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September 3, 1997
Analysts overseas worried that U.S.-North Korean relations would be "complicated"--if not "deadlocked"--by the recent high-profile defection to the U.S. of Mr. Jang Sung-gil, North Korea's ambassador to Cairo, and that of his brother, Mr. Jang Sung-ho, who was serving as commercial counselor at the North Korean Embassy in Paris. The defections, which occurred on the eve of "sensitive" missile proliferation talks in New York between the U.S. and North Korea--talks which Pyongyang withdrew from, citing the U.S.' granting of "asylum" to the defectors as a "grave insult" to North Korea--prompted editors to wonder whether the four-party talks scheduled for mid-September would go forward as planned. That these events coincided with North Korea's announcement that it was withdrawing from the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights--following the passage of a UN subcommittee resolution accusing Pyongyang of "grave" human rights violations--prompted editors in Europe and Asia to warn that the "Hermit Kingdom" might become even more isolated from the rest of the world. "The North is now putting the bar on its door and locking it firmly," Seoul's independent Dong-A Ilbo declared. Also noting that North Korea had "turned inward," Paris's right-of-center Le Figaro concluded: "It remains to be seen whether Pyongyang's tantrum is just temporary or whether it marks the beginning of a long-lasting cold shoulder."
Papers in Seoul and elsewhere detected efforts at "damage control" on the part of both the U.S. and North Korea. "Remarkably, North Korea refrained from making kidnapping charges...(and) managed to avoid condemning the U.S.," Seoul's conservative Chosun Ilbo pointed out. "Obviously, it not only does not want to cross the U.S., it wants to turn the case into another advantageous bargaining chip," the daily argued. "The Americans, too...are trying to limit the damage," noted Munich's centrist Sueddeutsche Zeitung. Moscow's reformist Izvestia likewise spoke of the U.S.' "trying to keep a low profile" in the defection case, concluding: "It is too early to tell whether Washington has won or lost by being hospitable."
Pundits elsewhere sounded a more ominous note, stressing that the combination of famine, international "loss of face" over the defection case and the military threat posed by North Korea make it "the most dangerous country on earth." From Rome and London to New Delhi and Singapore, commentators outlined the worst-case scenarios of a threatened North Korea either collapsing or attacking South Korea. "The message is grimly unambiguous," stressed Singapore's pro-government Business Times: "However annoying the North might be, unless handled tactfully, it could implode or explode. Neither would be to the benefit of its neighbors or the U.S." Not encouraging were the words of Pyongyang's official KCNA, which reacted to the UN subcommittee's resolution on human rights in North Korea by saying: "The unreasonable 'resolution,' which came when the U.S. and the South Korean puppets were escalating military threats (against us)...shows that the dishonest forces' anti-(North Korea) plots have reached a very dangerous stage."
This survey is based on 30 reports from 15 countries, August 27 - September 3.
EDITOR: Kathleen J. Brahney
NORTH KOREA: "Withdrawal From Rights Convention Legitimate"
Official KCNA broadcast this comment in English (8/28): "The United States, France and other Western countries adopted an anti-(North Korean) 'resolution on human rights' in defiance of (North Korea's) strong opposition at the 49th meeting of the UN sub-commission on human rights being held in Geneva, according to a news report. The 'resolution' urges (North Korea) to respect...international human rights standards and immediately submit a report on the implementation of the international convention on citizens' political rights.... The unreasonable 'resolution,' which came when the United States and the South Korean puppets were escalating military threats against (North Korea), shows that the dishonest forces' anti-(North Korea) plots have reached a very dangerous stage. It is an unbearable violation of (North Korea's) dignity and rights to independence and an intolerable challenge and interference in its internal affairs. In this regard, (North Korea's) foreign minister sent a letter [to] the UN secretary-general notifying him that the (North Korean) government decided to withdraw from the 'international convention.'... The withdrawal is a just, self-defensive step over which nobody can slander (North Korea.)... We have provided our people with genuine freedom and rights on a level far higher than the requirements of the 'international convention.'... No matter how others may raise outcries over the withdrawal from the 'international convention,' we will continue going our own way, smashing the dishonest forces' anti-(North Korea) moves. We warn that if the dishonest forces continue hurting our sovereignty by abusing other 'conventions' under the pretext of human rights, we will also withdraw from them."
SOUTH KOREA: "North Korean Ambassador's Defection And U.S. Concern"
Readers of independent Dong-A Ilbo saw this editorial (8/31): "Knowing it is not easy to bring North Korea, which ignores the rules of international politics, back to the negotiating table, the United States finds its relationship with North Korea deadlocked and more complicated. At first, the United States seemed optimistic about the North Korean-U.S. relationship, but after North Korea's boycott of the missile talks, the relationship froze.... The State Department is troubled that it has no leverage against North Korea at present and is painstakingly figuring out how long it will take before the North resumes talks."
"U.S. Quickly Changes Words"
Conservative Chosun Ilbo proclaimed (8/31): "We are disappointed at the State Department's correction of its statement regarding the status of the North Korean defectors. It sounds like a poor excuse. We suspect that something beyond legal matters made the United States change its position abruptly. We presume that the United States reversed its position so as not to provoke North Korea. By now the U.S. government should know better about North Korea and deal with it more firmly."
"North Korea Should Not Isolate Itself"
According to independent Dong-A Ilbo (8/29): "North Korea canceled the scheduled New York missile talks, adding further that it would withdraw from a UN-led international human rights treaty. In other words, the North is now putting the bar on its door and locking it firmly. Although its protest against the United States seems calculated, the North is stepping it up each day, hoping somehow to turn the situation into another bargaining chip. Since the North seems interested in relations with the United States, we do not expect the defection to hurt prospects for four-party and missile talks.... The North should understand that it has more to lose should a period of 'cool' relations continue...(and) that it will not resolve the situation by refusing to come to the missile talks."
"U.S. Gesture To Pacify North Korea"
Conservative Segye Ilbo insisted (8/29): "The U.S. State Department officially corrected its earlier statement by saying that Ambassador Jang and his party are in a 'protected status.' Obviously, that was a gesture to pacify the North, which is already very nervous. How the defectors were taken to the United States has not yet been revealed, but it is possible the United States had to use irregular methods. For that matter, the United States wants to avoid provoking the North further by moving slowly in processing asylum for the ambassador."
"It Is North Korea That Is Pressed"
Conservative Segye Ilbo commented (8/29): "It is extremely hard to predict if the four-party preliminary talks will take place as scheduled, and for that matter, when the United States and North Korea will resume their dialogue.... If critical information on the North's missile capacity and exports coming from Jang's investigation are publicized, the North's reaction will be even harder to predict. North Korea, threatened by all these developments, may have no option but to return to confrontation."
"North Korea Withdraws From Missile Talks"
Conservative Chosun Ilbo put forth this analysis (8/28): "By canceling the New York missile talks, North Korea expressed its displeasure over Ambassador Jang's defection. The second session of the preliminary four-party talks may be similarly affected. Nevertheless, it is too early to conclude that U.S.-(North Korean) relations will also suffer. Some insist the North canceled the talks merely to have better bargaining chips in talks later.... Remarkably, North Korea refrained from making kidnapping charges as it has always done. It also managed to avoid condemning the United States. Obviously, it not only does not want to cross the United States, it wants to turn the case into another advantageous bargaining chip."
"More Benefits Than Losses"
Under the above headline, pro-business Joong-Ang Ilbo concluded (8/28): "The United States moved swiftly to grant Ambassador Jang asylum (sic) because it figured it would benefit more by doing so. The information on North Korea's missile capacity will be of the greatest benefit, while anything about the North's missile exports to the Middle East will also be invaluable. Tips on the relationship between the North's foreign service and the military will also be of interest.... Meanwhile, North Korea, already nervous because of the defection of Hwang Jang-Yop may become even more hysterical.... After all, the North cannot blame the United States for Jang's defection."
"'Calculated Protest' By North Korea"
Moderate Hankook Ilbo insisted (8/28): "North Korea knows the United States won't reverse its decision to grant Ambassador Jang asylum. The North's decision to withdraw from the New York missile talks should probably be seen as a temporary tactic to register its protest with the international community rather than as an indication of a longer-term deterioration in U.S.-(North Korean) relations. It is unlikely that the defection will affect prospects for the preliminary four-party talks."
"Jang's Defection And U.S.-South Korean Solidarity"
Independent Dong-A Ilbo maintained (8/27): "It is fortunate that Ambassador Jang and his family are safely in the United States and have filed for asylum there. What should now be done is to investigate as quickly as possible and let the defectors settle where they want. All this should be dealt with very carefully so relations with North Korea do not get tense.
"While U.S. State Department Spokesman James Rubin says it is too early for (South) Korea to contact the defectors, we view it differently: It is extremely important for us to verify what the defectors want.... All information on North Korea's missile exports coming from Ambassador Jang's investigation must be shared with the Seoul government. The United States should allow (South Korea) to join the investigation."
JAPAN: "Trouble Ahead?"
Liberal Asahi's Washington correspondent Mizuno predicted (8/29): "There will be no change in North Korea's policy of giving priority to improving relations with the United States. But if Pyongyang's hardline policy continues, it will be difficult to resume preliminary four-way talks on peace on the Korean peninsula in the middle of September. The United States will likely try to see whether Pyongyang will ease its hardline stance, by partially lifting sanctions or giving food aid to North Korea."
"Diplomatic Moves Necessary To Stop Intensification Of Tension"
Liberal Mainichi editorialized (8/28): "Washington, Seoul and Pyongyang each are taking an extremely cautious stance toward the latest defection case. The North Koreans do not criticize it as a U.S.- or South Korea-engineered abduction case, or as a plot against their country. They are taking a cool view of the case as the flight of (North Korean) 'criminals'; requesting that they be extradited. Behind this, it is said, was the swift contact Washington made with Pyongyang (over the case.) As soon as the United States decided to grant the North Korean diplomat and his wife political asylum, it told North Korea that (the diplomats) defected to the United States of their own free will.
"The United States made a move to 'respect North Korean honor and so that Pyongyang would not misjudge the situation.' But contrary to our expectations, North Korea suspended missile talks with the United States, which were due to start in New York on Wednesday. We hope that North Korea will not boycott the missile talks or preliminary four-party talks on peace on the Korean peninsula. If North Korea aggravates relations with the United States and other countries, thus heightening the tension on the Korean peninsula, (North Korea) will lose much more than it gains."
SINGAPORE: "Another Bumpy Ride To Geneva"
In the view of the pro-government Business Times (9/3): "No road to a peace conference in Geneva is ever smooth. That awareness should allow the world to view North Korea's apparent sulks with some sense of perspective. Given the North's precarious internal conditions, over-reaction could be fraught with danger.... No doubt Pyongyang feels that it has every reason to be aggrieved. It is humiliating enough to have to accept food aid from sworn enemies, especially from prosperous South Korea.... To add insult to the sense of injury, Ambassador Jang Sung-gil, who defected recently to the United States with his brother, Jang Sung-ho, a senior trade representative based in Paris, was the highest-ranking diplomat ever to turn his back on the communist fatherland. This followed the February defection of Hwang Jang-yop, a former secretary of Pyongyang's powerful Workers Party.
"As if all this were not enough, a United Nations human rights sub-commission chose this moment to adopt a resolution accusing North Korea of grave violations, including serious restrictions on the right of citizens to leave and re-enter the country, and mass internments in detention centers. If any other country--China, for instance--had been the target of such a resolution, the Asian community would have brushed it off as another example of Western bias. But North Korea is not so privileged. It is also vulnerable. Its only weapon is negative defiance. Hence the hurt and angry decisions to suspend bilateral talks with the U.S. on missile proliferation--especially sales to countries like Iran that Washington labels 'rogue states'--and to quit the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
"But regrettable though these gestures are, they have no bearing on the second preparatory session of four-power talks scheduled to start in New York on Sept. 15, (which are) expected to lead to the full-dress Geneva conference.
"Pyongyang has said nothing about not taking part in either the New York or Geneva rounds. It is Seoul that has been harping...on a possible North Korean boycott. If the North does appear to drag its feet, it will be only to extract some concessions. That North Korea should do so is more understandable, in fact, given the crises it faces.... The uncertainty resulting from the failure of the philosophy of juche or self-reliance is confirmed by Kim Jong-II's continued reluctance to have an official inauguration, and by a reported tilt in favor of the military in the ruling hierarchy. The message is grimly unambiguous: However annoying the North might be, unless handled tactfully, it could implode or explode. Neither would be to the benefit of its neighbors or the United States."
GERMANY: "Is The End Worth The Means?"
Washington correspondent Peter Rzetznitzeck judged in an editorial in right-of-center Rheinische Post of Duesseldorf (9/2): "The flight of two high-ranking North Korean diplomats could not have come at an even more unfavorable time, since the Americans were at the threshhold of the third round of negotiations on controlling Pyongyang's arms exports.... North Korea's cancellation of the talks are overreactions of a power apparatus that is unpredictable and considers even the slightest negative event on the diplomatic stage to be a threat to the North Korean system.
"It is questionable whether this setback can be offset by exclusive information about (North Korean) arms supplies to the Near and Middle East.... As much as the CIA would like to know more about the internal situation in North Korea, the U.S. administration should also now fear the loss of the minor progress it achieved in tough talks with Pyongyang about the use of nuclear technology and food supplies for the starving population. Only via the rulers in Pyongyang does the West have any access to the isolated communist state. It is useless to hope for a revolt of the starving people. Under the yoke of tyranny, the North Koreans will hardly revolt against their tormentors."
"New Home In Country Of The Arch-Enemy"
Gebhard Hielscher penned this editorial for centrist Sueddeutsche Zeitung of Munich (8/28): "The defection of two top North Korean diplomats and their families is as delicate as the fact that they defected to the United States--of all nations--since North Korea has considered the United States its arch-enemy since...1949.... The loss of face of the regime in Pyongyang becomes is exacerbated by the fact that the older brother of North Korea's ambassador to Cairo has defected together with Jang. But the biggest domestic policy damage for Pyongyang is the defection of Choi Hae Ok, since the spouse of the ambassador is one of the most popular actresses in North Korea.... The fact that the only star of the North Korean system has now sought shelter in the country of the arch-enemy is causing a great stir in North Korea....
"But North Korea, too, has now greatly disappointed the Americans. It used the defection to suspend missile talks with the United States.... Obviously, Pyongyang wants to check how far Jang's defection has damaged its negotiating position before it...continues the dialogue with Washington. The Americans, too...are trying to limit the damage. However, the litmus test will come in September...when the next round of four-party talks about Korea's future is scheduled."
BRITAIN: "Korean 'Wild Card' Bolsters U.S.' Hand"
In the view of the conservative Times (8/28): "Pyongyang gets away with conduct that would not be tolerated in others for one reason--the threat this unpredictable regime poses to security in Asia. U.S. policy is dominated by two fears--of a nuclear-armed North Korea and of an Armageddon staged by rulers who, sensing their grip on power weakened by domestic disaster, could plunge the peninsula into war. North Korea understands this perfectly and tweaks U.S. and South Korean nerves. Military parades pledge loyalty to the regime 'in the spirit of human bombs and suicide attacks;' military pinpricks punctuate each insincere nod in the direction of talks. With menaces, it demands food aid, and by feeding the starving, the West frees funds for North Korea to spend on developing a new 3,500-kilometer-range missile, the Taepodon, to add to the arsenal sold to the West's enemies.... But Washington must hope that Mr. Jang can help it check the ballistic missiles program as well; for it is these weapons above all that make North Korea the most dangerous country on earth."
FRANCE: "North Korea Throws A Tantrum"
Jean-Jacques Mevel wrote in right-of-center Le Figaro (8/28): "North Korea has once again turned inward by boycotting a meeting with U.S. diplomats.... The defection by Jang Sung-gil is a good thing for the CIA. The North Korean ambassador to Cairo has first-hand information on North Korean arms sales to Egypt, Syria and Iran. After the Soviet Union's collapse, North Korea became the number-one source of weapons for Israel's enemies.... It remains to be seen whether Pyongyang's tantrum is just temporary or whether it marks the beginning of a long-lasting cold shoulder."
ITALY: "Serious Blow For North Korea"
Arturo Zampaglione wrote from New York for left-leaning, influential La Repubblica (8/27): "As ambassador to Cairo, Jang Sung-gil knew everything about negotiations for the sale of ballistic weapons.... The defection of the ambassador is a serious blow to the totalitarian regime of Kim Jong-il.... It will weaken Pyongyang's diplomatic position...will add to the isolation of the country.... North Korea is a country in total chaos and close to collapse. There is concern that the...Communist regime may seek a way out by mobilizing its huge military machine, resorting to a war by attacking South Korea."
"Defection Ramifications"
A report from Seoul in leading business Il Sole-24 Ore held (8/27): "U.S. sources have expressed the fear that the recent defection of the two North Korean diplomats may have a negative impact on the delicate U.S.-North Korean talks resuming in New York today, which will touch on North Korea's missile program. If the detente process currently underway between Pyongyang and Washington fails, it may mean the suspension of the construction of two nuclear light-water reactors in North Korea, which was begun last week by a group of Western companies in exchange for North Korea's promise to close the reactors currently in use, whose waste could be used to build nuclear weapons." The same paper (8/27) carried an analysis of the situation in North Korea headlined "North Korea Heads Towards Disaster," focusing on the "very serious famine which is starving the entire population" as "the Communist regime seems unable to change course."
RUSSIA: "Defectors Ruin Talks"
Under this headline, reformist Izvestia (8/29) ran a report by Melor Sturua in Minneapolis: "Trying to keep a low profile has not helped the United States cushion the diplomatic effects of sheltering the North Korean defectors. It is too early to tell whether Washington has won or lost by being hospitable."
"U.S.: Safe Haven For Political Refugees"
Centrist Nezavisimaya Gazeta (8/29) ran this comment: "The (North) Koreans will certainly not get their diplomats back. The United States, while prizing its fastidious ties with the wayward and unpredictable Juche followers, will not give up its reputation as a safe haven for political refugees."
"Defection May Benefit Israel"
Alexander Reutov pointed out on page one of centrist Nezavisimaya Gazeta (8/28): "The man's being privy to details concerning the supplies of North Korean rocket installations to Iran, Syria and other Arab countries is what must have interested the Americans in the first place. It is remarkable how the question of a high-technology transfer to Arab states has often been hyped of late. The current campaign precedes the Israeli defense minister's visit to the United States. Tel Aviv, apparently, will remind Washington of the millions of Arabs eager for a new war with Israel, hoping to beat the Americans out of more money for its military programs."
BELGIUM: "Defection Throws Four-Party Talks In Doubt"
Asian affairs specialist Philippe Paquet opined in conservative Catholic La Libre Belgique (8/28): "Ambassador Jang's defection deals the North Korean Communist regime a severe blow, a mere six months after that of its main ideologue, Hwang Jang-yop.... It is hard to tell whether this new defection is linked to the continuing deterioration of the social and economic situation in North Korea, in which some people see the beginnings of the Communist regime's collapse. It will, in any event, reinforce the regime's isolation because it seems doubtful that under such circumstances Pyongyang will maintain its participation in the just-begun quadripartite talks on the normalization in the Korean peninsula with South Korea, China and the United States."
CANADA: "Playing With Nuclear Fire"
The conservative Ottawa Sun ran this analysis by foreign affairs writer Eric Margolis (9/2): "U.S. intelligence scored a major coup by organizing the defection of North Korea's ambassador to Cairo and his brother, a diplomat in Paris. Cairo is North Korea's main base for weapons sales to Arab states and Iran. Ever since the 1991 Gulf War, Syria, Iran, Egypt and Iraq have been struggling to build offensive missile capability in the face of Israel's growing nuclear arsenal. Israel is estimated to have as many as 400 atomic and hydrogen weapons.... The Arabs and Iran are terrified of Israel's nuclear might.... Israel has so far been successful in the key strategic goal of maintaining a nuclear monopoly in the Middle East.... Neither Israel nor the United States can stop the Arabs and Iran from building more Scud-Cs and producing chemical-biological weapons. The technological genie is out of the bottle. So long as Israel has nuclear and chemical weapons, other Middle Eastern states will move heaven and earth to develop a counterforce. Unless the Middle East strategic arms race is stopped, Israel will face ever-growing dangers--such as persistent nerve gas and anthrax--that make today's terror bombings look like child's play. Even if North Korea collapses, other hard-up nations will sell military technology."
"Brutal Regime Deserves No Reward"
Foreign affairs analyst Eric Margolis wrote in the conservative Ottawa Sun (8/28): "The recent defection of North Korea's ambassador to Egypt is another tantalizing sign that the mysterious Stalinist regime in Pyongyang may be beginning to unravel.... While almost everything about North Korea is strange, nothing is odder than the Clinton administration's policy toward this 'rogue regime.'... President Bill Clinton has responded to North Korea's game of nuclear-chemical-biological chicken by appeasement worthy of Munich....
"Incredibly, the Clinton administration is giving North Korea two nuclear reactors.... Equally daft, the United States and South Korea are shipping food to 'starving' North Koreans, while Kim Jong-il's well-fed armed forces, secret police, Communist Party officials and two billion (sic) bureaucrats have ample food.... Contrast U.S. policy toward Iraq with North Korea. The United States maintains a crushing embargo on Iraq.... North Korea, which openly threatens U.S. troops, South Korea and Japan with nuclear/chemical/biological attack, is mollycoddled and bribed with aid and nuclear plants. Why torment Iraq while rewarding North Korea for more belligerent behavior than Saddam Hussein's? Why reward North Korea for threatening neighbors and developing weapons of mass destruction, while razing Iraq to the ground for doing the same thing? Conversely, why not bribe Saddam to be good and supply hungry Iraqis with U.S. wheat? Answer: Bleeding Iraq is popular with many important financial contributors to the Democrats. Most Americans don't know or care about Korea. Better avoid trouble, concludes the Clinton administration, by paying extortion to North Korea's gangster regime."
INDIA: "Jang's Step Might Be Quite Rewarding To U.S."
An analysis in the centrist Hindu (8/28) by Tokyo correspondent F.J. Khergamvala said: "The North Korean regime...let off some steam on Wednesday and demanded the return of its defected ambassador to Egypt as a criminal but there is practically no chance that it can repatriate either this diplomat or his brother.... Coming as it does on the eve of the next round of U.S.-North Korean talks on missiles proliferation, Jang's step might be quite rewarding to the United States.... Indeed, though North Korea had indicated that the defection will not prevent this round of talks, it may give rise to suspicion that the United States engineered the defection. This thought is timely, considering that the apparent slowly evolving resumption of a direct U.S.-Iran dialogue is unpalatable to some quarters in the establishment as it is inconvenient to Israel, which has begun ringing alarm bells about Iran's missiles."
"U.S. Grants Asylum To Jang"
The centrist Hindu's Washington correspondent Sridhar Krishnaswami said this (8/28): "Analysts are making the point that the defections are a major embarrassment to the regime in Pyongyang.... In the past few months there has been much concern over the famine in North Korea and its implications to not only the Korean peninsula but to the Asia Pacific as a whole... Not many here are prepared to give up the thinking that when pushed to the wall the regime could resort to an attack across the demilitarized zone....
"The United States will be bearing not only the major brunt of such a military attack--it has 37,000 troops--but also will be responsible for the evacuation of tens of thousands of its citizens and that of allies in the event of an all-out showdown in the troubled peninsula. Although tensions in the Korean peninsula seems to have lessened in the last few months, those dealing with the problem here now speak of...(several) scenarios in the Asia Pacific's most troublesome flashpoint.... (One of these scenarios) sees Pyongyang wanting to come out of its isolationist shell and normalizing relations in the region and with the United States. The argument here is that if the regime in North Korea opens up, it would be an economic boom time with countries such as Japan and Taiwan pouring millions of dollars for reconstruction and development. Strategically the argument has been made that while the powers in the Asia-Pacific would like to see a clear way out of the nuclear problem in the Korean peninsula, China, Japan and Russia would also want a divided peninsula instead of a single nationalist force in the neighborhood."
IRAN: "U.S. Should Return 'Escapee' Diplomats"
Tehran's official Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran aired this commentary in Persian (8/27): "The North Korean authorities have announced that the escapee diplomats are guilty of embezzlement and financial corruption and revealed state secrets during their terms of service.... If we...accept such a viewpoint, the escapee diplomats must be regarded as offenders. They should be returned to North Korea on the basis of international laws and regulations regarding the extradition of offenders. If the United States avoids such an action, it should be regarded as an accomplice to the crime and...must accept responsibility for its actions.... The U.S. refusal to hand over these diplomats to North Korea will have a negative impact on the process of the four-party talks between the United States, North Korea, China, and South Korea.... The question is why, despite these negative consequences, has the United States given asylum to the escapee diplomats?... Washington (may) launch intense, Cold War-style propaganda against North Korea. It could acquire fabricated information from these diplomats and...ultimately portray North Korea's political system as inefficient and on the point of disintegration. This is a policy that the United States has followed for some time."
EGYPT: "Defection May Cause Strains In Egypt-U.S. Ties"
Columnist Kotb el-Arabi penned this for pro-Islamist bi-weekly Al-Shaab (9/2): "it seems that Egyptian-American relations are about to confront another crisis after the defection to the United States of the North Korean ambassador to Cairo.... He managed to defect with the assistance of the CIA and the participation of the U.S. Embassy in Cairo. Despite the warm relations that exist between the two countries, this intelligence operation is not the first to be carried out in Egypt. In 1985, the U.S. Air Force hijacked an Egyptian plane that had among its passenger Mohammed Abbas (Abu Abbas), who was accused of hijacking the Achille Lauro.... Of course the defection of the North Korean ambassador did not happen overnight, but there was planning and the zero hour was chosen before the return of the ambassador to his country."
ISRAEL: "The Stick And Carrot Policy Still Works"
Liberal, influential Haaretz told its readers (8/29): "Some commentators fear that the diplomats' defection will...make North Korea turn back to its old ways, the first sign being Pyongyang's decision to suspend the missile talks with the United States.... Others claim that benefits will result from the defection, providing the United States with vital information about missile deals with Middle Eastern countries.... North Korea does not have an alternative.... President Clinton is using the stick-and-carrot policy...which has already proven itself.... This policy will likely continue and bring forth results in the future."
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On Oct 17, 2:28 am, clay...@gmail.com wrote:
> Hello,
> I tried to create a NIM lpp_source of AIX 6.1 (2 DVDs) by nim command,
> I copied cd 1 with the following command,
> # nim -o define -t lpp_source -a server=master -a location=/directory/
> lpp6100 -a source=/dev/cd0 lpp6100
> after it's finished, I tried to copied cd 2 with the same command and
> it showed
> 0042-001 nim: processing error encountered on "master":
> 0042-081 m_mk_lpp_source: a resource already exists on "master" at
> location "/directory/lpp6100"; due to NFS export restrictions, the
> new location "/direcotry/lpp6100" may not be used
> I know could also use bffcreate , and it prompt me to insert cd 1 , I
> guess I could run bffcreate and just overwrite the directory with cd 1
> and then put cd 2. My question is if "nim -o define -t lpp_source "
> support multiple CD ?
> thanks
I can not answer your last question but i would delete the
lpp_source , recreate the lpp_source with gencopy and then create/
update the nim object. In my experience doing to many task at once
with a nim command cause normaly more problems then it really saves

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A Miami judge ruled against Florida's ban on gay adoptions Tuesday, calling the 31-year-old law invalid and unconstitutional.
In a 53-page ruling, Circuit Judge Cindy Lederman said there was "no rational basis" for the state preventing same-sex partners from adopting.
"Sexual orientation no more leads to psychiatric disorders, alcohol and substance abuse, relationship instability, a lower life expectancy or sexual disorders than race, gender, socioeconomic class or any other demographic characteristic," she wrote. "The most important factor in ensuring a well-adjusted child is the quality of parenting.''
Lederman ruled in favor of Martin Gill, a homosexual man who wanted to adopt of two brothers that he and his partner had cared for as foster parents since 2004.
"I've never seen myself as less than anybody else," Gill said after the decision. "We're very grateful. Today, I've cried the first tears of joy in my life."
Valerie Martin, attorney for the Department of Children & Families, said though they "respect the court's decision" a notice of appeal would be filed.
John Stemberger, who led the campaign to amend the state's constitution defining traditional marriage, called the ruling "classic judicial activism."
"Everywhere in the law where children are affected, the standard must always be what is in the best interest of the child," the Orlando attorney said. "What is stunning to me is that when it comes to dealing with gays, that standard goes out the window. Children do better with a mother and a father."
Florida is the only state with a specific ban on gay adoption, even though same-sex couples are allowed to be foster parents. Arkansas and Utah have similar laws but do not specifically single out gays. Mississippi allows single gays, but not gay couples, to adopt.
In August, a Monroe County, Fla., judge also ruled the state law unconstitutional. The latest case has the potential to reach Florida's Supreme Court.
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Phishing Scams
St. Edward's will never ask you via e-mail to provide your password. Phishing is the fraudulent process of attempting to acquire sensitive information such as usernames, passwords and credit card details, by masquerading as a trustworthy source. Phishing e-mails are a daily occurrence in e-mail but recently many attempts have targeted the St. Edward's community. For more information visit the Phishing or E-mail Safety page.
Protecting Your Computer
New viruses and worms are being released daily. The majority of these exploit unpatched Windows Operating System computers. The Macintosh Operating System needs to be patched and have virus protection also, but the vast majority of worms and viruses target the Windows OS. Protecting your computer is an essential to be virus, malware and worm free.
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Our flower products are not only used by florists' but they are also in huge demand in the arts and crafts markets. They can be used on just about anything from normal paper to polystyrene products.
Our flower dyes are widely used by nurseries, florists' and the floriculture sectors in South Africa.
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Two Milwaukee police officers helped deliver a baby late Wednesday night.
Police say around 10:15 p.m., the officers stopped a car that was speeding in the Third Ward.
A man and a woman were in the car. The woman was in labor, on the verge of giving birth. The officers were able to deliver the baby girl safely.
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Dang it is hot today. I think it is the first day I have been uncomfortabley hot since moving to this house.
Today was kind of unplanned and is looking to be a little weird. I am trying to just listen to my hunger but keep my fat high, protein good and carbs low. I eat what I feel like and when I am hungry. So far so good, I lost some weight and I have not had to exercise like a crazy person or starve! LOVE IT!
1 hard boiled egg
pile of turkey
cashew butter, 2 small apples
dinner will be a not-so-primal pasta sauce (low in sugar though) with grain-free meatballs, turkey sausage, peppers and onions. I am going to try serving this on some shredded cooked cabbage and a side of veggies
2 hard boiled eggs
salad with meat and cheese
not-so-primal V-8 juice
Same dinner as I am having
Did not ask for breakfast
taco salad
piece of turkey
same dinner
suffering from constipation still. Increase in fiber seems to have caused it. Gave him apple juice since that usually clears him up. No luck. He will not eat too much until he gets moving again. He is out playing right now and I hope that might help shake things loose. TMI!!!!
Also did not ask for breakfast but had a meat stick
salad with meat
same dinner
I am feeling really good and very encouraged because of the weight loss. I felt pretty crappy this weekend but am better today. I think it was a female thing. I want to start being more active and hope that my energy goes up soon. We are HOPEFULLY moving next week (better be because our rental is being foreclosed on in 11 days) and I love a fresh start


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Hi.., I would like to get my first tattoo but one of my friend told me that guys do not like girls with tattoos. I do not think so, and i am confused. Any help, would be great. Thanks in advance.
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It all depends on the guy. Some guys love em, some hate em. There is a whole avenue of "modeling" dedicated to women with tattoos (Suicide Girls). I personally have no opinion either way. Just keep in mind that tattoos are permanent (or expensive to remove). I didn't think mine through, and regret them.
Oh good lord some of the Suicide Girls are just stupid, stupid hot. Some women pull off tattoos and look amazing, some look like idiots. It is the same with guys, some pull them off, some are idiots. And some guys like chicks with tattoos, some guys don't care, and some guys are turned off by even thinking about it.
I dislike crap tattoos that look like they were done by bored kids with a pair of compasses during a particularly dull maths class!
Not keen on tattoos at all. Fine on sailors but that is about it for me.
How exactly do you see a tattoo on another person and know if it is deeply and permanently meaningful or aesthetically beautiful to that person?
Yes, but only to the person who chose the medium and style of the reflection, and not me or you
I personally don't like Picasso. It does nothing for me. Some other person can get tons of meaning and joy and beauty out of it.
I even have heard people say that they find Rap a form of music with meaning, lord help us all if that is actually true.
If you don't like tattoos, fine, just say so. Why the need for justification of an art you don't like?
I like small feminine tattoos. Designs like flowers, butterflies, ets ... On the ankles, the lower back. I think they can be pulled off in a classy way. I personally have a few, they are personal custom designs with deep meanings to me. Ladies always seemed to like my tattoos. They are not visible or exposed when I wear clothes. People are usually surprised that I even have one.
I don't think they look feminine. It wouldn't be a deal-breaker, but I'd rather the woman not have one.
I will tell you, even for me it depends on the tatoo itself. If it is over-the-top and crazy like some guys will get, than no. But if it is a couple of smaller ones, and not over the top, than yes.
IMO tattoos are like lawyers; 95% make the other 5% look bad. I would recommend that you not get one; the female body is a work of art all on it's own.
Just because x is cool or looks great does not mean that x will look good tattooed on your body. It needs to fit your body type, your style, your personality and it needs to be put in the right place. Make sure x is something that is not only fashionable right now but something that will still be relevant in 20 years. I know a guy who got a "No Fear" tattoo in the mid 90's so he basically branded himself as a dork for the rest of his life.
I wholeheartedly agree. Mine are all personal symbols & custom. Not fashonable/trendy stuff.
He thought he was constantly the coolest guy in the room.


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Renowned Women's Historian Nancy Cott to Lecture at FAU
BOCA RATON, FL (October 2, 2007) – Florida Atlantic University's department of history presents Nancy F. Cott, Jonathan Trumbull Professor of American History at Harvard University, with the lecture "Revisiting the Jazz Age." The lecture will take place on Thursday, November 8 at 2 p.m. in the Live Oak Pavilion on FAU's Boca Raton campus, 777 Glades Road. The event is free and open to the public.
Cott is one of the world's most recognizable experts on U.S. women's history. She was one of the founding members of the women's history program at Yale, and is considered an authority on marriage and its relationship to politics and government. Cott is now exploring the dynamics of modern marriage and the youth culture of the 1920s. In her historical writings and her most recent book, Public Vows: A History of Marriage and the Nation, she analyzes the impact of government on the institution of marriage throughout American history. In the upcoming lecture, Cott will take a new look at the "flaming youth" of the jazz age to consider what was unique about marriage in the 1920s, and how marriage has evolved to what it is today.
. "Nancy Cott's work makes you rethink everything you thought you knew about relationships between men and women in this country. It also challenges you to think differently about marriage and its relationship to the American system of government. The recent public policy debates surrounding marriage and the impact of these issues on upcoming elections make Professor Cott's lecture especially timely," said Kenneth Osgood, associate professor of history at FAU. "Few experts are better equipped to inject wisdom and historical perspective into the contemporary debate about marriage. We are pleased to have such a preeminent scholar address these issues now."
Along with her position as Jonathan Trumbull Professor of American History at Harvard, Cott is also the Pforzheimer Foundation Director of the Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America. Her books include A Woman Making History: Mary Ritter Beard through Her Letters, The Grounding of Modern Feminism and The Bonds of Womanhood: 'Woman's Sphere' in New England. Cott has been awarded numerous research fellowships and has lectured extensively abroad. She was a Fulbright lecturer in Japan and also held the French-American Foundation professorship at the Centre d'etudes nord-americaines, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, in Paris.
The lecture, presented by the department of history in FAU's
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, is the fourth
lecture in the John O'Sullivan Memorial Lecture Series. The series
was initiated as a tribute to the late John O'Sullivan, a former
chair of FAU's history department
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donated money to initiate a lecture series in his honor.
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Home-buyer credit
Those who bought a main home recently or are considering buying one may qualify for the first-time home-buyer credit. Normally, a taxpayer qualifies if she didn't own a main home during the prior three years. This unique credit of up to $7,500 works much like a 15-year interest-free loan. It is available for a limited time only -- on homes bought from April 9, 2008, to June 30, 2009. It can be claimed on new Form 5405 and is repaid each year as an additional tax. Income limits and other special rules apply. News Release 2008-106 has more details and answers to common questions.
Tax relief for disasters
Special tax relief related to severe storms, tornadoes or flooding, occurring after May 19, 2008, and before Aug. 1, 2008, is available to individuals in portions of Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska and Wisconsin that were affected by these disasters. Tax benefits include:
n Liberalized rules for certain personal casualty losses and charitable contributions.
n An additional exemption amount for persons who provided housing for someone displaced by these disasters.
n The option to use 2007 earned income to figure a 2008 earned income tax credit (EITC) and additional child tax credit.
n An increased charitable standard mileage rate for use of personal vehicle for volunteer work related to these disasters.
n Special rules for withdrawals and loans from IRAs and other qualified retirement plans.
Details on these and other relief provisions are in Publication 4492-B.
Contribution limits
This filing season, more people can make tax-deductible contributions to a traditional IRA. The deduction is phased out for singles and heads of household who are covered by a workplace retirement plan and have modified adjusted gross incomes (AGI) between $53,000 and $63,000, compared to $52,000 and $62,000 last year.
For married couples filing jointly, in which the spouse who makes the IRA contribution is covered by a workplace retirement plan, the income phase-out range is $85,000 to $105,000, up from $83,000 to $103,000 last year.
Where an IRA contributor who is not covered by a workplace retirement plan is married to someone who is covered, the deduction is phased out if the couple's income is between $159,000 and $169,000, up from $156,000 and $166,000 in 2007.
The phase-out range remains $0 to $10,000 for a married individual filing a separate return who is covered by a retirement plan at work.
The worksheet in the instructions for Form 1040 Line 32 or Form 1040A Line 17 can help a filer figure the IRA deduction.
For 2008, the elective deferral (contribution) limit for employees who participate in 401(k), 403(b) and most 457 plans remains unchanged at $15,500. This limit rises to $16,500 in 2009. The catch-up contribution limit for those aged 50 to 70-½ remains at $5,000 in 2008 but rises to $5,500 in 2009.
The AGI phase-out range for taxpayers who contribute to a Roth IRA is $159,000 to $169,000 for joint filers and qualifying widows and widowers, compared to $156,000 to $166,000 in 2007. For singles and heads of household, the comparable phase-out range is $101,000 to $116,000, compared to $99,000 to $114,000 in 2007.
Standard Mileage Rates
The standard mileage rate for business use of a car, van, pick-up or panel truck is 50.5 cents per mile from Jan. 1, 2008, to June 30, 2008, up 2 cents from 2007. The rate is 58.5 cents for each mile driven during the rest of 2008.
From Jan. 1, 2008, to June 30, 2008, the standard mileage rate for the cost of operating a vehicle for medical reasons or as part of a deductible move is 19 cents per mile, down a penny from 2007. The rate is 27 cents from July 1 to Dec. 31.
The standard mileage rate for using a car to provide services to charitable organizations is set by law and remains at 14 cents a mile. As noted earlier, special rates apply to the Midwest disaster area.
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CIT Events
Teaching Innovation in the Classroom and Online
Are the recent innovations and changes in teaching environments and approaches for you? At Duke and across the country, faculty are designing and evaluating their teaching in new ways to support and enhance student learning. Faculty are reaching wider communities of students through online teaching, in both large and small classes. Others are exploring active learning techniques, sometimes even "flipping" their classes, to more fully engage their students. Faculty experiences teaching online are filtering back to enhance and modify campus-based courses, and perspectives about campus teaching are being brought to the design of online learning environments, as well.
This academic year CIT will host a selection of speakers on campus, who will explore these and other developments in teaching. These presentations will provide a no-pressure atmosphere in which to consider how these types of innovations might be integrated into YOUR classroom. The current schedule is below; check back for updates and additions.
See you / see me: An interactive real-time online course
In her campus courses, Mine Çetinkaya-Rundel, Assistant Professor of the Practice, Department of Statistical Sciences, teaches using active methods, to encourage team-based and problem-focused learning. When she decided to teach an online version of her campus course in summer 2013, it was important to her to keep those active, engaging teaching methods front-and-center. In this presentation, she will describe how she adapted student-centric active learning pedagogies from the brick-and-mortar version of Statistics 101: Data Analysis and Statistical Reasoning to a real-time online format, to maintain high student engagement and course rigor.
The class was the first online course offered in the Department of Statistical Sciences, and thus was experimental, but was also a significant change in direction from the increasingly popular "massive open online courses" (MOOCs). The course was open only to Duke students and closely paralleled the content of the regular session Statistics 101 course of the same name. The most significant difference was that the summer course was conducted entirely online and required daily real-time participation by web conference. In this presentation, Dr. Çetinkaya-Rundel will explore the lessons learned from teaching this course, both for online teaching as well as improvements that can be brought back to the in-person class.
Registration is not required for this event. Light refreshments will be available beginning at 3:30 pm, the presentation begins at 4 pm.
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The color looked different when Brian Held saw it in a book. It reminded him of the warm red of a rouget, the coveted Mediterranean rockfish that inspired the name of his restaurant near downtown Newtown.
When translated into paint on the dining room walls of this 1800 farmhouse, though, that Provençal blush suddenly looked more like a sponge bath of Pepto-Bismol pink. It's a jarringly powder-puff hue, especially for an ambitious kitchen trying to distinguish itself from the building's recent history as a teahouse and a salon named Sparkles. In fact, my dinner guests, who live just three blocks away, had no idea it had become a serious restaurant a year ago.


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THEY'VE had some funny things on stage at the Playhouse. They've had dozens of marching Vietnamese troops in Miss Saigon; dancing cups and saucers in Beauty And The Beast; a stallion in this week's operas, a pile of dead bodies in Greek opera Oedipus Rex - hey, they've even had Sheena Easton singing 9 To 5.
And now there's going to be an ice rink set up in front of the stalls.
What? Yes, an ice rink, as the venue is transformed for four days into a skaters' paradise for a special ice ballet which takes the art of gliding across a frozen surface to music out of the sports arenas and into the theatre.
There are two shows: The Nutcracker On Ice (self-explanatory) and Sensational Ice, a compilation of the company's greatest hits.
While most ice shows, like Holiday On Ice or Disney On Ice, take place in large rinks, British company Wild Rose International specialise in more conventional (or should that be unconventional?) venues.
Since setting up in 1993, they've toured Britain as well as Australia and continental Europe - where they found a Royal fan in Prince Rainier of Monaco - with their versions of fairytales, popular musicals and ballets performed by competitive skaters, including former Olympic stars and members of the Russian Circus. Yet it's the show that skating experts said would never work.
Vee Deplidge, a Yorkshire car saleswoman and charity fundraiser who turned theatrical promoter after her marriage broke up, was the woman who came up with the idea.
"I decided that ballet and ice merged together would make a marvellous show but everyone said it couldn't be done on a stage because it's too small - they need a run-in over a large space so they can get up speed to do runs and somersaults.
"They said it was boring without those elements. I got the same response from companies all over the world, but I knew it could be done."
she explains: "I knew that the moves I wanted were not the sort that they have to rush around the stage for. I could see them spinning on their hands or just going round the stage at great speed and throwing their partners in the air to spin them a few times. Those were the elements I wanted, lots of flying and aerial acrobatics.
"I thought the Russians were the best skaters in the world - you can see the fire in their eyes - so I approached them."
The Russian All-Stars agreed and after months of rehearsals in Moscow, where the Moskva river freezes solid in winter and people often skate to work, they put together a production of The Sleeping Beauty.
"I could get more money and more people in an arena but I didn't want to compete with the other shows, I wanted something intimate," says Deplidge. "It's a night out at the theatre and people can dress up without freezing to death if they want. They can see the skaters better, their expressions, they can almost reach out and touch them which you can't in an arena."
Of course, taking not just a company of skaters, stage hands, props and costumes around on tour but building an ice rink at every venue is some business.
The technical stats involved are fearsome: 14 tons of ice on the stage, one-and-a-quarter miles of pipes, 400 jubilee clips keeping it together and a crew member chucking cold water on it every few minutes to maintain the minus 15 degree temperature.
"We have got it down to a fine art. It's got easier as we go along because we've perfected the technique," says Deplidge. "We have a compressor now which can turn the water to ice much quicker."
The first thing to be laid down is the plywood and timber base of the rink, which looks like "a giant baking tray but square instead of round. We put polythene down around it, then lay out the pipes about an inch apart - if it's not exactly an inch the ice won't freeze all the way through. They then connect to header pipes at the top of the stage that are connected to the compressor."
The pipes are then filled with a type of anti-freeze mixed with water, then the temperature is turned down. "We buy crushed ice from fishmongers or whoever has two or three tons of it, which is just to start the process. One of the boys sprays it with cold water every 15 minutes so it freezes on the top then once the ice gets to three inches thick it becomes thick enough to skate on."
It doesn't end there as the ice has to be scraped and resurfaced with hot water every few hours to keep it smooth.
After all that, it's ironic to hear Deplidge say: "When people see the show they sometimes even forget it's on ice. They come out and say they thought they were at a musical or a ballet, because it's very theatrical."
Perhaps the clinking in their glasses at the interval might remind them.
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And shares of Edgewater Bancorp's common stock were to begin trading today (Jan. 17, 2014) on the OTC Bulletin Board under the trading symbol "EGDW."
Edgewater sold 667,898 shares of common stock in the offering, resulting in gross offering proceeds of $6.7 million.
Edgewater Bancorp is now the parent holding company of Edgewater Bank, a federally chartered saving association headquartered in St. Joseph. It has its main office in downtown St. Joseph and five branches in Berrien and Van Buren counties.
Richard E. Dyer, president and chief executive officer of Edgewater Bancorp and Edgewater Bank, said the mutual form of ownership did not allow the bank company to grow capital to meet its needs.
"We felt it was prudent to convert to a shareholder form of ownership to give us the capital we need to give us the growth that we anticipate," he said. "Capital is critical in our industry and you need capital to grow. The conversion gives us quite a bit more capital."
A mutual company is one that is owned by its members (the financial institution's depositors) rather than by public or private shareholders. Any number of mutual companies have converted to a stock form of ownership in recent years to raise money, expand operations, enhance employee benefit options, or some combination of those reasons, according to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Dyer said the company will use the initial capital to make more loans – to grow its loan portfolio, particularly in commercial lending.
"We will continue to be active on the residential side," Dyer said, referring to residential mortgage lending, "and continue to be active but also grow the commercial side."
Among the shares sold were 53,431 shares sold at $10 per share to the bank's employee stock ownership plan. That makes the company's 43 employees now part-owners of the company through their employee stock ownership plan.
Certificates representing the shares purchased in the offering and interest checks were expected to be mailed no later than today, according to the company.
The bank company has two locations in St. Joseph and branches in Bridgman, Buchanan, Coloma and Decatur. It plans to close the location in Decatur by the end of this month and exit that market. Dyer said it is a good market, but has more of an agricultural base. That is outside of the company's expertise, so it plans to reallocate its resources.
Edgewater had $119.5 million in assets as of Sept. 30, 2013 and about $109 million in deposits.
Edgewater Bank was originally chartered as the Industrial Building and
Loan in January of 1910, and was officially incorporated by the State of Michigan. After expansion from its St. Joseph base, and after various name changes, its board of directors approved the name change to
Edgewater Bank in Aug. 16, 2005 and the bank changed to its present name on Oct. 24,
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Spring / FallSeptember 30, 2013 - October 11, 2013
Manoa Campus, Art Building, Commons Gallery
Kalani Largusa, from Kapahi, Kaua'i, was recently accepted into the graduate program at the Department of Art and Art History, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. He was educated in drawing and painting at the California College of Arts in Oakland and San Francisco and received his BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago last spring. His work centers on an exploration of painting processes, contemporary Pacific Islander and Asian identity, and Polynesian tattoo symbolism and methodology. Through layers and almost western comic book iconography, his work reveals a record of cultural themes and experiences. It ranges from sharp, stylized draftsmanship and mixed-media art journals to large abstract, often non-representational oil paintings.
Reception: Friday, October 4, 12:00–4:00 p.m.
Image: "Stacks1," 48" x 72", courtesy of Kalani Largusa
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|The Wellness Center - Fitness Class Schedule
Maui Campus, Pilina Bldg., Wellness Center
|Transfer Walaʻau
Hawaii Campus, Kaneikeao - Bldg. 379 Rm. 1 - Manono Campus
|"Hawai'i Sign Language: How I Keep HSL Inside My Heart"
Manoa Campus, Henke Hall 325
|Study Abroad in Machida, Japan Info Meeting
Manoa Campus, Moore 319
|Study Abroad in Delhi, India Info Meeting
Manoa Campus, Moore 319
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Manoa Campus, Saunders 617
|Oceanography Seminar
Manoa Campus, Marine Sciences Building 100
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Manoa Campus, POST 126
|WRRC Seminar "Precipitation Variability and Trend in Hawaii"
Manoa Campus, POST 126
|Intramural Sports - Volleyball
Maui Campus, UHMC Great Lawn
|Chess Club at UH Manoa First Meeting
Manoa Campus, Campus Center room 309
|Celebrity Portraits with Photographer Mark Arbeit
Manoa Campus, Krauss Hall 12
|John Chow Seymour, composer
Manoa Campus, Orvis Auditorium
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- Waikiki Parc Features Nicole Naone
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- Diversity and Equity Initiatives Fall 2013
- SAPFB Spring 2014 Funding Cycle
- Red Hat System Administration I
- EWC Arts Exhibition: Bollywood & Beyond: Costume in Indian Film
- Kalaupapa -- A Source of Light, Constant and Never-Fading
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Survivor of 32 Too Many Arabian Nights, Melissa Rathbun-Nealy Heads Home from Baghdad
They were the words an entire country had been longing to hear since Jan. 31, the day Melissa became the first U.S. servicewoman since World War II to be declared missing in action. Her disappearance, after her heavy flatbed truck had gotten stuck in the sand during a supply mission at the Saudi-Kuwaiti border, had been deeply disturbing to anxious Americans already shaken by images of battered, dispirited male pilots being held in Iraqi captivity. Later, apprehension had turned to alarm. Had Melissa, if she were still alive, been the victim of rape or torture like so many Kuwaiti women? At 9:40 P.M. on Monday, March 4, the Rathbuns found out. Cheerfully, Melissa pronounced most of her Iraqi guards perfect hosts. "They were the nicest people," she assured her parents. "They did all they could to make me comfortable. I'm probably the only POW who has ever gained weight."
Despite Melissa's startling tales of her captors' faultless manners—"Some Iraqis told her that she was as brave as Sylvester Stallone and as beautiful as Brooke Shields," says Leo—there were reminders of the anxiety that both parents and child had endured. Melissa, who spent most of her captivity in isolation in Baghdad, had passed the time by "reciting poems and singing songs she remembered from kindergarten on up," says her mother. "The only time she was scared was during the allied bombing raids." Meanwhile, the Rathbuns had managed to cope with uncertainty and droves of journalists by secluding themselves inside their three-bedroom home in rural Newaygo, Mich. (pop. 1,400), 30 miles north of the Grand Rapids neighborhood where Melissa was raised. Leo, a 59-year-old retired schoolteacher and former Catholic brother, and Joan, 55, an ex-nun, had been uncomfortable with their country's decision to go to war and displeased with its decision to ship their daughter, recently divorced from fellow soldier Anthony Nealy, to the front. "I'm mad as hell they sent her over there in the first place," says Leo. "She had had a miscarriage only two weeks before, and she was real depressed." But they found comfort in prayer and in remembering that they had raised "a feisty little devil" who could handle herself in any situation. They were not surprised when Melissa told them after her release how she had stood up to an Iraqi soldier who threatened to beat her. "She said, "The only thing I fear is God—a man can hit me, but I would never submit,' " reports Leo proudly. With a twinkle in his eye, he notes that she added, "I guess that's why the Army doesn't like me."
Now, of course, it might be hard to find anyone who doesn't like Melissa Rathbun-Nealy. A typical high school student who joined the Army at 18 because her best friend and her sweetheart (with whom she later parted) had signed up, she is now a reluctant celebrity. "We told her she was a hero," says Leo, "and she said, "I don't know what I'm a hero about. I just got stuck in the sand.' " Nonetheless there are book and movie offers awaiting her. A tabloid newspaper calls periodically, offering $150,000 for Melissa's story, and Leo brushes them off, joking, "When they hit $1 million, we'll talk to them."
Melissa, being 21—and being Melissa—is not sure what she will do next. Before her capture, she wrote her parents a letter in which she said she wanted to go to college, but now Joan and Leo wonder whether she may stay in the military. The former peace activists are learning to accept the possibility. "She'd make a good general," says Joan. As for the immediate future, the Rathbun's family plans are simple. "When we see her," says Leo, "We're going to give her a big hug for a long time."
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