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Revolution, Reform and Regionalism in Southeast Asia
Revolution, Reform and Regionalism in Southeast Asia Geographically, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam are situated in the fastest growing region in the world, positioned alongside the dynamic economies of neighboring China and Thailand. Revolution, Reform and Regionalism in Southeast Asia compares the postwar political economies of these three countries in the context of their individual and collective impact on recent efforts at regional integration. Based on research carried out over three decades, Ronald Bruce St John highlights the different paths to reform taken by these countries and the effect this has had on regional plans for economic development. Through its comparative analysis of the reforms implemented by Cam- bodia, Laos and Vietnam over the last 30 years, the book draws attention to parallel themes of continuity and change. St John discusses how these countries have demonstrated related characteristics whilst at the same time making different modifications in order to exploit the strengths of their individual cultures. The book contributes to the contemporary debate over the role of democratic reform in promoting economic devel- opment and provides academics with a unique insight into the political economies of three countries at the heart of Southeast Asia. Ronald Bruce St John earned a Ph.D. in International Relations at the University of Denver before serving as a military intelligence officer in Vietnam. He is now an independent scholar and has published more than 300 books, articles and reviews with a focus on Southeast Asia, -
Air America in Laos III – in Combat by Dr
Air America in Laos III – in combat by Dr. Joe F. Leeker First published on 29 May 2006, last updated on 23 March 2018. When, in May 1987, during the unveiling of the Air America Memorial at UTD’s McDermott Library at Richardson, former CIA director William Colby said that Air America aircraft were not combat aircraft, but transport aircraft, that was only true for most of Air America’s flights. But in at least three programs Air America crews flew or were to fly combat aircraft in Laos: B-26s in Projects Mill Pond and Black Watch in 1961 and T-28s as A-Team pilots for the Tango program. Already in July 1955, 2 C-47s chartered from CAT had participated in the first post-ceasefire combat jump flown by C-47s of the ANL (Armée Nationale Laotienne or Lao National Army), when the aircraft dropped the ANL’s airborne battalion, the Seno-based 1er Bataillon de Parachutistes, over the garrison of Moung Peun beleaguered by Pathet Lao forces.1 In August 59, PEO again contracted an Air America C-46 and C-47 for use in the Moung Peun paratroop drop.2 Then there was another absolutely unofficial use of Air America transport aircraft as bombers dropping “Hot soup”. Finally, many Air America aircraft flew combat support missions that brought them very close to the actual fighting: This was true for many missions flown by Air America’s helicopters, that is by the UH-34Ds assigned to the Madriver-contract and later especially for the Bells and S- 58Ts assigned to the AID-439-713 contract. -
CHRIS GOLLON – Man in the Long Black Coat
CHRIS GOLLON – Man In The Long Black Coat th Until 28 October 2017 IAP Fine Art, 15, Church St, Monmouth NP25 3BX www.iapfineart.com [email protected] 01600 772005 (Pictured: ‘Gimme Some Wine (after Eleanor McEvoy’s song) 36” x 48” (91 x 122cm) acrylic on canvas 2017. IAP Fine Art has a new exhibition of paintings by Chris Gollon (1953 – 2017), many taking their inspiration from songs by Bob Dylan, Neil Young and latterly Eleanor McEvoy. David Tregunna, IAP’s Director: “Following Chris’s unexpected death at only 64 in April, by curating this exhibition we want to celebrate his love of music, to show where it lead him intellectually and artistically; and to share his fascination with artistic ‘boundary crossing’”. The latter began when Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth made a unique 60-second tape each for Chris, Yoko Ono, David Bowie and Gavin Turk, asking them to respond with a work of art inspired by it to be exhibited in ‘ROOT’ at the Chisenhale Gallery, London in 1998. Gollon was interviewed about this recently for a new biography of Thurston Moore, ‘We Sing A New Language’ by Nick Soulsby (Omnibus, 2017). Indeed, Gollon’s ability to ‘paint a new language’ that reflects life as it really is made him unique. A friend of The Skids, he enjoyed the company of musicians, and one of his early museum acquisitions came when the Huddersfield Art Gallery acquired his large painting ‘Einstein & The Jealous Monk (after Bob Dylan’s Desolation Row)’ for its permanent collection to hang with Francis Bacon’s ‘Magdalene (II)’ and Sir Jacob Epstein’s ‘Einstein’. -
PAVLO BILOUS Date of Birth: 23.03.1989 Kherson, Ukraine
PAVLO BILOUS Date of birth: 23.03.1989 Kherson, Ukraine EDUCATION AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 2013 – 2015 Physics Engineering Teaching Research Centre of National Kyiv, Ukraine Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Advanced student in theoretical physics Supervisor: Prof. Leonid Yatsenko Thesis topic: "Correlations between nuclear and atomic degrees of freedom in atom of Th-229". Worked on the second-order perturbation theory of the hyperfine splitting coefficients for the clock states of the frequency standard based on Th-229. 2007 – 2013 Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology Moscow, Russia Master and Bachelor degrees in applied physics and mathematics Supervisors: Doctor Dmitry Filippov, Prof. Leonid Urutskoev Participated in Russia-Abkhazia joint program (Sukhumi, Georgia) as the member of the team of theoretical support of the experiment. The work was devoted to the exploration of radioactive decay acceleration in superstrong magnetic field. Co-author of the idea of exotic αβ-decay (with simultaneous creation of α- and β-particles). 2003 – 2006 Lyceum of Physics and Mathematics at Kherson National State Kherson, Ukraine University Actively took part in physics competitions. Three-time winner of all- Ukrainian physics contest; was the captain of the team which had become a winner of all-Ukrainian physics tournament. PUBLICATIONS P.V. Bilous, L.P. Yatsenko Analysis of Parasitic Signals in the Method of Recoil Nuclei Applied to Direct Observation of the Th-229m Isomeric State // Ukr. J. Phys – 2015, Vol. 60, N. 4, pp. 376–381 D.V. Filippov, L.I. Urutskoev, A.O. Biryukov, A.A. Rukhadze, P.V. Bilous Loss of stability of the heavy nuclei in a superstrong magnetic field // Applied Physics – 2012, N. -
St Mary's College Society Newsletter
Project1_StMarysNewsletter 02/08/2011 23:57 Page 1 St Mary’S College SoCiety NewSletter 2010-2011 Project1_StMarysNewsletter 02/08/2011 23:57 Page 2 a MeSSage froM the SMCS PreSideNt Earlier this year I was travelling on a train from London which was full of Durham students returning for a new term. I asked the young woman next to me which college she was in. When she replied, ‘St Mary’s’, I didn’t want to bore her about how things were in my day but asked how she found it. ‘Mary’s is the coolest College’, she replied. Maybe ‘cool’ is not a word that could have described us when I was a student and maybe we wouldn’t have wanted to have been considered ‘cool’, and in a way this highlights how the culture of St Mary’s, which is held dear across the generations, is continually changing. And it’s right that it should change. The Committee was so sorry to learn that Phil Gilmartin will be moving on to a new senior academic role at the University of East Anglia in the autumn. Building on existing strong foundations, he has done a huge amount to transform St Mary’s into the college of choice for so many applicants and to make it the dy- namic institution it now is. Yet Phil has always been very conscious of the history of St Mary’s. Helped by Anne Elliott from the Society Com- mittee, we have had a number of exhibitions of significant past events: the corridors, for instance, feature several photos of the young Queen laying the foundation stone in the early 50s. -
Air America in Laos II – Military Aid by Dr
Air America in Laos II – military aid by Dr. Joe F. Leeker Part II First published on 29 May 2006, last updated on 24 August 2015 I) Air America in Laos: military and paramilitary aid 1968-1973 Madriver operations 1968-73 During the 1968-73 period, the original Madriver contract had been transformed into contract no. F62531-67-0028 for Fiscal Years 68, 69, and 70 on 1 July 67, but as before, this contract covered flying services to be provided by an ever growing number of Udorn-based UH-34Ds plus the operation of one C-47 out of Bangkok, apparently a courier aircraft.1 On 1 July 70, that contract was followed by contract no. F04606-71-C-0002 that covered the Udorn-based UH-34Ds, the Bangkok-based C-47 plus a Udorn-based Volpar, apparently another courier aircraft.2 That contract is much more complex, as it does not only cover flying services to be performed by the UH-34Ds and the 2 transport planes, but also drop-in maintenance of Raven O-1 and U-17 aircraft, crash / battle damage repair to DEPCHIEF- managed T-28s, support services to the Khmer Air Force and a lot of other operation and maintenance services. But apart from the prices, section XIV dealing with “Flying Services for Government furnished UH-34 aircraft (Item 1)” is not much different from similar sections in earlier versions of the Madriver contract.3 So it can be assumed that the types of missions flown by Air America’s UH-34Ds were still more or less the same as those described for the pre-1968 period. -
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1 GENERAL VANG PAO: a Review of Reputable Sources [15 May 2007]
1 GENERAL VANG PAO: A Review of Reputable Sources [15 May 2007] by Alfred W. McCoy, Professor of Southeast Asian History, UW Madison In assessing the merits of the Madison School Board’s decision to name a school General Vang Pao, there are four factors that might give one pause--allegations that Vang Pao ordered summary executions, press reports that his army conscripted boy soldiers as young as 10 years old for combat, reports that his army’s command was involved in the Laos opium traffic, and press reports of financial fraud in Hmong-American welfare associations affiliated with him. In aftermath of the Vietnam War, books by authors ranging from the staunchly pro-Vang Pao Jane Hamilton-Merritt to Christian missionary William Smalley and commercial author Christopher Robbins have been unanimous in reporting that Vang Pao ordered extra-judicial executions of enemy prisoners, his own Hmong soldiers, and Hmong political opponents. All base these allegations, which have been repeated in recent press reports, on interviews with eyewitnesses, which include CIA operatives, American pilots for the CIA-owned Air America, and Hmong whose communities supported the CIA’s Secret Army. In the latter stages of the Vietnam War, 1971-73, General Vang Pao’s CIA army reportedly recruited children from ages 10 to 14 years-old to serve as boy soldiers in brutal combat with extraordinarily high casualties. Moreover, there are several sources, citing first-hand accounts from former CIA officials, alleging that the Secret Army’s command was involved in the Laos’s opium traffic, particularly in the transport of opium out of Hmong villages on the CIA’s airline Air America. -
The Ho Chi Minh Trail-Was Through the Mountains of Laos
I22 CAMBODIA determined to force the integration of the Pathet Lao on ix terms. The new government, headed by Phoui Sananilrc:e backed by the United States, indicated that it would military control over those provinces that served as the ment areas of the Pathet Lao. That threat involved Laos :r Viet-Nam dispute, By 1958, insurgency had begun in South Viet-Nam,a and ern-born Vietnamese who had gone north after the Gener-a ment were trained and sent back to South Viet-Nam to suil the insurgents. The route these men used-now immortali.zed the Ho Chi Minh Trail-was through the mountains of Laos. Determined to exclude the Royal Lao Army from thi-' vital to the efiective conduct of insurgency in South Viet-\ the North Vietnamese Government after December, 19f,5. measures to establish efiective control of those parts of the I;:nfr border through which it was possible to pass to South Yiet-\"'qr and it moved two companies of regular troops across the bcedru a distance of six miles.5 The authority of the Laotian Governsed was more decisively undermined the following May by the ddnq- tion of a Pathet Lao battalion that had refused to accept the Erm* ernment's terms for integration into the Royal Army. Thereai'trm' Laos was subject to intermittent armed conflict with the Fa$m Lao. Fortified by North Vietnamese assistance, the Pathet 'T 'nn' consolidated its hold over the northeastern provinces, In the clap'' tal, the right-wing forces were ruthlessly determined not to ped any reconciliation with the Pathet Lao. -
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of the St. John on Bethnal Green Team Ministry
AT Company number: 0 Charity number: 1132150 The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of the St. John on Bethnal Green Team Ministry (A Parochial Church Council registered as a Charity) Financial Statements and Trustees' Report for the year ended 31 December 2012 The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of the St. AT John on Bethnal Green Team Ministry (A Parochial Church Council registered as a Charity) Index to the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2012 Page Index to the Financial Statements 2 Legal and Administrative Information 3 Trustees' Report 4 - 7 Statement of PCC Members' Responsibilities 8 Independent Examiner's Report 9 Statement of Financial Activities 10 Balance Sheet 11 Accounting Policies 12 - 13 Notes to the Accounts 14 - 17 Page 2 The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of the St. John on AT Bethnal Green Team Ministry (A Parochial Church Council registered as a Charity) Legal and Administrative Information for the year ended 31 December 2012 Status: The Parochial Church Council (PCC) is a corporate body established by the Church of England. It is constituted and governed by the Parochial Church Councils (Powers) Measure 1956 (as amended) and the Church Representation Rules (2006). It is a registered charity, number 1132150. The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of the St. John on Bethnal Green Team PCC name: Ministry Other operating names: St. John on Bethnal Green Charity registration number: 1132150 Operating address: 200 Cambridge -
XXII ISSSMC Natalia Berezovska
XXII Galyna Puchkovska International School-Seminar Spectroscopy of Molecules and Crystals Book of Abstracts Organizers: Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv Institute of Physics of National Academy of Sciencies of Ukraine Minor Academy of Sciences of Ukraine The Ukrainian Physical Society under the auspice of The Representative Office of Polish Academy of Sciences in Kyiv September 27 – October 4, 2015 Chynadiyovo, Zakarpattia, Ukraine UDK 531:535 (063) The Book contains abstracts of reports presented at XXII Galyna Puchkovska International School-Seminar “Spectroscopy of Molecules and Crystals” (September 27 – October 4, 2015, Chynadiyovo, Zakarpattia, Ukraine). The abstracts cover recent advances in theoretical and experimental spectroscopy of crystalline and amorphous solids, liquids and gases, liquid crystals, polymers, nanosystems, thin films, surface and intermolecular interactions. Non- linear optical phenomena, computer simulation, as well as up-to-date spectroscopic methods and instrumentation are included. Abstracts, submitted according to ISSSMC rules, are published as received from the authors. The Book of Abstracts is approved for publication by the Scientific Council of the Institute of Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Protocol No. 9 of 31.08.2015). УДК 531:535 (063) В збірнику представлені тези доповідей ХХII Міжнародної Школи-семінару імені Галини Пучковської “Спектроскопія молекул і кристалів” (27 вересня – 4 жовтня, 2015, Чинадійово, Закарпаття, Україна). В тезах викладено нові результати досліджень з основних напрямків сучасної теоретичної і експериментальної спектроскопії неметалічних кристалів, аморфних речовин, газів, рідин, рідких кристалів, полімерів, нанорозмірних систем, тонких плівок, поверхні і міжмолекулярної взаємодії. Також розглянуто такі напрямки як нелінійно-оптичні явища, комп’ютерне моделювання, нові прилади та методи спектральних досліджень. -
The Ukrainian Weekly, 2021
INSIDE: l UCU awards Ukrainian doctors Light of Justice Award – page 4 l UOL chapters host Souper Bowl fundraiser – page 9 l Plast makes a comeback in Minneapolis – page 13 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXXXIX No. 9 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2021 $2.00 Ukrainian national security council sanctions Protests ensue after Odesa anti-graft and pro-Ukraine top Russian ‘proxy’ Medvedchuk activist Sternenko gets 7 years in prison by Mark Raczkiewycz chuk that transports Russian oil products – mostly diesel – to Ukraine and Europe, and Case is labelled ‘politically motivated’ KYIV – Russian President Vladimir five aircraft controlled by companies con- Putin’s loyal and chief point man in nected with the political heavyweight, Mr. Ukraine, lawmaker Viktor Medvedchuk, Danilov said. and his spouse – Oksana Marchenko – were Mr. Medvedchuk and other politicians in hit with three-year sanctions on February his cohort have enjoyed privileged direct 19 by Ukraine’s National Security and flights to Moscow from Kyiv in circumven- Defense Council (NSDC). tion of existing travel bans to Russia, which Ukrainian President Volodymyr has waged an undeclared war against Zelenskyy signed off on the restrictive mea- Ukraine since early 2014, killing more than sures the following day. 14,000 people in the east of the country. The imposed measures include the Ms. Marchenko holds a minority stake in freezing of assets, restriction of trade oper- the popular, nationwide 1+1 channel, ations, and a ban on the withdrawal of capi- which is majority-owned by oligarch Ihor tal from the country. -
The Laotian Hmong -- Their History, Culture and American Journey
University of Montana ScholarWorks at University of Montana Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers Graduate School 2010 A New Life in Montana: The Laotian Hmong -- their History, Culture and American Journey David A. Keightley The University of Montana Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd Let us know how access to this document benefits ou.y Recommended Citation Keightley, David A., "A New Life in Montana: The Laotian Hmong -- their History, Culture and American Journey" (2010). Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers. 27. https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd/27 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at ScholarWorks at University of Montana. It has been accepted for inclusion in Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks at University of Montana. For more information, please contact [email protected]. A NEW LIFE IN MONTANA: THE LAOTIAN HMONG – THEIR HISTORY, CULTURE AND AMERICAN JOURNEY By DAVID ANDREW KEIGHTLEY Master of Arts, Columbia International University, Columbia, SC, 2000 Bachelor of Arts, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, 1991 Thesis Presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in History The University of Montana Missoula, MT May 2010 Approved by: Perry Brown, Associate Provost for Graduate Education Graduate School Michael Mayer, Chair History Department Harry Fritz History Department Steven Levine Mansfield Center Keightley, David, M.A., May 2010 History A New Life in Montana: The Laotian Hmong – Their History, Culture and American Journey Chairperson: Michael Mayer Following the end of the Vietnam War, hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese, Laotian and Cambodian refugees fled their homelands for America, where they started their lives over again.