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Further Information on Tasawwuf 3
The Evidence
Let us look more closely at the facts:
Ibn Taymiyya's supposed anti-Sufism sentiment is a clearcut misrepresentation of the truth. To conclude that Ibn Taymiyya opposed Sufism/Tasawwuf as a whole, simply because he considered particular activities or statements by some individuals and group is as unacceptable in shari'ah, is like concluding that he opposed the Science of Fiqh because he criticized the viewpoints and practices of certain fuqaha (jurists). This would be more than an exagerration, it is completely inaccurate.
Ibn Taymiyya received iniation as a Sufi shaykh. The fact that Ibn Taymiyya himself was a Sufi has been conveniently ignored by those who chose to misrepresent him, and with good reason: how could someone say that Ibn Taymiyya opposed Sufism/Tasawwuf and that he was a Sufi/mutasawwif in one and the same breath? Hence the corollary statement to Ibn Taymiyya's alledged anti-Tasawwuf stance is that "he could certainly not have been a Sufi," compounding inaccuracy with speculation.
Clear proof that most of the great 'ulama and the major figures of the Four Schools of Islam were trained in Tasawwuf exists in the specialized biographical books known as Tabaqat. Tasawwuf was part and parcel of the complete education of a Muslim scholar, from the beginning of the formation of the Islamic curriculum until the gradual weakening and dismantling of the institutions and figures of Islamic higher ecucation in the twentieth century. This resulted in the replacement of the Islamic 'ijaza system (being "licensed" or recieving permission to teach from one's own teacher), with the modern doctoral system of degrees, inherited from the West.
Far from denigrating or attacking the Sufi component of the Islamic sciences like of some of our contemporaries who claim him as their reference, Ibn Taymiyya in fact praised it in his time, endorsed it, participated in it, and acheived its highest formal level, which is to receive the khirqa, the equivalent of the 'ijaza or permission in Sufi terms, from a Sufi shaykh. The khirqah, representing the cloak of the Prophet (s), is passed to a student of a Sufi shaykh, only when he is seen to be fit and fully qualified to pass on the teachings he has acquired from his shaykh in turn to students of his own. In this he as simply one of many among the Hanbali 'ulama who both educated him or were educated by him, to undergo the expected training and instruction in the various disciplines of Tasawwuf appropriate to the scholarly vocation.
Many well-read specialists of Islam are to this day still surprised to hear that the Sufis al-Ansari al-Harawi (d. 481 H.) and 'Abdul Qadir al-Jilani (d. 561 H) were both very strong Hanbalis. When one refers to their biographical notices in Ibn Rajab's [student of Ibn Qayyim] Dhail 'ala Tabaqat al-Hanabila, one finds al-Ansari referred to as "as-Sufi" and Jilani referred to as "az-zahid." Ibn Rajab's use of these terms in close proximity, indicates their interchangeability.
Ibn Rajab's two volume biographical work covers a period of three centuries, from the middle of the 5th century Hijri to the middle of the 8th.. Identifiable as Sufis are over one-third of all the Hanbalis scholars treated by Ibn Rajab and other sourcesfrom the same time period.
The theory, presented by some Orientalists, that Abul Faraj Ibn al-Jawzi (d. 597 H) and Ibn Taymiyya (d. 728 H), were antithetical to Tasawwuf does not stand up to scholarly scrutiny. In fact neither of these Hanbali doctors of law qualifies as in any way antithetical to Tasawwuf. Let us examine their record.
Ibn al-Jawzi's work Talbis Iblis is perhaps the most important single factor in keeping alive the notion of this hostility towards Sufism. In reality, this work was not written against Tasawwuf as such at all, nor against Sufis alone. However, it was an indictment of all unorthodox doctrines and practices, regardless of their sources, and opposed any which were innovations in the rule of shari'ah–i.e. not found in the Qur'an and Sunnah, wherever found in the Islamic community, especially in Ibn al-Jawzi's time. It was written against specific innovated practices of many groups, including: philosophers (mutakallimun), theologians, traditionalists ('ulama al-hadith), jurists (fuqaha), preachers, philologists, poets and Sufis. It is in no way an indictment of the subjects they studied and taught, but was an indictment of specific introductions of innovation into their respective disciplines and fields.
Ibn al-Jawzi has written other works which are not only in favor of Tasawwuf, but present its greatest figures in the most complimentary light. Two works considered as pillars in the field of Tasawwuf are Safwat as-Safa and Minhaj al-Qasidin wa Mufid as-Sadiqin. In addition, full length biographies in praise of the early Sufis have been penned by Ibn al-Jawzi, including Fada'il Hasan al-Basri (The Gracious Character of Hasan al-Basri), and Manaqib Ibrahim bin Adham, (The Good Qualities of Ibrahim bin Adham), Manaqib Bishr al-Hafi, Manaqib Ma'ruf al-Karkhi, Manaqib Rabi'a al-Adawiyya. In sections of his book al-Muntazam many biographical notices may be found in praise of Mutasawwifeen.


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A day of observance: honoring our veterans
Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders passed by in review, a nearby tourist said, in apparent amazement, "Look! They're all girls!" And so they were. And they were wonderful, and so were the marchers from Del Valle, as always.
It was a fine day, and the Austin Veterans' Day parade was splendid.
There had been murmurings of controversy over what flags or banners might be displayed. The mayor did not seem to be in evidence; nor did there seem to be any display of the types of flags or banners that had inspired discussion.
View some visual souvenirs in the form of still Veterans' Day parade, Austin, 2017 and videos. Many were the poppies; many were the Stars and Stripes. Happy were the faces.

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Apparently in response to the success of the Google's 7 inch Nexus and Apple's 7.9 inch iPad mini, Microsoft is joining the 7 inch fray. The Wall Street Journal reports that Redmond is developing a smaller version of its Surface tablet, and that it will launch later this year.
If tablets are booming, those in the 7-8 inch category are doubly booming, with IDC reporting that more than half of all tablets that shipped in the fourth quarter of 2012 were this size.
The lower price of the smaller devices makes them much more palatable to cost-conscious buyers. Microsoft is aware of the need for lower-priced devices, and has recently altered the Windows 8 hardware requirements to permit smaller, cheaper screens. Many buyers also find the smaller form factor more convenient due to its reduced size and weight.
The WSJ also notes that Microsoft is working on a smartphone of its own, but that component suppliers were unclear if there were any plans to actually bring this to market.


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Matt Trowbridge: Bears' many flaws all tied to the quarterback
The Bears may switch quarterbacks, but they won't pin Sunday's 34-10 loss to Dallas on Rex Grossman.
"It was a team effort," coach Lovie Smith said at Halas Hall on Monday. "Starting with me. Offense. Defense. Special teams. That's the way we win football games, and that's definitely the way we lost the game."
No, Sunday wasn't a shining moment for anyone who didn't wear a star on his helmet. Cedric Benson lost another fumble. Bernard Berrian dropped three passes. Devin Hester muffed two kicks and fumbled on a third return. The defense gave up 329 yards passing.
Yet everyone wants to talk about the quarterback with the 45.2 passer rating and a league-leading six interceptions.
"We didn't play well enough there," Smith said. "But I'm going to say that for our entire offense."
So why the fascination with Rex? Well, it's not just because Smith hinted Grossman may be replaced this week by backup Brian Griese. It's because a quarterback is the hub that touches every spoke of a team.
Sunday's game showed that vividly, with the Cowboys' Tony Romo rallying his team to victory while the Bears imploded around Grossman. And it showed in the pointed comments of NBC broadcasters John Madden and Al Michaels.
Sunday night, Lovie, after one of his knee-jerk "Rex is our quarterback" statements, said he'd need to see the video before he made any further evaluation. Well, watching video also works for columnists. Here's a second take on Chicago's struggling quarterback after seeing him twice in one day, once live and then on tape being dissected by Al and John:
Madden said it's not enough for a quarterback to just not make mistakes. He also has to make plays for his team to win. That was his argument against Griese, but it also damned Grossman. In his past 13 starts, counting the playoffs, Rex has passed for more than 200 yards twice. That's virtually the same rate as Kyle Orton, who was demoted to third string despite a 10-5 record after topping 200 yards twice in 15 games two years ago.
The Bears have scored two touchdowns in 38 possessions with Grossman at quarterback this year. The Bears held a team averaging 41 points to 3 at halftime, but the defense wore down with no help from the offense. Remember, the 1985 Bears had Walter Payton and Jim McMahon to keep the defense fresh. "Our defense has done a lot of good things around here," Smith said, "but we've got to work on the offensive side, too. We haven't so far this year."
The Bears have the oldest offensive line in football. Stellar the past two seasons, it has looked old this year. But the Bears actually blocked better than the Cowboys. The difference was Romo escaped trouble and Grossman didn't. "To play, Rex Grossman almost has to have perfect pass protection," Madden said. "A free rusher on Grossman gets him. A free rusher on Romo, you are still playing football."
It's hard to keep running when you can't complete an occasional third-down pass. Grossman is the worst-rated third-down passer in the league. He's scrambled or passed for a first down on only nine of Chicago's 65 third-down pass plays of at least 5 yards the last nine games. "The running game allows you to get in a position to hit some passes," Smith said. "Then you've got to make them pay."
The Bears didn't make Dallas pay, Smith said, in part because Bernard Berrian dropped three passes. But all his drops were on first down. Terrell Owens dropped several of Romo's passes, too. Patrick Crayton dropped a perfect third-down pass from Romo in the end zone. And a slew of early penalties meant Romo needed to gain 19, 15, 20, 10, 18, 4 and 20 yards on his first seven third-down tries. Romo found a way to make up for those mistakes. Grossman, who had two downs remaining every time his receivers goofed up, didn't.
Offensive coordinator Ron Turner has taken heat for three consecutive unimaginative game plans. But Turner does that because Rex scares the Bears. It's hard to be daring on third-and-long when Rex can't even get it right on the easy passing downs.
His first interception Sunday came on second-and-6 and his last two on first-and-10.
Dallas has no such concerns with Romo. Seconds before Romo threw 35 yards to Owens from his own 8-yard line, Madden said: "Tony Romo is not a quarterback who is afraid of third-and-11. The Cowboys can be successful in this situation."
The unstated implication? Rex Grossman is NOT a quarterback you can trust on third-and-11.
Just like they didn't trust Kyle Orton two years ago. As soon as the Bears switched quarterbacks, Turner started calling far more, and more daring, passing plays with Grossman.
Maybe he'll do the same with Griese. And maybe the sacks will go down, time of possession up and the defense will be better rested. Or maybe nothing will change. But the only way to find out whether the whole team has gone horribly wrong, or just the quarterback, is to plug in a new quarterback.
Assistant sports editor Matt Trowbridge can be reached at 815-987-1383 or email@example.com.


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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The corruption trial of former Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife has boiled down to this: Did they knowingly trade special favors for the $165,000 in loans and gifts they admit they took from a dietary supplements promoter?
If so, they could be convicted of bribery and conspiracy and perhaps face decades in prison.
Jurors were expected to begin deliberating Tuesday after getting final instructions from the judge.
Convicting a once-popular governor who was a rising star in the Republican party before the scandal broke isn't a given. Even prosecutors acknowledged in closing arguments Friday that if jurors believe the governor's testimony, they should probably acquit the former first couple.
The evidence, prosecutors said, should leave no doubt that McDonnell was lying when he denied any connection between the loans and gifts Star Scientific CEO Jonnie Williams showered on his family, and the actions he and his wife took to tout Anatabloc, the company's tobacco-based dietary supplement.
"He was on the Jonnie Williams gravy train, and he and Jonnie Williams had a deal: Do what you can when opportunities arise and I'll keep paying," prosecutor David Harbach told the jury.
The McDonnells held an official launch party for Anatabloc in the governor's mansion, and used their influence to promote the product any way they could, he said. Maureen McDonnell touted it at medical conferences, and aides believed the governor wanted them to get it covered by the state health care plan. Williams' company ultimately stopped selling it under pressure from the Food and Drug Administration, which said claiming it could treat ulcers, multiple sclerosis and Alzheimer's disease was illegal.
Prosecutors said the most damning pieces of evidence were two emails, sent six minutes apart in February 2012. The first, from McDonnell to Williams, sought to finalize the terms of a $50,000 loan from Williams. In the second, McDonnell asked a top aide about difficulties in setting up studies at two Virginia public universities that Williams hoped would bolster his product's credibility.
Prosecutor David Harbach referred to the first email as the "quid" and the second email as the "quo" in the quid pro quo needed for conviction on most counts.
The fact that Williams ultimately didn't get the studies he sought is not relevant, Harbach said: McDonnell's intent was clear.
McDonnell took the stand in his own defense and forcefully denied any corrupt bargain. He said he considered Williams a friend, and didn't see anything wrong with accepting his gifts and loans because Williams never asked him for anything.
"We don't make decisions based on money. No sir," McDonnell said when pressed about the emails.
McDonnell also testified that it was his wife who received many of the gifts and arranged for some of the loans behind his back, and that he was unaware until the end because theirs was "a marriage on hold." That led to lengthy testimony about their personal lives and the introduction of a forlorn email from McDonnell to his wife saying he was exhausted by her "fiery anger and hate."
In Friday's closing, Bob McDonnell's lawyer, Henry Asbill, said testifying about their failed marriage was painful, but necessary to defend themselves.
"Their humiliation has been severe and it has been nationwide," Asbill said. "This was a troubled, dysfunctional marriage."
Prosecutor Michael Dry said the testimony "is salacious and sad, but at the end of the day it just doesn't matter."
Asbill faulted prosecutors for even bringing the case, saying it had gaping holes. The biggest: "Jonnie didn't get anything. Nothing. This case is all 'quid,' no 'quo.'"
Asbill said McDonnell never wavered, even as he acknowledged occasionally forwarding emails he received from Williams to his staff. It was no different than what he would do for any Virginia-based business, McDonnell said. And "if you believe Bob McDonnell, that's all there is to it. Your decision is quick and easy," Asbill told jurors.
The closing argument on behalf of Maureen McDonnell highlighted one of the legal quirks in the case: In some ways, she benefited legally when her husband said she accepted Williams' gifts behind his back, including a New York City shopping spree worth $20,000. Because being first lady doesn't qualify as serving as a public official, she can't be accused of taking bribes, so the case against her relies on allegations that she conspired with her husband to use his office to promote Anatabloc.
Her lawyer, William Burck, said jurors may find her requests for lavish gifts "tacky." But they weren't criminal, he argued.
Prosecutors countered that the McDonnells defied belief. Jurors were asked: How could McDonnell assert that he knew nothing about the New York City shopping spree, since she was buying designer dresses the very same night that he and Williams sat next to each other at a political event?
"Folks, how do you miss that?" Harbach said to the jury. "You decide who to believe."
Harbach acknowledged that it's difficult to sit in judgment of a former governor. Swept into office in a landslide five years ago, he's also a former attorney general and state legislator, and before the scandal broke he was talked about as a potential running mate for Mitt Romney.
But he said McDonnell's efforts to wrap himself in the state flag by calling attention to his decades of public service were a farce. Harbach said McDonnell "stomped" on the flag, and in closing, he reached back to some other Virginia governors who earned the respect of their citizens.
"This is not how governors behave," Harbach said. "Don't sit there and try to stand on the coattails of Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson."
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After her studies in Fine Arts, Joëlle Savey started out working for the publishers Bonne Presse/Bayard Presse and Fleurus. This led to publications in the magazines Record, Bernadette, Djin, Triolo and Fripounet. In this last magazine, she published her first long comic story, 'Les Aventures de Lucile et le Cheval Vert', which was soon followed by others. In 1979, Savey created the character 'Cuscute', a Breton poet of which four episodes appeared in Djin and Triolo. At the same time, she illustrated comic adaptations of fairytales by La Fontaine and Grimm for Amis-Coop.
In 1990, Joëlle Savey, who by that time was already an acclaimed artist in the juvenile press, radically changed her style. She created the historical series 'Le Postillon', followed by a comic about the life of Honoré de Balzac (text by Jean Dufaux). In 1995, she started a new series, 'Taïga', with Frank Giroud.


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Hieronymus Francken, c.1540–1610, student of Frans Floris, who worked mainly in Antwerp in a classicist style; his brother Frans Francken, c.1542–1616, also a student of Floris, whose altarpiece in the Antwerp cathedral is a typical work; Frans Francken II, 1581–1642, son of the first Frans, who studied in Italy and was influenced by Rubens and whose Works of Mercy (Antwerp) and Prodigal Son (Louvre) are well known; and his son, Frans Francken III, 1607–67, a follower of Rubens and the painter of Moses Striking the Rock (Augsburg).
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Where is the "pysdm" package?
I was trying to install pysdm on my kubuntu when i saw that i couldnt found it in software center, but in ubuntu software center it is.
Shouldnt kubuntu have repositories from ubuntu, it is in ubuntu's family?
If no, how can i get ubuntu repository in kubuntu software center?
It is no duplicate since "pysdm" is just an example, there are many software that are missing from muon software center and exist in ubuntu software center.
Thanks for the people that answered.
Wanted to know if why they are different since they share repositories(or maybe they don't share repositories and I am mistaken).


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3 Terms Solazyme Investors Absolutely Must Know
Synthetic biology and renewable oils manufacturer Solazyme announced that it successfully conducted multiple initial fermentations in 500,000 liter fermentors in December 2012. While it was a big step forward in the right direction, I think the announcement was a bit premature. By "multiple," the company meant two and by "commercial scale production metrics," the company meant that only partial data had been collected. By reading SEC filings, investors can learn that the company has yet to prove microbial productivity at volumes greater than 128,000 liters. Not at all a nail in the coffin, but since the company believes it needs to reach 625,000 liter fermentors to be profitable, it is clear that engineers have plenty of work ahead of them.
I imagine the company has made headway since its initial press release, especially with commissioning for its Moema, Brazil, biorefinery looming. When updates are given on commercial achievements in the months ahead, will you be able to digest the important information that affects your investments? Heading into the homestretch of the first wave of commercial buildout, it is crucially important to understand what Solazyme, Gevo , and Amyris spill in press releases -- and the greater detail given in SEC filings.
In the next few weeks, I will try to give you more tools for your investing toolbox by explaining the basics of the industry. First up is a brief guide of how industrial biotech companies approach product commercialization and three terms you need to know.
Step 1: Find market. Step 2: Disrupt.
If only it were that easy. What exactly does product commercialization entail? A brief rundown in chronological order from whiteboard to fermentation scale up.
Identify suitable commercial products with defined markets.
Identify and manipulate biological pathways of microbes to create the product (molecule).
Optimize new microbe strains at lab and pilot scale to maximize product yield, microbe productivity, and titer (see below).
If preliminary operating metrics look favorable, then engineers move the project to larger volumes until ultimately reaching commercial scale.
Whether or not the fermentation product created in the final step is the end product depends on the application. Solazyme can create tailored oils during fermentation, which require minimal downstream processing and separation. Therefore, tailored oil commercialization would incorporate end-product specifications into the four steps above. Amyris, on the other hand, will initially create a building block molecule called Biofene (farnesene) during fermentation, which can then be chemically synthesized into any number of end products independent of the platform. Gevo's isobutanol will also be modified independently of its platform, although it doesn't have quite the reach of Biofene. That is quite all right, as I believe the company has drawn up a formidable business strategy.
When Solazyme talks about product development with partners such as Mitsui, it takes care of the steps outlined above, while Mitsui helps define product specifications that are desired by customers. The same goes for Amyris and Total and Gevo and Toray as well as other commercialization partners for the companies. Additionally, Solazyme gets fermentation help from partner Archer Daniels Midland , an important mentor for the developing company. The company is one of the leading ethanol producers in the country, so it has a wealth of knowledge in coaxing microbes into fermentation machines.
Know these terms!
Creating an economical process at commercial scale requires the optimization of three important metrics:
Yield: The amount of fermentation product created with a given amount of sugar. Simply put, efficient microbes reduce input costs.
Productivity: The rate at which product is created by microbes. Faster fermentation allows for enhanced process scheduling and more batches of product per year.
Titer: The concentration of product in the bioreactor. Filling up a 10,000 bioreactor every two weeks to only produce 100 liters of product won't keep the lights on.
Additionally, engineers need to minimize the amount of product lost during recovery and synthesis (if needed) and process scheduling time. The latter can significantly improve a biorefinery's capacity. Consider how slashing two to four days off of a bioreactor's operating time -- through microbial or mechanical improvements -- can impact annual production.
Engineering Year
Bioreactor Turnaround Time
Batches Per Year
325 days
16 days
325 days
14 days
325 days
12 days
In the best-case scenario above an additional seven batches could be squeezed out of each bioreactor in a facility. For instance, a facility with six 500,000 liter bioreactors would see batch capacity increase by an extra 21 million liters per year -- enough to increase a Solazyme biorefinery's capacity by nearly 20,000 metric tons. It may seem like a long shot to cut production time by 25%, but I wouldn't bet against advances in synthetic biology, creative young engineers entering the industry, or the evolution to continuous processes.
Thanks to selling prices, not all products are created equally. For instance, Solazyme announced that it has increased the level of myristic acid in its myristic oil profile to 60%. That may not seem like an incredible feat of science, but consider that that is 400% more than "natural" sources of the compound. Additionally, selling prices for myristic acid averaged $3,700 per metric ton in 2012. Here's a quick sketch showing how selling prices can absorb less-than-stellar product yields.
Source: Solazyme.
I explained the difference between bioreactor volumes and realized product volumes earlier this year, so I won't bludgeon you with the details again. But you can see the general trend from the visual above. Increasing the level of a target fatty acid in an oil profile will lead to greater economics, while the opposite will result in tighter margins. Such improvements can have a big compounding effect when combined with falling production costs. You can also see that high-volume, low-margin products such as fuels will need to be highly concentrated to be economically feasible.
Foolish bottom line
The three terms highlighted above should help in reading future press releases or SEC filings when companies choose to disclose such production metrics. They should also help provide a more complete picture of the industrial biotech industry for investors. The next several quarters are especially critical for Solazyme, Amyris, and Gevo -- all of which are ramping production at key facilities, building new facilities, and on the verge of launching new bio-based products to the market. There is plenty more ground to cover, however, so next week we will break down commissioning and ramp up schedules for the industry. As always, let me know if you have questions in the comments section below.
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Like a message in a bottle
my truth floats out there…. somewhere
never indicating if it will arrive to
overtake the lies that applaud me
proving once and for all I need not the
Queen's speech to vindicate me
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I used the letters L, M, N,O, P, Q
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ALPHABET SESTET! The sestet part is easy: 1 poem of six lines. Choosing a 6 letter sequence in the alphabet, for example A-B-C-D-E-F or perhaps J-K-L-M-N-O. Those letters, in that sequence, are the first letters of the first words in each corresponding line — as in line 1 starts with a word that begins with J; line 2 starts with a word that begins with K; line 3 with L; line 4 with M; line 5 with N; line 6 with O.


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Secret Israeli deal to stop Russian S-300 missile sale to Iran?
Why have there been two, secret high-level meetings between Russian and Israeli leaders? Russia may be getting Israel's help with Georgia in exchange for halting missile sales to Iran.
MOSCOW – Are Russia and Israel cutting a strategic deal aimed at undermining their respective foes, Georgia and Iran?
In a week that will see a crucial summit between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Barack Obama, and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York on Tuesday, and intense discussion about Iran's alleged drive to obtain nuclear weapons in advance of multi-power talks set for Oct. 1, few may be paying much attention to recent moves involving Russia.
But speculation is cranked high in Moscow, after President Dmitry Medvedev admitted in a weekend CNN interview that Mr. Netanyahu paid a secret visit to the Kremlin on Sept. 7. It followed off-the-record talks between the Russian president and his Israeli counterpart Shimon Peres at Mr. Medvedev's vacation home in Sochi in August.
"Prime Minister Netanyahu came to Moscow," Medvedev told CNN. "He did this under a closed regime, this was his decision. I don't understand what this was connected with, but sometimes our partners decide it this way," he added, offering no details.
Broader cooperation?
Some experts say the two sides have been edging toward a wider strategic compact for some time.
"One of the key goals of the Netanyahu government is to establish a strategic partnership with Russia," says Yevgeny Satanovsky, president of the independent Institute for Middle East Studies in Moscow. "It's possible that such a relationship could become as important for Israel as its bond with the US."
Cooperation between Russia and Israel has grown in recent years, including recent Russian arms purchases from Israel, and many former Soviet Jewish emigrés have returned to Russia to take advantage of exploding job opportunities and the apparent easing of anti-Semitism in the country.
Russian missile sale would 'signal war'
No one knows for sure what was discussed in the high-level meetings between Israeli and Russian leaders, but experts say the only subject that would warrant such urgent top-level shuttle diplomacy is Russia's outstanding contract to provide ultramodern S-300 air-defense systems to Iran.
The latest version of the weapon, known as the "Favorit", can simultaneously engage 12 targets flying at any altitude from about 30 feet to 20 miles, and strike them at a range of up to 75 miles away.
Russia and Iran signed a contract for the weapons two years ago, but Russia has yet to deliver.
There was speculation earlier this month that the Arctic Sea cargo ship, hijacked off Sweden's coast on July 28, was secretly delivering S-300 missiles to Iran. Russia's foreign minister publicly denied the media reports.
"The S-300 would give such good protection to the Iranian nuclear project that if these Russian missiles come to Iran, that will probably be the signal for war," says Mr. Satanovsky.
"Such missiles will be seen as being for one purpose only, to defend an Iranian nuclear bomb," he says.
Russia's credibility on the line
But Russia has a strong interest in following through with the Iranian deal, says Sergei Markov, a pro-Kremlin deputy of Russia's State Duma, the lower house of parliament.
"For our military-industrial complex, it's a matter of survival," Mr. Markov says. "This is not just a very lucrative contract, it also puts Russian credibility on the line. If we don't deliver on this deal, no anti-American regime will believe in us as a supplier and buy our weapons. Since pro-American regimes don't buy Russian weapons, that would be the end of Russia as an arms exporter."
A report this week in the Israeli daily Haaretz suggested that the main purpose of Netanyahu's secret visit to the Kremlin was an effort to persuade Russian leaders to hold off on providing the missiles to Iran, and it added that Israel has asked all its friends in the West to put pressure on Moscow to cancel the sale.
What Israel can offer in return
But what can Israel offer in return? Russian experts say Israel's close military cooperation with Georgia, the tiny pro-Western Caucasus state with which Russia fought a war last year, suggests a logical trade-off.
"Georgia was militarized with Israeli help, and this has been a cause of great dissatisfaction for us," says Markov.
Already, there is a precedent for Russia backing off on foreign arms sales in exchange for Israeli cooperation on Georgia.
One of the weapons Israel provided to Georgia, along with training for Georgian troops, was unmanned drones – an increasingly popular, hi-tech battlefield tool that Russia is far behind on developing.
This past spring, Moscow halted progress on the sale of advanced fighter planes to Syria in exchange for the opportunity to buy unmanned drones from Israel, according to the Jerusalem Post.
But while the precedent for Israeli-Russian cooperation is clear, it is unknown what another such deal would include.
Medvedev revealed no change of heart on Iran sanctions
In his CNN interview, Medvedev offered few clues to suggest that Russia's position, which has been to resist tough sanctions against Iran, might be changing.
He scolded Iran, saying it must cooperate with the international community in its drive to acquire nuclear technology, but also suggested that Israel was overreacting to the threat of Russian S-300 missiles.
"Supplies of any weapons, especially defensive weapons, cannot increase tension; on the contrary, they should ease it," he said.
And he suggested Russia would oppose any Israeli military strike against Iran.
"This is the worst thing that can be imagined," Medvedev said. "What would happen after that? Humanitarian disaster, a vast number of refugees, Iran's wish to take revenge - and not only upon Israel, to be honest, but upon other countries as well.
"But my Israeli colleagues told me they were not planning to act in this way, and I trust them," Medvedev added.


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Hail Survivors,
I recently received an email from friend to the site and survivors everywhere, Mr. Mutt, in which he alerted me about a very important event. See this excerpt from the email below:
At 18:37 Jan. 27 there was a massive explosion on the suns surface. This produced a lovely aurora borealis for all to enjoy but it also produced this writeting in the polar ice caps:
Nos exuret tu ater dracones, signatum, solis dracones.
Translated it means "we will burn you black dragons, signed, the dragons of the sun.
In Greek mythology two of these dragons pulled the chariot of Medea an infamous anti-survivalist. It appears that they have decided that 2012 is going to be the year of the sun dragons. They've already proved their disregaurd for human life by sending the solar flare with it's dangerous radiation towards earth, however it appears no one informed them we have an electromagnetic field that keeps most dangerous radiation out of the atmosphere.
So what does this mean? Will there be a dragon civil war? Is this what the Myans knew was comeing? How will this affect the stock market?
Mutt Out.
Very important information indeed and excellent questions. Does this presage the end of the world as we know it as foretold by the Mayans? Will this spell havoc for Facebook's long anticipated IPO? Does this mean that I should stock up on sunscreen?
Share your thoughts in the comments section and keep on keeping on.
P.S. Thanks to Mr. Mutt for sending this in and alerting us all to this important news. If you have supernatural survival related news or information be sure to send it in!by Seth Greening - Visit SethOnSurvival.com


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The Bachelor's Chris Harrison: I Was Surprised Sharleen Stayed This Long
After weeks of being conflicted over Juan Pablo, Sharleen decided it was finally time to leave TheBachelor.
Ever since she hesitated over receiving the first impression rose, viewers have watched the opera singer vacillate between knowing Juan Pablo is not the guy for her and giving in to her attraction to the single dad. Ultimately, it was the prospect of bringing Juan Pablo home to meet her folks that made Sharleen pack up once and for all.
The Bachelor Exclusive Sneak Peek: Nikki calls Clare a dog
As the four remaining women head into hometown dates, host Chris Harrison shares his views on Sharleen's exit, Nikki and Clare's showdown and previews Juan Pablo's rough meeting with one of the girls' parents.
At the beginning of the episode, Juan Pablo actually tells his friend that Sharleen is "the one." Were his feelings really that strong for her?
Chris Harrison: Sharleen was at the top of his list from the moment she got out of the limo. We talked about this during deliberations that you didn't see. I kept asking him and pushing him about Sharleen and whether he felt that the level of chemistry and respect was being reciprocated because I never saw it. He was just so captivated by her and I just think he liked the fact that she was so sophisticated and talented and had so much to offer. He was blinded by that and really wanted it to work.
Were you surprised when she finally pulled the trigger and left?
Harrison: I was surprised it lasted this long. She would convince herself to leave, but then somehow when they were together she would lose her words and be into it and make out with him again. Finally, I think she just thought enough is enough and it's time to rip the band-aid off. She also started feeling guilty because then she's taking a spot and you're bringing families into this next week and it's a lot more serious. She rode this as far as she could in good conscience and did her due diligence to see if something was there and I respect that.
TheBachelor's Chris Harrison: Sharleen's conflicted feelings will come to a head
I can't believe Juan Pablo took Nikki to meet his family and the mother of his child! Was it unfair to the other girls?
Harrison: Talk about a huge cultural difference. I thought it was a huge deal that he took Nikki to see his parents because that's something you save for the final stages. When I said that to Juan Pablo, he laughed and said, "Meeting someone's parents and family is not a big deal. You guys [in the U.S.] put so much pressure on meeting the family. In Venezuela, we usually stay with our parents through University and sometimes after and if you're with somebody of course you'll know their family. It's not a big deal." Was it a big deal to Nikki? Maybe so. For him it wasn't a huge step, but the natural thing to do since they were in Miami. Is it fair that Nikki met the family and the others didn't? I have to defer to the rules which are ever changing.
How terrifying though to meet his gorgeous ex.
Harrison: She is beautiful and a posing figure, but she's around quite a bit. She's a part of his life and that's what you marry into. Is it right to meet her on one of your first dates? Lord no. But maybe that's a huge cultural difference. And also it could've been her saying, "If you're going to have Camilla on the show and meet one of the girls, I want to be there."
TheBachelor's Clare: Juan Pablo and I did not have sex in the ocean
The season hasn't been too catty, but we finally got a big fight between Nikki and Clare. Was there tension you could see in the house?
Harrison: Definitely. It's going to happen when you have a bunch of girls and they're travelling together and dating the same guy and I'm surprised it's taken this long. At this point in the show the girls are going to feel like if he likes a girl like that, how can he like a girl like me. They see each other as very different although they're really not. They're both really sweet girls with a big love for family. People don't get to see the sweet side of Nikki, but Juan Pablo sees that. If Clare and Nikki really took the time to get to know each other, they might find they're more similar than they think.
What can you tease about next week's hometown dates?
Harrison: The ladies have obviously had their cultural differences with Juan Pablo, but now you're dealing with families ... and some of these parents are not as excited as the girls are. Clare's family, people will see, are a little skeptical and aren't as apt to just give their blessing. They want to see more and don't have that much time with him.
The Bachelor will air on Monday and Tuesday next week at 8/7c at ABC.
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Powell has 12 points, 15 rebounds in Stanford's 58-57 win over Stephen F Austin
STANFORD, Calif. – Dwight Powell had 12 points and 15 rebounds to help Stanford beat Stephen F Austin 58-57 Tuesday night in the opening round of the National Invitation Tournament.
Aaron Bright added 11 points for the Cardinal (18-15), who won for the third time in four games.
Taylor Smith had 18 points to lead four Lumberjacks (27-5) in double figures.
The Cardinal opened a seven-point lead midway through the second half and maintained a slight edge the rest of the way. Powell blocked Desmond Haymon's shot with 41 seconds remaining and Gabe Harris came up with the loose ball.
Haymon also missed a shot in the closing seconds.
Stanford's Robbie Lemons, who hit a pair or 3-pointers, left the game with an apparent bloody lip or nose.
Bostic hit a 3-pointer in the final seven seconds of the opening half to give the Lumberjacks a 32-31 advantage into the intermission.


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Chinese driver on trial over toddler left to die
BEIJING – State media in China say a trial has begun for a man accused of driving a minivan that ran over a toddler on a busy street. The case sparked outrage after the little girl was ignored as she lay dying on the road.
The official Xinhua News Agency reported Friday that Hu Jun was charged with the wrongful death of 2-year-old Wang Yue in the southern city of Foshan
Video footage shows the van striking the toddler and then resuming driving, rolling its back right wheel over her.
Over the next seven minutes, 18 people walked or cycled by the child. Another van struck her before a scrap picker scooped her up as the girl's mother came looking for her.
The child died a week later, but the incident caused soul searching among Chinese over declining morality.


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Plzeň and Levante lead the way on opening night
Thursday, 14 February 2013
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Levante UD and FC Viktoria Plzeň have one foot in the last 16 after 3-0 first leg victories but holders Club Atlético de Madrid have work to do after losing 2-0 at home to FC Rubin Kazan.
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Levante UD and FC Viktoria Plzeň led the way with particularly eye-catching results on the opening night of the UEFA Europa League round of 32.
FC Zenit St Petersburg and FC Anji Makhachkala began proceedings in the early kick-offs with two-goal victories against Liverpool FC and Hannover 96 respectively. That was just the start, however, competition debutants Levante going one better with a 3-0 first-leg triumph over ten-man Olympiacos FC, eliminated at the UEFA Champions League group stage in December. Plzeň racked up an equally impressive win at SSC Napoli, the Italian side's heaviest ever home defeat in European competition.
Holders Club Atlético de Madrid are also up against it, having succumbed to a 2-0 home loss against FC Rubin Kazan. European champions Chelsea FC had no such difficulty and head back to Stamford Bridge with a 1-0 advantage over AC Sparta Praha. SL Benfica will also hold sway on home soil having beaten Bayer 04 Leverkusen by a solitary effort.
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, owners of the second most impressive group stage record, have a sizeable challenge on their hands following a 2-0 reverse at FC Basel 1893. VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach, meanwhile, scored two penalties and missed another in a dramatic 3-3 draw with S.S. Lazio, Juan Arango's late free-kick cancelled out by Lazio's Libor Kozák deep into added time.
Gareth Bale netted a brace of free-kicks as Tottenham Hotspur FC overcame Olympique Lyonnais, though the Ligue 1 team's Samuel Umtiti scored arguably the goal of the night – a rocket of a shot early in the second half.


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Paraguay. Cannabis-related links
Full site / Mobile. To Top or End. News & 2022 GMM & Categories. Facebook. US Congress could legalize, reschedule, or remove cannabis from the federal schedule if Republican filibuster were gone. Vote in US Senators who will abolish it. [16][17][18][19]. Senators Manchin or Sinema could abolish it. Abolish Presidential veto too. Mandatory retirement. [20].
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News. Sources. GMM Facebook. 2022 GMM. Ballotpedia: marijuana and minimum wage. Wikipedia: List of US states by minimum wage. Vote for many Democratic US Senate candidates that support ending the filibuster. [25][26].
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4 July 2022. Record corporate profits and record inflation. Corporations are taking advantage of us.
6 May 2022: Germanys health minister Karl Lauterbach confirms on twitter the starting of the process of Legalisation of Cannabis in Germany. [38][39]. They also want a new start in #drugpolicy in general! #DontPunish
Sens. Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin could save abortion rights but ... they won't.
2022 Global Cannabis March and 420 map. Germany. 2022 map of many cities with Global Marijuana March events on May 7, etc.. [40][41]. 22 Apr 2022: New Jersey gets high on its own supply as legal weed sales begin. [42].
Multi-city 420 lists
18 Apr 2022: Legalizing marijuana lowers demand for prescription drugs, study finds. "The reductions in drug utilization that we find could lead to significant cost savings for state Medicaid programs."
30 Mar 2022: Bill to legalize medical marijuana in Kentucky appears dead. "The measure won approval in the House, but the [Republican] Senate hasn't brought it up for a vote. Advocates like Julie Cantwell say they're furious. She says her son used to have 100 small seizures every day. Now, with help from out-of-state medical marijuana, she says he's been seizure-free for 29 months. ... Support for medical marijuana is widespread in the commonwealth. A poll from the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky says nine in ten adults support legalization."
26 Mar 2022: Mitch McConnell's Confederate Flag Photo Resurfaces as He Announces He Will Oppose Ketanji Brown Jackson's Supreme Court Confirmation. [45][46] [47][48]. The Republican roots of the racist drug war go all the way back to President Nixon. See: Race, ethnicity, and drug war.
25 Mar 2022: Native Americans Are Operating New York State's First Legal Cannabis Dispensaries.
16 Mar 2022: Delaware. Cannabis legalization backers question 'suspicious' amendments before bill fell short in house vote. [49]. Republicans actually lost this vote. But their anti-democracy rule killed the bill: "The three-fifths vote is required on legislation that raises revenues."
4 Mar 2022: Upstate New York's Cayuga Nation expands its legal marijuana business. Several of the state's Indian nations sell cannabis.
25 Feb 2022: Louisville family held at gunpoint during botched SWAT marijuana raid settles lawsuit for $460K. Some of these cops were later involved in the Breonna Taylor killing.
9 Feb 2022: CDC: Unvaccinated Adults 97 Times More Likely to Die from COVID-19 Than Boosted Adults. Unvaccinated adults 14 times more likely to die than fully vaccinated adults without booster dose.
9 Feb 2022: Ohio. Proposal to legalize marijuana faces yet another roadblock in Senate Republican leader.
Today: Google News search: Republicans refuse to get vaccinated. The Covid pandemic would be over by now in the US if not for the lies of the Republican echo chamber. Unvaccinated Republicans are dying in droves.
19 Dec 2021: Straight out of Inwood: 'Legacy' New York City pot dealers going legit — 'We got that good work. The best of the best.'
13 Dec 2021: Free Speech Under Attack in Czech Cannabis Crackdown. [62][63][64].
Nov 2021: 40 under 40 Outstanding BIPOC leaders in Drug Policy - SSDP. BIPOC stands for "Black, Indigenous, and People of Color". SSDP = Students for Sensible Drug Policy.
20 Nov: Oregon raid seizes an epic amount of illegal marijuana. 500,000 pounds. [70][71].
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Henrik Vanger: "Isn't it interesting how fascists always steal the word 'freedom'?"
Real democracy is ranked-choice voting (instant-runoff).
Remove Presidential veto power.
2022 Global Cannabis March and 420 map. Event links: 2022 talk. & Main talk.
US Republican states. It's not just cannabis prohibition.
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- City pages on this wiki. Cities in Paraguay: Asuncion.
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Medical Cannabis Worldwide. (zoomable English map). And: Spanish.
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- Cannabis news sources. And: Cannabis event lists and calendars.
- Drug Policy Organizations (from MAP). US cannabis organizations. And: Canada. State, province, nation from Area menu. Can also sort by topic. See advanced power search. It can search news, and it can Google search many organizations (choose one from menu).
- News Source Directory (from MAP). State, province, nation from Area menu. Or A-Z from Source menu. Google search MAP site for news, sources, topics, city, state, province, nation, organizations, etc..
- Marijuana Travel Database. Marijuana and travel reports, cities, countries, smoking laws, legality.
- WeBeHigh.org - Click "Travel Guides" button at top for continents. By U.S. state. And: Google site search.
- Marijuana Dispensary & Strain Reviews - Leafly.
- SmokeShops.com | Smoke Shops, Head Shops, Vape Shops, CBD Stores, Dispensaries.
- PotGuide.com | Comprehensive Guide to the World of Marijuana.
- LonelyCannabis.com - World's best cannabis travel guide.
- Facebook: Global Marijuana March. [73][74][75].
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Please add more cannabis-related links of any kind to city, state, province, and country pages. See news. See Google News archives (for many years). See these links for searching for marijuana march videos. For events, web sites, concerts, groups, activism, bands, regional chapters, and more: Use these search links (add city, state, province, and country names): Google, Facebook, MeetUp.com, Wordpress.com, Blogspot.com (Google blogs), LiveJournal (2), Google Groups (2), and YouTube 2. Search for other words for cannabis such as marihuana (with an 'h'), maconha (Portuguese), etc.. Use Google translation to read text written in various languages. Search other social networking sites. Add chapter links (local, state, province, and country links) for various organizations. See: United States. Cannabis-related links. See Category: Cannabis-related links. See MAP: Drug Policy Links, and choose a state, nation, or province from the Area dropdown menu. See ENCOD.org (member organizations worldwide), INPUD (drug user organisations), Teapot Party (chapters), and more. Use Special:Search to search cannabis.shoutwiki.com site for specific cities, countries, and links for them. For example; see the detailed Global Marijuana March city lists to find local links from different years. See the city pages for Wikipedia links. The Wikipedia pages for cities also have media links. See: Media Awareness Project links. EMCDDA: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction. Wikipedia: EMCDDA. See country overviews. And detailed info by country. Marijuana Travel Database. Marijuana and travel reports, cities, countries, smoking laws, legality. WeBeHigh.org - Click "Travel Guides" button at top for continents. By U.S. state. And: Google site search.
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Google site search no longer works well. It does not find all the yearly city lists containing a city name.
Special:Search works well. Click: "Global Marijuana March maps". Add city name to search, and state/province/nation as needed. This is an advanced search of main pages and templates. This will pull up all yearly maps in which the city is listed. Except for 2015, 2016, 2017, 2021 due to various problems. Putting quotes around multi-word city names helps focus the search: "New York City". This city, nation, or subnational area participated or signed up one year (or more) for the Global Marijuana March (GMM), Million Marijuana March (MMM), or 420. Cities and nations holding 4/20 events are also included in later years. Yearly maps. See: 420 and Global Cannabis March event lists by year. See: GMM links.
1035 cities have participated from 85 nations or subnational areas since 1999.
GCM city lists and maps: ~ 1999. 2000. 18.104.22.168.5. 188.8.131.52.10. 18.104.22.168.15. 188.8.131.52.20. 21.22. Yearly event links in many cases will no longer be added to city pages due to the amount of work involved. Such links are found in the yearly city lists and maps. Graphics and crowd photos will also no longer be added to city pages in many cases. Graphics and photos can be found in this alphabetical flat list.
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US Republicans have led cannabis and drug wars worldwide. All to create 2nd class citizens who are blocked from many educational, job, and voting opportunities. Part of the conservative plan to concentrate wealth in fewer hands worldwide. USA. The state of the nation. After decades of Republican-led drug war, and their filibusters in the Senate.
- US Republican states. It's not just cannabis prohibition. Many maps. It's also their low minimum wages, etc..
- The US federal minimum wage would be $13.46 in 2022 dollars if its real value had remained at the 1968 level. Even more in 2023 dollars. See graph below. Note the low minimum wages in the Republican south in the map below. See Wikipedia: Republican states.
- Wikipedia: List of US states by minimum wage.
- Wikipedia: List of European countries by minimum wage.
Canadians are richer, healthier, and safer than Americans:
- A $15 minimum wage would cost jobs, right? Probably not, economists say.
- There's More Evidence That Raising the Minimum Wage Won't Cost Jobs.
- The U.S. has one of the stingiest minimum wage policies of any wealthy nation. Washington Post.
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Roswell UFO craft and alien body retrieval was real according to U.S. Army officer Walter Haut. He signed affidavits to that effect in 1993 and 2002. Released in 2007 after his death in 2005. Video made in 2000. Released in May 2021. Much of the technology has been back engineered, and its carbon-free energy could end global warming. See Stephen Greer video.
Articles about Haut:
17 Aug 2021: "My father saw the bodies": chasing the truth about Roswell. By James Jennings. Archived here.
5 June 2022: Roswell officer's deathbed confession about theory of alien cover up. By Declan Carey. Archived here.
14 May 2021: Ex-Army officer ADMITS he saw 'alien the size of a 10-year-old child' after famous Roswell UFO crash in incredible video. By Emma Parry. Archived here. This article has a short excerpt of the video.
May 2021: Roswell Officer Speaks From the Grave: Video Released, Confesses that Alien was "the size of a 10 year old". By Anthony Bragalia. Archived here. From article (emphasis added): "This video clip is part of a memoir video / oral history over two hours in length that covers many personal and professional aspects of Haut's life. The video was taken at the Roswell Museum in 2000 with friends Dennis Balthaser and Wendy Connors."
September 2007. Haut's Daughter Tells How Affidavit Came to Be. By Julie Schuster (his daughter). MUFON UFO Journal. Issue 473. Page 15. Dec 2002 affidavit is on page 14.
30 June 2007: Roswell officer's amazing deathbed admission raises possibility that aliens DID visit. By Nick Pope. Archived here.
2002 and 1993 affidavits. Archived here. Scroll down for the affidavits.
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Brazil's policies could result in as many as 7 million lives saved by 2050.
All a part of Brazil's strong tobacco control policies are high cigarette prices, smoke-free air laws, marketing restrictions and other measures that are credited for a 50 percent reduction in smoking prevalence between 1989 and 2010. The reduction contributed to an estimated 420,000 lives saved during that time period. Those are the findings of a new study published in PLOS Medicine by a team of researchers from Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Brazilian National Cancer Institute.
Adding to the dramatic conclusion of the study, which used modeling to determine projections, the researchers say the Latin American country's policies could result in as many as 7 million lives saved by 2050.
Tobacco kills up to half its users – more than 5 million smokers die every year in the world from tobacco-related causes, says David Levy, Ph.D., a professor of oncology at Georgetown Lombardi. It also kills more than half a million non-smokers annually who have been exposed to second-hand smoke.
Brazil has played a pioneering role among low and middle income countries in providing support for tobacco control measures. It introduced its first cigarette-specific tax in 1990, and in 1996 placed the first warnings on cigarette packages and introduced smoke-free air laws. Many of these measures have subsequently been strengthened, including stronger advertising restrictions, higher taxes and bold and graphic warnings.
To determine the impact of these measures on smoking prevalence and deaths, researchers developed the Brazil SimSmoke Policy Simulation Model. Using policy and population and smoking data for Brazil, the model assesses the effect of several initiatives on premature deaths including cigarette taxes, smoke-free air laws, mass media campaigns, marketing restrictions, packaging requirements, cessation treatment programs and restrictions to youth access.
The model estimated that the smoking prevalence in Brazil since 1989 was reduced by 46 percent by 2010, because of the introduction of tobacco control measures. Almost half of this reduction was explained by price increases, 14 percent by smoke-free laws, another 14 percent by marketing restrictions, 10 percent by cessation treatment programs, 8 percent by health warnings, and 6 percent by anti-smoking media campaigns.
Levy has developed similar models for 30 different nations. He says one distinguishing factor in Brazil's tobacco policies is its use of graphic health warnings on cigarette packages.
"While our model credits only eight percent of the reduction in smoking to health warnings, this is likely greatly underestimated because the value assigned in the model was based on current literature. We believe that value doesn't accurately represent the impact health warnings have in Brazil – particularly for youths." Levy continues, "Brazil has extensively tested its warnings with younger smokers and found a greater impact on reducing smoking than is found in the other studies."
He points out that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia rejected a government mandate requiring the use of nine specific graphic health warnings on cigarette packaging based, in part, on its views of the proper role of warning labels and its questioning of evidence presented on the effectiveness of graphic warning labels. Levy suggests rigorous testing with graphic warnings in the youth population in the U.S. might also demonstrate a significant impact on smoking behaviors.
Levy also noted that Brazil recently decided to ban menthol cigarettes, and that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which is charged with regulating product content, is considering a similar policy in this country.
While the U.S., particularly states such as California, have seen success in reducing smoking rates by implementing strong policies, none have had the kind of success seen in Brazil in such a short period of time.
"Everyone knows smoking exacts a devastating toll leading to premature death and suffering, but getting people to give up the habit or prevent it has proved challenging," Levy says. "Brazil's strong cigarette control policies should be a lesson to us all. If we are to implement policies here in the U.S. that will make a lasting impact we'll need the political will and the courts' support."
Levy conducted his research in collaboration with two scientists from the Brazilian National Cancer Institute including Liz Maria de Almeida, Ph.D., and André Szklo, Ph.D. The work in this study is supported by contracts with the Tobacco Control Research Branch of the National Cancer Institute and by Bloomberg Philanthropies. The authors report having no personal financial interests related to the study.
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This video says about itself:
Libya's new leader declares that Sharia law will be the 'main source' for the new constitution, raising eyebrows. CNN's Brian Todd reports.
From Women's eNews in the USA, on Libya:
Friday, October 28, 2011
Libya's long-awaited declaration of liberation excluded female voices and raised questions about how the tide might turn on matters of family law. The country's interim leader faced immediate backlash for endorsing a return to unrestricted polygamy. …
Three days later, after eight months of civil war pitting rebel fighters and defected soldiers against troops loyal to Gadhafi, the North African nation's new leadership proudly declared its liberation. High ranking officials of the now governing National Transitional Council took the stage one after the other to pay passionate tribute to Libya's martyrs–their sons and brothers, but also their mothers, their wives and sisters — building up momentum to Abdul-Jalil's speech.
Not a single woman was on the stage to take credit for her role throughout the revolution or to set the tone on matters of direct personal relevance to women, such as the needs of war widows or the Libyan family code.
Libya's current family law, partly based on the Maliki school of Sunni Islam, includes several progressive protections for women that are not found in personal status laws of other Arab countries, according to Freedom House International, an advocacy group based in Washington, D.C. It sets the minimum legal age for marriage at 20 and gives women the opportunity to negotiate their marriage rights before entering the agreement. Mothers by law get custody in divorce, while fathers remain financially responsible.
"It is particularly worrying that, at such a crucial moment of a new democracy, women don't have a public voice," said Marianne Mollman, senior policy adviser for Amnesty International, the London-based rights watchdog.
The absence of a female voice at the podium made it clear that women will have to fight if they want to be equal shareholders–or even just represented–in the transition to democracy, said Liesl Gerntholtz, director of the Women's Rights Division of Human Rights Watch in New York.
Maiduguri — Thirty days in the desert after fleeing the crisis-torn Libya, 450 Nigerians yesterday arrived Maiduguri, Borno State, with tales of rape, torture and loss of their personal effects to the fighters opposed to the regime of late Col. Muammar Gaddafi: here.


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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Obama administration Wednesday urged employers to adopt "flexible and non-punitive" sick-leave policies as it released new guidelines for containing the spread of the H1N1 virus in the coming flu season.
Health and Human Service Secretary Kathleen Sebelius asked employers to encourage vaccinations.
Among other things, businesses were asked to keep employees out of the office if they exhibit flulike symptoms and to establish alternative work arrangements for employees considered vulnerable to complications from the virus.
They also were asked to prepare contingency plans -- including telecommuting and staggered shifts -- to ensure that operations can continue in the event a workplace is hit hard this fall or winter by the H1N1 virus, also known as swine flu.
Whenever possible, employees should be cross-trained to cover essential functions when co-workers become sick, the administration said.
The business guidelines were unveiled in a joint announcement from the secretaries of commerce, health and human services, and homeland security.
"We already face much economic uncertainty. A flu outbreak is a very scary prospect," Commerce Secretary Gary Locke said.
"From top to bottom, businesses need to drive home the point that if an employee stays home sick, it's not only the best thing for that employee's health, but also for the health of his or her co-workers and the productivity of the company."
Locke asked employers to drop a common requirement that workers provide doctors' notes or other paperwork to prove that they had to miss work because of an illness.
Such a requirement "has the potential to overload the health care system that will likely be stressed during this year's flu season," he said.
Employers should stay in touch with state and community health authorities and align their guidelines according to local conditions, Locke added. They should promote better workplace hygiene by encouraging the frequent washing of hands and by reminding employees to cover their mouths when they cough or sneeze.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius asked employers to encourage their most vulnerable workers to get both the traditional and H1N1 flu vaccines as soon as possible. The H1N1 vaccine, which is expected to be ready in October, would require two shots, the second three weeks after the first. Immunity to the virus would not kick in until two weeks after the second shot.
Pregnant women, health care workers, and parents or guardians of infants under 6 months of age are among the most vulnerable segments of the population, Sebelius said.
Adults under the age of 65 with an underlying health condition -- such as asthma -- are also considered to be more at risk from the H1N1 virus.
A separate set of H1N1 preparation guidelines for the nation's school systems was released two weeks ago. The full text of the plans are available at the Web site www.flu.gov.
The World Health Organization declared the H1N1 virus a global pandemic on June 11.
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8 Quick 'n' Dirty Tools to Beat Site Abandonment This Holiday
Looking for ways to plug a leaky conversion funnel without blowing your budget? Here are 8 low cost, free, and free trial tools to help you drive down site abandonment as holiday spending kicks off in earnest:
1. Crazy Egg
Crazy Egg offers up simple usability tools that let you visually understand website user behavior. Their heat map tool provides a picture of where people clicked on your site. This lets you see what's hot and what's not, so you can make changes that increase conversions. Their scroll map tool shows how far down the page people are scrolling and helps determine where visitors abandon a page. Crazy Egg starts at $9/month and is dead easy to set up.
2. ClickTale
Web analytics tools like Google Analytics are invaluable, but sometimes the data they provide leaves you guessing at what visitors find confusing. ClickTale lets you watch recordings of your visitors' browsing sessions to discover how they use your site. You can see everything visitors do, every mouse move, hover, click, and scroll. Find videos of visitors who experienced errors, abandoned your shopping cart, or could not find what they were looking for. ClickTale is very powerful with a limited free plan so no excuse not to try it out.
3. Google Talk ChatBack
Want to communicate more with your visitors? Google Talk Chatback lets you add free chat support to your website or blog in a matter of minutes. Place a badge like the one here on your website to encourage visitors to start chatting. If customer service reps man your live chat, read through the transcripts regularly to uncover insights.
Chatback uses web-based Google Talk so your visitors don't need to download anything. To get started, click on the Chatback start page, copy the provided HTML and paste on your website. All done!
While I'm not super keen on interrupting visitors mid-flow, 4Q is an easy-to-setup exit survey tool that collects feedback from site visitors and measures customer satisfaction and task completion. You can then use the visitor feedback to take action to improve your online experience. Developed alongside Avinash Kaushik, 4Q asks website visitors what Avinash calls the "most important survey questions":
- 1. Based on today's visit, how would you rate your site experience overall?
- 2. Which of the following best describes the primary purpose of your visit?
- 3. Were you able to complete the purpose of your visit today?
- 4a. (If yes) What do you value most about the [sitename] website?
- 4b. (If no) Please tell us why you were not able to fully complete the purpose of your visit today?
With a free trial that very cleverly doesn't ask for a credit card to begin, 4Q is definitely worth trying.
5. Kampyle
Kampyle is a simple website feedback tool that lets you get inside the minds of your target audience, and use what you learn to optimize your conversion funnels, merchandising and marketing programs. Deploy Kampyle feedback forms to learn where the pain points are for your visitors – those who weren't crazy about your offer, had trouble with your checkout, or wanted the product in a different color. Kampyle also integrates with Google Analytics, Omniture and comScore, letting you understand the reasons that drive visitor behavior. Like 4Q, Kampyle has a 15-day free trial that doesn't require a credit card.
6. Ethnio
Ethnio provides a way to recruit participants for user research live from your website. First, you create a screener that site visitors can activate and fill out. By monitoring the results in the Ethnio dashboard, you then decide which visitors you'd like to invite to participate in usability testing. Once the visitor has handed over their details, you can incentivize them to participate in an interview via remote usability testing tools like Usabilla or Usertesting.com (more on these two below), by phone (with screensharing tools such as GoToMeeting and screen recording software like Camtasia), or in person.
Take a tour or try it for free.
7. Usabilla
Usabilla is an un-moderated remote usability tool that lets you conduct micro usability tests. Upload images, create tasks, and then have participants complete the tasks or answer questions. Usabilla tracks where users click and gathers qualitative data too ("please click on the part of the web page you like best"). While Usabilla provides a fast and easy way to collect feedback on design ideas in the early stages, as with other unmoderated usability testing tools, it does not enable the researcher to ask follow-up questions while the user is conducting the test. Use it with tools like Ethnio to improve relevance to your site.
8. UserTesting.com
While moderated usability studies definitely give you much richer information, Usertesting.com is a fast, cheap way to get videos of people using your site. For $39, Usertesting.com recruits a tester from their pre-screened user panel that meets your basic requirements (age, gender, web expertise etc.) and delivers a video of the tester talking about their interaction with your site as they browse it. A written summary explaining what they liked or didn't like is included too. If you prefer you can use your own testers recruited through Ethnio or other methods instead of their panelists. Tests complete in about an hour.
And there you have it. With any one of these 8 cheap and cheerful tools to reduce site abandonment, no excuse not to make some site tweaks before the holiday rush. Happy optimizing!
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By James Kwak
To make a vast generalization, we live in a society where quantitative data are becoming more and more important. Some of this is because of the vast increase in the availability of data, which is itself largely due to computers. Some is because of the vast increase in the capacity to process data, which is also largely due to computers. Think about Hans Rosling's TED Talks, or the rise of sabermetrics (the "Moneyball" phenomenon) not only in baseball but in many other sports, or the importance of standardized testing scores in K-12 education, or Karl Rove's usage of data mining to identify likely supporters, or the FiveThirtyEight revolution in electoral forecasting, or the quantification of the financial markets, or zillions of other examples. I believe one of my professors has written a book about this phenomenon.
But this comes with a problem. The problem is that we do not currently collect and scrub good enough data to support this recent fascination with numbers, and on top of that our brains are not wired to understand data. And if you have a lot riding on bad data that is poorly understood, then people will distort the data or find other ways to game the system to their advantage.
Readers of this blog will all be familiar with the phenomenon of rating subprime mortgage-backed securities and their structured offspring using data exclusively from a period of rising house prices — because those were the only data that were available. But the same issue crops up in many different stories covering different aspects of society.
CompStat, an approach to policing that focuses on tracking detailed crime metrics, was widely credited with helping New York and other cities reduce crime in the 1990s. Last year, This American Life ran a story, based on a police officer's secret recordings, detailing how in at least one precinct officers were pressured to boost their numbers through dubious arrests and citations. They also found another precinct where serious crimes were reported as less serious crimes in order to make their numbers look better than they really were.
In a recent New York Times story, David Segal describes how law schools massage their metrics to score higher in the US News and World Report rankings. Segal focuses on the tricks that some schools seem to use to boost the number of graduates employed nine months after graduation; for example, some schools apparently hire their own graduates to temporary positions that happen to span the date on which employment rates are measured. The rankings are based on statistics that are defined by the American Bar Association but are self-reported by the schools and not audited by anyone.
The big, well-known example of how the importance of data breeds data manipulation is standardized testing. In the early days of the standardized testing boom, the key statistic was the percentage of students at or above grade level, defined as the fiftieth percentile on some standardized test. (For those wondering if this is circular, the scaled score required to be at the fiftieth percentile is set before the test based on the attributes of the questions included in the test; it is not set after the test based on students' actual performances.) So one obvious tactic would be to focus on students in roughly the thirtieth to sixtieth percentiles while ignoring the others. Another, more problematic tactic would be to classify as many low-performing students as possible into special education so that they would not be in the denominator. (Then there is blatant cheating, like giving your students more time to take the test or simply correcting their answers afterward — Freakonomics has a chapter on this — since few if any school districts have the capacity or the motivation to oversee the tests rigorously.) Even leaving aside data manipulation issues, there is also the basic problem that test difficulty varies from year to year. The test in year N + 1 is calibrated to be the same difficulty as the test in year N, but this is all based on statistics, and there is this thing called random variation to deal with.
And I recently read Natalie Obiko Pearson's story in Bloomberg on the problems with greenhouse gas emissions data. Most of the numbers we read are self-reported by countries and the companies in those countries, and even if they are honest (a big if) they are "bottom up" estimates — based on how much fossil fuel is being consumed. But when scientists actually measure changes in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, they get different results than predicted by the bottom-up estimates. And in all the examples cited in Bloomberg, actual atmospheric measurements are higher than bottom-up estimates. This could be because the article didn't mention atmospheric measurements that were lower than predicted by official data. But it could also be because both the companies burning the fossil fuels and the countries aggregating the data have the same incentive to underreport: companies because it means they don't have to buy as many carbon permits and countries because it means they can claim to be under their Kyoto Protocol targets.
Greenhouse gases are a good example of how we think data will help save us — if we can track how much carbon dioxide each company is producing, we can make it pay for that carbon — but we may just not have good enough data. In general, I think the current trend toward using more and more data is a good thing. I mean, what's the alternative: gut intuition? But this only increases the importance of having good data to begin with. And when some parties benefit from bad data, this can be a big challenge with no easy solution.


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Weekend Links: Could You Be An Olympic Medalist?
In honor of the Olympics: could you be a medalist? Find out with the Guardian's retro interactive game. "See how your personal best in the 100m, 10km, 100m freestyle swim and bicycle road race compares against the all-time greats - and whether your time would have ever earned you a place on the podium. You can also share your results with your friends on Facebook, become a keyboard warrior, unlock secret codes and much more."
Space, the final frontier … of smell? NASA is attempting to re-create the apparently very distinct aroma of space for those of us stuck around here.
What kind of superhero are you? Wimp or warrior? College Humor has provided a Choose Your Own Origin Story to determine your super (or lack thereof) abilities.
Very cool series of behind the scenes shots of costumed movie stars out of character.
An MIT paper works out the Grandfather Paradox of time travel.
Gentlemen, trying to figure out what your next facial hair arrangement should be? Take a whirl with this interactive mustache-o-rama. This seems to further confirm for me that there is very little consensus on mustache names.
I'll admit, I don't know exactly what this game (?) is but … I like it! It's quite soothing.
The Lazy Rule of Thirds may seem just like advice for photographers, but it gives a pretty interesting account of where the rule began, and some background on the Golden Ratio.
An intriguing article from Esquire about a 50-year-old man who decided to start smoking.
Stay tuned! More links tomorrow - in the meantime send your submissions to email@example.com.


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In non-schocking news today, the sisters Kardashian (you know, Kim, Khloe and Kourtney) have announced that they're launching a makeup line around the holidays this year. The line will be called...
Khroma Beauty. What you were expecting something without a "K"? Please.
Anyway, they're partnering with a company called Boldface Licensing+Branding and their first products will be false eyelashes, mascaras and something called Kardazzle Compacts. They'll be available at Ulta stores in December. Then more colors, foundation and illuminators will follow in 2013.
You can read the whole press release here if you want to know more. In the meantime, are you curious to see what they come up with? If nothing else, the mascara has got to intrigue you, no?
Related: Want more Kardashian...uh...k-beauty news? Check out my review of their self tanner.


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What if the presidential candidates in November turned out to be Jeb Bush, former U.S. Comptroller General David Walker, and Barack Obama?
Given the train wreck occurring right now, it's not impossible there could be a brokered Republican convention, plus a credible third-party candidate.
Remember four years ago?
President Hillary Clinton. By way of a brokered convention or third-party run. That was the fear of some in the summer of 2008. Obama had only 155 more delegates than Clinton at about this point in the race. There was a chance neither would reach the required minimum until the June convention. Headlines warned of "The Coming Brokered Democratic Convention." And there was talk of pledged delegates switching, of super delegates deciding the outcome. Even when it was clear Obama had secured the nomination, worried whispers of "Hillary as a third-party candidate" echoed across the Potomac.
History repeats. Today's headlines read: "Will It Be A Brokered GOP Convention?" And "A Third Voice for 2012?"
Though Mitt Romney has the early lead in both official and pledged GOP delegates, and a well-funded machine backing him, he's learned that money can't buy you love. Rick Santorum has the big mo, fresh off victories in Colorado, Minnesota, and Missouri, and he now leads in national polls. If Romney does not win the primary on Feb. 28 in Michigan, where he was born, and where he won in 2008, questions about his electability will increase. But so too will questions about Santorum's suitability as a general election candidate.
Super Tuesday is coming, but there are not enough delegates at stake to clinch the nomination. It's possible Romney and Santorum will split votes and delegates with the other two still in the race, Ron Paul and Newt Gingrich.
John Avlon made clear in a recent Daily Beast column how tricky the math is for anyone to neatly wrap things up now: "Play around with the CNN delegate calculator and you can see that even if Romney were to win every contest going forward with 100 percent of the delegates (that's called kickin' it North Korea-style) he still wouldn't reach [the required number of delegates] 1,144 until April 3. Under a similar extreme scenario, it would take Rick Santorum until April 23. Here's the real kicker: If Romney and Santorum were to split the delegates going forward and each were to carry five of the 10 all-or-nothing contests, neither candidate would win enough delegates to clinch the nomination."
Knock. Knock. Here comes chaos.
But chaos could be a good thing considering the way things look now. Jeb Bush would be the most likely "white knight" candidate to get drafted into a brokered convention. Everyone realized early on in this process that he wouldn't run for obvious legacy reasons. But he's also always been the consensus favorite among Republican party faithful. And given the way the landscape has shifted, and if he were drafted, the equation could change in a way that would make Jeb have to reconsider.
And David Walker, a cofounder of No Labels, and founder and CEO of the Comeback America Initiative, knows more about the federal budget and deficit than anyone running. He also has common sense ideas on how to solve our fiscal problems. Walker could be on the Americans Elect ballot, perhaps as the vice presidential nominee. It's easy to see that whoever gets nominated on the Americans Elect platform, which demands by its rules a unity pick to balance the ticket, would find Walker a very attractive running mate.
Scoff if you will. But history repeats.
Abraham Lincoln was a third-party candidate. And Franklin Delano Roosevelt was nominated at a brokered convention.
From chaos, order.