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If you live in Glade County, Lee County, Hendry County, or Collier County, then Truly Nolen Lehigh can help you with all of your pest control needs. Truly Nolen of Lehigh regularly serves customers from Palmdale to Immokalee. Our pest control specialists are the most knowledgeable in the business when it comes to the challenges faced in your area, so you can be sure that you will receive a customized service every time!
At Truly Nolen Lehigh, we are experts in pest control and pest removal, and we love to help our customers year-round. We are committed to customer satisfaction for our customers in Lehigh Acres and the surrounding area.
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Lehigh's Truly Nolen experts are eager to put their years of pest control experience to work for you and your home. We schedule and perform our procedures on time in order to be as convenient as possible for you, and we follow up after each appointment to make sure that our services were satisfactory.
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We are contacting you regarding your employee, Elmer Navarro. Elmer is an exemplary employee and has gone above and beyond in his services for our organization. We are impressed with his customer service skills, efficiency, reliability and all-around dedication to a job well done. All of us at CROW than Elmer for his hard work.
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Dear Richard, I would just like to take this opportunity to thank and commend you for your work here at Scamotz. For the past 4 years we have been trying to "manage" our pest problem here at the restaurant- now, since you and Mr. Arroyo have become involved, we are finally "CONTROLING" the problem. It is truly incredible and we are so pleased! It was a pleasure to meet you and I am sure it comes as no surprise to you that Mr. Arroyo does just an excellent job, and that, in such a professional and gentlemanly fashion. We are so glad to have found you. Sincerely,
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Truly Nolen of America Announces West Palm Beach Branch Manager Promotion
Truly Nolen of America, Inc., the largest family-owned pest control company in the United States, is pleased to announce the promotion of Arthur Pegler to branch manager of the company's West Palm Beach branch. Having begun the manager-in-training program in … Continue reading
Truly Nolen Joins the Fountain Hills Community
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Watch Your Step for Scorpions Frightening Pest may be Southwest's Public Enemy No. 1
One of the most infamous of pests, the scorpion is one of the most difficult to eliminate. They spend most of their time tucked away in cracks or crevices and are even found in children's sand boxes. Although scorpions are … Continue reading
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How pokie games sites work
Free pokies sites create an entry point for those who enjoy poker and other games of chance. The player can practice his or her skills and decide to place real money at risk. Because the player's chances of winning don't increase with how much he or she plays or the wager increment, an element of player luck exists. The site is programmed, however, to payout a certain known percentage of intake.
This factor actually assists the individual investing in a free pokies site to project potential earnings according to the business model.
Why invest in a gaming site
Today's world relies heavily upon the Internet and the use of electronic and mobile devices for communications. As more advertising dollars transition to online marketing, individuals within all demographics spend more time online. They routinely search for basic information, such as the location of a brick and mortar store, online.
They also rely upon Internet sites for entertainment. Movies and television sites have proliferated in the past several years. In addition, multi-sales channel sites, e.g. Amazon.com, have paved the way to creating new search engine competition to Google, Bing, and others.
An individual who works online, or searches for living essentials on the Internet, is likely to spend a portion of his or her time in search of entertainment there. Gaming and online gambling sites attract individuals in search of work and play balance.
Comparative business models
Some global investors offer capital to short-term loan or payday loan businesses in order to generate a high ROI. They understand that a certain number of the individuals to whom the lender site makes loans won't repay the money. Overall, though, the investor can achieve a higher consistent return than most other sorts of investments.
Because the amount of capital invested may differ from site to site, it's important to perform necessary due diligence prior to making an investment. For example, not all online gaming sites may welcome U.S. players.
According to Forrester Research, (2012) a continuing steady transition of traditional to online marketing dollars is projected through 2016. Online business, including online gambling and games sites, continue to grow and attract higher levels of investor funds seeking high net returns.

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Our compact and portable snack table makes a handy addition to an outdoor space. It's finished with our improved, long-wearing polyurethane stain, which acts as a protective coat to maintain the surface beauty and integrity. Click to read an article on recommended care.
- 18" sq x 18" h
- Crafted of certified wood sustainably harvested by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). To learn more about our environmental commitment click here.
- Crafted of FSC-certified, moisture-resistant eucalyptus.
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- Crafted of FSC-certified, sustainably harvested eucalyptus, a dense hardwood that's ideal for outdoor furniture because it's rich in moisture-resistant oils.
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Welcome to the Lightning Data Center
Our Mission
"The Lightning Data Center is an interdisciplinary organization focused on studying lightning and related phenomena. By employing research, information exchange, education, patient case histories and advocacy, we strive to improve the treatment of the lightning injured patient, and to promote lightning safety and awareness, in order to minimize lightning fatalities and injuries."
Who We Are & What We Do
The Lightning Data Center (LDC) is a unique, worldwide group of professionals in medicine, meteorology, engineering, photography, and allied areas. We also include as members, individuals that have been struck by lightning, people that have received an electrical shock, and others who have an interest in lightning and can bring some form of expertise to the group. The diverse backgrounds of our members bring a singularly unique form of expertise to the LDC.
We meet once every month to discuss the topic of lightning and allied subjects, from a number of different viewpoints. Occasionally, lightning strike cases are presented. We will occasionally have guest speakers present lightning-related information to the group.
Meetings are held on the 2nd Friday of each month at St. Anthony Hospital at Lakewood, Colorado and are free. An informal lunch is served. View a map to St. Anthony Hospital.
Finally, the LDC will, from time to time, conduct research to help further our understanding of lightning. See some of our research efforts.
The LDC Executive Committee is:
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HUTTO, Texas -- Most people think breast cancer only affects older women. However five percent of all breast cancers occur in women under the age of 40.
One Central Texas mother had no reason to think she'd be one of them.
"I found a lump while I was getting ready for work," said Kim Jones.
That was on April 14, 2009. Kim was 39 with no family history of breast cancer.
"I remember not wanting to say anything," she said.
"I took it upon myself to make that phone call," said Kim's husband Keith.
Keith called Kim's doctor to schedule an appointment. A week later they got the results of the biopsy.
"He said, 'It is cancer,'" recalled Keith. "I had my right arm around Kim and she just fell to her knees."
The cancer seemed to be contained so Kim opted for a lumpectomy.
"No reason to think I would have to have more surgery, and it came back. So I had a double mastectomy and another round of chemo."
Through it all, Kim's fighting spirit shined through.
"That's the one thing about Kim. She's a competitor. She doesn't like to lose against anything," said Keith.
Which is what made this summer's news that much more devastating. For the third time in four years, Kim's cancer had come back.
"Sometimes it doesn't even seem real," said Kim.
She's now taking an experimental drug that has shown promise in women with her type of triple negative breast cancer -- a cancer that tends to be more aggressive and more resistant to treatment.
"I'm not scared of dying. Heaven is my home, I know that. And in a way that is exciting, but leaving this family? Absolutely," said Kim.
"It's been tough," said Kim's nine-year-old daughter Keeley.
"I just know how blessed I am to even have her," said 12-year-old Kenzie. "If my dad hadn't made that call, she may not even be here."
Both of Kim's daughters don't really remember much about their life before cancer. However they are incredibly proud of their mother's fight through it.
"These are times when people would want to turn in on themselves, withdraw and not want to tell that story. But we decided early on that people need hope," said Keith.
As part of the speakers bureau for Komen Austin, Kim shares her story at events across Central Texas. She recently became one of the Fab 15, serving as one of 15 honorary chairs for this year's Austin Race for the Cure.
"It changes your perspective on work and family. But even bigger on those little things that don't really matter," said Kim.
The Jones family chooses to focus on the joy that surrounds them, the laughter that brings them together and the mother that's proving with faith and hope - anything is possible.
"She is the strongest woman I know," said Kenzie.
Their's is a lesson for all families. They no longer take the simple things in life for granted.
"Every day is a gift," said Keith. "Every day is a gift."
Kim's latest scan shows the experimental therapy hasn't changed her tumor growth much. The search continues for a treatment that can make a difference.
Kim and women like her are the reason we Race for the Cure. KVUE invites you to join our team Sunday, Nov. 10 in Downtown Austin for the 15th annual Race for the Cure.
You can register here and find more information on the race here.
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text: The FBI is now looking into whether an attack on a family at a Baton Rouge gas station Sunday night constitutes a federal hate crime. The victims, who are white, had pulled into a gas station off Baton Rouge's I-110. The father says he was approached by one assailant who said to him "you're in the wrong neighborhood," before beating him up. "That is the statement that was made by the victim to investigators that night," said Lt. Don Kelly of the Baton Rouge Police Department. Listen to Lt. Don Kelly, spokesman for Baton Rouge Police. "The male victim was beaten severely and he suffered serious injuries," Kelly said. He said officers located the suspect, Donald Dickerson, a short time later. "We also identified two other people who were with him, Devin Bessye and Ashley Simmons, who allegedly punched the man's wife and teenage daughter," said Kelly. Cops booked Dickerson into the Baton Rouge Jail. Bessye and Simmons received misdemeanor summonses. "We're still continuing the investigation," Kelly told WWL First News. All three suspects are black. Kelly said officers on the scene didn't think the incident qualified as a hate crime under state law, but federal laws could be different. "The FBI has indicated that they are interested in possibly pursuing that angle, and they are participating with us in the investigation," said Kelly.


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Fungal infection of the lung results in an acute to chronic active, pyogranulomatous pneumonia.
Pneumocystis jiroveci
Cryptococcus neoformans, Histoplasma capsulatum, Coccidioides immitis, Blastomyces dermatiditis, Pneumocystis jiroveci, Aspergillus spp, Candida spp, and other less common fungi have been identified as causative agents of mycotic pneumonia in domestic animals (also see Fungal Infections). Often these agents are found in immunocompromised hosts, but they can cause disease in healthy individuals as well. Infection is typically caused by inhalation of spores, which can lead to hemolymphatic dissemination. Pulmonary tissues and secretions are an excellent environment for these organisms. The source of most fungal infections is believed to be soil-related rather than horizontal transmission. Considering the high rate of exposure to these pathogens in certain environments, there are unresolved questions on the epidemiology of the condition, including individual susceptibility, pathogenicity of organisms, the immune response of the host, and concurrent disease. Blastomyces and Histoplasma are prevalent in the Mississippi and Ohio River valleys, whereas Coccidioides is found in the southwestern USA and northwestern Mexico. Cryptococcus is often associated with accumulation of pigeon excreta.
Mycotic pneumonia is more commonly seen in small animals. Blastomyces infections typically occur in young, male, large-breed dogs. In cats, Cryptococcus has a predilection for the nasal cavity, where it causes a granulomatous rhinitis and sinusitis. Acute, fulminant clinical presentations do occur but are rare, and the most common course of disease is chronic. A short, moist cough is characteristic. A thick, mucoid to mucopurulent nasal discharge may be present. As the disease progresses, dyspnea, emaciation, and generalized weakness become increasingly evident. Respiration may become abdominal, resembling that of a diaphragmatic hernia (see Diaphragmatic Hernia). On auscultation, harsh respiratory sounds are heard. In advanced cases, breath sounds are decreased or almost inaudible. Tracheobronchial lymphadenopathy can cause extrinsic airway compression. Neutrophilic leukocytosis or neutropenia with a left shift, nonregenerative anemia, and periodic fever can occur, possibly concurrent with bacterial infections. Radiography shows enlargement of tracheobronchial lymph nodes and variable, nodular to linear, interstitial infiltrates.
Multifocal to coalescing lesions of granulomatous to pyogranulomatous inflammation are present in the lungs. Abscess formation and cavitation may be seen in conjunction with yellow or gray areas of necrosis. Causative organisms are present within macrophages or areas of intense inflammation. Dissemination to other organ systems (eg, skin, eyes, peripheral lymph nodes, bones, CNS, male genitalia, oral cavity, nasal cavity) may occur.
A tentative diagnosis of mycotic pneumonia can be made if an animal with chronic respiratory disease exhibits the clinical signs described and does not respond to antibiotic therapy. Definitive diagnosis requires laboratory confirmation. Radiography may be useful. Serology can provide a presumptive diagnosis. Some antigens (eg, histoplasmin, blastomycin) have been developed and are an aid in diagnosis. Cytologic examinations of the sputum or exudates from sites of extrapulmonary inflammation may reveal the etiologic agent. The clinical diagnosis can be confirmed at necropsy by appropriate microbiology and histopathology. Special stains can be used to highlight the organisms.
Thoracic blastomycosis, radiograph, dog
There is no entirely satisfactory method of treating systemic mycotic infections. Amphotericin may be helpful but is undesirably nephrotoxic. Ketoconazole, and several newer antifungal agents such as itraconazole and fluconazole, show better, but variable, results against fungal pathogens in companion animals. Protracted therapy, at least 2 mo beyond clinical resolution, is usually necessary for elimination of the infection.
Last full review/revision March 2012 by Neil W. Dyer, DVM, MS, DACVP
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The Price of Motherhood
In those days Mary set out and went with hast to a Judean town in the hill country, where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the child leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and exclaimed with a loud cry, "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! And why has this happened to me, that the mother of my Lord comes to me? For as soon as I heard the sound of your greeting, the child in my womb leaped for joy. And blessed is she who believed that there would be fulfillment of what was spoken to her by the Lord." —Luke 1:39-45
I am thinking about mothers in this time of advent, particularly of Elizabeth, surprised to be bearing a child in her old age, and Mary, surprised to be bearing a child at all! As I do, I am also thinking about other mothers around the world. In December we not only celebrate Advent but we also observe 16 Days of Activism Against Violence (November 25–December 10), International Human Rights Day (December 10) and International Migrant Rights Day (December 18). In these commemorative days, the rights and well-being of millions of migrant women around the world come into focus.
- A Filipina domestic worker has a permit to work in Israel. She falls in love with another Filipino contract worker and becomes pregnant. By contract, she is not allowed to marry another migrant, nor is she allowed to have a child if she wants to keep her job. Her family in the Philippines depends on her income. Agonizing over her terrible choices, she sends her three-month-old baby back to the Philippines to her family and keeps her job raising someone else's children.
- A Mexican migrant living in Tennessee is pulled over by the police while driving and taken to jail when the officer discovered that she does not have a valid driver's license and is undocumented. She is pregnant and near term. She is sent to prison, where she goes into labor. Her ankles are cuffed together on the ride to the hospital. Her hands are tied together during labor. She is shackled to her hospital bed. She gives birth while in custody.
- A Congolese mother's son, now a young man, cannot afford higher education and cannot find work. Desperate to help feed his family, he makes his way north on the treacherous route toward Europe. He ends up working as a contract laborer in Libya. But when war breaks out, migrant workers are caught in the crossfire. He and hundreds more pile onto rickety boats in the Mediterranean headed for Lampedusa, an island off of Italy. Those who make it languish on the island awaiting asylum applications. Meanwhile, in the Congo, the mother has not heard from her son. She reads that 25 migrants have been found dead on a boat due to overcrowding. She lives in fear that one of them might be her son.
It is because of these realities that five United Methodist Women will travel to Geneva, Switzerland, from November 28–December 2, 2011, to attend the People's Global Action on Migration, Development and Human Rights. Our delegation includes women from Sierra Leone and the United States, including a Tongan American.
It is an opportunity to meet with migrant rights advocates from Africa, Asia, Latin America, Western Europe and the United States to advance migrant human rights. While there, United Methodist Women will help lead a workshop on the challenges that undocumented migrant women face and how women are organizing for their human rights. They will explore global migration and poverty with a focus on migrant women.
United Methodist Women will engage in a spiritual growth study on immigration and the Bible in 2012. As follow up, in 2013 they will engage in a yearlong focus on women and global migration. This delegation will help the organization prepare for the spiritual growth study and the work ahead. United Methodist Women has been a strong advocate for migrant women's rights at the United Nations and in the Global Forum on Migration and Development.
We understand that the concerns migrant women face in the United States are multiplied in the experiences of women around the world. We understand that migration is often not an option but a necessity, rooted in poverty, climate change, violence and war. It is also driven by employers seeking cheap, exploitable labor. Our work, then, is not only to address the immediate needs of migrant women and their families but to change those situations that drive migration.
As we think about the anticipation of motherhood during Advent, we also think of women who face motherhood under very, very difficult circumstances. We pray for them and we affirm that they have the same rights that we claim, despite being poor, despite being brown, despite being from poor countries, despite not having documents. They, too, are children of God, loved by God, who, like us, claim God's abundant life. Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfill his promises to her. May we help it to be so.
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The combination of year-round warm and sunny weather, excellent golf options, and a plethora of top-notch, full-service resorts have made the desert meeting destinations of Arizona, California, and Nevada long-time favorite locales for insurance conference meetings. "For insurance groups, there is something very attractive in the great shoulder-season weather, luxury accommodations, and the good rates one can find in, say, Palm Springs in April," sums up Brian Petersen, director of marketing services for Beneficial Life, based in Salt Lake City.
And the story keeps getting better.
California's Palm Springs Desert Resorts area, encompassing Palm Springs, Cathedral City, Desert Hot Springs, Indian Wells, Indio, La Quinta, Palm Desert, and Rancho Mirage, now boast 90 golf courses with plans to break the 100 mark by the year 2000.
Like the other desert meeting destinations, the Palm Springs Desert Resorts area offers an excellent selection of meeting resorts and good value opportunities in the summer months.
In Arizona, Phoenix, and the surrounding Valley of the Sun area (which includes Scottsdale, Tempe, Mesa, and other communities) are home to more than 140 golf courses. Scottsdale, which has seen a 96 percent increase in population since 1980, is a mecca for insurance meetings, too, thanks to its more than 30 resorts and hotels and an ever-growing number of golf courses.
Two new public courses open this year at the Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community, while last year the Phoenician Resort expanded its golf course into a 27-hole championship facility. These courses join others in the area designed by the likes of Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, and Robert Trent Jones.
Phoenix, of course, offers more than golf and resorts. Thanks to recent redevelopment efforts, attendees will find a compact downtown area of cultural and entertainment attractions.
The redevelopment began in 1990 with the opening of the Arizona Center, an eight-block, mixed-use Rouse development with more than 60 restaurants, shops, and entertainment venues. One block from the center, the Phoenix Civic Plaza completed a $33 million renovation in 1995. One block east of the Civic Plaza, the Bank One Ballpark, a retractable-dome stadium, is scheduled to open in 1998, when it will be the home of the Arizona Diamondbacks major league baseball franchise.
And the latest news is that downtown may soon see one or two new hotels. At press time, the city council was studying proposals to build a Renaissance Hotel attached to the Arizona Center and/or a Westin property across the street from the Civic Plaza. The hotels would have 600 to 700 rooms each and, if approved, would be slotted for a 1999 opening.
In nearby Tempe, the city is set to begin construction of a $40 million recreation lake a half-mile from downtown. The two-mile-long lake will be the focal point of the Rio Salado development, which is to include a 1,000-room Peabody Hotel and, eventually, an entertainment district. Construction of the hotel, which is aimed at the high-end group market, is slotted to begin simultaneously with the lake, and both are expected to be operational by 1999.
High in Arizona's Sonoran Desert, Tucson is another big draw for insurance meetings, boasting an assortment of top-notch resorts, a convention center, and plenty of golf. More than 900 hotel rooms opened here last year, and a 154-room Marriott Courtyard is under construction in midtown. A new attraction just outside of Tucson is the Kartchner Caverns. Four new 18-hole golf courses opened last year in the area.
In a class by itself is Las Vegas, the country's fastest-growing metropolitan area. The phenomenal growth in the city's hotel and resort construction is set to continue through 1999. By the middle of this year, the city will boast more than 100,000 hotel rooms. Just last year saw the opening of the 3,000-room Monte Carlo Casino Hotel, the 1,500-room Stratosphere Hotel & Casino, and the 2,100-room New York New York Hotel & Casino. And more mega theme-resorts are on the way (see hotel news, below), although not all of them will contain significant meeting space.
Moreover, the Ritz-Carlton and Four Seasons hotel companies are getting into the Vegas act, too. The Ritz-Carlton Resort at Mountain Spa is scheduled to open in 1999, while a 400-room Four Seasons Hotel will be the first luxury, non-casino hotel on the Strip when it opens in 1998.
Hotel News Arizona Chandler * The Windmill Inn of Chandler opened in September. The resort's 126 suites are 500 square feet each, with 20 of the suites equipped for business travelers. There is a 16-person boardroom and a main conference room that seats up to 300 persons.
Phoenix * In January, the 584-suite Pointe Hilton Resort at Tapatio Cliffs opened a three-and-a-half-acre oasis of waterfalls, swimming pools, lawn and tiled terraces, and an open-air restaurant. Called The Falls, the cliffside site is highlighted by a 40-foot waterfall.
Scottsdale * The 404-room Scottsdale Plaza Resort has installed voice mail and data ports in guest rooms and added a business center.
Tucson * Canyon Ranch is offering groups of up to 30 persons four- to seven-night corporate meeting packages that include accommodations, meals, use of the spa and resort facilities, airport transfers, gratuities, meeting rooms, AV equipment, and beverage service during meeting breaks.
* Last June, the Westward Look Resort opened its Wellness Center, with six treatment rooms.
* The new 225-room Marriott University Park is near the main entrance to the University of Arizona. The full-service hotel has 9,000 square feet of meeting space.
* In March, golfers at the Westin La Paloma began benefiting from an alliance between Westin Hotels & Resorts and Troon Golf Management. The affiliation gives resort guests access to the Troon-managed, 18-hole course at The Golf Club at Vistoso. Troon will also manage La Paloma's existing 27 holes of golf.
* Doubletree Hotels now has two properties in Tucson with the recent reflagging of the Radisson Suites Hotel. The new 304-room Doubletree Guest Suites Tucson plans to add a business center and upgrade its conference suites and exercise room this year.
California Palm Springs * The 98-room Givenchy Hotel & Spa opened in early 1996 on the site of what was formerly the Autry Resort. The resort features French pampering at its best, with a variety of body and beauty treatments. There are also three small meeting rooms.
* The Hyatt Grand Champions Resort in Indian Wells has added an espresso bar and a gift shop, as well as a humidor to the Pianissimo Lounge. A $1.1 million pool renovation this year includes a water park.
* Marriott's Desert Springs Resort and Spa has completed a $9.1 million renovation project on its 884 guest rooms.
* Westin Mission Hills Resort in Rancho Mirage is replacing soft goods in 512 guest rooms and is installing a misting system by the pool. The $1.5 million project is scheduled for completion this fall.
Nevada Las Vegas * Circus Circus is building a 4,000-room mega-resort and casino on the Strip, tentatively called Project Paradise, with completion scheduled for fall of this year. The resort will surround a ten-acre tropical environment that will include a surfing beach.
* To be built adjacent to the Paradise Project, a 400-room Four Seasons Hotel will be the first luxury, non-casino hotel on the Strip when it opens in 1998. (Circus Circus retains the real estate, while Four Seasons will manage the property.)
* Ritz-Carlton has announced plans to build the Ritz-Carlton Resort at Mountain Spa, scheduled to open in 1999. The resort will encompass 640 acres and will include a 526-room hotel, a 40,000-square-foot casino, a 27,000-square-foot spa, and 36,100 square feet of meeting space.
* Construction is slotted to begin early this year on a 33-story gambling resort called Paris on the Strip, adjacent to Bally's Hotel/Casino. Paris will feature replicas of the Arc de Triomphe and other Parisian monuments, as well as a working French-style winery and gondola rides. It is slotted to open in 1998.
* The Sands Hotel & Casino has been demolished to make way for a new 6,000-room hotel and 200,000-square-foot casino. The property is to have a 400,000-square-foot meeting and exposition facility and is scheduled for completion in 1998.
* Construction has begun on Bellagio, a 3,000-room resort hotel and casino on 12 acres. The $1.25 billion project, designed as an Italian village, will open in 1998.
* Hyatt Hotels Corporation has entered into an agreement with Transcontinental Properties to construct a 500-room resort hotel at Lake Las Vegas Resort, a luxury planned community along 25 acres of the state's largest privately owned lake. Completion is scheduled for 1998.
* Construction is under way on the $830 million, 3,000-room Planet Hollywood hotel/casino on the Strip, with completion slotted for 1999. The resort will feature a 120,000-square-foot convention center and a 1,600-seat showroom.
* MGM Grand Hotel & Casino has begun a 30-month, $250 million renovation. A retail and nightclub complex, as well as a 300,000-square-foot convention center, are the highlights of the project.
* A $600 million renovation and expansion has been approved for the Aladdin Hotel, which will have 2,600 guest rooms and an additional 100,000 square feet of convention space following the addition of two new guest towers. The casino will be enlarged to 100,000 square feet.
* New York New York Hotel & Casino opened in January with 2,035 guest rooms and replicas of the Statue of Liberty and the Brooklyn Bridge at the entrance.
* Remodeling has been under way all year at Caesars Palace, owned by ITT Sheraton. Currently under construction is a 29-floor tower with 1,130 guest rooms including two floors of suites. Also in the tower: a health and fitness center, a grand ballroom, two junior ballrooms, and other meeting rooms, bringing Caesars total meeting space to 160,000 square feet. The tower should be completed by January 1998.
Getting There Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport is served by 23 airlines. International services expanded last year with the introduction of nonstop service on British Airways between Phoenix and London, and nonstop service to Dusseldorf on LTU International Airways (Germany's second-largest airline). The airport is three miles from downtown Phoenix and 12 miles from Scottsdale.
Tucson International Airport is served by most major carriers, with nonstop flights to 18 destinations.
The Palm Springs Regional Airport, two miles from Palm Springs and ten miles from Palm Desert, is served by American, Delta, United, Alaska, America West, Northwest Airlink, SkyWest, United Express, and USAir Express.
Las Vegas's McCarran International Airport, served by 20 commercial carriers, is a five-minute ride from the convention center and The Strip. Construction is under way to open 16 new gates in 1998.
What led Century Surety Company to hold two meetings in desert destinations in the last three years? "To be honest, it's the golf," says Sue Duffy, communications coordinator for the Columbus, OH-based firm. "There are just so many outstanding golfing opportunities in these areas, and that sells really well with this particular group."
In December 1995, Century brought a small group of top-performing agents and key management personnel to Tucson, where they stayed at the Westin La Paloma. Duffy says the resort offered three restaurants, so the group of 12 people had several options for meals and did not have to leave the property.
Century then took the same group to the La Quinta Resort & Club, in the California Desert Resort area of La Quinta, in November 1996. "This was probably the best meeting of that type that we've had," recalls Duffy. "People really raved about the golf courses, and the staff at the resort itself was very friendly and a real pleasure to work with." Truly "sublime" November weather helped top off the experience for the group, she adds.
* The desert weather was also a big draw for a group from the Salt Lake City-based Beneficial Life, which held a meeting in Palm Springs, CA in February 1995 for 25 managers and their spouses. The group stayed at the Palm Springs Hilton. "It was great being so close to shopping and restaurants, right in the heart of Palm Springs," recalls Brian Petersen, director of marketing services for Beneficial. "Palm Springs seems like a very safe place, and everyone enjoyed being able to walk from the hotel at night to shops and restaurants."
The group flew into California's Ontario airport from several western states and then took a chartered motorcoach to Palm Springs, about an hour away. One of the highlights of the program was a jeep tour of the surrounding high desert area. "It was nice that we all didn't follow one another like a big caravan. We went to more or less the same places, but each driver took his own route," says Petersen. "Those guides are pretty interesting people. I don't think anybody had a boring time."


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About Town and Country Ministries
With its passage of the Action Plan of the National Comprehensive Plan for Town and Country Ministry in the United States, titled "Born Again in Every Place," the 2004 General Conference of The United Methodist Church accepted the invitation to change the general view of town and country churches from being problems to being assets. In addition, this acceptance signaled that we, as a denomination, were agreeing to learn about the current realities of town and country communities, to address their concerns and to imagine new possibilities.
Laity and clergy in town and country churches across the country identified their concerns and issues in a survey taken by a task force on town and country ministries. They included:
- The leadership skills of the laity
- Ministries with youth and children
- Changing populations and "new neighbors"
- The need to improve the economic base of rural areas, and
- The preparation of clergy for serving in rural areas and the length of time pastors remain in such appointments.
The new possibilities include the need to:
- Move our Focus from a survival mentality to self-sacrificing servanthood.
- Take Initiative for Christ's ministry in our own community, no longer waiting to be "rescued," but rather activating ourselves for service and witness.
- Recognize and use the Resources available to us, replacing notions of scarcity and inadequacy by embracing the abundance of God's gifts to us.
- Release the Energy used sometimes to maintain a timid vision of God's call to ministry, and letting it loose for empowerment and promise.
The Action Plan's anticipated, over-arching desired outcomes are:
- To develop, support and affirm effective ministries for town and country cultures and contexts.
- To develop, strengthen and sustain effective leadership for town and country ministries.
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Kerry: No place in Syria transition for Assad
Russia: Assad mulling open humanitarian access
UN inspectors confirm Syria chemical attack
AP Interview: UN aid official demands Syria access
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Aid workers must be given access if parts of Syria come under a cease-fire to allow chemical weapons experts to try to bring the country's stockpile under international control, the head of the U.N.'s World Food Program said.
Ertharin Cousin told The Associated Press in an interview Monday that an agreement under discussion now envisions a cessation of hostilities so chemical experts can travel across the country, including to many conflict areas where WFP and other humanitarian workers have been unable to bring in desperately needed aid.
"So this is an opportunity for us to hopefully overcome the hurdle that today we've been unable to achieve," Cousin said.
The United States and Russia brokered an agreement for Syria to give up its chemical weapons but U.N. diplomats say they are at odds on details of a U.N. Security Council resolution spelling out how it should be done and the possible consequences if Syria doesn't comply.
Cousin urged the international community to demand that the Security Council make any cease-fire a broad one.
"When you talk about a cessation of hostilities to allow access for the chemical (weapons) workers, that cessation in hostilities should also allow access for humanitarian workers," she said.
WFP is currently feeding 3 million people inside Syria and 1.2 million in neighboring countries. Cousin said the goal is to step up supplies so that 4 million internally displaced people and 1.5 million refugees are getting food by the end of October.
While the agency is working in all 14 Syrian governorates, Cousin said there are pockets in many of them that humanitarian workers can't reach because of fighting.
The opposition Syrian National Coalition accused government forces Monday of tightening their siege during the past month in the Damascus suburb of Ghouta, where U.N. inspectors reported that chemical weapons were used in an Aug. 21 attack.
"Assad's forces are starving people to death in those areas," the coalition claimed. "The specter of famine looms in the horizon as more than 2 million people remain under siege."
Cousin said WFP hasn't had access to an opposition-controlled area in Ghouta called Muhammadiyah, which is besieged by government forces. She also pointed to an area in the Kurdish-dominated Hasaka region in the northeast controlled by the al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front and an opposition-controlled area on the outskirts of the northern city of Aleppo where the agency has had trouble operating.
Cousin said the bullets that have been fired at WFP trucks trying to get into Ghouta and other conflict areas "don't say 'I came from the regime' or 'I came from the opposition.'"
"The reality of it is there's enough complicity to go around," she said.
WFP has tried to identify third party monitors who can access these difficult areas, Cousin said.
"The challenge is the same — getting third party monitors and food into these areas," she said. "So it's an awful Catch-22. You need to get the monitors in so you can justify the access that is necessary to get food in."
As Syrians prepare to face their third winter in conflict, thousands including women, children and seniors, need food, medicine, blankets and other humanitarian aid, she said.
"So we must demand that all the parties ... provide access to humanitarians," Cousin stressed, adding that she has been talking to prime ministers, foreign ministers and anyone else with influence on the five permanent Security Council members who hold the key to the contents of the chemical weapons resolution.
She said WFP's traditional donors — the U.S., U.K., European Union, Germany and Canada — have been generous with money to support the massive feeding program in Syria, which is costing $30 million a week. But more help is needed.
"We need the entire global community, which means we need Saudi Arabia, we need China" and others, Cousin said.
She said donor fatigue is a concern.
"What worries me more than the fact that there's not a bottomless pit is the escalating cost and ... the impact that that will have on other crises around the world," Cousin said. "The problems in Somalia, the Sahel, Yemen, didn't disappear because the problems in Syria are increasing. What we can't afford is to prioritize one hungry child over another."
McCain slams Putin in opinion piece for Pravda
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. John McCain is accusing Russian President Vladimir Putin of corruption, repression and self-serving rule in an opinion piece for Pravda that answers the Russian leader's broadside published last week in an American newspaper.
In an op-ed headlined "Russians Deserve Better That Putin," McCain singles out Putin and his associates for punishing dissent, specifically the death in prison of Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky. The Russian presidential human rights council found in 2011 that Magnitsky, who had accused Russian officials of colluding with organized criminals, had been beaten and denied medical treatment.
McCain also criticized Putin for siding with Syrian President Bashar Assad in the 2½ year civil war that has killed more than 100,000 people.
McCain insists that he is not anti-Russian but rather "more pro-Russian than the regime that misrules you today."
"President Putin doesn't believe ... in you. He doesn't believe that human nature at liberty can rise above its weaknesses and build just, peaceful, prosperous societies. Or, at least, he doesn't believe Russians can. So he rules by using those weaknesses, by corruption, repression and violence. He rules for himself, not you," McCain wrote.
The senator submitted the editorial to Pravda and was told it would be posted on Thursday. The Associated Press obtained a copy of the editorial.
McCain assailed Putin and his associates for writing laws that codify bigotry, specifically legislation on sexual orientation. A new Russian law imposes fines and up to 15 days in prison for people accused of spreading "propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations" to minors.
On Syria, McCain said Putin is siding with a tyrant.
"He is not enhancing Russia's global reputation. He is destroying it. He has made her a friend to tyrants and an enemy to the oppressed, and untrusted by nations that seek to build a safer, more peaceful and prosperous world," the Arizona senator said.
McCain also criticized the imprisonment of the punk rock band Pussy Riot. The three women were convicted of hooliganism after staging an anti-Putin protest inside a Russian Orthodox Church.
The article by McCain, the 2008 Republican presidential nominee, comes just days after the U.S. and Russian officials reached an ambitious agreement that calls for an inventory of Syria's chemical weapons program within a week, and its complete eradication by mid-2014. Diplomatic wrangling continues, however.
Last week, Putin blamed opposition forces for the latest deadly chemical weapons attack in Syria and argued President Barack Obama's remarks about America were self-serving in an opinion piece for The New York Times. Putin also said it was dangerous for America to think of itself as exceptional, a reference to a comment Obama made.
McCain was not the first U.S. lawmaker to respond to Putin. House Armed Services Committee Chairman Howard "Buck" McKeon, R-Calif., wrote in an editorial for the Moscow Times about the suppression of the Russian people and the disregard for basic human rights.
Putin hails Syria's action on chemical weapons ban
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AP) — Russia's President Vladimir Putin says that Syria's move to join an international convention banning chemical weapons has proven its good faith.
Speaking at a summit of an international security grouping dominated by Russia and China, Putin said Friday the move showed that Syria has "serious intentions to embark on that path."
Syria made a formal bid Thursday to join the Chemical Weapons Convention. The U.N. welcomed the move, but said that it could take 30 days for Syria to become a member.
Russia proposed on Monday that Syria surrenders control over its chemical weapons to the international community for its eventual dismantling to avoid a U.S. military strike, and Damascus quickly jumped at the offer. Top U.S. and Russian diplomats are holding talks in Geneva to discuss the plan's specifics.
Kerry arrives in Geneva to test Russia on Syria weapons
GENEVA -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Geneva Thursday morning to test the seriousness of a Russian proposal to secure Syria's chemical weapons.
Kerry and a team of U.S. experts will have at least two days of meetings with their Russian counterparts on Thursday and Friday. They hope to emerge with an outline of how some 1,000 tons of chemical weapons stocks and precursor materials as well as potential delivery systems can be safely inventoried and isolated under international control in an active war zone and then destroyed.
Officials with Kerry said they would be looking for a rapid agreement on principles for the process with Russians, including a demand for a speedy Syrian accounting of their stockpiles.
One official said the task is "doable but difficult and complicated."
The official said the U.S. is looking for signs of Russian seriousness and thinks it will know in a relatively short time if the Russians are trying to stall. Another official described the ideas that the Russians have presented so far as "an opening position" that needs a lot of work and input from technical experts. The U.S. team includes officials who worked on inspection and removal of unconventional weapons from Libya after 2003 and in Iraq after the first Gulf War.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publically on the sensitive negotiations.
The hastily arranged meeting in Geneva comes as the White House tries to pin success or failure of the diplomatic track on Russia's willingness to take a tough line with its ally Syria. Syrian rebels, however, are disappointed at best in President Barack Obama's decision to forgo a military strike in favor of an agreement to take access to chemical weapons away from President Bashar Assad.
At the same time, the CIA has begun delivering light weapons and other munitions to the rebels over the past two weeks, along with separate deliveries by the State Department of vehicles and other gear, The Washington Post reported late Wednesday. The deliveries have lagged, the newspaper said, because of logistical challenges and U.S. fears that any assistance could wind up in the hands of extremists. Some U.S. lawmakers have chided the administration, which said months ago it would send lethal aid, for not moving more quickly to help the rebels.
Obama also found opposition in Congress to putting on hold his request for authorization to punish Assad militarily for his government's alleged role in a chemical attack on Damascus suburbs last month. His Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, asserted in an opinion piece in The New York Times that a potential strike by the U.S. would create more victims and could spread the conflict beyond Syria and unleash a new wave of terrorism.
In meetings planned for later Thursday and again Friday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Kerry will prod Moscow to put forward a credible and verifiable plan to inventory, quarantine and destroy Syria's chemical weapons stocks, according to U.S. officials.
Kerry is accompanied by American chemical weapons experts to look at and possibly expand on Russian ideas for the complex task of safely dealing with the vast stockpiles in the midst of a brutal and unpredictable conflict. Russian technical experts will join Lavrov in the meetings.
"Our goal here is to test the seriousness of this proposal, to talk about the specifics of how this would get done, what are the mechanics of identifying, verifying, securing and ultimately destroying the chemical weapons," State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said shortly before Kerry left Washington.
The U.S. is hoping that an acceptable agreement with the Russians can be part of a binding new U.N. Security Council resolution being negotiated that would hold Syria accountable for using chemical weapons. Russia, however, has long opposed U.N. action on Syria, vetoed three earlier resolutions, blocked numerous, less severe condemnations and has not indicated it is willing to go along with one now.
A senior U.N. diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity because contacts have been private, said Thursday's meeting will be an exploratory session to gauge whether they can embark on "the herculean task" of dismantling Syria's chemical weapons while the country is at war.
In his column posted Wednesday on the Times website, Putin asserted that it is "alarming" that military intervention in internal conflicts in foreign countries "has become commonplace for the United States."
"Is it in America's long-term interest? I doubt it," Putin wrote. "Millions around the world increasingly see America not as a model of democracy but as relying solely on brute force, cobbling coalitions together under the slogan `you're either with us or against us."'
Putin said he favored taking advantage of Syria's willingness to place its chemical arsenal under international control and welcomed Obama's interest in continuing to discuss Syria with Russia.
"If we can avoid force against Syria, this will improve the atmosphere in international affairs and strengthen mutual trust," he wrote. "It will be our shared success and open the door to cooperation on other critical issues."
American ships in the Mediterranean Sea remained ready to strike Syria if ordered, Navy Secretary Ray Mabus said. Syrian rebels appeared skeptical that U.S. forces would be put to use, saying the Americans have repeatedly reneged on promises to assist their rebellion. They pointed to Obama's statement in June that he would provide lethal aid to the rebels.
Meanwhile, Assad's forces have gained the advantage.
"We're on our own," Mohammad Joud, an opposition fighter in the war-shattered northern city of Aleppo, said via Skype. "I always knew that, but thanks to Obama's shameful conduct, others are waking up to this reality as well."
Ayham Kamel, a Middle East analyst at the Eurasia Group in London, said the Syrian opposition will struggle with morale and sense of purpose.
"Assad's regime is going to be stronger because while they've agreed to give up their chemical weapons, they get to keep everything else to fight the opposition that has lost territory in the past year and has now suffered a big blow," Kamel said.
White House spokesman Jay Carney declined to put a deadline on diplomatic efforts to resolve the standoff but said bringing Syria's chemical weapons stockpile under international control "obviously will take some time."
"Russia is now putting its prestige on the line," Carney said Wednesday. Asked if U.S. prestige also was on the line, Carney responded: "The United States leads in these situations. And it's not always popular and it's not always comfortable."
On Capitol Hill, action on any congressional resolution authorizing U.S. military intervention in Syria was on hold, even an alternative that would have reflected Russia's diplomatic offer. Senators instead debated an energy bill.
"The whole terrain has changed," Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., told reporters after a meeting of Democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. "We want to make sure we do nothing that's going to derail what's going on."
That didn't stop Republicans from announcing their opposition to Obama's initial call for military strikes and criticizing the commander in chief. Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., accused the president of engaging in "pinball diplomacy."
Claire McCaskill weighs in on President Obama's Syrian agenda
Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill is joining congressional colleagues in responding to President Obama's decision to pause in taking military action against Syria for its' use of chemical weapons. Negotiators are attempting to iron out a Syrian-Russian plan for Syria to relinquish its' chemical weapons arsenal. Senator McCaskill says she will continue to evaluate and monitor the situation daily, adding "The President made an important case for why Syria's use of chemical weapons has serious implications for America's national security and that a credible threat of military force can strengthen the chances of a diplomatic solution."
President Obama's speech on Syria - full text
Text of President Barack Obama's speech on Syria, as provided by the Federal News Service:
My fellow Americans, tonight I want to talk to you about Syria, why it matters and where we go from here. Over the past two years, what began as a series of peaceful protests against the repressive regime of Bashar al-Assad has turned into a brutal civil war. Over a hundred thousand people have been killed. Millions have fled the country. In that time, America has worked with allies to provide humanitarian support, to help the moderate opposition and to shape a political settlement.
But I have resisted calls for military action because we cannot resolve someone else's civil war through force, particularly after a decade of war in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The situation profoundly changed, though, on Aug. 21st, when Assad's government gassed to death over a thousand people, including hundreds of children. The images from this massacre are sickening, men, women, children lying in rows, killed by poison gas, others foaming at the mouth, gasping for breath, a father clutching his dead children, imploring them to get up and walk. On that terrible night, the world saw in gruesome detail the terrible nature of chemical weapons and why the overwhelming majority of humanity has declared them off limits, a crime against humanity and a violation of the laws of war.
This was not always the case. In World War I, American GIs were among the many thousands killed by deadly gas in the trenches of Europe. In World War II, the Nazis used gas to inflict the horror of the Holocaust. Because these weapons can kill on a mass scale, with no distinction between soldier and infant, the civilized world has spent a century working to ban them. And in 1997, the United States Senate overwhelmingly approved an international agreement prohibiting the use of chemical weapons, now joined by 189 governments that represent 98 percent of humanity.
On Aug. 21st, these basic rules were violated, along with our sense of common humanity.
No one disputes that chemical weapons were used in Syria. The world saw thousands of videos, cellphone pictures and social media accounts from the attack. And humanitarian organizations told stories of hospitals packed with people who had symptoms of poison gas.
Moreover, we know the Assad regime was responsible. In the days leading up to Aug. 21st, we know that Assad's chemical weapons personnel prepared for an attack near an area they where they mix sarin gas. They distributed gas masks to their troops. Then they fired rockets from a regime-controlled area into 11 neighborhoods that the regime has been trying to wipe clear of opposition forces.
Shortly after those rockets landed, the gas spread, and hospitals filled with the dying and the wounded. We know senior figures in Assad's military machine reviewed the results of the attack. And the regime increased their shelling of the same neighborhoods in the days that followed. We've also studied samples of blood and hair from people at the site that tested positive for sarin.
When dictators commit atrocities, they depend upon the world to look the other way until those horrifying pictures fade from memory. But these things happened. The facts cannot be denied.
The question now is what the United States of America and the international community is prepared to do about it, because what happened to those people, to those children, is not only a violation of international law, it's also a danger to our security.
Let me explain why. If we fail to act, the Assad regime will see no reason to stop using chemical weapons.
As the ban against these weapons erodes, other tyrants will have no reason to think twice about acquiring poison gas and using them. Over time our troops would again face the prospect of chemical warfare on the battlefield, and it could be easier for terrorist organizations to obtain these weapons and to use them to attack civilians.
If fighting spills beyond Syria's borders, these weapons could threaten allies like Turkey, Jordan and Israel.
And a failure to stand against the use of chemical weapons would weaken prohibitions against other weapons of mass destruction and embolden Assad's ally, Iran, which must decide whether to ignore international law by building a nuclear weapon or to take a more peaceful path.
This is not a world we should accept. This is what's at stake. And that is why, after careful deliberation, I determined that it is in the national security interests of the United States to respond to the Assad regime's use of chemical weapons through a targeted military strike. The purpose of this strike would be to deter Assad from using chemical weapons, to degrade his regime's ability to use them and to make clear to the world that we will not tolerate their use. That's my judgment as commander in chief.
But I'm also the president of the world's oldest constitutional democracy. So even though I possessed the authority to order military strikes, I believed it was right, in the absence of a direct or imminent threat to our security, to take this debate to Congress. I believe our democracy is stronger when the president acts with the support of Congress, and I believe that America acts more effectively abroad when we stand together.
This is especially true after a decade that put more and more war-making power in the hands of the president, and more and more burdens on the shoulders of our troops, while sidelining the people's representatives from the critical decisions about when we use force.
Now, I know that after the terrible toll of Iraq and Afghanistan, the idea of any military action, no matter how limited, is not going to be popular. After all, I've spent four and a half years working to end wars, not to start them. Our troops are out of Iraq, our troops are coming home from Afghanistan, and I know Americans want all of us in Washington, especially me, to concentrate on the task of building our nation here at home, putting people back to work, educating our kids, growing our middle class. It's no wonder, then, that you're asking hard questions. So let me answer some of the most important questions that I've heard from members of Congress and that I've read in letters that you've sent to me.
First, many of you have asked: Won't this put us on a slippery slope to another war? One man wrote to me that we are still recovering from our involvement in Iraq. A veteran put it more bluntly: This nation is sick and tired of war.
My answer is simple. I will not put American boots on the ground in Syria. I will not pursue an open-ended action like Iraq or Afghanistan. I will not pursue a prolonged air campaign like Libya or Kosovo. This would be a targeted strike to achieve a clear objective: deterring the use of chemical weapons and degrading Assad's capabilities.
Others have asked whether it's worth acting if we don't take out Assad. As some members of Congress have said, there's no point in simply doing a pinprick strike in Syria.
Let me make something clear: The United States military doesn't do pinpricks.
Even a limited strike will send a message to Assad that no other nation can deliver. I don't think we should remove another dictator with force. We learned from Iraq that doing so makes us responsible for all that comes next. But a targeted strike can make Assad or any other dictator think twice before using chemical weapons.
Other questions involve the dangers of retaliation. We don't dismiss any threats, but the Assad regime does not have the ability to seriously threaten our military. Any other - any other retaliation they might seek is in line with threats that we face every day. Neither Assad nor his allies have any interest in escalation that would lead to his demise. And our ally Israel can defend itself with overwhelming force, as well as the unshakable support of the United States of America.
Many of you have asked a broader question: Why should we get involved at all in a place that's so complicated and where, as one person wrote to me, those who come after Assad may be enemies of human rights? It's true that some of Assad's opponents are extremists. But al-Qaida will only draw strength in a more chaotic Syria if people there see the world doing nothing to prevent innocent civilians from being gassed to death. The majority of the Syrian people and the Syrian opposition we work with just want to live in peace, with dignity and freedom. And the day after any military action, we would redouble our efforts to achieve a political solution that strengthens those who reject the forces of tyranny and extremism.
Finally, many of you have asked, why not leave this to other countries or seek solutions short of force?
And several people wrote to me, we should not be the world's policeman. I agree. And I have a deeply held preference for peaceful solutions. Over the last two years my administration has tried diplomacy and sanctions, warnings and negotiations. But chemical weapons were still used by the Assad regime.
However, over the last few days we've seen some encouraging signs in part because of the credible threat of U.S. military action as well as constructive talks that I had with President Putin. The Russian government has indicated a willingness to join with the international community in pushing Assad to give up his chemical weapons. The Assad regime has now admitted that it has these weapons and even said they'd join the chemical weapons convention, which prohibits their use.
It's too early to tell whether this offer will succeed, and any agreement must verify that the Assad regime keeps its commitments. But this initiative has the potential to remove the threat of chemical weapons without the use of force, particularly because Russia is one of Assad's strongest allies.
I have therefore asked the leaders of Congress to postpone a vote to authorize the use of force while we pursue this diplomatic path. I'm sending Secretary of State John Kerry to meet his Russian counterpart on Thursday, and I will continue my own discussions with President Putin. I've spoken to the leaders of two of our closest allies, France and the United Kingdom. And we will work together in consultation with Russia and China to put forward a resolution at the U.N. Security Council requiring Assad to give up his chemical weapons and to ultimately destroy them under international control.
We'll also give U.N. inspectors the opportunity to report their findings about what happened on Aug. 21st. And we will continue to rally support from allies, from Europe to the Americas, from Asia to the Middle East who agree on the need for action.
Meanwhile, I've ordered our military to maintain their current posture, to keep the pressure on Assad and to be in a position to respond if diplomacy fails. And tonight I give thanks again to our military and their families for their incredible strength and sacrifices.
My fellow Americans, for nearly seven decades the United States has been the anchor of global security. This has meant doing more than forging international agreements. It has meant enforcing them. The burdens of leadership are often heavy, but the world's a better place because we have borne them.
And so to my friends on the right, I ask you to reconcile your commitment to America's military might with a failure to act when a cause is so plainly just.
To my friends on the left, I ask you to reconcile your belief in freedom and dignity for all people with those images of children writhing in pain and going still on a cold hospital floor, for sometimes resolutions and statements of condemnation are simply not enough.
Indeed, I'd ask every member of Congress, and those of you watching at home tonight, to view those videos of the attack, and then ask: What kind of world will we live in if the United States of America sees a dictator brazenly violate international law with poison gas and we choose to look the other way? Franklin Roosevelt once said our national determination to keep free of foreign wars and foreign entanglements cannot prevent us from feeling deep concern when ideals and principles that we have cherished are challenged.
Our ideals and principles, as well as our national security, are at stake in Syria, along with our leadership of a world where we seek to ensure that the worst weapons will never be used. America is not the world's policeman. Terrible things happen across the globe, and it is beyond our means to right every wrong. But when, with modest effort and risk, we can stop children from being gassed to death and thereby make our own children safer over the long run, I believe we should act. That's what makes America different. That's what makes us exceptional.
With humility, but with resolve, let us never lose sight of that essential truth.
Thank you. God bless you, and God bless the United States of America.
Oil falls below $109 a barrel on Syria proposal
BANGKOK (AP) — Oil prices, which have shot up in recent days over the threat of a U.S. strike against Syria, fell below $109 a barrel Tuesday after Damascus reacted favorably to a proposal to turn over its chemical weapons.
Benchmark oil for October delivery fell $1.16 per barrel to $108.36 at midday Bangkok time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract fell $1.01 to close at $109.52 a barrel on the Nymex on Monday.
Oil prices have risen sharply in recent days following President Barack Obama's call for military action against the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad in retaliation for what the White House says was a chemical weapons attack against civilians.
But on Monday, there was reason to hope for a diplomatic solution when Syria's foreign minister welcomed a suggestion to move all the country's chemical weapons under international control. Analysts said it could also hurt Obama's attempts at gaining congressional support for military intervention.
"Backed by the U.N., Russia is arranging for Syria to turn over its chemical weapons to avert a confrontation," said Vishnu Varathan of Mizuho Bank Ltd. in Singapore. "By deflecting the approaching strike, Russia has also created greater uncertainty in the U.S. Congress on the vote over Syria though the U.S. is still leaning towards a strike." Obama plans to address the nation from the White House on Tuesday about Syria.
Brent, the benchmark for international crudes, dropped $1.03 to $112.69 per barrel on the ICE Futures exchange in London.
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Valparaiso's women's swim team turned in a fourth place effort on Saturday morning at the Indiana Intercollegiates in West Lafayette, Ind.
The Crusaders finished with 180 total points while the host Boilermakers won the meet with 1,178 points.
Natalie Jarrett (Lebanon, Ind./Western Boone H.S.) finished eighth in the 200 individual medley, touching the wall in 2:15.29. Jarrett also turned in a ninth place finish in the 100 backstroke with a time of 1:02.82.
Laura Rickey (Monmouth, Ill./Monmouth-Roseville H.S.) and Amy Andracki (Arlington Heights, Ill./Prospect H.S.) also placed eighth on the day. Rickey did so in the 100 freestyle with a time of 56.75 seconds while Andracki finished eighth in the 100 breaststroke with a mark of 1:09.08.
Alizabeth Taubert (Bloomington, Ill./University H.S.) posted a top-10 finish in the 200 freestyle, placing ninth with a time of 2:03.69.
Stephanie Ferschl (Mukwonago, Wis./Mukwonago H.S.) added a 10th place finish in the 500 free, turning in a time of 5:31.88.
Valparaiso will return to action in two weeks, traveling to Dayton, Ohio to face Wright State in dual meet action. The meet begins at 5 p.m. CDT on November 5.
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