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"He's not a robot. He's a real, live goat," Hartman, the intentional senior minister for the church, told the children at one point as they huddled around one of the animals.
The two small four-legged guests — named Ava and Mamie and both six months old from a farm in Ledgeview — were on display at the church for its annual Heifer Living Gift Market.
Union Congregational UCC, near downtown Green Bay at 716 S. Madison St., is in its 19th year of supporting Heifer International.
The mission of the 70-year-old nonprofit humanitarian organization based in Little Rock, Ark., is to create sustainable living for impoverished families throughout the world. More than 105 million people in 125-plus countries, including the United States, have benefited from the distinctive fundraising by Heifer International and its partner congregations.
"'Pass on the Gift' is one of their tenets," said Lynne Lyman, who chairs the Heifer initiative at Union Congregational with Jean Smithback.
As an alternative to conventional gift giving, donors make financial contributions to the Heifer cause by sponsoring farm animals, honeybees and tree seedlings.
The livestock and other entities are allocated by Heifer International to communities afflicted by hunger and poverty. Agricultural training in the handling of the animals and other gifts by the recipients is provided with an aim of fostering self-reliance for the family as it gleans resources such as milk from donated cows and goats, eggs from the supplied chickens and wool from the bestowed llamas and alpacas.
"Heifer never goes anywhere they're not invited," Lyman said. "They have to be invited somewhere first. And, they spend a lot of time training the individuals with the care of their animals — actually, whole classes of people. And, that class chooses who is the first person to receive an animal from that training, and (the recipients) promise that they pass on the gifts. So, the first female offspring of their animal is passed on to another person in that educational group."
The pay-it-forward aspect of the Heifer International program empowers a struggling community as neighbors feed off one another in acquiring skills of animal husbandry and land management while feeding their own.
"(It's) helping a community develop a dairy, when they give cows to a community," Smithback said.
Organizers said the fundraising for Heifer International is the largest act of outreach at Union Congregational UCC.
The church hosted the Heifer Living Gift Market in conjunction with its weekly after-service fellowship upstairs from the sanctuary in Pilgrim Hall. Parishioners had an opportunity to browse informational tables for each of the gift items, including material on pigs, sheep and water buffalo.
A visit from a live animal — such as the goats or, in previous years, a calf or an alpaca — or even contained honeybees is typically part of the Heifer Living Gift Market.
"Through Heifer, not only way do we say we want to help people, but we're able to make a difference in people's lives," Hartman told the congregation at the worship service Sunday. "The goats remind us and help us know."
Donations could be made at a check-out at the gift market. Heifer International has set prices for the sponsorship of a full animal — for example, $500 for a cow; $120 for a goat, sheep or pig; $60 for three rabbits — and for a share of one, ranging from $10 to $50.
Each $5,000 raised constitutes a Heifer Gift Ark. The Green Bay church has been honored frequently by Heifer International for funding one to three arks on a nearly annual basis.
"Sponsoring an animal is kind of what makes it appealing," Smithback said.
She added that donations to the Heifer International project can be made any time of the year.
"There are gift cards, so (donors) can give a share or an animal in honor of someone," Smithback said. "If you have someone who doesn't need anything for Christmas, you can do something like that."
For information on contributing to Heifer International through Union Congregational United Church of Christ, call the church at (920) 437-9266 or send email to office@unionucc.com.
— tmcmaho2@greenbay.gannett.com and follow him on Twitter @ToddMcMahon23


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Benefits of Hard-Boiled Eggs
Written by Kevin Rail; Updated November 27, 2018
1 Are Eggs OK if You Exercise?
2 Reasons to Eat Eggs
3 The Antioxidant Vitamin Lutein for the Eyes
4 The Nutrients in Jumbo Eggs
Optimal health is highly dependent on the food you put in your body. A diet high in processed and refined foods will have a negative impact on your mental and physical well-being. Hard boiled eggs fit well in a diet plan because of their generous nutrient content. These oval-shaped foods might be small, but they bring a lot of benefits to the table.
Muscle is built when you push or pull a resistance through a range of motion for a series of repetitions. Tiny microfibers of muscle break down, heal and get bigger and stronger. Protein is a pivotal macronutrient that makes this series of events occur optimally. It is comprised of compounds called amino acids. Foods that have all nine of the essential amino acids present are called complete proteins. You will also hear these referred to as quality proteins. Eggs are complete proteins, which makes them beneficial for muscle building. A single large hard-boiled egg contains about 6.5 grams of protein. The average person should aim for .4 grams per pound of body weight a day, but athletes should consume .4 to .8 grams. Since eggs are fast-digesting forms of protein, eat them in a post-workout meal.
Improved Eyesight
Lutein is a substance found in eggs and leafy green vegetables. This antioxidant is beneficial for strengthening the retina of the eye and reducing the risk for macular degeneration -- an age-related condition that causes the center line of vision to slowly deteriorate. According to the United States Department of Agriculture, the lutein found in eggs is more readily absorbed than from any other source. Chop up a hard-boiled egg and add it to a spinach salad for a hefty dose of lutein.
Stronger Bones
Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin that gets produced naturally when you are exposed to sunlight. Certain foods, such as eggs, also contain vitamin D. This vitamin is needed for bone strength, especially with older women who are prone to osteoporosis. A large hard-boiled egg contains 10 percent of the daily recommended value of vitamin D. Pair a hard-boiled egg with cheese or a glass of milk in a meal. Diary products contain calcium, which also helps strengthen bones, and is absorbed with the help of vitamin D.
Eggs contain a high amount of a substance called choline. According to the Dr. Oz website, choline helps reduce inflammation in the brain, which is commonly associated with Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer's is an age-related condition that comes with impaired thought processing, poor memory and erratic behavior. Make sure to eat the yolk of the egg because that is where the choline is found.
Convenient Snacks
Snacks between meals have distinct advantages when you are trying to lose or maintain weight. They take the edge off your hunger, which leaves you feeling satisfied, and they also prevent you from overeating at your next meal. Hard-boiled eggs are small, compact snack options that easily fit in a cooler or refrigerator. Take them to work or on the road, and eat one when you start feeling hungry.
Eggs contain a high amount of cholesterol, which is often a concern for people trying to avoid heart disease. A large egg has over 50 percent of the recommended daily intake. MayoClinic.com notes that eating four whole eggs a week or less has not been shown to raise the risk of heart disease risk. If you have been told by your doctor to lower your intake, eat the whites of the eggs only.
USDA.gov: Nutrient Data for 01129, Egg, Whole, Cooked, Hard-Boiled
Iowa State University: University Extension: Protein
USDA Agricultural Research Center: Absorbing News About Eggs and Lutein
Office of Dietary Supplements: Vitamin D
The Dr. Oz Show: Dr. Oz's Top 10 Daily Essentials
MayoClinic.com: High Cholesterol
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Dr Reshmi Kazi is Associate Fellow in the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses. She specialises in nuclear security, nuclear non-proliferation, and nuclear disarmament studies. Her doctoral thesis is on "Evolution of India's Nuclear Doctrine: A Study of Political, Economic and Technological Dimensions" from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She has written extensively on nuclear security issues and made several presentations including a paper on Nuclear Terrorism and UN Resolution 1540: A South Asian Perspective at the UN Headquarters, New York. Her publications includes monograph on Nuclear Terrorism: The New Terror of the 21st Century (2013); Global Centre for Nuclear Energy Partnership: India's Gift Basket of Nuclear Security in Asian Strategic Review 2015: India as a Security Provider; Nuclear Security in Asia: Problems and Challenges in Strategic Analyses, 39 (4), 2015. She is an alumni of National Defense University's Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Study and a Visiting Fellow (Summer 2016) for the South Asia programme in the Stimson Center, Washington DC. Her aim is to research and publish on critical areas pertaining to nuclear issues that can contribute to future policy making.


WASHINGTON (JTA) — It would be a mistake to count out anti-Semitism as a driver of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel, Sen. Bernie Sanders said.
"I think there is some of that, absolutely," Sanders, I-Vt., said Monday evening on MSNBC after being asked if he would link BDS to anti-Semitism like his rival for the Democratic presidential nod, Hillary Clinton.
In the interview Sanders, who is Jewish, repeated some of the expansions on his Israel views that he delivered earlier in the day in a foreign policy speech. He said the United States needed to be more even-handed in how it dealt with Israel and the Palestinians, and singled out for criticism Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Sanders was the only presidential candidate not to address this week's annual American Israel Public Affairs Committee Conference in Washington, D.C. He was traveling in Western states ahead of primaries this week, where he hopes to narrow Clinton's delegate lead. He offered to deliver a speech via video link, but AIPAC declined, although it has hosted remote speeches by presidential candidates in the past.


TOOELE, Utah—Sarah Cattaneo and Owen Trinkler gave RSR Motorsports their third consecutive podium in the Street Tuner class during Saturday's GRAND-AM Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge finale at Miller Motorsports Park. The duo drove the No. 198 RSR Motorsports MINI Cooper S to second place.
The podium caps a phenomenal end to the 2010 season, coming on the heels of back-to-back wins at New Jersey Motorsports Park and Trois-Rivieres. The team also earned third place at Homestead-Miami Speedway in March, giving them a total of four podiums.
Cattaneo qualified fourth in the No. 198 RSR MINI Cooper S and held down that spot during her stint. Trinkler took over, and with half an hour remaining in the 2.5-hour race, he worked his way to second. He remained there until the checkered flag.
Smalley and BJ Zacharias finished 13th in the No. 196 MINI Cooper S. Smalley was hit by a competitor early in the race, but the crew quickly repaired the right front damage and sent Zacharias out to continue the charge.
VJ Mirzayan and Dicky Riegel co-drove the No. 197 RSR Motorsports MINI Cooper S to 14th. Riegel, who had never visited Miller Motorsports Park prior to the race, was full of praise for both his co-driver and team.
Fans who didn't get to see RSR Motorsports finish second at the season finale can catch the broadcast on SPEED. The race airs at 9:00 p.m. ET on Saturday, September 18.


The discovery this week of a handwritten list of mental health patients at the Gainesville VA hospital sparked immediate scrutiny.
GAINESVILLE - With recent reports of alleged secret waiting lists at VA hospitals around the U.S., the discovery this week of a handwritten list of mental health patients at the Gainesville VA hospital sparked immediate scrutiny.
Three mental health administrators locally were put on administrative leave after Department of Veterans Affairs officials learned of the waiting list of more than 200 patients during a visit Tuesday to the Malcom Randall VA Medical Center in Gainesville.
Thomas Wisnieski, director of the North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System, has told The Sun he didn't know about the paper list before it was found Tuesday. While the list didn't comply with VA protocol, he said it wasn't a secret waiting list like those being reported elsewhere.
The paper waiting list for mental health patients, which he termed a patient recall appointment list, included the names of established patients who needed follow-up appointments, he said.
Clerks handling these appointments weren't able to schedule them more than 120 days out through the VA's electronic scheduling system — an issue the agency is looking into — and were writing them down on this list instead, Wisnieski said.
Wisnieski's staff is continuing to work through the list to ensure that the patients on it received appointments, and he said Friday that many of the patients they have checked already have had follow-ups.
Falsified records and other troubles have been reported at various VA hospitals, including allegations that some veterans placed on a secret waiting list at the VA Health Care system in Phoenix died while they were awaiting appointments.
These secret waiting lists were intended to hide delays, according to published reports, and might have even been used to allow management executives to score bonuses involving shorter wait times.
Wisnieski said he is assembling a team that will review the situation at the Gainesville VA hospital.
The administrators placed on paid leave — administrative officer Karen Chin, chief psychiatrist Dr. Rajiv Tandon and Peter Durand, the chief of the mental health service call line — will remain on leave until either the review is complete or he receives information that warrants their return to work, Wisnieski said.
Wisnieski told The Sun he has offered amnesty to employees who come forward with other "inappropriate" lists like the one that was found. To his knowledge, he said, no one has come forward with a similar list, but some employees have been asking whether certain lists they had were OK.
It is his understanding that employees can have a handwritten list as long as patients also have been scheduled into the electronic scheduling system, he said.
Muriel Newman, union president for the local chapter of the American Federation of Government Employees, spoke positively Friday of the actions Wisnieski has taken so far.
"We fully support his actions once he found out about the list — the steps he has taken — because he's acted. He has suspended people," she said. "He hasn't done anything to the bargaining-unit employees."
Wisnieski has put the responsibility for this situation squarely on management's shoulders, she said, and it should remain there.
U.S. Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Gainesville, said Friday an investigation into the waiting list found in Gainesville should be done before anyone has a knee-jerk reaction to it.
"But more importantly, we need to fix that system so our young men and women don't wait," he said of the VA system.
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, also a Republican, issued a statement in which he said he was troubled by the new reports about the Gainesville VA hospital.
"Earlier this week, I asked VA Secretary Shinseki for all information regarding secret VA waiting lists in Florida and Biloxi, MS. I don't want to wait until everything is ready. I want to see what is available now, starting with Gainesville," he stated in a news release.
"It also highlights the need to bring real accountability to the VA. From problems in Phoenix to Miami and now potentially Gainesville too, we've seen plenty of finger-pointing and excuses, but no one actually being fired for incompetence and negligence in the performance of their duties," Rubio stated.
Kurt Morauer, a local member of the American Legion Riders who also goes by "Papa Bear," said once an investigation is completed, he thinks it will be questionable how secret the Gainesville VA's waiting list was. Instead, he said it is likely indicative of a systemic problem facing the VA system as a whole.
Morauer said he has known too many veterans who wait a year or more to get their treatments.
"Administration and paperwork in the VA is notoriously awful," he said. "It's a huge bureaucracy. You know, it's government."
Richard Pinks, a veteran who said he has received mental health care at the Gainesville VA hospital for some time, said he doesn't think it really could have been a secret waiting list.
"I just can't believe that anything like that is true," he said. "They've gone out of their way to treat me like I was a general rather than a corporal."


Please support Team "Business Casual Monday" as we take on one of the toughest challenges of our lives. We are supporting NextStep's "Move for Others" global initiative as we take on the Las Vegas Tough Mudder on April 13th.
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Nigella is a great name for a turkey. I'm sure she'll be tasty.
Major strategy for diffusing stress: don't feel obligated to do anything you don't want to do just because you are "supposed" to, its supposed to be fun.
T-Day dinner is going to be roast chicken and veg with suffing. And some kind of dessert. That's it. And we'll go out to the radio station we volunteer at and sub a shift (www.wxdu.org, 2-6 EST in case you are curious).
I am going to get in some good exercise on turkey day with a 4 miles run. I do struggle when I go down to my sister's house for Thanksgiving. There is just so much food and it is food that I really only eat on the holiday. I just try not to get so stuffed that I am uncomfortable. I will take seconds on those things I truly love, but try to not do a bunch of nut and cracker snacking before eating dinner.
For the first time in my 38 years of marriage, my parents are coming to my house for Thanksgiving. My mother volunteered to bring the dressing (she makes a killer cornbread kind, yum!) and we (Mr. Stellans and I) are doing the rest. The rest includes my family favorites not necessarily those I grew up with; we're having fresh fruit salad, sweet potato casserole, green beans, turkey (spatchcocked and grilled), cranberry sauce, Parker House rolls, and a humongous relish/crudité tray. Believe it or not, that isn't quite half of what my mother used to put on!
Mr. Stellans will do the turkey on Thursday, and like you and Rob, we're putting together all the sides on Wednesday, ready for cooking.


This collection of seven spoof movie posters, featuring upcoming Dreamcast titles was produced specially for the event and plastered on the walls of the theatre. They really are quite cool, the Space Channel 5 and Shenmue ones in particular have a certain retro charm about them. The good news is, the whole collection is now up for sale on eBay, having been snagged at the event and then stored away in a cardboard tube for the last 15 years. The starting price is £200 - a little too much for my pocket - but these really are a unique piece of Dreamcast lore and would look outstanding hanging on the wall of any Dreamcast fan's games room.
Auction here. Source for other images is here. If you were at the event or have any other interesting merchandise from it, please let us know in the comments or get in touch via the 'contact' tab at the top of the page.


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On Cancer
Why KRAS Inhibitors for Lung Cancer Stop Working (and What Can Be Done about It)
By Matthew Tontonoz Wednesday, January 8, 2020
This image shows KRAS-mutated lung cancer cells. Credit: National Institutes of Health
Scientists at Memorial Sloan Kettering have discovered why certain drugs used to treat lung cancer are only partially effective. The findings point to combination therapies that might overcome this limitation.
Among cancer biologists, finding a drug that can target KRAS proteins has been considered the Holy Grail.
KRAS is one of the most commonly mutated proteins in cancer but until recently was thought to be essentially undruggable — its nearly spherical shape makes it a slippery target. But in the last few years, scientists have found ways to block the action of one particular version of mutated KRAS, called KRAS G12C. The protein cycles between an "on" and "off" form, creating subtle shape changes that enable drugs called KRAS G12C inhibitors to bind to and disable it. These drugs, which are now in phase I clinical testing, have shown great promise for people with lung cancer, but their benefits are partial: Tumors shrink incompletely and in only a subset of patients.
A new study from scientists at Memorial Sloan Kettering, published online on January 8 in Nature, has identified a mechanism for this pattern of response — and suggests ways to circumvent it.
KRAS is one of the most commonly mutated proteins in cancer but until recently was thought to be essentially undruggable.
According to Piro Lito, a physician-scientist in the Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program and the corresponding author on the paper, treating cancer cells growing in a dish with these inhibitors causes cells to produce new KRAS G12C protein. Some of the newly synthesized protein takes on a shape that is insensitive to the drug, which in turn enables some cells within the population to escape its effects. By comparison, cells in which the new protein remains in a drug-sensitive state continue to be inhibited by the treatment.
Dr. Lito and his colleagues found that this adaptive response can be minimized by adding a second drug that helps keep the new KRAS G12C protein in the druggable state. Clinical trials of such combinations are set to begin in early 2020.
From the Lab to Clinic in Record Time
MSK has played a key role both in the preclinical and early clinical development of KRAS G12C inhibitors. In a 2016 paper published in Science, Dr. Lito and his colleagues described the mechanism of action by which KRAS G12C inhibitors inactivate the mutant protein. From there, it was a quick journey to the clinic.
"These drugs target only mutant KRAS G12C and spare wild-type KRAS," says Yulei Zhao, a postdoctoral fellow in the Lito lab and a co-first author on the new paper. "For that reason, they are likely to have minimal toxicity."
New Lung Cancer Therapy May Target Previously Untreatable Tumors
Researchers are developing uses for a drug that could benefit many people with lung cancer.
The study's novel findings were enabled, in part, by a technique called single-cell RNA sequencing, which allowed the researchers to measure the drug responses of thousands of individual cells simultaneously. From these data, they were able to determine that some cells remained inhibited by the drug, whereas others rapidly adapted to treatment; this was crucial to determining the mechanism of adaptation.
"If we had used bulk analysis approaches, we would have seen only the average effect of treatment across the population," says Jenny Xue, a Tri-I MD/PhD student in the Lito lab and the paper's other first author. "The complexity of this adaptive process at the level of individual cells would have been masked."
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Immediate Clinical Implications
A number of KRAS G12C inhibitor trials are now accruing patients at MSK. These trials are led by Gregory Riely in the Thoracic Oncology Service and Bob Li in the Early Drug Development Service, in collaboration with Dr. Lito.
"Our study helps us better understand how cancer cells adapt and tolerate treatment and in identifying combinations therapies that can improve outcomes in patients," Dr. Lito says.
This work was supported in part by the National Institutes of Health and the National Cancer Institute (grants 1R01CA23074501, 1R01CA23026701A1, K08CA191082-01A1, and 1F30CA232549-01), the Pew Charitable Trusts, the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation, and the American Lung Association. Dr. Lito has not received honoraria, consultation fees, stock options, or travel reimbursement from any company.
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October 4, 2018 By Jason Taylor
Top Stories: A 2.1 magnitude earthquake shook near southeast Missouri's Marston last evening. The United States Geological Survey says the tremor was centered about 23 miles from Sikeston just before 7 pm. And the son of the founder of the popular southwest Missouri restaurant Lambert's Cafe has pleaded not guilty to child sex trafficking. Fifty-year-old Benjamin Lambert is accused of paying two children to participate in a sex act and for filming sexual contact involving the two children.
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Raphael Eduard Liesegang (ur. 1 listopada 1869 w Elberfeld, zm. 13 listopada 1947 w Bad Homburg vor der Höhe) – niemiecki chemik. Zajmował się chemią koloidów i był odkrywcą zjawiska, znanego dziś jako pierścienie Lieseganga.

Bibliografia
 Claus Priesner: Liesegang, Raphael. W: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). Bd. 14, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1985, s. 538

Niemieccy chemicy
Urodzeni w 1869
Zmarli w 1947

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This is not one of my more favorite periods of Dylan tour history. It never seemed to me that Dylan and the Dead were able to compliment each other. This is just another stop along the tour. Nothing special. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35, Ballad Of A Thin Man, and Highway 61 Revisited are omitted to allow the show to fit onto one disc. Queen Jane is not listed on the package, but appears out of order on the end of the disc. It is a show highlight, however, this is the version that was released on the official Dylan And The Dead. Dylan sings most of the songs as if he is a caricature of himself.. There is little emotion or feeling throughout the entire performance. It's All Over Now Baby Blue, and a funky Tangled Up In Blue are the other highlights. The songs are edited to fade in and out. It seems to be a soundboard, but is such a high generation that it doesn't matter. Most audience tapes sound much cleaner. The two inserts are printed on the thinnest semi gloss paper imaginable. Don't waste your money on this one unless you're a completeist. Instead, opt for the entire show on the disc entitled Live Vol 2 Unauthorised.


SPOUSES VIRGILIO AND DIGNA ANASTACIO-CALINA, Petitioners, v. DEVELOPMENT BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.
Before the Court is a Petition for Review on Certiorari filed under Rule 45 of the Revised Rules of Court. Petitioner spouses VIRGILIO AND DIGNA ANASTACIO-CALINA (Spouses Calina) seek to reverse the decision1 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CV No. 570655, which set aside the decision of the trial court dated October 14, 1996.
On July 16, 1975, the Spouses Calina and respondent DEVELOPMENT BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES (DBP) entered into an agricultural (deep-sea fishing) loan agreement, whereby respondent lent to petitioners the amount of P1,356,000.00.
2. Borrower shall put up out of his own funds the amount of P614,658.00 (P339,258.00 for fixed cost and P275,400.00 for operating cost) representing his counterpart of total project costs to be financed. Borrower shall show proof of the availability of the amount of P275,400.00 required for operating cost before initial release of the loan.
3. Borrower shall avail of the proceeds of the loan within a period of six (6) months from date of perfection of documents for the loan.
5. This loan shall be secured by chattel mortgage on one (1) unit "Purse Seine" type fishing boat, complete with engine and accessories, including purse seine nets.
10. That should the borrower fail to avail of the loan or any balance thereof within the said period and should he request for the extension thereof, he shall thereby be obligated to pay thereafter a commitment fee of - of 1% per month on the unreleased proceeds of the loan until the same are fully released or cancelled upon written request of the borrower. This provision is, however, without prejudice to the right of the Bank to cancel the loan, recover such amounts as may have been already released therefrom and/or avail of the remedies provided for in the promissory note and mortgage contract or alternatively, the ordinary remedies in law should the delays in the borrower's availing of the proceeds of the loan constitute a violation of the promissory note and mortgage contract in accordance with the provisions thereof, and/or impair the security position of the Bank.
11. That the Bank reserves the right to reduce or stop releases/advances if after inspection and verification the accomplishment in the financed project does not justify giving full amount, or if the conditions of the project do not show improvements commensurate with the amounts already advanced/released. In such an event or in the event of abandonment of the project, all advances/releases made shall automatically become due and demandable and the Bank shall take such legal steps as are necessary to protect its interest.
17. That the fishing vessel to be mortgaged in favor of DBP shall be covered by an "all risk" insurance policy. In the event that any of the fishing vessel(s) become uninsurable the borrower shall reduce the outstanding balance of the loan to the loan value of the remaining acceptable securities.
c. A performance bond equivalent to 80% of hull cost to guarantee that the fishing vessel shall be constructed in accordance with the plan approved by the said Commission, within one (1) year from date of first release of loan, said performance bond to be cancelled only upon completion of the vessel and presentation to the DBP of a Certificate of Admeasurement and Safety issued by said Commission for the vessel.
Pursuant to the conditions set by the Deed of Undertaking, on July 31, 1975, Towers Assurance Corporation, acting as surety for petitioners, executed a Performance Bond for the amount of P319,085.60.
In August 1975, using the first release of the loan from DBP and their own funds to pay for materials and labor costs, the Spouses Calina commenced the construction of a fishing boat on a beach in Panakan, Palawan.5 In September 1975, the second release of the loan was given to petitioners by DBP. Petitioners used 95% of this amount to purchase one unit of a Cummins Marine Diesel Engine. Prior to installation in the fishing boat, the engine was placed in storage. On September 25, 1975, the third release of the loan was given to purchase other equipment. At this point, DBP had already released P451,589.80 to petitioners.
In December 1975, petitioners requested DBP to conduct its inspection of the partially completed keel of the fishing boat. However, the inspectors of DBP were unavailable and failed to visit the construction site.
In the last week of January 1976, typhoon Asyang hit Palawan, and totally destroyed the fishing boat under construction. All materials were washed out to sea.
On January 26, 1978, petitioner Virgilio Calina informed the DBP of his decision to abandon the project.6 He requested the DBP to grant him 60 days within which to sell the Cummins Marine Diesel Engine and out of the proceeds thereof, pay all his obligations to DBP.
On December 11, 1980, DBP filed a complaint for sum of money, with a prayer for the issuance of a writ of preliminary attachment for the Cummins Marine Diesel Engine, against the Spouses Calina and Towers Assurance Corporation. Defendant Towers Assurance Corporation raised the defenses of laches and of the fact that the surety bond was never exposed to any risk, as the amount of the debt was used for the purchase of the Cummins Marine Diesel Engine, and not for the purpose of constructing the fishing vessel.8 The Spouses Calina filed their Answer with Counterclaim9 for payment of damages on August 14, 1981. On October 20, 1981, the court issued the writ of attachment against the Cummins Marine Diesel Engine.
In a bid to settle their financial obligations to DBP, petitioners sought buyers for the Cummins Marine Diesel Engine by advertising in several newspapers. On September 17, 1984, Pacific Power and Process Corporation offered to buy the Cummins Marine Diesel Engine for P600,000.00.10 On October 29, 1984, petitioners requested11 the DBP to signify its conformity to the sale. The DBP refused, and decided to sell the engine at public auction. The auction was held on March 8, 1985, but no bids were made for the engine. On August 26, 1985, DBP wrote petitioners a letter,12 finally agreeing to the sale of the engine for P600,000.00, and the payment of the proceeds thereof as settlement for their agricultural (deep-sea fishing) loan. DBP also agreed to condone any penalty charges and interest on past due interest computed up to the date of payment of the said amount.
Unfortunately, the petitioners' buyer had already lost interest.13 They tried to find other buyers but to no avail. Thus, the Cummins Marine Diesel Engine remained unsold.
In the course of the trial, the parties finally came to an agreement for the disposition of the engine. On August 28, 1989, they filed a Joint Motion to Lift the Writ of Attachment so that they could sell the engine pending litigation and apply the proceeds of the sale to the payment of the Spouses Calina's outstanding account with DBP, "without prejudice to whatever negotiation and agreements that the parties may enter into to settle the case amicably in the event the sales proceeds of the Cummins Marine Diesel Engine is not sufficient to pay off the total obligation."14 The trial court granted the motion.
On February 3, 1992, the engine was sold for the sum of P550,000.00, and the amount was applied to the loan. The parties, however, could not agree whether the total amount of the loan had been fully settled, hence the trial continued.
The Court finds that the CALINA (sic) received from DBP only the amount of P451,589.80 of the agreed P1,356,000.00 loan, and this amount was used to purchase the subject Cummins Engine. The non-completion of the vessel was caused by fortuitous event which affected both parties that the DBP novated the contract when it agreed to condone the interest and penalties but was revoked by the failure of CALINA to pay the amount of P600,000.00. However, the Court finds that the subsequent agreement of both parties to sell the subject Engine for P550,000.00 is considered by the Court as substantial compliance of the novated contract for the DBP to condone the interests and penalties, and is in fact more than sufficient to offset the loan of P451,589.80 after condonation of the interest and penalties.
On the above findings, the Court concludes that, based on the subsequent novation of the contract after the project was discontinued due to fortuitous event, and with the proceeds of the mutually agreed sale of the subject Cummins Engine absorbed by the DBP, the loan obligation is considered as settled and/or fully paid.
4. The court a quo gravely erred is (sic) not ordering the defendants-appellees Spouses Virgilio G. Calina and Digna Anastacio to pay DBP the remaining balance of their loan obligation, plus interest until fully paid, and the pre-agreed attorney's fees.
It was also averred that even if "the DBP through its Board of Governors expressly approved and agreed not only to condone the penalty charges and interest, but also the dismissal of the complaint upon payment of P600,000.00,"17 this issue of novation is already moot as it had been revoked by the petitioners' failure to pay the said amount.
1. The Court of Appeals gravely erred when it required petitioners to pay interest on the advance of P451,589.80 made by DBP, in violation of the Agreement between the parties and without any valid document in support thereof.
2. The Court of Appeals gravely erred when it ruled that there was partial condonation of the interest due, but the said condonation was revoked when petitioners still did not pay the loan despite the reduction in interest.
3. The Court of Appeals seriously erred when it failed to consider and appreciate that what transpired between the parties, after the filing of the complaint in the trial court, was a compromise settlement and not a condonation of interest.
4. The Court of Appeals erred in not holding that the P550,000.00 proceeds in the sale of the Cummins Diesel engine was more than sufficient to off-set the principal loan of P451,589.80.
5. The Court of Appeals gravely erred in awarding 10% attorney's fees despite the absence of bad faith on the part of petitioners, and neither does this case fall under any of the circumstances provided for in Art. 2208 of our Civil Code.
6. In the remote possibility, this Honorable Court is not persuaded by petitioners' argument, it is respectfully submitted that the interest to be awarded should be reckoned from the date of the compromise settlement between the parties, and only on the remaining balance of P50,000.00.
1. The petition raises only questions of fact, and should not be given due course.
2. The Court of Appeals did not err when it ordered petitioners to pay interest on the amount actually received as proceeds of their loan, as the promissory note they executed provides for this. Moreover, as petitioners were in default in the payment of their debt, they are liable to pay additional interest equal to 12% of the entire unpaid obligation as indemnity for damages sustained by the respondent.
3. The petitioners did not challenge the finding of the court a quo that although the DBP novated the contract by agreeing to condone interest and penalties, this condonation was revoked by the petitioners' failure to pay the agreed amount. Therefore, the petitioners could not state as erroneous the decision of the Court of Appeals when it affirmed the aforestated finding of the trial court and not as a compromise settlement. The July 14, 1989 Motion (Exhibit 16) was not connected to DBP's letter dated August 26, 1985 (Exhibit 13).
Since the petitioners raised the defense of novation before the trial court and the Court of Appeals, it is now barred from abandoning this theory and adopting a new one. They can no longer claim that there had been no novation, but that the parties had entered into a compromise agreement.
Respondent never entered into any compromise agreement with petitioners. What it only sought was the trial court's approval to sell the Cummins engine and to partially apply the proceeds thereof to the outstanding obligations of petitioners.
4. The CA did not err in finding that the proceeds from the sale of the Cummins engine was not sufficient to fully offset the petitioners' outstanding obligation to respondent. As of August 18, 1978, petitioners already owed respondent P666,195.55. Petitioners are liable to pay 12% regular interest per annum to the principal obligation (P451,589.80), plus attorney's fees of 10%.
5. In the promissory note and the deed of undertaking, petitioners agreed to pay attorney's fees in case the respondent is forced to engage a lawyer to enforce its right against the petitioners.
6. Because the compromise agreement based on DBP's letter (exhibit 13) did not come to fruition, the amount of petitioners' debt to the respondent cannot be pegged at P600,000.00 only.
We affirm the ruling of the appellate court with modifications.
First, it is a fact that petitioners owe respondent a debt of money. Both parties agree that of the amount stipulated in the promissory note, P451,589.80 had already been given to petitioners by the respondent. When petitioners informed respondent of their intention to desist from continuing the project due to the impossibility of complying with the conditions in the promissory note and deed of undertaking, that immediately rendered due and demandable any amount advanced to them by the respondent. From this time onward, petitioners had the obligation to pay respondent the amount of P451,589.80. On October 3, 1978, pursuant to paragraph 11 of the Deed of Undertaking, the respondent formalized its demand and wrote the petitioners, seeking immediate payment of P666,195.55, representing the amount of petitioners' obligation plus interest from August 18, 1978, excluding daily additional interest.
Second, it is improper for this Court to determine whether there was a compromise agreement entered into by the parties. This Court is not a trier of facts, nor will it disturb the trial court's findings of fact, such findings being, as a rule, binding and conclusive.22 This doctrine admits of only a few exceptions, such as when the findings are grounded entirely on speculation, surmises or conjectures; when an interference made by the appellate court from its factual findings is manifestly mistaken, absurd or impossible; when there is grave abuse of discretion in the appreciation of facts; when the findings of the appellate court go beyond the issues of the case, run contrary to the admissions of the parties to the case or fail to notice certain relevant facts which, if properly considered, will justify a different conclusion; when there is a misappreciation of facts; when the findings of fact are conclusions without mention of the specific evidence on which they are based, are premised on the absence of evidence or are contradicted by evidence on record.23 None of these exceptions are present in the case at bar.
There is no question that petitioners failed to comply with the original terms of the agreement.chanrobles virtual law library It is erroneous for the petitioners to blame the respondent for their failure to comply with their contract. The respondent was well within right when it sought to sell the engine at public auction. Indeed, if the auction succeeded, it would have benefited all the parties concerned, as the engine could have been sold at a much higher price.
We note that throughout the proceedings before the trial court, the appellate court and before this Court, petitioners have not assailed the computation of their debt. Thus, it is settled that as of August 18, 1978, petitioners owed P666,195.55 to the respondent. As of February 3, 1992, petitioners had paid P550,000.00 to the respondent.
We now determine the obligation owed by petitioners to respondent. It is clear that petitioners have to pay P666,195.55, plus 12% interest based on the principal amount of the debt, computed from August 18, 1978 to February 2, 1992. From this sum, the P550,000.00 paid by petitioners must be deducted. The remaining balance, plus 12% interest thereto until the date of full payment, constitute the liability of the petitioners to the respondent.
IN VIEW WHEREOF, the decision of the Court of Appeals is affirmed, with the modification that the petitioners are ordered to pay to respondent the amount of P666,195.55, plus 12% interest computed from August 18, 1978 until February 2, 1992. From this sum, P550,000.00, representing the previous payment of the petitioners, must be deducted. On the remaining balance shall be added the payment of 12% interest, to be computed from February 3, 1992 until full payment.
The award of attorney's fees is deleted.
1 Dated August 27, 2003.
2 Original Records, p. 6.
6 Exhibit "E," id., p. 144.
7 Exhibit "I," id., p. 148.
10 Exhibit "7," Original Records, Vol. II, pp. 535-536.
11 Exhibit "10," id., p. 541.
12 Exhibit "13," id., p. 543.
13 Id., Vol. I, p. 381.
15 The trial court's decision was penned by Judge Fernando V. Gorospe, Jr., rollo, p. 59.
16 CA rollo, pp. 30-36.
19 The decision was written by Associate Justice Sergio L. Pestaño of the 15th Division., id., p. 31.
22 Singson v. Court of Appeals and Cathay Pacific Airways, Inc., 346 Phil. 831 (1997); Alitalia Airways v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 77011, July 24, 1990, 187 SCRA 763, 769-770.
23 Halili v. Court of Appeals, et al., 350 Phil. 906 (1998).
24 Drilon v. Court of Appeals, et al., 336 Phil. 949 (1994), citing Cruz v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 107019, March 20, 1997, 233 SCRA 301; BA Finance Corporation v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 82040, August 27, 1991, 201 SCRA 157; Galicia v. Palo, G.R. No. 99668, November 14, 1989, 179 SCRA 375; Ramos v. Intermediate Appellate Court, G.R. No. 782821, July 5, 1989, 175 SCRA 70; Ganzon v. Court of Appeals, No. L-48757, May 30, 1988, 161 SCRA 641; Dulos Realty and Development Corporation v. Court of Appeals, No. L-76668, January 28, 1988, 157 SCRA 425; Dihiansan, et al. v. Court of Appeals, No. L-49539, September 14, 1987, 153 SCRA 712; Dela Santa v. Court of Appeals, No. L-30560, November 18, 1985, 140 SCRA 44; Soriano v. Philippine National Railways, No. L-43224, August 23, 1978, 84 SCRA 722; Mejorada v. Municipal Council of Dipolog, G.R. No. 107019, March 20, 1997, 52 SCRA 451.
25 New Civil Code, Article 1953.
26 Exhibit "A," rollo, p. 34.
27 Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation, et al. v. Court of Appeals and Goyu & Sons, Inc., G.R. NOS. 128833-34, April 20, 1998, 289 SCRA 292.
28 New Civil Code, Article 1266; House v. De la Costa, 68 Phil. 742 (1939).
29 8 Manresa 355-356; Labayen v. Talisay Silay, 52 Phil. 449 (1928); Castro v. Longa, 89 Phil. 581 (1951); Asia Bed Factory v. National Bed Worker's Union, et al., 100 Phil. 837 (1957); Philippine National Construction Co. v. NLRC, G.R. No. 78603, January 23, 1991, 193 SCRA 401.


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Salme Ekbaum (bis 1941 Salme Neumann, *  in der Gemeinde Aidu, heute Landgemeinde Paistu, Kreis Viljandi, Estland; † 10. September 1995 in Toronto, Kanada) war eine estnische Schriftstellerin und Lyrikerin.

Leben und Werk
Salme Ekbaum wurde wie ihre Schwester, die Lyrikerin Minni Nurme (1917–1994), auf dem Gehöft Kiini in Livland geboren. Bis 1931 besuchte sie das Mädchengymnasium in Viljandi.

Salme Ekbaum schloss 1936 ihr Pharmazie-Studium an der Universität Tartu ab.  Anschließend war sie als Apothekerin in Võhma tätig. Von 1937 bis 1939 unterzog sie sich einem Heilaufenthalt. Sie arbeitete danach in Apotheken in Kuressaare, Karuse und Tartu.

Vor der vorrückenden Roten Armee floh sie 1944 nach Schweden. Ab 1949 war sie Apothekerin in Stockholm. 1949 siedelte sie mit ihrem Mann nach Kanada um.

Salme Ekbaum starb 1995 in Toronto. Sie liegt auf dem Friedhof ihrer Geburtsgemeinde Paistu begraben.

Schriftstellerin
Ekbaum wurde nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg eine der bekanntesten estnischen Exilschriftstellerinnen.

Sie wurde – neben ihrem Prosawerk – besonders für ihre Naturlyrik berühmt. Ihr Nachlass wird heute – wie der ihres Mannes Artur Ekbaum (1903–1976), mit dem sie seit Juni 1941 verheiratet war – vom Tartu Institute in Toronto verwaltet.

Salme Ekbaum war die Tante der estnischen Schriftstellerin Eeva Park.

Werke (Auswahl)
 Valga maja (Roman, 1946)
 Ilmapõllu inimesed (Roman, 1948, englische Übersetzung: Farm in the forest. Göteborg, 1949)
 Indiaani suvel (Gedichtsammlung, 1951)
 Lindprii talu (Roman, 1951)
 Külaliseks on ootus (Roman, 1952)
 Kärestik (Roman, 1955)
 Süteoja (Roman, 1957)
 Õigusenõudja (Roman, 1962)
 Veimevakk (Jugenderinnerungen, 1964)
 Kontvõõras (Roman, 1966)
 Kivi kiljatas aknasse (Gedichtsammlung, 1967)
 Ajatar (Gedichtsammlung, 1968)
 Suitsupääsuke (Drama, 1973)
 Vang, kes põgenes (Roman, 1975)
 Kohtumine lennujaamas (Roman, 1979)
 Talioras (Gedichtsammlung, 1988)
 Õhtu tiiva all (Gedichtsammlung, 1992)

Literatur
 Cornelius Hasselblatt: Geschichte der estnischen Literatur. Berlin, New York 2006 (ISBN 3-11-018025-1), S. 576

Weblinks
 Kurzbiographie (Postimees, 7. Juli 2006)

Einzelnachweise

Este
Literatur (20. Jahrhundert)
Literatur (Estnisch)
Autor
Geboren 1912
Gestorben 1995
Frau


Insurgent is a label applied to a large variety of armed political actors, but all these actors have one need in common: the need to arm their fighters. This paper examines how the manner in which insurgent groups acquire arms affects the likelihood that the group will fragment or cohere over time. Specifically, if an insurgent group has a highly centralized process of arms acquisition, such as direct transfers to insurgent commanders by a third party, the cost of defection for insurgent field commanders will be high. If the cost of defection is high, then a splinter group is less likely to form. To test this hypothesis, this paper deploys a mixed method approach, combining quantitative analyses of the Uppsala Conflict Data and the Minorities at Risk: Organizational Behavior Data with two case studies in the Central African Republic and the Solomon Islands.
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Let's consider the variables associated with a direct mail annual appeal.
Reduce A by sending eAppeals to those households who prefer to be communicated with via eEmail.
Reduce D by automating payment processing, thank yous and receipts.
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A sole trader effectively starts a business without forming a company and is a popular way of starting a new business in the UK. It tends to be particularly common amongst those going into business on their own for the first time. The primary benefit is retaining full control over your business as you are essentially 'your own boss'. Other key advantages include low start-up costs, less statutory obligations, simplified accounting, profit retention and privacy (as there is no requirement to publish accounts). In addition, a sole trader can elect to form a limited company at a later point. In terms of disadvantages, as sole trader businesses are not recognised as separate legal entities, liabilities and debts are personal debts. Other disadvantages include the perception that sole traders are seen as 'higher risk' and a perceived lack of prestige.
A limited company is a separate legal entity, distinct from its shareholders and directors. This means that third parties contract with the 'company' and not individual directors and shareholders and as such it offers the protection of limited liability which means your risk of loss is ordinarily limited to the funds invested in the business. Other benefits include the perception of prestige and permanence that a limited company possesses as this gives customers a sense of confidence as in reality many larger businesses will not deal with an entity that is not a limited company, taxation benefits as corporation tax as opposed to income tax is payable and dividends can be paid to shareholders, greater options when raising new capital through share classes, company name protection and setting up as a limited company provides a strong base on which to expand and develop. However, on the downside, compliance with the Companies Act 2006 is required on an ongoing basis, company information is on public file and significant costs are involved in complying with administrative and statutory burdens (including the annual filing of returns and accounts).
With an ordinary partnership, no limited liability is available and each partner is effectively liable for the business debts of the partnership (and the Partnership Act 1890 will apply if no partnership agreement is entered into which can have quite severe consequences). Whilst, trading as a partnership may be a beneficial way for two people to set up a company, as the business expands it may be more appropriate to form a limited company to avail of limited liability. Alternatively, a limited liability partnership (LLP) offers its members protection from partnership debts and liabilities and is in effect a hybrid between an ordinary partnership and a limited company. The administrative burden is, however, much greater and registration with Companies House is required, as is the filing of annual accounts and compliance with the Limited Liability Partnership Act 2000.
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Masks are about the face we wear, how we manipulate it, and how it manipulates us. For the most part we live our lives in a trance. Some circumstances summon a brave face while others cause panic and terror. Pleasure morphs into pain and pain into pleasure in the blink of an eye with the two extremes blurring indistinguishably in between. We laugh, we cry, we rage and we lie all with the same facile and flexible face, taking it's polymorphous plasticity for granted until we look in the mirror one day pausing just long enough to consider the riddle of our lives. Who? Who is this stranger?
Life is a theatre of masks. The question is where do faces come from? And where do they go? Is there a center to this seemingly endless procession of characters? When they exit offstage, where do they disappear?
Whatever the answers may be, there is no doubt the show must go on. We have no option but to keep going with the life we have been granted. It becomes a matter of "face" and "not losing face". We can't just walk off stage or quit the game. We would lose face and that is far worse than losing our passport. When we lose our passport other people don't know who we are and we are not allowed to cross national boundaries. Losing face means we don't know who we are and there follows the plunge headlong into an abyss without boundaries.
Masks are a means of exploring the question of identity. They raise the question of identity more profound than ethnicity, culture, race and religion. Masks enable us to reach inside and touch a part of ourselves that is quintessentially human, opening up the possibility of understanding and embracing others who are different from ourselves. We investigate the mystery of 'original face'. What is our original face before our parents were born?
Joining us for the 3rd focus group session for the Out-of-the-Box Curriculum featuring masks were 12 students from Eastern University's Faculty of Fine Arts – Kiruja, Navarani, Vathani, Kajethinithevi, Karthiga, Varaman, Pradeepa, Gnanashakthi, Ilakkiya, Anuja, Sasikaran, Anuja – as well as two friends from St. John's American Mission, Biyoora and Hibakaran. Our translator Madame Rajes Kandiah was accompanied by one of her Tamil language students Michiru Kurumata, a physiotherapist from Japan working with handicapped and elderly people in Batticalao and also one of her senior English students, Hutson. The workshop took place in two sessions on the mornings of August 20th and 23rd.
During the first session participants painted masks prepared at Monkey's Tale by Master Kularaj and his assistant Thevakanthan. They learned how to carve and shape molds out of clay then use these molds to make their own papier mâché masks using old newspaper cut in strips then dipped into a water, flour, and thurusei suspension. At the second session they were introduced to a Garden Path technique of story creation called The Puppet Ladder in which the masks acquire a spine in the form of a stick ladder bound with colorful wool yarn. The ladder acts as an antenna sensitive enough to receive and transmit stories belonging to the masks. In a playful improvised "séance" the masks come to life and speak their truth. What follows are brief accounts of a selection of five such tales reconstructed as best I understood them through the good graces of Madame Kandiah's translation.
Ramiya is a gentle soul who, after things settled down in the years following the war, hoped to get on with life but knew better than to expect too much of her shattered world. The turmoil of those years robbed her of many close friends and relations and left her hurt in places no one could find. She was hospitalized with a mysterious condition that worsened as time passed and finally settled into a state of permanent depression bordering on despair. No one visited her except medical staff. She felt unbearably isolated and alone, unable to recall if she had any kin left anywhere in her ragged world.
One morning she woke up to find a team of doctors assembled around her bed discussing her case as though she didn't exist. The next thing she knew orderlies were helping her pack up and showing her to the door. She found a bus to take her to the town nearest her home as best she remembered of it, a broken-down cadjan hut in the country where her family lived in the backwash of a brackish lagoon. Waiting for that bus she remembered dreams she once had of becoming a nurse. She had always wanted to help others but now she barely could help herself board the bus.
Thoughts of suicide flooded the long sleepless nights and hollow days that followed. Late one afternoon she dragged herself down to the lagoon compelled by an implacable urge to end her life there right there where it began. A crocodile surfaced. His unblinking gaze gave her pause. Maybe it's no better on the other side, she thought. She turned slowly about and walked away in wonderment for, as she turned, she felt a change in her heart and in the way her feet carried her along. She had an invalid mother, a troubled sister and a small brother at home. This is enough, she thought. I will live for them.
Kanthan was born with no legs but a mighty mind and heart. Other than begging he had no way to support himself. Every morning, he dragged himself to the temple lighting lamps and praying to the gods before he began his rounds. He composed songs woven from morning light and flower fresh air, borrowing melodies from the birds to remind people trudging off to work that things could always be worse. Look at me people and give thanks you have legs, he sang. He had a friend with no arms but whose legs work fine, so he sang about him. He had another friend with neither arms nor legs. How does he get by, Kanthan asked the people who had stopped to listen to his song? With a smile, that's how. He has a beautiful smile and a good set of pearly white teeth. And he makes glorious paintings holding a brush in his mouth.
Kanthan sang and people responded with offerings from their meager purse. Sometimes he and his friends worked the street around the temple together. Where did all these arms and legs go, the ones that aren't there anymore? The gods snatched them, the crippled jokers sang, the gods with so many arms and legs dancing up there in the sky wall of the temple. But not just the gods. The war took many arms and legs too, burying them along with the land mines that blew them off in the first place. Not even gods can fix things now. People liked these songs. Their irreverence and vitality somehow replaced what war had stolen from them, so on a good day he and his friends did not so shabby.
For a long time Kanthan tried to get enough money for his sister's wedding. It took him months of effort but finally he hoarded enough away for the dowry. When the big day came his sister took him aside. Listen annan, she said, I don't want you to come to my wedding. OK? Please don't misunderstand me, but everybody knows you're a beggar. You understand, don't you, annan?
Kanthan understood. She didn't want him to deform the wedding photos with his deformity. He was used to being shunned, but not by his little sister whom he always loved in a special way. This was too hard! He found a dark corner in the temple where he could cry without being seen. He sobbed. He raged. He pounded his head against the stone floor till it hurt. Then he laughed at himself and his sore head and prayed for mercy. He went back outside the temple gates, raised his empty hands to the sky and begged for a song from his broken heart. When the song comes – as he knew it would, as it always does – everything else will follow, like sun and moon. That's what he told himself.
Neela was a big fan of Mother Teresa and Malala. She wanted to help the poor just like her heroes. She didn't know where to begin on the long road to sainthood but it was guava season and she thought, well, you got to start somewhere, why not with guavas? She bought a basketful and went around giving them away to poor kids. Everyday she went back to the woman who sold them in the market, refilled her basket, and returned to the poor part of town where she gave them away. The market lady began to get curious and one day asked if Neela had a jam factory. No, I just give them to the street kids, she replied. The woman paused, then tossed a couple more ripe guavas into her basket. She lowered her veil and gave Neela a smile that lifted her to the moon. If it wasn't Malala herself!
She was leaving for London the next day, she said, and invited Neela to accompany her. In London Neela met Malala's cousin, an intense young man with hypnotic eyes named Ameer. She loved his courtly manners and gentle touch but when, out of the blue, he proposed marriage she turned him down flat. Malala couldn't understand Neela's abruptness and felt sorry for Ameer. I want to serve poor woman back home, Neela explained. Nobody else. Then she added with a chuckle, I can get married after that, when I'm a saint. Malala consoled poor heartbroken Ameer but secretly she was pleased. Not many people aspire to sanctity these days, she thought, or even sanity for that matter. She gave Neela airfare to return to Sri Lanka.
Kandeswami worked hard unforgiving land to the bone providing for a beautiful and cunning wife who gave him no pleasure, no children and no quarter when it came to her insatiable domestic demands. She spent all her time and his money going to town and coming back with fine jewelry, Manipuri silk saris and other bonbons from Bombay and Bangalore. Theirs was a mismatch made in heaven, having been decreed astrologically proper by the omniscient seers who oversaw such matters. Kandeswami didn't mind at all because he loved his horrible wife and had from the fateful moment they met. Someday she will come round, he told his friends, but they all knew she never would. Kandeswami was a dupe but a loveable one. He could believe whatever he liked as far as his friends were concerned.
One day his wife, Manusha was her name, got it in her head to open a teashop in the village. Naturally it fell on Kandeswami's shoulders to make this happen. Slaving in the back paddy field provided insufficient funds to open the new shop, so Kandeswami parcelled off a portion of his land and sold it. The teashop opened on an auspicious day and did exceptionally well for a new business, but this was not enough for Manusha. She decided she wanted to expand it into an elegant restaurant called Manusha Mahal, with unusual menus of fresh local food and a select wine and arrack list. It was a big hit once again, and not just with locals. The smart set paraded down from Kandy in peraheras for the weekend all-you-can-eat buffets queuing up at the door under their parasols, sunshine or rain. Success caused Manusha such stress she ended up bonkers and had to be warded in the local psychiatric institute.
Kandeswami was inconsolable. He could not bear to look at the Menusha Mahal without his wife around so he closed it. Termites took over and built a big mud mound inside the main hall, which became the palace of a king cobra. The cobra felt sorry for Kandeswami and told him by way of dreams that he planned to move on after the rainy season and when he did he'd leave something behind for him in the termite mound, something very special, but don't tell your wife, he cautioned the old man.
After eight months in a dismal back ward at Batticaloa general hospital Manusha was discharged. As soon as she walked in the door Kandeswami fell into her arms and unburdened himself. He blurted it all out – everything – including what the king cobra told him in his dreams. Immediately Manusha ordered him to open the shop and dig up the termite mound. There, as predicted, he found a brass urn filled with diamonds, rubies, emeralds and other priceless gems. Manusha didn't waste a moment. She threw all the loot into a suitcase, ordered a limo with suitably armed bodyguard, quite a handsome one at that, and headed for the hills.
Kandeswami girded his loins and returned to what was left of his stricken little paddy field. It was the height of the dry season. The heat was unbearable. Everything was dead or dying by inches. The cobra joined him there for a natter one day in the shade of his little stick hut. It's OK old boy, he said. Looks like the old lady got the gold and you're out in the cold. But, not a bad place to be on a hot day, wouldn't you say?
"Fingernails or toenails," the interrogator, an infamous devil named Cabraal, wanted to know. "We are reasonable people. You have a choice. Which will it be?" I was too tired to think. I'd been tied naked to a stake baking all day in the hot sun when they came for me. I stared down at my toes mute with anguish and indifference. I didn't recognize the toes as mine. They could have been anybody's. In fact, I wished they were.
"So you don't care, is that it?" Cabraal said, reaching for the pliers an attendant offered from a table drawer cached with similar crude instruments. " Fine. Let's start with your right hand then, shall we?" I recoiled and pulled my hand away. He slapped me hard across the face with the back of his hand. I fell forward and he kicked my legs out from under me.
I had nothing to say. My feet said: don't talk. I'll take you somewhere better. Soon!
The soldier jerked and pulled clumsily. The night was deaf. The whole world was deaf, and dumb, blind and screaming. When I came to the next day I still had four nails left on my left foot and five on the right. My big toe was black and blue. Not so bad, I thought, with pain shrieking through every pore of my body. They returned around dusk and tried to make me walk with them to the room but I couldn't so they dragged me back to the table and started all over.
I won't bother telling you how many toes and fingers they've gone through by now. This cell is in the middle of an abandoned factory in the middle of nowhere. It's just a room. Nothing special. Empty apart from a table, a couple of chairs. No windows. No fan. No words to describe it's horror. Basic and functional is all I can say, a room like any other but for the fact that I will die here. I know it. I accept it. I regret nothing except the pain it will cause my mother and father.
I have visions of early days. I'm not so old that I forget how happy we once were. Even with all this, I remember those days, the love in our home. My mother and father. My four sisters. My little brother. The boys came one day. They wanted my brother. I said no, please, no. Let me go for him. They could see I was bigger and brave enough to speak up so they took me. My mother pleaded with them not to take either of us. They said it was duty. We all had to give something for the liberation of our people. I said, it's OK amma, I will go. I admired them in a way. I wanted to join the cause. They took me with them and I didn't look back.
I couldn't bear to see my family back there in tears so I imagined them in front of me. Smiling. I saw my sisters and me riding to school, five of us piled up on the same wreck of a bike jolting down those rutted red roads. The teacher never punished us for being late. He was a kind man and he knew my father. A nail had pierced my father's foot and he couldn't work the way he used to as a carpenter. The teacher knew all about us.
I'm named after my father, Theepan. He taught me everything about building. And more. He taught me everything about the world and he taught me never to give up. Ever. Even if it means losing all my finger and toes, I won't give up. I took that spirit with me to the fight and the boys recognized it. They made me a section leader, which meant I was in on the planning of things, like the raid on the army base in Chenkalady. We lost some boys there and I went down with them. Now I'm here with Cabraal and his boy. But not for long. They will take my toes and fingers and then they will take the rest of me but I really don't care. I'm on the bike with my sisters. There's our little brother running down the road to meet us. My mom and dad are up on the hill. I'm home free.


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