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CRESTVIEW � Two downtown events have combined into a feast for the eye and the palate.
CRESTVIEW � Two downtown events have combined into a feast for the eye and the palate.
The Spanish Trail Cruisers have teamed up with the Main Street Crestview Association to add the Taste of Crestview restaurant crawl to the annual Average Joe Car Show on April 20.
Mike Turman and Ellis Conner, presidents of the car club and the Main Street association, respectively, announced the collaboration at Monday's city council meeting.
Turman requested the city's assistance to close Main Street for the event, provide portable restrooms, barricades for side streets and security by the Crestview Police Department. The council unanimously approved the club's request.
Some 100 vintage vehicles from throughout the Southeast appear at the event, drawing thousands of spectators. The Cruisers traditionally pour the proceeds from car show registrations into the community, a favorite charity being the local food bank.
"They do a lot of charitable things for our city, including taking care of our very needed Sharing and Caring," Councilman Charles Baugh Jr., a Spanish Trail Cruisers honorary member, said. "I'm looking forward to it, especially if it is as big an event as I think it's going to be."
Considering past Taste of Crestview events' popularity made the collaboration an easy decision, Conner said.
"We started this dialogue about three months ago," he said. "We have all the details worked out at this time. This will hopefully make a good event even better with the addition of the food."
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�Unanimously directed city staff to create a document showing taxpayers' cost for granting non-profit organizations' free use of city parks for their events. Krystal Jackson, the local Relay for Life cancer fundraiser's event chair, had requested free use of Old Spanish Trail Park for the annual all-night walkathon.
�Learned that Wave express bus rides between Crestview and Fort Walton Beach are down 9 percent, according to Councilman Charles Baugh Jr.
"If you're riding the Wave, you gotta have the numbers or they're going to take it away from us," he said, referring to the County Board of Commissioners' aim to cancel this area's bus service.
"The good news is routes 11 and 12 are up 2 percent, he said, referring to routes that specifically serve the city.
�Unanimously appointed Mayor David Cadle as the council's representative to the Supervisor of Elections Canvassing Board. The city clerk typically fills the seat, but with City Clerk Betsy Roy being a candidate for reelection, she cannot serve on the election board.
�Unanimously appointed Main Street Crestview Association member Cal Zethmayr to the Historic Preservation Board on Council President Ben Iannucci III's recommendation.
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ALFRED, NY – The Alfred University football team defeated visiting Springfield College, 30-22, Saturday afternoon at Merrill Field in the Saxons' Empire 8 Conference opener.
AU (3-0, 1-0 E8) utilized a bruising rushing attack (232 yards) while using a solid second-half defensive effort to stop one of nation's premier running teams. Springfield came in averaging 491 yards rushing through two games and ran for 205 in the first half. But the Saxons buckled down after intermission, and held Springfield to 27 yards on the ground in the second half.
AU sophomore tailback Austin Dwyer ran for 137 yards on 26 carries. It was the third time in three games this season Dwyer has run for over 100 yards. His seven-yard touchdown run midway through the first quarter tied the game at 7-7, after Springfield took the opening kickoff and marched 67 yards in 10 plays to take an early 7-0 lead on quarterback Josh Carter's one-yard scoring run 3:26 into the contest.
AU took a 14-7 lead with 8:36 left in the second. Junior wide receiver Andre McCloud blocked a Springfield punt and the Saxons took over at the Pride 20-yard line. Five plays later, AU senior quarterback Tom Secky found sophomore wideout Justin Oliver in the endzone from six yards out. Springfield answered, tying the game at 14-14 with just under five minutes left before intermission. The Pride drove 81 yards on 11 plays, with Carter running in from 25 yards.
Alfred pulled away in the third on a pair of short touchdowns by senior linebacker Nick Clark. The first, a one-yarder with 10:03 left in the period, capped a 10-play 61-yard drive. The second, with 4:28 left, was from three yards out and, after a missed extra point, gave the Saxons a 27-14 lead.
Senior placekicker Eric Rockwood made it 30-14 Alfred with a 25-yard field goal with 11:10 left in the fourth and Alfred looked to be in the driver's seat. Springfield made it interesting late, however, scoring on Carter's third touchdown of the game, a one-yard run with 7:37 left. The two-point conversion drew the Pride to within a touchdown, at 30-22.
Springfield got possession back after AU turned the ball over on downs at the Pride 24-yard line with 3:15 remaining. But Carter was knocked from the game on a hit by Clark and three plays later Springfield turned the ball back over, as junior tackle Joe Dentino stopped backup QB Austin Bateman for a one-yard loss on fourth-and-six at the Springfield 28-yard line.
AU piled up 352 yards of offense, held a 21-15 advantage in first downs and held the ball for 36:45 to 23:15 for Springfield. Secky completed 12 of 18 passes for 120 yards and a score and Oliver caught four passes for 36 yards. Junior tailback Tyler DeRosa ran for 74 yards on 13 carries.
Springfield had 330 yards of offense, with all but 83 coming in the first half. Carter finished with 79 yards on 16 carries with three touchdowns and halfback Mike Davis rushed for 65 yards. Carter completed five of 11 passes for 98 yards. Wide receiver Phil Baier caught two passes for 60 yards.
Clark had a game-high 19 tackles (11 solo, one for loss) to lead the Saxon defense. Senior linebacker Wes Smith had 11 tackles (one for loss), and senior linebacker Darrick Mason had eight tackles (3.5 for loss, one sack) and forced a fumble. For the game, AU had 10 tackles for loss and a pair of sacks.
Linebacker Corey Kaiser had 14 tackles and linebacker Kevin Shields had 13 and a fumble recovery to lead the Springfield defense. Free safety James Kikel had 12 tackles and cornerback Phil Davis had an interception.
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I am regularly pleased by the number of Sun readers who ask about Harry Calloway Jr. I get it all the time. People ask how he's doing, what he's doing, whether he's staying out of trouble - and this continues several months after Calloway first emerged as a kind of poster child for second chances among drug dealers, drug addicts and all the miserable others who drained the life out of long stretches of Baltimore over long periods of time.
You'd think Calloway would be despised, considering that he spent nearly half of his life contributing to his hometown's national reputation as a violent, drug-infested city.
Calloway was, as he puts it, "into the wickedness" for many years, starting after his graduation from City College. He sold drugs and handled loads of money. He's one of the few people I know who claims to have held $50,000 in cash. At one time, he made enough from heroin sales to pay employees $1,500 a week.
He's a battle-scarred veteran of Baltimore's street-corner heroin wars.
In 1998, someone tried to kill him as he walked out of a late-night club.
He survived nine bullets to his face, arms and stomach.
He's been in jail.
He's snorted heroin.
He's been unemployed.
He's been homeless.
Friday at lunch, he wore a chef's tunic and served seafood Creole over rice.
Did you get that last part?
All those who have been rooting for this guy - and even those who haven't - should know that Harry Calloway Jr., former Baltimore drug dealer and recovering heroin addict, was named co-valedictorian of the ninth graduating class of Moveable Feast's Culinary Arts and Life Skills Training Program. Vince Williams, operations director for Moveable Feast, presented Calloway and said, "I feel proud and blessed to be in his company today."
All those who take a pessimistic view of efforts to extricate self-damaged human beings from the wreckage of Baltimore's three heroin-and-homicide decades should have been at St. Benedict's parish hall Friday. You should have seen Harry Calloway, looking all handsome and healthy in his chef's jacket and hat, hugging classmates and supporters, posing for photographs, expressing gratitude, serving seafood Creole over rice.
Calloway and his classmates ---11 other men and women with scarred pasts, all ex-offenders - decorated the hall in white, black and silver linens, balloons, ribbons and stars. They made a graduation lunch for their friends, relatives and sponsors. There was potato-and-leek soup, a fresh salad, roast turkey with stuffing and gravy, London broil, roasted vegetables and asparagus in Hollandaise sauce. The desserts included cheesecake, fruit salad and tarts.
All 12 graduates, the largest class ever to come through the Moveable Feast program, completed a 12-week course in food and kitchen safety and fundamental cooking methods. This gives them a genuine advantage over others seeking work in the restaurant, hotel and catering industries.
For Calloway, Friday's graduation was extra sweet. His first attempt at the class failed. He enrolled in July, after learning about Moveable Feast in this column, but wasn't able to complete the course because of Arrest Fest.
Arrest Fest occurred in late summer. Baltimore police went on a street-sweeping arrest binge. They set a record, with 8,964 arrests in August alone. About midday on Sept. 6, Calloway was on Gough Street in Southeast Baltimore, cleaning out a house and doing some hauling for a man named Harvey Jones. Two police officers stopped him and asked Calloway what he was doing there. He gave a snappy answer, and that was a mistake. The police arrested Calloway for trespassing. He spent 30 days in jail. An old arrest warrant from his druggie days popped up, too.
The whole thing threw Calloway off track.
"Harry was excelling like no other in our class," says Vince Williams. "But he was derailed by ... a small, frivolous thing."
He didn't get to finish the Moveable Feast class, and he lost valuable time in the night courses he was taking at Sojourner-Douglass College.
Vince Williams, among others, worried about Calloway becoming discouraged and slipping back into the wickedness.
While the threat of that for a time seemed acute - Calloway fell off the radar screen for a couple of months - it didn't happen.
"He came back," Williams says. "Harry said, 'I started something, and I'm going to finish it.'"
Calloway took his September arrest in stride, as a mere delay in plans.
"No more excuses," he declared when we regained contact in late October. "My plan is to be a better man and to help others. It's time for all of us to stand the hell up and be men. That's how the drug dealing stops. That's how the killing stops. That's how we get our community back."
Harry Calloway got out of jail and got some help. He found transitional housing through People Encouraging People Inc., and now resides at Earl's Place on East Lombard Street. He returned to class at Sojourner-Douglass in November. He went back to Moveable Feast and took the cooking course all over again, from scratch.
Friday, he served seafood Creole over rice.
He shared valedictory honors with Horace Burnette.
"I came from a lifestyle that has nothing to do with anything I'm doing now," Calloway told the graduation gathering. "Ex-offenders and addicts can change their lives and go on - that's what I thank this program for."
Congratulations, Harry. Good luck, brother, and keep in touch. Don't let us down. More important, as Mr. Chip, from Goodwill of the Chesapeake, says: "Don't let yourself down."
Next up
The culinary training program at Moveable Feast resumes next month. Students receive a $50 weekly stipend for perfect attendance. They must be at least 18 years old and have the support of a caseworker, friend, family member or sponsor, someone who will make sure they get to class and stick with the program. For more information, call Vince Williams at 410-327-3420.
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Charles, the homeless man who turned up on railroad tracks in Harford County after the Feb. 12 snowstorm, has been located. I spoke to him by telephone the other day. He's in a warm, dry place, being evaluated and treated in an area hospital. I'll have more on this in a future column. For now, Charles says he's OK.


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The ease of using the internet has allowed many of us to drop our guard when we're online, and identity thieves are taking advantage.
"People think, 'Oh no, it's not going to happen to me.' There's a little bit of apathy going on, which is dangerous," says Steve Schwartz, president of Identity Guard.
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From oversharing on social media to using the same password across the internet, here's a look at five mistakes people make online that put their personal information at risk.
1. Not Updating the OS and Browser
One of the easiest ways to stay protected when surfing the web is to make sure the operating system and browser are up to date, says Robert Siciliano, identity theft expert for bestIDtheftcompanys.com.
"When you don't update your operating system, critical security patches are outdated which makes devices vulnerable to fraud."
Having the latest web browser, whether it's Internet Explorer, FireFox or Safari, also extends protection.
Siciliano also recommends users make sure all their anti-virus, anti-malware and firewall software is current.
2. Not Being Picky
Everyone wants a deal, but compromising your identity won't be worth saving a few extra dollars by using an unsafe website.
"A big worry for consumers should be the threat of watering holes," says Neal O'Farrell, executive director of The Identity Theft Council. "These are websites that have been infected with malware because of unpatched vulnerabilities."
He says an easy way to stay safe when shopping online is to use a free browser security tools that check the security of a website before you click on it. He pointed to McAfee Site Advisor as a tool available to consumers. "These tools should be standard for all surfers, yet most are not aware of them even though many antivirus companies offer them free."
3. Always Using the Same Password
It's hard to remember every username and password, but resist the temptation to make one general log in for all your frequented websites.
"The real problem occurs when people use the same user name and password on their banking site as they do on some small shopping site," says Schwartz. That small website may not have the same security in place and if criminals are able to get your information from that site, they will start using it other sites, and before you know it, your bank account information has been compromised. "There are tools out there that can help you create and manage strong passwords," says Schwartz. "You want something that will work when you are on your iPad, phone or computer."
4. Oversharing
Social networks have become online brag books, and that's risky business since we often share information that is commonly used in security questions.
"What makes people vulnerable is they plug in information that can be used to crack a password reset," says Siciliano. Many websites ask for answers to knowledge-based questions such as your mother's maiden name, where you went to high school or your best friend's last name in case of an account lockout or password reset. Those answers are supposed to be personal, but are increasingly being revealed online.
"When you explain to the world your life, recognize that those explanations and those status updates can be used against you," warns Siciliano. "You might want to consider being more businesslike as opposed to being more personal on social networks."
5. Using Public Wi-Fi
Public Wi-Fi hot spots make it easier to check your email, surf the web and even transfer money from wherever you are, but they often aren't secure and tend to be easy for scammers to hack and steal your information.
Schwartz recommends never using public hot spots to conduct business or do any personal online. "Use your carrier cell signal or wait until you get home. It's way too easy for criminals to sniff out what's going on on a public Wi-Fi and capture information coming through."


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Advanced Chibougamau-area project a potential additional feed source for Copper Rand mill
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb. 13, 2013) - Nuinsco Resources Limited ("Nuinsco" or "the Company") (TSX:NWI) (www.nuinsco.ca) today announced that its 50%-owned subsidiary CBay Minerals Inc. ("CBay") has enhanced its position in the Chibougamau mining camp by optioning the advanced-stage Perch River copper project. Perch River is a shallow, flat-lying, copper deposit located approximately 80 km northeast of the town of Chibougamau. Easily accessible from the existing road network, Perch River has the potential to be a feed source for CBay's Copper Rand mill in the near term.
The Perch River copper mineralization was discovered in 1970 by the Troilus-Maracambeau Joint Venture. The Perch River mineralized horizon is similar to that of the Icon-Sullivan Mine located 15 km to the southwest, which produced 2.1 million tons grading 1.96% copper that was processed at a mill in Chibougamau.
In 1973, an exploration ramp was developed to sample 12,150 tons of material from Perch River which was also processed at a mill in Chibougamau. The Perch River project may contain a total of about 1 million tons at grades in excess of 1.0% copper according to a non-NI-43-101-compliant property report produced by A.J.R Geoconsulting in March 2007.
"CBay's plans are to assess the potential of the Perch River copper mineralization to provide feed for its Copper Rand mill and supplement future production from CBay's partially-developed, high-grade Corner Bay copper project which is located about 45 km south of Chibougamau," said CBay's CEO Roland Horst.
Copper mineralization occurs at 50-100m depth and is predominantly chalcopyrite in a quartz-carbonate host at the footwall of a well-defined horizon of graphitic argillite above dolomite. The deposit is not fully delineated and there is considerable potential to define more mineralization to the north and east. As described in the non-NI-43-101-compliant 2007 A.J.R Geoconsulting report, vertical drill holes intersected near-surface mineralization (~50 m deep) in 15 holes averaging 1.94% copper over 3.12 m.
CBay has made an initial payment of $30,000 and has agreed to pay an additional $170,000 over the next four years to earn a 100% interest in the Perch River project. A 2% net smelter royalty has been retained by the vendors; CBay has the right to buy back 50% of the royalty for $1 million. Paul Jones, President of Nuinsco, acts as a Qualified Person under National Instrument 43-101 and has reviewed and approved the technical contents of this news release.
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"Staff are replaceable. A mass of dedicated volunteers is not." — David Plouffe
As the polls were closing in Massachusetts on the evening of January 19th, turning Ted Kennedy's Senate seat over to the Republicans for the first time in half a century, David Plouffe was busy reminiscing about the glory days.
The president's former campaign manager was nowhere to be found at the sprawling war room of Organizing for America, the formidable grass-roots army he had forged during the 2008 campaign. Instead, Plouffe — who serves as a "supersenior adviser" to OFA and its only direct conduit to Obama — was across town at a forum hosted by the Progressive Book Club, where he pimped his memoir, The Audacity to Win: The Inside Story and Lessons of Barack Obama's Historic Victory.
It was a bitterly ironic way to mark the end of the president's first year in office. Together with David Axelrod, Plouffe was the brains of Obama's campaign, the man who transformed a shoestring organization into a high-tech juggernaut. After the 2008 election, Plouffe had taken OFA, previously known as Obama for America, and moved its entire operation into the Democratic National Committee. There, he argued, the people-powered revolution that Obama had created could serve as a permanent field campaign for the Democratic Party, capable of mobilizing millions of Americans to support the president's ambitious agenda. Fresh off the campaign, the group boasted 13 million e-mail supporters, 4 million donors, 2.5 million activists connected through the My.BarackObama social network and a phenomenal $18 million left in the bank. Even Republican strategists were staggered. "This would be the greatest political organization ever put together, if it works," said Ed Rollins, who was to Ronald Reagan what Plouffe is to Obama. "No one's ever had these kinds of resources."
Yet rather than heeding the lessons of Obama's historic victory, Plouffe and OFA permitted Martha Coakley to fumble away Kennedy's seat — destroying the 60-vote supermajority the Democrats need to pass major legislation. In December and early January, when it should have been gearing up the patented Obama turnout machine — targeting voters on college campuses, trumpeting the chance to make history by electing Massachusetts' first female senator — OFA was asking local activists to make phone calls to other states to shore up support for health care reform. "Our Massachusetts volunteers were calling into Pennsylvania or Ohio to recruit volunteers in support of the president's agenda," admits OFA director Mitch Stewart.
It wasn't until 10 days before the election, after OFA finally woke up to Coakley's cratering poll numbers, that the group sent out an urgent appeal to members, asking them to help turn out Massachusetts voters from phone banks across the country. But after having been sidelined by the White House for most of its first year, OFA discovered that most of its 13 million supporters had tuned out. Only 45,000 members responded to the last-minute call to arms.
In the final week, volunteers organized 1,000 phone banks and placed more than 2.3 million calls to Massachusetts. OFA also scrambled to place 50 staffers in the state to gin up a door-knocking operation. But it was too late: In a race decided by 110,000 votes, 850,000 of those who voted for Obama in Massachusetts failed to turn out for Coakley. "The relationship-building process we did with Obama for America," concedes Stewart, "is not something you can manufacture in three weeks."
The failure to reignite Obama's once indomitable field operation has left many of the president's former campaign staff shaking their heads. "How in the hell did we let that happen in Massachusetts?" asks Temo Figueroa, who served as Obama's national field director and is now a political consultant in Texas. "How in the hell did the White House not get Organizing for America seriously engaged in this until there was a week and a half to go?"
As a candidate swept into office by a grass-roots revolution of his own creation, Obama was poised to reinvent Washington politics, just as he had reinvented the modern political campaign. Obama and his team hadn't simply collected millions of e-mail addresses, they had networked activists, online and off — often down to the street level. By the end of the campaign, Obama's top foot soldiers were more than volunteers. They were seasoned organizers, habituated to the hard work of reaching out to neighbors and communicating Obama's vision for change.
As president, Obama promised to use technology to open up the halls of power and keep the American people involved. "If you want to know how I'll govern," he said, "just look at our campaign." His activists wouldn't just be cheerleaders; they would be partners in delivering on his mandate, serving as the most fearsome whip Washington had ever seen. "At the end of the campaign, we entered into an implied contract with Obama," says Marta Evry, who served as a regional field organizer in California for the campaign. "He was going to fight for change, and we were going to fight with him."
The problems started before Obama was even elected. While his top advisers worked for months to carefully plot out a transition to governing, their plan to institutionalize its campaign apparatus was as ill-considered as George Bush's invasion of Iraq. "There was absolutely no transition planning," says Micah Sifry, the co-founder of techPresident, a watchdog group that just published a special report on OFA's first year. In what Sifry decries as a case of "criminal political negligence," Obama's grass-roots network effectively went dark for two months after Election Day, failing to engage activists eager for their new marching orders. "The movement moment," he says, "was lost."
The blame, insiders say, rests squarely with Plouffe. "That was totally Plouffe's thing," a top member of the president's inner circle recalls of the transition planning. "It really was David."
By that point, at the end of the campaign, Plouffe had his eyes on the exit. He was gaunt, exhausted. His wife was about to give birth to their second child. He needed a break. "There was no question of my joining the administration," he recounts in his memoir. So Plouffe, in a truly bizarre call, decided to incorporate Obama for America as part of the Democratic National Committee. The move meant that the machinery of an insurgent candidate, one who had vowed to upend the Washington establishment, would now become part of that establishment, subject to the entrenched, partisan interests of the Democratic Party. It made about as much sense as moving Greenpeace into the headquarters of ExxonMobil.
Steve Hildebrand, Obama's deputy campaign manager, tried to dissuade Plouffe. "The DNC is a political entity," he says. "Senators who you are going to need to put significant pressure on to deliver change — like Ben Nelson of Nebraska, who was opposed to health care reform — are voting members of the DNC. It limited how aggressive you could be." Hildebrand pushed Plouffe to make "Obama 2.0" an independent nonprofit, similar to FreedomWorks and Americans for Prosperity, the right-wing instigators of the Tea Party uprising. Free from the party apparatus, Hildebrand argued, the group could raise unlimited funds and "put enough pressure on conservative Democrats to keep them in line."
But Plouffe was resolute. Obama was troubled by the prospect of big-dollar donors driving an independent nonprofit, and the DNC offered a ready infrastructure and fewer legal hurdles. "The president is a Democrat," says Stewart, a veteran of Obama's victory in Iowa who took over from Plouffe as OFA's director. "It would be very hard to explain why Obama's grass-roots field team is not housed with his party."
Plouffe checked out to write his memoir — but as a senior adviser, he continued to call many of the shots. In a muddy chain of command, Stewart officially reports to the head of the DNC, but in practice he takes many of his cues from Plouffe. "He has an incredible input on what we do and don't do," says Stewart.
The decision to shunt Organizing for America into the DNC had far-reaching consequences for the president's first year in office. For starters, it destroyed his hard-earned image as a new kind of politician, undercutting the post-partisan aura that Obama enjoyed after the election. "There were a lot of independents, and maybe even some Republicans, on his list of 13 million people," says Joe Trippi, who launched the digital age of politics as the campaign manager for Howard Dean in 2004. "They suddenly had to ask themselves, 'Do I really want to help build the Democratic Party?'"
In addition, with Plouffe providing less input in his inner circle, Obama began to pursue a more traditional, backroom approach to enacting his agenda. Rather than using OFA to engage millions of voters to turn up the heat on Congress, the president yoked his political fortunes to the unabashedly transactional style of politics advocated by his chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel. Health care reform — the centerpiece of his agenda — was no longer about mobilizing supporters to convince their friends, families and neighbors in all 50 states. It was about convincing 60 senators in Washington. It became about deals.
"There were two ways for Barack Obama to twist arms on Capitol Hill," says Trippi. "You can get the best arm-bender in town to be your chief of staff — and I don't think there'd be many people who would deny that Rahm is a pretty good pick. Or the American people can be your arm-bender. What I don't understand is why the White House looked at it as an either/or proposition. You could have had both."
The shift in tactics left OFA sitting on the sidelines. A far cry from the audacious movement that rose to the challenge of electing America's first black president, the group has performed like a flaccid, second-rate MoveOn, a weak counterweight to the mass protests and energetic street antics of the Tea Baggers. Rather than turning out thousands of voters at rallies for the "public option" in health care reform, the White House instructed OFA to adopt a toothless, almost invisible approach: asking followers to sign a generic "statement of support." In July, when OFA ran ads asking voters to call their senators and urge them to vote for health care reform, the effort was quickly slapped down by party leaders. "It's a waste of money to have Democrats running ads against Democrats," fumed Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
Not only did the White House fail to crank up its own campaign machinery on behalf of health care, it also worked to silence other liberal groups. In a little-publicized effort, top administration officials met each week at the Capital Hilton with members of a coalition called the Common Purpose Project, which included leading activist groups like Change to Win, Rock the Vote and MoveOn. In August, when members of the coalition planned to run ads targeting conservative Democrats who opposed health care reform, Rahm Emanuel showed up in person to put a stop to the campaign. According to several participants, Emanuel yelled at the assembled activists, calling them "fucking retards" and telling them he wasn't going to let them derail his legislative winning streak. "We're 13-0 going into health care!" he screamed. "We're not going to be 13-1!"
Emanuel also locked down OFA: When liberal activists approached the group about targeting conservative Democrats, they were told, "We won't give you call lists. We can't go after Democrats — we're part of the DNC." It was exactly the danger that Hildebrand had warned about when Plouffe made OFA part of the party apparatus. In the end, the activists scrapped the organizing effort, leaving the president without a left flank in the health care debate.
"Instead of channeling the energy of the base, they've been squashing it," says Markos Moulitsas, founder of the influential online forum Daily Kos. "When special interests are represented by people like Joe Lieberman and Ben Nelson, you've got to go after those people. Instead, you had OFA railing against Republican obstructionists, when the Republicans were irrelevant to the debate."
Given Emanuel's background as a legislative insider, it's not surprising that the White House shelved its activist base. "They don't give a crap about this e-mail list and don't think it's a very useful thing," a well-sourced former campaign staffer told tech-President. "They want to do stuff the delicate way — the horse-trading, backroom talks, one-to-one lobbying." The feeling inside the White House, the ex-staffer said, is that "unleashing a massive grass-roots army is only going to backfire on us."
What backfired, it turns out, was ceding populist outrage on health care to the far right. Because OFA failed to mobilize the American people to confront the insurance companies, it allowed industry-funded Republicans, like former House majority leader Dick Armey, to foment a revolt by the Tea Partiers, whose anger dominated the news. Stewart, the director of OFA, says the failure to anticipate last summer's town-hall ragefest was his. "Organizing for America did not properly plan for that first week of August," he says. "That was an error on my part." OFA scrambled to rally its troops, generating more than 300,000 calls to Congress on a single day. But the belated effort typified the group's first year. "It's always reactive and half-hearted," says Moulitsas. "The movement was built on the concept of big change — but they haven't gone after the things you need to do to enact change." Indeed, OFA's own numbers reveal a sharp drop-off in activist participation: All told, only 2.5 million of its 13 million followers took part in its health care campaign last year — and that's counting people who did nothing but sign the group's "statement of support."
"It didn't work — with an exclamation point at the end!" says Rollins, the former Reagan strategist. "They didn't keep the organization alive. They thought it was out there to use whenever they wanted to use it. But with constituents who feel like they've been part of a revolution — as ours did in '80 and '81 — you've got to feed them. You've got to make sure that they feel important." Instead, says Rollins, OFA "e-mailed them to death, but without any real steps to make them feel a part of the process, like they felt a part of the campaign."
In the wake of Coakley's loss, OFA has been silent on the health care front. "There hasn't been a single directive from OFA since Election Day in Massachusetts," observes Evry, the former campaign coordinator. "No 'Let's get those e-mails out there.' No 'Let's phone-bank.' No 'Let's target this politician.' Nothing." The failure to secure a bill through Emanuel's fuck-the-activists dealmaking has created a double whammy heading into this fall's midterm elections: no legislative victory on health care, coupled with widespread disillusionment among the party's base.
Acknowledging that it was blindsided in Massachusetts, the president has summoned Plouffe back to the White House to oversee campaign efforts. The move is an implicit admission that Plouffe's intermittent engagement was part of the problem. "They thought this was the Harry Potter school of organizing," says one insider. "Just wave your wand. But this shit isn't easy."
The good news is, OFA's last-minute blitz in Massachusetts underscored what it's still capable of. In just 10 days, the group generated more than twice as many calls on Coakley's behalf as they did in support of health care last year — an effort credited with helping to cut Republican Scott Brown's final margin of victory in half. Yet asked if the lesson from Massachusetts is that OFA should recommit itself to being a Democratic turnout machine this fall, Stewart is noncommittal. "We're still figuring it out," he says.
Privately, some party leaders complain that OFA isn't doing enough to campaign for vulnerable Democrats. The only true accomplishment from OFA's first year, they say, is the work it's done to build a national infrastructure for the president's 2012 re-election campaign. To reproduce the organizational structure developed by Obama for America in 2008, OFA has quietly deployed paid staff to all 50 states, building a network from state directors all the way down to a corps of supervolunteers, trained in organizing, who recruit an army of neighborhood team leaders. "There's a skeleton of a re-election campaign already set up — beyond a skeleton," says Figueroa, the campaign's former field director. "There's already meat to the bone in every state in the union. Three years away from the next election, that army is already being continually fed. If you're Barack Obama and his political operation, revving the engine, how is that not a good thing?"
The failures of the past year, however, have left a strong sense of betrayal among many who once were Obama's fiercest advocates. "After all the sweat and tears of the campaign," says the creator of a popular pro-Obama website, "we were owed the opportunity to fight for something." Adds another, "We thought we had earned an ownership stake in the future of our country through this campaign, but that ownership stake has been revoked."
Had Obama let his activists lead the charge and gone to the mat for health care reform, would the outcome have been any different? "I can't say that we would have health care reform," says Moulitsas. "But people wouldn't be so demoralized. We'd have an engaged base still willing to fight for that change. And I tell you what: We would not have lost Ted Kennedy's seat."


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Stealing a Z-95 Headhunter on Ryloth and pursuing the Morbis Ferre to god-knows-where was not exactly what you could call the man's style. And when it came down to style, the youthful bounty hunter had plenty of it. Or at least, he'd like to think so.
He peered through his electrobinoculars staright into the masked visor of the Ubese bounty hunter. The Twi'lek appeared to be having a conversation with the other two, but the man spying on them from a rooftop couldn't make out what they were saying.
The human knew that out of all the amateurs who showed for the bounty, Arcuse and Sathik were probably the most likely to succeed. He'd weighed his options and decided with the big players out of the running, his best bet was to tag along with those two and the prince who was accompanying them. Frankly it all confused the man, who passerby had started referring to as The Masked One.
The Masked One knew the Ubese warrior and the plagued hunter by reputation, but he had only seen the blue-skinned Twi'lek looking lost and doubtful a few moments ago during the briefing.
"Must be the princess' squeeze looking to be a knight in shining armor.†he conclusively muttered under his breath.
The hunter hopped off the building he was posted on and down onto the Headhunter he had claimed. Hurriedly he pulled on a dark red cloak over his jumpsuit, not his usual color, but a nice match to the wrappings around his mouth, nose, and crown. His dark eyes were his only visible facial feature. Black hair poked through the wrappings and messily dressed down the sides of his head. He strapped his modified blaster to his hip and made sure all his other equipment was safely stored in the folds of his cloak.
Satisfied, he seated himself in the cockpit and strapped himself in. The others had already boarded and The Masked One was anxious to take-off. Not only was he about to follow a rival's ship (he was sure there was something in the Bounty Hunter's Code against that), but the fighter he was currently sitting in most likely belonged to another hunter. The last thing he needed was another hotheaded Rodian on his ***.
He squinted into the sun-drenched Ryloth sky. And… yes, there it was, a Skipray Blastboat soaring away into the planet's atmosphere. The Masked One gave it a second, maybe two, before following them. Honestly, he was surprised Arcuse hadn't already spotted the little tracking device he'd placed on the Morbis Ferre's hull. Unless his fellow hunters were attempting to draw him out, The Masked One wouldn't put it past them.
It was hardly piloting once they were out of Ryloth's system. He just sat back and, being careful to stay out of range of their sensor array, let the device match the larger ship's coordinates. The reason for the shadiness and the disguise was just a precaution for the job-at-hand. The Masked One had dealt with the Hutts before, and it never ended well. That's not to say that the bounty didn't pay-off, but the situation itself never ended well. It was best to go in without an identity to avoid any further complications. In the criminal underworld of the Hutt empire, you could never be sure who you'd run into.
Besides the cloak made him feel so damn cool.
Despite the ease of his travels, The Masked One felt relieved when they finally entered Nal Hutta's atmosphere. He wasn't used to the cramped controls of the one-man fighter and it was awful lonely without even an astromech droid to check diagnostics with. After the Morbis Ferre made its landing, he circled the ship a few times before landing in a public hangar one street over.
He rushed over to Kubba's Palace after the trio. He almost lost sight of them in the crowd due to the Twi'lek's new look.
Great minds think alike, The Masked One thought noting the facial tattoos appreciatively.
He snuck around the back of the cantina to settle into a chair near the rear, just within earshot of Arcuse and the force-sensitive informant. The hunter needn't have worried, the three were so occupied with avoiding falling under the girl's spell, they didn't even notice him come in. The human was oddly familiar though. Curious, he leaned closer, she almost resembled—
He grabbed a hold of himself and shook it off. He regained self-awareness just in time to hear what he needed to know about the party. The Masked One gave a satisfied smirk. Parties, there was no better place he blended in.


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Gurgaon (गुड़गांव) is a suburban city of Delhi, just across the state line in Haryana.
Not long ago a sleepy suburb of Delhi, Gurgaon now boasts over a million inhabitants, slick office complexes housing companies ranging from Accenture to Xerox, and more shopping malls per square mile than anywhere else in India. Alas, the infrastructure is still struggling to catch up with the boom and there's plenty of dust and traffic jams, but it's still an exhilarating glimpse into the India of the future.
Gurgaon has the typical north Indian climate, almost the same as that of Delhi. Expect cold, foggy winters, drenching monsoons and scorching hot, dusty summers. This Year was the coldest as per the weather department.
Get in
By plane
Delhi's Indira Gandhi International is just across the border of Gurgaon, a fact which no doubt adds to its popularity. Check the weather to plan your travel.
By train
The northeastern part of Gurgaon is served by the Yellow Line of the Delhi Metro, which runs from NH-8's IFFCO Chowk crossing along MG Road over the border towards Qutub Minar, Saket and straight to Connaught Place. Travel time is about 50 minutes, with tickets Rs. 25 one way.
Gurgaon also has a small rail station on the Delhi-Jaipur railway line, but it only receives about five trains a day. The Station is near The colony bhim Garh Kheri Part 2
By bus
DTC and Haryana Roadways buses runs down National Highway 8 in Delhi. Buses to Gurgaon can be best boarded at Dhaula Kuan (on the Inner Ring Road). Alternatively, there is a small dedicated Gurgaon-bound bus terminal at Karol Bagh near the unmissable 100-foot Hanuman statue, a five-minute walk west of Jhandewala Metro station or a short cycle rickshaw ride (Rs.10) from Karol Bagh metro station. Buses cost Rs. 22 one-way. Also Haryana Roadways, Mewat and Kamal (Private buses) runs from Sarai Kale Khan to Gurgaon Bus Stand whole day. Also there is frequent service of DTC buses between Gurgaon Bus Stand to Badarpur Border via Mehrauli and Khanpur.
By road
National Highway 8, now an eight-lane expressway, connects Delhi to Gurgaon and Jaipur. Travel time is under 30 minutes in optimal conditions, but is regularly jammed during peak hours. The road is additionally still victim to water logging in heavy monsoon rains.
Starting from the bus stop "IIT Gate" south of the IIT flyover of the Outer Ring Road in Delhi you can get all day and night (because of 24h service for call centres) jeeps and cars with yellow plates carrying you for Rs. 10 (Aug 2007) to places like the Bristol hotel or the IFFCO chowk. Sitting in these cabs at peak times means to use the normal back bench of a car with 3 to 4 other people and without AC, but at off times you travel in the comfort of a taxi without paying more than Rs. 10!
Get around
Public transport within Gurgaon is, in a word, terrible. However there are some intercity mini-buses which go from Gurgaon Bus Stand (near Police Lines) to Mall region and ahead on the MG (Mehrauli-Gurgaon) road. Cost is Rs.20 per head. Ladies don't need to worry about traveling in these buses as most often than not, the conductor ensures that the lady gets a seat.
Cycle Rickshaws are not bad actually - they demand Rs.20 per head for a distance of 1.5-2 km. So it helps when you can't walk but would like to still get there.
Recently Metro services started between Gurgaon and Delhi. The ride is very comfortable and value for money.
Get around
Recently an Auto Service has been started rather a tele auto service where you could book an auto and it will be at your doorstep.It charges Rs10 per km. The metro is a comfortable way to move around though Huda City Center or Iffco stop is 4 km from Gurgaon Bus Stand.
Get around by Taxi / Car
The best option for getting around by taxi is to book it online by online car rental companies sites where you have the luxury of choosing from a variety of options - GetMeCab.com and www.cabgurgaon.com. They provide the services to travel intra-city also for visiting Jaipur, Agra (Taj Mahal) and other places.
Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary is about 15 km from Gurgaon . You can spot a variety of migratory birds around a natural lake. There are other bird watching sites nearby which can be considered as day trip options.
Sohna lake is about 10 km from Gurgaon. It is best to visit after rainfall and during winters.
32nd Milestone, N.H.08 is the destination for fun, food and festivities in Gurgaon. Numerous leisure activities like Go Karting, Net Cricket, Bowling, Pool etc along with a classy bar, a bakery, a casual cafe, an Indian restaurant and an Oriental Grill make it an ideal place to spend the weekend with the family. They usually have special events and promotions planned around most national and international festivals too.
See Movies
Shopping malls abound in Gurgaon, mostly along the central thoroughfare of Mehrauli-Gurgaon (MG) Road. Best way to get there is via private mini-buses from Gurgaon Bus-stand near Jain Temple and say "Mall". One way ticket costs Rs.5.
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Most of Gurgaon's nightlife spots are tucked away — where else? — on the top floors of malls.
Demand far outstrips supply in Gurgaon and prices are terribly inflated; it's hard to find any halfway decent bed for the night for under $200. If comparing prices in Gurgaon and Delhi, remember that Delhi hotels charge tax on the rack rate, while Haryana (Gurgaon) hotels don't.
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RVers Battling Elements to Make Winter Buys
January 31, 2011 by RVBusiness · Comments Off on RVers Battling Elements to Make Winter Buys
Forget the 16-degree Sunday temperature and sharp wind — Delmer and Janet Berry of Bertrand, Neb., were visualizing the summer waves of Harlan Reservoir lapping just outside their brand new 35-foot travel trailer.
"There's a picture window in the back," Delmer said. "I can just back it up to the lake and look out."
"There's so much room," Janet said as she relaxed on an upholstered love seat that makes out into a double bed.
The Berrys bought the nearly $30,000 Outback Utra-Lite trailer at the 34th Annual Mid-Nebraska RV and Boat Show this past weekend. They discovered the trailer on Saturday (Jan. 29) and bought it Sunday.
"I just peek in," Janet said of how she looks for travel trailers. "I don't even go in if I don't think it will work. It's got to have the back living room."
When she peeked into the Outback Ultra-Lite, she immediately noticed the coveted back living room that the Berrys feel is a must have to accommodate their grandchildren, who often attend camping outings.
She walked past the paneled refrigerator and freezer, past the dual sink, stove and microwave and stood in amazement at the back living room.
"It's got two slides, so it's bigger back here," Delmer said.
The slides extend the width of the trailer on both sides — so inside the living room, two recliners and the love seat were separated by enough floor space for a Twister game or multiple grandkids sprawled out in sleeping bags.
Even the ceiling height was higher than most, featuring a curve to add head room as well as architectural appeal.
But the two slides in the living room weren't the only ones. The master bedroom featured the trailer's third slide. The slide contained a clothes closet that when slid out gives walking room all the way around the trailer's queen size bed.
Tony Staab, owner of Rich and Sons RV of Grand Island that sold the Berrys the trailer, said multiple slides are extremely popular. They give extra space and added features, he said.
"There's always new technology that saves weight and gives more square footage," Staab said.
That new technology makes a lot of the new trailers pullable by a regular pickup or sport utility vehicle, he said.
The Berrys weren't the only ones in their family to upgrade their camping digs at the weekend show. Delmer's cousin, Mike Shroeder of Holdrege, also bought a new trailer.
"We're upgrading from one slide to three —and it has a king-size bed," Schroeder said as he visited the Berrys' new investment.
Delmer Berry said a niece also purchased a new trailer. Berry's three sisters, three brothers and their families often gather throughout the summer at Harlan, Johnson Lake or Hall County Park. They had more than 90 family members in attendance at a recent family reunion — and 10 sleeping in their old camper last year.
"We camped 87 nights last year from April until the snow flew," he said.
Staab said contrary to what some may think, a hike in gas prices does not typically deter camping outings. "This is recreation; they don't go too far," Staab said.
Camping is good family time and friend time too, Janet Berry said. "You meet the nicest people camping," she said.
Camping is such a relaxing, fun way to spend time, that Janet Berry said she had no problem saying "yes" Sunday to what is now the couple's third camper purchased from Rich and Sons RV.
"I had a choice of a new kitchen or a new camper and I wanted the camper," she laughed.
The new camper has a built-in entertainment center that rises and lowers from living room cabinetry and will have satellite once the couple converts it over from their present camper. It also features central heating and air conditioning.
The three-day Mid-Nebraska RV and Boat Show that ended Sunday was sponsored by Rich and Sons RV, Dykeman's Camper Place of Hastings, Eagle Crest RV of Grand Island, SeaLand Marine of Norfolk and Brad's Marine of Hastings.
It was held in the Nebraska State Fair Exhibition Building at Fonner Park.
Nebraska RV Show Expands to Bigger Venue
January 28, 2011 by RVBusiness · Comments Off on Nebraska RV Show Expands to Bigger Venue
The 34th Annual Mid-Nebraska RV and Boat Show has a new home this year in Grand Island, Neb.
While the event will still be at Fonner Park, this year it will be in the Nebraska State Fair Exhibition Building, the Grand Island Independent reported.
Tony Staab, owner of Rich and Sons RV of Grand Island, said the new location will allow exhibitors more floor space to show the public this year's latest RV and boat offerings.
Rich and Sons RV, along with Dykeman's Camper Place of Hastings, Eagle Crest RV of Grand Island, SeaLand Marine of Norfork and Brad's Marine of Hastings, are this year's sponsors of the Mid-Nebraska RV and Boat Show. The show will run from noon to 8 p.m. today (Jan. 28) and Saturday and from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.
With the increase in space offered by the Exhibition Building, Staab said, his company will increase the number of RVs it will show to 44, with a total of 85 to 100 RVs on exhibit. He said the number of boats will be between 25 and 30.
For many years, the RV and boat show was in the Fonner Park concourse. Then it expanded to include the Heartland Events Center.
"This is the first year in the exhibition center, and it is all under one roof," Staab said. "It will be a lot easier for people coming to see the RVs and boats."
As with every year of the show for the last 34, it will feature the latest in RVs and boats.
"We always try to have something new and different," Staab said. "We have new models and a lot of new and exciting things."
For example, Staab said there will be a "patented" outdoor patio on one of the fifth-wheels, which will be located at the entrance of their display.
"There are some neat things that the RV industry has been doing this year," he said. "Our manufacturers are staying on top of things. We've got some new things to show people."
Staab said the market for RVs has been doing "very well."
"We are getting ready for another good year," he said. "What it all boils down to is our economy has been pretty steady and solid, mainly because of our agricultural base."
The Recreation Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA) said its year-end shipment total for towable and motorized RVs in 2010 was 242,300 units.
RVIA expects a total of 246,000 shipments this year — a 4% increase over the 2010 forecast. Increases are expected for every type of RV in 2011, with the gains mainly due to improvements in retail sales rather than the restocking needs of the dealer networks.
The recreational boat market — which includes boats, propulsion systems and accessories — is projected to rebound from depressed 2009 levels and grow 9.3% annually through 2014. Powerboats will pace the boat category, driven by technological advances such as newer propulsion systems and more advanced electronics.
While many people associate an RV with retirees, Staab said the average age of his customers is in the low 40s.
"It is something people are finding that, while their kids are still young and they still think mom and dad are still fun to be around, they are using their family times on the weekends and taking them camping," he said.
RV dealers are always bringing in new models, he said, allowing people either to trade up or buy their first RV.
"What we are also finding is that interest rates are extremely low, and we have good low rates for the show that we have negotiated with the banks," Staab said. "Between that and the discounts, it is a great thing for people to find their RV with spring right around the corner."


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Spenser's last case.
The opening sequence, in which Spenser (The Professional, 2009, etc.) makes a monkey out of a college professor who clearly needs him more than Spenser needs the professor, hearkens back to the Boston private eye's very first case (The Godwulf Manuscript, 1973). This time, however, Parker adds a pleasing twist. As forensic art consultant and all-around twit Dr. Ashton Prince returns from his rendezvous with the thieves ransoming the 17th-century canvas Lady with a Finch to the waiting Spenser, whom he'd hired to accompany him on the drop-off, the package he's picked up in exchange for the ransom explodes, killing him. Although Spenser feels honor-bound to avenge his late client, nobody wants his help or is interested in talking to him, and the more he finds out about Prince, the less he likes him. Working patiently, Spenser breaks down the defenses of insurance-resolution specialist Winifred Minor; her daughter Missy, one of the many coeds Prince seems to have pursued; Prince's daffy widow, oh-so-sensitive poet Rosalind Wellington; and Morton Lloyd, attorney to the museum from which the painting was stolen. Only after several more people have died does he realize how tenaciously the painted lady's provenance is entangled in the Holocaust, so that the case becomes, as he tells his ladylove Dr. Susan Silverman, "the most Jewish thing I've ever dealt with."
The yawning gap between the customary attitudinizing and the serious issues the tale raises make this far from Spenser's finest hour, yet one no serious fan will think of missing.


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Aug. 1 marked the kickoff to a national effort called "Feds Feed Families." The 914th Airlift Wing made it a personal challenge to raise more than 1,000 pounds of food to support families struggling with the economic downturn.
With barrels in tow, the Air Force Reserve wing reached for the stars over 14 days to benefit Community Missions of Niagara Frontier Inc.
When the day arrived to "weigh-in," an Air Force class scale for weighing military vehicles was used. Ret. Col. Jim Germain, civilian director of family support; Ret. Col. Patty Braun, Tech. Sgt. Terry Jones and Capt. (Chaplain) Jim Bastian found that 1,020 pounds of peanut butter, canned vegetable, cereal, soup, macaroni and cheese, and juice boxes had been collected. The food was taken directly to Community Missions' food pantry.
Community Missions of Niagara Frontier Inc., founded in 1925, offers crisis housing, mental health services, residential care for individuals with HIV or AIDS and youth services. It also offers meals six days a week and a food pantry at 1570 Buffalo Ave., Niagara Falls.


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A year ago, John Kerry succeeded Hillary Clinton as secretary of state, joking on one of his first days at work that he had "big heels to fill."
Now a year into his role as America's top diplomat, Kerry has proven that any trepidation about following such a high-profile figure was misplaced.
Kerry's anniversary this week – he assumed office on Feb. 1, 2013 – finds him, in the opinion of foreign policy analysts, with more significant, concrete breakthroughs than Clinton had in her entire four-year term. As showpieces they hold up the nuclear deal with Iran and the chemical weapons pact with Syria.
Kerry is even outpacing Clinton on travel, spending nearly half the past year – 144 days – traveling nearly 313,000 miles on trips to 39 countries, according to an 11-page State Department summary of his accomplishments of the past year. Clinton traveled to more countries – 44 – in her first year, but far fewer miles, 206,799. Kerry's aides say the stamina would be remarkable even if he weren't 70 years old; Clinton was 61 in 2009.
Comparisons between Kerry's and Clinton's tenures are inevitable, given that Clinton is widely expected to tout her time as secretary of state as a plus in any future presidential campaign – she's considered the early front-runner for the Democratic nomination in 2016.
Analysts say Clinton's political ambitions probably account for some of the differences in results between the two: Clinton saw the post as a stepping stone and played it safe, leaving office with no defining doctrine or big diplomatic feat, while Kerry is approaching it as a capstone, gambling on high-stakes initiatives in hopes of ending his decades-long political career with a diplomatic coup.
Kerry's team says he doesn't compare himself to his predecessor, whom they credit with laying the foundation for Kerry's successes.
Both critics and admirers agree that the accomplishments are important but reversible, and the challenges ahead myriad.
"He's had an agenda from Day One," said Samuel R. "Sandy" Berger, President Bill Clinton's national security adviser, who now leads the global strategies firm Albright Stonebridge Group with former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. "He's determined to move things forward and there're very few people in politics with the courage to fail in order to create an opportunity to succeed."
Anthony Cordesman, a former senior defense official who's now with the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, said Kerry has surprised observers as secretary by displaying more "depth and ability than he could've shown in the Senate."
"It's liberating not to be a presidential candidate anymore. And it's liberating to be out of the Senate," Cordesman said. "And, particularly, in terms of Kerry, you have to understand that this is your legacy."
Critics say that Kerry is on a fool's errand trying to revive Middle East peace talks and that he overestimates U.S. influence in Arab transitions, is paralyzed on Syria and absent in Africa. He's had to smooth diplomatic strains not only with longtime allies in Europe, but in India, Saudi Arabia and Mexico, among others. The Obama administration's goal of strengthening U.S. influence in strategically important areas – projects known as the "Russia reset" and the "Asia pivot" – have had some measurable successes. But there also has been worrying backsliding, as the U.S. foreign policy focus remains rooted in the Middle East.
Then there's the question of style. Profiles of Kerry routinely paint a picture of an arrogant and sometimes awkward gasbag whose tendency to drift off-message has sent the White House into damage-control mode on several occasions. In one memorable gaffe, Kerry said the Egyptian military, which had just forced out the first democratically elected president in the country's history, was "restoring democracy."
Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain, who's known Kerry for years from the Senate, made headlines when he called Kerry a "human wrecking ball" who's so overwhelmed that "they don't know from one hour to the next where the plane is going."
Kerry's defenders counter that such criticism is too easily dismissive of landmark agreements he helped to broker on some of the most vexing foreign policy challenges in recent history.
Iran's agreement to curtail its nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief is part of a broader, tentative reaching out to the West by a relatively moderate new administration in Tehran. But it took the White House and the State Department's willingness to seize on the overtures and turn them into real policy shifts; Kerry was instrumental in that process, according to close observers.
Foreign policy observers are more divided when it comes to Kerry's handling of the 3-year-old Syrian conflict, which has killed more than 120,000 people and scattered millions of refugees throughout an already volatile region.
Analysts say Kerry is spared some criticism on Syria policy because the U.S. position of nonintervention comes straight from the White House; his primary role is to keep the humanitarian aid flowing and continue the search for an acceptable Syrian partner in a landscape where Islamists have overwhelmed the more moderate, Western-friendly opposition.
Kerry has focused on the so-called Geneva process, named for the city where in June 2012 the United States, Russia and several other countries agreed to a framework that foresaw a second conference, where Syrian protagonists would meet to form a transitional governing body with full executive powers. That process would lead to democratic elections and a new constitution. But that second conference wasn't convened until this January, 18 months and tens of thousands of dead later.
Why it took so long is another chapter in the Kerry-Clinton comparison. Frederic Hof, who helped to broker the June 2012 Geneva communique in his former role as the State Department's special representative to the transition in Syria, recalled that he got on a plane after that first summer conference planning to make the rounds of opposition leaders in an effort to "drag them to Geneva" to build on the communique.
Instead, Hof said, a couple weeks later a fierce fight erupted at the U.N. Security Council over a proposed resolution against the government of President Bashar Assad. Russia invoked its veto, infuriating the United States and its allies. Clinton slammed Russia and its fellow Assad ally, China, demanding they "get off the sidelines." Russia's U.N. ambassador, Vitaly Churkin, said Moscow "simply cannot accept" any path toward sanctions and "external military involvement in Syrian domestic affairs."
Hof recalled that Kofi Annan, the veteran diplomat who was then the U.N. special envoy for the Syrian crisis, viewed the harsh exchange as the death knell for any immediate progress toward Geneva. Annan resigned weeks later.
"Any sense of the U.S. and Russia cooperating on this was blown away by that debate," said Hof, who's now a senior fellow at the Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East at the Atlantic Council.
Fast-forward to this month, and Kerry can say that the most basic goal of the Geneva process was met: Regime and opposition delegates met face to face in Switzerland. Pulling it off required Kerry to work closely with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov; both men had to set aside leftover tensions from spats over Iran and North Korea, the expulsion of USAID from Russia, U.S. anger over Moscow's treatment of gays, and Russia granting asylum to the fugitive National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden.
There were no major breakthroughs at the Geneva meetings, but Hof said the talks were useful for steering world attention toward the catastrophic human toll of the conflict. Besides, there's little else Kerry can do when the White House is adamantly opposed to wading deeper into the Syrian conflict.
"He cares deeply, he's paying his dues, he's on the road constantly, and he's trying to make something positive out of extraordinarily difficult situations, especially Syria," Hof said. "I give him high marks for his energy, motivation and intentions. He's dealing with a very weak hand."
U.S. views of the Arab Spring also are areas of sharp contrast between Clinton and Kerry. The excitement over watching millions of people rise against dictatorship that reigned under Clinton wore off quickly when the revolts carved out operating space for the region's deadliest terror networks. Today, said Tamar Cofman Wittes, the director of the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution in Washington, U.S. interest in the Arab Spring revolts has narrowed to terrorism, the stability of the Sinai and the upholding of Egypt's peace treaty with Israel.
"They've kind of done a pendulum swing from enthusiastic embrace of the Arab uprisings in 2011 to a hands-off approach this year," said Cofman Wittes, who served as deputy assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs from 2009 to 2012. "They might've felt that initial approach was unsustainable, but I think the current hands-off approach is also unsustainable."
Kerry's signature effort in the Middle East, an attempt to get Israeli and Palestinian officials back to the negotiating table to hammer out an agreement, is one many say is doomed to fail, ridiculed in both the Arab and Israeli press. Yet Kerry slogs on, ignoring the naysayers. He's flown to the region nine times to press the parties to talk and is expected soon to offer a "framework" for an agreement. Right-wing politicians in Israel are livid over what one called his "obsession," after years when the U.S. pressed Israel little to come to terms.
"He believes his charisma and common sense will carry the day," Hof said. "He does not suffer from a lack of confidence, that's for sure."
Kerry's focus on the Arab world causes some analysts to declare from time to time that the "Asia pivot" is dead. However, some specialists on the Asia Pacific region say the reality is more nuanced.
When Kerry took office a year ago, East Asia was on alert amid heightened tensions in China's territorial disputes with the Philippines, Vietnam and Japan, said Robert S. Ross, a professor of Chinese foreign policy at Boston College. There was little Chinese cooperation toward containing an increasingly belligerent North Korea, and virtually no military-to-military contact between China and the United States, putting the nations at risk for some maritime mishap with a high potential for escalation.
That's in part because Clinton's tone and strong anti-China stances on the territorial disputes made her diplomatic work difficult. Chinese leaders were furious when she called their behavior "despicable" for failing to support a Security Council resolution on Syria.
A year into Kerry's tenure, Ross said, the picture from Asia is brighter. Ross, who's in Beijing for six months, said U.S. diplomacy has brought about improved cooperation with China on North Korea, including landmark banking and other sanctions. And while there are still no U.S.-Chinese military agreements, he said, there are deeper military contacts so that American officials can "pick up the phone and call them if there's an escalation."
Perhaps most importantly, Ross said, the U.S. no longer takes hard positions on the sovereignty disputes.
"Secretary Kerry speaks with a quieter voice and made real policy adjustments," Ross said. "The quiet approach has been more useful than his predecessor's."


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April 11, 2005
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Men's heavyweight crew captured first place en route to its second consecutive victory in the race for the Donahue Cup. Named after WPI's Irving "Jim" Donahue, the Engineers took command of the race in the power stretch and never looked back.
A strong tailwind created fast conditions all day. In the varsity eight, the crews came off clean with MIT building a narrow edge after 1000 meters. In the next 500 meters, the Cardinal and Gray broke open water and extended its lead. Williams moved ahead of WPI in the final stretch, but it wasn't enough to offset the MIT attack, which broke the tape in 6:07.71. The Ephs closed with a time of 6:12.71.
Although the win for the varsity crew served as the top highlight on the day, the freshman eight rowed to victory with an impressive performance of its own. Setting what is belived to be the all-time frosh record with a time of 6:08.1, MIT took about a half-length on the starting strokes before pushing its lead to over a length by the 500-meter mark. The Engineers continued to cruise through the middle part of the race, and rowed in open water unscathed into the stretch. Connecticut College finished second overall in the heat with a clip of 6:16.0, nipping WPI (6:16.64) in a tight finish.
The Engineers completed the weekend with another notable performance from its novice units. Handily defeating WPI with a mark of 6:34.96, Tech's second boat finished with a time faster than last year's first freshmen rowed all year.


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The move follows last month's decision by Siemens to split its wind division of solar and hydro, and create two separate arms. However, former Siemens Wind Power CEO Jens-Peter Saul will play no part in the new structure.
In August, Siemens said the new Wind Power division will be headed up by Felix Ferlemann, currently head of the chassis systems division of Benteler Automotive.
The company said the change was due to differences in the two markets' maturity. The Wind Power division will be split into three business units for Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas.
At the time of the announcement, Siemens said Saul was likely to head up one of the three business divisions. However, all three roles have been taken up by other Siemens executives. The company was unable to confirm what position Saul would be taking.
Siemens' EMEA division will be headed up by Jan Kjaersgaard who was responsible for the company's North American wind business.
Siemens vice president for sales Mark Albenze will be CEO of the Americas group, which will be based in Florida. Kay Weber, general manager Siemens Asia-Pacific Energy Services business, will become CEO of the Asia-Pacific group.
The company has also appointed its Industry Solution division CFO, Wolfgang Hermann, to the same role with the Wind Power division.


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Whether you're looking for one more "practical" reason why you should attend BlackBerry® DEVCON 2010 or simply wondering how this year could top last year, the hands-on labs are exactly what you need. And this year they are better than ever!
Since its inception, one of the most compelling and popular parts of the conference has been the self-paced hands-on labs. We expect the lab area to be even more popular this year, and we work hard to ensure that you leave with a superior hands-on knowledge of our APIs and tools when you come out of these labs. And so for the first time, in addition to the self-paced labs, we will be hosting three instructor-led lab sessions. In these sessions, you will have the opportunity to apply some of our most advanced concepts in real time as you follow along with our lab instructors. We'll even have additional lab experts standing by in case you get stuck!
Feel free to bring your own laptop to these sessions or use one of our ready-to-go lab machines. Whichever you decide, don't wait to register as there is limited seating available for the following lab sessions:
DEV07: Unleashing the Profiler to Create More Efficient Applications
DEV41: The Essentials of OpenGL ES and OpenVG – Lab Session
DEV45: BlackBerry Widget Bootcamp and Code-a-thon
Check out the Session Catalog for more details.
And if you think you're ready to apply all you've learned to demonstrate your knowledge of BlackBerry app development, sign up for the onsite exams to become recognized as a BlackBerry Certified Application Developer. Exams are being offered at over half off the regular price during DEVCON, so take advantage of the opportunity while you're at the conference. Learn more about certification here.
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2013 Kia Sorento: New Car Review Video
The choices today when shopping for a new crossover are pretty much endless since every manufacturer is hoping to gobble up as much of the market as possible. One vehicle, the 2013 Kia Sorento, has pushed many other manufacturers to step up their game as the latest version is even stronger than its predecessors.
While other crossovers are going for a more futuristic exterior compared to the slightly outdated Sorento, the value of the Kia is its attractive low cost. However, if one wants to spruce things up, options are plentiful inside. From elegant, upscale white stitching on ebony leather to navigation, the 2013 Sorento's interior may trick even BMW or Mercedes owners. Plus, the Sorento sits as many as seven people, who can admire all the unexpected luxury.
The 2013 Sorento comes in three trim levels -- the base LX, the mid-level EX, or the top-of-the-line SX. All trims come standard with many features, including a tilt-telescopic steering column, USB input, and Bluetooth connectivity. Options for the EX and SX models include a backup camera and a powerful 550-watt Infinity audio system. Sirius/XM radio with free real-time traffic updates is also available if one opts for the navigation system.
The best technology available for the Kia Sorento is the new Microsoft UVO information and entertainment system. With a Bluetooth-enabled phone, one can connect to the UVO, and simple voice commands allow control of all aspects of the system.
Three engines are available depending on trim level: a base 2.4-liter, 175-horsepower inline-4, a mid-level direct fuel injection 2.4-liter, 191-hp 4-cylinder, and a muscular 3.5-liter V6 that produces 276-hp. The only transmission available is a smooth 6-speed Sportmatic automatic with manual shift control; however, drive layout can be found in either front-wheel or all-wheel drive.
Other than the base Sorento LX model's low sticker price, which is just over $23,000, the best part is the 10-year, 100,000 miles powertrain warranty. The competition is tough, though, with many other crossovers to choose from, including the cheaper but less powerful Dodge Journey, the sporty Ford Edge, which costs more and doesn't have a third row seat, or the Toyota Highlander, which costs more and has a warranty that doesn't come close to the Sorento's.
Everyone wants more for their money, which is why the 2013 Kia Sorento plays right into that economic model. With a good-looking, roomy and generously equipped vehicle, the Sorento has enough of what counts to win over almost anyone in the market for a new crossover.


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Byron Beckwith
On February 5, 1994, Byron de la Beckwith is convicted of the assassination of civil rights leader Medger Evers. The assassination had taken place 31 years earlier, ending the lengthiest murder case in American history. Evers was gunned down in the driveway of his Jackson, Mississippi, home while his wife, Myrlie, and the couple's small children were inside waiting for their father.
Beckwith, widely recognized as the killer, was prosecuted for murder in 1964. However, two all-white (and all-male) juries deadlocked and refused to convict Beckwith. A second trial held in the same year resulted in a hung jury. The matter was dropped when it appeared that a conviction would be impossible. Myrlie Evers, who later became the national chairwoman of the NAACP, refused to give up, however, pressing authorities to re-open the case. In 1989, documents came to light showing that jurors had been illegally screened. Prosecutor Bobby DeLaughter worked with Myrlie Evers to force another prosecution of Beckwith. After four years of legal maneuvering, they were finally successful and justice was achieved when Beckwith was convicted and given a life sentence by a racially diverse jury in 1994. The story was dramatized in Rob Reiner's movie, Ghosts of Mississippi. Beckwith appealed the conviction, claiming that he had not been granted a speedy trial as required by the Constitution. However, the appeals courts rejected his argument. Beckwith died in 2001.
Visit Michael Thomas Barry's official author website – www.michaelthomasbarry.com and order his true crime book, Murder and Mayhem 52 Crimes that Shocked Early California 1849-1949, from Amazon or Barnes and Noble through the following links:
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I love smelling nice. It puts me in a great frame of mind. I find that it puts those around me in a better frame of reference towards me as well. When I got the chance to use the Jasmine + Neroli roll-on perfume from Ko Denmark, I was taken by surprise. I haven't really smelled anything like it in the world, at least where I'm from. And the more I wore it, the more I loved it. The reason I hadn't smelled it is because it is a highly valuable and rare scent, made from two of the world's most expensive flower oils, pure Jasmine and Neroli (orange blossom). Furthermore, it is organic, certified vegan and contains no mineral oil, sulfates, parabens, perfumes, artificial colors or animal ingredients. So of course, in my world, where you can't buy a bar of soap without an onslaught of unnatural ingredients, there would naturally be a different smell from a product as pristine as this. I was so pleased to be introduced to this fragrance and line of natural beauty products and I know you will be too!
About Ko Denmark:
Owner and creator of the ko Denmark line, Henriette Holst, has drawn on her Dutch roots to create a line of body washes, moisturizers, body oils and a perfume made from two main ingredients, neroli and jasmine. They are great for those who have sensitive skin and are allergic to synthetic perfumes. She has been recognized on Goop Get, put out by Gwyneth Paltrow, as well as Allure and Vanity Fair and many others.
i grew up in denmark where the standard of living, design sensibility and expectations for quality products are among the highest in the world. danish women are conscious of the origins of the ingredients of the products they use in their homes and on their skin. when i started kō denmark, i took great care to bring this way of thinking to everything we create. at ko denmark we use two of the most precious flower oils – jasmine and neroli – to produce beauty products quintessential to the danish beauty regime with powerful nourishing benefits and one of the most coveted scents in europe. we are proud to share ko denmark and our moisturizing products for dry and sensitive skin with women all over the world.
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