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1) Egypt Receives No Request To Allow 'al-Amal' Dock at Al-Arish -- Fm
"Egypt Receives No Request To Allow "al-Amal" Dock at Al-Arish -- Fm" --
KUNA Headline
2) Petroleum Stakeholders Express Concern Over Depletion of Oil Reserves
Report by Mohammed Shosanya: "Concerns Heighten Over Depletion of Oil
3) Global Firm Urges Nigeria To Formulate Policies To 'Secure' Telecom
Report by Ikechukwu Osodo: "MTN Nigeria Wants Tough Laws To Safeguard
Telecoms Industry"
4) Contributor Writes Obasanjo to Account for Years of Corruption, bad
Open letter to General Olusegun Obasanjo by Olufemi Ogundipe: "Where has
all the Money Gone"
5) Gambian Police Arrest 11 in Drug Bust
6) Report Says Armed Hoodlums Besiege Bayelsa State, Killing, Maiming
Report by Anthony Akaeze and Godfrey Azubike: "On Tenterhooks"
7) President Promises To Spend Billions on Power Grid
8) President Goodluck in Pre-Election Cabinet Moves
9) Jonathan Writes to Legislature To Approve $5.242-Billion External Loan
Report by Abdul-Rahman Abubakar, Idris Ahmed and Abdulmutallib A.
Abubakar: "Nigeria's Foreign Debt To Hit $9.4bn"
10) Ruling PDP Caucus Rejects Plans To Withdraw Party's Zoning Arrangement
Report by Habeeb Pindiga and Muideen Olaniyi: "PDP Caucus: Zoning Stays"
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Egypt Receives No Request To Allow 'al-Amal' Dock at Al-Arish -- Fm
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(KUWAIT NEWS AGENCY) - CAIRO, July 12 (KUNA) -- Egyptian Foreign Minister
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from the organizers of the Gaza-bound Libyan aid ship Al-Amal (Hope) to
allow the ship to dock at Al-Arish seaport.The Gaddafi International
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affirmed resolute to break the inhumane naval blockade imposed by Israel
on Gaza Strip.Asked by journalists whether Egypt would allow the vessel to
dock at Al-Arish if the Israeli navy blocked its course, Abul-Gheit said
the concerned authorities at Al-Arish will be ready to unload the aid
materials and deliver them to Gaza via the agreed channels.The vessel set
sail from Greece on Saturday carrying 2,000 tons of humanitarian aid and
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Petroleum Stakeholders Express Concern Over Depletion of Oil Reserves
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Global Firm Urges Nigeria To Formulate Policies To 'Secur e' Telecom
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Open letter to General Olusegun Obasanjo by Olufemi Ogundipe: "Where has
all the Money Gone" - TheNews
Wednesday August 11, 2010 07:57:41 GMT
trepidation because of your oft-stated pronouncement that you do not
demean yourself by reading Nigerian newspapers although I hasten to
observe that you have been more than willing to grant interviews to
foreign news outlets and arguably you do enjoy doing this.
Could this be some kind of Olympian delusion of grandeur on your part?
Among the foreign media that you have spoken to in the past two to three
years are the Financial Times of London (Thursday, 19 April 2007), the BBC
current affairs program HARDTALK (19 March 2009) with Stephen Sackur,
during which you were palpably very uncomfortable when the subject was
raised of widespread and systemic corruption in the civilian government
you headed as president of Nigeria.
Recently in Johannesburg, South Africa at a Fo rum on African Development
(you were the Great Lakes representative on behalf of UN Secretary General
Bank Ki-Moon in May this year, there was an outburst, a rant from you in
the full presence of the international press. During the event, you
weighed in on the complex subject of homosexuality, displaying your utter
lack of humility and abysmal ignorance of the scientific evidence
accumulating on that complex human behavior.
You talked about homosexuality as being an "abomination" and as being
"unbiblical". I wonder why you don't consider as a much bigger
"abomination" and quintessentially "unbiblical" the large-scale corruption
in the regime you headed between 1999 and 2007.
Indeed, "where has all the money gone?" In directing this question to you,
I will restrict myself to the eight-year period between May 1999 and May
2007 during which you served as the "selected" civilian president of
Nigeria. This was a period of very robust earnings from oil.
A detailed and most incisive article was written in the July/August 2007
issue of the highly respected, scholarly and high-brow publication,
Foreign Affairs by Professor Jean Herskovits of the State University of
New York, Purchase, New York. That article was appropriately titled,
"Nigeria's Rigged Democracy."
A treasure trove of information existed therein! Alas, in a large measure,
it provided a lot of, but by no means all the details of the systemic
corruption that was the hallmark of your presidency. Yet, Nigeria had the
mixed blessing of earning from oil alone, $223 billion during your
presidency. Let me put this in perspective:
Absolutely no government in Nigeria since January 1914 when Sir Frederick
Lugard crafted Nigeria has had anything near the sum of$223 billion
available to her in any eight-year period. Between 1970 and 2009, Nigeria
earned a total of$520 billion from oil , according to the Standard Bank.
So the $223bn earned from oil during the eight years of your civilian
presidency is 43 per cent of all oil earnings for the country from 1970
when the Nigeria-Biafra War ended to 2007, the year your government ended.
The logical and legitimate question for you is: Where Has All The Money
Especially when we realize that most of our national debt to the West was
forgiven? The answer, I submit, is not "blowing in the wind". It is to be
found essentially in the gargantuan corruption that was the hallmark of
your regime. You have a big question to answer to the ravished and
impoverished Nigerians, 100 million of whom lived on one dollar a day
during those years of infamy - 1999 to 2007 and beyond.
In the words of Professor Jean Herskovits, during those eight harrowing
years of your misrule, "Electricity is scarce and clean water is rare. In
spite of vast sums of money supposedly spent on federal r oads, those
roads have continued to deteriorate. Some 70 per cent of Nigerians must
get by on $1 a day.
The UN Development Program's 2006 Human Development Report ranked Nigeria
159 th out 177 countries studied. In 2004, mortality rate for children
under the age of five averaged 217 deaths per 1,000 births, higher than
anywhere in coastal West Africa apart from war-torn Liberia and Sierra
Leone. Meanwhile, absurdly, the government built a new stadium in Abuja
for more than the combined budgets for health and education for 2001 and
These are surely inconvenient truths for you. There was absolutely nothing
edifying in your record of service in which kleptocracy was the guiding
principle of statecraft in spite of your nauseating and hypocritical
pontification about fighting a war, a rather selective war - against
corruption. You did not hear the voices nor saw the faces of the 100
million impoverished Nigerians living on 1-2 dollars a day.
If that inconvenient figure of 100 million impoverished Nigerians bothers
you, so be it. Put up or shut up! As the Yoruba say: Otito koro (truth is
I will now shed some light on your lackluster record in the strategic area
of power generation or rather lack thereof during your eight-year rule of
infamy. At the start of your administration, the generation of electricity
was near collapse at some 2500 megawatts a day. This was the situation you
met on the ground and, therefore, was not your fault.
However, the situation remained unchanged eight years on at the time you
left office reluctantly after an unsuccessful attempt to prolong your
tenure through a change in the Nigerian Constitution. It wasn't for lack
of money to improve the situation. No, not at all! Your government had the
fortune and opportunity of having a very robust income from the sale of
oil. What it completely lacked, however, was probity. I will write more on
this in a little while.
At the start of your new administration in 1999, you appointed as your
minister of power, Chief Bola Ige, a scholarly attorney and former
governor of Oyo State. Ige was the new magician who was to turn "stone to
bread". Within a very short time, the entire system of electricity
production had a near-death experience nationwide in very suspicious
Ige was programmed to fail and fail he did. The mafia of generator
importers had won and won big and a country of some 150 million people had
been rubbished by a cabal. As a result, the country now has more than 60
million imported electricity generators. To complete the absurdity, you
awarded the sole authority to import the diesel fuel to power these
generators to one of your minions, thereby creating a monopoly.
You yourself took over the Ministry of Power and reassigned Ige to the
Ministry of Justice. Some years later; while still serving in your
government as attorne y general of Nigeria, Ige was gruesomely murdered in
his bedroom, a murder that remains unsolved till this day.
On Thursday, 19 April 2007, while on your way out of office, you gave an
interview to the Financial Times of London after the charade of a national
election, universally condemned as fraudulent and violent, with over 300
Nigerians killed. In that interview, you were asked about the parlous
state of electricity generation in Nigeria.
To keep you honest, I will quote your answer. It was: "When we came in, we
didn't know how deep the rot was. I thought once you remove the first
layer of people in NEPA (National Electric Power Authority) that would
solve the problem. My minister, I had to remove him from that ministry
because one year on and he did not know his right from his left.
That was how bad the situation was. We removed the second group. And until
very close to the end of my first term, I did not get to the depths of the
rot.& quot;
First, your reference to the murdered Chief Ige as not knowing his right
from his left was rather tasteless, graceless and crude, and very much
vintage Olusegun Obasanjo. You conveniently neglected to mention that you
subsequently put yourself in charge of the Ministry of Power and so, I
would like to assume that you knew your right from left. Yet, you, an
all-knowing man, could not turn things around in spite of billions of US
dollars expended.
Some details now. Again, I will use words from your own very mouth from an
interview, conveniently given by you in another country with another
foreign journalist of CP-Africa (Celebrating Progress-Africa. com) in June
2010. You were once again asked about the failure of your government to
make progress on electric power generation.
For your information, this interview is available on Your Tube and you can
easily get it yourself from the internet. You answered that between 1999
and 2002, your " ;government" was pressuring the oil companies to use the
gas associated with oil production for electric power generation.
Poor, helpless, and hapless President Olusegun Obasanjo, only AGIP heeded
your plea. As we say in Yoruba: o ma se o' (meaning, what a pity!). You
will agree with me that foreign companies can size you up and decide if
you can be respected.
Nigeria is a country where the government leaders are in bed with the oil
companies which will identity oil blocks for them to divvy out to
disgustingly corrupt, rapacious, greedy, parasitic, and idle small elite.
One prominent member of your military syndicate, a retired General, in
February this year, underwent a mea culpa and stated that he was a
recipient of an oil block from yet another member of your military
syndicate, a General, now departed.
This, according to his tale, he sold for $1 billion. That was misleading,
for he actually sold it to the Chinese National Oil Corporatio n for $2.3
billion. The government you headed was so corrupt and so thoroughly
compromised that oil companies would simply ignore you.
I frankly do not think that oil companies would be disrespectful of a
democratically-elected president like Barack Obama, a credible role model
for a future Nigerian president who would see his office as one of service
to the people.
According to you in that interview, beginning around 2003 and with the
rise in oil prices, you had the money to spend for power generation. So,
you launched what you called IPP (Integrated Power Project) and with this,
the country was poised to go to a production of 10,000 megawatts of
electricity by the time you left office in 2007, a quantum jump, I would
say, from the 2,500 megawatts at the start of your stewardship.
Alas, the 10,000 megawatts never came to life because, according to you,
the government that succeeded you, the Yar'Adua administration, stopped
your good work. Oluse gun Obasanjo, this is palpably unbelievable and, to
put it mildly, shamefully dishonest. You knew very well that there was
unfathomable corruption in the IPP project.
All manner of people, many with zero expertise, were awarded contracts by
your putrid government. Many of the contracts were so egregious that they
could only have come from a very sick administration completely lacking in
probity. One member of your military syndicate formed a company he had
registered for N2,500.(about $16).
That comrade of yours, a retired General, was unable, like many others
awarded multimillion dollar contracts by your government, to execute the
jobs. There was also the case of a German company that won one of those
Your daughter, a sitting senator in Nigeria's federal parliament, had
fiduciary and financial interests in that German company and it was rather
amusing that she had so many combinations and permutations of her name to
fool unsuspecting Nigerians. A most bizarre and tasteless act! Olusegun
Obasanjo, you truly took Nigeria to a new low.
In a country with a robust rule of law, you and your accomplices would
have been indicted and tried in a court of law. But in Nigeria, you are
one of the proverbial 'Big Men' who live lives of inscrutable impunity and
are always above the law. Let me firmly warn you: the day of reckoning and
judgment shall surely come! All human power is temporary and fleeting.
This is food for thought for you.
I will now talk about the corrupt, disgusting, immoral, and criminal
spoils system designed to benefit a tiny putrid elite, a scheme called OIL
BLOCKS. Truth be told, you were not the originator of the corrupt scheme.
It was another member of your renegade military syndicate who started this
sinful scheme.
Alas, it was General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida. But you operated it big
time. You made yourself the minister of petroleum for the first seven
years of your rule of infamy and positioned yourself strategically to
divvy up oil blocks to all manner of people, including many unsavory
In so doing, you contributed in no small way to the rise of a tiny corrupt
and parasitic oil block elite that included the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) your political party, governors, favored members of your greedy and
lawless military syndicate, party stalwarts, and some so-called
traditional rulers (some of whose ancestors sold our people into slavery
during the dark days of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade starting from the
17th century). Others were just mistresses and girlfriends.
Billions of dollars of Nigeria's wealth have been shared out to a rotten,
idle, and parasitic oil block elite, who have come by stupendous wealth
that they did not work for. Since you like quoting the Holy Bible,
Olusegun, do you recall from the Bible the admonition which states that,
"In the sweat of your brow you will eat.&qu ot; (Genesis 3: 19).
Powerfully, this statement commands the necessity of work ethic. It is the
blessing of the power of work. "God fainteth not, neither is weary."
(Genesis l; Isaiah XL 28). Olusegun Obasanjo, can you, in good conscience,
say that your evil oil block scheme is in accordance with the ethics of
Christianity, a religion that you are always so ready to remind us
publicly that you embrace?
Also, have you ever stopped to think that you and your fellow travelers
are doing incalculable damage to the younger generation of Nigerians,
demonstrating to them that they don't have to work for what they own? I
say all this with a very heavy heart as someone who shares with you the
same age bracket and the same time span of finishing our secondary school
education some two to three years before Nigeria's independence in 1960.
On 2 Jan this year, you attended an interdenominational open-air service
on the palace grounds in Ile-Ife to m ark the 80th birthday of the
Alayeluwa Oba Okunade Sijuwade, the Ooni of Ife. You were accompanied by
your new and current bride.
The preacher at that service was the Most Reverend Peter Jasper Akinola,
Primate of the Anglican Church of Nigeria. Archbishop Peter Akinola said:
"If the nation's politicians do not put an end to their misrule and
sharing of the available crude oil money, their children and children's
children would reap from their action, even to their second and third
generation in Jesus name."
Not done, Akinola waxed rhetoric, asking, "Where is the money and to what
use has the money been put?"
These were very tough words and a very direct curse. Certainly, as night
follows day, the Day of Judgment will come!
I will now shift gears and discuss what has now become the major
corruption around the $6 billion Bonny Liquefied Natural Gas Project, now
known in popular parlance as the Halliburton corruption, i n which your
government was neck-deep, just like the immediate and corrupt two
governments. That orgy of corruption spanned a period of 10 years, between
1995 and 2004.
A whopping sum of $180 million was received as bribes by 77 top level
Nigerian government officials including, according to the Nigerian Federal
Government official paper, five former heads of state including you
Olusegun Obasanjo.
One member of your groups has now passed on but four of you were members
of your incorrigibly corrupt military syndicat e. Of course, there were
assorted members of your fellow travelers from the corrupt oil block
elite. There were even two wives, one now departed of two of your fellow
former military chiefs of state. Only in Nigeria will this level of utter
impunity, graft, and lawlessness be allowed.
To refresh your memory, Nigeria had awarded the $6 billion for
constructing the Bonny Liquefied Natural Gas to a consortium of four
companies, namely: K ellogg, Brown and Root LLC (KBR), a subsidiary of
Halliburton Corporation, based in Houston Texas, USA; Technip SA, a global
engineering and construction company, like KBR, based in Paris;
Snamprogetti Netherlands B.Y. and Japan Gasoline Corporation,
headquartered in Yokohama, Japan.
All these four companies were involved in paying the $180 million bribe to
Nigerian government top officials, including the spouses of two members of
your military syndicate. One of these wives has now passed on. Information
on the trials by the US government of the errant companies are regularly
posted on the website of the United States Department of Justice, a
transparency that would be anathema to the type of corrupt government that
you epitomize.
It is against American law for American companies and subsidiaries to
bribe foreign governments. The Obama administration is aware of the damage
corruption wreaks on the daily lives of ordinary people, particularly in
Africa and , happily, people like you cannot accuse him of racism, for he
is a president with African blood.
This present American administration is not shy about prosecuting American
companies who corrupt African leaders. Three relevant recent postings on
the US Department of Justice website were on 11 Feb, 2009, 28 Jun 2010,
and 7 Jul 2010. In the posting of the 7 Jul 2010, the United States
Department of justice in a subtitle of its detailed posting said; "$1.28
billion in total criminal penalties has been obtained to date for the
scheme to bribe Nigerian government officials to obtain contracts."
You were recognized as one of those bribes recipients in an official
Federal Nigerian official document. Have you ever stopped to think of the
possibility that these huge fines totaling $1.28 billion could have been
put in the bloated total contract cost of $6 billion?
Shame on you Olusegun Obasanjo for the graft you and your comrades are
alleged to have received in this daylight robbery of, first the people of
the Niger Delta and second, the other Nigerians.
It is alleged that you, Olusegun Obasanjo, Abubakar Atiku, and Funso
Kupolokun shared a sum of$74 million of the $180mn Halliburton bribe and
that you, additionally, received a sum of $5 million for your corrupt
party, the PDP, destined to rule Nigeria forever! But remember that man
proposes but God disposes. The Day of Judgment will come and could very
well be around the corner.
America prosecuted the companies that broke her laws and has even jailed
for seven years the chief executive officer of Halliburton, Albert Jack
Stanley. Nigeria is not bold enough to prosecute her citizens who demanded
and received the bribes.
These so-called leaders including four former heads of state and one
civilian head of a so-called interim national government concocted by
Ibrahim Babangida are deemed just too big to be prosecuted like some Wall
Street investment banks in New York were deemed too big to fail in the
recent economic melt-down.
It is quite possible that President Goodluck Jonathan does not even
understand why he occupies his present position and so may not have the
forthrightness to be on the right side of history and let the rule of law
prevail and have Nigeria's attorney general prosecute you and your
renegade military syndicate and the oil block elite you have spawned.
A reformer he is not and he seems to prefer remaining in good standing
with the Old Guard. This is a lost opportunity for him and what a sad
I take you on your words that you really don't read Nigerian newspapers.
In a scathing article dated 28 Jun 2010 carried in the Nigerian newspaper,
Daily Independent, Rev Father Kukah stated that he would have loved to
have you arraigned and prosecuted.
Here were his words: "Obasanjo would never be the President of Nigeria
again but we should be con cerned if Obasanjo deserves to go to prison.
Vilifying him doesn't give us electric power; it also doesn't get us the
criminals that have taken our money, wherever they are. I would have loved
to have Obasanjo brought to trial, because then we would know the truth."
In that same article, other scandalous and criminal conducts during your
eight years of corrupt and duplicitous rule were documented. These
included the fraud in the Nigerian Ports Authority involving one member of
your gang, Bode George, a member of your renegade military syndicate. You
fought tooth and nail to thwart his prosecution while you were president.
He had to await his day in court after you left office. He was found
guilty and convicted and he is now serving prison time in Kirikiri, Lagos.
There was the miscarriage of justice in the case of embezzlement of over
$3 million from the Ministry of Justice leveled against your relative, Dr.
Julius Makanjuola.
Here your att orney general at that time, Godwin Kanu Agabi, shocked
Nigerians when on the day judgment was to be delivered; he filed a nolle
prosequi (abandonment of prosecution). What a shameful travesty and
bludgeoning of justice.
Is the Nigerian public unaware of how you and your deputy allegedly
treated the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) like a personal
piggy bank from where you were alleged to have purchased expensive cars
for your women? And what about the Transnational Corporation of Nigeria,
(TRANSCORP) which you nurtured and then went on, as alleged, to acquire
millions of her shares while still a sitting president?
Public morality and probity mean nothing to you. You should be ashamed of
yourself. Only a criminal trial of you and your accomplices can drain the
swamp and identify the thieves. And we hope Dr. Jonathan will not ask his
attorney general to file a nolle prosequi to get you or any other
miscreant off the hook. There is no smoke witho ut fire.
My home country, your home country and that of 150 million people,
Nigeria, is in a deep moral crisis. Indeed, where has all the money gone,
Olusegun Obasanjo? Why did you shamefully enable the rise of the lazy,
corrupt, and idle oil block elite? Why, why, why are you so disdainful of
most Nigerians? We are truly at a fork in the road. Falsehood is on the"
throne" in our land of Nigeria and truth is on the "scaffold". Olusegun
Obasanjo, where has all the money gone?
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Gambian Police Arrest 11 in Drug Bust - A FP (World Service)
Wednesday August 11, 2010 12:21:05 GMT
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Report Says Armed Hoodlums Besiege Bayelsa State, Killing, Maiming
Report by Anthony Akaeze and Godfrey Azubike: "On Tenterhooks" - Newswatch
Wednesday August 11, 2010 17:47:11 GMT
as hoodlums lays siege to the state, killing and maiming people.
The statistics is disturbing: no less than 12 persons lost their lives in
separate gun attacks in just one week in Bayelsa State. And the deaths
seemed to follow a similar pattern - unknown assailants stalked and
swooped on their victims and hack them to death.
The deaths shocked and frightened many inhabitants of the state as no one
knows who will be the next victim. By last week, even with the deployment
of soldiers to some parts of the state to maintain peace and security,
many residents of the state still lived in fear, wondering when
gang-related violence would be a thing of the past in Bayelsa.
But violence in the state is probably connected with political happenings
as some politicians from the state have, at various times, been at
loggerheads over political development in the oil-rich state. There are
suspicions that politicians in the state either fuel or sponsor the
Although the latest incidents led to the death of no l ess than 12 persons
in just one week, there have been attacks in different parts of the state
in the last two months, from Yenegoa, the capital to the hinterlands.
Apart from the known deaths, the homes of some prominent Bayelsa indigenes
have also been attacked.
The areas attacked include houses or properties belonging to Peremobowei
Ebebi, the immediate past deputy governor, Nestor Binabo, the speaker of
the state House of Assembly, Amalate. J. Turner, the chairman of the
Federal Inland Waterways, Benson Ebeni, a retired army major, and most
recently, Reginald Dede, the state Environmental Sanitation Authority
Following these acts of criminality in the state, the Save Nigeria Group,
in the last week of July, staged a protest expressing its displeasure over
insecurity in the state.
Anyakwee Nsirirnoyu, the chairman of the Niger Delta Civil Society
Coalition, in his reaction, said that the group was worried by political
violence in Bay elsa State. He believes that the violence was politically
instigated and called on the federal government to urgently take steps to
tame the known "political merchants of violence" in Bayelsa State.
In tandem, Miriki Ebikibina, the acting state chairman of Action Congress
of Nigeria (CAN), in the wake of the recent attacks, called on the federal
government to declare a state of emergency in Bayelsa State. Ebikibina
said that series of attacks in the state by unknown gunmen which left more
than 12 persons dead and properties destroyed within one week was not only
terrifying and barbaric, but unacceptable.
He added that the incidents were proof of the breakdown of law and order
in the state which calls for the declaration of a state of emergency as a
way of defending and protecting the lives of innocent and defenseless
citizens of the state. He said that no responsible government would sit
back and watch helplessly while armed men and criminals ho ld the state to
But the Bayelsa State government reacted and said that those calling for a
state of emergency did not mean well for the state. Nathan Egba, the
commissioner for information, strategy, and orientation, told Newswatch
last week that those calling for a state of emergency in the state are
doing so because of what they hope to reap.
It is "ill timed, wicked, unnecessary, and very unpatriotic of the acting
ACN chairman," he said, to canvass for a state of emergency. Although he
admitted that the spate of attacks in the state is unfortunate, Egba,
nonetheless, said that the security situation in the state does not
warrant any declaration of a state of emergency, as security agencies are
working hard to bring the situation under control.
Rather than give the impression that it was acting out a pre-conceived
agenda, Egba said the the ACN boss, should join other well meaning Bayelsa
residents to proffer solution to the c urrent unfortunate situation in the
He told the magazine that the attacks were being masterminded by people
who do not want the Timipre Sylva-led government to succeed. Apart from
seeking to give the impression that the state government is unable to
bring about peace in the state, Egba alleged that the sponsors of mayhem
through their activities, want to sabotage the efforts of a government
that has worked hard to ensure that peace and security returned to the
state after the success of the amnesty program which it helped to achieve.
"Now some people see the success of the amnesty program as a threat to
their ambition and they are beginning to orchestrate all these things that
we are seeing in order to make the area look unsafe. The attacks on the
country homes of prominent indigenes of the state, including that of the
governor's uncle at Okpoama, the Speaker at Okumbiri and that of the
former deputy governor, as well as the chairman of the Fe deral Inland
Waterways, King. A. J. Turner, seem designed to attract negative media
attention to the state," Egba said.
The attacks are happening at a time the Bayelsa State government is
preparing to welcome Goodluck Jonathan, the nation's president to the
state. But Egba insists that the state government is working assiduously
to bring peace back.
This, it hopes to achieve by liaising and exchanging ideas with
ex-militants, the youths, and vigilante groups across the various
communities to devise ways of improving security across the state. "The
Bayelsa State government under Timipre Sylva would not fold its arms and
watch the hard-earned peace destroyed by some people for reasons known
only to them," he added.
This threat to peace in Bayelsa State is not a recent occurrence. It
predates even the Sylva administration but has in recent times, assumed
serious dimension. It was not uncommon to hear or read about kidnappings
or of c lashes between rival armed gangs and bombings or threat of bombing
targeted at certain individuals in the state.
For instance, in May this year, it was reported that the people of
Egbebiri community in Biseni clan in the Yenagoa local government area of
Bayelsa State were suddenly gripped with fear due to the invasion of their
community by over 200 youths.
According to reports, the youths, who were armed with dangerous weapons,
left in their trail, one burnt house with 15 people injured, while the
health centre that served the whole clan was vandalized and patients
forcefully discharged."
In another report in June, the state police command confirmed that two
separate explosions took place in the state. "The police yesterday
confirmed the two separate explosions in Yenagoa, the commissioner of
police, Onuoha Udeka, said that one of the explosions occurred in a house
sharing the same fence with that of Ebebi's.
He said that the second occurred between Etegwe Primary School and White
Eagle Hotel at Etegwe in the state capital." Barely a week after the
explosion in the country home of Ebebi, the former deputy governor, Mike
Wenibowei, an aide to Sylva, "escaped a second assassination attempt in
Wenibowei, a senior special assistant to Sylva on conflict resolution had
in 2009, escaped with bullet wounds that shattered his legs in an
assassination attempt near his residence.
Ebebi is a known adversary of Sylva. There has been no love lost between
the two since they emerged as governor and deputy governor of Bayelsa
State respectively. This led to Ebebi being impeached by the State House
of Assembly. While the acrimonious relationship lasted, Ebebi was seen by
many to be Jonathan's right hand man.
But with his impeachment, the political equation is believed to have
changed in Sylva's favor. Sylva's relationship with the president is now
thought to be chummy. This new found friendship may not be unconnected
with Jonathan's 2011 ambition.
Sylva is part of the South-South governors who are favorably disposed to
Jonathan running for the presidential ticket next year. For that, Jonathan
considers him a valuable asset as campaigns for 2011 gradually gathers
That the tense political climate in Bayelsa fuels crisis in the state is
not in doubt, but the extent to which this has led to, an upsurge in
attacks and death is unclear. What is, however, clear is that there has
been no let-up as current attacks on the likes of Dede, the chairman of
the state's Environmental Sanitation Authority have shown.
The attack on Dede's home happened on 30 Jul and the hoodlums reportedly
carted away money including foreign currency from his house. While some
accounts put the stolen money at N400 million, others said that it was
between N300 and N350 million.
In its reaction to the incident, the Action Congress of Nigeria urged the
state government to investigate the incident and ensure that necessary
action is taken against the victim if the rumor about the theft of the
huge sum is confirmed to be true. The party is not alone. The National
Union of Political Parties has also asked the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission to investigate the robbery case in Dede's country home
in Akassa.
But Dede has dismissed the reports, describing them as untrue. He said
that he was shocked to hear that N400 million was collected from his
house. Giving a breakdown of his loss, Dede said that the thieves stole
N300,000 and $3,000 in cash, a 75 horsepower speed boat which cost him
N2.5 million and another 15 horsepower speed boat he bought for N350, 000.
Dede said that he was in Yenegoa while the hoodlums broke the windscreen
of his car, destroyed doors and other valuable properties in the house.
"They moved into the house and ransacked it. According to security men,
the hoodlums were up to 20 and armed with sophisticated guns.
"I don't know what they were looking for. I sense that there was political
motive behind it all," he told Newswatch.
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Jonathan Writes to Legislature To Approve $5.242-Billion External Loan
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Wednesday August 11, 2010 10:13:52 GMT
1. The struggle for the soul of the presidency ahead of 2011 took another
dimension yesterday with the socio-political umbrella body of the north,
the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) calling on political parties to field
northern presidential candidates in the 2011 general elections. This came
at a time when the South-South geopolitical zone recently endorsed
President Goodluck Jonathan and promised to give him "undiluted and total
support." (p 2; 200 words)
2. Former military administrator of Lagos State, Brig-Gen. Buba Marwa
(retd), yesterday promised to lead a campaign across the nation for the
emergence of President Goodluck Jonathan as president in 2011. He also
said that the ultimate decision on zoning of the presidency lies with the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). (p 2; 200 words)
3. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has been declared innocent of
allegations of having a hand in the circumstances that led to the arrest
and ongoing trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor at the
International Criminal Court in the Hague. Former aide to Obasanjo, Chief
Femi Fani-Kayode, while reacting to the controversy his article on the
issue generated, explained that the sentiments he expressed must have been
misunderstood. (p 5; 200 words)
4. The Senate yesterday grudgingly approved the sum of N87,721,961,531 for
the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to enable it conduct
the 2011 general elections. The Senate defied the President's request as
it went ahead to prune the demand down to N87.7 billion from N89.59
billion. (p 5; 200 words)
5. Zamfara State Governor, AlhajiMahmud Aliyu Shinkafi has said that the
state government will drag the former governor of the state, Senator Ahmad
Sani Yarima to court for causing uproar in the state. In a special
broadcast to the people of the state yesterda y, Governor Mahmud Shinkafi
accused Senator Ahmad Yarima of instigating violence in the state. (p 9;
200 words)
6. President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday expressed anger and concern over
the failure of the National Assembly to pass the Anti-Terrorism and
Anti-Money Laundering (Amendment) bills despite his appeals both in
writing and physical contact with the Leadership of the upper chamber. (p
11; 200 words)
7. For Nigeria to shore up its dwindling crude oil and condensate reserve
and grow it to 40 billion barrel target in December 2010, the
president-elect of the Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists,
Mr. Jide Ojo, said the federal government must grant incentives to
companies to encourage exploration. (p 13; 200 words)
Kaduna New Nigerian in English -- federal government owned daily
1. The Managing Director, Nigeria Communication Satellite (NIGCOMSAT), Mr
Timasaniyu Rufai said in Abuja yesterday that the NigeriaSat-1R project
has rea ched 70 per cent completion stage. NigeriaSat-1R is a replacement
satellite for the lost NigeriaSat-1, which disappeared from orbit in 2008
after its launch in 2003.(p 2; 200 words)
2. About 100 youths yesterday stormed and forced members of the Arewa
Consultative Forum (ACF) in Kaduna believed to be against zoning out of
the secretariat where they converged to discuss issues affecting the
region. (p 5; 200 words)
Lagos Guardian in English - Independent Daily
1. Northern elders, under the aegis of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF)
on Tuesday urged all political parties in the country to ensure that
Northern candidates are fielded in the 2011 presidential election as they
put their weight behind the zoning and rotational arrangements which they
believe would enable the north produce the next president. (p 2; 200
2. The Federal Government has inaugurated two committees to address the
multifarious challenges and develop strategies to tackle i dentified
weaknesses facing the health sector in Nigeria. (p 3; 200 words)
3. Despite increased presence of security agents in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa
State capital and its environs, armed youths have continued to launch
attacks on the homes of prominent personalities and politicians. The
latest attack in the early hours of Monday was on the palace of the
traditional ruler of Nembe in Nembe Local Council, King Edmond Daukoru. (p
5; 200 words)
4. Uncertainty reigns everywhere. No one is again sure of when next the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP's) axe will fall. Or on whom. And the
leadership of the party says ongoing reforms will continue with an
assurance that no member will be victimised. PDP governors, who are
allegedly being schemed out the party's affairs, met in Abuja last night
to strategise on how to weather the storm in the party. (p 7; 200 words)
5. Arrangements have been concluded by the Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC) to prosecute 260 pe rsons suspected to be guilty of
various offences including insider dealings within the troubled Nigerian
Stock Exchange (NSE). (p 9; 200 words)
6. The Federal Government's plan to grow Nigeria's oil reserve to at least
40 billion barrels could still be achieved if the country initiates
policies that would back its planned target, according to the President of
the Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists (NAPE), Mr. Isaac
Arowolo. (p 15; 200 words)
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Port Harcourt The Neighborhood in English -- privately owned daily1.
Report by Nathan Pepple says that the traditional rulers and elders of the
coastal communities of Twon Brass in Brass Local Government Area of
Bayelsa State have raised alarm over the threat posed by the gradual
depletion of the shorelines of their area by the Atlantic Ocean. They are
also saying that the 12 billion dollars Brass Liquefied Natural Gas plant
would be submerged by the syringe ocean, warning that failure to check the
rampaging damage may cost the nation the expected gas resources from the
Brass LNG. The community leaders of Brass Local Government, in a letter to
Presi dent Goodluck Jonathan, said though past efforts by the federal and
state governments at checking the rising menace were feeble and of no
effect, the decision to alert the federal government on the state of the
coastlines was targeted at saving the nation from losing the Gas Export
Terminal and the LNG gas plant in the area. (p 1; 330 words)2. Report by
Austin Ilechi says that barely 24 hours after the newly elected council
chairmen in Imo State were sworn in by Governor Ikedi Ohakim, an
opposition group in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), otherwise known as
Imo Alliance for Good Governance, Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA) and a
group of aggrieved PDP chairmanship and councillorship aspirants have
drawn a battle line with the governor. Addressing journalists in Owerri,
the state capital, yesterday the chairman of the Alliance Group, Dr. Alex
Obi, condemned last Saturday's election which he said was conducted in
defiance of the advice of the national leadership of the P DP. Obi made
reference to a recent court ruling that declared the PDP primaries and the
eventual candidates emanating from the exercise illegal and stated that
his group would continue to fight the alleged injustice perpetrated by
Ohakim's government. (p 3; 290 words)3. Report by correspondent says that
in an effort to meet the power needs of Nigerians, President Goodluck
Jonathan has approved the construction of a 3.5 billion dollars national
super grid that will address most of the country's current power
transmission problems. The plan, according to him, will raise the
country's generation capacity from its present position to 6,939 megawatt
by April 2010 and 14,019 megawatt by December 2013. This was the
projection by the Presidential Task Force on Power which met yesterday at
the Aso Villa to step up efforts at meeting the target. According to a
statement, presidential spokesman, Ima Niboro, said the new 700KV super
grid which will be completed in four years at a projec ted cost of 3.5
billion dollars was expected to fulfill Nigeria's need to transmit
increasing amounts of power across vast distances which the existing
330/132KV grid cannot meet. (p 5; 275 words)4. Report by correspondent
says that as part of efforts to ensure the success of the federal
government aspiration on steady electric power supply across the country,
the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has expressed its
commitment to ensure adequate gas supply to the power plants in every nook
and cranny of the country. The group managing director of the corporation,
Austin Oniwon, made the commitment when the governor of Bayelsa State,
Timipre Sylva paid him a courtesy call in his office. Oniwon said power is
the benchmark of most developed industrial economies in the world and as
part of the corporation's commitment to support the federal government
aspiration on power; the NNPC is doing everything humanly possible to
ensure uninterrupted supply of gas to power. (p 8; 295 words)5. Report by
Bisi Ojediran says that opposition and pro-democracy groups in Bayelsa are
angry over the visit of the newly posted Resident Electoral Commissioner
of INEC to the state, Gabriel Ada, to Governor Timipre Sylva at Government
House, Yenagoa, as he assumed office in the state last week. It was
gathered that Ada had during the visit sought Sylva' s assistance for
security and logistics ahead of the 14 August, 2010, bye-election for
constituency 2 into the state House of Assembly, his first major task.
Sylva was said to have assured Ada that his administration would provide
"legitimate" security and logistics to ensure that the bye-election was
successful and hitch free. But the Action Congress and the Save Nigeria
Group in the state faulted the Ada's visit to the governor, emphasizing
that his call on Sylva was questionable in its entirety. (p 11; 300 words)
Port Harcourt Niger Delta Standard in English -- privately owned daily1.
Report by Vin Madukwe says that the Action Congress in Bayelsa State has
told Governor Timipre Sylva that his purported plan to cross-carpet to the
party to realize his second term ambition would not be as cheap as it is
in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The AC said if Sylva was interested
in seeking its membership, then he must be prepared to subject himself to
the internal democratic processes of the party. The state chairman of AC,
Ebikibina Miriki, stated this yesterday while reacting to reports
indicating Sylva's planned defection to the opposition party. (p 1; 290
words)2. Report by correspondent says that the Environment Rights
Action(ERA)/Friends of the Earth have accused Chevron Nigeria Limited of
attempting to evade liability over the Ekpan Oil Spill that has destroyed
fish farms worth about 100 million naira. ERA's spokesman, Phillip Jakpor,
told newsmen that Chevron's denial of responsibility for the spill was
typical of oil corporations' attitude whenever they po llute communities
in the Niger Delta. "It is their culture to either deny responsibility for
spills or under-represent the actual volume of oil spilled in the
environment at any given time. Our worry however, is that we are surprised
that claims about a joint investigation purportedly carried out is coming
only from Chevron. Why has government agencies not come out to confirm or
debunk what the fish farmers are saying? The fiasco playing out here is
the same oil industry antics of evading liability for spills". (p 4; 310
words)3. Report by correspondent says that a political and pressure group
called, Jonathan Success Movement (JSM) working for the emergence of
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan as the next president of Nigeria in 2011
has been inaugurated in Delta state. The Delta state chapter of the group
which was inaugurated at Peemos Place, Warri on Saturday, 7 August, 2010
by one of its national officers, Victor Orubebe is made up of men and
women who have vo lunteered themselves, sacrificed their time, resources
and materials for a cause geared towards the actualization of Dr. Jonathan
becoming the president in 2011. Inaugurating the state executive of the
group, Orubebe said that the aims of the group is to spread like wild fire
the achievements of President Goodluck Jonathan in his few months in
office. (p 6; 290 words)4. Editorial comment says that the vulnerability
of the people of the Niger Delta to the continuous flaring of gas over the
decades by the multinational oil companies reveals, yet again, the federal
government's lack of political will to enforce relevant laws on the issue.
It also confirms the dismal failure of regulatory authorities to perform
their statutory functions, worsened by endemic corruption. From Obunagha,
Kolo Creek and Obama villages, all in Bayelsa State, through Ebocha in
Rivers State to Ekpene Obo community in Cross River State, it is a similar
tale of the debilitating health hazards posed by gas flared from the flow
stations. We feel a pang of revulsion each time sickly victims are shown
on television screens, bemoaning their preventable woes. Residents of the
oil-producing communities have continued to inhale the poisonous gases
while those who are supposed to act collude with the oil companies by
recurrently shifting the goal post on the deadline for stopping the menace
of gas flaring. (p 10; 300 words)5. Report by Timothy Elendu says that the
NigeriaSat-1R project has reached 70 percent completion stage, managing
director, Nigeria Communication Satellite (NIGCOMSAT), Timasaniyu Rufai
said yesterday. NigeriaSat-1R is a replacement satellite for the lost
NigeriaSat-1, which disappeared from orbit in 2008 after its launch in
2003. Rufai told reporters on the sideline of the 2010 Science and
Technology Summit that the country, however, did not have the facility to
launch the satellite from home. He said that although the agency had been
directed by the Minister of S cience and Technology, Prof. Mohammed
Abubakar, to launch the satellite from Nigeria, ``this will be impossible
because of the lack of a proper launch centre". Rufai added: ``We have a
lot of trained engineers, but launching satellite is not about having the
competence to assemble. We need a clean room, Assembly, Integration and
Testing (AIT) room, where the satellite will be assembled. (p 12; 250
Port Harcourt The Tide in English -- daily owned by the Rivers State
Newspaper Corporation1. Report by correspondent says that the Abia State
House of Assembly has given Governor Theodore Orji its support to join the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The deputy speaker of the assembly, Alwell
Asiforo Okere, said the governor has the support of the House. Okere said:
"The truth is that Orji has given PDP some terms for joining it. "One of
the visible steps taken by PDP is the dissolution of the state executive
council to ensure that the governor has a st ake in the party."If all
demands are met, I don't see what stops Orji from moving to PDP. Such a
move will bring Abia stakeholders under one roof. In the last three years,
it has been from one tribunal to another. We are tired of the bitter
politics that is going on in the state". (p 1; 260 words)2. Report by Uju
Amuta says that former energy minister, Edmund Daukoru, Mingi XII of Nembe
in Bayelsa State has become the latest victim of the cycle of violence
traumatizing Bayelsa as his palace was attacked by armed youths last
weekend. A community source disclosed that the marauding youths who
approached Nembe in speedboats, stormed the palace at about midnight and
stole the staff of office and some artifacts including the 'sacred sword'
of Nembe during the raid. The source said part of the palace was destroyed
during the attack but that the monarch had been away for some weeks before
the attack. Although the state police command has assured that it is on
top of the r ecent security breach which followed in the heels of the
violence and bloodshed that has engulfed the state in the past two weeks,
residents have continued to live in fear. (p 3; 290 words)3. Report by
correspondent says that the federal government has set up an
inter-ministerial committee to involve the private sector in its efforts
to find a lasting solution to youth unemployment. The minister of youth
development, Akinlabi Olasunkanmi, made the plan known yesterday at the
opening ceremony of the International Youth Week Celebration with the
theme: 'Dialogue and Mutual Understanding'. According to the minister, the
Goodluck Jonathan administration has taken steps to reduce the challenge
of unemployment among youths. Olasunkanmi said: "This administration is
doing everything possible to reduce the challenge of unemployment among
our youths. An inter-ministerial committee was recently set up by the
president to integrate the private sec tor in the efforts to find a last
ing solution to this menace. The president has set the tone for this by
his ongoing dialogue with young people on the best policy direction the
country should take and this initiative has reconfirmed him as a pro-youth
and new generation leader." (p 5; 265 words)4. Report by Andy Osakwe says
that a Federal High Court in Abuja has been asked to declare the
amendments made on the 1999 constitution of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria by the national assembly illegal since the procedure dictated by
the constitution to achieve it was violated. In a suit filed by human
right activist, Bamidele Aturu (as plaintiff), with the national assembly
and the Attorney General of the federation as 1st and 2nd defendants
respectively, the court was urged to declare that the purported passing of
the Bill or Act to alter or amend the constitution 1999 by the 1st
defendant before the approval of the proposal to alter or amend the
constitution by the resolution of two-thirds of the states Ass embly as
void, unconstitutional, and therefore void. The court was asked to declare
also that the alteration or modification by the states assembly of the
proposal sent to them by the 1st defendant was not cognizable under the
1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and had terminated or
aborted the process of altering the provisions of the constitution of
Nigeria as stipulated in Section 9 of the constitution. (p 7; 210 words)5.
Report by correspondent says that the senate yesterday hurriedly passed
the 87.721 billion naira supplementary budget for the compilation of a
fresh voters' register for the 2011 elections and other requirements by
the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) without comprehensive
scrutiny of its fiscal provisions. Lawmakers approved the controversial
budget after lamenting that they were under pressure and had no option
than to pass it despite their reservations on some of its provisions.
They, however, dropped the contentious 13 billion naira profit margin for
the purchase of the direct data capture machine. The hasty passage came on
the backdrop of the insistence by INEC chairman, Professor Attahiru Jega,
that the money must be released to the commission not later than today, 11
August, 2010, if the 2011 elections must hold.The senate suspended its
rules71 and 81 to pass the budget through first, second and final readings
at one sitting. A breakdown of the budget shows that out of the 87.7
billion naira, 61.911 billion naira has been earmarked for capital
expenditure while 25.810 billion naira is approved for recurrent
expenditure. (p 10; 240 words)
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Wanted dictator Shao Tin Pu who waged war in the Ukrane!. Wanted dictator who waged war in the Ukraine. Presumably hiding in China. Left dictator's dog Koni and right dictator's Press Attache Dmitri Peskov. It will happen in 2016 or earlier.
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nice Imagination..Looks Good in the costume...
Great blending. On the right is Putin's Press Attache Dmitry Peskov with his hair shaved.
Easy to hide with those dresses in china.
But not with those faces and not sure China needs them.
Funny Wants better ties
he wants better ties
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Oh, now he wants better ones. He does not the worse ones like during the Bush Jr. presidency
Funny Canadian Wants To Change The Flag
Let's hope D-Man can get his way.
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Ask Pam for the left, ask Suarez for the rigt.
D-man is our most beloved Canadian and this chop is brilliant.
Congrats on the gold, Paulster. The credits are paid in Canadian dollars in this contest
Thanks, everyone. Oh no...not CANADIAN dollars, Newsy. .
Golden Congratulations, Paul. A splendid Canadian chop, and that little moose D-Man is working with is a great touch..
Hahahahaha.....love it, I was away in the USA celebrating the Canada Day Holiday......Excellent Job Doctor Paulie
Wham, Bam, Thank Ya Mam the best on here for a while.
Thanks, D-Man. Thanks, Elegary. Thanks, Armatien. Thanks, dd.
Congratulations # 2. Great work as usual.
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Jay Carney Unexpectedly Resigns
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, looks like that birdie symbolizes twitter. Excellent work
Thanks Balodiya, Luciano. Thanks NewsMaster, great thought about the twitter birdie, but must admit I was thinking of the "Bluebird of Happiness" trying to cheer Jay up. From the 1946 Disney song "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah"("Mr.Bluebird on my Shoulder") Really showing my age huh.
Funny Anyone else wants some coffee ?
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Hahahaha I love it. Your stuff is always clean as a whistle
Funny Wanted Twinkie The Kid
I personally mourn the loss of my beloved original TwinkiesThe new twinkies don't taste the same,less filling,stale,weird texture.Imposter twinkies is what we have now.
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Clever... and sad in a way. Perhaps they will bring back the old Twinkes taste one day. We can only hope
wanted not for punishment but for awarding
Funny Heisenberg Wanted
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I just started watching Breaking Bad... Love this.. Like the Heisenberg... classic.
Funny Wanted: Conservative Jesus
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Lol the toast, funny and well executed concept.
Don't be offended if I don't stand very close to you in a thunderstorm Hahaha Congrats on the woody, Jim. It is a little strange that any party would align Jesus as ... like some sort of a mascot. I don't agree with the practice. I think it would offend Jesus to be used thusly.
Thanks everyone... Hits... I actually agree with you wholeheartedly, just thought I had a sort of funny concept and went with it. I really was using stereotypes. If it's offensive or hits you the wrong way, then it was never my intention to offend. Just trying to come up with a concept that was different.
Also, I wasn't using it as a mascot, I was using political religious views on Jesus as satire.
Congratz on the cup Jim. An Original. I'll be backing away now. There have been rumors of lightning boltz in this area.
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"wreckless" should be spelled reckless. Plenty of time to correct it.
Interesting work. Would be nice to chop the central photo in it too
Funny Maher Wants To Kick Out A Congressman
Bill Maher wants to use his television show and his viewers to help oust a sitting member of Congress.
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Master caricature, but he'll need more to move an ass from a chair
Awesome job... good caricature and a well blur and wavey effects... great job
Congrats on the three trophies, Doc. Nice chop
Thanks, Nigel. Thanks, Tim. Thanks, Newsy.
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Ukraine's ousted president Victor Yanukovich is the country's #1 wanted man - the Ukrainian police are distributing "wanted" posters across the country. Anyone who sees the runaway prez or knows his whereabouts is asked to contact the local police office. Meanwhile Russia said they are ready to give Yanukovich political asylum. Take any celebrity, politician, animal (or any object) and make a "wanted" poster of it. Here's a good example by GarRobMil, and another good example by unlimitededitions.
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On January 17, 1899, in Brooklyn, New York, a boy was born to Italian immigrant parents, Gabriele Capone and Teresina Raiola. Named Alphonse ("Al"), he grew up to become the America's most notorious mobster. Despite his criminal record, Al Capone spent at least 20% of his criminal money on charity and was seen as a modern-day Robin Hood by many people. Capone became a cultural icon and his criminal mastermind, lifestyle and look gave the inspiration for many books and movies. To recall the old gangster times, take any celebrity or politician and make a "wanted" poster of your subject. Show us what "crimes" or activities your victim could be wanted for. Here's a good example by GarRobMil, and another good example by unlimitededitions.
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Perhaps the most famed, and feared, of all the Depression-era outlaws were Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow. Their murder sprees, bank robberies and jailbreaks captivated the nation during one of the most downtrodden times in American history. Proving just how fabled and illustrious the dangerous duo was, Bonnie and Clyde's guns sold at auction for $504,000 this weekend. A gold pocket watch found on Barrow's body sold for $36,000. Other items included a 1921 Morgan silver dollar taken from Barrow's jacket fetched $32,400, and one of Parker's silk stockings, taken from the couple's car after their death, which went for $11,400. Private collectors also sell the original Bonnie & Clyde Wanted posters issued in 1934 around $1500 a piece. Take any celebrity, politician, animal (or any object) and make a "wanted" poster of it. Here's a good example by GarRobMil, and another good example by unlimitededitions.
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This Sunday is the 121st birthday of Alphonse Gabriel "Al" Capone - one of the world's most famous gangsters in history. Despite his criminal actions, Al Capone became a cultural icon and his criminal mastermind, lifestyle and look gave the inspiration for many books and movies. To mark the 121st birthday of Al Capone, take any celebrity, politician, or animal and make a "wanted" poster of it. Here's a good example by GarRobMil, and another good example by unlimitededitions.
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Photoshop this wanted poster image (click to download) any way you wish. Some examples are: putting people, animals or objects into this wanted poster, putting this wanted poster into some unusual environment, using the wanted poster image in advertisements, movies, paintings, etc. These are just some ideas. You have 3 days to submit your entry. Submitting it early will give you plenty of time to read the critique comments and edit your image accordingly. Many thanks to B S K and Stock Exchange for providing the source image.
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Extensive use of timber, made possible by a donation from the Rose family, establishes a bond with the region's history of lumber production. Fir and cherry wood paneling enhance the aesthetics and acoustics, along with state-of-the-art variable acoustics, sound systems and lighting.
The glass-enclosed lobby maximizes natural light, and creates a dramatic arrival experience for a variety of performances, rehearsals and exhibit events.
Underfloor radiating panels in the lobby help reduce the cost of heating and cooling the facility. A building automation system measures the amount of light coming into various spaces and adjusts the lighting, avoiding waste. Sensors in the offices and classrooms detect the presence of people, turning the lights on and off, and helping to offset the building's carbon footprint.
In 2010 the Hanson estate gifted a $3.5 million endowment to the Foundation for music scholarships, musical instruments, musical performances and grants to benefit the college's music programs.
In 2007 lifelong local music lovers Ken and Pat Hanson donated a Bosendorfer Imperial Grand Piano to the college, only one of three such pianos in the state.
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Concrete and masonry block make up the main walls of the building. This minimizes the transfer of sound in the performance spaces. The steel framing in the remainder of the building creates a light and open feeling in the building's interior spaces. The geological history of the site, which includes a high water table and layers of river sediment, required intensive site stabilization. Geopeirs were used on the sub grade to stabilize the sandy soils on the site. The geopeirs act as hundreds of stabilizers below the building and provide a firm foundation for the structure above. The wood used inside and out celebrates the region's connection to the lumber industry. Cedar siding adorns portions of the building while fir, maple and cherry panels add a touch of warmth and refinement to the public spaces. The incorporation of wood into the project was made possible by a generous donation from the Rose Family.
State of the art equipment in the classrooms with touch screens for overhead projection and video equipment allow for enhanced lectures. The building contains miles of wiring to support these capabilities. Audio from all of the performance spaces are wired to a centralized archival recording room and the recording studio.
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The 500 seat auditorium has state of the art variable acoustics, sound systems and lighting. To enhance the audience's experience and celebrate the local area, fir slats and cherry panels line the seating chamber. The fir panels on the cheek walls and ceiling improve the acoustics of the room.
The hall is lined with articulated maple panels designed to disperse sound waves evenly throughout the space. Variable acoustic curtains can be deployed at the touch of a button to change the acoustic setup of the room. This allows the room to adjust to the needs of a 40 piece orchestra, a jazz quartet or a single lecturer.
Twenty foot high walls allow ample space and complete flexibility for the display of art. The second level of the gallery is more intimate in nature and will display special items and the college's permanent collection, much of which has been donated. Natural light from a slot skylight gently illuminates the room to enhance the overall experience in the gallery.
The theatre/lecture hall has 120 seats and is designed as a thrust theater to enhance the audience's connection with the performance or lecture. The configuration allows for unlimited set-up flexibility for performances, while also working very well as a lecture and instructional space.
The walls are 12 inches thick and all surfaces are isolated from one another to prevent sound transfer. The floor is designed with one slab floating over the structural concrete deck to ensure minimal sound bleed from one floor to another.
Where Water Comes Together With Other Water by Portland artist Lucinda Parker is 40 feet long and 10 feet tall. After extensive research into the local area, Parker chose to create a piece that represents the confluence of five rivers in our region. The mural was included in the construction funds, as the Washington State Arts Commission requires that one half of one percent of any state facility be dedicated to art.
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pp.s I can't help but lol at black people trying to tell gays not to marry, when they themselves had no right to vote not even a hundred years ago, they are protesting just as the whites did.
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In Germany, however, there is this special intonation and metre people use when dealing with clients using indirect voice contact (meaning intercom, announcements, service telephones,...).
When an announcement begins, the speaker will start with a normal voice on the first syllable but then get higher on the following few syllables step by step to an unnaturally high pitch (maybe 5 semi-tones above there usual pitch). There, they will remain for at least half of the sentence. A classic example for this is "Meine Damen und Herren, bitte beachten Sie auch die folgende Durchsage..." that you hear on trains.
Then, approaching the end of an imaginary "paragraph", the person speaking will decrease their talking speed as they approach the end of the sentence. The last few syllables are spoken with increasing intensity and the last two syllables have this totally strange intonation nobody would ever use in everyday life: on the first one the voice pitches up by about - dunno - maybe a bit more than a semi-tone whilst the last syllable is falling by a bit more than the previous rise. "... dass wir unser Ziel in Kürze erreichen werden".
It is a common pattern that is used in public announcements and it is really annoying. We always make fun of it. But then again I guess that the intonation in announcements might be funny in every language, too.


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Ernie Banks was a man of the people, and people from all walks of life paid their respects to Mr. Cub during a public visitation Friday at Fourth Presbyterian Church in downtown Chicago.
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The faster introduction of generics will hardly help Randle. He takes mostly brand name drugs; when they are too expensive, the free medicine he gets while in the donut hole continues to tie him to drug companies' more expensive brands—which, of course, means higher mark-ups and market share.
Barack Obama's proposal
Obama would promote the use of generic drugs. OK, maybe Randle can go to Wal-Mart and cheaply fill some of his prescriptions with generics. Doctors would have to agree the generics would work well for him. Plus, he would need some consumer education to make the switch, and must be willing to give up the free drugs while he is in the donut hole. It would be a cost/benefit calculation. Obama would allow the federal government to negotiate prices of pharmaceuticals used by Medicare recipients. When Congress established the drug benefit, lawmakers banned the government from negotiating cheaper prices, as it does in the VA system. So far, Congress has failed to overturn the ban. If the new Congress can do that, the price of drugs for Randle might drop, and he wouldn't reach the donut hole as fast. But it's unclear whether price negotiation will affect the system's long-term fiscal health.
Since we don't know where the candidates stand on fixing the overall finances of Medicare, it's hard to say which candidate would help or hurt Randle the most. Cutting benefits to shore up the system would certainly pinch, since he would have to finance more care from his own slim income. Increasing premiums and copayments for certain Medicare services would also hurt him. One solution on the table is making wealthier beneficiaries pay more for their benefits, either through higher premiums or higher coinsurance, a move that some say leads to the further privatization of Medicare. Even if Congress defines "wealthy" as incomes around $50,000, which a few experts think could happen, Randle's very low income keeps him safe for now.


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The bumblebees are always attracted to my sunflowers, but this year, they've discovered the wonders of my shrimp plant and are constantly stuffing their fat little heads deep into the delicate flowers, leaving little nectar for the hummingbirds, I expect. They also like the Red Hot Sally salvia, which the hummingbirds have never sampled. Interestingly, I've never seen a bumblebee or any other bee on my feeders. Plenty of wasps, but never any bees. Oh well. At least I like bumblebees. :) |
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