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IF YOUR ARMS are tired, it may be because we were all windmilling like cartoon characters as the country went over the fiscal cliff on Tuesday. We caught a break as Congress reached a deal. Or did we?
The compromise package, which passed the House over strong Republican objections, averted panic in the financial markets as they opened on Wednesday after the New Year's Day holiday. It fended off the expiration of the Bush tax cuts for most Americans--only individuals making more than $400,000 and couples making more than $450,000 per year will see their taxes rise to the top 39.6 percent rate. But it did nothing about federal spending or the debt limit, ensuring another fight in two months. And it included some pork (including a $248 million tax break for Hollywood producers) that only a politician could love.
Reluctant House Republicans were taking flak from all sides as the compromise, which had passed the Senate on an 89-8 vote, sputtered. They were caught between a rock and hard place: A vote against the bill would lay the responsibility for higher taxes for all Americans directly at their feet. A vote for it would be distasteful on the grounds that it did not address ongoing fiscal concerns.
Both local congressmen, Rep. Rob Wittman, R-1st, and Rep. Eric Cantor, R-7th, cast "nay" votes. Calling it "the epitome of what is wrong with Washington," Mr. Wittman wrote that he opposed the measure "because it unfortunately does what Congress does best--kicks the can down the road." The bill "does nothing to reform our long-term spending problems" and it "postpones sequestration," placing the defense of the nation at risk.
In the end, the bill passed the House on the wings of mostly Democratic votes, 257-157. And the deal is bittersweet: It was good to take action to avoid market chaos and automatic tax increases, but the deal does little to address federal spending and the long-term problems caused by our $16 trillion debt. Instead, it simply postpones those issues. Both tax increases and spending cuts are needed to fix the nation's debt problem.
We can expect more fighting, more critical deadlines, and more blustering as a new Congress (to be sworn in today) and the president lock horns once again in a couple of months (if not sooner). Ours is a divided nation with a divided government and vastly different views on government's proper role. Can we find a way to compromise, to meet in the middle, to live up to our motto, E Pluribus Unum, ("Out of many, one")? Only time will tell. In the meantime, keep your definitions of the terms "sequestration," and "debt ceiling" handy. You're sure to need them.


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This week is a good opportunity to reconsider your goals for the new year.
UKC Fit Club is not a substitute for the training diary but to use with ( or without ) it as a motivational tool for all.
For those wanting to find out more about training for climbing a number of physical training articles here:
A new thread is posted each week on Sunday for anyone to jot down their previous week's activity, noting goals, successes and failures and to swap ideas.
Anyone interested in starting is very welcome but you should aim to post each week, every week, however little or much you have done. By making such a regular public record of your activities and by restating your goals every week this new habit will hopefully improve your training habits to help achieve your goals whatever the level of your chosen activity.
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Daniel Heath - Wow look like a tough week nice effort
Si dH - That looks an amazing day at curbar Art of Japan looks amazing
Joughton - Good set of goals. All the best with them
Mattrm - Nice set of goals and nice to get out climbing.
AJM - Excellent set of goals. Put the effort in and get them done.
IainRUK - Good Mileage
Biscuit - Enjoy Morroco
Sankey - Sorry to hear about the drive out for no avail. Been there it sucks.
Deacondeacon - Nice Tick List long johns and Archangel are proper classics
Annak - Well done on your winter lead
Ally Smith - Fantstic trip well done
Exile - good goals for the year.
Ali - Quite a few sessions this week. Don't worry if some aren't as good as others
NMN - good mileage early in the year keep.
Ian Bell - Hope the arms okay
Maria85 - Thanks for sharing the story almost burst out laughing in my office .. Sorry I mean I hope your toe heels up fast.
Nomics4sale - Good Busy week. Keep up the training and you will get your goals in spain. Be careful with your finger.
Kevster - Fantastic trip really wish I could of joined you
MrChewy - I had a brief look (from the ground) at shortys about 15 months ago. Looked very sequency but once you have a sequence it would be pretty straight forward. I meant to get on it last year then didn't
Eagle River - Good luck working the 7c
Oddtoast - Bad weeks are standard at this time of year. Just make up for it ;)
Jimmykay - Wish I could of made this trip. Nice NYE Good effort at that one.
Pork Pie Girl - Good week on mileage
Curious Yellow - looks like a great year last year hope this year is as good.
AllyBee - Sounds like a fun trip even if the weather did not play ball
Seankenny - A grade hard than last year is always a good goal.
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My husband I have been playing Twilight Struggle, a board game centered around the Cold War. One of the cards in the deck is called Yuri and Samantha, and it has the picture above on it. It got me thinking…who is she? So I decided to do a bit of research.
Samantha Smith was born June 29, 1972 in the state of Maine. When she was 10 years old, she wrote a letter to CPSU General Secretary Yuri Andropov, asking him why there was so much tension between the Soviet Union and the United States. She asked him whether or not he was going to vote to go to war with the United States. Her letter reminded him that "God made the world for us to live together in peace and not to fight." Samantha did not receive a response from Yuri, so she wrote a letter to the Ambassador from the Soviet Union to the United States. She asked him if Yuri intended to respond to her letter and answer her questions.
On April 26, 1983, she received a response from Andropov. The letter included an invitation to visit the Soviet Union. Samantha (along with her parents) flew to Moscow and spent two weeks as Yuri's guest. When she returned, she was treated as a celebrity. She had become very popular in the United States, not only because of her original letter, but because she had actually received a personal response. In December 1983, she continued her role as "America's Youngest Ambassador" and went to Japan. In Japan, she met Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone and attended the Children's International Symposium in Kobe.
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Samantha's funeral was attended by over 1,000 people. Her mother received personal messages of condolence from Mikhail Gorbachev and President Ronald Reagan. The Soviet Union issued a commemorative stamp in Samantha's likeness.
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SPOKANE, Wash. - Playing in three matches over the weekend, the Northern Colorado men's tennis team lost all three to Idaho, Eastern Washington and Gonzaga. The Bears are now 0-6 on the season and 0-2 in Big Sky Conference action with the loss to the Eagles.
Playing their third top-100 team in just their fourth match of the year, the Bears opened the weekend with a 7-0 loss to Idaho on Friday. Freshman Robbie Edwards continued to fight well, showing a lot of promise for a true freshman, losing 6-4, 6-4 at number three singles.
"That's our third match against a top 100 team in the country," said Head Coach Tim Bearman. "The guys again competed well. Unfortunately, the men were overmatched both from talent and experience levels. The effort was there, the attitude was positive, plain and simple, and Idaho is better team."
On Saturday, the Bears returned to the court to face their second Big Sky Conference team this year in Eastern Washington. The team again lost 7-0 with all six falling in straight sets.
"The conference is extremely strong this year and Eastern Washington has a very good team," said Bearman. "Again, the effort and energy was great, the guys came out and competed well. Eastern Washington just did a better job of executing then we did."
The conclusion on Sunday came against the Gonzaga Bulldogs, where again all six singles players fell in straight sets for a 7-0 loss, but Edwards battled tough, almost forcing a third-set with a 7-5 loss in the second.
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06 Feb 2014
Cooperatives build momentum behind renewable energy in Croatia
Energy cooperatives are an ideal tool not only to promote the use of renewable energy, but also to bring communities together around a more sustainable approach to jobs and growth.
04 Feb 2014
New Atlas of Roma settlements provides data for better policies
Croatia's Međimurje County received a valuable tool for formulating better policies to ensure equal opportunities for its sizable Roma population, in the form of a new atlas containing detailed social and economic data on all 12 Roma settlements in the county. Prepared by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) with funding from the Open Society Foundations, the Međimurje County Atlas of Roma Settlements was formally presented in the Scheier Building in Čakovec on 4 February 2014.
29 Jan 2014
Humanity remains deeply unequal despite impressive progress, says UNDP report
The richest one percent of the world population owns about 40 percent of the world's assets, while the bottom half owns no more than one percent. The report Humanity Divided: Confronting Inequality in Developing Countries shows that if left unchecked, inequality can undermine the very foundations of development and social and domestic peace.
28 Jan 2014
Marta, Gattuso and Vieri among the nine new players joining the 11th annual Match Against Poverty
Marta Vieira da Silva, Genaro Gattuso Christian Vieri, and Phillip Cocu are among the players that have recently confirmed they will join Ronaldo and Zinédine Zidane at the 11th Annual Match Against Poverty. Proceeds from the Match will support recovery efforts in the Philippines in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan, one of the most powerful storms on record.
22 Jan 2014
Croatian disaster authorities recognize UNDP´s support
The need to prepare for the threats posed by climate change was the focus of attention at an event held at the headquarters of the National Protection and Rescue Directorate (DUZS) on 22 January 2014 to mark the closure of a disaster risk reduction project implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
14 Jan 2014
EU funds promise better future for Croatia's less-developed areas
The Karlovac workshop is one of a series that UNDP is implementing in partnership with the Ministry of Regional Development and EU Funds as part of the project: "Preparing the ground for EU funds: Creating a pipeline of project ideas for Croatia's less developed areas." The three workshops held so far, in Karlovac, Sisak and Gospić, have gathered more than one hundred participants from a range of sectors who are interested in promoting the use of EU funds in their areas.
13 Jan 2014
Benefit concert supports solar power at Kaštela school
As a part of a campaign to build a solar power plant for the Ostrog elementary school in Kaštel Lukšić, the Kaštela Energy Cooperative and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) are organizing a "Solar Concert" to take place on 17 January 2014 at the sports centre in Kaštel Stari starting at 20.00.
16 Dec 2013
The future of rural parts depends on the quality usage of EU funds
In the County Chamber of Commerce in Sisak a half-day informative workshop was held on "Structural and investment EU funds as mechanisms for the integral development of Croatian municipalities, cities and counties." Workshop participants from the civil, public and private sectors have been informed of financial measures and options from EU funds in the period between 2014 and 2020. Workshops are designed as one of the initial steps of including and connecting all three sectors in the process of developing project ideas which are important for Sisak-Moslavina County.
13 Dec 2013
Living Life without Violence campaign wins EU prize
Croatia's Living Life without Violence campaign on 13 December 2013 won the European Crime Prevention Award for best primary prevention project in the European Union in 2013. The award was presented in Vilnius, Lithuania, and the Croatian project was chosen as the best among 18 entries
13 Dec 2013
Protected Dinaride area – potential for the development of the mountain tourism
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Croatia presented its findings of the field visit to the Dinaride mountain chain within the project "Walking the Via Dinarica" which passed through Croatia from 28 September - 10 October. During the walk, the mountaneering team visited Plitvice Lakes, and the mountains of Biokovo, Mosor, Promina, Dinara, Velebit, Kapela, Risnjak and Snježnik. The goal of the project is to promote the development of tourism potential and contribute to the rural development of the Dinarides, one of the most beautiful parts of the mountainous nature Croatia can offer to adventurous and other visitors.
09 Dec 2013
Development experts share success stories in sustainable energy
Representatives from regional UNDP Country Offices along with their national partners shared experiences and success stories regarding sustainable energy solutions and low emission development strategies in the SEE region (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, FYR of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo) and Turkey.
09 Dec 2013
People with disabilities seek equal opportunities, not charity
The fifth anniversary of the Ombudsman Institution for People with Disabilities was celebrated with a roundtable discussion held in Zagreb on the "Protection, monitoring and promotion of the rights and interests of people with disabilities." This event, supported by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Croatia also marked the International Day of People with Disabilities, celebrated on 3 December, and the International Human Rights Day, 10 December.
02 Dec 2013
Croatian primary school seeks energy independence through crowdfunding
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Kaštela Energy Cooperative are starting a crowd-funding campaign through which they will collect donations to make Primary School Ostrog from Kaštel Lukšić - known for its botanical garden, one of the most beautiful school gardens in Croatia - an energy independent school. The School is also co-founder of the Kaštela Energy Cooperative.
02 Dec 2013
Youth and minorities join forces in fighting discrimination in Croatia
The role that young people can play in fighting discrimination against minorities was the focus of a discussion organized by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Open Society Foundations (OSF) and the Croatian Debate Society at the Europe House in Zagreb on 2 December 2013. The event brought together a delegation of Roma young people from Međimurje County with young activists representing other groups that face discrimination, including lesbians and gays.
29 Nov 2013
'Knowledge wins' is Croatia's slogan for World AIDS Day
To mark World AIDS Day on 1 December 2013, the United Nations, the Ministry of Health and the National Public Health Institute in Croatia launched a national campaign to encourage people to seek testing for HIV/AIDS. Confidential HIV testing is available free of charge in Croatia in ten county public health centres. Organized under the slogan "Knowledge wins," the media campaign was also part of the first European HIV testing week on 22-29 November 2013.
25 Nov 2013
Croatian women activists urge prompt ratification of Istanbul Convention
Meeting in the Parliament on 25 November, Croatian activists for gender equality marked the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women by issuing an appeal for the immediate ratification of the Istanbul Convention. Croatia is one of the 32 signatories to the Convention, which was adopted by the Council of Europe in 2011 to combat rape and other violence against women, but the country has yet to ratify, citing the challenge of aligning national law with Convention requirements. Eight countries have so far ratified, most recently Serbia, and just two more are needed for it to enter into force.
22 Nov 2013
Europe to unite for the first European HIV testing week to increase awareness of the benefits of HIV testing
Today HIV in Europe announces the launch of the European HIV testing week. It is the first time that Europe has united for a testing week and more than 400 organisations and institutions across Europe have signed up to host activities that will increase awareness of the benefits of HIV testing. The theme is 'Talk HIV. Test HIV.', and the goal is to reduce late HIV diagnosis.
21 Nov 2013
Violence against women is not acceptable and can be prevented
Every year, at least two million women and girls are trafficked into prostitution, forced slavery, and servitude. Up to 60 percent of women experience some form of physical or sexual abuse during their lifetime. On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is calling for renewed efforts to end violence against women.
09 Nov 2013
UNDP report on rural development: Making the most of EU membership for Croatia's rural areas
As part of a long-standing commitment to promote the development of rural, remote and war-affected areas in Croatia, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has prepared a new policy paper entitled Fertile Ground for Development: Making the Most of EU Membership for Croatia's Rural Areas. This concise report analyses the reasons for Croatia's limited progress in addressing rural challenges and provides recommendations on ways that EU funding might be used to improve living conditions and employment prospects in Croatia's rural communities.
07 Nov 2013
Region's ombudsmen see human rights gains in EU accession
Ombudspersons from Croatia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo[1], the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Serbia gathered in Zagreb on 7-8 November 2013 to share the experience of national human rights institutions in two processes: European Union (EU) accession and the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Human Rights, which the United Nations introduced in 2008 as a mechanism to monitor the conditions of human rights in member states every four years.
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Before I fade to black in this shaded shack,
in a box with handles and my family in back.
I will have achieved my life in leads of paper that kept me safer
then hanging with thieves.
I`ve been in the big house but not for long.
But long enough to know it`s hard to make songs.
I played my cards and kept moving along.
Hooked up with mad child and righted my wrongs.
You don`t continue with circles we generate light so
365 days i study and write. I Bloody the mic and will continue
to learn from the best in the world until the night i burn.
i fought for my turn, you can check my gloves.
We both have 8 pads covered with blood ad scabs.
I love what i have but i will progress, and i do everyday when
i take my first step.
It`s all about breath when it`s done im gone and death is a pawn in a game on a
board of which im on. I`ve had a sword in my palms from the very first track
that were cut and mastered and released under Battle Axe.
It`s nice to know that i`ve been a part of something reversal.
Yo it`s funny how time flys.
Lifes its lows and highs,and that`s no surprise.
Come along for the ride, can u handle the drive?
Act On It cause life could flash before your eyes.
Time flys- lows and highs- and that`s no surprise.
Come along for the ride, can you handle the drive?
Act on it cause life could flash before your eyes.
Mad Child:
Before i`m layed to rest im a do my best.
Cause the biggest death threat is too many regrets.
And I aint going out like i wonder what woulda happened if i`d never given
up-kept on rapping.
It`s been so many years of blood, sweat and tears.
Fears to overcome so im gonna give it my all, and when it`s last call
at least there will be no question. And if i fall, i`ll know it just wasnt my
destiny- maybe it`s not meant to be, but eventually i guarantee i`ll satisfy
myself mentally.
I`m sick and tired of the position required. I appreciate it but i`ve seen
visions of fire- a premination, spiritually awakened with doses of moments of
magic to take it.
We`ll keep it moving and go at it whole-hearted. Mad Child works the hardest to
finish what he started.
Mad Child- There`s no time to waste
Prevail- We move with grace
Mad Child- One life to embrace
Prevail- Yo, it feels like a race
Both- Nameless faces in a dangerous place.
Prevail- The strange and great
Mad Child- Rearrange in taste
Both- From almost nothing to almost something
Prevail- from no one listening
Mad Child- To everybody Jumpin
Both- Kings on the mic, we got kings on production
f**k falling of this is just an introduction
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I have an old Logitech wireless keyboard and I only had to change batteries in it after a year of use. But I can see this being good for mice and iPads and iPhones.
Remote charging was developed in war situations by Nikola Tesla...never made it to mainstream yet though. I'm worried about potential cancer risk given the immense magnetic fields required to charge a battery...
Hello..Powermat anyone?? Oh and forget using your debit/credit cards. Those will be wiped clean with this.
Sonicare tooth brushes allready do this.
Great idea. No metal to metal contact to charge.
So I have to use a case on my phone to charge it wirelessly. Ummm power mat lol
It sorta makes me sad to think that Apple is the only tech company really trying to attract the masses with things like this. Palm and HP tried. HTC keeps trying. Blackberry is almost dead.....
Shouldn't we be calling this wireless power not wireless electricity? We're talking about photons here (at least the wireless part) not electrons.


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Thanks to @iambeauchamp for messaging this to us via twitter. This piece was written by current Wellesley student Emily Loftis and it highlights the realities of classism at Wellesley College from the perspective of a first generation student. Please share your experiences as well by submitting here or emailing us at email@example.com.
Growing up, my parents always told me that I could be and do whatever I wanted. I always believed them, but what I was never told was how angry I'd feel every day of my life.
No one told me about the anger I'd feel when 90% of my class raises their hand when the professor asks who has visited country x, y, and z when I've never left the country. Or how frustrating it feels to have to check my bank account before every purchase while my classmates receive money week after week from parents' seemingly bottomless bank accounts. The anger that springs up when I'm searching for a summer internship because they're all unpaid and I don't have enough experience for the paid ones because I spend my summers working. The anger from spending my holiday breaks cleaning houses while my classmates take trips around the world.
I have to attend the 5am punishment meetings at my school when my hall-mates leave dirty dishes all over the floor because I can't afford the $25 fine for skipping it. I take their dishes down to the dining hall to avoid the need for the meeting in the first place and it reminds me of our differences. These girls never ask who took their dishes down, but if they looked hard enough they could see the chip on my shoulder from doing so.
Home is never a break, I feel even angrier because my achievements have only made home harder. Since attending Wellesley I've been emotionally and physically harmed when I return home. No one wants to hear about someone who made it out, who has done better. I've had things stolen, comments made, and punches thrown. Sometimes I wish I wouldn't have ever wanted to do more with my life because the stress and pressure becomes too much.
I need to get this out, in the hopes that by putting it down in writing and out into the world, I might finally be able to let go of the anger that I still feel. In Limbo, Alfred Lubrano mentions anger as one of the most defining emotions of a blue-collar kid trying to bleach her collar white. My anger is something that's holding me back from all the opportunities I've made for myself.
My mom tells me that I should be grateful because I have so much more than so many people. I know she's right but I can't help but feel pissed at every kid who's had their future set before they were even born. My anger is the unspoken side effect of social mobility, what no one ever talks about, but I need to talk about it.
Thank you so much for getting it out there.
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WASHINGTON President Barack Obama on Tuesday will announce a long-awaited federal strategy that not only is expected to rein in the countrys greenhouse gas emissions but also will address the sweeping effects of climate change already occurring.
The strategy will put in place a national plan to reduce carbon pollution, Obama said this weekend in a video address previewing his speech. The centerpiece is expected to establish new rules that limit greenhouse gas emissions from existing power plants, the source in the U.S. of 40 percent of the gases that lead to global warming. Most of those plants are coal powered.
Theres no single step that can reverse the effects of climate change, Obama said Saturday. But when it comes to the world we leave our children, we owe it to them to do what we can.
Obamas move, long awaited by environmentalists, makes good on a pledge in his second inaugural address to respond to climate change. At the time, he cast it as a moral obligation and warned that failing to take action would betray our children and future generations. Its not just a responsibility to his fellow Americans, Obama said, but to all posterity. Last week in Germany, he called it the global threat of our time.
Environmental groups have been pressuring Obama to act on the promises laid out in that speech, which included a pledge to take executive action if Congress did not act. The Natural Resources Defense Council launched ads featuring actor Robert Redford calling on the president to act on the courage of his convictions.
Until now, there has not been a cohesive strategy to reduce emissions to meet U.S. targets, said Andrew Steer, president of the World Resources Institute, an environmental think tank. Its important for private investors and ordinary people to have a clear sense of where the government is heading, he said.
President Obama is really resetting the climate agenda tomorrow. And its a wonderful thing to see that he is reclaiming this issue, Steer said.
The administration, through the Environmental Protection Agency, already has drafted rules that curtail emissions at new power plants. What it hasnt done yet is issue rules that apply to existing power plants.
Those rules are likely to be the most controversial piece of the proposal in the presidents speech, since many of the dirtiest, carbon-intensive power plants are fueled by coal. Regional energy interests, among others, are likely to object.
Courts have determined that carbon emissions are a pollutant under the Clean Air Act, and that the EPA has the authority to pursue regulation of them. A number of major environmental groups have given the White House plans that outline what sort of legal authority they think the agency has to act.
The U.S. has more than 1,142 coal-fired plants and 3,967 gas-fired plants across the country, according to the Edison Electric Institute, a utility trade group that represents many of the nations power producers. About 37 percent of all of U.S. electricity is generated from coal. About 30 percent came from natural gas in 2012. Natural gas, because it is cheaper, has been rapidly overtaking coal as a preferred fuel.
The Clean Air Act authorizes EPA to do a lot with respect to greenhouse gases and also demands a great deal of the agency, said Jason Schwartz, the legal director at New York Universitys Institute for Policy Integrity, the law schools advocacy arm. Schwartzs group is going to be looking for so-called market mechanisms that allow power plants to trade or borrow emission credits, for example.
What were going to be listening for is to hear which of these many actions the president and EPA are going to be prioritizing, and what sort of their general approach to regulation is going to be, he said.
Many industry groups, including those that represent coal and mining, declined to comment until they had heard more details of the presidents speech.
Utilities had no formal role in developing the policies expected to be announced Tuesday, said Quin Shea of the Edison Electric Institute. But many of the pieces are familiar, he said, and as the details emerge utilities will have a better sense of what it means for the industry.
Our understanding of the contours of the policy is that there are a number of pieces, he said. None of which is particularly new, whether youre talking about energy efficiency, increased use of renewables, development and greater expansion and marketability of new technologies, and new source performance standards. All of those pieces have been in play for several years.
The proposal met with immediate political opposition, however. The office of House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said the president was about to roll out a new ream of red tape that will make American energy more expensive and destroy jobs. And the National Republican Senatorial Campaign sent out an alert that targets Democratic senators up for re-election in 2014.
Rather than focusing on means to strengthen the economy, President Obama is embracing the most extreme environmentalists on the left and forcing his own agenda of radical climate change policies, blatantly ignoring the priorities of Americans, said the group, which is charged with electing Republican senators.
The presidents proposal also is expected to include whats known as mitigation addressing the impacts of climate change that many American communities are already experiencing, whether its rising sea levels on the East Coast or melting sea ice in the Arctic. Obama also will pledge to lead global efforts in fighting climate change.


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There is a time and a place for a good ale or lager and that is in the pub with one's friends or down the local curry house. Otherwise, a more sophisticated drink is needed for the classy gent of today. A glass of wine? Sure, though best enjoyed with food. A cocktail? If you're in a classy bar or speak easy then by all means. As an aperitif or merely a nice relaxing drink at home a straight liquor, sipped, is best. We would not dare dictate what liquor you choose and have already discussed the benefits of a gin martini. A good tequila or vodka is also a nice sipping drink to be enjoyed, but for me it is whisky.
A quick note on etymology: whisky is distilled in Scotland, calling it Scotch is tautological and shows naivety. Whiskey is distilled in Ireland and to be correct, should be referred to as Irish whiskey. The flavours and heritage are distinct and a true aficionado will not confuse the two. Any other country of origin should be referred to as whiskey (with an "e", such as some of the fine examples emanating from Japan).
There are 5 whisky regions in Scotland and each has distinct flavours due to the distilling process and resources used: Speyside, Islay, Highland, Lowlands and Cambletown.
There will be people that tell you how to properly drink whisky. I was once in a bar refused service because I asked for an ice cube in my drink. I've not been back to that bar in 3 years (good work Bluu). Some have preference for an ice cube to chill and partially dilute as it melts, some put a dash of water in, you can get stones to go in your freezer to chill your whisky without diluting (the origin of the phrase "on the rocks" comes from placing chilled pebbles in your drink) and then you can drink it straight up. Do not allow anybody to dictate how you drink your whisky, it is yours to enjoy. When first starting to drink whisky, especially peaty whisky, a little dilution can really aid you. As you acquire a taste for finer whisky then you may start to drink it straight or may not (though it is more convenient to be able to drink it straight). However you like your whisky though, it is always a sipping drink. I once overheard somebody say that Jack Daniels was not for mixing, it was a sipping whiskey. Well let me tell you, it is a sipping bourbon, if that.
There are 5 types of whisky (independent of the regions) for you: single malt, single grain, blended malt, blended grain and blend. The finest whisky does tend to be a single malt and your correspondent does not have much of a taste for grain whisky, being much lighter tasting. There are some excellent blends though (and never allow a Scotsman hear you say this) so try a few out; a personal favourite is Monkey Shoulder, a triple blended malt. The difference in quality between a blend and a single malt is the artisanal production of the whisky. In order to achieve flavour, a blend can take the best notes of multiple drinks and create a smooth, rounded flavour. A single malt though takes more time to mature correctly and imbue itself with the qualities that give it a distinct flavour. A decent, though not great, analogy would be a solo dancer versus a troupe. In a troupe each athlete's individual skill can shine through the choreography; in a solo show, there is nowhere to hide.
So take your time. Learn to love the different aromas of the regions and get to know your own taste. Above all though, take your time when drinking; appreciate the drink and give tip of your glass to the celtic forefathers that christened this drink uisge beatha (the drink of life).


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Mets expect Matt Harvey to make next start
The Mets' worst fears were almost realized in Saturday's 20-inning loss to Miami — Matt Harvey had to be removed from the game with a back injury.
But the outlook was much sunnier Sunday morning as the team said they don't expect their ace phenom to miss a start due to the lower back tightness.
"Everything is fine," Harvey told reporters before Sunday's series finale against Miami. "I woke up today [and] felt good. They told me my start date is Thursday. So I'm ready to go."
Harvey left the game after warming up to start the eighth inning. Manager Terry Collins came to the mound and decided to play it safe by removing the team's 24-year-old ace. He had allowed one run and struck out six in the first seven innings.
Harvey said yesterday he had his back realigned by a team trainer, which certainly did not sound promising. But according to Harvey, he had the problem in college at UNC and did not sound concerned.
"In college it happened a couple times," Harvey said. "It hasn't happened since then. It was a quick thing. Once it was realigned, it was back to normal."
Harvey is 5-0 with a 2.10 ERA and 95 strikeouts in 90 innings. He is receiving just 4.23 runs in support during his 13th start, tied for 26th in the NL.
He is scheduled to make his next start on Thursday against St. Louis.
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An hour's train ride south of Tokyo lies the small, relaxed town of Kamakura, trapped between the sea and a circle of wooded hills. The town is steeped in history, and many of its 65 temples and 19 shrines date back some eight centuries, when, for a brief and tumultuous period, it was Japan's political and military centre. Its most famous sight is the Daibutsu, a glorious bronze Buddha surrounded by trees, but the town's ancient Zen temples are equally compelling. Kamakura is also well known for its spring blossoms and autumn colours, and many temple gardens are famous for a particular flower – Japanese apricot at Zuisen-ji and Tōkei-ji in February, and hydrangea at Meigetsu-in in mid-June. Kamakura's prime sights can be covered on a day-trip from Tokyo, but the town more than justifies a two-day visit, allowing you time to explore the enchanting temples of east Kamakura, to follow one of the gentle "hiking courses" up into the hills, or to ride the Enoden line a few kilometres west to tiny Enoshima island. In summer, the coast here is a favourite spot for windsurfing.
Brief history
In 1185 the warlord Minamoto Yoritomo became the first permanent shogun and the effective ruler of Japan. Seven years later he established his military government – known as the Bakufu, or "tent government" – in Kamakura. Over the next century, dozens of grand monuments were built here, notably the great Zen temples founded by monks fleeing Song-dynasty China. Zen Buddhism flourished under the patronage of a warrior class who shared similar ideals of single-minded devotion to duty and rigorous self-discipline.
The Minamoto rule was brief and violent. Almost immediately, Yoritomo turned against his valiant younger brother, Yoshitsune, who had led the clan's armies, and hounded him until Yoshitsune committed ritual suicide (seppuku) – a favourite tale of kabuki theatre. Both the second and third Minamoto shoguns were murdered, and in 1219 power passed to the Hōjō clan, who ruled as fairly able regents behind puppet shoguns. Their downfall followed the Mongol invasions in the late thirteenth century, and in 1333 Emperor Go-Daigo wrested power back to Kyoto; as the imperial armies approached Kamakura, the last Hōjō regent and an estimated eight hundred retainers committed seppuku. Kamakura remained an important military centre before fading into obscurity in the late fifteenth century. Its temples, however, continued to attract religious pilgrims until Kamakura was "rediscovered" in the last century as a tourist destination and a desirable residential area within commuting distance of Tokyo.Read More
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Central Kamakura
Central Kamakura
Modern Kamakura revolves around its central train station and a couple of touristy streets leading to the town's most important shrine, Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū. The traditional approach to this grand edifice lies along Wakamiya-ōji, which runs straight from the sea to the shrine entrance. Shops here peddle a motley collection of souvenirs and crafts, the most famous of which is kamakura-bori, an 800-year-old method of laying lacquer over carved wood. More popular, however, is hato, a pigeon-shaped French-style biscuit first made by Toshimaya bakers a century ago. You can buy them all over town, but walk up Wakamiya-ōji to find their main shop with telltale ironwork pigeons on the outside, halfway along. Shadowing Wakamiya-ōji to the west is Komachi-dōri, a narrow, pedestrian-only shopping street, packed with more souvenir shops, restaurants and, increasingly, trendy boutiques.
Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū
A majestic, vermilion-lacquered torii marks the front entrance to Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū (鶴岡八幡宮), the Minamoto clan's guardian shrine since 1063. Hachiman-gū, as it's popularly known, was moved to its present site in 1191, since when it has witnessed some of the more unsavoury episodes of Kamakura history. Most of the present buildings date from the early nineteenth century, and their striking red paintwork, combined with the parade of souvenir stalls and the constant bustle of people, creates a festive atmosphere in sharp contrast to that of Kamakura's more secluded Zen temples.
Three humpback bridges lead into the shrine compound between two connected ponds known as Genpei-ike. These were designed by Minamoto Yoritomo's wife, Hōjō Masako, and are full of heavy, complicated symbolism, anticipating the longed-for victory of her husband's clan over their bitter enemies, the Taira; strangely, the bloodthirsty Masako was of Taira stock. The Mai-den, an open-sided stage at the end of a broad avenue, was the scene of another unhappy event in 1186, when Yoritomo forced his brother's mistress, Shizuka, to dance for the assembled samurai. Yoritomo wanted his popular brother, Yoshitsune, killed and was holding Shizuka prisoner in the hope of discovering his whereabouts; instead, she made a defiant declaration of love and only narrowly escaped death herself, though her newborn son was murdered soon after. Her bravery is commemorated with classical dances and nō plays during the shrine festival (Sept 14–16), which also features demonstrations of horseback archery on the final day.
Beyond the Mai-den, a long flight of steps leads up beside a knobbly, ancient ginkgo tree, reputedly 1000 years old and scene of the third shogun's murder by his vengeful nephew, to the main shrine. It's an attractive collection of buildings set among trees, though, as with all Shinto shrines, you can only peer in. Appropriately, the principal deity, Hachiman, is the God of War.
The Hōmotsu-den in a corridor immediately left of the shrine, contains a missable exhibition of shrine treasures. Instead, head back down the steps and turn left to find the beautifully restrained, black-lacquered Shirahata-jinja, dedicated to the first and third Kamakura shoguns, then take the path south to the modern Kamakura National Treasure Hall (鎌倉国宝館). This one-room museum is noted for its collection of Kamakura- and Muromachi-period art (1192–1573), mostly gathered from local Zen temples. Unfortunately, only a few of the priceless pieces are on display at any one time.
East Kamakura
East Kamakura
The eastern side of Kamakura contains a scattering of less-visited shrines and temples, including two of the town's most enchanting corners. Though it's possible to cover the area on foot in a half-day (less if you hop on a bus for the return journey), by far the best way to explore these scattered locations is to rent a bicycle.
If you're starting from Hachiman-gū, you can work your way eastwards through a quiet suburban area north of the main highway, the Kanazawa-kaidō, until you find signs indicating an optional left turn for Kamakura-gū (鎌倉宮). Mainly of interest for its history and torchlight nō dramas in early October, this was founded by Emperor Meiji in 1869 to encourage support for his new imperial regime. The shrine is dedicated to Prince Morinaga, a forgotten fourteenth-century hero who was held for nine months in a Kamakura cave before being executed. The small cave and a desultory treasure house lie to the rear of the classically styled shrine, but don't really justify the entry fee.
A road heading north from Kamakura-gū marks the beginning – or end – of the short cut to the Ten'en Hiking Course, though the main trail starts 900m further east, near Zuisen-ji (瑞泉寺). The temple's fourteenth-century Zen garden, to the rear of the main building, is rather dilapidated, but the quiet, wooded location and luxuriant gardens in front of the temple make it an attractive spot.
From here you have to drop south and join the main road for the last short stretch to one of Kamakura's oldest temples, Sugimoto-dera (杉本寺), at the top of a steep, foot-worn staircase lined with fluttering white flags. Standing in a woodland clearing, the small, thatched temple, founded in 734, exudes a real sense of history. Inside its smoke-blackened hall, spattered with pilgrims' prayer stickers, you can slip off your shoes and take a look behind the altar at the three wooden statues of Jūichimen Kannon, the eleven-faced Goddess of Mercy. The images were carved at different times by famous monks, but all three are at least 1000 years old.
Just a couple of minutes further east along Kanazawa-kaidō, turn right over a small bridge to reach the entrance to Hōkoku-ji (報国寺), or Take-dera, the "Bamboo Temple". The well-tended gardens and simple wooden buildings are attractive in themselves, but the temple is best known for a grove of evergreen bamboo protected by the encircling cliffs.
Hase-dera and the Daibutsu
Hase-dera and the Daibutsu
The west side of Kamakura, an area known as Hase (長谷), is home to the town's most famous sight, the Daibutsu (Great Buddha), cast in bronze nearly 750 years ago. On the way, it's worth visiting Hase-dera to see an image of Kannon, the Goddess of Mercy, which is said to be Japan's largest wooden statue.
Hase-dera (長谷寺) stands high on the hillside a few minutes' walk north of Hase Station, with good views of Kamakura and across Yuigahama beach to the Miura peninsula beyond. Though the temple's present layout dates from the mid-thirteenth century, according to legend it was founded in 736, when a wooden eleven-faced Kannon was washed ashore nearby. The statue is supposedly one of a pair carved from a single camphor tree in 721 by a monk in the original Hase, near Nara; he placed one Kannon in a local temple and pushed the other out to sea.
Nowadays the Kamakura Kannon – just over 9m tall and gleaming with gold leaf (a fourteenth-century embellishment) – resides in an attractive, chocolate-brown and cream building at the top of the temple steps. This central hall is flanked by two smaller buildings: the right hall houses a large Amidha Buddha carved in 1189 for Minamoto Yoritomo's 42nd birthday to ward off the bad luck traditionally associated with that age; the one on the left shelters a copy of an early fifteenth-century statue of Daikoku-ten, the cheerful God of Wealth. The real one is in the small treasure hall immediately behind, alongside the original temple bell, cast in 1264. The next building along is the Sutra Repository, where a revolving drum contains a complete set of Buddhist scriptures – one turn of the wheel is equivalent to reading the whole lot. Ranks of Jizō statues are a common sight in Hase-dera, some clutching sweets or "windmills" and wrapped in tiny woollen mufflers; these sad little figures commemorate stillborn or aborted children. Finally, a cave in the far northern corner of the complex contains statues of the goddess Benten and her sixteen children, or disciples, though it can't compete with the atmospheric setting of the Zeniarai Benten cave-shrine.
The Daibutsu
From Hase-dera, turn left at the main road and follow the crowds north for a few hundred metres to find the Daibutsu (大仏), in the grounds of Kōtoku-in temple. After all the hype, the Great Buddha can seem a little disappointing, but as you approach, and his serene, rather aloof face comes into view, the magic begins to take hold. He sits on a stone pedestal, a broad-shouldered figure lost in deep meditation, with his head slightly bowed, his face and robes streaked grey-green by centuries of sun, wind and rain. The 13m-tall image represents Amida Nyorai, the future Buddha who receives souls into the Western Paradise, and was built under the orders of Minamoto Yoritomo to rival the larger Nara Buddha, near Kyoto. Completed in 1252, the statue is constructed of bronze plates bolted together around a hollow frame and evidence suggests that, at some time, it was covered in gold leaf. Amazingly, it has withstood fires, typhoons, tidal waves and even the Great Earthquake of 1923.
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Kamakura festivals
Kamakura festivals
Kamakura Matsuri take place in early April (second Sun to third or fourth Sun) and mid-September, and include displays of horseback archery and costume parades, though the summer fireworks display (second Tues in Aug) over Sugami Bay is the most spectacular event.