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"I'm too scared to take a girl's hand"
What would you do with it if you took it?
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Is this sentence correct? "I'm too scared to take girl's hand"
"I'm too scared to take a girl's hand"
What would you do with it if you took it?
Nothing, I just wanted to know that I'm right
There is nothing wrong with your (corrected) sentence, but I think we are more likely to say, "... to hold a girl's hand' or '... to take a girl by the hand'.
Thank you for help I appreciate your help, but I prefer my sentence, because yours looks to me just a little bit strange =)
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A better title would have been I'm too scared to take a girl's hand.
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623,000 (2011 census).
Himachal Pradesh state: Mandi district.
5 (Developing).
Preliminary survey suggests speakers have functional intelligibility of Kangri [xnr]. People in southeast Mandi district may have more difficulty understanding Kangri. Standard Mandeali is spoken throughout the broad valley running north and south from Jogindernagar to Sundarnagar. Mandeali Pahari is spoken north around Barot, east of Uhl River. Intelligible with difficulty to standard Mandeali. May be intermediate variety between Mandeali and Kullui [kfx]. Southeast district contains transition to Mahasui [bfz]. In the west, Sarkaghat is also a bit different from standard Mandeali, perhaps forming a transition towards Hamirpur and Bilaspur areas. Lexical similarity: 89% with Palampuri dialect of Kangri [xnr], 83% with Chambeali [cdh].
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Cheesecake with Graham Cracker Crust
This cheesecake recipe calls for a graham cracker crust, which is an American twist on the European pastry crust. The recipe tops this cheesecake with sour cream frosting, which makes a tart contrast to the sweet and creamy center.
Preparation time: 25 minutes
Baking time: 1 hour
Yield: 10 servings
1/2-inch pat of butter, plus 2 tablespoons
8 graham cracker squares
1 1/4 cups plus 3 tablespoons sugar
1 lemon
3 cups (three 8-ounce packages) cream cheese, room temperature
5 eggs, room temperature
1 cup heavy cream
1/4 cup milk
1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise and seeds removed, or 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 cup sour cream
2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
Grease a 10-inch springform pan or regular 10-inch cake mold with the pat of butter.
Place the graham crackers in a plastic bag and crush them into crumbs with a rolling pin.
Place 1/2 cup graham cracker crumbs in a bowl.
Stir 2 tablespoons melted butter and 1 tablespoon sugar into the graham cracker crumbs and blend well.
Coat the cake mold evenly with the graham cracker crumbs, including the sides of the mold.
Pat the crumbs with the back of a fork so that they adhere to the cake mold.
Zest the lemon.
In a bowl, blend the cream cheese and lemon zest and mix until the cheese is very smooth.
If you leave lumps at this point, they'll show up in your cheesecake.
Add 1 1/4 cups sugar gradually while mixing.
Add the eggs, one at a time, to the cream cheese mixture.
If you're using an electric mixer, it should be on medium-slow speed and running the entire time. Stop occasionally to scrape down cream cheese that clings to the side of the bowl.
Add the heavy cream while mixing and then add the milk.
If anything sticks to the side of the bowl, scrape it down into the mixture.
Add the vanilla and stir.
Pour the batter into the prepared pan or mold.
Bake for 1 hour.
To check for doneness, tap the edge of the mold — if the whole cheesecake moves as a unit (not in waves), it's done.
Cool at room temperature.
Chill completely.
Overnight is best.
Rinse a knife under hot water and run it around the perimeter of the mold.
Cover the cheesecake with plastic wrap.
The plastic wrap prevents the cheesecake from sticking to the dish.
Place a flat dish over the cheesecake mold.
The dish shouldn't slope on the sides.
Turn an oven burner on low.
Place the cheesecake mold on the burner and move it constantly.
Don't leave any plastic wrap extending over the edge of the cake mold to prevent burning. This step melts the butter that coats the pan to loosen the cheesecake.
Hold the flat dish against the mold tightly and, in one swift movement, flip the cheesecake so that it transfers to the flat dish bottom-side up.
Remove the mold from the cheesecake.
Place your serving plate on the new top of the cheesecake (what was the bottom in the mold).
In one swift movement, flip again.
This step transfers the cheesecake from the flat dish to the serving plate.
Remove the plastic wrap.
Combine the sour cream, 2 tablespoons sugar, and confectioners' sugar in a bowl and stir well with a wooden spoon.
Spoon the frosting onto the center of the cheesecake.
Using the back of the wooden spoon, spread out the sour cream in concentric circles, making sure not to press down onto the top of the cheesecake.
Pressing down could mar the surface and result in uneven frosting.
Cut the cheesecake into 10 slices with a sharp knife.


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Bradford's relegation from Super League was all but confirmed when they suffered a sixth straight defeat in a scrappy, high-scoring derby at Huddersfield.
A 52-26 loss at the John Smith's Stadium leaves the Bulls 13 points from safety with just six matches left and effectively ends their 40-year stay in the top flight of rugby league.
Eternal optimists might cling to the hope that the four-times Super League champions will yet win back the six points they were docked for going into administration via High-Court action but the look of resignation on the faces of the players told its own tale.
Bradford are the second founder members of Super League to be relegated after London Broncos' drop into the Championship was confirmed a week ago, completing a stunning fall from grace eight years after they were crowned world club champions for the third time.
Sunday's result merely confirmed the inevitable and the Bulls received no sympathy from former player Paul Anderson, whose Huddersfield team got their top-six campaign back on track after back-to-back defeats, with winger Jermaine McGillvary scoring three of their 10 tries.
At least the Bulls went down fighting - three times taking the lead in an error-strewn first half - before the Giants ran away with the game after the break.
There was a hint of a stay of execution when former Huddersfield winger Luke George grabbed two first-half tries to help Bradford establish a 16-10 lead after 24 minutes.
Scrum-half Luke Gale, who is expected to lead an exodus of players by joining Castleford next season, got George over for his first and also created one for hooker Adam O'Brien before the winger collected Lee Gaskell's high kick to claim his second.
Neither side was able to get to their kick on the last tackle and Huddersfield demonstrated the more clinical finishing to lead 26-16 at the break.
Teenage full-back Jake Connor marked his home debut by scoring the Giants' first try, second rower Ukuma Ta'ai pounced on a blunder by Bradford full-back Brett Kearney to touch down and Leroy Cudjoe's long-range break created a score for scrum-half Luke Robinson.
The home side looked to have gained a grip on the game when skipper Danny Brough and second rower Brett Ferres combined to get substitute Chris Bailey over and Cudjoe palmed the ball back from Brough's kick to send McGillvary over for his first try.
But another handling error, this time from substitute Larne Patrick - within a minute of the re-start - gifted Bradford a glorious attacking position and they made the most of it, with Gaskell sending Kearney over for their fourth try.
However, Jamie Foster's conversion rebounded off an upright, leaving him with a tally of two successes from four attempts and his side trailing by six points.
Ferres, who began his professional career with the Bulls, forced his way over from close range for Huddersfield's sixth try and there was no way back for the visitors when another ex-Bradford man, centre Joe Wardle, stole the ball in a one-on-one tackle from George to sprint 70 metres for an opportunist score.
As the Bulls wilted in the warm sunshine, McGillvary touched down twice eight minutes to complete his hat-trick and Ta'ai scored a second, with Cudjoe taking his goal tally to six from 10 attempts, although Kearney grabbed a consolation try for the visitors.
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Atellica 1500 Automated Urinalysis System
A urinalysis system so advanced, it lets you do less and see more.
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|680 mm
|Height (with rack handler)
|625 mm
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|114 kg
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|10,000 patient results including images
|Decibel rating
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|• RBC (red blood cell)
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Muslim Insurgents Sydney Riot latest Video and Pictures
'He doesn't have a bomb. If he did, I'd kill him'
The Age
Nino Bucci
September 13, 2012
- Guns seized in terror raids: latest news
- Terror and the power of persuasion
- What is the Al-Furqan centre?
He's such a good boy he neva do nutting to nobody
Badria and her family fled Afghanistan 18 years ago to escape terrorism. Now, it is threatening the lives they have worked so hard for in Australia.
Badria's brother has been linked to terrorism plots in Australia, the country they now call home.
"A year ago he knew nothing about Islam, he was one of those party people. Since he's started praying, things have turned around for him."
The family's Endeavour Hills house was raided yesterday morning during an Australian Federal Police operation.
Computers, mobile phones, hard drives, an iPad and a printer Badria says she used for her homework were seized.
Speaking to Fairfax with her mother in their neat two-storey home, Badria said the family had been so shocked since the raid, they had not eaten.
Badria did not wish to give her surname, and her mother wished to remain anonymous. But both wanted to speak out about the damaging links that are continually made between practising Muslims and terrorism.
Badria said his brother's wife had lost her father and brother to violence in Afghanistan, and her mother had lost both hands.
He had never been to the Al-Furqan centre, which was also raided yesterday, and did not know Sheikh Harun, the Muslim preacher mentioned during the operation, she said.
"He hates terrorism," Badria said.
"Why would he have anything to do with it? I know my brother very well, and he swore on the Koran that he had nothing to do with it. I believe him, and my parents believe him.
"I told the police that I respect what they're doing, because you're just trying to protect us. We're part of this society too.
"We might be innocent, but the next people they raid might not be."
Badria, 19, was a year old when she left Kabul with her two older brothers and older sister.
The 28-year-old brother who was targeted in the raid yesterday is married, and lives in the Endeavour Hills home with his wife and four-month-old baby.
He owns a small business, as does his older sister, while his brother is a financial planner and Badria studies law and is training to be a pilot.
His mother said her children had been successful in Australia, but she was dismayed that many thought of Afghans as terrorists.
"In Afghanistan, we had a good life, but we were worried about terrorism," she said.
"We thought we would come to Australia for the lives of our children, for their education. Now, just because my son goes to a mosque and prays he's in trouble with the police.
"Just because he prays five times and day and has made CDs showing other people how to pray, it doesn't make him a terrorist.
"He doesn't have a gun, he doesn't have a bomb. If he did, I'd kill him."
Badria believes her brother, who was at work and could not speak to The Age, may have come under attention as he had recently become a more devout Muslim.
He had also been collecting money for a charity, which is registered, and had given Korans to Afghan children as a way of educating them about their heritage.
"He's just trying to collect money to give to the poor in Afghanistan," Badria said.
"The police were asking him 'Why do you go to the mosque five times a day? Why do you have a beard?' We were just in shock.
"A year ago he knew nothing about Islam, he was one of those party people. Since he's started praying, things have turned around for him."
His mother said she hoped the family would not be shunned by those in the street who had seen the early morning raids. She said she chose not to wear a hijab, despite being a practising Muslim who prayed five times a day.
"I should be able to pray without people thinking I support terrorism," she said.


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Comedy, Drama, War
Release year: 2008
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The lively but somehow slightly distasteful The Americanization of Emily stars James Garner as a WWII naval officer who happens to be a craven coward. While his comrades sail off to their deaths, Garner makes himself scarce, generally hiding out in the London flat of his lothario navy buddy James Coburn.
Garner falls in love with virtuous war widow Julie Andrews (the Emily of the title), but she can't abide his yellow streak. Meanwhile, crack-brained admiral Melvyn Douglas decides that he needs a hero--the first man to die on Omaha Beach during the D-Day Invasion.
Coburn is at first elected for this sacrifice, but it is the quivering Garner who ends up hitting the beach. He survives to become a hero in spite of himself, winning Andrews in the process.
Paddy Chayefsky's script, based on the novel by William Bradford Huie, attempts to extract humor out of the horrors of war by using broad, vulgar comedy instead of the light satirical touch that would seem to be called for.
Americanization of Emily was Julie Andrews' second film; it should have led to a steady stream of adult-oriented roles, but the box-office clout of Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music consigned her to wholesome family entertainment.
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As I walked out of my oldest daughter's IPP meeting today and into the bright sunshine, it struck me that many days it really doesn't seem to matter how much or how well you think you know the law or which government entity is responsible for this or that - creating something meaningful and functional for our children seems nearly an impossibility. The key words here are, of course, meaningful and functional.
It I had my druthers,
Yes, that's what we would have as opposed to the current namby pamby wishy washy excuse we have for legislation - legislation which uses much of the language in IDEA (such as guaranteeing our children an "appropriate education") but lacks both the process and the teeth to back it up.
I have definitely discovered that high school is a whole new ball game when it comes to IPPs. From everything from the way they are created to the way they are reviewed and implemented, it is, quite simply, different. And much harder, from a parent's point of view (or at least from my point of view) to meaningfully participate, to offer meaningful input that is actually included in the IPP and to get information as to how well the goals, once they are finally created, are (or are not) being met (and no, I don't mean the pathetic excuse for "reporting" that is passed off as report cards).
Although it took a long time for IDEA (as it exists today) to emerge, it also took a lot of parental involvement and advocacy. And I can't help but think that's the only thing that is going to move Canada's educational systems for children with special needs forward.
In the meantime, I suppose we will all just keep putting one foot in front of another. And keep hoping that somehow, through it all, we can manage to actually obtain an appropriate education for our children.
There's only one problem with that, of course.
Hope isn't actually a strategy.


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The Boettcher Foundation this week selected 40 Colorado high school seniors as 2013 winners of full-ride scholarships to attend any public or private four year college or university in Colorado. In addition, the award will provide funds to cover the cost of tuition and fees, and a stipend for all living expenses.
To qualify for the merit-based awards students had to be in the top 5 percent of their class and have a combined score of at least 1200 on the critical reading and math sections of the SAT or a 27 on the ACT. The winners were also selected based on their superior scholastic ability, evidence of leadership and involvement, service to community and school, and outstanding characters.
Tim Schultz, president and executive director of the Boettcher Foundation, said the goal of the Boettcher Scholarship is to keep highly talented students in Colorado by connecting them with opportunities offered by in-state institutions.
The Boettcher Scholarship Program is in its 61st year of operation.
For a full list of the 2013 Boettcher Scholars and the universities they are attending visit the Boettcher Foundation website.


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BMW i Series Concept Cars
BMW just raised the stakes for electric vehicles by unveiling its new i Series concept cars. The runabout all-electric i3 is to debut in 2013, followed by the sporty i8 hybrid in 2014. Both 4-seaters push the boundaries of design and technology with advanced drivetrains and breakthrough carbon fiber bodies that shave weight to improve performance and mileage.
Marking a milestone in the company's vaunted lineup, the new cars will be exceptionally miserly on energy, but maintain a high performance credo. The more conventional i8 will have a 3.0 liter six-cylinder engine with a parallel electric motor to provide 349 horsepower. Using lightweight carbon fiber, the reduced weight allows the car to reach 60mph in a numbing 4.6 second. The technology however still allows for a frugal 78 mpg – assuming you're not a lead foot. The car can also go 22 miles running just on its electric motor, much like the Chevy Volt.
The i3 is even more unique. Built on an all-electric powertrain for an urban environment, the car can go 98 miles with full batteries, and can charge up 80% in an hour. The curb weight comes in at 600 pounds less than the Nissan Leaf, given its carbon fiber body, and a full 2 feet shorter to help navigate the urban maze. The i3 is the first production car in the world to use carbon fiber technology at this level. Powered by a 125kW electric motor the car can do 0-60mph in a respectable 7.9 seconds.
Carbon fiber components combined with advanced drivetrains were first proposed in the early 1990s by the Rocky Mountain Institute as the "Supercar", and was essentially ignored by the industry due to low gasoline prices.
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Spillman helps county jail retrieve data, manage growth
Douglas County, Kan. – April 11, 2008 – When officials at the Douglas County Sheriff's Office in Kansas needed to streamline the operation of their correctional facility, they turned to Spillman Technologies.
The sheriff's office needed a system that would help personnel easily retrieve data and quickly evaluate the physical and mental condition of an inmate, said Corrections Undersheriff Kenneth Massey. The agency was also looking for a system that would streamline efficiency by eliminating duplicate data entry in the booking and release processes.
Spillman was able to meet those needs, Smoots said, and provided the sheriff's office with a system that the agency can tailor to meet their unique requirements.
The corrections division liked Spillman software's ability to be customized," he said. This, coupled with an intensive training package, is very impressive."
The Douglas County Sheriff's Office purchased Spillman's Integrated Hub; Jail Records, Imaging, Personnel Management and Civil Process modules; and the Live-Scan Fingerprinting interface. The agency went live with the system in February.
Douglas County has approximately 100,000 residents and is home to three universities. It is the second-fastest growing area in the state, Massey said, making it difficult to plan for the area's future.
One of the major law enforcement challenges faced by Douglas County is data retrieval and (using those numbers) to project future growth," he said. We hope that contracting with Spillman for updated software will enhance data collection and retrieval, helping us to meet our goal."
Douglas County Sheriff Ken McGovern said he believes Spillman will help the department's warrants, civil processes, training, and corrections divisions work together more efficiently. Spillman's Integrated Hub will provide a centralized database where each of the divisions can access information in real time.
The sheriff's office looks forward to working with Spillman Technologies and hopes that the contracted software will enhance and streamline staff operations at the Douglas County Correctional Facility," he said.
The Douglas County Sheriff's Office is one of five agencies in Kansas and more than 700 agencies nationwide using Spillman software.
We are confident that Spillman solutions will help the Douglas County Sheriff's Office easily retrieve critical data and manage future growth," said Joe Lunt, vice president of sales and marketing for Spillman Technologies.
Spillman Technologies provides a full range of software solutions for public safety agencies, including Records Management, Computer-Aided Dispatch, Mobile Communications, Corrections Management, Fire/EMS Management, Resource Management, and Data Sharing.


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Catching up with Chino Otsuka, 2013 Aimia | AGO Photography Prize finalist
July 29th, 2014
Born in Tokyo and educated in the U.K., 2013 Aimia | AGO Photography Prize finalist Chino Otsuka uses photography and video to explore the fluid relationship between memory, photography, and time. She recently completed her residency at the Nikkei National Museum in Burnaby, B.C., which focused on researching Japanese picture brides and their forgotten stories. We caught up with Otsuka to discuss her residency research, work and experience.
AGO: While you were in Vancouver, you worked inside the archives and collection of the Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre. What did your research focus on, and what affect has working in Vancouver had on your work?
Chino Otsuka: The research I conduct is integral to the development of my work. For a while now I have been researching the history of Japanese emigrants. When I found out about the residency component of the AIMIA | AGO Photography Prize and was able to choose anywhere in Canada, I knew I wanted to go to the Nikkei National Museum. Since I had previously done similar research on a group of Japanese who went to the Netherlands in the mid-19th century, I wanted to see the museum's collections and learn more about the history of Japanese-Canadian immigrants.
During the residency I had the opportunity to access and explore museum collections that are not normally seen or easily accessible. I knew very little about the history of Japanese immigrants in Canada, or the hardships and injustice that they suffered. I read and came across so many moving stories. All of this is a very important part of Japanese history, and I'm so surprised that many of these stories are untold outside of Canada.
As my research progressed I became more and more interested in the stories of young women who came over from Japan as a "picture brides," young Japanese women usually between 17 and 19 years old who came to Canada as in the early 20th century. Their marriages were arranged by showing the prospective bride and groom photographs of each other. Most of these women travelled from Japan and saw their husband-to-be for the first time when they arrived in Canada. I was drawn to their innocence, ambition and courage — their journey. They all longed for a new life in their new country. Yet when they arrived in Canada the life they had imagined was completely different. Hardship and many tragedies would follow them. They struggled and endured so much.
I've looked through many photographs and artefacts in the collection and chose to focus especially on their journey to Canada. There is a sense of anticipation around the little moment in their life when they were dreaming about the future. I've been working with the old photographs as well as photographing their belongings that they brought with them from Japan.
With your residency now complete, can you speak to the effect that the overall experience has had on your work? Did your work move in a new direction during the residency? If so, how?
The residency has given me a new perspective on my practice, as well as time to explore and experiment with new ideas. The work I started during my residency is not quite finished yet. I'm done with the research and photographing and am now working with these materials through editing and finding ways to present them.
What has the residency allowed you to do in terms of your work and research?
In my work I mainly explore the notion of autobiographical memory, so the residency at the Nikkei National Museum has given me the opportunity to explore and research the history, the collective memory – how the individual memories weave together to tell a story.
In her essay "Chino Otsuka's Time Machine" Michiko Kasahara writes that your "journeys into the past are not sentimental and do not display a nostalgic atmosphere," yet much of your work explores issues of duality, history, memory and self. Can you elaborate on/explain your method? Do you agree with the writer's statement?
I work with the past and many of my works show my past. How I take my works, restage and rework them is really about today, not yesterday.
My works are personal but by carefully selecting the images, and recreating them in the certain ways, I'm trying to engage the viewers' internal dialogue of their experiences. I hope to make the images/stories resonate and trigger the viewers' own memories.
Your work, specifically in the series "Imagine Finding Me," is extremely personal with the subject being your own self and memory. The Aimia | AGO Photography Prize is awarded by public vote. As the subject of the work, what were your thoughts on it being considered in this way?
I visited the AGO during the exhibition while the voting was going on, and when I wandered around the museum strangers came up to tell me that they voted for me. I guess they recognized me from my work, and that was a really strange experience.
*This interview was conducted via email in July 2014 and has been edited for style and brevity.


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Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia is a multiparty, parliamentary democracy and a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. The head of state is Queen Elizabeth II, represented by a Governor General, appointed by the Queen. The Governor General exercises ceremonial functions, but has residual powers under the Constitution that can be used at the Governor's General's discretion. The Prime Minister and the Cabinet, which usually represent the majority party in Parliament, exercise most of the power. The bicameral Parliament consists of a 17-member House of Assembly whose members are elected by universal adult suffrage for 5-year terms and an 11-member Senate appointed by the Governor General. In generally free and fair elections on December 3, Prime Minister Dr. Kenny Anthony's Saint Lucia Labour Party (SLP) retained power, winning 14 seats in the Assembly. The judiciary is generally independent.
The Royal Saint Lucia Police is the only security force and includes a small unit called the Special Services Unit (which has some paramilitary training) and a coast guard unit. They are controlled by and responsive to the Government. There were occasional allegations of abuse by the police.
The country's population is approximately 155,000. In 2000 the country had its tenth consecutive year of real economic growth. However, in 2000 gross domestic product was estimated to have grown 0.7 percent, compared with 3.5 percent in 1999. This lower growth reflected slowing in construction and in the distributive trades, which occurred despite a good year for tourism, a resurgence in banana output, and a noticeable increase in livestock and fish production. Tourism and banana exports are the country's principal sources of foreign exchange. Unemployment, which had stood at just under 20 percent at the end of 1999, decreased to 17.5 percent in 2000. However, the rate of inflation rose slightly to 3.55 percent, compared with 3.50 percent in 1999, principally as a result of higher energy costs and increased food prices.
The Government generally respected the human rights of its citizens; the authorities continued to investigate two killings committed by police in 2000. There were some allegations of physical abuse of suspects and prisoners by the police; poor prison conditions, long delays in trials and sentencing, domestic violence against women, and child abuse also are problems.
Section 1 Respect for the Integrity of the Person, Including
Freedom From:
a. Arbitrary or Unlawful Deprivation of Life
There were no reports of arbitrary or unlawful deprivation of life committed by the Government or its agents.
At year's end, the Government had not concluded its investigation into the November 2000 killing by police of escaped prisoner Alfred Harding.
In October 2000, police officers in Castries shot and killed Paul Hamilton. A policeman shot him in the back as he fled from an attempted arrest, following his alleged verbal abuse of a young woman. The Government announced that an internal police investigation would be undertaken. The shooting prompted a public demonstration against police abuse of power and lawlessness in Castries, organized by the National Center for Legal Aid and Human Rights and a group called Concerned Citizens. At year's end, the Government had not completed its investigation of the killing.
Investigations still continued into three other deaths by police shooting in 1998-99.
b. Disappearance
There were no reports of politically motivated disappearances.
c. Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
The Constitution specifically prohibits torture. There were no reports of torture or other cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment or punishment during the year. Although no official complaints were filed, prisoners and suspects complained of physical abuse by police and prison officers.
In February the Prime Minister said that the Government wished to reform its police services and had invited a team of British experts to do an overall assessment of the structure and management of the police force. He said that the Canadian Government had provided an officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to act as Deputy Commissioner of Police in order to strengthen personnel procedures. Other efforts to strengthen police services included adding 150 new officers, with 50 more in training.
Prison conditions are very poor and continued to deteriorate during the year. Overcrowding is also a problem. In December there were 450 inmates in the main prison facility, which was built to house 80 inmates. Sanitation is a particular problem, with open pit latrines for prisoners. In 1999 the Government announced construction of a new $17 million (EC$50 million) prison facility near Dennery in the eastern part of the island. The projected completion date for the new prison was September 2000; however, the new facility was not near completion at year's end, and prisoners are not expected to be transferred to it until mid-2002. In the meantime, existing prison facilities continue to deteriorate, since no new resources have been committed to them. In February the Prime Minister announced that his administration had undertaken security-related plant and infrastructure improvements for the prison and for the police. In addition to the new prison, there are also plans for constructing numerous police substations across the island.
The Government maintains a separate prison facility for women, and in December there were 11 female prisoners. Conditions in the women's facility are somewhat better than those at the men's prison. Detained juveniles are held at the same facility as women; in December there were three juveniles held there.
The Government permits prison visits by human rights monitors.
d. Arbitrary Arrest, Detention, or Exile
The Constitution prohibits arbitrary arrest or imprisonment and requires a court hearing 72 hours after detention, and the Government generally adheres to these provisions in practice. However, in the past, authorities have held prisoners for years on remand after charging them. There is no constitutional requirement for a speedy trial. Prisoners spend an estimated 6 months to 1 year on remand, especially for serious crimes.
The Government does not use forced exile.
e. Denial of Fair Public Trial
The Constitution provides for an independent judiciary, and the Government generally respects this provision in practice.
There are two levels of courts, which are the Courts of Summary Jurisdiction (Magistrate's Courts) and the High Court. Both levels have civil and criminal authority. The lower courts accept civil claims up to about $1,850 (EC$5,000) and criminal cases generally classified as "petty." The High Court has unlimited authority in both civil and criminal cases. All cases can be appealed to the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal. Cases also may be appealed to the Privy Council in London as the final court of appeal.
The Constitution requires public trials before an independent and impartial court and, in cases involving capital punishment, provision of legal counsel for those who cannot afford a defense attorney. In criminal cases not involving capital punishment, defendants must obtain their own legal counsel. Defendants are entitled to select their own legal counsel, are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court, and have the right of appeal. The authorities observe both constitutional and statutory requirements for fair public trials.
The court system continues to face a serious backlog of cases. In 1998 a team of justices from Australia conducted a study and issued a report with recommendations for reducing the backlog. The Government has not yet completed its review of the report's recommendations, but did hire a new director of public prosecutions in 1999 and provided him with staff to help speed up the trial process and reduce the backlog. In November the Government appointed two new magistrates. In the October-November court sitting on criminal cases, there were 18 cases pending from 1998-2000, and 7 from 2001. The average time for a trial takes 3 to 6 months in the magistrate's courts and 6 to 12 months for criminal cases.
There were no reports of political prisoners.
f. Arbitrary Interference with Privacy, Family, Home or Correspondence
The Constitution prohibits such actions, and government authorities generally respect these prohibitions in practice. Violations are subject to effective legal sanctions.
Section 2 Respect for Civil Liberties, Including:
a. Freedom of Speech and Press
The Constitution provides for freedom of speech and of the press, and the Government generally respects these rights in practice. Unlike the previous year, there were no reports of censorship.
There are four major privately owned newspapers, two privately owned radio stations, one partially government-funded radio station, one government-operated television station that began operating in October, and two private television stations. These media carry a spectrum of political opinion and often are critical of the Government. The radio stations have discussion and call-in programs that allow persons to express their views. The two private television stations also cover a wide range of views. In addition, there is subscription cable television service, which provides programming from a variety of sources, such as CNN and the BBC.
The Government does not restrict access to the Internet.
The Government does not restrict academic freedom.
b. Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and Association
The Constitution provides for the freedoms of assembly and association, and the Government generally respects these rights in practice.
The law requires permits for public meetings and demonstrations if they are to be held in public places, such as on streets or sidewalks or in parks. The police routinely grant such permits; the rare refusal generally stems from the failure of organizers to request the permit in a timely manner, normally 48 hours before the event.
c. Freedom of Religion
The Constitution provides for freedom of religion, and the Government generally respects this right in practice.
On December 31, 2000, two men, alleged to be members of the Rastafarian movement, attacked a Sunday Mass in a Roman Catholic Church in Castries. They killed a nun, doused the priest with gasoline and set him on fire, and wounded 12 other persons. Thirteen persons were hospitalized for treatment of knife wounds and burns, including the priest. Some hours after the attack, a male worshipper died from wounds suffered in the attack. On April 19, the priest died as a result of blood clots, which may have been an existing condition prior to the attack.
Immediately after the attack, the police arrested a 20-year-old male, who was rescued from a church mob as he tried to escape the scene of the incident. A second male, age 34, was arrested a day later. The two men were believed to be Rastafarians and members of an anti-Catholic cult. Local Rastafarian leaders strongly criticized the attack. In January the authorities charged the two alleged attackers with murder and arson. In October the preliminary inquiry concluded, and the Senior Magistrate ruled that there was sufficient evidence to proceed to trial. At year's end, the men were being held on remand pending determination of a trial date.
d. Freedom of Movement Within the Country, Foreign Travel, Emigration, and Repatriation
The Constitution provides for these rights, and the Government generally respects them in practice.
No formal government policy toward refugee or asylum requests exists. The issue of the provision of first asylum did not arise during the year. There were no reports of the forced expulsion of any persons having a claim to refugee status; however, government practice remains undefined.
There were no reports of the forced return of persons to a country where they feared persecution.
Section 3 Respect for Political Rights: The Right of Citizens to Change Their Government
Citizens have the right to change their government, and exercised that right in generally free and fair elections on December 3, when Prime Minister Anthony's SLP defeated the United Workers Party (UWP), led by Morella Joseph. The SLP won 14 of 17 seats and the UWP won 3. The other opposition parties--the National Alliance, led by former SLP Foreign Minister George Odlum; the STAFF (Sou Tout Apwe Fete Fini) Party, and the St. Lucia Freedom Party--did not win any seats. The SLP capitalized on the failure of the opposition forces to unite in a national coalition due to a leadership struggle between Odlum, and Sir John Compton, founder of the UWP and a former Prime Minister. Only 52 percent of those eligible voted, and although the margin of victory in several constituencies was small, the SLP won 55 percent of the popular vote.
Under the Constitution, general elections must be held at least every 5 years by secret ballot, but may be held earlier at the discretion of the government in power. Two members of the Senate are independent, appointed by the Governor General.
Parliament may be dissolved by the Governor General at any point during its 5-year term, either at the request of the Prime Minister or at the Governor General's discretion, if the House passes a vote of no confidence in the Government. Popularly elected local governments in the 10 administrative divisions (towns and villages) perform such tasks as regulation of sanitation and markets and maintenance of cemeteries and secondary roads.
There are no legal impediments to participation by women and minorities in government and politics; however, the percentage of women and minorities in government and politics does not correspond to their percentage of the population. Two of the 13 members of the Cabinet are women, as is the Governor General.
Section 4 Governmental Attitude Regarding International and Nongovernmental Investigation of Alleged Violations of Human Rights
The Government generally does not restrict international or nongovernmental investigations of alleged violations of human rights. Although the Government officially cooperates with such investigations, observers have noted occasional reluctance by lower officials to cooperate. In some cases, it has requested international organizations to investigate possible abuses.
Section 5 Discrimination Based on Race, Sex, Religion, Disability, Language, or Social Status
Neither the Constitution nor the law address discrimination specifically; however, government policy is nondiscriminatory in the areas of housing, jobs, education, and opportunity for advancement. There are no legal restrictions on the role of women or minorities.
There is increased awareness of the seriousness of violence against women. The Government does not prosecute crimes of violence against women unless the victim presses charges. If the victim chooses for any reason not to press charges, the Government cannot bring a case. Charges must be brought under the ordinary Civil Code. A family court hears cases of domestic violence and crimes against women and children. The police force conducts some training for police officers responsible for investigating rape and other crimes against women, but there is no special unit that handles crimes against women and children. Police and courts enforce laws to protect women against abuse, although police are hesitant to intervene in domestic disputes, and many victims are reluctant to report cases of domestic violence and rape or to press charges.
The Domestic Violence Act allows a judge to issue a protection order prohibiting an abuser from entering or remaining in the place where the victim is. It also allows the judge to order that an abuser's name be removed from housing leases or rental agreements, with the effect that the abuser would no longer have the right to live in the same residence as the victim.
The Saint Lucia Crisis Center for Women in Castries and a second center in the southern town of Vieux monitor cases of physical and emotional abuse and help clients to deal with such problems as incest, nonpayment of child support, alcohol and drug abuse, homelessness, custody, and visitation rights. The Crisis Center has publicized the plight of battered women and has protested the rare deaths of women who were victims of domestic violence. In September the Government, with foreign assistance, built a shelter for abused persons. Although fully staffed and equipped, it had not yet opened at year's end. The Crisis Center was expected to merge its operations with the new shelter.
Women's affairs are under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Health, Human Services, Family Affairs, and Women. The Minister is responsible for protecting women's rights in domestic violence cases and preventing discrimination against women, including ensuring equal treatment in employment.
The Government gives a high priority to improving educational opportunities and health care for children. Education is free and compulsory from age 5 through 15. However, only about one-third of primary school children continue on to secondary schools, and the drop out rate from primary to secondary school is higher for boys than for girls. Government clinics provide prenatal care, immunization, child health care, and health education services.
The Saint Lucia Crisis Center reported that the incidence of child abuse remains high.
A broad legal framework exists for the protection of children through the Criminal Code, the Children and Young Persons Act, the Family Court Act, the Domestic Violence Act, and the Attachment of Earnings Act. Although the Government adopted a national plan of action in 1991 for the survival, protection, and development of children, it has not fulfilled this program by implementing effective programs. There are no specific laws enacted to cover foster care, adoptions, or child welfare social services.
Persons with Disabilities
No specific legislation protects the rights of persons with disabilities, nor mandates provision of access to buildings or government services for them. There is no rehabilitation facility for persons with physical disabilities, although the Health Ministry operates a community-based rehabilitation program in residents' homes. There are schools for the deaf and for the blind up to the secondary level. There is also a school for persons with mental disabilities.
Section 6 Worker Rights
a. The Right of Association
The Constitution specifies the right of workers to form or belong to trade unions under the broader rubric of the right of association. Most public sector employees are unionized; about 20 percent of the total work force is unionized. Unions are independent of government and are free to choose their own representatives in often vigorously contested elections. There are no restrictions on the formation of national labor federations. Several of the major unions belong to an umbrella grouping called the Industrial Solidarity Pact.
Strikes in both the public and private sectors are legal, but there are many avenues through collective bargaining agreements and government procedures that may preclude a strike. The law prohibits members of the police and fire departments from striking. Other "essential services" workers--water and sewer authority workers, electric utility workers, nurses, and doctors--must give 30 days' notice before striking.
Unions are free to affiliate with international organizations, and some have done so.
b. The Right to Organize and Bargain Collectively
Unions have the legal right to engage in collective bargaining, and they fully exercise this right in practice. The Registration of Trade Unions and Employer Organizations Act is viewed widely as prounion, and since it entered into effect in January 2000, it has resulted in increased organizational activity by unions. The law prohibits antiunion discrimination by employers, and there are effective mechanisms for resolving complaints. It also requires that employers reinstate workers fired for union activities.
Labor law is applicable in the export processing zones (EPZ's), and there are no administrative or legal impediments to union organizing or collective bargaining in those zones. Although many firms resist union efforts to organize in the EPZ's, the new law appeared to have a positive influence on organizing efforts.
c. Prohibition of Forced or Compulsory Labor
The Government prohibits forced or compulsory labor, and it is not known to occur. While there is no specific prohibition of forced or bonded labor by children, there were no reports of such practices.
d. Status of Child Labor Practices and Minimum Age for Employment
Minors are protected legally from economic exploitation by several legislative acts, including the Children and Young Persons Act, which provides for a minimum legal working age of 14 years. The minimum legal working age for industrial work is 18 years. Child labor exists to some degree in the rural areas, primarily where larger, stronger, school-age children help harvest family banana trees. Children also typically work in urban food stalls or sell confectionery on sidewalks. However, these activities occur on nonschool days and during festivals. The Department of Labor of the Ministry of Legal Affairs, Home Affairs, and Labor is responsible for enforcing statutes regulating child labor. Penalties for violating child labor laws include fines up to $75 (EC$200) and prison terms up to 3 months. There were no formal reports of violations of child labor laws. In December 2000, the Government ratified the International Labor Organization's Convention 182 on elimination of the worst forms of child labor. The Government does not prohibit specifically forced and bonded labor by children, but such practices are not known to occur (see Section 6.c.).
e. Acceptable Conditions of Work
The Wages Regulations (Clerks) Orders, in effect since 1985, set out minimum wage rates only for clerks. These office workers receive a legislated minimum wage of about $300 (EC $800) per month. The minimum wage is not sufficient to provide a decent standard of living for a worker and family, but some categories of workers receive more than the legal minimum for clerks, which is used only as a guide for setting pay for other professions.
There is no legislated workweek, although the common practice is to work 40 hours in 5 days. Special legislation covers hours that shop assistants, agricultural workers, domestics, and persons in industrial establishments may work.
Occupational health and safety regulations are relatively well developed; however, there is only one qualified inspector for the entire country. Therefore, Ministry of Labor inspections of health and safety conditions at places of employment (under the Employee's Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1985) are infrequent, at best. The Ministry enforces the act through threat of closure of the business if it discovers violations and the violator does not correct them. However, actual closures rarely occur because of lack of staff and resources. Workers are free to leave a dangerous workplace situation without jeopardy to continued employment.
f. Trafficking in Persons
There are no laws that specifically address trafficking in persons. There were no reports that persons were trafficked to, from, or within the country.


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Palau agrees to accept Uighur detainees from Guantanamo
WASHINGTON — To the relief of the Obama administration, the South Pacific island nation of Palau agreed Wednesday to take the 17 Muslim Uighurs from China who're still being held at the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba, the first major release of detainees since President Barack Obama announced his plan to close the prison by January.
The State Department expressed gratitude for the offer, but it said the details haven't been settled. Spokesman Ian Kelly also confirmed that the U.S. and Palau, which is home to about 21,000 people, are discussing a $200 million U.S. aid package for the next several years, but he said there was no connection between the two discussions.
The administration has sent a special envoy around the world in search of a new home for the Uighurs. The Bush administration determined four years ago that the Uighurs aren't a threat to the U.S., but was reluctant to turn them over to China, which labeled them terrorists leading an Islamic separatist movement.
Germany turned down a U.S. request last week, and Australia was still considering a new request when the president of Palau issued a statement yesterday. Conservative Republicans, led by former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, have campaigned against resettling the Uighurs in the U.S., but until now, no other country would accept them.
On Capitol Hill Wednesday, both Democrats and Republicans criticized the Bush administration for seizing them in Afghanistan after paying bounties to local officials who turned them in, treating them as terrorists at Guantanamo — and permitting the Chinese government to interrogate them at the prison.
Rep. William Delahunt, D-Mass., the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Oversight Subcommittee, said at a hearing that the Uighurs "are a peace loving people who seek only civil rights."
In rare bipartisan agreement, the panel's ranking Republican, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., added he was disturbed that fellow Republicans didn't also defend innocent Uighur detainees.
He was referring to Gingrich, who said in May that the Uighurs were "trained mass killers instructed by the same terrorists responsible for killing 3,000 Americans on September 11, 2001." He said that their goal was to "establish a separate Sharia state," based on Islamic law.
Rohrabacher, a staunch conservative, said: "I always and still support Guantanamo as a prison for terrorists . . . but Uighurs are not enemy combatants. It is unfortunate that other members of my party have not been so principled."
Unlike most of the detainees held at Guantanamo, these men weren't picked up on the battlefield, he said. They were turned over to the U.S. in 2001 by bounty hunters in Pakistan. Rohrabacher, who'd been a speechwriter for President Ronald Reagan, said the source of evidence against the Uighurs "was the Communist Chinese."
Delahunt said China's attitude about the Uighurs — as members of a terrorist organization affiliated with al Qaida — was the reason it was so difficult to find another country to accept them.
"Until today's announcement, finding a suitable venue to resettle the Uighurs was extremely difficult because nations were profoundly concerned about the reaction of the Communist Chinese."
Both congressmen asked to interview the detainees, but their requests were rebuffed. They were shocked to learn that a Chinese delegation had been permitted access.
"The Chinese communists were allowed access not only to interrogate but to intimidate the Chinese," Delahunt testified.
The Pentagon didn't dispute Delahunt.
"All foreign visits with detainees are supervised, and our policy is and always has been, for humane treatment," said J.D. Gordon, a Pentagon spokesman.
The Uighur people are a predominantly Muslim minority concentrated in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region in western China. The Communist party took control of resource-rich Xinjiang in 1949. Since then, it's been the scene of ethnic and political tension.
"The Uighur people are opposed to terrorism and violence because we ourselves are victims of terrorism," testified Rebiya Kadeer, the president of the World Uighur Congress and the American Uighur Association. "The Chinese government has used our Islamic faith against us and labeled Uighurs terrorists to justify crackdowns and security sweeps as part of the war on terror."
Kadeer was imprisoned in China for six years and exiled in 2005 for her efforts to draw attention to the Uighur plight.
"Chinese restrictions on peaceful religious activity and expression in Xinjiang are particularly egregious and draconian in scope," observed Felice Gaer, the chairwoman of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
(Nancy A. Youssef contributed to this article.)
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It remains one of the strangest and saddest aspects of our current economic debates that nobody seems to care all that much about our still painfully high unemployment. And it's probably a lot higher than we know:
In December, the Bureau of Labor Statistics counted just 1.5 million "99ers," the smallest number in any month since 2010. The fourth quarter of last year also saw the lowest average number of 99ers in two years. But it's not clear that more of the very long-term unemployed are finding jobs.
"That decline is likely not due to an improving labor market, because it just hasn't improved much over the last two years," Heidi Shierholz of the labor-backed Economic Policy Institute said in an interview. "A lot of the decline in the unemployment rate we've seen is just due to people dropping out of the labor market."
The people counted as unemployed for 99 weeks or more have been actively looking for work, or they wouldn't be considered part of the workforce at all. One thing that may have kept so many people searching for so long is federal unemployment insurance, which from late 2009 through 2011 combined with state benefits to provide as many as 99 weeks of compensation. People are required to search for work — in other words, to remain attached to the workforce — as a condition of receiving benefits.
But the duration of benefits is shorter than before. In February 2012, Congress set in motion a gradual reduction of the maximum duration to 79 weeks in June, then to 73 weeks by September. As of December, the jobless in only nine states qualified for the full complement of benefits.
Jesse Rothstein, an associate professor of public policy and economics at the University of California, Berkeley, found in a 2011 research paper that the recent regimen of extended benefits did indeed keep people from giving up their job search as quickly as they otherwise might have. Rothstein and Shierholz said the dwindling long-term benefits might help explain why there were fewer 99ers at the end of last year, though it's hard to be sure.
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"I've been surprised at how little anybody's paying attention — not just to the 99ers, but also the 79ers in the past year," Rothstein said. (The term "99ers" has most commonly been a nickname for people who used up 99 weeks of unemployment benefits, though the estimate of how many people out of work for 99 weeks is not based on the insurance rolls.)
"There are still a lot of people who haven't found work, and it's reasonable to guess it's not because they're shirking, but because the labor market is still pretty terrible," Rothstein said. "I wonder how they're getting along.
Yeah. I do too. But apparently nobody else does. Hey, I'm old enough to remember when 7.8% unemployment was considered catastrophic and the whole government lurched into gear to bring it down. I guess it's the new normal now. Oh, 7.8% plus all those who've just dropped out of the labor force.
Meanwhile, we're still on the austerity train determined to "fix" our problems by making them worse. I'm sure that's going to end well.
I should note that the extension of UI under the "fiscal cliff" deal was the one true accomplishment. (The tax hikes would have happened anyway.) I'm not sure what it would have done to the economy to cut millions off of all cash support, but the scale of human misery certainly would have been large.
On the other hand, I'm fairly sure that both Democrats and Republicans have bought into the notion that this group of long term unemployed are just lazy slackers who refuse to look for work so they think cutting them off is a good way to motivate them. Unfortunately, the opposite is true. According to the article, people keep looking for work as long as they get benefits. It's when they get cut off that they stop.(Also too: 7.8 percent unemployment!)
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Heritage work – starts with the awareness that only by acknowledging our patrimony, our heritage in these various fields that we have received from those who came before us, can we get set for the heavy task of preserving them and transmitting them on to those who will come after us.
Why preserve a heritage at all? The goal is not to remember them the next year, the goal is to always remember them for a hundred years, two hundred, hundreds of years. Thus, age-old traditions, historical houses and artifacts are heritages that will hopefully still be around hundreds of years hence. The heritage work on these areas is timeless. Heritage is a living museum.
Historical accounts stay on and on. Jerry Martin Alfafara's Carcar history project for the province will serve the town and our understanding of it for hundreds of years to come. That and other historical works (Noel, Florido, etc.) and so, too, family trees that families labored to reconstruct will still be with us and gainfully researched on by Carcaranons 200 years from now.
Music and art works are precious heritage in that regard, too, but these undergo a different sort of valuation. Sculptures and paintings are there to be easily seen but music and literature have to be heard and read or dramatized before they can be truly appreciated.
More on heritage structures. When shown an old photograph of the town plaza, many viewers gush over what they call the Carcar of yesteryears, and wish the plaza returned to the unhurried state evoked by the picture. But the reality is there may be not one but ten different photographs, and thus ten different views, of the old plaza; the reality is different periods of our history had "different" plazas and that we can no longer turn back the clock without pushing out one view after another. Indeed, a wide spread of Bermuda grass would have been very inviting to little children to run in it, except when its preservation too, invites local authorities to then put up a sign: Keep off the grass.
An old (1910) photograph of the municipal building at the time shows how much that old building would have seamlessly matched its surroundings in our heritage plaza. But in 1964 we built another municipio, of course to the prevailing style of 1964. And why not? Let's preserve the old but why should we put up a building in 2010 to the style of 1900? Why do we always fake it, like the faux antique furniture suddenly thrown into old houses. Really, can fakes evoke nostalgia? Carcar is not supposed to be a 1900-town, it has to be an 1850 to the future town. Otherwise we will be a faux antique town. Many heritage conservation purists would howl protests but, really, perhaps they might as well put their money where their advocacies, and howls, are. Only as part-owners can they have a license to tell legitimate property owners what to do with their properties. And, does a townsman of Carcar like me have a right to the Boljoon church, too? How big a right to my own church can I even claim?
Meanwhile, look over the Carcar plaza today, old buildings that just instinctively collectively look old and a municipio that seems out of place, but just because, inaugurated in 1964, it looks so contemporary. And rightfully so, being only 46 years old.
But is it really out of sync? Look on the plaza this way: the oldest structure is the church–built 1860-1875. Then in ten years, the convento in 1880. The Upland school building says 1905 right on its portal — 15 years later; 30 years after the church. The the Rizal monument has Dec. 30, 1927 on it — 22 years later; 52 years after the church. The old Home Economics Building was destroyed to make way for the now-iconic Dispensary Building, which was started 1929 but finished in the late '30s — more than 10 years after Rizal and 62 years after the church. The Leon Kilat monument was built in 1959 — about 20 years after the Dispensary and, again, almost 82 years after the church. Then the new municipio, built 1964, actually just 89 years after the church, but perhaps looking out-of-place to the untrained eye even as it is only 6 years younger than the magnificent Leon Kilat monument. And finally the Legislative Building, to the side of the municipio, finished in 2007. Now that is 43 years after the former, actually the longest gap between the buildings in the plaza — and yet, because of our stilted viewpoint we bracket both buildings as contemporary.
Incongruous? No, panoramic. The plaza is Carcar architectural history in a continuum.
And yet, in that 1910 photograph another building could be seen beside the municipio, but it was not the Dispensary that we see today. It was called the Home Economics Building. You realize that one heritage structure then in 1910 was razed a decade later to make way for a new building that is now, almost a century after, commonly called the heritage structure of Carcar. And yet another photograph tells us that where now stands the magnificent Rizal monument was a simpler carousel-type structure where it is said the town gathered on important occasions and where the town band used to play and townspeople of various strata of society came to listen to music, the great social leveler. The rotunda was perhaps built just to serve that same function and so, 80-some years later, the rotunda is now the second, perhaps even the first, most recognized heritage structure of Carcar. Was there also an earlier heritage structure before the rotunda that was pushed away to give way to it? Politics? That, too.
The point being: What we see as heritage structures today were actually erected only by destroying an even earlier heritage on the same site. But we can't do that anymore, discarding aside something we have just because officials have visualized a better one to take its place, as they could do in that early American period. Actually, they were able to do what they wanted then because the general population were in awe of their leaders and of the leaders' abilities (and educational advantage surely) and they could do no mistake. But the exact opposite appreciation of authority seems to prevail today–sorry about that–as witness the destruction of the heritage fountain and the people's mocking reactions to it.
Perhaps the best solution would be to leave the old town as it is—a heritage site—but develop a new modern center somewhere else. That's the only way Carcar's inevitable growth will not be stunted by a stunted view of the town's true value. Perhaps that all-modern town, too, may even attract just as many tourists by its very modernity. Can we not envision that happening? Win-win. We win a major major way by not losing anything.
And what shall we call this old town? Since there is already a Daanglungsod (which is 200 years older) we can call this post-1850 town the Dikaayodaanglungsod. Win-win gihapon.
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thanks to Jerry Martin Alfafara, Jared Cui, Tobias Pagusara Jr., Carcar Vintage Group.


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"The estate is said to have been in the possession of the family before the Norman Conquest. The name is written in [the] Domesday [Book, as] Winterwade and in the XIII century it was changed to Wyntword. The male line continued at Wentworth until the extinction of the earldom of Strafford in the XVIII centruy; and the existing Wentworth, of Wentworth Castle, is descended from the family on the female side." [1]CITATION[CLOSE]
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CBSSports.com's Jason La Canfora reported Daniel's deal likely is worth more than $3 million per season. Kansas City announced the signing Wednesday.
Daniel, 26, is something of a mystery because he has been hidden behind Drew Brees in New Orleans. His preseason film, however, reveals a decent arm, and it's possible new Chiefs coach Andy Reid plans to develop Daniel as a future starter. Reid's philosophy has been to stock up on passers, but it's pretty much a sure thing that none of last year's trio -- Cassel, Brady Quinn and Ricky Stanzi -- will return for the Chiefs next season.
Daniel became something of a hot name leading up to free agency, with multiple reports linking him to the Chiefs. The New York Jets also were intrigued by the career backup. Still, Daniel has thrown just nine career passes, so we have yet to see what he can do on the field.
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