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WASHINGTON (AP) — It can be something as small as positioning the candidate at just the right camera angle or as big as catching the opponent in a campaign-altering slip of the tongue.
Every day, the ground troops of Team Obama and Team Romney set out in pursuit of a common goal: winning the day. Moment by moment, hour by hour, they scramble, maneuver and hustle to gain an inch here, a foot there on the opposition.
Driving it all is the belief that by stringing together enough small, daily victories, they can help their candidate win the one day that truly matters — Nov. 6, Election Day.
If they lose the day on Monday, they will work harder to win it on Tuesday. If they lose on Tuesday, there's always Wednesday or Thursday. Until time runs out.
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12/04/2008: Bangladesh Hearing - Testimony of Sachi Dastidar |
United States Commission on International Religious Freedom
Hearing on
Bangladesh: Religious Freedom, Extremism, Security, and the Upcoming National Elections
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2325
Bangladesh: The Upcoming National Elections, Pluralism, Tolerance and the Plight of Hindu and Non-Muslim Minority - Need a New Direction[1]
Sachi G. Dastidar, Ph.D.
Distinguished Service Professor
Politics, Economics and Law Department
State University of New York, Old Westbury
Good Morning. I thank the Commission for inviting me to this hearing. I will focus my comments on treatment of Hindu and other non-Muslim minorities in Bangladesh and her prospect for tolerance and pluralism without which there cannot be any democracy. I have been working on these issues for over 25 years having authored several books and articles. I have brought a few of those for you to look at. Empire's Last Casualty: Indian Subcontinent's Vanishing Hindu and Other Minorities was released earlier this year, while Living among the Believers: Stories from the holy Land Down the Ganges, was released the year before is a collection of 18 short stories based on life of Hindu minority and of tolerant Muslims who are trying to protect them. Empire's Last Casualty...documents the loss of 49 million Hindus (minorities) from Bangladesh Census; and the politically-incorrect topic of Hindu casualty since 1947 Bengal partition. I also head a foundation that helps educate the poor and the orphaned in 22 schools, 14 in Bangladesh and 8 in India. (Let me take this opportunity to invite our Ambassador and all of you to visit our schools as American people's generosity to Bangladesh. I have copies of our newsletter.) On one hand I love the beauty of the land, her traditional culture and warmth of individuals. I have taken tour groups there. Through my effort I have preserved one of her old heritage temples that is now listed in a UNESCO book. We have build half-a-dozen schools and dormitories. I am overwhelmed when we are welcomed by conch blowing, ululating, incense dancing and with matua songs. I am touched as they have named a home for the widowed and abandoned women after my wife and a college building after me. Yet I am saddened by the remorseless persecution of our indigenous Hindu minority - including for conch blowing, ululating or incense dancing - for their pre-Islamic culture, the heritage of all Bengali Muslims. I am also saddened by the denial of Hindu plights by a section of our elites, especially when vast majority killed for the independence were Hindus. Except for the hardcore pro-tolerant activists, writers, poets, journalists, editors and bulk of rural residents, a segment of elites are either unaware or unwilling to understand the depth of serious day-to-day harassment, humiliation and institutionalized discrimination directed towards Hindus, and their Buddhist, Christian and indigenous cousins. Almost on a daily basis I receive information from home about rape, forced conversion, murder, temple desecration or destruction, confiscation of properties, denial of jobs, many from newspapers, but no one is prosecuted. These I bet are a fraction of intolerant acts that take place on a daily basis. At the village, school or hostel level personal intimacy of majority and minority communities is great, but treatment of Hindus, Buddhists and Christians in faraway villages, schools and dorms tend to be that of malaun, namo and dhaindar bachha - derogatory insults we hear on a daily basis. At home journalists and activists are doing a fine job highlighting anti-Hindu acts, while being censored in the U.S. and in Indian media, especially in Bengali India. If Bengali India - West Bengal and Tripura - both run by Bangladeshi-Hindu refugee were a bit democratically minded and progressive in their outlook it could have helped Bangladesh. But the communal leaders masquerading as communist or leftist, who have chosen not to live with their Muslim-majority neighbors in their homeland, have supported oppression of our minorities either through censorship or silence as do their media. In Bengali we have a saying: jei jai lankai shei hoi rabon or whosoever ascends the throne becomes a demon which amply describes the plight of Hindus in Bangladesh, and this goes back to the days of 1947 partition when the united Bengal province of British India was governed by the Muslim League Party. Make no mistake, Bangladesh's problem of democracy is not its anti-minority root, but in its shameless anti-Hindu core. Attack on Christians, Buddhists and indigenous peoples began only after plains and tribal Hindus have been decimated. Throughout her history, with changing focus, Hindu cleansing-(property) confiscation-killing and anti-Hindu apartheid, colonization of Chittagong hills, has been a constant feature with the anti-independence pro-extremist groups, pro-colonial anti-Hindu intolerant groups, segment of pro-independence nationalist groups, military and military-bureaucratic regimes - except 3 years of tolerant, secular rule of the Father of the Nation following 1971 independence. Even the Father retained the racist Hindu-oppression law of Enemy Property Act which allows confiscation of Hindu properties without notice and compensation by declaring them enemies of state; and he didn't allow rebuilding of the 9th Century Ramna Kali Temple where Islamists killed over 100 Hindus in 1971 before destroying the temple. These were extremely important anti-Hindu symbolism appeasing Islamists. Sadly he and his family paid with their lives for his mistakes. In the 1990s when an anti-independence pro-extremist group came to power by promising investigation and compensation of families affected by 1990 and 1992 anti-Hindu pogroms, once in power nothing changed while intensifying anti-Hindu apartheid by that I mean the ban on hiring of minorities in public service, military, police, foreign service, diplomatic corps, border guard and more. Not a week goes by when I do not hear complaints by minorities how they were denied jobs after passing entrance exam once their identity was known to recruiting bosses. (Note that the same Bangladeshi Hindus [refugees] are found as top ministers, diplomats, university presidents, U.N. delegates, military chiefs, legislators, assembly speakers, eminent scholars in far corners of non-Bengali India as well as in distant nations, but not in their own home!) Again when a pro-independence nationalist group came to power they too maintained that ban. They too chose not to appoint a single Hindu minister and ambassador although about 30% of their vote came from Hindus. They too retained the Enemy Property Act. Over 65% of confiscated Hindu properties were seized by their supporters allowing this immense illegal wealth transfer from the Hindus (see Abul Barkat's Vested Property book.) During a military regime in 1980s I saw a flicker of hope with decentralization of power, but once the regime came under threat they let loose anti-Hindu pogroms. When anti-independence pro-extremist and pro-colonial anti-Hindu intolerant groups came to power by ethnically cleansing Hindus during election no one was prosecuted for the crimes of Hindu-cleansing although Hindus and secularist Muslims demanded such action. Earlier this year during a trip through 12 districts we witnessed several interesting scenes. In one all-Hindu village there were long lines of people in festive mood - women in sindur on their scalp and white sankha wedding bangles and men in crisp dhuti garment - waiting to be registered as voters. For that rural community it was a sign of hope. I was upbeat, but I was reminded that the administration has maintained apartheid with no Hindu minority in the governance, and other practices of discrimination were retained in spite of the fact that the Administration has such talented individuals. Hindu-rapists, land confiscators, puja desecrators are not being prosecuted. Thankfully no pogrom has taken place in last two years. And they reminded me of perils of wearing sankha and dhuti beyond that all-Hindu area. At another place residents reminded me of perils of voting when in 2001 all the Hindu minorities were cleansed before election electing an opposition candidate whom I personally met to complain of this ethnic cleansing. Muslims and Hindus called this POBH or Perils of Being Hindu meaning non-Muslim. When the discussion of election came up Muslim majority and Hindu and non-Muslim minority views were from trepidation to downright fear. Many mentioned that "nothing is going to change," while both Muslims and Hindus were worried about the attack on minorities by "the other party." In one area residents reminded me that the entire Hindu community was target of violence by all groups active in the area each blaming Hindus for their possible election loss. Such is the dilemma of average Bangladeshi. Yet there is no solution but to seek public mandate in a democracy under transparency. One may ask, Can the State control violence and discrimination against Hindus, minorities and women? I believe apart from the element of anarchy State is able to control most of the violence. A short while ago when anti-independence and anti-Hindu groups were in power and a Hindu girl's dorm was about to be attacked we were able to stop that terror by talking to thana police. When a pro-independence group was in power we were able to liberate an ashram as the authorities removed an illegal mosque and returned illegally-held property confiscated by an Islamist group. The Member of Parliament I mentioned earlier who came to power after Hindu cleansing kept his promise "that no more attack will take place." When anti-independence, pro-extremist groups were in power they saved a historic Hindu shrine at my request that is now a national treasure. A few years ago when my Hindu attorney's son was beheaded because they did not give up their property and move to India, I pleaded with the government for a trial of the murderers, which they speedily conducted convicting many killers. I do not claim that they acted because of my pleading, but the father of the murder victim thought that it had something to do with that trial. (Actually Congressman Crowley was a big help. He met with the father of the murder victim at Dhakeswari Hindu Temple in Dhaka.) So it can be done, when State wants it. To sum up here are some thoughts on the possibility of a transparent, democratic election and what needs to be done before and after election:
Personally I know thousands of individuals who are tolerant, secular, patriotic and independence-loving - in and out of government. They like their Hindus to stay in their homeland of thousands of years. I strongly believe that political parties pledging these points will receive support from all Bangladeshis, including Hindu and other minorities. And without minority cooption there can not be a viable democracy. These pledges will usher in a pluralistic, tolerant, prosperous, democratic nation, a symbol of success in the developing world, among Muslim-majority nations and a leader in the Indian Subcontinent. With that let me end here. I will be happy to answer any question. Thanks. [1] I will be happy to provide documentation of data/incidents related to my statements. Tags: |


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It was my birthday last week, and being the amazingness that he is Mr B decided to whisk me off to Sydney for four days of eating, drinking and shopping! (well, mainly eating...) Obviously I have to share a few highlights. Some seriously good food went down, I can tell you...
We kicked off on Thursday night (b'day night) at Onde, a tiny little french bistro just around the corner from our hotel in Darlinghurst. It was totally awesome, really simple french food. I had an amazing linguine with tomato, capers, chilli and preserved lemon and Mr B had what was quite possibly the juiciest, most delicious chicken I have ever had the pleasure of eating. I was worried my pasta might be a bit boring, but it was packing so much flavour! Highly recommended.
The next morning we headed for brekky at Bills, which was a super cute cafe right across the road from Onde. My eggs were sooooo light and creamy, and Mr B's fluffy ricotta hotcakes with honeycomb butter (yes, you read that right) were unbelievably delicious. Though beware if you don't have a sweet tooth - these pack a serious sugar kick!
After breakfast we walked up to Oxford St where we spent quite a few hours shopping, then decided to grab a quick bite at a cute little tapas-style bar called The Passage, before heading back to the hotel for a pre-dinner siesta.
We shared a crispy calamari and cute little mini burgers, then washed it down with a couple of icy cold ciders. So tasty!
After a long nap it was time to get ready and head out for a late dinner at Spice Temple - yet another notch in chef Neil Perry's belt. We were treated to some pretty special Chinese cuisine, along with artfully made cocktails and a rather extensive wine list.
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Lamb & Fennel Dumplings
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The next day we headed down to Bondi Beach, and took a walk down to Bronte Beach along the cliffs. The lunch we had might have been average, but the beautiful scenery more than made up for that.
We headed back to Darlinghurst in need of some decent eats and a cold drink, so headed to yet another tapas bar - Li'l Darlin, which was advertising $4.50 pizzas. Mr B placed the order and came back to the table informing me that he had just ordered three of said pizzas, much to my horror! However, I was relieved when they arrived that they were "tapas-style" and a very manageable size. The thin crispy base and fresh toppings were delicious, especially when accompanied by a jug of Pimms.
Sadly the next day it was time to head home, but not before one last culinary adventure; which actually turned out to be the highlight of our trip. Mr B had cleverly booked us a table at Sake, which was a great way to kill a few hours before our flight.
After perusing the menu and chatting with our delightful waiter, we decided that we had to try as many dishes as possible, so went with a (rather large) selection of entrees.
We kicked off with the Kingfish Jalapeno - slices of fresh kingfish in a yuzu soy dressing and topped with thin jalapeno slices & coriander. It was absolutely beautiful.
Next up; sashimi tacos topped with spicy tomato salsa and accompanied by a sake shot.
Salt and pepper tofu came next. Crispy fried to perfection...
Next came my personal favourite; the Beef Tataki. Words simply cannot describe how amazing this beef was! Lightly seared tenderloin generously dressed with the most beautiful ginger soy tataki sauce. HEAVEN on a plate.
Crispy fried chicken was next land on our table, served with a selection of dipping sauces - spicy tomato salsa, jalapeno and spicy mayo. What can i say really? Just another amazing dish in a string of amazing dishes!
We were feeling pretty full by this stage, as you can see the portions were quite generous, but pushed on with the Tonkatsu Cups. Crispy panko crumbed pork belly in a dainty lettuce cup topped with japanese barbecue sauce and crunchy cabbage. I loved the presentation of this dish, the colours worked so perfectly together on the plate.
And the final dish to arrive was the steamed beef dumplings, which were lovely and light - the prefect note to end on. Or so we thought.....
After we finished up our food and wine, our delightful waiter was back asking if we wanted dessert. I must have been on some sort of foodie high because I heard the word "yes" coming out of my mouth before I even had a chance to think about how full I was feeling!
We decided that sharing a dessert might be a good decision at this point, so we ordered coffee and a chocolate fondant to share. I think I'll let the photos speak for themselves on this one....
Would you take a look at that oozing chocolate!? All I can say is wow. The entire meal from start to finish took us a leisurely 3 hours, and every minute of the experience was incredible; well and truly topped off by meeting the chef at the end! If you are visiting or living in Sydney and you haven't been to this restaurant, all I can say is GO NOW!
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Timothy Kasper is an actor, choreographer, dancer, director, singer, and
teacher. He has collaborated on more than 50 musical productions, nationally and internationally. As a facilitator and teacher, he has privately coached a wide range of performing artists and athletes using an eclectic approach based on many styles of movement and physical therapy. During his extensive teaching career, he has taught Movement for Actors at the Strasberg Institute and has served as full-time faculty at the Hartt School of Music and Theatre, among many other endeavors. Kasper performed on the Jacob's Pillow Inside/Out stage with 8&Ah1 in 1999. He designed the costumes for the very first Jazz On Jazz production, created by Chet Walker, which was presented in the Doris Duke Theatre in 2004. This is Kasper's fourth season on faculty for the Jazz/Musical Theatre Dance Program.


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Poor countries have spent just as much as rich ones -- and in the case of China, more -- to develop low-carbon energy, according to a study coming out this week. Its conclusions could turn the conventional wisdom about the differences among nations over mitigation efforts on its head.
Poorer Countries Lead Global Movement Toward Low-Carbon Power -- Study
By LISA FRIEDMAN of ClimateWire
Published: July 18, 2011
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The report by former World Bank economist David Wheeler, who now leads the climate change division at the think tank Center for Global Development, finds that China spent 94 cents of every $10,000 of average income on clean energy between 1990 and 2008. The United States, by contrast, spent 44 cents of every $10,000.
Meanwhile, all other industrialized countries combined spent only a penny more per year than their less developed counterparts.
"We all had this idea that [climate change] was a rich country problem and that poor countries shouldn't have to do anything until they get to a certain stage of development, and that rich countries need to make it worth their while. But what I had seen suggested [was] that poor countries were already doing a lot," Wheeler said.
The data bore that out. Wheeler examined International Energy Agency data for 174 countries on investments in six low-carbon power sources (hydro, geothermal, nuclear, biomass, wind and solar) to find the incremental costs of clean power compared to a cheaper, carbon-intensive option like a conventional coal-fired power plant. He then computed the average income share in countries to compare how much people in poor countries are paying for carbon mitigation compared to those in rich nations.
"Lo and behold, you get a world in which the shares that poor countries have been devoting to low-carbon technologies over the past 18 years is really comparable to the rich countries," Wheeler said.
The study comes as countries continue to debate whether to develop a new international climate change treaty. Developing countries, which currently are not obligated to curb emissions, have long argued that they should not be required to help solve a problem caused by industrialized nations.
Many maintain that they also have "atmospheric rights" -- that is, the right to pollute -- in order to develop. Wealthy countries, meanwhile, argue that fast-growing developing countries like China and India are not doing enough to mitigate emissions. U.S. lawmakers in particular have argued that cutting carbon would put America at a competitive disadvantage to China.
Developing nations attracted to hydropower
But the fact is, countries are working steadily to develop clean energy. And, Wheeler's study argues, they've been doing so for a long time.
Since 1990, developing countries have accounted for 55 percent of the global increase in low-carbon energy generation, he found. China accounted for 15 percent of it alone.
In fact, because of the growth of hydroelectric generation in particular, developing nations like the Kyrgyz Republic, Bhutan, Mozambique, Paraguay and Zimbabwe crowd out the few top-spending developed countries like Iceland, Germany and Finland.
Tajikistan actually tops the list, spending $12.27 for the incremental costs of clean energy for every $10,000. But Wheeler noted that might be an anomaly because the country underwent a civil war. A push in hydro development in 1992-1993 might have been a restart of war-idled energy capacity rather than new development, he noted.
Iceland is the only high-income country in the top 10 list. With a gross domestic product per capita of $29,752, the country spends $11.56 per person annually -- mostly on geothermal power. But the Kyrgyz Republic, with a per capita GDP of just $1,634, has spent only slightly less -- $11.22 per person.
Wheeler said he purposely included the controversial energy sources hydro and nuclear. While environmental groups fighting for action on climate change don't like to include those options, Wheeler said he felt it was important to look simply at what sources produce low or zero emissions. At the same time, he argued, despite the safety risks and environmental hazards posed by nuclear and large hydro, respectively, the climate would be in far worse condition had countries not developed those sources.
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DES MOINES — Normally, when two newcomers make a trip to the girls state basketball tournament, the energy surrounding the teams can be jittery.
Notre Dame hardly resembled a team making its state tournament debut.
The Nikes looked at home at spacious Wells Fargo Arena, and shot like it too. The defense was a carryover from the regional games, the shooting not cold either. It wasn't the Nikes' best shooting day, but the defense made up for most of that in Monday's 17-point win over Colo-NESCO.
This was the kind of performance the Nikes have been building toward for two years, skeptics or not. Notre Dame came agonizingly close to breaking through last year, but the team that showed up Monday looked like a team that had already been here and done that. Except it hadn't.
And don't think the players didn't believe this was a statement win.
"We're turning heads now," said sophomore guard Taylor Hickey during the press conference following the victory. "We're proving people wrong, especially the ones who doubted us. Our defense got us this win, and it's going to help us get more."
Really, the game wasn't all that close. Notre Dame weathered any run the Royals tried to make and simply took the fight to them. Hickey's matchup with Royals point guard Shayla Dean was a mismatch; Hickey was much quicker and more sure with the ball, and said Dean's "probably got some bumps and bruises."
The players who have stepped up all season did so again, but maybe no one was bigger than freshman Riley Kilbride, who scored 12 points off the bench while Hickey battled foul trouble during various parts of the game. This postseason has made Kilbride, who looks like a star in the making. She's scored in double figures in three of the four postseason games and came up a point short in another. Believe it or not, she has the team's highest field-goal percentage through the quarterfinals.
The great play will need to continue in Thursday's semifinals, when the Nikes get a crack at No. 1 Central Lyon. Many of the teams' statistics mirrored each other in the quarterfinals, so this could be a close game as well.
"We're going to approach Thursday like any other game," Notre Dame coach Kollin Alfred. "We're going to come back with our heads held high. The kids have responded to everything we've asked. It's been that way all year."
Win or lose, the season has been a history-maker for Notre Dame, but as Alfred has said, "there are still more rungs to climb."
It wasn't a bad climb up the first rung at all.
(Top 3)
Scoring offense — Newell-Fonda, 75.0; Central Lyon, 67.0; Bellevue Marquette, 65.0
Field-goal percentage — Newell-Fonda, 46.9; Bellevue Marquette, 40.4; Notre Dame, 40.0
3-point percentage — Bellevue Marquette, 41.7; Earlham, 36.4; Notre Dame, 35.7
Free-throw percentage — Newell-Fonda, 91.7; Villisca, 77.8; Central Lyon, 76.2
Rebound average — Bellevue Marquette, 51.0; Central Lyon, 46.0; Colo-NESCO, 44.0
Steals — Central Lyon, 16.0; Notre Dame, 16.0; Newell-Fonda, 15.0
Assists — Newell-Fonda, 21.0; Ar-We-Va, 14.0; Notre Dame, 11.0
FG pct. defense — Newell-Fonda, 23.1; Notre Dame, 24.6; Bellevue Marquette, 30.4
3-point pct. defense — Notre Dame, 17.4; Newell-Fonda, 21.4; Bellevue Marquette, 24.3
FG pct. — Christensen (NF), 80.0; Lampman (AWV), 66.7; Magnussen (NF), 66.7
FG made — Ackerman (CL), 9.0; Bender (BM), 9.0; Maneman (NF), 7.0
3-point pct. — Ackerman (CL), 1.000; Hickey (ND), 75.0; Blum (BM), 75.0
3-point FG attempts — Ehlers (AWV), 10.0; Stoelk (AWV), 10.0; Danner (AWV), 9.0
3-point FG made — Stoeffler (CN), 4.0; Ehlers (AWV), 3.0; Vanderhoof (V), 3.0
FT pct. — Several tied at 1.000
FT attempts — Lampe (BM), 9.0; Banowetz (BM), 8.0; Danner (AWV), 8.0
FT made — Danner (AWV), 6.0; Ackerman (CL), 5.0; Bender (BM), 3.0
Scoring — Ackerman (CL), 25.0; Bender (BM), 22.0; Danner (AWV), 22.0
Rebounds — Bender (BM), 17.0; Ackerman (CL), 16.0; Riese (CN), 14.0
Assists — Larsen (NF), 7.0; Maneman (NF), 6.0; Lampe (BM), 4.0
Steals — Danner (AWV), 5.0; Roths (CL), 5.0; Maneman (NF), 4.0
Turnovers — Vanderhoof (V), 10.0; Haer (V), 9.0; Dean (CN), 7.0