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Gary Busey is not a name we hear much anymore but in his "prime" he was one of the biggest names in Hollywood. The world could not get enough of William Gary Busey and he was appearing in films right and left because of his instant fame, fortune and charisma. Years later he would be a hot topic again but this time because of his infamy, drug problems and death defying motorcycle accident in 1988.
Gary Busey Net Worth - $0.5 Million
Birth Name - William Gary Busey
Date of birth - June 29, 1944
Zodiac Sign - Cancer
Birth Place - Goose Creek, Texas, U.S.
Nationality - American
Height - 6' 0"
Profession - Film Score Composer, Voice Actor
Gary Busey was born as William Gary Busey in the tiny town of Goose Creek Texas. His family would later move to Oklahoma and as a young adult Busey played College football in Pittsburg, Kansas. This is quite a feat for a young man in the 1970's but Gary soon moved on from the world of sports to the world of music after an unfortunate accident which ruined his knee.
Gary began playing drums with the likes of Leon Russell and Kris Kristofferson and even Willie Nelson while still studying in college in the arts. His fame soon prompted him to drop out of college but not before a transfer to Oklahoma State University.
After a long pursuit of study his efforts were fruitless in earning his degree but his career was soon to shoot through the moon starring in a motion picture called "The Buddy Holly Story." Gary's first film was actually in 1971 and it was called "Angels as Hard as They Come" If his music career did not bring him notice into the world of film his acting ability soon shined in 1978 as Buddy Holly in the wonderful tribute to the rock star who inspired the famous hit "The Day the Music Died" by Don McClean.
These days Gary Busey is mainly glad to be alive. His fame these days comes from small roles and telling his harrowing story of survival of fame gone crazy on talk shows and prime time interviews. As a survivor of his own ride in the world of fame, fortune and his own brand of crazy country boy from the south, Gary still draws a decent crowd for his tales of acting in Hollywood in many box office hits in the 1970's. His net worth has plummeted since the glory days gone by but he still maintains public domain and people love to hear his stories of the Hollywood royalty and partying with the best of the best in Hollywood's who's who list of stars in those days.
Gary soon shined after the popularity of his first appearing in films such as "Thunderbolt and Lightfoot" even with home run hitters like the legendary Clint Eastwood and Beau Bridges he held his own "good ole boy persona which he still masters today. After starring with these infamous legends his acting took him to the top with his co-starring role alongside Kris Kristofferson in the ill-fated tale of fame gone wrong in "A Star is Born."
This box office smash in 1976 as the road manager of the terrible singing of Kris Kristofferson could not stop his rise to fame.. Which drop kicked his net worth to the big boys and landed him the starring role in the "Buddy Holly Story" in 1978 which also landed him the academy award nomination for best actor.
The 1980's were a huge hit for Gary Busey starting with "Barbarosa" but his popularty began to dwindle until his huge burst back from obscurity in "Lethal Weapon" as Mel Gibson's biggest film rival as the evil villain that Gibson could not stop physically without a real fight. The 1990's gave Gary a few good breaks such as "Point Break" and "Rookie of the Year" and comedies such as Black Sheep.
He even had a small role in 1997 in "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" and became the star people loved to spot in the Hollywood background for many years. He also appeared in "Rookie of the Year," "The Firm," and became a talk show sensation with appearances on David Letterman singing "Stay all Night" which also appeared on Saturday night live.
These days he still appears in many roles but he is most famous for the talk show circuit in which he talks about recovering from his near fatal motorcycle crash in 1988 and his addiction to cocaine. If this isn't enough to warrant appearances he speaks of his dedication as a Christian which in Hollywood will bring you to the talk show stage quickly being seen as brave to confess love for Jesus Christ openly in Hollywood's liberal landscape.
His net worth is rumored to be closer to the million dollar range but on the books it is five hundred thousand. Hopefully with his emergence back into public life he will rise monetarily as he remains one of our favorite all-time legends who makes the world smile even on talk shows. Kudos to Gary Busey for his survival skills and a personality the world loves even today.


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On Ethel's first day at witch school, she receives a package of very special underwear with one rule ... Don't lose these britches, look after them well. They'll stop being magical if they smell! But what happens if they get loose? A funny tale of magical underwear!
Audience: Children
For Ages: 3 - 6 years old
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 24
Published: 1st September 2015
Publisher: Scholastic Australia
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Hi there! I'm so excited to be here today on Cinderella Stories to talk about my new novel, Earthquakes: A New Amsterdam Story. It's the next installment in the New Amsterdam series, and it involves guns and ballet, two of my favorite things.
To celebrate the release, I'm doing a blog tour, and no tour is complete without prizes, amirite? I'm giving away a $25 Amazon gift card, a lovely necklace with a quote from Sinatra's, Strangers in the Night – "Love was just a glance away, a warm embracing dance away" – and a free ebook copy of the book!
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Winner will be selected at random after the contest closes on the 18th of March.
Meanwhile, I think I'd like to chat a bit about the characters in this world. It's quite the web they weave. See?
I know that thing makes MY eyes cross, so let's break it down.
Today? We're going to talk about Tim Akkard
Dear Tim might be the only straight man left in New Amsterdam. He certainly feels that way sometimes.
Tim is rather non-descript; brown hair and eyes with a nice smile. He's about Clark's height – 6'1" or so – and a tad older than Clark (which puts Tim around Daniel's age; early 40s). He's naturally slim and stays that way because he often forgets to eat.
About a year and a half ago, or so, Tim lost his wife, Dana, to cancer. He still grieves her, and he is quite convinced there is no one else for him, now. They were perfect for one another. They were kink-compatible, for one thing. Tim's a Dom-Daddy sort who builds S&M furniture as a side job to his career, which is in architecture.
Or he used to, until Dana got sick.
Tim's a partner in an architectural firm, and it was that firm which built Bliss & Break. He's also a 1/4 owner of those clubs. He handles the security, now, and rarely goes to the clubs at all. He rarely goes out, period, really, other than to work and occasionally to Lucian's house.
Tim met everybody when Clark joined a support group for vets with PTSD after he was discharged from the services (and before he opened Glow or found his various other callings in life). Tim helped Clark organize a group for gay vets that works in conjunction with the various Rainbow Centers around New Amsterdam.
Tim does know about and occasionally support/participate in the activities of the Merry Band of Vigilantes (the nickname Clark gave to himself, Lucian, Chance, and all the rest of the men trying to take down crime in the City). He has no moral qualms about it, that's for sure; anything to help out the common people he supports.
So that's Tim. Even though he gets very little "screen time," he's one of the characters I get asked about the most regarding when we get his story. Believe me, I'd love to see this guy happy, so as soon as he lets me know what's up? I'll let you know. 🙂
As always, if you happen to have questions for this character, please feel free to ask 'em in the comments! Follow the BLOG TOUR to learn more about the characters of New Amsterdam.
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And definitely catch up with Ellis and Bryn in Earthquakes, the latest installment of the New Amsterdam series. Need a taste? How 'bout an excerpt?
PS – It's better to read it with the SOUNDTRACK.
EARTHQUAKES: A New Amsterdam Story
Ellis had been close to martial artists when they were training. He'd sparred with Clark. He'd seen Kris and Daniel and all his friends shoot at the range. There was an economy of motion that the athletically and lethally inclined all shared. Ellis admired it, strived for it, and knew he'd never get there. He was a workhorse, not a prince of motion.
And as he watched Bryn begin to move – not merely stretch or contort but move – Ellis thought of churches and gods and houses of worship.
Bryn's feet bent in ways Ellis had never seen. Bryn could balance perfectly on one foot or even a single toe. When Bryn shed his pants after a moment or two and took the first few steps in only a pair of snug briefs, Ellis wasn't hit with a wave of arousal. He was struck dumb with awe. Every line of Bryn was defined. Even the lift of one arm and the point of his fingers were deliberate and beautiful. Ellis stood completely still and held his breath. He was in the presence of some sort of everyday magic and calling attention to himself might break the spell.
The concentration on Bryn's face was unlike anything Ellis had ever witnessed. He didn't exist for Bryn. Nothing did except the music, the motion, and whatever spirit had come alive in Bryn to make Bryn…shine. There was no other word for it. The light played through the windows and infused Bryn with incandescence.
And when Bryn started to dance, really dance, he outshone the sun. A turn here, a pointed foot there, a twist and a glide and… God, Ellis didn't know what Bryn was doing. But he felt it. The music was hopeful and yet haunting, and Bryn's dance tugged at every ache both old and new in Ellis's body. Bryn's face portrayed almost no emotion, but with every dart of his hand, every slice of his leg through the air, with every crumble, fall, and rise, Ellis was struck over and over.
I will try, said Bryn's reach toward God and Heaven and all things on high.
Though I know I will fail, said the drop of Bryn's arm.
I will carry on, said the sweep of his leg.
But I'll lose, said an arch of his back.
I will fight, said a twisting leap.
I will fall, said the thuds of Bryn's feet on the floor.
I want to love, said the open reach of Bryn's fingers.
Please, said Bryn's clutched fist.
Bryn's expanse of chest, his shut eyes, and his rise onto his curled toes snapped something in Ellis, and as the music faded, Ellis couldn't take it anymore. He shut off the music, strode to Bryn, and caught Bryn up in his arms. Bryn was sweaty and warm and breathing hard. Ellis couldn't stop kissing him. Bryn melted against Ellis, resting heavily against him. Ellis ran a hand through Bryn's hair.
"I see you," Ellis whispered. "I see you."
Earthquakes: A New Amsterdam Story
Ellis Parker is a lucky man: he escaped his persecuting family, survived his tour of duty, and met Maxwell Clark in the city of New Amsterdam. Clark showed Ellis more than the ropes: Clark helped Ellis figure out who he is – a gay submissive with a massive fixation on a beautiful, mysterious ballet dancer named Bryn Rothe. Ellis knows a Good Man when he sees one, and he wants nothing more than to score a first date with Bryn.
Little does Ellis know that Bryn has a violent past that is crawling out of shallow graves to haunt him. Even his hectic schedule and beloved stage aren't enough to distract him. It's impossible for Bryn to figure out how he feels about Ellis with his demons between them, but when Ellis saves Bryn not once but twice, Bryn is forced to admit that there's something about Ellis that Bryn might not merely want but need.
Together, they journey to the scene of Bryn's original crime – Charles Towne, South Carolina. There they will dig up secrets that might explain Bryn's tortured life but might also be his – and Ellis's – undoing.
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An international workshop on human-robot interaction.
According to a recent Nature editorial (entitled AI LOVE YOU, Nature 547, 138, July 2017), only a handful of researchers have seriously investigated issues surrounding human intimate relationships with robots. Academic research on social, legal and moral implications is scarce, and empirical work on sex-related technology is even scarcer. Triggered by a consultation report by the Foundation of Responsible Robotics (entitled OUR SEXUAL FUTURE WITH ROBOTS, see go.nature.com/2u4578x), the Nature editorial urgently called for empirical research to be conducted to make public debates around this topic more evidence-based.
In response to this call, this workshop aims to bring together an interdisciplinary team, including psychologists, philosophers, computer scientists, ethicists and clinicians, to discuss this emerging topic of intimate relationships between humans and artificial partners. Some key topics to be discussed at the workshop include:
Contributions to the workshop will be published in an edited volume with Springer Verlag. Furthermore, the workshop aims to prepare grounds for an EU-level grant application.


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"It is a popular belief that science is an objective, value-free discipline. According to this view, part of the explanatory power of the scientific method is that it is uncorrupted by the messy, value-laden features of our lives. This aspect of science is sometimes thought to track the so-called fact/value divide and insofar as scientists study facts they must be unconcerned with values. Recent work by feminist philosophers of science, however, has challenged this claim. In tonight's Veritas conversation Elise Crull and David Frank will discuss the relationship (or lack thereof) between fact, value, and science. They will explore to what extent seeing science as value-laden raises challenges for our current conception of science or changes our estimation of its importance. Finally, they will consider to what extent theological values might have a justified part to play in the methodology of scientists and scientific interpretation."
Luncheon with Elise: "Advice to Young Christian Academics: Taking our Work to the Public." Friday, March 2, 12PM at UTK Tyson House Lutheran/Episcopal Center. Call 865.558.5773 for reservations ($3)
- UTK Department of Philosophy
- UTK Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
- Baptist Collegiate Ministries
- Campus House of Prayer at UTK
- Cedar Springs College Ministry
- InterVarsity Asian American Fellowship
- InterVarsity Collegiate Black Christian
- InterVarsity Multiethnic Ministries
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- St. John 23rd Catholic Parish
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- Wesley Foundation
Elise Crull
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
City College of New York
David Frank
Lecturer of Philosophy and Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
The University of Tennessee at Knoxville
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Book by Kevin Murphy & Dan Studney
Music by Dan Studney
Lyrics by Kevin Murphy
Originally directed by ANDY FICKMAN and produced by STEPHANIE STEELE for DEAD OLD MAN PRODUCTIONS
Orchestrations by David Manning & Nathan Wang
Jimmy Harper - Jacob Duby
Lecturer - Joey T
Mary Lane - Mackenzie Goodwin
Jack Stone - Matt Zielonko
Mae - Jessica Vaughn
Ralph Wiley - Joshua Fredette
Sally - Alicia Vigeant
Placard Girl - Christie Conticchio
Jesus, Mr. Poppy - Mike Colena
Brownie Girl - Kaitlin Smith
Ensemble - Malcolm Brea, Logan Higgins, Carolyn Scalia, Kaitlin Smith, Christie Conticchio, Patrice Doherty, Samuel Campanella
Book by Kevin Murphy & Dan Studney
Director- Angèlica Rosenthal
Music Director - Jesse Drake
Choreographer - Donna O'Bryant
Producers - Evelynn Decker , Daryl O'Bryant
Information Night, Auditions and Rehearsals are at Actorsingers Hall, 219 Lake Street, Nashua NH
Information Night:
Audition Dates:
Rehearsal days:
*Note rehearsal schedule change in August due to Mainstage show rehearsal schedule
Show Dates:
Show Venue:
Janice B. Street Theatre
14 Court Street, Nashua NH
Audition Requirements
You must be 18 by first rehearsal (June 10, 2018)
Audition form
.doc .pdf
Character Descriptions
Show Information
R&H Site
Actorsingers Show Site
REEFER MADNESS is presented through special arrangement with R & H Theatricals: www.rnh.com.
The 2018 Teen show will be staged at Janice B. Streeter Theatre 14 Court Street, Nashua NH July 13-15
The 2018 Fringe show will be staged at Janice B. Streeter Theatre 14 Court Street, Nashua NH Aug 31 - Sept 2
Queenie - Caity Glover
Burrs - Joey T
Black - Colin Malette
Kate - Carli Hamilton
Madeline - Lo Dillon
Delores - Jess Couture
Eddie - Erik Shaffer
Mae - Julie Harris
Sam - Jared Reynolds
Oscar - Michael DeRosa
Phil - Jacob Duby
Nadine - Danielle Nobles
Max - Andrew Holland
Jackie - Daniel Maskas
The Neighbor - Glen Grimard
Logan Higgins
Jennifer Ryder
Laura Millar
Lauren Friedman
Meredythe Leonard
Molly Flood
Patrice Doherty
Roxanne Harmon
Sarah Wenrich
Thank you all once again for coming out to auditions for The Wild Party!
The following people are being invited to callbacks. If your name is not on this list it does not mean you are not cast. Not all roles are being called back. Watch your email for info on what roles you are being called back for, what music to prepare, and what time to come on Wed.
If your name is on this list and you do not receive an email by 10 am Tuesday, contact Beth: email@example.com.
DIRECTED BY Beth Schwartz
MUSICALLY DIRECTED BY John Carey
CHOREOGRAPHED BY Jay von Handorf
Actorsingers show page
Friday August 25 - Sunday August 27, 2017
@ 14 Court St. Theatre, Nashua, NH
Friday May 19 at 7 PM
Must be at least 18 years old before auditions. Character age ranges are stated in the character descriptions.
Dance Requirement:
There will be a small dance combination that will be taught at auditions.
All auditioners are required to perform the dance audition to evaluate your movement ability. (Queenie, Kate, Black and Burrs must be very good movers, Jackie must be a good dancer.)
Audition Dance video here
Vocal Requirement: Be ready to present a song in the style of the show (not from the show) that best represents your style and range - approximately 32 bars. Bring sheet music (a piano accompanist will be provided).
Drama Requirement: No monologues are required. Sides will be provided at callbacks
Sundays 6-10 pm
Mondays 7-10 pm
Wednesdays 7-10 pm
Rehearsals start Sunday June 11
You may not be called for every rehearsal but please plan on it for now.
Queenie, Female, 20-30, F3-F5 Blonde and beautiful. Sexy. Looks a little older and more tired than her age would indicate. Afraid of being alone. Has become addicted to Burrs' presence and ravenous sexual appetite.
Burrs, Male, 30-40, G3-A5 Handsome. A professional clown. Dangerous and charming all at once. Sexually ravenous and drawn to Queenie like a moth to the flame. Hurts somewhere deep inside, and slowly descends into jealous insanity.
Black, Male, 25-35, F3-G5 Strong, handsome, and poised without being posed. An enigmatic loner. Protective. No-nonsense kind of guy who cannot understand Queenie's attraction to Burrs.
Kate, Female, 20-30, F3-E5 A lush. Likes to be the "life of the party." Always looking out for number one, and is jealous of Queenie. Sexy, sensual, and confident.
Madeline True, Female, 30-55 (Age Flexible), A3-E5 A tired woman and an announced lesbian. Sexually hungry. Blunt and very dry.
Delores, Female, 30-45(Age Flexible), A3-A5 A party-goer pitching ideas and hoping to score with Sam. A wild woman of the night.
Eddie, Male, 30-45, A3-A5 Mae's husband who is perhaps even more dim-witted than she is. A big oaf. Can be a lovable teddy bear but also a quick tempered brute. Adores his wife.
Mae, Female, 25-45, A3-D5 Eddie's wife. Sweet and beautiful, but not particularly bright. Adores her husband and dotes on him.
Sam, Male, 30-50, A3-A5 Busy producer and "attention whore." Trying to avoid the outrageous pitches made by Dolores, until it becomes sexual.
Oscar D'Armano, Male, 25-35, A3-B5 Phil's brother and lover who dresses as his twin. A composer and an entertainer in every sense of the word. Very flamboyant.
Phil D'Armano, Male, 25-35, A3-A5 Oscar's brother and lover who dresses as his twin. A composer and an entertainer in every sense of the word. Very flamboyant.
Nadine, Female, "A Minor" 16-18 (in appearance) A3-A5 The only minor at the party. Waifish and somewhat naïve. She is in over her head and trying to keep up.
Max, Male, 25-35, A3-B5 One of the party goers and a member of the usual "gang." He is full of life and energy.
Jackie, Male, 20-30, (Ensemble singing/Good Dancer)
Ensemble (10-12) Male and Female, various vocal ranges, Should be good dancers.
Bat Boy: Ben Levine
Meredith Parker: Laura Millar
Thomas Parker: Stuart Harmon
Shelley Parker: Julie Shea
Sheriff Reynolds: Tim Daughters
Mrs. Taylor/Rev. Billy Hightower/Roy/Institute Man: Glen Grimard
Pan/Bud/Daisy: Andrew Holland
Rick Taylor/Lorraine/Doctor/Mr.Dillion: Billy Girginis
Ron Taylor/Maggie/Clem: Armando Belliard Harmon
Ruthie Taylor/Ned: Jen Ryder
Becca Tarr
Katie Tocci
Tina Cassidy
Jillian Turner
Kate Masson
Bat Boy Call Back List
Wednesday June 8
Muses called for 730
Sunday, June 5th 7-10pm (A/S Hall 1st floor only) Doors will open at 6 pm to learn the audition dance, the audition dance will be taught ONLY from 6 - 7 pm on Sunday due to space limitations.
Please note if you arrive after 6:30 pm on Sunday you may not have enough time to learn the audition dance.


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NEW YORK — His goal for the last nine starts of his career, Tommy John said this week, is to get 1,925 strikeouts. ''I have 2,075; I want to finish with 4,000,'' the Yankees' pitcher said. John's wife, Sally, quickly interrupted him. She wanted to make sure his listener knew he was joking.
It is no joke, though, that suddenly John has become the most reliable starting pitcher on the Yankees' staff. He is 5-2, including a 7-3 loss to Seattle Tuesday night.


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PMANE to sue PMO over comments linking stir to foreign funding
The People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy, leading the protest against the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant, today threatened to sue the Prime Minister's Office for linking the stir to foreign funding. Kudankulam protests | The nuked plantdelhi Updated: Feb 25, 2012 21:41 IST
The People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy, leading the protest against the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant, today threatened to sue the Prime Minister's Office for linking the stir to foreign funding.
Speaking to reporters here, S P Udayakumar, heading the PMANE, said he would sue Minister of State in the PMO, V Narayanasamy and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for their comments on foreign funding.
Udayakumar said Narayanasamy had responded to a recent legal notice issued by him for alleging that he had received Rs 1.5 crore from foreign sources.
"He (Narayanasamy) had denied that he had made any comments aimed at maligning me but he had linked me with a Swedish organisation in which my name figures in the expert panel. I am wondering if the Prime Minister had also made remarks in the same context," Udayakumar said.
The PMANE convenor said he would also take legal action against Congress leader E V K S Elangovan who had claimed that he was convicted for drug peddling in the US.
"We condemn this anti-people attitude and request the Central government and the department of Atomic Energy to respect the feelings of the Tamil people and immediately close down the Plant," he said.
The Prime Minister in an interview to the 'Science' journal had criticised NGOs that received support from abroad for leading protests against the Plant.
On the state government appointed expert panel vouching for the safety of the Koodankulam nuclear plant, Udayakumar said it was "unethical and unprofessional" to make such a statement even before the report was submitted to the government.
The commissioning of the Indo-Russian joint venture, originally scheduled for December last, has been delayed for several months following continuing protests against the Plant by the local population over safety concerns.
Talks initiated both by the Central and state governments with the agitators have failed to break the deadlock.
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A Taste of Nepal with Lisa Goodwin-Allen
28-09-2018 @ Café Northcote
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Café Northcote Soup of the Day, Granary Bloomer Bread, and Butter
Creamy Garlic Wild Mushrooms, Sourdough Toast
Salt and Pepper Squid, Sweet Chilli Dip
Goosnargh Chicken Satay Skewers, Peanut Sauce
Fillet of Seabass "en papillote", Oriental Noodle Broth
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Pancetta wrapped Goosnargh Chicken Breast, Sundried Tomato and Cream Cheese, Chive Mashed Potato, Seasonal Vegetables
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Donald Trump likely hoped that a letter backing him and signed by 88 former generals and admirals would prompt journalists to report on his support within military leadership -- what he got, instead, were media guns using Pentagon brass for target practice.
Trump, who on Wednesday delivered a major policy speech on the state of the U.S. military, was touted in the letter as a commander in chief capable of dealing with "enemies of this country [who] have been emboldened" by weakness in Washington.
" … we support Donald Trump and his commitment to rebuild our military, to secure our borders, to defeat our Islamic supremacist adversaries and restore law and order domestically," read the letter. "We urge our fellow Americans to do the same."
The Washington Post immediately combed through the lengthy roster of signatories and noted that one, retired Lt. Gen. William G. "Jerry" Boykin, was reprimanded for disclosing classified information in a 2008 memoir, "Never Surrender: A Soldier's Journey to the Crossroads of Faith and Freedom." Boykin also happens to be the co-founder and former commander of the elite Delta Force, and carried out missions in Iran, North Korea, Somalia and Colombia during his storied career.
He angered Muslims around the world in 2003 when, giving a speech about his hunt for a Somali warlord, said, "I knew that my God was a real God, and his was an idol."
Boykin, who had become executive vice president at the conservative Family Research Council by the time the Pentagon investigated him, has long insisted he had permission for the disclosures and has hinted that the probe was politically motivated.
The list of generals and admirals was put together by Army Maj. Gen. Sidney Shachnow, a Holocaust survivor, and Rear Adm. Charles Williams of the Navy.
The Daily Beast also searched the list for anyone with a black mark on his stripes. In a story headlined "The Disgraced and Little-Known Generals Backing Donald Trump," the outlet reported that four were present during a massive 1991 scandal in which more than 100 Navy and Marine Corps aviation officers were alleged to have sexually assaulted 90 people at the 35th Annual Tailhook Association Symposium in Las Vegas. None of the signatories were charged, although one later served as a Navy lawyer in the case.
"To be sure, scores of the signatories had exemplary military records and continue to work in public service," the Daily Beast article seemed to grudgingly acknowledge. "There are Vietnam veterans, three four-star generals and an admiral, as well as key commanders in the U.S. war in Iraq."
The Washington Post even sought to drive a wedge between Trump and his military backers by noting that retired four-star Army Gen. Burwell Bell III was once a top NATO commander, and then noting that Trump has questioned NATO's usefulness.
Three other four-star generals supporting Trump "all retired more than 20 years ago," the Post wrote.
CNN's Anderson Cooper scored a Tuesday night interview with retired Army Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling, who dismissed the names on Trump's list.
"I didn't recognize many of those names as being there in the fight with me over the last 16 years," Hertling said. "There aren't a whole lot of names in the fight against Al Qaeda or several of the other forces."
The media was not the only party to seemingly scoff at Trump's flag officer support.
"Compare where Trump is with where both Romney and McCain were," Hillary Clinton, Trump's opponent in the November presidential race, told Fox News. "They had between 300 and 500. I am doing better than any Democrat. He is doing worse than recent Republicans."
For his part, Trump thanked the military brass for supporting him.
"I thank each of them for their service and their confidence in me to serve as commander in chief," Trump said in a statement. "Keeping our nation safe and leading our armed forces is the most important responsibility of the presidency."


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Year 4 2018 - 2019
Miss Beckwith
Year 4 Teacher and Modern Foreign Languages Lead
Mrs Bennett
Year 4 Teacher and Music Curriculum Lead
Mrs Smallwood
Learning Support Assistant
Welcome to Year 4!
Here, you will find information about what we do in Year 4. You will be able to see photographs of some of our work and see some of our displays.
Every child has a guided reading session once a week and where possible, they are heard to read individually by the LSA or teacher. Children will be given plenty of opportunities to read during the week: whole class reading, guided reading in small groups, independent reading and buddy reading to their partners in Year 1. Please encourage your child to read their own books at home for literal understanding and inference. Please ensure your child's reading record is signed at least once a week.
This year the children will prepare for the Sacraments of Reconciliation and Eucharist. We support this preparation in school through prayer, hymns and regular visits from Father Tim.
Year 4 have a wonderful opportunity to learn and play a musical instrument. Every Friday a specialist music teacher will deliver guitar lessons to each class. The children have now been given a guitar which is theirs to use during the year. Please take care of these instruments and ensure they are in school every Friday. Remember practice is extremely important for progress.
Year 4s PE days are Monday and Thursday please ensure children have their kits on that day!
Thank you for your support,
Mrs Bennett, Miss Beckwith and Mrs Smallwood
Homework Year 4
From the spring term: Homework is given on a Friday with spellings being tested on a Friday.
Homework will be: Reading, a book review, Spellings, handwriting practice using our weekly spellings where children write their own sentences using our spelling words, they are to use a dictionary to find the meaning first to help them write a sentence of their own.
Maths will be one set homework per week using MyMaths, with children continuing to practice their tables upto 12x12 including corresponding division facts.
Things to remember:
Spellings are given out and tested on a Weekly basis.
Homework is set each week and this is given out on a Friday.
It is to be completed for the following Friday .
School P.E. kits are needed at all times and Year 4's P.E day's are Monday and Thursday (from 19th March whilst doing Widnes Viking training)
Guitars must be in school Friday.
Please remember:
Children should be reading daily.
We have asked children to revise all multiplication facts upto 12x 12 and corresponding division facts.
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I've been really happy with my old Majyk Equipe Dressage boots. They're the only Majyk Equipe boots so far that came in small, and at 9" tall, they are a perfect fit for him in the front. They give just the right amount of protection, since he loves to hit himself during lateral work, and have that classic Majyk Equipe breathability that I value so much.
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Famine stalks Ethiopia
BY SUSAN KIM | Baltimore, MD | April 13, 2000
Severe food shortages brought on by drought could affect 13 million lives in the Horn of Africa. In Ethiopia -- and in its neighboring
countries of Kenya, Somalia, and Eritrea -- thousands are abandoning their homes and villages in search of food. Many are currently
surviving on grasses, leaves, moss, and roots.
In some villages, it is estimated that five or six children are dying each day, according to reports from Catholic Relief Services (CRS). Many
children are suffering from tuberculosis, dysentery, and fever. Hundreds have already died.
The government is asking donors for more than 800,000 tons of food to avert a full-scale famine. Relief officials say there is still a small
window of opportunity to avoid a catastrophic loss of life. But current food distribution efforts have been hampered by the ongoing war
between Ethiopia and Eritrea, since some of the most efficient distribution routes pass through war zones.
Action by Churches Together (ACT) has already issued appeals for the region, and is working through the Joint Relief Partnership (JRP), a
consortium of local churches and faith-based organizations, to distribute food in drought-affected areas.
The Church World Service Emergency Response Office issued an emergency appeal, which will support the ACT appeal, seeking $1 million
in denominational support for famine relief. "Ethiopia has been a simmering emergency that has now boiled over and will require quite
lengthy assistance, I believe," said spokesperson Donna Derr.
CRS is providing direct emergency food assistance for some 380,000 people in the region. "Our brothers and sisters in Ethiopia are
suffering from malnutrition and disease and we are working with our local partners to provide them with the most fundamental of human
needs -- food, water and shelter," said Ken Hackett, executive director. CRS has been working in Ethiopia since 1957. Like ACT, CRS is
coordinating its relief efforts through JRP.
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) is also supporting the ACT appeal for Ethiopia. PDA is working through its Ethiopian partner in
mission, the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus (EECMY). The Lutheran World Federation is also supporting the ACT appeal.
The Christian Reformed World Relief Committee (CRWRC) is working through the Canadian Foodgrains Bank and Food for the Hungry
International to support a continuing food aid project. "Last year we sent 1,700 metric tons of wheat, and this year we'll be actively
responding as well," said CRWRC spokesperson Joan Cosby.
The United Methodist Committee on Relief, Adventist Development and Relief Agency, Action Against Hunger, CARE, Concern
Worldwide US, Ethiopian Community Development Council, Food for the Hungry, International Aid, Mercy Corps International,
Operation USA, Oxfam America, Save the Children, UNICEF, and World Relief are also actively responding.
The Virginia-based Foods Resource Bank (FRB), anticipating a food crisis in the region, sent a group of its members to Africa last year to
discuss and consider food security needs. During that time, FRB worked with farmers and agronomists to identify potential food resources,
as well as effective approaches to achieving long-term food security.
World Vision, which has been working in Ethiopia since 1971, has issued an appeal for relief aid. "The situation in some areas -- especially
those along the border with Somalia -- is dire," said Nigel Marsh, World Vision's regional spokesman who spent a week in Ethiopia. "Signs
of an emerging disaster -- such as children on the brink of death -- are evident in many areas."
The entire Horn of Africa region has a history of food shortage that has been exacerbated by on-and-off warfare since the mid-1970s. In
1984-85, a famine brought on by drought killed nearly one million people, provoking a worldwide outpouring of relief funds and food
supplies. Lesser-known famine also struck in 1972, 1974, and 1989.
The current famine condition began in 1998 when both short rains ("belg") and long rains ("meher") failed to provide sufficient saturation. A
successive lack of belg rains in 1999 prevented farmers from planting the staple crops of maize and sorghum, which account for 40 percent
of the total annual cereal production in Ethiopia. Substitute crops of teff and pulses were not successful due to failure of the meher rains.
The next planting season is in May and June.
More than 80 percent of the population depends on agriculture as a main source of livelihood. Within that agrarian society, the nomadic
lifestyle of the people who live in the region makes it difficult to achieve any measure of food security, report relief officials. According to
government figures, some 70 percent of the 3.5 million people in Ethiopia's Somali region are nomads. Most of them have not diversified
into farming.
Most families rely on livestock for food and income. But 90 percent of livestock in southeastern Ethiopia have died, according to the United
Nations' World Food Program. Families have also sold their cattle, seed, and tools to buy food and water. People are rapidly migrating to
feeding centers, sometimes walking for a week, or living on the outskirts of food centers in makeshift shelters of wood and sheeting.
Overwhelming local resources of both food and medicine, hungry people are overcrowding the centers, increasing the risk of disease.
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Thursday at her weekly press briefing, House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said the House Democratic sit-in over a lack of gun control legislation in wake of the Orlando mass shooting wasn't about "politics," but instead about "the safety of the American people."
Pelosi said, "We'll be meeting to determine how we go forward, but we're still here. We will be as we had ended the debate on the floor, spoke to our folks outside and were so proud of them. Many of them were there overnight and even in the rain, large crowds of people who have been communicating with Congress to the tune of hundreds of thousands of calls and visits. We'll finish here, then we have our activism for all of next week because we cannot let this — let me be really clear about this — we cannot stop until we get a bill, until law passed. This isn't about politics. It's not about elections. It's not about campaigns. It's about the safety of the American people. We want this off the table. We want an issue, a values victory and hope that the Republicans could agree to that. We're watching carefully what's happening on the Senate side now."
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Cookie Favors: Elegant Cookie Cubes
Source: Martha Stewart Weddings, Winter 2005
For a sophisticated favor, stack cookies in a plastic box lined with your monogram on all sides. To line box, scan calligraphed initials and print onto card stock; back with glassine using double-sided tape. Score and fold to fit in box.


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Uberization's new frontier: Auto Sales?
Disclaimer: I don't own a Tesla (yet!).
Much has been written about the disruptive business models by companies like Uber and AirBnB. Having used their solutions successfully in three continents, I am a big fan of their services. (Apparently others are too, as we see new terms like "Uberization", "Sharing economy" and "Peer to peer economy" on a daily basis…)
In fact, there was a recent article about Uberization of air travel, but that is a much more complex undertaking, at least at this point…
I came across an interesting article by Marion Manekar on what the Uberization of the economy is about. The 5 word summary of the article is described in a tweet – "To Uberize, remove the middleman"…
As Maneker puts it, "I don't think of Uber as a force that dis-intermediates—as we olds used to say—transportation, but one that creates value for itself, its drivers, and its users, by developing a new layer that integrates them all with maximum utility… To me, uberizing meant trapping a series of innovative processes—phone-enabled geo-location, payments and driver management and distribution—into an app-accessible service..."
If you break down the above thesis, the key points are innovative processes riding on existing and new infrastructure, glued together by ever-updating software. In the case of Uber it means using technology like geo-location and smartphone apps, existing government rules around taxis, and financial incentives, coupled with convenience for drivers and riders.
The same software-led revolution is disrupting other industries too – good examples being Apple Pay, Nest and Sonos. All these are taking advantage of our increasing reliance on our smartphones, and their constant connection to the cloud to put less focus on the supporting hardware – resulting in most hardware manufacturers focusing more on software enablement.
Amidst all this comes a new experimental disruption by Tesla – itself a pioneer in the software-enabled car – around auto sales: "Tesla is launching a referral program, where current Tesla owners can create a referral link to share with their friends. Anyone who buys a Tesla via a friend's link will receive a $1,000 discount on a new Model S. (Used models are not included in the program.) On the flip side, those doing the referring will get a $1,000 credit applied to their account, which could be used to buy service, accessories or put toward any future car purchase.
It goes a bit further. If you manage to sell five Model S sedans, you'll get an invite to the opening party at the Gigafactory in Nevada, which is sure to be a good time. Sell 10, and you will have the option of purchasing a Founders Series Model X…"
Tesla's founder Elon Musk calls it a guerrilla battle against auto trading associations – since Tesla is not allowed to sell in every State, they can have their owners "refer" friends, thereby totally bypassing the traditional auto sales channel. But just like Uber, they can use the existing governmental checks and balances in the auto trade transaction to their advantage.
It is yet to be seen how successful this experiment is, but if it is successful, it could be a pre-cursor to tremendous change in every facet of our daily lives.


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Beirut – Al Hayat
'Hajjeh' Samia's face is flushed as she reminisces about the "good old days". She talks about the family home in Karantina and the engravings on the marble wall in the salon of her spacious house. There is a sparkle in her eyes as she talks about it. It is like she has been taken back there to the golden days when her father was a well off meat trader and where she, her mother and siblings lived in comfort. Few people in Lebanon know anything about those peaceful days in the area commonly known as 'Karantina' or 'slaughterhouse' of the 'Medawar' area on the Beirut coast.
One night in the middle of January 1976, a year after the outbreak of the civil war in Lebanon, Samia's family, and an estimated 10,000, were forced to leave Karantina to flee the shelling and killing. They left their homes and possessions behind, hoping to return once the violence ended. In the meantime, they had to reside wherever they could. However, 37 years later – and 23 years after the end of the civil war – none of the displaced people of Karantina have returned to their homes because of what they claim are sectarian issues. While most of the displaced are Muslim, the area is now predominantly Christian.
Most Lebanese are under the false impression that the displaced people of Karentina are not Lebanese. They think of them as Palestinian, Syrian, Armenian or migrant workers from the rural areas, living in tin-roofed shacks on state-owned property.
This misconception has meant that the displaced people of Karantina get none of the compassion and sympathy offered to displaced people from other areas, the majority of whom have returned to their land. The last of these were the Christians displaced from the Druze-majority village of Breih.
In 2013, an executive decision under the direction of the President of Lebanon, Michel Suleiman was taken to close that file. But the displaced of Karantina are still unable to return to their land and remain 'registered' in other departments such as Al Mazra'a and Ras Beirut. In fact, 'security reasons' are cited for refusing them the right to visit or check on their property after the houses built on their land were destroyed.
On the surface, this ban seems justified by the presence of Lebanese army barracks in the area. But some believe there is a mixture of racial, sectarian, political and investment motives behind it.
An investigation carried out by Al Hayat newspaper reveals a history of neglect and procrastination by the authorities, if not full blown conspiracy between various agencies of the state since 1990, starting with heads of state who never fail to refer to the "return of the displaced" in their inaugural speeches, all the way through the Council of Ministers which is responsible for issuing decisions in this regard and supervising their implementation. This has led to a large group of Lebanese people being unfairly treated as their identity and allegiance have been put under question.
Official documents, pictures and statements collected from those directly concerned reveal the injustice inflicted on the people of Karantina, many of whom "would have led better lives had they not been forced to leave their homes", according to some of them. This proves that the displaced are not squatters but Lebanese citizens who own the property where their houses once stood. The pursuit of their cause by legal means has not given them back their rights.
Today, there is no trace in Karantina of what these people describe as the 'beautiful' homes they owned before 1976. 'Sleep Comfort', a furniture store, looks out of place in an area still marked by the sights of war. A small number of inhabited buildings is scattered around the western part of the area away from the barracks, their facades scarred by bullet holes. Wide areas of land are covered in weed, after everything that once stood on it was destroyed. In the eastern part, behind the 'Forum de Beyrouth', lie the Lebanese Army barracks which in the early 90's replaced the headquarters of a war council, itself built over the ruins of the displaced people's homes immediately after their forced eviction in 1976.
Ruins and Denial
There are still those who deny that those houses ever existed.
The Military Command did not respond to our first email in which we requested both permission to enter the area and an interview with a military source to end the dispute over the issue. We sent a second request on October 18th 2012, eight days after that first email, and were informed by phone that our request had been denied.
A retired brigadier general who had served in the Lebanese army before the outbreak of the war in Karantina – and who wished to remain anonymous – confirmed that moving the barracks away from the Port was out of the question. "Beirut is congested and there are no uninhabited areas into which the barracks could be moved. In fact, it is difficult to move the army out of any area, especially in light of the current tense security situation".
Can the security situation, however, justify the continued presence of the Army in the area for more than 23 years?
According to the retired brigadier, "law gives the state the right to confiscate land and use it for its military needs. This law allows us to confiscate houses and compensate their owners".
But to him, the question of damages incurred by displaced people who own such expensive land seems odd. "The Karantina was basically a group of tin-roof houses and tents where refugees of different nationalities took shelter," he says. This is the story believed by many Lebanese.
The displaced, however, take issue with what the general says, as does the former Minister of the Interior, Beshara Merhej (1992), who confirms that the area was inhabited. The argument is settled upon presentation of photographs which were salvaged from the ruins and which show one aspect of life in the area. The photos show multiple-storey, roadways and cars, with no sign of the tin-roof houses. The displaced say that while those tin roof houses did not exist in their own area, they did in fact exist in nearby neighborhoods where tents were put up, at the beginning of the last century, for displaced Armenians and Palestinians who took refuge in Lebanon in the wake of the 'Nakba' (Arabic for the catastrophe that befell the Palestinian people), as well as Syrian laborers who had worked in Lebanon and left when the war broke out.
The military officer has no response to this except to say: "I may have the place mixed up with some other".
Documents that Make for Compelling Evidence
'Al Hayat' has also obtained property deeds and lists of around 220 properties, together with the names of their owners, proving that multiple storied houses used to stand on this land and that their owners are of Lebanese origin.
The owner of one of the properties where the military barracks now stand, a displaced man in his seventies from the Diab family, says: "The army seized the properties more than 20 years ago, upon the departure of the 'Lebanese Forces' who came in to the area after the 'Phalangists' [Ultra-rightwing Christian militias]." He adds, "at the time, we were so hopeful and told ourselves that we would regain our rights but nothing happened. The problem is the proximity of our location to the port. Many companies are seeking to own land in the vicinity as part of plans to expand the port."
Pending Prosecution
Attorney Fuad Matar says that the displacement originally involved around 220 properties owned by around 6,000 Lebanese individuals from different sects. After the end of the war in the early 90's, 40 families making up around 200 people, the majority of them Christians, returned to their properties. Most of those properties were concentrated in the western part, an area that was not destroyed during the war. The eastern side is wholly owned by Sunni Muslims, including around 132 properties, in addition to municipality-owned property that includes a car park and a clinic. Everything standing on this land was destroyed and nobody is allowed to go back to their property in this zone or to dispose of it.
What Is Stopping The Residents From Returning?
Attorney Matar sees that officials promised to allow the displaced to return. However, due to the presence of the military, the residents were unwilling to have a confrontation and so they refrained from escalating their activities.
"In 1993, after the 'Forces' left, the army entered the area and set up the 3rd Intervention Regiment in the barracks which replaced the War Council," says Matar.
In 1994, the Council of Ministers issued Resolution 322 allowing the renovation of properties owned by displaced people inside villages and towns but not in cities. Beirut and more specifically the displaced people of Karantina were thus excluded. The Resolution also does not exempt such renovations from applicable taxes and fees when reconstructing demolished houses inside cities. It actually mandates the processing of building permits and it imposes fees and taxes to cover previous years. This applies exclusively to renovations inside cities and not those in towns and villages.
According to the lawyer, this is an "attempt to keep the residents away because property that was owned by one person is now owned by more than ten, what with the rising number of heirs to any given property over a period of 40 years. Consequently, the accumulated taxes over this period of time could exceed the cost of each individual heir's earnings from the property itself".
He also talks about demands to vacate the land, supported by an ordinance issued in 1996 by the Council of Ministers, which mandates the removal from the area of any standing structure. The author of the report was unable to obtain a copy of the ordinance, however.
Promises Of Vacating
The committee set up by the displaced people of Karantina sent a number of memoranda to the Army after 1990. A reply was received on July 4th 2009, the text of which is included in the documents attached to this report, and is signed by the Commander of the Lebanese Army, Jean Kahwaji.
It reads: "Military Command has taken the necessary measures to establish new barracks in favor of (to replace) the plot of land that these properties now occupy, and we will proceed to vacate (the plot) as soon as the new barracks are ready". But to this day, none of the displaced have returned to their homes.
Attorney Matar confirms that the Committee of the Owners and Displaced of 'Medawar' (as the area is officially registered) is about to file a lawsuit to evacuate the army and to obtain compensation.
Attorney Hassan Matar, Head of the Committee of the Displaced People of Karantina, presents a number of letters sent by the Committee to officials, ranging from heads of government to Ministers charged with the portfolio of 'Displaced People' and the Military Command over the years. The letters date from the end of the war in 1990 and until this present day.
He also presents the reply received from the Military Command saying that: "The first letter from the Chief of the Lebanese Armed Forces, Jean Kahwaji , stated that the army will vacate the premises. It also confirmed that they were about to build alternative barracks in one year's time". Three years later, nothing has changed.
"At the end of 2011, the Ministry of Defense contacted me and requested that I report to Army Headquarters. At first, I thought they wanted to strike a deal with us on arrangements for the withdrawal. I went to a place not far from the Military Court where an Army general handed me a letter, the content of which was dangerous: 'We would like to inform you that we cannot withdraw from the area until the reasons for which we entered it in the first place are no longer valid'."
And what are those reasons? Attorney Matar answers, "Before that letter, we had met with and presented our case to the Minister for Displaced People, Akram Shehayeb, who was appointed in 2009, and with every new minister appointed to the post. However, the ministers for Displaced People continuously distance themselves from the issue, citing the "present situation" and claiming that their term in office will come to an end before the case is resolved."
Minister Shehayeb met with the Chief of the Lebanese Armed Forces and quotes him as saying that "security concerns regarding the protection of the Eastern entrance to Beirut prevent them from vacating the area". Matar says their excuse is always "that they want to safeguard the security of Beirut" but he questions whether the security of Beirut stops at the border of the Karantina area.
The truth, he says, is that its residents are forbidden from returning to the area.
The Relocation of the Barracks is not Impossible
When it comes to the option to sell the land to the army, the Minister, Beshara Merhej, says that the army does not usually acquisition land, but if it is in a strategic location then the Ministry of Defense may request it.
The Council of Ministers then takes the decision to acquisition the land and the Ministry of Finance enforces it. Merhej rejects the claim that the army doesn't own alternative property to which to transfer the barracks. "When 'security' reasons are cited for a decision that neither has a time frame nor the endorsement of the Council of Ministers, the procedure ceases to be within the law and it becomes martial law. Who is to validate that the decision is in fact about security? It is not sufficient for the Military Command to say so and even if it does say so, the Council of Ministers must compensate the owners."
Yet they have not been compensated and Merhej believes that this is because of sectarian politics and whims, which complicate the situation and impede its resolution. He says there are undisclosed sectarian reasons, as the displaced residents are Muslim in what is essentially a Christian-majority area that also hosts the headquarters of the Maronite League.
Add to that the state's confused approach to urban planning in the area, unsure whether to annex it to the Linor project (an economic project, one aspect of which will involve landfills and the reclamation of the sea in several areas) or to expand the Port to include it. This has weighed heavier on the area, now marked "Under Consideration", halting construction and other activities including normal administrative procedures. There is also the issue of law number 244, issued in 1994, which gives displaced proprietors the right to rebuild their houses and exempts them of license or construction permit fees, but this particular area was excluded. "This unjustly targeted the displaced people of Karantina and was not applied to anyone else".
Merhej holds the State – represented by the Council of Ministers – collectively responsible because "it froze property under the pretext that it was 'under consideration' and has yet to give it that consideration." Merhej sees no solution in sight as "the problem has become bigger and you need courage to resolve it."
Away from all the legal disputes, in a small room in "Saint Simon", Hajjeh Samia's entire family, including her parents, meet up for a family reunion. The three sisters recall some memories of the time before the displacement and the eldest of the three brings a wooden box full of photographs of the family and their relatives. The pictures bring back some memories to Samia and she makes use of things that appear in the photo to tell the stories, blushing as she recounts how "the young men used to meet up in the afternoon at the crossroads; Riyad used to own a recreational store called 'Flippers'. He used to pass in front of my house before going to the store and I could recognize him by his perfume. Those were the days of 'Tabac', 'Glamour' and 'Ramage'".
"After our marriage, we would wait until midnight to close the store and go for a stroll in 'Jounieh' where there was a famous ice cream store. Our house was new and beautiful, as we had only been married for a year and a half when we were displaced. Mohammad had his own separate bedroom, hand-sewn clothes and a box full of jewelry as he was the firstborn grandchild and everyone loved him. We left everything there not knowing that we would not return. We left all our jewelry and money and it all disappeared.
An Isolated Room Below The Staircase
Below the stairway that leads to an old building in 'Tallet El Khayat' in Beirut is a small pathway. It leads to a room no bigger than 25 square meters. The room is one meter below street level with a small window as its only source of light and air. The only furniture inside is three couches, a big cupboard and a refrigerator standing against the wall. The kitchen and washroom are to one side of the pathway, having been cordoned off by the family when they moved in to the room for what they thought would be their temporary use, but has become a permanent part of their lodgings.
It was in this room that Riyad Diab's family took shelter a few days after they were displaced from Karantina in 1976. 'Hajj' Riyad is a father of three: Mohammad was born in Karantina, Rania was born the day of the displacement and Emad was born in 'Tallet El Khayat'. "At night, the couches are turned into beds for all the family to share" as the lady of the house says.
The 'Hajjeh' is not keen to talk about life in the 'room'. "Our situation today cannot be compared to what we had before, when the children were still in school and needed their own space to study and play. Today, there remain only three of us now that Rania and Imad are married".
The one thing the 'Hajjeh' does like to talk about is the "Karantina days". Her tone changes with the details she recounts and her voice starts to fade, indeed it almost disappears, when she gets to Displacement Day.
But before that day, how was life in the Karantina?
"We were very well off. We had everything we needed; my brothers changed cars every year. The Karantina girls would wear dresses like Suad Hosni (a famous Egyptian actress) and would compete with their sewing skills. Her husband interrupts her to say, "We were close to 'Sahet al Burj', 'Souq al-Tawileh' and 'Souq Iyass' in Central Beirut. We would walk to the Souq in the afternoon. People were happy. They were beautiful days. The houses were lovely and we owned one ourselves".
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"We were not allowed to visit our own property, not once", says Hajj Riyad. His son Imad did his military service in the barracks of the Karantina.
The 'Hajj' says with great sorrow, "When I went to visit him, they did not let me in so we met outside even though this land is mine and my son was serving there. At the time Imad told the soldiers, "You are all on my land" and the officer looked at him in surprise, so I said to the officer, "There is my home, exactly where that tree stands".
Talking about the Karantina seems to be painful for the entire family but he continues, "We are, however, still alive. I own land, one square meter of which is worth more than 4 thousand dollars (the lawyer says that land speculation could drive the price up to 10 thousand dollars per square meter), and yet we live in one room in a basement".
He also talks about the nominal compensation the residents received from the State for the damage caused by the destruction of the buildings: "Twenty thousand dollars for every demolished story, a sum that doesn't even cover the property, belongings or the cars that were stolen."
Riyad is scared by the brokers that come in every now and then, asking the landowners to sell their property for less than $3000 per square meter. Sometimes, they even demand the land for $2000. He says, "There is a network that exploits people and I think that this is meant to drive us to desperation and compel us to sell our land at very low prices. I know four displaced people whose heirs were in financial need and therefore sold the land for a pittance".
Fuad Matar also talks about this network saying, "It seems like a project has been in the making for a while now. We are forbidden from returning to the Northern entrance of Beirut for sectarian reasons, to keep the 'Solidere' (the touristic center in the Downtown) peaceful and make it part of a bigger future commercial project. The 'Solidere' is close to the 5th basin which has touristic value arising from its maritime importance," he explains.
"We received many offers from brokers to sell the land, even though the barracks are still there, so the issue here is similar to that of the Palestinians: the Right of Return".
Who is making the offers to buy the property?
Matar says that the late former prime minister Rafiq Al Hariri tried to buy the land in the 1990's but did not succeed.
"At the time, we put forward our case to the government and we stressed the issue of the landowners actually being Beirutis who vote in the first district. We tried to use the elections to press forward with the issue and were referred to a committee designated by the Council of Ministers to study the case. One of them once gave me this piece of advice, 'Do not dream of going back. There are projects awaiting this land'. Maybe he was right!"
He points to a piece of land on a map, one that is adjacent to the barracks, and says, "Before this was sold, it used to lie within the walls of the barracks (which means that the owner has no right to do anything with it). However, the fence was moved to allow the land to be sold."
"The land is owned by members of the Badawi family. They sold it after they've endured 40 years of injustice, because of their declining financial and health situation and because of the increasing number of heirs to the property.
We tried to verify this information with the Military Command but our request was rejected.
This investigation was carried out with the support of ARIJ and under the supervision of coach Bissan Cheikh.


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He completed his MSc in Orthopaedic Engineering from Cardiff University in 2008 and was also awarded Diploma SICOT (Société Internationale de Chirurgie Orthopédique et de Traumatologie) in 2008. He has made various presentations both nationally and internationally and is currently a faculty member of an internationally renowned course for preparation of the FRCS Trauma and Orthopaedic Examination.
He is a firm believer in good patient-doctor relationship and his ethos is that patients' full understanding of the disease process and plan of management is vital for their well-being and a good clinical outcome. Besides English, he can communicate in Arabic, Hindi, Urdu and Punjabi languages. He is happily married and has three lovely children who are an immense source of inspiration. His interests include playing table tennis, painting, sketching and composing music.
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Degenerative lumbar and cervical spinal conditions; Radiculopathy; Spinal trauma; Spinal tumours; Spinal infection; Myelopathy; Sacro-illiac joint arthropathy; Coccydynia
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Consultant Spine Surgeon
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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Cauda Equina Syndrome
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- FRCS (Tr & Orth) Royal College of Surgeons 2012
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Ella has discovered a secret room in The Yellow Cottage, but with it comes a ghost. Who was she? and how did she die? Ella needs to find the answers before either of them can find peace. But suddenly things take a nasty turn for the worse.
Ella Bridges has been living on Linhay Island for several months but still hasn't discovered the identity of her ghostly guest. Deciding to research the history of her cottage for clues she finds it is connected to Arundel Hall, the large Manor house on the bluff, and when an invitation to dinner arrives realises it is the perfect opportunity to discover more. However the evening takes a shocking turn when one of their party is murdered. Is The Curse of Arundel Hall one again rearing its ugly head, or is there a simpler explanation? Ella finds herself involved in two mysteries at once, and again joins forces with Scotland Yard's Police Commissioner to try and catch a killer. But will they succeed?
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A promise to wait forever shatters from doubt. Doubt in her fiancé and doubt in herself causes Treena Andrews to make a choice she comes to regret. Fifteen years later, can she make the broken pieces of her life whole?
Treena Michaels glanced at the miniscule diamond engagement ring on the third finger of her left hand. Four months ago, Rick Wilson had put the ring there and promised to return to her. Everything she'd dreamed of had happened in the space of two short years. She no longer lived with her father—a man who preached blind obedience for women to their men and enforced his teachings with fists and hateful words in his home. For the first time in her life, she was free to pursue a career she'd always dreamed of having, becoming a social worker for children who lived as she had after her mother disappeared. Within the next year, she would be Rick Wilson's wife. All she had to do was wait for him to come home from the War on Terrorism unscathed.
"He'll come home," she whispered. "Rick promised."
He had never broken a promise to her, not since the morning her mother disappeared, and he'd found her sobbing her heart out at the park in the center of Landry. Since that day, they'd grown closer and closer until she couldn't imagine living without him.
The tragic death of their child in a horrific fire scars Keri-Lynne and Jack Montrose in ways they never could have imagined, driving them apart for eighteen years. It is only when the truth of the fire comes out that they have one last chance to accept and embrace the love that they buried for so long.
A soft breeze, the kind that came during the warming from winter to spring, ruffled Keri-Lynne Montrose's waist-length blonde hair. Her hair wasn't the blonde idolized as the perfect American female but rather a honey color with streaks of strawberry tones that never came from a bottle. Creamy skin most thought would burn under the South's strong sun tanned gently. Hazel eyes surveyed a greenhouse hidden behind a high hedge, to keep others from knowing she was experimenting with the forbidden, but only forbidden by hidebound traditionalists who feared change.
"What today?" She examined the herbs she nurtured in this glass building. "I have to find a way to help Mother."
Almost two months have passed since the nightmare of non-custodial abduction that Keri and Shane endured. She still suffers from nightmares and a deep-seated fear of repeating the experience. He can't help trying to make her life easier, better in the hopes that she'll relax.
Keri & Shane fought back in Lost & Scared. Can they now look forward to a New Future on the most romantic night of the year?
The craziness that was the lives of my family is still long from over, but I'm trying to forget all that tonight. Today is Saturday. The date is February 14, the most romantic day of the year, and I'm more than ready to celebrate with my bestie and our boyfriends. Specifically, my bestie will show up at my house with my guy, to meet her guy and me for a romantic dinner. Oh, did I mention how her guy just happens to be my twin?
"Hey." Shane darts in the back door, a dozen grocery bags dangling from one hand. "Smells fabulous. What is it?"
"A surprise." My hands shake as I slice into the strawberries that I've picked out of the basket I got at the fruit market this morning. "If this part works."
Christmas was almost here.
Caryn O'Brien and Johnson Angel lost the music in their lives when circumstances tore them away from each other. Together, they were a talented team, but separate, all they had were empty spaces in their souls. It didn't help that the gulf between them was being forced open even wider by the bigotry and anger that surrounded them.
They had no way of knowing that those very things, which drove them apart, would also bring them together.
Caryn O'Brien stood in front of the choir, at the front of her church. On Christmas Eve she would celebrate her twenty-third birthday the same way she had done it since she was seven—by singing a solo of the one holiday song that meant so much to her.
She bowed her head forward, letting her copper colored hair conceal her face. It was better this way, so no one could see her excruciating pain. The source of said pain wasn't visible. How does one show that their heart has shattered? How does a person get over the worst betrayal of their life? No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't bring her voice to the level of intensity required to make this song memorable.
I've loved Silent Night since the first time I heard it. Why can't I sing it right now?
The organ player wasn't getting the beat right. Her pathetic attempt to put everything in her heart into the music was failing miserably. All the classes she'd taken since fourth grade to improve her voice and make her into a singer had been nothing but a waste of time and money.
I'm lost without Johnson. He's the reason I have always sounded so good.
A special bikini puts courage into Beth to approach the guy of her dreams. Trane looks forward to the waves and talking to a girl who has caught his eye. The Summer of '72 on the longest day of the year, two teens discover love on the beach, amid adventure and fun.
"Oh, that is so gorgeous!"
Beth Ramsey ignored the tiny, square bedroom lost in the sixties to admire her slim figure in a mirror hanging on her door. The orange bikini she now wore offset her dark tan so well. The tiny gold clasp holding the top on tight might cause problems later, if she didn't lather up that area with a lot of Swedish Tanning Secret. But she was prepared with not one but three tubes of the lotion that had helped her achieve the healthy glow on her skin.
"I can't wait until Trane sees me." She blew a kiss at her reflection and yanked on a pair of short shorts that were nothing more than a pair of her old jeans she'd cut off. A flimsy, see through, white blouse would provide some protection against the wind later, when she returned home from what she planned to be a celebration of the summer solstice on Malibu beach tonight.
Her child vanishes in a puff of smoke.
Multi-billionaire Mark Jannson has everything money can buy. If it has no financial value, he wants nothing to do with it. International best selling romance author Sheila Carson lives only for her child, Lanie. Ben Mason fell for the lovely yet reclusive Sheila when she divorced her husband and vows to help her find her child. Eleanor Jannson has questions her dad won't answer.
An arson to cover up murder and kidnapping in Colorado's Front Range near Denver begins with a puff of smoke. For almost eleven years, Sheila never gives up hope that she will find her daughter alive, even though officially the child was declared dead in the fire that consumed her ex-husband's home. Mark lives in constant fear that his former wife will uncover his horrific secret and will do anything, including ordering another murder, to cover his tracks. Ben Mason has connections he's loathe to disclose but uses them to assist Sheila in this international murder mystery.
A smile was on his face. Despite the fact that he was supposed to connect with the egg donor of this lovely child, he had no thoughts of doing that or returning the kid at the appointed time. His timing was perfect. The child—Lanie is such an idiotic name; I'll have to come up with another one—would be five in a few days. In time, she would forget there had been his loser ex in her life. She—Sheila will regret divorcing me—had battered through his training, all he'd gone through to make her a compliant and complacent wife. She'd run away after he ordered her to get an abortion.
The discovery of three teenage girls found hanging from an ancient elm tree, alleged suicides, on the grounds of abandoned Starlight Mansion by a teenage boy sets him on a mission to find the truth. Nearly forty years later, now the sheriff, Big Jake finds himself drawn into the investigation of a mysterious "suicide" and the disappearance of another teenager.
Jayme Barclay sees her fifteen-year-old daughter swinging on a rope from a tree at the mansion the county commissioner is turning into a resort. Brad Patterson loses a piece of himself when he answers the 911 call to get to Starlight on a snowy December night.
A year later, the mystery surrounding Tawni's alleged suicide still haunts both Jayme and Brad. Big Jake has been shackled in this investigation, much like another sheriff so many years ago.
Reluctant teens hold back information, until Jayme returns to the hometown she abandoned, to find the truth. Brad hates that he had to intrude on her grief, but also believes this is his chance to redeem himself for not protecting the daughter of the woman he loves. Big Jake suspects who the killer is and that the person isn't done yet, but must stand back and allow a younger man stand up against a powerful and corrupt group of politicians.
Sleet and snow whipped around Starlight Mansion. A young teen, a mere thirteen-years-old, scampered in and around the tree stumps, scooted around boulders filling a former field where corn had once grown tall, and laughed as the winter storm pelted his face and bare hands. Jake Haskins had no problem with the bitter cold. Not one bit. Even the legends surrounding the long abandoned, decrepit mansion didn't bother him.
Being the normally curious boy that he was, Jake crept up on the rear of the fabled house and tiptoed onto the back porch. Planks creaked under his boots, held together with duct tape around the toes. There'd been hints he'd get a new pair tomorrow, if he was good. He figured being good meant staying away from Mama until she cooled off after their earlier confrontation. Of course, she might not cool off much, since their words had been those of an exasperated woman putting up with half a dozen young children and a surly teen stuck in a house that was too small at best. Getting angry with his life had never been something Jake did, but he was fed up with being called a poor pig farmer whose daddy couldn't rub two nickels together.


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