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Renowned music photographer Henry Diltz has taken photos of rock 'n' roll's most famous stars since the 1960s. Self-taught, Diltz picked up the photography bug while touring with his band, Modern Folk Quartet, with a $20, second-hand Kodak Pony camera. After MFQ disbanded, he graduated from amateur shutterbug to professional photographer when one of his photos was used for a Lovin' Spoonful album cover.
Since then, his works have graced more than 300 covers and appeared on the pages of magazines, books and newspapers around the globe. The rapport Henry has with his musician friends has always enabled him to capture candid and intimate moments with his subjects.
The following are selections from Diltz's newly published book, Unpainted Faces, which showcases a collection of over 150 photos of rock legends and celebrities, along with Henry's personal insight into each image.
Neil Young & Moose ● 1975 "Sharing his Corona beer with a moose head we discovered in the garage of a house Neil was buying in Malibu." (© Henry Diltz/Morrison Hotel Gallery)
Michael Jackson ● 1971 "Rolling Stone called one day and asked me to go to the Motown Records office in L.A. to photograph the Jackson 5 answering fan mail. This picture was used on the cover of Rolling Stone." (© Henry Diltz/Morrison Hotel Gallery)
Keith Richards ● 1979 "I spent three weeks touring with Ron Wood's group, the New Barbarians, which included Keith Richards. All we saw were airplanes, hotels and concert halls but there was never a boring moment. The band rarely went to bed and always had reggae tapes blasting. Here is Keith just off the plane and waiting by the limo to ride to the next concert." (© Henry Diltz/Morrison Hotel Gallery)
Keith Richards and Ron Wood ● 1979 "Ron Wood's New Barbarians record promo tour with Keith in the band was the Rolling Stones without Mick as the leader. I flew in a small plane with these two guys for the last concert in San Diego. They were a captive audience for my camera but I was the captive audience for their amazing energy." (© Henry Diltz/Morrison Hotel Gallery)
Paul McCartney ● Virgin Islands ● 1977 "The McCartneys called me from the Virgin Islands in the Caribbean. Over a ship's radiophone, the voice was all crackly: 'Henry, can you come down here and take some photos of us?' There were three boats: one to live on, one for the crew, and one that was jammed with recording gear. They floated on the Watermelon Bay for a month while they recorded the Wings album 'London Town.' Paul and his daughters, Stella and Mary, sometimes entertained us around the dinner table with sea songs and musical plays they had made up. I was glad to be there." (© Henry Diltz/Morrison Hotel Gallery)
Richard Pryor ● Beverly Hills ● 1968 "When I arrived at Richard Pryor's house to photograph him for his first album, he wouldn't get out of bed. He wanted me to take his picture while he slept. We talked about some other ideas and he spoke of a cave near his house where he could do something from his 'roots.' The album cover was then designed like a National Geographic magazine cover, but it looked so real the magazine made us change it." (© Henry Diltz/Morrison Hotel Gallery)
Crosby, Stills and Nash ● 1969 "This early picture of CSN was taken in my friend Gary Burden's barn on the day we photographed them sitting on the old couch for their first album cover." (© Henry Diltz/Morrison Hotel Gallery)
Janis Joplin ● Woodstock ● 1969 "This was the second time I photographed Janis. The first time was at the Monterey Pop Festival. At Monterey she had been a surprising newcomer. At Woodstock she was a seasoned pro. Both places she sang her heart out." (© Henry Diltz/Morrison Hotel Gallery)
James Taylor ● 1969 "James Taylor and I were walking around Cyrus Faryar's artist colony called The Farm looking for a good place to take another publicity picture. He leaned on a post beside an old garage. I took a couple of quick shots and this became the cover of his 'Sweet Baby James' album. Actually it was a color photo I took right after this one, but I like this one better." (© Henry Diltz/Morrison Hotel Gallery)
The Who ● Monterey Pop Festival ● 1967 "The Who surprised everyone when they smashed up their instruments at the end of their Monterey Pop show. A sound engineer came running out to save the expensive microphones and almost got a whack from Pete Townsends's flying guitar." (© Henry Diltz/Morrison Hotel Gallery)
Eagles with Jackson Browne & J.D. Souther ● 1972 "We went out to an old Western movie town in the Malibu hills with lotsa guns and beer and spent the day playing cowboys. The Eagles were the bank hold-up gang and their managers and roadies were the lawmen. For the first couple hours we photographed without actually shooting the guns. Then we loaded them with blanks and from that point on it got very real. The noise was deafening and the cloud of smoke that rose up into the air caused the fire department to arrive with sirens wailing.
"The picture of the dead gang was based on a picture J.D. Souther had found in a book on the Old West. The old picture showed the Dalton Brothers gang laid out dead in the street with their hands tied and the lawmen posing behind them like so many hunters with their dead game." (© Henry Diltz/Morrison Hotel Gallery)
Jack Nicholson & The Monkees ● 1968 "Jack Nicholson and The Monkees in their dressing room before filming a concert for their movie 'Head.' Jack was a friend who also helped to write and produce the movie." (© Henry Diltz/Morrison Hotel Gallery)
Jim Morrison ● Hollywood Bowl ● 1968 "Jim Morrison was definitely an interesting guy… and an interested guy. He was often quiet but always very alert to what was going on around him. He struck me as being a bemused poet who wanted to know all the meanings of life. One day I went with him to talk to old men in sleazy bars downtown. He would buy them a drink and then get them to talk while he sat and listened with just the hint of a smile on his face." (© Henry Diltz/Morrison Hotel Gallery)
Tom Waits ● 1980 "My friend Stephen K. Peeples was going to interview Tom Waits in a little room at the Zoetrope movie studio in Hollywood. Tom was writing music for Francis Ford Coppola's 'One From the Heart.' I went along just to hang out. There were music manuscripts all over the floor." (© Henry Diltz/Morrison Hotel Gallery)
Joni Mitchell ● Laurel Canyon ● 1970 "Joni is leaning on the window sill of her cottage in Laurel Canyon. This is the house Graham Nash sings about in the song 'Our House' ('is a very, very, very fine house')." (© Henry Diltz/Morrison Hotel Gallery)
Bob Seger ● 1986 "Bob Seger sitting on a Chevy Corvette waiting for the train to go by. Actually the train was going by all night long as part of the video he was filming."
Diltz is a founding partner in the Morrison Hotel Gallery in New York, which exhibits fine art music photography, and he continues his photographic career to this day. Unpainted Faces is only available for sale through the gallery website at www.morrisonhotelgallery.com and is published by Morrison Hotel Publishing.


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Ohlman, 21, will miss his next 50 games after a second violation of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program for a drug of abuse, the Office of the Commissioner of Baseball announced. The ban will be effective immediately.
The Bradenton, Fla., native, a 2011 South Atlantic League All-Star, is currently on the 7-Day disabled list for Class A Delmarva with a right shoulder injury and has yet to appear in a game this season.
Baltimore's 11th-round pick in 2009 out of Lakewood Ranch (Fla.) High School, Ohlman spent the 2011 season with the Shorebirds, where he finished batting .224 with four homers, 51 RBIs, 15 doubles and a .320 on-base percentage.
The 6-foot-4 right-handed swinging Ohlman debuted in 2009 with the O's Gulf Coast League affiliate before splitting the 2010 season between Rookie-level Bluefield and Delmarva.
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The pictures of school children eating in the bathroom are taken from Facebook and they were posted by a mother whose kids go to the same school. As the mother claims, all these school children are non-Muslims and they are forced to eat during breaks in bathroom during the month of Ramazan (pausa month).
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Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
Personal Review
Coordinates: 5°58'22"N 116°4'33"E
Map from Kota Kinabalu International Airport to The Palace Hotel Kota Kinabalu here.
Official website www.thepalacehotel-sabah.com.
*Booked the room using AGODA for RM127.59 inclusive service charges and tax*
My friend and I staying here only from 10.00 pm to 9.00 am. Thus, my experience here only limited to that period
My first impression about this hotel is that it's far from the main road. If you go to the Wikimapia here, you will see what I mean. For a tourist, they need to walk down the hills to get a public transport. Apart from that, since the hotel is far from the main road, there is no food stall nearby. Lucky for us since this is a business trip, there will be a driver who will pick us up to the office.
Second impression is that the exterior lighting look like a night pub. Luckily it is not.
Our room is at the ground floor which there is no window. This is the first time I'm staying at a room with no window and I really regret it. From Peninsular Malaysia to Sabah, there is a timing differences. Since there is no window, it was hard for us to predict the time & the sunrise. We assumed that the differences is only one hour early.
The interior design is totally white. Most of the furniture and items in the room are whites. Maybe they want a modern concept but the whites are too much. Nevertheless, the room is clean and super comfy. The bathroom is clean too (this is the most important thing about a staying place) and spacious.
With RM127.59, I do think that this room is enough for me since it is spacious, clean and great washroom - not included the no-window and whites-decoration into consideration. I'm still happy with the room and what we get with what we have been paid.
The room did not provide any iron to the customers. We need to call the cleaner asking for an iron. We call at night after check-in and until midnight, our iron still did not arrived. We did call a few times for a reminder but it was still the same. I'm quite upset since they said that they can send the iron which make us to wait - although we were so tired from the juggling flight fighting the mighty turbulence. With a sullen heart, we ended our night in bed hoping that they will send the iron on the next morning. On the next morning, we call the cleaner again and hoping that they can send the iron. In 10 minutes, it arrived at our door. Fuh... they should not made their customer wait that long. Just tell the truth either they can or not send the iron. As simple as that.
That's all some of our experience at the hotel. Below are some pictures of our room. Please take note that it's does not as fancy and beautiful as what have been portrayed in their main website. A marketing strategy maybe?
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Online Conferencing Tools
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- How to brochure - The Higher Education Academy
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Journal Articles on Videoconferencing
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Model fixes
Posted 17 December 2005 - 04:33 AM
i noticed ALOT of those 1 sided textures, but i did not thing they were a big thing. boy, im the least trustworthy person alive. sorry choof, i dont think i have time to test out your fixes
unless that subway thing is true
Posted 17 December 2005 - 08:23 AM
Offtopic - Just curious, are space and DMA still working on the audio so that we'll have more files for v6. I know that space hasn't been working on the mod for a while, but are we hoping for more audio in time for v6? I know that this wasn't a specific goal, but any progress would still be good .
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Posted 26 December 2005 - 11:29 PM
|QUOTE (Talidan @ Dec 27 2005, 06:38)
|can we have any permanent links for the model fixes?
The model fixes will be included in the next update package that Craig releases. At this stage, they're not all complete and I'm not sure if Craig is going to wait til they are before the next update, or whether he release it in the meantime as Choofy is away for 3 weeks, so he won't be working on them. But no, I doubt there will be permanent links to the model fixes - there's no need.
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Posted 02 January 2006 - 12:50 AM
It is good to see though that you have your priorities right though - drinking at the top of the list! Have a good one - I'll talk to you more once you get back.
EDIT - Oh, and I forgot to mention if you get a chance, check your email. I've sent you some stuff about the overview.ipl that you were working on. You may have already replied, but I haven't checked my email for a couple of days now - I'll go and do that when I'm finished here.
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Posted 04 January 2006 - 03:01 AM Edited by benisablink182fan, 04 January 2006 - 04:41 AM.
Here's a pic:
The arrow (although it's not real clear - sorry) is pointing to the side of the building - I'm standing on the roof. The circle shows another 2d error on a building - but it might just be that I'm up so high. The building I'm on is one of the towers on Staunton - to go there yourself, you'll have to adjust the maximum helicopter height to at least 500. Hope you can figure it out !
EDIT - Here's another model bug, but this one may have already been fixed since it is in Portland. It overlooks Luigi's club, and you can see the subway straight through. Here's a pic:
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Posted 06 January 2006 - 06:22 AM
Yes the ones that pertained to the '2dfix' idea are all done, craig you dont have them yet as its a little hard to send from net cafes in small towns aus Thomas yes of course any you notice will be fixed, any problems found with mine will also be fixed. Im onto making new lods as well as re iding a few, and sorting the id numbers for gta overall. Anything I have missed above^^^ sorry
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Posted 07 January 2006 - 12:29 AM
offtopic, you may have noticed the link in my signature saying f*cking Rockstar. thats all about Rock$tar porting LCS to PS2, unfortunatly for me, LCS was 70% of the reason why i bought a psp/ [/off-topic]
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Posted 07 January 2006 - 02:56 AM Edited by Choofy, 17 January 2006 - 03:25 AM.
Posted 29 January 2006 - 10:20 PM
That particular model fix will need to be fixed so we can have it included in the next release, and something will have to be done about the water getting into the cave - can that just be stopped with a col file fix or is it controlled by the scm or exe?
Also, how's your progress going on everything else you're involved in?
Posted 30 January 2006 - 10:10 PM Edited by [4D]Outback, 30 January 2006 - 10:59 PM.
On that note, would I be able to send you a Zmodeler file that can be exported back into the game when I'm done?
Posted 31 January 2006 - 10:16 AM
j/k but he isnt talking much
Posted 31 January 2006 - 07:14 PM
Posted 31 January 2006 - 08:36 PM Edited by Choofy, 31 January 2006 - 09:43 PM.
EDIT: the cave is done.
Posted 31 January 2006 - 09:09 PM Edited by benisablink182fan, 31 January 2006 - 09:26 PM.
Did you get those overview bugs I sent you, and have you had a chance to look into them at all yet?
EDIT - Also, can you have a look at the v6 checklist and make sure I haven't missed anything, whether it be a task you're doing, or something that you've done that hasn't been ticked off.
Just post in the download topic and let me know (even if it's all good) please. Thanks
Posted 21 February 2006 - 06:29 AM Edited by benisablink182fan, 21 February 2006 - 06:31 AM.
EDIT - Changed one of the urls.
Posted 21 February 2006 - 11:49 AM
Choofy - Good job on getting the models done - Test3 looks great. You know of the Staunton vanishing building bug, right?
Posted 21 February 2006 - 10:12 PM
Vanishing building on Staunton? Is that something I posted in the bugs list? I forget - there was so many posts - I can't remember them all !
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of color are desperately seeking the right color.
will tell you: makeup for African American women is about matching three
things: skin color, skin type and skin tone.
The problem is some women of color like Whitney Joy of
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So she
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Berry and Queen Latifah. They tout value-priced, brand-name makeup lines,
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took turns applying each line, wiping her face clean between each application.
conclusion: "I didn't come to a conclusion," she said in frustration. "I
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of color, we have what we call 'facial masking,'" said Autumn
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would recommend go to a professional, have your make-up done," Kuykendall said.
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Thin-client desktops: Not defunct yet
Building a thin-client strategy
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Thin-client systems differ from regular PCs, or "fat clients," in that they do not run programs locally at the desktop. They can be self-contained, sealed units; older workstations; or PCs with ports for a keyboard and a mouse. However, they have no hard disk, RAM or modem. In some cases, at the information technology manager's discretion, an external drive or printer can be connected. Thin-client machines have enough ROM to hold the kernel of the operating system, a graphical user interface and, increasingly these days, a Web browser.
A Network Interface Card provides the server with each thin client's Media Access Control address so it knows where to send information. During computing sessions, the only data that passes through the network between the thin client and server are screen updates. All application processing is done on the server.
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Chilli con Carne
Serves: 4
Oven Temperature: n/a
Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 35 minutes
1 spray of vegetable oil
1 tsp chilli powder (a little first & taste as strength varies)
225 g (8 oz) red kidney beans
455 g (1 lb) extra lean minced beef
2 tsp cumin
2 tsp paprika
1 onion, diced
1 tbsp tomato purée
1 green pepper, diced
400 g (14 oz) can of tomatoes
1 green chilli
1 red chilli
Dry fry the mince in a non-stick frying pan until fully browned then set aside.
Heat oil in the pan, add the onion, pepper, fresh chilli and chilli powder and cook until soft.
Add the tomatoes and the mince. Season with salt and pepper.
Stir and keep over a medium heat for 20 minutes.
Add the kidney beans and cook for a further 510 minutes.
Serve with 125 g (4½ oz) boiled rice per person.
How about going a bit Szechuan? sweet and hot. There are some good sauces around if you can nip down the supermarket, but the link gives you a recipe. If you're savvy with chinese you can basically add what you want.
Whack in some mince and see what occurs! It'll be like chinese spag bol !!
Soften a large onion with loads of chopped garlic in olive oil.
When just starting to golden, add mince and cook thoroughly.
Add large glass of red wine and reduce until virtually no wine left.
Add some chopped smoked sausage, cook further.
De-seed 3/4 fresh halapeno, finely chop and add.
Add fresh or canned tomatoes.
Add mixed beans (different from kidney beans, lighter texture).
Cook for a while, drink remaining red wine.
Towards end, add habanero/scotch bonnet hot sauce, salt and ground black pepper.
5 mins before end add fresh chopped parsley.
Serve in a bowl with garlic bread that drips down your chin.
I'm off to the supermarket....
Hmmm, maybe getting a little advanced.
I've seen chocolate being mentioned as a secret ingredient.
And there's no end of arguments as to whether tomato should be used, or kidney beans.
See, the humble Chili isn't so simple.
Now that's a cracking recipe, Nev. I've got some Bajan Hot Chili Sauce in the cupboard. May give that a whirl.
I always put chocolate in mine (although do go easy on it), along with fresh coriander.
Also, I usually use one or two more fresh chillies than the recipes above (for 4 servings, I would use probably 10 jalapenos, some dried poblanos and 2 to 3 habaneros/scotch bonnet (straight from the greenhouse).
I also add a chopped up bell pepper or two.
I saw Keith Floyd in a chilli competition in Texas once, and he left out the tomatoes as they are not authentic. He didn't win and was particularly criticised for not having tomatoes.
Depends whether you want mexican or "tex/mex".
Any regular chili recipe with Chilis, Chocolate in equal amount and a teaspoon of cinnamon.
Don't forget the wine vinegar and brown sugar either and use whole dried or fresh chillis, much better than powder.
Can you get a chocolate substitute that would do?
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| Pakistan
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Ayub Khan
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Tikka Khan
Rahimuddin Khan
Pervez Musharraf
Ashfaq Parvez Kayani
Shah Reza Pahlavi
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Nowroz Khan (POW)
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|~6,000 civilians killed in Pakistan (1973–1977)[14]
1,628+ civilians killed in Pakistan (2004–2009)[10][15]
The Balochistan conflict is an ongoing conflict between the belligerent "Baloch nationalists" and the Government of Pakistan in a region which includes the Balochistan province in southwestern Pakistan.
Issues range from human rights abuses, greater autonomy, increased royalties from natural resources and provincial revenue, and in some cases full secession.[17] Recently, militants have clashed with the Islamic Republic of Iran over its respective Baloch region, which borders Pakistan. The belligerent groups operate in the Pakistani part of the region, the Iranian part and in southern Afghanistan. Since the 2010s, attacks against the Shia community by sectarian groups, though unrelated to the political struggle, have also continued to rise in Balochistan. Balochistan is one of Pakistan's poorest regions although it has vast natural resources.[18] Baloch separatists allege that the central government of Pakistan is systematically suppressing development in Balochistan to keep the Balochs weak, whilst the opponents argue International Investors have been unwilling to invest in the region .[18]
The Balochistan Liberation Army has been accused by Pakistani state agencies of engaging in several domestic violent incidents when the attacks were however claimed by another group called Lashkar-e-Balochistan.[19] It has been designated as a terrorist group by the Government of Pakistan. Internationally, only United Kingdom considers the belligerents as a terrorist group.[20] BLA has been accused of numerous terrorist attacks.[21][22][23][24]
- 1 Area of dispute
- 2 Class division
- 3 History
- 4 Foreign support
- 5 Human rights
- 6 Development issues
- 7 Education issue
- 8 Supreme Court investigation
- 9 See also
- 10 References
- 11 External links
Area of dispute[edit]
Historical Balochistan comprised the Balochistan region. Its western region was the southern part of Sistan o Baluchestan province, Iran. In the east was Pakistani Balochistan. In the northwest the Helmand province of Afghanistan. The Gulf of Oman formed its southern border.
Although historical Balochistan is the largest (44% of the country's area) region of Pakistan, it is the least populated (only 5% of the population) and the least developed area.[25]
Stuart Notholt in his Atlas of Ethnic Conflict describes it as a "nationalist/self-determination conflict".[26]
Class division[edit]
A report published in Dawn, Pakistan's leading English-language news publication, highlighted the economic dimensions to the conflict. Noting that while Balochistan was considered a "neglected province where a majority of population lacks amenities", its ruling elite enjoyed glamorous lifestyles that provided a different perspective. The report observed that members of Balochistan's elite society, including provincial government ministers and officials, owned "pieces of land greater in size than some small towns of the country", and had luxury vehicles, properties, investments and businesses valued at millions of rupees.[27]
First conflict 1948[edit]
Balochistan consisted of four princely states under the British Raj. Three of these, Makran, Las Bela and Kharan willingly joined with Pakistan in 1947 after independence.[28]
The Khan of Kalat, Ahmed Yaar Khan chose independence as this was one of the options given to all of the 535 princely states by Clement Attlee.[29]
Second conflict 1958–59[edit]
Nawab Nowroz Khan took up arms in resistance to the One Unit policy, which decreased government representation for tribal leaders. He and his followers started a guerrilla war against Pakistan. Nowroz Khan and his followers were charged with treason and arrested and confined in Hyderabad jail. Five of his family members (sons and nephews) were subsequently hanged under charges of aiding murder of Pakistani troops and treason. Nawab Nowroz Khan later died in captivity.[30]
Third conflict 1963–69[edit]
After the second conflict, the federal government sent the Army to build new military bases in the key conflict areas of Balochistan to resist further chaos. Sher Muhammad Bijrani Marri led like-minded militants into guerrilla warfare by creating their own insurgent bases spread out over 45,000 miles (72,000 km) of land, from the Mengal tribal area in the south to the Marri and Bugti tribal areas in the north. Their goal was to force Pakistan to share revenue generated from the Sui gas fields with the tribal leaders. The insurgents bombed railway tracks and ambushed convoys. The Army retaliated by destroying vast areas of the Marri tribe's land. This insurgency ended in 1969 and the Baloch separatists agreed to a ceasefire. Yahya Khan abolished the "One Unit" policy.[31] This eventually led to the recognition of Balochistan as the fourth province of West Pakistan (present-day Pakistan) in 1970, containing all the Balochistani princely states, the High Commissioners Province and Gwadar, an 800 km2 coastal area purchased by the Pakistani government from Oman.
Fourth conflict 1973–77[edit]
Citing treason, President Bhutto dismissed the provincial governments of Balochistan and NWFP and imposed martial law in those provinces.[32] Dismissal of the provincial governments led to armed insurgency. Khair Bakhsh Marri formed the Balochistan People's Liberation Front (BPLF), which led large numbers of Marri and Mengal tribesmen into guerrilla warfare against the central government.[33] According to some authors, the Pakistani military lost 300 to 400 soldiers during the conflict with the Balochi separatists, while between 7,300 and 9,000 Balochi militants and civilians were killed.[14]
Fifth conflict 2004–to date[edit]
In 2005, the Baluch political leaders Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti and Mir Balach Marri presented a 15-point agenda to the Pakistan government. Their stated demands included greater control of the province's resources and a moratorium on the construction of military bases.[34] On 15 December 2005 inspector general of the Frontier Corps, Major General Shujaat Zamir Dar and his deputy Brigadier Salim Nawaz (the current IGFC) were wounded after shots were fired at their helicopter in the Balochistan province. The provincial interior secretary later said that "both of them were wounded in the leg but both are in stable condition." The two men had been visiting Kohlu, about 220 km (140 mi) southeast of Quetta, when their aircraft came under fire. The helicopter landed safely.[35]
In August 2006, Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, 79 years old, was killed in fighting with the Pakistan Army in which at least 60 Pakistani soldiers and 7 officers were killed. He was charged by Pakistan's government of a series of bomb blasts, killings of the people he professed to protect and the rocket attack on President Pervez Musharraf.[36]
In April 2009, Baloch National Movement president Ghulam Mohammed Baloch and two other nationalist leaders (Lala Munir and Sher Muhammad) were seized from a small legal office and were allegedly "handcuffed, blindfolded and hustled into a waiting pickup truck which is in still [sic] use of intelligence forces in front of their lawyer and neighboring shopkeepers." The gunmen were allegedly speaking in Persian (a national language of neighbouring Afghanistan and Iran). Five days later, on 8 April, their bodies, "riddled with bullets" were found in a commercial area. The BLA claimed Pakistani forces were behind the killings, though international experts have deemed it odd that the Pakistani forces would be careless enough to allow the bodies to be found so easily and "light Balochistan on fire" (Herald) if they were truly responsible.[37] The discovery of the bodies sparked "rioting and weeks of strikes, demonstrations and civil resistance" in cities and towns around Balochistan.[38] (See Turbat killings).
On 12 August 2009, Khan of Kalat Mir Suleiman Dawood declared himself ruler of Balochistan and formally announced a Council for Independent Balochistan. The council's claimed domain includes "Baloch of Iran", as well as Pakistani Balochistan, but does not include Afghan Baloch regions, and the council contains "all separatist leaders including Nawabzada Bramdagh Bugti." He claimed that "the UK had a moral responsibility to raise the issue of Balochistan's illegal occupation at international level."[39]
The Economist writes:
"[The Baloch separatists] are supported—with money, influence or sympathy—by some members of the powerful Bugti tribe and by parts of the Baloch middle class. This makes today's insurgency stronger than previous ones, but the separatists will nevertheless struggle to prevail over Pakistan's huge army."[21]—The Economist, April2012
Attacks by Jundallah in Iran[edit]
- 2007 Zahedan bombings: 18 people were killed.
- 2009 Zahedan bombing: 20 people were killed.
- 2009 Pishin bombing: 43 people were killed.
- July 2010 Zahedan bombings: 27 people were killed.
- 2010 Chabahar suicide bombing: 38 people were killed.
Among the deaths in the Pishin bombings were two Iranian Revolutionary Guards generals: Noor Ali Shooshtari, the deputy commander of the Revolutionary Guards' ground forces and Rajab Ali Mhammadzadeh, the Revolutionary Guards' Sistan and Baluchistan provincial commander.[40]
From 2006 to 2010, 254-346 people were killed in Jundullah-related violence in Iran.[41]
Foreign support[edit]
Pakistan has repeatedly accused India, and occasionally the U.S., of supporting the Baluch rebels to destabilise the country. Both countries have denied the charge.[42][43] Iran has accused America of supporting Jundallah "for years." America has denied the charge.[44]
According to Robert Wirsing, Pakistan was supporting Islamist extremists, especially Gulbuddin Hekmatyar and his Hezb-e Islami, and their insurgency against the Afghan government of Mohammed Daoud Khan since the early 1970s.[45] But according to R. T. Naylor, Pakistan supported these groups against Daoud Khan in revenge, who was arming Pakistani pashtuns to raise instability in Pakistan. Daoud also established militant training camps in Afghanistan to train Baloch rebels, that were the first modern training camps in the country.[46]
On the other side, the former Pakistani ambassador to the US, Hussain Haqqani, wrote that during the 1970s training camps were set up in Afghanistan by the then President Mohammed Daoud Khan, to support the Baloch separatists in Pakistan.[47] According to a student paper, "Pakistan's fear that a communist Afghanistan would embolden the Baloch and Pashtun Marxist separatists in the western Pakistani province of Balochistan was confirmed when Daoud began supporting Marxist Baloch and Pashtun groups in eastern Afghanistan".[48]
|As president, Daoud started antagonising Pakistan [...] He set up a training camp outside Kandahar for Baluch rebels to forment trouble across the border in Pakistan...
—Christian Parenti, Tropic of Chaos: Climate Change and the New Geography of Violence (2011), p.103[49]
Daoud Khan was removed from power in Afghanistan in 1978 by a communist coup.
In 2012, Pakistani interior minister Rehman Malik stated that Baloch Republican Party chief Brahamdagh Bugti was operating militant training camps in Afghanistan which were dismantled only after Islamabad conveyed its knowledge of these camps to Kabul. Malik said that the camps in Afghanistan were responsible for training up to 5,000 insurgents who were causing unrest in Balochistan and that Bugti had hired three large houses in Kabul. The Pakistani minister claimed that the president of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, had accepted that militants based in Afghanistan were fuelling terrorism in Balochistan. Karzai, according to the Pakistani minister, had assured Pakistan that it would close the infiltration of these militants.[50] "President Karzai has promised to stop infiltration of militants from Afghanistan into Pakistan", Malik said. The Pakistani Tribune wrote that, "in response to Islamabad's request, Kabul has formally given its assurance to stop the infiltration of militants from Kandahar to Balochistan's border district Chaman."[51] President Karzai himself has always denied that Balochs living in Afghanistan's Baloch areas were supporting an armed struggle in Balochistan.[52] According to wikileaks cables, Karzai said in a 2007 conversation with U.S. officials, "that [Baloch leader] Bugti had once tried to call Karzai but he had refused for the sake of good relations with Pakistan. Now he cannot forgive himself for refusing. Karzai assessed that Pakistan had troubles with many other tribes too, as a result of its trying to divide and conquer and turn the tribes against each other. Pakistan needed to address the bigger picture, Karzai urged."[52] Baloch leaders such as Bugti left Afghanistan for Switzerland.[50] Against the backdrop of heavy criticism against Pakistan's Frontier Corps "over its alleged role in forced disappearances and human rights violations in Balochistan", the chief of the paramilitary Frontier Corps troops in Balochistan, Major General Obaidullah Khan Khattak, said in June 2012 that "over 30 militant camps" had been established in Afghanistan which were being used "to launch terrorist and anti-state activities in Balochistan".[53]
Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence has been accused of working with the Afghan Taliban in Balochistan, with the Taliban's leadership council, Quetta Shura, named after the provincial capital Quetta.[54][55][56] Some observers hope that the anti-Taliban Baloch separatists could act against the spread of Taliban and Al-Qaeda forces which are operating in Pakistani Balochistan and crossing into Afghanistan.[57]
Brahamdagh Bugti in an interview stated he would accept aid from India, Afghanistan and Iran which would help in the defence of Baluchistan.[58] Pakistan has repeatedly accused India, and occasionally the U.S., of supporting the Baluch rebels to destabilise the country claiming undeniable evidence which it failed to present.[42][43] Wright-Neville writes that besides Pakistan, some Western observers also believe that India secretly funds the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA).[59] In August 2013 US Special Representative James Dobbins said Pakistan's fears over India's role in afghanistan are "not groundless.[60] Defence Secretary and former Senator Chuck Hagel said "India for some time has always used Afghanistan as a second front, and India has over the years financed problems for Pakistan on that side of the border".[61] However, former Af-Pak envoy, Richard Holbrooke, said in 2011 that while Pakistan had repeatedly shared its allegations with Washington it had failed to provide any evidence to the United States that India was involved in separatist movements in Balochistan. He did not consider Pakistan's accusations against India credible.[62] Holbrooke also strongly rejected the allegation India was using its consulates in Afghanistan as launching pads, saying he had "no reason to believe Islamabad's charges", and "Pakistan would do well to examine its own internal problems".[62]
India has categorically denied the allegations and pointed to Pakistan failing to provide any evidence.[43]
On 10 February 1973, Pakistani police and paramilitary raided the Iraqi embassy in Islamabad without prior permission of the Iraqi government, during which a large cache of small arms, ammunition, grenades and other supplies were found in crates marked 'Foreign Ministry, Baghdad'. The ammunition and weaponry was believed to be destined for Baloch rebels. Pakistan responded by expelling and declaring persona non grata the Iraqi Ambassador Hikmat Sulaiman and other consular staff. In a letter to President Nixon on February 14, Bhutto blamed India and Afghanistan, besides Iraq and the Soviet Union, for involvement in a "conspiracy … [with] subversive and irredentist elements which seek to disrupt Pakistan's integrity"[63]
Alleged Israeli and American state involvement[edit]
Syed F. Hasnat alleges that Russia during the Soviet war in Afghanistan (1979–1989) helped establish the Balochistan Liberation Army,[64][not in citation given] however, David Wright-Neville writes that the Balochistan Liberation Army was only established in 2000.[59]
In February 2010 a Jundullah leader (Abdulmalek Rigi) captured by Iran alleged on Iranian TV "that the US had promised to provide" Jundullah "with military equipment and a base in Afghanistan, near the Iranian border" for its fight against Iran. Rigi did not mention assistance in fighting Pakistan (which Iran accuses of backing the Jundullah, according to the BBC). The US has denied links with Jundullah, and according to the BBC, "it is not possible" to determine whether Abdolmalek Rigi "made the statement freely or under duress."[65]
In late 2011, the Balochistan conflict became the issue of a dialogue on a new U.S. South Asia strategy brought up by some U.S. congressmen which said they were frustrated over Pakistan's alleged continued support to the Afghan Taliban which they said led to the continuation of the War in Afghanistan (2001-present). Though this alternative to the "Obama Administration's Af-Pak policy" is said to have growing activity, "its advocates clearly do not yet have broad support".[57]
Mossad Recruitment[edit]
CIA memos reveal in 2007 and 2008 Israel agents posed as American spies and recruited Pakistani Citizens to work for Jundallah and carry out false flag operations against Iran.[66]
In the 1980s the CIA, the Iraqi Intelligence Service, Pakistani Sunni extremist group Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan and the Mujahedin e-Kalq supported a Baluchi tribal uprising against Iran.[4] A February 2011 article by Selig S. Harrison of the Center for International Policy has called for supporting "anti-Islamist forces" along the southern Arabian Sea coast including "Baluch insurgents fighting for independence from Pakistan" as a means of weakening the "rising tide of anti-American passion" in Pakistan and any alliance between Islamabad and Beijing — Pakistan having granted China access to a naval base at Gwadar.[67]
Dissociation of Baloch Society of North America[edit]
The Baloch Society of North America (BSO-NA) was a Baloch lobby group created in 2004 and based out of Washington D.C..[68] The group was founded by Dr. Wahid Baloch, a graduate from Bolan Medical College, who went into self-exile to the United States in 1992. Between 2004 and 2014, his lobby group had been trying to gain American (as well as Israeli support) for the independence of Balochistan. He held meetings with several American Congressmen and allegedly had meetings with several CIA officials. Dr. Wahid Baloch had long been claiming that the Pakistani state was engaged in an alleged "genocide" of Baloch people and that the country's aim is to allegedly "plunder" the vast minerals and resources in the province. In January 2014, Dr. Wahid Baloch had released an appeal letter to the United States and Israel, asking for their direct assistance in preventing an alleged "killing spree of Baloch people" at the hands of the "Pakistani terrorist army".[69]
In May 2014, Dr. Wahid Baloch surprisingly decided to disband the BSO-NA, claiming that the War of Independence of Balochistan was actually "war of independence of Khans, Nawabs and Sardars". He has since formed the Baloch Council of North America (BCN) which has decided to work with all democratic and nationalist forces in Pakistan to secure the Baloch rights through democratic, nonviolent and peaceful means within the federation of Pakistan.[70]
Baloch Council of North America[edit]
Formally the BSO-NA, the Baloch Council of North America (BCN) led by Dr. Wahid Baloch is a Baloch human rights group which aims to secure the rights of the Baloch people within a united Pakistan federation. Dr. Wahid Baloch announced his disassociation from what he calls "war of independence of Khans, Nawabs and Sardars". He vowed that the BCN would work "within the Pakistani federation with the elected Balohcistan provincial government and pro-federation democratic, secular and nationalist forces of Pakistan to fight for and ensure the rights of Baloch people within the federation".[71]
Human rights[edit]
In the period from 2003 to 2012 it is estimated that 8000 people were kidnapped by Pakistani security forces in the province.[21] In 2008 alone an estimated 1102 Baloch people disappeared.[72] There have also been reports of torture.[73] An increasing number of bodies "with burn marks, broken limbs, nails pulled out, and sometimes with holes drilled in their heads" are being found on roadsides because of a "kill and dump" campaign conducted by Pakistani security forces especially by the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and theFrontier Corps (FC) — which until 9/11 fought alongside the Afghan Taliban and Al-Qaeda against the Northern Alliance in Afghanistan.[74][75] In July 2011, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan issued a report on illegal disappearances in Balochistan and identified ISI and Frontier Corps as the perpetrators.[76] The Pakistan Rangers are also alleged to have committed a vast part of the human rights violations in the region.[77] No one has been held responsible for the crimes.[74]
Islamist parties such as Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and Jamaat-e-Islami, have also systematically targeted Shia Muslims in Balochistan, with about 600 being killed in attacks in recent years.[21]
On the other side about 800 non-Baloch settlers (mostly Punjabis) and anti-BLA Balochis were killed by Baloch militant groups since 2006.[21][22][23][24]
Development issues[edit]
According to Indian claims the Government of Pakistan has repeatedly stated its intention to bring industrialisation to the province, and continues to claim that progress has been made and introduced a Economic Package called "Aghaz-e-Haqooq-e-Balochistan".[citation needed] This is vehemently challenged by Baloch nationalist groups, who argue the benefits of these policies have not accrued to the native Baloch residents of the province.[citation needed] Baloch nationalist groups continue to highlight the extraction of natural resources, especially natural gas, from the province, without discernible economic benefit to the Baloch people.[citation needed] Nonetheless, the government of Pakistan continues to insist that industrial zones are planned along the new Gawadar-Karachi highway. According to the government, this development is envisaged to bring accelerated progress in the future for the Baloch.[citation needed] On the third of May 2004 Three Chinese engineers working on a hydropower project that would enable irrigation for poor Baloch farmers as part of Pakistani government's initiatives to develop Baloch agricultural capacity were killed while another 11 injured in a car bomb attack by BLA.[citation needed] China called back her engineers working on the project in Balochistan.[citation needed] The progress in the hydro-power sector has been slow since then. However, the people of the region have been largely forced to maintain a nomadic lifestyle due to extreme poverty, illiteracy and inability to respond to changing modern environment.[78][not in citation given] The indigenous people are continuously threatened by war and other means of oppression which has resulted in loss of thousands of innocent lives for many years.[79][80][81] Presently, according to Amnesty International, Baluch activists, politicians and student leaders are among those that are being targeted in forced disappearances, abductions, arbitrary arrests and cases of torture and other ill-treatment.[82]
The resources of the local inhabitants such as natural gas, minerals, oceans and others have been used to produce energy for Pakistan and generated. Balochistan gets Rs32.71 per unit on account of gas revenues which includes a royalty of Rs13.90, excise duty of Rs5.09 and gas development surcharge of Rs13.72. Also many private individuals with gas storages on their land also receive payments. Many Balochs argue that such royalties are too low.[83] In response in 2011 Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani announced a further Rs. 120 billion (US$2.5 billion) under Balochistan gas development surcharge and royalty part of the "Aghaz-e-Haqooq-e-Balochistan" package.[84] However, the royalties often do not trickle down to the common people in Balochistan due to corruption and wealth-hoarding of Baloch tribal chiefs. This has hindered the growth of infrastructure.[citation needed]
Multiculturalism and immigration[edit]
Skill is imported from other regions, due to the historical shortage of skilled workers in the sparsely populated and inaccessible terrain.[85] The arrival of skilled workers means new industries can develop and boost the local economy; nationalists argue that this creates resentment amongst the local inhabitants. Like Karachi, which after migration from Balouchistan, Central Asia, Iran, East Asia and especially a large number of people arriving from other areas of Pakistan in search of daily living settled there, it has been a national financial hub in Pakistan.[86] thus the local inhabitants (Sindhis) became a minority in the largest city of their province. Nationalists argue against multiculturalism and non-Baloch immigration. Karachi city has been playing a key role as a financial hub for Pakistan and its economy has exploded to become on the major cities in Asia as a seaport. However, the city continues be a home for ethnic and sectarian violence. Balouch nationalist argue that migration leads to such events, and they are opposed to similar situation in Baluchistan. Mir Suleiman Dawood claims that the people in Balochistan remain deeply resentful of Pakistan's policies in the region and he, apart from other, rather militant, Baloch nationalist organisations have openly called for India's assistance in Balochistan's separation from Pakistan. On 12 August 2009, Khan of Kalat Mir Suleiman Dawood declared himself ruler of Balochistan and formally made announcement of a Council for Independent Balochistan. The Council's claimed domain includes "Baloch of Iran", apart from Pakistani Balochistan, but does not include Afghan Baloch regions, and the Council contains "all separatist leaders including Nawabzada Bramdagh Bugti."[87]
Economic effects and shortage of skilled workers and goods[edit]
The chief minister of the province has said
"A large number of professors, teachers, engineers, barbers and masons are leaving the province for fear of attacks, This inhuman act will push the Baloch nation at least one century back. The Baloch nation will never forgive whoever is involved in target killings... He said the government has approved three university campuses, three medical colleges and hospitals for Turbat, Mastung, Naseerabad and Loralai districts but there was shortage of teachers in the area".[88]
Rice traders from Punjab have also been killed in target killing, this has resulting in higher prices of foods items in Balochistan. Almost 40 people of non-Balochi ethnic groups were killed in 2009.[89]
MPA personal development budget[edit]
Balochistan's annual development programme for 2010–11 was Rs27bn as compared to Rs13bn in 2007–08. This allowed each Member of the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan to have a personal development budget for his or her consistency of Rs 180 million[90] which will be increased to Rs 250 million in 2011–2012. However, critics argue development funding is not a substitute for deep political issues, and MPA have no incentive to find a political solution with the insurgents as they believe as long as the insurgency continues they will get more funds. There have also been allegations that MPAs are exploiting the PSDP programme to get kickbacks and engage in corruption.[91]
Gadani Energy Corridor[edit]
Four coal-fired power plants will be built Gadani, creating a power corridor in Balochistan based on Houston Energy Corridor. This was announced by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif during to the region, the project will be called Gadani Power Park and it is expected to generate 5200 MW.[92][93] Some nationalist groups objected to the project, saying they had not been consulted and instead favoured expanding access to electricity in the province rather than increasing capacity.[citation needed] However, Nawaz Sharif's PMLN party is the largest party in the Provincial Assembly.
Farm subsidy[edit]
The Federal government announced it would transfer Rs4 billion subsidy to Provincial Government to be passed onto farmers in Balochistan to promote for tube-wells. The Provincial Government announced it would spend further Rs 3 billion to support the Federal Programme.[94] However, high levels of corruption amongst civil servants and senior ministers may mean the common man only gets partial benefit.
Education issue[edit]
Education is a major factor in the Balouchistan conflict, which nationalist feeling as sense of being neglected. The government of Pakistan recognises that importing skilled labour from other regions causing tensions in the region, so it has sought to encourage scholarships for Balochistan students so they can go home and lead development programmes. The quota for Baloch students in Punjab university was doubled in 2010 under the Cheema Long Scheme on the order of CM Shabaz Sharif. The provincial governments of Sindh, Punjab and KP said they would take steps to encourage Balochistan students to enroll and benefits from 100% scholarships.[95][96] However, nationalists argue that not enough education development is taking place, and the government has neglected its duty.
Army Education City at Sui[edit]
The Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan Army, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani in January 2011 announced the establishment of Education City in Sui. The military said it had built colleges in Balouchistan to promote education levels such as Balochistan Institute of Technical Education (BITE) and the Gwadar Institute of Technical Education (GITE), approximately 1,673 individuals had graduated from the technical colleges. Historically, the military administrated institutions are less corrupted than civilian managed ones. Presently, around 22,786 Baloch students are studying in military-run educational institutions.[97]
Supreme Court investigation[edit]
There are more than 5,000 cases of 'forced disappearances' in Balochistan.[98][99] Many are innocent and stuck in Pakistan's slow court system whilst other are in prison awaiting charges on a range of things such as gun smuggling and robbery.[100] The chief justice of an apex court of Pakistan asked about the situation and said it was going out of control in Balochistan.[98][99] The Supreme Court is currently investigating the "missing persons" and issued an arrest warrant for the former Military Dictator Pervez Musharaff. Furthermore, the Chief Justice of the court said the military must act under the government's direction and follow well-defined parameters set by the Constitution.[101]
Missing people found[edit]
In June 2011, the prime minister was informed that 41 missing people had returned to their homes, false cases against 38 had been withdrawn and several others had been traced. The PM urged police to trace the missing people and help them to return to their homes.[94]
Supreme Court orders[edit]
The Supreme Court apex court headed by Justice Iqbal decided ordered the government to the grant of subsistence allowance to the affected families. Justice Iqbal advised families not to lose hope. He said the issue of missing persons had become a chronic problem and, therefore, the Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances, constituted on the orders of the apex court, should be made permanent.[102]
See also[edit]
- Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province)
- Makran
- Las Bela
- Kharan
- Khanate of Kalat
- Baluchistan States Union
- Human rights violations in Balochistan
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- The real Balochistan by Sana Baloch
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Comment posted McCuish announces 'coalition for progress' by Mairi.
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So does anyone know what the current SNP policy is? I am still no wiser …
Mairi also commented
- Hey, I asked a genuine question – I don't know the current status of that policy. I thought that someone here might know what the current policy is!!!
It has certainly been applied for a long time. Eg, it stopped Alex Salmond from entering into any formal coalition with Annabel Goldie and the Conservative group in the Scottish Parliament. And I have heard lots of SNP people quote it at me, that they 'would never do deals with Tories'.
Now if they keep or change that rule, that is up to them. I am simply asking for clarification of current SNP policy.
For what it's worth, my view is that this is not a sustainable position nowadays in local government.
- I thought the SNP was – according to its own rules – barred from doing deals with Conservatives. Is this still true?
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- The independence campaign: personal gains and loss
What a lovely sentiment, beautifully expressed.
- Thuggish Yes campaign benefits from media's artificial 'balance' as Murphy forced to suspend campaign tour
In Jim's statement he makes exactly that point – that egg throwing is part of the pantomime of politics:
He's clear that this isn't the reason for the 72 hour suspension. Rather, his bigger concern – evident in the videos – is the orchestrated intimidation. It's ugly.
- Sunday Herald still dishonest on last week's smear on Labour
I've not heard you whine, Hunchy
My comment was aimed at the whining from Chris Dolan in his letter, complaining about something that's been fixed ie his play is being listed on the Council's website.
Your question is, I'm guessing, rhetorical.
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For some days now this play HAS been listed on the Council's site.
This is truly pitiful whining from supporters of separation.
It's easy to see who's winning the referendum arguments when they trot out lies like this.
- Political whodunnit with reverberations
What an interesting piece of analysis! Perhaps the original writing belongs more in the Horror section than Whodunnit
The brand new currency plan did pass muster with Alex Salmond because it made it through to the printed version. Here's what Mike Russell wrote, and what Alex evidently approved for publication:
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Contra dance is a type of folk dancing similar to square dancing. A caller teaches each dance before it actually starts and then calls out the steps while the music plays. With a lesson offered by Nelson at 7 p.m., newcomers to community dancing easily caught on to the simple moves.
The event was a huge success. Natalie Hanson 07 found the dance to be one of the best community-builders Ive experienced in my time at St. Olaf. She said, I often hear students complain that we are somewhat isolated on the Hill, and this was an amazing opportunity to address that complaint. Somewhere in those three hours of holding hands, spinning in circles and skipping around the room with complete strangers, a kind of adrenaline-induced, intimate connection formed between all the students, families, dance enthusiasts and musicians in the room.
Even the musicians were impressed. In more than 25 years of playing for folk dancing, I have been involved in only a few events with anywhere near the level of energy that I saw generated at the Northfield contra dance, said Pat OLoughlin, Contratopias band leader. I cant even remember how many years its been since it last happened. OLoughlin, like many others, hopes the Northfield Winter Stomp will act as a springboard to an ongoing Northfield dance tradition.
OLoughlin may get his wish; the Northfield community has already taken a second leap. The Northfield Winter Stomps high turnout and positive feedback led to the creation of the Northfield Contra Dance Association, made up of a collaborative group from St. Olaf, Carleton and Northfield. The association will organize future contra dances in Northfield and encourage participation in the events by both campuses and Northfield community members.
Professor of Dance Ann Von Bibra helped prepare the St. Olaf community for the Northfield Winter Stomp by holding contra dance lessons during two sessions of Community Dance Hour prior to the event, and the Northfield Contra Dance Association also hopes to provide similar learning opportunities.
The Northfield community is ensuring that the event will not be the last of its kind. The second annual Northfield Winter Stomp is tentatively scheduled for next February, and Suzie Nakasian, Carleton professor of religion and self-proclaimed contra-dance enthusiast, hopes to see a Spring and Harvest Dance take place this year, possibly outside and under a tent.
I would encourage everyone to attend any future contra dances, regardless of your dance experience, Hanson said, and I hope to see more St. Olaf students at the next dance.
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Sophomore Siena Kelley paced the way for Braden River with 15 kills, 20 digs and three aces. Senior Courtney McDevitt finished with 14 kills, nine digs, 12 assists and two blocks. Senior Demi-Shay Watchorn had 32 assists, 19 service points and seven kills.
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Ruth Cole is a complex, often self-contradictory character — a "difficult" woman. By no means is she conventionally "nice," but she will never be forgotten. Ruth's story is told in three parts, each focusing on a crucial time in her life. When we first meet her — on Long Island, in the summer of 1958 — Ruth is only four. The second window into Ruth's life opens in the fall of 1990, when Ruth is an unmarried woman whose personal life is not nearly as successful as her literary career. She distrusts her judgment in men, for good reason.
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Among the highlights will be a 2011 F-150 by A.R.E accessories, a popular maker of toneau covers, caps and other truck aftermarket add-ons. The theme of the A.R.E. truck will be promoting the Pro Football Hall of Fame that serves to educate, honor and preserve the history of professional football. The truck will sport special 'stadium sillhouette' paint, with the box containing football memorabilia and the interior finished in pigskin leather.
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SNAP! Performance Productions – a high energy singing and dancing group – was founded in Columbus, Ohio in 2003. The acronym SNAP! stands for Serving Non-profit Associations by Performing. The true purpose of this 501(c)3 non-profit organization is for members of the community who love to perform to use their talents to improve the lives of others. This is accomplished every year by a partnership with a chosen charity beneficiary.
Our mission is to provide an artistic outlet for local performers. SNAP! strives to allow our performers use their love of performing to improve the lives and community around them.
Over the years, SNAP! Performance Productions has created an artistic outlet for hundreds and hundreds of different singers, dancers and musicians in central Ohio. Each year, SNAP! constantly strives to improve and expand their own artistic growth. This is conducted in several ways - including group outings to the theatre, attending national dance and vocal workshops, and, of course, networking with other local performance groups. By joining, one would have the opportunity to express their passion to perform on a stage with a live band, professional lighting and sound while entertaining enthusiastic audiences.
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Not only that I lost her love but she makes me feel like complete shit
Not only that I lost her love but she makes me feel like complete shit
Sigh. Sitting alone as always
I feel cold inside my gut
Cant even or spill my emotions cause no one can handle it. No one wants to here that shit. They wouldnt wanna talk to a depress person. But im pretending to be happy and they love me. But I still feel like shit inside
Sucks I cant really vent to anyone
I still feel alone
I swear bottling this shit makes me hurt so much more…. I'm faking at my happiness at work and then I get out of work and cry driving home…
stuck in the moment where you gave up on me…. </3
It's so dark….
You probably regrete meeting me. Cause I know I would if I was in your shoes. Everyone would