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Managua - 20 September 2001
Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen:
Just over a week ago, the world was rocked by the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, with an appalling level of death, destruction, and injury. All of us in the UN were deeply touched by the events - we suffered the losses, felt the enormous pain, and experienced the sense of anger, bewilderment, and vulnerability that was felt by all New Yorkers.
Like terrorism, landmines are indiscriminate in their aim - and extreme in their impact. In addition to killing, maiming, and mutilating innocent people, mines hamper humanitarian activities such as the distribution of food, water, fuel, and shelter materials. They also prevent the return of refugees; the resettlement of displaced populations; the reconstruction of roads, bridges, essential services, economic infrastructure, and shelter. They stop people from growing food, grazing livestock, or collecting fuel and water.
Then there is the psychological impact: mines take away of freedom of movement, rob children of their right to play and, at a more subtle level, prevent any return to normality in a post-conflict environment. In a very real sense, if people are not free of the fear of violent death or injury, they exist in a state of war.
Landmines, from UNICEF's perspective, are a development issue, a humanitarian issue, a public health issue, a child rights issue. Landmines violate nearly all of the articles of the Convention on the Rights of the Child - the right to life, the right to a safe environment in which to play, the right to clean water, to adequate education, or the right to access to health care.
The day after last week's attacks in New York, the UN Security Council and the General Assembly passed resolutions condemning terrorism in a demonstration of international solidarity. As with terrorism, landmines demand an international response that encompasses courageous leadership to mobilise political will and action; solidarity with victims; and unyielding determination to uphold both the spirit and the letter of international law.
Today, as part of that international response, you meet to review the progress made since the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines, and on Their Destruction, came into force on 1 March 1999. I believe the progress has been great, both in terms of the number of ratifications and accessions, and the work being done to address current problems though mine awareness and risk reduction education, mine clearance, and victim assistance, and to prevent future problems through ceasing production, and destroying stockpiles.
UNICEF has been working for over half a decade on the issues of mines and unexploded ordnance. We are now involved in mine action in some 30 countries, across all of its seven regions. Let me, Mr. Chairperson, take a moment to highlight just a few of the main activities that make up our mine action work.
Firstly, we continue to advocate for universal ratification and implementation of the Mine Ban Treaty. We also intend to support the growing campaign for the addition of an Optional Protocol to the Convention on Certain Weapons on Explosive Remnants of War. Data increasingly indicates that unexploded ordnance causes as many or more injuries than do landmines, particularly among children. It is high time that this issue is addressed. I appeal to all member states to support this proposed Optional Protocol on Explosive Remnants of War.
Secondly, UNICEF will continue working to ensure that the needs, rights, and welfare of mine affected countries, communities, and individuals, and especially mine/UXO survivors, are recognised and addressed. In particular, as UN lead agency for mine awareness education, UNICEF will work to ensure mine awareness and risk reduction activities take place wherever the need exists.
To this end, we are currently working with UNMAS and other UN mine action agencies, and ICRC, ICBL, and the Geneva Centre for Humanitarian Demining to develop a 5 year strategy for UN mine action, and - in line with our Core Corporate Commitments in Emergencies - with UNMAS to develop a UN mine action emergency preparedness and response plan. In tandem, we are developing our own mine action strategy, to ensure that we play our part in making the UN plans a reality, and that we make humanitarian mine action a part of our everyday work.
We are now working, with the assistance of the governments of Japan and the United States to develop Mine and UXO Awareness/Risk Reduction standards for all implementing agencies. Through these Standards, it will be possible to apply international quality assurance to mine awareness programmes by setting agreed baseline requirements for the planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation. We have also started to develop the mine awareness/risk reduction components of the Information Management System for Mine Action (IMSMA), and will ensure these, and IMAS, are mutually reinforcing.
At a field level, UNICEF has developed a "flying team" to assist in building mine action capacity, and to add emergency "surge capacity," and is working with the US Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta to deliver a purpose-designed mine action epidemiology course in the first half of 2002. These two initiatives address, in different ways, the need to respond to mine and UXO problems until such time as the threat is eliminate - and, as we state in the UN Mine Action Strategy, there exists "a world free of the threat of landmines and unexploded ordnance where individuals s and communities live in safety, where economic and social development proceed unhindered and where mine survivors are fully integrated into their societies."
Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen: Today, the whole world should have been celebrating with us the UN General Assembly Special Session on Children. It was to have been a unique event with the active participation of hundreds of children - something never seen before at the UN. The terrible events of last week forced us to postpone the Special Session to a later date. However, our fight to protect the rights of the child has not stopped - indeed it will intensify. Part of that struggle - and one that requires your leadership and vision - is to make children a zone of peace. That is, to ensure that - regardless of the political, military, economic or other interests at stake - the rights of children are recognised to be above and beyond any other consideration in a conflict zone. This includes freeing children from the scourge of landmines and other explosive remnants of war.
This horrific act of terror has galvanised an international will and resolve. Let us together face and fight an indiscriminate and destructive force that is akin to terrorism: landmines. We have come a long way. But we still need to enter what the UN Secretary- General, in referring to children and armed conflict, called the "era of application." UNICEF looks to you to make the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Treaty a reality. We are proud to be your partners in this process.
Thank you.


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Sunday, April 22, 2012
Green In The Media 23rd-29th April
Monday 23rd April
One Planet
On: BBC World Service Radio
Time: 11:32 to 11:50 (Also Fri 1930, Sat 0430, 1030, 0130)
One Planet looks at how we use our planet.
Tuesday 24th April
Costing the Earth
On: BBC Radio 4
Time: 15:30 to 16:00 (Also Wed 2100)
Cruise Ships and Creeks.
Falmouth Harbour's plans to attract big cruise ships are causing controversy. Will the dredging of new channels harm rare seaweeds? Tom Heap reports from Cornwall.
Thursday 26th April
Live Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Questions
On: BBC Parliament
Time: 10:30 to 11:30 (Also 0130, 0400)
Live coverage of questions in the House of Commons to environment, food and rural affairs secretary Caroline Spelman and her ministerial team.
Sunday 29th April
On: BBC 1
Time: 18:25 to 19:25
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By Jim Wallace - bio | emailJanuary 30, 2009
ALBANY, GA (WALB) - The National Commander of the American Legion says he's encouraged by President Obama's support of Veteran Affairs and benefits.
David Rehbein from Iowa was greeted by dozens of Legionnaires from across South Georgia Friday.
Every year the National Commander conducts a state inspection.
This year his stop was Albany.
Rehbein said he's happy with the new administration's commitment to providing quality health care for veterans, especially those coming home now from the war.
Rehbein said "And there were commitments that were made by the government the day we put the uniform on. And I think he understands taking care of the troops even though they may not be wearing the uniform anymore."
The American Legion has 14,000 posts worldwide.
Rehbein said the Legion's top concern is making sure troops returning home know veterans are here to help them if needed.
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Michelle Obama's New Mission
All on the Same Page
MO: The overall message of Let's Move is balance. Do we have a vegetable on the plate? Have we incorporated fruit? What's the portion size? Portion sizes have gotten out of control. With my kids, before they get a second helping I'll ask them, "Are you really hungry? Or is this something you want to do because you're bored?"
SL: Your mother lives with you. Is she in sync with your healthy-eating rules?
MO: Mommy swears I am much more strict than she was. Yeah, she tends to spoil the girls a little bit more. But she believes in not sending mixed messages. That's something families have to think about: making sure both parents are on the same page. If one adult is putting vegetables on the plate and the other's saying, "You don't have to eat them" -- it's difficult.
SL: Are you and President Obama on the same page? Or is one of you more lenient than the other?
MO: We're pretty consistent. But that requires that we spend time talking about our health goals for our kids. Before we set up activities for them, we usually sit down and think about what the girls are doing. Are they overloaded? What's missing? Even with his busy schedule, he's very involved in thinking through the girls' lives.
SL: What other healthy changes have you brought to the White House?
MO: Well, we hope that we've brought an appreciation for physical fitness. The President and I work out every day. And we encourage many of our staffers, particularly our senior staff, who are here day and night, to make time for exercise. I think the President serves as a good role model because as busy as he is, he exercises every day. It's a part of what keeps him going. You do get to a point where exercise becomes something that you need, like water. And we try to promote that.


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2 ½ pounds skinless, boneless chicken breasts, cut into 1- inch pieces
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The Nation: July 18, 2012
The lese majeste trial of Ekachai Hongkangwan, a man arrested for peddling pirated copies of a news documentary produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) about the future of the Thai monarchy and the lese majeste law began yesterday.
Ekachai, who is in his thirties, said he hoped to establish the fact that the video, along with two manuscripts of WikiLeaks cables he is being charged for under the lese majeste law were factual and did not constitute defamation of the monarchy.
He was arrested on March 10 last year for selling pirated CD copies of the ABC documentary for Bt20 each and detained for nine days before being released on bail.
"I don't think the content is defamatory," he told The Nation just before the trial began.
Ekachai hoped that the ABC, which is funded by the Australian government, would issue a statement stating that the documentary, which he illicitly copied and peddled, did not contain anything fabricated, non-factual or defamatory.
No correspondents from the ABC were present at the trial yesterday, which Ekachai said suggested made him feel that they lacked "compassion". However, Zoe Daniel, the ABC's Bangkok-based Southeast Asia correspondent, tweeted yesterday that she was in India and unable to cover the trial.
Ekachai handed The Nation a copy of an e-mail from the ABC dated August 15 last year, stating that it was not in a position to assist and that the programme was made for an Australian audience.
"We did not in any way encourage people to take the type of action that you say you took. In fact, that action breached the ABC's copyright in the programme," wrote Rob Simpson, the ABC director for Legal and Business Affairs. "In these circumstances the ABC will not be providing any statements. There should be no further need to contact the ABC. In particular, you should not contact any of our staff in Thailand as they have had nothing to do with the programme."
The only sympathy from the ABC was one polite sentence from Simpson saying: "I am sorry to hear the issues that you face."
At the beginning of the trial yesterday the presiding judges wanted to hold the trial in camera but The Nation objected, saying it was constitutional and that holding a trial in secret was contrary to standard legal procedure in democratic countries. The judges eventually allowed observers to remain but the video was not shown.
Police Lieut Major Somyot Udomraksasab, who ordered the arrest of Ekachai, stood as one of two prosecution witnesses yesterday. He said he believed the ABC report, which contains video footage involving HRH the Crown Prince, was defamatory. Somyot also testified that he believed that WikiLeaks texts claiming to refer to words by leading Thai politicians such as the late prime minister Samak Sundaravej, former premier Anand Panyarachun and Privy Council President Prem Tinsulanond also contained defamatory remarks about the monarchy.
Ekachai's defence lawyer Arnon Nampha tried to dwell on the facts of some of the information deemed as defamatory – whether it was true or not. But the judges told him they were not out to prove whether the alleged defamatory statements in the video and texts were accurate in reality or not.
"Whether it's true or not, if you prove it, what will be gained from it?" one of the presiding judges said to Arnon.
CD seller's lese majesty trial begins-Prachatai
July 21, 2012
Suluck Lamubol
Prachatai: July 18, 2012
First day of trial of Akachai H., the Australian documentary CD and Wikileaks seller, begins at Ratchada Criminal Court today. In May 2011, the 36-year-old legal lottery vendor was accused of breaching Article 112 of the Criminal Code, better known as the lese majesty law, and Article 54 of the Film and Video Act for selling VCDs of documentary produced by Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) without license. The VCDs contain moving images of persons similar to HRH Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn and HRH Princess Srirasmi.
Lt Col Somyot Udomraksasap, police officer from Chana Songkhram Police Station who arrested Akachai testified today, stating that the defendant was lured to sell the VCDs to the police before they arrested him. Information from iLaw freedom database, a documentation of freedom of expression cases, stated that the police were able to seize evidence containing more than 100 VCDs, a CD burner and 10 copies of translated version of US embassy cables published by Wikileaks.
The Wikileaks cables belonging to Akachai allegedly contains conversation of former Prime Minister Anand Panyarachun, member of Privy Council Siddhi Savetsila and Head of Privy Council Prem Tinasulanonda about the circumstances of 2006 coup.
Lt Col Somyot testified that after Akachai got arrested, he admitted that he possessed the VCDs of ABC documentary and Wikileaks documents, but pleaded not guilty under Article 112 as charged by the police, as he believed that the improper information only concerns with HRH Princess Srirasmi, not HRH Crown Prince. The Police also said that the defendant said he merely had intention to distribute well-rounded information to the public.
His lawyer, Anon Nampha, said he would file petition to constitutional court tomorrow to have Article 112 considered whether it's contradicting to Article 45 of Thailand's Constitution which stipulates that "a person shall enjoy the liberty to express his or her opinion, make speeches, write, print, publicize and make expression by other means."
How to Censor The Economist in Shanghai?-Tea Leaf Nation
July 21, 2012
Tea Leaf Nation: July 9, 2012
Censorship can be complex and nuanced, or it can be simple and clean; those in charge of Shanghai's Hongqiao Airport's bookshop clearly subscribe to the purist school.
On July 8, @Harvey-Hui-Wu reported on Sina Weibo, China's Twitter,
"Nowadays speech is so harmonious! I bought an issue of the Economist at [Shanghai's] Hongqiao Airport and wanted to read the articles on China, but found that all articles in that section were torn out! I was so angry and ran back to the bookstore to complain. The clerk said this is how the airport treats the magazine when new stock comes in, and showed me the rest of the Economists at the bookstore. Surely enough, all of them had no China section. I was speechless!" [1]
For those wondering which articles were affected, @Harvey-Hui-Wu responded in his next tweet, "China's security state and Hong Kong's democrats! My guess is that customs people specialize in tearing out the China section." [2] @Better-Ian thinks it is a special case, "I think it might be the airport's doing. The issues I see in our provincial library and local library all have the China section." [3]
Most commenters on Sina Weibo ridiculed the censorship; others shared their experiences. @智圣Wisaint tweets, "I subscribe to the Asia edition of Time. Articles on China are torn out and issues with covers about China are just not distributed. Sometimes you can see topics on China in the Briefing section. The censors don't read the magazines that closely." [4] @无翼的雀仔X agrees, "That's very normal. When you watch news broadcast from Hong Kong in Guangdong, you often get three or four blackouts during one segment." [5]
@谷大白话 added, "All words and phrases related to Tibet are blacked out with markers in the Merriam Webster dictionaries sold online." [6] @刘庆东 offers some advice to the censors, "These people still don't do their jobs right. Should black out all the article titles from the table of content, so the readers won't even know what you had torn out." [7]
Perhaps editors of the Economist can take (cold) comfort in the fact that Michelangelo's timeless work suffers a similar fate. @Gucci小古 reports that CCTV news censored a certain body part of the statue David-Apollo in its news broadcast.
Global Voices: July 17, 2012
On June 29, 2012, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Sri Lanka raided offices of two news websites, the Sri Lanka Mirror (srilankamirror.com) and Sri Lanka X News (srilankaxnews.com). They arrested nine journalists, including the editor, and seized equipments on the grounds that the websites were "propagating false and unethical news on Sri Lanka." The Sri Lanka X News is known as the official news website of the Sri Lanka's main opposition United National Party (UNP).
Patta Pal Boru questions the process:
The raid on Friday June 29th at the offices of both Sri Lanka Mirror and Lanka X news was not legal. The Police stated that those people were taken into custody under Section 118 of the Penal Code. But, since this Section on the Law of Criminal Defamation has been repealed under Act No. 12 of 2002, the Magistrate ordered to release them all on Police bail.
The blogger adds:
It is obvious that there is no real check to see if what the police does is legal as they seem to be blindly taking orders, not knowing if they are actually legal. What kind of country is this for the police to act in this way?
A statement issued by the srilankamirror.com site said the site would resume from July 2, 2012.
On the other hand Maryam Azwer informs that Thevanayagam Premananth, the editor of a Tamil newspaper Uthayan was summoned to court and he was asked to apologize for a published article.
Remembering fallen journalists on press freedom day 2012 in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. [Sampath Samarakoon (Vikalpasl)]
The Committee to Protect Journalists reported that Frederica Jansz, the editor of The Sunday Leader newspaper was threatened by the defense secretary, Gotabaya Rajapaksa during an interview. Ms. Jansz contacted the defense secretary to find out if he was aware that the management at Sri Lankan Airlines had taken a decision to change a scheduled aircraft to a smaller one so that a specific pilot could personally fly the aircraft that would carry a 'puppy dog' for the Defense Secretary from Zurich. Mr. Rajapaksa, who is the brother of the incumbent president, at one point become furious and used abusive language threatening the newspaper to not to write about this matter. Mr. Rajapaksa defended his position here.
Indi.ca opines that irrespective of the subject matter:
This type of tirade is an embarrassment from a public official.
The blogger also writes:
All too often, this is how the government play goes. Someone, usually a Rajapaksa, says something ridiculous. In this case, Gotabhaya Rajapaksa called a journalist a 'pig who eats shit' and said 'people will kill you', all over a puppy story. I know. Then, rather than dialing down on the issue, in this case media freedom, the government dials up the crazy, this time by imposing an onerous tax on online media. [..]
[..] the Media Minister is asking online media to pay Rs. 100,000 to prevent 'raw filth'. It's mind boggling because this is what the Defense Secretary was speaking, including threats to violence, which should be taken seriously cause the last Editor of the Sunday Leader was killed.
According to JDS (Journalists for Democracy in Sri Lanka) the Sri Lankan government has said that it will amend a decades-old media law in order to bring in all news websites and electronic media under regulation. In addition to the registration requirement of news websites, the government is now asking that they should also pay Rs. 100,000 for the privilege, plus Rs. 50,000 annual fee. Indi.ca comments:
This tax is terrible because it inhibits anyone trying to express themselves or create websites after all. After all, what exactly is a news website? Is this blog? If I hired two writers would it become one? Who knows? What if you have not a news website but a popular Facebook page?
The Human Rights Watch has asked the Sri Lankan government to stop harassing the media. A number of Sri Lankan journalists and activists have staged a demonstration, protesting the government's repression of media and the intimidation of dissenting journalists.
Global Voices: July 18, 2012
The Malaysian social and alternative media sphere is describing an impending 'National Harmony Act,' as "Orwellian" and "draconian."
Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak announced that Malaysia's Sedition Act of 1948 is to be repealed, and replaced with the National Harmony Act (NHA.)
The Sedition Act, a hangover from Malaysia's era of colonial rule, was originally introduced to quell opposition against the British, but is infamous for its vague definitions and use by the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition to silence political opposition.
Rather than celebration, there is widespread concern that the new National Harmony Act will not prove any better than its predecessor. Barisan Nasional has dismantled several existing laws only to replace them with barely improved or even worse versions. For example the Internal Security Act, the Peaceful Assembly Act and the Evidence Act amendments.
Many Malaysian netizens are concerned that the NHA is yet another example of double-talk.
Mustafa K. Anuar, writing for Aliran describes it as a 'Seduction Act in the offing', identifying the widespread cynicism towards the new Act as predictable:
In the recent past, the promise of a repeal of certain undemocratic laws such as the equally draconian Internal Security Act turned out to be a nightmare for Malaysians, especially human rights activists, as the replacements are either the same or even worse than the laws they replaced.
A political cartoon by well-known Malaysian cartoonist Zunar, depicting what many Malaysians fear from the planned National Harmony Act. [Zunar Kartunis Fan Club' Facebook page]
Phil Robertson, the deputy director Human Rights Watch's Asia division, also summed up this worrying legislative trend in the alternative media website The Malaysian Insider:
He said "the government should realise that change for change's sake is not enough", adding that the drafting of replacement laws "has gone on behind closed doors with little input from civil society."
As reported by Malaysiakini (paywall-protected site), Catholic Bishop Dr Paul Tan Chee Ing (as well as Lim Chee Wee, head of the Malaysian Bar Council) has suggested that the government should just repeal the Sedition Act, rather than replace it with more legislation prone to selective enforcement:
"We have seen a politician or two and some religious leaders raise the bogey of Christian proselytisation of Muslims and proffer no substantive proof in support and yet they have not been hauled up for seditious speech.
"Don't replace obsolete laws with newfangled ones, especially if you cannot be counted on to enforce them with equity," he contended.
Commenters on the Malaysiakini article seem to agree:
Hang Babeuf: Of course, the National Harmony Act provokes scepticism. Just look at the name.
Absalom: If you want national harmony, you don't need an Act, for that's all it is, an act.
Ez24get: National Harmony Act – harmony for whom? Harmony for the corrupt BN as nobody could question or take away their gravy train?
Similar sentiments are expressed in yet another Malaysiakini commenter round-up:
Kee Thuan Chye: The Sedition Act should be repealed, not put into a new wine bottle with a nicer-sounding name. A repressive law by any other name still stinks just as bad.
Abasir: Deja vu! We've been here before. Remember how he introduced the so-called Peaceful Assembly Act following which a well-publicised peaceful assembly of citizens was deliberately trapped, gassed, beaten by gangs of unnamed men in uniform and thugs in mufti?
Kgen: Knowing Najib, the false democrat, the new Act will be even worse than the old Act. Just like the Peaceful Assembly Act, which is even harsher than the existing Police Act.
However, PM Najib Razak claims that the Act will "ensure the best balance between the need to guarantee the freedom of speech for every citizen and the need to handle the complexity of plurality existing in the country", as reported by the state news agency Bernama:
"With this new act we would be better equipped to manage our national fault lines. It will also help to strengthen national cohesion by protecting national unity and nurturing religious harmony… and mutual respect in the Malaysian society made up of various races and religions."
Najib also stated that the government wants to invite views and opinions from Malaysian individuals and organisations on the legislation, naming the Attorney-General's Chambers as the agency responsible for consulting with such stakeholders.
Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz, a minister in the Prime Minister's department, stated that unlike the to-be-repealed Sedition Act, the NHA will allow for criticism of the Malaysian government:
There should be no absolute freedom to the extent we can call people pariah, pimps and so on.It is [obvious] we want to protect the Institution of the Malay Rulers. They are above politics and this country practises Constitutional Monarchy
According to Mohamed Nazri, the new Act is not expected to be tabled until next year. It is therefore likely that the Sedition Act will remain in place until after the 13th Malaysian General Election, which must be held before March 2013.
เอกชัยถูกจับที่สนามหลวงเมื่อมีนาคม 2554 ด้วยข้อหาตามมาตรา 112 และพรบ.ภาพยนตร์ ฐานขายวีดิทัศน์ที่มีเนื้อหาหมิ่นประมาท ดูหมิ่น อาฆาตมาดร้าย พระมหากษัตริย์ พระราชินี และรัชทายาทและขายวิดิทัศน์โดยไม่ได้รับอนุญาต ต่อมา เอกชัยได้สิทธิประกันตัว
ข้อสังเกตประการหนึ่งในคดี คือ เนื้อหาของสื่อที่ทำให้ถูกฟ้องไม่ได้เป็นข้อมูลและความเห็นของเอกชัย แต่เป็นเนื้อหาสารคดีที่ผลิตและเผยแพร่ที่ออสเตรเลีย
ท่านที่สนใจสังเกตการณ์คดี สามารถเข้าร่วมฟังการพิจารณาคดีได้ที่ศาลอาญารัชดา ห้อง 802 เวลา 9.00 น. เป็นต้นไป
โดยการพิจารณาคดีจะมีขึ้นระหว่างวันที่ 17 – 20 กรกฎาคม 2555
ข้อมูลเบื้องต้นเกี่ยวกับคดีนี้ ติดตามได้ที่
July 17 is the first day of witness hearings of Ekkachai Hongkangwan, accused under Article 112 for selling CDs with offensive contents related to the King, Queen and the Heir Apparent. Ekkachai explained that the CDs he was selling were a news documentary about the Thai Monarchy from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. He was also charged under the Film Act for selling CDs without license.
Venue :
July 17-20, 9:00am, at Bangkok's Criminal Court (San Aya) on Ratchadapisek Road near Lat Phrao MTR station, Exit 4. The trial is being heard in courtroom 802 unless public demand forces a change.
More detail: http://freedom.ilaw.or.th/case/68#detail
[CJ Hinke of FACT comments: We honestly don't care much about Jakrapob or Sondhi but govt shows its despicable true colours by going after a fruit vendor who had the impunity to try to raise a little extra money by selling CDs of publicly aired television news in Red-land. Memo: Foo-foo is everywhere!]
Thai man on trial for selling ABC footage critical of royal family
Asian Correspondent: July 17, 2012
The trial of a Thai man accused of selling video CDs of an Australian television news segment about Thailand's monarchy is set to begin today in Bangkok.
Akachai Hongkangwan, a 36-year-old local fruit vendor, faces a possible 15 years in prison under Thailand's draconian lese-majeste law and Computer Crimes Act, laws which criminalize scrutiny or criticism of the revered Thai royal family.
Akachai is accused of distributing VCD copies of an Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) news segment produced by the network's Foreign Correspondent program, at a red-shirt rally in March 2011.
The ABC segment, 'Long Live the King', was aired in Australia in April 2010. It featured a number of high-profile lese-majeste cases, including those of Chiranuch Premchaiporn, charged as moderator of comments made on a local news website; the brother of lese-majeste prisoner Darinee 'Da Torpedo' Charnchoensilpakul, currently serving an extended jail term, and Chotisak Onsung, who was charged with lese-majeste in 2008 for not standing during the screening of the royal anthem prior to a movie screening.
Most controversially, the ABC segment featured footage of the Thai Crown Prince Vijiralongkorn, heir to the throne, that was frowned upon by the Thai authorities.
In the introduction to the program, ABC presenter Mark Corcoran would pertinently assess the difficulties that media face in covering political issues in-country. He would note:
How do you tell the story of Thailand's royal family when any criticism of the royals can bring (about) a hefty jail sentence in that country?… With Thailand at the crossroads, we've resolved that it's time for a detailed examination of the laws that gag analysis of the laws, and their pivotal role in Thai politics.
With the ABC's Bangkok bureau evacuated prior to the screening, featured journalist Eric Campbell explained that "it's basically a story that can only be done by people who don't live and work in Thailand." For him, "the downside is unfortunately I can never go back".
Thailand's Ambassador to Australia would later complain to ABC executives "that an organization of the ABC's stature has lowered its own standard by airing the said documentary, which is presented in a manner no different from tabloid journalism."
'Local' media in an online world
Made available on the ABC website with international 'blocks' in place, it is clear that the segment had been intended only for viewing by Australian audiences. Yet the segment would be quickly uploaded to the internet, where Thai censors hastily sought to ban digital access (the video, while regularly uploaded to YouTube before being removed under copyright restrictions, cannot be viewed in Thailand). Yet it is clear that international 'blocks' and local efforts to censor aside, once online such material does tend to proliferate.
It is no secret on the streets of Bangkok that material which scrutinizes the Thai royal family are broadly distributed among those 'in the know'. (This journalist was once accosted by a local motorcycle driver who'd downloaded the ABC segment to his iPhone).
Akachai and the ABC
Sources close to Akachai say that, in the weeks following his arrest, he approached ABC staff in Bangkok. The local fruit vendor "thought to advise them of what had happened, and that he was out on bail. In effect, he was told: 'go away: consider yourself lucky that we don't sue you for IP violation.'"
In July last year, staff who'd assisted the crew in Bangkok wrote to program producers. Concerned that Akachai's case would go unnoticed, they asked that the ABC consider making a public statement. "That the producers was (sic) not intended to 'insult' or 'disdain' the institution (of the monarchy)," they wrote, "but to fairly criticize and present fair views as journalists." They received no reply.
"It boils down to, well, 'why are we journalists?'" says Hinke, a Canadian who himself has lived in Thailand for over 20 years. "Why are we reporting on news? We're journalists because we want to expose that which wouldn't otherwise be exposed. Why is the ABC producing such shows if they don't care if people watch it or not, in the places where people are the most concerned?"
Sources close to Akachai say he remains hopeful that the ABC will make a public statement condemning the charges brought against him.
"If they won't make a statement, at the very least, they should attend the trial," says a source. "It's too dangerous for people to speak out in his defense," says another. "But not for the ABC – they're already persona non grata."
In the digital age, questions of distribution are key. Can journalists expect that what they produce for a single, localized audience, remain that way? Are there any such obligations that our information-gathering extends to those prosecuted?
The case will be heard throughout the week, and a verdict expected soon thereafter.
Lisa Gardner is an Australian freelance journalist based in Bangkok. Follow her on Twitter @leesebkk
1 million political prisoners-PPT
July 17, 2012
[CJ Hinke of FACT comments: We admire PPT's forthright reporting of news no Thai media will touch. Unfortunately, all freedom of expression groups in Thailand have been painted into a corner where other human rights issues and censorship have been eclipsed by profligate, political lèse majesté prosecutions. We rely on PPT's opinions in our own coverage to these issues which are crucial to Thailand's development and future. Thank you, PPT!]
1,000,000 hits
Political Prisoners in Thailand: July 14, 2012
PPT has just reached a milestone: one million hits at this site and at our other site that mirrors this one and which seems more accessible at times in Thailand. The government in Thailand continues to block us in a seemingly random manner.
It is a kind of sad anniversary. The collective that got together in 2009 to set up PPT didn't imagine that we'd still be at it today.
At the time we began, we said that PPT was dedicated to those who are held in Thailand's prisons and those accused and charged with political crimes. Our focus remains, as it was back then, on the contemporary period where political cases revolve around the use of Thailand's lese majeste law and, increasingly, the Computer Crimes Act.
The blog has been authored by friends of Thailand who oppose the jailing of opponents for political reasons. We support the expansion of free speech in Thailand.
Because this blog has included material that is banned in Thailand and might land us in jail as political prisoners, we have remained anonymous. We hope that we have been able to raise the international profile of the issues of political freedom and lese majeste.
We had hoped that, after three years and more, lese majeste would have been a political issue of the past and that our blog would have been unnecessary. We were wrong and so we keep going. While there have been no new charges since the end of the royalist Abhisit Vejjajiva regime was voted out. In fact, though, in the next few days we plan to update our list of lese majeste cases, with new details we have received from readers.
Where's Joe???-The Nation
July 17, 2012
Whereabouts of Gordon unknown
Pravit Rojanaphruk
The Nation: July 13, 2012
Though he has made international headlines, the whereabouts of former lese majeste convict Joe Gordon are not known and the media has not heard from him or his lawyer since he was granted a royal pardon on Tuesday afternoon and the US Embassy reportedly whisked him away.
Gordon, who holds dual Thai-US citizenship, was arrested last May and sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison in December for translating and posting excerpts from the banned book "The King Never Smiles" while in the United States. The book was written by journalist Paul Handley and published by Yale University Press.
Gordon's lawyer, Arnon Nampa, told The Nation that he understands Gordon is being "cared for" by the US Embassy since being released on Tuesday and will be leaving for the United States soon.
"I think they want him to leave quietly. It's a diplomatic move," Arnon said, adding that Gordon had told him several times while in prison that he did not feel like a Thai and wanted to return to the US once out of jail.
However, there has been some speculation as to whether Gordon is being barred from speaking to the media while in Thailand in order to prevent bilateral relations from being strained.
US Embassy spokesperson Walter Braunohler said yesterday that there was a lot of "speculation" about Gordon, but the embassy "unfortunately" would neither confirm nor deny anything about his whereabouts or say anything about the speculation that he is being prevented from speaking to media out of concerns for Gordon's privacy.
Arnon said he does not think that the 55-year-old Thai-born US citizen, who is also known as Lerpong Wichaikammat, is being restricted by the US Embassy in any way.
Asked if Gordon had been forced to confess, Arnon only said that his client had admitted to translating and uploading excerpts of the book after his request for bail had been denied eight times.
Joe Gordon released on Royal pardon-PPT
July 17, 2012
[FACT comments: We wouldn't blame Joe Gordon for turning his back on Thailand. Unlike other foreign lèse majesté convicts, Thai govt has always treated Joe as Thai and therefore cannot deport him. We'd really like him to stay and campaign against censorship and injustice.]
Political Prisoners in Thailand: July 11, 2012
Earlier PPT posted that Twitter, Facebook and emails are flying about suggesting that lese majeste convict Joe Gordon has been released. More details were promised.
Here's a list of stories that have appeared. In reading them, it needs to be remembered that Joe was essentially forced to plead guilty to lese majeste but never admitted the offense as charged. Even if he had, translating a legal book in the U.S. was not illegal. In essence, the Thai government made a legal act in another country illegal in Thailand. One journalist reports that the pardon was related to a fear that the case would be raised at an ASEAN meeting:
Thai pardon for US citizen jailed for royal insult
AFP – Joe Wichai Commart Gordon, a car salesman from Colorado, was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in December under the kingdom's strict lese majeste laws, which rights campaigners say are used to stifle freedom of expression.
US Man Jailed for Lese Majeste Freed
The Irrawaddy News Magazine - Bhumibol, the world's longest-reigning monarch, is revered in Thailand and is widely seen as a stabilizing force. But Thailand's lese majeste laws are the harshest in the world.
US citizen freed after jail time for insulting Thai monarchy
Reuters India - The case highlighted Thailand's extensive use of the world's most draconian lese-majeste laws to stamp out even the faintest criticism of 84-year-old King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world's longest-reigning monarch.
Thai king pardons American convicted of insulting monarchy
The Guardian – The Thai government would be keen to avoid attention being drawn to Gordon, who was first detained in May 2011, and others who have fallen foul of lèse majesté laws.
Royal pardon for US man who posted about Thai king
The Australian – There was no immediate word on Gordon's whereabouts or whether he would return to the US. Bhumibol, the world's longest-reigning monarch, is revered in Thailand and is widely seen as a stabilizing force [repeating the usual nonsense].
Thai-American jailed on lese majeste charges gets pardon
Asian Correspondent – Bangkok Pundit blogged on the Thai-born naturalized American citizen Joe Gordon who was arrested in May 2011 on lese majeste charges, then later blogged when the US expressed disappointment when he was actually charged in …
Thai king pardons US man jailed for royal insult
BBC News – Strict Thai laws against defaming the monarchy allow for sentences of up to 15 years in prison. No reason was given for the pardon….
U.S. Man Jailed Over Book Critical of Thai King Granted Pardon
Bloomberg – A Thai group submitted a bill to Parliament in May to amend the law with 30000 signatures from members of the public, reflecting growing opposition to the statute even as political parties decline to endorse changes.
Thai-American jailed for insulting monarchy receives royal pardon
CNN International – The charge of writing and posting articles insulting the monarchy under the Southeast Asian country's lese majeste laws can yield a sentence as high as 20 years in prison in the Buddhist country….
US Citizen Jailed for Insulting Thai King Freed by Royal Pardon
Voice of America – "We urge Thai authorities on a regular basis, both privately and publicly, here in Bangkok and also in Washington to ensure that freedom of expression is protected in accordance with international obligations."
Thailand frees US man jailed over banned book
Aljazeera.com – He was detained in May last year during a visit to Thailand, where he had returned for medical treatement. After being repeatedly denied bail, Gordon pleaded guilty in October in hopes of obtaining a lenient sentence.
Thai king pardons jailed US citizen over royal 'insults'
Deutsche Welle – In the book, author Paul M. Handley alleges that the king has hindered progress towards democracy in Thailand by the consolidation of royal power. Under the country's "lese majeste" laws, anybody found guilty of insulting key figures in the royal family….


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Welcome to the second installment of my three-part blog series "Confessions from a Professional Organizer."
In yesterday's post, I revealed that it has taken me two years to complete my first book An Organized World.
I also acknowledged I experienced many of the same excuses that derailed me from completing my book as one may experience during the process of trying to declutter and organize their home.
Another hindrance I encountered throughout my journey took precedence over any excuse I was able to come up with. On numerous occasions, this roadblock paralyzed me from moving forward, as it does to many of my clients that I have helped through the organizing process.
Can you guess what this roadblock is?
It's name is FEAR.
While I began to make small strides in completing my book, whenever I felt uncomfortable, I would let fear take control and prevent me from moving forward. The many fears I experienced along the way included:
- The fear of the unknown: Can I really learn the technology needed to make An Organized World come alive?
- Stepping out of my comfort zone: I am uncomfortable speaking in front of groups as well as interviewing strangers over the phone.
- The fear of failure and or rejection: What if nobody likes my book or what if no organizers wanted to take part in An Organized World.
- The Fear of success: What if the book is successful, am I ready or have the confidence to handle that? That might lead to more speaking engagements, which will force me to take even bigger steps outside of my comfort zone.
Do any of these fears resonate with you?
- The fear of the unknown: I have lived with clutter and chaos for so many years that I don't know how to live any other way.
- Stepping Out of Your Comfort Zone: I will feel uncomfortable as new systems are introduced in my life or I will finally have to address what has kept me living like this for so long.
- The fear of failure and or rejection: I have tried before and failed. If this happens again, I don't want my family and friends to be disappointed in me.
- The Fear of success: Will my life change when my home becomes organized? Am I ready to confront who I really am underneath all this clutter? Am I ready to accept the many positive changes that will enter my life?
Like a deer caught in the headlights, these fears really can stop us in our tracks and prevent us from taking a leap forward towards success.
So how did I conquer the fear?
I had to find my reasons WHY?....
It's sad to say that I really didn't have the self-confidence in myself to making my dreams of creating this book come true.
It took a lot of courage to prove to myself that I could do it. I also wanted to set an example to my children that anything is possible if you put your mind to it.
There was one more WHY that was the final catalyst that brought this project to completion. Every year I dread the entire month of June. It brings with it joy as well as pain. While my sister and I both celebrate our births in June, we also feel the grief of the passing of both my mother and father during this month. How ironic is that?
I finally decided to put all excuses aside and made June 17, 2013 a year I would never forget. I would celebrate my 50th birthday with a huge milestone by completing An Organized World. My why was to transform a bittersweet month into a month of reflection and celebration, knowing that my mother and father are smiling down from Heaven.
Now it's your turn.
Make a list of the many whys you wish to obtain the organized and clutter-free home of your dreams.
- Do you wish to put an end to tensions amongst family members due to clutter?
- Do you want to increase your savings account?
- Do you want to gain more energy in your life and or improve your health?
- Do you wish to enjoy more quality time with your family?
- Would you love to find time to pursue your dream and passions?
- Do you want to truly discover who you are and what you are capable of?
Only you can determine your why, but if you write them out, you will build up the excitement needed and momentum needed to keep you working towards your desired goal.
Now that you know my excuses as well as my fears, there is still one more debilitating roadblock that I had to break through to take my book to the finish line.
Can you guess what it is? I will expose that my final installment of this blog post series.
Whatever fear may be standing in your way, here's a famous quote that I would like to leave you with today. "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt


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Science Fiction & Fantasy movie directed by Roland Emmerich< read all 4 reviews
But they're the only points of interest in this very silly movie, which would have you believe that there are vast, cathedral like expanses of space below New York City in which a nuclear-contaminated, mutant, hermaphrodite dinosaur (courtesy of French nuclear testing at Mururoa, of course) is brooding.
Suggested tag line: "When New York city is terrorised by a big fat dinosaur, there's only Matthew Broderick between hope and oblivion!"
An extra star, maybe, for casting the French as villains for once (the Brits will love that), and for the French SAS man's excellent Elvis impersonation, with which he foxed a gormless sentry guard at the critical moment in order to help save the day.
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Monster Weekend at the British Museum
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The BFI is returning to the British Museum for the second year running for a spooky weekend of outdoor screenings of classic British horror movies.
The films will be shown in the museum's spectacular forecourt, complete with themed food and drink, as well as lashings of warm-blooded entertainment.
Night of the Demon will be screened on Thursday 29 August. The film sees sceptical psychologist Holden reconsidering his beliefs when a genial occultist passes him a cursed parchment at the British Museum, informing him that he will die within four days.
Hammer's bloodily beautiful reworking of Dracula will be shown on Friday 30 August, while The Mummy will be screened on Saturday 31 August. Both movies star Sir Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing.
These events will pave the way for the terrors to come in the BFI's next major season Gothic, which is launching in autumn 2013.
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British Museum, Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3DG
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Crocodile Original - Krönleins Bryggeri AB
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Ratings: 19 | Reviews: 10 | Display Reviews Only:
1.5/5 rDev -32.7%
08-05-2014 01:19:57 | More by StephenGash
2.44/5 rDev +9.4%
06-18-2014 12:08:47 | More by Alex-Alkis
United Kingdom (England)
2.75/5 rDev +23.3%
05-31-2014 18:28:08 | More by endless1408
2.25/5 rDev +0.9%
09-26-2013 19:44:14 | More by harpus
2.25/5 rDev +0.9%
06-27-2013 01:17:48 | More by the_danish_swede
2.83/5 rDev +26.9%
Bottle: standard green 330mL bottle, really tacky-looking label. I could have sworn this was from Thailand or something, though maybe that is the idea as apparently one should 'Serve Cool - When The Heat Is On".
Appearance: a slightly hazy pale yellow in colour. A huge white head puffs up and drops to a half-centimetre which hangs about for a bit and leaves a sporadic lace.
Aroma: no surprises since this is an adjunct - smells of not much more than cheap grain, rice and whatever other bollocks they normally put into these cheap export adjuncts.
Taste: some sweet grains with a touch of grass hops. Really not much to it, to be honest. I suppose the idea is that when you're slamming them down you don't want it to be too intense.
Aftertaste: disappears quite quickly with only a metallic feel and some cheap grains.
Mouth feel: fine, but not quite suiting the 'SEA tropical climate' style they were going for. Light- to- moderate in body with a moderate- to- higher carbonation. Seems like it should be a bit lighter in body with more carbonation. Still, went down quick and easy.
Overall: living in Queensland Australia, I have to admit that this one goes down easy as that Australian / South-East Asian hot-weather beer. Still, there are so many options from local and SEA breweries, not sure why you would buy a Swedish export version for a bit more money when it is not quite as good. Nice try, but not quite.
06-17-2013 11:47:39 | More by SmashPants
2.25/5 rDev +0.9%
02-02-2013 17:03:28 | More by woxna
1.25/5 rDev -43.9%
01-11-2013 10:08:18 | More by madzanta
3/5 rDev +34.5%
10-19-2012 02:29:37 | More by t0rin0
2.5/5 rDev +12.1%
06-29-2012 16:19:15 | More by HankC
Svalbard & Jan Mayen Islands
1.58/5 rDev -29.1%
Appearance: Crocodile Original pours a icterine colour along with an airy white crown of some stature, eventually leaving a layer of lacing. Plenty of carbonation.
Smell: Phenols, rice, and various adjunct-characteristics (such as flour, white bread, corn, corn-starch etc). Possibly chlorine and some citric notes do make the odd appearance, but they are neither powerful nor subtle, just weak and artificial.
Taste: Metallic, artifical with some corn-starch sweetness. The metallic touch in question does leave a weak, yet nontheless, lingering artificial nine-volt battery-bitterness in mouth -- as well as in mind.
Mouthfeel: Thin as the can it came from, full as the same can once I dispatched this failure to its rightful home.
Drinkability: Had to pour this one out -- in the toilet as I werent able to finish it (and since that's were piss belongs anyway).
04-05-2011 22:58:48 | More by Asgeirr
1.83/5 rDev -17.9%
A: Pour is clear golden with some small bubbles. The head is medium large, white and kind of uneven and airy. Dissipates at a medium pace and leaves some lacings.
S: Sweet malt, corn and faint bitterhops.
T: Faint taste: sweet malt and lots of corn. Almost no hops, kind of artificial.
M: Aftertaste is rather short, kind of unpleasant corny sweetness. Body is light and carbonation is rich, kind of offensive.
D: This is not nice beer.
10-26-2010 18:46:30 | More by Evil_Pidde
2/5 rDev -10.3%
0.5l can poured in an ordinary glass.
A: Clear pale yellow color with a one finger head.
S: Strange smell I would say, it smells malt grains and yeasts but also something that I've never felt before in a beer... (Plastic?)
T: Terrible plastic aftertaste... Urgh... I don't know exactly what it is, I guess it's corn or sunflower grains. That's just terrible...
M: Light body. Medium carbonation and light bitterness
D: Low. Terrible "beer". Just avoid it
03-05-2010 16:10:10 | More by eduardolinhalis
2.5/5 rDev +12.1%
pours a straw colored liquid with a relatively firm head ...
smell is rather strong, with a dominant sunflower note ...
taste is rather light, with a dominant pink grapefruit note, the bitterness is not very well married with the sweetness ...
"world's best beer"?? I wonder which world ....
04-18-2009 20:22:36 | More by Daredevil
New Hampshire
1.08/5 rDev -51.6%
From my notes 6/11/07 pours a one-finger white head that quickly goes to a thin layer, leaving some lace. Crystal clear amber color. Hoppy/skunky nose. Light carbonation and light bodied. Flavor is hoppy with a watery skunky finish. Claimed to be world's best lager - wrong. S.Fr. 3.60 ($2.93) for a 330ml green bottle from Drinks of the World Lucerne, Switzerland.
06-27-2007 21:29:44 | More by jdhilt
2.48/5 rDev +11.2%
The colour is pale yellow with a hint of gold. The white foam sinks quickly down to a lid, leaving some lacing.
The smell is weak with some loaf-like sweet notes and some hints of minerals and a touch of bitterness.
The taste is very sweet. Some mild notes of malt and white bread. The aftertaste got some very light bitter notes with some minerals and metal. It finishes with even more sweetness and some alcohol.
The carbonation is pretty strong with lots of small bubbles. The liquid is somewhat creamy and a bit sticky.
An odd beer. I dont really get it
05-15-2007 19:53:58 | More by bark
2.13/5 rDev -4.5%
I just don't get where Swedish brewery Krönleins is going with this beer. It's an Australian-inspired lager produced by a West Coast Swedish family brewery and heralded as The World's Best Lager.
I beg to differ...
Appearance - straw coloured. Somewhat watery. Bleached white head that instantly evaporated.
Smell - faintly chemical, metallic, hint of citrus, but you have to search for it.
Taste - basically like a dozen other industrial macro lagers, offering little and lacking a lot of everything
Mouthfeel - fairly average carbonation, with faint malt and then hop aftertaste that fades fast.
Drinkability - If I'd broken down in the Simpson Desert and had already drunk the water from my car radiator and was left with a choice of drinking this or my own bodily fluids I'd drink this.
But it would be a close call.
09-27-2006 19:00:55 | More by lagomswedish
2.88/5 rDev +29.1%
50 cl can from Swedish "Systembolaget".
Tried it on April 28, 2006.
Light yellow color, white head.
Some banana wheat scent, mixed with malt.
Malty watery taste.
Grainy aftertaste and pretty much no bitterness.
This beer has been around for some time, at least 15 years, can't understand why...
Label sais something like "Best lager in the world", guess they won a contest long ago, but I really can not agree.
Ok for a hot day, but nothing to drink for good taste.
05-06-2006 07:26:11 | More by gnoff
United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)
2.9/5 rDev +30%
330ml bottle bought from GapWines, Belfast... label states that this is the "Worlds Best Lager"... mmm.. lets see...
Poured a pale golden yellow colour... White head poured quite foamy and faded to almost nothing... no real lacing...
Aroma - Sea saltiness, light sweetcorn notes, metallic hints, lemony, creamy traces, little hop or malt notes...
Taste Creamy lemons, light malts, faint floral honey notes, very light spicy hop bitterness, some nutty sweetness...
Feel - Pretty smooth. Light bodied. Pretty drinkable...
Overall - A very average lager... Worth a try once... Worlds best - i think not...
05-02-2006 10:15:13 | More by mdagnew
Crocodile Original from Krönleins Bryggeri AB
64 out of 100 based on 19 ratings.


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A new fan favorite has emerged from the Eagles mock drafts since the trade for DeMeco Ryans: Vinny Curry has now been selected on 5 of the 15 mocks (33%). A "consensus" mock draft would look something like this:
Round......Position........Player (votes)
....1............DT/SAM......Fletcher Cox (4) or Luke Kuechly (4)
....2.... .......SAM/DT.......Bobby Wagner (4) or Kendall Reyes (3)
....2............DE...............Vinny Curry (5)
....2............WR...............Mohamed Sanu (4)
....4............TE.................Ladarius Green (4)
....5............RB... ............Chris Rainey (4)
....6............O-line............David Molk (2)
....6............O-line...........Tom Compton (2)
....6............CB................Coty Sensabaugh (1)
The Eagles would select one DT and one SAM with their first two picks. They would trade Asante for an extra 3rd round pick, and then trade both 3rds for a 2nd.
Curry is the only player who was picked five times among the 15 mock drafts. Six players were picked four times, 5 players were picked three times, 13 players were picked twice, and 53 players are currently one-mock wonders:
- Picked 4 times: Bobby Wagner, Chris Rainey, Fletcher Cox, Ladarius Green, Luke Kuechly, Mohamed Sanu
- Picked 3 times: Bernard Pierce, Bobby Massie, Brandon Boykin, Kendall Reyes, Nate Potter
- Picked twice: Brandon Mosley, Brian Quick, Chase Minnifield, David Molk, Demario Davis, Devon Still, Jacquies Smith, Jeff Adams, Jerel Worthy, Mychal Kendricks, Stephon Gilmore, Tom Compton, Tommy Streeter
The most popular positions are the offensive line and linebacker; followed by wide receiver, defensive tackle, and cornerback.
- 15 of the 25 offensive line selections (60%) would occur during day 3, providing plenty of "projects" for Mudd to develop into eventual starters.
- Every mock draft includes at least one linebacker, including four post-DeMeco selections of Luke Kuechly in the first round.
- Shadysquad still has the only mock without a wide receiver, perhaps partly because he only made picks through the fourth round.
- 12 of the 14 defensive tackles were selected in the first two rounds (86%). The eight first-round selections include five different players.
- 10 of the 13 cornerbacks were selected in the first three rounds (77%), even though the Eagles still have three Pro-Bowl cornerbacks on their roster.
- Draftek has the only mock without a defensive tackle. Do we know something that they don't?
- Kyle selected Ryan Tannehill in the first round, which makes his mock the only one that includes a quarterback!
- Only five mocks include a safety, which continues to reflect a weak draft class in this area of need for the Eagles. Is there any remaining hope for free agency or a trade? In Jarrett we trust?
The mock drafts are generally avoiding excessive optimism about which players could fall to the Eagles in each round. Only 17 of the 123 picks (14%) involved selecting a player in a later round than CBS Sports expects him to be available. Another 38% of the players were selected in an earlier round than CBS, and the other 48% were selected in the same round as CBS. Of course CBS and other big boards are not perfect, but they seem like the best approach for keeping the mocks as realistic as possible.
This FanPost contains many of the other mock drafts that were combined into the overall results. While you're commenting on the summary, why not take a look at one of the other mock drafts too? They're all embedded in the comments.
.....In addition, if you add your own mock draft to the comments, then I will feature it at the top of the page for a day or two (just as I am currently featuring this summary of the other mocks). Most mock drafts only get a few days of attention anyway, but this thread can put a title of your mock in the section for Recommended FanPosts!
.....Finally, this thread can also provide a forum for discussing other draft-related topics, so don't hesitate to propose any ideas that aren't quite ready for a separate FanPost. Simply add a comment at the bottom of the page as usual.
Here are the links to each of the mock drafts within the comments of this FanPost. Please click on each link to zip directly to the mock draft, and insert your comments as a reply to the entry.
Mr.Electric10 joins the growing trend of making mock drafts for the full first round
Talon Talent gives the Eagles a surprise in this mock draft of the full first round
Kowalski strengthens the d-line with his first two picks
tst29 gets praise from MTD for this mock draft of the full first round
DirtyWaters takes another safety in round 2 (two recs!)
tst29 trades down for extra picks in rounds 3 and 4
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Anderson Silva's desire to fight Roy Jones Jr. is nothing new, the UFC legend has talked about the fight for about as long as he's been the sport's top dog. Jones is one of Silva's idols and Anderson values the idea of getting to take him on for whatever reason.
While the fight -- either MMA or boxing -- didn't make much sense a few years ago, it makes far less sense now. Silva is still on top of the sport, still a dynamo who is able to do freakish things against the best fighters in the world. Jones, on the other hand, is a shell of his once great self, not having fought for over a year since he was gifted a split decision win over late replacement, warm body Paweł Głażewski. That was Roy's only fight of 2012, coming after a 2011 that saw a win over Max Alexander who came into that bout on a six fight tear that saw the New Jersey Native pick up a record of 0-5-1. That Alexander fight was an attempt to get Roy back on the winning side of things after a three fight losing streak that was capped with a brutal KO at the hands of Denis Lebedev.
While the fight has always just been Anderson's silly little fantasy, suddenly it's being treated as a possibility. Silva had recently once again floated the idea of the fight being something he wanted more than a superfight with Jon Jones or Georges St. Pierre and now Dana White says that the two sides are "talking" while declining to expand on what exactly means. But it does have much of the media acting as though there's some chance that the bout will happen.
MMA Junkie has some of the details:
White in 2009 said no to the possibility of the matchup happening when Jones first brought it to the table. But four years later, things may have changed.
"Roy Jones Jr. is coming to the fight," White on Thursday told MMAjunkie.com. "Roy and I are talking."
But White does admit he's unsure why Silva wants the meeting to happen.
"It makes no sense to me. It makes no sense to me," he said. "I don't know why (Silva wants it). It's like these guys, when they grew up, they had their heroes or whatever their deal is, it's something they want to do or accomplish. This is something Anderson wants to do."
For some reason there is a subset of MMA fans who treat this as "hey, if that's what Silva wants, why should we act like it's so crazy?" And the simple answer is that it's pointless, a waste of Silva's time and potentially dangerous on both a physical and professional level. Roy is shot. There's no way around that fact. He's old, his chin is bad, he's been violently knocked out by Antonio Tarver, Glen Johnson, Danny Green and Lebedov and suffered a lot of other damage along the way. In an MMA fight there's an incredibly high chance that he gets badly hurt. In a boxing match it's possible that Jones' skill is enough to beat Silva and that's just not a good look for the UFC champ considering how shot Jones is. But even in a boxing match Jones is risking injury. His chin is gone, he's old and he hasn't fought anywhere with stringent procedures for medical clearance since April of 2010.
The Pensacola News Journal covered Jones' desire to continue his boxing career:
"I'm still off and on," Jones Jr. said last Thursday while attending the "City of Champions Pensacola" sports museum fundraiser at Sanders Beach Corrine Jones Community Center. "I still love the sport. Bernard (Hopkins) is keeping me alive. He's at 48 still doing it, so he lets me know that you can still do it if you want."
"It's just a matter of being smart about it, taking the right fights and the right situation," Jones said. "I don't go too far out of my way to make too much happen.
"I just love the sport of boxing. Anything I can do exciting, I will do, but other than that, I take it easy."
They then ended the article talking about the "possibility" of a fight with Silva.
To put it simply, there's no need to entertain the fight. There's no benefit, there are massive risks all around and it's a silly idea involving a man who in no way represents what he just was. He's just an old, shot fighter.
And I'll never understand why the MMA media doesn't treat the idea as being completely ridiculous. I suppose it's just easier to play along and get the quote.
Update: Kevin Iole at Yahoo! Sports gets more (depressing) info:
Silva kept saying a Roy Jones fight would be good for him, though he never would explain why. Later, UFC president Dana White said that Roy Jones was coming to Las Vegas for the fight and that they "would talk."
In a text message to Yahoo! Sports, Roy Jones replied, "Yes," when asked if he were going to talk to White about fighting in the UFC.
White is savvy enough to know that a Silva-Jones match in any context is unwise and not good business. He got to see that first-hand in 2010 with the farcical James Toney-Randy Couture fight. A boxer doesn't belong in a fight with an MMA champion and an MMA fighter doesn't belong in the ring with a boxing champion, which the Toney-Couture fight conclusively proved.


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The video, titled "Shock and Awesome" borrows some of the hallmark stylings from the promotional material of Modern Warfare 3 and Battlefield 3 but with content like bondage-bridled pimps pulling chariots, fursuiters with RPGs and spandex-clad jetbikers it clearly sets a different tone.
This distinction was emphasised in our recent interview with Volition Lead Designer Scott Phillips, who when asked about the very competitive holiday season has the following to say:
"Looking at everybody else that's out in November, obviously there's a lot of huge games," he told us. "But I think everyone can also see that a lot of those games are basically the same as they were last year, and the year before and the year before. And I think that we are something that's brand new; totally different."
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The first week of the Seminoles' fall camp has been an eventful one. Freshmen Tim Jernigan and Nick O'Leary have been impressive. Running Backs Chris Thompson and Jermaine Thomas have miss practice time. The wide receivers are proving to be more consistent. Terrence Parks and Nick Moody are battling for the starting free safety spot. Vince Williams and Telvin Smith are fighting for the starting middle linebacker spot. Late in the week, rumors of FSU to the SEC started to run rampant. Shortly after those rumors started to build steam, word came down that the Indoor Practice Facility could see construction begin as early as January of 2012. In this episode, Herc & Swamp Talk co-host Wil discuss all that transpired this week.


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WashPost's Aaron Blake: Conservatives Are 'Divisive,' Liberals Are 'Demonized' by Republicans
Local DC conservative talker Chris Plante announced that Washington Post political writer Aaron Blake on Wednesday had "just exposed your own bias" for this sentence as he delighted in Newt Gingrich's high unfavorable ratings: "Sarah Palin, even at her most divisive, never saw her unfavorable rating rise above 60 percent in the CNN poll. And even when Republicans were demonizing Nancy Pelosi in the runup to the 2010 election, her unfavorable rating never climbed beyond the high-50s."
Palin was "divisive" in the active voice, while Pelosi was passively demonized by Republicans. Blake began by citing a joke from Al Franken as a "fun fact" of some kind:
A CNN/Opinion Research poll on Monday showed 63 percent of All Americans viewed Gingrich unfavorably, compared to just 25 percent who saw him in a positive light.
And today, a new CBS News/New York Times poll shows a similar split: 54 percent view Gingrich unfavorably, compared to 16 percent who say they feel positively predisposed towards him.
Those 38-point spreads between his favorable and unfavorable ratings are a new high for Gingrich in the 2012 campaign and tie his worst numbers from 1997, when he faced ethics troubles and a GOP revolt during his time as speaker of the House. (Fun fact: now-Sen. Al Franken joked in 1996 that Gingrich's "favorable rating is only four points higher than the Unabomber.")
Blake seems like that outlandish joke, but remember, this is the same jerk that went on Twitter to beg "Hey Tweeps: looking for outlandish/incorrect predictions and quotes from Newt Gingrich's past. Any ideas for me?"
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Mssg to Chris
Submitted by NVRAT on Sun, 02/19/2012 - 10:47am.
That`s because Democrats are "DEMONS" of the highest order, Satan`s warriors of social destruction with Brown Shirts. What is your favorite color Mr. Plante?
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⇒ Liberals are not demons
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Sun, 02/19/2012 - 11:08am.
They are demon worshipers. The sacrifices at the Altar of Molech are never left unattended.
They don't call it demon worship, but what else but such an influence could provide the rationalization for the goodness of the daily slaughter?
Yes, they'll throw back with "same thing with war", but that comparison also requires an insidious measure of rationalization.
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Disciples of Alinsky
Submitted by HardRightTurn on Sun, 02/19/2012 - 11:47am.
The Devil worshiper. Evil to the core.
To more fully comprehend the Left, one must read "Leftism As Psychopathy" by John Ray, M.A., Ph.D. Caution, it might scare you a little bit.
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Pot + kettle
Submitted by CM on Sun, 02/19/2012 - 10:59am.
The democrats are always dividing people into various "victim groups". How is that not divisive? And they never demonized Bush 43?
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Good thing Democrats don't
Submitted by forest on Sun, 02/19/2012 - 11:03am.
Good thing Democrats don't demonize. Not even when a Democrat Congrsswoman literally calls Republicans "demons". No demonization there.
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If Sarah Palin was devisive,
Submitted by winston smith on Sun, 02/19/2012 - 11:42am.
If Sarah Palin was divisive, she certainly deserved to be based on the year long, smear campaign conducted against her and even her family complements of the "main-stream" media. Even when Sarah correctly pointed out that certain sections of the "health care" bill are suggestive of a beureaucratic death panel, she was quickly denounced and demonized by members of the media.
Whereas with Nazi Pelosi, she can go before the cameras and state flat out lies and falsehoods about the Tea Party, saying they were "carrying swastikas" and yet the media who are so laser-focused on every persnickety detail and inconsistency in Palin's statements, they will barely bat an eyelash at the wretched deceit of Pelosi.
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What they say, or what they don't?
Submitted by Huapakechi on Sun, 02/19/2012 - 11:04am.
When a member of the (extremely) liberal press is attacking Newt Gingritch by citing his poll numbers when he was under attack for "ethical violations" (75 charges, no convictions) to his current poll numbers among a select and weighted "research poll" (questions and polling data not provided), and then citing one of the most radical and inept senators (from my state, forgive me See george soros 'secretary of state project') to bolster his argument, I see nothing less than a member of the screaming monkey coalition attacking someone they perceive as a threat to the entire screaming monkey tribe.
What prompted the filing of 75 charges (74 entirely without merit) against the then Speaker of the House of Representatives? This requires a peek past the "throw enough mud and something will stick" tactics that were utilized. What is not mentioned anywhere that I have read is that Gingritch committed the ultimate sin of attempting to force Congress to abide by the same laws it foists on the citizens of this nation. This earned him the enmity of every sitting member of Congress.
The fact that members of Congress have only recently been called to task for reaping millions in profits making stock trades involving industries for which they were writing regulations is only one indication of the endemic corruption of both houses of Congress.
Don't believe what they tell you unless you can independently verify, and use at least three unconnected sources.
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The main question is not being asked....
Submitted by jdripper on Sun, 02/19/2012 - 11:30am.
What the devil ever inspired Newt Gingrich to enter this race? That is the main question to be asked. His staff immediately got fed up with him and left and he had enough baggage that when he travels he has to charter a 747 to haul it to his next stop. He had to have known this would happen, but for heaven's sake what was Gingrich thinking?
He knows how lazy and undisciplined he is. He knows that not one campaign staff member for all of his election in the House stayed with him. What was going through his mind?
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Welcome to Bizarro World!
Submitted by motherbelt on Sun, 02/19/2012 - 11:45am.
Can you say "projection"?????
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Divisive Dems
Submitted by HudsonRiverGirl on Sun, 02/19/2012 - 11:45am.
Anyone remember PUMA............
Just asking...
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Democrats Excel At Cut & Paste
Submitted by HardRightTurn on Sun, 02/19/2012 - 11:52am.
All they are doing is taking what the right says about them and replacing the words left, liberal and Democrat with right, conservative and Republican. Not one ounce of originality, counter charges without one shred of proof.
To more fully comprehend the Left, one must read "Leftism As Psychopathy" by John Ray, M.A., Ph.D. Caution, it might scare you a little bit.
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Them vs. us
Submitted by JeffC... on Sun, 02/19/2012 - 12:29pm.
Them: We demand that you pay for insurance for your employees that violates your conscience and hundreds of years of Curch teachings and ethics.
Us: No! What happened to our first amendment rights?
Them: You're divisive! Stop!
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Well put.
Submitted by Quasi-socialist on Sun, 02/19/2012 - 8:46pm.
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Conservatives are divisive and demonizers?
Submitted by CO2Maker on Sun, 02/19/2012 - 1:21pm.
Every time someone opposes one of the president's policies, the Greek chorus of ChrisEdRachelMartinTamronMattLarryetal sings its doleful dirge: Racists, homophobes, anti-immigrant racists, killers, misogynists, racists, assassins in waiting, racists, homophobes, patriarchal oppressors, racists, homophobes.
That's not divisive?
I must have not been paying attention in school when they taught long and short divisiveness.
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stop jumping!
Submitted by oldfart on Sun, 02/19/2012 - 1:11pm.
Mr. Half Baked Blake needed to stop jumping between quantum realities.
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Liberals have to lie, because
Submitted by robert108 on Sun, 02/19/2012 - 2:37pm.
Liberals have to lie, because the truth is not on their side.
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Need I point out the irony of dividing
Submitted by Quasi-socialist on Sun, 02/19/2012 - 8:49pm.
Liberals from Conservatives and then suggesting that one practices a reprehensible act that the other doesn't?
I sometimes think you have to be deaf to irony to listen to the volunteer propaganda corpss.
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Liberals are demonized because they....
Submitted by stage9 on Sun, 02/19/2012 - 11:47pm.
are demonically inspired. What else would cause a perfectly rational human being to want to murder a baby in its mother's womb? or seek power to control the lives of others? or to speak with such heinous and vicious speech? or criminalize conscience?
Liberals can continue to play the victim card, but they're not victims, they're manipulators.
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Authorities are searching for one suspect following a robbery at a Corryville Walgreen's.
Officers say that the store, located at 1 W. Corry Street, was robbed around 8:10 a.m. on Sunday morning. Police say they believed the suspect had a gun.
The suspect was last seen wearing a red hooded sweatshirt, black cap, blue jeans and white shoes.
Anyone with information on the offense is asked to contact District 4 Investigative Unit at 513-569-8626 or Crime Stoppers at 513-352-3040.
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