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" Article 108
The State must take care for emigrant Greeks and for the maintenance of their ties with the Fatherland. The State shall also attend to the education, the social and professional advancement of Greeks working outside the State."
you seem quite busy at Skopje. Tell me, when you don't pretend to be an indifferent observer what do you do for a living?
reading the comments especially by greeks, i tried to understand the main objections/arguments of greece,and then did some research,but honestly i should say that what greece claims is neither reasonable nor remarkable.
as far as 'Republic of Macedonia' is concerned, this young republic was founded in 1991, and since then, they have tried to join in the global organisations like Nato or The eu, on the one hand greece has since then tried to hamper this young country from doing so.For example , greece had applied commercial and economic embargos by the time the interim accord, and then these two countries signed an interim agreement in The un in 1995, which had opened the way for macedonia to apply to international organisations; in return, Macedonia did some changes in its institution in accordance with some greek requests, and after/under those greek requests Macedonia has applied to such organisations as WTO or UN ,and now this young country is the member of those organisations but Nato and The eu; However, Macedonia has participated in some military operations such as in afghanistan or lebanon under the umbrella of the nato ,even thought they are not the member of this organisation! as i said 'even though' because greece has so far vetoed the macedonian application for the nato membership as well as the eu membership. if we try to look at the both sides and think their reasons by putting ourselves into their position,we can see that Greece has some suspicions about the young country, and to be honest some of which could be a slightly remarkable, for example there are 200.000 macedonians in northern greece,by the way who are unfortunately not recognised as macedonian by greek governments!, and greece does see/think it as a potential/probable threat for the future of itself.Still, it should not be a reason for greece to put forward in view of the fact that the population in balkan countries are considerably mixed.as for macedonia, they describe themselves as macedonian and want to call their country Macedonia, which is a right according to the international laws which allow every country to choose their name.Besides, Macedonian officers say that to change the identity of a nation and make it acceptable in practice are out of question, hence Macedonia has resorted to the international court of justice, and the judgment is predicted to be given in 2011.Another argument is that macedonian officers and some international law professionals say that the 11th article of the interim accord signed by greece and macedonia allows macedonia to apply to the eu or nato for membership, which is the most concrete claim for macedonia to say that they can apply to those organisations. i think we will have to wait untill 2011 to see how this will end.
"Europe is a club for white europeans only"
And Africans are mostly black. Far east Asians mostly oriental. South Americans mostly hispanic. etc...
A small minority of people in every nation are racists but I think the vast majority of people on this earth are mostly just trying to preserve their nation's language and some customs. In fact, I think most they see some minority in their country trying hard to integrate even appreciate it.
For instance, if I was considering living in Bejing, Saudi Arabia, San Paolo or Tel Aviv... you can bet that I would learn their langauge and try to integrate as much as possible into each of their cultures. It's ok to bring some of our home culture no matter where we go but we must always be respectful of an adopted homeland that's welcomed us. Minority rights are only for minorities that are there to integrate-not to treat their new home a colony of their homeland. Such minorities should go back to their homeland if they like it better.
In my opinion, where things go terribly wrong is when enough people from another country don't integrate (e.g. they'll only hang around people of their own religion, or color, or from their old homeland... or won't bother to even learn the local language. This attitude of non-integration can be especially dangerous in regions where borders have shifted around recent years. (which have caused many many ethnic wars over the centuries)
Europe is a club for white europeans only. The east europeans are whitish, but not european really and not , well, one of us. Like the fellows in Israel or what not. Why can't these chaps just leave us alone? what?
You wrote: "when i traveled across from Macedonia to Greece by train the first thing the Greek border guards did was to stamp a red "CANCELLED" label across the Macedonian stamp. mind you this was in 1994"
And the last time Greece had to deal with "Macedonians" claiming Macedonia Greece as "occupied".... over 100,000 Greeks died during the Greek civil war.
And just before that another 100,000 Macedonians (of the Greek variety) were killed in part due to IMRO collaboration with fascist Bulgaria in Axis occupied Macedonia Greece.
And did I mention the tens thousands more Macedonians that died during the Balkan wars to free Macedonia from Ottoman occupation? (when former ethnic Bulgarians started playing these "Macedonian" name games)
"We are Bulgarians, more Bulgarians than the Bulgarians in Bulgaria themselves."[...]'And, anyway, what sort of new Macedonian nation can this be when we and our fathers and grandfathers and great-grandfathers have always been called Bulgarians?" (Krste Misirkov)
'I have received all letters which were sent by or through you. May the dissents and cleavages not frighten you. It is really a pity, but what can we possibly do when we outselves are Bulgarians...'
(Gotse Delchev, IMRO leader, in letter to Nikola Maleshevski - Sofia, 1 May 1899,)
"The creation of the "Macedonian" nation, for almost half of a century, was done in a condition of single-party dictatorship. In those times, there was no difference between science and ideology, so the "Macedonian" historiography, unopposed by anybody, comfortably performed a selection of the historic material from which the "Macedonian" identity was created. There is nothing atypical here for the process of the creation of any modern nation, except when falsification from the type of substitution of the word "Bulgarian" with the word "Macedonian" were made. (Denko Maleski, Minister of foreign affairs of the FYROM from 1991 to 1993 and ambassador to the United Nations from 1993 to 1997, in an interview to FYROM newspaper Utrinski Vesnik October 16, 2006)
But hey it's just Greeks being petty over a name.
Greece clearly doesn't have to worry about massive numbers of its citizens eventually getting killed once again now that FYROM portray themselves as related to ancient Macedonians, make reference after reference of "united Macedonia", and elect an extremist party named "VMRO".... whose leader constantly encourages its citizens to see Macedonia Greece as "occupied" (using the name recognition of "Macedonia" as moral justification)
(FYROM 10 year ago)
We do not claim to be descendants of Alexander the Great.'
(FYROM'S Ambassador Ljubica Acevshka in speech to US representatives in Washington on January 22 1999)
'We are not related to the northern Greeks who produced leaders like Philip and Alexander the Great. We are a Slav people and our language is closely related to Bulgarian.'(FYROM´s Ambassador to Canada Gyordan Veselinov in interview to Ottawa Citizen Newspaper 24 February 1999)
"We are Slavs who came to this area in the sixth century ... We are not descendants of the ancient Macedonians" (Kiro Gligorov, FYROM's first President to Foreign Information Service Daily Report, Eastern Europe, February 26, 1992)
(FYROM under its current government)
"In an interview in his office, sitting next to a wall-size copy of a 13th-century icon of Alexander, Kuzman insisted that Greece had stolen the conqueror's legacy from Macedonia, not the other way around."
(Pasko Kuzman current head of government's cultural/archeology department in FYROM)
"In the peak-time slot every Saturday evening on TV in Skopje, Atanas Pcelarski explains the meaning of words from the world of Classical Antiquity in modern Macedonian"
"Macedonia is the source of the world. Languages, themes about God, religion, the legal system, they all stem from Macedonia," he declares. The Macedonia of Classical Antiquity and the modern republic are one and the same. "
when i traveled across from Macedonia to Greece by train the first thing the Greek border guards did was to stamp a red "CANCELLED" label across the Macedonian stamp :)
mind you this was in 1994
All those who have had the patience to read facts of the comments can easily come to these conclusions:
1. FYROM people are desperately trying to build an identity. In their existential struggle they are ready to use every weapon such as altering history, discrediting Greek identity and victimizing themselves. All knowledgeable people can sympathize with this existential struggle but are not ready to accept a propaganda based on theft of culture, false historical and scientific facts.
2. The Economist has for another time written a very poor article on the subject which it seems is unable to handle. Just by reading the comments of the readers on the many times The Economist has published an article on the FYROM issue, its analysts should at least have understood that in matters of identity history does matter and that a substituent part of an entity can not and should not have all the attributes of that entity nor can they share the same name.
3. Legally the matter is an issue of "copyright". Unfortunately there is no international law governing uniqueness of national identity because there have been no cases of national identity theft in the past. I am certain that the Economist would condemn any fizzy-drinks producer trying to lift its sales by using the name Coca-Cola. Why is it not doing the same on a matter of far greater importance that of national identity?
@the law
I would also like to point out other facts missing from your little narrative.
Hust before IMRO communists tried to annex Macedonia Greece to the newly minted "People's Republic of Macedonia" (created in 1944 out of the Vardar Yugoslavia by Tito)... other IMRO members had aligned themselves with the Axis and assisted in the occupation of Macedonia Greece. (since at the time fascist Bulgaria had been aligned with Germany and so-called "Macedonians" back then still largely identified with Bulgaria)
The once head of IMRO, Ivan Mihailov, collaborated with the SS in Macedonia Greece. IMRO/Bulgarians detachments (called "ohrana") were formed that assisted in the persecution of Greeks in order to colonize Macedonia Greece (over 100K Greeks were killed an nearly the entire population of Jews in Macedonia sent to concentration camps)
And right after these events... communist IMRO members once against attempted to take Greece by force. (over 100K Greeks also died in during the civil war)
Then people claim Greeks are the "villians"? That we are being paranoid or "petty" when FYROM has a political party called "VMRO", FYROM constantly refer to themselves as "ancient Macedonians" now, constantly refer to Macedonia Greece as "occupied", and have a sitting Prime Minister who's been photographed laying a wreath with a map of 1/3 of Greece annexed to his country?
(more Truman quotes)
"Since the last report submitted November 7, 1947, Greece has been subjected to ever increasing pressure by the Communist minority, which, subservient to the foreign influences from which it draws support, would impose its will on the Greek people by force of arms. It is significant that the guerrilla warfare is directed not against the Greek Army but against the people of Greece. The deliberate and wanton destruction of Greek villages does not result from military engagements. It is determined and ruthless destruction intended to render people homeless and drive them from the soil; to force them into overcrowded urban centers where they become charges of an already overburdened state; and to create for them conditions of misery and hardship in the hope that this will make them susceptible to political agitation.[...]here are members of the United States Congress who visited Greece during the past few months who know what horrible reprisals are taken against those unwilling to fight for the Communist guerrillas. "
"While recent developments are adverse, in that they have lengthened the time necessary for Greece's ultimate recovery, the situation is not without encouragement. Greece is still a free country. The recent announcement of a "government" by the Communist guerrillas, who do not effectively control territory in which to exercise any of the functions of government, appears to have been an act of desperation and not of strength. The transparent device of declaring the "free government" has not materially changed the existing situation, except to reveal more clearly to the Greeks and to the world the true character of Greece's enemy. The United States Government has already made known its view that recognition of this group by other governments would have serious implications and would be clearly contrary to the principles of the United Nations Charter"
"The situation in Greece has caused a great deal of uneasiness throughout the world. It has been the subject of a series of investigations on the part of commissions of the United Nations. The facts have been established over and over again by these investigations. They are clear beyond dispute. Some twenty thousand Greek guerrillas have been able to keep Greece in a state of unrest and to disrupt Greek recovery, primarily because of the aid and comfort they have been receiving from the neighboring countries of Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, and Albania. "
I wonder what Truman would have thought of George Bush... who sixty years later betrayed Greece for that exact same communist lie? I wonder what President Eisenhower would have thought of him?
"This house is honored this evening in the privilege of entertaining the heads of a state to which all Western civilization will be forever indebted. Now this evening I shall not weary you with reciting those things which every schoolboy and every schoolgirl knows about the great achievements of Greece in science and art and philosophy. In all those things they have helped to make our Nation's and other Western Nations' civilization what it is. " (US President Dwight Eisenhower)
My bet is they would have been deeply ashamed of Mr. Bush's lack of principles. I shouldn't be surprised though. He also introducing laws to spy on Americans (where these laws weren't necessary under threat of the USSR nuclear arsenal for decades), claimed "waterboarding" wasn't torture, and fought a war build on lying to the American public and world about fake WMDs. Bush was a disgrace not only to the Republican party (and I personally loved Reagan) but to the American people. If it were up to me I would have him in the Hague on trial for war crimes. (since everyone knows he most likely broke the Geneva conventions when it comes to torture)
And I say all this as someone generally very supportive of America. I sincerely believe America has done a great service to humanity by defending us all from the Nazis, communism, and today holding the line against religious extremism.
@the Law
You state: "you are a pathological falsifier of historical facts, or maybe this is due to your considerable lack of knowledge of the US and UN documents from 1947."
Talk about pathological manipulator of the facts!
The UN general assembly passed FOUR resolutions denouncing our (at the time) communist neighbors for their role in threatening the territorial integrity of Greece (and that would include IMRO;s role in atrocities they committed in Greece for the sake of communist tyranny). You are welcome to read the full text below.
UN General Assembly Resolution 193, 1948)
(UN General Assembly Resolution 288, 1949)
(UN General Assembly Resolution 382 (V Section C), 1950)
(UN General Assembly Resolution 618, 1952)
And as your bizarre claims about the US- Americans stood firmly by Greece's the entire time.
"This (US) Government considers talk of Macedonian "nation", Macedonian "Fatherland", or Macedonia "national consciousness" to be unjustified demagoguery representing no ethnic nor political reality, and sees in its present revival a possible cloak for aggressive intentions against Greece."(U.S State Department Foreign Relations Vol. VIII Washington D.C. Circular Airgram - 868.014/26 Dec. 1944)
http:// tinyurl.com/nel46d
Truman quotes:
"Greece faces great difficulty in absorbing the refugees of Greek origin who are being driven out of the Balkan satellites by the communists. Thus, the brutal policies of Soviet tyranny are aggravating overcrowded conditions which are already a danger to the stability of these free nations. "
"Military assistance for nations in this area is recommended in the amount of 606 million dollars. Most of these funds are for Greece and Turkey, whose military assistance programs are carried under the heading of the Near East; defense support funds for those countries are included with those for Europe. "
"Despite the continuing ravages of the foreign-inspired guerrilla warfare, the Greek people remain determined to rebuild their own land in their own way, in freedom and in peace. This is the significance of the "Work and Victory" rally. The spirit of the people and the recent successes of the Greek armed forces confirm my confidence that the new totalitarian pressure will be contained, whatever difficulties may lie ahead. The American people are proud of their part in helping to preserve Greek independence and the structure of world peace through the Greek aid program."
"the Soviet-inspired guerrilla war has been decisively defeated in Greece"
"Today the situation in Greece is greatly changed. The guerilla bands which threatened Greece's internal security have been defeated in the Grammos Mountains, and remnants are being brought under control by the Greek National Army troops, which are supplied by United States aid."
"The claim of certain Communist guerrilla leaders that they have established at some unknown point a 'First Provisional Democratic Government of Free Greece' is a transparent device, the true purpose of which will be clear to everyone. It is only a phase in the familiar effort of certain elements to overthrow the legitimate and recognized Greek Government and to threaten the territorial integrity and political independence of Greece. It came as no surprise In itself, it would not materially change the existing situation. "But if other countries were to recognize the group, this step would have serious implications. It would be clearly contrary to the principles of the United Nations Charter. And if the country concerned were one of Greece's neighbors to the north, the act would constitute an open disregard of the recent recommendations of the United Nations Assembly, as set forth in the resolution of last October."
@ The Law
I really wish it too. It is high time this drama ends and the likes of Musandra on both sides take up fishing instead of stirring trouble.
@ Musandra
I did not know that www.historyofmacedonia.org is a "neutral and non-aligned" arbiter. Nor that Greece is Saudi Arabia and Macedonia is in a European Community. Very interesting stories.
On integration:
INtegration is a 2-way street. You cannot aspire to join a club and behave rudely(or, as in the case of Turkey, not even recognize some members) towards some members. TRY to solve the problems. There is, as I understand, a very reasonable proposition on the table, along the lines of 'North Macedonia', which is true(at least under the Roman notion of Macedonia), and accurate, as it explicitly says there are 2 kinds of Macedonians. So one can accept this and move along or get stuck in the politics of last century.
On the issue of abducted children: It is true:
Harry S. Truman
XXXIII President of the United States:1945-1953
April 19th, 1950
[Released April 19, 1950. Dated April 18, 1950]
My dear Mr. Speaker:
I fully share the concern of the House of Representatives for the thousands of children removed from Greece to eastern Europe by the communist guerrilla forces, and I welcome the adoption of House Resolution 514 of March 22, 1950, calling for the speedy return of these children to their homes and homeland.
The rights of children and parents to share the protection, comradeship and beneficent influence of a family home are fundamental and have been implicitly recognized, in the case of the Greek children, in two unanimous resolutions of the United Nations General Assembly. It is morally inadmissible that political considerations or technical difficulties should be allowed to stand in the way of the reunion of these children with their parents.
The Executive Branch of the Government has been persistent in its endeavors to secure effective compliance with the United Nations resolutions in this case. These efforts will not be relaxed until the Greek children are back in their homes.
Very sincerely yours,
[Honorable Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Washington, D.C.]
Note: The text of House Resolution 514 is as follows: "Resolved, That the House of Representatives expresses its profound concern for the thousands of Greek children removed or carried off into countries of eastern Europe by the Communist guerrilla forces during the course of the recent guerrilla warfare in Greece, and requests the President to exert all of his powers, acting through the United Nations and other international organizations and directly with the governments of the countries where these children are located, to the end that these thousands of children shall be speedily returned to their homes and homeland ."
unanimous UN resolution in 1949 titled again:
"THREATS TO THE POLITICAL INDEPENDENCE AND TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY OF GREECE – 288 (IV) (18 November 1949)
Noting the report submitted by the International Committee of the Red Cross and the League of the Red Cross Societies on the question of the repatriation of Greek children,and expressing warm appreciation of the efforts made by the two International Red Cross organizations to facilitate the implementation of General Assembly resolution 193 (III) C, Noting that the Greek children have not as yet been returned to their homes….
2.Urges all the Members of the United Nations and other States harbouring the Greek children to make all necessary arrangements, in consultation and co-operation with the international Red Cross organizations, for the early return to their homes of the children with the aforementioned resolution;"
But it is time to move along. Just because bad things happened in the past is no reason why the future should not be much better.
The only way to have a meaningful discussion is have a spreadsheet ith claims and replies. I keep reading the same silly stuff over and over again. For example:
The reason Greece cannot use 'Macedonian' to describe the ethnicity of their northern neighbors(who were proud Bulgarians 100 years ago) is not some fear of reparations for people who LEFT voluntarily (you can compare this with the Armenian genocide or the greeks who narrowly escaped being butchered in Asia Minor in 1922 or Istanbul in 1955 and have received NO compensation)simply that there are some 2,5 million of its own population-MORE than FYROM's population, including 25-40% Albanians) that call themselves this way and have nothing to do with FYROM. Estimates of 1 million 'Macedonians' as in FYROM in Greece are a joke: Such a population would have at least a 10% share in the greek elections.
@daniel the orc: The military threat critique as well as others have been refuted by HansBau(p.27):
1) Irredentism: Right now, FYROM by itself cannot be considered a military threat to Greece. But that does not mean there cannot be real trouble. It does not take more than a few hotheads to create HUGE trouble(including war). It happened in Yugoslavia, and the more recent examples are Israel's wars with Hezholah and Hamas, where a small number of hotheads (about 10% in Lebanon) were abe to drag an entire country into war. My point: It does not take many people to create BIG problems.
How is this relevant to the issue? There are those who harbour bitter feelings,
and result in vitriolic attacks on Greece(this includes people who during WWII were part of the nazi Ohrana gangs who even todaybrag about smashing the skulls of elderly greek villagers). It means that new generations of FYROM Slavs are brought up with the ideas of a larger lost fatherland, which is just insane. I should add Greeks were cleansed from Asia Minor, but they do not
make a huge fuss about it. Furthermore, FYRO-education has taken absurdity to a whole new level with the antiquisation campaign, claiming they are the heirs
to Alexander, just to create the feeling to the new generations that they were somehow evicted(they were not) from a place they had settled, but their historic homeland. In other words, they are breeding conflict.
The main argument -and this is where Greece wins hands down- is leaving history aside is that
a) FYROM is not even in Macedonia. Except for the Roman Province(which included Thessaly for example, as it was just an administrative Province) and which included a part of south FYROM, the ancient name was Paeonia. Hence
FYROM has as much relation to Macedonia as it does to Wales. They might as well have called themselves Wales. Two more relevant questions here: I'm dying to find out what would be the US reaction if Stalin had names Siberia "Soviet Socialist Republic of Alaska" in 1945 and today that republic wanted to be recognised as "Alaska"(we are talking about a country which had a problem with french fries). And, what would be FYROM's reaction if Kossovo would rename itself "Tetovo".
b) Even if we accept that FYROM is in MAcedonia, it is a small pat, both in land and in population, compared to greek Macedonia. Why should the term refer exclusively to them and not the majority in land and population, not to mention the historical connection
c) Minority issues: Greece has no problem is there is a Slav minority. There are only two issues here: Firts, these people are greek citizens, they vote and can elect their own MPs. So FYROM has no job speaking on their behalf, just like Greece does not speak for Greek-Albanians, Greek-FYROMians(Grecomani) or Greek-Americans.
These people are free to participate in elections and in fact a party "Rainbow Coalition", i.e. a coalition of slavic speakers and anarchists got about 5000 votes in the last elections(most of them outside Macedonia).
Second, they cannot use the name Macedonian, because 2,5 million Macedonians including two former PMs strongly feel Macedonian, but distinct from Slav Macedonian. These 2,5 million elect their own MPs, which are the ones to speak form them, not the handful of people. So disambiguation is a prerequisite for
any such minority. Here, Greece has proposed a sane compromise that will allow FYROM to keep their constructed identity, but at the same time aknowledge that they are NOT the only Macedonians. Simple, no? Yet this is a no-no for FYROM.
And this is the main point: Greece does not consider FYROM to be 'Macedonians', but it is prepared to meet them halfway with a name that will allow them to identify as such, specifying at the same time that they are not the only ones, as even if one considers them Macedonian, they are the minority, both population and landwise. How can one possibly reject such a reasonable solution?
John Shea, p91
Modern Greek citizens who try to assert their ethnic identity are not treated tolerantly in Greece even today. One of these recently said, "There are a million Macedonians speakers in Greece. We are entitled to rights, to associations, schools, churches, traditions...I have a Macedonian ethnic consciousness...I belong to an ethnic minority which isn't recognized by my State. As a consequence of this statement and other like it, Christos Sideropulos and another Greek Macedonian, Anastasios- Tasos- Boulis, repeatedly faced the Greek courts. They were charged with spreading false rumors about the non-Greekness of Macedonia and the existence of a Macedonian minority on Greek territory which is not officially recognized, and with instigating conflict among Greek citizens by differentiating between the speakers of a Slavic language and Greeks. If convicted they faced possible terms of several years imprisonment and heavy fines. More will be said about charges of human rights abuses against Greece in a later chapter. At this point it is enough to recognize the continuing vigor with which Greece asserts an ethnic purity that cannot be substantiated by historical analysis.
My Greek Friends, such accounts have been brought up by neutral and non-aligned arbiters who are very knowledgeable on the issue. This knowledge belongs to the public domain for the world's improvement and advancement of freedom and democracy. If your government keeps barring books such as this one, or movies such as Dust by Milcho Manchevski, it should find itself in the same basket with Saudi Arabia and Turkmenistan where hundreds of books are banned. This is not resemblance of democracy. If you are of true democratic spirit, if you are true man and women of great and famous seed, then you ought to allow your people to be able decide their own level of "Greekness". In the era of hundreds of thousands of highways that channel information it will be matter of time when you will be facing two options: One, to allow your people and the world to see both sides of the story, or...to keep maintaining a tight fist on the racial purity until people eventually learn of your shameful deeds, after when, you will be, literally, be the joke of our European Community.
all we've had from you is telling us that Macedonians are Bulgarians and you're quoting some dubious personalities whose opinions might differ from the objective reality. Where are your hard facts? Prove to me that Macedonians were invented somehow, and prove to me the ethnic composition of northern Greece (Macedonia) during the 1850's.
The Greek PM, Mr. Papandreou, has recently proposed a very ambitious initiative concerning the integration of all the Balkan countries into the EU, including my country - the Republic of Macedonia. It's called "Agenda 2014", and it is symbolically linked to the 100 years commemoration of the beginning of WWI in Sarajevo. I hope that Mr. Papandreou is sincere with this initiative, especially concerning the EU integration of my country...
@The Law
I agree. The EU must be the stabilizing factor and the balkan countries must join ASAP. I just hope that the EU recovers from its own mess soon, and the European peoples understand that the union is not a country club.
In the 21th Century, this balance can only be restored by the integration of all the Balkan States into the EU (as soon as possible).
@The Law
actually I was surprised to read a couple of months ago how well Balkan peoples blended in the 19th century and cooperated in important commercial and intellectual centres around the whole peninsula. It was the 19th century nationalism and the demise of empires that destroyed this balance. Maybe we'd rather crave for 19th century relations rather than denounce it, bar the empires and noblesse.
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In last week's Photoshop Friday, Lisa made a before and after video. One of the comments left was from Gretchen: "Great tutorial! I was wondering how you set up the grid on your crop tool. Would you mind explaining how that was done? Thanks!". Well, Gretchen, ask and you shall receive!
Lisa has created a tutorial to show you how the rule of thirds grid works in Photoshop CS5 and earlier versions as well. You can watch the video here and see how she uses it on the following image:
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The century old plantation cottages are located on the grounds, not far from the antebellum Big House. They are comfortable and secure in an uncluttered and quiet setting. All rooms are equipped with central air conditioning and heat, game boards for your entertainment, refrigerator, microwave, basic utensils, coffee maker and of course the makings: wireless internet, hair dryer, iron and ironing board and luxury waffle monogram robes. Cottages are also furnished with Tempur-Pedic mattresses for a most restful night's sleep. Most have Cable T.V., but check individual cottages to see the amenities available in each.
Indeed, guests find delight in leisurely strolls on the lush grounds (certain restrictions may apply during special activities at the Plantation) or on the levee where they watch the mighty Mississippi River roll by. They tell us that their stays are wonderful retreats where they unwind, clear their minds, and awake refreshed and ready to enjoy a full country breakfast (included in the cottage rental rate) which is served daily at the Oak Alley Restaurant between 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.
Check in: 3:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Check out: 11:00 a.m. (12 p.m. with Do not Disturb Package - see Packages).
Experience suggests that guests feel more at home and enjoy their visit more when they arrive with time for a tour (not included in rental rate) and have the opportunity to become familiar with their surroundings before nightfall. Special arrangements must be made for those guests who cannot arrive before 9:00 p.m.
Due to the high volume of repeat cottage guests, Big House tour tickets are not included in your stay. Cottage guests may purchase "Big House" tour tickets upon check-in.
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A credit card for validation of room rental must be guaranteed by MasterCard, Visa, Discover, or American Express, your credit card will be charge in full at time of check-out.
Cancellations are honored via telephone by calling 800-442-5539. Cancellations are not honored if sent via email. A deposit equal to full amount of reservation will be refunded if cancellation is received by 4:30 p.m. fourteen (14) days prior to arrival, less a $30.00 fee for each day cancelled. Cancellations received within 14 days prior to arrival will forfeit the full amount of your scheduled stay.
Please make special note: Out of respect for all guests. Cottages 5A & 5B welcome adult only guests (18 years & older). Should you arrive with a child to stay in Cottages 5A & 5B, your reservation will not be honored and you will forfeit the full payment for your reservation.
When making reservations, you may purchase a romantic cheese and fresh fruit tray, bottle of wine or champagne to have in your room awaiting, your arrival for that evening stroll under the oaks. Evening meals may be purchased and delivered to your room.
Furnishings in cottages are subject to change without notice.
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6 Lighting Set-ups, 4 Photography Masters
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Understanding how to manipulate man-made light sources gives you a rare kind of power—to reveal nuance, depth and detail in any subject you've got in your viewfinder. It's first a matter of knowing how to do it. Here, four seasoned shooters share the lighting skills—and some specific portrait assignments—that helped put them on the road to photographic stardom.
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Phil Borges: Into the Wild
For more than 25 years, Phil Borges has been as much a social activist with his camera as an artist. The heart of his work is a copious collection of beautifully lit location portraits that document indigenous and tribal cultures in some of the most remote regions of the planet—places to which he has no compunction about transporting lighting equipment to optimize his results. From the Tibetan plateau to New Guinea, Togo, Kenya, Liberia, Afghanistan, Ghana, Pakistan and beyond, he's captured unique and intimate portrait studies that appear in publications as diverse as Esquire, the Wall Street Journal, Marie Claire and Hemispheres. His images are exhibited worldwide and he's published four award-winning books, his most recent being Tibet: Culture on the Edge (see Rangefinder, Dec. 2011).
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Hello Allen,
For now, we only offer a plugin for the desktop version of Outlook, but we'll consider developing one that will work with the web-version in the future :-)
David thanks - i saw a post in the blog about forwarding emails - that seems to be a good answer for now.
Any update as we've been forcibly upgraded to 365. The app is still embedded but I can no longer right click on an email and populate over.
Hi Pam,
Sorry about that! Are you using the web version of Outlook? We still have the plugin only for the desktop version, however we are planning to focus more on our solutions for Microsoft products in the near future, with the help of our new developer :)
This is the desk top version. The upgrade just happened today (surprise). The rest of it seems to function okay so far, but that was the first thing I tried. The Todoist option isn't even on the pop up menu that occurs with the right click.
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Sorry about that! Could you please clarify if you can see the Todoist right side ribbon and the quick Add Todoist button at the top menu of Outlook?


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Let's hope that the PA Red Cross people are treated with more respect that the utility workers from Huntsville, AL, were treated in New Jersey--
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My grass is thriving in partial shade and dwindling in full sun
My St Augustine (sodded by bldr on our new lot 1.5 years ago) is yellow, dried, and has Bermuda style grass growing in the areas of my yard that get 100% sunlight. I have tried all sorts of watering schedules but can't get it to grow green and soft.
I know it has the potential to because it DOES grow green, soft and full in the areas of my yard that get partial shade (along fences, near house under roof-eves, in the shade of neighbor's tall trees).
I usually hear opposite: that it is hard to grow grass in shade. Is my lawn confused?
Its Totaly depend on what style of grass you are growing. All grasses prefer sun, although some tolerate shade better than others. To help encourage grass to grow better in shade, thin out large shrubs and trees to permit more sunlight to reach the grass.
It's difficult to establish a healthy lawn in soil ,loosen the soil, rototill the lawn, incorporate organic matter to improve the nutrient value and texture of the soil, and reseed.
With at least four hours of sun per day -- even if it's dappled sun -- you can grow grass in a shady spot. Plant the seed in well-prepared soil, using a drop spreader so that the seed is applied evenly over the surface of the soil.
Fertilizer is another important consideration for establishing a new lawn in the shade. New lawns require "starter" fertilizer with greater percentages of phosphorus to help establish strong roots.
St Augustine is acting just as one would expect in Texas. Good with some shade and not so good in full sun.
Review your many watering practices. Pick the one that looks most like this: Water deeply and infrequently. Deeply means a full inch (as measured by a tuna or cat food can). Infrequently means once a month this time of year gradually changing to once a week during the hottest part of the summer. You'll have to measure your own sprinkler to time how long it takes to get an inch. Mine takes 8 full hours. My neighbor's takes 20 minutes. Once you know that information, try watering a full inch and adjust your water frequency according to how long it takes your lawn to look withered. Don't water just because you haven't watered recently. Water when the grass looks dryish. With St Aug that is a fragile time. Water at the first sign that any of the lawn is getting dry.
Mow St Augustine at the mower's highest setting. If you can go 2 or 3 weeks in between mowing, do that. I have a St Aug yard that has not been mowed in 14 months and, if you like tall grass, it looks great. It seems to have stopped getting longer at about 30 inches tall. You don't need to do that but I can tell you that 2 inches is way too low, 3 inches is still too low, and 4 inches is lower than I like. The taller the better especially out in the full sun.
Do not ever till your lawn. If you ever get that urge, stick your finger in a light socket until the urge goes away. If you till it you will be mowing a progressively bumpier and bumpier lawn for years to come.
Jackalleness is new to this forum. He lives in Oz and apparently is not familiar with St Augustine. It does not grow from seed. Maybe they do things different down under.


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Inspirational Pictures: 8 ways to get your photo mojo back
It might be the short winter days, bad weather or even that you've just run out of photo ideas, but once in a while we all lose a little of our photographic drive and find ourselves lacking motivation. But never fear, we've got 8 tips to get you back on the road to taking inspirational pictures.
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Look at the images and work out what it is about them that interests you and then try to incorporate that in a shoot.
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RECIPE: I made some great low sugar jam!
Hi. I have spend four years trying different store brand low sugar jams and jellies - they all tasted terrible. I tried making some jam a couple of years ago and it was "not great". That is why I wanted recipies. I made some great stuff the other night. The blueberries were on sale at my local store for 2 pints for $3.00.
Blueberry Jam
2 pints blueberries
1 package no sugar pectin
1 package sugar free jello (I used raspberry)
1 cup water
2 teasp. lemon juice
1/4 cup sugar (this makes it shine like regular jam)
6 packages Splenda
I only "kinda" followed the directions in the pectin box. I put the washed blueberries in a very large pot and squished them with a potato masher really well. Then I added all the rest, stired it and put it over medium heat. Stir most of the time so it doesn't burn. When it came to a slow boil, lower the heat so it doesn't splatter. After it came to a low boil I stirred it over heat for 3 minutes. Then put it in clean jars with a dishtowel under them. (I had saved the jars) Immediately put the lids on. Let the jam cool on the counter for about 15 minutes then put it in the refrigerator. They should last about 3 months.
If I say so myself, it is great. Hope you'll try it, just for fun.
Monica, can you tell me the name of the no-sugar pectin? Is it right next to the regular pectin? I've made regular jam years ago, but didn't know there was a sugar-free pectin! I'm off to a big farmer's market this weekend and would love to be able to get some fruit for jam! Thanks for your help & for posting your recipe!
I don't remember the name of the pectin I used, but it is NOT Smucker's. I still have the Smucker's in my pantry and checked their recipe and it's different. All I remember, is that it was a name brand. I'll buy some more pectin this weekend in case I find some fruit on sale.
All the pectin's are in the same place in a grocery store. Just go to a big store so they'll have more than one brand. The Smucker's box says "Fruit Pectin - no sugar needed" and the brand I used said about the same thing.
Hope you have fun like I did. Monica


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District of Washington Torts - Property Cases
Other Fraud Cases, Dockets and Filings
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Cases 1 - 10 of 179
Eakins et al v. Falcon Ridge Homeowners Association
as 2:2015cv00448
Plaintiff: David Eakins, Mary Eakins
Defendant: Falcon Ridge Homeowners Association
Cause Of Action: Fraud
Russell v. Safeco Insurance Company
as 2:2015cv00328
Plaintiff: Raphael Russell
Defendant: Safeco Insurance Company
Cause Of Action: Fraud
Russell v. Bank of America et al
as 2:2015cv00306
Plaintiff: Raphael Russell
Defendant: Bank of America, Service Link
Cause Of Action: Fed. Question: Tort Action
Rhodes River Ranch, Inc. v. Dickerson
as 2:2015cv00114
Plaintiff: Rhodes River Ranch Inc
Defendant: Dustin Dickerson
Cause Of Action: Diversity-Fraud
Houck Law Firm Defined Benefit Plan et al v. Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC et al
as 2:2015cv00052
Plaintiff: Houck Law Firm Defined Benefit Plan , Houck Law Firm, P.S. , William Houck
Defendant: Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC , Goldman Sachs & Co. LP , Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith Inc. and others
Cause Of Action: Petition for Removal- Fraud
Daymon Worldwide Inc v. Lieb et al
as 2:2015cv00016
Plaintiff: Daymon Worldwide Inc
Defendant: Warren Lieb , Brent A Ellis , Ted Koehn
Cause Of Action: Declaratory Judgment
DZ Bank Ag Deutsche Zentral-Genossenschaftsbank v. Connect Insurance Agency Inc
as 3:2014cv05880
Defendant: Connect Insurance Agency Inc
Plaintiff: DZ Bank Ag Deutsche Zentral-Genossenschaftsbank
Cause Of Action: Diversity
Glasser v. Blixseth et al
as 2:2014cv01576
Plaintiff: Brian A. Glasser
Defendant: Jessica T Blixseth , JTB LLC
Cause Of Action: Diversity
Aamodt et al v. Shea Homes, Inc.
as 2:2014cv01566
Defendant: Shea Homes Inc
Plaintiff: Patricia A Aamodt , David B Aamodt
Cause Of Action: Diversity
Correia v. Thurston County Office of Assigned Counsel
as 3:2014cv05678
Defendant: Thurston County Office of Assigned Counsel
Plaintiff: Joseph A Correia
Cause Of Action: Civil Rights Act


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Hatch, Lee say feds are overreaching with gun control
Susan Walsh, Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Utah Sens. Mike Lee and Orrin Hatch were swift to react to Wednesday's Senate hearings on gun control, saying the federal government is guilty of overreach and offering the wrong solutions.
Several major figures in the gun control debate testified during the session, including National Rifle Association Executive Vice President and CEO Wayne LaPierre and former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who was seriously injured in a mass shooting two years ago. The questioning ranged from the proposed ban of high capacity weapons and magazines to the feasibility of instituting a universal background check.
"This administration mouths off an awful lot about guns and yet what are they doing about it?" Hatch told KSL NewsRadio Wednesday. "What they want to do is take away one of the express rights in the Constitution. … The Founding Fathers knew very well that it keeps the government safe and keeps the government sane."
Hatch said it was evident from the LaPierre's testimony that the federal government hasn't done enough to enforce gun laws already on the books.
"I don't trust the (federal) government. … We're going to have to be very forceful with how the (current) laws are enforced," he said. "And I think Utah does do that."
Lee said Gayle Trotter, a senior fellow and attorney at the Independent Women's Forum, made a case for holding off on a ban of automatic weapons.
"One of the more compelling moments came from our witness who was outlining the reasons why women frequently are at a disadvantage when it comes to being the victims of crime," Lee said. "As she put it, (automatic) guns can be a great equalizer in that circumstance. I thought that was a very effective and compelling point."
Lee also believes reducing everyday access to firearms would produce negative, unintended consequences for law-abiding citizens.
"There really is a downside to restricting gun access," Lee said. "There' an upside that is sometimes more obvious to people, but there's also a downside. … We've got to be careful about how we impose those restrictions."
Hatch wanted the hearing to address a wide range of issues related to gun crime.
"In preventing future tragedies like what happened at Newtown, we need to be honest," Hatch said. "We need to look at all the factors, (such as) violence in the culture through media, including video games that kids sit and play for hours."
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16 Dec 2013 09:03 GMT | Politics, Middle East, France, Iraq, Syria
At least 78 people, including 28 children, have been killed by Syrian army air raids on rebel districts of the northern city of Aleppo, activist groups said.
Footage uploaded by local activists on social media on Monday showed a fire in a narrow street covered in debris and dust after one air raid in the Karam el-Beik district.
Other videos showed people carrying the injured in blankets and bulldozers removing debris in a destroyed neighbourhood.
Activists reported on Sunday that government forces had bombarded rebel-held civilian areas, by dropping barrels filled with explosives from helicopters.
Over the next few days, we will be sending to Qamishli... 400 tonnes of food.
Abeer Etefa, Senior Middle East spokeswoman for the UN World Food Programme
"More than 10 different areas in Aleppo came under heavy bombardment," one member of the team told Al Jazeera.
"They were shelled by both explosive barrels and missiles."
In an interview with Al Jazeera's Darren Jordon, Andrew Tabler, a Syria analyst at the Washington Insititute for Near East Policy, said the latest attack shows the determination of the Assad regime to retake Aleppo.
"The Assad regime has the troops to retake the area," Tabler said. "The question is if they have enough troops to hold it."
Near the capital, the Observatory said that death toll has risen to 28 people in the town of Adra, northeast of Damascus, after a rebel faction launched an assault there on Wednesday.
Observatory director Rami Abdurrahman said the dead were primarily members of President Bashar Assad's minority Alawite sect, as well as a few Druze and Shia Muslims. All three sects largely support Assad in the fight against the mainly Sunni rebels.
Meanwhile, the United Nations sent its first delivery of humanitarian aid by air to Syria from Iraq on Sunday and said it plans to deliver more food and winter supplies to the mainly Kurdish northeast in the next 12 days.
UN aid
The first cargo plane carrying food took off from Arbil in Iraq's northern Kurdistan region heading to Hassakeh in Syria.
The food supplies over the next 12 days should be able to feed more than 6,000 Syrian families for the rest of December, the UN's World Food Programme said. This is the third winter since the Syrian conflict began in March 2011.
"We witnessed today the first flight that took place from Arbil International Airport to Qamishli city, which is populated by Kurdish inhabitants in Syria. This is the first flight to be conducted in this manner," Dindar Zibari, deputy head of Kurdistan's Foreign Relations Department, told journalists at the airport.
The 12-day airlift, involving various UN agencies, will include 400 tonnes of food and 196 kg of medical kits, he said.
"We hope also by the beginning of January this air shipment and air cargo will continue to Syria. This is something the KRG (Kurdistan Regional Government) fully supports because it will possibly reach the most needy vulnerable families inside Syria," he added.
Both governments gave permission for the aid flights which will also include supplies of non-food items such as blankets, clothes and medicine in the coming days.
Source: Al Jazeera and agencies
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