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How the Displaced residents of Achrafieh explosion are navigating compensation?
Posted by: adonis49 on: October 30, 2012
In: Essays | Events/Cultural/Educational/Arts | Lebanon/Middle East/Near East/Levant | political Artical | social articles | Time for Outrage | women
Victims of Friday's Ashrafieh bombing, staying in hotels while their homes are inaccessible, expressed a mix of appreciation for officials' efforts and confusion over the process of repairing their apartments.
Alex Taylor published in The Daily Star on Oct. 24, 2012:
BEIRUT: Sarah Abi Saab, 22, has been displaced since Friday when the car bomb that killed senior intelligence official Wissam al-Hassan and two others exploded at the entrance of the parking garage of her building.
She is now staying at the nearby Hotel Alexandre and was able to access her apartment Tuesday for the first time since the blast.
She returned to a scene of disarray where "not just the glass but the metal frames [of windows] had fallen out and everything was on the opposite side of the room, even the doors."
"Everything was on the floor," said Abi Saab, who lives alone in the apartment while she finishes school at the Lebanese American University in Jbeil.
The Higher Relief Committee began meeting Monday with Abi Saab and other residents of Ibrahim Monzer Street, the site of the explosion.
According to operations coordinator Elie Khoury, the HRC had registered residents of 59 apartments by the end of Tuesday and distributed $1,000 to every family living on the main street of the explosion.
"Today we finished processing all the families living on the street where the explosion occurred and have given out cash for rent to those families," Khoury said.
Khoury could not yet estimate the total cost of the damage, nor when residents in the blast zone would be able to return to their apartments, as HRC teams are still surveying the damage.
"The engineering studies are still ongoing – can the buildings be renovated or do they need to be demolished? We have not been able to determine yet," Khoury said of the five buildings at the center of the blast.
Abi Saab was at home Friday afternoon when the bomb exploded.
"I was sleeping on the bed and heard a boom. I woke up all of the sudden and a wind of glass just came over me," she said.
Luckily she was not injured except for minor cuts on her legs and feet.
Although she was able to enter her building briefly Tuesday, Abi Saab wasn't allowed to collect her possessions and had to be escorted by police as the criminal investigation into Friday's bomb is ongoing.
Abi Saab said she had received $1,000 from the HRC to pay for temporary accommodations, but was facing difficulties registering her case for damages because her immediate family live outside Lebanon, in the United States and Cyprus.
"We had to fill out papers, but they wouldn't accept my signature because the house is in my mom's name. They need a lot of documents, papers and IDs but I didn't have them because they're all trapped in the building," the student explained.
"I'm the only one that is responsible for the house and the papers. If I don't get it done, they won't come check the house."
Various government officials have told the residents different timelines regarding when they may be able to access their homes.
"I wish there was more transparency," said Zeina Nehme, a resident of the same building, who says different officials have told her she will either be able to enter her apartment within a day or not for a week.
"If only they would tell us on these few days, from this time to this time, we'll be going to the apartments and checking on the damages … because now we're getting different answers."
Nehme, who works as a visiting university professor, recently returned to Lebanon for the year after working abroad for a long period. She was teaching Friday afternoon, but her elderly parents were in the building at the time of the explosion, escaping relatively unscathed.
"Nobody died in the building. It was a miracle," Nehme said.
Nehme and other displaced residents have been given free hotel rooms in Hotel Alexandre for a week, personally paid for by Telecommunications Minister Nicolas Sehnaoui and other Free Patriotic Movement officials.
"I thank everybody for their help and for putting us up in this hotel. But we want to go home," Zeina said.
Nehme is anxious to salvage what remains in her apartment, which she was only able to access with police escort for a few minutes Tuesday to retrieve medicines for her parents.
"The weather is changing and it's going to start raining. We need to go start fixing and cleaning," she said.
Despite confusion over proceeding with the HRC, Abi Saab said she was impressed by the response of ordinary Lebanese citizens to the bombing.
"Leave the politicians out. The Lebanese people and youth, they really surprised me, they had donations coming in, they're holding a concert [to raise money] and they have gathered lists of what we need," she said.
"I'm very, very proud."
A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Daily Star on October 24, 2012, on page 4.
Read more: http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Local-News/2012/Oct-24/192517-displaced-residents-navigate-compensation.ashx#ixzz2AWWswUJP
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Complete surface exfoliation of 4H-SiC by H+- and Si+-coimplantation
J. A. Bennett, O. W. Holland, M. Budde, D. K. Thomas, L. C. Feldman
Implantation of 4H-SiC with 1H+ and 28Si+ ions followed by annealing is shown to result in complete ejection or exfoliation of the implanted layer. This is in contrast to H+-only implantation where only partial exfoliation of the surface can be achieved. The mechanisms of this process and its dependence on implantation conditions are discussed. It is shown that amorphization of the surface region during Si+ irradiation is a necessary condition to produce this effect, and that it depends critically upon the thickness of the amorphous layer. Stress, induced by bulk recrystallization of the amorphized layer, acts as an additional driving force for H+ induced exfoliation causing the surface layer to separate completely at a depth near the end-of-range of the H+ ions. The morphologies of the newly exposed surfaces are studied by profilometry measurements and atomic force microscopy.
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.126640
Published - May 29 2000
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Bennett, J. A., Holland, O. W., Budde, M., Thomas, D. K., & Feldman, L. C. (2000). Complete surface exfoliation of 4H-SiC by H+- and Si+-coimplantation. Applied Physics Letters, 76(22), 3265-3267. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.126640
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Bennett JA, Holland OW, Budde M, Thomas DK, Feldman LC. Complete surface exfoliation of 4H-SiC by H+- and Si+-coimplantation. Applied Physics Letters. 2000 May 29;76(22):3265-3267. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.126640
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Best known for appropriating images of strife and conflict from various photo-sharing websites such as Flickr and transforming them into obscured, abstract compositions using bleach and varnish, Curtis Mann's finished works resemble the remnants of explosions—the type of thing that you'd find lying in the ashes of a great conflagration.
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Hometown Dayton, OH
Lives and Works Chicago, IL
BS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH
MFA, Columbia College of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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1. When did you first realize you wanted to be an artist?
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When will the mainstream Jewish community call us to 'light a candle' for the Palestinian people?
Howard Horowitz on December 9, 2018 18 Comments
Will a mainstream Jewish organization ever send out this appeal?
In an email, social media and website campaign timed to coincide with Chanukah celebrations this past week, The Jewish Rohingya Justice Network (JRJN), a consortium of Jewish NGO's lead by the American Jewish World Service (AJWS) and the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, invited "concerned Jews across the U.S. to unite in solidarity against the ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya people of Burma" by dedicating the 6th candle on the 6th night of Chanukah to the Rohingya people.
JRJN's call for Jews to "illuminate" their support for the Rohingya people and share their stories for Jewish communities to hear has been endorsed by many of the leading Jewish organizations in America as listed in a graphically compelling email campaign which calls for Jews as global citizens all too familiar with the horrors of violence against religious and ethnic minorities to not stand idly by as this senseless brutality in Burma stretches into its second year and as the crisis has forced more than 700,000 Rohingya people to flee to refugee camps in Bangladesh, leaving everything behind.
Here is a sample of the digital Chanukah email and digital campaign complete with links to register and to download background materials for use in community celebrations of the sixth night of Chanukah.
On the 6th night of Chanukah—Erev Shabbat, December 7th—we invite you to join JCPA, AJWS, and the Jewish Rohingya Justice Network* and concerned Jews across the U.S. to unite in solidarity against the ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya people of Burma.
Chanukah calls us to stand up against religious persecution. As Jews and global citizens, we are all too familiar with the horrors of violence against religious and ethnic minorities—and we cannot stand idly by as this senseless brutality in Burma stretches into its second year. The crisis has forced more than 700,000 Rohingya people to flee to refugee camps in Bangladesh, leaving everything behind.
Join us by dedicating the 6th candle on the 6th night of Chanukah to the Rohingya people. Together, Jews will illuminate our support for the Rohingya people and share their stories for our communities to hear.
We have prepared a short reading that will make this dedication even more powerful. We encourage rabbis, educators and all people lighting menorahs nationwide to shine a light as we work to bring an end to this crisis.
DOWNLOAD THE READING
Let's raise a united Jewish voice in support of the Rohingya people.
*The Jewish Rohingya Justice Network is the powerful consortium of Jewish N GOs advocating for the rights of the Rohingya. Members include: American Jewish Committee, American Jewish World Service, Anti-Defamation League, HIAS, JACOB, Jewish Community Relations Council of New York, Jewish Council for Public Affairs, Jewish World Watch, Rabbinical Assembly, Reconstructing Judaism, Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, T'ruah and The Union for Reform Judaism. Allies: Foundation for Ethic Understanding, Hebrew College, The Muslim-Jewish Solidarity Committee, The New York Board of Rabbis, The Shalom Center and Uri L'Tzedek.
The campaign is notable not least because the Rohingya are Muslim which, in the age of Trump and the Muslim ban, makes the campaign a strong statement of Jewish-Muslim solidarity. In the aftermath of the Tree of Life massacre in Pittsburgh the importance of this expression of Jewish solidarity with other oppressed and targeted people should not be underestimated.
On the very same set of principles and facts laid out in this campaign, this same expression of solidarity can be extended to the Palestinian people who have been subjected to the same treatment. A Jewish Palestinian Justice Network could be formed to call for dedicating the 8th candle of the 8th night of Chanukah to the Palestinian people with very very little modification.
Here is how it would read:
On the 8th night of Chanukah—Sunday, December 9th—we invite JCPA, AJWS, and concerned Jews across the U.S. to join the Jewish Palestinian Justice Network* in order to unite in solidarity against the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people of Israel and Palestine.
Chanukah calls us to stand up against religious persecution. As Jews and global citizens, we are all too familiar with the horrors of violence against religious and ethnic minorities—and we cannot stand idly by as the senseless brutality of the Occupation of Palestine continues for more 50 years, a continuation of the crisis (the Nakba) that forced more than 700,000 Palestinian people to flee to refugee camps in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Egypt, leaving everything behind in 1947 and 1948.
Join us by dedicating the 8th candle on the 8th night of Chanukah to the Palestinian people. Together, Jews will illuminate our support for the Palestinian people and share their stories for our communities to hear.
Let's raise a united Jewish voice in support of the Palestinian people.
*The Jewish Palestinian Justice Network is attempting to form a powerful consortium of Jewish NGOs advocating for the rights of the Palestinians. We Invite the following to join us as Members: American Jewish Committee, American Jewish World Service, Anti-Defamation League, HIAS, JACOB, Jewish Community Relations Council of New York, Jewish Council for Public Affairs, Jewish World Watch, Rabbinical Assembly, Reconstructing Judaism, Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, T'ruah and The Union for Reform Judaism. Allies: Foundation for Ethic Understanding, Hebrew College, The Muslim-Jewish Solidarity Committee, The New York Board of Rabbis, The Shalom Center and Uri L'Tzedek.
When accessing the download links in the JRJN (AJWS and JCPA) campaign in solidarity with the Rohingya one finds historical background information and commentary to be read aloud when lighting the Chanukah candles on the 6th night. The same material is easily adapted to honor Palestinians on the 8th night. Here, in part, is a paragraph-by-paragraph comparison for the two nights:
Rohingya on the 6th night
We invite you to dedicate the 6th candle on the 6th night of Chanukah to the Rohingya people of Burma. On Erev Shabbat of December 7th, please join with American Jewish World Service (AJWS), the Jewish Rohingya Justice Network and concerned Jewish people across the U.S. to speak out against the ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya people of Burma. In August 2017, the Burmese military launched its campaign of ethnic cleansing against this long-persecuted community, forcing more than 700,000 Rohingya women, men and children to abandon their homes and flee to refugee camps across the border in Bangladesh. Our shared history of persecution calls upon us to tell their story and work toward a just resolution to this conflict.
Palestinians on the 8th night
We invite you to dedicate the 8th candle on the 8th night of Chanukah to the Palestinian people. On Sunday December 9th, please join with American Jewish World Service (AJWS), the Jewish Palestinian Justice Network and concerned Jewish people across the U.S. to speak out against the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people. In November 1947 and continuing in 1948, Zionist forces including the Haganah and the Irgun (the nascent Israel Defense Force – IDF) launched their campaign of ethnic cleansing (Plan Dalet) against the Palestinian cities, towns and villages, forcing more than 700,000 Palestinian women, men and children to abandon their homes and flee to refugee camps across the border in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Egypt. Our shared history of persecution calls upon us to tell their story and work toward a just resolution to this conflict.
Rohingya on the 6th night:
Tragically, this pattern has repeated itself throughout the ages—both for Jews and for other persecuted minorities like the Rohingya community of Burma. Just over a year ago, the Rohingya people fled genocide and now live in exile, hoping for a safe return to their land.
Tonight, as we light our candles in the relative safety and warmth of our homes, we bear witness to all those who yearn for safety and comfort. We know that all should have the right to live free from persecution and fear. No one should be forced to flee because of who they are or what they believe.
We dedicate this candle to the Rohingya people, and to all who seek shelter from persecution today.
To the refugees living a daily struggle for food, water, shelter and survival.
To the brave activists who are fighting for equality, dignity and peace.
To the children hoping for a life without fear.
May the light that we kindle tonight shine bright, illuminating our pursuit of justice. May it remind us that each of us has the capacity to dispel darkness and bring light and hope.
Palestinians on the 8th night:
Tragically, this pattern has repeated itself throughout the ages—both for Jews and for other persecuted minorities like the Palestinian community in the Palestinian territories and in Israel proper. Over 70 years ago, the Palestinian people fled genocide and now live in exile, hoping for a safe return to their land.
We dedicate this candle to the Palestinian people, and to all who seek shelter from persecution today.
Most compelling of all is the side by side comparison of the background provide by the Jewish Rohingya Justice Network on the Rohynga crisis and the historical background on the Palestinian crisis.
Here is how they compare:
Background on the Rohingya Crisis
The Rohingya people of Burma (Myanmar) have faced decades of abuse and violence at the hands of their own country's military. This persecuted ethnic minority has been stripped of its citizenship, driven from its land and interned in camps. In August 2017, the violence escalated to ethnic cleansing, when the military began a vicious campaign of burning villages and brutally murdering people. In the aftermath, more than 700,000 Rohingya people fled to Bangladesh—many on a weeks-long journey—carrying nothing but their children and a few belongings. Top UN officials say these atrocities bear the hallmarks of genocide. The plight of the Rohingya people echoes the persecution and violence suffered by Jews throughout history. In 2017, AJWS convened the Jewish Rohingya Justice Network, a diverse coalition of leaders from across the Jewish community to act powerfully on our promise of "never again."
Background on the Palestinian Crisis
The Palestinian people of Israel and Palestine have faced decades of abuse and violence at the hands of the Israel military in both their own country (Israel) and in the territories occupied by Israel since 1967. This persecuted ethnic minority has been stripped of its citizenship, driven from its land and interned in camps. It began in November 1947 when violence escalated to ethnic cleansing, when the military began a vicious campaign of burning villages and brutally murdering people. In the aftermath, more than 400 Palestinian Arab villages were destroyed and 700,000 Palestinian people fled to Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Egypt carrying nothing but their children and a few belongings. Top UN officials say these atrocities bear the hallmarks of genocide.
The plight of the Palestinian people echoes the persecution and violence suffered by Jews throughout history. In 2018, we seek to convene the Jewish Palestinian Justice Network, a diverse coalition of leaders from across the Jewish community to act powerfully on our promise of "never again."
Thanks to Bob Herbst
Howard Horowitz
Howard Horowitz is a businessman in New Rochelle, New York. He is a member of a Reform Jewish Temple and cares about justice and peace in Israel and Palestine.
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RoHa on December 9, 2018, 9:49 pm
"This persecuted ethnic minority has been stripped of its citizenship, driven from its land and interned in camps. "
Palestinians were a majority in 1947.
How does "dedicating" a candle help? Is it like making a comment on MW?
Misterioso on December 10, 2018, 10:58 am
@RoHa
Correct!!
Despite massive immigration of foreign Jews during the previous 25 years, indigenous Palestinian Arabs made up 69% of the population in 1947. Hence, they rejected the Partition Plan (UNGA Res. 181, Nov. 29/47) for entirely justified reasons based on international law. While Jews made up just 31% of the population (90% were of foreign origin, thousands were illegal immigrants) and privately owned only between 6% and 7% of the land, the Partition Plan (recommendatory only, no legal foundation, contrary to the British Class A Mandate and the 1941 Atlantic Charter, never adopted by the UNSC) outrageously recommended they receive 56% of Palestine, including its most fertile areas in which Palestinians made up 45% of the population. 10% of Palestine's Jewish population consisted of native Palestinian/Arab Jews who were vehemently anti-Zionist.
In 1947, 48% of the total land area of Palestine was privately owned ('mulk khaas') by Palestinian Arabs. (As noted above, total Jewish privately owned land was only between 6% and 7%.) About 45% of the total land area was state owned, i.e. by citizens of Palestine and it was comprised of Communal Property ('mashaa'), Endowment Property, ('waqf'), and Government Property, ('miri'.) Importantly, only 30% of the Jewish immigrants had taken out citizenship. (The British Mandate kept an extensive land registry and the UN used the registry during its early deliberations. It has in its archives 453,000 records of individual Palestinian owners defined by name, location and area.)
Land ownership by Sub-district in all of mandated Palestine, 1947: Acre: 87% Palestinian Arab owned, 3% Jewish owned, 10% state owned; Safed: 68% Palestinian Arab owned, 18% Jewish owned, 14% state owned; Haifa: 42% Palestinian Arab owned, 35% Jewish owned, 23% state owned; Nazareth: 52% Palestinian Arab owned, 28% Jewish owned, 20% state owned; Tiberias: 51% Palestinian Arab owned, 38% Jewish owned, 11% state owned; Jenin: 84% Palestinian Arab owned, less than 1% Jewish owned, 16% state owned; Beisan: 44% Palestinian Arab owned, 34% Jewish owned, 22% state owned; Tulkarm: 78% Palestinian Arab owned; 17% Jewish owned, 5% state owned; Nablus: 87% Palestinian Arab owned, less than 1% Jewish owned, 13% state owned; Jaffa: 47% Palestinian Arab owned, 39% Jewish owned, 14% state owned; Ramleh: 77% Palestinian Arab owned, 14% Jewish owned, 9% state owned; Ramallah: 99% Palestinian Arab owned, less than 1% Jewish owned, less than 1% state owned; Jerusalem (West and East): 84% Palestinian Arab owned, 2% Jewish owned, 14% state owned; Gaza: 75% Palestinian Arab owned, 4% Jewish owned, 21% state owned; Hebron: 96% Palestinian Arab owned, less than 1% Jewish owned, 4% state owned; Bersheeba (Negev): 15% Palestinian Arab owned, less than 1% Jewish owned, 85% state owned. (Village Statistics, Jerusalem: Palestine Government, subsequently published as United Nations Map no. 94b, August, 1950)
echinococcus on December 10, 2018, 3:00 pm
RoHa,
It helps even more than that, RoHa. You get to keep the land, free of its owners, while cleansing your conscience snow-white. And you also get support from the MW liberals.
Paranam Kid on December 10, 2018, 6:25 am
The hypocrisy and double standards of the American Jewish World Service (AJWS) and the Jewish Council for Public Affairs is absolutely sickening. How can they support the genocidal apartheid activities of Israel that was started by the Zionists well before they fraudulently created Israel?
What is the value of this so-called solidarity with the Rohingya against ethnic cleansing, when their beloved state has engaged in the biggest post-WW2 ethnic cleansing?
How dare they come up with with a hypocritical action like this? What is their hidden agenda? What are hoping to gain from it, whitewashing Israel's war crimes and crimes against humanity by saying "we Jews support oppressed peoples"?
It is vile, depraved, sickening, disgusting, it is simply EVIL.
Marnie on December 10, 2018, 9:31 am
And lighting a candle is going to be so very helpful! Talking loud and sayin' nothing, as usual. Maybe they mean to say 'we jews support the people we oppress'. Like 'kind' slave owners and barbara bush's remark about the superdome being 'nice for them;' the homeowners who lost most everything to hurricane katrina. If americans had announced they were going to light candles for european jews during wwII – how would that have played out?
Paranam Kid on December 12, 2018, 12:37 pm
@Marnie: so very true.
Mooser on December 11, 2018, 11:55 am
"The hypocrisy and double standards…"
Don't worry. It's all part of the most significant Jewish religious movement of the 21st Century. A de-proselytizing movement, based on the ability to support Zionism.
While non-proselytizing served during the 20th, only a major de-proselytizing movement which leaves Judaism 100% Zionist will do for the challenges of the 21st. Who could refuse anything 100% of Jewish people want?
eljay on December 10, 2018, 8:07 am
According to Zionists, the majority of people who choose to be Jewish also choose to be Jewish supremacists (Zionists).
If the majority of Jews is the "mainstream Jewish community", the answer to the opening question is: Never.
If the majority of Jews is not the "mainstream Jewish community", who is?
Mivasair on December 10, 2018, 11:02 am
Thank you Howard Horowitz. Many Jews did just that — lit candles dedicated to freedom, justice and equality for Palestinians. See https://www.facebook.com/IJVcanada as well as many Jewish Voice for Peace locations.
Candles are symbolic expressions that need to be matched with action. We all know that.
Candles are symbolic expressions that need to be matched with action. We all know that
Don't bother to match anything, just start with the action, let's see the results and never mind the maudlin symbolic bullshit, please.
captADKer on December 10, 2018, 8:30 pm
sure- but only for those using a menorah like lulu's.
DaBakr on December 11, 2018, 6:23 am
You are free to light a candle. Yes, even light a candle intended to protest the more radical' Zionism means nothing to you Except secular Marxist and hippy ideals
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Marnie on December 13, 2018, 12:08 am
@Dab
Perhaps you meant covfefe?
johneill on December 11, 2018, 6:24 am
unmentioned in this article, and the jrjn reading material, is israeli weapons sales to the myanmar government.
isn't that the country whose female leader is ALSO a nobel peace laureate?
johneill on December 11, 2018, 9:15 pm
'also', in addition to what? being a woman?
DaBakr on December 12, 2018, 10:20 am
We lost your number. So sorry.
amigo on December 12, 2018, 11:01 am
"We lost your number. So sorry.". duhbakr
Not to worry dubakr—we have yours.


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Melvin Dummar, purported heir to Howard Hughes estate, dies at 74
Man's claim he rescued billionaire in desert immortalized in film, "Melvin and Howard"
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In this Nov. 10, 2005 photo, Melvin Dummar smiles after signing copies of a book that Gary Magnesen had written about Dummar's claims that Howard Hughes left him a portion of the Hughes estate. Dummar, a delivery driver who falsely claimed that billionaire Howard Hughes left a handwritten will bequeathing him $156 million, has died in rural Nevada. Nye County Sheriff Sharon Wehrly said Dummar died Sunday, Dec. 9, 2018, under hospice care. He was 74.
FILE - This June 13, 2006 file photo shows Melvin Dummar in Salt Lake City. Dummar, a delivery driver who falsely claimed that billionaire Howard Hughes left a handwritten will bequeathing him $156 million, has died in rural Nevada. Nye County Sheriff Sharon Wehrly said Dummar died Sunday, Dec. 9, 2018, under hospice care. He was 74. (AP Photo/Steve C. Wilson, File)
In this April 19, 2007 file photo, Melvin Dummar loads up with product from a meat packing company in Tooele, Utah. Dummar, a delivery driver who falsely claimed that billionaire Howard Hughes left a handwritten will bequeathing him $156 million, has died in rural Nevada. Nye County Sheriff Sharon Wehrly said Dummar died Sunday, Dec. 9, 2018, under hospice care. He was 74. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac, File)
FILE - In this Nov. 2, 2006 file photo, Melvin Dummar and his attorney Stuart Stein, left, arrive at federal court in Salt Lake City. Dummar, a delivery driver who falsely claimed that billionaire Howard Hughes left a handwritten will bequeathing him $156 million, has died in rural Nevada. Nye County Sheriff Sharon Wehrly said Dummar died Sunday, Dec. 9, 2018, under hospice care. He was 74. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac, File)
FILE - This March, 2004 file photo shows Melvin Dummar in Hawthorne, Nev. Dummar, a delivery driver who falsely claimed that billionaire Howard Hughes left a handwritten will bequeathing him $156 million, has died in rural Nevada. Nye County Sheriff Sharon Wehrly said Dummar died Sunday, Dec. 9, 2018, under hospice care. He was 74. (David C. Henley/Lahontan Valley News via AP, File)
By Emily Langer | The Washington Post
Melvin Dummar was driving through the Nevada desert in December 1967 when he stopped to relieve himself and saw, he said, a thin, graying man lying on the ground, bleeding. The only right thing to do was to stop, and so Dummar did.
As he told it, he invited the man into his Chevy, asked him where he wished to go, and drove him several hours to Las Vegas. There, on the passenger's request, Dummar dropped him off behind the Sands Hotel, giving him some pocket change to take on his way.
Dummar, a magnesium plant worker who at the time was en route to Southern California to make amends with his estranged wife, assumed the man was a "bum," he said years later. But in what he described as a turn that upended his life, he came to believe — and to insist despite widespread doubt – that his desert acquaintance was the reclusive billionaire industrialist Howard Hughes.
Dummar, who made international headlines and inspired the film "Melvin and Howard" (1980) with claims that Hughes had bequeathed him more than $150 million for his act of kindness, died Dec. 9 at his home in Pahrump, Nevada. He was 74 and had complications from cancer, said a grandson, Justin Dummar.
"Finding Mr. Hughes out there in the desert has changed my life forever," Mr. Dummar told the Associated Press in 2004. "I was promised about $156 million in his will for saving his life. But I never got a penny of that money and have wound up scorned, sick and nearly broke."
The legal saga involving the Hughes estate — and Dummar's claim to a share of it — began shortly after Hughes died in 1976. Hughes, also a noted aviator and Hollywood producer, had amassed a fortune of more than $1.5 billion but became the stuff of sordid legend as he subsisted in a darkened Las Vegas penthouse, rarely if ever bathing, brushing his teeth or trimming his fingernails.
At the time of Hughes's death, Dummar owned a gas station in Willard, Utah. There, he said, a person described in legal documents as a "confidential agent" of Hughes delivered a handwritten will not long after the magnate's death.
Dummar initially professed that did not read the will before taking it to Mormon headquarters in Salt Lake City, where it soon became public. He later admitted he had steamed open the envelope to examine the document's contents.
The will, one of dozens of purported testamentary documents that surfaced after Hughes's death, left one-sixteenth of Hughes's estate to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, as the Mormon Church is officially known, and thus became known as the Mormon will. One-sixteenth also was left to a "Melvin DuMar."
Almost immediately the international media converged on Dummar, who then embarked on a decades-long campaign to collect what he said was his rightful share of the estate and to defend his name against those who considered him a liar.
His legal efforts were in vain. In 1978, a jury in Las Vegas rejected the Mormon will as a fraud after seven months of testimony. Other legal defeats followed.
The case was closed definitively in 2008 after Dummar unsuccessfully sought to reopen the matter, accusing a business representative of the Hughes empire and one of the billionaire's cousins of conspiring against him in the original proceedings.
Robert Deiro, a former pilot for Hughes, came forward to dispute earlier claims that Hughes never left his home, reporting that he had in fact flown Hughes to a brothel near the spot where Dummar claimed to have discovered him. A former FBI agent, Gary Magnesen, investigated Dummar's claims and in 2005 published a book largely siding with Dummar, "The Investigation: A Former FBI Agent Uncovers the Truth Behind Howard Hughes, Melvin Dummar, and the Most Contested Will in American History."
Whatever the official verdict on Dummar, he was firmly established in the cultural consciousness through "Melvin and Howard," director Jonathan Demme's film with Jason Robards in an Oscar-nominated role as Hughes and Paul Le Mat as Dummar. Screenwriter Bo Goldman won an Oscar for the film, as did Mary Steenburgen for her supporting role as Dummar's first wife. Dummar made a cameo appearance.
New York Times movie critic Vincent Canby wrote that the filmmakers "take Melvin's tale at face value and present the movie as Melvin's wildest dream. The comic catch is that this wild dream is essentially so prosaic. It's also touched with pathos since Melvin — in spite of himself — knows that it will never be realized. This is the story of his life."
Melvin Earl Dummar was born in Cedar City, Utah, on Aug. 28, 1944. He served in the Air Force but was discharged for what was described in news accounts as "emotional problems."
He worked at various points as a milkman and a frozen-fish salesman, as well as appearing on TV game shows. In recent years he delivered meat and worked in real estate, his grandson said.
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He was twice married to and divorced from Linda Diego. Survivors include his wife of more than four decades, the former Bonnie Bonneau, of Pahrump; two children from his first marriage, Darcy Hidalgo and Ferrin Dummar, both of Brigham City, Utah; two stepsons, Don Bonneau of Ogden, Utah, and Ken Bonneau of Roy, Utah; several siblings; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. A stepdaughter, Sherry Moore, died in 2017.
In the 1980s, Dummar attempted a singing career, a venture that was roughly as successful as his legal claims to the Hughes estate. He had a doo-wop number, according to the Salt Lake City Weekly, that went in part: "Thank you, Howard / For leaving me something / All you left me was frustration / And I'll never live it down / How I wish you were around. … Only you know what went down."
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Matt and Erica's dream proposal in Florence was inspired by her time abroad in Italy. It's hard to deny that something magical brought these two back together for this unbelievably beautiful Florence proposal – perhaps a wish upon a fountain?
"Matt and I began dating when I was a senior in high school. He was the sweetest, most kind-spirited person I'd ever met. I did not expect to fall madly in love so young, but I did! As we started to grow, we realized we needed time apart to rediscover who we were. We took a long break during my year abroad in college.
"While abroad, I visited Rome and made a wish in the Trevi Fountain that Matt and I would find our way back to each other one day and return to Italy together. Those wishes came true and so much more.
"When in Florence, Matt literally took my breath away with the most romantic proposal ever. I feel incredibly lucky to not only be engaged to the man of my dreams, but also to recapture the incredible feeling I had on that bridge every time I look at a view of the Ponte Vecchio and the amazing photographs Flytographer Alberto captured for us on the trip of a lifetime.
"Florence is such an incredible city! It is very walkable, so take time to sit and enjoy the vibrant life the city has to offer. Enjoy a cappuccino in the Piazza della Signoria. Enjoy dinner and drinks with a view of the sunset over the Duomo. Finally, hike up to Piazzale Michelangelo to see one of the most amazing views ever.


WASHINGTON — Nancy Pelosi enters the House Democratic leadership elections on Wednesday in an unusual position: She's running unopposed.
This was not the plan from Pelosi opponents who vowed to usher in a new era for Democrats.
But one by one, the powerful California congresswoman picked off the would-be challengers and smoothed the skeptics. In the end, there was no one willing, or able, to mount a serious campaign against her.
Pelosi still lacks the vote tally she'll need in January, when the new Congress convenes, to actually become the House speaker.
Democrats are retaking majority control but could face a floor fight as opponents vow to try again to topple her.
But after Wednesday's internal caucus election, she'll likely have another job qualification to impress on Democrats weighing their choices.
She'll be the only one who ran for, and won, the nomination for speaker.
The newly elected freshman said she'll be voting yes.
In fact, the Democrats are poised to return their entire top leadership team, including Rep. Steny Hoyer of Maryland in the No. 2 spot as majority leader and Rep. Jim Clyburn of South Carolina as the whip.
They are running unopposed. Rep. Diana DeGette of Denver briefly put her name forward as as candidate for the whip position, but then withdrew.
Rep. Ed Perlmutter signed a letter opposing Pelosi as speaker and Rep.-elect Jason Crow said during his campaign and after beating Rep. Mike Coffman that he would not vote for Pelosi.
Those trying to oust Pelosi say they always knew the internal caucus election would fall in her favor. She only needs a simple majority of Democrats, who have a 233-seat majority, with several races still undecided, to win the nomination.
But she'll need 218 votes in January, half the full 435-seat House, which is harder, if all Republicans vote against her, as is likely — though she could win with fewer votes if some lawmakers are absent or vote present.
Rep. Kurt Schrader, D-Ore., downplayed the significance of Wednesday's caucus vote and said the true fight for House speaker will occur in January.
Some are among about a dozen freshmen who had said they want new leadership, but others didn't sign the letter, aides said.
And another group, the Problem Solvers Caucus, adds eight more Democrats who say they won't vote for Pelosi for speaker unless she agrees to procedural changes for bringing forward bills and legislation.
Together, that's more than enough votes to stop Pelosi in January. Some say only with a floor fight in view will new leaders emerge. They say there are plenty of Democrats on the bench who could step up to the job.
But Pelosi's ability to stand unopposed Wednesday, despite the threats from within and reams of attack ads against her shows the staying power of her brand of machine politics.
The first woman to wield the speaker's gavel, from 2007 to 2011, when Democrats last held the House majority, she is poised to return to a role few men have had twice — most recently, legendary Speaker Sam Rayburn a half-century ago.
Late Tuesday, Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., a co-founder of the Problem Solvers Caucus, said in a statement that his group met with Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass., a Pelosi ally, who is the incoming chairman of the Rules Committee, as they seek specific changes to the legislative process.
Gottheimer said that they had an "encouraging and productive meeting" and that the group looks forward to continuing the conversation.


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Alyssa Milano Arrested at Voting Rights Demonstration Outside White House
The actress was protesting in support of the Freedom to Vote Act
Vanessa Etienne
Vanessa Etienne is an Emerging Content Writer-Reporter for PEOPLE.
Published on October 20, 2021 09:12 AM
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Alyssa Milano is taking a stand against voter suppression.
On Tuesday, the 48-year-old actress said that she was arrested during a protest with People For the American Way — an organization which she serves as a board member. The actress shared that she was protesting with the group in front of the White House, calling on the Biden Administration for change.
"I'm going to risk arrest today because in the last year, there have been 425 bills that have been introduced to restrict voting rights," Milano said in a clip on Twitter. "So, I'm going to demand that our president do everything in his power to pass the Freedom to Vote Act, the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, and the DC Statehood Act."
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Nearly two hours later, Milano shared an update on her social media platforms that she had been arrested during the event.
"I was just arrested for demanding the Biden Administration and the Senate to use their mandate to protect voting rights. Stand with me and @peoplefor and tell the Senate and White House that voting rights shouldn't depend on where you live. #DontMuteOurVote," she wrote.
An officer with the U.S. Park Police reportedly warned protesters that they could be arrested due to a D.C. misdemeanor law that prohibits crowding or obstructing streets or sidewalks, according to Deadline.
According to People for the American Way, 24 other participants — including the organization's president — were also arrested. Representatives for Alyssa Milano and U.S. Park Police did not immediately respond to PEOPLE's request for comment.
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The protest took place ahead of the Senate vote on the Freedon to Vote Act, which will take place on Wednesday, according to Senator Amy Klobuchar. If passed, the bill would make voter registration easier, require states to enforce a 15-day minimum early voting window, and make Election Day a federal holiday.
In June, Senate Republicans blocked a similar bill.
Milano was very active during the protest. In one clip posted on Twitter by League of Women Voters of the U.S., the actress is seen standing in a crowd with a microphone shouting, "Show me what democracy looks like!" as other attendees respond, "This is what democracy looks like!"
The Charmed actress also announced on Twitter that she will be testifying in front of Congress on Thursday in support of the Equal Rights Amendment.
"The lack of Constitutional protections for anyone who is not a cisgender man is a blemish on the very idea of Americanism," she wrote.
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