Amplify is a startup accelerator based in Los Angeles, California. Amplify was cofounded by Paul Bricault, Richard Wolpert, Jeff Solomon, Oded Noy , and David Carter in December 2011. Amplify invests up to $50,000 in seed capital, office space, and provides portfolio companies with four months of mentorship and collaboration.
Amplify's first set of startups funded in January 2012 included GetBonkers, Look IO, TidePool, Invested.in, and StackSocial.
Amplify is one of the founding sponsors of the inaugural Silicon Beach Fest, a three-day event being held in June 2012 that brings together members of the technology, social media and entertainment sectors.
Amplify's first set of startups funded in January 2012 included GetBonkers, Look IO, TidePool, Invested.in, and StackSocial.
Amplify is one of the founding sponsors of the inaugural Silicon Beach Fest, a three-day event being held in June 2012 that brings together members of the technology, social media and entertainment sectors.
Khairul Asyraf is currently the Head Coach of Woodlands Wellington Centre of Excellence Under-14 team. He has never played professionally except stints at Balestier Khalsa FC and Geylang United FC at youth levels.
Khairul Asyraf started his coaching career at a relatively young age of 22 and embarked on a top coaching Education program under the renowned Coerver Coaching Method. He was also appointed as the Head of Development for the Asia Football Group, an organization that provides youth development coaching for children in 2011. During this time, he managed to learn personally from technical specialist Alf Galustian, who is the co-founder of the Coerver Method, as well as other instructors in the region.
In 2010, he became the youngest AFC 'B' License holder in Singapore at 26 years of age before he was overtaken by his own brother, Khidhir Khamis. Khairul Asyraf will be taking his AFC 'A' License in 2012.
Khairul was appointed as the head coach of the in early 2012 when he was approached by the management of Woodlands Wellington FC to help create a new generation of footballers at their youth academy.
Khairul Asyraf started his coaching career at a relatively young age of 22 and embarked on a top coaching Education program under the renowned Coerver Coaching Method. He was also appointed as the Head of Development for the Asia Football Group, an organization that provides youth development coaching for children in 2011. During this time, he managed to learn personally from technical specialist Alf Galustian, who is the co-founder of the Coerver Method, as well as other instructors in the region.
In 2010, he became the youngest AFC 'B' License holder in Singapore at 26 years of age before he was overtaken by his own brother, Khidhir Khamis. Khairul Asyraf will be taking his AFC 'A' License in 2012.
Khairul was appointed as the head coach of the in early 2012 when he was approached by the management of Woodlands Wellington FC to help create a new generation of footballers at their youth academy.
Fadil Husayn Salih Hintif is a citizen of Yemen held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.
His Guantanamo detainee ID number is 259.
American intelligence analysts estimate that Hintif was born in 1969, in
Al Youf, Yemen.
Background
Hintif described himself as a charity worker, who decided spend time doing good works as a memorial for his recently deceased father.
He asserted he worked for the Red Crescent, the Islamic sibling organization to the International Committee of the Red Cross.
He asserted he “did not receive any training in Afghanistan” and “did not fight in Afghanistan because he was not convinced of the causes that were being fought for.”
He was cleared for release from Guantanamo in 2007.
Status reviews
Hintif's status was reviewed by multiple agencies.
Office for the Administrative Review of Detained Enemy Combatants
Initially the Bush administration asserted that they could withhold all the protections of the Geneva Conventions to captives from the war on terror.
This policy was challenged before the Judicial branch. Critics argued that the USA could not evade its obligation to conduct competent tribunals to determine whether captives are, or are not, entitled to the protections of prisoner of war status.
In 2004 the United States Supreme Court ruled that the President did not have the constitutional authority to hold individuals indefinitely without giving them an opportunity to learn and try to refute the allegations used to justify their detention.
The Supreme Court recommended the Department of Defense
set up Tribunals to review the combatant status of all the remaining Guantanamo captives, modeled after the tribunals described in army regulation 190-8.
Hintif had four of these reviews, in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007. The heavily redacted decision memos from his 2007 review recommended he should be released.
Subsequently the Department of Defense instituted the Combatant Status Review Tribunals. The Tribunals, however, were not authorized to determine whether the captives were lawful combatants -- rather they were merely empowered to make a recommendation as to whether the captive had previously been correctly determined to match the Bush administration's definition of an enemy combatant.
Habeas Corpus petition
Hintif had a habeas corpus petition filed on his behalf.
For various reasons the turned down his petition in 2011.
Formerly secret JTF-GTMO assessment
In April 2011 whistleblower organization WikiLeaks published formerly secret assessments, signed by Guantanamo camp commandants, for almost all the Guantanamo captives.
Historian Andy Worthington, author of The Guantanamo Files, noted that he was cleared for release both by his annual status review from the Office for the Administrative Review of Detained Enemy Combatants and in an assessment from Harry Harris, Guantanamo's camp commandant.<ref name=AndyWorthington2010-09-24/>
Obama administration Joint agency reviews
On January 22, 2009, shortly after he took office, President Barack Obama set up a new review process, to replace the earlier OARDEC reviews. The review task force had representatives from multiple agencies, including the Department of Defense, Department of Justice, State Department.
It is known that this joint task force had recommended
approximately one third of the captives should be released, but it is not known whether they echoed the 2007 recommendations that Hintif should be released.
His Guantanamo detainee ID number is 259.
American intelligence analysts estimate that Hintif was born in 1969, in
Al Youf, Yemen.
Background
Hintif described himself as a charity worker, who decided spend time doing good works as a memorial for his recently deceased father.
He asserted he worked for the Red Crescent, the Islamic sibling organization to the International Committee of the Red Cross.
He asserted he “did not receive any training in Afghanistan” and “did not fight in Afghanistan because he was not convinced of the causes that were being fought for.”
He was cleared for release from Guantanamo in 2007.
Status reviews
Hintif's status was reviewed by multiple agencies.
Office for the Administrative Review of Detained Enemy Combatants
Initially the Bush administration asserted that they could withhold all the protections of the Geneva Conventions to captives from the war on terror.
This policy was challenged before the Judicial branch. Critics argued that the USA could not evade its obligation to conduct competent tribunals to determine whether captives are, or are not, entitled to the protections of prisoner of war status.
In 2004 the United States Supreme Court ruled that the President did not have the constitutional authority to hold individuals indefinitely without giving them an opportunity to learn and try to refute the allegations used to justify their detention.
The Supreme Court recommended the Department of Defense
set up Tribunals to review the combatant status of all the remaining Guantanamo captives, modeled after the tribunals described in army regulation 190-8.
Hintif had four of these reviews, in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007. The heavily redacted decision memos from his 2007 review recommended he should be released.
Subsequently the Department of Defense instituted the Combatant Status Review Tribunals. The Tribunals, however, were not authorized to determine whether the captives were lawful combatants -- rather they were merely empowered to make a recommendation as to whether the captive had previously been correctly determined to match the Bush administration's definition of an enemy combatant.
Habeas Corpus petition
Hintif had a habeas corpus petition filed on his behalf.
For various reasons the turned down his petition in 2011.
Formerly secret JTF-GTMO assessment
In April 2011 whistleblower organization WikiLeaks published formerly secret assessments, signed by Guantanamo camp commandants, for almost all the Guantanamo captives.
Historian Andy Worthington, author of The Guantanamo Files, noted that he was cleared for release both by his annual status review from the Office for the Administrative Review of Detained Enemy Combatants and in an assessment from Harry Harris, Guantanamo's camp commandant.<ref name=AndyWorthington2010-09-24/>
Obama administration Joint agency reviews
On January 22, 2009, shortly after he took office, President Barack Obama set up a new review process, to replace the earlier OARDEC reviews. The review task force had representatives from multiple agencies, including the Department of Defense, Department of Justice, State Department.
It is known that this joint task force had recommended
approximately one third of the captives should be released, but it is not known whether they echoed the 2007 recommendations that Hintif should be released.
Sri Lankan Memes (initiated on 26th February 2012) is a Facebook fan page that is widely considered as the origin of Meme culture in Sri Lanka. It is notoriously acclaimed in several Print and Electronic Media such as
(SL Memes) and program music runway (Latest craze in Sri Lanka). Sri lankan memes is arguably the fan page with highest percentage of fan contributed content.
Origin
Sri Lankan Memes was initiated on February 26th, 2012 by as of 13th June 2012 unknown personal who uses the name JDS. He is a Sri Lankan said to be studying and working in Toronto. JDS was said feeling Homesick for the loss of Sri Lankan Humour. He created a fan page for two reasons - namely 1. Localized memes were becoming more popular by the day 2. The need for a Platform where “an average Sri Lankan could present their view or ideas which had something to do with Sri Lanka in way that everybody could understand and appreciate” Amsol said this anonymity is to avoid unwanted publicity. The administrators are namely as follows.
PLD
He does the most of moderating, translating and filtering as he's fluent in all three languages spoken in Sri Lanka, he speaks out when something goes wrong and names himself as “site’s own version of a troubleshooting department”.
Progress and current situation
Sri Lankan memes vastly rely on memes that are created by fans and posted on their wall. Administrators usually share the most liked or/and productive memes back on their wall. As of 13th June 2012 the total memes contributed by fans has exceeded 5300. The fan base had a quicker growth recently due to the publicity by sunday times magazine and sports runway program. Some fans are noted to have rapidly posted memes that amount to hundreds a month. The recent program music runway named Sri Lankan Memes as a craze due to this major fan contribution.<ref name="facebook1"/>
Regulation
Other than for usual facebook terms, Sri Lankan Memes give users special guidelines when creating memes. Most notable guidelines are as follows.
Meme maker
1. Should be related to Sri Lanka.
2. No hate speech other than humour.
3. Should be original content and not copied from somewhere else.
4. Shouldn't be just a picture.
5. Should be a meme or a rage comic.
Fans (comments)
1. Only trolling is allowed, no hate speech. Administrators decide the limit.
2. Should be related to the post.
Awards
Sri Lankan Memes have their own way of awarding fans for loyality and support. In a recently introduced concept the administrators have decided to medal the posts that gets 1000 likes or more with a Golden Meme award. This is actually a repost by an administrator after pasting a special medal picture on the meme. This awarded memes go to a specially created folder that lists the awarded memes. As of 13th June 2012, a total of 44 memes were awarded Golden meme award.
Footnotes
Sri Lankan memes has a motto of TOGETHER WE TROLL, DIVIDED WE GET TROLLED which proves to be a good concept of strengthening ties between races and religions in Sri Lanka.
(SL Memes) and program music runway (Latest craze in Sri Lanka). Sri lankan memes is arguably the fan page with highest percentage of fan contributed content.
Origin
Sri Lankan Memes was initiated on February 26th, 2012 by as of 13th June 2012 unknown personal who uses the name JDS. He is a Sri Lankan said to be studying and working in Toronto. JDS was said feeling Homesick for the loss of Sri Lankan Humour. He created a fan page for two reasons - namely 1. Localized memes were becoming more popular by the day 2. The need for a Platform where “an average Sri Lankan could present their view or ideas which had something to do with Sri Lanka in way that everybody could understand and appreciate” Amsol said this anonymity is to avoid unwanted publicity. The administrators are namely as follows.
PLD
He does the most of moderating, translating and filtering as he's fluent in all three languages spoken in Sri Lanka, he speaks out when something goes wrong and names himself as “site’s own version of a troubleshooting department”.
Progress and current situation
Sri Lankan memes vastly rely on memes that are created by fans and posted on their wall. Administrators usually share the most liked or/and productive memes back on their wall. As of 13th June 2012 the total memes contributed by fans has exceeded 5300. The fan base had a quicker growth recently due to the publicity by sunday times magazine and sports runway program. Some fans are noted to have rapidly posted memes that amount to hundreds a month. The recent program music runway named Sri Lankan Memes as a craze due to this major fan contribution.<ref name="facebook1"/>
Regulation
Other than for usual facebook terms, Sri Lankan Memes give users special guidelines when creating memes. Most notable guidelines are as follows.
Meme maker
1. Should be related to Sri Lanka.
2. No hate speech other than humour.
3. Should be original content and not copied from somewhere else.
4. Shouldn't be just a picture.
5. Should be a meme or a rage comic.
Fans (comments)
1. Only trolling is allowed, no hate speech. Administrators decide the limit.
2. Should be related to the post.
Awards
Sri Lankan Memes have their own way of awarding fans for loyality and support. In a recently introduced concept the administrators have decided to medal the posts that gets 1000 likes or more with a Golden Meme award. This is actually a repost by an administrator after pasting a special medal picture on the meme. This awarded memes go to a specially created folder that lists the awarded memes. As of 13th June 2012, a total of 44 memes were awarded Golden meme award.
Footnotes
Sri Lankan memes has a motto of TOGETHER WE TROLL, DIVIDED WE GET TROLLED which proves to be a good concept of strengthening ties between races and religions in Sri Lanka.