The Snack Bar: Japan’s Eccentric Underground Bar Scene
From kyabakura to karaoke, Japan’s nightlife is unparalleled in diversity. The backbone of this after-dark economy is the enigmatic “snack bar,” whose secretive, windowless storefronts forever intrigue curious bar-hoppers. But before mustering the courage to step inside, it’s vital to understand the unspoken rules, manners, and customs unique to this underground culture. We visited a 40-year-old snack bar in one of Japan’s geisha districts to find out the facts from the “Mama-san” herself!
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What Is a Snack Bar?
Unlike the name suggests, snack bars, commonly called “sunakku” in Japanese, are not catered towards those feeling peckish. While finger food is served, snack bars are havens of drinking and socializing. The snack bar menu will depend on the joint, with some having “all-you-can-drink,” and others selling spirits by the bottle. Most famous is the latter, with rows of whiskey bottles lining the back shelf emblazoned by the name of a regular, indicating the owner of each. This ownership weaves together a sense of familiarity - a home away from home. No matter the stresses of work, domestic life, or the strife of the world, your drink always awaits.
Snack bars speckle the alleyways of business and entertainment districts - all the way from the bustling neon streets of Shinjuku to tiny, rural towns. In smaller populations, they are often the sole place for locals to drink, cherished as a community bedrock.
While some are youthful and trendy, snack bars are largely a leftover of the Showa period (1926-1989), and the average customer is male and middle-aged. The proprietress, called a “Mama-san,” likely matches the age of patrons, while the part-time bartenders under her wing veer to the younger side. Some also have male owners called “masters,” who typically employ female staff. Drinks are far from fancy - expect your standard Japanese beers, whiskeys, and shochu.
Customers patronize snack bars to drink, chat, and laugh. Despite their presence around red-light districts, they do not offer anything in the way of sexual service, and staff are strict about keeping their distance behind the counter. While not at all related, snack bars are often mistaken for the seedier “kyabakura” (portmanteau of “cabaret” and “club”), where staff sit with patrons and go out privately after business hours.
The History of Snack Bars
While the origins are murky, snack bars prospered after WWII as a byproduct of reeling in adult entertainment. Sex work has a long history in Japan, and in the post-war chaos, prostitution ran rampant. In order to align itself with the morals of the Allies and the United Nations, Japan amended its laws to make prostitution illegal. This was supercharged by laws implemented in preparation for the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, which prohibited establishments providing intimate services (like sitting together, chatting, singing karaoke duets) from opening past midnight.
While bars, which are limited to the basic transaction of money for drinks, were free to operate late, others had to find loopholes to keep running during prime nightlife hours. To counter this, some started serving light food to become legally redefined as “eateries,” even if drinks and friendly service were the main attraction. Now free to open as they pleased, these so-called “snack bars” thrived, with most simply making a cursory effort at some rice crackers on the table to keep running their business legitimately.
A Night at Cham Neko
Seeking an authentic encounter, we popped into “Cham Neko,” a tiny snack bar tucked in the alleyways of Niigata’s historic “Furumachi” geisha district. Cham Neko has been a part of Furumachi for 40 years, and its Mama-san has diligently stood behind the counter the entire time. Seating only five, she runs the joint alone, and offers both all-you-can-drink and full-bottle service.
As mentioned, a sizable portion of the appeal behind snack bars is the homely, offbeat character. Cham Neko ramps this up to the extreme, monopolized by a hoard of nostalgic Showa era paraphernalia, from Godzilla figurines to rotary telephones and more, inviting a new discovery at every glance. It feels less like a place of business, and more like being invited into someone’s living room.
The Mama-san of Cham Neko is the embodiment of old-school Japanese sophistication. Plainspoken and amiable, each of her actions are carefully measured and performed with purpose. Her posture is impeccable, as is her attention to the customers, warming up fresh hand towels after each trip to the bathroom and topping up drinks the moment they are emptied. She turns conversation into a fine art, allowing customers to vent and boast while contributing her own perfectly-timed replies and jabs. While easier and far cheaper to pick up a beer at a convenience store, it was clear to us that drinking is only at the surface of a snack bar’s appeal.
How to Visit a Snack Bar in Japan
With 40 years in the business, the Mama-san of Cham Neko knows a thing or two about snack bars. She insists that, despite the intimidating appearance from the outside, one shouldn’t hesitate to enter. However, she wants first-timers to understand that there is a very real chance they’ll be rejected, as customer acceptance is entirely at the discretion of the Mama-san. Luckily, I was guaranteed a rare inside peek, as the Mama-san of Cham Neko is actually my wife’s aunt!
Many snack bars are regulars only, requiring an invite from a patron, while others have official membership systems. Sometimes, you’ll simply be rejected for your looks - and not necessarily because you’re foreign. Once a customer enters, several things rush through the Mama-san’s mind: Can they pay? Will they be respectful? Do they match the vibe? If you’re a disheveled backpacker traveling Japan on a budget, you’ll more than likely be shown the door. If you’re looking smart, fresh, and armed with a wad of cash, then the chances of being welcomed by warm smiles increases significantly.
While seemingly superficial, snack bars run on thin margins, and a mama needs to protect her business. It’s not only about a quick buck - regulars who feel annoyed by new customers or let down by the Mama-san may never return, resulting in huge financial losses. In fact, many snack bars survive owing to the patronage of just a handful of people, so they need to be respected and prioritized over newcomers.
The Mama-san tells us not to be discouraged if rejected. Simply nod politely, exit, and try the next one. Exploring the scene and finding the right snack bar for you is half the fun!
Things to Be Aware of at Japanese Snack Bars
Bred from a deep, underground culture, snack bar etiquette is a sophisticated art unto itself.
First up, the Mama-san of Cham Neko tells us that, after opening the door and peeking inside, greet the mama and ask “Ii desuka?” (Is it alright?). Simply taking a seat without permission is disrespectful, and will start the night off on the wrong foot.
If permission is granted, before sitting, inquire about the drinks system upfront. For her, this is vital and not at all rude, as many people become annoyed once a higher-than-expected bill arrives, souring the experience. Those on a budget, steer clear. You are likely expected to buy a bottle of spirits, or pay for all-you-can-drink, which can run anywhere between 4,000-10,000 yen or more. Better to be safe than sorry, and feel free to leave if it’s not for you. (Tabs are generally settled just before leaving, and it’s largely a cash-in-hand world.)
Once seated and settled, allow the Mama-san to pour you drinks. While the bottle will likely be sitting on the counter, handling it yourself may be taken as an insult, suggesting she isn’t paying attention. When socializing, don’t be overconfident and domineering. Feel the tone of the bar, and do your best to blend in.
Visitors should also be aware that smoking is the norm in many snack bars, so those sensitive to smoke should keep their distance. Often lacking windows, ventilation is poor. Instead, fresh air is replaced by potent perfumes and incense. Again, find an alternative if you have a sensitive nose. Snack bars are also catered towards individuals, so if you’re going out in a group of more than two, then a regular bar, izakaya, or karaoke are better choices.
Since snack bars normally cater to locals, they generally aren’t known for international language support. In fact, while the Mama-san of Cham Neko welcomes customers from across the globe, she worries that she can’t put her full talents on display if you don’t speak Japanese. Her fee includes her time and service, and she admits she feels guilty about charging if she can’t converse with you. For those that do speak the language to some degree, snack bars are fantastic places to improve your conversational skills!
Other Ways to Have Fun at Japanese Snack Bars
When wandering the streets of Japan, you’ve more than likely heard the echo of a middle-aged man belting out tunes. This is snack bar karaoke, a far cry from the sound-proof, private karaoke boxes many associate with Japan. While not all snack bars offer karaoke, many do, making for a smooth ice breaker. Just keep in mind that you may need to pay extra for karaoke, sometimes even per song.
Also, while downplayed, snack bars do have snacks! From the standard nuts, chips, and rice crackers to more substantial dishes like miso soup, mashed potato, and edamame beans, if you’re a fan of Japanese snacks or appetizers, then there’s a lot to love.
Cham Neko also entertained us with some extra fun, like having our fortunes read, calling a friend on a rotary pay phone, and winning a bouncy ball in a lucky draw. Like the name “Neko” suggests, there is also a resident cat, although it disappeared before we could snap a photo! While Cham Neko is admittedly far more offbeat than most, it gave us great insight into this one-of-a-kind culture.
The Future of Snack Bars in Japan
During her 40 years in the field, the Mama-san of Cham Neko has seen competition increase dramatically, with drinking trends drawing youths away from snack bars and into shot bars, pubs, clubs, and more. Furthermore, Mama-sans that opened during the boom of the Showa period are retiring, and like many traditional Japanese arts, successors are few.
Despite all this, she is adamant that snack bars are an integral part of Japan’s nightlife culture, and will continue passing the test of time. While the streets of the once-bustling Furumachi seem eerily quiet in the pandemic era, the community sticks together, letting the trends of the time pass them by. In contrast, Bandai, on the opposite side of Niigata’s Shinagawa River, is constantly reinvented to serve the latest fad, once tapioca outlets, now spiced curry restaurants or ddungcaron from Korea. Bars are the same, yet Cham Neko has remained unfazed for 40 years - entrepreneurs would do well to take note.
The Mama-san does grumple that customers have grown remarkably frugal throughout the decades, particularly after the bubble economy burst in the 1990s. She fondly recalls times when customers would treat everyone in the bar, or phone order platters of lavish sushi to divvy up without hesitation. They would race to outspend each other, something now unseen outside the highest of high-end establishments.
Though snack bars were fashioned in the wake of the pioneering Tokyo Olympics, the industry saw devastation as the Games returned amidst the global pandemic. According to one estimate, at least 8,000 of the 70-80,000 snack bars in Japan went out of business in spring of 2020 alone. Furthermore, a 2021 study by the Nikkei financial newspaper with NTT shows that 45,000 restaurants have closed since COVID-19, a whopping 10% of the total in Japan. Tight restrictions, along with criticism of Japan’s nightlife after the emergence of clusters in bars, dealt the industry an irreparable blow.
During the state of emergency, like many others in the nightlife industry, Cham Neko shortened its hours dramatically, and the Mama-san did her best to reshape her business in line with government regulations. With her entire life dedicated to the role, she had no other option but to fight to stay afloat.
The streets of Japan are slowly returning to life, but many of the establishments locals once frequented are gone for good. Fortunately, while Cham Neko had to relocate to a building with cheaper rent, it successfully survived, and Niigata City’s COVID-19 restrictions were fully lifted in February of 2022. The Mama-san is now excitedly planning for the bar’s 40th anniversary party.
The Hidden Side of Japan’s Nightlife
To night-owls who have enjoyed their fill of karaoke, izakaya, and “tachinomi-ya” standing bars, snack bars are the final frontier in Japan’s after-dark culture. Those brave enough to enter will be rewarded with pleasant drinks, hearty conversation, and a wealth of local advice. You never quite know what exactly lurks inside, but that’s just part of the charm. You’ll doubtlessly have a few stories to tell after visiting a Japanese snack bar!
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In 2008, the 4A’s established the High School for Innovation in Advertising and Media in the Carnarsie neighborhood of Brooklyn. Yesterday, the school graduated its first class of seniors in a ceremony at the Brooklyn Museum, with a commencement address delivered by none other than Interpublic Group chairman and CEO Michael Roth.
Now, grooming impressionable teenagers for a career in advertising is understandably a bit unnerving. However, the establishment of IAM is part of an ongoing effort over the last decade to reinvigorate what was once among the most destitute and dangerous neighborhoods in Brooklyn. In fact, IAM sits on the former campus of Carnarsie High School, which was “phased out” in 2008 as a result of poor academics and a history of violence. Out of IAM’s 48 graduating seniors, 80 percent are going on to college. Add to that one of our readers’ favorite topics–encouraging racial diversity in the ad industry–and IAM’s core curriculum sounds like a much better idea. And, four graduating seniors are receiving portions of a $60,000 scholarship donated by the Ad Club of New York.
Through the 4A’s partner agencies, (which include DraftFCB, McCann, Deutsch, Euro RSCG, McGarryBowen, and Digitas), the students of IAM have contributed work toward brands like Jaguar and Google, and the school helped develop Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move” campaign to fight obesity. See part of 4A president and CEO Nancy Hill’s speech to IAM’s first graduating class, which sounds an awful like Kevin Garnett’s NBA Championship interview from 2008, after the jump.
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Australia blocked Chinese smartphone maker Huawei from its 5G mobile network on national-security grounds on Thursday, joining the United States in banning the global giant.
But Prime Minister Justin Trudeau would not say whether Canada would follow suit with its two major intelligence-sharing allies.
Huawei, the world’s largest maker of telecommunications-network equipment and the No. 3 smartphone supplier, has already been virtually shut out of the U.S. market because of national-security concerns and effectively banned from its 5G network.
Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale told reporters that he would be in Australia shortly, and "have an opportunity to hear more about their position.”
On Thursday, Australia announced that Huawei, which has laid down significant roots in Canada, and fellow Chinese telecom-equipment maker ZTE would be blocked from supplying parts for the development of the country’s future mobile network. 5G is the next stage in cellular technology and will require a massive infrastructure build-out in countries to deliver the faster download speeds promised.
Under Chinese law, companies must “support, co-operate with and collaborate in national intelligence work” as requested by Beijing, and security experts in the United States and Canada warn that equipment produced by firms such as Huawei could be compromised on behalf of China’s ruling party.
The United States and Australia are members, along with Canada, Britain and New Zealand, of the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing network. The measures taken by two allies are prompting former Canadian security officials to urge Canada do the same and bar Huawei from the Canadian 5G network.
Mr. Trudeau, speaking at the wrap-up of a cabinet retreat in Nanaimo, B.C., was asked whether Canada would also ban Huawei.
“We will make decisions based on the facts, on evidence and what is in the best interests of Canadians,” Mr. Trudeau said.
Canada does not allow the Chinese conglomerate to bid on federal government contracts, but all major Canadian telecom carriers are now heavily promoting Huawei’s latest smartphone and, as The Globe and Mail reported in May, the firm has established a vast network of relationships with leading research-heavy universities in Canada to create a steady pipeline of intellectual property the company is using to underpin its market position in 5G technology.
Two former directors of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) – Richard Fadden and Ward Elcock – as well as John Adams, the former head of the Communications Security Establishment (CSE), told The Globe on Thursday that Canada should also ban Huawei from supplying equipment for a 5G network.
“The United States and the Australian approach may be the best one for Canada. I would continue to advocate it,” Mr. Fadden said. “In particular, the interoperability of the North American communication grids is pretty total and I know the United States is a bit worried about our approach.”
Canada and Britain have set up cybersecurity facilities paid for by Huawei where CSE officials test equipment for possible back doors that could allow Chinese hackers to take control of systems.
Mr. Fadden and Mr. Elcock said they are not confident the testing facilities are as adequate as a total ban.
“You are only [as] secure as the weakest link in the chain, and I think given what the Americans and Australians are doing, if we are not the weakest link in the chain, we are a weak link in the chain,” Mr. Fadden said.
Mr. Elcock said Canada’s divergence from the United States on Huawei could eventually lead Washington to take measures to insulate its communication networks from Canada.
“The fact we are not going in the same direction as the United States and Australia doesn’t mean the end of the world, but [it] does mean there is a potential for problems down the road,” he said.
Mr. Elcock said he thinks it’s unwise for Canada to allow Huawei to be a full participant in 5G mobile networks that companies are building in this country.
“Huawei will do what the Chinese government wants it to do,” he said, adding the Chinese government has been aggressive in intelligence-gathering, and Huawei “has the capacity to put stuff in that communications equipment that allows the Chinese state to access communications through those technology connections.”
Mr. Adams said Canadians need to understand that China’s government “are not the friendliest people in the world, and the whole business of protecting your intellectual property – the IT challenges – are very, very high and truly a problem with respect to those state-owned companies.”
Huawei Canada vice-president Scott Bradley told The Globe his firm has been working “openly and transparently” with the Canadian government and domestic telecoms for a decade to satisfy national-security concerns.
“Huawei Canada works openly and transparently with the Government of Canada and Canadian operators, as we have for over a decade, to ensure the security of Canada’s networks. We remain committed to this approach and to conducting our operations consistent with what is required by Canadian operators and Government now, and in the future,” he said.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s national security adviser John Bolton recently discussed the issue directly with Canada, stressing the need for both a continental China strategy that deals with the country’s economic might, and also more narrowly to block Huawei from dominating 5G telecommunications technology, one senior Canadian official briefed on the talks said.


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— Larry King and wife Shawn Southwick celebrating their 13th wedding anniversary with a meal by Top Chef alum Brian Malarkey at San Diego's new restaurant Searsucker.
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— Bachelor alums DeAnna Pappas and Gia Allemand supporting fellow cast member Graham Bunn's charity 46NYC at Alex's Lemonade Stand event in NYC's Central Park.
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First, Pollack sums up the evidence that Iran has a nuclear program because it wants nuclear weapons. Although Pollack writes that "Iranian involvement in international terrorism...appears to be a manageable threat to the United States", (p.4) the threat of military retaliation is essential to keeping Iranian terrorism in check.
If the hardliners got a hold of nuclear weapons, there is good reason to believe that they would feel invulnerable and return to the methods of the mid-90s, such as the attack on Khobar Towers.
One of the most interesting points Pollack makes, and one that wouldn't expect to hear from a supposed hawk, is that Iran's implicit cooperation has been an essential reason why the situation in Iraq hasn't gotten much worse. Put differently,
If the Iranians had wanted to cause chaos in Iraq, they could have easily done so in the darkest days after the war, and the United States was fortunate that they did not. (p.6)While building up a very strong intelligence operation in Iraq, Iran has not sought to undermine the new government because it sees a Shi'a-led Iraq as one of the best of outcomes it could hope for. Perhaps because his focus in on Iran and not Iraq, Pollack doesn't comment on whether a Shi'a-led Iraq is therefore inimical to US interests.
Another critical (and related) point made by Pollack is that the Iranian regime is in a very precarious situation at home because of its failures on the economic front:
Given that Iran’s economy continues to flounder even with $60+ per barrel oil prices and its populace has been growing ever more unhappy with its economic plight, Tehran does not need any more instability imported from a chaotic Iraq. (p.7)Thus, the bottom line for Western policymakers is that they can punish Iran economically and that it will hurt.
Currently, the Iranian economy is generating roughly 400,000 new jobs a year, but more than 1 million new workers are entering the workforce every year. The ensuing rapid rise in unemployment has fed unrest with the regime, and the technocrats who manage Iran’s economy have warned that only massive, foreign investment (to the tune of $20 billion a year for theThus Pollack recommends a carefully calibrated carrot-and-stick approach that will force the Iranian theocracy to make a clear choice between having nuclear weapons and having a functional economy. Easier said than done, but the core point stands: An robust Western commitment to sanctions can make a difference in Iran. (4) opinions -- Add your opinion
"...While building up a very strong intelligence operation in Iraq, Iran has not sought to undermine the new government because it sees a Shi'a-led Iraq as one of the best of outcomes it could hope for."
The recent government negotiations in Iraq were starting to take a turn away from a monopoly of Shiite power. Maybe this is why someone just now decided to throw a spanner in the works by blowing up the shrine.
Mr. Pollack has lost some credibility in my eyes since his book on why Iraq should be invaded proved to be spectacularly incorrect:
The Threatening Storm
Kenneth M. Pollack
Publisher: Random House
Pub. Date: Oct 2002
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4 key points from Newsweek’s ‘New American Cop’ report
Tackling both the concerns of the public and police officials, the article is an in-depth look at major issues facing today’s officers
This week, Newsweek features a major report on the “New American Cop,” detailing the difficulties police agencies across the nation are facing in the wake of high-profile officer-involved shootings and targeted attacks on law enforcement.
Tackling both the concerns of the public and police officials, the article is an in-depth look at major issues facing today’s officers, including staff shortages, the ever-expanding duties of the patrol officer, and department diversity. We’ve gathered four key points from the report, which is worth reading in its entirety and can be found here.
While these highlights may not be revelatory for those who put on the badge every day, they do reinforce just how challenging American policing has become and put a spotlight on these issues for a broader (civilian) audience. Take a look at our highlights below and share your take on the article with us.
1. The American cop’s list of responsibilities has never been longer.
Today’s cops are expected to be on the front lines for what is arguably the broadest range of societal issues they’ve ever been tasked to address. This reality has been voiced as a cause for concern by many police leaders in the past few years, perhaps most notably by Dallas Police Chief David Brown in the wake of last month’s deadly ambush on LE.
“We’re asking cops to do too much in this country,” Brown said at a July press conference. “Every societal failure, we put it off on the cops to solve. Not enough mental health funding, let the cops handle it. Schools fail, let’s give it to the cops. Policing was never meant to solve all those problems.”
While this struggle isn’t new, what may be surprising is how much time the average cop is taking out of their day to respond to these issues. According to the report, top cops in many large U.S. cities believe that three-quarters of the job now revolves around “playing social worker or surrogate parent.”
2. The makeup of LE agencies is the most diverse it’s ever been.
Diversity in law enforcement is an important issue that’s come under heavy scrutiny in recent years. And while there’s always more work to be done in this area, the problem isn’t as dire as some may think. Female officers on the force are the highest they’ve been in decades, according to the report. In 1987, 15 percent of the nation’s police force was racial or ethnic minorities – that number has increased to 27 percent as of 2013. And some PDs, like New York City and Los Angeles, are majority-minority.
3. Agencies continue to face difficulty in filling the ranks…
Newsweek’s numbers on new cops joining the force aren’t pretty (61,000 in 2002 compared to 45,000 in 2013), and one expert blames the difficult work hours and anti-cop sentiment as likely causes for the continuing drop.
4. …but there are some signs of life.
Despite this decrease in applicants, agencies recently shaken by tragedy are seeing record numbers of candidates hoping to join the men and women in blue. And these hopefuls may be the people you’d least expect to join the thin blue line: critics. After Chief Brown challenged protesters to fill out an application for the DPD, at least one man calling for police reform signed up to serve. Top cops are hoping that trend will continue.
Read the full report at Newsweek and let us know what you think about the “New American Cop” in our comments section.


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Ahead of playing alongside Sweater Beats and SilentJay, Melbourne-based producer DEER has dropped this dance-floor inticing rework of Mssingno‘s ‘XE2′. Catching the attention of listeners across the globe after curating a forward-thinking mix for NYC taste-making label Mishka and releasing a Jersey-club styled debut EP, the bedroom-eyed ‘Love Hearts’, DEER has supported the likes of Ryan Hemsworth, Djemba Djemba and The Underachievers – a DEER set promises the perfect blend of his own unique stylings and the latest tracks that perk up his ears.
Listen below and grab your tickets on the door tomorrow night at Liberty Social from 9pm.
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Residents of Manhea in the Ga West Municipality of the Greater Accra Region are in fears and need the intervention of the security.
Information gathered by this report indicate that the residents are on their hills to neighboring towns due to tension, fear and panic within the community over what they claim as a clash which may lead to lost of lives.
According to them some unscrupulous individuals have installed another Chief of Manhean Zongo in addition to the already installed Zongo Chief, Sarki Abdul-Kardil Ahmed Abdul-Kardil who have been there for over five years.
The residents believes that the situation will be unbearable for them should the police and other stakeholders fail to intervene and settle the issue amicably.
The residents revealed that the move by those unscrupulous individuals to install another Chief started last year which live to see the light of day due to the quick intervention of the security agencies.
According to the residents they called on the police during installation to act swiftly by stopping the said installation to avoid blood shared but the police rather protected them though COVID-19 Protocols were thrown into to gutters
Further checks revealed that the said installation went on at the residence of one Ali Alhassan who is said to have being the one installed as the Manhean Zongo Chief.
However, further information revealed that the Manhean Zongo Chief and the Manhean Zongo Council of Elders have sued Ali Alhassan for attempting to install himself as a Chief.
Document sighted by this reporter indicate that on June 1, 2020, the Amasaman District Court B ruled that ” irrespective of this the court’s aim in determining this application is not to determine the final rights but rather ensure that until the suit is finally determined defendant dose not assume tittle” part of the ruling reads.
This prevent Ali Alhassan, the defendant from any form of installation or assume any title until the suit is determe.


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A Bat Dog decided to join the live game action!
Throughout the 2021 NFL season, we’ll be ranking all 32 current starting quarterbacks from best to worst. Here’s...
Meyer is a registered nurse with a teaching position at Ohio State's medical school.
Micah Parsons is impressing and showing his versatility on the Dallas Cowboys' defense.
"Lotta good players in this league. It's Alabama every week."
"I think I'm ready," said Fields. "I've been preparing for this moment for a long time."
“He’ll need to remain asymptomatic and have two negative tests 24 hours apart to be able to return."
"I wonder if Dee Virgin got released for lack of experience."
"We can win a title with Ben. I just believe that."
"It's not ideal, but we're going to move forward with the guys we have available."
Heinicke... ? Heineken... ? This has to happen, right?
Another incredible blast for Shohei, who's just off one off the MLB lead.
Mike Ditka, Ozzy Ozbourne territory with this rendition.
Not even close.
Probably the biggest name on the list is Javon Wims, who was a seventh-round selection in 2018.

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Romanian Justice Minister Catalin Predoiu said on Monday that he would be traveling soon to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), to meet with the ECHR president and explain the situation in Romania regarding increased criminality, to talk about improving the conditions in the penitentiaries and other plans of the Romanian Government related to the judiciary.
“It remains to see what the agenda of the president of the ECHR is; today I will get in touch with him, if I do not find him today, tomorrow morning and tomorrow, at the latest, we will see when we can meet. We will go to the ECHR to explain the situation in Romania regarding rising crime rates, the state of play in our plans to improve conditions in penitentiaries,” Predoiu said at Parliament House responding to a question about compensatory appeal.
He added that, as the National Liberal Party (PNL) National Political Bureau has decided, in the event that Parliament will not vote on a bill to repeal the compensatory appeal the provision will be included in a bill for which passage the government will take responsibility.
Predoiu said the compensatory appeal is one of the reasons for him going to ECHR.
“That is why we go there, to have all these discussions. (…) We go to explain our plans, we go to explain what the situation in Romania is, why we got at such discussion, why these consequences are related to the wrong way in which the old majority regulated the compensatory appeal,” said Predoiu, according to Agerpres.
Regarding the justice crime investigation court section, Predoiu said that at the PNL meeting “nothing was decided in that regard,” because the consultation on this has not yet been concluded.
“We have consulted with the magistrates, we are still waiting for results and afterwards, after the new president of the Superior Council of Magistracy (CSM) gets elected, we will also discuss the matter inside CSM. At today’s meeting nothing was decided precisely because there is no complete consultation yet and we do not have a point of view of the CSM. On the three measures we will submit to Parliament for passage by taking responsibility for the deadline extension, as was the PNL decision, there is a written point of view from the CSM,” said Predoiu.
Regarding the contests announced for the position of head of the General Prosecutor’s Office, the Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) and the National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA), Predoiu said applications may be submitted starting tomorrow.
“As promised last week, today we will launch this competition and starting tomorrow we can accept applications; we will set a deadline and we will announce more in the afternoon,” concluded Predoiu.
Predoiu announced on Thursday that the Justice Ministry would start on December 2, the selection procedure for the positions of attorney general, DNA chief prosecutor, DIICOT chief prosecutor.
Compensatory appeal law must be amended by assuming responsibility
Minister of Justice Catalin Predoiu said on Monday that the law of compensatory appeal must be replaced, but his reluctance was related to an emergency ordinance, specifying that the change will be made by assuming the responsibility, as announced by Prime Minister Ludovic Orban.
“I said that this law must be replaced, my reluctance was related to the emergency ordinance. It is being done by assuming responsibility and I added that it must be accompanied by a package of measures, a package of measures that was decided today by the National Standing Bureau of the National Liberal Party (PNL) and to be approved by the Government. Some of these measures were approved last week through a memorandum under which the government committed to financing 600 additional places in the probation system. Other investments are being made in the penitentiary system so that we can quickly improve the conditions of detention and remove this topic from the agenda by solving it,” said Predoiu, in an intervention to private TV broadcaster Digi24.
According to the minister, the Social Democratic Party (PSD)’s proposal to repeal the compensatory appeal by vote “doesn’t get in the way nor does it help”.
“It is a sign that the PNL decision was correct, it is a sign that the PNL has taken the initiative on most of the issues on the public agenda, it is a sign that the Government is going in the right direction. It is a reaction of the PSD, put on the defensive, which willingly did not take such measures for almost two years, during which time the PNL parliamentarians (…) demanded the repeal or partial amendment of this law. Today the PSD, more out of necessity, has changed its position in its public address. We are pursuing our path, the decisions were correct, they will be applied on a step-by-step basis, as provided for in the governing program and until the end people will see that what was promised will be accomplished. (…) The PNL will carry out these measures,” said Predoiu.


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Montana abortion clinics challenge law regulating their facilities
(Daily Montanan) Montana abortion providers are suing the state over legislation that implements infrastructure restrictions on clinics and license requirements, alleging the law is unconstitutional.
House Bill 937, sponsored by Rep. Lola Sheldon-Gallowy, R-Great Falls, requires the state license and inspect abortion providers, their facilities and employees. Gov. Greg Gianforte, a Republican, signed the bill into law in May alongside a slew of other anti-abortion bills – with several already temporarily blocked in court.
The lawsuit claims the bill goes into effect Oct. 1 with no guidelines from the state health department on how to obtain a license, making compliance by that date “impossible,” and it argues abortion care in the state is already regulated.
“To the extent HB 937 requires Plaintiffs to obtain abortion-specific facility licensure, it violates Montanans’ right to access abortion from their chosen health care provider,” the filing read. “As this Court and the Montana Supreme Court have repeatedly concluded, singling out abortion care for unique and additional regulation infringes individuals’ fundamental right to abortion.”
The lawsuit was filed by the ACLU of Montana, the Center for Reproductive Rights, and law firm Dechert, LLP, on behalf of All Families Healthcare, Blue Mountain Clinic, and Helen Weems, APRN-FNP.
The right to an abortion is protected in Montana under the state Supreme Court decision Armstrong v. State and was upheld in the Weems v. State decision earlier this year.
The lawsuit said abortion is safely provided in outpatient settings, like the plaintiffs’ clinics, and courts have struck down similar efforts to place additional regulations on abortion providers under similar or less-protective constitutional standards than Montana’s.
“HB 937 is a classic ‘targeted regulation of abortion provider’ (TRAP) law that attempts to single out abortion care for unique and additional regulation, for no health and safety reason,” a press release on the lawsuit read.
The release said that other facilities that perform similar outpatient procedures, such as ones for miscarriages, or birth centers, are not licensed by the Department of Public Health and Human Services, “although continued pregnancy and childbirth carries greater risk than abortion care.”
“This newest attack has nothing to do with patient safety, it is designed to harass us and our patients,” said Weems, founder and abortion provider at All Families Healthcare, in the release.
DPHHS declined to comment.


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‘Screen For Life’, Qatar’s National Breast and Bowel Cancer Screening Programme, is expanding a community outreach programme to engage with as wide an audience as possible during October, marked as Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Throughout the month-long breast cancer awareness campaign, the ‘Screen For Life’ team are holding a series of awareness lectures at various public and private entities in addition to in-mall activation booths.
The outreach will play in crucial role in the wider ‘Screen For Life’ Breast Cancer Awareness Month campaign that urges asymptomatic women, aged 45-69, to take a proactive approach to the health under the tagline ‘Your life is precious – get screened for breast cancer’. The highly-skilled ‘Screen For Life’ team started with the community outreach activities delivering awareness lectures to many institutions and private and government entities like Ministry of Interior Service Centre Al Wakrah, Hamad International Airport, Qatar Tourism Authority, Khaleeji Bank, and Carnegie Mellon University.
College of North Athlantic- Qatar, Qatar Petroleum – Al Khor Community, and Intercontinental Hotel - The City are hosting the programme’s team for the second year in a row to be an annual event.
‘Screen For Life’ will also strive to educate the people of Qatar about the programme’s objectives and the benefits of screening in the early detection of breast cancer with awareness booths at some of Qatar’s leading malls, including Al Mirqab mall, Landmark mall, Gulf Mall, in addition to a booth at Qatar National Library.
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Arafat museum in works
Keepers of Palestinian leader's memory gathering thousands of objects - photographs, pistols, trademark sunglasses and military-style suits he favored - for display in $3.4 million museum under construction at his former West Bank headquarters. Shopkeeper: I loved him because he died while resisting Israel, US
Yasser Arafat had a knack for turning ordinary objects into symbols, including the black-and-white checkered headdress that came to represent the Palestinian quest for a homeland.
Six years after his death, the keepers of Arafat's memory are gathering thousands of objects - photographs, pistols, the trademark sunglasses and military-style suits he favored - for display in a museum under construction at his former West Bank headquarters, where Arafat spent the last three years of his life encircled by Israeli forces.
The Associated Press was given exclusive access to part of the collection, including the last kaffiyeh Arafat wore before being helicoptered out of his Ramallah compound two weeks before his death on Nov. 11, 2004. There was a transistor radio and a Muslim holy book, both said to have been left at a house where Arafat stayed during a secret foray into the West Bank during the 1967 Middle East war.
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Maybe the wife will return all the money the pervert stole.
One of the BIGGEST terrorists ever gets a museum. Figures.
Will American tax dollars pay for it ... like that research in Paris a session or so back.
——One of the BIGGEST terrorists ever -——
Actually, he was height challenged like Robert Reisch. Joe Biden once said “stand up there Yasser”
His head rag always had a large tuck on top to make him appear taller. It was an elevator head rag in addition to his elevator shoes
He was a half pint terrorist
How about a "How to steal millions upon millions from international funds donated to poor Arabs in order to live a lavish lifestyle and to feather my nest" wing. Will that also be there?
Maybe they’ll put up a wall with all the dead listed this guy caused .... the father of terrorism ....
The puppet master Soros is in the middle of this project, picture on Drudge shows him presenting with the dead one behind him....
Now we know where the $150 million Hilary promised is going.
Will it have AIDS, homosexual and soap/deodorant wings?
They should build one next to it for Jack the Ripper.
What, nothing dedicated to AIDS concerns or the creators of Preparation H?
All I need to know about Arafat I learned in September 1972.
Notice how none of his children died for the cause?
I, as well as others, will have to displace hard worked for earnings and build a temple to a terrorist driven faggot moralizer.
The human race has seen a relative decrease in terror of the likes unknown before.
It’ll probably be built in the foyer of the White House.
The site will be any one of the numerous wrecked buildings that the little rat set foot in.
Key Events in Yasir Arafat’s Terrorist Career
Aug 4, 1929: Born in Cairo. Arafat, then named Muhammad Abdel Rahman Abdel Rauf al-Qudwa al-Husseini, is fifth child of prosperous merchant, Abdel Raouf al-Qudwa al-Husseini.
1933: Arafat’s mother dies. He and his infant brother are sent to live with uncle in Jerusalem.
Late 1950’s: Arafat co-founds Fatah, the Movement for the National Liberation of Palestine.
Jan. 1, 1965: Fatah fails in its first attempted attack within Israel the bombing of the National Water Carrier.
July 5, 1965: A Fatah cell plants explosives at Mitzpe Massua, near Beit Guvrin; and on the railroad tracks to Jerusalem near Kafr Battir.
1965-1967: Numerous Fatah bomb attacks target Israeli villages, water pipes, railroads. Homes are destroyed and Israelis are killed.
July 1968: Fatah joins and becomes the dominant member of the PLO, an umbrella organization of Palestinian terrorist groups.
Feb. 4, 1969: Arafat is appointed Chairman of the Executive Committee of the PLO
Feb. 21, 1970: SwissAir flight 330, bound for Tel Aviv, is bombed in mid-flight by PFLP, a PLO member group. 47 people are killed.
May 8, 1970: PLO terrorists attack an Israeli schoolbus with bazooka fire, killing nine pupils and three teachers from Moshav Avivim
Sept. 6, 1970: TWA, Pan-Am, and BOAC airplanes are hijacked by PLO terrorists.
September 1970: Jordanian forces battle the PLO terrorist organization, driving its members out of Jordan after the group’s violent activity threatens to destabilize the kingdom. The terrorists flee to Lebanon. This period in PLO history is called Black September.
May 1972: PFLP, part of the PLO, dispatches members of the Japanese Red Army to attack Lod Airport in Tel Aviv, killing 27 people.
Sept. 5, 1972: Munich Massacre 11 Israeli athletes are murdered at the Munich Olympics by a group calling themselves Black September,said to be an arm of Fatah, operating under Arafat’s direct command.
March 1, 1973: Palestinian terrorists take over Saudi embassy in Khartoum. The next day, two Americans, including United States ambassador to Sudan Cleo Noel, and a Belgian were shot and killed. James J. Welsh, an analyst for the National Security Agency from 1969 through 1974, charged Arafat with direct complicity in these murders.
April 11, 1974: 11 people are killed by Palestinian terrorists who attack apartment building in Kiryat Shmona.
May 15, 1974: PLO terrorists infiltrating from Lebanon hold children hostage in Ma’alot school. 26 people, 21 of them children, are killed.
June 9, 1974: Palestinian National Council adopts Phased Plan, which calls for the establishment of a Palestinian state on any territory evacuated by Israel, to be used as a base of operations for destroying the whole of Israel. The PLO reaffirms its rejection of United Nations Security Council Resolution 242, which calls for a just and lasting peace and the right to live in peace within secure and recognized boundaries free from threats or acts of force.
November 1974: PLO takes responsibility for the PDFLP’s Beit She’an murders in which 4 Israelis are killed.
Nov. 13, 1974: Arafat, wearing a holster (he had to leave his gun at the entrance), addresses the U.N. General Assembly.
March 1975: Members of Fatah attack the Tel Aviv seafront and take hostages in the Savoy hotel. Three soldiers, three civilians and seven terrorists are killed.
March 1978: Coastal Road Massacre Fatah terrorists take over a bus on the Haifa-Tel Aviv highway and kill 21 Israelis.
1982: Having created a terrorist mini-state in Lebanon destabilizing that nation, PLO is expelled as a result of Israel’s response to incessant PLO missile attacks against northern Israeli communities. Arafat relocates to Tunis.
Oct. 7, 1985: Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro is hijacked by Palestinian terrorists. Wheelchair-bound elderly man, Leon Klinghoffer, was shot and thrown overboard. Intelligence reports note that instructions originated from Arafat’s headquarters in Tunis.
Dec. 12, 1988: Arafat claims to accept Israel’s right to exist.
September 1993: Arafat shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Rabin, inaugurating the Oslo Accords. Arafat pledges to stop incitement and terror, and to foster co-existence with Israel, but fails to comply. Throughout the years of negotiations, aside from passing, token efforts, Arafat does nothing to stop Hamas, PFLP, and Islamic Jihad from carrying out thousands of terrorist attacks against Israeli civilians. With Arafat’s encouragement and financial support, groups directly under Arafat’s command, such as the Tanzim and Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, also carry out terror attacks.
Oct. 21, 1996: Speaking at a rally near Bethlehem, Arafat said “We know only one word - jihad. jihad, jihad, jihad. Whoever does not like it can drink from the Dead Sea or from the Sea of Gaza.” (Yediot Ahronot, October 23, 1996)
April 16, 1998: In a statement published in the official Palestinian Authority newspaper Al-Hayat Al-Jadeeda, Arafat is quoted: “O my dear ones on the occupied lands, relatives and friends throughout Palestine and the diaspora, my colleagues in struggle and in arms, my colleagues in struggle and in jihad...Intensify the revolution and the blessed intifada...We must burn the ground under the feet of the invaders.”
July 2000: Arafat rejects peace settlement offered by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, which would have led to a Palestinian state.
September 2000: New “intifada” is launched. Arafat continues to incite, support and fund terrorism.
Jan. 3, 2002: Israelis intercept the Karine-A, a ship loaded with 50 tons of mortars, rocket launchers, anti-tank mines and other weapons intended for the Palestinian war against the Israelis. The captain admits he was under the command of the Palestinian Authority.
September 2003: IMF report titled “Economic Performance and Reforms under Conflict Conditions,” states that Arafat has diverted $900 million of public PA funds into his own accounts from 1995 - 2000.
Below are some of the attacks since Sept 2000 perpetrated by groups under Arafat’s command:
May 29, 2001: Gilad Zar, an Itamar resident, was shot dead in a terrorist ambush by Fatah Tanzim.
May 29, 2001: Sara Blaustein, 53, and Esther Alvan, 20, of Efrat, were killed in a drive-by shooting south of Jerusalem. The Fatah Tanzim claimed responsibility for the attack.
June 18, 2001: Doron Zisserman, 38, shot and killed in his car by Fatah sniper fire.
Aug 26, 2001: Dov Rosman, 58, killed in a shooting attack by Fatah terrorist.
Sept 6, 2001: Erez Merhavi, 23, killed in a Fatah Tanzim ambush shooting near Hadera while driving to a wedding.
Sept 20, 2001: Sarit Amrani, 26, killed by Fatah terrorist snipers as she was traveling in a car with her husband and 3 children.
Oct 4, 2001: 3 killed, 13 wounded, when a Fatah terrorist, dressed as an Israeli paratrooper, opened fire on Israeli civilians waiting at the central bus station in Afula.
Nov 27, 2001 - 2 killed 50 injured when two Palestinian terrorists opened fire with Kalashnikov assault rifles on a crowd of people near the central bus station in Afula. Fatah and the Islamic Jihad claimed joint responsibility.
Nov 29, 2001: 3 killed and 9 wounded in a suicide bombing on an Egged 823 bus en route from Nazereth to Tel Aviv near the city of Hadera. The Islamic Jihad and Fatah claimed responsibility for the attack.
Dec 12, 2001 - 11 killed and 30 wounded when three terrorists attacked a bus and several passenger cars with a roadside bomb, anti-tank grenades, and light arms fire near the entrance to Emmanuel in Samaria . Both Fatah and Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.
Jan 15, 2002: Avi Boaz, 71, an American citizen, was kidnapped at a PA security checkpoint in Beit Jala. His bullet-riddled body was found in a car near Bethlehem. The Fatah’s Al-Aksa Brigade claimed responsibility for the murder.
Jan 15, 2002: Yoela Chen, 45, was shot dead by an Al Aqsa Brigade terrorist
Jan 17, 2002: 6 killed, 35 wounded when a Fatah terrorist burst into a bat mitzva reception in a banquet hall in Hadera opening fire with an M-16 assault rifle.
Jan 22, 2002: 2 killed, 40 injured when a Fatah terrorist opened fire with an M-16 assault rifle near a bus stop in downtown Jerusalem.
Jan. 27, 2002: One person was killed and more than 150 were wounded by a female Fatah suicide bomber in the center of Jerusalem.
Feb 6, 2002 - A mother and her 11 year old daughter were murdered in their home by a Palestinian terrorist disguised in an IDF uniform. Both Fatah and Hamas claimed responsibility.
Feb 18, 2002 : - Ahuva Amergi, 30, was killed and a 60-year old man was injured when a Palestinian terrorist opened fire on her car. Maj. Mor Elraz, 25, and St.-Sgt. Amir Mansouri, 21, who came to their assistance, were killed while trying to intercept the terrorist. The terrorist was killed when the explosives he was carrying were detonated. The Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.
Feb 22, 2002: Valery Ahmir, 59, was killed by terrorists in a Fatah drive-by shooting north of Jerusalem as he returned home from work.
Feb 25, 2002: Avraham Fish, 65, and Aharon Gorov, 46, were killed in a Fatah terrorist shooting attack south of Bethlehem. Fish’s daughter, 9 months pregnant, was seriously injured but delivered a baby girl.
Feb 25, 2002: Police officer 1st Sgt. Galit Arbiv, 21, died after being fatally shot, when a Fatah terrorist opened fire at a bus stop in the Neve Ya’akov residential neighbhorhood in northern Jerusalem. Eight others were injured.
Feb 27, 2002: Gad Rejwan, 34, of Jerusalem, was shot and killed by one of his Palestinian employees in a factory north of Jerusalem. Two Fatah groups issued a joint statement taking responsibility for the murder.
March 2, 2002: A suicide bombing by Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade in an ultra-Orthodox Jewish neighborhood of Jerusalem killed 11 people and injured more than 50.
Mar 5, 2002: 3 were killed and over 30 people were wounded in Tel-Aviv when a Fatah terrorist opened fire on two adjacent restaurants shortly after 2:00 AM.
Mar 5, 2002: Devorah Friedman, 45, of Efrat, was killed and her husband injured in a Fatah shooting attack on the Bethlehem bypass “tunnel road”, south of Jerusalem.
Mar 9, 2002: Avia Malka, 9 months, and Israel Yihye, 27, were killed and about 50 people were injured when two Fatah terrorists opened fire and threw grenades at cars and pedestrians in the coastal city of Netanya on Saturday evening, close to the city’s boardwalk and hotels.
March 21, 2002: An Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade suicide bomber exploded himself in a crowd of shoppers in Jerusalem, killing 3 and injuring 86.
March 29, 2002: Two killed and 28 injured when a female Fatah suicide bomber blew herself up in a Jerusalem supermarket.
March 30, 2002: One killed and 30 injured in an Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade suicide bombing in Tel Aviv.
April 12, 2002: Six killed and 104 wounded when a female Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade suicide bomber blew herself up at a bus stop on Jaffa road at the entrance to Jerusalem’s Mahane Yehuda open-air market.
May 27, 2002: Ruth Peled, 56, of Herzliya and her infant granddaughter, aged 14 months, were killed and 37 people were injured when a Fatah suicide bomber detonated himself near an ice cream parlor outside a shopping mall in Petah Tikva.
May 28, 2002 - Albert Maloul, 50, of Jerusalem, was killed when shots were fired by Fatah terrorists at the car in which he was traveling south on the Ramallah bypass road.
May 28, 2002 - Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade terrorists killed Netanel Riachi, 17, Gilad Stiglitz, 14, and Avraham Siton, 17, three yeshiva high school students playing basketball.
June 19, 2002: Seven people were killed and 37 injured when a Fatah suicide bomber blew himself up at a crowded bus stop and hitchhiking post in the French Hill neighborhood of Jerusalem.
June 20, 2002: Rachel Shabo, 40, and three of her sons - Neria, 16, Zvika, 12, and Avishai, 5 - as well as a neighbor, Yosef Twito, 31, who came to their aid, were murdered when a terrorist entered their home in Itamar, south of Nablus, and opened fire. Two other children were injured, as well as two soldiers. The PFLP and the Fatah Al Aqsa Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.
July 25, 2002: Rabbi Elimelech Shapira, 43, was killed in a Fatah shooting attack near the West Bank community of Alei Zahav.
July 26, 2002: St.-Sgt. Elazar Lebovitch, 21, of Hebron; Rabbi Yosef Dikstein, 45, of Psagot, his wife Hannah, 42, and their 9-year-old son Shuv’el Zion were killed in a Fatah Al Aqsa Brigade shooting attack south of Hebron. Two other of their children were injured. July 30, 2002: Shlomo Odesser, 60, and his brother Mordechai, 52, both of Tapuach in Samaria, were shot and killed when their truck came under Fatah fire in the West Bank village of Jama’in.
Aug 4, 2002: 2 killed and 17 wounded when a Fatah terrorist opened fire with a pistol near the Damascus Gate of Jerusalem’s Old City.
Aug 5, 2002: Avi Wolanski (29) and his wife Avital (27), of Eli, were killed and one of their children, aged 3, was injured when terrorists opened fire on their car as they were traveling on the Ramallah-Nablus road in Samaria. The Martyrs of the Palestinian Popular Army, a splinter group associated with Arafat’s Fatah movement, claimed responsibility for the attack.
Aug 10, 2002: Yafit Herenstein, 31, of Moshav Mechora in the Jordan Valley, was killed and her husband, Arno, seriously wounded when a Fatah terrorist infiltrated the moshav and opened fire outside their home.
Sept 18, 2002: Yosef Ajami, 36, was killed when Fatah terrorists opened fire on his car near Mevo Dotan, north of Jenin in the West Bank.
Oct 29, 2002: Three people, including 2 fourteen year olds, were shot to death by a Fatah terrorist.
— Nov 10, 2002: Revital Ohayon, 34, and her two sons, Matan, 5, and Noam, 4, as well as Yitzhak Dori, 44 - all of Kibbutz Metzer - and Tirza Damari, 42, were killed when a Fatah terrorist infiltrated the kibbutz, located east of Hadera near the Green Line, and opened fire.
Nov 28, 2002: 5 killed and 40 wounded when two Fatah terrorists opened fire and threw grenades at the Likud polling station in Beit She’an, near the central bus station, where party members were casting their votes in the Likud primary.
Apr 24, 2003 - 1 was killed and 13 were wounded in a suicide bombing outside the train station in Kfar Sava. Groups related to the Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades and the PFLP clamied joint responsibility for the attack.
May 5, 2003 - Gideon Lichterman, 27, was killed and two other passengers, his six-year-old daughter Moriah and a reserve soldier, were seriously wounded when Fatah terrorists fired shots at their vehicle in Samaria.
May 19, 2003: 3 were killed and 70 were wounded in a suicide bombing at the entrance to the Amakim Mall in Afula. The Islamic Jihad and the Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades both claimed responsibility for the attack.
Aug 29, 2003: Shalom Har-Melekh, 25, was killed in a Fatah shooting attack while driving northeast of Ramallah. His wife, Limor, who was seven months pregnant, sustained moderate injuries, and gave birth to a baby girl by Caesarean section.
Jan 29, 2004: 11 people were killed and over 50 wounded in a suicide bombing of an Egged bus no. 19 at the corner of Gaza and Arlozorov streets in Jerusalem. Both the Fatah-related Al Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades and Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.
Mar 14, 2004: 10 were killed and 16 wounded in a double suicide bombing at Ashdod Port. Hamas and Fatah claimed responsibility for the attack.
May 2, 2004: Tali Hatuel, 34, and her daughters - Hila, 11, Hadar, 9, Roni, 7, and Merav, 2 - of Katif in the Gaza Strip were killed when two Palestinian terrorists fired on an Israeli car at the entrance to the Gaza Strip settlement bloc of Gush Katif. Fatah and Islamic Jihad claimed joint responsibility for the attack.
Any chance it can be bombed... you know, to keep his legacy alive.
Are we paying for it?
They can have an AIDS prevention donation box at the entrance. (sarc)
The museum needs to be cleared of people and then torched to the ground !
Will the Kenyan Obozo go to the ground breaking ceremonies to be in solidarity with his buddies in the Palestinian Authority?
$3.4 million, generously provided by the American taxpapers, of course.
He’ll cut the ribbon. Of course, by that time he’ll no longer be President, but someone has to stand in for Jimmy Carter, who’ll be A) dead by that time and B) headed for a sarcophagus in that very museum.
Will they put a bullseye on the roof?
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Index: Harley Francis
Francis Harley was born in New Albany, Indiana, USA in 1940. He studied painting and art history at Indiana University and Oberlin College.
Harley had an interest in philately from an early age, and this interest ultimately led him to establishing his own local post, Tristan Local Post, in 1975 in Oberlin, Ohio. The name was chosen because of a long time interest (via philately) in the Tristan da Cunha islands in the Atlantic Ocean. Harley began to issue stamps from Tristan Local Post, but he was not aware of other stamp artists and Mail Art until seeing the catalogue of the artiststamp exhibition organized by James Felter at Simon Fraser University in 1975-76. This opened up various contacts for Harley, and he began to participate in the mail art network.
In 1978 Harley closed Tristan Local Post and created his own country, Terra Candella (Land of Light). It was under these auspices that all future mail art would be conducted. He continued to broaden his contacts in the network, including his first trip to Europe in 1980 to meet with other mail artists. Harley facilitated the exhibition of artistsamps at Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin College in 1978, an exhibition organized by Al Souza. This was followed by a large mail art show curated by Harley at SPACES Gallery in Cleveland, and then in 1987 he organized the Corresponding Worlds exhibition at Allen Memorial Art Museum. The event consisted of both a museum exhibition of artistamps and mail art, and a symposium. Present at the symposium were Michael Bidner, John P. Jacob, Gerard and Fernand Barbot, Judith Hoffberg, Reid Wood (State of Being), Ed Varney, Dog Fish, E. F. Higgins III, Cracker Jack Kid, John Held Jr., Patrick Bielman, Joel Smith, Joel Lipman, Steven Esrati, and Dennis Higdon.
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New Hampshire Retirement Communities for 55+
...quaint New England towns
New Hampshire retirement communities for 55+ have a country feeling in
many quaint, historic villages, rural woods, lake areas or coastal beach
towns. There are also cities like Nashua rated one of Money Mag's top
five places to live.
There are great tax advantages in New Hampshire. Retirees come from nearby states in the Northeast to retire in New Hampshire and take advantage of them.
New Hampshire has beautiful, diversified scenery. Famous people from New
Hampshire include Robert Frost, President Franklin Pierce, Supreme
Court Justice David Souter, JD Salinger, who retreated to New Hampshire
for privacy after writing Catcher in the Rye, Daniel Webster, Adam
Sandler and more. It's motto is "Live Free or Die."
Best new New Hampshire Retirement Communities
- Atkinson: Atkinson Heights
- Exeter: The Village at Sterling Hill
- Londonderry: Cross Farm
- Epping: Canterbury Commons singles
- Auburn: The Cliffs at Evergreen (coming)
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The New Hampshire Visitors Site (one of the best visitor's sites I've seen), Visit New Hampshire, lists 7 tourist regions in New Hampshire.
New Hampshire 55+ Communities for Commuting to Boston
Want to live in New Hampshire and commute to Boston. Try these areas that are close enough for an easy drive to Boston:
- Nashua (49 miles)
- East Kingston (1 hour)
- Amherst (93 miles)
- Hudson (45 miles)
- Milford (58 miles)
Nashua is the 2nd largest city in NH and one of Money Mag's Top Five Places to Live.
- The Huntington at Nashua - Nashua - Life Plan community - apartments and spacious cottages on 52 wooded acres (the cottages are a very popular and unique feature) - Activities and amenities include indoor pool/spa, beauty salon/barber, library, garden areas and more. Independent living community with entry fee and monthly rent.
55 Kent Lane - 603-821-1200
Continuing care community in Nashua:
- Hunt Community - Life Plan community with spacious studios to 2-bedroom apartments. Enjoy an independent lifestyle but assisted living and nursing care available if ever needed. Social and activity calendar. Entry fee and monthly fee. 10 Allds St., Nashua - 603-821-1200
Resales in Amherst
- Connor Court - Sold out. See local Realtors for resaes. Small luxury condo community of singles and duplexes 55+ - Started low $300's. 60 Merrimack Rd. (Benning Rd. and Merrimack Rd.), Amherst
- Summerfield of Amherst - 10 miles to Nashua - By Etchstone Properties - Spacious homes with many luxury features considered standard. Small historic country town.
77 Summerfield Way, Amherst
Resales in East Kingston
Also see Rockingham County on the coast, below.
- Country Hills of East Kingston (Seacoast Area) - Resales - 50 minutes to Boston and twenty minutes to Portsmouth. The real New England in these quaint country towns of Southern New Hampshire. Single homes started low $300,000's. Autumn Lane (off Route 108)
Resales in Hudson
- Mission Pointe - For 62+ Now sold out - luxury single homes in a former retreat property surrounded by woods. By Etchstone. 200 Lowell Rd., Hudson
- Abbies Landing
- Hudson Meadows
- Lexington Place
- Oak Ridge Estates
- Sparkling River
- The Village at Reeds Brook
- Westchester Place
See local Realtors for resales.
Resales in Nashua
- Hayden Green - North Nashua - By Etchstone - singles, duplexes and condos. Clubhouse, fitness. 50 mi. to Boston and 10 mi. to Manchester Airport. Sold out. Concord St.
- Cahill Place - Milford - Very affordable pricing for this area - senior 3-story elevator building - small condos started $79,500. Heat, water, snow removal included in condo fee (verify). There are some rental units. Nashua is 8 miles. See local Realtors.
- The Paddock Condominium - Salem - 16 luxury condominiums - Walk to shopping and restaurants. Were from $300's. 19 Pleasant St., Salem - 603-765-3367
- Stonebridge Estates - Historic site - large 2-story, 2-bedroom homes with master on first floor started in $500's - 67 Pond St., Salem, NH - Marketed by Royal Country Homes
- Riverwalk at Bedford - Homes sold out -10 minutes to Mall of New Hampshire. Walking paths have access to Heritage Trail on Merrimack River. 65 Hawthorne Dr.
Mid-state area around Lake Winnipesaukee.
- Taylor Sugar Hill at Wolfeboro - Continuing care for life on Lake Winnipesauke - full of scenic natural beauty.
83 Rolling Wood Dr. (off 109) - 603-366-1400
- Wesley Woods - Gilford - cottages near Lake Winnipesaukee for 62+ - near banking, medical and shopping. Not a continuing care community but has an entry fee. Lots and floorplans available to build your home. 18 Wesley Way, Gilford - 603-528-2555
Lakes Region Visitor Association
RV Resort in Wolfeboro Falls
- Lake Forest RV Resort - Wolfeboro Falls - visit or purchase park model - seasonal rentals - resort covers 100 acres. Forest Meadows Executive Golf Course on property.
150 Dearborn Rd., East Wakefield - 603-522-3306
Resales in Lake Region
- Berry Hill Estates - Near Concord - Small community of medium to large new 2-bedroom homes. By Thibeault - Started low $300's. Near New England Heart Institute. Options are extra. Cherry Lane, Hooksett - Contact Nancy at 603-472-1010
(Also see Commute to Boston, above.)
- Birch Heights by Holiday Small town of Derry NH - So much included in the rental fee - meals cooked from scratch. Low rise building. Independent living.
7 Kendall Pond Rd., Derry - 603-255-5021 - Open 7-7
- Pleasant View Retirement Concord (state's capital) - No entrance fee at this independent apartment community with access to healthcare. 72 elegant apartments with restaurant, housekeeping beauty salon and more available. Beautiful low-rise building. 227 Pleasant St., Concord - 603-225-3970
resales merrimack valley
- 2 area hospitals as well as New England Heart Institute. Near Concord.
- Brook Ridge - Hooksett - See NH manufactured homes
- Stone gate - 34 homes on Mammoth Rd., Hooksett - Resales
- Webster Woods - Ash St. off Rte 3 and S. Main St. in Hooksett
- Bunker Estates - Sold out - Check with local Realtors - 55+ - Residential area close to downtown. Started in low $200's. Clubhouse lifestyle. I-93 to Exit 4 Fordway St.
- Mill Pine Village - Small low maintenance community of 38 single family modular homes started in $200's. Garages and basements. 100 North Rd., Chester
- Stone Sled Farm - Bow, NH - Duplex units in central NH near Concord - affordable country living - new homes started $265,000. Woodhill Hooksett Rd. See local Realtors.
Rockingham County and parts of Southern Strafford County:
- New Atkinson Heights by Lewis Builders along 17th fairway at Atkinson Resort and Country Club. 288 55+ small to large condominiums in 9 buildings and 4 floors with parking underneath. Start prices $400's. 45 minutes to Boston. First building at 5 Longview Dr., Atkinson - 603-489-9449
- Coming The Cliffs at Evergreen - Rockingham County - Small town feeling - 79 detached single condos - Amenities are planned for clubhouse, recreational activities, RV parking, access to Rockingham Rail Trail - 321 Hooksett Rd. - 603-817-7689
- The Villages at Three Ponds - 4th phase now - Brentwood - Detached condominium single homes starting in high $400's. 146 North Rd., Brentwood - 603-817-3477 - Call for appointment to tour.
- New Canterbury Commons - by The Gove Group - 100 single detached condominium homes - Prices start high $400's - Amenities include clubhouse, pool and recreation. 6 minutes to highway 101. 49 Fogg Rd., Epping - 603-781-1420 (Realtor)
- Winchester Heights - East Hampstead - 2-bedroom single level units in multi-unit buildings. RV and boat storage. Sign up from their website onto email list for updates. Prices start $400's. 41 Winchester Dr. - 603-489-9449 (Open daily except Friday by appointment only.) (One home remains)
Kingston and E. Kingston
- Village at Granite Fields Condominiums - (verify status of community as there is no website) - Large 2-bedroom homes abutting golf course and were priced in $300's. 5 miles to Massachusetts border and approximately 1 hour drive to Boston. 7 Rte 125, Kingston (golf course)
(also see commute to Boston, above)
- Cross Farm - Note: Hickory Woods is building a new condominium community called Cross Farm, just 2 miles away, which will be similar to Hickory Woods. Single homes with an indoor/outdoor lifestyle start $600's. 2 October Lane, Londonderry - 603-421-0560 - models now open daily 12-4pm
Resales in Seacoast Region
See for resales - check with local Realtor:
- Buttrick Village
- Cohas Landing
- Forest Hills
- Harvest Village
- Parrish Hills
- Hampton Meadows in Hampton - 603-868-1262 (Property Manager)
- Sawmill Ridge - Sold - Attached homes with low maintenance in rural area on acreage - Community Center, walking trails, RV parking, garden area and more. Ranch and split levels started low $300's. 45 Cowbell Crossing, Atkinson
- Arbor Woods - Small to medium sized 2-bedroom single homes bordered by walking trails. Features include basements, attics, air conditioning, low maintenance, garages and community center with recreation. Cielo Dr., Dover (near Portsmouth)
- Blackstone Reserve - 66 2-bedroom, 2-bath large detached condos - 2-car garage. Amenities include walking trails, clubhouse, 20-minutes to Mall of New Hampshire and within 30 minutes from Seacoast (verify). Starting price was $400's - 1 Blackstone Dr., Raymond
- Riverside Landing - 2 bedroom/ 2 Bath waterfront condos. Every unit has a boat slip and deep water dock (verify). Gardening. Location is excellent near the University of New Hampshire and Portsmouth. Piscataqua Rd., Durham
- Sugarplum Hill Condos - Large 2 bedroom single homes - low maintenance community built 2008 - Approx. $300's - Contemporary style with Victorian design touches - Sugarplum La.
- The Nevins - Spacious 2 bedroom homes - approx. upper $300's - Low condo fees - Built in 2009 - clubhouse and pool and more (verify all information) on Nevins Dr., Londonderry
- Mill Pond Crossing - Brentwood - Only 47 attached and detached condominiums in country area. Approx. 16 miles to coastal beaches. Clubhouse, walking trails, garden; homes feature gas fireplaces, granite kitchens. Was priced in low to medium $200's. Sold out. GPS, use 430 South Rd., Brentwood, NH
- River's Edge - Near downtown Exeter - 20 detached ranch or 2-story condos with clubhouse. Started from mid-$300's. Pickpocket Rd., Brentwood - Sold - See local Realtors.
- Riverwoods - Exeter - small town near Portsmouth on the Seacoast. Continuing care community. Also a college town being the home of Phillips-Exeter Academy. Entry fee and monthly fee. Also, now offering direct admission to assisted living. 7 RiverWoods Dr., Exeter - 603-772-4700
- The Village at Sterling Hill - Contemporary-styled building. Started high $200's. Low rise elevator building of 128 condo units. Underground parking, clubhouse, and more. Near downtown. 6 Sterling Hill Lane, Exeter
- The Cottages at Sprucewood - Durham - near Univ. of NH - by Chinburg Builders. Over 55 community of single and duplex homes in community of Sprucewood. Were priced in mid-$300's. Access train to Boston and Portland. Scenic trails. Sold out. 2 miles to downtown Durham - 866-778-6400 (The Gove Group)
- Leddy Fields Condos - Epping - 1 and 2-story codex-style (codex refers to duplex-verify) low-maintenance condominiums with clubhouse amenity. Small town is known for area cultural events, Leddy Center for the Performing Arts, stock car races and thriving pick your own veggies enterprises. Low $200's.
1 Leddy Dr., Epping - 800-422-6212
- Village at Hampton Center - Hampton - 21 contemporary-styled condos in low level elevator building with garage parking.603-235-2345x119 (Mgr.) CPManagement
- The Vineyards at Stratham - Sold Out - Resale in $400's - wooded area - detached single level condominiums by The Gove Group.
Vineyard Dr., Stratham (near Exeter)
- Sea Glass Lane - Rye - For 62+ - 20 New England contemporary-styled single homes - 1.7 mi to seacoast - Prices started mid-$500's 511 Wallis Rd., Rye
- Hickory Woods - Sold Out quickly - Spacious single homes in low maintenance community. 2 Bedrooms with 2-car garage, basements, vaulted ceilings (verify all information). Clubhouse, Tavern, recreation, tennis, bocce and more.
6 Tavern Hill Rd., Londonderry
Resale over 55 communities by Lewis builders (Seacoast Region):
- Lamplighter Estates Also by Lewis Builders in Kingston, NH - past project - resales only condominiums - 62+ age limit
- Maplevale @ Cricket Hill East Kingston by LewisBuilders - 66 condominiums - There are also other communities in this Kingston area. Resales only. Maplevale
- Sargent Woods - Sold - By Lewis Builders in Newton - 80 2-bedroom single condo homes in rural area. RV Storage - Community garden and more. 2 Nichols Dr., Newton, NH
- Angle Pond Woods In rural Hampstead - by Lewis Builders - 116 condominiums - walking distance to shopping and restaurants.
- Black Rocks Village - Fremont - By Lewis builders - ranch homes - condo community - Started high $100's.
162 Hall Rd., Fremont
- Governor's Forest - land leased manufactured single homes priced in upper $100's. Resales - Tarah Way, Fremont - see local Realtors
- Irongate Village - Single homes near the coast. Area is 45 minutes north of Boston. Historic town and village. W Rd., Hampstead
- Hampton Meadows - Sold - Detached condos in rural area but near transportation - many amenities including pool
- The Oaks at Ross Colony - small 1 and 2-bedroom condos in low $100's 2 miles to beach. See local Realtors for resales.
- Kings Landing - Sold out. Forty-four single homesites near coast and also easy commute to Boston. By Trendezza Homes. Starts upper $200's. Marshall Rd., Kingston
Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee Area
Continuing Care Community
- Kendal at Hanover - 2 miles to Dartmouth College - 65+ -
residents have outstanding access to learning in a university-linked community - see detailed information
on website. Continuing care community. Small New Hampshire town with
New England country ambiance.
80 Lyme Rd., Hanover - 603-643-8900
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