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Ottawa, Ontario -- Sears Canada has opened its largest Sears Home store at Pinecrest Shopping Center. The store will occupy 78,0000 sq. ft. and feature an expanded selection of furniture as well as the largest major appliance and mattress inventory of any Sears location.
"The opening of the Sears Home store at Pinecrest is another in a series of transformational milestones for Sears Canada," said Calvin McDonald, president and CEO, Sears Canada.
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According to ESPNChicago.com, the Bulls expect Derrick Rose to take part in 5-on-5 practices next week when the players return from the All-Star break. This is good news as Rose recovers from his ACL surgery last May and the team is hoping to have the point guard back before the end of the season.
"We've always been feeling that way," says executive vice president John Paxson. "That's been our hope. But you never know. Let's face it, every injury and every rehab is different."
It seemed almost a forgone conclusion that Rose would return this season, however lately the narrative has changed and there's more talk that he won't play until the start of 2013-14.
"I really don't know," Rose told Nick Friedell of ESPNChicago.com on Wednesday. "I'm feeling good, but like I said, if it's where it's taking me a long time and I'm still not feeling right, I don't mind missing this year."
The Bulls enter the All-Star break as the No. 5 seed in the East, however they are only one game behind the Pacers for the No. 3 seed. The team has done well without Rose and that may be a factor in the decision to play this season or wait until 2013-14. Rose may never be the player he was before the injury, however he might be close to it if had does wait to come back.
Jon Greenberg
"His shoe company, adidas, would love him to make his home debut on national TV whenever he's ready. It marketed his rehab as #TheReturn. Trust me, adidas would love to cash in from the real thing. Adidas executives did help Rose find a rehab spot in Los Angeles this summer, and they keep in close contact with Rose's team on his recovery. ... Rose's return has been commodified and marketed, hyped and hoped for. The life of a sports hero. But while Rose is Chicago's son, he's his own man. 'I know it's all on me,' Rose said in Boston. 'I just have to make the decision when I'm ready.' This is Rose's career. We're just along for the ride."

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No matter what age you are, a visit to a Disney theme park has a way of awakening your imagination and reminding you of your childhood innocence — when the most important decision in your life was what ride to go on next. That was certainly the case during my latest visit to Disneyland's grand opening of Cars Land. I watched Disney Pixar's Cars on the flight over and visions of Radiator Springs and Route 66 were fresh in my mind. But when I entered the park, I couldn't believe it. The town of Radiator Springs had jumped off the big screen and scenes from the film were playing out before my very eyes.
I bounced from Luigi's Flying Tires ride to Mater's Junkyard Jamboree to Radiator Springs Racers, where I screamed like a 10-year-old girl as we hit hairpin turns and steep drops. But as an adult Disney-goer, I have an even greater appreciation for the ingenuity and detail that goes into creating a three-dimensional wonderland like Cars Land. I was lucky enough to sit down with the genius behind the film, John Lasseter, as he shared his vision and passion for cars, travel and Disney.
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Clothing from White House/Black Market and Tampa Bay area designer Alla K (Kupaeva) were the highlights of Infinity's "Mardi Gras Madness V," a luncheon and fashion show held in the St. Petersburg Yacht Club.
Models included Margaret Word Burnside, Pat Howells, Kim Horstman, Joyce Larson, Karen McCollum, Joan McCreary, Barbara Paonessa, Angie Skiadiotis, Clara Kostantaras, Carole Harkins-Swift, Kula Firilas, Effie Philiou and Mantina Provias.
Winners of the annual mask contest, judged by Burnside and Don Whitehead, were Paul Blanda, Barbara Wiseman and Cindy Wheeler.
Mary Rainey chaired the event committee with help from co-chair Roseanna Costa, president Teresa Wittstruck, Joann Barger, Kay Brown, Fern Clayton, Tonya Corder, Roseanna Costa, Diane Fair, Susan Fearnley, Dot McCarthy, Karen McCollum, Catherine McGarry, Maggi McQueen, Jackie O'Brien, Nora Pearson, Sally Poynter, Mary Rainey, Valerie Rankin, Edie Spies, Sherry Trullender, June Wedding, Diane Winning and Barbara Wiseman.
Proceeds from the event go to helping victims of abuse.
The Studio@620 presented its 2011 Studio Honors awards at an evening of entertainment and recognition held in the Renaissance Vinoy Resort in St. Petersburg. Recipients include Goliath Davis, a former St. Petersburg police chief and deputy mayor; Dennis Lehane, novelist and part-time St. Petersburg resident; Pat Mason, former First Night St. Petersburg executive director; John Prendergast, human rights activist and onetime visiting scholar-in-residence at Eckerd College; and Monica Raymund, actor and St. Petersburg native.
Performers at the annual fundraiser were members of the Dundu Dole Urban African Ballet, vocalist Sharon Scott and members of the Nate Najar Trio.
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When someone keeps asking you "are you okay?"/"what's wrong?" and you're fine, but for some reason they just don't believe you, or when you really want to talk to someone about why you're down, but they really don't care. For me, it's the first one. Lol. If no one cares to hear me out, then maybe it's because what I'm upset about really isn't that big of a deal..So I get over it. But when someone just keeps trying to get me to open up for no reason, then it's like just get off my back!!
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Second one is worse, but the first is obviosuly very frustrating. I do it to my wife ALL THE TIME. *guilty*
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When someone hasssles me about what's wrong when everything is fine.
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i would choose the second, in my opinion that hurts the most. from experience ive been through alot of that with my own family, for that they all now kiss my arse..
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♦ Ransom & Mitchell take some of the most elaborate, magical, and wild photographs I've ever seen. Their photography (and film work) is housed in the intricate sets they create, and it doesn't seem as if anything's been left undone in the creation of these portraits. The duo consists of Stacey Ransom (a set designer and photo-illustrator) and Jason Mitchell (a director-photographer). Their first solo show, Smoke & Mirrors, opened last week at Varnish Fine Art in San Francisco, and I wish I could see it.
On her blog, Ransom posts the following about Smoke & Mirrors (click through, please—that post is full of images and behind-the-scenes shots):
Through a combination of cinematic lighting, theatrically-designed sets, and an illustrative approach that is inspired by the Italian and Dutch Master painters, we aim to create worlds that cannot exist (and quite possibly shouldn't).
We hope our images blur the lines between traditional photography and classical painting so our viewers will be unsure as to what is "real" and what we created either as sets & props or as digital painting.
In our show "Smoke & Mirrors," we are presenting two unique bodies of work, consisting of fourteen cinematically themed tableaus, twenty seven artist portraits and two short films. For our narrative pieces, we have combined epic scenes of lush grandeur with uncomfortable emotional themes that address issue of obsession, consumption and longing.
For our portraiture, we have sought to tell personalized stories about each artist and filled their scenes with clues about their inner truths.
♦ The Reading Spot.
Oh my goodness but there was a lot of fine reading on the interwebs last week:
The Gifter by Torrey Podmajersky at Daily Science Fiction
Summer Reading by Ken Liu at Daily Science Fiction
Nell by Karen Hesse at Tor.com
Down the Wall by the incomparable Greer Gilman at Weird Fiction Review
The Lotus Eaters by Michelle Muenzler at Electric Velocipede
Third Time's a Charm by Melanie Rees at Daily Science Fiction
The Touch of Love by Day Al-Mohamed at Daily Science Fiction
The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There (excerpt) by Catherynne M. Valente at Tor.com
A Silly Love Story by Nicole Cipri at Daily Science Fiction
Check out the 16th issue of Scheherezade's Bequest for some great fairy-tale themed fiction and poetry.
This past week AlphaBooks, an alphabetical tumblr exploration of fictional characters curated by Ben Towle, moved to the Q's. Check out Leah Palmer Preiss's Queequeg from Moby-Dick and Marc Basile's Queen of Hearts from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Below is my favorite this week because it's just so weird and funny—"a very loose interpretation," as the artist says: Q is for Don Quixote by Axel Medellin Machain.
♦ The Book Nook.
Mary Shelley gave a copy of Frankenstein to Lord Byron, and now you can own it—for the low, low price of £400,000! Via.
Two treats from Bookshelf Porn, the first from Paris, the second from Stockholm:
♦ Someone's in the Kitchen with Dinah.
Want to know how to fry an egg perfectly? Check out this slide show from The New York Times that gives you step-by-step instructions for The Perfectly Fried Egg from José Andrés, arguably "the best-known Spanish chef working in the United States today [and] the new dean of Spanish Studies at the International Culinary Center in Manhattan." Andrés says, "My whole life, I have been trying to cook an egg in the right way." Via.
Check out 15 of the world's most expensive foods. As you might expect, the price rises when you use edible gold leaf, white truffles, Swedish moose cheese (!), and Beluga caviar. And when you include accessories like jewelry and really pricey wine.
11 cakes inspired by comic books. Can you guess which are my favorites?
Yowza! Zelda, seen below, "is half Peach Cake soaked in bourbon, the other half is vanilla cake with a salted caramel buttercream." How terrible is it that I want to marry Zelda only to eat her? I'm sure her mother, Karen Portaleo of Highland Bakery (click through to see more amazing cakes), would approve. Via.
♦ The Horns of Elfland.
My friend Andy has a new post up on Radio Free Other: You walking dead today, with your wandering around, moanin' about your hunger—what you kids need is a little focus! (He's talking about Warren Zevon's "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner" and Chad VanGaalen's "Molten Light.")
Last week was the 30th anniversary of Kate Bush's fourth album (and one of my favorites), The Dreaming, and some really great commentaries were posted on the web, which you can find links to here. The most thorough and fascinating is Matt Lindsay's look at the album over at The Quietus. Here's a teaser bit:
'Get Out Of My House' repositions A.L. Lloyd's reading of the metamorphic folk tale of romantic resistance, 'Two Magicians' in the domestic asylum of Stephen King's The Shining. It ends the album in a resounding bray of donkeys and drum talk, as absurd and harrowing as [a] Lynch soundtrack.
I swoon. Listen below to "Houdini," which has been in my head all week, and "Get Out of My House," which never leaves it.
(According to Lindsay, "On 'Houdini', a pint of milk and two chocolate bars were consumed to give her voice the required 'spit and gravel'.")
♦ She Blinded Me…with Science!
Natural, Social, and Weird sciences
The blue of berries isn't blue at all, darn it.
The most successful presidents could be the ones who exhibit psychopath-like traits.
The Halo Effect: why you won't believe your heroes have flaws.
Sexually aroused women find everything less disgusting.
Placebo effect can be triggered by subliminal cues.
This otherworldly amphibian, the glassfrog, has a completely transparent underbelly. Adorable! And weird.
Virgin birth has just been discovered in wild snakes. Let's hear it for parthenogenesis!
Why is the light from the TV always blue?
Why a crow will never forget your face.
The reasons early humans may have practiced infant cannibalism. And why I won't give up bacon.
♦ Viewers' Paradise.
11 TV and movie clichés you never seen in real life. Some of these really drive me nuts!
Molly will appreciate how 11 classic TV stars got their big breaks—with video!
This trailer for Mama freaked me out. Either I'm getting more nervous, or this thing gets really scary. Can I get confirmation one way or the other? Cameron? Daniel?
♦ The Ninth Art.
Super-Team Family: The Lost Issues! had some great team-ups last week, including a Tintin/Jonny Quest pairing (so good it got two covers: here's part one and part two) and a fun Wonder Woman vs. Wolverine match-up. My favorite, though, is the clash of Hawkman and Thor. I love everything about this cover and especially how the heroes mirror each other (winged helmet vs. winged mask, the hammer vs. mace, the cape vs. wings). Too fantastic!
I'm pretty stoked about Hope Larson's graphic novel adaptation of A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle, which is due out in early October. If you can't wait for the book to come out, rest easy: Tor.com shared a 12-page preview last week to help tide you over. The art's just great, as I'd expect from Larson—I can't wait to read the whole thing!
Check out this gallery of The New Yorker covers by Chris Ware, who "captures American ennui well."
Tansy Rayner Roberts continues her most excellent Where the Wonder Women Are series with reflections on Supergirl, The Wasp, and Gypsy.
For you Aquaman lovers out there (which I hope isn't just Fara), here's a BoingBoing article about The Science of Aquaman (finally, some respect!): "Marine biologist Andrew Thaler is on his second post about the science of Aquaman. Besides being just fascination [sic] information about the ocean and the creatures that live there, the posts also build a pretty good case for why we—the comic-book reading public—should care about Aquaman in the first place."
I like the concept of DC Comics' new line of standalone graphic novels, the first two of which are Superman: Earth One and Batman: Earth One, both of which re-imagine the iconic characters (presumably for an audience who doesn't want to have catch up on decades of crazy continuity). Last week I was thinking to myself, when is Wonder Woman: Earth One going to hit the shelves and who will write and draw it? Well, I know now the writer won't be Greg Rucka, who had a great run on Wonder Woman before the reboot, nor will the artist be J.H. Williams III, which likewise kind of devastating. Apparently, according to a recent interview, Rucka was promised the Wonder Woman: Earth One book and then DC gave it to someone else. Ouch! Grant Morrison is apparently the writer who got WW:EO instead of Rucka, and I like Morrison just fine (though I don't follow him) but not as much as I'd like Rucka on that book. You can read more about this disappointing news at The Beat and Straitened Circumstances, which have commentary and links to the Rucka interview.
In other comic news, the Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season Nine comic book is introducing a new character, Billy, a gay male vampire slayer (no, he's not in the Slayer lineage). You can read about it at The Beat, Tor.com, and io9 and then check out an interview with Jane Espenson and Drew Greenberg.
My favorite update last week from The Official Handbook to the Marvel Universe REDUXE Edition was Captain Marvel (whom I love as a character) by Miklós Felvidéki:
And just because I love it old school, here's Phil Noto's take on Havok and Polaris. Via.
♦ Writers' Corner.
On her blog, Nova Ren Suma asks writers to answer the question, "What was your turning point as a writer?" Sean Ferrell's response is one of the best pieces on writing I've read in a long time. A must read, I'd say. (Thanks to Will Ludwigsen, who shared the link on Facebook).
Krissy Brady reminds us how to go toe-to-toe with rejection (and how to keep writing).
Chuck Wendig shares 25 of his personal rules for writing and telling stories. They're good rules, folks.
Something interesting about writing race at Neil Gaiman's tumblr. I noticed it in Anansi Boys and thought it was well done.
SF Signal's Mind Meld on Directions Speculative Fiction Hasn't Taken. Some interesting ideas here, though several of them already exist. Perhaps they mean what they'd like to see more of?
LitReactor on Art and the Aphorism.
Kate Elliott takes on The Omniscient Breasts, which really means the male gaze in fiction (I talk about the male—female—gaze a lot when I teach films, and I'm always curious to read new takes on it in other mediums).
Bryan Thomas Schmidt shares things pros with new authors knew about publishing and don't.
♦ I'm a little late to the K-pop party, I'm afraid, but the video for Psy's "Gangnam Style" is blowing my mind! Love love love its madness. Happy Monday, everyone!


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American University professor David Pitts arrested on burglary, arson charges
WASHINGTON (WJLA/AP) - An American University professor has been arrested and charged with breaking into a shopping mall near campus and allegedly setting a fire.
David Pitts - the university's chairman of the Department of Public Administration and Policy - was arrested by D.C. police and charged with burglary and destruction of property in the incident at 3 a.m. Thursday at the Foxhall Square Shopping Mall, located at 3300 New Mexico Ave. NW.
A police report accuses Pitts of breaking into the mall and setting a fire in its parking garage. Pitts was reportedly found with matches, lighters, gloves, a newspaper and black liquid substance. Plus, there was evidence of a small fire still visible.
In a statement issued Friday, American University said other faculty were taking over Pitts' duties following his arrest.
"Beginning immediately, Dr. Alison Jacknowitz will assume responsibilities as chair of the department, and we are making arrangements for other faculty to assume teaching responsibilities for Dr. Pitts' classes," the university said.
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Snikiddy founder, Mary Owings Schulman, serves as the head of marketing for the company, overseeing all marketing programs and initiatives, strategic planning, product and recipe development, and more.
Prior to creating Snikiddy, Schulman spent 10 years working in the finance industry. During this time she became a mother and grew increasingly concerned about children's health, since childhood obesity and diabetes in America continued to rise at an alarming rate. Especially as a mother, it became clear to Mary that the poor quality of foods kids were eating, especially snack foods that contained high fructose corn syrup, was a large part of the problem. In 2007 Mary decided to become part of the solution and partnered with her mother, Janet Owings, to create Snikiddy, a company that produces delicious, appealing snacks that promote good health.
Mary graduated from the University of Maryland with a B.S. in business finance. Mary is a self-taught expert in healthy living for kids. She currently resides in Washington, DC with her husband and three young children. She is very involved in her children's school, is an avid reader, and enjoys trail runs and being active outside.
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Minestrone with Kale and Quinoa
Adapted from Cooking Classy
1 large yellow onion, diced
3 carrots, diced
2 stalks of celery, diced
2 Tbsp olive oil
2 cups fresh zucchini, diced
2 cups green beans, diced
1 red bell pepper, diced
3 cloves garlic, minced
32 oz low-sodium vegetable broth
1 (28 oz) can crushed tomatoes…
Cranberry and Mandarin Salad with Pecans and Eat Your Vegetables
This recipe is adapted from Delightfulemade.com
2 small heads of lettuce of your choice, rinse it and cut it into small pieces…
2 mandarin oranges, peeled and segmented
11/2 c. fresh cranberries (you can use dried cranberries if you want)
2 Tbsp. sugar
2 Tbsp. water
1/2 c.
Apple Cranberry Walnut Salad with Snikiddy Croutons
Adapted from Crème de la Crumb
6 cups of lettuce greens (you can use your favorite)…
1 Red apple, sliced
1 Green apple, sliced
3/4 cup of chopped Walnuts
1/2 cup Crumbled Feta (or goat cheese would be delicious too)
1/3 cup dried Cranberries
A handful or two of Sea Salt Eat Your
Easy Homemade Tomato Soup
Originally posted by Happy Hooligans
3 Tbsp Butter
2 Tbsp Olive Oil
1 large Onion, sliced
2 lbs Tomatoes, large dice
3 cloves of Garlic, minced
1 Tbsp uncooked white Rice
1 sprig of Thyme
1 Bay leaf
1 cup Water
Salt and Pepper to taste
Place olive oil and butter…
Skinny Southwest Chicken Dip
Adapted from Yellow Bliss Road
Great for a tailgate or fall picnic!
8 oz Plain Greek Yogurt…
1 tsp chili powder
1 tsp cumin
1 clove of garlic, minced
1/2 small onion, diced
2 chicken breasts, cooked and shredded (Rotisserie chicken works great for this)
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Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, 2010/06/17 - This report does intensive research in China especially the SWOT analysis for the top Chinese pentaerythritol producers, as well as describes the consumption situation of pentaerythritol in China and finds out the opportunities for foreign players.
Nowadays China is an important pentaerythritol exporter over the world. Although the global capacity of pentaerythritol is saturated now, Chinas domestic capacity extension is still active in 2010. The industry concentration has been enhanced and producers with low competitiveness are being washed out gradually. At present, no one foreign enterprise has set foot in pentaerythritol production in China, due to the global economic crisis and the sharply reduced export volume in 2009. The consumption structure in 2009 has little difference compared with 2008, but strong demand of downstream industry has greatly boosted the domestic consumption in China.
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New and potential pentaerythritol capacity in China from 2009 to 2011;
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Questec, Park Factors and Transactions GaloreConfessions of a Questec Operator
Thanks for the insight into the Questec system. If I may, however, wonder aloud about an interesting point you make. If I am not mistaken you describe the upper and lower edges of the strike zone in the following fashion, "... setting the lines at the top of the belt and at the hollow of the back knee only takes about 10 pitches for a beginner to master."
That surprised me. As far as I could recall, the upper end of the zone is not defined as such. On the mlb.com site the following definition appears:
1996 - "The Strike Zone is expanded on the lower end, moving from the top of the knees to the bottom of the knees."
1988 - "The Strike Zone is that area over home plate the upper limit of which is a horizontal line at the midpoint between the top of the shoulders and the top of the uniform pants, and the lower level is a line at the top of the knees. The Strike Zone shall be determined from the batter's stance as the batter is prepared to swing at a pitched ball."
Are all Questec operators instructed along the lines that you describe? If so, isn't this perhaps the greatest indictment of the whole system? I.e. Major League Baseball, in its desire to increase accountability and accuracy of umpires' calls, doesn't even use its own defined standard?!?!
Great question, and it is perhaps something I didn't address well enough in the article. The points at which the strike zone are set are simply reference points that allow the operator to set the strike zone. Can you imagine if we had to pick a button on the jersey that was exactly where MLB wanted it? It would be impossible. After we set the zone at the aforementioned points, the computer adjusts the strike zone the appropriate number of inches to fall in line with what MLB wants the strike zone to be.
--Jason Karegeannes
After growing up watching late-'70s, early-'80s disasters such as Doug Flynn, Frank Taveras, and Steve Henderson, I now say that the Mets have gone too far. I am now officially a baseball fan as opposed to a Mets fan. I will take this a step further and immediately purge Jose Reyes and David Wright from my Scoresheet team for Elmer Dessens. At least I can keep Justin Huber and Scott Kazmir in my farm system.
I totally understand your being propelled into an ambivalent attitude; this was an ugly set of moves. I felt a similar despair when the A's traded Jose Canseco, ending what had been a comeback to fandom launched in 1984 (by Dave Kingman, of all people). Even as the team spiraled deeper into a slump fueled by the hopeless pursuit of a post-'92 title with the same gang as before, just older and more expensive...as grim as those times were, I knew I could ride them out. I figured, heck, I outlasted Bill Krueger and Chris Codiroli, so why couldn't I outlast this?
Anyway, if you survived the miseries of the late '70s--it's always fun to remember some people before they were geniuses, Joe Torre, for example--then I hope you can ride out these mistakes. You still have David Wright, after all, and he'll be worth the price of admission for years to come.
--Chris Kahrl
Did you see this by Jayson Stark? Dodgers the #1 loser? Marlins the big winner? Red Sox the big winner? Mets a winner? Is this a bizarro column?? Plus no mention of the Royals and Devil Rays? What pipe are they smoking on "Baseball Tonight"?
--Andrew Flynn
Whatever it is, I'm betting that Buster Olney has a crop of it in his backyard. Now, don't get me wrong, I like oregano, but not so much as I'd smoke it or sprinkle it in my brownies. As the Greeks said, "enough of all things" (and not the frequently mistaken translation, "moderation in all things"--the difference is both subtle and massive).
Your points about the D-Rays and Royals are significant: Beyond the Dodgers and Cubs, this was a deadline where we saw considerably more gained by sellers than buyers. The other thing I found fascinating about this deadline were the dogs that didn't bark: Billy Beane stood pat, and the Twins didn't fuss over their rotation, infield situation, or injuries among their catchers. It was a very interesting pair of days, in short.
Admittedly, I am a biased Sox fan and want to believe that Theo Epstein is our savior so take this with a grain of salt, but was this deal really that bad? The one piece of info missing from your analysis is the rumor/fact that Nomar Garciaparra was planning to shut it down repeatedly during the remainder of the season (a la July 1 vs. the Yankees), perhaps even forcing another stint on the DL.
There is no question that over the remaining 50+ games Garciaparra's offensive advantage over Orlando Cabrera should outweigh Cabrera's (and Doug Mientkiewicz's) defensive advantage. But how much does the math change if Garciaparra only plays in 40 games? How about 35 or even 30 or less if he went to the DL? Who knows if these threats (who I am a BIG fan of, by the way) were real or not, but I think the biggest impact on the Sox is the downgrade on their offense if they reach the playoffs. Bottom line, not a good trade for sure, but let's not lambaste Epstein quite so much, he seemed to try hard to get Matt Clement or some similar pitcher in return which would have been preferable to Cabrera, but in the end he got something.
--Jack Gallagher
Did I exaggerate? Yes, I probably did. Having Dave Roberts and Minky as insurance against Trot Nixon being out for longer than expected is pretty bright, although it might create a playing time issue for everyone once Nixon does come back.
It's the Garciaparra/Cabrera thing that doesn't work for me. The bullpen's inability to hold the fort has been a huge issue this year, and that hasn't been fixed, while Nomargate at best seemed a product of poor communication, and at worst represents a management failure every bit as terrible as I've hinted at over the last two articles. Where I see an adequate player, the Sox seem to think they're getting Cabrera's bat from 2003 and his glove from 2001.
Finally, in defense of Nomar's defense, keep in mind that, counting rehab and spring training, the guy hasn't played 50 games yet. Was he rusty? Yes. Will he stay rusty? That's unknown, but it would be hard to believe he'd continue to perform so far below his career rates afield.
An excellent first column. However, as someone who has followed the D'backs closely this year, I can tell you that the defense has played a major role in the collapse. Alex Cintron has been atrocious. When I say atrocious, I mean literally horrific. Roberto Alomar has declined significantly. Scott Hairston, as expected, hasn't been good taking over at second base for Alomar. Shea Hillenbrand has been just OK at first base, with limited range and not-so-good hands. Chad Tracy has really struggled with fielding ground balls to his left and with his throwing accuracy. All of this has added up to a terrible infield defense which backs up a staff that gets its fair share of ground balls.
If you can, take a look at what the BP defense numbers say and let me know what you think.
Good call. According to BP's Defensive Efficiency stat, which (and pardon me if you already know this) measures the percentage of balls hit in play that are converted into outs, the D-Backs are the fourth-worst defensive club in the majors. Pitching and defense are really two sides of the same run prevention coin in a sense, but you're right that it could have certainly been pointed out that while Elmer Dessens, Steve Sparks, Casey Fossum, et al have struggled badly, the defense behind them has only made matters worse.
--Jonah Keri
Thanks for the recent article on park factors throughout pro baseball. While it may be a bit premature to ask this, are there any park factor data for RFK Stadium? The old-timers around here say it was something of a pitchers' park in the '60s and '70s, but they also think Frank Howard was overrated because of his strikeouts...--A.L.
These are the figures I have for RFK. The first number is the one-year Park Factor, the second is a five-year centered average. While it started out as a neutral park, there is a downward trend that says "pitchers' park" by the time they left.
I'm not sure how it would play right now. Last I recall, the left-field stands, which were originally movable, had frozen into place from lack of use, which would create a very short porch. That was from an exhibition game from about five years ago--they may have worked it out.
Year 1-Yr 5-Yr 1962 WAS-A 1008 1013 1963 WAS-A 1006 1013 1964 WAS-A 1024 1002 1965 WAS-A 1014 1006 1966 WAS-A 957 993 1967 WAS-A 1027 981 1968 WAS-A 942 971 1969 WAS-A 964 967 1970 WAS-A 967 952 1971 WAS-A 934 955
--Clay Davenport
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If there is one thing about America that inspires the rest of the world, it is its level of economic freedom. Or at least it used to. According to the just-released 2005 Index of Economic Freedom, published jointly by The Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal, the United States is no longer among the world's 10 freest economies. In fact, the United States is becoming uncompetitive in economic freedom.
One reason for this decline is a combination of onerous taxes and increasing government expenditures, which worsens the fiscal burden on businesses. Another reason is that countries like Australia, Chile, and Iceland have leapfrogged past America by decisively and repeatedly cutting taxes, privatizing, and deregulating, thus creating friendlier business environments. The degree of economic freedom that the United States had 10 years ago, when it was ranked the fifth freest economy, is clearly no longer good enough.
This plunge in the economic freedom ranking is a warning bell. Economic freedom is the foundation of U.S. economic strength, and economic strength is the foundation of America's high standard of living, military power, and status as a world leader. To regain its leadership in this important area, America must cut taxes, cut government expenditures, eliminate non-tariff barriers to trade, and further deregulate some sectors of the economy. A freer U.S. economy will grow faster, and with faster growth, America will have the resources to raise its high living standard and to preserve its military power and status as a world leader.
Falling Behind
Economic freedom measures the opportunity for people to engage in all levels of economic activity-from starting a business to opening a bank account to using a credit card; from buying groceries, traveling, and fixing their homes to being able to obtain good health care; from buying a car, sending their children to school, and finding a job to counting on sound law enforcement and courts to protect their personal liberties and private property. The fewer the obstacles to these activities, the more people can participate in the economy by working, investing, saving, and consuming. The freer the economy, the more people can use their abilities to create wealth, putting money in the pockets of millions of families.
Until recently, America epitomized the benefits of living in a free society. When the first Index was published in 1995, the United States was the fifth freest economy in the world, and it hovered at the top for the rest of the 1990s. The economy was booming during those six years. The compounded average growth rate from 1995 to 2000 was 4.1 percent,[1] driven largely by higher business productivity. Unemployment and inflation rates were at their lowest. The dollar was strong. Americans were consuming and investing fiercely.
However, in the four years since 2001, the U.S. ranking has fallen sharply from sixth place in 2001 to 12th place in 2005. Meanwhile countries such as Chile, Australia, and Iceland were opening their markets, improving their economic freedom. (See Chart 1.) During this time, U.S. government spending ballooned, and this continuous expansion of government expenditures has seriously hurt the U.S. ranking.[2]
The U.S. government has blamed the spending binge on the tragic events of September 11, 2001. However, according to Heritage Foundation analyst Brian Riedl, the majority of the government's spending spree since 2001 is unrelated to 9/11 or national defense.[3] For example, the increased expenditures have largely supported financially troubled programs like Social Security and Medicare; subsidized the rich, the famous, and the elected through farm subsidies to their expensive ranches;[4] and funded a myriad of special-interest projects such as "therapeutic horseback riding" and "a school mariachi music curriculum."[5] The money used to support those programs is money that U.S. workers and businesses have earned but cannot use for their own families or interests.
In other important areas of economic openness-taxes, non-tariff barriers, and regulations affecting local and foreign investment-the United States has simply failed to keep pace with a changing world. Recent reforms undertaken by countries now ranked in the top 10 in economic freedom illustrate the point.
First, all of these countries strongly protect property rights.
Second, Chile, Hong Kong,[6] Singapore, Estonia, Iceland, and Ireland have average top corporate tax rates that are half of the U.S. rate. Singapore, Estonia, Hong Kong, and Switzerland have much lower top personal income tax rates.
Third, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Estonia are virtually duty-free with few non-tariff barriers. Chile has a weighted average tariff rate that is almost as low as the U.S. tariff rate, but with considerably fewer non-tariff barriers (e.g., quotas and antidumping laws).
Finally, Hong Kong, Singapore, New Zealand, Luxembourg, Estonia, and Ireland have fewer restrictions on foreign investment and on the free movement of capital. In addition, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Denmark have fewer regulations on establishing a new business, including labor laws, environmental and zoning regulations, and bureaucratic steps required to start a business.[7]
Should We Worry?
Should the United States, as a large economy, worry that it is losing its freedom "podium" to small economies like Chile, Iceland, New Zealand, or Estonia? Absolutely. One can never overestimate the damage caused by continuously poor policymaking.
For example, in the early 1900s, Argentina was the world's seventh wealthiest economy. Its wealth was driven largely by foreign direct investment from England and by strong enforcement of property rights. It took no more than 40 years of continuously poor policymaking, starting in the 1930s, to erode this wealth. Today, with its world leadership lost, Argentina is a poor country mired in crisis, with a currency that moneychangers around the world refuse to handle. Argentina did not become poor overnight. Its road to poverty began when it became blind to the eventual implications of poor policy.
The perception of the United States as the most attractive place to do business is changing as the downward trend in U.S. economic freedom continues. That perception plummets as spending swells the U.S. federal deficit, as Congress threatens more trade restrictions and tariffs and passes legislation to expand underfunded transfer programs like Medicare and Social Security, as tax rates remain among the highest in the world, as the U.S. remains one of the few countries to tax the overseas earnings of its corporations, and as some in the Administration support corporate welfare programs such as agricultural subsidies.
Four Reforms to Regain U.S. Leadership in Economic Freedom
It is time for America to rediscover the advantages that flow from increased economic freedom. Specifically, America needs sustained economic growth to maintain its high standard of living, military power, and leadership in the world, and to foster this economic growth, the United States needs to increase economic freedom by advancing four reforms.
Reform #1: Cut tax rates.
One area in which the top 10 economically freest countries in the world distinguish themselves is low corporate tax rates. (See Table 1.) Estonia, which does not tax corporations, has the lowest rate.[8] Ireland, Chile, Hong Kong, and Iceland have a corporate tax rate that is only half that of the United States. Singapore and Luxembourg tax 13 percentage points less than the U.S., and Australia, Denmark, the United Kingdom, and New Zealand have slightly lower corporate tax rates than the United States.
The U.S. must find a way to slash its corporate tax significantly in order to be more competitive, providing businesses with better opportunities for increased production.
Reform #2: Cut government expenditures.
Rising government expenditures are imposing a burden on American families and future generations that will be hard to remove. According to David Walker, Comptroller General of the United States, the official debt of the United States government today is $7 trillion.[9] If the "promises" that the U.S. government has made to retirees and users of government health care services are added, "the real debt is $42 trillion," which amounts to "18 times the current federal budget, or three-and-one-half [times] the size of the current Gross Domestic Product."[10] In per capita terms, this obligation represents "over $140,000 for every person in America."[11]
Just to pay this debt, the U.S. economy would have to grow an average of 3 percent annually for the next 45 years, or 6 percent annually for the next 23 years, and incur no further obligations. These growth targets illustrate the extent to which current government actions have already affected the future of children born this year, who most likely will have to endure higher tax rates, higher interest rates, a much more difficult business environment, and a lower standard of living. For the government to leave them with such an inherited burden is just as irresponsible as it would be for their own parents to leave them with a long list of bills to pay.
In one of the 2004 presidential debates, President George W. Bush said that he would spend whatever it takes to make sure that America is safe. The American people expect nothing less of their President. However, Americans also expect both Congress and the Bush Administration to use taxpayers' money wisely so that financing the war on terrorism does not unnecessarily burden future generations.
To reduce the unfunded debt burden on American families, the Administration should immediately advance proposals to reform Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. Also important, the Administration should stop supporting corporate welfare programs like the farm subsidies for the elite and wasteful pork-barrel projects like therapeutic horseback riding and mariachi music curricula. By cutting wasteful programs, the Administration would avoid burdening future generations.
Reform #3: Support free trade, especially at home.
The Bush Administration has decisively advanced free trade agreements with other countries. So far, the Administration has signed agreements with Chile and Singapore and has completed negotiations with Central America, Australia, and Morocco. It should continue to negotiate free trade agreements with other countries around the world, and Congress should approve these trade agreements.
The U.S. record is dubious, though, when it comes to removing domestic barriers to trade, such as protectionist tariffs and antidumping laws. One of the worst cases is the stubborn protectionism of U.S. sugar growers. At the current level of protection, sugar sells in U.S. supermarkets at three times the world market price. Despite its size, however- the sugar industry supports only 61,000 direct jobs-its lobbying efforts are so strong that, according to Mary Anastasia O'Grady, editor of the "Americas" column at The Wall Street Journal, the sugar lobby is about to succeed in excluding the Dominican Republic from the Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) because, under CAFTA, the Dominican Republic would "win a market access quota equal to 1.7% of US production, after 15 years."[12] Excluding opportunities presented by trade with the Dominican Republic is a high price for average Americans to pay for such a tiny threat to the tiny sugar industry. Moreover, U.S. protectionism is just as bad in other industries, such as orange juice, peanuts, and dairy products.
Even worse are the U.S. antidumping laws. In principle, these laws give U.S. producers the right to request protectionist tariffs when a foreign producer sells his products in the United States at a lower price than it sells for in its own country. In practice, they create incentives for industries to seek ridiculous protections at the expense of taxpayers.
It all starts with the government's requirement that 25 percent of the industry making the product must support such a claim. To assess the level of support, the Department of Commerce surveys the industry with a form that producers must complete. Here the Byrd Amendment-in its effects, the most distorting antidumping law-comes into play. Under the amendment, once the antidumping duty is approved, the producers that support a dumping case are eligible to receive a portion of the duties collected.[13] This obviously creates a strong incentive to support a petition, and approval of every antidumping investigation is virtually guaranteed. A flawed methodology for identifying instances of dumping and the accompanying protection margins-a methodology that is usually biased against foreign producers-further compounds the problem.[14]
The damage does not stop there, though. With antidumping laws, producers have a mechanism for requesting protectionist tariffs where no tariff actually exists. In other words, no matter how many free trade agreements the U.S. makes or how many tariffs Congress tears down unilaterally, as long as the antidumping laws exist, U.S. producers will have an avenue they can use to pursue protectionism. Since success breeds imitation, many countries around the world now use antidumping laws as well. The U.S. government must repeal its antidumping laws, not just to preserve the interests of millions of U.S. consumers, but also to advance effectively free trade throughout the world.
Reform #4: Deregulate.
America's business environment is still perceived as one of the world's most business-friendly. Yet the flow of new regulations continues unabated, and the U.S. must address this problem in order to ease the regulatory burden on businesses. For example, foreigners should be allowed to invest in certain sectors that are currently off limits, such as nuclear energy, maritime and air shipping, broadcasting, and communications. In addition, many regulations (e.g., some health and product safety standards, and food and drug labeling requirements), although well-intentioned, can be particularly burdensome to small and medium-size businesses and should be removed.
America has fallen behind 11 countries in the economic freedom rankings in the 2005 Index of Economic Freedom because it has failed to advance reform at home while other countries have continued to cut tax rates, lower trade barriers, and deregulate. This decline is serious because economic freedom is the foundation of U.S. economic strength, and economic strength is the foundation of America's high standard of living, military power, and status as a world leader.
To encourage greater economic growth, the United States must cut taxes, cut government expenditures, eliminate non-tariff barriers to trade, and further deregulate the economy. With greater freedom, America will grow faster, continue to inspire other nations, and leave a more promising future for future generations.
Ana Isabel Eiras is Senior Policy Analyst for International Economics in the Center for International Trade and Economics at The Heritage Foundation. The author would like to thank Anthony Kim for his valuable contribution to this paper.
[1]World Bank Group, World Development Indicators Online, 2004, at publications.worldbank.org/WDI (January 4, 2005; subscription required).
[2]For further reference, see Ana Isabel Eiras, "The United States Is No Longer the Champion of Economic Freedom," Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 1781, July 23, 2004, at www.heritage.org/Research/TradeandForeignAid/bg1781.cfm.
[3]Brian M. Riedl, "$20,000 per Household: The Highest Level of Federal Spending Since World War II," Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 1710, December 3, 2003, p. 1, at www.heritage.org/Research/Budget/BG1710.cfm. The 2001 rankings are based on spending increases thatoccurred in 1999, and the 2005 rankings are based on increases that occurred in 2003.
[4]Brian M. Riedl, "Another Year at the Federal Trough: Farm Subsidies for the Rich, Famous, and Elected Jumped Again in 2002," Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 1763, May 24, 2004, at www.heritage.org/Research/Budget/bg1763.cfm.
[5]Brian M. Riedl and Keith Miller, "Another Pork-Laden Spending Omnibus Bill," Heritage Foundation WebMemo No. 613, November 22, 2004, at www.heritage.org/Research/Budget/wm613.cfm.
[6]The Index treats the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region as a separate economy or "country."
[7]Eiras, "The United States Is No Longer the Champion of Economic Freedom."
[8]Resident companies and permanent establishments of non-resident companies registered with the Estonian authorities are not subject to tax on their income.
[9]Robert E. Moffit, Ph.D., "Can Congress Contain Explosive Medicare Costs?" Heritage Foundation WebMemo No. 523, June 18, 2004, at www.heritage.org/Research/HealthCare/wm523.cfm.
[12]Mary Anastasia O'Grady, "Sugar Daddy Decadence," The Wall Street Journal, November 19, 2004, p. A17.
[13]Brink Lindsey and Daniel Ikenson, "Antidumping 101: The Devilish Details of 'Unfair Trade' Law," Cato Institute, Center for Trade Policy Studies Trade Policy Analysis No. 20, November 26, 2002, at www.freetrade.org/pubs/pas/tpa-020es.html (January 3, 2005).


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Serve to Remember
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September 11 National day of Service and Remembrance
A community answers the call to serve.
There is no day in history that has the same power to unite us in service like 9/11.
September 11th is a day when we remember how we love our country. This is a time to put aside differences and join together as a community to create unity, acceptance, and show appreciation for those who have served our country.
Clarksville, TN knows first-hand about the commitment to service that so many made and continue to make following that fateful day of September 11, 2001. We are a military community, home to Fort Campbell, the only Air Assault Division in the world; and the Army's famed 101st Airborne Division, fondly called the "Screaming Eagles". Fort Campbell is located on the Tennessee-Kentucky border and is also home of two prestigious Special Operations Command Units, the 5th Special Forces Group and the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment. There are 30,000 active duty soldiers as well as almost 60,000 family members living in the Clarksville-Montgomery County, Tennessee and the Fort Campbell, Kentucky area. These soldiers are often living more than 7,000 miles away from their wives, husbands, children, parents, friends and neighbors while serving our country.
Organizing this year's 9/11 remembrance activities has a very special meaning for our community. During the past 12 months, Ft. Campbell has experienced the highest fatality record since the conflict began in 2001. Many of the 101st soldiers and their families ended a year-long deployment this summer. An opportunity to bring a community of volunteers together in service to honor the extraordinary sacrifices made by so many brave individuals here at home and globally, rekindles the spirit of compassion and helps us heal.
The 2011 "Serve to Remember" project is being organized and led by Hands on Clarksville (HOC), a program of Hands on Nashville. Hands on Clarksville meets needs directly in our community through volunteerism, and by mobilizing, promoting, developing, implementing and evaluating meaningful volunteer opportunities.
Clarksville's "Serve to Remember " activities will be held in partnership with the Clarksville Fire & Rescue, Rossview High School Football Players, Ajax Turner Senior Center, New Providence Head Start, Daymar Institute, The Hispanic Organization of Progress and Education, The Nonprofit Partnership Network, Clarksville Downtown Civitan , Teacher's Warehouse, Altra Federal Credit Union employees, Miller-Motte Technical College, Austin Peay State University Service Learning & Leadership Program, Montgomery County Parks and Recreation, Kurve Ryders (a group of Ft. Campbell soldier volunteers) Fort Campbell community services programs, L.E.A.P, Youth Program, and various civic and faith groups throughout the community.
HOC's goal is to engage a minimum of 600 volunteers in various service activities from September 1-11, 2011. A variety of service opportunities will be organized throughout the weeks, ensuring community volunteers of all ages, ethnicities, and abilities have the chance to give back throughout the Clarksville-Montgomery County and Fort Campbell communities.
Service opportunities may include:
- Serve meals to the homeless and hungry through Manna Café Ministries.
- Rossview High School Football Team will assist senior citizens with simple home chores and yard work.
- APSU Service Learning Students will work with Parks and Rec to clean parks and recreation areas.
- Paint remembrance murals.
- Participate with the Fire and Rescue department in their remembrance event on 9/11.
- Assist with minor repairs for local domestic violence shelter.
- Altra Federal Credit Union Employees will hold clean up days at local homeless shelters.
- Fill needs of veterans and active duty service through Wounded Warrior referral program.
- Miller-Motte students will sort and stock local food pantries.
- The Kurve Ryders will work in community gardens.
- Read to children at the local library.
The community will learn about "Serve to Remember" through news stories created by local media and press releases. Partner organizations will also publicize the project through newsletters, social media and their websites.
Nonprofits, businesses, civic groups, faith organizations, and other groups can register their 9/11 Day volunteer projects on the Hands on Clarksville website. Project/activities will be posted on the Hands on Clarksville volunteer calendar at www.hon.org. This service event will be marketed through Hands On Nashville's e-newsletter, Hands On Call, which reaches 30,000 volunteers. In addition, projects can be highlighted on Hands On Nashville's Facebook page which has more than 27,000 followers.
Volunteers may sign up for specific tribute opportunities listed on the website. Volunteers registering with Hands on Clarksville will be tracked through the website. All volunteers not registered via the HOC website will be documented and tracked by participating groups and submitted to Hands on Clarksville staff no later than 4:00 pm September 12, 2011. These individuals will be manually added into HOC's database post project. This will enable reporting to capture the full impact made by all volunteers during the service period.
Hands on Clarksville will provide all organizations, business and partners with a "Serve to Remember" toolkit to help them promote and track their service activities and volunteer participation. This toolkit will include:
- A sample letter that can be used to communicate to volunteers and employees about "Serve to Remember" opportunities.
- Links to resources to help implement successful 9/11 tribute projects.
- Sign in sheets for organizations to capture their volunteer participants during the service window.
Any grant funds received as a result of this submission will be used to expand service activities for 9/11/2012 – 9/11/2014.
Reports will be submitted electronically to CNCS officials by September 14, 2011, 5PM EDT.


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Intervention unlikely in Syria
'The Security Council cannot go about imposing solutions in crisis situations in various countries of the world," said Russia's ambassador to the United Nations, Vitaly Churkin, as the UN began discussing what to do about the Syrian crisis last Friday. He needn't worry.
Even as Syria drifts inexorably towards a catastrophic civil war, nobody else is willing to put troops into the country, so how are they going to impose anything?
You can't blame them for their reluctance, because Syria isn't Libya. It is a big country with a powerful army, the core of which will remain loyal to the Assad regime right down to the last ditch. A good 30 per cent of the civilian population will join them in the ditch: the Alawites (Shia), the Christians, and some of the Kurds and Druze, all of whom fear that the overthrow of the regime will put the Sunni Arab majority in the driving seat.
That's where they should be, of course – they are at more than 70 per cent of the population – but when revolutions triumphed recently in Tunisia and Egypt, the subsequent elections brought explicitly Islamic parties to power. There's no evidence that those parties will actually abuse the civil rights of minorities, but given the increasingly sectarian nature of the struggle in Syria, the minorities there are frightened by the prospect of Sunni power.
So the minorities will stick with President Bashar al-Assad no matter what his forces do to the Sunnis, and there are enough of them, given the regime's virtual monopoly of heavy weapons, to hold out against either domestic insurgency or foreign military intervention for a long time. That's why there won't be any foreign military intervention.
But it's getting worse in Syria. Several suburbs of Damascus itself have now fallen into rebel hands, and Assad's forces are shelling neighbourhoods only five kilometres from the centre of the city. Since last March, about 5400 people have been killed by the regime's military and paramilitary troops, and the 200 observers sent by the Arab League in December didn't even slow the rate of killing.
In desperation, the Arab League suspended its monitoring mission last week and called for Bashar al-Assad to hand over power to a deputy within two weeks. That deputy would then be obliged to form a unity government with the opposition within two months. In other words, it demanded the end of the regime.
In fact, the Arab League has even drafted a joint resolution with Britain, France and Germany that threatens unspecified further measures against the Syrian regime if Assad does not step aside.
Arab League head Nabil al-Arabi is in New York this week to present it to the Security Council in person.
That's the good news. The bad news is that the Syrian regime has already rejected the Arab League's demand, insisting that what's really happening in Syria is attacks by "armed terrorist gangs" (that is, al-Qaeda) backed by Israel and the United States. Ridiculous, but a lot of Alawites and Christians actually believe it.
The worse news is that Russia will veto the resolution before the Security Council anyway. Assad is Moscow's only real ally in the Middle East, and Russia's only naval base in the Mediterranean is on the Syrian coast.
Bad Moscow – but the truth is that foreign military intervention would probably not stop the killing at this point unless it was truly massive. That wouldn't happen even with a dozen Security Council resolutions.
The worst news of all is that this probably means that Syria is heading down into the same kind of hell that Lebanon went through in its 15-year civil war (1975 to 1990).
It has just gone on too long. The Syrian protests began as a brave attempt to emulate the non-violent revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt. The Assad regime would kill people, of course, but if the protesters stood fast and refused to kill back, ultimately the regime's support would just drain away.
Non-violence was doubly important in the Syrian case, because if it were a violent revolution, various minorities would feel gravely threatened.
Alas, that non-violent strategy has foundered on the rock of Syria's sectarian and ethnic divisions. Sunni deserters from the army started fighting back, and all the other communities took fright. Now it's a civil war in which the regime has the heavy weapons but the Sunni Arabs have the numbers.
Syria is just as complex a society as Lebanon, although we can still hope that the war does not go on as long. And it's entirely possible that the Assad regime, whose senior ranks are mostly drawn from the Alawite minority (only 10 per cent of the population), has deliberately chosen civil war. Better that than surrender power and expose the Alawites to the vengeance they fear from all those whom they have ruled for the past 40 years.
This does not mean that the "Arab spring" was a mistake, or even that it is over. Few other Arab countries have as divided a population or as ruthless a regime as Syria. But it is still a great tragedy.
* Gwynne Dyer is a London-based independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.
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The Cascade Brewers Society presents the 2016 Cascade Brewers Society Homebrewing Competition. The competition is sanctioned by the Beer Judge Certification Program, as well as the Oregon State Home Brewer of the Year (OSHBOTY), an organization that actively promotes and supports Oregon homebrewing beer competitions and recognizes Oregon and SW Washington home beer brewers who regularly perform well in these competitions.
Registration is now available for the Cascade Brewers Society Homebrew Contest for participants and judges. Please click the links below to access online registration.
Please note that we will announce the location of the homebrew contest award ceremony.
Sign up online for the homebrew competition
Entries must be received by Falling Sky Brewing in Eugene by May 21, 2016. Shipping address is 1331 Willamette St. Eugene Oregon 97401. Please submit three 12oz. bottles per entry.
Entries may also be dropped off by May 21, 2016 at F. H. Steinbart Co., 234 SE 12th, Portland OR 97214, or at Corvallis Brewing Supply, 119 SW 4th St, Corvallis, OR 97333. Questions or more information please contact: sassyhomebrew<at>gmail.com.
Judging will take place on May 28, 2016 at 10 a.m. at the Ninkasi Admin Building, 155 Blair Blvd., in Eugene, Oregon. Lunch will be provided.
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Prizes awarded at the Sasquatch Brew Fest to the top three finishers in the following 2016 BJCP style categories:
* Category 3: Czech Lager
For style guidelines, please visit the BJCP website.
We are also awarding prizes for a non-BJCP category as well, called the "Glen Tribute Beer." The idea is to brew a beer that Glen might have brewed and most certainly enjoyed.
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DAYBREAK DAILY: David Gregory draws D.C. police attention
ABC7 TRAFFIC: Good Morning Washington has updates every 10 minutes beginning at 4:30 a.m. http://tbd.ly/95jmWZ
ABC7 WEATHER: Rain and possible snow and sleet with highs in the mid 40s and periodic gusting winds. http://wj.la/72e8x6
TRENDING ON ABC7 FACEBOOK: In the National Cathedral's Children's Chapel sits 20 small angels on an altar in honor of the young lives stolen in the shooting at Sandy Hook. Some people who visited the chapel on Christmas were moved to tears by the simple yet powerful display. http://wj.la/RQU4ZE
SEEMS A BIT MUCH: Nevertheless, here you go, per the Washington Post, "The D.C. police confirmed reports Wednesday that they are looking into an incident in which David Gregory, the host of the television show "Meet the Press," displayed what he described as a high-capacity ammunition magazine. . . The incident came as Gregory was interviewing Wayne LaPierre, the CEO of the National Rifle Association, about measures that Gregory suggested might reduce the potential for mass killings, such as the one that occurred in Connecticut.
In asking his guest on the NBC show whether high-capacity ammunition magazines should be banned, Gregory held an object in his hand and said it was a magazine that could hold 30 bullets.In its firearms regulations, the The D.C. Code stipulates that "No person in the District shall possess, sell, or transfer any large capacity ammunition feeding device" whether or not it is attached to a firearm. "Meet the Press," generally is produced in the District." http://wapo.st/12ExFk6
TURN OUT THE LIGHTS: The party is winding down, per the New York Times, "The Tea Party might not be over, but it is increasingly clear that the election last month significantly weakened the once-surging movement, which nearly captured control of the Republican Party through a potent combination of populism and fury. Leading Congressional Republicans, though they remain far apart from President Obama, have embraced raising tax revenues in budget negotiations, repudiating a central tenet of the Tea Party." http://nyti.ms/ZyeMAG
SNOW-SOCKED: At least three deaths blamed on the storm, per the AP, "An enormous storm system that dumped snow and sleet on the nation's midsection and unleashed damaging tornadoes around the Deep South has begun punching its way toward the Northeast, slowing holiday travel. Post-Christmas travelers braced for a second day of flight delays and cancellations, a day after rare winter twisters damaged numerous homes in Louisiana and Alabama." http://apne.ws/RRI61I
SMILE FOR THE CAMERA: And later, frown, per the Washington Examiner, "Traffic camera fines are poised to dip in the District, but one aspect of the controversial program is set to surge in 2013: the number of the devices that generate tickets for common traffic offenses like speeding and running stoplights. Over the course of 2013, the District government will add 134 traffic cameras to its network, more than doubling the size of a system that generated $85 million in revenues for the city in its last fiscal year." http://washingtonexaminer.com/district-traffic-cameras-to-more-than-double-amid-record-revenues/article/2516807
NEW BREED: And homegrown, per the Virginian-Pilot, "As U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, Neil MacBride has helped create a new kind of federal law enforcement, breaking legal ground in prosecuting modern-day pirates, war criminals, bank executives and Internet thieves from across the globe, all while keeping pace with a regular docket full of drug, gun and gang cases. He's also one of the first in recent memory with Hampton Roads ties." http://bit.ly/Zzo13w
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DISTRICT WEED: It's finally on the way, per the Washington Times, "Fifteen years after voters gave the green-light to a medical marijuana program in the nation's capital, a pair of locations approved to grow or sell the drug have cleared regulatory hurdles and will set up shop a few months into the new year, according to city officials." http://bit.ly/Rhbk8D
GRIM STUFF: Of a grim situation, per the Los Angeles Times, "The Times on Tuesday released about 1,200 previously unpublished files kept by the Boy Scouts of America on volunteers and employees expelled for suspected sexual abuse. The files, which have been redacted of victims' names and other identifying information, were opened from 1985 through 1991. They can be found in a database along with two decades of files released by order of the Oregon Supreme Court in October." http://lat.ms/TiA546
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Looking for a doctor in Southern California who has done successful Brazilian butt lift. Thanks!
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