Assaf Abu (or Abou) Rahhal (18 December 1955 - 3 August 2010) was a leading Lebanese journalist killed by the Israeli Defence Forces during the 2010 Israel-Lebanon border clash,
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His colleague Ali Shoaib or Chouaib of Al-Manar television was injured in the same or a similar incident about the same time.
Abu Rahhal was a 55-year-old, father of three, and worked for the Al Akhbar daily newspaper. (See image here . Image of body here .)a
The killing was deplored in strong terms by Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, who said “I am deeply concerned about the circumstances in which Assaf Abu Rahal was killed and his colleague Ali Shoaib injured ... I would further underline that freedom of expression, a fundamental human right, implies the possibility of exercising this right in safety. Armed forces are obligated to respect it"
,
His colleague Ali Shoaib or Chouaib of Al-Manar television was injured in the same or a similar incident about the same time.
Abu Rahhal was a 55-year-old, father of three, and worked for the Al Akhbar daily newspaper. (See image here . Image of body here .)a
The killing was deplored in strong terms by Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, who said “I am deeply concerned about the circumstances in which Assaf Abu Rahal was killed and his colleague Ali Shoaib injured ... I would further underline that freedom of expression, a fundamental human right, implies the possibility of exercising this right in safety. Armed forces are obligated to respect it"
Jpylyzer is a software tool for validating JPEG 2000 Part 1 (or JP2) still images. It also extracts and reports technical meta-information. The software was originally developed at the National Library of the Netherlands, with funding from the EU FP7 project SCAPE. It is now hosted at (and maintained by) the Open Planets Foundation.
Jpylyzer is free software which is released under a GNU Lesser General Public License. The software is written in Python. It can be used as a command-line tool, or as an importable Python module. In addition, binaries exist for Microsoft Windows environments, and Debian packages are available for Linux-based systems.
Jpylyzer is free software which is released under a GNU Lesser General Public License. The software is written in Python. It can be used as a command-line tool, or as an importable Python module. In addition, binaries exist for Microsoft Windows environments, and Debian packages are available for Linux-based systems.
Dianne Spain (née Gurau), (born 20 April 1951, Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand) is a qualified counselor and author of the book Names and Attributes of God which was published in 2008.
Biography
Spain is the second eldest of nine children by Hans Rudolf Gurau and Dorothy Lillian Gurau (Nee Leathart). She grew up in a Christian family, and the first five years of her life were in Devonport, Auckland. She moved to Birkdale on the North Shore in August 1956, and finished school at Northcote College in 1967 at the age of sixteen.
She trained at the University of Auckland in Counselling (Dip. Counselling) and Relationship counselling (Cert.), including the counselling approaches of person-centered therapy, solution focused brief therapy, refocussing therapy, interactive Drawing Therapy, sandplay therapy and imago therapy.
Career
Spain specialises in pre marriage, relationship, stress management, group facilitation, self awareness, and other small group workshops.
During her years as a counsellor, she has run a counselling department with a team of 10 counsellors, has been a counsellor dealing with a variety of people and their issues, and has organised, managed and written programmes, and lectured in pastoral care and counselling courses. She is also a member of New Zealand Association of Counsellors.
Author
Spain published her first book Names and Attributes of God in 2007. The book highlights the names and attributes given to God throughout the Christian Bible. It provides a step by step exercise at the beginning of the book aiming to help people connect with God through the names and attributes. Each name has an explanation and two or three Bible verses containing that attribute.
The book was short-listed for the Omega Writers Caleb Prize for "Best Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2010".
Biography
Spain is the second eldest of nine children by Hans Rudolf Gurau and Dorothy Lillian Gurau (Nee Leathart). She grew up in a Christian family, and the first five years of her life were in Devonport, Auckland. She moved to Birkdale on the North Shore in August 1956, and finished school at Northcote College in 1967 at the age of sixteen.
She trained at the University of Auckland in Counselling (Dip. Counselling) and Relationship counselling (Cert.), including the counselling approaches of person-centered therapy, solution focused brief therapy, refocussing therapy, interactive Drawing Therapy, sandplay therapy and imago therapy.
Career
Spain specialises in pre marriage, relationship, stress management, group facilitation, self awareness, and other small group workshops.
During her years as a counsellor, she has run a counselling department with a team of 10 counsellors, has been a counsellor dealing with a variety of people and their issues, and has organised, managed and written programmes, and lectured in pastoral care and counselling courses. She is also a member of New Zealand Association of Counsellors.
Author
Spain published her first book Names and Attributes of God in 2007. The book highlights the names and attributes given to God throughout the Christian Bible. It provides a step by step exercise at the beginning of the book aiming to help people connect with God through the names and attributes. Each name has an explanation and two or three Bible verses containing that attribute.
The book was short-listed for the Omega Writers Caleb Prize for "Best Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2010".
Scott Pitt (born January 25, 1988 in Ottawa, ON, Canada) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is currently playing for the Florida Everblades of the ECHL.
Pitt played a season with the Orleans Blues in the Central Canada Hockey League in 2006-07, before going to Mercyhurst University for 4 years, playing in every game during his college years, and earning third-team all-conference honors in both his sophomore and senior seasons. He finished his career at Mercyhurst leading the team in scoring, as one of only 13 players in school history to score more than 100 points in his career (132 total points in 4 years). After finishing the college hockey season in 2011, he joined the Everblades for the end of their season and their 2011 playoff run.
The next season saw Pitt spending most of his time in Florida, with a 6-game stint in the Charlotte Checkers.
Pitt earned the ECHL's "Rookie of the Month" award for March 2012, scoring 7 goals, 12 assists, and a +13 +/- rating, including 3 multi-point games (the best being a goal and 4 assists against Trenton on March 11).
Pitt played a season with the Orleans Blues in the Central Canada Hockey League in 2006-07, before going to Mercyhurst University for 4 years, playing in every game during his college years, and earning third-team all-conference honors in both his sophomore and senior seasons. He finished his career at Mercyhurst leading the team in scoring, as one of only 13 players in school history to score more than 100 points in his career (132 total points in 4 years). After finishing the college hockey season in 2011, he joined the Everblades for the end of their season and their 2011 playoff run.
The next season saw Pitt spending most of his time in Florida, with a 6-game stint in the Charlotte Checkers.
Pitt earned the ECHL's "Rookie of the Month" award for March 2012, scoring 7 goals, 12 assists, and a +13 +/- rating, including 3 multi-point games (the best being a goal and 4 assists against Trenton on March 11).