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Deadly crisis in Burundi – will the European Union act to prevent more deaths?
Eyewitness: "I'm afraid that today a lot of people could be killed in Burundi"
Yesterday I ran the London marathon with my sister Catherine. We were doing this in memory of our older sister Charlotte, who was killed in a vicious massacre in Burundi in December 2000. As I ran I was acutely conscious that, fifteen years on, many more lives are now at risk in Burundi today.
National elections are due in the next few months, and the ruling party CNDD-FDD seems determined to suppress dissent, and prevent its rivals from contesting the election effectively. In the run-up to the elections, CNDD-FDD has been brutally attacking opposition parties, and harassing human rights activists and the independent media.
In recent weeks, thousands have fled to neighbouring Rwanda, reporting violence and threats from the ruling party's armed youth militia, the Imbonerakure. Yesterday a number of deaths were reported at anti-government protests in Burundi's capital Bujumbura. Today it has been reported that Burundi's iconic human rights campaigner Pierre-Claver Mbonimpa has been arrested (following a long spell in detention last year), and arrest warrants issued for other leading activists.
The European Union – and a number of EU member states, in particular the Netherlands – are deeply implicated in the crisis now facing Burundi. The CNDD-FDD-led government is heavily bankrolled by the Netherlands and the European Commission aid programme, to the extent that the government would struggle to cling to power if this support was withdrawn.
In theory, European Commission aid money is conditional on recipient governments respecting the "Cotonou Agreement" – which commits signatories to tackling corruption, respecting human rights, and upholding the rule of law.
In practice, the European Commission has continued to fund the Burundian government despite mounting evidence of torture, extrajudicial killings, attacks on the media, and endemic corruption.
As ever, the lack of global attention on Burundi is an exacerbating factor. The country receives little media coverage at the best of times – but with so many other crises taking place right now there is a danger that Burundi will slip even lower down the international agenda.
CNDD-FDD appears to be counting on the fact that – as has happened in Burundi so many times before – it can commit acts of violence and repression without any great international outcry.
The European Commission, too, seems unlikely to change course unless it is forced to do so by the weight of public opinion.
But pressure has started to increase. Last year, Members of the European Parliament issued a strongly-worded statement denouncing the Burundian government's abuses, and calling for "a clear and principled EU policy vis a vis Burundi that addresses the on-going serious human rights violations". Human Rights Watch, meanwhile, condemned the EU's "weak" stance on Burundi.
Both the US and UK governments have made strong and positive statements urging an end to the violence – but given the scale of the EU aid budget its voice is especially critical.
Burundians in Europe have been contacting their MEPs urging them to press the European Commission to use its influence to help end the Burundian government's repression. If you have a moment to support this call, please write to your MEPs via www.theyworkforyou.com.
Agathon Rwasa summoned to court to face justice over the Gatumba massacre
Messy, chaotic – but a breakthrough nonetheless: Ten years after his troops massacred over 160 Congolese Tutsi refugees at a UNHCR camp in Burundi, ex-FNL leader Agathon Rwasa this week received a court summons to answer questions over the attack.
This follows a long and determined campaign by survivors and relatives of the dead, which included the submission, in August last year, of a criminal complaint against Agathon Rwasa and his former spokesman, Pasteur Habimana. That in itself was a momentous achievement amid Burundi's volatile and corrupt political landscape – where impunity is the norm and not one political leader has yet faced justice over the many massacres that took place during Burundi's ten-year civil war. Over the past year, the Gatumba case has been stopped and restarted by the Burundian authorities, with the campaigners facing down pressure for them to drop the charges. The government's shambolic handling of the case has continued this week, with Rwasa arriving at court to be told that the hearing had been postponed without explanation. Yet this is still the closest that the former FNL leader has yet come to facing justice over the mass-killings he has committed – and Pasteur Habimana has already appeared at the court four times.
Readers of this blog will know that I have a very personal interest in this issue – four years before the Gatumba massacre – in December 2000 – FNL troops under the command of Agathon Rwasa ambushed a bus close to the Burundian capital and killed 21 of the passengers – including my sister Charlotte and her fiancé Richard Ndereyimana. Like Gatumba, the attack was genocidal in character – Hutu passengers were released unharmed, with a message for the authorities: "We're going to kill them all and there's nothing you can do".
Yet the Gatumba campaigners have shown that there is something you can do when a crime like this is committed – even in Burundi.
Agathon Rwasa's supporters and sympathisers have sought to portray the case as a politically-motivated conspiracy by the Burundian ruling party to undermine their leader's electoral ambitions.
This conveniently paints out of the picture the huge efforts that the Gatumba survivors have made – the pressures they have faced and the obstacles they have surmounted – in getting this case to court. It also ignores, again, the central fact of this case – the 160 living, breathing human beings – half of them children – whose lives were extinguished by Agathon Rwasa's men on August 13th 2004. They are the reason that Rwasa is now, at last, facing some measure of justice.
Attacks on Congolese civilians increase as Agathon Rwasa's FNL prepare for new "holy war"
Agathon Rwasa is the militia leader whose forces carried the December 28th 2000 "Titanic Express" massacre in Burundi, of which my sister Charlotte was one of 21 victims. The UN recently reported that Rwasa was remobilising his forces from bases in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in preparation for a new "holy war". The Banyamulenge blog Journal Mibembwe gives more details:
From Journal Mibembwe:
As was reported recently in our news, the security continues to deteriorate in the high plateaux of Bijombo, district of Uvira, where most civilians from the Banyamulenge ethnic group are still victims of the ongoing conflicts in the region. These people, mostly pastoralists, have nothing to do with politics. Those who managed to escape, however, still face the same situation where their killers followed them even across the borders in the neighbouring countries like Burundi where many hundreds have been slaughtered in a refugee camp in August 2004.
Some of those who claimed responsibility in the killings, like Mr. Agathon Rwasa, still move around freely. Instead of being arrested and judged for his acts, credible sources say that this experienced killer, Agathon Rwasa, has found refuge in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Banyamulenge community feel threatened by his presence in the region.
Last time we reported a transfer of some the FARDC army commanders in the high plateaux of Bijombo, causing increased fear in the Banyamulenge community of more insecurity and threats carried out by the government troops in their villages. This is seen by many as the continuation of some politicians' plans, like ANZULUNI BEMBE from 1993, to exterminate the Banyamulenge under the pretext that they are 'foreigners' or just for who they are, like what Agathon Rwasa has done in Gatumba (Burundi) in 2004.
Guest post: "the Burundian diaspora will need to pick up signs, rally, blog, write letters to editors to educate the donors' taxpayers" – Thierry Uwamahoro
"Free Kavumbagu" cause makes its way to the Rally to Restore Sanity in Washington, DC – guest post by Thierry Uwamahoro
Yes, you saw right! That was a "Free Kavumbagu" sign among the thousands of other rally signs that either made you laugh or left you scratching your head as you attempted to understand what they meant or who their intended audience was.
This Saturday (10.30.10), hundreds of thousands of Americans flocked to Washington, DC to join a rally whose objective was to restore sanity in the discourse of American politics.
However, American politics are never too far from world affairs as the American people pride themselves in calling their President, the "Leader of the Free World". As a Burundian residing near Washington, DC, I was drawn to think of a fellow Burundian – a journalist – who was not part of the "Free World" as the Rally to Restore Sanity went on.
Jean Claude Kavumbagu is an internationally-renowned journalist and human rights defender who has been unjustly arrested five times in this decade, but has never been found guilty. Today, he remains behind bars, despite promises by Burundian authorities and global calls for his release.
On July 17th, 2010, Jean Claude Kavumbagu was arrested and later jailed over an article that he published on his online journal "Net Press". The article questioned the preparedness of the Burundian security forces, were the Somalia based militia Al-Shabab to attack Bujumbura (Burundi). The Burundian government considered the publication of such article "treason", a charge that carries a life imprisonment sentence. Paradoxically, treason is an offense that Burundian law only recognizes when the country is at war due to external aggression. This is not the case today!
Last September, after meetings with some of Burundi's highest officials, Omar Faruk Osman (President of the Federation of African Journalists) and his delegation left Bujumbura (Burundi) on a highly promising and optimistic note summed up in these words: "We agreed with the leadership of the country the urgency to resolve the case of Kavumbagu and our message was clear that was no longer a mere Burundian affair but an African and international press freedom case".
Jean Claude Kavumbagu's freedom has become a national, regional, continental and global issue. The Union of Burundian Journalists and the entire Burundian civil society, the East African Journalists Association, the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project, the Federation of African Journalists, Reporters Without Borders, FrontLine, the Committee to Protect Journalists, the International Federation of Journalists, Human Rights Watch; to name just a few – have all called for the release of Jean Claude Kavumbagu.
But all these calls have fallen on deaf ears. Mr. Kavumbagu has –this week – passed the 100 day mark behind bars in the notorious "Mpimba" prison, despite his constitutional rights to freedom of opinion and expression. The call for Kavumbagu's freedom must not fade. This is no time to despair and quit.
But why carry the call to Washington, DC? This week, according to the journal Arc-en-Ciel, Washington hosted a high level delegation comprised of Burundian security apparatus heavyweights: the Director of military cabinet in the office of the President (Major General Evariste Ndayishimiye), the Minister of Internal Security (General Alain Guillaume Bunyoni) and the army chief of staff (Major General Godefroid Niyombare) alongside the top civilian advisor to the President. The delegation's goal, according to trusted sources, was to promote greater cooperation between Bujumbura and Washington, and to secure funding for capacity building projects for Burundian securities forces.
If Washington and the American taxpayers are to fund these forces (the same forces that are carrying out the arrests of journalists), one can safely assume that Washington will have a greater voice in demanding that these security institutions improve their human rights record; or, at least, that should Washington voice any concern, Bujumbura would listen.
Ideally, a few months after celebrating our 48th independence anniversary, Burundians should not be expecting foreign powers' coercion to be the safeguard to our freedoms. However, we have to be realistic. When a given government's budget is financed at the tune of 70% by the international community, the perverse outcome is accountability to its donors (instead of its citizens). It is unfortunate! In the meantime, the Burundian diaspora will need to pick up signs, rally, blog, write letters to editors wherever they reside to educate the donors' taxpayers. This Saturday, a few Americans learned of Burundi and of another name that they weren't able to pronounce: Kavumbagu.
Alexis Sinduhije: "The international community, obsessed with stability… chose a rigged election managed by a police state rather than a vibrant democracy where the opinions of all are respected"
From Alexis Sinduhije in The East African:
John, 35, the youth leader of UPD, the Union for Peace and Development, was arrested by Burundi intelligence in early June and accused of being a security threat to the state.
He was taken to their secret offices where he was tortured, his right ear cut off and his penis and testicles shoved into a gourd.
He was later moved to the central prison but the damage has been done; he is now infertile.//
Many members of different opposition parities have been arrested, tortured and threatened throughout the country.
The official count according to human-rights organisations is 200 but that is only those we know of; many more incidents are happening in military posts and police stations across the country.
Those that have been arrested, threatened and tortured are the lucky ones – others have been killed in broad daylight, in their homes.
On June28, Ladislas Ntiharirizwa and his wife Christine were at home in Muramvya province relaxing after their evening meal when grenades were thrown into their house and they were both killed, leaving behind a small baby of 3 months and a child of 3 years.
Their crime was to be members of MSD, the Movement for Solidarity and Democracy.
The same night, in the same town, a grenade was thrown into the house of a Frodebu leader killing his 7-year-old son and leaving him gravely injured.
Later, in the far east of the country, in the small town of Gisuru bordering Tanzania, the Imbonerakure (the youth militia of the ruling party CNDD-FDD) with the support of the police, attacked several families, members of the FNL party, in their homes with clubs, pangas and jembes.
The result was the death of four and the hospitalisation of five others, most of whom are still in hospital.//
Many young members of the opposition have fled their homes and jobs across the country. Their future is uncertain.
They thought they were growing up in a period of democracy in Burundi, after the years and years of war that their parents and grandparents suffered through.
However, they have learned that today, in Burundi, being a member of a political party that is not the one that is in power is a crime and your life will be destroyed.
They have learned that freedom of expression and opinion is a right held only by the party in power.
The opposition does not have much room to manoeuvre in.
The one choice open to them that they should not even consider is to cease to function.
The opposition in Burundi cannot afford to disappear or become puppets of the regime.
Although the political space is growing smaller and smaller as Burundi falls under the influence of the Kagame regime next door, political diversity is a must in this country that knows too well the impact of decades of military dictatorship.
The second choice is to flee the country and operate from exile as has happened across Africa under oppressive regimes.
Already this option is being witnessed as three leaders of opposition parties have fled the county fearing for their lives and many members of opposition parties have gone into hiding within the country.//
This is hardly surprising given the large number of arrests and assassinations that have already taken place.
The third option is to return to the violence and permanent civil unrest that the country has known since Independence.
This is not a choice that the opposition, or any citizen would welcome.
However – given the fact that all attempts at dialogue requested by the opposition have been refused and that the international community has sat quiet while electoral fraud, abuse of human rights and violence has taken place this option – sadly may yet become a reality.
The international community, obsessed with stability has turned a blind eye to all these manoeuvrings and abuses of human rights and of freedom of expression; they chose a rigged election managed by a police state rather than a vibrant democracy where the opinions of all are respected.
In June the opposition leaders called for support from the East African Community.
They naively thought that the leaders in the neighbouring paper democracies would insist on transparent electoral processes.
They had hoped that the region's leaders would call upon the party in power to stop arresting, torturing and assassinating the political opposition.//
But they forgot that the East African Community was an old boys' club and no one was going to rock the boat in this period of multiple elections across the region.
They forgot that leaders across the region have the same attitude to democratic elections; that across the region elections are rigged and the results of the elections known before the populace even goes to the polls. The EAC has chosen to support the perpetrators of abuse and not the victims.
We realise that if democracy is to be saved, it is for us to do it.
Political opposition and civil society need to stay strong and courageous in Burundi. We cannot return to the dictatorships that have oppressed our country for decades. We, the political opposition of Burundi, need to be an example to the region. We need to show how political pluralism can build a country, not destroy it.
What is the value of the East African Community if its members hide their heads in the sand and support oppressive regimes that do not respect basic human rights?
If we are serious about democracy in Africa we need to stop this Mickey Mouse game.
We have power holders who create fake opposition parties merely to show that there is "competition" – while there is no real diversity of opinion.
The naiveté of the foreign ministers in the region was is revealed in statements such as the one Kenya's Moses Wetangula made in June when he said, "The EAC will insist on the democratisation of all member states to avoid a situation that could lead to disharmony and to ensure that they contribute positively to the wellbeing of the region."
What form of democracy is he talking about?
Is it a democracy where parties that speak out against the regimes in power are destroyed, their members arrested, killed and tortured?
We need to hold our leaders accountable so that all can have their basic needs met and their rights respected.
As Achille Mbembe, the Cameroonian political scientist says: "If Africans want democracy, they must be willing to pay the price. No one will pay it for them. Nor will they obtain it on credit."
Alexis Sinduhije is president of the Movement for Solidarity and Democracy.
The grim reality of the European Union's "African success story"
Burundi's brutal government has been heavily bankrolled by the European Union for years, with donors falling over themselves to applaud their "African success story". Complaints by Burundians of corruption and authoritarian behaviour by the ruling elite have been largely ignored. Now we're seeing the results…
Groundhog Day in Burundi…
I spoke to a Burundian friend earlier this evening who is deeply concerned about rising tensions in his home country ahead of elections scheduled for June. A video on the "Burundi Transparence" website purports to show the ruling CNDD-FDD party's youth militia acting out a show of strength in scenes worryingly reminiscent of pre-genocide Rwanda in 1994.
Human Rights Watch put out a detailed report on the militias mid-way through last year:
Beginning in December 2008, residents of Busoni commune, Kirundo province and Kayogoro commune, Makamba province reported "militia-like" activities by former FDD combatants and members of the CNDD-FDD youth league, known as "Imbonerakure." The youth, with the acquiescence of local administrative, police, and party officials, carried out harassment and arrests of political opponents…
In Busoni commune, Kirundo province, the CNDD-FDD youth league engaged in "night-time sports," which involved parading with large sticks in military fashion.[229] According to media reports, these youth also chanted threatening slogans about "crushing their opponents." Jean Minani, a prominent parliamentarian from Busoni and founder of "Frodebu-Nyakuri," a splinter group of FRODEBU that generally aligns with CNDD-FDD, told Human Rights Watch he had observed the activities. He confirmed that the youth were armed with sticks and clubs, and chanted slogans in Kirundi which roughly translated as "Those who are not with us will be sent into exile or die."
The International Crisis Group warned today that:
The CNDD-FDD youth wing's physical training, war songs and quasi-military organisation raise the spectre of militia violence and a large-scale intimidation campaign. The other former rebels, the Forces nationales de libération (FNL) and the Front pour la démocratie au Burundi (FRODEBU) are mobilising their own youth wings to oppose intimidation tactics. The police have remained passive or become accomplices to the ruling party's abuses.
The ICG recommends that the international donor community:
Warn Burundian political leaders that those responsible for atrocity or other grave political crimes will be prosecuted – by the International Criminal Court or a special tribunal if necessary – and that targeted sanctions will be imposed on those resorting to massive fraud or violence to win the elections.
On the face of it this might sound reasonable enough, but to someone who's been following the situation in Burundi for nearly a decade now, there's an eerie sense of déja vu.
Here's a report from 2005 on the violence that preceded the elections last time around:
[Nureldine] Satti demanded an investigation into mortar attacks that wounded five in the suburbs of the capital Bujumbura on Tuesday night, and recent reports of summary executions in Bujumbura Rural province… "We want to know the truth. The UN and the international community will not tolerate war crimes anymore. Any individual, any group responsible for war crimes will be held accountable for its acts," he told a press conference.
And here's a report from 2004, after Hutu-extremists massacred 160 Tutsi refugees at the Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi:
"The people who committed this terrible crime must be out of their heads. They are really terrorists," Mrs [Agnes] Van Ardenne told reporters after visiting the refugee camp at the weekend. She said the suspects should be tried by the International Criminal Court. The FNL has indicated it will face its responsibility and appear before the court in The Hague. There will be no mercy for the perpetrators of the massacre, Mrs Van Ardenne said.
And here's a UN security council statement from 1996:
The Council shares the Secretary-General's deep concern at the situation in Burundi, which has been characterized by daily killings, massacres, torture and arbitrary detention. It condemns in the strongest terms those responsible for such actions, which must cease immediately… It reiterates that all who commit or authorize the commission of serious violations of international humanitarian law are individually responsible for such violations and should be held accountable.
Not one of these declarations has been honoured. Efforts to refer the Gatumba massacre to the International Criminal Court quickly stalled amid a lack of political will – and silence from the International Crisis Group. The UN's longstanding promise of a "special chamber" for Burundi remains little more than a twinkle in Ban Ki Moon's eye, having got lost in endless negotiations with the same Burundian government officials who would likely become defendants were it ever to get off the ground.
Threatening to prosecute people – as distinct from actually putting war criminals on trial – certainly has the advantage of being free and not particularly timeconsuming. But if the International Crisis Group is really in the business of trying to stop Burundi's political elite from organising yet more mass-killings, it's difficult to see how, on past form, getting donors to issue yet more empty threats is likely to make any difference at all to the situation.


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Dr Srđan Krčo is a co-founder and CEO of DunavNET, a company designing turnkey IOT solutions for smart cities, agriculture and manufacturing. He has over 20 years of experience, working with large multinational companies and international collaborative research and innovation projects. He coordinated a large H2020 project TagItSmart, creating IoT enablers facilitating improvement and transparency in the food supply chain and more general in the FMCG domain. Srdjan is one of the founding members of the International IoT Forum and is actively participating in IoT-EPI (IoT European Platforms Initiative) and AIOTI (Alliance for IoT Innovation) activities. In 2007, Srdjan won the Innovation Engineer of the Year award in Ireland. He has published over 15 patents and more than 70 papers at international conferences and journals. Srdjan holds Associate Professor position at FEFA (Faculty for Economy and Financial Administration) where he works with students on business aspects of IoT and digital transformation. He is a frequent speaker at international events addressing IoT and its applications. Srdjan is a Senior IEEE member and has MVP (most valuable professional) status for IoT activities awarded by Microsoft.
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Ray has a cell phone now
Ray is a friend tried and true: We worked together for many years. He is a native of Ehrmandale suburb of Fontanet near Sandcut and he has the technology acumen of a cave man. CJ and he have two vehicles so that the travel needs of each will not be impeded.
One bright and sunny day they were going on a trip and as usual Ray was ready to go but the missus was still primping or prepping. In spite of Brad Paisley's song, "Waiting on a Woman," waiting is not always pleasant and drains one's patience like Dr. Acula drains a boil. Ray was huffing and puffing while waiting. "I am going to pick up the cake so perhaps you can be ready when I get back," he barked in the nicest way possible.
He tromped out of the house on the way to the Flour Power Bakery. While motoring homeward he realized the gas gauge was nudging on the "Big E" so he stopped to refuel still fuming about having to wait on CJ.
After filling the tank he reached for the receipt. Nothing. Now he was as mad as a rained on rooster as he stomped into the store. Returning to the car he inserted the key but it wouldn't turn. He tried again; and again; and again. All doors.
Anger spread down his neck to his torso like spilled grape Kool-aide on a white tablecloth. There was nothing to do but call CJ. There was no pay phone in the store and company policy forbad customers from using the house phone. Ray insisted so they called the home office and gained permission for him to make the local call.
Humbly he called CJ and asked her to call AAA. She waded through all of the levels and menus to reach a real person. That is almost like trying to reach a specific person at the Pentagon.
The AAA technician arrived and tried to open the door with no success. He tried the key over and over and then tried other strategies. No luck. He called a locksmith. Ray was shifting from one foot to the other trying to retain his composure. During that pavane he rammed his hands into his pockets and made a startling discovery. He realized that he had two sets of keys: One for the vehicle he was driving and one for the vehicle at home. That realization came blasting through his awareness like a meteor from outer space burning through the atmosphere: He was using the wrong key.
Meekly he tried the correct key and the door opened. "It's a miracle," he proclaimed. Anger flushed out of his body faster than a tornado roars through a trailer park. At that moment the AAA technician discovered that he had locked himself out of his truck. The locksmith arrived and solved that problem.
Ray harrumphed into the house as CJ mused, "What was the problem?" "Stupidity," he growled. When they returned from the trip Ray bought a cell phone. Now if he just knew how to use it.
Larry grew up north of Calvertville on a farm and graduated from Worthington High School and Indiana State University. He can be reached at email@example.com or (317) 839-7656. Write him at 6860 Sunrise Drive, Plainfield, Ind., 46168. He has written five books.
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The National Association of Nigerian Students has commended the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board for remitting the sum of N5billion to the coffers of the Federal Government.
NANS' President, Mr Chinonso Obasi, in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, said such remittance from JAMB within a short period under the leadership of Prof. Is-haq Oloyede showed a great deal of probity.
Obasi said that he was in support of the Federal Government's move to probe the former administrations of JAMB and the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency.
He urged the Federal Government to extend the probe to other agencies.
The Federal Executive Council, presided by President Muhammadu Buhari recently ordered the probe of past heads of JAMB and NIMASA over poor remittances in the past.
The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, told the FEC that JAMB for the first time remitted N5 billion to the government with a balance of N3 billion still to be remitted.
She said it was a big difference when compared to maximum N3 million per annum remitted in the past.
Obasi said that the remittance of such amount from a non-focal revenue generating agency of government underscored the importance of transparency in the administration and management of government business.
"The development is highly commendable and all heads of Federal Government agencies and parastatals should emulate the registrar of JAMB.
"I urge President Buhari to beam his eagle eyes on all other agencies of the Federal Government to ensure that all loopholes that encourage corrupt practices are prevented and blocked.
"Corruption is evil and the worst thing that can happen to a country in dire need of financial resources for development," he said.
Obasi called on Nigerians occupying public offices to endeavour to be responsible and patriotic in the management of government businesses.
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Calling the massacre at an Orlando nightclub "an attack on our state and entire nation," Gov. Rick Scott early Monday asked President Barack Obama for a federal emergency declaration in Florida.
Scott's requested the declaration under a federal law known as the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, which can help provide federal aid to states after disasters.
"During a June 12, 2016 press conference, you accurately characterized the terrorist attack as a 'horrific massacre,' " Scott wrote in the request to Obama. "I urge you to declare an emergency under the Stafford Act so that 'the full resources of the federal government' can be made for the individuals, families and communities impacted by this 'horrific massacre.' "
Scott's request came a little more than 24 hours after lone gunman Omar Mateen, 29, went to the Pulse gay nightclub in Orlando and committed the worst mass shooting in U.S. history. Fifty people died and 53 people were wounded in the incident, which Obama, Scott and other authorities said was an act of terrorism.
Mateen, who died in a shootout with police, pledged allegiance to the Islamic State terrorism group during the incident. Authorities said during a news conference Monday morning that 48 of 49 of the victims had been identified and that the process of notifying families was ongoing. Mateen's death brought the total to 50.
Scott on Sunday declared a state of emergency in Orange County. In his request Monday to Obama, Scott issued an accompanying statement that said he had been "in contact with some of the victims' families to let them know we are grieving with them and will be there for them every step of the way."
"Our state is mourning, but the Orlando community is strong," Scott said in the statement. "We are all coming together, and we will get through this together. I ask every American to continue to pray for our state and nation and all those affected by this terror attack."
During the news conference Monday morning, Orlando police provided more details about the attack, and federal, state and local officials said they were continuing the investigation and trying to help victims and families. Police described three confrontations with Mateen before he was shot dead. The first took place around 2 a.m. when an off-duty law enforcement officer providing security at the club responded to reports of shots fired, and called for back-up. The second took place as a group of officers entered the club, where Mateen retreated to a bathroom with a group of hostages. The third took place after police drilled a hole through the club's wall with a Bearcat.
The killing inside the club and, judging from two bodies found outside the club, had been methodical, witnesses told police and reporters. "The bloodshed ended only after a daring rescue operation by the police, in which they burst into a room in the club and freed 15 to 25 people before confronting the gunman and freeing another group being held hostage," The New York Times reported.
On Sunday, Obama made a nationally televised address about the attack, which he described as an "especially heartbreaking day for all of our friends — our fellow Americans — who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender."
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Congratulations to the open men who prepped, repped, and stepped up for the Canyon at the scenic Ancil Hoffman 6K cross country race in Carmichael (near Sacramento) as they appear to have pulled off an improbable victory over several very reputable regional clubs: West Valley Track Club (which had a couple of key no-shows), Chico Track Club, Sacramento Racing Association Elite and NB Excelsior.
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Isn't freedom from opioid synthetic drugs a good thing?
The funny thing is that most who hate Kratom have never tried it; they don't believe our testimonials (and have accused us of making them up for our AKA Web site); and they don't even understand the science that they do read, if they read it at all. They believe the DEA's wrongheaded claims that Kratom causes hallucinations, psychoses, and respiratory depression. They surely don't read (or comprehend) my articles which debunk the DEA claims.
This brings up a side-issue: The DEA's unsupported claims of hallucinations and respiratory depression could be leading a lot of the drug-seeking, abuse-prone public to use Kratom in just the ways the DEA claims they are trying to prevent. TV news reports of Kratom being "just like heroin" perform the same function of promoting abuse by those with addictive tendencies.
There was a kind of emotional blindness going around in the Alabama statehouse. Our opposition seems to believe that anyone who disagrees with what they want to do must be lying in defense of Kratom, lying about how we use it, lying about there being no withdrawals for moderate consumers.
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This cynicism on the part of some Alabama lawmakers allowed them to ignore the heart-warming stories of recovery from Lyme Disease, PTSD, chronic neck and back pain, and other conditions -- even when they were spoken by Alabama natives they had known all their lives. This kind of blindness to the truth is very disturbing -- it makes many observers wonder if some deeper motive was driving this campaign to ban Kratom.
For once, those who purposely and relentlessly abuse substances are put on a pedestal, while hardworking voters (whose only crime is being sick and in pain from diseases our medical establishment has no way of curing) are demonized. Our crime is that we have seen behind the curtain of pharmaceutical hocus-pocus -- and we have found an herb that works for us far better than 5-15 expensive prescription drugs. Why should our discovery be criminalized?
Why shouldn't the majority of responsible consumers who know how to use this herb have access to its benefits? And, rather than prohibiting Kratom's sale and consumption, why not try to educate the public on the sensible way to use it (or avoid it)?
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Ah, but I am preaching to the choir! The legislators, unfortunately, do not read what I have to say about Kratom.
One of the strongest points we might use in this campaign to keep Kratom legal is the fact that many of America's veterans are now using Kratom to help them control their PTSD. With the help of Kratom, they are regaining their pleasure in life -- as many of us in the civilian world are -- and putting aside the impulse to commit suicide.
Aren't our legislators willing to look "outside the box" to help our wounded warriors find peace and relief from emotional trauma? The conventional drugs prescribed by VA doctors obviously aren't doing a good job, with 22 suicides a day as proof.
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Dieting has been used for ages as a way for people to shed pounds and hit their desired body goals. But what does "diet" really mean? In a general sense, it is defined as a restriction to certain amount or type of food one intakes. It sounds pretty simple but the things correlated to it may be a little complex. As time evolves, the subject of diet gave birth to diverse approaches and materials coming from experts that were made known to public and used by many. But with all these revolutionary techniques, the disturbing question remains—-why am I not losing weight? Perhaps there are still underlying justifications that are yet to be uncovered.
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Annie O'Neil and I have swapped blog dates, so I'm here today instead of Annie. So what better time to tell you about a project that we've both been involved with, along with Susan Carlisle and Karin Baine.
First though, I'd like to show you my new cover. Firefighter's Christmas Baby will be released in November, and it's a festive fling with consequences! (As you can see from the cover 🙂 )
But on with the blog. A little more than a year ago, Susan Carlisle, Annie O'Neil, Karin Baine and I began to plan out a four-book series. Set on an island, off the coast of Boston, The Maple Island Clinic was to be home to dedicated doctors, nurses and therapists who would be the heroes and heroines of our stories.
But first, we created the island. It had a name and we gave it a history, too. The autumn reds of the maple trees which cover the island are visible from the mainland, and early settlers in the area made their way across the water to tap the trees for their syrup. A small town was founded on the island and one of the wealthier town fathers left his house and collection of books to the people of Maple Island. Today, the town library is still housed in the building that Ezra Van Den Berg donated, along with his books and papers.
We probably went into far more detail than we really needed to – but we were having such fun! Ideas came thick and fast from both sides of the Atlantic and we wondered whether we were going to have to make the island a little bigger to accommodate everything.
We wanted a New England style covered bridge for the island. Orchards and a harbour with fishing boats. An old town on the East side of the island, facing out to sea, and opulent holiday homes for summer visitors on the West side, facing Boston. A ferry. A LIGHTHOUSE! Why hadn't we thought of a lighthouse before…? We took walks along our imaginary High Street, planning out the shops, the Town Hall and the Sheriff's office.
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"Because we have forgotten our kinship with the land," she continued, "our kinship with each other has become pale. We shy away from accountability and involvement. We choose to be occupied which is quite different from being engaged." (from Refuge, Terry Tempest Williams)
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Monday, August 17, 2009
Kimberley Miners' Welfare 2 Bilborough Pelican 0
Two days later we are in The Flying Scotsman pub, near the Sea Club complex. England are being pummelled by the team in brilliant orange. Scottish fans mock our inept first half display. They dance, jig and cheer as Holland take a two goal lead. I pass their smiling 'Sweaty Sock' faces, on my way to the loo. I've got my England shorts on. They're ripping me to shreds. I ask them how they went on against Norway earlier in the evening (I honestly didn't know they'd lost 4-0) There's no time for the toilet now, as we all beat a hasty retreat. Mrs P is none too chuffed. She didn't manage to finish her 'Sex on the Beach' two for one cocktail.
The Virgin Mobile phone bill landed on the doormat yesterday. I noticed that Sticky junior had texted the same number 54 times in the last few days, whilst we were abroad, at a cost of £5. He's asked to 'step in the office' to discuss the matter. He goes bright red when presented with the evidence. He grabs a pen and tries to scribble the number out. He's fidgeting and scratching his head. He's making out it's his best mate's number. I tell him I've phoned it (I hadn't really). He coughs up. His romance is back on with the barrister's daughter from Plumtree Park. Good work fella.
There was a bad smash on the way back to Leek from Macclesfield on Saturday evening. I exited Moss Rose immediately after the youngest player ever to have played for Nottingham Forest, Craig Westcarr, had rolled the ball into the corner of the net to put the richest team in Nottingham 'four to the good.' Thankfully Sat Nav skilfully steered me from Cheshire to Staffordshire with minimum fuss. I was watering the garden by 6.30pm; watched by a startled Mrs P.
Saturday evening was ruined by a text from English football's friendliest chairman, Terry Damms of Staveley Miners' Welfare. Having endured a nightmare journey on a clogged up M61 in Lancashire, they then fell victim to a 94th minute penalty, to draw 2-2 in an FA Cup tie up at Squires Gate. I bet a few sorrowful Black Velvets were downed that night.
I'm up at 6am Sunday publishing the Macclesfield blog. I head out to Highfields, at Nottingham University, to watch Notts County's juniors train. I'm more than impressed.
There's time for a spot of gardening before the highlight of the day, watching Big Ron Atkinson make a complete fool of himself on Celebrity Wife Swap. What a buffoon this man is.
It's Tuesday August 18th. NSL champions Bilborough Pelican open this season's campaign up at Kimberley Miners' Welfare. Nottinghamshire Groundsman of the Year, Neil Swift texts me at lunchtime to confirm he's had his first shave of the summer. He normally prefers to shave his grass rather than his face.
I dash home from work as 'The Skipper' is appearing on the BBC1 children's programme 'Beat the Boss' at 4.30pm. We all crowd around the television. It's lucky we've got a widescreen TV otherwise they'd never fit his big head on it. His moment of fame is over in a flash.
I drop Sticky junior off at Plumtree Cricket Club. He's playing for the under 14s this evening. Mrs P is in a foul mood; she's wrenched her shoulder and has been up the doctors' surgery for a pain-killing injection.
I'm on the ring road and it's rush-hour. Smooth operator and fellow Lincoln City fan, John Inverdale, is broadcasting on Five Live from the World Athletics Championships in Berlin.
Kimberley is six miles north-west of Nottingham and lies on the A610. It has a population of just under 7000 people. It was once famous for coal mining, brewing beer and hosiery manufacturing.
Mass producing beer-makers Greene King have bought out Hardy Hansons. It's another nail in the coffin for this proud county. Three times British Superbike Champion, John Reynolds, was born in the town.
I turn into Digby Street with plenty of time to spare. I grab a space for Sally Gunnell in a crowded car park. I like the ground. It's enclosed and tree-lined. Traffic roars up the nearby A610.
Nottinghamshire grass guru, Swifty has already cheesed me off. He's got a better tan than me and I've been abroad for nearly a fortnight. He's been working hard, freelancing at Arnold Town's Eagle Valley.
His godson is Pelican forward Matt Eastwood. He became a father for the first time today and has failed to board the team coach.
Kimberley MW secretary Stephen 'Hobo' Hobster greets me. He played skittles with my father in-law last night for the Lord Nelson at Basford. He has a confession to make: he's forgot the teapot. It's not a good start.
Hobo and Swifty are soon talking about 'leaving the top on', mowers and weed killers. It's the perfect cure for Sticky's insomnia, as I grab the chance for a quick forty winks.
Media man Neil Frazer is on the scene tonight. He's had more clubs than Phil Stant. He's a good lad though and promises to e-mail me a few photos over of tonight's match.
I glance at the Pelican team-sheet that Swifty's written out. I recognise most of the names. There still waiting for international clearance for their Polish import.
Bilborough Pelican kick down the sloping, grassy surface. Poor old Hobo has been here most of the day preparing the pitch. He's left a bit on it, which is fair play for this time of year. There's a series of misplaced passes and skew-wiff clearances. The game takes an age to settle down.
Pelican create the clearer openings and look the more likelier team to score in the opening 20 minutes. Former Stoke City trainee Neil Thompson blasts a shot over the bar. Centre forward Danny Blanchard sees the Kimberley MW 'keeper make a brave block with his feet.
KMW have bundles of energy. Rather than trawl the NSL and Central Midlands League looking for cast offs, they prefer to rear their own. Their under 14s and under 10s are the best in the county. It's a club I've always enjoyed watching and scouting at. Nick Walters, their under 14 coach, is the friendliest coach on the circuit.
KMW take the lead on the half hour. It's been coming to be honest. Pelican look very creaky in defence. The ball is pinging about in the visitors' penalty box. It finally falls to Emmet Edwards who blasts home from 12 yards out. Swifty goes as quiet as a mouse.
KMW burst forward again,Tobias Clayton shrugs off the challenge of the gangling Pelican number 5. He slides the ball across the face of goal but no-one can get on the end of it.
Hobo comes round with the raffle tickets. I fancy my chances of breaking my four year duck tonight as there are only 40 or so people in attendance. I buy two pounds worth.
At the break I buy half the ground a cup of tea as I've only got a £20 note. East London rapper, Tinchy Strider's 'Number One' track is playing on the radio. I look at where the dial on the radio is positioned. It appears that the KMW clubhouse are fans of Heart FM. I don't know, no teapot, Heart FM. It's another black mark, Hobo.
A few Pelican fans complain that their team 'haven't woken up yet.' I didn't want to point out it's nearly 8pm at night.
I stand on my own in the second half. Swifty might not be good company. I've no idea if the guy is a good loser or not. The Club means so much to him that I know he'll be hurting right now.
I'm on the opposite side of the ground. I act as a glorified ball boy for the entire second half. Pelican come out all guns blazing. Their right back, Tony Boulton, looks one hell of a player. He plays with drive and determination. He rarely wastes possession and leads the team from the back. He sets up Danny Blanchard who can only find the side netting.
Neil Thompson hits the top of the bar with dipping free kick from distance. Gadsby has a great first touch, a brilliant range of passing, but no longer the legs to get past the opposition. It's not their night. Their twenty minute spell of intense pressure doesn't pay off.
Bilborough Pelican chairman, Glenn Russell, is a source of amusement on the NSL message board, with his no-holds-barred postings. Excellent referee, Billy Bingham is not impressed with Glenn's humour. After being grassed up by the linesman, Big Glenn is sent to the stands (well the other side of the rope actually)
Kimberley go at them again. The young number eight, who looks a class act, and whose twin brother has been immaculate in goal, drives through the midfield, teeing up Jake Fisher to smash home the winner.
There's still time for KMW to hit the upright and spoon a gilt edged chance over the bar. But they've stuck at it and deserve their win for ruthless finishing and effort alone.
I double-check with Hobo the winning raffle numbers. My miserable four year losing run continues.
Attendance: head count 40 and a Jack Russell.
Man of the Match Tony Boulton.
23 comments:
- Daisy said...
Hey =) absolutley love your blog. We met briefly when you came to Staveley's ground.
Staveley been going through alot of changes at the minute; they lost the manager, assistant manager and four first team players- it's all on their webpage.
Daisy x
- September 12, 2009 at 9:37 PM
- Sticky said...
Hiya Daisy, Terry Damms is a top chairman. I agree with the ethos of the club and can't wait to watch them again.
Hope you keep enjoying the blog.
Sticky x
- September 13, 2009 at 7:57 AM
- The Reaper said...
Miss Daisy, please be careful when fraternising with this Groundhopper. He is deadly boring and can put any young woman to sleep quicker than Derren Brown's hypnosis. I notice from your blogs you like fast and flash cars, Sticky drives the original 'Sally Gunnell' and has the driving prowess of Hoke Colburn (played by Morgan Freeman) in the film 'Driving Miss Daisy'. If I were you I would erase the brief meeting from memory for I fear you may well get flashbacks resulting in certain nightmares.
- September 14, 2009 at 7:15 PM
- Daisy said...
Haha =) Thanks The Reaper but Sticky was more than pleasant when I met him. I will keep my guard up next time we meet though.
Will have to look at your blog.
Daisy x
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