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The last person I wanted to see again was my mother.
But she turned up anyway.
A two-bit Mafia mug by the name of Bernie Fiore called me at my office. "Meet me at the Tiv at 3:30," he said. "Upstairs in the loges, first row, beside the wall."
"What the hell, Bernie? I work for a living – no time for movies in the middle of the day."
"I can't talk no more." His voice a whisper now, "Just meet me there, Max. It's about your mother." Then he fumbled with the receiver and hung it up like a guy with ten thumbs.
I slumped in my chair, still clutching the phone, the dial tone a swarm of bees in my ear. My palm felt clammy as I plunked the receiver back on its cradle, my mind spinning.
How could it be about my mother? Was she back in Hamilton after all these years? And even more disturbing – why in hell would Bernie Fiore know a damn thing about her?
I stood at my office window, staring at the brick wall next door, as a slender, dark-haired woman slinked from the shadows of my mind. She was sheathed in a silvery dress shimmering with sequins and was smoking a cigarette in an ivory holder.
My father was spread-eagled in his armchair beside the radio; his Hamilton Police jacket, reeking of cigar smoke, was flung across the back of the sofa, his suspenders drooped at half-mast over his beer gut, and another quart bottle of Dow Ale was clamped in his massive right fist.
He sneered in her direction. "On the town again tonight?"
She turned to face him and shot back, "On the booze again tonight?"
He swallowed another long gulp, then waved the bottle toward her as though he were shooing a fly. "Good riddance."
At the honk of a car horn she draped a lacy shawl over her arm and sashayed toward the door as she snapped over her shoulder, "Same to you, Buster."
She didn't say a word to me – didn't seem to notice I was there; a skinny little kid with tears in his eyes, watching her disappear.
That was in 1923, what some folks called the Roaring Twenties. And I was seven years old when my mother roared out of my life. Now, a week before Christmas in 1947, I'd neither seen nor heard from her since.
She'd disappeared soon after my father was gunned down during a police raid on one of Rocco Perri's bootlegging joints along the Beach Strip. Years later, I heard a rumour that she had run off with one of Rocco's gunmen and that she might even be connected to the Mob somewhere in Florida. But I never knew for sure.
Isabel bustled into my office with a cheery "Morning, Max," rousing me from my dismal reverie. "You okay? You look like you've seen a ghost."
I pulled myself together, sat up straight in my chair and gave myself a quick head-rub. "I'm a bit dozy today. Must be the weather." I glanced toward the window – it wasn't the weather. Sunlight flooded in, reflecting off the powdery snow that had dusted the city overnight.
Iz drew up a chair and reached for my hand. "Something's going on, Max. Tell me."
Her green eyes held mine and wouldn't let go. My natural inclination to keep myself buttoned up didn't stand a ghost of a chance. "Thinking about old times," I half-confessed, and picked up a file folder from my in-basket. "Now, this new Nelligan case looks interesting. Think we could handle the surveillance on our own?"
She reached across the desk, plucked the folder from my hand and tossed it aside like a soiled Kleenex. "Oh, phooey, Max, the Nelligan case can wait. Now what about these 'old times'?"
She grasped my hand and squeezed, her vivid green eyes flashing. Isabel O'Brien.
The stunning red-haired woman who'd been keeping me off balance since she'd joined Max Dexter Associates last summer to train with me as a private investigator. Six months later, I still hadn't learned to adjust to her straight-for-the-heart delivery. Does any man truly admit that he's met his match? That a woman – especially a woman as clever as Isabel – is almost as smart as he is? I checked myself. Forget about 'almost'. She was sharper than a fistful of carpet tacks.
"It's about my mother," I said, parrotting Bernie's phrase. "Remember I told you she left Hamilton after my father was killed back in the twenties?"
She didn't speak, waiting for the other shoe to drop.
"I just got a call from Bernie Fiore, a young guy from the old neighbourhood. Last I heard, he was an enforcer with the Dominic Tedesco crime family. He says he wants to talk to me about her."
"She's back in town?"
"Bernie didn't say. I don't know why she'd come back now. And I don't think I'd want to meet her if she did."
Isabel stood and stepped behind me, placing both her hands on my shoulders. Her subtle fragrance teased me as she massaged the tightened muscles in my neck.
I leaned back in my chair. "Mmm – don't stop."
"If she is in town then you should see her, Max. Every mother must feel something for her only child. Even after all these years."
I reached back and held her arm. Then I gave her a big smile and changed the subject again. This time she followed my lead.
After lunch I stepped out onto King Street, relieved to see the sun had melted the light overnight snow. Wintry weather wasn't the best time of year for a war vet making do with a shrapnel wound that buggered up his right knee. I limped to the nearby Capitol Theatre where I spotted my friend Bob seated aboard his wheeled dolly.
He looked up when I approached, a grin on his clean-shaven face. "Hey there, Sarge, how goes the battle?"
"Okey-dokey. How's business here?"
In front of him on the sidewalk, he'd spread a small rubber mat where his pencils were lined up like toy soldiers ready for inspection. Bob had lost both legs at Dieppe but that didn't stop him from scooting himself around the downtown streets, setting up shop at the busiest spots. Bob extended his right hand. When I shook it, I noticed the tips of the thumb and first two fingers of his woolen glove had been snipped off: I guessed so he could handle his pencils better and make change.
"Business is always good at Christmastime, Sarge. What's up?"
I chuckled to myself. I wasn't a sergeant in the military police anymore, but some of my fellow vets still liked to call me Sarge.
"I'm meeting a guy at the Tivoli – about 1530. Think you could set up there? Keep an eye open for me?"
"Sure. Who're you meeting?"
"Bernie Fiore. Know him?"
He nodded then pushed back his army field cap as it tipped forward. "Yeah, I see him around quite a bit. A young mob guy: I think they've got him on collections – the old protection racket. He hangs out at that pool room down near the corner of Cannon and James. But dumber than a pile of bricks. His brother got all the brains in that family."
I smiled at his description. Bernie's older brother Nick had been a few years ahead of me at Central Collegiate: a hard-nosed lineman on the football team and that kept him in shape for his weekend job hustling booze for the Rocco Perri gang. And after Rocco's sudden disappearance — some said at the bottom of Hamilton Harbour — Nick was playing full-time on the Dominic Tedesco team.
"I'll be there, Sarge. You can count on me."
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Children of Uncertain Fortune: Mixed-Race Jamaicans in Britain and the Atlantic Family, 1733-1833 / Daniel Livesay
Daniel Livesay's first monograph comes at an opportune moment. With the recent release of digital projects such as the University of Glasgow's Runaway Slaves in Britain database, historical attention has focused in on the lives of people of colour in early modern Britain.
Legacies of British Slave-Ownership / eds. Nick Draper, Rachel Lang
In 1833, after centuries of resistance and rebellion by enslaved people, decades of popularly-mobilized antislavery protests, and years of economic struggle on colonial plantations, England's Parliament initiated the process of slave emancipation in the British Empire.
Empire of Cotton: A Global History / Sven Beckert
The cotton industry is fundamental to the development of global capitalism and broadly shaped the world we live in today. It is therefore important to realise the extent to which this depended on the militarisation of trade, massive land expropriation, genocide and slavery.
Guano and the Opening of the Pacific World: A Global Ecological History / Gregory T. Cushman
Gregory Cushman's preface opens with some bold claims. He suggests that the Black Death, the African Slave Trade, the Second World War and the harvesting of bird excrement deposits from islands in the Pacific oceans were of equal importance in world history.
The Sugar Barons: Family, Corruption, Empire and War / Matthew Parker
A brief survey of the recent academic literature on global history reveals an academy that is still trying to define a historiographical movement.
Slavery Counted, Slavery Defined and Slavery Online / Justin Roberts
The proliferation of computer databases and the digitization of sources online are transforming the profession. Scholars can now do substantial original research without needing to travel to distant archives. Massive collections of documents are at our fingertips. Online databases are encouraging the democratization of historical research.
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Rio Sagrado with the Andean mountains as a backdrop. Photo courtesy of Rio Sagrado.
Mountain views, llamas, and a marble bull sculpture she loved so much she brought it home. Machu Picchu didn't stand a chance once Popupla contributor discovered Rio Sagrado.
CUSCO, Peru – Machu Picchu was never on my bucket list, although after climbing Kilimanjaro everybody assumed it would be. That said, when I had an opportunity to go on an Orient Express (now ) trip a couple years ago, I didn't think twice. Who turns down Orient Express? But when I look back on the top highlights of that trip, which included stops in Lima, Ollantaytambo, and Cusco, the 15th-century Inca site, while undoubtedly cool and interesting, was not among the top.
But my night at , a hidden hotel on the Urubamba River in the Sacred Valley that's built to resemble an Andean village, definitely was. Part of it was the element of surprise. Our car crossed railroad tracks and took us down a dirt road, through a gate, down a gravel drive, and boom: There was the resort, spread out below us, with low-lying buildings terraced into a hill facing the Andean mountains.
While it seemingly sits in a valley, Rio Sagrado is still at high altitude — 9,000 feet — and I felt every single bit of it walking up and down the stairs that connect rooms with the restaurant and pool areas. About that room: I had views of the expansive lawn and two llamas that would sometimes graze on it, the mountains, and the river.
It rained most of the time, so there was no lounging by the pool. But it didn't matter. The mix of contemporary furnishings with just enough Peruvian touches to give a sense of place (without screaming PERU) was very well done, making for a lovely in-room experience. Other interesting touches: slumped glass bath accessories (a la Higgins glass), a shower with a view, and an awesome modern marble bull sculpture on my bedside table. I convinced the manager to sell it to me, and it now lives on my desk in New York City.
After check-out and before we caught the Orient Express train to Macchu Picchu (a two-hour ride with white tablecloth lunch service), we made two touristy but cool stops.
We also stopped at the , which houses the Fortress of Ollantaytambo, a huge stone structure with sixteen levels of terraces to climb. Quite the workout.


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How does India feel about China-Pakistan Economic Corridor called CPEC? Is Modi government involved in disrupting CPEC? Is insurgency in Balochistan a part of Indian efforts to sabotage China's short direct access to the Indian Ocean? What does the Times of India editorial titled "Engage the Dragon on Balochistan" say about thinking in Delhi?
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A senior security official in the town of around 100,000 people said a further 400-500 soldiers had been recruited as a temporary measure to protect Chinese nationals.
On a recent visit, an SUV carrying Chinese visitors was escorted by two police cars and an army vehicle, while police blocked traffic at every crossroad along the route. It was not clear who the passengers were.
Keeping foreign workers and executives safe in Gwadar, which has expanded significantly over the last 15 years largely thanks to Chinese investment, is relatively straightforward.
The same cannot be said of the corridor as a whole.
Its western branch passes north through Baluchistan province, where ethnic Baluch separatist rebels are opposed to the CPEC project and chafing under a military crackdown.
It skirts the tribal belt along the Afghan-Pakistan border where Islamist militant groups including the Pakistan Taliban and al Qaeda have long been based, and takes in Peshawar, scene of some of the worst insurgent atrocities of recent years.
The main responsibility for securing the corridor, vital to Pakistan's long-term prosperity, lies with a new army division established in the last few months and numbering an estimated 13,000 troops.
Pakistan's Planning Ministry does not yet have specific estimates on how many jobs the CPEC will create in Pakistan, although officials believe the project could generate hundreds of billions of dollars for the economy over the long term.
Some of the police, army and paramilitary reinforcements deployed in the last year have been stop-gap measures while the new Special Security Division builds to full strength.
Enhanced security goes beyond Gwadar and across Baluchistan, an arid, sparsely populated province bordering Iran and Afghanistan which sits on substantial deposits of untapped natural gas.
"We have tightened our security in those areas where the corridor is supposed to pass. We cannot allow Pakistan's economic backbone to be held hostage," Sarfaraz Ahmed Bugti, the provincial home minister, told Reuters.
The tough approach means anger is growing among separatist rebels and the broader Baluch community, a potential problem for the military as it pursues a two-pronged approach: amnesty for rebels willing to disarm and hunting down those who are not.
"We consider the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor as ... an occupation of Baluch territory," said rebel spokesman Miran Baluch, a member of the Baluchistan Liberation Front (BLF), adding its fighters would attack anyone working on the project.
"Thousands of Baluch families have been forced to flee the area where the CPEC route is planned. (The) Baluch (people) will not tolerate such projects on their land."
The low-level insurgency has hit development in the province for decades. In recent violence, five soldiers were killed by a remote-controlled bomb some 50km (31 miles) east of Quetta last month.
Also in January, two coastguards died in a bomb blast in Gwadar district, although in both cases it was not possible to determine who was behind the attacks.
Army chief General Raheel Sharif, who launched a prolonged assault on Islamist militants after Taliban gunmen massacred 134 pupils at a school in Peshawar in late 2014, will hope a sharp fall in violence nationwide will also benefit the CPEC.
Militant, insurgent and sectarian groups carried out 625 attacks across Pakistan in 2015, down 48 percent from 2014, said an independent think-tank, the Pak Institute for Peace Studies.
The data showed that local cement sales surged 15.57 percent to 17.9 million tons in July-Jan 2015/16. However, cement exports slid 24.98 percent to 3.4 million tons.
Cement manufacturers expressed dismay over the indifference shown by the economic planners towards rapidly declining exports.
"Substantial reduction in exports has drastically affected foreign exchange earnings of the country and cement makers are finding it difficult to maintain their existence in the export markets due to high cost of doing business in Pakistan and non-availability of incentives," said APCMA spokesman.
In July-Jan 2015/16, factories located in north dispatched 14.776 million tons in local markets as against 12.948 million tons in July-Jan 2014/15.
The south-based factories registered a 23 percent growth in domestic sales in the period under review as their local sales stood at 3.12 million tons as against 2.53 million tons earlier.
The north-based mills registered a 22.35 percent decline of exports to 2.16 million tons in the first seven months of this fiscal year. South-based cement manufacturers recorded 29.17 percent exports fall to 1.243 million tons.
The industry dispatched 3.085 million tons of cement in January compared with 2.898 million tons dispatched in the same month a year ago, showing a growth of 6.47 percent.
Again this was mainly attributed to healthy domestic sales. In January, the local sales were 2.699 million tons as against 2.419 million tons earlier, up 11.54 percent.
In January, exports dropped to 386,562 tons from 478,000 tons in the same month a year ago, showing a decline of 19.19 percent.
The APCMA spokesman said despite several reminders on significant issues, which have been eroding export volumes, apparently no interest has been shown by the government to address them.
"Government must take immediate steps to stop smuggling of Iranian cement into the country," he added.
He further said the government should also give due attention to reduce energy costs by removal of gas infrastructure development cess, reduction of custom duty on coal to zero percent and announcing additional incentive of five percent on cement export by sea in order to reduce the overall cost of operations to make the Pakistani cement industry competitive globally.
SQA: "Trump will mellow out and if he becomes the president he would be good for USA"
I think Trump's juvenile leadership style will be a disaster for the United States if he ever gets elected. His patent bigotry will hurt America's standing in the world.
"Indian media are now playing up lies spewed by a US agent and convicted felon David Headley to whip up anti_Pak sentiments and deceive their people yet again"
Just wondering whether your low class pak education is being displayed here, like always.
If he is lying now, then why was he sentenced to 35 yrs imprisonment by US court for his role in 11/26. Did he lie there too to implicate himself. David gains nothing by lying now because he is not going to come out alive from the Chicago jail until he is 85. It is not as if his US sentence is going to be pardoned because of this revelations.
In any case what-ever he told few days back is already revealed during his court case in 2010. The article you quoted also alludes to the same.
RK: "Did he lie there too to implicate himself."
It was a plea bargain that resulted in his conviction.
His testimony implicating others was not accepted by the court when the court acquitted Tahawwur Rana of involvement in Mumbai.
He's a repeat offender as he has demonstrated by breaking the law, doing a plea bargain deal to become an informant and then breaking the law again.
RK: "David gains nothing by lying now because he is not going to come out alive from the Chicago jail until he is 85. It is not as if his US sentence is going to be pardoned because of this revelations."
He's obligated to do what the US tells him to do as part of his plea bargain. If he doesn't, the US could try him again and get him an even stiffer sentence. On the other hand, his helping US could bring him some leniency such as early release for good behavior.
'He's obligated to do what the US tells him to do as part of his plea bargain. "
What has his recent revelations got to do with USA ? He was sentenced in 2010.
Why did US took 5 years forcing him to reveal to India?
"If he doesn't, the US could try him again and get him an even stiffer sentence. On the other hand, his helping US could bring him some leniency such as early release for good behavior."
ha ha. good one. Try a career in Hollywood crime movies screenplay.
David agreed to turn approver for India so that India does not seek extradition any more. Right since his sentencing, Indian Govt has made it clear that their goal is to extradite him to India. Even though USA has steadfastly refused to hand him over to India, David just can't be sure it will not change in future. He clearly prefers spending rest of his life in US prison than in Indian prison. He cut a deal with India :- Pardom him and he will turn an approver. This is a standard practice all over the world. So many mafia criminals turn approver to escape from punishment. For India, which has a bigger objective to get the names of other conspirators, it is an OK deal. It is not as if David is already not in prison.
RK: "What has his recent revelations got to do with USA ? He was sentenced in 2010. Why did US took 5 years forcing him to reveal to India?"
Headley is in US custody. He can not do or say anything without the consent of his handlers in US government.
Riaz bhai, you say: "Indian media are now playing up lies spewed by a US agent and convicted felon David Headley to whip up anti-Pak sentiments and deceive their people yet again"
Why would Headly lie for the sake of India and implicate Pakistan? His father was a Pakistani and he spent many years in Pakistan. He is in American jail and India has no influence on him. Only US spy agencies can influence him. US spy agencies as we know are pally with ISI.
You are a intelligent person and should realise this.
19640909rk : "Only US spy agencies can influence him. US spy agencies as we know are pally with ISI"
Don't forget that US has put $10m bounty on Hafiz Saeed's head. The US wants Headley to implicate Saeed and Pakistan. The Cold War is over. US's and its agencies' allegiances have changed.
"When you hear the soundtrack of this video, does this man sound like a person born an"
OH it started again. 11/26 was never done by Pakistan. Got it. It was RSS all the way.
And all terrorist attack in Pak is by RAW. Case closed.
No wonder Pakis hate David Headley for singing.
RK: "OH it started again. 11/26 was never done by Pakistan. Got it. It was RSS all the way. And all terrorist attack in Pak is by RAW. Case closed."
Do you know how many nuts in USA have written a book about 09/11 being an inside job by CIA and Mossad. There is even a video documentary claiming Twin Towers fell due to demolition by bomb. The line of argument is exactly like that of Kasab's accent. You are most welcome to believe it, like many Pakistanis and American muslims.
It is called democracy and free speech and we Americans or Indians just take it as a small nuisance.
It might interest you to know that, despite this so called atrocities against minorities, Indian Muslims have clearly said no to Pakistan.
RK: "Do you know how many nuts in USA have written a book about 09/11 being an inside job by CIA and Mossad. "
Were these written by top security and police officials comparable to SM Mushrif in India?
RK : "we Americans or Indians"
Really? Has US ever elected a KKK wizard to the top office in the country?
Does US censor free speech as India does with Facebook and other social media?
Though I have visited Lahore earlier, this was the first time I was able to experience the vibrant life in the city away from officialdom. It remains a city of people who celebrate its rich and varied cultural heritage and embrace its tradition of intellectual discourse, poetry, music and sophisticated cuisine. Its Sufi shrines are overflowing with throngs of gentle worshippers defying the monochromatic urgings of the Wahhabi-inspired jihadi groups. It is only the pervasive presence of security all around the city which reflects the unseen threat that strikes and kills without warning. Pakistan's diversity is real and should be factored into our policies. There is universal resentment over the highly restrictive visa regime, the little humiliations heaped on those brave enough to cross national boundaries, and the constant discouragement to the coming together of scholars, artists and writers - all in the name of reciprocity and exaggerated security concerns. And yet, these are the constituencies that may be able to craft a different and more benign narrative of India-Pakistan relations over time. A self-confident India should be able to create opportunities for expanded engagement with these constituencies even as it confronts the hostility of the Pakistani state. The affinities across the border are real and need to be nurtured for their own intrinsic value.
We indians consider all those cong era FS are slightly better than useless.
This blogger and most of his blogs are blogs of convenience. The constant underlying argument is to project Pakistan in a better light, although, the facts indicate different. On the flip side there is a need to project India and the US but mostly India much harshly and poorly than the truth.
For example, even though Pakistan is considered a well known terrorist haven for harboring Osama Bin Laden and the numerous terrorists that has come from it's soil including giving birth to the Taliban, the blogger wants to somehow "correct" that image. Yet in India's case, in PM Modi's case, there are delusional comparisons made to Hitler, KKK and other outrageous things. Never mind that the Supreme Court of India of the then Congress Government (who brought the charges) ruled and cleared Modi of the 2002 Gujarat Riots.
On the economic front, the blogs are similarly contrived. If you look at the South Asia Subcontinent countries, Pakistan has over the years fallen in Human Development Ranking. In spite of that most blogs are economically very rosy and ignore the many structural problems of Pakistan's Economy. Once again here, India's economy, has been projected to collapse many times but the truth is no way near that.
However, this sort of narrative will continue. Unfortunately for the blogger, these fringe arguments will not stick no matter how numerous or how desperately they are repeated.
NBRX: "The constant underlying argument is to project Pakistan in a better light, although, the facts indicate different."
The "facts" you see are different from the real facts knowledgeable Indians have about the situation.
Dulat has essentially confirmed the fact that Indian hawks like the BJP leader L.K. Advani are responsible for sabotaging the India-Pakistan summit. Dulat has also debunked the myth promoted by Indian security analysts and politicians who regularly blame Pakistan for the failure of past bilateral diplomatic efforts by citing what they believe is the adverse role of Pakistani military in framing Pakistan's policy toward India. This rationale does not explain why the diplomatic initiatives undertaken by Pakistani military leaders from General Zia to General Musharraf have not borne fruit.
Bets are rising that Pakistan will default on its debt just as it starts to revive investor interest with a reduction in terrorist attacks.
Credit default swaps protecting the nation's debt against non-payment for five years surged 56 basis points over the past week amid the global market sell-off, the steepest jump after Greece, Venezuela and Portugal among more than 50 sovereigns tracked by Bloomberg. About 42 percent of Pakistan's outstanding debt is due to mature in 2016 -- roughly $50 billion, equivalent to the size of Slovenia's economy.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has worked to make Pakistan more investor-friendly since winning a $6.6 billion International Monetary Fund loan in 2013 to avert an external payments crisis. The economy is forecast to grow 4.5 percent, an eight-year high, as a crackdown on militant strongholds helps reduce deaths from terrorist attacks.
"Pakistan's high level of public debt, with a large portion financed through short-term instruments, does make the sovereign's ability to meet their financing needs more sensitive to market conditions," Mervyn Tang, lead analyst for Pakistan at Fitch Ratings Ltd., said by e-mail.
Since Sharif took the loan, Pakistan's debt due by end-2016 has jumped about 79 percent. He's also facing resistance in meeting IMF demands to privatize state-owned companies, leading to a strike this month at national carrier Pakistan International Airlines Corp.
The bulk of this year's debt, some $30 billion, is due between July and September, and repayments will get tougher if borrowing costs rise more. The spread between Pakistan's 10-year sovereign bond and similar-maturity U.S. Treasuries touched a one-year high on Thursday.
If Pakistan's debt servicing costs rise, Sharif doesn't have much room to maneuver. Already about 77 percent of the country's 13 trillion rupees ($124 billion) budget for the year through June 30 is earmarked for interest and principal repayment on loans.
Another worry, as ever in Pakistan, is political stability. The military has ruled the country for most of the time since independence in 1947, and General Raheel Sharif -- no relation to the prime minister -- has boosted the army's image with a campaign to root out terrorists who massacred 134 children in 2014.
While Raheel Sharif has said he plans to retire when his term ends in November, the risk of political upheaval is ever present. Pakistan has the 10th highest political risk score among more than 120 countries in the Economist Intelligence Unit ranking, worse than Egypt and Iran.
Also read Mohammad Jamil article http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/opinion/02-Feb-2016/pakistan-s-debt-mountain.
Rs 17 trillion and growing or Rs 85000 debt per person. Staggering. Is this due to CPEC?
Salim: "Rs 17 trillion and growing or Rs 85000 debt per person. Staggering. Is this due to CPEC? "
Rs 85,000, if accurate, is $850, a fraction of Pakistan's per capita income of over $1,500. It's quite manageable if Pakistan succeeds in growing its economy and increase its tax base. CPEC offers an opportunity to do that.
Only 17 percent -- or $8.3 billion -- of Pakistan's 2016 bond and loan repayments will need to be in foreign currency. That accounts for 40 percent of the nation's $21 billion in foreign-exchange holdings.
Foreign direct investment (FDI) increased 4.6% in the first seven months of 2015-16 on a year-on-year basis, according to statistics released by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Tuesday.
Pakistan received $647.9 million in FDI in the July-January period, which is $28.4 million higher than the FDI received in the same seven-month period of the preceding fiscal year.
FDI from China saved the day for Pakistan, as investment from the neighbouring country amounted to $409 million in Jul-Jan, which increased almost 120% from a year ago. The share of Chinese investment in the net FDI Pakistan has received in Jul-Jan stands at 63.1%, more than double from 30% a year ago.
Despite being one of the principal foreign investors in Pakistan historically, the United States is now pulling out its investments on a massive scale.
US investors have pulled out $86.5 million in the first seven months of 2015-16, although net inflows from the world's largest economy amounted to $120.7 million in the same period of previous fiscal year.
Pakistan has faced low levels of foreign investment in recent years. The SBP has called an increase in FDI 'imperative' for sustainability of the economy's external sector.
Other major outflows of FDI were from investors of Saudi Arabia ($74.4 million), Germany ($30.6 million) and Egypt ($26.3 million) in Jul-Jan, SBP data shows.
FDI inflow was just $23.9 million in January, up $14.7 million from the investment received in the same month of 2014.
The largest net outflow of FDI was recorded in petrochemicals ($136.1 million) followed by metal products ($34 million).
China was followed by the United Arab Emirates ($98.5 million), Hong Kong ($94.3 million) and Italy ($61.1 million) as major contributors to the FDI in Jul-Jan.
The largest increase in FDI was in the category of power, which attracted $334.2 million. Other sectors that attracted substantial FDI were oil and gas exploration ($187.7 million) and communications ($53.5 million).
Pakistan received FDI of $709.3 million in 2014-15, which was 58.2% less than the FDI received in the preceding fiscal year. The largest contributor during the year was the United States ($238.7 million), followed by China ($229.5 million) and United Arab Emirates ($222.4 million).
Many foreign investors have left Pakistan for good in recent years because of the energy crisis and bad governance. According to the latest annual report of the SBP, FDI divestments have taken place in cement, metal and pharmaceutical sectors.
"Some of these divestments highlight policy-related constraints in the manufacturing sector," the SBP said while referring to Tuwairqi Steel that has shut down its production unit in Pakistan because of a dispute with the government over the pricing of gas.
Khan said completing an IMF loan program "is always very tough." He declined to say whether the government would seek to borrow more from the IMF in the future.
Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif on Friday said that security forces are ready to pay any price to turn the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) dream into reality.
"We are aware of all the campaigns against CPEC," said the army chief.
During his visit to the headquarters of the newly raised Special Security Division (SSD), responsible for the security of CPEC projects, the army chief instructed the force to take all possible measures to make all CPEC related projects a success.
COAS was given a detailed briefing over raising of the force and the security threats faced by the CPEC project.
Gen Raheel Sharif reiterated the army's commitment to provide security for CPEC and the work force involved in the projects, terming the plan a game changer for Pakistan and its people.
On arrival, COAS was received by Lieutenant General Malik Zafar Iqbal and Major General Abid Rafique, Commander SSD.
The CPEC is a 3,000-kilometer network of roads, railways and pipelines to transport oil and gas from Gwadar Port to Kashgar city, northwestern China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.
An official agreement on the corridor was signed between the two countries last year during President Xi Jinping's historic visit to Pakistan.
The CPEC will reduce China's routes of oil and gas imports from Africa and the Middle East by thousands of kilometers, making Gwadar a potentially vital link in China's supply chain.
Pakistan has reason to believe that the Indian spy agency, Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), has established yet another desk with a special allocation of a huge sum of money to scuttle CPEC.
According to reports in the local media, RAW, created in the wake of the 1965 war between Pakistan and India, has been assigned the gigantic assignment to ruin the trade corridor project, the biggest operation after the creation of Bangladesh tasked to it immediately after its creation way back in September 1968.
Pakistan's intelligence gathering agencies had collected authentic evidence and proof about the designs of RAW that has already initiated its work. RAW is known for sponsoring terror activities for attaining its objectives. It is engaged in promoting and aiding disruptive elements in Pakistan to destabilise the country.
The budget of RAW isn't known to anyone but $300 million have been earmarked initially for subverting the economic corridor.
In the energy sector, 16 projects have been sorted out to be implemented first, which can generate 10.4 million kw of electricity in total, Sun said, adding that half of the projects have been under construction, and will help Pakistan ease its power shortages.
A solar power plant in Punjab province's Bahawalpur city, built by the Chinese company ZTE Energy, has recently installed a 300-megawatt generator unit, which can produce 480 million kWh annually, enough to satisfy the daily power consumption of at least 200,000 Pakistani families, Sun said.
Regarding transportation, the ambassador said, phase II of the Karakoram highway, the Multan-Sukkur section of the Lahore-Karachi highway, and the Pakistan portion of a cross-border optical cable project are already underway.
As the largest transportation project under the CPEC, the 392 km-long Multan-Sukkur stretch is expected to create nearly 10,000 jobs at the peak of its construction, the ambassador added.
According to incomplete statistics, the CPEC projects under construction have employed more than 6,000 Pakistani workers by the end of March, besides the employment indirectly created and driven by the projects, Sun said.
Furthermore, Chinese companies participating in CPEC helped residents in remote areas of Pakistan gain access to clean water, electricity and better transportation.
China's Three Gorges Corporation and Tebian Electric Apparatus have provided generators, solar lights and water purification units to residents in remote regions while China Road and Bridge Corporation has repeatedly helped locals build makeshift bridges and water ducts and taken part in rescue and relief operations.
The China Development Bank, Huawei, China State Construction Engineering Corporation, as well as other Chinese entities, have also sponsored Pakistanis to receive further education in China, donated school buses to Gwadar and set up education funds, which have received wide praise from the local population.
The CPEC, which highlights energy, transport, the Gwadar port and industrial cooperation at the current stage and will seek to expand cooperation to such sectors as finance, science and technology, education, poverty alleviation, and urban planning.
"The CPEC is a mutually-beneficial and win-win cooperation, which will contribute to the prosperity and development of China, Pakistan and the region and the building of a community of shared destiny between the two countries," Sun said.
"We will fully implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of China and Pakistan, and push forward the construction of CPEC to benefit the Chinese and Pakistani peoples," Sun added.
Chinese firms are to invest $46 billion in the project over six years, including $33.8 billion in energy projects and $11.8 billion in infrastructure, as part of an agreement inked by the two sides during a visit by Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to China in 2014.
The CPEC is part of China's transnational 'One Belt One Road' (OBOR) initiative, which includes the land-based New Silk Road and the 21st century Maritime Silk Road.
China's access to Gwadar, close to the Strait of Hormuz, a key oil shipping lane, could open up an energy and trade corridor from the Gulf across Pakistan to western China.
The CPEC when completed will also give China land access to the Indian Ocean, cutting the nearly 13,000 km sea voyage from Tianjin to the Persian Gulf through the Strait of Malacca and around India, to a mere 2,000 km road journey from Kashgar to Gwadar.
Frustrated with the slow progress on a sprawling, $46bn infrastructure project stretching from China to south Asia, Beijing is seeking to give Pakistan's army a lead role.
Its desire to enlist Pakistan's military is a sign of the challenges facing a crucial plank of President Xi Jinping's signature One Road One Belt initiative. It was designed to increase China's influence along the Silk Road and help the country export some of its excess industrial capacity.
Mr Xi made Pakistan an early stop on that road last year with the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, a $46bn bundle of road, railway, electricity, oil and gas projects that marked the largest foreign investment in the nuclear-armed south Asian state.
But progress has stalled as the two sides work out how to turn the proposals into concrete projects, said Victor Gao, a former Chinese foreign ministry official, with some blaming Pakistan's competing ministries.
The Pakistan military, which has detachments of civil, mechanical and electrical engineers, has had decades of experience with large infrastructure projects and analysts say the army is well placed to supervise the corridor.
But some politicians warn that military involvement will expand the army's footprint on civilian matters and give the armed forces an even greater say in policymaking.
Security along the route, which traverses many volatile regions, is also a factor. "Because this project runs from Kashgar in Xinjiang to Gwadar, the CPEC's route is very long and high-risk," said Huang Rihan at the Center for China and Globalisation.
A 15,000-strong army-led security force has already been deployed to protect Chinese personnel assigned to the project.
Ultimately the new Silk Road will connect China's western region, including the predominantly Muslim Xinjiang province, to the Chinese-funded Pakistani port city of Gwadar and significantly reduce the travel time between China and the Middle East.
Others attributed the hold-up to the long-term nature of the CPEC. "These projects will take many years to be completed, beyond the tenure of any one government," said a foreign ministry official in Islamabad. "China wants to make certain that these projects will be completed as per plan".
China is focused on securing a route to the Indian Ocean that would reduce dependence on the choke point of the Strait of Malacca between the Malay Peninsula and the Indonesian island of Sumatra.
Pakistan's armed forces have established close ties with Beijing as primary customers of China's defence hardware, raising concerns in Delhi and Washington over a Sino-Pakistani military axis.


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(Family Features) The weeknight dinner meal can be a challenge...it must taste good, appeal to the family and be easy to prepare. Economical would also be a plus.
Sound like a tall order? Not when Salsa Verde Bean Enchiladas are on the menu. Just five ingredients...tortillas, prepared salsa verde, shredded Mexican cheese blend, cumin and canned Southwestern Bean Salad...are all that's needed for an easy Tex-Mex entrée.
The zesty bean salad, straight from the can, has just the right blend of chili powder and spices to provide a hint of heat to the black beans, kidney beans, corn and bell peppers. To make the filling, simply purée one can of the salad, and stir in a second can along with a dash of cumin. Spread onto corn or flour tortillas, roll up, and place in a baking dish. Pour on the salsa, sprinkle with the pre-shredded cheese blend and bake.
How easy is that? Add precooked chopped chicken or cooked ground beef or turkey to the bean filling if you like. Mixed greens and orange segments tossed with a vinaigrette would make a great accompaniment, or assorted favorite fruits would be tasty, too.
Southwestern Bean Salad is great to have in the pantry. It's equally delicious at room temperature or chilled. For a quick accompaniment, serve with grilled meats and poultry, burgers or sandwiches. Use it to top a mixed green salad, or add cooked pasta such as rotini or penne for a quick main dish pasta salad. Or, puree and serve as a zesty bean dip with tortillas.
For other great recipes made with READ salads, visit www.readsalads.com.
1. Drain 1 can of salad; discard liquid. Place in food processor. Process until pureed but still slightly chunky.
2. In large bowl, stir together pureed salad, second can of salad with liquid, and ground cumin. Spoon mixture evenly down center of tortillas. Roll up and place seam-side down in 13x9-inch baking dish sprayed with nonstick cooking spray.
3. Pour salsa verde evenly over enchiladas. Top with cheese. Cover with foil. Bake at 350°F 30 minutes. Remove foil; continue baking 10 to 15 minutes until beginning to brown around edges. Let stand about 10 minutes before serving with optional toppings, if desired.
Nutrition information per serving (1/6 of recipe): 418 calories; 15 g protein; 53 g carbohydrate; 16 g fat; 1438 mg sodium; 27 mg cholesterol; 9 g dietary fiber; 15 mg iron; 0.06 mg thiamin; 1224 IU vitamin A; 3 mg vitamin C.
For an upgrade on the classic sandwich, try this version from Sammy Hagar, a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, who's known for his riff on the iconic recipe. He takes his favorite sandwich to the next level by adding a smoky kick.
Find his signature sandwich at Sammy's Beach Bar & Grill locations throughout the country, or try creating Sammy's Cubano Sandwich at home with this recipe.
For more recipes, visit Tabasco.com/recipe.
To make Mojo Marinade: In bowl, whisk olive oil, cilantro, orange juice, lime juice, garlic, oregano, cumin, salt and pepper until incorporated. Adjust salt and pepper, to taste. Reserve 4 tablespoons marinade in separate bowl, cover and set aside in refrigerator.
Place pork in large zip-top bag. Cover with Mojo Marinade and close bag. Place in roasting pan and refrigerate overnight.
Remove pork and marinade from bag and place in roasting pan. Cover with foil and cook in oven 45 minutes.
After 45 minutes, reduce heat to 375° F, remove foil and cook 2 hours until internal temperature reaches 175° F and pork is fork tender at thickest part.
Remove from oven and let rest 20 minutes before slicing.
In small bowl, mix chipotle sauce and mayonnaise until fully incorporated.
Spread mixture on bottom bread slice.
On top bread slice, place two slices deli ham, 3-4 ounces roasted pork, two slices swiss cheese, 4-6 pickles and yellow mustard.
Over medium-high heat, butter flat surface of griddle and add reserved Mojo Marinade while butter is melting.
Place assembled sandwiches on griddle, pressing grill weight or heavy skillet on top of sandwiches.
(Family Features) If getting your kids to embrace healthy eating habits feels like a constant uphill battle, take heart in knowing you're not alone. However, modeling smart choices in the kitchen and at the grocery store may be just the nudge your kids need.
One of the biggest hurdles many families face when it comes to healthier eating is getting started. These tips show how subtle changes can make it simple to introduce healthier choices the whole family can enjoy.
Mornings are a busy time for families, and it can be difficult to make a nutritious breakfast and get out the door. Even so, skip the packaged breakfast foods that are loaded with sodium and calories. Instead, make and freeze your own healthy breakfast foods ahead of time. These breakfast burritos are easy for reheating and eating on the go.
A common misperception is that eating healthfully takes too long. Set a good example for kids to follow by preparing healthy dinners at home. This one-pot turkey skillet is ready in less than 25 minutes to make dinner and cleanup a breeze.
When kids are empowered to choose what they eat, they're more likely to enjoy it. One easy way for kids to identify smart choices in the produce department is by looking for foods with the Produce for Kids logo. Not only are these items an important part of a balanced meal, shoppers who support the products are giving back to local organizations that help children and families.
To find additional tips to encourage your family's healthy eating and more than 300 registered dietitian-approved recipes, visit produceforkids.com.
In nonstick skillet over medium heat, heat 1 teaspoon oil. Add sausage and cook 5-8 minutes, or until cooked through. Transfer to plate and set aside.
In same skillet, add remaining oil, bell peppers, onions and tomatoes, and cook 3-5 minutes, or until softened. Add tomatoes and cook 2 minutes.
In large bowl, scramble eggs and pepper. Add to pan and cook, stirring regularly, 3-4 minutes, or until eggs are set. Remove from heat and mix in sausage and cheese. Let cool.
Fill tortillas with 1/2 cup egg mixture, roll into burrito and lay seam-side down on parchment-lined baking sheet. Freeze 1 hour. Transfer to freezer-safe re-sealable bag and return to freezer.
To reheat burritos, remove from freezer, wrap in paper towel and microwave on high 1-2 minutes.
In nonstick skillet over medium-high heat, heat oil. Add turkey and cook 10 minutes, or until no longer pink.
In food processor, pulse bell pepper, onion and tomatoes until chunky.
Add vegetable mixture, noodles, beans, cumin, chili powder and salt to skillet and let simmer 15 minutes.
(Family Features) It's true that classics never go out of style, but they can also evolve to keep current while still maintaining their original appeal.
For example, take the iconic tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwich duo. Today's tomato soup might be seasoned with herbs and garlic, and the grilled cheese might swap goat cheese and mozzarella for the traditional American or cheddar. Meatloaf could be prepared with sriracha replacing Worcestershire sauce or other seasonings.
Another updated idea is for stuffed peppers. It's easy to give them a Tex-Mex spin simply by using a can of READ Southwestern Bean Salad as the base for the filling. The salad already has black and kidney beans, hominy and corn in it, as well as a slightly spicy dressing. Build on that flavorful combination by adding browned ground beef or turkey, cheese and tortilla chips. Poblano peppers could be substituted for bell peppers for an even more authentic south-of-the-border flair.
While this meal in a pepper bakes, make a salad of spinach or other greens topped with avocado slices and orange segments. Dinner is done and on the table in under an hour. For more easy, flavorful dinner ideas, visit READsalads.com.
Drain bean salad; discard liquid. With fork, mash half of beans until chunky. Combine with remaining beans. Stir in cumin and jalapeno, if desired; set aside.
In medium skillet over medium-high heat, cook ground beef and onion 8-10 minutes until ground beef is completely cooked, stirring frequently.
Cut bell peppers in half, lengthwise. Remove membranes and seeds. Line baking pan with aluminum foil. Spray with nonstick cooking spray (or brush lightly with vegetable oil).
Combine ground beef and onion mixture with bean mixture. Stir in 1 cup tortilla chips and 1/2 cup cheese. Divide evenly among peppers. Arrange peppers cut-side up in prepared pan; peppers should fit snugly. Top with remaining crushed tortilla chips, if desired. Bake, covered, 25 minutes, or until peppers are tender and filling is heated through. Sprinkle with remaining cheese and bake, uncovered, until cheese melts.
Variation: Ground chicken or turkey breast may be substituted for ground beef. Add 2 teaspoons vegetable oil to skillet and heat until hot before adding ground chicken or turkey and onion to skillet.
708 IU vitamin A; 34 mg vitamin C.


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Ninnescah Sailing Association (NSA) members believe they have the best sailing organization in the Midwest — a lot of good wind, beautiful facilities, and great people who love to sail and have fun.
Our success relies on years of an active membership (now 165+) volunteering their time and talent to improve the club. We are a sailing community of novices to experienced sailors, day-sailors to racers, of all ages, occupations, and backgrounds.
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Ninnescah Sailing Association was founded in 1965. NSA has beautful facilities, good wind, and great people who love to sail. No matter your personality, come join the crew. It is great with family and friends.
Ninnescah Sailing Association (NSA), an organization for sailing enthusiasts in Wichita, Kansas, surrounding communities, and everyone who loves sailing. NSA is an open-membership, non-profit organization located on the west side of Cheney Reservoir, in Reno County.
Our mission is to promote the sport of sailing, sportsmanship, and water safety in Kansas.
NSA publishes a monthly newsletter called the Mainsheet. News, events, regattas, social events, and articles are published to keep members aware of the many current activities.
The Mainsheet is distributed by email to all members the week after the NSA monthly board meeting.


Beyond water, food, and some type of shelter, the next most important survival element is fire. Fire lifts the spirits, wards off almost all manner of beast, provides signaling, cooking, and of course heat. Fire can be tricky to start if you and your equipment have been soaked, tender is not dry, and/or wind is more than a gentle breeze. Standard cigarette lighters start failing if wet, and even dry standard strike anywhere matches are not going to burn long enough to combat windy conditions without a little luck This is where UCO Stormproof Matches become your best $6 friend.
UCO offers their Stormproof Matches in $4 single and $6 twin boxes of 25 with spare strikers and also in my favorite the $6 UCO Stormproof Match Kit complete with 25 matches, extra strikers, and water tight container. I bought both, because you can never have enough waterproof matches.
The UCO Stormproof Match Kit is a waterproof container that includes 25 matches and 3 strikers. Even though the UCO matches are waterproof, the watertight container provides an added layer of protection from the elements to assure the matches and any tender stored in the container remain dry. I like to add a couple wax soaked cotton balls. The ribbed container is easy to grip with cold hands and features an integrated striker on the outside to provide an easy location for lighting matches and can hold up to 40 matches and several back up strikers.
The most notable advantage of the UCO matches beyond their stormproof abilities is that they are easy to light, and will stay lit for up to 15 seconds, even after being briefly submerged in water, stomped out, or snuffed. Give the match a wave in the air and they magically relight like those trick birthday candles we had as kids. This feature is not just an initial high heat ignition and then burn time of 15 seconds as a regular strike anywhere match can do that, this is a match up to 30% longer than other matches with an ignition head of over 2" that burns welding hot for 15 seconds... and they are also waterproof. I tested the waterproofing several times and was amazed that matches with water beads still on them and in strong wind would light and burn for 15 seconds. I will tell you that 15 seconds is a long time of match ignition level heat to start even the most stubborn and damp tender. A fire steel is tremendously valuable, however I would prefer the UCO Stormproof Matches as my primary or secondary fire starting mechanism especially when the wind is high and humidity has rendered most tender useless.
Over the years I have tested and used a number of various "survival" matches and none compare to the water resistance and burn time of the UCO Stormproof Matches. For the minimalist a box of these matches in a zip lock bag can save the day when you are cold, wet and tired. I even soaked a couple of the matches overnight and then pulled them out the next morning and lit them... truly the best survival matches I have found.
The UCO Stormproof Matches provide cheap insurance to assure you can make fire in a light .8oz for the match boxes and 1.7oz packages for the Kit that includes the watertight container. For any survivalist these matches are simply the best you can carry. Clearly these were designed by someone who has been wet and cold in windy conditions and wants fire right now. I would buy a couple packs or kits and stash them in your car and home survival kits, because you never know when you might need some fire. Below is UCO's insane testing video which the relevant tests I recreated easily and successfully. These matches are as good as UCO claims and rein as the undisputed stormproof waterproof match.
UCO's Own Video Test of the Matches - I succeeded in recreating and confirming these tests.
The single fact I wanted to know that I could not find in your review is whether they require the striker strip or are they 'strike anywhere' matches.


NVIDIA's desktop platform GeForce 700 series graphics cards are still the main platform for Desktop Graphics products, but in Notebooks Graphics it has been extended to the GeForce 800M series and now even going to the GeForce 900M series has been developed. The news has come from NotebookReview, NVIDIA plans to launch Maxwell GM204 core-based GeForce GTX 980M Graphics cards in October this year, next-generation mobile platform flagship graphics card in the true sense.
The news came quite unexpectedly, almost no aura before, Nvidia Graphics product for Notebooks are mixed up with Kepler architecture and Maxwell architecture as well, the GeForce 800 Series based on Maxwell architecture will also be the desktop in the next two months to three months (said to be between October to November) the release of all homeopathic notebook platform graphics upgrades also logical framework for the Maxwell.
But even GeForce GTX 980M is coming in October and according to the previous news GeForce 800M series will not replace the product immediately, in general, the two have to coexist for some time, especially in the Maxwell GeForce 800M-based products, the most Fast middle of next year will also get all the upgrades for the GeForce 900M series.