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This paper extends current understanding on international growth process of born global firms from the perspective of strategic decision-making. The data were collected from three software companies in Finland, Ireland and Israel both in real-time and retrospectively, and data triangulation was employed to increase the validity of the findings. With a longitudinal approach, we captured the dynamics of the post-entry international growth process and the critical events that act as decision-making triggers. The decision-making of born global firms seems to be characterised by alternating periods of causation- and effectuation-based logics. Triggers for amending the logic include, for example, change of key persons and the search for external funding. Co-existence of the two decision-making logics is possible, due to different degrees of uncertainty in market and technology or multiple decision-makers involved. The contribution of the study is threefold: first, it addresses gaps in international entrepreneurship research by describing how born global firms make strategic decisions and who are involved in the decision-making. Second, it identifies critical incidents which trigger a change in the decision-making process of a born global firm. Third, it provides alternative insights to why decision-making logic may change or why two decision-making logics may co-exist.
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History of Santa Barbara County, State of California. Its People and Its Resources
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Santa Barbara: Harold McLean Meier, Publisher, 1939. First edition. original oxblood leather pictorially stamped in offwhite, red, green and gray, lettered in gilt, edges stained light red. Spine with some repairs to the leather, hinges weak . Thick quarto. 496 pp. plus index Profusely illustrated "To one who was born in California and has a pardonable pride in her romantic past and an undying faith in her future greatness it has been a pleasure to edit the Historical section of this work wherein is recorded the story of this particular section of California, Santa Barbara County. In the early history of Santa Barbara County many of the very vital actions of the future great State of California had their beginning, and down through the years as we developed, our progress has been recorded in song and story. ... Santa Barbara County has ever been foremost in preserving and perpetuating the traditions of our romantic past, and to the founders and pioneers we humbly dedicate this work." -from the Foreword. (Inventory #: 34100)
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Eleven p.m. on a Friday night and there weren't any cabs available. Typical. Twenty minutes passed until an irritable taxi dispatcher explained that my ride wouldn’t arrive for another 30 minutes. That's when a friend introduced me to SideCar, an alternative ride app that lets strangers catch paid rides from other strangers.
My first SideCar experience was seamless — it took just a minute to request a ride and, less than ten minutes later, I received a friendly call from our driver saying that he had arrived at our pick-up location. A picture of the driver and his car was posted on the app, which helped me easily identify his car in the street. The trip didn’t feel any different from riding in the back of a friend’s car — it was clean, the ride was smooth and our driver was very nice.
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Complete with a brand-new tutorial and brand-new missions, Klingons now have full leveling progression, starting the game at level 1 and playing episodes, missions and events all the way to level 50.
The previous starting point for Klingon characters assumed you had some familiarity with the game and started you off at a higher level. You were assumed to be a newly minted Captain in the Klingon Defense Force, and you would be tested in the Bat’leth arena to determine your worthiness to command a vessel flying the Klingon flag. This was something that we wanted to keep for the Klingons; it is a very important rite of passage. However, since you would now be starting the game at level 1, we had an opportunity to establish exactly how you came into possession of the B’rel marauder you begin the game with.
The team determined that the cause of the captain’s cowardice would be a Federation prisoner brought on board your ship. At first, the prisoner was to be a simple easter egg for Federation players who played through the Klingon tutorial, so we used Franklin Drake, though he is never specifically named as such. He would be a high value, yet anonymous, Federation Prisoner, and the catalyst for you becoming captain of the ship. This prompted our revamp of “Tour of Qo’noS,” and there was a sudden realization that the Federation Prisoner made for a great foil. His escape, and your subsequent pursuit, could bring you to the major points of interest in First City that new players need to learn the locations of: the Exchange, the Tailor, the Shipyard, etc. New players now learn the important locations in First City without realizing it, simply by playing through their pursuit of the Prisoner in “The Hunt Is On.”
Some of the older Klingon episodes, like “Bringing Down the House” and “The House Always Wins” also saw some great improvement. The new Contact Dialog system was added to these missions, the maps had an art-pass, and the mission flow was tightened up. You now have K’mtar with you on Forcas III and Gorath, acting as a guide as he fights alongside you. A giant space battle was added to the end of “The House Always Wins” as well, with Worf leading the House of Martok’s space fleet into battle personally in command of his ship, the I.K.S. Taj.
We also updated several Cardassian and Borg themed episodes for inclusion in the Klingon’s storyline. New dialog options were added to make them feel more in-line with the Empire’s goals, and an effort was made to make many parts of the game friendlier to cloaked ships! Yes, that’s right; we can now take steps to ensure that your First Officer doesn’t pull your ship out of cloak just to tell you that nothing can be found on the scanners. It’s a slow and involved process to make all the Klingon missions “cloak friendly,” so give us some time. It’s one aspect of the game we will continue to improve upon in the future.
We are also excited to announce that we’re adding two new Klingon ships to the C-Store with the launch of Legacy of Romulus! These Birds-of-Prey are small, fast and fill a variety of roles for the Empire. They can be used as scouts, raiders or patrol ships. While they’re vulnerable when cloaked, their speed and maneuverability make them hard to hit. Also, the Bridge Officer spaces on a Bird-of-Prey are mostly universal, which makes them more versatile.
The B'Rotlh Bird-of-Prey is equipped with a standard cloaking device and comes with a universal Enhanced Induction Coils console that can be transferred to other Klingon ships (or Romulan ships if a Romulan captain is allied with the Klingon Defense Force and claims this ship from the C-Store) – it can be equipped in any console slot. This Console Mod allows you to provide a short duration increase to your weapons and engine power levels. In addition, it repairs disabled weapons and engine subsystems.
The Qaw'Dun Bird-of-Prey is equipped with a battle cloaking device and comes with a universal Shield Destabilizer console that can be transferred to other Klingon ships (or Romulan ships if a Romulan captain is allied with the Klingon Defense Force and claims this ship from the C-Store) – it can be equipped in any console slot. This Console Mod generates a large Tachyon field around your ship which will drain shields and shield power from nearby hostile ships. You cannot activate Shield Destabilizer while cloaked.
All in all, you can see that the Klingon side of the game has received some much needed love and attention, and players who have participated in our Closed and Open Tribble Betas are raving about what they have played so far. We can't wait for you to check it out when Legacy of Romulus goes live next Tuesday! Qapla’!
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Louis Tomlinson released his sophomore studio set, Faith in the Future, on Friday (Nov. 11) via BMG.
Louis Tomlinson Admits He Was Jealous of Harry Styles’ Success: ‘I’d Be Lying If I Said It Didn’t…
The new album arrives nearly three years after the former One Direction-er’s debut solo outing Walls — which bowed at No. 9 on the Billboard 200 upon its January 2020 release. On top of previously released lead single “Bigger Than Me,” the churning “Out of My System” and pop-punk anthem “Silver Tongues,” the 14-track LP contains cuts like “The Greatest,” “Written All Over Your Face,” “Face the Music” and “She Is Beauty We Are World Class.”
When he first announced the project back in August, Tomlinson teased that he had been “living with this album for a while” and thanked his fans for giving him the space to make the music he very specifically “wanted to make.”
To support the album, the boy band alum will embark on his Faith in the Future World Tour 2023, which kicks off May 26 in Uncasville, Conn. and hits major cities across the U.S. and Canada including Chicago, Vancouver, Atlanta and Nashville before hopping the pond for another slew of dates in the U.K. and Europe. But before that, he’s holding a pair of release concerts at New York City’s Irving Plaza on Friday night and London’s O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire the following week on Nov. 18.
In the promo cycle leading up to the release of Faith in the Future, Tomlinson spoke candidly about his relationships with his former 1D bandmates, whether that meant admitting he used to be bothered by Harry Styles’ solo success or sharing an update on his once-tense relationship with Zayn.
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GUJRAT: Mr Javed Mahmood Sandhu, an Additional Sessions Judge, Gujrat sentenced three Ahmadis namely Messrs. Nasir Ahmad, Muhammad Idrees and Basharat of Chak Sikandar, District Gujrat to death on April 21, 2005 on murder charge in a complaint case (as opposed to a state case).
This case deserves special reporting in essential detail. It is a model case that shows how country’s laws and judicial system can be and are used to victimize and persecute members of the Ahmadiyya Community, and Ahmadi-bashers are not restricted to the use of only Ahmadi-specific laws to frame Ahmadi victims. It also shows how societal forces of religious militancy, although in minority, abuse existing provisions of the law to achieve their corrupt goals against vulnerable sections of the society at large.
The case deserves analysis also for another reason. Injustice any where is a threat to justice everywhere. Criticism of a judgment is not a pleasant task. One takes it up only under compelling circumstances. One is also conscious that in every litigation there is always a losing party, and they tend to complain against the judge and his decision. But this is also a fact of life that in all ages, all over the world, and in all societies even the best, there have been innumerable instances of miscarriage of justice on various grounds. As such to point out glaring errors and faults in any judgment, regardless of how high and powerful the decision maker, is a social duty that must be performed to promote the cause of justice and eventual well-being of the society. Justice is a common and cherished asset of any people. This honest and fair analysis is undertaken in that spirit.
In order to make it easy for the reader to easily understand the review of this tragic human drama full of pathos, a list of its important characters is provided below as ready reference:
THE PARTICIPANTS, AND THEIR NAMES
Mr Javed Mahmood Cheema; the Additional Sessions Judge, Gujrat
UNKNOWN assassins murdered Mullah Ameer and his son Shabbir Hussain by firearms when they were pillion riding to their village at about sunset time on September 4, 2005, at a deserted location, a few hundred yards outside the village. The assassins seem to have made sure that by pumping 18 bullets in them their targets were dead. Thereafter they fled. No body saw them. They did a professional job; they could be hired assassins.
Mullah Amir, the prime target, deserves a description. He was a middle aged man, an ex-soldier and a prisoner of war in Bangladesh in 1971. After his return from captivity he was discharged from the army, and he returned to the village. In the village, he had only one acre of agricultural land, so he decided to become a cleric and took over the mosque. He was a clever man, fiery speaker and a successful rabble-rouser. The village had a sizable Ahmadi community and the state under General Zia visibly turned against Ahmadis, so he saw great profit in anti-Ahmadiyya posture. His leadership delivered communal hatred and animosity in plenty in that erstwhile peaceful village, and his drive eventually precipitated communal riots in the village in 1989. Ahmadis suffered greatly at the hand of religious zealots, and the state not only turned a blind eye to their plight, but also persecuted them further. As a result, as planned, the local Ahmadi community was conclusively suppressed, and it learnt to live as step-children of the state. Although Mullah Ameer was the gang leader and rabidly anti-Ahmadi, Ahmadis had got used to the profanity and vulgarity of this false man of piety. However, this mullah had by then tasted influence and power, and he liked it. He decided to extend his operations beyond the limited Ahmadi arena. His arrogance and display of clout estranged his near and distant relatives and also other traditional power centers in the area. He developed rivalries and opposition, and tackled them with expertise and success. Mr Khayer Din, his brother-in-law did not like Ameer’s excesses, and confronted him. Soon afterwards Din was murdered. Mullah Ameer and three others were suspected as accomplices to the murder and faced interrogation. Ameer was not challaned, while the other three fled the country. Ameer was released, however his nephews, now grown-up have never forgiven him. Then in 1996, the mullah was not on good terms with a local influential, Haider Bhand. A few weeks later Haider was also murdered. The bereaved family bore grudge against the mullah. On September 4, 2003, when the news of Ameer’s murder was announced on the mosque’s loudspeaker, Sajjad Haider, a son of Haider Bhand (murdered in 1996) had it announced that he will donate Rs. 50,000 to build the tomb of ‘the respected Maulvi Mian Muhammad Amir’.
In short, the Mullah had no shortage of enemies, but his public posture was anti-Ahmadiyya. So the planners of his murder assessed that the blame could be easily diverted towards Ahmadis. They were proved right — and Judge Sandhu also fell for it.
What happened in the initial few hours after the murder is very significant and relevant to the case. The news of the incident of the outskirts reached the village fast, and the police were informed. They arrived soon afterwards. On arrival they asked Abdul Ghafoor, the brother of the accused to formally lodge the complaint for registration of the FIR (First Incident Report), a very important document in Pakistani criminal law. Ghafoor told the police that he was not fully aware of the circumstances of the occurrence, and he would take two days to consider and then make his complaint. Abdul Ghafoor is a retired Subedar, a junior commissioned officer (JCO) of Pakistan Army. He is a man who has seen the world and has plenty of experience, like his deceased brother, in criminal litigations including murder. He soon realized that a delayed FIR would lose its impact, so he could not delay his complaint for too long. He therefore undertook immediate consultations and advice, and proceeded to blame Ahmadis in his report. However, till 21:40 the identity of the attackers was not known to the complainant party. All this was noticed by the police and they recorded it through Rescue 15 in their Control Room record; it was later produced in the court by the defence team. The judge decided to ignore this vital official information on the grounds that the defence did not call the scribe in the court to substantiate the recorded exhibit. He knows that it is never easy to get officials appear in a court as defence witness.
At this stage, it is very relevant to refer to an important (but concocted) fatwa (religions edict) of two leading Ulema of the religious factions to which Mullah Ameer and his acolytes belong, namely latter-day Deobandis and Salafis. 1) In answer to a question, Al Haajj, Al Hafiz Rashid Ahmad Gangohi replied, “Falsehood is permitted in support of the Truth (Haq); however avoid it as far as possible; but if unavoidable, one may tell a plain lie (kizbe sareeh bole); or else abstain. Sincerely, Rashid Ahmad Ofeya Anhu”. (Ref: Fatawa Rashidia Kamel Mubawwah p.460; published by Muhammad Saeed and Sons, Quran Mahal, Muqabal Maulvi Musafar Khana, Karachi). 2) Subsequently, the renowned Abul Ala Maudoodi, founder of Jamaat Islami supported the above edict in his own words thus: “Truthfulness and integrity are among the most important principles of Islam, and a lie is most despicable in its code; however, there are compulsions of practical life for which falsehood is not only permissible, even considered mandatory (Wujub) under certain circumstances” (Ref: Syed Abul Ala Maudoodi, p. 41 of Tarjuman ul Quran, May 1958). Supported by such great mentors, Abdul Ghafoor (now a mullah at a mosque) could proceed fearlessly to make his report based on ‘plain lie and falsehood’ in support of his understanding of Haq (the Truth).
Abdul Ghafoor made the following report about the incident to the police for the FIR and signed it; it is rather interesting:
Well, how is that! Subedar Abdul Ghafoor, 65 , and his nephew Tanveer Hussain having seen individually all those bullets emanating from eight different sources and flying fast to hit specific parts of the body of the two victims, all within a period of perhaps one or two minutes, and remembering it all in photographic detail must be the most accurate, keen and thorough observers in the world, thus fit for a place in the Guinness Book of World Records. However, later during the trial when the defence attorney asked Ghafoor the area code of his residential phone, he replied that he did not know. Nevertheless, it was proven conclusively in the court that Ghafoor and Tanveer were liars; they could perhaps be considered for mention in the Guinness Book for being star liars. The judge awarded death punishment to the three accused at the testimony of these prosecution witnesses, the brother and son of the slain mullah.
It is also pertinent that it is quite normal and routine in the rural society of this part of Pakistan that in the event of a murder, the deceased’s relatives avail of the opportunity to blame a large number of their enemies in the FIR, regardless of their guilt. Thus they all get entangled in this wider net, end up behind bars immediately and have to fend for their lives at great cost and hardship. Fake witnesses are arranged and tutored, and they all repeat the fabricated story before the police and the court. It is not rare that thereby innocent people get hanged and the unknown guilty are not even tracked. Abdul Ghafoor and Tanveer did that. The police and the judge are, of course, well aware of this wicked practice.
Armed with the FIR, the police conveniently went hunting for the specified Ahmadi accused, and decided to set aside all other possibilities including the one that Abdul Ghafoor was lying. All the ten named Ahmadis were easily arrested and taken in custody. Their physical remand was obtained, and the police started the investigation. From the site of the incident 18 empties of pistol 30 bore were recovered, however not even a single rifle empty was found there. No firearms could be recovered from the accused. The police used the usual Pakistani maltreatment of the accused under custody, and at one stage got the admission from all the accused that they were present at the scene of the crime, had committed the crime, and had subsequently dumped their firearms in the Uttowal Canal. Subsequently however, the police decided to drop this imposed admission and went deeper into the complainant’s story. They found it all a bunch of lies. The police did not fail to note that the accused Nasir Ahmad had a fracture in the left arm and could not have wielded the mouser to score the first hit on the head of the Mullah as reported by his brother. They also discovered that the story regarding the provocation caused by the conversion to Islam of Sheikh Raheel and the planned rally was also concocted and had little substance. The story that two witnesses had heard the whole conspiracy of murder from behind the door of a conspirator’s salon was also a pack of lies. They checked with the people of the village, and eventually the Investigating Officer Muhammad Nazir SI, after about 6 weeks’ investigation, came to the conclusion that the accused were not guilty. Thereafter the case was handed over to another officer, Muhammad Arif Gondal, Inspector; he also agreed with the investigation of his predecessor, Muhammad Nazir SI, that the accused were innocent. The case was then referred to the Sub Divisional Police Officer, Kharian who examined the whole case in depth and came to the conclusion that the complainant’s report was a pack of falsehood, so he declared the accused innocent, endorsed the investigation and asked the police to prepare discharge report of the accused persons and look for the real accused. Judge Sandhu has mentioned these repeated findings of the police in his judgment, but still proceeded to award capital punishment to three of the accused. He gave more weight to the evidence of JCO Ghafoor who had seen the bullet coming out of the muzzle of the 30 bore pistol held by Basharat and tracked its flight path right up to the abdomen of Shabbir Hussain and eight similar other flight-profiles of those bullets.
During those weeks of investigation, the police did not come any closer to finding the real perpetrators of the crime, but they did discover the truth that the FIR was fabricated and the complainant was lying. As this truth became clearer by the day, the complainant started avoiding co-operation with the police. Eventually when SDPO ordered his investigators to look for the real killers, the complainant got cold feet. He might have feared that the fresh investigation may lead the police to people closer at home or the so-called Ahle-Islam. When the police applied to the Ilaqa (Area) Magistrate to discharge the detained 10 accused the complainant party arrived at his office with a large crowd of zealots. The magistrate got influenced, and did not allow the police to proceed as requested.
The complainant wanted to avoid fresh investigations and was committed to the persecution and prosecution of the 10 accused nominated by him. He sought legal advice and proceeded to lodge a ‘complaint case’. He approached the Sessions Judge. The defence team explained the malafide intentions of the complainant, but the judge decided to over-rule the objections and ordered that the State Case be ‘consolidated’ with the Complaint Case. This was quite improper as there was no legal basis to entertain the Complaint Case. It would be lengthy here to state the arguments given by the defence in this regard; however an appeal has been made by the accused to the High Court to reconsider this miscarriage of justice.
The negative role of the ADA (Assistant District Attorney, a state official) should not miss a mention in this report. He knew that the police had found the accused innocent. He had read the cock and bull story of the FIR. He knew the defence version. Still he decided to extend full support to the prosecution, and opposed the defence as if the complaint case was a state case. This review will expose the lie of the prosecution; the ADA must own the responsibility of his wrongful and unwarranted support to the complainant.
The learned Additional Session Judge Mr Javed Mahmood Sandhu, Gujrat convicted three of the accused namely, Messrs. Nasir Ahmad, Muhammad Idrees and Basharat, and ordered that: “They shall be hanged by neck till they are dead. All the three convicts are liable to pay compensation of Rs. 50,000 each to the legal heirs of both the deceased and in case of default thereof they shall undergo each for six months S.I.” The defence has gone into appeal with the High Court stating that the impugned judgment is illegal, unwarranted and unsustainable on each aspect of the case, both on legal as well as factual. Here, it is intended to present essential factual and rational aspects of the case without getting the reader deeply involved in the legal technical intricacies of the case.
It is relevant at this early stage of this review to mention that although the police investigations had repeatedly declared the accused innocent, and the state had decided to look elsewhere for the real culprits, the judge did not initially agree to grant the plea of bail for the accused although one of these victims of fabrication of the complainant party was 85 years old, another 70 years old and a third one 69 years old. The fact is that all these three and four other were later declared Not Guilty by the same judge, but they were made to stay on to suffer the hardships of a Pakistani prison for more than one and half year. Who is responsible for this brutality and insensibility? One and half year is a long time in a man’s life. The system should be redesigned that false witness should suffer and pay for their falsehood rather than the innocent victims of their lies.
Although the accused did not opt to appear as their own witness u/s 340 (2) Cr.P.C, the accused, and now convicted, Nasir Ahmad did answer the question, “Why this case against you and why the pw (prosecution witnesses) have deposed against you”. The answer is reproduced below from the Judgment document prepared by the judge:
The plea of the defence was summed up by the learned judge in his own words at Para 26 of his Judgment as follows:
Judge Sandhu knew that he was handling a complaint case which had been almost disowned by the state. He relied on the evidence put before him. It was his job to assess the credibility of the prosecution witnesses. He did, and rejected them for being un-reliable and thereby acquitted seven of the ten accused. But it is surprising that he accepted the evidence of the same unreliable pws to order hanging of the other three accused. It is unsustainable, even against the custom of the law. Let’s see.
The prime pw Ghafoor stated in the FIR that he and other pws personally saw four of the accused firing shots with their rifles and three others with their pistols. They even stated where they were aimed and which part of the body of a particular deceased they hit. But, subsequent investigation found no rifle empties on the spot while pistol empties were found there in large number. The medical examination discovered no rifle bullets in the body of the deceased nor the doctor found any wound that he assessed caused by rifle bullet. The judge thereby had to come to this conclusion, in his own words:
P.W.3 and P.W.4 in the above argument are Abdul Ghafoor and Tanveer Hussain. They say they saw the four accused firing rifle shots. The judge firmly comes to the conclusion that ”… these circumstances compel the Court to raise irrebuttable assumption that none of the said four accused was armed with rifles nor they had made any fire alleged rifle shots upon the deceased and these circumstances make their presence and involvement in the case highly doubtful…” So the judge acquitted the four accused. But the same judge, unbelievably, awarded death punishment to the other three accused, basing his decision on the testimony of the same two liars. Amazing!
Now let’s examine another important part of the case and the prosecution story stated in the FIR - that of the conspiracy hatched in the salon (baithak) of Mr Abdur Rahman where the two elderly accused Messrs. Muhammad Sadiq and Mian Khan allegedly guided and persuaded the other ten accused to murder Mullah Ameer, while the proceedings were overheard by two prosecution witnesses namely Fateh Ali and Mohammad Aslam from behind the outer door. Judge Sandhu gives his finding in this part in the following words in Para 41 of his Judgment:
Here, again the learned judge finds the testimony of an ear and eye-witness whose evidence could have sent the two innocent elderly people to gallows, absolutely unnatural and thus not believable. In plain language, the man lied. He was obviously arranged by the complainant to fabricate the story for the complainant to place it in the FIR. The other liar, who was arranged to corroborate the same story, died a natural death during the trial. With such collaborators of the complainant and so-called eye-witness, who are proven as liars in the court, how did the learned judge uphold the complaint of mullah Abdul Ghafoor? It is a mystery, a dilemma.
In yet another case, that of the accused Mr Akmal, the judge found clear discrepancy between the ocular account given by Abdul Ghafoor and Tanveer Hussain and the medical evidence. He therefore adjudged the involvement of Muhammad Akmal highly doubtful and also let him off. So here again the ocular account of the two prime witnesses was proven to be invented and a lie. The court finds these two conspirators again lying here, but then awards death to the three on the strength of the same schemers. By the way, the trial has made it clear that the accused Muhammad Sadiq and Mian Khan were not conspirators; the complainant and his supporting witnesses were certainly in unholy conspiracy against truth, innocence and justice.
The judge knew that the complainant and self-styled eye witness Abdul Ghafoor was real brother of the rabidly sectarian Mullah Ameer. He also know that the other ‘eye-witness’ Tanveer Hussain was the son of one deceased and brother of the other. Is it not odd that the prosecution decided to drop the other three ‘witnesses’ mentioned in the FIR, namely Khadim Hussain, Sadaqat Ali and Muhammad Zaman. There was an obvious difficulty; it is difficult to sustain a fabricated story in a court of law under cross-examination. Even the two who appeared in the court were found sweating with eyes down, when questioned by the defence attorney. They lied, and it was obvious to everyone present in the court. Cross-examination brought it out.
While making the complaint and incriminating the accused in the FIR, Abdul Ghafoor posed to possess extraordinary powers of observation and memory. However, in the court, when under cross-examination he betrayed his lack of veracity, or lack of memory, or both. Here is from the court record verbatim reproduction of his statement under cross-examination, about a past event (the court procedure permits omitting the attorney’s questions, and requires that the statement of the witness be kept on record): “It is correct that our party was (the) accused (party) in case F.I.R. No. 334 of 1989 and the present accused were complainant of said case. There were three deceased person in case F.I.R No.334 of 1989. I do not remember the names of the said three deceased of case F.I.R.34. I do not know that the names of said three deceased of said case No 334 were Nazir Ahmad, Rafique Ahmad and Mst. Nabila d/o Mushtaq. There was another injured pw namely Muhammad Asghar of case F.I.R No. 334. I do not remember the names of other three injured pws of said case. I do not know that Hamida Begum, Najma, Afiah, Abdur Razzaq were injured pws of case F.I.R. No. 334/1989. It is correct that I was accused in case FIR No. 334/1989 because I do not know the names of three deceased persons or the names of four injured pws said case F.I.R. No. 334 that is why I am unable to rebut the fact that the names of three deceased persons and the names of four injured pws were the same which were suggested to me. It is correct that the said three deceased and the injured pws of Case No. 334 of 1989 were r/o our village. I and my brother Ameer were the accused in case No. 334 however my brother Adalat Khan was not accused in said case.” In connection with the same case, this Ghafoor (now pw) stated on record: “I do not know that aforesaid four accused persons were also convicted by the Hon’ble High Court. I do not know that said accused persons had absconded. Volunteered that they were granted bails and they left for abroad. It is correct that conviction of aforementioned four accused was upheld and maintained by the Hon’ble High Court.” The above record shows that Ghafoor, the then- accused who underwent trial in a triple murder case tells this court that he does not remember the names of the three murdered persons who were residents of his own village. Obviously he was lying. Then he tells the court that he did not know if the four accused were convicted by the High Court and that they had absconded, but in the same breath he volunteers the statement that ‘they were granted bails and they left for abroad’, and that it is correct that conviction of aforementioned four accused was upheld and maintained by the Hon’ble High Court. What other proof did Judge Sandhu need to assess that Ghafoor was a false witness.
But the defense did oblige the court with many other such proofs; of these just one more is quoted below from the Court record. In his answers to the cross-examination, Ghafoor said, “It is incorrect that the telephone (area) code of our village and (nearby town of) Kharian is the same. I do not remember what is the telephone code of our village. I do not remember the phone code of Kharian. It is correct that the telephone number installed at my home is 520809. The telephone No. 520614 is installed at the house of my brother Muhammad Ameer deceased. I do not know that the telephone No. 520594 is installed at the house of my brother Adalat Khan. I have heard that telephone number is installed in the house of my brother Adalat Khan. I am not maintaining the good relations with my brother Adalat Khan. Whenever I had to make telephone calls from outside place to my house then I asked the P.C.O. operator to connect the telephone of my house at the telephone of (area) code of Kharian.” So this prime witness of the prosecution on whose extraordinary memory the FIR was registered against the 10 accused, tells the court that he does not remember the area code of his home telephone number. Not only that, he told the court that according to him, the area code of his village and that of Kharian was not the same; but less than a minute later he tells the court that when phoning home from outside he tells the PCO operator to connect him by using the ‘code of Kharian’. Here was a proven liar in the court, but the judge decided not to take notice and, based on his evidence, sentenced three innocent accused to death. Amazing, once again!
No wonder, as per Para 20 of the Judgment, “Sub. Abdul Ghafoor, complainant has given up pws Khadim Husain, Sadaqat Ali, Muhammad Zaman, Jamal Din being unnecessary and Muhammad Aslam pw being dead.” Production of only two pws, the very close relatives of the deceased and mutually uncle and nephew should have weakened the case of the prosecution irreparably. But Judge Sandhu proved extraordinarily sympathetic and understanding towards the prosecution and proceeded to order hanging of three of the accused by the neck under these highly doubtful circumstances.
Before moving on, it is appropriate to make a comment here in the light of the above. It is a principle of law that the benefit of doubt is given to the accused. In this case the judge unabashedly gave the benefit of great doubt to the prosecution whose prime witnesses he himself found very doubtful, even liars, although he did not use this word but rejected their evidence, for some of the accused, on the basis of their falsehood proven in the court. He found some of their testimony seriously lacking in truth, while the other part of their testimony, in identical circumstances he accepted as gospel truth and proceeded to award the maximum penalty of death to three accused in the same case, same occurrence. If other judges go by the same yardstick, no body will be safe in Pakistan, as brother and son of any murdered man would name a dozen persons they do not like, make a complaint for FIR, go to a court in complaint case, appear themselves as witnesses to the occurrence, get exposed as liars in cross-examination and still succeed in getting some of their innocent adversaries hanged by the neck. This indeed is fresh ground broken by this learned judge. If such judgments are kept on record, he has done a great disservice to the world of judiciary by setting a dangerous precedence. The judge did not falter only on these major aspects of legal norms, he exposed his true colors in some other ways that deserve a brief mention.
In the text of his Judgment he writes Ahmadis as ‘Qadianis’ and the complainant party as ‘Ahle Islam’. He knows that Qadiani is a pejorative term, and an Ahmadi never calls himself a Qadiani unless he is a resident of Qadian. On the other hand, the judge grouped all the others as Ahle Islam (a term somewhat like ‘People of Christendom’); although he knows very well that in a sectarian situation they are Sunnis, Shias, Wahabis, Deobandis, Brelavis etc. who would mostly never join together in a congregational prayer. In the world of justice and law, the accused are not primarily Qadianis and prosecutors not Ahle Islam; they are simply persons. The complainant party played this card maliciously and the learned judge, despite his learning, played the game. Regrettably, he allowed his confessional self override his judicial instincts and training.
The judge describes the deceased as ”… Maulvi Mian Muhammad Ameer deceased was an active and enthusiastic and outspoken local leader of Ahle Islam of the local Area.” This indeed is a very positive report on a person whose negative traits had done great harm to the peace of the village and the area. The judge knew that the Mullah was a sectarian extremist, had done irreparable damage to the erstwhile peaceful village, faced repeated prosecution in criminal cases, was named as accused in the murder case of his own brother-in-law while three of his co-accused had fled abroad, had precipitated riots that resulted in killings, arson and loot, and this pensioner-soldier lived very comfortably on the income from such activities. One cannot but admire the prejudiced judge for his facility with the pen and his courtesy with which he describes a fanatic and a social criminal in positive terms.
Judge Sandhu’s handling of the police investigation also deserves mention and comment. In Para 52 of his judgment he writes:
It is true that there are police investigations in Pakistan that are frivolous and cannot be upheld in a court of law. An investigating officer can be wrong for various reasons. However, there is a limit to this argument. In this particular case, after six weeks of intensive investigations, one I.O. (investigating officer) did not find the accused guilty of the crime. He was replaced by another; he also found the accused (positively) innocent. Then the third I.O. found them innocent. The investigation was then examined and scrutinized at the higher level by a superior officer, and he endorsed the results and ordered the police to shift the focus of their investigation and ‘look for the real accused’. All the three investigating officers and also their head appeared in the court as court witnesses and stated that the accused were found to be ‘Innocent’. Now, the learned judge decides to ‘ignore’ all this and accept the evidence of Abdul Ghafoor and Tanveer Hussain who claim to see and track all the flying bullets from the nozzles to the specific parts of the body of the two deceased, each specified, and give testimony the judge himself declared unreliable on many counts. The High Court will surely examine the logic that guided Judge Sandhu to convict the three accused.
The judge has attempted to square the circle of the prosecution case, and has, of course, given some reasons in the Judgment to support his decision, but lengthy reasons can rarely succeed in proving unreason. One of these is corroboration of the general public. In Para 52 of his Judgment, he writes: “From the above it would come to the surface that not only the complainant and the pws but the general public had been corroborating the complainant’s version narrated in the complaint….” At this, one is reminded of an earlier occasion when in a great trial at the praetorium in the court of Pontius Pilat, the prefect of Judea, the general public went for the blood of an innocent person and cried out all together; ‘And their voices prevailed’. By referring to the general public Judge Sandhu betrays his leaning towards the self-imagined cause of Ahle Islam whom he arbitrarily and incorrectly grouped together.
Self-imagined? Yes. The defence team produced witnesses in the court, Sunnis, Shias and others who told the court that they considered the accused not guilty of the charge. Some of them testified that at the time of the occurrence, such and such accused was elsewhere in his company. Despite the fact that the complainant party had given a deep sectarian colour to the episode, a number of ‘Ahle Islam’ courageously and honestly told the court that the accused were innocent. This indeed is heartening that there are people in Pakistan, who even in a sectarian environment, come forth to speak the truth regardless of their caste and creed. It is surprising that the learned judge was again not impressed; in fact, decided to ignore their testimony.
The Judge has given weight to the report and mentioned it many times that all the accused admitted to the police that they were present at the location of the occurrence, committed the crime and dumped the firearms in Uttowal Canal. The judge knows that such admissions under police custody have no weightage in a court of law. The police itself discarded these admissions later on in view of the circumstances in which these admissions were obtained. The experienced judge also knows that only a silly fool who plans a murder will dump his firearms in a canal, because canals dry up a number of times every year in Pakistan and will show any firearms dumped in them like a sore thumb. The judge knows that Ahmadis, as a group, are neither killers nor silly fools. The judgment was given one and half year after the alleged dumping, but not one of the four rifles, the Mouzer and the four pistols showed up, neither out of the canal nor anywhere else. This imaginary large cache of arms was not used in the crime. The judge himself came to the conclusion that no rifles were fired at the incident. Also, why the police, to whom the accused admitted the killing and the subsequent dumping of arms, did not persuade them to the location of the dumping, so that the arms could be recovered. That would have clinched the whole case. But while the admission to murder was obtainable by the police, the indication of the site of location was not possible because no firearms had been dumped there. Discovery of the location was impossible, because such a location did not exist. It could not be created. The judge was less than fair and professional to mention these highly dubious and legally and factually worthless admissions in his Judgment.
There is another interesting factor. The motor cycle on which Mullah Ameer and his son were pillion riding was recovered from the site and various cws (court witnesses) and pws testified to that. However, no one, repeat no one, told the court as to who was driving the motor cycle. Why? Simply because no one was witness to the scene of crime. Abdul Ghafoor and Tanveer Hussain, and their other supporter eye-witnesses who decided to abstain from court appearance, did not know who was driving the motor cycle, because they lied that they saw the occurrence. The judge should have taken note of that. But he noted what he wanted, he ignored what did not support his finding - regardless of the merit.
Before closing the review of this Judgment, six further observations can be aptly and briefly made in the context of all that the trial brought forth. They have important bearing on the findings and the sentence.
The defence is also of the firm opinion that Judge Sandhu also deliberately committed glaring procedural errors, briefly:
These violations of rules will be brought to the notice of the High Court and it is hoped that Judge Sandhu’s verdict will be set aside. He supported the prosecution outside the law.
The judge finally wrote the grave and tragic decision: ”… the said accused namely Basharat, Nasir and Idrees are hereby convicted u/s 302(b) read with section 34 ppc and sentenced to death each on two counts. They shall be hanged by neck till they are dead.” In other circumstances, such judges have been called ‘hanging judge’. This case shows how lightly and frivolously such judges take their responsibility. A more discerning and fair judge would have thrown out the prosecution case and ordered proceedings against false witnesses.
The three convicted accused have appealed to the High Court against the judgment/order of Mr Sandhu. The appellants, through their advocate have respectfully but bluntly put down the following as Grounds of Appeal:
In short, a great wrong has been done. The decision betrays the collective mediocrity of Pakistani society. The result is the joint effort of bullies and bigots that have gained great influence in this Sahara of Spirit. There is a well-known comment by William Blackstone on English laws: It is better that ten guilty persons escape than one innocent suffer. In the present case, the prosecution and the judge modified it, as if: It is better that ten innocent suffer and the one or two guilty escape. Although seven of the 10 accused have been declared Not Guilty and set free but what about the underserved one and half year of great suffering and deprivation in their lives (except for the two elderly accused who were released on bail during the trial) and the lives of their near and dear ones? Are the prosecution team and the faulty judicial system not responsible for this crime against humanity? There is a crying need for change in current laws and procedures. Although it is claimed that an accused is not guilty till finally convicted, but the procedure treats the accused otherwise. The seven innocent accused suffered as if they were guilty. A simple verbal statement of a liar before the police landed them in prison from where they could not come out for nineteen months (except the two elderly who were released earlier on bail). Although this entire case, the Judgment and the court record will form part of Ahmadiyya archives, independent and reform-minded leaders of society should study this material and undertake further research to bring about much needed changes in out-of-date and archaic laws and procedures of our country. If that is done, the suffering of the ten would not have gone entirely waste. This will be a befitting response to the heart-rending cry for justice that emanates from this case.
Last but not least, this case further proves that Ahmadi-bashers do not depend upon only the Ahmadi-specific laws to persecute them. The society is polluted and corrupted enough at all layers to impose injustice and unfairness on this marginalized community. In this particular case the complainant could have spared innocent Ahmadis and insisted upon the police to look for the real culprits. The police, after finding the accused innocent, had it in their powers to let them off the hook, but decided to pass the buck to the Ilaqa Magistrate. In turn, he found it convenient to get scared of the assemblage of fanatics. The senior courts should have titled towards the obvious underdogs. Why the ADA chose to side with a liar like Abdul Ghafoor is a mystery. And finally, Judge Sandhu should have found it closer to truth and far more convenient to defend the accused with fewer words in his Judgment, rather than the prosecutors with unimpressive long passages. His conscience would have supported him as well. But that was not to be. Ayaz Amir, the eminent column writer has put it aptly: “This reactionary movement is in its 28th year. Can you imagine? These decades of concentrated falsehood!”
The ball is now in the court of Hon’ble High Court; and God, history and humanity are watching.
Kakki Nau, District Jhang; March 31, 2005: A young man, Abdur Razzaq son of Naseeruddin Rajput decided last month to join the Ahmadiyya Community. Due to lack of experience, he did not fully understand the implications of his decision and his vulnerability under the laws of the land. He contacted the local mullah and boldly advised him to study the ‘Real Islam’. The mullah got angry, started making noise and assembled a crowd. Abdur Razzaq was beaten up by the miscreants who delivered him to the police that charged him under PPC Sections 295/A, 295 and 298C, and sent him to jail. The young man is exposed to a maximum of ten years’ imprisonment.
Chak No. 21 W.B; District Vehari; April 8, 2005: Messrs. Ejaz Ahmad, Muhammad Yasin and Abdul Latif were arrested in February this year and charged for preaching, under PPC 298C, the Ahmadi-specific penal clause. They applied for release on bail during the trial but the magistrate rejected their request. They approached the Sessions Court where the judge refused on April 8, 2005 to grant them bail. They have now applied to the High Court for bail. In the meantime, they languish in jail. How callous!
Mauro, District Nowshero Feroz (Sindh): Ahmadis were building their mosque at Mauro when their opponents approached the administration who, responding to the agitators’ demand, told Ahmadis to stop the construction. After months of lobbying and efforts by members of the Ahmadi Community, the administration has finally allowed them to construct their place of worship; however Ahmadis have been ordered to build nothing that would give the building ‘looks of a mosque’. This order is illegal and unwarranted as the law has no such provisions in this regard. It is almost criminal on the part of officials to take law in their own hands and issue extra-legal orders to persecute a smaller community.
Kotla Naseer, District Rajanpur; March 23, 2005: Mr Azeem Bakhsh, Ahmadi was arrested by the police at the complaint of a mullah on Ahmadi-specific charge. The police, finding no substance in the complaint, finally released the detainee after 32 days. The incident shows how vulnerable an average Ahmadi is in the present-day religious environment of prejudice and intolerance.
District Hafizabad: It would be recalled that in December 2004, three Ahmadis of Mangat Unche were booked for burning some old pages of the Holy Quran; one of the accused was not even present in the village on the day of the occurrence. Orders were issued to present the accused in a Sessions Court. The counsel for the accused took the plea that the case was fit for hearing at a Magistrate’s court. The Sessions Court did not grant the plea. The accused approached the High Court; it also maintained the Sessions’ decision.
The accused are liable to imprisonment for life under the country’s dreaded blasphemy law PPC 295B.
Chak 172 TDA, District Leyya: A month ago, Mr Muhammad Imran son of Mr Muhammad Siddique joined the Ahmadiyya Community. His family came to know about his conversion and visit to Rabwah. They tried to make him recant, but in view of his reluctance, beat him up severely. He was handed over to the police subsequently. They detained him for a few days and urged him to tell them the names of Ahmadis who were instrumental in persuading him to switch over. Eventually, his own relatives secured his release. His father has now formally disinherited him from share in his agricultural land. His parents have taken away his national identity card and driving license to put more pressure on him. His four brothers have also turned against him.
Lahore: Tariq Aziz, the well-known TV compere and producer runs a show called Bazme Tariq Aziz. In February 2005, he organized a ‘poetry contest’ in that show. Rahim Umar, an Ahmadi student from the Government T. I. College, Rabwah was selected to participate in the contest. There, without naming the author (permitted under the rules), he recited verses composed by the Founder of the Ahmadiyya Community. His team won the contest and the monetary award. His accompanying supervisor, rather than feeling happy, objected to his recitation from the Founder’s poetry and instructed him not to do so again. These instructions were unwarranted, as the rules of contest allowed recitation of verses written by any body; also the verses did not betray their author nor his exclusive message. In the next contest, Umar again read the Founder’s poetry and again won the prize. At this, Mr Jaffer, the supervisor and a few other lecturers including the principal turned against Umar, upbraided him and told him not to recite the Founder’s poetry. These superiors made life quite difficult for the young man. On March 22, 2005 there was a final contest at Alhamra, Lahore. Umar, unimpressed by his supervisors’ prejudices and warnings, again read the Founder’s poetry and received great approval and applause from the audience. The judge declared his two-member team runners-up and awarded a wholesome prize of Rs. 25000/-. Tariq Aziz himself praised the performance of Umar and his colleague and congratulated the supervisor. The supervisor, however remained angry with Umar, but did not fail to demand his share from the award. Tariq Aziz told him that the prize was for the participants only and not for the college or the supervisor. On return, Umar was relieved to learn that the classes were discontinued for ‘preparatory period’. He hopes that the authorities will calm down during the interval.
Lahore: The president of Ahmadi community of Sultanpura, Lahore reported that provocative and slanderous anti-Ahmadiyya posters were pasted by miscreants on Ahmadiyya mosque and houses. Such literature was also thrown in Ahmadi homes. The poster displayed a fatwa (edict) by a powerful cleric of the 14th Century Hijra, Maulwi Ahmad Raza Khan Brelvi; it declared that Ahmadis are apostates and hypocrites and any Muslim who sympathizes with them is himself outside the pale of Islam. The poster’s contents are highly derogatory and it is unnecessary to repeat them here.
The Daily Dawn printed the following story in its Lahore issue of April 14, 2005:
This is how the column of Religion in passport becomes a ready tool in the hand of the state to implement its policy of persecution of Ahmadis. The weekly Friday Times of Lahore, of April 15-21 printed a fuller story on the incident and revealed that: “It is interesting that the case has brought forward a fact that has remained under the surface all this time although sometime back some newspapers did report that an intelligence agency had recommended to the government that members of the Ahmadiyya community not be allowed to leave the country because they brought a bad name to Pakistan by trying to seek asylum in foreign countries on the basis of religious persecution.” The petition of the complainants also stated that: “When the petitioners refused to make the (demanded) payment, they were beaten up, tortured physically as well as mentally and unlawfully detained at the airport for five hours.”


President Trump has been a hardliner on immigration ever since he announced his candidacy. But now that he is in The White House, he is doing everything he can to kick illegal immigrants out of the country. But some argue that Trump ultimately wants to end legal immigration as well.
The topic of immigration has led American lawmakers to such discord that the government has been shut down since Friday night due to their failure to pass a funding bill. However, it is important to note, that the president’s racist remarks during the Oval Office meeting on immigration last week did not help agreement talks any.
During a meeting last week, Trump reportedly referred to the predominantly non-white nations such as El Salvador and Haiti as “shithole countries.” The president went on to state his preference for immigrants from predominantly white countries like Norway.
What’s more, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recently detained a Michigan doctor has been living and working in the U.S. for nearly forty years. The Polish immigrant, Lukasz Niec, came to America when he was just five years old with his sister and parents.
Niec’s sister, Iwona Niec-Villaire, told reporters that they were unsure when he would be released. “Until this gets heard, which could be up to six months, he could be stuck in a prison cell and not helping and being with his family.”
Niec reportedly pled guilty to destruction of personal property, which was less than $100, when he was 17-years-old and entered a first-time offender program that deferred his punishment. However, ICE does not recognize the state’s plea agreement with Niec and have detained him indefinitely.
The news of Niec’s detainment comes on the heels of the lawmakers failing to agree on a solution for Dreamers and funding for Trump’s border wall.


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She made this card with the Create a Cupcake stamp set along with the Build a Cupcake Punch. The colors are Old Olive & So Saffron and the scallop layer was cut out with the Scallops Duo Die.
We used the Old Olive Designer Paper from the Brights DSP Stacks and the icing for the cupcake is from the Sweet Stitches DSP in the Occasions Mini Catalog.
We cut out the little flower with our scissors and added a Pearl to the center using a Mini Glue Dot.
Thanks & have a great day!!
p.s. I'll post my March Thank you card tomorrow.
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Rising wave against football
Hunter O. Lyle—Sports Editor
Football is doomed. After living fruitfully and glamorously for nearly a century, the sport of American football has found itself in a predicament, lying on the operation table while the surgeons look for organs to harvest. Don’t start with the brain.
This was made clear to me as I watched one of the many morning sports shows discuss the ending of a program in a Southern state. If a football program in the bayous, where football goes hand-in-hand with God himself, can close, I fear the end is near.
Each year there are more and more reports of long-term injuries relating to football, especially head injuries like concussions and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).
This was made especially clear with the death of former Patriots tight-end Aaron Hernandez, who took his life in prison after his team won the Super Bowl. He allowed for his brain to be studied after his death, and the results were alarming.
Besides from the obvious damage, that being the inside of his brain looked like a rotted pumpkin, doctors noted that he suffered from heavy CTE. In fact, according to a Washington Post article written in 2017, Hernandez suffered “the most severe case of chronic traumatic encephalopathy ever discovered in a person his age.”
Recent years have proved that there is a mounting wave of opposition against football. Between insurance companies, parents, players and the evidence from brain scans, programs are being pressed to answer for these injuries, and the NFL is of no exception.
With middle schools and high schools most likely being the first on the long list of the chopping block, then goes the college programs, which feed the NFL. With these supply lines of players drying out, soon the professional level of football will be faced with the hard question: Who will play? How will we survive?
Maybe not in five years. Optimistically thinking, maybe not even in ten years, soon however, the stainless pillars of football will come crashing back down to Canton, Ohio. Southern will most likely not be immune to this either. In time, I bet even the athletic department at Southern will be wondering what to do with Jess Dow Field.

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Lenovo launches Vibe X2
Launched at a price of Rs 19,999, the new ‘three layered’ Android smartphone goes on sale on Flipkart today onward.
by Manik Kakra | @Manik_K on Twitter
Lenovo recently launched its brand new mid-range Android smartphone called the Vibe X2. The X2, part of the Vibe series, boasts a 5-inch full HD touchscreen.
The USP of the phone is its ‘three-layered’ body that consists of three distinct colours to form the phone’s body, which is about 7.3mm thick and weighs 120 grams. Under the hood, there’s a MediaTek MT 6595 SoC (1.7 GHz quad-core + 2 GHz quad-core, Series6 PowerVRGPU) along with 2 GB of RAM. The new Vibe X2 is powered by a 2,300 mAh battery unit, and the company also unveiled a battery accessory, priced at Rs 1,999, (termed it as the X2’s fourth layer) to attach with the device that makes the total capacity 4,600 mAh.
On the back, the phone features a 13 MP (AF) camera; while the front has a 5 MP camera. There’s 32 GB of on-board storage. The device runs on Android 4.4.2 with Lenovo’s own UI on top. The company says it will update the X2 and Z2 straight to Android 5.0 next year without giving them Android 4.4.4 update in between. Connectivity-wise, there’s 4G (LTE), 3G, Bluetooth 4.0, microUSB 2.0, FM Radio, NFC, WiFi b/g/n/ac, and GPS.
The phone will go on sale exclusively on Flipkart starting today, November 10, at a price of Rs 19,999.


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36 inches by 72 inches with one half in of self fringe, aka eyelash fringe, on all four sides.
Hand painted and steam set in my workshop.
Watercolor bleed with grey bleeding in one third of the way in from one side, cream base fabric color in the center third, and dark blue bleeding in from the other side.
Fabric is very light weight viscose, to guarantee 100 percent color penetration to the back.
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Independent Feature Project, Tribeca Film Institute
Funding Representative, Distributor, Director
Danielle received her B.A. in Film Studies from Wesleyan University, and her M.A. in Media Studies at New School University, while there, she received the Geraldine Dodge Fellowship from The Flaherty Seminar.
As head of Documentary Acquisitions for IndiePix, she has signed films including Michael Tully's Cocaine Angel, Dominic DeJoseph's Johnny Berlin, Alex Karpovsky's Hole Story, Ilkka Jarvilaturi's City Unplugged, David Grabias' Sentenced Home, and Brooke Sebold, Bonita Sills, and Todd Sills' Red Without Blue. DiGiacomo also served as Associate Producer on Jennifer Venditti's documentary, Billy The Kid (Grand Jury Award Winner, South by Southwest, 2007). She has programmed film series in conjunction with the Woodstock Film Festival (Woodstock in the City), Brooklyn Independent Cinema Series, and the Culture Project (Women's Center Stage).
A documentary filmmaker herself, she is completing her first feature, Island to Island: Returning Home from Rikers, about two young men transitioning after incarceration. A work-in-progress version of the film was a finalist in the Media That Matters Film Festival. Her first documentary, Captain Dennis, about a tango dancer living on a Bronx houseboat, played at the Anthology Film Archives, the Knitting Factory, and the Atlantic Avenue Gallery's "Emerging Artist" Group Show.
Along with her Acquisitions colleage, Jordan Mattos, Danielle represents Indiepix at more than twenty film festivals a year, including Cannes, Sundance, South by Southwest, IFF Boston, Full Frame, the Hamptons, and Woodstock.
Danielle is currently co-producing the narrative feature, The Promiscuous Materials Project, an adaptation of several stories by the author Jonathan Lethem. Along with Dominic De Joseph and Thoma Kikis at Ovie Entertainment, she has enlisted a group of emerging independent filmmakers, including noted actor Norman Reedus, to direct.
In addition, Danielle has presented on panels about film distribution at Woodstock Film Festival, Newport Film Festival, Hunter College, Ruff Cutz, IFF Boston, and NewFest. She has also presented academic papers at conferences at Florida State University, the New School, and Central Connecticut College. Danielle lives in Brooklyn, NY.
Independent Feature Project
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NY 11 201 New York
Since 1979, the non-profit IFP has evolved into the nation's oldest and largest organization of independent filmmakers, and also the premier advocate for them. Since its start, IFP has supported the production of 7,000 films and provided resources to more than 20,000 filmmakers--voices that otherwise might not have been heard. Currently, IFP represents a network of 10,000 filmmakers in New York City and around the world. Through its workshops, seminars, conferences, mentorships, and Filmmaker Magazine, IFP schools its members in the art, technology, and business of independent filmmaking (there are special programs to promote racial, ethnic, religious, ideological, gender, and sexual diversity). IFP builds audiences by hosting screenings - often in collaboration with other cultural institutions - and also bestows the Gotham Awards, the first honors of the film awards season. When all is said and done, IFP fosters the development of 200 feature and documentary films each year.
Tribeca Film Institute
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NY 10013 New York
The Tribeca Film Institute is a year-round nonprofit arts organization founded by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, and Craig Hatkoff in the wake of September 11, 2001. TFI empowers filmmakers through grants and professional development, and is a resource for and supporter of individual artists in the field. The Institute creates innovative programs that draw on the power of film to promote understanding, tolerance and global awareness.


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Daniel Taylor received his Bachelor of Arts from Westmont College in 1970.
He then earned from Emory University his Master of Arts and Ph.D., both in 1974.
Daniel Taylor received his Bachelor of Arts from Westmont College in 1970. He then earned from Emory University his Master of Arts and Ph.D., both in 1974.
Daniel William Taylor taught English at Northwestern College in Saint Paul, Minnesota, during 1974-1976. In 1976 he worked as an English teacher at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California. Taylor then taught literature and writing at Bethel University for thirty-three years, since 1977.
In addition, Daniel Taylor is the author of nine books, including The Myth of Certainty, Letters to My Children, Tell Me A Story: The Life-Shaping Power of Our Stories, In Search of Sacred Places: Looking for Wisdom on Celtic Holy Islands, and Creating a Spiritual Legacy: How to Share Your Stories, Values, and Wisdom. He speaks frequently at conferences, colleges, retreats, and churches on a variety of topics. In addition, he is a contributing editor of Books and Culture.
Daniel Taylor is also co-founder of The Legacy Center, an organization devoted to helping individuals and organizations identify and preserve the values and stories that have shaped their lives.
A recurring topic in Taylor’s work is the role of stories in shaping lives. He points out that we are born into stories, live in stories, and pass away leaving a legacy of stories. Stories, he argues, are the single best way human beings have discovered for preserving and making sense of their experience, and understanding this increases one’s ability to make one’s own life story a rich one.
In addition to his books and articles, Taylor has served as a stylist for several Bible translations, including the New Living Translation and a revision of the New Century Version, from 1992-2002. He also co-produced the newly released The Expanded Bible.
Daniel Taylor married Jayne Smith on September 5, 1971. The couple has four children: Matthew, Julia, Nathaniel, Anne.


The KCR-led Telangana state government on Monday came out with a heart warming gesture by releasing Rupees 5 lakhs as financial assistance to ailing Tollywood comedian Gundu Hanmanthu Rao. In an official press release, the Chief Minister’s Office said that Five lakh rupees has been sanctioned for the treatment of Hanmanthu Rao, who is undergoing a treatment for kidney-related diseases at Apollo Hospital in Hyderabad.
‘Amrutham’ fame Gundu Hanmanthu has been advised to undergo dialysis for three times in a week but due to bad financial condition, the senior comedian continuing to take treatment at his residence. After getting to know about his financial condition through MAA (Movie Artist Association), Megastar Chiranjeevi had recently handed Rs 2 lakhs cheque for his medical expenses.
Posting the Chief Minister’s note, IT and Municipal Development Minister KTR had wished Gundu Hanmanthu Rao a speedy recovery. Apart from Chiranjeevi and KCR, many other VIPs from Cine industry have extended their assistance to the senior comedian in some or other way.


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*There’s a parking space available at the home
*The living room TV works perfectly well but is a little dated
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Whoa, Seattle voters say "Let the Sonics go"
A tax bailout? Let Sonics go, Seattleites say
According to a recent telephone survey conducted by an independent pollster, 78% of registered voters in Seattle are against using taxpayer money to subsidize improvements to Key Arena.
How would that make you feel if you were the Starbucks' CEO? Basically, your potential fanbase has said, "pay for it with revenues from those $4 lattes".
The Deputy Mayor did offer some perspective:
But Seattle Deputy Mayor Tim Ceis said the either/or question tilted the results.
"When you frame it that way, 'Do you want to pay taxes to build an arena or have them leave Seattle?' I think that's a pretty crude way," Ceis said. "That much ambiguity isn't going to elicit a very positive response no matter what."
But, seriously, how dumb does the Sonics' spokesperson think we are
Team spokeswoman Valerie O'Neil added that the survey question failed to fairly include the potential benefits of an arena overhaul beyond basketball.
"It's more than just a Sonics/Storm issue," she said. "It would be more than just the Sonics and (WNBA) Storm benefiting from the investment."
But, it's the Sonics that MOSTLY benefit from the investment and, it seems, Seattle's registered voters know it.
People across the country, from Orlando to Seattle, are catching on that these unbelievably wealthy men are fleecing taxpayers with these publicly funded mausoleums that have a shorter life span that a guy with a cholesterol level of 270.