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Der kleine Grenzverkehr ist ein Roman von Erich Kästner, der 1938 erstmals unter dem Titel Georg und die Zwischenfälle erschien.

Handlung

Der Berliner Schriftsteller Georg Rentmeister möchte sich im August 1937 mit seinem Freund Karl in Salzburg treffen, um mit ihm die Salzburger Festspiele zu besuchen. Die Devisenbestimmungen zwischen Deutschland und Österreich lassen zu dieser Zeit nur die Einfuhr von zehn Reichsmark monatlich zu. Da bei 30 Tagen 33,3333333 Pfennige pro Tag zu wenig zum Leben sind, beantragt Georg bei der Devisenstelle eine größere Summe. Diese wird ihm jedoch bis zu seiner Abreise nicht bewilligt, und Georg beschließt, den kleinen Grenzverkehr zu nutzen: Er mietet sich im Hotel Axelmannstein in Bad Reichenhall ein und pendelt von nun an täglich mit dem Bus nach Salzburg.

Seine zehn Reichsmark gibt Georg bereits am ersten Tag für Mozartkugeln, Ansichtskarten und Brezeln aus und ist daher nun auf das Geld seines Freundes Karl angewiesen, der in London wohnt und für den die strengen Devisenbestimmungen nicht gelten. Als Karl am nächsten Tag aufgrund eines Missverständnisses nicht zur Verabredung erscheint, kommt Georg in Bedrängnis, denn er kann seinen bereits ausgetrunkenen Kaffee nicht bezahlen. Er bittet das in der Nähe sitzende Fräulein Konstanze um Hilfe. Georg verliebt sich sofort in die junge Dame, die sich ihm als Stubenmädchen einer gräflichen Familie vorstellt. Die gräfliche Familie sei zurzeit auf Reisen und habe das Haus samt Personal während der Festspiele an reiche Amerikaner vermietet.

Konstanze und Georg verbringen ihre freie Zeit gemeinsam und Georg macht Konstanze alsbald einen Heiratsantrag, den sie glücklich annimmt. Doch dann teilt ihm Karl mit, dass er Konstanze am Vorabend im Casino mit einem anderen Mann gesehen habe. Beide wären sehr vertraut miteinander und wurden mit "Herr Graf" und "Komtesse" angeredet. Georg zieht sich enttäuscht ins Hotel zurück, wo bereits der andere Mann auf ihn wartet, der sich ihm schließlich als Konstanzes Bruder vorstellt und das Missverständnis aufklärt. Konstanze sei gar kein Stubenmädchen, sondern eine Adlige. Die gesamte Familie übernehme zurzeit die Rolle der Dienstboten einer amerikanischen Millionärsfamilie, die in ihrem Hause logiere. Der alte Graf, ein Amateurschriftsteller, habe sich diese Situationskomödie ausgedacht, um Ideen für sein neuestes Stück zu sammeln.

Georg wird ebenfalls in das Schloss und zur Teilnahme am Theaterstück eingeladen, um den nichtsahnenden Grafen und Vater Konstanzes vorzuführen. Als die amerikanische Familie die heimliche Liaison Georgs und Konstanzes aufdeckt, ist der alte Graf gezwungen, Konstanze zu "entlassen", um nicht aus der Rolle zu fallen. Der vermeintlich empörte Georg entführt seine Konstanze; erst zwei Tage später kehren sie beide gemeinsam ins Schloss zurück und feiern mit der Familie die glückliche Verlobung. Die amerikanischen Millionäre klären unterdessen den verdutzten Grafen darüber auf, dass sie die ganze Zeit von der Komödie gewusst hätten. Als Georg schließlich wieder in Berlin ankommt, hat er eine Devisenbewilligung für die Sommerreise nach Salzburg in der Post.

Stil

Erich Kästner schreibt in seiner Vorrede an die Leser (dem Vorwort der ersten Auflage), dass es sich bei dem Buch um das Tagebuch seines (fiktiven) Freundes Georg Rentmeister handele. Dieser sei selbst Schriftsteller, habe aber noch nie etwas veröffentlicht. Da ihm das Manuskript so gut gefallen habe, schickte er es an einen Verleger, der es schließlich veröffentlicht habe. Der Roman wird dementsprechend durch den Ich-Erzähler Georg Rentmeister erzählt. Die zumeist einfachen und kurzen Sätze werden syntaktisch mit wenigen stilistischen Mitteln wie beispielsweise Zeugmen ("Diesmal wollen sie sich ihn und er soll sich einige Aufführungen anschauen") oder Metaphern ("Der Regen prasselte spöttisch gegen die Fenster") angereichert.

Hintergrund und Publikationsgeschichte

Erich Kästner erhielt 1933 von den Nationalsozialisten Publikationsverbot in Deutschland, durfte aber aufgrund der Erfolge seiner Übersetzungen im Ausland weiterhin publizieren, um dem devisenarmen Land Einnahmen zu verschaffen. Kästner, dessen Werke von nun an unter besonderer Beobachtung standen, widmete sich zunächst vor allem der Unterhaltungsliteratur. Er schrieb Der kleine Grenzverkehr im Sommer 1937, als Deutschland und Österreich durch Grenzpfähle voneinander getrennt waren. Als das Buch 1938 in der Schweiz erschien, gehörte Österreich bereits zum Deutschen Reich. Die Geschichte beruht auf Kästners eigenen Erfahrungen mit dem Grenzverkehr. 1937 traf er sich mit dem nach London emigrierten Freund und Illustrator Walter Trier bei den Salzburger Festspielen. Beide planten ein gemeinsames Buch, das zu den nächsten Salzburger Festspielen erscheinen sollte: Der kleine Grenzverkehr. Genau wie Georg Rentmeister mietete sich auch Kästner zu dieser Zeit in Bad Reichenhall ein, fuhr über Wochen in halbstündiger Busfahrt, über zwei Pass- und Zollkontrollen täglich nach Salzburg und war auf das Geld von Trier angewiesen. Das Buch wurde ein Publikumserfolg.

1942 erhielt Kästner eine Sondergenehmigung von Reichspropagandaminister Joseph Goebbels, unter dem Pseudonym "Berthold Bürger" das Drehbuch für den Jubiläumsfilm zum fünfundzwanzigjährigen Bestehen der UFA zu schreiben. Nach anfänglicher Skepsis willigte Kästner ein und schlug die Verfilmung von Münchhausen vor. Nach diesem Erfolg verfasste Kästner auch ein Drehbuch für den kleinen Grenzverkehr. Die Ufa besetzte den Film mit Willy Fritsch und Hertha Feiler. Als Hitler erfuhr, wer sich hinter dem Pseudonym Berthold Bürger verbarg, ließ er den Namen streichen und verhängte ein endgültiges und umfassendes Schreibverbot.

Verfilmungen

 Der kleine Grenzverkehr (1943), Regie: Hans Deppe (mit Willy Fritsch und Hertha Feiler)
 Salzburger Geschichten (1956), Regie: Kurt Hoffmann (mit Marianne Koch und Paul Hubschmid)

Hörspiel

 1949: Der kleine Grenzverkehr. Produktion: RIAS; Regie: Barbara Bienert, mit Fritz Wagner und Hilde Volk; Abspieldauer: 51'55 Minuten. Das Tondokument ist noch vorhanden.

Hörbuch

 Der kleine Grenzverkehr (2003). Gelesen von Gerd Wameling. Ungekürzte Ausg. [1 CD]. Deutsche Grammophon. ISBN 3-8291-0862-1

Einzelnachweise

Werk von Erich Kästner
Roman, Epik
Literarisches Werk
Literatur (Deutsch)
Literatur (20. Jahrhundert)


The fine comes three years after Barclays paid out £1.1m for a similar issue.
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said the bank's investment arm had put £16.5bn of clients' assets "at risk" between November 2007 and January 2012.
Barclays said it did not profit from the issue and no customers lost out.
The fine relates to activities in Barclays' investment bank, and has no impact on its retail customers.
"Clients risked incurring extra costs, lengthy delays or losing their assets if Barclays had become insolvent," the FCA said.
And FCA director of markets David Lawton said safeguarding client assets was "key" to maintaining market confidence.
"Barclays lack of focus on the rules was unacceptable," he added.
Barclays, which reported the issue to the FCA itself, said it accepted the FCA's finding.
"Barclays has subsequently enhanced its systems to resolve these issues and to ensure we have the requisite processes in place. No client has suffered any loss as a consequence of this weakness in our processes which existed prior to January 2012," a spokesperson added.
It is the biggest fine ever issued for this particular offence.
However, the FCA said Barclays received a 30% discount on the fine because it agreed to settle it an an early stage.
Since the 2008 collapse of Lehman Brothers, when many of its clients were unable to access their funds, the FCA has insisted that customers' money is kept separate from the bank's own assets.
"All firms should be clear after Lehman that there is no excuse for failing to safeguard client assets," the FCA director of enforcement and financial crime Tracey McDermott said.
The FSA, the FCA's predecessor, fined JP Morgan £33.3m over the issue in 2010, the then biggest penalty.
In 2011, Barclays was fined £1.12m by the FSA for failing to ring-fence client money in one of its accounts for more than eight years.
The penalty comes as Barclays tries to defend itself against fraud charges in the US in relation to the sale of mortgage bonds and follows a £26m fine in May for fixing the gold price.
Barclays Bank trader attempted to fix the price of gold.
Failing to keep proper electronic records, emails and instant messages.
Four traders at Barclays Bank allegedly manipulated electricity prices.
Trying to manipulate Libor - a key bank interest rate which influences the cost of loans and mortgages.
£7.7m by the Financial Services Authority and paid up to £60m compensation to customers of two investment funds.


I'm not blogging today as some one in my house is turning 50 and I have a wonderful meal and day planned for him and his family. Photos later.
A belated Happy birthday to the birthday boy, it my birthday today so I'm in good company.


Mizuho Americas, the U.S. division of Japanese bank Mizuho Financial Group, has signed a 270,000-square-foot lease to nearly triple the size of its future U.S. headquarters at 1271 Avenue of the Americas, according to a news release from landlord Rockefeller Group.
The deal adds to the 141,000-square-foot deal that Mizuho signed in June, bringing its planned footprint to a total of 411,000 square feet. The company is expected to start occupying the 2.1-million-square-foot building between West 50th and 51st Streets in 2019.
Mizuho plans to relocate employees from 320 Park Avenue, 1440 Broadway and 125 West 50th Street, as Commercial Observer previously reported. Rockefeller did not disclose the terms of the new transaction. The asking rent in the previous deal was in the low $80s per square foot, as CO reported.
A Savills Studley team of Mitchell Steir, Matthew Barlow, Steve Berliner and David Goldstein handled the deal for Mizuho, while CBRE's Mary Ann Tighe, Howard Fiddle, John Maher, Sarah Pontius, Evan Haskell and Dave Caperna represented Rockefeller Group. CBRE worked alongside an in-house Rockefeller Group team of Ed Guiltinan, Jennifer Stein, Yoshinori Nakamura, Yoko Yamada and Eden Jeon.
Rockefeller Group is currently completing a Pei Cobb Freed & Partners-designed $600 million redevelopment of the 48-story 1271 Avenue of the Americas. The renovation includes a new glass curtain wall facade that will allow 60 percent more daylight into offices and restoration of the lobby. Part of the reason that Mizuho Americas chose to expand planned offices is because of the redevelopment, according to Guiltinan, a senior vice president at Rockefeller Group.
A spokeswoman for CBRE declined to comment and a spokeswoman for Savills Studley did not immediately respond to an inquiry for comment.
The New York Post first reported news of the expansion.


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Jim Peterson
New York Times Sunday Book Review
*San Jose Mercury News
*Winner of the 2010 Seymour Medal
Winner of the CASEY
Award for Best Baseball Book of 2009
Satchel Op-Eds and Articles
Atlanta Journal Constitution, May 12, 2010
Birmingham News, August 16, 2009
Boston Globe, July 15, 2009
Los Angeles Times, July 24, 2009
Mobile Press Register, May 16, 2010
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, August 2, 2009
Advance Praise
"First, make a list of, say, the five athletes of all time you'd want to invite to the house for a night of beer and nonsense. Second, if you haven't picked Leroy (Satchel) Paige, one of the others has to go. (Good-bye Wilt, Arnie, Whomever.) Third, get up the cash for this book and Satchel's there. Larry Tye delivers him in fine, robust prose, living and breathing, riding the buses and breaking off outrageous curve balls and figuring out the complexities of segregated America. Great stuff."
, Leigh Montville, author of The Big Bam, The Life and Times of Babe Ruth, and Ted Williams, Biography of An American Hero
"Having known Satchel when I was a young ballplayer, I'm reminded of the man who took over the game with both his superior pitching and his dynamic personality. This book is a must-read that captures the essence of one of the greatest legends in baseball history, Satchel Paige."
, Dusty Baker, Manager, Cincinnati Reds
"Satchel is a wonderful book. Larry Tye, with his deep research and clear writing, does not just baseball fans but all of America a great service by showing us the real Leroy Paige and why he deserves his legendary status on and off the mound.", David Maraniss, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero
"It takes nothing away from Jackie Robinson to note, as Larry Tye does in this important new book, that Satchel Paige &mdashl he of a fastball of historic proportions, is an overlooked pioneer in the integration of baseball, and of America itself. This engaging biography sheds light not only on Paige but on the game and the country he helped change forever."
, Jon Meacham, editor of Newsweek

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I read your debut Amy Lane mystery, and as soon as I was done I went to Netgalley and requested the next installment for review. Life intervened for a couple of weeks, but when I had a spare hour I started reading Code Runner. As I anticipated given my experience with Binary Witness, I had high hopes for this novel and I wasn't disappointed. Code Runner is a very strong followup to the first book and I am firmly hooked on the Amy and Jason chronicles.
A my Lane, computer hacker and agoraphobe, and Jason Carr, ex-con and cleaner/assistant, have settled into a comfortable relationship. Amy's house and person are well cared for and Jason is enjoying having a proper job. But their new case puts Amy, Jason, and any number of other people close to them in danger, with several characters' past and present lives colliding.
Unlike the mystery in the first book, this one finds Jason at the heart of the crimes, and even though he is a more or less innocent bystander, his ex-con background makes him an obvious suspect and he winds up back where he hoped never again to be: in prison, meeting old friends and enemies. As a result, the reader spends a lot of time with Jason, and Amy and Jason spend quite a bit of time apart. Jason engages in some behavior that verges on TSTL, although we can understand his motives. Nevertheless, I couldn't help but think that the actions that got him into trouble are *exactly* the kind of thing for which a heroine gets a ton of grief from readers. So I was glad to see that he had to pay the price, however painful it was to watch those consequences unfold.
I don't want to say too much about the mystery plot because it's hard to describe without giving away spoilers. I enjoyed it quite a bit, I didn't guess the full story until almost the end, and I thought the pacing and overall development of the mystery arc was more successful than in the previous novel. The criminals and victims include present and former friends and associates of Jason as well as members of the police force, and we get to know more about Cardiff detectives Bryn and Owain, Jason's sister Cerys, and Amy's sister Lizzie.
Jason was cleaning the oven. Amy had learned swiftly that if Jason was cleaning the oven, elbow-deep in grease and melted cheese, he was incredibly pissed off. The first time had been the trashy tabloid article where some so-called journalist had scraped together every flimsy piece of "evidence" he could find and concluded that Jason was a dangerous criminal who police had pardoned to bring vigilante justice back to the streets. They'd quoted liberally from a number of anonymous sources—who refused to be named for their safety.
When Owain had apologetically drawn their attention to it, Jason hadn't said a word. He had just retreated to the kitchen and scoured the oven from top to bottom for two hours. Meanwhile, Amy had launched a DDoS attack, exploiting an old botnet from her blackhat days to flood the tabloid's antiquated servers with corrupt code. The site had been down for over twenty-four hours, and the creaking old system had never fully recovered. It had been exceedingly satisfying.
At the same time, though, I'm enjoying the possibility of seeing more romance develop over the course of the series.
As in the previous installment, the sense of place is effectively developed; this isn't a story that could take place anywhere, but rather it is firmly rooted in its context. We travel outside Cardiff to the countryside and to the coast, and the different locations play critical roles in the story. The book is atmospheric without drawing attention to itself. The writing is still a bit rough in patches, but it suits Jason and several other characters' relatively rough backgrounds and even Amy's lack of social acumen.
P.S. I don't usually pay attention to covers, but wow, did you ever win the lottery on yours. I'd buy print copies just to be able to display them.
I loved Binary Witness as well and couldn't wait for this to come out. Jason's TSTL behavior was so frustrating, though, I had to set the book aside to finish another day.
This series sounds interesting and different. Thanks for bringing it to my attention!
I loved the first book. You are right about really getting a sense of Cardiff. Can't wait to read this one.
I really liked the first book and am looking forward to this one. Right now, I'm on a Joanna Wylde glom but Code Runner will be next.
Loved loved the first book, I have several review books to get through, but this one is waiting for me on my kindle. Great review :).
I picked up the first after seeing the review here, and then pre – ordered the second. I share your frustration upon googling the author and not finding any clue as to the future, if any instalments.
I liked the way Amy came about to be making that big step (and the how was pretty realistic!) and I have hopes that her anxiety disorder will continue to be responsibly depicted.
I liked Binary Witness and enjoyed the setting. Amy and Jason's relationship was pretty adorable. Looking forward to reading this one, especially now with a rec tag.
Yeah. Claverton hit the jackpot with those covers. It was the cover that caught my eye back when the first book was released.
@Rebe: I can totally understand that. I groaned when I read it and then it nagged at me for a while. But he really does pay for his stupidity, and it feels motivated in terms of the kind of personality he has. He's a person of action and he wants to redeem himself. Allison Godfrey had a really good summary of his personality on Twitter, noting that it's important to him to prove his worth and for him that's by using his connections (in the sense of going into his old neighborhoods). In this case he clearly did not think it through. So on the one hand, it was a big plot motivator, but on the other, I could see it as emanating from his personality.
@Janine: You're welcome! I talked about the first book in a reading roundup post a few weeks ago. It was good but this is better.
@Sally W.: I love the sense of place Claverton gives us. It's really woven into the story.
@Carolyn: I care almost nothing about covers (unless I want to put brown paper over them!) but these are just great. I hope you enjoy it!
@Sirius: I think you'll really like this one.
@FD: Yes, if heroines had backstories that explained their TSTL behavior I'd find it a lot easier to take! I'm confident that Claverton will continue to portray Amy well. I've read a bit of her blog and the way she talks about psychiatric conditions and disability reveals both her expertise and her empathy. And these first two books demonstrate, to me at least, that she can communicate that in her fiction.
That said, I'd love to hear from people who have a more sophisticated knowledge of agoraphobia than I do.
@Susan: I'll be all over the next one whenever it shows up, believe me.
@Kanoko: I hope you enjoy it!
@Sunita: Thanks. I was out of town when your reading roundup posted, so I missed it. I'm off to read it now.
I really liked "Binary Witness". I actually think this is a huge testament to the author's skills, given that she gets it wrong over and over again when she talks about anything related to computers/hacking. I am an IT person, and this kind of a book would normally be a DNF for me, given that computer forensics are front and center but the author cannot even get the basic terminology right. But Amy and Jason are such a compelling couple, I kept reading it. Hopefully "code runner" will still have the same magic.
@MD: I'm sorry to hear that the computer/hacking stuff is so off, but I have the same reaction about the bits that I find problematic. I just keep reading anyway. And I agree, it says a lot about the author's skill at depicting relationships and setting.
I think you'll like Code Runner. I can't speak to the things that bothered you, but some of the things that bothered me in Binary Witness were much improved in this installment.
@Sunita: You were right, I liked "Code Runner". The computer stuff is still really bad – I've gotten into quoting it on Facebook for laughs. My current favorite is "She had seen him fail to distinguish a terabyte from a memory stick". But the characters are compelling enough that I kept turning the pages and enjoyed the book overall.
@MD: Oh, I'm so glad! And thanks for letting me know.
@Sunita: Yes, I see ;-) This reminded me of "Colorless green ideas sleep furiously" — this is a famous sentence used to teach linguistics students that it is possible to construct something that is completely grammatically (syntactically) correct but is complete nonsense semantically.
The thing is, while linguists agree that it is possible, in practice when people are presented with such nonsensical sentences, they often come up with added words or complex scenarios to make them "make sense". Apparently, our brain hates seeing something that seems to have the right structure but does not "add up", and so we (subconsciously) try hard to make it all work one way or another.
From my point of view, there were a lot of "colorless green ideas" sentences in those books ;-) Probably more so than to an average person just because I know in depth what various terms mean, so I have to work harder to construct the new meaning. But I also wonder if the really bad "surface" blunders in a way protect the book – when you think about it, most of what happens there is highly infeasible. If the book was slightly more researched on the surface, I wonder if I'd be more picky about the finer details, seeing as they are the core of the book. As it is, I just have to suspend my disbelief totally, and roll with it.
As I said before, I think this is the testament to the true skill of the author that she makes it possible for me to do that. In the same way as I generally do not like "Regency land" that use gowns as wallpaper and ignore (or are ignorant of) all historical reality; but every so often there is an author who will write characters compelling enough that I can read it as a fairy tale and never mind the things that would drive me crazy otherwise.
@MD: Oh, that makes total sense. It's like the studies that show that you can leave out certain letters when writing words and your brain will insert them.
I have the same issue with historical and certain types of contextual material. Unless I'm really engrossed in the story I will nitpick constantly while I'm reading and never immerse myself. I agree that with Claverton, the characters somehow overcome the flaws. I made my husband read Binary Witness and he had all kinds of problems with it, but he went straight on to Code Runner. He had problems with that too, but he still enjoyed the read. She has a gift.


Currently there is no VP in Cashel Area but the Branches work very well together organising various events throughout the year which are always very well supported.
The highlight of their year is a Prayer Walk which is held annually in the grounds of Lismore Castle. This is part of Holy Week reflections and is organised by Lismore Branch Leader, Audrey Gailey.
The Prayer Walk continues to grow in popularity and attracts participants from many of the neighbouring counties. The Prayer Walk during Holy Week 2017 was led by Canon Tom Sherlock and he was assisted by his wife Hazel. Over 90 people joined them following the Way of the Cross and contemplating how wisdom, evil, power, identity, suffering, ambition, failure and reconciliation were all key components then as they are now in our own lives. The Lismore MU ladies served a delicious Afternoon Tea in the Banqueting Hall of Lismore Castle to end what was a very memorable day.
Cashel MU enjoyed a very interesting evening in September 2018 when our guest speaker , Carmel O Donnell, spoke about lacemaking. She had many examples of intricate pieces which she had made. They were truly magnificent. She gave us a brief history of lacemaking - how it was hand done until 1820, how important an industry it was for women in rural Ireland , how it was taught in the convents and how Queen Mary spent 2000 pounds on it in 1694!!!!
The February 2019 meeting took place on Wednesday 20th at 8p.m. in the Parish Room. Jim Parkinson spoke about his recent farm trip to New Zealand.
The March meeting takes place on Wednesday 20th March & the Dean will speak about his recen trip to Hong Kong as part of the Church of Ireland's delegation to the International Anglican Liturgical Consultation.
At the Vigil in Clonmel sponge bags filled with items for basic hygiene were donated and distributed to Cuan Saor in Clonmel and Social Services in Cashel.
Two people joined Canon Barbara Fryday for the lighting of a candle to begin the 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence. The Vigil was conducted by Mrs Margaret Kingston, Diocesan Reader, on Saturday 29th November in Old St. Mary's.


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Najib Razak appears secure, but looks can deceive – Economist
Tags: GE14
Najib Razak appears secure, but looks can deceive
The opposition has a chance to strike
A ROUND of applause, ladies and gentlemen. Any typical leader of a typical democracy, when found with nearly $700m of ill-explained money from an unnamed foreign donor in his accounts, would experience a swift and fatal fall. Yet, nearly two years after news first broke that Najib Razak's bank balance had been thus plumped up, his high-wire act continues.
You could even argue that the Malaysian prime minister, who denies any wrongdoing, is at the top of his game. Mr Najib appears to command the unstinting loyalty of the party, the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), which leads the coalition that has ruled the country since independence in 1957. He has undermined a fractious opposition, not least by peeling an Islamist party away from it. And as investigations proceed in several other countries into the alleged bilking of colossal sums from 1MDB, an indebted state investment-fund whose advisory board Mr Najib once chaired, the prime minister himself remains untouched. Staying in power helps stave off any risk he might face of international prosecution. A general election is due by late August 2018, but perhaps Mr Najib will call a snap poll in the next few months to give himself several more years' rule.
The question is how, despite the mysteries surrounding 1MDB and his personal accounts, the prime minister appears to be consolidating his power. Patronage is a big part of it. Though his wife has a lusty appetite for Hermès Birkin bags, and the wedding of his daughter to a nephew of the Kazakhstani president was an occasion of such bling that the Malaysian media were discouraged from publishing photographs, Mr Najib may be essentially right when he says the cash in his accounts was not for personal gain. An UMNO leader needs money to buy loyalty from powerful politicians. It is also handy for spreading largesse among ordinary Malays—including helping devout Muslims make the haj.
Threats are as important as money. Anwar Ibrahim, the charismatic leader of the informal opposition coalition which won the popular vote in an election in 2013 (though not, thanks to gerrymandering, a majority of seats), has been in prison since 2015 on trumped-up charges of sodomy. In November the leader of an anti-corruption rally in Kuala Lumpur was arrested and held under tough new security laws. Newspapers and bloggers have been hounded. The number of activists and politicians charged with sedition has shot up. As for 1MDB, the only conviction in Malaysia related to it has been of a whistle-blowing legislator who highlighted alleged wrongdoing by the fund's managers.
6 Jan 2017 – Economist
Harapan can beat BN in three-cornered fights after May, says Rafizi
Pakatan Harapan should gain enough support to beat BN in three-cornered fights by this coming May, said PKR vice-president Rafizi Ramli.
He said BN currently has a slim advantage over the opposition in a three-corner situation.
However Rafizi said based on his observation, support for the ruling coalition is slowly declining, and shifting towards Harapan.
"By May, BN's advantage will shift to Harapan.
"In a straight fight, even now Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak will be sent packing," Rafizi said in a press conference in Kuala Lumpur today.
He stressed this support shift could only come if the opposition focused on attacking BN and presenting solutions for existing problems, instead of "splitting hairs" over issues such as who the next prime minister is.
Rafizi was rebutting predictions by the Financial Times Confidential Research that Najib will win in the elections, which it expects to be held in the third quarter of this year.
He expressed skepticism about the survey as the sample size was just 1,000.
Rafizi said based on his NGO Invoke's observation, the reality on the ground among the grassroots is quite different.
"The realisation that there is a need for a change of government is increasing," he said.
Rafizi then jested that Financial Times may want to conduct their survey again after May
5 Jan 2017 – malaysiakini
Court grants permission to contest EC's unconstitutional redelineation of electoral boundaries
Categories: Elections
Tags: EC Redelineation, GE14, Gerrymandering
Court victory is our first step in fighting unconstitutional plans
Yesterday, my Lembah Pantai constituency snagged a victory at the High Court of Malaya in the fight against the Election Commission's (EC) unconstitutional redelineation of electoral boundaries – and more importantly, it was also a win for all of Kuala Lumpur.
This decision marks the first step amongst many needed for us to save Malaysia's democracy, and to ensure that in the very near future the fundamental 'one vote, one value' principle will stop being further encroached on by our government.
The court proceedings centred on the judiciary's role in ensuring a fair, just and constitutional redelineation. Eventually, my team of lawyers managed to pull off an admirable feat when they convinced the High Court to settle on a position that would bring several positive implications against partisan gerrymandering:
On behalf of Lembah Pantai, we are now granted permission to contest the EC's proposed redelineation.
This decision has a ripple effect that will influence all of Kuala Lumpur – that makes 11 out of 222 constituencies in Malaysia. Until the outcome of Lembah Pantai's challenge is revealed, the EC will not be allowed to continue holding local inquiries into the redrawing of boundaries at any other constituencies in KL.
But, yesterday's victory must not render us complacent. We may have delayed the EC from bulldozing into reality their unconstitutional proposal for new electoral boundaries in Malaysia, but our fight against their unconstitutional redelineation is not yet won. Moving forward, we will save Malaysia together by staying committed in upholding the words and spirit embodied in the constitution, the supreme law of the land.
For disrespecting the due process under the Thirteenth Schedule of the Federal Constitution, the Election Commission's proposal to redraw Malaysia's electoral boundaries must be quashed.
Firstly, the proposed redelineation will cause each Malaysian's vote to have drastically unequal worth to others. Under the constitution, Section 2(c) of the Thirteenth Schedule clearly states that "the number of electors within each constituency in a State ought to be approximately equal".
For Lembah Pantai, the EC plans to shrink our electoral size by 10,000 individuals. Lembah Pantai lost over 16,000 resident voters (23 percent of its original total) from polling areas that are opposition-friendly, while over 6,000 new entrants, including the police district at Bukit Aman may soon be cynically added into the seat. If the EC were to get its way, the result would be a government-biased set of results at Lembah Pantai.
Worse yet, Titiwangsa – a BN-leaning territory – which is originally the smallest constituency, is now shrunk even further by almost 10 percent of its original size. It will soon be 36 percent smaller than its largest and opposition-friendly neighbour, Bandar Tun Razak.
Severing numerous local ties
Secondly, EC also violated Section 2(d) of the Thirteenth Schedule, as its newly-proposed boundaries will damage and sever numerous local ties. Parts of Brickfields that are currently within Lembah Pantai may soon be reassigned to Bukit Bintang.
However, part of Brickfields is KL's largest transit hub – KL Sentral, whose residents and visitors often frequent the commercial district of Bangsar and vice-versa. Therefore, such strong economic ties connecting Brickfields with Bangsar suggest that both areas must share the same parliamentary constituency, Lembah Pantai.
MACC, why focus on civil servants, not politicians
Categories: Corruption and Financial
Tags: MACC
Cuepacs can play a vital role in helping the government and MACC, to reduce corruption by encouraging more civil servants to become whistleblowers.
by Ramon Navaratnam
Grand corruption can cripple our economy. Indeed, it is already causing the decline of public confidence and widening a growing trust deficit.
Unless the deepening corruption and consequent economic inefficiencies are addressed firmly and urgently, the socio-economic and political prospects and our social stability can be seriously endangered.
That is why, it is most welcome that the MACC's deputy Azam Baki has now announced a new MACC focus on high ranking civil servants and senior officials in sensitive areas of procurement and enforcement in the government-linked companies (GLCs) and the banking sector as well.
But it begs the obvious question as to – why does the MACC want to focus only on officials and leave out the top politicians from this new focus?
Politicians, be they from the government or the opposition, could be even more corrupt.
After all, they have a shorter career path, that could end at every general election, which is held every four to five years. Therefore, being more vulnerable than longer term career officials, politicians could have a higher tendency to make hay while the sun shines.
Hence, the public would rightly expect the MACC to also include politicians in the MACC`s new focus on those who live beyond their means. Otherwise, MACC's credibility could suffer, as senior public servants and bankers could feel the application of double standards in fighting corruption.
Such officials may even sense unfairness in that corrupt politicians are let off the hook and are even condoned with, in their nefarious activities. So the officials will ask – why should they be honest, when their political leaders can get away with corruption?
So, we hope MACC clarifies soon why politicians are not beyond serious and focused investigation too.
January 4, 2017 – FMT
1MDB, SRC alleged scams will never be properly dealt with if Umno still in power
Categories: Corruption, Economy, Financial, Judiciary and Scandals
Tags: 1MDB Scandal, SRC
1MDB, SRC and the bitter truth
The first exposé of the – hmm! – 'alleged' 1MDB colossal scam exploded 23 months ago.
The first time Malaysia's prime minister himself, Najib Abdul Razak, was specifically named as a recipient of allegedly vast sums of money from 1MDB and SRC occurred 19 months ago.
The first time an actual method of covering up the allegedly dubious activities at SRC was revealed four months ago.
The largest kleptocracy case ever handled by the US Department of Justice has to do with the alleged thefts from 1MDB.
No fewer than six jurisdictions have investigated into the alleged theft of money from 1MDB and SRC and the laundering of the loot.
Three of the jurisdictions have taken legal action against some of the alleged culprits – humans and non-humans.
Some five dozen notable media channels around the world have published and telecast tens of thousands of words and images detailing the alleged theft of money from 1MDB.
In the Land of Endless Possibilities, the investigations into the alleged scams have been frustrated and then ordered to be terminated, only claimed to be in progress, and completed but no action has been taken to remedy the injury due to supposedly insufficient evidence.
In the Land of Endless Possibilities, requests for Mutual Legal Assistance into the matter have been allegedly ignored or rejected.
In the Land of Endless Possibilities, the alleged suspects seem to enjoy protection. In fact, it seems that two of those that have fled are, wonder of wonders, still being paid their salaries.
In the Land of Endless Possibilities, the authorities have offered only bare denials and badly woven fairy tales, whereas the foreign jurisdictions and whistleblowers have provided facts and figures to prove their contention.
In the Land of Endless Possibilities, the auditor-general's report on his investigation into the 1MDB alleged scam has been locked out of the public's curious eyes.
In the Land of Endless Possibilities, no questions on the alleged scam are allowed in Parliament.
In the Land of Endless Possibilities, a body of text containing some 5,200 words has been published by one party attempting to defend Najib. (There seems another installment coming.)
The claims contained in that body of text are so fantastical that although the truth can sometimes be stranger than fiction, the sheer ludicrousness exhibited has rendered the whole nothing more than the product of an addled brain.
In the Land of Endless Possibilities, it is plainer than daylight that three of the authorities that have the power to effect justice will not fulfill their obligations. These are the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission, the police and the Attorney-General's Chambers.
Exercise in total futility
Therefore, it is an exercise in total futility to ask any of the authorities in the Land of Endless Possibilities to explain this and that and that other one about the two alleged scams.
Therefore, it is sheer madness to ask the prime minister to explain this and that and that other one about the two alleged scams.
They will simply show you their middle fingers. Which they have been doing, actually. In case you haven't noticed it. That, of course, is said with my tongue in my cheek.
The bitter reality is that the alleged scams will never be properly dealt with for as long as Umno is still in power. Never. That is spelled N–E–V–E–R.
Odin Tajué
'AG, MACC chief must explain why SRC case not prosecuted'
Categories: Corruption, Economy, Financial and Judiciary
Attorney-general Mohamed Apandi Ali and Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission chief Dzulkifli Ahmad must explain why the SRC International case was never brought to court, lawyer Haniff Khatri said.
This was after Special Operations Division director Bahri Mohd Zin, 58, opted for early retirement last Friday reportedly dejected over failure to bring the case to light.
"Apandi and Dzulkifli must give an immediate, true and transparent explanation to all Malaysians on Bahri's statement.
"Otherwise, both must resign immediately for their part in the conspiracy to cover up a crime related to SRC," Haniff, who is former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad's lawyer said.
Bahri told Malaysiakini he opted to retire because he could not serve "spider web laws" where small fries get caught but bigger players escape.
The special division Bahri headed was formed in 2010 to investigate high-profile cases, especially those involving corruption of more than RM1 million.
SRC, which was previously a subsidiary of 1MDB and now under the Finance Ministry, came under the spotlight after RM42 million of its money was found in Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak's personal bank account. Najib also helms the Finance Ministry.
While MACC's 1MDB investigations were complex and involved many overseas jurisdictions – with the attorney-general refusing to issue a mutual legal assistance to the commission to work with foreign investigators – the SRC case was clear-cut as it involved mostly local entities.
The SRC money was deposited into Najib's accounts in two transactions – on Dec 26, 2014 and Feb 10, 2015 – after being routed through two companies, Gandingan Mentari Sdn Bhd and Ihsan Perdana Sdn Bhd.
Najib has reportedly claimed to be unaware about the money from SRC.
Apandi cleared the prime minister on both the RM2.6 billion found in Najib's account, which was described as a donation, and the SRC cases.
Malaysiakini reported last week that the Special Operations Division had been allegedly downsized and that six of its officers who were involved in the SRC probe were transferred out of the division.
Among those transferred was Bahri's deputy, Tan Kang Sai, thus leaving the special investigation unit without two of its top officials.
Form RCI on Felda and FGV, Putrajaya told
Categories: Financial and Scandals
Tags: Felda, FGV
The DAP has proposed the establishment of a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) to investigate issues surrounding the Federal Land Development Authority (Felda) and its subsidiary Felda Global Ventures Holdings (FGVH)
DAP parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang said RCI's main aim would be to listen to grievances of Felda settlers, particularly on its acquisition of Indonesia's Eagle High Plantations.
"A fit and proper chairperson of the Royal Commission of Inquiry to Save Felda would be Nazir Razak, the CIMB chairperson, the son of Tun Razak who set up Felda and the brother of the Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak," said Lim in his speech in Raub yesterday.
Aside from volunteering himself as a member of the RCI, Lim also proposed former law minister Zaid Ibrahim to be a part of the team.
"PKR MP for Pandan Rafizi Ramli would be most suitable to be engaged to head an investigation team by the RCI to save Felda," he added.
Lim pointed out that there has been a long list of complaints and grievances against Felda, the latest being its decision to acquire a 37 per cent stake in EHP at US$505.4 million (RM2.26 billion) – without any control over access to its 425,000 hectares of land.
Settlers wrongly advised on FGV?
Decisions surrounding access to Eagle High's land and other issues would still be determined by Indonesian billionaire Peter Sondakh, who would remain in control of EHP, despite having a reduced stake of 31.6 percent via his Rajawali Group.
"Another issue which Rafizi had brought up was Felda's replanting scheme, which had the highest spending at RM2.5 billion a year and exposed the scheme to various risks of abuse and corruption," he said.
Felda had defended its decision as a synergistic relationship between the two companies and an opportunity to maximise returns.
On FGV, Lim said the company's troubles have been greatly aggravated with EPF's disposal of all its stakes – recording a new low of RM1.55 per share at the end of the year, compared to its IPO price of RM4.45 in 2012.
"In 2012, Putrajaya had promised the listing of the country's largest oil palm plantation would herald a new era and urged settlers to acquire FGV shares through loans.
"With EPF having offloaded its substantial share in FGV, had the settlers been taken for a ride and wrongly advised to take loans to buy the FGV shares?" he questioned.
FGV remains the third largest palm oil producer in the world. However, the company has been in the red in recent years.


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Coal Carrier Sunshine Pride Delivered
Today, Sunshine Pride, an NYK-operated coal carrier for Joban Joint Power Co. Ltd., was delivered by Japanese builder Tsuneishi Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.Under a long-term contract, this vessel will be dedicated to the transport of coal to generate electricity at the Nakoso Power Station in the city of Iwaki, Japan.
Search Called Off for Two Missing After Ship Collision
Responders have called off a search for two fisherman missing following a fatal ship collision near Galveston, Texas, the U.S. Coast Guard said on Thursday.One crew member has been rescued, one is deceased and two remain missing at the conclusion of a three-day search involving the Coast Guard and local responders that covered more than 49 square miles by aerial flights
One Dead, Two Missing in Galveston Ship Collision
The US Coast Guard and local authorities on Wednesday continue to search for two fishermen missing after a fatal vessel collision in Galveston, Texas.The Coast Guard said four fisherman were forced into the water on Tuesday afternoon when their 81-foot vessel Pappy's Pride capsized following a collision with the 600-foot chemical tanker Bow Fortune near the Galveston jetties.
Fincantieri Fits New Midsection in Star Breeze
The most complex cruise ship lengthening ever undertaken is clipping along at Fincantieri's Palermo yard.The final welding cut to Windstar Cruises' Star Breeze was completed and the ship's 25.6-meter/84-foot prefabricated midsection was glided into place between the two halves in the drydock, an operation that took just half an hour.
Offshore Wind takes Center Stage at SUNY Maritime
More than 300 executives from the maritime industry, government and academia filled the conference hall at SUNY Maritime as the State University of New York Maritime College and the Maritime Industry Museum at Fort Schuyler jointly hosted "Offshore Wind Power: Planning For America's Ocean Energy" today in New York.
Corona Zenith Joins K Line's Coal Fleet
Japanese ship owner Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) has received its second Corona-class coal carrier, Corona Zenith, in a single month.The 88,000 dwt special coal carrier is built at the Marugame Shipyard of Imabari Shipbuilding Co Ltd in Japan, said a press release.Corona Zenith is same type as "K" Line's specialized fleet for transport of thermal coal known as the "Corona-series.
Saudi Aramco to Buy LNG from US
Saudi Arabia's state owned oil company Saudi Aramco will buy 5 million tons of liquid natural gas per year(LNG) from the U.S. company Sempra Energy, based in San Diego under a 20 year agreement.The heads of agreement (HOA) between the companies anticipates the negotiation and finalization of a definitive 20-year liquefied natural gas (LNG) sale-and-purchase agreement (SPA) for five million
Salvors Survey Grande America Wreck
Seabed survey and ocean exploration company Ocean Infinity said it has conducted urgent subsea search, inspection and operations on the wreck of the MV Grande America, which sank in the Bay of Biscay on March 12.Grande America capsized and sunk last month after its cargo of containers and vehicles caught fire during a voyage from Hamburg to Casablanca.
ConRo Ablaze in the Bay of Biscay
Twenty-seven people have been rescued from an Italian-registered cargo ship that caught fire Monday night in the Bay of Biscay, about 150 miles southwest of Brest. The Grimaldi Group owned combination container roll-on/roll-off (ConRo) vessel Grande America was sailing from Hamburg to Casablanca when its cargo of containers and vehicles caught fire around 8 p.m.
HHI Group Inks Deal to Acquire DSME
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) Group and Korea Development Bank (KDB) signed on Friday a definitive agreement to acquire Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME), in the presence of Kwon Oh-gap, Vice Chairman & CEO of HHI Holdings; Ka Sam-hyun, President & CEO of HHI; and Lee Dong-gull, Chairman & CEO of KDB.
Protheroe Takes Charge of BV N. America
Tim Protheroe, with more than 40 years of industry experience, was tapped to head North American activities for Bureau Veritas Marine & OffshoreProtheroe was officially named Regional Chief Executive, Marine & Offshore, North America, providing leadership in the United States and Canada.


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It's been 20 years since Dr. Octagon released their debut album, Dr. Octagonecologyst, and now, the trio of Kool Keith, Dan The Automator and DJ Qbert is back with Moosebumps: An Exploration Into Modern Day Horripilation.
While the trio may be two decades removed from their debut project, Dr. Octagon hasn't missed a step, still sounding as eccentric as they originally did. The 11-track project kicks off with the song "Octagon Octagon," which features Kool Keith rapping like only he could with his non-sensical rhymes.
"I was writing octagon in an octagon hat/With octagon underwear taking an octagon bath/With octagon soap, my octagon motorcycle made/By octagon bikes/Stand up late in octagon heights living that octagon life/Wiping the girls off with octagon baby wipes/Using the octagon washing machine to dry," Kool Keith spits.
Along with the streaming release of the new album, Moosebumps will also be getting a physical release on Record Store Day 2018. The physical copy of the project will include Moosebumps on CD.
Listen to the new album and check out the tracklist below.
4. "Power Of The World"
9. "3030 Meets The Doc Pt.1"


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The Triumph of a Lethal Silence
Anthony Dillon
While many Aboriginal people in this country are doing well, there are still many who suffer. Their problems need to be discussed, but all too often often such conversations fall victim to an unofficial but endemic censorship. This was most evident when three 'white' people recently addressed the care of Aboriginal children during a Sunrise segment prompted by the alleged recent rape of a two-year-old Aboriginal girl in Tennant Creek.
By what right did people of the wrong skin colour discuss Aborigines, the activists thundered? How dare they suggest an Aboriginal child removed from a dysfunctional home environment and adopted into a white home would not be "stolen"! Channel Seven is now being investigated for putting such "racist" sentiments to air. Predictably, Seven has now deleted the clip from its official social media posts and archives. That's the power of the pile-on and we can all guess what Seven's reaction will be: it will spurn the topic in future, having learned that its very mention brings nothing but trouble. Silence gives consent, as they say, and a cowed silence on a issue that should be of national concern is the most damning silence of them all.
I used to think that such censorship arose because, as is so often asserted, only Aboriginal people have the necessary experience and qualifications for speaking about Aboriginal issues – an assertion that rests not on hard evidence but springs from a strong emotional conviction and which is bolstered by the pernicious influence of identity politics. This reasoning often finds expression in well-worn rhetoric like: 'Let Aboriginal people take control of their own lives.' While this logic, if a meaningless slogan can be described as "logic", is handily and often used for silencing debate, it's not a clear 'black and white' matter. Basically, it boils down to this: There are some problems facing Aboriginal people that non-Aboriginal Australians are allowed to discuss and some problems that Aboriginal people are not allowed to discuss.
This is confusing, so I'm going to tease out the source of confusion.
First, consider those problems affecting Aboriginal people that non-Aboriginal people are allowed to discuss. For example, diabetes is a major problem for Aboriginal people. Best estimates are that they are four times more likely than non-Aboriginal Australians to be burdened with type 2 variant of the disease. The problem of diabetes in the Aboriginal population has been discussed many times by non-Aboriginal people without any objection. So that's a safe topic.
By contrast, consider the response when discussing other problems that disproportionately affect Aboriginal people, such as violence and child abuse. Typically, the responses will be a mass of excuses and rationalisations that are obscene in their callousness. "Yeah, but it's in every community", we will hear, or "Stop stereotyping us" or, the all-purpose gag, "That's racist!" Perhaps the all-time classic response is: "All our men feel demonised when you say that." For the record, I have not met one person, Aboriginal or otherwise, who has ever indicated that they believe the majority of Aboriginal men are abusers of their children." This accusation is simply a ploy, another one, by the Aboriginal offenderati to silence discussion. Meanwhile, little children die.
One might conclude that only Aboriginal people are allowed to talk about these sensitive topics. However, the reality is that an Aborigine attempting to raise these problems from any but the "poisoned flour/diseased blankets" perspective will be attacked with far more hate and bile by the Aboriginal 'offenderati' than non-Aboriginal people raising the same points. Why is this?
Simply put, Aboriginal gatekeepers, those who advance and police the preferred narrative, are happy for problems like violence and child abuse in Aboriginal communities to be discussed, but only if Aboriginal perpetrators are excused and the white man blamed. Insist that violence and child abuse are the results of colonisation, 'transgenerational trauma' or cutbacks in funding to one or another activist's pet Aboriginal programs and you will be cheered. However, if a non-Aboriginal person suggests the Aboriginal perpetrators of these crimes are totally responsible for their own actions, that Captain Cook has nothing to do with it, the cries of "Racism!' will be deafening. When Aborigines point a finger at Aboriginal perpetrators they are called 'coconuts' (brown only on the outside) , accused of 'selling out' their people and and much worse, up to and including threats of violence. Make no mistake, these are racist terms and they remain racist even when spoken by other Aboriginal people.
As Quadrant's Keith Windschuttle observes in the latest edition of the magazine, identity politics is the villain — or, rather, the chosen tool of the villains.. Identifying with a group has its advantages: it can enable people with a common cause to develop strategies that best meet goals and needs they could not attain as individuals. However, there is a danger when group membership is used to promote one's prestige and sense of self-worth. If self-worth is dependent on one's race, then any negative stories involving that race are a threat to self-worth. I am a Queenslander, male, heterosexual, with Aboriginal and English ancestry. But I do not base my sense of self-worth on any of these attributes. They are parts of who I am, but they do not define me.
So what is the solution when it comes to discussing problems that disproportionally affect the Aboriginal population? Simple; let's recognise that those Aboriginal Australians who suffer needlessly are Australian citizens, and therefore are entitled to the same rights and opportunities that most of us take for granted. And if they are Australian citizens, then every Australian has a right to voice their opinion on the problems affecting their fellow Australians. It has been the insistence that those Australians with Aboriginal ancestry be seen as another race separate to other Australians that has contributed to the deplorable state far too many Aboriginal Australians are in today.
Change the rules and we will change the outcomes. Fail to do that and the next Closing the Gap reports will be like the last ten.
gray_rm – 12th April 2018
Agree totally that "white-privilege" insults applies only when criticizing poor behavior.
George Mifsud from the Indigineous Defence Consortium told me this week that:
– aboriginal culture is the oldest surviving culture ever
– that aboriginal ppl were classified as flora and fauna, and thus could not get a bank loan which explains a low level of home ownership.
Seems the 'oldest culture' is fine and dandy, evidence to the contrary, and 'whitefella' is to blame for low property holdings.
So long as the 'Defence' lies like this, the less things will be done to actually improve the lives of those poor kids, who are being used as disposable political props.
It's quite revolting.
Ian MacKenzie – 12th April 2018
We hear the "oldest surviving culture" thing a lot. It is of course nonsense and meaningless. Every human society on earth has culture, and always has as far back as we can see. It is the equivalent to saying my ancestry goes back further than yours – obviously it doesn't. I may not know who my 100 x great grandparents were, but I'm reasonably confident they existed, just as yours did.
Sometimes we hear "oldest continuous culture", but what is continuous? If all humans have culture and it is passed down the generations then that is continuous and once again we're all equal. If it means rooted to one locality, then the scientific evidence indicates some African cultures are older. If it is interpreted to mean unchanging, then that is both somewhat insulting, but also clearly wrong. No one is now leading the same life that our ancestors lived as recently as 300 years ago. My culture has had an impact on yours and vice versa, and both cultures have changed. Apart from the obvious fact that there is and was no single culture in Australia, just as there was no single language, it seems unlikely that cultural norms during the last ice age 12,000 years ago were the same as those during much warmer climates 2,000 years ago. Imagine Siberians being moved to Australia and Australians moved to Siberia. Would the cultures remain unchanged? Of course not. Peoples and cultures adapt in order to survive.
As to home ownership, one of the drawbacks of Native Title held in common seems to be a difficulty in assigning any one individual "ownership" of enough security to guarantee a home loan. I have no idea what the "oldest continuous culture's" traditional answer to this dilemma might be, nor how a home loan is possible in such an old continuous culture, but look forward to being told.
Finally, on the question of the children at risk in communities like Tennant Creek, the only prediction I can make with any confidence is that in a few decades there will be another parliamentary apology. Sadly, while this will be an occasion of much public emotion, it will do no practical good at all, to those at risk now or the damaged survivors then.
[email protected] – 13th April 2018
Before European settlement having 40 000 years of uninterrupted existence/culture in Australia was a block to advancement. Books read during my youth on this aboriginal people described them not disrespectfully as the worlds last stone age people. A language diverse tribal people of tenuous existence with a dependency on the principle of demand sharing of the basics of life. Uncivilised in the true sense of no civil services, and unable to boil water. Held back by a demanding landscape and lack of contact with the development that was occurring in other parts of the globe.
The Commonwealth Games showing a people who had to generate fire by rubbing 2 sticks together is no culture compliment but shows how much better is life since European settlement. Let's give thanks for our progress together.
Rob Brighton – 13th April 2018
It is untrue that aboriginals were classed as fauna and flora. Even the luvvies at their ABC say it wasn't so
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-20/fact-check-flora-and-fauna-1967-referendum/9550650
Anthony, I have just been re-reading my old copy of a lecture given by Pastor Paul Albrecht of the Hermannsburg Mission from way back in 1981 (The Doreen Braitling Memorial Lecture, Alice Springs, 2/3/81, Highly recommended reading!), and it is like no one has learned anything in the following thirty something years. Pastor Paul says:
"From an Aboriginal point of view then, because the Mission had introduced the idea of (self-governing Mission) Councils, the Councils that came into being were the Mission's councils, not theirs and therefore it was also the Mission's responsibility to make them work, not theirs. … It explains why the Councils took no responsibility for their decisions. It explains why we (the Mission) were blamed for increased drinking and fighting."
From this he concluded that in Aboriginal eyes, the act of giving them responsibility was in fact interpreted by them as us taking responsibility for the outcome of giving them responsibility! We are responsible for outcome of giving them Self Determination.
To add to this I worked with an Indigenous co-worker who drank excessive amounts of soft drink, and when advised against this on health grounds he replied "That's your problem." Clearly he meant that if he got diabetes, it was up to white people to treat/cure him. He did not consider himself as being responsible for his health outcomes, this was a white person problem.
When one looks at community violence, substance abuse, child abuse, education outcomes, health outcomes, this idea that we are being held responsible for the act of giving them responsibility becomes clearer. We are being held responsible for outcome of giving them Self Determination. Once this is recognised, the behaviour of Aborigines in remote areas becomes transparent.
Ian Matthews – 16th April 2018
The gatekeepers are identified easily: follow the money.
John Michelmore – 19th April 2018
The basic problem that needs to be addressed in Australia is that of equality. If Australia is to move forward, there cannot be multiple citizenships with different rules and legislation covering the differing cultures irrespective of the culture source; only one set will lead to harmonious development. The perpetual looking back and asserting that "we were stolen and we need to be compensated" cannot continue if Australia wants a peaceful future. This applies equally to aboriginals, white and whatever children, supposedly stolen from their parents by a nasty bureaucracy/government. These bureaucracies at the time believed they were helping and in many instances they were, and to continue to drag up the past and want more will not have a satisfactory ending. Christian whites, aboriginals and muslims all did/do horrific things to other human beings including their own; but a legal separation of these cultures in law and regulation is not a solution. There must be an end, and the sooner the better, we are now all Australians and had better start acting as though we are or the future will be bleak. The unfortunate note here is that the early history of Australia is being lost, but the media distort or ignore the reality of the history of early Australia. Yes we whites killed aboriginals, chinese and each other, but aboriginals also killed whites, chinese and each other. One only has to read Anthropophagitism in the Antipodes by James Cooke R.N. Rtd 1997, to get a feel for the brutality of early Australia. In early history there was no such thing as a noble savage, many were murderers and cannibals, irrespective of skin colour, culture or race.
We have a chance at a better future, but we are wasting it by dwelling on the past!
The C-Word Polite Folk Won't Utter
Kerryn Pholi
Indigenous squalor and the 'Third World' cliche
Frank Pledge
The Shame of Gillian Triggs


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Group: Geography — HOUSEHOLD
METRO reports whether the household was located inside or outside a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). Households inside an MSA are further classified by whether they were located in the central city of the MSA. Households outside an MSA are further classified by farm or nonfarm status.
Information on whether the household was located within an MSA was added by the National Center for Health Statistics, not collected from respondents.
In the original NHIS public use files, for 1982 forward, information about whether a non-MSA household was classified as "Nonfarm" or "Farm" was included in the same variable that reported location inside or outside a central city for MSA households. Prior to 1982, these two pieces of information were in two different variables in the original public use files. In IPUMS NHIS, for years prior to 1982, the information was all included in a single variable via supplemental programming to increase comparability over time.
Definition of MSA
The "NCHS Definitions" section of the National Center for Health Statistics website provides the following information about classifications for place of residence for the survey:
"MSA's are defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The MSA standards are revised before each decennial Census. When Census data become available, the standards are applied to define the actual MSA's. An MSA is a county or group of contiguous counties that contains at least one city with a population of 50,000 or more or includes a Census Bureau-defined urbanized area of at least 50,000 with a metropolitan population of at least 100,000. In addition to the county containing the main city or urbanized area, an MSA may contain other counties that are metropolitan in character and are economically and socially integrated with the central counties. In New England, cities and towns, rather than counties, are used to define MSA's. For data from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) prior to 1995, metropolitan population is defined by OMB in 1983 using the 1980 census. Starting with the 1995 NHIS, metropolitan population is based on MSA's as defined by OMB in 1993 using the 1990 Census."
The NCHS Definitions webpage further notes that "the largest city in an MSA is always a central city." Households coded as "MSA, not in Central City" are located in any part of an MSA that is not part of the central city itself. Households coded as "Not in MSA" are in all other places in the country except MSA's.
Definition of Farm
Only households in areas that were classified as "rural" were at risk of being classified as farms. For 1969-1981, a rural household was classified as a farm if: 1) it was located on 10+ acres that yielded $50+ from the sale of crops, livestock, and other farm products; or, 2) it was located on less than 10 acres that yielded $250+ from the sale of crops, livestock, and other farm products. Beginning in 1982, a farm was any rural household that yielded $1,000+ from the sale of crops, livestock, and other farm products. These definitions of a farm basically matched those adopted in the 1960 and 1970 censuses and in the 1980-2000 censuses, respectively. Survey respondents supplied the information whether the size of the place that the household owned or rented was 10 or more acres (for 1969-1981) and about whether the sale of farm products during the past 12 months reached a specified threshold ($50, $250, or $1000).
Non-interview households are those in which the dwelling was unoccupied or in which the residents were either absent or refused to participate in the survey.
This variable is largely comparable over time.
As noted in the description of this variable, the definition of metropolitan population prior to 1995 was based on the OMB's 1983 definition using the 1980 census; the definition of metropolitan population for 1995 forward was based on the OMB's 1993 definition using the 1990 census. As also noted, the criteria for "farm" status changed in 1982.
1963-1996: All households.
1963, 1966-1967, 1969-1996 : HHWEIGHT


Many sounds are associated with Christmas. Explore these sounds with little ones through this theme's activities.
Print pictures of Christmas bells, Santa Claus, Christmas carolers, etc. Display them on the walls of your daycare.
To present your theme to babies and toddlers, fill several different Christmas stockings with rattles or musical toys and set them on the floor before they arrive in the morning. Let children explore the stockings. They will enjoy emptying them, playing with the various items, and sliding them back in the stockings again and again.
You will need a musical snow globe. Set it in the centre of the table at lunch time. Children will love observing the snow globe as they eat their meal.
Hang several different wind chimes from the ceiling. If possible, use Christmas-themed wind chimes. Have fun walking around the daycare and moving the wind chimes ever so gently so children can hear their pretty sounds.
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Insert glass marbles in empty plastic water bottles. Add red and white paint or, if you prefer, green and white paint. Seal the cap of each bottle with hot glue. Encourage babies and toddlers to manipulate the bottles to discover a new sound. They will also appreciate watching the colors mix together.
Select Christmas music you particularly like. Stick a large piece of white paper on a wall. Provide markers, waxed crayons, or wooden colored pencils (depending on the ages of the children in your group). Let them draw on the paper as they wish while listening to Christmas music.
Set several dolls and stuffed animals on the floor of your daycare along with baby blankets. Wrap each doll and each stuffed animal in a blanket and invite babies and toddlers to rock them as they listen to a Christmas-themed lullaby. If you prefer, you can also sing to the dolls and stuffed animals with your group.
Invite parents of other nationalities to write the lyrics of a Christmas song or sing in a different language for your group. You can also purchase a CD of Christmas songs from around the world.
This activity is great for exploring cause and effect. Purchase or recycle a musical Christmas card. Laminate both sides of the card. You can glue Christmas-themed pictures on both sides of the card. Let children manipulate the card during diaper changes. They will love opening and closing the card repeatedly to listen to the melody.
Here are a few activities that will help you play with object permanence. They require a Christmas snow globe.
Hide your snow globe under a blanket. Help children notice the sound. Wait for them to lift the blanket to see the snow globe.
Set several blankets on the floor. Place your Christmas snow globe under one of the blankets. Encourage toddlers to move about and lift the blankets to find the snow globe.
Hide your snow globe within your daycare, making sure it is partially visible. Encourage children to follow the sound to find it.
Set musical instruments or rattles in several boxes of different sizes. Wrap them with Christmas wrapping paper. Let children manipulate and shake the boxes. Encourage them to unwrap the boxes and play with the instruments.
Attach bracelets with tiny Christmas bells to children's ankles or wrists. To the sound of Christmas music (or as you sing your favorite Christmas songs), dance around the daycare so children can hear the little bells.
Provide Santa Claus hats and musical instruments. Pick a few simple Christmas songs and have fun singing them with your group. If you prefer, you can play a Christmas CD. Film the children in your group as they sing and dance. Send the video to parents. They will love sharing it with other family members during their Christmas celebrations.


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Schuyler County woman's grand larceny conviction stands
jmurray@stargazette.com | @SGJeffMurray
Defendant stole more than $361,000, original court determined
Woman was ordered to pay restitution, most of which hasn't been repaid
Chemung County district attorney served as special prosecutor
A state appeals court has affirmed the conviction of a Schuyler County woman who was found guilty in Schuyler County Court of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from her sister-in-law.
Rose Reeves, 79, of Burdett, was convicted in 2011 of third-degree grand larceny and three counts of second-degree forgery.
It was determined at her original trial that Reeves stole more than $361,000 from the victim, who died in 2008.
In analyzing the proof before the jury, the Appellate Division, Third Department, of state Supreme Court stated that "Defendant testified that the victim gifted her large sums of money and that her casino winnings had bankrolled her gambling, and otherwise denied having acted improperly, but the jury plainly chose to credit the extensive evidence of defendant's financial wrongdoing over her conflicting testimony."
The Appellate Division also declared that then-Schuyler County Judge J.C. Argetsinger correctly admitted into evidence the fact that Reeves had forged checks on other occasions.
The Chemung County District Attorney's Office served as special prosecutor in the case. Schuyler County District Attorney Joseph Fazzary is a nephew of both the victim and the defendant and was named executor of the victim's estate after she died.
It was Fazzary who uncovered evidence that Reeves had siphoned money from the victim, according to a news release from the Chemung County District Attorney's Office.
Reeves is still serving a sentence of five years' probation. She was also ordered to pay restitution to her sister-in-law's estate, which remains largely unpaid, the news release stated.
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This weekend we will all celebrate Mother's Day in some way, either being celebrated or celebrating our mothers. However, the sad reality is that thousands of children will be separated from their mothers because they are in prison. It is estimated that 856,000 children in California have a parent in jail or 9% of the state's children. These children are victims of their parent's bad choices and yet still crave the connection with their mothers and fathers.
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Each child is given a travel bag, a photo with his or her parent, and meals for the day. For the emotional trip home, the children are given a teddy bear with a letter from their parent along with post-event counseling.
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If Trump CFO Allen Weisselberg pleads guilty, 'it's over,' a legal expert and ex-prosecutor warns.
On Tuesday, a former senior federal prosecutor warned that former President Donald Trump and his family's business would face financial ruin if the Trump Organization's former chief financial officer pleaded guilty in the criminal tax case against him.
According to the New York Times, veteran Trump Organization executive Allen Weisselberg is expected to enter into a plea agreement with the Manhattan District Attorney's office as soon as Thursday.
One count each of scheme to deceive, conspiracy, and grand larceny are among the 15 felony counts against him and the Trump Organization. It was claimed by the prosecution that Weisselberg engaged in a "sweeping and audacious payment plan" to avoid paying taxes on up to $1.7 million of his income beginning in March 2005.
According to The New York Times, Weisselberg's compromise would result in a term of five months in prison, as opposed to the minimum of one year he would have received if found guilty in court.
On MSNBC's "The Last Word" with Lawrence O'Donnell, a law professor and former senior prosecutor under Robert Mueller Andrew Weissmann said, "Once Allen Weisselberg pleads guilty, it's over for the Trump Organization."
He implied that the Trump Organization would share legal liability for any wrongdoing done by Weisselberg.
A court date has been set for October 24 against the Trump Organization. If Weisselberg does not accept a plea bargain and appears in court, the corporate group will also be tried. The Trump Organization and himself have both entered not guilty pleas.
Weissman argued that while Trump might not go to jail personally, the Trump Organization will suffer severe repercussions as a result of the scandal.
Keep in mind, he continued, "this is a major deal for those people who think Donald Trump did this in part for money, that he's venal."
If Weissman were counseling Trump on how to handle the numerous investigations and lawsuits filed against him, he would tell the president to focus first on mitigating the fallout from Weisselberg's guilty plea, Weissman said.
Trump has been indicted by the Manhattan District Attorney's office, and he is also the subject of six lawsuits, three criminal investigations, and one civil probe. He has also sued his niece Mary Trump and his former election opponent Hillary Clinton.


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Sabor u Srbu bio je skup Srba iz središnjih pograničnih djelova Republike Hrvatske koji je održan u Srbu 25. srpnja 1990. na kojem je donesena Deklaracija o suverenosti i autonomiji srpskog naroda. Neposredno poslije 17. kolovoza 1990. izbila je balvan revolucija.

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"Polazeži od univerzalnog principa o pravu naroda na samoopredjeljenje uključujući i pravo na odcjepljenje, te polazeći od postojećih normi u Ustavu SFRJ i Ustavu SRH da he SR Hrvatska država i srpskog naroda u Hrvatskoj, a radi zaštite svoje nacionalne suverenosti i slobode, srpski narod koji živi na istorijskim teritorijama objedinjenim današnjim granicama SR Hrvatske, donosi i objavljuje na Srpskom saboru održanom u Srbu dana 25. jula 1990. godine,

DEKLARACIJU o suverenosti i autonimiji srpskog naroda

1.	U granicama SR Hrvatske koja je država i srpskog naroda koji živi u SR Hrvatskoj, srpski narod je na osnovu svojih geografskih, istorijskih, društvenih i kulturnih osobenosti suveren narod sa svim pravima koja sadržava suverenost naroda. Srpski narod u SR Hrvatskoj ima puno pravo da se u zajedništvu s hrvatskim narodom ili samostalno pri uspostavljanju novih odnosa u Jugoslaviji opredjeljuje za federativno ili konfederativno državno uređenje. Ne može se bez učešća srpskog naroda u Hrvatskoj birati oblik jugoslavenskog zajedništva, a to naročito vrijedi za situacije legitimnog odcjepljenja. Odcjepljuju se narodi, a ne države (naprotiv, prema važećim ustavima odcjepljuju se republoike, op. a.). Srpski narod daje sebi pravo da se na istorijskim teritorijima koje objedinjuju sadašnje granice Hrvatske opredjeljuje s kim će živjeti, u kom će rećimu živjeti i kako će se povezivati s drugim narodima u Jugoslaviji. Nitko drugi nema istorijsko pravo da određuje sudbinu srpskog naroda koji tu živi vjekovima i prije stvaranja države Hrvatske.

2.	Na osnovu svoje suverenosti, srpski narod u Hrvatskoj ima pravo na autonomiju. Sadržaj te autonomije zavisit će od federativnog ili konfederativnog uređenja Jugoslavije. U uslovima federativnog državnog uređenja srpski narod ima pravo na nesmetanu i bez oraničenja upotrebu u službene i pravne svrhe srpskog književnog jezika, pisma ćirilice, škola i srpskih školskih programa, kulturnih i političkih institucija, preduzeća, štampe i srpske radiotelevizije. Organizacija ovakve autonomije može se provesti samo putem pune opštinske samouprave, posebno u opštinama gdje je srpski narod većinsko stanovništvo i povzeivanjem tih opština u zejednice. U uslovima konfederativnog državnog uređenja Jugoslavije, srpski narod u Hrvatskoj ima pravo na političku terirorijalnu autonomiju.

3.	Kao politički predstavnik srpskog naroda u Hrvatskoj konstitui9še se Srpski sabor koji zasjeda u Srbu. Kao izvršni organ Srpskog sabora konstituiše se Srpsko nacionalno vijeće.

4.	Srpsko nacionalno vijeće ima pravo da organizuje plebiscitarno izjašnjavanje srpskog naroda po svim pitanjima bitnijim za njegov položaj u Hrvatskoj i Jugoslaviji, kao i drugim pitanjima koja se tiču ostvarivanja srpskog suvereniteta i autonomnosti.

5.	Srpsko nacionalno vijeće predstavlja smostalan organ koji između dva zasjedanja Srpskog sabora sprovodi odluke Srpskog sabora i ove Deklaracije te priprema pitanja o kojima će se izjašnjavati Srpski sabor i plebiscitarno srpski narod.

6.	Srpski sabor na zasjedanju u Srbu 25. jula 1990. godine proglašava ništavnim za srpski narod u Hrvatskoj sve ustavne i zakonske promjene koje negiraju njegov suverenitet kao naroda i umanjuju njegovo autonomno pravo.

7.	Srpski narod u Hrvatskoj ne traži ništa više od onih prava koja drugi savremeni narodi Evrope odavno imaju i uživaju."

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Updated security recommendations issued by ISIS to operatives traveling to Syria
Updated security recommendations issued by ISIS to operatives traveling to Syria are designed to address preventive measures by European countries and Turkey. However, the flow of foreign fighters still continues. Read more...
After about four months of fighting ISIS was defeated in the Kurdish city of Kobanî (Ayn al-Arab) in northern Syria. It was the worst blow dealt to ISIS since the beginning of the American and coalition campaign against it.
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