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Outlasting the F.B.I., a Determined Widow Restores Her Husband's Reputation as a Loyal Communist
Lillie, 63, now living alone and working as an accountant at a Boston-area university, vividly recalls the day 25 years ago when her family's life changed forever. It was around the Fourth of July when three grim-faced party members came to the Albertsons' Brooklyn, N.Y., apartment with a letter that had been planted in a car in which Bill had ridden. Apparently in Albertson's handwriting, the letter to "Joe" identified various Communist Party leaders in New York State. It concluded, "Maybe you could arrange for a raise in expenses," and was signed "Bill."
"I was flabbergasted," says Lillie. She was positive the letter was forged because every word was legible; her husband wrote in an unreadable scrawl. Albertson, who had once served 60 days in jail for contempt of court for refusing to name fellow party members, protested his innocence. Arguing that a real informer would never have signed his own name, he insisted he must have been framed by the FBI. But the party expelled him, along with his mother and Lillie.
"My husband was literally destroyed, says Lillie. Leftist politics had been Albertson's life, following his Russian immigrant mother's example, he became active in the Communist Party at age 19 in 1929. He had worked tirelessly as a labor organizer and had risen to the party's national committee. But now the Worker labeled him "a stool pigeon" and denounced his "duplicity and treachery."
"He really wanted to end his life," Lillie says. "I would not leave him alone for the first three or four days after this happened." His best friends, all fellow Communists, shunned them. The couple had to take their 7-year-old son, Michael, out of a socialist summer camp after an anonymous caller vowed to "cut him up in little pieces." Other callers threatened to burn their apartment; it did burn, and arson was suspected. Bill, whose party work had paid a meager $65 a week, was never able to find steady employment again. Whispers followed him everywhere, and he was fired from a series of menial jobs, sometimes for being a Communist, sometimes for being an informer. After plunging him into desperate economic straits, says Lillie, the FBI offered Bill money to actually become an informer. He refused. Clearing his name became "his only reason for living," Lillie has said. "The most painful thing I ever had to experience in my whole life was watching a destroyed man try to save himself."
He never succeeded. Albertson accidentally fell from a porch in 1972, broke his neck and died at age 61. Three more years passed before an apparent clerical error by an FBI employee let the truth slip out. While investigating the bureau's secret counterintelligence program (COINTELPRO), NBC News law correspondent Carl Stern had sued the FBI to obtain 50,000 pages of documents. The files revealed that many people had been framed as informers. Names had been carefully blacked out, but one was overlooked: Albertson. Stern passed the information on to the American Civil Liberties Union, which sued the government on Lillie's behalf. In other FBI files was proof that the bureau had tapped the Albertsons' personal phone calls and read their mail, all without a warrant. And Hoover had wired his agents that he was "extremely pleased" with the "sophisticated and imaginative action" against Albertson.
For the FBI it was one small engagement in a campaign whose full scope has yet to be revealed. (One former FBI agent said in 1962 that of 8,500 members of the Communist Party, nearly 1,500 were FBI informants.) The bureau, which has conceded that the COINTELPRO program smeared civil rights leaders, including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., nevertheless fought to have Lillie Albertson's lawsuit dismissed in order to protect "national security" secrets. Rebuffed by the courts, the FBI finally settled.
"Most people wouldn't expect the government to destroy somebody's life because of their politics," says Lillie's lawyer, Kate Martin. "The lesson of the Albertson case is that this did happen in the United States and that we have to be very careful that it doesn't happen again."
"My God, it's just so unfair that the truth didn't come out when he was alive," says Lillie. After looking through 35,000 pages of his FBI files, she now has an idea which party members may have been the real informers. But she refuses to name names. Says Lillie: "I wouldn't put anybody through what was done to us."
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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- An Alabama company played a role in catching a serial burglar in suburban Philadelphia, police said this week.
It was a Moultrie brand game camera a homeowner put out to capture photos of wildlife that instead captured photos of Larry "Elijah" Samuel, who last week was charged with 13 burglaries in Chester County, just west of Philly.
Alabaster-based Moultrie Feeders LLC is a division of Birmingham's EBSCO Industries Inc.
Authorities contend that Samuel broke into homes in three townships, sometimes while homeowners were present, and stole tens of thousands of dollars worth of firearms, jewelry, cash and electronics between Oct. 27, 2011, and Feb. 1.
"The defendant has been terrorizing Chester County townships for months," said District Attorney Thomas Hogan.
East Fallowfield Township Police Officer Samantha Harper said she was working the case when one of the victims made police aware of the motion-activated camera, which he'd put out in hopes of getting photos of deer, fox and other wildlife. They retrieved two photos of Samuel from the memory card, she said, and an officer recognized him from a prior arrest. Samuel confessed to being the man in the photos, so police obtained a search warrant and found much of the stolen merchandise in his home. They also found he'd sold much of the booty to a local pawn shop.
"This is a first in Chester County," Harper said. "That camera is what gave us a major lead in this case."
While it was a first for police in Chester County, it's not the first time a Moultrie camera was used to catch a bad guy. Beth Lauderdale, marketing manager for the company, said reports of Moultrie game cameras capturing images of ne'er-do-wells started to trickle in shortly after the company first introduced cameras with infrared flashes about six years ago.
But use of the cameras for security purposes has recently spiked because of two new features. The new "black" infrared flash doesn't glow red in the visible spectrum like its predecessor, making it harder to detect. And the addition of optional cellular modems that upload photos to a Moultrie website made it possible for homeowners to see pictures remotely.
Based on photos posted to the secure website, Lauderdale estimated that half the new "black flash" cameras are being used for purposes other than game management and wildlife photography.
"A lot of people are using them as security cameras," she said.
Moultrie, which sells game and fish feeders in addition to wildlife cameras, does not have plans to add purpose-built security cameras to its line of products, she said.
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Jesus' Understandings on gender roles
Jesus understood man and woman as equals to receive the grace of God in the sojourn towards the Kingdom of God. He taught men and women together and at times separately. Jesus taught in the synagogues all men and women. He gave private tuitions to Martha and Maria and the Samaritan woman. The Canaanite woman, who pleaded for her daughter was tested by the Lord to the maximum that she could earn the desire of her heart. He let the sinner woman to anoint his feet with alabaster and dry it off with her hair. He had narrated parables where two men were building their houses, one on the rock and the other on the sand. There is the parable of the Kingdom of God which is like a woman mixing 3 units of flour to make bread, namely house hold duties. Martha was worried about the house hold chores and she complained to the Lord about her sister Maria not bothered about the same. The Lord is not pressing Maria on this issue too. Jesus went to fish with other men into the sea and you do not see another woman there in the sea. It is Mary the mother of God is the one who takes care of the Baby Jesus and not Joseph. Joseph is keen in giving care to Mary. Also Joseph is depicted as a carpenter, a profession to win bread for the family. In short, during Jesus' time any work that demanded hard physical labor was that of man and that works were winning matter to make bread. It was the woman, who baked bread at home out of what the man had brought from his work. It seems that the Lord did not overturn this division of labor at all. At the same time, Jesus allowed women to grow from simply being the exploited lot to be serious partners in the active striving towards salvation.
1 Corinthians 11.3-16
This letter was written by the Apostle Paul to the church in Corinth. They were a messed-up church! Anyway, he addresses their questions one by one throughout the letter. Here is his take on the behavior of women in church in this letter.
3. But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of Christ is God. 4. Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head, 5. but every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, since it is the same as if her head were shaven. 6. For if a woman will not cover her head, then she should cut her hair short. But since it is disgraceful for a woman to cut off her hair or shave her head, let her cover her head. 7. For a man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and reflection of God, but woman is the reflection of man. 8. For man was not made from woman, but woman from man. 9. Neither was man created for woman, but woman for man. 10. That is why a woman ought to have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels. 11. Nevertheless, in the Lord woman is not independent of man, nor man of woman; 12. for as woman was made from man, so man is now born of woman. And all things are from God. 13. Judge for yourselves: is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered? 14. Does not nature itself teach you that if a man wears long hair it is a disgrace for him, 15. but if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? But if anyone is disposed to be contentious- we have no such custom, nor do the churches of God.
First, in verse 3, there are several things to note. What does "head" mean? What is "headship?" Whatever it means, there seems to be some sort of hierarchy. In relationship to Christ, a man is a body and Christ is the head. In relationship to his wife, though, the man is the head and the wife is the body. Christ is a body, with God as the head. So it goes something like this . . . wife – husband — Christ — God. On that line, you are the head of the person to the left of you and the body of the person to the right of you. This analogy of gender roles and the Trinity came up in the Creation story a bit, and here it is clearer. In other passages it is clearer still. Let us try to synthesize a little more here.
Who is more powerful, Christ or God the Father? The same. They are both God. Who is more important? There is no more a silly question possible at all. However, they have different roles. The Father did not die for our sins, that was the responsibility of the Son. They are equal, but have different accomplishments. Jesus was submissive to the Father. In the gospel of John, Jesus is hard to figure out. On the one hand he keeps saying things like, "I and the Father are one" (John 10.30). On the other hand, he also keeps saying thing like, "I do nothing on my own authority, but speak just as the Father taught me . . . I always do the things that are pleasing to him" (John 8.28-29). What does it mean that Jesus did not have the authority in himself to do what he was doing? He was/is in a submissive role to the Father. Not because he is inadequate, incompetent, or anything of the like, but because he completely trusted the Father to accomplish his task and together (with the Holy Spirit), they accomplished our redemption. This seems to be the way the Bible presents the gender differences. They are equal, but have different accomplishments. Women are in the submissive role (like Jesus in his relationship to the Father), and men are in the leadership role (like Jesus in his relationship to the Church). So, we each get to illustrate Jesus in his different relationships.
Verses 5-15 talk about a head covering for women which is inappropriate for men. First, we should notice that the women are doing the same thing as the men (vs.4-5). Paul has no problem with the women praying and prophesying in public. His instruction is about head coverings while the women do the same activities as men. These head coverings indicate some kind of submission, some kind of following. They were a cultural way of acknowledging the gender roles of creation, apparently. Today, head coverings would simply suggest that the person was Amish or really weird. How can women and men obey this teaching today? We might try an answer at the end of this deliberation though.


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The Technological Family: What's New and What's Not
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Brooklyn Law School
Family Law Quarterly, Vol. 33, No. 3, Fall 1999 (Published January 28, 2000)
New technologies now make it possible to conceive a baby without sex and to both predict and witness the process of fetal development. Both commercial and delayed parenthood present difficult questions relating to the ownership of genetic material and the status of preembryos that may-or may not-become human lives. Courts and legislatures have only begun to grapple with these genuinely novel aspects of the technological revolution in reproduction. This essay briefly explores both faces of technological conception-what's new and what's not.
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Realignment may create extremely competitive leagues
Committee meets to discuss new league formations
The Sac-Joaquin Section Realignment Committee met on Tuesday to discuss potential options for high school sports league realignment.
Section officials started off the meeting by giving their proposal of new league formations for the committee to consider.
The realignment would take effect in the fall of 2014 and would potentially create extremely competitive leagues.
One league possibility would place Del Oro, Folsom, Granite Bay, Nevada Union, Rocklin, Roseville, Woodcreek and Oak Ridge in one conference.
The goal for this realignment would be to better even out the leagues, placing teams with similar enrollments and competitive numbers together while also keeping in mind the distance between schools.
It is all up to the committee members now to decide how they wish to formulate the adjusted conferences.
A final decision will be made by the Realignment Committee, and then the Board of Managers will vote on it at the end of this school year.
The next realignment meeting is Jan. 29 at 9 a.m. at The Reserve at Spanos Park in Stockton. It is open to the public.
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Paralympic swimmer to address Collas Crill sponsored Guernsey IoD dinner
Paralympic swimmer Marc Woods will tell Guernsey business leaders about his 'path to gold' at the IoD annual dinner on 13 March.
Diagnosed with cancer at 17, Marc had his left leg amputated below the knee. Not knowing whether he had six months or 60 years left to live, he was determined to make the most of whatever time he did have, becoming a member of Great Britain's Paralympic swimming team, a multiple gold medallist, BBC commentator and author.
Marc will provide the IoD audience with insights into motivation, teamwork, leadership and communication skills in a keynote speech that demonstrates his passion for life.
Philip Sack, the IoD's senior adviser on employment policy in the UK, will also speak at the event at the Richmond Hotel. An expert in employment law and employee relations, Philip will discuss Guernsey's disability and inclusion strategy, which aims to ensure disabled Islanders and carers are fully included in Island life.
IoD vice chairman Richard Le Tocq said: "We are delighted to have secured both Marc Woods and Philip Sack of the IoD to speak to the membership. The disability and inclusion strategy is very topical and high on the agenda. Marc's story is remarkable and he is an absolute inspiration – it promises to be a great evening."
The event will also celebrate the achievement of IoD members in completing the IoD Company Direction Programme and will see IoD Management Shadow 2013 winner Jennifer Webster receive her award.
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Playhouse to hold auditions Sunday
HAGERSTOWN, Md. - The Washington County Playhouse will hold auditions for the musical "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" at 6:30 p.m. Sunday and at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the playhouse, 44 N. Potomac St. Callbacks will also be held Tuesday. All roles are open. Casting for three males and three females, age range late teens to early 30s; one female, who can pass for early/mid 30s; and two males, age range 20s to 50s.
Auditioners should prepare 16 bars of two contrasting show tunes and bring sheet music. An accompanist will be provided. A CD without vocals may be used but please know exactly where it should be cued. Auditions will also consist of cold readings from the script and/or improvisation. Bring a list of conflicts from April 14 through July 27. Show runs 10 performances from June 15 to July 27. Visit www.wcpdt.com for exact dates.
Dinner Theatre to produce musical
FREDERICK, Md. - The Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre will hold auditions for its production, "Legally Blonde," at 7 p.m. April 8 at the theater, 5 Willowdale Drive. Those auditioning are asked to bring a headshot and resume, as well as 16 bars of prepared music and be ready to sing, read from the scripts, and dance. An accompanist will be provided. No appointments are necessary.
All roles are open and non-union paying. Those auditioning should be at least 18 years old.
Rehearsals will begin in mid-April and are usually two to four days a week (Sunday afternoon/evening through Thursday evening).
The show runs June 14 to Aug. 24, with performances every Friday and Saturday evening, and matinees on the first, third and fifth Sunday of each month.
For more information, visit www.wayoffbroadway.com.
Chorus seeking new members
MARTINSBURG - The Harmony Along the Potomac Chorus is holding auditions for its "Doo-Whopping through the '50s & '60s, Barbershop Style" show to be held later in 2013. Women singers ages 18 to 85 in all voice ranges are invited to sing with the chorus for four weeks before auditioning. The Harmony Along the Potomac Chorus is a chartered Sweet Adeline Chorus. Rehearsals are held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. every Monday at Trinity Episcopal Church. Every rehearsal has a singing lesson.


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Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Concerned Citizens meeting set for Sept. 5
A Concerned Citizens meeting regarding the Martin Marietta rezoning request has been tentatively scheduled to take place at 7 p.m. on Sept. 5 at New Mt. Zion AME in Jamestown.
Most of you are aware that Martin Marietta has requested rezoning of 395 acres of land to Heavy Industrial at the quarry in Jamestown, also known as Georgetown II Quarry.
Other scheduled meetings are as follows; please note that meetings are subject to change.
Sept. 9 at 6:30 p.m., Berkeley County Land Use Committee, Recommendation and Second Reading.
Sept. 23 at 6:30 p.m., Berkeley County Council, Second Reading (Public input allowed).
Oct 14 at 6:30 p.m., Land Use Committee, Recommendation and Third Reading.
Oct 28 at 6:30 p.m., Berkeley County Council ,Public Hearing, Third Reading (Public input allowed).
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The Making of Our Family Holiday Cards (Photos)Casi Densmore-Koon
Last month, over on Disney Baby I told you just how to capture that perfect holiday photo with baby. Siblings included. Well – this year, I stepped up and snapped our Christmas card photos. My poor best friend, who is also our phototgrapher, had pneumonia and wasn't able to do it so she leant me her amazing camera and studio. After five of the most chaotic minutes of my life, I was able to get enough images for a well put together Christmas card. Mission accomplished.
Now, it was onto just what Holiday card we were going to send out. Since we have to send to so many – close friends, family, our community, etc. – I decided to put together a few different cards this year along with a cute card insert – top 2012 moments. Instead of a long brag letter, I found an adorable card on Shutterfly that broke down the top 2012 family moments of our year and sent that along with our cards. I thought it would be a fun way to update everyone on our growing family.
And of course – I had to share it with all of you! Take a browse thorough the pictures that made our cards and just what Holiday cards I sent out this year. That said, wishing you and yours a very Happy Holiday season! Don't feel bad friends that haven't gotten them in the mail yet, I just mailed them out today! Tis' the season.
Merry Everything, Happy Always 1 of 9This was the first Christmas card I put together. It was simple, easy and color coordinated which I loved.
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Holiday Bliss 2 of 9The tri-fold holiday cards are so fun! It is one of my favorite cards to date. Here is the front of ours, there was a back too!
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Kennadi (2) and McKenzie (5) 3 of 9I stuck with a classic red, white and green color palette but mixed modern prints like chevron with the classic polka dots to give it a nice pop of color....and fun!
McKenzie + Grayson 4 of 9It was impossible to get Grayson awake when we were snapping pictures. But, I love this one of him being snuggled by one of his big sisters.
Zoe (9) 5 of 9Isn't she lovely?
Sadie (18 months) 6 of 9I love mixing and matching prints, patterns and colors for a vibrant look!
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So Shy 7 of 9Sadie was acting very shy in the photos. Sometimes, having a sibling by your side helps! That was the case for this shot.
Finding The Perfect Photo 8 of 9I pulled a few from my maternity and newborn shoot and turned them black and white in places so they would look well with the others I recently had taken. Sometimes you have to just make it work!
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Signing Day Primer: Texas near the top thanks to area's best
What is signing day? It's like Christmas for college football fans. Wednesday is the first day a high school senior can sign a binding letter of intent to play college football for a school. No day - other than the NFL Draft - pumps up fans so much with the chance to see all the great talent their school brought into the program.
Aren't all the recruits taken? Most have verbally committed to play for a school. But they sign their official letters Wednesday. Only 14 of the top 100 players, according to Rivals.com, haven't verbally committed to a school.
So why is signing day so important? For one, it's the first time coaches can talk about their recruiting classes under NCAA rules. Two, it's the official locking up of a class, plus all the arguing about rankings. And though it's highly contested, sometimes the rankings actually pan out. For example: In the 2008 NFL Draft, only one player in the top 10 was not ranked as a four-star prospect or higher.
What the rankings say: Texas is ranked No. 2 by most recruiting analysts. Oklahoma (5th) and Texas A&M (10th) are in the top 10 nationally. Texas Tech and TCU are in the top 40. Need more info on rankings? Check out the team rankings and local area rankings.
Recruiting analyst Tom Lemming. who lists Florida as having the top recruiting class, followed closely by the Longhorns: "Two teams, Florida and Texas, are head and shoulders above everyone else this year. Texas is lining itself up to be a national title contender for the next four years."
Lemming, to The Denver Post: "It's good to have coaches with Texas connections on your staff, because Texas is a very clannish state. The high school coaches down there tend to push players toward college coaches they know."
Rivals.com national recruiting editor Jeremy Crabtree, on TCU's recruiting class post-BCS game, to SI.com: "If you look at the caliber of players they're able to target, there's definitely been a noticeable change in the talent. TCU is now able to go head-to-head with virtually every Big 12 school except maybe Oklahoma and Texas."
Recently, Fox Sports Southwest spoke with recruiting analysts Jeremy Crabtree of Rivals.com and Greg Powers of Scout.com. Some highlights:
Crabtree, on Texas' class: "Texas' class is the best in the conference right now. I'm excited about Mike Davis, a receiver out of Dallas. He really proved his worth in the all-star games, and he's proved he's an elite receiver prospect. Then you throw in Darius White from over in Fort Worth. That kid has the potential to be excellent also. Tevin Jackson, a linebacker that looked good down in San Antonio during the Army All-American game. Reggie Wilson (Haltom City, Texas/Haltom) is a 6'2" defensive end that just gets after it; reminds me a lot of (former Louisville and current Denver Broncos linebacker) Elvis Dumervil when he was coming out of high school, that type of motor. ... He's not your typical 6'4", 6'5" defensive end, but it doesn't matter because he just flat out gets it done."
Powers, on Texas pulling the top prospect in the state of Oklahoma - safety Demarco Cobbs (Tulsa, OK/Central) - away from the Sooners and Tennessee, which he originally committed to: "Texas was always his first love, and when the Longhorns let him know a scholarship was once again available for him, he jumped at it."
Powers, on where the Longhorns might use Cobbs: "Cobbs was a prolific return man in high school, so he could get a look there, but Texas will give him his first college reps at running back and he may even a look out of the 'wildcat' formation. If he winds up on defense, he is a guy that, because of his length, should be able to be an excellent pass defender."
Crabtree, on Plano West defensive end Jackson Jeffcoat, who recently committed to Texas: "There's not a better strong side defensive end in the country. He can play the run and pass; he does a lot of really positive things around the football."
Crabtree, on Colt's younger brother, Case McCoy, and whether he can live up to his brother's hype: "Case is similar in style of play and physical attributes, similar in that he's a pretty intelligent football player. In hindsight, you're right, Colt McCoy was the best player Texas signed out of that class, but coming out of high school, he wasn't highly touted. I think that could be similar with Case. He may be the lowest-ranked recruit in the Horns' class this year. They've got the true freshman quarterback [Garrett Gilbert] that played this year. No one's really counting on Case to be a major impact guy, but you know, I wouldn't count him out either."
We welcome readers' contributions on National Signing Day, too. Here's how you can take part. Coaches: Send your lists of confirmed signings to email@example.com. Pictures, blog: Upload your photos, videos or news stories from your Signing Day ceremonies on your school page at HS GameTime.
Watch a Fox Sports Southwest recruiting special, 6 p.m. Wednesday. And stay tuned to HS GameTime all day long on Wednesday for updates from all of your schools.


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Middle-class women have better sex lives than their poorer counterparts, according to research.
Being financially comfortable improves awareness of sexual needs and leads to greater control over the use of contraception, according to the study published in the Annals of Epidemiology.
Spain's first national sex survey of almost 10,000 men and women found that Spaniards are happy with the quality and quantity of their time in the bedroom with nine in ten "quite" or "very satisfied".
But a deeper analysis of the 2009 data also found a link between socioeconomic status and sexual enjoyment, especially among female respondents.
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JACKSON, MI – Jonathan Greene, Jackson's Downtown Development Authority Director and Economic Development Director, can add another title to his already verbose business card.
Greene was recently appointed to Jackson's Assistant City Manager position by City Manager Patrick Burtch. The position was created in 2001 via a City Council vote, yet remained unfilled until this spring.
Greene was hired as Jackson's Economic Development Director in the spring of 2013. Greene was hired as DDA Director in 2009.
Burtch said council didn't need to vote for Greene's appointment, like a number of jobs at City Hall.
"City Council votes to create or remove the positions," he said. "They don't have to vote to appoint people to most of them."
Greene will see his salary increase from $76,000 a year as DDA Director and Jackson's Economic Development Director to about $84,000 carrying out the duties of all three positions. He made about $52,000 per year as DDA Director from 2009-2013.
"Becoming an assistant city manager to a city of 33,000 people is quite fulfilling," Greene said. "I was told by my colleagues within other cities that my time would come, and I feel really happy to remain in Jackson."
Greene applied to be Linden City Manager in the spring of 2012 while he was serving as Jackson DDA Director. He lost his bid to Mark Tallman, the former city administrator of Kechi, Kansas.
In addition to Greene's other duties, the assistant city manager's job description calls for Greene to "(provide) professional and managerial expertise in planning, budgeting, organizing, coordinating and directing the Community Development Department ... (which) consists of the city's Administration and Planning Division, the Building Inspection Division and the Rehabilitation Division."
Greene's salary will come from a number of different sources, including $12,600 from the Jackson DDA budget and the rest from various city coffers, including the general fund.
The Jackson DDA set aside $23,000 for Greene's salary in 2013-14 while the city bolstered DDA revenues with about $27,000 from their general fund. In the 2014-15 budget – which runs from July 1, 2014, through June 30, 2015 – the city is making no general fund allocations to the DDA.
"(The DDA) worked with the city to decrease its expense to pay my salary, while the city increased its general fund reserves (by not earmarking general fund dollars to the DDA) to do the same," Greene said.
Money the city once set aside for the Enterprise Group, the countywide economic development agency that attempts to attract employers to the county, is used to pay the Economic Development Director portion of Greene's pay.
In the city's 2013-14 budget, Jackson officials cut $100,000 that was once set aside for the EG and created a new Economic Development Activity Fund not earmarked for the group.
Contact Will Forgrave at firstname.lastname@example.com or 517-262-7554. Follow him on Twitter at @WillForgrave.


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Hello lorettaje, I want to know a few things before I make the critique. How big is your drawing, what were the hardnesses of the pencils, were you working "plein air" [outdoors from nature] or from another source, and did you use any of the drawing tools introduced in the course? One thing to note now is that you are working on a midtone ground [the paper has a particular tone or value to it]. This can be a lovely thing to do but remember you reduce the chiaroscuro structure accordingly. In another words, the range from light to dark is less than when you work on white paper. In doing so you may compromise your spatial structure. You chose an ambitious challenge, something we will deal more with in Lesson 7. It is hard to resist toned paper, when drawing, I almost always work on it. One thing you will need to consider is adding white chalk. Don't do that now but on the next drawing.
Mr.Connors, thank's for asking thepaper is Strathmore 60# 9.79x12". The pencils are Derwent graphic #'s 3H to 2B.
(cont.) the picture is from a drawing book. I went tru the videos a second and third time to help me remember. I made the opposing L's and Albertian veil. I watched the next video about theconeof vision and plumb line. When I photography the drawing the flash changes the contrast. So this last drawing I turned the flash off. The paper is white. I have never used chalk. The weather is to hot outside to be drawing outside. I attempt to use the Albertian veil.
Hello lorettaje, Thank you for the comments, the size of the paper and range of pencil is good. I am not very computer savv
...savvy but you should be able to lighten the image to match your drawing. This is important because the critique is based on the image you provide. If possible when you "open" the image look for "Tools" and see if there is not a heading for "Color Adjustment". Click on that and under that heading you will find a number of things to ensusre the image is a close match to the actual artwork.
Hello Lorettaje, I really like your sketch. I often see scenery in books like this and wish I could be there, sitting on a sunlit bank with those brooding mountains in the background. Your drawing has captured that feeling and I think it is lovely.


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Michael Carrick thinks there is a lot more to come from United this season despite leading the Premier League by three points.
But the Reds have already lost three times in the league this season and continue a terrible habit of conceding the first goal in game.
They did it again in their 4-3 victory over Reading but Carrick says the squad there is room for improvement.
"That's the standards we set; we're not happy until we know we're playing to our potential," said the 31-year-old England international.
"The pleasing thing is there's a lot more to come from us.
"There's a lot more room for improvement in certain aspects of our play but at the same time we're sitting on top of the league and we've won again.
"We can't get too down about things, there are a lot of positives."
Carrick added that, depsite their penchants for slow starts, there is plenty of confidence in the team that they can recover.
"Even if we do go a goal down we always feel we've got the firepower from different people," he said.
"That's the strength in depth of the attacking options and that's what keeps driving us on and we never give up.
"Personally I always felt confident, even when we were going goals behind, that we could still get back in the game and win the game, and that obviously proved the case."


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SAGINAW, MI — Before children head back to school on Tuesday, they have one final hurrah this Labor Day weekend.
Ojibway Island in Saginaw is the setting for the first-ever Skool is Kool event, which takes place from noon until 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 31. The event is co-sponsored by Parishioners On Patrol and Saginaw author, motivational speaker and community organizer Lorenzo Pierson.
Highlights of the event include children's games; a live concert featuring Al Lindsey, Soul Express, Solid Rock and soloist Gwen Goodman; and performances by The Sophisticated Little Divas and the Diva Doll Drill Team.
The event also has a charitable side, as book bags filled with school supplies will be distributed and two truckloads of food will be given away to those in need.
"The goal of the event is to give back to the community," said Larry Camel, co-founder of Parishioners On Patrol. "It's for people who are underprivileged. We're going to do it annually to get the community to know that somebody does care."
The event is free to the public.
"It's a family event, and we want to have something the parents can enjoy," Pierson said, adding organizers are expecting "hundreds and hundreds of young people to come out."
The organizers, Camel, Pierson and Sheila Little of Delta College, initiated a media blitz, distributing 5,000 fliers throughout Saginaw County and airing radio advertisements.
Pierson said one of the main goals of the event is to battle a perception that Saginaw is overall a violent and negative city. The other goal, he said, is to emphasize to the area's youths the importance of education.
"A lot of people reach out to me to do community events because I do it on a large scale," Pierson said. "We were just brainstorming because we wanted to do something for the people before school started."
Pierson said many residents and businesses — including Meijer, Target, the Saginaw Mental Health Department and churches Bethel AME and Mount Olive — contributed donations.
"We all got together, we all have relationships with businesses and people in the community," Pierson said, noting the entire event was planned in about one month's time.
He said the community's quick response to lending a hand sets a positive example.
"Normally for an event like this, you'd want to take about four or five months to prepare," he said. "What I am proud of is that even though it's a time crunch, it shows how much they love their community. That alone says a lot. We're proud of the people who stepped up."
For information, call Parishioners On Patrol Director of Media and Public Relations Latrelle Bailey at 989-397-6843.


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My Spaceship Knows Ch. 01bylustybard©
It all started when my phone rang. Now, that might not sound like such an auspicious beginning, but you have to understand that my phone rang so rarely … well, it was a good thing I could write it off as a business expense, because I was paying sixty bucks a month for nothing.
Maybe that was just as well, I'd tell myself, because it allowed me to concentrate. Because, you know, I had so much to distract me in a one-room apartment with no pets, no television, just a couch that converted into a bed and a desk surrounded by bookshelves and antique computer equipment. But what do you need to be a writer, I'd tell myself, besides inspiration and a pen?
I suppose that's still true, but when you get to your mid-thirties, you start wishing you could add a little bit of comfort to that list. It's embarrassing to be ten years out of college and have less of a life than your freshman year.
Anyway, the phone was ringing. I stumbled over to the ledge beside the window (cell phone, basement apartment, that's really the only place I could take calls) and dug the damn thing out from beneath a pile of junk mail. I heard my keys fall to the floor behind a bookshelf, and cursed, then cursed again when I pulled the phone out just in time for it to go silent.
I stood there by the window, watching the rain spatter down outside, darkening the concrete and causing the leaves to shiver with each collision. I placed my palm against the window, and immediately the glass fogged up. Even though it wasn't more than a minute later, I was surprised by the phone's ring again. I fumbled it to my face and said hello.
"So the great novelist is still alive," a smoky voice chuckled in my ear. "I was starting to think I'd only hear about you again when a neighbour complained of the smell through the walls."
"Monica," I said, knowing that she could hear the grin in my voice. "Well, at least one person will recognize the name in the police reports." Monica Harris. We'd gone to high school together, then lost track of each other for fifteen years or so like people do. But things always come around, and she'd seen my name on a website somewhere and gotten in touch. She'd gone from an eighteen year-old mouse with bad teeth and low grades in English to this sleek, fashionable creature in thousand-dollar dresses who ran the largest weekly magazine in the city, while I'd gone from … actually, I'm not so sure anything but my waist size has changed. But it was still good to find her.
Don't get me wrong; this isn't a story about some old girlfriend appearing out of the past. I never dated Monica. I never dated anyone in high school. Or at all, really, which seems hard to comprehend considering the ex-wife who does her best to make my life hell – but even then, I never really dated. Which is why I'm left at my age with no idea how.
I'd missed the next thing Monica said, so I asked her to repeat herself. "Get with the program, old pal, I said I have a job for you." Occasionally, she'd throw me an assignment – I was never sure if it was charity or not, but I wasn't about to complain. I almost missed everything she said after that, too, but I snapped back in time to hear, "—it's tonight, which is why I can't get my backup in time. But I'm sure you'll do okay."
"Thanks for the vote of confidence," I replied. "I'll make sure to dedicate my novel to you."
"Dork," she said, suddenly sounding just like the teenager I'd known. "I wouldn't ask if you couldn't handle it. Just make sure you're at the 55 Club by eight tonight? You'll be on the list." Outside, the rain picked up, the wind angling it into the glass and melting my view. "Oh, and wear something decent. It's a fashion show."
By seven fifty-nine, I was stepping off a bus across the street from the club. The rain had dwindled to a light mist, but not before completely soaking me as I left the apartment, so my one dress jacket was still damp as I waited at the crosswalk. I hunched my shoulders, trying to keep the clammy fabric from pressing against my shirt, and looked around. I seemed to be completely enclosed in a forest of spiked hair, black clothing and exaggerated makeup, worn by over-pierced teenagers with iPod buds glued into their ears and identical vacant stares. I guess there must be a real club somewhere around here, I thought.
The light changed, and I trudged across to the other side with the throng, trying not to let my eyes dwell for too long on any of the young girls in front of me. When you get to be my age, you either embrace, or are embarrassed by, your lust for youth – and I had found myself averting my eyes more and more in public places. But sometimes you couldn't help it, and I followed a swaying set of hips in a midnight-shaded miniskirt until I stumbled over the curb and almost fell.
I expected the gaggle of goth-punk teens to turn in another direction as I angled toward the club, but they continued to surround me, staring and brushing up against my polyester jacket as we all lined up outside the 55 Club's door. I could hear mocking laughter from a few feet behind, and had the uncomfortable feeling that it was directed toward me. I couldn't wait to get inside, head in the direction of this show, and let these kids head toward their dance floor or whatever.
That was when I looked up, blinking against the drizzle, and noticed the banner hung above the double glass doors: Welcome to the 5th Annual Alternative Fashion Show, sponsored by Dark Ages Magazine. "Goddammit, Monica," I muttered under my breath, and tugged at the cuffs of my shirt nervously.
It seemed like I was the oldest person in the room, by at least ten years. I suppose some of the designers must have been older – but where I was sitting, in the middle of a dozen bleeding-edge writers for a host of magazines I'd never heard of, all dressed exactly as the kids had been I walked in behind, I felt like the token member of a previous generation, being allowed to watch from behind the glass. The shaved-bald girl who checked my name off the press list even offered to take my jacket, the corners of her mouth twitching around the liprings. I'd surrendered it, exposing the off-white dress shirt beneath, and it was all she could do not to laugh.
Still, I sat there, trying not to stare in any one direction for too long, and damn well did my job. I clutched at a photocopied program decorated with skeletal angels, and checked off each model, each designer, making notes beside the names regarding colours and fabrics. Monica wouldn't expect much from me – just a half-dozen short paragraphs to run beside the photographs – but I wasn't sure who the biggest names were, so I tried to pay attention to everything until I could Google them all later. Mostly, I eavesdropped on the writers around me and copied down everything they said.
By the time they reached the next to last model on the program, practically everything had reminded me why I spend most of my life in my apartment. Sweat beaded my forehead, I had spilled a glass of wine down my shirt, photographers had pushed me aside three times to get better shots, my ears were ringing from the music, and despite my best efforts, I'd received more withering looks from attractive young women than I usually gathered in a year. I was about ready to put my pen away and catch the bus home.
But then, music came over the speakers, and I was pleasantly surprised to recognize a David Bowie song. I looked up, trying not to meet anyone's eye but refreshed enough by the familiar lyrics to take a few more notes, and that was when I saw her – the most astonishingly gorgeous creature, I was certain in that moment, that I'd ever had the luck to see. Looking back, I think I was lost from that very first sight.
Her hair, full and teased so it arched away from her head, gleamed jet-black under the lights, with shafts of pink appearing from beneath, currents running beneath the surface of the midnight sea. Her eyebrows were perfectly arched over dark, expressive eyes, shaded in a matching pink and lined like an Egyptian goddess. Below her aristocratic, slightly upturned nose, her lips curved, slightly swollen, and her tongue darted out across them before she strode confidently into the lights. Her skin was almost white beneath them, almost ivory, just the slightest hint of colour betraying the blood that ran below.
I shifted in my seat, uncomfortable for a different reason now. I looked around, expecting someone to notice my reaction, to castigate me for my naked desire, but either I was hiding it better than I believed, or, more likely, all eyes were on her and I was below any of their radar. In the next moment, I was lost in watching her again, and I never even noticed if anyone did eventually look my way.
She was dressed in a shimmering mylar suit, reflecting the stage lights blindingly each time a fold shifted. Smoothly, she slid out of the jacket and hung it casually over one shoulder, revealing a pink shirt with the top three or four buttons undone, hanging so free that when she turned, skin was bared beneath, and I'm not ashamed to admit that I leaned forwarding my seat hoping to see. But there was only the quickest flash of exposure, and she was striding away, her hips rolling, the shiny fabric tight across curves that left my mouth gaping – and so hard inside my trousers that I thought they might split open at the seams.
She left the stage, and a muscle-bound boy in black leather took her place. I sighed, and sat back reluctantly, immediately scanning the program for the vision's name. She was only listed as "Briann." I circled her name twice, and reminded myself to look it up online later. Anyone this beautiful had to have a website somewhere.
I noticed that the woman beside me was watching, amused, as I marked the model's name. Sheepishly, I tried to grin. "She's … something, isn't she?" I stammered.
This only seemed to amuse her further. "Yes, she is, in fact," the woman replied, chuckling deep in her throat. She turned away from me and concentrated on the walkway above us.
As the final parade began, I watched closely for Briann. I could see her hair just behind someone else's head, but I couldn't see her clearly until it was her turn for a final stride down and back. She'd changed into a corset in a darker shade of pink, almost rose, and I couldn't help but caress her collarbones, her bared shoulders with my eyes. I found myself fantasizing about holding her, kissing her there, just above the edge of the fabric, her smooth, cool skin beneath my lips – kissing her slowly, moving up to the hollow at the base of her neck, pressing my face against her there, feeling her pulse beneath my gently teasing tongue and moving up, over her adam's apple, up to trace the line of her elegant jaw –
And, even as I had to shift again to hide my erection, I realized what I'd just noticed. Over her adam's apple. I gasped, blushing deep crimson, and heard laughter from beside me. The woman who I'd spoken to before was pointing at me and whispering to her companion. I bolted up, almost knocking my chair over in my haste, and pushed my way through the crowd toward the door. When I made it outside, I leaned against the smooth granite wall of the building, my chest heaving, my breath clouding the cold October air before my face, and could still feel my face burning.
I felt suddenly dizzy, and leaned over, my hands on my knees, afraid that I might pass out. An older couple walked by me, suddenly quiet, and then muttered disapprovingly when they were past. I sucked in the night air audibly, making a whistling sound deep in my throat. Eventually, I was able to stand up again.
It wasn't until I was halfway home on the bus that I realized I'd left my only dress jacket at the club. I never even considered going back for it.
When I got home, there was an email waiting for me from Monica. The photographer says there was an 'old guy' there in the press seats – so I assume you made it. Send me 500 words or so as soon as you can, it'll run on Thursday. You'll have the check by then, too. She knew the end of the month was Friday, and rent would be due. Maybe it was charity, after all. Either way, I had writing to do, so I sat down and opened a new Word document.
Six hundred words later (I knew Monica well enough to know she'd want to make some cuts, just to make the story partly hers), I replied to her email with the file and pushed back from the desk. I went into my miniscule kitchen and started the kettle for a cup of tea, then walked back out to the main room. Slowly, I undressed, dropping my shirt, my pants, my socks into a laundry basket behind the couch. I sat down, still wearing my boxers, and reached over to turn the radio on. Late at night, I tended to listen to the radio instead of discs or mp3s – it was nice to still feel connected to the rest of the world.
Idly, waiting for the water to boil, I slid my fingers inside the fly of my shorts and touched myself. A slightly musty, sweaty smell rose to my nostrils as I cupped my balls, then trailed my fingertips up over the rising shaft of my penis. I controlled my thoughts, focusing on the teenage girls I'd seen early that night, on their thighs wrapped tight in skirts or form-fitting jeans, and imagined what they'd look like without that restraint. I pictured their breasts, bouncing slightly as they were freed from t-shirts; I imagined their inexperienced mouths moving across me. I circled myself with fingers and thumb, and began to stroke more seriously.
A song ended on the radio, and there was a moment of silence. Then I heard the low, quiet notes at the beginning of "Space Oddity" start up, and long before Bowie started to sing, my fantasy had switched over. It was Briann kneeling in front of me, my hands tangled in that hair, those lips surrounding the head of my cock. I could feel the tongue I'd only seen slightly, momentarily, as it rippled down my flesh, and I laid my head back, eyes closed, lost in the sensation. I was dripping down over the sides of my fingers, already feeling it rise within me, pulling back every time I got too close, moaning deep in my throat. Suddenly, I pictured her – pictured him -- standing up in front of me, bare-chested, nipples taut, working his way out of a short, sleek skirt, turning away to slide fishnet stockings down off of perfect, sleek-smooth thighs, then tugging a pair of black silk panties down just far enough to expose the cleft of his beautiful ass then teasingly back up again, bending further over, thrusting himself almost into my lap, almost against my hardness –
And a wave of liquid pleasure seemed to burst through me, drawing every muscle taut, filling my body until I came in one long spurt up over my chest, up my neck, then another that started below my nipples and slid down my belly, then a few more that made the shaft of my cock too slick to stroke, and my hand slid off into my lap. I lay back, breathing heavily, my whole body trembling, and was able to hear the radio again:
I'm feeling very still
And I think my spaceship knows which way to go
I lay there, worn out and confused, until I finally fell asleep.
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Freescale and TMG TE Develop First PROFIBUS Interface Certified on Freescale Silicon
Freescale Semiconductor (NYSE: FSL) and TMG TE GmbH have successfully certified their first joint Process Field Bus (PROFIBUS) reference design through the authorized ComDeC PI Test Laboratory in Furth, Germany. The solution integrates the commercial TMG PROFIBUS DP slave protocol stack on Freescale's QorIQ P1025 multicore processor in a Freescale Tower System development platform module, called the TWR-P1025.
The PROFIBUS solution developed for the TWR-P1025 can port to additional QorIQ P1 family processors, including the P1012, P1021, P1016 and P1025 products, as well as Freescale's MPC8309 PowerQUICC processor.
PROFIBUS is a popular field bus (communication) technology commonly used in industrial automation equipment, and is overseen by the PROFIBUS and PROFINET International (PNO/PI) organization. Through better control and online diagnostics, PROFIBUS enables improved asset management for industrial equipment, helping to ensure lower life cycle costs, better quality and higher productivity.
"For the first time, our customers can combine their control application simultaneously with PROFIBUS and/or PROFINET industrial protocols using a single Freescale processor," said Nikolay Guenov, marketing director for Freescale's Networking Processor Division. "This PI-certified reference platform helps reduce chip counts and system costs by connecting the QorIQ P1025 processor directly to an RS-485 transceiver, thereby eliminating the need for separate PROFIBUS ASICs or FPGAs."
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Both the MPC8309 and the QorIQ P1 family of processors are included in the Freescale Product Longevity Program, which ensures they will be available for a minimum 10 years from time of launch. For terms and conditions or to obtain a list of available products, please see www.freescale.com/productlongevity.
The Freescale PROFIBUS reference platform is available now for purchase from Freescale or its distribution partners, by ordering the TWR-P1025-KIT at an MSRP of $299 (USD). The kit includes a TWR-P1025 processor module, TWR-IND-IO peripheral module, and TWR-ELEV elevator/backplane modules. Get started at www.freescale.com/profibusQorIQ.
The QorIQ P1025 and its single-core equivalent QorIQ P1016 processor are available now starting from an MSRP of $35.16 (USD) and $29.89 (USD) respectively, in quantities of 10,000 units. The MPC8309 processor is available now at an MSRP of $8 (USD) in quantities of 10,000 units. The commercial TMG PROFIBUS DP protocol stack is available from TMG. More information about PROFIBUS, PROFINET, EtherCAT® and EtherNet/IP™ solutions from Freescale and partners is available at www.freescale.com/industrialnetworking.
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CHIANG MAI, Thailand — Burmese troops have attacked a group of ethnic Karen soldiers in the country's southeast, leaving one man dead and raising concerns about the government's commitment to a nationwide ceasefire, Karen sources say.
The alleged attack on the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) at an outpost in Tenasserim Division comes as the government army continues a much more publicized offensive in the country's far north against the Kachin Independence Army (KIA).
About 80 soldiers from the Burma Army attacked more than 10 soldiers from KNLA Brigade 4 on Saturday at a frontline outpost in Dawei Township, Tenasserim Division, according to Saw Tamular, an official with the KNLA's political wing, the Karen National Union (KNU). Citing information from KNLA Brigade 4, he said government troops seized two guns from the Karen soldiers, who belonged to Battalion 11.
"They knew we had an outpost there and that our soldiers were there. They asked our troops to raise their hands, and when our soldiers raised their hands, they shot," he told The Irrawaddy on Tuesday. "The one who died was shot three times—at his arm, his eyebrow and his chest. It is clear that they deliberately shot him."
The KNU is the oldest ethnic armed group in Burma and has been fighting against the Burmese government for greater autonomy since 1948. After President Thein Sein began a peacemaking program with ethnic groups in 2011, the KNU signed a bilateral ceasefire in 2012.
"We have asked our leaders to investigate and solve the problem. It is not fair that we suffer attacks after agreeing to a ceasefire. We want peace," Tamular said. "We have tried to avoid military means, but this will be difficult if they don't avoid it. If our soldiers are attacked and killed repeatedly, we don't guarantee anything."
He said lower-rank military officers and soldiers were unhappy about the attacks but wanted KNU leaders and concerned government officials to handle the conflict in an appropriate way.
"We want them to solve the problem in a timely manner and to ensure that it won't happen again. This is not the first time they have attacked us," he added, citing a similar attack on Friday without any casualties.
He said several months ago government troops also attacked soldiers from KNLA Brigade 4, Battalion 203, along Yay Naunt River.
"They shot our soldiers from Battalion 203 on a boat. They said they mistakenly fired. We didn't report the incident because none of our soldiers died at the time. But this time we lost our soldier, so we reported it to our higher leader," Tamular said.
Meanwhile, representatives of the Burmese government-associated Myanmar Peace Center (MPC) met with ethnic leaders from the Nationwide Ceasefire Coordination Team (NCCT) in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand, over the weekend.
"They said the government peace team wants to hold another round of talks at the end of this month and sign nationwide ceasefire agreement as soon as possible. But we didn't agree to that because we are not ready. We need to discuss a draft document [of the nationwide ceasefire] with other ethnic leaders," Nai Hong Sar, chairman of the NCCT, told The Irrawaddy.
Asked about the government army's alleged attack on KNLA troops in Dawei, he said, "This incident weakens trust that the government had gained from the ethnics."
KNU wants Thein Sein to be president in the next election. Now KNU sees what Thein Sein doing to them.
Dear our fellow ethnic Karen soldiers, KNU leaders are begging President U THein Sein and his Government to stay in power. As result, today Burmese Army is attacking you. Tomorrow, you may vanish from Burma.
The leaders of KNU have been shower with lavish dinner, present, car permit and land by Burmese Government in Naypyidaw when you were attacking and killing by Burmese Army.
You do not have good leader who can represent cause of Karen peoples' right.
If the Karens trust the army then may God bless you all.It's akin to believing that the lion has promised to become a herbivour.
KNU/KNLA leader should approach very very carefully to the Peace process and the Leader carefully to say for any word,any announces to the people,you may became bad man in Karen history.


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