September 29, 2020

As part of an initiative aimed at recruiting teachers who represent the students they serve, Dallas ISD has hired 13 Black male professionals and put them on the path toward becoming licensed teachers who will lead classrooms next semester.

The Adjunct Teacher Dallas Residency Program is designed to recruit Black male teachers to serve in high-priority campuses.

"Evidence shows that Black students who have at least one Black educator in elementary school are more likely to graduate from high school, college and be career-ready," said John Vega, deputy chief of Dallas ISD's Human Capital Management (HCM). "Having someone who looks like you to teach you has a great impact on a student's future success. We believe that the more teachers that we can get in front of our students that look like them, the more successful the students will be."

The teacher residency program is in response to the resolution on the Commitment of Dallas ISD to Black Students and Black Lives. In a special called board meeting in June, the Dallas ISD Board of Trustees unanimously agreed to identify high-need issues and reconvene with Superintendent Michael Hinojosa within 30 days to begin to take actions to achieve measurable improvements for Black students in Dallas ISD over the next year.

Jairus McClinton is one of the inductees of the first cohort who works as an adjunct teacher in Lincoln High School and Humanities/Communications Magnet. He graduated with a degree in Music Performance and a minor in Literature from Auburn University and is currently teaching Pre-AP English at the early college high school.

McClinton was already working as a teacher assistant for a special education program in Memphis, Tennessee. His love for teaching inspired him to move to Dallas and apply for the adjunct teacher residency. He aims to be a relatable role model and wants his students to understand that they too can build a career and work as professionals in any field.

As a first-year teacher, he hopes that his affinity for music, his knowledge of literature and his cultural background will inspire his students to see a sea of possibilities ahead.

Jairus McClinton, an adjunct teacher in Lincoln High School and Humanities/Communications Magnet, is one of the first candidates to participate in the Dallas ISD Adjunct Teacher Dallas Residency Program.

"My goal is for my students to understand that I am a genuine individual who actually cares about their success and about the decisions that they make," McClinton said. "I want them to come to me, whether they are Black, White, or Hispanic; whoever you are. I want to be that teacher that they point to and say 'that is my favorite teacher, right there, because I can talk to him and be real with him about my situation."

The 13 members of this initial cohort have been assigned a campus this semestermost of them are serving in elementary schoolswhere they are receiving pedagogy instruction and practical classroom experience. The Racial Equity Office is training the adjunct teachers on understanding and addressing equity issues and empathizing and supporting their students' cultural and social and emotional needs.

Dallas ISD is compensating the future educators as full-time employees and adjunct teachers throughout their residency until the spring, when they will return to their campus as certified teachers.

"This is an aggressive approach to putting Black male teachers in front of our black students, particularly our African American young boys, who we have learned (through data) are prone to higher rates of out-of-school suspensions, and lower levels of academic achievement. In many instances we've missed opportunities to differentiate instruction by teaching our students the way they learn rather than using a one size fits all instructional approach," said Sharon Quinn, deputy chief of the Racial Equity Office (REO). "Not only will this first cohort begin to fill the void of male teachers in our elementary schools, it will also place positive, Black male role models in front of our students. When they see a well-spoken, well dressed, successful African American male teacher who is with them every day, demonstrating care for the academic, social, and emotional needs, the impact will be great and far reaching. They will see someone who is not only interested in their mind, but also in their future wellbeing."

HCM is working closely with REO to provide Cultural Intelligence training to the adjunct teachers. The 13 members of the first cohort will receive monthly professional development on topics such as dismantling racism, talking to students about not being silent and helping kids to express what they feel if they have encountered any types of inequities in their life.

"We're wanting the teachers to be aware that many students may not have gotten off to a great start and may not have the best academic or financial background. However, their commitment to be a classroom teacher can play a significant role in changing their lives' trajectory," Quinn said. "Being aware of the cultural background and challenges faced by your students fosters a sense of empathy and pride. Instead of feeling sorry for them, you put yourself in their place and teach them as though they are your very own. You teach with their future in mind. The pride that you feel when you see them responding to your presence and pedagogy are irreplaceable. When our students see that you care for them and are willing to teach them with tough love and a tender heart, they can and will thrive and live up to their potential.

REO plans to implement Cultural Intelligence training to all educators and central staff.

Career transitioners who want to become teachers

While the Adjunct Teacher Dallas Residency Program is a new initiative, HCM has been recruiting professionals to lead district classrooms for years.

The district's Alternative Certification Program is a highly successful program that trains college graduates who studied a career outside of teaching to follow their passion and lead a classroom.

Director of Alternative Certification Program Torey Willis leads this effort and is also overseeing the new residence program. Her main goal is to ensure that every individual who wants to transition into education is prepared for their first year as a Dallas ISD teacher. She was surprised when in less than five months, more than 500 applicants showed interest in the residency program.

"We wanted to ensure that our initial induction is protected. We want to make sure that all of our systems are structured, and we want to look at their transition to full-time teacher," Willis said. "We were looking for applicants who could show perseverance. We were looking for someone who could transition into the profession being an adjunct teacher, and paralleling with the Alternative Certification Program, and being able to balance the job requirements and also the day-to-day functionality that they're responsible for. We were also looking for candidates who could understand the concept of applying theory into practice."

HCM male of color

This press release was produced by the Dallas Independent School District. The views expressed here are the author's own.

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Aubrey Daniel as JAG prosecutor.

Aubrey M. Daniel III, an alumnus of the University of Virginia and the University of Richmond law school, made his name as a young Judge Advocate General captain who successfully prosecuted the court-martial of Lt. William L. Calley Jr. for his role in the infamous My Lai Massacre. Daniel went on, after his military career, to become a top litigator with the Williams & Connolly LLP law firm. If you Google his name, youll find that he won widespread recognition (or notoriety) for a 1970 letter he penned to Richard M. Nixon, taking the president to task for comments he made about My Lai. Now Daniel, retired and living in Italy, has authored another letter, this one addressed to James E. Ryan, president of UVa, on the topic of profane political statements appended to room doors on the Lawn.

It is a lengthy missive, so, for the convenience of readers, I will summarize the key points. But I would urge you to read the full letter.

Ryan has stated that he is powerless to act because removing the infamous Fuck UVa sign would violate of freedom of speech protected by the First Amendment of the Constitution. Daniel outlines three distinct grounds for doing what Ryan seems to reluctant to do.

2. Ryans duty is to enforce the Universitys standards for discourse found in The University of Virginia Student Rights and Responsibilities, which obligate students to conduct themselves in a manner that is civil and compatible with the Universitys function as a educational institution. The use of profanity violates the principle of civil discourse.

3. Underneath the Fuck You headliner, the student author wrote a series of descriptors under the sub-head of UVA Operating Cost. One was KKKops. This is the quintessential illustration of a defamatory statement, and defamation is not protected by the First Amendment.

Whether you agree with Daniels logic or not, this is an important letter, and it is being distributed widely among UVa alumni. Given Daniels stature, Ryan and the Board of Visitors have no choice but to respond.

Here follows the letter:

Dear President Ryan,

Where would you be without Thomas Jefferson? You wouldnt be the President of The University of Virginia because it would not exist. The Presidency of The University is a great honor and carries with it great responsibilities including protecting a very important piece of public property.

My name is Aubrey M Daniel III.

This is not the first time I have written a letter to a President. Almost fifty years ago, I wrote a letter to then President of the United States, Richard M. Nixon. Like today, it was a turbulent time in our country. The country was divided over the War in Vietnam. At that time, I was 29 years old, a graduate of The University and T. C. Williams School of Law, and a JAGC Captain. I was the chief prosecutor in the court-martial of Lt. William L. Calley, Jr. for his role in the My Lai Massacre, the slaughter of old men, women, children, and babies. Those victims were the enemy in the eyes of some and inhuman gooks in the eyes of others. Though they were not white, the color of their skin made no difference to me under the law. I strongly believe ALL lives matter. The verdict caused the greatest national reaction of any case ever tried. It had been an enormous responsibility for me to reveal to the world the truth about what happened in My Lai. It was a painful experience both for me and for the country.

My letter to President Nixon dealt with issues that were important to our republic: respect for the laws; the enforcement of those laws to see that justice was done; the protection of the constitutional rights of individuals; and the responsibility of the chief executive to support the rule of law without political bias.

I never expected the letter to be published and praised by the New York Times and by almost every other major newspaper in the country. The countrys verdict on the verdict was one that I had not anticipated. It was difficult for me to have written that letter then, as it is difficult for me to write this letter today.

I wrote it because I was shocked and dismayed by what I was seeing and hearing in the country. Fifty years later, I am equally shocked and appalled at what I observe happening at The University, namely, the doors on The Lawn being defaced with profanity and defamatory language.

I live in Italy, far away from the cauldron of the public debate and chaos that is occurring in the United States. This distance has afforded me the time for reflection and analysis without the added pressure of being there. In writing this, I am proud to be an advocate for those who have been affected and offended by what has occurred. Why should I do this? Why should I say anything? Im compelled by my conscience, my sense of right and wrong, my love for the Constitution, and my love for The University. My love for The University began when I was a young boy growing up in Orange. It has always been a great honor to say that I graduated from President Jeffersons University.

I found your statement Addressing Free Speech in The University totally inadequate to justify the decision you have made to do nothing about the defacement of the door on The Lawn. I wish I could have been there when you met with the student who defaced the door by writing Fuck UVA. We agree that profanity on the sign is offensive, but I wonder if when you met her she showed any remorse for having written it? Did you tell her, at a minimum, she used very poor judgement? I hope you told her that the language she used was entirely inappropriate and violated the code of conduct set forth in the Students Rights and Responsibilities.

I am not sure you fully appreciate the intensity of the feelings that many of us alumni share. The Lawn is a place of honor to which she brought dishonor. The University historically has been a place of honor which she has dishonored.

You seem to take comfort from the fact your legal counsel stated there is no doubt that the speech on the sign is protected by the First Amendment. You likely were relieved to have this advice so that you could avoid having to take any action. It is rare to see any legal opinion that asserts no doubt. Predicting legal outcomes with such certainty can be risky and they often prove to be wrong.

I wonder whether your counsel and you, as a distinguished lawyer, fully analyzed the content of the sign. Freedom of speech is not without limitations. Freedom of speech is not a defense for the commission of a crime, i.e. Va Code section 18.2-138 damaging or defacing public buildings or property, nor is it a defense for defamation by associating certain individuals with the KKK.

It seems you overlooked one of your fundamental duties to protect the public image of The University and the architectural genius of Thomas Jeffersons creation. After all, The University of Virginia is a recognized UNESCO Heritage Site. This high honor of international recognition gives it the same status that has been accorded to the Pyramids of Egypt, the Taj Mahal in India, the Acropolis in Greece and the Colosseum in Italy. There are only 1007 such sites in the entire world and only 21 in the United States. The University of Virginia is the only university in the entire country to receive such an honor.

UNESCO has written that Jeffersons Monticello and Academical Village precinct are notable for the originality of their plans and designs and for the refinement of their proportions and dcor. Jeffersons attention to detail and symmetry is evident. The doors are an important architectural element of the total design. They were not designed to be ugly billboards. It is a ridiculous proposition to suggest that the First Amendment of the United States Constitution prohibits The University from maintaining and protecting the architectural beauty and harmony of the buildings on the Lawn. Wholly apart from the words that are ugly and offensive, the entire appearance of these doors has been defaced. Would The University allow students to change the color of the doors to fit their taste?

According to The Universitys regulations, Lawn residents should respect their living space as a place of historic value and as the public face of The University. It is a privilege to live in a room on The Lawn, and that privilege is conditioned on the students agreement to comply with the rules governing its use. That agreement has been breached by their conduct.

The University is so unique and famous that people pay for a tour. You should be embarrassed that a recent review was posted on a public forum stating, The famous lawn lined with student housing, is a pretty walk (though UVA mistakenly allows students living there to plaster their doors with unsightly junk). How could that be permitted to happen?

In addition to the fundamental duty to protect the aesthetics of The Lawn, it is also the fundamental duty to enforce The Universitys standard for discourse. I have read and studied The University of Virginia Student Rights and Responsibilities. These have been translated into Chinese, Spanish and Korean reflecting the diversity of the student body. These standards state:

Students can freely examine and exchange diverse ideas in an orderly manner inside and outside the classroom.

When students have grievances, they have access to established procedures for respectfully presenting and addressing their concerns / complaints to The University.

Students have the right to expect prompt and courteous responses from The University.

As for Student responsibilities, The exercise and preservation of these freedoms and rights require a respect for the rights of all in the community.

Students enrolling in the University assume an obligation to conduct themselves in a manner that is civil and compatible with the Universitys function as an educational institution.

These standards make it clear that the free exchange of ideas must be civil, respectful, courteous, and orderly. These are not high ideals too difficult to achieve. They merely reflect common courtesy without profane name calling, obscenities, and defamatory accusations. Were not the messages posted on the Students doors in violation of these fundamental requirements?

What is the response to Fuck UVA? Is it Dont Fuck UVA.? This is hardly the type of debate for intellectual discourse at a major university whose role is to educate and foster personal development and character. Isnt the imperfect pursuit of high ideals made more difficult if the standards of conduct used to get there are not enforced?

Now I want to turn to the two legal limitations on free speech, defamation and the commission of a crime. Below the FUCK UVA headline, in bold letters, is written:

UVA OPERATING COST KKKOPs GENOCIDE -SLAVERY -DISABILITY -BLACK-BROWN LIFE

The Restatement (Second) torts sec. 559 lists membership in the Ku Klux Klan as the quintessential illustration of a defamatory statement. When you met with the student, did you confront her with the fact that her statement was defamatory? What proof did she give you to support her claim that the police are members of the Ku Klux Klan? If she presented you with none, both hers and your decision not to have taken immediate action were reckless. The UVA Police and local police are entitled to protection against defamation. At a minimum, the sign should have been taken down immediately since defamation is not protected by the First Amendment.

I was provided with an account of an incident by Alumnus Bert Ellis who observed the sign then talked to the student and you. He reports that you said, You were working on it. He returned to find the sign still up and being protected by two University Ambassadors. Did you not consider this to be an insult to the feelings of the alumni and to the police by choosing to protect the sign over those who have been loyal to and protect The University?

And then, there was the television interview. Was this before or after you met with her? She explained that one of her motivations was to encourage the community to defund the police. Does the University support defunding the police? Is not that, a radical concept?

The First Amendment is not a defense to committing the crime of VA Code section 18.2-138 damaging or (emphasis added) defacing public buildings or property. Defacing the doors on the Lawn violates this criminal statue. Would not enforcing that law deter further violations? With every new sign there is a new criminal violation. Have you forgotten that UVA property is the property of the people of the Commonwealth of Virginia? Is it permissible to have the publics property defaced in this manner?

Many believe as I do that any student who has that level of disrespect for The University is not worthy of its degree. Should any university that wants to be great and good tolerate this kind of behavior from its students? The University, is indeed, remarkable. That is because Thomas Jefferson created a world renowned architectural environment for the education of its students. You said that we should acknowledge with humility and gratitude the efforts of past administrations, faculty, students and devoted alumni.

You should have included Thomas Jefferson in that list. What has happened here is more than a slight stumble along the way. It has made the journey much, much, more difficult by allowing students to drive us further apart with profane, abusive, disrespectful, and defamatory public statements.

How can any leader of an institution who has any self-respect and respect for the institution he leads tolerate this type of conduct? You should be embarrassed and ashamed by your lack of action and question whether you deserve the position of President. If you stand on the legal advice you were given, that advice failed to account for both the facts and the law. It certainly does not appear to be free from political influence. The public has a right to know whether or not there has been political pressure from any source to take no action. All documents, communications of any nature should be preserved so that they may be obtained under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. Public hearings should be held on this issue to determine whether legislation is required. They should be held on both state and federal level. It is clear that The University and Monticello need more protection as a UNESCO Heritage Site than they have received. Therefore, I will be asking for federal legislation to protect this site, making defacing or damaging it a federal felony punishable by a minimum of one year in prison to a maximum of five years.

Your tenure as President of The University is finite, but Thomas Jeffersons legacy is lasting.

I am thankful his legacy has enriched my life.

God Bless America, The Land I love.

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Mysore/Mysuru: Cleaning of the premises of historic Khadi Gramodyog Mandali at Badanavalu village in Nanjangud taluk of Mysuru district and garlanding Gandhijis bust marked World Tourism Day on Sept. 27.

The staff of Tourism Department cleared the weeds in the entire area. This time, the Tourism Day was celebrated at the Khadi Mandali to coincide with special impetus being given to promotion of Rural Tourism in Karnataka Tourism Policy 2020-25.

The Department has taken up the project at a cost of Rs. 100 crore to develop the Khadi Gramodyog Mandali on the lines of Sabarmati Ashram in Gujarat.

This centre has a rich history too. Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi had visited Badanavalu village in 1927 and 1932 to promote cottage industries as well as rural development during pre-independence period.

He wanted manufacturing of indigenously produced goods to promote the sale of Swadeshi items in Indian market. The Khadi Mandali was established in 1927 as per Gandhijis wishes and started manufacturing Khadi products.

With the Khadi Centre in shambles, noted theatre personality Prasanna and a group of volunteers stayed in the village and rebuilt the sheds besides holding meetings, workshops, street performances and visual arts. Padayatras were held from various parts of the State and culminated at Badanavalu for National Convention for Sustainable Living.

Artistes, activists and leaders of various peoples movement had camped with Prasanna and joined hands in temporarily resurrecting the centre. Noted Bollywood actor, late Irrfan Khan had visited the Centre to extend support to the cause of Prasanna.

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Presently, 50-60 employees are working in this Khadi Centre, according to Tourism Department Deputy Director.

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Promoting Rural Tourism: Badanavalu Khadi Centre to be developed on the lines of Sabarmati Ashram - Star of Mysore

Ramgarh: Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis asserted on Tuesday that the BJP alliance was "far ahead" of the Mahagathbandhan in Bihar and will win the assembly election with a thumping majority.

Fadnavis, who visited the Chhinnamastika Devi temple in Ramgarh, about 70 km from Ranchi, refused to elaborate and only added that he was on a spiritual visit.

He reached Ranchi in a plane from Bihar after completing a day-long visit to the state and then travelled to Ramgarh by road to offer prayers at the temple. But the temple was closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the senior BJP leader had to offer prayers from outside the temple gate, said the priest Subashish Panda.

Fadnavis also visited the saint Boriya Baba at his ashram near the confluence of the holy Damodar and Bhairavi rivers. He spent one and half hours there, said another priest, Jayant Panda, who accompanied him during the visit to the ashram.

Sandeep Singh, the deputy commissioner of Ramgarh, told PTI that Fadnavis left Jharkhand within 72 hours of his arrival and as per the COVID-19 protocol if someone leaves the state within 72 hours, he could skip the mandatory 14-day quarantine.

The assembly election in Bihar is scheduled in three phases on October 28, November 3 and 7. The counting of votes will take place on November 10.

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INDIAN youth with IT and computer knowledge should help people fill up the 2020 e-Census to ensure the community is fully represented, Makkal Osai reported community leaders as saying.

The Kerian district Malaysia Hindu Sangam chairman said it was important that Malaysian Indians participate in the census-taking.

Those familiar with IT should help the elderly or those unfamiliar with computers to do so, the report said.

It added that the low number of Indians pre-registered in the e-Census system indicated that most were likely not computer-literate.

> A Hindu priest in Seremban helped rescue more than a dozen homeless and abandoned people and gave them shelter in his ashram, Makkal Osai reported.

Sivasri Dr AL Ananda Gobi, who heads the Hindu priests association of Negri Sembilan and Melaka, said he was touched by the plight of those who were left homeless.

Some of them fell victim to drug addiction and alcoholism and ended up on the streets while others are abandoned by their families.

Seeing them begging on the streets and depending on handouts to survive was painful, so I decided to do something, Ananda said.

The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.

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Azim Khan Ronnie has taken out the overall first prize in the 2020 Better Photography Magazine Photo of the Year competition and also won the Exotic Travel Category.

Azim Khan Ronnie. The winning entry in this years Photography Magazine Photo of the Year competition was taken at a religious festival in Narayanganj, Bangladesh in front of Shri Shri Lokenath Brahmachari Ashram temple.

His prize was a cash purse of AU$2000 for the major award, plus $750 as winner of the Exotic Travel category; a total of $2750. There were 799 entries to this years competition, which was judged by Peter Eastway, David Oliver and Tony Hewitt, all AIPP Grand Masters of Photography. Individual category winners were as follows: 2020 Emotive Portrait Category Winner: Zay Lar Yin 2020 Exotic Travel Category Winner: Azim Khan Ronnie 2020 Classic Landscape Category Winner: Grant Galbraith 2020 Revealing Nature Category Winner: Charles Jones

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The ancient Indian protocol for social distancing is embedded in the lines my yoga guru, from the famous ashram in Monghyr, Bihar, taught me: Chaar miley, chausath khiley, Miley bees ek saath. Harjan se harijan miley, Bihsain bahattar hazar (When two plus two i.e. four eyes meet each other; 32 plus 32, 64 teeth smile together 10 fingers of both palms, greet 10 of the other, a total of 20. Then a person, blessed by the Lord, is in union with another without physical contact. This results in 36,000 vital points in one human body and 36,000 in the other, sending ripples of joy through 72,000 points in the two beings.)

The current etiquette of social distancing possibly has precedent in past practice. Arrival of outsiders may well have wrenched us away. With Freudian prescience, Akbar Allahabadi put his finger on the nub of the matter: Tifl mein bu aaye kya ma baap ke atwar ki, Doodh to dibbe ka hai taaleem hai Sarkar ki. (How should an infant inherit characteristics of his/her parents on a diet of powdered milk and government education?)

The lockdown outlawed any toing and froing, conditions which Ghalib had described with great simplicity about Delhi during 1857: Koi vaan se na aa sake yaan tak, Aadmi vaan na ja sake yaan ka (No one from there can come here; Likewise, no one from here can go there)

This limitation on visiting each other soon began to reveal our instinctive comfort level with social separation. We were quite comfortable within the Lakshman rekhas we sketched around ourselves. More revealing were telephone conversations with neighbours, and members of the Residents Welfare Association. What they expressed was indifference to the migrants who had walked away from the suddenly imposed penury, joblessness, no roof over their heads in the torrid heat and now it seems, the approaching winter. Were these millions condemned by their karma, to be judged for suitable slots only in the next life?

When I visited South Africa to cover Mandelas release what struck me was not the exclusive white enclaves. I had expected them. After all that is what Apartheid was all about. What astonished me was Lenasia, the Indian colony outside Johannesburg. Sprawling mansions with two swimming pools was the lot of many Indians. Unlike the joyous Black South Africa, much the overwhelming majority, Lenasia was uneasy at the end of White rule. It was possible to meet Manek Patel in his bungalow who thought apartheid helped keep bloodline pure.

Hierarchies and class are inescapable. A revolutionary like Ho Chi Minh did live in a modest, two room, oak cottage but it had the nicest view of the lake. The rare visa which enabled me to cover the 1979 China-Vietnam war was arranged by a member of the Bao Dai family, an old Vietnamese aristocracy.

The Indian hierarchy, based on caste, is unique. Unlike racism, it is not based on prejudice: it is simply a time honoured practice which draws red lines, not to be crossed, between occupation based caste groups arranged in a vertical hierarchy. Egalitarianism disrupts these red lines. The unease with the Constitution is deep seated for this reason with the present regime which harks back to a pre Islamic golden past.

As we enter the seventh month of the lockdown, it may be worthwhile taking stock. My wife and I (and a live-in help) have been moderately cautious: we have entertained, keeping social distancing and never having more than four guests. Likewise, we have visited friends for meals, and taken the masks off, once seated.

My daily three kilometer walk in the park adjacent to our apartment (I take off the mask; it suffocates me) has been sacrosanct as has been my yoga. The clan in hundreds spread across north India, has so far reported no expiry. But there have been three positive cases in Lucknow including an 85 year old with co morbidities. They recovered within three days and three children in the same apartment remained untouched by the virus.

The bleakness that I see ahead cannot be extrapolated from our experience in the health arena. It is the economic sphere, joblessness, abysmal drop in resources, redesigned kitchen budgets, even within cousins where darkness is catching up.

A visit to South Delhis Select City Mall was scary. Hanuman Chalisa was being chanted in the biggest food mart. The lobby of the five star hotel was as eerie as the empty road in Hitchcocks North by Northwest, where a biplane swoops down on a terrified Cary Grant. A five star restaurant without a customer abutting a bar, stocked to the ceiling, but without a soul. Trust Ghalib to invade my mind: Bhar hain jis qadar jaam o subu, maikhana khali hai. (Goblets and cups are full to the brim, but the tavern is totally empty)

How long will Indian capitalism survive such tightly sealed goblets? Corona, I suspect, will wipe out lifestyles boosted by 30 years of reform. The new middle class will revert to their first car, the Maruti and mothers vegetarian recipes.

This middle class may adjust without too much fuss to the pre reform austerities, a mood that will dovetail nicely in the march towards Hindu Rashtra. A fly in the ointment may well be mass anger. After all, those who walked, their ranks swelled by the jobless and the hungry, will ask questions.

Will bread trump faith? To forestall any trouble on that count, the regime has already unfurled a range of draconian measures to put away anyone with a talent to mobilize public anger. As a backup there is also the scary virus as a deterrent against public anger bursting onto the streets. This scarecrow can be made scarier. But that might accelerate velocity of the economys nosedive.

Which economy? What better way to stop the leak than to sink the ship? Salvation shimmers over the sands as silhouettes of the Rashtra appear.

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'Goblets Are Full to the Brim But the Tavern is Empty' - The Citizen

The BJP leader took to Twitter and informed that she had been shifted to AIIMS on Monday morning from Vande Mataram Kunj in Pauri Garhwal district.(ANI PHOTO.)

Two days after testing positive for Covid-19, senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Uma Bharti was shifted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Rishikesh.

The BJP leader took to Twitter and informed that she had been shifted to AIIMS on Monday morning from Vande Mataram Kunj in Pauri Garhwal district where she was under home-isolation.

Bharti tweeted, I have been admitted to AIIMS Rishikesh. There are three reasons for this; firstly Harsh Vardhan (Union health minister) was worried about my health condition. Secondly my fever spiked last night and if I get good response from doctors at AIIMS after observation then I want to appear in the CBI court in Lucknow day after tomorrow. Bharti is supposed to appear in court in connection with the Babri Masjid demolition case.

Harish Mohan Thapliyal, public relations officer of AIIMS Rishikesh said that Bharti was admitted to the hospital around 11 am on Monday.

She has been admitted to our hospital and has been kept under observation. As per protocol, we have sent her sample for an RT-PCR test. Till then, the doctors are taking care of her and she is being treated. The further course of action will be decided after we get her test results, Thapliyal said.

Bharti tested Covid-19 positive on Saturday night after which she had isolated herself at an ashram in Pauri Garhwal district. She tested positive after visiting the Kedarnath shrine on September 21, where she offered prayers following all safety norms. She had visited the Badrinath shrine in Chamoli district on September 24.

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AlwarThe embarrassing act of Kaliyugi sons has come to light in Bhiwadi in Alwar district. Here two years ago, due to illness of a businessman father who earned more than one lakh rupees a month, the eyesight suddenly went away two years ago. After this, his Kalyugi sons kicked him out of the house after harassing him. In compulsion, the father is now forced to live in the old ashram. Whereas, with his hard work, he had set up a RO plant in Bhiwadi for Beto in 5 years, earning an income of one to one and a half lakh rupees every month. But after the fathers eyesight went away, the sons expelled him from the house. At the same time, his business, property and property is occupied.

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The son whose business he stood for, he pulled out According to the information, 65-year-old Ishwar Prasad Gupta, a resident of Bhiwadis Sector 4, is a resident of Kala well in Alwar city. In 2014, he had an elder son who used to work for 5 thousand in Bhiwadi. To get him involved, he started the business of selling RO repair and assembling by applying two and a half lakh rupees and within few years he had made his mark in Bhiwadi. But due to a sudden illness in 2018, Ishwar Prasad Guptas eyesight went dark and darkness came in the life of Ishwar Prasad. His sons took over his business and started harassing him and eventually drove him out of the house.

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SP comes forward to help after one and a half year It is being told that while the aggrieved businessman pleaded for justice with SP Ramamurthy Joshi, the SP considered the pain of the victim. He has arrested the sons of the accused in the case registered a year and a half ago. The police is now taking advice from experts on the basis of the statements of the elderly and on the demand of the elderly to take action to evict the sons from the property in the court. UIT Police Officer Surendra Kumar said that the elder has three sons, one of whom son Yogesh Gupta is seriously ill, who is undergoing treatment from Rareji Hospital, Jaipur. Therefore, he has not been arrested, while the two sons of the elder, Dinesh Gupta and Pramod Gupta, have been arrested by the police.

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If you tell a lie, tell a big one. If you tell a lie long enough, it becomes the truth.

Propaganda works best when those who are being manipulated are confident they are acting on their own free will.

Joseph Goebbels, Nazi Minister of Propaganda, 1933 to 1945

Transhumanism is a set of beliefs based on the premise that human beings can be improved by genetic manipulation and/or implanting technologies into the brain and body to achieve enhanced capacities. Transhumanism has a long history as an idea but since 1990 it has attracted serious attention from an increasing number of technology-lovers and early advocates are readily identified. See What is Transhumanism?

As part of his research as an investigative reporter throughout his life, which included writing a comprehensive expos of how the AIDS hoax was perpetrated in the 1980s, in 2001 Jon Rappoport interviewed a Cold War-era propagandist-turned-anonymous-whistleblower who had spent decades working for the medical and other cartels to promote their agendas to gain increasing control over the human population. Here, in part, is what the propagandist told Rappoport:

Look at the medical cartel. Do they ever declare victory? From now until the end of time theyll be planting stories in the press about the latest medical advance that will make life better for every person in the world. Most of it is a lie, but that doesnt stop them. Until the planet is depopulated down to under a billion people and every one left is a robot, these cartels [elsewhere identified as energy, government, intelligence, media,medical, military,money] are not going to quit. And even then, with a lobotomized world, theyll still push their propaganda. This IS 1984, and people better realize it... The medical cartel. Theyre planning to take over the mind... after which PR wont really matter. [pp.61-62 & 87.]

Thecartels wereusing and creatingandbolstering the Cold War as ameans toanend.Makingwhatyoucouldcall the enemygame apart of the human psycheatsuchalevel that it would maintain itself as a living myththatcouldbe tapped intoatanytimewith any enemies inserted into the lineup.The enemiesgame is as old astimeitself. But this was the version of the moment.To installa rigid sense ofnational security as the overriding fact or that would damn well justifythe deflatingof individual freedom on many fronts. Makenationalsecuritythething youcouldntrefuse. [p.70.]

A: Onceyou fatiguepeopleenough with thestrategies of 1984, they are set up forthemedicalization of society. Which is the brain stuff. The altering of the humanbrainwithdrugs andother approaches. Genes, perhaps. A brainmachinelinkup.Creating a differentperception of reality. Externally appliedelectromagnetic fields.In whichpeoplewill feel happy eventhough they are slaves.Yousee, in 1984 its really all about hysteria. The people are beingdriveninto the wall withlies aboutwars and liesabout enemies and lies about political structure, andthe control overindividuals is very harsh, and the leadersarenotlooking to create real happiness,not the fluffy stuff.Redemption,yes. Forgiveness, perhaps. The people arebeingfed pain and big brother is commandingthem like a drill sergeantthrough their TVsets. Butafter that,after people sink intoanacceptance ofthe delusions thatarebeing foisted on them, then comes the science. Themakingof somekind of replicaofhappiness.The oldorder is1984. Youcan call that thePlan fromthe dawnoftimeto about 1945. After that is the transitionto Brave NewWorld.

Q: Andthats why the medical cartel is the prince of the cartels.

A: Theprince, the king. Q:1984 A: Leaves people with no moralconviction. It runsoverthatlike a freighttrain.1984is dark. Brave New World issunny andlight and the control isappliedsothatthe interiorlife changes.

Q: Soyou worked on medical stories. A:Yes. Making the medical cartellookgood, lookhumane,look rational, looklikeexcellent science that works. Especially psychiatryandneurology.Andpharmacology.That became a major job for me. Becausetheyre experimentingonthe human race, and they wanttheir horrible mistakes whicharelegion,tolooklikeadvancesand goodscienceat every stepuntil theyget it right,until theyhave your

brain in their hands fromcradle to grave. [p.71.]

As noted earlier, the words above were penned in 2001. If you would like to read the full transcript of the interview, which offers a reasonably accurate explanation of what is happening around the world at the moment, you can do so in The Matrix Revealed Volume 1, Jon Rappoport Interviews Ellis Medavoy (Part 1 of 3).

And if you would like to read about the AIDS hoax (caused by the non-existent HIV) and how it was done, using much of the same formula being used to perpetrate the elites Covid-19 hoax (caused by the non-existent SARS-CoV-2), you can do so in AIDS Inc.: Scandal of the Century.

Unfortunately, the Covid-19 hoax is being played for stakes that are infinitely higher than they were during the AIDS hoax.

After 200,000 years of Homo Sapiens, the species is about to evolve rapidly and profoundly. But it wont be a natural evolution. And it wont be an improvement unless you dont like the many qualities that make humans human, biologically and socially.

If the transhumanists have their way, individual human identity will vanish along with human volition. Homo Sapiens will be superseded by Homo Cyborg.

If this all sounds like science fiction or just plain ridiculous, let me invite you to consider the evidence below.

As warned by scientist Andrew Herr in an article see This Scientist Wants Tomorrows Troops to Be Mutant-Powered published in 2012:

Greater strength and endurance. Enhanced thinking. Better teamwork. New classes of genetic weaponry, able to subvert DNA. Not long from now, the technology could exist to routinely enhance and undermine peoples minds and bodies using a wide range of chemical, neurological, genetic and behavioral techniques.

Its warfare waged at the evolutionary level. And its coming sooner than many people think.

Well, that time has arrived. The thin edge of the wedge, if we keep allowing it to happen, is the various restrictions and technologies being introduced under cover of Covid-19 which are supposedly being used to tackle the virus.

However, just as in the AIDS epidemic when no (HIV) virus was ever scientifically demonstrated to exist, there is zero science to prove the existence of the virus labeled SARS-CoV-2. Instead, this elite coup is designed and being conducted to achieve a profound transformation in the nature of the human individual and human society, including a substantial depopulation. Moreover, it is proceeding rapidly because it entails a complexity and depth that is not easy to comprehend but also because it seems so preposterous that few people are inclined to contemplate the possibility objectively. Joseph Goebbels knew why. For some of the detail of essential elements of this coup, see Covid-19 Does Not Exist: The Global Elites Campaign of Terror Against Humanity and Halting our Descent into Tyranny: Defeating the Global Elites Covid-19 Coup.

But for another recent comprehensive history and critique of the coup being conducted by the billionaires club, see Dr. Jacob Nordangrds insightful article Analysis: Globalists reboot of the world and their plans for us which opens with the following words:

The Corona crisis is the trigger for a global coup dtat of monumental dimensions. It is the beginning of a new era, with a new international economic order that risks completely destroying human freedoms. Tyrants have now taken over to forcibly steer us into a climate smart and healthy world through the World Economic Forums new techno-totalitarian roadmap The Great Reset.

In this article, however, I want to focus on the agenda of the transhumanists under cover of this coup and what this would mean for Homo Sapiens unless it is stopped.

Technotyranny In one of his videos about the Covid-19 coup watch This Couldnt Possibly Happen. Could it? the transcript for which can be accessed by clicking the Health tab after entering his website the UKs Dr Vernon Coleman explains the sinister agenda of the technological control sought by the transhumanists:

If you were a mad doctor and you wanted to control an individual it would be a doddle.

Youd just tell them you were giving them an injection to protect them against the flu or something like that and in the syringe there would be a little receiver. And then youd stick a transmitter on the roof of the house across the road from where they lived.

And then you could send messages to make them do whatever you wanted them to do. You could make them sad or angry or happy or contented. You could make them run or fight or just spend all day in bed.

Remember, thats what Dr Delgado was doing over half a century ago. Its nothing new.

Of course, if you wanted to do the same thing for lots of people youd need a whole lot of people to help you.

And youd need something to inject into people. A medicine of some kind for example.

And then youd need someone good at software to help with all the transmitting and the receiving and youd need people with access to lots of tall poles or roofs where they could put the transmitter things.

But none of that would be any good unless you had a reason for injecting people. You cant just go around injecting millions of people for no reason.

Ideally, youd need them all to be frightened of something so that they were keen to let you inject them. And then you could put your tiny receivers into the stuff that was being injected. Or squirted up their noses or whatever.

Introducing her own careful explanation of the agenda of the transhumanists, in her video Dr. Carrie Madej opens with the following words:

So what do you think about going from human 1.0 to human 2.0?... Transhumanism is about taking humans, as we know ourselves, and melding with artificial intelligence. That might seem kinda cool to you, we might have some superhuman abilities thats the idea, thats what you see in sci-fi movies Thinking about this topic... I [had thought that it was] many years in the future.

However, this question, this idea is now right in this moment. We need to make a decision... because I investigated the proposed Covid-19 vaccine and this is my alarm call to the world. I looked at the pros and cons and it frightens me.

And I want you to know about this, you need to be very well informed because this new vaccine is not like your normal flu vaccine. This is something very different, this is something brand new, something completely experimental on the human race. And its not just about being a different vaccine. There are technologies that are being introduced with this vaccine that can change the way we live, who we are and what we are. And very quickly.

Some people... like Elon Musk, who is the founder of SpaceX and Tesla Automotive, as well as Ray Kurzweil, who is one of the bigwigs of Google, are self-proclaimed transhumanists. They believe that we should go to human 2.0 and they are very big proponents of this. Theres a lot of other people... involved with this. I think the easiest way to explain this to you is to go with one of the frontrunners for the vaccine and go into a little bit of the history and tell you how they want to make the vaccine and I think that will speak volumes. So, for instance, Moderna is one of the frontrunners for the Covid-19 vaccine. Watch Human 2.0 Transhumanist Vaccine A Wake Up Call to the World.

If you doubt the capacity of medicine to achieve this level of human transformation, in this video produced in August 2020, transhumanist Elon Musk explains how his Neuralink microchip will be surgically implanted into the human brain, as has already been done with animals. While he specifically mentions the chips capacity to monitor certain health parameters and to play you music, he does not mention its intended uses for digitization of your identity, recording of your personal data such as medical and bank records, any of its surveillance functions or its capacity for emotional, thought and behavioural control. Watch This Is How Elon Musks Neuralink Microchip Will Be Put In Your Brain.

As Raul Diego explains in his own article on this subject:

The most significant scientific discovery since gravity has been hiding in plain sight for nearly a decade and its destructive potential to humanity is so enormous that the biggest war machine on the planet immediately deployed its vast resources to possess and control it, financing its research and development through agencies like the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and HHS Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA).

The revolutionary breakthrough [involved devising] a way to reprogram the molecules that carry the genetic instructions for cell development in the human body, not to mention all biological lifeforms.

These molecules are called messenger ribonucleic acid or mRNA and the newfound ability to rewrite those instructions to produce any kind of cell within a biological organism has radically changed the course of Western medicine and science, even if no one has really noticed yet. As [inventor, Professor Derek] Rossi, himself, puts it: The real important discovery here was you could now use mRNA, and if you got it into the cells, then you could get the mRNA to express any protein in the cells, and this was the big thing. See A Transhumanist Dream: A DARPA-Funded Implantable Biochip to Detect COVID-19 Could Hit Markets by 2021.

Moreover, as Patrick Wood, who has intensively studied and reported the efforts of the transhumanists for decades, explains in a recent article The Siamese Twins of Technocracy and Transhumanism and discusses in a related video Humans 2.0: GMO Vaccinations and Transhumanism that draws out some of the more nuanced elements of their agenda:

Technocracy and Transhumanism have always been joined at the hip. Technocracy uses its science of social engineering to merge technology and society. Transhumanism uses its field of NBIC to merge technology directly into humans. To put it another way, Technocracy is to society what Transhumanism is to the humans that live in it.

NBIC stands for Nano (nano-technology), Bio (bio-technology), Info (information technology) and Cogno (cognitive sciences). These four scientific disciplines remained separate avenues of study in Universities around the world until the early 1970s. Today, NBIC has become an established discipline of its own in most major universities with personnel contributed from each separate department.

All together, NBIC offers a scientific cauldron to Transhumans in their quest to create Humans 2.0.

Its also no wonder that the upcoming vaccine for COVID-19 being produced by Moderna is also using NBIC science to accomplish a merging of the human body with advanced technology. The Trump Administration has contracted with Moderna see Trump Administration collaborates with Moderna to produce 100 million doses of COVID-19 investigational vaccine to deliver 100 million doses of its investigational vaccine, ostensibly to be kitted and transported to the nation by the U.S. Military.

[Technocracy and Transhumanism are both] extremely dangerous for all of humankind and must be rejected before it is too late to stop them.

And Whitney Webb provides further insight into the elite intention in this regard. In one of her meticulously-researched articles Coronavirus Gives a Dangerous Boost to DARPAs Darkest Agenda she outlines the hidden technological agenda behind the Covid-19 coup that might well be delivered as part of any vaccination program by the Pentagons Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). After carefully outlining the history and logic of what is taking place such as the development of cyborg super soldiers and injectable Brain Machine Interfaces (BMIs) with the capability to control ones thoughts she concludes with the chilling words:

Technology developed by the Pentagons controversial research branch is getting a huge boost amid the current coronavirus crisis, with little attention going to the agencys ulterior motives for developing said technologies, their potential for weaponization or their unintended consequences.

Those who are fearful and desperate will not care that the vaccine may include nanotechnology or have the potential to genetically modify and re-program their very being, as they will only want the current crisis that has upended the world to stop.

In this context, the current coronavirus crisis appears to be the perfect storm that will allow DARPAs dystopian vision to take hold and burst forth from the darkest recesses of the Pentagon into full public view. DARPAs transhumanist vision for the military and for humanity presents an unprecedented threat, not just to human freedom, but an existential threat to human existence and the building blocks of biology itself.

Of course, if you want to read how involved corporations, DARPA and other elite agencies explain it, you can do so. But unless you dig beneath the surface you will only get their sanitized accounts which, just like Elon Musk, focus on seemingly benign elements like digitized identity and health reporting while not mentioning the technologys capacities and intended uses for the invasion of your privacy, the recording of your personal data such as medical and bank records, any of its surveillance functions or its capacity for emotional, thought and behavioural control. See, for example, Modernas mRNA Technology, Profusa is pioneering tissue-integrating biosensors for continuous monitoring of body chemistries, A Military-Funded Biosensor Could Be the Future of Pandemic Detection (which discusses the role of hydrogel) and DARPAS Developing novel, safe and efficacious treatments for COVID-19 following its much earlier In Vivo Nanoplatforms (IVN). For two elite presentations of the importance of your digital identity, see The Need for Good Digital ID is Universal and ID2020 and partners launch program to provide digital ID with vaccines.

What is at Stake? As discussed above, the technology now available after decades of effort enables receiver nanochips to be sprayed, injected or otherwise implanted into human bodies. With the ongoing deployment of 5G (which includes extensive space and ground-based technologies: see Deadly Rainbow: Will 5G Precipitate the Extinction of All Life on Earth?), just one outcome of these combined technologies is that it will be possible to direct the individual behaviour of each person so implanted. Given that the control technology will be owned by corporate executives, here is a list of examples of how the elite might direct that it be used (more or less as a drone pilot sitting in the United States controls a drone flying in the Middle East that fires weapons on local people):

1. The official chain of command to launch nuclear weapons can be subverted by using remote control to direct the chosen individual in a particular chain of command to order (or execute) the launch of one or more nuclear weapons at the target(s) nominated at the time(s) specified. Subordinates can be directed to follow orders they might otherwise question.

2. Cyborg soldiers (either as mercenaries or as members of national military forces) in groups or as individuals can be deployed anywhere to fight as ordered by those in charge of their remote controls.

3. Cyborg workers can be directed to work in dangerous conditions for extended periods and simply be replaced as required. Someone else nearby will have been vaccinated too and can be directed to take their place.

4. Cyborg consumers can be directed to purchase a particular product, irrespective of its functionality, including health or otherwise, for the person so directed. That is assuming that money is not just taken directly from their bank account, given that it will no longer be under their exclusive control.

5. Cyborg activists on any issue can simply to be directed to refrain from further involvement in their campaign. Or to actively take the opposite position to the one they had previously.

What can we do to halt this transhumanist agenda and the elite coup itself?

Fortunately, we can do a great deal. For a detailed series of options on how to have strategic impact, see the end of the article Ye are Many, They are Few: Nonviolent Resistance to the Elites Covid-19 Coup.

Importantly, however, if you would like to be part of the campaign to defeat the elite coup and prevent implementation of the transhumanist agenda, see the list of strategic goals necessary to achieve these outcomes here: Coup Strategic Aims.

If you wish to nurture children to be far more able to critique society and elite propaganda, rather than be easily duped, see My Promise to Children.

If you wish to reduce your vulnerability to elite control, consider joining those who recognize the critical importance of reduced consumption and greater self-reliance by participating in The Flame Tree Project to Save Life on Earth. In addition, you are welcome to consider signing the online pledge of The Peoples Charter to Create a Nonviolent World.

Finally, if you want a better fundamental understanding of how we reached this point, see Why Violence?, Fearless Psychology and Fearful Psychology: Principles and Practice and The Global Elite is Insane Revisited.

Conclusion In the elegant words of South African liberation activist Steve Biko:

The most potent weapon of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.

When he uttered these words before being tortured to death in an Apartheid prison, Biko presumably did not realize the profound meaning they would acquire in 2020.

The transhuman mind will be owned and controlled by the oppressor.

If we are to avert this fate, we must struggle with clarity and purpose.

Biodata: Robert J. Burrowes has a lifetime commitment to understanding and ending human violence. He has done extensive research since 1966 in an effort to understand why human beings are violent and has been a nonviolent activist since 1981. He is the author of Why Violence? His email address is [emailprotected] and his website is here.

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