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After several years of research and writing "From Toleration to Expulsion" has just been published. It is a two volume set by Henry A. Fischer that provides all of the genealogical information that exists with regard to the families that lived in Ecseny, Somogy County in Hungary and its affiliated congregations in Hacs, Polany, Vamos, Somodor, Raksi and Toponar covering most of the period from 1784-1948.
It also contains information on the families that were expelled in 1948, those taken to forced labour in the Soviet Union, those who died in the First and Second World War, the families that migrated to Slavonia, the United States, Canada and Australia and biographical information and stories about individuals and families that played a special part in the life of the village.
There is an introductory portion of the book devoted to the history and life of the village and resources to further family searches. The book is being published on the 260th anniversary of the founding of the village. The set of books are available through amazon.com and authorhouse.com (the publisher). They are also available directly from the author.
For more information please email Henry A. Fischer.
Electronic (ePub) $3.99 ea.
Paperback $29.95 ea., plus shipping
Hardcover $36.99 ea., plus shipping
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The isolation the Children of the Danube experienced from the upheavals of history in the rest of Europe would no longer hold true in the second half of the 19th Century and beyond. At the outset, Emperor Francis Joseph's attempts to preserve the position of the House of Habsburg in the face of the rising power of Prussia among the German states would inevitably lead to a disastrous war. Austria's defeat set the stage for the rise of the German Empire and the struggle for supremacy in Europe among the major powers resulting in the catastrophic wars of the next century which would destroy the only life the Children of the Danube had ever known.
The agricultural sector was in a shambles in Hungary during the last decades of the century which had repercussions for the Children of the Danube among whom the landless were the fastest growing part of the population and among whom poverty had become a way of life. Land was expensive and simply unavailable. As in the past, the only remedy was emigration. The first wave of emigrants from Swabian Turkey sought their future in Slavonia recently opened for colonization. It was just the prelude for the massive emigration movement soon to take place to the New World.
Some of the surviving emigrants and exiles will meet in a railway station in a small town in Canada as the final phase of the Schwabenzug takes place and the Children of the Danube transplant their roots in their new Heimat.
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Remember to Tell the Children: The Pioneers
Remember to Tell the Children: Strangers and Sojourners
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Numerous histories and studies of the Great Swabian Migration of the 18th century have been written and published, and the tragic fate of many of their descendants in our own time has also been chronicled. Most of these are available in languages other than English. Much of that research forms the backdrop of "Children of the Danube", which is the author's attempt at telling the stories behind the history. Personal stories that weave the tapestry of the lives of his extended family with those of the other families and individuals who joined them after venturing down the majestic, sometimes turbulent, Danube River, taking them on a quest that is common to all people: the search for the Promised Land.
That is what they sought in the devastated Kingdom of Hungary, recently liberated after an oppressive one hundred and fifty year occupation by the Turks. Leaving the Danube River behind them, they would be confronted by a wilderness, disease ridden swamps, dense forests, isolation, primitive living conditions, marauders and brigands. They would find themselves at the mercy of greedy landowners and rapacious nobles, and would have to endure the final onslaught of the Counter Reformation in their pursuit of religious freedom. This is what awaited them, in responding to the invitation of the Hapsburg Emperor Charles VI. It was hardly what the handbills circulating throughout south western Germany had promised.
How they would respond, who they would become as a result of it, and what sustained and formed them into the "Children of the Danube", as a distinctive and unique people among the Danube Swabians will unfold, in the telling of their tragic and yet heroic story.
The Children of the Danube were on the move again. They were the descendants of the settlers who had joined the trek down the Danube River in the Great Swabian Migration from Germany to the Kingdom of Hungary in the early 18th century. Perhaps like their forebears, adventure may have been the driving force for some of them, while desperation drove others as they sought to make a life for themselves and their families. They were faced with limited options if they remained in their original settlements: where land was running out, restrictions against the Lutherans and Reformed were becoming more intolerable and the increasing and often unjust demands of the nobles made it more and more difficult to provide for their families. For those reasons and others, the Children of the Danube were on the move everywhere but wherever they went they planted their roots deeply into the soil of Hungary and their faith, customs, traditions and language thrived and flourished among them in this new emerging environment for the succeeding generations. The Pioneers tells this story through the lives and loves of three generations of the Tefner family in the unfolding story of Dörnberg where their lives intersected with the families who would eventually become part of the author's extended family and which they shared with all the others who were part of their life together.
They found themselves isolated, confronted by a wilderness and created an economic miracle. Destructive fires and raging floods, famine and drought, bandit raids and epidemics tested them but did not overcome their indomitable will, which was sustained by their faith. A faith that was outlawed but continued underground unabated until the Edict of Toleration granted them freedom of conscience. Nor would they simply cower before the injustices inflicted upon them by the nobles and authorities without protest. Their lives were lived within the broader scope of the history of their times that played a vital role in their development, destiny and character. Emperor Joseph II, the Bishop of Veszprém, Martin Biró von Padány, Anton von Kaunitz, Count Styrum Limberg, the Empress Maria Theresia, the three Counts von Mercy and countless other notable personages all make their appearance and leave their mark on The Pioneers in shaping The Strangers and Sojourners who would follow them in the next century
Lutheranism and the Danube Swabians
It invariably comes as a surprise to most people to discover that there were Lutherans among the original Danube Swabians who were part of the first Great Swabian Migration of the 18th century into Hungary, known as the Schwabenzug.
They were officially excluded from settling in the newly won territories taken from the Turks, but in order to secure settlers the Emperor Charles VI was not above making concessions with regard to his religious policy when it came to securing the kind of colonists he wanted even if they were Protestants. He granted special Letters Patent providing for the freedom to practice their religion if settling in Hungary to those coming from Hesse, Baden and Württemberg. The vast majority of these Lutheran settlers arrived in the 1720's from Hesse and settled on the Tolna estates of Count von Mercy, the Governor of the Banat who was at the head of the colonization movement. It was only through his intervention that these colonists were able to organize themselves into congregations and secure pastors and teachers, because when they arrived in Hungary they found themselves in the middle of the final phase of the Counter Reformation.
Their Letters Patent often proved ineffective, because they were dependent upon the good graces of the Emperor, and that could change with the times and the seasons. There was a sixty year long struggle on the part of the Lutherans to establish themselves and maintain their own church life and faith identity in the face of ongoing persecution, both by the Jesuits and the Hapsburgs, especially during the reign of Maria Theresia. But some Mother Churches were able to survive and provided support to the struggling orphaned and shepherdless congregations. In particular they were the congregations in Varsad (the oldest Swabian Lutheran congregation in the Empire), Kismanyok, Gyönk and the Reformed congregation in Nagyszekely. With the Edict of Toleration in 1781 over fifty congregations in the counties of Tolna, Baranya and Somogy declared themselves to be Evangelical Lutherans and were legally allowed to organize themselves and develop their church life, but with some continuing restrictions placed upon them.
The vast majority of the congregations who continued as "underground churches" did so through the special ministry of individuals who were variously called "emergency teachers" or "Levite Lehrer". They functioned as illegal schoolmasters, who also led the congregations in worship and provided some basic pastoral care including baptism and funerals. They did not celebrate Holy Communion. This emergency office in the life of their churches would become the norm in the future, for those congregations without a resident pastor, who were associated with a Mother Church in the area. It was this model of church life that was brought to Hrastovac and Slavonia by the Lutheran colonists who came from the area known as Swabian Turkey that covered the geographical area of the counties of Tolna, Baranya and Somogy.
Large scale Lutheran and Reformed emigration into Hungary occurred during the third Schwabenzug under Joseph II. These settlements were confined to the future Batschka and the Banat and they too would become part of the Church of the Augsburg Confession in Hungary as the Lutheran Church was then known.
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This website exists to preserve and celebrate the history, traditions and heritage of the descendants of some of the settlers from southwest Germany who joined the Great Swabian Trek into Hungary in the early 18th century. They were part of a larger group known as the Danube Swabians but in order to highlight their own unique identity and history in Hungary they are described as the Children of the Danube. For like the Children of Israel, they too were in quest of a Promised Land. The reader is provided with access to resources and information about their history, culture, faith and tradtions. It also provides assistance in researching their own family history and specifically introduces them to the settlements and villages in Swabian Turkey in the Counties of Tolna, Somogy and Baranya.
The website also introduces the reader to the various books related to the Children of the Danube and their origins, history and destiny written by Henry A. Fischer. It is interactive and your comments, questions and requests for additional information are welcome.
You are now invited to enter the world of the Children of the Danube.
The Waldensian Connection
At the beginning of undertaking my research into my family origins in Hungary, I ran across references in some Danuabe Swabian histories and studies to some settlers whose origins were not from the German speaking principalities within the Holy Roman Empire, but from France, Italy and Spain. Most of these references dealt with the Banat in present day Serbia and Rumania. When I managed to discover the list of the earliest settler families at Kotcse in Somogy County dated April 1730, a few of the Lutheran and Reformed settlers from the Palatinate and Hesse had non-German names. The one that struck me in particular was Gaspari, which is Italian. There were others that were of French origin but had been Germanized and this would be true in several other villages. Names like Simon, Rollion, Wallis, Thorau and Lafferton to mention just a few.
In my later research I discovered that several of these families came from the village of Russelsheim in Hesse, which was also true of some of my own family connections, the Wolfs and Bruders who were among the settlers in Kotcse. That reference provoked consternation on my part later when I followed up on other aspects of the Counter Reformation in Europe that might have affected the persecution we endured under the Habsburgs and Jesuits in Hungary. In investigating the barbarous Albigensian Crusades unleashed by the Papacy in the tenth and eleventh centuries in southwest France, there were also references to the persecution of the followers of Peter Waldo, who were known as the Poor Men from Lyon, a movement that had spread throughout Provence in France. The survivors were later known as the Waldensians. They were dissenters against papal wealth and power and the corruption of New Testament Christianity and became an underground movement as wandering missionaries that spread across Europe preaching an apostolic gospel. Many of them were tradesmen and merchants and in this way their teachings against Rome were circulated everywhere. I had found a reference to them in Odenburg (Sopron) in Hungary in the 15th century when their mission there was exposed and then suppressed by the local clergy and several of the town folk both men and women were burned at the stake. Odenburg would later become a stronghold of Lutheranism with the introduction of Martin Luther's writings in the early 1520s when clandestine study groups emerged among the citizenry that led to the formation of a congregation that exists to this day.
The persecution of the Waldensians by the papacy would go on for over eight hundred years, and yet they managed to survive, principally in the Piedmont valleys, in the alpine borderlands between present day France and Italy, and most of the Waldensian were of French and Italian origin, and found sanctuary in the mountains and a beneficent Savoyan princess. But the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes by Louis XIV of France in 1685 that ordered the conversion of all Protestants to Roman Catholicism led to the flight of hundreds of thousands of Hugenots (Protestants) across the Rhine into Holland, England and the German territories, where a notable number received asylum into Hesse. Unlike their other French compatriots the Waldensians refused to flee and stood their ground and faced crusading armies for the next thirty years, in which their numbers were decimated and many of the women and children fled into the French and Italian speaking cantons of Switzerland and southwest Germany. In the end their resistance was broken and some ten thousand of them went into exile into Western Europe, primarily Holland and the German principalities that were Reformed or Lutheran while other hid in the mountains.
Of those who fled across the Rhine, there were numbers who were settled in the territories of Count Ludwig Ernest of Hesse, who allowed them to form colonies of their own and allowed the use of their language in church and school. The land they were given, was often not of the best, nor was there much additional land available to them as the colony grew. One of these colonies was at Russelheim and is the link to our family history and our history of dissent. The Gaspari family had its origins there and their many descendants spread throughout Somogy and Tolna Counties. It was because of that I undertook a study of the history of the Waldensians that I would like to preserve for our descendants as part of their self-identity and heritage.
I have also translated a History of the Waldensian Church from German, and my handwritten notes are available to any who are interested.
Excerpts from Correspondence with Pastor Ronald Lommel
Excerpts from correspondence with Pastor Ronald Lommel of the Lutheran Parish Nieder-Gemünden Hesse.
As indicated, the following information is contained in some personal correspondence I had with Pastor Lommel following my visit to his parish a number of years ago. At that time he was unaware of any emigration from Hesse to Hungary in the 18th century, but my visit piqued his interest and he undertook some research into the matter on his own. I had originally gone to Elpenrod where the parsonage for the parish was located because at that time I thought that I had found the origins of my own branch of the Fischer family but my investigations there indicated I had to look elsewhere.
After a long search and stumbling around in the Church Books and the old Family Registers, I can provide the following facts with regard to the Hungarian emigration.
Johannes Fischer, Hainbach
In the year 1724, Johannes Fischer from Hainbach left for Hungary. His first wife, Anna Elisabeth had died the year before. They had five children: Konrad born 04.05.1711, Johannes born 03.04.1714, Kaspar born 18.02.1716, Maria Elisabeth born 02.11.1719 and Elisabeth Katharina born 11.09.1722. In March of 1724 he married a second time and his second wife was Anna Julianna born in Hainbach but residing in Nieder-Ohmen. Johannes was born in Hainbach on 25.10.1689.
Burkard, Bormann, Elpenrod
He originally came from Altenburg near Alsfeld and married a Christiana Freiensehner in Elpenrod in 1698. On 12.06.1709 a son was born to them and a daughter in 1713. The Godparents were represented by proxies, that indicates the family was either not living there or just passing through. There is a notation that he left for Varsad in Tolna County in Hungary in 1723.
Johann Peter Fischer, Elpenrod
He was born on 09.11.1674 and married Katharina Schlosser of Elpenrod who was the daughter of the schoolmaster on 27.01.1701. They had numerous children whose births are recorded in the Church Register. A family researcher who had no knowledge of the emigration to Hungary noted that all eleven of their children must have died because there is not record of any of them ever marrying. However, in an older Family Register there is the notation, "left for Hungary in 1724".
Johann Peter Christ, Elpenrod
Here I have to report on a special notation I found: In a Family Register there is the following entry: J. P. Christ who was born in Elpenrod in 1703 along with his wife Anna Elisabeth Carle from Elpenrod left for Gyönk in Hungary in 1724. In the Church Books in Queckborn (located close to Grunberg in Upper Hesse) it is reported that a son was born to him posthumously (following his death) named George Dietrich on 20.09.1725 in Gyönk in Hungary and on the 22nd was baptized by a Roman Catholic priest in Bormont*.
It is further reported that his pregnant wife married a countryman from Upper Hesse named Caspar Röder in Majos, Hungary on 20.06.1725. (He in all likelihood came from Queckborn.) Both of them returned to Queckborn and George Dietrich Christ married in Queckborn in 1751 as well as his step-sister Anna Katharina Röder.
Johann Heinrich Jäckel, Hainbach
He was the son of Johann Ludwig and Anna Katharina Jäckel whose maiden name was Weiss and came from Hainbach, and he was born in 1714 in Hainbach, he married Eva Vinkenstock from Nieder-Gemünden and had a son with her, Johann Valentin born 17.11.1740. It is noted that he and his family along with two single sisters, Anna Maria born in 1711 and Katharina Elisabeth born 1728 went to Kistormás in Hungary and there are no further entries with regard to them in the Family Register.
Anna Julianna Nagel, Nieder-Gemünden
She was the daughter of Mathaus and Anna Barbara Nagel whose maiden name was Pabst from Nieder-Gemünden and was born 26.01.1730. In Hungary she married Johann Konrad Zarth. With regard to the fortunes of her brother Konrad born 18.03.1734 as well as her parents there is nothing available. It is possible that they too…
Pastor Lommel further writes:
"Following our discussion I decided to immerse myself in all of the available information I could find in the area in order to discover if there was any evidence of the emigration to Hungary. I was able to find two or three sentences about it in various village histories, for instance in Bleidenrod and Alsfeld. And with regard to some of the family names you shared with me I found traces of them in Ruppertenrod, Nieder-Gemünden, Gross-Felda as well as others all in the immediate vicinity where I serve and these family names are still familiar to this day. But the population in this area is not conscious of any large-scale emigration to Hungary. Only the memory of the emigration to America 100 years ago is still spoken of.
The major reason for the emigration to Hungary was the material poverty of the population. Today we can hardly imagine the situation in which people found themselves and as the saying goes, they had nothing to lose. The limited agricultural production could only meet the essential needs of the people and then there were always crop failures and famine. The inheritance right meant that only the oldest son could inherit the family home and property, and the younger sons and daughters had to hire themselves out as hired hands and maids. It was the same case when it came to the tradesmen, like the tailor, shoemaker, wagon builder, blacksmith, weaver only the oldest son could continue the family trade. There were also shepherds and herders. Most farmers were simply poor, very poor.
It was no wonder that when the recruiters and soldiers who came into our area to publicize the invitation of the Austrian Emperor Charles III to settle in far off Hungary and be given house and land and freedom from paying taxes, it fell on receptive ears. About fifty settler families from the area around Alsfeld were involved in the first wave of settlers down the Danube during 1719-1725 becoming the Danube Swabians in their new homeland according to H. Jäkel in his Zur Geschichte des Kreiss Alsfeld published in 1972. Their descendants can still be identified by their Upper Hessian dialect and their allegiance to Lutheranism.
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Here's What to Know Before Trading Volatile Gold Stocks
Comex gold has a negative weekly chart as does the gold miners' ETF and four gold mining stocks, as oversold conditions spread.
Comex gold was up by 25.5% year to date a month ago, but this gain has been cut to 18.5%. Four of the largest gold mining stocks and the sector-tracking exchange-traded fund continue to outperform the precious metal. However, for the second consecutive month this is by a lower winning margin.
When you compare to the July and August highs, the ETF and all four gold stocks are in bear market territory, down between 25.1% and 37.9%. Gold futures are down 8.8%.
The VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX - Get Report) trades around $23, up 68.1% year to date and in bear market territory 27.4% below its Aug. 12 high of $31.79. But it is in bull market territory 86% above its Jan. 19 low of $12.40. This exchange-traded fund has 53 components including:
Barrick Gold (ABX) is the largest component of this ETF at a weighting of 9.16%. The stock trades at close to $16, up 114.5% year to date and in bear market territory 32.6% below its July 6 high of $23.47. It is in bull market territory 167.9% above its Sept. 23, 2015 low of $5.91.
Yamana Gold (AUY - Get Report) has a weighting of just 2.08%. The stock trades around $4, up 100% year to date and in bear market territory 37.9% below its July 13 high of $5.99. It is in bull market territory 169.6% above its Jan. 19 low of $1.38. The stock was an "option on survival" when it traded as low as $1.38 on Jan. 19, by which I mean any stock trading between $1 and $3 a share.
Goldcorp (GG) remains the third-largest component of the gold ETF with a weighting of 6.05%. The stock trades around $14, up 24% year to date and in bear market territory 29.6% below its July 6 high of $20.38. It is in bull market territory 51.6% above its Jan. 21 low of $9.46.
Newmont Mining (NEM - Get Report) is the second-largest ETF component with a weighting of 9.10%. The stock trades near $34.50, up 91.9% year to date and in bear market territory 25.1% below its Aug. 12 high of $46.07. It is in bull market territory 124.3% above its Aug. 26, 2015, low of $15.39.
Here's a scorecard for Comex gold, the gold ETF and the four gold mining stocks.
The weekly chart shows a red line through the price bars, which is the key weekly moving average (a five-week modified moving average). The green line is the 200-week simple moving average considered the "reversion to the mean."
The study in red along the bottom of the chart is weekly momentum (a 12x3x3 weekly slow stochastic), which scales between 00.00 and 100.00, where readings above 80.00 indicates overbought and readings below 20.00 indicates oversold. A negative weekly chart shows the stock below its key weekly moving average with weekly momentum declining below 80.00 in a trend towards 20.00.
Remember that stochastic readings can help investors judge when to add to long positions. The 12x3x3 weekly slow stochastic is based upon the last 12 weeks of data -- each week's high, low and last prices. This measure of momentum declines as a new weekly lows occurs, with the last price closer to the low. When this pattern changes and the weekly last price is closer to the high, the stochastic reading will begin to rise providing an early signal to increase holdings.
Here's the weekly chart for the VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF.
Courtesy of MetaStock Xenith
The weekly chart for the gold exchange-traded fund is negative with the ETF below its key weekly moving average of $25.78 and just below its 200-week simple moving average at $23.65 after trading as high as $31.79 during the week of Aug. 12. The weekly momentum reading is projected to decline to 21.33 down from 27.04 on Oct. 7.
Investors looking to buy the gold ETF should do so on weakness to $22.24 and $19.17, which are key levels on technical charts until the end of 2016.
Investors looking to reduce holdings should sell strength to $35.30, which is a key level on technical charts until the end of 2016.
Here's the weekly chart for Barrick Gold.
The weekly chart for the Barrick is negative but oversold with the stock bellow its key weekly moving average of $17.59 and below its 200-week simple moving average of $16.30 after trading as high as $23.47 during the week of $July 8. The weekly momentum reading is projected to decline to 15.82 this week down from 19.02 on Oct. 7, moving further below the oversold threshold of 20.00.
Investors looking to buy Barrick on weakness should do so at $14.11 and $11.22, which are key levels on technical charts until the end of 2016.
Investors looking to reduce holdings should sell strength to $25.48, which is a key level on technical charts until the end of October.
Here's the weekly chart for Yamana Gold.
The weekly chart for the Yamana is negative but oversold with the stock below its key weekly moving average of $4.32 and is well below its 200-week simple moving average of $6.79. The stock has been below its 200-week SMA since the week of April 12, 2013, when the average was $13.33. The weekly momentum reading is projected to decline to 18.69 this week down from 23.65 on Oct. 7, moving below the oversold threshold of 20.00.
Investors looking to buy Yamana on weakness should do so at $3.02, which is a key level on technical charts until the end of next week.
Investors looking to reduce holdings should sell strength to $4.87 and $6.87, which are key levels on technical charts until the end of 2016 and until the end of October, respectively.
Here's the weekly chart for Goldcorp.
The weekly chart for the Goldcorp is negative but oversold with the stock below its key weekly moving average of $15.85 and well below its 200-week simple moving average of $21.82. The stock has been below its 200-week SMA since the week of Nov. 16, 2012 when the average was $42.15. The weekly momentum reading is projected to decline to 19.60 this week down from 22.55 on Oct. 7, moving below the oversold threshold of 20.00.
Investors looking to buy Goldcorp on weakness should do so at $12.94, which is a key level on technical charts until the end of next week.
Investors looking to reduce holdings should sell strength to $22.62 and $24.09, which are key levels on technical charts until the end of October and the end of 2016, respectively.
Here's the weekly chart for Newmont Mining.
The weekly chart for the Newmont is negative with the stock below its key weekly moving average of $37.96 and well above its 200-week simple moving average of $27.44 after trading as high as $46.07 during the week of Aug. 12. The weekly momentum reading is projected to decline to 24.24 this week down from 30.81 on Oct. 7.
Investors looking to buy Newmont on weakness should do so at $30.80 and $25.35, which are key level on technical charts until the end of 2016.
This article is commentary by an independent contributor. At the time of publication, the author held no positions in the stocks mentioned.
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Following the primaries: Sanders wins in Dublin's Super Tuesday vote
By: Go Watch The Geek
In: General, News
Democrats Abroad Ireland hosted almost 140 US citizens in the Arlington Hotel in Dublin yesterday who were able to vote as part of the presidential primary elections.
Rea, who is originally from Texas and has been living in Ireland for four-and-a-half years, proudly cast her vote for Bernie Sanders. "I am delighted that I get a chance to have my say", she said. "I was unaware that I could even vote until a friend told me today".
Roisin and Cillean O'Gara, born in New Jersey and now living in Drogheda, cast their votes. Photo: Aoife Gallagher
Kelly Mahoney is the Vice Chair of Democrats Abroad Ireland. She spoke to TheCity about this year's campaign. "We have over 1,300 members here in Ireland and we are hoping for a 60 per cent turnout in voters", she said. She also stated that membership of Democrats abroad had increased by over 200 people in the past month and said that Bernie Sanders' campaign has a lot to do with this sudden increase.
"Sanders appeals to people who are frustrated with establishment and stalemate politics and want to see a change", she said.
As eleven states in the US raised their hands and cast their votes yesterday for 'Super Tuesday' – the biggest date in the primary campaign – American citizens abroad have a chance to have their say over the week of 1-8 March.
However, it is only those wishing to vote Democrat who have this opportunity. The Republican party does not give their party affiliates living overseas a chance to vote.
Democrats Abroad are given state-recognition during the primaries and are assigned 17 delegate votes – 13 pledged delegates and 4 superdelegates.,
Voters must register with Democrats Abroad before casting their ballot and can do so in person at the polling station or online. Registered voters are then able to vote via email, post, fax or drop their votes into the ballot box at their local polling station.
Ms. Mahoney told TheCity that one of the biggest issues for many voters living overseas concern the laws that are currently in place to prevent tax evasion through hiding money in foreign bank accounts. These regulations pose an unwanted burden on legitimate ex-pats.
US citizens living abroad must file yearly tax returns to the IRS on their non-US financial accounts. The law also allows the IRS to search through a bank's customer database to identify possible tax evaders.
"In certain countries, banks are not letting US citizens open accounts due to the increased administration involved", Ms Mahoney explained. "This can prevent people from securing jobs in foreign countries. Pensioners who have retired abroad also feel the inequality of these laws."
Both Clinton and Sanders are aware of the impact of these laws and have promised to work with Democrats Abroad on reforming these regulations.
As voting finished at 8pm, TJ Mulloy – chairperson of Democrats Abroad Ireland – announced that Sanders had won with 98 votes to Clinton's 37. US citizens in the west of the country will have their chance to vote on Saturday in Monroe's Tavern in Galway.
As the somewhat unpredictable campaign trail makes its way across the US, it is of some comfort to those who voted from overseas to know that they have been able – to some extent – to have their voice heard.
By AOIFE GALLAGHER
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Somtum Inter Garden Cottage and Restaurant is rated all "10s" by both Agoda.com and Booking.com
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Places to Go, Sights to See, Things to Do!
Not to be MIST!
Our Si Sa Ket province is located in the southern portion of Thailand's Northeastern Isaan region. Some of its main attractions are Plang Ku – a Khmer-style stupa made of sandstones and bricks; Sra Kampaeng Yai – the largest and most complete Khmer complex in Si Sa Ket, made of sandstones and bricks; Sra Kampaeng Noi – Khmer ruins including a laterite stupa and chapel with a big pond in front; Taleng – Khmer ruins with a single stupa and beautiful, delicate carvings on the pillars on each side of the door; Ban Prasat – Khmer ruins including three stupas on one laterite base; and…
Pha Mor E Daeng – a cliff from which visitors can have a close view of the Phra Vihear temple ruins.
Also to be seen here are beautiful, low reliefs assumed to be the most ancient sculptures in Thailand.
But most people travel for hundreds of miles to this cliff to… view the morning mist!
Less than a twenty-minute drive from Somtum Inter Garden Cottage, this is the Khao Phra Wihan (Preah Vihear in Khmer) National Park.
(Wikipedia) Khao Phra Wihan National Park is a protected natural area in Si Sa Ket Province, Thailand that contains numerous ruins of the 11th-century Khmer Empire. The park lies 98 km (61 mi) south of the town of Sisaket, at the end of Thai highway 221. Sited on a red, stone cliff that is part of the Dangrek mountain range on the southern edge of the Khorat Plateau, it abuts the international border between Thailand's Si Sa Ket Province and Cambodia's Preah Vihear Province. The name of the cliff in the Royal Thai General System of Transcription is Pha Mo E Daeng and the park atop it is the Thai gateway to the ruins of the temple of Prasat Preah Vihear,
From Thai Tourism:
"Prasat Preah Vihear is a Khmer (Cambodian) temple stunningly situated atop a 525-metre cliff in the Dângrêk Mountains in Cambodia, right across the border of Si Sa Ket Province and the small city of Kantharalak in northeastern Thailand.
"Predating Angkor Wat by 100 years, the history of the temple/fortress is somewhat unclear, but it is known to be dedicated to the god Shiva and thought to have been constructed in the reign of Suryavarman I (1002-50), with further significant additions by Suryavarman II (1113-50). Unlike most Khmer temples, the temple is constructed on a long north-south axis, instead of the usual rectangular plan facing east.
"Though easily accessible from present-day Thailand, and for some years occupied by that country, the temple was nonetheless claimed by Cambodia on the basis of a map prepared during French colonial times. In 1959 Cambodia brought the dispute to the International Court of Justice, which in 1962 ruled that, because Thailand had for years accepted this map, Cambodia had sovereignty over Preah Vihear.
"Soon afterward, Cambodia was plunged into civil war.
"The temple remained open to the public from Thailand (although unreachable from Cambodia) until 1975 when it was occupied by the Khmer Rouge. It re-opened from the Thai side in 1998, and in 2003 Cambodia completed the construction of a long-awaited access road allowing Cambodians to visit the temple.
"In 2008, after a contentious nomination process, the temple was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
"Thai and Cambodian troops exchanged heavy gunfire at and around the temple in 2008 and 2011 in connection with a dispute about ownership of surrounding land. As of November 2014, both sides continued to maintain heavily armed paramilitary police facing each other near the temple.
"For reasons of security, some travel specialists have recommended against tourist visits to Preah Vihear. However, the site has been peaceful since 2011 and many thousands of visitors have gone without trouble.
"The easiest way to reach Preah Vihear is from the town of Sra'em, 30km south in Cambodia. On the Thai side, visitors can go to Khao Phra Wiharn National Park, from which they can view parts of the temple from a distance of about half a kilometer. The park also offers stunning flora, sandstone cliffs and views over the Cambodian plains."
Which brings us back to… the MIST!
Many of our guests who come to stay at Somtum Inter drive from all over Thailand to see the mist. They say our property is the most convenient to the cliff - besides being famously comfortable. And everyone says the experience is not to be MISSED!
***** By Charles Wilson on July 14, 2017
Fantastic view of Cambodia. Will take your breath away. The monkeys are also very interesting to watch. Went in December and not many people. Just the way I like it.
**** By Lookmu Munoi on June 17, 2018
Cool, nice panoramic views
***** By Jacky Siang on March 20, 2017
Been there at 2001 and was invited to stay at the forest Park ranger house. Preah Vihear has the most spectacular setting of all the temples built during the six-centuries-long Khmer Empire. The view from Dangrek Mountain will take your breath away. Although Preah Vihear temple sits in Cambodia, the easy way to access is via Thailand. This is by far the most beautiful and historic value one can experience.
***** By BK BK on December 1, 2016
Prettiest scenic overlook in the province. Bring binoculars. Lovely.
Pha Mo E Dang Reviews
Google gives the site/sight 4.4 Stars out of 5.
***** By Christopher Snyder on November 28, 2017
This Thailand National Park is located on the Cambodia Border, in the area of the disputed land near the Khmer temple. You can view this temple from a viewpoint in the park. Definitely Awesome views. The park also contains other ancient Khmer artifacts. A definite must see if you are in the area.
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By: zackjayzj, Singapore, Singapore; 21
Breathtaking view (include Cambodia)
If you're in the district of Sisaket, and are an avid nature lover, I highly recommend Pha Mo E Daeng. In terms of location, it's not the friendliest since its really located quite far away, but the stunning view and the great weather is definitely something which you wouldn't regret.
I think the admission is a mere 40 baht for Thai locals. It's a bit higher for foreigners but not too pricey.
The weather was nothing like Thailand. I was wearing a jacket and felt that it was really cold (not to the extent of winter) but it's really cold. Haha.
Overall, it's a nice place for couples or family for a short, yet impressive view in which other places of Thailand may not offer. Have fun people!
Thailand Tourism Directory
Pha Mo E Daeng - Located in the area of Khao Phra Vihear National Park, Kantharalak District, Si Sa Ket, close to the entrance of the temple, is a steep cliff on the Thailand-Burma border. Pha Mo E Daeng is about 300 meters wide, with a panorama of Cambodia. When the sun sets, you will see a lot of bats with a nature trail nearby. When it rises, the mist is amazing!


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Life for a single mom in Los Angeles takes an unexpected turn when she allows three young guys to move in with her. Recently separated from her husband, Alice (Reese Witherspoon) finds an unlikely new family and a budding new romance when three young filmmakers move into her guest house. A story of love, friendship, the families we create, Home Again is a modern romantic comedy with one very big life lesson: starting over is not for beginners!
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Hallie Meyers-Shyer—who grew up on the sets of her moviemaker mom, Nancy Meyers (The Intern, Something's Gotta Give)—makes her writing and directing debut with this cloying romantic comedy about a lonely mother of two in LA.
Depressed over her failed marriage and 40th birthday, the heroine (Reese Witherspoon) meets an amorous 27-year-old filmmaker (Pico Alexander, miscast) and his two partners (Nat Wolff, Jon Rudnitsky), who so charm her mother (Candice Bergen) that she invites them to move into the daughter's guest house.
Witherspoon lacks the abandon the May-December love angle requires, and the movie is so tidily formulaic that it feels as if it's been airbrushed; the send-up of Hollywood falls flat too.
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The innocuous, good-natured "Home Again" is a sweet little doe-eyed rom-com that delivers more than it promises. What a pleasure to see a film that's lighthearted and free from the raunch that dominates most chick flicks nowadays.
Reese Witherspoon brings her usual plucky persona to the party as Alice, a recently separated mother of two who has moved from New York back to her childhood home in Los Angeles. On the night of her 40th birthday, the newly single woman meets a trio of broke aspiring filmmakers (Pico Alexander, Nat Wolff, and Jon Rudnitsky) at a bar and after an evening of drinking (among other things), she decides to let the guys move into her guest house. Soon after, a May-December romance blossoms with one of her hunky tenants.
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Dominique Strauss-Kahn Came To New York For Love
As you've likely heard, serious questions about the credibility of Dominique Strauss-Kahn's alleged victim have suggested criminal charges against the former IMF chief may be dropped. Since he was accused of sexually assaulting a Sofitel maid, several French news outlets have and continue to stress the important distinction between being "a seducer" and "a rapist," DSK falling into the former category. Want more proof? To further the point, one magazine reported over the weekend that Strauss-Kahn bagged himself a bunch of ladies during his New York trip, as part of his plan de-stress before running for president
DSK confessed to his wife he "had" a trio of lovers as he blew off steam before the French presidential race, according to an unnamed friend of spouse Anne Sinclair, who was quoted in Le Point magazine. "So, it wasn't just one for the road before the presidential campaign," Sinclair's friend said. "It was three." Sinclair, who celebrated her 63rd birthday Friday with DSK in the Berkshires, has never believed her horny husband uses anything but charm to lure the ladies.
The frisky Frenchman was apparently a man on a mission when he arrived in Manhattan on May 13. After checking in, he tried to coax a hotel receptionist up to his suite for champagne, but she declined.
The sexed-up Socialist had better luck with another woman hours before the alleged attack. That woman -- described by Post sources as a secret girlfriend who works in banking -- was seen on surveillance video at the Sofitel with Strauss-Kahn around 1:30 a.m. on May 14. They rode the elevator up to his floor, and she left around 3 a.m.
It's unclear who the other two women were though the cocktail waitress at the Olive Garden in Time Square and the teller at the TKTS window booth are serious possibilities.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn 'slept with three women' the same weekend he allegedly assaulted maid [NYP]
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FTT Year 2016 in Review: The 20 Stories That Define the Year in Media (Part IV)
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If you missed out on Part I, Part II and Part III of this series, click on the highlighted link for more information.
Here is Part IV of the four-part series. These stories are arranged in no particular order.
The Death of German Moreno
On January 8, the whole Filipino entertainment industry was stunned with the passing of German Moreno. The veteran host, actor and entertainer was best known for his distinguished work with up-and-coming stars on 'That's Entertainment', as well as a near two-decade run hosting the Saturday late night show 'Walang Tulugan with the Master Showman'.
The death of Kuya Germs also ended an era for late-night variety shows on Philippine television, as 'Walang Tulugan' signed off for good on February 13. Despite that, the legacy of Kuya Germs lives on with the Eastwood City Walk of Fame, which inducted new members late this year.
Other notable showbiz personalities who died this year include directors Wenn Deramas and Francis Pasion, actors Lilia Cuntapay, Joy Viado and Dick Israel, and singer Blakdyak.
Encantadia Returns
On July 18, GMA brought back the popular fantaserye 'Encantadia', featuring a rehashed storyline of the original 2005 series. The new iteration stars Glaiza de Castro, Gabbi Garcia, Sanya Lopez and Kylie Padilla, who play the roles of Pirena, Alena, Danaya and Amihan respectively.
Unfortunately, despite the hefty expenses that GMA spent for this version of 'Encantadia', the series failed to make an impact. In the national Kantar ratings, 'Encantadia' regularly fell by double digits to 'Ang Probinsyano', and the high expectations that came with it dissipated.
'Encantadia' is not the only primetime problem that GMA faced this year, however, as this next entry shows.
The Alyas Robin Hood-Arrow Controversy
When posters and teasers for 'Alyas Robin Hood' were first released, many felt the series was a ripoff of 'Arrow', with lead star Stephen Amell even going as far as sharing the clip with a 'flushed-face' emoji. However, creative consultant Suzette Doctolero made it clear that 'Alyas Robin Hood' and 'Arrow' were both based on the Robin Hood folklore.
Despite the controversial issues, 'Alyas Robin Hood' was given the go-signal by GMA to air starting September 19. While the series came out flying in its first few weeks, rival series 'Magpahanggang Wakas' soon pulled away, with some disgruntled viewers choosing to watch either the Tagalized 'Arrow' on TV5, or the English dub on Jack TV.
'Alyas Robin Hood' did have a highly publicized scene with the bikini showdown involving Sarri (Megan Young) and Venus (Andrea Torres), which should soften the blow of its controversial start.
The 25th Anniversary of Maalaala Mo Kaya
The first episode of 'Maalaala Mo Kaya' was aired on May 15, 1991. Twenty-five years later, the program continues to touch the lives of others thanks to a letter read by Charo Santos-Concio, and scenes that can make people shed tears with each episode.
This year, as part of its silver anniversary celebration, ABS-CBN launched a commemorative website for 'Maalaala Mo Kaya', a nationwide and worldwide tour, and an initiative for people to send in their life stories via a letter or a short-form video. As for the show's ratings this year, it continues to thwart the challenges of its long-running rival, GMA's 'Magpakailanman'.
One can only hope that 'Maalaala Mo Kaya' will continue to air beyond this year, as its legacy and enduring success stands the test of time.
Ang Probinsyano and Doble Kara Celebrate Their First Anniversary
But perhaps the biggest headline of 2016 belongs to both Coco Martin and Julia Montes. Their respective shows, 'Ang Probinsyano' and 'Doble Kara', reached the one-year milestone within a month of each other.
Both 'Ang Probinsyano' and 'Doble Kara' continue to lead the way in their respective timeslots. The former is currently the most-watched primetime show in the country, while the latter is the most-watched post-noontime show.
How much longer will they stay on the air remains to be seen, but as they proceed into 2017, expect 'Ang Probinsyano' and 'Doble Kara' to remain a dominant force in the primetime and afternoon slots respectively.
'The World Tonight' celebrates its 50th year.
Power Duo wins 'Pilipinas Got Talent' season 5.
Joshua Oliveros wins 'The Voice Kids' season 3.
'Naku Boss Ko' mini-series and PiliPinas Debates leading up to the 2016 Philippine Presidential Elections.
ANC and DZMM's respective 20th and 30th anniversaries.
It was indeed an eventful 2016 in the world of Philippine media. Expect bigger things to come this 2017 as From the Tube continues to document the latest events in television and radio in the Philippines.
Until then, have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
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Farewell, Walang Tulugan
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'Walang Tulugan' aired its final episode last Saturday, over a month after the show's creator German Moreno (third from left) passed away. (Photo credit: German Moreno Official Facebook)
The curtain finally fell on 'Walang Tulugan'.
On Saturday, February 13, 'Walang Tulugan with the Master Showman' aired its final episode. The variety show's finale had already been anticipated, as its creator and host, German Moreno (a.k.a. Kuya Germs), passed away over a month ago.
'Walang Tulugan' first aired on February 8, 1997 as 'Master Showman Presents'. The show was created as a way to maintain Kuya Germs' presence on television, after his previous program 'GMA Supershow' was cancelled earlier that year in favor of 'SOP'.
Eight years later, the show was renamed 'Walang Tulugan with the Master Showman'. The popularity of the catchphrase 'Walang Tulugan' (a term coined by Kuya Germs during the show's early years) led to its rebrand, and whenever viewers tuned in, they would always identify 'Walang Tulugan' as the show that never sleeps.
During its 19-year run, 'Walang Tulugan' was affected by GMA's numerous lineup changes on Saturdays. In some episodes, the show begins at 11:15 or 11:30, but others usually start in the wee hours of Sunday morning, due to the unnecessary presence of a late-night movie block.
Aside from Kuya Germs, 'Walang Tulugan' also featured an ensemble of co-hosts that were either 'That's Entertainment' alumni or young up-and-coming proteges of the Master Showman. In the show's final episodes, Kuya Germs' nephew John Nite and close friend Nora Aunor shared lead hosting duties.
The death of Kuya Germs on January 8 led to a special live tribute episode of 'Walang Tulugan' the following night. Although Nora Aunor stated that she wanted to continue the show, GMA realized that 'Walang Tulugan' would never be the same without its creator and pillar.
Thus, they decided to pull the plug on one of the longest-running programs on Philippine television. And last Saturday, 'Walang Tulugan' officially bowed out, with the show's hosts performing for the last time and bidding farewell to their loyal viewers.
For Philippine television, 'Walang Tulugan' was a big loss, and an irreplaceable icon for night owls everywhere. But while its run had ended, its legacy will live on, along with the creator who started it all, Kuya Germs.
Indeed, 'Walang Tulugan' will still not sleep, even if it has moved on to the great beyond.


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Here's a brilliant recipe for the world's easiest ice coffee with condensed milk.
There is hardly an easier way to make a delicious ice coffee than with condensed milk. The milk gives a nice creamy flavor – like in the types of ice coffee that you buy from Starbucks or Baresso. At the same time, the condensed milk sweetens the coffee nicely and you can choose how sweet you want to make your ice coffee.
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Another of those desserts for adults from the book that tells you the story of coffee and gives you recipes for coffee tasting goodies.


Rainbow – a display of the colours of the spectrum produced by dispersion of light.
Currently, I am studying to qualify as a cognitive-behavioral hypnotherapist. Hypnotherapy can trace it's roots all the way back to shamanism, through to yoga and the sleep-temples of ancient Greece. Recently, I decided to hypnotically regress myself as far back as I could go, I wasn't looking for a past-life regression, more a 'just before this life' one. I wanted to know what I was, immediately before I was conceived. I took myself back through adult life to childhood, back to my earliest memories and then, via my imagination into my mother's womb. I reversed the growth of my fetal body until I could go no further with my imagination, the information I was looking for was just beyond this point.
Suddenly, a spontaneous vision manifested, it was a special type of vision, an empty form. Empty form visions can arise from deep non-thought meditation and kundalini awakening but they are most closely associated with the Highest Yoga Tantras of Tibetan Buddhism. They are called empty because they are completely devoid of molecular particles, although they look absolutely real, they are beyond physical materiality. An empty form vision is to be paid attention to and understood, because it is a direct emanation of pure consciousness without contamination.
The vision was of a beautiful rainbow, arcing in front of me with the full spectrum of colours. I was startled out of hypnosis by it's clarity and vividness and all at once, information from previous spiritual experiences that I hadn't fully grasped seem to coalesce in my mind giving me the answer not only to what I was, but also to what I am and to what you are, also.
An image from the Dalai Lamas Secret Temple. The walls are covered with murals depicting the secret spiritual practices and visions of the yogis. The illustration shows light reflecting off water and diffusing through a crystal held by a yogi. It represents the union of form and emptiness, how the One becomes the many.
From The Cosmic Serpent by Jeremy Narby. A serpent swims through the center of the brain, towards the externally located crystalline mind.


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Map sheet: 2011 ELECTION, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2011_Turkish_general_election_english.svg
Time Zone used throughout COPORD 1-1: Local
Task Organization: Mustafa Kemal'in Askerleri (Mustafa Kemal's Soldiers)
I. SITUATION
The democratic, secular republic of Turkey is under complete occupation by a cabal of hostile powers, both foreign and domestic, and their agents. The nation's borders are porous, particularly in the east and southeast. It's seaports, bridges, tunnels, airports remain in private hands. The nation has little sovereignty. The people opposed to the fascist government are widely oppressed. Video and audio surveillance is everywhere heavy. Street lighting is intense. Cameras are widespread. The police force is brutal. The political opposition to the treasonous ruling party is weak, confused and collaborating in the nation's destruction with a foreign CIA front organization. The treasure given to the Turkish Youth on 20 October 1927 nears ruin and complete exhaustion. Conditions are dire. This is the situation as of 1 March 2014.
A. ENEMY FORCES
1. Composition, Disposition, Strength
The AKP, the ruling party controlled by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
The CHP, the major opposition party controlled by Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu.
The Gülen Movement (GM), controlled by Fethullah Gülen.
The Turkish President, Abdullah Gül (AG), controlled by AKP and GM.
The Turkish media (TM), controlled by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
The Turkish Police (TP), controlled by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan AND Fethullah Gülen
The Turkish Justice System (TJS), controlled by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan AND Fethullah Gülen
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of the United States of America, nominally controlled by the president, actually by no one.
The enemy is everywhere. All democratic institutions have been compromised. The ruling party remains strong because it controls the judiciary. Without the rule of law all else fails. The nation's president is an automatic rubber stamp of approval.
2. Enemy's Capabilities and Limitations: AKP is the immediately apparent threat. It must be defeated in detail, that is by marshaling our forces, in strength, to defend against carefully selected vulnerable targets, in particular, the all-powerful prime minister and his numerous weak-kneed ministers, many of whom are also corrupt. But the recent CHP-Gülen Movement (GM) electoral/political alliance is a more dangerous adversary since it strikes directly at the heart of the political connection of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk's soldiers with the republic. It is vital to recognize that the GM, a well-organized, wealthy, pseudo-religious force, has been a long-time close political ally of AKP. As such, it has been instrumental in the destruction of the Turkish Army. The CHP, a rather hapless, inept bunch, is desperate for a victory. It is the consummate "today's man," seeing what's in front of its nose and little else. Hence the reason for its recent foray into religious mongering with the GM. The GM is well known as the group collaborating with and championing the AKP's rise to power. It is also well known to have been instrumental in the destruction of the Turkish Army by providing fabricated evidence and false witnesses, aided and abetted by the CIA. The Turkish courts (TJS), along with the self-proclaimed "chief prosecutor" of the illegal Erkenekon case, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, used this tarnished "evidence" to imprison hundreds of innocent officers, hence destroying the nation's ability to defend itself, thus committing treason. The moral and legal weaknesses of this enemy are profound. Yet it would be dangerous to celebrate their destruction at the polls on March 30.
3. Enemy's Most Likely Course of Action: More of the same: lies, deceit, undercover sabotage of all institutions of the Turkish Republic. Continued advantage will be taken of the shamefully low education level of the AKP voter base in the provinces (primarily much of the yellow area on above map). Thus the prime minister will continue his outrageous and untruthful claims in order to appeal to what appeals to his mob, that is, spewing sensational nonsense. Thus, election bribery and other tampering will also continue. Also, police brutality to the opposition forces will likely increase dramatically. Do not be fooled by the CHP and its GM love fest. Despite the police being heavily infiltrated by the GM, and the GM now politically allied with CHP, the powers of the state (which now also includes the collaborating CHP) will still protect itself at all cost to the people. In other words, just because the GM is now in bed with the so-called social democratic party does NOT mean that their police will stop beating us. The powers of the state, as constituted, lawless and treacherous, operate for the benefit (and protection) of itself, not the people. This is obvious. We must be sure all understand this important distinction. We must all know well our common enemy.
4. Enemy's Most Dangerous Course of Action: CHP/GM alliance is particularly dangerous. It reveals four important factors: (1) inability of CHP as a stand-alone political representative of an Atatürk Turkey, (2) the power of the underground, duplicitous religious monger movement in the nation, (3) the revealing of the true treacherous face of CHP leadership, and (4) the proof of widespread infiltration of the CIA (via its GM front). Of particular note is the now well-known extent of bribery and corruption in the entire political system, a standard operating procedure (SOP) of the CIA. Ironically, the CHP alliance may also produce a catastrophic defeat for itself, and another large victory for the ruling party. Why? Because of the large and growing CHP supporter frustration with the inept policies and actions of the main opposition party. Also the anti-democratic 10% vote barrier works in the AKP's favor due to the splintering of leftist political parties.
B. FRIENDLY FORCES
1. Mission of Next Higher Unit: There is no next higher unit. Opposition forces operate as the sole power in defense of the nation.
2. Attachments/Detachments: None
3. Supporting: Nutuk and Bursa Nutku.
II. MISSION: Who? What? Where? When? Why?
The soldiers of Mustafa Kemal will defend 24 hours a day and will be prepared to continue this defense until the nation is secured from its religious fascist occupation. Defense will be in depth and will be protracted. There will be no line of defense. Instead every centimeter of the territory that comprises the motherland will be defended.
III. EXECUTION
The survival of the nation is at stake. Under religious fascist occupation, with democratic institutions corroded or destroyed by the work of agents and operatives aligned with the government, the military and police forces are composed of citizens aligned against the citizens. Clearly something must be done.
A. CONCEPT OF OPERATION
Defense, everywhere all the time. Defense will continue indefinitely independent of election results.
B. MANEUVER
1. Battlefield Preparation: We must favorably influence, as much as we can, the conditions under which we fight. The combined arms enemy possesses many powerful resources: political unification, religious righteousness, financial power, vast propaganda resources and heavy military and crowd-control weaponry. But their primary advantage, religion, can be minimized. We MUST NOT identify in any manner with the political Islam manifested by our morally corrupt enemy now allied with the GM. We are fighting for the survival of secular, democratic Turkey. We do so as secular fighters. We must proclaim THAT fight to each other and to the world. And we must not serve the imperial machine that is intent on destroying our secular democracy. The following actions are important tactics to prepare the battlefield. We must take away all possible advantages held by the enemy.
a. Religious ID Card: Our enemies love the idea that Turkey is 99.8% Islamic. The CIA Factbook says so. But know one thing! These subverters don't care if you're Turkish as long as you're Islamic. And they get away with murder and robbery in your "Islamic" name. Don't let them! Don't be an "Islamic" Turk. Instead, be a "real" Turk, a secular Turk living life without being labeled by a religious-fascist enemy regime. Let the government and their collaborators be Islamic looters and murders. They are not really Islamic. The proof? Simply examine their behavior, their attitude, their grim-faced arrogance, their VIP mosques, their murders, thefts and bribes, their constant, habitual lies. Remove your "official" assigned religious affiliation from your ID card. The space for religion on your card may become empty but you won't be. Be a Turkish freedom fighter and nothing but! How? It is so terribly easy. Do you know how powerful we are? That together we can make Turkey no longer a 99.8% politically Islamic country? That we can force a true election for secularism? We can accomplish more in one hour than the incompetent CHP has accomplished in ten years. Consider this, suddenly the CIA Factbook reveals that what had been a 99.8% Islamic nation is now only 48%, or even less. Imagine the earthquake in the imperialist capitals of the world? And nobody gets hurt. And by doing this we will stun the world. Change the religious identification on your ID card, your kimlik. No police clubs. No pepper gas. No water cannons. No plastic bullets. Just one visit to the Population (Nufus) Bureau and you will feel like you have done something real to save your country. You have helped prepare the battlefield. Eliminate being politically "Islamicized" courtesy of America and its CIA. It's exclusive political fare for western consumption only. And it is extraordinarily hazardous to our health. In the name of religion this government is destroying our country, our children, and you. Say NO! Change your ID card. Keep your spiritual beliefs in your heart where they belong.
"Ain't no Vietcong ever called me nigger."
b. Conscientious Objection: Do not be cannon fodder for the enemy's imperialist army. Claim Conscientious Objector status for yourself or your children immediately! Do not kill your fellow Muslims. Deny the enemy the use of your children for their criminal interventions in other countries. Do not forget the vital words, "Peace at home, peace in the world." Furthermore, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights, in a ground-breaking judgment issued on 1 June 2011 in the case of Bayatyan v. Armenia (Application no. 23459/03, 1/6/2011), ruled that states have a duty to respect individuals' right to conscientious objection to military service as part of their obligation to respect the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion set out in Article 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights. Turkey was supposed to amend its constitution to conform with this important ruling. But, like everything else dealing with human rights, it has yet to do so. The designation, "Prisoners of Conscience" may be obtained if falsely imprisoned. Amnesty International actively campaigns for the release of prisoners of conscience – people who have been jailed because of their political, religious or other conscientiously-held beliefs, ethnic origin, sex, color, language, national or social origin, economic status, birth, sexual orientation or other status, provided that they have neither used nor advocated violence. It is important to know this information in advance.
C. Tasks to Subordinate Units: No subordinate units.
D. Coordinating Instructions: As needed.
IV. ADMINISTRATION/LOGISTICS
A. SPECIAL EQUIPMENT: Noble blood. Whistles. Protective clothing.
B. TRANSPORTATION: Not needed.
C. SUPPLY: As needed.
V.COMMAND AND CONTROL
A. LOCATION: Everywhere. Social media, if available, particularly Twitter and internet. If not, voice, pen and pencil, paper, runners, as at Çanakkale. All else as needed.
B. COMMUNICATIONS: Massive letter-writing campaign to world media.
"Even under those circumstances, Turkish child of future generations,
it is your duty to save the independence of the Turkish Republic.
The strength that you will need for this
is in the noble blood which flows in your veins."


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Today, the SVP Chief Risk Officer of Blue Hills Bancorp (BHBK), Thomas Sommerfield, sold shares of BHBK for $37.15K.
Following Thomas Sommerfield's last BHBK Sell transaction on July 23, 2014, the stock climbed by 13.1%. In addition to Thomas Sommerfield, 6 other BHBK executives reported Sell trades in the last month.
Based on Blue Hills Bancorp's latest earnings report for the quarter ending December 31, the company posted quarterly revenue of $30.15 million and quarterly net profit of $5.73 million. In comparison, last year the company earned revenue of $25.82 million and had a net profit of $1.29 million. BHBK's market cap is $658.5M and the company has a P/E ratio of 24.72. Currently, Blue Hills Bancorp has an average volume of 221.7K.
The insider sentiment on Blue Hills Bancorp has been negative according to 25 insider trades in the past three months. This sentiment is lower than the average sentiment of company insiders in this sector.
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Obama Sweeps Clinton in 3 States' Presidential Nominating Contests; Huckabee Takes 2 of 3 From McCain
US POLITICS: Democratic Senator Barack Obama has swept rival Senator Hillary Clinton in three of their party's presidential nominating contests held Saturday. Obama won by two-to-one margins in (the midwestern state of) Nebraska, (the southern state of) Louisiana, and Washington state (on the U.S. west coast). In a speech late Saturday in Virginia's capital (, Richmond), Obama said he has shown that he can win in various parts of the country.
GATES-EUROPE-AFGHAN: U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates - in an effort to gain support for the war in Afghanistan - asked Europeans today (Sunday) to remember what their needs were 60 years ago in the aftermath of World War Two. Speaking in Munich at the annual European Security Conference, Gates described Afghanistan's citizens as a people devastated by war, and he called on NATO allies to commit to sending their troops to the war-torn country. He warned against NATO becoming a two-tiered organization of those willing, and those not willing to fight.
US-PAKISTAN: The top U.S. military commander is expected to travel today (Sunday) to northwest Pakistan, to a military facility Pakistan uses to fight al-Qaida and the Taliban in areas near Afghanistan. Admiral Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is in Pakistan for discussions about the war on terror. He will visit Peshawar, the capital of Pakistan's North West Frontier Province. The admiral said Saturday in Islamabad the threat of Islamic extremism is growing in Pakistan. Admiral Mullen spoke after he met with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf and army chief Ashfaq Parvez Kayani.
BURMA ELECTIONS: Burma's military government says it will hold a referendum on a new constitution in May -- followed by elections in 2010. In a brief announcement on state media Saturday, the government said the time has now come to change from military rule to democratic civilian rule.
INDONESIA-STAMPEDE: A stampede at a concert in Indonesia has killed 10 people, mostly teenagers, and injured several other people. Indonesian police and local media say the incident occurred late Saturday at a music concert in Bandung, the capital of West Java Province. It is not clear what caused the stampede of hundreds of concertgoers. Bandung police chief says concert organizers may have distributed alcohol at the event. Police have questioned the organizers.
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Gardening is definitely not a picture-perfect hobby. There are many days spent dealing with powdery mildew, battling against bugs, anguishing over produce stolen by squirrels, and contemplating how on earth I can't just grow a consistent tomato crop. This year, we have been blessed with a classic Indian summer in Colorado, where the shades of yellow and orange have lingered well into the month of November. In fact, I am still growing French breakfast radishes and arugula outside right now! I finally put most of the garden to rest about a week and a half ago, harvesting hot peppers, spinach, Swiss chard, copious amounts of herbs, and some delicate, green tomatoes. Ahhh, green tomatoes. What to do with them? Last year, I tried frying them, yielding excellent results. This year, I canned them and made green tomato relish. It turned those tart, green tomatoes into a spreadable, herbaceous, sweet-and-savory condiment, which I will enjoy well into the cooler months.
My grandmother used to "put up" and preserve, but unfortunately, we never connected on this subject, when she was alive. As a little girl, I didn't have the questions for her that I have right now. In her absence, I simply wing it or consult these books: Food in Jars, Small-Batch Preserving, or Canning for a New Generation. When she didn't can her greenies, she purchased Ritter's Green Tomato Relish, which is, sadly, no longer available. I tried developing a very similar recipe, using the pre-frost green tomatoes from my garden, and the results were beyond satisfying.
Inspired by Linda McDaniel's recipe for "Green Tomato Relish" on allrecipes.com.
In a food processor, coarsely grind tomatoes, onions, and all peppers. Do this in batches, by briskly pulsing.
Place processed tomatoes, onions, and peppers into a colander, lined with cheesecloth. You may also use a fine chinois. Let the tomato mixture drain for one hour.
In a large stockpot, combine the tomato mixture, sugar, vinegar, and remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil and simmer over low heat for five minutes, stirring along the way. Turn off heat, cover, and set aside.
Sterilize 12 eight-ounce jars and lids (or six one-pint jars and lids).
Ladle the mixture into the sterilized jars, leaving 1/2 inch head-space from the top of the jar. Try to release any spaces, bubbles, or air pockets in the jar, by tapping on the lip of the jar with a spoon. Screw on lids.
Place a rack in the bottom of a large canning stockpot and fill with boiling water. Make sure that the water line will cover the jars by at least two inches. Place the filled jars into the stock pot, leaving about two inches of space between each jar. I was able to process four of these jars at a time, since they were so wide.
Bring the water to a boil, cover, and process for 30 minutes.
Remove the jars from the boiling water and set on a heat-proof surface a few inches apart. Let cool. You might hear a "pop", once the contents have sealed. Once cool, tap the top of each lid, making sure that the seal is tight.
The relish is ready to enjoy, but try waiting at least two weeks, so that the flavors have sufficient time to integrate. Store the relish for up to one year.
Cheers to a beautiful and memorable fall! Canning and preserving are simple and engaging ways to capture the season's last push of goodness. I am excited to start some infused vodkas this week, to incorporate into some holiday cocktails! Until then, go rake some leaves, make some cider, or pickle something!
Wonderful recipe and tutorial, thanks!


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Another Possible Mad Cow in U.S.
Prepared Foods November 22, 2004 enewsletter
The Agriculture Department said that additional checks were needed after an initial screening proved inconclusive for Mad Cow Disease in a single animal. The announcement raised fears that the U.S. might have its second case of the fatal brain-wasting disease and rattled the cattle industry, meat companies and hamburger restaurant chains.
Mad cow disease, bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), attacks an animal's nervous system. People who eat food contaminated with BSE can contract a rare disease that is nearly always fatal -- variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
"The inconclusive result does not mean we have found another case of BSE in this country," said Andrea Morgan, associate deputy administrator of the department's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
She said the department "remains confident in the safety of the U.S. beef supply."
The "inconclusive result" was the same term the agency used in June when two potential cases turned out to be false alarms.
Industry and consumer groups emphasized that the test results were preliminary and that no part of the animal in question had entered the food or feed chain.
Jan Lyons, a Kansas cattle producer who is the president of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association, said the test result "is simply one step in the process," and that a tissue sample was being tested at a national agricultural laboratory in Ames, Iowa.
"We can't assume at this point that this `inconclusive' represents a positive case," Lyons said.
The Consumer Federation of America suggested that the inconclusive label was misleading and that the government should have reported the findings as a "preliminary positive test."
Still, federation official Carol Tucker said, the announcement should not alarm consumers.
In the only confirmed U.S. case, a Canadian-born Holstein was found to have been infected in Washington state last December. More than 40 countries cut off imports of U.S. beef, and more than 700 additional cattle in Washington state, Oregon and Idaho were killed as a precaution.
Ranches and businesses dependent on beef are still feeling financial effects from that episode. The most-recent announcement sent cattle prices tumbling. Shares of McDonald's, Wendy's and other restaurant chains that feature hamburgers slumped, as did those of U.S. meat producers such as Tyson Foods Inc.
The government gave no information about the location or origin of the slaughtered animal, and the announcement led to a flurry of assertions by state agriculture officials that the animal did not come from their states.
The department said in a statement that information about the animal and origin would be released only if the tests come back positive. "These tests cast a very wide net, and many end up negative during further testing," the statement said.
The agency says it has performed rapid screening tests on over 113,000 cattle since an enhanced surveillance program began June 1 on cattle considered at high risk for BSE.
Alisa Harrison, a department spokeswoman, said the animal in question was one of these high-risk animals. This group includes animals that died on the farm, have trouble walking or showed signs of nerve damage.
The announcement comes less than a month after U.S. negotiators reached tentative agreements with both Japan and Taiwan to resume U.S. beef and beef product shipments.
Morgan told reporters that she did not anticipate the announcement would undermine those negotiations because of safeguards already in place and "measures that we have already taken to date."
Exports represent about $3.8 billion of America's $40 billion a year beef industry.
The American Meat Institute (AMI) assured that U.S. beef is safe and consumers need not worry about news of a new "inconclusive" test result for BSE.
"Inconclusive test results are just what they sound like -- inconclusive," said AMI president J. Patrick Boyle. "Regardless of the outcome of this test result, U.S. beef is safe."
Boyle urged consumers and the media to remember that:
-- If this test result is positive, consumers need not worry, because the infective agent has never been detected in beef -- only in parts of the animal that are removed and not permitted to be sold for human consumption.
-- In addition, consumers may be reassured to know that USDA announced that beef from this animal was not released into commerce.
-- The U.S. took proactive measures more than a decade before a single case was detected in an imported cow in 2003. These measures ensure that any case of BSE will be rapidly detected and contained and the public health will be protected.
-- More than 113,000 high-risk cattle have been tested for BSE since June under USDA's enhanced surveillance program. To date, none have been positive.
"Consumers should have absolute confidence in the U.S. government's ability to respond to this inconclusive test result swiftly and thoroughly," Boyle said. "If the test ultimately is positive, it must be treated as an animal health issue, not a public health concern. In fact, expert scientists say that thanks to U.S. efforts to protect cattle from this disease, the risk that BSE poses to consumers is so low it can scarcely be quantified."
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This avocado pasta sauce is so creamy and delicious. I made this sauce as a healthier alternative to oil-heavy Pesto.
It's loaded with vitamins and healthy fats thanks to the avocado!
This avocado pasta sauce is great because it uses no dairy! All the flavors come straight from the avocado, garlic, and basil without having to add a ton of cheese.
If you want that cheesy, parmesan flavor you would normally get from Pesto you can try adding nutritional yeast. Nutritional yeast is known for having that cheesy flavor while still being vegan. Try it out and let me know how it tastes!
Regular Pesto can be unhealthy. Although it uses olive oil and herbs, the store-bought kind can also have tons of preservatives. Plus, overloading on something so oily isn't always the best choice.
This avocado pasta sauce is the perfect alternative! You can still have Pesto but this is for those times you want something lighter.
I used whole wheat pasta with this sauce but you should also try bean pasta! Bean pasta is more nutritious than wheat pasta and high in fiber and protein. You can get your kids to eat more beans in a pasta form!
You don't even need to use this sauce on just pasta! This avocado pasta sauce would also be good as a dip for veggies and pita chips.
Try this out! It might be your new favorite pesto substitute.
A healthier, vegan alternative to pesto. Creamy and delicious!
Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil and cook the pasta according to the package.
In a food processor, pulse the garlic and basil.
Add the lemon juice, avocado flesh, and 1 tbsp water and process until smooth.
Drain the pasta and place it back in the pot. Stir in the avocado sauce until full incorporated.
Top with your lemon zest, pepper, and extra basil leaves. Enjoy immediately, as avocados tend to turn brown when exposed to air.


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We're officially in the '90s, because crimped hair is back in style
Sammy Nickalls
Updated Jun 03, 2016 @ 3:45 pm
Credit: Instagram / InStylerus
When it comes to fashion, no trend is ever *truly* dead — although there are some we wish would die. But when it comes to '90s trends, we are 100% thrilled that so many of them seem to be coming back two decades later. From berry lips to choker necklaces to Doc Martens, we've seen a ton of our favorite trends from our youth come back strong as ever. And now, a major hair trend seems to be returning that reminds us of '90s birthday parties at the roller rink: CRIMPED HAIR, GUYS.
Of course, crimped hair isn't *solely* a '90s trend; it's been prominent in the '80s and before. But we can't help but think of crimped hair paired with choker necklaces when we take a gander at Instagram — or even fashionistas on the street — and see that crimped style we all remember oh so fondly, with a modern twist.
LOOK HOW BEAUTIFUL, OMG.
It just looks so chic!
Plus, it's a great look for a festival with a lovely lil flower crown.
There are *so* many possibilities with crimped hair, and we're oh so happy it's back.
It looks even more rad with the recent rainbow hair colors of the 2010s.
Dust off your old hair crimper, because crimped hair is officially back. (Or buy one here. You're welcome.)


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Born in Maidstone in 1946. Family moved to Reading in 1947. First moved to Earley 1951. Educated at St Peters C of E, Earley. Sent to St Bartholomews Grammar school after passing 11plus. Understands bussing to school - Newbury. Parents and family moved to Sonning in 1958. David left home to get married in 1971 - lived in Bracknell until 1976, then moved to his present home in Luckmore Drive. Children both educated in Earley (St Peters and Maiden Erlegh). David is now retired, winding down after nearly 50 years of work. He is an Earley Councillor, first elected in 1991. A life member of Wokingham hockey club - finally retired after 41 seasons. Interests include Bridge, a little golf, charity fund raising, bird watching, walking and reading. Politics is part of my life - a chance to serve the community - it is not the most important, my family holds that place. Should I be in a position to help - with advice - I will, otherwise I will try to find out who can assist. In politics Earley is first, I will always be 2nd.