Hello, My name is Hazel Clark. I am an African American 23-year-old female writing various Jamaican sources trying to find information on my family. I would sincerely appreciate it if I received your help.

He wanted my sister and I to bring his ashes back to Jamaica and scatter them on the earth. I recently visited Jamaica (while on a cruise vacation) and was able to complete his wish on a private location in Ocho Rios. I have been desperately trying to find any family member on my fraternal side but has come up empty handed and am trying to reach many sources for help. My father's parents names were: Gilbert and Dina (Buchanan) Powell, he also had four sisters: Vadney, Adessa, May and Delsi Edwards and a brother Lester Powell. Please if you have any resources that could help me, I would sincerely appreciate it. Thank you and God Bless.

The SAD Pardons Campaign announce they have made a direct appeal to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth for access to the Royal Archives at Windsor Castle.  Within the Royal Archives are documents that reveal, for the first time, details of a number of superior army officers who were pardoned for serious military offences by King George V during the Great War.

In contrast, not one of the 306 British and Commonwealth soldiers who were shot at dawn for military offences were even told they could make a plea for clemency to the sovereign. Many of the offences were trivial and in most cases accused soldiers did not have the benefit of a 'friend' when tried and medical conditions and personal circumstances were ignored. At least four boys were executed by firing squad.

In a recent parliamentary debate on this subject it was claimed that no new evidence has come to light since it was last debated several years ago. The implication is that further discussion is pointless.  In our opinion, the full story has not yet been told and it is in the public interest that it should. This important new evidence casts a different light on the current debate.

The Scottish Parliament support our campaign and currently the Irish Government are in detailed discussions with the Ministry of Defense. They want retrospective pardons for all the executed soldiers.  They have drawn up a comprehensive top-level study of the Irish executions that were disproportionately shot. It makes chilling reading. A further debate will take place shortly in Dublin.  The New Zealand Government approved legislation that has pardoned their five soldiers and grateful surviving families have been given the honour of receiving their medals.

After a 14-year battle with the authorities Gertrude Harris, 92, the daughter of former Private Harry Farr, is making an application for a pardon to the High Court in London. Farr was clearly shell shocked, but after a 20 minute Courts Martial, he was shot. Mr. Justice Burnton has already intimated a conditional pardon is possible and he agrees not all the soldiers should have been shot. The hearing is adjourned until 27 March 2006.

Andrew Mackinlay MP, who leads our campaign in the Commons, is prepared with a Bill that will at last lay to rest the pain and anguish that is still felt throughout Britain and the former Commonwealth, including the peoples of Southern and Northern Ireland.

It is our solemn duty to help free these poor souls from the somber shackles of shame.

Please visit our website for further information and insight into the tragedy of World War I executions. It is updated as events unfold. Contacts are available for any media enquiries.

I am writing to you on behalf of Reuters Foundation, which runs the Reuters Foundation Fellowship Programme at Green College, Oxford, for mid-career journalists. We are currently taking applications for the next round of fellowships and, with your help, would like to reach as many journalists as possible.

Journalists who work full-time for a print, broadcast or on-line media organization, from any country either developing or in transition may apply. The selection panel will look for applicants who can use experience and knowledge gained during the fellowship to influence and extend debate and information on these issues when they return to their workplace.

As Reuters Foundation is supporting the creation of a new Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at Oxford University, priority will be given to applications proposing areas of research within the field of journalism studies. Other research areas can be considered providing these are clearly related to the professional work of applicants and will lead to greater excellence in journalism.

Applicants must have at least five years' professional journalism experience; and in addition, be able to submit work samples; a study proposal and other documents (please see attached guidelines).

These fellowships run for three or six months, and all travel costs, living expenses and university fees are covered. The application deadline for 2006/7 is March 31st 2006.

I am sure you will agree that this is a worthwhile and exciting opportunity. We have enclosed information along with how to apply and would be grateful if this information is made available to your colleagues.

Jo Weir, Project Manager, Reuters Foundation
10th Floor, The Reuters Building, 30 South Colonnade
Canary Wharf, London E14 5EP
http://www.foundation.reuters.com
Tel: +20 7542 7015, Fax: +20 7542 8599

Reuters Foundation offers fully funded Fellowships to journalists from the developing world and countries in transition. Some other fellowships are available in Hong Kong, New Zealand and Eastern Europe. Applications are also considered from journalists able to arrange their own funding.

Dates of entry are agreed with the Programme Director. Fellowships may be for three or six months covering one or two terms respectively.

Awards include travel expenses (economy class), accommodation and a modest living allowance. This arrangement is subject to variation.  Under no circumstances will Reuters Foundation pay the travel or living costs of visiting spouses or dependents.

IV. Submissions

Please send a completed application form plus the following:

2. A description of up to 1000 words describing the intellectual and social values that shape your work in journalism, including a discussion of the origin of these values.

3. A statement of up to 1000 words explaining what you would like to study and why and the relevance of such study to your career objectives.

4. A reference from your employer, supporting your application and granting leave of absence.

Please provide five articles or reports (more than five will not be reviewed) photocopied onto A4 paper (we cannot return any material), including dates and names of the publications. A translation into English must accompany material published in other languages. Applicants in managerial or editorial positions for whom it would be difficult to send work samples should include a statement of up to 500 words describing their work.

A video or audio-cassette (maximum 30 minutes) with examples of your work, plus a brief, written description of the material. A summary or transcription in English must accompany material in other languages.

A statement of up to 500 words describing your work and including details of any major programmes for which you have been responsible.

N.B. PLEASE NOTE THAT APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED WITHOUT THE
ABOVE WORK.

The deadline for receipt of applications for the Reuters Foundation Fellowship Programme is 31 March 2006.

Candidates with their own sources of funding may apply directly at any time to the Director of the Fellowship Programme at Oxford - foundation@green.ox.ac.uk.

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Gov. Mike Rounds said he is inclined to sign a bill that would ban nearly all abortions in South Dakota, making it a crime for doctors to perform an abortion unless it was necessary to save the woman's life. As Christians, abortion is bad. And we don't believe in gay marriages or in destroying embryos, for that matter.

On the other hand, looking at Bush's actions abroad, he's sent troops to invade Iraq, killing many innocent Iraqis. He's called Ariel Sharon a man of peace. He's letting the Israelis assassinate the Palestinians and kill their children, steal their land, and bulldoze their houses, often with American weapons and equipment.

In this he reflects many other Americans, those who say they know Him or who do know Him, but whose works proclaim the opposite. They are opposed to abortion, to the shedding of innocent blood, but they hide their eyes or turn aside when American soldiers shed the blood of innocents abroad. They delude themselves with the notion that they are waging a righteous war for a righteous cause, led by a righteous leader, ignoring the reality of their unrighteous slaughter and destruction, which disgusts and appalls many in the world.

Ted Rudow III,MA, 650-814-1077, Tedr77@aol.com