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Be Here (or There) Now

During my recent two weeks in the Bay Area, I changed my location on OKCupid to “San Francisco.” I was, in fact, staying in Marin but what the hell? The Bay Area is the Bay Area, at least for dating within a 100 mile radius purposes.

First, let me say that the pickin’s out there are far superior to the pickin’s here. No idea why but I will venture one guess: guys can get easier exercise and perhaps care more about physical fitness. Secondly, I observed that the clichéd “laid back California vibe” carries over into online dating. Even though I only managed to meet up with one man, most seemed open to a casual date with an out-of-towner; their general reactions to my emails were more welcoming.

I wouldn’t say I was being dishonest by listing my location as California. But I suppose I wasn’t quite honest, either. I don’t live there. I was there for a visit and thought, what the hell, why not? One of my “Visitors” emailed me, “Weren’t you in SF yesterday?” Apparently people do pay attention, even to the whereabouts of strangers. I told him I was.

When I got back home I changed my location back to New York City. A guy whose profile picture was a sousaphone caught my eye. I KNOW! I have condemned men who don’t post photos but the brass instrument (heh) piqued my interest. I thought perhaps we’d met since, well, ’cause my social circle includes plenty of marching band members. Gah. Anyway, cutting to the chase, I emailed him but he isn’t in NYC at all. He is in Switzerland. SWITZERLAND! In his defense, he is, at least, planning a trip to New York in the very near future. But to make his wicket even stickier, he’s coming into town (well, not into town, but to the state of New York, anyway) to meet with a lover who doesn’t approve of his polyamory. She doesn’t want to be one of his many. He believes this visit might go south and, I guess, was hoping to perhaps actually go south himself and shop for a new polyamorous lover in Manhattan. Well, that ain’t gonna be me! I was so boggled by his multi-location, multi-lover lifestyle, not to mention how he thought I might actually fit into it, that I couldn’t quite compose myself enough to effectively communicate.

When OKC threw an interesting looking guy at me — I can’t recall if it was a “You might like” or if he popped up in “Activity” — I was intrigued by his screen name, “IamHeAsURme,” and visited his profile, which further intrigued. He was local and listed himself as 6’4″, so I enthusiastically emailed him. I must’ve hit a button by accident because my initial message went out with only one word in it: “Licentious.” It was a word he’d used in his profile. I tried again:

Shit. Why does technology always betray me?
I was trying to say:
Love that word.
That is all…

He responded soon after:
I love it when I meet a woman for the first time and the first thing she says is, “Shit”
I want to tell you right off, that I know exactly what you are doing.
I too have been around the block my very beautiful sister.
Every time that someone tells me they “love” something of mine they are really demanding that I give it to them.
The people who resort to this method of acquiring things know exactly who to prey upon to achieve maximum success and get away with it.
The good news is that I freely give away my possessions with great joy and you probably suspected that…didn’t you.
I will give you LICENTIOUS
But if you want to have it in conjunction with “kiss”
it’s gonna cost you!

Despite our match% numbers; when I meander into your bar someday…or run into you on the street or at Burning Man…I believe that we will be enthralled with each other.
Just a hunch…
And you are absolutely spectacular.
That is all…

Again, nice. Very nice. Clever, playful. Smart. I was now beyond intrigued and flat out excited. But I played it cool. I wasn’t quite sure whether he was flirting or kinda blowing me off:
I think.
Looking forward to the day that you meander in sometime soon.
Very soon.
And ideally in a licentious manner.
The kiss? Perhaps down that random road…

I gave as good as I got. (Or at least I thought so.) And within 20 minutes he zapped right back at me:
Ah…I have won success!
It is always good when I meet a women for the second time and her first word is, “Thanks”
I must warn you that people have called the cops because of the licentious way in which I meander…
I have since learned to keep it toned down when necessary.

What is the name of “your bar” and where is it?
if I may be so bold as to ask…

Erik with a “k”

Okay, so now that was flirty. I was even more excited. Not two minutes later he followed up with:
Dear God…
Enchanted_Love just visited me.

Uh, not sure why he chose to share that with me, but I forged ahead:
Hello, Erik with a “k”,
I am unable to view Enchanted_Love so I cannot empathize. Is she (he?) a horror?
Shit and Thanks are both words I use often. Not always in immediate succession.
Meander licentiously into the Double Down Saloon, 14 Avenue A (any time, but I’m only there on Wednesdays, noon till 8) and enjoy cheap drinks, a punk rock jukebox and seriously disturbing viewing material on the TVs. And me, of course. (Whether or not I am seriously disturbing remains to be seen…)
Abby without an “e”

I realize that the internet makes seriously strange bedfellows and, well, I’m embarrassed to say that by this point I was really excited. It’s hard to find smart, quick and good looking tall guys in my age group. So yeah. I was already projecting myself into an actual date. True love! Licentious kisses! Ridiculous, I know. Another 20 minutes later he responded:

Dear Abby, (that has a familiar ring)
Enchanted__Love turns out to be fine and dandy!
Her name turned my stomach a bit…that’s all.
I love everyone really…just some people I have to love from afar so I don’t get caught up in their craziness.
Son of Sam, I would love from afar..

I am actually traveling at this time in a Kerouacian manner through the U.S., and I hope to get up to the Big Apple by Summer.
Of course I know that you have a life and you do not put it on hold for anybody.
I hope that we can stay in some kind of touch until we might actually meet and see if sparks fly. Two things I can guarantee are; my honesty and loyalty.
But as always, as you wish…
With utmost sincerity,
( You said you were without an “e” so here is mine 🙂

Okay, so there are a few things a little off about this. One is that he had already mentioned Enchanted_Love, for no apparent reason; the fact that he went on to elaborate that she was “fine and dandy” was kinda pushing it. His admission that he “loves everyone” was a bit odd and his qualification that he has to love some people “from afar” leads right into his following revelation. He’s traveling? And won’t be in New York City until summer? Um. What? But whatever, as I said earlier, I listed myself somewhere I didn’t live. Giving him the benefit of the doubt, I decided to just play nice:
Hmm, okay. Might I ask why you’re even on a dating site if you’re itinerant?
I leave every summer for three months in the desert, working for Burning Man. So when you (eventually) meander (licentiously or any other fashion) into Double Down I may not be there.
Best of luck in your meanderings and whatever else!

His response was genuine:
Why yes you can ask.
This site not only has people looking for dates and relationships, but also accommodates people who want to find friends, activity partners and long distance pen-pals. I happened to check off all reasons for being on this site except for casual sex.
I also have found that if I get to know a woman for the sole purpose of forming a relationship/partnership, it always ends up bad.
That is the way it is for me anyways…

“Always ends up bad.” Well, that’s telling it like it is. Thus forewarned, I thought I’d play along, you know, as a friend:
I guess the proper question to ask might’ve been Why list yourself in NYC if you aren’t here? I was just in CA for two weeks and similarly sought out “activity partners” so I get that.

His response ventured a little further into Crazytown:
My profile, (and I have had one in different forms on and off since my divorce in late 2009) travels the English speaking World. My search for kindred souls is not limited to any one local.
And I in fact am not limited to one place on this planet. Last year I relocated from MA to CA to make a life with someone I met online.
Unfortunately this lovely woman died unexpectedly this past May.
I have not been with anybody since.
I see that you feel misled by me, so I in hopes that it does not happen again, will amend my profile to make things clearer as to my whereabouts or lack thereof.
Actually, I am going to Burning Man this year for sure.
I have never been, but have been wanting to go ever since I heard about it. I would love to arrange to meet you there…even if as a fellow tribe member 🙂
Please forgive me for misleading you.

Died unexpectedly? Okay. And I wouldn’t want to limit anyone to one locale but you’re gonna have a tough time finding someone to have coffee with if you’ve listed yourself in, like, you know, a city where you actually aren’t. Even a pen pal needs to know where to send mail. But I was still willing to believe and be one of those pen pals. Though actually meeting up with him in whatever sort of future (or the chaos of Burning Man) seemed to be a bit of a stretch.
Yeah, passing yourself as someone in NYC when you’re not (at all) is kinda lame. Apology accepted though you have yet to amend your profile, thus continuing to mislead others. A shame, since you seem like an intriguing sort.
Burning Man is months off. I go out there in July and stay till October. We can certainly attempt to meet up, though that’s a tough one even under the best of circumstances (as in two people who already know each other and are REALLY interested in getting together). With 60,000 people it can be difficult….
That said…
Best of luck to you in your perigrinations!

His response, a half hour later:
I actually added this paragraph immediately after I messaged you last.

“Please know that I am likely not in the city my profile represents me to be in, as my search for kindred spirits takes me around the Globe.
If I so desire, I can relocate anywhere in the free world.”

I accept your opinion that my actions are lame, but I have had plenty of experiences in NYC to have as equal claim to the City as any who are not native born.
I also always let people know as soon as a conversation starts where I actually am at the time…as I did with you. Moving my profile around saves me a lot of time as I have learned that my best prospects are those that find my profile, like it and make first contact…as you did.
I am the kind of guy who stands out of a crowd of 60,000 so I will see you this Summer!
Yours Truly,
Erik the Tall 😉

The Tall? Oh, how I wanted this man to be real. Real and honest and close by!
You can have all the claim you want. But if you aren’t physically HERE why not say where you ARE? Which is WHERE?
I’m sure you’re awesome. Making it all the more irritating that you aren’t here.

Was I being too enthusiastic? I mean, 6’4″? Was that too good to be true? Even if he was far away? Ten minutes later, he returned the compliment:
I am sure that you are awesome.
Your awesomeness is inspiring me to finally get to Burning Man.
I Must Go There.
My profile is now where I am…a lovely place!

So where was he? Alabama. Fucking Alabama.
Be here now. Or wherever you are. I said.
Of course Abby,
Till when later is here now.
he said. And a few hours later I noticed that he was no longer in Alabama. He was in LA. Wow, you made it from Alabama to LA in record time! I said to him. In four minutes he said: Ahhh…Thanks for noticing!
I may make a hop to Honolulu later…
I met some great Girls in London yesterday.
I even proposed marriage to one. She said yes…but she called it off when she awakened and sobered up. I of course understand and was not too disappointed.
I kid you not,

Ooooohkaaay. Okay! Cuckoo? Yup. Fuckin’ nuts. No surprise that the site now says “Sorry IamHeAsURme no longer has an account.” That’s probably a blessing to all the (other) susceptible and gullible gals from Honolulu to London, Alabama to LA and those of us who sincerely wish we could meet a handsome, witty, 6’4″ guy right here in ol’ Manhattan. Maybe he married one of his pen pals. Yup. Him and Manti Te’o.

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  1. OK, my take is that your expectations of online dating are way too high. If you want to find someone to marry, try catholicsingles or jdate or that e harmony site that advertises 24/7 everywhere. Otherwise . . . try my suggestions. Which I keep adding to. For example, I recently took the A train out to Aqueduct because I wanted to see some horses and some social strata different from what one encounters in Manhattan. I counted a random square of people and I’d say 98 percent — NINETY EIGHT PERCENT!– were male. True, not all tall and not all PhDs, but 50 to 1 are pretty good odds. Better than OKcupid.

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Daniel Manzano, aka Dr. Kucho! has done an exclusive mix for Ministry of Sound ahead of his headline appearance at the Ministry of Sound Label Showcase.

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With more than 300 releases to his name since his early entry onto the circuit in 1993, The Doctor remains as strong as ever as he continues to prescribe his fans dose after dose of his tried and tested medicine. His vast portfolio includes releases on some of the most notable labels in the industry, such as Sony, Virgin and Defected, to name but a few.

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Keeping the Peace: Handling Family Drama at Your Wedding

Weddings are a time for celebration.  Family and friends from all sides will gather to pay their respects to the happy couple.  However, those who love you most may not share the same endearment towards one another.  Here’s what to do if you expect family drama on your wedding day.

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It’s important, regardless of who’s side you’re on, to stay neutral through your wedding day. Protect yourself from getting wrapped up in drama that will crush your excitement.  There are plenty of last minute details that require your focus instead.  Staying neutral, and making your intentions clear, should prevent anyone from pulling you in the middle of a family war. This is not the time to be forced to take sides.

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If necessary, make it clear from the beginning that you wish your wedding to be a time full of happiness and joy.  It is okay to ask all parties to put personal matters aside and fully focus on the celebration.  With a bit of luck, making your wishes known in advance will give family rivals time to set aside their resentment and attend with a diplomatic heart.

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A Conference focusing on Foods for Specific Groups (FSG) was held in Palace Stefania, Budapest on Thursday the 16th of November. The event, hosted by HUDSA, considered the new legal environment and consequences for FSG in Hungary. The conference was attended by 230 representatives from a range of SMEs, authorities and pharma companies.

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Dr István Bérci, President of HUDSA welcomed attendees and provided the opening address. He acknowledged the importance of addressing the changing legislation and the impact that it would have for a variety of stakeholders currently operating within the FSG Hungarian market. Deputy Director General, Zoltan CSerhati MD, followed with an overview of the National Institute of Pharmacy and Nutrition (NIPN), the licensing authority for pharmaceutical and public administrational matters in Hungary. The Head of the Department, Dr Eva Barna then discussed the legal issues and news surrounding FSGs and put forward some practical suggestions for moving forward in the area.

A short break allowed for attendees to discuss the matter informally before returning for a discussion from the EPHM Director General, Mr Patrick Ahern. The focus of the discussion, transitioning from PARNUTS to FSG, considered the current legislation and how this applied to the Hungarian market. The presentation rose a number of questions and generated a lot of discussion. Dr Adam Foldvari, Marketing Director at Walmark in Hungary, then continued by considering the key issues affecting FSG in Hungary from an economic perspective. Again, this discussion was well received by attendees.

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The speakers at the conference provided realistic and practical considerations for those operating with the FSG category in Hungary. The presentation provided by EPHM Director General, Mr Patrick Ahern can be downloaded below.  Presentations from the other speakers and photographs from the conference are also available through the HUDSA website by clicking here.

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Israeli army summarily executed fleeing civilians in southern Gaza

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Even before a short-lived ceasefire allowed journalists to enter the besieged southern Gaza Strip town of Khuzaa on 1 August, desperate reports of an Israeli massacre — including execution-style shootings — had emerged from survivors who had escaped to nearby Khan Younis.

Once journalists were able to enter the choked-off village, they found slain bodies and the stench of decay. Journalist Jesse Rosenfeld described one scene, among several, that appeared to be the site of a summary execution: “Blood and blackened remnants are caked on the bathroom floor. The walls have been drenched in blood and they are pocked with scores of bullet holes that look as if they were fired from an automatic weapon at waist level.”

Fifty-one bodies were recovered on 1 August.

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On Saturday, Ali Abunimah reported on a video apparently made by Israeli soldiers from the Givati brigade on 30 July, recording their dedication of the destruction of a mosque in Khuzaa to fallen Israeli soldiers.

Now, after conducting its own investigations into the events between 23 and 25 July, Human Rights Watch has accused the Israeli army of deliberately firing on and killing civilians in the southern Gaza town of Khuzaa, violating several laws of war.

After interviewing surviving witnesses in Khan Younis, Human Rights Watch was able to chronicle the war crimes committed by the Israeli army. Such crimes include firing on civilians carrying white flags in an attempt to flee the village; shooting at medical workers attending to a mortally wounded Red Crescent paramedic volunteer; denying medical care to Palestinians in Israeli custody; and shooting at civilians after they were ordered to exit their homes.

This is not the first time such crimes have been committed in Khuzaa. As both Human Rights Watch and the Goldstone report documented, during Israel’s 2008-2009 offensive on Gaza Israeli soldiers shot at several Palestinians in Khuzaa carrying white flags, killing at least one and injuring more.

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Khuzaa has a population of approximately 10,000 and lies between Khan Younis and Gaza’s eastern boundary with Israel. Employees of Human Rights Watch have yet to be able to enter Khuzaa, saying that all four roads leading to the town have been replaced by “large bomb craters.”

For weeks, Khuzaa was completely isolated from ambulance services and much of the media as Israeli forces fired on its residents by air and ground assault.

The one exception was on 24 July, when the Israeli military allowed the Red Cross to enter Khuzaa for just one hour to retrieve the injured and collect dead bodies. The next day, on 25 July, Israeli forces granted a request submitted by the International Committee of the Red Cross to permit the Palestine Red Crescent Society to do the same.

But still, the Red Crescent was unable to reach many families. Furthermore, as reported by the International Committee of the Red Cross, Israel attacked a volunteer with the Red Crescent while he was attempting to treat the wounded. Paramedics tried to rush him to a hospital, but were also targeted by Israel. The volunteer died.

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Human Rights Watch reports that Israel gave advanced warnings to the residents of Khuzaa prior to 21 July, but notes that civilians’ failure to evacuate an area that has been given an advanced warning does not make them lawful targets.

Instead, as the investigation makes clear, Israel deliberately shot at Palestinians as they tried to flee their homes and village.

In one incident described by Human Rights Watch that took place on 25 July, an Israeli airstrike shelled a home that was sheltering 120 people in its basement, killing three civilians: five-year-old Motassem al-Najjar, seventy-year-old Salim Qdeih and 62-year-old Kamel al-Najjar. Fifteen were injured.

When the survivors of the strike tried to flee, carrying white flags over their heads, another Israeli missile struck the group, killing one man and injuring another.

While many towns located on the eastern boundary with Israel fled following Israel’s ground assault on 18 July, residents of Khuzaa were unable to escape. Speaking from Khan Younis, Akram al-Najjar, 15, told Human Rights Watch that Israel began shelling the village on 18 July, and his family ran “from house to house seeking shelter.”

Al-Najjar added that he and about one hundred others had gathered in one house on 23 July. Once the Israelis found them and ordered them to leave, al-Najjar said: “The first one to walk out of the house was Shahid al-Najjar. He had his hands up, but the soldiers shot him. He was shot in the jaw and badly injured, but he survived.”

The army then ordered the rest of the men to take off their clothes before exiting the house. Everyone was then separated by age and gender; women and boys under 14 were ordered to leave the village by foot, while the men were shuffled between houses after putting on their clothes.

“He was shot”

Akram al-Najjar was put in a group with boys ages 14 to 19. He reported: “We had walked from the dunes and had reached the mosque. We got 50 meters past it, and soldiers started shooting at us. The shooting injured three of us. One of them died. He was shot in the stomach.”

According to Akram’s grandfather, 75-year-old Mohammad al-Najjar, Israel detained all the men between the ages of 16 and 50 and “let the rest of us go.” He believes that his three sons are still in Israeli custody, along with hundreds of others that have been detained in Gaza.

The full Human Rights Watch report documents several of the laws of war Israel violated in Khuzaa — yet still only a partial picture of what occurred in Khuzaa is illuminated.

In the report, Human Rights Watch urges the Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas to seek International Criminal Court jurisdiction over crimes committed on and from Palestinian territory as a means to achieve accountability and deter war crimes.

So Israeli forces are rounding up men and boys of "fighting age" and there is evidence of summary executions. Sounds a lot like '47/48.

This policy of genocide has been going on continuously since 1948 while the world stands by thus allowing the zionist monster to maim and kill at will.

Where is any of the world, including the so called brother Arab nations. Too busy rattling around Riyadh or London in their million dollar cars...

Some maybe, but many Arab countries are mired in terrible conflict themselves, mainly created by the western powers following the zionist masterplan to create their empire in the Middle East (They're also involved in the takeover of the Ukraine).
Their illusions of grandeur know no bounds nor does their lack of a shred of human decency or ethics.
Divide and conquer, by the cruellest means possible, evident in their unspeakable acts of barbery, is their maxim, but pride comes before a fall, so God speed the Day
We shall overcome!

Israel is the only civilized country in the middle east who commited open genocide. Civilized Israeli Soldiers (or should I call terrorist) turned to savages.

Or 1941-45 -- in Vichy France and other occupied countries.

As I have made clear in these comments previously, genocide and the
absolute demand for exclusivity have pervaded Zionism since its inception.
What Netanyahu now refers to as "Biblical concerns" is documented clearly
in the late Michael Prior's landmark book, THE BIBLE AND COLONIALISM:
A MORAL CRITIQUE. As Prior has documented it is not only "Jewish". In this
regard he also includes the (Christian) Crusades, the colonial movements
of the Portuguese, the "Puritans" in North America, the Spannish, the
Dutch Reformed in South Africa. His prime focus remains Zionism and much
of the work of this Catholic Priest was written in Palestine.

All of us committed to Palestine must read this work. It is not only for "theologians" but encompasses much of what has become "business as usual". Its roots go back before 1948. The extermination will continue until all of Palestine Israelis see as belonging them alone is theirs and theirs alone.
(Any questionning of this "sacred" goal is by their definition "anti-Semitic".)

There are other major works but this explains why the extermination continues
and will continue. Zionists regard it as sacred (mandated by Divinity).

---Peter Loeb, Boston, MA

I will indeed read this book. At the moment am at the beginning of "The Idea of Israel. A History Of Power And Knowledge" by Ilan Pappe, that I would also urge everyone to read.
I thought reading his "The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine" was painful, but to read this new work while Gazans are being murdered is almost too much to bear.
It begins with details of the very early 1900s racism Zionists wrote about and practised against the Palestinians Arabs and their intolerance, blaming Arabs for being there, when they couldn't get what they wanted, which is blatantly evident in Israel today.

To Artemis:

Both the books by Ilan Pappe are of great significance. Michael Prior CM
( SheffieldlAcademic Press, 1997) before Dr. Pappe's work . Prior is available via
Amazon etc. Prior's work extends the examination to centuries of tradition. It
is not a substituite for Pappe but rather a deep moral inquiry into the roots.

You are definitely on the right track: thanks!

The truth of history is often "painful" . Disregard it at your own peril.

Peter Loeb, Boston, MASS, USA

This is sickening. These murderers need to be put on trial for these war crimes. This can't be allowed to go on unpunished.

Where is the so called civilized world? That is a good question.
I have long ceased to believe that people in the countries I originate from (Europe and the US) are in any way more civilized than those the majority consider themselves to be superior to. In fact, I have experienced some of the most exquisite forms of what I consider to be civilized behaviour among the Arab peoples and not in Europe or the US.

I couldn't agree with you more, Artemis!

In former Yugoslavia, when soldiers shot groups of unarmed people, the international community, especially Europe and even America, called this ethnocide, an act akin to genocide and of course a crime against humanity.

When Israel shoots unarmed people, civilians running away or the wounded, politicians call it "the right to defend itself".

It is not just in Israel and Palestine. Throughout the world these last 20 years, there are constant crimes of war, many hundreds committed by the US army itself for example. No one is brought to justice. In fact, in the USA, those who denounce crimes of war are the only ones who finish in prison (i.e. Manning).

In this case, when you demand that human rights and international law be respected for all, you are accused of being anti-jewish or hateful.

Michael Lessard
Quebec City (Canada)

Michael is absolutely on target.

See (Prof) Lawrence Davidson's most recent analysis in:

Also appears under another title in the most recent issue of

---Peter Loeb

You're right Michael but that's only by evil-minded zionists and their quislings.They have no defense, so let's never be intimidated by them.

And a sound was heard in rammah. Rachel weeping for ALL of her children. How long o Lord?

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Charlotte Silver is an independent journalist and regular writer for The Electronic Intifada. She is based in Oakland, California and has reported from Palestine since 2010. Follow her on Twitter @CharESilver.


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The biggest Gospel tour of the year is coming to a city near you. Festival of Praise, a 50-city concert tour features some of the best names in Gospel music including multiple GRAMMY®, Dove and Stellar Award-winning recording artists Fred Hammond, Donnie McClurkin, Kim Burrell, with Hezekiah Walker (for  concerts 9/30-10/31) and Israel Houghton (for concerts 11/1-11/29). The tour also features Isaac Carree, Jessica Reedy and Zacardi Cortez. Marcus Wiley of the “Yolanda Adams Morning Show” will be this year’s festival host. The national tour kicks-off at Fallbrook Church in Houston, TX today, September 30, and runs through November 29.

The Festival of Praise  Tour will  become  international and kick off in the first quarter of 2016.

Festival of Praise Tour 2015 will be held at arenas, performing arts centers and theaters, across the country. The family style tour, a phrase coined by Hammond and McClurkin, is a platform to uplift, motivate, encourage, inspire and entertain. The tour will feature some of Gospel’s biggest and brightest on the same stage with ensemble performances and music by each artist highlighting their classic hits and most memorable anthems. In conjunction with this year’s theme, Hammond produced “Trying to Make It Home,” a song which features vocal performances by Hammond, McClurkin, Burrell, Walker, Carree, Reedy and Cortez. The single is co-written by Hammond, Burrell, Carree, Reedy, Calvin Rodgers, and Phillip Feaster. “The concept of ‘Trying to Make it Home,” is a collaborative effort by the artists on this tour and ties in perfectly with our purpose,” says Hammond, the co-creator of Festival of Praise. “With all the discourse, upheaval and negativity happening around the world, we all agreed that there’s one common thread that people are searching to find. People are trying to reach a safe place and home represents that for many people. Many of us are trying to make it home to family, trying to make it home from college, trying to make it home to a better marriage, trying to make it home from sickness and disease, and ultimately, all of us are trying to make it home to heaven.”

The Festival of Praise Tour 2014 was overwhelmingly successful, “We were blessed,” continues Hammond. “But we are back bigger and better. It will be an awesome evening of inspiration filled with a message of hope and restoration

Here are the dates and locations for the upcoming tour:

Wednesday, September 30/Fallbrook Church/Houston, TX

Thursday, October 1/Hartman Arena/Wichita, KS

Friday, October 2/Montagne Center/Beaumont, TX

Saturday, October 3/Frank Erwin Center/Austin, TX

Sunday, October 4/Bethany World Prayer Center (NORTH Campus/Baker, LA

Sunday, October 6/Orpheum Theater/Memphis, TN

Thursday, October 8/Faith Assembly/Summerville, SC

Friday, October 9/Ovens Auditorium/Charlotte, NC

Saturday, October 10/Crown Coliseum/Fayetteville, NC

Sunday, October 11/Veterans Memorial Arena/Jacksonville, FL

Monday, October 12 /Harborside Event Center/Ft. Myers, FL

Tuesday, October 13 /Savannah Civic Center/Savannah, GA

Thursday, October 15/Pompano Beach Amphitheater/Pompano Beach, FL

Friday, October 16/The Lakeland Center/Lakeland, FL

Saturday, October 17/Fox Theatre/Atlanta, GA

Sunday, October 18/The Columbus Civic Center/Columbus, GA

Wednesday, October 21/Constant Convocation Center/Norfolk, CA

Thursday, October 22/Township Auditorium/Columbia, SC

Friday, October 23/Altria Theatre /Richmond, VA

Saturday, October 24/Lyric Opera House/Baltimore, MD

Tuesday, October 27/Hershey Centre/Toronto

Thursday, October 29/Wang Theatre—Citi Performing Arts Center/Boston, MA

Friday, October 30/Kings Theatre /Brooklyn, NY

Saturday, October 31/Ritz Theater/Elizabeth, NJ

Sunday, November 1/Constitution Hall/Washington, DC

Monday, November 2/Heinz Hall/Pittsburgh, PA

Tuesday, November 3/Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium/Chattanooga, TN

Wednesday, November 4/Embassy Theatre/Fort Wayne, IN

Friday, November 6/Foxwoods Grand Theater/Mashantucket, CT

Saturday, November 7/Blue Cross Arena/Rochester, NY

Sunday, November 8/Liacouras Center/Philadelphia, PA

Monday, November 9/Palace Theater/Albany, NY

Wednesday, November 11/Aronoff Center/Cincinnati, OH

Thursday, November 12/Municipal Auditorium/Nashville, TN

Friday, November 13/Palace Theater/Columbus, OH

Saturday, November 14/Joe Louis Arena/Detroit, MI

Sunday, November 15/Van Andel Arena/Grand Rapids, MI

Tuesday, November 17/Ralston Arena/Omaha, NE

Wednesday, November 18/Morris Performing Arts Center/South Bend, IN

Thursday, November 19/The Dow Event Center /Saginaw, MI

Friday, November 20/Murat Theatre/Indianapolis, IN

Saturday, November 21/Horseshoe Casino/Hammond, IN (Chicago market)

Sunday, November 22/Milwaukee Theater/Milwaukee, IL

Monday, November 23/Municipal Auditorium/Kansas City, MO

Wednesday, November 25/UNO Lakefront Arena/New Orleans, LA

Friday, November 27/Wolstein Center/Cleveland, OH

Saturday, November 28/Louisville Palace Theater/Louisville, KY

Sunday, November 29/Fox Theatre/St. Louis, MO

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elcome to Adoring Emilia Clarke, the online home for all the Emilia Clarke fans. We will provide you news, photos, in-depth information, media, fun stuff and much more on our favorite english star! You probably recognize Emilia as Daenerys Taragaryen in HBO's Game of Thrones. Her latest role was Qi'Ra in the newest Star Wars movie Solo: A Star Wars Story, and she will be seen next in the West End production of Five Times In One Night and in the thriller Above Suspicion.

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On Tuesday (April 21) Emilia was out to support an event with a cause, shedding light on the global refugee crisis at the opening of the “Refugee” exhibit at the Annenberg Space for Photography. Speaking with InStyle, Emilia said “I think it’s an incredible opportunity to get an artistic point of view on such a global crisis. It’s something I’ve got a real passion for. When you get to go to an exhibition that’s really supporting an important cause… it’s just, it’s nice.” (source)

She looked great, as usual, in an Alexander McQueen dress. Several photos from the event have now been added to the gallery, with thanks to Emily for her help with some HQs! Be sure to check them and stay tuned on twitter @EmiliaClarkeNet for more additions!

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Golfers raise $1,000 for Emmanuel Food Pantry

On May 14, 2016, approximately 80 golfers gathered at Canasawacta Country for the second annual Greater Norwich Golfers’ Hall of Fame golf tournament.

“One of the driving forces of this tournament is to make a donation each year to a local charitable or not-for profit organization”, said Dennis Mirabito, tournament chairperson. “The Hall of Fame honors local golfers for their talent, but we wanted to do something special for the community too”. This year, because of great participation and generous sponsors, the Hall of Fame was able to raise $ 1,000.00 for the Food Closet. Our Daily Bread Food Pantry, which operates out of Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Norwich, provides approximately $75,000.00 worth of groceries per year to local families. Working closely with the Central New York Food Bank in Syracuse, local volunteers spend every dollar donated on food for local families in need.

The Hall of Fame had a committee of six tournament volunteers including Mirabito and Patti Giltner, Steve Crawford, Jim Wysor, Sam Scafidi and Doug Wilson.

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A former employee’s lawsuit against Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) contains accusations of dodgy accounting practices; that have the potential to disrupt and discredit the entire cloud-computing sector.

“Upper management was trying (and trying to push her) to fit square data into round holes, in an effort to bolster ORACLE Cloud Services financial reports that would be paraded before company leadership as well as the investing public,” a lawsuit filed by Oracle’s former Senior Finance Manager for North America Saas/Cloud Revenue; Svetlana Blackburn claims.

Blackburn’s attorney; Daniel Velton, alleges that his client was fired for trying to blow the whistle on questionable accounting in Oracle’s cloud business. Among other things, Velton is charging that Oracle inflated cloud sales figures in order to push up its stock prices.

“Plaintiff’s superiors instructed her to add millions of dollars in accruals to financial reports, with no concrete or foreseeable billing to support the numbers, an act that Plaintiff warned was improper and suspect accounting,” Velton wrote in the suit filed in US District Court for Northern California on June 1, 2016.

What is Cloud Revenue?

One way Oracle did that was to count any revenue generated by hardware with the potential to run cloud-based solutions as “cloud revenue,” the lawsuit implies. Fortune writer Barb Darrow noted that this practice is pretty common and that IBM (NYSE: IBM) engages in it.

Such allegations do not have to be true to seriously damage the cloud-computing sphere. Just the mention of Blackburn’s claims in news articles caused a slight drop in Oracle’s stock. Oracle itself is not taking the matter lightly; Fortune reported that the company is threatening to sue Blackburn.

“This former employee worked at Oracle for less than a year and did not work in the accounting group,” an unidentified Oracle spokeswoman told Fortune. “She (Blackburn) was terminated for poor performance and we intend to sue her for malicious prosecution.”

The Blackburn suit raises two important questions that needed to be answered. The first is: “what is cloud revenue?” The second and perhaps even more important query is: “how should cloud revenue be defined?”

Suit Threatens Cloud Industry’s Future

Answering these questions is vital because they will determine the value of cloud services and cloud-based companies. Untold billions of dollars might be at stake here.

Doubt is being cast upon many of the cloud-computing figures that get thrown around in the media including the $10 billion a year number often mentioned for Amazon Web Services (AWS). That includes $2.6 billion in revenue that Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) claims AWS generated in second quarter 2016. Those numbers and claims of 69% AWS growth during the quarter are among the factors that have pushed Amazon’s share prices to incredible heights. The Everything Store’s shares were trading at $743.80 on July 13, 2016.

That means any court decision in this suit will have serious ramifications for the cloud industry. A federal judge or even a jury may decide what cloud revenue is and how it is defined. That would force a change in accounting practices across the industry that might raise or lower cloud revenue figures.

Obviously it is in Oracle’s interest to settle this matter out of court, because the whole suit is a ticking time bomb that has the potential to disrupt cloud-services provider’s business. A ruling in Svetlana Blackburn vs. Oracle America Inc. might become a precedent that determines how cloud revenue is tallied.

Such a precedent would certainly affect other American-based cloud-services providers like Amazon. It might also influence courts in other countries and create a standard for determining cloud services revenue. Courts, especially those in other English-speaking countries often follow the standards set by US courts.

The matter might not be settled for years because the case has not yet gone to trial if ever. Any ruling the case would presumably be appealed, a process that can also take years. By the time a ruling comes down, industry changes or technological progress might make it meaningless.

The future of the cloud, or at least an important aspect of the cloud-services industry – may be in the hands of American court. A simple dispute between an American company and an employer might change cloud services beyond recognition.

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The Punjab (/pʌnˈɑːb/ (About this soundlisten), /-ˈæb/, /ˈpʌnɑːb/, /-æb/), also spelled Panjab (from Persian panj, "five" + āb, "water" or "river", thus land of "five rivers";[1] Punjabi: پنجاب (Shahmukhi); ਪੰਜਾਬ (Gurumukhi)), is a geopolitical, cultural and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising areas of eastern Pakistan and northern India. The boundaries of the region are ill-defined and focus on historical accounts.

پنجاب ਪੰਜਾਬ
Location of Punjab in south Asia
Location of Punjab in south Asia
  • India
  • Pakistan
Areassee below
 • Total355,591 km2 (137,294 sq mi)
Time zonesUTC+5 (PKT (Pakistan))
UTC+05:30 (IST (India))

Until the Partition of Punjab in 1947, the British Punjab Province encompassed the present-day Indian states and union territories of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, and Delhi; and the Pakistani provinces of Punjab and Islamabad Capital Territory. It bordered the Balochistan and Pashtunistan regions to the west, Kashmir to the north, the Hindi Belt to the east, and Rajasthan and Sindh to the south.

The people of the Punjab today are called Punjabis, and their principal language is Punjabi. The main religions of the Punjab region are Islam, Sikhism, and Hinduism. Other religious groups are Christianity, Jainism, Zoroastrianism, Buddhism, and Ravidassia. The Punjab region has been inhabited by the Indus Valley Civilisation, Indo-Aryan peoples, and Indo-Scythians, and has seen numerous invasions by the Persians, Greeks, Kushans, Ghaznavids, Timurids, Mughals, Pashtuns, British, and others. Historic foreign invasions mainly targeted the most productive central region of the Punjab known as the Majha region,[2] which is also the bedrock of Punjabi culture and traditions.[3] The Punjab region is often referred to as the breadbasket in both India and Pakistan.[4][5][6]

The region was originally called Sapta Sindhu,[7] the Vedic land of the seven rivers flowing into the ocean.[8] The Sanskrit name for the region, as mentioned in the Ramayana and Mahabharata for example, was Panchanada which means "Land of the Five Rivers", and was translated to Persian as Punjab after the Muslim conquests.[9][10] The later name of the region, Punjab, is a compound of two Persian words,[1][11] Panj (five) and āb (water), introduced to the region by the Turko-Persian conquerors[12] of India, and more formally popularised during the Mughal Empire.[13][14] Punjab thus means "The Land of Five Waters", referring to the rivers Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Sutlej, and Beas.[15] All are tributaries of the Indus River, the Chenab being the largest.

Political geographyEdit

There are two main definitions of the Punjab region: the 1947 definition and the older 1846–1849 definition. A third definition incorporates both the 1947 and the older definitions but also includes northern Rajasthan on a linguistic basis and ancient river movements.

1947 definitionEdit

The 1947 definition defines the Punjab region with reference to the dissolution of British India whereby the then British Punjab Province was partitioned between India and Pakistan. In Pakistan, the region now includes the Punjab province and Islamabad Capital Territory. In India, it includes the Punjab state, Chandigarh, Haryana,[16] and Himachal Pradesh.

Using the 1947 definition, the Punjab borders the Balochistan and Pashtunistan regions to the west, Kashmir to the north, the Hindi Belt to the east, and Rajasthan and Sindh to the south. Accordingly, the Punjab region is very diverse and stretches from the hills of the Kangra Valley to the plains and to the Cholistan Desert.

Present day mapsEdit

Major citiesEdit

Using the 1947 definition of the Punjab region, some of the major cities of the area include Lahore, Faisalabad and Ludhiana.

Older 1846–1849 definitionEdit

The Punjab, 1849
The Panjab, 1880

The older definition of the Punjab region focuses on the collapse of the Sikh Empire and the creation of the British Punjab province between 1846 and 1849. According to this definition, the Punjab region incorporates, in Pakistan, Azad Kashmir including Bhimber and Mirpur[17] and parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (especially Peshawar[18] known in the Punjab region as Pishore).[19] In India the wider definition includes parts of Delhi and Jammu Division.[20][21][22]

Using the older definition of the Punjab region, the Punjab region covers a large territory and can be divided into five natural areas:[1]

  • the eastern mountainous region including Jammu Division and Azad Kashmir;
  • the trans-Indus region including Peshawar;
  • the central plain with its five rivers;
  • the north-western region, separated from the central plain by the Salt Range between the Jhelum and the Indus rivers;
  • the semi-desert to the south of the Sutlej river.

The formation of the Himalayan Range of mountains to the east and north-east of the Punjab is the result of a collision between the north-moving Indo-Australian Plate and the Eurasian Plate. The plates are still moving together, and the Himalayas are rising by about 5 millimetres (0.2 in) per year.

The upper regions are snow-covered the whole year. Lower ranges of hills run parallel to the mountains. The Lower Himalayan Range runs from north of Rawalpindi through Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and further south. The mountains are relatively young, and are eroding rapidly. The Indus and the five rivers of the Punjab have their sources in the mountain range and carry loam, minerals and silt down to the rich alluvial plains, which consequently are very fertile.[23]

Major citiesEdit

According to the older definition, some of the major cities include Jammu, Peshawar and parts of Delhi.

Greater PunjabEdit

The third definition of the Punjab region adds to the definitions cited above and includes parts of Rajasthan[24][25][26][27] on linguistic lines and takes into consideration the location of the Punjab rivers in ancient times. In particular, the Sri Ganganagar and Hanumangarh districts are included in the Punjab region.[28]

The snow-covered Himalayas

The climate is a factor contributing to the economy of the Punjab. It is not uniform over the whole region, with the sections adjacent to the Himalayas receiving heavier rainfall than those at a distance.[29]

There are three main seasons and two transitional periods. During the hot season, from about mid April to the end of June, the temperature may reach 49 °C (120 °F). The monsoon season, from July to September, is a period of heavy rainfall, providing water for crops in addition to the supply from canals and irrigation systems. The transitional period after the monsoon is cool and mild, leading to the winter season, when the temperature in January falls to 5 °C (41 °F) at night and 12 °C (54 °F) by day. During the transitional period from winter to the hot season, sudden hailstorms and heavy showers may occur, causing damage to crops.[30]

Taxila in Pakistan is a World Heritage Site

The Punjab region of India and Pakistan has a historical and cultural link to Indo-Aryan peoples as well as partially to various indigenous communities. As a result of several invasions from Central Asia and the Middle East, many ethnic groups and religions make up the cultural heritage of the Punjab.

In prehistoric times, one of the earliest known cultures of South Asia, the Indus Valley civilisation was located in the region.

The epic battles described in the Mahabharata are described as being fought in what is now the State of Haryana and historic Punjab. The Gandharas, Kambojas, Trigartas, Andhra, Pauravas, Bahlikas (Bactrian settlers of the Punjab), Yaudheyas and others sided with the Kauravas in the great battle fought at Kurukshetra.[31] According to Dr Fauja Singh and Dr L. M. Joshi: "There is no doubt that the Kambojas, Daradas, Kaikayas, Andhra, Pauravas, Yaudheyas, Malavas, Saindhavas and Kurus had jointly contributed to the heroic tradition and composite culture of ancient Punjab".[32]

Menander I Soter (165/155 –130 BCE), conqueror of the Punjab, carved out a Greek kingdom in the Punjab and ruled the Punjab until his death in 130 BC.[33][34]

In 326 BCE, Alexander the Great invaded Pauravas and defeated King Porus. His armies entered the region via the Hindu Kush in northwest Pakistan and his rule extended up to the city of Sagala (present-day Sialkot in northeast Pakistan). In 305 BCE the area was ruled by the Maurya Empire. In a long line of succeeding rulers of the area, Chandragupta Maurya and Ashoka stand out as the most renowned. The Maurya presence in the area was then consolidated in the Indo-Greek Kingdom in 180 BCE. Menander I Soter "The Saviour" (known as Milinda in Indian sources) is the most renowned leader of the era, he conquered the Punjab and made Sagala the capital of his Empire.[33] Menander carved out a Greek kingdom in the Punjab and ruled the region till his death in 130 BCE.[34] The neighbouring Seleucid Empire rule came to an end around 12 BCE, after several invasions by the Yuezhi and the Scythian people.[citation needed]

In 711–713 CE, the 18-year-old Arab general Muhammad bin Qasim of Taif, a city in what is now Saudi Arabia, came by way of the Arabian Sea with Arab troops to defeat Raja Dahir. Bin Qasim then led his troops to conquer the Sindh and Punjab regions for the Islamic Umayyad Caliphate, making him the first to bring Islam to the region.

A section of the Lahore Fort built by the Mughal emperor Akbar

During the establishment and consolidation of the Muslim Turkic Mughal Empire prosperity, growth, and relative peace were established, particularly under the reign of Jahangir. Muslim empires ruled the Punjab for approximately 1,000 years. The period was also notable for the emergence of Guru Nanak (1469–1539), the founder of Sikhism.

In 1758, Punjab came under the rule of Marathas, who captured the region by defeating the Afghan forces of Ahmad Shah Abdali. Abdali's Indian invasion weakened the Maratha influence, but he could not defeat the Sikhs. After the death of Ahmad Shah, the Punjab was freed from the Afghan yoke by Sikhs between 1773 and 1818. At the time of the formation of the Dal Khalsa in 1748 at Amritsar, the Punjab had been divided into 36 areas and 12 separate Sikh principalities, called misl. From this point onward, the beginnings of a Punjabi Sikh Empire emerged. Out of the 36 areas, 22 were united by Maharaja Ranjit Singh. The other 14 accepted British sovereignty. After Ranjit Singh's death, assassinations and internal divisions severely weakened the empire. Six years later the British East India Company was given an excuse to declare war, and in 1849, after two Anglo-Sikh wars, the Punjab was annexed by the British.

In the Indian Rebellion of 1857 the Sikh rulers backed the East India Company, providing troops and support,[35] but in Jhelum 35 British soldiers of HM XXIV regiment were killed by the local resistance, and in Ludhiana a rebellion was crushed with the assistance of the Punjab chiefs of Nabha and Malerkotla.

The British Raj had political, cultural, philosophical, and literary consequences in the Punjab, including the establishment of a new system of education. During the independence movement, many Punjabis played a significant role, including Madan Lal Dhingra, Sukhdev Thapar, Ajit Singh Sandhu, Bhagat Singh, Udham Singh, Kartar Singh Sarabha, Bhai Parmanand, Muhammad Iqbal, Chaudhary Rehmat Ali, and Lala Lajpat Rai.

At the time of partition in 1947, the province was split into East and West Punjab. East Punjab (48%) became part of India, while West Punjab (52%) became part of Pakistan.[36] The Punjab bore the brunt of the civil unrest following the end of the British Raj, with casualties estimated to be in the millions.[citation needed]

Ethnic Punjabis in Pakistan

Ethnic backgroundEdit

Ethnic ancestries of modern Punjabis include a mixture of Indo-Aryan and Indo-Scythian. Semitic ancestries can also be found in lesser numbers. With the advent of Islam, settlers from Turkestan, Afghanistan, and Kashmir have also integrated into the Muslim Punjabi society. However, the majority of Punjab is still made up of the Arains, Dalits, Gujjars, Jats, Khatris, Tarkhans, Brahmins, Bhats, Awans, Kambojs, Rajputs Sainis, Kumhars, and others.[citation needed] In the past, the most densely populated area has been the Majha region of Punjab.

Dialects of Punjabi

The major language spoken in the Punjab is Punjabi. In the Indian Punjab this is written in the Gurmukhi script. Pakistan uses the Shahmukhi script, that is closer to Urdu script. Hindi, written in the Devanagri script, is used widely in the Indian states of Himanchal Pradesh and Haryana. Several dialects of Punjabi are spoken in the different regions. The Majhi dialect is considered to be textbook Punjabi and is shared by both countries.

The vast majority of Pakistani Punjabis are Sunni Muslim by faith, but also include large minority faiths mostly Shia Muslim, Ahmadi Muslim and Christians.

The Indian states of Haryana and Himachal Pradesh are mostly Hindu-majority. Sikhism, founded in the late 15th century, is the main religion practised in the post-1966 Indian Punjab state. About 57.7% of the population of Punjab state is Sikh, 38.5% is Hindu, and the rest are Muslims, Christians, and Jains.[37] Punjab state contains the holy Sikh cities of Amritsar, Anandpur Sahib, Tarn Taran Sahib, Fatehgarh Sahib and Chamkaur Sahib.

The Punjab was home to several Sufi saints, and Sufism is well established in the region.[38] Also, Kirpal Singh revered the Sikh Gurus as saints.[39]

Population trends for major religious groups in the Punjab Province of British India (1881–1941)[40]
% 1881
% 1891
% 1901
% 1911
% 1921
% 1931
% 1941
Islam 47.6% 47.8% 49.6% 51.1% 51.1% 52.4% 53.2%
Hinduism 43.8% 43.6% 41.3% 35.8% 35.1% 30.2% 29.1%
Sikhism 8.2% 8.2% 8.6% 12.1% 12.4% 14.3% 14.9%
Christianity 0.1% 0.2% 0.3% 0.8% 1.3% 1.5% 1.5%
Other religions / No religion 0.3% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.1% 1.6% 1.3%

Religion in Punjab Region (2011)[41]

  Islam (64.8%)
  Hinduism (19.05%)
  Sikhism (15.4%)
  Others (0.75%)

Punjabi festivalsEdit

Punjabis celebrate the following cultural, seasonal and religious festivals:

Punjabi clothingEdit

Traditional Punjabi clothing includes the following:

Phulkari embroidery from Patiala

The historical region of Punjab is considered to be one of the most fertile regions on Earth. Both east and west Punjab produce a relatively high proportion of India and Pakistan's food output respectively.

The region has been used for extensive wheat farming, in addition rice, cotton, sugarcane, fruit, and vegetables are also grown.

The agricultural output of the Punjab region in Pakistan contributes significantly to Pakistan's GDP. Both Indian and Pakistani Punjab are considered to have the best infrastructure of their respective countries. Indian Punjab has been estimated to be the second richest state in India.[42] Pakistani Punjab produces 68% of Pakistan's food grain production.[43] Its share of Pakistan's GDP has historically ranged from 51.8% to 54.7%.[44]

Called "The Granary of India" or "The Bread Basket of India", Indian Punjab produces 1% of the world's rice, 2% of its wheat, and 2% of its cotton.[45] In 2001, it was recorded that farmers made up 39% of Indian Punjab's workforce.

See alsoEdit

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  2. ^ Jatiinder Aulakh. Archaeological History of Majha: Research Book about Archaeology and Mythology with Rare Photograph. Createspace Independent Pub, 2014
  3. ^ Arrain, Anabasis, V.22, p.115
  4. ^ "Punjab, bread basket of India, hungers for change". Reuters. 30 January 2012.
  5. ^ "Columbia Water Center Released New Whitepaper: "Restoring Groundwater in Punjab, India's Breadbasket" – Columbia Water Center". 7 March 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  6. ^ "Pakistan flood: Sindh braces as water envelops southern Punjab". Guardian. 6 August 2010. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
  7. ^ D. R. Bhandarkar, 1989, Some Aspects of Ancient Indian Culture: Sir WIlliam Meyers Lectures, 1938–39, Asia Educational Services, p. 2.
  8. ^ A.S. valdiya, "River Sarasvati was a Himalayn-born river", Current Science, vol 104, no.01, ISSN 0011-3891.
  9. ^ Yule, Henry, Sir. Hobson-Jobson: A glossary of colloquial Anglo-Indian words and phrases, and of kindred terms, etymological, historical, geographical and discursive. New ed. edited by William Crooke, B.A. London: J. Murray, 1903.
  10. ^ Macdonell, Arthur Anthony. A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout. London: Oxford University Press, 1929.
  11. ^ Gandhi, Rajmohan (2013). Punjab: A History from Aurangzeb to Mountbatten. New Delhi, India, Urbana, Illinois: Aleph Book Company. p. 1 ("Introduction"). ISBN 978-93-83064-41-0.
  12. ^ Canfield, Robert L. (1991). Turko-Persia in Historical Perspective. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. p. 1 ("Origins"). ISBN 978-0-521-52291-5.
  13. ^ Gandhi, Rajmohan (2013). Punjab: A History from Aurangzeb to Mountbatten. New Delhi, India, Urbana, Illinois: Aleph Book Company. ISBN 978-93-83064-41-0.
  14. ^ Shimmel, Annemarie (2004). The Empire of the Great Mughals: History, Art and Culture. London, United Kingdom: Reaktion Books Ltd. ISBN 1-86189-1857.
  15. ^ Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., vol. 20, Punjab, p.107
  16. ^ Darpan, Pratiyogita (1 October 2009). "Pratiyogita Darpan". Pratiyogita Darpan. Archived from the original on 20 September 2016 – via Google Books.
  17. ^ History of Panjab Hill States, Hutchison, Vogel 1933 Mirpur was made a part of Jammu and Kashmir in 1846
  18. ^ Changes in the Socio-economic Structures in Rural North-West Pakistan By Mohammad Asif Khan [1] Archived 14 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Peshawar was separated from Punjab Province in 1901.
  19. ^ Nadiem, Ihsan H. (2007). Peshawar: heritage, history, monuments. Sang-e-Meel Publications. Archived from the original on 16 October 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  20. ^ "Jammu and Kashmir". Encyclopædia Britannica. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016.
  21. ^ "Epilogue, Vol 4, Issue 11". Archived from the original on 4 February 2016.
  22. ^ Pritam Singh Gill (1978). History of Sikh nation: foundation, assassination, resurrection. University of Michigan.: New Academic Pub. Co. p. 380.
  23. ^ G. S. Gosal. "Physical Geography of the Punjab" (PDF). University of California, Santa Barbara. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 June 2012. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
  24. ^ The Times Atlas of the World, Concise Edition. London: Times Books. 1995. p. 36. ISBN 0 7230 0718 7.
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  26. ^ see the Punjab Doabs
  27. ^ Pritam Singh and Shinder S. Thandi, ed. (1996). Globalisation and the region: explorations in Punjabi identity. Coventry Association for Punjab Studies, Coventry University. p. 361.
  28. ^ Balder Raj Nayat (1966). Minority Politics in the Punjab. Archived from the original on 5 February 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  29. ^ Maps of India, Climate of Punjab Archived 30 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine.
  30. ^ Royal Geographical Society Climate and Landscape of the Punjab Archived 30 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine.
  31. ^ Buddha Parkash, Evolution of Heroic Tradition in Ancient Panjab, p 36.
  32. ^ History of Panjab, Vol I, p. 4, Dr L. M. Joshi, Dr Fauja Singh.
  33. ^ a b Hazel, John (2013). Who's Who in the Greek World. Routledge. p. 155. ISBN 9781134802241. Menander king in India, known locally as Milinda, born at a village named Kalasi near Alasanda (Alexandria-in-the-Caucasus), and who was himself the son of a king. After conquering the Punjab, where he made Sagala his capital, he made an expedition across northern India and visited Patna, the capital of the Mauraya empire, though he did not succeed in conquering this land as he appears to have been overtaken by wars on the north-west frontier with Eucratides.
  34. ^ a b Ahir, D. C. (1971). Buddhism in the Punjab, Haryana, and Himachal Pradesh. Maha Bodhi Society of India. p. 31. OCLC 1288206. Demetrius died in 166 B.C., and Apollodotus, who was a near relation of the King died in 161 B.C. After his death, Menander carved out a kingdom in the Punjab. Thus from 161 B.C. onward Menander was the ruler of Punjab till his death in 145 B.C. or 130 B.C.
  35. ^ Ganda Singh (August 2004). "The Truth about the Indian Mutiny". Sikh Spectrum. Archived from the original on 20 May 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  36. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 8 February 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2016.. Daily Times (10 May 2012). Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  37. ^ "Census Reference Tables, C-Series Population by religious communities". Census of India. 2001. Archived from the original on 1 July 2010. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
  38. ^ "Sufi Saints of the Punjab". Archived from the original on 30 December 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  39. ^ Kirpal Singh, Sant. "The Punjab – Home of Master Saints". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  40. ^ Gopal Krishan. "Demography of the Punjab (1849–1947)" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  41. ^ "Population by religion community – 2011". Census of India, 2011. The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Archived from the original on 25 August 2015.
  42. ^ "Punjab second richest state in country: CII", The Times of India, 8 April 2004.
  43. ^ Pakistani government statistics Archived 8 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine.. Retrieved 14 April 2007.
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Further readingEdit

  • Narang, K.S.; Gupta, Dr H.R. (1969). History of the Punjab 1500–1858 (PDF). U. C. Kapur & Sons, Delhi. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  • [Quraishee 73] Punjabi Adab De Kahani, Abdul Hafeez Quaraihee, Azeez Book Depot, Lahore, 1973.
  • [Chopra 77] Punjab as a Sovereign State, Gulshan Lal Chopra, Al-Biruni, Lahore, 1977.
  • Patwant Singh. 1999. The Sikhs. New York: Doubleday. ISBN 0-385-50206-0.
  • The Evolution of Heroic Tradition in Ancient Panjab, 1971, Buddha Parkash.
  • Social and Political Movements in ancient Panjab, Delhi, 1962, Buddha Parkash.
  • History of Porus, Patiala, Buddha Parkash.
  • History of the Panjab, Patiala, 1976, Fauja Singh, L. M. Joshi (Ed).
  • The Legacy of the Punjab, 1997, R. M. Chopra.
  • The Rise Growth and Decline of Indo-Persian Literature, R. M. Chopra, 2012, Iran Culture House, New Delhi. 2nd revised edition, published in 2013.
  • Sims, Holly. "The State and Agricultural Productivity: Continuity versus Change in the Indian and Pakistani Punjabs." Asian Survey, 1 April 1986, Vol. 26(4), pp. 483–500

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  • 1A second-year university or high-school student.

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    • ‘Plenty of sophomores and even a few freshman showed up every year, but Samantha never really wanted to be one of them.’
    • ‘Yes, this was an actual note that I had gotten when I was in my sophomore year at high school.’
    • ‘Juniors are more inclined to move off campus than sophomores, Griesse said.’
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    • ‘There are 10,000 thirsty freshman and sophomores who'd pay you for this program.’
    • ‘The freshmen and sophomores went to the short right hall, and the juniors and seniors went through the short left hall.’
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Joe Manganiello Fitness Book Slated for 2014 Release

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Joe Manganiello Entertainment Weekly Screen Actors Guild Awards Pre-Party - Arrivals Frederick M. Brown GettyJoe Manganiello (Alcide Herveaux) will be releasing a new fitness book in January 2014 according to a report from Entertainment Weekly.  The book is entitled Manganiello’s Evolution: The Cutting-Edge Guide to Breaking Down Mental Walls and Building the Body You’ve Always Wanted.

It is intended to demystify the tips and tricks behind Joe’s fit body. Contrary to popular belief, the actor didn’t always have a body like the one audiences have enjoyed in True Blood and Magic Mike:

“I wasn’t born this way. I was the kid in high school who couldn’t do one dip, one pull up…I was also the kid who never gave up,” he said in a press release. “I’ve spent a huge part of my life seeking out people who could match my willingness and work ethic with planning and technique. This book is the sum total of what I’ve found.”

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On December 17th, a delegation led by Mr. Lyu Minghua, Honorary President of Hong Kong Weihai Native Association, visited Shandong University, Weihai (SDUW). Prof. Zhao Yupu, Deputy Secretary of the Party Working Committee of SDUW, met with the guests. Relevant staff from International Office attended the meeting.

On behalf of SDUW, Prof. Zhao extended a warm welcome to the delegation. He first gave a detailed introduction of SDUW with regard to its history, discipline construction and research cooperation. He pointed out that SDUW, a multidisciplinary comprehensive university characterized by its internationalization, has cultivated outstanding talents for the local development of Weihai. He expressed his wish that all members of the Hong Kong Weihai Native Association could work closely with SDUW to carry out substantial cooperation in various areas. Mr. Lyu said that he was impressed by the environment and academic atmosphere at SDUW, and hoped to further cooperate with SDUW to make contributions to the development of their hometown Weihai.

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Class Act

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Class Act
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRandall Miller
Produced byJean Higgins
Joe Wizan
Maynell Thomas
Suzanne de Passe
Todd Black
Screenplay byCynthia Friedlob
John Semper
Story byMichael Swerdlick
Richard Brenne
Wayne Allan Rice
Music byVassal Benford
CinematographyFrancis Kenny
Edited byJohn F. Burnett
Richard Leeman
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • June 5, 1992 (1992-06-05)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryUnited States
Box office$13,272,113[1]

Class Act is a 1992 comedy film, directed by Randall Miller and starring hip-hop duo Kid 'n Play. An urban retelling of Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper, the screenplay is by Cynthia Friedlob and John Semper from a story by Michael Swerdlick, Richard Brenne and Wayne Allan Rice. Filmed at Van Nuys High School in the San Fernando Valley section of Los Angeles, it is the third of five films starring Kid 'n Play, following House Party (1990) and House Party 2 (1991), and preceding House Party 3 (1994) and House Party 5: Tonight's the Night (2013).

Genius high school student Duncan Pinderhughes is getting ready for graduation, but is somewhat disheartened to find out that, despite his perfect SAT score and 4.0 GPA, prestigious Hafford University (parody of Harvard University) will not admit him unless he can pass phys. ed. Ex-convict Michael "Blade" Brown is released from jail, and told by his parole officer that the condition of his release is satisfactory graduation from high school. A mishap results in their pictures being swapped on their permanent school records. In effect, Blade is surprised to find out that he is being placed in gifted classes, while Duncan is shocked to be placed in minimal classes with substandard conditions and miscreants for classmates.

Blade realizes this and sees Duncan as his ticket permanently out of jail, since Duncan could pass his classes with ease. He transforms Duncan into a version of himself with dreadlocks, and does his best to teach Duncan how to act and talk like a gangsta. Having no grasp of hip hop culture, Duncan's parents begin to worry about their son's new "friend"; his father especially, beginning to suspect Duncan is gay.

Blade manages to smooth-talk his way through his advanced classes, even successfully executing a dissertation on sexual intercourse (one of his favorite subjects). Duncan ends up running into a high school thug named Wedge, and gets in trouble, but also ends up discovering an uncanny ability to kick field goals, and joins the school's football team. Both Blade and Duncan end up with girlfriends that the other would have, with Blade smooth-talking the intelligent but excitement-seeking Ellen and Duncan being pursued by the wild Damita (Alysia Rogers).

A drug dealer named Mink was told by his employee Wedge that Blade Brown was stepping into his territory and a chase involving the guys and their girlfriends and one of Duncan's new buddies ensues. The gang briefly lose Wedge and Mink and go to Damita's work (a wax museum), but are discovered by Mink and Wedge. Once there, the girlfriends realize that their men are swapped, and both guys eventually end up dumped. Still, Duncan manages to knock out Wedge in the museum, while Blade handles Mink, but they all end up in jail.

After the mix-up is corrected, Blade, Duncan and company are all set free. In an anti-climax, Duncan and Blade both enter a Knowledge bowl in an effort to get Blade back with Ellen. They succeed when Blade answers a tiebreaker question to win the competition, recalling a choice tidbit Ellen once told him. Afterward, both couples end up together. In a final scene, Duncan's dad finds out the hard way that Duncan is definitely not gay by catching him and Damita having sex in Duncan's bedroom. However, after returning to his room with his wife, he expresses relief and noted that his son's girlfriend is "stacked".

Walking in each other's shoes dramatically changed the lives of both Duncan and Blade. In the epilogue, the audience learns that Blade graduated from high school and attended Hafford (even wearing preppy attire), while Duncan attended Stanford on a football scholarship.

Cameo appearances by:

The film received negative reviews, but after release on VHS and DVD, it became a cult favorite with favorable comments on Amazon and IMDB.[2][3][4]

Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 17% based on reviews from 12 critics.[5]

Box Office[edit]

The film debuted at No.7 at the US box office.[6] It went on to earn a total of $13,272,113.[1]

Home media[edit]

The film was made available on DVD as part of the Warner Archive Collection on May 18, 2010.[7] Fans of the movie created an online petition for a DVD release. Warner Bros. has released a retail version of the movie on DVD in 2016; it has been spotted in Wal-Mart DVD bins. It's the same Warner Archive Collection disc that was released in 2010, but re-issued. The film was released on pan-and-scan VHS and laserdisc in 1992.

  1. ^ a b "Class Act (1992)". Box Office Mojo. IMDB. 1992-07-14. Retrieved 2012-06-18.
  2. ^ Siskel & Ebert (June 6, 1992). "Class Act". Retrieved 2014-01-01.
  3. ^ JANET MASLIN (June 5, 1992). "Review/Film; No Recess For Excelling In High Jinks". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-06-09.
  4. ^ Peter Travers (June 5, 1992). "Class Act". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  5. ^ "Class Act (1992)". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster.
  6. ^ "Weekend Box Office". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-06-09.
  7. ^ "The Official Online Store of Warner Bros. Studios". Archived from the original on March 16, 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-18.

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Nail file

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Nail files

A nail file is a tool used to gently grind down and shape the edges of nails. They are often used in manicures and pedicures after the nail has been trimmed using appropriate nail clippers. Nail files may either be emery boards, ceramic, glass, crystal, plain metal files or metal files coated with corundum.

A nail drill is a powered rotary tool, which is used by a nail technician to file nails.[1][2]

Emery board[edit]

An emery board

Emery boards are small flat objects which have emery or emery paper glued to them, making them both abrasive and flexible, used for fingernail and toenail care. They are used by manicurists to shape and smooth the nail during manicure and pedicure sessions. Emery boards are inexpensive and disposable, making them a sanitary alternative to metal nail files. The emery board was first patented by J. Parker Pray of New York in 1883.[3]

Emery boards are generally less abrasive than the metal nail files, and hence, emery boards may take longer to file down nails than metal nail files. However, nail files may play a role in disease transmission if they are used on more than one person without adequate sterilization. Emery boards are usually less expensive than metal nail files, therefore emery boards can be economically disposed of after use on a single person. The nail can be smoothed and shaped accurately by taking light, even strokes in one direction across the top of the nail. Twenty to thirty easy strokes can typically shorten excessively long fingernails, while five to ten strokes are sufficient for shaping the nails.

Guitar players have also been known to use emery boards to smooth out calluses which may snag the strings of their guitars.[4]

Emery pitches[edit]

Baseball pitchers and cricket bowlers have been known to use emery boards to scuff the outside of the ball. The roughness can offer more grip and hand control. Surface scratches also alter the ball's aerodynamics making it more susceptible to spin and movement when in flight. However, the deliberate manipulation of the ball using an emery board is classified as cheating in baseball and cricket.

In an infamous 1987 Major League Baseball incident, Joe Niekro of the Minnesota Twins was caught with an emery board in his pocket and suspended for ten games. He claimed it was for filing his nails.[5][6]

Glass nail files are more recently available. Since glass nail files have a smoother and more even surface they do not splinter the nail like emery boards or metal nail files.[citation needed] This makes them a preferred instrument by manicurists, although they are sometimes difficult to find in stores. Glass nail files come in very different qualities, some of them solid glass, others merely glass covered with an abrasive surface.

Although the modern nail file only appeared at the end of the 19th century, evidence of nail file-like tools exist even further back in history. Marie Antoinette was known for her obsession with the lime à ongles, which was a nail file-like tool made of pumice stone. When her perfectly shaped nails were seen, it became the latest female trend in the French Court of Versailles. The pumice stone was carved into a pencil like shape, which was used to trim and shape the edges of the nail. This tool would not be disposed after use, but would be hand washed by the maids and placed by the bathtub to be used again.

See also[edit]

  1. ^ Marci Robin (December 19, 2017). "How to Remove Acrylic Nails Without Wrecking Your Real Nails". Good Housekeeping. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
  2. ^ "Ultimate Buying Guide: 10 Best Electric Nail Drills for Beginners".
  3. ^ U.S. Patent D15,041
  4. ^ Using Nail Files
  5. ^ Terbush, Jon (3 May 2013). "Spitballs, nail files, and other ways pitchers cheat". Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  6. ^ Penner, Mike (4 August 1987). "Embarrassing Night for Niekro and Angels : Twins' Pitcher Ejected When Emery Board Is Found; Minnesota Romps". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 6 May 2017.


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Archive for the ‘Freedom’ Category

There are 3 Freedoms:

1.    Freedom from

2.    Freedom to

3.    Freedom

The first two are ego freedoms. Freedom from is a reaction; the ego asserting itself. It is a negative freedom.

Freedom to is the positive equivalent. It is not against anything as is freedom from. Having the freedom to is a great boon; yet both are aspects of the same thing.

The real freedom is the third kind, transcendental freedom. It is neither freedom from nor for. It is simply freedom. One simply enjoys being oneself. It exists for its own sake and is an end unto itself. This third freedom occurs only when the ego is undone.

The ego is undone by being aware of how it functions. There is no need to fight against it. As awareness comes, the light comes and ego disappears like the darkness. Then there is FREEDOM.

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