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Chapter III
If the old popular wisdom that dictated that pets were much like their owners in personality was correct, there was no point arguing with Miss Black, Severus thought to himself. Much in the same way her cat simply did as it pleased, it was quite obvious Miss Black wouldn´t take no for an answer. Just as well, if anything her impromptu hospitality fit would provide him with an excellent opportunity to gather information. Just the day before Evelyn Black had knocked on his door, telling a most bizarre story that apparently involved his mother´s family and could just as well touch the Wizarding World. According to her she had just inherited her house from her late grandfather, who was, if she was to be believed, somehow related to the Prince family. Stranger still, Evelyn Black was in possession of a strange house deed, a document of a type most common in wizarding transactions. Inadvertently her bothersome black cat had provided him with a perfect opportunity to look into that matter.
But carrying shopping bags was not his idea of investigating. Nevermind, a little common courtesy would go a long way in helping his plans.
"Can you put those on the kitchen table, please" She told him, while clumsily taking bag after bag from the trunk. It was quite evident a lot of those were not just groceries and obviously too heavy to for her to carry unaided. He balanced the two relatively small grocery bags she had just given him on his left hand, doing his best to hold on to them with his still fully functioning fingers and walked over to where she stood. Silently, and without as much as looking at her, Severus picked up the heavier bags, balancing them on both hands to the best of his ability and marched into the house. A little startled, Evelyn picked up the other bags and closed the trunk, following him.
"Oh, wait..." she called out, coming after him, her heels briskly click-clacking onto the pavement. "It´s too heavy, you don´t have to carry all of them at the same ti..."
"I can manage" he spat out. If there was one thing Severus couldn´t stand was pity disguised as politeness.
They made their way into the living room just as Ciarán was climbing onto the peach colored damask couch, stretching lazily before settling for a nap. Severus scoffed at him as he walked by. Finally catching up to him, Evelyn walked past both of them and prompted Severus to follow her into the kitchen.
"Could you put those here, please" She told him softly, gesturing a cabinet next to the door. Then she washed her hands and started to move around, busy like a hyperactive bee, sorting groceries and putting them away and filling up a kettle with water. "Have a seat...tea will be ready in a minute...I have green tea and Lady Grey, what do you..."
"I´ll just have whatever you´re having..." He answered distractedly, walking back into the living room. There was a strong smell of cleaning products in the air, and the furniture was moved around and cardboard boxes were scattered about.
"Don´t mind the mess," she told him from the kitchen, her voice dancing over the clatter of porcelain and silverware. "I still haven´t had to time to finish cleaning..."
He didn´t answer and just kept walking around. There was no way Miss Black had brought all these objects with her and had them brought inside in less than twenty-four hours. The living room was fully decorated in a sumptuous Art Déco style, with lots of delicate and ornate pieces and works of art, with a soothing abundance of muted greens and pale pinks. Draperies, upholstering, rugs, everything looked vivid and fresh...as if the house had just been decorated. The sheer amount of stained glass letting the light pour inside, the scattered boxes, apparently filled with books and personal objects, and the smell of lime from the recent, yet unfinished, cleaning only added to the fresh, comfortable feel of a house ready to start a new life.
Severus walked over to the boxes, all already opened, but still unpacked. The personal objects didn´t interest him, and he would feel outright ashamed looking at them, so instead he directed his attention to the books. The absolute majority of the boxes were filled with them, making up for a personal library of rather respectable size. Letting his curiosity get the best of him he opened one and picked up the first book his eyes fell upon. It was a rather new and elegant hard cover edition with a very high quality dark green dust jacket. On it there was a very simple black design of a Celtic cross and a title in a sleek and elegant black lettering "Witch trials in Ireland: the untold history" He read the index and saw the book was divided on groups of specific trials by dates, spawning all the way from the XIV century to, much to his surprise, 1911. The last pages had an exhaustive compilation of references and bibliography. Looked like a book worth reading, he thought, looking for the name of the author on the cover.
"Author...Evelyn Black?" Severus did a bit of a double take and opened the book again, looking for the flap. There it was. A rather elegant black and white portrait of Evelyn black, looking positively scholarly in a dark blouse, her hair pulled away from her face in a neat braid. The seriousness of her face seemed to belie an inner sunnier disposition that could be seen from the brightness of her eyes, that the dull shades of grey chosen for the photo did nothing to diminish, and the hint of an impending smile that her tightly sealed lips did a poor job of hiding.
Severus looked over his shoulder to where she stood, distractedly setting the table. He followed her swift and agile movements, as her long fingers busied themselves with cups and plates, knives, forks and the most colourful array of breads, cheeses and muffins. She was completely relaxed, her red sweater laying abandoned on the back of a chair and her immaculate white t-shirt reflecting the light in a way rather unusual for the dull and dark Spinner´s End, forming a striking contrast with her dark hair, in such a way that her face looked far softer and more radiant than he remembered it from the previous day. Hard to imagine that sweet tea-and-muffins, happy go lucky model-home-maker prototype busily arranging muffins on a glass tray was a witchcraft expert. But then again, considering their previous conversation, Severus wouldn´t be at all surprised to find a higher than average intelligence in her. More than intelligence, if the whole story about her grandfather and her adamant pursuit of answers was anything to go by, Miss Black didn´t only have brains, but she might just as well have the officiousness to match. Brains and curiosity, the mark of an outstanding scholar. Still, he had to laugh at the notion that a muggle would actually study witchcraft... as if they could do anything other than scratch the surface.
"Tea is ready" she called out softly. He put the book back in the box and went into the kitchen. There he found a simple but nicely arranged table set, cups and plates of refined powder blue porcelain, cold cuts and cheese, some croissants arranged in a little basket and the famous muffins, apparently in variety flavours. He wondered if it was just because she had a guest or if Evelyn Black actually made a ritual out of every meal.
"Sit down, please..." She poured him some tea. "Lady Grey.... I´m sorry I didn't have Assam..."
"It´s ok."
"Once again forgive me about Ciarán..." She took his plate and proceeded to put some slices of cheese on it, without as much as asking him if he wanted it.
"Miss Black, please. Just the tea is quite enough"
"Oh, but you must try this. You know, I walked all over the neighbourhood looking for some place that sold good Irish cheese, but alas there doesn´t seem to be a wide variety of products avaible around here. Such luck I found this Burren Gold. It´s produced in Clare, you must try it..."
"No, really, please, don´t bother..." He was starting to get slightly alarmed as she served him a croissant and a muffin.
"Chocolate or blueberry?"
"I don´t really like swe..." he breathed in trying not to get angry "...blueberry"
"I wish I had something fresher to serve, but I was so busy with the cleaning that baking was out of question. I hope those are good. I heated them up a bit. Would you like some butter?"
"No, thank you. It´s all perfectly fine like this..." Severus studied her jovial expression as she sat down and proceeded to fill her own plate. She was simply "at home", in every sense of the expression. Whomever was to walk in at that exactly moment and saw them having tea and discussing Irish cheese and muffin flavours might actually mistake them for old friends, instead of neighbours that had met just the day before. The familiarity was completely disturbing to him, this little chit chat over afternoon tea was simply too surreal...He felt like he had just walked into one of those obnoxious domestic-bliss-selling margarine commercials. He wondered if the woman sitting across the table was actually this genuinely nice and welcoming or if she was just plain crazy.
"As I was saying...I´m really sorry about Ciarán. He´s not used to being left alone. My last boyfriend worked from home, so Ciarán really misses having someone around...I do think I´ve been babying the little fellow a bit too much lately. I hope he hasn´t disturbed you too much..." Her brogue was more evident than ever now.
"Not too much, no..." He lied. "Your...uhm...decoration is quite interesting."
"It´s not mine, actually. Everything was already here when I arrived. But I´m thinking about keeping it just the way it is. It´s absolutely lovely. But it was the most bizarre thing to find everything untouched like that. Except for all the dust it looks as if it was decorated yesterday, doesn´t it?"
"I´d say so..." he cocked an eyebrow, looking around.
"But the most bizarre thing is not even that..."
"Yes?..." He offered, amazed at how little it took to get her talking.
"There was no sign of bugs anywhere..."
"Indeed? That´s funny...this house has been closed for so long...One would imagine it was crawling with bugs."
"I know, right? And yet not a single one...I´m telling you, it´s the most amazing thing. This house is in such perfect condition is actually scary. I was fully expecting to have to spend some nights at a hotel while arranging everything to move in, and it wasn´t even necessary. Yesterday all I had to do was change the covers and I had a perfect night of sleep in one of the bedrooms upstairs...I do admit it was a little creepy sleeping in this bed that once belonged to God only knows who..."
"Well, if you intend to live in Spinner´s End, 'creepy' is something you might want to get used to..." he smirked
"I guess so..." she laughed softly
"I do imagine that for someone in your line of work, stumbling upon this house must be fascinating..."
"My line of work?..."
"You´re a historian, right? I just happened to see one of your books in the living room."
"Oh, you did..." she smiled and for a second he could have sworn she was a little embarrassed
"Yes...Witch trials in Ireland...Sounds interesting..."
"I did notice the subject seems to interest you...I mean, once again sorry for snooping around but..."
"Don´t worry...I suppose we can call that one even"
"Well, and judging from your library I´d guess we share the same line of work..."
"You´d guess incorrectly.."
"So, not a historian?"
"What subject?"
"Potions." he let out with a straight face, savouring her utterly puzzled expression.
"Potions?....Oh, you mean chemistry." She laughed quietly.
"Yes." he smirked again.
"Then my guess was only partially incorrect..."
"How so?"
"We´re both teachers...just different subjects"
"Well, yes..."
"Where do you teach?"
"A boarding school in Scotland." he shifted uncomfortably in his chair "I´m currently on leave of absence due to injury, tough."
"I see..." She said in an almost apologetic tone. He followed her eyes as they looked down at the bandages on his neck and his crippled left hand. He removed his hand from the table, resting it on his lap, and shifted again. She immediately noticed his discomfort and looked down at her tea, silent.
"You?" He asked, trying to pull her back into the conversation.
"Oh, here and there....I graduated from Trinity College, got my Ph.D. there as well, then worked there for most of my life. I went back to Doolin after my grandfather passed away. I lived in Ennis for a while before that and worked at the National school, but I preferred to go back to Doolin...My father was teacher in a local school there. An all girl school I attended, so that´s where I was working past few years..."
"How long has it been since he passed away? Your grandfather I mean..."
"Two years...My father followed him just this year..." All the brightness of her voice was gone.
"I´m sorry to hear that"
Suddenly all her chattiness disappeared and the only sound filling the air was that of the tea cups clattering and the chilly wind blowing the leaves outside. For the first time in months Severus felt bothered by the silence he usually welcomed with such joy. He looked down at his partially eaten croissant, sipping his tea and calculating his next words. But before he could open his mouth Evelyn herself broke the tension.
"It was only when father died that I got those papers I was telling you about yesterday....I knew they existed before that, but for whatever reason, dad never let anybody near them. They just spend two years locked up inside this box in the attic..."
"Yes, you mentioned it....As a matter of fact, I probably should apologize for our last conversation, we seem to have started on the wrong foot..." Severus was pleasantly surprised that he didn´t have to bring up the subject himself. In fact Miss Black seemed all too eager to talk about it. He modulated his voice to the gentlest tone he could muster "I was really taken by surprise. You will certainly understand, a person I´ve never seen before standing at my doorstep, telling this convoluted story about an abandoned house..."
"Oh, of course I completely understand...I suppose I was a little too eager, knocking on your door like that and just spilling everything..." Her tone was at once mellow and serious, and Severus wondered if she was genuinely opening up to him, or just trying to charm him into helping her. Either way it suited his purposes. "It´s just that...It´s all so strange, this house, these papers, this whole part of my grandfather´s life we had no idea about..."
"As I said before, I don´t think you´ll discover all that much...You said it yourself, it has been a long time, and with both your father and grandfather dead, I don´t think..."
"You do understand why I have to try, don´t you?" Her eyes bore straight into his to the point of discomfort. It was obvious there was much more to this than a simple curiosity about her family´s history. But whatever her reasons were they were of no interest to him at the moment and he surely wasn´t about to use legilimency on a defenceless muggle to find out.
"I do...Would you mind if I took a look at those papers? Maybe something there might help..."
"Well, of course you can...I´ll go get them..."
She left the kitchen and walked towards a sleek wooden cabinet in the living room. Severus followed her with his eyes, watching attentively as she removed a small wooden correspondence box from it. On the peach-coloured couch, her cat was getting fussy, probably upset at not having their attention for more than half of an hour, and started to mewl softly. After quickly petting the little beast, she came back into the kitchen, pulled a chair and sat down besides him, putting the box on her lap. As she pulled her chair a little too close to him, Severus almost pushed his back, but forced himself to stay where he was and act naturally. Even if she didn´t seem to have much of a clue about what "personal space" was, Severus was thankful that at the very least she had the ability of choosing a decent perfume. There was this very subtle lavender scent about her, certainly not one of those rammish blends of pretentious fragrances that muggle women seemed to fancy and were willing to pay ridiculous amounts of money for, but a very pure, unadulterated fragrance, as if she had just walked through a lavender field on her way back home.
Meanwhile the cat lay at her feet, pretty much demanding her attention. As she put the box on the table and bent down to pet him once again, and Severus took the opportunity to examine the object. But just as he looked at it, it became suddenly obvious to him that this was no common box. It took him a couple of seconds to actually convince himself his eyes weren´t playing a trick on him. He reached over and ran his fingers over the delicately carved crest that adorned the bid of the box.
"Miss Black..." He called her hesitantly "This crest...what do you make of it?..."
"Oh, this crest...don´t even get me started on it...I´ve been looking for it everywhere...I even contacted this colleague who´s a heraldry expert and asked him to try to locate it´s origin, but no luck...And this motto Toujours Pur, 'always pure', doesn´t appear anywhere in the documentation we consulted. We even contacted people in Ireland, North Ireland, Scotland, mind you even France and every specialist we consulted came up empty handed..."
"And the papers?" It took Severus some effort to look unaffected.
"Oh, sure", she opened the box and very carefully retrieved a bunch of yellowing letters tied by a black satin ribbon, so old they looked like they could fall apart just from being handled. "These letters I haven´t had the opportunity to read in detail. I´m even scared to handle them too much, to be honest, and I don´t believe they can actually be read, not without some extensive restoration...but this..." She laid the letter on the lid of the box and retrieved another piece of old yellowing paper, but this time in remarkably better condition and folded up like a map. She stood up and moved away some of the plates from the table, opening the paper on it. "This is the family tree I was telling you about..."
Severus stood up beside her and looked at it, completely at a loss of words. This wasn´t just a simple family tree...
"Here, you see?" She continued to talk, and pointed out one of the names scribbled in a tiny and barely readable calligraphy. "Marius Black... That´s my grandfather...His name is crossed out, like many others but you can still read it clearly... And this family tree connects to many others family trees it seems. That includes the Princes, as you can see here...And here´s what has brought me to you...Eileen Prince... Her name is also crossed out for whatever reason... Do you have any idea as to why this might be?"
"No...no idea..." He lied "I have to agree with you tough...It´s most certainly...remarkable. Do you still have that house deed?"
"Yes, right here..." she handed it to him. Severus re-read the document. Marius Black. There was little doubt in his mind, in fact it was pretty obvious, and Severus was about to kick himself for not realizing it sooner.
"Oh...It´s almost six..." He let out, pretending to be alarmed "I was supposed do meet a friend across town at eight, I have to get going..."
"Ah, of course I don´t want to keep you."
"Would you mind if I borrowed this?" he gestured the family tree "I might find something to compare it with among my mother´s belongings..."
"Oh, sure you can take it...and here..." she took a piece of paper form her purse and folded it along with the family tree "It´s a copy of the house deed, I have to hold on to the original, but you can take this..."
"Thank you, Miss Black...Now, I really should go..."
"Sure, I´ll walk you to the door..."
Resisting the urge to step on Ciarán tail along the way, Severus let himself be guided to front door, his mind still shrouded in contemplation of what had just been shown to him. Evelyn opened the door and he turned to her, putting on a mask of normalcy.
"Thank you for the tea..."
"Don´t mention it...Oh, by the way..." She walked over to one of the book boxes and came back with the book he had been browsing just a while before. "Here. I hope you enjoy it. But feel free to tell me if you don´t."
It was past ten when Minerva MacGonagall finally managed to have a moment of much needed peace in her private office. Being a deputy headmistress for nearly two decades surely hadn´t prepared her for the herculean task of being the headmistress of a post-War Hogwarts. There was still so much to do, so much to fix... They had bravely managed to start the school year, trying to make things run as smoothly as possible considering the circumstances but... Hogwarts was not the same, and she prayed one day it would return to what it once was....Minerva knew, however that the road leading up to that day seemed too long and rocky...So many were missing, teachers, students....And those who remained would forever have to cope with the terrible events they had witnessed and the losses they had suffered... But Hogwarts still stood...and it would remain standing as far as she was concerned.
She sat on her favourite armchair, removing her glasses and closing her eyes, enjoying the cool breeze that entered through the window and listening to the soothing sounds of the night outside, when the abrupt sound of flapping wings caught her attention. She looked up to see a raven perched on her windowsill, looking at her. Minerva smiled and observed the bird, a fine specimen with lustrous black feathers that reflected the moonlight in dark blueish tones.
"Well, it´s awfully kind of you to keep me company for a while, but it´s far too late for visits...." She stood up to shoo the bird away, when she heard a low raucous sound coming from the animal, almost as if it was chuckling.
She took a step back as the bird graciously flew into the room. In a split second, the sleek black silhouette grew and changed into that of a man, before her startled eyes. He amazement, however, faded away immediately as she recognised an all-too familiar face.
"As I was saying my friend...it´s a little too late for visits" She smiled warmly "But it´s nice to see you nevertheless..."
"I do apologize for stopping by so late and unannounced...But I have something to discuss with you. Something that can´t wait until tomorrow..."

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Before the devastating EF-5 tornado ripped through Moore, Okla., last week, President Obama was reeling through one of his most challenging weeks in the White House.
Dramatic testimony examining the Internal Revenue Service's ill-advised tactics to target conservative groups conquered the news cycle. An investigation into the Department of Justice's decision to secretly obtain communications records of journalists and the constant trickle of detail leaking about the Benghazi terrorist attack provided added fodder for talking heads discussing the controversies on cable television.
Surely the president was looking forward to the Memorial Day recess and a break from the negative attention.
While members of the House of Representatives and Senate enjoy that weeklong vacation from legislative business to celebrate the holiday in their districts this week, back on Capitol Hill the investigations into the administration's trio of potential mishaps continue unabated.
Today, two senior members of the House Judiciary committee wrote a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder expressing "great concern" regarding his congressional testimony earlier this month in which he said he did not involve himself with DOJ's decision to acquire a search warrant to obtain communications records from journalists.
In response to a question from Georgia Democratic Rep. Hank Johnson regarding the application of the Espionage Act to prosecute journalists for publishing classified material, Holder denied he had ever directly involved himself, testifying under oath May 15 that "[w]ith regard to potential prosecution of the press for the disclosure of material, that is not something that I have ever been involved in, heard of, or would think would be a wise policy."
Later, DOJ issued a statement disclosing that Holder actually vetted the decision to obtain emails from James Rosen, a Fox News reporter suspected of receiving classified information from Stephen Jin-Woo Kim, a former State Department official facing federal prosecution, although officials maintain that Holder's involvement was in the potential prosecution of Kim, not Rosen.
"The Department took great care in deciding that a search warrant was necessary in the Kim matter, vetting the decision at the highest levels of the Department, including discussions with the Attorney General," a background statement from a DOJ official read. Those comments initiated an investigation at the House Judiciary committee, which culminated in today's letter,
"The media reports and statements issued by the Department regarding the search warrants for Mr. Rosen's emails appear to be at odds with your sworn testimony before the Committee," Reps. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., and James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., wrote today. "We believe – and we hope you will agree – it is imperative that the Committee, the Congress, and the American people be provided a full and accurate account of your involvement in and approval of these search warrants."
The duo then set a June 5 deadline for Holder to answer a slate of questions regarding the matter, including "all regulations and internal Justice Department policies that govern the issuance of search warrants for the email communications of members of the media."
Also today, the House Ways and Means committee announced plans to hold a hearing next Tuesday featuring representatives from conservative organizations that were targeted by the IRS. That event is in addition to a previously announced hearing on the same topic at the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, where the newly appointed Acting IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel will testify in his new capacity for the first time — alongside Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration J. Russell George, who has become a celebrity of sorts in Washington after setting off the IRS controversy with his report examining the beleaguered agency.
On Monday, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa fired off a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry explaining his decision to subpoena all documents related to the revisions of the now notorious Benghazi talking points.
"The State Department has not lived up to the Administration's broad and unambiguous promises of cooperation with Congress," Issa, R-Calif., wrote in a letter accompanying the subpoena. "My colleagues in Congress and I have requested documents and information related to the ongoing investigation. To date, the Administration has largely ignored these requests, despite various pledges both you and the President have made to cooperate with Congress."
Issa set a new June 7 deadline for Kerry to provide an exhaustive account of communications involving 10 former and current officials at the State Department.
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Your help is needed to provide more climbing on Cayman Brac.
As you know, the only safe material for bolts on Cayman Brac is titanium (see Bolt Safety). Back in the year 2000 a small group of dedicated climbers developed, paid for, and installed over 500 titanium bolts on the island. Now, fourteen years later, these bolts have proven themselves to be impervious to corrosion. They still look brand new, which is astonishing in a place where every other metal, even stainless, shows obvious corrosion in a few weeks or months.
After that initial effort, production of titanium bolts was halted due to lack of sales until 2010, when climbers from the Thaitanium Project ThaitaniumProject.com did a lot of work and spent a lot of money to have Ti bolts produced again and invited the Cayman climbers to join forces.
In the last four years (2011-2014) thirty six routes have been bolted with titanium: ten old routes that had unsafe steel bolts were re-bolted and 26 new routes were put up. This expanded the grade range on both ends so that now there are more easy routes and also more hard routes (5.7 to 5.13b).
This year, 2014, we put up 8 new routes and rebolted one old one. One at Dixon's Wall, 5 at Wave Wall and 3 at an entirely new area, Sector Seahorse.
We gladly donate our labor and time but the bolts cost $12.50 each not including the glue, glue-guns, drills, air fare, baggage fees, etc. that are required. At least one climber has spent over $10,000 to put up routes on Cayman Brac.
So we are asking for your support. Donations of any amount are very much appreciated and will be used for the 2015 bolting effort. You can make a tax-deductible donation through the American Safe Climbing Association (please write "Cayman Bolts" on your check) or send it directly to me if you choose. Thank you.
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Bolting in 2015
The next bolting project is set for late February 2015. We're already excited about new lines we have scoped out at Sector Spot Bay. If you've recently climbed in the Brac and have a suggestion for a new route, please contact me!
2000/2001 I'd like to thank everyone who contributed to the re-bolting effort. Their expertise, time, equipment, money and labor were all greatly appreciated: Mike Shelton, Jim Bowes, Skip Harper, Vance "Victor Blanco" White, Eric Hirst, Ken Cline, Sue Rusch, Mike Kleker, Chris Kantarjiev and Susan Bolton.
I must thank a large number of people for making this bolting trip successful. Besides the usual suspects, Jim Bowes, Mike Shelton, Victor Blanco and Eric Hirst (who "found" a box of Tortugas under his bed!), there where a number of new players to whom I am very grateful.
First and foremost is Josh Lyons, founder of the Thaitanium Project, who did so much work to qualify a new supplier of titanium bolts: ThaitaniumProject.com Thanks so much Josh! Many thanks to Greg Barnes and the American Safe Climbing Association for help with funding and consolidation of our order.
And just when I thought I'd go broke funding it, people came forward with donations: Kirk Donaldson, Larry Hamilton, Lori Lee, Manne' Dona Dalle Rosa, Ian Fox, Brett Johnson, Jim and Kelly Didio, Jen Connell, Katy Dartford, Saagar Kadiyala, Rob Barton, Alistair MacDonald, Ruardt Prozesky, Darek Krol, Mike & Meg Snyder, and probably some others I forgot (sorry!).
I'd again like to thank, for the second year in a row, Manne' Dona Dalle Rosa and Saagar Kadiyala for their help and support. And many thanks to Sam Kobata, Holly Rock and Don McGrath for their hard work, expertise and sweat!
When I was quite young I read many books about intrepid British jungle explorers, "Doctor Livingston, I presume?" Having grown-up in the U.S. I couldn't visualize everything I read, but now having spent many hours thrashing about on top of the Spot Bay wall, I've come to fully appreciate the phrase impenetrable jungle, especially said with a British accent.
I'd like to thank all the people who either worked to open new routes or donated to make this years effort a success: Jeff Achey, Sam Kobata, Dawn Alguard, Arthur "Spike" Lynch, Pat Cusack, Susan Rusch (again), Mike Underwood, Nan Karsh, and for the third year running, Saagar Kadiyala, without whom we'd have no glue. Also many thanks to Ifrane, Lauren and Holly for hacking out a trail from Dixon's to Pinky's! Thanks!
I want to emphatically thank everyone who donated to this year's effort, especially the Grand Cayman climbers, Saagar, Ryan, Ioana, Tristan, Verity and Jo, for their generous support. I also want to thank Jeff, my solid bolting partner, and Kirk for his continued photographic documentation of the scene there.
Special thanks to Jim Ewing and Sterling Ropes for the donation of the 9mm semi-static ropes we've been using for bolting the last three years. Best static rope I've ever used!


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Monthly Archive for December, 2010
Phil Jackson says someone will have to move the Hornets
Lakers head coach Phil Jackson is "not happy" about the NBA takeover of the New Orleans Hornets from majority owner George Shinn.
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Sports stories to watch in 2011
While the theme for 2010 might have been "disappointment," the theme for 2011 promises to be "change."
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P-I archive: The day Seattle got the Supersonics
Today from the seattlepi.com archive we share a brief story about the day it was announced our since-departed NBA team, the Seattle Supersonics, announced they'd be coming to town.
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The top 10 Seattle sports stories of 2010
Here are the top 10 Seattle sports stories of the year, as chosen by seattlepi.com.
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Politicians: Hornets are staying in New Orleans
Seattle basketball fans who are hoping the Hornets will move to the Emerald City got a message from Louisiana politicians and business leaders Monday – not so fast.
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Crosscut: How to get an NBA team back in town
In the wake of the news that the New Orleans Hornets will be sold and could potentially move, David Brewster at Crosscut takes a look at what it would take to get the NBA back in Seattle.
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Wall Street Journal: What to do with an orphaned NBA franchise?
Nando Di Fino has an interesting look at the potential future of the New Orleans Hornets.
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NBA to purchase Hornets; team could be moved
The NBA announced Monday it will buy the New Orleans Hornets from majority owner George Shinn. The league's board of governors will vote on the move next week.
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Report: NBA to take over Hornets; Seattle on horizon?
According to a report from ESPN.com, the NBA is set to assume control of the New Orleans Hornets. Is Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer in line to take over the team?
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(CBS) Apple announced Tuesday that their new models, the 5C and the 5S, will use a fingerprint scan instead of a passcode. Editor of Fast Company Robert Safian joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss the implications of the new technology.
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Kass: Mr. Market Sings a Happy Song
The market has been indifferent to my thesis of slowing economic and profit growth. Also, with the Fed, the Bank of Japan, the ECB and the Bank of England all in, the lift to valuations from easing -- I had thought (again, incorrectly) -- should have been completed a while ago. As I have noted in the past, at least in the U.S., the benefits of quantitative easing are fading; they might even begin to produce a negative net-net impact on aggregate growth as the savings class gets robbed.
The Free Lunch
Current monetary policy is an easy way out, removing the near-term need for our leaders in Washington, D.C., to make more difficult decisions through the implementation of responsible fiscal policy.
There are unintended consequences and, I thought, no free lunch. Not only does zero interest rate policy dismantle retirees' income from savings, it forces them into risky assets at the wrong time of their lifecycle because of the lack of alternative investment opportunities.
Yet, the market has not cared. Too aggressive monetary policy is not trickling down into the real economy -- rather it is serving to widen the schism between the haves and the have-nots, which was reflected in Wal-Mart's (WMT - Get Report) weak quarter. Yet, the market has not cared. In essence it has been and remains my view that the Fed is pushing on a string, shouldering too much of the responsibility to sustain growth and that money printing is likely to fail to revive the real economy. I incorrectly thought that market participants would react negatively to the domestic (real) economy's failure to revive even in the face of unprecedented monetary stimulus, similar to when investors abandoned the gold market at its price peak in 2011 and/or when an Apple's (AAPL - Get Report) share price top was reached at $700 in 2012. Money printing aimed at producing higher inflation (which could allow the world economies to grow out of their debt problem in a painless way) worked after World War II, owing to the reconstruction and pent-up demand in the system. But the framework this time is completely different and, I felt and continue to feel, could do more harm than good.Select the service that is right for you!
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Nathan & Stephen
At first glance, declaring Nathan & Stephen Denver's best new band looks like a misprint. But while Nathan McGarvey and Stephen Till initially began performing together as an acoustic duo, their project has blossomed into a bulging-at-the-seams nonet thanks to the addition of another seven players, including three (Jonathan, Matthew and Leanor) who share Stephen's last name. Moreover, another Till -- Anna -- contributes vocals to The Everyone E.P., which packs more hooky melodies into fifteen brief minutes than can be found in the average double album. Although tracks such as the aptly titled pop-gospel workout "Brothers & Sisters" and "Happier," replete with a chorus guaranteed to induce smiles, feature plenty of instrumentation (keyboards, brass and more), they are, at their base, rousing sing-alongs that brim with good feelings and camaraderie. No doubt these songs would charm in a stripped-down setting, too. Still, there's something to be said for a family affair.


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- 1 tbsp sunflower oil;
- 2 tsp mild curry paste (patak korma sauce)
- 2 large chicken breast cut into pieces
- 2 medium sweet potatos cut into bit size pieces
- 4 tbsp red lentils
- 300ml/1/2pt chicken stock
- 400g coconut milk
- 175g/6oz frozen peas
- heat oil in pan stir in curry pastefry for 1 min.Add chicken,sweet potato and lentils stir to coat,then pour in stock coconut milk then simmer for 15 mins
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The water cycle, also known as the hydrologic cycle or the H2O cycle, describes the continuous movement of water on, above and below the surface of the Earth. The mass of water on Earth remains fairly constant over time but the partitioning of the water into the major reservoirs of ice, fresh water, saline water and atmospheric water is variable depending on a wide range of climatic variables. The water moves from one reservoir to another, such as from river to ocean, or from the ocean to the atmosphere, by the physical processes of evaporation, condensation, precipitation, infiltration, runoff, and subsurface flow. In so doing, the water goes through different phases: liquid, solid (ice), and gas (vapor).
The water cycle involves the exchange of energy, which leads to temperature changes. For instance, when water evaporates, it takes up energy from its surroundings and cools the environment. When it condenses, it releases energy and warms the environment. These heat exchanges influence climate.
The evaporative phase of the cycle purifies water which then replenishes the land with freshwater. The flow of liquid water and ice transports minerals across the globe. It is also involved in reshaping the geological features of the Earth, through processes including erosion and sedimentation. The water cycle is also essential for the maintenance of most life and ecosystems on the planet.
The Sun, which drives the water cycle, heats water in oceans and seas. Water evaporates as water vapour into the air. Ice,rain and snow can sublimate directly into water vapour. Evapotranspiration is water transpired from plants and evaporated from the soil. Rising air currents take the vapour up into the atmosphere where cooler temperatures cause it to condense into clouds. Air currents move water vapour around the globe, cloud particles collide, grow, and fall out of the upper atmospheric layers as precipitation. Some precipitation falls as snow or hail, sleet, and can accumulate as ice caps and glaciers, which can store frozen water for thousands of years. Most water falls back into the oceans or onto land as rain, where the water flows over the ground as surface runoff. A portion of runoff enters rivers in valleys in the landscape, with streamflow moving water towards the oceans. Runoff and water emerging from the ground (groundwater) may be stored as freshwater in lakes. Not all runoff flows into rivers, much of it soaks into the ground as infiltration. Some water infiltrates deep into the ground and replenishes aquifers, which can store freshwater for long periods of time. Some infiltration stays close to the land surface and can seep back into surface-water bodies (and the ocean) as groundwater discharge. Some groundwater finds openings in the land surface and comes out as freshwater springs. In river valleys and flood-plains there is often continuous water exchange between surface water and ground water in the hyporheic zone. Over time, the water returns to the ocean, to continue the water cycle.
Reservoir | Average residence time |
Antarctica | 20,000 years |
Oceans | 3,200 years |
Glaciers | 20 to 100 years |
Seasonal snow cover | 2 to 6 months |
Soil moisture | 1 to 2 months |
Groundwater: shallow | 100 to 200 years |
Groundwater: deep | 10,000 years |
Lakes (see lake retention time) | 50 to 100 years |
Rivers | 2 to 6 months |
Atmosphere | 9 days |
The residence time of a reservoir within the hydrologic cycle is the average time a water molecule will spend in that reservoir (see adjacent table). It is a measure of the average age of the water in that reservoir.
Groundwater can spend over 10,000 years beneath Earth's surface before leaving. Particularly old groundwater is called fossil water. Water stored in the soil remains there very briefly, because it is spread thinly across the Earth, and is readily lost by evaporation, transpiration, stream flow, or groundwater recharge. After evaporating, the residence time in the atmosphere is about 9 days before condensing and falling to the Earth as precipitation.
The major ice sheets - Antarctica and Greenland - store ice for very long periods. Ice from Antarctica has been reliably dated to 800,000 years before present, though the average residence time is shorter.[11]
In hydrology, residence times can be estimated in two ways. The more common method relies on the principle of conservation of mass and assumes the amount of water in a given reservoir is roughly constant. With this method, residence times are estimated by dividing the volume of the reservoir by the rate by which water either enters or exits the reservoir. Conceptually, this is equivalent to timing how long it would take the reservoir to become filled from empty if no water were to leave (or how long it would take the reservoir to empty from full if no water were to enter).
An alternative method to estimate residence times, which is gaining in popularity for dating groundwater, is the use of isotopic techniques. This is done in the subfield of isotope hydrology.
The water cycle describes the processes that drive the movement of water throughout the hydrosphere. However, much more water is "in storage" for long periods of time than is actually moving through the cycle. The storehouses for the vast majority of all water on Earth are the oceans. It is estimated that of the 332,500,000 mi3 (1,386,000,000 km3) of the world's water supply, about 321,000,000 mi3 (1,338,000,000 km3) is stored in oceans, or about 97%. It is also estimated that the oceans supply about 90% of the evaporated water that goes into the water cycle.[12]
During colder climatic periods more ice caps and glaciers form, and enough of the global water supply accumulates as ice to lessen the amounts in other parts of the water cycle. The reverse is true during warm periods. During the last ice age glaciers covered almost one-third of Earth's land mass, with the result being that the oceans were about 400 ft (122 m) lower than today. During the last global "warm spell," about 125,000 years ago, the seas were about 18 ft (5.5 m) higher than they are now. About three million years ago the oceans could have been up to 165 ft (50 m) higher.[12]
The scientific consensus expressed in the 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Summary for Policymakers[13] is for the water cycle to continue to intensify throughout the 21st century, though this does not mean that precipitation will increase in all regions. In subtropical land areas — places that are already relatively dry — precipitation is projected to decrease during the 21st century, increasing the probability of drought. The drying is projected to be strongest near the poleward margins of the subtropics (for example, the Mediterranean Basin, South Africa, southern Australia, and the Southwestern United States). Annual precipitation amounts are expected to increase in near-equatorial regions that tend to be wet in the present climate, and also at high latitudes. These large-scale patterns are present in nearly all of the climate model simulations conducted at several international research centers as part of the 4th Assessment of the IPCC. There is now ample evidence that increased hydrologic variability and change in climate has and will continue to have a profound impact on the water sector through the hydrologic cycle, water availability, water demand, and water allocation at the global, regional, basin, and local levels.[14] Research published in 2012 in Science based on surface ocean salinity over the period 1950 to 2000 confirm this projection of an intensified global water cycle with salty areas becoming more saline and fresher areas becoming more fresh over the period:[15]
Fundamental thermodynamics and climate models suggest that dry regions will become drier and wet regions will become wetter in response to warming. Efforts to detect this long-term response in sparse surface observations of rainfall and evaporation remain ambiguous. We show that ocean salinity patterns express an identifiable fingerprint of an intensifying water cycle. Our 50-year observed global surface salinity changes, combined with changes from global climate models, present robust evidence of an intensified global water cycle at a rate of 8 ± 5% per degree of surface warming. This rate is double the response projected by current-generation climate models and suggests that a substantial (16 to 24%) intensification of the global water cycle will occur in a future 2° to 3° warmer world.[16]
An instrument carried by the SAC-D satellite launched in June, 2011 measures global sea surface salinity but data collection began only in June, 2011.[15][17]
Glacial retreat is also an example of a changing water cycle, where the supply of water to glaciers from precipitation cannot keep up with the loss of water from melting and sublimation. Glacial retreat since 1850 has been extensive.[18]
Human activities that alter the water cycle include:
The water cycle is powered from solar energy. 86% of the global evaporation occurs from the oceans, reducing their temperature by evaporative cooling.[19] Without the cooling, the effect of evaporation on the greenhouse effect would lead to a much higher surface temperature of 67 °C (153 °F), and a warmer planet.[citation needed]
Aquifer drawdown or overdrafting and the pumping of fossil water increases the total amount of water in the hydrosphere, and has been postulated to be a contributor to sea-level rise.[20]
While the water cycle is itself a biogeochemical cycle,[21] flow of water over and beneath the Earth is a key component of the cycling of other biogeochemicals. Runoff is responsible for almost all of the transport of eroded sediment and phosphorus[22] from land to waterbodies. The salinity of the oceans is derived from erosion and transport of dissolved salts from the land. Cultural eutrophication of lakes is primarily due to phosphorus, applied in excess to agricultural fields in fertilizers, and then transported overland and down rivers. Both runoff and groundwater flow play significant roles in transporting nitrogen from the land to waterbodies.[23] The dead zone at the outlet of the Mississippi River is a consequence of nitrates from fertilizer being carried off agricultural fields and funnelled down the river system to the Gulf of Mexico. Runoff also plays a part in the carbon cycle, again through the transport of eroded rock and soil.[24]
The hydrodynamic wind within the upper portion of a planet's atmosphere allows light chemical elements such as Hydrogen to move up to the exobase, the lower limit of the exosphere, where the gases can then reach escape velocity, entering outer space without impacting other particles of gas. This type of gas loss from a planet into space is known as planetary wind.[25] Planets with hot lower atmospheres could result in humid upper atmospheres that accelerate the loss of hydrogen.[26]
In ancient times, it was thought that the land mass floated on a body of water, and that most of the water in rivers has its origin under the earth. Examples of this belief can be found in the works of Homer (circa 800 BCE).
By roughly 500 BCE, Greek scholars were speculating that much of the water in rivers can be attributed to rain. The origin of rain was also known by then. These scholars maintained the belief, however, that water rising up through the earth contributed a great deal to rivers. Examples of this thinking included Anaximander (570 BCE) (who also speculated about the evolution of land animals from fish[27]) and Xenophanes of Colophon (530 BCE).[28] Chinese scholars such as Chi Ni Tzu (320 BC) and Lu Shih Ch'un Ch'iu (239 BCE) had similar thoughts.[29] The idea that the water cycle is a closed cycle can be found in the works of Anaxagoras of Clazomenae (460 BCE) and Diogenes of Apollonia (460 BCE). Both Plato (390 BCE) and Aristotle (350 BCE) speculated about percolation as part of the water cycle.
Up to the time of the Renaissance, it was thought that precipitation alone was insufficient to feed rivers, for a complete water cycle, and that underground water pushing upwards from the oceans were the main contributors to river water. Bartholomew of England held this view (1240 CE), as did Leonardo da Vinci (1500 CE) and Athanasius Kircher (1644 CE).
The first published thinker to assert that rainfall alone was sufficient for the maintenance of rivers was Bernard Palissy (1580 CE), who is often credited as the "discoverer" of the modern theory of the water cycle. Palissy's theories were not tested scientifically until 1674, in a study commonly attributed to Pierre Perrault. Even so, these beliefs were not accepted in mainstream science until early nineteenth century.[30]
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We stayed there for a week. The staff was very friendly and helpful, speaking several languages. The hotel itself is beautiful, nice lobby, made of wood, godd atmosphere, tidy. When there were many people it was rather noisy, also in the rooms The food is improvable. Breakfest was not fresh, dinner was a buffet, but the food not very good.
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Zeke Ryder was born on February 14th in the town of Bolton, Connecticut with a single mother, and two other brothers, Kyle, and Martin, both of course older, both also swimmers.
Martin being five years older than Zeke himself really tended to both his brothers and became more of a fatherly figure then a brother. He helped Zeke with homework and yelled at him whenever he didn't push himself to be the best.
Kyle on the other hand is only a year separate from the youngest brother, Zeke, and became more of a best friend that helped him with his personal life. Girls would tend to flaunt over Kyle though, he fit and looks the style of the gorgeous jock type. Playing soccer, baseball, and basketball and almost every other sport he could get himself into.
His mother, Belize, was never around much due to working two full time jobs to try and feed three teenage boys as well as going on dates almost every night to try and find someone else. Maybe someone better that would help take care of the boys throughout their life but it seemed during throughout life she never found someone.
During elementary school, Zeke was always the shy kid, so he tended to talk to the teachers more than any of the other students. He stuck to himself and tended to put himself in his own corners. Kyle had signed the boy up for swimming lessons and Zeke picked up on them really quickly, after that they would go to the public pool every weekend, both Saturday, and Sunday.
Middle school was another story, people tended to group toward Zeke which instantly made him nervous, and uncomfortable. He wasn't used to having many friends, he tended not to focus on his studies at this point which made Martin pretty angry and tended to yell at the boy more. He started to dye his hair multiple different colors. After a while he pushed in both swimming and his smarts and it worked out perfectly.
During the summer between switching from Middle school to High school, Martin shipped him off to a co-ed private school to where he could try to focus more on his studies not realizing there was a pool and a swim team here.
Zeke looks forward to his new school, and possibly meeting new kids, when he's not swimming or in classes he's probably on his laptop with headphones on.
I'm so sorry for the late starter
Rinica jammed out to the music that was being blasted into her ear drums as she rode her skate board in the hallways. She closed her eyes as she smelled the scent of the academy. She was so into her music and didn't even see she was heading towards a cute blond guy with a skate in his right hand. Bam she crashed into the blond with full force and they both hit the ground. Rinica laid on the ground for a few second then she shot her head,"Oh god, bro are you okay. I'm really sorry about that."Rinica said as she tried to help up the blond up.
(Uggghhh school me no like! I so sorry for the late reply!)
Rinica shot her head up and put her hand behind her back,"Ooogh yeah. I'm aw rioght."Rinica said grabbing the blonde's hand. She got up off her bum and stood in front of him,"I'm sorry for ramming inta you bro!"Rinica apologized while getting her skate board and headphones off the ground.
(Thanks and please take all the time you need! I never consider it being late!)
Rinica nodded and laughed,"G'Day mate! Say I remember you, didn't I see you at the pool with your bathers on!"she asked happily."Ahh darn!"she thought to herself. Almost anyone could tell that she was Australian. Oh well she loved showing her culture to everyone she talked to.
Yay Another Awesome member of the student council!!!!!!!!!!
Man he is so cool looking! (Squeals) Everyone's older than my character but she doesn't care!~


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Dido, perhaps you could join this forum - http://www.economist.com/blogs/easternapproaches/2011/06/macedonias-elec...
Seems like we have a several Macedonian versions of you, so I thought I'd share the link.
Joye aka corporal Rabinovich
Oh, but before diving head first into this business don't forget to check with Semyon Mogilevich on Brighton Beach, NY, who is the Russian BOSS, or with his associate Sergei Mikhailov. You wouldn't want to antagonize two of your key protectors by failing to share the grease !
Sounds like a good invention by Russians, Dido. I am sure Ukrainian soldiers will find it useful when Western Ukraine will announce its independence from the rest of Ukraine, with new capital in L'vov.
Joey aka Corp. Rabinovich: '... solar toilets has to do exactly what with this article?'
Read carefully: these Russian inventions are self-maintaining, solar-powered and terrorist-proof. That makes them ideal for the Russian troops on any dangerous "peace' missions, like in Abkhasia and South Osetia, or Chechnia. Your brand of terrorist-proof, blast-proof cabins would inhibit Georgian snipers from aiming at the Russian SPETZnaz guys sitting down behind a bush... Just think about the wide scope of potential life-saving applications ... blast-proof, self maintaining...ideal for use in Chechnia as well as on the Israeli-Syrian border.
Think about potential awards coming your way from Moscow, Tel Aviv, Minsk, etc.
Go for it Joey Rabinovich !!!
And solar toilets has to do exactly what with this article? Stay on topic, Sir Dido, stay focused.
Joye aka corporal Rabinovich
The Russian maffia found an opportunity for you to make a new carreer in Moscow. The City Hall is considering public toilet cabins that are self-maintaining, solar-powered and terrorist-proof to replace the not-so-ubiquitous blue cabins that now line public venues. Moscow news reported that they need a multilingual person like you to manage the first phase of the project. After that the sky is the limit !
The new toilet cabin, made of fibrous concrete, can withstand a bomb blast, Moskovsky Komsomolets reported Monday. Another advantage is that its appearance can be modified to fit the architectural surroundings (for example, like Lenin's tomb, etc.).
This will prove to be a lifetime opportuniy for you, with potential market expansion into Israel and the Middle-East where bomb-proof cabins would be an advantage. Just think what you can do on the Syrian border alone, on the West Bank, ... ! Moskow media even suggested that with a comfortable temperature inside, automatic cleaning and alert emergency services, the cabins could also serve young couples.
Go for it, Joey Rabinovich, don't waste your effort working for the Russian Putinoid Brigade ! Its your future that is at stake !
Is that how things work in DIDO? You must first get an approval before trolling forums? By the way, your reply is the same as previously, identical actually, so I assume you reply on these forums in macros (shortcuts)? Or does your superior - Western Brigadier-General instructs you to post in such a way? My little nephew can do a better job than your DIDO generals.
Joye aka corporal Rabinovich
Like I told you before, before posting again get Semyon Mogilevich of the Brighton Beach, NY, known as the Russian BOSS, or his associate Sergei Mikhailov or Victor Averin to approve your text.
If you ever become sober again, look in the mirror to see one of the biggest hypocrites known. Instead of living a parasitic life in the USA polluting the land and air while praising criminal deeds of your marxist-leninist-kaganoviches ancestors in Russia, you should demonstrate your patriotism by joining tens of thousands of former Soviet Jews in your real homeland - Israel? There is work to be done, borders to be patrolled, walls to be built, - get going !!!
Dido writes: "Unless the 'Free Georgia' party is and wants to remain an underground organisation..." ----- Wait a minute, Dido, aren't you part of a secret and underground organization called DIDO? You have no authority to preach about underground organizations here. Besides, you cannot handle the truth. When the truth doesn't conform to your views, you care less what the truth is, you just stick to your opinions and feelings, not facts.
Unless the 'Free Georgia' party is and wants to remain an underground organisation, the credibility of its 'political secretary' Tengiz Omanidze would have been enhanced by providing some references to his claims and counterclaims. Various world media reports on the recent events in Tbilisi have cast shadows of suspicion on many original claims by some Georgian opposition leaders. As well, Mr Omanidze's letter carefully avoids any comment on the core issue of his party's specific objectives by staging demonstrations on Rustaveli Ave. on the eve of Georgia's Independence day. Indeed, as readers of the Economist, we want the full truth.
To: Mr. John Micklethwait
Editor of "The Economist"
Mr. Micklethwait,
The Economist released an article titled "On Rustaveli Avenue, The Georgians blame Russia for recent protests" on 2 June 2011.
The article talks about the 26 May event in the Georgian capital Tbilisi and the role of certain politicians in it.
The personal opinions of the author of the article have discredited the organizers and participants of the 26 May protest rally. The organizers are blamed of escalation of the situation and of violence. In addition, at the end of the article, the author expresses doubt that the manifestation was sponsored by Russia.
The article does not say anything about the people killed (officially 4) or badly hurt (several hundred) as a result of the crackdown of the manifestation. The author says nothing about almost 70 peaceful demonstrators, missing since the crackdown. In addition, the article does not say anything about the demonstrators, which were imprisoned without investigation.
It is incomprehensive why the author is trying to ignore so significant facts and is blaming peaceful demonstrators for everything. No similar tendency was noticed when The Economist was covering processes ongoing in African and Asian countries, where, unlike Georgia, protesters had really been resisting police.
Evaluations, made by the author of the article, are identical to the position of the Georgian government, the aim of which is to discredit radical political opponents.
The Georgian government has been suspected of ordering articles in various magazines of the world.
We are far from the opinion that the authoritative magazine The Economist is following orders from any political party. However, we do not rule out the possibility that some journalists might be getting orders secretly from the publishers. We've found it hard to find any other explanation for the above-mentioned.
We believe The Economist, which has millions of readers throughout the world, should publish true and impartial information.
Consequently, we ask you to show interest in the above-mentioned and ascertain the truth. We confirm our trust to the publisher of The Economist. We are sure you will take all necessary measures to find the truth.
Best regards,
Tengiz Omanidze
Political Secretary of the "Free Georgia" party
Dido, you talk about this misterious Putin/Russian Brigade, but we have yet to see it here on these forums? Seems like you are creating a fictional enemy to scare good folks around here. Seems like you have learned well from Joe Stalin.
Waltronovich, you do realize that by destroying 80% of Russia's population will hurt your business in Russia badly - you will lose 80% of your customers. I can only hope that Dido and his Bandera Brigade will pick up the tab to keep your business going. Also, what are you planning on doing with Uzbeks, Ukrainians, Moldovans, Kazbeks, Kazakhs, etc currently living in Russia (Russian citizens). Will you spare their lives? By the way, how will you know which Russian person to kill and not to kill? Will you go the same way as Moses did in Egypt - paint doorways with blood of lamb, indicating that there is a good/democratic Russian inside?
The Russian Brigade reps on this forum are not ready to admit it yet, but they are jumping with joy about the latest initiative announced by Russia's Communist party leader Gennady Zyuganov to create the 'Communist Party's People's Militia' in an attempt to unite interest groups around the party ahead of the December vote.
The People's Militia will protect "labor, peace, justice and brotherhood of all peoples in the state," Zyuganov said, according to his party's web site. Sounds like the best idea to secure 'labor, peace, justice and brotherhood of all peoples' of Russia since Lenin's return from exile in his sealed train back in 1917.
Our Russian Brigade members will have an option of joining the " Just Russia's Union of Supporters" announced by their senior party official, or the "People's Front Against Corruption", or even the "Go, Russia", all of them in opposition to Putin's "All-Russia People's Front".
By the looks of it the Russian Brigade will be kept busy just keeping track of 'WHO is WHO' in the coming 2011 election campaign.
My intelligence sources tell me that sudden appearance of these cucumbers must be part of Putin's long term biological warfare strategy.
Besides, Sir Walter, do not eat too many German cucumbers since it can cause premature self-destruction and we need you here.
Sir Walter,
I bow my head and kneel down before Walter European the Great and a genuine German think-tank. You said you are going to leave 20% of Russians after destruction. I beg you to find me a place in those 20 per cent. However, if you start destructing the Russians there won't be left a single German. I hope you know what holds your brains. If not, do not hesitate to ask.
Joey The Reader, this Russian Chauvinist, has the talent to express by himself is low level of understanding and of culture. Tell us where do you live, where do you work, if you vote in Russia and , if yes, for whom you will vote? Explain to us with your low level of knowledge what do you think of the beloved figure of Stalin? Could you tell us why - as a German and as an European- I do believe that this Russia is our enemy and Georgia and Ukraine our allies who will belong to EU - like many of us in Germany and surely the Political Party with whom I vote, the Green one, and whose one of the main leaders, Joachim Fischer? Stalin knew well the nature of Russian Chauvinism. He manipulated extremely well the Russian love of dictators. Why? Because he was a Georgian - Georgia is a civilized country, Russia has always been a backward country. The last 11 years in Russia has demonstrated how the Russians have a slave mentality. It is also the reason that we, in Germany, in Europe, in the West, we need for own security, to be able to keep peace in our continent, we need to destroy this Russia as it is to day. And our main ally is Chin and Asia. Only China which is a civilized country could manage this Chinese province-to-be.
Russians , today, are , in their great majority, a people of slaves who love dictators - criminal one like Putin and his allies - or past one like Georgian one, Stalin.
I would like to refer to this comment to underline my argument.
Dmitry Astashkin, a professor of journalism at Novgorod State University, noted that "alongside attempts to borrow elements of foreign cultures, in contemporary Russian society there is a tendency to return to the Soviet model," often among those and in places where few might expect it, especially in its extreme forms.
"Stalinist types and the personality of Stalin himself are viewed as the symbol of this model," Astashkin said, in large measure because of their "radical difference from the present situation of the Russian Federation." And this is expressed "among the most passionate part of society," the young.
For Russian youth, he suggested, "Stalin and his activity are being mythologized, and [the dictator himself] is becoming a symbol of non-conformism, set in opposition [by younger Russians] to contemporary culture and the state arrangements" of the Russian Federation at the present time.
"A positive attitude toward Stalin is [thus] step by step ceasing to be found only among pensioners and veterans and is becoming part of the subculture of the youth." The dictator is now referred to in popular songs, computer games, and in internet forums, a trend that was especially marked in the run-up to the May 9 Victory Day celebrations.
Astashkin suggested that it is "interesting" that "when talking about Stalin, young people are not in a position to operate on their own emotions and recollections," since they were born after he died. "And that means that young Russians are borrowing ideas about Stalin from their own families."
In short, "the real Stalin has been transformed into a myth about the Soviet empire, thus having ceased to be a dictator and having become a unique embodiment of a harsh style of administration and a symbol of order and social justice," values that many young people are attracted to.
Consequently, Astashkin concluded, "until the state offers another path of development, Stalin will remain a resource for national identification" among Russians, something that may keep them in the sway of the past rather than allowing them to move forward into a different future.
You know, there is an Arabic Spring, and then there is Waltron Spring. The great mind has awaken! Watch out, Putin Brigade!
The joke of the FSB propaganda - this group of criminals who are in charge of the Russian dictatorship - is a clear demonstration of their primitive mind: "Russia's foreign ministry decried "a flagrant violation of the right to peaceful assembly". (A few days later Russian police brutally suppressed a peaceful demonstration in Moscow.) Russia Today, a propaganda television channel, even likened the Georgian situation to the Arab revolutions. In fact, Mr Saakashvili's support is at its highest since his 2008 war with Russia."
Like during 1936 as Stalin said that Soviet Union Constitution was the most democratic one in the World, the present Russian dictatorship and their supporters love to describe themselves as a democracy , as democrats.
But everybody who travels and makes his own experience could notice that even in China, a Marxist Communist Dictatorship there is more freedom and respect of laws than in Russia today.
Didomyk is right - as always - to remind us the reality of this Russian dictatorship.
As German citizen, as European, I consider that our enemy is this Russia, this Russian political system Our goal is to destroy it to allow the 20% of Russians who are democrat to live in their country and to manage it as one country among our Western community.
I find outrage that we don't push harder to integrate Ukraine and Georgia and Turkey - inside our European Union - and to declare that our frontier is formed by these countries - and that in the other side is our enemy Russia.
Of course Europe looks like weak these days but history teaches us that during these moments of weakness - like after the WWI (one) the real political movements are formed . I wish that we will unify ourselves against this will to destroy this Russia and to transform it - eventually - as a province of China who is and will be our main partner on our continent.
We could start immediately to fight against the presence of any Russian individual or company in Europe, in the West who is related to this Russian state or to these politicians.
Georgia like Ukraine are part of our democratic system and Values. Russians today - in their great majority- have demonstrated that they are a people of slaves who prefer dictatorship and corruption as a fair - even not perfect at all - democratic country.
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The movie version is admirable but a bit dull, catchy but clumsy, a bag of mixed blessings. The addition of rising star Whoopi Goldberg as a martyred, truth-telling high school teacher seems calculated to broaden the film's appeal. Goldberg vanishes into prison halfway through, and we are left to draw even more inspiration from the title character, a poor, pretty kid who first dreams of becoming a movie star (fomenting the first fantasy production number) but winds up personifying the tough, idealistic spirit of resistant black South African youth itself (fomenting the last production number, "Freedom is Coming Tomorrow"). Twenty-one-year-old Leleti Khumalo reprises her New York stage performance here, and the camera loves her: From start to finish, she's a lively, appealing presence brimming with life.
Fortunately, Mandela is now out of jail, Botha's out of office and apartheid has been rescinded, so Sarafina! may not pack quite the wallop it did when, against all odds, it premiered in Johannesburg in June 1987. Still, the human rights battle is not over in South Africa, as last week's brutal massacre in Ciskei attests. So the re-creations here of the Soweto student riots of 1976, the squalor of life in the shantytowns, and the portraits of arrogant white cops patrolling the schoolyard with automatic weapons while their black lackeys in the principal's office and the constable's car do their bidding will remain a powerful tonic and a painful spur to memory.
For the film, playwright Ngema has chosen Britisher William Nicholson as co-writer, Michael Peters as co-choreographer and Darrell James Roodt (Place of Weeping, The Stick) as director, and they've combined to create a call to justice that's at once stirring and sentimental. "My children cannot eat glory," one beleaguered black mother laments. Perhaps, but as the souls of Sarafina and her classmates come into bloom under the whip of oppression, we nonetheless feel the spiritual nourishment of glory. In their faces we see the future.
Screenplay by William Nicholson and Mbongeni Ngema, from Ngema's play. Directed by Darrell James Roodt. With Leleti Khumalo, Whoopi Goldberg, Dumisani Dlamini, and Miriam Makeba.
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Hymns for the Living Church
Many favorite hymns.
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