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Schmidt Ocean Institute's 'R/V Falkor' to advance studies of artificial reefs, red tides & uncharted regions of the Gulf of Mexico.
Scientists with the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies (HRI) and the College of Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi will study the oceanography of the South Texas coast, including influences on the distribution of red tide while aboard the R/V Falkor later this month.
The R/V Falkor is being provided by the Schmidt Ocean Institute free of charge for the study which is just one of many research projects that will be conducted by the scientists on the oceanographic research vessel outfitted with some of the most sophisticated scientific instruments in the world.
"The R/V Falkor is not only an excellent research vessel, but also provides a wonderful teaching opportunity for the University's marine biology and marine science graduate students," said Dr. Tom Shirley, chief scientist of the first cruise leg.
R/V Falkor can support operations such as over-the-side deployments, laboratory work in wet and dry lab areas, acoustic research using special instrumentation, mammal and bird observation on weather protected upper deck areas, and operations and outreach requiring continuous global Internet access, provided via C-Band VSAT.
Dr. Shirley, a recently retired professor of Life Sciences and former endowed chair of Biodiversity and Conservation Science at the HRI, submitted the current research proposals for the R/V Falkor.
"Because of the scope and depth of our research in the Gulf of Mexico, we are now the beneficiaries of the first cruise legs of this new research ship," said Dr. Wes Tunnell, HRI associate director and endowed chair for Biodiversity and Conservation Science. "The vessel would cost tens of thousands of dollars, and we get it to use it for free!"
Built in 1981 in Lubeck, Germany, as a fishery protection vessel, the R/V Falkor was recently converted and now provides on-board accommodations for 40, including 20 crew members required for operations at sea. The remaining 20 berths will be available to accommodate mission-specific scientific and technical personnel.
Maersk Line, the world's largest container company, has selected Transas Marine for ECDIS implementation on more than 100 vessels, Transas announced today. The
The next generation of connectivity between ship and shore will be dominated by the development of applications to help ship owners and managers reduce costs by enhancing operational efficiency,
Severe vibrations and shocks of up to 9G over an average of 1000 hours per year. That's what instructors of fast small ships such as the Fast Raiding, Interception
The robotic series that remade crusade in skies will shortly extend to a low sea, with underwater view "satellites," drone-launching pods on a sea building and unmanned ships sport submarines,
Tore Sjursen will assume the position as executive vice president for operational improvement and risk management at Aker Solutions on April 1. Knut Sandvik
The basic nature of maritime casualties, salvage and wreck removal has evolved rapidly over the last few years. Ships and offshore constructions have become more technologically elaborate,
China has unveiled the principles, framework, and cooperation priorities and mechanisms in its Maritime Silk Road initiative in a bid to enhance regional connectivity
Trinidad Dry Dock Company to develop new ship repair yard at Port of Spain; company requests Expressions of Interest for Environmental Impact Assessment and Geotechnical
As the six-strong fleet Volvo Ocean Race continued to endure a helter-skelter ride toward Cape Horn in the Southern Ocean, the American boat Team Alvimedica took the lead, reports AP.


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Is Burma Army hard stance putting peace process in jeopardy?
Burma Army Commander-in-Chief, Min Aung Hlaing's unyielding, negotiated surrender position of disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) and rejecting Ethnic Armed Organizations' (EAOs) insistence of incorporating security sector reform (SSR) are having a negative impact on the ongoing peace process, which resumes today, after a break for about a week ago.
According to The Irrawaddy report, on 27 March, "In the implementation of a cease fire and peace process, the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration [of ethnic armed groups] is essential," Min Aung Hlaing said.
"National solidarity [and] national reconciliation… will be carried out without fail as the Tatmadaw is the Union Defence Services formed by ethnic people of the Union."
When one looks at Min Aung Hlaing's statement generally, it is quite harmless and could even see eye-to-eye that DDR is the way to go, if durable post-conflict, peaceful atmosphere should be maintained. DDR, as its name suggests, is only all about disarmament, demobilization and reintegration, but says nothing about security sector reform, which from the EAOs' point of view is the restructuring of the military into a federal army, to be in line with a federal union. Besides, for the EAOs, insisting only on DDR is interpreted as a "negotiated surrender"; a non-starter to achieve a Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA).
Sean McFate, in his article " The Link Between DDR and SSR in Conflict-Affected Countries" writes:
"Disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) and security sector reform (SSR) processes should be interrelated and mutually reinforcing. As DDR and SSR share the same objective--consolidation of the state's monopoly of force to uphold the rule of law--they succeed or fail together and should be planned, resourced, implemented, and evaluated in a coordinated manner. The natural point of intersection for DDR and SSR is in the reintegration phase, as many ex-combatants find employment in the security apparatus that SSR creates." (Source: The Link Between DDR and SSR in Conflict-Affected Countries – By: Sean McFate. Published: May 5, 2010)
Min Aung Hlaing's parting shot, on 13 February this year, when the EAOs were invited to attend the Union Day and four parties out of thirteen have signed the government's the "Deed of Commitment to Peace and National Reconciliation" MoU, that all should embrace the collective national identity of "Myanmar" and disregard their aspirations of "ethnic or national identity", many were said to be caught off guard and later were furious on his parting remark, according to some ethnic sources that were present at the occasion.
Again, according to The Irrawaddy report of 17 February, Min Aung Hlaing was believed to have again hinted that Wa are foreigners. The report writes:
"On Union Day, Feb. 12, Min Aung Hlaing met with several ethnic representatives in Naypyidaw, imploring them as citizens to maintain their Myanmar identity. It was as if he were suggesting that some other ethnic groups were foreigners. Some observers interpreted the message as being directed at the Wa, one of the groups represented at the meeting."
Finally, the Burma Army escalation of war in Shan and Kachin States, conducting massive offensive on Kachin Independence Army (KIA), Ta-ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), Arakan Army (AA) and accusing Shan State Army-North (SSA- N), United Wa State Army (UWSA) and Mong La, are indications of total war declaration on all EAOs.
VOA of 28 March filed a report that the Burma Army have launched furious offensive at MNDAA positions along the Chinese border, and attacking the TNLA, in Kutkai township, at the same time. Also in Kachin State of Mansi township, the KIA and Burma Army are at loggerhead, following the armed clashes that occurred a week ago, involving attacks with fighter bombers and infantry offensives by the Burma Army.
According to Duang Khar, head of the Kachin Independence Organization's technical team, the Burma Army offensives on KIA positions, with the pretext of taking action on timber smuggling gangs, is actually aimed at capturing and controlling of the strategic communication route of Bhamo-Namkham, from the KIA.
All the said episodes are pointing at the continuation of military hard-line policy of "total annihilation" or "negotiated surrender" of the EAOs. The military has started out with its strategy of Border Guard Force (BGF) program to control or get rid of the ethnic resistance, once and for all, but drew back, when met with massive deterrence; only to come back again, employing massive military offensives and blurting out ethnocentric statements, not at all helpful to the ongoing peace process.
So what is the motive behind such undertakings? Is it to sabotage the peace process, which the government has never really intended to fulfill, or to ward off the upcoming general election, using the pretext of heightened civil war, which the regime doesn't have the means to win?
If it is so, the regime's whole reform process will be just a sham undertaking, which was never meant to be fulfilled. Hopefully, this speculation will be proved wrong.
The contributor is ex-General Secretary of the dormant Shan Democratic Union (SDU) — Editor
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Kaplan's Burma
It took me 4 months to finish the 375- page 'Monsoon'by Dr Robert D.Kaplan published 5 years ago.
The book is not about Burma but about the struggle by the world's superpowers each against its own strategic disadvantage in the Indian Ocean region where Burma is holding the center stage.
The ocean is divided into ' two halves, the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal: at the top of the Arabian Sea is Pakistan; at the top of the Bay of Bengal is Burma,both highly volatile and populous states'. He sees that'Whereas Pakistan is akin to the Balkans,with its tendency for dissolution,Burma is the early-twentieth-century Belgium,with its tendency to be overrun by great contiguous powers'.
We all know what Burma is to China,with its more than 1,060km long oil-gas pipelines across the country's northern sector. But what is it to India that has adopted the Look East policy and lately,under Modi's administration,the Act East policy?
During the British days,Burma,especially the Shan States, was india's buffers against France and its empire in Southeast Asia to the east. Only now China has replaced France. And the best solution,according to him,is not conquest but cooperation. Because Indian and Chinese economies are 'highly complementary'.
The same goes for between China and the United States. The'US depends on China for affordable goods and to prop up its currency within trillions of dollars of Chinese deposits,and China depends on the U.S. For its principal consumer market'.
23 March 2015 Singapore founder Lee Kwan Yew dies at the age of 92. ( Agencies)
As for Burma,he quotes an Indian writer Pankaj Mistra: Imposing a European model of the linguistically and ethnically homogeneous nation-state upon such a diverse country as Burma would have been difficult in any circumstances'.
He says'Burma must find a way to return the spirit of Panglong Agreement of 1947, which provide for a decentralized Union of Burma. Unfortunately,the agreement was never implemented,and this was the cause of all the problems since'.
He quotes USArmy Colonel Timothy Heinemann( retired)saying," Aung San Suu Kyi is little more than a symbol of the wrong issue ---'Democracy first!' Ethnic rights and the balance of ethnic power are preconditions for democracy in Burma. These issues must be faced first, or little has been learned from Afghanistan and Iraq."
He ends his chapter on Burma with the following words: The struggle over the Indian Ocean, or at least the eastern part of it near the top of the Bay of Bengal, may come down to who deals more adroitly with the Burmese hill tribes.
Elsewhere he also dwells on Arakan and Rohingya issue. He notes that ethnic Arakanese on Burma's western coastline where Arab merchants, following the coming of Islam in the 7th century,were penetrating would take an Arab name in the interests of commerce.
Bangladesh may be a sort of haven for the people who have come to be known as Rohingyas. But according to a prominent Kolkata journalist, more than ten million Bangladeshis are also living in India as economic refugees.
Chittagong and southeastern Bangladesh were as organically connected with the story of Burma throughout the ages as with that of India, according to Emdadul Islam, a local lawyer in Bangladesh's southeastern port city. For most of the 15th through 17th century,"the city and its hinterland were dominated by the Kings of Arakan."
Now there are some quarter million Rohingyas driven out from Burma in the country. with thousands in refugee camps. They are wanted by neither country but hated by both.
"Only a world of more flexible borders will free them,"Kaplan concludes.
I hope he's right. But how long will they have to wait? And how long the rest of the region will have to go on living with their sense of guilt? I hope our leaders have a good answer for these questions.
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Ceasefire debacle and illegal logging blame game
As 30 March meeting, the seventh round continuation of peace talks, that would be held between Nationwide Ceasefire Coordination Team (NCCT) and Union Peace-making Work Committee (UPWC) draws nearer, concerned people are speculating, whether the peace deal, known as Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) could be signed anytime soon.
While many are generally of the opinion that by finalizing the NCA, peace would be immediately achieved, the truth is the finalized draft, to be ironed out between NCCT and UPWC, have to go through the approval of the Union Peace-making Central Committee (UPCC) and Ethnic Armed Organizations' (EAOs) leaders, before starting the troublesome Framework for Political Dialogue(FPD), Political Dialogue(PD), deliberation of Union Accord, and finally the hardest part of implementation.
General Gun Maw has made it plain in the latest interview with The Irrawaddy regarding the peace process that it is not a bed of roses or a walk through the park.
In an interview conducted by Irrawaddy editor-in-chief Aung Zaw in Rangoon, on 25 March, when asked if NCA could be signed within a few days, as reported by some newspaper, he replies: "The NCA may be signed by both parties soon, but signing it does not mean peace. As I have said earlier, the matters we have to discuss after signing the NCA are much more difficult, so signing the NCA does not mean achieving peace."
Lt. General Myint Soe, on one recent occasion said that even after the signing of NCA, it doesn't mean that the armed clashes will stop at once altogether. As if to buttresses his statement, the attack on a lightly guarded Kachin Independence Army (KIA) position has been launched, coinciding with the seventh round of peace talks taking place in Rangoon, using fighter bombers and infantry attacks. The pretext accordingly is an accusation of KIA, abetting and helping illegally logging to China, which was roundly rejected.
Eleven Myanmar of 23 March reported that Lamai Gum Ja from Myitkyina-based Peace-talk Creation Group said, "The fighting occurred as the army detected timber smuggling from a helicopter. However the KIO said the place the fighting occurred is not used for timber smuggling."
The Irrawaddy on 23 March also reported that "The KIO official said that the Burma Army launched the attack after firing at trucks carrying timber from central Burma's Sagaing Division. The trucks passed several government checkpoints, he said, but they came under attack after crossing into Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) territory, which they travel through to enter China illegally."
Duang Khar, head of the Kachin Independence Organization's technical team, in an interview with VOA, reported on 25 March, said that the smuggling racket has the understanding and backing of government institutions, such as police, army and civil administration, to conduct such a big scale illegal logging with so many vehicles involved. For the KIA, it only taxes the vehicles passing through its territory. Besides, the KIA said all the logs were originated from Sagaing Division and northern Shan state, for Kachin state has no huge forest reserves to entertain such massive logging enterprise. Apart from that, the timber loaded vehicles came across many government controlled gates, before reaching KIA territories.
When the VOA, Burmese Section, asked Duang Khar on the government accusation that KIA is protecting illegal logging vehicles, he replies: " We don't have any need to protect them for they are working through give-and-take with various government agencies. One thing is that they have to pass through our territory, in order to go to the Chinese border. And so we just collect taxes and have no duty to protect them, whatsoever. Since they are doing their business through give-and-take with various government agencies, the KIO doesn't need to be responsible or give protection."
The blame game on each other is, of course, debatable, but the whole point is the starting and escalating the armed offensive in timely manner from the part of Burma Army, while peace negotiations are going on and in full swing, in Rangoon.
The pressing question now is on how to achieve a durable ceasefire that really works. Deescalation of armed conflict is like a chain-smoker trying to cut down on cigarettes; when the motivation is high he might be able to reduce a bit of his intake, but once nervosity sets in for any reason, he will be inhaling more than usual again and won't be any near to quit it totally, as has been intended. So it is better to quit it altogether and not half-way undertaking of reducing it bits-by-bits. Thus, it is the same with ceasefire deal, make it or break it.
Many have been wondering why the Ukrainian army and pro-Russian rebels controlling a big swathe of Donetsk and Luhansk regions could reach a new ceasefire deal for eastern Ukraine in the Belarusian capital Minsk, just in one day, on 12 February 2015, and in Burma we are still shooting at each other, after more than three years of peace talks, plus state and union level ceasefire agreements with most of the EAOs.
According to BBC, the 16-hour talks went on through the night, between Russian President Vladimir Putin, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
The two key points, out of the eleven agreed terms, which could be an eye-opener, for our so-called Burma and international experts funded by well-meaning international funders and all concerned parties, writes:
1. Immediate and full bilateral ceasefire
To take effect in parts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, from 00:00 local time on 15 February (22:00 GMT on 14 February).
2. Withdrawal of all heavy weapons by both sides
To equal distances to create a buffer zone of: at least 50km (30 miles) separating both sides for artillery systems of 100mm calibre or more; 70km for multiple rocket systems and 140km for the heaviest rocket and missile systems such as Tornado, Uragan, Smerch and Tochka.
Ukrainian troops to withdraw heavy weapons from the current frontline.
Separatist forces to withdraw theirs from the line of 19 September 2014.
Heavy weapons withdrawal must start no later than day two of the ceasefire and be completed within two weeks. The OSCE security body will assist in the process. (Source: BBC - 12 February, Ukraine ceasefire: New Minsk agreement key points)
It is not that hard, so let us simplify the ceasefire process with genuine "political will" and draw back a little from portraying the conflict resolution as a mammoth, impossible, academic exercise and just an arena for intellectual debate.
The contributor is ex-General Secretary of the dormant Shan Democratic Union (SDU) — Editor
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Thein Sein should wrestle back sovereignty from the military
The sequence or road map according to Salai Liang Hmung of NCCT, who was interviewed by RFA on 23 March, will be the signing of Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA), drafting of Framework for Political Dialogue (FPD), convening Political Dialogue (PD), calling for a Union Conference to reflect the issues pinpointed by PD, signing of Union Accord, tabling for the endorsement of the Parliament, and finally implementation of the agreed Union Accord.
He further said in the interview that some sticky points like recruitment of the Ethnic Armed Organizations (EAOs) will be discussed at the stage of PD, on how Security Sector Reform (SSR) and Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) should be implemented. The government side also wanted to include representatives of non-Burman ethnic groups -Taing Yin Tha – at the PD phase, but when asked for specification it still cannot answer. He said the NCCT would normally welcome the move for as an umbrella organization of the ethnic groups, it would be a plus point, but need to know who will represent the government endorsed group.
As the peace talks seem to be making progress, the Burma Army (BA) started its offensive on a lightly guarded Kachin Independence Army (KIA) position in Kachin state.
La Nan, spokesperson of the KIA's political wing, the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO), told DVB on Sunday that Kachin outposts in Mansi Township between the villages of Madan Yang and Kai Hteik were bombed by two fighter jets at 3:15pm on 22 March following an armed clash nearby the day before.
La Nan, made a remark to VOA on the following Monday the intention of the BA latest assault, as follows:
"Given the fact that we were attacked whenever we held talks in the past, [the Myanmar military] appears to be taking advantage of the current talks in Yangon by invading our small bases. But, the attack hasn't seemed to disrupt the peace talks."
The government, according to RFA report of 22 March, said that the military operations were aimed at stopping illegal logging and transportation to China through Sagaing Division, also known as Sagaing Region. The KIA, however, rejected it by saying that their camps are not on the smuggling route.
It seems the BA is escalating its military offensives in Shan and Kachin states, according to TNLA, KIA and Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) sources. While Kokang offensive by the BA is meant to prove its military supremacy position and face-saving undertaking to its tarnished ego for losing so many combatants on its side, the recent attacks on KIA position is aimed at gaining more occupation areas and influence, prior to political bargaining at the PD phase.
Nobody knows for how long this BA posture of "state within a state", will continue, conducting its own affairs, mostly not in line, or even against, the policy of quasi-civilian government of Thein Sein, which from the outset seems to be trying hard to achieve the signing of NCA.
Janet Benshoof, in her article titled "Its time for international community to address Burma's constitution" argued that the international community acts as if development and engagement alone can secure a democratic future for Burma. She said that this neither serves the people of Burma nor advances the global security sought by the international community.
This fallacy is that justice, democracy, and rule of law can be established in Burma notwithstanding the fact that the 2008 constitution establishing the "Republic of the Union of Myanmar" grants the "Defense Services," under Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing, complete and total legal autonomy over its own affairs, as well as immunity for its actions, however criminal or corrupt. The truth is actually quite simple: unless and until the military is placed under civilian control through constitutional amendment, talk of democracy and rule of law in Burma is just that, talk.
A nation's constitution is usually considered to be a quintessential exercise of sovereignty, and not typically a matter for international action, but just who has sovereign power in Burma? The legal definition of "sovereignty" or of a "sovereign" state requires that the state have complete legal authority over the military and over the constitutional amendment processes. In this case, the "Republic of the Union of Myanmar" does not meet the standard of a sovereign state. (Source: Janet Benshoof – DVB 20 February 2013)
If this is so, Thein Sein regime would need to wrestle back its sovereignty and amend the constitution according to the aspirations of all ethnic groups residing within the boundary of Burma. It can't possibly allow the BA to sabotage the peace process whenever it feels like it. Thein Sein's recent interview with the BBC and endorsement of BA leading the country through with its "disciplined democracy" is not going to put his regime in a good stead.
Many were openly amazed and even questioned the "self-appointed savior of the nation and champion of democratization process" posture of the military, when the successive military regimes, starting from 1962 military coup, have been the culprit that destroyed the nascent democracy. The benefit of doubts that Thein Sein might be enjoying as a reformer is fading fast, with such statements and that he might be playing "good cop, bad cop" scenario, and in fact working for the military clique to which he also belongs, is gaining more currency with each passing day.
To top this doubtfulness, the Union Peace-making Central Committee (UPCC) is almost identical with National Defense and Security Council (NDSC), dominated by the military. In the UPCC setup, Attorney General and President's Office Secretary were inserted, while Minister of Foreign Affairs was omitted, which is included in the NDSC line up. However, the members count of eleven is maintained. UPCC makes negotiation policy and decision for UPWC, which negotiates with its counterpart, the NCCT.
Thus, it is of course, not at all clear whether the President is functioning within the capacity of a head of state or leading the NDSC military-dominated setup, when conducting peace negotiation with the EAOs.
According to Myanmar Times report on 23 March, NCCT said it did not have the authority to sign a national ceasefire agreement and that the ethnic groups' leaders, would call a conference of the armed groups to decide on the matter.
The report said that the reluctance of the EAOs might be the lack of trust.
U Aye Maung, chair of the Rakhine National Party, said: "It seems that ethnic armed groups are taking their time to decide, because [the government] talks peace on the table and fights on the ground."
"If the Tatmatdaw declared it wouldn't make any military offensives for maybe one month or two or three weeks and invited all ethnics for political dialogue, then I believe that all would … certainly join the dialogue."
In the same vein, Roland Watson, who runs "Dictator Watch" website, in his recent article "Burma NCA negotiation update 2" writes:
"In conflict ceasefire negotiations all around the world, if one side attacks again and again, there is – normally, and rightly – no possibility of a ceasefire. For the side being attacked, to agree to any deal is a surrender – to accepting the other side's right to attack, and even more to signing because the other side has attacked."
Whatever the case, the issues of federalism, federal union army formation and anything to do with structural change of political system boils down to the need of "constitutional amendment", or should we call it "constitutional debacle", which have plagued the country since the independence from the British, in 1948.
This ongoing peace talks might be the best chance to achieve viable solution to this decades-old ethnic conflict. And to do it, the regime only needs to show "political will" by reining in the unruly military, stop the absurdity of lionizing it as a savior, democratic crusader, and should instead listen to the voice of the people and act accordingly. Otherwise, the regime runs the risk of going down the drain for being "birds of the same feather that flock together".
The contributor is ex-General Secretary of the dormant Shan Democratic Union (SDU) — Editor
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Kokang's legitimate negotiation stance should be accepted
As Nationwide Ceasefire Coordinating Team (NCCT) and Union Peacemaking Work Committee (UPWC) started to meet again on 17 March, for the seventh round of peace talks, aided by the historical meeting between the Kachin Independence Organization/ Army (KIO/KIA) delegation with the President and Commander-in-Chief at Naypyitaw prior to the peace negotiation, fierce Burma Army offensive on Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) goes on unabated.
The MNDAA offensive, which has started out on 9 February, has now turned into a prolonged defensive nature and it seems the government troops are having a hard time trying to dislodge the Kokang fighters and their allies Ta-ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) and Arakan Army (AA), which have openly declared that they are fighting along side against the Burma Army. KIA, Shan State Army-North (SSA-N), United Wa State Army (UWSA) and Mong La were also accused of giving a helping hand to MNDAA by the the government, but all denied to be involved in the Kokang fighting.
The government side maintains that the MNDAA started the fight and it is not going to give the party the legitimacy of a negotiation partner, but only determined to flush out it fighting forces, annihilate or swing them to surrender.
The MNDAA sees its offensive to retake the Kokang area as its home coming to reclaim its legitimate right back, which the Burmese military has unfairly robbed from MNDAA. The then military regime, State Peace and Development Council (SPDC), sided with Peng Jaisheng's deputy and chased him out, as he declined to accept the military demand to come under Border Guard Force (BGF) program. His deputy yielded to the Burmese military demand and was eventually made the ruler of the Kokang Special Administrative Area.
According to 19 March VOA report, Myat Htun Lin, MNDAA spokesman made it plain that its recent military operations are due to Burma Army's 2009 military actions against it, using various false accusations.
The then military regime accused MNDAA with weapon production and drug trafficking as pretext to chase Peng Jaisheng and its MNDAA out of Kokang area.
It was speculated that the MNDAA, in fact, only wants to establish its legitimate political presence, within the mold of NCCT and United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) to bargain for its rights of self-determination. But with the Burma Army's ego badly hurt for losing so many combatants on its side, it is highly unlikely that the UPWC will accept MNDAA as negotiation partner for now.
Hla Maung Shwe, senior member of UPWC, recently said in an interview that the directive of Union Peace-making Central Committee (UPCC) doesn't include MNDAA, although NCCT insists that it is one of its member.
The same VOA report, Burmese Section, pinpoints the frustration of MNDAA, aired by its spokesman Myat Htun Lin, when he said: " I couldn't understand anymore. This is like waging a defensive war against foreign invasion, using heavy weapons, fighter bombers, tanks and all. I've already said that we cannot accept this for we Kokang people are citizens and indigenous of the Union of Burma and also geographically a part of Burma, which is accepted by all."
Regarding the Kokang conflict, Naing Han Thar, chair of the NCCT, said in his opening remarks at the start of the seventh round of formal talks on a draft ceasefire in Rangoon, "In order to implement genuine and lasting peace, at the talks we need to discuss the issues happening in Kachin State, Palaung region and Kokang region to decrease tensions," according to Myanmar Times report of 18 March.
He further elaborates:"We believe we will get eternal peace if we can hold all-inclusive political dialogue that includes all ethnic armed groups, after signing the nationwide ceasefire agreement."
Meanwhile, TNLA released a statement pointing out that the increased military offensives in Kokang and Palaung areas are in no way conducive or beneficial to the ongoing peace talks in Rangoon and questions the sincerity of the government.
With the poisoned China-Burma relationship, due to Burma's warplane accidentally bombing the Lincang county of Yunan Province, killing five Chinese and wounding eight of them, the Kokang conflict has turned into an international issue. While talks of compensation, investigation, apologies and punishment of the responsible parties are on the Chinese government agendas, the real pressing, core problem is on how to resolve the border conflict and at the same time. maintain friendly relationship between the two countries.
The priority of the Chinese is to restore peace and normalcy along the border and to protect its vast economic interest within Burma. But this doesn't mean that China is going to dump MNDAA or the people of Kokang and side with the Burmese regime. This means the regime needs to employ a more accommodating political settlement through negotiation and not waging a total annihilation war, just to satisfy its ego, against Kokang and other ethnic groups along the border. For prolonged war along the border with China will, sooner or later, brings direct conflict with China, as the recent accidental bombing in Yunan shows.
For China, sealing the border or creating a border buffer zone is also not a solution, as its vast economic interest will be in jeopardy. And so it is left with the only option of pushing the warring parties to negotiate for a peaceful settlement. China has once intervened, by convening peace talks, to reduce tension between the KIA and Burma Army in 2012, when Burma Air force dropped bombs on Chinese soil in pursuit of the KIA troopers seeking sanctuary along the Chinese border.
Hopefully, cooler heads will prevail within the Thein Sein regime and should earnestly consider the NCCT's proposal of "all-inclusive" negotiation atmosphere, so that peace and harmony could return to Kokang and the rest of ethnic homelands.
The contributor is ex-General Secretary of the dormant Shan Democratic Union (SDU) — Editor
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Wa still "undecided" about NCA meeting
The United Wa State Party/Army( UWSP/ UWSA) still has yet to decide whether or not it would attend the upcoming 7th round of meeting between the Armed resistance movements' Nationwide Ceasefire Coordination Team(NCCT) and the government's Union Peacemaking Work Committee(UPWC) to discuss the 5th draft of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement(NCA) as an observer, according to its spokesman.
Speaking to SHAN this morning, U Aung Myint aka Li Julieh, said the party has been holding its annual meeting which is expected to last until 17 March, which coincides with the first day of the NCCT-UPWC meeting. Altogether 605 top members are gathered in Panghsang, the Wa capital on the Sino-Burmese border. " We are yet to decide whether or not we should go," he said.
The group's closest ally, the National Democratic Alliance Army(NDAA), whose headquarters is located southeast, meanwhile, told SHAN it had already chosen two representatives for the NCA meeting. "We are only waiting for Panghsang's decision," an NDAA official was quoted as saying." If they go,we go."
The two groups have been undergoing a tense relationship with Naypyitaw since the latter's accusation that they had been aiding and abetting the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army(MNDAA) Kokang group that has been at war with the Burma Army since 9 February.
Meanwhile many of the NCCT members are on their way to the former capital. The two sides,apart from the NCA, are scheduled to discuss reduction of conflicts, military Code of Conduct and joint monitoring mechanisms. " Now we're really getting down to business," said a member on condition of anonymity.
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When who came last becomes first
There are several things I had been wondering throughout my struggle through life. And one of them was why Malaysia, or Malaya as it was known before, wasn't granted Independence at the same time like India and Burma, if the British really were in such a hurry to get rid of their colonies after World War Ⅱ.
Of course, I could have found out the answer if I had just persisted. However I was so busy doing several things at the same time that I felt lazy to launch a full inquiry. The outcome: I didn't find out any answers.
The only thing Shans know about Malaya/Malaysia is that their Federated Shan States (1922-1947), their first taste of federalism, came into being after a study trip to Federated Malay States (1895-1946).
"Please don't waste your breath on us by trying to preach us about federalism," U Tun Pay, the late prominent Shan politician, was reported as saying, in response to a statement made by a Burman leader who was apparently trying to convince Shan counterparts that there were better ways than secession to resolve differences between the Burmans and the non-Burmans. "We know by our own experience how acceptable it is to us. What you should do instead is to go and teach the generals who seem to be having a cock-eyed idea about federalism."
In 1945, the British emerged from the World War, a victor but an economically spent one. The new Labor government led by Clement Atlee, despite protests by the Conservatives like Winston Churchill, who won the war but lost the elections nevertheless, decided to grant independence to her colonies, whether or not they were ready to become their own masters.
In the case of Burma, many, including old hands of Burma, have blamed London for the slapdashery that, according to them, have resulted in chaos and war for more than 60 years.
However, with Malaya/Malaysia, even the Labor government had taken its time. What happened?
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According to Dr Paul Lim, who visited Chiangmai, 10-12 March, and who knew the country well, having lived there, the answer was simple. "It was Malaya's rubber and tin industries that had kept the British economy afloat," he told his listeners from Burma. "That's why even Labor refused to let it go, at least not right away."
I then looked up in D.G.E. Hall's History of Southeast Asia (1955) and found his answer, though short, made sense.
Tin and rubber together had accounted for 86% of the country's exports. Earnings were $519 million in 1948 and $1.195 billion two years later. And the British owned tin mines alone accounted for two-thirds of the production.
The outcome: Independence to Malaysia came only in 1957, 9 years after Burma. And compared to Burma, its problems are, according to one commentator, pint-sized.
With Burma, the peace process initiated by President Thein Sein, seems to be the last hope. Let us therefore support and encourage the peacemakers on both sides to do better and faster, instead of blaming one side against the other(s), so the vicious circle, on rather the cycle, ends soon and we can catch up with the likes of Malaysia.
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Hi guys! I had tried planting eggplants in the ground many years ago but it didn't do much, so this year I tried a 'Hansel' in a pot. The plant was quite large when I bought it, and put on booms soon after I planted it. There are tons of fruit on it. I read from Parks Seed that you can pick them from 3in. all the way up to 10in. Last night I grilled two. One was about 5in. long, the other a bit smaller. The inside was wonderful; great taste. But the skin was really tough. I don't know if that is typical for this cultivar, or it is because I give it too much/not enough water, or something else.
I am interested to hear what you guys think of 'Hansel'. Are the skins on yours are tough as well? How do you like the taste?
Are there any others you find are better? I am curious, since I will be growing lots more eggplant next year, though probably not 'Hansel'. ;-)
I grow quite a few cultivars of eggplant but never have gotten around the much hyped Hansel and Gretel. Hansel is an oriental type which type in general have more tender skins than American ( Black Beauty types). It is touted for container gardening which is not my thing. It might be that you need to peel them like the larger eggplant fruits. If you like to grill baby eggplants, this is Slim Jim which grows in bunches like grapes. To small for most uses but great for grilling.
Haven't tried Hansel, though I hear it's very productive. This year I'm growing the standard black beauties, ichiban, swallow (similar to ichiban but earlier) and Fairy Tale (mini and striped, very prolific). I only grew the BB's because my ichiban seeds didn't work out so well and couldn't find plants. Generally I prefer the japanese style ones and find them very easy to grow. They have less tough skin than the italian big eggplants. Not sure how they compare to Hansel. Next year I plan to try Ping Tung, which I understand has notably thin skin.
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-farmerdilla, lovely eggplant! I never knew oriental types generally had thin skins, thanks for mentioning that. Do you find your 'Slim Jim' to have thin skins?
-Susan, my Hansel is very productive. Right now there are 16 fruits on the plant, 5 of which can be eaten any time. I think it really loves growing in a container. I don't mind it if the skins are a little tough. But these are hard to chew, lol! Not sure why...
I love the look of 'Fairy Tale'; I saw it in a seed catalog. Do they taste nice?
I really must grow more eggplant next year. I never knew they were so easy to grow!
Fairy Tale do taste nice. Pretty much like the oriental eggplants. I just get excited by them because they're so pretty and the grow in clusters. OOoooh. Make me shiver just to say it....clusters!
Somehow it's more exciting to have many of a small something than one great big one.
Farmerdilla, do you think the slim jim's are comparable to the Fairly tale? Same size and clusters? I wouldn't think that there would be that much difference in taste. Have you noticed any difference from one asian variety to another? I haven't.
Is there any notable reason to grow one over the other?
Yes I have found some noticable difference in taste, but mostly in size and shape. Some are just to skinny for my uses. Other vary in productivity. Ichiban is hard to beat.
Longship Does have very tender skin but is 1 inch or less in diameter.
Slim Jim is fairly typical of asian eggplant in falvor and skin thickness, but is incredibly small.
Money Maker # 2 is a shorter fatter Japanese eggplant. My wife likes it, because it is easier to prepare. Not as productive as Ichiban.
My favorite of the green calyx types. Ballaroi, an eggshaped Italian eggplant.
I LOVED 'Hansel' last year - grew it in a whiskey barrel, and it was very productive. Skins were tender enough to eat.
This year, I'm having trouble with it. I'll be adding a separate post w/pix - the fruit has brown streaks all over the skin, even on the tiniest new fruit. Never seen this with my eggplants before. In the same barrel, I also have purple 'Orlando' and white 'Gretel', and both of them are just fine! Just harvested my first of each of the three, so I'll be grilling shortly...
But I loved 'Hansel' last year!
Grilling update: Brown streaky 'Hansels' were just fine inside, once they were peeled. Sliced them longwise, mixed with slices of an unpeeled 'Orlando' (so I could tell the difference & compare the taste), tossed with olive oil & garlic & grilled in a basket...
Yum. (For the record, tho, the 'Orlando' skin was pretty tough.)
Grew "Hansel" last year (2010).
A definite winner.
Plant never got more than 4' tall, yet small fruits came up in clusters all the way through the autumn. Eggplants themselves were tasty and nearly seedless, and as advertised, they could be picked at nearly any size.
Only downside here was that the fruits didn't yield good enough seeds for me to save some to replant this year!
Worse, the place where I got this last year isn't stocking them this year.
I know that this post dates back to 2011 but I have grown Hansel for a few years now, that is I grew Hansel, kept the seeds for the year after and used my seeds since then. I was happily surprized that the plants obtained with the seeds presented the same characteristics than the original plants so I now call this variety Hansel just the same.
These little eggplants are wonderful, the plants are so productive and grow early as compared to other varieties of eggplants. Now, I grow these every year.
I would say eggplant is the major crop in my garden beside the tomatoes. Last season I grew Black beauty, Amadeo and orlando hybrid. We fry it in oil and put on it tomato sauce. we boil it and stuff it with red pepper and we pickel it too. I love it so all my family. But I never grew Hansel I am planning to grow some this year. As for the skin the boiled one the skin is soft and the fried ones if the skin is hard I peel it.Last year I went crazy I had about 20 plants.We had a lot of it enough for my family and my kids families and gave some to the soup kitchen.
Well, if you love eggplants, try this one: in an ironcast large skillet, put olive oil, diced onions, then sliced eggplants, then tomatoes, pepper it well and put in the middle of your oven heated at 350F covered with a heavy cover (not aluminium because of the acid of the tomatoes). After 25 min, toss it a little so that the eggplants melt with the onions and tomatoes and cover with some cheese, cheddar, mozzarella or brick or what you have in the fridge. Bake for another 15 min uncovered. This is a delight and really, it is the basic recipe for other vegetable dishes - add celery, leeks, beans, anything that you have on hand.
Back to Hansel, I like it because it is a small eggplant, so I take 2 or 3 from the plant for the next meal and there is no leftover. We love eggplants too.
The seeds I have are my own seeds, harvested from fruits in my garden. I first bought this variety as plants (6 plants in a box) at the local coop. I keep naming my seeds Hansel but in reality, they are seeds from one of those initial 6 plants. There were enough seeds in one fruit to grow little eggplants similar to Hansel for at least 3 years in a row but last summer, I kept seeds from another fruit (3rd generation). They are now BeetleJuiceVoyager seeds.
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This variety was an All-America Selection in 2008, but you are right, the breeder is Seminis Vegetable Seeds, one of Monsanto's companies acquired in 2005. Don't we have to be looking everywhere nowadays? Who would have thought that Monsanto was behind eggplants?? I knew about corn but now, eggplants!
I grew Hansel last year. I bought it at a plant sale put on by the college horticulture department, so I feel I was supporting the college. The peel is a bit more chewy than larger eggplant, but it did produce well.
Here is a link that might be useful: Mini-eggplant
Monsanto/Seminis eggplant link below. It's not so hard to check on these things, and times are strange, so me must watch out for ourselves. Big brother is not really interested in the safety of your food.
Here is a link that might be useful: seminis eggplant
On the other hand, the fact that Hansel is a F1 hybrid does not mean that it contains engineered genes. All the catalogs offer F1 and F2 hybrids for carrots, lettuces, brocoli, name it and gardeners have been growing them in their small vegetable gardens for years.
I guess I will have to rename my seeds so that they are not linked to the Hansel eggplant, as produced by Seminis.
How are you saving hybrids and getting the same thing?
Seminis supplies normal garden seed to all the seed companies except those who refuse to buy from them now that Monsanto bought them. They have very famous and very good hybrids but I won't give Monsanto any of my money.
Here is a link that might be useful: Monsanto free seed companies
The fruits that I harvested the first year were produced on F1 hybrids. Their seeds produced plants and fruits that looked very much alike the little eggplants obtained the previous year, so I kept seeds from them. Last summer, I grew eggplants from those seeds and still, the little eggplants were pretty much alike the originals, so I kept seeds again. Would you like to try them?
I am a member of the Seeds of Diversity program. Do you honestly think that I knew at the time of my first try of Hansel eggplants that they were produced by a subsidiary company of Monsanto? I was shopping at the local plant shop for eggplants because that year, I had been away in April and I was unable to start my seedlings as I usually do.
Now that I have my own seeds of a small eggplant, a variety that is delicious, very productive and early in the season, I will keep on harvesting the seeds. I think that with time, the personnality of the original parents will take over, leaving descendants similar to Hansel but not F1. Eventually, the seeds should stabilize their characteristics. If not, I will simply discard the seeds.


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I would like to buy some of the "church" birdhouses for my Sunday School students to paint for Mother's Day. However, I want them to be used outside for real birds. Is there a way to do this? I have lots of kids, so I can't build them from scratch, which is why I wanted the premade ones.
Google "church bird house kit". I looked and saw a couple of kits that looked like they would hold up to the elements. I don't know anything about the companies so I'm not posting the names here.
If you're a member of a church, you need to put out the word or have it announced in church that you need someone to make bird house kits. Surely, someone is handy with tools and would volunteer. Around here, we have a few dads and grandpas who cut out the boards.


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Chill Patong Hotel Accommodation & Rooms
Situated in Patong, Chill Patong Hotel is connected to a shopping center and close to Sphinx Theatre, Patong Beach, and Bangla Night Street. Also nearby are Patong Boxing Stadium and Kalim Beach.
Hotel Features.
This Patong hotel offers a restaurant, a coffee shop/café, and a bar/lounge. Complimentary wireless and wired high-speed Internet access is available in public areas and a computer station is located on site. There is a business center on site. The staff can provide concierge services and tour/ticket assistance. Additional amenities include dry cleaning/laundry services, an elevator (lift), and a television in the lobby. For a surcharge, guests receive transportation including a shuttle from the airport to the hotel (available on request), an area shuttle, and a shopping center shuttle. The property has designated areas for smoking.
Rooms open to balconies. The 59 air-conditioned guestrooms at Chill Patong Hotel include free minibar items and safes. Complimentary wireless and wired high-speed Internet access is provided. 40-inch LED TVs are equipped with satellite channels. Bathrooms offer showers and complimentary toiletries. All units feature refrigerators and complimentary bottled water. Housekeeping is offered daily.
Hotel comfortable, but staff not very fluent in English
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Hotel size
- This hotel has 59 rooms
- This hotel is arranged over 6 floors
- Check-in time starts at 2 PM
- Check-out time is noon
Required at check in
- Credit card or cash deposit required
- Government-issued photo ID required
- Minimum check-in age is 15
- Local laws may restrict unmarried guests from sharing a room
Travelling with others
- No cribs (infant beds)
- No pets or service animals allowed
Extra people
- Rollaway beds available, charges may apply*
- Free WiFi and wired Internet access in public areas
- Free WiFi and wired Internet access in rooms
- Accessible parking
- Area shuttle *
- Shopping center shuttle *
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In the hotel
- Continental breakfast daily (surcharge)
- Restaurant
- Bar/lounge
- Coffee shop/café
- Business center
- Computer station
- 24-hour front desk
- Concierge services
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Luggage storage
- Number of buildings/towers - 2
- Year Built 2013
- Elevator/lift
- Designated smoking areas
- Television in lobby
- Disabled parking
- In-room accessibility
In the room
- Air conditioning
- Balcony
- Private bathroom
- Shower only
- Free toiletries
- 40-inch LED TV
- Satellite TV channels
- Free WiFi
- Phone
- Refrigerator
- Free bottled water
- Daily housekeeping
- In-room safe
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Deposit: THB 3000 per stay (cash only)
We have included all charges provided to us by this hotel. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the room you book.


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It was five blocks from the Skytrain station at Royal Oak. This was a convenient access to downtown Vancouver.
Burnaby has become completely Asian. More need to speak English.
Is was close to the area in which I had business in. Friendly staff, clean.
The hotel was beautiful and luxurious, including all of the amenities. Loved the restaurant and the oyster bar. Staff was very courteous and helpful. Would definitely come back again.
Location , rooms Beds, real nice bar and Resturant!
Experience at Spa with our daughter who is undergoing Treatment was a disaster!! I picked this hotel because of the spa but her mani & pedi and the technician was aweful! She also had a massage which she did enjoy!!
I bought WiFi $19.95/day didn't work! Talked to a call centre in Missiouri - said he reboot server/ still didn't work! Disappointed but the overall hotel we did enjoy- beds , rooms, etc.
This is the perfect hotel to be close to the cruise terminal as well as for sightseeing, right next to Gastown, Chinatown, and the Skytrain.
Had my reservation for a king sized bed, and when I entered the room, it was 2 doubles. Went down to get it changed, and the staff member (Elena?) said the rooms were fully booked and said that "the king sized was just a request". I persisted that I reserved a king and paid the price for a king, which was clearly printed on my reservation confirmation. She went to the back room to check with her manager, and finally came back out to change my room to a king size bed.
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The property is a very easy walk (even in inclement weather) to the convention center. It excels based on value: a bit cheaper than the others but includes continental breakfast and a access to a nice fitness center.
Hosts are great couple and fulfilled all our needs
Shouldn't be rated as 4-star (not comparable to 4-star hotel)
A guest has to pay extra for parking
I loved the view they gave me of the water, it was just beautiful. At first I was a bit worried since it overlooked part of the pier where there is resturants and more, but when I turned on the AC I didn't hear a thing. The bed was confterble, with down pillows. The room had been remodeled with nice colors and the bathrooms clean and up to date. Parking was very reasonable, and when I forgot I had left my toothbrush at home the provided me with a complimentary toothbrush and tooth paste. The staff was very friendly and helpful, this always makes or brakes my experience, so cheers to that!
The patio in my room was very dirty the glass railing and floors, it needed a good cleaning and some new updated paint and patio furniture. Arriving at the hotel was a bit hard as your on a doc / waterfront property with so many people and cars no real area to pull up to, there are some 10 min spots for guest in a parking lot but there where only a few so good luck getting one if it's a busy day. The Rooms and the Hotle need just a bit more updating it looks really nice in the photos online, but it's an older Hotle with still quite a few things that need updating (repurposed furniture in rooms, elevator and elevator entry to parking garage, the AC in the room did not work well felt very humid ( I had to request a fan). The computer system when down at the front desk when I when to check out (but the staff where friendly and quick to fix it).
Staff were very helpful
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The minister said this 11th round, the first license auction to be held since 2008, will include some 164 blocks, of which half are offshore and half are onshore.
Oil companies have said they are running out of areas to explore for oil in Brazil, with concessions from the 10th round in 2008 starting to expire. Industry officials have warned that new exploration in Brazil will dry up by 2015 if new bid rounds are not held.
The first round of licenses for the so-called subsalt region, where massive oil reserves have been discovered in recent years, is on track to be held in November, he said. The subsalt round will be held under a new set of rules which determine a larger role for the government and oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA (PBR, PETR4.BR).
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Separately, the eighth round of licensing, suspended in November 2006, has been formally canceled because of legal issues, Mr. Lobao said. The eighth round auction included a number of blocks in the subsalt region; the oil regulator, the ANP, had already started to refund participation fees and bid bonds related to the auction.
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Have any of you used the Chillow pillow? It's a thermal device you slip into your pillow case, on top of the pillow, and it keeps the pillow feeling cool. I was just sorting through old papers and I ran across something I printed about this some time ago and I'm intrigued and want to order one but I thought I'd check here and see if anyone has tried it and liked it.
Jenn, I decided to follow this forum to the end of the 10 "pages". Did you ever get the Chillow Pillow? I only heard of them in the past few months (yes, I realize your post was dated 7/02) and actually bought them for Christmas gifts for "practical people". I am curious as to whether you got/used one. Thanks.
Hi Puppymom,
I never got the pillow but I'm still considering it. I'm just afraid it might be a gimmick, but then again it might be the best thing since sliced bread, especially in the summer.
I'd ask the folks you gave it to and see how they like them... then please let me know! :-)
I laughed about your reference to "practical people", because I am very practical myself. :-)