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Boss TE-2 Tera Echo Guitar Effects Pedal
Boss TE-2 Tera Echo Guitar Effects PedalDetails
A dynamic, rich, spacious echo and ambience effect with next-generation Boss Multi-Dimensional Processing technology. Set yourself apart from the crowd with the Boss Tera Echo pedal, offering a unique approach to delay effects. Powerful Multi-Dimensional Processing technology enables a new sound that reacts and changes with the way you play, enabling you to go far beyond traditional delay and reverb.
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The TE-2's Freeze function holds the ambient sound for lead backing and sound effects, whilst a wide range of sound adjustments can be made with simple controls, creating rich soundscapes.
The next generation Multi-Dimensional Processing technology enables the Tera Echo to be highly responsive to volume changes and playing dynamics.
Find a superior sound with MDP technology. Complex internal processing produces an incredibly deep and spacious sound, dramatically enhancing the guitar tone without overwhelming it.
How does MDP technology work?
The MDP technology in the TE-2 analyses audio signals using a variety of factors and then applying different effect levels to each stage. The end result is a bold, new sound with a previously unattainable range of ecpression and dynamic response.
The 100th Boss Compact pedal!
The TE-2 Tera Echo is the 100th model in the long and rich history of the Boss compact pedal series. Boss' legendary stompboxes have been integral tools of artistic expression for almost 20 million players around the world. Fueled by a spirit of dedication and innovation that started with the release of the OD-1 Overdrive in 1977, the TE-2 carries on the Boss legacy by inspiring musicians everywhere.
- Next-generation BOSS compact pedal with innovative Multi-Dimensional Processing, realized with proprietary technology and custom DSP
- Rich, spacious echo and ambience effects
- Dramatically enhances the direct tone, but never overwhelms it
- Freeze function holds the ambient sound for lead backing and sound effects
- Ultra-responsive to volume changes and playing dynamics
- Wide range of sound adjustment with simple controls
- Mono/stereo input and output
- Nominal Input Level: 20 dBu
- Input Impedance: 1 M ohm
- Nominal Output Level: 20 dBu
- Output Impedance: 1 k ohm
- Recommended Load Impedance: 10 k ohms or greater
- Controls: Pedal switch, E. Level knob, Tone knob, Feedback knob, S-Time (Spread Time) knob
- Indicator: Check indicator (Used for indication of HOLD and to check battery)
- Connectors: Input-A (MONO) jack, Input-B jack, Output-A (Mono) jack, Output-B jack, AC adaptor jack (DC 9 V)
- Power supply: Alkaline battery (9V, 6LR61) or Carbon-zinc battery (9V, 6F22) AC adaptor (sold seperately)
- Current Draw: 53 mA. Expected battery life under continuous use 6 hrs (alkine), 1.5 hrs (Carbon)
- Accessories: Owner's Manual Leaflet, Alkaline Battery (9V, 6LR61)
- Dimensions: W x 73mm D x 129mm x H 59mm
- Weight: 435g
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CC Capital Advisors has released their annual M&A report for the greater Kansas City area. This document provides details on each of the 151 transactions, including analysis around historical trends and forward looking prognosis for the M&A market.
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Dvořák's Rusalka: An operatic feast in all aspects
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- Category: Movies
- Written by Ailsa Windsor
As part of the Metropolitan Opera's Live in HD series, currently being screened by Ster-Kinekor in South Africa, 'Rusalka' comes up trumps in absolutely every aspect
Although influenced by Wagner, Dvořák's music has an identity of its own which is often quite mischievous… and, this is definitely the case with respect to 'Rusalka', an operatic tale loosely based on Hans Christian Anderson's 'The Little Mermaid'.
This brand new rendition by the Metropolitan Opera has been directed by Mary Zimmerman and under her talented, watchful eye this haunting love story comes to life… and, one of the beauties of the Live in HD series is the provision of English subtitles, so the arias are understood no matter the language of their origination… in this case – Czech!
The costumes, the sets and the performers meld together in absolute perfection, but the piece de resistance is the witch Jezibaba – Jamie Barton! Every move she makes on stage is enticing as she deliciously licks her lips, bats her eyes, peers through vintage binoculars and relishes every aspect of the maliciously evil aspects of her character … so much so that her eyes actually twinkle!
Set in the forest filled with energetically playful sprites sits Rusalka – the mermaid who wishes to be human and have someone love her (Kristine Opolais) whose ethereal beauty haunts the Prince (Brandon Jovanovich). Despite all the warnings from her father – the ruling Water Sprite (Eric Owens) and Jezibaba, Rusalka exchanges her 'tail' for feet and sets off to conquer her beau.
Set to a magnificent score, 'Rusalka' is definitely not to be missed!
Screenings: Screening times for 'Rusalka' at Nouveau (Rosebank Mall, JHB; Brooklyn Mall, PTA; Gateway Commercial, DBN; and V&A Waterfront, CT) and select Ster-Kinekor cinemas are as follows: 25 March at 5pm; 26 March at 2:30pm; 28 March and 05 April at 11:30am; and 04 April at 6pm. The running time is 3hrs and 40mins, with two intervals.
Sneak peek: Jamie Barton sings Ježibaba's "Čury mury fuk" from Act I of "Rusalka" at the final dress rehearsal. Production: Mary Zimmerman. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder. 2016-17 season.
Kristine Opolais sings the title character's "Song to the Moon" from Act I of "Rusalka" at the final dress rehearsal. Production: Mary Zimmerman. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder. 2016-17 season.
Eric Owens sings an excerpt of the Water Gnome's music from Act II of "Rusalka" in a January 25 rehearsal. Production: Mary Zimmerman. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder. 2016-17 season.


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Division's Anthony Papa tosses perfect game
Anthony Papa didn't button his jacket when he went back into the dugout. He tossed to the same teammate and used the same ball.
He didn't want anything to throw off the flow of perfection.
Papa, a junior, Monday tossed the first perfect game of his career and the first perfect game for Division (5-1) since at least the 1970s in an 8-0 win over Great Neck North in League A-II baseball, coach Tom Tuttle said.
Papa struck out 17 and allowed groundouts to shortstop, the pitcher and rightfield (Francis Alexander was playing shallow), and induced an unassisted out at first.
"My fastball had a little more kick than usual," said Papa, who set up batters with his breaking ball but relied on that fastball, his pinpoint control, pumped-up velocity, and movement, to get the outs. "It turned out to be a really good day."
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We looked at slides of a number of towers showing the development from defensive, military type towers to house towers and palaces.
La Castagna - The Chestnut Tower (also known as Dante's tower), across from Dante's House is an example of a plain, simple military tower, used in Dante's time by an order of priors who voted on decisions by placing a chestnut in a box - hence the name. The holes are where there were planks joining the tower to neighbouring houses and the windows decrease in size higher up the tower.
An example of a tower that existed during Dante's day is the medieval Mannelli Tower, located at one end of Ponte Vecchio. This was built to defend the bridge and shows the development of the design from the simple cube, having more windows (in pairs) and decorated with lions' heads. It's interesting because when the Vasari Corridor was added to the bridge at the end of the 16th century to enable the Grand Duke to move freely from one side of the bridge to the other, the Mannelli family refused to demolish it to make way for the Corridor. So the Corridor had to be built around the Tower, thus bypassing it.
We also looked at the cylindrical Pagliazza Byzantine Tower that was a prison in Dante's day and is now part of the Hotel Brunelleschi, the Buondelmonte Tower, and the Alberti Tower.
As the city prospered new city walls were built bringing the churches outside the original walls within the city boundaries. By the end of the 13th century the population had grown to approximately 90,000 and was second only in size to Paris. Its wealth came from textiles and banking, with an emerging merchant class coming into the city for employment. This also brought social problems and the mendicant orders – travelling preachers from Umbria and Emilia who wanted to enrich the people's spiritual life. These were different from the monastic orders, reaching out to people. Dante's writing forms a parallel as he wrote in the vernacular making his work accessible to all.
The Church of San Miniato on the opposite side of the Arno was in a wild and woody setting when Dante knew it. In the Divine Comedy he likens the entrance to Purgatory to the ascent to the church. It is an ancient church from the 11th century with a 13th century Tuscan Romanesque style façade similar to that of the Baptistery – green and white marble. Inside there is a beautiful 13th century gold and black mosaic in the apse in the Byzantine style, with the palm symbolising the Resurrection accompanied by the symbols for the four Evangelists.
Illustrations (except for the Chestnut Tower) are from Wikipedia.
To follow: Banking, Guilds and Art of the Period.


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Opening statements are set to start Wednesday in the third trial for Jonathan Doody, and the prosecution and the defense hope to have jury selection wrapped up Tuesday.
Doody is accused of killing nine people at a Valley Buddhist temple in 1991.
His 1993 conviction was overturned on an appeal and his retrial ended with a mistrial after jurors failed to reach a verdict.
A judge in November denied a request by attorneys to ban all journalists from the courtroom.
Stay with cbs5az.com and CBS 5 News for updates on this developing story.
Copyright 2013 CBS 5 (KPHO Broadcasting Corporation). All rights reserved. The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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It was a dark and stormy night. The midnight air hung like a wet dishrag scented with the musty reality of stale promises, neither pride nor prejudice able to taint the flaking veneer of lost hope.
The young college student gazed out his apartment's broken window and wondered if it had been a mistake to major in paleontological reproductive systems. Perhaps his parents were right and he should have considered meercat podiatry.
The county's presentation, "New Municipal Building Space Program Update" at the Feb. 2 county council meeting did not generate the kinds of questions from the council that showed it was concerned about cost issues. There were questions on the size of the council chambers and conference rooms. However, there were no questions about why the space requirements were based upon the GSA figure of 300 square feet per person rather than 200 or 250. The cost of the building is a function of the size of the building, currently estimated at 50,425 square feet.
Thomas and Rebecca Shankland's letter "Roundabouts are the way to go," underscores a continuing problem in the Los Alamos community, including White Rock revitalization.
The Shanklands consider roundabouts the safe and effective way to deal with traffic (presumably on NM 4) and they consider traffic lights ugly. (Who determined traffic lights are ugly?)
Their opinion is put forward as fact.
My wife and I think traffic lights are really safer and roundabouts a way to annoy our neighbors, at least those we've talked to.
Decisions, decisions, decisions. As a cancer survivor I hate making them. As a survivor of cancer as a chronic disease, I hate them even more. Think about it. If you have one of those horrible cancers that are likely to recur, and very difficult to treat, odds are you know the statistics. For example, I know that the average life expectancy for ovarian cancer patients is around eight years. For other cancers it's worse. Of course, statistics are just that, data that physicians use to make clinical decisions.
SANTA FE — As we predicted, last week's train wreck looks less imminent as the session's end approaches. Last weekend state senators crafted themselves a budget bill and declared themselves ready to talk to the House.
The talks aren't going smoothly. Public posturing is still the name of the game and likely still will be by the time you read this. But there's still time.
Lawmakers don't want to spend any more time up here than necessary. They aren't getting paid. They want to get home and back to earning a living.
Last month, the Los Alamos Governmental Review Initiative (LAGRI), a nonprofit organization committed to public participation in local government (www.lagri.org), submitted over 2,000 signatures on two charter amendment petitions, exceeding the numbers required for an election. On Jan. 5, the Los Alamos County Council certified the signatures but, without explanation, delayed scheduling the proposed Apr. 7 mail-in election until a special meeting Jan. 23.
Revitalized White Rock! That's the goal of all of us who have watched our town lose its charming village atmosphere where we could satisfy most of our needs locally.
Late Friday night, Think New Mexico's legislation to prohibit political contributions from lobbyists and government contractors (House Bill 118) was approved by the House Judiciary Committee, after having passed the House Voters and Elections Committee the previous week. With public support, the bill will continue through the legislative process.
As you all know, the Valles Caldera National Preserve (VCNP) is a treasure located right in our back yard. Its wealth of cultural, historic, recreational and educational opportunities are framed everywhere by beautiful scenery. Currently, the Valles Caldera Trust is charged with protecting and preserving the preserve. Additionally, the Valles Caldera Preservation Act of 2000 mandates that the Trust achieve financial self-sustainability by the year 2015.
Since the last science update of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which said recent warming is due mostly to human emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG), the critics have mounted an awesome pushback with some success.
As a long time student of the amazing research into climate change, this writer must lament. It has been truly observed that "When ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise."
There oughta be a law…
For all their convenience, there's something about cell phones that brings out the stupidity in some people. Like the guy talking on his cell phone who rode his bike directly into the path of my car and came close to becoming a hood ornament.
Or the texting teenager who swerved into my lane on a busy street.
SANTA FE — To the surprise of many, state senators voted overwhelmingly last Saturday to ax $130 million of pork projects that were approved in previous years but weren't going anywhere.
It is a sign of how seriously senators are taking the budget balancing process. This column has opined on several occasions that lawmakers must share the budget-deficit pain with taxpayers, public employees, schools and state agencies.
"Where The Wild Things Are ... a poignant, heartfelt journey into the psycho-spiritual mind of a child, transmuting the fears and conflicts that parallel one's personality into a thematic inner life of magical realizations. A blend of complex metaphors depicting the ethnographic diversity of life's bittersweet corporeal lessons."
Yeah, yeah, give me a break. It was a rotten movie. "Where the Wild Things Are" received acclamations by movie critics who apparently own very large Thesauruses and love to speak in iambic pentameter.
This winter opened with bitter cold for much of the nation, including parts of the country not used to snow and ice. Here in the northern tier states we are at least equipped to respond to winter storms, but they always pose a challenge.
At a very human level, cold temperatures often show up first as the experience of cold hands and cold feet. Even with good socks and sturdy boots, when I'm outside there are temperatures below which I cannot keep my toes warm (this is more common the older I get, a trend I don't appreciate).
SANTA FE – Congratulations to the state Senate on its glorious basketball victory last week. It isn't often the Senate beats the House in basketball, what with its inferior numbers and advanced age. There was a time, however, when the Senate was supreme, or so it was proclaimed by Sen. C.B. Trujillo of Taos. Trujillo was a big guy, who served back in the 1970s. He was a dominating basketball player and tried to do the same in the Senate. In those days, the Senate used to win its share of basketball games.
Our local economy is 97 percent LANL-related. While an amazing statistic, it's certainly not surprising, and it makes achieving a more economically self-sufficient community a very tall order. Increasing retail opportunities and improving our economic diversity requires new investment, both private and public.
I support only options that contain four lanes of traffic and would prefer full turn lanes. In reality, the project should provide four lanes from Grand Canyon to Rover. The traffic flow along this section (Grand Canyon to Rover) should be designed to facilitate the laboratory traffic off the hill. I do not support a roundabout of any kind and believe they cause poor traffic flow given the American driver's constant "me first" attitude. These attributes are exacerbated during bad weather and snow. Again, get the traffic off the hill.
We're probably too late to solve this, but the problem is ice buildup and dangerous walking on the shady side of downtown buildings, along Central Avenue especially. When snow falls, the county does a good job of clearing, but when cars are already in the lots, the snow gets packed down and turns to ice.
The snow on the north-facing curbs turns to ice and remains there till spring.
We in the United States operated under the delusion that the constitutional democracy begun more than 200 years ago can never fail. I'm sure the Romans thought the same in the days before the empire.
Members of Congress waste about 75 percent of their time on bickering, political posturing and getting reelected. Presidents issue executive orders and institute secret programs than violate our constitution and our laws.
Most Americans don't bother voting or don't bother informing themselves about candidates and issues before they do so.
The term "citizen scientist" is in vogue these days. Citizen scientists are defined as volunteers, many without specific scientific training, who perform or manage research-related tasks such as observation, measurement, compilation or computation.
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Radiant Logistics Agrees to Acquire Distribution By Air
BELLEVUE, WA March 29, 2011 – Radiant Logistics, Inc. (OTC QB: RLGT), a domestic and international logistics services company, today announced it has agreed to acquire New Jersey-based DBA Distribution Services, Inc., a New Jersey-based, privately held company that commonly operates under the trade name Distribution By Air ("DBA") and provides a full range of domestic and international transportation and logistics services across North America. The transaction is valued at $12.0 million and is expected to close in Radiant's fourth fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2011, pending the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
The $12.0 million transaction will consist of cash of $5.4 million to be paid at closing, $4.8 million in seller notes payable over the next three years and $1.8 million to be paid in connection with the achievement of certain integration milestones. The Company may, at its sole option, on or before the three month anniversary of the closing, elect to satisfy up to $2.4 million of the seller notes through the issuance of the Company's common stock to be valued based upon a 30-day volume weighted average price to be calculated preceding the delivery of the shares.
Founded in 1981, Distribution By Air services a diversified account base including manufacturers, distributors and retailers through a combination of company owned logistics centers located in Somerset, New Jersey and Los Angeles, California and twenty four agency offices across North America. Based on historic financial statements provided by its management, Distribution By Air generated approximately $91.6 Million in revenues for the twelve months ended August 31, 2010. Distribution By Air will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of Radiant Logistics.
On the acquisition, Radiant Chairman and CEO Bohn Crain remarked: "We are proud to announce our partnership with Jim Eagen, Paul Pollara and the entire DBA team. Our plan is to continue to operate the DBA brand alongside Radiant's existing network brands while leveraging the increased and substantial purchasing power of the combined group. This transaction is the ideal next step to accelerate Radiant's growth and further strengthen our network with significant company-owned operations in the strategic gateway markets of Newark and Los Angeles, an expanded network footprint and enhanced service offering. Through the purchase of DBA, Radiant will operate more than 100 stations in North America, giving us one of the largest footprints in our industry. We expect this will translate into improved profitability and strategic advantage for all of our stations."
Crain Continued: "The financial metrics of the combined group are also compelling. Our preliminary estimates for our fiscal year ending June 30, 2012 are approximately $9.0 million in adjusted EBITDA on $285 million in annual revenues. This is before considering the elimination of an additional $1.0 million in costs that we will incur as we work through the integration process during our fiscal 2012 that will not carry into our fiscal year ended 2013. This is a particularly exciting time for us and we see even more opportunity on the horizon to deliver further revenue and earnings growth through a combination or organic and acquisitive growth initiatives. In support of these strategies, we continue to enjoy significant financial flexibility to execute our plan with approximately $10.0 million in capacity remaining from our Bank of America credit facility. We believe this sets us apart in today's marketplace and we look forward to providing further updates as things progress."
The Company's estimate of future revenues and profits is based on the assumption that the cumulative historical financial results of operations of the Company and Distribution By Air for the most recent 12 months ended August 31, 2010 are indicative of the future financial performance of the combined group as well as anticipated cost synergies associated with migrating Distribution By Air's back-office operations to Bellevue, WA. A reconciliation of adjusted EBITDA to net income, the most directly comparable GAAP measure, appears at the end of this release.
Jim Eagen, of Distribution By Air commented, "We are very happy to be joining the Radiant organization. We were looking for a long term partner with that same passion for servicing the customer and a shared vision to further advance our business. We found that partner in Radiant. They have a unique and compelling value proposition, a real appreciation for the needs of the local owner/entrepreneur and a clear and achievable plan for building a world class logistics organization. We are looking forward to leveraging our own strengths along with the capabilities of the Radiant network to bring additional value to our customers while enjoying the benefits of participating in an organization that, through its status as a public company, gives our employees and station owners the opportunity to work as shareholders and participate in the value that they help create." Both DBA founders Mr. Eagen and Mr. Pollara will continue with Distribution By Air post-closing. Mr. Eagen will serve as Distribution By Air's Vice President of Operations for the Eastern Region from Somerset, New Jersey. Mr. Pollara will continue as Vice President of Operations for the Western Region from Los Angeles, California.
Supplemental Pro Forma Information
We believe that supplemental disclosure of our adjusted EBITDA, or earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization adjusted for stock-based compensation and other non-cash costs is a useful measure for investors because it eliminates the effect of certain non-cash costs and provides an important metric for our business. A reconciliation of annual pro forma adjusted EBITDA amounts to net income, the most directly comparable GAAP measure is as follows:
|(Amounts in 000's)
|PreliminaryPro Forma GuidanceFiscal Year EndedJune 30, 2012
|Outlook Fiscal Year EndedJune 30, 2011
|Net income
|Net interest expense
|Income tax expense
|Depreciation and amortization
|Stock-based compensation and other
|non-cash charges
|Loss on litigation settlement
|Severance costs
|Adjusted EBITDA
This supplemental pro forma financial information is presented for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for the historical financial information presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.
Investor Conference Call
Radiant will host a conference call for shareholders and the investing community on Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at 4:00 pm, ET to discuss the contents of the release. The call can be accessed by dialing (877) 407-8031, or (201) 689-8031 for international participants, and is expected to last approximately 30 minutes. Callers are requested to dial in 5 minutes before the start of the call. An audio replay will be available for one week after the teleconference by dialing (877) 660-6853, or (201) 612-7415 for international callers, and using account number 286 and conference ID number 370128. The call will also be webcast and may be accessed via Radiant's web site at http://radiantdelivers.com or through www.InvestorCalendar.com.
About Distribution By Air
Distribution By Air (www.dbaco.com), founded in 1981, provides worldwide transportation and logistics services through its extensive network of exclusive agent and company owned offices across North America. To learn more about how to join the DBA network please call contact Jim Eagen at (800) 272-1379.
About Radiant Logistics (OTC QB: RLGT)
Radiant Logistics (www.radiantdelivers.com) is executing a strategy to build a global transportation and supply chain management company through organic growth and the strategic acquisition of regional best-of-breed non-asset based transportation and logistics providers, to offer its customers domestic and international freight forwarding and an expanding array of value added supply chain management services, including asset recovery/reverse logistics, order fulfillment, inventory management and warehousing. For more information about Radiant Logistics, please contact Founder and CEO Bohn Crain at (425) 943-4599.


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day one
It didn't feel real when it happened. Sam was lying on the ground, making a joking remark after Coach had scored in their pickup game. Then he was staring at the clouds forming over the cities in their view from the mountainside: venomous orange and gray expanding over the populated areas.
"This has happened before," he whispered. The words felt like they came from somewhere outside of himself.
He stood with his teammates on the mountainside, staring; in the far distance ships swooped in, strange vessels with unfamiliar silhouettes. Sam came out of the daze first, at least enough to realize that they needed information. He almost wished he hadn't thought of it as they listened to the wireless broadcasts. Nothing but static from Caprica City. Broadcasts from Delphi announced that all other major cities had been nuked and Delphi hit by conventional bombs. A few stations broadcast for an hour or so. Cylons, some of the voices shouted toward the end; then the clank of metal and percussion of bullets. Then nothing.
Barolay cried in Coach's arms; Wheeler tried to convince someone, anyone, that he had to go back to town to find his family-the chaos echoed around him and all Sam knew was that they had to stay together. It was oddly familiar: the sense of loss, cutting ties for survival, holding tight to the few left.
It wasn't until that night that it really hit him. They huddled together in one room of the training camp building-like a litter of puppies, he thought, an idea that amused him for a split second. Half of the team woke up each time they switched guard duty but no one complained. The other half probably wasn't sleeping anyway.
He took his turn outside watching for something. He didn't know what; centurions like the one he'd seen in the museums in Caprica City, maybe. He stared at the sky; overhead the stars twinkled faintly, just as they'd always done when the team came to the mountains for training.
To the south the sky glowed a toxic gray-green. All of this has happened before. That feeling of recognition seeped back into his chest as he breathed in the cool air: survivor of destruction. (Again, that same voice said. Washed up again on the tide.)
Sue-Shaun walked past his sentry post, brushing a hand against his shoulder. For a moment he leaned into her, feeling the strength of the bond they'd formed with years of practices and games together.
She moved on to her own post and he was alone again, watching the dark landscape.
day two
"We're not going to Caprica City." He said it with his I'm the team captainvoice and it worked about as well as it usually did: Wheeler argued. At least no one openly agreed with Wheeler; less division to overcome.
"We need to go to Delphi, get some meds, and find out what's going on." And find any other survivors and get the frak off this planet, he thought. Must be some kind of way out of here.
After five minutes of argument they agreed, Wheeler begrudgingly accepting the team's decision. It took longer to figure out what to take; finally they all decided to bring everything they thought they could use to the central room and then they would sort through it.
They ended up with a small pile of flashlights, canned foods, and spare clothes. Barolay dictated what would be left out and how to divide up supplies into the backpacks. After Kai found a detailed map of the region Sam and Coach spent their time trying to figure out the best route to Delphi, one that would take them close to medical supplies and weapons.
The whole process took longer than he'd hoped, so they stayed in their training camp, taking comfort in the familiar for the last time. To his surprise, everyone slept in the central room again rather than enjoying the comforts of their beds. Even Kai and Wheeler stayed with them, holding hands as they slept.
day three
They stayed together, hiking across the mountains toward Delphi. Sam assigned roles from what he remembered from military movies. Someone to take point-that was a term he knew. Ten Point was the first one to take point, just because it almost made Sam laugh. Almost, until he remembered why they were skulking through forests.
Ten Point turned around and made a gesture to silence them. Everyone crouched down, too scared to make noise. It took a moment for the noises to resolve; then he recognized the sounds of footsteps, humanfootsteps. He stepped as quietly as he could to Ten Point's position and looked.
Seven men, four women; they wore hunting clothes and carried rifles. Their faces were marked with the same expressions as Sam's teammates the last two days: grief and shock. Gesturing to Ten Point and the rest to stay in place, he stepped out from the tree line, carefully holding his hands in view.
"Hey there," he called. The oldest man pointed his rifle for a second and then lowered it when he got a good look at him.
"Thank the Gods, we thought we were the only ones left alive," one of the women exclaimed.
The oldest man looked at her sharply, then turned back to Sam. "What's your name?" he asked. His tone wasn't hostile, but it wasn't friendly either.
"Sam Anders," he replied.
"From the C-Bucs?" asked one of the other men.
"That's right."
"I'll be damned," said the same man.
Sam waved his teammates into the open as the hunters talked about seeing the C-Bucs play. The conversation stayed on the topic of last season's game for several seconds before reality hit them again.
It was a blow every time he remembered. He felt like he might stagger under the impact.
"You seen 'em?" asked one of the hunters.
"Cylons?" asked Sam. They nodded; he said, "None yet. Just heard their names on the wireless, nothing else."
The hunters exchanged glances. "We were closer to Delphi when the attacks started and there were cylons everywhere," said the tallest of the hunters. Eddins was his name.
"We ran," added his wife Lucy. "I think anyone who didn't run is dead."
After exchanging more information, they decided to combine groups. Eddins and the others knew how to shoot; most of the C-Bucs hadn't even held a gun. Barolay pulled out the regional map and Eddins marked the old military depot. "Right there," he said. "It's been out of use for a year or so, but I think there are still some supplies."
Taking a path leading toward the depot, they came close to cylons twice that same day. That was when Sam figured out that they needed to stay away from paved roads if possible; if they were easy for humans to use, they were easy for the cylons to use.
He posted one of the new guys and two of the C-Bucs as sentry that night; a way to keep both groups feeling like they had someone watching out for them. Barolay curled up near him, her arms wrapped tightly around herself, hands gripping her biceps. Her eyes were closed, but Sam saw tears slipping from under her lids; faint trails down her face caught the glow from the night sky. He put his arms around her, palms flat against her back. Sliding his hands up and down in a soothing motion, Sam felt the bones of her spine, the muscles; Barolay's breath caught for a moment and she buried her face against his chest. Her tears dampened the front of his shirt and her hair tickled his chin.
Finally she took a shuddering breath and then pulled away, whispering, "Thanks."
He didn't cry; it was all he could do to keep breathing steadily. He felt crushed under the weight of so many deaths, smothered under the responsibility of keeping his teammates alive.
Listening to the sound of Barolay's steady breathing next to him, he finally fell asleep as well.
In his dream he's in a lab-his lab. She tells him, "Sam, there's not much time left." His colleagues don't see her even though he can. Her fingers are entwined with his, her breath warm against his arm, but no one else can sense her there. His messenger, his angel.
Hurry, she says. We're running out of time...
day five:
Eddins was right about the abandoned depot. They made quick progress after getting the convoy vehicles. The hunters used the additional ammo they'd grabbed to shoot at a small band of centurions they met along the way. It was satisfying to see their metal bodies torn apart, although something about it felt oddly wrong to Sam.
Keeping to the back roads, they finally made it to Delphi Union High School. He'd never heard of it, but Barolay knew about it from when she played for Delphi Legion. She'd made a promotional visit there once and remembered its isolated location. Seemed as good a spot as any to stay for a few days while they scouted out Delphi, looked for more survivors, and tried to find some way out.
Sam divided up most of the team to check the building and sent the hunters to keep guard around the perimeter. He stayed with them, watching the one road leading into the school.
"We got some survivors here!" Morris announced, sounding both shaky and triumphant. He led out a group of people from the central entrance; they looked stunned. Maybe it was seeing so many other people alive-their group had only eight, Sam counted. So young, he noticed. They had to be high school students, except one older man with close-cropped gray hair.
His name was Bex. "I'm the cross-country coach," he said and then introduced the students left from his team.
They stumbled over each other's words with the excitement of talking to other survivors.
"School was out and we were doing warm-up laps," said one teen.
"We heard something and Coach Bex couldn't get any signal on his phone," added a tall boy. "So Matta climbed up a tree and said she saw these weird clouds-"
"They were bombs!" interrupted the next kid; so it went until the story became clear. Matta was Theresa Matta, a short kid who looked no more than twelve, though she was actually seventeen. Climbing trees was what had saved them at first; she'd spotted the centurions marching onto the campus grounds, shooting all the humans.
Coach Bex had taken his students into the forest; they stayed away for two days. When they returned, they found that there were no survivors left and no bodies. Sam blinked in disbelief when he heard that. Had the centurions taken the bodies?
"This is a good place to stay for now," Bex told them. "They built this place thirty-nine years ago, just after the cylon war, and it's supposed to double as a bomb shelter. That's why it's so far away from town-to keep the children safe," he finished, his tone dark.
After exchanged grim looks with Sam's coach, Bex continued. "There's a well here, and a bunker with some supplies. Lots of useful stuff."
"Sounds like you know the campus pretty well," said Sam.
"I should. I've been teaching here since I mustered out of the military."
That explained the close-cropped hair and the way Bex's students behaved around him. The kids were alive thanks to their coach's direction. Thank the Gods, thought Sam. Someone who knows what he's doing.
Bex showed them around the campus. The school had enough classrooms for everyone to have their own space, but Bex and Coach agreed to keep people grouped together. Bex already had two adjoining classrooms that he used for his small team, so Sam and his coach assigned the C-Bucs to take the neighboring rooms. Easier to keep everyone safe and within range if, gods forbid, the cylons came back there.
day six:
Bex was gone the next morning. One of his students found Sam; the kid was crying and waving a note Bex had written. Gone to Delphi to find out about my family, it said. Please keep an eye on the kids. Tell them I'll be back soon.
Matta took charge of her classmates in his absence. "Coach Bex said we were gonna fight," she told Sam. It was incongruous hearing those words from someone who looked so young.
"Is that right?" he asked. He didn't want to encourage her, but the C-Bucs and hunters have been talking about it: doing something bigger to disrupt the cylons while they looked for a way out. Lucy and Naylor had shot some centurions while scouting out the area to the west, but maybe they could do more.
Wheeler and Eddins were holed up, going through the school's lab supplies and chemistry textbooks. They wanted to figure out some way to make explosives.
Wiggins taught him how to take apart and reassemble a rifle while they shared sentry duty that evening. Afterwards he returned to his corner of the classroom. Jean gave him a quick smile as he settled next to her. She curled her fingers against his for a moment before turning over again.
day seven:
Never thought I'd be hanging out with survivalist nuts, Sam thought. They didn't seem nearly so crazy now. Naylor and Wiggins had found them while searching for more supermarkets to raid.
Earlier in the day he'd sent Theren and Jo-Man to scavenge for something the cylons would take back to one of their containers. Maybe they could find out what was inside, or just blow up whatever it contained. Finding the survivalists had been just what they needed to finish making plans; they had explosives and the knowledge to use them.
Unfortunately the survivalists didn't have any more experience than the rest of them in planning military-style operations; they were stuck using his idea from an old war movie.
Another movie idea. One more realization of how wrong this all was. Never thought I'd be wishing for a better film repertoire after the end of the world either, he reflected.
day nine:
Sentry duty. Tonight that meant standing, staring at the darkness, and picturing their faces. Kai, Coach, Monsy, that new guy whose name Sam couldn't even remember: all dead. Wheeler wounded, still in shock over Kai's death. Ten Point and Jo-Man had volunteered to split Wheeler's sentry duty with theirs.
He hated this: struggling to stay away, feeling guilty about being sleepy when he was one of the lucky ones and still alive. Sam couldn't stop thinking about them. Monsy, hit by a centurion bullet before the op even started; Kai sacrificing herself deliberately to give Coach the chance to get the grenade into the container; then Coach and that other guy struck by fire from one of the cylon raiders.
Naturally he couldn't sleep once he finally got to his cot. Somehow the room was too closed in, the air too still. He felt stifled by it. Sam shifted on his cot as quietly as he could, then finally drifted to sleep.
He woke up from a nightmare less than an hour later. Three a.m., he was wide awake, and suddenly he just had to leave. Grabbing his shoes, he walked barefoot from the classroom to the hallway and then outside, slipping his shoes on in the doorway. Ten Point was far enough away from the building that Sam didn't have to talk; he waved at her and walked away.
It was quiet outside; cooler out here than in the high school. Sam stuck his hands in the pockets of his track pants, breathed the air and thought about Delphi to the south. Maybe he could find his own way off this planet with a ship at one of the airports. Mountains to the north: less radiation, probably no cylons up there. No ships to get off planet, but it wasn't like he knew how to pilot one anyway.
He couldn't decide, but at that moment he knew he wasn't going to stay there.
"What are you doing, T?" Jean stood there, looking curious and worried.
"Shit, Barolay, you scared me."
She shrugged; after a moment she asked, "You okay?"
"Yeah, sure," he answered. He cast about for an excuse for being out here. "Just... sick from the anti-radiation meds, you know?"
"Yeah," she said. She rubbed her arms. "You can talk to me, you know. If there's something you want to talk about."
"I know, Jean." He started walking back to the school because he couldn't do it-he couldn't leave if Barolay knew that he was running away.
He didn't sleep at all that night. Frakking coward, he thought as he stared at the classroom ceiling. Even as he thought it, he fought the impulse to leave again.
day eleven:
Lucy was an exacting instructor. They were getting pretty good with the guns-at least most of them were. Good enough that he could send a C-Buc out with one of the hunters as they scouted the area in pairs. Too risky to hole up here without knowing what was going on around them.
Now when he couldn't sleep at night, he named all the pieces and functions of each of the rifles and pistols he'd learned how to use.
His hands are made of metal. One part of his mind knows that he's dreaming. The other part looks at his new hands with fascination: the slim silver tubes in place of fingers, joints articulated. Instead of fear, he feels a sense of accomplishment as they move.
day thirteen:
"Hey T, got a minute?" Barolay put a hand on his arm as she spoke.
"Yeah," he answered, and followed her as she led them up the stairs to the hall with the science classrooms. She opened the door to the last room before the corner. Inside the room he saw lab tables and stools as well as those desks with built-in chairs that he'd hated as a long-legged teen.
In the corner near the teacher's desk he could see a bedroll, a stack of science textbooks next to it and a flashlight. Barolay's hide-out, he assumed. His was the room with the weaponry; someone had to keep an eye on it, after all.
Sitting on one of the lab tables, Barolay looked at him for a moment, her expression impossible for him to read. "I found some condoms," she stated.
Not what Sam was expecting to hear; he huffed out a breath in surprise.
"I thought we could break all of our rules as teammates," she told him. No need to elaborate; they both knew exactly what kind of unspoken rules she meant. He'd seen enough frakked-up relationships spill over to the team to avoid them. (Even now Wheeler wasn't over Kai's death. Though the 'no frakking my teammates' rule hadn't exactly been designed for thiskind of situation.)
He didn't answer right away. It wasn't that he'd never thought of it-of them. Cocking his head, he said, "Jean..." trying to give himself a moment to think.
She imitated the gesture and his tone, adding a hint of sarcasm. "Sam." It made him want to laugh; Jean always knew how to cut through his bullshit.
She took a deep breath and said, "I-I just want to stop thinking about how I'm either dying by degrees or moving towards that moment where the cylons kill me." She touched a scratch on his cheek. "I didn't think you'd have so many objections." Her voice was teasing, a graceful concession to allow him to answer no with little awkwardness.
That was what made him say yes. That and she was right; he wanted to forget for just a little while that they were all going to die here.
Sam leaned forward and pressed his lips to hers. "No objections," he answered.
He felt rather than saw her smile as he kissed her again. "How d'you want to do this?" he asked her.
"Whatever works," she said-a familiar line from hundreds of pyramid games. "This is a good start," she added, and put her hands on his shoulders. Her lips met his and she deepened the kiss, nibbling on his lower lip. He'd been worried that it would take him some time to get in the mood, but as she moved her mouth along his jawline and licked at the sensitive skin below his ear, his body responded to her enthusiasm.
They stayed there for several minutes, her perched on the lab table, him standing between her legs. Sam explored what made her react: his lips against her neck, trailing his fingertips along the inside of her arms, licking her ear. He tried his best to meet her goal: no thinking.
Part of him couldn't stop thinking, though. I'm sorry I tried to run, he wanted to say. Instead he traced regrets into her skin with fingers and lips.
Suddenly she tightened her legs around his waist and said, "I want you to carry me over there and frak me right now."
"Always running my plays for me," he quipped; she laughed as he grabbed her and carried her to the bedroll. She was heavier than he was used to for a woman her size; all that muscle from years of competition. They grinned at each other as they fumbled over who would be on top.
She played dirty and won that round. What surprised him wasn't how vocal she was; it was that she stayed so close after, curled up in his arms. For a moment he could believe that there was nothing else, that they're just two old friends and the world hadn't ended and they hadn't spent the last two weeks watching its death spiral.
Drawing light lines across his chest, she pushed at the short hairs there with her fingertips. Her face was concentrated; watching her, Sam could see her mood shift from light to dark from as the world caught back up to them. He tugged lightly on her hair, freeing the last strands from a now-messy ponytail.
"Hey," he said. "Why don't you take a nap before it's time for sentry duty?"
She gave him a skeptical look, shrugged and laid her head against his chest. Sam guessed that she didn't expect to sleep any, but she did.
Muscles relaxed, Sam let himself fall asleep as well.
He blinks; his body feels wrong somehow. Like it's not his, even though he recognizes the shape of his hands, his knobby knees. He's sitting in what looks like a large tub filled with sticky fluid; in the distance he hears both metal clanking and human footsteps.
It's all wrong: his body, the shape of the metal centurion's helmet as it moves into view. The man walking with it is wearing a hat, his face shadowed by its brim.
"Where am I?" he asks. His lungs seize for a moment after speaking; they don't feel like his lungs and it hurts to breath.
The man with the hat smiles; Sam can see the flash of teeth, even though he can't see the details of the man's face. "It's called a resurrection tank. But you're not going to remember that, just like you don't remember anything else that actually matters."
He knows that voice somehow; his stomach roils and he takes quick shallow breaths to keep the nausea at bay.
"Father Sam," the man says. His voice is anything but respectful even though he uses a title in front of Sam's name. "You have so much to learn. And I'm going to make sure you get the chance to see the error of your ways."
The centurion steps closer, the red eye sensor moving back and forth and Sam scrabbles for a grip on the edge of the tank so he can move away, but his hands are slippery...
He woke with a gasp. Barolay stirred briefly; his hands were tangled in her hair.
"What is it?" she asked, her voice raspy.
"Nothing, just a bad dream." He loosened his fingers from the red strands. "Go back to sleep," he whispered. "We still have time before duty."
The details of the dream were already slipping away. Instead of staying curled at his side, Barolay rolled over and grabbed another condom. "Sleep is boring," she said, her eyes gleaming in the dusky light, and he forgot about the dream entirely.
day fourteen:
"Don't put anything on or in the ground around here that you wouldn't want to drink later," Matta announced. She and Sue-Shaun were leading the group of new people around the school, Matta acting as tour guide and explaining the rules. Campers-college-aged-and they'd survived the two weeks since the attacks on their own. They had to be useful, right? That was what he hoped, at any rate.
He was constantly scared of frakking this up. Bex hadn't returned; not that Sam had expected it, but some part of him had hoped. Eight days later and he'd stopped hoping.
Somehow they managed anyway; Sue-Shaun and Jo-Man kept an eye on the high school kids, though Matta kept them in line pretty well. The hunters and survivalists hadn't come to blows, even though they didn't work too well together.
He knew they could find things to do, ways to disrupt the cylons in Delphi, if only they knew what the cylons were doing there. Could be just a matter of time and spying in the right areas. What he couldn't figure out was how to get this band of survivors out of here. As far as he could tell, the closest ships would be between Delphi and Caprica City, and that whole area would be crawling with cylons. Not to mention a whole lot more radioactive than this place.
Where would they even go if they could fly away from here? That was the question he avoided asking, because he didn't know. What little they had heard was enough to make him believe that the other colonies had experienced the same thing. At any rate, no other colonies had sent any rescue ships to Caprica that he knew of. It was enough of an answer.
"This is where we're gonna build a pyramid court," Matta said as led the group past him again. She looked pointedly at him as she said it. Maybe it was time to go ahead and do that instead of just talking about it.
His turn for sentry duty on the roof. He went inside, grabbed a rifle, and jogged up the stairs.
day fifteen:
His first time to send just C-Bucs on recon, no hunters or survivalists paired up with them. Him and Jean-not by accident, either. They drove the pickup truck to their starting point and started walking.
Each recon team took a map of the area, checked the details and added in whatever else was pertinent. Today he and Jean were a few miles southeast of the high school, close to where the city actually started.
"I think that stream is this line on the map," she told him. Their shoes were covered with mud from crossing it.
"No, I think we're farther east than that."
"No, we're not. It's only been fifteen minutes since we passed that water tower."
"Shit, you're right," he said. He penciled in muddy streamacross the thin line on the map.
"Going to have to head back soon," Jean told him. "It's getting late."
"Yeah," he said. Digging through his pockets, he held out a condom. "Want to use this before we head back?"
Jean laughed, a bright sound in the dim light. "So that's why you were sneaking up to that classroom," she said.
"A man's gotta hope."
"You're on notice for stealing my condoms," she told him, lowering her voice in a teasingly menacing tone.
She relaxed on top of him afterward, shoulder on his chest, her face buried in the curve at his neck and shoulders; he rubbed her back for a moment, trying to avoid thinking about what they would have to face next. He would freeze this moment if he could: no cylons right now, no voices asking for direction, no eyes looking to him for help.
"We really need to head back," she finally said.
"Yeah," he said. Already sundown; the wind was changing direction, the air turning cooler.
Sam finished getting dressed first, so he pulled the crumpled map out from under her backpack and started refolding it.
"Do you hear that?" she asked.
"That crackling noise," she answered.
He stopped folding the map and stood still to listen. They both reacted at the same time when the smell hit them.
"Gods, what is that?" whispered Jean.
They quietly finished packing up their gear, then walked toward where they thought the smell and noise originated, carefully checking the view every few steps. As they approached the top of the ridge, they started to crawl, edging along until they could see what was below.
Like a scene from hell, thought Sam. A brightly-lit hell; lights powered by a generator blazed over yellow and orange flames. A man wearing a blue jumpsuit drove a small bulldozer; he was pushing human bodies into a pile-flesh as fuel for the fire. So many bodies; they didn't move except when pushed by the machine, but the flickering light consuming them made them look like they were fighting to get away.
He thought he was going to pass out from the stench of decay and burning flesh.
More men used shovels to push bits and pieces into the larger pile and then Sam saw it: those men were all the same height. They had the same dark hair, the same sharp features. At least five of them, all identical.
Next to him Jean gasped.
"Shh," he whispered, pulling her down and against his chest to keep her quiet.
"All alike," she said. "T, they gotta be cylons." Her voice trembled.
"Frakkers look like us now," he whispered, his head next to hers. "Listen to me," he continued, pressing his lips to her temple for a second when she gasped again. "We have to get out of here, okay?" He looked over her head, in the direction their truck was parked. "You need to be very quiet. Okay?"
She took several quick breaths. "Alright?" he asked. She nodded her head. "Just follow me out." He pulled them both down, took a step down the ridge and stretched out his hand to her. They stumbled through the darkness until they were far enough away to risk turning on a flashlight.
It seemed like hours before they found the path leading back to the truck. Neither of them spoke during the drive back to Delphi Union High. Jean pulled her feet onto the bench seat, legs curled against her chest, her arms wrapped around them. Sam drove as fast as he dared on the dirt road.
Cylons. Human-looking cylons.
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Since ProGet supports silent installation, it is pretty straightforward to automatically deploy it as part of a script. However, it is also possible to use the SQL API to add some standard initial configuration.
We have put together a simple PowerShell script that installs ProGet using a ProGetSetup.exe installer that is in the same directory as the script, deletes the default NuGet feed, and creates a new Chocolatey feed. It also optionally changes the default Admin password and a few other settings.Install-ProGet ( download )
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Humanitarian Violence
During the North Atlantic Terrorist Organization's bombing of Kosovo and Yugoslavia, the leaders of the "free world" and their media mouthpieces expressed horror over ending the millennium with a humanitarian catastrophe. Somehow, bombing would be humanitarian and the "enlightened states" would never let a humanitarian catastrophe happen again on their watch.
I will not discuss the absurdity of humanitarian violence. Why? Because Noam Chomsky and many at Z Magazine have thoroughly destroyed N.A.T.O.'s pretexts and the accompanying arguments. I will however, discuss what Australian journalist John Pilger called "the greatest, most enduring crime of the late 20th century"--the slaugher in East Timor.{1}
A Little History
In 1975, Indonesia invaded East Timor under the pretext of "maintaining order" after Portugal left its former colony. East Timor was an easy target, considering that in 1975 its population was 700,000 while Indonesia's population was about 136 million people. Indonesia tried to turn East Timor into a client state by backing a coup, but after that failed, they invaded. The invasion led to the deaths--people died as a result of massacres, forced starvation and disease--of 200,000 East Timorese or almost one third of its population, making it one of the most horrible bloodlettings in history compared to its total population.{2}
During the occupation, girls in elementary school were forced by soldiers to line up outside their school buildings and were injected with Depo Provera to induce sterility. In the early 1980s, Indonesia launched a "family planning" program in East Timor--one that received partial funding from the World Bank--even though there was no need for it. Nobel Peace Prize winner Bishop Carlos Belo observed, "with so many dead, we have no population problem." Bello reported in 1994 that village women were being subjected to a "systematic sterilization program" at village clinics under military supervision. Rape has been used as a tactic in the effort to break the people's will to resist their invaders. Many wives of resistance fighters have been made to fly in helicopters over the mountains where guerillas have taken refuge and urge their husbands to surrender. Women unable to persuade their husbands to lay down their weapons are often shot and dumped into Dili's harbor or thrown from the helicopters. In 1991, when a peaceful demonstration protesting the murder of East Timorese marched into Dili's cemetery (Dili is East Timor's capital) Indonesian troops fired into the crowd and killed 271 people. Two U.S. journalists, Allan Nairn and Amy Goodman were beaten during the Indonesian army's attack on the demonstrators. A women named Bella Galhos who helped organize this demonstration, whose brothers were murdered by Indonesian soldiers "
because they were crying out of hunger,
" whose aunt was raped to death by Indonesian soldiers, joined the Indonesian military to avoid murder, and defected while stationed at the Indonesian embassy in Canada. She now works to increase awareness of the horrors in East Timor.{3}
Current Events
On August 30th, the United Nations (finally) held a referendum on East Timor's independence, a referendum postponed many times due to the terror of the "militias", paramilitaries and irregulars who are basically unofficial military accomplices. It was a vote in which about 80% of East Timor's population voted, and 78.5% of them voted for independence.{4}
The "militias" and the army unleashed a slaughter in which over 7,000 people died in a few weeks, according to the United Nations.{1} If pre-N.A.T.O. Kosovo was a "humanitarian catastrophe" in which 2,000 people on both sides had been killed in a period of 10 years, what the hell was East Timor where 7,000 East Timorese died in a matter of weeks? "Collateral damage"? Why didn't the self-proclaimed leaders of the free world and so-called defenders of human rights intervene in East Timor when over two and half times as many people were killed there than in Kosovo? Why did the U.N. effectively surrender and fail to protect the East Timorese from violence that only the stupid and blind could not see coming? When the "militias" lined up in front of a church and hacked to death several priests in a hail of bullets and then entered the church firing long bursts of automatic weapons fire, finishing the job with three grenades, why was this not broadcast over the airwaves as ferverently as Serb atrocities in Kosovo?{1} As blood flowed from the steps of this church, a human rights worker reported that his wife saw thousands of bodies piled up in Dili's police station, which "
was chockablock full of dead bodies right up to the roof, a whole building, thousands (of bodies)... All she could see through the bars were arms hanging out, heads, old and new, blood dribbling out under the door.
"{5} Why is it that these atrocities warrant no one hour specials or sections on the evening news? Where is the media's indignation at these events?
The role of the West before referendum
As it turns out, the U.S. backed the invasion of East Timor in 1975, doubling its arms shipments to Indonesia the year after the invasion occured despite the U.N. Security Council's condemnation of Indonesia's actions. According to Philip Leichty, the C.I.A.'s man in Jakarta (Indonesia's capital), "
The invasion was delayed two days so [President Ford and Secretary of State Kissinger] could get the hell out... We were ordered to give the Indonesians everything they wanted, and U.S. arms were shipped straight to East Timor without Congress knowing. I saw all the hard intelligence. The place was a free-fire zone... and all because we didn't want some little country being neutral or leftist at the U.N."
{1} In fact, the U.S. government has sold Indonesia over $2 billion worth of military equipment to Indonesia since 1975, $1 billion worth under the Clinton administration, or in other words, 90% of Indonesia's arms.{2&3}
Not only did the United States arm the Indonesian military, but it trained it as well. Before 1992, Indonesian officers came to the United States for training. In light of the 1991 Dili massacre, Congress prohibited this practice. The U.S. war machine shifted gears and began training the Indonesian military under the auspices of the Joint/Combined Exchange Training program which included exercises in Indonesia with the bloodthirsty Kopassus forces and the 1st Special Forces Group "Airborne", a unit based in Torri Station in Yomitan village, Okinawa. According to U.S. Special Operations Command Pacific, between 1992-1998 the Kopassus were trained under this program. The Kopassus are the most widely feared unit in Indonesia and especially East Timor because of their brutality and sadism in "counterinsurgency" operations.{2} The military college Norwich University in Northfield Vermont established a training program with the Kopassus in 1997. Kopassus headquaters selects "students" and pays their $20,000 tuition. After graduation, the "students" return to Indonesia and get right to work. At least 4 went directly to East Timor last spring.{6}
As Robert Martens, a former official at the U.S. embassy in Indonesia stated after the invasion, "
They probably killed a lot of people, and I probably have a lot of blood on my hands, but that's not all bad... There's a time when you have to strike hard at a decisive moment.
"{1} What kind of justification is this for the murder of over 200,000 people?!?!? A top Clinton official called Suharto, the man who ruled Indonesia since 1965 with an iron fist, "
our kind of guy
" when he visited the United States in 1995. Of course, official enemies like Milosevic cannot be called "
our kind of guy
" because he is not working in the "national interests" of the almighty United States of America.
the Role of the West after the referendum
Instead of proclaiming that "we have to do something" to save East Timor, Secretary of Defense William Cohen whined "
The United States cannot be--and should not be--viewed as the world's policeman
".{7} To bomb Jakarta for human rights would be very absurd in the first place and contrary to the "national interest" in the second. What the United States could have done and should have done if it
cared about human rights, would be to have given Habibe [Indonesia's leader at the time of the referendum] and armed forces chief General Wiranto polite phone calls asking them to discontinue the atrocities and to get the hell out of East Timor.
At this point you may be asking, "Are you kidding? What makes you think that
a dictator to back off will get that accomplished?" In May of 1998, Secretary of State Madeleine "Mad Bomber" Albright called upon Indonesian tyrant Suharto to resign and provide for "a democratic transition." A few hours later, Suharto transferred authority to his vice president, Habibie. Of course, nothing is that simple, but the events illustrate what relations prevail.
The Western media also played a crucial part in distorting events in East Timor. It wasn't the Indonesian military's regulars who were committing the atrocities, it was those goddamn "pro-Jakarta militias" as they were dubbed in countless A.P. reports. Later, it was established by the same "free media" that it wasn't loyal Indonesian troops committing the atrocities, it was "rogue elements" of the military stationed there. Forget the fact that many journalists reported seeing both Indonesian regulars and the "pro-Jakarta militias" stopping people at roadblocks together.{1} 38 year old A.C. Pereira said he saw Indonesian police and militiamen execute 10 people with machetes and burning the bodies after they were done. "The (victims) were tied up in the back of the truck and the militiamen hacked them to death with machetes. I could hear their screams from where I was on the hill."{8} The mainstream media reported that though it was not the Indonesian regulars hacking people to death with machetes, they certainly did not try and stop those who did.
the Ca$h Incentive and East Timor's Blood for Oil Program
Indonesia's invasion of East Timor resulted in a highly successful "blood for oil" program in which the Indonesians took East Timor's oil, and in return for the resources, a fine batch of brutality, barbarism, death and destruction was whipped up and shoved down East Timor's throat.
Indonesia is hailed as "a paradise for investors". It is home to Nike subcontractors (a.k.a. sweatshops), Freeport McMoRan mines and major oil companies. (I've heard a rumor, a
, that Mobil let the Indonesian government borrow bulldozers to dig a mass grave somewhere in the country.) The President of Coca-Cola said "
When I think of Indonesia--a country on the equator with 180 million people, a median age of 18, and a Muslim ban on alcohol--I feel like I know what heaven looks like
".{2} The countries with the most money invested in Indonesia and/or trade with Indonesia are the United States, Japan, Australia and "Great" Britain. Surprisingly (or not so surprisingly if you are well informed) all of these countries either gave the Indonesian military weapons, training or both (except Japan because they have no military)! The United States ranks fifth in cumulative direct foreign investment in Indonesia from 1967 to 1996, with a total of $12.5 billion. This figure does not include the oil and gas sector "where the United States is by far the largest player," according to a report released last July by the U.S. embassy in Jakarta. The report states that "U.S. companies, including Caltex, Maxus, Arco, Mobil, Union Texas, and Unocal pump the lion's share of Indonesia's crude petroleum and natural gas." In April, U.S.-based Phillips Petroleum bought interests in the Bayu Undan gas field and the Elang and Kakatua oil fields in the oil and gas rich body of water lying south of East Timor which was carved up by Indonesia and Australia after the invasion. The
Indonesian Petroleum
newsletter reports that since last July, approximately 20,000 barrels per day of crude oil have been flowing from the Elang and Kakatua fields.{3}
Japan has been the largest investor in Indonesia since 1967, accounting for 20 percent of all direct foreign investment in the Southeast Asian nation, according to Indonesia's Capital Investment Coordinating board. As of March 1998, the Japanese investment since 1967 has totaled $42.04 billion dollars. Indonesia's second largest foreign company, Indonesia Petroleum Ltd., or Inpex, is a Japanese joint venture with headquaters in Tokyo. It has been conducting pertoleum exploration and exploitation in conjunction with the Indonesian state oil and gas company since 1966--right after Suharto consolidated his power by "purging" Indonesia of up to one million alleged communists. Inpex has a substantial share in the Timor Gap, including a 21 percent share of the Bayu Undan gas field. Indonesia's largest automobile manufacturer, P.T. Astra, is a joint venture between Toyota and the Indonesian government. Japanese investors also figure prominently in Indonesia's pulp, paper and petrochemical industries.{3}
Japan also ranks as Indonesia's largest trading partner, purchasing 27 percent of Indonesia's exports, while producing 22 percent of Indonesia's imports. The Japanese government also disburses more development aid to Indonesia than any other nation.{3}
"Great" Britain, the second biggest investor in Indonesia over the past three decades, has supplied Hawk fighter jets to the Indonesian military, and according to observers on the ground, these were used to bomb rebels and civilians in the countryside of East Timor.{3}
General Benny Murandi, who led the invasion of East Timor, now owns a company called P.T. Denok, which enjoys a monopoly on all of the coffee grown in East Timor. Another military owned company, P.T. Scent, controls the harvesting and sale of East Timor's sandalwood. These two companies are subsidiaries of the P.T. Batara Indra Group, which dominates the East Timorese economy. The group is reportedly owned by the Indonesian military or interests close to the military.
the Fox and the Henhouse
When Indonesia invaded East Timor, the
country to
recognize East Timor as a province of Indonesia was Australia -- the same government that divided the spoils of the invasion (it's the economy, stoopid!) and the same country that will make up the bulk of the "peacekeeping force." Australia also trained the Kopassus to do what all capitalists dream of -- crushing the resistance to the ruthless pursuit of profit.
When Interfet (Internaional Force for East Timor) moved in, some of the guerillas didn't want to hand over their arms. "
When the platoon commander required them to surrender their arms it became very tense indeed
".{9} Well, gee, what problem could these "separatists" (as they are known to many media outlets) have with the friendly, benign Australians? Perhaps the "separatists" can see that the foxes are guarding the henhouse.
Refuse and Resist
It seems as though nothing was done to mitigate the plight of the East Timorese. Nothing could be more wrong.
When the killing was taking place, Australia's main union federation announced that workers would refuse to process Indonesian crude oil or handle air freight between Australia and Indonesia. Australian dockworkers refused to unload Indonesian ships. Thousands of students took to the streets to protest the Indonesian government's slaugher of East Timorese and some workers went on strike, disproving the theory that Indonesia is some sort of democracy representing the will of the people.
The events in East Timor also laid bare N.A.T.O.'s humanitarian lie; the Pentagon suspended official relations with the Indonesian military nine days into the slaughter. The horror of ending the millennium on a humanitarian catastrophe never surfaced in the media nor the leaders of the "enlightened states". Why? Because they were too busy counting their gold.
Socialist Worker
, September 24, 1999.
2. "East Timor Questions & Answers"
Z Magazine
, October 1999.
3. "Bella Galhos"
Z Magazine
, September 1999.
Associated Press
, September 4, 4:22 PM ET.
Associated Press
, September 11, 11:14 PM ET.
Socialist Worker
, October 22, 1999.
Associated Press
, September 8, 6:09 PM ET.
Associated Press
, September 29, 9:32 AM ET.
Associated Press
, October 4, 3:33 AM ET.
About the author
: Pham Binh is a junior attending Wilson Magnet High School. He studies poltics in his spare time, and is a member of the International Socialist Organization.


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And that doesn't take into account the impact of the September 11 terrorist attacks.
That's probably more pronounced in the Northeast because that's where the attacks occurred. For those of us who grew up here, there was always this sense of security. We don't have hurricanes to speak of. We don't have earthquakes. We don't have wildfires. The nearest enemies were across the Atlantic; of course, there were missiles. But then all of sudden, you find that it's possible for iconic structures like the World Trade Center to be brought down by terrorists. Then we had the anthrax scare. I think Europeans are more accustomed to living with these kinds of threats.
The state of the economy, too, is significant. The stability of U.S. currency, the value of students' parents' retirement funds, the ability to finance a college education, the idea that a college graduate could be guaranteed a high-paying job — all these beliefs were destabilized.
What's the difference between normal anxiety and a disorder?
Anxiety can be good. It's a normal part of our adaptive mechanisms and can increase our productivity. Having a sensation of mild fear over a midterm exam, a deadline, or a career issue is not an abnormal response and can be a motivator. It's part of a survival mechanism. Even the extreme end of anxiety, which is fear, can be productive. For example, an artist having to perform in front of an audience could think about how to use that anxiety or fear to improve the performance. If that person was unable to perform and would freeze, then that would reach the level of anxiety disorder.
An anxiety disorder is characterized by a shift toward unproductive behavior. Once the emotional response interferes with normal life functions, it becomes a disorder. A free-floating sense of fear not associated with any trigger or event, someone who's walking around fearful all the time, that gets into the area of anxiety disorder.
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Post-traumatic stress disorder is associated with war or violence. Even when the circumstances are gone, the fear-like sensation can persist. Anxiety disorders can be related to other kinds of issues like minor depression, which can lead to lack of productivity, difficulty studying and getting up in the morning, doing poorly on an exam, feeling bad about that. It can become a downward spiral.
What effect does anxiety have on the body?
It can increase blood pressure, make one more sensitive to stress. Increasing blood pressure can increase the risk of cardiovascular disease. The consequences of a lifetime of elevated blood pressure are pretty significant. Cardiovascular disease is the major killer. Stroke can result from cardiovascular disease.
How should students deal with the stress of exams and final papers?
Isolate life's challenges and think about the specific problem and how to solve it, rather than reacting emotionally or out of fear. If it's possible, build in a "dwell time" between the challenge or the perceived threat and reaction. Take a breath and see that this isn't the end of the world, that there is life after final exams. Channel emotional energy into action. Of course, it's easy to give advice.
There are also mechanisms for biofeedback, such as meditation or the relaxation response that was advocated by Herbert Benson. Those techniques are based on Eastern meditation. Various religions and philosophies incorporate these ideas, too. For the Catholic Church, it's rosaries and repetitive chanting. Buddhism has bell ringing and chanting. It goes on and on.
Will you feel anxious before Thursday night's discussion?
Definitely. The way I deal with it is I don't think about it. I think about what I have to do. I compartmentalize. I might get anxious if I start to think on Monday, Oh my god, what will I do on Thursday if someone asks me a question and I don't have an answer, and they're videotaping it? So instead I think, OK, what do I have to do now? I focus on the next job. I have a block of time on Thursday; I'll give myself two hours to think about it then.
The Faculty Forum Chat Anxiety! (Anxiety & Learning: Bad or Good?) is presented by the Howard Gotlieb Archival Resource Center, and will be moderated by John Carroll, an assistant professor of mass communication at the College of Communication. It takes places tonight, Thursday, December 3, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the George Sherman Union Metcalf Ballroom, 775 Commonwealth Ave. For more information, call 617-353-3696.
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