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George W. Bush calls out "violent extremists." MAGA gets offended.
One of the highlights of the September 11 observances over the weekend was a speech by former President George W. Bush at Shanksville, Pennsylvania, the site of the crash of United Flight 93. Bush extolled the virtues of the crew and passengers of Flight 93, but then said something that got quite a few people up in arms.
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Steve Berman has more extensive coverage of the speech, which you can read here (and a full transcript of the speech is here), but I wanted to concentrate on the passage that was most controversial:
And we have seen growing evidence that the dangers to our country can come not only across borders but from violence that gathers within.
There's little cultural overlap between violent extremists abroad and violent extremists at home. But in their disdain for pluralism, in their disregard of human life, in their determination to defile national symbols, they are children of the same foul spirit, and it is our continuing duty to confront them.
A lot of Trump supporters are offended by this portion of the speech because they think he was talking about January 6 and the MAGA movement. Quite a few are attacking the former president because they claim that he called them "a terrorist threat."
Kurt Schlichter @KurtSchlichter
Bush gave a speech on 9/11 today and all I heard was that guys like me - who went to war under him AND his father - were a terrorist threat to our country. He's trash and I'm done with him and his whole cabal.
10:49 PM ∙ Sep 11, 2021
Others, like Jesse Kelly, were more circumspect.
Jesse Kelly @JesseKellyDC
I remember when Bush declared war on Iraq and we went in and just a couple weeks into that conflict he passed down a rule that we had to take our American flags down off our Amtracs. So yes, George Bush has been a skid mark on this nation for some time. And remains so.
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The fact is that Bush did not say that MAGA was a terrorist group, even if that is what some heard. As Geoffrey Chaucer said, "The guilty think all talk is of themselves." Or to put it another way, "If the shoe fits, wear it."
What President Bush did was to denounce "violent extremists" and there are violent extremists on both sides. When people like Jesse Kelly and Kurt Schlichter take offense at a general condemnation of domestic violence and extremism, they are betraying their guilt.
Bush did not distinguish between the January 6 insurrectionists and the BLM rioters and the Proud Boys and Antifa. And for good reason, all of these people are two sides of the same coin. They are all violent extremists and they are all a stain on America's tradition of peaceful democracy. Furthermore, they are all threats to our Republic and the Constitution.
A lot of Republicans don't want to recognize this. In fact, there is a transparent movement in the party to whitewash the January 6 insurrection and minimize its importance. Some are calling the insurrectionists arrested for their roles in the riot "political prisoners" and "nonviolent trespassers." This is a blatant attempt to rewrite history.
None of the insurrectionists are political prisoners, although some were nonviolent trespassers. The people arrested run the gamut from people engaged in conspiracies to attack the Capitol, such as the members of the Oath Keepers who have pled guilty to the conspiracy charge, to useful idiots who were at the Stop the Steal rally and just wandered in during the attack. Just last week, Cleveland Meredith, Jr. of Colorado pled guilty to illegally bringing guns into the District of Columbia and threatening to go "over to Pelosi [expletive] speech and putting a bullet in her noggin on Live TV."
This sounds like violent extremism to me.
The September 11 weekend also brought examples of comparisons between January 6 and September 11. While there are differences between the two, both represent attacks on America. It's true that September 11 had a far higher death toll, but January 6 is the more dangerous of the two. My Twitter friend, Atticus Finch, put it well.
Atticus Finch @Atticus59914029
@WalshFreedom They are as different as apples and oranges but like apples and oranges they are the same - of the same foul fruit to paraphrase "W". Both pose an existential threat to democracy & our way of life but the greater threat - yes the greater threat - is the one that comes from within
11:49 AM ∙ Sep 13, 2021
September 11 united us against a common threat, but January 6 was an attack from within that continues to divide us. We fought two wars against foreign terrorist groups and their backers, but today many Americans are shrugging off the direct assault on the Constitution and the foundation of our system of government.
That division and the fact that not a few people on the right would like to put the January 6 faction in charge is the single greatest threat that America faces today. For almost 250 years, America has survived both external and internal threats, but it is by no means certain that our country and Constitution will survive the threat that we face today from the radicalism that has infected one of our two major parties. This radicalism explicitly seeks to overturn and destroy faith in elections, the most fundamental process of our democracy.
As I wrote last week, it was the events of September 11 that put us on this course. Without the horrific attacks on New York and Washington, I don't think that we would have ever come to this point. Donald Trump would never have become president and would have never gained his almost hypnotic hold over the Republican Party.
At the end of that piece, I wrote, "Twenty years later, I'm left to suspect that the terrorists may yet win after all." I think a lot of people had different ideas as to what I meant by that. It can be understood in different ways, but here is my view.
The terrorists launched the attacks that started the sequence of events that ultimately led to where we are now. We are near the brink of a civil war thanks to a party that does not accept the outcome of the election, has decided to live in an alternate reality, and has become a personality cult for a would-be authoritarian who values his personal power more than the wellbeing of the country. There are violent extremists on both sides and I denounce them both, but at the moment, only one party is threatening the core of our Constitutional Republic.
If the January 6 faction persists and, God forbid, drags America into civil war or topples our constitutional system, then the terrorists will have accomplished more than they ever dreamed of.
From time to time, I get accused of being a liberal. I'm not. I'm also not a Democrat. Or a Republican.
My failure to embrace either side of the duopoly confuses a lot of people, but at this point in time, I'm a conservative who is anti-Republican. If that statement makes your mental processes short-circuit, you aren't alone. I can almost see smoke pouring from the ears of a significant portion of my readership.
I bring this up today because I recently took the political quiz going around Twitter. (If you'd like to take the quiz, you can do so here.) Being the open and honest guy that I am, I thought I'd share my results.
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After all these years of being anti-Trump Republican, I'm still a conservative. I'm not sure I'd feel at home in a Christian Conservative Party though, given what I've seen of self-proclaimed Christian conservatives lately.
3:31 AM ∙ Sep 10, 2021
The quiz put me right where I thought I'd be. I'm in the sweet spot between social and economic conservatism. I was closest to the Christian Conservative Party in my results.
In the past, I'd accept that. I'm a Christian and a conservative, after all.
The problem is Trump. I agree with this faction on a great many issues, but the Christian Conservative embrace of Donald Trump is a dealbreaker for me. For whatever reason, the Christian right is enamored with the man, but I can't bring myself to support the most incompetent and corrupt president of my lifetime, if not of American history. The tweet below is an example of why I reject this categorization. (The "Reagan" label on the billboard is sadly ironic since Reagan would have been outraged at this claim.)
Rev. Kim W. Chafee @RevKimWChafee
Billboard in Georgia. Blasphemy much?
Long before Trump, I often said that I'd remain a Republican as long as the party represented my principles and values. Well, that day came in 2016 and I chose to honor my beliefs over my party. Events since then have only confirmed that I made the right choice.
So, I'm a Christian and conservative but not a Christian Conservative and definitely not a Republican. I'll remain politically homeless until a party develops that shares my core principles. Sorry Democrats and Libertarians, but that ain't y'all.
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"My failure to embrace either side of the duopoly confuses a lot of people, but at this point in time, I'm a conservative who is anti-Republican. If that statement makes your mental processes short-circuit, you aren't alone. I can almost see smoke pouring from the ears of a significant portion of my readership."
When the GOP idolizes a serial adulterer, has no problem spending like Democrats (though the Dems are working hard to re-calibrate the "big spenders" term with that $3.5T "infrastructure" bill), cheers us abandoning the Kurds and Afghans that fought alongside us against Islamic terrorism, and elevates a hack like Elise Stefanik over Liz Cheney, I think we're on solid ground arguing that the GOP is anti-conservative as well, or nihilistic at the very least.
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As I commented on Steve's beautifully written column on Bush 43's speech yesterday, I didn't always agree with Bush 43 on some policy matters, but that I never once regretted having voted for him twice. There was a lot of people who hated 43, but they weren't coming those who now make up the MAGA base. I remember wondering at times when 43 was President, that why wasn't he fighting back harder against the far left, and allowing them to draw an unfair caricature of him. It was hurting his approval numbers, and was part of the reason(though not the entire reason) the GOP had the bloodbath that it did in the 2006 and 2008 elections. He just had that above the fray mindset. Fast forward to today, and I better understand why he did what he did. I don't think any other President could've stopped the trends of tribalism any better than Bush 43 tried to do such. But his efforts are noble and I really applaud him for trying his best. I miss our 43rd President, and will always appreciate his service to our nation as President.
For many years in the past, whenever I hear about violent extremists within our country and the threat to overthrow our Constitutional order, I mostly downplayed it by claiming that these are very small numbers of extremists, and that the fact that they are marginalized from a numerical standpoint. Nowadays, I'm not as confident. While I'm glad that we stopped the 1-6 insurrectionists and prevented them from achieving their goals, the fact that they were dangerously close to putting the lives of members of Congress and our Vice President in imminent danger, is not heartening at all. The fact that an enormous plurality of Americans minimize and rationalize what happened on 1-6 is very concerning to me. The unfortunate fact is that many Americans have a short term political memory, and because of that, I worry that we will go into the 2022 and 2024 elections not having learned our lesson and done enough to prevent another potential insurrection in the future.
While it is still not likely to happen for now, if we lose our government and country to a violent insurrection, we are not getting our Constitutional Republic back. We will be getting something much worse. When you look at history at almost every example of violent revolutions that overthrew an existing government worldwide, one similar pattern emerges. That the successor is almost invariably totalitarian/authoritarian in nature, and much worse than the existent government that was overthrown. Only in very few instances, and I mean VERY few, that the outcome of a revolution leads to a liberal democracy/republic or something headed towards that kind of governance. And only when the prior government was a dictatorship(examples include Romania's Ceaucescu in 1990). In every instance where the prior government was a liberal democracy/republic, violent revolutions have invariably resulted in a government that is a dictatorship. One of the latest examples is Myanmar, as they've now gone back to the military junta that had before. When you have people like Mike Flynn, and others in the MAGA base calling for martial law and citing Myanmar as a positive example, then we have every right to be concerned.
That political quiz you took is interesting. I'll have to take it and see where I fall. But I suspect that I will be close to the upper right corner, and not too much different from where you landed, David. I consider myself strongly conservative with a big libertarian streak. Like you and others here at the Racket, I can't count how many times I've been called a lefty, liberal, a commie Biden apologist, a RINO, and other pejoratives too long to list here. And that because I criticized Trump on the non-conservative things he did.
Regarding your last paragraph about you not finding the Democratic and Libertarian parties acceptable to join, I feel the same way. Obviously I cannot be a Democrat because my views are way too far apart from where the party is. Like Joe Biden, his party has veered significantly to the left over the past few decades(Biden tends to move where his party goes, and perches in the middle among them. He is moderate within his party, but not within the overall spectrum. Still, I'm glad its him and not Bernie Sanders, thank goodness). This is no longer the party of Sam Nunn, John Breaux, Max Cleland, and Joe Lieberman, among others. Even more left leaning Democrats like Tom Daschle, Dick Gephardt, and Bill Clinton would not be welcome in today's Democratic party. As for the Libertarian Party, my views are few ticks more libertarian than many Trump-skeptic and MAGA conservatives. The problem I have with the LP is that they tend to be more libertine then demonstrably libertarian(Especially when they nominated Johnson/Weld. They took a position mandating bakeries "bake the cake!", among other non-libertarian views). Also their views on national security and foreign policy, are the biggest reasons why I cannot join the LP, despite my strongly libertarian views on economic, constitutional, and some cultural matters. Their views on those matters are completely unmoored from reality. Free market principles that Libertarians love are excellent, and I share their enthusiasm for it. But they won't stop Islamic jihadists who have a hardened desire to shed innocent blood. The profit motive will not restrain those who are morally depraved as these Islamic extremists are. And that why I part company with many libertarians in supporting a strong national defense and robust national security.
While I do not consider myself a Republican, I will support Republicans on a case to case basis. We will still have good ones worthy of our support. People like Liz Cheney, Bill Cassidy, Peter Meijer, Ben Sasse, Anthony Gonzalez, and Jaime Hererra-Beutler, deserve our support while they defend themselves against MAGA opposition. I have and will contribute some money to their campaigns.


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Company Halts ICO After SEC Raises Registration Concerns (SEC Press Release 2017-227) https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2017-227/ The SEC Press Release says that Munchee halted its initial coin offering ("ICO") after being contacted by the SEC, and without admitting or denying the findings, agreed to an order finding that its conduct constituted unregistered securities offers and sales. In the Matter of Munchee Inc., Respondent ( Order Instituting Cease-And-Desist Proceedings and Making Findings; '33 Act Release No. 10445; Admin. Proc. File No. 3-18304 / December 11, 2017), the SEC Order states in its "Summary:
Munchee is a California business that created an iPhone application ("app") for people to review restaurant meals. In October and November 2017, Munchee offered and then sold digital tokens ("MUN" or "MUN token") to be issued on a blockchain or a distributed ledger. Munchee conducted the offering of MUN tokens to raise about $15 million in capital so that it could improve its existing app and recruit users to eventually buy advertisements, write reviews, sell food and conduct other transactions using MUN. In connection with the offering, Munchee described the way in which MUN tokens would increase in value as a result of Munchee's efforts and stated that MUN tokens would be traded on secondary markets.
Based on the facts and circumstances set forth below, MUN tokens were securities pursuant to Section 2(a)(1) of the Securities Act. MUN tokens are "investment contracts" under SEC v. W. J. Howey Co., 328 U.S. 293 (1946), and its progeny, including the cases discussed by the Commission in its Report of Investigation Pursuant To Section 21(a) Of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934: The DAO (Exchange Act Rel. No. 81207) (July 25, 2017) (the "DAO Report"). Among other characteristics of an "investment contract," a purchaser of MUN tokens would have had a reasonable expectation of obtaining a future profit based upon Munchee's efforts, including Munchee revising its app and creating the MUN "ecosystem" using the proceeds from the sale of MUN tokens. Munchee violated Sections 5(a) and 5(c) of the Securities Act by offering and selling these securities without having a registration statement filed or in effect with the Commission or qualifying for exemption from registration with the Commission. On the second day of sales of MUN tokens, the company was contacted by Commission staff. The company determined within hours to shut down its offering, did not deliver any tokens to purchasers, and returned to purchasers the proceeds that it had received.
Romanian Man Sentenced for Role in International Fraud Scheme Involving Online Marketplace Websites (DOJ Press Release) https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/romanian-man-sentenced-role-international-fraud-scheme-involving-online-marketplace-website-0
After previously pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit bank and wire fraud, Vlad Diaconu,was sentenced to 29 months in prison and ordered to pay $834,841.75 in restitution for his participation in an international scheme involving fraudulent advertisements on online marketplaces that induced victims to send over $870,000 to conspirators for the purchase of various items that were not actually available for purchase. As set forth, in part, in the DOJ Press Release:
Diaconu admitted that co-conspirators fraudulently listed vehicles for sale at online marketplaces such as eBay. When victims expressed interest in purchasing the vehicles, co-conspirators responded with emails directing the victims to wire payments to specified bank accounts, which the victims believed were going to serve as escrow accounts until the victims received the vehicle they wished to purchase. In reality, these bank accounts were opened by Diaconu and his co-conspirators, who used false identities and fraudulent documents, including counterfeit passports, when opening the accounts. Twelve victims sent approximately $185,000 to accounts opened by Diaconu. Another 35 victims sent approximately $688,000 to accounts opened by Diaconu's co-conspirators. Diaconu and his co-conspirators subsequently sent the bulk of the money to co-conspirators located overseas. The victims never received the vehicles they intended to purchase.
IBERIABANK Agrees to Pay Over $11.6 Million to Resolve Alleged False Claims Act Liability for Submitting False Claims for Loan Guarantees (DOJ Press Release)
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/iberiabank-agrees-pay-over-116-million-resolve-alleged-false-claims-act-liability-submitting
Former Iberiabank employees Kelley R. Shackleford and Karen Mills, who were employed with IBERIABANK filed claims under the False Claims Act ("FCA") against their firm and will now receive a 20% of any resulting recovery arising out of IBERIABANK Corporation, IBERIABANK and IBERIABANK Mortgage Company (collectively, IBERIABANK) agreement to pay the United States $11,692,149 to resolve the FCA allegations. As alleged in part in the DOJ Press Release:
Between Jan. 1, 2005, and Dec. 31, 2014, IBERIABANK certified for FHA insurance mortgage loans that did not meet HUD underwriting and origination requirements and were, therefore, ineligible for FHA mortgage insurance under the DE program. HUD paid FHA insurance claims on certain of these ineligible mortgages, and these included ones where IBERIABANK's loan files contained inadequate documentation of the borrower's income, unresolved appraisal discrepancies concerning declining home values in the relevant neighborhood, and inadequate verification related to the borrower's down payment.
Between 2005 and 2014, IBERIABANK paid incentive payments to underwriters and others who performed underwriting activities. After a HUD review of IBERIABANK in 2010 notified the Bank that it was not in compliance with the underwriter commission prohibition, IBERIABANK advised HUD that it was no longer paying underwriter commissions. However, the Bank did not disclose to HUD that it was paying underwriters incentive payments and that it continued to do so through 2014.
Between 2005 and 2014, IBERIABANK did not timely self-report material violations of HUD requirements. Internal IBERIABANK audits and reviews during this time period found that the Bank's quality reviews were not being performed in a timely manner and did not comply with other HUD requirements.
As a result of IBERIABANK's conduct and omissions, HUD insured loans approved by the Bank that were not eligible for FHA mortgage insurance under the DE Program and that HUD would not otherwise have insured. HUD subsequently incurred losses when it paid insurance claims on those loans.
Stock Trader Charged in Insider Trading Ring (SEC Press Release 2017-228) https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2017-228 According to the SEC Press Release, the federal regulator charged a former day trader Joseph Sera with making more than $1 million in illegal insider trading profits as part of a ring that allegedly stole confidential information from investment banks and clients so they could trade in advance of secondary stock offerings. A parallel federal criminal action against Spera, who agreed to plead guilty. Previously, Paul Petrello, Steven Costantin, and Ronald Chernin pleaded guilty in the criminal actions and agreed to partial settlements in the SEC cases with potential monetary sanctions to be determined at a later date. Litigation continues against the alleged ringleader Steven Fishoff. As set forth in part in the "Summary" portion of SEC, Plaintiff, v. Joseph Spera and Joleine, Inc., Defendants (Complaint, 17-CV-12875, United States District Court for the District of New Jersey):
1. This case involves a serial insider trading scheme perpetrated by a group of stock traders that generated over $5.45 million in total profits for the group. Spera was one of the traders that profited unlawfully from the scheme, making a total of over $1 million in illegal insider trading profits. The primary component of the scheme was the systematic misappropriation of material non-public information from investment banks confidentially marketing secondary stock offerings by publicly traded issuers. The individuals who participated in this aspect of the scheme - including the leader Steven Fishoff ("Fishoff"), Paul Petrello ("Petrello"), Ronald Chernin ("Chernin"), Steven Costantin ("Costantin"), and Spera - together made a total of over $3.96 million by obtaining advance knowledge of the offerings from the investment banks and then, after tipping other members of the group, selling short the issuers' stock before the offerings were publicly announced. The confidential offering information obtained by these defendants was material because the offering shares were sold by the issuers at a discount to the market price and diluted the holdings of existing shareholders. As a result, the issuers' stock prices dropped substantially after the offerings were announced, thus enabling members of the group who shorted the stocks to cover their short sales at a hefty profit.
Season's Greetings From FINRA. You're Fined And Suspended. Ho, Ho, Ho
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We're nearing year-end and for many industry employees that means another cycle of annual compliance disclosures is on its way. You will get the office memo about how you need to make time to sit down at the computer and click your way through a batch of "YES" and "NO" responses about all sorts of events that may or may not have happened to you during the past year. Then there are those other queries about whether you engaged in this type of activity or have any of the following such-and-such outside accounts or if you were named in some legal proceeding. Year after year it's pretty much the same nonsense, as you would put it. The thing is, you may not have considered that you never disclosed something a few years ago because you didn't realize that you had to -- and you're continuing to answer "NO" when you should answer "YES." Then there's that other bit of language on the annual form that they changed last year and the way it's now re-worded should elicit a different response from you but for the fact that you're assuming it's the same old language that you've read every year in the past. Well . . . season's greetings and all that but, hey, you better slow down this year and make sure that you know what you're being asked to disclose. Consider a recent FINRA disciplinary settlement.
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La gare de Beyne était située au point kilométrique 9,00 de la ligne 38, de Chênée à Plombières entre la halte de Bruyères et celle de Romsée.

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Beyne se trouve sur la première portion de la ligne 38, inaugurée entre Chênée et Micheroux le .

Elle a toujours été appelée "gare de Beyne" et jamais "gare de Beyne-Heusay".

La ligne 38 sera plus tard prolongée vers Herve et Battice, puis de Battice à Verviers (Ligne 38A), de Battice à Aubel et enfin d'Aubel à Plombières en 1895.

Elle possédait un petit bâtiment de gare qui fut par la suite agrandi et une halle à marchandises.

Après la Seconde Guerre mondiale, la ligne 38 subit le déclin des lignes secondaires. Le trafic des trains de voyageurs est d'abord supprimé entre Hombourg et Plombières, en 1952, et définitivement arrêté en 1957. Des trains de marchandises desservirent la ligne jusque 1986. Beyne a possédé des installations pour les marchandises jusque 1985.

Après le démontage des voies, un RAVeL a été installé sur la ligne 38 entre Vaux-sous-Chèvremont et Plombières. Il est encore incomplet sur sa partie sud mais intégralement asphalté et équipé entre Vaux et Soumagne.

Le bâtiment de la gare
Il s'agit d'un type de gare qui fut uniquement érigé sur cette ligne (respectivement à Beyne et Vaux-sous-Chèvremont) dont l'aspect était inhabituel.

Il s'agit d'un petit bâtiment rectangulaire et étroit de deux étages sans ailes (elles furent vraisemblablement construites par après) comportant trois Travées (fort écartées) sous une bâtière transversale. La façade est en briques avec des pilastres entre les travées et fut recouverte d'enduit.

Comme pour les gares de Fléron, Micheroux, et Battice (qui sont des gares type 1873 avant la lettre) les portes et fenêtres sont entourées d'un larmier épais avec un dé de pierre au centre en surplomb.

Le toit était en zinc (remplacé par des tuiles lors de la restauration de la gare). Les pignons latéraux sont percés d'un oculus au-dessus du nom de la gare, il s'agit d'un ajout tardif car certaines cartes postales montrent la gare sans oculus.

Les ailes latérales ont sans doute été ajoutées par après pour faire face à l'accroissement du nombre de voyageurs et offrir davantage d'espace au chef de gare et à sa famille. Il s'agit d'une aile basse d'une travée sous bâtière côté droit possédant côté quai une porte (peut-être une extension de la salle d'attente) et d'une aile de service en U, à gauche comportant quatre travées sous une toiture à faible pente et une cour intérieure. Sa disposition est en tout point identique à celle des ailes de service des autres gares belges. Elle servait donc de cuisine, de buanderie, de stockage et de toilettes.

Après sa fermeture, la gare de Beyne est une des gares de la ligne à avoir échappé à la démolition. La gare de Vaux a quant à elle été démolie.

Le bâtiment de la gare de Beyne est utilisé par plusieurs services communaux et se trouve dans les emprises du recypark de la commune. Lors de sa restauration, la façade a perdu son enduit côté rue et l'aile de service a été coiffée d'une bâtière plus haute.

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Articles connexes
 Liste de gares en Belgique
 Ligne 38 (Infrabel)

Liens externes

Gare fermée dans la province de Liège
Ligne 38 (Infrabel)
Gare Beyne
Gare mise en service en 1872


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Port house Taylor's is marking its 325th anniversary with a series of events and releases, including shipping a barrel from Douro to London on a yacht.
Taking place at the Tower of London this evening (11 May), the house will recreate the house's first shipment of Port wine in the 17th century when yachtsman Ricardo Diniz arrives from Douro to deliver a cask that was laded in Vila Nova de Gaia.
The cask will then be taken into the Tower in advance of a dinner that is being held there this evening, celebrating not just Taylor's anniversary but also the longstanding link between the UK and Portugal.
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Well my day started with part of my shirt getting caught in my car door as i was getting out to go to work - so there i was with my shirt stuck in the actual lock so i could not open the door and could not move! Hilarious - i finally jiggled the key in the lock a bit and wrangled free, although with a few tiny wholes in my top! Oh well - at least my client did not see me stuck to my car or worse yet i did not have to call anyone to rescue me!!!
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What a week - things were already a little crazy after returning from 8 days away and dealing with a house in total disarray from a little flood in our house...but to top it off my laptop crashed Tuesday night. I spent a few totally unproductive days with no laptop and as much as i love my iPad, I simply cannot do my job from it! Now i have a new laptop (a very good thing) however I've lost all my old emails (by old i mean prior to March 30th!). We're still trying to recover them so i am holding out hope!
I tried to scrap last night but spent most of the night chatting, shopping, catching up and snacking! It was mad fun but did not finish one thing! Today I've been taking care of sickies, trying to create some order in this house, and trying to make some design changes to my blog (still trying)!
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The interview with director Andy Fickman took place during the premiere of his film "Race to Witch Mountain" on March 31st, 2009 in Berlin. Parts were first heard on Cinématographe, April 12th, 2009.
Stefanos Tsarouchas: Nathan Wang was the composer of your film THE GAME PLAN. Why didn't you choose him for this film too?
Andy Fickman: Nathan, who I love, and I were working on many projects together. I think that this movie, because it's gonna be more action, as Nathan has done a lot of comedies with me, I wanted somebody, who had an experience at doing an action score and that really meant about finding that perfect composer. The truth was, Trevor was somebody, who was on top of my list, one of my all time favorite composers, what he's done in his movies it felt like natural transition for me.
S. Tsarouchas: Who proposed Trevor Rabin?
A. Fickman: I think everybody at Disney. You do that short list of people and you start combing through like: "What about him? What about him? What about him?" and Trevor Jones just kept coming to the top of the list. Tthen I went and met with a bunch of people. When I said, I want Trevor, I knew immediately it was him. Actually, I spoke to Nathan at that point. I asked Nathan, what he thought of Trevor. Nathan gave a big thumbs up and said: "If you're not gonna use me, you got to use Trevor!"
S. Tsarouchas: How do you collaborate with Trevor Rabin? Do you have your own musical ideas?
A. Fickman: Yeah, I had a musical editor, Brent Brooks, who's been with me for three or four movies now. When we start with the editing, we put our own temp music in. It's really our guide post, but it begins just to speak the language, so by the time Disney comes in to look at the scene, if they hate the music, they let us know and if they like it, they'd let us know. It turns out a lot of the music we were temping with was Trevor's music, scores from other movies. We be like: "That's sounds great! Ah! That's Trevor!" And then once we had that scene to where we feel like its working, Trevor would look at it and then Trevor, we would tell Trevor: "You have to copy yourself, Trevor!" Like, you gotta be better than that guy. And Trevor is like, "That's pretty good!" And I: "You did that! You got to beat that!" But that's how the collaboration would begin.
S. Tsarouchas: The film has a lot of music. Score from wall to wall, with snippets of songs. Do you need so much music in the movies?
A. Fickman: Yeah, for me, not for every movie, but for this movie, because of the driving force of the race. I think music helps. I think, music is a constant like if you're on a road trip You turn on the radio and just go, go go and I think, that we wanted to be more score heavy here than song heavy. So, and the places, where we we do songs, we stop down at the Country Bar and we have the band "Brokedown Cadillac". They do five songs in there, and so that was appropriated. We had the people dancing and doing all the Country and Western Dancing, but then it was back to score.
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Inky Paws Fall Color Challenge Winners!
Thanks so much to everyone who entered our last Inky Paws Challenge at here at the Newton's Nook Designs blog! This months theme was a fun Fall Color Challenge! We had so much fun checking out all the entries! Everyone did such a AMAZING job - it's always so hard to narrow it down to the winners! Great job & thanks to everyone who played along!
This cutie by Joyce really caught our eye! We loved the fall plaid paper with the sparkly leaves behind the kitty from our Newtons Perfect Pumpkin set!
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Pizzeria Mozza: Trust the hype
Pizzeria Mozza has held my attention since its opening in November 2006, for several reasons. It's the first West Coast venture from celebrity chef Mario Batali and his longtime business partner Joe Bastianich. It's also the result of an unusual collaboration between Batali and Nancy Silverton of La Brea Bakery. And on top of it all, the pizzeria emerged virtually unscathed by national reviews.
I don't make it down to Southern California often, so as soon as the slightest possibility arose that I might be in the vicinity, I called to book a reservation. After a series of prompts and several minutes of waiting patiently, I spoke with a hostess who was able to offer me a Saturday dinner reservation a few weeks in advance at the only available time slot of of 10:45. I took it.
Mozza sits on the edge of Hollywood, near a gas station and not much else. I can't quite say I was expecting to see a packed house as we arrived late at eleven, but this was certainly the case. After being seated promptly at a center table, we studied the paper place settings with global pizza trivia as we munched on complimentary breadsticks and weighed our vast menu choices. (Who knew that mutton and paneer was a popular pizza topping in South Asia?)
Bruschette: pane bianco with olio nuovo
We opted to begin with the pane bianco bruschette (oven-roasted bread topped with olive oil) served alongside a Caprese salad. I'm not sure why the single slice of bread needed to cost $3, but the salad completely made up for it. While a traditional Caprese is made with fresh plum tomatoes, Mozza managed to take it to another level by using vine-ripened cherry tomatoes and slightly roasting them. The result: A sweeter, richer depth of flavor that married perfectly with the mildness of the mozzarella.
Mozza caprese
The squash blossoms, a popular dish in Mediterranean kitchens, arrived stuffed with ricotta and mozzarella cheese, then breaded and fried. The portion was somewhat undersized, but the crispiness of the squash blossoms, combined with the airy ricotta filling, was outstanding. The antipasti offerings were solid, and I would certainly go back to try more of them — the salt cod bruschette, cauliflower gratinate, arrancine and bone marrow al forno are all on my list.
Margherita with mozzarella, tomato and basil
In comparing pies, I've learned (from discussions on this blog) that one must compare a pizza to another pie of the same genre in order to be fair. Since Mozza essentially prepares a Neapolitan-style pizza, it was crucial to try the standard: the margherita pizza, made with crushed San Marzano tomatoes, sliced fresh mozzarella, basil and extra virgin olive oil, and baked in a wood-fired oven. Mozza's Margherita was satisfying: the tomatoes were tart yet sweet, and the overall flavors well-balanced. The pizza had perfectly browned (but never burned) peaks, valleys and canyons surrounding vibrantly-colored toppings. The unbelievably thin crust was a feat in itself, and the dough crackled in a crispness that succumbed to just the slightest amount to pressure, even in the center of the pie. My only complaint was that it had less ingredients and more crust than I expected. To quote Frank Bruni: "The crusts of a few of the pies had rims so monstrously broad they muscled the toppings out of the picture."
Pizza alla benno: speck, pineapple, jalapeño, mozzarella and tomato
With a few exceptions, like the margherita, many of the restaurant's offerings were a new take on traditional pizza combinations. The pizza alla benno was a Hawaiian-style pizza with speck prosciutto instead of ham. The pizza had a bit of a kick with the addition of jalapeño, which was a great substitute for the standard crushed red pepper — I would have liked even more of it. Overall, it was a nice take on the Hawaiian, but could have used a bit less pineapple as it was a tad too sweet.
Fennel sausage, panna and spring onion pizza
The best pizza of the night was the fennel sausage pizza. Arnold of Inuyaki called it a must-try, and it truly is: The sausage, which is made in-house, possessed a sweet-spicy anise flavor had me yearning for more.
Caramel copetta with Spanish peanuts
Just when we thought we were completely satiated, we were handed the dessert menu. Everything sounded so delicious that we proceeded to eat what could be considered another meal's worth of desserts. Our waitress said she concurred so much with our dessert selection that she wished she could pull up a chair and enjoy it with us.
The first dessert I tried was a glorified sundae, with caramel gelato atop a caramel wafer, drizzled with caramel and marshmallow sauces, and sprinkled with salted Spanish peanuts (skin still on). The dish provided a stark contrast between the savory and the sweet. I loved the crispy, chewy wafer combined with the melting gelato as well. My only complaint was that the peanuts were a bit overpowering in the dish and should have been chopped into smaller pieces — because they were still whole, I felt a bit like I was snacking on gorp.
Butterscotch budino with fennel cookies
Our server sang the praises of the butterscotch budino as the restaurant's can't-miss dessert. She was spot-on: The pudding was an Italian rendition of dulce de leche, topped with thin layer of caramel, a dollop of cream and a pinch of sea salt, and fennel cookies on the side. The accompanying fennel cookies didn't add anything to the dish and seemed to distract from the pudding, which was light, smooth as butter, and indulgent in a way that was not overpowering.
Banana gelato pie, with chopped nuts and bittersweet chocolate sauce
While I was prepared to find an assortment of gelati and a budino on the dessert menu, I wasn't expecting to see a bombe. The banana gelato pie was a refreshing detour from the typical Italian dessert menu (please, no more panna cottas!) and possessed the authentic banana flavor that is both mild and strong at the same time.
Gelati sampler with vanilla olive oil gelato, hazelnut gelato and blood orange sorbet
Since I was so in love with the olive oil dessert at Pizzeria Picco, I leaped at the chance to try the assortment of frozen offerings. We opted for a blood orange sorbet, which was tart and slightly cloying; a hazelnut gelato, which was not too sweet and reminiscent of roasted nuts; and the olive oil, which tasted more like vanilla with olive oil mixed into it. The olive oil gelato paled in comparison to Pizzeria Picco's Da Vero-drizzled soft-serve.
Eating at Pizzeria Mozza, I couldn't help but wonder how much Batali and Silverton were influenced by Bruce Hill, the chef and owner of Pizzeria Picco, whose pizza Batali swore was "so good, it's enough to make you cry." While Hill is certainly ahead with his olive oil soft-serve, Pizzeria Mozza might just take the pie…pun intended.
Pizzeria Mozza, 641 N. Highland Ave., Los Angeles, Calif. 323.297.0101
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7 Responses to "Pizzeria Mozza: Trust the hype"
I'm so jealous that you're eating so well! Hope you had a great trip to LA.
whoa that looks amazing! i must go there sometime
Arnold Says:
I'm glad you had a great experience and that the fennel sausage was a hit. We went to Pizzaiolo tonight (post to follow, of course) and it was good, but it's still behind Mozza and Picco in my book.
The writing on your blog made me feel like I could actually taste the pies. Nice work! Now, has anyone found a good whole wheat pizza in SF??
Jarvis says : I absolutely agree with this !
X Says:
Somehow i missed the point. Probably lost in translation 🙂 Anyway … nice blog to visit.
cheers, X.
Susannah Says:
Holly: You're not going to believe it, but Papa John's just came out with a whole wheat pizza:
http://www.papajohns.com/wheat/grains_101.htm
That said, I am not making any claims about how good it is!


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As materials and devices shrink to the nanometer scale, various quantum phenomena become important, which may lead to novel applications, including those that are important to environmental analysis and protection. This project exploits the phenomena of conductance quantization and quantum tunneling to fabricate nanoelectrodes for in situ detection of metal ion pollution. Our goal is to develop a high performance and low-cost sensor for initial on-site screening test of surface and groundwater to provide early warning and prevention of heavy metal ion pollution. The existing analytical techniques usually require preconcentration of samples to detect trace metal ions, which can be time consuming and prone to cross-contamination. Moreover, many of the sensitive techniques, such as inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry, are not suitable for on-site monitoring. In contrast, the nanocontact sensor has the potential of detecting even a few metal ions without preconcentration and is particularly suitable for on-site detecting ultratrace level of heavy metal ions, including radioactive elements.
The sensor consists of an array of nanoelectrode pairs on a silicon chip. The nanoelectrodes in each pair are separated with an atomic scale gap, which is achieved with the help of quantum tunneling phenomenon. Electrochemical deposition of even a few metal ions into the gap can bridge the gap and form a nanocontact between the nanoelectrodes, thus triggering a quantum jump in the electrical conductance. The sensor can achieve high specificity by combining several different measurements, such as redox potentials, point-contact spectroscopy and electrochemical potential-modulated conductance changes.
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This trip involved a few FIRST time experiences for Kariim and I. Snorkeling was one of them. I tried snorkeling while in Cozumel years ago, and it didn't go so well….lol! So I'm not counting that one.
This experience was nothing like I remember.
Of course you get nervous not being the best swimmer…..
As a matter of fact, Kariim and I both decided to learn to swim a few months before this trip (we'll revisit this convo again in another post:).
The excitement to snorkel was real!! We could not wait!
With our GoPro camera, and snorkeling gear in tow, we headed to the beach to begin the snorkeling adventure.
Quick photo before getting on the boat.
We loaded the boat and began to head out to sea. Sailing quite a ways out, we finally parked.
Everyone began to put on their life jackets and for a second, I think we were all waiting on a brief "How To"….. at least I was….lol! Then the captain says, "we're here.. Jump In".
WHAAAAT?!?! lol! Ok. No instructions just jump??
Talk about facing a fear. And it felt sooooo good for both of us. Experiencing something we both really wanted to do, together!
If we had to guess, we'd say where we were snorkeling was about 20 feet deep.
See the video below with the footage we captured with our GoPro !


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Beethoven Sonata in C# Minor Op. 27 No.2 (Moonlight Sonata)
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Stephen Hose trained at the Royal Academy of Music where he held a Vaughan Williams scholarship, and has worked extensively as a Musical Director, conductor and pianist in London and regional theatre. He has played at most of the London concert halls and has performed in France and Germany. He is currently Pianist in Residence at Lauderdale House, Highgate.
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Shifting customer demands, changing global landscape and continuous technology enhancement are crucial elements that shape the role, processes and capabilities of the electronic manufacturing services (EMS) industry. Printed circuit board (PCB) assembly is the primary manufacturing activity of EMS companies, and this segment is continuously evolving as components are being consistently minusculed with the introduction of more compact new devices. This, in turn, requires changes to be made to the process of mounting electrical components to the PCB such as the Surface Mount Technologies (SMT) to ensure the final assembled PCB is equipped to be used in complex and high technology products.
Malaysia, with its esteemed reputation for an abundance of a well-trained workforce, developed infrastructure, efficient telecommunication systems and continued commitment to R&D, presents an attractive location for EMS providers. The country's sound information technology infrastructure also enables EMS companies to tap onto opportunities in virtual manufacturing and Industry 4.0 implementation.
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May 14, 2021 by Rob
This is an enchanting ditty from Georgia, nicely staged and well sung by Tornike. A tranquil start to day 7 of rehearsals here at the Ahoy. Matched at 6, the BF 'to qualify' market says this, together with Poland, have the least chance to make the grand final. Poland would be far more deserving of the wooden spoon in sf2, that's for sure, if there's any justice in ESC land which often there isn't.
We know Anxhela is vocally assured. She is going to need jurors to acknowledge that, along with the quality Balkan ballad USP of 'Karma'. Being squeezed on televote side in this semi by Greece, Bulgaria and Serbia. Punters are keen on its chances, Albania matched at 1.52 to Q, which feels on the skinny side.
Portugal is seeking the authentic muso vote by showcasing some artistry. Trying to pull a Belgium essentially, here in semi 2. Lead singer Pedro comes out onto the satellite stage and plays guitar towards the climax. Market has very much warmed to Portugal's Q chance, backed down to 1.55 having been matched as big as 3.95 pre-rehearsals.
Sometimes less is more at ESC when the artist, track and staging merge together at a high level. This is what Bulgaria achieves this year.
Improved lighting effects and camera angles. Has a warm, other-worldly feel like she's floating eternally through space creating an atmosphere perfectly in keeping with the track's meaning and depth. She might well have won in 2020 and Victoria proves she's in it to win it again.
'Likе the 27 Club, headshot. We don't wanna grow up'. Ah yes, the defiant spirit of youth, also eloquently lyricised by Neil Young's 'It's better to burn out than to fade away,' notoriously quoted in Kurt Cobain's suicide note. And so we come full circle.
Have to give a shout out to Alphaville's 'Forever Young' here, chiming with the exact same sentiment but in a lighter, synth-pop way.
Finland is big-night ready and this is excellent for its genre. It will also arrive with a bang after that slower 10-13 section of the draw. It remains in the Top 10 argument, flirting on the very edge, despite its price chart generally drifting out, now 2.66, since keen Finnish rock fans struck early as low as 1.5.
Samanta Tina comes across like an alcohol-fuelled woman on a hen night handed the mic at a karaoke joint, who transforms into another Tina – Tina Turner. Compelling in its own unique way. Some happy to grab 4.3 on this. That low qualification bar seems to be fuelling punters' optimism.
Some small improvement for Gjon's Tears but when he flails his arms and moves around the stage… none of it convinces really and most of the time it looks awkward and contrived. Who knows, some may consider this Turner Prize material in the context of ESC but the truth of the matter is, the performance level is under par here.
Denmark's entry could have been plucked straight out of 1986. This is unashamed Scandi pop from that era. It is ludicrous and low quality to these ears and eyes but it's probably endearingly retro for ESC fans of a certain vintage.
It's going to need them to vote like crazy for it to get through and it might just be the sort of entry that ends up a surprise Q on the back of a robust semi-final fan vote.
Rehearsals will end tomorrow with 2nd run throughs for the Big 5 + the hosts. Of more significance, Italy and France will be drawing 1st half or 2nd half in their press conferences that follow.
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Anyone have any thoughts on how Victoria and her Growing Up is Getting Old compares with Ieva Zasimauskaitė and her When We're Old from 2018? As I recall, Lithuania's entry that year went from being unfancied pre-rehearsal, to highly fancied during rehearsals and after its Semi, to then somewhat disappointing in the Grand Final. I think I v ruefully remember its odds wildly expanding as soon as Grand Final draw was revealed.
I haven't yet seen footage of Victoria's rehearsals, but the song title, the delicacy and intimacy of the singer's performance, and the reports on the staging have just put me mind of Ieva and her song. How does it compare / contrast?
I have pondered the similarities with When We're Old too, Guildo, and remember that market support that then evaporated. Still, it did pretty well (12th, not far off 10th) and gives something of a reference point I guess. From the clips I've seen Victoria is much more assured vocally and, by all accounts, the staging is excellent. This does gives me confidence that Bulgaria is very solid for top 10 at the very least.
Yeah, Paul, I think I agree.
I'm keen as Bulgarian mustard to see the full song staging for myself, as yes: it's an absolute triumph of staging by all accounts. For incredible ESC staging my mind tends to think back to that created for Azer's Farid with Hold Me. Is it on a par with that?
It's amazing to see that Bulgaria's odds has lengthened back to more or less it's pre-rehearsal odds. That might be an unprecedented betting trajectory for the perceived staging "winner". I guess that's down to the perceived strength of Italy and of France, and the surging from Iceland and Cyprus, but still…
I'd be super keen on Bulgaria but I've always found the song a very slow build. I 'm exaggerating, but it feels like two minutes of spoken word before the final minute of sung song.
I suppose Italy does make sense at the top of the market as a) it's the concert experience song & performance and b) will more teenagers and twenty somethings than ever be stuck in on an Saturday evening watching Eurovision in Lockdown Europe this year?


For a while I have had a VS2010 solution that includes a WF Project. If I right mouseclick on the project and then select Debug/Start new Instance then the WCF Service client opens. I have had to Install everything onto another physical machine, but now when I do the same. it just loads the browser with a list of the services. How can I get the service client back.
I've been looking on the net and all suggest that I need to go to the properties of the project and then the debug tab. I do not have a debug tab on the new or old solution.
followed the instructions though my file already had it set (used notepad) and now in VS2010 it works.
It's very glad to see that you have figured the issue out by yourself and it would be grateful if you could share the solution with us. and it would be helpful to other communities, and welcome to post your question in this forum in your future programming.
Here's the steps I took to resolve it.
The normal way to debug a workflow service so that you can step the activity library is from the workflowservice project, right mouse click, select debug/Start new WF instance.
At this point the client should show. However in both our cases, a list of services was displayed in the browser.
First through windows explorer go to the WorkflowService.csproj file and open in notepad or similar.
Next in Visual studio with the solution open.
Set the workflowService Project to be the default startup project, then select any of the .XAMlx files to be the start page.
Then right mouseclick the workflow service, debug/start new wf instance.
This should start the service client.
Stop the service client and the solution.
Start the debugger on the main application and now when the service gets hit by the main app, your breakpoints should get hit on the activity library.


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SADC Electoral Observation Mission to the Republic of Malawi Statement
STATEMENT BY HONOURABLE NETUMBO NANDI-NDAITWAH (MP), MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA AND HEAD OF THE SADC ELECTORAL OBSERVATION MISSION TO THE 20TH MAY, 2014 TRIPARTITE ELECTIONS IN THE REPUBLIC OF MALAWI 24TH MAY, 2014
Blantyre, Republic of Malawi
Your Excellency Dr. Sam Nujoma,Founding President of the Republic of Namibia and Head of the AU Observer Mission,
Your Excellency Lt. Gen. Mompati Merafe,Former Vice President of the Republic of Botswana and Head of the Commonwealth Observer Mission,
The representative of the SADC Executive Secretary
Chairperson of the Malawi Electoral Commission,
Heads of the International Observer Missions,
Members of the Diplomatic Corps,
Members of the media,
A. Introduction
I wish to welcome you to this meeting whose objective is to release the statement of the SADC Electoral Observation Mission (SEOM), on the 2014 Tripartite Elections in Republic of Malawi.
It is an established tradition for SADC Member States to observe elections in the region, as part of regional efforts to enhance and consolidate democracy, and improve the quality of our electoral processes.
The Government of the Republic Malawi invited SADC to send an Observation Mission to the 2014 Tripartite Elections consistent with the SADC Guidelines and Principles Governing Democratic Elections.
Accordingly, His Excellency Hifikepunye Pohamba, President of the Republic of Namibia and Chairperson of the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation officially constituted the Observation Mission and appointed me, in my capacity as Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Namibia, to head the SEOM to Malawi.
To that effect, President Pohamba mandated the SADC Executive Secretary to facilitate the SEOM deployment.
The SADC Principles and Guidelines Governing Democratic Elections call for Member States to adhere to the full participation of citizens in the political process, freedom of association, political tolerance, equal opportunity for all political parties to access the state media, equal opportunity to exercise the right to vote and to be voted for, the impartiality of the electoral institutions and voter's education, among others.
The SADC Principles further provide that any challenge to the election results should be done in accordance with the laws of the country.
The SADC Electoral Observation Mission is therefore guided by the above mentioned principles.
B. Deployment
Ladies and Gentleman
SEOM arrived in Malawi on 1st May 2014. The observers underwent a two day refresher training course. The Mission consisted of 147 observers who were deployed in all three regions of Malawi. The deployment was preceded by the SADC Electoral Advisory Council (SEAC) goodwill and assessment mission that took place in April 2014, to assess the level of preparedness and readiness of the country to hold the elections.
SEOM familiarised itself with the constitution and the electoral laws of Malawi and held consultations with different stakeholders that provided usefull information to the mission about the political environment and the security situation in the country. Consultations with the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) enabled SEOM to understand the institution's readiness to organize, manage and deliver credible elections.
C. Campaign period
SEOM witnessed several campaigns by different political parties. All the campaigns observed were held in a peaceful atmosphere which attests to the maturity and tolerance of the political players and the people of Malawi.
Some stakeholders expressed concern that the coverage by the Government owned Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) was disproportionately in favour of the governing party. However, SEOM was informed that in comparison with past elections in Malawi there was some improvement in the coverage of all political parties by the state media during this election.
D. Voting day
The environment on the polling day remained conducive to the holding of generally peaceful elections. However, there were unfounded rumours of rigging which had the potential of poisoning that peaceful environment.
SEOM observed that while some polling stations opened on time in conformity with the provision of the electoral law, there were prolonged delays in starting the voting process at some of the polling stations.
The delays were caused by logistical challenges in the delivery of voting materials. As a result of these delays, there was disorderly conduct at some polling stations.
SEOM noted that the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has made good-faith efforts to ensure a fair and transparent process and responded expeditiously to remedy situations that could compromise the integrity of the elections.
SEOM observed that when the voting started, throughout the exercise, the flow of voters was orderly and the voting continued until all voters in the queue at the closing time were allowed to cast their votes. Voters requiring assistance were helped to cast their votes.
SEOM also observed that political party agents, domestic monitors and international observers were present during voting and counting processes. The counting of votes started immediately after the closing of polling stations and the results were displayed in accordance with the provisions of the electoral law of Malawi.
E. Conclusion
SEOM noted the concerns raised by some stakeholders, as mentioned above. Nonetheless, those concerns and shortcomings, were not of such gravity as to affect the integrity of the electoral process.
Guided by the SADC Principles and Guidelines Governing Democratic Elections, SEOM has concluded that the 2014 Tripartite Elections in the Republic of Malawi were peaceful, free, transparent and credible, reflecting the will of the people of Malawi.
In accordance with the SADC Principles and Guidelines Governing Democratic Elections, SEOM wishes to urge all political parties and candidates who contested these elections, to respect the will of the people. Thus, any complaints that may arise should be channelled through the relevant authorities in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Malawi.
On behalf of His Excellency President Hifikepunye Pohamba, Chairperson of the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation, allow me to commend the MEC for conducting and managing the 2014 tripartite elections in a transparent manner.
Finally, I congratulate the people and political leaders of Malawi and for their orderly and peaceful conduct during the elections as well as the high voter turn-out. This, indeed, is a great achievement in the consolidation of democracy, not only in Malawi, the Warm Heart of Africa, but also in the SADC sub-region and the continent.
I also express our sincere gratitude to the Government and the people of the Republic of Malawi for their friendship, hospitality and cooperation during our mission here. In the same vein I thank all the international observation missions for their cooperation.
The SEOM final report on the 2014 Tripartite Elections in the Republic of Malawi will be issued in thirty days after the announcement of the results.
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