text:
Harare, November 10, 2012 - Mbizo legislator Settlement Chikwinya has
unveiled a Bill that seeks to dislodge the notorious Access to Information
and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA) and some provisions of the Official
Secrets Act, seen as criminalising the journalism profession.
Chikwinya, who chairs parliament's Portfolio Committee on Media,
Information, Communication Technology, presented the so-called Media Freedom
and Transparency Bill for close scrutiny before media stakeholders in Harare
on Friday.
Chikwinya intends to push through the envisaged law under the Private
Members Bill which allows non members of the executive to formulate laws.
The Bill retains the Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) while creating the more
professional Media Council of Zimbabwe, a voluntary organisation.
Journalists blame the ZMC and its predecessor Media and Information
Commission (MIC) for forcing the closure of four private newspapers in the
past decade and the continued arrest of some of their colleagues.
The MDC-T lawmaker said the Media Freedom and Transparency Bill shall
sanitise the media environment and provide media practitioners with better
access to information within public and private entities.
"The Bill seeks to repeal Aippa and create a media environment which is
free," Chikwinya said, " Under Aippa, we have had journalists who have been
criminalised for alleged offences during their tour of duty. So this Bill
seeks to decriminalise the work of journalists and actually promote civil
proceedings in the event that anyone feels that a journalist would have
wronged them.
"This Bill also seeks to enable citizens to discuss national issues freely
and to read and hear different opinions in a non threatening environment.
"The Bill seeks to introduce openness and transparency in both public and
private bodies while at the same time putting reasonable restraints on media
freedom in order to protect legitimate interest such as personal privacy
legitimate to the right to a fair trial."
But media practitioners who attended the workshop criticised the document
for its attempt to provide for both state and voluntary regulation at a time
the fraternity is fighting to free itself from
state meddling.
Some said the Bill was a very ambitious proposal that seeks to bring a lot
of issues affecting the media under one roof while others say the decision
to retain the ZMC altogether was another way of bringing back Aippa under
different terminology.
Pedzisayi Ruhanya, a journalist and PhD candidate in media and democracy,
feels Chikwinya was desperately trying to balance the wishes of Zanu PF,
which favours state regulation and those of his party, which advocates
voluntary regulation.
"This Bill is trying to balance the views of Zanu PF and MDC, yet it is
supposed to govern journalists and the entire media. The views of the media
are what are supposed to be emphasised. These are two positions of Zanu PF
and MDC that must be disregarded," said Ruhanya.
Chikwinya conceded the document was not perfect in its current form adding
that he was going to take it for "realignment" with the concerns of media
He said he is aiming to see the proposed Bill becoming a full law in March
next year.
He was optimistic that the Bill was going to receive the support of Zanu PF
MPs in spite the current polarisation in the house.
Sandra Nyaira
Partnership Africa Canada (PAC), one of the non-profit groups in the diamond
watchdog group, the Kimberley Process, is on Monday expected to release a
damning report showing Zimbabwe has since 2008 lost over $2 billion in what
it says is the continuing plunder of the country's gems by the military and
a clique from President Robert Mugabe's Zanu PF party.
Sources in the PAC told VOA Studio 7 that the alleged theft of Marange
diamonds is perhaps the biggest single plunder of diamonds the world has
seen since Cecil John Rhodes arrived in southern Africa.
The report titled 'Reap What You Sow: Greed and Corruption in Zimbabwe's
Marange Diamond Fields' will be released to coincide with the opening of an
international diamond conference in Victoria Falls.
Insiders said the report is particularly concerned with the lack of
transparency in diamond revenues in Harare.
The report, the insiders said, would prove that despite government
pronouncements to the contrary, the illicit trade of Marange diamonds is
alive and well with a parallel trade in Marange diamonds continuing to
thrive, with the full knowledge and complicity of top government officials
and the military.
Sources said the report also singles out Mines Minister Obert Mpofu as one
of the beneficiaries of the Marange diamonds.
Partnership Africa Canada would also claim that Mpofu allegedly siphoned
about $20 million from the diamond industry in Zimbabwe using his company,
Three Waters Investments operating from one of his Bulawayo properties.
Partnership Africa Canada is also expected to challenge the minister to
reveal his sources of wealth which the non-profit organization would
directly link to the pilfering of diamonds by top government and army
Mpofu vehemently denied the allegations. He dismissed the report as the work
of a group sponsored by countries that slapped Harare with sanctions and
bent on tarnishing the country's image ahead of the Victoria Falls
conference next week.
"I will not dignify those baseless accusations with a response," said Mpofu.
"This is pure madness, rank madness really from a group that is sponsored by
countries that do not want to see us benefiting from our diamonds. They can
continue to talk but we will not look back, Zimbabwe's diamonds are the best
and they are hurting that they are not mining in Marange that's all. We are
used to this – they release reports ahead of major conferences and Kimberley
plenary sessions but we are not fazed at all."
PAC research director Alan Martin confirmed the report will be released on
Monday and looks specifically at lack of transparency in Zimbabwe's diamond
"PAC has found that while the mismanagement of Marange remains primarily a
Zimbabwean problem, the global dimensions of the illegality has metastasized
to compromise most of the major diamond markets of the world," said Martin.
"Previously most of the illegal trade primarily involved South Africa,
Mozambique, UAE and India. This remains the case, but greater vigilance by
enforcement authorities should now extend to other centres, particularly
Meanwhile, the United States will at the end of this month host the
Kimberley Process plenary session to look at issues concerning the
international diamond trade and related issues.
Mbizvo Central Member of Parliament, Settlement Chikwinya, is expected to
present a Private Members Bill, The Press Freedom and Transparency Bill,
which seeks to decriminalize insults on President Mugabe.
by Staff Reporter
Speaking in Harare at a stakeholders' workshop on Friday, Rose Zigomo, a
legal expert who assisted Chikwinya draft the bill, said the proposed law
seeks to make it illegal to insult a President only in his capacity as head
of government.
In the Bill, it would no longer be possible to be charged criminally if one
utters or writes statements that are aimed at Mugabe in his capacity as Head
of Government, head of a political party or in his personal capacity,
according to Zigomo.
She said the Bill will also decriminalize defamation as defined in Section
31 of the Criminal Law Codification Act, which she said was too wide and
difficult to understand.
"Sections 33 and 96 criminalize the publication of false statements against
the president and statements that cause harm to others, and we are saying
why criminalise? So the Bill also seeks to abolish the aspect of criminal
defamation and leaves room for the defamed party to seek civil remedies,"
she said.
Chikwinya said the bill was a result of the realization that the Executive
was not responding to the quest to address the issue of media reforms in the
"Ordinarily, the bills would come from the Executive but since the formation
of the GNU, we have been taking advantage of the Private Members Bill and we
hope the Executive will ride on this chance to give MP's an opportunity to
carry out their mandate," he said.
The Bill seeks to replace the stringent Access to Information and Protection
of Privacy Act (AIPPA) as well as some provisions of the Official Secrets
"As we are all aware the Global Political Agreement states that media
reforms should be done in the country but up to now nothing to that effect
has been done. We also thought that the Executive or the Principals were
going to level the media environment as per their commitment they made four
years ago.
"This has motivated this proposed Bill," Chikwinya, who chairs parliament's
Portfolio Committee on Media Information Communication and Technology, said.
He said: "This Bill will not only give the public an enhanced right to
information, but will also ensure that governmental institutions publish
information about their structures and activities, thereby becoming more
transparent and accountable."
But media practitioners who attended the workshop criticised the document
for its attempt to provide for both state and voluntary regulation at a time
the fraternity is fighting to free itself from state meddling.
The Bill also seeks to establish an institutional framework for freedom of
expression, access to information and a free press in Zimbabwe, whilst also
introducing openness and transparency in both public and private bodies.
09/11/2012 00:00:00
by Staff Reporter
BULAWAYO police are holding two men after they allegedly blocked President
Robert Mugabe's motorcade in Bulawayo on Friday.
Mugabe, whose motorcade usually averages 12 vehicles, was travelling in an
extended convoy with cabinet ministers attending a graduation ceremony at
the National University of Science and Technology.
Bulawayo police spokesman Inspector Mandlenkosi Moyo said Newton Mlotshwa,
58, and Prayer Gavhanga, 27, had been charged with "disobeying lawful
instructions from a uniformed police officer".
Mugabe's motorcade was hurtling towards NUST along the Bulawayo-Esigodini
Road, opposite Ascot Shopping Centre, shortly before 11AM when it was
brought to a brief halt.
Inspector Moyo said: "Gavhanga, who was driving, was rude and refused to
clear the road for the motorcade.
"Officers took the vehicle ignition keys to stop him from fleeing. While
they were doing so, the vehicle's owner, Mlotshwa, who was a passenger,
rushed to a police bike and removed the bike's ignition keys demanding to be
given his keys back.
"In the process of restraining him, a police officer was assaulted. Mlotshwa
will be additionally charged with assault."
Inspector Moyo said motorists should co-operate with the police, adding:
"This incident could have been avoided. It was public knowledge that the
President was coming to Bulawayo for the NUST graduation and motorists
should just follow police directives."
Mlotshwa and Gavhanga are due before magistrates on Monday.
Saturday, 10 November 2012 13:20
HARARE - Facing a fast-approaching election without reforms, Zimbabwe's two
beleaguered ruling MDC parties have made a desperate appeal to South Africa
to stop President Robert Mugabe from forcing a snap election in March
without implementing an election roadmap.
South Africa's parliamentary committee on international relations and
cooperation says it is swamped by a wide range of requests for assistance by
Zimbabwean parties.
The MDC parties and civil society cemented their requests for support at a
meeting with the South African parliamentary committee at a meeting in
Pretoria last week.
The Zimbabwean delegation comprised spokesperson for Prime Minister Morgan
Tsvangirai's party Douglas Mwonzora and policy coordinator for Welshman
Ncube's MDC Qhubani Moyo.
Other members of the delegation were Zimbabwe Election Support Network
national director Rindai Chipfunde, Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights
executive director Irene Petras, Solidarity Peace Trust's research and
advocacy chief Brian Raftopolous and Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition
spokesperson Thabani Nyoni.
The Zimbabwean delegation, which met their South African counterparts for
several hours in Pretoria on Thursday, emphasised the need for pro-active
involvement of regional bloc Sadc and the African Union (AU) in the
implementation of the power-sharing Global Political Agreement (GPA).
The delegation urged South Africa, Sadc's mandated facilitator in the
Zimbabwe dialogue, to strengthen its hand in the mediation to respond more
forcefully to attempts by the 88-year-old to unilaterally go for fresh polls
by March without fundamental reforms.
The team said Zimbabwe needs a new, democratic constitution, harmonisation
of the current laws with the new constitution, a peaceful environment, a
credible Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) secretariat, demilitarisation
of the electoral processes and respect of the GPA before going for fresh
Moyo said his MDC was not concerned about the election date but wanted
conditions to be conducive. The party wants a clear roadmap with sign posts
for a free and fair election.
"In terms of the law, the life of Parliament comes to an end on 29 June
2013, five years to the day the President was sworn-in," Moyo told the SA
parliamentary committee.
"This means that the elections should be called by 30 June — to be held in
90 days — which means by 29 September 2013 we must go for fresh elections.
This is significant also because you need to create new institutions created
by the constitution."
Mwonzora said polls were process-driven, adding his party would contest in
polls only if minimum requirements are met.
Chipfunde told the SA committee that the creation of a violent-free
environment where freedom of assembly, association and speech among others
are upheld is critical.
She called for the opening up of election observation to all interested
stakeholders and for observers to be invited by Zec not the minister of
Justice and Legal Affairs Patrick Chinamasa, a member of Mugabe's Zanu PF.
She highlighted to the SA committee the need for a fresh voters' roll, and
that Zec should be independent of executive influence and report to
Parliament, be well-resourced and be given its full mandate in the
management of the election.
Raftopolous said Sadc must stand by the agreement that it has facilitated
and guaranteed.
"In the process, the regional body needs to fortify its position against the
clear intention of Zanu PF to destroy the GPA," he said.
"The purpose of such a strategy is once again to subject Zimbabwean citizens
to fraudulent election under a constitution that has been repeatedly amended
to suit the distortions of executive power that have played so large a role
in bringing about the country's current predicament."
Nyoni said Sadc and the AU must send in observers six months before the
elections and the observers should stay for six months after the elections.
"Hargreaves Magama, the chairman of the parliamentary committee, said the
Zimbabwean people have suffered "so much, for too long" and that the SA
Parliament has a responsibility to pursue a sustainable solution.
He pledged that South Africa will make a minimum demand before the next
election for the creation of an environment free of violence and
"If Zimbabwe Electoral Commission is not 100 percent free, it will muddle
the waters even more," he said.
"That process needs a credible Zec, if you don't have credible institutions
you will go the Sierra Leone way," he said referring to the forthcoming
November 17 poll in the war-torn country that has been marred by divisive
electoral rhetoric and brinkmanship.
"Zec must be credible so that the electoral outcome is believable to the
majority of Zimbabweans," Magama said.
The SA legislative committee promised the Zimbabwe delegation that they will
engage the South African facilitation team, Sadc and Zanu PF to seek a
lasting solution to the crisis.
Saturday, 10 November 2012 13:13
HARARE - The Zimbabwe Election Support Network, ZESN ballot update reports
that while the Second All-Stakeholders' Conference finally took place last
month — though devoid of overt violence and intimidation — it faced a number
of problems.
ZESN identified the exclusion of political parties not in the Government of
National Unity, (GNU).
The constitution making process has excluded all parties that are not part
of the inclusive government such as Mavambo Kusile Dawn (MKD), Zapu and Zanu
Ndonga among others yet they do represent particular constituencies.
Copac also limited the number of observers that were allocated to
organisations that had requested to observe the process. Interested
organisations such as ZZZICOMP were allocated 10 observers and this was
inadequate given the number of chapters that were under discussion.
In addition, civil society was asked to attend Copac under the auspices of
political parties.
This has been the trend since the beginning of the constitution making
process and it is exclusionary as some groups want to maintain their
neutrality and impartiality so that they could independently air their
Civil society groups refused to be subsumed under political parties as
political parties had coached the people and they were split between
protecting the draft and pushing amendments in the draft.
In addition, there was a lack of cognisance that the positions of political
parties do not always coincide with civil society positions and goals.
The inclusion of Professor Arthur Mutambara as a Principal brought confusion
as Professor Welshman Ncube boycotted the opening citing their exclusion as
Mutambara was said not to represent any party in the GNU.
Mutambara during his speech reminded delegates, Copac leadership and the
Principals that crafting a good constitution will not be the panacea to the
country's problems when such a document is disregarded and flouted at will
by the leaders.
He stressed the importance of "constitutionalism" which entails respecting
the constitution and governing within its limits.
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's speech traced the history of
constitution-making in Zimbabwe up to the current Copac led exercise which
he called a "people-driven process".
The speech made by President Mugabe emphasised the need for a new
constitution and how the process needs to be done in peace.
However, it could have disempowered and caused despondency among delegates
as they were informed that the final decision on the constitution lay with
the Principals not the delegates, hence making a mockery of the whole
The statement also run contrary to the spirit and letter of Article 6 of the
constitution which calls for a people driven constitution not a principal
driven constitution. - Staff Writer
by Everson Mushava/ Nduduzo Tshuma 7 hours 31 minutes ago
ZANU PF has all but admitted its grassroots structures have collapsed
prompting the party to plan the deployment of politburo members and other
senior party officials on a nationwide drive to revive them ahead of polls
expected in March next year.
Commenting after Wednesday's politburo meeting, party spokesperson Rugare
Gumbo told NewsDay that the party would hold inter-district meetings
countrywide to be addressed by politburo members and other senior officials
to mobilise voters ahead of the elections.
"What we talked about was the revamping of the party structures throughout
the country that will see the introduction of new party cards. Every
politburo member from the respective districts will be involved in
mobilising supporters," Gumbo said yesterday.
"We will hold district meetings to be addressed by politburo members
throughout the country. Senior party officials will help
in revamping the structures from cells, branches to the districts."
Gumbo said the party would also introduce new cards as it intensifies its
mass mobilisation drive.
Zanu PF rivals allege the cards are being used to identify the party's
members so that they access government services, aid and ancillary services
ahead of non-Zanu PF supporters.
According to a 2011 central committee report, Zanu PF has 579 312 members
out of Zimbabwe's estimated 14 million people, with provinces struggling to
recruit new supporters.
Matabeleland North only sold 8 639 cards against a target of 35 000 for the
year 2011.
War veterans' leader Jabulani Sibanda claims he has already told President
Robert Mugabe, the party's leader, of Zanu PF's waning support even in his
home province, Mashonaland West and other former party strongholds.
He claimed imposition of candidates and factionalism had killed the party's
support base.
In June this year, Zanu PF was forced to disband its district
co-co-ordinating committees (DCCs) structures responsible for mobilising
supporters at grassroots level owing to divisions and factionalism.
However, some believe the disbanding of the DCCs left a huge gap in the
mobilisation of supporters.
Critics allege the party has since roped in the army to take over the role
of DCCs, triggering fears of a recurrence of the 2008 violent polls.
As March draws near, the party has been embarking on several campaign
strategies, most of them bordering on vote-buying to mobilise support.
Only last week, Mugabe rolled out a $20 million farm inputs scheme which is
set to benefit over 800 000 families, in a move described by his opponents
in government as vote-buying using revenue from the Marange diamonds,
although Zanu PF claims the money was raised from local well-wishers.
Meanwhile, a handful of Zanu PF supporters turned up to welcome Mugabe at
the Joshua Mqabuko International Airport yesterday, a development attributed
to the growing factionalism especially within the Bulawayo provincial
Mugabe was in the city to preside over the graduation ceremony at the
National University of Science and Technology (NUST).
Uncharacteristic of his numerous previous arrivals in the city, the
President's plane touched down just after 10am only for the veteran leader
to be welcomed by a few party members, transported in three kombis.
Without interacting with them like he usually does, Mugabe headed straight
to his motorcade, accompanied by Bulawayo provincial governor Cain Mathema.
During last year's official opening of the Zimbabwe International Trade
Fair, Mines and Mining Development minister Obert Mpofu, who is also Umguza
MP, reportedly bussed around 6 000 supporters from his constituency to
welcome Mugabe and Zambia President Michael Sata, who was guest of honour.
A party insider who spoke on condition of anonymity attributed the low
turnout to infighting within Zanu PF.
"There are divisions in the party especially among the youth that is why you
see few people. The commissariat department had to make last-minute
arrangements so that these people could come, otherwise the situation was
going to be more embarrassing," the party insider said. - NewsDay
10/11/2012 00:00:00
by AFP
ACCUSED of being opaque, corrupt and murderous, Zimbabwe's diamond sector
wants to polish its image.
Beneath Zimbabwe's soil lies wealth that could help transform the country's
battered economy.
Zimbabwe is home to the Marange diamond fields - one of Africa's largest in
Africa - and has the potential to supply 25% of the world's diamonds. Yet
very few investors have been willing to cross the Rubicon.
That is because the sector has become synonymous with graft, torture and
murder that has been linked to some of the highest powers in the land.
Rights groups say 200 people were killed in 2008 at Marange when the
Zimbabwean army and anti-riot police cleared small-scale miners.
Zimbabwe was consequently banned from the Kimberley Process, a watchdog for
the diamond trade. The ban was only lifted when the government said it had
pulled out security forces out of the area.
Hush money
Natural resource extraction watchdogs accuse President Robert Mugabe's party
of funnelling profits to senior military officers and party leaders as hush
Finance Minister Tendai Biti, a member of the anti-Mugabe MDC party, has
complained that of the $600m in diamond revenues expected this year, only
$46m has materialised.
He admits a "parallel government" may be raking in much of the cash.
But from next Monday, at the Victoria Falls, the country will try to
convince 300 foreign mining experts and industry leaders that change is at
Officials are not bashful about the aim of the conference.
It has been organised "to manage perception of the Zimbabwean diamond
industry and lure more investment to the diamond industry", according to the
ministry of mines.
"We are now a diamond-mining country so we want to share with experts who
are ahead of us in order to improve our systems," said Prince Mupazviriho,
the permanent secretary at the ministry.
Real deal?
But observers wonder whether they are being sold the real deal or a cubic
The real test will be the government's support for a law that would force
mining companies to account for their production and sales.
"There are too many loopholes in the way the diamond mining companies are
reporting their production and revenue," analyst Charles Mangongera told
"We don't even know how much they are producing as there is no independent
mechanism to verify."
"What we need is for the conference to push for legislation that compels the
state and companies in the diamond sector to become accountable in a manner
that will benefit the treasury and all citizens."
But such legislation would run counter to the interests of Mugabe's Zanu-PF
party, according to Mangongera.
The legislation would particularly affect firms like Anjin, which is a joint
Chinese venture with the Zimbabwean state.
"I doubt that Zanu-PF would support such legislation. The key characters in
the diamond sector have linkages with Zanu-PF and obviously the party is
benefitting from these linkages," Mangongera said.
Saturday, 10 November 2012 13:20
HARARE - Mayor Muchadeyi Masunda has told residents to forget about
cancellation of their bills accumulated between the hyperinflationary
environment of 2008 and 2010 period, as demanded by Harare Residents Trust
HRT director Precious Shumba, leading about 200 residents, on Tuesday
descended on Town House demanding the cancellation of bills falling with
that period, improvement in service delivery and timely delivery of
Deputy mayor Emmanuel Chiroto, following a request by the residents to have
their bills slashed on Tuesday, on Thursday during the full council meeting,
tried to modestly narrate that day's event saying: "They were not a crowd
here to make noise but to present their petition peacefully. I could not
give them a position as I realised the issue requires full attention of the
However, mayor Masunda queried the basis on which the bills should be
"Taking due cognisance of the representation made, I would like to find out
if any of the petitioners had their bills annulled by Econet and Net-one,"
Masunda said.
Masunda described Chiroto's summation as too toned down arguing the crowd
was not peaceful.
He said the behaviour displayed by Shumba does not tally with his christian
background while some councillors begged the mayor to disregard the petition
as they feel resident groups are now usurping their role.
Councillor Herbert Gomba accused resident organisations of being used by the
donor community in return for funding and engrossed on the need for council
to constantly engage residents.
"Even if we do well they have to criticise because if they clap hands no
money will come into their coffers. Who represents residents more? Me or
trusts? These trusts have an insatiable appetite to criticise us. The
petition should not be considered," said Gomba.
Masunda however revealed that government has released some money to clear
the debt. - Xolisani Ncube and Wendy Muperi
Saturday, 10 November 2012 12:59
HARARE - Harare City Council (HCC) billing system is set to improve
following a $500 000 injection by the World Bank (WB).
Council's billing system has been in shambles with most bills based on
estimates, leading to serious defaulting among residents who feel the
authority has been short-changing them.
Harare mayor Muchadeyi Masunda said at a council meeting on Thursday water
provision is set to improve in Harare after the utilisation of the availed
"The money is meant to bankroll water initiatives to be spearheaded by
engineer Christopher Zvobgo and town clerk Tendai Mahachi. The World Bank
also availed a water specialist who held a meeting with the two which looked
at how we can stretch the little water we have to meet the needs of our
residents," Masunda said.
"The money will among other things be used to improve ICT (Information,
Communication and Technology). Our billing system will be improved," he
Many residents in Harare's various suburbs constantly have to do with
erratic water supplies as the city fathers grapple to keep up with demand.
HCC is currently able to produce about 620 mega litres of water but the
demand stands at 1 200 mega litres a day.
Also the funds from WB are likely to provide improved information flow
between council and its various stakeholders through a functioning website.
Masunda said eight council functionaries, five of which their travel bills
will be provided by WB, are set to benefit from skills exchange in South
Africa. - Xolisani Ncube and Wendy Muperi
Posted On : November 9th, 2012 | Updated On : November 9th, 2012
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe is using constant election talk as a ruse to prevent
Zanu PF from discussing his succession, with the unintended consequence of
the ploy being the scaring away of investors and sluggish economic growth,
MDC leader Welshman Ncube said.
Report by Owen Gagare
In a wide-ranging interview in which he spoke about his relationship with
Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, their continued support for
Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara, the stalled constitution-making
process and his prospects in the next elections, Ncube said he did not
anticipate polls in March as repeatedly claimed by Mugabe.
Ncube suggested Mugabe may not be serious about early polls given that he
has been calling for elections "tomorrow" since 2010.
"Mugabe has said to us there will be an election every year for the last two
years," said Ncube.
"There should have been an election before the end of last year. There was
supposed to be an election before the end of this year; now there is
supposed to be an election no later than March next year … Look, there is a
method to that madness and the method is simply to say if I'm having an
election around the corner there is no issue about who is the Zanu PF
Ncube said Mugabe's antics had kept the country's economy stagnant for the
past three years as investors adopt a wait-and-see attitude.
"It is a damaging and selfish strategy to make sure the economy does not
grow so that others do not get the credit. So you can go into an election
and say all these others have also been in government with me but they also
Given outstanding processes needing completion before polls, Ncube said it
is likely elections would be held around June 2012. He confirmed he would
contest the presidential poll, but would not forge alliances with the MDC-T
out of which his formation split in 2005 because the MDC-T reneged on an
electoral pact on the eve of the 2008 harmonised elections.
Although he did not share the same values, policies and ideology with
Tsvangirai, Ncube said he had a good working relationship with him in
government. He had also managed to find "comfort zones" to work together
with Mugabe on government business despite having a "disrespectful
disagreement" over the way Mugabe had handled the principals' issue.
Ncube insisted Mugabe and Tsvangirai were interfering in the internal
affairs of his party by disregarding a High Court ruling and the Sadc Maputo
resolution which declared Mutambara was not a principal.
Mugabe and Tsvangirai's argument that the matter was still in court after
Mutambara's appeal to the Supreme Court does not hold water because the
High Court judgment stands until the Supreme Court rules otherwise, said
"If they didn't want to interfere in the internal affairs of MDC, they would
accept our communication from the party that says the MDC had its congress
and it elected so and so as its president …," he said.
"Read (Justice) Kamocha's judgment; it's clear that the legal position is
that the congress is valid unless there is a court of law which has
overturned it. So what Mugabe and Tsvangirai have done is to say the
congress is invalid unless and until the matter is finalised in the Supreme
Ncube also said Tsvangirai was shooting himself in the foot by siding with
Mugabe, who want a dysfunctional government so he could implement very
little of the Global Political Agreement.
Read the full interview next week.
Land Reform devastated Zimbabwe's economy for a number of reasons, the main
one being that the commercial farming sector was not simply a few thousand
farmers; it consisted of thousands of companies that made up the largest
business sector. It was also the largest employer, largest foreign exchange
earner, largest supplier of inputs to local commercial and industrial
companies and largest customer for banking, insurance, transport and
construction services.
by John Robertson
New evidence suggests that Zanu (PF) hopes to win the next election by
forcing yet another massive change of ownership.
But government chose to close it down. And when the commercial farmers were
evicted, often violently, the land was declared to be the property of the
state. This eliminated its market value and collateral value, and when it
was allocated free to war veterans and to any other indigenous Zimbabweans
who had the right political credentials, they did not get security of tenure
or any form of title that might have encouraged them to invest time or money
in production.
Successful farming in Zimbabwe's uncertain tropical climate was always
difficult, but challenges had been overcome by the development of complex
management techniques and capital-intensive cultivation procedures. These
amounted to very demanding and expensive methods, so the replacement of the
skilled farmers with inexperienced, undercapitalised and poorly motivated
beneficiaries of political patronage had little prospect of success.
The country's largest business sector had been forced through a change of
ownership, but the new Owners were denied the property rights that might
have helped them to keep it working. The people given the farms did have a
few skills, but because they were not permitted to acquire ownership rights,
they could not use the land as collateral for the loans needed to run the
farms properly.
A sharp downturn in food production and export revenues was quickly followed
by shortages of fuel and other essential imports. Before long, Zimbabwe's
credit rating collapsed and loans from abroad disappeared. Downturns soon
followed in every other sector.
Tax revenues fell, investment stopped, exchange and other controls were
restored and all the moves to liberalise economic policies were reversed.
Zimbabwe became dependent on food aid and was soon experiencing a level of
hyperinflation that placed it in the record books.
Today, the government remains under the control of President Mugabe, even
though his party did not win the most seats in the last election. He
adamantly rejects any obligation to stand down and all the evidence shows
that he deeply resents the disaffection shown by the voters.
However, new evidence suggests that he hopes to win the next election by
forcing yet another massive change of ownership. This time the target is the
companies that are still in the hands of non-indigenous people. And this
time, he says, the transfer will really enrich and empower his supporters.
To bring this about, laws have been enacted that empower the government to
demand that all non-indigenous business owners must transfer 51 percent of
the shares in their companies to indigenous shareholders.
By acquiring controlling interests, the indigenous shareholders will then be
empowered to replace boards of directors. Most probably, they will be
required to work from lists of people that the party wants to see rewarded.
Other descriptions of Zimbabwe's recent history can easily be constructed,
but the more difficult challenge is to explain why policies that are so
damaging would be chosen, defended and even repeated. This explanation is
specially difficult when nobody doubts that the economy has declined
steeply, that thousands of Zimbabweans have suffered terrible trauma and
that millions have had to leave the country to earn a living.
The feudal Mugabe's hostility towards property rights, his eagerness to
impose controls on successful businesses and his repeated demonstrations
that loyalty to him will yield recognition and enrichment, strongly supports
the already expressed contention: Mugabe has re-established a feudal State
and is determined to remain entrenched as feudal Head of State. For
appearances sake, he has pretended to aspire to democratic ideals. But while
he is required to say that voters are free to elect somebody else, he has
gone to great lengths to ensure that most would not dare do so. Typical
pre-election tactics over the years have included widespread intimidation
that has cost many lives, and after elections whole communities have been
punished for appearing to have been in sympathy with opposition candidates.
Measures taken to ensure the failure of competitors have also included
attacks on journalists, the physical destruction of opposition newspaper
premises, and attacks on independent radio stations as well as opposition
party headquarters. Mugabe's vote-catching strategy mainly takes the form of
reminders to everybody that those showing disloyalty to the party face the
real prospect of being victimised by party militia whose members have been
authorised to act with impunity.
Zimbabwe's politicians have attacked and looted entire productive sectors
for short-term political or financial gain. As of now, for lack of any
effective reaction, they appear to remain free to do so again, anywhere.
Zanu PF has surely done more than enough to attract the opprobrium of every
world body that holds to high standards. But a more powerful reaction is
called for, and not only because the authorities clinging to power in
Zimbabwe have shown themselves to be callously indifferent to the effect
their policies have had on the welfare of the country's ordinary citizens.
Another fact that ought to be of concern to all outside Zimbabwe's borders
is that the country's slide into deeper poverty has turned the country into
a burden on international humanitarian aid resources and will have it
draining finite aid supplies for years to come. This will continue for as
long as it takes to restore the country's ability to provide adequately for
its own population.
This same long-suffering population also has already had difficulty
surviving the economic devastation caused by the confiscation of the assets
of thousands of farming businesses, which in turn affected the viability of
thousands of other businesses. At independence, Zimbabwe's new leaders saw
an opportunity for an alternative path; "liberation theology" and the
politics of claiming entitlements in compensation for the wrongs of the past
seemed a much more certain path to prosperity.
The country's many accomplishments were belittled, its investors and
wealth-creators were ridiculed or accused of achieving success by climbing
onto the backs of the "exploited masses", their investment in education,
health, housing and other social services was condemned as self-serving and
inadequate and Zanu PF claimed that the entire physical infrastructure was
created to serve nobody but the colonial regime. They tried to ensure that
each real or imagined facet of the country's colonial history should be
portrayed in terms that would destroy any prospect that things would fall
comfortably into place when, as has now happened, the chances came to make
big changes for the better.
But, concentrated as these efforts have been, most of them have not worked.
Indications suggest that most of the population knows better than to believe
the alternative history presented and most have accurately identified the
reasons for the dramatic decline in their standards of living. So even if
they have to continue working quietly and politely, it seems they will
continue working for change.
Don't miss Part 4 next week: Zimbabwe has paid a staggeringly high price for
the political leaders' beliefs that its resources should be up for grabs by
the heroes of the liberation struggle.
November 9, 2012, 12:56 pm
I read the following quotation recently, 'Truth only reveals itself when one
gives up all preconceived ideas.' That is not an easy thing to do,
especially in Zimbabwe where the country is now so sharply divided between
two very opposing views. If you are a Mugabe supporter you will
automatically believe every word that falls from Zanu PF lips; conversely if
you support the MDC, you will tend to doubt every word the Mugabe party
says. In the end the only way to determine the truth is to use common sense
and your own judgement based on past experience.
Not for the first time, Zanu PF this week upturned the truth into a
story that was so patently ridiculous, you would have to be 'intellectually
challenged' to believe it. It wasn't the first time they had turned a story
on its head to make them look like the innocent victims of MDC machinations;
we all remember how Zanu PF claimed that a white farmer had trashed his own
home in order to bring disgrace on the former ruling party. This week it was
the vicious attack on a white couple, John and Jackie Kinnaird that led Zanu
PF to claim that the assault was actually perpetrated by the MDC themselves
in order to bring blame on Zanu PF. It so happens that John Kinnaird is the
MDC treasurer for Kadoma and the attack took place at night by youths who
were said to be wearing Zanu PF regalia and using wheel spanners and iron
rods to assault John Kinnaird. The MDC immediately condemned the attack and
blamed Zanu PF; in response, Zanu PF's spokesperson, Rugare Gumbo, remarked
that he thought this was a stage-managed affair in order to tarnish his
party. "The MDC" he said, "is capable of sending its own youths to attack
fellow members as part of a well-orchestrated plan by the former opposition
party to create noise all over the country that there is violence in
Zimbabwe and therefore elections cannot be held in a free and fair manner."
One clue to help determine the truth is the fact that, despite a police
report being made, there have been no arrests. Past experience tells us that
the avowedly partisan police are known never to take action against Zanu PF
supporters even when there is clear evidence of guilt.
Then came the police raid on the Counselling Services Unit, an
organisation that provides medical and psychological counselling for victims
of torture. Twenty police officers armed with a search warrant raided CSU
offices in Harare. They were looking for 'offensive and subversive material'
they claimed but all they found were three cans of spray paint. Using the
criteria of common sense and judgement, it seems clear that what the police
were really looking for was the names of their own officers involved in
torture. Incidentally, the police team raiding the CSU offices was headed by
Detective Inspectors Dowa and Makedenge; both of whom have been involved in
previous torture cases. Five men were arrested in the course of the raid but
two have since been released. No charge has been made against the remaining
three and yesterday they were illegally transferred from Harare to Bulawayo
where a magistrate granted them bail. There has been widespread condemnation
of the police raid on the CSU offices but past experience tells Zimbabweans
that the current crackdown on NGOs is connected with the forthcoming
elections. In this atmosphere of political tension it is likely that the
truth will once again be lost in a welter of political propaganda where
finding the actual truth becomes almost impossible, even without
'preconceived ideas'.
Yours in the (continuing) struggle Pauline Henson
November 10, 2012, 11:24 am
Dear Family and Friends,
When I received the news of the death of an old family friend this week I
felt drawn to the cemetery. It had been a swelteringly hot week and even at
six in the morning the thermometer was in the mid 20's and heading upwards.
After just a short walk my arms and face were clammy and I was brushing
flies away. Despite the early hour, people were already working on roadside
cultivation plots, uprooting the last of the reeds, bullrushes, red hot
pokers and sedges that once grew in abundance here. Apparently the
diplomatically correct term for this is 'self apportioned, peri-urban
agriculture,' in reality it's the illegal, uncontrolled eradication of
precious wetlands that has gone unchecked for the last decade.
I deliberately turned my gaze away from the asbestos waste, oil filters,
drink cans, broken glass and litter that has been dumped in piles all along
the roadside on the way to the cemetery. My feet should have been walking on
tar but in many places this has been covered by sand and colonised by grass
because there have been no road repairs or storm drain clearing here since
2007. I passed street lights we pay for every month in our utilities
accounts but which haven't worked since 2004.
Arriving at the cemetery I forced myself not to look at the sweet potato
beds that have been dug up and planted inside the cemetery boundary wire. I
forced myself to walk around and not over the diamond mesh fence that lies
rusting in the grass where it has been for over three years since it was
pulled down but never put back by municipal workers when they cut down the
pine trees that lined the cemetery.
Under the spreading arms of an old Musasa tree are the graves of the family
of Margaret Tredgold. I had hoped to be able to sit on the small bench near
the graves but it has collapsed completely, so I just stood quietly for a
few minutes, remembering. Margaret passed away last week, in England, on the
1st November, aged 102. Lady Margaret Tredgold lived most of her life in
Zimbabwe and was known to so many people for her botanical paintings, stamp
designs, children's books and her well loved and often consulted books on
wild flowers and food plants of Zimbabwe. Margaret made the most exquisite
'paper- cut' cards, inked silhouette drawings, hand-made paper butterflies
and illustrated letters that will always be treasured by those that received
them. More than this, Margaret loved Zimbabwe and its people, especially the
children. Weeding around the edges of the graves I noticed the new stem of a
single flame lily. It couldn't have been more appropriate as it is two
beautiful flame lilies, painted by Margaret that adorn the front cover of
her book on wild flowers.
Walking home from the cemetery I didn't see the squalor of half an hour
before, this time I saw the first wild flowers of the new season at my feet.
All are flowers that are so beautifully portrayed in Margaret's books and
paintings: creeping pink Stud thorns; snowball Sedges; red dwarf
Combretums, early blue Thunbergias and a single, bright orange Lions eye.
What a tribute to a lady who always saw the beauty in Zimbabwe and the gave
it back in her words and art. The new summer wild flowers gave hope, the
same kind of hope described by Barack Obama in his victory speech this
week: "Hope is the stubborn faith inside us that something better exists so
long as we have the courage to keep reaching." Fambai zvakanaka Margaret.
Until next time, thanks for reading, love cathy.


text:
**Want FOX News First in your inbox every day? Sign up here.**
Buzz Cut:
• Primary Guide: What to watch in North Carolina today
• Libya in chaos
• Baier Tracks: Keystone on hold, but 'green' line goes
• Grody, dude! Senate ad touts taking out son's stitches to save cash
• Make sure you check the glove box
Probably the easiest place for Republicans to unseat a Democratic Senate incumbent this year is in North Carolina. Sen. Kay Hagan won on long-vanished Obama coattails in 2008 and her state party has been on a downward trend for all of her six years in office. But what looks like a lay-down hand for Republicans will depend on the primary vote today. If no candidate gets above 40 percent, the GOP primary field will shrink to today's top two finishers and rage on until July 15. The race has already been ugly and the runoff, which would be aimed at an even smaller, more conservative electorate, would offer hope to Hagan. What the candidates would have to say, spend and do to win with the base of the GOP base would provide ample fodder for Democrats to use to turn off more moderate suburban voters who are the key to victory in November. Look at it this way: If the GOP primary ends today, national Democrats will begin to write off Hagan, starving her of money and resources. If the GOP fight continues, the billionaire Democratic donor corps and the biggest political action committees on the left will be enticed to keep funding the pro-Hagan effort. So what should you be looking for as the election unfolds?
[North Carolina polling places close at 7:30 p.m. ET. For the latest updates, check WWW.FOXNEWS.COM and for local coverage, check out WRAL]
The players - There hasn't been much reliable polling in the race, but establishment favorite State House Speaker Thom Tillis was the frontrunner going into the vote. He's a former businessman who has the support of the state's Republican Gov. Pat McCrory and national party leaders, including 2012 presidential nominee Mitt Romney. The sketchy polling picture in the race shows Tillis hovering just at the 40 percent threshold, setting up a nail-biter finish tonight. His chief rival is obstetrician Greg Brannon, who proudly embraces the Tea Party banner and got a last-minute campaign boost from Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., who campaigned for him in Charlotte on Monday. The other main contender seems to be Rev. Mark Harris, a social conservative who has trumpeted the backing of former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee. The goal for Brannon and Harris today isn't to win outright so much as force a runoff in which the second place finisher can inflict deeper damage on Tillis.
[Good read - Sean Trende looks at the record and realities of the Tea Party movement inside the Republican Party.]
Queen City blues - In the state house, Tillis represents suburban Charlotte portions of Mecklenburg County. Mecklenburg is the largest, most densely populated county in North Carolina. But it is also not particularly Republican. To win, Tillis will have to get the Republican minority of Charlotte mobilized today, with more moderate suburban voters doing for him what they did for Romney two years ago: ratify the frontrunner's status. Tillis needs to score big with his constituents and those in surrounding districts. One advantage here is that independent voters may cast ballots in the Republican primary, allowing Tillis to broaden his appeal beyond die-hard GOPers.
[WRAL: "At a rally in Charlotte, [Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky.,] said [Greg Brannon] was the best candidate in Tuesday's crowded GOP field. Paul urged the 250 people in the crowd to send another true conservative to the Senate. He called Brannon a dragon slayer, someone who would shake up the status quo in Washington."]
Wake up to a different race? - Brannon's home county of Wake has far fewer residents than metro Charlotte, but had nearly 20,000 more Republican primary voters than Mecklenburg two years ago. This is the GOP heartland of the state. The Raleigh area is home to many of the die-hard conservatives that Brannon needs. If Brannon can convince enough voters here to take a chance on getting a more conservative candidate even if it makes the seat harder to flip in the fall, he will be able to force a runoff. But if Tillis has convinced suburbanites of the increasingly affluent region, especially in the leafy lanes of North Raleigh, to keep their eyes on beating Hagan the primary will end today.
High Pointing to a runoff? - Keep your eyes on Randolph County in the center of the state as the results come in. Third-place Harris is from nearby Winston-Salem, which is one county to the north. Randolph is home to part of the fast-growing community of High Point, which makes for some interesting political dynamics in the state. Previously a Bible-Belt kind of community, Yankee transplants drawn by booming education, technology and other high-end jobs are changing the character of the region. In the 2010 Republican gubernatorial primary between McCrory and then-state Sen. Fred Smith, McCrory won all the counties along the I-77 and I-85 corridor between Wake and Mecklenburg counties except for Randolph. If Harris has convinced folks here to stand with him, it could be enough to tip a close race between Tillis and Brannon into a runoff.
Hagan tries to help Brannon stop Tillis - WaPo: "The fliers landed in the mailboxes of Republican voters here last week with a warning likely to unnerve many conservatives. Thom Tillis, the Republican front-runner for a U.S. Senate seat, once called President Obama's health-care law 'a great idea,' the mailer said. The assertion echoed recent radio ads...But the warnings didn't come from any of the seven opponents Tillis will face in Tuesday's GOP primary, where he has been regularly attacked as not conservative enough. Instead, they were paid for by Sen. Kay Hagan, a Democrat who will face the eventual GOP nominee in November. Hagan supports the health-care law but she is taking the unusual step of spending money on advertisements designed to appeal to Republican voters who are skeptical of the measure. The maneuver is apparently intended to undermine enthusiasm in the GOP base for the Republican who is considered her strongest potential challenger in November."
WaPo points to the political and military disintegration of Libya, now on its sixth prime minister since former dictator Maummar Gaddafi was overthrown in 2011, as strong case of botched administration policy. "The Obama administration and its NATO allies bear responsibility for this mess because, having intervened to help rebels overthrow Gaddafi, they then swiftly exited without making a serious effort to help Libyans establish security and build a new political order. Congress might usefully probe why the administration allowed a country in which it initiated military operations to slide into chaos."
"…I'll decide whether or not the appropriate questions were asked in the past." – Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., the newly named chairman of a special House committee assigned to investigate the 2012 attack by Islamist militants on a U.S. outpost Benghazi, Libya on "On the Record with Greta Van Susteren"
[Washington Post's Dana Milbank questions "How the White House helped Republicans on Benghazi"]
Team Hillary looks to punish CBS reporter - Huffington Post: "Media Matters chairman David Brock is urging top CBS News executives to reopen the network's internal investigation over its discredited '60 Minutes' report on the Benghazi attack. Lara Logan, the network's chief foreign correspondent, and Max McClellan, her producer, went on leave following the network's internal review and have not returned…"
The House will take another procedural step today to advance formal contempt charges against former IRS official Lois Lerner, who has refused to testify about her part in or knowledge of the agency's harassment of the president's political foes. (Democrats are pushing a party-line vote). The real action, though, may come in the debate over whether to seek a special counsel to investigate wrongdoing at the agency.
Las Vegas Review-Journal: "Local business owners might be hoping the Affordable Care Act's insurance mandates cover sticker shock. The law's employer coverage mandate doesn't take effect until 2015, but early plan renewals are starting to roll in. And for some businesses, the premium jumps are positively painful. Local insurance brokers are reporting spikes ranging from 35 percent to 120 percent on policies that renew from July to December…The changes put as many as 90,000 policies across Nevada at risk of cancellation or nonrenewal this fall, said Las Vegas insurance broker William Wright, president of Chamber Insurance and Benefits."
WaPo: "The government's newest national assessment of climate change, released early [today], declares what a wide majority of scientists say is clear: Americans are already feeling the effects of global warming… 'The report affirms a number of things we have known,' said Katharine Hayhoe, a Texas Tech University professor and lead co-author of the changing climate chapter of the assessment. 'But there are new aspects…For a long time we have perceived climate change as an issue that's distant, affecting just polar bears or something that matters to our kids. This shows it's not just in the future; it matters today. Many people are feeling the effects.'"
[Roll Call: "Senate Democrats are offering Republicans a vote on approving the Keystone XL pipeline, but are demanding an energy efficiency bill pass in return."]
Oil industry targets five states for pro-Keystone ads - Washington Times: "The American Petroleum Institute has launched a five-state media blitz aimed at boosting support for the Keystone XL pipeline in advance of a possible Senate vote. Television, radio and online ads began running last weekend targeting seven Democratic senators in five states: Colorado, Delaware, Minnesota, New Mexico and South Dakota. The ads tout a Harris Poll showing 78 percent support for the pipeline along with the backing of labor, business and Republican and Democratic political leaders. President Obama has delayed deciding on whether to allow the pipeline for five years. The State Department tacked on another delay April 18, citing a dispute over the route now before the Nebraska Supreme Court, which could push a decision past the November election."
Baier Tracks: Keystone on hold, but 'green' line goes… - "As the battle over the administration-stalled Keystone XL pipeline heats up, with even top Democrats calling for Senate action to move it forward, there is another project that is moving full steam ahead despite significant pushback. Conservative economist Steve Moore writes about a 500-mile green energy power line to connect windmills to the power grid. That project is moving forward despite going right through an Army testing ground at New Mexico's White Sands Missile Range. Unlike Keystone, where the Obama State Department hasn't found a reason not to move forward with the project, the Defense Department says the power line may pose 'an unacceptable risk to national security.' It goes through a 'restricted zone' where missiles are tested. The company that funds the line, SunZia, says it would be too costly to reroute. (Tell that to the Keystone Pipeline folks.)
From Moore's piece: 'The power line could obstruct vital operations at White Sands, which is the Pentagon's largest testing station for long-range weapons. DOD has already vetoed the project twice, but the greens in the administration keep agitating for it.'
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has failed to even bring Keystone up for a vote, but this project – despite significant pushback – seems to be on a fast track. Welcome to Washington." – Bret Baier
This week marks the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the end of the Civil War with the Battle of The Wilderness, a bloody campaign through the heart of Virginia. Gen. Ulysses Grant showed for the first time the Union's willingness to fight a war of attrition and, as he instructed the leader of the U.S. Army fighting in Virginia about the great Confederate tactician and leader Gen. Robert E. Lee: "Wherever Lee goes, there you will go also." (Here's the contemporary drawing of Grant writing the telegram to President Abraham Lincoln with the news that the Army of the Potomac had finally crossed the Rapidan River, across which the two armies had warily eyed each other for months.) Today is the anniversary of the nearly mortal wounding of Gen. James Longstreet. He was felled by friendly fire only four miles from where the revered Gen. Stonewall Jackson had been killed on May 10 the year before in a similar battle at Chancellorsville. This time, Longstreet would recover, but the Confederate Army would not. Grant's willingness to pursue Lee and use the North's massive numerical advantage to crush the smaller, albeit superior, fighting force under Lee's command changed the nature of the war, helped deliver re-election to Lincoln, deterred scheming Europeans hoping to preserve a divided, weakened America through a peace treaty and marked the end of legal human bondage in Western Civilization.
Got a TIP from the RIGHT or LEFT? Email email@example.com
Real Clear Politics Averages
Obama Job Approval: Approve – 43.8 percent//Disapprove – 51.9 percent
Direction of Country: Right Direction – 28.1 percent//Wrong Track – 61.3 percent
Generic Congressional Ballot: Democrats – 43.6 percent// Republicans 43 percent
Maryland gets a visit today from 2016 Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton who will make a campaign appearance at the National Council for Behavioral Health today. The speech will offer Clinton a chance to continue her gradual effort to differentiate herself from President Obama's troubled heath initiatives. Maryland is also the home state of Gov. Martin O'Malley, who is trying to be taken seriously as a 2016 contender. He is not doing very well at it.
[Sheriff Joe makes another early primary state visit - The State: "Vice President Joe Biden will hold a fundraiser for the S.C. Democratic Party before he addresses University of South Carolina's commencement on Friday…"]
Hillary makes first campaign stop for a 2014 candidate - AP: "Hillary Rodham Clinton will appear at her first political event of 2014, raising money for a Pennsylvania congressional candidate with close ties to the Clinton family. According to an invitation obtained by The Associated Press, the potential 2016 presidential candidate will headline a May 15 fundraiser for Marjorie Margolies in New York. Margolies is the mother-in-law of Chelsea Clinton, the daughter of the former secretary of state and former President Bill Clinton. The fundraiser will be at the New York City home of Lynn Forester de Rothschild. Tickets cost $1,000 to $5,000 per person. Margolies served one term in Congress in the 1990s and is running in a Democratic primary for a House seat representing the Philadelphia suburbs."
Bubba stumps - Former President Bill Clinton will travel to the Sunshine state today to rally beside former Gov. Charlie Crist, D-Fla., at a Democratic Governors Association fundraiser. An April 30 Quinnipiac poll shows Crist leading Gov. Rick Scott, R-Fla., by 10 points.
They're ready to stop Hillary – National Journal: "The Stop Hillary PAC brought in more than half a million dollars and signed up 250,000 supporters since it started last summer, according to its spokesperson. 'In leading the stop-Hilary effort, we are actively investing in identifying, recruiting, and signing up supporters to stop Hillary. To stop Hillary in 2016 we will be active this midterm election helping to defeat candidates she endorses and shadow her wherever she goes,' said Stop Hillary PAC's Garrett Marquis."
The Supreme Court's passing on a decision on the second amendment right, a case that put highly restrictive gun rights in New Jersey into question, allowed Gov. Chris Christie, R-N.J., to avoid a political fight among party members. Writing for Fox News Opinion, Betsy McCaughey looks at the case and how it could affect Christie's future: "One thing for sure, Monday's decision allows New Jersey's restrictive law to stand for now and helps Christie, who's considered a contender for the GOP presidential nomination in 2016, to avoid a shooting match with pro-gun voters in his own party."
Miami Herald: "Sen. Marco Rubio, a potential 2016 Republican presidential candidate, Monday jumped into the Iowa U.S. Senate race, endorsing State Sen. Joni Ernst in the Republican primary. 'Joni is running for United States Senate in Iowa and is the type of tough, no nonsense conservative that we need in Washington' said Rubio, R-Fla. Ernst is locked in a tight race with businessman Mark Jacobs for the GOP nomination. The winner is expected to face Democratic Rep. Bruce Braley. Ernst has also been backed by 2012 presidential nominee Mitt Romney and 2008 vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin."
[Rubio continues to burnish his foreign policy credentials with a WSJ OpEd calling for "a lifeline" for Ukraine in the form of shoring up the failing state's currency.]
AP: "Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell faces a primary challenger in just a few weeks. To watch the television ad his campaign will begin running [today], voters would never know it. McConnell's campaign said Monday it was spending more than $100,000 on a new TV ad set to begin airing statewide [today]. Gone is the anxiety that political newcomer Matt Bevin could deny McConnell a spot on November's ballot. Now the most powerful Republican in the Senate has turned his eyes toward improving his chances against his likely Democratic contender, Alison Lundergan Grimes. 'He's been called a hero for saving Kentucky jobs,' the female narrator says in McConnell's ad. The ad ticks off examples of how McConnell's team says he fought foreign trade to save jobs at a Louisville aluminum plant, protected military families at the Bluegrass Army Depot by securing funding for a chemical weapons disposal program and turning back government regulations that would have prevented fishing along the Cumberland River and its tributaries that are among the state's top tourist destinations….The ad ignores Bevin, a businessman who has pumped $600,000 of his own cash into the campaign, and Grimes, who has more than $4.8 million banked for her races against McConnell. Instead, the ad feels like one that could easily air just weeks before November's elections."
[The Weekly Standard's Mark Hemmingway levels new allegations that Sen. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is wading into the Nebraska's Senate three-man primary as PAC funds with strong ties to McConnell run new ads attacking Midland University President Ben Sasse.]
Democratic Georgia Senate hopeful Michelle Nunn touts Christian faith and grandmother's influence in a new ad. "I remember as a child going to church with my ma every Sunday in Perry and learning how we learn our faith by helping others," says Nunn. She goes on to say how her grandmother helped her to have faith in the "power of others" causing her to "know that things really can be better in than what is going on in Washington." Nunn will face one of the seven GOP primary candidates in the November election to succeed retiring Sen. Saxby Chambliss.
Tea Party Express backs Handel - Former Georgia Secretary of State Karen Handel has picked up the endorsement of the Tea Party Express in the crowded field of GOP candidates. The group pointed to Handel's fiscal conservatism on both the state and county levels. "With $17 Trillion of debt, it's time for America to get her fiscal house in order. It starts with electing strong, fiscal conservatives that know how to manage complex budgets," Tea Party Express's Taylor Budowich said, "That's why Tea Party Express is proudly endorsing Karen Handel for the United States Senate." Georgia's primary is two weeks away.
Perdue's business record takes a hit - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: "In his bid for the U.S. Senate, David Perdue portrays himself as a Fortune 500 CEO who helped grow some of America's most recognizable companies. But the Republican's track record as a corporate turnaround wizard has hit a few rough patches. A review of court and investor records by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution shows one company Perdue led went under soon after he departed. Another paid out $42 million to settle lawsuits alleging Perdue lined his own pockets as part of a leveraged buyout deal, shortchanging shareholders."
In his second TV ad, Republican Minnesota Senate candidate Mike McFadden touts budget skills and promises to end ObamaCare. The ad features wealthy businessman McFadden's son, Conor, who calls his dad "cheap," but McFadden quips, "With six kids, it's called a budget." Conor then recounts a childhood story. "When I was 10 and had to get stiches out after a hockey injury, the nurse said it would cost 100 bucks. Dad was so horrified, he grabbed the scissors and took them out himself," Conor said. "Trust me nothing will stop dad from taking out ObamaCare." At the end of the ad McFadden asks for voters, "Send me to Washington and get me some scissors." McFadden faces state Sen. Julianne Ortman in an Aug. 12 primary for the chance to face incumbent Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., in November.
Which six Democrat-held Senate seats present the most likely path for the GOP to win control of the upper chamber? The current consensus among Fox News First readers: Arkansas, Montana, Louisiana, South Dakota, North Carolina and West Virginia.
Share your top six picks. Email them – just your top six, please – to firstname.lastname@example.com or tweet @cstirewalt.
For Sale: vintage 1972 Ferrari Dino 246GT, driven just 25,000 miles, no minimum price at auction, original owner: Keith Richards…that's right the Hall of Fame rocker who "enjoys playing the guitar with his friends in a little band called the Rolling Stones." Interested? The BBC has a heart-stopping pic of the car and all the details. Richards bought the car new in California in 1972, the same year that "Exile on Main St." debuted. Richards sold it to a collector in Japan in 1986. Now the roadster, which boasts one of the most beautiful bodies ever conjured by Ferrari, has re-emerged. There's no reserve price, but don't go looking for any bargains when the auction starts Friday in Monaco. But you can imagine for free what it would be like to roar up the Pacific Coast Highway, Ray Bans on to the chords of "Tumbling Dice." You got to roll me…
Chris Stirewalt is digital politics editor for Fox News. Want FOX News First in your inbox every day? Sign up here.
Chris Stirewalt joined Fox News Channel (FNC) in July of 2010 and serves as politics editor based in Washington, D.C. Additionally, he authors the daily Fox News Halftime Report political news note and co-hosts the hit podcast, Perino & Stirewalt: I'll Tell You What. He also is the host of Power Play, a feature video series on FoxNews.com. Stirewalt makes frequent appearances on network programs, including America's Newsroom, Special Report with Bret Baier and Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace. He also provides expert political analysis for FNC's coverage of state, congressional and presidential elections.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
National Productivity Council Recruitment 2015-Apply Online
National Productivity Council is inviting all enthusiastic, committed and responsible applicants for appointment of Examiner of Patents & Designs for CGPDTM positions. Candidates have to register and fill the application form via ONLINE mode on or before 24th August, 2015. More appropriate details such as, degree certificate/experience certificate, category certificate etc. can be gathered from this page.
Full vacancy details are laid down :
No. of vacancies : 459
Name of Post: Examiner of Patents & Designs for CGPDTM
Qualification Required: Candidates must hold Master's Degree in Chemistry/Biochemistry/Polymer Science/ Physics/ Biotechnology /Micro Biology OR Bachelor's Degree in Bio-medical/Food Technology/Computer Engineering / Information Technology/ Electrical/ Electronics / Electronics & Communication/ Mechanical/ Civil/ Metallurgical /Textile Engineering / Technology or equivalent.
Age Limit as on 01-August-2015:
The Minimum age limits: 21 years
The Maximum Age limits: 35 years.
Salary Band Details: Rs. 15,600-39,100/- + GP 5,400/-.
Selection Process:
Preliminary Examination
Main Written Examination
Examination Fee:
Un-Reserved Category and OBC category: Rs. 200/- .
SC, ST, PH and Female Candidates: NIL
The fee can be paid through using the Visa/Master Debit or Credit Card issued by any Bank or Net Banking facility.
How to Apply ?
1. Hopefuls can apply on-line for through official Website www.recruitmentnpc.in.
2. On landing page, go ahead for the link of Online Application for Recruitment of Examiner of Patents & Designs for CGPDTM.
3. Proceed to "Apply ON-line" and start to fill the application by using the username and password (if you are a registered user).
4. IF you are a news user, then make online registration first and then with the help of generated username and password, login the online application form.
5. Fill each and every single required data in the on-line form and upload the scanned copies of the latest passport size photograph and sign in the asked format.
6. After filling the details in, once check he filled in application form and then take a print out of structure for future reference.
Important Dates:
Commencement date for on-line registration: 25th July 2015
Closing Date for On-line registration: 24th August 2015
Date for Issue of On-line e-admit cards for Preliminary Examination: 05th September 2015
Preliminary Examination Date: 20th September 2015
Amit card for Main Examination will issue from: 12th October 2015
Main Examination Date: 18th October 2015
Click here to view the Official notification .
Click here to Apply Online.


text:
- Search for JobsSearch for Jobs
- Browse for JobsBrowse for Jobs
- Create a ResumeCreate a Resume
- Company DirectoryCompany Directory
Internship â Wastewater Engineering
At Woodard & Curran, there's nothing we love more than a tough engineering challenge. We handle a wide range of water and environmental issues—solving complex problems with creativity and tenacity. That's how we make a difference to our clients, people, and planet. Our company was founded on a simple concept: provide a safe and enjoyable place to work with opportunity, integrity, and commitment, and we will attract talented people. Those people are at the heart of our firm, solving some of the most pressing water and environmental challenges for our clients.
Duties and responsibilities vary based on level of experience and project expectations. An intern will generally shadow experienced professionals and participate as a member of a team by contributing to actual projects. Interns are able to apply what they have learned "from the classroom" via experience based-learning.
This Internship Position will be based in our Andover, Massachusetts Office.
You will need to attach a professional cover letter, as well as your resume. Your resume should include your GPA as well as a sample of courses that you've taken at college. In addition, you must have a high school diploma to qualify for an internship.
Woodard & Curran is an equal opportunity employer.
Woodard & Curran is a Drug Free Work Place.
Individuals with Disabilities and Protected Veterans are encouraged to apply.
American Society of Civil Engineers
Before you go...
Our free job seeker tools include alerts for new jobs, saving your favorites, optimized job matching, and more! Just enter your email below.


text:
Archive: (1 Stories)
Jazz doing what they are supposed to do
01/20/2013 2:05pmAfter a 109-98 victory over the Cavs the Jazz laughed, modeled and celebrated a win like they expected to win.
We're sorry, currently this live video stream is only available inside of Utah or an approved RSL broadcast territory.
We base your location on your IP address. Some providers IP addresses may show your location outside of the state, even though you are physically within the state boundaries. For more information about RSL on KSL, please see our FAQ.


text:
CoFED inspiregizes future food co-op leaders across North America. We support students with training and tools, and connect them with peers, mentors, and allies in a solidarity network.
donors needed to reach 200
until May 13
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
The Sonder Market is a groups students are striving to open a sustainable, local, and student run grocery to the campus of UNC. While surrounded by wonderful restaurants, and even Weaver St. Market 2 miles away, the campus of UNC remains a food desert, with no real options for food. Folks at Sonder are busy making connections, scoping out spaces, entering competitions, and drafting a business plan.


text:
VExif MM * l �
( 0( 1 $ 82 \; p �� ~�i � A few weeks ago I was once again on the "Rheinfall", because I wanted to photograph this natural spectacle in the autumn. Have you ever seen the "Rheinfall" by night? And I mean really by night without any artificial light? The light you see here in the picture comes completely from the moonlight. I got up really early and made my way to one of the largest waterfalls in Europe and had still a few hours until dawn. I couldn't almost see the waterfall because it was dark as in the stomach of a cow. But I could hear the waterfall. And thanks to the moonlight I could make this shot here. On the left you can see just a little arm of the cascade. The main part of this natural wonder isn't visible from my position here, but you can see the tremendous effect of the impact of the waterfall with the river farther back on the right. Thank you for your time and interest in my photos, your visit is most appreciated :-) _________________________ All my photos are copyrighted, © 2015 Manuel Martin (All rights reserved) - please don't download or print any of them without my permission and don't use my images on websites, blogs, facebook or other media without asking me. My posts are also on Facebook | 500px | Blog | Twitter | Google+ | Prints and Downloads are available at my Homepage _________________________ NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D810 Adobe Photoshop CC 2015 (Macintosh) 2015:10:18 18:45:11 MANUEL MARTIN MANUEL MARTIN �� �" �' @ � 0230� � �� �
� � � �
"�� 15 � 0100� � � � �
*� � � � �
� �1
� 2016874 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8 ��XICC_PROFILE HLino mntrRGB XYZ � 1 acspMSFT IEC sRGB �� �-HP cprt P 3desc � lwtpt � bkpt rXYZ gXYZ , bXYZ @ dmnd T pdmdd � �vued L �view � $lumi � meas $tech 0 rTRC <


text:
Pine Bluff, AR (PRWEB) May 06, 2014
Sissy's Log Cabin is excited to announce their May sale is going on now. This is the only sale of the year, so the jewelry store encourages customers to come down and take advantage of the great deals.
The sale is going on right now at all three of Sissy's Log Cabin's locations: Little Rock, Pine Bluff and Jonesboro, AR. Some merchandise is marked 15-65 percent off, and the jewelry store is featuring the biggest selection of jewelry items of the year, including bridal jewelry.
Sissy's Log Cabin offers this May sale annually, giving customers great prices on special unique items. The sale will run through the end of the month, so those interested in the discounted jewelry should stop in to the nearest location soon.
Sissy's Log Cabin is known for having the highest quality and most unique selection of jewelry in Arkansas. They are happy to share their extensive inventory for a lower price, with a wide selection of rings, earrings, bracelets, necklaces, watches and more.
All three convenient Sissy's Log Cabin locations are open 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday. For more information about the jewelry store or the annual May sale, visit http://sissyslogcabin.com/.
About the company:
Sissy's Log Cabin has been a family-owned and operated jewelry store for 43 years. They pride themselves on quality and customer service. Their staff of experienced professionals has received numerous awards on both the state and national levels. Sissy's Log Cabin has evolved into Arkansas' largest independently owned jewelry store with 12,000 square feet of showroom filled with diamonds, jewelry, estate jewelry, fine gifts, fabulous antiques and more. Sissy's Log Cabin is committed to providing their customers with high quality jewelry and superior service. There's no better place around to shop for jewelry and fine gifts. For more information on their locations, jewelry selection and services, please visit their website at http://sissyslogcabin.com/.


text:
Bluegrass Boardwalk expected to open in May 2013
Bluegrass Boardwalk expected to open in May 2013
LOUISVILLE, Ky. —
Information has been released about when the former Kentucky Kingdom amusement park is expected to reopen.
If everything goes according to plan, officials at Holiday World said the renamed Bluegrass Boardwalk will open May 11, 2013, the Saturday after the Kentucky Derby.
Kentucky Kingdom last operated in October 2009. The previous owner, Six Flags, gave up its rights in early 2010 amid a bankruptcy filing.


text:
HOME > Staff
Fumitoshi Mizutani
Ph.D.(Harvard University)
Professor of Public Utility Economics and Management
Specialized Fields
Public Utility Economics and Management, Regulatory Economics, Transport Economics, Urban Economics.
Fields of Interest
Applied Economics on Regulation and Privatization Issues in the Public Utilities and Transport Industries, Firms' Organization and Governance Issues.
Current Research
- Regulatory Reform of Public Utilities: The Japanese Experience, Edward Elgar, 2012.
- Japanese Urban Railways: A Private-Public Comparison, Avebury, 1994.
- "Comparing the Costs of Vertical Separation, Integration, and Intermediate Organisational Structures in European and East Asian Railways," Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, Vol.49, No.3, pp.496-515, 2015 (coauthored with Andrew Smith, Chris Nash, and Shuji Uranishi).
- "Does Vertical Separation Reduce Cost? An Empirical Analysis of the Rail Industry in European and East Asian OECD Countries," Journal of Regulatory Economics, Vol.43, No.1, pp.31-59, 2013 (coauthored with S. Uranishi).
- "Does Yardstick Regulation Really Work? Empirical Evidence from Japan's Rail Industry," Journal of Regulatory Economics, Vol.36, No.3, pp.308-323, 2009 (coauthored with H. Kozumi and N. Matsushima).
- "Regulation and Deregulation in the Japanese Rail Industry," CESifo DICE Report: Journal for Institutional Comparisons, Vol.3, No.4, pp.10-15, 2005.
- "Rail Operation-infrastructure Separation: The Case of Kobe Rapid Transit Railway," Transport Policy, Vol.11, No.3, pp.251-263, 2004 (coauthored with K. Shoji).
- "Empirical Analysis of Yardstick Competition in the Japanese Railway Industry," International Journal of Transport Economics, Vol.24, No.3, pp.367-392, 1997.
- "Estimation of Optimal Metropolitan Size in Japan with Consideration of Social Costs," Empirical Economics, Vol.48, No.4, pp.1713-1730, 2015 (coauthored with T. Tanaka, N. Nakayama) .
- "Structural Reforms in the Railways: Incentive Misalignment and Cost Implications," Research in Transportation Economics, Vol.48, pp.16-22, 2014 (coauthored with C. Nash, A. Smith, D. van de Velde, S. Uranishi ).
- "Estimation of Social Costs of Transportation in Japan," Urban Studies, Vol.48, No.16, pp.3537-3559, 2011 (coauthored with Y. Suzuki, H. Sakai).
- "Industrial Diversity and Metropolitan Unemployment Rate," Annals of Regional Science, Vol.40, No.1, pp.157-172, 2006 (co-authored with K. Mizuno and N. Nakayama).
- "Privately Owned Railways' Cost Function, Organization Size and Ownership," Journal of Regulatory Economics, Vol.25, No.3, pp.297-322, 2004.
- "A Private-Public Comparison of Bus Service Operators," International Journal of Transport Economics, Vol.30, No.2, pp.167-185, 2003, (coauthored with T. Urakami).
- "A Comparative Analysis of Financial Performance: U.S. and Japanese Urban Railways," International Journal of Transport Economics, Vol.24, No.2, pp.207-239, 1997 (coauthored with K. Shoji).
- "Determinants of Privatization of Public Corporations: Evidence from the Japanese Experience," Empirical Economics, Vol.39, No.2, pp.515-535, 2010 (coauthored with S. Uranishi).
- "Privatization of the Japan Highway Public Corporation: Focusing on Organizational Structure Change," Transport Reviews, Vol.28, No.4 pp.469-493, 2008 (coauthored with S. Uranishi).
- "The Effects of Privatization on Productivity and Capital Adjustment," International Journal of Transport Economics, Vol.34, No.2, pp.197-224, 2007 (coauthored with S. Uranishi).
- "An Assessment of the JR Companies Since Privatization: Performance, Local Rail Service and Debts", Transport Reviews, Vol.19, No.2, 1999, pp.117-139.
- "Privatization of the Japan National Railways: Overview of Performance Change," International Journal of Transport Economics, Vol.24, No.1, pp.75-99, 1997 (coauthored with Kiyoshi Nakamura )
- "The Effects of Railways Privatization on Competitive Performance: The Case Study of Japanese Railways," Journal of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies, Vol.1, No.1, pp.85-102, 1995 (coauthored with Kiyoshi Nakamura ).
- "Productivity Effects and Determinants of Public Infrastructure Investment," Annals of Regional Science, Vol.44, No.3, pp.493-521, 2010 (coauthored with T. Tanaka)
- "The Post Office vs. Parcel Delivery Companies: Competition Effects on Costs and Productivity", Journal of Regulatory Economics, Vol.23, No.3, pp.299-319, 2003 (coauthored with S. Uranishi).
- "Identifying Network Density and Scale Economies for Japanese Water Supply Organizations," Papers in Regional Science, Vol.80, No.2, pp.211-230, 2001(coauthored with T. Urakami).
- "Effects of Japan National Railways Privatization on Labor Productivity," Papers in Regional Science, Vol.75, No.2, pp.177-199, 1996 (coauthored with Kiyoshi Nakamura )
- "How Does Market Size Affect Vertical Structure When Considering Vertical Coordination? Application to the Railway Industry, "Pacific Economic Review, Vo.19, No.5, 657-676, 2014, (co-authored with Noriaki Matsushima).
- "Managerial Incentive, Organizational Slack, and Performance: Empirical Analysis of Japanese Firms' Behavior," Journal of Management and Governance, Vo.18, No.1, 2014, 245-284, (co-authored with E. Nakamura).
(Regulatory Economics)


text:
Release Green Lantern in High Quality.Now you can enjoy Green Lantern in high definition format with duration 114 Min and was published in 2011-06-16 with MPAA rating is 720.
- Original Title : Green Lantern
- Movie title in your country : Green Lantern
- Year of movie : 2011
- Genres of movie : Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller,
- Status of movie : Released
- Release date of movie : 2011-06-16
- Companies of movie : DC Comics, Warner Bros. Pictures, De Line Pictures,
- Countries of movie : United States of America,
- Language of movie : English,
- Durationof movie : 114 Min
- Average vote of movie : 5.3
- Youtube ID of movie : W7w07MLhhb4
- Translation of movie : EN,FR,IT,RU,TR,PT,DE,ES,KA,ZH,SV,FI,NL,PL,DA,CS,BG,HU,TH,HE,EL,
- Actors of movie :
- Ryan Reynolds ( Hal Jordan / Green Lantern )
- Blake Lively ( Carol Ferris )
- Peter Sarsgaard ( Hector Hammond )
- Tim Robbins ( Senator Hammond )
- Mark Strong ( Sinestro )
- Temuera Morrison ( Abin Sur )
- Jenna Craig ( Carol Ferris at 11 )
- Jon Tenney ( Martin Jordan )
- Mike Doyle ( Jack Jordan )
- NicK Jandl ( Jim Jordan )
- Dylan James ( Jason Jordan )
- Leanne Cochran ( Janice Jordan )
- Angela Bassett ( Dr. Amanda Walker )
- Taika Waititi ( Tom Kalmaku )
- Michael Clarke Duncan ( Kilowog (voice) )
- Geoffrey Rush ( Tomar-Re (voice) )
- Clancy Brown ( Parallax (voice) )
Movie synopsis of Green Lantern :
Best Green Lantern in High Quality with movie synopsis "For centuries, a small but powerful force of warriors called the Green Lantern Corps has sworn to keep intergalactic order. Each Green Lantern wears a ring that grants him superpowers. But when a new enemy called Parallax threatens to destroy the balance of power in the Universe, their fate and the fate of Earth lie in the hands of the first human ever recruited." in High Quality Video. Full Green Lantern in High Quality Video by clicking the download link.
Play full with title Green Lantern full and free movie streaming in top quality. Enjoy movie with title Green Lantern free an fun at here. Today, you can see that hundreds thousands of people trying to find free Green Lantern movie watching it on the sweat house with connection to the web. Always be happy, you can reach hundreds of thousands of satisfied members who became fed up with waiting pertaining to dvds inside the mail, and it's simple to watch without cost Green Lantern. You can find new on the web movie, and down load it at no cost in each of our site. It is fast, easy, free and furthermore to try. Watch now Green Lantern on-line movie with no downloading. You can watch online movie streaming inside HD good quality in 114 Min length. Enjoy trailer movie and also full movie of Green Lantern click on the button below to watch these film.
... Free Green Lantern in Best Look 720p ...
Costume Design : Ngila Dickson, Director : Martin Campbell, Screenplay : Greg Berlanti, Screenplay : Michael Goldenberg, Original Music Composer : James Newton Howard, ADR & Dubbing : Heidi Brook Myers, Producer : Greg Berlanti, Producer : Donald De Line, Executive Producer : Herb Gains, Executive Producer : Andrew Haas, Producer : Geoff Johns, Director of Photography : Dion Beebe, Casting : Pam Dixon, Production Design : Grant Major, Screenplay : Marc Guggenheim, Screenplay : Michael Green,
Of course, now you can watch movie connected with Green Lantern entirely length and acquire the link to this movie Green Lantern in HD quality.
Tags: transformation, superhero, aliens, alien infection, magic ring, protector, dc comics, 3d conversion, green lantern, origin,


text:
On Wednesday, the FedEx truck stopped in front of our house. The driver backed in and unloaded my baby--100 copies of my new book, The Wide Open Spaces of God. I wasn't expecting it to arrive until September. The surprise delivery was reminiscent of becoming a new mom. I had the instant urge to check it over and make sure all the parts were there; to marvel at it and take it all in. I snuck off to read the introduction, just to know how I felt, if it was ok for this baby to be out in public. I am glad to say that I was reassured. I'm looking forward to others seeing my baby and sharing what that is like for them. So, welcome to Peregrine Journey--a place where you can talk about your meanderings with God through these wide open spaces of life.
Warmly, Beth Booram


text:
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Monday, August 31, 2015
"SELFIE" MOVIE REVIEW. It is MURDER most FOUL.
"SELFIE" Movie Review. It's murder most foul. "Over my dead body!" mocks the late crime author Agatha Christie.
You Can classify this film under the FILM NOIR category.
Or as an ART-HOUSE MOVIE.
Maybe … MURDER MYSTERY? … Singapore film director MIKAEL TEO has cleverly weaved a couple of "red herrings" (clues) to pique our selection.
"It is murder most foul"as the case is designed to be.
Now, guess who is the murderer?
An OH LUCKY ME FILMS PRODUCTION
Starring CARLA DUNAREANU + RICHARD HERRERA
A THOUGHT-PROVOKING FILM THAT KEEPS YOU GUESSING. Be warned EVIL lurks under the moon, surely.
WHO ON EARTH WOULD SELL FLOWERS IN THE MID OF NOWHERE? Go ask any wailing apparition.
"Surely not ANOTHER KILLING so soon?"
WHAT is this beautiful chick doing amid this macabre surrounding? SOMEONE WANTS TO SILENCE HER, dearie.
SELFIE. (The Plot)
A female psychologist (Audrey) and a gungho detective called James – are investigating a murder case, where nubile and attractive women are mysteriously stabbed by what the dubious audience dubs as the "Selfie Serial Killer".
As Audrey delves deeper int0 the narcissistic psychosis of these victims, will she end up becoming an unwilling sub-conscious victim herself?
THE 17th August PRESS MEETING after a delectable choice of Tum Yum Kung (prawns). Searching for red herrings in the spicy soup?
Singapore Film Director MIKAEL TEO unravels "This film is crafted to entertain and scare audiences on an emotional level."
"THE ONLY WAY we can be comparable with the likes of HOLLYWOOD is that we first work hard on one big idea and then tweak it to perfection."
"SELFIE" is suspense-packed, the leads are gorgeous and the directing is one punchy pow-wow!"
Rating : 3.5 / 5
Local Distributor: GSC MOVIES
Friday, August 21, 2015
LOVELY POODLE PUPPIES for SALE (2nd Litter) in MALAYSIA Only.
THIS LOVABLE POODLE is OUR COMPANY's MASCOT and is strictly NOT FOR SALE
Hi, everyone! My name is Howard Lim and I have my boss' permission to advertise my lovely poodle pups on all of his sites. I have 2 poodles left to sell in Malaysia, all have received their first vaccination, their tails docked, no MKA papers, and all are in the very pink of health. I can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.
My mobile contact 017-327 6157. (Please ask for HOWARD).
Send me a short email….. or call me if you are interested and I will reply in a jiff.
ONLY AVAILABLE to Malaysian buyers.
RUSSEL and PIXIE 28th March 2015
RUSSEL and PIXIE 28th March 2015
RUSSEL and PIXIE 28th March 2015
FIFI and YOYO 28th March 2015
FIFI and YOYO 28th March 2015
FIFI and YOYO 28th March 2015
28th March 2015
28th March 2015
31st March 2015
31st March 2015
31st March 2015
7th Apr 2015 (sleepy pups)
15th April 2015 (sleepy pups)
15th April 2015 (sleepy pups)
15th April 2015 (sleepy pups)
1st May 2015 (sleepy pups)
1st May 2015 (sleepy pubs)
14th May, 2015, FIFI (female)
14th May, 2015, FIFI (female)
YO YO (FEMALE) … She's awfully sweet!
14th May, 2015, YOYO Closeup view
20th May, 2015. After a meal of mother's milk, it's time to snooze.
20th May, 2015
20th May, 2015 (puppies suckling mother's milk).
RUSSEL (MALE) Cute, smart and terribly naughty
YOYO (Female)
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)


text:
Code Talkers
Navajo Code Talkers
It is a great American story that is still largely unknown—the story of a group of young Navajo men who answered the call of duty, who performed a service no one else could, and in the process became great warriors and patriots. Their unbreakable code saved thousands of lives and helped end WWII.
Click the picture for Code Talkers website.


text:
Where to buy Spain Euro 2016 Soccer Jerseys,The new Adidas Spain Euro 2016 Kit will be worn by the Spanish players when they face England in the international friendly on Friday, 13th November. The Spain Euro Home kit was unveiled on 10th November at a spectacular event in Madrid, joined by the entire squad of the defending champions. The new Spain Euro Kit has a classic design – the Euro 16 Spain Home Kit combines the famous colours of La Roja's striking colour design with two tones of red, and returning to the blue shorts and dark socks.
One of the striking features of the Spain 2016 Euro Kit is the presence of the triangle, which is the key inspiration behind the making of Spain's Euro shirts. One of the notable features of the Spain National Team in the past years it's their triangle game; that game style that has managed to dominate world football and that will be present not only on the pitch but on the jersey. Therefore, the triangles become a decisive element in the Euro 2016 kit and make up part of its own material. The three iconic Adidas stripes are not placed on the sleeves but on the side of side of the Spain's Euro Kit, the sleeve cuffs are blue and black and the Spanish flag is placed on the sleeve cuffs.
You must be captivated by this 2016 UEFA Euro Spain Home Soccer Jersey . When you see it for the first time and you will never want to withdraw your eyes. Further more, we could offer you this 2016 Euro Spain Jerseys,2016 Euro Spain Jerseys at discount price in our online store. This 2016 UEFA Euro Spain Home Soccer Jersey is belong to 2016 UEFA Euro Spain Jerseys collection and is well known by its out standing design, never miss it.
This is a home soccer jersey of Spain National Soccer Team, They will wear this shirt at the 2016 UEFA Euro in France this summer, and this football kit is available in sizes S, M, L, XL
Embroidered adidas logo on the right chest
Woven Spain team logo and one FIFA World Championship Star on the left chest
Dri-FIT fabric technology wicks moisture to keep you dry and comfortable as you cheer for Spain
100% polyester


text:
Published: 2007/06/18
Ornette Coleman Collapses On Stage at Bonnaroo, Resting at Area Hospital
Midway into his set on Sunday, jazz legend Ornette Coleman collapsed due to heat exhaustion. Sunday was the warmest day of the four-day festival, as temperatures peaked at 95 degrees. By 6:30pm when Colemans group took the stage at the Other Tent, the heat had abated somewhat however they still proved overwhelming to the septuagenarian. Coleman was taken to an area hospital where his condition reportedly has stabilized.