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Church leaders: State violence intensifying in the Land of Papua
Press release, Leadership Working Forum of Papuan Churches
"Speak out for those who are voiceless, for the rights of all those who are suffering" (Amsal 31:8-9).
As leaders of churches in the Land of Papua, we are deeply concerned about the state violence which is occurring in our sacred motherland. This is clear proof of the fact that the government and the security forces have failed to provide protection for the indigenous Papua people. These concerns of ours have already been conveyed by our communities in the following statements:
- The eleven recommendations made by the Consultation of the Papuan People's Council (MRP) and the Indigenous Papuan Communities on 9-10 June 2010;
- The Joint Communique of Church Leaders on 10 January 2011;
- The Theological Declaration of Church Leaders on 26 January 2011, and
- The Prophetic Message by Papuan Church Leaders to the President of Indonesia on 16 December 2011, in Cikeas, Jakarta.
Similar concerns have been expressed by member countries of the United Nations (the USA, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Canada, Norway, South Korea, Japan, France, Germany, Mexico, New Zealand, Australia Spain and Italy) on the occasion of the 23 May 2012 session of the Human Rights Council (UPR) in Geneva, Switzerland.
Based on the above facts, we believe that the Indonesian Government and the security forces are part of the problem of violence which has been created by the State, preserved by the state and allowed to continue in order to legitimise yet more acts of violence in the Land of Papua and to take advantage thereof in order to strengthen the security forces.
We regard these developments as a reflection of [Generative Politics] which was described in an article by Nugroho published by The Jakarta Post on 10 July, 2012. According to Nugroho, generative politics are political views and considerations which have paralysed and worsened the situation of Papuan communities and which have been pursued in accordance with the policies of the Indonesian Government for the past fifty years.
Herewith is a list of several incidents of violence that have systematically and structurally been perpetrated as a reflection of the generative politics mentioned above:
- On 2 March 2013, a priest named Yunus Gobay (male, 55 years old) was tortured and mal-treated and after being released, he paid ransom money to the police forces in the Police Command Post in the town of Enarotali, Paniai.
- The shooting incident in Sinak, District of Paniai, Tinginambut, Puncak Jaya on 21 February 2013 and the shooting incident in Udaugi on the border of the District of Delyai on 31 January 2013 when a number of civilians and members of the security forces were killed, which in our opinion happened because of the neglect of the unlawful sale of weapons.
- On 15 February 2013, Dago Ronald Gobay (male, 30 years old) was arrested in Depepre, district of Jayapura by the police and while being interrogated was tortured in the office of police intelligence in Jayapura.
- The attempt by the government and the security forces to forcibly disband a religious ceremony which was being held on the 4th anniversary of National Committee of West Papua (KNPB) on 19 November, 2012 in the STAKIN ASSEMBLY HALL, Sentani, on which occasion the security forces were under the command of the Police Chief of Jayapura, AKBP Roycke Harry Langgie and the deputy of the District Head (Bupati) of the District of Jayapura, Robert Djoenso D, SH.
- The unlawful murder of Mako Musa Tabuni, first chairman of the NKPB on 14 July 2012 in Perumnas, Jayapura.
- The murder of TPN/OPM General Kelly Kwalik by police from Densus 88 and a member of the Indonesian army (TNI) on 16 December 2009 in the town of Timika, and on the same day and month in 2012 another Papuan Hubertus Mabel was murdered by police of Densus 88 in Kuruku, the town of Wamena.
- Ferdinand Pakage was tortured in Abepura Prison by Herbert Toam, a warder at Abepura Prison, on 22 September 2008, as a result of which he was permanently blinded in the right eye.
- The torture and murder of Yawan Wayeni on 13 August 2009 by the police chief in Serui, AKBP Imam Setiawan.
- Two incidents of gross violations of human rights in Wasior in 2001 and in Wamena on 4 April 2003, the latter of which is related to the assault on an ammunitions store; this incident has been investigated by Komnas HAM (National Commission of Human Rights), but the results of which have not been forwarded by the Attorney General to the Human Rights Court for a verdict.
These are just a few of the cases which are evidence of crimes which have been perpetrated by the Indonesian state and the security forces in a systematic, well-structured, widely-based and prolonged way and which are reflective of the generative politics (paralysis, destructive, eliminating) which, according to Nugroho in his Jakarta Post article of 10 July 2012, have been perpetrated by the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia in the Land of Papua for the past fifty years, since 1961.
Bearing in mind all the very disturbing facts given above and the living experiences of the indigenous Papuan people, we church leaders in the Land of Papua, make the following recommendations:
Firstly, the Indonesian Government and the security forces should return to the original aspirations of this country by investigating and putting an end to the unlawful sale of weapons and ammunition which is happening in the Land of Papua.
Secondly, the Indonesian Government should speedily take cognisance of the prophetic messages from the Church, the eleven recommendations of the MRP on 9-10 June 2010 and the Appeal by members of the UN Human Rights Commission at its session 23 May 2012.
Thirdly, we believe that the Indonesian Government is responding in a very discriminatory way to the aspirations of the Papuan people for peaceful dialogue. We therefore press the Indonesian Government to enter unconditionally into a dialogue based on the principle of equality between Indonesia and West Papua, with mediation by a neutral party, which is what happened in the dialogue between GAM (Gerakan Aceh Merdeka – the Aceh Liberation Movement) in Aceh.
Fourthly, the Indonesian Government should unconditionally release all political prisoners in Papua and should allow a visit to Papua by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression, as well as by foreign journalists and human rights defenders. And it should forthwith end all its efforts to criminalise the political struggle of the Papuan people for self-determination.
Fifthly, the shooting to death of members of the TNI as well as civilians which occurred in the district of Sinak, Puncak Jaya and in the district of Tingginambut, Puncak Jaya on 21 February 2013 should be regarded as a separate incident. It was in no way connected to the election of the bupati (district chief) of the district of Puncak. This violent incident is part and parcel of state policy to build the necessary infrastructure for the TNI and Polri (the police) in the mountainous interior in order to establish the Puncak Jaya 1714 military command, to increase the budget for the security forces and to criminalise the peaceful struggle of the Papuan people at the international level.
Sixthly, the Chief of Police in Papua, Inspector-General (pol) Drs M Tito Karnavian, MA, has failed to investigate who it was who perpetrated acts of violence in the Land of Papua and has created the impression that he is allowing the illegal sale of weapons to go ahead. We urge the chief of police in Papua to implement the statement made by the chief of police, Inspector-General Bekto Suprapto in December 2010 that those who are responsible for the entry into West Papua of illegal weapons will be investigated.
Seventhly, we call on all Papuan communities and all components in society to study the laws in force regarding the TNI and Polri, in order to be able to control criminal actions as well as the policy of the Indonesian government and security forces in the Land of Papua.
Port Numbay (Jayapura), 6 March 2013
Chairman of the Synod of KINGMI Church, Papua:
The Rev. Dr Benny Giay.
Chairman of the Executive Board of the Alliances of Baptist Churches in Papua:
Socratez Sofyan Yoman
Translated by TAPOL


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Nanami was just a normal high school girl down on her luck until a stranger's lips marked her as the new Land God and turned her world upside down. Now, she's figuring out the duties of a deity with the help of Tomoe, a reformed fox demon who reluctantly becomes her familiar in a contract sealed with a kiss. The new responsibilities—and boys—are a lot to handle, like the crow demon masquerading as a gorgeous pop idol and the adorable snake spirit who's chosen the newly minted god to be his bride. As the headstrong Tomoe tries to whip her into shape, Nanami finds that love just might have cute, pointed fox ears. With romance in the air, will the human deity be able to prove herself worthy of her new title?

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In a display cabinet, a few feet from where I am sitting is a small porcelain statue of Joan of Arc. Whilst it is over one hundred years old, it is of no particular value, especially as the head has, at some time, been knocked off and crudely stuck back on. But it has been treasured in our family for many years – and this is her story.
Percy Francis was fascinated by flying. Today it would not be unusual, but this was 1911. Powered flight was only a few years old and the primitive machines that clawed their way into the sky were incredibly dangerous. But Percy loved it. By 1911 he was by his own account 'involved in aeronautical research', and in 1912 he was an official of the London Aero Club helping to run the first London Air Show.
Forward two years and when war was declared he naturally wanted to join the embryonic Royal Flying Corps. However hardly anybody had any idea of what aircraft could do in war and he was told to wait. But all his friends were joining up so he decided to join the army anyway. When one friend bet him he would never wear a kilt, he joined the Seaforth Highlanders – one of the 'Ladies from hell' as the Germans were to call them.
By November 1914 he was in France and, during the cold winter of 1914-15 he turned his ingenuity to making underwear – as the uniform didn't include any to wear under the kilt. This was perhaps his only failure. More successful was the film projector he found, and for many month he ran the 'Only Cinema at the Front', as it was called on the posters. French films could easily be played as, in the days of silent film, all you needed was someone to translate the titles when they appeared.
In the spring of 1915 the Seaforth's were one of the regiments involved in the battle of Neuve Chapelle, one of the first big trench battles of the war. The regiment played a particularly gallant part, so they commissioned a war artist, Joseph Gray, to depict the scene when the Seaforth's advanced. Percy was chosen to be the model for all the soldiers depicted, walking, shooting, shouting encouragement. We still possess a sketch of Percy, the highland soldier, that Joseph Gray gave him, and he is recognisable at least four times in the finished paintings!
Towards the end of that year he took part in intelligence gathering, creeping out after dark into no man's land to map German positions, the compass he used lives in my study.
For one particularly hazardous expedition he was offered the choice between a military medal or immediate commission, he chose the latter and became Lieutenant Percy Francis. He didn't remain long as an officer in the trenches but rapidly managed to get transferred to where he had long wanted to be – the Royal Flying Corps.
It was while he was back in England, doing his pilot training (he didn't need to learn to fly, but rather become acquainted with the military aircraft of the day), that he was arrested as a spy. Officers didn't need to wear uniform when not on duty and he was sitting in a London park reading a magazine. He had fair hair, close cropped to fit under his flying helmet, and someone thought he looked German. A crowd gathered and a policeman had to take him into protective custody.
Back in France he joined his squadron, whose job was mapping enemy positions. Flying low and slow over the trenches, whilst the observer took photographs. The average life span of a pilot in those days was thirteen weeks; he did it for over eighteen months. He was never shot down – he seemed to have regarded the enemy as a minor irritation and the aircraft he was flying were much more dangerous.
He was right, in early 1918 he was going home on leave and was offered the choice between taking the troop ship home or flying a plane back to England. He naturally chose the latter and set off across the Channel. Then the fog came down.
For three days there was no news, it was assumed that his aircraft had been lost at sea, then a gamekeeper walking on the cliffs near Dover found the crashed aircraft. Though he was badly injured, Percy made a full recovery.
Much to his irritation the Army wouldn't pass him fit for flying, but gave him another promotion and a desk job, and so he survived the war. He went on to race at Brooklands,
and fly with his friend Geoffrey De Havilland and design a Flying Bicycle!
But what, you will be asking yourself if you remember the beginning of this tale, has Joan of Arc got to do with it all. Shortly after arriving in France, Percy found the statue of St. Joan in a shelled church. He repaired it and took it with him wherever he went as a good luck charm. As you may have realised his career in the war, from ordinary soldier at the front – to officer at the front – to officer in the Royal Flying Corps, took him into more and more dangerous situations.
In protecting our grandfather, Percy Francis, St. Joan worked overtime.
My brother, the Archaeologist write this piece for my blog back in 1914 when we were thinking about the 100th anniversary of the start of that god-awful conflict. This piece deserves a repeat, the story of a little statue that, in part, I like to think, means I am here today, writing these posts.
Thank you, Bruv for this post and thank you Joan


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Here we are, the last day of February and our last post for flash fiction february 2013. Thanks so much to Jennifer Holland, our last contributor, for her piece on breechblock. Thanks go also to the rest of our writers who joined us in writing flash fiction this month: Jennifer Rice Epstein, Michael Sheehan, Mary Woo, and Katherine Hunt! Stay tuned for more bibliomancy and more writing and more flash fiction in 2014.
breech·block (ˈbrēch-ˌbläk), n. the steel part of a breech-loading gun which when open permits loading and when closed receives the force of the combustion of the charge.
It started out as a game, where I would hide parts of my father's rifle around the house on the nights he got drunk. The rifle was this old 1875 Martini Henry he shot off when the woodpeckers came around the roof. Most of the parts I stole were small: a split pin here, a muzzle cover there. Whatever I could manage to disassemble while he listened to his radio in the garage or argued with my mother in another room. My father was never what you would call mild-mannered, except for when he had a hangover and it was just easier to play along, lifting up sofa cushions and shaking out books while I said "Hot" or "Cold."
By the time I reached middle school, the drinking got to a point where he didn't get hangovers anymore. He and my mom were pretty much separated by then, though my mom still wore her wedding ring and slept on one side of the bed. My father showed up at the house occasionally, like a failed actor reprising the role that made him a star. I missed him while he was gone, but hated him when he came back. Once, he stayed away for almost two months, and I took the whole rifle apart, distributing the parts in all the places I was sure he would never think to look. I knew if I told him what I'd done he would get angry, so the next time I saw him, I had my answer all prepared. "You took it with you last time you left." He looked at me for a very long time, searching his mind for this memory that did not exist. Finally, he just turned to the window to gaze upon my mom, who was whistling to herself as she pulled socks and hand towels from the clothesline. That was one of the last times I heard her whistle, before he stopped showing up for good.
Years later, my mom came across an old rifle part inside a board game that smelled of decomposing cardboard. The house was up for sale and we were packing up her things. "Look," she said, holding it up. There were many things she was already starting to forget, I didn't think it would mean much when I said it was a breechblock. "I know," she laughed, and I caught a sudden glimpse of little silver fillings in her teeth, glinting like buried treasure from some half-remembered world.
Jennifer Holland is currently a graduate student in the School of Information Resources & Library Science at the University or Arizona. She lives in Tucson.


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The story of Springfield Bridge started on the Photo of the Week Page at Corndancer.com. Click here see more bridge pictures and find out how this thing started.
The bridge was bolted together. Nuts for the bolts are square shouldered. The bridge rests on native stone masonry supports on each end. The approaches are under gird with what appear to be 12″ x 12″ bridge timbers. These timbers for the most part, are intact.
During winter months when the trees have dropped their leaves, you can get a glimpse of the old bridge from the road. Not so once the leaves sprout.
A bit further north, just east of Morrilton AR is another abandoned bridge, Creek Road Bridge. Putting yourself next to Springfield Bridge is a short stroll from the highway. Creek Road Bridge is another story. The road to the bridge dead ends well east of the bridge. The dead end is solid underbrush. Closer inspection reveals a hint of a path, but it is helpful if you are a contortionist when you negotiate it. I'm not and my bones still ache.
You wind your way through a grave yard of former impromptu dumping sites, now overgrown, but still somewhat crunchy under your feet. While this sounds a bit on the gross side, it is preferrable to being up to your ankles in mud, an all-too-familiar condition in creek beds. I ran across the remnants of a late 30s or mid 40s pickup truck just a few yards from the bridge.
I came back from this trip bloodied, muddied and grinning like a jackass eating sawbriers. It's a nasty job, but someone's got to do it. I did observe one nicety at the old Springfield Bridge. As I was leaving the bridge site, a couple in their twenties drove up to go see the bridge. There is hope.
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Hamlin wins exhibition Sprint Unlimited at Daytona
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Denny Hamlin won a race of attrition Saturday night, beating just seven other cars to the finish of the exhibition Sprint Unlimited.
Only eight cars were running at the end of the 75-lap showcase at Daytona International Speedway on a bizarre night that saw Ricky Stenhouse Jr. end girlfriend Danica Patrick's race and the Chevrolet pace car catch fire.
It set up a final 20-lap sprint to the finish with the second fewest number of drivers taking the checkered flag in event history. Only seven drivers finished the 1981 race.
Hamlin charged to the front right before he took the white flag by diving to the inside and sailing past the few cars on the track. He then drove away in his Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota for his second career win in the Speedweeks opener. He also won the event as a rookie in 2006.
"That was survival of the fittest for sure," Hamlin said. "With three to go, we were at the tail end of a very small pack. It's really hard to get runs, but this car was phenomenal. You saw it those last couple of laps."
A 75-lap race split over three segments, this version had a heavy fan involvement as sponsor Sprint allowed fans to vote for various aspects of the race. Among them was the starting order, how the segments were split and how the cars lined up in the final segment.
But it was mostly for naught as half the 18-car field was knocked out six laps into the second segment when Matt Kenseth cut across the front of Joey Logano. It triggered a nine-car accident on the frontstretch — including Stenhouse's dramatic late hit into the side of Patrick's car.
"I got hit by my boyfriend. What a bummer," Patrick said.
Stenhouse took blame for ending Patrick's race. He had difficulty seeing in front of him because his hood was badly crumpled when he hit the back of Kurt Busch.
"I just drilled her," Stenhouse said. "I didn't see anything from the time it started to the time it ended. Talking to Danica, I drilled her when she was pretty much sitting still. I couldn't see, couldn't turn."
The accident left debris and mangled sheet metal all over the frontstretch and brought the race to a stop for just over 11 minutes. It ended the night for Tony Stewart, who was racing for the first time since he broke his right leg in an August sprint car crash, and teammates Patrick and Kurt Busch. Kevin Harvick, driving the fourth Stewart-Haas Racing entry in the field, seemed to have a Chevrolet capable of contending for the win but suffered serious damage that dropped him well off the pace.
Stewart said he felt physically fine after the hard hit, which left his car turned nose-first into the wall. Jeff Gordon's car was stuck behind Stewart's with its rear wheels raised by the front of Busch's car.
"I was a little nervous ... but it doesn't feel bad at all," Stewart said. "I don't have any pain. We'll see when the adrenaline wears off. But so far, everything feels really good. I'm pretty happy with it."
Kenseth, whose changing of lanes triggered the accident, said he had no idea Logano was on his inside when he moved.
"Honestly, I had no idea anybody was inside of me," Kenseth said. "I feel bad all of those cars got wrecked."
The 75-lap race was split into three segments in a format voted on by fans.
The opening segment was 30 mostly single-file laps and fairly uneventful until Jimmie Johnson spun through the grass and hard into the inside wall on the final lap of the segment.


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QUEENS, N.Y. — At the very tip of the Far Rockaway peninsula, right across from Coney Island with a spectacular view of Manhattan, the small working-class cooperative of Breezy Point is one of the coastal communities in New York City hit hardest by Hurricane Sandy. One-hundred and thirty-one houses burned down to the ground, and most of the others flooded halfway up or knocked right off their foundations. Water rose to shoulder height on the streets. All week, people have been coming back to retrieve what they could and tear down what was destroyed.
Today, they came back to vote.
Here's Tom Dolan, the fire chief, a lean 44-year-old in work pants and a brown jean jacket who runs triathalons and once swam around Manhattan Island. On Monday, I watched him and his brothers rip out his beautiful, waterlogged kitchen while a generator worked to pump six feet of water out of the basement. He'd been there every day since the hurricane hit, when he went from house to house alerting the neighbors who had stayed. As the fire burned closer — his house is three or four houses west of the burn zone — he carried an elderly woman named Mrs. Wright through chest-high waters to his own house, where she and her husband rode out the storm.
"Your cousin was telling me about your swim around Manhattan," I said. "I'm starting to doubt your sanity."
"You and me both," he laughed. "But that stuff was easy compared to what we've got to do now."
"You had most of the sheet-rock out when I left."
"We did, we got it all ripped out. But the water keeps coming back underneath, so that's screwing me up."
Seeing a neighbor, he breaks off. "Hey Angie, how you doing, babe?"
Angie is about 90 years old, from the looks of her. She says she got out in time, before the storm.
"Next time, take the Wrights with you," Dolan jokes.
Angie's leading a dog on a leash and holding the arm of a younger man named Joe. He says, "I figured I'd bring her down, she wants to see a happy face."
Angie says she was happy to see everyone in church Sunday. Everybody was there, the first time the whole community got together. "And the dog went to church too.
This is how it is at the Breezy Point polling station, which got moved because of the disaster to a church in Roxbury, the next town down the road. All morning people have been coming and lingering, talking to their neighbors, catching up on storm damage and expressions of love and friendship — a day of hugs and hearty slaps on tired backs. Some grab a few split logs from a pile someone put out to help people who still have working fireplaces. Meanwhile the epic cleanup continues — all morning, a garbage crew has been clearing away debris from in front of the church. Everyone has a story about where they're riding out the evacuation until the power gets turned on and the real rebuilding begins — and there's no doubt in anybody's mind the rebuilding will begin. Walk down any street and you're likely to meet four or five people who are related and another four or five who married boys and girls from a few streets over. And these people have been hardened by disaster before. They lost more people in the 9/11 attacks than almost any other community. Dolan himself spent many months at ground zero as a fireman on the job.
So what brought him down, given all the stuff he has on his mind? "Honestly, most importantly," he says, "I just like to be part of the whole process. I feel it's foolish with those people who want to complain but then didn't even come down and vote, so one day you prioritize that." When they go, I ask Dolan how he voted.
"Uh, today," he says, "today I went for the change. We got to change."
He's a registered independent who voted for Obama last time, even though he was a little suspicious that he was a little young and inexperienced. "We gave the man a shot, he came up with a bunch of different failures, and I'm all in for giving someone else a shot now."
But now Dolan's got to hustle to the FEMA tent with a buddy, then go cancel his Verizon subscription and write down the serial numbers on his ruined appliances and start working on which schools his four girls are going to attend now that he's setting up his temporary household in Queens.
A woman walks by saying to her friends, "We're staying in New Jersey but we came in to vote — it's too big a deal not to."
Fred Gresser came in from Brooklyn to vote, too, even though his basement and first floor and completely waterlogged. "It's my duty," he says solemnly. A retired correction officer who always votes a straight Democrat ticket, he voted for Obama again this year. "We just need somebody right now to keep us together."
And here's Father John Jack Cullinaine, standing in front of a sign that dedicates the courtyard to him "in loving appreciation of his many years of inspired service and the joy and love he fills our hearts with always."
"I voted for Romney," he says. "I'm a radical conservative, so I really feel that the government plans are too much and really don't help business."
Esilda Bruder was relatively fortunate — her house just suffered some flooding in the basement. "I'm a woman, I'm a Puerto Rican, I have a young son who is going to be 20 this year." For her, the important issues were the economy and "the climate, obviously, what's going to happen with global warming." She won't say who she voted for, but she adds another concern that seems to give it away: women's issues. "I have a daughter, too."
Marie Heffernan, 76, also considers it her duty to vote. Even though her whole first floor was wiped out and she had to come in from her son's place in Eastchester, where she's staying. "I don't like Obama, I don't think he's doing enough for the country, I think we need a change, I think we need to get back to our values, I don't think Obama is doing that." But like most here, she's not as angry about it as much of the country seems to be. "I know he had a tough time, I know it was hard, but I think the spending is out of control."
John and Marie Zaremba, 62 and 64 respectively, also voted for Romney. For them, the biggest factor is the economy — but the most important thing is simply to vote. "We wouldn't miss it," says John, a self-employed contractor. "It's the most important thing we have, the best right we have."
"Even our dog voted," Marie jokes.
Mary Jane Dolan — no relation to the fire chief — is 81. Her house was on the bay side, but it still got knocked off its foundation. Voting is her "pleasure and privilege," she says, but she had other reasons as well.
"You want to know bluntly why I voted? To get that asshole out, that's why. To get America back to what it's supposed to be."
But even this, she says cheerfully, smiling on this bright sunny day.
Her son, a salesman who doesn't want to give her name, says he thinks the Obama administration is — well, he doesn't want to say "corrupt," but definitely not doing their jobs correctly.
His mother is less restrained. "He's from corrupt Chicago, so..."
Still, she's only semi- enthusiastic about Romney. ""I'm not going to say he's the best, but he's 100 percent better than what we have."
"It's like they said, we want a change from Bush," her son says. "It's hope and change. We want a change. Anything we get is better than what we have now."
Oddly enough, like many in this predominantly Irish Catholic community, Mary Jane is a lifelong union member who worked for the Teamsters and finished her career at the Post Office. But familiarity has not made this heart fonder. "In the post office, they work at a snail's pace and they get top pay. If that's what the union is, no. Hopefully Romney, if he gets in — 'if' I say because we gotta lot of people that don't use their brain — hopefully things will turn back to what they were a little bit. Or this country, we're going to be a third-world country."
A hundred degrees in the opposite direction are Larry Deemer, 55 and Lou Schiro, 67. They also call themselves lucky because only their basement and first floor got destroyed, along with Lou's art studio and all their books and home office. But they have a nice two-bedroom in Ozone Park to stay in, and —
Before they can continue, the loving interruptions begin. "I'm so sorry about your house," one person says. "Good luck," says another.
Five minutes later, they get a chance to say they are passionate Obama supporters. Obama has only had four years, they believe, plus he inherited a huge problem because of eight years of Republican mal-administration, business run amok and no oversight on Wall Street or the banks. But Obama kept the economy from cratering and things are getting better. They're also alarmed by the martial attitude the Republicans take to Iran. "I worry about a new war," says Deemer.
Regardless of politics, everyone is happy to see Congressman Bob Turner, whose house survived right next to the burn zone but got flooded badly along with two cars that were completely destroyed by salt water. A gregarious, straight-shooting New Yorker with a down-to-earth style, Turner was a businessman who helped produce the Phil Donahue shows and others, but he ran for Anthony Weiner's seat on a Republican ticket and scored an upset victory. His focus right now is squarely on Breezy, as everyone calls it. "The most acute and obvious problem is gasoline for the generators and transportation. But this is a tough community, we're come together, we're helping one another. You've seen it yourself, you've been walking around here, we have a self-sufficiency about ourselves. But there are a few things we can't do for ourselves, and one is get gasoline and get those pumps working."
FEMA is working great, he says. They set up offices to get claims in, they're working very hard.
A neighbor stops. "I'm sorry for your loss."
"That's okay, it's just stuff."
"I just took a lot out of my basement and put it on the curb," the neighbor says.
Turner laughs. "I'll be going through that later."
His neighbor laughs, too. "There was some good stuff there last week!"
Back to the government's functioning or not functioning, Turner says the first three or four days were the hardest. They were cut off from the Rockaways and people set up their own food kitchen and clothing exchange. Meanwhile, "we had a lot of politicians giving themselves high fives and pats on the back for a job well done. Well, the job really wasn't done, and now the gas situation is that in triplicate. The gas isn't here — it's arrived on ships, it's on the tanker trucks, but for some reason it can't get from the top of the bureaucracy to the bottom. This should be managed from the bottom up."
He's talked to everybody trying to get help, Mayor Bloomberg included. "They say, 'We'll have this solved by late Saturday, we'll have it solved by Sunday, we'll have it solved by Monday.' It doesn't get done. They don't have a clue what's going on on the ground. I suspect there are different problems. For or some it's electrical and flooding, a generator might solve it, for others it's getting inspectors there. Get them from Albany if you have to, just get their ass here, period."
And his vote?
"I think that's clear. We have a failed administration, we need to fix it. I'll be supporting Romney fully."
But a woman named Virginia, who wanted to stay anonymous at the point of her last name, captured the community spirit most succinctly. Her house is still there, so she aslso calls herself fortunate, even though she had four and a half feet of water visit her living room. "But a lot of people don't have a house to go back to."
And why is it so important to vote that she'd fight the traffic and the gas lines to come back?
"'Cause the world goes on, the world goes on. It's the same reason it's important my daughter gets back to school. You gotta keep going. It's all part of the recovery."
• FLORIDA: Charles P. Pierce with the Voting-Rights Watchdogs
• OHIO: Mark Warren Traveling with Governor John Kasich (and with Romney)
• NEW HAMPSHIRE: Margaret Doris in 5-Vote Territory (and with Romney)
• VIRGINIA: Elizabeth Sile in the Uncertain Suburbs
• NEVADA: Jason Whithed Searching for Sheldon Adelson
• WISCONSIN: Joe Tarr with the Trained Poll-Watchers
• NORTH CAROLINA: Aaron Gwyn on the Independent's Indecision
• IOWA: Kyle Minor on the Last-Minute Battleground Road Trip
• COLORADO: Sam Levin at the Last Victory Party (and with Obama and Romney)
• ...AND PENNSYLVANIA: Isaiah Thompson on the Blue State That Would Be Red
PLUS: Tom Junod in Chicago with Obama, Margaret Doris in Boston with Romney... and
• @ESQPolitics: Charles P. Pierce, Snarking the Results All Night Long
• @StephenMarche: Watching Nothing but Twitter All Night Long
• @Sullduggery: Matt Sullivan, Watching the Pundits on TV All Night Long
• @TomJunod: Inside the Obama "Victory" Party in Chicago All Night Long


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It looks like a bat, sweeping, turning. But it's actually the new super-secret Air Force stealth drone.
CNN has learned this unmanned spy plane is designed to fly for up to 24 hours behind enemy lines in countries like North Korea, Iran, and Syria.
Military sources tell CNN it will give the United States a critical stealth advantage to spy on countries that have strong air defense systems able to shoot down more conventional aircraft.
The drone, believed to be called the RQ-180, was first revealed by the magazine Aviation Week and Space Technology in a lengthy article co-authored by Amy Butler and Bill Sweetman, both long time experts in classified military stealth technology.
The program is so classified the Air Force would not confirm its existence to CNN or Aviation Week.
But several U.S. officials told CNN its capabilities are a top intelligence gathering priority– especially after a less sophisticated stealth drone went down in Iran in 2012.
The key, Butler said, is the drone's ability to fly long distance and stay aloft for 24 hours in a stealthy manner.
"This aircraft will be able to penetrate that border and conduct operations in and around an enemy airspace without being targeted," Butler told CNN.
It's so secret the drone is believed to be at a hangar at Area 51 - the Air Force's highly secure flight test center in Nevada.
The drone may be able to fly as high as 11 miles. The requirement for an asset that is stealthy, can fly at high altitude and conduct intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance is a crucial priority for the military and the intelligence community.
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In several countries, air defenses have improved significantly in recent years making it difficult if not impossible for U.S. assets to gather information.
The drone's ability to stay up for 24 hours will also give it a key advantage over satellites which often pass by a target intermittently and are subject to be being detected.
Butler said the shape of the drone means enemy radars can't easily see the drone as heat it throws off is shielded so radars can't pick it up.
"This aircraft is designed to evade both those thermal sensor, those radar sensors, and other sensors that look for aircraft. So it might not be invisible to radar, but you might not be able to target it and shoot it down."
Butler suggested the drone may even be able to carry sensors that can listen to cell phone calls and any "activities on enemy frequency, radar activities, that sort of thing."
Although it's not confirmed, the magazine suggested the drone could be operating as soon as 2015.
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No evidence has emerged linking the weapons provided by the Qataris during the uprising against Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi to the attack that killed four Americans at the United States diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, in September.
But in the months before, the Obama administration clearly was worried about the consequences of its hidden hand in helping arm Libyan militants, concerns that have not previously been reported. The weapons and money from Qatar strengthened militant groups in Libya, allowing them to become a destabilizing force since the fall of the Qaddafi government ….
The United States, which had only small numbers of C.I.A. officers on the ground in Libya during the tumult of the rebellion, provided little oversight of the arms shipments. Within weeks of endorsing Qatar's plan to send weapons there in spring 2011, the White House began receiving reports that they were going to Islamic militant groups
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Another unarmed black boy has been shot down by police. Absorbing the ongoing news of the investigation Monday morning, I listened to eyewitness interviews and looked on as the media flashed pictures of Michael Brown, the 18-year-old gunned down by a Ferguson, Mo., police officer over the weekend.
The repeated refrain in so many of the accounts is, "Brown was supposed to start college on Monday." In the photos accompanying stories from outlets more sympathetic to his plight, he's often pictured in a high school graduation cap and gown. Social media posts use his planned next steps to underscore the tragedy of his life cut short. His educational status even makes its way into headlines, sometimes to the exclusion of his age, his name or the word "unarmed":
"[P]olice Kill College-Bound Kid … "
"Unarmed Teen Shot By Police Days Before He Was Scheduled to Leave for College"
OK? And what if Monday was to have been his first day of standing on the corner not doing a damn thing? Would his death be less of a loss?
Let me be clear: Unarmed college hopefuls don't deserve to be shot. Unarmed kids heading to work or trade school don't deserve to be shot. Unarmed kids floundering aimlessly through life don't deserve to be shot. Unarmed kids who have been in trouble—even those who have been nothing but trouble—don't deserve to be shot.
The act of pinning the tragedy of a dead black teen to his potential future success, to his respectability, to his "good"-ness, is done with all the best intentions. But if you read between the lines, aren't we really saying that had he not been on his way to college, there'd be less to mourn?
That's dead wrong.
After reading the headlines, I logged on to social media and discovered a hashtag following this tragedy. #IfTheyGunnedMeDown had taken on a life of its own. Users frustrated by media portrayals of African-American victims that seem to intentionally make them appear unsavory to white audiences shared split-screen images of themselves in order to make a point: Here's how I really am: Clean, professional, nonthreatening. Here's the photo the media would dig up to make me look like a "thug." Isn't that terrible?
I'm sympathetic to that frustration. But I also think we've passed the time where we put any stock in our news media being unbiased and fair, especially in reporting the unjustified deaths of black and brown people. The more horrific part, in my opinion, is that we—people of color—have been exposed to this "thugs deserve to die" narrative so frequently that some of us seem to have embraced it ourselves. Instead of arguing that nobody deserves to be shot, we tie ourselves up in knots making the case that the latest victim of a law-enforcement officer's bullet was a good kid, or that the photo the news media selected wasn't the most flattering depiction of him.
Mothers of black and brown children sob to the reporters, "He was an honor roll student! He wanted to go to college." Even Brown's grieving mom bought into this: "Do you know how hard it was for me to get him to stay in school and graduate? You know how many black men graduate? Not many," she told local television news station KMOV.
She and so many of us are desperately parsing out parts of the narrative in order to appeal to the humanity of those who are detached from our stories. We are saying, "Look … that brown kid had a good heart. He didn't deserve a bullet." We are, as we always have been, fighting to try to get the majority to see our worth.
In essence, this emotional appeal is a loud cry that we are good enough and our lives have value.
The way that Mike Brown, Trayvon Martin and John Crawford lived is important to the full narratives surrounding their lives, but it should not define the conversations around the wrongfulness of their deaths. We cannot and should not engage in discussions that look like black and brown people explaining that an unarmed person shouldn't have been shot because they lived in a way of which we are proud.
I wouldn't have cared if Mike, Trayvon and John all sagged their pants down to their ankles and if the only images of them depicted them smoking pot and throwing gang signs. I wouldn't have cared if they'd been high school dropouts who fought and tagged walls. Their lives would have been every bit as valuable, and their losses every bit as infuriating and sad.
So, after I absorb this latest news, I will teach my two brown sons that their skin makes others perceive them as dangerous, and that fear can mean death. But what I refuse to teach them is that, unless they're headed to college, the potential loss of their lives won't be tragic.
Also on The Root: "Black and Unarmed: Men Without Weapons Killed by Law Enforcement"
Jasmine Banks blogs about everything and nothing at all at JustJasmineBlog.com. Follow her on Twitter.
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2 cups Navy, Northern beans or mixed beans
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1 clove garlic, minced
1 bay leaf
1 large onion, chopped
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1 ham bone with meat still on
6 cups water
4 cups vegetable or ham broth
2 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 onion, minced
1 tomato diced (or about a half can-drained well)
1 cup chopped ham (optional)
1 tablespoon vinegar
You can soak the beans overnight in the refrigerator, covered with water, but what I usually do is place the dried beans in a pan, cover with water, and bring to a boil. Turn off the heat and allow them to sit for one hour. Drain and rinse with either method, then add them to a large pot with the water, broth and the ham bone. You can add salt if you wish, but most hams are pretty salty. Simmer, covered, for about 1 1/2 hours until the beans are tender. Remove the bone and take off any meat-add back to the pot. Sauté the onion, tomato and ham if you had extra that you diced, until the onion is soft. Stir in the vinegar to this mixture and add all to the soup. Simmer for 20 more minutes and serve. You can offer hot sauce and chopped onion as toppings for each person's bowl of soup.
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1 cup minced onions
2 tsp.. black pepper
1 pound dried split peas, green or yellow
1 cup chopped carrot
Place the ham bone and other ingredients to a crock
pot. Just cover with water, and cook on low all day long or high for 4-6 hours. I cook
my peas til they are fairly mushy, but you can cook less if you like them less done. We always ate big bowls of this soup with bread
and butter. Very simple! If the meat isn't falling off the ham bone,
remove and use a fork to remove it and place the meat into the
soup. Discard the bone. Season with salt if desired.
Brenda Hyde is a freelance writer, wife and mom to three kids living in the Midwest United States. For more family friendly recipes and cooking tips visit Brenda at http://oldfashionedliving.com/recipes.html


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Cha Am
A quiet alternative to Hua Hin, where many Thais enjoy succulent seafood and visitors have a range of accommodation options including luxurious golf resorts and small boutique beach hotels.
Located less than 200 km south of Bangkok and just 20 km north of Hua Hin, Cha-am is a quiet beach retreat in Petchaburi Province; a long stretch of silvery sand that is far quieter than nearby Hua Hin. Cha-am is popular with couples looking for a romantic retreat, seniors who like peace and quiet, and families with young children who are looking for an area that is both safe and free from the hassle of beach vendors. It's also a popular weekend destination for Bangkok residents who enjoy the sea, even if the sand is not as fine as at nearby Hua Hin. While it is relatively quiet, Cha-am still offers visitors a number of beach activities, such as jet skiing and banana boat riding, and the seafood is as readily available and inexpensive as any beach town in Thailand. Cha-am's beach areas are separated by Naranthip Road, which leads from the unassuming Cha-am town down to Ruamjit Road, which runs parallel to the beach. This intersection is where the closest thing to a beach "town" exists: an area where local festivities are held at the town's main pier and many fine seafood restaurants are located. North of this intersection is a concentration of businesses catering to European tourists; south of it, the beach becomes gradually quieter and a predominately Thai crowd chills out at relaxing beach resorts, most of which are located on the opposite side Ruamjit Road and along roads leading away from the beach. At the farthest southern end of the road are the most luxurious resorts and golf courses. For a little local character, visitors can travel north to a quaint fishing village that includes a harbor full of fishing boats and a number of seafood restaurants.
The mellow beach town of Cha-am is located less than 200km south of Bangkok. Thanks to its proximity to Hua Hin, Cha-am slowly developed into a tourist destination, though a far quieter one than its popular neighbor to the south. Cha-am is primarily a weekend getaway from those looking to escape the hustle and bustle of Bangkok. Featuring Thailand's longest stretch of beach, Cha-am has a small but quiet beach "town" where there are some charming seafood restaurants and plenty of open-air eateries, not least of which are the rows of beach umbrellas where hawkers sell barbequed shrimp. Accommodation ranges from backpacker friendly European owned hotels to boutique spa retreats, ideal for a romantic rendezvous. The sea at Cha-am is generally calm, making it safe for families with children, while rental jet skis and banana boats are available for those looking for a little more fun. Generally speaking however, Cha-am is for those looking for a quiet and relaxing retreat, particularly on the week days, when the weekend warriors have returned to nearby Bangkok.
Key Tips
- Cha-am hospital is located on the east side of Sri Sakul Thai Road. It provides 24-hour emergency care.
- There is medical clinic on Naranthip Road, one block south of Petchakasem Road. While the doctor speaks English, the clinic is for non-emergencies only. Mon-Fri: 17:30-20:00, Sat: 08:00-11:30, 17:30-20:00, Sun: 17:00-20:00.
- There are a number of Tourist Police substations along Cha-am beach, the largest of which is located at the intersection of Naranthip Road and Ruamjit Road. The main police station is on the north side of Naranthip Road, between Petchakasem Road and the train station.
- There is a small post office on Ruamjit Road, just south of The Methavali (closed Sundays and holidays). The main post office is near the main police station on the north side of Naranthip Rd, between Petchakasem Rd and the train station.
- There are a number of Internet cafes along the beach road as well as at the CAT Telecom office on Naranthip Rd.
- Although Cha-am is a relatively quiet beach town, ride motorbikes with extreme caution, especially at night. Always wear a helmet and closed toe shoes.


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FACULTY AWARD: Daubechies receives Steele Prize for mathematical achievements
Jan. 7, 2011, 5 p.m.
Ingrid Daubechies, the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Mathematics and Applied and Computational Mathematics, has received the 2011 Leroy P. Steele Prize for a Seminal Contribution to Research. The award, which cited her pioneering data compression techniques, is presented annually by the American Mathematical Society. It is given for work that has proved to be of fundamental or lasting importance in its field. The prize was awarded to Daubechies Friday, Jan. 7, at the society's Joint Mathematics Meetings in New Orleans.


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LOS ANGELES (thefutoncritic.com) -- The latest development news, culled from recent wire reports:
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Taylor Swift is bound for the season finale of "New Girl" as "an important guest at the wedding of Cece (Hannah Simone) and Shivrang (Satya Bhabha)" (EW.com); Eric Ladin will recur as a young J. Edgar Hoover on "Boardwalk Empire" (Deadline.com); Hilarie Burton likewise has landed an arc on "Grey's Anatomy" as "a craniofacial specialist who visits the hospital to work on a case" (EOnline.com); Eion Bailey is bound for "Law & Order: SVU" as "a veteran of the Iraq war with PTSD who is a key witness in an investigation of a sexual assault in a nightclub" (THR.com); and Robert L. Boyett and Robert Horn are spearheading Lionsgate's potential comedy vehicle for Kelsey Grammer and Martin Lawrence (THR.com).


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Thursday, 4 June 2009
a conversation with sam irons
Landscape photographer Sam Irons was also recently selected to be taken on by LPA Futures. His images are those of quiet exploration and contemplation, in which landscapes are sparse and stripped of context, encouraging us to re-evaluate the space. I spoke to him briefly about his practice:
How have you found the journey of finishing university to being recruited by a commercial agent? Can you tell us how you've reached this point…
Since graduating from Brighton, I have worked freelance as a Location Scout. This has allowed me to continue with my own practice, relatively unimpeded by financial pressures, or the worry of how to 'succeed' as a photographer. Basically like a continuation of Art School. I've shown when I could, and continued to make work that I like, or tried. However, at some point it feels like you have to make a choice in what you aim for, and thereby how you are going to support yourself. I was very lucky in that the LPA Futures competition was my first go at it – although in itself it's no guarantee that clients will want to commission me…
What do you feel are the main themes recurring in your work?
Basically landscape as an allegory for my experience of being in the world- and as there's a lot of it that I don't understand, I'm drawn to landscapes that are not so easily interpreted, that leave you asking how or why they are like that.
Your images are quite clean, and almost geometric in the composition, to the point that the places you photograph take on an element of the surreal- what are you searching for/considering when you take an image?
I think photographs are always surreal, but I also definitely encourage it – I think it's about defamiliarising yourself, reconnecting with the oddness of being in the world. And again it comes down to not knowing – both photography and life hold this promise of knowledge that they never quite deliver on.
I can't really offer that much at this stage of my career – only that it's much less exhausting to stick to your own vision rather than trying to conform to others'.


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'Hey, cuz! You hear Maria's is closing? No, really, they really are closing.'
The big news in Greater Rockford last week was the announcement by the Cason family that they are closing the family restaurant, Maria's Italian Cafe, at the end of the year. The final night of food, drink and fun at the corner of Corbin and Cunningham streets is Dec. 31. One more "Hey, Cuz!" place bites the dust.
The story spread on Facebook like wildfire. I posted a version, saying I feel as if my city is disappearing before my eyes. I included a YouTube link to similar sentiments expressed about Akron, Ohio, by Chrissie Hynde in "My City Was Gone" by The Pretenders:
"I went back to Ohio, but my city was gone; There was no train station; there was no downtown,
"South Howard had disappeared; all my favorite places; My city had been pulled down — reduced to parking spaces."
I have many memories of Maria's, which was the first restaurant I took my future wife to in September 1969. My dad took his English war bride wife there in 1947.
Maria's has been a gathering place in south Rockford for more than 90 years, serving presidents, governors and local politicians; rock stars and top names from the Big Band era. But mostly, it served ordinary folks.
Why are they closing it? Joey Cason said, "We decided it was time." No use prying into that. It's their business.
I received many responses to my Facebook post, including one from Max Knauer, a retired teacher in Des Moines, Iowa. I met Max while covering the 2000 and 2004 Iowa caucuses and again at Sen. Tom Harkin's annual steak fry in Indianola. Max wants to come to Maria's before it closes.
I also received a friendly critique from Jay Graham of Graham Spencer.
"Chuck, that seems a little grim," Jay said of my post. "It's true that it sucks that Maria's is closing — I love that place and am sorry I soon won't be able to duck my head in the kitchen door and say hi to Joey, standing behind a steaming pot of noodles," he said.
"It's also true that we have a growing number of other establishments where you can get an excellent meal in Rockford. Some of the folks who have created those places and their patrons are making memories right now that will be treasured in the future. It is sad, though, I agree. Then again, knowing you, you might be writing that with tongue firmly implanted in cheek, in which case I want my last 2.5 minutes back."
I am overly dramatic sometimes — on purpose. So I'll return 90 seconds to Jay. New places are being born all the time. New traditions are being created. The Forest City is being replanted every day. So, as Eric Idle reminded us: "Always look on the bright side of Life!"
Finally, ladies and gentlemen, here is my "Maria's" story:
In September 1988, Vice President George H. W. Bush was running for president. He had just finished a barnstorming bus trip up the old Highway 51 from Normal, stopping to give speeches in towns along the way. I covered the trip (sitting next to a Swede on the foreign reporters' bus) and remarked on the enthusiasm. I concluded that Bush would win, because I'd also covered the dour campaign of Michael Dukakis.
Bush had dinner that night at Maria's with our congresswoman, Lynn Martin.
Fast forward to 1991, when Bush appointed Martin secretary of labor. I jokingly asked her to get me an invitation to the White House.
Some joke! About a month later I got a letter from "The White House" inviting me, along with about 30 other journalists from around the country, to spend a day at the White House. We went to briefings with cabinet secretaries and talked to Gen. Colin Powell, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
We had a news conference with the president. The national press corps was not allowed in.
When we broke for lunch, we walked down that big hallway with the red carpet, to go to the news conference with the president.
The President walked with us. He was known for remembering small details from his days as head of the Republican National Committee, and saw my name tag that said "Rockford, Illinois." Bush cracked a wily grin and said cheerily:
"Heyyyyy, Rockford, Illinois! Ate there at a place called Maria's. Didn't have to eat again for a week!"
Chuck Sweeny: 815-987-1366; email@example.com; @chucksweeny


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On Thursdays, I share pictures about 'Echos of my Neighbourhood.
I would like to invite you to participate. The challenge is quite simple and you can find out more about it through this link.
Cityscape Dubai is the largest and most influential real estate exhibition in the Middle East/Gulf region. This years' exhibition concludes today, 8th September and over 300 companies from the UAE and abroad showcased their ambitious and beautiful building projects.
It's a key event during which developers, architects, investors, real estate professionals, city building authorities and interested citizens gather in one place. Investors get to buy properties off plan or almost completed and resell or rent to turn a good profit.
I have always believed in property investment, but I am not yet fortunate enough to afford the steep cost of investing in property over here. Who knows, maybe when I sign that bestseller of mine, then I may just be rolling in enough wad to invest, but hey, it doesn't hurt to look and know what's available out here.
What I marvel at is the precision and beauty of the architectural designs on display. There was so much to look at that I could barely get around in my hours of attending the exhibition.
Lady Lee takes us briefly to India through her doors 🙂
I love seeing where people are visiting or staying and would be glad to see your neighbourhood.
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Paul Davis to run vs. Brownback
Kansas Democrat Paul Davis on Tuesday announced his bid for governor, and will campaign with Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius later this week.
Davis, the deep-red state's House Minority Leader, announced on Tuesday that he will seek the Democratic nod for governor next year, and will likely run against Republican Gov. Sam Brownback. Sebelius, the Democratic former governor of the Sunflower State, will campaign with Davis in a Kansas City suburb on Thursday.
"I'm profoundly troubled by the direction our state has been heading over the past three years," Davis said in a campaign email that was also sent out by a representative from the Democratic Governors Association. "Education funding has been cut by historic levels. Property and sales taxes have placed a heavy, unfair burden on Kansas workers, families, and seniors. The wealthiest and well connected have gotten all the breaks, and the Kansas economy feels broken. It just costs too much to be a Kansan these days."
Davis hails from Lawrence, one of the few liberal pockets in Kansas. Still, some Democrats — like Sebelius and former Rep. Dennis Moore — have been successful despite the state's deeply conservative political landscape.


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8/04/2010 - OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría today welcomed the passage into law of the UK Bribery Bill.
"The Bill's passage into law with such broad support is a very welcome development," said OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría. "The OECD has highlighted the key role its members must play in the global fight against foreign bribery. With these tougher laws, the UK is now well placed to help lead this fight."
"I'm pleased that the UK has made such progress," said Mark Pieth, Chair of the OECD Working Group on Bribery. "It sends out a strong message of its commitment to fight against bribery and helps create a level playing field for firms competing internationally."
The OECD is a global leader in the fight against foreign bribery. Its Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions has been in force for 10 years. Through the Convention, 38 countries - including the 30 OECD member countries and Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, Estonia, Israel, Slovenia and South Africa - have made it illegal to bribe public officials in international business deals.
For further information on the OECD's work on corruption and the Anti-Bribery Convention, visit www.oecd.org/daf/nocorruption
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