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Sunday Postcard from… Lagos, Portugal
For the first time in months I can remove my jacket.
The touch of the sun is gentle and loving, like that of a lover's. It is just a show she puts up for me since in a few short weeks she will be back to her old self, biting my pale Finnish skin hard, smugly leaving her marks all over. But not today. Today is the first day that I feel sunshine in months, and she lets me have this one.
We saunter along the marina, picking out oranges from the trees growing wild between office buildings and spitting out the pieces when they turned out to be bitter. Our words revolve around our heads in lazy circles. We chat about our lives and the world we still want to see in the same way than people talk when they are just setting foot on foreign ground for the first time. When we reach the beach, we take off our shoes and bury our toes in the cold sand. Anthony cracks open a beer. The water is cold enough to burn our feet, and we run away from it screaming and giggling.
Beach after beach go by as we tread on. It seems like a long way on the map, but on a day like today distance doesn't matter. We're walking on the side of a small highway as brightly coloured backpacker vans start passing us by. Marcela greets a passing shepherd in Portuguese, and his dog ignores my call.
Finally we reach the end of the road. We sit down on the edge of a cliff, the hum of the waves below the soundtrack to the sunset, and we set out our picnic of croissants, cheese and ham. The talk dies down slowly with the sinking sun; no words could ever take the place of a sight of a Portuguese sunset. The sun is just a blazing sphere now, and as it dips into the ocean, an army of oranges and yellows trail its last steps.
Marcela points to the sky behind our backs. Nestled in the vivid nocturnal purple we spot the full moon, bright enough to tell the different craters apart and rising fast. On our walk back it has to battle the glow of the coastal cities and a few wan stars.
There are certain reveries that a traveller often conjures up before a trip. Those are imaginations based on perfectly timed photographs and memories that the mind plays like an art film; dreams of what the road ahead can and will bring with it.
Today has been the kind of a day that I always imagined backpacking to be like.


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Don't Blame CDS For Greek Woes: Salmon
BY Caroline Cakebread | March 8, 2010
An interesting discussion going on in the blogosphere as Felix Salmon argues that credit default swaps aren't to blame for Greece's woes. Today he responds to Rajiv Sethi by citing the case of Brazil, circa 2002. Here's what he says:
"Exhibit A, here, is Brazil, circa 2002, when the markets were terrified about Lula's upcoming election, and refused to believe that he would follow market-friendly policies. They drove Brazil's debt spreads up to 2,000bp over Treasuries — five times the worst levels that we've seen in Greece — and refused to lend Brazil any new money at any interest rate at all, at least not in dollars. Brazil was therefore facing a liquidity crisis much worse than anything the Greeks are going through right now: it had essentially no ability to roll over its debts as they came due. A default seemed inevitable, and was certainly more than priced in to the bond markets; while sovereign CDS on Brazil did exist at the time, the market was small and was never blamed for Brazil's bond spreads.
Eventually, Brazil pushed through, never defaulted, and provided spectacular returns for fund managers who had bought near the lows. If spreads of 2,000bp over Treasuries didn't turn into a self-fulfilling prophecy in Brazil, I don't think that spreads of 400bp over Bunds are going to make default any more likely in Greece."


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Dybala Became the Successor of Number 10 on Juventus – Argentine striker Paulo dybala's Argentine juventus striker this season suggests that he deserves to be paid handsomely by clubs from the city of Juventus FC. In 2 matches Italian league serie A Paulo dybala has created 4 extraordinary fantastic goals for a second striker or an attacker of this wing.
This achievement exceeds the middle striker juventus gonzalo higuain who has not even scored at all for the old lady. It can not be denied if Paulo dybala this season gets hockey from his back number this season. He used the number 10 last used by Paul Pogba before moving to Manchester United.
Dybala is proud to wear this number 10 jersey. But he did not feel humble, dybala admitted if he has not been comparable with the legend number 10 juventus alessandro del piero. Because many who equate themselves today as del piero used to be in juventus who have the same position with dybala and also reliable in the service of dead ball.
But many juventus fans are hoping that this forward will last long in juventus and will be the next legend for juventus. Indeed number 10 is making Paulo dybala increasingly confident in looking at every game in front of him with juventus.
The latest one is Paulo dybala creating 3 goals which finally brought juventus to their second victory in the Serie A league and make Juve top the Italian league standings to the 2nd league. 3 goals dybala is special for saving Juventus from defeat, because before they left behind 2 – 0 From the host genoa. His first Hatrick this season is special.
Dybala also hopes that his performance will always be consistent with this new back number in order to deliver juventus to defend his Serie A title this season. And earned champions league title which last season failed to reach the old lady because losing from real Madrid in final league champions 2016/2017 season.


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Fastenal sales climb 10.6 percent in quarter
Growth in industrial vending business and in new and existing onsite locations drove a 10.6 percent sales gain for Fastenal in the second quarter.
The Winona, Minnesota-based distributor signed 4,881 industrial vending machines during the quarter, an increase of 0.3% over the second quarter of 2016. Fastenal signed 68 new Onsite locations during the second quarter of 2017 compared to 44 signings in the second quarter of 2016, an increase of 54.5%.
Daily sales of non-fastener products, which represented 63.9% of sales in the second quarter of 2017, grew 12.2%. Daily sales of fastener products, representing 36.1% of sales, grew 7.9%, of which 3.6 percentage points were attributable to the recently acquired Manufacturers Supply Company business.
Net earnings during the quarter were $148.9, an increase of 13.2% compared to the second quarter of 2016. Diluted net earnings per share were 52 cents compared to 45 cents during the second quarter of 2016.
In a separate announcement, Fastenal said June sales of $394.3 million were up 13 percent from $349.0 million in June 2016. Daily sales of $17.9 million compared to $15.9 million in June of last year.


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Voting in the 2015 Westminster General Election is underway at all 76 polling stations across East Derry.
Voters across the constituency started casting their votes as soon as polls opened at 7am, from Claudy to Coleraine, Limavady, Greysteel and Dungiven.
This constituency takes in the whole of the former Coleraine and Limavady District Councils, and two wards of Derry City Council.
In 2001 the DUP's Gregory Campbell defeated Ulster Unionist William Ross, who had represented East Derry since it was formed in 1983.
The seven candidates fighting the 2015 Westminster Election are Caoimhe Archibald (Sinn Fein), Yvonne Boyle (Alliance), Gregory Campbell (DUP), William McCandless (UUP), Gerry Mullan (SDLP), Neil Paine (Cannabis is Safer than Alcohol) and Elizabeth St Clair-Legge (Conservatives).
In the 2010 Parliamentary election there were 63,220 eligible voters. Votes polled numbered 35,086. Valid votes numbered 34,950. Invalid Votes were 136 and the turnout was 55.5 per cent.
DUP candidate Gregory Campbell was elected.
Polls close at 10pm.
Counting for the East Derry constituency will take place overnight at the counting centre in the Templemore Sports Complex in Derry, and the first results are expected in the early hours of Friday morning.


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I found the following statistics from the Center of Disease Control to be quite thought provoking: only 15% felt calm and peaceful during the last 30 days; only 19% say they are satisfied with their life; 21% say their life has a clear purpose;13% felt full of life during the last 30 days.
My guess is that this may not be startling news to most of you who read this blog. So, what is needed to improve our appreciation of this short life we have been granted on this earth? Do we need better health care? Do we need better working environments? Do we need a change in government? Or, is there a spiritual need that is not being met?
Is our fundamental problem such that that we are so involved with the activities of this world, that we have lost much of our sense of our true needs which are spiritual? Has our practice of our Christian faith become this worldly and we have forgotten the teachings of Jesus and our Church Fathers about how we must struggle to overcome our passions and connections to the demands and desires of things of this world? So, what is our aim? Saint Seraphim of Sarov says that it is to acquire the Holy Spirit. This is what the Church calls Theosis or a union with God.
What kind of effort do we make to nurture our spiritual needs? Are they getting equal priority to our efforts to meet our earthly needs? If not, why not? Do we know what to do to acquire the Holy Spirit? If so, why don't we do them? When we do, we know we will be able to meet all the challenges and difficulties of this world without despair because we will always find comfort and direction in the grace that comes from the Holy Spirit. A full life is one lived in the hope of our own resurrection, joyfully preparing now in great anticipation for a life in union with God in His kingdom.
As we celebrate the Resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ during this Bright Week, let's reflect on our life and how we are living it. Let us ask ourselves if we are truly giving a priority to our spiritual needs. As an reminder of what is essential for a life in Christ, below are the elements of an Orthodox Way of Life that can nurture our spiritual growth, leading us to a more full and satisfying life, where our purpose is clear, where we will be able to find peace in all situations, and we will always be giving thanks to our Lord for all he sends in our way. If with faith we follow them, we will feel full of life knowing that we are preparing for an eternal life with our God in Paradise.
Here are the elements of the Orthodox Way of Life:
1. Praying Daily
Have a regular prayer rule that includes morning and evening prayer.
2. Worshiping and Participating in Sacraments
Attend and participate in the Divine Liturgy receiving Holy Communion regularly as well as regular participation in Confession.
3. Honoring the Liturgical Cycle of the Church
Follow the seasons of the church and participate in the fasts and feasts of the Church.
4. Using the Jesus Prayer
Repeat the Holy name whenever possible throughout the day or night.
5. Slowing Down and Ordering Your Life
Set priorities and reduce the stress and friction caused by a hurried life.
6. Being Watchful
Give full attention to what you are doing at the moment.
7. Taming the Passions
Overcome your habits, attachment to your likes and dislikes, and learn to practice the virtues.
8. Putting Others First
Free yourself from your selfishness and find joy in helping others.
9. Spiritual Fellowship
Spend time regularly with other Orthodox Christians for support and inspiration.
10. Reading the Scriptures and Holy Fathers
Be inspired by the lessons of the Holy Scriptures, the wisdom of the Holy Fathers and the lives of the Saints of the Church.
Here is a link where you can find more information on these critical ten points.
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Sunday, June 23, 2013
Breezes Thoughts: "Twas an Old Lady ..."
She decide to untie that shoe. Grinning excitedly, she left that old shoe hearing sounds far away she ventured off to see what she could get into. Oohhhhh, yes what did she find?
A land of olden times, full of warpainted Indians chanting away, smoke signals floating thru the sky. In amazement and such curious thoughts ran thru her mind.
She knew she was different and dressed all wrong, looking around to discover what could she do. Finding a strange looking abode, abandoned for some reason. She ventured in and saw a beautiful deerskin that would fix her needs. Slipping it on, it felt so nice and soft. Fringes swirling round her legs, she began to see young and free, being as how her skin was sunburnt and resembling the others that she had seen from far off.
She nodded to herself, pulled out the old fashioned bun of hair atop her head, her long tressing falling about and down her back. She spotted some red berries, smashing them finely and rubbing the color onto her face, she knew she was ready to go amongst this land and discover sights she never knew existed.
The story will continue as this adventure unfolds,
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Finally, we rendered the chrome extension from the code that we had built. I was a simple job as explained in http://code.google.com/chrome/extensions/packaging.html. We are not uploading the extension in the chrome web store as it requires money. Our aim was to build a chrome extension. Not to make money out of it. So, finally me and Selvam did it and we are happy to see things materialise. 🙂
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Hon. Babette Josephs
Born in the City of New York, Babette moved to Philadelphia upon marrying the late Herbert B. Newberg, a well-known class actions attorney. She graduated from Rutgers Law School Camden in 1976, and was admitted to practice law in Pennsylvania. Babette was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from the 182nd District in1985 (Center City). She served in the General Assemble until 2012 becoming the Chair of the State Government Committee and a spokesperson for the Philadelphia Delegation.
Babette has been active in many social change and neighborhood organizations before, during, and after her period of public service. Babette sits on the Board of the local American Civil Liberties Union affiliate; she is member of the J4N Committee (helping a Philadelphia Gay News reporter reveal facts about the unsolved and never-investigated 2002 homicide of a transgendered woman of color). Babette is the co-host of Conversations Across Time (CAT), a program on public access TV, (conversationsacrosstime.org), which is a discussion between historical characters of significance (played by volunteers). The show helps the viewers understand how history shaped and continues to shape modern day thought, politics and expectations. CAT is broadcast on Channel 66 (Comcast) or 39 (Verizon) weekly on Tuesdays at 10pm.
Babette is also a member of Peace Islands Institute (PII), a human relations and outreach organization of Turkish-American Muslims. She is a member of the National Organization of Women, the Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW), and Liberty City Gay and Lesbian Democrats. As a long-time Democratic committeeperson in the 8th Ward (west Center City), Babette makes sure that local elections are run efficiently and counted accurately; she works in voter registration drives, and she actively supports progressive, left leaning political candidates by recommending them to her voters and by volunteering in their campaigns.
Babette has received many awards, among them: Center City Residents Association gave her its top yearly honor in 2016: the Lenora Berson Community Service Award. She received the PA Chapter American Civil Liberties Union Person of the Year Award in 2012. Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania gave Babette its Freedom Keeper Award in 2012.
Babette is an environmentalist: she has never owned a car, she started the city's backyard compost program, she recycles everything, and she eats very low on the food chain. Babette is the proud grandmother of six grandchildren.


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The first project I started which drew me into never-ending can tab hunt was not even made of can tabs. Instead, I used bottle caps.
My mom wanted a noisy belt to practice bellydancing in. She used to take lessons back in the early 70's. Her instructor at the time told her that if you couldn't hear your belt, you weren't doing it right. :) Anyway, we looked everywhere for those little coins/bells you see on bellydancer costumes. No luck near us. Then, while having a refreshing drink after dancing, we came up with using the bottle caps instead. The following pics are of these belt attempts. I must say, they are indeed noisy!
Need a close up?
The caps were folded in half with a vise. Then, hung with fishing lure attachments to rings made of coiled wire clothes hanger jump rings. The sound of this belt is much lower and different than the flat caps below and is my mom's favorite belt for shimmying.
Another belt made from caps smashed flat and attached with plain lanyard hooks, shows my first attempts at using the tabs for the actual belt. I was later able to find fairly inexpensive clapper bells on eBay from a native american supply store. Not sure why they are selling bells from India, but it was a great bargain. The belt is weaved together with fuzzy yarn.
Here is a close up showing a tag we added with our joke of a slogan and the most vulgar of all bellydance poses as a logo.
"Go Ahead, Shake Your Can!"
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Here is a rare find: a large home for sale in the "Doerr Park" neighborhood in charming Willow Glen, San Jose. Its close proximity to major employers makes for a short commute. Watch this VIDEO Tour and then text, email or call me for your personal tour.
1817 Comstock Lane is a 'Turn-key', home featuring 6 bedrooms, 3.5 baths and over 2,600 sq. ft. of living space. It sits on a quiet, tree lined lane. There are two, full master suites. The downstairs master suite has a nicely furnished full bath and, a gas fireplace sitting area. The kitchen has all of the conveniences: 5 burner gas stove, double ovens and a bun warmer, dishwasher, trash compactor, reverse osmosis water purifier and lots of cabinets. It has recessed lights and under the cabinet lighting. There are plantation shutters, double pane, vinyl windows, crown molding, hardwood floors and much more.
The garage also has several cabinets and a finished floor.
There are many other features to discover. For example, the highly rated schools and recreational facilities adds to the value of this nice home. You will be able to see them in this VIDEO Tour.
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Happy New Year! We have a guest designer announcement for January, please welcome Cindy to the team for the next month. Congratulations Cindy, please email Sara (firstname.lastname@example.com) for all of the details. Here is her gorgeous Christmas card:
Guest Design Team call for February 2015
Guest Design Team call for February 2015
Hey Sassy Studio Designs lovers, we are going to hold a Guest DT call for the month of February!
To enter the call, simply create a project with one of Lindsay's SSD images. It can be combined with our Dare to Be Sassy Thursday challenge or the facebook challenges or any other challenges out there in blog land. Please, no backlinking, though!
What's in it for you?
The chance to design with a fun and supportive DT for the month.
Having your projects featured on the SSD blog and facebook page.
An announcement on the SSD blog on the first of the month.
3 Sassy Studio Designs images of your choice
ALL of the new release images for that month and the progressive challenge image and the facebook Flashback Friday images as well!
What are the requirements?
Complete one of the Dare to Be Sassy Thursday Challenges for the month.
Create a release day project and participate in our release day blog hop.
Create two projects for sponsorship challenges.
Make a project for the progressive monthly challenge on facebook.
Complete one of the facebook Flashback Friday challenges for the month.
We will close the call on the 23rd of January. New guest designer will be announced on February 1, 2015. Looking forward to seeing all of your entries!


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THE REPUBLICAN Party of 2012, as captured in a poll by The Post and the Kaiser Family Foundation, has shifted significantly to the right on several key measures. One striking example noted by The Post's Dan Balz and Jon Cohen: The share of Republicans who believe strongly that the government controls too much of daily life rose to 63 percent, up 24 points from a 1998 survey.
The challenge for Republicans is that they have not been willing to match their anti-government rhetoric with a realistic — that is to say, politically palatable — vision of what a smaller government would entail. Or, more to the point, what it wouldn't: Presumptive nominee Mitt Romney, his running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan (Wis.), and others rail about waste and vow to impose tight spending targets but do not specify, beyond a few small tokens, which programs would be jettisoned or pruned. Nor have Republicans been willing to explain how they would pay even for the shrunken government they envision. Their tax policy blends magical thinking about the economic impact of tax cuts with fill-in-the-blank gaps where difficult, and politically perilous, policy choices would be.
Mr. Romney's choice of Mr. Ryan, and the consequent focus on entitlement reform, offer the GOP a chance to present itself as the party of fiscally responsible grown-ups. Mr. Ryan's carefully designed "premium support" model for Medicare reform is worthy of debate, and given the inevitable Mediscare campaign Mr. Romney deserves credit for advancing it. But peddling the illusion of pain-free tax cuts is irresponsible. So is the notion that the safety net the GOP ticket professes to want to maintain, the aging society's health care the candidates vow to protect and the defense budget they insist must increase can all be paid for on a shrunken revenue base.
Then there are the social issues once again swirling around Republicans, as welcomed by party leaders at the convention as Tropical Storm Isaac. Leaders denounced Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin's ignorant and insulting remarks about abortion and rape. But Mr. Akin's outburst reminded voters — not the overwhelmingly anti-abortion partisans attending the event but the ambivalent ones observing from afar — about the GOP's outlier views on abortion rights. The party platform again calls for a constitutional amendment to prohibit abortion, with no exception in cases of rape and incest; this is a position opposed by the overwhelming majority of Americans. Mr. Romney would retain exceptions in situations of rape, incest and where the mother's life is threatened; Mr. Ryan, who once took a no-exceptions view, says that the nominee's stance is a good "first step." But an unpopular one: In the Post poll, 70 percent of Democrats, 58 percent of independents and 34 percent of Republicans said abortion should be legal in all or most cases.
Other social issues, particularly combined with demographic shifts, also pose problems for the party. Its unyielding stance on immigration makes it difficult for the party to make inroads among the growing population of Latino voters. Its opposition to same-sex marriage conflicts with the drift of public opinion, particularly among younger voters. One final set of numbers from the Post poll underscores the peril for the party as its convention begins: The share of independents who believe Republican leaders are taking the party in the right direction has plummeted from 73 percent in 2005 to 28 percent today. That suggests some trouble with the GOP's current definition.


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Kids Wall Art - Bunny Rabbits in The Wood- Henry and Harriet Best of Friends
This is an illustration of two bunny rabbits, Henry and Harriet who are the bestest friends in the whole wide world! Like really the bestest of the best!
This wall art would be suitable for any child's room.
Created with ink pen and digitally coloured (220 gsm / acid free/ c grain) which is a thicker stock with a slight texture to it, using Epson DuraBrite Ultra archival inks. Please note colour will slightly vary from screen to print.
This fits an 8x10 photo frame with a some negative space.
The paper is A4 (21x29.7cm) the actual design is roughly 5.6x8.2" (14.39x20.9 cm) , allowing for a border for easy framing.
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Since returning from travelling I've been entertaining myself and my family with one of my older hobbies…baking. Luckily I had some new inspiration in the form of a new cookbook for Christmas. One of the first things I had to cook from it were 'Little London Stout Cakes' i.e cupcakes made with beer, two things … Continue reading
Yummy Foods – Part 1
While we were travelling in Latin America we tried some amazing foods, so of it local and some not so, so one long bus journey to keep ourselves entertained, we wrote a list of foods/drinks/snacks that we wanted to try cook ourselves. So here goes the list! Now that we are home I'm going to … Continue reading
Favorite Travel Photos 2012
It's been forever since I've posted on this blog, I'm not going to make excuses, but I am going to catch up on some of the highlights of the trip now that I am home. In the meantime, I just wanted to say a huge 'Thank You' to Laura Bly of USA Today who featured my Instagram … Continue reading
Three Travel Experiences that linger
A while ago I was nominated to continue the chain on this Travel Competition arranged by Low Cost Holidays . In this you are supposed to try and get the longest chain and also write the best stories about your favourite travel experiences, well travelling kinda got in the way of the first (sorry Iain!) but … Continue reading
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Most people think about visiting Ecuador and head for the Galapagos Islands for animals galore. Sadly on our budget we left out a visit there for a time in later life and we'll do it the luxury way. Despite that, our trip to Ecuador was…
Central America highlights
So I know it's been a while since we left Central America but I wanted to put together some of my favourite photos of the trip so far. Mexico Tulum was a fantastic place to spend a few days, gorgeous ruins by the beach in the blazing sun. Unfortunately the heat made it difficult for … Continue reading
Monkeying Around at the Zoo
As we were in Cali, Colombia, we had to visit the zoo which has been named as the best in South America. Now I have to admit that I'm not always the fondest of zoos, they have their purpose when looking after injured animals and the like, however in general I find it sad that … Continue reading
Beer is proof God loves us
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So my boyfriend nominated me to enter the 'Capture the Colour' Competition with Travel Supermarket in his entry, since we're a little competitive when it comes to our photos I thought I'd give it a shot. Several of these photos are featured in my post 'Favourite trip photos' and on Flickr. White – Vernal Falls, Yosemite, USA … Continue reading
A World Away on your Birthday!
This is not the first time I've celebrated my birthday abroad, it is in fact the third and each time has been totally awesome. First, France when i turned 12, secondly my 22nd birthday in America and now I've reached the grand old age of 26 (ancient according to Iain) whilst in Panama. While being … Continue reading


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For a generation (or two or three) of women, Serge Gainsbourg was the epitome of French debauched sexiness. For musicians and music lovers, he was highly-acclaimed, especially in his own country.
He died in 1991 but the house that he lived in from the late nineteen sixties until his death has tourists flocking to it, even after all this time. And it's not a particularly picturesque place, nor is it a museum that can be visited. It's more of a shine to the man who was described by the president of France as 'our Baudelaire, our Apollinaire. Her elevated the song to the level of art'.
Gainsbourg was not a conventional man. To begin with, his looks were less than perfect to say the least. He had a 'lived in' face, was too skinny and his appearance has been described as similar to 'an elegant turtle'. His lifestyle and his works were equally unconventional.
But to the French, and increasingly to people all over the world, he was a part of the culture of the day. Best known as a musician and composer, he was also a filmmaker, a painter, a poet, an actor and intellectual. And a lover – his most famous relationships were with Brigitte Bardot and English actress Jane Birkin, his long-time lover.
When he died, his home became a shrine. Even during his lifetime, the exterior was covered in Gainsbourg-related graffiti (or street art as many of us prefer to call it) and that hasn't diminished to this day. Periodically the authorities in this rather posh neighbourhood have the graffiti painted over only to see it overpainted with more by the next day.
Now owned by his actress daughter Charlotte, with whom he controversially duetted on a song called Lemon Incest when she was a young teenager, the house remains untouched since Gainsbroug's death. Although Charlotte had intended to have the premises made into a museum in her father's memory, the logistics were too complex for the local government to allow.
Nevertheless, the exterior of the house is an incredibly popular tourist attraction for visitors to Paris.
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Many people outside France know little about Serge Gainsbourg's music but the chances are that they do know this one, dating from 1969. It features the 'elegant turtle' and his then-lover, Jane Birkin.
In many countries the song became even more well-known as the soundtrack seemed to indicate that the couple were making love when they recorded it. They weren't, of course! But back in those days, it was considered to be too risqué for general broadcasting – a surefire road to fame.
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The Tampa Bay Rays are close to a major league agreement with former Texas Rangers closer Shawn Tolleson, reports Marc Topkin (Tampa Bay Times). Additionally, the Rays announced that they have traded outfielder Mikie Mahtook to the Detroit Tigers in exchange for a player to be named later or cash.
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Tolleson was non-tendered by the Rangers last month after a poor 2016 campaign (7.68 ERA/3.89 FIP over 36.1 innings), however, he was excellent as recently as the 2014/15 seasons. In his two-year run of success, the right-hander logged a 2.88 ERA/3.57 FIP and fanned 24.4% of batters while walking just 7.6% (9.1/2.8 K/BB) across 144 innings of relief. Because of it he earned the ninth-inning role and he fared well, racking up 35 saves in 2015, while earning $3.3-Million in his first year of arbitration.
2016 was not kind to Tolleson, who saw his strikeout plummet to 17.3%, even though he walked only 6.0% of batters. The culprit? An obscene 24.2% HR/FB rate. Tolleson was able to accrue 11 saves and one hold, yet his four blown saves consequently led to his expulsion from the closer's role in favor of teammate Sam Dyson.
According to Topkin, while Tolleson missed time with a back injury in 2016, he's now said to be healthy, which gives him a decent shot at cracking the Rays' bullpen. Should he return to form in Tampa Bay, the Rays will be able to control the righty through the 2018 season.
Since he is expected to sign a major league deal, the Rays will need to make another cut from the 40-man roster in order to add either Tolleson or Colby Rasmus.
On that very subject, the Rays were able to clear one roster spot Wednesday afternoon with the trade of Mahtook, who was selected as the 31st overall pick in the 2011 draft.
Mahtook debuted in 2015 and posted an impressive .295 BA/.351 OBP/.619 SLG/.970 OPS line with nine home runs in just 115 plate appearances — including an impressive .353 BA/.397 OBP/.706 SLG/1.103 OPS over the final 24 games of the season. His bat regressed in 2016, however, with the outfielder slashing just .195 BA/.231 OBP/.292 SLG/.523 OPS with three homers over 65 games (196 big league plate appearances). Mahtook was sidelined by a broken left hand for a good portion of the 2016 season, though his injury likely didn't have much to do with his lack of production.
As I start a new chapter in my baseball career, I want to say thank you to the Tampa Bay Rays organization for giving me an opportunity to make my dreams of becoming a Major League Baseball player come true. Thank you to the coaches, teammates, and fans who have been with me along the way. With that said, I'm extremely excited for this next opportunity. I began my college career as a tiger, now I get to continue my professional career as one. I'm looking forward to being a part of a great organization. #geauxtigers
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"If a beneficiary has a judgment or lien, it could be trouble for an inheritance."
Let's say that a parent leaves her house to her three sons upon her death. The executor hires an attorney to have the deed retitled in the three sons' names, so they could take possession of the house. However, the attorney may have to deliver some bad news: it can't be done because the oldest son has a child support judgment and the executor must sell the house. Does that sound right?
nj.com's recent article entitled "What child support judgment means for inheritance" explains that judgments can complicate things. A judgment for child support is a lien against an inheritance, and that lien has priority over all claims other than taxes owed by the estate.
Typically, an executor must conduct a child support judgment search before making distributions to a beneficiary. If a child support judgment is outstanding and is greater than the inheritance to be paid the beneficiary, the executor must pay the entire amount to partially satisfy the judgment.
If the inheritance is more than the child support judgment, the executor will pay the judgment amount owed and when he or she gets a satisfaction of judgment, the balance will be distributed to the beneficiary.
Executors usually are given some leeway to pay property in kind. This means that they can distribute the house to the three sons as the beneficiaries or liquidate the property and distribute it in cash. However, when distribution in kind isn't an option, liquidation may be the only option.
If this type of situation is one you are questioning, speak with a knowledgeable estate planning attorney. This is because liquidating the house may be avoided, depending on additional facts and the amount of the outstanding child support judgment.
One option is for the two other sons to lend the third son the funds to pay off the child support judgment and in return take a larger share of the house or other security for repayment. That way, the house wouldn't need to be sold.
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I came up with this idea because I remember just how much it totally stinks to try and get your hard work published with anyone. I remember the waiting and wondering for months or years to see if anyone at all would ever publish any of the projects I had worked countless hours on. Or being told that your work is awesome and was going to be in some book and then never hearing from the publisher ever again. It's a familiar tune that everyone who has drawn a line or scripted a word has experienced at some time or another.
So when CE Publishing was so graciously accepted into the Graphicly fold, I wanted to give every opportunity to comic creators where not much exist. And also repay the amazing publishers I had worked with along the way who were willing to take a chance and publish my work, and make tons of new friends as well. MEGABOOK is basically a Limelight book to give creators and small indie publishers the press time they deserve on a an amazing digital distributor.
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Entries from May 2017
King's Lynn – 27th May 2017 Results
Preview: British Championship 2017
Before next weekend's British Championship at Sheffield, we take a look at the drivers to watch out for.
Belle Vue, 1st May 2017 – Meeting Report and Photo Gallery
Craig Finnikin claims his second Belle Vue final this year.
King's Lynn, 29th April 2017 – Meeting Report and Photo Gallery
In a hard-hitting meeting, it was Rotherham's Mark Gilbank who took the spoils in the vintage 21 car.
Northampton – 20th May 2017 Results
1st – Shaun Webster
2nd – Lee Fairhurst
3rd – Bradley Harrison
Skegness – 14th May 2017 Results
UK Open Final:
1st – Harry Steward
2nd – Luke Davidson
3rd – Tom Harris
Sheffield, 23rd April 2017 – Meeting Report and Photos
Mat Newson took the meeting final at the first 2017 trip to Sheffield
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My husband is at North Valley Assisted Living. I'm only allowed to see him at 10 a.m. and a little bit in the afternoon. The facility is very nice, and the people are nice; however, they need to improve on their visiting hours. Everyone else that I talk to has open visiting hours. My husband has been there for three weeks now. The facility is clean and beautiful, but their visiting hours policy is my biggest problem. I've only seen him three times. In the first two weeks, they did not want us to visit because they said it would help get him acclimated there and get the drugs right. They have 10 beds. It is a locked facility. I thought it was beautiful, and I like the caregivers, but the biggest let down is that I haven't been able to see him.
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Do not under any circumstances use this home. My parents have just moved to this home and they do not have their cell phone been taken from them and the home will not allow me to speak to them. It's been a week since I have spoken to my parents. I live out of town and it's very stressful and concerning that this is happening.
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This is a private home facility with 5 residents. The house and grounds are nice and well maintained. They have a backyard with grass and a walkway. They have 2 houses in Glendale. They have private and semi-private rooms. All are handicapped equipped. They do housekeeping and laundry. They do home cooking with 3 meals and snacks. The food is ok. The owner has a doctor she works with and there is an RN who comes in every three months. All caregivers are certified. They transport to doctor appointments. The atmosphere to me was not that homey. Was not impressed with staff. Have assisted and dementia residents. They do activities as exercises, one on one, arts and crafts, and movies. They have birthday parties. They go out to lunch, shopping. and casinos.
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It was an eventful week when the expected assault on Israel by US Secretary of State materialized.
In this program you will hear an in-depth assessment of the implications of resolution 2334 as well as a critique of Secretary Kerry's speech by Professor Eytan Gilboa with one view, and Israel's Ambassador to the US Ron Dermer with another.
Hear a comment made by Caroline Glick.
Walter also exposes President Obama as arrogant, self-centered and dismissive of Hilary Clinton.
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HF 38 Niagara Intel Socket 1366
Aah yes, Niagara... this cooling block must be a waterfall then! So in the past we have used several items from Alphacool already, and Alphacool was one of the first out there to have a water-block ready for Nehalem socket 1366 processors (Core i7).
This company has a strong development team really, as they research water-flow, dynamics and everything that is going on inside that water-block to ensure heat dissipation is optimal and efficient.
For Core i7 they now offer several selections in water-blocks, the newest one is the HF 38 Niagara Intel Socket 1366 as tested today. A cooling block like this, combined with a proper water-cooling setup, should get our Core i7 965 processor to ~3.7 GHz easily, well in fact we have it running stable and fairly nicely cool at 4 GHz already, but we'll tell you more on that in our tests.
The all new CPU block is a shiny golden/brass design, it offers really high flow performance as it's now using 3/8" threaded fittings on the block itself.
Also, inside we spot six return flow channels which provide for quick removal of warm water. The nozzle pre-chamber and the return flow range are dimensioned on maximum values, which match perfectly the differently sized inner diameters of the tubing. Flow performance of the block is now set at up to 5,3 liters/min. Now I know some of you can drink beer faster than that, but trust me... it's a lot :)
The fastening system also got an upgrade, the springs are now hidden behind brass pipes, fitted to the core diameter and pressed by a knurled nut.
According to Alphacool the design has been carried out with massive 18mm thick POM, a 4mm strong brass mounting plate and a 1,5mm thick brass plate for visual enhancement. The brass parts are permanently protected with clear lacquer against starting and casting.
Characteristics overview:
- 3/8" connecting thread for high flow up to 5,3 liters per minute
- Direct vertical water supply into the centered incorporated pre-chamber. From there the cooling liquid is purposefully targeted at the radiator base, without water bend loss.
- 60 nozzles for 60 pins, accurately illuminated, 6 return flow channels
- Cooling performance uniformly distributed, autonomous CPU core.
- Possible use of connections with 8, 10mm (or more) inner diameter
- POM top cover/nozzle combination, mounting plate/brass plate for visual enhancement, permanently protected with clear lacquer against starting and casting.
- Electrolyte copper base plate with pin structure (pin surface covers completely CPU core) highly leveled base side, pin structure media blasted.
- The pin structure of our CPU cooler base plate was optimized and further developed on the new cooler geometry.
Alright, talk is cheap. let's run through the product and its installation with the help of a photo-shoot.
There aren't that many companies out there that offer liquid cooling products which you can purchase separately. There's a handful of them. One of them is the German based Alphacool. Recently they introduced a new CPU block called the Alphacool HF 38 Niagara. This new water-block is designed for Socket 1366 processor, aka Nehalem aka Core i7. A high-end liquid cooling CPU block priced fairly. Let's check it out.
Alphacool NexXxoS XP Core i7 water block review
In this article we test the Alphacool NexXxoS XP HIGHFLOW Core i7 CPU water block. We will apply a nearly passive water-cooling kit to it and observe installation and temperatures. Since we could take a Core i7 965 processor up towards an overclock of 4 GHz we'd say this ia a very succesful product from the guys over at Alphacool.
AlphaCool External 240x128 Display
Today we are testing this cute External LCD-Display with the colossal 240x128 Pixel dimensions. Now that by itself is cool, but the software controlling the unit is where the magic happens. You can display pretty much any system info, yet it goes way beyond that. RivaTuner is supported, Fraps, Mainboard Monitor (MBM), SpeedFan and it does not stop there.
Alphacool Ready2Go Stacker (Passive)
Alphacool can deliver pre-fitted and modified PC Cases with water-cooling (prefilled and leak tested) installed. Today Guru of 3D will test the Coolermaster Stacker Silver with preinstalled water-cooling from their Ready2Go series of products. Pretty much install your components and you are good to go. The beauty of this beast is the fact that it is passive water-cooling, the only thing connected to the power circuit is an inaudible pump. That means this system just does not make any noise, at least not that we can hear.


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( Anchorage, AK)— Two Public Health nurse epidemiologists with the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services flew to Kotzebue on Sept. 10, 2007, in response to the report of sick infants from communities in the Maniilaq region. The infants, all less than 2 months old, were brought to the regional hospital over the past 14 days with viral-like symptoms that included fever and respiratory distress. Some infants also had meningitis, and inflammation around the heart and in the heart muscle, consistent with a viral infection.
As of Sept. 12, there were nine reported cases, all of which required hospitalization. Five of those hospitalized in Kotzebue were transported to the Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage for further treatment.
Hospital staff submitted stool and swab samples for laboratory testing, and one of the samples tested positive for an enterovirus. Although this single test result is not conclusive, the pattern of illness in these very young infants is consistent with enteroviral infections. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, enteroviruses are very common, second only to the "common cold" viruses in humans. While everyone is at risk for infection, infants, children and adolescents are more susceptible. Enteroviruses can be found in the mucus or stool of an infected person and are usually passed by contact with contaminated surfaces or by improper hand washing following diaper changes.
"Although there are no medicines available to treat enteroviruses, knowing what is causing the outbreak helps the medical community treat the symptoms and informs public health officials about how to appropriately respond in order to slow the spread of the disease," said Dr. Beth Funk, Public Health medical epidemiologist. "Thorough and frequent hand washing is the best way to prevent the spread of enteroviruses. Hands should be washed before preparing or eating food and after diaper changes or using the toilet. If running water is not readily available we recommend the use of alcohol-based hand sanitizers."
The division will continue to monitor the number of reported cases from the Kotzebue area and will be looking for any additional cases from other communities around the state.
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Islamic terrorist attack episode cancelled by BBC
The BBC has dropped plans to show a fictional terror attack in an episode of Casualty to avoid offending Muslims. The first show of the hospital drama's new series was to have featured a storyline about an explosion caused by Islamic extremists.
Now the bomb will be set off by animal rights campaigners instead. Now that's make believe, after all animal rights people have destroyed labs and thrown paint on fur coats. I suppose the only more fictional episode would have been renegade librarians blowing up a campus library over the patriotic act.
A BBC spokesman said: "With any storyline there are lots of ideas that get put forward but don't make the series."
This does kind of make sense in TV land, I used to watch Law & Order until every single episode seemed to feature any possible murderer except for a poor minority committing a crime.
I think that it would have been far more sensitive if during the second world war the war movies featured any one but a German or Japanese villain for fear of offending someone.


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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
Israel's cabinet has thrown its weight behind a bill requiring a large Knesset majority to approve a new division of Jerusalem, while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is opposed to the motion, arguing that it will hinder peace efforts.
The bill would require the approval of at least 80 Knesset members (two-thirds of the 120-member parliamentary body) to even start negotiations leading to the division or relinquishing of even a small part of Jerusalem to the Palestinians.
The Ministerial Committee for Legislation backed the bill in a vote of 5-4 on Sunday.
Economy Minister Naftali Bennett (Jewish Home) said the vote was yet another reminder that "we won't divide Jerusalem or negotiate the eternal capital of the Jewish people."
Bennett said he expects Netanyahu to bring the bill before the Knesset for an official vote in the very near future.
But Justice Minister Tzipi Livni, whom Netanyahu appointed to oversee negotiations with the Palestinian Authority, is doing her best to squash the bill before it ever reaches the Knesset floor.
"Members of the coalition are ruining the ability of Israel to make diplomatic decisions," complained Livni.
Insisting that her demand to be able to negotiate away parts of the holy city stem from a position of caring, Livni continued, "Do they want the government to defend our interests, including Jerusalem, or do they want to lead us all to chaos? No one can teach us about Jerusalem and no one loves Jerusalem more than us."
Netanyahu is expected to support Livni's appeal aimed at freezing the bill.
Opposition MK Yaakov Litzman of the religious United Torah Judaism party sponsored the bill. In remarks to Yediot Ahronot, he called it a means to hold Netanyahu to his campaign promise never to divide the city.
"Netanyahu promised more than once not to negotiate on Jerusalem," Litzman said. "The message of the bill is clear: Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and is outside of any negotiations."
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ANZMS and AVBS Conference, Mooloolaba Beach, 21-24 Sep 2017
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ANZMS and AVBS Conference, Mooloolaba Beach, 21-24 Sep 2017
Registration and abstract submissions are now open for the ANZMS and AVBS Conference 2017, to be held at the Mantra Mooloolaba Beach on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, 21-24 September.
This year, the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian Vascular Biology Society (AVBS) will be held as a joint meeting with the 19th Australia and New Zealand Microcirculation Society (ANZMS) Meeting. The conference will cover 9 Topics and Sessions with 5 Plenary Speakers, Young Investigator invited speakers (less than 6 years since PhD), general presentations selected from abstracts and poster sessions.
Topics and Sessions
Permeability and Leukocyte Recruitment
Angiogenesis and Lymphangiogenesis
Cerebrovascular Disease
Adaptations in Pregnancy, Perinatal Outcomes
Atherothrombosis and Platelet Biology
Oxidative Stress and Peripheral Vascular Disease
Smooth Muscle Contractile Mechanisms
Extracellular Matrix and Remodelling
Immunology and Microvascular Endothelium
Young Investigator Invited Speakers (≤6 yrs since PhD)
Confirmed Plenary Speakers
Mark Kahn, USA - Lymphatic and blood vascular biology
Sandra Davidge, Canada - Fetal origins of cardiovascular disease
Mark Miller, USA - Imaging leukocyte recruitment
Rob Parton, AUSTRALIA - Caveolae and cavins
Gemma Figtree, AUSTRALIA - Cardiovascular translation
For more detailed information go to the Conference Website


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Roof Rack by CALMINI
ZUKIWORLD Installs CALMINI's Roof Rack For Sidekick.
Editor: Eric Bewley Story/Photo: Jason Hutchison
CORVALLIS, OR -The only thing that can compare to receiving gifts on Christmas Morning is coming home to big boxes full of CALMINI off-road product leaning against your garage doors. It seems almost as if time stops and all the things in life that seem so important take a back seat. A new offering has arrived and it is time to begin a new project on our beloved vehicle. We call this "Garage-Therapy." The act of self-medication by immersing one's self in the act of modifying the ever precious and all important off-road vehicle or family SUV. We embrace it as an escape from the daily grind, reminiscence of trips past, and dream of new adventures waiting.
So, how do we get prepared to carry all the essentials on the next adventure? With a CALMINI Tubular Roof Rack of course. This bad boy is a super simple install and it's tough tubular design can carry 200lbs of gear into the outback for you. We all know how small Suzuki vehicles tend to be and why is it that the cab seems to shrink when packing camping gear at 2:00 in the morning the night before an adventure. Is it just me, or have others seen this phenomenon? The CALMINI Roof Rack is a great way to carry those bulky big items that steel space from the important things like the cooler of beer or the ever precious chain saw. We followed CALMINI's simple instructions and had the rack on the truck in about 2 hours with one person.
- Metric Socket set
- Hammer
- Hardened steel center punch
- An electric Drill, & Misc. Drill Bits
- Optional Items:
1.25″ flat rubber gaskets
Step 1: Lay the roof rack components out on a flat surface upside down. The side rails have small tabs that prevent the ends from sitting flat. This will make the assemble of the rack portion much simpler Step 2: Install the center side sections and the cross pipes. Step 3: Bolt the side sections together using the provided hardware. Step 4: Use the center Punch to mark the centers of the predrilled cross tubes. By assembling the rack upside down you can mark drill and tap the cross bars all at once.
Step 5: Next loosely bolt on the sidebars with the curved section in. Step 6: Place the roof rack on the vehicle using some spare pieces of wood to level the rack. Step 7: Remove the trim pieces on either side of the tailgate. Use a putty knife to clean off the foam adhesive material that holds on the trim pieces.
Step 8: The next step is to install the rear rack supports. We removed the taillights from both sides of the truck. This is done by simply removing the two screws in the bottom of each taillight. We then took the "L" shaped bracket and bolted it through the factory holes that were exposed by removing the trim pieces in step 7. The brackets are shaped appropriately for the right and left sides and can easily be identified by holding the bracket up to each side. The bracket should cover all of the area exposed under the trim piece and follow the natural body lines of the vehicle with out interfering with the tailgate. We love to see aftermarket kits use factory holes. The less holes we have to drill the better.
Step 9: Install the rack support rods and thread the large bolt through the bracket and into the bottom of the support rods. Do not tighten at this point. Step 10: Next line the rack up so that it's straight on the vehicle, and the support rods are vertical. Check the spacing on the targa bar in front of and behind the roof bracket for even spacing. Remember to keep the rack bolts slightly loose to ease alignment. Step 11: Once the rack is lined up and centered, drill 4 holes through the bracket and the roof. Lift the rack up and clean all the metal shaving out from underneath the bracket. Here is the only place we deviated from CALMINI's direction ever so slightly. We stopped at the local hardware store and picked up 4, 1-1/4″ diameter flat rubber washers. This is an attempt to make a good seal between the targa bar and the roof rack mounting brackets. It rains an awful lot in Oregon and the last thing we want is water running down the inside of the targa bar and rusting out the floor boards and the seat belt mechanisms from the inside. In dryer locations this won't be a problem. These will also help with vibration if any where to occur.
Step 12: Once the holes where drilled we removed the plastic covers on the inside of the targa bar and threaded the provided nylon-locking nuts on the inside of the targa bar. This was by far the most frustrating part of the kit.
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Suffering Venezuelans Need the U.S. to Stay Hands-Off
James Stavridis – bloomberg
When I served as commander of U.S. Southern Command, my first four-star assignment, I visited every country and territory in Latin America — except Venezuela. By the end of the first decade of the 21st century, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez had destroyed relations with the U.S., cratered the country's economy, and polarized its electorate.
Death by violence soared, hitting levels 10 times that of the U.S., and 50 times higher than Western Europe. The nation's abundance of oil became a curse, as corruption depleted the output of rich fields that hold the largest reserves in the world. And drug smuggling became endemic. It was a sorry state of affairs for a country that inherited the legacy of Simón Bolívar, the great liberator.
When Chavez died of cancer in 2013, there was a brief moment of hope that his passing would usher in a more rational set of policies under his successor, Nicolas Maduro. Instead, the downward spiral accelerated, and today a country that should be the most prosperous in the region — a "Dubai on the Caribbean" — is in the throes of a massive refugee crisis.
Close to 4 million Venezuelans, of the pre-crisis population of just over 31 million, have fled the country. Refugee centers in the surrounding countries are overflowing, and Colombia and Brazil in particular are struggling to cope. And relations with the U.S. have even gotten worse, with President Maduro recently claiming the U.S. is preparing an invasion and attempting to ferment a coup to overthrow his government. He also claims Washington backed the supposed assassination attempt by drone strike on Aug. 4.
What can the U.S. do in the face of this political, economic and — above all — humanitarian crisis?
First, the Donald Trump administration needs to avoid anything that smacks of unilateral U.S. military action. What I learned over the course of years at Southern Command is how deeply ingrained the concern over historic U.S. interventionism is across the region.
Even nations that today are strong partners and allies — Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia — are very cognizant of our long record of invasions and intrusions in their societies. They are hyper-sensitive to the U.S. military in particular, and anything else that smacks of U.S. political or economic bullying. Therefore, in addition to passing on any opportunities to back military coups (and the CIA is probably being frequently approached), the White House should seek to work multilaterally, preferably through the Organization of American States and the United Nations.
Second, we should up our game in terms of intelligence collection. Southern Command is often the poor sister among the nine U.S. combatant commands in terms of access to Defense Department resources. Satellite focus time, aircraft and naval surveillance missions, human intelligence and cyber-espionage are all prioritized to Central Command (for Iran and Syria) and Pacific Command (for North Korea and China). That is normally a reasonable precedence, but given the level of instability and the refugee flows, it is time to increase the priority for Southern Command's Miami-based intelligence organization. We should also enlist Colombia — no ally has better intelligence on the ground in the region, particularly in Venezuela.
A third sensible approach would be stepping up interagency cooperation, especially in preparation for potential massive humanitarian crises. This means not only the Pentagon — which has all the logistic muscle — but also the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development. Using Guantanamo Bay (yes, that Guantanamo Bay) as a staging area for humanitarian ops makes sense, and the Defense Department already has formal contingency plans to do just that. There are pre-staged refugee housing areas, humanitarian supplies and plenty of experience. While Americans tend to think of the base as a detention center, it also has enormous strategic value for regional logistics and disaster relief.
Fourth, we should encourage Brazil and Colombia to join forces politically and militarily as the basis for a multinational refugee-control force. The civil capability of the countries in the region is quickly being overwhelmed, and there is an appropriate role for the militaries to play in terms of search and rescue, crowd control, medical response and providing basic food and shelter. We should hope that other nations in the region (both in northern South America and the Caribbean) would join in. At that point — when it is a legitimate regional response — it would make sense for the U.S. to participate. Doing so sooner simply gives the Maduro regime a tasty talking point about "Yanqui aggression."
Finally, we are going to need a long-term strategy that resolves the bubbling cauldron of anger in Venezuela, which is verging into civil-war territory. That means patiently supporting other regional actors in forcing the Maduro regime to the negotiating table with the opposition, which unfortunately is fractured at the moment.
Ideally, over time, the people of Venezuela would be able to go to the ballot box legitimately and choose the kind of leadership they need and deserve: one that is respectful of human rights, allows for verifiable and corruption-free democratic elections, and uses a free-market approach to exploit the vast resources of the nation. We are a long way from that outcome, but a steady, patient U.S. strategy in the region may get us there.