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Regime denies two prominent dissidents right to travel out of Cuba
This week the Cuban regime denied two well-known dissidents their right to travel out of Cuba, providing little or no explanations as to why the decision was taken.
The first of the refusals occurred in Eastern Cuba – specifically in Santiago de Cuba – when former political prisoner and leader of the Patriotic Union of Cuba (UNPACU) Jose Daniel Ferrer Garcia was told by authorities on October 7th that he would not be able to acquire his passport. The functionaries said the activist could not travel for reasons of "public interest", alleging he has engaged in criminal activities (in Cuba, political dissent is considered one of the highest offenses).
Ferrer Garcia was invited by the Unity Progress and Democracy Party to participate in an event in Europe. It was the second time the Cuban regime denied him his passport.
On Friday October 11th, Leticia Ramos Herreria – representative of the Ladies in White for the central province of Matanzas – received a negative response from Cuban authorities after she started travel procedures two weeks earlier.
" 'Your petition has been denied, we cannot give you your passport to travel"', that's what immigration official told me", tweeted Leticia on Friday (@LeticiaRHCuba). No further explanations were provided.
Former political prisoner Ivan Hernandez (impeded from traveling as well on past occasions) also tweeted (@ivanlibre) about this situation, classifying it as "arbitrary" and pointing out that the Lady in White is in no way under an 'extrapenal license' that would impede here rights.
Leticia Ramos and Jose Daniel Ferrer are two of the many active opposition members on the island. Ramos is subject to frequent violent arrests every Sunday as she marches in Cardenas, Matanzas with other women for the freedom of all political prisoners and also engages in other activities in favor of the civil society. Ferrer heads UNPACU, one of the many active pro-freedom groups in the country which started in the East and has spread throughout the island with many members.
Meanwhile, Blanca Reyes – exiled Cuban activist in Spain and representative of the Ladies in White in Europe – was also denied the right of entry into Cuba this week to visit her elderly and sick father.
"My father fractured his hip, he is going to be operated and the government of Cuba refuses my entry into the country to see him. He is 93 years old", wrote Blanca on the Ladies in White's official Twitter account, @DamasdBlanco.
Reforms in Cuba?
Author Pedazos de la IslaPosted on October 13, 2013 Categories Blanca Reyes, Jose Daniel Ferrer, Ladies in White, Leticia Ramos, News, Patriotic Union of Cuba (UNPACU)1 Comment on Regime denies two prominent dissidents right to travel out of Cuba
Ladies in White, dissidents, defy another wave of violence
Matanzas, Santiago de Cuba and other provinces were the scene of more police violence against the Ladies in White and other dissidents when they assisted Mass this Sunday, August 25th. This repression has been consecutive for more than one month.
At around 8 AM, former political prisoner Ivan Hernández Carrillo used his Twitter account (@ivanlibre) to provide details of what was happening in the city of Colon and other regions.
Hernandez confirmed that 7 Ladies in White managed to participate in Mass in the city of Cardenas but they "were arrested" upon stepping out of the church. The detainees were Mercedes de la Guardia Hernández, Yamila Sendra Ruiz, Margarita Cienfuegos Acosta, Odalys Hernández Hernández, Katiuska Rodríguez Vives, Marisol Fernández Socorro and the representative of the group in the province, Leticia Ramos Herreria.
Another 2 women – Esmeralda García Wong and Amada Herrería Rodríguez – were arrested in the same city before making it to Mass.
All the previously mentioned women were beat by political police agents during the moment of their arrests.
Colon: Police car stationed in Bartolome Maso St to close off traffic and attack. Via @ivanlibre
Dissident Francisco Rangel Manzano was arrested in Colon, while renown opposition leader and former political prisoner Angel Moya Acosta was arrested in Pedro Betancourt. Hernandez Carrillo also confirmed the arrests of activists in the town of Los Arabos, including José Hernández López, William Acevedo Roque and Yudaimis Fernández Martínez.
Ivan added in another Twitter message that, for the first time in more than one month, he was able to surpass police cordons and participate in Mass alongside 8 Ladies in White in Colon. However, he informed that there were "Suzuki motorcycles of the political police" stationed outside the church, as well as various agents dressed in civilian clothing, among them Orestes, known for carrying out violent actions against locals. There was also the "presence of regime collaborators inside the church" watching the activists.
During the Mass in Colon, Father Santana prayed for the dissidents, pointing out that the Day of the Virgin of Charity was nearing and that he was asking the Patron Saint of Cuba to "end all the hostilities, and that people who think one way can express their ideas and manifest them". Despite the solidarity during the Mass, however, State police agents arrested all the Ladies in White when they stepped out of the church: Lazara Rodríguez, Yanelis Pérez Reyes, María Teresa Castellano Valido, Maritza Acosta Perdomo, Sayli Navarro and Asunción Carillo (the latter is Ivan Hernandez's mother).
Agents arrest Ladies in White in Colon, among them Sayli Navarro and Asuncion Carrillo. Via @ivanlibre
Asuncion Carrillo, mother of Ivan, does the "L" for "Libertad" (Freedom) before being shoved inside police car. Via @ivanlibre
These arrests consisted in pushing, headlocks, and pulling hair, according to Hernandez. All the detainees were abandoned in desolate camps, far from their homes. This was the case of Angel Moya, who later told Ivan that "what these henchmen do to us gives us more strength each day".
After all the violent measures taken by the police, there were at least 24 Ladies in White and other dissidents who had been arrested in the province of Matanzas. Despite the orders of the dictatorship to lash out against the opposition movement on the island, the Ladies in White took to the streets in all of Cuba, demanding freedom and rights.
Messages sent out by @ivanlibre highlighted that in Gibara, 7 Ladies in White arrived to Mass. Unfortunately, the priest expelled them from the church afterward, forcing them to face the violent mobs. The women were violently beat and detained.
In Cuba's capital – Havana – 82 women marched with flowers and participated in Mass, while 7 managed to do so in the province of Villa Clara. 3 Ladies in White made it to church in Ciego de Avila, 22 in the Eastern province of Holguin and 10 in Guantanamo.
According to the Twitter account of independent news agency Hablemos Press (@HablemosPress), more than 50 Ladies in White participated in Sunday Mas but they were later brutally beat by police agents on 5th Street. They were shoved into cars and buses.
The agency later tweeted that they had documented more than 65 arrests of Ladies in White in all the island.
Despite the violence, the Ladies in White and the Cuban opposition in general have left it clear that they will continue on the streets not only demanding their rights, but also the rights of the entire nation.
Thanks to Twitter, Ivan Hernandez Carrillo was able to publish various photos of the what happened on Sunday the 25th.
Meanwhile, Ivan also published photos of repressors and the vehicles they used during the violent operations in Colon, Matanzas:
These cars belong to political police officials in Matanzas and Havana. Via @ivanlibre
This is the same State Security agents who fractured arm of Lady in White Sonia Alvarez weeks ago during aggressions. Via @ivanlibre
Author Pedazos de la IslaPosted on August 26, 2013 Categories Angel Moya, Ivan Hernandez Carrillo, Ladies in White, Leticia Ramos, News1 Comment on Ladies in White, dissidents, defy another wave of violence
Interview with Leticia Ramos in regards to State Security tactics, kidnapping and persecution
On Sunday, August 18th, the Cuban regime once again attacked the Ladies in White and various dissidents in the province of Matanzas through arrests, beatings and acts of repudiation. There were also cases of repression in the province of Santiago de Cuba, where paramilitary mobs repudiated and attacked a number of women inside a house. Despite the violence, more than 200 members of the Ladies in White were able to march and arrive at Mass, according to this article published by 'Marti Noticias'. In this blog, we will publish a series of interviews with various Cubans who have been repressed in these past days but continue expressing their ideas in favor of change and freedom.
Leticia Ramos Herrería is the representative of the Ladies in White for the province of Matanzas. She has been injected with mysterious substances, arrested, persecuted, and threatened with death in the last few weeks, as well as other activists. Here, she speaks about what happened on Saturday August 17th and Sunday August 18th when State agents not only attacked her but also used psychological tactics against her:
Not only were you victim of police repression this Sunday, August 18th along with other Ladies in White, but also on Saturday, the 17th. What was it exactly that happened?
On Saturday, August 17th, I was victim of a kidnapping at the hands of a high official of the National Revolutionary Police and a State Security agent right at the corner of my eldest son's house. They shoved me into a vehicle.
What happened inside that car?
When we were near the road which connects the city of Cardenas with Varadero, a Lada model vehicle with a blue license plate pulled up in front of us and told us to stop. State Secuirty agent Livan and Captain Kenny Aguero came out of that car. They walked over to the vehicle I was in and tried to take me out and put me in the other car. I broke lose from their grasps and stood out in the middle of the street, where I began to shout slogans against the government such as "Down with Fidel, Down with Raul" and "Down with the dictatorship". A police official pulled my hair and pushed me. Livan then shoved me into the vehicle.
Then, an argument broke out between officials Livan and Kenny Aguero. They were shouting really obscene words at each other. Eventually, they involved me in the argument but, without obscene words, I told them what they were: assassins, henchmen, and that I didn't have to talk with them because I had been kidnapped.
Where did they take you once you were in the car again?
They took me to a town called Guasima, between Cardenas and Varadero. They parked me in front of a pink house. The officials tried to take me out of the car and take me to the backyard, where there was another Lada vehicle with a white sheet over its license plate. Livan and Kenny told me to get down but I told them I wouldn't, that I had no reason to go into any house and talk to anyone.
These officials entered the house and another official came out. He did not identify himself. He was tall and had dark hair. He told me, "Leticia, I need you to get off the car because I need to have a talk with you". I told him I did not need to talk with any of them and that they could punch me to death out there but I wasn't going to get off the car. I told them I was going to start shouting because I was born and raised in that town and all of my father's side of the family still lives there and If I started screaming, they would soon find out what was happening. The agent closed the door, went around the car and got inside.
He tried to talk to me and at that moment he asked me to collaborate with State Security and work for them. He told me I was going to have a better life with everything I wanted; If I wanted to move they would find me a house, and my sons would have the best jobs. I told them that it was a severe act of disrespect and that none of them had the morale to tell me anything like that. I let them know that I was fighting against a dictatorship and that I would continue to do so until the Castro brothers leave power and until Cuba has a real democracy.
At any moment were you able to identify the man who offered you to collaborate with the regime?
I wasn't able to identify him, but in my opinion I think he was a high official of State Security as well as a psychologist. They use people like that to carry out such actions. Based on the way he spoke to me I believe this, because they all know that I would never accept such a dirty offer.
After this situation, I told them to open the door because I was going to leave. The man stepped out and left me in the car. He walked back inside the house, later exiting with a notebook. I was then changed from vehicles again. I took advantage of the moment and told all the passerby's what was happening and also let the repressors know that "I would not collaborate with you neither tomorrow, now or ever. You are all assassins".
In reference to this Sunday, August 18th, the political police once again lashed out against the Ladies in White in Matanzas…
Yes, in the morning various Ladies in White carried out a march from Playa Larga, where my house is, to the church, where we assisted Mass. When the religious service came to an end, there were already mobs stationed on the corner of Real and Obispo Street. These mobs were the same as always…they are paramilitary agents dressed in civilian clothing.
We decided to walk a block against these mobs. They began to shout obscenities and pro-government slogans at us. I told a group of Ladies in White to get aboard a wagon that would take them back to Playa Larga. The mobs chased the wagon, threatening the women and eventually intercepting them. Luckily, they were able to make it inside the home of Marisol Fernandez Socorro, another member of the group. The mobs remained outside for a while shouting offenses at them.
As for me, I hopped aboard my husband's electric bicycle to return back to my house. But when we turned a corner, there were already mobs waiting for us. They had been organized by State Security. They shouted verbal offenses at us and blocked our path. When I tried to get off the bike, among all the screams and threats, I got tangled and hurt my left thigh. I was injured and lost lots of blood.
My husband, Rudel, took me to the hospital. After much wait, I was able to see an orthopedic. He gave me stitches on the wound, which turned out to be very deep (at least 10 centimeters). This was all the fault of the mobs organized by the political police and the Castro brothers to harass and attack us, Sunday after Sunday, just for assisting Mass and marching.
what is your response to all of this persecution?
I am sending out a clear message to these repressors: Wound or no wound, beatings or not beatings, I am going to continue assisting Mass, demanding freedom for all political prisoners, freedom for Cuba, and respect of Human Rights. We are going to continue out on the streets because the streets belong to Cubans, not just them. Down with the dictatorship! We want Human Rights! Laura Pollan Lives!
Check out this audio of Leticia Ramos recounting the events (in Spanish):
To contact Leticia Ramos in Cuba:
Cell Phone– + 52-481-807
Author Pedazos de la IslaPosted on August 19, 2013 Categories Ladies in White, Leticia Ramos, News2 Comments on Interview with Leticia Ramos in regards to State Security tactics, kidnapping and persecution
More beatings, arrests, repudiation and injections against Ladies in White in Matanzas
After four weekends of unmeasurable violence against the Ladies in White and other dissidents in the cities of Cardenas and Colon in the province of Matanzas, Berta Soler – leader of the Ladies in White – traveled to Cardenas this Sunday, August 11th, to march together with the women being repressed, demanding freedom for all political prisoners. The result was the fifth weekend of violence.
11 women managed to march and assist Mass at The Parish of Cardenas. When the religious service came to an end, the Ladies left the temple in a march back home.
Leticia Ramos Herrería, representative of the women's group for the province of Matanzas, said that a State Security official intercepted them and told them that they could not continue walking, all while the same mobs as always – organized by the regime – surrounded the women.
"We remained in silence while the mobs shouted insults at us", said Ramos Herreria, "then, the official told me that we were going to be arrested but without being beat. It was all the contrary".
Ramos recounts that all the women were beat and thrown inside police vehicles, among them Berta Soler and Maria Cristina Labrada, from Havana. Some were taken to the National Revolutionary Police unit while others were left out in the Port of Cardenas.
Leticia explains that although she was also beat, in this case she was not the worst off. "I want to shed light on the situation of Mercedes de la Caridad la Guardia who the agents, in addition to being beat, threw paint on her, later detained her in the PNR unit and then abandoned her 40 kilometers away from the city. She was grabbed by the arm by PNR agent Yordan (badge #33500) and agent Yudy (the same woman who has beat us during past weekends and who threatened to shoot me in the forehead recently). They punched her on her neck, face, abdomen, etc".
Another worrying case was that of Elizabeth Pacheco Lama, a 23 year old Lady in White. At the time of her arrest she was "injected on the head with different needles. They dragged her, beat her, and even destroyed her shoes", said Leticia.
Despite the State-sponsored violence, Leticia Ramos considers that one of the most significant factors that day was the fact that a number of everyday people showed solidarity with the persecuted women and, because of this, they also suffered violence at the hands of the police.
"I want to thank many of the people of Cardenas who protected us. The police pushed many of them against a wall, they beat them and many of them were shoved into police cars", said the Matanzas dissident.
Meanwhile, in the city of Colon the violence was similar. Ivan Hernandez Carrillo, former political prisoner and independent unionist, used his Twitter account (@ivanlibre) to detail that he was arrested upon stepping out of his home in the morning.
"After the violent arrest, dragging me threw the street and pushing me into a police vehicle, they abandoned me out on kilometer 170 on the national highway", wrote the renown dissident.
Ivan Hernandez @ivanlibre tweeted this picture of the police agents stationed outside his home who later arrested him with violence.
Mobs harassing Ladies in White in Colon. Picture tweeted by @ivanlibre and @COliveraCuba
Ivan's mother, Asuncion Carillo Hernandez (an elderly lady) was also arrested and they "left her out 1 kilometer after the exit of Colon, en route to San Jose".
Ivan also tweeted about the case of Lady in White Maritza Perdomo, another woman who was harassed and arrested, kept in an unknown location for a while.
Hernandez Carrillo added that the police officials handcuffed him and twisted his arms back to the point that they cut his circulation in order to impede him from making the "L" shape with his hands ('L' for "Libertad", Spanish for "Freedom", a sign commonly used by Cuba's opposition).
Renown dissident and former political prisoner of conscience Angel Moya Acosta was also arrested that Sunday, among other human rights activists.
9 Ladies in White were able to make it to Mass in Colon, despite that many of them were later arrested and repressed.
Dissident Lazaro Diaz Sanchez published a photo on his Twitter account (@LazaroDiazSanch) of an injury he sustained after physical attacks by the political police approximately 3 weeks ago:
@LazaroDiazSanch
"We blame the political police, the Castro brothers and their dictatorship for anything that may happen to Elizabeth Pacheco Lama, who was injected on the head. She also has chunks of hair missing because they pulled it, her legs are scratched and she took many physical blows", expressed Leticia Ramos, "We hold the dictatorship accountable for her physical integrity as well as that of all Ladies in White in Matanzas, and all of Cuba".
Author Pedazos de la IslaPosted on August 12, 2013 August 12, 2013 Categories Angel Moya, Asuncion Carrillo, Berta Soler, Elizabeth Pacheco, Ivan Hernandez Carrillo, Ladies in White, Lazaro Diaz Sanchez, Leticia Ramos, Maria Cristina Labrada, Maritza Perdomo, Mercedes de la Caridad la Guardia, News2 Comments on More beatings, arrests, repudiation and injections against Ladies in White in Matanzas
Lady in White recounts threats by the regime and solidarity from Matanzas Bishop
Lady in White thanks Bishop and other religious leaders in Matanzas province for showing solidarity with them and defending them against government mobs, she denounces the use of minors in acts of repudiation, highlights the danger dissidents run on the island and affirms that she continues the struggle for freedom.
After two consecutive weekends of police violence against numerous Ladies in White and male dissidents in the cities of Cardenas and Colon, in the province of Matanzas, on Sunday July 28th something different happened, although arrests were also reported, as were acts of repudiation and other forms of repression organized by the State.
Leticia Ramos Herreria, representative of the Ladies in White for the mentioned province, explains that 7 women were able to make it to La Parroquia of Cardenas, accompanied by 8 male dissidents during the morning. Upon entering the temple, they noticed that the place was completely surrounded by members of the Revolutionary National Police and of the political police. Ramos also confirmed that there were 19 police vehicles (with cameras), 3 vehicles of the PNR, 2 buses, 2 trucks fulls of police agents dressed in civilian clothing and even 2 ambulances. In fact, the police had set up a stage just one block from the church with a life-sized doll dressed with an American flag, ready to be set on fire. The mobs (of agents and collaborators) were trying to say with this that the dissidents were mercenaries being paid by the United States.
"The ones who confirmed this to us were people who were inside the church. They came up to us and warned us so that nothing would happen to us", said Leticia, clearly moved by this display of solidarity.
Ramos adds that, in addition, there was "a small group of people of low social conduct – delinquents, rapists, etc. – who were waiting in front of the church with sticks and rocks". The activist explains that these criminals have a compromise with State Security and always respond to their orders.
But for the Lady in White one of the most critical situations was that the police forces used minors to participate in these acts of provocation and violence, arming them with rocks, as well as the fact that the repressors entered church property. At that moment, the religious leaders came to the aid of the dissidents.
"The mobs had the audacity to stand inside the church and were telling us 'come outside, we are going to kill you'", recounts Leticia, "The church leaders, among them the Bishop of Matanzas, Manuel Hilario de Cespedes, ordered the mobs to leave and to have some respect".
The mentioned Bishop had specifically gone to that Parish that Sunday to offer Mass due to all the violence which occurred the previous weekends- on the 14th and 21st of July- when Ladies in White were beat, dragged, injected with needles and deported by the political police.
"We approached Bishop Manuel y told him what had happened to us during the previous days and everything that was going to happen to us if we stepped out that morning. He went out and was talking with the mobs and the officials. He told us to stay inside the church for our own safety. We were there from 9 AM to 1 PM. At that time the first secretary of the Communist Party arrived to talk to the Bishop", said the dissident.
After hours of negotiation, the Bishop ordered that the dissidents be transferred to their homes on a bus, "but that he was going to keep custody and watch over each one of us until we arrived at our homes…and that's how it happened".
The 15 dissidents were taken out of the church on bus while the Bishop traveled behind in another vehicle, making sure the repressors did not attack the men and women.
Captain Villamil and agent Kenny Aguero, both from State Security, were aboard the bus with the Ladies in White. In a cynical fashion, Villamil told the Ladies, 'we are only doing this once, and only once, but you already saw how the people got'. Leticia rose from her seat and told him: "It was not the everyday people. They were the people you convoked, all the ones present were soldiers or agents and the ones that beat us are the ones from your department. When they leave us abandoned in desolate fields, all the torture, it's all you. And you did not have enough professional ethic, nor manhood, to stop the beatings against us, so with that said, do not speak anymore". According to Ramos, the official did not speak for the rest of the trip.
She also recounts that in the city of Colon something similar happened and the priest of the church had to come out to talk to the authorities so that they would not harass the Ladies in White.
"We thank God and thank the Catholic church, specifically Bishop Manuel Hilario de Cespedes", expressed Leticia, "we told the Bishop that we believe in the word of God, but not in the word of the communists".
Despite the fact that the Lady in White expressed her sincere gratitude for the solidarity on behalf of the religious leader, she highlighted that members of the internal opposition still run serious risks with their lives at the hands of the dictatorship.
"May State Security know that we are going to keep going to church on Sundays and we are going to maintain ourselves firm, as always. They want blood and it will be our blood that will run. They will stain their hands, once again, with the blood of the innocent because we are not backing down. They must stop all this violence".
Ramos Herreria added, "I am going to continue in the Ladies in White, I am going to continue in the Cuban opposition, and I am going to keep walking down the streets of Cuba because I am Cuban and I have the total right to do so, because the streets do not belong to the revolutionaries, they belong to all Cubans. They may be willing to massacre the Ladies in White and all dissidents…similar things were done in dictatorships in Chile, Argentina and other countries, and they have been done in the dictatorship of the Castro brothers. They are taking us to places to torture us, to beat us and to leave us abandoned in desolate places where there are no people to see how they disappear us. The fault will lie only on the government. But we will continue onward".
Leticia Ramos – Cell Phone: +52-481-807
Author Pedazos de la IslaPosted on July 31, 2013 Categories Ladies in White, Leticia Ramos, News1 Comment on Lady in White recounts threats by the regime and solidarity from Matanzas Bishop
Matanzas: Mores images of police violence against Ladies in White (Photos)
Leticia Ramos shows broken upper lip
After two consecutive weekends of violence carried out by the political police against the Ladies in White and other dissidents in the province of Matanzas (especially in the cities of Cardenas and Colon), more photos of the scars left by the agents have emerged.
Sayli Navarro, a young member of the Ladies in White from Perico, Matanzas, has published various photos of the injuries suffered by her mother, Sonia Alvarez Campillo, and Leticia Ramos Herreria, representative of the group in the mentioned province.
Sonia Alvarez with fractured arm after beating
Leticia Ramos shows broken lip
Leticia Ramos shows bruises on her arm after beating
Nail marks on one of Leticia Ramos' arms
Leticia Ramos with bruise on her face after beating
Leticia was one of the activists who were injected with 3 needles containing unknown substances on Sunday, July 14th. In addition, she has been frequently threatened with death by members of State Security and the National Revolutionary Police.
On Tuesday, July 23rd, dissidents Francisco Rangel and Ivan Hernandez Carrillo were harassed by police officials. In the case of Rangel, he was arrested while walking down Central Street, in the Market Plaza of Colon, Matanzas. Meanwhile, former political prisoner Ivan Hernandez was attacked with rocks.
"While in the Market Plaza, they attacked me with rocks", wrote Hernandez on his Twitter account (@ivanlibre).
"This attack and arrest were carefully planed, because it was confirmed that three State Security officials, dressed in civilian clothing, we waiting for us in the Market Plaza", added the dissident leader.
He also denounced that on Monday, July 22nd, there was an act of "harassment, intimidation, invasion of privacy and public disorder" carried out by regime-organized mobs "against the Ladies in White" in Colon, where members of the Committee for the Defense of the Revolution, the Communist Party and police agents took part.
Regime organized mobs harass home of Lady in White, Matanzas. Via @ivanlibre
Author Pedazos de la IslaPosted on July 24, 2013 Categories Francisco Rangel, Ivan Hernandez Carrillo, Ladies in White, Leticia Ramos, News, Sayli Navarro, Sonia Alvarez Campillo1 Comment on Matanzas: Mores images of police violence against Ladies in White (Photos)
Another bloody Sunday in Cuba, but the opposition continues defying the dictatorship
Ladies in White in Cardenas, Matanzas. The same ones who were violently beat this Sunday, 21st of July.
State Security and other police sectors of the Cuban regime repeated their violent actions against a number of Ladies in White and male dissidents in the province of Matanzas this Sunday, July 21st, mainly in the cities of Colon and Cardenas. The news arrived just one week after similar violence on July 14th and after State Security agents had visited a number of work centers in the mentioned cities, convoking 'corpulent' people to participate in beatings against the dissidents.
However, the people who were convoked did not participate in the aggressions, according to independent unionist and former political prisoner Ivan Hernandez Carrillo on his Twitter account (@ivanlibre). For this reason, the police was clearly bothered and once again unleashed a wave of arrests and beatings. Ivan was one of the victims of repression that morning.
The dissident leader was arrested and beat by political police agents when he stepped out of his home in Colon to show solidarity with the Ladies in White of that area who were being harassed by paramilitary mobs.
Some of the other arrested activists between Colon and Cardenas were Juan Francisco Rangel, Reinier Penates Calzadilla, Francisco Brias Tamayo, Ibrahim Navarro, Emanuel Valles Rodríguez, Jorge Serrano Alfonso, Jesús González Lemus, Rudel Montes de Oca, Javier Erbello, Eduardo Hernández, Marisol Fernández, Batista Rodríguez Rivas, Niurka Rivero, José Hernández Carrillo, Irania Borrego, Nelson Ruiz Alonso, William Acevedo Roque, Yudaimis Hernández, José Hernández López, Elizabeth Pacheco, Juan Carlos Pazos, Eduardo Pacheco, former political prisoners Ángel Moya Acosta and Félix Navarro, as well as the daughter of the latter, Sayli Navarro.
In the majority, if not all, of these cases, after being threatened and beat, the dissidents were abandoned in desolate fields situated miles away from their homes or cities of residence.
Leticia Ramos Herreria, representative of the Ladies in White for Matanzas province and one of the most beat during this police operation, had much to tell about this. She explains that in Cardenas the violence began after a group of women began their march after Mass at La Parroquia Church.
"Since morning hours, there was a large cordon set up by the political police and the National Revolutionary Police (PNR) in front of the church. There were also many women dressed in civilian clothes but they were really officials", detailed Ramos. "We walked about a block or so when these people rushed up against us…they began to beat and started to shove us inside police vehicles".
The detainees were taken individually to the Offices of the Ministry of the Interior (MININT), which Leticia describes as "a place being used lately as a torture center against dissidents, because it is located far away from the city and there no one can see how they beat us".
In that center, police agents continued to beat the men and women while the guards simply joked around and laughed. "The guards were laughing as the agents were beating us and together they began to verbally offend us, calling us 'lesbians' and threatening to 'put a finger in our anus', while the men were called 'homosexuals'", denounced Leticia.
One of the officials who beat the Lady in White the most was one known as "Chuly", a member of the PNR. She told Ramos that she was going to kill her, specifically by "putting a bullet right through my forehead if I kept assisting Mass and walking on Sundays". The same agent who injected Leticia with an unknown substance last Sunday also participated in the aggressions against her once again.
Leticia Ramos shows fracture on her lip after beating. July 21st 2013
"There is also the case of Lady in White Odalys Hernandez who has a burn on her neck because they tried to strangle her. She has bruises on her ribs, her abdomen and in her interior from the kicks she received. Yamila Senda Ruiz was beat by the same officials who were beating me, while activists Francisco Villa, Manuel Barrio, Nelson Curbelo and others were detained and abandoned in desolate places", recounts the dissident.
Leticia was abandoned in a place known as Sequeira, more than 20 kilometers from the road which leads to the town of Limonar. The activist was able to return to her home in Cardenas thanks to the solidarity of an anonymous citizen who drove her back. Something similar happened to Ivan Hernandez, who wrote on Twitter that a farmer gave him water and drove him back after the activist told him what had happened. It is precisely this citizen solidarity which gravely worries the dictatorship.
"Today has been a victorious day for us, and a defeat for the tyrant", wrote Hernandez, "they had to arrest us because they were not able to unify and convoke Cubans to repress us…as much as State Security tried to intimidate and recruit men in Colon for quite some days now, the people did not come to attack us".
On her part, Leticia once against accused the government for what happened and assured that the official leading the operation was State Security Lieutenant Coronel Joaquin, the same person who masterminded the aggressions last weekend.
"All the blows are the fault of the regime and of Lieutenant Joaquin, who is in charge of this bloody hunt of Ladies in White and peaceful dissidents since last week in the province of Matanzas", expressed Ramos Herreria, "but if they want to kill us, they are going to have to do it on the streets because the streets belong to the people of Cuba. And I am Cuban and I am firm in my convictions. We are all firm. We will continue going to church and marching".
Despite the violent atmosphere in Matanzas, it was reported that many Ladies in White in other provinces were able to surpass police cordons and march to and from their respective churches, from East to West of all Cuba.
Leticia Ramos Herrería – Cell Phone: +52-481-807
Iván Hernández Carrillo – Cell Phone: +52-599-366 / Twitter: @ivanlibre
Sayli Navarro – Cell Phone: +52-731-652 / Twitter: @SayliNavarro
Author Pedazos de la IslaPosted on July 22, 2013 Categories Angel Moya, Batista Rodríguez Rivas, Eduardo Hernández, Eduardo Pacheco, Elizabeth Pacheco, Emanuel Valles Rodríguez, Felix Navarro, Francisco Brias Tamayo, Ibrahim Navarro, Irania Borrego, Ivan Hernandez Carrillo, Javier Erbello, Jesús González Lemus, Jorge Serrano Alfonso, José Hernández Carrillo, José Hernández López, Juan Carlos Pazos, Juan Francisco Rangel, Ladies in White, Leticia Ramos, Marisol Fernandez Socorro, Marisol Fernández, Nelson Ruiz Alonso, News, Niurka Rivero, Reinier Penates Calzadilla, Rudel Monteoca, Sayli Navarro, William Acevedo Roque, Yudaimis Hernández3 Comments on Another bloody Sunday in Cuba, but the opposition continues defying the dictatorship
URGENT: State Security prepares mobs to attack Ladies in White in Matanzas
Since Thursday, July 18th, State Security agents have been visiting a number of work centers in the cities of Colon and Cardenas, in the central province of Matanzas, recruiting "tall and strong" people to participate in violent actions against the Ladies in White and other dissidents this upcoming Sunday, July 21st, when these activists have plans to participate in Mass to pray for the liberation of all political prisoners.
The news has been made public on the Twitter account of Ivan Hernandez Carrillo (@ivanlibre), independent unionist and former political prisoner. The renown dissident hast sent out various messages of warning.
"Colon, Matanzas: State Security tells administrators of work centers to send strong and tall men to beat up the Ladies in White at 9 AM, this Sunday", says one tweet.
The threats are also directed to other independent unionists. State Security has plans to send more corpulent men "to the headquarters of the independent unions" at the same time.
On Sunday, July 14th, State Security carried out a violent operation against Ladies in White and other activists from Matanzas. This resulted in broken heads and ribs, injections with unknown substances, and arrests. The demonstrators were also threatened with death. Lieutenant Coronel Joaquin was the official who ordered these actions.
"Ladies in White from Colon and Cardenas will go to Mass and march despite the threats of being 'cut up with knives' by the political police and State Security", affirms Hernandez Carrillo.
He concludes his series of messages asking for solidarity with these dissidents who are facing serious threats to their lives.
"Please, we are asking for solidarity in light of this announced repression for this upcoming Sunday", he expresses.
Ivan Hernandez was one of the dissidents arrested, beat, and injected with strange substances last weekend. Other names of victims include Leticia Ramos Herreria, Marisol Fernandez, and Javier Erbello.
Author Pedazos de la IslaPosted on July 20, 2013 Categories Ivan Hernandez Carrillo, Javier Erbello, Ladies in White, Leticia Ramos, Marisol Fernandez Socorro, News2 Comments on URGENT: State Security prepares mobs to attack Ladies in White in Matanzas
The face of a repressor and the consequences of his actions (Photos)
Photo by: @ivanlibre
This is Joaquin, Lieutenant Colonel of State Security who operates in the province of Matanzas, especially in the areas of Cardenas, Colon and Varadero. The agent has taken up the task of persecuting dissidents from Matanzas and frequently orders violent actions against these activists. Recently, this past Sunday, July 14th, Joaquin gave orders to a paramilitary mob to attack a group of Ladies in White and other dissidents in the cities of Cardenas and Colon. The results were: broken heads and ribs, arrests, peaceful women being dragged through the streets, breaking glowers carried by the Ladies in White and multiple injections with needles containing unknown substances.
Here are just some of the photos of what is described above:
Activist Lazaro Diaz Sanchez with head injury after beating
State organized mobs surrounding home of Lady in White Caridad Burunate
Ladies in White surrounded and harassed by State sponsored mobs
Former political prisoner Felix Navarro showing one of his scars after beating. He also had a fractured rib
Leticia Ramos Herrería, representative of the Ladies in White in Matanzas province, was one of the victims of the arrests and also of the injections at the hands of a State Security agent. In a denouncement published in this blog previously, Ramos Herreria commented that Joaquin is "a hitman and assassin" and was the one who "organized this operation". The renown dissidents said that anything that happens to her, or any other of the activists who were injected, is responsibility of Joaquin, the department which he leads, and in sum, the dictatorship.
Marisol Fernández, Javier Erbello and former political prisoner Iván Hernández Carrillo were some of the other people who were injected during these aggressions.
"Joaquin, Lieutenant Colonel of the political police said: 'We are just waiting for the orders to kill all of you'", wrote Hernandez Carillo in a message published on his Twitter account (@ivanlibre).
Author Pedazos de la IslaPosted on July 18, 2013 Categories Felix Navarro, Ivan Hernandez Carrillo, Javier Erbello, Ladies in White, Lazaro Diaz Sanchez, Leticia Ramos, Marisol Fernández, News1 Comment on The face of a repressor and the consequences of his actions (Photos)
Government's brutality isn't enough to impede Ladies in White and other dissidents from marching
Ladies in White being harassed in city of Colon, Matanzas. Photo: @ivanlibre
Many words or phrases can describe what happened to the Ladies in White and other dissidents at the hands of the political police and State Security on the morning of Sunday, July 14th, in the province of Matanzas, but brutality would be the best choice, considering the amount of punches, kicks, arrests and injections with mysterious substances against peaceful men and women which took place.
One of the main recipients of this state-sponsored violence was Leticia Ramos Herreria, representative of the female group in the central province of Matanzas. Ramos recounts that 11 women in the city of Cardenas carried out their accustomed march in the morning, participating in Mass to pray for the liberation of all political prisoners on the island. But upon stepping out of the temple and just before starting to carry out their march in return, State Security intercepted the demonstration with severe violence.
Leticia explains that they were "intercepted by paramilitary mobs organized by State Security. They tore the flowers we were carrying and then, in my case, they hit me with a piece of wood on the shoulder, which is inflamed right now. I have scratches and bruises all over my body".
The blows were also for the other 10 women, while Ramos Herreria was victim of a mysterious injection.
"A State Security official, whose name I could not confirm but who had beat me previously on March 19th of this year, grabbed and twisted my right arm, put it under hers and pinched me with 3 needles. I have been bleeding in that spot and I do not know what those injections contained", denounced the dissident, highlighting that during that night she began to feel nauseous and very weak.
The women were "verbally threatened by the police, who told them that if they continued assisting church they were going to kill them, while one woman from the Federation (a government organization) said she was going to cut our faces if we kept marching". Ramos Herreria also pointed out that "there are other Ladies in White in the city of Cardenas who have bruises on their eyes, scratches on their backs, injuries on their feet and more…it was a brutal attack carried out by State Security officials".
Marisol Fernández, another member of the Ladies in White, and dissident Javier Erbello, were also injected by needles that morning.
Ramos Herreria said that "anything that may happen to any Lady in White in Matanzas or in any part of Cuba, State Security are the responsible ones. If they injected some sort of virus in me, the culprits are State Security, especially Colonel Joaquin, who is an assassin and who was in charge of the entire operation".
Former political prisoners Ivan Hernandez Carrillo and Felix Navarro Rodriguez, as well as human rights activist Lazaro Diaz Danchez, suffered the same fate in the city of Colon, Matanzas, when they were beat and arrested alongside other Ladies in White.
(This audio captures the moment these activists were being harassed and beat by paramilitary mobs in Colon. In Spanish, via @mspianoteacher):
https://soundcloud.com/user174183585/represion-a-damas-de-blanco-y
Ivan Hernandez informed on his Twitter account (@ivanlibre) when he was released a few hours later, explaining that "they took me to a town called 6 de Agosto. They hit me a lot, especially on my stomach and on my back".
The dissident adds that "as the agents were beating me they told me: 'We are just waiting for the orders to kill all of you'".
Meanwhile, Felix Navarro suffered a fractured rib while Lazaro Diaz Sanchez was injured on his head.
Lazaro Diaz Sanchez after beating. Photo: @SayliNavarro
Felix Navarro after beating. Photo: @SayliNavarro
Another tweet sent by Hernandez Carrillo detailed that 8 Ladies in White were arrested in Pinar del Rio, the westernmost province of Cuba. However, 3 women were able to march and assist Mass there, surpassing police cordons.
In the capital – Havana – 54 Ladies in White marched to and from Santa Rita Catholic Church, while 5 were able to do so in Santa Clara Villa Clara. (In addition to the 12 in Colon and 11 in Cardenas, Matanzas that were able to make it but who suffered repression afterward).
In the Eastern province of Holguin, 26 Ladies in White assisted Mass and 50 of them managed to do so in El Cobre National Shrine in Santiago de Cuba. In Bayamo 5 marched and 11 did so in Guantanamo.
Ciego de Avila province had 4 Ladies in White who arrived to Mass while in Isla de Pinos 2 women marched.
The women dedicated their march that Sunday to the 19th anniversary of the '13 de Marzo' Tugboat Massacre, where dozens of children, women and men were gunned down and drowned by regime forces as they tried to flee the country in a tugboat.
The Cuban dictatorship has increased violence against dissidents of all organizations on the island, but all indications point out that this has been due to the strengthening of the pro-freedom movement in the country as well as an increase in its members, as is the case of the Ladies in White.
On her part, Leticia Ramos reiterates that "we will continue going to church on Sunday to pray for the freedom of Cuba and for the liberation of all political prisoners, and we are going to continue demanding that human rights be respected in Cuba. The streets belong to Cubans, and I am Cuban, and I am not leaving from here".
"We are going to keep taking to the streets and going to church. We will keep marching".
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Author Pedazos de la IslaPosted on July 15, 2013 Categories "13 de Marzo" Tugboat Massacre, Felix Navarro, Ivan Hernandez Carrillo, Javier Erbello, Ladies in White, Lazaro Diaz Sanchez, Leticia Ramos, Marisol Fernández, NewsLeave a comment on Government's brutality isn't enough to impede Ladies in White and other dissidents from marching


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Kat's Korner: My Best Friend Is Kate Nash
Kat: Who is Kate Nash? My alter ego on the incredibly explicit "Mansion Song." She won the Brit Award in 2008 for best female singer and she's huge around the world but she's not broken through in the US the way you'd expect of someone as talented as she is.
She's very big in Europe. As I found out while participating by phone in a roundtable for Polly's Brew. I mentioned the album, as I noted a few weeks ago at my site, and was told it wasn't released yet and everyone wanted to know what it was like?
I do self-checks every now and then to see if I'm doing a varied enough body of reviews. One thing I never thought about was our community members in terms of American music is not the start and end of the world. I loved Kate's album and was planning to review it but I really got how US-centric my reviews have been by the huge, vocal reaction and grasping that if I floated Kate Nash in the gina & krista round-robin (another community newsletter), the response probably wouldn't be a heated debate as to whether "Foundations" or "Pumpkin Soup" was the better song.
Kate is a singer-songwriter. She's an indie. Her debut album was 2007's Made of Bricks. My Best Friend Is You is the follow up to that global best seller. And, as she tours the US, including later this summer with Lilith Fair, maybe this is the album that Americans will pay attention to?
If they do, the first thing they may notice is that, yet again, the British prove they appreciate Diana Ross & The Supremes and others more than we do in this country. In the US, we have a million Beatles clones. But the Motown girl groups (which are actually post-Girl Group era -- the Girl Group era refers to the pre-Beatles arrival when the Brill Building was at its height) and Nancy Sinatra and others had an impact in England that is still felt today.
There are moments on "Pickpocket," for example that remind me of Nancy Sinatra's "Sugar Town." There's a way she finds the emotional truth that often reminds me of Diana Ross' sixties work. And, of course, you can't be a British female singer and not owe some debt to one of the towering geniuses, Dusty Springfield.
None of which should imply that My Best Friend Is You traffics in nostalgia. "I've Got A Secret," for example, is a song that will have everyone mob-rushing to the dance floor of any club. The song that features more than a nod to the girl groups, for me, is "Do Wah Do" which William Goodman (Spin) feels "builds a wall of sound with blasting horns and Grease-esque bum-de-bum backing vocals." (You can listen to that song at the Spin link, FYI.) I, myself, prefer "Take Me to a Higher Plane" for the way the music perfectly accents her vocal during the verses. And then there's her on the Spanish guitar singing "You Were So Far Away" whose lyrics include:
His leg twitches, he looks up
Which one will he f**k
Takes her by the hand and smiles
You are mine tonight
Forget about the smell
Leave yourself behind
There is something in the air
That reminds you of your life
It's a haunting song and I have no idea what it means. (If you think you do, listen to the first verse before piping up, otherwise you may embarrass yourself.)
What I love best about her is the truthfulness of her work. And again I return to the spoken track "Mansion Song." Will many women identify with it? I have no idea. I've admitted to a drunken night with the hot [name pulled, I can't find it at my site -- C.I. says Rebecca mentioned my drunken one-night stand at her site but if I didn't blog about it at my site, I guess, like the Go Gos, my lips are sealed]. Back in the days when the music business and the music press thrived (that's before the 80s, kids) and you could earn a pretty penny, I landed many more rock and pop gods. And, for me, Kate Nash has more than captured some of the ugliest truths about the music scene. They are things you might think but most likely wouldn't share unless maybe you were drunk and it was just you and your best girlfriend.
But there's Kate telling all the truths about the ugly side of that life. That takes real guts. And to tell it in a way that draws a listener in takes real skill.
And having told that much personal truth, it's really time to focus on someone else which Kate grasps as she immediately goes into "Early Christmas Present:"
How could you let her touch you
In a place you didn't want touched
How could you let her get so close to you
That she could kiss your neck
And kiss it gently
How could you take her number from her
When you met her in that bar
How could you offer her a drink
And then the front seat of your car
And kiss her gently
And kiss her hard
How could you lie to me right to my face?
How could your best friend's ex-girlfriend's
Younger sister's mate know before I did?
Before I did
How could you string me along for so long
For just over eleven months
How could I be so stupid and sublime
You know I think I had a hunch
About this anyway
About this whole thing
About this girl
Kate Nash just may be the best thing England has to share with the world these days. Sample some of My Best Friend Is You and you'll quickly agree. Go to Amazon or iTunes and just listen to the brief (30 seconds or less) samples they offer and see if she doesn't hook you in. Or check out some of the videos Google has. Or order her at Amazon (currently $13.99 for the CD, $9.99 to download the album). Or visit her MySpace page which offers four tracks to stream. Or, even better, catch her live. She's in Boston on the 28th . . . Oops! Already sold out. Well she's in NYC on the 29th . . . Oops, already sold out! Williamsburg May 1st and, you know this, already sold out. There are still tickets available (as I write this) for her May 3rd show in Chicago. You better catch her while you can because 2010 should be the year American grabs Kate Nash in a bear hug and refuses to let go.
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Als Hoffa-Kastert-Syndrom wird eine Hypertrophie des Corpus adiposum infrapatellare (Hoffascher Fettkörper) bezeichnet. Es ist ein Symptomenkomplex infolge von mechanischen oder entzündlichen Veränderungen im Kniegelenk.

Geschichte
Als im Jahre 1904 der Orthopäde Albert Hoffa die entzündliche Hypertrophie des Hoffaschen Fettkörpers (Corpus adiposum infrapatellare) beschrieb, ging er davon aus, dass es sich um eine eigenständige Krankheit, eine Krankheit sui generis, also von eigener Art, handelt. Erst Jahrzehnte später (1953) hat der Chirurg Josef Kastert festgestellt, dass die Fettkörperveränderungen fast immer mit einem Binnenschaden des Kniegelenks vergesellschaftet waren. Dazu gehören Meniskusschäden, freie Gelenkkörper oder Knorpelerkrankungen. Die Hypertrophie des Hoffaschen Fettkörpers ist keine eigenständige Krankheit. Sie ist ein Symptom eines primären Kniebinnenschadens. Die neue Bezeichnung Hoffa-Kastert-Syndrom trifft eher den Sachverhalt. Der Name Hoffasche Krankheit hat medizinisch-historische Bedeutung.

Hypertrophie des Hoffaschen Fettkörpers

Ursachen
Ursachen eines Kniebinnenschadens können traumatische Einwirkungen auf das Kniegelenk sein, die direkt, indirekt, einmalig oder wiederholt auftreten.

Beschwerden
Es treten spontan oder nach einer Verletzung des Kniegelenks zunehmende Schmerzen im Gelenk auf, die oft mit einer Bewegungseinschränkung verbunden sind. Eine Gelenkschwellung ist nicht immer vorhanden. Bei Beugung im Kniegelenk tritt ein Spannungsgefühl ein. Eine durch den vergrößerten Hoffaschen Fettkörper bedingte Gelenkblockade ist weicher und weniger fixiert als bei einer Meniskuseinklemmung.

Befund
Die Fettkörperhypertrophie äußert sich durch Druckschmerz beiderseits an den Innen- und Außenseiten des Kniegelenkspalts. Zu beiden Seiten des Patellarbandes ist eine wulstförmige Anschwellung zu beobachten. Der Untersucher tastet an diesen Stellen eine weiche bis derbe, druckschmerzhafte Verdickung. Bei Druck beiderseits des Patellarbandes kann die Kniescheibe sich anheben, ohne dass ein Gelenkerguss vorliegt.

Pathologisch-anatomische Veränderungen
Der entzündlich mitreagierende Hoffasche Fettkörper vergrößert sich und nimmt eine derbe Konsistenz an. Er ist von gelblich-rötlicher Farbe oder blutig durchtränkt. Die mikroskopische Untersuchung des Fettkörpers zeigt rundzellige Einwanderungen in die Umgebung der Gefäße und eine Zunahme der Bindegewebszellen.

Diagnostik
An erster Stelle steht die klinische Untersuchung. Als weitere diagnostische Maßnahmen sind die MRT und die Kniearthroskopie zu nennen. Bei Einklemmungen von hypertrophen Zotten des Fettkörpers kann ein blutiger Gelenkerguss auftreten.

Therapie
Der diagnostizierte Kniebinnenschaden kann in den meisten Fällen nur operativ behandelt werden. Teilresektionen am Hoffaschen Fettkörper sind in Ausnahmefällen möglich, wenn Zotten zu Einklemmungen geführt haben oder bei der vorderen Kreuzbandplastik die Übersicht verbessert werden muss. Wenn der Primärschaden im Gelenk erfolgreich behoben wurde, bildet sich die Hypertrophie des Hoffaschen Fettkörpers ohne weitere Behandlung zurück.

Literatur
 Hartmut Zippel: Meniskusverletzungen und -schäden. Verlag Johann Ambrosius Barth, Leipzig 1973, S. 203.
 Wilfried Wehner, Eberhard Sander (Hrsg.): Unfallchirurgie. VEB Verlag Volk und Gesundheit, Berlin 1981, S. 206.
 Gerhard Kaiser: Leitfaden für die Orthopädie. 2. Auflage. VEB Gustav Fischer Verlag, Jena 1963, S. 212.
 Hamilton Bailey: Chirurgische Krankenuntersuchung. 6. Auflage. Verlag Johann Ambrosius Barth, Leipzig 1974, S. 543.
 Renate Jäckle (Bearb.): HEXAL LEXIKON Orthopädische Rheumatologie. Verlag Urban & Schwarzenberg, München/ Wien/ Baltimore 1992, S. 121.

Einzelnachweise

Krankheitsbild in Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie

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anyways for those that don't know Jake, Ceru, and I made an rp site. the site is called Hawthorne valley and it is basiically a super powered teenager type thing. Ever wanna have a character in the x-men or teen titans, well now you can join our academy and be a big freak just like them . go check it out, and i won't blow you up.
I'll go ahead and do a shameless plug/endorsement or whatever.
If it doesn't, I totally understand. I'd be scared too, if I were you.
So this site is a superhero site, and almost an Xmen style thing.
The world has recently been introduced to these small creatures called: "Wisps". These wisps can't interact much with the world on their own, and seem a bit similar to ghosts and such, but they can bond with certain types of humans. When they bond with a person, they empower them with different fantastic abilities.
So, now we have a bunch of randomly superpowered people in the world.
To help keep this from becoming complete chaos, we have the Hawthorne Academy for Gifted Students, a place for these people to train to learn how to use their powers for the good of everyone.
The plot hasn't kicked off yet, so there's plenty of time to get acquainted with Hawthorne Valley and everyone in it.


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October 16, 2013, - 2:44 pm
Linda Sarsour: NY Dem Mayoral Candidate Bill De Blasio Campaigns w HAMAS Terrorists' Proud Relative; Will End NYPD's Islamic Terrorism Investigations
It's a very sad development that Bill De Blasio, who will likely be New York's next Mayor, is campaigning with an openly anti-Semitic, openly pro-HAMAS/Hezbollah Muslim leader who is very proud of her convicted HAMAS terrorist relatives. It's not ironic at all, though, that Linda Sarsour's nickname literally means "cockroach" (in Arabic). She is one . . . in spades. De Blasio is campaigning with Sarsour a month after her Muslim Democratic Club of New York endorsed him.
NYC's Next Mayor Bill De Blasio Campaigns with Linda Sarsour a/k/a "The Cockroach"
It used to be that if you wanted to become Mayor of the Big Apple, you had to campaign to the Jews and get their vote. But, in an apparent shift, it's now the Muslim vote that is prized. And not just the Muslim vote, but the vote of those who literally are involved with HAMAS, as Linda Sarsour is. It's a bad omen for America and a symbol of what will happen in your neck of the woods–and is already happening in mine–in the future because of Muslim immigration and birth rates. And it means that the NYPD, now tough on Islamic terrorism in the city and its boroughs, will look the other way under new leadership chosen by Mr. De Blasio.
Sarsour's brother-in-law is convicted HAMAS terrorist Jamil Sarsour, who is on the official U.S. government terrorist list. He was named a "Specially Designated Global Terrorist" by the U.S. Treasure Department. I've written about Jamil Sarsour, who gets to live free in Milwaukee, despite the fact that government has given him this terrorist designation. FBI agents I know who investigated him, including FBI Special Agent Robert Wright and retired FBI Agent John Vincent, are rightly furious about that. Last year, as I noted, a grocery store and a home he owned "caught on fire" on the same day. What are the odds? Halal insurance cha-ching!
And, yet, the woman that Bill De Blasio is campaigning with is proud of him. Sarsour, winner of HAMAS unindicted co-conspirator CAIR's "Muslim American of the Year" award, is also proud of her other HAMAS terrorist relatives. She bragged that Arab Muslim men pictured recruiting HAMAS homicide bombers were her relatives, that one of her cousins and one of her family friends are in Israeli jails serving long sentences for their perpetration of HAMAS terrorist attacks. Her own husband, also suspected of HAMAS involvement with Jamil Sarsour, was facing deportation (although I would bet he is still here). Both Linda and the hubby were questioned by federal authorities. (By the way, despite Sarsour's HAMAS associations, Curtis Sliwa had no prob posing with her for pictures. And the annoying Stephen Colbert is a fan of this HAMASnik, too.)
With allies and friends like this, look out for Bill De Blasio to hire a New York Police Commissioner who, unlike Ray Kelly, is soft on Muslims and Islamic terrorism. It will cost the lives of New Yorkers. Bet on it.
Say Good-bye to the Big Apple. It's not the Big Halal Falafel.
Can't wait 'til Bill De-HAMAS-io is sworn in. Then the fireworks start. Alhamdillullah [praise allah].
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De Blasio is a reactionary leftist. His mind is stuck in the early 80's. He was a Sandinista supporter back then.
worry01 on October 16, 2013 at 3:06 pm
"CAIR's "Muslim American of the Year" award,…" Some worthy distinction from the group of swine whose organizers and officials have so many tricks up their sleeves it's a wonder they can get their arms in. Their greatest-unspoken- claim to fame is their ability as skillful liars.
Such arrogance! Why not present the Muslim American of the year with a solid gold pressure cooker trophy with ceremonies taking place in Dearborn, Mecca of American Muslims?
And all while our national insanity spreads, they infiltrate and destroy from within.
Sometimes I almost wonder which is worse, being a registered Democrat or being a Musim?
lee of the lower case "l" on October 16, 2013 at 3:17 pm
"Why not present the Muslim American of the year with a solid gold pressure cooker trophy…"
Good one, lower case!
DS_ROCKS! on October 16, 2013 at 3:34 pm
Debbie, since you speak the Arab dialect very fluently, is the name "Sarsour" arab? It sounds more like Lebanese-Arab! Anyway, I would like to thank you for this link DS, because as you know, I happen to be one of your readers/supporters/fans who currently lives in the New York, NY area (I'm in one of the five boroughs) and I didn't know anything about this until today and the link that you gave during the course of this publication.
Since Mr. DeBlasio is the Democrat nominee for mayor here in New York, NY, clearly I'm not going to vote for him, but will vote for his opponent.
Originally I really wasn't going to vote, but rather sit out, but since Linda Sarsour is campaigning for DeBlasio, I'm going to vote against him. And the reason is not because Mrs. Sarsour happens to be a muslim, its because as Debbie ratified here, this girl is an overt supporter of Islamic/Arab terrorism, ie, Hamas and Hezbollah, who are enemies of Israel (and make no mistake about it, both Hamas and Hezbollah are also anti-American and anti-western world as well). And one of these two terrorists groups back 30 years attacked US Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon during a terrorist attack that murdered about 300 of our brave soldiers, and that certain Islamic-Arab terrorist group still til this day has YET to apologize for what they did!
"A nation is defined by its borders, language & culture!"
SR: As I noted at the beginning of the post, "sarsour" is Arabic for "cockroach." DS
Sean R. on October 16, 2013 at 3:37 pm
I believe sarsour means pimp.
Ilan on October 16, 2013 at 3:55 pm
Its anti-Jewish not anti-Semitic. The Muslim leader IS Semitic. Just sayin'.
Psychological Nudity on October 16, 2013 at 4:36 pm
Dumb correction. "Anti-Semitic" means "anti-Jewish."
skzion on October 16, 2013 at 6:02 pm
Muslima Sarsour also claims she is a victim of "white male privilege." LMFAO!!
One Man's Opinion on October 16, 2013 at 4:40 pm
I lived in the NYC area and worked in NYC when Giuliani was elected and the city turned around so fast (for the better) after that, it made my head spin. Unfortunately, I knew that New Yorkers would forget what the city was like before Giuliani or just get complacent and now it's happening. Welcome back 1960s, 1970s. Welcome back crime, squeegee guys. Welcome back 2,000 murders per year. Welcome back elderly Jews needing escorts to avoid being mugged. I felt so good about NYC after the turnaround and I'm not looking forward to the coming reversal.
David on October 16, 2013 at 5:25 pm
Worry is indeed correct that the (almost) new NY Mayor indeed is an uber far lefty and Sandinista supporter. I wanted to point that out because it's important to know and shouldn't be glossed over. He's also a huge fan of Liberation Theology.
NY is in trouble. Here we are dying for the exit of Nanny Bloomberg BUT his replacement is far, far worse. It's a hell, all right.
After today, you really must know the bad times have begun. It's only gonna get worse and worse and hard times are-a-coming. I'm not saying that as a whinge but as a warning. It's not the America you know and love. Dark times are here.
And look at all the ground these puke Moooooslims have gained since 9/11. It's almost like a cruel joke. It's only just begun…
Skunky on October 16, 2013 at 5:37 pm
I guess if I'll be visiting NYC in the future, I'd better do it soon.
On the bright side, there is a very good chance that the rich liberals will be killed alongside the others during the next 9/11. AND NEXT TIME, I will not feel any need to visit NYC to "spend money" to help the place out.
De Blasio is the sort who would set up a monument to Rachel Corrie in Time Square.
Liberal New Yorkers will get the government they deserve, complain and move to another state, and then ruin that state when they vote for the same liberal policies and candidates that ruined New York. This is how the once beautiful and fiscally responsible state of Maryland became an expensive urban high tax mess, and this is what happened in California, too.
Jonathan E. Grant on October 16, 2013 at 6:38 pm
JEG, then maybe there is a great urgency in developing a political organization that tracks these drifting destroyers and inoculates the areas then end up moving to.
We MUST end any interference with the right to sell one's home to those we wish to. I don't know if one could legally discriminate against Democrats, which is the most direct approach here.
And even more sadly, his Republican opponent, Joe Lhota, is every bit as terrible a candidate as Mitt Romney had been in last year's Presidential election. (Not to mention being a RINO on top of it.) Any candidate running against this wild-eyed Marxist and jihadists' friend would not hesitate in the slightest to spotlight de Blasio's ties to the Jew-hating, jihad-supporting, pro-crime "Occupy Wall Street" astroturf movement, for example.
But de Blasio won't just be soft on Muslims and terrorism, as correctly noted. He'll also be soft on gangbangers, drug dealers, murderers, rapists, child predators and other violent criminals. He'll do the bidding of other insidious elements like La Raza, the New Black Panthers and MS-13. (He will also abandon the City's challenge to "Judge" Shira Scheidlin's sick ruling that ended "stop-and-frisk," just as Obama and Eric Holder dropped the Justice Department's prosecution of the New Black Panthers once the former took office. And that ruling of "Judge" Scheindlin's has already led to an increase in gun-related violence – another bad omen.)
The fact that de Blasio has a roughly 40% lead over Lhota, besides Lhota's own terrible campaign, is a massive indictment of how far the people of New York have fallen in 20 years or even 12, and a testament to the extent of the leftist brainwashing in our schools and colleges and in the media (and leads one to wonder if we'd have been a better country had it not been for the 26th Amendment of 1971 – never mind the 19th). How much of this support is driven by all these other groups I spoke of (the Muslim support, of course, is a given).
ConcernedPatriot on October 16, 2013 at 6:43 pm
But CP, it is an indictment of Nanny Bloomberg. He has utterly failed in creating a successor who is satisfactory on crime and terrorism. Franky, Giuliani also bears some responsibility indirectly, given Bloomberg's shenanigans. But G. might have had to settle for the least of several evils.
New York is not a state of mind. It is a disease.
The infection has spread. Not just NYC.
For all those who miss the drug dealers on every corner…just be patient. Soros is grooming them now….
Nie Leui on October 16, 2013 at 8:53 pm
What about the squeegee guys. NYC has that to look forward to. Anthony Weiner doesn't look so bad right now.
>>De Blasio is a reactionary leftist. His mind is stuck in the early 80?s. He was a Sandinista supporter back then.>>
>>Worry is indeed correct that the (almost) new NY Mayor indeed is an uber far lefty and Sandinista supporter.<<
You are correct, sirs.
I solved the origin of "the Big Apple" and once ran for Manhattan Borough President. I moved to Texas, but health and family issues forced our family to move back. We decided to live in Orange County, not New York City.
Bill DeBlasio is absolutely the wrong person for New York City, much worse than David Dinkins ever was. Dinkins was bad, but DeBlasio is "bad with a plan," not simply incompetence.
You'll see wealthy New Yorkers pay even more crippling taxes. You'll see middle class business owners forced to pay a "living wage" and all sorts of benefits under the sun, bankrupting them. You'll see streets renamed to honor terrorists.
Some liberals have eyes and can see when they want to. A few have noticed recently that their "free" healthcare is, well, double what they'd been paying. But it's always way, way too late, and they don't change, anyway. See Detroit, for example. The city can go bankrupt, an ex-mayor can be jailed, and the people will still vote straight Democrat.
New York's hope is that the courts are not completely corrupt, and much of DeBlasio's agenda will be ruled unconstitutional. (The courts slapped Bloomberg on the soda ban and "stop and frisk.") But most courts don't do much, holding the attitude that the people voted for this, so if you don't like it, vote him out or move.
The DeBlasio political correctness crowd will go wild. "Empire State Building." Do we really need a building called the "Empire State" Building? Isn't that racist? And George Washington Bridge? Wasn't Washington a white guy who owned slaves? Hudson River? Are you kidding me? We're honoring Hudson??
Good luck, New Yorkers. (shaking my head)
Barry Popik on October 16, 2013 at 7:17 pm
I wouldn't want to be you
Mostly not even near you
When you're gone they will curse you
And raise the tide against you
I no longer care now
For what you said was fair now
I just don't go there now
I just don't go
Maybe there's a way not to let it hurt
Tell it out in pictures
And songs and words
Do what we should not
To make it worse
Living out in your town
-Deacon Blue
Frankz on October 16, 2013 at 7:48 pm
A relative just bought a $2.3 million townhouse in NYC. Really bad timing.
adam on October 16, 2013 at 10:15 pm
I can't say I like this, but I do appreciate the fact that you posted Debbie. I have shared hoping that other New Yorkers will see this and think twice. Thanks for all the time you give keeping us informed.
Naomi R. on October 17, 2013 at 9:11 am
NYC is going to hell. Bloomberg was a nanny dictator but DeBlasio is even worse.
Alice L. on October 17, 2013 at 4:22 pm
I just read that he and his opponent are promising to close the schools during muslim holidays!!
Karen on October 17, 2013 at 7:05 pm
Of course a Democrat is going to pal around and kiss ass to get the votes of people that openly proclaim they want Jews dead and Israel destroyed.
Because the liberal New York Jews are going to vote Democrat no matter what.
It's a win win situation for the Democratic candidates.
They get both the Muslim and the Jewish money and votes.
There is nothing a Republican can say to get the liberal Jewish vote. And there is nothing the Democratic candidate can say or do to not get the liberal Jewish vote.
Muslims however get offended at the smallest off handed comment and the Democrat could lose their money and votes.
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Oldish assembly on Huntington St. NB in New London.
Freakish assembly on Ferry St. WB at Water Street, which is about to become CT 32 to the north. Water Street to the south is old US 1, which ambled to the right over some railroad tracks and made it to an old bridge. Follow the link at bottom to see some photos of that and plenty more information. Suffice to say, old US 1 SB traffic never saw this sign.
NB at I-95 Exit 84.
SB in the same location - State Pier is the ferry location that Ferry St. goes to.
NB at the Montville Connector, part of a long-abandoned plan to extend the CT 32 freeway northward away from New London, multiplexing with I-395, and heading northwest across CT 2. The Coast Guard Academy fronting on CT 32 is just one of many obstacles that derailed this plan.
CT 32 NB (or ex-32), which once was multiplexed with CT 2 WB as a surface route, and carries traffic from I-395 SB to 2 WB due to space constraints at the interchange. As you can see, 32 and 2 share the freeway until just west of I-395, where 32 rejoins the old road that is still four lanes. The way things are spread out, these are onramps at CT 2 Exits 27 and 25 respectively.
As seen from CT 2 EB, these signs are on CT 32 SB.
NB (2 photos) and SB (2 photos).
NB from CT 31 to CT 74, where there appear to be two successive junctions. The first one is Phelps Way, a shortcut to head west.


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Five 50s Charlie Parker albums to be reissued in a shared box set
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The 10-inch Charlie Parker vinyl collection of the early 1950s will be re-released on Verve / UMe in December this year. They were originally recorded for Mercury Records and Clef Records. These are five albums by the great jazz saxophonist: Charlie Parker With Strings (1950), Bird and Diz (1952), Charlie Parker Plays South of the Border (1952), Charlie Parker with Strings (vol.2) (1953) and Charlie Parker (1954). All of them, except for "Bird and Diz", are reissued for the first time.
This collection is recognized as one of the greatest bop bestsellers of all time. On Mercury Records and Clef Records, Parker plays with Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, Buddy Rich and other jazz stars of the second half of the 20th century.
The sound of the upcoming release will differ from the original, and hopefully for the better: the material was remastered by Alex Abrash on AA Mastering.
The box set will also include rare photographs, information about the recordings, and essays by writing pianist Ethan Iverson and journalist David Ritz. All of this will be packaged in a 10-inch booklet.
The box set is already available for pre-order; in the US, its price was $100. The expected shipping date is December 16, 2020.
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Once a year I make tarts for the Horticultural Society Soup and Sandwich lunch and make enough extra for Cliff's Plumbing and home. This year it worked out particularly well because I thought I need to update the butter tart photo on my blog to a gluten-free version and this gave me the opportunity. I recall counting butter tarts as one of the blessings that was naturally gluten-free when I first began my diet. I do not indulge often but it is good to know I can still add them to a special picnic or camping trip when I want to and they are just as decadently delicious as always!
Mix brown sugar, salt, melted butter and corn syrup.
Whisk eggs then stir into brown sugar mixture being careful not to beat. If you get too much air in the mixture some of the tarts may seem hollow when baked.
Place raisins, nuts, coconut or a mixture of these in the tart shells then cover with butter tart filling to 3/4 full with a 7/8 oz scoop if you have one.
for another 15 – 20 minutes or until filling is set.
If you like your tarts runny you may take them out a little early or reduce the number of eggs to 3.
*I would not substitute margarine here.
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The lilacs are dead. They never get a chance here!
with the invigorating scent that uplifts.
emitting a putrid air that puts the viewer off.
The global travelers find this fact— odd!
like the poor kids found dead in winter on the rough streets.
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Max's Corner: Forking into the Future
May 22 2019 · 13:05 UTC by Max Hasselhoff · 6 min read
In honor of Bytecoin's recent hardfork, this edition of Max's Corner takes a look at some recent and impending hardforks from across the industry and the reasons behind them.
Before we get into the specifics of the hardforks we are going to cover (including Bytecoin's own fork), I think it is worthwhile to establish what exactly a hardfork is and why hardforks are enacted. To do that we have to start at the beginning with the way a blockchain works.
A blockchain is a distributed ledger that grows in size as it processes transactions, measured in blocks. In order for a blockchain to process a transaction, participants on the chain have to agree to validate it. To establish validation, a set of rules are created that layout a protocol for block validation.
Generally, a hardfork is a fundamental restructuring of a protocol that was in place for block validation, which precipitates the reconfiguration of the block validation procedure. Put simply, what worked before the hardfork will no longer work the same afterwards.
The changes brought about by a hardfork mark a permanent departure from that which preceded it, and the nodes that run software tied to any previous versions of a platform have to be altered to continue their operations after the fork.
Hardforks got their name from the fact that when they happen they fork the path of a blockchain, dividing a platform into two camps: the new and the old. The new camp breaks with the old blockchain and forges its own path, updating its structure and incorporating modifications in the process, while the old camp continues straight on the path laid out before the fork.
The nature of the division between old and new camps depends upon what developers are attempting to achieve with their hardfork. When a hardfork is initiated with the purpose of improving a platform and all developers are onboard with it, the fork is non contentious and the division just represents the transition of a platform from one stage to another. As a result, the outcome of this kind of fork is understood before it is enacted, and it involves very little risk.
However, there have been a few hardforks that have resulted from irreconcilable differences among developers pertaining to their respective visions of the future of their projects. The most often cited example of a contentious hardfork is the Bitcoin Cash fork that happened back in November of last year. In this case, Bitcoin Cash was split into two subsequent currencies—Bitcoin ABC and Bitcoin SV—following an acrimonious and prolonged dispute among developers.
The Bitcoin Cash case is not unique but it is hardly the norm as becomes apparent when looking at some recent and upcoming hardforks in the crypto space.
Aeternity Fork
Helmed by Yanislav Malahov, who has nicknamed himself "the godfather of Ethereum," the Aeternity platform is a decentralized open source digital-asset platform that operates via P2P technology. The platform's corresponding cryptocurrency is AE, a token with a total supply of 273.6 million. One of the distinctive features of Aeternity is its use of a hybrid Proof-of Work/Proof-of-Stake verification protocol.
This month Aeternity is scheduled to undergo what their team has titled their "Fortuna" hardfork. The Fortuna fork is a scheduled upgrade that the team has been mapping out since at least February. The upgrade is expected to feature improvements to the system's virtual machine, its smart contracts, and also its state channels.
Along with the system improvements, the upgrade is supposed to introduce tools that will facilitate thorough monitoring of the Aeternity network's performance.
Ycash Fork
Zcash is a fairly well-known cryptocurrency, created in 2016. Describing itself as "privacy-protecting," Zcash offers users shielded transactions which it claims keeps user data completely confidential. The currency made a splash in the headlines when it partnered with JPMorgan to add functionality to the bank's Quorum blockchain.
This July there will be a fork off of the Zcash currency resulting in a new currency called Ycash. The hardfork is being performed by the Ycash team in order to "restore a goal," according to the company's Medium account. The goal they have in mind? Mining on commodity hardware — a means of validation that the Ycash developers feel has been abandoned by the Zcash developers.
The new project's developers have also said that they think the hardfork is necessary because it will ensure that the Zcash Founders Reward will be forever capped at 2.1 million coins, a limit they think the Zcash team will fail to honor.
The developers of Ycash are not affiliated with the Zcash developers, rather they claim to be an outside party that values the privacy features of Zcash but wants to improve the platform and ensure a fair distribution of coins and believes that hardware mining is essential to achieve this. As Ycash will be forking off of Zcash, holders of Zcash will be given substantial amounts of the new currency when it is launched.
Bytecoin Fork
Saving the best for last, as I mentioned above, Bytecoin completed a successful hardfork last week which has set the stage for a few improvements to the platform that I think will help it better distinguish itself among the privacy coins on the market.
Most of the changes to the platform were announced with the release of the Amethyst software update from a couple of months ago. Two features that I want to zero in on here are HD wallets and unlinkable addresses.
With HD wallets Bytecoin has implemented Bitcoin's solution to the perilous nature of wallet files. Now users can back up their wallet files with a mnemonic phrase which will ensure that even if you forget your keys, if you enter your valid mnemonic, you will be able to access your funds.
Unlinkable addresses constitute another wrinkle in Bytecoin's formidable cryptographic topography. Now, in addition to ring signatures obfuscating sending and receiving addresses, users can collate all of their addresses with a single view key without having to sacrifice their anonymity.
The Bytecoin devs were able to develop a means of cryptographically shielding addresses in a way that has made it infeasible for outside parties to gauge whether any two or more addresses share common keys.
This most recent fork was long-planned and uncontested. It would not have happened without the long nights put in by our development team and the support of our community. On behalf of the team, I would like to thank the Bytecoin community and all of its integrators for their help in getting this across the line.
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