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S.Sutcliffe" World Wide Web: FreeBurma@xxxxxxxxx Volunteering: christin@xxxxxxxxxx [Feel free to suggest more areas of coverage] ******************************** S.H.A.N. : SHANS STILL WANT PEACE WITH WA [Forwarded by the Shan Herald News Agency] Muangmai, 22. September 1995 Despite their resounding victory over Wa onslaught on Tuesday, the Shan leaders said they wanted none other than peace and reconciliation with their brethren whom they had been fighting against since the latter's ceasefire agreements with the Rangoon government in 1989. More details about the battle were received by S.H.A.N. as Khun Duan Saengkham, the Central Executive Committee member of the Shan State Restoration Council, gave the above comment. According to the official statement made this morning, the Was began shelling the Shan firebases in Hintang from 06:10 to 09:00 local time followed by human wave attacks by 1200 strong troops until 13:30. Though they failed to take the main stronghold, the attackers managed to capture a hill connecting Hintang with a minor firebase. It was later taken back by the Shans' 23rd Battalion under the command of Kowngli in a bloody 20-minute long counter attack. They claimed to capture 1.57 mm recoilless rifle, 12 M-22 automatic rifles and 2 M-16 automatic rifles among others. The Was' casualties were estimated as at least 30 killed and 100 wounded. Their own losses were 6 killed and 51 wounded. Confirmation from the Wa or Thai sources are not available. "We are proud of our men but not of the victory," Khun Duan told S.H.A.N. . "No matter who wins or loses, it is quite clear the real winner won't be either them (the Was) or us." ************************* BSFC: STATEMENT ON THE SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE COUP September 18, 1995 BURMESE STUDENTS FRONT CANADA Tel. (416) 444-0365 Fax. (416) 499-3066 A REVIEW ON THE SEVEN YEARS OLD COUP AND THE TOTAL ENSLAVEMENT OF THE BURMESE PEOPLE Today, September the 18th, 1995, marks the seven full years of the undeserved slavery of the Burmese people under the Burma Army-led military regime's total dictatorship which has been ruling the country by the firing power of guns alone. Seven years ago today, we, all the people of Burma except a handful of lackeys and parasites of the former ruling Burma Socialist Program Party Government, had risen against it, by paying thousands of civilian lives, but were defeated by the coup led by Gen. Saw Maung of the Burma Army. Since then, the army leaders, under the self given name " State Law and Order Restoration Council " or S.L.O.R.C, has shown no sign of releasing the country from their tight grip. In these seven years since 1988, this military regime has committed untold crimes against the country, cheated the people by means of a general election and a following national convention, and played "divide and rule" with the ethnic minority peoples. All these attempts have clearly indicated that it has been doing everything to stay on in power, devouring all the national wealth without restraint. Under these conditions, the ordinary citizens' sufferings have become unbearably miserable. The public morality has severely deteriorated under open bribery, grave corruption and the naked abuse of power. The military also continues arresting those who murmur their displeasure of these situations. Mostly, students, writers, artists and intellectuals still fill the jails in today's Burma. But the peasants, 80 % of Burma's population, suffer the oppression most. Every year in harvest season, hundreds of thousands of farmers are arrested in lower Burma for not selling their grains to the government at the extremely low prices set by the Army. Unpaid compulsory labour is commonplace both in towns and countryside forced at the whim of army detachments. It is true the regime has one-dimensional achievements of military success and cease-fire deals over ethnic minority rebels. But the privatization of national wealth only to themselves and creations of new jobs in collaboration with some opportunistic elements of the international business community has even widened the class polarization between them and the rest of the country. Civilians remain without rights while soldiers are over-privileged. People have become second class citizens under military officers and soldiers. As these conditions continue, the struggle for Democracy in Burma also continues. Though very slow and paying huge prices, the forming of the national opposition side, at both fronts, domestic and international, is steadily taking shape. The international awareness of the magnitude and seriousness of Burma issue is also growing. The regime has already sown seeds of its own self destruction by opening the doors of the country. On the other hand, the people, most noticeably, students, have gained more experience through their past struggles. The Burmese popular leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, also is free now and has started cautiously trying to regroup the pro-democracy forces without scaring SLORC. SLORC must be made victim of its own success. Fight back for all our freedoms we all rightfully enjoyed before, by using both tactics, active confrontation on all equal footings and passive resistance at unfavourable encounters. Our assumption, based on our past fighting experience against the military, is that it is vital to build the national opposition side stronger through a genuine solidarity, embracing all elements of revolution and honestly redressing our own mistakes. Above all, we must draw an entirely new and overall general strategy to liberate the country and to rout militarism once and for all. ****************** M0N INFORMATION SERVICE: SEPTEMBER 18, 1995 NEWS BULLETIN WHO ARE THE MONS? Concentrated between Burma and Thailand, there are an estimated 8 million Mons in the world today. Yet, their rights often go unrecognized. Like many indigenous peoples of this region, for the past forty years the central government in both Rangoon and Bangkok have ignored and attempted ethnocide of the Mon people -- who were the orignial inhabitants in the Burmese-Thai region. The Mon language is a distant relative of the Khmer (Cambodia) langauge group, having no similarities with Burmese and the Burmese alphabet is based on the Mon alphabet. After successive waves of Burman and Thai immigrations from the north in the last milenia, and after repeated attacks the kingdom of the peaceful Mons was defeated in 1757 and the higher culture taken as war booty to upper Burma by the Burmese king and many hundred thaunsands of Mon had been facing genocide. Meanwhile, in Thailand Mons were given speical areas to live and found sympathetic favor under the Thai king, himself a descendent of the Mons, mostly in areas around Bangkok's main river. PRESENT SITUATION Today, however, the situation is radicaly different with assimilation rampant on both sides of the border. Centralization and capitalism are working hand in hand to annihilate all indigenous peoples. A planned gas pipeline from Burma's Gulf of Martaban will dissect Monland on its way into energy-strapped Thailand, and so foreign policy in the era of "constructive engagement" does not favor the Mon people. The refugee situation is increasing due to forced labor on "infrastruc- ture" projects in the area, such as the gas pipeline and the 110 miles long dead Ye-Tavoy railway construction. Villages regularly undergo forced relocation while harrassment, violence and pillaging continue under SLORC's reign of terror. One of the biggest problems for the Mon people is recieving outside information and spreading out inside information to international communities. Approximately 50-60% of the Mon people cannot read or write in Burmese, and less are able to use English. Thus access to much information is prohibitive, especially about health care, social, politics and inter- national news. This is in addition to strict censorship controls and added ethnic suppression by the Burmese junta. The New Mon State Party (NMSP): Fighting against Burmese military junta by both arm struggle and political activities;( Recently reached agreement for ceasefire with Burmese military junta (SLORC) Mon National Relief Committee MNRC (MNRC): Working for Mon refugees in the Thai- Burma border; Add; GPO. Box.1983 Bangkok 10501, Thailand. Committee for Publicity of People Struggle in Monland (CPPSM): Mon non-government organization. Add; GPO.Box. 227, Bangkok 10501 Thailand **************************************************** CONTENTS: 1# JOINT STATEMENT ON 7TH ANNIVERSARY OF SLORC'S BLOODY COUP 2# ANNOUNCEMENT OF MON UNITY LEAGUE 3# MNRC INVITES UNHCR TO MONITOR REFUGEE REPATRIATION 4# MON REFUGEES AUGUST 1995 REPORT 5# MON REFUGEE COMMITTEE STATEMENT AUGUST 31 1995 ************************************************** 1# JOINT STATEMENT ON 7 TH ANNIVERSARY OF SLORC'S BLOODY COUP -SLORC'S SEIZURE OF STATE POWER 18th September, 1995. Today marks the 7th anniversary of the suppression of the demonstrations by the people of Burma who peacefully asked for democracy. These demonstrations were broken by the SLORC by firing their guns, killing many thousands of innocent people. At this time the people were calling for justice, peace and freedom from repression. The people who resisted the dictatorship strongly and bravely demanded democracy. Now in the current situation the SLORC continues to misuse their power, to ignore the desires of the people and only bullies them with their weapons. All the nationalities within the Union of Burma always have to live under the military dictatorship. From the time of September 18 1988 when it seized power, the SLORC has never worked to change their practice. Their only work has been for themselves in order to hold onto their own power -- for the benefit of only one group. Instead the people have expressed their wish for government by the people -- democracy -- but the SLORC is holding their bogus National Convention to draw up their constitution that intends only to enshrine their own state power. Each of our organizations urges the SLORC to urgently stop bullying the people and clinging onto state power. It must work for the people's welfare. We also ask for the international community's continued serious pressure to bring about change in Burma through all possible means, including diplomatic, business, and all political measures. We respectfully vow to join together with people of all nationalities to work to uplift the morale of the Union of Burma, to bring the dictatorship to an end and give rise to the seeds of democracy. - Overseas Mon Young Monks Union (OMYMU) - Overseas Mon National Students' Organization (OMNSO) - All Burma Students' League (ABSL)- India, - All Burma Students' League (ABSL) - Thailand - National League for Democracy - Youth (NLD)- Thailand ************************************************ 2# ANNOUNCEMENT OF MON UNITY LEAGUE CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE FOR MON UNITY LEAGUE'S CONVENTION Co-ordinating committee for Mon Unity League will hold a convention in early 1996, in Mon State, near the Thai-Burma border.The convention is to bring together representatives of various Mon Organisatoion and individuals who have taking part in Mon National Affairs. The main aims and objectives of the convention are to bring unity (unity and diversity) find the solutions the problems, share experiences and find ways and means how volunteers can be more effevtive in promoting Mon National Affairs. The majority of Mon people have been deprived of liberty and have never exercised their rights. They have been living under dictatorial rule for many decades. The Mon Unity hope to reverses this trend by bringing in exercised their rights. They have been living under dictatorial rule for many decades. The Mon Unity hope to reverses this trend by bringing in genuine Democracy and liberty which will usher in lasting peace and prosperity to the Mon people and all people of Myanmar. The Co-ordinationg committee of the Mon Unity League would like to take this opportunity to extend formal invitation to various Mon Organisation. intellectuals and individuals who have devoted a great deal of their time and resources in furthering the Great Mon Cause. To make the preparation task of the convention easier we would now like you to contact us as soon as possible, so that a formal invitation can be extended to your address. Coordination Committee, Mon Unity League(MUL) Mon Unity League, Nai Hongsa (Deputy secretary of New Mon State Party) Contact phone and fax numbers are as follows: New Mon State Party headquarters, Thai-Burma border. Nai Phisarn (Chairman of Mon Information Service) Phone & Fax (662)4107844 Mon Youth Community PO Box 11, Ratburana Bangkok 10140 Thailand Phone & Fax (662) 4286232 **************************************************** 3# MNRC INVITES UNHCR TO MONITOR REFUGEE REPATRIATION To Mr.Ruprecht von Arnim Representative United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Bangkok Date: September 5, 1995 Dear Sir, The New Mon State Party ( NMSP ) has signed a ceasefire agree- ment with SLORC, the military regime in Burma, at the end of June. Because of the prolonged civil war between the successive central governments and ethnic nationalities armed forces, the local inhabitants have suffered from the persecution of Burmese troops such as forced relocation, forced labour, press-ganged for porterage to be used as mine defectors and abuse of women porters. Even though those local inhabitants have escaped systematic persecution to the Thai-Burma border, they have recieved lack of protection from Thailand, and its governments also barred the international community from offering possible protection and assistance under the recognition of "refugee status". In view point of our relief committee, the NMSP had to sign cease- fire agreement because of the outside Thailand pressure and inside SLORC inhumane treatments to Mon community. The example of resumed fighting in Karenni areas and other ethnic areas show the ceasefire agreement does not mean absolutely that peace is returned to Burma. And it also means there is not enough safety for the refugees to return back to their native villages which are deeply situated inside Burma, in the current situations. However, because of the ceasefire, the refugees must be repatriated to Burma side of the border in coming dry season and we would like those refugees who fled persecution to be repatriated under secure conditions and it should be voluntary according to the established international principles. Therefore, the MNRC has plan to repatriate Mon refugees to the areas close to the border and if the situation becames unsafe because of fighting, they could flee back into Thailand again in easily. We hope that in the future, if the ceasefire holds, that the refugees can return to their native areas at a later date. To ensure for the safety of the refugees before, during and after repatriation, it must need a proper independent monitoring body. As we hope, the most suitable international organization to establish a proper independent monitoring body is your Bangkok branch UNHCR. We would like you to consider this. We think only the UNHCR monitoring can provide enough safety for the future of Mon refugees, provision for adequate cross-border re-settlement relief assistance and other com- munity reconstruction assistance as well. Thank you very much. Yours sincerely, Sd/- Wongsa Pala ( Ven.Vongsa Pala) Chairman, Mon National Relief Committee ( MNRC ) *********************************************** 4# MON REFUGEES AUGUST 1995 REPORT Request for the international community in repatriation of Mon refugees. Since the New Mon State Party (NMSP) has agreed for a ceasefire agreement with SLORC, the MNRC hopes there is no more fighting in Mon territory, but nobody can predict on the foreseen human rights violations that may eventually be committed by SLORC. The accounts given by refugees MNRC has recieved to the different refugee camps tell they have escaped from their native villages because of the systematic persecution of successive Rangoon military regimes. Even though the Thai government's policy towards the Burmese refugees is a strict one, some Thai autorities have sympathetic conside- ration on Mon refugees and they were allowed to stay in Thai territories. Under the strict policy, lack of protection and limited aid allowance to them, the Mon refugees have taken haven for five years in Thai terri- tories, after the Burmese troops attacked and occupied the NMSP head- quarters in Three Pagoda Pass since 1990. The Mon refugees had to pass hard experiences because of perpetual relocations by Thai autorities in previous times. Even when the Thai autorities offered us the lack of protection in their soil, which does not meet international standards, anyhow we express our thankfulness for them. Thai government permitted the international aid agencies to help our refugees to survive. Since 1990, after Mon refugee camps were set up in Thailand, many Mon local inhabitants and other nationalities have consistently taken refuge in Mon refugee camps after they abandoned and escaped from their native places because of abuses by Burmese troops. According to NMSP leaders who participated in the ceasefire agreement, the SLORC has promised to discontinue it's systematic persecution, it might be safe for refugees to reside in Burma. In the resettlement process we plan to resettle those refugees in seven areas close to the border where it is easier to flee into Thailand if the situation in Burma looks unsafe or the fighting takes place in Mon areas again. Most of the areas are under the control of NMSP and its military faction. The MNRC hopes, if the resettlement sites are safe and land for growing crops is available, some immigrant families will also join in. But those Mon people who fled from the systematic persecution need the repatriation under the protection of international refugee principles. In the repatriation process we request for the international community as an independent monitoring body for the repatriation because we would like to ensure the following points. 1. The refugees must have cross border assistance for one year or until they can subsist on their own. 2. The refugees must reside in safe areas where no human rights violations will be committed by any group. 3. The refugees must have safe haven and flee into Thai territory if the fighting in Burma occured again and possible assistance of the inter- national NGOs must be permitted. 4. The refugees shall need short term community construction aid and longterm development aid from the international community. To ensure the mentioned points necessary for the refugees, the interna- tional community should participate in the repatriation. Points mentioned do not mean that we always carry refugees to Thailand or refuse to return back deep inside Burma. If Burma returns to genuine peace and safety for all the civilian population, those people will return back to their native places from where they originally had to escape. For the whole opinion of MNRC, it released a suggestive statement on June 29, 1995 by inviting the international community to participate in the repatriation process of Mon refugees. The statemen is included. We also adressed an invitation for Bangkok Branch UNHCR to consider and participate in this repatriation process. The letter is included. In conclusion, if those refugees do not recieve enough food assistance and international assurance for safety, they must face food-shortage problems and unstable situation. And, the presence of international organizations such as UNHCR, diplomatic community and NGOs in the repatriation process may contribute much to bolster the confidence of returnees. *********************************************************** 5# MON REFUGEE COMMITTEE STATEMENT AUGUST 31 1995 Statement of the Mon National Relief Committee Regarding the Repatriation Program of Mon Refugees. As a recent political development in Burma, the New Mon State Party ( NMSP) and the State Law and Order Restoration Council ( SLORC ) celebrated a ceasefire agreement on June 29, 1995. The Mon National Relief Committee (MNRC) welcomes this good tidings. After many years of miserable life Mon refugees now have an opportu- nity to return back home in peace. Mons never wanted to become refugees. They had to flee from their native places in their homeland ( Mon State, Burma) because there was fighting between the NMSP armed forces and the SLORC troops for several years during which systematic persecution on Mon people, such as forced relocation, forced labor, press-ganged for porterage to be used also as mine detectors and abuse of women porters happened. Mon people who fled persecution are entitled to be accepted as refugees, in accordance with the international norms. This means that these refugees are entitled to be repatriated under secure conditions and it should be voluntary, according to the established international principles. As ceasefire agreement has been effected, there will be no more fighting. The SLORC has promissed to discontinue its systematic persecution, except using voluntarily given labor. Even though the long-awaited ceasefire came into effect, Mon refugees are still reluctant to return because of their past miserable experiences. Therefore Mon refugees need assurance for their safety and voluntary return. The MNRC believes these refugees need preotection and assistance as provided to other returning refugees worldwide. FIRSTLY The Mon National Relief Committee calls for the establishment or identification of a proper independent monitoring body which can ensure the safety of the refugees before, during and after repatriation. SECONDLY The Mon National Relief Committee calls for the provision for cross- border resettlement relief assistance for the Mon refugees for a period of at least one year ( or until they can subsist on their own ). We request the international community to provide us with development aid to help us rebuild the Mon State which has been shattered by protracted civil war. The Mon refugees now are looking forward to returning home and are hoping to go back as early as possible. However, to attempt to return them prematurely without necessary protection and assistance would cause uncertainty among the Mon refugees as to their future existence in Burma and this could lead them to flee back to Thailand once again in the near future. The MNRC calls upon the international community working for Mon refugees, the Royal Thai Government and the SLORC to ensure the safe, secure and confident return of the Mon refugees. Date: August 31, 1995 Mon National Relief Committee Thai-Burma Border ********************************************* NATION: THE NEXT TYCOON September 24, 1995 Yvan Cohen spoke to Michael Lim, one of a new breed of ambitious entrepreneurs in Burma. RANGOON, Burma _ If you want to make your fortune in Burma, start now. That's the message from Burmese businessman Michael Lim, who heads the country's first privately-owned media group. In December 1993, Lim abandoned his stock exchange business to launch the Today-Media and Information Group. "It's pretty easy making money trading, but I wanted to get involved in something new with good potential for growth," explains Lim, who is one of a number of local and foreign businessmen taking advantage of market reforms in Burma's formerly socialist economy. In his office in downtown Rangoon, the 32-year-old entrepreneur enjoys showing visitors how he uses car batteries to keep his company's six computers running during the city's frequent black- outs. "What I really enjoy about doing business in Burma is the feeling that you're a pioneer," says Lim, leaning forward to catch the glow of the battery-powered neon lamp which illuminates his windowless office. Three months after the Today Media and Information Group was founded, it produced-the first issue of Today magazine, a full-colour English language monthly which Lim describes as the group's flagship and image ambassador. Aimed at Burma's growing expatriate and tourist population, Today is proof of the young businessman's keen eye for opportunities. "The tourism industry was expanding in an unprecedented manner but there were no outlets for promotion," says Lim who, in addition to his native Burmese, also speaks fluent English, Thai and Chinese. Burma began opening its doors to tourists in 1989 and has declared 1996 "Visit Myanmar Year." Some 300,000 tourists are expected to visit the country in 1996, up from around 100,000 this year. But Today magazine is just the beginning, says Lim, explaining that the group will "soon" launch a new biweekly newspaper in English and a weekly newspaper in Burmese. Having spent seven years in real estate and trading in Bangkok, Lim i is clearly impatient to see Burma's economy catch up with its booming neighbours, where comparatively liberal political and economic policies have seen the media and communications sectors flourish. At present, Burma is still classified among the world's least developed nations. "I certainly admire Thaksin Shinawatra," concedes Lim, referring to the Thai telecommunications magnate who has built an estimated US$2 billion business empire in the space of a decade. "The next step for the Today group is radio and then television," declares Lim, who also plans to get involved in Burma's fledgling tele-communications sector. "I'm currently negotiating with a major international telecommunications group. "Existing state media is too limited. There is a strong demand for information regarding business developments. Today Media and Information Group will expand its access to international news through its recently acquired translation rights for stories from PC World and Asian Business magazines." The group was scheduled to launch its Burmese version of PC World in September. Despite Lim's seemingly limitless optimism, Burma is still a long way from providing the kind of political or economic environment which will allow him to transform his ambitions into reality. Indeed, while Lim may be able to get around electrical blackouts with the aid of car batteries, he has to follow the line of strict government censorship placed on all media. "The censors look at everything s at least twice, once after the story is written and again prior to distribution," explains Lim, who is nevertheless confident of official support for his group. "The government understands the importance of the media sector. We have already discussed the possibility of setting up a new national daily." On the wall of his office, a single framed photograph of him shaking hands with military strongman General Khin Nyunt is further evidence of what Lim refers to as his "good relations" with the State Law and Order Restoration Council (Slorc), Burma's military junta. Unflustered by international criticism of Slorc, which routinely detains political opponents and is accused of widespread human rights violations, Lim believes most foreign investors share his enthusiasm. "From an investor's point of view, Burma is safer than Vietnam," he says. ''The legal system left by the British is still intact and people here are eager to learn." A number of international investors have moved into Burma fuelling economic growth that topped six per cent in 1994, but many have expressed doubts about the strength of Burma's boom. Steadily rising inflation is already estimated at around 40 per cent, and the continuing huge gap between the official exchange rate _ where one US dollar equals six kyat, and black market value _ where a dollar can be exchanged for up to 20 times more, continues to erode investor confidence. For now, Lim operates the five companies in his group with 40 local staff members. The companies include T Advertising, Today Media and Information, Today Publishing House and Today Printing Co Ltd. Lim reckons his total investment so far has been about 2 million kyat or about US$20,000 (using the more realistic black market exchange rate). Isn't Burma's fledgling media tycoon afraid of being swamped by the arrival of larger international players? Lim is unshaken. "We were negotiating a partnership with an international advertising agency but the deal fell through because I insisted the company retain the name Today," he says. Aware, however, that he will eventually be obliged to shift his group into a higher corporate gear, Lim says he has already lined up all the investment backing he needs. "I have an agreement with a publicly listed media group in Thailand," revealed Lim, who declined to name his future investor. _ World News Link. ***************************************************************** BKK POST: BURMA GRANTS September 26, 1995 JAPAN is considering giving Burma grants of 1.5-2 billion yen (360-480 million baht) to repair nursing schools in Rangoon, a foreign ministry official said. The final decision on the grant is expected next month following the visit to Rangoon by Foreign ministry study missions in June and in late August-early September. Rangoon's military intelligence leader, Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt announced Japan will donate US$400,000 (10 million baht) to Burma to build schools in border areas. ***************************************************************** BKK POST: DRAFT AGREEMENT ON THE WAY IN BID TO REOPEN CHECKPOINTS Thais eager to resume Burma border trade September 26, 1995 Report by Nussara Sawatsawang THAILAND IS speeding up efforts to restore its lucrative border trade with Burma. It has completed a draft agreement on border trade in an effort to persuade Burma to reopen checkpoints. The Foreign Ministry's Department of Treaties and Legal Affairs prepared the draft, according to a Commerce Ministry official, quoting a department representative. It must now consult other state-agencies including the Immigration Office, Customs Department and Interior and Commerce ministries. They are expected to discuss the draft this week before holding talks with Burmese counterparts. A senior official at the Department of Treaties and Legal Affairs said the draft was wide-ranging, covering products to be traded and ways to solve trade disputes. The Burmese apparently want the agreement, too, because the sooner ways can be found to monitor trade the more hard currency Rangoon will gain from duty on goods. According to the Commerce Ministry, Thailand's exports to Burma last year were worth 6.68 billion baht, while imports from that country totalled 3.31 billion baht through three temporary checkpoints _ Tachilek-Mae Sai in Chiang Rai Myawaddy-Mae Sot in Tak and Victoria Point-Ranong. The true figure would be six or seven times greater if illegal trade was included, according to officials. Rangoon closed its northern border with Thailand in March in retaliation for what it saw as Thai support for minority groups. The closure of the Victoria Point-Ranong link followed the murder of four Burmese fishermen on Thai trawlers early last month. The Commerce Ministry official said the agreement and the reopening of border checkpoints were separate issues. But it was hoped Burma would review its decision as it would then be able to get full profit from trade. Burma has previously asked in vain for Thailand to sign border trade agreements. Rangoon signed a border trade pact with China in 1988, with India in January last year and and four months later with Bangladesh, leaving only Thailand and Laos without agreements. Trade structure and products involved are the two main problems. The issue was not raised publicly at the second Thai-Burmese Joint Commission meeting in Bangkok last December, which noted the two countries were to sign an agreement early this year. But it was revived during the recent visit to Burma by Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Gen Chavalit Yongchaiyudh. Gen Chavalit, who visited Rangoon at a time relations between the countries were at a low, held discussions with counterpart Vice-Admiral Maung Maung Khin and said the process was delayed because the two sides had different ideas about border trade. Burma wanted a central body to control and supervise trade, but Thailand preferred it to be free from state control, he said. Rangoon wanted the agreement with Thailand to be like that with China, although Beijing's political and economic system differed from Thailand's, the ministry official said. The Sino-Burmese agreement applies to trade between the Burmese towns of Muse and Kyukok on one hand, with Wanting in Yunnan, southern China. Trade is conducted under the monopoly of the Myanmar Export and Import Corp and the Yunnan Provincial Import and Export Corp. Financial services are provided by the two state banks, Myanmar Foreign Trade Bank and Bank of China in Kunming, the capital of Yunnan. Thailand could not have a state monopoly of business or banking services, the officials said. But it could supervise trade to ensure regulations were observed. Thailand was also worried about Burma's ban on exports through border checkpoints of 28 items including teak, jewellery, antiques, fish, ivory, cattle, rare animals and mineral resources. Many of these are exported legally and illegally to Thailand. Compliance with the Burmese regulation would have a big impact on Thai traders, the official said. However, a Foreign Ministry official said as long as Thailand pledged to set up open mechanisms, negotiations were possible on items traded. The countries might be able to grant each other most-favoured nation status. While the Commerce Ministry, the Immigration Office and Customs Department would screen companies and supervise legal trade, the Thai-Burmese Regional, Border Committee would solve disputes, he said. Businessmen are keen to see trade resume. Representatives of 10 chambers of commerce from provinces bordering Burma want the agreement signed to enable them to export goods. They complain goods has to be sent to Rangoon via Singapore, boosting costs and wasting time. ***************************************************************** Typed by the Research Department of the ABSDF {MTZ} 26.9.95 *****************************************************************


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Hello, fiddle nuts! Fiddle Intensives at Lambville (Nashville, TN) are back in the world starting August 2017.
What is a Fiddle Intensive, you might ask? In a nutshell, you will be my houseguest for 3-4 days, depending on your situation. Unlike more traditional fiddle/music camps, this really is more than simply learning fiddle stuff. Oh, there will be some intense fiddling focus, don't you worry! We will also go places and do Nashville stuff, stuff that tourists in general may not get a chance to experience. Because this is an intimate setting, (my house, my cuisine, my bartending) I will speak one on one to anybody interested about level of expertise (fiddling) for these Intensives.
The maximum number I can accommodate is four people. I am striving to have everybody fairly close to the same level of expertise. For instance we might have a very beginning level Intensive. A typical day might look like this:
- 9:00 AM breakfast and conversation about life followed by a dog walk
- 10:30 AM group class – one hour
- 11:30 – 12:30 private coaching – 30 minutes with me, each person alone
- While one fiddler is with me, the others can do whatever they wish, but practicing is recommended.
- 12:30 – lunch followed by some rest which could really mean shopping or exploring
- 4:00 – 5:00 the remaining private coachings
- I won't necessarily stick to this schedule if something exciting pops up and we must go see whatever that might be. Stuff happens in Nashville.
- Evenings – We will of course eat some food either at my house or out somewhere. We will go out into the world of Nashville and do stuff.
When you commit to a Lamb Fiddle Intensive, things happen. I do not do this in a cookie cutter same way each time kind of way. For instance, during my first Intensive, we ended up at the funeral of Ralph Stanley. At another Intensive we ended up at the Grand Masters' Fiddle Championship, last minute kind of thing.
Like I said, this is not your typical music camp situation. You are a guest in my home and we do play some fiddle music. We also experience Nashville in so many ways and flexibility is the name of the game.
How do I sign up and how much?
The price for three days and four nights is $900. I will feed you when we are at my house. I will give you a bed. I will drive you around. The costs of going out into the world (drinks, cover charges, restaurants) are your responsibility.
I do not have a weekend scheduled yet. I schedule the time when the first person expresses interest. Arrive on a Thursday evening or Friday morning. Be all fiddley Friday, Saturday and Sunday. You may stay overnight on Sunday.

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Not a lot of info about director Brad Bird's new movie Tomorrowland, except that it films from August until the year's end in Vancouver.
Oh yeah, and George Clooney is one of the stars. Hugh Laurie is the only other name attached so far. It's a Disney movie, so figure that there's a tie-in to the old theme park ride.
Brad Bird is the Pixar veteran (The Incredibles, Ratatouille) who made the jump to live-action with Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol. That globe-trotting Tom Cruise hit was partly filmed in Vancouver, which must have played a part in why Bird is bringing his next movie here.
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Just Girls Weekend Coming to Hannibal April 25 – 27
What has become a springtime tradition returns to downtown Hannibal later this month.
The 12th annual Just Girls Weekend comes Friday-Sunday, April 25 - 27. It's being touted as a perfect time for girlfriends, moms, sisters and daughters to get together for a fun-filled weekend.
Businesses throughout the downtown area will host sales, demonstrations, food and fashion.
Goody bags, which include an apron and coupons are available on a limited basis.
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"One can hear many influences in Bishop's playing, including more than a touch of Elvin, but he is clearly an original voice…" – Percussive Notes
As a drummer, educator, record label owner, graphic designer, publisher, and festival presenter, John Bishop has been one of the primary voices in Northwest Jazz for over 35 years. He has performed in concerts and clubs with Bobby McFerrin, Lee Konitz, Slide Hampton, Benny Golson, George Cables, Kenny Werner, Bobby Hutcherson, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Sonny Fortune, Herb Ellis, Buddy DeFranco, Joe Locke, Jerry Bergonzi, Carla Bley, Steve Swallow, Larry Coryell, and countless others. He's appeared on more than 100 albums, and was inducted into the Seattle Jazz Hall of Fame in 2008.
"Great music without exception…a terrific organization and in my opinion, Bishop is one of the best cover designers in the world."
Rudolf Radnai, Muszerordal, Budapest, Hungary
In 1997, Bishop started the jazz label Origin Records (named Jazzweek's 2009 "Label Of The Year") and OriginArts, a graphic design & CD production company, to help further the exposure of creative artists and their music. In partnership with his ex-drum student, Matt Jorgensen, they have released 600 recordings by 300 artists from around the world. In 2002 they added another jazz label, OA2 Records, a classical imprint, Origin Classical in 2008, and in 2003 began Seattle's annual 4-day Ballard Jazz Festival. Bishop has designed over 620 CD packages and multiple book covers, banners, posters, and other graphics for clients around the globe. He was on the PNW chapter Board of Governors of the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, and annually takes part in multiple music conferences & events, including MIDEM (Cannes), the Grammys, JazzConnect (NYC), JazzWeek (San Jose), NAMM, PASIC, and JazzAhead (Bremen).
"…the high level of integration and communication Hal Galper's trio displays is rare and quite thrilling to experience…"
Along with bassist Jeff Johnson, Bishop is a member of New York pianist Hal Galper's Trio – where over the last dozen years, they've released 6 albums and tour internationally. They also perform with Spanish pianist Chano Dominguez, appearing recently at the 60th Monterey Jazz Festival, and are members of the collective Scenes with guitarist John Stowell. Bishop also tours Belgium every year with the Chad McCullough / Bram Weijters Group, a Belgian/American project.
"Bishop's drumming is unfailingly imaginative and fervid." – CODA Magazine
Born in Seattle and raised in Germany, Washington, DC, San Antonio and Eugene, Bishop started playing drums at 9 in Washington, DC with the Patriots drum corp. He performed regularly throughout high school and college in Oregon, studying with Mel Brown and Charles Dowd and attending the University of Oregon and North Texas State University. He moved to Seattle in 1981 for an extended engagement with his group Glider and never left. An unusually creative and fertile scene at the time, Seattle offered performances with top touring artists and the opportunity to create long and substantial musical relationships with inspired Northwest musicians.
In 1983, he became a member of the fusion group Blue Sky, which released two National Top 10 albums and performed extensively throughout the west coast and Canada over the next 9 years. For 20 years, he was a member of the piano trio New Stories along with pianist Marc Seales and bassist Doug Miller. They had 4 CDs of their own, 6 with the late be-bop saxophonist Don Lanphere, and a Grammy-nominated RCA recording with Mark Murphy. They were a house trio for 17 years at Bud Shank's Pt. Townsend Jazz Festival, headlined the 1993 JVC Jazz Festival in Vladivostok, Russia, appeared in concert with Tom Harrell, Julian Priester, Charles McPherson, Vincent Herring, Nick Brignola, Conte Condoli, Bobby Shew & Larry Coryell, and regularly appeared around the country by themselves or touring with Mark Murphy, Ernie Watts or Don Lanphere. Their music was included on a compilation CD for Universal Music entitled: "Repertoire: A Starbuck's Collection of Unforgettable Piano Jazz," and was embedded as a music sample in Windows XP. Their recording, "Hope is in the Air: the Music of Elmo Hope," was produced by Don Sickler, recorded by Rudy Van Gelder, and spent several months on the national airplay charts.
"The New Stories trio is likewise nothing less than extraordinary. Drummer John Bishop, particularly, is one of the finest on the scene." – Jazz Review
He's taught drums privately for 40 years, was on the faculty at the University of Washington from 2005-2009, and is presently adjunct at the Cornish College of the Arts. He regularly does drum and jazz workshops throughout the country with the Hal Galper Trio, including recent events at the University of North Texas, University of Indiana, Dartmouth, Cal Arts, The New School, Purchase Conservatory-NYC, William Paterson University, University of Louisville, San Jose State University, The Jazz School-Berkeley, and Kent State University, among many others.
Bishop has toured internationally with Buddy Greco, the McGuire Sisters, and the Harry James Orchestra, and has performed with Bob Hope, Red Skelton, Bob Newhart, Rich Little, The Hi-Los, Frankie Avalon, the Drifters, the Coasters, the Platters, Pete Barbutti, the Seattle Symphony and many others.
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Young Amelie (Savvy Crawford) navigates the high-pitched score by Daniel Messe with relative ease, foreshadowing the clear and dominant soprano voice she grows into as a mature Amelie. Simple and well meaning, the plot spins around Amelie's do-gooder-tendencies. She looks for folks to help in a basic Good Samaritan syndrome.
A waitress in a Parisian café, Amelie's co-workers are caught in a pattern of personality repetition—until, yes, Amelie guides them towards love and satisfaction. Almost all the cast members assume several roles depicting unconventional characters in very specific ways. In particular, Allison Cimmet's comic interpretations heighten an intermittently soggy production.
After discovering a series of ripped photographs, Amelie spies the responsible party—a young man who runs the photo booth in an industrious section of town. Whereas the Grinch's heart shrinks whenever someone expresses glee, Amelie's heart expands exponentially when she does a good deed, or in this case, falls in love. But despite Amelie's inherent outgoing ebullience, she can't confront this man. Instead, she plays games delivering notes about where to meet, and then disappearing before any face-to-face encounters.
Her love interest, Adam Chanler-Berat owns an overblown portion of charisma. Despite the tame material, Berat beams urgency, captivating the audience within seconds of his introduction. Of course, Soo is no wallflower, and when she appeared in the first rendition of "Natasha and Pierre and the Comet of 1812" it was evident she was a star in the making. But as directed by Pam McKinnon, Soo's character doesn't allow for much emotional variation.
Regardless, the pit orchestra guided by Kimberly Grigsby spurs the musical score along. For good reason, many families were in attendance and the younger members giggled and sighed at the sweet and forgettable musical "Amelie."
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E-commerce giant Alibaba this week launched its very first self-designed, self-built data centers in Hebei Province, beefing up its cloud computing capability to better serve online shoppers and entrepreneurs in northern China.
The two newly launched data centers in Zhangbei County in Zhangjiakou are expected to become fundamental to Alibaba's computing infrastructure in northern China, providing services to the giant's core businesses in cloud computing, big data and e-commerce.
Jeff Zhang, chief technology officer of Alibaba Group, said that the e-commerce giant had previously teamed up with telecom operators in building data centers.
The two centers in Zhangbei are the first centers we have exclusively designed and built to support our business.
According to Zhang, the new centers will soon provide services during Alibaba's upcoming Nov 11 shopping festival, the biggest annual online shopping event in China. The centers are also expected to provide clouding computing and big data services to 2 million small and medium-sized companies.
The launch of the new data center is in line with Alibaba's "going North" strategy. The move is aimed to help Alibaba gain an increased market share in the northern regions of China.


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Chauncey Billups Hobbled
Any chances the Knicks had to beat Celtics might have gone up in smoke when Chauncey Billups drove to the basket in the final minute on Sunday and came down lame.
Chauncey Billups injured his left knee in Game 1 against the Boston Celtics on Sunday. This quote by Chauncey Billups should be like nails on a chalkboard to Knicks fans, "I went to the basket and, as I took off on my leg it just kind of buckled on me."
The only thing that will make this worse is if there's news that Chauncey will be visiting Dr. James Andrews soon. His knee just kind of buckled on him? Yikes. At least Chauncey is young and can rebound from injuries like this quickly. Rrrrright.
Chauncey isn't sure if he'll be able to play in Game 2 on Tuesday night. Even if he's able to go, how effective will he be on a bum wheel? This could be a huge blow to the Knicks' chances to advance to the 2nd round of the playoffs. I believe the Knicks are dead.


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Dostaana brings together Abhishek Bachchan (Sam) and John Abraham (Kunal), in a literal sense, to don the role of a "gay couple" in order to gain an apartment. Rope in the sexy Priyanka Chopra (Neha) and you are bound to see some hormones flare. Sam and Kunal are hunting for an apartment and find the perfect apartment. The only problem – Neha, the landlady's niece, who is living there. So, Sam and Kunal convince the landlady that they are a gay couple. Soon, Sam and Kunal both fall for Neha and try to make a play for her, while Neha, unbeknownst of her friends' heterosexuality is on the lookout for her Mr. Prefect.
The entire movie is set in a light hearted manner, so there is no point in going over the political correctness of each and every remark in the movie. The story is not exceedingly remarkable since most of the script is written purely to make the movie funny. And it is a fun movie as well. It is filled with comical references of gay stereotypes and innuendoes. It is surprising to see two people who pulled off such a weak performance in Drona, come back and perform exceedingly well in Dostaana. John Abraham holds up well as well, pun intended. Boman Irani plays a nice cameo as Neha's boss, a gay designer (What is with Bollywood and gay designers?) while the much hammed role of Kirron Kher as Sam's mom, who is downcast after finding out of her son's "homosexuality" is hilarious. Halfway through, it seemed that the movie was about to lose its zing, when Abhimanyu (Bobby Deol credited with a cameo performance for some strange reason) appears as a possible love interest for Neha. Fortunately, the movie does not digress into "rona, dona" and keeps its funny bone. An entertaining comedy for the weekend.
Dasvidaniya attempts to touch an emotional chord with the audience bringing Amar Kaul, an accountant whose by the book life goes into a complete disarray when he finds out that he is dying with cancer. Egged on by a freewheeling Jagtap (Ranvir Shorey) and his own conscience (Dressed like Jagtap) wanting to break out, Amar sets out to do things he had always wanted to do, but didn't, out of his own inhibitions.
Reminiscent of The Bucket List? The similarity dies there. Amar's "ten Things To Do before I die" list is hardly the sort adventurers would die to have in their resume. Instead, he chooses to hold on to his emotional side; professing his love to his childhood crush and only love, meeting his old best friend who had drifted apart over the years, healing his relationship with an estranged brother and so on. As the movie progresses, it adopts the simplistic character of Amar Kaul, revealing his good natured but limited life and unachieved ambitions. The audience cannot help but feel sorry for the character's helplessness in life.
Vinay Pathak performs extremely well as Amar Kaul. The supporting cast gels well, though their screen time (except for Amar's mom and his guitar teacher) is limited to the part of his bucket list with relation to them. The movie retains its own comical touch as well, with the ever eating boss, Dasgupta (Saurabh Shukla) referenced as Hari Sadoo (Remember the naukri ad) and a guitar scene in the end reminiscent of Jab We Me when Shahid Kapoor plays his guitar with his employees gather around him. Many of Amar's interactions with his crush, guitar master and others are shown in a lighter vein. An affair in a foreign country with a gorgeous Russian way beyond his league was probably a tad too much, but I guess it was added to introduce the movie name (Dasvidaniya being Russian, in case you didn't realize Amar sets out to do "Das" tasks). The movie comes off well as an emotional experiment.
All in all, Dostaana's laughter and Dasvidaniya's sadness forms a nice combination of opposites. On a curious note, Dasvidaniya had attempted to get its feet wet in social media with a facebook app and all, although I heard about it on twitter rather than on facebook. So, I am not sure how successful it was, but it is a welcome attempt for a movie to attempt to bond with its audience. However, its wiki page and IMDb profile leaves a lot to be desired.


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What we ate:
Wagyu Tasting Plate with complimentary Potato Gratin (~PhP3,200 promo), Creme Brulee (~PhP500), Chocolate soup (~PhP500) and Guava Iced Tea (~PhP300)
Taste = 5/5
– Our experience in this place was so good that we had to visit it twice in two months. The tasting plate consisted of three 10-oz steaks namely, Australian Wagyu Beef Tajima, American Wagyu Snake River Farms and Kitayama Philippine Wagyu Beef striploin 6+. All of the steaks tasted good but they had some differences. The American Wagyu had the best taste of them all. It was the most tender of them all as well. The beef taste was smooth and it was really "butter knife beef". The Philippine Wagyu tasted good as well and it was tender. The beef tasted like our regular beef flavour here but the difference was in the tenderness of the meat and truly reflected the "6+". The Australian Wagyu had a smooth burger-beefy flavour and was almost as tender as the American Wagyu. The Potato Gratin was very creamy, filling and was really baked very well. We were scraping the bottom of the casserole because it was really good. The Creme Brulee had a very crispy crust almost glass-like and the custardy interior was good but it was a little too sweet even for us. The Chocolate Soup was so good. The soup part was extremely hot but the ice cream on top was so cold. The contrasting temperatures and the bittery taste of the hot chocolate soup versus the sweet cold vanilla ice cream made it very good. They also had complimentary walnut bread with Beurre D' Isigny butter and the butter was just so good. However, one of the reasons that we came back to this restaurant was the Guava Iced Tea. It was the best iced tea that we've ever tasted. The taste of the guava was just perfectly blended with the iced tea and the pineapple slice was a welcome bonus.
Service = 4.5/5
– Since the restaurant is in a hotel, we received excellent service although they could have been friendlier.
Ambience = 5/5
– The area had a sophisticated atmosphere but was not too intimidating. There was a large Beech oven on display that displayed how they were grilling their meats which showed their confidence in what they were doing.
Value for money = 4.5/5
– The prices were very expensive but the quality of the steaks, good service, nice ambience and of course, the Guava Iced Tea made the high cost worth it.
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Let's Get Quizzical is back at the Noels Arms on Thursday and includes topical rounds, picture boards, music round and half time nibbles. There is a maximum of five people per team.
The Solution are performing at the Noels Arms on Friday. They play rock classics from the likes of Pink Floyd, Fleetwood Mac, Steely Dan, Dire Straits, Alice Cooper, John Fogarty and The Doors.
The Genny B welcomes The Soul-Tones on Friday. An evening of soul and R&B classics are in store including hits from Sam and Dave, The Doobie Brothers and The Temptations.
Indigo are back to entertain with their covers of classic hits. Their arsenal of great tunes includes numbers by Queen, The Beatles, The Fratellis, The Killers, Kings of Leon and Fleetwood Mac. They take to the stage at the Genny B on Saturday.
Watch out for The Inspired Acoustic at the Noels Arms on Saturday who return to play a stripped back acoustic set. Plenty of the regular sing along classics by Kings of Leon, Muse, Bon Jovi, Guns N' Roses, Stereophonics and more will be belted out. Their set will also incorporate some laid back obscure covers by The Civil Wars and Damien Rice.
Dark Horse come riding in to The Saddle at Twyford on Saturday. They will play classic rock and blues based on the power house style trios like Cream and the Jimi Hendrix Experience.
TBC hold the fort at The Grapes on Saturday. They are a cover band who mix it up completely by playing songs from the likes of Britney Spears to The Police.
Ruff N Ready enter the Noels Arms on Sunday. They are a Grantham based Irish folk band ready to entertain.
The Crown invites Dave Garbe to the stage on Sunday. Inspired by his long standing love for rock. His set includes hits from AC/DC, Bob Marley and Stevie Wonder. He will also play alternative covers of old cult classics.


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Day 2 at the visa office; here is the link to Day 1
I returned to the visa office the next day and everything went almost exactly as did yesterday. The metal detector was still silent. However I came early so I expected a shorter queue.
I entered the Visa-application submission office. My uniformed friend was there to greet and usher me in. He seemed happy to see me. We exchanged pleasantries; him in a native language and me in English (I guess everything is just like the day before). He gave me a queue number and there were only seven people in ahead of me. Now I had every detail right; the passport photographs, the photocopies and even the exact application fee.
I referred to the Nigerian official exchange rate that morning before leaving the house to calculate the Naira equivalent of the fees in Pound Sterling. Like a careful scientist, I gave room for error anticipating the retail exchange rate; I was generous with the error. The most I would have to pay should be about N122,000. My uniformed friend informed me that my number was up.
Hidden Costs
I approached the submission counter glad it wasn't the rude staff from yesterday. My papers were checked and all seem to be in place. A payment teller was offered to me with the amount on it roughly N128,000. I called the staff's attention to their mistake to which she cross-checked here reference and gave it back to me convinced she was right. It then occurred to me, the extra N5000+ naira must be their service charge. But they don't mention this in the website (or it may be hidden in fine print) or anywhere around the office. I took the inflated payment teller in good faith and was proceeding to the next stage when a familiar voice called my attention… in a native language.
My uniformed friend seems the jolliest he's been. He asked how my first stage went and offered me some words of wisdom on the virtues of patience. He must have thought of me as impatient (in addition to being dumb). He inquired if I was done with this first stage about three times during this brief exchange; as if he couldn't believe it. As if he was going to miss me when I leave. I got the gist… but I wasn't falling for it. I looked at him in the eye with a straight face and thanked him for his help, but he interrupted me as I was turning. He asked again in the native tongue "You know this means you won't be coming back to this stage if you proceed"; hinting that I should "settle"/tip him for his troubles now because we won't see later. I felt the slight pressure to reach in to my wallet and give him something but the rebel in me just looked at him with all honesty and I replied him: "I know".
His face had a priceless expression which was a mixture of shock and disappointment. An interesting expression I thought I saw was also that of failure; failure to pamper me in to giving him money. Did I mention that he was calling me by titles that only a suck-up would call another person who is not your boss/master? I feel for him though. He probably does this for a living and gets more kickback from "settlements" than from his salary. But how could some unsuspecting target evade him like so, a target who seems so naive in his expectations of the system; and dumb as well.
Moving On
I proceeded to the next three stages. Where I met another interesting uniformed friend, dealt with another hidden charge and took part in a corny-pretentious practice. But I don't want to bore readers with my experiences on these particular incidents; I have written two blogs on it anyway. I could write a third blog to capture the rest of my adventures but only if someone interested requests. You must have been patient to read to this point. Thank you.


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Last year I took a nice hike up Tuolumne Peak and intended to complete Hoffmann in the same day, but an afternoon thunderstorm forced me to abandon my goal. Hoffmann is the exact center of the park and has pretty stunning 360 views. On the day we climb the peak, despite the forecast of sunny and clear, the view to the east is covered in clouds. Rising cumulus clouds, threatening a storm, have enveloped Half Dome and Mt. Clark.
It's still a beautiful day, however, and our missing the view is more than compensated for by our meeting various wildlife on our descent. Near the summit, we watch a hiker tussle with a frisky marmot over an unattended fanny pack.. In a small meadow we observe a grouse and her six fledglings, and Shad vows to finally buy a zoom lens so the wildlife we see actually appears as something other than a vague dot in his photos.
And near the end of the trail a young buck dashes by us. Perhaps he's on his way to some deer errand, or maybe he's just enjoying being able to run uphill effortlessly, a feat I have not yet mastered.


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You could have made a case for three Panthers winning NFC defensive player of the week honors.
But Luke Kuechly stood out even in that crowd.
The Panthers middle linebacker had roughly 1,647,892 tackles in their 17-13 win over the Saints.
The game-day count was 24, and the Panthers coaches went back and called it 26. Either way, it was a lot, along with an interception in the playoff-clinching win.
Since the league started tracking the hard-to-track stat in 1994, Kuechly and Derrick Brooks are the only players with at least 20 and an interception in the same game.
You could have made a strong case this week for Panthers linebacker Thomas Davis (14 tackles and an interception) or defensive end Greg Hardy (three sacks), but Kuechly's performance was the best of an outstanding group.


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This time of year seems to be filled with peace, joy and love… but when the surface is scratched there is often sorrow, pain and sadness.
I'm praying for several very sad, troubling, desperate situations for various friends and families.
Take time to really listen and be there just in case YOU are the one who is the bridge,
the safety net,
the strong hand to hold.
Be kind.
Be patient.
Be light and salt.
Most of all — be there.


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Velocity 2019 will focus on the rise of cloud native infrastructure
Organizations that want all of the speed, agility, and savings the cloud provides are embracing a cloud native approach.
What's on our radar.
Organizations that want all of the speed, agility, and savings the cloud provides are embracing a cloud native approach.
Apply fair and private models, white-hat and forensic model debugging, and common sense to protect machine learning models from malicious actors.
The O'Reilly Data Show Podcast: Kartik Hosanagar on the growing power and sophistication of algorithms.
The internet itself is a changing context—we're right to worry about data flows, but we also have to worry about the context changing even when data doesn't flow.
Radar spots and explores emerging technology themes so organizations can succeed amid constant change.
Mapping the complex forces that are reshaping organizations and changing the employee/employer relationship.
At O'Reilly, we seek to foster a culture that creates opportunity, rewards and recognizes accomplishments, and treats everyone with respect.
NLP systems in health care are hard—they require broad general and medical knowledge, must handle a large variety of inputs, and need to understand context.
The O'Reilly Data Show Podcast: P.W. Singer on how social media has changed, war, politics, and business.
The software industry has demonstrated, all too clearly, what happens when you don't pay attention to security.
The most promising area in the application of deep learning methods to time series forecasting is in the use of CNNs, LSTMs, and hybrid models.
There are growing numbers of users and contributors to the framework, as well as libraries for reinforcement learning, AutoML, and data science.
An overview of emerging trends, known hurdles, and best practices in artificial intelligence.
The O'Reilly Data Show Podcast: Siwei Lyu on machine learning for digital media forensics and image synthesis.
To meet the challenge of producing more food with less everything, farm bots are going to be an essential part of the mix.
Highlights and use cases from companies that are building the technologies needed to sustain their use of analytics and machine learning.
Stuart Halloway explains how to augment agility with principles for designing systems.
Glenn Vanderburg talks about the importance of letting your attention roam, and he shares examples of how insights from other fields have inspired software practitioners.
Matt Stine looks at the tricky situations that sometimes emerge from design and architecture.
Watch highlights from expert talks covering cloud-native programming, software architecture career advice, and more.
Trisha Gee shares lessons she learned the hard way while managing her career as a developer, lead, and technical advocate.
Tamar Eilam offers an overview of cloud-native programming and outlines a path toward the unification of the cloud programming model.
Neal Ford talks with Mark Richards about his career path and his work as a software architect.
Analysis of the O'Reilly online learning platform reveals a new approach to technical architecture, the rise of blockchain, and shifts in programming language adoption.
How companies in Europe are preparing for and adopting AI and ML technologies.
Much like human speech, bird song learning is social; perhaps we'll discover machine learning is social, too.
The O'Reilly Data Show Podcast: Maryam Jahanshahi on building tools to help improve efficiency and fairness in how companies recruit.
A recent survey investigated how companies are approaching their AI and ML practices, and measured the sophistication of their efforts.
Consent is the first step toward the ethical use of data, but it's not the last.
Experts weigh in on GraphQL, machine learning, React, micro-frontends, and other trends that will shape web development.
An exploration of three types of errors inherent in all financial models.
From artificial intelligence to serverless to Kubernetes, here's what's on our radar.
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O'Reilly authors and instructors explore the near-term future of popular and growing programming languages.
Survey results indicate incident response times improve with AI-based security services.
The program for our Artificial Intelligence Conference in New York City will showcase tools, best practices, and use cases from companies leading the way in AI adoption.
How new developments in automation, machine deception, hardware, and more will shape AI.
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The O'Reilly Data Show Podcast: Haoyuan Li on accelerating analytic workloads, and innovation in data and AI in China.
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An overview of NAS and a discussion on how it compares to hyperparameter optimization.
We need to do more than automate model building with autoML; we need to automate tasks at every stage of the data pipeline.
Our most-used AWS resources will help you stay on track in your journey to learn and apply AWS.
When it comes to automation of existing tasks and workflows, you need not adopt an "all or nothing" attitude.
The O'Reilly Data Show Podcast: Alex Wong on building human-in-the-loop automation solutions for enterprise machine learning.
Get a basic understanding of distributed systems and then go deeper with recommended resources.
A new report explores how far companies have come with microservices.
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Our most-used Java resources will help you stay on track in your journey to learn and apply Java.
Considerations for a world where ML models are becoming mission critical.
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Understanding how the Kubernetes scheduler makes scheduling decisions is critical to ensure consistent performance and optimal resource utilization.
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Watch highlights from expert talks covering Kubernetes, chaos engineering, deep learning, and more.
Omoju Miller outlines a vision where we harness human action for a better future.
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1. How many of the presenters embedded references from the scholarly literature or other evidence in their presentation to support their conclusion(s)?
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Innovation, opportunity, and timing – three simple words with an indescribable impact. Here at Talk Fusion, these are the ingredients that inspire us to push forward, evolve new ideas, and improve what's already been perfected.
With our latest product innovation, widescreen Video Email, we decided to take one extra leap: bringing timing and opportunity back to you, we launched a social media challenge that congratulated those who seized opportunity at just the right moment.
The Challenge
In today's world of limitless information, Video Email helps everyday people connect in a more real and intimate way. We know why we love this product, but we wanted to hear from you.
The contest rules were simple: tell us what you love most about Talk Fusion's Video Email product, and we'll reward you with a free widescreen version of any preexisting custom Video Email template.
And the Winners Are…
The decision was tough, but after careful deliberation, we finally chose the top 25 most creative responses from Facebook and the absolute best 15 re-posts from Instagram. Congratulations to all the winners!
Janice Silva
Cedric Penn
Miklos Tolnai
Guilherme da Costa Barros
Marcom GDL
Connie Lodell
Benyamin Budi Susilo
Mike Copeland
Tracy Zhykhovich
Freddy Acuna
"Widescreen Video Email allows you to be in front of your customers when you can't be there in person." –Mike Copeland
Yvonne Mellard
Tony Cortes
Riyo Soebandriyo
Aleta Satterthwaite Batz
John Challinor
Freddie Maw IV
Budi Huang
Kelton Alexander
Jeff Celentano
Fredy Gumulya
Somar Martinl
"… the power of television with the ease and simplicity of sending an email." –Kelton Alexander
Carlos Palma
Jeanny Sinciasari
Tony Hansen
Remon Pakpahan
"This has become not only my favorite method of email communication, it has become my ONLY method of email communications… it is simply the most comprehensive way of expressing, thoughts, ideas & most importantly, my love & regard for those I care about." -Tony Hansen
Ricke Hendriyani
Kevin Robinson
Mario Halim & Ryani Irawan
Moh Atmaji Windrianto
Miklos Tolnai
Magali Perion
Happy Velice
"I love video e-mails because with this I can create a personal atmosphere. I feel it when I get positive responses." -Miklos Tolnai
Templates Coming Soon
Our widescreen templates will give our Associates and Customers more opportunities to connect with sleek, impactful, and polished sending; and our skilled designers are taking the contest winners there before anyone else.


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EDITOR'S DESK: One size fits all?
In city offices, there are documents that describe various rules and standards... like what should be allowed in parks, or
how traffic should be handled on major streets.
Unfortunately, these documents don't have special sections with unique applications just to the Westside. We might think in our hearts that they should have such sections. After all, isn't the Westside special? Aren't we the oldest area? Don't we have the highest percentage of cantankerous citizens and caring souls? Don't we appreciate nature and history just a bit more than those northers, southers and easters?
So how is that I find myself, in a single news week, bumping up against two stories where all presumptions about Westsiders' significance in the city (let alone the world) are thrown for a proverbial loop. Horses in semi-primitive Promontory Point Park? Can't have 'em. People complained and oh yes, here's a regulation. Traditional easy access to businesses along South 21st Street? Sorry, Westside. Too much traffic coming your way. But you'll just love these medians that we've got for you. Or maybe you won't. It really doesn't matter. This document here that says when traffic counts reach a certain point...
OK, true enough, not all standardization is bad. But I do think it inconsistent that while the state has been so earnest about collecting public input on Westside Highway 24 upgrades, the city hasn't bothered itself to schedule public meetings on matters as near and dear to Westsiders as where horses can go and the future of 21st Street.
Maybe it's time to bring out that cantankerous side... in a uniquely caring Westside way, of course.


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Hi Ursula, and list
Best wishes
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 18:26:22 +0200 From: Ursula Kirmse <ukirmse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: making a sound unrecognizable
Dear list members,
I'm looking for a possibility to change/edit a environmental or at least natural sound in a way that it is not any longer recognizable as what it is, but, however, for doing this with changing as less acoustic parameters as possible. ;-) The intention is to use these sounds in a MMN paradigm and it is important that both "versions" of the sound are acoustically as similar as possible. The main point is that the sound (that can also be a more complex thing as the sound of a barking dog or a something like that) should be not possible to be recognized as what it is.
I would be very happy about ideas or would like know if maybe somebody has already tried something like this? I would also be very happy about recommations for software or matlab scripts that could be helpful in respect to this. For example I'm looking for a way to transfer the amplitude envelope from one sound to another (I already wrote a matlab routine for this, but its not yet functioning perfectly fine and the result is not completely convincing).
So if anybody has a an idea I would be grateful.
best regards and thanks a lot, Ursula Kirmse
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Things People Say When I Write With My Left Hand
My Twitter Friends Mosaic
This is really cool. I've been wanting to do it for a while but kept forgetting. Check it out, and create your twitter mosaic here.
Some Of My Favourite Tweets
Inspired by Hutch, here are some tweets I've favourited for your viewing pleasure:
Continue reading "Some Of My Favourite Tweets"
1 Year Already?
Hard to believe but I started this blog one year ago almost to the day. It may pale in comparison to other veteran bloggers but I'm happy I've been able to keep it going (albeit somewhat inconsistent).
Continue reading "1 Year Already?"
Shey's MonthCap – 09/08
Yes, I'm still alive — I've just been overloaded with many projects recently so my blogging has been non-existent for the past 4 weeks. To be honest, it will probably be another 3 weeks before I get back on it as I'll be going a way for a couple weeks in October.
However, that doesn't mean I stopped reading! To make up for my absence, I'm including links to some key articles I've read in the past month so you can read them too. Hope you find them as interesting as I did!
20 Obscure People You Can Follow on Twitter and FriendFeed and Not Get Bored
Following a post I read by Sarah Perez, I wanted to share with others some folks that always find a way to make me smile or laugh (often without them even knowing it). I guess this is my way of saying thanks. 🙂
Continue reading "20 Obscure People You Can Follow on Twitter and FriendFeed and Not Get Bored"
Shey's WeekCap – 07/13/08
Starting today, I'll be highlighting the more interesting conversations I've encountered during the past week, occasionally spilling the beans on what's been going on in my life, and letting you know about changes I've made to the blog. I call it Shey's WeekCap.


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Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Artist Snapshot: Trent Bailey Photography
9 comments:
Great photos! Love the green bag and red lips.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 20, 2010 at 11:48 AM
These photos are so great! I am going to check out Trent's blog right now!ReplyDelete
Alaina, thanks so much for featuring my work on your FABULOUS blog!ReplyDelete
@Connie...i love the green bag and red lips too, but i'm biased because she's my beautiful wife :)
I think this series should be called, "LCY PANDA Watch!" in honor of Anchorman. With that said, Mr. Bailey's work is awesome and edgy. Good find.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 20, 2010 at 1:20 PM
love these photos! just spent an hour scouring his blog....thank you for posting!ReplyDelete
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WOW, these are great! What an amazing shot of them giggling, so fresh yet intimate!ReplyDelete
absolutely agree, his work is divine!!ReplyDelete
His photography is so fun!! Thanks for sharing!!ReplyDelete
I absolutely love his work too, he was such a pleasure to meet at The Nest event. I love the photos of his you featured, Alaina!ReplyDelete


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Princess Tiaamii & Junior Model For Mom Katie Price's Spring 2010 KP Equestrian Collection
Its Princess Tiaamii!
Katie Price's children Junior, 4, and Princess Tiaamii, 2, are the new models of the 34-year-old beauty queen's KP equestrian clothing range.
Polo shirts, horse printed tees, vibrant stripes and velour tracksuits are some of the pieces found in the new collection.
Junior looks like a miniature version of his dad Peter Andre! The little tot is quite the model and seems to take his work quite seriously.
Price also released her first babywear collection which is sweet with lots of soft velour with glamorous touches.
In regards to her new line, the glamorous mom said,
"As you would expect, I've added lots of glamorous little touches to the detailing but me and my team have been very careful to make sure we meet all the safety regulations. As with all my products, it's very affordable but of the highest quality. We've spent a lot of time making sure that your little one will be as comfortable as possible. For example, we've got special internal seams in the feet to stop toenails catching and the all-in-ones have slip-resistant crowns on the soles."
Katie went on to add,
"Now that I'm happily married to Alex, I can't wait to have another baby. Alex and I hope we'll have exciting news to share with you soon and that it won't be long before we have Baby Reid to model a KP Baby collection!"
Prices for the K.P. Equestrian Pony Range and K.P. Baby Collection start at £15.00. Moms can match up in Katie's K.P range for adults found here.
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Orthodontist - Saline
1020 E. Michigan Ave Suite E
Saline, MI 48176
(734) 429-7676
Emergencies are best avoided, so please follow our advice the best you can. **The Patient Should Not Try to Cut or Remove Any Part of the Wire or Braces Themselves.** If you have an appliance that happens to come off, please do not discard it! Bring it with you to your next appointment so that we can repair or replace it.
For common problems, here are some quick fixes that can be done at home by a PARENT.
Initial Soreness
After braces appointments, the teeth and gums may be tender for a couple of days, to minimize this, brush very well and take a pain reliever such as Tylenol. For small cuts or sores in the mouth, brush your teeth and gums well, rinse with warm salt water, and then place orthodontic wax over the brace that is irritating your gums or cheek.
Wire Poking
It is possible for the wire to protrude from the back brace. Taking a nail clipper and snipping the wire as close as possible to the brace can solve this problem. If you cannot clip the wire, placing some wax on it will help to keep you comfortable.
Wire out of a Brace
If the wire has come out of the tube on the back molar tooth, you may attempt to reinsert the wire with a pair of needle-nosed pliers or tweezers. If you are having a difficult time and the wire is not sticking, you can place a piece of wax over the area. If the wax does not help, the wire can be cut with a small wire cutter or nail clipper close to the back of the last brace.
Broken Bracket or Loose Band
If a bracket (the small rectangular brace) or band (metal ring) is loose, it usually will remain connected to the main wire. Please let our office know you have a loose bracket or band, so we can be prepared at your next visit to repair it.
Broken Wire
If the main wire breaks, take a pair of nail clippers and cut the wire as close as possible to the next brace it is attached to. You may also need to place wax over the cut end of the wire. Please call our office so we can schedule an appointment to repair the wire.
Color Tie has come off
If the color tie has come loose, see if the wire is attached to the brace with a ligature, a small wire thread. If so, it should be fine until the next appointment.
Expander is Loose
If an expander becomes loose we do not want you to activate it until you are seen. Usually the expander can be pushed back onto the tooth until you can get back into our office. Sticky foods are usually the cause of this.
Poking Wire Tie
Sometimes to secure the brace to the wire we twist a very small stainless steel ligature around it. Infrequently it is possible for the twisted end of the ligature to move and start to feel sharp. If this happens simply use the eraser end of a pencil to gently push it into a comfortable position.
Lost or Broken Retainer
If you lose or break a removable appliance or retainer, please call our office during office hours or leave a message. We will schedule an appointment for you to have an impression taken so that our office can prepare another retainer.


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Project Limits:
Approximately 250 feet north and south of the bridge along Greentop Road.
Project Need:
The structure consisted of three 55 inch x 73 inch corrugated metal pipe arches with a total length of approximately 50 feet. The replacement of Bridge 3-941 was proposed due to significant corrosion found during routine bridge inspections and the subsequent diminishing structural integrity of the structure.
Project Overview:
The scope of the project was to replace the corrugated metal pipe arches with three 53 inch x 83 inch reinforced elliptical concrete pipes, at approximately 60 feet in length. Additional improvements included minor approach roadway work and placing rip-rap in the stream for scour protection. The work shall was performed under a full road closure with a posted detour.
Project Timeline:
Design Phase:
Design work to be completed October 2014.
Construction Phase:
Construction work completed November 2015.
Reviewed and Updated on 4/20/2016)