Flying Yangban

Obama, Clinton tie in Guam

Clinton and Obama got two delegates each in last weekend's Democratic caucus.  The caucus format tends to favor Obama, but the particulars of this one are different.  Voters could basically come in, vote and go.  Between that and the momentum Clinton had going into the vote, the final vote ended up being very close.

Here is a report from Guam PDN:

When all of the ballots were finally counted -- a process that lasted through Saturday night until well into the next day -- Sen. Barack Obama had the most votes from Guam Democrats in the party's caucus.

Obama finished with 2,264 votes to Sen. Hillary Clinton's 2,257 votes -- a 7-point difference. Obama won 14 of 21 districts. Obama leads Clinton in the overall race for delegates to the national convention, 1,741 to 1,607, according to unofficial tallies by the Associated Press. It takes 2,025 votes to secure the party nomination.

With the race to secure the Democratic presidential nomination so close, Guam's Democratic caucus was given much national attention. The caucus determined which delegates Guam's Democratic Party will send to the National Democratic Convention in August in Colorado, where they will select which will candidate will go against Rep. Sen. John McCain.

The Arab League

Links for the League of Arab States

General Secretary:  Amr Moussa (Wikipedia)

Web site (seems to be down right now)

Wikipedia article

LAS Charter

Pic of LAS meeting:

Remember to obey Him

It is wise to obey Obama.

From here.

Original poster in the continuation.

Who you looking at?

Introducing... the boy with no name:

Despite the surly look, we have been told by the nurses that Yangban Jr. (working title only) is a relatively mellow baby.

BHO

No, I don't plan to vote for him.  I just need the picture.

Links to Jordanian nuke plant articles and such

1. Jordan plans to build plant by 2015 (also solar, wind - mentions urnaium deposits in Jordan)
2. "Jordan aims to develope nuclear power"
3. Interesting blog post
4. US says Jordanian nuke power is OK
5. As #4
6. From "Jordan Watch"
7. Jordan Watch main link (Perma-link me.)
8. From another blog to be perma-linked
9. article that mentions Global Nuclear Energy Partnership

Nuke Plants

1. Wikipedia article
2. Nuclear Power Education piece with links to power plant designs
3. Korean nuclear power report
4. World Nuclear Association, Korea page

Link post: Koreans in Saipan during WW 2

I plan to do a piece on Koreans who lived in Saipan during the Second World War.  This post is to get some links filed away.

Some background info in this article on Emperor Akihito's visit to a Korean war dead memorial.

From CNMI Guide on WW 2 History:

Saipan provided the United States military with its first opportunity to learn about military occupation of enemy territory with a Japanese civilian population. Civilians encountered during the period of the battle and afterward, while emergency conditions still prevailed, were placed in secure camps to keep them out of the way of the fighting. Thus assembled, the U. S. military could better meet their basic needs for food, clothing, shelter and medical care. Schools were established as soon as conditions permitted. In September, 1945 the camps housed 13,954 Japanese, 1,411 Koreans, 2,966 Chamorros and 1,025 Carolinians

Very similar (too similar) information here.

Saipan provided the United States military with its first opportunity to learn about military occupation of enemy territory with a Japanese civilian population. Civilians encountered during the period of the battle and afterward, while emergency conditions still prevailed, were placed in secure camps to keep them out of the way of the fighting. Thus assembled, the U.S. military could better meet their basic needs for food, clothing, shelter and medical care. Schools were established as soon as conditions permitted.

In September, 1945 the camps housed 13,954 Japanese, 1,411 Koreans, 2,966 Chamorros and 1,025 Carolinians. Within a two square mile area near Lake Susupe life in the compound was primitive and only the bare necessities were provided. Weathered boards, tattered tents and battered tin sheets from the bombed out sugar refinery provided the only shelter from the weather. Each hut (han) accommodated from 20 to 55 people. After the fighting, families were released from Camp Susupe during the day to cultivate vegetables since food was scarce. Food production was increased from 79,469 pounds of produce in September, 1944 to 286,029 pounds in September,1945.

Lots of first hand accounts of life in internment camps after American conquest of Saipan, as told by naitives plus tons of pictures.

Very interesting booklet by the US 2nd Marine Division instructing its men on how to behalf and what to expect during the invasion of Saipan, although it barely mentions Koreans.

Random Jordan links

Jordan's National Information System; tons of links

transportation in Jordan

GENERAL

• required Wiki link

RAIL

• Jordan Hejaz Railways (JHR)
• Jane's brief post on JHR mentions a 2001 Jordanian-Syrian-Saudi agrement to rebuilt the Hejaz line.
• This site is a little dated but gives tons of information on the railway and others in the region.
• Brief descriptions of JHR and Aquaba Railway Company, which operations the rail line in southern Jordan for the transport of phosphate from mines to the port of Al Aquaba
• An article on the reopening of the Israeli portion of the line, it will be standard guage
• report on the railways, including reopening line to Medina
• message board posts on Amman to Zarqa light rail line

Jordanian Prime Minister

Nader Dahabi, Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan