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Symposium on Iran and Policy Options for the Next Administration: Session Three: Policy Options and Recommendations for the Next Administration
Watch experts discuss current U.S. policy toward Iran and options for the next administration.
Speakers: Vali R. Nasr, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
Ray Takeyh, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
Presider: Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
September 5, 2008
Unlike George W. Bush, whose administration focused exclusively on containing Iran's nuclear program, the next U.S. president should broaden its bilateral relations with Tehran to include talks on sanctions, regional stability, and energy security, experts said during the third session of a CFR symposium on U.S. policy toward Iran. "Iran can go down two roads: Japan of the 1930s, or the road of India, " said Vali R. Nasr, Council on Foreign Relations adjunct senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies. "Part of the use of aggressive diplomacy should be to interject ourselves into that debate, to have a say in which way they go," Nasr said. The need for a reversal in strategy toward Iran is evidenced in the Bush administration's flawed strategy of containment, the speakers said. Ray Takeyh, a Council on Foreign Relations senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies, said the approach has left no regional Arab consensus on how to handle Iran, and attempting to craft a containment strategy similar to the one employed against the Soviets during the Cold War "is not practical. " The isolation approach has forced Tehran into closer ties with Europe and Asia, and especially China and Russia. "Iran is not a country that is isolated like North Korea," Takeyh said. "We might not have the keys to" isolate Iran with sanctions or economic pressure.
This was part of the Symposium on Iran and Policy Options for the Next Administration, which was made possible through the generous support of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
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Eight of us braved a snowy night to go see Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings get down for a concert at the beautiful Strand-Capitol Performing Arts Center in York, PA on Jan. 27. Look for Sara Dubicki up on the stage! You can also see the slides here.
We took advantage of all the snow for a snow sculpture contest, with Bonchek House clothing as prizes. Sadly, the sculptures were even more evanescent than usual due to a rambunctious snowball fight late at night between Bonchek and Schnader Houses. A saga of the evening was provided by Alan Zigler .
Our first Uncommon Hour of the semester on Feb. 1 focused on sustainability initiatives in the House, including our plastic water bottle ban, provision of filtered water in the kitchen, distribution of environmentally friendly laundry detergent, and use of cold water in the clothes washers, and an energy demonstration by Prof. Richter.
As part of International Women's Week, students Mandy Tsang, Dipti Balwani, Samantha Graff, Tahia Warda, and Elizabeth Murray reported on March 8 on their trip to the 55th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, United Nations headquarters. This conference was dedicated to gender equality and the advancement of women.
F&M's 15th president, Dan Porterfield, visited Bonchek House on March 21 for a lively exchange with about 50 students. President Porterfield showed himself to be an attentive listener, with a keen interest in our students and an obvious curiosity about social media.
Bonchek co-sponsored a presentation on March 22 about the Japanese earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear power tragedies. On March 25, 30 students had dinner from Rice and Noodles and watched Aftershock, a Chinese movie about two historic earthquakes that occurred in that country. We also heard the story of one student who experienced the 2008 Sechuan earthquake.
Lancaster is homey, but New York offers so much! The Student Congress organized a trip to New York City on April 3. About 40 students took a bus coach, and got subsidized tickets to either the Museum of Modern Art or the American Museum of Natural History. A fun and educational time was had by all.
A group of students were ab;e to attend a wonderful production of the Stephen Sondheim musical Sweeney Todd at the beautiful Fulton Theater in downtown Lancaster at no charge, courtesy of student rush prices and support from Bonchek House. Meat pies, anyone?
Students of Bonchek planned the bi-annual Community Outreach Donner for April 9. Over 1000 meal swipes donated by Bonchek students allowed us to provide about 80 residents of Lancaster shelters with a catered meal. And there was music provided as well!
On April 17, after enough Spring sunshine and rainfall, several students joined Prof. Sternberg for a wildflower walk in Lancaster County Central Park. On a beautiful day we saw trillium, dutchmen's breeches, and about 10 other species of native wildflowers.
A reception for our graduating seniors was held at Iron Hill on Wednesday, April 20. About 50 students came over after the Black Pyramid Society sponsored Farewell Lecture, and had a drink, some snacks, and camaraderie with their former first-year co-residents. We were joined by former don Prof. Crannell, and by the eponymous Drs. Larry and Rita Bonchek.
Once again the Bonchek House students put on a great dance and for the entire campus under a big tent at the center of Hartman Green. What a splendid way to end the social part of the 2011-12 year at F&M. Look closely - the DJ is spinning a disc on his finger.
Students leaving at the end of the year donate clothes and other items they no longer need, rather than putting them in the trash; these items are sold to members of the community at super rates; and $2000 is raised for local charities. This si what we call win-win-win! Thanks for all the donations, and to Ariel Kornhauser, Dierdre Kelly and their staff for the heavy lifting and for being here on Mother's Day.

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CARTER COUNTY, Ky. (WSAZ) -- Two women are dead after a head-on crash in Olive Hill, Ky.
According to a release from the Kentucky State Police, the accident happened just before 7 a.m. Thursday.
Pamela Carroll, 53, of Olive Hill, and Sharon Moore, 62, of Olive Hill, both died in the accident.
According to the release, Carroll was driving south on KY 2 and crossed the center line, colliding with Moore. The road was dry but the foggy weather was causing a slight issue with visibility.
Carroll was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash. Moore was transported to a Huntington hospital where she later died.
Both women were wearing seat belts, and according to the release, alcohol does not appear to be a factor in the accident.
The crash is still under investigation.
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Jeff Bens--Screenwriting
Jeff directs the undergraduate creative writing program at Manhattanville College. He is author of the novel Albert, Himself and director of the documentary film, Fatman's. His short fiction and essays are published widely. Jeff has served on film festival juries around the world including the 2011 Slamdance feature film jury. He was a founding faculty of the School of Filmmaking at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.
Friday Screen Writing Workshop
This workshop will look at effective ways to write for the screen. We'll watch film clips, study scenes from celebrated screenplays and complete exercises to help get at how to make stories and characters believable, enjoyable and compelling. We'll also look at on overview of feature screenplay structure. For all levels of writers.
Erica Dawson--Poetry
Erica's second collection of poems, The Small Blades Hurt, is forthcoming from Measure Press. Her first collection, Big-Eyed Afraid, won the 2006 Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize and was named Best Debut by Contemporary Poetry Review. Her work has appeared in Best American Poetry 2012 and 2008, Poetry: A Pocket Anthology, Harvard Review, Barrow Street, and other journals and anthologies. She's an assistant professor of English and Writing at University of Tampa, where she teaches both undergraduate writers and graduate students in the low-residency MFA program.
Friday Poetry Workshop
"Our lives are a working out of the processes of creation": building off Saint Augustine's own words, this workshop will focus on poets using their own life experiences in their poetry without alienating the reader.
Philip F. Deaver—Fiction
Philip F. Deaver writes and teaches at Rollins College. He is primarily a short story writer, and sometimes baseball is his surface content for stories that are usually about something else. His work has appeared in the O. Henry Prize Stories anthology and has been recognized in Pushcart and Best American Short Stories. He also writes poetry, and his book How Men Pray was published by Anhinga Press.
Friday Fiction Workshop
Why write fiction? People are always saying, "I'd rather read something that's true." Why write fiction? Because people love stories? Because stories can reshuffle "what really happened" and find the central truths and emotional core? Why write fiction? Because, truthfully, our fictions are only partly fiction and are mostly true? Because sometimes the true story is hard to tell even though it urgently needs telling? Why write fiction? Because telling stories and hearing stories and learning from stories, whether as the reader or the writer, is in our DNA? Yes, all of that....
Ira Sukrungruang –Non-Fiction
Ira is the author of the memoir Talk Thai: The Adventures of Buddhist Boy and the poetry collection, In Thailand It Is Night. He is the coeditor of two anthologies on the topic of obesity: What Are You Looking At? The First Fat Fiction Anthology and Scoot Over, Skinny: The Fat Nonfiction Anthology. He is the recipient of the New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Nonfiction Literature, an Arts and Letters Fellowship, and the Emerging Writer Fellowship. His work has appeared in many literary journals, including Post Road, The Sun, and Creative Nonfiction. He is one of the founding editors of Sweet: A Literary Confection (sweetlit.com), and teaches in the MFA program at University of South Florida and the low-residency MFA program at City University in Hong Kong. For more information about him, please visit: www.sukrungruang.com.
Saturday Non-Fiction Workshop
The Balance Between Scene and Exposition in Memoir
The writer Judith Barrington dispels the age-old adage "Show don't tell." She insists that good memoirs must show and tell. In this workshop we will discuss the balance between the use of scene and exposition, and how the two work together to elevate life narratives.
Mark Powell—Fiction
Mark is the author of three novels--PRODIGALS, BLOOD KIN, and THE DARK CORNER--and has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Breadloaf Writers' Conference, and the Collegeville Center for Ecumenical Research. He teaches at Stetson University.
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Fiction from the Bottom to the Top
How does a story move from idea to draft, and how does a rough draft transform from a "mental stutter" to polished manuscript? How does a writer consistently and successfully confront the blank page? Using examples and drafts from a number of published writers, this workshop will explore the practical side of literary genesis, with an eye toward "difficult" story ideas.
Terri Witek—Poetry
Terri is the author of Exit Island, The Shipwreck Dress, (Florida Book Award winners) Carnal World , Fools and Crows, Courting Couples (Winner of the 2000 Center for Book Arts Contest) and Robert Lowell and LIFE STUDIES: Revising the Self . Her collaborations with Brazilian visual artist Cyriaco Lopes have been featured in galleries or site-specific projects in New York City, Los Angeles and elsewhere. A professor of English at Stetson University, her summer faculty positions have included the West Chester Poetry Conference, the Prague Summer Literary Program and the DisQuiet program in Lisbon, where she runs "The Fernando Pessoa Game."
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Poetry in the Crisp-Ellert Museum
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Vista Hands On #9: Use Vista for four months, free
Summary: Looking for real Windows Vista secrets? Everyone knows you can install Windows Vista in evaluation mode for 30 days and reset the countdown timer three times, giving you a free evaluation period of 120 days. The trouble is, you have to remember to type the magic command every 30 days or you're deactivated. Unless you know the real secret, which uses another Windows feature to automate the process. I've got the never-before-published details here.
As I pointed out in yesterday's Vista Hands On installment, you can install an evaluation copy of any Vista edition and use it for a minimum of 30 days without having to activate it. As several publications have already noted, you can renew this evaluation period a total of three times, extending the evaluation period to roughly 120 days. But this post contains a secret technique that no one has yet published: how to automatically "rearm" the trial period at the end of each 30 day period.
The not-so-secret technique is simple: Open an elevated Command Prompt window (type cmd in the Search box, right-click the shortcut, and choose Run As Administrator from the shortcut menu). At the prompt, type slmgr.vbs -rearm and press Enter. Restart your computer. Done.
The trouble with this technique is you have to remember to do it. If the 30-day deadline passes while you're away from your computer, you'll find yourself deactivated. Here's how to handle the task automatically:
1. Click Start and type task in the Search box.
2. Click the Task Scheduler shortcut and click Continue when you see the UAC prompt.
3. In the Actions pane at the right of the Task Scheduler window, click Create Task.
4. Open a Command Prompt window (it doesn't have to be elevated), and type the command slmgr -xpr. Make a note of the date and time when the initial grace period expires.
5. On the General tab of the Create Task window, give the task a name, click Run whether user is logged on or not, and select the Run with highest privileges check box, as shown here.
6. On the Triggers tab, click New and fill in the dialog box to create a One Time task using a date and time that is before the end of the initial grace period, as calculated in Step 4. Click OK.
7. On the Actions tab, click New. The default action in this dialog box is Start a program. Fill in slmgr.vbs for the name of the program and add -rearm in the Add arguments box, as shown here. Click OK.
8. Click OK to save the task. Enter your password when prompted (this is what allows the task to approve the UAC consent request on your behalf).
Repeat this process for the second and third rearm task, making sure to choose dates that are less than 30 days after the task you just created. As long as your computer is turned on when the scheduled date and time arrive, the task will run and you'll get your renewal.
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The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office has requested footage from a security system that a friend of Gail Palmgren has in her possession in Alabama.
Investigators contacted Arlene Durham this week to ask for the footage but have not heard back from Durham, said Janice Atkinson, public information officer for the sheriff's office.
Durham could not be reached for comment this afternoon. But she told Channel 3 WRCB that Gail Palmgren's husband, Matthew Palmgren, installed a high-tech security system at their lake house in Wetumpka, Ala., last spring.
Durham claims Gail Palmgren took the system's hard drive to a Best Buy store to try to retrieve erased data showing the couple arguing. She planned to use it as evidence in their divorce, Durham said. She said Gail Palmgren asked her to pick up the hard drive just before April 30, the last day Palmgren was seen.
"She told me not to give it to anyone but her," said Durham.
Durham said she notified investigators about the drive days after Gail Palmgren went missing, but they did not take an interest in it. Now they want her to turn it over, nearly two months later.
"There might be incriminating evidence on it," said Durham in the phone interview with Channel 3, "but everything I've told them they have blown off, until now."
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The investigators are completely incompetent. It may be years before we know what happened to Gail. Have they learned nothing from the Theresa Parker case?
What's the big deal? There are already 3 arguments over a 5 month period in evidence -- we know they verbally argued. Police responded to each of the three "verbal disorder" calls. He left the house following one of them, she left after the other two. No evidence or reports of physical abuse against either of them.
No info regarding the recovered data, if any. This woman [Palmgren} was seemingly paranoid on the subject of perceived threats.
Let's keep an open mind here, folks. Let's not try, convict, and execute this guy without his day in court. That's what our constitution does for [and not to] us.
Through some mischance in life, you might be the next person pilloried by the public without evidence...
My wife and I argue sometimes, but she doesn't disappear off the face of the earth afterwards... neither do I.
We settle our differences and get over it. We love each other. Plus, we don't have enough money to do otherwise.


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1. Casino of Monte-Carlo in Monaco. (Place du Casino)
This is a casino that has made a great tourists' attraction for this city. The main activities here involve gambling and people watching. Tourists love to gaze at its remarkable interior décor and paintings. It is one of the most visited places in Europe due to its authentic style and class. Tourists have to come in the evening so that they can enjoy the casino experience to the fullest.
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You need to visit Nikko Düsseldorf hotel casino for a complete European casino experience. This is a luxurious hotel that is situated within a walking distance from Rhine River Promenade. It would be very convenient for any tourist as it would offer a chance to shop at the Rhine River Promenade and then walk to the casino in the evening.
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We review a lot of TVs here at CNET, but the list below represents only the best.
Impressive Amazon features and an outstanding display make the the Fire HDX 8.9 one of the best and most affordable media consumption tablets.
For an inexpensive tablet, the Fire HD 7 satisfies with a practical, family-friendly operating system, but those interested in a 7-inch tablet can find models with better build quality in the same price range.
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Fort Wayne was the center of the Indiana Republican Party's universe on Monday – and it will be again next June.
On the same day the GOP state committee selected city native Tim Berry as its chairman, the panel decided to conduct its 2014 state convention at Grand Wayne Center. It will be the first time the event has left Indianapolis.
By coincidence, the Allen County Republican Party was having a fundraising barbecue and golf outing at Chestnut Hills Golf Club on Monday. Berry, the second-term state auditor and former state treasurer, drove there after his election and first committee meeting in Indianapolis.
We are going to show Republicans that we have new energy, new life at the 2014 convention, Berry said to a clubhouse audience of about 80 people. We are going to show a broader party that is going to be necessary to win elections.
Berry told reporters that the GOP state committee voted 14-1 to temporarily move the convention to Fort Wayne. Next year's gathering of about 2,000 delegates – tentatively scheduled for June 6-7 – will nominate a secretary of state, an auditor and a treasurer, all statewide offices currently held by Republicans.
Inspired by the enthusiasm the Indiana Democratic Party demonstrated in shifting its 2012 convention from Indianapolis to Fort Wayne, local Republicans have been lobbying their state leaders in recent months to do the same thing.
Allen County GOP Chairman Steve Shine said the local organization has pledged to raise $250,000 to offset event costs, with convention committee Co-chairmen Bill Bean and Bruce Dye contributing $150,000 between them.
When this opportunity first presented itself three or four months ago, we pulled out all the stops, developer Bean told the clubhouse crowd. And I want you to know I wrote some pretty big checks for what Fort Wayne is going to do for this convention. And I'm going to need the help of a lot of people in this room to make sure it happens.
We have an opportunity to showcase, in my opinion, the significant progress this city, and this area, has been able to make in the last several years, he said.
State Senate Pro Tem David Long, R-Fort Wayne, said about the convention: It's going to be fun, it's going to be exciting, it's going to be dynamic, it will be great for our party. And it's already getting attention.
Last year's Democratic Party convention attracted 2,500 people, including 1,409 delegates, who spent about $300,000 in Fort Wayne over two days, according to Visit Fort Wayne President Dan O'Connell.
They had a great event, very many pleased delegates, a smooth operation and a wonderful experience, and we expect the same from the people organizing the Republican convention, he said in an interview.
Likewise, the Republican convention is a prestigious convention for Fort Wayne to host. It will garner a lot of statewide media, O'Connell said.
Shine said the GOP site selection is an acknowledgment that Fort Wayne is a key player as a top choice of convention venues in the Midwest.
One knock against placing political conventions in Fort Wayne is that delegates from southern parts of the state have to travel far greater distances than when the parties convene in Indianapolis. Money raised by the Allen County GOP will help subsidize delegates' transportation and accommodations and provide entertainment, Shine said Monday evening.
I do think it's going to be a popular move, Berry said in an interview. Initially some will question the change. But the host committee is excited, and I think the energy will spread and we will have a rejuvenated convention.
He said the state committee will look at considering other Hoosier cities as future convention hosts.
Bean predicted Fort Wayne will be a tough act to follow.
We're going to set a new bar for this state on having a state convention, he said.
Niki Kelly of The Journal Gazette contributed to this story.