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This article was first published in Economic and Political Weekly, August 27, 2005.
The July 18 joint statement by US president George Bush and prime minister Manmohan Singh has attracted a great deal of comment. The focus has been the possible consequences of US promises to support India's nuclear energy programme in exchange for India clearly separating its military and civilian nuclear facilities and programmes, and opening the latter to international inspection.
Much of the debate on the deal has been between what can be broadly called the nuclear hawks and the nuclear nationalists. The nuclear hawks believe India's nuclear programme is a great success and more than able to take care of itself. They see the deal as imposing unnecessary constraints on the programme and making more difficult the creation of the large nuclear arsenal, including thermonuclear weapons (hydrogen bombs), that they believe is essential for India to be a 'great power.'
The clearest expression of this has come from former prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and the BJP, who seek the largest possible nuclear weapons capability.. Vajpayee has already argued that "Separating the civilian from the military would be very difficult, if not impossible…It will also deny us any flexibility in determining the size of our nuclear deterrent.†When he refers to "flexibility†in determining the size of an Indian nuclear arsenal, he does not mean that it should be possible to make it much smaller (if not eliminate it altogether). He is expressing the fear that separating civil and military facilities may stop the arsenal from becoming as big as he and others like him might like it to be.
Nuclear nationalists have the less ambitious, more traditional perspective that sees the nuclear programme as a great national technological achievement and necessary for India's economic and social development. They see the deal as offering a way to sustain and expand the nuclear energy programme, while not unduly restricting the building of what they see as a 'minimum' nuclear weapons arsenal.
The government has embraced this view, as have many defenders of the deal. The prime minister laid it out most clearly to Parliament on July 29, saying "Our nuclear programme… is unique. It encompasses the complete range of activities that characterise an advanced nuclear power… our scientists have done excellent work and we are progressing well on this programme as per the original vision outlined by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and Dr Homi Bhabha.†He went on to argue that "nuclear power has to play an increasing role in our electricity generation plans†and the deal offers a way where "our indigeneous nuclear power programme based on domestic resources and national technological capabilities would continue to grow.†The expected international support, both as nuclear fuel and nuclear reactors, would help "enhance nuclear power production rapidly.†At the same time, he made it clear that "there is nothing in the joint statement that amounts to limiting or inhibiting our strategic nuclear weapons programme.â€
These two positions have by and large dominated the debate so far. There are many problems with both views. The first is their shared belief in the success of India's nuclear energy programme and the need to continue with and expand this effort. They fail to recognise that the deal is actually testament to the long-standing, expensive, and large-scale failure of the department of atomic energy (DAE) and its tremendous but largely hidden costs, in terms of health, safety, environment, and local democracy.
The second belief shared by the nuclear hawks and the nuclear nationalists is that nuclear weapons are a source of security. This belief has been extensively debunked.1 Those who persist in this belief also ignore the essential moral, legal, and criminal questions of what it means to have and be prepared to use nuclear weapons. The only difference between the two camps is on the character and size of the genocidal weapons they aspire to, and how many people in how many cities they are prepared to threaten to kill.
A History of Failure
The establishment of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) in 1948 was framed by the rhetoric of indigenous national development. Led by Homi Bhabha, the AEC portrayed India as forging its own path in the new nuclear age. That was not to be. There was no progress until the UK offered the design details and enriched uranium fuel for the first Indian nuclear reactor, Apsara.2 In what was to become a pattern, the official announcements when the Apsara reactor went critical declared it a "purely indigenous affair†[Abraham 1997].
Similarly, the CIRUS reactor, which provided the plutonium used in the 1974 nuclear test (and quite likely some used in the 1998 tests as well), was supplied by Canada while the heavy water used in it came from the US. An American firm, Vitro International, was awarded the contract to prepare blueprints for the first reprocessing plant at Trombay. The first power reactors at Tarapur and Rawatbhata were supplied by the US and Canada respectively. It was not just reactors. Many of India's nuclear scientists were made in America and elsewhere. Between 1955 and 1974, over 1,100 Indian scientists were sent to train at various US facilities [Perkovich 1999: 30, 482].
Extensive foreign support to the nuclear programme ended only after the 1974 nuclear test. The international community, led by Canada and the US, who were incensed by India's use of plutonium from CIRUS that had been given to the country for purely peaceful purposes, cut off most material transfers relating to the nuclear programme. However, a little advertised fact is that various nuclear facilities still procured components from abroad and foreign consultants continued to be hired for projects.3 DAE personnel still had access to nuclear literature and participated in international conferences where technical details were freely discussed.
Even with all this help, DAE's failures were many and stark. In 1962, Homi Bhabha predicted that by 1987 nuclear energy would constitute 20,000 to 25,000 MW of installed electricity generation capacity [Hart 1983:61]. His successor as head of the DAE, Vikram Sarabhai, predicted that by 2000 there would be 43,500 MW of nuclear power [Sarabhai 1974:89]. In 1984, the 'Nuclear Power Profile' drawn up by the DAE suggested the more modest goal of 10,000 MW by 2000 [Ramachandran 2000]. None of these goals ever came close to being met.
After over 50 years of generous government funding, nuclear power amounts to only 3,400 MW, barely 3 per cent of India's installed electricity capacity. This capacity is expected go up by nearly 50 per cent over the next few years, but not because of the DAE. The largest component of this expansion will be two 1,000 MW reactors purchased from and being built by Russia.
This history of failure explains why the demands from the DAE and other nuclear advocates to gain access to international nuclear markets have became louder and louder over the last decade. It is only with international help that the DAE can ever hope to achieve its latest promised goal of 20,000 MW by the year 2020.
The other pressure driving this deal has been the DAE's extraordinary failure to manage its actually existing nuclear programme. In its determination to build more and more reactors, something to show for all the money that it gets, the DAE has failed to take account of the need to fuel them. This was evident in the statement from an unnamed official to British Broadcasting Corporation soon after the US-India deal was announced, when he said: "The truth is we were desperate. We have nuclear fuel to last only till the end of 2006. If this agreement had not come through we might have as well closed down our nuclear reactors and by extension our nuclear programme†[Srivastava 2005]. The former head of the atomic energy regulatory board has reported that this is not a new problem, he notes that "uranium shortage†has been "a major problem for the officials of NPCIL and the Nuclear Fuel Complex (NFC) for some time†[Gopalakrishnan 2005].
The issue is simple. Apart from Tarapur I and II, all DAE reactors are fuelled using uranium from the Jaduguda region of Jharkand. The total electric capacity of the heavy water based power reactors is 2,450 MW. At 75 per cent capacity, these require nearly 330 tonnes of uranium every year.4 The reactors that are supposedly dedicated to making plutonium for nuclear weapons, CIRUS and Dhruva, consume perhaps another 30-35 tonnes. When mining started in Jaduguda, the average ore grade was about 0.067 per cent [Sarkar 1984:193]. Now it is reportedly less than half that. The current mining capacity is around 2,800 tonnes of uranium ore per day. This means the DAE may only be producing about 300 tonnes of uranium a year. This falls well short of the fuelling requirements. DAE has been able to continue to operate its reactors by using stockpiled uranium from earlier days when the nuclear capacity was much smaller. Our estimates are that this stockpile would be exhausted by 2007.
The DAE has been desperately trying to open new uranium mines in the country. But it has been met with stiff public resistance everywhere [Dias 2005]. This local resistance stems from the widely documented impacts of uranium mining and milling on public and occupational health.
The limits on domestic uranium reserves have been known since the nuclear programme was started. This concern was the justification for the three-phase nuclear power programme that Bhabha originally had put forward and continues to be pursued [Bhabha and Prasad 1958]. This programme involves separating plutonium from the spent fuel produced in natural uranium reactors and setting up breeder reactors, which in turn could be used to utilise India's thorium resources for energy production. The three phases are far from being realised. DAE has failed to build and sustain enough natural uranium fuelled reactors for the first phase. The second phase is still experimental and the first plutonium fuelled power reactor is yet to be completed. Even if it becomes fully functional, breeder reactors are unlikely to be a significant source of electricity for several more decades at least [Tongia and Arunachalam 1998]. The thorium fuel cycle, the third phase, is still far in the future.
Implications of the Agreement for Nuclear Energy in India
If the deal goes through, the DAE will be free to purchase uranium from the international market for its safeguarded reactors. This has some important consequences. The first of these is that it will reduce pressure on domestic uranium reserves. Since imported uranium will be much cheaper than Indian uranium, it may also marginally reduce the operating costs of Indian nuclear plants. Although DAE hides its actual costs, there is little doubt that nuclear electricity is more expensive than other major sources of power in India. [Ramana et al 2005].
At the same time, access to cheap imported uranium will remove what has been DAE's primary justification for a large part of its long-term nuclear plan. For decades, the DAE has offered the shortage of domestic uranium as justification for the breeder programme. This is despite the fact that poor economics and countless engineering problems have effectively killed such breeder reactor programmes in the US, France and Germany. The high costs of breeder reactors stem from the need to have plutonium to fuel them. This plutonium is produced at reprocessing plants by chemically treating spent (i e, used) nuclear fuel from ordinary reactors. The separated plutonium is then made into breeder fuel at special and costly fabrication plants. There are enormous economic costs, environmental damage, and potential public health risks that are associated with this whole scheme.
With cheap uranium being available to India, there will be no need for any of this. It can all be abandoned. Despite all this, DAE may not agree to give up its breeder reactor programme. It may choose to try to follow the example of Japan, which imports uranium to power its nuclear reactors and, ignoring the costs and risks, continues to pursue its breeder reactor. This will show, again, how DAE's institutional interests have triumphed again over economic good sense and concerns about health and environment.
The existing nuclear capacity and any increases in it, domestic or foreign, that the deal makes possible should not to be considered a benefit. Nuclear electricity is expensive and it would be far better to invest in other cheaper sources of power as well as energy conservation measures [Ramana et al 2005]. There are also important safety concerns associated with nuclear power. At least one of the DAE's nuclear reactors has come close to a major accident [Chanda 1999, p 1363]. One can barely imagine the consequences of a Chernobyl-like accident involving the release of large quantities of radioactive materials at a reactor in a densely populated country like India.5 Other facilities associated with the nuclear fuel cycle have also had accidents, though these have primarily affected workers within the plant [Anand 2003:100].
Apart from extreme accidents, there are many environmental and public health consequences associated with the many facilities that make up the nuclear complex [Ramana and Gadekar 2003]. A scientific study of the health consequences on the local population around the Rajasthan Atomic Power Station (RAPS) located at Rawatbhata near Kota observed statistically significant increases in, inter alia, the rates of congenital deformities, spontaneous abortions, stillbirths and one day deaths of new born babies, and solid tumours [Gadekar 1996:384].
And, to cap it all, there is the so far unsolved problem of managing large amounts of radioactive waste for many tens of thousands of years. The question that really needs to be discussed but has hardly figured in the debate is whether India needs any nuclear power plants at all. There are many who believe India would be better off giving up this costly and dangerous technology and finding ways to meet the needs of its people that do not threaten their future or their environment.
How Many Bombs Are Enough?
The nuclear energy and nuclear weapons programme have been linked from the beginning. This will continue under the nuclear deal. Access to the international uranium market to fuel its power reactors will further free up domestic uranium for the nuclear weapons programme and other military uses. This may allow a significant expansion in India's nuclear weapons capabilities.
There are several ways in which India could use its freed-up domestic uranium. It could choose to build a third reactor dedicated to making plutonium for its nuclear weapons. There have been proposals for a larger reactor to add to CIRUS and Dhruva at the Bhabha Atomic Research centre in Bombay [Anonymous 1999]. India could also start to make highly-enriched uranium for nuclear weapons – Pakistan has used such highly-enriched uranium, produced at Kahuta, for its weapons. Both paths, which need not be exclusive, would allow India to increase its fissile materials stockpile at a much faster rate. A third use for domestic uranium would be in supplying the fuel for the nuclear submarine that has been under development since the 1970s [Rethinaraj 1998]. Limited uranium availability, and the need to keep the power reactors running, is quite likely to have restricted all such plans in the past.
India can use both its current stockpile of weapons-grade plutonium and future production from the CIRUS and Dhruva and other future plutonium production reactors to make nuclear weapons. The current stockpile is estimated to be perhaps 400-500 kg, sufficient for about 100 simple fission weapons. (It is usually assumed that 5 kg may be needed for a simple weapon. More sophisticated designs would typically require less plutonium.) CIRUS and Dhruva could continue to produce about 25 to 35 kg of plutonium a year. This means that by 2010 the potential arsenal size could be about 130.
The above estimate is purely on the basis of existing facilities known to be making weapons useable fissile material. There could be other sources. Power reactors could have been or could be used to make weapons-grade plutonium by limiting the time the fuel is irradiated. Run this way, a typical 220 MW power reactor could produce between 150-200 kg/year of weapons-grade plutonium when operated at 60-80 per cent capacity.
Another source of weapons useable material is the stockpile of plutonium in the spent fuel of power reactors. Though it has a slightly different mix of the plutonium isotopes from the special weapons-grade plutonium normally used for weapons, it can be used to make a nuclear explosive [Mark 1993]. The US conducted a nuclear test in 1962 using plutonium that was not of weapons-grade. One of India's May 1998 nuclear tests is also reported to have involved such material [Perkovich 1999:428-31].
Over the years, some 8,000 kilograms of reactor-grade plutonium may have been produced in the power reactors that are not under safeguards. Only about 8 kg of such plutonium are needed to make a simple nuclear weapon. If this spent fuel is not put under safeguards, i e, declared to be for military purposes, as part of the deal, India would have enough plutonium from this source alone for an arsenal of about 1,000 weapons, larger than that of all the nuclear weapons states except the US and Russia.
Lastly, there is the plutonium that is produced in Kalpakkam in the small fast breeder test reactor. Much more plutonium will be produced by the 500 MW prototype FBTR now under construction. It is curious that ever since the 1960s, DAE has resisted placing the breeder programme under international safeguards. This is despite that fact that both Germany and Japan, neither of them nuclear weapon states, ran their breeder reactor programmes under such safeguards. The purpose of these safeguards is to prevent plutonium or uranium from civil nuclear facilities from being used to make nuclear weapons. DAE's resistance to safeguards begs the question as to whether the breeder programme is, or ever was, only for civilian purposes.
A N Prasad, former director of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), has argued that these large stocks of weapons-useable material are beside the point. The deal should be rejected because "Our military activities are not aimed at stockpiling nuclear weapons.†He suggests that this was to overcome the problem that "the weapons become old, their materials degrade, they have to be dismantled and replaced†[Varadarajan 2005].
This is disingenuous. It is estimated the plutonium used in US nuclear weapons may not need to be replaced for somewhere between 45 and 60 years. The material can then be recycled and reused again in making new nuclear weapons. Moreover, many of the aging effects that the plutonium experiences can be avoided with proper storage. Therefore existing stocks of plutonium can probably last indefinitely far into the future. All other nuclear weapons states have stopped producing new material for their nuclear weapons programmes – only India, Pakistan, and Israel seem to be still producing new weapons material.
Another nuclear weapons material is tritium, a gas used to boost the yield of fission weapons many fold. The DAE claims to have tested such a tritium boosted weapon in 1998. However, tritium decays relatively quickly (half of it will decay in just over 12 years). Thus, to maintain a stockpile of tritium for a long time requires either a very large initial amount or that it be produced at a rate that balances its decay. tritium is produced as a by-product in the nuclear reactors dedicated to producing plutonium for weapons. These reactors can also be used specifically to produce more tritium.
In short, the nuclear deal promises not just to leave India's nuclear weapons capability intact but allows for a rapid and large expansion of the nuclear arsenal, and for it to be sustained for the indefinite future. It takes for granted that this a good thing.
The effects of the use of both the smaller yield fission weapons and the more destructive thermonuclear weapons in the arsenal are well known [Rajaraman et al 2004]. Put simply, the smaller weapons will kill almost everyone within 1.5 km of the explosion, the larger weapons will kill most people out to distances of 3.5 km. The effects of radioactive fallout would spread many tens of kilometres further. Either kind of bomb would be enough to destroy a modern city. The question that needs to be asked is how many cities do India's leaders wish to be able to destroy?
There are many who believe India, and no one else for that matter, should have any nuclear weapons. They are instruments to create fear through the threat of genocide. Moreover, the lessons of the 60 years since Hiroshima should be enough to make clear to anyone that there is no security to be found in the threat to kill millions.
The nuclear agreement between the US and India has many problems. But there are two fundamental questions at its core. The first is whether India needs nuclear energy for its development and the well being of its people. A good case can be made that it does not.
The second question is whether India needs nuclear weapons if it actually wants to live in peace with its neighbours and with the world. Many believe, with good reason, that it does not.
The answer to both questions that is offered by the deal is a future in which a nuclear-powered and nuclear-armed India swaggers along in the shadow of the US. The choice could not be more stark.
1 See for example the essays in [Kothari and Mian 2001] and [Ramana and Reddy 2003]. The drastic deterioration in south Asia's security after the 1998 nuclear tests is documented in [Ramana and Mian 2003].
2 In 1951 India and France signed an agreement to collaborate but it was not followed by any collaboration [Abraham 2004].
3 For example, the initial financial sanction in 1982 for the Manuguru heavy water plant indicated the project cost as Rs 421.60 crore with a foreign exchange component of Rs 50.00 crore. This was revised to Rs 661.58 crore in 1989, with a foreign exchange component of Rs 78.59 crore [CAG 1994]. Similarly, between 1985 and 1993, two foreign consultancy contracts were awarded for "various works†relating to the 540 MW reactors [CAG 1999].
4 This estimate assumes a burnup of 7,000 MWd/tU and a thermal efficiency of 0.29.
5 For a study of the consequences of a potential major nuclear accident in Pakistan see [Mian and Nayyar 1999].
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To celebrate the ten years of Petzl RocTrips, Petzl invited climbers from many countries to have a chance to participate to this year's edition.
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Save to My Recipes
Chimichurri Marinade
Published: July 2011
- 1/2 cup red wine vinegar
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt plus more
- 3-4 garlic cloves, thinly sliced or minced
- 1 shallot, finely chopped
- 1 Fresno chile or red jalapeño, finely chopped
- 2 cups minced fresh cilantro
- 1 cup minced fresh flat-leaf parsley
- 1/3 cup finely chopped fresh oregano t
- 3/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
Nutritional Information
Makes about 2 cups. 1 tablespoon contains: Calories (kcal) 54.7 %Calories from Fat 95.6 Fat (g) 5.8 Saturated Fat (g) 0.8 Cholesterol (mg) 0 Carbohydrates (g) 0.5 Dietary Fiber (g) 0.1 Total Sugars (g) 0.1 Net Carbs (g) 0.4 Protein (g) 0.1 Sodium (mg) 35.8
PREPARATIONView Step-by-Step Directions
Combine vinegar, 1 teaspoon salt, garlic, shallot, and chile in a medium bowl and let stand for 10 minutes. Stir in cilantro, parsley, and oregano. Using a fork, whisk in oil. Remove 1/2 cup chimichurri to a small bowl, season with salt to taste, and reserve as sauce. Put meat in a glass, stainless-steel, or ceramic dish. Toss with remaining marinade. Cover and chill for at least 3 hours or overnight.
Remove meat from marinade, pat dry, and grill.
Spoon reserved sauce over grilled meat.
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Agave-Glazed Pork Belly with Grilled PineappleYou may have to make this dish the day before you serve, but the crispy succulent result is well worth the effort.


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West Liberty
University will celebrate Halloween
on the hilltop with a brand new set of lights.
The school will light its football field for the first time
during an event dubbed "Light it Up West Lib," sponsored by Main Street Bank.
The university will play its first night game at 7 p.m. Oct. 31 at its historic Russek Field
against the University of Charleston
Golden Eagles.
West Liberty is one of six Mountain
East Conference members with a lighted football stadium. The lighting system
was made possible through a $500,000 donation from alumnus and donor Gary E.
West and his wife, Flip. The Wests also gave a donation for the field's
MondoTurf playing surface.
"These lights are bright enough to meet regional NCAA
television standards, and we are thrilled to have them," WLU Athletic Director
Jim Watson said. "We invite everyone in the community to join us for this
special night game."
The 2013 season will mark the Hilltoppers' first season of
competition as a charter member of the NCAA's newest Divison II all-sports
league, the Mountain East Conference. Visit www.hilltopperssports.com for


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By SUZANNE MOORE
---- — CHAZY — Donate bottles and cans to Chazy Redemption Center on Saturday, and the proprietors will give the money to the ALS Raising Hope Foundation.
"There are a lot of cases (of amyotrophic lateral schlerosis) up here," said Tim Collins, who owns the business at 9592 Route 9 with his wife, Karri. And their son, Shay, 8, helps out, too.
As his parents sort bottles in the back room, he often is up front, doing homework.
"He's kind of like the human doorbell," his father said, laughing. "He'll yell to us" when a customer comes in.
Mr. Collins has an aunt who has ALS, commonly called Lou Gehrig's disease, and he has seen what others go through — that's why he chose the Hope Foundation as recipient of this bottle drive.
ALS an incurable, rapidly progressive disease that attacks the nerve cells that control voluntary muscles.
The ALS Foundation will get the 5 cents per redeemable container that would normally go to the customer, Mr. Collins said, and the Redemption Center will give 1 cent of the money it makes when it turns the bottles in.
That's 6 cents, total, per bottle or can.
Don't bring in empty ketchup bottles, though. Or bottles that held ice tea or sports drinks. Those are some containers people have bagged up with their redeemables, Collins said.
Redeem and recycle get confused sometimes, he said.
"It has to say '5 cents returnable New York' on the bottle or can, he emphasized.
That includes plastic water bottles, he noted.
"I don't think a lot of people" realize that, he said. "And some people don't think they can bring Stewart's (Shops) or Price Chopper bottles. (But) as long as it says 'New York 5 cents,' they can."
Chazy Redemption Center does have a recycling bin, and the company that picks up the returnable bottles and cans does take those non-redeemable items. But the Collinses don't make any money handling them and ask that customers recycle elsewhere.
Mr. Collins said hopes to meet with State Sen. Betty Little to encourage having more drink containers made returnable in New York state.
"It the other states can do it, why can't we?" he said. "Just to keep them out of landfills."
While the ALS fundraiser is just Saturday, there are a number of organizations that have ongoing bottle drives in Chazy.
Among them are the Chazy Hockey Association and Chazy Playground Committee. Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts and the Chazy Fire Department have held drives as well.
The Redemption Center, which does the sorting and counting for the customer, takes in the returnables and keeps track of the amounts for each fundraiser. It is not contributing the 1 cent per bottle for those drives, however.
This weekend, soccer players will be going door to door, collecting bottles to benefit the Chazy Athletic Association, Mr. Collins noted.
Drives go pretty well in the fall, he said.
"This time of year, people clear out their garages, getting ready for winter."
That means bags of redeemable bottles gathering dust need a place to go.
The Redemption Center, located in the same building as Up North BBQ and Catering, is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. And pickup is available for those with large amounts of bottles to turn in.
For more information, go to the business's facebook page or call or text to 572-8746.
Learn more about the ALS Raising Hope Foundation at http://alsraisinghope.org.


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Just under two years ago, Alistair Overeem flew to Las Vegas to sign with the UFC. The company's owner Lorenzo Fertitta personally signed the fighter and cut him a check for a rumored $1 million signing bonus. At the time Overeem was the ex-Strikeforce HW champion and a K-1 kickboxing tournament champ.
He quickly demolished Brock Lesnar in his UFC debut at UFC 141 but from there it's been nothing but bad news for the man they call the Reem. First he failed a surprise urine test and a planned UFC title shot against then-champ Junior dos Santos at UFC 146 was off.
Overeem served out his suspension and returned at UFC 156 in February. He was expected to demolish Antonio Silva but instead Silva KO'd him in the third round. Then last night he lost again, this time to Travis Browne. After utterly dominating Browne for the majority of the one round fight, Overeem lumbered into a front kick that dropped him and Browne finished him quickly with some savage ground and pound.
After the event UFC president Dana White wouldn't say if Overeem will be cut by the organization or not. Given his very high reported salary -- almost $300,000 for losing to Bigfoot at UFC 156 -- don't be surprised if the UFC cuts him following his loss to Browne.
At the very least expect him to take a significant pay cut.
The UFC has very little use for overpaid fighters, especially ones who made their reputation outside the UFC. It fits perfectly in their narrative of letting the best challenge the best. If Overeem is cut, even if he signs with Bellator and demolishes everyone in his path, the UFC will be able to say "that's great, but he's shown he can't hang in the big leagues."
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My Aunt Exaltina has made these delicacies for as long as I can remember. But are they decadent custards, eggy macaroons, or a bit of both? For 35 years, no one's been able to decide. Grab a spoon and judge for yourself.
My late friend Lois Sparks, who adored these desserts, was fond of spooning some raspberry coulis into the crater on top of the pastéis. She felt it gave them a lovely tart counterpoint to the sweet coconut. I always balked at the idea until she made them for me one night. It's a dream-team combination.–David Leite
LC Who Are We To Argue? Note
Who are we to argue with David Leite about the proper way to serve a Portuguese dessert. Go on, try it his way. Not because he's our boss. Because he knows what he's talking about when it comes to all things Portuguese. And dessert.
Portuguese Coconut-Custard Tarts Recipe
- Quick Glance
- Makes 10 pastries
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 cup milk
- 1 cup sweetened shredded coconut
- 3 large eggs
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- 1/4 teaspoon lemon extract
- 1. Preheat the oven to 375°F (190°C). Adjust the oven rack to the middle position. Line a 12-cup muffin tin with 10 paper cupcake liners.
- 2. Dissolve the cornstarch in 1/4 cup milk. Set aside.
- 3. In a food processor, shred the coconut flakes for 30 seconds.
- 4. In a large bowl, stir the eggs and sugar together with a wooden spoon. One by one, add the cornstarch mixture, the remaining milk, the coconut, melted butter and lemon extract, stirring well after each addition.
- 5. Ladle the custard into the paper cups, filling each 1/4 inch from the top. (Make sure to stir the custard frequently to keep the coconut well distributed.)
- 6. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, until the coconut is nicely toasted. Cool completely in the tin before serving.
Hungry for more? Chow down on these:
- Coconut Custard Pie from Baking Bites
- Coconut Flan from My Colombian Recipes
- Coconut Crème Brûlée Tart from Leite's Culinaria
- Coconut Cream Pie from Leite's Culinaria
Portuguese Coconut-Custard Tarts Recipe © David Leite. Photo © Steven Mays. All rights reserved.


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Fishing report for Aug. 26, 2010by
What's biting in area waters:
St. Lucie County
Guide Mark Dravo reports catching redfish up to 29 inches along the flats near Harbor Branch, Queen's Cove and Round Island. Spotted sea trout up to 5 pounds have been found in the same areas. Bluefish are still plentiful in the Indian River, along with jacks, ladyfish and snapper. A few snook have been coaxed out from local docks on shrimp and small jigs. Bluefish and Spanish mackerel continue to hit spoons and jigs along area beaches.
Martin County
Snook Nook Bait and Tackle in Jensen Beach reports anglers are still catching Spanish mackerel on cut sardines and spoons in the surf. Black drum and mangrove snapper are being caught in the Indian River. Good numbers of jack are hitting along the beach early in the morning. Spotted sea trout and redfish are consistently hitting live shrimp and soft plastics along the grass flats early in the morning.
Northern Palm Beach County
Black Dog Fishing Charters caught good numbers of kingfish and mutton snapper this weekend off Lost Tree Village. Kingfish, snapper and grouper are also abundant along the reefs in 80 to 90 feet. Schools of sand perch and margate were reported this week off the beach south of the Lake Worth Inlet. Juno Beach Pier anglers were catching snook, jacks, whiting and sandperch this week.
Southern Palm Beach County
The Southern Comfort Fishing Charter reports that kingfish were caught on its morning trips, as well as yellowtail snapper, mutton snapper and a few blackfin tuna on the afternoon trips off the Boynton Inlet. Dolphin are being found in 200 to 400 feet straight out the inlet hitting live bait and ballyhoo. Bluefish, jacks, and a few pompano are being caught off area beaches. Mangrove snapper and sandperch continue to hit both live and frozen shrimp along the seawall.
Freshwater Lakes
Bass are hitting on live shad and shiners among grass beds and vegetation where the water clarity is better. Soft plastic jerkbaits are working well for those seeking artificial means.
Lake Okeechobee
Pelican Bay has clear water and good-sized bass hitting plastic worms and spinner baits near lilly-pads. Largemouth bass are being found in good numbers averaging 2 to 4 pounds. Bluegill continue to be caught in clear water throughout the rim canal and along many of the open water area flats.
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There were only 24 games played by Division I teams yesterday. There of them were against non-Division I opponents. It doesn't leave many games to highlight, but here are two that were (probably) worth watching.
Bowling Green beat Butler 61-57 on the road. The win boosted the Falcons to a 4-0 record this year while Butler falls to 1-3. BGSU hit 18 out of 22 free throws and with the rest of the game fairly well matched, their 82 percent shooting at the stripe sealed the win. Butler's sophomore forward Haley Howard missed a layup with 12 seconds left that might have tied the game for Butler.
San Diego goes on the road and beats San Diego State 48-45. San Diego opens the season 3-0 and the Aztecs fall to 0-3. USD managed to turn 22 turnovers by San Diego State into 18 points. This game had to hurt, because it was San Diego State's home opener. The Aztecs had the ball on the last possession, but after freshman guard Ariell Bostick's jumper missed with six seconds left, junior guard Ahjalee Harvey's 3-point attempt from the right corner with one second left on the clock also missed.


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Today, big business, led by the drug manufacturers, is seeking to stop everyday citizens who have been hurt by a dangerous product that was approved by the federal government from being able to hold those powerful corporations accountable through the application of a legal theory known as "pre-emption."
The companies, supported in many cases by the Bush Administration, argue that, if the federal government approves a product that goes on to hurt somebody, the victims of the product cannot use the legal system to hold the company behind the product accountable – even in cases where a company knows, and does not disclose to the federal government or public, that its products will harm people.
I am one of those people.
Almost eight years ago, I was wheeled into a Vermont health clinic with a severe migraine headache and nausea. I ended up having my hand and half my forearm amputated because of the failure of Wyeth Pharmaceuticals to change its label so that only the safe ways of administering the anti-nausea drug Phenergan were provided to the medical caregivers – even though Wyeth was aware that the drug was being administered improperly.
The loss of my body parts ended my 30-year career as a professional musician. It is nearly impossible to play the guitar, bass, or piano with only one hand. In 2004, I took Wyeth to court to hold the company accountable for their conduct. A Vermont jury ruled in my favor, requiring Wyeth to compensate me for my economic losses, damages, and medical expenses.
Wyeth, in the appeal of the Vermont court's decision, has argued that, since the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved the drug's labeling instructions, victims such as myself are barred – what they call "pre-empted" – from being able to hold them accountable regardless of the fact that the company knew its warnings were not adequate.
In other words, Wyeth's argument boils down to the idea that since the FDA approved of the drug and warning label – I am out of luck despite the fact Wyeth's action caused me to lose my hand through absolutely no fault of my own and despite the fact that the company knew its instructions were causing injuries to the public.
The case is now before the United States Supreme Court where it will be determined whether claims like mine are pre-empted or not.
Historically, courts have considered government-issued warnings on a product as reflecting a minimal standard of care – the baseline, not the top line. Victims of dangerous products have long had the right to hold companies accountable through our court system. Not only does this well established system allow individual victims to hold businesses accountable when they do wrong, it is the primary way that society has encouraged companies to use reasonable care in designing and marketing products. If you put out something that will hurt people, you can be held responsible.
However, if the Supreme Court rules for the drug company in my case, it will mean that big business will be given immunity when it sells products that hurt people so long as they have been "approved" by a federal agency – even in cases where companies know for a fact that their products are unsafe and will cause fatal injuries.
Given the performance of the FDA under the Bush Administration, I for one am not ready to give up my individual rights to hold a company accountable merely because a government agency has issued a minimal safety standard for a product.
Over the last several years, we have seen report after report of drug companies impacting the approval process of the FDA to produce a label warning that is inherently flawed. In some cases, it was through a cozy relationship with the regulators issuing the approvals. In other matters, a political relationship existed between a company and a political appointee at FDA that helped grease the wheels for the approval. And there have been times where drug companies simply did not disclose negative information about a drug's safety record, while it was going through the approval process.
The Supreme Court's decision will have enormous ramifications far beyond my case, my hand, my musical career or even the drug industry. It will mean that virtually every industry that has a product that requires federal approval could be given protection from lawsuits. Essentially, a decision for Wyeth will be akin to giving corporate America a "get out of jail free" card – and it will leave everyday Americans exposed. Congress must prevent that result, which would be devastating for victims of unsafe products.


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Curious about the newer model? Check out the 2014 Toyota Highlander
By KBB.com Editors
The first Highlander arrived in 2001 as Toyota's third car-based crossover SUV, following the compact RAV4 and the mid-size luxury Lexus RX 300. As the Toyota brand's more affordable version of the RX, it, like the RX, was built on the Camry sedan platform. And like its Lexus cousin, the Highlander has been very successful. Although its styling is far from distinctive, the Highlander offers its owners multiple benefits that include excellent ratings in the areas of safety, service and reliability, not to mention resale. For 2009, a new four-cylinder model is added, promising better fuel economy and a lower base price. There's also a hybrid model which is reviewed separately.
If a well-regarded mid-size crossover with an optional third row tops your wish list, you should take a good look at this one. It's feature-laden, neither too big nor too small and should prove reliable for many years.
For buyers with more specialized needs or wants, the Highlander's well-rounded personality might not be as appealing as the sporty character of the Mazda CX-9 or Ford Flex. Similarly, the Highlander can't match the higher towing capacity of the Ford Explorer or Nissan Pathfinder.
A new 2.7-liter four-cylinder engine is added to the base two-wheel drive trim. Also, a number of stand alone options have been bundled into six new packages offering savings from $300 to $1,200, depending upon the model.
Driving Impressions We drove one of our test Highlander Limited 4x4s in intermittent rain on alternating wet and dry asphalt and found it confidence-inspiring all the while. Even if it isn't as...fast as the V6 version of the RAV4, its little brother, the Highlander's 270-horsepower V6 is about as silky and powerful as you'll find in the category. Informal zero-to-60 miles-per-hour acceleration tests showed the Highlander to accelerate with sport sedan alacrity, while we noted fuel economy ranging between 16 and 20 miles per gallon. Except for its still difficult-to-access third row, the Highlander's seating was roomy and comfortable, and its ride, handling and braking excellent.
Center Stow Seat
This clever feature allows the second row of seats to be converted from three-across to two-across seating, opening a convenient pass-through area to access the third-row seats. The seat stows easily out of sight in the center console.
Hill-Start and Downhill Assist Control
If you live in rolling terrain, you'll appreciate these features that prevent the Highlander from rolling backward at a stop on steep up-grades and controls downhill speed (on non-hybrid four-wheel drive models) during slippery descents.
The new Highlander's spacious interior is at once conservative, functional and attractive. Nice touches include huge round knobs for the primary radio and climate controls – easy to find and operate even while wearing gloves – and plenty of convenient spots for things like drinks and cell phones. The steering wheel offers manual tilt and telescope adjustment and, on Limited models, easy-to-access audio and climate control buttons. The reclining second-row seats also slide 4.7 inches fore-aft and offer a lift-out middle seat cushion for pass-through into the rear row, while the bigger new third row can comfortably accommodate not only children but even limber adults, at least on shorter trips.Exterior
Styled in California, the 2009 Highlander design intentionally moves away from traditional SUV styling. Toyota says it makes a statement of strength instead of ruggedness, intelligence over toughness. We can tell you that it is an attractive vehicle that is designed more to blend into the automotive landscape than stand out from it. While it's definitely more curvaceous than the original Highlander, it offers a traditional SUV profile but is lower and more car-like, which makes sense based on its Camry roots. It is not as distinctive as the Hyundai Veracruz or the Buick Enclave crossovers, for instance, but it is handsome. Available 19-inch wheels help balance the more substantial look.
The base front-wheel-drive Highlander rolls on 17-inch alloy wheels and comes with halogen headlamps, AM/FM/CD MP3/WMA-capable six-speaker stereo, tilt/telescope steering wheel, interchangeable Center Stow seat and center console and an aerodynamic rear spoiler. The V6 trim adds a hideaway third-row seat. Standard safety features include seven airbags, stability control, traction control and anti-lock brakes with brake assist and electronic brake-force distribution. The Sport trim adds 19-inch wheels/tires, a back-up camera, leather-wrapped steering wheel, a six-CD changer and a 3.5-inch multifunction display. The top-of-the line Limited coddles its owners with full leather and woodgrain trim, power front seats, dual-zone climate control and a "smart" keyless entry and ignition system.
Options available on the base V6 Highlander include a two-row seating package that eliminates the standard third-row seat, manual rear heating/air conditioning for the second and third rows, a cargo-area tonneau cover and a tow-prep package. Stepping up to a Sport or Limited brings a much broader spectrum of add-ons, most notably front dual-zone automatic climate control (standard on Limited), automatic rear air conditioning, multi-stage heated leather front seats, power moonroof, rear-seat entertainment system, power liftgate and a navigation system with premium audio, voice activation and Bluetooth phone connectivity. Four-wheel drive models are available in all V6 grades.
The 2009 Highlander gets a new 2.7-liter four cylinder engine available on the base trim only. The 2.7-liter is near the top of its class in the areas of fuel efficiency and power, with 187 horsepower on tap and upwards of 27 miles per gallon in highway driving. The Highlander V6 model packs a 270 horsepower 3.5-liter dual-variable-valve-timing V6 under its sculpted hood. The four-cylinder engine is mated to an all-new six-speed gearbox, while the V6 model makes due with an electronically controlled five-speed automatic transmission with selectable manual shift control.
2.7-liter in-line 4
187 horsepower @ 5800 rpm
186 lb.-ft. of torque @ 4100 rpm
EPA city/highway fuel economy: 20/27
3.5-liter V6
270 horsepower @ 6200 rpm
248 lb.-ft. of torque @ 4700 rpm
EPA city/highway fuel economy: 18/24 (FWD); 17/23 (4WD)
To compare current market prices, check out KBB.com's car classifieds to view the new and used Toyota Highlander vehicles for sale near you.
Based on 334 Ratings for the 2008 - 2013 models.Review this car
By RTC on Thursday, August 07, 2014
I own this car - My approximate mileage is 34,000overall rating 10 of 10rating details
Pros: "Great Price, Smooth Ride, Great Family Vehicle"
Cons: "Gas Mileage is about 20mpg"
Likely to recommend this car? (1-10): 10
"Wonderful vehicle! Great price! Holds its value. This is the second Highlander I've leased. The lease price has been really affordable. I love the smooth ride and the space. It's a great vehicle for moving kids around, hauling dirt and plants for the garden, and carting a wet dog home from the lake. It handles really nicely for an SUV and the third row seating is great for kids. My only wish is that the gas mileage was better. I average 19 mpg going to and from work. On long trips I get 24 to 25 mpg on the highway."
6 people out of 14 found this review helpful
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By John P on Thursday, August 07, 2014
I own this car - My approximate mileage is 24,000overall rating 10 of 10rating details
Pros: "4wd, gas mileage, comfort, reliability"
Cons: "None"
Likely to recommend this car? (1-10): 10
"This is my first Highlander. I have owned several Camrys and found them all to be excellent and reliable vehicles. The Highlander is as comfortable and reliable as all of the Toyotas I have owned. The third row seat comes in very handy. The 4 wheel drive is very useful in the mountainous terrain and bad winter driving conditions of Western PA. The gas mileage is better than advertised. My Highlander averages 19 mpg city and 25 mpg highway. With its great gas mileage, spaciousness, and comfort it is a great vehicle to take on vacation."
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By JLS on Friday, June 27, 2014
I own this car - My approximate mileage is 90,000overall rating 10 of 10rating details
Pros: "Smooth ride, good stereo, comfortable seats"
Cons: "Should buy the high end model, be happy."
Likely to recommend this car? (1-10): 10
"After driving a high performance Camaro for 20 years, It was time for a new something. Test drove a 2008 Highlander(Aug.2008) and loved it. Now has 90Kmi and only tiers and wipers and Mobil 1 oil. Water pump was under warrantee at 75Kmi. I'll be doing the brakes for the first time next service. That's just unheard of for me. I'll get new plugs at 100K. This car still drives like it did new!! Great in deep snow in the mountains, can pull 5,000 pounds, holds a lot of stuff and 3 rows of seats for all the grand kids. Once had 6 people, all the luggage on the roof and pulling a large U-Haul trailer from Texas to Nevada in the summer. Not one issue except used more gas. Just me and the wife, we get 22mpg on the highway and about 18 in town. Living in the desert it gets very hot, but the A/C is so good in this car, I'm never uncomfortable. It goes from 130 deg to 72 in about 10 min. That's a must where we live. It's so comfortable to drive on long trips I rarely get tired. Just hit the cruse and tones and relax. Lots of storage and ample cup holders and power plugins for extra toys. Ride is smooth even on some very ruff roads. My wife and I are short and we don't have to "Clime" into the car which is what I hate about my daughters Explorer. Her Explorer rides very ruff and the steering is much harder. The electric steering of the Highlander is top's. No pump or fluid to change, and butter smooth. Very easy to maneuver. The mirrors are large and easy to see all around. I think I'll get around 300Kmi before I need another, but I'd buy a Highlander again. The next one will have all the extras, with leather and sun roof. I'll only go with the 4X4 and at least a V6. Best car I've ever had!! I'm old so I've had a lot of cars."
23 people out of 44 found this review helpful
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By Paula on Saturday, June 21, 2014
I own this car - My approximate mileage is 60,000overall rating 10 of 10rating details
Pros: "Easy to drive and the dogs love the rear air"
Cons: "I haven't found any"
Likely to recommend this car? (1-10): 10
"I bought this SUV new and it is now 6 years old. Only 60,000 miles but I have had no problems whatsoever. I am now looking at the 2014 and really hate to part with this one. Whoever buys it will not be sorry."
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By Mike on Friday, June 20, 2014
I own this car - My approximate mileage is 24,000overall rating 9 of 10rating details
Pros: "Price, style, fuel efficiency for the size"
Cons: "Storage area small, especially when using 3rd row"
Likely to recommend this car? (1-10): 10
"I have been very pleased with the Highlander. It is comfortable to drive, solid and quiet. The interior styling is attractive and the fuel economy is good for a vehicle of this size. I compared many other SUV's before choosing this one. The quality, style and value of the Highlander made the decision easy. The only issue I have experienced was with the driver's window motor making some noise when the car was about 2 years old. The dealership replaced it without hesitation when I took it in."
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By Bennettsbebe2720 on Wednesday, June 11, 2014
I owned and sold this car
Reason: BORING POOR MILEAGE
Likely to recommend this car? (1-10): 5
"I owned this car for one and a half years and used it for a traveling sales job. I put about 40,000 miles on it during that time and drove it across the country through all kinds of terrain and weather. First it is reliable and realitively maintenance free. However it was not that great in weather, especially snow. The tires are very expensive and an odd size so there are few options. However I do think there are currently more options available. Some of the interior materials were cheap, and the mileage was sub-par most of the time, especially when the weather was cold. I averaged 16.5mpg the last winter I drove it. For that mileage I would rather have a larger more powerful suv that could tow and haul and provide real 4x4 convenience and safety. Lastly its terribly boring to drive. Its a ho hum day everyday behind the wheel. I rated its value in the middle, because I think its overpriced for what you get."
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Emanuel to rabbis: US 'screwed up'
05/16/2010 08:21
Exclusive: Officials deny US changing view on Israeli nuclear policy.
"During the elections there were doubts about President Obama's support for Israel, and now they have resurfaced," Emanuel said, according to one of those who participated in the meeting. "But concerning policy, we have done everything that we can that is in Israel's security – and long-range interests. Watch what the administration does."
Dennis Ross, who runs the administration's Iran policy, tried to allay fears during the meeting that by calling for a nuclear-free Middle East, US policy regarding Israel's alleged nuclear capabilities was changing.
Since 1995, Ross explained, the administration's policy, supported by Israel, was to push for a nuclear-free Middle East in conjunction with comprehensive peace. Emanuel, according to a participant in the meeting, said, "We understand Israel's full layer of deterrence."
These comments came during the second of two White House meetings with a carefully selected slate of 15 rabbis from across the US representing the Orthodox, Reform and Conservative streams. The first meeting took place on April 20, shortly after Obama was widely perceived to have treated Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu shabbily during their last White House meeting.
In addition to Emanuel and Ross, the other administration officials in the meetings were Dan Shapiro, the deputy national security adviser who supervises policy for Israel and its neighbors; Susan Sher, the chief White House liaison to the Jewish community; and Danielle Borin, associate director of the White House Office of Public Engagement and special assistant to Vice President Joe Biden.
Ross opened Thursday's meeting, saying he hoped that the rabbis "had seen the manifestations of the change" of the administration's tone since they met the first time a month ago.
He quoted Defense Minister Ehud Barak, who last week in Washington declared that regarding defense and security, the relationship between Israel and the US had never been stronger.
Ross said the US was providing Israel with everything it needed "in a tough neighborhood," integrating Israel into America's "military architecture," especially in the missile defense sphere. Both he and Shapiro were meeting Israeli officials on a weekly basis, either in Jerusalem or Washington, regarding defense issues, Ross added.
Shapiro pointed out that the administration on Thursday announced a $205-million allocation for the Iron Dome missile defense system, on top of the annual $3 billion in military aid. One of the participants in the meeting quoted him as saying there could be no two-state solution without effective missile defense, and no successful peacemaking if others perceived any gap between the US and Israel.
Emanuel said, again according to a participant in the meeting, that he has worked for two US administrations, and was a congressman during a third, and that the cooperation between the two countries on security issues has never been better. But, he said, things have been "static" at "the top," which has created "some angst" out there. He pointed out that the US pushed Israel's acceptance last week into the OECD.
Regarding Iran, Emanuel said that the US could not unilaterally impose sanctions and have them be effective. He said that if the US moved before sanctions passed the UN Security Council, it would give a gift to Russia and China and get them off the hook as far as having to take a stand on sanctions.
The sanctions that are being drawn up will not be incremental and will impact the Iranian economy in a serious way, Emanuel was quoted as saying. But the sequence is important, he said, and has to be first UN sanctions, followed by EU ones, and then, finally, by steps from Washington.
Emanuel said that the administration's priorities in the Middle East center around three issues: isolating Iran, "removing America's footprint in Iraq," which is perceived as an intrusion into Arab and Muslim lands, and the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, which he said is key to Israel's security and also helps both Israel and the US.
Regarding the proximity talks, which will enter a second round later this week with the arrival of US envoy George Mitchell, Ross said both sides needed to create an atmosphere where the talks could succeed. He said the US was not looking to impose a settlement, but that when the sides reached an impasse in negotiations, they often needed a third party to suggest a way to bridge the gaps.
During the first session with the rabbis in April, Emanuel, according to a participant at that meeting, said that Obama understood why Israelis were cynical regarding the peace process, since bilateral negotiations – the Oslo process – led to the terrorism of the second intifada; and unilateral action – withdrawal from Lebanon and disengagement from Gaza – left them with a strengthened Hamas and Hizbullah.
He also said that no Israeli government could make peace without security, and that Israel needed to know that the US was behind it.
Jack Moline, a Conservative rabbi at Congregation Agudas Achim in Alexandria, Virginia, initiated the two meetings after a talk he had with Emanuel about the Obama administration's perceived deficit of friendliness toward Israel. The meetings were part of a charm offensive after the Obama-Netanyahu meeting last month.
In recent weeks, several high-profile US Jewish communal figures have slammed the Obama administration over the intensity and public nature of its criticisms of Israeli actions.
Moline said the rabbis, all of whom attended both of the meetings, were selected because of the high profiles they have in their communities, and because they had concerns about how the Obama administration was conducting Middle East policy – but they had not displayed outright hostility to the president.
"The rabbis who were in this group were chosen because they're in touch with their different congregations in different parts of the country," Moline said.
One source said the meeting was a sign that the administration was concerned they may "be losing the Jews."
Not all the rabbis came away entirely mollified, but they were impressed by the seriousness of the outreach.
Efrem Goldberg, the rabbi at Florida's Boca Raton Synagogue, which is Orthodox, said he left the meeting still wondering if the administration is on the right track, but "cautiously optimistic" because of the depth of commitment to Israel he heard.
"I left with a clear impression that these individuals have a real passion about Israel," even if he did not agree with them on tactics, Goldberg said.
"There was a lot of highlighting of the actual activities and policies of the administration," Moline said – "and some frustration that" what the Obama administration has done for Israel "has not been comprehensively and accurately reported. They emphasized that whatever the messaging has been over the past year and half, the policies have been in place."
JTA contributed to this report.
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Struggling with job losses, the imminent foreclosure of their home and a floundering marriage, Art and Marion Fowler liquidate their savings and reserve the bridal suite at a Niagara Falls casino, where they make high-risk bets in the hopes of fixing their finances.
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The final weekend of their marriage, hounded by insolvency, indecision, and, stupidly, half secretly, in the never-distant past ruled by memory, infidelity, Art and Marion Fowler fled the country. North, to Canada. "Like the slaves," Marion told her sister Celia. They would spend their last days and nights as man and wife as they'd spent the first, nearly thirty years ago, in Niagara Falls, as if, across the border, by that fabled and overwrought cauldron of new beginnings, away from any domestic, everyday claims, they might find each other again. Or at least Art hoped so. Marion was just hoping to endure it with some grace and get back home so she could start dealing with the paperwork required to become, for the first time in her life, a single-filing taxpayer.
They told their daughter Emma they were taking a second honeymoon.
"Plus they're doing another open house here, so ... " Marion, on the other line, qualified.
They weren't good liars, they were just afraid of the truth and what it might say about them. They were middle-class, prey to the tyranny of appearances and what they could afford, or dare, which was part of their problem. They were too settled and practical for what they were doing, uncomfortable with desperate measures. They could barely discuss the plan between themselves, as if, exposed to light and air, it might evaporate.
With Jeremy, it was enough to say they wanted to see the new casino, a Frank Gehry knockoff featured on the covers of Sunday travel sections and in-flight magazines. He was impressed with the rate they'd gotten. Art had dug around online to find a bargain.
"Your father the high roller," Marion joked.
The Valentine's Getaway Special, it was called: $249, inclusive of meals and a stake of fifty Lucky Bucks toward table games.
They took the bus because it was part of the package, but now, burrowing through a dark wind tunnel of blowing snow somewhere on the outskirts of Buffalo, surrounded by much younger couples — including, frozen zoetropically in the light of oncoming cars, a fleshy pair in Harley gear necking directly across the aisle — they both wished they'd driven.
They'd already made their separate cases at home, so there was no sense going ever it again. Art, ever the math major, always bringing matters back to the stingy reality of numbers, had pointed out it would save them fifty dollars in gas, not to mention parking, which Marion thought absurd, and typical. They were so far beyond the stage where fifty dollars might help — like this ridiculous gamble, betting their marriage, essentially, on the spin of a wheel — yet he clung to his old a-penny-saved-is-a-penny-earned bookkeeping, forgetting the ledger he was tending was drenched in red. Taking the bus represented yet another loss of control, giving themselves up to the hand of fate, or at least asleep-deprived driver. The only reason she went along with it — besides not wanting to fight — was that she wouldn't have to worry about Art tailgating people the whole way in this weather, though of course she didn't say that.
The bus, additionally, was supposed to provide them with cover, as if in gray middle age they weren't invisible enough. From the beginning Art had conceived of the trip as a secret mission, a fantastic last- ditch escape from the snares of their real life, and while Marion refused to believe in the possibility, as at first she'd refused to believe the severity of their situation, she also knew they'd run out of options. The house had been on the market over a year now without a nibble. They would lose it — had already lost it, honestly. The question was, how much would it cost them?
Everything, barring a miracle. Art had already crunched the numbers, and after a necessary period of denial, Marion had conceded them, which was why they were barreling north on I-90, Lake Erie a black void beyond the window.
Art just wanted to get there. The Indians gym bag on his lap with the leering, bucktoothed Chief Wahoo made him nervous, as if the banded packets of twenties fitted inside like bricks were stolen. He wouldn't be able to relax until he'd locked them in the safe, along with the ring he'd managed to keep a secret from Marion. In love he wasn't frugal, despite what she might say. In another mad surrender to extravagance, for seventy-five more dollars a night, he'd reserved one of the bridal suites on the top floor overlooking the Falls, and despite their guaranteed late arrival, he was afraid the front desk might have lost or ignored his request and given their room away.
Beside him, Marion lowered her mystery and massaged her neck as if she had a crick in it.
"I'm starving," she said. "Aren't you hungry?"
It was the only bus of the day, but since he'd made the arrangements he was responsible, just as it was his fault the traffic was bad and the weather ugly, and that night had fallen.
"I'm a little peckish," he seconded. As in everything this weekend, he wanted them to be on the same side, the two of them against the world.
"What time is our reservation?"
"The earliest I could get was seven-thirty."
"What time is it now?"
"Just past six. It's only another twenty miles."
"I should have grabbed a breakfast bar. I still need to iron my dress. I hope they have one."
"They should."
"Should be like a wood bee," she said.
It was a private joke, a mocking appreciation of the slipperiness of even the simplest hope, a nonce catchphrase like so many others lifted from favorite movies or TV shows that served as a rote substitute for conversation and bound them like shut-in twins, each other's best and, most often, only audience. While they'd performed this exchange hundreds of times over the years, en route to graduations, weddings and funerals, and her skepticism was an old routine, delivered lightly, almost without thought, tonight, because he was on a mission to recapture, by one dashing, reckless gesture everything they'd lost, he took it personally. He liked to believe that when he first met her, when she was completely foreign and even more inscrutable, a solemn blonde sociology major freshly graduated from Wooster with granny glasses and a tennis player's shapely legs, a girlish love of James Taylor and Dan Fogelberg, a cedar chest full of pastel sweaters and a shelf crowded with naked neon-haired troll dolls, she had believed in things — luck, goodness, the inexhaustible possibilities of life — and that her disappointment now was a judgment not of the world but of him and their life together. If the room didn't have an iron, he would call down to the front desk and go get it himself if necessary. They might be broke come Monday morning, and filing for divorce, but he would never stop trying to provide for her happiness, as impossible as that was.
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Last time we heard from Justin Timberlake he was trying to bring sexy back. Six years later, he's bringing back something else: 70s soul (not that it ever left, mind you). "Suit & Tie" is a slinky tune that winks and nods to the likes of the Delfonics or a sedated Marvin Gaye. JT vows to "show you something" in his patented falsetto. Jigga, simply happy to glide along, uses his guest spot to flex and salute his in-laws: "Tell your mother that I love her cause I love you/Tell your father we go farther as a couple/They ain't lose a daughter, got a son."
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