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Venice, world-famous for its beauty, but most of all for its particularity; this water city is just waiting for you to be discovered. We propose you an itinerary adapted to your needs, to make you discover this city unique on its kind. The guide will take you to the most famous points of Venice, such as Piazza San Marco, Grand Canal, Frari, but there will also be the opportunity to visit the oldest gondola workshop.
Independent arrival at the hotel *. Accommodation in an accessible standard room with breakfast.
* Carnival Palace - reachable by vaporetto 5.2 goes from Piazzale Roma to Tre Archi (10 meters from the stop)
* Santa Chiara: alternatively, a stay at the Santa Chiara hotel, located in Santa Croce, has parking for cars, the hotel offers a solution in a double room with French bed (140x200 cm) and an accessible single room
Depending on the arrival time, it is possible to start excursions in the afternoon (about 3 hours of excursion, to which the time to reach the starting points of the excursion from the hotel must be added)
Meeting with the guide until you reach the Gallerie dell'Accademia from where the guided tour begins, visit of the squero di San Trovaso (entrance fee starting from 30 euros per person), the oldest workshop in which gondolas are still built today and from here to the Zattere, from which you can enjoy a splendid view of the Giudecca Canal with its interesting buildings, including the church of Palladio's Redentore and the Stucky Mill, nearby you can also taste the famous Gianduiotto in the da Nico ice cream parlor. From the Accademia, you can also continue by vaporetto to Ca 'Rezzonico, a splendid building overlooking the Grand Canal that is home of the 18th century museum. Arriving by vaporetto, there is still a bridge to cross to reach the museum entrance. Return to the hotel by yourself.
Breakfast and meeting with the guide at your hotel, the whole morning is dedicated to visiting the Doge's Palace, Basilica and Piazza. The Doge's Palace is equipped with a lift and, with the exception of the Prisons and the Bridge of Sighs, which we can show externally from the Ponte della Paglia which is equipped with a ramp, all the other parts can be visited. As for the Basilica, in this period, due to floor restorations, the Basilica cannot be visited, you can only access the loggia and outdoor terrace, not recommended due to the presence of numerous steps and narrow passages. (* important note: As soon as the Basilica reopens, probably not before the end of 2020, the basilica will be accessible again for people with motor disabilities by entering the Porta dei Fiori and also the visit to the treasury)
(about 5 hours of excursion, to which the time to reach the starting points of the excursion from the hotel must be added)
Free lunch and return to the hotel on your own.
Free dinner and overnight stay.
Breakfast, check-out and meeting with the guide for the last excursion.
Frari and San Rocco: starting from Piazzale Roma or from any other point of the Grand Canal with the vaporetto you go down to San Tomà to visit the splendid church of the Frari with the masterpieces of Tiziano, Bellini and much more and also the Scuola di San Rocco with the splendid canvases by Tintoretto with the stories of the Old and New Testament. The Scuola di San Rocco has no lift but is equipped with a squirrel; accessibility depends on the type of visitor's wheelchair; sports wheelchairs cannot be loaded onto the squirrel; the school also has its own wheelchair, so people with diabilities can move, even in the case of a sports wheelchair, the obstacle can be overcome. (about 2 hours of excursion, to which must be added the time to reach the starting points of the excursion from the hotel)
Return on your own.
Tariff per person, starting from:
|From 1 October 2020 to 30 June 2021||€ 470|
* Fees are subject to reconfirmation, the destination works with BAR (best available rates) reconfirmable only at the time of confirmation
(B / L / D-AI): B = breakfast; L = lunch; D = Dinner; (AI) = All Inclusive.
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Autism is a much studied disorder but still very little known: experts and doctors, for example, do not yet know what causes it. The first question to ask is "what is autism?" In fact, it is often incorrectly defined as a disease; however, autism is not a disease, as a disease presupposes a diagnosis and […]
Pamela Cazzaniga and Fabrizio Marta share the same passion for travel. Unfortunately, they both live in a wheelchair. However, their disability did not prevent them from being citizens of the world, on the contrary it was an extra incentive to show themselves and others that wanting is power! If many people in wheelchairs believe that […]


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Thursday, January 23, 2014
Review for A March Bride by Rachel Hauck
This series is great! I haven't read any other books by Rachel Hauck, so I didn't have a clue about the previous story, but I still enjoyed this novella. All of the books in this series have some type of religious aspect, and this had a bit more than the previous books I've read in this series; it didn't detract from my enjoyment of this novella. It was a cute romance, and I'll check out other books by Hauck.

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Fikir is a strong, energetic mother seeking to change her family’s future through dedication and hard work.
Her family is from Kobo, located in Northern Ethiopia, where Fikir was raised by her parents. She came to Addis Ababa at a young age, with her niece, to work as a maid. Determined to continue her education, Fiker was able to attend night school up until grade 11. It was during this challenging time that she met her husband who had also passed through difficult life circumstances. After they got married, Fikir worked as a secretary for a broker until she was eight months pregnant. She returned to work after giving birth to her daughter, working for herself out of a plastic rental house. Unfortunately, her previous employer made things difficult by demolishing her workplace, causing Fikir to quit the business, and become a stay-at-home mom.
Presently Fikir and her family live a small house made up of wood and mud. It is very hard to provide food for the family as Fikir is no longer working and her husband’s work is seasonal. Even so, Fikir is well educated and has basket weaving skills. Together Fikir and her husband plan to work hard and find a means of stable employment to build a better future.
Monthly sponsorship will provide Fikir's family with holistic support such as food, housing, medical care, spiritual care, counselling, education, health and life skills training, income generation and business development opportunities. Being part of HFK’s Family Empowerment Program will also give this family an opportunity to participate in many of our youth, education, and community programs.
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Drake & DJ Khaled Link Up In The Studio Following "Honestly, Nevermind" Release
Drake surprised fans this past Friday as he dropped his brand new album Honestly, Nevermind. This album was a huge departure from Drake's usual sound, as this time around, he came through with a house album. While this sound isn't resonating with everyone, there is a strong contingent of fans who believe this might be one of the coolest things Drake has put out in quite some time.
Now, Drake is already planning out his next move as recently, he linked up with DJ Khaled in the studio. These two have come through with some incredible collaborations over the years, and now, it seems like yet another is on the horizon.
In fact, in the video below, Drake and DJ Khaled could be seen eating dinner together. Drake is manning the camera and when he says he had to come over for family dinner, Khaled interrupts by telling Drake that the new single is coming soon. Khaled also went off about the video treatment he just came up with, which should be exciting news for fans. Simply put, expect some new Drake and Khaled music sooner rather than later.
View this post on InstagramA post shared by HotNewHipHop® (@hotnewhiphop)It remains to be seen when this collaboration will come out, so stay tuned to HNHH as we will continue to bring you all of the latest news and updates from around the hip-hop world.

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Editorial: Barr’s police comments missed the mark
Attorney General William Barr showed a bad grasp of history and modern thinking with his veiled warning to communities not to criticize the police. His comments last Tuesday at an event in Washington, D.C., show a tin ear regarding the committed efforts by law enforcement agencies across the nation to improve relations with the communities they serve.
The comments also ignore the Justice Department’s own commendable history — especially in the South — of professionalizing local police agencies and bringing them into the modern age.
Barr made his remarks — of all places — at an awards ceremony honoring officers, in part for their success in community policing. He noted that some Vietnam War veterans, upon returning home, bore the brunt of Americans’ opposition to the war, and that it took decades for the nation to realize “the respect and gratitude owed them was not given.”
Turning to today, Barr likened the criticisms of police to the treatment of those veterans. And he said communities must be more supportive of police or risk losing protection. “They have to start showing, more than they do, the respect and support that law enforcement deserves,” Barr said. “And if communities don’t give that support and respect, they may find themselves without the police protection they need.”
There is no parallel between America’s division over Vietnam and protests in some cities today over allegations of police misconduct. The returning veterans were wrongly pilloried for carrying out official government policy.
The protests today are directed at specific incidents of outlier behavior by individual officers in distinct cities. To equate the two and to conflate concern over police misconduct with contempt for law enforcement paints a false picture of what’s going on.
Take a recent example in Tampa. The city drew fire after a 2015 investigation by the Tampa Bay Times found that Tampa police were disproportionately stopping and citing black bicyclists. The Times analyzed more than 10,000 bicycle tickets Tampa police issued in the past dozen years and found that even though blacks make up about a quarter of the city’s population, they received 79% of the bike tickets. The uproar prompted the city to change course. The police chief at the time, Jane Castor, later admitted it was a mistake. In April, she was overwhelmingly elected mayor.
Police agencies throughout the region and the country have worked for years to build stronger relationships in their communities. They recognize the actions of a single officer can taint an entire force. Rather than turn their backs on complaints, local agencies have largely been out front. And their leaders have set high disciplinary standards that foster confidence in the community.
Barr’s comments also diminish his department’s legacy of rooting out corruption and abuse by local law enforcement for decades. The federal government’s steady hand has been instrumental in professionalizing local law enforcement, especially during the segregationist period in the South.
Even in 2016, the Justice Department helped Tampa recover from its biking-while-black scandal, issuing a series of recommendations that it shared with 17,000 law enforcement agencies across the nation. That’s the sense of duty by those in uniform the attorney general apparently missed.
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December 2 – 4, Gdaṅsk, Poland
Each year PrintVis hosts a gathering of our global network of Partners, where we introduce the new features and functionality in our latest print MIS software release, bringing to fruition all the efforts of the preceding 12 months.
As PrintVis is developed directly within Microsoft Dynamics NAV it makes sense that we coincide our release with theirs, and as you probably know, Dynamics NAV for 2016 was revealed just a few weeks ago, with a bevy of exciting new tools.
In Gdansk, our consultants and developers gave demonstrations of some of the exciting new features in PrintVis 2016, including:
- Integration to ESKO/ArtiosCAD
- Paper Purchase Automation
- Enhanced Purchase Functionality
- Bottleneck Planning
- Integration Events
- Quick Order Entry on Tablet Interface
- Metro Shop Floor Camera Support
- Label/Tool Functionality
During the coming days/weeks we will be diving deeply into the new features of both PrintVis and Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016. Meanwhile, you can download a brochure on new NAV features here.
Partner Meeting 2015
The PrintVis Partner Meeting makes for a rich tapestry of new ideas and information, intensive training, social networking and camaraderie. And we always manage to explore the architecture, food and culture of our host city. With its immense Oliwa Cathedral, Town Hall clocktower and multi-colored building facades, Old City Gdansk was truly breathtaking. It was remarked upon more than once that it looks just like Disney World – but of course it’s the real deal.
Our excursion to the 13th-century Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork was also nothing short of awesome. The tour guide took us to some of the deepest reaches of the ancient structure, outlining its history with eloquence and levity.
But there is one overarching intention behind the annual Partner Meeting – and that is to strengthen and grow our Partner Network, as it is the principal channel for getting PrintVis into the hands of print companies around the world.
This year we had our best turnout yet, with more than 30 people representing nearly 15 different countries, all gathered to close out the year with a toast and set plans for the future. We had long-time Partners from The Netherlands, Germany, United Kingdom, Poland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Singapore and more, including one of our newest Partners in the U.S.
Many thanks to all our Partners and their supporting companies; and to those who couldn’t make it – we hope to see you next year!

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HERO... TO ZERO: The Asda turnaround continues while the RBS boss throws around threats
HERO: Roger Burnley Asda boss
The Asda chief’s turnaround job continues after reporting rising sales for the fifth consecutive quarter, outperforming the market for the first time in four years. Sainsbury’s boss Mike Coupe, who’s hoping to tie-up a £12bn takeover of the grocer, will be watching 52-year-old Burnley’s progress with interest.
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ZERO: Ross McEwan RBS chief
Having been bailed out with £45bn of government money and finished bottom this week in survey of banks customers were most likely to recommend, the RBS boss, 61, had the temerity to threaten to move ‘tens of billions of pounds’ out of the UK because of Brexit. When will the taxpayer be rid of it?
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Title says it all. We are willing to drive within an hour for food from Tampa and are looking for some delicious food. It doesn't have to be fine dining, but the food and chef have to be awesome! Price is not an issue.
We are also looking for sunset cruises or other different things to do for the 3 day weekend.

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Hundreds of innovative differences make a Demers ambulance stronger, more aerodynamic, more fuel-efficient, longer lasting, smarter and safer. 50 years of experience and customer feedback have led to continual improvements, driven by the philosophy that every single detail contributes to a superior vehicle. Demers ambulances deliver significant and tangible added value, low operating costs and excellent, 24/7 after-sale service. Detail by detail, Demers ambulances have exceeded the sum of their parts and are standouts in the industry.
As more and more owners discover the Demers difference, the company today has vocal proponents the world over. Amidst the fanfare, Demers has quietly stayed constant and true to their mission: To build innovative ambulances that deliver on customer expectations and assist paramedics in saving lives.
Demers Ambulances is one of the largest firms in North America and is the Canadian leader in ambulance design, manufacture and distribution. Demers Ambulances benefits from over 50 years of success with more than 15,000 ambulances sold to customers in over 20 countries in North America, Latin America, the Middle East, Africa and Europe.
Demers Ambulances operates state of the art
facilities in Beloeil, a suburb of Montreal in Québec, just one hour away from the US border and 40 minutes from Montreal’s Pierre Elliott Trudeau international airport.
Departments at the facility include Operations, Planning, Finance, Engineering, Product Innovation and Research & Development, Sales & Marketing, and After Sales Services.
A team of 6 Demers employees are exclusively responsible to serve Demers Clientele. With long time experience in the company and in the industry, technicians, mechanics and customer service specialists are making sure customer are fully satisfied with the ambulance. They can either service, maintain or provide you with genuine Demers parts.
Reachable 24/7 at 1-800-363-7591
Located in the province of Saskatchewan, the facility is one hour from the US border and northwestern states.
Formerly an exclusive distributor of Demers Ambulances, it was acquired in 2006 and is now a division of Demers Ambulances with exclusivity in the western Canadian marketplace, with departments in Services, West Coast Sales, Distribution, Sales of medical equipment and light Manufacturing & Assembly activities.
Demers’ Western Division sales the full line of DEMERS Type I, II & III Ambulances as well as MTC / ETV Modular units by TufPort. Parts & Emergency Lighting for all makes and models of ambulances.
It provides service and parts for all makes and models of ambulances and take pride in providing the quality service and customer satisfaction.
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I decided to put together a mix for mom. She passed away a couple of years ago but she had long fell in love with reggae music. Although this is listed as a mix, I haven’t gone crazy instead just played them. Some are dedicated to all moms out there, some are a few tracks of many that my mom loved. She appreciated both the love and reality of reggae music. Love you MOM. Always.…"MOM – The mix CD – RAW (FREE DOWNLOAD)"

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Registry is a database used to store settings and options of Microsoft Windows operating systems. It contains information and settings for all the hardware, software, users, and preferences of the system.
Whenever a user makes changes to the Control Panel settings, or File Associations, System Policies, or install new software, the changes are reflected and stored in the Registry. Malware usually targets the system Registry to restrict specific features of the operating systems or other applications. It may modify the system registry so that it behaves in a manner beneficial to malware creating problem to the system.
The Quick Heal Registry Restore feature restores the critical system registry area and other areas from the changes made by malware. It also repairs the system registry.
Configuring Registry Restore
- Open Quick Heal Internet Security Essentials.
- On the left pane, click Privacy and then click Registry Restore.
- Select Restore critical system registry areas to restore the critical system registry during the scan. Critical System Registry areas are generally changed by malware to perform certain task automatically or to avoid detection or modification by system applications such as Disabling Task Manager, and Disabling Registry Editor.
- Select Repair malicious registry entries to scan system registry for malware related entries. Malware and its remains are repaired automatically during the scan.


iMommy? Liv's Maternal Instincts Come Out In Latest iZombie Clip
One of the fun things about the CW's hit series iZombie is the different personality traits that Liv Moore picks up when she eats someone's brain. In the next episode called Maternity Liv, the crime solving zombie eats the brain of an expectant mother kicking in all of Liv's maternal instincts. Below we have the trailer for the episode, a clip and a behind-the scenes with executive producers Rob Thomas and Diane Ruggiero-Wright.
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Logar PC members on strike over past 2 weeks
PUL-I-ALAM (Pajhwok): Members of the provincial council of central Logar have been on strike over the past two weeks to push for the removal of senior officials, including the acting governor.
They warned if the governor, the mayor and the police chief are not removed from their positions, they would continue their strike and keep doors of the provincial council office shut.
Provincial council head Hasibullah Stanikzai told Pajhwok Afghan News they had shut the council’s doors in protest and had stopped working over the past two weeks.
“The governor and the police chief should be replaced, because they and some of their friends are involved in corruption. They had done nothing for the province, except plundering the exchequer,” he alleged.
When asked about evidence in support of his claims, Stanikzai said the officials were involved in illegal activities and had sold green belts and had connections with mafia groups. “We have evidence all about this,” he claimed.
His deputy Adalat Abdul Rahimzai also accused acting Governor Niaz Mohammad Amiri, police chief Abdul Hakim Ishaqzai and Mayor Ahmad Khan Ulfat of mismanagement and administrative graft.
He also claimed having evidence in support of their claims and urged the president to make a decision after looking into those evidence.
A member of the council, Nafisa Hijran, said they would not resume work until the three officials were removed.
“Corruption committed this year in Logar is unparalleled and the government has to be serious about Logar,” she said.
Meanwhile, Governor Amiri confirmed the provincial council had been closed, but rejected the allegations against him and the two other officials.
“These allegations against us are baseless and a plot. Everything here is on track and in accordance with the plan. The council members want to pressurise us into paying them tributary,” Amiri said.
The acting governor said he was ready to answer about every allegation to the central government and the masses.
Police chief Ishaqzai also rejected the allegations as unfounded and said the provincial council members wanted to serve their personal interests.
“The council head is demanding a police pick-up vehicle and four extra bodyguards. But I cannot do this.”
But the council secretary, Nasir Ghairat, rejected if they had demanded vehicles or extra bodyguards from the police headquarters.
A resident of Babos area of Pul-i-Alam, the provincial capital, Saifullah told Pajhwok Afghan News that closing the provincial council office was an illegal act. He asked the council members to seek their demands through legal means.
“The officials have problems, there are allegations against them, but the council should not stop working in reaction,” he said.
A resident of Barak-i-Barak district, Bilal, said the public representatives and the provincial high ups should sit with the president and find a solution to the problem.
This scribe made attempts at seeking comments from Mayor Ulfat, but did not succeed.
Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG) spokesman Tawab Ghorzang said they had appointed a delegation to investigate the issue in Logar. He said details of the investigation would be shared with media.
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The American Sexual Health Association (ASHA) recognizes February as National Condom Month. While this might not come as a shock to many, it might surprise you to know that new reports have confirmed what you probably thought might be true.
Research by the Society for Family Health (SFH) which factored the Nigerian population and the percentage of sexually active citizens, showed that Nigeria uses 400 million condoms annually based on data collated in 2017.
Following the SFH research method, Nigeria’s 2021 population is 209,308,636 and the number of sexually active male citizens ( ages 15- 49) would be 49% of the country’s population (102,561,231.64).
Since sexual acts are majorly between two persons (unitary pairing), 102,561,231.64 couples are divided by 2 to arrive at 512,806,15.82 men of the sexual reproductive age.
The original research showed that 29% of men within the sexual reproductive age were reported to have used and are still using condoms.
According to the report, this represents 34 percent of the Nigerian population. It further revealed that there exists a gap of 564 million condoms needed annually in order to achieve 90 percent coverage across the country.
Another research showed that the potential market for condoms in Nigeria alone is 1.2 billion condoms annually.
Further investigation by TwentyTen Daily showed that condom retailers experience mega sales increase in the month of February. While other contraceptives like morning-after pills are fast sellers on days before and after Valentine’s day.
- Reveals what leading Nigerian pharmacies and retailers are saying about contraceptive sales in the month of February,
- What products retailers stock the most in the month of February,
- Reveals which brands and products sell more.
Research showed that the rates of condom use decreased during the pandemic as sexual focus shifted to people thinking less of safe sex and more of dying from much worse than STDs.
However, with the vaccines in our reach and Lover’s Day just around the corner, statistics in Nigeria have shown that not only do people want to have sex, but they also want to practice safe sex.
We took our investigation to the streets of Lagos, Nigeria, meeting up with roadside vendors and popular pharmacies to ask them if they experienced a particular hike in sales of contraceptives.
After buying a morning-after pill, we asked the sales rep who attended to us if she had noticed a particular hike in the price of condoms and other contraceptives.
She claimed sales had doubled within February and by experience, days before valentine, they experienced more sales of condoms and more sales of post pills after February 14.
When asked if they stocked more contraceptive to meet the increasing demand, she was unable to give us an answer.
The attendant asked to be anonymous.
The attendant here told us they experienced a “50%” increase in the sale of contraceptives in February and it was a norm for them.
She added that aside from the increase experienced in February, they often sold more condoms on Fridays and Saturdays, while morning-after pills sold more during the week.
She said they had restocked adequately to meet the “lover’s month” demands.
She also asked that her name be withheld from the publication.
The pharmacist at the counter said February is known mostly for the sale of contraceptives. She said at least 9 people had walked in just that morning to buy morning-after pills. I was of course the 10th person.
She told us that the hike in sales could be attributed to the “Season of Love”.
We asked her what products and brands sold out the most and she said for condoms, a brand named Skyne ( 5000 naira for a pack of 5 condoms) and another named Trojan ( 4000 naira for a pack of three condoms) were their best sellers. They often run out of stock daily depending on how much product was stocked.
Another attendant showed me a product which was a favourite for their customers. Vigor Chocolate bars that help men’s bed performance, she added that this product sold more than birth control pills. Vigor Chocolate costs between 2500 to 5000 naira per bar and 18,000 to 20,000 naira for the pack.
The attendants agreed that they experienced a 50% increase in sales of contraceptives in February compared to other months.
The pharmacist said that their sales were limited because roadside vendors charged less and sold more.
She, however, said they sell more post pills in February compared to other months, while also adding that the brand being sold was dependent on availability. Customers who walk in do not insist on a particular brand, they just buy the available brand.
She placed their sale increase by 20%.
If you are familiar with Lagos nightlife, then you definitely would have seen quite a number of roadside vendors holding up their wood board with neatly arranged wares ranging from weed to cigarettes to condoms or just minty sweets.
As your car slows to a halt by popular nightlife spots, a number of them run towards your windows, calling you to buy their wares.
TwentyTen Daily decided to interview 25 retailers; Ten on Admiralty way, Lekki phase 1, Four around Ikeja City Mall, Ikeja Lagos and Seven at Havannah Hotel Gate, Gowon Estate, Egbeda and Four on Adetokunbo Ademola Street, Victoria Island, Lagos (The same street as Eko Hotels and Suits).
Note that this survey was gathered by filling the form personally with the answers from these vendors as most of them either do not have phones or have no access to internet service, neither can they read or write.
We had a Hausa translator with us to aid the report and here is what we found.
- 96% of roadside vendors agreed that the sale of condoms had increased considerably.
- 88% said they sold out their condoms before the night was halfway done.
- 90% agreed that the brands they sell more are Durex, Trojan and Skyne (In that order)
- Only 2 vendors had morning-after pills in stock. According to the others, the pills should be sold in the hospital and not on the streets.
However, despite the increase in sales of condoms in February, a recent report on condom access and utilization in Nigeria by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), in collaboration with the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) and other organizations, showed that with the population of 209,308,636, only 70 million Nigerians use condoms.


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Police became aware of the offences after Oliver Wilson had looked into buying used children’s underwear on eBay
A paedophile couple who met on Tinder have been jailed for 48 years after “sinking to the depths of depravity” to satisfy their own sexual urges.
Rebecca Holloway, 26, and Oliver Wilson, 28, were charged with rape and sexual assault after police investigating Wilson found online conversations between the pair.
The discussion involved graphic details about the sexual abuse and rape of a young girl and further sexual abuse of a young boy in 2017.
Passing sentence at Teeside Crown Court, judge Paul Watson QC said Wilson and Holloway’s text talk about sexual activity with one of the victims made for some of the most depraved and vile reading he had encountered.
Holloway, of Grimsby, and Wilson, Donington, Lincolnshire, admitted two offences of rape of a child, including on multiple occasions and conspiracy to sexually assault a child under 13. Holloway also admitted making and distributing indecent images of children.
Wilson also admitted rape, assault by penetration and making indecent photographs of children.
He told police after he was arrested that he and Holloway were sleeping together for about a year and Holloway said that they met on the Tinder dating site.
In separate offences, Wilson was found guilty at Grimsby Crown Court of 11 charges of rape and sexual abuse of a young girl.
Wilson was handed a prison sentence of 34½ years and Holloway was jailed for 13½ years.
The judge told Holloway: “You were there encouraging Wilson when he was sexually abusing the girl and you played your part in the vile sexual acts to which she was subjected.
“You derived perverted sexual pleasure from what he was doing. You were a willing, even enthusiastic, participant in what happened.
“The full extent of the long-term impact of what you two did to the girl may never be known.
“But it is clear that it has had a profound effect upon her.”
Prosecutor Gordon Stables said that police became aware of Wilson in August 2017 after a paedophile online investigation revealed that he was showing great interest in buying used children’s underwear on eBay.
There was a “clear sexual interest in children” in online conversations and discussions about pictures of underwear.
Holloway had no previous convictions and Wilson had youth court convictions.


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The stock of Ivanhoe Mines Ltd (TSE:IVN) is a huge mover today! The stock last traded at $2.33 per share. It is down 167.82% since March 14, 2016 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 162.27% the S&P500.
The move comes after 8 months positive chart setup for the $1.83B company. It was reported on Oct, 19 by Barchart.com. We have $2.82 PT which if reached, will make TSE:IVN worth $384.30 million more.
Ivanhoe Mines Ltd (TSE:IVN) Ratings Coverage
Out of 2 analysts covering Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (TSE:IVN), 2 rate it a “Buy”, 0 “Sell”, while 0 “Hold”. This means 100% are positive. $3.20 is the highest target while $1.50 is the lowest. The $2.03 average target is -12.88% below today’s ($2.33) stock price. Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. has been the topic of 9 analyst reports since October 14, 2015 according to StockzIntelligence Inc. The stock of Ivanhoe Mines Ltd (TSE:IVN) has “Outperform” rating given on Wednesday, December 9 by RBC Capital Markets. The rating was maintained by RBC Capital Markets with “Outperform” on Thursday, February 25. RBC Capital Markets maintained Ivanhoe Mines Ltd (TSE:IVN) on Tuesday, January 26 with “Outperform” rating. The stock of Ivanhoe Mines Ltd (TSE:IVN) has “Outperform” rating given on Thursday, November 19 by RBC Capital Markets. The firm earned “Outperform” rating on Friday, September 23 by RBC Capital Markets. On Thursday, January 14 the stock rating was downgraded by BMO Capital Markets to “Market Perform (Speculative)”.
More important recent Ivanhoe Mines Ltd (TSE:IVN) news were published by: Wsj.com which released: “Ivanhoe Mines to Seek Strategic Adviser After Unsolicited Interest” on August 29, 2016, also Seekingalpha.com published article titled: “Ivanhoe Mines Became A Billion Dollar Company”, Seekingalpha.com published: “Ivanhoe Mines: What About Getting World-Class Assets For Free ?” on February 03, 2016. More interesting news about Ivanhoe Mines Ltd (TSE:IVN) was released by: Wsj.com and their article: “Zijin Mining Group to Acquire 9.9% Stake in Ivanhoe Mines” with publication date: March 23, 2015.
Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. is a mineral exploration and development company. The company has a market cap of $1.83 billion. The Firm focuses on exploration within the Central African Copperbelt and the Bushveld Complex. It has a 1.97 P/E ratio. It has four divisions: the Platreef property, the Kamoa property and joint venture, the Kipushi property and treasury.
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Lunch often seems to get overlooked in the “meal planning” schedule, especially at my house. I usually go with noodles and sauce or a sandwich – I love sandwiches, so much so that lunch just may be my favorite meal (one of my favorite meals anyway!). Going out to dinner is standard old-hat, but going out for lunch really gets me excited – something in the middle of the day (making a nooner cocktail legal), there are lots of meal options, and you still have a good part of the day ahead of you when you walk out the door…there’s still hope for accomplishing something with the remainder of the day. Hope, that’s what lunch offers me.
When I have a few extra minutes for cooking I like to have something warm for luncheon: a toasted sandwich or a quesadilla come to mind. The Vegan Quesadilla is one of my favorites, but I took it a step further and I bring you: The Mexican Sandwich.
It’s a quesadilla. It’s a sandwich. It’s both at the same time! Have I blown your mind?
Making the quesadilla
The Quesadilla Sandwich aka "The Mexican Sandwich"
- ---For the Quesadilla---
- 2 large tortillas
- 1-2 handfulls of Daiya - cheddar flavor or other
- ---For the Sandwich---
- 3-4 slices Tofurky "lunchmeat"
- Salad Greens
- Vegan Sour Cream
- Sliced Onion
- Start out by making a vegan quesadilla
- Let the quesadilla cool for a few minutes
- Cut the quesadilla in half
- Pretend the quesadilla halves are bread
- Build a sandwich to your liking!
I prefer savory sandwiches (vs. PB&J or other sweeter ones) and love adding vegan lunchmeat and pesto or my Delicious Sesame Sauce. Other favorite sandwich ingredients include: tomatoes, cucumbers, salt & pepper, arugala, marmite, sauerkraut, hummus, or my BEST Bean Dip.
Chow-Down Sandwich Time!
What makes a kick-ass sandwich for you?? I’m sure I’ve just left out a lot of awesome ingredients!
We recently moved to California and while I knew one could grow citrus in one’s own yard here, I hadn’t really experienced it until we moved in. I unfortunately don’t have a citrus tree in our yard -but our neighbors do I wonder if while I long for a lemon tree, do people who have lemon trees secretly hate them for the nasty rotton fruit that eventually ends up on the ground? We just moved from a home with 12 old-growth crabapple trees surrounding the house – I couldn’t hate a tree more than those crabapples, they showered the house with apples from July through November – it sounded like hail. And don’t get me started on the cleanup in the yard, I swear I was out there with a snow shovel (no exaggeration!) cleaning them up into a large trash bin nearly every day. I’m no wimp when it comes to yard work, but this was totally excessive – billions of crabapples every season.
Anyway, are citrus trees a nuisance or do people love them? I probably use one lemon per day, sometimes two. Whenever I go to the grocery I automatically pick up two or three, just in case.
5 Classic Ingredients
This recipe was invented last week when I realized I was out of groceries and didn’t know what to make. As I pawed through the pantry and the fridge I pulled out these five items and got to work. I almost always have these items on hand, they’ve just never debuted together on my stovetop. Pine nuts, lemon, spaghetti noodles, Earth Balance, and arugala (or spinach or any green probably) – these are all great staples to have on hand!
Toasty Pine Nuts
- 1 8oz box Spaghetti
- 3 Tbsp Pine Nuts
- 1 medium-large Lemon
- 3-4 Tbsp Earth Balance - or your fav vegan butter
- 1-2 handfuls Arugala
- Toast the pine nuts first in a dry pan over medium to medium-high heat until they start to brown and smell toasty. Set aside.
- Zest the lemon. Set aside and keep the lemon for its juice in a moment.
- Boil the noodles according to package instructions.
- Drain the noodles and set aside.
- Over a medium flame put the Earth Balance, lemon zest, and squeeze all of the lemon juice into pan - discard lemon rind. Stir until mixed together and melted.
- Add the noodles to the pan and stir until the butter sauce is evenly distributed.
- Add the arugala (more or less depending on your preference). Stir until mixed and remove from heat when the arugala becomes wilted.
- Serve with the nuts sprinkled over individual servings, if they're stirred into the pan they always sink to the bottom.
The flavor of this dish is so fresh and delicious. Lemon always makes things feel wholesome, clean, and alive! It pops in my mouth and makes me smile, my blood pressure drops, and I feel like it’s summer. Is that crazy? Do you feel that way about lemon? Do you have a food that does that to you?
Get ready for a blast of lemon!
This dish goes very nicely with a piece of crusty garlic toast too!
Even my toddler loved these noodles and he’s going through a phase of not wanting to eat anything that doesn’t fall under the category of dessert.
Rare photo of my toddler scarfing down food!
What do you eat garlic toast with? I’m not sure there’s nothing garlic toast couldn’t go with. Italian. Soup. Chili. Stew. Curry. Noodles. Cereal? Probably not, but if it’s after 11am I can’t make any promises.
When I was a kid my Mom used to make garlic toast sometimes; she would toast it in the oven, under the broiler, and then put butter and garlic salt on the toast. I do like to toast it in the oven, it’s easier if you’re making more than a couple of pieces and it just seems more romantic that way – something old fashioned about it. But garlic salt? No thank you.
The most important part of my garlic toast is: GARLIC! I use whole garlic on my toast. Garlic salt and garlic powder do not compare to using real garlic! And why wouldn’t you want to use real garlic? I mean, really?
Instead of butter I use Earth Balance. With Earth Balance there is NO reason to ever miss butter. It’s awesome! Yes, I know they have the whole palm oil thing going on, but they are taking measures to ensure they’re not contributing to the killing of orangutans and other endangered animals. Check out my palm oil blog post here.
- Bread - as many pieces as you would like
- 1 clove Garlic - or more if you're making a lot of toast
- Earth Balance or other vegan butter substitute
- Toast your bread in the toaster or under the broiler in the oven
- Peel the garlic and cut one end off so there is a small flat surface on one end.
- Hold the clove of garlic with the flat cut end against your toast and rub the garlic all over your toast.
- Rub as much garlic on your toast as you like - use a little (mild flavor) or a lot (more intense garlic flavor)
- Spread on some vegan butter with a knife - again, use as little or as much as you like.
- Enjoy your authentic garlic toast!
Authentic Garlic Toast
This recipe (I’m not sure 3 ingredients constitutes a recipe!) may seem obvious, but having been raised on garlic salt and garlic powder I always enjoy eating eating garlic toast this way.
Feel free to enjoy the garlic toast like this or you can top it with vegan cheese, marmite, brushetta, or other yummy toppings. I also like to make this garlic toast and then create a grilled cheese sandwich with it.
What do you like on your toast? What do you eat garlic toast with??
I am in love with pasta, I could easily be one of those vegans who eats noodles every day, in fact sometimes I am. I recently was thinking up my list of recipes for the week and realized I hadn’t had noodles on the menu for at least a couple of weeks (how could this be?)! I’ve been on a soup kick and somehow didn’t notice the lack of soft, comforting noodles. Weird.
I decided we’re going to have a pesto, but I often get bogged down by the amount of basil one must buy in order to make enough to serve a family. I usually grow my own, but we just moved out of state a few weeks ago and I haven’t gotten to the point of growing anything yet. Even when I do have my own basil plant I typically have to steal all of its leaves to make a meal! What I do have a lot of these days is KALE. I hate to jump on any “superfood” bandwagon since there’s a new superfood discovered nearly every day, but we’ve come to love our kale. On Sundays we walk up to a farmers’ market just a few blocks from our house (Kensington Farmers’ Market) and buy 4-5 bunches of kale from a local organic farm. I typically juice most of it, but I think I got a little too much last week – this ends in other kale inventions such as this.
Yummy Delicious Pesto
I’m not saying I invented kale pesto, I’m almost certain I haven’t, but I did just whip it together for dinner last night and it was a bit of an experiment for me. I wasn’t sure the kale would be sweet enough as it can sometimes be quite bitter and/or tough to eat, so I blanched it with the garlic for 3 minutes to soften and sweeten it up. I ended up making a lot, which is great because it’s delicious maximous! We’re having it two nights in a row and I’ll freeze the rest in an ice cube tray for some quick lunches for the toddler and I.
Toasty warm pine nuts
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It may seem self-explanatory or obvious, but I hadn’t heard about water sauteing until a year or so ago. I’ve also had some other people asking me about it lately, so I thought I’d throw this idea out there.
It is a simple and much healthier option than cooking your vegetables in oil on the stove! I’m thrilled to be cutting out 1-2 tablespoons of oil per meal, those calories really add up. Each tablespoon of olive oil is 120 calories and 14 grams of fat – 2 being saturated fat. Fat that will never get to see my thighs or stomach!
I use this method to saute onions mostly, because that’s what I saute most often, but it can be used for most any vegetable that you’re cooking and trying to soften. However, I don’t think this method will get you a nice crispy crunch or sear.
A little boiling water
I can’t give an exact measurement because pan sizes vary, but I use just enough water to cover the bottom of the pan. I heat the pan over the heat I plan to cook over (medium-high) and let the water start to bubble and boil.
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Being a slave to my CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) share, I needed to find something to do with these huge cabbages I have on the counter and in the fridge. They’re gigantic – I’ve never seen a cabbage this big in the grocery store and I wonder if CSA members end up with the oddball vegetables because we also have a HUGE spaghetti squash (more on that later).
Swear the cabbage I used weighed in at 8.2 pounds – I tried using the kitchen scale I have and I got an error message because it was too heavy for the kitchen scale!
This concoction used up a lot of my fresh CSA veggies: Cabbage, Green Onions, Jalapeno, and Cilantro. And it’s so good I’m going to have to make it every few days to keep up with the demand. I know slaw doesn’t seem very exciting – it’s often just a side dish you never asked for that comes with your lunch. Something that looks suspicious at the salad bar because it’s probably been sitting out too long (and certainly has mayonaise in it). I don’t have a lot of positive slaw experiences to draw on, but this recipe makes my mouth buzz! What’s not to like? Lime! Jalapeno! Cilantro!
Cut to a fine to medium shred
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I know, Brussels Sprouts are a cliche in and of themselves – people love to hate them and kids despise them! They’re the quintessential green vegetable that everyone loves to hate. I really think most adults who say they hate them haven’t actually tried them since they were 10. If that’s you, you need to give this recipe a try.
Very alien looking
I didn’t know until quite recently that Brussels Sprouts grew tall on a big stalk. I saw them that way at a Whole Foods a few winters ago and I was blown away. It’s really quite beautiful. Check out the Brussels Sprouts Wikipedia page if you want more information on them. They’re really good for you, easy to clean and prepare, and really scrumptious.
These are fascinating vegetables!
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This is the vegan version of the stroganoff from my childhood, if I may say, it is the improved version since there are no chewy, stringy, mystery pieces of meat; just mushrooms and yummy sauce!
I’ve seen a lot of methods for making stroganoff, including one in a crock pot that makes the house smell amazing, but this one takes only about 45 minutes – including prep time, so for me (a real-world mother who doesn’t have time for a 4-hour cooking extravaganza) this one works out really well. I needn’t plan way ahead or save this recipe for a weekend when I may (or may not) have more time and assistance in making a high-maintenance meal. Know what I mean?
Mushrooms and Onion in the pan – it cooks down fast, don’t worry about an overflowing pan!
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Creamy Mushroom Stroganoff
- 1 Tbsp Olive Oil
- 1 Yellow Onion - medium, diced
- 1 cup Baby Portobello Mushrooms- sliced or quartered
- 1 cup Button Mushrooms - sliced or quartered
- 1 Tbsp Whole Wheat Pastry Flour
- 1 package Mushroom Gravy Mix - I use a Simply Organic gravy dry-mix packet
- 1/4 cup Red Wine
- 1 cup Vegetable Stock
- 1 tsp Sugar
- 1/2 tsp Black Pepper
- 1/4 tsp Salt
- 1/4 - 1/2 tsp Thyme - fresh and picked from the thick stems
- 1/2 cup Vegan Sour Cream - I use Tofutti
- 1 1/2 tsp Ground Mustard
- Rice or Noodles to serve
- If you wish to serve the stroganoff over noodles or rice, please cook according to instructions and time accordingly.
- In a large frying pan, heat the olive oil over medium to medium-high heat and sauté the onion and mushrooms.
- Meanwhile, prepare the mushroom gravy according to package instructions.
- When the onion and mushrooms are soft and cooked down, about 7 minutes, add the flour and stir until it develops into a thin paste.
- Add the gravy, vegetable stock, red wine, salt, pepper, and sugar. Stir to combine.
- Simmer for 20 minutes.
- Mix in the vegan sour cream, thyme, and ground mustard. Stir to combine.
- Serve over rice or noodles.
You know it’s autumn when your CSA package includes huge butternut squash and a big head of yellow cauliflower! What to do? What to do? It’s week 19 of this season’s CSA and I still sometimes struggle to figure out meals to make with all of our vegetables. Combining vegetables into one dish seems to be the only sane way of getting through the veggies before the next delivery comes! I do hate to use a quote from Seinfeld (that was SO 1990′s), but I often think of when Newman said, “The mail never stops., it just keeps coming and coming, there’s never a letup. It’s relentless!” That’s how I feel about our vegetable deliveries sometimes. Just as soon as I catch up and empty the refrigerator…a get another big load to try to cram in the fridge! A delicious and healthy load, but it still keeps coming.
This week I wanted to combine the butternut squash with the cauliflower – and I’m still on a quest to get my family into couscous. What’s not to like? Nevertheless, it’s not a favorite around our table. And pistachios? I don’t know when they’re in season, but they’re always at the store so I figured they could be a fall addition too!
Butternut Squash Rounds
Instead of cutting a squash right in half and then having to clean out the “guts,” I slice it the short way across its neck and then just peel off the skin around the rounds. It seems like a simple idea, given that I hate the slimy stuff inside the squash, but when people see me cut the squash like that, they always seem surprised and delighted. Up in the neck of the squash there are no seeds or slimy spider-webby stuff!
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Roasted vegetables always remind me of big Sunday lunches with my parents and my grandparents on my Dad’s side. For some reason they called lunch “dinner,” that was always a mystery to me, but it was funny to a little girl so it didn’t matter. My only early memories of roasted vegetables were from big family gatherings and always came with a huge piece of meat in the middle of the pan. It also seemed to take 5 hours to cook.
It turns out it doesn’t have to take that long to cook, it doesn’t have to include a hunk of meat, and there doesn’t have to be a big family gathering to make roasted vegetables! I’ve learned so much as an adult, haven’t I? I went probably a decade without roasted vegetables in my life because I didn’t know how to cook that ugly hunk of meat. Strange how some thoughts are blocked by other thoughts that needn’t be in the way.
Everyone’s tossed in the hot tub
This time I whipped out my Crockpot and cooked the veggies that way. It’s officially autumn, root vegetables are totally in season, and I don’t mind having a small heating device on my cupboard all day. Actually, I love coming home and smelling the wonderful aroma of food cooking. As the main chef of the household I rarely, if ever, get to come home to someone cooking food! When I get that first whiff of dinner in the Crockpot I get the warm-fuzzies all over thinking of my grandma making lunch…or dinner…whatever meal it was, it was delicious. Read the rest of this entry


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'Facebook seeks to avoid its responsibilities': Tech giant is criticised by its OWN oversight body for algorithms and technical features which promote extremist content
- Facebook's oversight board upheld a ban on Donald Trump using the platform
- The board criticised Facebook for applying vague penalties like the Trump ban
- They said Facebook was avoiding its responsibilities by sending final decisions to the board to resolve whether the ban should be upheld or whether it is right
- Critics of Facebook say the board has too narrow a focus to tackle extremism
Facebook's own oversight board has called out the social media giant, saying that 'Facebook seeks to avoid its responsibilities' over extremist content promotion.
The board, which some have dubbed Facebook's 'supreme court', rules on whether some individual pieces of content should be displayed on the site.
The oversight board hit the news on Wednesday after it upheld a Facebook ban imposed on former Present Donald Trump, stopping him using the platform.
The board wrote 'in applying a vague, standardless penalty and then referring this case to the Board to resolve, Facebook seeks to avoid its responsibilities.'
But critics aren't convinced that the board's decision over Donald Trump's ban represents a triumph of accountability, saying its focus is too narrow.
This poses a distraction from deeper problems such as Facebook's massive power, its shadowy algorithms that can amplify hate and misinformation, and more serious and complicated questions about government regulation experts warn.
'It's much easier to talk about Donald Trump' than about Facebook's business, said Color Of Change President Rashad Robinson, a longtime critic of Facebook.
Facebook's own oversight board has called out the social media giant, saying that 'Facebook seeks to avoid its responsibilities' over extremist content promotion
New Trump Twitter account is SUSPENDED after Facebook Oversight Committee upholds ban
The account, @DJTDesk, was said to have been set up to share statements from the former President which will also be published on his new website - 'From the Desk of Donald J. Trump'.
That website, which was launched earlier this week, allows fans to repost Trump's statements to their own Facebook and Twitter feeds.
But while that feature still appears to be active, the @DJTDesk account was suspended Wednesday evening for 'violating Twitter rules', according to reporter Andrew Solender.
Trump - who was a prolific user of Twitter and boasted 88 million followers - was suspended from Twitter in January, following the US Capitol riot.
'They want to keep us in conversation about this piece of content or that piece of content, that this is about freedom of speech rather than about algorithms amplifying certain types of content,' explained Robinson.
He described the Facebook regulatory board as a 'ruse to starve off regulatory action' from various governments around the world.
Coming after months of deliberation and nearly 10,000 public comments on the matter, the board's decision on Trump told Facebook to specify how long the suspension of his account would last.
The group told Facebook that its 'indefinite' ban on Trump was unreasonable.
The ruling, which gives Facebook six months to comply, effectively postpones any possible Trump reinstatement and puts the onus for that back on the company.
'They made the right choice,' said Yael Eisenstat, a former CIA officer who worked for six months in 2018 as Facebook's global head for election-integrity operations for political advertising and is now a researcher at Betalab.
But the focus on the oversight-board process, she said, gives Facebook exactly what it wants.
'We're diverting our time, attention and energy away from the more important discussion about how to hold the company accountable for their own tools, designs and business decisions that helped spread dangerous conspiracy theories,' she said.
Facebook said it has publicly made clear that the oversight board is not a replacement for regulation.
'We established the independent Oversight Board to apply accountability and scrutiny of our actions,' the company said in a statement.
'It is the first body of its kind in the world: an expert-led independent organization with the power to impose binding decisions on a private social media company.'
One major source of concern among Facebook critics: The oversight board reported that the company refused to answer detailed questions about how its technical features and advertising-based business model might also amplify extremism.
The watchdog group Public Citizen said it was troubling that Facebook declined, for instance, to say how its news feed affected the visibility of Trump's posts.
Trump has now been left to communicate with the public via personal statements which will be published on his new website, 'From The Desk of Donald J. Trump'
Trump launches new website called 'From the Desk of Donald J. Trump'
Donald Trump launched a new communications platform on Tuesday called 'From the Desk of Donald J. Trump', which gets around his social media bans by allowing supporters to share his statements on Twitter and Facebook.
The former president unveiled the website where only he can upload content, and doesn't let users interact, as he teased to supporters they will be 'very, very happy' when they hear his decision about running for the White House again.
The new webpage, www.DonaldJTrump.com/desk, allows his fans to repost the statements Trump has been emailing to reporters to their Facebook and Twitter feeds since he was suspended from the platforms.
The webpage is referred to as a 'beacon of freedom' in a time of 'lies and silence' in a promotional video, which shows imagery of Mar-a-Lago, where the former president has been living since leaving the White House.
When users sign up for alerts, they are directed to a page asking for campaign donations. As of Tuesday night he had only posted the video and a collection of his recent statements.
'Not everybody sees what any individual posts, so the algorithms decide who sees it, how they see it, when they see it and Facebook presumably has all kinds of information about the engagement,' said Public Citizen president, Robert Weissman.
'The company owes us all a post mortem on the way Facebook is used and operated - did it amplify what Trump was saying and contribute to the insurrection.'
Another worry raised by experts is how Facebook's actions resonate overseas and whether decisions are accountable to international human rights norms.
'The question that everybody's asking is if Facebook is in a lucrative market and is confronted with a political leader who incites violence, will Facebook choose human rights and human safety above its bottom line?' said Chinmayi Arun.
The fellow at Yale Law School's Information Society Project added: 'It's fair to say a former US president is not the only world leader seen as inciting violence.'
Facebook created the oversight panel to rule on thorny content issues following widespread criticism of its mishandling of misinformation, hate speech and nefarious influence campaigns on its platform.
The Trump decision was the board's 10th since it began taking on cases late last year, with the previous nine favouring free expression over restriction of content.
The company funds the board through an 'independent trust' and its 20 members, which will grow to 40, includes former politicians, journalists and scholars.
Among the 20 are a former prime minister of Denmark, the former editor-in-chief of the Guardian newspaper, plus legal scholars, human rights experts and journalists.
The first four board members were directly chosen by Facebook. Those four then worked with Facebook to select additional members.
The oversight board hit the news on Wednesday after it upheld a Facebook ban imposed on former Present Donald Trump, stopping him using the platform
Facebook's most prominent critics - including misinformation researchers, academics and activists - are notably missing from the roster.
'These are very smart and capable people who put themselves on this board,' Robinson said. But, he added , 'the oversight board is a bunch of Mark Zuckerberg consultants. He hired them, he paid for them and he can get rid of them if he wants.'
Board spokesman Dex Hunter-Torricke, a former speechwriter for Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, urged critics to judge the board on the decisions it makes.
'This is not a group of people who feel any obligation to go soft on the company.'
In Wednesday's decision, he added, 'the board has very clearly said Facebook broke the rules as well as Mr Trump, and that's not appropriate.'
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT FACEBOOK'S CONTENT OVERSIGHT BOARD
WHAT DOES THE OVERSIGHT BOARD REVIEW?
The board, which some have dubbed Facebook's 'supreme court', rules on whether some individual pieces of content should be displayed on the site. It can also recommend changes to Facebook's content policy, based on a case decision or at the company's request.
The board reviews posts, videos, photos and comments that the company has decided to remove from Facebook or its photo-sharing site Instagram, as well as cases where content was left up.
This could be content involving issues such as nudity, violence or hate speech. Facebook has said the board's remit will in future include ads, groups, pages, profiles and events, but has not given a time frame.
It will not deal with Instagram direct messages, Facebook's messaging platforms WhatsApp, Messenger, its dating service or its Oculus virtual reality products.
Facebook expects the board will initially take on only 'dozens' of cases, a small percentage of the thousands it expects will eventually be brought to the board. In 2019, users appealed more than 10 million pieces of content that Facebook removed or took action on.
But Facebook's head of global affairs, Nick Clegg, previously told Reuters he thought the cases chosen would have a wider relevance to patterns of content disputes.
HOW DOES THE BOARD WORK?
The board decides which cases it reviews, which can be referred either by a user who has exhausted Facebook's normal appeals process or by Facebook itself for cases that might be 'significant and difficult'.
Users who disagree with Facebook's final decision on their content have 15 days to submit a case to the board through the board's website.
Each case is reviewed by a panel of five members, with at least one from the same geographic region as the case originated.
The panel can ask for subject matter experts to help make its decision, which then must be finalised by the whole board.
The board's case decision - which is binding unless it could violate the law - must be made and implemented within 90 days, though Facebook can ask for a 30-day expedited review for exceptional cases, including those with 'urgent real-world consequences'.
Users will be notified of the board's ruling on their case and the board will publicly publish the decision.
When the board gives policy recommendations, Facebook will give public updates and publish a response on the guidance and follow-on action within 30 days.
For more details on the board's operations, see Facebook's proposed bylaws.
WHO IS ON THE OVERSIGHT BOARD?
The board will eventually have about 40 members.
Facebook chose the four co-chairs - former US federal circuit judge Michael McConnell and constitutional law expert Jamal Greene from the United States, Colombian attorney Catalina Botero-Marino and former Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt - who then jointly selected the other 16 members named so far.
Some were sourced from the global consultations conducted by Facebook to obtain feedback on the oversight board.
The members, who are part-time, so far include constitutional law experts, civil rights advocates, academics, journalists, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and a former judge of the European Court of Human Rights.
The members are paid by a trust that Facebook has created and will serve three-year terms for a maximum of nine years.
The trustees can remove a member before the end of their term for violating the board's code of conduct, but not for content decisions.
Thomas Hughes, former executive director for freedom of expression rights group Article 19, was appointed to oversee the board's full-time administrative staff.


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My graphic designer hat is always looking for a way to play with paper and pattern. This jungle-like painting (A Different Conversation) begged for a wrapping paper application don’t you think?!
or… How Did We Get in This Handbasket?
Journey of a prototype— the cotton/linen jumper. Testing fabric, pattern and artwork. The wear test is next…
I’m experimenting with having my paintings printed on fabric to create clothing as well as on my Studio Sneakers (see the previous post). First project off the blocks was a dress in chiffon. Working out the large repeat on the yardage in coordination with pattern was an interesting problem and am happy with the result. Next up a cotton and linen jumper…
Each necklace in this group of seven beauties has a different Thai amulet that enhances the colorway of the chakra. The necklaces are approximately 15” in length and can be shortened because of their unique leather and button closure and are super comfortable to wear.
The gemstones beads by chakra are:
Root: Garnet and Ruby Jade
Sacral: Sunstone and Peach Aventurine
Solar Plexus: Yellow Jade and Yellow Quartz
Heart: Green Onyx and Chalcedony
Throat: Blue Lace Agate and Blue Quartz
Brow: Iolite and Blue Jade
Crown: Amethyst and Labradorite
See the shop for availability and to learn more about a specific chakra’s energies.
Morning in the workshop
I squeeze a tube of titanium white (a good name). But instead of paint coming out of the hole, a gash appears in the tube itself and white is everywhere. Covered in oily color and not wishing to let it go to waste, I smear the pictures that are leaned innocently against the wall amid their own projects, dabbing them with white and leaving white footprints all over the workshop floor in the process. Hardly have I done this than it begins to snow. The garden is covered by a layer of white. Again proof that painting is a perilous matter. I have on previous occasions invoked thunder and lightning, and now my brush and accident have conspired to draw down white.
—Per Kirkeby, Writings on Art
I cannot cause light; the most I can do is try to put myself in the path of its beam. It is possible, in deep space, to sail on solar wind. Light, be it particle or wave, has force: you rig a giant sail and go. The secret of seeing is to sail on solar wind. Hone and spread your spirit till you yourself are a sail, whetted, translucent, broadside to the merest puff.
—Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
My Jasmine plant is blooming today just in time for photographing the new chakra necklaces that will be in the wfllt shop soon. Jasmine flower is said to link sacral energies to the heart and crown chakras. A bloomin’ good sign. :)
The Sacral Chakra is the seat of your creative energy and equips you to ‘to go with the flow’. In Sanskrit it’s called the Swadhisthana Chakra which loosely translates as ‘the sacred home of the self’ or “the goddess’ favorite standing place’. When in sync you are flowing, flexible and adaptive.
This Sacral Chakra necklace is hand-crocheted with Sunstone and Peach Aventurine gemstone beads. Sunstone brings vitality, abundance and longevity while Aventurine adds creativity, motivation and leadership. Now that’s some sparkle!
I found myself caught up exploring a digital drawing app…
One of the beauties of handmade is, just that, you are creating with your hands and your body moves— it’s a tactile experience and a dance. As a graphic designer I spend much of my design-time creating in the digital space, a space that lacks tactile qualities and movement, yup even with a standing desk. The flow and focus is similar to that when I am painting or creating with my hands but the body’s movement is much different. When I paint my whole body can participate, when I am designing on the computer my body is less involved there is a disconnect. So I am a bit concerned about the ease with which I enter this digital space… Hmmm. Perhaps the coming technology will allow our bodies to be involved, perhaps painting will become like painting and I can dance when I design. VR anyone?
Some of my abstract art becomes wrapping. The repeat creates an interesting Rorschach. I wonder what everyone will see in it?
In the process of looking and working on some larger paintings I have taken my love of photographing square-ups (seeing the details) and created notecards from these little harmonies... It’s another way of seeing the whole by breaking it down into constituent parts. And hey it’s fun. :) And who doesn’t love to get mail? Get yours here.
On vacation I am dreaming of surfaces and making photographs of surfaces in preparation to paint. Asking questions, seeing resolutions.
“For me, garden design isn’t just about plants, it is about emotion, atmosphere, a sense of contemplation. You try to move people with what you do. You look at this, and it goes deeper than what you see. It reminds you of something in the genes — nature, or the longing for nature.”
– Piet Oudolf
Looking forward to the screening of Five Seasons: The Gardens of Piet Oudolf at the MFA #pietoudolf #gardendesign #thomaspiper
Beauty in unexpected places.
Three panels from Woodfleet Project 2.0 an exhibition and sale to support Wellfleet's Preservation Hall. The last panel Flash sold at the event with half the proceeds going to the Hall. Sweet.
My nephew, at about 7 years of age, when asked "where are you going?' replied, " I'm gonna go see what I get up to." This response is dear to me in that it describes what happens when I go paint.
I believe it is this openness, this willingness to be a beginner that is needed to achieve the proper state of mind to paint.
"Insight preceded by humility". —Anne Truitt
The lost dune paintings.
Sometimes you long for the lost images, the ones that got painted over...
Lost in the canyons at Dia:Beacon


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Since the DigiFirm is planning to carry out a forensic investigation of the computers running Linux, I would like to report on three Web sites that offer valuable information about Linux forensic investigations and appropriate tools. The first Web site that should be consulted is Symantec.connect, particularly, the article located there, which is called Forensic Analysis of a Live Linux System, Pt. 1.
This article describes the four key stages of forensic investigation – “fitting to the environment, preparing the forensic toolkit media, data collecting from a live system…, initial data analysis, and keywords searching” – describing what aspects should be considered while completing these stages on computers running Linux (Burdach, 2004, par. 7). Studying this source will help to acquire a clear idea of how to approach the investigation.
The second Web site I would recommend is infosecinstitute.com, particularly the section that is called Linux and Disk Forensics. This site provides a detailed description of the tools that are appropriate for forensic investigation applied to computers running Linux, classifying them into four groups: “image acquiring tools, data recovery tools, forensic analysis tools, and forensic suites” (Linux and Disk Forensics, 2013, par. 3). For each group of tools, there is a concise description and the specific examples of the tools that refer to this very group.
The third Web site is linoxide.com, particularly the article called 10 Best Known Forensics Tools That Works on Linux. This article describes ten forensic tools that are especially effective for the investigation of Linux. Thus, there are both well-known tools such as SIFT or Kali and those tools that might be unfamiliar to the general public at large, such as Sleuth kit or Santoku (10 Best Known Forensics Tools That Works on Linux, 2016). This source can help to select free tools and to minimize the investigation costs in such a manner.

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I’ve never been a “color outside the lines” kind of girl. I am a rule follower, a rule enforcer, and a general lover of all things black and white. Gray is not my favorite color. I also like clarity when it comes to relationships. I don’t like to try and figure out where I stand with people, or what their expectations are, or how they will interpret things. Passive-aggressive and I are not pals.
It seems so strange to me that while I accept boundaries—actually crave them—in my relationships, I have a terrible time setting them and enforcing them in my own life. I’m not a pushover. I stand my ground on things I am passionate about, and will speak out and protect others if I think they are being mistreated or that their boundaries are being crossed. But for most of my life I have totally crumbled when it comes to setting and enforcing my own.
I don’t like to upset people. I like to be thought of as dependable, productive, and “easy” to get along with. However, not speaking up for myself has led me to take on roles that I never signed up to play.
In my professional life, I have let co-workers and managers manipulate my inability to say no into piling more work and responsibility onto my plate without asking, and I have taken on roles I was not given financial or professional credit for. With friends, I have been a “yes-girl,” the one to always be there to answer the phone call, to run the errand, to show up to help—even to the point of neglecting my own needs.
With my family, my desire not to disappoint has led me to reschedule my events to attend theirs, be the go-between in family communications, and be put in situations that were emotionally draining and anxiety-inducing. In none of these situations were any of the parties looking out for my best interests and yet I went ahead with them. Why did I let my boundaries be steamrolled? Because I didn’t want to upset anyone. And no one likes saying or being told “no.”
It took about a thousand sessions with a very compassionate therapist, whom I will refer to as Martha (because that’s her name). The first time I went to Martha, I was suffering from panic attacks during my job managing a physical rehabilitation department at an inner-city hospital.
By the time I met Martha, I would start the day by throwing up, drive the 30 minutes to work, throw up again and then feel this weird mix of fear and claustrophobia throughout the day that made it hard to leave my office and even harder to set boundaries with my co-workers and the people I managed. I asked Martha to help me mentally “pad the room” that I felt trapped inside, so I could stop feeling the overwhelming fear and anxiety that was crippling my ability to be what I would consider effective.
Instead, she gave me the key to the room and helped me walk out of it, and most it our work together in the beginning had to do with establishing and enforcing boundaries: with my co-workers, of course, but also with my friends and especially with my family. And she gave me a tool that I will use for the rest of my life.
Martha drew a simple triangle on a piece of paper with the letters A, B, and C in the corners. The letters represent:
- A: Ask for what you need (the ask is the hardest one for me)—these are the boundaries!
- B: Benefit: this is the outcome if the ask is addressed
- C: Consequence: this is the outcome if the ask is not addressed or addressed incorrectly
If I mentioned something that was bothering me in a session, Martha always referred to this chart. Here’s the newest edition of this triangle:
As you can see by the glare, her drawing has since been digitally rendered and laminated. She has to use it a lot–I’m a bit remedial when it comes to this particular topic. And if you look closely, you’ll see a little bunny at the bottom of the page.
When I was in the baby-steps of establishing boundaries, this bunny came in handy. I would come to Martha week after week and explain how I thought people were upset with me, or that I looked like I wasn’t a team player, or that I thought my friends or family would be angry at me. Martha would say, “Maybe so, but where are you in the triangle?” and she would refer to the bunny.
I would roll my eyes (I am such a lovely patient) and say “outside the triangle” and she would say “Exactly. This is how boundaries work. You ask for them to respect your boundary, you don’t decide if others receive the benefit or the consequence, it is up to them to choose one or the other and be responsible for the outcome of their choice. Stay outside the triangle. Be the bunny.”
“But what if my friends/family/co-workers don’t like it? What if they don’t like me?”
And to that, this was always Martha’s response:
This triangle has been so simple but absurdly helpful for me. It helps me to say “yes” to me and “no” to things that do not serve me well. It helps me not to worry that I am going to be looked at in a certain way, because as long as I am holding true to what I believe is right and good then it’s none of my business what others think about me. I can’t expect anyone else to put my needs first, so I need to do that for myself. Be the bunny.
People who are not accustomed to your boundaries–or don’t like to be told no, or are used to running the show and everyone in it—will tell you that putting yourself first is “selfish,” and try to make you feel guilty about your new way of doing things. Be the bunny.
Friends might try to guilt you into going to things that don’t serve you well, telling you “we miss you” or “can’t you come to this just once” or “you’re really not going?” Be the bunny.
Family members will tell you that you are upsetting everyone, that they are worried about you, that you are making things difficult. Be the bunny.
Boundaries are amazing things. They set clear expectations and take away guilt. They make life more manageable and take away unrealistic thoughts of “maybe this one time it will be different.” Putting up a boundary with someone is an expression of true love, although the person you are asking might feel not that way at the time. Be the bunny.
When you establish a boundary, you are committing to this person, giving them the opportunity to have a relationship with you that is built on mutual support and emotional stability, not guilt and dependency. A relationship built on WHO YOU ARE and not WHAT YOU DO. Be the bunny.
And you will lose friends. You might have to leave a job (or two). You might have to miss some family events or choose not to be around or talk to a family member that unhealthy for you right now. The first part of showing love to others is showing love to yourself. This is worth all the struggle, I promise. Be the bunny.
If you’re looking to learn more about boundaries, why they are important, how to set them and how to enforce them, I highly recommend the new and expanded version of Henry McCloud and John Townsend’s book Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No To Take Control of Your Life. It will be worth the read, and the reread.
Go ahead. Give yourself permission to set boundaries. Then get out of the triangle.
Be the bunny.
What has been your experience when setting boundaries? Any tips you can share with me or others? Please comment below!

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21 of 86 portraits of Horatio Nelson
published by Robert Laurie, published by James Whittle
mezzotint, published 20 October 1798
14 in. x 10 1/8 in. (358 mm x 258 mm) paper size
Given by Sir Herbert Henry Raphael, 1st Bt, 1916
Sitterback to top
- Horatio Nelson, Viscount Nelson (1758-1805), Vice-Admiral and victor of Trafalgar. Sitter in 86 portraits.
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- Robert Laurie (Lowery or Lowry or Lowrie or Lawrey or Lawrie) (1755?-1836), Mezzotint engraver and printseller. Artist associated with 69 portraits.
- James Whittle (circa 1757-1818), Printseller and publisher. Artist associated with 9 portraits.
Events of 1798back to top
Current affairsTo meet war costs, William Pitt introduces a Finance Bill which levies income tax for the first time.
Art and scienceWilliam Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge publish Lyrical Ballads; a key publication for the romantic movement in poetry. Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner opens the volume.
Publisher and printseller Rudolph Ackermann establishes his popular 'Repository of the Arts' shop, gallery, library and social centre on the Strand.
InternationalUprising of the United Irishmen: a republican rebellion which attempted to achieve Ireland's total independence by force with the aid of a French invasion. It was only narrowly defeated.
Battle of the Nile. Napoleon's visionary Egyptian campaign offers British first major victory as Nelson destroys the French fleet.
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Cisco icons, shapes, stencils and symbols
The ConceptDraw vector stencils library "Cisco Optical" contains 20 equipment symbols for drawing the computer network diagrams using the ConceptDraw DIAGRAM diagramming and vector drawing software:
- Automatic protection switching
- Channelized pipe
- Concatenated payload
- Optical cross-connect
- Optical fiber
- SONET MUX
- Optical amplifier
- Digital cross-connect
- Optical Services Router
- Cisco 10700
- Optical transport
- Wide Area Application Engine (WAE)
- Protected optical
- Unprotected optical
- Metro 1500
- ONS 15500
- Radio tower
Sample 1. Design Elements — Cisco Optical (macintosh, windows)
for Network Diagrams.
The example "Design elements - Cisco Optical" is included in the Cisco Network Diagrams solution from the Computer and Networks area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.
Icons, shapes, stencils, symbols and design elements for Cisco Network Diagrams:
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Creating CCTV system diagrams is quick and easy with ConceptDraw DIAGRAM diagramming software enhanced with Audio, Video, Media solution from ConceptDraw Solution Park. It contains library of vector cliparts of video and TV devices and different digital gadgets for drawing this kind of diagrams.
Picture: CCTV Surveillance System Diagram. CCTV Network Diagram Example
Enterprise systems engineers almost every day face the necessity of network diagrams. We should also take into account that Cisco network design is not only limited to computer networks, but, furthermore, you can design telephone networks and much more. You can build an hierarchical model of your network to get better performance and reliability.
This network diagram represents the utilization of Conceptdraw DIAGRAM for network documentation creation. The diagram shows schematically the structure of a node of a large Internet service provider, which is completed on the basis of Cisco equipment. This diagram was designed using the vector library containing the images of Cisco equipment, supplied with Cisco Network Diagrams solution. In total, the solution has more than ten libraries including more than 500 vector icons of Cisco equipment.
Picture: Cisco Network Design
Network Topology in communication networks, a topology is a usually schematic description of the arrangement of a network, including its nodes and connecting lines. There are two ways of defining network geometry: the physical topology and the logical topology.
Network Topology Mapper offers extensive drawing tools professional-looking network diagrams quickly and easily allowing you to clearly represent and communicate network architecture, topology, and design to engineers, stakeholders and end-users.
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No security system cannot be constructed without detailed security plan, or even a set of plans in some cases. ConceptDraw DIAGRAM software offers the Security and Access Plans Solution from the Building Plans Area to help you design the Security Plans for any premises and of any complexity.
Picture: Security Plans
Use the ConceptDraw DIAGRAM diagramming and vector drawing software enhanced with powerful tools of Network Security Diagrams Solution from the Computer and Networks Area of ConceptDraw Solution Park to effectively visualize the importance of network security and wireless network security, and ways to ensure them, to easily design Network Security Diagrams and Maps, Network Security Model, Secure Wireless Network and Network Security Architecture diagrams.
Picture: Secure Wireless Network
Working with disordered network data can be quite exhausting. Sometimes it's necessary to find a network diagramming software to design Cisco network diagrams that would be easy to use and would be able to export diagrams to various graphic formats. ConceptDraw DIAGRAM is a great diagramming tool that is able to perform all these tasks easily.
This vector library represents a set of 26 objects depicting the manufacturer - standard equipment of Cisco switches and hubs. This is only a small part of the vector graphic objects of Cisco equipment that comprise the Cisco Network Diagrams solution. In full the ConceptDraw Cisco Network Diagrams solution has 15 libraries, containing more then 500 objects to create a Cisco network diagrams. They can be used by IT specialists and corporative IT divisions, system and network administrators to make the visual documentation of Cisco networks topology.
Picture: Network Diagramming Software for Design. Cisco Network Diagrams
Nowdays business people’s figures are most favourite vector illustrations among presenters and designers. It is easy to make them and use, but they can make your graphics look really good looking & eye catching.
Just check ConceptDraw business perople figusers pictures, you will see all kinds of silhouetes: Staff, Employed workers, Persons and Groups symbols.
Best popular vector pictures are: men, dancing people, business man.
Use human contours wise and it will help you to tell main idea of your design message.
Picture: Business People Figures
The Cisco Network Diagrams solution from the Computer and Networks area of ConceptDraw Solution Park provides a wide collection of predesigned templates and samples that help you to create the Cisco Network Diagrams in one moment.
Picture: Cisco Network Examples and Templates
The library with 40 vector stencils is included in the ConceptDraw Value Stream Mapping solution.
Picture: Value Stream Mapping Icons
Drawing an electric circuit plan with all the wiring might seem very complex. If you ever felt afraid to ask how to use electrical and telecom plan software, then it’s time to actually start from altering the templates from the Solution Park. You won’t even notice the moment when you would become an experienced user.
This electrical and telecommunication floor plan plan presents electrical and telecommunication devices located in a country house floor plan. Each electrical or telecom device on this plan is indicated with the particular symbol. Using standard Electrical and Telecommunication symbols makes this floor plan clear for anybody who will be involved into construction process. All the electrical and telecom symbols used in the current floor plan are placed to a legend. This electrical and telecom floor plan can be included as a separate piece into a package of building documentation.
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Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh has said that Muslims should come forward and oppose the Udaipur incident vigorously. Such incidents are neither in the interest of society nor in the interest of the country, it added.
"Hindus are reacting in a peaceful, constitutional way. The Muslims are also expected to do the same," said Sunil Ambekar, the all-India Prachar Pramukh of RSS in Jhunjhunu on Saturday while briefing about the 3-day Prant Prachark meeting of the RSS.
Ambekar said that the brutal murder in Udaipur is highly condemnable. "There is democracy in our country. Everyone has constitutional democratic rights. If someone does not like something, then there is a democratic way to react to it. Civilized society condemns such an incident. It is necessary to stop it together," he added.
Although he kept mum on the question of whether this issue was discussed in the meeting or not.
While answering a question related to the controversial film Kali, Ambekar said, "along with freedom of expression, public sentiment should also be taken care of."
He said that 2025 will be the centenary year of RSS and a comprehensive expansion plan has been made for the centenary year. He said that by 2024, Shakhas will be taken to one lakh places across the country and Sangh work will reach all sections of the society with social awakening to create a positive environment in society.
The meeting was attended by RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and all the top functionaries of the body. The Prant Pracharaks of all 45 Prants presented their report in the meeting.
Ambekar said that this meeting was held after the Covid period and upcoming plans and activities were also discussed.
He said that Sangh Shiksha Vargas (Training Camp) was held for two years, 18,981 Swayamsevaks below 40 years of age and 2,925 Swayamsevaks above 40 years of age participated in these training camps.
He said that the Sangh work is gaining momentum again. The Shakhas which were affected due to Covid have resumed. At present, the number of Shakhas is 56,824. The participation of volunteers in social work like water management, waste management, environment and cleanliness etc. is increasing.
He said that in the context of 75 years of independence, various organizations of the society are organizing many programs about unknown and unsung heroes and the RSS is of the view that there is a need to publicize them more.