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FORMER: Testimony of CBP Commissioner Alan D. Bersin and DHS Acting Inspector General & Deputy Inspector General Charles Edwards on June 9, 2011 at the Dirksen 342 building at 10 am before the Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee. Subject: Border Corruption-Assessing Customs and Border Protection and the DHS Security Inspector General's Office collaboration in the fight to prevent corruption. Seen here Commissioner Bersin in press interview after testimony.
The Queen Victoria Building, now affectionately known as the QVB, was designed by George McRae and completed in 1898, replacing the original Sydney markets on the site. Built as a monument to the long reigning monarch, construction took place in dire times, as Sydney was in a severe recession. The elaborate Romanesque architecture was specially planned for the grand building so the Government could employ many out-of-work craftsmen - stonemasons, plasterers, and stained window artists - in a worthwhile project. Originally, a concert hall, coffee shops, offices, showrooms, warehouses and a wide variety of tradespeople, such as tailors, mercers, hairdressers and florists, were accommodated.
Over many decades, change saw the concert hall become the city library, offices proliferate and more tenants move in, including piano tuners, palmists and clairvoyants. Drastic 'remodelling' occurred during the austere 1930s and the main occupant was the Sydney City Council. As recently as 1959 the Queen Victoria Building was threatened with demolition. As it stands now, in all its glory. It is testimony to the original vision for the building and the superb craftsmanship of the artisans who put it all back together again.
The QVB fills an entire city block bound by George, Market, York and Druitt Streets. The dominant feature is the mighty centre dome, consisting of an inner glass dome and an exterior copper- sheathed dome. Glorious stained glass windows and splendid architecture endure throughout the building and an original 19th century staircase sits alongside the dome. Every detail has been faithfully restored, including arches, pillars, balustrades and the intricate tiled floors thus maintaining the integrity of the building.
The visual message of Sydney's coat of arms, on the cartwheel stained glass window, is that the beehive depicts business, the sailing ship - trade, and the dolphins - the harbour. Panel 1, on the left hand side, represents the Council of the City of Sydney, and symbols of architecture, while the letters I.G.B. on panel 3, on the right, represent Ipoh Gardens Berhad, the Malaysian company who restored the QVB.
The symbols are of property developers - the builders. The bottom central panel represents the heraldic symbol of a finished building and the joining of two hands denotes the fusing of two cultures. There are many interesting and charming exhibitions and attractions throughout the building, along with portraits of the Queen. There is also a letter from Queen Elizabeth II to the Citizens of Sydney to be opened and read by the Lord Mayor of Sydney in the year 2085. Outside the QVB, on Town Hall Place, facing The Town Hall are the Royal Wishing Well and Queen Victoria's statue.
From: www.qvb.com.au/About-QVB
This is an article about the building that appeared in the Los Angeles Times:
(April 22, 1928)
BEVERLY HILLS CONSTRUCTING PLANT
Ornate Water Project Located on Landscaped Site
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Beauty of architecture and landscaping make the new Beverly Hills water treatment plant, being completed at La Cienega Boulevard and Country Club Drive (Olympic Blvd. was called Country Club Drive originally), a public improvement project of unusual distinction. The structure calls for a cost of $147,882.73 and with site, machinery and verdurous adornment, the project represents an investment of about $350,000. The building faces on La Cienega Boulevard, the grounds extending to Country Club Drive on the south, Le Doux Road on the west and Gregory Way at the north. The structure was designed and planned by Salisbury, Bradshaw & Taylor. With its surrounding of trees, lawns, flowers and shrubs placed according to carefully devised landscaping plan, the place has the appearance of a beautiful park and, especially on the south side, lends itself to such purpose for visitors. Seymour Thoma, landscape architect, prepared the landscaping plans and the work is under inspection of George V. Chapman, Superintendent of Parks and Parkways at Beverly Hills, it was stated. A $400,000 bond issue, sanctioned at the election in Beverly Hills last Monday, will provide for installing two recreation parks, Mr. Chapman said. One will be located across the street to the east of the water plant and will occupy a site about ten acres, having La Cienega Boulevard, Country Club Drive and Gregory Way as its boundaries, it was announced. It will be equipped with tennis courts, baseball diamond, playgrounds, wading pools and other recreational facilities, Mr. Chapman said. The other contemplated park is to be located on a sixteen-acre site facing Country Club Drive on the south and Linden Drive on the east, it was stated. Mr. Chapman will supervise their installation.
These are some excerpts from another LA Times article about the fight to save the building:
(Nov. 16, 1986)
-Admirers of an abandoned waterworks in La Cienega Park in Beverly Hills hope to save the Spanish-style building despite plans to wreck it to make way for new athletic fields. "It's part of our heritage in the city," said Pauline Stein, chairwoman of the city's Architectural Commission. "I think it could be rehabilitated and there could be some adaptive re-use of the building."
-The concrete building, completed in 1928 at a cost of $147,882.73, was the first municipal water treatment plant on the West Coast, according to a study conducted for the American Society of Civil Engineers.
-Designed to resemble a Spanish Colonial hacienda, its cathedral-like rosette window, flying buttresses and 130-foot-high, Moorish-style tower have led generations of passers-by to believe that the structure is a church. In fact, the gray concrete walls and red tile roofs hide a warren of laboratories, treatment rooms and settling tanks that have fallen into disrepair since 1976, when the city began taking all its water from the Metropolitan Water District, a regional agency.
-"I think we need the open space {soccer fields} more," Salter said. "This is not to say that stuff with historical meaning shouldn't be saved, but I don't believe this is of that nature." (I'm really glad you were wrong, Mr. Salter)
-Although the building's southern end, where water was once sprayed into the air as part of a process to remove hydrogen sulfide from it, shows severe damage, the rest of the waterworks appears to be in good shape, said John Kariotis, a consulting structural engineer. He said the hydrogen sulfide weakened the concrete and exposed the steel reinforcing bars to rust.
-Built at a time before water was available from outside the city, the water treatment plant was designed to reduce the high concentration of dissolved solids in Beverly Hills ground water and to counter the characteristic "rotten eggs" odor caused by hydrogen sulfide. Once the chemical was recovered through the aeration process that damaged the southern end of the building, it was heated over a small oil stove at the base of the tower so that it would rise and dissipate into the atmosphere instead of wafting into neighboring homes.
-A recent visit to the abandoned structure found graffiti on virtually every inch of wall space, testimony to the visits of intruders who are periodically rousted by police.
-Despite that, and despite the plans that call for new tennis facilities and a field for baseball and soccer on the site, the unique qualities of the building should be taken into account, said Albert Hoxie, a retired architectural historian at UCLA. "It's good architecture and it's a good example of the period in which Beverly Hills flourished, that early great era of growth when they still had money to spend on things that were well done, and we're not going to get a lot more of that," he said. "Things are being torn down with such speed in Beverly Hills that if we don't start saving some things we're going to be in trouble."
Governor O'Malley Testifies on the Maryland Transportation Financing and Infrastructure Act of 2012. by Jay Baker at Annapolis, Maryland
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Christian Testimonies | The Life Force That Can Never Be Extinguished
I am an ordinary person who lived a run-of-the-mill life. Like many who yearn for the light, I tried lots of ways to search for the true meaning of human existence, so that my life could have more meaning. In the end, all my efforts were in vain. But after I was fortunate enough to accept Almighty God’s work of the last days, miraculous changes occurred in my life. It brought more color to my life, and I came to understand that only God is the true Provider of people’s spirits and lives, and only God’s words contain the true meaning of human life. I was glad that I had finally found the right path in life. However, whilst performing my duty one day, I was illegally arrested and brutally tortured by the CCP government. Thereafter, I underwent a life experience that will forever be etched into my life’s journey …
One day in December 2011 at around 7 a.m., another church leader and I were carrying out inventory on church assets when more than ten police officers suddenly burst through the door. One of these evil police rushed up to us and shouted, “Don’t move!” Seeing what was happening, my head reeled. In my mind I thought, “This is bad—the church is going to lose a lot of assets.” Next, the evil police searched us like bandits carrying out a robbery. They also ransacked each room, turning them upside down in short order. In the end, they found some property belonging to the church, three bank cards, deposit receipts, computers, mobile phones, and so on. They confiscated all of them, then took me, the other church leader and two others to the police station.
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During the ten days and nights in the hotel, they kept the handcuffs on me, making me squat on the ground holding my legs. Looking back on the time I spent under arrest, I spent nineteen days and nights in the police station and the hotel, and it was the protection of God’s love that had allowed me to nap a little. Besides that tiny nap, the evil police hadn’t let me sleep at all in all that time; I had only to shut my eyes for a moment and they’d do anything it took to keep me awake—whacking the table, fiercely kicking me, screaming at me, ordering me to run about, and so on. Each time I’d be startled, my heart would hammer in my chest, and my nerves would be shot. What with being kept awake in this way and the evil police’s frequent torture as well, my strength ended up severely depleted, my whole body was swollen and uncomfortable, and I started seeing everything in double vision. I’d know there were people in front of me talking, but the sound of their voices would seem as if it were coming from somewhere far away. What’s more, my reactions were becoming very slow. For me to have somehow made it through this was all thanks to God’s great power! As God said: “He causes man to be reborn, and enables him to tenaciously live out his every role. Thanks to His power and His inextinguishable life force, man has lived for generation after generation, throughout which the power of God’s life has been the mainstay of man’s existence, and for which God has paid a price that no ordinary man has ever paid. God’s life force can prevail over any power; moreover, it exceeds any power. His life is eternal, His power extraordinary, and His life force is not easily overwhelmed by any created being or enemy force” (“Only Christ of the Last Days Can Give Man the Way of Eternal Life” in The Word Appears in the Flesh). In my heart, I gave sincere thanks and praise to God: “O God! You rule all things, Your deeds are inestimable, only You are almighty, You are the inextinguishable life force, and You are the wellspring of the living water for my life. In this special environment, I have beheld Your unique power and authority.” In the end, the evil police got no answers to their questions from me, and they sent me to the detention house.
On the way to the detention house, two policemen said to me, “You’ve done really well. You guys might be in the detention house, but you’re good people. There are all sorts there: drug dealers, murderers, prostitutes—you’ll see when you arrive.” “Since you know we’re good people, why do you arrest us? Doesn’t the government talk of freedom of religion?” I asked. “That’s the Communist Party lying to you. The Party gives us our livelihood, so we have to do what it says. We don’t hate you or have anything against you. We just arrested you because you believe in God,” one of the policemen said. Hearing this, I thought back over everything I’d experienced. I couldn’t help but recall the words of God: “Religious freedom? The legitimate rights and interests of citizens? They are all tricks for covering up sin!” (“Work and Entry (8)” in The Word Appears in the Flesh). God’s words cut right to the heart of the matter, allowing me to truly see the true face of the CCP government and how it tries to gain kudos it does not deserve: On the surface, it flies the flag of religious freedom, but in secret it arrests, oppresses, and cruelly hurts those who believe in God up and down the country, in the vain hope of banning God’s work, and it even shamelessly plunders the church’s money, all of which lays bare its demonic substance that hates God and hates the truth.
Whilst in the detention house, there were times when I was weak and in pain. But God’s words kept inspiring me, giving me strength and faith, allowing me to understand that, although Satan had stripped me of the freedom of the flesh, my suffering had edified me, and had taught me to rely on God during the torture of these evil demons, allowed me to understand the true meaning of many truths and to see the preciousness of the truth, and it had increased my resolve and motivation to pursue the truth. I became willing to keep obeying God, and to experience all that God had arranged for me. As a result, when working in the detention house, I sang hymns and quietly thought of God’s love. I felt that my heart had come closer to God, and I no longer found the days so painful and distressing.
During this time, the evil police interrogated me many more times. I thanked God for guiding me in overcoming their torture time and time again. Afterward the evil police withdrew all the money from my three bank cards. Helplessly watching the church’s money being taken by the evil police broke my heart. My heart was filled with hate for this greedy, evil gang of demons, and I yearned for the kingdom of Christ to arrive soon. In the end, despite not having any proof, they sentenced me to a year and three months of reeducation through labor for “disrupting the public order.”
Through being brutally persecuted by the CCP government, I have truly tasted God’s love and salvation for me, I have come to appreciate God’s almightiness and sovereignty and His miraculous deeds, and I have beheld the authority and power of God’s words. Moreover, I have come to truly despise Satan. During that time of persecution, God’s words accompanied me through the distressing days and nights, they allowed me to see through Satan’s cunning schemes and they provided timely protection. God’s words made me strong and courageous, allowing me to overcome that savage torture time and time again. God’s words gave me strength and faith, and they gave me the courage to fight with Satan to the very end…. Thanks be to God! Almighty God is the truth, the way, and the life! I shall forever follow Almighty God to the very end!
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The 18th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, Ronald L. Green, delivers his testimony on Capitol Hill, Washington D.C., Feb. 26, 2016. Alongside other Service Chiefs, Sgt. Maj. Green testifyied on quality of life issues within the military before the Committee on Appropriations, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Subcommittee, U.S. House of Representatives. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Melissa Marnell, Office of the 18th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps/Released)
The Testimony House, established by the association of Bnei Akiva veterans at the early 1990s, aims to amplify and deepen educational activity related to Holocaust remembrance.
Through its museum, archive, educational center and diverse activities, The Testimony House offers a unique, enlightening and even uplifting way to learn about the Holocaust and the post-Holocaust revival.
The museum is located in a pastoral village Nir Galim, near Ashdod, Israel.
The village Nir Galim was founded by Holocaust survivors.
The Testimony House collects, documents and preserves important material about the Holocaust.
The Atlanta Daily World reports May 31, 1934 on the testimony before the special committee investigating whether the House of Representatives Accounts Committee exceeded its authority in barring African Americans from the House public restaurant.
The impetus to the investigaton occurred when DePriest’s confidential secretary, Morris Lewis, was barred from the House public restaurant along with his son. Another instance of Jim Crow occurred when Mabel Byrd was forcibly removed from the Senate public restaurant in February.
The enforcement of Jim Crow in the Capitol building led to 10 days of small parties of interracial diners seeking service in the restaurants—sometimes successfully—in an attempt to desegregate the restaurants.
Approximately 30 Howard University students came to the Capitol on March 17th attempting to gain service in the House and Senate restaurants but were barred by police. One was arrested at the Capitol and four others at the precinct house where they went to bail out their fellow student. Charges were all dropped later.
This series of protests marked the first sit-in demonstrations for civil rights in the nation’s capital and perhaps the country.
DePriest’s resolution for an investigation passed the House, but the investigating committee, the majority appointed by the Democratic Speaker of the House, found that the restaurant was a private one operated for the members of the House and their guests and therefore no discrimination occurred. This was despite the white public being admitted without a member of Congress and African Americans barred.
Jim Crow continued in the Capitol for nearly 20 more years.
For a detailed blog post on the fight against Jim Crow in the U.S. Capitol restaurants, see washingtonspark.wordpress.com/2018/02/26/origins-of-the-c...
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The image is the Atlanta Daily World front page from May 31, 1934.
from The Household Guide and Instructor. With biographies of the Presidents of the United States, and a ... history of Guernsey County, Ohio. [By C. S. Percival and others.] With illustrations.
COLONEL THOMAS H. ANDERSON
Thomas Henry Anderson, lawyer, was born in Sewellsville, Belmont county, Ohio, June 6, 1847. His paternal ancestors came from England and settled in Pennsylvania and Maryland; and his maternal ancestors from Scotland, and settled in Pennsylvania. His great-grandfather on his father's side, Jacob Law, was an officer in the English army during the earlier campaigns of the Revolution, and was twice taken prisoner. The second time he espoused the cause of the colonies, entered the colonial army and served as aide de camp under General Washington at the battle of Yorktown. His great-grandfather, on his mother's side, was a Baptist minister, who emigrated from Scotland, and was one of the hardy pioneer preachers of colonial times. It is from this sturdy and distinguished ancestry that the subject of this sketch is descended. His father, John Anderson, was born near Uniontown, Fayette county, Pennsylvania, March 10, 1813, and when a boy moved to Jefferson county, Ohio, and afterwards to Belmont county, Ohio. He engaged in farming until 1878, when he moved to Cambridge, where he now resides. His mother, Amelia Dallas, daughter of Colonel Robert A. Dallas, was born in Belmont county, Ohio, July 8, 1816, and died August 22, 1877.
Thomas Henry Anderson was the fourth of a family of eight children. His boyhood was passed upon his father's farm, and his early education obtained in the Common schools of the neighborhood. During the year 1866 he attended the excellent Fairview high-school, and afterwards entered and for some time pursued his studies at Mt. Union college.
For two years after leaving Mt. Union, Mr. Anderson taught school in various districts in Belmont and Guernsey counties, then, profiting by the experience thus gained, assumed charge of the high school department of the Cambridge Union schools, and successfully conducted the same until 1871. During all this time spent in teaching, Mr. Anderson devoted his leisure hours to general reading and sensibly broadened the culture that had been the fruit of his preparatory study.
At no time had he regarded teaching as other than an expedient, and in June, 1868, he carried into effect a well-matured plan by entering upon the study of the law under the tutorage of Colonel J. D. Taylor, of Cambridge. On the 12th day of June, 1871, at Mt. Vernon, Mr. Anderson was admitted to practice in the courts of Ohio, and at once settled to the pursuit of his profession, being complimented by an immediate admission to partnership with Colonel Taylor, his former preceptor. This relation has been ever since maintained, and with the best results, both pecuniarily and in the way of reputation. Mr. Anderson was at once recognized as a lawyer of promise, and somewhat more than ten years of practice have more than justified the confidence of his friends. He has been engaged in the trial of many important civil and criminal causes, which he has conducted with more than usual success. One, at least, that of the State against Swan, while not the most important, yet, owing to the peculiar character of the case and the skill and ability with which the defense was managed, will justify especial notice.
In 1880 Harvey Swan was indicted for burglary and larceny, and the court appointed Colonel Anderson to defend him. Not desiring to undertake the defense unless satisfied of the defendant's innocence, Colonel Anderson requested and was given time to consult with the prisoner before accepting the charge. Being satisfied from the story of the defendant that he was innocent he accepted the appointment. The testimony offered by the State was overwhelming against the prisoner, showing that when arrested at his home he had in his possession a portion of the stolen goods; that he was overtaken in the night season by the prosecuting witness and another, in the act of returning the balance of the property to its owner; that he then and there confessed the crime, giving all the details of its commission. With this avalanche of testimony against him the prisoner stood convicted beyond all doubt in the minds of every person in the crowded court room. His counsel alone believed him innocent. When the prisoner's counsel disclosed the line of defense, stating that he expected to show that the real culprit was the prosecuting witness and that the prisoner was wholly innocent of the crime, the statement was received with a smile of incredulity. But the facts and circumstances detailed by the witnesses for the defense, and the cross-examination of the prosecuting witness and his associates, showed how carefully the prisoner's counsel had surveyed the field before entering upon so unusual a defense, and when the case closed there was no room for doubt that the prosecuting witness was the real criminal, and that in order to save himself he had procured his friend, the prisoner, to take charge of the goods and return them at a time appointed, and that the subsequent encounter was in furtherance of such conspiracy, while the oath to the information and the testimony as to the confession were the foulest perjury. At the close of the trial, which lasted nearly a week, the jury returned a verdict in accordance with the theory of the defense. The speech made by Colonel Anderson to the jury was one of exceptional power and eloquence, and has, by common judgment, been admitted to be one of the most notable arguments to a jury ever made in the county.
Mr. Anderson was admitted to practice in the United States courts at Cincinnati in the autumn of 1877, and has conducted a number of interesting cases before these tribunals.
Politically the gentleman is a Republican of the most pronounced type, and for ten years past he has been a very active worker upon the stump, in primaries, conventions and elsewhere. During several campaigns he has stumped Eastern Ohio, during the campaign of 1880 performed the same office in Western Pennsylvania.
During the canvass preceding the Chicago convention, the people of Cambridge and Guernsey county were divided in their preference between Blaine and Sherman. Colonel Anderson championed Blaine, and some of the leading men of the county represented the Sherman interest in the county convention called to name delegates to the State convention to be held at Columbus. The majority of the delegates seemed to favor Sherman, but Colonel Anderson, by a happy speech at a critical moment, turned the tide and a Blaine delegation was elected. At Columbus, upon a renewal of the contest, Colonel Anderson was defeated by his partner, Colonel Taylor, who was named as a Sherman delegate to Chicago by a majority of but one vote.
On the 9th of May, 1881, Governor Foster appointed Mr. Anderson as aide de camp upon his staff, with the rank of colonel, and re-appointed him upon the reorganization of the staff in 1882. In the summer of 1881 he was attached to the staff of Adjutant General Samuel B. Smith during the annual tour of inspection.
Colonel Anderson joined the Methodist Episcopal church in Cambridge in 1874, and has been a member of the official board of that body for several years. In January, 1879, he married Miss Laura B. Augustine, a native of Pennsylvania, a lady of rare culture and refinement — a graduate of Beaver college, Pennsylvania, and is now the father of one child.
Mute testimony of accuracy of close support missions flown by Fifth Air Force fighters are these North Korean T-34-85 tanks, blasted out of the path of advancing 24th Infantry Division units near Waegwan, Korea..
Governor O'Malley Testifies on the Maryland Transportation Financing and Infrastructure Act of 2012. by Jay Baker at Annapolis, Maryland
Governor O'Malley Testifies on the Maryland Transportation Financing and Infrastructure Act of 2012. by Jay Baker at Annapolis, Maryland
Governor O'Malley Testifies on the Maryland Transportation Financing and Infrastructure Act of 2012. by Jay Baker at Annapolis, Maryland
Letter from a parishioner about the good work he does with the youth in Sea Scouts.
3424 Euclid Ave.
Berwyn, Ill
June 12, 1932
Dear Father Rubel:- The words “restless” which you used this morning in describing the approaching school vacation struck in me a responsive chord. It so accurately describes the situation. For a few days there is the lawlessness of the newly liberated, then for about a month comparative quiet, and after that ever-increasing restlessness that too often finds outlet in mischief.
I write this, believing that I am about as good an authority as you can find, to tell you what a difference your work in the Naval Unit has made in our neighborhood boys and their associates who come to “gang up” with them. I know that boys in their most trying years are no different from the rest of us — want to do what is right — but for fear of being thought “sissified” go to the other extreme and get themselves misunderstood. I have notices a difference ever since you began with our boys in respect for the rights and the property of others, in manly bearing and courtesy. Actually courtesy! These little would be toughs carry themselves for the most part with dignity and have contracted manners. Of course there are lapses, but even the most heedless of all has shown surprising improvement. You have done a big thing when you get a boy to regard himself as a man of responsibility — a good citizen.
This improvement has been gradual and steady and is still going on. I have always liked boys because they somehow seemed to me to be a little unjustly blamed for their actions, and so I am very grateful to you for what you have done.
These over-long vacations without a duty or occupation prescribed are to me tragedies. However discouraging life may seem at times — and whose doesn’t — you have reason to feel considerable satisfaction over the results of this training.
Very Sincerely Yours,
Elizabeth Nichols
The 18th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, Ronald L. Green, makes final preparations prior to his testimony at the Pentagon, Arlington, VA., Feb 26, 2016. Green was testifying on the quality of life in the Marine Corps before the Committee on Appropriations, U.S. House of Representatives. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Melissa Marnell, Office of the 18th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps/Released)
Almighty God Almighty God says, “A world of gaiety and splendor, one that is becoming more and more so. When people look upon the world, their hearts are drawn to it, and many are unable to extricate themselves from it; great numbers will be beguiled by those who engage in trickery and sorcery. If you do not strive for progress, and are without ideals, you will be swept away by this sinful wave
Almighty God’s words expose the evil of this hedonistic world
I am presently 27 years old, and I originally worked as staff in a sales department. In 2013, I had the good fortunate to accept Almighty God’s work in the last days, and afterward I worked while I lived my church life. My daily job was to give customers tea, pour water, deliver snacks, and so on, and then clean after the customers left. One could say I had a lowest-level and most inconspicuous job in the sales department, and it was a job that was essentially unsupervised and unimportant. Although I did unremarkable work every day and my salary wasn’t high, I felt very fulfilled, because I didn’t have to constantly strive to please and kiss up to the department leaders to improve my performance and interact with others wearing a mask of falseness every day. In my spare time, I could also participate in church life and read God’s words and fellowship on truth with my brothers and sisters. I felt relaxed and free, safe and secure. But that life of calm didn’t last, because before long trouble came looking for me….
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A standing testimony to the unwholesome aspect of imperialism, the Cellular Jail in Andamans has been made a National Memorial.
The British used to banish the political prisoners during the Indian independence struggle far away from the mainland to the Kaala Pani (Black waters) and send along the sadistic jailers. Records talk about inhuman treatment of the prisoners who had to endure hard labour, physical torture and help the British secure the colony, build roads, bridges and ports in the strategically located cluster of islands.
After 40 to 50 years of such brutality, two prolonged hunger strikes and the intervention of national leaders such as Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore brought about some changes in the 1930s and finally the repatriation of the inmates.
WW II in Asia saw relentless advance of the Japanese and Andamans were occupied them for three years. Netaji Subhash Bose of Indian National Army who sided with Axis powers for liberating India, in fact, went there to plant the Indian Flag.
British reoccupied Andamans in 1945 and the jail was closed. Surprisingly they started demolishing the jail. Huge protests ensured that at least three wings of the original seven stayed intact. The empty cells today still echo the pain and suffering brought about by unbounded European imperialism of the last few centuries.
Governor O'Malley Testifies on the Maryland Transportation Financing and Infrastructure Act of 2012. by Jay Baker at Annapolis, Maryland
Governor O'Malley Testifies on the Maryland Transportation Financing and Infrastructure Act of 2012. by Jay Baker at Annapolis, Maryland
Governor O'Malley Testifies on the Maryland Transportation Financing and Infrastructure Act of 2012. by Jay Baker at Annapolis, Maryland
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Governor O'Malley Testifies on the Maryland Transportation Financing and Infrastructure Act of 2012. by Jay Baker at Annapolis, Maryland
Walking in the woods yesterday I came upon this tree carving. Made me wonder how leroy fits in? Mark loves Bonnie, Bonnie loves Mark. Wonder if Leroy came along and put the arrow in the heart? Renamed: Questions of a Forrest Testimony. LOL