter that they go look for the missing girl at that particular intersection. Later, as they found Laura in her car, she said it might have been connected with the fact that a church group was praying that she would be found at around the same time.
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During the latter part of the first hour, George introduced 20 year-old Donald Garcia of Indio, CA, who was born blind, and wants to be a talk show host. He interviewed George about his background in broadcasting and also spoke to a couple of callers.


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2 From value chains to value networks and inter firm relationship
2.1 The evolution of the concepts of value chain
Porter´s value chain model shaped our way of understanding and analyzing industries for the past 30 years. It explores the links between the activities to be undertaken in order to commercialize a product in the market and how these activities add value to the final delivery (Peppard and Rylander, 2006). It focus on the value creation processes within the firms, not on the inter firms links in the value chain (Kothandaraman and Wilson, 2001) and how the different links influence the competitiveness of the industries (Peppard and Rylander, 2006).
Therefore, this model assumes that the value is created within one single main firm with a clear hierarchy, or expanded through the interaction of this main firm with other firms with a defining coordination. This main firm performs or coordinates the activities throughout the productive process - from raw materials to the final product. The main firm suppliers are included in the model, as they also perform tasks needed in the production process. Nevertheless, the buyer-supplier interactions are analyzed and performed taking into account market relations mainly based in price and therefore, follow a more competitive than collaborative model (Kothandaraman and Wilson, 2001).
The value creation in this model is considered linear, which means that every firm has a clear position in the value chain and provides the inputs for the next part of the production process, until reaching the customer in the market. The value is added in every new part of the process and measured in each output delivered to the next buyer in the chain.
The buyer´s choice of suppliers is based predominantly on financial aspects. Generally, the decision to buy or outsource part of the production or to do it in house is made taking into account the costs involved in the transaction and the competition in the suppliers market (Hoyt and Huq, 2000). Therefore, the suppliers in this type of value chain can be replaced at any time, as they do not have strong bonds with the buying firm and provided that another company could perform the same task for a lower price.
In this scenario, competition is examined between firms and their outcomes of the productive process and enhance competitiveness has to do with finding the flaws in the value chain in comparison to the competitor and try to fix them, also by changing suppliers. As Peppard and Rylander (2006) state: "Strategy becomes primarily from the art of positioning the firm in the right place in the value chain." What matters in this model is the role of each firm individually and the relation between firms is not meant to be long lasting nor considered to be a source of competitive advantage. This relationships are meant to last only until the point where they are beneficial to the main firm, financially wise.
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