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Becker, Beijing Bureau Chief for the South China Morning Post, sees the 1958-62 famine, even more than the Cultural Revolution that followed it, as China's greatest trauma of the century. Population statistics made public since 1979 reveal that at least 30 million people starved to death in the wake of Mao's Great Leap Forward. Although Becker concedes that the American press (especially Joseph Alsop) reported the famine with accuracy, he notes that other Western "foreign experts" who admired Mao, such as Edgar Snow, Rewi Alley, and Anna Louise Strong, remained silent or played down its severity. The tragedy could have been averted, Becker concludes, after the first year if Mao's senior advisers had dared to confront him. Unlike such academic works as Dali L. Yang's Calamity and Reform in China (Stanford Univ., 1996), this work presupposes little knowledge of communism and China; Becker's strength is his anecdotal, journalistic style. This is fascinating journalism, but the definitive study has yet to be written.?Jack Shreve, Allegany Community Coll., Cumberland, Md.
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Many claim that death has resulted from every attempt to communize agriculture and perhaps on the largest scale during China's disastrous "Great Leap Forward." But no one knows how many starved to death there in the years 1958^-62--demographers place the lower limit at 30 million. The Communist government seemingly concealed the catastrophe from the outside world, abetted by the few Western visitors to the country (such as France's Mitterand), who declared there was no famine. Becker, a veteran East Asia correspondent for British publications, reconstructs the terrible event using interviews of survivors, whose ordeal he details in graphic chapters, describing hunger and cannibalism. According to Becker, unlike most famines in Chinese history, Mao's political famine beset the entire country, which induced opposition to the leader's fanaticism from more realistic leaders such as Liu Shao-ch'i and Teng Hsiao-p'ing, with whom Mao later settled scores in the Cultural Revolution. A subject still officially muted in China, the famine as Becker has investigated it becomes a less obscure chapter in the country's Communist history. Gilbert Taylor --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.See all Product Description
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Becker's comparison between the GLF and Stalin's famine is rejected by 95% of scholars. However misguided, Mao pursued the GLF to make the peasants lives better. The GLF combined late 19th century Confucian philosopher Kang Youwei's utopian program, with Mao's restless impatience (i.e. prematurely moving lots of labor out of agriculture into industry, a major factor in the catastrophe that Becker doesn't discuss). In most places (except Sichuan tragically), the GLF was abandoned around 1.5 years after it started. Stalin's case is in another moral galaxy. He deliberately inflicted mass suffering on the Russian peasants, never changed course, and not only had no regrets, but was proud at having taught the peasants "a lesson".
Becker correctly identifies fanatic provincial leaders in Sichuan, Anhui, and Henan, and their irrational and brutal policies as key causes of famine (3 of the hardest hit provinces), and there are important new revelations he has unearthed. He implies Mao supported their actions, yet Dali Yang reported, in his excellent book on the famine "Calamity and Reform", that the Sichuan leader "blocked the relay of Mao's April 29 letter" (ordering a cessation of many GLF policies) and ignored other central demands (p48).Read more ›
A horrifying and well-researched history of how Mao's "Great
Leap Forward" became the worst famine in history, killing
perhaps 30 million Chinese (1958 - 1960) -- it appears
unlikely an exact fatality figure will ever be known. Which
adds to the horror, I think, that millions of people, with hopes
and dreams like our own, could vanish without leaving
a trace, even a number, in the world outside their homes.
Not to mention uncounted millions of children whose lives
were blighted by brain-damage from malnutrition....
FWIW, Jasper concludes that Mao's Great Famine was more
omission than commission (in contrast to Stalin's): Mao's
absurd ideas of backyard industrialization, plus turning
loose the Red Guards chaos, ruined the harvests. Then
Communist Party officials simply denied the problem, and
concocted elaborate coverups -- even painting the tree
trunks to hide that the bark had been eaten by starving
people -- when Mao or senior officials were to visit famine
areas. And a smiling-peasants "Big Lie" for foreigners,
which worked for years.
It's a remarkable, and depressing, account. Highly recommended.
If anyone ever thought that George Orwell didn't know about Communists and that way of thinking, he/she should read this book. Everything about it rings like an unpublished Orwell novel, but it was all too true for the millions who died. This work should definately be required reading for high school students.
The basic thrust is that China's communists repeated the mindless agricultural policies designed by their Soviet counterparts in the 1920s. Russia's communists destroyed learning, promoted ignorance and brought famine to the Ukraine. China, following in their footsteps, made exactly the same mistakes. Strangely enough, the result was exactly the same. Famine and over 30 million deaths.
What follows is the story of a country in the grip of mass delusion as moronic agricultural policies caused a collapse in crop production and an authoritarian government demanded ever higher taxes in the form of grain. Of course, communities attempted to please Mao by lying about the true level of grain production. Since they exaggerated, their grain tax quota was higher. When they couldn't pay their taxes, their food stocks were confiscated. Villagers then died, en masse. Anyone found with food was assumed to be counter-revolutionary and was either starved to death or executed in gruesome circumstances. The madness only ended when Mao's own family intervened. But only after tens of millions had perished.
Some reviewers - expecially those who grew up in a stable and judicial country like Hong Kong - seem to think that the murderous circus just north of the Shenzhen river is something to be applauded and anyone who thinks differently is out to get at China. How sad can you get? Four Stars.
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In this book Jasper Becker has done an impressive and exhaustive job on digging up information and interviews, out of a society that has pulled out all the stops to repress all... Read morePublished on Aug. 8 2001 by doomsdayer520
It has often been said that, to understand China, you must know of its past. Here is a compelling treatment of a chapter in China's history that is almost a black comedy. Read morePublished on May 19 2001 by KR
I found this book well-written, well-organized, and moving. It's interesting to see how many Chinese readers consider it ethnocentric and anti-Chinese. Read morePublished on April 20 2001 by Mark K. Mcdonough
That Americans continue to make the stories bigger amaze me, but this is an easy topic to make money on. Read morePublished on Sept. 6 2000
This is an utterly fascinating story of how fear and lack of personal, individual responsibility came together to create a disaster of unthinkable proportions. Read morePublished on Jan. 24 2000
As all hjonest scholars would admit, the number of famine victims have yet to be determined, and probably will never be. Read morePublished on Sept. 11 1999
This book tells the fascinating and horrifying story of a Chinese famine due to the Communists. If anyone ever thought that George Orwell didn't know about Communists and that way... Read morePublished on Aug. 11 1998


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- Servings Per Recipe: 7
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 115.1
- Total Fat: 3.8 g
- Cholesterol: 34.1 mg
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- Total Carbs: 5.1 g
- Dietary Fiber: 0.6 g
- Protein: 14.5 g
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Number of Servings: 7
Pork Loin
Brown Sugar
Slice the Loin into 7, 4 ounce pieces.
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Combine applesauce, brown sugar, cinnamon and ginger.
Pour on top of pork.
Bake in preheated oven at 350 for 40 minutes.
Number of Servings: 7
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user MAMMADANA.
Lay in shallow baking dish.
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Bake in preheated oven at 350 for 40 minutes.
Number of Servings: 7
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I actually LOVED this! I cooked it also with green peppers and onions and I added a tiny bit of salt, pepper, and cayenne and near the end I threw in a can of drained pineapples and already steamed broccoli! Delicous! I guessed on all the quantities so I'm no help there! - 8/31/10
I grew up in a house where mom was too busy to cook, so now I'm trying to teach myself. I decided to try this recipe knowing that one of the guests I was cooking for hated apples. It turned out amazing. He loved it. I guessed on the quantities, which is the only reason I gave 4 stars - 9/2/10
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Just made this for dinner. The meat is very tender, but it's lacking a little in flavor. I also added carrots to the dish. I pulled the meat to roast the carrots a longer. Next time I will brown the meat first, and maybe add some basil or something. Good way to use extra applesauce! - 3/31/16
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Eric Moonman
Eric Moonman (born 29 April 1929, Liverpool) was a British Labour politician. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Billericay 1966-70 and Basildon 1974-9.
Moonman was educated at Liverpool and Manchester Universities and became a senior research fellow in the Department of Management Science at Manchester University. He was a councillor on Stepney Borough Council, serving as Council Leader until 1965, and on the London Borough of Tower Hamlets from 1964.
Moonman contested Chigwell in 1964 without success and was elected for Billericay in the 1966 general election, losing the seat four years later. He then was elected for Basildon at the February 1974 election, but again lost his seat at the 1979 general election.
Since then, he has pursued an academic career, and is currently Professor of Management at City University, London and senior fellow, University of Liverpool.
Moonman is president of Zionist Federation of Great Britain and Ireland.[1]
Early life[edit]
Eric Moonman was born in Liverpool on 29 April 1929 to Borach and Leah Moonman.[2] He went to Rathbone School in Liverpool which he left at the age of 13 to start a seven-year apprenticeship at WJ Pugh Printers and then the Liverpool Echo.[3] After the war, Moonman undertook his national service in the King's Liverpool Regiment from 1951 to 1953, during which he took courses in military studies as well as evening classes in subjects such as public speaking. In 1954 got a place at the University of Liverpool to study for a Diploma in Social Science. At Liverpool he edited the University magazine and became chairman of the Labour Society. Moonman was awarded his diploma in 1955.
After Parliament[edit]
After leaving Parliament Moonman remained politically active. The common misconception that Moonman defected to the SDP is based on the fact that he spoke at their Portsmouth conference about health policy, in fact he never left the Labour Party and remains a member. Over the next two decades he became one of the most prominent figures in British Zionism. He also published a number of reports on social violence through his think-tank the Centre for Contemporary Studies - an experience which eventually led to his emergence as a 'terrorism expert' after 11 September.
Work on Israel[edit]
In June 1967 the Foreign Secretary George Brown made a speech to the UN General Assembly on the Israel-Arab Conflict. Moonman was one of a number of Labour MPs to accuse Brown of "taking sides" against Israel. At a Jewish ex-servicemen's rally in Southend, Moonman called Brown's speech a "serious embarrassment" and said he had "aggressively departed" from the Government's neutral policy, giving "harsh and arrogant advice" to the Israelis.[4]
In 1972 Moonman was at the World Jewish Congress in Switzerland. He approached Stephen Roth, then director of the European Jewish Congress, and told him that changes had to be made in the way that Israel represented itself abroad. Roth accordingly gave him permission to start up a commission on Israel. In 1974, Moonman convened the first gathering of Jewish professionals to work out propaganda strategies.[5]
The group subsequently met twice every year, once in Europe in the summer and once in Jerusalem in the autumn. Moonman was the "the founder and guiding light" of the organisation which became the West European Public Relations Group for Information on Behalf of Israel. The group was initially funded by the World Jewish Congress which later withdrew its funding. From 1980 it was funded instead by the World Zionist Organization and from 1985 also by the Israel Foreign Ministry.[5] The Register of Members' Interests 1975/6 records that Moonman visited a conference in Brussels in February 1976, which was probably the winter meeting of the West European Public Relations Group for Information on Behalf of Israel. The register records that Moonman was there as a representative of the Parliamentary Committee for the release of Soviet Jewry.[6]
By 1975 Moonman was chairman of the Zionist Federation of Great Britain.[7] In August that year he met with the Home Secretary Roy Jenkins to protest against the planned visit to London by two members of the Palestinian National Council (the political wing of the PLO). Moonman criticised the visit as "an attempt to become respectable." He added that: "we demean ourselves as human beings if at a convenient point of time we overlook the track record of these people." [8]
In June 1977 the Sunday Times published a front-page story and a four-page 'Insight' investigation reporting the alleged torture of Palestinian prisoners in the occupied territories. The Israeli Embassy in London called the assertions a "vicious slander as it is insulting to the only democracy and free judiciary in the area".[9] Moonman made three complaints about the reports to the Press Council, complaining that unproved accusations were reported as facts, that the paper misled readers with unsubstantiated quotes and headlines, and that Israel was denied the opportunity to comment before publication. His complaints were rejected.[10]
In 1981 a broadcast by the Israeli Radio Peace and Progress (summarised by the BBC) referred to Moonman as one of several "leaders of the Zionist organizations in Britain"; although it is not clear if this referred to the West European Public Relations Group for Information on Behalf of Israel or another organisation. The broadcast reported that Moonman had "explained his [opposition to Menachem Begin] in an article in the Jewish Chronicle, wherein Moonman argued that: "We must support Israel, but we must give consideration to the image of the Israel which we support. It is clear that Israel's Western allies are less and less interested in supporting Begin's Israel."[11]
In 1985 Moonman forced the editor of the Jewish Quarterly to resign. According to his successor Colin Shindler: "The offence had been caused by a Jewish Quarterly editorial which questioned the actual dangers of anti-Semitism today as popularly viewed by Jewish leadership."[12]
A 1986 report in The Guardian refers to Moonman as "chairman of the research committee of the Board of Deputies of British Jews",[13] and Moonman's profile in Debrett's People of Today states that that year he was appointed senior vice-president.[2] At this stage Moonman was also a board member of the British-Israel Public Affairs Committee (BIPAC) where he worked on a publication called EEC Monitor. In 1987 however he was forced to resign from BIPAC after a financial scandal which he considered the result of a campaign against him. Below is an extract from The Guardian explaining the circumstances of Moonman's departure from BIPAC:
An unusual advert has just appeared in the Jewish Chronicle, asking anyone who knows about a campaign of malice against the former Labour MP Eric Moonman to send the information to a box number. It has been placed, of course, by Moonman himself, who is senior vice-president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, and chairman of the Islington Area Health Authority in London. Until recently he was also a board member of the British-Israel Public Affairs Committee (BIPAC), but he resigned at the last meeting following what might be called the Alexander Keddie Affair. Keddie doesn't actually exist, although he was once described as a recluse in Essex who didn't like taking phone calls; the name was simply used over a period of about four years to steer payments to a variety of people, including Moonman, who worked on a BIPAC publication called EEC Monitor. An accountant's report into the affair was prompted by Monty Summary, a prominent Jewish businessman and fundraiser, and it concluded that Moonman had left people confused about the Keddie arrangement. Moonman denies this, and is now intent on unmasking his putative tormentors. 'I do think there is a campaign against me,' he said this week. 'There have been anonymous letters and phone calls as well.'"[14]
By 2001 Moonman had joined the Zionist Federation of Great Britain and Ireland. In mid January 2002 the New Statesman reported that he headed the Zionist Federation's Media Response Unit; organising email and letter writing campaigns against journalists perceived to be anti-Semitic or critical of Israel.[15] A week after the publishing of that article, Moonman had reportedly become President of the organisation.[16]
Terrorism expert[edit]
Moonman's emergence as a terrorism expert seems to have stemmed from his involvement in an organisation called the Centre for Contemporary Studies, a think-tank which published material on football hooliganism and race relations, as well as terrorism. The Centre appears to have been founded by Moonman who seems to have been affected by the Brixton riots and anxious about the possibility of societal breakdown.
In May 1981 the Centre published a report called "The Nazis are in the Playground". According to BBC Nationwide it "claims extreme right-wing groups are recruiting school children & authorities are unable to control the situation". The BBC interviewed Moonman on this on Nationwide. BBC archive records state that he "discusses young racism increasing 50% in 2 yrs; subtle strategies used; importance of process for future of N.F; accuses N.U.T of indifference, and gives Centre's proposals".[17] Later in 1981 a further report on the role of neo-fascist groups in music led to an interview with Joan Bakewell on Newsnight. According to BBC archives Moonman "welcomes declaration by group 'Madness' that they have nothing to do with National Front & British Movement; extreme right see concerts as a potential market for their magazines".[18]
In writings he focused in particular on the influence of media and television. He published a report in October 1981 on the riots that summer called "Copycat Hooligans", which argued that: "Youths imitated television film of violence in Northern Ireland when they rioted in more than 20 British cities last summer... Eric Moonman, the centre's director and author of the report entitled Copy Cat Hooligans, said the rioters knew what to do because they had seen it on television.[19]
In 1987 Moonman published a book called The Violent Society which included contributions from prominent terrorologists Paul Wilkinson and Richard Clutterbuck. Paul Wilkinson was identified in the contributors notes as a member of the Advisory Board of the Centre for Contemporary Studies.[20] Insight, the Alumni magazine for Liverpool University, wrote that The Violent Society 'was well received and, surprisingly for Eric, marked another chapter in his life'. The article states that after the publication of The Violent Society Moonman 'began to take on consultancy work for ITN as an expert in counter-terrorism'.[21]
In fact Moonman's media presence as a terrorism expert does not seem to have taken off for another 15 years. The television archive [22] contains only one item in the 1990s listing Moonman as a terrorism expert and the note does not contain an exact date. With the exception of that item, Moonman's first appearance seems to have been on a Channel Five Lunchtime Bulletin on 18 July 2002, after which he appeared dozens of times on UK television.
In 1998 Moonman was appointed as a member of the advisory board of the Centre for Counter Terrorism Studies at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies.[23] He appeared at an 'Executive Luncheon' hosted by the group on 26 November 2001. The panel was chaired by Yonah Alexander, the director of the International Center for Terrorism Studies and a fellow Zionist and seminal terrorism expert; and Michael Swetnam, CEO and chairman of the Potomac Institute. Moonman said he thought the media had been, "highly responsible and supportive of U.S. and international efforts to root out terrorism". Of the critics of the War on Terror, Moonman said: "Many are Muslim, though most Muslims are friendly, good citizens who favor peace. Still, Taliban supporters are currently protesting and causing unrest in both England and the whole of Europe. Many of these dissidents are merely taking advantage of the situation, rather than genuinely pursuing the ideals of peace. Legitimate peace movement leaders, in fact, have actually spoken out against these protesters." [24] He warned of "Usama bin Laden's slick operation shows the extent to which public opinion can be bought with marketing and public relations expenditures," and argued that, "we must fight terrorists on their own terms. We can't afford to abide by the Queensbury rules of war in the face of such a dangerous and unscrupulous threat." [24]
Health Policy[edit]
After leaving Parliament Moonman became involved in health policy and was chairman of Islington Health Authority 1980-90.[2] He created controversy within the Labour Party because of his support for privatisation within the NHS. He was able to win a vote in favour of privatisation by reintroducing the matter on a much-criticised pretext at a meeting at which his supporters were in the majority.[25] In 1987 at the Annual conference of the Social Democratic Party, Moonman arged for a greater role for the private sector. According to BBC Archives: "Eric MOONMAN, Islington, must look at alternative funding for the NHS & consider working with private sector".[26]
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- ^ http://www.somethingjewish.co.uk/articles/1955_jc_editor_criticised.htm
- ^ a b c Debrett's People of Today (Debrett's Peerage Ltd, 2007)
- ^ Inprofile: Eric Moonman, "Insight" August 2004 Second Issue
- ^ Philip Rawstone, 'MPs accuse Mr Brown of 'taking sides, Guardian, 23 June 1967
- ^ a b Greer Fay Cashman, 'Selling Israel', The Jerusalem Post, 26 November 1990
- ^ Register of Members' Interests as on 26 May 1976
- ^ Eric Silver, 'Rabin rejects rebel settlers' plea', Guardian, 6 December 1975
- ^ Peter Niesewand, 'More protests at PLO visit', Guardian, 11 August 1975
- ^ 'Israel denies torture of Arab prisoners' The Times, 20 June 1977; pg. 1; Issue 60034; col A
- ^ 'Torture complaint rejected', Observer, 15 October 1978, p.3
- ^ SOURCE: Text of commentary Radio Peace and Progress in Hebrew 1800 gmt 4 Aug 81, BBC Summary of World Broadcasts 7 August 1981
- ^ Colin Shindler, 'Media: New Moon's guiding light - Colin Shindler on a magazine aiming to attract a generation of disaffected Jews', The Guardian, 10 September 1990
- ^ Walter Schwarz, '25 per cent fewer Jews', The Guardian, 23 July 1986
- ^ Stephen Cook, 'People Diary', The Guardian, 9 October 1987
- ^ Dennis Sewell, 'A kosher conspiracy?', New Statesman, 14 January 2002
- ^ Inigo Gilmore and Adam Lusher, 'Harrods incurs Jewish anger by removing Israeli goods', "Sunday Telegraph", 20 January 2002
- ^ NATIONWIDE 11 May 1981 Archive : BBC Item Title : NATIONAL FRONT IN SCHOOLS Item Duration : 00:05:10 Catalogue :LONPROGCatalogue Page : 10221453
- ^ NEWSNIGHT, 3 Aug 1981, Archive : BBC Item Duration : 00:10:30.000+01:00 Item Title : ROCK & THE RIGHT Catalogue Page:966372
- ^ Reuters, 'Tuesday Rioters in U.K. imitated TV, report claims', The Globe and Mail, 27 October 1981
- ^ Notes on Contributors, in Eric Moonman, The Violent Society (London: Routledge, 1987)
- ^ Inprofile: Eric Moonman, "Insight" August 2004 Second Issue
- ^ ITN Source
- ^ 'MOONMAN, Eric', Who's Who 2009, A & C Black, 2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2008
- ^ a b Potomac Institute Executive Luncheon Counter-Terrorism Strategies in the Post 9-11 Era, 26 November 2001. Copy compiled from url:http://www.potomacinstitute.org/events/execlunch/panel.htm on 8 January 2009
- ^ Alan Rusbridger, 'Guardian Diary / More of Moonman', The Guardian, 14 November 1984
- ^ SDP CONFERENCE 1987 2 September 1987, Item Duration: 06:45:00.000+01:0 Catalogue Page: 16429
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| Guest chapter 1 . 9/2/2012
I love it the connection between her and Carlisle is so adorable! Ireally hope you finish Esme's story!
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Haha, I can understand the reasons for why this story is "on hold" - one of my stories is 2 - but that doesn't stop me from being any less annoyed it's typical, you procrastinate homework to write this story and I procrastinate homework to read it :)
Only one thing bugged me about this story, and I think you made Esme and Carlisle move just a little too fast. But I enjoyed the story overall, especially the human chapters - I was literally so happy when Charles left for the army, and scared when he came back - you drew me in, just like a real story is supposed to :)
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I think the story you're looking for is called You've Kept Me Waiting.
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I'm not actually sure what the story is, but I was reading something VERY VERY similar to what you described earlier today. I haven't actually finished the story yet so I don't know all the details of it. It's called You've Kept Me Waiting by Mandi1
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I think the story you're talking about is "The Things in Her Smile." If it is, there's a sequel called "Dockside." If its the wrong story, you should still check it out.
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I have reported your story for abuse.
It is against the terms of use for the site to post a new chapter that contains nothing but Author's notes, or a shameless plug for your friend's piece, or a request for us to find your story.
Why? By adding this "chapter" of author's notes, you just bumped your story to the top when it had no new material, which is unfair to other authors who have worked hard to write a new chapter and want readers to find THEIR new material, not your old story that you have written nothing new on.
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Play by the rules. If all of us did what you did, the board would be flooded with all of us bumping our stories to the top every day.
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Cherryville Man Arrested in Hickory for Felony Failure to AppearWritten by Ralph Mangum
22-year-old James William Canipe III of White Oak Farm Road in Cherryville was arrested by Hickory Police early this morning (July 18) on outstanding warrants for failure to appear, one felony counts and four misdemeanors. He was also charged with misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia.
He was arrested when Officers in the area of Highway 70 S.E. and South Center Street spotted a white Ford F-250 pick-up truck with an expired registration tag. Police pulled the truck in the parking lot at McDonalds on Highway 70. The license tag came back to Honda Civic.
Four people were in the truck. The rear driver's side passenger was James Canipe. Officers found a purple bag in the area where Canipe was sitting. In the bag was a glass pipe with a white powder residue and a North Carolina driver's license under a false name.
When Police confirmed Canipe's true identity, they found the outstanding warrants for his arrest. The charges connected to the failure to appear warrants include larceny of a firearm and a number of vehicular offenses.
Following his arrest, Canipe was placed in the Catawba Co. Detention Facility under a $15,000 secured bond. District Court appearances were scheduled for August 4 and August 19 in Newton.
Lincolnton Man Arrested On Multiple Felony Charges In Caldwell CountyWritten by Rob Eastwood
28-year-old Randall Lee Yount of Burnhurs Lane in Lincolnton was arrested Sunday (July 17) in Caldwell County on charges from Lincoln County. Yount is charged with felony counts of breaking and entering, larceny after breaking and entering, and possession of stolen goods or property. Yount was confined in the Caldwell County Detention Center under $5,000 secured bond. A Superior Court appearance is scheduled for next Monday (July 25).
Assault, Meth Charges Lodged Against Lenoir ManWritten by Rob Eastwood
44-year-old Brian Kelly Ferguson of Rankin Street in Lenoir was arrested Sunday (July 17) by Lenoir Police Officers. He's charged with assault on a female and possession of methamphetamine. Ferguson was locked up in the Caldwell County Detention Center under no bond on the assault charge and $15,000 secured bond on the meth charge. A District Court appearance was scheduled for today (Monday, July 18).
Hickory Woman Faces Felony Cocaine ChargeWritten by Ralph Mangum
20-year-old Nicole Shantae Outen of 1st Street S.E. in Hickory was arrested by Hickory Police at about 5:20 p.m. Friday (June 15) on one felony possession of cocaine and one misdemeanor count of possession of drug paraphernalia. Outen was taken into custody without incident at her residence. She was given a $1,000 unsecured bond, and was released on Friday. A District Court appearance was scheduled for today (June 18) in Newton.
Homeless Hickory Man Faces Felony Habitual Assault ChargeWritten by Ralph Mangum
47-year-old Ralph Preston Wolfe, Jr., who is listed as a homeless person from Hickory, was arrested by Hickory Police at 9:20 p.m. Friday (July 15) on one felony count of habitual misdemeanor assault. He also faces one count of misdemeanor assault and two misdemeanor probation violations.
This was Wolfe's third arrest in connection to an incident on March 17 of this year. At that time, Police responded to a homeless camp on the 3000 block of 34th Street Drive N.E. where Wolfe allegedly assaulted a 36-year-old Hickory woman. E.M.S. was called to the scene, but both the victim and the suspect refused treatment.
Wolfe was previously arrested on March 18 and March 23. According to Police reports, he resisted arrest Friday as he was again taken into custody on the 3000 block of 34th Street Drive N.E. The suspect refused to be photographed or fingerprinted as he was processed at H.P.D. headquarters. Wolfe was confined in the Catawba Co. Detention Facility with bond set at $21,500, secured. District and Superior Court appearances were scheduled today (July 18) in Newton, with additional District Court dates coming up on August 9 and September 14.
Hickory Man Arrested on Conspiracy & Assault ChargesWritten by Ralph Mangum
27-year-old Christopher Michael Johnson of 8th Street Place S.E. in Hickory was arrested by Hickory Police at 11 o'clock Friday night on one felony count of conspiracy to commit robbery with a dangerous weapon and one misdemeanor count of assault on a government official. He was also charged with misdemeanor and felony probation violations. The warrants for his arrest were issued on June 9 and June 16.
Johnson was taken into custody without incident at his residence. He was jailed in the Catawba Co. Detention Facility without bond on the felony charges. Bond on the misdemeanor charges was set at $30,000, secured. He will appear in District Court on July 18 and in Superior Court on August 25, both in Newton.
Newton Man Charged With Possession Of Stolen VehicleWritten by Rob Eastwood
31-year-old Andrew James Kemp of West 19th Street in Newton was arrested Sunday (July 17) by Newton Police Officers. He's charged with felony possession of a stolen motor vehicle. Kemp was incarcerated in the Catawba County Detention Facility under $9,000 bond. A District Court appearance was scheduled for today (Monday, July 18).
Three Suspects Charged With Several Offenses Following Break-ins In Iredell CountyWritten by Rob Eastwood
47-year-old John Christopher Gatton of Statesville, 30-year-old Dustin Alan Belcher of Harmony, and 28-year-old Christina Magan Wyatt of Statesville, were all arrested by Iredell County Sheriff's Officers. Charges against the suspects include breaking and entering to a building, larceny after breaking and entering, breaking and entering to a motor vehicle, larceny, and possession of a firearm by a felon.
Beginning on June 10 2016, Iredell County Sheriff's Office Deputies responded to the area of Seedhouse Road in Statesville in reference to a breaking and entering to a residence. It was reported in that incident that the suspect(s) entered the home and stole prescription medication, a firearm, and electronics. In the weeks that followed Sheriff's Office Deputies responded to several other residences where similar crimes were reported.
It was determined early on by Detectives the crimes were related based on several factors including the method of entry and items stolen. In addition the suspect was isolated to the East Iredell area because soon after the first break-in was discovered in the eastern part of the county similar crimes were discovered on the west side of the county. Witness statements resulted in the identification of a vehicle that was seen in the areas the crimes were committed.
On Saturday July 2, Deputies were called to the area of Society Road where the home owner discovered a break-in in progress when he arrived at the residence. The homeowner reported that the suspect stole jewelry, electronics and tools. The homeowner was able to provide a description of both the suspect and the suspect's vehicle.
The information matched the description of John Christopher Gatton who had been identified as a suspect in another break-in that occurred prior to Society Road. Detectives had been trying to locate and question Gatton, but he was already on the run for a parole violation and had no known address. Based on the totality of all the information Detectives drew additional warrants on Gatton for breaking and entering and larceny.
An intensive search began for Gatton which included locating any known friends or associates. During this part of the investigation Detectives identified Dustin Alan Belcher as a subject who was with Gatton on one or more of the home break-ins. Belcher was located and arrested for his part in the break in's.
In addition Christina Magan Wyatt was also found to be a person who participated in Gatton's crime spree. It was determined that she assisted in one of the break in's and took part in trading the stolen goods for drugs. She was also arrested and charged with her part in the crimes and faces additional charges for Identity Theft and Providing False Information to a Law Enforcement Officer.
On July 6 Detectives gathered information indicating that Gatton had left Iredell County and was possibly in Mt. Holly. On July 7 Detectives learned that Gatton was in an area on Windermere Road in Mt. Holly. Iredell County Detectives drove to the area of Windermere Rd, and located an address where Gatton had been staying. With the assistance of the Gaston County Police Department John Christopher Gatton was arrested without incident. At the time of his latest arrest Gatton was on Parole for Habitual Felon. Gatton is now suspected of committing over 60 felony offenses since his release from custody less than six months ago.
Gatton is currently in custody under no bond for the parole violation and $225,000 for the new offenses. He's scheduled to appear in District Court next Monday (July 25). Belcher's bond was set at $20,000 secured, his District Court date is July 26. Wyatt, who was also on parole, was jailed under no bond for the parole violation and an additional $50,000 secured bond for the new charges. She's scheduled to appear in District Court August 2.
The investigation is ongoing and there will likely be additional arrests made. Anyone with information concerning these case is asked to call the Iredell County Sheriff's Office Criminal Investigation Division.
Four Suspects Arrested, Fifth Sought, In Drug InvestigationWritten by Rob Eastwood
Four suspects have been arrested by Lincoln County Sheriff's Officers as a result of drug investigations and a fifth suspect was being sought by authorities. All five suspects are Lincolnton residents.
36-year-old Travis Shane Bivens of Pete's Road was arrested Friday (July 15) and charged with two felony counts each of sell and deliver schedule II controlled substance and possession with intent to sell and deliver schedule II controlled substance. He's also charged with one felony count of failure to appear and one misdemeanor count of failure to appear.
48-year-old Barry Allen Osborne of North Grove Street was arrested Friday and charged with one felony count each of trafficking opiates by possession, possession with the intent to manufacture a controlled substance, sell and deliver a controlled substance, maintaining a dwelling or vehicle for a controlled substance and possession with intent to sell and deliver schedule II controlled substance.
49-year-old John Lee Warren of Lithia Inn Road was charged with one felony count each of sell and deliver schedule II controlled substance and possession with intent to sell and deliver schedule II controlled substance.
34-year-old Jennifer Hayes Johnson of Sun Valley Trail was arrested July 11 and charged with one felony count of possession of schedule II controlled substance. She was jailed under a $3,000 secured bond.
The fifth subject has been charged but detectives have been unable to locate him. 43-year-old Robert Wayne Ellis of South Industrial Park Road has three outstanding warrants for his arrest. The charges include one felony count each of sell and deliver a counterfeit controlled substance and possession with intent to sell and deliver a counterfeit controlled substance. He also faces two misdemeanor counts each of communicating threats and probation violation.
The charges stem from multiple investigations into drug activity where offenders possessed, sold, and distributed drugs.
According to narcotics detectives, surveillance and undercover techniques were used to catch the offenders. Detectives say this is a continuation from a larger investigation that targets methamphetamine, heroin, and opiate street level dealers.
Bivens bond was set at $120,000 secured. Osborne received a $72,000 secured bond. Warren's bond was set at $8,000 secured. Johnson was jailed under a $3,000 secured bond. All four suspects were scheduled to appear in District Court today (Monday, July 18).
Hickory Man Arrested In Caldwell County On Multiple Felony ChargesWritten by Rob Eastwood
29-year-old Deveion Eugene Johnson of 14th Avenue NE in Hickory was arrested Friday (July 15) in Caldwell County on charges from Catawba County. Johnson is charged with felony counts of possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana, maintaining a vehicle, dwelling, or place to keep controlled substance, possession of a firearm by a felon, breaking and entering, larceny of a firearm, and possession of a stolen firearm. Johnson was detained in the Caldwell County Detention Center under $50,000 secured bond. He's scheduled to appear in Superior Court next Monday (July 25).


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As the afternoon wore on and the temperatures gradually dropped, Carroll County's bats only got hotter.
The Cavaliers racked up 13 runs in the fifth and sixth innings to break away from a one-run lead going on to hammer Galax 17-3 in six innings in a nondistrict game Friday at Felts Park.
Galax (1-3) just had put three runs on the board to pull to within 4-3 when the Cavaliers (3-0) batted through the order in consecutive innings to blow the game open.
"Galax has got some ability to score a lot of runs and I knew their pitchers had thrown well so far this year, so I was glad to see us respond to their big inning the way we did," Carroll County coach Joe Tompkins said. "You don't want to let a team like that hang around if you can help it."
Galax batted around to cut the Cavalier lead to a single run in the bottom of the fourth, but Carroll County followed suit in its first opportunity, sending nine batters to the plate itself in the top of the fifth and scoring five runs with two outs. A fielder's choice, a walk and a Cody Beamer single loaded the bases for Cavalier leadoff man Ryan Gravley, who looped a single into shallow right to drive in a pair of runs.
Josh Underwood singled later in the inning to score Beamer, and Seth Burris ripped a base hit up the middle to plate two more runs for a 9-3 Cavalier advantage.
"It was good to see us string some hits together with two outs," Tompkins said. "We had guys in scoring position and the kids came through with some good at-bats to get those runs in."
Ethan Webb took the mound for Carroll in the bottom of the fifth and allowed just one baserunner – on an error – in two innings of work.
Carroll County left no doubt after the top of the sixth as the first seven Cavaliers reached safely. Taylor Case doubled and Bronson Bowman followed with a two-run single. Carroll County tacked on five more runs on a fielder's choice, a bases-loaded walk, two ground outs and an error before Case rapped his second double of the inning for an RBI.
A Burris RBI single and a run-scoring throwing error spotted Carroll a 2-0 lead in the top of the first, and the Cavaliers tacked on two more runs in the fourth on a balk and a double steal.
Held hitless through three innings, the Maroon Tide got things going in the home half of the fourth. Caleb Pack singled in a run, another scored on an error and Chandler Quesenberry's fielder's choice plated Pack to cut Carroll's lead to 4-3 entering the fifth.
Carroll County outhit the Maroon Tide 15-3, led by Burris and Bowman with three hits apiece and a combined five RBIs. Case had two hits while Gravley and Josh Underwood had two RBIs each.
Edwards and Webb teamed up to throw five no-hit innings as Galax was held to three singles on the afternoon.
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While the Alfa Romeo MiTo does have plenty going for it – stylish looks, low running costs, a spacious interior and a lengthy list of personalisation options – it can't quite keep up with rivals like the DS 3, Audi A1 or MINI hatchback in certain key areas.
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