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~Jim Loveday (January 1, 2011)
- 68 years old
- Born on September 1, 1943 in Cohoes, New York, United States.
- Passed away on May 9, 2012 in Clifton Park, New York, United States.
This memorial website was created in loving memory of an exeptional man, Jim Loveday. Born, on September 1, 1943, he was 68 when he passed away on May 9, 2012, with his two daughters by his side. We will remember him forever.
As you know, my father wasn't one to dwell on the negative. He always looked on the bright side of things and he wished for us to do the same. After his first stroke in June of 2011, he told me that if he were to die, he didn't want us to mourn the loss of his life. He said he didn't want a wake or a funeral.
Instead, he wanted us to have him cremated. He told us that instead of an urn, we were to use an empty can of Yuban coffee (his favorite). He even had a giant one saved in the Garage for us. As my sister and I met with the funeral home to arrange for his cremation, we couldn't help but laugh as we handed over the coffee can to the director. Dad had once again succeeded in making the people around him smile.
He said that he wanted us to throw a massive party to celebrate his life, with loud music, strong drinks, and good food. He wanted to be sure that we would come together, rather than go into isolation. His final instruction to us was to go to Lake George, ride the Minne-Ha-Ha and to scatter his ashes into the lake, so that he could spend eternity in his favorite place.
We intend to honor his wishes. This summer, our family will be throwing a massive blowout BBQ to celebrate the life of this amazing man. Dress code is Hawaiian shirts and drinks with umbrellas will be provided (just as he would have done). During our annual family camping trip, we will ride the Minne-Ha-Ha and we will scatter his ashes into Lake George.
We should all find comfort in the fact that my dad spent his life protecting and taking care of others. He cared very deeply for the people in his life. He lived every moment of his existence for his family. The result is that he has passed on his legacy of love, care and support.
Most of all, we will follow his guidance, most poignently expressed in the quote I found on his Facebook page.
"Let me tell you that you shouldn't squander your life. Take an early morning walk, breathe in the fresh air and be glad you are alive. A better world is in our grasp and we have a lot to live up to." ~Jim Loveday (January 1, 2011)
Wise words Papa Bear. Your cubs will make you proud. We will live our lives to the fullest, in your honor and in your memory.

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Sat Sep 07, 2013 10:57 am
This is not only the first story I'd ever thought of but is also the longest running and is the first time to be posted. As it progresses feedback and criticism is fully encouraged. I'll attempt to focus on it on a regular basis and might even end up setting goals on when I'm getting certain portions finished. Without further ado:
--Prologue Part 1--
The setting sun glowed a dull red-orange against the swiftly darkening sky signaling both the end of the day and the rapidly advancing storm. The small village had settled from its daily routines and all but retired for the evening save the few folks boarding up their windows in hopes of saving their homes from the wrath of the impending storm. Amongst the darkened streets a cloaked figure weaved in and out of the shadows quickly tracing its way across the sleepy little community. Every gap between buildings the figure stopped and peeked around the corner making certain the coast was clear before continuing on its trek. Only once was the figure forced to disappear into eaves of a building as two older men walked by talking about the latest town gossip.
"--And you think the old woman was correct?" One man asked the other.
"About the storm? Yes. The boy? There's no way. He's lived and grown here in this village. Helped us on our farm a few times when we needed it. He's good-hearted and young lad and the things she said were just cruel and completely absurd."
"Whoa there. Think I may have struck a soft spot. I agree with you, I just wanted to hear what your thoughts."
"Sorry. Little anxious to have the blasted hunters out of here and gone. They make me uncomfortable. Especially since they plan to hunt the boy. I do hope that he's managed to disappear before those psychos get hold of him."
"You and me both," the man smiled as they parted ways giving the cloaked figure a chance to move out of its hiding place and continue its path toward the outer edge of the village. There at the far end of the village the figure stopped on a doorstep only loud enough to be heard by those finding comfort from the rapidly increasing winds. A shuffling was heard on the other side of the door before it opened a crack relinquishing a little bit of light from the crackling fire.
"Hello?" Came a female voice as the door revealed a young blond worry written in her face as she attempted to discern who was at the door.
"Gina, it's me," the male figure said pulling back the hood revealing a head of thick, unruly dark brown hair and set of blue-green eyes with their own unique yellow ring around the iris. From his appearance the man couldn't have been over twenty years of age but something about him seemed off.
Gina gave a gasp, throwing open the door in order to yank her visitor, then shutting the door quickly behind him and looking out the window to find out if anyone was now watching the house. Turning back to the man she glared at him with a look that caused him to visually shiver. "What are you doing here?" she inquired getting in his face forcing him to take a few steps back.
"It's fine," he said smiling finding himself pinned between the wall and her prodding. "I lost them in the forest. Their dogs couldn't track a herd of bleeding cattle. They'll be busy for a while. I have a gift for Jonathan. Is he here?"
"Yeah, he's back packing up some of the bedroom, I'll let him know you're here" she informed him stepping back allowing him off the wall then disappeared around the corner. Moments later the head of Jonathan popped around the corner.
"H-hey Daemon, wasn't exactly expecting to see you here again," He mumbled walking around the corner. He stood just taller than his visitor with close to the same hair color though his was far cleaner kept. "Thought you were making a getaway."
"You expect me to leave without a proper farewell? That doesn't sound like me at all," he said shaking his head. "Besides I got you something."Couldn't exactly leave without giving it to you could I?" he continued reaching into his pocket pulling a long chain attached to a white tooth one large enough to be found on any of several local predators.
"Is this..."
"A fang. Yes. I had hope that it would give you and your family luck. Especially since you plan on moving soon."
"Thank you. Luck may be exactly what we need," Jonathan said contemplating the overall situation. "We plan on taking a ship to the colonies, though I hear rumors of revolt."
"I doubt that it's something you'll need to worry about. On that note I've probably overstayed my visit. I should go before the hounds start pawing at your door. Really though, thank you, for everything," Daemon said extending his hand. Jonathan took it giving a firm shake and a grin.
"Stay out of trouble for once."
"Best I can,"Daemon replied pulling up the hood of his cloak and slipping out the door. Outside he took a deep breath before running with inhuman speed both out of the village and into the woods at the outskirts dodging branches with incredible finesse pausing occasionally to scan the area taking note of marks made on trees creating a path only known to the person who made the path in the first place. Finding himself deep inside the woods, Daemon eventually burst into a grove skidding in the damp grass caused by the thickening air of the impending storm. Looking up he blinked as drops began to fall. The scent of moisture began to permeate the air. "Good that will wash away my path in town," He mumbled climbing a tree at the far end of the grove. Midway up he reached into an alcove within the tree slowly pulling a katana and scabbard from within the trunk. "There you are my beautiful darling," he mumbled tying it securely to his belt hearing a howl very nearby and moving toward him at a rapid pace. "Verflucht mutts!" he snarled snagging up some small twigs. Listening closely to the howls approach he gave his hand a few experimental flexes of his hand extending his fingers fully before closing his hand. The final extension of his fingers caused a set of black claws to extend from the end of each finger. Using his claws he quickly sharpened one end of each of the twigs forming each into a makeshift hand dart. Within seconds of finishing the last dart the dogs released a howl and the first lunged into the grove. With a quick motion Daemon threw one of the darts lodging it directly into the beasts neck causing it to drop instantly its lifeless eyes staring blankly forward. More hounds came bounding from the brush into the clearing each taking one or two spikes before falling to the ground none reaching the tree in which Daemon held his perch.
"This way men," A male voice called a short distance away approaching from the same direction the dogs had come from followed by a large amount of rustling. Some seconds later the group of hunters trampled through the brush stopping on their tracks at the group of dead hounds. "It's here," one whispered obviously the eldest of the group as age was written on his face more clearly than words on a page. Two of the others each about middle aged nodded and moved to protect the first's back as they moved toward the center of the clearing to be able to survey the area unhindered. The last two younger seemed to hang back obviously inexperienced for any type of hunt though the two of them seemed weighted down more than they should have been. The primary hunters stopped at the center of the clearing back to back scanning the area. "We know you're here demon!" the leader proclaimed, "Come face your judgment monster and return to the hell which spawned you."
"I'm not interested in harming nor being harmed and am already leaving the village," Daemon replied speaking loudly enough to create an echo off the trees causing the group to spin around to find him as he took advantage of the increasing wind to hide his movement as he moved from tree to tree. "I ask that you leave now and forget about me as a threat. The village needs no further strife from those that would be bounty hunters."
"One can not forget nor forgive the threat of a monster lest it move to terrorize another village and brainwash its people. Show yourself!"
"I lived peacefully within the village for a decade and a half only to be insulted by a witch then chased away by those who would take thrill in killing an innocent," Daemon stopped moving having stationed himself in the tree nearest the hunters. "Last chance leave the village. Forget this event."
"Stop your banter, show yourself monster."
"The only monster I see," Daemon proclaimed jumping from the tree landing in the middle of the circling trio, "is wielding a gun." He reached for the dagger at the first man's hip kicking him in the knee causing him to fall down and forward, using the dagger he turned standing upright lodging the dagger into the second man's neck. The third having noticed the commotion and turned around aiming his rifle at Daemon's head. Daemon hit the side of the rifle an instant before the man fired causing the bullet to fly harmlessly into trees. Continuing with his momentum turned backhanding the man across the face causing him to loosen the grip on his gun. Flipping the gun about Daemon used it to bash the man in the head causing his motions to stop as he dropped to the ground. The first hunter had finally recovered having backed up a bit he drew his weapon taking aim, he stopped right before pulling the trigger as it appeared Daemon was both standing there and not there at the same time. The figure seemed to melt into shadow causing the man to look around before a sharp pain forced him to look down finding the end of a blade poking through his chest. Being pushed off the blade the man fell to the ground laying still in wet grass. Daemon looked at the boys who both cowered weaponless clearly only having carried ammo and supplies on their person for the hunters they followed. "Go home, I had no taste for blood before and even less for an unarmed innocent," he told them before turning and beginning to walk away. Before getting to the edge of the clearing he heard footsteps followed by the click of a rifle. "You want me not to sleep for the next year don't you?" he asked turning to look finding one of the boys pointing a dropped rifle at him. A flash of lightning struck the tops of trees dangerously close to the scene causing the boy to jump slightly his finger tightening on the trigger as the thunder vibrated through him. The two stared at each other even as the rain picked up and began to fall heavily upon them. "The sky already weeps at these passing events," Daemon said looking up. "There is no need for this. I know you understand that."
"You're a monster, a demon, in disguise fooling a village stealing from them for years. An abomination of your nature deserves to be eliminated," the boy mumbled pulling the gun tighter to his shoulder. The other boy raising a hand opening his mouth as if to say something before averting his eyes and relaxing his posture.
"You truly believe that and then hesitate?" Daemon asked raising an eyebrow. "I was there for years. I helped people with work, I had friends family. Never once did I ever act against the village. I was chased from my home and attacked and yet I am to be the monster?" the boy shaken by the words lowered the end of his weapon before pulling it back up again.
"No, I won't believe your lies. You're a demon and shall die," he pulled the trigger causing a loud click. The boy looked at the gun in a confused manner. Daemon grinned holding out an arm dropping a bullet onto the ground.
"Sorry, removed it when I hit him. I think you should go back to town and forget this night," Daemon told them turning again then hunching slightly. The hunch in his back rose taller and taller within the shirt until it found openings in the back clearly designed for the appendages rising off his form. The appendages stretched before splitting into multiple sections, each finger reaching further a thin membrane forming between them. As the wings grew from his back his spine seemed to lengthen a reptilian tail writhing its way into existence a row of spines forming down the middle. The end of the tail making the end of it look much like a fan. Having fully formed the wings and tail, Daemon stretched turning slightly the two boys staring in fear and wonder the one holding the gun having stopped halfway through loading it looked down and dropped the gun slowly backing away. "Y-you are a m-monster, a demon!"
"I already told you I'm neither of those," Daemon said calmly turning so as to make eye contact the yellow ring in his eyes reflecting the lightning in the sky. "'Twas not a monster lying in wait, nor a demon feeding on innocent. You've merely kicked a dragon from his roost, his home, his life. While many would be furious I find it was simply my time to leave," Daemon paused smiling reminiscing his the past few years the boys again confused at their lack of understanding of the situation just stared until Daemon crouched slightly making both of them jump at the sudden motion. "Farewell, my home," he proclaimed jumping into the air with a large beat of his wings taking to the air. The two would be hunters stared in silent reverence as the winged man before them quickly rose into the sky before turning to the horizon and disappearing over the tops of the trees. The two boys stared at each other both drenched, fear finally fading as they accepted what they saw as a threat had left and if they believed him, had no intention of returning. They both sullenly headed back toward the village half watching the sky expecting the dragon man to come swooping down on them to keep them from the safety of the village's borders. The sound of the rain in the forest having drowned out even the sound of the wind, the thunder having forced all the wildlife into hiding making the forest eerily empty as they trudged through the rising wind and mud. Finally reaching their destination and breathing a sigh of relief as they found the warm glow from the boarded up homes. Reaching the village, the boys found a man standing under an awning waiting for them. Approaching the man halted them raising a hand. "Where is the dragon?" he asked glaring at the two of them. They both stopped obviously shocked at both the fact he knew they were out there, but at the fact that he knew the enemy had been a dragon.
"Gone," one boy told the man, "It left. Said it wasn't coming back and had no intention of doing anything to the village in the first place. I dare say it was sincere."
"Sincere or no, you let the beast get away. Where was it going?"
"It didn't say, sir, why the interest? It is gone."
"Gone and dead are two different things. And seeing as you don't know where it went," the man paused pulling a pistol from behind him, "then you are useless." He fired the flintlock hitting the boy in the chest. The boy's expression changed to one of shock then fell to the ground. The man turned on the other boy who had backed up considerably and appeared to be ready to sprint away. "Nothing personal, but I cannot let you live." He fired again the thunder covering the gunshot. Before the man disappeared into the village to search for more information on its escaped resident. The man felt with any luck they might cooperate.
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Thursday, January 31, 2013
Pavlovian Mice Help Neuroscientists Locate Fear "Memory" In The Amygdala
A new study released by a neuroscience group at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) examines how fear responses are learned, controlled and memorized, showing that a particular class of neurons in a subdivision of the amygdala place an active role in these processes...The team trained a strain of mice to respond in a Pavlovian manner to auditory cues, in order to examine the behavior of the animals undergoing a fear test. When the mice heard one of the sounds they had been taught to fear, they began to "freeze," a very common fear response. The team wanted to study the particular neurons involved. They employed several methods to do this, and to understand the neurons in relation to the fear-inducing auditory cue. One method involved delivering a gene that encodes for a light-sensitive protein into the specific neurons they wanted to examine. The team then implanted a very thin fiber-optic cable directly into the area with the photosensitive neurons. This allowed them to shine colored laser light with pinpoint accuracy onto the cells, activating them. This technique is known as optogenetics. Changes in the behavior of the mice in response to the laser were monitored. more
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Coast17 – Principles
On every account I have read of treks around the British coast, you have to have "rules". I guess that is because the pioneer, John Merrill, had rules for his 1978 first completion. An endeavour needs some means by which it can be validated.
However, I dislike rules because they constrain; an adventure should be freeing.
Instead, I will be adopting principles because they provide a guiding ethos and scope for creative response. And who would enforce rules anyway?
Principles of Adventure
- Be present and mindful always
- Eat well, sleep well
- Connect with home everyday
- Walk long, walk slow – expand each day into the time available
- Meet people at every opportunity
- Be grateful for every ounce of friendship, support, companionship and hospitality
- Wild camp wherever possible
- Enjoy the sounds of the universe (not a device)
- Take a social-media and news holiday
- Embrace local micro-economies
- If any one of these fails, have fun anyway!
Principles of Travel
Coast: "the edge or margin of the land next the sea, the sea-shore".
- Land Access in England and Wales
Access in England and Wales means staying with Public Rights of Way or Access Land. I will choose the nearest right of way to the coast, preferring footpaths and beaches to tarmac roads wherever possible.
- Land Access in Scotland
Access in Scotland is in many ways more enlightened, with rights to roam almost everywhere. However, whereas in England a Right of Way comes with a responsibility to maintain a path, open access in Scotland often means that there is no path and those that exist might not be obvious. In Scotland, therefore, I will follow the coast as close as practically possible by path or road or open country. I will decide on the ground whether rough coastal land is navigable and safe in the conditions – there is no point in my scrabbling along the high-tide line making less than a kilometre per hour, however pure that might be.
- Bridges
Rivers and estuaries present barriers that need to be crossed or rounded. I will cross at the lowest bridging point or tunnel with foot access, but where there is an iconic crossing further upstream, such as London Tower Bridge, I might choose to go there.
- Ferries
At some point a river or estuary stops being coastal. Arguably, that might be the upper tidal limit. However, the river flowing through my home village is tidal but definitely not on the coast; the same applies to the inner reaches of many estuaries.
So, in England and Wales only, I may choose to use public ferries (provided that they have a working timetable, as opposed to being summoned as a water taxi). Ferries are part of the nation's maritime history and in many places have disappeared when they would benefit people's everyday lives – e.g. Hayling Ferry is just back in operation after a long period of inactivity; therefore I intend to support them to do a little bit to keep them open. Scottish sea lochs are absolutely coastal, so I will not use ferries in Scotland.
- Islands
My route will take in the British mainland only. However there are some places where venturing onto an island makes sense in order to stay 'coastal'. For example, the southern coastlines of Hayling Island and Portsea Island (Portsmouth) are much more coastal than the A27 from Emsworth to Portchester, so my planned route intends to connect them via the Hayling and Gosport ferries. I might also set foot on some bridged islands if interest takes me there.
- Peninsulas
I will loop around peninsulas as far as possible but will decide how interesting it looks before walking in and backtracking out on the same road.
- MOD Land
I have little choice but to avoid MOD land when firing is taking place. The only place where I would feel devastated to be denied access would be Cape Wrath – Note to Self: CHECK.
- National Trust / 'Paid Access' Land
If a place looks really interesting, I might pay to walk through and visit; my choice.
Some Practicalities
I'll be setting out from home and meeting the coast at Shoreham-by-Sea in West Sussex. I'll be travelling clockwise, spending the tail-end of the winter on the south coast and the days of longest summer light in the far north of Scotland.
Curiously, I will first turn east at Shoreham, meeting the coast for the first time at the Old Fort on the eastern end of Shoreham Beach, a shingle spit defining the lower reaches of the River Adur.
I'll be carrying ultralight camping kit and being self-sufficient for most of the time. But the intention is for Carolyn and other close family members to meet me with our camper on many weekends and longer periods further afield.
If anyone takes an interest in meeting me, or especially if you feel able to offer meal and / or a bed or a camping pitch, I would be extremely grateful and delighted to make acquaintance. Please get in touch via social media.
I reckon on 243 days, averaging 23.4 miles (37km) walking per day. No day looks longer than 47km, which I have walked with relative comfort in training. I have scheduled no rest days, because I have found in the past that I always stiffen up – even the Tour de France riders go out riding on 'rest days'. So a 'rest day' for me will be a short day, maybe 10-20km.
Of course, I might have rest days enforced by weather or injury or illness, but if that happens, so be it.


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Researchers blame vested interests and the planning system for Britain's 'housing affordability crisis', adding that our newly built homes are 40 per cent smaller than in comparable European countries.
House prices in Britain are the second highest in the world – behind only the millionaire's playground of Monaco, a study reveals.
And newly built properties in Britain are about 40 per cent smaller than in similarly densely populated European countries.
The research shows that over the last 40 years house price growth in the UK has been faster than in any other major industrialised country, and has far outstripped earnings – causing a 'housing affordability crisis'.
The home ownership rate has been in decline since the turn of the millennium, falling from 69.6 per cent in 2002 to 63.6 percent in 2013.
Extending the 'right to buy' policy from council tenants to those in housing association homes may halt this – but it would be likely to worsen the affordability crisis, adds the report.
Dr Christian Hilber, of the London School of Economics, said the cost of housing is a key concern of an ever increasing number of voters crammed into artificially limited space.
At the same time a lot of wealth lies in housing assets and there are many vested interests in keeping things this way – such as current home owners and private landlords.
However, politicians of all parties back away from major reforms out of fear of being demonised by the vested interests – relying on proposing policies to tackle the symptoms rather than the causes.
The report from the LSE's Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) is one of a series of background briefings on key policy issues in next month's general election.
It found that in 2014, UK house prices per square metre were the second highest in the world – topped only by Monaco and almost twice those in the US – with particularly high valuations in London and the South East where prices have soared away from the rest of the country since the 1970s.
Property prices in Greater London last year were 8.5 times more than earnings – compared to five times more for the UK as a whole.
Dr Hilber said the planning system is the main cause of the affordability crisis – especially in London and the South East. Despite population growth and rising real incomes building of new housing has been decreasing steadily since the 1970s leading to a substantial housing shortfall.
This means the main effect of policies that stimulate housing demand – such as Help-to-Buy – is to increase house prices rather than supply – meaning they are a waste of taxpayer money at best and harmful at worst.
A similar argument applies to property-related tax reforms. In supply-constrained areas higher taxes are capitalised into lower property prices.
The failure to revalue the council tax since 1992 and introduce effective property taxes has made the idea of a 'mansion tax' popular – and could reduce the prices of expensive houses, making them more affordable for wealthy would-be buyers.
The evidence also suggests that stamp duty land tax reduces household mobility. The resulting mismatch in the housing market worsens the affordability crisis.
The 'bedroom tax' is most likely to affect landlords who reduce rents to keep their tenants. This limits the potential to free up used space. It also has the potential to force tenants to relocate if there are shortages of smaller properties in some areas.
A local annual property tax with automatic annual revaluation could provide incentives to build new homes by generating local tax revenue that is tied to local development. This could help to reduce the chronic housing shortfall.
Dr Hilber said: "Research points clearly to the UK's rigid planning system as the main cause of the housing affordability crisis.
"Demand-side policies such as Help-to-Buy don't work in this setting because they merely increase house prices.
"The current property-related taxes are inefficient, especially the council tax and the stamp duty land tax.
"While the former is regressive and does not provide sufficient incentives to permit development at the local level, the latter hampers household mobility and generates distortions in the housing markets.
"Importantly it discourages downsizing of the elderly and upsizing of expanding young families.
"Solutions to the housing affordability crisis lie in a set of more supply-side friendly policies.
"But the obstacles to moving to such policies are vast since these policies antagonise vested interests, which appear to have been created in perpetuity.
"Yet the long-run consequences of political inaction – and the continuation of excessively low rates of new building – could prove socially explosive and economically traumatic."
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Nepal's political leaders have tabled a proposal in the parliament to impeach Lokman Singh Karki, Chief Commissioner for Investigation of Abuse of Authority. Certainly, Karki has flaws, and the leaders knew it when they appointed him.
Then why the fuss now? Among many, the foremost reason is Karki was preparing to bring charges against several corrupt political leaders. According to one source, the Maoist Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal is one of those against whom the charges have been prepared.
Anyone that must be brought to justice with priority is Prime Minister Dahal and his former and current lieutenants for their several crimes over the years.
Keeping the frequent disturbances caused by the Joint People's Front aside, the Maoists have committed umpteen crimes. They have killed or helped kill more than 15,000 people, prevented development activities, and destroyed schools, roads, communication towers, water supply systems, etc. from 1996 to 2006.
Maoist leaders Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Baburam Bhattarai have committed treason by vowing to serve Indian interests in writing in exchange for Indian support for their armed insurgency. Do not take it from me. Read the book of SD Muni, an Indian Nepal expert and Bhattarai's mentor at Jawaharlal Nehru University.
Muni had put Dahal and Bhattarai in touch with the prime minister's office and Indian intelligence agencies of India and they committed in writing to protect Indian interest so they could freely harm Nepal.
Bhattarai has always proved his loyalty to India, including as prime minister through several controversial measures including the signing of the BIPPA. You may recall, his own colleague and Foreign Minister Narayan Kaji Shrestha had opposed the agreement as anti-national.
But Dahal has been more volatile. In his first stint as prime minister, he wore a mask of nationalism, and India maneuvered to pull him down.
In his second stint, Dahal has vowed not to repeat the past mistakes and enslaved himself to the neighbor. In his endeavor to please New Delhi, Dahal has undermined Nepal's dignity, sovereignty and independence and stifled Nepal's growth.
His record speaks for itself. The joint press release issued during his visit to India, Dahal validated Indian interference in Nepal's new constitution, agreed to equate the Nepali government with the Indian embassy, and concurred to coordinate foreign policy issues with India.
If you recall, Nepal had opposed the inclusion of India's displeasure with Nepal's new constitution in the India-EU and India-Britain joint statements. Strangely, Dahal agreed to include that point in the Nepal-India joint statement.
Some disagreements exist over the constitution, but they are an internal matter for the Nepali people to resolve. No other country has any business to poke its nose in this process.
Dahal has reduced the Nepal government to the level of the Indian embassy in Kathmandu in the joint statement. He agreed to create a joint mechanism of the Nepal government and the Indian embassy to monitor the implementation of Indian-assisted projects in Nepal.
It reminds us of the 1950 Treaty that was signed by the prime minister of Nepal and the Indian ambassador. This is humiliating for Nepal.
What is more, Dahal agreed to coordinate Nepal's position on major international issues with India. Countries do so in international forums to increase their weight, only where and when appropriate or possible. The joint statement has no such qualifying provision, which makes it mandatory.
As if the damages done by the joint statement were not enough, new alarming developments have occurred after Dahal's India visit recently.
For instance, the Indian Oil Corporation, a state enterprise, has demanded, once again, the monopoly to supply petroleum products to Nepal for next 15 years, as a precondition for laying out the pipeline from the Indian border to Amlekhgunj. Nepal had rejected this idea long time back.
According to the Annapurna Post, India has demanded national treatment in Nepal for Indian nationals. It is demanding the implementation of this provision under the 1950 Treaty, which has been flouted by both countries for so long.
This is extremely troubling. India can implement this provision without much impact. But Nepal will lose its identity and character and be destroyed.
For instance, if half of the Nepali population obtains national treatment in India, it will be only 14 million people. If only 10 percent Indians seek national treatment in Nepal, it will be 130 million.
Similarly, India downgraded the Nepali Foreign Minister Prakash Sharan Mahat during his recent visit to New Delhi for the joint ministerial commission meeting. Citing External Affair Minister Sushma Swaraj's illness, a state minister worked as Mahat's counterpart.
If Swaraj was sick, I wish her a quick recovery. However, my googling did not return any information on her illness this time. The google shows she was ill in April and had gone to hospital. Not this time. New Delhi has shown Nepal its new place.
Otherwise, the Indian government would have designated another cabinet minister as Mahat's counterpart. That is the widely accepted diplomatic practice.
Finally, Dahal's cabinet has declared the day the Indian President Pranab Mukharjee — and the Chinese president as well — will arrive in Nepal for a visit as a public holiday. Neither India nor China has such a provision for a visiting heads of state and government.
Why has Dahal slavishly subordinated Nepal's sovereignty and dignity to India to such unprecedented levels?
There might be several reasons for it, but three of them scream out: Dahal's greed for power, erosion in Nepal's standing in the world, and India's growing confidence.
The legitimate way of obtaining power in a democracy is winning elections. But in Nepal, political parties often use dirty tricks, including Indian influence, to undermine the legitimate system. Dahal is only the latest and most egregious example.
Dahal's party is the third in the house. He has acquired undeserved power by kowtowing to India and the Nepali Congress, who supported him to spite the CPN (UML) and its leader and former Prime Minister KP Oli, who had defied New Delhi.
Dahal is trying to retain power by selling the country's soul to India and his own honor to NC.
Nepal has lost its international standing by becoming the sick man of South Asia politically, economically and socially. Since 1994, the government has changed 23 times. Political instability has bred corruption among politicians and bureaucrats.
Political fluidity, corruption and the resultant lack of rule of law have stifled Nepal's growth. They have discouraged private investment, bled public resources, and undermined public investment.
The Maoists have shattered Nepal's social cohesion and given room for external powers to play in its internal matters. They drove a wedge between races, ethnic groups and communities first to garner support for their insurgency and then to build their ethnic vote banks.
India's confidence has increased over the last decades due to its accelerated economy, growing military strength, strengthening USA-India strategic relations and burgeoning international respect. India now feels more confident to humiliate and micro-manage its neighbors.
In brief, the Maoists have always been a destructive force in Nepal. They, more than any other force, have caused woes for Nepal and humiliated the country outside its borders after 1990.
Lokman Singh Karki's impeachment drama is Prime Minister Dahal's strategy to divert public attention from his, his party's and his government's wrongdoings.


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Shinybass journal entry 06-12-17
That pretty much sums up what I have been doing for the past, oh, 3 months or so. Has it really been 3 months since I chimed in? Well , I figured it was high time to get writing, if nothing else than to justify the cost of hosting this website. We've actually been up to an awful lot, so let's get started.
First of all, my last entry found us in Bimini, Joshua Tree National Park, and Los Angeles. The past few months have been a blur of crisscrossing the country from last week in Miles City Montana to this past Friday in New York City, and it seems like we've been stopping at every point in between.
With all the travel and chaos, I have a hard time remembering one day to the next (just ask my wife). I need to fudge the mechanism a little bit and scroll pictures to see where we've visited. As it turns out, the blurs focus themselves a little as I recall some amazing moments from the past 3 months.
Up until recently, I had 2 cities left on my United States bucket list. Yes, just 2. This means I have been to every US city I want to willingly visit in the Continental United States. (I have been to both Hawaii and Alaska, and I could stay in either forever…) My remaining 2 cities were Savannah, Georgia, and St. Augustine, Florida. Can you tell I'm a history nut? Well, as fate would have it, we booked a show in Savannah, which got my heart a-pounding.
Recently, I started carrying an electric bike on the road, made by Pedego, which folds for easy storage under the bus. This allows me to get out and see a lot more of the town than before which quenches my wanderlust. If I have 30 minutes, then I am not going to sit and 'wait' for sound check. (Remember the waiting place is no place to be). In this case, I had a couple of hours, so I had a 'catch up' beverage with Hambone, a tech for King Konga, then got back to the bike for a trip through historic Savannah. I could argue a strong case to live there. Simply beautiful.
Another highlight from the past few weeks was being in Montana. It really is beautiful, and, as usual, I (thankfully) found myself in a wonderfully strange and interesting place. We flew into Billings, then drove to Miles City, which is sort of in the middle of nowhere, but not without points of interest. The downtown is nice (thanks fitness 508 for letting us work out). I found a real soda fountain/lunch counter, and a great antiques shop. General Custer holed up at the fort in Miles City, then marched 4 days to his demise at Little Big Horn, a scant 60 miles away. The museum in Miles City is like no other, with a remarkable gun collection, as well as a 150-year-old donut. I mean, you don't see that every day. Or any day. Did I mention I was only in town for a day? Yep, I get out.
We then flew into Twin Falls, Idaho, which is a beautiful part of the country. Our show was in Jackpot, Nevada, which has absolutely nothing, however, the casino took great care of us, and I went for long walks, soaking in the mile-high mountain air. That's not a metaphor for anything – Jackpot is 5180 feet above sea level.
Three flights later, and I was back in Nashville, rolling on the floor with my babies, and getting back to 'reality'. Did you catch that first part? Three flights. That's all that 'glamorous rockstar' business we talk about.
Not soon after being in the middle of nowhere, I was in the middle of Times Square. Talk about a tale of two cities…We had a couple shows lined up in conjunction with the USO, including an early morning run on Fox and Friends. If you wonder how we look so chipper at 8AM on TV, it's because we've been up since 2:30 guzzling espresso and anything remotely caffeinated. Supporting the troops is a huge thing in my book, so I am always happy to oblige the call. That evening we played a USO show at The Cutting Room in NYC, another great venue in that fine town. My shoes were worn thin with the amount of sightseeing I tried to get in between sound check and show time. I had 90 minutes to kill before the flight out the next morning, and I made it Central Park for a stroll before the madness of air travel set in. I encourage every one to just walk for a few moments and collect your thoughts. It's a lost art, I think. (That means putting the phone in your pocket, until it's time to take pictures, of course).
We then flew out to Tulsa, OK, for a charity even for Folds of Honor, a tremendous organization that supports the children of fallen or injured soldiers. It was a massive event, with a lot of luminaries in the audience, including Joe Don Rooney from Rascal Flatts, who came up and jammed for a while with Jake and myself. A fine night, followed by yet another very early morning lobby call to get home.
So we're (almost) caught up on life. I will post another entry in a few days to get us completely up to speed. I know you all think I am a go-all-the-time kind of person. Well, I sort of am. I don't sleep a lot. Two kids will do that to you, of course, but I am also constantly pushing myself at home to see just how much I can do, especially while I am home with my studio and my coffee. There are only so many hours in the day, so many hours in my life. One day I will decide to sit and enjoy a park bench with the pigeons, but for now, I'm going to sprint past that bench, unless it was the one Nikola Telsa sat on to feed HIS pigeons. Then I'll sit and maybe come up with something magical as he did. Otherwise, there's isn't much moss growing under my feet. I hope the same holds true for you.
Thanks for sticking with me, and look for more words from the road in the very near future.
See you on the road!
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It's time for another thoughts post!
The world which we live in today is dominated by the media, internet (which I am part of!) and many other platforms which put a lot of pressure on girls and boys growing up. It can also cause a lot of worry to people. I feel like the internet and media changes the way people think, especially when there are many negative areas to the internet. And, lets face it, it can be a scary place.
With new technology, generations etc always developing and becoming bigger and bigger, it is easy to be persuaded and pulled into someone who, deep down, you might not want to be. To be happy, in my opinion, you need to be doing something that you love and feel passionate about. Why do what you hate, when you could be doing something that you love? Be who you want to be, not who others want you to be.
So yeah, thats about it for this weeks post! I'm so sorry this is late again! I know this is really short, I just thought I would share a few of these thoughts with you! Let me know some of your thoughts below!
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