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A message from the United Confederation of Taino People (UCTP)
Please forward and print (one copy or many) of this questionnaire and distribute as widely as possible. Have your children hand it to their teachers, post it on the bulletin board at your community center, discuss it with your friends and neighbors, mail a copy to your Mayor, City Council and House Representatives, Senators, Governor and President — why are politicians neglecting to do something about this absurd & abominable holy day (that IS what holiday means) that only serves the purpose of rubbing salt into some of the old, festering wounds of so many in our multi-cultural society. WHY DO WE CELEBRATE COLUMBUS DAY? What is the meaning of this day to each of us, or is there any meaning at all? Please, bring this up as a topic of discussion with others, and let me know what kind of responses you hear.
Questions To Ponder As Columbus Day nears
1. Columbus sailed into the Caribbean and never even set foot in what is now known as the United States. So, why do we, in the United States, give him one of our 8 Federal holidays?
2. Why would Columbus be given credit for "discovering" the Americas anyway, when we all know those lands were already inhabited and had been for thousands of years? Didn't the inhabitants of those lands discover them? Look at any map of the US and see the many, many, many states, cities and towns that all bear the Native American names of people and peoples who once populated those regions: Illinois, Oklahoma, Cheyene, Nantuckett, Milwaukee, Yuma, Omaha, Wichita, Tallahassee, Mississippi, Muskogee, Tennessee, Allegheny, Missouri, Kentucky, Huron, Tuscaloosa and on and on and on……
3. Knowing that Native Americans were already here, and Columbus never was here, why does anyone go along with the myth that "Columbus Discovered America", when we all know it is not true?
4. Why aren't we taught the whole truth about Columbus' actions and the devastating consequences of those actions? Why are we only told about Columbus, who as a boy who always wanted to sail and then when he got older Spain provided him three ships & he sailed across the ocean and DISCOVERED A NEW WORLD! (where millions of Taino had lived for thousands of years and which we now call the Caribbean). Why are we only taught about that FIRST voyage, and not the other 3 voyages, when all hell broke loose? Why aren't we taught about how on the second voyage, unlike the first when Columbus only had 3 small old ships, Columbus was given 17 large ships and 1,500 armed men eagerly signed up
for the chance to go to the "New World" with hopes of getting rich quick on the gold to be found there? Also, why aren't we taught about the greed and brutality of the Spaniards against the Taino (who have been remembered as "naked savages" in our history books, if at all), and how the Taino were murdered and enslaved on that second voyage? Why are we not taught about the third voyage & how when King Ferdinand & Queen Isabella of Spain heard about Columbus' actions in the "New World" he was sent back to Spain in chains to stand trial for his crimes, was convicted and stripped of his titles? Or, how the Spaniards tricked 80 of the Taino leaders into a hut and burned them alive? Isn't to omit the ugly part of the truth considered LYING BY OMISSION? Then, that is what our schools are doing when they only teach about the first voyage, they are lying by omission to our students, and we as a improperly educated country have a holiday for an evil, greedy, slave-trading, murderer.
5. Some people say he is worthy of the honor of a holiday for his nautical genius, but the Vikings sailed across the ocean to North America 500 years before, Marco Polo sailed to China & India 300 years prior and the Chinese set foot upon the very shores that Columbus did 71 years prior to the arrival of Columbus, the difference being, Columbus "claimed" the land and cites the Papal Bulls with giving him the authority to do so if no one disputes the action, and Columbus according to his journal, was careful to add that no one disputed it at the time, while admitting at the same time that they could not understand each other, so how could they be expected to understand what his flag-planting and pronunciations meant?
6. Many people will argue that Columbus brought Western Civilization to what is now known as the United States, and that is the reason the US bestows upon him the honor of a holiday. But how can we make that correlation when Columbus, working for Spain, came in 1492 and the European colonizers who came here TWO HUNDRED years later, came from England? If Columbus is worthy of being given credit for this "achievement", wouldn't it have happened 200 years earlier and wouldn't we all be speaking Spanish now as the countries he invaded do?
7. Some people will argue that Columbus Day is a day for recognition of Italians, an Italian Pride Day. Are Italians more worthy of recognition than other ethnic groups in this country we have proudly (?) nicknamed "The Melting Pot"? I have heard Italians say that Germans have Oktoberfest, the Irish have St. Patrick's Day and Mexicans have Cinco de Mayo, but none of those are FEDERAL holidays. The only two ethnic groups worthy of recognition for their contributions and sacrifice in this land are those who were ALREADY HERE when the Europeans came and those who the Europeans BROUGHT HERE IN CHAINS. All other ethnic groups came here voluntarily. It was long overdue but African Americans finally got their holiday – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in January…. but Native Americans still don't have a holiday (urge your congressmen and women to support House Bill #167).
8. Some people think he is deserving of the honor because he proved the world was round, but this was already a widely accepted belief by educated people at the time as Ptolemy, the ancient astronomer and geographer from Egypt, declared that the Earth was spherical in the second century.
7. Why do 17 states refuse to recognize and/or celebrate Columbus Day?
8. Why do protestors gather and march at every Columbus Day Parade?
9. And, WHY is Columbus honored with one of our 8 federal holidays in the US when,
a. He didn't "discover" us, or anything previously undiscovered or uninhabited
b. He never set foot on what is now U.S. soil.
c. His legacy is greed, theft, destruction, brutality, slave-trading and murder
d. It is offensive to Latin American, African American and Native Americans
e. Native Americans, who were here and are worthy of a holiday, still don't have one
10.And why have the Taino people of the Caribbean and those in the US, whose ancestors have paid such a huge price for the misfortune of being "discovered", been erroneously declared extinct and are therefore denied legal recognition by the government?
To learn more about the truth, read:
*In Defense of the Indians" by Bartolome de las Casas
*A People's History" by Howard Zinn
*Lies My Teacher Told Me" by James Louwen
*Rethinking Columbus" by Bigelow and Peterson
*The Voyages of Christopher Columbus" by Rex and Thea Rienits
*The Log of Christopher Columbus" by Robert H. Fuson
*The Journal of Columbus" by Clarkson N. Potter
*1421, The Year China Discovered America" by Gavin Menzies
*America Discovers Columbus" by John Noble Wilford
*The Conquest of Paradise" by Kirkpatrick Sale
*The Columbus Dynasty in the Caribbean" by Troy S. Floyd
*The Conquest of America" by Tzvetan Todorov
*Columbus & Cortez, Conquerors for Christ" by Eidsmoe.
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Big Vern 'N' The Shootahs - Friday 1st September 2017
Last updated: 2.32pm, Thursday 7th September 2017
Friday the 1st of September saw over 100 people join us at the Carlton Hotel, Prestwick to dance the night away to our annual Big Vern n the Shootahs event.
Now in its 15th year we are delighted to report that this year raised over £8,000 helping us to take us well over the £110,000 barrier!
Guests danced all night long to the sounds of Big Vern 'N' The Shootahs who set the stage alight with their mix of feel -good funk classics.
A huge thank you once again to our sponsors: Dougie, Marlene and Sam Edgar for making all this possible.
Also a big thank you to the Carlton Hotel, QTS, The Cook School, Vivien and Robert Kyle, Bill Taylor, Debbie Cassells, Yvonne Watson, The Shoe Gallery, Snowie Heritage Bricks, Hope Homes and A.G Barr Ltd for donating such wonderful auction prizes and to everyone else who made the night such a success!


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A classic Fiat nameplate from the past could be resurrected, according to a new report in an Italian auto blog.
A classic Fiat nameplate from the past could be resurrected, according to a new report in an Italian auto blog.
Passione Auto Italiane issued a short report indicating the automaker is currently testing a small vehicle that could transform into a production model, wearing the Topolino moniker. This won't be a big surprise, given the fact Fiat has already started reusing the 500, Tipo, and 124 Spider names.
We're taking everything with a grain of salt at this point, but a prototype of the model has reportedly been spied testing in the Pomigliano d'Arco municipality in Italy, where Fiat has a factory.
Preliminary details suggest the engineers are planning a Panda-based car, likely featuring two doors and room for up to four passengers. It will be launched as a rival for the Smart ForTwo, Peugeot 108, Toyota Aygo, and Citroen C1.
The classic Topolino was a city car, manufactured by Fiat between 1936 and 1955. The so-called Mickey Mouse was offered in several body styles, including 2-door coupe, cabriolet, and van, as well as a 3-door estate. It was powered by a 599cc 4-cylinder engine, mated to a 4-speed manual gearbox, sending power to the rear wheels. The cute car quickly became one of the most popular Italian models of that time with a total sales of nearly 520,000 examples.
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Dinosaur Jr.'s J Mascis showed us around his home in Amherst, Massachusetts
There's a lot of purple in here
Amherst, Massachusetts, is pronounced 'AM-erst', giving rise to the local saying "only the 'h' is silent." When I ask J Mascis what his hometown is like, after a customary slightly-too-long pause, he says: "it's pretty quiet." Still, it's a slogan that looks good on a tea towel, in a small town known for its three colleges, poet Emily Dickinson ("Nick Cave tried to visit her house last week but it was closed," J tells me) and Dinosaur Jr.
Mascis was born here, stayed for college because he didn't try getting in anywhere else and lives here once again following an extended time spend in New York to make it with the band. "New York was the first place where Dinosaur were accepted," he says. "We couldn't catch a break around here. We met Sonic Youth and other people who seemed to like us."
He now lives in a large, understated house that has been his home for the last twelve years, shared with his wife and their son. It was previously owned by Uma Thurman's father, a professor of religion, and is one of those white-slatted, detached properties with a yard that wraps around its four sides.
Mascis welcomed us in and showed us around, failing to disappoint with his collections of skateboards, Big Muff pedals, vintage figurines and an abundance of the colour purple – all the things you've always hoped that J Mascis surrounds himself with.


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HERGOTT LAW - Sidewalks are Stop Signs
Paul Hergott is a personal injury lawyer who practices in Kelowna and writes on a variety of topics about driving in BC and the consequences for the participants when things go wrong. In this article he writes about how sidewalks should be treated as stop signs.
Good one!
Mr Hergott knows what he's talking about; he fails to mention - and I think this is important - Section 169, which makes it incumbent on the driver, having stopped, to remain stationary until he/she has ensured that they can safely move the vehicle again.
That's the section that makes 4-Way Stops work, or Section 125.1, if you think about it.
ICBC do their best to test for this knowledge and whether it's applied practically by the driver, by usually commencing their Road Test routes from a parking lot; but they're all different, darn it! Jump on Google Earth and see what it's like to exit from various ICBC parking, and you'll find a variety - most of them with a Stop Sign already erected before the sidewalk, in my experience. I'm thinking Lansdowne in Richmond, or Lougheed in Burnaby, here. Point Grey and North Vancouver use exits without such a sign, but when they're overloaded (which is much of the time) they just encourage - or direct - the Applicants to park on a nearby street.
Being fair, they will usually direct the Applicant to drive up a back lane if this feature (of exiting a parking lot, alley, or driveway) isn't built into the test route. But if no pedestrians are nearby, will the necessary observation and yielding skills be evidenced?
And after the test, will the driver remember what they're supposed to do, in real life?


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Glee returned this week with what is being heralded as the best episode yet. The episode appropriately titled "Yes/ No" gave us two proposals, another character who got married before this episode, and an interesting look into the inner thoughts of a well-loved character with the voice of Helen Mirren. Spoilers ahead after the jump.
"Yes/No" started out with Mercedes and Sam recalling their summer romance in an almost shot-by-shot tribute to Grease's song, "Summer Nights". The cast pulls off the number flawlessly including both Naya Rivera and Chris Colfer splitting Rizzo's role. Then the focus goes to the co-captain of the Cheerios, Becky Jackson (played by the amazing Lauren Potter), with Helen Mirren as her inner voice. Hearing Mirren say "Is that a mohawk, Puckerman, or did someone glue a squirrel to your head?" was priceless.
The next scene shows Coach Bieste telling Emma and Sue that she and Cooter eloped over holiday break prompting Emma to wonder if Will will want to marry her. Cue Emma singing "The Wedding Bell Blues" by The 5th Dimension with Coach Bieste and Sue as her backup singers complete with Sue wearing the hat made famous by Princess Beatrice at Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding.
Other highlights from "Yes/ No":
- Nene Leakes from The Real Housewives of Atlanta making her acting debut as McKinley High's synchronized swimming coach, Roz Washington
- Artie, Mike and Will doing a mashup of "Moves Like Jagger" and "Jumpin' Jack Flash"
- Rachel, Tina, Mercedes, and Santana performing Roberta Flack's "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"
The best parts of the show came at the end of the show though. The first one was Will's proposal to Emma complete with synchronized swimming to Rihanna's "We Found Love" performed by the New Directions with Rachel and Santana singing. Both ladies looked amazing in their Ester Williams inspired bathing suits. This was one of the best songs done by the cast. To Ryan Murphy, co-creator of Glee, give Lea Michele and Naya Rivera more duets. Their voices complement each other. Maybe give Rachel and Santana a duet for Regionals or Nationals.
The other best part of the show came at the end of the show when Finn proposed to Rachel. After Finn pops the question, the episode ends. Will Rachel say yes? I guess will we find out in two weeks.


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MODERATOR: Hey, good afternoon everybody, and thanks for joining us for the call today. We want to take a few minutes to preview the upcoming D-ISIS ministerial that we'll host later this week. We'll also delve into the Syria Small Group meetings the Secretary is hosting here in Washington.
Today's discussion will be led by [Senior State Department Official]. Before we begin, a brief reminder that today's call is on background and embargoed until the call ends.
Our senior State Department official will now open with brief remarks, and then we'll take a few questions. [Senior State Department Official].
SENIOR STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL: Hello, everybody. Hello, everybody. Thanks for being on the line; sorry to keep you waiting.
What we're going to be doing Thursday is essentially recalibrating two important and related initiatives where the United States is in the lead. One is the overall situation in what we call the core, Iraq and Syria, for the campaign for the enduring defeat of ISIS, along with the coalition of 81 members. We're assembling some 35-plus member-states and organizations, the key ones who are involved in operations in Syria and Iraq or otherwise supporting the effort through funding and civilian operations, to meet with us and to go over developments over the past month, including the Turkish incursion into northeast Syria; Russian and Syrian regime intervention into that area; status of our partner, the SDF, in the fight against ISIS; and next-ups and where we're going, including the American presence and the kind of asks we have from the coalition.
The Secretary will lead that off. Meanwhile, just before that meeting, we'll have a brief meeting of what we call the Small Group of Syria; that is, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, France, Britain – the UK – France, Britain, Germany, and the United States. There we're going to look at the situation concerning the overall political and military and security situation in Syria, particularly with the launch of the Constitutional Committee at the end of October in Geneva, just a few weeks ago, which is a major step forward; but also the situation in the northeast, how that affects the various related goals for a stable and secure Syria, which involves the defeat of terrorism, beginning with ISIS, Iranian forces out, and a political process that gives us a Syria that isn't a threat to its own public or to the neighborhood.
In terms of the campaign to defeat ISIS, of course, we are very happy with the decision that the President took to continue our D-ISIS military mission on the ground in northeast Syria, and the members of the coalition are universally supportive of that decision. We'll hear more about that on Thursday. Secondly, we will talk about D-ISIS operations in some detail on side conversations, including what's going to happen in the core area after the death of al-Baghdadi and the ISIS spokesperson a few weeks ago.
So all in all, we believe that we have good news to present to the coalition. We believe that the coalition will be supportive and will be ready to go forward on what is a very, very important part of our overall Middle East national security policy.
So I'll stop there.
MODERATOR: Thanks. Moderator, if you could queue up questions, we have time for quite a few.
OPERATOR: Absolutely. So once again, ladies and gentlemen, it is 1 followed by 0 at this time. If you are using a speakerphone here this afternoon, it may be helpful to lift the handset before pressing those keys. Once again, to queue up immediately, it is a 1 followed by 0. And it may be just a brief moment before our first questioner is in queue.
Our first question comes from the line of Lara Jakes of New York Times. Your line is open.
QUESTION: Hey, thank you. Hi, thanks for doing this. I wanted to ask you a little bit about the issue of the ISIS detainees, what kind of deliverables you hope to get out of this meeting and what progress is being made to transfer not just Iraqi detainees but all foreign fighters back to their countries of origin. Thank you.
SENIOR STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL: Thank you, Lara. The Iraqi detainees are important because there are literally thousands of them. There are more Iraqi detainees alone right now probably than there are third-country foreign fighters; the rest are Syrian. And we'll work closely with the Iraqis. I'll be out there next week to pitch that.
In terms of foreign fighters returning to other countries, it's slow progress. We do this country by country; it requires a lot of background on the legal situation in the country, logistics of coordinating to get the people out. We've had some success with Middle Eastern countries. We've had some success with Central Asian countries. We've seen people being taken back in Europe only by, I believe, Bosnia, Kosovo, and one person taken back by Italy. Given that there are hundreds of people being held from Europe, Western Europe and Central Europe, we are very troubled by this and it's a major issue of diplomatic discussion.
We've also been talking with the Russians. There are a large number of detainees and family members from Russia. The Russians have shown some interest in getting these people back, but that's still in an early stage, Lara.
OPERATOR: Our next question comes from the line of Humeyra Pamuk of Reuters. Your line is open.
QUESTION: Hello, thank you very much for doing this. I wanted to ask you about how you plan to overcome Turkey's position that U.S. would not work with SDF, and that is even before – that is even after SDF has pulled out from that area. If you've seen Erdogan's spokesman's comments, they basically want the U.S. to stop partnering with SDF, and I know that obviously he's visiting the White House tomorrow, but how do you plan to overcome this and continue your operations? Thank you.
SENIOR STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL: One, the President has directed us to continue D-ISIS operations on the ground in northeast Syria. That includes specifically continuing our partnership with local forces, including, in particular, the SDF. Now, that's the first point.
And then secondly, if we do not have a local partner, we cannot operate in northeast Syria against ISIS. We've made that very clear to coalition partners and others. The military force – I can't get into the numbers, although you've heard some numbers passed about by Pentagon officials in the last few days. With the numbers that we have, we need a local partner for all kinds of things, including our own security and to actually carry out much of the operations against ISIS. So it's that simple and we've made that very clear. I have made that very clear to Turkey in my meetings last week in Ankara.
OPERATOR: And our next question here in queue comes from the line of Deb Riechmann of Associated Press. Your line is open.
QUESTION: Hi, I would like to ask about the human rights violations that are alleged against the Turkish forces during the incursion. Can you give us an update about that?
SENIOR STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL: Yeah. We are following this up and we've seen over time – particularly in the first few days, we saw a series of actions, particularly by the, what we call Turkish-supported opposition or the Syrian National Army, which are Syrian opposition forces fighting against the Assad regime who are supported and supplied and commanded to some degree by Turkey and who were used in the incursion into northeast Syria.
One involved the shooting up of a vehicle where there was a Kurdish politician, Hevrin Khalaf, on October 12th. There was another incident that involved an individual who was filmed by members of one of these TSOs being executed as the individual was on the ground with his hands tied behind him. We've seen several other issues and incidents. There was one report of a chemical weapon, specifically white phosphorous, being used, several examples of people – medical units and such – being hit by shellfire and such.
We've looked into these. The number is not large. It has not been growing in terms of what our objective reporting has given us on them, but we are asking the Turks to chase them down. What the Turks told us is that they do take them seriously. They have passed many of them that, if they involve the Syrian National Army, to the Syrian National Army's deputy defense minister, who is operating, I think, in Ras al-Ayn, and they have set up a commission.
Now, we don't know these people particularly well. We don't know how well they're going to do. As far as we're concerned, our interlocutor on these things is Turkey because Turkey has been supporting these people and Turkey took the initiative to go across the border.
OPERATOR: And the next question comes from the line of Carol Morello of Washington Post. Your line is open.
QUESTION: Hi, thanks for doing this. I'd like to follow up a little bit on Lara's question. Can you tell us a little bit about some of the background about this ruling in a Dutch court that it's up to the Netherlands to fly back the children and I guess wives, family members of ISIS fighters? They're saying it's too dangerous and there's a U.S. offer out there. The court says that the Dutch should take the United States up on its offer, and the ambassador says the offer is still on the table to, I guess, help fly them out of the country so they can be repatriated.
Could you tell us something about this offer and if it's only for European countries or if you're also offering to help other countries repatriate their own citizens? And would these be military flights? Just any kind of background you can give us on what kind of offers the U.S. is making.
SENIOR STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL: Yeah. We have used military flights. It's a case-by-case thing depending upon the country, what the country comes to us with. The country has to provide assurances in terms of how people are going to be treated – if it were, for example, detainees, how they would be dealt with in the legal system. It is not a blanket offer, but we have done it with a number of countries. I can't give you more details on the situation with the Dutch because that's in diplomatic channels, but again, we have done this in a number of cases.
The U.S. Government position is to be as forward leaning as possible to get these people back to their home countries, either to be taken care of or to be put before justice. It is an – it is not a particularly secure situation, as we've seen in the last few weeks, in northeast Syria. And it is a ticking time bomb to simply have the better part of 10,000 detainees, many of them foreign fighters, and tens of thousands of family members in a situation that is not all that secure.
Now having said that, we are very, very confident of the ability of the SDF to secure all of the detention facilities that they're holding people in, which is all of them essentially, and to manage the whole internally displaced persons camp. But again, we don't want to put any of this under any risk for all kinds of humanitarian, counterterrorism, and other reasons.
OPERATOR: And next in queue we'll go to the line of Abigail Williams of NBC News. Your line is open.
QUESTION: Hi. Thanks so much for doing this. To follow up on my colleague's earlier question, I just wanted to ask about the upcoming Erdogan visit, which comes as the ministers are meeting this week. What do you say to critics who are arguing that Erdogan should not be rewarded with a White House visit, given that Turkey's incursion in northeast Syria was detrimental to the fight against ISIS and involved attacks on civilians the U.S. is saying are war crimes?
SENIOR STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL: Our presidential visits are serious matters. The White House should give you more information on that. The basic issues that we have to talk with Turkey about – including the overall situation in Syria, where Turkey is a close partner of ours, the situation in the northeast, where we have our forces in close proximity to Turkish forces, and various other issues in the bilateral relationship – require highest level conversation and consultation. And in this particular case, the two presidents decided it would be best to do this one on one. Don't look at these things as rewards; they're the execution of diplomacy.
OPERATOR: And next in queue we have the line of Francesco Fontemaggi of AFP. Your line is open.
QUESTION: Thanks, [Senior State Department Official], for doing this. I know some of European allies – and mainly the French, who have been asking for this meeting – are expecting from the U.S. that it states clearly that its forces in northeast Syria are not there only for oil and that there are enough forces, the right kind of forces, to do counterterrorism and in a significant enough portion of northeast Syria to be able to go on with the fight against ISIS. Are you ready to give them those clear answers?
SENIOR STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL: We will do that tomorrow, but we have already done it. I have done it with my European colleagues, including the French. Let me go on the record on this: U.S. forces in northeast Syria are there under an authorization to fight terrorism, specifically to ensure the enduring defeat of ISIS. That is our overall mission.
There are certain secondary missions that flow from that, such as working with our local partner, the SDF, securing the oil fields to ensure that ISIS or no other potentially hostile force obtains them, and then there are various other missions from time to time. You'll remember a few months ago we were doing joint patrols with the Turks. That was an associated mission of our Defeat ISIS, because we were ensuring that we kept the entire situation as calm as we could so that we and our partners in the SDF could focus on the fight against ISIS, mainly along the Euphrates.
But this comes up all the time in military missions. You get these associated and secondary missions. Again, the Pentagon can talk about this in more detail, but we've all been out on the record with this with our – through diplomatic as well as military channels.
OPERATOR: And next up we have the line of Jennifer Hansler of CNN. Your line is open.
QUESTION: Hi. Thanks so much for doing the call. I was wondering if you could give us a bit of an update on the status of the U.S. citizen ISIS fighter, who Turkey says they are deporting. Where is this fighter? Are they back in the U.S.? There's been some reports that they're kind of in a no-man's land between Greece and Turkey. Can you confirm or deny those reports?
SENIOR STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL: I can't give you any more information because the necessary prerequisites for us to legally talk about an American citizen are not present at this time.
OPERATOR: And our next question is from the line of Michel Ghandour of Al Hurra TV. Your line is open.
QUESTION: Yeah. Thank you for doing this. So [Senior State Department Official], in the past you asked countries in the coalition to send troops to northeast Syria. Is this demand still on the table? You will discuss it tomorrow with – or Thursday with the minister? And what outcomes should we expect from this ministerial?
SENIOR STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL: Okay. First of all, it was never a demand. It was a request, and it was part of a larger request. We have about the better part of 30 countries, most of them who will be here this week, supporting us in one or another way – in Iraq, for example – with either troops on the ground or aircraft, as well as civilian support people to do assistance in humanitarian aid. And aside from military commitments, most of these countries make one or another kind of stabilization or humanitarian economic assistance.
We have a number of countries that have been working with us similarly in different ways in northeast Syria. In some cases, we don't identify who those countries are. We still have a need for these countries and their contributions, military and non-military, financial as well as in terms of hardware operations in the Syria-Iraq theater. And our combined joint task force, OIR, which is responsible for the coalition's overall operations against ISIS in Iraq and Syria, is in touch with the rest of the coalition on what the specifics could be.
OPERATOR: And next question in queue is from the line of Glen Carey of Bloomberg. Your line is open.
QUESTION: Hi. Thank you for holding this. What do you plan to do with the oil from the fields – oil fields around Deir ez-Zor? Is this going to go to the Syrian defense – Democratic Forces, and when do they – when will they start receiving funds?
SENIOR STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL: The oil is – has been, for the last four years, managed by our partner, the civilian side of our partner operation, the SDC. And it has various names that it's gone through, the autonomous administration, and now it has another one, (inaudible). And those people have been managing the oil flow. They've been marketing it in various directions. And we have every expectation they will be continuing to do that without any interference from us.
Our role is one of ensuring that they're not bothered by anybody in continuing to do what they've been doing for the last four years. And our making sure that they're not bothered by anybody in doing that is simply the continuation of a mission that we've been doing for years.
OPERATOR: And our last question in queue will be James Reinl of Al Jazeera. Your line is open.
QUESTION: Hi there. Thanks so much for the briefing. What can you tell us about Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi and his efforts to keep the Islamic State group relevant following the death of al-Baghdadi?
SENIOR STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL: He has not come up very much on the net since being named the new leader. We're watching this closely, but obviously he's trying to maintain as low a profile as possible, understandably. And we'll see how successful he is at that compared to his predecessor.
MODERATOR: All right. Maybe if we have one more then we'll do one last question.
SENIOR STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL: Okay.
OPERATOR: With no further questions here in queue, we can turn it back to our speakers for any closing remarks.
MODERATOR: [Senior State Department Official], anything you want to end with?
SENIOR STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL: No. No. That was fine. Thank you very much. There are a lot of things that are a part of the northeast Syria D-ISIS campaign. The group has touched on most of them. These are the things that we'll be discussing. But the main thing that we'll be trying to infuse in all members of the coalition is confidence that we and they together are going to continue the extraordinary success that this coalition has had defeating ISIS and preventing terrorism from spreading throughout the Middle East and beyond. So thank you very much, everybody.
MODERATOR: Thanks, everybody, for joining. Again, this was provided on background. Attribution is a senior State Department official. And now that the call has ended, its contents – the embargo on the contents is lifted. Thank you so much.


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Michael Colby then sang "Tarts" from his show Happy Haunting (lyrics by Michael, composed by Gerald Jay Markoe). After Michael, Roberta Feldhusen (with her husband Roy at the piano) sang "Simple Little Things" from 110 in the Shade. Matthew Ward then stood to perform a Malty/Shire piece, "You Go To My Head." We then had composer David Rigano bring up an oldie from his composing past, "The Math", a delightfully sweet and funny song from his show Orchard Park. David will be directing a short play - The Secret Plays in the Work(s) In Progress Festival, and is having his show Facing East in workshop at the D Lounge on September 21st as a Trevor Project benefit.
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Next, we had a humorous rendition of the 2nd Barenaked Ladies song of the evening, "If I Had a Million Dollars." Our favorite singing waiter, David Ballard, sang "Tonight at Eight," and then Marcie Chasen (also in the Metrostar Competition!) sang "Making Love Alone." Sierra Rein (who couldn't come up with a viable numbers song that evening...sorry) sang "By Strauss," a favorite Gershwin number. We then had Maureen Taylor (who would rather measure by quality, she says) sing "Still" from Titanic. Finally, Jan Brennan sang "Unusual Way" from Nine. Jan is in the midst of the Metrostar Challenge at the Metropolitan Room!
What do you get when you add presence, grace, power, emotion, humor and a big voice? You get Jim Brochu, our special guest performer of the evening. Jim, who has been known for The Big Voice: God or Merman? and most recently the Dramadesk Award-winning show Zero Hour, is now proud to say his hometown is New York, after Zero Hour extended its original 7-week run into 10 months (and counting!). And, although he couldn't give us *quite* exactly what and where his next show will be, it will be announced soon! Check his website jimbrochu.com!
Jim started out with the joyous "On a Wonderful Day Like Today" from The Roar Of The Greasepaint - The Smell Of The Crowd, then "Who Can I Turn To?" by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley. He then did a duet, "Living in the Closet" from The Big Voice as his partner, Steve Schalchlin sang and played the piano. Then, on Mark Janas' request, Jim and Steve sang the poignant and powerfully emotional "How Do You Fall Back in Love?" Jim was also lovely to recall how he once held Ethel Merman's ashes in his arms (while visiting a relative of her's), and how a young man approached him after a show in San Diego five years ago - that man was noneother than David Ballard, our favorite singer-waiter!
The Classical Corner with Mark Janas concentrated on the different mathematical levels of counting. He began with Beethoven's Opus 132 in A minor (which Mark wrote his Master's thesis on!), and showed how the location of the downbeat changed the feel of each movement. He then went into Beethoven's 7th Symphony Scherzo, and asked Booth to count a straight 4-count while Mark yelled out the strong notes. It was mind-boggling to listen to!
We next had Tanya Moberly, who performed "Ten Cents a Dance." Next, our sound man Boris Pelekh - along with his guitar - performed his original song "Something's Coming", which is a staple in his 5-piece rock band Hey Guy (which also features our regular sound man Tommy Shull. Patrick Cook, who is a teacher at BMI, then came to the piano to play and sing his hilarious song "Thank You, Jacques Brel." Whitney Chapman sang "Cat's in the Cradle," Tony Imgrand sang "Go the Distance" from Disney's Hercules, and Mark Levy sang "Once Upon a Time."
Richie Eisenberg then sang another "Two"-themed piece of his own composition, this time a somber song entitled "Table Set for Two." Jan Brennan brought the lovely "Moonfall" from The Mystery of Edwin Drood, and Steve Schalchlin brought in the ever-sweet "When I Rescued You, You Rescued Me" from Broadway Barks. Matthew Ward brought in the theme-worthy singalong "Inchworm," and David Rigano sang the mildly insane and random humor song "When It's Nighttime in Italy" (David is a collector of old music with completely odd lyrics!). After David, the always lovely Maureen Taylor sang "When I Am Here Alone" from The Little Women, and Ronnie Giles performed "Learnin' the Blues" by Dolores "Vicki" Silvers. Sierra Rein (with the help of her iPhone) performed "I Hate Men" (which is an entire lie in her book, by the way), and then Booth and Pat closed the evening with "Gibberish Medley," a hilarious collection of songs with themes like "Mmmm-bop" and The Muppet's "Manamanah."
TOMORROW!!! Sunday, August 8th, SALON, that Bistro & MAC Award winning open mic created and hosted by Mark Janas, returns to Etcetera, Etcetera - 352 West 44th Street, NYC 10036 from 7-10:30PM.
The optional theme for the evening is "Dream a Little Dream – Dreams, Goals & Aspirations".
Remember, any material, on or off theme, is always welcome at Salon.
Our Co-Host will be one of Cabaret's Finest Ancestors, 13-time MAC Award Winner and Former President of MAC - Ricky Ritzel! Ricky is best known for inventing the 2-drink minimum (google 'last supper'), and is also half of the duo "The Loungeoleers". For more information: www.rickyritzel.com.
Our Special Guest will be the Magnificent Multiple Mac & Bistro Award winning Marcus Simeone. Marcus will be appearing in CALLING ALL ANGELS II – a Benefit for Gregory Kennell on August 13th & 20th at 7pm at The Metropolitan Room, 34 West 22nd St, NYC 10010, 212-206-0440. For more information: www.marcussimeone.com.
There will be a $10 cash cover at the door, collected by 'Etceterette', Marnie Klar and a $15 food/drink minimum (cash or credit) per person. (For further information visit www.etcrestaurant.com or call 212-399-4141). There are no reservations; seating is on a first come/ first served basis, with one intermission. Doors open and sign up begins with 'Etceterette', Liz Ulmer at 6:15pm. Erin Cronican will be our Blogette for the evening!
MORE UPCOMING SALON DATES, THEMES, and GUESTS:
August 15th: NO SALON
August 22nd: "Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda – Songs of Regret"
Co-Host: Danielle Grabianowski
Special Guest: Sidney Myer
August 29th: "World Cruise"
Co-Host: Adam Shapiro
Special Guest: Karen Oberlin
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Sunday, December 21, 2008
Cycle safe
My Gazelle at the jetty
The post that was to accompany this picture of my bicycle was supposed to be about my recent cycling trip to the beach, of Dad's to-die-for beef stew and how I had it for lunch by the jetty, complete with fluffy bread rolls.
However, because of certain events that happened yesterday, I shall endeavour to put across an all important cautionary message, one that has to do with me, my bicycle and cycling in general. It is not a light-hearted message. Though what happened wasn't that serious, it was rather frightening experience.
Let me start from the beginning, at 10am in the morning. I had a Christmas party to go to in the evening. It was a pot luck and I intended to bake a tart. As usual, I decided to take my bicycle to the supermarket to get the ingredients.
I was cycling at a slow and steady speed on the walkway. Everything was fine until I came across a zebra crossing. After checking out for incoming cars, and waiting till they had stopped, I started to cycle onto the crossing. The crossing was to my right, so I had to swerve a little. There were some road works going on so the pavement was uneven, with plenty of loosened gravel. As I swerved, the bicycle just slid and I was thrown to the ground. Okay here's where I announce that I was stupidly unprotected - no helmet, nothing. So I hit the ground, landed on my knee, my left hand and my forehead.
Since I was in the middle of the road, I knew better than to just lie there. I got up quickly, picked up my bicycle and moved toward the traffic junction. I was relieved and thought that it was just a silly little accident no different from the ones I always get myself into. I was waiting for the traffic light to turn green before crossing. Then it happened - the scary blackouts.
At first, I felt my head spinning, then I became giddy and everything started to darken. I couldn't see, I couldn't hear. It was like I was being sucked into a black hole. I thought nothing of it, thinking that it was just me reeling from shock. I held on to my bike, trying to keep upright. Then I fainted. I've never ever fainted and I wasn't sure what was going on. My bike must have fallen because when I came to (not sure how long it took, but probably just a few seconds or a minute, I'm not sure, I wasn't aware of the time), everything was on the floor. The basket Dad attached to the back of the bicycle with cable ties had broken off.
Thank God there were helpful passers-by. One dude was concerned and asked if I was all right and if I needed to get to the oppostite void deck to sit. I remember nodding and getting ready to cross the road when another blackout happened. This time, I wasn't even sure what happened. If any of you have done video production, you would know this term 'fade in', and 'fade out'. Well that's what I felt was happening. In between consciousness, I was simply fading in and out. Both my mind and my vision and whole being. This happened about two to three times. When I was conscious, I remember asking the dude what was going on. I would be talking to him and in a few seconds, I would fade out and then when I came back again, I kept asking how come I was still here, and weren't we supposed to cross the road. Eventually I managed to get across the road with the help of another kind gentleman who thought I might be diabetic. He insisted I have a sweet and sat me down at a nearby void deck. He also insisted that I see a doctor (I had originally intended to cycle back home!) and asked me to call my family. No one was at home at the moment and everyone was occupied so the first person I called was my aunt. In the end, I went to the nearby polyclinic. The doctor said the blackouts were probably vasovagal reactions. He said it might have been just the body coping with the shock. I had to take an X-ray for my left ring finger though. It hurt when I tried to move it. The clinic did not have X-ray facilities so I was referred to Changi General Hospital's A&E. The doctor there said the same thing about the vasovagal and insisted that I take an X-ray of my head too.
So $75, two X-rays, and four hours later, the verdict was that I was just a complete klutz and I would be fine. I was given Fastum gel for my sprained finger (yes, it was just a sprain. not a hairline fracture that the first doctor was afraid it was, thus the X-ray!)
In my entire 24 years, I have gotten myself into some pretty nasty mishaps so I'm usually not daunted by a simple fall. But what I went through yesterday was by far one of the most scary yet. Yes, I would say that it was scarier than the time I had to stitch up a hole in my shin, one I had gotten from a bad fall over a drain.
This accident has made me understand how important it is for cyclists to wear helmets. I didn't think of getting a helmet because I thought it would be too uncomfortable. I also admit that I can be quite the maverick at times, pretending to be solid as a rock. I never thought that I would get into an accident on a harmless bicycle. How silly I was to think myself impenetrable. Just because I'm strong doesn't mean I shouldn't take precautions. Then I realised that most of us actually think the same, expecting the worse only when the worse happens, and not actually doing what it takes to prevent the worse from happening. I guess there is a reason why people buy insurance. A helmet is a good enough insurance for cyclists who don't wish to crack their skull. I count myself very blessed to not have sustained any serious injuries. I see this accident as a serious and painful reminder to always take precautions even when feeling confident.
P.S. My Gazelle is all right as well. It's a solid piece. :)
12 comments:
- Rosa's Yummy Yums said...
I'm so sorry to hear about your misadventure... Yes, cycling can be very dangerous! I might also add, that cyclists can also be a danger for pedestrians, so everybody has to be cautious at the end.
Cheers and Happy Holidays,
- Sunday, December 21, 2008 8:03:00 PM
gosh! my heart was pounding while reading this!
glad you're fine.. nothing's more important than safety! :0
- Sunday, December 21, 2008 9:20:00 PM
- Staci said...
I too feel invincible at times and have never in my 39 years worn a helmet while bicycling. I believe your experience has changed my mind. Glad to hear that you're o.k.!!!
- Monday, December 22, 2008 6:14:00 AM
that's really scary. Hope you are feeling much better now (:
- Monday, December 22, 2008 8:12:00 AM
Wow, Cheryl, this is a very sombre but important message. I am just thankful that you are fine, klutz or not :) Have a blessed Christmas!
- Monday, December 22, 2008 8:57:00 AM
- Sophia Lee said...
oh my, what a day...but glad you are perfectly okay! unscathed and earned a good moral lesson, what God's grace! haha...
btw, I've been reading your blog for a long time and am hooked...love your eats and especially your style of writing! I'm an aspiring journalist too so I love it when I read good writing...
good luck~
- Monday, December 22, 2008 10:11:00 AM
- Sophia Lee said...
by the way, please update more!
- Monday, December 22, 2008 10:11:00 AM
- the baker said...
hey all, thank you for your concern. i'm also equally relieved and thankful that it wasn't anything serious. i'm doing fine and i do feel much better now :)
sophia: yes by God's grace indeed! thank you for your kind words too. I'm glad you enjoy what you read here. read your blog and learnt that you are in Singapore right now? you're here for a holiday?
- Monday, December 22, 2008 1:47:00 PM
- Collin said...
Glad that you are fine now, Cheryl.
Theres too many mishaps that might happen in life that its impossible to take precaution against them every single seconds. It will only makes one more paranoid and might even suffer from depression.
- Monday, December 22, 2008 6:45:00 PM
- thecoffeesnob said...
What a frightening experience that was. I'm glad you're fine now. Take care, Cheryl.
- Tuesday, December 23, 2008 7:15:00 PM
- M. said...
Thank God you are ok! Do take care.
- Thursday, December 25, 2008 12:22:00 AM
- SIG said...
I've not visited in a long while, and sad to hear of your mishap. Oh dear, that is awful. Have you had any other blackouts since? Do be careful and remember to always put on your helmets. Take care.
- Sunday, January 25, 2009 11:10:00 AM


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