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Two Correctional Officers Plead Guilty And An Inmate Is Sentenced In Baltimore Jail Racketeering Conspiracy
Baltimore, Maryland – Former correctional officer Derrick Jones, age 41, of Baltimore, pleaded guilty today to participating in a racketeering conspiracy that included the smuggling of drugs and contraband inside the Baltimore City Detention Center (BCDC). Correctional officer Aisha Fraction, age 26, of Baltimore, pleaded guilty to the same charge on August 27, 2014.
On August 27, 2014, Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced BGF member and inmate Frederick Morrison, age 30, also of Baltimore, to five years in prison, consecutive to the state sentence he is currently serving, followed by three years of supervised release, for the racketeering conspiracy.
The guilty pleas and sentence were announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein; Special Agent in Charge Stephen E. Vogt of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; Secretary Gregg Hershberger of the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services; Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts; and Baltimore City State's Attorney Gregg L. Bernstein.
This case was developed as a result of the efforts of the Maryland Prison Task Force, formed in 2011 with the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, local, state and federal law enforcement agencies, and prosecutors. The Task Force has met regularly for over three years, generating recommendations to reform prison procedures and producing leads that have been pursued by state, local and federal criminal investigators. The investigation is continuing.
According to court documents, the Black Guerilla Family (BGF) has been the dominant gang at the BCDC, and in several connected facilities, including the Baltimore Central Booking Intake Center (BCBIC), the Women's Detention Center, which houses many men, and in the Jail Industries Building.
Jones and Fraction were employed as correctional officers (COs) at the Baltimore City Detention Center. Jones and Fraction admitted that they smuggled contraband, including prescription pills, marijuana, and cellular phones, into BCDC for further distribution by inmates who were BGF members, such as Tavon White and Steven Loney. At times, other correctional officers helped Jones and Fraction to smuggle the contraband into the prison. Fraction had a personal relationship with at least one BGF inmate and was aware of other inmates and COs who were involved in smuggling and in sexual relationships. The defendants knew that by smuggling such contraband into BCDC, they furthered the racketeering enterprise of BGF.
According to his plea agreement, Morrison is a member of BGF and was in pretrial custody at BCDC from 2012 to 2013. During that time, Morrison was involved with and often directed the smuggling of contraband into BCDC, including cell phones, tobacco, marijuana and other drugs, through the services of COs, who received payments, gifts or a share of the profits. Morrison had a sexual relationship with at least one of the COs involved in contraband trafficking. Morrison and his closest BGF allies frequently used various people to obtain contraband outside the prison, hold it or deliver it to COs for smuggling. Morrison also helped conceal contraband from prison officials at BCDC who would conduct periodic searches for contraband.
U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander scheduled sentencing for Jones and Fraction, on January 9, 2015 and December 5, 2014, respectively. The defendants face a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison for the racketeering conspiracy.
Co-defendant Raylanair Reese, age 32, of Baltimore, is scheduled for a rearraignment on Friday, August 29, 2014, and several other defendants are scheduled for rearraignment next week.
To date, twenty-six of the 44 defendants charged in the conspiracy have pleaded guilty, including 16 correctional officers. One defendant has died. Trial is scheduled to begin November 17, 2014 for the remaining defendants.
U.S. Attorney Rosenstein recognized the efforts of the other members of the Maryland Prison Task Force, including: Colonel Marcus L. Brown, Superintendent of the Maryland State Police; Chief Mark A. Magaw of the Prince George's County Police Department; United States Marshal Johnny Hughes; Special Agent in Charge Karl C. Colder of the Drug Enforcement Administration - Washington Field Division; Tom Carr, Director of the Washington-Baltimore High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area; and Dave Engel, Executive Director of the Maryland Coordination and Analysis Center.
United States Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein praised the FBI, Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, Baltimore Police Department, and Maryland Prison Task Force, for their work in the investigation. Mr. Rosenstein thanked Assistant United States Attorneys Robert R. Harding and Ayn B. Ducao, who are prosecuting this Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force case.


text: Hi Milo, The IEM's ambisonics approach (binaural or with loudspeakers) is very consistent and from my point of view very well programmed (as the programming involved Thomas, Iohannes, Winfried ....) The CUBEMixer is a very nice GUI combining sub-busses, direct routing, ambisonics (for headphones and speakers), room-simulation, etc., and allows you to work like on a conventional mixing desk. We've been applying the libraries mentioned above to many artistic and scientific projects over the last view years. I really can recommend to using them, as they are pretty stable. The communication with your applications might be easily implemented using OSC. Unfortunately I don't know the libraries you mentioned (Amblib, ambipan, etc.) very well. So please check for other recommendations too :) Cheers, Markus Quoting j milo taylor <milo at suborg.net>: > Hi, > > I am bit of a newbie and I'm intending to development an immersive > audio-visual environment based on a mysql / xml database of sound > artists. I would like to explore PD as the means of presenting data in a > spatialised installation context, and ambisonics would add a lot to the > experience. > > The options available in PD are, as I understand > > IEM bin_ambi <http://iem.at/Members/noisternig/bin_ambi> > CUBEmixer <http://puredata.info/Members/ritsch/News/cubemixer> > Ambilib <http://music.york.ac.uk/mrc/download.php> > ambipan~, ambicube~ and vbapan~ > <http://cicm.mshparisnord.org/dl/ambipan.htm> > > Does anyone have any recommedations for this? My app is, at present > based in X3D, and the position of sound sources are expressed as, for > example > > position='-3.20022 -.78022 17.05038', > > how complex would it be to send this spatialisation data to PD, and use > to PD as the audio engine for app for further real-time manipulation? > > best regards > milo > > p.s. at present i'm on a xp box. > > > > _______________________________________________ > PD-list at iem.at mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.

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Lexi Schreiber recently obtained her Master of Art in Theatre from Villanova University (2017). During her time there, she had the opportunity to assistant music direct as well as be seen onstage at Villanova Theatre in productions of Electra (chorus) and Little Women (Marmee). Lexi has her Bachelor of Music with a Minor in Musical Theatre from University of the Arts (2014). At UArts, she was a featured soloists in many vocal department concerts and shows and had the honor of assistant directing two of the musical theatre revue shows produced by the School of Music. Lexi has been working at Mainstage Center for the Arts as the Children's Theatre vocal music director during Summer Stage. She has been teaching voice lessons in the greater Philadelphia area since her graduation from UArts. She is trained classically and uses that foundation of technique to work with her students on all genres on music. She also works with students to make sure the performance and presence of the song is at the forefront.


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I never said gardening with little ones wouldn't be challenging. I'm just seeing more of the fruits of it right now!
We're two weeks into having a garden, and we're starting to see a few results: the teeniest of spring lettuces, the shoots of the onion sets, the pencil-thin leeks (or at least I hope they're leeks and not random blades of grass), the beginnings of chives (again, hoping not grass).
Which leads to Lesson 1: Mark your territory. Even though I thought I knew where things are planted, it's challenging to guess. The carrots may not even start for another two weeks, for example. And I'm not 100 percent sure right now what's growing that was supposed to be there. In other words, I should have put in my yogurt-container-turned-veggie labels as I worked.
My beans are of an iffy state. About 1/3 of what we originally planted are doing well. The beans we planted a week later in the other bed are going crazy. Lesson 2: Space your planting. I never really understood until then why they say that!
These two lessons came in handy this weekend, when we got a surprise package in the mail. Our shallots, onions and garlic ordered a few months back from Pinetree Garden. A great problem to have, except my idea of what would be shipped (if it ever arrived) and what they delivered had a slight discrepency. And they would have to fit in about a 2-foot by 4-foot area. Right... (Thankfully they can be used to plant this fall as well.)
In comes my helper, who's thrilled about planting shallots, which by then I'd accidentally spilled into my extremely wet peat pellet tray. She eagerly grabbed a handful and went to work peeling off the thin outer layer "because the birds like to eat them," she reasoned. And just as quickly, they were planted (in likely large, clustered batches) in random areas that make sense to only a 3 year old.
So in the coming weeks, I shouldn't be surprised if random things are popping up everywhere. This summer, in our garden, we'll just stick to Lesson 3: Just go with the flow.


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Louis Vuitton Spring Summer 2012 Ad Campaign
February 1, 2012
Louis Vuitton Spring 2012 first ads are out and are as sweet as expected. Shot by Steven Meisel and styled by Karl Templer, the scene shows models Daria Strokous and Kati Nescher posing playfully among milkshakes and ice creams.
"The spirit of our Spring 2012 collection is reflected beautifully in this new ad campaign," says Louis Vuitton Artistic Director Marc Jacobs.
"All the tone and texture of the collection, the lightness, the prettiness, the broderie anglaise, the millefeuille layers of organza, are recreated in these wonderful images by Steven Meisel. It is all very soft and very sweet, yet at the same time very bold and very graphic."
Star of the season, the see through Lockit bag that opened the Louis Vuitton Spring 2012 show shares the spotlight with the girls.
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February 1, 2012
After casting her for the collection's lookbook, Louis Vuitton once again opted for the modern faced Arizona Muse to embody the Cruise 2012 girl. The collection imagined by Julie de Libran and Sofia Coppola, was shot by Mark Segal in azure picturesque Corsica, where a perfectly tanned Arizona poses swinging, almost smirking with nothing but the sea as the background.
Carrying a white perforated version of the classic Saumur bag, a jockey hat and wearing a mini heart printed combi-short topped with a gold metallic collar, Ms. Muse is true to her name for the ideal Cruise look. The same heart print made its debut on the cover of V Magazine 74 The Model Issue. In another shot, the rising american model wears a one piece bathing suit paired with a studded light tweed jacket, accessorized with a big Louis Vuitton chain and a red Sofia Coppola PM bag.
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This first storey two bedroom unit is located close to the new boardwalk at Lower Sandy Bay. Being a first storey unit, it captures great sun. Part furnished. Both bedrooms have builtins. New carpet throughout. Bathroom laundry combined. Close to the beach, transport,shops and a short drive or bus trip to the University. Available 14th January 2014 for a 3, 9 or 12 month lease. Unfortunately pets not permitted.


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Please sign the petition, like the FB page (see links at bottom) and SPREAD THE WORD! Help keep Malaysia truly green, by voicing your concerns against nuclear power in Malaysia.
Press Release:
A number of governments around the world have responded to calls from their citizens to end the nuclear age by phasing out nuclear power plants and reversing decisions to build new nuclear power plants.
The recent catastrophic nuclear accident in Fukushima has brought Japan to its knees and persuaded many countries, including Germany, Italy and Switzerland, to phase out existing nuclear reactors at the end of their useful life. They have also canceled plans for new reactors and instead are investing in renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies.
However, the Malaysian government remains adamant to pursue the nuclear energy path, despite previous calls by concerned groups to scrap its plans. Disappointed with the Malaysian Government's plans to develop nuclear energy despite the significant concerns that have been raised against the option, civil society groups have joined forces to embark on a public campaign to call on the Government of Malaysia to abandon its plans for the construction of nuclear power plants.
Nuclear power is inherently dangerous and not environmentally-friendly. The process of the nuclear fuel cycle itself – from uranium mining and extraction, fueling uranium enrichment, nuclear power plant construction, maintenance and monitoring of the processing and storing of radioactive waste, decommissioning and cleaning up radioactive contamination – require an enormous supply of energy, much more than other energy sources.
According to international studies which take into account the nuclear fuel cycle, a nuclear power plant indirectly emits between 376,000 and 1,300,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide per year. Nuclear power releases four to five times more carbon dioxide per unit of energy compared to renewable energy. Thus, the Malaysian government's decision to opt for nuclear energy to achieve its declared goal of reducing carbon emissions intensity is one that is fundamentally flawed.
Furthermore, nuclear power plants produce ultra-hazardous, highly radioactive waste that will remain radioactive for more than a hundred thousand years. No country in the world has managed to safely dispose its nuclear waste permanently, as currently there is no such technology. At present, nuclear waste is temporarily stored in pools of water or in dry casks, alongside nuclear reactors.
The nuclear industry and proponents in the Malaysian government continue to spread disinformation about nuclear energy and are on a public relations exercise to persuade the public to accept nuclear energy, while failing to address the fundamental and yet unresolved issue of the handling of the nuclear waste, wastewater from the nuclear reactors, and other health and safety aspects.
The Malaysian government should seriously consider the health and safety risks of nuclear energy. Human error and unpredictable events are unavoidable, making nuclear reactor safety uncertain. The history of the nuclear industry is littered with minor and major accidents. Even without accidents, a nuclear power plant is dangerous to health.
In a 2007 meta-analysis of 17 research papers, covering 136 nuclear sites in the United Kingdom, Canada, France, the United States of America, Germany, Japan and Spain, the incidence of leukaemia in children under nine who live close to the sites, showed an increase from 14% to 21%, while death rates rose from 5% to 24%.
Another scientific study, published in the European Journal of Cancer Care in 2008, revealed that leukaemia death rates in American children living near nuclear power plants have risen sharply in the past two decades.
Besides environmental, health and safety issues, developing nuclear energy also faces challenging economic hurdles considering nuclear energy's high capital costs, construction cost, availability and prices of fuel, engineering expertise, radioactive waste management, security and accident liabilities, and decommissioning, among other issues.
To conclude, nuclear energy is clearly not cheap, clean or safe. The nuclear option should not be considered at all as a solution to Malaysia's energy needs.
This public petition demands that the Government of Malaysia applies the Precautionary Principle enshrined in the 1992 Rio Declaration, abandon its plans to build nuclear power plants, and instead earnestly implement its energy efficiency and renewable energy programmes, which are safe, economical and sustainable.
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Description: The great hypnotist Professor Montserrat has developed a technique for controlling the minds, and sharing the sensations, of his subjects. He and his wife Estelle test the technique on Mike Roscoe, and enjoy 'being' the younger man. But Estelle soon grows to love the power of controlling Roscoe, and the vicarious pleasures that provides. How far will she go, and can the Professor restrain her in time?
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It seems as if nothing can stop bitcoin from going higher. The cryptocurrency is up by 7%, or $157, on Wednesday at $2,416 a coin. It has gained in 26 of the past 29 sessions and has more than doubled in value over that time.
Wednesday's gain comes after China was downgraded at Moody's and a bitcoin scaling agreement was reached by the Digital Currency Group, representing 56 companies in 21 countries, at the Consensus 2017 conference in New York. The agreement states:
"We agree to immediately support the following parallel upgrades to the bitcoin protocol, which will be deployed simultaneously and based on the original Segwit2Mb proposal:
- "Activate Segregated Witness at an 80% threshold, signaling at bit 4
- "Activate a 2 MB hard fork within six months"
The announcement is the latest bit of good news for the cryptocurrency. At the beginning of April, Japan announced bitcoin had become a legal payment method in the country. Additionally, Ulmart, Russia's largest online retailer, said it would begin accepting bitcoin even though Russia had said it wouldn't explore the cryptocurrency until 2018.
The gains also seem to be boosted by speculation the US Securities and Exchange Commission could overturn its ruling on the Winklevoss twins' bitcoin exchange-traded fund. The SEC was accepting public comment on its decision until May 15, but it hasn't announced whether it will overturn its rejection of the ETF.
Bitcoin has gained 154% this year. Except for 2014, it has been the top-performing currency every year since 2010.


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Here are the two first combo videos:
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With a -15% special launch discount!
Spread the fury!
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You will get a Steam key, and be able to add the game to your library. You can also gift the game to a friend.
When the game will be released on June 25th, you will be able to download it.
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My Dad The Engineer
Like every young man my Dad is my hero.. He works the hardest, he has achieved amazing things and he has taught me so much.
My Dad is a technician on Heidelberg printing machinery and he is excellent at it, in fact he is so good he is considered by many to be one of the best in the industry - worldwide. Let me set the scene for you..
Being a printer's engineer is intense, in fact it is I am sure one of the hardest jobs on the planet. To give you an idea a typical job for my Dad looks something like this:
- Get up at 4am and drive from Rochdale to Spain - and don't stop.
- Have a quick rest and then get up and prepare for hell (hell being the installation of a pre-owned Heidelberg SM102-12P which looks something like this).
- Heidelberg (the manufacturer) would allow around 5-6 weeks and about 6 men to complete this installation, my Dad is going to do it in 1 week and with just 2 men. The job will be carried out to an extremely high standard - comparable to Heidelberg.
- The next few days consist of early mornings, late nights, and hard work which would test anyone. If your heart and soul is not 100% in it you will not survive past the second day. Most of the time you are only eating breakfast (if the hotel do it that early) and an evening meal - never lunch - you are too focused on what you are doing.
- Every piece of the machine (there are hundreds) is heavy and will fight you mentally and physically. You will get taken to your limits and then pushed off the edge. Nothing will fit, nothing will work, it is a used machine and you are installing somebody else's problems. Everything must work before you leave, my Dad owns his company and is 100% accountable for the £million+ machine he is installing. The machine must be levelled and built to micrometers.
- After the job is finished and the machine is running and the company is happy my Dad will drive home and not stop until he gets home.
- After a few weeks he will repeat this process and go on another adventure somewhere else in the world.
I know a lot about this process because I had the utter pleasure of working alongside my Dad for a few years and I believe it is this which sculpted me into the person I am today - blood, sweat and tears, I have been through the mill and I will never be the same again, here is a portion of what I have learnt from my Dad..
Hard work is rewarding. You have heard it before but it really is true. If you push past your limits 5 or 6 times in a day I can guarantee you that the sun will look brighter, your meals will taste better and your emotions will be heightened, you will wake up and feel alive.
Never give up. Ever. I don't mean just keep going and try your best - that is self-limiting. I mean never give up performing at your highest level. Anyone can just turn up and get through the day. You could not do that for 1 minute if you worked with my Dad, every move you make counts, if 10% of you slacks for 1 minute the job is a failure - and failure is not an option.
Be the best in your field. My Dad is extremely skilful and talented. He has mastered his craft inside and out through years of pushing himself beyond his limits. His knowledge demands respect.
Believe in yourself. On one occasion a good friend of ours in Holland was in a crisis with his machine and Heidelberg would not help him, they said the repair is 'impossible'. My Dad doesn't understand impossible, in fact it is like a red rag to a bull - my Dad fixed the machine and defied everyone because he didn't listen to the naysayers - he believed in himself.
Always keep learning and work the hardest on yourself. My Dad is ahead of his peers because he keeps learning. He understands the latest technology and continues to develop himself. In the middle of a job when everyone is tired, my Dad will be up one hour before everyone, sat at breakfast and researching/learning/working.
Respect your tools. This is a huge lesson to learn. Every day, no matter how hard the day was, no matter what time it was my Dad would take every single tool and clean it meticulously. He would never lose a single tool - he would never 'leave a man behind'. At the end of the day my Dad's toolbox would look like a brand new set of tools, each one in its place - ready for tomorrow's fight.
Be humble. My Dad is very humble. He will never say that he is one of the best. He is completely respectful of everyone he meets and especially of other engineers. He understands that everyone is working hard like he is, we all have our fights and our problems.
Make people smile. I have always said it - my Dad's best attribute is his ability to make people happy. He doesn't realise it but he makes everyone smile that he meets. Whether it is the girl at the McDonald's drive through or the owner of a huge international organisation - my Dad can speak to anyone on their level and make them smile. Everyone he passes in his life he leaves with a tiny bit of happiness - it's pretty cool.
Every time I look in the mirror I see more of my Dad in me, he has built a powerful engine in me, I know it and I can feel it. That engine is revved and roaring and I am going to use it to work hard, never give up, be the best in my field, believe in myself, keep learning, be respectful of my tools, be humble and most importantly to make people smile..
Thanks Dad, nothing can stop me now.


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Offstumped has set forth his views on how the Rama Janmasthana-Babari Masjid and such like issues may be resolved now and in the future.
Since I have some thoughts to share on the eve of a much awaited judgment on the Ayodhya dispute (which is now delayed by a week), I thought it better to link to Offtumped's article since he has spoken of "Truth and Reconciliation". Many of our elite these past days have spoken of "Reconciliation" but rarely, if at all, of "Truth".
Let's begin –
Offstumped starts with two apprehensions he uses to base his larger argument.
#1 Apprehensions of the culturally conscious within the Majority on whether a State wedded to "secularism" (however flawed its definition) will always find it incumbent to bend over backwards to appease the Minority at the expense of the Majority so Minorities feel secure.
#2 Apprehensions of the politically conscious within the Minority and the progressives on whether a State that yields to the Majority on culture issues will deny the Minority its freedom to faith and appear to be illiberal or fundamentalist to the "non-believing progressive liberal" global community (however flawed such perceptions maybe)
On the first point, I would like to say that many of the "conscious" in our country; either culturally or politically; retain superficial views about secularism and its dynamics in a Multi-Cultural polity such as ours. I believe that the issue has nothing to do with an acceptable or more accurate definition of secularism but with the basic received "wisdom" that the sacral must be separated from the temporal. Whatever might have been the compulsions in Europe and the West, Hindu polity has behaved differently. Our States have traditionally steered clear of imposing ruling or even majority religious norms on the common populace while remaining very religious. This has had to do with the nature of Dharma and the principle of different Dharmic (not restricted to orthodoxy) paths leading to Brahman. Even those Jatis or Janajatis that did not accept such Brahmanical frameworks never felt constrained or in conflict with the so-called mainstream.
Least someone think I'm putting too fine a gloss over our ancient polity; reform within tradition had sufficient play and reformers as a rule did not have to burn at the stake.
Therefore secularism in Hindusthan is actually a travesty and a perversion in the first instance. Privileging the assertive minority is how the disease manifests itself in our body politic.
Secondly and taking the nature of Hindu polity into consideration, minority fears are misplaced. Perhaps they have come to see secularism as that shield behind which they can wield and threaten the National Society. In the absence of secularism in Hindusthan, there is no basis to think that any minority would be constrained in its religious or cultural practices. So long as public space is not encroached upon disproportionately and so long as the National Society is not disturbed by gratuitous infringements; minorities will flourish.
Let me further define a minority in the case of Hindusthan.
A minority is that segment of our total population which insists upon an Only God and Prophet. Insists that its way leads to salvation and all others lead to hell. Insists on converting more and more of the people outside of its fold unto its own in order to save their souls.
It should matter little if individual members of such a minority don't believe in these precepts. All that matters is that they owe alliance to these in some way, shape or form. The reason these are minorities and not of the same cloth as the National Society is because the latter Society has developed differently. There has been more give and take and a healthy respect for different paths and traditions.
So the problem is more basic and if we are to work towards deeper solutions, we must talk more about deeper causes.
I think Offstumped falters in recognizing these apprehensions as factual in themselves. Any structure that is built upon such a faulty foundation must shake. Let us now examine the Truths in his list.
#1 It is true that the communal fault lines in India have their roots in political mobilization on religious grounds during the Freedom movement on all sides.
– What is "communal"? It appears to mean religion based groups having religion based concerns. "Communalism" would mean such groups working towards goals that are specific to their groups. Sometimes such goals are in conflict with the goals of other "communal" groups – thereby creating "fault lines". However, who is to say these fault-lines are not valid or are artificial?
As explained above, religion has never been apart from our politics. It has always been part of it. Only, the manner in which religion is perceived by the Hindu society has differed greatly from various minorities that have come to inhabit this land. The Hindu fight for independence started when their polity was encroached upon successfully by Islamic invaders and then later by the Christian West. (By successful I mean that when they managed to create more permanent bases on our land.) An early "fault line" was created. Seen from this light, our fight has always had a serious communal element to it. In 1857, the Muslims saw their opportunity to regain political prestige for Islam. Another "fault line" here.
During the "freedom movement" Offstumped alludes to and presumably he alludes to the movement under Gandhi; then too the fight was essentially from a religious perspective since Gandhi and his predecessors did not claim to be secular; the difference being that Gandhi sought to erase these "fault lines" by surrendering long standing Hindu religious and political interests. A highly visible but logical fracture that developed due to such "fault lines" was the partition of Hindusthan. This event should have seen the culmination of a series of fault lines but that did not happen because Hindus had seemingly forgotten the nature of the fault line that caused the fracture. At least their leadership of the time, had.
Therefore imagining that these fault lines could have been avoided if they were not politically mobilized is to try not to find water in an ocean.
#2 It is also true that partition of India on religious grounds further deepened these fault lines rather than erase them
– A natural and logical happenstance.
#3 The geo-political reality of the Sub-Continent as it exists today is unlikely to change and we must come to terms with it.
– Let us examine a little more. If by geo-political reality we mean the existence of Pakistan and Bangladesh as Islamic States, then these are real at least for the foreseeable future. Hindusthan is in flux. I don't think a secular polity is a settled fact for us. There are plenty of factors that can still unsettle such convenient consensus not the least being the nature and logic of secularism itself.
#4 It is possible to envisage a future where borders could become irrelevant but that future aspiration should not be the basis for domestic political mobilization in the present times, we must accept that reality as well atleast for the next 10 years.
– How or why borders need become irrelevant is not explained. I think strong borders are very important. There are no current political mobilizations that are happening with such a future in mind unless one views Islamic mobilizations in Hindusthan from this angle. There is truth in that.
#5 We must also recognize the Truth that in the immediate aftermath of Partition, the Indian State went out of its way to make the Minority feel secure in India out of deep apprehensions of instability and violence.
– There is no truth in such a deduction. The State of Hindusthan went out of its way wrt minority security because philosophically, it saw no other way that was right. It never perceived itself as a possible Hindu State.
#6 We must also recognize the Truth that in that attempt to make the Minority feel secure the Indian State made mistakes some of which came at the expense of the Majority
– If the deduction is that this could have been avoided; given the nature of our secular polity; then it is wrong. It was and is unavoidable. So, in that sense these are not "mistakes" that can be corrected without changing our polity.
#7 We must also recognize the Truth that these mistakes coupled with 5 decades of political monopoly of one Party contributed to illiberal and anti-national policies getting Constitutional sanction via subversive amendments.
– Actually, the Shah Bano amendment was in tune with the secular character of our polity. The judgment itself that tried to slyly circumvent Muslim Personal Law was the travesty.
#8 We must also recognize the Truth that these 5 decades of monopoly had empowered political power brokers within the Minority at the expense of the "aam Admi" within the Minority
– There is no co-relation really to longevity of political tenure with policies that affected minorities. No co-relation unless there were challengers to the basis of such a polity.
#9 We must also recognize the Truth that these political power brokers within the Minority had no political incentive in eliminating the apprehensions and pursuing politics that would have genuinely benefited their socio-economic development
– When the secular polity inherently creates the miasma of "possible threats to minorities against which they should be protected", such power brokers are merely doing their job. In order to disincentivize these and such brokers, we need to think about changing the basis of our polity.
#10 We must also recognize the Truth that this practice of nurturing political power brokers within the Minority to make flawed decisions at the expense of Majority had lead to an inevitable political backlash in the late 1980s and 1990s.
– There was a backlash to such politics but it was half-baked. An assault on a so called pseudo-secularism was mounted but not on secularism itself. The basic structure was still a holy cow. So the majority backlash is merely reactive and not really corrective. This cycle will go on.
#11 We must also accept the reality that while the politics of the late 1980s and early 1990s provided an outlet to the Majority to express its rejection of the flawed politics of the first 5 decades it failed to provide a coherent alternative within the ambit of the Constitution
– Of course, because that would have involved messing with the "Basic Structure", our secular holy cow. Hindu leaders were not even thinking about challenging socialism forget secularism. Figuratively speaking, L.K. Advani decapitated the movement by peddling the myth of "pseudo-secularism" and the assumed fight for a "real secularism".
If the Constitution is assumed to be founded on the "basic structure" enshrined in the Preamble, there is little hope of finding alternatives within the ambit of such a Constitution. We should start by questioning the sacrosanct nature of the "basic structure" itself.
#12 We must also accept the reality that the political mobilization on Culture Conflicts that remained unresolved due to the flawed politics of the first 5 decades while ending the political monopoly of one party and making national politics competitive came at a collateral social cost
– Flawed politics emanate from a flawed polity. The seemingly incoherent resistances to policies via political mobilization on "culture conflicts" are really resistance to the nature of our existing secular polity. This should be recognized clearly if we are to even begin analyzing possible solutions to such conflicts.
#13 We must also accept the Truth that the collateral social cost in the form of political violence from this political mobilization is no different from the collateral social costs from political violence from past abuses of power and social conflicts during the first 5 decades after Independence
– All arising from the nature of our secular polity.
#14 We must also accept the Truth that the first 5 decades of misgovernance lead to an Institutionalization of poor Judicial Performance leading to unacceptable delays in Justice Delivery at all levels of the Government thus contributing to an abject lack of Justice Delivery to the many victims of this collateral damage from abuses of power and political mobilization on culture/social conflicts
– One cannot treat the disease by merely attacking manifestations. That's not how Hindus have traditionally solved problems. One should attack the root that rears the disease.
#15 We must accept the reality that the Constitution, the state of the Judiciary and the Executive at Federal, State, Local levels as it exists today does not have the necessary tools to facilitate a transparent and participative process of resolution to these Culture Conflicts while ensuring Justice to all Victims of Political Violence over the last 6 decades.
– How can these have "the necessary tools to facilitate a transparent and participative process of resolution to these Culture Conflicts"? Such tools are completely against the grain. Even if such tools exist, they are bound to be used to subvert the National Society (The notion of a National Society itself is alien to a secular polity). Such is true anywhere in the secular-liberal world. See for instance how such a tool paved the way for the Masjid in New York. The National Society in the US has now to resort to mobilizing construction workers and asking them not to work on the Masjid.
#16 We must accept the reality that the practice of the past 6 decades of amending the Constitution to give more powers to the Federal Government via Parliament's ability to legislate does not lead to satisfactory solutions and only further weakens the sanctity of the Constitution and Federalism while sowing the seeds for future conflicts on account of local/regional sentiments being ignored or deliberately sidelined.
– Mere tinkering with the nature of governance will not help solve the problem. I think the idea is to localize disputes; however the resolutions still will need to abide by basic principles laid down in the current Constitution.
#17 We must also accept the reality that this practice of Federally legislated solutions to socio-economic conflicts has lead to short sighted politics that have only encouraged opportunistic political mobilization based on identity and all its associated negative effects of corruption, nepotism, political violence and instability through dissidence.
– Short-sightedness is assumed here. Perhaps the reason for such assumption is it has given rise to unpalatable conflicts. What is ignored is that such conflicts are natural in a flawed polity. The conflict is real. What manifests in its stead depends on how the conflict is resolved and the premise upon which such resolutions are based. It is very doubtful if an artificially localized (contained?) conflict that is resolved against the interests of a National Society will be accepted as fait accompli nationally merely because the local members of the National Society agree to such a "solution".
#18 We must finally accept the reality that the pursuit of "self interest" via identity politics that thrives on historical grievances will not end with Constitutional amendments forced top down
– The assertion is not clear. However, the import seems to be to localize conflict resolution.
#19 We must also finally accept the reality that the Cultural Diversity of India is such that there will also be a multitude of such "identity determined self interests" which may not always be in harmony with each other leading to inevitable political conflicts
– The nature of Hindu diversity and the modes of communication this National Society has historically evolved is being confused with conflicts arising out of the "clash of civilizations" so to speak. Ayodhya falls in the latter category. In the former fall Jati related conflicts that are resolved amicably via relevant laws and social reform.
#20 We must also finally accept the reality that the only way to resolve such future conflicts is to allow for an Institutionalized Constitutional Framework within which such Conflicts can be resolved Democratically without the need for National Legislations that are forced on everyone and without succumbing to the blackmail of competitive Political Violence by Identity based Groups in conflict with each other.
– Again not clear unless one takes "National Legislation" to mean the Constitution including its "basic structure" and their legal interpretations. But the talk of an "Institutionalized Constitutional Framework" must mean our current Constituent including its "basic structure" and an adherence to it with perhaps some harmless amendments. This method forecloses any options that may be in the interests of the National Society. The minority can always resort to "threats to itself" and arm-twist the secular polity to do its bidding (its job, actually).
Taking into consideration all of the above points and the fact that the current Constitution with its "basic structure" is sought to be left untouched; one is not surprised to find that the State is forced to resort to strong arm tactics in order to enforce its diktat.
This situation is ably reflected in "Institutionalized Constitutional Framework" that Offstumped's Big Tent offers –
#1 There will be ZERO TOLERANCE TO Political Violence and Identity based Discrimination
#2 The Rule of Law will be ruthlessly enforced on above
#3 Justice will always be delivered to every Victim of violence and discrimination in a timely manner
This makes the State and its structures an enemy of the National Society because the secular-liberal polity affords little or no leeway for expressions of the political or cultural Will of such a National Society.
Assertions nevertheless, will be met with force.
Alternately, in a Hindu polity that respects the National Society and considers it as such while providing minorities enough scope to live and flourish with dignity without giving offense to the dignity of the National Society, the State and its structures are not enemies but partners in unified endeavor. Therefore the State's actions acquire substantial meaning when it claims to speak for National Interests.
Further, the "Institutionalized Constitutional Framework" seeks to promise the provinces (states) the following that are again bound to get into conflict with the nature of the secular-liberal polity; for Offstumped's scheme has still not spoken about changing the nature of our polity. Just to be clear, I am in favor of devolution of powers but in a Hindu polity.
Let's see if specific issues can be identified –
#1 States will have the freedom to frame laws on socio-economic issues like Reservations, Labor Laws, Social Schemes, Entitlements and the Constitution shall be amended to allow for this freedom to the States
– Reservations for minorities in Hindu majority states. How shall the state evade accusations of "pandering to the majority" and ignoring the "just" demands of the minorities?
#2 Local Governments will have the freedom to raise taxes and bear the responsibility for local delivery of services from public utilities, law enforcement, zoning etc…
– There is talk of proportional or increased representation of minorities in law enforcement to ensure "social justice". Will Hindus be expected to pay for minority recruitment drives? If not, will the said state administrations remain unmolested for "ignoring" minority representation?
#3 Direct Democracy at the Local level will allow the people to push upwards proposals on Socio-Cultural issues to allow the States to resolve conflicts on Cultural and Social Conflicts in a democratic way
– Let's take the Ayodhya dispute. Shall the minority in this dispute be forced to abide by a majority democratic verdict? How shall this be resolved if parties to the dispute approach the courts and the courts find for the minority that goes against the majority public opinion? Or shall the minority be forced not to approach the courts at all? The majority may not feel too pressurized given its numbers in the democratic arena.
#4 There is a risk of Direct Democracy resulting in paralysis of the kind we have seen in California or resulting in Constitutionally absurd proposals finding popular support. It is only in such extreme cases there should be a role for the Supreme Court to intervene and specify constitutionally acceptable parameters or limits while sending those issues back to the State and Local Government for resolution.
– The notion that some proposals are "absurd" becomes irrelevant when one has decided to devolve powers to local bodies and states. How shall the Supreme Court decide on relevance, acceptability and limits to issues raised by the community? It is for the community to decide. (A Hindu polity can resolve this by reference to traditions)
#5 For issues that transcend State boundaries or impact National Frontiers (like SSP) the current method of Federal Parliament based legislations will continue
– No issues here.
I'm afraid Offstumped's optimism given the fact that he has refused to disturb the basic nature of our polity, is misplaced. His specific proposals for the "Institutionalized Constitutional Framework", I have shown, even with limited illustrations, are insufficient to deliver on his following promises.
#1 Justice to all victims of Communal Riots
#2 Justice to all victims of Discrimination
#3 Freedom to Religious Institutions with no government interference
#4 Culture Conflicts that have remained unresolved on account of apprehensions of above 3
The flaw in Offstumped's formulation reveals itself in his proposals for Ayodhya.
Step 1 – give freedom to local communities
– Given
Step 2 – Trust economics to find the right solutions by free will of people rather than forced top-down. Empower local community and stakeholders to take over religious shrines via direct democracy thru appropriate legislation
– The "local community" and stakeholders taking over shrines will necessarily have to be from the community to which the shrines belong. Unless there is a conflict like the title suite in Ayodhya, there really is no dispute as to who the stakeholders are. If this is to be resolved via Direct Democracy, one must deal with figures. Muslims in Faizabad constitute 14.6 % of the total population. The rest, we must presume, are Hindus. Economy of numbers is clearly in favor of Hindus.
Step 3 – all political outfits and socio-religious groups agree to respect step 2 as the basis for reconciliation. Both representative parties make their case to the people of Faizabad on faith and economic grounds and how the local community will stand to benefit from investments and economic activity etc
– Given. Offstumped assumes Muslims will agree if they feel there is more money in their pockets if a Mandir comes up. The Hindus can be assured of that fact for themselves.
Step 4 – with step 2 as the basis let the people of Faizabad settle the dispute via local direct democracy as far as the disputed land goes. For the rest where the legal status is clear hand it over to the legal stakeholders.
– Let's look at the questions before the courts:
It is the longest running legal dispute in India. Call it by any name – Babri dispute or Ram Mandir dispute, but it all simply boils down to just who owns the 60 sq feet by 40 sq feet land in Ayodhya where the Babri Masjid used to stand till December 6, 1992.
The dispute actually dates back to 1885 when the first petition was filed by the head of the Nirmohi Akhara asking for permission to offer prayers to Ram Lalla inside what was known as the Babri Masjid. But the permission was never given.
In the following year in 1886, district Judge of Faizabad court FEA Chamier gave his verdict "It is most unfortunate that a masjid should have been built on land specially held sacred by the Hindus, but as that event occurred 356 years ago, it is too late now to remedy the grievance."
Since then and from 1950 onwards five title suits were filed in the Allahabad High Court. Out of these four are in favour of Hindus and one from the Sunni Waqf Board, All the suits stake claim to the title of the plot of land of the Babri masjid.
It the title suits which are now going to be decided by the three-judge Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court. The bench comprising of Justice SU Khan, Justice Sudhir Agarwal and Justice DV Sharma has to answer the following questions: Did a temple exist at the disputed site before 1528 when Mir Baqi constructed the Babri Masjid? If the suit filed by Sunni Waqf Board in 1961 was barred by time limitation? Was Ayodhya really the birth place of Lord Ram and is there evidence to show that Hindus have been worshipping at this place for a long time?
Another question to be answered is if Muslims had abandoned the mosque in 1934? Was the appearance of Ram Lalla's idols inside the Babri Mosque area really an act of miracle?
Now, which of these questions are for Direct Democracy to resolve keeping in mind our secular-liberal polity.
Note – I like Offstumped's basic idea of devolution of powers to local communities. However, in a situation where decisions will have to conform to a secular-liberal framework, any exercise of devolved powers will remain constrained and mostly invite the State's retribution if these fall outside of framework.
The other assumption I disagree with is the thinking that man lives by bread alone. To my mind, there cannot be any other reason for Offstumped to not have considered re-looking the "basic structure" of our secular-liberal Constitution all the while devolving powers and speaking in terms of "local economies".
All in all, these call for a larger more detailed debate.
– Namaste
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- 2 pounds carrots, chopped
- 2 onions, diced
- 6 cups broth
- 3 tbsp. ginger, grated
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 cup coconut milk
- sea salt, black pepper and onion powder
- 2 tbsp. ghee/coconut oil
- 2 tbsp. plain protein or gelatin powder (optional)
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- ¼ cup coconut oil/olive oil/ghee
- 2 large sweet potatoes, peeled and chopped
- 1 apple, peeled, cored and chopped
- 1 white onion, chopped
- 2 large carrots, peeled and chopped
- ½ cup red lentils, rinsed
- ½ tsp. ground cumin
- ½ tsp. chili powder
- ½ tsp. paprika
- 4 ½ cups broth
- ginger, minced (use 1-inch piece)
- sea salt and black pepper
- coconut cream (optional)
Warm up the oil, and add in your sweet potatoes, carrots, apple, and onion.
Cook until crystalized, which should take about 10 minutes.
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Season, and top with coconut cream.
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But listening to Taylor, reading about Taylor, talking about Taylor, that was practically research for a romance writer, right? No one understood love in all its aspects better than Taylor Swift.
Instead of bathing, she went straight to her computer. Instead of opening her woefully neglected manuscript, she signed onto Twitter. It was the best place to create new disciples and spread Swiftie fever far and wide.
There were so many lost souls out there not listening to TayTay. It tore at her heart to imagine people stumbling through a grim gray world untouched by the shimmering beauty of T-Swizzle.
Alisha had developed a habit of putting a mark on the wall next to her computer each time she found cracks in someone's armor and successfully squirted the T-virus all up in their business. She used red lipstick to document her triumphs. It was the color that always adorned Taylor's perfect lips.
Her office was running out of space for the hash marks. Alisha had lost track of how many tubes of lipstick she'd used up. An outsider would've taken one look at the Crimson Room of Crazypants and fled like it was the devil's boudoir. But the redder it got, the more she loved it. Red was practically her favorite Tay-Sway album.
Within a few minutes of prowling Twitter, Alisha successfully badgered a horror writer into buying Taylor's newest album. She whooped with delight, searching her desk for the tube of victory lipstick. But it was gone.
She peered beneath the desk. There was nothing on the floor but old cupcake wrappers, tabloid magazines with Taylor's face on their wrinkled covers, empty bulgogi takeout containers, and a large quantity of dust.
She turned around to search the carpet behind her, and saw legs. So many legs. Long, gangling legs. Some wore cowboy boots and Keds. Some wore kitten heels. Some wore the glittering shoes of fairy tale princesses, and some wore high-fashion strappy numbers full of look-at-me attitude.
It was the style evolution of Taylor Swift in footwear form, laid out before her!
Her eyes trailed up the legs, as her hands lifted instinctively into a pose of reverent prayer. This was a vision. A holy vision, being sent to her by Tay-Sway.
A column of glitter and confetti swirled around the legs, one second pink, the next white, purple, blue, then red — a shifting cloud that formed outlines of outfits TayTay had worn on red carpets and at concerts. (Alisha recognized each one, of course, clapping her hands for her favorites.) The being had numerous arms, which swayed and waved with the trademark gawkiness that made Taylor's bad but earnest dancing so endearing.
Its head was nothing but mouths surrounded by waves of blonde hair with just the right amount of curl to make them bounce. So many perfect red mouths, tilted up at the corners in tiny, knowing smiles. Alisha hoped she had enough hot cocoa for all of them.
"Thirteen!" she whispered in awe. There was thirteen of everything. Thirteen legs. Thirteen arms. Thirteen mouths. Thirteen: the most powerful number in the Swiftieverse.
Though Alisha knew this had to be the most important moment in her life, unease shivered through her. In the being's center, lurking amid the glitter and confetti, was an utterly blank space. A nothingness so absolute, it made Alisha feel sick and scared to look upon it. It was like going blind. Like being unmade.
She resolutely forced her eyes away from the bad spot and said, "Why are you here? Does Taylor have a message for me? A mission? Do you want hot chocolate?"
The glitter flared and danced. A pale arm lightninged forward. There was a small black object in its hand. It took a second for Alisha to recognize the lipstick she used to document her triumphs. Perfectly manicured fingers twisted the tube, and the worn down crimson lippy emerged from its tip.
Alisha watched with her own hands balled under her chin, eyes wide with wonder, like a child witnessing a spectacular magic trick.
The hand scrawled ALISHA across that dreadful blank space she didn't want to look at.
And now it was quite easy to avoid looking at the impossible, mind-warping void, and the smeary red letters that seemed to hover over it, because pain tore through Alisha's middle like a chainsaw.
She struggled to yank her shirt up, which stubbornly clung to her skin, glued to it with blood.
ALISHA was hacked deep into the meat of her torso. Here, a bit of white rib flashed flirtatiously. There, her intestines tumbled out of their proper place, like a love-struck businessman persuaded by his impulsive girlfriend to do something wacky and carefree, just this once.
"Why?" Alisha screamed. Tears couldn't quench the betrayal burning in her eyes.
The hand drew a red heart above the I in Alisha's name, and a hole carved itself into her chest, through skin and breastbone, down to the piece of her that meant the most.
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This is Indian recipe of yogurt based cool drink. I remember how we kids used to drink spiced buttermilk after returning home from playground. It is healthy and keeps you cool in summer season.
Butter milk- 2 glass (serves 2)
Green chillies- 1 or 2 according to your taste
Coriander leaves- cleaned and chopped, half cup
Ginger- a small piece
Tampering: Mustard, ghee, curry leaves and asafoetida
- Put buttermilk, coriander leaves and ginger, green chilly along with salt into a blender and blend well.
- Tamper it with the ingredients mentioned above and serve it refrigerated.
Note: You can also add mint leaves or lemon juice for some extra flavor.


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Anchorage Man Faces Federal Drug Trafficking Charges
Anchorage, Alaska – Acting U.S. Attorney Kevin R. Feldis announced today that a local man was arraigned in federal court in Anchorage on two counts of possession of controlled substances with intent to distribute.
Amos Lee Blakeney, 47, was charged in a two-count indictment.
According to the information presented to the court, Blakeney possessed both heroin and cocaine with the intent to distribute the substances to other individuals. The indictment also seeks forfeiture of over six thousand nine hundred dollars seized during the course of this investigation.
Special Assistant U. S. Attorney Erin W. Bradley, who presented the case to the grand jury, indicated that the law provides for a maximum total sentence of 20 years in prison, a fine of $1,000,000, or both. Under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, the actual sentence imposed would be based upon the seriousness of the offenses and the prior criminal history, if any, of the defendant.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation Safe Streets Task Force and the Anchorage Police Department conducted the investigation leading to the indictment in this case. SAUSA Bradley is a prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney's Office funded by the Municipality of Anchorage for the purpose of prosecuting gang-related and violent crime cases.
An indictment is only a charge and is not evidence of guilt. A defendant is presumed innocent and is entitled to a fair trial at which the government must prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.


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After the Aeros fell to the Texas Stars 4-2 on Sunday, Aeros captain Drew Bagnall talked on what adjustments the team needs to make going forward. The Aeros are 0-2-0-2 in their last four games.
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When asked if players may not be competing hard enough since they may be returning to the NHL pending an end to the lockout, Bagnall offered this tough response:
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The ABSA Bank in Sandton Photo: Zacharia Mashele
JOHANNESBURG - The Public Protector returns to court on Wednesday over her report on an Apartheid-era bank loan.
Absa, National Treasury and the Reserve Bank want the court to dismiss her report.
Tomorrow @Absa, the South African Reserve Bank and @TreasuryRSA are going to court with @PublicProtector Busisiwe Mkhwebane over her findings on the CIEX report, commissioned in 1997 for £600,000, on an apartheid-era &39;lifeboat&39; loan for Bankorp— Erin Bates (@ermbates) December 4, 2017
In June, Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane filed her findings based on the Ciex report commissioned in 1997.
The report investigated lifeboat loans the Reserve Bank gave Bankorp between 1985 and 1992.
Mkhwebane instructed the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to approach the Presidency.
She told the SIU to get permission to re-open a closed SIU case probing the Bankorp loan.
Absa said in doing so, Mkhwebane violated the Public Protector Act.
"She can&39;t instruct, and as my learned friend demonstrated and as she has conceded in her answering affidavit, she does more than recommend. She has placed a duty on the SIU to approach the President," Absa Advocate Carol Steinberg said.
"There is nothing in her act that allows her to do that."


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Different Uses for a Coconut
Coconut Bird Feeder
The Tree of Life
The coconut has got to be the most versatile fruit used. Grown on the Palm Tree, every part of the coconut and the tree has virtually got a use and has been used by different countries in different ways. Known as "The Tree of Life" in The Philippines and "The tree of a 1,000 uses" in the Malaya language, coconuts have a history of important uses worldwide.
Grown in over 80 countries worldwide, the coconut palm excels in the tropics, notably The Philippines and Indonesia closely followed by India and Brazil which combined, account for approximately 80% of the world's coconut production.
The coconut is of significant economic importance to these top producers.
Here is a selection of the many uses of this exotic fruit tree which I have divided into parts of the Tree and then the fruit.
Attempting to list every single use would be impossible however I can give you a taste of just how amazing and functional coconut is.
The Coconut Palace Court, The Philippines
Coconut Palm Tree
Uses of The Coconut Tree
- The Roots – were used to make dyes, used as a toothbrush, mouthwash, and has medicinal value.
- Coconut Leaves – were used in The Maldives as a roofing material for houses, and are used to wrap rice, for cooking, and for storage in The Philippines.
- They have been used to make toys in India, and they are used to make brooms and burnt to ash to make lime.
- Toothpicks and satay skewers have also been made out of the ribs on the leaves.
- Coconut Tree Trunk – used as timber to make houses and boats, in bridge building, furniture, drums, and canoes.
Container Planting
Different Uses of Coconut
Coconuts are a serious superfood with its long list of health benefits, medicinal uses, and nutritional value.
No part goes to the waste as every layer has or had a use somewhere in the world, making it worthy of the title the tree of life.
- The Coir – this is the fiber on the outside of the husk and is used in ropes, doormats, potting compost, mattress stuffing, brushes, mats, rugs, joint sealer for boats (caulking), and sacks.
- In Brazil, a tea is made from the husk fibers which is said to benefit inflammatory disorders.
- The Coconut Husk & Shell – the outer part of the coconut, these have been used for buffing floors, fuel, for charcoal, as handicrafts, as buttons, as drinking vessels, sponges, musical instruments, theatrical sound effects, burnt to ward off mosquitoes and when ground down, the husk is used in cosmetics as a skin exfoliant.
- The coconut shells are also used as bird feeders, a haven for small birds and rodents and even are a feature in the fairground as a coconut shy.
Coconut Shell Crafts - Kerala, India
Coconut Water
Coconut Water
Commonly drunk in the humid tropics, coconuts all produce water. The younger the fruit, the more water it has.
- A good source of sugar, fibre, antioxidants, proteins, vitamins and minerals makes it a popular sports drink providing energy, hydration, and endurance.
- It helps restore any electrolyte imbalances caused by diarrhea, vomiting and after exercising.
- Emergency infusions may be done with coconut water due to its ability to mix with blood.
- It has antiseptic, antibacterial, anti-fungal, and anti-viral properties.
- It is used to replace lost fluids in cases of influenza, typhoid, malaria, and dissolves kidney stones.
Coconut Water Please
Drying Coconuts for Oil
Extracting Coconut Oil in Sri Lanka
Coconut Oil
With medicinal, nutritional and topical uses and benefits, there are in excess of 100 reasons to have coconut oil in some form in the home. Here is a selection of them. Here we go!
Topical Uses of Coconut Oil
- Natural skin softener and moisturizer.
- Reduces fine lines, puffiness and dark circles under the eyes
- Prevents skin infections.
- Anti-Wrinkle.
- Soothes Sunburn and treats blisters and burns.
- Removes makeup.
- Improves skin tone, elasticity, and age spots.
- Heals itchy skin and stops burning from insect bites including snake bites.
- Lessens varicose vein occurrences.
- Removes head lice.
- Conditions the hair, prevents split-ends and treats dry flaky scalp including dandruff.
- Heals nail fungal conditions.
Medicinal Uses of Coconut Oil
- Eases acid reflux and gives relief in gallbladder disease.
- Stabilizes blood sugar levels and insulin production.
- Kills viruses such as flu and infectious diseases.
- Protects against cancers in the colon, breasts, and digestive tract.
- Protects against intestinal disorders.
- Reduces pain and inflammatory conditions such as arthritis.
- Strengthens the liver.
- Relieves symptoms of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
- Soothes earaches when combined with olive oil and garlic.
- Protects against Alzheimer's disease.
- Improves calcium and magnesium absorption, promoting strong bones.
- Helps stabilize female hormones and prevents hot flushes and vaginal dryness during menopause.
Thai Chicken Curry
The Meat
- The white meat or flesh of the coconut is eaten and used fresh. When it is in dried form it is called copra.
- Rich in vitamins A and B group (particularly B5), phosphorus, iron, magnesium, zinc and potassium.
- High in Fat and Carbohydrates.
- Widely used fresh or dried in thousands of culinary dishes. Deserts and confectionery are particularly favorable with the coconuts sweet taste.
- It is also an essential ingredient for many curries and savory dishes throughout the world.
- Coconut oil is extracted from the dried Copra.
- Copra cake or copra meal is made as livestock feed.
Coconut Palm Tree
A Tropical Cocktail
Did you know Coconuts have so many uses?
Coconut Milk
- The milk of the coconut is extracted from the flesh or meat of the fruit has high saturated fat content. It is used in a variety of ways from seafood dishes in Brazil to being used in baking instead of animal fat.
- Whilst there are two types of milk (thick and thin milk) available, most countries who import coconut milk get it in a can and remain unaware of the two different types.
- Coconut milk is used regularly, nearly as a staple ingredient in Southeast Asia and forms the base of curries.
- Used to make a home brew in Rendell Island (Solomon Islands) where it is fermented with sugar and yeast and left for a week.
- The famous Pina Colada cocktail traditionally contains coconut milk.
- Coconut milk is said to promote plant growth.
Questions & Answers
In which climate can coconut trees grow?
Tropical climates are best. Humid, hot and rainy summers and warm rainy winters in other words. They tolerate some drought in the year but generally love loamy, sandy soil conditions.Helpful 48
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Different Uses for a Coconut Comments
I want to go into production of cocconut juice and i wish to be in contact with anyone who can be of help to me. Please i need Someone to assist and guide me in my first production.
I am a Sri Lankan and use coconut oil and milk daily for cooking. Though time to time there were articles about the contents of the oil, now it is shown that coconut oil has many benefits including prevention of the bowel cancer and many more. I really love the tree and request not to cut the coconut cultivations.
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We people of Kerala consider coconut as a natural medicine. Coconut oil is esscencial for Ayurvedic massaging . Thanks,You propagated Our Thenga, which means The honey fruit.
Thanks for adding to my ever growing knowledge of the miraculous tree and fruit it truly is the ultimate superfood and the most sustainable plant on the planet if you ever come to MAUI look us up @ Punakea Palms
I love this palm and website
I knew most uses of the coconut except uses for the roots. That's why I came to read this article. After I googled it.
Thanks so much for your article.
God bless you.
Thank you very much
Thanks . Very useful information
Coconut is very useful this information also very good thank u
Can I ask some info about this?
Thank you
It so helpful for new researchers. I love coconut and really need to start exploring more uses for it, especially with cooking and drink. I am interest to introduces new dwarf and drought resistance varieties in coastal area of Pakistan.
It is so helpful for do my project thank you so much for this article god bless you
Great article, helped me with my project.
Nice I love
Thanks for the info
Hi, the information on coconuts! It helped a lot for my brothers project.
Coconut is finally appreciated in many parts of the world...personally, I like drinking coconut water.
Coconut is awesome!
Thank you MR. Your ditails verry important complete to my assigment.Thank you very much.
The house is so beautiful and so nice I never see this kind of house before
Suzie, this is a great hub on coconut uses. I've heard that coconut oil is healthier for cooking, since my brother uses it. Voted up!
Oh my! What a find! This hub is awesome; well organized and packed with valuable information. Well done! I'm voting up and awesome, sharing, pinning, and liking :)
We have coconut trees in our yard, will have to use some to make those attractive drinks someday. Love the birdhouse idea.
Wow, when I looked at the first picture of the bird feeder, I said, "Wow this is pretty" We used to have many coconut trees back at home in India! Thank you for this hub Suzie. Votes up and sharing!
I love coconut and really need to start exploring more uses for it, especially with cooking. Thanks for the detailed overview!
The next time I see a coconut, I am going to kiss it. Voted up, interesting and useful.
Hey Suzie,
thanks for the information on coconuts.
I don't particularly like the taste of coconuts but I am happy to learn
that you can use them for other things than eating.
Voted up and Shared.
Hi Suzie. I knew there must have been a reason why I love coconut so much. I just never knew it had so many other uses, especially the medicinal uses. This is a great hub Suzie, great photos, video, content, everything. Voting up, sharing, tweeting, pinning, etc...
I love the coconut flavor - especially in the Pina Colada! Thanks for sharing this very well documented and truly informative article, Suzie! Voted up and interesting!
Mmmm, I love coconut, and I love the ideas for the shells/husks. Great article!
Makes me wish I could grow a coconut tree here. I do love the meat, and the husks are quite useful for bird feeders. Great information here, Suzie. Please note I did not have one silly word in this comment. :)


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An Ivoirian official told VOA the people of Ivory Coast will have an opportunity to witness a live debate between President Laurent Gbagbo and his main challenger, former Prime Minister Alassane Ouattara Thursday ahead of Sunday?s run-off election.
Lambert Bahi Serry, special adviser to Mr. Gbagbo, said the performance of the two presidential candidates in Thursday?s debate could determine who wins the election.
?The purpose of this debate is for the candidates to explain to the nation, and eventually to the international community, what they can do when they come into office. So, it?s always a tradition and this tradition is always a key aspect of modern democracy,? said Serry.
?So, this evening, President Gbagbo and Prime Minister Alassane Ouattara will be facing the nation in a debate which will last (for) an hour and 15 minutes.?
Analysts say the live debate, which is scheduled to be broadcast on both television and radio stations across the country, will help Ivoirians decide the best qualified candidate to resolve the country?s problems.
Civil society groups and religious organizations expressed concern that ongoing verbal attacks between Mr. Gbagbo and Ouattara could lead to violence. But, Serry dismissed this as ill-advised.
?In Africa, when there is an election, there is always the tendency for some of the international media to focus on some attacks. I did not see that this is going to lead to violence. The tone (of the debate) will be courteous and will be direct, and the people will find out from this debate who has a better project for the nation (and) whom they can trust.?
Mr. Gbagbo led the first round of polling with 38 percent of the votes, dominating the country's eastern, western and southern regions. Ouattara came in second with 32 percent, with support concentrated in the north.
The election now hinges on winning over the 25 percent of voters who backed the third-place candidate, former president Henri Konan Bedie, whose supporters are concentrated in the center of the country.
The runoff will mark the end of Ivory Coast's first presidential election since a 2002 civil war. The first round of balloting in late October was peaceful. President Gbagbo's term officially ended in 2005. However, new elections were repeatedly postponed because of failure to disarm rebels and disputes about voter registration.
Serry said most Ivoirians expressed satisfaction with the performance of the Independent Electoral Commission?s organization of the first round vote.


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What can make you think of French cuisine? Is it a good old French comedy you watched on Friday night? Is it your favorite French song by Edith Piaf or Charles Aznavour? No doubt, you have a very original taste, in every sense of this word, if you do like something particular from French cinema or music.
When Christmas holidays with their cozy home hustle and warm family dinners are gone, when there seems to be no more place for wonders and winter weekdays look all the same, – St. Valentine's Day will come to cheer us up and once again adorn our homes and town shop windows with hearts, angels, flowers and other cute little things. The morning of February 14th will make us remember how important it is to tell our second halves that we love them and how wonderful it is to know that we are loved.
It is Christmas time again! How wonderful it is to repeat these words! Day after day more and more shop windows are getting decorated with smaller and bigger Santas and their reindeer, while the neighborhood is gradually turning into a fairytale town with numerous lights sparkling cheerfully as the evening comes. Beautiful Christmas songs are playing everywhere, and the spirit of the great holiday is hovering over houses and streets.
Although there does not need to be any special occasion to share our best impressions about French gastronomy and everything it has given to us, nowadays this nation of real gourmets is preparing to celebrate a big holiday. And we decided that it could be a nice reason to discover something utterly delicious about them.
These crispy chewy cookies are as tasty as they are pretty. They can also be very temperamental! Even professional pastry chefs don't always understand why some macarons may crack across the top, while others bake up picture perfect with the characteristic crack along the bottom of the cookie, called the foot. Luckily, even the less than perfect macaron is still delicious and adorable. Use a few drops of neon liquid food coloring for a pretty pastel macaron (too much liquid food coloring can cause cracking), or use a gel color paste for a more vibrant result.
If you're not going to Paris for Christmas, you can always bring French Christmas home. Traditional french-style Christmas dinner isn't complete without Foie Gras. Foie Gras is well-known and popular delicacy that gives a gourmet touch to your holiday festivities.
How to make a traditional french holiday dinner?
This Rosh Hashana Chocolate Honey Cake recipe was originally found in a book "A Treasury of Jewish Holiday Baking" by Marcy Goldman, which came out in 1998.
These Earl Grey Tea cookies will be delightful at your next get-together. These cookies are deceptively simple and very light and tasty. They are sure to be a crowd-pleaser.
Dark chocolate has recently been discovered to have a number of healthy benefits. Amazing that something that so many people enjoy eating just for the sweet creamy indulgence can ALSO be good for us! Studies show that eating a small amount of dark chocolate two or three times each week can help lower your blood pressure. Dark chocolate increases blood flow to the brain as well as to the heart, so it can help improve cognitive function, help prevent strokes, prevent hardening of the arteries as well as protecting us from Type II Diabetes. The flavonoids in dark chocolate help reduce insulin resistance by helping your cells to function normally and regain the ability to use your body's insulin efficiently. Dark chocolate also has a low glycemic index, meaning it won't cause huge spikes in blood sugar levels. Dark chocolate also contains several chemical compounds that have a positive effect on your mood and cognitive health.
Historians trace the origin of the word "chocolate" to the Aztec word "xocoatl," which referred to a bitter drink brewed from cacao beans. The Latin name for the cacao tree, Theobroma cacao, means "food of the gods". Many modern historians have estimated that chocolate has been around for about 2000 years, but recent research suggests that it may be even older. Sweetened chocolate didn't appear until Europeans discovered the Americas and sampled the native cuisine.


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Permission email marketing, it's what we do isn't it?
The question of permission and customers rights regarding marketing material is one that has privacy evangelists and marketers head to head. Many forms of direct marketing can be seen by the recipients as intrusive and disturbing and this has led to a bit of a backlash.
In some cases, this has spawned legislation (as in TPS in the UK) and in others, poor publicity via the national media and threats of further control from politicians.
But, out of all of the different direct marketing channels, email seems to be the quietest when it comes to public outrage.