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A fashion shoot at in Port Jefferson shows off a new line of clothing available at the East Main Street boutique, according to an Explore LI article online.
The London-based label called Darling features "ultrafeminine shapes with lots of lace, delicate patterns and embroidery," according to the report.
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Gatlinburg's Bolze mansion auction Saturday
GATLINBURG -- The crown jewel of the opulent life admitted Ponzi-schemer Dennis Bolze built with other people's money is finally and definitely headed for the auction block.
Furrow Auction Company of Knoxville has set the sale for 11 a.m. Saturday at the Gatlinburg Convention Center. In advance of that, members of the public got their first look inside the mountainside mansion during open house events that end with one from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today. -- More. (auction info)
The curious and serious find their way to the basement level vault during the open house. (Curt Habraken/The Mountain Press) -- More.

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Table of Contents
- Alicia's Red Onion Recipe
- Almond Paste or Butter
- Anise Seed Tincture for Nonproductive Cough
- Apple Cider Vinegar
- Apple Cider Vinegar, Baking Soda
- Apple Cider Vinegar, Cayenne
- Apple Cider Vinegar, Cayenne, Tomato Tea
- Apple Cider Vinegar, Grapefruit Seed Extract
- Apple Cider Vinegar, Wild Oregano
- Ayurveda
- Baking Soda Steam
- Black Beans
- Black Tea and Honey
- Cayenne
- Cayenne, ACV and Baking Soda
- Cayenne, Garlic, Onion, Ginger
- Chocolate
- Chronic Cough Remedies
- Colloidal Silver
- Cough Syrup Recipe
- Dark Chocolate
- Dark Ground Coffee and Honey for Cough
- Elderberry
- Elderberry and Phytocillin
- Eliminate Artificial Sweeteners
- Essential Oil Therapy
- Flaxseed Tea
- Flour, Dry Mustard and Egg White
- Fresh Purple Cabbage Juice
- Garlic
- Garlic and Turmeric
- Garlic, Honey, Lime
- Garlic, Onion, Honey and Red Peppers
- Ginger
- Goldenseal
- Grapefruit Seed Extract
- Green Tea With Jasmine
- Heather's Cough Formula
- Homeopathic Remedy for Bronchitis
- Honey
- Honey and Lemon
- Honey on the Chest
- Honey Tea and Toast With Apple Butter
- Honey With Black Pepper
- Honey, Olive Oil and Lemon Juice
- Hydrogen Peroxide
- Hydrogen Peroxide Inhalation Method
- Ivy Leaf Syrup
- Jasmine Tea
- Lemon and Ginger Root
- Lemon Juice With Freshly Grated Ginger
- Lemon Juice, Honey and Eucalyptus Oil
- Looking Up Technique
- Magnesium
- Menthol Salve
- Mullein Flower Tea
- Mustard Oil
- Mystery Remedy
- N-Acetycysteine
- Natural Cough Syrup
- Olive Oil, Apple Cider Vinegar and Lemon
- Onions
- Oregano Oil
- Parsley
- Passaflora
- Peppermint Oil
- Pickle Juice
- Raw Uncooked Unfiltered Honey
- Remedies Needed
- Riboflavin B2
- Star Anise Seed Tea
- Steam Inhalation
- Tea With Lemon
- Ted's Alkalizing Formula
- The Witches Brew Remedy
- Thyme
- Traditional Chinese Medicine
- Turmeric Spice
- Vicks
- Vitamin A
- Vitamin C
- Warm Milk
- White Vinegar and Honey
Home Garlic Cure for Coughs
Home Remedy Ingredients
Garlic - 1 Clove
Add a clove of raw garlic to your food or eat/chew it directly if you can stand it. Try 1-2 cloves a day until your cough goes away.
[YEA] 10/26/2006: Nancy from Kingston, NY: "For the past month or so I have had a horrendous cough with watery eyes, sinus drip and tickling in my lungs. The coughs were sounding real bad - like honking almost. I did a search on the net and figured I would try the garlic before going to the doctor (fearing of course TB or cancer etc...) Well - after only 48 hours of chewing a piece of elephant garlic as soon as the tickling began -- the cough has greatly reduced!! This morning the tickling moved from one lung to the other -- and I'm still chasing it with the garlic. I have had Lymes twice and whatever this infection is - reminds me of Lymes in the way it seems to move around inside the body. Whatever this is can't escape the wonderful garlic fumes. I even dropped a few slices in my wine last night. IT WORKS!!! Thank you so much."
[YEA] 03/12/2006: James from New Orleans: "I didn't boil the garlic . I've read over and over that heat destroys the allicin. Anyway , I simply use a garlic press . It's a lot easier than chopping. I take it straight and chase it with lots of water . You can ball the pressed garlic up into a wad and take it like a pill. I was able to sleep last night without waking due to coughing. I took two medium sized cloves"
[YEA] Anonymous from Alabama: "I had a nagging cough for a long, long time. I drank the Garlic Tea and within two days I had stopped coughing almost altogether. I have given this remedy to a lot of my friends. Thank you so much. It really works!!"
[YEA] Yakal from Philippines: "The tea was great. It helped me from my misery. It helped me solve my problems. It also helped my friends:Charmelle and Zandro. Also try putting SUGAR. Thank you very much!"
Earth Clinic : "Marco, a well known soux chef in Santa Monica, California, gave us this simple soup recipe for nagging coughs. This is an old Mexican recipe from Marco's mother that aided him and his siblings' flu/cold recovery process.
Cut a garlic cube into quarters and add to two 2 quarts of H2O. Boil on low flame for at least one hour. Strain and sip slowly. Believe or not, this warm garlic soup has a very pleasant taste!
Caveats: The good news is that garlic kills off bacteria in the body. The bad news is that it also kills off the friendly bacteria. Thus - women especially - make sure you take acidophilus after consuming garlic soup, otherwise a yeast infection (aka candida) may ensue.
Click here to see all books on the healing properties of garlic."
[YEA] "By accident I was told that raw garlic was good for slimming so I went and bought some garlic, at the time I had a chronic cough, and it silence my cough all night, but I didn't not like the taste, So I will make garlic tea, or Soup sounds like a more tasty idea, thanks for the advice."
Garlic and Turmeric
[YEA] 12/07/2007: T.S.Rajah from Wimbledon, UK: "Take 250ml water, one medium crushed galic bulb and 1 teaspoon of turmeric powder. Boil this mixture and reduce it to half. Add some honey and drink while warm sip by sip. It is a useful remedy for chronic cough."
Garlic, Honey, Lime
[YEA] 12/22/2008: Marcela from ealge mountain, utah, usa: "My son 7 years old and he had a bad cough the kind that would not let anyone sleep..i heard about the garlic honey and lime..i blended 6 cloves of garlic 2 tablespoons of 100% bee honey and 2 big limes..this will last a few days..i gave my son 1 small tablespoon and right away calmed his coughing..he did not cough at all and when i heard him cough i gave hime another dosage..for three days i gave him this remedy and now he doesn't cough at all.."Replies
[YEA] 11/11/2010: Kara from Chatham, Ma replies: "My husband is from the moutains in Jamaica. When I was pregnant and could not have cough syrup, I learned this remedy from him. It works! You can make a thick syrup or tea. Something about the three ingredients together soothes the cough for hours."
01/09/2012: Anonymous from Arlington, Usa replies: "Do you use the juice of the 2 limes, or do you blend them whole with the garlic and honey? Thanks."
Garlic, Onion, Honey and Red Peppers
[YEA] 10/18/2005: Curtis from Worcester, Ma: "Here is a cold and flu remedy that will help with your cough and flu symptoms. Take one clove of garlic crushed and chopped fine. 2 slices of onion also chopped fine. One to two tablespoons of honey (to taste) and one-quarter teaspoon of crushed red pepper. Mix all ingredients together in a small bowl and eat.
Garlic-natural antibiotic
Onion- helps with nasal passage
Honey- throat soother
Red crushed pepper- The capsicum helps kill the cold or flu virus."
[YEA] 04/13/2012: Maypeacebewithall from Singapore: "I have tried "ginger tea" many times successfully to heal my coughs. The coughs range from mild to severe. I cut a few slices of ginger and add to water. Then I bring it to boil and drink it when warm. Do remember to take it in the day time as there's a saying that ginger when taken in the morning is as good as ginseng but it's not good to take it during the night. I find the ginger tea especially good for coughs due to "exposure to wind".
Also, I just heard from my mum yesterday after she paid a visit to her best friend that she had used peppermint tea to cure her daughter, grandson and neighbour's long standing cough. Not even doctors' medicine could cure their cough and they have been coughing for months. After just 1 to 2 cups of peppermint tea, they are completely cured! She said to take 7 peppermint leaves and make into tea. Hope this helps."
01/17/2012: Martian from Ventura, Ca.usa: "500ml regular coke plus small handful of fresh ginger peeled with potato peeler, put together in aa saucepan, bring to a boil and simmer fo 10 minutes, strain off ginger and drink as hot as you can. Magic, this recipe came from China, and works for me. I think it is the zinc in ginger."
[YEA] 03/15/2011: Chuck from Cypress, California: "Have miserable chronic dry cough when catching cold, almost caused hernia once. One night can't sleep cause of cough, so look up remedies on Line & find ginger root. Cut piece size three quarters stuck together & stop cough immediately & lasted 4 while b4 having 2 pop some more .
Recently found more pleasant remedy. Cut ginger into McDonald french fry sized pieces about 1&1/2 inch long & squeeze bead of honey onto same. The honey kills harsh ginger taste & ginger keeps honey from being 2 sweet. All that's left is that hot healing feeling. Love it."
[YEA] 03/15/2010: Tena from Champaign, Illinois: "This is what worked for my family:
Cough remedy: 1/2 cup of warm milk, 1/2 Tbsp Honey, 1 tsp Ginger. Works great, especially if you drink it before bedtime, helps to sleep without coughing. Hope this helps."
[YEA] 06/05/2008: Abah from Lubbock, Texas, USA: "Ginger root -- remedy for cough caused by cold. Clean and wash the root, chew a couple and swallow the juice. Although it burns, but works very effectively."
[WORKED TEMPORARILY] 01/03/2010: Michelle from Minnetonka, Mn: "Goldenseal is killing the fungus that was causing my son to cough. My son (age 13) is on day 9 of a cough that was so bad that he would gag sometimes. We tried so many remedies I found on Earth Clinic to get rid of it and nothing worked. Finally took him to a doctor and she gave him an inhaler. The only thing that did was give him thrush. Then I took him to a Kinesiologist. She told me it was fungal and to make him tea using Goldenseal Root Powder. I gave him his 1st dose yesterday (day 8) and he slept all night which he hasn't been able to do since the cough started. I am giving him 1/4 tsp three times a day. I have to bribe him to take it though because it is pretty bitter. I mix it with tea he likes and raw honey. He drinks without complaining too much knowing it is the only thing that has worked for him."Replies
01/04/2010: Michelle from Minnetonka, Mn replies: "Ahhhhhh!!!!!! The cough is back and worse. Help. I am so frustrated and he is exhausted!"
01/05/2010: Pam from The Wildlands, Wyoming replies: "have you tried a steam vaporizer? You can add a bit of peppermint or eucalyptis oil to the water to quiet the cough. Also try google for directions for mustard plaster. my mom used them on us and they seemed to work well. If I recall correctly a plaster can also be made out of nettle and applied to the chest."
01/05/2010: Diane from Oliver, Pa replies: "I've had bronchitis frequently for the past several years. The last time was from September through October. The antibiotic the doctor prescribed did help some, but then I seemed to get worse again.
That last time I had bronchitis, I coughed so hard that I lost my voice for over six weeks, and my doctor eventually diagnosed me with chronic laryngitis. (Fortunately, once I got rid of the cough, I did get my voice back, although it took some time.)
I stumbled on this cure by accident, because I coughed so hard when I was sleeping, not one time, but on two separate occasions, that I woke up with a pounding, nauseating headache!
I took the Walmart equivalant of a name brand pain reliever for migraines. (The name brand says migraine, not the Walmart brand). It contains 250 mg acetaminophen, 250 mg aspirin, and 65 mg caffeine. My cough got better for a day or so, (but I didn't realize it at the time) then worse again, and when it happened the second time (waking up coughing with that horrible headache), I took this pain reliever again.
That's when I realized that my cough was better. I have no idea why this worked for me, but this is what finally cured my cough/bronchitis, and it didn't take a long time. Just a couple of days afterward of taking the pain reliever according to directions, every 6 hours, or at least when I remembered. And I had a really terrible cough! Anyone that's had bronchitis knows how it's worse at night when you're trying to sleep, so I was exhausted...
Since then, I've wondered about Ted's swine flu cure, and if it's just the aspirin in the pain reliever that cured my cough, or if it's all the ingredients combined, but it works for me. I did get a bit of a cough sometime after that, but I took a couple of doses of the pain reliever, and it knocked it right out that time.
In the past, if I started getting a runny nose, sneezing, coughing, I'd feel like, "oh, no!" because it would progress to bronchitis, but I've finally found something that oddly enough, keeps me from getting to that point. Hope this helps someone else, because it's cheap, easy, and effective for me. (No more antibiotics! Yippee!)"
01/05/2010: Jamie from Santa Monica, California replies: "Hi Michelle, A few years ago I had a cough with tons of mucous that lasted for weeks on end. I felt terrible and fatigued all the time. I picked up an old herbal remedy book (sorry, can't remember the name) and read about Lobelia as a fast expectorant for coughs. I think I took 1-2 doses of lobelia (whatever was recommended on the bottle), enough to make me start gagging. That's when the fun began. I then threw up a ton of mucous from deep down in my lungs, mucous that was not coming up from my coughing. Well, my coughing stopped within a day of that (not fun) cure. Lobelia is an intense herb for a desperate situation.
Last spring I got a dry cough that did not quit. Since it was a dry, irritated cough I went another route: I took elderberry extract 2 times a day and also made a strong batch of garlic tea (entire garlic cube boiled in water for 15 minutes) that I drank a small amount of throughout the day. I also went to bed every night sucking on a natural cough lozenge. It took a few days of these remedies but my cough went away about 2 days later. Hope something in here helps your son. Let us know how he is doing."
01/05/2010: Tamara from Fort Collins, Colorado replies: "Do you have a carbon monoxide detector? Is it working? About a month ago a friend of mine had a 3 week cough that was getting worse and started sounding like it could've been pneumonia. Then, one day her landlord came over to check the furnace and found it was breaking down. They measured the carbon monoxide levels and found they were nearly fatal. After replacing the furnace with a new one and installing a CO2 level detector she was immediately better! No coughing and her roommate felt better after suffering from persistant cold and flu-like symptoms. Please check your CO2 and radon levels, since radon causes lung disorders as well."
EC: Great point, Tamara. About five years ago my next door neighbor in Los Angeles got carbon monoxide poisoning from an old furnace in her unit that had not been checked in years. She starting feeling deathly ill and coughing up some nasty black soot before realizing it might be carbon monoxide poisoning. The landlord ignored her calls, but the gas company came immediately and discovered a bad leak. A few more nights of that and she would have died.


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For Beginners:
The Benefits of Yoga Practice
There is an old story in the ancient literature
of India about a student attempting in vain to describe the taste of a
mango. Listening to the futile words, the teacher shakes his head, smiles,
and picking up a ripe luscious mango, bites into it. Writing about the
benefits of hatha yoga is a little like this. If you practice poses, breathing
and relaxation, no words are necessary because you "have tasted the mango."
If you haven't tried a yoga class, words are probably not powerful enough
by themselves to convince you. Experience, as the wise tell us, is the
only true teacher.
While there has been some scientific documentation of the benefits of yoga,
what is more important to consider about yoga are the responses of those
who have practiced. Virtually without variation, yoga students will tell
you that they feel better after a class, more relaxed, more centered. Students
often report that headaches, back pain, anxiety, menstrual cramps and stress
have changed or vanished. In more rare cases, students who have been trying
to have a baby find they get good news at the doctor's office, others claim
that the hip pain of decades' duration has vanished. Some people say they
sleep through the night regularly for the first time in their lives. In
more than one case, students have banished carpal tunnel syndrome, avoided
surgery and generally found new balance and harmony in their lives. Whether
these beneficial changes are related to an overall improvement in health
and well-being or are due to a specific yoga pose, these healthy changes
are deeply appreciated by yoga students.
What can you expect when you start to practice yoga? First, you will probably
notice an increase in overall flexibility; your muscles will gradually
begin to release tension and tightness. Where else does "tension" live
in our bodies but in our muscles? When your muscles relax, as they do during
a massage or after taking a yoga class, this muscular relaxation will be
interpreted as a generalized reduction in tension and mental stress. Additionally,
you may even find that you can bend over and touch the floor with your
knees straight, which the average 30-year-old cannot do!
Another benefit you may notice with yoga practice is that you are more
in touch with your breathing. Yoga poses are practiced in harmony with
the breath. One of the residues of this constant concentration on breath
is that students tend to pay more attention to their breath outside of
class. Most students report they are surprised to learn that they find
themselves holding their breath frequently during the day in response to
stress. By learning to notice their breath-holding they can begin to break
the habit. When one breathes easily throughout the day, less tension will
accumulate in the body.
Finally, one of the most important things you can learn from a yoga class
is that your thoughts have the ability to affect your overall contentment
and health. During the deep relaxation pose (savasana), one systematically
relaxes every part of the body, even suggesting that the brain itself is
"relaxed." During conscious relaxation, thoughts are experienced more as
an energy which is associated with the brain than as the sum total of who
we are. We have thoughts, but those thoughts no longer take over our bodies
and minds at large -- triggering tension, anxiety or other responses. Yoga
teaches us that consciousness and thoughts are not the same thing.
During relaxation we are able to let the thoughts flow through us without
dancing away with them to the past or the future. We remain conscious,
allowing the thoughts to come through us, but we learn not to interact
with them. We can say to ourselves, "Oh, there's another thought of dinner,
or of person 'X' or of fear about tomorrow's meeting." Then we can let
go of that thought and return to the relaxation at hand. This is a meditative
practice, which gradually over time allows us to "dis-identify" with our
thoughts. When thoughts are experienced just as thoughts, not as reality
itself, then the path to freedom which yoga promises begins to unfold naturally.
And that path is as sweet as a perfectly ripe mango.
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Stoops advises clients who make financial decisions motivated by fear, compulsion or ignorance to examine and check those behaviors, and replace them with constructive habits.
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The Celtics haven't decided whether they will sign Chris Johnson for the rest of the season.
Chris Johnson hit 4-of-7 shots (all 3-pointers) for 12 points, one rebound and one assist in 22 minutes off the Celtics bench on Tuesday.
The Celtics are expected to sign F Chris Johnson to a second 10-day contract on Monday.
Chris Johnson played 24 minutes off the bench on Friday with eight points, four boards, one assist and four fouls.
Chris Johnson played 30 minutes off the bench on Wednesday with nine points, two boards, one assist, four steals and one 3-pointer.
Chris Johnson came off the bench for 11 points, three rebounds, one assist, a steal and two 3-pointers on 4-of-7 shooting in his Celtics debut on Tuesday.
The Celtics signed F Chris Johnson.
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hi is it possible to swap my factory fitted detatchable towbar from my 1.9 tdi quattro saloon onto my 2.5 tdi sport avant? and if so how hard would it be!
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hi is it possible to swap my factory fitted detatchable towbar from my 1.9 tdi quattro saloon onto my 2.5 tdi sport avant? and if so how hard would it be!
If they both quattro then the towbar will fit just fine...You need to remove the bumper and splice-in wires for the socket feed...If you're not confident then i would let the wiring bit to a auto electrician.
no there not both quattro! but they both have the twin exhaust! on either side of the car set up!
Can't you check compatability with the manufacturer?
Failing that, Scott b might know.
that would be too easy and to be honest i dont belive a thing the stealers say! i would rather ask you chaps first to get the right answer!
I meant the towbar manufacturer.
as it was factory fitted i asume it was manufactured by audi it has the audi logo stamped on the detatchable tow ball thingy bit!
yes they will swap, just make sure you swap the 'smart' relay over aswell, to make it easier make a note of the wiring colours,
is this a straight forward bolt on /off job apart from the wiring to sort!
forgive me im a newbie!
well its bumper off, which is a lot easier on the saloon than the avant, as with the avant you need to remove the panels in the boot and the sub/amp, getting those panels off and on are a pain, once the boot floor covering as been removed you will see to bolts either side on the chasie rail, its a case of undoing those bolts and pulling the bar out of the chasie, if its a genuin bar and been fitted correctly then the bolts will come out without the need to hold the nuts underneath 1 goes into an excisting threaded hole, the other one you are supposed to rivet a plate to the chasie which has a nut welded to it, but to fit tht you have to remove the exhaust so must ppl just use a normal m10 nut, lock washer and flat washer as it saves removing the exhust from the car completely, you will need to drop the exhaust down on the rear hangers. you will need to swap the bumper backings from one car to the other aswell.
will try and find the fitting instructions over the weekend and post a link up to them
it is a genuine audi towbar fitted by audi from new at a cost to the original owner of Ł899!!!! nice!! some people clearly have more money than brains! i cant thank you enough for that info! if you post a link with fitting instructions i may have to ejaculate in ones pants!
I kept the parts when they fitted my Westfalia; so I've got a spare rear bumper from a 2.5TDI Quattro Sport (not the outside skin, the metal part that you have to swap with the towbar cross-frame), you can have it if you know somebody who's driving Surrey to Durham (or want to pay the Ł25-ish to ship it to Durham).
It'll save you from having to do both cars at exactly the same time and at least then you'll know that the rear piece should fit since they're both quattro's.
PM me if you're interested or want pics to confirm what I'm talking about.
I am looking to get a towbar for my car (A4 Avant 1.9TDI sport) the westfalia detachable, with single 13 pin electrics, I went to Audi in bath they quoted me Ł1600 plus vat, my mouth hit the floor, what would I have to expected to pay to get this job done, I'm not far from bath Somerset/Avon if any Audi experts can help or even fit for me
our company would charge around the Ł400 - Ł450 mark supplied and fitted, but we are based in warrington
Mine was done for about Ł450 (2months ago) for Westfalia detatchable, single electrics plus an extra 12V socket in the boot :)
They booked a 4 hour window (2pm-6pm) and it was done on my drive way in about 2 hours IIRC.
edit: I did try Digger's guys, but I think I contacted them and they were much the same price, but wanted me to bring the car up to them as I was out of their cachement area.
I think these guys (TOWBAREXPRESS.CO.UK) work nationwide and have a decent online "chat" with advisors who can help out and give you instant quotes online - plus some decent vids as to different type of towbars, pro's, cons, etc... and the video demo of the how easy the Westfalia is to use is 100% accurate :) Worth a look to get info, even if they don't do the best price. A friend who is really into his caravan hols says his caravan club all use them.
been looking on ebay, they've got the westfalia detachable ones for Ł160, will this be the same as what you guys have fitted?
model - 305206
I'm happy to fit myself as i need to mess with the rear bumper anyway
Managed to find the reciept, yes mate model 305206,,,, Ł290 supplied and fitted , on my drive !
LOSTBOK I HAVE SENT YOU TWO PRIVATE MESSAGES!!! i am new to this site i have sent you two private messages regarding your very kind offer of that bumper part. i dont think you have recived them as my outbox is empty! i must be doing somthing wrong so i hope you read this! THE SITUATION IS! i am going to buy a new tow bar off ebay as they are only Ł160 and that way i only have one set of electrics to sort out!! i cant thank you enough for your kind offer and hope i can return the favour somtime. thanks again
I got your PM's.... sorry - been v busy @ work.
offer still stands until my missus spring-cleans the garage and bins it (and the original RARB, etc).


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Love, From Toronto to Del Marva
Every year, people from around the world suffer from natural calamities. While some families that survive these tragedies are able to move forward and get their life back on track, there are more families whose physical lives might be intact, but their lives as a whole, has been stripped off them by the typhoon, landslide, earthquake, or tsunami.
Getting back from a war with nature is no easy feat. The trauma it could cause a person is enough to drive them insane. When this happens, no matter how hard they try, they can never go back to the way things were.
It is because of situations like this that Red Cross Del Marva tries in any way possible to alleviate the pain and suffering of the people and the families that have to go through such horror in life, specifically in Delmarva. We only not cater to people who have been struck by natural calamities but to all people who need all the help they could get to at least get to enjoy the life here on earth.
As a charity organization that tries to bring joy to people, we need the support from individuals and companies alike, to support our cause. It is not always cash that a charity such as ours need. We even prefer that companies extend goods and services instead.
Just recently, Ace Roofers, one of the best service providers of roofing Toronto is proud to have, pledged volunteers to help in the building of makeshift houses. This was a very generous offer from t company, knowing that because they are one of the best in this line of work, losing manpower to cater to clients who actually pay for their services, might damage their reputation. But they are confident that the remaining men on the team will be able to handle the clients here in Toronto, while those who volunteered to help will extend full efforts, for free, to provide the makeshift houses of the charity with steady and durable roofs. They even went as far as training some of the men of the people who would make use of the houses. They imparted knowledge to them so that they too can help finish all the makeshift houses as soon as possible, so that the families will have decent places to stay in and start over. Indeed, the professional roofing contractors Toronto has produced are not only the best at what they do, but are also the best examples of how humans should always help one another.
We truly hope that other acts of kindness from business, big and small, will continue to pour into our organization. We hope that this story gets into the hearts of those who know they are capable of helping those in need. A little act of kindness will go a long way. Plus, the experience of helping those who badly need it will surely transform you into a better person with better understanding of the world.
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The Sustainability Celebration took place on September 17, 2013. Thank you to Alcoa Warrick Operations for sponsoring this wonderful event! Over 17 booths were present, and over 150 community members attended at Wesselman Nature Center. This celebration kicked-off the school year with a chance for educators, students, and community members to learn about local resources from businesses who are environmental leaders within our community. Teachers gained field-trip ideas, learned about upcoming community events and even helped to enter their students in local contests.
Congratulations to our four Essay Contest Winners! The theme of the Essay Contest was "How to Inspire your Friends and Family to Recycle?"
Laura Koch, grade 8, Holy Rosary Catholic School.
Emily Lachmann, grade 8, Holy Rosary Catholic School
Natalie Page, grade 4, Good Shepherd Catholic School
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The Building
Browns Hotel is an iconic location in the story of poet Dylan Thomas who lived in Laugharne from 1938-40 and from 1949 to his death in 1953. It was Dylan's favourite drinking haunt and near his most famous home, The Boat House, and the world-famous writing shed. The Browns is close to St Martin's churchyard where Dylan and wife Caitlin lie. In a township rich in historic buildings, Browns Hotel has its own heritage stretching back to 1752.
The Browns Hotel is a few yards from the symbolic centre of Laugharne, the 18th Century Market House and Town Hall. The ancient neighbouring castle was originally established 900 years ago – give or take a year or two. The town boasts grand Georgian buildings, a colourful history, a rich line in eccentricity and an engrossing cultural and social past. The south-west Wales region is similarly rich in heritage and retains a powerful attraction to arts, performance, craftsmanship and community.
Some locals still remember The Browns from Dylan's day as a homely, functional, gossipy boozer. It wasn't used as a hotel for much of the 20th Century, more a family home and local pub. However, the building is now in the hands of a successful local Welsh businessman who drew up plans for today's stylish boutique property hotel complete with bar, coffee snug and conference centre.
Welsh architects Powell Dobson created 15 rooms, a conference centre, a reading room and a refurbished public bar which appears largely as it did when Dylan drank there. Local builders and craftspeople were employed throughout.
The design team, consisting of Juliet de Valero Wills and Angela Bardino from the acclaimed interior designers, de Valero Design Ltd, worked from concept through to the furnishings and finishes; their effort sees the accommodation reflect the hotel's glory days of the late 1940s and early 1950s. Beautiful New Modernism reigns, with light, organic and playful looks from Britain's post-war contemporary optimism. A notable feature includes the listed bar, restored to its original condition, whilst wool soft furnishings complement the hotel with a timeless integrity.
We're confident that, could he be with us today, Dylan would again raise a glass in honour of The Browns. General manager Charlie Dyer and his team look forward to making you feel most welcome.


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Courier sports staff
The Ottumwa Daily Courier
---- — CENTERVILLE – First, they lost the home field advantage.
Then, Iowa Central lost any hope of having the advantage on the scoreboard Tuesday at Pat Daugherty Field.
The Indian Hills baseball team took care of that early on in an impressive opening at-bat, scoring a dozen times in the bottom of the first inning to set the tone for the day. Iowa Central never came close to challenging the rest of the way, making an unexpected trip to Centerville a short trip as IHCC picked up a 15-1 seven-inning victory as the Tritons quickly headed back to Fort Dodge, where rain forced the game originally scheduled to be played at Iowa Central to be moved south on Tuesday morning.
Iowa Central was their own their own worst enemy in the opening enemy, allowing a pair of early runs to score on a wild pitch and an error. The first inning also saw Falcon lead-off hitter Caleb Ratzman hitting a pair of doubles, the second of which drove in two runs, while Dario Polanco drove in three runs on a double and a two-run home run in the first inning alone as Indian Hills sent 15 batters to plate before Iowa Central finally got their defense off the field.
Junior Santos added four hits, finishing a home run shy of the cycle, while Jordan Beery had a triple, three RBI and a three runs scored. The Falcons also earned a pair of individual honors from the ICCAC earlier in the day as Tyler Hermann was named the athlete of the week by the conference after 11-hit week that included hitting his first home run of the season while freshman teammate Christian Torres was also honored as the scholar athlete of the week.
Indian Hills 15, Iowa Central 1 (7)
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Indian Hills battery — Adam Deneke (W, 3-0) (6IP, 4H, R, 7K, 2BB) and Sam Ross (IP, K), Kevin Valera catching.
2B — Dario Polanco 2, Caleb Ratzman 2, Junior Santos.
3B — Jordan Berry, Santos.
HR — Polanco.
Hits — Santos 4-4, Polanco 3-4, Ratzman 2-3, Berry 1-3, Darryl Velez 1-3, Tyler Hermann 1-4.
RBI — Polanco 4, Berry 3, Hermann 2, Ratzman 2, Santos, Valera, Velez.
Runs — Berry 3, Ratzman 3, Santos 3, Polanco 2, Joel Booker, Hermann, Valera, Velez.


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About Brenda
I currently reside in a small rural community in Wyoming. I find myself questioning the path of choices that brought me to this small farming community – 3,500 people in the county – as I have had the opportunity to live in San Diego, California; Des Moines, Iowa; Newport, Rhode Island; Jacksonville, Florida; and Sydney, Australia. Karma?
My parents were living in a lumber town nestled in the Sierra Nevada Mountains when I entered the world as a "second born" and embarked on a life journey as a daughter, sister, wife, mother, niece, and grandmother.
My career as a therapist has included working with individuals who present with concerns associated with substance abuse, domestic violence, grief and loss, trauma, as well as "severe and persistent mental illness." Since completing my Master's degree – so many years ago – I have been drawn towards Bowen's Family System and Biddhist Psychology. I'm excited about the readings that unite neuropsychology with schools of Buddhist thought.
Photography has served two purposes within my life: 1) validation of one's life and of the emotional connections between people and 2) a visual means to communication beyond the limitations of words. This is especially meaningful as my parents were deaf.
Art has been a private interest, a individual endeavor, that had it's beginning within a healing environment created by a well-defined, compassionate therapist. Art is a powerful meditative as well as contemplative tool.
Within all of us there are powerful emotions within our souls that remain voiceless and silent until they are conveyed through imagery and symbols. It is through creative endeavors – drawing, cooking, writing, painting, gardening, poetry, child rearing, photography, weaving, reading, work – that a woman may be able to give "voice" to that which words cannot convey.
All forms of art provide a means to help a woman externalize that which silently moves her, to re-acquaint her self with self, to re-create a new awareness of self, to communicate about herself with others, and to meet her own wondrous feminine spirit/guide.
It is my hope that as you journey through the words that build my blog, A Meditative Journey with Saldage*, you return again and again to the wisdom within the Kalama Sutta. If you find that my words, images, and/or cited quotes trigger any discontent within, please abandon them. If you find that they lead to an easing of discontent, please accept my written thoughts as a gift from me to you.
Please note that all images included in this blog have been created by me if not otherwise noted. If you wish to share please make a notation of this source. Thank you.
*The word "saldage" and its spelling and meaning was introduced to me through readings of eastern medicine. Recently a blogger shared with me that "saldage" was in fact spelled "saudade". Saudade is a unique Portuguese word that has no immediate translation in English. In the book In Portugal of 1912, A. F. G. Bell writes: The famous saudade of the Portuguese is a vague and constant desire for something that does not and probably cannot exist, for something other than the present, a turning towards the past or towards the future; not an active discontent or poignant sadness but an indolent dreaming wistfulness. (cited in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudade)
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You are a truly a gifted person and a gift to us. I like the word "saldage". It's hardly use and I am glad you are resurrection this word. Pax Tecum, Seeker
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Aston Martin will be honored as the featured marque for the 2013 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. It coincides perfectly with the company's centennial anniversary.
"The Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance symbolizes the very soul of the automobile -- it is a showcase to the world -- and we are very pleased to be part of this great weekend," said Aston Martin chief executive and concours judge Ulrich Bez.
Last year Aston unveiled the 2014 Vanquish at the show, and this year it promises more intriguing reveals.
Aston Martin was founded on Jan. 15, 1913 by Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford. The Aston name came from Martin's success at the Aston Clinton Hill Climb in Buckinghamshire, England.
Aston produced less than 15,000 cars in its first 90 years. The company began with open-bodied sport specials before moving on to the David Brown beauties and finally into the modern era. If a marque was built for showing off curves on the 18th green, it's Aston Martin.
The company is also celebrating 10 years at its Gaydon, Warwickshire premises, which opened in January of 2003.
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Iraq War 2003
Full-text: July 29 2003
July 29, 2003
The Honorable Condoleezza Rice
Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
The White House
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Dr. Rice:
On June 10, 2003 {889kb.pdf}, I wrote to you to seek answers to basic questions regarding the Bush Administration's repeated claims that Iraq sought uranium from Africa. I asked why you claimed on national television that no White House officials "knew that there were doubts and suspicions" about these claims when both the CIA and the State Department's intelligence bureau had raised significant concerns with White House officials prior to the President's State of the Union address {34kb.html, 34kb.txt, 60kb.pdf, 34kb.txt, 50kb.pdf}. I also wanted to know who in the Administration had expressed doubts about the information, who had been briefed on those concerns, and what role Vice President Cheney or his office played in this matter.
To date, I have received no response to these inquiries. Therefore, I am writing to renew my request that you answer these questions and provide the information requested.
In addition, since my June 10, 2003, letter to you, there have been a number of significant new developments. The conflict between your statements and those of your deputy, Stephen Hadley, raise new issues about what you knew about the discredited uranium claim and whether you and other White House officials have sought to mislead the public about this matter. Moreover, the newly released National Intelligence Estimate contains an inexplicable sentence about the uranium claim. I ask that you respond to additional questions about these developments.
Your Knowledge
of the CIA Doubts about the Uranium Claim
One important new development is the conflict between your public statements and those of your primary deputy, Stephen Hadley, the Deputy National Security Advisor. You have asserted repeatedly that no doubts or suspicions about the uranium claims or the underlying documents were communicated to senior officials in the Bush Administration before the President's State of the Union address. For example, when you were asked about this issue on June 8, 2003, on Meet the Press, you made the following statement {p.2}:
We did not know at the time — no one knew at the time, in our circles — maybe someone knew down in the bowels of the agency, but no one in our circles knew that there were doubts and suspicions that this might be a forgery. Of course, it was information that was mistaken. 1
Similarly, when you appeared on This Week with George Stephanopoulos on the same day, you repeated this statement:
George, somebody, somebody down may have known. But I will tell you that when this issue was raised with the intelligence community ... [t]he intelligence community did not know at that time, or at levels that got to us, that this, that there was serious questions about this report. 2
You continued to make similar statements in the following weeks. On July 13, 2003, for example, you made this statement on Face the Nation:
Had there been even a peep that the agency did not want that sentence in or that George Tenet did not want that sentence in ... it would have been gone. 3
The next day, the President himself repeated this claim. At a press briefing on July 14, 2003, President Bush stated: "Subsequent to the speech, the CIA had some doubts. But when they talked about the speech and when they looked at the speech, it was cleared." 4
Your statements directly contradict those of your deputy, Stephen Hadley. On July 22, 2003, Mr. Hadley held a press conference in which he acknowledged receiving two memos from the CIA raising doubts about the uranium claim being included in the President's October 7 speech in Cincinnati (22kb.txt, 43kb.pdf} — over three months before the State of the Union address. 5 According to Mr. Hadley, "the October 5 CIA memorandum asked that we remove the sentence." Mr. Hadley said the second memo was sent to the White House Situation Room on October 6 to "provide {p.3} some additional rationale for the removal of the uranium reference." According to Mr. Hadley, the memo "describes some weakness in the evidence" and "stated that the CIA had been telling Congress that the Africa story was one of two issues where we differed with the British intelligence."
According to Mr. Hadley, the October 6 memo was sent both to him and to you. When asked whether you read the memo, Mr. Hadley replied: "it's sent to Dr. Rice, it's sent — and that's it. You know, I can't tell you she read it. I can't even tell you she received it. But in some sense, it doesn't matter. Memo sent, we're on notice." 6
In addition to the two memos, Mr. Hadley confirmed that CIA Director Tenet personally called him on October 7 and asked him to remove the uranium reference from the speech. Mr. Hadley stated: "George Tenet had a brief telephone conversation with me during the clearance process for the October 7 Cincinnati speech (22kb.txt, 43kb.pdf}. This was the one — he asked that any reference to Iraq's attempt to purchase uranium from sources from Africa to be deleted from the speech." 7
The obvious conflicts between your public explanations and Mr. Hadley's statements raise several questions about what you knew at important times. I therefore request answers to the following questions:
(1) Did you read the memo from the CIA addressed to you on October 6? If so, when did you read it? Did Mr. Hadley or other National Security Council staff brief you on the content of this memo? When did any such briefing occur?
(2) Did you read the memo from the CIA addressed to Mr. Hadley on October 5? If so, when did you read it? Did Mr. Hadley or other National Security Council staff brief you on the content of this memo? When did any such briefing occur?
(3) To support its assertions, the White House declassified and released portions of the NIE. Will you declassify and release the October 5 and October 6 memos? Alternatively, please provide the memos to me without declassification.
(4) Did Mr. Hadley or other National Security Council staff brief you regarding the content of the October 7 phone call between Mr. Tenet and Mr. Hadley? When did any such briefing occur? {p.4}
(5) You highlighted the claim that Iraq sought uranium from foreign countries in your January 23, 2003, op-ed piece for the New York Times. The op-ed was titled "Why We Know Iraq Is Lying," and the first example you gave of Iraq's deceptions was that Iraq's arms declaration "fails to account for or explain Iraq's efforts to get uranium from abroad." 8
(a) Did you discuss with Mr. Hadley or did Mr. Hadley review the inclusion of the uranium claim in your January 23, 2003, New York Times op-ed piece at any time during the preparation of the piece? If so, describe the content of such discussions or review.
(b) Did you discuss the inclusion of the uranium claim in your January 23, 2003, op-ed with any other National Security Council staff, National Security Council members, officials from the CIA, the State Department, or the Department of Defense, or anyone else during the preparation of the piece? Please name all individuals with whom you had such discussions and describe the content of the discussions.
(c) Please describe all the evidence on which you based the uranium claim in your op-ed.
Your Knowledge
of the INR Doubts about the Uranium Claim
The release of portions of the classified NIE on July 18 also raises additional questions about what you knew about the uranium claim. Previously, you have acknowledged that the State Department's intelligence arm, the Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR), dissented from the uranium claim in the NIE. Your explanation for not knowing about the INR objections was that they were included as a "footnote" to the National Intelligence Estimate. On July 11, 2003, you stated:
All that I can tell you is that if there were doubts about the underlying intelligence in the NIE, those doubts were not communicated to the President. The only thing that was there in the NIE was a kind of a standard INR footnote, which is kind of 59 pages away from the bulk of the NIE. That's the only thing that's there. And you have footnotes all the time in CIA — I mean, in NIEs. So if there was a concern about the underlying intelligence there, the President was unaware of that concern and as was I....{p.5} [W]hat INR did not take a footnote to is the consensus view that the Iraqis were actively trying to pursue a nuclear weapons program, reconstituting and so forth. 9
Now that portions of the NIE have been declassified, however, we know this description is not accurate. For instance, there are no footnotes in the NIE. Instead, there are several pages in an annex setting forth strenuous objections from the State Department. We also know that these objections were not buried in the document. To the contrary, they are referenced in the very first paragraph of the section on "Key Judgments." Specifically, the first paragraph of the NIE reads:
We judge that Iraq has continued its weapons of mass destruction (WMD) programs in defiance of UN resolutions and restrictions .... [I]f left unchecked, it probably will have a nuclear weapon during this decade. (See INR alternative view at the end of these Key Judgments.)
Moreover, contrary to your statement, we also know that the State Department disagreed with the view that Iraq was actively pursuing a nuclear weapons program. In a three-paragraph section highlighted in block, the NIE explained in detail that while the State Department believed Iraq "may" be seeking to develop a nuclear program, "INR considers the available evidence inadequate to support such a judgment." The INR went on to explain that "INR is unwilling to speculate that such an effort began soon after the departure of UN inspectors or to project a timeline for the completion of activities it does not now see happening."
As National Security Advisor, one of your primary responsibilities is to understand areas of conflict between the different intelligence agencies and to mediate these differences. This makes your claim that you were unaware of the INR views hard to understand, particularly given their prominence in the classified NIE. I therefore request answers to the following questions:
(1) Did you read the opening paragraph of the NIE? Please state which portions of the NIE, if any, that you read.
(2) At any time, did you receive a briefing on the NIE that included a description of the INR's views specifically regarding the claim that Iraq sought uranium in Africa and generally regarding whether Iraq was actively pursuing a nuclear weapons program? If so, when did you receive such a briefing? {p.6}
Your Actions
Following the Disclosure of the Fraudulent Documents
Another important set of questions concerns whether you have participated in an effort to mislead the public and Congress about what the White House knew about the discredited uranium claim.
As you know, on March 7, 2003, IAEA Director Mohamed ElBaradei made a formal report to the U.N. Security Council, stating:
Based on thorough analysis, the IAEA has concluded, with the concurrence of outside experts, that these documents — which formed the basis for the reports of recent uranium transactions between Iraq and Niger — are in fact not authentic. We have therefore concluded that these specific allegations are unfounded .... There is no indication that Iraq has attempted to import uranium since 1990. 10
The forged documents described by the IAEA constituted the only evidence the Administration provided the IAEA regarding the Administration's claim that Iraq sought uranium from Africa. 11
This disclosure by the IAEA called into doubt one of the claims made by President Bush in the State of the Union address. In fulfilling your responsibilities as National Security Adviser, this would obviously be a significant development. The statutory purpose of the National Security Council is to give the President accurate advice on important national security matters such as Iraq's efforts to obtain nuclear weapons. 12 It is difficult to imagine that you would not have taken this breakdown in the process seriously and asked for a full investigation of the matter.
Moreover, regardless of whether you initiated an investigation after the IAEA's March 7 announcement, you had numerous other opportunities to do so before you appeared on national television on June 8 to claim that no one in the White House was aware of doubts about the {p.7} uranium claim. In fact, it seems inconceivable that an official at your level would appear on national television on a matter of this importance without having been thoroughly briefed on what the White House knew.
Further, Vice President Cheney discussed the IAEA's findings on Meet the Press on March 16, asserting:
[H]e has, in fact, reconstituted nuclear weapons. I think Mr. ElBaradei frankly is wrong. And I think if you look at the track record of the International Atomic Energy Agency and this kind of issue, especially where Iraq's concerned, they have consistently underestimated or missed what it was Saddam Hussein was doing. I don't have any reason to believe they're any more valid this time than they've been in the past. 13
Presumably you would have been involved in briefing Vice President Cheney for this television appearance and would have had some responsibility for his dismissal of the IAEA's findings.
Yet if you had asked for even a minimal investigation, surely you would have learned about the CIA and INR doubts, the CIA memos to you and Mr. Hadley, and CIA Director George Tenet's phone call to Mr. Hadley on October 7.
These circumstances raise obvious questions about whether your public statements were intended to mislead. I therefore request answers to the following questions:
(1) At any time following the IAEA's March 7 announcement of its findings regarding the forged evidence, did you discuss with Mr. Hadley how this evidence had been analyzed and characterized to White House officials by agencies and departments within the Administration? If so, please describe when such discussions occurred and the content of such discussions. If not, please explain why you did not ask Mr. Hadley whether he had been informed of doubts about the evidence.
(2) At any time following the IAEA's March 7 announcement, did you discuss with any other NSC staff, members, or any other Administration officials how the evidence had been analyzed and characterized to White House officials by agencies and departments within the Administration? If so, state the names of such individuals, when such discussions occurred, and the content of such discussions. {p.8}
(3) At any time following the IAEA's March 7 announcement, did you otherwise investigate how the evidence was analyzed and characterized by agencies and departments within the Administration? If so, please describe the nature of such an investigation, when it occurred, and the conclusions that resulted.
The Inexplicable Sentence in the NIE
The NIE was delivered to Congress on October 1, 2002, about a week before Congress voted on the resolution to authorize the use of force in Iraq. The classified document included the following statement under the heading "uranium acquisition": "Iraq also began vigorously trying to procure uranium ore and yellowcake." The only items offered to support this claim were foreign government reports that Iraq was seeking uranium from Niger and a single line regarding "reports" about Congo and Somalia.
Given what we know now, this statement is impossible to understand. Contrary to the assertion in the NIE, the CIA repeatedly urged you, your staff, and the British government not to use the uranium claim in public in the days immediately before and after the NIE was issued. On September 24, 2002, for example, the British government issued a dossier (439kb.pdf, 429kb.pdf, 429kb.pdf} with the first public allegation of Iraq's attempt to obtain uranium from Africa. We now know that the CIA told the British not to use the claim in its dossier. According to CIA Director Tenet:
[I]n the fall of 2002, our British colleagues told us they were planning to publish an unclassified dossier that mentioned reports of Iraqi attempts to obtain uranium in Africa. Because we viewed the reporting on such acquisition attempts to be inconclusive, we expressed reservations about its inclusion, but our colleagues said they were confident in their reports and left it in their document." 14
Director Tenet's statement demonstrates that the CIA did not have confidence in the claim prior to the issuance of the NIE, at least based on evidence available to the agency. According to the Washington Post, the CIA also warned Britain that its analysts considered the "reports on other African countries to be 'sketchy.'" 15 Yet the claim somehow made it into the NIE. {p.9}
After the NIE was issued, the CIA immediately began raising objections to the uranium claim. On October 4, 2002, the CIA issued a White Paper {"Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction Programs," 1.1mb.html} 2.327mb.pdf} that was derived from the text of the NIE. This White Paper excised specific sections based on classification concerns. The uranium allegation was taken out, not because of classification issues, but because the CIA did not have confidence in its accuracy. According to CIA Director Tenet:
An unclassified CIA White Paper in October made no mention of the issue ... because we had questions about some of the reporting. For the same reasons, the subject was not included in many public speeches, Congressional testimony and the Secretary of State's United Nations presentation in early 2003. 16
It is unclear how the CIA could be so certain about the uranium claim on October 1 when it delivered the NIE, and yet argue so strenuously against using it just three days later in the White Paper. The CIA also raised more objections to the public use of this claim in the days that followed the release of the White Paper. We know from Mr. Hadley, for example, that the CIA raised repeated concerns with the President using the allegation in his October 7 speech in Cincinnati (22kb.txt, 43kb.pdf}. As described above, these concerns were set forth in two memos to you and your staff on October 5 and 6. CIA Director Tenet apparently felt so strongly about the questionable nature of the allegation that he telephoned Mr. Hadley personally on October 7 to ensure that the allegation did not appear in the President's public speech.
I therefore request answers to the following questions:
(1) What role, if any, did you and your staff play in drafting, editing, reviewing, or approving the uranium statement in the NIE before it was delivered to Congress?
(2) What role, if any, did officials from the Department of Defense play in drafting, editing, reviewing, or approving the uranium statement in the NIE before it was delivered to Congress?
(3) What role, if any, did the Vice President or his staff play in drafting, editing, reviewing, or approving the uranium statement in the NIE before it was delivered to Congress?
(4) Based on your investigation of this matter since it was revealed that the Niger documents were forgeries, how do you explain that the uranium statement was included in the NIE in such strong terms, while the CIA simultaneously objected to the claim in the British dossier, in memos to you and your staff, and in a telephone conversation to your deputy? {p.10}
The State Department Fact Sheet
Just as the uranium claim mysteriously appeared in the NIE despite the CIA's protestations about its accuracy, the claim also appeared in a State Department Fact Sheet two months later despite objections from the State Department's own intelligence bureau. The Fact Sheet, entitled "Illustrative Examples of Omissions From the Iraqi Declaration to the United Nations Security Council," was issued on December 19, 2002. 17 It listed eight key areas in which the Bush Administration found fault with the weapons declaration that Iraq submitted to the United Nations on December 7, 2002. Under the heading "Nuclear Weapons," the Fact Sheet stated:
The Declaration ignores efforts to procure uranium from Niger. Why is the Iraqi regime hiding their uranium procurement?
As you know, the Bureau of Intelligence and Research is the State Department office responsible for analyzing intelligence and making recommendations to the Secretary of State. According to Greg Thielmann, a former director of Strategic, Proliferation, and Military Affairs at INR, his office "had concluded that the purchases were implausible — and made that point clear to Powell's office." 18
The declassification of the NIE confirmed that the State Department made these conclusions as early as October — two months prior to the release of the Fact Sheet. According to sections now publicly available, the NIE stated that intelligence officials at the State Department believed "claims of Iraqi pursuit of natural uranium in Africa are ... highly dubious." 19
On April 29, 2003, Paul V. Kelly, Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs, stated in a letter to me {177kb.pdf} that the State Department's December 19 Fact Sheet — including the claim referring to Niger — "was a product developed jointly by the CIA and the State {p.11} Department." 20 Contrary to this account, however, the CIA has denied that it had a role in the creation of the Fact Sheet. Senior CIA officials told the Washington Post that they objected to including the Niger claim:
When the State Department on Dec. 19, 2002, posted a reference to Iraq not supplying details on its uranium purchases, the CIA raised an objection, "but it came too late" to prevent its publication, the senior intelligence official said. 21
As in the case of the NIE, these circumstances indicate that an unidentified Bush Administration official or officials succeeded in inserting the suspect uranium claim into a State Department document in the face of objections from the Department's own intelligence analysts. There appears to be a continuing dispute between the State Department and the CIA over who was responsible.
I therefore request answers to the following questions:
(1) Were any National Security Council officials or staff involved in the creation or editing of the Fact Sheet? If so, identify these individuals and describe their involvement and responsibility with respect to the Fact Sheet.
(2) Are you aware of any other officials that were involved in the creation or editing of the Fact Sheet? Please identify any such officials and describe their involvement and responsibility with respect to the Fact Sheet.
(3) Who cleared the Fact Sheet's section relating to Niger?
(4) What communications, if any, did National Security Council officials have with State Department, CIA, or Defense Department officials regarding the Niger claim being included in the Fact Sheet, both before and after it was issued? Please describe the content of any such communications, and between whom and when such communications took place. {p.12}
I look forward to your response to the questions in this letter and my June 10 letter.
Henry A. Waxman
Ranking Minority Member
Each footnote appears entirely on the same page with its text reference. –CJHjr
1 Meet the Press, NBC News (June 8, 2003).
2 This Week with George Stephanopoulos, ABC News (June 8, 2003).
3 Face the Nation, CBS News (July 13, 2003).
4 President Defends Allegation on Iraq, Washington Post (July 15, 2003).
5 Dan Bartlett and Steve Hadley Hold Press Briefing on Iraq Weapons of Mass Destruction and the State of the Union Speech, FDCH Political Transcripts (July 22, 2003).
6 Id.
7 Id.
8 Why We Know Iraq Is Lying, New York Times (Jan. 23, 2003).
9 The White House, Press Gaggle with Ari Fleischer and Dr. Condoleeza Rice aboard Air Force One en Route to Entebbe, Uganda (July 11, 2003).
10 International Atomic Energy Agency, The Status of Nuclear Inspections in Iraq: An Update (Mar. 7, 2003) (online at http://www.iaea.org/worldatom/Press/ Statements/2003/ebsp2003n006.shtml).
11 Letter from Piet de Klerk, Director, Office of External Relation and Policy Coordination, IAEA, to Rep. Henry A. Waxman (June 20, 2003) {292kb.pdf}. See also What Little Intelligence Was New on Iraq's Suspected Weapons Has Been Called into Question, Associated Press (July 13, 2003).
13 Meet the Press, NBC News (Mar. 16, 2003).
14 Central Intelligence Agency, Statement by George J. Tenet, Director of Central Intelligence (July 11, 2003) (online at http://www.cia.gov/cia/public_affairs/press_release/2003/ pr07112003.html).
15 CIA Asked Britain To Drop Iraq Claim; Advice on Alleged Uranium Buy Was Refused, Washington Post (July 11, 2003).
16 Central Intelligence Agency, supra note 14.
17 U.S. Department of State, Illustrative Examples of Omissions from the Iraqi Declaration to the United Nations Security Council (Dec. 19, 2002) (online at http://wwww.state. gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2002/16118pf/htm).
18 (Over)selling the World on War, Newsweek (June 9, 2003).
19 Uranium Claim Was Known for Months to Be Weak; Intelligence Officials Say 'Everyone Knew' Then What White House Knows Now about Niger Reference, Washington Post (July 20, 2003).
20 Letter from Paul V. Kelly, Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs, to Rep. Henry A. Waxman (Apr. 29, 2003) {177kb.pdf}.
21 CIA Says It Cabled Key Data to White House; But Officials Say Document Lacked Conclusion on Iraqi Uranium Deal, Washington Post (June 13, 2003).
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Feeling all growed up today – this is my 500th post! And also, wasn't I stinkin' cute? FWIW, I'm sitting in an Avon Box in this picture, a classic toy from our childhood (my grandma was an Avon lady!), but the short shorts that my mom dressed me in were a little revealing, so I cropped it a bit!
500 posts isn't entirely accurate, since GwenniePie is actually my FOURTH blog (Paint DC Pink, The Incredible Shrinking Gwen, Gwen Marie Runs Marine Corp) and only one post from PDCP was imported over here. So technically, this is my 451st post on GwenniePie, which was born on February 11, 2009. My earliest archived post from here is from August 11, 2005 and is the only one from PDCP. It's been a long seven years since I wrote that first blog with two girlfriends and a lot has certainly changed since I set-up shop over here too. But I'm glad that I've had this, my own little piece of the interwebs, to chronicle my life, my struggles and my successes and share my experiences, if only with myself sometimes!
In the grand scheme of blogging, 500 posts isn't really that impressive, there are lots of blogs I read that are updated two or three times a day! But for me, I think it's a fairly momentous occasion that I didn't want to let pass without some kind of acknowledgment.
Blogging allows me to express a side of myself that I don't necessarily get to in my everyday (work) life, to share stories and life stuff publicly (in hopes that you all like me as much as I do), and have a way of putting it all out there into the universe. I would like to blog more often. I would like more readers, more people to love and adore me. That's what it all comes down to (this coming from the girl who admittedly voted for herself to be "Everyone's Best Friend" in the senior superlatives for the yearbook #noshame). In all seriousness, I know that I appreciate reading blogs so much. I appreciate all that the writers put into sharing and love feeling connected to people and their stories, even if I don't REALLY know them. So I hope that people get a bit of that from me as well here. And I appreciate those that do take the time to read my musings.
I'll probably never be more famous than I already am in my own head, and that's okay. GwenniePie probably won't make me my millions, and that's okay. I will probably have a margarita tonight, and that's okay, too.
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This is the dilemma facing institutional investors who went just that little bit too far out along the risk curve in search of extra yield. According to Tom Graf, who heads BNY Mellon's global workout solutions business, clients have to-date largely preferred to wait for markets to rebound, and in some cases this could well make sense.
The workout unit seeks to establish an intrinsic fair value for those assets that have lost their lustre since the sub-prime implosion in 2007. Graf says the illiquid assets most commonly found in institutional portfolios are non-agency "Alt-A" mortgages, which sold like hot cakes during the US property boom. Non-agency means anything not secured through friendly government-backed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, whilst Alt-A mortgages require less documentation than traditional loans, allowing borrowers to inflate their income and assets.
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Add a bow to the front. I have added a small wood bow because I work in wood, but you could use a ribbon bow. I have put a candle in the center made from a 4-inch piece of white chenille stem wrapped around a skewer (a knitting needle would also work for this step) The flame for the candle is available at Hobby Lobby in the Christmas decorations. They are tiny Christmas lights, made from plastic, and come on a string; I just cut them apart for this project. Glue the flame inside the chenille stem candle, and then glue the candle to the bottom center of the wreath. A hot glue gun works well for this step. You can further dress up your wreath with a little artificial snow. Or add some red beads in clusters of 2 or 3 to represent holly berries.
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Times-Tribune Publisher Willie Sawyers was named 2013 president of the Kentucky Press Association at the KPA Winter Convention in Louisville last Friday.
Sawyers has been a KPA board member for about 10 years and served on the executive committee the last two years. He succeeds John Mura, multimedia manager of the Louisville Courier-Journal.
"I am humbled and proud to serve as president of the best press association in the country, with the best executive director and best staff in the country," Sawyers said during a speech to about 200 people during the Changing of Guard ceremony Friday afternoon.
Sawyers said KPA "has been a steadying, guiding influence to our newspapers for decades. KPA has been our constant companion, from hot type to digital delivery to whatever lies beyond. I will work hard to continue that mission."
The press association, founded in 1869, represents 229 newspaper industry members, including all 23 Kentucky daily newspapers, 124 weekly newspapers and 10 college/university publications.
Sawyers said one of his goals for 2013 is to expand the summer internship program, which pays for college students to work in newspapers and public relations firms in the summer.
Each year, KPA places 20 college interns at a cost of $60,000, but could double the number if the money was available.
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Sawyers, who also serves as publisher of The Sentinel-Echo in London, has been publisher of the Times-Tribune since last February. He began his newspaper career at the Times-Tribune in 1980 and has worked as a reporter, editor, publisher and weekly newspaper owner.
"I must say my enthusiasm for our profession is just as great today as it was when I saw my first byline in print," he said during his speech.
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Thomas Hardy's Ale (1968-1999) - O'Hanlon Brewing Co. Ltd.
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4.68/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 3.5
Presentation: 11.15 oz brown long slender neck bottle with a "Brewed in 1997" on the label.
Appearance: Crystal clear tawny copper with a bubbly off white lace ... retains well also.
Smell: Slight rum raisin, vague fresh cut granny smith apple, hints of cork/wood and malt in the nose.
Taste: Big rounded and smooth body with a light yet pleasing carbonation. Nice dense malty mouth feel, lots of flavour from the malt ... tastes like the malt is marinating in alcohol due to the large presence of fruity esters which are reminiscent of tropical fruit like pineapple and starfruit. Hop bitterness still does well to balance and flexes with some flavour. A little rummy and prune like with a drying malt flavour in the finish. Goes a touch corky perhaps from a touch of oxidation or just a showing of its age.
Notes: After three years it has evolved into a pretty much ripe barley wine ... a good time to drink it is now though one, two or even three more years may turn it into a dreamy brew. Buy two or more, drink one now and lay the others down for a couple more years.
Serving type: bottle
03-31-2002 00:27:05 | More by Jason
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4.64/5 rDev +3.8%
look: 4.75 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.75
1994 Vintage opened 7/11/2014
Appearance: No head with some sediment floating at the bottom of the glass.
Smell: WOW!! This is a handful. Oxidation in the best way possible, Sherry, Maderia, tootsie roll, black tea leaf and maple syrup.
Taste: Touch sweet with dried raisins, black tea, and more oxidation ... great stuff. Reminds me of a Port in someways.
Mouthfeel: Rich with zero carbonation
Overall: This is an outstanding brew even at 20 years old. I feel lucky to have had the opportunity to try it.
Serving type: bottle
07-12-2014 15:02:51 | More by JLeet
4.75/5 rDev +6.3%
07-05-2014 02:16:19 | More by nikalus31
5/5 rDev +11.9%
06-13-2014 02:43:28 | More by monketeeth
4.4/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
1994 bottle – From Hollinghead's ($2.30 back then)
Appearance - Deep mahogany, no head, crystal clear
Smell - Maple syrup, brown sugar, lots of malt, toffee, raisin, figs, very slight oxidation
Taste – Dried fruit, toffee, chocolate, brown sugar, maple syrup, brown and dark malt
Mouth feel – smooth, no carbonation, thick body
Overall – Very good. This beer sipped like malty Port wine. Glad I kept this in the fridge.
Serving type: bottle
06-13-2014 01:44:10 | More by bkbru
4.75/5 rDev +6.3%
06-08-2014 02:27:00 | More by Zonian1
4.5/5 rDev +0.7%
06-08-2014 00:17:22 | More by emalc
4.25/5 rDev -4.9%
06-07-2014 16:31:40 | More by linnymtu
5/5 rDev +11.9%
05-22-2014 03:23:30 | More by afsdan
4.75/5 rDev +6.3%
05-18-2014 15:34:17 | More by 510a
4.5/5 rDev +0.7%
05-11-2014 13:50:57 | More by ubufan2112
5/5 rDev +11.9%
05-08-2014 22:31:54 | More by Durandal_777
4.75/5 rDev +6.3%
05-07-2014 14:56:29 | More by JohnnieNepal
New York
4.75/5 rDev +6.3%
04-26-2014 19:10:16 | More by pknyc
4.25/5 rDev -4.9%
03-23-2014 08:51:33 | More by Drknight
New York
5/5 rDev +11.9%
02-26-2014 00:42:45 | More by davidwhatshisnam
3.84/5 rDev -14.1%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
1995 Vintage
I've had this since 1995 or '96. I don't know why I've saved it this long but it got to a point where I was waiting for a special occasion and one never came along. Today I just decided to drink it.
It's still and very viscous. Very chocolately with definite alcohol bite. A hint of sherry and raisin notes but chocolate is the dominant flavor. It was clear in the bottle but a little bit of the sediment got into the glass.
Actually for a 19 year old beer it has held up very well. But it's well past it's prime. It was a great beer back in the nineties.
I should have drank this 10 years ago. I'll have to open my 1990 bottle soon.
Serving type: bottle
02-09-2014 22:48:43 | More by spartan1979
4.25/5 rDev -4.9%
01-29-2014 18:34:12 | More by gratefulbeerhead
4.95/5 rDev +10.7%
look: 5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Have had Thomas Hardy Ale a number of times within 5-10 years of bottling. Each bottle has been a rich treat indicating superb brewing of an English Old/Strong Ale.
Previously best experience had been 1989 after 15 years. A remarkably special beer that I would have rated 4.5 to 4.75.
Recently shared a bottle of 1993 ( 20 years in) with beer companero, Travis of Ocean Odyssey...that was flat out one of the best beers I have ever had. The bottle opened with a noticeable breath of carbonation. Wow...20 years???...wow! The beer poured with a rich dark ruby pour and a slight head that quickly dissipated. What remained was a madeira like brew that caught the light in our snifters and gleamed out rays of garnet and ruby red reflections. It was a beautiful looking beer. The nose was subdued...but my 60 year old nose isn't the best to pick up subtleties. Regardless, there was dried fruit...rich like dates, figs and to a lesser extent golden raisins, not a hint of bitterness. The taste mirrored the aroma. There was no sticky sweetness. Rather there was port and dates accented by an attractive soft touch of toffee and pecan like nuttiness. Absolutely no oxidation. How this came from grain and not fruit is just amazing. Clearly a big alcohol backbone, but no burn... like a Hennessy XO. The mouth feel was outstanding. Full and again madeira like, but not sticky or syrupy. It was flat out decadent.
I sometimes slightly dismiss beers that mirror fine aged sherries, ports, etc. I mean I sometimes wonder what's the point of brewing a beer...just to create something that I can get easily at the liquor store...and usually just as delicious, stores better and at less expense.
But this was clearly special. It was so worth the wait, and a unique wonderful experience.
If you can...go out, buy a few and lay them down...for a long time. Good luck waiting...but you will be happy if you can stay patient,
Serving type: bottle
12-05-2013 02:52:56 | More by BillRoth
4/5 rDev -10.5%
11-25-2013 00:56:33 | More by XmnwildX12
4.75/5 rDev +6.3%
11-14-2013 20:14:32 | More by Casterbridge
4.75/5 rDev +6.3%
10-15-2013 18:36:20 | More by iatethecloudsfor
3.75/5 rDev -16.1%
10-02-2013 00:49:57 | More by hilgart1
4.25/5 rDev -4.9%
09-15-2013 21:19:41 | More by Steve_Oldrati
4.75/5 rDev +6.3%
09-04-2013 17:43:38 | More by DLucky
Thomas Hardy's Ale (1968-1999) from O'Hanlon Brewing Co. Ltd.
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Mostly, the game is the same as the first one with Batman & Robin with different suits. Superman only comes in at the end of the storymode, and the other superheroes are just free play unlockable. The voice acting leaves a lot to be required, as it's easily the worst batman voice acting I have seen in all games, movies, tv shows & cartoons. All negatives aside, it's still fun and worth a buy on sale, but if Lego batman 1 had you pulling your hair out, try a demo first.
Fun remakeMadAdam81 | Nov. 22, 2012 | Review of Death Rally
If you enjoyed the original, then this is a good remake. If you like your racing to have a cockpit view, with sim handling and no guns, then this isn't for you. However, if you like top down arcade shooting racers, then this is good fun, especially for it's low price.