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Ethiopia The Dragon's Dance with Hyenas
By Alemayehu G. Mariam
The Chinese Dragon is dancing the Watusi shuffle with African Hyenas. Things could not be better for the Dragon in Africa. In the middle of what once used to be the African Pride Land now stands a brand-spanking new hyenas' den called the African Union Hall (AU). Every penny of the USD$200 million stately pleasure dome was paid for by China. It is said to be "China's gift to Africa." It was all lovey-dovey two weeks ago when the hyenas assembled to pay homage to the mighty Dragon:
… This magnificent…building which will now house the headquarters of our continental organization is built on the ruins of a prison that represented desperation and hopelessness… The face of this great hall is meant to convey this message of optimism, a message that is out of the decades of hopelessness and imprisonment a new era of hope is dawning, and that Africa is being unshackled and freed… It is therefore very appropriate for China to decide to build this hall -- the hall of the rise of Africa -- this hall of African renaissance… I am sure I speak for all of you when I say to the people and government of China thank you so very much. May our partnership continue and prosper.
There was no end to the bootlicking and praise of the "generosity of the Chinese government", and how the "gift" represents "a qualitative leap in the relations between China and Africa". AU president Teodoro Obiang Nguema, Equatorial Guinea's dictator since 1979, even saw "a reflection of the new Africa, and the future we want for Africa" in the glassed 20-storey tower.
The Dragon was equally obliging:
…There exists profound traditional friendship between China and Africa… China has always been Africa's good friend, good partner and good brother…. [S]trengthen[ing] unity and cooperation between China and Africa and promot[ing] common development is an important cornerstone of China's foreign policy, and a long-term strategic choice…
… First, we must firmly uphold peace, stability and development of Africa…. Second, we must fully respect the efforts of African countries in resolving African issues independently…. Interference in Africa's internal affairs by outside forces out of selfish motives can only complicate the efforts to resolve issues in Africa…. Third, we must vigorously support African countries in seeking strength through unity and the integration process…. Fourth, we must pay more attention to the issue of African development and make bigger input…
… Throughout the development of China-Africa relations, we have always respected the sovereignty and development path of African countries and refrained from interfering in their internal affairs… We…have never attached political strings to our assistance to Africa. … To further strengthen China-AU friendship and cooperation… China will provide a total of RMB 600 million free assistance to the AU in the next three years…
The "China Model" in Africa
It is fashionable among African dictators to pledge allegiance to the so-called China Model of economic development. Meles Zenawi, the dictator in Ethiopia, claimed that by following the "China Model":
The African Renaissance that we all dreamed of is beginning to happen. There could be no better proof of this than the fact that the pundits and academics who were publicly advocating for the re-colonization of our continent have now refrained from doing so… The magnificent new head quarters (sic) of our continental organization—the AU which has been at the center of the struggle for the African renaissance (sic) is the symbol of the rise of Africa…
But what exactly is the China Model?
African dictators rarely explain the "China Model", but the phrase rolls off their lips like the voodoo incantations of sorcerers. If the dictators are to be believed, the "China Model" is the magic carpet that will transport Africa from abysmal underdevelopment and poverty to stratospheric economic growth and industrialization. Supposedly, China became a global economic power in just a few decades by opening up its economy to foreign and domestic investment, cutting and reducing taxes, co-investing in infrastructure projects and vastly expanding the labor intensive services sector. It is said to be a "win-win" situation for China and Africa.
But there is one small catch: China did it all by maintaining a one-party system that has a chokehold on all state institutions including the civil service, the armed and security forces and by instituting a vast system of censorship that systenmatically filters or significantly obstructs the flow of information to the people.
What does China think of the "China Model" being exported to Africa? Not much! Liu Guijin, China's special representative on African affairs assuredly says, "What we are doing is sharing our experiences. Believe me, China doesn't want to export our ideology, our governance, our model. We don't regard it as a mature model."
So, why do African dictators insist on championing a half-baked "China Model" as the Holy Grail of African economic salvation when the Chinese themselves do not think it is a "mature model" worth exporting or imitating? Could it be that African dictators are using the "China Model" hype as smokescreen to justify their clinging to power and sucking their economies like ticks on an African milk cow?
Stripped off its hype, the "China Model" in Africa is the same old one-man, one-party pony that has been around since independence in the 1960s. Yoweri Museveni of Uganda and Paul Kagame of Rwanda, and even the wily and sly eighty-six year-old Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, pull the "China Model" stunt just to cling to power. In the good old days, Zenawi, Museveni and Kagame used their status as the "new breed of African leaders" (bestowed upon them by Bill Clinton and Tony Blair) to legitimize and perpetuate themselves in power. Now they heap contempt on the West for its "band-aid" approach to development, criticize the "gunboat diplomacy" of the U.S. (whose taxpayers have shelled out tens of billions in the last decade) and tongue-lash "extremist neo-liberals" (whoever they are) for slamming them on their atrocious human rights record and mindboggling corruption.
The one-man, one-party state recycled as the "China Model" is nothing new. Kwame Nkrumah was the first Sub-Saharan African leader to try it and fail. Just like the silver-tongued mouthpieces of the "China Model" today, Nkrumah back then condemned neocolonialism (a term he reputedly created) and imperialism for Africa's exploitation and depridation. Nkrumah's program of rapid industrialization – to reduce Ghana's dependence on foreign capital and imports – had a devastating effect on its important cocoa export sector. Many of the socialist economic development projects that he launched also failed miserably. By the time he was overthrown in a military coup in 1966, Ghana had fallen from one of the richest African countries to one of the poorest. Similarly, Tanzania nose-dived from the largest exporter of agricultural products in Africa to the largest importer of agricultural products. The one-man, one-party state, touted as the solution to the problems of ethnic and tribal conflict, also failed as civil wars, genocides, and corruption spread throughout the continent like wildfire. For decades, African liberation leaders and founding fathers qua dictators and military junta leaders have tried all types of tricks to justify the one-man, one-party state and avoid a genuine multiparty democracy. Now Africa's newest dictators want to rebottle the same old one-man, one-party wine in a new bottle labeled "Chateau China Model".
The Record of the "China Model" in Africa
Are Zenawi and the other members of African Dictators, Inc., really following the "not mature" "China Model" in practice? Are foreign and domestic investors free to to do business in Africa without being bogged down in silly and mindless regulations and running the gauntlet of a buzzsaw of corruption? For instance, how much of Ethiopia's business environment is really "negotiable" for investment? The 2011 World Bank Ease of Doing Business Index which ranks 183 countries (1=most business-friendly regulations) shows dismal figures for Ethiopia: Overall Ease of Doing Business Rank (111); starting a business (99); dealing with construction permits (56); getting electricity (93); registering property (113); getting credit (150); protecting investors (122); paying taxes (40); trading across borders (157); enforcing contracts (57) and resolving insolvency (89).
The "China Model" is obviously a smokescreen for Zenawi and African Dictators, Inc., to pull the wool over the eyes of the people of Africa. It provides a plausible justification for avoiding transparent and accountable governance, competitive, free and fair elections, enforceable property rights and suppressing free speech, the press and independent judiciaries. It is a hoax perpetrated on the people to ensure absolute political obedience and control, maximize the ruling class' monopoly over the economy and justify the brutal suppression of all dissent.
The "China Model" naturally appeals to Africa's kleptocratic dictators because it enables them to project the illusion of economic development as they suppress the democratic aspirations of their people and suck their national economies dry. Global Financial Integrity recently wrote: "The people of Ethiopia are being bled dry. No matter how hard they try to fight their way out of absolute destitution and poverty, they will be swimming upstream against the current of illicit capital leakage." That is what the China Model means in Ethiopia, and for that matter much of Africa.
Why the China Model? Why Not the "Ghanaian Model"?
The "China Model" may be just fine for China, but why can't Africa have an "African Model"? Is there not a single country in Africa worthy of some imitation. Must Africans always worship before the altar of Western or Eastern political Deities?
In July, 2009, in one of my weekly commentaries I asked a simple question: What is it the Ghanaians got, we ain't got?" I argued that present day Ghana can offer a reasonably good, certainly not perfect, template of governance for the rest of Africa. Ironically, it is to Ghana, the cradle of the one-man, one-party rule in Sub-Saharan Africa, that we must now turn to find a model of constitutional multiparty democracy.
Ghana today has a functioning, competitive, multiparty political system guided by its 1992 Constitution. Article 55 guarantees that "every citizen of Ghana of voting age has the right to join a political party". Political parties are free to organize and 'disseminate information on political ideas, social and economic programs of a national character'. But tribal and ethnic parties are illegal in Ghana under Article 55 (4). That is the key to Ghana's political success. The Ghanaians also have an independent electoral commission (Art. 46) which is "not subject to the direction or control of any person or authority" and has proven itself by ensuring the integrity of the electoral process. Ghanaians enjoy a panoply of political, civil, economic, social and cultural rights. In 2010, Ghana (with a population of 24 million) ranked 26 out of 178 countries worldwide on the World Press Freedom Index (WPFI).
In contrast, Ethiopia (with a population of nearly 90 million) ranked 139 out of 178 on the WPFI. There are more than 133 private newspapers, 110 FM radio stations and two state-owned dailies in Ghana. Ghanaians express their opinions without fear of government retaliation. The rule of law is upheld and the government follows and respects the constitution. Ghana has a fierecely independent judiciary, which is vital to the observance of the rule of law and protection of civil liberties. Political leaders and public officials abide by the rulings and decisions of the courts and other fact-finding inquiry commissions. Ghana is certainly not a utopia, but she is positive proof that multiparty constitutional democracy can help overcome political and economic dystopia in Ethiopia and the rest of Africa. Why not adopt the "Ghanaian Model"?
Why is the Dragon Dancing With Hyenas?
China's economic investment in Africa is said to exceed USD$150 billion; and hundreds of Chinese companies are doing business in all parts of the continent. The Chinese government through its banks has given billions of dollars in low interest loans and credit lines to undertake a variety of infrastructure projects and other high profile projects, including the new African Union building. It has provided a range of technical assistance programs and provided scholarships and training opportunities to African students.
But why is China so generous with Africa? The conventional explanation is that China is hungry for natural resources to feed its economy. It uses its loans, grants and development assistance to project "soft power" and access Africa's vast natural resources in oil, timber and minerals while cultivating a market for its surplus production in industrial and consumer products. Others say, loans and assistance programs to Africa are velvety gloves that hide an iron fist of neocolonial and neo-imperialist ambition. Last Summer, in an interview concerning the growing role of China in Africa, Secretary Hilary Clinton plaintly stated: "We don't want to see a new colonialism in Africa."
China's role in Ethiopia in particular raises some troubling questions. According to one study, "whenever Ethiopia sought Chinese aid, loan, investment and arms, the latter has responded positively by providing debt reduction and technical assistance to Ethiopia with no political strings attached." Another study concluded: "In the construction and the energy sector, Chinese involvement in telecommunication, road and power plant construction projects through very low initial bid-prices (as well as offering credit to finance such projects) has been displacing both local and other foreign construction firms (Notwithstanding, for example in the case of power plants, the fact that the very low initial entry bid-prices are off-setted by high operational costs when the projects start operation; and the fact that Chinese big credits are almost at commercial terms)." Others have complained of trade deficits, dumping of low price textiles and clothing, industrial products and consumer electronics. Perhaps this should not come as a surprise to anyone. At the 1963 inaugural O.A.U. Summit, H.I.M. Haile Selassie said, "Africa was a physical resource to be exploited and Africans were chattels to be purchased bodily or, at best, peoples to be reduced to vassalage and lackeyhood. Africa was the market for the produce of other nations and the source of the raw materials with which their factories were fed."
Blowback for China?
Sooner or later China has to come to terms with three simple questions: Can it afford to fasten its destiny to Africa's dictators, genociders and despots? How long can China pretend to turn a blind eye to the misery of the African people suffering under ruthless dictatorships? Will there be a price to pay once the African dictators that China supported are forced out of power in a popular uprising?
Perhaps there are lessons to be learned from Zambia where just a few months ago the role of China became a hot political issue in the elections. Michael Sata, who became president of Zambia last Fall after four attempts, "made a sport of baiting China, calling its businesspeople in the country 'profiteers,' not investors", and denouncing the Chinese for "bringing in their own people to push wheelbarrows instead of hiring local people."
The Dragon is known for breathing fire. If China does not re-think its African policy carefully and continues its blind association and unquestioning support of corrupt African dictators and tyrants, in time it will likely suffer multiple "blowbacks" across the continent from the flames of popular upheavals and backlashes from revolts against dictatorship.
China's policy of "noninterference" (a/k/a "hear no evil, see no evil and say no evil" about Africa's dictators) is actually the most conspicuous and underappreciated from of interference there is. What can be more "interference" than providing the economic means to sustain and nurture repressive and dictatorial regimes? In time, "noninterference" will logically and inevitably evolve into tighter defense and military relationships with the dictatorial regimes; and significant military presence may be unavoidable to defend Chinese economic interests and investments in Africa.
In Chinese folklore, the dragon is known for his intelligence, strength, goodness, longevity and wisdom. In African folklore, the hyena is known for treachery, gluttony and stupidity. Jia Qinglin, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), in his speech at the 18th summit of the African Union inaugurating "China's gift to Africa" said, "As an African saying goes, to be without a friend is to be poor indeed." But the Dragon should think twice before befriending hyenas because the African people, like African elephants, have long memories. They remember their friends and the friends of their enemies. But Chairman Quinglin should also heed a couple of wise Chinese sayings: "A man should choose a friend who is better than himself" (unless, of course, the man believes that "birds of a feather flock together"). But more importantly, "One should not lift a rock only to drop it on one's own foot."
Previous commentaries by the author are available at: www.huffingtonpost.com/alemayehu-g-mariam/ and http://open.salon.com/blog/almariam/
This man is a clinical case, he need to see a psychiatrist. Please family and friends of this person advise him to visit a Doctor.
አውሮጳውያን በግራ እጅ መጽሃፍ ቅዱስ በቀኝ እጅ ስርቆት አድርገው ያለፈውን ክፍለዘመን ሰረቁበት ::
በ አዲሱ ክፍለዘመን ደግሞ ተረኞቹ ቻይና እና ህንድ በ ቀኝ እጅ ምርቃት ከረሜላ በ ግራ ደግሞ ሊሰርቁ ሲቅዋምጡ ይገኛሉ :: መለስ አጨብጫቢው ፍርፋሪ እስከለቃቀመ ድረስ መሬቶች ቢዘረፉ የጥሬ ሃብት ቢበዘበዝ ቅምም የሚለው አይደለም :: የሌቦች ቀንደኛ ለራሱ ጎምደል አርጎ ከቆረሰ በህዋላ ቀሪውን ለተከታዮቹ ይለግሳል::
The Chinese are loughing and wondering what really is this looser mousy trying to tell them.
almaria's jealousy and frustration goes so wild, that he couldn't control his rage and anger. he has to opt with cheap shots and insults.
THE chinese built a state of the art hospital in Akaki area, with their own specialists and doctors, including so many medical equepment, which has started its full service to our needy people, do you want them to take that away?
they have also built so many highways, schools, factories and so on, and can you take that away from Ethiopian people no matter how you cry? not even in your wildest dreams! almaria looser!!
we already know what your disapoiment is about. it is all about your dellusional master isay ass aforki, why HE is left out of the AU. we can't help it.that is what he chose.
so, almaria mind your business, if you have one, you don't have anything to do with Africa and anything about Ethiopia.
Compared to the 200 M China donated, it may be worthless mentioning but Ethiopia has donated free land & made tax free for all equipments for the construction to be imported……..Ethiopia has contributed something!
If the headquarter of the AU was in some other African country, we wouldn't be able to see this magnificent building in Addis……..let us hope the future generation will do something good inside that building!
The regime, let alone lobby to put the statue of his excellency Haile Selassie, even by some miracle some others forward the idea, they will object it.
For Mr. Naziawe any body who talks or talked about national unity, Ethiopianism or equality, he is going to raise his blood pressure, anger and all his sickness. He is a crippled and hopelessly worthless ruler….
Addis Zemen,
The mouse you are referring is a big man and the tiny hole you are referring to is the United States, now I have a challenge for you why don't you go and confront the mice? easy right?
I guess we know who the mouse that is roaring from a tiny hole!
By the way tiny not tinny
We need to strengthen our relationship with China and other eastern nations since the west especially USA(universal satan of america) do not want to see our development. america's strategy in Africa in the near future is using human rights and terrorism to interfere in Africa's internal affairs. The recent events should give us ample clues about their intentions in Africa. What they did in Zimbabwe, cote d'ivoire and Libya, interventions designed to weaken Africa, must be a wake up call for all of Africa!!!
China is emerging as a new colonizer of Africa. The people of Africa should watch them carefully. They donot care for the abuses of human rights as long as their business is on the right track. They are coming as a trojan horse. They construct some roads here and there and loot African resource that doesnot match the benefit they are gaining.
It's Monday again, Painful day for woyane and its lapdogs. This professor must have driven hundreds of woyane fascists to the brink of madness.
Truly, the pen is mightier than the sword!
As said the Equato Guinea Tyrant the Chinese regime" has always been Africa's good friend, good partner and good brother……".He means African
Tyrants and despots best protector and friend .For your Information by the past times since the early 70th
the Chinese Regime ,even its Communist Ideology Periode did have close relation with the then Tyrants
and despots from Mobutu to Omar Bongo.By establishing close relationship with these Tyrants Chinese are simply creating a new Colonial System to loote Raw materials .As by the past have done
the Western blocks .Dealing with Tyrants and despots and even by protecting the then South African Apartheid Regime .
ment4you [Visitor]
Have your own personal opinion to the article or else leave the site to assmerino com. Stupid shabia
What really are you?…… educated or missed your boat, I have never seen an educated person that is bluffing negative all his life. Let me ask you, if you had a chance what do you do?…. means to be a leader to your country or representative to AU? Can you tell us? Absolutely you are unworthy I do not know were you grow up and how but, if I guessed correctly you sound same as those you call "DEBTERAS" they chant at night and they do there spells on "KITAB" on a day time; have you ever supported or help one organizations means helping poor kids to educate?…. what is bothering you?….you are the most hated individual to my knowledge not along by Ethiopians but, by most Africans as well today for what you are saying. Please since you have loves for writhing change your lean writing to a good deed.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu Said
"If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor". That sums up China's as well as the position of other powers that turn a blind eye to the transgressions of these dictators. One thing the Arab spring has though us is that eventually some straw will break this camel's back and Africans will conquer their fears and ask for their rights. Once the hyenas have been dealt with it would be safe to assume their impartial friends will be frowned upon.
"Ethiopian Scientists Warn Big Fatty Meals May Cause Memory Loss"…….Hero as his fathers and nation!
Alemayehu.. FINDS…??? ……And it is published for free access in the Scientific journal of Nazret, hahahhaha…. Cant stop loughing o my God!
You are just shintam. Just hush up and remind in your closet world. You are just a stale old senile.
I have carefully read Alemayehu's article. In fairness to him, he has raised a legitimate and current topic of "China in Africa" (We may not agree with him in every thing he said but we can't fault him for addressing the issue). The question is being discussed both in academic ivory towers as well as power corridors. In my view, the rhetoric about Chinese "bad money", nonetheless, is deeply marinated with Western hypocrisy as the same countries who criticise China for her role in Africa and Asia are also begging for Chinese investment irrespective of China's appalling human right track records.
Where, in my view, Alemayehu went wrong is instead of using the construction of the new AU Headquarters as a spring board, in order to discuss the more important issue of Afro-Chinese co-operation; he dwelt too much on it. His immodest (and possibly offensive) language (metaphors like "hyenas" to mention but few) didn't help either. That, I think, explains the hostile reception of your otherwise good article.
To all CADRES [Visitor]
I read with indignation most comments from TPLF Cadres.
I am really sorry for them, because they are foolish and they tried to fool people with their rubish comment and propaganda.
In this 21st century, the WOYANNE Cadres stil believe in the old fashion ideology "Marxism and Leninism".
Sorry Cadres, open your eye and ear if you have [Marxism, Leninism, Maoism] is dead.
Because it was an evil system for all humanity.
Can anybody including his family stop this man from madness?
I have read many of his articles about the ethiopian government. I assumed he may have pupose anger ofcourse. But why the chinese?
It is obvious hewould not any effect on the chines( too low for them), but it is possible he might confuse our people.
ment4you, LOL! AKA, Jegna[visitor] ye simuni jebena,
well come back, last time we heard from you, you said "i am not going to waste my intelect here" and got humiliated and hid your tails behind your legs and disapeard in your closet. wow very intersting, now you took somebody's name, which was MEANT4YOU, and changed it to MENT4YOU, whatever that means.
amazingly to your "intelect" you've become a TYPPO police. reminding me a spelling error.
what a stupid asshole! in this day and age of text messaging, tweeting, etc..who cares about spelling? who has time for the easy spell check, which is on the tip of your finger?
wey anchi yesimuni jebena, I know your ego is still so fragile like that RIKASH YE SIMUNI JEBENA. I saw your respond to shalom the other day, and wonderd if this was the original meant4you guy, then it just came to me that it is just you my favorite pigeon the coward wannabe jegna and intelectual.
now don't try to lie or deny this. remember, you're under oath.
Nazrets are my witness!
i've lost the little respect i have for this guy after he called africa is nothing more than a beggar continent as if he is not one of us.
"Is Begging Africa's Eternal Destiny?
For a long time, the Western world regarded Africa as the "Dark Continent", not because of the complexion of the people but because little was known about Africa. Sadly, much of the world today regards Africa as the "Beggar Continent". African dictators can wax eloquent about the "new Africa", "Africa Rising" and the "African Renaissance", but nobody is buying it. Everyone can see today that Africa is gasping to breath under the trampling boots of brutal dictators. Africa is not a continent in "renaissance"; it is a continent of beggars"…..
We had relations with the US, Britain and other European countries for many years. Look around in Ethiopia. There is no major project or edifice that you can credit the West for. China on the other hand is credited for fully or partially financing major projects like roads, hospitals, factories and now the African Union Hall.
It is widely acknowledged that China and India are using debt relief to assist African nations by effectively turning loans into grants by a programme known as, concessional and non-concessional loans. This is happening in many African countries including, Ghana, the country that the professor wants us to emulate.
Recently a mega loan agreement, to the tune of $3 billion, has been signed between Ghana and the China Development Bank, much to the annoyance of the IMF. This is what has been reported about the president's feelings towards the IMF:-
"…the President appears to have had enough of the strings that have repeatedly been attached to the IMF's supports and is, according to our source, "now ready to tell the managers of the fund that enough is enough.
Who wants orders from the West when others are providing the support we need for our development efforts?
It helps to get one's facts right. Simple hatred is not just enough.
Ay Altemarem, with such anger and frustration, he will check out soon with a heart attack…
The tiny hole "addis zemen" refers to is DC and The big man you are refering too is a big mouse (if it quacks like a duck, thinks like a duck, behaves like a duck and acts like a duck it is as they say one mf duck…)
One last point to Almariam, before getting freedom from Others, you need to get freedom from your self…your mental prision is holding you hostage and making you write pure fantasy about La-La land..
What a self depreciating person this guy is!
I am sure many racist wh$tes are rejoice the existence of this moron, who spares them the inconvenience of saying what he is saying with out being rejected socially and economically!
Who wants to bad mouth when there is a slave willing to do the dirty stuff!
This man is insane it's a crack given to him make act this way read my word he will parish just like all crack head soon in his own tub.
To Addis Anbeta, Agases Whore, and the rest of you cadres.
You people are still trying "shining your master meles the መላጣ shoe". You all are still bending on all your fours down to the ground and "licking his berebarso". At the end you get some ፍርፋሪ after his day's worth of "begging" his benefactors -Chinese etc. This is , of course, in addition to all the looting that is going on with his "Stealing" machine called "EFFORT".
The Adwa "Chimp" will be taken as was Gadafi and he will return every penny he stole for the last 20 years.
Death to TPLFites.
እናንተ ቁልቅዋል ሆዳችሁን ነፍቶት አሁን ደግሞ በዚህ ድረ ገጽ ላይ አካኪ ዘራፍ ትላላችሁ::
አንበጣ መልቀም አይደለም እኮ!!
በ አንድነት አገራችንን እንገነባለን ::
Agassess Woman keep on your silly
fairytell for yourself .Your bandits never won a single battle .They simply occupied lands already abandoned by Derg Soldiers .EPRP fighters were destroyed by Shabya because many Eritreans had joined the
movement which was a danger for your
then master Issayas .Once again your
crickets went to Asimba after the fight was over .Your only heroic actions had never been the Fields of Battle ,but only looting local peoples ,robbing banks ,Tracks and cuttle .SHABYAN PROSTITUTE ZEKATCH BANDA !!!!!!!
MedhaniAlem, if you stop this guy from insulting and degrading Ethiopians, I will go to my church and "seletane Adersalehu". No joke.
Ato Arrmaria,
You may go crazy about it but we are going the other way. Tell your Mamma why we chose the Chinese model; not to us. You have nothing to do at your office so you create story tales every Monday to show your loyalty to Afeworki in Asmara and to Daniel Kifle in DC. F you man.
Agazity Women you have no any mistake in your comment agazian had consumed human bieng from Derg,EDU, human bieng from OLF,EPRP human bieng from your best frend EPLF,ELF, ONLF, you consumed Addis Ababa human bieng , you consumed Hauzen human bieng, you consumed Gonder ppl , you consumed Gambela anuak ppl , you consumed evry four year ethiopian son with your hungry stomache to eat human bieng like Hyena and Aguila ,so you have no any mistake in your saying the only thing to correct here is, your final stetment to give aliance with Ethiopian ppl you dont come to mantion ethiopian ppl. name Becose of ethiopian ppl is respected like equqly to other human bieng even for theier enemy in theier history ther is no hina to consume human bieng so Ethiopia dosent belong to you , when you come to tigrian I am shure you dosent represente that part of ethiopian ppl but I want to hear that comment from that part of brave son.
Tank you prof. for your deep presentation, you are constantly giving very touching and interesting analisis about your finding in all aspects of Ethiopian and other human life.
Professor, as usual your insightful article are very sensational.
Ethiopian dictator Meles and African dictators parrot anything to get money. All they think about is what they will get, Money and power for as long as they live.
China on the other hand always interfered in Ethiopians and African internal affairs by helping dictators to kill freedom. China now is the only country capable of aiding dictator Meles in chocking up the flow of information, radio, satellite and media from reaching people. China is helping China and its dictatorial regime and Meles is helping himself at the expense his subjects. So china is not helping the people of Africa but dictators that will bend over for money.
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The game, which starts at noon, will be a great day of lacrosse for two of the top Foothills Conference teams. Tickets are $12 and include admission to the second game — Valor Christian boys vs. Pueblo. Parking is free.
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The Jeffco Workforce Center is sponsoring a series of employment workshops beginning April 7 geared toward active job seekers and people thinking about career changes.
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The Class 5A Jefferson County League champion Chatfield Chargers and runner-up Dakota Ridge Eagles both landed two players on the first team for all-conference selections.
Landon Vermeer and Trevor Wages were selected for the Chargers, while Dan DiFolco and Derek VanderVelde were honored for the Eagles.
Columbine senior Neil Myer also made the first team.
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Miley and Madonna Get Unplugged, but Can They Top These Moments?Dresden Shumaker
You've got your DVR set for tonight's MTV Unplugged episode, right? At 9:00pm ET Miley and Madonna will attempt to take it down a notch as they sing a mashup of "Don't Tell Me" and "We Can't Stop." The show is most certainly Miley's Unplugged, but Madonna's guest appearance has pretty much guaranteed that more will tune in.
The first episode of MTV Unplugged aired on November 26, 1989, three years before Miley was born. (Pardon me while I go take a moment to feel very old.) On the debut episode Squeeze, Syd Straw, and Elliot Easton performed. Many credit Paul McCartney's performance on the second season with turning the show from a hum-drum background entity into a powerhouse that could revitalize and shift careers. Paul was the first to turn his performance into an album and Unplugged – The Official Bootleg is one of the best things you will ever listen to.
When I think of Unplugged I think of turning points and revelations. It's a moment for artists to strip down and present their authentic talent without sound boards and auto tune. It's raw and honest. Humble.
To be honest I was just a bit worried about Miley's performance tonight as all of the promotional materials about the show don't indicate she will be going the traditional "toned down" route. But then I read this early review:
"Miley's staggering vocal prowess — brace yourself for a voice that's thick and rich like molasses, metallic and fluid like liquid mercury — and vulnerability during slow songs reveal a strong yet not undamaged human heart caged in a spiritual sanctuary. Beyond the partying and the tongue selfies and weed jokes, there's honest-to-God pain and sorrow, love and loss, and Miley reached down and let the audience — and the light — in."
I'll be tuning in. I'll also be rooting for the show to do well. For all of her antics and sideshow drama, I still believe Miley has undeniable talent. Perhaps seeing Miley and Madonna together will put some of her showmanship into perspective.
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Donald Sets Pace in Weather-Shortened First Round of Nedbank Golf Challenge
Though he only got in 11 holes before lightning sent the players off the Sun City course in South Africa, England's Luke Donald was ahead by two strokes after carding three birdies and an eagle in the opening round in the European Tour event.
Wales' Jamie Donaldson and Denmark's Thomas Bjorn were 3-under, with Donaldson finishing 12 holes and Bjorn six before play was halted.
"Lovely start," Donald said of his quick birdie-eagle beginning. "It doesn't get much better than three-three around here. Birdie, eagle and all of a sudden you are 3-under par through two holes. I played solid for those first 11 holes and hit a couple of very nice shots in that time that I was able to take advantage of."
Playing for the first time since wrapping up the 2013 European Tour money list in Dubai, Henrik Stenson was 1-under through seven holes.
Defending champion Martin Kaymer is at 2-under through six, while Charl Schwartzel, the winner of last week's Alfred Dunhill Championship, was at 1-under after eight, the same number as American Peter Uihlein, who'd finished seven holes.
The start of the first round was delayed for nearly three hours by a thunderstorm. The players were forced off a second time by late-afternoon bad weather. The first round in the 30-player event will resume Friday morning in advance of the start of the second round.
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The International Provost Scholarship is another scholarship opportunity for international undergraduate students who meet OSU's application for admission deadline and OSU's minimum admission requirements, including the English language proficiency requirement for full admission. The application for admission deadline is April 1 for international undergraduate students outside the U.S. and June 1 for international undergraduate students currently in the U.S. No separate application is required to be considered for the IPS. This partial scholarship ($2,000-$6,000) is also competitive and based on merit, availability of funds and diversity of representation. Selection of awardees generally takes place in April and June.


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Although many of his works provoked critical controversy during his lifetime, Joseph Mallord William Turner is now properly regarded as the greatest British landscape painter of the nineteenth century and one of the most important of all British artists. His early topographical watercolours and oil paintings of seascapes and of English scenery fall within the dominant Picturesque aesthetic of the late eighteenth century, but he determined to raise the intellectual status of landscape, building on the earlier achievements of Claude, Poussin and Richard Wilson. In pursuit of this goal he was drawn to historical, Biblical and classical subjects. But it was his elemental grasp of the effects of light, wind and fire, of the power of the sea a…
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Joseph R. Driscoll, Jr.
To the Honorable Senate and House of
Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to credit card fees.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
An Act relative to credit card fees.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 140D of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 28B the following section:-
Section 28C . As used in this section the following terms shall have the following meanings unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) "account" the account between a card issuer and 1 or more cardholders reflecting the outstanding balance of card transactions;
(2) "account agreement" means the contract between the card issuer and the cardholder governing the parties respective rights and obligations respecting the account and transactions effected thereunder ;
(3) "cardholder" a natural person residing in the commonwealth who has agreed with a card issuer to pay debts arising from card transactions, whether the card used in such transactions has been issued to the cardholder or to another person;
(4) "card issuer" or " issuer" a person doing business in the commonwealth issues a credit card or that person's agent or assignee with respect to the card;
(5) "card transaction" or "transaction" a cash advance, purchase, or other extension of credit effected or obtained by means o f a credit card or account number;
(6) "debit card" any real or forged instrument, writing or other evidence known by any name issued with or without a fee by an issuer for the use of a depositor in obtaining money, goods, services or anything else of value, p ayment of which is made against funds previously deposited in an account with the issuer; and
(7) " retail merchant" a business with at least eighty percent (80%) of its credit card transactions conducted through a credit card terminal.
(a) no card issuer shall cha rge to any retail merchant more than seventy-five hundredths of 1 percent 0.75% per transaction for all processing fees involving the use of a credit or debit card.
(b) each violation of a subsection (a) constitutes an unfair and deceptive act and shall be sub ject to the procedures and penalties prescribed by section 31.
Section 2.The provision of this section shall not be construed to impair any existing contract between a credit card issuer and a retail merchant. This section shall apply only to new contract s between a credit card issuer and a retail merchant and upon the expiration or termination of existing contracts.
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Castor oil is a vegetable oil derived from the castor bean seed in its purest form. It is colorless, odorless and tasteless. Cultivators of castor beans remove the hull of the seed, before pressing it to obtain the oil.
The history of castor oil goes back a long way, with Ancient Egyptians allegedly using it for their lamps around 4000 BC. Greek travelers like Herodotus recorded that the Egyptians also used it as an ointment. Cleopatra reportedly used it for brightening the whites of her eyes. Over the years, castor oil has earned a phenomenal reputation for being a laxative, cathartic, and purgative medicine. Angelina Jolie and Britney Spears are just two famous fans of this restorative oil!
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Castor oil has a variety of uses. Some common reasons for using it are:
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• to treat fungal infections on the skin
• to soothe the eyes
• to obtain relief from joint pains
• to improve the appearance of the skin and give it a youthful glow
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Devils goalie Cory Schneider might have been playing for the U.S. at this summer's World Cup in Brazil if he hadn't given up soccer long ago.
"I played soccer up until I went to boarding school," Schneider recalled.
And then there's baseball.
Growing up in Marblehead, Mass., he became and remains an avid Boston Red Sox fan. His position?
"Catcher, obviously. I think I just enjoy wearing the equipment. To stand out from everybody else," Schneider said. "I played baseball all the way through high school and only stopped when I got to college."
What would he have done if he didn't become an athlete?
"I'm very fortunate where I haven't really had to consider that option yet," he pointed out. "A lot of people hit a crossroads where they get to a point where they have to give up their dream of playing hockey. I'm just really lucky that hasn't happened to me yet.
"I'm not sure what I would be doing. I would like to think that what I've learned in hockey and from working with the best in a certain field, you pick up things. You learn how to work with others and be a team player. You can drive yourself, motivate yourself and get things done. I'd like to think those are useful skills no matter what you do in life."
Schneider has a degree in finance.
"My parents were very dedicated to providing the best education opportunities to me that they possibly could," he said. "My father went to Cornell and Harvard Business School. Not to toot his horn, but he was more, 'Hey, you better do well in school,' more than 'You better do well in sports.' For me growing up, sports was a privilege you had to earn by getting good grades. Being brought up like that, I wanted to keep as many options open as I could.
"When I went to go play hockey away from home I went to a good boarding school, Phillips Andover. Going there was primarily about the education. They didn't have a great hockey team when I first arrived, so it wasn't the intent to get noticed as much as possible as it was to get the best education possible. Fortunately the hockey side of it worked out and continued on to Boston College. One of the reasons I picked it is because, not only do they win national championships, they are one of the top schools in the country.
"I left after my third year at BC but I made a deal with my dad that if I left early I would finish my degree. Fortunately, I was able to do that after about three summers worth of classes.You never know. You could step onto the ice tomorrow, blow to your knee and your career could be over."
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In addition to his parents, two coaches have had a major impact on Schneider.
Dean Boylan is the hockey coach at Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass.
"My coach at Andover, Dean Boylan, really believed in me from the start," Schneider said. "I came in as a sophomore and he threw me in there right away and let me play for three years. It was tremendous to have his support."
Boylan: "I saw a really competitive spirit, a strong desire to win and to excel. I also saw a young man who cared a lot more about the team than he did about his own personal goals or success. Truly.
"We won so many games, 1-0 or 2-1, and got outshot 2-1 when Cory was with us. He was very special. Not just as a hockey player but as an extraordinary young man.
"We stay in touch all the time."
Brian Daccord is a friend, business partner and longtime goalie coach.
"I'll go back to the first time that I saw him," Daccord said of Schneider. "It was the coach at Andover that recommended he come train with us. He signed up for our high school program. His coach, Dean Boylan, called me up at the end of the first week and he was anxious.
"He said, 'How's Cory?' I said, 'Honestly, he's not very good.' But boy can he stop a puck. He was not one of these technical goalies, but you could tell right away. I refer to Cory as a business man. When he's on the ice he's all business. Its calculated, well thought-out, he's intelligent. As opposed to someone who might be an artist."
Did Daccord change Schneider's style?
"There wasn't really much to change," Daccord recalled. "It was at a period when we (goalie coaches) were moving from a reactor to someone that also used their body, equipment and positioning. When I got him, the game and the position were changing. It was perfect timing.
"One of the aspects of my coaching is being able to teach the technical and the strategic parts of the game. There is no better person to teach that to than a very competitive athlete. So it was really a good marriage. My strengths and Cory's strengths were a good match."
Boylan: "What I did at Andover was to let Brian coach him and I would encourage him to have fun. As far as goalie technique, I would just open the door and shove him out onto the ice."


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Organization celebrates 25th anniversary
GLAAD, celebrating its 25th anniversary, looked back at a few gay heroes during Friday's celebration at Harmony Gold. But equal time was given to some of the movement's nemeses.
"The Talk's" Holly Robinson Peete recalled how the org had a sit-down meeting with Mel Gibson during its protest of his "Braveheart" in 1991. "A lot of good that did!" said Peete, referring to the star's more recent controversies.
Jonathan Murray, honored for producing MTV's "The Real World," took aim at a current foe: "John McCain is clearly out of his mind!"
On the upside, some recalled how the GLAAD Media Awards came to be known as the gay Oscars or, as Steven Weber put it, "the gayer Oscars."


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Canyon's Ian Gregory and his father, Shane, have become celebrities in the Panhandle.
Ian was featured on ESPN's "My Wish" series last weekend, documenting his trip to visit the Dallas Cowboys as part of the Make-A-Wish foundation. Ian was diagnosed with T-Cell lymphoma in January and has been battling the disease since.
Ian and his family received a DVD of the piece from ESPN.
"I've watched it 10 times and teared up every single time," Shane Gregory said. "Ian was really excited. He would sit down and watch it every single time. We really enjoyed the piece and thought it was great."
Ian enjoyed watching the stories about other children on the "My Wish" series.
"His biggest thing on the piece was we watched the other kids wish pieces," Shane Gregory said. "He told me 'Dad, it is real neat that other kids that are sick get a wish too.' I thought that was real cool."
Amarillo and Canyon residents have been supportive of Ian. Some Cowboys fans have also offered tickets to the family.
"It is very special," Shane Gregory said. "We have had so many good reactions and phone calls from people that we don't know. They are very nice, saying they love the piece. In small-town Amarillo, we can't walk out to the ballpark without everyone shaking our hands.
"We were offered some tickets from a gentleman for the Sept. 20 game against the Giants so I'm sure we are going to go to it. A marketing company out of Dallas is trying to confirm us to let us use their suite on Thanksgiving to see that game also."
Gregory said he believes that Ian deserves some good times after all he has been through. Ian has even become more popular with kids his own age.
"For all the hard stuff he goes through, I believe he is getting rewarded," Shane said. "For being in chemo every day and just being a good kid and toughing it out he's getting a little back. Some of the little boys at the softball park that watch SportsCenter just enjoy to see him on TV. They flock to him. However 6-year-olds have a conversation, they talk about it and do all kinds of stuff."
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|While each of these salon pros takes a unique approach to marketing, all have earned their black belts.
Karate, Judo, Kempo, Tae Kwon Do, Kung Fuâthese represent a small
handful of the different disciplines among the martial arts. Similarly,
there are scores of ways for salon businesses to approach
marketingâwhile one owner may choose one path to success, another may
find their victory on a very different road. Black belts are acquired
when owners gamble just the right amount on a campaign, choose a
strategy that embraces their culture and enhances their brand, and
succeed in fully engaging the support of their staff and the attention
of their customers.
Weâve identified five marketing masters and dubbed them with our own
titlesâthe Retail Queen, the Media Darling, the Digital Diva, the Promo
Man and the Niche Marketer. While their approaches are drastically
different, they all tackled their marketing missions with heart and
determination, carving their own place in a difficult marketplace.
The Retail Queen, Inez Gray
The Media Darling, Kim Vo
Digital Diva, Aura Mae
The Promo Man, John Donato
The Niche Marketer, Stacey Weinstein
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Owner: Aura Mae
Size: 2,900 square feet
Staff: Owner plus six independent contractors
Time spent updating online sites: Approximately two hours per week
Cost of online presence: After start-up costs of the website, just the monthly fee of keeping the URL
Further, online booking eliminates the tug-of-war that can occur between the client and front desk. âWhen clients look at a calendar with time slots, they accept the appointment time availability more easily than if I tell them over the phone the choices of appointments available,â Mae reports. âEvery minute Iâm not on the phone is a minute Iâm tending to the clients in my salon.â
Another attraction at azarra.com is Aura Maeâs photo-packed blog, which she updates on average once a week. Mae says, âOur blog is where we post upcoming events, talk about whatâs happening with staff and even help clients who want to publicize something. For example, weâve mentioned that a clientâs condo was for sale. Itâs like a community bulletin board.â
An ongoing post, âLast Weekâs Interesting Hair,â provides a forum where stylists can share their best work. Because the salon also sells wine, the blog includes recipes along with wine recommendations.
âOur salon branding is about lifestyle, so our clients like to know what weâre cooking,â Mae adds. âItâs an extension of the conversation we would have with them in the salon about life, the weather, the neighborhoodâany of those things are fair game. By reading our blog, potential clients can tell whether theyâll fit in and find clients like themselves.â
Azarra has a Twitter account as well as a Facebook page, where âthe wallâ is updated with quickie notices about how the day is going and postings of videos that may interest clients and other âfansâ of the page. âThe bottom line is that clients like to feel connected,â says Mae. âA salon is a community, not just a business. Every way you can connect with clients will help you to build loyalty.â
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The Media Darling, Kim Vo
Digital Diva, Aura Mae
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The Windows Store is a component ofWindows 8, Microsoft reserves the right to remove the remote user'scomputer applications downloaded from the online store. Microsoftunveiled its Windows there is little Store, an online applicationstore to the image of the Apple App Store that will be directlyintegrated into Windows 8 right from its beta version planned for theend of February 2012.
In other words, Microsoft reserves theright at any time to modify or delete a remote application that theuser has downloaded the Windows Store and installed on his computer.It may still depending on the circumstances refund the price of theapplication if it was purchased.
And that's not all as it also shows theopportunity and the right to remove any information or documentsrelated to these applications. Microsoft recommends therefore to makeregular backups.
The kill-switch is a solution alreadyused in Windows Phone 7 operating system for mobile phone fromMicrosoft, but it's the first time that the Redmond giant operatedfor computers or tablets. Google Android and Apple iOS also reservethe right to use the kill-switch. Still, only Google has so far triedto get rid of malware. Finally, the kill-switch has so far beenlittle used.


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Man killed in Keene crash involved in shooting last year
Douglass Farr died after his car crossed the yellow line
UPDATED 7:23 AM EDT May 08, 2013
New details have emerged about one of the victims in Friday's fatal crash in Keene.
Douglas Farr and his passenger Erin Breault died when Farr's Hyundai crossed the center line on Route 12 and collided with a fully-loaded fuel tanker.
Police said Farr was injured in a shooting that left another man dead in Chesterfield last year.
The attorney general is still investigating the circumstances of that shooting.
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i (plural in in Sindarin) is the Quenya and Sindarin article "the" and relative pronoun "who".
It's possible that the article begun as a relative pronoun, whose Primitive Quendian Root was YA.
In Sindarin, the singular form causes lenition to the following word. For example tâl "foot" > i dâl "the foot"[1].
The plural form causes nasal mutation, and the final -n is assimilated. For example Periain "Halflings" > in+Periain > i-Pheriain "the Halflings"[2]
(The affection is usually noted with a hyphen or a dot between article and word)
Related forms
These Sindarin prepositions contain the suffixed article -in
The above combined articles when before a word, cause a peculiar phenomenon of lenition different from the above[3].
As a relative pronoun
In both Quenya and Sindarin, i is used for the relative pronoun "who" or a conjunction "that", introducing a secondary phrase. In Quenya it is usually the plural form of ya/ye but can also be used in the Singular
For example
- Perhael, i sennui "Panthael" estathar aen "Samwise, who ought to be called 'Fullwise'"[4]
- Eru i or ilye mahalmar ea "the One, who is above all thrones"
In Quenya, it can also be declined as a noun
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings p. 298
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, The Field of Cormallen
- ↑ http://folk.uib.no/hnohf/sindarin.htm#mixed
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Sauron Defeated, King's Letter
- ↑ Vinyar Tengwar, Number 47, February 2005, p. 21
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It is striking how many leading European poets of the twentieth century turned to sculpture as an art form which they saw as analogous to poetry. Rilke on Rodin, Pound on Gaudier-Brzeska, and Francis Ponge, Jacques Dupin and Yves Bonnefoy on Giacometti are just five examples of poets who sought to measure their poetics against a sculptural aesthetic. Yet what is the common interest of modern poetry and sculpture in processes of poeisis, of "making"? Pound called sculpture "peculiarly a thing of the twentieth century" – but what is the precise force of the analogy between poetry and sculpture in this period? This conference seeks to explore the relationship between modern poetry and sculpture from a European perspective. Can differences in emphasis and approach be discerned which one could ascribe to differing cultural traditions across Europe – or is there rather a striking homogeneity between the many poetic approaches to sculpture? Does the response to sculpture by poets represent an enhancement of, or an escapist digression from, their own poetics? In response to such questions, the conference will adopt a doubly comparative approach, exploring both the general relationship between poetry and sculpture in the twentieth century and its specific manifestations in different times and locations. The day will be chaired by Prof. Peter Read and Dr Ben Hutchinson of the University of Kent and include the following speakers and topics :
Prof. Mark Antliff (Duke University)
Anarchist Vortex/Sculptural Nominalism: Gaudier-Brzeska and Pound
Prof. Roger Cardinal (University of Kent)
Jacques Dupin and 'an alternative voicing of space': a poet's response to Giacometti and Chillida
Dr. Charlie Louth (The Queen's College, Oxford)
Rilke, Rodin and the Syntax of Surface
Alastair Noble (Sculptor/ Lafayette College, Pennsylvania)
Mallarmé's Shadow
Prof. Eric Robertson (Royal Holloway, University of London)
Arp's Concretions
Dr. Sarah Turner (University of York)
The poetics of permanence: poetry, carving and letter-cutting in the 20th century
James Wishart (King's College, University of London)
Olivier Larronde's encounter with Giacometti: the historicity of poetic forms
The fee for this conference will be Ł20/Ł10 concessions and will include lunch and a wine reception during which the new HMI/Ashgate publication Giacometti: Critical Essays (Edited by Peter Read and Julia Kelly) will be launched. To register for this conference please contact Kirstie Gregory, email@example.com , 0113 246 7467.


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Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola (USIL) is a modern campus located in the La Molina district of Lima, Peru and has a student body of over 10,000 students. Spacious classrooms, laboratories, a library, Student Center, cafeteria and an on-campus restaurant all serve to complement the students' academic program. USIL has a dynamic student population because it hosts international students from more than 90 universities throughout the world through exchange programs. Students may enroll in any of the 29 academic programs USIL offers, which are taught on the Lima campus both in Spanish and English. The program offers students the opportunity to advance their studies, exchange knowledge with professors and local students, gain international experience, and visit a country with many tourist attractions and exquisite cuisine.
Lima has a population of over 8 million people and welcomes visitors from all over the world. In the historical center of the city, declared Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO, splendid samples of colonial architecture and beautiful carved balconies can be seen. There are archaeological sites throughout the city as well as on the outskirts of Lima.


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It could be said that the heritage of Glen Burnie United Methodist Church consists of "three small churches" plus "three buildings" of this present structure. However important the buildings, it is the people who make the church and we are forever indebted to those faithful servants of our Lord who, for over 150 years, have kept the spirit of God alive in this community.
1860 -Our church first appeared on a map. At that time, our first congregation met in a small single-room church known as Gideon Chapel Methodist Protestant Church, located on the south side of Crain Highway two miles south of our present building. Gideon Chapel was a part of the Anne Arundel Circuit of the Methodist Protestant Church.
1891 - Gideon Chapel was moved to a different site on Crain Highway on land donated by Benson Warfield. It was then renamed Warfield Chapel Methodist Protestant Church and became a part of Marley Circuit.
1906 - The growing congregation built a new and larger one room church on the same site.
1922 - After a two year association with Nichols Memorial Church in Odenton, Warfield Chapel became self-supporting and its first full time pastor was appointed.
1926 - The congregation relocated to a new and larger brick church at our present site on Crain Highway. This was known as Glen Burnie Methodist Protestant Church.
1939 – The church was renamed the Glen Burnie Methodist Church.
1952 - Because of the growing congregation the church was enlarged with an addition on the South side of the building that almost doubled the seating capacity of the sanctuary.
1957 - The parsonage was built and is still used today.
1963 – Our radio ministry began that continues to this day.
1965 – The sanctuary and education buildings were enlarged to accommodate the growing needs of the church.
1968 - We became the United Methodist Church through the merger of the Methodist and Evangelical United Brethren Churches.
1980 – Our 'Bus Ministry' was started to provide transportation to the congregation and Sunday School children.
2001 – Our sanctuary was renovated to modernize our facilities giving it a completely new look and floor plan.
The Pastors of Glen Burnie United Methodist Church
Joseph H. Lynch 1922-1923
Charles E. Dryden 1923-1927
William F. Wright 1927-1935
James A. Dudley 1935-1941
Edward T. Kirkley 1941-1962
William B. Greynolds 1962-1970
Richard T. Scholl 1970-1976
M. Robert Mulholland 1973-1976 (associate)
George W. Pferdeort 1976-1981
Girard F. Long 1976-1981 (associate)
Louis L. Emerick 1981-1985
Ronald R. Winterburg 1981-1985 (associate)
John R. Esias 1985-1988
R. Olin Herndon 1988-2000
Susan E. Duchesneau 1988-1991 (associate)
HiRoh Y. Park 1991-1996 (associate)
Matthew Hadley 1996-1998 (associate)
James M. Lucas 1998-2000 (associate)
Anthony T. Carr 2000-2004 (associate)
Kelly S. Sparks 2000-2011
EunJoung Joo 2006-2010 (associate)
Robert W. Barnes 2011-2016
Ken McDonald 2016- present
We have many opportunities to worship, learn and fellowship. Come be part of our rich history!


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Members of an outraged liberal group have called for MSNBC to fire Pat Buchanan for what they call "white supremacist" views. I'd rather leave Buchanan and his views free to discredit themselves.
Most Americans have pretty much abandoned the idea that racial, ethnic and religious diversity are something to fret about. Yet columnist Buchanan, my long-time colleague on the TV show "The McLaughlin Group," is still trying to pump hot air into that leaky balloon.
In his new book "Suicide of a Superpower: Will America Survive to 2025?" Buchanan views with alarm how "people of European descent from the steppes of Russia to the coast of California have begun to die out, as the Third World treks north to claim the estate."
He sees our nation, "born a Western Christian republic," being "transformed into a multiracial, multicultural, multilingual, multiethnic stew of a nation that has no successful precedent in the history of the world."
"No successful precedent"? That's what people have been saying about our young democratic republic from its very beginning. Yet, despite some big bumps in the road, we have survived and mostly prospered.
Buchanan is back to retell us that the sky is falling, as if we didn't get his message 10 years ago. That was when, after his second unsuccessful presidential bid, he wrote "The Death of the West: How Dying Populations and Immigrant Invasions Imperil Our Country and Civilization."
Since then, a biracial liberal with an Arabic-sounding name has been elected president and a conservative black man has risen to the top of Republican preferential preference polls.
Indian-Asian Republicans have been elected governors of Louisiana and South Carolina, etc., etc., etc.
Despite some differences here and there, today's immigrants are assimilating into American society in ways not terribly different from previous generations. Instead of simply fretting over what we're trying to do with our unique diversity, I think we have a lot of good things to learn from what we've accomplished.
That's why I do not support the call from Color Of Change to have MSNBC fire Buchanan from his gig as an on-air analyst and in-house lightning rod. While I frequently disagree with everything Buchanan says after "Good morning," I also believe talk shows should air a range of views, not muzzle them. People can disagree, as the saying goes, without being disagreeable.
Yet, if Buchanan and I agree on anything, it is the need for immigrants, as well as our native-born children, to be encouraged to assimilate into the cultural mainstream.
If the younger generations tell us anything, it is how much racial consciousness has relaxed. Buchanan quotes, for example, the late historian Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., who predicted in his 1991 book "The Disuniting of America: Reflections on a Multicultural Society" that ethnic and racial conflict would replace the Cold War as "the explosive issue of our times."
Schlesinger stayed optimistic, however. In that same book, he wrote, "My impression is that the historic forces driving toward 'one people' have not lost their power." I share that impression. I hope Buchanan does, too.


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B: cheesy omelette with v little tomato and bacon, large black coffee
L: tin salmon
D: lamb cutlets, sweet potato and grilled eggplant
now off to see what everyone has been up to for the last two months!
B: cheesy omelette with tiny bits bacon and tomato, black coffee
L: steak and tomato and brocolli, black coffee
D: my tuna bolognaise with peas
2 squares of chocolate
PS - started again at 200 lb. sigh
B: onion and bacon omelette, black coffee
L: chicken and half roast veg, half steamed greens
D: steak and asparagus and brocollini with onion and mushroom cream sauce (dash worcestershire sauce)
handful berries with coconut and cream
geez. I suck at this. I have been on and off, and reading the blog, but the forum has been too weird these days to follow. Its a shame, having a connection with the forum seems to help me stick with it.
Fascinated with all the antisugar media at the moment. and the Catalyst programs - wow.
Anyway, really battling to keep my alcohol intake in check, it completely ruins everything. It is the literal switch between attemptine to have good lifestyle or not.
So Monday no alcohol. A lamb burger with cauliflower and sweet potato mash and brocolli. Lamb cutlets and eggplant and potato with sour cream for dinner.
Today, black coffee with coconut cream and cinnamon for breakfast. Chicken korma (whatever that is, just had the saucy chicken) and greens for lunch. To avoid bottleshops got a cab straight home - strange meal of left over eggplant, left over cold beef so ennded up having with chutney and cheese on vita wheats. then because I 'broke primal' I decided to fk it up completely and found a magnum icecream. BUT 2 days no alcohol. Its a start. again.
Omelette with mushroom, few black coffees with splash milk,
lamb patties on sweet potato/cauli mash and beetroot and herbed yoghurt
meant to have decent dinner but got home late and friend came over, so ended up having muesli bar (Carmens, so at least proper nuts and seeds)
omelette with tomato and cheese, large black coffee with splash milk
grilled salmon and salad for lunch. few sneak mini chocs in afternoon after frenzied afternoon
steak and steamed potato smothered in sour cream. mango.
day 3 no alcohol
wow 5 years at failing this...sigh
103kg! outrageous at my height. 4 years ago I was so happy to go from 90 to 75, but desperate to lose the last 25kg, now I have stacked that 25 kg on. depressing.
b: black coffee
l: salad with spinach, roast pumpkin eggplant capsicum zucchini asparagus cucumber beetroot and beef
d: barbeque chicken and roast pumpkin, beans, beetroot, eggplant
blackberries, shaved coconut and cream
Day 1 no alcohol
b: black coffee
l: salad with spinach, avocado, roast pumpkin eggplant capsicum zucchini cucumber beetroot and beef
d: barbeque chicken and roast pumpkin, beans, beetroot, eggplant
blackberries, shaved coconut and cream
Day 2 no alcohol
b: black coffee
l: roast chicken and roast veg pumpkin egplant zucchini
d:3 egg omelette with ham and cheese
half small banana, 1 fig and dozen blueberries with shaved coconut and cream
day 3 no alcohol
exercise is a no go for now. having an allergic reaction to something and have hot angry rashes all over my body. very hot anyway and cant get even slightly hot or it sets the rashes off. maybe my body is trying to foil my plans to start exercising! maybe my body is simply screaming 'give me back my bread, sugar, chocolate, pizza, burgers and other random take away!'.
anyway up to my eyeballs in antihistamines and now, steroids.


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The New York Rangers (22-17-4) defeated the Florida Panthers (13-24-6) by the score of 6-1, tonight. For a box score go to Yahoo! Sports.
…what's amazing is that despite the 6-1 win, except for the final five minutes, the Rangers really didn't play a great game. If they play anyone but that putrid Panthers team they probably lose. Having said that, who cares? With just five games left, two points are two points and that was a HUGE win.
…for the first time in about a decade, Rangers fans were able to experience how power play goals can actually help a team, not playing at their best, win.
…what impressed me the most about Brassard's game tonight, other than the obvious two goals, was the passion he showed after scoring. The guy is relishing his opportunity to play in New York and he's filling a tremendous emotional hole the Rangers have.
…as if we weren't loving Moore already, now he's fighting? Team seemed to gain a ton of energy from his dust-up. Funny how that works.
…in the grand scheme of the game, Brad Richards' 1g, 1a really weren't all that big, but for a guy in desperate need of a major confidence boost, it was huge.
…Zuccarello finally starting to find the back of the net.
…if that Steven McDonald pre-game speech isn't played by Tortorella before the remaining five games, he should be fired. I know it pumped me up:
"We need one shift, one play, one block, one goal. To make this season a memorable one. So get it done."
…speaking of Steven McDonald, yes, Callahan deserved the award. Stepan is having a great season, but it's the "extra effort" award and no one brings more effort on a gamely basis than Callahan.
…Lundqvist made up for a lot of defensive miscues tonight. A lot of them. If they can't clean this up, I don't think they make it to the playoffs.
…the play Del Zotto made on the final goal actually pissed me off because it proves what a great talent he is, but for whatever reason he can't get it done on a consistent basis.
…i actually thought, despite just getting seven minutes, Kreider looked solid with Powe and Asham on the fourth line that played with a ton of energy.
…ho-hum, just another multi-point game (1g, 2a) for Nash. His 12th of the season.
…once again, absolutely no help around the league as the Islanders, Ottawa, Devils and Winnipeg all win tonight. Unbelievable.
…right back at it tomorrow night in Buffalo. Rangers cannot afford a letdown against another inferior opponent.
Game highlights…
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