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FNB is looking to recruit 300 experts with engineering, technology, data and quant skills to supplement its existing cohort of more than 5,000 equivalent skills. It is looking for industrial engineers, software developers, cloud engineers, cybersecurity specialists, data and quant scientists, systems and solutions architects, test engineers, chemical and mechanical engineers, actuaries, business and systems analysts, customer and user experience specialists, as well as content and design specialists.
Through our internal FirstJob programme, we’ve now enabled over 2,500 youth to gain experience with over R280m invested since 2018. For over a decade, we’ve also been running a graduate programme and continue to employ most of the participants. Some of those graduates are leading key positions in our business to deliver helpful solutions to our customers,” he says.
“People are the heartbeat of our organisation and remain core to creating life-changing financial services and fintech solutions for our customers. As a result, we’re investing heavily to create an innovative, productive and rewarding environment for our people across our markets. We also enable and support innovative minds through our innovators programme that has been running for over 15 years,” adds Celliers.
The application process for the new roles commences from Monday 9 August 2021. The bank is inviting top talent to submit applications via its LinkedIn page. FNB further commits to making the application process as smooth and swift as possible requiring that potential candidates submit an abbreviated CV, undergo a maximum of two interviews and be placed as quickly as possible in these roles.


“For me, making music felt inadequate.”
That’s what noted pianist Simone Dinnerstein said about the days she spent in lockdown last spring, as the coronavirus pandemic ravaged New York City and spread across the U.S.
Conditions became unsafe for musicians to rehearse and perform together, and concert halls were closed.
So Dinnerstein, a globetrotting concert pianist, was forced to stay home. A certain quiet set in. And making her own noise – even on the beloved Steinway grand in her Brooklyn home – just didn’t seem to make sense.


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After 12 weeks on the international circuit, one million tickets have already been sold for South African animated feature film, Adventures in Zambezia, produced by Triggerfish Animation Studios.
“We are releasing in more than 44 territories worldwide so to hit the one million ticket mark with just six territories is a fantastic achievement for us, and for the South African animation industry as a whole,’ says Triggerfish CEO Stuart Forrest.
It is the studio’s first feature film and features an all-star cast including Abigail Breslin, Jeff Goldblum, Leonard Nemoy, Richard E. Grant, and Samuel L. Jackson.
It has done particularly well in Israel, where it was the number one independent film of the summer, as well as in Russia, where it reached number two at the box-office.
Adventures in Zambezia will open in Nu-Metro cinemas nationwide on 26 December.

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The impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden has taken center stage. Three House chairmen spearheading the inquiry have unveiled allegations suggesting that the Biden family received substantial funds from foreign entities and that the Justice Department may have hindered investigations aimed at tracing these funds to the White House.
The Justice Department's Alleged Interference
Reps. James Comer, Jim Jordan, and Jason Smith, in a detailed 30-page memo released to their colleagues, claim that the Department of Justice stymied attempts to investigate evidence that could incriminate President Biden.
According to the memo, the Department obstructed efforts to prosecute Hunter Biden, the President's son, for tax crimes connected to foreign business deals that could have potentially implicated the President. "Department of Justice personnel blocked avenues of inquiry that could have led to evidence incriminating President Biden," the memo stated.
Tracing the Money
A significant portion of the memo highlights the financial transactions related to Hunter Biden's businesses. It states that congressional investigators have uncovered bank records showing that between 2014 and 2018, $24 million in foreign funds were channeled into businesses linked to Hunter Biden and his associates.
Out of this sum, $15 million reportedly landed in the accounts of Biden family members or their ventures. The chairmen have underscored the questionable ties between the Biden family's business dealings and nations where Biden, both as Vice President and later as President, held a role in shaping U.S.
foreign policy. "The President has not been truthful about his family’s foreign business entanglements,” the memo pointed out. Casting further doubts over the President's declarations, the memo reminds readers of a statement made by then-presidential candidate Joe Biden in the weeks leading up to the 2020 Presidential election.
On national television, Biden had claimed that his family hadn't received any money from China. However, this assertion has been challenged by business associates who reportedly confirmed that Joe Biden had interactions with his family's Chinese partners, even during his tenure as Vice President.
Whistleblowers Join the Fray
Adding depth to the allegations, the memo indicates that whistleblowers from the IRS and FBI have stepped forward, providing evidence that suggests the Biden Administration may have obstructed the criminal investigation into Hunter Biden's dealings.
With the first impeachment inquiry hearing in Congress imminent, these revelations are set to intensify the political storm surrounding the Biden administration. The nation now awaits what promises to be a deeply contentious and closely watched proceeding.


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Concentration labeling changed for epinephrine, two other medications
Three human-use pharmaceuticals used in veterinary medicine will be sold with labels containing revised descriptions of drug concentrations.
The Food and Drug Administration, in a June 20 notice, said veterinarians should be aware of the changes to labels for epinephrine injection, isoproterenol hydrochloride injection, and neostigmine methylsulfate injection. The agency is requiring that drug manufacturers remove ratios to express drug concentrations, such as 1:1,000, and instead use only the amount of drug per unit volume, such as 1 mg/mL.
"There have been several reports of medication errors indicating that ratio expressions are confusing to healthcare providers and contributed to the errors," additional FDA information states. "Some of the medication errors resulted in serious adverse outcomes, including death."
Another organization, the Institute for Safe Medication Practices, had found that ratio expressions could be difficult to differentiate in small print, especially when numbers were typed without commas, the FDA information states. That organization also found that health care providers misunderstood the concentrations represented by ratios.
The observations by the ISMP led to evaluation of the ratio expressions by the United States Pharmacopeia, a standard-setting scientific nonprofit. The USP implemented a new standard, effective May 1, 2016, on concentration labeling for single-entity drug products, and federal law requires that drug products named in the USP or National Formulary be packaged and labeled as described in that compendium, FDA information states.

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Born in Ireland and raised in Canada, O.R. Melling (http://www.ormelling.com/)/aka G.V. Whelan has written several novels in the realm of fantasy. Melling's novels are aimed at young adults and contain stories mostly written around Irish and celtic folklore, faeries in particular.
Melling travelled extensively in her youth, straying as far from Toronto, Ontario, (where she was raised) as Malaysia and northren Borneo.
With a B.A. in Philosiphy and Celtic Studies and an M.A. in Mediaeval History, Melling has written film scripts, papers and become a literary critic under her real name, G.V. Whelan.
Currently living in her hometown of Bray, CO, Wicklow, Melling is still writing and has a teenaged daughter, Findabhair.
Many of Melling's books have been translated into Japanese, Chinese, Russian, Slovenian and Czech.
-The Hunters Moon
-The Summer King
-The Light-Bearer's Daughter
-The Book of Dreams
-The Golden Book of Faerie (A compendium of the above works)
-The Druids Tune
-The Singing Stone
-My Blue Country
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Amanda Bynes has gone from being called a young Gilda Radner/Carol Burnett to a cautionary tale. The dentist’s daughter started taking comedy classes at 7. At 9, while studying at the Laugh Factory, she interviewed with producers of Nickelodeon’s kid-improv series All That. She was hired, immediately became the breakout funny everygirl a nd got her own self-titled show to headline by 1999. Bynes, who dated her Amanda Show costar Taran Killam, made the move to the big screen (Big Fat Liar) and primetime (CW’s What I Like About You opposite Jennie Garth) in 2002. She picked up a costar boyfriend, Nick Zano, on that series as well. She left TV for movies full-time, having starred in a string of teen hits like What A Girl Wants, She’s The Man, and Hairspray. She debuted a clothing line called Dear by Amanda in 2007 and had a super-short dalliance with Doug Reinhardt in 2008. She had an even shorter love affair with retirement in 2010 when she announced on Twitter she was quitting acting. Weeks later she posted that she’d “unretired,” adding a link to the trailer for her new film with Emma Stone, Easy A. Things haven’t been quite so sunny for the California girl since. Work has been sparse, rumors of partying quite the opposite. In 2012, she got two DUIs in three months, was charged by the L.A. City Attorney’s office with two counts of hit-and-run related to separate incidents and could be facing jail time.
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Join us, with our community partners for the library’s fourth year of participating in Nova Scotia Walk Day on Wednesday. This year, there will be four walks with library staff in a community near you.
To start off the day, there is a stroll through Acadia Park with Clare Steele (Westville Recreation), leaving the Westville library at 9 a.m. A family-friendly harbour front walk with Michelle Young (Pictou Recreation) will leave the Pictou library at 11:30 a.m.
In the afternoon, the [email protected] kids at the Stellarton library will be taking a hike up to Allan Park, joined by town councillor (and library board member) Judith MacLellan, leaving the library at 3:15 p.m. And, to cap off the day, a lovely sunset meander along the banks of the River John with friends, will be leaving the River John library at 6:15 p.m. All are welcome to join us, and light refreshments will be served after the walks.
May is also Caregiver Awareness month, and the Seniors Now! speakers series welcomes two guest presenters to the New Glasgow Library on Thursday at noon. This month, Mary MacLellan from Pictou County Seniors Outreach will be by to talk about the help that Seniors Outreach can provide caregivers. And Tasha Ross, from Northwood Intouch will be joining Mary, to talk about the support options for ‘peace of mind’ when caring for a loved one at home.
The popular Women on Wheels program with Pictou Recreation & Parks returns to the Pictou library this week, on Friday at 10:30 a.m. It’s time to dust off those bikes, pump up those tires, find those bike helmets, and strap on the water bottles. WoW is a group for senior women that meets weekly at the library, for a short workshop or presentation to learn new skills (from bike repairs, to safe travelling), with a healthy snack and then heads out for a short bike ride around the community together. Space is limited, and pre-registration is required by contacting Pictou Recreation & Parks (902-485-4372).
With the warmer weather, and spring blooms, the Seniors Café program at the Pictou library on Monday, May 16, (10 a.m.) welcomes local green thumb expert Angie van Kessel for a presentation on gardening tips. Angie will be in to share creative ideas for the home gardener from container gardening to small plots of companion gardening and pest control.
In May and June, the library welcomes Michelle Walsh, a Certified Meditation Instructor for three workshops on “Mindful Meditation for beginners.” The workshop includes a presentation, instruction and a practice session – all the basics for a beginner to get started and to be able to practice meditation at home. Mediation has been proven to help people in all areas of life, emotionally, physically and mentally. Join us, and give yourself the precious gift of time. The workshop will be held Wednesday, May 18, (1:30 p.m.) at the Pictou library, Tuesday, May 31, (2:30 p.m.) at the Westville library, and Wednesday, June 8, (7 p.m.) at the New Glasgow library. Dress comfortably, all are welcome.
Calling all puzzlers! Thanks to a generous community donation by a library patron, a few libraries have jigsaw puzzles available for borrowing. Continuing donations of gently used jigsaw puzzles from the community are gratefully accepted.
For more information on upcoming library programs, special events and services, please drop by your local library branch, follow us on Twitter, find us on Facebook, or visit us online at www.parl.ns.ca.
Trecia Schell, Community Services Librarian, and Branch Librarian - Books-by-Mail, River John, Stellarton & Trenton Public Libraries

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Berĕshith (Genesis) 11
1And all the earth had one language#Hebrew lip. and one speech.
2And it came to be, as they set out from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shin‛ar,#Earlier name for Baḇel. and they dwelt there.
3And they said to each other, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” And they had brick for stone, and they had asphalt for mortar.
4And they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top is in the heavens, and make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered over all the face of the earth.”
5Then יהוה came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built.
6And יהוה said, “Look, they are one people and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do! And now, they are not going to be withheld from doing whatever they plan to do.
7“Come, let Us go there and confuse their language, so that they do not understand one another’s speech.”
8And יהוה scattered them from there, over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city.
9That is why its name was called Baḇel,#Baḇel is derived from a verb which means “to confuse.” because there יהוה confused the language of all the earth, and from there יהוה scattered them over the face of all the earth.
10This is the genealogy of Shĕm: Shĕm was a hundred years old and brought forth Arpaḵshaḏ, two years after the flood.
11And after he brought forth Arpaḵshaḏ, Shĕm lived five hundred years, and brought forth sons and daughters.
12And Arpaḵshaḏ lived thirty-five years, and brought forth Shelaḥ.
13And after he brought forth Shelaḥ, Arpaḵshaḏ lived four hundred and three years, and brought forth sons and daughters.
14And Shelaḥ lived thirty years, and brought forth Ěḇer.
15And after he brought forth Ěḇer, Shelaḥ lived four hundred and three years, and brought forth sons and daughters.
16And Ěḇer lived thirty-four years, and brought forth Peleḡ.
17And after he brought forth Peleḡ, Ěḇer lived four hundred and thirty years, and brought forth sons and daughters.
18And Peleḡ lived thirty years, and brought forth Re‛u.
19And after he brought forth Re‛u, Peleḡ lived two hundred and nine years, and brought forth sons and daughters.
20And Re‛u lived thirty-two years, and brought forth Seruḡ.
21And after he brought forth Seruḡ, Re‛u lived two hundred and seven years, and brought forth sons and daughters.
22And Seruḡ lived thirty years, and brought forth Naḥor.
23And after he brought forth Naḥor, Seruḡ lived two hundred years, and brought forth sons and daughters.
24And Naḥor lived twenty-nine years, and brought forth Teraḥ.
25And after he brought forth Teraḥ, Naḥor lived one hundred and nineteen years, and brought forth sons and daughters.
26And Teraḥ lived seventy years, and brought forth Aḇram, Naḥor, and Haran.
27And this is the genealogy of Teraḥ: Teraḥ brought forth Aḇram, Naḥor, and Haran. And Haran brought forth Lot.
28And Haran died before his father Teraḥ in the land of his birth, in Ur-kasdim.
29And Aḇram and Naḥor took wives: the name of Aḇram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Naḥor’s wife, Milkah, the daughter of Haran the father of Milkah and the father of Yiskah.
30And Sarai was barren, she had no child.
31And Teraḥ took his son Aḇram and his grandson Lot, son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Aḇram’s wife, and they went out with them from Ur-kasdim to go to the land of Kena‛an. And they came to Ḥaran and dwelt there.
32And the days of Teraḥ came to be two hundred and five years, and Teraḥ died in Ḥaran.
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Google Maps has been a staple of the internet for over a decade now. To better its use, the application now has a new feature that gives users a warning on how hard it is to park at their destination.
According to The Verge, the new feature is currently available only on Android devices, and in 25 select cities, such as New York, San Francisco, Washington and Los Angeles.
When users in those cities punch in an address Google Maps will pull up a parking difficulty icon on the directions card, ranking from limited to medium to easy. With the warning ahead of time, it’s easier to pull up to a different block or street and find a parking space instead of circling around hoping somebody will leave.
With a massive squad of vehicles dispersed around the planet, google map’s street view aims to repeatedly drive around every accessible road they can find — all the while taking 360-degree photos everywhere they go
Google uses a similar method for parking as it does to estimate the busiest times at local businesses using historical data. But it should still be accurate enough to “give users a heads up on what kind of parking crunch to prepare for when you’re on the go,” the company says.


Best 22 250 Scopes for Coyote Hunting
The 22 250 cartridge is an extremely high-velocity short action cartridge, that is mostly used for varmint and small game hunting. It is sometimes known as the .22 Varminter or the .22 Wotkyns Original Swift. The 22 250 is a very popular and one of the best-selling cartridges today because of many reasons. It is very fast, can travel more than 4000 feet per second. It is very powerful with great accuracy and has a flat trajectory. You need the best 22 250 scopes for coyote hunting to enhance your hunting experience and boost your overall shooting performance.
Coyotes are relatively small animals and you need to pair the 22 250 with a high-powered scope. Choosing the best 22 250 scopes for coyote hunting can be a daunting task and can feel overwhelming. This review is to help you take a closer look at the best 22 250 scopes for coyote hunting to get a scope that fits your needs and preferences.
But first, let’s quickly answer a very common question:
How much magnification do I need?
This frequently asked question doesn’t really have a linear answer. It depends on how you plan on using it, your frequency of usage, and also the distance you want to shoot. For close range or up to 100 yards, a scope with 3x to 5x magnification will work. For medium-range (up to 150 yards), a scope with 3x to 9x magnification is ideal. A scope of 10x to 20x magnification is ideal for long-range and for very long-range (>500 yards) 10x to 24x is perfect.
Best 22 250 Scopes for Coyote Hunting
Here is a quick list of the best 22 250 scopes for coyote hunting.
- Vortex Optics Crossfire II 6-24×50 Riflescope
NIKON PROSTAFF P5 4-16×42
Best 22 250 Scopes for Coyote Hunting Review
Vortex Optics Crossfire II 6-24×50 Riflescope
The Vortex Optics Crossfire II 6-24×50 Riflescope is one of the best 22 250 Scopes for Coyote Hunting. This scope comes with the BDC reticle which is ideal for hunting or shooting as it eliminates the need for calculating holdover. It is also equipped with an adjustable objective which allows for quick parallax removal and enhances image focus.
As one of the best 22 250 scopes for coyote hunting, this scope comes with fully multi-coated lenses that ensure clear and bright views. What is more, the lenses are also anti-reflective. Vortex also equipped this scope with a 50 mm objective lens that allows for maximum light transmission that ensures your sight picture is clear and bright even under low light conditions.
The scope comes with long eye relief and a forgiving eye box that protects your brow from heavy recoil. This also helps in quickly getting a sight picture and acquiring your target. Featuring a fast-focus eyepiece, it is easy to focus your reticle quickly.
Another feature that makes this scope one of the best 22 250 scope for coyote hunting is it features reset turrets that, not only are they capped, they are also finger adjustable with MOA clicks. They can also easily be reset to zero after sight in.
This scope’s single-piece tube is built from aircraft-grade aluminum that ensures the durability of the scope. And of course, as are most vortex scopes, this scope is nitrogen purged and o-ring sealed.
Vortex Optics Crossfire II Adjustable Objective
This is another scope from Vortex that makes it to our best 22 250 scopes for coyote hunting and with good reason. It comes with the Dead hold Bullet Drop Compensator reticle that is ideal for hunting. It comes with a single-piece tube that is made with aircraft-grade aluminum which ensures the scope’s strengths. It comes in three sizes, 4-12X40, 4-12X50, and the 6-18×44
It is equipped with an adjustable objective that makes parallax removal easy and ensures images are focused. It has a long eye relief which means your brows are protected from heavy recoil.
This vortex scope comes with fully multi-coated optics that are also anti-reflective that ensure views are clear and bright. The turrets allow for a quick zero reset after sighting in.
It is nitrogen purged and o-ring sealed to provide waterproof and fog-proof performance.
Leupold VX-3i 4.5-14x50mm Riflescope
The Leupold VX-3i 4.5-14x50mm Riflescope is another scope that is one of the best 22 250 scopes for coyote hunting. It comes with DiamondCoat 2 lens coatings that ensure high light transmission and very high abrasion resistance levels. It is also completely shockproof, waterproof, and fog proof. This allows you to utilize this scope under any weather conditions you want. You can be sure of its high performance regardless.
Adjustments for windage and elevation are finger-click precision 0.25 MOA that ensures complete dependability and repeatability over a long period of time. This Leupold scope is constructed with the 6061-T6 aircraft-grade aluminum that ensures shockproof performance even under the harshest recoil.
The scope features an adjustable objective that allows parallax removal. With blackened lens edges to reduce glare and Leupold’s Twilight Max light system, views are bright and clear even in unfavorable lighting conditions. To ensure durability, this scope comes with a twin bias erector spring.
NIKON PROSTAFF P5 4-16×42
The NIKON PROSTAFF P5 4-16×42 is designed to elevate your shooting experiences with its premium features. With fully multi-coated optics, light transmission is maximized and image contrast is increased.
As one of the best 22 250 scopes for coyote hunting, this scope comes with spring-Loaded Instant Zero-Reset Turrets that allow you to quickly reset to zero and still maintain your setting. Nikon optics also equips this scope with the fast focus eyepiece which ensures easy reticle focusing and swift target acquisition. With this scope, you can adjust for parallax without changing your position.
This scope features a generous eye relief that protects your brows from injury. It is also nitrogen purged to ensure fog or moisture stays outside the scope and shockproof performance.
It is also O-ring sealed to keep moisture out of the scope. his Nikon scope is what you need for your 22 250 when out hunting for coyotes.
Vortex Optics Diamondback Second Focal Plane Riflescopes
This list could not have been complete without the Vortex Optics Diamondback Second Focal Plane Riflescope. This scope is exemplary for varmint hunting, muzzleloader, and even for long-range applications
With fully multi-coated lenses and a 40mm objective lens, views are clear and bright. The objective lens is just enough to allow maximum light transmission while still not making the scope heavy. For those of us who really don’t’ like calculating holdover, this scope comes with the Dead-Hold BDC reticle that is ideal for shooting or hunting at different ranges.
This scope is equipped with metal on metal precision turrets that ensure you can easily reset to zero after sighting in. The precision glide erector system allows precise tracking and repeatability.
And because this is a scope from Vortex, it is o-ring sealed and argon purged to ensure it’s fog proof and waterproof.
Frequently Asked Questions for the Best 22 250 Scopes for Coyote Hunting
These are some of the commonly asked questions about the 22 250 or coyote hunting that we answer.
What scope do you use for coyote hunting?
Coyotes are relatively small animals. You require a scope with fully coated lenses and an objective lens that maximizes light transmission for a clear and bright view. Like the Vortex Optics Crossfire II 6-24×50 Riflescope or NIKON PROSTAFF P5 4-16×42
What is the best scope for a 22 250?
The 22 250 cartridge is an extremely high-velocity cartridge. There are quite a number of scopes that can be the best scope for the 22 250. For example the Vortex Optics Crossfire II 6-24×50 or the Leupold VX-3i 4.5-14x50mm Riflescope.
What is a 22 250 rifle used for?
This rifle is majorly used for varmint and small game hunting.
What reticle works well for a varmint rifle?
This largely depends on your preference but if you are a beginner, the MOA reticle comes highly recommended. It is simple but does the job well.
What is the accurate range of a 22-250?
The 22 250 can work well within 700 yards.
We hope this review helps you find your ideal coyote hunting scope.


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Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has recruited Afghan immigrant children living in Iran to fight in Syria, Human Rights Watch said today. Afghan children as young as 14 have fought in the Fatemiyoun division, an exclusively Afghan armed group supported by Iran that fights alongside government forces in the Syrian conflict. Under international law, recruiting children under the age of 15 to participate actively in hostilities is a war crime.
Human Rights Watch researchers reviewed photographs of tombstones in Iranian cemeteries where the authorities buried combatants killed in Syria, and identified eight Afghan children who apparently fought and died in Syria. Iranian media reports also corroborated some of these cases and reported at least six more instances of Afghan child soldiers who died in Syria. For two of the reported cases, researchers reviewed photographs of tombstones that indicated the individual was over the age of 18, but family members of these deceased fighters told Iranian media that they were children who had misrepresented their age in order to join the Fatemiyoun division. This indicates that instances of Iran recruiting children to fight in Syria are likely more prevalent.
“Iran should immediately end the recruitment of child soldiers and bring back any Afghan children it has sent to fight in Syria,” said Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director at Human Rights Watch. “Rather than preying on vulnerable immigrant and refugee children, the Iranian authorities should protect all children and hold those responsible for recruiting Afghan children to account.”
In 2015, the Interior Ministry estimated that there were 2.5 million Afghans in Iran, many of them without residency papers. Human Rights Watch previously documented cases of Afghan refugees in Iran who “volunteered” to fight in Syria in the hopes of gaining legal status for their families.
Since 2013, Iran has supported and trained thousands of Afghans, at least some of them undocumented immigrants, as part of the Fatemiyoun division, a group that an Iranian newspaper close to the government describes as volunteer Afghan forces, to fight in Syria. In May 2015, Defa Press, a news agency close to Iran’s armed forces, reported that the Fatemiyoun had been elevated from a brigade to a division. There are no official public statistics on its size, but according to an interview published in the Revolutionary Guards-affiliated Tasnim News, it has about 14,000 fighters.
By reviewing photographs of their tombstones, Human Rights Watch documented eight Afghan children who fought and died in Syria. Five of them, one as young as 14, are buried in the Martyr’s Section of Tehran’s Behesht-e-Zahra cemetery. Writing on the epitaphs of the tombstones indicates that they were all probably killed in combat in Syria and that all of them were below the age of 18 at the time of their deaths. Human Rights Watch was able to document three more cases, of a 17-year-old, a 15-year-old, and another 17-year-old, who were buried in Alborz, Tehran, and Isfahan provinces, respectively.
In four of these cases, the tombstones also identified the children’s places of death in Syria, and in seven of the eight cases, the tombstones described the Afghan child as a “defender of the shrine,” the euphemism the Iranian government uses to describe fighters it sends to Syria. Domestic media reported their funerals and memorial services, along with their membership in the Fatemiyoun division and their place of “martyrdom” in Syria.
Domestic media reports also indicate that at least six more “defenders of the shrine” from the Fatemiyoun division are buried across the country and were under the age of 18 when they died. In two of these cases – Hassan Rahimi and Mohammad Zaman Atayi – information engraved on their tombstones indicated that the two were over 18 when they died, but media interviews with their families reveal that they were actually both children, or under 18, when they died fighting in Syria.
For instance, Isa Rahimi, the father of deceased Afghan child soldier Hassan Rahimi, told Iran’s Quran News Agency in November 2016, “On his tomb, his birthday is printed as 1995, but his real birthday is 1999. He had lied about his age so they would allow him to join the forces easier. They hadn’t asked him for a birth certificate, and that’s how he got away with it.”
Afghan fighters have also said they have seen children in training camps for Afghan forces. “Ali,” a 29-year-old Afghan, told Human Rights Watch in August that he talked to 16 and 17-year-old child soldiers who were being trained to fight in Syria. Ali said he joined the Fatemiyoun division after a recruiter approached him while he was trying to renew his residency permit at the Bureau for Aliens and Foreign Immigrants Affairs (BAFIA) office in a city outside Tehran. He said the recruiter told him he could get his permit if he joined up.
“They never asked me to show any documentation, but they wanted to make sure we were Afghan nationals,” Ali told Human Rights Watch. “We had to be above the age 18 to be recruited, but they only asked for our age, not any documentation.”
There is little transparency in Iran’s recruitment of soldiers to fight in Syria, including whether it has implemented measures to prevent child recruitment. On January 27, 2016, Mohsen Kazemeini, commander of the Tehran-based Mohammad Rasoul Allah division of the IRGC, said in a media interview that Basij paramilitary branches affiliated with the Revolutionary Guards are in charge of recruiting forces to fight in Syria. While Iran officially claims that all Afghans living in Iran who join the Fatemiyoun division are volunteers, the vulnerable legal position of many Afghan children living in Iran and their fear of being deported to Afghanistan may contribute to their decision to join up.
Authorities have attempted to extend rights to Afghan children living in Iran. In 2015, Iran reportedly allowed all Afghan children, including undocumented ones, to register for schools after Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei issued a ruling emphasizing that “no Afghan child, even the undocumented ones, should be left out of school.” Yet, this research demonstrates authorities have done too little to protect Afghan children from being recruited to fight in Syria, particularly in light of the fact that the government has proposed offering incentives such as a path to citizenship for families of foreign fighters who die, become injured, or are taken captive during “military missions.” These incentives without sufficient protections could increase the risk of child recruitment; as the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ Executive Committee has emphasized, “refugee children and adolescents… are particularly vulnerable to recruitment by government armed forces…” and has called upon governments to implement policies to prevent this human rights violation.
Under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, “conscripting or enlisting children under the age of 15 years into national armed forces or using them to participate actively in hostilities” is a war crime. Iran is not a party to the Rome Statute, but is bound by customary international law which also provides that recruitment of children under age 15 is a war crime.
The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict that entered into force on February 12, 2002, provides that 18 is the minimum age for direct participation in hostilities. Iran has signed the Optional Protocol, but the parliament has yet to vote on its ratification. Human Rights Watch has previously documented the use of child soldiers in the Syrian conflict by the People’s Protection Unit (YPG) – the Kurdish Democratic Union Party affiliate.
The UN should investigate child recruitment by the IRGC, and the secretary-general should consider adding the organization to his annual list of perpetrators of violations against children based on evidence of child recruitment, Human Rights Watch said.
“Iran should be improving protections for Afghan refugee children, not leaving them vulnerable to unscrupulous recruiting agents,” Whitson said. “Iran should immediately ratify the Optional Protocol and ensure that Afghan children are not being recruited to fight in Syria.”
Published on HRW on October 1, 2017.
By Babak Dehghanpisheh
In the week before the May 19 presidential election in Iran, the eventual victor, Hassan Rouhani, criticised the judiciary and the powerful Revolutionary Guards with rhetoric rarely heard in public in the Islamic republic.
Now, in the eyes of his supporters, it is time to deliver. Millions of Rouhani's followers expect him to keep pushing on human rights issues.
"The majority of Iranians have made it clear that they want improvement on human rights," said Hadi Ghaemi, the director of the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI), a New York-based advocacy group. "Expectations are running high."
That message came through loud and clear shortly before Rouhani, who won re-election with more than 57 percent of the vote, took the stage at a gathering of supporters in Tehran last week.
"Ya Hussein, Mirhossein" went the thunderous chant, a reference to Mirhossein Mousavi, a presidential candidate in the 2009 election, who, along with fellow candidate Mehdi Karroubi disputed the results, spurring widespread protests.
Dozens of protestors were killed and hundreds arrested in the crackdown that followed, according to human rights groups.
Mousavi, his wife Zahra, and Karroubi, were placed under house arrest in 2011 after calling for protests in Iran in solidarity with pro-democracy uprisings across the Middle East.
The trio's continued detention is a divisive political issue in Iran and one that Rouhani has promised to resolve.
But if he keeps pushing, he will face a backlash from his hardline opponents which could undermine his second term, analysts say.
At the rally, it took several minutes for the announcer to quiet the crowd before another chant broke out: "Our message is clear, house arrest must be broken".
Along with those arrests, more than 20 journalists and activists were arrested in the lead-up to the elections according to CHRI, an issue which has also been raised by Rouhani supporters.
Many political prisoners are kept in solitary confinement and not allowed to see their families for long periods of time, according to human rights groups.
Iran has one of world's highest rates of capital punishment. At least 530 people were executed in 2016, according to a United Nations report.
Rouhani's supporters also expect him to fight for basic rights that affect their daily lives, like preventing security forces from harassing women for the way they dress or the judiciary from cancelling concerts.
During his first term, Rouhani made the signing of an agreement with Western powers, which lifted a large number of sanctions in exchange for curbs on Iran's nuclear program, his top priority.
As a result, human rights issues were sidelined, analysts say. But now that the nuclear agreement is being implemented, his supporters are waiting for change.
Rouhani's decisive election win may have finally given him the opportunity to address human rights issues.
"As the head of the executive branch, Mr. Rouhani and his colleagues must use this opportunity to the maximum," parliamentarian Gholamreza Tajgardoon said last week, according to the Iranian Labour News Agency (ILNA).
But signs are emerging that hardliners are ready for a fight.
Iran's judiciary chief hit back at Rouhani on Monday for bringing up the issue of the house arrest of opposition leaders during his campaign.
"Who are you to break the house arrests?" Larijani said without naming Rouhani, according to the judiciary news site Mizan.
Larijani said the Supreme National Security Council must take the initial decision to end the house arrests and then the judiciary would step in.
Any attempt to resolve this issue outside this legal procedure would be seen as an attempt to stoke up unrest similar to 2009, he said, according to Mizan.
"We're issuing a warning that they should wrap this issue up otherwise the judiciary, with authority, will wrap this issue up itself," Larijani said.
Meanwhile, the restrictions continue.
Karroubi, 79, served as speaker of parliament before running for president in 2005 and 2009. He now stays largely on the upper floor of his house in Tehran and gets exercise by walking indoors, according to his son Mohammad Taghi. His only sources of information are local newspapers and state TV.
Security agents stay on the premises around the clock and do not allow him to have access to the phone or Internet.
Taghi, speaking by telephone, said the house arrest had backfired, raising the profile and importance of his father and the other detainees.
"If the goal is to cut off their political ties, what we've seen is that the passage of these six or seven years hasn't had any effect," he said. "In fact, the limitations and problems have increased their impact in society."
Little progress can be made on any human rights issue without the approval of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the highest power in the country.
"Since becoming Supreme Leader in 1989, Khamenei has sought to weaken every Iranian president in their second term," said Karim Sadjadpour, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment.
"Given how directly Rouhani challenged Khamenei during the campaign this tradition is likely to continue."
Published on Reuters on May 30, 2017.

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Thought dump about this topic because I’ve wanted to post here since the first page but never got around to it. Rambles a bit.
Personal feelings explained first. I’ve been on OT.com a long time now, and have made no secret of the fact that I don’t care for the prequels as films. However, what I also make no secret of is how I’m fond of many of the designs. The ships, the planets, the world they build all have that Star Wars-y feel to me. Don’t care for the films, but they still give me some of that familiar feeling of a Galaxy Far, Far Away I love so much about the better movies. Even with all the fake politics, there’s something magical about it. They are a piece of my heart/childhood/etc. in a way that I imagine everyone here feels for the OT.
I think there’s a lot of people out there who take that feeling of “it’s Star Wars” I can still get from movies I don’t enjoy a lot farther than I do. For some people, any new Star Wars is great… even the prequels. Working with kids I can tell you if they enjoyed the series at all, they knew 1-6, even if they preferred one set of movies over the other.
Some people liked Rogue One, I didn’t, but that’s cool! Star Wars means so many different things to so many people. That’s part of what makes it so large a universe, it’s not just the planets, it’s that people in our world connect to each other through their love of this Galaxy. This and many other online communities with long-term members attest to that.
As for the article in question that started this thread? Eh. I think it’s overstating its points but there’s some that’s valid. There’s a point in the article about how if the PT isn’t the absolute last of the story, it stings less. There’s no desire for me to reevaluate them as they go on to suggest, but I vibe with that. Knowing I’ll have more Star Wars does kind of make the prequels leave a less distasteful feeling, if only because there’s more to come.
But overall it’s just a piece of clicbait on ScreenRant, not a super serious piece of journalism. The author obviously put some thought into it, but it serves a purpose. Clicks and reads. They knew that when they wrote it, too. It’s a job (and I know a few people who are quite damn good at it actually!)
Don’t put too much stock into it, but also remember, this is a bubble. There’ve always been lots of people who loved the prequels even back then.


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Bhatta Parsaul: Court orders case against cops
Noida: A court in Gautam Buddh Nagar on Saturday
ordered registration of a rape and robbery case against 21
police and PAC men on the complaint of a woman from Bhatta
Parsaul village where farmers had revolted against acquisition
of their land.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who had visited Bhatta
Parsaul in May to show solidarity with the farmers of the
area, had alleged that the women were raped.
The order was passed by Chief Judicial Magistrate Vipin
The woman also alleged robbery by the men in uniform.
The woman had alleged rape by police men and PAC on May 7
after farmers had clashed with police. Two farmers and as many
policemen were killed in the standoff.
The woman alleged that after the clash their male
members had left the village fearing arrest and then police
and PAC men raped the women in the village.
Though during initial visits by NHRC and NCW teams, the
women had not alleged rape, later seven women had submitted
affidavits with National Commission for Scheduled Caste
Earlier, a district court had ordered filing of FIR
against 16 PAC men including its commander.
After the Allahabad high court had passed strictures,
Dankore police had lodged FIR against the 16 PAC men.
The court ordered filing of FIR against the then Circle
Officer, Dankaur, Uday Veer Singh Khokhar, then Phase-II
Station Officer (SO) Anuj Chaudhary, the then Kakore SO Inder
Kumar Badola, the then Dankaur SHO Rajeev Kumar, the then
Dankaur Police Station beat-incharge, Hemant Kishore Gautam
and Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) men.
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Legislation would open federal land to hunters, anglers
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A bipartisan group of senators is working on legislation that would dramatically broaden access to federal land for hunting, fishing and outdoor recreation.
Sens. Martin Heinrich, a New Mexico Democrat, and Lisa Murkowski, an Alaska Republican, have introduced legislation that would also decrease some regulations for hunters and fishers and strengthen land conservation.
A Senate committee scheduled its first hearing on the bill Thursday, with witnesses including federal officials and conservation experts.
In a partisan Congress, the legislation stands out for its lack of outspoken critics and wide political range of co-sponsors. Supporters include relatively liberal members like Heinrich and bedrock conservatives like Idaho Sen. Jim Risch.
As one Democratic co-sponsor, Heidi Heiktamp of North Dakota put it, the bill contains something for just about everyone.
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Hospital cafeteria offers delicious, healthy choices
Imagine my surprise to come across a Facebook post with #foodiefriday about a friend's meal from the cafeteria at Florida Hospital Waterman in Tavares.
It has long been known that hospital cafeterias are open to the public, but how many people want to voluntarily go to there for a meal? Well, my crazy friends do and apparently so do a lot of other people who knew about this well-kept secret.
Often, when someone ends up in the hospital, their diet has something to do with it. In order for your doctor to get you up and running, a serious diet change is recommended — cue the liquid, bland and salt-free diets. However, it doesn't have to be like that. When your doctor recommends a special diet, the culinary department works hard to deliver you delicious meals.
Besides a registered dietitian, the hospital also employs a chef and staff comparable to those in many restaurants, including Chef de Cuisine David Atkinson and Sous Chef Jacob Wishon. They work with Morrison Healthcare Food Service to bring good food to the hospital and the community.
I believe hospital food gets a bad rap when it comes to creativity and flavor. I'm going to start a great debate and won't be surprised if I get emails, but I'm going to stand by that claim. My lunch at Waterman was delicious. Last Friday, the menu featured Asian-style orange chicken with brown fried rice and Southern-style baked tilapia with cheese grits. I didn’t know which one to try, so I tried them both. They were equally delicious.
Chef Atkinson and Marie Steinetz, director of food and nutrition services, showed me how the hospital informs and guides guests to make better food choices. They also pointed out a color-coded food key that helps people create a meal based on the current USDA recommended nutrition guidelines and infographics about the health benefits of your food choices. This is a good way to eat out and stick to your nutrition plans, such as the doctor-recommended Mediterranean and D.A.S.H. diets.
Their partnership with Morrison Healthcare Food Service also allows the hospital to cater community events that educate the public on the benefits of making wise food decisions.
The hospital also features a super food of the month. January’s super food is oranges. The dietary department not only features healthy meals that include this super food, but they also talk about what makes an orange a super food. They do this with posters and infographics throughout the cafeteria. I love the idea.
Waterman knows how important breakfast is and offers a made-to-order omelet bar that is loaded with smart choices, including delicious turkey bacon.
Florida Hospital Waterman serves more than 2,000 meals a day. The cafeteria is open daily for breakfast from 6:30 to 9:30 a.m., lunch from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., an afternoon snack from 2 to 4 p.m. and dinner from 4 to 7 p.m. Grab-and-go selections are also available from 6:30 to 7 p.m. Go to www.floridahospital.com for more details.
Kudos to Florida Hospital Waterman and their efforts to change the way we think about hospital food.
Ze Carter is a food columnist for the Daily Commercial. Email her at email@example.com.


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Dray Bar & Grill
Dray offers Live Local Music every night of the week. On nice evenings we host live piano music on our baby grand inside, as well as a guitarist or duo on the patio.
We categorize our offerings as Innovative Comfort Food - I like to take recipes that everyone can relate to, and make them with the best ingredients, and give them a little twist. Our Chicken Fried Steak is a slice of Certified Angus Beef Ribeye, with a crisp buttermilk coating and rich black pepper chicken gravy - a best seller! While we have wings, we also do Buffalo Cauliflower bites - a vegetarian alternative!
- Chef Bob Munnich
- Surfaces sanitized between seatings
- Common areas deep cleaned daily
- Digital, disposable or sanitized menu provided
- Contactless payment available
- Distancing maintained in common areas
- Waitstaff wear masks
- Diners must wear masks unless eating or drinking
- Sick staff prohibited in the workplace
- Staff temperature check required
pan seared, pico de gallo beurre blanc, spanish rice, squash noodles
lemon-herb aioli, blistered corn, buttered fingerling potatoes, asparagus
We always like the food and location, but the past few visits the music inside has been so loud that you can’t have a conversation at your table. The musicians are excellent but there has to be a way to cut the volume.
Way too loud, could barely hear conversation at our own table.
By looking at reviews, it appears the owners are NOT reading reviews. The Music is TOO LOUD.
I love the food, but I cannot have dinner conversation. Sorry to say, I’m only giving this place one more chance. Plenty other restaurants in Spartanburg where you can both enjoy the food AND the people you’re having dinner with.
I would have given this review five stars but the piano bar player was just too loud and we had to shout to hear each other. The acoustics in the room make the sound even brighter.
Had brunch here. 2nd visit. Service was good. Drinks are weak, especially for $15. Would definitely come back to try for a different meal. The waffles and spicy maple syrup are the best. Eggs are good too.
Food was very good as was the service. The problem is the atmosphere. Being seated next to the bar, we had to deal with some loud, drunk and obnoxious individuals seated and mingling around the bar. If they hadn’t been cursing and laughing obnoxiously, it would have been understandable. Bartenders/mgt need to mindful of this for the sake of their other paying customers. On top of that, they had a piano player, and the acoustics in the room are horrible. Your conversation gets drowned out, so you have to talk even louder for your dining partner to hear you. All-in-all an okay experience because the food and service was good. In warmer weather, I suggest eating outdoors.
We really enjoyed our meal. Great atmosphere, and the piano player last night was very enjoyable. Prompt and friendly service also. We will be back!
Food and atmosphere was perfect for our birthday lunch celebration. Our server was exceptional and went over and above expectations.
The hostess was amazing!! It ended there. We ordered shrimp & grits without the grilled vegetables. When the waitress brought them, she said “he put the vegetables on anyway.” We had to pick all of the veggies off. The grits were very bland. We also ordered a 2nd order of pimento cheese balls that we never received.
We had the Dray burger and Avo Crabwich with homemade chips. Both were delicious, and the live music was nice.
Menu is not large, but has good choices. The option of inside or outside dining is good. % of us in party all enjoyed our meals - Halibut was excellent.
Server was good although there was a mix up over one item which delayed its arrival. The staff handled it well and one of managers explained situation and was very apologetic , and made everything OK.
Food was very good! We would most def go back again and refer friends !
Wonderful atmosphere, attentive service, fabulous food.
I made a reservation for 5 outside and there was live music. We really enjoyed our server, and the food was excellent! We liked the music, but it was so loud we could not carry on a conversation. At our request, our server kindly asked the performer if he could turn down the volume a little, but we could not tell if he did. We liked the music, but we were there for dinner and conversation, not a concert. Sorry to say that we were not able to enjoy our evening and each other’s company as much as we would have liked.
Lovely evening to sit outside and I’m glad because the piano inside was much too loud. Good food as always but the service was a little slow (as it is most places these days.).
We are from Charlotte and we thoroughly enjoyed the Dray Bar & Grill and will be going back SOON, the recommendation on the desert was spot on ( Bread pudding )
Piano music, cool decor, great service, good food, great cocktails
Cool space, very nice dining room, live music on the piano was a bit too loud and prevented us for having much dinner conversation. Server, Taya (?) was very helpful and friendly. We really enjoy the sandwiches we get while at Plankowner Brewing which is provided by Dray B&G, so we intentionally ordered nicer meals while visiting Dray B&G so we could get a good gauge of the cuisine. The food was decent. We ordered the stuffed portobello but the pesto sauce tasted like it was "store bought" and not scratch made. Also ordered the boneless pork chop special which was pretty good just a little dry. Our craft cocktails were very good.
My wife and I genuinely want to like Dray Bar, but they keep stumbling. Last night they were about 40% full. I understand staffing issues but they clearly have plenty of people out front. They simply can’t execute in the kitchen. Not a big deal they are out of things (calamari appetizer) but it would be better to tell a guest before they looked over the menu and made that choice. After our next choice apps were cleared, it was taking far too long for our entrees when the waitress approached us and explained that they had literally dropped one of our entrees on the floor. She indicated that they would put a rush on the do-over (a grilled chicken sandwich). That second attempt took yet another 45 minutes, so long my wife and I were joking that the chef had obviously quit. The waitress kept apologizing and offered a free dessert, which we declined. A visit from the manager/owner would have been appreciated. This kind of thing has happened about every other time we have decided need here. Not the fault of the waitress but rather a kitchen that simply cannot produce food consistently even when the restaurant isn’t busy.
Excellent food and excellent service. It can be a little noisy especially if there's the piano player. Which makes having a conversation difficult. Outside of that we enjoyed ourselves!
Very good but chicken was a little tough. A little pricey for the amount of food. But overall, very good
Love The Dray. The food is always good. It was anniversary lunch. I thought they may have done something special, but our server said only for birthdays. Server was excellent also. I don’t recall her name, but she is having twins.
Great food and wonderful service….
Our waiter was fabulous but the food was mediocre at best. The drinks and dessert were the hi light of the entire meal. The guy playing guitar was not great and we wished he took more breaks. Overall it seems the Dray has slipped with their food quality. It was not our best experience, unfortunately.
Too expensive for what you get , $22 for a small bone in piece of thigh meat in the Chicken Risotto. $26 for shrimp Alfredo with fancy name. $28 for salmon come on really I can buy 3 lbs of salmon at Costco for that price. It’s normal food at an upscale price with waitresses dressed like they work at Hooters. Great desserts
Sorry you didn't enjoy. Our chicken risotto is not thigh meat, but breast, and our Salmon is brought in fresh just about every day. We are committed to serving fresh and when available local ingredients, cooked to order.
Unfortunately, our experience at Dray was not as expected. Service was very slow in the beginning and food not as good as usual. I still recommend this restaurant and will visit again soon. Everyone has an off day...
Waitress was AWESOME ,little on loud side with piano.Food was great.Still rate a 10
As always a great experience. We have eaten there numerous times
And It always is excellent ‘
We waited for about 45 minutes for our food (entrees) to arrive and some of it was lukewarm. It wasn’t exceptional in terms of flavor but it certainly wasn’t bad either. We were underwhelmed overall. While it’s never acceptable for food to be delivered lukewarm, for the price point in this locale I (we) expect more. One note: the server/kitchen did kindly honor our request for a kids burger and this did not go unnoticed. It was not a regular kids menu offering.
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Be here many times and always exceeds expectations. Went there recently for my father-in-law's 96 birthday. We had great service and food was fantastic. Highly recommend The Dray.
Nice outdoor table in shade and excellent wait staff
Dray Bar is my favorite restaurant in Spartanburg!
Love this place, food and atmosphere. Haven't tried anything we didn't like. Highly recommend ordering of the specials list.
Dray always exceeds our expectations! Bottomless mimosas, delicious food, and outstanding service from Evie! She was welcoming and sweet, and made our experience even more enjoyable! The Crabcakes Benedict (with lobster hollandaise!!) was absolutely delicious! Steve Nadeau was fantastic on the piano! Thank y'all for a wonderful Brunch! We will definitely be back!!!
Great food. Music to loud. Play softer music for atmosphere
Our first time at Dray and we will definitely be back. Great service, nice size portions, and nice selection.
Great food, service and atmosphere.
Dray Bar was great! Enjoyed the food and the piano player.
You can order delivery directly from Dray Bar & Grill using the Order Online button. Dray Bar & Grill also offers takeout which you can order by calling the restaurant at (864) 310-4177.
Dray Bar & Grill is rated 4.3 stars by 233 OpenTable diners.
Yes, you can generally book this restaurant by choosing the date, time and party size on OpenTable. Due to local restrictions, this restaurant may not be accepting reservations at the moment.


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Former Aston Villa head of safety and security John Handley has died.
Described as a ‘gentle giant’ John was a popular figure at Villa Park.
He died aged 66 last week, the National Association of Retired Police Officers confirmed.
John joined Villa in 2004 after 33 years with West Midlands Police. He had worked his way up to the rank of Inspector.
At Villa, he was responsible for matchday safety and security in and around Villa Park, liaising with police, senior stewards and opposition officials and monitoring the crowd from the stadium control room.
John was a rugby rather than a football man, but developed a strong affinity for Villa.
“There is something about this club,” he said in an interview with Villa’s official website in 2012. The interview referred to him as a ‘gentle giant’.
“You are working at an organisation which holds the attention of a lot of people. And a lot of people would love your job. That goes for a lot of people in a lot of departments.
“Villa has iconic status in football. It’s one of the iconic stadiums in Great Britain and Europe. It has also set standards of conduct and
behaviour which other clubs can envy.
“If you arrive here as a non-supporter, as I did, you still grow to love the club.
“I realised very quickly too that if Villa don’t do the right thing, it’s never for the lack of trying. The club always has class about it.
“There’s a difference between having class and being flash. We have class. That appeals to me hugely.
“I’m not a big football fan. I’m a rugby man. But even I can appreciate the drama of the game and the glory of this great football club.”
John was proud to serve the police force and was delighted when he landed the job at Villa.
“I served with the police from 1971 to 2004,” he said. When I started it was very much different to what it is now. But don’t talk about
Life from Mars - it was nothing like that!
“When I retired I had done the thick end of 33 years. I was at inspector at Queen’s Road in Aston when I left and had policed over 50 games
at Villa Park.
“I heard the job was coming up here. I didn’t think I had a high enough rank for it. I thought Villa would want a superintendent.
“But one of my bosses spoke to me and told me not to be stupid - which, to be fair, he had said to me several times previously!
“I applied and I was absolutely thrilled to get the position. I couldn’t have been happier. I didn’t see it happening.
“I like to think I’m someone who people can rely on under pressure. I have had to deal with some unpleasant situations in the police force.
“There were always moments when things tested you and made you gulp. You tend to gulp earlier in your career but there are still things that
make you gulp regardless of your age and experience in the role. I’ve certainly met some sinister people.
“I think that life experience helps me, certainly on a matchday. I rarely get flustered and I do not think that I could justifiably be
accused of over-reacting to a situation!”
Villa fan David Woodhall, editor of the online fanzine Heroes and Villains, paid tribute to John, saying: “John was a tremendous, larger than life character who took his work seriously and seemed to treat everything else with a sense of fun.”


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- Politics and Social Issues
Human Nature is Selfish, Socialism is Bad
As a communist perhaps the most flawed “argument” I regularly encounter concerns human nature. The premise takes many variations, but generally may be expressed as “communism or socialism cannot work as human nature is selfish”. Indeed, this very week while partaking in communist party street activity our group of comrades were approached by an immigrant from the United States (Yes, white middle-class Americans can be immigrants too). His first objection raised was the go to phrases of the anti communist. “Stalin killed millions”, he decried. That would be unlike the 12 million slaves killed in transit from Africa to the US, that would be unlike the murder unleashed in Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan and others by the United States, but I digress.
Eventually, he moved on to the issue of human nature. With all the brashness and self-confidence in the world he assured us (without any evidence of course) that human nature is selfish, therefore we cannot build socialism. He then talked….and talked…..and talked, very loudly and at great length regarding society’s ills only being fixable by way of personal responsibility. A typical bourgeois argument.
Some problems emerge however, and these should be glaringly obvious. How can personal responsibility be exercised by a race, by beings whoms nature and very essence is selfish? How one cannot recognize this self-contradictory logic is beyond belief. If our very essence is selfish it makes no sense that we would operate with personal responsibility (personal responsibility implies a degree selflessness - that we will act with a greater good or the good of others in mind).Obviously, we would not and certainly not in the absence of coercion eg socialist governance.
“Government is not the answer” says the false consciousness soaked proponent of the market. But we communists, we socialists do not say government is the answer. No, we say “the organized working class is the answer”.
But also, to say human nature is selfish is to imply that human nature is static and fixed. Therefore, the essence of the greatest scientific and philosophical minds is the very same as early caveman, Adolf Hitler had the same nature as Mahatma Gandhi, the investment banker acts with the same altruism as Mother Theresa. Similarly, if our nature is selfish then why is the existence of a tribal/communal mode of production fully observed as historical fact?
One’s own observation is that the fellow described in this meeting (and the many others like him) is indicative of an education which imparts “knowledge” from above with empty sloganeering as opposed to equipping the masses with the tools to discover and labour for knowledge in an independent, logical and scientific manner. But, this is as an all together other issue for another hub on another day.

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Wattics, an innovative young company that has spun out of the Clarity Centre at UCD has developed a new technology that could revolutionise building maintenance by analysing electricity wires and pinpointing the devices that are eating up electricity.
The company, which is self-funded so far through revenues and which is developing a customer base locally in Ireland, as well as on mainland Europe, won the Globe Research Award 2011 for the most original and challenging research in the sustainability field.
The company’s co-founder and CEO Antonio Ruzzelli told Siliconrepublic.com that the company has created a device that can clip onto any off-the-shelf smart meter for a home, office building, apartment building or factory and can diagnose power usage and ultimately save bill payers thousands off their bills.
“The device clips onto the distribution board and our software is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) offering that takes power signatures. The device can basically read the wire and understand what has been powered on and off on the network and can break down consumption by understanding how each device signature combines with other signatures.”
Global lP licence
Ruzzelli said the technology was developed in-house at the Clarity Centre and is licensed from UCD globally and exclusively to Wattics.
He gave an example of a situation where the Wattics technology was able to notify a facilities manager that a water booster pump was over sized and therefore not efficient, costing the company thousands per month in electricity.
“A follow-up visit found that the variable speed drive was faulty and wasn’t slowing down the pump. Once the drive had failed, our technology sent an SMS to the manager. Adjusting the inverter allowed the maintenance manager to save thousands and prevent the pump from being replaced. That’s a basic example of how appliance management can help businesses.”
So far, Wattics has won business with a number of hotels, shopping centres, indigenous firms and multinationals.
The company has so far been funded from revenues and the founders’ own resources and is on the lookout for an injection of venture capital to speed up its international expansion.
“The global opportunity is immense. Wattics is just scratching the surface. We are getting calls from various industries, such as the hotel industry, the fish processing industry, the dairy co-op business – all of these are firms that are consuming a lot of energy and want to reduce the amount of money they are spending on electricity.”
Ruzzelli said the company is already selling to customers in Switzerland and has a few pending projects for public buildings in Italy.
“We are finding that legislative changes, such as the new carbon tax laws in the UK, are also a critical driver for demand for our technology.
“The key here is our technology is meter agnostic. We take data from smart meters and make them smarter,” Ruzzelli said.


Archaeologists ruling puts Hellinikon project in doubt
Greece's archaeologists decided Tuesday that a considerable chunk of land belonging to the 6,200 acre Hellenikon urban development is an archaeological site and cannot be built on, in a decision that could bring an end to the project, officials said Tuesday.
In a fourth meeting on the issue, Greece's Central Archaeological Committee (KAS) decided that 280 acres of land at the former Athens airport is off limits to developers. It is not clear, however, where exactly these spaces are located and whether the decision will prevent investors, led by Lamda Development, from going ahead with the delayed 8 billion euro project.
Officials from the prime minster's office welcomed the news, saying that it means the investment will go ahead.
Apart from the significance of the project for Greece's crisis-hit economy, it's completion is seen as being a major test for Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, whose administration has struggled to draw investments to Greece.


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Thieves take $20K cash, guns from Jaguars' Stroud
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Jaguars defensive tackle Marcus Stroud had $20,000 cash, two semiautomatic handguns, several pieces of jewelry and other items stolen from his Jacksonville home either Sunday night or Monday morning, according to the Duval County Sheriff's Office.
Stroud declined comment on the robbery. But police said he told them he returned home after practice Monday about 2 p.m. to find a crowbar on his kitchen floor near a rear door and his house ransacked.
According to police, Stroud didn't activate the burglar alarm and his safe was closed, but unlocked.
Stroud returned to training camp and practiced Monday night.
He was a first-round draft pick in 2001 from Georgia who has started the last three Pro Bowls for the AFC.
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Judge Francis Biddle is known to many of us as a scion of old Philadelphia. His family numbers among the first Americans and our grandparents, and great grandparents, remember him as the lead judge in the Nuremburg Trials after World War Two. Many of us know little else about him, and Joanna McClelland Glass’ play “Trying,” at the George Street Playhouse, in New Brunswick, New Jersey, gives us a vignette of a man who, while born to privilege, used that privilege to make life better for most of us, even while making it somewhat difficult for those closest to him.
We first meet “Sarah with an ‘h’” (Carly Zien), as she is shivering in a garret. This is not the scene of “La Bohème,” but rather Judge Biddle’s garage office. And step-thump, step-thump, step-thump, step, thumphere comes the Judge (Philip Goodwin). When we meet Judge Biddle, he is at the irascibly ripe age of 82. This is not a secret: he speaks of it often and he is very conscious of sand running out in his hourglass. Sarah is a fresh young populist from the prairies of Canada and there is a frictive spark from the beginning of their relationship. Will her steel be a match for his immovable sense of self? You’ll need to see the play to find out.
Part of the joy of a great play is watching the actors spin out the layers of human relationships. Jim Jack’s direction puts the frictive sparks and the dry tinder in the places they need to be. There is no drama without conflict, and here there are plenty of both. Jason Simms’ set is mid-Century perfection and the passage of time is evident from the liberal use of the window. The seasons are all too short, and we are reminded of that. Scott Killian’s sound design sets the tone for our emotions, and Esther Arroyo’s costumes are spot on, with Sarah providing much needed splashes of color. Christopher Bailey’s lighting is soft where it needs to be and the actors themselves light up the stage as well.
This play is very cerebral and has a number of gifts for the observantSarah’s consistent good heart and strong will, Judge Biddle’s oh-so-gradual warming to Sarah’s firmness and practicality, and logic. He cannot deny her brain, heart and fortitude. Their clear admiration for one another through the work they do, and the trust that they build is truly beautiful. I found myself turning over portions of Zien’s and Goodwin’s performances like gems to admire. Zien’s Canadian accent is perfect and we can see the almost physical battle between Sarah’s thorough respect of elders and her frustration at this impossible old man. Goodwin’s Biddle moves with the age of his wisdomcareful steps and tried and true aphorisms. In the second act, when he actually allows her to assist him in getting up, and when Sarah performs a task he initially insisted he alone do, we know that they have become a unit.
The run of this magnificent play ends April 8, so here’s the ideal Spring gift for those you love. Be prepared to give a gift certificate to your favorite bookstore as well, you’ll want more about and from these two true characters. Get your tickets now at www.GeorgeStreetPlayhouse.org


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FTX-450 - HOW
THINGS HAVE CHANGED
REGIONAL DIALECTS OF BRITAIN & IRELAND
Here are voice samples from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales including
Anglesey and the Isle of Man. These tracks were selected from the Archives.
Woman (Birmingham) "How things have changed" (incl traffic) - Man
"Letting in the New Year " with "Wassail Song" - Man (West Wycombe,
Bucks) "Toboganning om the hill" - Man (Cornwall) "Being pixie-led"
- Man (Cotswold) "O Lord that there tree" - Woman (Lamplugh,
Cumberland) "Puddings" - Man (Teignmouth, Devon) "Wartime Railway Journeys"
- Man (Durham) "The Big Meeting & Miner's Gala" - Man (Newcastle)
Poem: "The Cadger" - Man (Gloucestersh) "I heard Cuckoo this morning"
- Man (Lancashire) "The Cup Final Parrot up the Edgware Road, London"
- (Man (Liverpool) "I was in Walton Gaol for not paying 7/6 fine" -
Man: (Manchester) "The East Lancashire is the best road out" - Woman
(Leicestersh) "Being thrown out of your house" - Man and Woman (London
Cockney) "Talking about Chavvers" - Man (East Suffolk) "I could have
been a carpenter" - Man (Somerset): "The first taste of Cider" - Woman
(Bristol) "Going cleaning and firelighting" - Man (W. Suffolk) "A Big
Day after the Boer War" (Lord Kitchener) - Man (Cambridgersh ) "There
was a keeper there" - Man (Cheshire ) "Jenny Wren came out of the dog's
mouth" - Man (Rutland) "Signs of Rain" - Man (North Yorkshire)
including the song "The Sweet Lass of Richmond Hill" - Man (Isle of
Man) "Protecting the bridal party from evil spirits" - Man (Co Down,
N.Ireland) "The Cargo of Rock Dallus" (Edible Seaweed" - Man (Dublin)
"Top of the morning, to you, Aden" - Man (Edinburgh) "Britain's First
New Town" - Man (Glasgow) "Football between Celtic and Rangers" -
Man (Inverness) "The London Air Service" - Man (Ayr) "Robbie Burns and
the Milkmaid" - Man (Anglesey, N. Wales) "Rice Pudding" or "The soldiers
defending the bridge" - Woman (South Wales) "I was born an ugly duckling"


How Bad Is North Carolina’s Ballot Flaw?
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Some of you may have read about North Carolina's very confusing straight-party voting rules and ballots. If history is any guide, this has the potential to have a huge impact on the outcome of the presidential contest in North Carolina.
North Carolina, like 14 other states, has an option on the ballot that allows voters to cast a straight-party ballot with one mark. Straight-party voting allows voters to vote quickly and easily, and often results in more votes for down-ballot contests. But it presents some serious usability challenges for voters. And In North Carolina, straight-party voting is particularly tricky: a straight-party vote (counter-intuitively) does not include a vote for president - voters must make a separate mark under the presidential contest (this is in contrast to other states, like Texas, where attempting to vote for President after choosing straight party voting could nullify one's vote).
Perhaps not surprisingly, in the last few elections, North Carolina has had an unusually high number of voters who did not cast votes in the presidential election. Dr. Justin Moore of Duke University estimates 3.15% of voters did not have votes recorded for President in 2000, and 2.57% did not have votes cast for president in 2004. As we noted in our recent report Better Ballots, having more than 1% of voters fail to cast a vote in the presidential contest is unusual and often an indication of a ballot design flaw or other problem.
It's possible that North Carolina's confusing straight-party voting law and ballots haven't attracted much attention in the past because there hasn't been a close presidential contest in the state in quite some time. But this year, having 2% or more of voters inadvertantly skip the presidential contest may very well have an impact on the outcome. As we've noted before, ballot design flaws tend to disproportionaltely impact three groups, who are likely to be heavily represented in North Carolina's election this year: the poor, the elderly, and new voters.
We've posted a couple of sample ballots from this year's election in North Carolina. One is a paper optical scan ballot being used in Durham County. And one is a "DRE" or electronic ballot being used in Mecklenburg County. North Carolina's optical scan and electronic ballots have some good features that are discussed in Better Ballots, such as shading office titles, that will help voters navigate the ballot. The straight-party voting option, however, could cause thousands of lost votes.
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Although North Carolina has written detailed instructions for straight-party voting, the most important instruction - warning voters that a straight-party vote does not include a vote for President - appears last in the list. Buried in a block of text that takes up nearly third of the first column of optical scan ballots, or half of a DRE electronic ballot screen, both experienced and first-time voters are likely to miss this crucial information.
A better optical scan ballot layout would have bumped the straight-party voting information to the second column, to ensure that voters don't miss the presidential contest that is listed first. A better DRE electronic ballot layout would have placed the presidential race by itself on the first screen, followed by the straight-party voting option on the next screen, to ensure that voters are aware that these are separate voting tasks.
The Brennan Center calls on election officials to make sure that North Carolina voters are aware that a straight-party vote does not include a vote for president, and that they must make a mark in the presidential contest for a vote for president to be counted. At the same time, we're working with local voting rights groups in North Carolina to get the word out far and wide.
Update: We just spoke to Professor David Kimball, Professor of Political Science at the University of Missouri, St. Louis who notes that until as recently as 2007 (when the law was changed), the only other state that did not include the presidential contest in its straight party voting was South Carolina which - surprise - had similarly high "undervote" rates in the presidential contest in 2000 and 2004.
About the Author
Mr. Norden is the project director for the Voting Technology Project. As Counsel at the Brennan Center, Mr. Norden works in the areas of voting systems, voting rights and government accountability. In addition to these responsibilities, he edits and writes for the Brennan Center’s blog on New York State, ReformNY.
Ms. Chen joined the Brennan Center in June 2006. As Senior Research Associate in the Democracy Program, she focuses on voting rights and elections.