groups of people, who
were swooped upon quickly and detained by police, witnesses said.

In Kardze, "several hundred armed police dressed in black clothes are
stationed at the monasteries and the Tibetan areas," the Tibetan source
said. "No Tibetans will be allowed to visit Kardze town after March 2,
unless they have written approval from local town officials."

Lithang was also the site of large-scale unrest in 2007 after a nomad,
Ronggyal Adrak, called publicly at the annual horse festival for Beijing
to allow the Dalai Lama to return to Tibet. He was arrested, and
hundreds of Tibetan protested for his release.

Thousands of troops descended on the region in the aftermath of the
protest, and Ronggyal Adrak was convicted on charges of “seeking to
split the country and subvert state power.”

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Sunday, February 19, 2012

Restaurant Review: Pontos Taverna, Norwalk CT

Valentine's Day was a bust, what with my working at the hospital all day and then having (cough) getting to go to the Winter Concert at Brien McMahon High School, where Ian performed in both the Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble. Actually, the concert was really quite good, even if I am left wondering what kind of person schedules a school concert for Valentine's Night.

Sweethearts out for a romantic
post-Valentine's Day lunch.

Wednesday, though, was a Different Story. Kimberly declared that, in celebration of Valentine's Week, we would go and have lunch at Pontos Taverna, the relatively new Greek restaurant that had caught her attention a while back. She had made a reconnaissance of the place a couple weeks prior